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11 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AID ALL PATRIOTIC EFFORTS "Quincj Adams Sawyer" to Be Presented by Lincoln James John High Will Hooverize on Graduation Gowns Washington Designs New Service Flag. THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAJf, TORTLAXD, APRIL 28, 1918. Jefferson Lads Enlist in the Boys Working Reserve. If Sea-ee. They Will Wa.ru la Mar. mt telea s ir lmil lvaatlr Balldlag la Mlaute mm Tea See- ; Hall Friday evenlnr. The patrons and patronesses wcra: Mr. and Mr. C. E. 1 Cleveland. Mlaa Arnold, Mr. and Mr, j Fred Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. V. Page, , Mr. and Mrs. Andarson and Mrs. U. : Urahame. . An exhibit of plain and fancy waists, ! .Nitwits and al I Ir n ,1 sl-aa! rir... waa I beld In the third-term sewing class I room last Thursday. sr t-Evtr u. larso.v. 'rilK Jefferson fire drill was again X the object of official attention Thursday afternoon. Many Tisitorswer present. Jncludtng Firs Marshal Grtn lell. I'ulnct Attorney Erica, Captain Roberts. Mr. Campbell, newly appointed liovemment fira marshal for the ship yards, an I last but not least. Jay Ste vens, Jefferson's favorite fira marshal. iow at the head of the firs preven tion work on I lie entire Coast- Chief M' oUl and Assistant Chief Krueirer. of trie f.re s-iuad. deserve mu. h credit for the fir in whirl, the drill wss han dled. The Imaginary fire was located In the menter of the lower floor, and it was put out with real Jefferson speed. The bu:ldin was emptied In 1 minut and 1 seconds. Among the other visitors present was William Loiger. cx-captaln on boss . e "nee mure Washlncton jroes down to defeat In a battle with Jeff. Last Fall lha football tram won Its first victory over Washington. and Wednesday Coach Homer Jamison's baseball de mons trimmed the East Side school to the tuna of 4 to 2. The apostles of the cherry tree were unable to secure mors than three tuts off Hollo Gray, the new Jtfferson pitching find, while their own pitcher was doing no damage to nts opponents' batting averages. Jefferson has won both games played so far and prospects 1.mIc brlKht for another baseball pennant to add to the collection in the live wire office. The only unfortunate Incident of Wednes day's came wss tha Injury of Fred 1-alrd. lie was slid Into by a Wash Ina-ton player stealing home and his lea was so severely injured that be was taken to the hospital. An unusual but practical lesson was riven to tha first-term sewing class on Tuesdsy by Miss Sprague. Tha lesson Included tha darning of laces, stock ings, linens and various other materi als. Tha class was much Interested In this work. a e The Industrial art class enjoyed a hike last week accompanied by Miss Iverson. see Shirts, waists and middies are be ing made of various cotton materials by tba second-term sewing class. They are made very attractively by trim ming them In buttons and stitching, see Mrs. Thomas housekeepers sewing class Is enthuslsstlc over a new course offered twice a week. This course In cludes children's dresses made of ging ham and cotton crepe materials. These little dresses will ba sold the first week In June and tha proceeds will be given to the lied Cross. Five dresses have so far been ordered by customers, see The suit that ara being mad by tha senior sewing class ara well ad vanced. They ara made after attrac tive styles. School of Commerce Scores Those Vexing Girls." in Harris Raceway Caavlcted at Meek: Trial aad Keateaeed "to Graduate" ia June aalaa Paper to Be Pub lished Monthly Until Close ( Schawl Year. ir The January class nas announced that it will hold a matinee danca In the gymnasium next Friday afternoon. The dance has been arranged by committee of which Myrtle Wendlick is chairman. see At the Monday morning assembly, after tne usual exercises by the stu dents. Samuel C. ll.iv, of the faculty, gave a talk on liberty bond, war sav ings stamps and thrift in general. as. ' The debate between the January, '19. class team and the June. '19 class team will be held in the assembly In the very near future. The subject Is the same as that used In the preliminary debates: "Kcsolvcd. That the United states Government should permanently own aiul operate all interstate rail ways and all intrastate railways com peting with them." The affirmative Is to be upheld by the following members of the June class: Clarence Fierce, Audrey Loican and Howard Smyth, while