- POSEBCRQ NEWS-REVIEW, SATrRTUY, JANUARY 14, 1022.
PAGE THREE
ACTIVITIES IN ROSEBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SCHOOL NEWS
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Sf TIKSKAV.
Jri.e regular semester examinations
Ji I start Tuesday afternoon. Much
Mi'.rext 8 shown ln ,he9 '"um an1
i ny express doubt as lo passing.
S, hours will he given for each
? , lugular clashes will be held
ff",he morning. The t.uie of each
i iod l a follows: Tuesday after
2j,n B.-venth period; Wednesday
S.rti'lni.'. first period; Wednesday
3,,rnooii, second period: Thursday
Zornltig. third period; Thursday ut
Sri'oon. fourth period; Friday morn
Jc' tlf'li period; Friday afternoon,
tn periou.
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nti.s cook ritr.F.s i on exiii-
111 I H.
I Many good and wholesome prune
Ulies are being prepareu uy nm
eirls to be exhibited
2 the coming auto show. Miss Ue
X d teacher of cooking, plans to
live each girl cook the prunes ln a
Jtain way. In this way about thirty
liferent prune dishes will be ex
kiMted. All this week the girls have
S. n busy experimenting with the
Junes, and have succeeded in de
poning mnny delicious aisnes.
wns falling her. It caused a great
deal of laughter, as well as did the
second one, which was about a little
hoy Bpying on his sister's love affair.
Mr. Mason responded to an encore.
CT RE FOR LAZINESS.
S. II. A. MEETING HELD.
I
The second regular student body
sl. i'ting of the year was held Tiras
frv afternoon. At this time several
Important business matters were
tken up. The reports of the secre
tly and treasurer were read and
approved. Maurice Newland, S. D.
I' president, and Prof. Taylor dis
used the basketball outlook for
tis year. The schedule this year is
at verv hard one from a financial
U ndpoint as well as being hard
ffiim a point of view of the winning.
Tfie team Is to be matched with th
t4 teams in the state. They will
Hiike three trips. Debate prospects
Wi re also discussed by Mr. Taylor.
Hr urged that the student body get
btiiind tire literary activities in as
ni a manner as they back the ath
A;c contests. The first debate will
with the Wilbur high school and
Jjrtle Creek hieh school. The win
ning team of this triangle will de
bate the winning feam of the Med
ftrd, Springfield and Cottage Grove
ti):mele. Dad King also made a
leech urging the support of the
ulents ln the DasKoinail games.
.Various matters of business, in-
t iu, was discussed, and the meet-
was adjourned.
A French scientist has discovered
that a hypodermic injection of for
mic acid will cure the most obstin
ate case of laziness on record.
A tired type of Parisian hobo was
I the subject of an experiment. A few
drops of formic acid was injected
Into his vaccination mark. The
tramp cut and split four cords of
wood that afternoon, and when ntght
came he refused to stop work but
Was forced to. He was so enthusi
astic that he sat up most of the
night waiting for morning that he
might again hie himself to the wood
pile and wrestle with the axe.
Another subject for experiment
was a Paris "copper" with a few
drops of formic acid ln his system.
The officer actually covered his beat
once during the day. Those who
watched the experiment say that not
once did he fall asleep.
One more experiment was made
on a messenger boy, who wore out
two pair of shoes ln three hours de
livering messages, and when his
day's work was done pleaded to be
permitted to work all night.
Formic acid hasn't yet been tried
on the woman who dallies to get her
hat on straight, nor on slow trains
nor on Christmas shoppers, but ve
are only ln the Infantile experiment
stage with this wonderful "get busy"
Juice.
GRADE SCHOOL NEWS
HEXSOX SCHOOL XEWS
Semester Ends.
The first semester ends January
20th and promotions will be made on
that date so that class room work
will start on Monday, January 23rd.
