16 THE ACORN to their audiences, and we are sure they will not fail to please. Those secured this year are: Nov. 16. Alton Packard, (Humorist and Sketch Lecturer). Jan. 23. Rev. Sam P. Jones, (Evangelist Orator). Feb. 10. Edmund Vance Cook, (Poet Philosopher and Reader). Feb. 23. Spillman Riggs, (Humorous Lecturer and Musical Impersonator). March 16. Dr. George Vincent, (One of the Deans of Chicago University). March 21. Dr. Thomas E. Green, two lectures. March--.Prof. S. H. Clark, (of Chicago University. Author and Interpreter). Three lectures and one matinee. March 29. Lou. J. Beauchamp, (Humorous Philosopher). Many tickets have already been disposed of, and the students are making an effort to dispose of the rest. We feel that we have the enthusiasm of the whole city to back us, especially the lovers of good, high, uplifting literature; and we are sure that each lecturer will be greeted with a hearty handshake and applause. The New Building, which will be built in the near future, is to be a three story building in the rear of the present one. In the basement are to be departments for gymnastics, physical and chemical laboratories, and manual training; the first floor is to be divided into six good sized class rooms; and the second floor for an assembly room, 98x48 ft., large enough to accomodate, at least, 600 students. The north end of the assembly room is to be elevated to form a rostrum for the faculty and a choir stand, built on the same plan as that of the tabernacle, which will seat from 120 to 200 members. Not only the patrons of the Academy, but also many heretofore apparently uninterested, have proved their good will towards us by contributing freely for the new building, their contributions varying from $100 to $1,000 each. We are indeed grateful for their good will in assisting us, and we hope to be able soon to raise enough more to justify the commencement of the work. Students have we not much to be thankful for? Who can look over the list of our many blessings and say that we shall not have a better and happier Thanksgiving than we have ever before had? It remains for us now, to make the best of these opportunities. We THE ACORN 17 are, in a way, responsible for their failure or success. The best and only good way in which we can keep failures past and successes always ahead is to: Keep right on forever trying, And our duties never shirk, For while we keep sighing, We can never do our work. We must get about a' doing All our labors as they come; We must stop our fret and stewing Be like the bees that ever hum. Wade right through the petty trifles, Laugh at fears and failures past, Work to gain a nobler standard Till we win success at last. Sarah M. Williams, '06. PATRONIZE THE ADVERTISER. All who had anything to do with the Acorn, last year, know how it appealed to them, whether a good or bad impression was left after the reading. You no doubt read over the advertisements and were given slips on which was written "Do you advertise in the Acorn?" You passed by the business houses of those who advertised in our paper; but did you step in and make your purchases there? Did you patronize them? Yes, of course, some, and we hope all of you did. You have the same proposition before you this year. The advertising managers are working, using their spare time getting advertisements. Is it any more than right that you patronize those who patronize the Acorn? They will appreciate all our efforts, and those who do not patronize do not, or should not, expect us to patronize them as much as we do the others. You can help the boys by telling the business men, when you go to purchase an article, that you are a student of the Weber Stake Academy. See that they are advertisers.