tho negative will be supported by the January class team. OllverCarl Son. Helen Hooker and Warner Fuller, a a a Practically ail of the boys In Jeffer son between the sges of 1 and 2 1 have been enrolled In the new Boys' Working Keserve. which tha Govern ment has organised. a e a "Tha June class pictures for the Spec trum are now being taken. Anyone whose name is not on the treasurer's records should notify Kleanor How land If lie intends to graduate in June, The girls are bavins their pictures taken In middy blouses, as tlier In tend to graduate in that style of ap- I'arrL a e a An trite re-ting procramme was the f-aturr of the I'l leta mealing Thurs day aftern-Noi. K.-iyinond Whltroinb gie a s;ce.-)i on the depth bombs whte'i are I mg ued ucalnst sub marines. A debate was then beld be ta. -n labor and cnpital. Labor was represented bv Wullit Mrlntor-h. while Worth Caldwell took the part f capital. Mr. I'urcell represented the general puMIe and criticised the argu ments of both side. It was decided to hold meetings only once every two weeks for the remainder of the terra because of the fact that most of the member have many duties outside of the club which take up tha greater part 'f their time. Simple and Inexpensive Gowns Decreed. Sfudeaia of Jasaea John IIIkb School t lx M.M as MsiUasra Cost Pa triotic Tbesaea Dlseassed Splea dld Papers Submitted "Why I SheuM Hay a Liberty Boed." Girls at Polytechnic Get Expert Instruction. Leading acta af City Desaaaatrala I 're a a rat I .( Ttsatkaaaaa ".alads. Male llaaae Keaawanlea Aaasrlatssa Molds All-Iay seaaloa. KY THELMA CLIFFORD. rpUr. women taking the pantry course .A. were given an examination last Week by Mrs. batterson. For ber ex arnination each was required to make a fish, a vegetable and a fruit aalad without tho aid of the teacher. The salads wvrs sold at cafeteria for the small sum of i cents each. a . Some of the leading chefs of the city have 'given lessons to the class In I'iBirr work. Mr. Hansen, chef of Multnomah Hotel, demonstrated vege table eaJad and salad dressings on Tuesday. On Wednesday Mr. Altsfer, chef of Hotel I'ortland. demonstrated etlad dressings and fish salads. On Thursday Mr. Ktcffer. chef of Arling ton Club, demonstrated the prepara tion and service of oyster, fish and fruit cocktails. Several domestic sci ence classes of girls were admitted ttie-e davs to observe the work of the nefs. Tliey sll felt that it was an unusual oiortunlty. The pantry course, will close 'Wednes day and will be repeated immediately. The new class will begin work Tburs ti.iy morntt g. It is mora than balf filled by advanced enrollment. a a a The State Home Economics Associa tion held an important meeting at this school all day Saturday. Exhibits were beld In the different rooms so the visit ing teachers anight sea the quality of work done In the school. At noon a "Hoover" waa served by tha fourth term domestic science class. An assembly was beld last week for' the purpose of hearing Miss Alice Joyce, head of the Boys and Girls' Club work of O. A. C. and Mr. Cooter. superintendent of school gardens, gpeak on "Vanning Clubs" and "War isardeas." respectively. Both lectures were entnusiastically received by tha avhool and many girls signed tha slips passed out by Miss Joyce and Mr. Cooter Indicating thnt they wished to become members m' these clubs. see Alice I'earson. with Jessie Remllnger a ssslstar.t. gave a roupd steak dem onstration during -the fourth-term Ho- me-ttc science period Tuesday. The w ay to cut and use a round Meak was I'lustrated and many delicious meat dishes were prepsred. Many tried rec ipes were given for the use of left aver meat. a a a The textile class Is now studying tha silkworm snd the reelirg of silk. Mary of the lessons given are illus trated with pictures, e a e The R r. S. Alumni gsv their rlos hk dancing party of the season In JUouor of tha Juua 'IS class at Murlark BY ALICE GIL-STRAP. STUDENT expressions of the patri otic support necessary to the suc cessful execution of this mighty strug gle for freedom were given in each registration room on "Tuesday. In the senior room Minerva Holbrook had charge of the meeting, assigning topics on food conservation, war gardens. Boys" Working Reserve, liberty bonds. etc.. to tba class members. An open discussion followed on the question is it obligatory upon a person In pub- lie or Government employment to buy liberty bonder The discussions on these subjects wero openod by Louis