For the Information of parents
; who have pupils to Btart with the
I second semester you may start them
j Monday, January 23rd. They will
all be In Miss Olson's room. The pu
I plls must be six years old on or be
fore March 1st.
tliST SEMESTER IS DRAWING
TO A CLOSE.
IMny Shed Started.
The grading has been completed
and cement has been put In place for
the new play shed. Much Interest
Is being taken In the new structure
and the promise has been made that
It will be ready for use within a
month. The dimensions are 110 feet
by 40 feet. P)-.ns for equipment and
materials Is well under way and will
be announced later.
As the first semester draws to a i
Si'se the students are looking back ;
qjion a very successful and busy (
sr 'nester and ahead to one far busier:
fid more successful. The first
Jpinester will end January 20, and
tli- final examinations start January I
lTih. Ile-registratlon took place
'dncsiiny. The high school will
Imloiibtedly have as many students'
lirolled for the second semester as
re "enrolled for the first. Although '
tlie second semester is two weeks i
I'liEer than the first, the students
friend tn be so busv that the time
jill fly like lightning.
The bi-wfekly grade sheets were
sled Tuesday, becoming for a timo
1 e chief topic of conversation.
(il.EE ( LI B CONCERT FRIDAY.
A concert by the Glee Clubs of the
fieh school will be given Friday
flight at 8 o'clock. The concert has
n planned under the instruction
' Miss Mad.ee Calkins. Some active
work has been put ln on preparation
r mis first appearance of the Glee
"". ln addition to numbers bv
p o h Olee club, there will be songs
i lie girls' and boys' Quartet, a
f nut and a musical number bv Miss
roihv Cordon. The admission fee
twenty-five cents for adults and
11 pn cents for children.
A-A Grade Taken Examinations.
All the members of the 8-A grade
Including Ralph Church, Clarence
C.llkeson. Oscar Webber, Edmund
Dolan. Gayle Darker. Glade liruton,
Violette Honser. Edith Long, and
Margaret Milliken took the state ex
amination for diplomas. From all
indications they did well In all the
tests. This class has done excellent
work during their pant year and all
the class will enter high school. A
reception Is being plnnned for them
by I he members of the high school
faculty next Monday evening.
Spelling (lontest Held.
rtenson school met their first de
feat at the hands of the Rose school
spellers last Friday. January 6, when
the Itenson A nnd It 4th grade
clesses lost In both contests. The A
class lost .16 to 52 and tho D class
los 49 to 52.
The fifth grade will spell Friday.
January 13th, and before this Item
gets to the readers It will have been
decided whether the 13th has proved
disastrous to Rose or Benson.
nil s' RASKETR.ll.L GAME SAT-
I RDAV.
A came of basketball between the
M. S. girls' team nnd Grants Van
r's will take place in the gym Sat-i
'."lay nU-ht. The girls' coach. "Dad" I
inc. has trained the girls hard and !
h" game Is expected to be a fast I
lie.
A section of the rooters stand Is
me roped off for the R. II. S. stu-!
i lls and a platform being erected
r the orchestra, which, under Miss j
alkins' direction, will furnish music I
or the evening between games.
The boys' team will play the Bap
t church team following the girls'
::ie A good crowd is expected and
B. A. is expected out to root.
so IAL COMMITTEE MEETING.
The social committee met Wednes
iy afternoon in the domestic art
" in to decide on an entertainment
r the Grnnts Pas girls, who will
the Roseburg girls In a basket
'II 'tame Saturday evening In the
1 S. gymnasium. The committee
""led to take the girls for a ride.
n down to the high school, where
" will be served tea.
story from their reader, "Courage."
They like to dramatize these stories.
The children of the second grade
are working very hard, to fill up a
screen, to be on exhibit the 20th at
the Automobile Show. The children
also wish that the parents would not
ice them carefully.
The primary grades are represent
ing January on their sand tables by
covering It with cotton. On the snow
are little dogs of paper drawing pa
per sleds. There Is a lake ln the
middle of the scene, covered with
shells, and little rocks.
