EDITORIAL Browning says that there are two moments in a diver's life "One when a beggar he prepares to plunge; one when a prince he rises with the pearl." This may well be applied to the "Acorn" staff. We are preparing to plunge into the difficult task of carrying our school paper successfully through the year. It is our aim to overcome the turbulent waves of opposition to make this volume of the Acorn the best in the history of the Academy, and when we leave our work to the next staff, to feel that we have left a paper of which Weber can well be proud, that we have kept high the standard of the Purple and White, and to reach that pearl success for which we all clamor. Then indeed we will feel repaid for all the energy we have expended and will know the same joy as does the diver, "When a prince he rises with the pearl." Never mind what your neighbor is doing. Have you done your part? Ask yourself this question and then get busy Write that story that has been in your mind so long, com plete the poem you started last summer, drop that phunism you heard in class into the black box, draw the cartoon you've been thinking about, pay your subcsription. "The Acorn" extends a welcome to you. The fact that that each of the three new members belong to the W. A. Alumni draws us to you with a stronger bond of fellowship. We know that you treasure in your hearts the welfare of our institution and we intend to co-operate with you in your work. We wish the entire faculty a happy and successful school year. May the year 1911-12 bring nothing but sweet thoughts and pleasant recollections in after years. ACORN 13 We gladly receive you into our presence. You are free to enjoy the advantages of Weber. Acquaint yourselves with the students and faculty and join with us in boosting for a bigger and better Academy. Surrender yourselves to your work and go straight toward your ideal. Mind not the sneers and laughter of the higher classes, for they are only 'scorning the base degrees by which they did ascend.' Remember that we descend below all things in order that we may rise above them and forget not that it is "For life, not school, we learn." In going about the halls and in the class rooms we find familiar faces' missing. The helping hand of last year's Seniors is no longer here to join in our activities. But the class of 1911 has set a standard which it is our duty to equal our desire to surpass. The Athenian's ideal was to brighten the intellect, to enlarge the mental faculties to the utmost. The Spartain's greatest desire was to develop a perfect physique one that, could withstand the hardships of warfare and exist under the most trying circumstances. Greece fell. Probably it is not within our power to deliver orations like those of the great Pericles; it is not possible, nor is it necessary, for us to run one hundred thirty-five miles in thirty-six hours. We can not become Spartains or Athenians; but we can become Weberonians, we can become Utahonians, yes, we can become Americans in the truest sense. It is within our power to forgive and forget; we can smile, we can love one another all these we should do and all these we must do if your nation is to avoid the fate of Greece. A teacher once told his students that there are just two classes of people in the world the "skinners" and "those that are skinned." He then advised them to belong to the former class. Yes, but what of the poor fellow that gets skinned like the boys and the frogs; what is fun for one is death to the other. The world needs strong men and women; it is for us to supply its needs. Are you, am I, are we all "inwardly, in secret, trying to be great?" Small service is true service while it lasts; Of humblest friends, bright creatures; scorn not one; The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dew-drops from the sun. WORDSWORTH.