Dunsmore, Minerva Holbrook, Osca Anderson, Jennie MacNIven and Alice Gilstrap. In all the other rooms a sim ilar programme was given. Of the sixth-term class. Haxcl Greene spoke on thrift stamps. Alverda. Mac- rviven on tied Cross work. Gladys Fa- ber ou rood conservation, Raymond Miller on war gardena and Gordon Avery on the Boys' Working Reserve. In room 4 Genevieve Brown explained the various ways In which girls and women are doing their bit, George w aiker reviewed portions of one of 'resident W II son a recent addresses. Clarence Toole explained the Boys' Working Reserve and Idrys Weimer urged food conservation. In the fourth term class the chief speakers were Fred Itawson. George 1'asseuL Oliver J ess up, Thomas wood, Lewis Clarke and Katherine Washburn, while in tha third-term class the chief feature was tha follcall response. Kach member named at least one garden product raised In the alley. Florence Gllatran. Marjory Moren. Clara Ulea. Miss Elsie von Wtntzingerode and P. A. Getx were the chief spokesmen. 1'rofeasor I- if. strong led the discussion In room 7 In thu freshmen room the leading ad drcjs wss given by 1-ouls Dunxmorc. o the senior class. Miss T. Bushnell and Llenna Jones also offered a few s"tig gestiona on this matter and also In re gard to Tunialum subscriptions. The w-hole affair was an experiment which mora than fullfilled all expectations in each room. Now advantages of student discussions on such vital questions are constantly presenting themselves. In the essay contest on the subject. hy I Should Buy a Liberty Bond. Charles Spackman was awarded first place In the senior class, Denby Coon in tne junior class; In the sophomore class Bergllst Tolofeon. and Octave de Cummen In the freshman class. A special assembly was held Monday when several of tha best papers were read. Those which received honorable mention in this way were tha com positions or Juouta Dunsmore. liuith Whisler. Kelsey Cook. Melford Wes- lelder. Bergltsl Tolofson, Gladys Kee- ut j -iiu A-vute tfciiuiuKa. e a a "- simplicity" has become the slogan of the senior girls In selecting their graduation clothes. According to a mo tion made in their last meeting 96.. 0 is to be tha maximum price to be paid for the material of any dress. Haiel Llndquist has been responsible for tha meetings called to discuss such ques tions, a a a In addition to wearing their new clasa rings and pins the seniors made themselves conspicuous on Wednesday by wearing small knots of cream and pale green ribbon, the colors selected by the class. To add to the general en joyment of a so-called "gcnlor day," a luncheon was served to the class by tba second-terra domestic science girls. At this time Principal W. T. Fletcher and Miss U. Rundall were each pre sented with a school pin by Oscar An derson, president of the class. Tha Tumalum subscription contest is being carried on with much en thusiasm in all classes. Tha seniors have offered a silver trophy' cup t tna student nody on the condition that iio copius be sold. This cup is to be annually awarded to the class receiv ing tha greatest number of subscrip tions and to be held by this class until tha next contest Is conducted. This first contest opened Monday and will close on May 13. a a a The regular monthly meeting of the Sodulitics Latins was in the form of a picnic held on the slough near the old white log. The merry-makers, chap eroned by Miss Uorthea Clinton and her sister. Miss Kleanor Clinton, left the school building about o:30 P. M. A large canTpfire was built over which to cook the lunch. The evening was spent in rowing and games. see Alice Brown has been selected as chairman of the civics class for the next month and Charles Trumball, Lowell Dotson and Ldward Rood are to serve aa clerks. see The Zetagatheans, of Jefferson High School, were the most delightful host esses of the I'hllathenf um members on April 19. About ZQ James John girls sttended this meeting of the five girls' litersry societies representing Frank lin. Washington. Lincoln. Jefferson and James John High schools. The pro gramme was n most enjoyable affair representing unusual talent in both dramatics and music a a a The music recital given in the James John auditorium on Friday and Satur day evenings was very pleasing in every ma. The first half of the entertain ment was In eharce of the two glee clubs under the direction of Miss T. Bushnell, and the last part was sup plied by John Claire Aloulcith, BT CHARLES E. BEQUETTE. fTIHE