The third grade Is going to exhibit
three screens at the Auto Show. The
work on these screens will show what
has been accomplished during the
first semester.
The low first grade Is making lit
tle Dutch girls from drawing paper to
put on exhibit. Each little girl Is go
ing to hold a sign of cleanliness. This
is done to show the little children
how to be clean.
The first B grade are diligently at
work counting to 100 so that they
might obtain a star. There are only
a few stragglers, but they will soon
receive the reward.
In the second grade, Friday, the
last half hour, each girl brought her
dolly, and the boys brought their
favorite toys to play with.
Friday, the fourth grade will en
Joy their fourth of a day holiday,
there being nineteen to receive this
reward.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY HELD.
l ich school Thursday afternoon at
hlcn time Mr. Mason, a Irceum
'bT. entertained the students and
'action With .m...l !,,,..
r"'lms.
, The first one was about I voting
'lily who h.j i
..n., v,.iur 111111119 lllllll CI'l-
" to on a vacation because her health
Grade Teacher Meeting.
The Benson teachers were all pres
ent at a Grade Teachers Association
meeting at the high school. Wednes
day. Januarv 11th. A lengthy report
was given by their delegate to the
O. S. T. A., which was much enjoyed,
pians were formulated for future
meetings by both the professional
and social committees.
Benson Primary Teacher Meet
The Benson primary teachers held
a meeting Thursday. January 12th.
to consider some sort of artlon to be
taken for the betterment of a few of
the retarded and delinquent plans for
the coming semester.
Pome special rases of health work
and several other things peculiar to
the primary teacher were also dis
cussed. To Take Part In Ehlllt.
, ev,nr,i is nlnnninz to take
an active i art In the R-ougla. Coun
ty Auto Show January 2th. 20th
and 21st. Mrs. Kalbe and Miss Ray
compose the committee to manage It.
Mrs Varsters. Miss Becker and Miss
Olson are Ihe members of the com
mittee to put on the candy sale.
Standard Test.
Benson pupil have taken the
Northwest standard Arithmetic Test
last Monday and Tuesday of this
weeV nd as a class made some very
credited showings. They will be gi-i
en again at tl.e end of the school
year.
Inventory Made.
The teachers have made out ami
completed their Inventory work
whl- h conslst-l ef systematic tabu
lation of all school supplies. This
will aid greatly In buying new material.
The pupils of the lower grade, ,
cleaned all of the paper from the
school grounds.
The fourth grade are also making
silhouettes of Lincoln and Washing
ton for handwork.
The eighth grade room has been
adorned with a beautiful flag, and
a nice new set of curtains.
The eighth A's took exams tn read
ing and everyone passed O. K.
All book reports from the eighth
grade are In. Each pupil having
read at least two books a month.
Pauline Bubar was absent from
school Friday on account of sickness.
The seventh grade made some very
clever posters advertising the cooked
food sale Saturday given by the Ben
son Parent Teachers Association.
ROSE SCHOOL NOTES
Tho Parent Teacher Association
will hold Its next meeting on Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock. A very In
teresting program has been arranged
and it Is hoped that many will at
tend. The following numbers will
appear on the program:
Piano duet, Mrs. L. B. Moore and
Mrs. Chas. Stanton.
Robert I-ouls Stevenson's selec
tions. Eliza Hardman.
Vocal solo, Walter Fisher.
Piano solo, Velma MacDonald.
The last numher on the program
will be a talk given by Mr. A. T.
Lawrence on the beautifying of Rose
burg and how the Rose school
grounds might be Improved.
recess period on Thursday, fell and
sprained his ankle quite badly. I
GENERAL SCH00LNEWS
Ebihtli Grade Party.
The mid-year graduates of the 8th
grade In the Rose and Itenson Bchools
will be entertained at the high school
Monday evening by their next se
mester Instructors, the high school
principal tind the city superintendent.
