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FIFTH GRADE ITEMS
The fifth grade pupils have finished their note books
on South America, but will add written lessons to
them whenever they are ready.
Jacob Jackson has begun taking lessons on the cym
bals from Mr. VosBurgh. He expects to play in the
band some day.
The grade children have been practicing hard on
their Christmas cantata. We hope it will be a great
success. Calvin Hunter is the new officer in Mitchell
Hall now.
Harry Langdon is now driving the garbage wagon.
He likes this better than working in the dairy.
We fifth grade boys have heard that we are going
to have a spelling contest with the sixth grade pupils.
We feel sorry for the sixth graders.
JUNIOB CLASS NOTES
Angeline Grant, one of our former classmates, is
now working for Dr. Davis and attending school in
Salem.
Eddie Nanpooya has returned to his home, where
he will remain for the rest of the school year.
Phoebe Archambault spent a week-end in Portland
visiting friends and relatives.
We are all glad to report that physics, our most dif
ficult subject, is beginning to sink in and is not as
difficult as before.
Nina Jack and her invited guest, Amelia Olin, will
soon be leaving, for the fqrmer’s home in Raymond,
Washington, to spend the Christmas holidays. Here’s
hoping they will return well and happy to start the
new year out right.
MoNABY HALL NOTES
Although McNary Hall boys are working under a
handicap, we still manage to have the best kept build
ing on the campus. The boys in McNary are so used
to having their building acclaimed the best, and it
means so much to them, that they all strive to keep
it on top.
Several of the rooms here have recently been re
painted and some of the floors sanded, which adds
materially to the appearance of the building as a whole.
The boys express very good taste when it comes to
interior decorating, as all who inspect the building
report.
The boys are all keeping their points at or very
near 1000 at all times. As our matron says, “All are
pretty good scouts.”
MACHINE SHOP NOTES
The boys in the machine shop extend congratula
tions to the boys in the carpenter shop for winning
the intramural basketball tournament.
While we don’t play basketball so efficiently, yet
we have every machine in the shop in operation now.
William Demmert and Bennie lyall put the last one, a
speed lathe, in shape last week. Chester Pepion has
reclaimed several brass valves for the plumbing de
partment, and Silas Close has made a wheel-puller for
the auto mechanics. Several other boys whose names
will be mentioned from time to time, have been mak
ing hand tools for use in the shop and miscellaneous
repairs. Although we don’t shoot the baskets, yet we
have good team work.
GIBLS’ PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Now that basketball season has begun the girls’
physical education classes are practicing and each class
is organizing its team.
The girls have chosen a captain for each grade, as
follows: Twelfth, Marge Hoptowit; eleventh, Alice
Ladderoute; ten A3, Helen Adams; ten A4, Azilda
Morigeau; nine B3, Amy Brushorn; nine B4, Florence
Allman.
The classes in domestic art are making their gym
suits, which are one-piece suits, made of blue ging
ham. They hoped to have them finished for the first
game, which was between the seniors and sophies on
December 14th.
BREWER HALL
The student boys’ council had a meeting on Sunday
to discuss plans for the holidays in the boys’ quarters.
The two troops of Boy Scouts are meeting regularly
each Monday night. Mr. Showalter and Mr. Kleighage
are the scoutmasters.
Harry Galler has returned to school and is staying
at Brewer Hall.
New groups have been organized—all boys’ dormi
tories with new leaders.
Brewer Hall boys have organized a craft club, tak
ing wood carving and leather carving.
HOME ECONOMICS
It was our privilege to have Miss Cleora C. Helbing
with us during the first week of December. Miss