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