CAMPFIRE GIRLS' E DITION
Women
Get Your
Duds
Men
Get lour
Date
OF THE ASHLAND, OftCCON, HIGH SCHOOL
ASHUND, (RK(H)N, M VIU 'H 24, 12.
PUBLISHED BY T ASSOCIATE STOKNTi Pf&y-T
AT
Breakfast, Successful Innovation
Dean Clark Rxlablislies
New Precedent.
AFFAIR AT JUNIOR HI
T. A. Makes Affair Possible,
Uetty Dean Chairman
of Committee.
In honor of their mothers,
- Girls' League gave a break
fast at the Junior High dining
.oom on Palm Sunday morning.
This was the first affair of Its
kind given by this organization
nd would not have been pos
sible without the assistance of
the P. T. A.
Miss Clark and Mary Herbert
directed the guests at the door,
and Errilla Gearhart ushered
hem Into the breakfast room.
The tables were dainty with cen
ter pieces of pink blossoms, crisp
dollies, and bowLi of sugar cubes I re(j to Bettle Burkee,
and bright Easter eggs. A phon
ograph furnished a background
of music.
More than sixty mothers and
daughters were served, each girl
waiting on her mother. A num
ber of mothers-by-proxy were
there. Special guests included a
number of civic leaders and wo
men of the faculty.
The following were In charge
of the affair: preparation com
mittee, Betty Dean and June
Klam; decorations, Genevieve
McGee; Invitations, Dorothy Les
lie and Beverly Toung.
Judges Decide
Hobby Winners
Students Display A vocational
Product in Y.M.CT.A.
Hobby Show
Full show cases and a good
crowd featured the 1932 Y. M. C.
A. Hobby Show, which was held
Saturday, March 19, in the Mil
ler's Toggery Building and the
two weary boys In charge were
kept busy explaining things.
Some unique hobbies were ex
hibited, one being a collection of
match boxes. The art work re
ceived unusual commendation
There were also several Rpecial
exhibits one from the library
and one from the commercial
department of the high school
an art exhibit from the House
of Color, an exhibit of metal
work b Miss Beck, and a radio
from E-hart's.
The Judging was done by Mr.
Briscoe, Henry Knders, and Miss
Marlon Ad,", of the Normal. Blue
ribbons were first prizes, blue,
1st, red, 2nd; and white, 3rd.
A blue ribbon was awarded to
I Bernard Abrams for drawing.
bite to
Eldridge Gray; for oil painting,
blue to Ponald Marsh, red to
Theda Manchester and E. W.
Umh, white to Lois Irwin; blue
to -Frank Jordan and Billy Wi
mer, red to Roy Spencer, white
Teacher Gives
Demonstration
Ijouixe F.nglish, Instructor
at lleluike-Watker
Visits School
COMMERCE SQUADS
WORK AGAINST TIME
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Students were fascinated by
the speed and technique in type
writing displayed by Miss Louise
English, teacher in the Behnke
Walker Business College, who,
with Mr. Walker, gave an as
sembly demonstration last Tues
day. 1
Miss English has been trav-j
cling along the coast giving her j
demonstrations In different
schools.
Besides writing .14H words a
minute, she made a perfect copy
while carrying on a conversation
and while spelling words dictat
ed to her by Mr. Walker.
Miss English told about type
writing as taught in the college,
stressing accuracy "particularly.
Mr. Walker gave a short talk
in which he told of several stu
dents In college and the diffi
culties they overcame. He em
phasized the need of the forma
tion of wholesome character at
titudes and good high school
education foundation for any
profession.
After the demonstration. Miss
English had a session with tho
Speed Squad, helping them with
their training for the contest.
TO NEW COMEDY
AS CLASS PLAY
importance of Being KrneM"
By English Author
Oscar Wilde
MANAGERS ARE NAMED
Almost Entire Original Casting
Will He Retained According
To Miss Hedges
CAMPFIRE IN SPOTLIGHT
By LLOYD ARANT
Three weeks uatil the typing
. and shorthand contest. This
means that from now on the
speedsters will begin their exhib
itions before the Kiwanls Club,
Junior High, the Rotary Club,
and other groups.
