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About The amplifier. (West Linn, Oregon) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1930)
k XJ Advertisers VOL. 8. „• W. L. H. S. AMPLIFIER ' ;_________________ Juniors Present “The Patsy” Edgerton and Moffatt Coach Comèdy The Junior class will present its annual play tonight. The cast was carefully chosen, and has been re hearsing steadily under the coach ing of Miss Edgerton and Miss Mof fatt. The members of the cast in the order of their appearance are as fol lows : Mr. Harrington ....Stanley Chapman Mrs. Harrington.... ...... ....Helen Hall Grace Harrington ......... ___ ___ s.. Barbara MacDuffee Patricia Harrington^...... . < ................. Lucille Emmerson Billy Caldwell .......... ......Bob Rands Tony Anderson..... Elwood Dunmire Sadie Buchanan-... .......... Zena Davis Francis O’Flaherty'..........Elmo Eby “Trys” Busty...__ .......Bill Anderson Patricia Harrington, the “Patsy,” wishes to make Tony Andereson fall in love with her; so she buys some books guaranteed to make one the life of the party and other such interesting things. Tony An derson thinks. he is in love with Grace, Pat’s older sister, with whom he has been going for some time. She has just quit going wtih him, and has become engaged to Billy Caldwell. Mrs. Harrington is an overbearing, peevish woman who has never cared much for her younger daughter, and! now she has the idea that Pat is going crazy be cause she goes around saying the things which she has learned from the books. Mr. Harrington is the only one who has ever really un derstood Pat, and'they always stick together while Grace and Mrs. Har rington do the same. Tony and Pat start a lonesome club, and Pat tells Tony that she is in love with someone. He! offers to teach her how to get this someone, never guessing that it is himself. Then Grace breaks her engagement to Billy, and Pat decides to give Tony up because she thinks he still loves Grace. Instead he loves Pat, and as Grace and Billy make up, everything ends happily. Band Members Rehearse For Contest at Corvallis West Linn will compete in the annual band contest held at Cor vallis April 12. Twenty-five stud ents with their instruments will rep resent. West Linn. Mr. Wetmore, band director, will accompany them. Band Members will be entertain ed at the sorority and fraternity houses. Last year West Linn won second place in the contest held in Portland at Grant high school. The band has been practicing since the beginning of the year for the trip to Corvallis. WEST LINN, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930. “Second Childhood” Play to Be Given by Seniors ‘A student-body meeting .was. held Friday March 14 for the purpose of electing a baseball manager. Glen Herndon Was chosen by a large ma jority', although each of the other candidates were well supported by their respective backers. The question of continuing the publication of the. Amplifier was brought up. Because of financial difficulties there was some thought of discontinuing the taper for the remainder of the year. By a unani mous vote of the student-body it was decided that the Amplifier should be continued throughout the year with a charge of 5 cents per copy. “Second Childhood” is the title» of the Senior play which is to bel given in the high school auditorium^ on April 10. After due consideration Miss J Pearson, Miss Horton and Mr. Cook - Selected an excellent cast. The cast is as follows: Professor Frederick Relejea ....... --------- Fred Croissant Mrs. Wellsmiller, his sister ___ ..... -...................... Edith De Moy Sylvia Reylëa ...........? Bonnibelle Littlefield Philip Stanton.............. Carl Bethke General Henry Burbeck _____.... ...........----- ---- Glen Herndon Marcella Burbeck ....__ Jo Zaniker Mrs. Vivvert .1......... Beth Anderson Mrs. Henderson ...._ .Viola Criteser Lucille Norton ^..—.Margaret Lange Judge Sanderson....Don Harkleroad Sheriff Johnson ...¿.l.....Chet Jarrett Deputy Sheriff Stoker .................. • -L—......