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THE AMPLIFIER
Thursday, April 12,1945
Amplifier
Can You Imagine
Twelve Publications by the Journalism Class
of West Linn High School.
STAFF
Editor in Chief.....Aii„„.....:.„..l^......„„..i..... .................. George Lipp
Business Manager....*...... ..............
Etta Payne
Assistant Editor................____ ........___..............Dennis Branding
Assistant Manager.....__ ...____ *______..............Shirley Brennan
News Editor............___ ______________________ Ralph Matile
Society Editor...*........ .....;-^O______ _______ Barbara Pittwood
Feature Editor.... ...................................................Hattie Carpenter
Sports Editor... i___ ....... ___________ ........................Jerry Ryan
Reporters......Gene Deschamps, Ione Johnson, Barbara Schneorr,
Mildred Barry, Dennis Oldenstadt, Virginia McCart
Advisor..... ....... ,1.......'........ Mrs. Oppenlander
SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER YEAR
50c Student Body Members
65c Non-Student Body Members
Ruth without Jim.
Having an outstanding dance
with a lot of dancing.
Betty Magennis without some
thing to eat in sixth period.
Donna Shainholz without her
suitcase.
Bob Veelman not trying to be
the one.
Enthusiasm in class meetings.
West Linn with a new movie
projector.
Lunch period being long
enough.
West Linn boys (especially the
wom’an haters) being interested
in West Linn Girls.
West Linn without Mr. Brown
in assemblies.
School without this year’s
swell band, and we might add
swell music instructors.
Cornelia going steady—(a Ti
gard boy, too.) (Nice going,
Nicky.)
Spring not bringing on new
romances.
Nadine Zaniker not smiling.
Art Class Deserves Credit
Thanks to those who deserve it. If any students deserve
credit for work accomplished, they are the ones in the Art
class who have spent many hours of their spare time in labor
ing on the numerous posters that you have seen around school
at different times. These students who have devoted their
study periods to work on decorations for different occasions
and to make pictures for decorating the halls really deserve
thanks. Next time you see a picture or a poster remember
that sometimes hours of works have been ^pent creating
them.
If you wish to thank these students and show that you .
appreciate their work, see to it that these pieces of art re
main unmarked or unaltered in any way.
May Day to Be Year's Crowning Point
With the May Day season within one month, the students
of West Linn are beginning to prepare for the festivities.
This is the big event of the high school year and if all of
the student body get behind it this year, as they have for all
of the other activities during the year were will all be able
to say that 1944-45 was the best school year, crowned with
an extraordinary May Day.
Wes Stauffer will handle the managerial position and if
any student has any new ideas they would be accepted gladly
by him or the faculty member in charge.
This might be your last opportunity to do-^mething for,
your school, so if you have no ideas, you might serve in some
other way.
Locker Speaks
I’m a locker standing in West Linn halls. Every day
I’m seen but not noticed. I must be misnamed for in the dic
tionary it is said I’m used for a place of security but it doesn’t
go that way in West Linn.
I am also afraid that I’m falling down on my job as a
place of security for valuables. True, I hold no great riches
but I do take care of books, coats and purses. However, it
isn’t entirely my fault when the things with which I am en
trusted disappear, for my owners should keep me locked.
The thing I dislike the most is facing strange people who
peer into me and then take my owner’s belongings. Even my
owner mistreats me at times by throwing a book carelessly
into my hupible structure.
Besides all this I am even sometimes beaten until I look
like a Model T Ford or a demolished junk pile.
Locks are made to keep dishonest, people out but even
these locks can not always hold when recklessly handled.
Yes, it would help my appearance a lot by strangers keeping
out and my owner keeping a little better care of me.
TO THE EDITOR:
I would like to commend the stu^epjts who participated
in the Easter program for their splendidwork. We all know
how difficult it is for them to get together and practice dur
ing these busy school days. I think we owe these students a
vote of thanks for presenting such an interesting program.
—A Student.
Sweaters - Skirts
SPRING STYLES
PASTEL COLORS
AUDBE'S DRESS SHOP
Polzin's Radio Service
ZENITH RADIO DEALERS
Phone 2-4561
Foot of the Elevator
For that Special Occasion
Buy her Flowers
BERNIER FLORISTS
Main Street
Oregon City
OREGON CITY
ABSTRACT CO.
Abstracts - Title Insurance
Butler Building
Phone 2-5011
SOMETHING OLD,
SOMETHING NEW.
LANDEEN TRACTORS and
IMPLEMENTS
10th and Main Street, Oregon City
SALES and SERVICE
0« the Record
CLASSIFIED ADS
To head the list today is a stu
pendous feat. It is truly unbe
lievable to those who are tak
ing» and have taken chemistry,
and you that haven’t will real
ize why if you ever succumb to
the stupid de^||e to take it; with
no*m'ore ^adoW’ bicftr Irion (we
put this in bold face) got 100
Wanted: Book on how .to win
friends and influence people—:
Herman Peter.
