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About The amplifier. (West Linn, Oregon) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1940)
THE AMPLIFIER Page Two THE AMPLIFIER Published by The Student Body of West Linn High School Semi-Monthly Established 1920 3c per copy for Non-Student-Body Members Doris Zimmerman Editor.............. ..... Manager................ ....Marjorie Huiras .....¿.¿....Jerry Larue Ass’t. Editor.....^.. .....Betty Helsby Ass’t. Manager.... ............. Lois Butler News* Editor....... .... Glenn Campbell Feature Editor.... ......... Jim Whipple Sports Editor.....;. ..........li...... Pat Day Exchange Editor. ...... Barbara Finch Society Editor....^ Reporting Staff: Leota Wilken, Smokey Anderson, Barbara Finch Hank Quade, Pat Day, Glenn Campbell, Lois Butler, Jerry Larue Marjorie Huiras, Doris Zimmerman, Jim Whipple. Advertising Staff: Bob Gillett, Jack Myers, Doris Draper, Audery Gary, Laverne Maine, Betty Helsby, Marjorie Huiras. Contributor for this issue: Dorothea Irion Advisors: Miss Haberlach and Mr. Howard Dust Bowl Shave and a haircut—six bits! Eldor Baisch and Bob Green playing barber shop in Biology class. Bob’s comment about El dor—Such beautiful peach fuzz! Jim Wilson having to spank Esther Zerkle when she got out of hand. Mr. Howard with the map of Oregon draped on him when it happened to fall. Has anyone noticed the back of Tom Van Laningham’s slick er? It reads—“W.L. ’44 If Lucky.” Right now it must look very doubtful. , The Lincoln high school carni val attracted quite a few West Linners. Miss Smith politely asked Laura Madison to leave the study hall. Leave it to Laura to wear her welcome out! Scratch Etchison lost a whole dollar on Willkie. Our most illustrious football players turning members of the Ballet (Russe). Anyway they looked awfully cute in those short ruffled skirts. Whew! What a leg show! When a new girl walked in to study, Mr. Tunnell had quite a time quieting Bob Steffen. Chuck Marshal putting Bar bara Finch in a close to stay ’shut up for a few minutes. Beaverton and West Linn stu- Fish Displayed in Shearer's Room (Continued from Pacrp 1) leased to return to their chosen career of hook dodging when they are old enough to ply the waters unguided. Proud of his little charges, Mr. Shearer has invited all students to inspect them and guess their number. Should any student come close to the actual number he will likely be given an ap propriate reward. dents covered with mud after the Beaverton-West Linn game. Beaverton bus stuck in the ditch in back of the school. Wayne Hall with a broken fin ger in evidence. Dirt from the Oregon City-West Linn game. It was awfullly muddy out there. Personal — to Percy Ferrill. What brand of lcigars does your dad smoke? We heard that they were his you had at the game last Friday. Why didn’t Bob Larson get home before three A. M. Sunday morning? We know he didn’t lose his key. Barbara White busy getting up a program for the West Linn- Oregon City pep assembly. Patronize the firms who adver tise in The Amplifier. This is Education Week. We ask West Linn Students to Co operate in the national de fense program. Thursday, November 14, 1940 Oppenlander Named President (Continued from Page 1) the Christmas holidays. It will also be Mr. Oppenlander’s obli gation to council with all teacher activity groups throughout the county, relative to public school problems. In this regard he will meet the county legislature com mittee to consider matters that will come before the 1941 session of the Oregon legislature. Subtle Satire This week finds—Tommy Ray returning to the fray and furn ishing competition for James (Lockinbar) Whipple in a little affair with a certain Miss Sper- row. Both contestants claim to have the edge. It should prove to be an interesting struggle, no doubt.—West Linn rooters har boring some vague doubts about the prowess of a certain group of football players.—Phyllis Swift paying regular visits to the Ore gon City hospital.—Bill Walston seeing quite a bit of Pat Rose.— Billy Patterson modeling (some thing or other) in art class. — Todd Keylock escorting Peg Red head to the Lincoln carnival.— Bea Swartz (I am told) has her eye on Bob Larson.—Red Eadon still explaining about that blonde to his girl friend.—Don Marshall seeing not a little bit of one Claudia Isham. — You know Miss Rothman a Hi-Y pin certainly looks nice on a yellow sweater, doesn’t-it?—It’s a great thing they are doing over at O. C., I mean that anti-smoking campaign, yeh it’s a great thing, I’m all for it.—Will you please hand me a match, this darn thing’s gone out again. — Jean Kyllo seen surrounded by a let terman’s sweater belonging to a certain Mr. Redhead (Mr. Red head was not in. the sweater at the time).—Gayle Zanizer caus ing Harold Snyder to have heart palpitations, or so I am told.— In the cool gray of the dawn West Linn students witnessed that awful thing that was perpe trated during the night by van dals from across the creek, deep resentment smoldering within their breasts, but revenge was sweet when these same students had the happy opportunity of watching these same vandals or their duly elected representatives removing these awful blots from our fair campus. That was cer tainly a terrible thing to do (darn it, why didn’t we think of it first). Round About School Jack Myers rating a pink slip and blaming it on to his lame leg. Mr. Howard’s home room put ting on a very ducky program. (Or did you think so?) Wagners Inc., going out of bus iness after the Oregon City game. Phyllis Gubser wearing a let terman’s sweater last week. Mary MacLean leading the Oregon City gang in a yell at the game. Mr. Shearer campaigning for a contest about his little fishies. Students looking forward to seeing Harold Ness getting draped in those lovely pastel robes. John ‘•Beutler rivaling Kenny Lingenfelder for his title as the world’s worst driver. Jerry Larue escorting a beauti ful brunette home from the O.C. game. Mr. Oppenlander getting elect ed to the presidency of the teach er’s association. Frances Bernert actually mak ing a wrong answer in Soc. Prob. Gerald still worrying about a gal named Louise Worthington. Lois Young wearing an Ore gon State mum last Tuesday. Arlene Schwartz and Jack My ers doing their Indian dance in the H.R. program a bit longer than they expected when some one forgot to pull the curtain. Nayda Geske and Chick Elliott making a fimiliar sight in the halls these days. Certain seniors getting dis graceful grades in English 7 when they forgot to put the sec ond half of their answers on their papers. Cunera Duyn causing a great commotion in typing when she knocked something off her type writer. Betty Easson worrying awfully about a murder story which fea tures her as one of the heroines. June Thompson wearing a let terman’s sweater to keep her warm (she says). Dave Williams dashing excit edly around the day the kids from across the creek were scrub bing off the paint, to find some one with a camera. Jim Whipple telling all about when Harold Ness had to lap water, like a cat, up from a saycer because he lost a bet or something. Leroy Adams worrying about the Speech club dance. Speech club members planning to practically annihalate the poor pledges during initiation. BOYS WEAR COATS AND TIES— GIRLS WEAR CURLS ANNUAL PICTURES of Seniors will be taken MONDAY, NOV. 18