THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 21, 1918.
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HIGH SCHOOLS OF PORTLAND FEATURE PATRIOTIC WORK
Assemblies Afford Students Opportunity to Hear "CloseMVar Stories. ' v- , ...
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Jefferson Hear Patriotic
Talk by French Officers
IrtM Eafertata Other "Hlaa" Olrla
hi f-raaaaalaaa Twtalrtl Cl
atiaaaa I la Revere) by I-laerfr
BT DEWET B. LARSON.
F'R the flrt time during- the war the
students of Jefferson have had the
opportunity of listening to French sol
diers who hara seen actual service la
the front line. Tuesday mornlnc Cap
tain Champion and Sergeant Mlral. of
tha French army. visited tha school
and apoke to tha student body- Tha two
officers ara of tha number who have
been lent by tha French a-overnment to
the United States to Instruct tha new
National Array stationed at Camp Lewi
and em accompanied to Portland by
a Lieutenant of the American Arm
from that place. Both hare seen atren
aona service at tha front. Sargeen
Mlrat waa In tbe battle of Nancy and
won tha Croix du. Guerre by hie brav
ery at that critical etrueale. Captain
Champion also has won tha same deco
ration.
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Tha rlrls" societies of all the other
Blah schools were the guests of tha
Zetas Thursday afternoon In tha gym
nasium. A programme was Riven con
stating of a solo br Blanche Hellyer.
readings by Doris Flttenirer and Anita
rayaon and piano solo by Violet Klrsch-
ner. The preeldents of the various so
cieties represented were also called on
for speeches. After tha programme.
refreshments and dancing were tne or
der of tha day.
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Tha Technical Club continued Its Pa
triotic record by Investing- In a liberty
bond of tha tnlrd loan. Tha money was
raised by popular subscription among
tha members of tha club. Tha club
also owns a bond of tha second loan.
which) was purchased in tha same way.
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At an assembly Friday tha Willam
ette University Glee Club Quartet gave
tha school a musical treat. Tha senior
claas waa also Invited to attend the
;iea dob concert Friday evening at
the Sunnvslds Methodist Episcopal
Church. Tha Invitation waa extended
by tha Willamette Alumni Association
of Portland. A large number of the
rlaaa took advantage of tha opportu
nity and were preaent at tha concert.
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Four weather forecasters hava been
selected from tha physical geography
classes to make tha official weather
forecast, which la posted on tha bulletin
board. Tha successful rainmakers, who
won their places In competition with
tha ISO or mora other students In tha
same course, ara William Jacobs. Nellie
Powell. Carol Bowen and Fritchof Sal-
Strom,
where they found the merry makers at
the Hooverlxed hop given by the juniors.
' Before tha dance Mother' Stlkworth
prepared a delightful dinner at tha
: cafeteria for the Juniors. Class yells
i and singing were also enjoyed by all
t tha Juniors. Then came tha grand finale
i of the day. the junior "Hooverixed hop.
, The gym was elaborately decorated
! with the Junior colors, green and gold,
with a huge American flag hanging
gracefully In tha center of tha halL
Tha combination of clasa colors and
"loud clothes" greatly added to the
general appearance of tha gym. Tha
J .us music waa furnished by Carlson's
orchestra. During tha dance tha Jun
iors hanged the sopha In effigy. Re
freshments of broken cookies and lem
onade were served. The day waa very
much enjoyed. Illustrating how much
pleasure can be derived from work,
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The Olea clubs will sing at the Sell
wood Community Mouse May 27 at a
Red Cross entertainment. Tha follow
Insr week they will entertain tbe sol.
diers at Vancouver. Helen Harper ac
companist, will render several vloHn
solos. In tha near futura tba orchestra
and the Glee cluba will give a conoert
programme at assembly.
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The June. 'IS. class held a very sue
cesaful pesnut sale laat Friday, netting
iS.10. The committee in cnarge were:
Ben Fophsm, chairman; Amanda Hol-
verson. Klsis J ley tins. Alary J noma
and Edwin Hobson. .
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Monday Katherlna Mackenzie ap
pointed an arrangement committee for
tha June. '!. class prom, to os given
Hay 3. Fred Pickering tchatmian).
Leah Melvin. George Pickering. Doro
thy Anderson. Katharine Harris. Alice
Duffteld. Charles Bluett and Ernest
Arabum.
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Hiss Grace Glllett gave a very In
teresting talk on "Textiles and Con-
aervatlon of Clothes," at tha Parent-
Teacher meeting held Tueaday after
noon. Mr. Cooter. garden supervisor,
discussed tha plana for Franklin's war
gardens. Mrs. William Akera pre
sided.
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Franklin recently added two mora
stars to tha service flag, when Gerald
Van Evera. Joined tha medical eorpa
and Stark Akera. son of Mra. William
Akera. president of the Parent-Teacher
Association, of Franklin, left for the
aviation department at San Antonio.
