JAN 13 - 26 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES It's fine to dream of triumph when success shall crown you king, It's fine to dream of sweet content when Fortune's bell shall ring. It's fine to dream of laden store where want shall never lurk, Hut it's finer to roll up your sleeves and start right in to work. —R. R. STABLEY. THE HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL The high school pupil of today is constructed of a stronger moral fiber than ever before in the history of public high schools, character-building influences in high schools are functioning better today than they ever did in the past. Through such activities as athletics, student associations, girls' associations and boys' clubs, honor societies, student government, school papers and many other activities young men and women are developing the highest type of moral character. They are learning to accept responsibility and to think out things for themselves. They are doing the right thing not because they have to do it, but because they want to do it.—Princlpal J. M. Campbell, Sedro-Woolley, Washington. COUNCIL report January 12, 1926. The president of the finance committee announced, that the finance committee report on school expenditures would be completed by next Tuesday. The president of the senior class made a report on the senior dance. A loss of $40 was set forth in the receipts. The census committee will have their report ready at the next meeting. President Ure appointed two members. Jerry Walwork and Wendell Bramwell, to act upon the committee, investigating the advisability of amending the constitution. Three articles of the constitution were read to the council. They were accepted as read. HERBERT VERHEEK, Sec'y. ON TO CHICAGO The R. O. T. C. band is working with one objective in view, to go to Chicago and enter the national contest of school bands. Somehow or other we have got the feeling that we have as fine an organization as exists anywhere and we are just a little anxious to enter the national contest just to see if it isn't just a little better. PLAY EAST SATURDAY On Saturday night of this week the first big outstanding basketball game of the year will be played in the O. H. S. gym. This is to be played with East Side's peppy team and promises to be a thriller. ACCORDING to contract Students in the R. O. T. C. annually enter into a contract with the government to take training, providing the government furnishes instructor, equipment and uniforms. When the government does this the student is under moral obligation to live up to the contract and receive the training throughout the year. A student who would cease training at the end of a month, a semester, or at any time during the period of instruction, for any cause other than sickness, shows a disregard for moral obligations. EXACT AGES All seniors indulged in an arithmetical exercise Tuesday. They were asked to discover just exactly how many years, months, days old they will be on graduation day. The purpose of this is to learn what the average age of graduation is. It is believed that students graduate nearly two years younger on an average than they did ten years ago. CURRENT EVENTS It may be of interest to know that students in the high school have nearly 400 Literary Digest subscriptions, and that a rather thorough study of the world's happenings are discussed in every history class each week. A common method of doing this is for the teacher to put in a box the subjects to be discussed and then let the pupils draw from them. This holds all members of the class responsible and keeps up a keen interest. A representative of the Literary Digest spent Monday visiting the various history classes and expressed himself as much pleased with the efficient way in which the work is done. DRAMATIC READER It is now practically assured that Mrs. Annie Pike Greenwood, a rather celebrated poet and dramatic reader of the west, will appear at one of our assemblies in the very near future. radio report The Ham-and Club held its regular business meeting last Thursday night. The Radio show committee made its report to the effect that a few dollars had been made. Thus the show was considered a success financially as well as promoting interest in radio, which was the aim of the show. After making a success of the radio show the club is ready to take up another big project. This is being discussed and will come off towards the end of this month. physics as a subject Wonderful! Wonderful! And yet more wonderful! This may be said in relation to physics. Wonderful it is, providing you have a mental capacity which is porous enough to absorb it. But woe to the poor sinner who is not so favored! To him physics usually brings one sorrow after another. If it were not for his kind teacher, Mr. Wangsgaard, the glory of life would not even be realized. The struggling one can find some compensation, however, in watching his fellow students reach and enjoy this glory, for this brings sensations—some good and some bad— but the bad ones "would never do to print." When experiment 'days come, he discovers that the world is not so bad after all, for many interesting experiments are performed. The whys and the hows ol' the world predominate, and he is caught in their clutches. The bell rings, and he is amazed when he hears himself utter, "physics is wonderful!" OGDEN HIGH Ogden people will have an opportunity Wednesday evening of hearing one of the best, if not the very best bands Ogden ever had. Many heard the band at the hop the other night, and all were most profuse in their expression of praise. The concert will be held in the tabernacle at 8 o'clock. LANGUAGE STUDY French, Latin and Spanish are all being taught in the high school. Nearly 300 students are studying these languages. The natural method—i. e. the method by which a child acquires a knowledge of his own language—is used in instruction. The one difficulty, however, is that a child hears his own language spoken at least 12 hours or more each day—all his waking hours—whereas, at school, he speaks, reads and hears the new language only one hour per day. Some people maintain that the best way to acquire a language is to begin at about the age of three in an environment where that tongue alone is spoken. We believe they are right in their contention. Our present methods of teaching language is only a makeshift—the best we can do