senior clasa play, "Those Vex- X lng Clrla," waa very successfully given before a full house at the Lin coln High School last Friday evening. The actors all played their parts very creditably. A special programme was rendered by tha school orchestra un der tha direction of Mrs. Wade, of the faculty. The surprise of the evening appeared between tha second and third acts, when little 'Miss Marion Levoff. gave a dainty exbibition of a shepherd's dance. To Miss Genevieve Courtney and Rita E. Banfield are due a great part of tha credit for, tha success of tha play. To Ernest Richardson and Frank Mclntosch are also due credit for tha excellent advertising poster. The members of the cast were: Bessie Geller, Carl Slhler, Florence Abrarason. Samuel Tessler, Louise Mohr. Charles Bequette, Alta Freeman. Morris Rogo- way, Betty Nusbaum, Norman Hender son, Alta Daniels. Lloyd DeVeny, George Collinson, Helen Levoff and Hugo LlndahL e e The Modo Literary Society had charge of tha large assembly last Thursday. This society has two Joint programmes before tha school each term, Harry Gilbertson. president of the society, had charge of the pro gramme, which included the following numbers: ".Necessity of Ideals," by Jennie Erlckson; "The Efficient Sten ographer." by Jenle Faveluke. and read ing. "You Will Do It," by James Gor don; "Remarks on Ian Hay," by Ter- ressa Dobsan: "Beware You Sinner,' by Esther Goerhing and Veva, Bowe. The musical division presented bongs of Our Allies," and the debating di vision presented a mock trial. Those participating in the trial were: Her bert Penson, judge; Lynne Pickler, at torney for the defendant; Harry Wein- stein and Carl Slhler, first witnesses; Edythe Wilkanson, prosecuting attor ney; Grace Wlsnom and Norman Hen derson, second witnesses: Morris Rog- oway, prisoner; Marion Eastman, clerk of the court, and Anna Westbrook, bailiff. The Jury was as follows: Hugo Llndahl. foreman; Minnie Vidgoff, Mar garet Callan, Janice Debley, Florence Abrameon, Alta Daniels, George Col linson. Harold Conaway, Arthur John son. Lee Teutsch. Florence Blumberg and Harry Gilbertson. The verdict was guilty and the prisoner was sen tenced to "graduate in June. e e a The June class beld a special assem bly last Tuesday during the registra tion In order to arouse enthusiasm for I the class play. Morris Rogoway acted as chairman, and Miss Courtney, class coach, gave a short explanation of the I play and introduced each character, e a a Miss Johnson, of the school library. Is taking the various English classes twice a week and explaining the classi- it - . i ir w ! 1 : t i ' w 1 t : . , . . ' ; '. - "': 3 :' , ; ' .! ' i ' r !: ''.: : , w ". -'t www ' '?";;: w w ' Washington in Front Ranks for Patriotism. Stndeata Take Time From Studies for Loyal Service to Country Ed itorial Staff for the Leas Is Se lectedProspects for Track Team Are Good. att --k w w w w t. M . Enlistments From Washlngtoa High School Exceed 4041. Benson Youths to Enter Lib erty Loan Poster Contest. Seniors Outplay Faculty at Baseball. Additional Equipment. Coaxing Sio.oou. Gives l'ortlaad Best Kqulpped Gas Engine Shop ou Pa cific Coast. BT EUGENE KELTT- DURINO the past week Washington High School has reacted the 400 mark in enlistments and at the pres ent time has more of its students serv ing Uncle Sam than any other high school in Oregon. The school has averaged over an enlistment a day for the past year among its students or former students, ab a result Princi pal Herdman has found it necessary to have the service flag entirely rear. ranged. The newly designed flag Is an especially handsome one, with the let ters W. H. S. in blue stars, surrounded by a border of clustered stars upon a field of white. Two gold stars, con spicuously displayed, pay silent tribute to the memories of Grant Johnson and Edward Lewton, the first Washington students to offer their lives in the service of their country. In addition to their record for en listments, Washington students have won many, other honors. In the thrift stamp campaign the school leads all other Portland high schools In per cap ita subscriptions, with a total of over 7000. Practically all of the students have voluntarily organized andLfor French and Belgian infants. pieugea iu hdbuud irom canuy aim such foods as are needed by our sol diers. Other contributions by the school include $1100 to the French war orphan fund and substantial sums to the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. drives. During