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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.