Tex. Ha was accompanied by Harold
n. Melendy. who left for tha reserve
officers' training camp at Berkeley.
He la tha son of I. A. Melendy. who Is
tha head of the English department at
Franklin.
WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY OFFICERS.
An exhibit from tha forestry depart
ment has been received and placed in
room D. Mr. Mangold'a mechanical
drawing-room, and Is open to the In
spection of tha students. Tba exhibit
Includes a largo number of fine vlewa
of tha Oregon forests and statistical
and graphic charts of the production
of lumber and other forest products in
tha United States.
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Tha school library ha begun a
drive to secure books for the soldiers.
Speakers were seat to each of tha
rooms of the first floor and tha port
ables to explain the campaign. For
the time being tha drive will be limited
to those rooms and a flag will be given
ss a prize to the room turning In the
largest number or books. This work
Is a part of a general movement by the
American Library Association to secure
several million books for tha soldiers.
An assembly was called Thursday to
sllow a Lieutenant from Vancouver
Barracks to tell tha school of tha big
track meet which the Army la to hold
next month. The proceeds of tba meet
will be for tha benefit of the athletic
fund at Vancouver Barracks. Two hun
dred and fifty tickets have been allot
ted to Jefferson to sell, and these have
been placed In the hands of tha Lira
wires.
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Tha "J" Club held a meeting Thurs
day morning after tha assembly. The
club has reorganised and adopted
new constitution. Tba length of play
necessary to receive a letter in the
different sports was also revised and
special letters for managers were
ttopteL Gordon Thompson la presi
dent of tha dub.
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Tha girls of tha Juno class have an
nounced their intention of giving a
party for the bora of tbe class next
Saturday. It la to be a "hard-times" af
fair, and soma weird and wonderful
coetumca will undoubtedly ba seen.
How have tha mighty fallen! Samuel
X. strohecker. valiant football hero.
athletie editor of the Spectrum and a
llttl.s of everything else, haa been In
dicted by the PI Delta on the charge of
high crimes and misdemeanors and Is
to ba tried at an open meeting of the
club In three weeks. The charges
against Mr. Strohecker were preferred
bv -'Baron'" Raymond Smith, the peo
ple's friend. William Lahll. the silver
tongued orator, will conduct tha case
for tbe prosecution, while Mr. stro-
tiecker has, at enormous expense, re
tained a well-known criminal lawyer
for hla defense. The trial will be open
to toe public.
Tha Spectrum desires to secure as
many Jokes from tbe classrooms of the
school aa possible for the May Issue.
1! amorous Incidents are constantly hap
pening in any class, and they are uu-
'.lv interesting to the rest or tbe
si-hooL Each student is nrged to turn
In to the Spectrum any examples of
humor which tie may run across during
the day.
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season, played with Benson Wednesday,
resulted: in a 12-to-6 victory for Lin
coln. Three luncheons were given by the
domestic science classes last week.
Claire Solomon and Edith Olson served
a luncheon on Tuesday, Helen Hosklns
and Romona Herse on. Thursday and
Ada Dye and Pearl Sankey on Friday.
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Private Dean Van Zandt. 157th Aero
Squadron, A. E. F., and Paul W. Van
Zandt, Eighth Rets.. U. S. G. S. 1., Fort
McDowell.. West Garrison, Cal., whose
names were received last week by. the
military information committee, will
have stars on Lincoln's service flag.
Information' about former Lincoln
students, now. in the service, whose
I names have not been included In the
list, mav be sent to Miss Leona I
ILarrabee, Miss Laura Northup or Miss
Ethel Marsh, of the military informa
tion committee at Lincoln.
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Miss Emma Wold, of the faculty.
gave a talk at the meeting or tne
Tolos - last week on the oubject.
"Natural Selection and Isolation."
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The following were initiated at the
I meeting of the Adelphians Thursday:
Helen Lange. Judith Lippitt, Lois Pet
tlnger. Emily Veazle, Doris Wildman,
I Jean Wolff. Margaret Rankin, Dorothy
Hall. Geneva Thomas, Albert Brandeis,
John Boyd, Theodore Jones, Max
I Pierce. David Pattullo, John Thomas
and Harold King.
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A census for the United States Boys'
Working Reserve was taken at Lincoln
I last week.
Benson "Poly" Girls Hear
Lecture on Teeth.
Patriotic Assembly Held and Prise
Exsaya Are: Read -Kxhibllion of
Children's Wash Dresses la Ulven.
James John June Class Se
lects Colors.
Prominent - Men Deliver Addresses
at Assemblies David MacMlllan
' Promoted to Head Manual Train
ing Department.
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BY. ALICE GILSTRAP.
Freat Raw, Fraaa Left Alma Seharpf, Vleo-Presldeati Waaaa Loa Faille. Secretary! Naomi Bryan. Executive Committee, f lxto,AJa na Dal green nave Deen
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-Harold Maaa, Executive Committees George LaRoche, President; Nclsoa Clark. Treasurer.
