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BUY BONDS Support* the FOURTH WAR LOAN DRIVE GOOD LUCK SENIORS and BEST WISHES Published Semi-Monthly by West Linn High School Vol. XXIII, No. 9 OREGON CITY, OREGON Thursday, January 20, 1944 20 SENIORS GRADUATE 20 Mid-Term Graduates To Receive Diplomas Willamette University President To Be Principle Speaker W. L. Sponsors Star Dust Club From row, left to right—Marilyn Rnst, Claudia Isham, Isabel Vinson, Norene Peterson, Pa* tricia Brennan, Gloria Eisilie. Middle row—Charles Marshall, Lee Hornshuh, ■Jr Seniors Face Future After graduation the Allowing students have planned thus far: Bob Hoof: Willamette Hyster until called. Art Huebner: Naval Air Corps. Lee Hornshuh: Navy. Cecil Johnson:Armed Service. Dlen Larson: Work until cal led. Glen Larson: Work until cal- Claudia Isham: U. of Washing ton. Charles Marshall: Theater work. Charles Marx: Work until cal led. Hank Quade: Navy. Wayne Robertson: Navy. Norene Peterson: Lewis and Clark College. Marily Rust: Ribiter. John Stone: Work until called. Darrell Thompson: Undecided. Pat Brennan: U. of Willamette. Gloria Eisele: Nursing. Isabel Vinson: Nursing. Bob Hooft, Walt Logsdon, Bill Larson, Albert Cissman. Back row — Art Huebner, John Stone, Glen Larson — Charles Marx, Darrell Thompson, Wayne Robertson. L Willamette Host "To Blue Bag" In the Willamette grade school on February 18, the cast oi the “Blue Bag” will present a night performance for the outside pub lic. The cast will lend their services for the benefit of the Ladies’ Aid circle of Wjllamette. We don’t know what face to expect next as ObidiA Macklyn. As you remember he began with Harold Myhra but was ably sup ported by Bill Larson, now the navy has taken care of the latter. Could be Obidia has a jinx but they 'say the third time’s the charm. Richard Bush will be the next successor. Grade School Bands Organized The theme for this years an nual is to be “all out for Victory on the home front and on the war front” Berncliff Printers in Portland will do the printing and engrav ing. Actual work has not begun on the Annual as yet-due to the inability to secure supplies. Senior pictures were taken on January 10 and 11. “A grade school orchestra will be organized the second semes ter,” Mr. Waston announced on Monday. The different schools will reherse separately, in their schedule: Willamette on Mon day, Sunset on Tuesday, and Boltoh on Thursday. The Bolton group has already had- Qrie re hearsal, and you can quote me as saying it was a howling, suc cess, Mr. Watson laughed. “In fact, I don’t think quite so many discords have been played in such a short length of time in the history of music.” “In three years, however, he says, he full expects them to be capabale of playing Sousa mar ches. This year he will be con tent with.three blind mice. Sev eral high school students are assisting Mr. Watson, and he hopes to have them ready by spring for a short concert. Lee Bettinger: “Have you a book called ‘Man, the Master of Women’?” Librarian: “The fiction depart ment is on the other side.” Teacher: “Will you please tell me what has become of your ethics?” Herb Myhra: '“Oh, I traded is in on a Ford ages ago.” Annual Chooses All Out For Victory Sjeattle Meet WHended GARY ATT^ CONFERENCE At the meting of superinten dents of the Pacific northwest in Seattle, Mr. Gary learned from the country’s greatest educators ideas on post-wal education. The topic of rim W. Russels of Columbia unu'rrsity was how to bind the sch I rooms of the world. He said I Jkt the big four should, and will,! p lasting peace is to be attainedjLuild an inter national school or education. Chancellor Hunter, head of the Oregon higher bpard of educa tion, spoke on education for citi zenship after the wan If the educational groups do not take precautionary measures the fed eral government will take it over. The amount spent in Ore gon taxes was $125,000,000, only a trickling of which came back through education. John Norton, also of Columbia, spoke of financing education. Though it sounds impossible, as recently as 1940, 115,(XX) schools spent less than $500 a year for school upkeep, teachers, etc. William Carr, secretary of the national education policy com mission, Washington, D. C., said the militarized schools would have to be brought in unless an international education board was instituted. As a whole the conference was very serious and well attended, although the hours were long. Exams Held Examinations were held Tues day, January 18th, first and sec ond periods in the