THE ACORN Published by the Students of Weber Academy, Ogden, Utah. Subscription Price, per year Seventy-five Cents Single Copy Fifteen Cents Single Souvenirs Two Dollars and Fifty Cents EDITORIAL STAFF. Editor-in-Chief Alma L. Wilson, '11 Associate Editor Francis J. Budge, '11 Literary Editors M. Rae Barlow, '11; Myrtle R. Young, '12 Student Body Activities Irving T. Nelson, '12; Leone Engstrom, '11 Alumni Lila Eccles, '10 Athletics Edward Berlin, '12 Exchange Eva Driver, '12 Staff Artist Ellis Barlow, '11 REPORTERS. Isabel Beveridge, '11; Ruby Wotherspoon, '12; Iva Stears, '13; Roland Reeves, '14 BUSINESS STAFF. Business Manager Lawrence W. Richards, '11 First Assistant William J. Critchlow, '11 Second Assistant Lyman L. Gowans, '12 Third Assistant Subscription and Circulation Clarence S. McCune, '12 Position of the Staff It gives us great pleasure to express, in this our opening number of Vol. 8, our appreciation for the confidence and trust placed in us by the Student Body of the Weber Academy. We realize that in this capacity we are but your servants and as such should strive to satisfy your desires. Yet, whether or not we ACORN 11 accomplish this depends almost entirely upon the support we receive from you. It is not our duty as a staff to create and furnish news and reading material for you as students, but to collect, classify and place before you the things that are characteristic of our Student Body. Therefore if you fail on your part, the inevitable result will be failure on ours. We recognize the fact that the Acorn has advanced during its few years of existence, with rapid strides. Therefore it is our aim to make our school paper better this year than ever before, at least in proportion to its past advancement. We well know that we cannot please every student in our school, but our most earnest efforts will be put forth to satisfy the great majority, who stand out for the welfare and advancement of the dear old W. A. FRESHMEN, GREETING! Our school is growing. You might ask, "How do we know?" Why, everywhere you look as you pass through the building you see Freshmen. There are more Freshmen here this year than ever before in the history of the school. The registration books show a larger attendance than ever before. This increase is almost entirely due to the many sturdy looking Freshmen. We realize that since the school is turning out graduates every year, it must receive green material in order to continue its work. This in brief is the mission of the Freshmen class. Freshmen, we bid you welcome. Green as you are, the future hope of the school rests upon you. Start today on that Christmas story for the Acorn. It will make you feel better to read some of your work in print. If you cannot write a Christmas story, write a first-class one for the Souvenir edition. WHERE YOU STAND. "Are you a booster?" Do you wish well to the Purple and White? If you can anwser, sincerely, these questions by the little word "Yes," then you are indeed worthy to be called a "Student" of the Weber Academy. If you are a true student of this school you will