Thera waa an unusually large nun
her of visitors during tha past week.
Coach George O. Dewey waa down
from Camp Lewis, where ha Is engaged
Y. M. A. war work. Arthur oim
tnone. of tha February. "It, class, waa
visitor -Wednesday. Others were Mau
rina Welsh. Mabel Corbett. Dan Gage
and Jack Carlson, all of whom formsrly
attended Franklin. Pearl Catlow. who
Is compelled to leave school on account
f her health, rlslted her many xnenas
Wednesday.
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Franklin High has begun tha season
bv winning tha first lnterscholastio
baseball game. Commerce went un
der to tha tuna of -to-4.
Commerce High's second baseball
team n laved Franklins second xeam
Thursday and were also defeated, tha
e-mma resulting 1 to u la lavor i
Franklin.
Reorse Freberger. editor of Post, ha
asked for all tha material of the next
Issue to ba handed in by Tuesaay,
April 21.
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Tha Pedaggogy Club held a abort
meeting Wednesday to discuss plan
for the play railed "The Country
School." which the girls will presen
next week. The parts were given and
a brief rehearsal took place.
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For tha first time at Franklin tha
freshmen girls have organised an In
door baseball team. Since thera are
mora girls In this clasa than any other
they will bo able to do aoma good work
In tha games they hope to play with
tha other schools. Perces Karagoslan
was elected captain and Wlnefred
Smith, manager.
High School of Commerce.
About is packagea of Government
aeeds have been received and will be
distributed to thoaa Interested In war
gardena. Tha school has also made ar
rangements to sell the students other
seeds that they may need at a n&mtnai
price.
Franklin High School,
BI AJfXA KARAOOZIAX.
PERHAPS the most gala event taking
place at Franklin thla year waa the
annual "clean-up day, which waa ob
served In a most memorable fashion.
Despite tha unfavorable condition of
tha weather It proved a wonderful suc
cess from all standpoints. Tha day be
gan with a rousing assembly at which
toyfnl songs and an Interesting talk by
Director O. M. Plumnjer were enjoyed.
At noon the students partook of soph
'hot dogs" and senior peanuts and Ice
cream, followed by the senior parade on
the school campus. Then each da.s, at
tired In their clans apparel and led
by their faculty advisors, captains and
lieutenants, proceeded to their respec
tive sections, and splendid results were
obtained from their work. The Juniors
and freshmen were tied In the prise con
test which was offered to the claas do
ing the best work. At le the seniors
banqueted In room 39. where the long
laboratory tables were used to good ad-
vantage. There were about 7a seniors
presant. The guests of honor wore:
Professor Ball. Mr. and Mra. Walsh
. scd Mrs. Thurston. Clarke Scbouhoe
vii toastmaster. Tha banquet being
jrtr. all proceeded to the gymnasium.
BT CHARLES R BEQ.LE. rm
X exceptionally interesting as
1 sembly was held at tha High
School of Commerce last Wednesday
morning daring the registration Pv.-lod.
Tha chairman of the day waa Charles
Bequette. of tha senior graduating
clasa. and Miss Genevieve Courtney's
registration room In charge of the
programme.
Tha programme rendered during tha
assembly was aa follows: Flag salute
and singing of "America. by the stu
dent body: recitation by Miss Edn
Cameron of room : talk by Professor
A. H. Sproul explaining the Boys' Re
serve, and also urged all boys between
1 and 11 years to consider the ques
tion very thoughtfully: Captain Marvin,
of tha Spruce Production Division
headquarters, gave an exceedingly In
teresting talk on tha "Social Ideas
Resulting From the Present War"
solo by Mlsa Golda Baker, accompanied
by Miss Ruby Bernstein: short talk by
M. D. ells to boys Interested In track
Coach Murphy urged a good attend
ance at the baseball game at Franklin
Bowl; Samuel Tessler announced the
June class play and tha assembly closed
with final remarks by Mr. Sprout,
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Tha most successful sale was held
during tha noon session last Wednes
day at which time sandwiches were
put on sale by the varloua termers. The
purpose of tha sals was for tha benefit
of the Athletic Association. Tha booths
cleared the following suras: Fresh
men, III 75; sophomores. M tO: Juniors,
1515. and seniors. $1.: miscellaneous.
cent. This Is one of a aarlea of
sales to ba given by tha students.
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Professor A. II. Sproul has been ap
pointed the chief enrolling officer for
the school. This appointment was made
from Washington. D. C.
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About IS. AO paakagea of aeeda were
Issued to students of Portland public
schools for war gardening during the
past week. Eighty per cant of the
packages were l-cnt packages and tha
remainder 5-rent packages. The sfu
dents of tha commercial arithmetic
classes weighed and packed packages.
hile B. A. O Mealy s penmanship
classes labeled the . envelopes and H.