the second liberty loan drive the sum of $71,000 was subscribed through the efforts of the students. In the state food conservation essay competition Miss Opal Clark, of Wash ington High School, was awarded first prise. In the liberty loan essay con test two of the four prizes were award ed to Miss Mildred Weeks and Lau rence Hartmus, both Washington stu dents. as she looked ruefully at a bulky, much handled volume on "Shipbuilding." "We have bought everything buyable on the subject, too," she said, "but the demand is continuous and urgent for all the materials we can supply." a a a The demand for technical books comes also from the camps and Y. M. C. A. "huts" which the Portland Li brary supplies, and If not In stock, pur chases and sends by earliest post. Over 3000 books have been sent to the soldiers' libraries and Y. M. C. A. "huts" near the mouth of the Columbia, such as Fort Stevens, Fort Whitman, Fort Canby, Fort Columbia, Fort Flag ler, all spruce camps, Vancouver Bar racks, Bremerton Naval Station, besides 8000 books to Camp Lewis alone. In collaboration with the Association of Collegiate Alumni, a box of maga zines is sent from the library each month to seven forts as well as special calls filled from military hospitals. Four troop trains have been supplied and all spruce camps. A few subscrip tions are being sent also, particularly of technical magazines. These are the magazines donated by the people to the soldiers. Amusing scrapbooks for soldiers in hospitals, at home and abroad, are also sent in collaboration with the A. C. A. Anyone may arrange these books by following certain simple rules issued with each book. Five hundred of these have been sent to France, 115 to Van couver and Fort Stevens and 46 to the Base Hospital Unit. a a a Every library branch has Its sewing machine and Red Cross auxiliaries, even the children have made layettes Lincoln Students to Give "Quincy Adams Sawyer" Readers of the Cardinal Generously Patronise Advertiser Many Late Volumes Added to Library Moon light Excursion Planned. Three thousand one hundred and fifty-one dollars has been collected in the libraries in selling thrift and war saving stamps between January and April. a a a Afternoon readings from old favor ites: Every Thursday afternoon from 3 to 4 o'clock, "readings from your fa vorite authors" are given in Room G of the Central Lfbrary. Women are in vited to go and take their knitting. T THE regular assembly Wednes . day morning Erie P. Bolt, Y. M. C. A, secretary, asked the boys to give fication of books, etc In the library, all good story and technical books to the soldiers who are in great need of A typewriting speed and accuracy I .Ph literature. test was neia last weanesaay auring the registration period. M. L. Pomeroy had charge and many students tried for credit. The reports of the test have not been completed. Tha June, 'U. class held an iin- Tbe school library is showing a num ber of food conservation and liberty loan posters, as suggestions to the stu dents for designs for the National poster competition being conducted by nortant meeting last Monday at which t"" National War Savings committee. time Imnortant matters concernlnz- the The archtcctural students expect to class play were discussed and acted suoinit Designs in tne contest. upon. The class accepted the offer of the February class to be ushers at the The senior baseball team met an show. The class Is going to consider defeated tha faculty team in a well the possibility of holding a large as-1 played game last Monday after school. sembly in the near future which will The faculty team was outclassed in all celebrate the class day. phases of the game, the final score be- The class will be allowed to enter! ing 21 to 10. Wahlgren and Goldme the business world nrovidlng their I wero the batteries for tho faculty. grades are satisfactory next Monday, while Simpson and Pingel played for May C. Many of the seniors have told tne seniors. nf advantao-eoua offera which thev are l considering. lne aiumni g,ave its closing dancing party ot tne season in nonor or tni T... Mfi C-ia - w .w.l.a jaai aionuay morning w room i i wnicn time tney discussed a Class pin The English classes are now reeeiv. and completed plans tor ushering. nB- instruction in corrected English errors bv tnkinr notes on rnrrpcrlnnii -1 ne apanisn paper, ia ioi r.scoiar, I made from students' English test Da- wiu appear tne tatter part or tne com- pera. ing