TOE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTIiAKlJ, MARCH 2(5, 1916.
TSTEWS FROM THE GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOLS OF PORTLAND
Clean-up Days, Executive Business, literary and Soci al Programmes Take Up Part of Time Not Devoted to Books.
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Cleanup Day at Washington
to Be Big Event.
Committee of 50 to Be Divided Into
Squads and Work Will Be Thor
ough Alumni to 'Meet Tuesday
Night Literary Society I'ro
mmmefl Art AmbltlDDM.
BY MILDRED EEKS.
ARRANGEMENTS that the Civic Bu
reau is making: fr the Clean-up
day are being drawn to a close. The
Idea has been under discussion for
come time and has aroused much in
terest Jn the school. The plan is for
the clean-up committee of 50 to meet
ajid devote one day to the cleaning; up
of the neighborhood surrounding; the
school. Volunteer squads of 15 will
clean the track field. The boys who
.re captains of these Bquads are:
Chuck" Wells, general captain; Paul
ramnbell Wayne Williams, "Tub-
Walker, George Borman. Clarence
Johnston, William Grant, Roland Ala
nary. Junior Pallet, Olin Lewis, Rus
rel Patterson, Casey" Jones, Jack
Dundee, Bertrand Woods. Remey Cox,
Koche Keneflck. Carl Rickson, Clifford
"Whittaker, Seth Blake, Stan Lapham,
George Black, Archie Roth, Albert
Roth, Robert Snodgrass, Cecil Angle
and George Granes.
Basket luncheons will be served at
the gymnasium. The following com
mittee of girls will superintend this
rart of the work: "Viola Harrington,
chairman; Helen Wheeler, Marjory
liood. Francis Fleckenstein, Janet Dan
iel, Gretchen Taylor, Ally Lyman. Mar--ella
Catto. Miriam Hilton and Elaine
Cooper.
The basketball, soccer and wrestling
earns elected captains the past week
tor next season's turnout. Robert
Snodgrass was chosen captain of the
basketball team, Russell Patterson,
soccer, and Earl Suit, wrestling.
A "get acquainted" party committee
has been appointed for the February.
17, c!ass. The party will be an event
of the near future. Charles Strube is
chairman of the committee and Will
iam Banks and Mable Metcalf are the
assistants.
Edward Garcia, recently from the
TTnlversity of California, is taking the
place of Mile. Maillet, who is ill.
The Washington. Alumni will hold
their regular meeting Tuesday at 8
o'clock in the assembly hall. A pro
gramme has been prepared.
The Neakahnlans are displaying tal
ent in the programmes which they are
presenting this term. Last Wednes
day the "Movie programme" was given.
Mies A C. Newlll, chairman of the
board of censorship, aroused great in
terest in her speech on censorship.
"The Ballad of Mary Jane" was the
title of the "moving picture" which was
ected out by four of the girls. Mary
Maddocks took the role of Mary Jane;
Josephine Felts, Benjamin, the hero;
Helen Duch, Mary's aged sire, and Dol
ly Lyehynich was the "villain." Dor
othy Neill read the play as It was be
ing enacted.
Miriam Hilton and Gwendolyn Ste
vens sang and accompanied their sing
ing on their mandolins; Helen Gloss
played on the piano, and a moving-picture
story was read by Alma Schaupf.
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L'Amitie gave a. French programme
Thursday. A report on a French thea
ter was given by Esther Gardner: an
impromptu debate, "Resolved, That
Irishmen should cut off their mus
taches," was argued on the affirmative
by David Stearns and Helen Hammers
lv, and on the negative by George Cof
fey and Miriam Hilton. Edward Garcia
interested the club greatly by his talk
on the "History of Inflections in Lan
guages." The last number was the
reading by Miriam Hilton of a poem,
entitled "The Frenchman's Version."
At a meeting of the student body
Friday evening an amendment to the
constitution was ratified, that all per
sona representing the school in inter
echolastic tennis games should receive
letters, the style of the letters to be
decided later. Mr. Harrigan and Prin
cipal Herdman spoke.
Captain Archie Roth, of the Washing
ton basketball team, entertained the
1915-16 basketball letter men at a ban
quet at his home Wednesday evening.
The "spread" was thoroughly enjoy
able. The speakers of the evening,
Coach Fenstermacher and Captain Roth,
were roundly applauded. After the ban
quet Robert Snodgrass was chosen cap
tain. m m m
Washington High has again walked
off with another cup. This time it is
the Vista House trophy, offered by the
Vista House Association to the school
raising the largest fund, to contribute
toward the building of the pioneer
memorial on Columbia Highway. Re
ceipts from the Vista House tag1 sale
totaled $143. Not only was this a
larger amount than the other schools
totaled in the school as a whole, but
it was a larger amount per pupil com
pared to the greater attendance in the
other schools.
The cup was presented in assembly
Wednesday morning by Samuel C. Lan
caster. The basketball girls are practicing in
the gym every Tuesday, under the
coaching of Roberta Downing. Last
Tuesday, because of the absence of the
coach. Mr. Fenstermacher, the boys
basketball coach, "refereed" the game.
