Diplomacy Regarded As One of Fine Arts apr 25 Frankness AIso Ranks As Desirable Quality In Life OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Virginia Hunter, Editor The word diplomacy ought to hit 1 home to many or us. High school students are renowned for this lack of tact and diplomacy, and many ' of our classmates seem to make an 1 effort at living up to this reputa- 1 tion. There is quite a wide chasm 1 between the art of being frank and the lack of diplomacy. A person 1 who lacks this latter quality can cause more awkward situations and hurt feelings than he supposes. A j person who is frank speaks his mind 1 but only to the extent that it will do some good, or bear a worthwhile i criticism. Silence is often the best 1 attribute of diplomacy. If you can't ' say something nice, don't say any¬thing at all. THE EDITOR. ASSEMBLY REPORT The assembly of April 22 was un- i der the direction of the junior class : and Tau Eta Nu. A piano selec- ' tion by Betty Williams opened the program. Lloyd Fredrickson ac¬companied by Ruth Cross, presented a vocal solo, after which Don Banks, accompanied by Mr. Hansen gave us a clarinet solo. Grant Goddard presented a reading. Louis Bavero completed the musical program with a flute solo. An interesting adver- tisement for the "prom" was given : in the guise of a puppet show. Grant Aadneson, president of the junior class, then gave us interesting facts concerning the "prom." THE RIFLE TEAM There is one organization of this school which receives little notice and hardly any credit at all. That organization is the rifle team and really should receive a good deal of credit. It asks very little from the school and contributes a great deal to its prominence, in a loud way. Notwithstanding the fact that our marksmen have one of the poor¬est equipped ranges in this corps area, by dint of excellent shooting, they are now resting in second place in the national shoot, among the various rifle teams that comprise the Ninth corps area. The shoot is not yet over and the team has a chance to come out on top, which we hope they manage to do. SID GORDON. IN STAGE PLAYS They say: "A man of few words is a man with many thoughts." This applies very well to Mr. Taggart in his part in the little theatre play, "The Younger Generation." How¬ever small the part it is "the small things that count." We also have another talented teacher who shows ability in one of these plays. Mrs. Chambers makes a splendid actress, don't you think? JANET FIFE. PLEDGES WELCOMED Charming and lovely—our pledges.1 Happy members announce happy pledges, Phyllis Abplanalp, Shirley Wangsgard and Maurine Shaw. Con¬gratulations, Phi Lambda Tau, for your excellent choice. High School Girls To March In White apr 26, 1932 Association Will Furnish Color To Go With Costume OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Robert Hetzel, Editor From M. J. W. comes a special message to the girls of Ogden high school concerning the great parade to be held in the first week of May. It reads as follows: "You know, we've got to do our- : selves up proud, girls, (and inci- : dentally in white) so start to plan 1 for your wardrobe for the day of May 6. If you've a white dress all's Jy well and good. If not here's a chance , for a new one (and father can't kick either), for look at the prices. The general committee has said every- thing is to be patriotic—so a white dress and our Girls' association will furnish the colors. "I know we'll look swell." LEISURE HOURS "After work, leisure follows. No s matter how long the working day there comes a time to rest. That r time must be filled to the satisfac¬tion of the spirit. No human be- ing can remain idle for any length € of time without protest and it is not t his body that protests but his spirit. 3 The spirit must have food. That food is found in doing something one likes to do. "It would be ideal if one had to i do only what he liked best to do and a could do best. That happy situation J is not always found. Many of us have to work at things we care 1 little about. Only in leisure hours ' can we do what we wish to do. Then we find physicians painting pictures, 1 brokers raising horses, writers mak¬ing gardens, laborers attending art - schools. Each of us goes to the things he loves best in his leisure time." This quotation from an article by Angelo Patri clearly emphasizes the fact that leisure time is exceedingly important. Far too much is said about the rest of the time in com¬parison with what is said about leisure time. If the importance of this were emphasized in the schools and other public institutions, much would be gained from it. "In idle¬ness and vacancy lies danger." THE EDITOR. LATEST VOLUME The Spectator (which has been leading a very uncertain