The Acorn PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WEBER STAKE ACADEMY Entered as second class mail matter January 1, 1906, at the Postoffice at Ogden, Utah, under Act of Congress, of March 2, 1879 Subscription Price 50 cents per year Single Copies 10 cents Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief M. Josephine West, '07 Literary Editors Belva Woodmansee, '07; Rosella Ferrin, '08 Miscellaneous Florence Woolley, '07 Locals Lettie Taylor, '07 Exchange Editors M. Elinor Bingham, '07; Clarence Wright, '08 Cartoonist Victor H. Sears, '10 Music Glenna Wotherspoon, '07 Athletics Arthur Budge, '07; Pearl Cragun, '08 Alumni Edna M. Clegg, '99 Business Staff Business Mgr. Raymond Becraft, '08 First Asst. Wm. F. Driver, '08 Second Asst. Heber Wolley, '09 Subscription George C. Ensign, '07 Circulation Harold Johnson, '08 Editorial Temperance We usually apply the word temperance to the abstainance from whiskey and tobacco, but temperance should be applied to all things. We go home from school and overload our stomachs, yet we say we are temperate. In eating we should learn the difference between sufficient and enough and eat sufficient. Sitting up late at night is intemperate. We cannot go to school and get the most out of it, if we spend every evening seeking outside pleasures. We ought to find pleasure in our studies. Yet, even over our lessons, we must not sit up too late at night. If we go to bed at ten or eleven o'clock and take eight hours sleep, we can get up refreshed in the morning and our minds will be brighter and more succeptable to ideas. Too much sleep makes us drowsy and stupid all day. Temperance is necessary in these little things, in order that our minds and bodies maybe strong and healthy; for, "I think you will find it true; that before any vice can fasten on a man, body, mind, or moral nature must be debilitated. The mosses and fungi gather on sickly trees, not thriving ones; and the odious parasites which THE ACORN 17 fasten on the human frame, choose that which is already enfeebled." Again, we should fill our minds with fruitful ideas, have abundant thoughts and work enough to keep us always busy. Then there is no time for evil thoughts and temptations. The thoughts are mothers of the acts and "idleness is the nurse of sin." Then, "Whenever the wandering demon of drunkenness finds a ship adrift, no steady wind in its sails, no thoughtful pilot directing its course, he steps on board, takes the helm, and steers straight for the maelstrom." We desire to commend the student body for their temperance in general, and especially concerning the greater vices. From these we feel that our school is nearly free, and we hope the time is not far off when we can say it is absolutely so. We are proud of our school now; we shall be prouder of it then. Loyalty to Utah When some people are out in the world they are ashamed to say that they are from Utah. Is this condition brought about by things which really exist within the state or by falsehoods told about it? It seems that we have people in our midst, who delight in and whose whole aim is to tear down the reputation of their home state, those who conjure up all manner of falsehood and publish it broadcast. Utah is our mother state, and as such we should love and respect her; guard her honor as men would that of true womanhood; decry anything which tends to rob her of her purity. Each person has an influence upon her character as well as upon her reputation. Each person's aim should be to develop the best and noblest within him to live above law; to live in harmony with the finest conscience. This is a duty we owe our state as well as ourselves. Its character depends upon you and me. Should we not, therefore, strive to make that character pure and spotless, that this body that nature has so beautifully clothed may be as beautiful within as it is without? The aim of our institution is the development of. this character, and the nearer we come to this ideal, the prouder we shall be of ourselves and the more occasion others will have to be proud of us. Let us, above all, to our beloved state be true, and let our actions speak and our hearts sing, "Utah, We Love Thee." Mr. Stone, who was working hard for the completion of our new building, that we might be more comfortable on our return from the holidays, fell from the third story and received the injuries which caused his death. To our fellow student, and to the wife and family who were deprived of a loving husband and father, the students wish to extend their heartfelt sympathy and ask the blessings of God to be with them continually.