W. Herron's bookkeeping clssses are
keeping account of tha distribution,
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Night school closed last Thursday,
completing tha most successful term.
Tha total enrollment waa 14A0 stu
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The seniors of commerce will present
their first class play next Friday even
ing in tha Lincoln High auditorium at
I o'clock.
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The Modo Society held a business
meeting last Thursday during the reg
istration period. The society consid
ered the matter of a pin and other
matters of importance were discussed.
Kuth Kelstar was elected society secretary.
Army Officers Talk Before
, Washington Students.
Lleafeauxat Heat ry Beyd and Captain
J. C Boyd Declare America la
Hat Only Fighting tha Kaiser, bat
tha Geraaaa People as Well.
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BY EUGES33 KELTT.
NB of the most Interesting- assem
bllea of tba year was held Wednea
day. Principal Herdman Introduced
Lieutenant Henry Boyd, who talked for
a short time, and then introduced th
guest of honor. Captain J. C Champion.
tbe senior offioer of tha French dm
slon. at Camp Lewis.
Captain Champion la av veteran of
Arras and tha Eomma. Sergeant Paul
Mlrat. a veteran of Verdun, also was
Introduced. Captain Champion spoke
on his experiences at tha front. Th
reason that the war la being prolonged
to such an extent Is that the German
ara fighting by tha use of unfair
mean a." said tha Captain. "Wo must
go Into tha war heart arvd soul, as that
la the only way to win." He said that
wa were, fighting: the German people
and not tha Kaiser alone. "The Ger
mans have not been committing. their
atrocities by tha direction of tha Kal
ser. Each one ot tnem la as wining
to do those thnga aa the leader Is to
have them."
Aa Captain Champion spoke Sergeant
Mlrat drew cartoons Illustrating the
talk. Everything from a series show
Ing tha transition of tha cap to the
war helmet to pictures of tba German
prisoners appeared on too board. Cap
tain Champion then spoke of the pres
ent battle Ho aald that when wo read
of tha Germane advancing a little we
were not to ho disheartened, but to re
member the Immense lossea that these
advances mado necessary. The work of
the women waa then taken up. Cap
tain Champion said that it waa the
women of France who had saved her.
Ha said that American women must
also get behind tha Government if we
were to win. A short programme was
given. Miss Mildred Fennlmore sang
"Angus MacDonald," an old Scotch
song. Loralna Leo sang "Laddie in
Khaki" and encored tt with a wasn
Ington song sung to tha tuna of "Mary
land. My Maryland." Tha students
sang the French and American national
anthems. The assembly was much en.
oyed by all tha students.
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Thursday afternoon during the sixth
psrlod a lecture waa delivered by Mrs.
William Carlisle to all atudents witn
that, period vacant.- Mrs. Carlisle is
the wife of the former court dentist
under the old Russian regime. Mrs.
Carlisle's lecture was very interesting;
aa ahe gave first-hand experiences.
She said the Russians had don a great
deal toward winning the war andv Al
though tbey were not doing much at
the present time, we should not critl-
Iso thera. fane told a great deal or
ha Russian life and customs. Mrs.
Carlisle had some very exciting as well
harrowing exprelences In Russia
and these also wera vary Interesting.
The lecture waa delivered under the
auspices of tha history department and
gave all hoaxing It. a much hatter in-
ight Into tho itussian conditions.
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Tba Xeakahnl Literary Society held
a very Interesting programme Wednes
day of last week. A talk was given
on French chateau life by Nona Beck
er: Helen Baker, gave tho biographies
of tho French and. Italian musicians;
Mable Christ onsen gave a talk on Ital
ian life and customs: Muriel Kinney
told ot tho Italian and French music;
the subject. "How the Present War Has
Affected tbe Chsteau Life," waa dis
cussed by Anna McPheraon. and Elsi
Rieha talked) on tha benefits of danc
ing. The critlc'a report was given by
Dorothy Ootrander. The programme
was excellent and all enjoyed it.
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An assembly was held Friday, April
2, to allow Mr. Cooter, of the Oregon
Agricultural College, to talk to the
Washington students on tho subject of
food production. Mr. Cooter told ot the
necessity for homo gardens. He said
that to encourage, tha students to plant
gardens tha college waa sending out
packagea of seed at cost to all who I
Wl.IirU. . . " V. . rj u ' V
Ing Reserve to be organised and asked
hat all boys who wera acio might
join It, He asked that a school yell be
lvea at the climax or his speech. Tne
students responded with a will. Mies
Joyce, of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, waa than Introduced. Miss Alice
Joyce spoke on tho girl s side of the
work. She told of the canning clubs
that were being organized. She said
hat there were three ways of serving
tha Government In the military line,
working for the Red Cross and by food
production. She said that food was
ery necessary ana aaia mat it couia oe
saved very easily by canning. She
spoka of the canning clubs and said
that she thought It would be well to
organize one In the school. Tbe matter
was left until some later date.
