heard of a trotters' party before so I can't suggest any improvements upon the affair. I think it has something to do with sitting down for a long time—and then getting up and down at frequent intervals. Wilma Bailey and Winnifred McConnell couldn't sit down in class the other day—oh, I almost forgot something, Winnifred said something about horses and a ride to Plain City or someplace. Anyway, I don't care, I wasn't there, so they must have missed a lot of fun. Well, at last I am recognized in high school. I told Frank Rose that this school needed a good traffic cop and what should I see yesterday on the board but some traffic regulations. I sure want to thank Mr. Rose for this recognition and I hope he will correct the misspelled words. I hope we don't all get a deal like Parnell Lemon got. The poor kid has received the scarlet lever from some unknown source. Gee—I wonder if there are any blackmailers about school now, giving us students the disease against their wishes. I wonder if Parnell is misplaced—I thought only the little children got scarlet fever. Better look up your credits, Parnell, and see if I'm wrong. P. S. —I'm afraid we will have to close school, Diary—everybody's on the sick list. First Parnell is stricken and now today Mr. Oberhansly lost his voice. He couldn't attend school because he lost it on the way home and must find it before very long. Mr. Smith is taking his place—look out, Mr. Smith, better hang onto your vocal. Biology teachers have such rotten luck in that line. Miss Hubbard is another one that was on the dumps yesterday. Mr. Merrill is taking her place, if he doesn't look out his voice will run away entirely. He talks so loud that you can hear him clear up to the office. By the way—isn't it funny that Mr. Oberhansly and Miss Hubbard are out of school at the same time? Looks kinda funny to me—but then that is not my business. Howard Littlefield is in the hospital (or is it horsepistol) for appendi--well, he's there anyway, and I hope he soon comes back to school. —Girls' Association. "GOOD NIGHT. " Last night I wandered down the street Where the moon Makes the most fantastic shadows, And the old romance Of the wind and the trees Is told in the prettiest words. The light from your little window Smiled and winked at me, And I whispered "Good night" To your shadow As it paused For a moment On the curtain; And it seemed to me, As I wandered on, That the wind brought back A low "Good night" To me. —Robert G. True. OGDEN council report. President Fife presided at the regular council meeting. After some discussion of buying a picture with the Girls' association, it was moved and seconded that the matter be dropped. The motion, was carried. It was moved and seconded that the matter of changing the name of the school publication be postponed. After some discussion the motion was withdrawn and it was moved and seconded that the name of one of the school publications be changed. The motion was lost. Kathryn Healy, in behalf of Stellae, asked permission for that club to give a dance before the senior Christmas dance. After some discussion it was moved and seconded that permission to have a dance before the Christmas dance not be granted to Stellae. The motion was carried. It was moved and seconded that no clubs be permitted to have dances charging admission. The motion was lost. The meeting was then adjourned. ELEANOR WEEKS, Secretary. oral ENGLISH. The high school has prided itself for several years on the quality of the oral English work. Practically every student learns to stand before the class and talk interestingly and forcefully for a considerable length of time. In every English class each student has an opportunity of giving a talk every week. Monday is usually the day chosen for this work. The variety of subject treated may be imagined from the following list that was treated in just one room on Monday: Probate courts, civil rights. the president's veto, naturalization, income tax, protective tariff, postal savings, a broker, a monopoly, declaration of bankruptcy, copyright, infectious diseases, anaesthetics, vaccination, engine cylinders, tree grafting. STUDENT HONORED. We copy the following from a Colorado paper: "Nancy, his perfect wife, will be played by Jeanne Warner, formerally of the Ogden high school, who received her training under Miss Reva Beck. Miss Warner possesses all the qualifications of a professional actress—beauty of person, golden hair, blue eyes, fine figure, a full, melodious voice capable of great range and delicate shading, poise fend a charming, gracious personality that commands the stage and holds the audience." LET'S BE CAREFUL. Students of the Delta high school in southern Utah were experimenting in the chemistry laboratory the other day. They thought to make a mild explosive with saltpeter, sulphur and phosphorus in small quantities. An explosion took place, tearing off the hand of one boy and injuring both eyes of another. So these young men must now face life with these great handicaps. It seems such a pity! We mention it only as a warning to our own students to be extremely careful in their laboratory work. One cannot, indeed, be too careful. We suggest that nothing be 'done except under the explicit direction of the teacher. We have had some slight mishaps in times past—but thus far have met no catastrophes. We most certainly do not want any and so we unite with the teachers in warning and re-warning students: DO BE CAREFUL. HOPE. Hope is a cruel woman, Child of the heartless sea. She carries me, Crushes me, Like the wild tide, In her wild, strong arms, And leaves me Panting and broken Here on the sand Comes back again, Laughing, And leaves again, Mocking. O Hope, come back to me! —ROBERT G. TRUE. TENTH PAGE OF THE LOST DIARY Gee. diary—I didn't know there were so many funny things in this old world. Yesterday I went in Mr. Smith's room and I sure was surprised to find a young zoo growing there. There's a tank full of green stuff, I guess it is water, but it sure looks like something else. Then there is a log. or piece of one, floating around in this green water, some bricks are laying at one side (they are green, too). Imagine what happened when I moved that log An alligator— a real live alligator—crawled out. Boy! I nearly fainted; if there had been a window open I sure would have made a leap for life. But there wasn't, so I had to stand there and let that thing look me over. Just then Mr. Smith came in and he told me that it wouldn't bite or knock me down, so I went kinda close and looked at him. He is two years old and his name is Willis (the alligator's, I mean). Ain't that a darling name. I was gonna pick him up but then I thought maybe he wouldn't like it so I didn't. He used to live in New Orleans, but he didn't like it there so he came out here to live in Mr. Smith's room. Then I saw some spotted things that looked like full cousins to Willis. They were salamanders, or something to that effect. I would