The first five guards. May Casey and
Kunice Tichner; center, Minnie Pora
eroy (captain); forwards, Marie Ton
peth (manager), and Ada Towner are
almost equally matched by an unusual
ly strong second team Terol Miller.
listella Dodge, Lillian Walker, Sylvia
Lee and Gladys Melvin. The games are
exciting. Mr. Fenstermacher has con
sented to coach the teams at least once
& month.
On Tuesday Edelweiss Club gave a
Tnusical programme. James Dorr con
tributed toward the entertainment with
two piano numbers, Greg's "I Love
Thee" and Week's "Mystic Waltz."
William Gerger recited "Der Kaiser
und der Apt, and a violin solo by Mil
ton Katzky was much appreciated. Mr.
Young gave a number on the piano.
and Klaus Mensing concluded the pro
gramme with some German jokes(?)
The clean-up committee met Monday
morning and discussed the work to be
done this term. Professor Herdman
and Casey Jones, chairman of the com
mittee, spoke about the plans for the
work.
The June class has challenged the
faculty to a baseball game, which will
be played In the near future.'
At the suggestion of Coach Rankin
the executive committee voted Monday
to award a letter for track to Law
rence Lymen.
On Friday, March 17, the Eukrineon
Fociety had an interesting meeting.
There was a hotly-contested debate on
the question of the reinstatement of the
t-'aloon in Portland. It was stated as
follows: "Resolved. That high license
is preferable to prohibition as a means
of regulating the liquor traffic." Many
statistics were introduced. A short
business meeting followed, in which
measures vital to the society were dis
cussed.
j Couch School Notes.
' The geography classes of the sixth
jamd e&ventb, fiTades, Miss Llclatt.ro in
charge, have been doing some Inter
esting, .practical research work. Not
only have they studied a great variety
of text books, but they have also vis
ited ships and wharves to study im
ports and exports. They have inter
viewed merchants, manufacturers and
travelers for information about the
countries under consideration.
All told, about 70 pupils have made
these special studies. Victor Metzger
visited the riverfront and interviewed
Harbormaster Speier. George Eichorn
studied fabrics and bric-a-brac with
Chinese merchants. Bernard Ritter, ac
companied by his father, visited Japa
nese merchants; he also interviewed
the manager of the Oriental Rug Com
pany, from whom he learned many in
teresting things about rug making.
Irwin Fulop and Harry Richards
chose to study rubber, and secured
most enlightening information from
the Goodyear Rubber Company. Ed
mund Veazie studied the animals of
South America, Norma Wilson, Olga
Nelson, Holdgar Carlson, Paul Ren
nick, Charles Ault and Robert Dill
chose Siberia, and Helen Welty,
Vivian Thompson and Eugene Maitland,
Egypt. Willie Ellis made a special
study of the West Indies. This re
search work has been used as a basis
for compositions with good results. .
A valuable collection of books, 80
in all, was recently presented to the
school by Mrs. J. Burnham. a teacher
who has Just retired after many years
of service in the Portland schools.
These books, most of which are for
teachers, cover a variety of subjects",
including science, education, geography,
English, history and biography.
The Junior Audubon Club, of Miss
Gorman's room, meets every Friday
afternoon. The club Is now studying
the birds of Oregon, and the work Is
correlated with the work in language
and composition. The Couch club is
affiliated with the Audubon Society of
Oregon.
Ladd Girls Serve Meal.
The girls of the graduating class of
Ladd School gave a delightful luncheon
Wednesday noon to Principal Kiggins
and several of the teachers. It was
given in the domestic science rooms
under the direction of Miss Miller, in
structor. Toasts were given by all
present and the girls highly praised.
The menu was: Cream of celery soup,
imitation steak, creamed potatoes, let
tuce salad, biscuits, apple pie and cof
fee. Benson Girls Soon to Hold
Millinery Exhibit.
Headgear to Be Shown Early In
April Metal Work Department
Does Advanced Work. Graduates
Get Good Positions.
BY ETHEL PHELPS.
Fuk. -gins wno like to handle tools,
who like to do things which re
quire physical strength, who would
rather be on their feet than in a chair,
there is a no more fascinating occupa
tion than the metal work which is
taught at Benson Polytechnic. It takes
patience, a good eye, a steady hand and
calm nerves to succeed, but these
things all come with practice. Hand-
wrought jewelry brings a good price.
when well done, and there is a demand
for good work always. To the girl who
wants to teach, metal work offers a
good field and some advanced work
in this branch is being done at the
school.
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Mies Lola Lank, of the senior class.
entertained a large number of ner
friends at her home on Errol Heights
Saturday night. Dancing furnished the
principal evening's entertainment, but
some games and a short musical pro
gramme were enjoyed. The decora
tions were green in honor of St. Pat
rick's day.
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Friday night the February '17 class
gave a party in the school gymnasium.
Children's games were played, making
the evening a typical child's party.
There has been a number of inter
esting visitors at the school during the
week. Some of these were: Mr. Guil
bert, who is interested in school work
n Spokane; Miss Carothers. of the
Rose City Park school, and a number
of teachers from Vancouver and vi
cinity. Members of the school were sorry to
learn that Miss Jean Jacobs, who plays
for the Wednesday morning assembly.
will not be present in the future, for
Bhe has accepted a position at Miss
Ruth Catlin s private school. Miss
Sarah McFarland will fill Miss Jacobs'
place in the school.
