32 THE ACORN Student Body Notes Our Student Body duly honored St. Valentine Day by giving" a dance on his birthday. The largest attendance and the best time of the season was had at this pleasant hop. The affair was strictly temperance (everybody on the water wagon) by order of H.R.H. Aaron. _ Washington's Birthday was the occasion of a very pleasant demonstration on the part of the students. Sometime in the afternoon of the 21st, a large, handsomely framed portrait of the Great Patriot was placed on the wall above the rostrum, and draped by the folds of the large flag which always hangs there. Such an act of voluntary patriotism goes farther than a bookful of words to refute the accusations of disloyalty to our country, which are sometimes made against the young people of Utah. _ We all enjoyed the vacation we had, but can't say it cured the attack of spring fever, which most of us had begun to develop. Truth to tell, that diaease seems to be spreading. We were saddened by the bereavement which came to Brother Bradford, when his beloved mother passed over the River, and every heart joined sincerely in the message of sympathy sent to him by the Student Body. The Library has benefited greatly by the generosity of the Executive Committee, which presented a new accession book to that department. The book is printed and bound after the latest models, and came from the Library Bureau in Chicago. According to our Librarian, the book is "just the thing" The Study Hall was much brightened by a vase of carnations and ferns, placed upon the desk sometime ago. The question in the minds of many is, "Where did they come from and whither did they go?" With that riddle solved we might get some more. If Mr. Newhouse could have heard the ringing cheers which greeted the news of his generous gift to our new building fund, he would need no further assurance of our appreciation of his great kindness. Since he did not hear those cheers, we sent him a sort of echo, as it were, in the form of a telegram faintly expressing our gratitude. Long live Mr. Newhouse! All success to him! President Tracy promises another dance some time in April. We are looking forward to that date with lively satisfaction. The next important event of the future is the dedication of the new building. Hasten the day! THE ACORN 33 The Best Capital Is Character In the clamor for wealth some of us have thought that the world's demand is money, not men. Let us shake off this mistaken idea and read the sign aright, "Men Wanted." Men with brains, men with character; not men with dollars, or even millions. True the man with money does much good, in his way, for education, society and the working class. But can we compare him to the man who gives us of his great mind, and who uplifts us by the radiance of an unspotted character? Young men and women standing upon the threshold of life, let us take unto ourselves the advice of Robert Burns' father: "He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing. "For without an honest manly heart no man was worth regarding." When we read of great men and their deeds, we ask not what their financial standing was, but the question is their character. Yet how differently the man of today is judged by thoughtless persons. If he has wealth, an entrance to the world's society, and a little influence bought with that wealth, we feel that he is surely a fit companion for us. The poor man, striving in his weak way to do right is often trodden upon by us for a characterless money-getter. But the man who thinks of nothing but his wealth, is often soon forgotten when he has departed, and we may say the world is no better for his having lived in it. How different with the man of character. It is natural to admire and revere him. He hallows the nation to which he belongs, and lifts up not only all who live in his time, but also those who live after him. His great example becomes the common heritage of the race, and his great deeds and thoughts are the most glorious legacies to mankind. He holds aloft the standard of principle, maintains the dignity of human character, and fills the mind with all that is worthy and noble in life. Yes, and further than this. I believe he stores up treasures for eternal life, that moth and rust cannot reach. The age wants heroes heroes who shall dare To struggle in the solid ranks of truth; To clutch the monster error by the throat; To bear opinion to a loftier seat; To blot the era of oppression out, And lead a universial freedom in. And heaven wants souls not lean and shriveled ones, It wants fresh souls brother give thine. If thou indeed will be what scholars should