Some information will be given to
these young people about the high
school, a social time will be had and
refreshments, enjoyed.
The School Exhibit.
In the band room of tho armory
during the auto show next week will
be displayed the work of the schools
in art, penmanship, geography, lan
guage, Latin, English, manual train
ing, sewing and cooking.
Musical numbers will also be pre
sented on each evenings program.
When
Stephens.
you think shoes think
Tea For Scholar
ship Loan Fund
The members of the Rosebiirg
Woman's Club and the women of the
Roseburg Music club, are Jointly
sponsoring an afternoon tea Tues
day, the 17th, at 2 o'clock ln the
parlors or the Presbyterian church.
The purpose is to raise monay for
the annual donation to the Scholar
ship Loan Fund.
Though known as a Silver Tea, It
Is confidently expected that no one
attending will contribute less thiV
25 cents. People who feel they can
spare It will often give more.
A committee of 20 ladies have
been divided and are working on tho
program, refreshments and decora
tions and -promise a delightful after
noon to those attending.
The Invitation Is general to all who
are Interested whether a club woman
or not. The fund is loaned to girls
of our state, ho wish to borrow a
small amount to finish their educa
tion, paying It back without Inter
est when tha borrower becomes a
wage earner.
The committee In charge urge the
ladleB of Roseburg and vicinity to
save the date, Tuesday, January 17,
to attend the Scholarship Loan Sil
ver Tea. -c
Frank Terry, of the Equitable
Savings aid Loan Association, Is now
at the Umpqua Hotel.
Camas. Valley Road
Claims Are Appealed
CHIilSTIAN CHI RCH
8 I'M DAY i JAX, 13. I
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Morniug: God's Kingdom on
Earth.
Evening: Is the Preaching of First
Age Being Reproduced In Our Age?
Special Sunday evening 'eature.
Boss Evangelistic Co. March 20.
MORE COLD EXPECTED.
DON'T DELAY"
ANOTHER WEEK
before you start to uso tho safe, con
venient and economical medium of
payment by check.
Tho RonehurG National Bank
Invites your Checking Account and
has excellent facilities at your com
mand. The Roseburg National Bank
Roseburg, Ore.
Cold weather can probably be ex
pected over Sunday, according to
Weather Observer Wm. Dell. The
area of high pressure Is now lying
over Wyoming and Its Influence Is
still roAchinp thn const. hrliielnir '
cold temperatures. A low pressure
moving in from the Pacific ocean,
however, Is expected to bring rain
Sunday night or Monday.
WOMAN'S CLIR
EI.EITS OFFICERS
The Bellevlow Social Neighbors
Club met lust Thursday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. O. W. Klncaid of
Deer Creek. The regular business
W. B. A. Install
New Officers
The Woman's Benefit Association
held their regular meeting ln the
Maccalee hall Thursday afternoon.
Five new members were Initiated
nnd new officers installed. At the
close of the meeting Mrs. D. Locke,
the former lady commander, was
preseutcd a lovely gift as a parting
present from the lodge. Mrs. Locke
now makes her home ln Portlund.
Mrs. T. E. Singleton avo the pre
sentation speech.
The following officers were In
stalled by Mrs. Vwnna Bailey, Install
ing officer, assisted by Mrs. lira
Hupp and Mrs. Goodman: Mrs. Belle
meeting was held after which Mrs. j Stevenson. Lady Commander; Mrs.
Klncaid served dainty refreshments. Fanule Burton. Lieut. Commander;
This club has made fine progress Mrs. Iuise Locke, Past Comman
slnce its organization and It has re- der; Mrs. Nora Flint, Record Keep-
centlv become a member of the State er; Mrs. Jessie Rapp, Collector
r eiteration oi w omen s nuns.