It is interesting to note the number
of girls who leave school ami accept
positions along the lines in which they
have been specializing during their
school training. ' Miss Olive Laparee,
Florence Young. Stacia Senneth. Olive
Townsend and Miss Theft have left the
school to accept positions In millinery
or dressmaking.
The millinery department Is prepar
ing to give an exhibit to the milliners
and wholesale merchants of the city in
the early part of April. This will be a
display of hats and samples of flow
ers, neckpieces, baskets, hat frames
and other kinds of work whica is
taught in this department.
A salesroom has been fitted up for
the millinery department. It provkles
a place where at a low cost the pupils
can purchase material for their work.
Fernwood School Notes.
Fernwood School was the scene of
a delightful and successful entertain
ment Thursday evening. The pro
ceeds, amounting to about $65, will be
used in purchasing pictures for the
school.
The main attraction was the exhibi
tion of circulating pictures selected by
the school beautifying committee, sup
plemented by numbers given by the
children. The programme consisted of
three parts.
Part 1 included regular school work,
conducted by Miss Mickey and Miss
Dowd. Part 2 was a miscellaneous
programme, consisting of following
numbers: Song, "Make Believe," Ed
win Capen; dramatization, "The Lin
den Tree." Lucy Calef, Wanda Warner,
Tom Hanford, Lewis Rueppel, Grace
White, Beatrice Anderson; song, "The
Three Crows," Richard Hanson, Paul
Rothrock, Loyal Mourton; recitation,
"Jimmy Lull." Dorothy Hardon; "Sai
lor's Hornpipe," Marvin Buchel; pic
tures from "Mother Goose," Georgia
Boardman, Ruth Conrad, Mable Wag
enblast, Nazarene Hutchins; Japanese
chorus, 4th grade pupils; recitation,
Ray Spooner; Scotch play. Anne Went
worth, Robert Knight, Robert McCul
lough, William Wood, Donald Grilley,
Melrose Pflaum, Norbert Jarman,
James Goss; "Waltz Gavotte," Phyllis
Walker; vocal solo. Ruth Fitzgerald;
recitation. Winifred Crowthers; boys'
quartet, Frank Greeman, Ted Wagen
blast. Gene Leidgh, Truman Bidwell;
girls' quartet. Florence Fisher. Ramo
na Dawson, Lucile Hollinshead, Helen
Weber; vocal solo; dramatization,
"Little Men"; boys' chorus. Philip Da
vis, Max Johnson, Richard Atchison,
Clarence Hanford. Part 3 Calisthen
ics, consisting of arm exercises, dumb
bell drill, wand drill and Indian club
drill from the grades, interspersed
with a vocal solo by Miss Ann Mathi
son, recitations by Dr. John Styles and
piano, sola fez lij.Ua Eraacea JYardaer
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WASHIXGTOS HIGH SCHOOL BAJTD, 03TE2 OP ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS AT EAST SIDE SCHOOL.
Sitting; (Left to Right) Smith and Barnea. First Row (Left to Right) A. Loney (Leader), Bankert. Whetstone,
Greenfield, Wlckland, Farnll, Miller, Solmon and Felts. Second Row (L eft to Right) Morgan, Sprlggs, George,
SncalL, Third Row (Left to Right) Young;, Dedman, Hanheimer, Tippet, Cooper, Dundore, School and Almqnist.
Lincoln Debaters to Meet
California Orators.
Team From Hollywood to Argue
With Portland Students April 25
Pins Chosen by February, '17,
Seniors.
BY DOROTHY DTJNTWAY.
THE Lincoln High School debating
team will meet the debating team
of Hollywood High School, Los Ange
les, In a championship debate at Los
Angeles Tuesday, April 25. This is the
first time in the history of high school
debating in Portland that a debating
team has traveled so far into another
state to engage in an interstate de
bate. The question for the debate is,
"Resolved. That Oregon and Califor
nia should adopt a schedule of mini
mum wages for unskilled labor, consti
tutionality conceded." Lincoln will
support the affirmative.
The boys who have made trie team
are Ralph Hoeber, Jack Levin and
Ralph Holzman. They have been work
ing for over four months on the de
bate under the able direction of George
L. Koehn, coach, and they will un
doubtedly be a great credit to Lincoln
High School, Portland and Oregon.
Hollywood High School, with an en
rollment of 1800, has the best debat
ing team in Los Angeles, and one of
the strongest in all California. They
are looking forward to the debate with
Lincoln High of Portland as one of the
most important of the year. Plans are
under way to debate the Santa Bar
bara High School on the same ques
tion while on the trip. Lincoln will
again uphold the affirmative. The trip
will be taken during Easter vacation
week, so that the boys will not miss
any school.
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The February, '17, class met and de
cided on a small shield-shaped gold
pin with the letters "L" "II" "S" inter
woven, and "Feb, "17," at the top.