existence the past few weeks) is once again in the library. Charles Wood objects to projects, Amar Hickman tells of the heart¬breaks of a policeman (does it well, too), the inquiring reporter, is still annoying people and Virginia Peter¬son writes movie reviews—aside from that it's pretty good. PET PROS AND CONS Pros: Grant Goddard, who told how Fanny gave Jenkins her hand so well that we gave him a different sort of a hand. "Piccolo" Favero, because he did not walk out on us last Friday. The special a la puppet show in¬vitation to the junior prom and the even better dance. If you weren't there—well, you were just punishing your own sweet self. Cons: Those examples of the workman¬ship of architectural morons, our age-worn steps; we hope absence will make the heart grow fonder, for who likes them, anyway? About ninety-nine per cent of the things I don't like—rain, more rain, and just plain rain. B. T., who makes fun at me. I hope he understood it, for I didn't. SUSIE SEVENTEEN. Opera Placed Aside In School Work Rush Numerous Other Happenings Listed For Last Four Weeks OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Elpha Morse, Editor No opera! These words traveled , like wildfire from the lips of school j authorities to the ears of the entire , student body. This year there will ( be no school opera. Too many j school activities, too much work for , the music department, students j slacking in other school work— these uplayed a large part toward abandoning the opera. There are but four more weeks of school. In this time we have cadet inspection,f Loyalty day parade, senior plays, I Exhibition week, with Parents' day program, Award day, Sunday com¬mencement service, commencement exercises, and senior reception, to say nothing of assemblies and regu¬lar school work. What a sad disap- ! pointment to the principals and chorus who spent so much time in j learning and preparing the pro¬duction. A disappointment indeed but a greater addition of musical knowledge to the minds of those students.—Fay Cardon. EXCUSES Now that project time is here, j faculty members are beseiged with excuses of all types and descriptions. Some of these are novel. You would be surprised if you could hear some : of these, but excuses are so unnec-1 essary if one works to capacity all the time that they seem r&ther cowardly. You are afraid of work and afraid to take the consequences. It is better to be afraid to be un¬prepared. SENIOR CLASS PLAYS Tickets are now on sale for the plays which will be given at the lit¬tle theatre Friday, April 29. These plays are sponsored by the senior class. You may procure tickets from seniors. It will be worth your while because the plays are very in¬teresting. See you there! SPRING ACTIVITIES With the coming of spring (?) the girls are migrating from the gym, drill rooms, auditorium or what you have to the wide, open spaces to take up the games of baseball and tennis. This is the first year in a long time that there has been a tennis tournament up here and ev¬erybody is all pepped up about it. When the singles tournament is completed there will be a doubles tournament so if you have not en-tered the singles don't fail to enter the doubles.—Helen Parmley. NOTICE! This is the last week of the 'ex¬hibit of etchings. Don't miss it, and be sure that your parents see, it! BETA ZETA TAU The two unlucky victims of Beta Zeta Tau last Saturday night were La Von Garner and Kiyoko Oda. Oh well, the worst is over and now they're full fledged members. Ini¬tiation was at the home of yours truly and after the initiation we had a "weenie roast." After the party we departed for our homes with happy memories but a pain from too many weenies—Helen Parmley. The general committee On Loyalty day parade has decided to eliminate school colors and make the parade purely patriotic. For this reason each girl will wear & white dress and the Girls' association will fur¬nish a tie or ribbon of red, white, and blue, to wear with the dress. Dresses will be oh sale this week at retail stores. WHO? Pray tell me who is H. L. And why he writes in the notes With such a skill and flourish On humor and anecdotes? Another thing I'd like to know— Who our little Edgar is? Does it happen to be Russ Stone Or 'nother double of his? Who writes Susie Seventeen? Do you think it's Elpha Morse? And Chaucer III, who is he? These questions fill me with re¬morse. My brain seems to be a whirl. Can some poor soul answer these And disclose their authorship To set my poor mind at ease? —Emma Miller. THE JUNIOR PROM This year the dance sponsored by the juniors Was one of the loveli¬est parties We have had this year. The Japanese motif was very effec¬tive. In behalf of the senior class we wish to thank the juniors for a most enjoyable evening.