under the circumstances. Several years ago John Dewey introduced language study into kindergarten training school at the University of Chicago with excellent results. It seems quite a pity that the method has not been adopted by elementary schools everywhere throughout the country. When once a best method of doing a thing has been discovered it should be followed. MEETING TODAY Today at 4 o'clock in Central junior high school, Ogden city teachers are listening to an address by Miss Lynn of Seattle, vice president of the classroom teacher department of the National Education association. It is hoped that much good will be derived from this meeting. LINCOLN AWARD The Lincoln award medal given by the Illinois Watch company, Springfield. Ill., for the best essay on Abraham Lincoln, will be made at Tuesday's assembly. The essays have been judged but the name of the winner will not be announced until Friday. APPROPRIATE GIFT At Friday's assembly, Prof. J. e. Beeson presented the high school with a large autographed etching of Abraham Lincoln, appropriately framed. Mr. Beeson explained that the picture had been a valued picture in his home and that of his father for 65 years and more— and that he gave it to the school that its presence might inspire thousands during the coming years to emulate the example of the great emancipator. The gift was accepted by President James Ure on behalf of the student body, who thanked Mr. Beeson for the generous and appropriate gift. The picture will be hung in some conspicuous place in the school. SINCERITY At Friday's assembly Attorney James H. DeVine gave an eloquent address on Abraham Lincoln. He emphasized the sincerity of Lincoln, maintaining that this is the virtue par excellence in human character and pointed out that it was fundamentally ana basically this great virtue that made Lincoln one of the world's great characters. He compared Lincoln with other well-known heroes and argued that Lincoln's life and work endure because founded on sincerity and others are being forgotten because of the apparent want of the virtue. It was an outstanding and appropriate address and was much appreciated by all students and teachers. The R. O. T. C. band played three choice numbers at the assembly, making the program replete with choicest things—both in thought and music. BOARD MEMBERS VISIT The high school was favored on Friday with a visit from Superintendent W. Kar Hopkins, Assistant Superintendent Ida Fltzsimmons, Jame H. Ri'ey, vice president of the board of education; Thomas Irvine and A. B. Foulger, members of the board. They came at assembly time and enjoyed with us the splendid program. This gave them also a good opportunity to note our crowded condition and we have an idea that they will make an effort soon to give us improved housing facilities. ROOM FOR LIVESTOCK Mr. DeVine remarked the other day that he participated a year ago in a movement which resulted recently in securing comfortable housing for Ogden's livestock interests—cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens, etc., and facetiously observed that as he entered the -assembly room he felt that he ought to participate in another movement that would result in better housing for another branch of Ogden's livestock interests. THE HOP "Bigger, grander, better than ever before" seems to be the general verdict concerning the annual R. O. T. C. hop. We were there literally by thousands, students, parents, friends and everyone seemed delighted with every feature of the entertainment. All were pleased and delighted of course with cur great band and all sorts of praise and commendation were given to the exhibit of drill, manual of arms, etc., by the picked unit, the non-commissioned officers. Capt. L E. Dockler, Sergeants Mayer and Holloway are to be congratulated on the success of the party. It seemed most fitting and appropriate that the names of the committees, names of cadet officers and of band members should appear on the printed program. The only adverse criticism we heard was to the effect that the names of the government officials in charge should also have appeared on the program. We concur heartily in this criticism. AN APOLOGY An apology is hereby tendered to Philip Empey, a drummer in the high schol band, whose name was inadvertently left off the roil of band members on the R. O. T. C. ball the other night. That Philip's name was omitted once before, made it seem almost as if intended, we are very sorry and assure the lad the omission was unintentional. LE COIN DE FRANCE At the last meeting of Le Coin tie France, the French club, an interesting program was presented. The program consisted of a number of musical selections by Mrs. Agnes Warner Bowcn and Miss Dorothy Prout, a reading by Miss Blanche Corey and a solo dance "L'Espagnol," danced by Miss Dorothy Young. Following the program, various discussions arose regarding business matters. Already we are feelir:g more "at home" in speaking French, and, although we find each other's mistakes most diverting, our ultimate aim is to speak French correctly and easily. In the meantime, look out for "Le Coin de France"— Prenez-garde. —Commissioner of. Reports. THE MUSICAL The beautiful quality of the weird, rhythmic music of the earliest Americans was well displayed at the concert given by the music department on Wednesday evening. With an appropriate Indian scene as a background, the well-balanced program was a tribute to the talent of the school and to the interpretative tutelage of Mr. Gammell. Choruses, quartets—both male and female—solos, all performed with exceptional skill for high school talent were well received by the large and appreciative audience of parents and patrons that filled our inadequate auditorium. To the writer's mind a few numbers were worthy of special mention. The solo dance of Miss Ruth Fisher was very artistically presented. Miss Maurine Peck sang in a pleasing manner one of the most modern and most beautiful pieces of Indian music, "Indian Love Call from 'Rose Marie.' "Especially effective was the combined work of mixed chorus and orchestra in rendering "Indian Dawn" as a finale. The whistling solo of Kathleen Alsup in this number was a pleasant departure from the ordinary. The approval with which this concert was received warrants another offering at an early date; hence we all await expectantly the next musical of the season.— Forbes Campbell.