Two "10-cent luncheons were given
last week by five girls in the second
term domestic science classes. On
Tuesday Ruth Moreland and Mabel
Gunhus served. Their guests were
Mrs. Burst, Mrs. Moreland, Mrs. Wright,
Ixiis Peterson, Dorothy Shelby, Miss
Klraa Gunhus, Mrs. Griffith. Dorothy
Keasey, Nora Conquest and Miss Bleeg.
On Wednesday a luncheon was given
by Belle Simon, Belle Goldblatt and
Dorothy Simon. The color scheme of
the luncheon was green and yellow.
Daffodils were used for the center
piece. The guests were T. T. Davis,
Miss Kerr, Alice Campbell, Minerva
Holzman, Margaret Nemiro, Mrs. B.
Simon, Mrs. M. Goldblatt, Miriam She-
manski, Margaret Marvin, Sade R.
Goldblatt, Stella Swirsky and Sylvia
Weinstein.
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The Tri-ls met Monday. Miss Gill
gave some entertaining readings from
"The Golden Age," by Kenneth Gra
ham. Elsa Armstrong gave a compre
hensive talk on Clara Barton, one of
the leaders in the Red Cross" move
ment. The revised constitution was
adopted. The offices of secretary and
treasurer were combined. The club
decided on the pins. They will be small
green triangles with a white trillium
in the center.
Extensive plans are being made for
the June, '16, senior prom.' The date
has not been definitely set on account
of class play arrangements, but May
26 will probably be the date.
Hilma Fox entertained with a
charming St. Patrick's "50O" , party
Satuurday afternoon. March 18, at her
home, 703 Milwaukie street. The rooms
were attractively decorated with vio
lets and greens. Bernice Johnson was
awarded the prize for the highest score
at cards. The guests were Elise Feld
man, Dorothy Goldsmith, Imogens Se
ton, Mary McDonald, Geravere Fleming,
Lucille Evans, Priscilla Putnam, Doro
thy Keasey, Mapril Keasey. Vernie
Flanders, Clara Zark, Margaret Cundy,
Margaret Mansfield, Melba Peterson,
Norma Rock.. Bernice Johnson, Esther
Erickson, Naomi Marcellus, Myrtle
McLean, Josephine Hunt, Gene Geisler,
Catherine Heilig, Virginia Cash. Ruth
Stewart, Esther Zimmerman and Alice
Green.
The Adelphians had a splendid pro
gramme at their meeting last Thurs
day afternoon. Lois Burch gave a talk
on the interpretation of the life and
works of James Whitcomb Riley. Ralph
Hoeber read selections from Riley's
poems. Carlos Laub gave an Interest
ing interpretation of Joaquin Miller's
life and work, and Grace Kuhl read
characteristic selections.
The Adelphians will give their first
party of the term Saturday evening,
April 1, at the home of Shannon Pet
tinger, near Oswego. Rose Johnson is
chairman" of the committee planning
the party.
The Hakanakiep hiked to Macleay
Park Friday afternoon. Wednesday
afternoon the girls went swimming In
the Shattuck tank.
Mrs. Brooks, of Corvallis, head, of
the domestic art department at Oregon
Agricultural College, visited the do
mestic art department at Lincoln Last
Friday. She said the department was
doing excellent work.
Miss Geravere Fleming entertained
a few of her Lincoln friends with cards
and dancing at her home Tuesday even
ing, March 21.
The Efficiency Club, the official or
ganization of the commercial students,
gave its first party Friday evening,
March 17, at the home of C. E. Carlton,
of the faculty, 4535 Fortieth avenue,
Southeast, Dancing, music and games
sa lbs Uva formed the, evenins'i
tertainment. Punch, ice3 and wafers
were served.
The commercial students assembled
in the Lincoln High auditorium for
singing Tuesday morning. There is no
assembly hall at the old Shattuck
building, and the Lincoln auditorium
is not large enough to hold the reg
ular and the commercial students.
About once a month the commercial
students will use the Lincoln audito
rium. The Cardinal will issue a pamphlet
on baseball at the first of the baseball
season. The pamphlet will be distrib
uted to Cardinal subscribers.
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The Philolexlans at the meeting last
Thursday studied Walt Whitman. Mary
Nichol gave an interesting talk on his
life and Elsa Armstrong discussed, his
works.
John Kendrick Bangs will give a lec
ture entitled "We, Us and Company" at
the Lincoln High School Tuesday night,
March 28, under the auspices of the
Portland. Education Association.
The German Study Club had an en
joyable meeting Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Grosche gave a talk on the Uni
versity of Berlin, which she attended.
Mrs. Altman talked on the school sys
tem of Berlin.
Rehearsals have started for the an
nual German entertainment, which will
be an event of May.
At the meeting of the Efficiency Club
Wednesday afternoon Mr. Dickerson
addressed the students on "Efficiency."
Other numbers of the programme were:
A reading. "Taking the Blinders Off of
Jim," Jessie McDonald; a poem, "Is It
Anybody's Business?" Belle Contryman;
a reading, "Only Forty Days," Freder
ick Ryan.
Myrtle Baker and Baltiz Allen were
initiated into the club.
An air of extreme sadness prevailed
at Lincoln High School last Friday,
occasioned by the news of the death of
Mrs. Henrietta Mundt. The news came
as a great shock, for although Mrs.
