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About The amplifier. (West Linn, Oregon) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1941)
THE AMPLIFIER Volume XXI WEST LINN HIGH SCHOOL, WEST LINN, OREGON, MAR. 21,1941 Skating Party to Five Instruments Be Staged Tonite GoneFromSchool I Tonight the Oaks. Roller Skat- [ ing rink will be the scene of a school-wide skating party under the auspices of the Associated Students of West Linn high school. In a special assembly held Thursday morning student body president, Harold Ness, urged the students to support the affair by a large turnout. This is the sec ond in a series of school-wide skating parties sponsored by the different organizations of the school. Busses are scheduled to be run to transport the students. Expectations are for an attend ance of over 300. Cabinet Meets to Clear Up Matters At a regular meeting of the cabinet on March 12, several1 im portant matters were cleared up. The date and the price for the picture, “Rhythm of the Range,” starring Bing Crosby were de cided. The price was set at 10 and 15 cents. The date was set for Wednesday, March 26. The Student Body will also start collecting hack bills from students who owe money on stu dent body tickets. It was also specified that no senior will grad uate who owes any money to the. Student Body. The police force was enlarged by the addition of three new men when the cabinet ratified the ap pointment of Marion Young, Del bert Langeliers and Harley Thompson. There is still hope of getting a new loud speaker as the school board has prospects of buying them for the S. B. However, they will not be obtained until next fall. 3 Practice Teachers • Take Over Classes Last week three practice teach ers arrived from Maryluurst Col lege »to take over classes at the high school. They are Miss Car lin, Miss Bablar and Miss O’Mea ra. Miss Carlin will teach his tory and Miss O’Meara will teach literature for Miss Moffat. This is the fifth consecutive year that the practice teachers have been from Marylhurst College. Coming Events March 24—Mr. Main’s Home room program. On Thursday, March 18, late . March 26—Girls’ League pro at night, the music room of West gram, Marian Miller of the Linn high school was rifled of Oregonian will speak. six instruments. Three were own March 28—Hi-Y. club program. Music department concert ed by the school and two pri in the evening. vately owned. School instru Baseball game, Canby-West ments stolep were a tenor sax, i Linn, here. a clarinet and a piccolo; the pri March 31—Miss MacWhorter’s vately owned were an alto sax, Home room program. belonging to Vivian Clifford, and April 3—Blind talent program. an alto sax to Bernice Webber. Sponsored by H. C. Cooper, president of the National School owned instruments were 1 Transcribers Society for the covered by insurance, also the Blind. alto sax belonging to Bernice April 4—Indian track meet at Webber. Hill Military academy. The burglars climbed to the Junior class dance. low roof beside the auditorium stairs and broke a window on the west side of the music room, but the window was nailed shut. Be ing foiled there, they climbed to the upper roof and went down the skylight, leading to the sup The junior class will present ply room of the band. Finger prints and foot prints were left. a dance for West Linn students The serial numbers on all the and bids in the gym April 4. According to Junior Class Pres instruments are on hand. Reward is offered for instruments - and ident Bill Walston, arrangements also for information leading to are being made to provide an or arrest and conviction of the chestra for the dance. Bids are thieves.. The instruments were to be sent to schools in the Tu valued at between $500 and $600. alatin Valley league in addition to Oregon City and Milwaukie. The juniors are to hold a meet ing today to discuss the advisa bility of hiring a band. Students Go To Salem Fifteen West Linn students at tended the first Citizenship insti tute held under the auspices of Willamette university. Dr. Wil liam Jones, head of the sociology department of the university and a recent visitor to West Linn, was responsible for the confer ence. , The day started at 8:30 a. m. with registration of the visitors. After this followed speakers from many of the state depart ments, the a capella choir of Willamette university, dinner at the First Methodist church for some and the First Presbyterian church for others, and an ad dress by Leslie M. Scott, state treasurer. Then came the insti tutional visits with part of the W. L. group touring the peni tentiary and the other the state hospital. They returned to the campus after this for movies showing scenic spots of Oregon and sectional meetings on vari ous departments of the govern ment. The rest of the events were: A tea at Lausanne hall, dinner, selections by the Uni versity band, and, finally, an ad dress by Governor Sprague. Students attending from West Linn ,were: Mary Jane Hill, Au drey Church, Betty Easson, Frances Bernert, Lois Young, Pat Silver, Lois Butler, Bob Daggett, I The music department to date Bob Donovan, Dave Williams, Morton Park, Bob Sherman, Bob has scheduled two concerts for Steffen, Ernest Kahle and Har j this year. • The first is billed for old Ness. , March 28. This will be the home (coming concert and the program !will consist of music from musi- Ical organizations, soldists, brass choir and the reed choir. The Boys’ Glee club will put on its 1 first public performances as part of the proceeds are to go to buy The Hi-Y is now staging a uniforms for them. drive to collect any books or These uniforms are going to magazines which are not in use. be plenty snappy according to The books and magazines are to Mr. Wade. They will consist of go to the boys who are in train maroon mess jackets, blue-gray ing camps. “The soldiers have slacks and grey silk accessories. little recreation, and it is up to The Boys Glee club is planning us to help them out,” states Ed several different activities which Woodworth, Hi-Y president. are to be announced at a later If you have any books that date. you don’t happen to want the Mr. Wade is going to try out Hi-Y requests that you bring a new and unique method of them to Mr. Shearer or the Hi-Y ticket sales for the Home-Coming boys. If it is impossible for you concert. He is planning to send to bring them to school, let Mr. invitations to all music-loving Shearer or the Hi-Y members parents to come and hear the know, and they will gladly come concert. for them. Junior Class To Sponsor Dance West Linn Seniors Win Honors Music Department Glenn Campbell, West Linn senior and orator, won third place in the oratorical contest held at Willamette University March 15. Lois Young also entered as a representative from West Linn. Miss Young not only competed at Willamette on that day but represented West Linn in the American Legion contest held in Oregon City. There she won first place. Joyce Hoberg, Melvin Buckles and Lois Butler entered the essay contest also- sponsored by the American Legion. The topic they wrote on was “One Nation Indivisible.” Charles Walker Speaks At Recent Assembly Charles Walker, president of the Northwestern School of Commerce, spoke to West Linn students March 11. He gave an account of many of the things he had seen on his trips across the country. Also, he advertised Northwestern School of Com merce. No. 13 To Present Concert Hi-Y Boys Make Drive
