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 We all know the purpose for which the twenty-eighth of November has been set apart. As it draws nearer let us glance over the past year and count the many things for which we have to be thankful. We have our beautiful country with its high mountains and fertile valleys that yield such abundant crops; our school with its loving teachers and happy school mates with whom we have spent so many pleasant hours; our friends who, through their kindness and sympathy, have helped us to overcome difficulties and brought sunshine into our lives when all seemed dark and dismal; our parents whose tender care is being ever exercised in our behalf and who are continually making sacrifices for us; and last of all, the life God has given us the power to enjoy the sunshine, the flowers, and our association with each other. No matter how sorrowful and dreary our lives may seem, cannot we all find something for which to be thankful? Then let us strive with all our might to make this day, November twenty-eighth, truly a day of thanksgiving. The members of our schoolboard are ever desirous of raising the THE ACORN 17 ideals of our students and of our institution. This they show by their untiring efforts to improve our surroundings. The students wish to extend their appreciation to President Shurtliff for the flag, an emblem of our patriotism, also to Patriarch David McKay for the beautiful motto, an expression of his own thots, "In true education lies the safety of the home, the state, and the nation." Contributions for our New Building It has long been a custom on Thanksgiving day to help those in need. No matter how poor we are, we can always do something charitable for others. Perhaps we can give only a little, and yet what happiness that little bit brings! "True greatness consists in losing self for good of others" is a motto in which we all believe. How much joy it gives us to make others happy, and yet how often we let the opportunity pass unheeded. Christ said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Should we not then be ever on the alert to give our mite? Yet in giving we should seek to bestow such gifts as will do the receiver the most good. And what gift can we give that is more beneficial than a proper education an education that will fit and prepare one for all phases of life, spiritual as well as temporal? The Weber Stake Academy offers just such an education; and in order to ac- complish better results, it has been found necessary to erect another building, one large enough to accommodate all who may wish to attend. How then could you make a better gift, or from what would you receive more happiness than to contribute to this new edifice? If, ordinarily, it is more blessed to give than to receive, they who contribute in this noble cause will be thrice blessed. The Smoot Question On what grounds are they seeking to expel Reed Smoot from congress? It cannot be that he was unlawfully elected, for he was the legitimate candidate of the Republican party and as such was elected by a good majority. They cannot expel him on account of his morals, for his character is certainly above reproach. Again they accused him of being a polygamist but it was proved conclusively that he has never had but one wife. Why is it, then, that they are trying to expel him? He has withstood these three tests and still they persist. It is simply because he is a Mormon, and has accepted ceremonies in the temple. Reflect just one moment and consider what this means to the Mormon people if we allow Senator Smoot to be shut out of congress. It simply means this: that if Reed Smoot cannot have a seat in congress, then your brother and mine, true, honest American citizens will not be allowed there either. The