Mundt had been absent for three
weeks, it had not been known at school
that she was dangerously ill.
"Frau" Mundt, as she was known to
all Lincoln High School students, had
been a member of the faculty for 18S
years. By her loving kindness, thought
fulness and ready sympathy and un
derstanding, she endeared herself to
all. Although her chief interest was
in the German department, to the up
building of which she gave untiring
thought and energy, she was intensely
interested in everything pertaining to
the school's advancement,
Woodstock Scliool Notes.
There were 96 contributors to the
Vista fund from Woodstock.
One hundred and twelve pupils are
to nave school gardens at home this
year, while 48 pupils have reserved
space in the potato field at school..
To advertise the entertainment in the
evening, the school gave a parade
Wednesday afternoon that fairly out
shown some of the Rose Festival ef
forts. More than 200 pupils paraded
the streets of the district with all tho
noise-producing instruments available.
Irvine . Tompkins, costumed as Uncle
Sam, led on his pony. Two graduates,
Howard Robinson and Jay Horner, di
rected the parade.
The home credit system has been in
augurated at Woodstock. All eight of
the grammar grade rooms are giving
it a trial. This week closes the first
month of its adoption and the grades
are awaited with interest. The records
thus far reveal a great difference in
the amount of help parents- get from
their children about the home.
The 6A class has had a very inter
esting time with Indian baskets. Free
man Fike brought to the class some
splendid specimens collected while liv
ing in Arizona. They furnished the
basis for composition work. Of par
ticular interest was the horse-hair
rope which the Indians lay about their
camp to keep the snakes out.
Peninsula School Xotes.
Miss Scott and Miss Vessey, of the
Clarke County, Washington, schools,
visited several rooms on Tuesday. Miss
Copeland and Miss McDaniels super
visors of music and art, also visitea
the school on Tuesday.
Maple trees have been planted on
the east and west sides of the school
grounds.
The boys in the manual training de
partment made a shelf for each room
in the building, to be used for supple
mentary books for school use.
The Roll of Honor
SELLWOOD.
L. H. Morgan. Principal.
Pearl Kidd
Walter Kldd
Glenna Fisher
Ruth Elkln
Lois Beard
Mary McCullagh
Theodore Alonen
Mildred Downey
Helen Pearl
James Porter
Otis Miller
Gladys Wright
Corbly Church
Frank Dolph .
Klsle Miller
Blanche Sweeney
Lewis Wilson .
Alma Mackle
William Wright
Kenneth Shipley
Henrietta Warkenton Ereling Bakke
Harold Staats
Bernice Proctor
Edna Relchen
Fern Jensen
Alberta Marshall
Isal Pratt
Joseph Patterson
ronald Lazier
Imola Mitchell
Helen. Kruger
lKrothy Field
I.oty Gllvinzky
Pauline Sears
Hazol reardrofr
Harold Goldberg
George Tichenor
Marian Madsen
Hamilton Slade
Lawrence Wills
Philip Downing
ytelen Aehenbach,
ghf.lma Taomaa
Freeman Vandernoof
Maurice Beale
Jesse Farlow
Klchard Hocking
Kenneth Manny ..
Elizabeth McGlasson
Meredith Price
Virginia Reck
Ralph Tracy
JanleWlil
LavelleWIU
Albert Voll
Iis Beal
Teddy Oharl-ji
Harold Charters
Elaine Colt
Ella Kenworthy
Glenn Lowe
Madeline Meadoiwa
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Girl Now Heads Student
Body at Franklin.
Departure of President Arthur Mac
kenzie to Idaho Advances Lois
Tomllnson to Position Commer
cial Classes Now Have Public
Speaking Club.
ARTHUR MACKENZIE, president of
the Student Body Association, has
left school to attend to business in
Idaho. At a meetting of the association
Thursday, March 24, it was decided to
advance the vice-president, Lois Tom
llnson, to the position of president and
Philip Strack, of the department of
commerce, was chosen for vice-president.
Instructor G. G. Dewey resigned
from the association board of advisors,
for lack of sufficient time, and I. A.
Melendy, head of languages, was ap
pointed to fill the vacancy. Also, a
committee was appointed to receive the
names of candidates who aspire to next
year's presidency of the Student Body
Association. This committee is as fol
lows: Wesley Reynolds, Roswell Peake,
Mildred Burdick, Ray Haislip and
Hazel Cain.
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The Junto Literary Society met
Wednesday, March 22 for the purpose
of electing new officers. The result
was as follows: President, Grace Mc
Lean; vice-president, Florence Brick
nell; secretary, Dorothea Anderson;
pergeant-at-arms. Warren Fitzgerald;
librarian, Pauline Guimer. A campaign
for new members- was also organized.
The following membership committee
was appointed: Marguerite Lewis,
Donald Simmons and. William Fords-fedt-
A programme committee to pre
pare the next meeting's programme
was appointed as follows: Harry
Dobbs, Helen Smith, Inez Ford, Mary
Thomas and Margaret Odeen.
Mr. WhJte. the baseball coach, is
boasting of his future baseball squad.
