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Show 4 THE ACORN Students must have Comfort Cramping, binding, poor fitting under-clothing is not conducive to profitable study. Physical comfort helps mental work. Munsing Underwear is not only the highest class of material known but it is made to fit that's the one great hobby of Munsing makers FIT We are sole agents in Ogden prices are no higher than you pay for common kinds. All sizes. For Men, Women and Children WRIGHT'S Take a look in Take a look into our Suit stocks; ask to be shown the correct cuts and fashionable fabrics that make the well dressed men of Winter 1906-07, and you will "be shown" to your satisfaction. Won't cost so much as you'd naturally expect, either, for this is the store where popular prices buy popular clothes. Watson=Tanner Clothing Co. successors to z. c m. i. "where the best is sold" 376 twenty-fourth street The Acorn Volume Four NOVEMBER Number One Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving day! What memories crowd our minds at the mere mention of the words! Memories of the many feasts of pumpkin pies, plum puddings, nuts, raisins, and other delicious delicacies? No, not merely that, but of something far deeper, more ennobling than the satisfying of appetites; something that arouses our sympathies for the sorrows, our appreciation for the hopes, and our joy for the success of those, who, buoyed up with the thoughts of perfect liberty in religious worship, crossed the unknown sea in one solitary, adventurous vessel, the "Mayflower," and landed after a five months tedious voyage on the ice-clad rocks of Plymouth, weak and exhausted from the voyage, poorly armed, scantily provisioned, without shelter, without means, and surrounded by hostile tribes I speak of the Pilgrims, those brave-hearted, self-sacrificing people. Nor did the landing of the Pilgrims alleviate their sufferings. Neither did winter storms, spare meals, and Indians help to en- courage them on that distant shore. But their pure, beautiful faith in their God, that He who had led them thus far would not entirely abandon them, stirred their inmost souls and gave them an impetus for work and hardship, and ambition for future growth. And the growth did come; for during the summer of 1623, the smiling land yielded a wonderful harvest of golden ripened corn; ducks, turkeys, venison, and meal could be had in abundance, for all having felt well and strengthened, had fixed up their houses for the coming winter that they might store the foods, saved through strict economy during the warm summer months. Then what a rejoicing there was! For Gov. Bradford issued a proclamation that there was to be a great thanksgiving feast. So enthusiastically the preparations began. The deer and the bear were slaughtered, wild game was heaped in the colonial cabins, brown home-brewed ale served for wine, and the wild plum and grape of the forest were gathered in merriment and joy. Then came |