Tho! Mrs. Mary Wilcox, Chaplain; Mrs.
following officers were elected fori
the ensuing year: Mrs, J. O. Arthur,
president; Mrs. Charles llager, vice
president; and Mrs. J. J. Kester, scc-l
relary and treasurer. The next m?et-
ing will be hold in February nt the
home of Mrs. Charles Clough.
LECION' AUXILIARY MEETIXO.
The Legion Au.Mory will meet at
the parish house ul S 'clock Tues
day evening, Jan. 1 ,'th. The permn
ment work of the uxi tary. and
plans for the year, will be iscussed. i
This Is a very import ml icctlng. .'
Every m.miber present.
MILS. GRANT WILit. .. Secy, i
Mlldivd Compton, Lady-at-Arms:
Mrs. Annnhelle Clem, Sergeant; Mrs.
Lucy Pemberton, Sentinel; Mrs. Ida
Weber, Picket; Mrs. Clnra Bone
brake. Captain; Mra. Ruth Covert,
Mujlcian; Mrs. Ruth Gllvln, Color
Bearer No. 1; Mrs. Helena Hays,
Coin.' Beawr No. 2. .
o
iiorsi: to UK Bi'ii.T ""
Work will be started Monday on
tho now residence which J. V. Casey
K to bu'ld in Laurelwood addition.
Thn building will be complete and
modern and will bo a very valuable
addition to the fine residence section.
The house Is being built for Invest
ment and will be sold upon its completion.
Party Honoring
Miss Cracrofi
The home of Rev. and Mrs. W. S.
Gordon was the scene of a lovely
party on the evening of January IS,
which the All Winners Class of the
Methodist Episcopal church sponsor
ed in honor of Miss Jessie Cracroft,
who Is leaving soon for St. Helens,
Oregon. The members of the class
and several friends of Miss Cracroft's
were present. Miss Gertrude DUlard
as "chief entertainer" conducted a
live, up-to-dute school for the benefit
of the "cravers of knowledge," which
was decidedly beneficial to nearly
everyone. The subjects selected and
taught by Miss DUlard Included mus
ic, domestic art, history, Bpclllng and
physical culture. These classes caus
ed much merriment among the
guests. Report cards were handed
out. and those receiving the highest
grades were awarded clever and
unique prizes for their brilliancy.
Music and games were enjoyed until
a very late hour, when the hostess,
Mrs. Gordon, served a dainty lunch
eon. Those present were the guest
of honor Miss Jessie Cracroft, Mlsa
Herman, Miss Katherlne Dearborn,
Miss Phoebe lloag, Miss Martha Yoe,
Miss Daphne Mullen, Miss Gertrude,
DUlard Miss Mary Orr, Miss Faya
Geddes, and Messrs. Leanord Van
Luoven, H, Wilson, Merle Austin,
Charles Verrlll, and the host and
hostess Rev. and Mrs. Gordon.
C W. Rapp left yesterday for
Tort land where he will spend several
otvs attending to business maters.
Notices of appeal to the circuit
court, from the decision of the coun
ty court In fixing damages for rlents
of way on the lioscburg-Camas Val
ley road, were filed toduy by Attor
ney John T. Long, representing a
Mis Parrolt Is following un her""'mDer or tne residents anecteu ny
lessons on clean teeth by lessons on ! the roal change. When the road
general cleanliness. She is sending ; Project was taken over by the state
home pledge cards asking the moth-'0" 8 cooperative basis. It was pro
ers to cooperate with her In making ! vlded that the county should procure
clean hands and face a habit. Later ' the rights of way. The county court
she will distribute sample cakes of appointed Fpeelal viewers and a
Palmolive soan as a reward for neat- schedule of assessments was made.
Oakland Man
ness.
The design made by Ethel Fenton
of the 8th-H class for the school pen
nant was chosen as the best of the
many good and original designs made
bv the seventh and eighth grade pu
pils. A pennant for Rose school of this
design has been ordered. It Is to he
six feet long and In rose and gray col
ors. The boys and girls In the depart
ment are contributing a few cents
each to pay for It. If finished in
time, this pennant will be on exhibi
tion at the Roseburg Auto Show next
week.