He reports that 22 men are turning out
regularly. His intention is to develop
three fast teams to play against each
other. Also, two trips have been ar
ranged for a picked squad before the
starting of the interscholastic season.
Coach Dewey has of late been assem
bling his track squad in the basement
on account of the inclement weather,
and keeping up their enthusiasm with
fairy stories of the great . athetes.
The Franklin department of com
merce has organized a club under the
supervision of Mr. Stelsll, instructor of
commercial law, for the purpose of
learning how to talk in public, to de
bate and to learn the general value of
parliamentary law. The club was
formed by 29 students and the name,
Philogonlari Debating Club, was adopt
ed. The following officers were elect
ed: President, Clark Schouboe; vice
president, Carl Wilson; secretary, Rob
ert Crawford. Their next meeting will
be Wednesday afternoon, March 29.
Carpenters were at work all last
week razing the coverings over the
back outside stairways of the Creston
building. This allows a greater amount
of light Into the ends of the lower
halls.
Coach Dewey took a week-end trip
to Corvallis to visit his former school.
Oregon Agricultural College. He was
delayed by an accident on the Oregon
Electric and did not find out the trouble
until too late to return via the South
ern Pacific, consequently he did not
appear at school until Tueeday.
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The Dramatic Club will meet next
Tuesday, March 28. This meeting was
scheduled for Marcl; 14, but was post
poned on account of conflicting with
other school activities. This meeting
will be mainly to consider the admis
sion of new members whose names are
now on the waiting list.
James John High School
BY FLORENCE DAVIS.
A NUMBER of teachers from the
schools of Vancouver, Wash., have
been visitors at James John during
the past few days.
The members of the teachers' train
ing class have been visiting rooms in
the various grade schools, in order to
observe different methods of teaching.
Several have had opportunity to get
in some actual experience.
Thursday Miss Falling lectured at
the local library on the collection of
pictures brought from the Art Museum
for exhibition there.
at
Miss Chollar, head of the domestic
science department, and Miss Bush
nell, head of the history department,
entertained the faculty at a dinner at
Hotel Campbell Saturday. The guests
were: Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. and
Mrs.. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds,
Mrs. Dalrymple, Henry Dalrymple, Dr.
and Mrs. MacMickle, Miss Rundall,
Miss Von Wintzingerode, Miss Barber,
Miss Clinton, Mrs. Loveland, Mr. Babb,
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Getz.
The cast for the senior play, "Aunts
and Uncles," has been selected by the
faculty committee, and rehearsals are
well under way. The actors are as
follows: Robert Rawlins (Reginald's
uncle), Clj'de Thayer; Henry Rawlins,
Carlyle Cunningham; Reginald Raw
lins, Ferris Swisher; Fred Cureton,
Marshall Shaw; Zedekiah Aspens,
George Hufford: Bates, Drott Larnen;
Mary Marley, Ethel Hufford; Nelly
Marley, Olive Zimmerman; Mrs. Wade
(Nelly's and Mary's aunt), Bernice
Exawnieii AUsa Auroxa Rawlins mes
inald's aunt), Minnie Nolan; Jane,
Florence Davis.
There are three acts.
Wednesday morning H. B. Blough, of
Portsmouth Grammar School, spoke to
the American history class on the
Spanish-American War. Mr. Blough is
himself a veteran of this war, and Is
well Informed upon this subject. The
story of his personal experiences, to
gether with the collection of interest
ing relics and pictures, which he
brought with him from the Philippines,
were greatly appreciated.
Thursday the same class heard a
talk by Mr. Getz, who spoke on Mex
ico. Mr. Getz has spent a number of
years in Mexico.
Next Friday the girls of the second
class in domestic science will take
part in a unique debate. The question
is: "Resolved. That bread made by a
bakery is more profitable to the aver
age ' housewife than that which she
herself makes." The senior girl3 are
lined up for the negative, and the
freshmen and sophomores for the af
firmative. The girls are beginning a series of
interclass outdoor basketball games.
Alumni Membership Contest
Is On at Benson "Tech."
Winning side to Bo Gnests at Ban
qnrt After Race Ends, April 3.
Boys Unjoy Entertainment Given
by Girls,- and Party Given by
Miss Lank Is Big Success.
BY RAYMOND HILL.
THE alumni of the Benson Polytech
nic School held a successful meet
ing last Monday evening at the boys'
school. Important questions were
taken up to decide the future of the
alumni association. The plans of a
membership contest were taken up,
with the result that the alumni was
divided into two divisions and the di
vision that succeeds in procuring the
largest number of members before
April 3 will be given a banquet. The
same evening of the banquet a special
meeting will be held. At the last
meeting two new members were taken
into the alumni association. They were
Martin Koreski, February '16, and Miss
Doris Clark, February '16.
The baseball recruits were out for
practice the early part of last week,
but due to the weather they were un
able to do further work. This year's
team has a promising outlook, inas
much as there are several students
attending Benson this year who have
had considerable experience on' the
field for other schools. As yet Benson
"Tech" has no regular coach, but Mr.
Moss has the boys in charge.