In Mr. Linnehan'a seventh-term debat
ing claas on Friday on the subject, "Re
solved, That tha commission form of
government should bo abolished in
Portland!." Tbe affirmative was put
forth by Irving Miller and George Han
sen, while tha negative was argued by
Allen Dutcher and August Dlndia. The
Judges were Rlohard Sunderleaf,
George LaRoche. Paul Emmett and Eu
gene Kelty. Bach Judge criticised the
work of one debater. The oeoision was
given to tha negative and Allen
Dutoher -waa chosen aa the best
speaker.
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A boys' assembly was held Tuesday
morning of last week. Principal Herd
man spoke to the boys on the subject
of work for the Summer. He said that
the plan of the Government was to
hava every hoy over the age of 16 work
at some kind) of food production work
during the vacation period. Cards were
distributed on which the boys placed
their names and other information
which would he valuable to tho Gov
ernment In enlisting this working re
serve. The boys are not obligated to
take the work offered, but by thi
means the Government hopes to fin
places for all boya who wish to work
for the Summerr
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A tag sale waa held by the welfare
and charity bureaus of the School
Chamber of Commerce last week for
the purpose of raising funds to carry
on tha work of these two Importan
societies. Many of the students sold
tags and before evening all of them
bad been sold.
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Washington played her second base
ball game on Monday of last wee
against Christian Brothers. Washing
ton won the game by a 7-to-3 score.
The crowd turning out for the game
waa a little better than that of the
previous game, but waa still rather
small. Since tbe games are now free
many more may be expected to come
out In the future.
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The Pedogogy Club held Ita usual
meeting on Wednesday of last week,
An Impromptu programme was given.
Some of the features of the programme
were a debate, a reading and some pi
ano selections. '
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The service flag has been taken
down and. tha atars are now being re
arranged in a different design from
that which Was first decided on. Each
class of girls of the Girls' League has
decided to raise money in some way to
pay for the stars which must be added
to the flag and accordingly the third
term girls gave a popcorn sale on
Thursday to do their part. The number
of stars on the flag has increased from
140 last Fall to 39S at the present time.
Lieutenant MacQuarrie De-
- lights Lincoln Students.
Thrills Assembly With Vivid Pic
ture of War at Close Range.
Other Varied Activities.
Failing School Notes.
Clarence Steele, of the T. M. C. A.,
gave an Illustrated lecture on Slam In
the school auditorium on Wednesday.
Mr. Steele dressed in the Siamese cos
tume. His lecture was Intensely Inter.
eating and listened to with marked at
tention. Mr. Steele for six years was
missionary from the United States to
Slam.
The Parent-Teachers' Circle are mak
ng arrangements to have Mr. Steele ad
dress them at their next meeting.
Three very interesting clubs were
organized in the school last week, the
Garden Club, with Miss Kate Porter as
leader; the Rabbit Club, with Miss Mary
Harris as leader, and the Chicken Club,
with Miss Madge Hill as leader. The
children are all enthusiastic and in
terested In this new work.
A very interesting debate was held
STUDENTS PREPARE FETE
May Dsy to Be Fittingly Observed at
Pacifio University.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. April 19.
(Special.) May Day exercises at Pa
clfie University will this year be held
on Friday, May 3, and the programme
promises to ba an exceptionally inter
esting one. Instead of having the
crowning of the Queen In the morning
as heretofore, this year the ceremony
will be held in the afternoon. Follow
ing this ceremony will come dances.
The pupils from the grammar and high
schools of the city will take part, as
well aa the college students. The col
lege girls are working hard nnder the
direction of M-iss Davis, In the even
ing there will be a community sing.
The orchestra will be under the direc
tion of Professor Graham and Mra.
Hutchison will sing. By an almost
unanimous vote of the students Miss
Dorris Mace haa been selected Queen
of the May.
High School Play Success.
NEHALEM, Or., April 20. (Special.)
On Saturday evening, April 13, the
Nehalem High School presented its an
nual play. The hall was filled with an
appreciative audience. The play was
of
acters sustained their parts exceed
ingly well. The proceeds will be do
nated to tha local chapter or. Ked
Cross. ,
J selected as the official colors of the
June, '18, class and yellow tea rose
buds and maiden-hair ferns as the
class flowers. ' The motto, "The higher
we rise the broader the view," la also
an inspiring slogan adopted by the
class.
