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SUPPORT THE MARCH OF DIMES Œije Amplifier GET IN YOUR SNAPS 12 Issues a Year by West Linn High School WEST LINJSI, OREGON Vol. 25, No. 5 New Semester Students In Full Swing Meet at IN THE SERVICE Molalla Hi Bob Wood and Lloyd Englert, former students, are now home on 30■ day leave. They have spent 11% months overseas on duty in the mechant marines. Second Lieutenant Woldo Sil ver, Jr., ’43, was home on an eight-day pass after receiving his wings as a navigator on a bomber. He was training in Texas but is now ready for over seas duty. Mr. Shearer has given this letter to us to be published in The Amplifier. Dear Mr. Shearer: No doubt you are surprised to receive a letter from me but I have been thinking of .you and the school lately. My ship left Portland around early in March and it lboks as though this will be a fairly long trip. At present I am in the South west Pacific and would apprec iate some cool Oregon climate for a change. You would surely like to be down here now, as some of the flora and fauna life; is unbelieveable. I have tried to preserve some of the wild life but am handi capped byz lack of materials. They don’t seem to respond to preserving like our Oregon coast specimens; but never-the-less I have tried to look into as many of them as I could. During my eleven short months at sea, I have tried and fully succeeded in upholding the standard of the Hi-Y club. Most young fellows think that to be a real seaman, one must practice several of the tougher vices such as drinking and using profane language, but I have yet to see any of my shipmates not re specting me for living the clean er life aboard ship. Yes, Mr. Shearer, my training in the Hi-Y is certainly paying dividends. Hope to be in the states by August. It surely seems the longer that I am out of high school, the pondering memories are of those days. Have been thinking seriously of going to college when the war is over. Jt would be the rough est go of my life as I never was much for studying. So you thing that a few years between high school and college can make much difference? I don’t, if a person really tries to make the grade. Well, its getting late and I will have to get up early in the morning. Please write as I surely would like to near from you. Sincerely, Randall McGloghlin. Cpl. Sam Nixon, former physi cal education and basketball in structor at West Linn, has been home on a furlough. Carl O’Neil, a member of the Merchant Marine, was visiting the high school this week. Cpl. Merle Aden’s, a former student at West Linn high school, picture was seen in the paper enjoying a turkey dinner (special ration) on the Philip pines.; Six Students Represent Lions for Red Cross The largest and finest Junior Red Cross meeting of the year was held at Molalla high school, Molalla, Oregon, Thursday, Jan uary 11, 1945. The meeting was presided by Jim Mead, president of the Jun ior Red Cross county council of high schools, Pat Russel of Es tacada high school, and secr- tary, Joyce Strickland. There were 38 pupils in at tendance with the following schools represented: Sandy, Col ton, Milwaukie Sr. high, Mil waukie Jr. high, Canby, West Linn, Molalla, Oregon City Sr. high, Oregon City Jr. high. Scotty Beach, Barbara Pitt- wood, Shirley Brennah, Etta Payne, Howard Hinckléy, and Shirley ^Mattson were the rep resentatives .from West Linn. Junior Red Cross high school council is doing a beautiful job of production of article! for the armed forces and for children of the liberated count’íes. It had branched out this year and helped the camp and hospital units by filling 102 gift boxes for the local hospitals. Junior Red Cross is the largest youth organization in the world. There are 18,500,000 members of the American Junior Red Cross. CLUB CHATTER The Pep club met Wednesnady, January 3, in the Home E. C. room to start making plans for a semi-formal dance to be held sometime in March. The theme of the dance is going to be “Blue Rain.” The Pep club girls have hopes of getting a good orchestra to play. The Girls league meeting was held in the gym Thursday, Janu ary K, after Miss White’s “pep” talk. It was announced that the Girls/league is going to sponsor a dance after the McMinnville game on February 9. The gen eral admission will be twenty - five cents. Valjean Madsen, president of the G. A. A., announced that aft girl having 50 or more points will be able to join the G. A. this year. The lettermen’s club is making plans for the initiation of the new members^ The only letter- men elegible for this honor now ate the athletes who 'won a let ter in football this year or who already had won them before. There, is a committee of Tour members who are to decide what and when the initiation is to take place. So far the commit tee has not given out any in formation except that it will be plenty tough The committee consists of: Pat George, Hal Lindsley, Gordon Murphy, and John Seines. The lettermen to be initiated are: Walt Burgess, Albert Hoff man, Mnv, / Imen? Mindt- Roy Pearsen. Stan Stein, and Norman Trappe. With the semester exams com pleted and thfc new schedules decided upon (except for the guys that never can make, up their mind we will start out in all our glory (except for those persons taking a subject over that they flunked last yearf) You can look upon the faces of the students and tell how theje came out, and then there are those that tell you without your looking. If you will notice all the senior boys who are not leaving for some branch of the service really got in there and cramed, because you can’t tell when a few good grades might help when applying for officers training (wishful thinking of course.) > As usual there were some of those brainy freshmen that came out of the first semester with about a 1.1 average. Those things are just “read in the pa per” by most of us. Dramatic Class Presents -JL Play A - • - i A short progrc^i„,was, enjoyed: by the West Linn student body in the school auditorium on Tuesday, January 16, during I which thezDramatics class gave a one-act play called “Mama Goes to the Convention.” The