Friday night the boys' February '17
class was entertained by the girls' Feb
ruary '17 class at the girls' school with
a party. This social affair was held
in the gymnasium. The two February
classes have been active, holding class
parties and other entertainments. A
theater party is being planned for an
early date. Mrs. Grahm and William
Oetinger were chaperones of the party
last Friday.
Miss Lola Lank was the host of sev
eral Benson seniors at a party last
Saturday evening at her home on Er
rol Heights. Games were played that
afforded amusement and enjoyment.
Several solos were played by students
present. Miss Isabelle Steele played
a violin solo that was well appreciated
by the guests.
Miss Margaret Laughton played a
flute solo, while Miss Mary Peattie and
Miss Freyda Wilson gave several comic
readings that proved enjoyable. Dan
cing was one of the diversions.
The music for the dancing was fur
nished by Miss Sarah McFarland.
piano; Miss Isabelle Steele, violin, and
G. C. Garnian. clarinet. The seniors of
Benson "Tech" sang the school . song.
The tune of this "tech" song was taken
from the "Jolly Student" and the
words substituted by F. E. Chatman.
singing director of the school last
year. There were 50 gilests, chap
eroned by Mr. and Mrs. Lank. Light
refreshments consisting of punch and
"sweets" were served at 10 o'clock,
after which the merry crowd proceeded
to dance the "Paul Jones" and the
Virginia reel.
Monday morning two students from
the Shattuck School visited the Blind
School, where they read of the latest
scientific achievements.
Several teachers from Clark County.
Washington, visited the school last
week. The tour lasted practically all
day. Among the visitors were Miss
Minnie Teasdale, principal of the
Franklin Grammar School, at Vancou
ver, Wash., and Miss Lena Mattlce, do
mestic science supervisor of the Van
couver schools.
The technical students of the wood
working department took their first
lesson in molding work last Tuesday.
Within a short time the students are
to take a trip to the Phoenix Iron
Works. The cabinetmaking students
are completing two new drawing cab
inets that will be used in the drawing
department of the new school. These
cabinets are made of solid oak and are
about six feet in height and four wide
each and will hold drawing boards
tools and tee-squares for 24 students.
Last week a drill press that was built
in the machine shop found its way to
the manual training department,
where it will be used in repairing
chairs for the Blind School.
The Benson Faculty Club, recently
organized, is planning a dinner party.
Mr. Moss is promoting the affair.
Mr. Law, of the boys school, is act
ing as chairman, while Miss Holmes,
of the girls' school, is the secretary.
Practically every member of the fac
ulty is a member of the Faculty Club.
Hoffman School Notes.
The Hoffman baseball team defeated
Woodmere on the Hoffman grounds
Friday. March 17. The score was 6 to
2. Battery for Hoffman: Elmer Neg
lespach and Loyal Senor.
The pupils of all grades are taking
unusual interest in bird study this
year and many have built and put up
bird houses. The Bird Club of room
14 made a visit to the grove belong
ing to Fred Glass to see a flock of
Western evening .grosbeaks that comes
there every year at this season. Helen
Cochran, a member of this club, saw
the first violet-green swallow reported
in this district March 4.
. Tuesday the fifth grade spent an en
joyable afternoon at the Art Museum.
The paintings, statues and curios were
full of interest to all and the wonder
ful paintings in the loan exhibition
furnished an additional treat. Miss
Dunlap gave an instructive talk on
Millet,
The sixth grade visited Arleta Branch
Library for an hour Tueeday afternoon.
Miss Hutchison carefully explained the
classification of books and how to lo
cate them on the shelves.
Beaumont Pupils Play Golf.
The first golf team formed in the
schools of the city has been organized
at Beaumont School, Fortieth and Fre
mont streets. The pupils have con
structed a three-hole course and every
Saturday afternoon 50 or more pupils
may be seen on the links. Handball
and playground ball also attract the
students. The Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation is much interested in the ad
vancement fi UlQ playground activi-
Jefferson Technical Club to
Stage Low Jinks April 6.
Tickets for Live-Wire Vaudeville,
Next Friday and Saturday, Go
Fast Students Hear Uartrldge
Whlpp Contrast Music of 1604 and
1916.
BY JOHN W. KENNEDY.
The Scientific Club had an enjoyable
programme Tuesday, when a piano solo
was given by Frances Tousey, a hu
morous reading by Dorothy Smith and
Charles Webber gave a lecture on
geology. Lewis Kelly, who was the
first president and. organizer of tha
club, was present.
The membership of the club Is now
taxed to the limit and Frank Harlow
is engaged in decorating the member
ship cards with the. Hoo? Hoo? trade
mark of the club.
The Technical Club is beginning to
formulate plans for Its annual low
jinks, which is looked forward to by
every member. It is the custom of the
club to have a high jinks every Fall
term and a low jinks every Spring
term. The date has been set for April
6 and the committee is composed of
Gus Hixson. chairman; Christian Soren
son. Stanley Butterworth. Neil Madden.
Fay Ricketts and Paul Blanchard.