A sample ring and pin of the stan
dard school design were on exhibition
Wednesday and by Friday several
members of the graduating class were
the proud possessors of the new class
insignia. Opal Weimer was the senior
Ttv WiPP.iRF.T raTvrwAT. i representative and chairman of the
T INCOLN-S weekly assembly Tuesday h?mmi"" ' much credit ls
I . I due for the thoroughly satisfactorv
j ..iuwi.uk w uuo ui i..i uiu selection of the standardized school de
thusiastic of the term. Lieutenant Heo- I sign. Individual photographs of the
tor McQuarrle, Royal Field Artillery, I seniors have also been taken for the
British army, spoke. He told of condi- I Tumaulm as well as manv extraordin-
tlons in England at tne outbreak of ary snapshots representing almost
the war and some of his own expert- every class In - the school. Eleven
ences at the front. So hearty was the I members of this class are also rehears
applause given him that, to the de-1 ing daily for the senior play : to be
ngnt of everyone, he went to tne piano staged about the middle of May. In
and played and sang several songs I the selection of its many emblems the
wnich are popular among the entisn class has been represented bv commit
soldiers. I tees consisting of Martha Holter. Ruth
t-receaing tne taut tne scnooi sang Tindall. Ruth Layton. Merle Hairing
-J. ipperary- ana tne - aiarseuiaise. i ton and Delia Vinson.
At the close of the assembly Del Ober- Foremost among events have, been
teurter lea tne students m a rousing fhe many assemblies at which nroml
yell for the Lieutenant- sent men connected with various in
Lieutenant MacQuarrie was Intro- terestB have addressed the school on
duced by Milton R. Klepper. state man. I the most vital questions of the day.
ager of the speakers' bureau of the Tuesday Police Sere-eant Frank Irvine
third liberty loan committee. I spoke on "Safety First." illustrating
, , . , , 7 . ,1 his lecture by streopticon slides. The
Two patriotic campaigns, one to col- I ,.. ,,:, ,. ,, ,
"" ' I to end.
to collect aismoweis lor tne uoiaiers.
were completed last week. As nearly Wednasdav Lieutenant T. w RnvH
as can do estimated Biiuui ism maKa- of Camp Lewis, accompanied two
zines and 550 books were brought- French veterans to the high school.
Room 107 carried off honers in the Xne addresses of all three were espe-
campaign witn a total or tias maga- ciaUy interesting and the cartoons of
zines and .150 books and was awarded one of th8 foreign officers were a treat
inn pri. ii "s-much appreciated by all. The state-
Room 112, which collected 2299 magi- , . a.,i. ,wi...
zines and 66 books, was a close sec- OVerseas" were received with great
u..u. it i in ucl;.u.....k.u.. approbation and enthusiasm.
viivj U at, ( ci Liy iiiui vaao tucao (iq uica
In the May book and magazine cam-1 principal D. Reeves, W. C. Brown
paign. I and H. H. Hanscom, all of Vancouver
The dishtowel campaign, 'too, was Hiirh School, wera Ernests Mnniinv. Much
taken up with enthusiasm. About 50 time was spent in observing the various
dlshtowels were collected.
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A committee composed of the fol
lowing student council members spoke
In the rooms Friday morning on the
subject of food conservation: I. Ed-
ward Tonkin, chairman: Millard Rosen
blatt. Dorothy Reed, Kathryn Donald,
class recitations, all of which seemed
very interesting to the visitors.
O. M. Plummer, of the School Board
was also a visitor Tuesday, delivering
a short address before the English
eighth class.
Two students, Charles Spackman and
An exhibit of work aprons and semi-
tailored cotton dresses, made by the I
first and second term domestic art
classes, was held in the sewing rooms I
Friday. All the classes are learning!
how to make over old clothes.
Craig Eliot. Dorothy Corbett. Delbert T.iir) .H,irH ik, tt.
Oberteuffer. Herbert graham, Emily Teacner meeting of Thursday afternoon.
r ocica x-orc., . I Mr. Spackman speaking on "The Boys'
KUtn Ferguson ana Merman js.ernie. Training School." and Miss Likins on
"The Girls' Industrial School." Other
aftermaths of the big trip were talks
before various other classes by mem
bers of the "Socios," who Journeyed to
Salem last week. It seems to be the
consensus of opinion of all who took
the trip that the Salem excursion
nh. t - .ntatiili t.it nt I should be made an annual affair and
ih. tt t .h f r-nmmen.. Mnnriov that if every senior class In the state
afternoon. Kathryn Kressman and Ada could have a similar opportunity a
Kelson run dialosrue. "Alfred Put- S'"" """i's vuuiii; oo.iLii.icui.
off." The Tri-L orchestra, composed wouia De prougnt aoout.
VI WW 1 1 tDIl 1111111 (C,,I wa E VM. WH3 V I . , -r!11 . , . . f
el.tv nlaverf aaveral nnnular annira ..ot, 1"
Miss Lillian Amos, the critic,-gave , charge of the inanual training depart
I ment to succeed F. M. Groshong, re
The Hakanaki Campfire gave a danc- this work.