weeK. ine paper win contain many Interesting and Instructive Lawrence M. Hodges, a student of articles written In Spanish. The paper the architectural drawing classes and is under the direction and supervision I popular member of the February. '19. of A. Rafael Vejar. bead of the Span- I class, left school last week to join the ish department at Commerce. The I colors. paper will appear every month during the school year. I The senior class held a special meet ing w ednesday noon and appointed Commerce students are at present I committee consisting of Adolph Bod- conslderlng subjects which they will wra, Elmer Pingel and Peter LlricK to take up next term. Forecasts will be select and make all arrangements for called for in two weeks. There are class day to be celebrated in the only seven complete weeks of school latter part of May. left before the Summer vacation, I ' ' - - - I G.V...1 m-mK . a! 41. .atr ..an. Ed La, Spronce, Commerce's janitor, I entered the military track meet which returned to his post last week after I was held at the Ice Hippodrome Friday. three weeks of poisoned hand. nursing a blood- I The following were entered besides a full relay team: Mr. Durham and Mr. Bally for mile and half-mile respec tively. Edgar Gibson, a student in the archi tectural department and an officer A display of double-block weaving of words made Its appearance In B. A. O'Mealy's penmanship J-oom the latter nar a. I -- a..b Th. rfa, ,.. .. -. , made by the students of his advanced varlou "cnof organizations, has taken i in. ciiamiiiaiiuii aa ui.iL.uiau u tow ciaas. I o " . v. t - i , ... n j .flu ciibiiiccio lis, uiubvu la a member of thA June. '18. class and No regular assembly waa held last has finished his prescribed course Tuesday due to tha fact that the Modo I sooner by extra study. A diploma has society naa an assembly last Tnursday. I been assured him. Louisa Mohr, of tha senior class, will have charge of tha programme next Tuesday. Portland Newsboy Makes Good as Financier. Fraaa Hultqulat Earns S1230 While Attending Jefferson High. BY CAROLINE WASSON THOMASON. FRANZ HULTQUIST, 815 Borthwick street. Is a real thrift boy. During the three and a half years that it took him to complete Jefferson High School he earned in actual cash $1220. Most of this sum was earneal toy carrying The Oregonian. Every morning at S o'clock, rain or shine. Winter or Summer, Franz was up and away to get his papers. He entered Into every subscription contest that his paper announced, in this man ner winning about $400 in cash. During his Summer vacations he worked In various industrial establishments In Portland. It has been necessary for Frans to help support his family and to buy all of his own clothes and books. He not only has done this, but Is carrying life insurance for his mother, and has pur chased a $100 liberty bond. He took part in Red Cross work, liberty loan campaign, emergency campaign and Y. M. C. A. war fund campaign, Belgian relief and Salvation Army war relief. In high school he had time to take part In football, bas ketball and glea club, and he was sec retary of the school commercial club. He completed his high school work with the January class. He is IS years old. and Is now employed at a good salary by one of the big Portland paper companies. The officers, of the February, '20, class entertained the members ot the class on a hike to Oswego Lake. The February, '19, class received their class pin last Friday, which Is of the same design as that of the senior class. see The electrical drawing department is designing the bases and connections for several direct current machines, also a sliding base for a generator. 1 V V i tawa 5, - f frits UuKqulst, Who Makes Thrift Keeord la School. m m a mn.J The girls of the fourth term domestic science gave several demonstrations of their ability last week. Arioa Privatt showed several new ways of preparing cereals, Mildred Hebert conservatio pastry, Bernice Mass hsh and Frances Asha soups. . All of these girls worked hard and their work was unusually good. Rosetta Hedges and Dolly Far rell served a 25-cent luncheon to number ot teachers. Frances Chapman and Nina Hamilton served a 15-cent breakfast, as did Louise Fowler and Elenor Walsh. - Washington High surpassed her rec ord for the sale of war savings stamps last week when she reached the mar of $1202. These stamps are sold only to the students and the students are all striving to increase the amoun each week. A chart in