—k—....... Lloyd Williams The students have begun -prac tice and rehearsals give promise of an outstanding performance. Seniors Given Address By Professor of College Professor E. C. Newberry of the Pacific College at Newberg ad dressed the Seniors at a special meeting in the auditorium. He spoke of the value of a college edu cation both from the dollar and cent view point and the personal side. . The advantages of the small er standard colleges were also stressed. : Pratessor Newberry-.. _ ext.ehd e d a personal, invitation to the seniors, senior class advisers, and Mr. Gary, to attend the May Day Celebration arranged for high school students at Pacific College on Friday after noon and evening, May 2. On this occasion athletic contests will begin at 4 o’clock; dinner will be served at 6; and a student-body play will be presented at 8. Sewing Classes Compete In Rivalry for Neatness Miss Edgerton’s first-year sewing classes are having a congest for neatness. The purpose of this con test is to induce the girls to take greater care with their clothing and make their general appearance neater. The classes are divided in halves and the winning side, is to be given a feed by the losing side. Also the winning side will get “A” and the losing side Will get “0.” In the second^period class there are two leaders, Clara Rauch and Viola Criteser. Clara’s-group is call ed “The Tidy Ten.” Viola Criteser’s side is ahead by one point. In the fifth and sixth period class the two leaders are Marie Grimm and Genevieve Himler. Marie’s group is called “The Models.” Gene vieve, having- only one other mem ber beside herself, calls her group the “Gold Dust Twins.” Genevieve Himler’s group is ahead, by two points. This contest is expected to be a great success ill helping the girls keep their general neat appearance. At the end of the six weeks it will be determined which is the winning side. . ’ Glen Herndon Elected Manager for Baseball - Amplifier )l No. 10. I. « I State Executive Speaks March Students to Participate in Grange Essay Contest We^t Linn hi^h school has been invited to- participate in a contest sponsored by the Eagle Creek Grange. The general theme will be “Agriculture as' a Basis of Our Na tional Life.” The contestant may apply it in a social, political or eco nomic sense. The Grange has appropriated $25 as prize money, tentative distribu tion being first place $10, second place $7.50, third place $5, and fourth $2.50. The contest will close at" the Grange’s annual picnic May 17. Each high school of the county is entitled to one.entrant to be chos en in a local contest or by faculty selection. DEBATE SEASON CLOSES The debate season closed with three debates won and three lost. The negative side won its debates and the affirmatives unfortunately lost theirs. The subject of this year’s debates was, “Resolved that the Referen dum and the Initiative be abandon ed in- Oregon.” The teams that participated in these, debates against our teams were: Newberg, Dayton, McMinn ville, Sheridan, Canby and Milwau- waukie. The number of points won by each of the schools in this district were: Beaverton ____ ..6 Estacada ...............5 Milwaukie McMinnville ...............4 West Linn ......... Oregon City .............. 3 Gresham _____ r,.-3 i 11 on “Value of Education to Student Body At a special assembly March 11, Governor Norblad addressed thè student body of West Linn high school. His services were obtained through Mr. H. D. Cook who pre sented the governor as the speaker for his program. The program opened with a selec tion by the girls’ quartet, composed of Roma Confer, Marjorie Ranger, Eleanor Còuche, and Edna Jones. Governor Norblad chose, for his theme, interesting sketches from his life and the ultimate value of education today. Governor Norblad came to Amer ica from Sweden early in his life. At thè age of twelve he started working for his living. At this time his education consisted of the first seven elementary grades of gram mar school. Later, by lessons through correspondence, he finish ed his high school wOiTi and attend ed college in the State of Illinois where he equipped himself for law. Norblad succeeded in passing the bar examination soon after he finished school. Governor Norblad illustrated the facts that “Men who have least op portunities for getting an education are all the more anxious to secure one; and when it is secured, it is appreciated.” Also Governor Nor blad said, “Competition is so keen that education is imperative in order to compete.” These quota tions were the keynote to the gov ernor’s address, and served to drive home the fact that more advantages should be taken of our opportuni ties while in school. For the past sixteen years Gover nor Norblad has maintained a high degree of interest in educataion in the State of Oregon, having been a member of the Education Board during thse years. Governor Norblad, due to his dy namic personality, was well re ceived by the student body. This program, sponsored by the head of the science department, puts Mr. Cook well up in the ranks of the leaders in the competitive faculty programs. STAFFS PLAN SWIM At a joint meeting of the Green and Gold and Tmplifier staffs Vi vian Hughes invited the annual staff to a swimming party, with the Amp staff, at the Portland Nata- torium. On behalf of the annual staff, Don Harkleroad accepted this invitation. The date of this event was changed from March 18 to Monday, March 24.