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Show OGDEN HIGH TO ENTERTAIN AT YULE CONCERT Dec. Music Department Gives Christmas Program December 20 OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Lar¬son, Associate Editor Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Now that the school play is over, the next presentation to the public of Ogden High school talent will be on December 20, when the music de¬partment presents its Christmas program. Mr. Hansen promises it will be well worth hearing, as he will present the combined choruses, the orchestra, which will accompany and also offer some selections of its own, and a few soloists. The solos will be such as "Cantique de Noel," and the "Holy City." The chorus, instead of spending so much time learning a cantata, will present such masterpieces as the "Hallelujah chorus" from Handel's oratorio, "The Messiah," and the chorus, "And the Glory of the Lord" by Mendelssohn. Hearing these two chorus numbers along would be well worth your while, as they have never been surpassed in all the years since they were written. The orchestra sets the new mood with "Pastoral". Then, sounding far away and weird, a negro spiritual, "Listen to the Lambs," will ring softly through the hall. Chang¬ing its mood with unexpected swift¬ness, this simple melody, arranged for chorus work by Noble Cain, rep¬resents the highest and finest in American traditional music. Con¬cluding with the old Yuletide carols the program, presented by a music department unexcelled in recent years, will be over, and all who at¬tend will have spent a most enjoy¬able evening. So, students, tell your parents, and be sure that they attend. In this way, you can help advertise our school and make Ogden "O.H.S. conscious."—W.B. TRIP ENJOYABLE Four students of Ogden High school and a faculty advisor, Miss Osmond, journeyed to Provo Satur-day in order to attend the largest journalistic congregation ever as¬sembled in Utah. Editors, and oth¬er student officers in every high school in the state were present, Ruth La Vin Cragun, Emily Merrill, George Lowe and Stratford Smith being the representatives from Og¬den High school. A program in which constructive speeches were presented to help the editors better student publications lasted from nine in the morning un¬til noon. After luncheon other presentations were offered includ¬ing a student tour of the B.Y.U. campus, dancing entertainment, and a banquet. Harrison R. Merrill, ed¬itor of the Improvement Era, and President Harris were among the many interesting and educational speakers on the program. The day was filled with interest. No other convention could have had more desirable entertainers and speakers; no other convention could have offered more practical sugges¬tions for improving literary pub¬lications. Ogden High school cor¬dially thanks the Brigham Young university for its efforts in as¬sembling students coming from even 300 miles. GAME TONIGHT Meeting probably one of the best teams in the northern division, the Ogden Tigers tonight play Preston in the Weber gymnasium. Preston is tied for second place with Logan and Weber, while Ogden rests in first place. From all indications both Ogden and Preston are unusual teams. A close contest is expected. Students, our team is "going places." The results of the game last week with Logan proved that. It is our duty to assist it in every way possible. Come to the game tonight and give the Tigers some vocal support. SCHOOL WILL TEST TALENT IN DEBATING Jan. 29 Tryouts For Team Places Will Be Conducted Friday OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Larsen. Associate Editor. Tryouts for the school debating teams will be held Friday, February 1, in room 203. Any high school student is eligible. A five minute argumentative speech on the sub-ejst: "Resolved that the federal government should adopt the policy of equalizing educational opportun¬ely throughout the nation by means of annual grants to the several states for public elementary and secondary education" must be pre¬sented by each of the contestants. WANTED We need at high school right now a goodly number of books— Literature and Life Book IV. For¬mer students who have used these books during the past eight years will do us a great favor by sending or bringing these books to us. Stu¬dents will be paid a fair price for them. UNDER DIFFICULTIES In the near future Superintend¬ent Driggs of state school for the deaf and blind will demonstrate how the deaf are taught at his school. This demonstration will be given before the entire student body so that we may appreciate how the tremendous handicap of deafness and inability to speak are overcome by modern methods of teaching. TEACHER ILL Miss Neeley, foods teacher, was operated on for appendicitis Friday evening last. Mrs. Nelle Martin is substituting for Miss Neeley this week. FOR SCHOLARSHIPS Applications for the Thompson scholarship at Berkeley, University of California, were made last week by the following students: Jane Davis, Marian Tueller, Emily Merrill, Paul Packer, and Conrad Smith. The Thompson scholarships are the most valuable available to Utah high school students. English accent and his utter hate for "Sweet Clover." Virginia McNamara, Allen Shively, Elzada Carlson, Norma London, Conrad Smith, and Stratford Smith also made "Cappy Ricks" a fine stage success. Miss Woolley has once again proved her worth by directing her students to another success. Mr. Hansen and the orchestra rendered a fine service through the music presented between the acts. All in all, "Cappy Ricks" was a huge success! THE MEANING OF "A" A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and lov¬ing favor rather than silver and gold. A man's pride shall bring him low, but honor shall uphold the hum¬ble in spirit. THE GREATEST THINGS The greatest sin—to receive all A's on your report card. The best teacher—one who does not assign lessons. The best gift—holidays and vaca¬tions. The greatest mistake—to work all your lessons in study hall. The greatest need—a new high school. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. And let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.