the main hall shows what progress the school make as well as the marks for the individual rooms. The girls of the seventh term class realized $17 from a matinee "jitney dance in the gymnasium on Thursday afternoon of last week. The proceeds are to go for the buying ot service flag stars and for the furnishing of the community house. a a The Spanish Club held a very enjoy able party on Friday, the llith, at the home of Marie Duback. A short pro gramme was given in Spanish. The first number waa a duet by Edith and Kline Anderson. A Spanish recitatlo was given by Gladys Pilkington and short sketch, "The Novio Perdido," wa presented. The following students too part in It: Marcella Whitaker, Marvi Finzer, Robert McKennett, Hicbard Sunderleaf, Harold Mann and Harold Dille. Herbert Salmon. Mr. Garcia, of the Spanish department, and Mildred Hall gave solos. Marie and Edythe Duback played an excellent violin and piano duet. a- Washington High is proud to have some real literary geniuses in tne school at the present time. In the re cent liberty loan essay contest a prize of a $50 liberty bond was given to the school in which the winner of the con test was enrolled. One of these bonds was given for each term. Washington students won two of the four bonds. Mildred Weeks for the fourth term and Laurence Hartmus for the third terra were the winners. A small gold pin was also given to each of the winners. Both faculty and students are much pleased to think that the school has two winners in the contest. a a Washington played and lost her fourth game of the season on Wednes day of last week. The boys fought hard, but the luck broke against tnem and Jefferson won to the tune of 4 to Harold Mann showed up especially well for Washington. Scott also pitched excellent ball. Fred Laird. Jef ferson s catcher, was hurt during tne game and will probably not be able to get in again this year. The class Lens staff has been select ed as follows for this term: Helen Duck, editor; Frank Sullivan, associate editor: Harold Mann, business man ager; Marjorie Cannon, assistant busi ness manager; Elsie Rhies and Edith Atmaulst will write the Action, Helen Whiting and Bertha Leitner tne poetry, Dorothy Ostrander the exchanges. Alma Schamf and Ruth Nelson the society. Mable Christensen and Mauna J.oa .trai ns the school notes. Louise Ingman and Frances Ashla will do art and Charles Cummins the cartoons. Al Cloueh and Howard Staub have been selected to write the class nistory, Mil dred French and Harold Mann the class DroDhecy and Floyd Bowles and valde mere Rinehart will write tne jokcs. i ne class Lens will be put out shortly be fore school is dismissed and with the staff chosen it should be a very good one. a Tha Tri-L Society gave a Japanese programme on Friday of last week. Florence Chamberlain gave a talk on tho common people of Japan and Arloa Privatt talked on Japanese customs. Plans were discussed for the Tri-L pic nic, which is to be held on the 27th of this month. All tne xrt-ij ciuos or tne city will attend it and an interesting programme will be given. Committees have been selected In each school and they are all working on the matter. a a a Antonia Liest, a Washington grad uate of the June '17 class, is teaching school at Baryon now. a The Pedagogy Club held a business meeting on Wednesday of last week. Plans were made for a picnic to be held at Laurelhurst Park on May day. Many candidates are out for track at Washington this term. All are work ing hard and Coach Earl expects to turn out a team that will be well to the front In the interscholastic meet. Public Library Notes. "ME DARE not take time even to VY mend this book, it is so con- tantly in use by the shipbuilders.' aid an, assistant in the technical room Franklin's Near - Graduates Eagerly Await "Prom." Bill Hart, Movie Picture Hero, Tells Assembly of Liberty Loan Boys at the Front Remembered With "Ulshtovtel Matinee.'' BY ANNA KARAGOZIAN. THE June "prom" of the third grad uating class from Franklin, the June '18 class, will be held in the gym nasium Friday, May 3. This will be the grand social event of the semes ter. The entire class and committees in charge are making elaborate plans for its success. The invitations are now out and are very attractive, hav ing the block F class pin design em bossed in gold on them. Katherine Mackenzie, president of the class, has appointed the following seniors on the arrangement committee: Fred Picker- ing (chairman), Leah Melvin, Dorothy