OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES April 14-26 Education may give me skill, but it must give me zest and daring for life, keep me fresh for wonder at the world, clothe me with power, and covering me with darkness and confusion, make me humble on my way out of Egypt." —Dr. Dallas Lore Sharp. The world has got to be saved by intelligence, and the real office of religion in that job is to stim¬ulate and spiritualize intelligence. —Edward S. Marten. A REAL JOB Going to school now-a-days is a real job. In earlier days—say 30 years ago—school was more or less of a diversion for young men and women in their 'teens to be followed for three or four months, depending on the length of the winter weather. Students accepted the situation cheerfully, returning annually to school to go over a few more pages of Ray's arithmetic, Greene's grammar and to re-read some of the interesting articles compiled in the "National Fifth Reader." A little hygiene, a little bookkeeing, some geogpaphy and quite a lot of orthog¬raphy were offered, too, during the season's course. Only a teacher here and there had the temerity to offer a little algebra. Science, basic course of practically all instruction today, was never thought of; nor was Latin, nor sociology, nor econom¬ics, nor geometry, nor music, nor art—in fact, none of the subjects which make up the rich curriculum of the "steen" students of today. School requires nine months of the year now, not three; it re¬quires regular attendance, not two or three days per week. One who fails to attend the full nine months loses his credit; he must, if he enters school, begin all over again. More and more everywhere peo¬ple are coming to regard school as a serious business; they real¬ize that it offers a training that is absolutely fundamental and necessary to enter the progressive, live, work-a-day world in which we live. Experience shows that the stu¬dent who "drops out" of school, now, lags behind in the proces¬sion of life, and is forever handi¬capped. TODAY'S CONTRIBUTORS Cassin Clark and Schramm-Johnson Drug store each joined the "Send a Boy" club today. A check for 50 dollars was also re¬ceived from Dr. Edward I. Rich. Thanks, good people. MAGNANIMITY An enthusiastic teacher handed Captain Dockler a check the other day for 50 dollars. While the tender was very much appreciated. Captain Dockler felt that the check was much larger than it should be under the circum¬stances. He feels that while it is most desirable to send the band to Gary, it should not be done at a great personal sacrifice to any individual. He therefore re¬turned the check and asked the donor to make a smaller one. BALL RECEIVED Ogden has another trophy that is appreciated. It is a basket¬ball with the following inscrip¬tion: University of Chicago Ogden, Utah 28 1926 St. Joseph, Michigan, 27 National Interscholastic Consolation. EXCHANGE HELPS The Exchange club broke rules Tuesday in their interest in the R. O. T. C. band and Iaised sufficient money on the floor to send a boy to Gary. One more mem¬ber of the "Send a Boy" club. Thanks, Exchange. WORKING HARD The definite decision that the band is going to Gary has given the work a new impetus and has intensified the drudgery of drill and practice. Only once, perhaps, in a life time can one secure such faithful, persistent work as Mr. hammers is now getting out of this group of boys. There is an old saying that "there is no ex¬cellence without labor," and the boys are surely coming to a real¬ization of this great truth. THE JUNIOR PROM The committee on the junior prom is now very busy in ar¬ranging the details and plans for that gala event. The "Prom" is to be given in the Berthana on Friday evening, April 23. FINANCIAL REPORT Treasurer William Abplanalp submitted a financial report of the student body to the council meeting at its regular session Tuesday evening. The report shows that the athletic association has received during the year $4423 and has disbursed to date $3222. The Classicum has received $710.61 and has disbursed $719.61. The senior class has a deficit of $36 and the junior class a def¬icit of $32.80. The general fund has on hand $303. A BIG SURPRISE Many people failed to notice that the article in Monday's "Notes" on the proposed new high school was dated April 1 and therefore was not to be taken literally. It was one of those April fool jokes that should be true but just wasn't. STUDENT SUFFERS Floyd Barret returned to school Tuesday on crutches after having spent two weeks in a Salt Lake hospital, after a painful operation on his leg for an infection of the bone. The trouble began with a fracture and sprain received some two years ago and which devel¬oped serious complications this spring. SLANGUAGE Some teachers as well as stu¬dents enjoy the writings of Ring Lardner and Will Rogers. The past master, however, of "slang" as she is used today is H. C. Witwer, and everyone who reads him enjoys his effusions. His articles appear quite regularly in Colliers magazine, and we recommend them to all who find pleasure in this sort of writing. TEACHERS' PARTY The high school teachers and friends, including Superintendent and Mrs. Hopkins and Mr. Seeley of Mt. Pleasant, indulged them¬selves in another delightful dinner party at the Valley House in Huntsville Tuesday night. After having done justice to a chicken dinner furnished by that famous hostelry, they returned to the home of Principal and Mrs. Mer¬rill and played games and danced for a couple of hours. TEACHER LEAVING High school teachers and stu¬dents were considerably disturbed Tuesday when advised that Reed Gammell, instructor in music, is forced to leave the school tem¬porarily to undergo a serious op¬eration which will be performed by expert physicians at Denver. Mr. Gammell will leave for that city tonight or tomorrow. Mr. Gammell's work, including the presentation of the opera, "The Hermit of Hawaii," will be carried on by supervisor Mark Robinson and Prof. Lester Hinchcliff. We unite in hoping that Mr. Gammell's operation will be successful and his recovery speedy.