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THE AMPLIFIER
Friday, March 10, 1950
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Bernie Herrmann's
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Twelve Publications by the Journalism Class
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Sports Editor.,....^......;,....!...^-------- .................. ............ Bob Scholer
Exchange Editor....... , ............ .......
Shirley Helms
Reporters........ Gordon Dickinson, Betty Weibel, Jim Thornburg,
Wayne Fero, Jean Smith, Arlene DeNeui, Ken
Palmer
Staff Typist.......................................
Edward Bradshaw
Advisor..;.,..«,,.....,................. ....... :.... ............ .Miss Marjorie Sinclair
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Tra-la, tra-la! Spring is here
and so is the Junior Prom and
some of the surprise couples for
the occasion are as follows: Jim
O'Donnell and June Stonee, Ted
Scholer and Sue Ralston, Earl
Miller and Sue Earlenbaugh,
Dave Grey and Sue Smalley,
Harold Adrian and Thelma Par
rish, Rodney Bowdish and Dodie
Church, Pete Bell and Bonna
Fritclue, Stan Blue and Helen
Bertilson, and Gib Kingsbury
will be with Ann Gribble.
“We” Like Them!
t'HpHANK GOODNESS, elections are over for this year!”
■ “I think another election should be held i I didn’t vote for
some of the students who were elected. Do you think they,
counted the votes correctly?”
Again this year, as in past years, some students are still
wondering how student body elections could “possibly have
been fair” when their personally backed candidates received
no office. Of coure, we should realize the fact that not every
body can be satisfied by the outcome of a student body elec
tion and that some of us have to lose This brings us down to
this year’s voting and campaigning.
Let us acknowledge the fact that many capable and com-;
petent candidates were in the running this year and we all
know that ours was a difficult choice to make. In many cases,
perhaps two,of our very best friends were opposing each other
for the same office, and we had to make a decision one way
or i the other.
Using much discretion in the matter, we finally marked
our X on the dotted line and slipped the paper into the ballot
box. For the next few hours we waited breathlessly for that
announcement on the final count and, if our candidate lost,i
we could not help experiencing a feeling of regret for that is
only natural; however, in the days that followed, we began
to realise tkat perhaps the student body hadn’t made such a
disastrous choice. And finally, it wasn’t the student body any,
longer it was “we.”
.Now “we’re” certain “we’ve” made a wise choice, so let’s
stay behind our new student body officers and let them know
“we all” want them and will support them.
Did You Know This ?
Do you know any correct rules for etiquette around .the school?
jvlosf students have ä fair
fledge, about the regulations oh
home etiquette, but here’s the low-down <nd a few points on
courtesy at school.
THROUGH THE CORRIDORS
If you rush pell-mell out of
a classroom and go bumping
down the corridors, you will
have to stop several times to
apologize for jolts you adminis
ter and probably to pick up
books you have knocked from
someone’« hands—so what good
haß violent hurry done you?
Satmtetihg along yith your
arms clasped around ä friend on
each side is disastrous to traf
fic? in the halls. If you meet a
friend and want to talk for a
minute, get out of the passage
ways for your. chat.
When waiting with a crowd
for the door to open, doii’t let
the opening of the doors be a
signal to push forward with
treinendous force. Keep your
weight -on your own feet instead
of-putting it against another’s
back.
Stand aSide and let the teach
er or a fellow student who is
visiting, go first.
Annuals Should Be
Ordered Right Away
The'’Annuals are now on sale
in the student body office dur
ing:' the ,nöon hours. Subscrip
tions are' $2.50 per copy?
The Annual would - like snap
shots for the.snap section of the
publication. The snaps must be
of West Linn students but need
not be taken at the high school.
If you wish your snapshots back,
write your name on the back of
themT^Turn them in to Betty
Weibel or Miss Ringham.
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Bill Brown
Bill Wash
Bill White
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Pat Finn
Pat Irish
Pat Finr^gan
ON THE GROUNDS
Be proud of the “front” your
school puts up to the commu
nity.. This means keeping the
grounds free of rubbish. The
janitor can not always be be
hind you to pick up fruit peel
ings, lunch wrappings, and the
like. You can easily acquire the
habit of taking them to a con
tainer. Your conduct on enter
ing and leaving the grounds also
reflects on the school.
IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL
It is nearly always the same
people who make a last minute
dash for the assembly and come
in breathlessly to find a seat.
Having taken your seat quietly,
behave yourself as you would
in any public auditorium.
Squirming, whispering and foot
scrapping are labels of the un
derbred.; Try to be interested in
the program for your own sake.
People who are easily bored and
close their minds to ideas and
happenings are painfully likely
to become boring themselves.
But even if you are not enter
tained, you can at least appear
attentive and not disturb those
Who may be enjoying the pro-
cedings.
An outside speaker deserves all
the courtesy you can show him
because he is your guest. What
must be the impression a school
makes upon a person who has
accepted an invitation to address
the students if there is even
faint groan or boo or any other
form of. impoliteness.
Applause, is the accepted
method to show appreciation for
a talk or musical number, but
not long and boisterious dap
ping. Do not be in such haste
to applaud that you begin be
fore it is certain the song or
piano selection is finished. Do
not keep up applause for an en
core when a singer or musician
shows he does not wish to give,
one. Whistling and tapping the.
floor with the feet are, of
course, outNof place.
Some K>f ,the old standbys to
make an appearance will be
Aubrey Sharp and Janet Sher
man, Alden Rondeau and Joyce
Schaber, Bert Stein and Jane
Culver, and Bob Scholer and his
grandmother.
Dan Cupid is shooting long
range arrows from across the
river, or so, it seems,, from the
reports about Peg Lander and
Art Arliano, Bob Greenwood and
"Toots" and Don Penney with
Donna Van Lanningham.
Heisler Hails Horses
By SHIRLEY HELMS
I’ll bet that you don’t know
half the people around your own
school as well as you should!
Now, take for instance, Joyce
Heisler, a 16 year old junior,
and an honor student at that.
You know her ^hen you see her;
speeding down the halls oe-
tween classes and speak to her,
but Could thdt be considered
really knowing her? Let’s take
a glance at hfer in every day
life, shall we?
HORRIES SAID TO BE NUMEROUS
Hobbies are interesting and
our gal Joyce has many, but her
special one is those four-legged
kickin’ thingSL-ua^lled... “horses'"
Taking after her father who
rides in the Clackamas County
Posse, she is quite interested in
owning her own horse ranch, and
doing her own . training when
she gets older. Duke, her “one
and only,” is a beautiful 7 year-
old bay. He has been shown
several times at different stock
shows, the Pacific International
stock show and other local horse
shows. At any time of night oi*
day when some kind of animal
show is going on. which hap
pens frequently at the neighbor
ing farms, on goes her jeans and
a saddle on Duke and Joyce is
off.
MOUNTAINS VISITED FREQUENTLY
During the summers Joyce’s
favorite spot is the mountains.
For the past couple of summers
Joyce and her father have visited
various Oregon scenic lakes and
Mt. Jefferson. With horse trail
ers hooked onto their cars, the
Heislers go a%J;ar as the roads
can possibly take them; then
when they can get no further,
out comes the camping equip
ment and off They go exploring
the hills for a few days by
horseback. They have adven
tured as far as Squaw Moun
tain.
INTEREST IN OTHERS DISPLAYED
Joyce’s eyes are also always
on the people. Yes, she feels
that charity should begin at
home. She cannot understand
why the Navajo Indians, who are
Americans more than anyone
else, “still get a raw deal.”
In the coming summer Joyce
plans to donate her services
working as a nurse’s aide. If
the work appeals to her,, she
plans tq capry on with nurses’
training,and study for a degree
after she graduates. Joyce has
been aroimd sick people quite a
bit-to see how they are being
treated. She hasr'attended vari
ous talent shows at Veterans’
hospitals with the Red Cross of
which she is a council member
here at West Linn. She is also
an active member at the county
headquarters of the Red Cross in
Oregon Ctiy.