characters of the play were: Mrs? Thompson, Irene Shepard; Mr. Thompson, Bud May; Grandma, Dorothy Syvert- sen; Jane Thompson, Donna Shainholts; Mrs. DeWitt Van Dyke, Ione Johnson; The Secre tary, Naideen Zaniker; Miss Crabtree, Mary Lop Berning; Jun ior Thompson, Pat Blue; M’ll Bon Marche,’ Willa Worthington. \ The band under the direction of Mr. Gould played two march es. Also the following solos were given: Violin solo, “Ava Maria” by Norene Dickenson; flute solo, “When Day is Done” by Mary Rabinson. “In the Still of the Nighf” was given by the Girls’ chorus under the direction of Mrs. Watson and Mr. Gould. Friday, January 26, 1945 Senior Class Dwindles as Boys Leave for Service For the first time in 25 years the senior class of West Linn has only 16 boys in it. With the war lowering the number of boys for the last three years, it has taken a drastic cut this year. Getting enough credits to graduate, several have volunteered, others have gone without their sheepskins. Still others are waiting for the day when they will leave, some gladly, others just leaving. Jerry Ryan, Olin Pepper, Albert and Dick Allen for left for some branch of the service with the Merchant Marine being the most popular. Wes Belieu and Guy Foreman also left, but were unable to get into this service. Earl Grassman and Herman Pet- ers are waiting to go into some branch and hope to leave be Tigard exchange program came fore too long. to West Linn, Wednesday, De Ray Kestik has taken his cember 10. physical and has been reclassi I think the students of West fied so he is not sure what will Linn will remember this program happen, but he hopes to finish for -sometime, it was entertain the year. ing, clever, and amusing. Tony Rinkes has started to The Tigard band played a the University of Portland this march to start the program. semester after getting his credits Presiding as master of ceremon all filled at West Linn. ies was Bill Ambers who, with Other than the seniors, several each appearance, brought about juniors are beginning to try to a few laughs.. get in courses in physics and The program started off with a bang with Margie Oech playing advanced math for the radar di her guitar and singing “Johnson vision of the navy. Brown” and “He Don’t Wanta.” The second entertainer was Carol X-Rays Taken Tuesday On Tuesday. January 23, all of Nissen playing on her pearled accord i o n , “Alexander’s Rag the Juniors and Seniors were Time Band" and a “March." E# given an x-ray for tuberculosis. eanor Flett played a piano Sold? Thè Mobile X^ay Unit With its of Hazel Scott’s arrangement of staff of nurses and doctor was “Boogie Woogie” and a favorite parked behind the auditorium. “Dark Eyes.” Joy Grimstad sang The pictures were taken of stud a beautiful song, “The Joint Is ents in groups of fifteen, Miss (Continued on Page Four) White was in charge of cards. Tigers Present Exchange OBSERVATION TOWER , New heart throbs of Trieve Tanner and Jack Taylor are Betty Jean Olson and Velma Meadows. Eddie Hodsen (former W.L. stu dent) was seen quite recently with Betty Jean Olson. David Gerspach and Lucille Kestek are always trying to “out type” each other sixth period. Lawrence Carpenter has a new Freshman flaml. We believe it is Barbara Trapp. Lure a boy with as pleasing smile and beautiful teeth. All right, Norma Helsby. Pat George can’t make up his mind between two girls, which one to take out more than once. Jim Crumly and Ruth Dicken- sqn are still our top couple. The Journalism staff has just hired a new reporter to keep MEET THE FACULTY track of. Gordon Murphy and his Mr. Gould, dur new music in-*; girl friends. The reporter is kept structor, arrived January eight quite busy trying to keep up to and has sb far made much pro date. We have had reports that our gress with the band and also own Jerry Ryan is going in the with the chorus. He likes teach Merchant Marines. ing at West Linn very much and Bev Stevens was removed from thinks we have a- fine group of second period study for hitting students and a splendid faculty. Bill Butson over the head with a He is a resident of Concord, book? Hurt Bill? Oregon» where Me fe scout master Oúr band period seems to be in the local troop. He has a quite'chummy lately with Mar daughter, six, and a son, eight, garet ÑiGholls and Scotty Beach. w h o attend C o n c o r d gradé Art Blackman is still practic school. ing “Sweet and Lovely” with He is a graduate of North- Aghes Ekenkrantz. western State college in Okla- Pat Griswold is going with h ahorna. We welcome Mr. Gould boy from Lincoln, Robert Davis, to our school and appreciate his who is planning to attéhd West enthusiasm and the interest he Mnn. ’a showing. We look forward to Jim Fawks is now an únele. some outstanding work in the Congratulations, Jim. music department. Spring, is coining soon, states Mr. Shearer as he sings ‘'She’ll be Coming Around the Moun tain.” Dale Shearer and Bob Michels having difficulty in getting pass ing grades in Biology. Mr. Shear er gives advice “Stay home and study at leasLone night a week.” Dean Bowdish rating very high, for he is going with Marian Morsa, a very cute Lincoln girL The Forest Grove game was spectacular, Jay M c M u r r e n brought his Oregon City girl. Water, water, clear, cool water. Ronald Pearson is very dis couraged lately. The younger members of the Solid Geometery class have be gun tq learn the fundamentals of mathematics and science from Leonard Rothe. From this issue on there will be no mbre of the Ryan special stories and news briefs. Instead Norman Trappe will try to full fill these tasks. To all the Students of the school, except those in the chem istry^ class, the. news that ’the production of hydrogen sulfide will soon be over should be re ceived with thankfullness. How could Bob Veelman get a I in the Nation test is the ques tion of the week. We all grieved to hear of the death of Shaky. . Bob Walsh has been demon strating his ability as a high jumper and two track enthus iasts are trying to get him to sign up. There has been in the last week quite a few old; students wondering about. They can’t be going to start agàin?
