WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1935. ADVICE HANDED TO PESSIMISTS OF OGDEN HIGH Open Requests Will Lead To Changes 'Knockers' Are Assured OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Larsen, Associate Editor A great deal was said last year about "knockers." This branch of humanity consists of those people who, because they do not agree with the operation of some school organ¬ization, condemn the actions of those in charge. If the students and teachers of this school feel that any group is not being directed to the best advantage of the school as a whole, we suggest that those persons make known their objections in the proper man¬ner! A mere hint to a group as to a class is grossly insufficient as far as bringing about a needed change. Present your changes to those in charge. Don't discuss your dissatis¬faction just to your little circle or class. Come to the front and state your case! Don't be "knockers." HEAR YE! Beta Zeta Tau, the art club, is conducting an art exhibition in Mr. Stewart's room in Ogden High school for two weeks. The public is invited to attend. Since this is said to be the best exhibition the club has ever sponsored, we are sure everyone will enjoy seeing it. It began today. DID YOU KNOW The rate of evaporation increases with an increase of temperature? The rate of evaporation increases as the surface area of a liquid in¬creases? The rate of evaporation varies with the nature of a liquid? The rate of evaporation is increased when the atmospheric pressure is reduced? Solids dissolved in liquids raise the boiling point? Gasses dissolved in liquids usually lower the boiling point? Such applicable laws are taught to students studying physics at high school? ACCOLADE SOON! Just one week from this Friday our annual Accolade will be held in the Berthana ballroom. Girls, what is wrong with you? Not every boy has been asked to the gayest, most festive event of the season. Hurry, hurry, ask your boy friends; not much time is left. The Girls' association needs the co-operation of each of its members. Let's give our whole-hearted support to the organization; let's be loyal to the school. Purchase tickets im¬mediately from club members. Don't forget! The time: January 25 at nine o'clock. The place: Ber¬thana ballroom. All be there—a thousand strong. CHATTER Who is the latest redheaded siren Dick Baxter has been going around with lately? Which one of Henrietta's dates for the Accolade is going to take his car? Did you know that Grant Robison had to have the date committee function before he got a date to the Accolade? Why is John Volker so dissatisfied with just one girl in Salt Lake? Why are the senior girls losing their grip? We hear that Frank Fuller likes ice water baths just before going up to Mary's. How come Earl Rowse can break three dates to the Accolade and we haven't one? — Two homely lonely waiting boys.—Filbert and Wilbert. RADIO PROGRAM Thursday evening at eight o'clock over KLO the weekly Tiger Flashes radio program will be presented again to the public. Students, come down to the station en masse. Cheer the participants, for they like en¬couragement. This feature over the air promises to be worth while for not only stu¬dents but also patrons and teachers. Listen in all of you, this Thursday evening; you will undoubtedly enjoy Tiger Flashes. Only the best of talent used. YEARBOOK PICTURES Again we remind students that in¬dividual pictures for the yearbook must be in by February 1. After that date no pictures will be accepted. After February 1, all club pages will cost $12, instead of $10. Pictures are to be taken to Miss Osmond.— Hurry! READING—GOOD AND BAD Because of the great amount of reading material thrust at us from all sides—books, magazines, news¬papers in endless profusion—we have become a nation of "mere skimmers of the printed page." In our more serious moments of reading (when and if there are any), if we find a long or dull-looking paragraph, we skip it, and go on to more interest¬ing parts of the story or article. We finish one story in a hurry in order to begin another, in order to feast on more books, more books, more, more, more. How many of us read anything in the papers except the sports pages, the continued story, or the fashion notes? Susie drops onto the daven¬port, snatches the paper, turns straight to the inner part and de¬vours the current love tale. Bill is interested only in the sports pages, while another girl glances only at the fashion notes. Ruskin says that he who reads 10 pages of a good book carefully—that is to say, word for word—is in some measure forever an educated man. So, why not get "educated" by reading a good book carefully once, not because you enjoy it, but be¬cause you receive benefits by doing so?—W. B. TO STUDENTS We have noticed in the last few weeks that some of the students REMARKABLE SAYING Dr. Millikan, who addressed us this morning, is credited with hav¬ing said recently, "More courtesy and politeness has been developed in the modern gas stations than has been taught in all the colleges." The remark strikes us as containing much truth and food for thought. ALL NOW UNIFORMED The final shipment of R. O. T. C. uniforms has arrived and all boys in the unit are now being uniformed. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1935. PUPILS BEGIN DUTIES OF YEAR Activities Are Resumed By Ogden High School Members OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Larsen, Associate Editor. With the gay laughter of youth we took leave of our comrades and the year of 1934. As we return to school and to our friends, a new year has dawned. What this new year will bring to us is unknown, and yet perhaps we ourselves can help the year in his duties as the days go by. We are the pourers of the liquid of life, and the liquid is poured out for us in the same measure as we pour it out for others. When this year is an old man, and is teaching us in the same manner as 1934 first had done, may you look into your cup containing the precious liquid and discover there has been no bitter dregs to spoil your drink of 1935.