have picked them up too, but I didn't want to hurt their feelings. Something else I saw there reminds me of some people in this school—they were clams. They wouldn't open up when anybody was around for anything. There was a whole family of these clams, the mama and papa and thre or four little ones (by the way, the little clams DID NOT have scarlet fever). There were some fish, too, but they were bashful and didn't like company, so I could not see them. Mr. Smith has got a bird, too. I thought it was an eagle, but he told me that it was an owl. Its name is Abraham. I guess it's awfully old. because it hasn't got any teeth (not even false ones). Abraham is sitting on a stick lookin' fierce as the dickens, he can't see very much, though, because he ha: got two glass eyes. He doesn't move around very much either, but there's a a good reason for that—he is dead and can't walk, but he's not the only stuffed one around this school. Right back of Abraham is all that remains of Molly, an 18-year-old (I know, because I looked at her teeth.) Indian girl—poor thing. T hope no one digs me up after I am dead and puts my bones in a glass case so everybody can write their names on them. Frank Rose and Winifred McConnell are guilty because I SAW 'EM. In the window by Molly there is a young forest springing up out of pots. It looks like a greenhouse when you first go in but after you've been in a while things don't look quite so green. There's one tree with some red things on it, Mr. Smith says they are Jerusalem cherries. I asked if you could eat them and he said "No, they are tomatoes." What are you going to do about that? That's just about all there was in his room, so I left. But I sure am going back there some day and visit Joseph and Brigham (that's the salamanders) if have to sluff school to do it. I think everybody ought to take a trip up and see what Mr. Smith has got in his room. It's sure worth looking at. GIRLS' ASSOCIATION. OGDEN "He came. We saw. He conquered." Of course we are referring to Major Schoof. He gave us the happiest, most instructive, most inspirational hour we have had this year. In our opinion, no school can afford not to have Mayor Schoof. He gives more in an house than most people could give in a lifetime. MUCH IN LITTLE. Perhaps that's what he does; He gieves us sixty years of full ric experience in one hour. He brings the evidence, first, in a whole true load of unusual trophies gathered from all corners of the globe. Secondly, in a fine, supple physique that would do credit to a man thirty; thirdly, in a biography narrative replete with romance all thrills; fourthly, a sermonette clean living and high ideals that wins all hearers. A GREAT TEACHER. As we see him, Major Schoof is a great teacher. He, himself, in his life and character is a fine example of what a man can do in the world. Born in poverty in Germany, he has come to know life at all levels. He has endured hardships and troubles. He has faced death and starvation in the jungles of Africa, on the deserts of Mexico, in the wilds of the north. As a mounted police he has had scores of thrilling experiences with desperate characters. ENGLISH ENFORCE LAW. That the English people enforce law and by this means minimize crime was aptly illustrated in several interesting stories told by the major. If a criminal pleads insanity, the English say "hang him quickly before ho goes crazy and kills someone else." THE MAJOR'S PLEA. The major made a most earnest plea for intellectual, physical and religious education. His own agility and vigor was evidence of his belief in physical education; his ideas, ideals and attitude convinced all of his deep religious feeling; the story of how he had frequently been deprived of honors and remunerative positions because of lack of scholastic training made many boys and girls resolve to go on in their educational work. EDUCATION, OLD AND NEW. Old: The aim of the curriculum is to prepare for future opportunities and responsibilities. The curriculum necessarily involves much that is distasteful and foreign to the child's immediate interests. New: The aim of the curriculum is to stimulate and encourage children to grow by providing for them, through a rich and suggestive environment, activities in which they joyously engage. enroll in red cross. Teachers are given opportunity in all Ogden schools today to enroll in the American Red Cross. The prinpicals are authorized to issue membership cards. At the Ogden High school, most of the teachers have already enrolled through church and club organizations. a new definition. We have had no tend of definitions of education. Here is a late one, however, from Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin, that will compare with any of them: "Education is the great adventure of trying to make ourselves at home in the modern world." surprise again. Zeta Phi Xi again is showing her colors in something new. A meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the home of President Margaret Jongsma. Plans for the assembly were discusses and ''delightful "eats" were served. The snappy Zeta Phis are always after the highest standards— and usually get them. It is the only girls' club in the school with such distinctive looking uniforms. The uniforms are all right, hut the girls form the main attraction. The affair on Wednesday makes our fourth party of the year—try and beat it, you other organizations. —Carmen Garner, Reporter. GAMMA KAPPA REPORT. Gamma Kappa as usual had one of the best meetings of the year on Wednesday night, in room 304. A good percentage of the members was present and the few members who were unable to attend certainly missed a treat. Lorin Wheelwright, the urogram master, was very fortunate in securing for thc speaker, the Rev. C. E. Mayo, paster of the First Congregational church. Those who have heard Mr. Mayo speak know how capable he is. His talk consisted of the value of an education; he gave some very fine moral standards a student should possess. The club members were very much impressed with the talk, and wish to sincerely thank Mr. Mayo. We hope that we may sometime again have the pleasure of hearing him. Next time, however, should like to have the entire student body gain the benefits of his lecture. An interesting history of Gamma Kappa was offered by Marie Lovedal. And again Gamma Kappa comes to the front. Most of the old members are either graduated from big colleges and universities or are in high standing at school now. Several representatives are to be found at Stanford, one or two at West Point, and many at Washington and other prominent educational institutions. One of our former members is a teacher of Latin at the University of Utah. The scholarship record set by Gamma Kappa in high school always carries over to college. We always succeed in anything we undertake —we challenge the other clubs of the school to equal us in and of our meetings, parties or other activities. —Carmen Garner, Reporter.