Although it has not been definitely
decided yet as to where the hike will
take place, it is a certainty that the
Tech Club members will spend their
Easter vacation in this manner. A
committee consisting of Jerald Back
h trn$r cha'"nan; Varon Smith, Hu
bert Gilford, John Beachey and Eiler
Young was appointed to look after tho
details of the hike. Tho club is plan
ning on purchasing pins and Zola Lie
bo was appointed to investigate differ
ent designs. Last Tuesday about 60 of
the club members enjoyed a trip.
through the Willamette Iron & Steel
Company's plant and later went on the
Government dredger Chinook, where
they were shown over the entire boat.
These trips are taken by the club
every other week and are for the pur
pose of investigating different places
which pertain to school work.
"t lar?e run has been made on tho
tickets for the live wire vaudeville.
S Wlli be Presentel next Friday
and Saturday nights. There will bo 12
acts on the bill.
h!hnSe V!5e lncIment weather the
baseball candidates have been unable
to play their round robin series of
games which were planned by Coach
Homer Jamison. About 80 men re
cl" ot the coach and he
souad wbeble t0 Plck a flrst team
squad wh.en the round robin series is
nnished. ,
A most interesting feature of the
week was the musical assembly last
Tuesday, when Hartridge Whipp pro
vided a delightful programme. In the
programme Mr. Whipp presented mu
sic which was written in 1604 and mu
sic of 1916.
Clean-up day, which was to be ob
served by the February '17 and tho
June '16 classes yesterday, was post
poned until Saturday. April 8. because
of the unsettled weather.
The NaemphI Club, under the direc
tion of Buena Margason, held an im
portant meeting Tuesday. Mary Wol
cott spoke on games, Frances Pease
on playground apparatus, Elvera An
derson gave a recitation and Mrs. Cur
ran a talk.
The statue of Thomas Jefferson,
which was expected to be here by April
2. will not arrive until sometime in
May.
The Remington tests, conducted by
the commercial department, are now
in full swing and many students are
ready to take their final tests.
This test is sponsored by the Rem
ington company and is open to any
student who takes typewriting. The
first test, which required each stu
dent to write an average of 25 words
per minute for 10 consecutive minutes,
was conducted the first of March.
Those who did this received beautiful
pennants. They were Elsa Nllson.
Lepha Beach. Margaret Curry. Edward
Will. Fay Ricketts. Mildred Goldstaub,
Lillie Strand. Susan Weisenborn, Vera
Hampton. Ed Hackett, Jean Amesbury,
Esther Candy. Helen Haldeman, Bertha
Stoll, Ruth Buckley. Mae Dulin, Helen
Mouser. Paul Billeter, Anna Frison,
Alex Kellas. Henry Weisenborn. Ar
thur Anderson, Auda Spenser, Bessie
Clark, Hawthorne Rebensdorf, Flor
ence Keith, Andrew Neilsen and Donald
Jenkins.
The second test, which requires 40
words per minute, was conducted last
week, and up to Friday 14 had quali
fied who would receive leather card
cases with certificates as prizes.
Those qualifying and the number of
words they wrote were: Jessie Tucker,
41; Mae Dulin, 40; Vera Hampton, 42;
Fay Ricketts, 47; Margaret Curry, 43:
Helen Mouser. 40; Ruth Buckley, 61;
Hawthorne Rebensdorf. 41; Bertha
Stoll, 45; Florence Keith. 44: Paul
Billeter. 43; Andrew Neilsen. 50; Ed
win Guy, 40, and Mildred Gold
stajb, 43.
The final test, . which will occur
sometime next month, requires 55
words per minute, and all those ful
filling the requirements will reecive
gold medals.
The commercial department Is go
ing to put on a burlesque speed con
test. Lents School Notes.
Seven girls of the June graduating
class are doing special work in paint
ing under the direction of their teacher,
Miss Carrie E. Hunt. The work, which
is done after school hours, consists
principally of landscape and flower
studies in watercolor. This class was
organized a year ago last October and
comprises Dorothy Sells, Blanche Allen,
Frances Ellis, Estella Wood, Vivian
Julian, Violet Johnson and Evelyn
Hogue. The girls expect to have 50 or
more paintings ready for the Lents
School annual industrial exhibit next
June.
In Miss Full's room arc two baby
mudturtles that were hatched last
September. They are living in a gold
fish globe in the schoolroom. Richard
Hess gave a short talk in some of the
rooms about mudturtles. The children
have learned how the mudturtle's nest
is made and what the eggs look like
before being hatched.
Mount Tabor School.
Miss Peery's pupils spent an inter
esting and profitable afternoon at the
Art Museum Thursday. Principal Mil
ler and Miss Peery accompanied the
class.
The pupils of Miss Muir's room are
greatly enjoying an upright piano,
which Miss Muir has had placed in her
room recently.
The Parent-Teacher Association Js
planning a delightful evening's enter
tainment to be given during the first
week of April. The proceeds will be
used to purchase a curtain for the
stage and to defray expenses entailed
in equipping the school with utensils
and necessary supplies for the hoi
lunches now being served in the school
basement. Two farces, "Spreading the
News" and "Mrs. Bagg's Bargain Sale,"
form the major part of the entertain
ment, music being furnished by a
quartet and an orchestra. The farces
are under tb, dXrcctioa ot Misfl KlU
Greath.ou.se,, j . .