— Barbara Clark. VACATION OVER Well, it was fun while it lasted! The vacation is over, and we are back at work again. Besides bringing us many joyous mo ents, the Christmas season brought the Ogden High school's magnificent cantata, and our merry Holly Hop. Both of these events were highly successful. The cantata, presented by the music depart¬ment, thrilled all who heard it. Mr. Hanson and his music students are to be complimented on their pleas¬ing performances. Climaxing the pre-season enter¬tainment, the Holly Hop attracted a huge number of gay, happy stu¬dents. Yes, these events are now just memories, but they are, indeed, hap¬py ones! WELCOME HOME Nearly all of the Ogden High alumni were home to enjoy the Christmas and New Year festivi¬ties—to our pleasure. We missed their enjoyable companionship this year, and we were anxious to see them again, reviving old friendships and gleaning information about their welfare. Alumni, we welcome you home! GREGG ARTISTS In a meeting of Gregg Artists, members of the club heard a talk by Mr. Childs on the history of shorthand. They were told that shorthand is not a modern, newfangled invention, but an ancient art. Shorthand, in a form, was used as early as 200 B. C. by a Roman poet to put down his poems. It was used in the Ro¬man empire by all the well educated men and women. It is said that forty stenographers were required daily in the Roman senate. Short¬hand was the secret code by which Julius Caesar and other Roman of¬ficers kept in touch with all prov¬inces. When this art first began there were eleven thousand signs to be learned. Of course this art has been greatly improved by such men as Pittman and Gregg. These are just a few of the points brought out by Mr. Child in his fascinating talk.—Mary Vance, Reporter. COURTESY The definition of courtesy in the dictionary is politeness, civility, and courtliness, but courtesy has a deep¬er, finer meaning than the defini¬tions just given. It means con¬sideration and thoughtfulness for others, the art of helping those in need, of always being ready to take one's share of the burden of any enterprise, and of always being ready to give a bright smile and a hearty "hello" to the passing world. If one has courtesy, he need never be afraid to face the world, for courtesy is a weapon that will mow down all enemies and gather friends about one.—Barbara Clark. PROGRAM READY FOR PUPILS AS SEMESTER NEAR Jan 15 No Change In Registration Needed As Classes Go Right On OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Emily Merrill, Editor; Blaine Larsen. Associate Editor. The second semester begins next Monday January 21. Fortunately or unfortunately an efficient office force has so arranged the program that we do not get a day off—no not a single hour to re-register. They tell us "your classes go right on. If you wish to make any change what¬soever, you must write out a peti¬tion to the office this week so that all will be set for continuing regu¬lar work next Monday. But one break we do get. We change text books, literature takes the place of grammar, civics takes the place of U. S. history, eugenics, follows physiology, and botany follows zoo¬logy. FINE GAME To the boys on the basketball team, we now give a literary hand¬shake! The efforts of the Tiger team against Weber, our oldest rivals, were superb. Although Weber had a fine squad, she could hardly match the aggressive combination of fine shooting and ball rustling displayed by our boys. Coach Kapple, it was shown, must have done some exten¬sive training with the boys last week. The team that met Box Elder a few weeks ago would have been badly beaten by the squad that took the floor against Weber last Friday. Fine work, fellows! CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTION It is a serious problem which con¬fronts the whole nation—educating those who do not desire education. State laws have been made com¬pelling boys and girls to attend school until they reach a certain age. The very fact that he is com¬pelled makes the back-slider obsti¬nate and difficult to teach. A stu¬dent gets from the lesson just the amount he puts into it, and it is easy to see that very little or noth¬ing can be gained when the lesson is attacked with only a half-hearted effort and no determination. We, as students of Ogden High, do not realize the many advantages we have. We do not study as we should, and too many of us are content to "get by." Let's remember O. H. S. means 'Only Hardworking Students' and not 'One Hundred Sluffers'—A Student. TO THOSE WHO BLUSH Do you blush? If you do you have my sincerest sympathy. I also belong to the great sisterhood of blushers, and indeed I sometimes feel that it is a cross too heavy to carry on my humble shoulders. Often I have found myself in rather peculiar positions which are embarrassing, to say the least. I am all ready to carry everything off with a high hand by adroit play¬acting when all of a sudden my face betrays me—a sudden hot feeling, a rush of the blood to the cheeks, and then, to my utmost dismay, that tell-take red seizes my face. It is then that I give up with my banners trailing in the dust, wishing heartily and with all my might that either the floor would open up and consume me or that some huge force would suddenly come and crash me to oblivion. Once I complained bit¬terly to mother concerning this great failing of mine, but she only laughed and said that I should be proud of having such an accomplish¬ment. "It is a rare gift handed down from our grandmother's day and you should be glad to possess it," she said. This, being of no help at all, only added to the dust and ashes already heaped on my innocent head. Ever since then I have hunted through books and searched through the windswept corners of my mind, but I have been unable to discover a cure for this sinister malady. So all that I am able to do is to send my sincerest sympathy to those who also are suffering from the gift of their grandmothers.—Barbara Clark.