Wanted: Handsome boy to do
ihy home work. Short hours. En
joyable working conditions. —
Shirley Brennan.
- Wdnted: Place where We could
have more privacy during noon
hours.—Ruth Dickenson and Jim
Crumley.
Wanted: Boy to take care of
njy pet Poodle. Must be calm,
collective and agreeable. Boy
like John Seines preferred. Call
anytime nights.—Naideen Zani-
ker.
Wanted: Big, strong, handsome
map to protect me from such
people as Bev Burdick. I pay by
the hoar. Please apply in typing
room.—Bonnie Baty.
Wanted: Plastic mouth. Mine
is the wrongWhape. Please send
collect.—-Bob Veelman.
Wanted: New bed partner.
Gordon Myhra kicks.—See "Sat
chel Head" Pearson.
Wanted: Boy to walk me home
nights after dances. Would set
tle for Hal Lindslfey. Applica
tions taken any day. —Yvonne
McCauley.
Wanted: Ten easy lessons on
thc^'vRight Road to Love.” Please
send to Joan Murphy C.O.D.
Lost: Eversharp fountain pen.
Description: Top, maroon with
silver stripes. Bottom, all ma
roon.
Will appreciate its return—re
ward.
Priscilla Swedlund.
P.S.: If found either turn it in
to the office or give it to me.
per cent in both of the tests in
organic chemistry. Sue Mote
must, be going to take chemistry.
Our student body prexy, Ralph
Matile, is becQming quite per
turbed by the happenings to the
fixtures in and ^ibout3Whe stu-
mfent body office- put down those
hand cuffs! I’m innocent. I could
add a glib—-I’m Otto, glad to’
meet you Innocent—but why?
I give up why. Now that I’ve
hatched that I could go to the
newly filled tank and drown
myself, but we must go to press.
Now you give up? '
With track season started, all
the boys have an excuse for run
ning in the halls. The girls legs
are not quite as swollen with
welts this week, a few of the
sling-shot kids, have slackened
off.
The tennis fans seemed to not
be the least bit disturbed by the
wet court. By the way, we might
bring up the new question, “will
any catskin do?”
Dirt by Girt
Jim Cook is riow interested in
a little sophom’ore. Good luck,
jimmy.
The grounds are covered with
students taking pictures lately.
Where do you get the films, peo
ple?
Herman Peters and Verla Hub
bard are quite the couple lately.
My, we See something new ev
ery day.
Velma! had fun counting Dick
Irion’s toes at the Honor society
party; what will Sue say?
Talking about surprising and
new couples at banquets. Ex
amples:
Hattie and Ray
Lucille and Leonard
Yvonne and’ Jerry
Willa and Paul
Virginia and “Wimpy”
N'orane and Jim’
Jan and Gordon
Those were about all the new
couples. Then,, of course, there
were the old standbys such as:
Virginia and Ronnie
Helen and Ted
Harmon and Dolores
Ruth and Jim
Of course, there were many
who came stag but many of
these went home in couples.
Some girls are doing their bit
by going into work for the Red
Cross. Keep it up girls.
Don Smith is starting to wake
up to his surroundings. Hrrimm,
nice if you can get it.
Our current steady list in
cludes five divisions:
ÁRE......
Louise Jent and Dick Morían.
Joan Murphy and Howard
Hinckley
Corneliá Nichols and Dean
Davis
Dolores Sherman and Harmon
Marshall
Betty Schmidt and Keith Stein
Ron Pierson and helores
Hughes
Sue Mote and Dick Irion
COULD BE ....
Jim Hawks and Merdyth Moser
Roy Pearson and Arlene Stone
Hal Lindsley aqg XyQPne Mc
Cauley
Ted Plummer and Irene Sil
ver
HAVE BERJJL..
Dick Allen and Marabel Swan
Jay McMunran anduDonna
Saunders
Arlene Stone and Howard
Hinckley
STILL....
Ronnie Baird and ^Virginia
Worthing|jh
Jim Crumlqjy and Ruth pickin-
son « SÉ
Nadine Zaniker and Lee Bet-
tinger
Dorothy Barrs and Bob Brand
ing
WANTED....
Ponna Little—By—Bob Wiev-
esiek
Students Work
The following paragraph is
taken from a paper prepared by
Carl RenneWitz for a class in
English One. The assignment
was a short explanation of what
adventure means to a person. It
illustrates parti c u 1 a r 1 y clear
thinking for a high school fresh
man. We predict that Carl will
graduate with honors.
“ADVENTURE”
Adventure to me is the “get
up and go spirit” I have to do
something to satisfy my desires.
I have this eagerness when my
mind wishes to pry into some
thing yet unknown to it. It is
the struggle connected with the
accomplishment of som’et h i n g.
An adventure, would not need to
be pleasant, although we all try
to forget the unpleasant, and try
to avoid it. It may be an inci
dent occurring in everyday life
in which something—anything—
is found out. I might even “stick
my neck out” so far as to say
that life is adventure—all of the
time! — and that adventure is
life itself . . . because you can
not get away from anything
from which your mind will not
learn something.