April 15-26 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES OGDEN WINS Ogden debated Box Elder and Davis Wednesday at Ogden and Davis and won both debates. The question was: "Resolved, that the immigration law be amended so as to allow immigrants from Ja¬pan to enter the United States on the same basis as Europeans." Ogden debated the affirmative side at Ogden and the negative at Davis. Garff Wilson and Win¬ifred McConnell upheld the af¬firmative and won a Unanimous verdict. John Griffin and David Camp argued the negative side at Davis and won a 2-to-l deci¬sion. GOOD SPEAKERS The students who engage in debate and oratory are getting the best possible results from ef¬fort and the expenditure of en¬ergy. They develop power to think straight and to express their Thoughts forcefully. The school is very proud of the students who engage in these activities and bring credit and honor upon their school. Incidentally, we think we have this year some re¬markably good speakers. INTEREST IN FORENSICS Students of high schools should take more interest in forensics. At the debate at the high school Wednesday there were fewer than 50 people present, and at Davis, aside from the judges and time¬keeper, there were but four peo¬ple present and three of these left before the debate was over. We presume they must have con¬cluded from the meagre repre¬sentation that it must be a re¬flection on their characters to show an interest in such activi¬ties and left to "save their faces." AT BRIGHAM CITY Today Ogden debates the same question at Brigham City and at Davis. The debate at Brigham City will take place at regular assembly before the entire stu¬dent body. We believe Brigham City has the right idea. Students should not simply be permitted to listen to debates—they should be required to listen to them, howsoever much we are inclined to rebel at such words as require, compel, demand, etc. In our plea for liberty, for self determination, free choice, etc., we forget that civilization has been built largely by force, power and external au¬thority. THE SCHOOLS HELP Central Junior and the Mound Fort and North Junior schools each sent word Wednesday that they would join our "Send a Boy" club. This is a club of faith and works and blessed is every man and organization that belongeth thereunto. Their names shall be recorded in the Great Book of the Ogden High school. MOCK WEDDING The third period French class staged a mock wedding Wednesday with William Osmond as French bridegroom and Fern Fardoe as American bride, in hon¬or of their newly married teach¬er. There were father and mother to bridesmaids, flowers, marches and everything. teacher acted as host and served refreshments. The news spread and so each class in turn during the day exacted the same fine treatment accorded the early class. CASH CONTRIBUTIONS Dr. D. N. White and Mrs. Otis Weeks each mailed the high school $10 Wednesday to help the band fund. SOME MONEY Los Angeles is spending some $61,000,000 for school buildings and equipment. During the past 12 months she has spent $8,267,535. She has averaged a new school building every 53 hours. One hundred and 65 units in one year—some record, we should, say. AMERCIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY "Principal Ogden High School: "Dr. George Thomas, University of Utah, chairman of the committee which had charge of the se¬lection of the prize winning essays in our 1925-26 secondary and high school contest in your state, has just informed us that an essay written by Wilford S. Young has been selected as the best on its topic in your state and will receive an award of $20 in gold and a first prize certificate. "Dr. Thomas has also advised us that the essay submitted by Glen Harding of your school has been selected as the second best on its topic in your state. As evi¬dence of his success Mr. Harding will receive a certificate of hon¬orable mention and copies of 'Chemistry in Industry,' Volumes I and II. "We are sure that you will again be glad to recognize the success of your students in the state contest in the same manner as you did last year by making public presentation of their essay awards. "Sincerely yours, "PAUL SMITH, "Secretary, Committee on Prize Essays." HIGH SCHOOL DAY As part of the fourth annual high school day program to be held at the Utah Agricultural col¬lege, competition will be carried on in certain kinds of scholastic work. The following types of work for this competition have been selected: Stock judging, bookkeeping, dressmaking, breadmaking, wood¬work, art work, music, automo¬bile mechanics, botany, agronomy, poultry, irrigation and drainage, English and public speaking. The contest in stock judging, bookkeeping, music, automobile, botany, agronomy, horticulture, poultry, irrigation and drainage, woodwork, English and public speaking will be carried on at the college. In the other activities, however, the work will be done at the high school and the con¬testants will submit their work to competent judges at the col¬lege for adjudication. Winners of the first place in all the contests will receive a scholarship to the Utah Agricultural college. Later announcements will be sent out giving the hours, the room and the instructors in charge of the different contests. The hearty co-operation of all high schools is earnestly desired in order that high school day may be a success. The following are the rules of the contest: Unless at least three con¬testants enter in each event the scholarship will not be awarded. Three contestants may en¬ter each contest from one school. .3 The highest place in any contest will win the scholarship award. Detailed particulars concerning any of these contests may be had from Principal Merrill. 1492 I shure do have a turrible time rememberin dates (history dates). Of all the things we studied, I can just remember whut happened in 1492. It.wuz in 1492 when Calumbus crossed the delewear and licked the red coats at that famus bat¬tle of Bull run. At Concord and Lexington he had the red coats on the run (they didn't run cuz they was scairt, they just had good sence). In 1492 George Washinton ishued the Monroin Doctrin saying that anybody or any nashion which took one of our states would be persuaded to give it back. I gess that scairt um out cuz no one ever tried it. Thats all I know about 1492. They say history repeets itself and if it would repeet itself to me I ud tell you a lot more that happened in 1492 cuz I dont think I told it all. —Fred Wheeler.