— Blanche Roach and Dorothie Ryan. REGRET Most sincere regrets are express¬ed by the Notes to Earl Robertson, one of our fellow students, at the death of his most beloved mother. Earl is deeply moved by the loss of a person so dear to his heart. A little comfort given Earl by each of us will tend to fill the gap that has come into his life. WHY NOT? A few pennies stacked together appear to be greater in number than the same amount scattered about. Several trees planted in a grove give more shade than several that are planted separately. And the cheering of the student body is much more effective when the group responds as a group than when a few students do so individually. As demonstrated in past athletic ac¬tivities, one finds that better results are obtained by collective cheering. It is a well known fact that the performers need encouragement, and a strong volley will be appreciated far more than a series of almost inaudible sounds. In the basketball game here tonight with Preston the students are requested to sit to¬gether in a body to unite their ef¬forts in cheering our team on to victory.—Barbara Taylor. ATTENTION The editors of this column wish to correct a false impression. We have been challenged to improve our efforts toward the Notes. We have been called bulldogged, resentful of criticism, and unappreciative of any suggestions for improvement. We can only say to those who in¬sist that we are not editing this col¬umn to the best advantage that the students of this school, not the ed¬itors, are responsible for the ma¬terial appearing in the Notes. We are only the directors. If no ar¬ticles are contributed, what are we to do? Should we throw down our pens and call the whole affair off? Recently a number of the best writers at Ogden High were ap¬proached upon the subject of writ¬ing for the Notes. A variety of ex¬cuses was offered. "Too busy," "Nothing to write about." "would not care to" were among the ans¬wers we received. We invite suggestions of improve¬ment—that is, constructive ideas. Help us secure printable material and "make it possible for us to have a decent O.H.S. column after all." We assure you that we will not be bulldogged, unreceptive or resent¬ful. A THOUGHT Be glad, be joyous, be gay; There's light; there's sunshine; there's a day. Be thankful for happiness too- Then the world will mean more to you. —Emily Merrill. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1935. SCHOOL FINDS ENGLISH TESTS PLENTY HEAVY Few Feel Like Bragging After Undergoing Quizzing OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Larsen, Associate Editor Elaborate, complete, comprehen¬sive, exhaustive and exhausting are some of the adjectives that might appropriately be applied to those English tests prepared by Mrs. Newcomb and submitted to all English students last week. We survived to tell the tale, but no one is doing any bragging about how well they passed the test. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECHES In last Friday's assembly, the third of the series of extemporan¬eous speeches was held. Stratford and Conrad Smith, the two senior speakers, won first and second places. Elzada Carlson and Paul Grogger upheld the junior class and won third and fourth places. After four splendid speeches, the judges awarded the decision to the seniors. Included also on the program was a vocal solo by Lynn Hill, a skit presented by the Pep club, a number of announcements, and yells and songs by the student body. Good luck, everyone!—L. H. A LETTER TO MOTHER Dear Mother—I just thought I'd drop you a line and tell you what is happening here at home. Every¬thing was going fine until yester¬day when I let the boys help with the dishes. They didn't do so badly although they did break the sugar bowl and two cups. I shouldn't complain because I broke the sweep¬er, but Ferren fixed it. It does seem strange, but now the motor won't even run. The cat ate the orange and black gold fish. I guess we'll live until you get back, but for goodness sake do hurry because the boys told me they would like a piece of pie with the tin off the bottom. Hurry home!—June. NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS At the half-year it is customary to elect new council members for the various rooms. The student body officers feel that those council members who have served the first half of the year have fulfilled their obligations to those who elected them. It is our sincere wish that the new council members will act ac¬cording to their views on all mat¬ters that are brought before coun¬cil. May we advise the new coun¬cil members to make the term spent in council sessions worth something to the class and the school.—Blaine Larson, secretary. BRAINSTORM RELIEF As we see the old year fade we also can see the "New-condie" in with plenty of work. Did you see Cathleen "Paint-er" locker red? There isn't much "La-Vin" left in Angus. When somebody slapped her "Frances" did Young grow old? "D'Emmett!" "A-von" to go home (such vulgar language). They "Marge'd" him thru the "Hall," then "Jane'd" him to the bed. Just as they called "Check-ett," "Henri-et-ta't." The canary got 'Riley," so nary "Sad-er-berg" to the cage. Pudgie couldn't foot the bill, so she "Rose'd" herself and "Bob'bed" her hair.—"The Two Old-Fashioned Ninnies." Stop! Look! Listen! Stop at Mr. Stewart's room dur¬ing the next two weeks and; Look at the beautiful pictures of this art exhibit sponsored by Beta Zeta Tau, while you Listen to Mr. Stewart tell about the artists.—A Pledge. THANKS We thank you, Mr. Editor Stand¬ard-Examiner on that fine editorial concerning a new high school in Thursday's paper. Keep up the good work and before this depres¬sion is fully over we shall have that new building. The High school re¬ceived this week through the cour¬tesy of Senator Ira Huggins a copy of Utah Revised Statutes, 1933. We appreciate, senator, this very valu¬able book in our library. MERITS Through the irregular distribution of credit in the good old Ogden High school, a well known history teacher in the west wing of our ed¬ucational mansion has been slighted. Maybe this was meant to be, or perhaps it was a trick of fate. Any¬way, the tact used by that well liked teacher is unsurpassed. I think the sprinkling of lieu¬tenants, sponsors, sergeants, cor¬porals and even the privates will al-ways remember his methods of teaching. So let's take this oppor¬tunity of thanking him for his at-titude toward his scholars. The starting of the second half of the year will find some of the students of this advisory disbanded and scattered to the new classes and companionship will begin anew. Good luck, everyone! -- L. H. |