ARTIST'S GOLD KEY AWARD WON
Her favorite class in school is
art. Art seems to come very
naturally to Joyce; she has just
recently won recognition when
sending an oil painting of a
“Dark Alley” in Oregon City to
the National Scholastic Art con
test which Meier and Franks
were sponsoring a few weeks
ago. Your “Amp” reporter asked
her if she had heard from then
yet. Holding a letter out, she
replied, “Yes, I did and they
sent me a silly looking an
nouncement that I had won a
gold key and that my picture
will be sent to Pittsburgh.”
When. congratulated, all she
did was. solemnly sit down and
reply, “I think they have rocks
in their heads,” over and over
again.
Yes, people are swell when
you really get to know them.
Carlson, and Sue Ralston and
Gary McMurray.
Congratulations, Joan Elliott,
the final date is May 30.
Yes, students, an,d here is a
final reminder that those beau
tiful Jantzen sweaters in all of
the spring pastel shades arb
down, at Bernie Herrmann's, so
drop in and see them soon.
—Pd. Adv.
LOOK OUT. FELLOWS!
Below are listed the results of
a poll taken among the girls in
the home economics classes. The
question asked was, “What are
the qualities girls find- desirable
in husbands?”
Fellows! You don’t have to be
tall, dark, and handsome to win
the women! In fact, good looks
are listed as twenty-first on the
poll, and you short guys don’t
have to feel bad, either. Num
ber twenty on the poll states
that the ideal husband must be
“taller than I.” Most important
to the girls is consideration
which ranks first on the
questionnaire. Listed below are
the other qualifications.
1. Consideration.
2. Companionship.
3.. Provides financial security.
4. Helps with housework.
5. Moderate drinker.
6. Controls tdmper.
7. Likes children.
In a recent poll conducted at 8. Well groomed.
9. Good manners.
Newberg High school, 375 of the
550 enrolled students voted in 10. Ambitious.
favor of outlawing the Commu 11. Well educated.
12. Trustworthy.
nist party in America.
At Springfield one of the 13. Responsible.
freshmen English classes has 14. Independent of Mother.
become quite in ternational 15. Affectionate.
minded. They have begun corre 16. Good conversationalist.
sponding with foreign students 17. .Not conceited.
their own age all over the world. 18. Sense of humor.
19. Religious
Eugene High school’s Bep club 20. Taller . than I.
must have had the same idea 21. Good looking.
as West Linn’s student council, 22. Not jealous.
for they recently sponsored an
assembly which, from all re
ports, brought to the attention
There are traces of jazz in
of nearly every student the need many of the so-called classical
for courtesy in the school’s as compositions.—GEORGE GERSH
WIN.
semblies.
From The Mailbox
Once again the mailman has
come to West Linn and what has
he brought? -The “Amp’s little
drawer in the offiee isn’t over
flowing because Santa just paid
a belated visit.
In news around the league it
appears that the Hillsboro root
ers are really enthusiastic. A
new booster club has been or
ganized by the school’s yell
leaders and .^ny student who
attends at least the home games
wears a white shirt or blouse,
sits in the reserved section, and
Yells can be a member. ,•
Hillsboro has also had three
'members of its TYV champion
ship football team named to the
st^te Shrine all-star team.
Well, well, the “green hornet”
is back again only Lowell Lan
dis is driver and owner now.
By the way, did you smell
something in the school the
other day? Yes, I thought so.
Thee chemistry lab is at it again.
Coach Catherwood, did you see
that “poodv tat” , in the locker
room after the Gresham game?
Casanova Palmer is bn the
prowl again and Thelma Parrish
and Carolyn Heisley are, at the
moment, the main objectives.
With spring just around the
corner, Shirley Helms has to for
get her ski instructor for an
other year.
Say, Lester Louden, stores are
not open at eleven o’clock every
night and, anyway, you can’t
drive your car in. Janie Culver
will teach you to park your car.
The long romances are coming
slowly but. surely to . an end.
Some of the unfortunates are
Howard Howard and Ann Lan
der, Thelma Parrish and Fred