morning, with third and fourth in the after noon. Wednesday, January 19th, fifth and sixth in the morning and in the afternoo seventh and eighth. These periods were all one hour and 30 minutes long. The ultra-ultra Star-Dust Club will have its gala opening Thursday night, January 20th, at 9:30 o’clock in the West Linn High School Cafeteria. Under a cover of silver stars, the Girls’ League, which sponsors the event, will entertain Oregon City and West Linn High School s^t- dents, their escorts and friends. A Buck-Me-Up-Bar under the di rection of Carol Cook, Betty Ol son, Mary Gillespie and DeVonna Bittner will furnish cokes for the club guests. A well equipped game room furnishing restful play is situat ed in the band room. Twelve tables with games of pick-up- sticks, hearts, lotto, monopoly, pit, rummy and others similar of€er Hi vptm f iod type of enter-. tainment. Volleyball and ping pong will attract the non-dancers in the gymnasium. A bingo bowery with an offering of prizes has its headquarters in Mr. Main’s math room. Elaine Hellberg, president of the Girls’ League, and Miss Muriel White, club advisor, have contacted faculty members who will be in charge of each activ ity. Mr. Main, Miss MacRae, Mrs. Meiritz, Miss Gleason and Mr. Watson will be in the club; Miss Rodman, Mr. Oppenlander, Miss Hart and Miss Cresap in the game room; Mr. Nixon, Mr. Shearer and Miss Moffatt in the gymnasium, and Mrs. Osvald and Miss McGuire in the bingo bowery. The dance chairman is Beth Wood. The committee consists of Cornelia Nichols, Alice Green, Marcy Thornton, Willa Worth ington, Pat Griswold, Jackie Hadley and Jeanne Stopper. Leola Borland, c h a i r m a n, works with Maxine Fitzpatrick, Viola Surerus, Shirley Jennings and Eloise Tapfer in arranging volleyball. Anna Lee Smith and Beve’rly Burdick will set up the ping pong. Dorothy Habel, chairman of the game room, will be assisted by Gale Larson, Ila Mae Albee, Hattie Carpenter, Norma Day and Dorothy Syvertsen. Lucile Kestek will supervise the coke bar in the upper level. Assisting her are Diane White, Vivian Quick, Mary Schlick- heiser and Wanda Simpson. Miss White, advisor of Girls’ League, stated that there shall be no leaving the building after the game. If you wish to par ticipate in activities the people attending must stay in the building until the end. Twenty mid-term graduates will receive their diplomas Fri day, January 21st, with G. Her bert Smith, president of Willam ette University, as principle speaker. This is the first mid-term graduation in the history of West Linn. Due to wartime schedule many senior boys will enter the armed service immedi ately after the i semester. After due consideration to the fact that the boys would hot be able to attend the June ¡Commence ment it was decided to have the January exercises. The graduat ing class consists of 14 boys and six girls. Baccaleaureate services were held in the Zion Lutheran church with Rev. E. G. Wuist officiating. The theme of Rev. Wuist was the “Value of Perseverance.” Many student body officers will receive their diplomas, leav ing the following to take their places: Lee Bettinger »will take u-vcf tlig vice * ior class from Bob Smith, who will replace Art Huebner as class president at next semester. Mary Kay Johnson will edit the Amp lifier, succeeding Hank Quade; Bob Brending will step into the shoes of Bill Larson as student body president. Both Secretary Claudia Isham and Isabelle Vin son will be succeeded by Naid- een Zaniker and Janunita Jones, respectively. The graduation will take place in the auditorium Friday, Janu ary 22, at 8:30. The ¡junior class under the leadership of George Lipp, president, were put in charge of decorating. Those on the committee are Gene Des champs, Richard Crandall and Gwen Montgomery. The senior class colors this year are blue and white with their flower being the American Beauty rose. Class honors were given to Marilyn Rust, valedictorian; Dar rell Thompson, historian; Hank Quade, historian; Art Huebner, poet; Norene Peterson, prophet; Pat Brennan, class will, and Gloria Eislelie, class! song. Former Student Visits Shool Second Lieutenant Myron Bos well, a graduate of 1936, visited West Linn, January 12. He was* ‘<w graduated from Doiiglas Army Air Field and is to fly a B-25 bomber. He will leave for Fresno, California in a week. Lieutenant Boswell has had the ambition of flying ever since he was a small boy and now has achieved his ambition. Dur ing his high school days he made model planed and later flew his own plane kt Beaverton Airport.