Miss Olson and Miss Henderson's
rooms had 9S per cent In attendance
and punctuality for last month and
were given a half-holiday last week.
Several other rooms were given a
quarter holiday having earned 100 1
per cent ln punctuality. The per cent j
of attendance for the entire building
was about 97 per cent which was
verv good considering the amount of j
sickness. ,
deal was closed here yesterday
wherein Ihe Sutherlln lodge of Odd
Fellows sold to Mr. Carlisle of Oak
land, their lot ut the southwest cor
ner of LVntral avenue and Calupoola
sun t, the consideration being $1,
0(10. It is understood the lot was
purchased with the intention of
The damages awarded, however, erecting a business building on t lie
raised a storm of protest from the! property. An attempt was mado by
residents, who claimed that their; other parties to purchase this lot
property was greatly damaged by the several weeks ngo. but for somo
change ln route, and claims for larg-j reason tl.w deal did not go through,
er sums that the viewers had allow-! Only a few weeks ago the lot on the
ed were made. The new schedule, j opposite corner was purchased by
however, has been found unsatisfac- Kenneth Lake.
tory by many of the residents and. Archdeacon J. Claude Black, of
appeals to the circuit court are being! Portlund, will conduct services In
taken. Those unsatisfied, who are the Episcopal church at 7 :30 o'clock
appealing to the higher court are AJ Sunday evening. Tills will bo tho
S. Ireland. W. S. Johnson. T. J. WI1- first visit of tho now Archdeacon to
llama and Anna Williams, Clarke , Sutherlln.
Coulter, I). C. Ingram, Ada Nichols, n
Lily Davlin and Mrs. A. Burks. The I FI RS.
appeals will probably be heard at the! Ship wlih your minimum price.
February term of court. iuihck mxt nay or mr reiuun-u m
our expense, iti-n'rence, any nj i ing
field bank.
IJFFER & WATSON. ,
2nd St.. Siirlnrfleld. Ore. I
Real bargains in
Stephens quality at
counter. Stephen.
fine shoes,
our bargain
ABig Fordson Tractor
and Implement School
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The C. A. L0CKW00D MOTOR CO.
Auto Show, Jan.19-20-21 J
Will hold a Fordson Tractor and Implement School
for three days during the
Every farmer is invited to attend. We will
have a Fordson man from the Fordson fac
tory to explain anJ ro into details about
the Fordson tractor, also a man from the
Oliver Plow works to explain the implements
The pupils In the 8th-A class spent
Thursdav and Friday taking the state
examinations in the various subjects.
On Frldav the fith-A class took the
examination In hygiene and tho 7th
A class look the geography examina
tion. The pupils made a very good
showing In all the subjects.
Some of the upper grade girls have
been kept very busy the last few i
rtavs ln the library. All of the books
are being Indexed and rearranged so
that thev mav easllv be found. Num-j
erous old text hooks which have sc.
cumulated from year to year are to
he sold soon and the money used toT
purcnase new puunn mi i"r imii.
The Rose school bovs plaved the
freshman team In a preliminary game
to the Roseburg and Wilbur high
rhool game on Saturday evening and
Rose school won with score of 18 i
to 12.
The bovs expect to have an ex
ceptionally good grade school team
and are now trying to arrange for
some out of town games. i
Wallace Hlte. one of the fifth
Th
e 4-B class Is dramatizing a , grade pupils, while playing during
CIAL OFFE
For ten days only we will sell a Moline Tractor complete with extension
rims, lugs, recarrying (ruck, and 2 bottcm 14 inch plow, for
$350 F. O. B. Portland
This is a Special advertising offer and orders will be taken subject to prior
sale. Terms: Cash with order.
Farm Bureau Cooperative Exchange