1 1ll-w nl.h . T ,. nf
" B U"' LJ " - - ... I . , . : n,
AlnhiM Peamnn I " B-riu pairiuui; lueciuie it
' I Ha,, m.va rnAM can cr "rttraw ll.ra " a
The art of story telling Is being companled by Eddys Reynolds, a recent
studied by the Teknophilae. At the addition to the sixth-term class from
muihr lo.r week children's stories Salem High fachool. liwenyth loung
were told by the following girls: also read several letters from Colonel
Bertha Krauter, Dorothy Wilcox, Do-1 man a
laria rimM and Frances Olson. I dozen girls learned to Knit, all or whom
a a a i are now eninusiasticauy wor&ing on
A scecial assembly' for the first term I some article of comfort for a Sammie.
tudenta was held Friday morning. In the Philathenaeum society alone are
The following: honor roll for the sec- I enrolled 92 girls, the great majority of
ond quarter was announcea: Koom in, l wnom attena every regular xuesaay
Charles Baum. Janice Damon, Mary meeting.
Oillls. Marv Hewes. Alice Hewett. I e
Finis Kelsev. Helen Snow. William I The records or unursaay morning
Turner, Sonia Wilier; room 112, Doro- show that all but three students in the
thv Cockerham. Mildred Earhart. Es- entire school are now owners of thrift
thee Finn. Eva French. Ruth Hann. cards with investments totaling more
Thelma Ken worthy. Jean Kltta, Mar- Ithan 829. The principal of thrift seems
s-aret Kressman. Charlotte Rice. Mar- to arouse more enthusiasm every day,
us Rothkowitz; room 113, Frances several memDers or tne stuaent ooay
Cornell, Haines Hall, Gladys Miller, I also being owners of liberty bonds.
Edith Ottenheimer, Philip Silver, Lou
ise Sinn. Mary Wilson; room 115, Helen
Maly, David Piper, Nina Progge, Jose
phine Rice, Jean Starkweather. Chris
tine Van Hulen, Marie Hanni; room
The joke box recently placed in the
hall by the Tumalum editor, Jennie
MacNiven. is attracting much atten-
iton. Many entirely original lafs"
16, Leigh Embree, Lillian Goon, Frain have been placed in it during the past
Walker I wees., an ox which win m pnmeu in
Room 111 was awarded the banners I tne senior annual.
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v I t 1 i a -j : . . .
tenrianca afi-ain. Room 112 was a Close I rttCB i,uun.eu ill -v uuicicui nva
rival In the scholarship contest. It were preparea ana servea oy tne ao
.nnmmc.d that .hout 50 ner centlmestic science II clasa Later the ex
of the first term students were per- hiblt was takento a nearby department
feet in attendance during the quarter, store, where Keva Pattee explained
Harrr Pennell and Myrtle Forthun, 20-cent luncheon will be served to the
editor ano asaociate-eaitor, respective- 1 senium "y mis dwib
1r a Via TiiTiA Hrm rnrHfTial. hnVfl AD I
pointed their staff as follows: Prose, The regular Sodalitas Latina meet
Lina Foltz. Sam FendeL Craig Eliot; Ing was in the form of a picnic, all
poetry, Margaret Flgney. uernaaine pruBra""" j
Robertson. John Sklvington; class will, having been dispensed with. The class
Dorothy Reed, Fred Mam; class piay, cnanipiun. -"
i. K ...... T-iATiaifi Mil am KnaAnnia.tr: i leuiea it iwi.wwa.
.1... ennh.cv Rnhert Wilson. Helen Elizabeth McClure; second, Erma Gris
o. .i. activities Charlotte I wold: Latin 4 First, Alice Gilstrap
TToi.man r.ria CaneL Leah Watmer: I second, Anna Toole, and Latin 6
-I,.. Tr.ther Workman. For- First. Hazel Greene; second, Gordon
rest Llttlefleld; Jokes, Chester lieisey, i Avery mm -i" """"
w c;V.Ana A' a t Di... IT.tm.i I
nn li a. 1 1. o..uua.u, . ....... . ...
n rra..nn. AInhlld Pearson: nth- That ruDoer is in certain respects
BY THELMA CLIFFORD.
A LECTURE on "The . Care of the
Teeth" wa given Tuesday by Dr.
M-. M. Bettman.- The points most em
phatically brought out were "Why out1
teeth decay," "How and where and why,
we should brush them," and "What bad
teeth do to the body."
A thorough explanation of tho struc- .
ture of the teeth was given very clear.
ly. and the way to brush the teeth was
illustrated by. the lecturer. This waa
very educational, as Dr. Bettman fully
impressed the fact that the teeth are
very important.
Monday morning the school assem
bled for a patriotic occasion. , The lib
erty loan essays, which had, been writ.
ten in the English department for the
prize contest, were read. The essaya
which had been selected from the dif
ferent terms and submitted to the gen-.'
eral committees, were Dorothy Lewie,
fourth term; Katherine Huget, third
term; Ruth Cummings, second . term;
Florence Summerville, first term. Tha
patriotic spirit ran high after tha com
positions had been read and the school
had united in singing patriotic song.
