PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WEBER STAKE ACADEMY 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 Woolley, '09 Subscription George C. Ensign, '07 Circulation Harold Johnson, '08 Editorial What are we doing when we have nothing to do? It has been truthfully said that a man may be judged by what he thinks when he has nothing to do but follow his own inclinations. When our daily work is done and we have time to do with it as we choose,what do we choose to do? What part of our nature do we desire to cultivate? Our desires appeal either to our physical or spiritual natures. Do we choose to waste our time with worthless frivolity, something that will give us no development at all, but rather tend to weaken our fac- ulties and create bad inclinations, or do we use it economically doing those things that will stimulate our higher natures? The man who spends his leisure in gratifying his physical appetite who thinks of nothing but pleasure, becomes narrow minded, selfish and depraved. He loves wealth and power, not for the good he will be able to do for others, but merely that he may more fully gratify his own desires. Such men are enemies to themselves and a menace to the community in which they live. THE ACORN 21 A broad-minded man will devote his time to the development of his intellectual and spiritual natures, in cultivating a greater love for the beauties around him. Such a man will seek riches and power, not for selfish motives, but rather that he might more fully develop that christian-like attribute of helping others. Students, which part of our natures are we cultivating? Are we developing selfishness, that which will only give us temporary pleasure and may cause much pain and sorrow in the future, or are we seeking to follow in the footsteps of the great Master and live a life of unselfishness and purity? About which of these do you think when you do not have to think? Reputation. Our reputation is what others judge us to be. What we really are is often an entirely different thing. Our reputation may be much better than we truly are at heart, and again it may be much worse, but it matters not what others think of us so long as we are true to ourselves. What a valuable thing a good reputation is and how easily it may be blemished! We maybe tempted to take undue advantage of someone, thinking to ourselves, "Oh, well, no one will know." Perhaps no one will know, but just the same we have been untrue to self and have fallen in our own estimation. By some little careless act our reputation may be severely injured, or even entirely shattered. An organization also has its reputation, and must strive as hard, if not harder, to maintain it. Each individual in this organization must do his part. The reputation of a whole institution may be utterly ruined by the indiscreet conduct of several or even one member. The Weber Stake Academy has established for itself a most excellent reputation; but not withstanding this the disreputable conduct of one of us, if publicly known, will reflect discredit not only upon the standing of the entire student body taken collectively, but upon every individual of it. But even if our wrong were known to no one outside of our school, how guilty and dissatisfied we would feel each time our standing was mentioned. Students, it is in the hands of each and every one of us, either to make or so mar the reputation of our school. In all our dealings with others, whether organizations or individuals, let us be fair and true. Be very careful to avoid anything that may have even the slightest appearance of dishonor. Never was there a more rousing assembly in the Weber Stake Academy than the one held March 4th, '07, when it was announced that Mr. Samuel Newhouse had presented the school with $5,000 for