The exhibition given by Miss
English helped a great deal as
inspiration to both squads, be
cause she showed them lust how
easy it was to write at 200
words a minute, and made them
feel ashamed that they could
sot equal it. '
The typists are working hard,
but those on the short hand
squad are working Just as hard.
Camp Fire is now 20 years old.
The celebration lusted a week
because one day Is too short for
such a big birthday. The Ash
land groups celi-ated by having
a Camp Fire Sunday, white middy
day. an assembXy program, group
Ccumil Fires, and a Grand
Council Fire.
The Reverend Hall addressed
tho gills on Surdity March. 13.
using as a topic "The Law of
tho Cam-- Fire". Nearly sixty
girls attended In uniform.
A. broadcast was given from
Medford the same afternoon at
S o'clock. The program Included
ongs by the Camp Fire glee
lnb, an explanation of the Birth-
dav project by Miss Magoon.
and the reading of a poem
Alva Claire Jones.
On Tuesday all the organa
tlon members wore white middies
and dark skirts which form tho
street uniform.
J Mr. Grandfather Clock and Mr.
' Easy Chair told their contrast-
"Importance of Being Ernest",
an English comedy by Oscar
Wilde, has been chosen to re
place "Lilies of the Field" as the
Senior class play. It will prob
ably be given late In April.
The story Is of two girls whd
fall for a ficticious character
named Ernest. In the end Ernest
fades away and the girls are con
tent with Jack and Algv.
The following cast has b-en
chosen by Miss Hedges: Iady
Bracknell Louise Anderson.
Gwendoline, her daughter Mary
Sander, Cecily Candew - Maxlne
Miller, Miss Prism June Wol
cott. Jack Worthing David
I Johnson. the Reverend Canon
Chasuble Wallace Stearns. Al
i gernon Montcrleff Preston Be-
cot. Lane Robert Yeo. Merrlman
- Clyde Dunham.
Miss - Hedges said. "No new
trjouts were held. The parts
were given to those who best
fitted them. I am sorry the cast
had to shrink".
The following business staff
will assist the cast in putting on
the play: stage manager Ed
gar Blake, propert'es Helen
roiv t fi r this year. Beverly 1
Young was insldo the clock and
N'ella Putman clogged from the:
easy chair.
The Grand Birthday Council I Kannasto and Ima Croweon. bus
Fire, held In the High school i iness managers Sylvia Martin
gym list Friday was quite im-1 and lxrralne Smith,
presslvo with candles lighted in ;
fire,
a mile
The gj'm wan
i placed on the
plare .
Iirhted
balconies.
Tho following was the Cere
monial program:
1. Prologue. "Theme of the
Council Fire" Miss Maeoon.
2 Wohelo Call and response
leader girls.
3. l'rocessioual "Kahlnta
Kamya" -entrance of girls.
4. Song "Wohelo for Aye"
Handsign of the file.
5. Roll Call of the fip-s.
Response ...by groups Ababant.
Naslka. Wetomachick. P' lyna.. tightly In one dirty pa
Ishkorah. Waziata. Haeanadaco. '; Junior would arrive
. ... fc 1 Ing life histories, and surprised
chosen, they come at 8 o'clocS. , 6 ' ,
the audience by clonging. as a
REASSURED JUNIORS
HAPPY FOR PROM
It was itoo good to lie true.
For days "the cute little Junior
class had been working, swerv
ing, and slaving in order to
scrape up enough money in order
to give the illnstrious SENIORS
a Prom.
Every time a little Junior got
a nickel, he came running over
to the table to buy some nice
aiuly to help this mighty cause
along. With his nickel clutched
the said
it said
6. Fire-lighting ceremony. j candf table and look mourn
Work Beverly Young. Fire- ; fully over It, then delightedly
maker; Health, Louise Anderson, j turn each piece over and, smll
Flremaker; Iove, Dorothy Berg-! ing with happiness as he squeez-
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I representation of the Birthday
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