An- exhibition of children's wash
dresses made of gingham, percale and
Devonshire, which were made by tha
second-term sewing class.was held In
the lower hall last week. The trim
mings used were stitching, smocking,
buttons and "materials of contrasting
color. They Vr now engaged In mak
ing wash dresses for afternoon o
school wear.
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The making of yeast breads wa
demonstrated by Vaneta Lampert. with
Ellen Miller as assistant during the
fourth-term domestic science period)
last Tuesday. The different hinds of
bread prepared were raisin and nut. .
and cinnamon and apple cake. Tha
bread waa made entirely of substitute
flour, oat and rice flours being used,
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The domestic science department re
ceived quite a shock last week from
headquarters when the order came say
ing that absolutely no- wheat none
could be used hereafter.
Every week a new problem i hrine
taught in Mrs. Thomas' housekeenara
sewing class. This week all kinds of
waist making- Is belne- tans-hf anri sl.n .
skirt drafting. The week beginning
April 29 darning of various articles all
the way from stockings to fine dresses
Is to occupy the time.
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Mrs. Clinton and Miss MacrinnaM, de
lightfully entertained the members of
the senior -class at a theater party
Thursday at the Peoples, where tbe
"Bluebird" was shown.
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Much to the regret of many women,
night school closed Thursday evening.
The courses offered were tailoring, ad
vanced dressmaking, shirtwaist mak
ing, elementary sewing, millinery, do
mestic science, home nursing, laoe
making and art metal works. A milli
nery exhibit was held two weeks ago
of the different kinds of hats made
and & general exhibition of everything
made in the school was held the closing
night. Seven hundred and forty-six
women were enrolled during tbe night
school session.
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Attractively made hats are being
turned out by Miss Sch mil's milliners
class, due, no doubt, to the increasing
interest or tne public to patronize
things made in this country.
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The members of the senior class anil
their friends attended a very enjoyable
dancing party given at the home of
Grace Lee Holderby. Refreshments,
which consisted of punch and cookies,'
were served!
Benson Polytechnic School.
That rubber is in certain
ri.irr t-ii. t',.u- Aih.. wnlM.n. stronger than steel is indicated by a
high school order and the char- dyke.'Leah Wagner; business, I. Edward I unique test made at a tire factory. A
Tonkon. The Spring issue or tne uar- .
dinal came out Friday. was blown on a piece of rubber and a
a a a i piece ui bicci. nu i ui ov.ku.ujjf vui-
Lincoln's first baseball game of the wore the steel three to one.
L. M. HODGES.
THE Senior baseball nine will meet'
the Faculty nine Tuesday evening
at 3:45 P. M., on the Twelfth and Davis
field. The Faculty nine belieres it
will be a walkaway for them as thev
defeated the school nine not long ago.
Holden and Goldman will be the bat
teries lor the faculty.
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The . alumni's closine dancins- nartv
of the season, will be (riven in honor-
of the June '18 class. It will be held
at Murlark Hall, April 26, at 8:30 P.
M. Bids will be 30 to 50 cents.
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Several students In the machine shoo
are designing a new machine back-
saw for the machine shop. It will be
used in .place of tbe old one.
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Students in the mechanical drawinc
department are designing a large em
ery grinder that will be used in the
machine shop.
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The architectural drawihsr depart
ment is designing several large draw
ing cabinets that will be built by the
pattern shop. One of the features of
the cabinets will be a new style of
automatic lock.
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A novel projector or indicator has been
designed and constructed by Mr. Ander
son, an instructor in the mechanical
drawing department. It shows the top,
end and side views of an object when
a spotlight Is thrown on the object.
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The foundry has received several
large pneumatic chipping hammers that
they tried out Thursday afternoon and
proved to be of valuable assistance
in chipping castings.
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The Benson baseball nine played
their first game of the season Wednes
day afternoon, when they were de
feated by Lincoln. Benson has the '
lightest team in the league and la
made up chiefly of freshmen.
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At the regular assembly held Wednes
day morning Paul L. Newmyer, assis
tant state secretary of the Boys' Work
ing Reserve, spoke to the boys on the
great shortage of trained labor In the
United States and of the great need ot
boys to work on the farms. .
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C. S. Burton, former head instructor
in the electric shop, and now In. the
37th Engineers stationed at Fort Meyer,
West Virginia, has received the com
mission of senior master engineer,
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The pattern shop is turning out
about 16,000 checkers for the Spruce.
Division of the United States Govern
ment, and is also making a large cab
inet to keep tools in for the foundry.
They are also turning out patterns for
a 3 -inch globe valve. A set of cast
ings will be made for a large number
of them which will be machined in
the machine shop.
Albert Schumaker, a student In the
electrical- department, split bis face
while playing In the school gym. The
accident was due to the School Board,
neglecting to pad the posts in the
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The Benson Tech faculty was 100
per cent in the third liberty loan cam
paign. r
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