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THE AMPLIFIER Volume XXI WEST LINN HIGH SCHOOL, WEST LINN, OREGON, NOV. 29,1940 One Wild Night' Many Attend Set for 8 P. M. Football Banquet Tonight West Linn’s Junior class thespians will present at the West Linn school auditorium at 8:00, the first major produc tion of the year. “One Wild Night” should draw a big crowd according to Mr. Gary, school principal. The plot is concerned mainly with the results of the visit of Aunt Myra Dodd, the wealthy aunt of the hero, and the amaz ing events that follow Rodney Dodd’s supposedly true fact that he is going to die. The cast includes: Connie Kron, Myra Dodd; Tom McGee, Rod ney; Mary Ellen McLarty, Char lotte; Peggy Redhead, Henrietta; Richard Swanson, Dickens; Bill Bolz, Officer Brayder; Bette Young, Mrs. Bat soon; Pattie Rose, Doris; Dudley Titus, Haw kins; Melvin Buckles, Doctor Bell; Jack Myers, Scorpio; Bob Gillett, Ned; Morton Parks, Jod- willow; Patsy Silver, Maribelle; Winona Hennigan, Jade, and Nayda Geske, nurse. Annual Pictures Taken by Carter Annual pictures were taken last week by Mrs. H. S. Carter. All junior and senior and over half of the faculty pictures were finished by Tuesday. Students who wish to have their pictures retaken may do so next Monday. A charge of twenty-five cents will be made for each retake. Students who desire to buy pic tures may speak to Mr. Carter about it when returning their proofs to him next Monday. All proofs must be returned to him personally. Students Eligible For Honor Society The names of those eligible to become members of the Honor society were announced this week by President Lois Butler. They are: Dwain Wanker, Bill Walston, Pat Erben, Joyce Quint, Waldo Silvers, Bob Donovan, John Morrison, Antoinette Ciss- man, Hazel Grassmann, Violet Rothman, Arlene Schwartz, Jean Kyllo, Pat Day, Audrey Gary, Marjorie Sanders, Audrey Kern, Esther Evans, Cunera Duyne. The society will hold a meet ing soon to decide on an initia tion. Ernest Kahle was presented the Bernie Herrmann Outstanding Player Award at the annual West Linn football banquet held No vember 27. Elected by the members of this years grid team, Kahle will have his name placed under that of last year’s winner, John Alan Whitney, on the placque. The banquet program included a talk on “Pending Developments for the Athletic Department” by School Board Chairman Kenneth Renner and a speech on the “N e w Athletic Conference” by Coach Brown. Coach Sam Nixon spoke on “A New Use for Red Tape” and Freshman Grid Coach Tunnell told of his team in “The Greener They Are the Faster They Grow.” Captain Don Vinton talked on “From Gridirons to Battle Irons” and Ernest Kahle and Earl Merkle presented Coaches Nixon and Brown with presents from the team. Bernie Herrmann then presented his award. The program also included mu sic by Morton Parks and Bob Gil lett. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Wood- worth, Mr. and Mrs. Milliken, Mr. Nixon, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and rs. Renner, Mr. and Mrs. Herrmann, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Tunnell, Miss Ful ton, Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Wade, Glen Wolf, Verlie Day, Delbert Langliers, Marian White, Bob Steffans, Violet Rothman, Bob Larson, Bee Schwartz, Ern est Kahle, Gloria Brough, Don Redhead, Ruth Grassman, Elton Schmidt, Connie Kron, Gene Vin son, Mary MacLean, Don Vinton, Betty Snider, Betty Koellermeier, Bill Stevens, Audrey Gary, Don Holden, Doris Draper, Harold Ness, Mary Ellen McLarty, Leo Critchfield, Bob Federspiell, Ar den Ivans, Ellen Stauffer, Merle Puderbaugh, Betty Davis, Mar shall Webster, Rosalind Enns, Andrew Swann, Pat Day, Bill Ra- kel, Catherine Zivney, Bill Cook, Vivian Clifford, Reuben Baisch, Doris Hughes, Bob Belieu, Wilma Walston, Bill Walston, John Mor rison, Viola Buckle, Willis Elliott, Naida Geske, Earl Merkle,-Mar jorie Huiras, Howard Berry, Doris Zimmerman, Bob Ambler, Cath erine Paterson, Bob Donovan, Ar lene Schwartz, Ed Woodworth, Ellen Ingram, Bob Green, Hazel Grassman, Larry King and Ann Maple. No. 5 Students Are Speakers On KOIN Radio Forum Whitman College To Award Scholarships Announcements concerning the award of thirteen $500 pre-pro- fessional scholarships to be awarded by Whitman college have been forwarded to high schools, this week. These $500 scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and are available to both boys and. girls graduating from the high schools of Washington, Ore gon, Idaho and Montana. The thirteen fields of award in clude law, medicine, engineering, chemistry, physics, teaching, journalism, business and govern ment service. The merit of the candidate will be given first weight and several awards may be made in one field. Last Assembly Held For Football Games The last football assembly of the year was held in the audi torium on Wednesday, Novem ber 20, with the “Pep Kings,” John and Gene, functioning as high voltage generators. The main feature of the pro gram was the presentation of a number by the Whistling chorus, a group of trained vocalists. The members were introduced per sonally by the student body president, Harold Ness. He ex plained that each one had been selected by a policeman on duty in the halls as a result of his proven ability as a whistler. It has since been reliably reported that whistling is on the decline. Due to the inability of Mary MacLean to act, the singing was led by Peggy Redhead. Freshman Class Holds Meeting The Freshmen held their class meeting Tuesday, November 26, in the auditorium. They elected Donald Dennis as the class rep resentative. The meeting was then turned over to John Nolan, chief of police, who read the laws of the West Linn high school. “Can laws make us secure?” This is the subject of the radio forum to be conducted on the American School of the Air in which eight sociology students from West Linn will participate Friday, November 29. For those who wish to listen it will be broadcast over KOIN on Friday, November 29, at 2:00 o’clock. This is one of a series of high school broadcasts sponsor ed by this station featuring many of the leading schools of western Oregon. Those who are on the forum are: Glenn Campbell, who is presiding chairman, Loren Milli ken, Mary Jane Hill, Frances Ber- nert, Audrey Church, Peggie Mc Clure, Betty Easson, and Lois Butler. Home Room Girls Present Assembly Miss McWhorter’s home room girls presented to the student body a pantomine Monday morn ing. It was announced by Na dine Fields. The girls who took part were Pauline Staggs, Bar bara De Bok, Marilyn Miller, and Noreen Peterson. A brief sketch was given to the students by Mr. Goetzl of the Junior play, “One Wild Night,” and the characters of the play' were introduced. This play is to be held November 29 at 8 p. m. at the West Linn auditorium. Speech Club Founded For Students' Interest The Speech club was founded for the purpose of perpetuating the interest of students in speech work. It has had two years of exis tence of the permanent organi zation. Glenn Campbell, president of this club, is quoted as saying, “I really believe that we have an organization that will go someplace this year. We have laid elaborate plans for this year and hope to make it the most successful year that the Speech club has ever enjoyed at West Linn.” The following officers for this year: Glenn Campbell, presi dent; Lois Young, vice president; Maxine Chaney, secretary-treas urer.