Anderson, Alice Duffield, Kathryn Har rig, Ernest Amburn, Charles Bluett and George Pickering. Carlson's orchestra will furnish the music and the January '19 class will assist with the decorat' ing. - a a Two very interesting assemblies were held during the past week. On Monday the ever-popular Bill Hart spoke to the students on the third liberty loan. He was introduced by Superintendent Al derman. At Wednesday's assembly the glee clubs rendered several patriotic selections. Mr. Reed spoke on the opera, "Merry Wives of Windsor, which was presented this week by the Portland Operatic Association. Mr. Cooter, director of the school gardens, spoke of his plans concerning Frank lin's war gardens. The singing of "Keep the Home Fires Burning" con cluded the assembly. a a a The annual Parent-Teachers banquet. given April 19 at Franklin, was a de lightful event. About 150 guests were present. The attractive decorations and place cards which were used were supervised by Miss Grace Foster, of the art department. Mrs. William Akers presided and Professor Ball act ed as toastmaster. Miss Alice Johnson and R. B. Walsh both rendered vocal solos. Helen Harper gave a violin solo, accompanied by Jean Harper at the piano. The speakers were: Super intendent L. R. Alderman, Assistant Superintendent D. A, Groat, F. A. Nara more, R. H. Thomas, L. A. Dillon, O. M. Plummer, Charles A, Rice, Jack Rout ledge, Mrs. G. J. Frankel, Mrs, J. F. Chapman, J. E. Cooter and Mrs. Fred G. Schilke. . Another social function was the dish towel matinee dance given by the Home Economics Club. The admit-1 tance was a dish towel and this idea proved very successiui, as tne trans- be the society's critic for a few weeks. 1111 Ulljn wnu uuva cuuaLcu lu uuws BY MARGARET DUNIWAY. FtlDAY, May 17, was chosen last week as the date when the June class will present its class play, "Quincy Adams Sawyer." A matinee and evening performance will be given. The cast Is now rehearsing five times a , week and has the play well in hand. The cast is as follows: Quincy Adams Sawyer, Chester Kelsey; Zckicl Pet tengell, Medley Gibson; Obadiah Strout. Craig Eliot: Arthur Hastings, Albert Woertendyke: Hiram Maxwell, Millard Rosenblatt; Deacon Mason, Herry I'en nell; Abner Stiles, Harold Miller; Benoni Hill, Forrest Ltttlefield; Sam Hill, Marlon Marks; Bob Wood, Sydney Tewksbury: Lindy Putnam. Grace Tigard; Alice Pettengill, Kathryn Don ald; Mandy Skinner, Helen Stewart: Huldy Mason, Edna Ferguson; Samanthy Green, Ruth Brinckerhof f ; Mrs. Crowley, Marienne Dunham; Mrs. Hawkins, Anna Taubele; Mrs. Hesibab. Putnam, Lelah Stone. Miss Carolyn Merritt. of the faculty, will assist with the properties for the play and Miss Adele Dyott, also of tha faculty, with the costuming. , a a The library has received a number of new books, war pamphlets and maps. The books are: "The First Hundred Thousand," by Ian Hay; "A Student in Arms," by Donald Hankey; "Women of Belgium," by Charlotte Kellogg; "Gallipoli," by John Masefield; "Let ters and Diary," by Alan Seeger; "Geneial Chemistry for Colleges," by Alexander Smith; World Almanac for 1918. Among the war pamphlets are the following four: "Peace How to Get It, and How to Keep It." by Harry Gosling; "German War Practices" and "Conquest and Kultur," issued by tha Committee of Public Information; "Frightfulness in Retreat," published by the George H. Doran Company. The maps include the C. S. Hammond & Co.'s war map of the western front, a map of Oregon published by the Oregon State Immigration Committee, and a Columbia River project map. a a The first-term girls were entertained Tuesday afternoon in the school gym nasium by their big sisters, the High Co.'s, a club of senior girls. Games and dancing were enjoyed. a a a At the weekly assembly Tuesday morning Harold Miller, business man ager of the Cardinal, awarded the $5 prize offered by the Cardinal in a direct advertising result contest to the stu- dent patronizing the greatest number of Cardinal advertisers in the past quar ter, to Marie Canel, who patronized 17 advertisers. The contest for the pres ent quarter, he announced, will close the Friday before the next issue of tho Cardinal is published. The prize in this contest will be awarded to the.student who turns in the largest number of coupons received from advertisers when purchases are made. More than ten coupons must be turned in. No more than three from one advertiser will be accepted. lorris Rogoway. of the High School of Commerce, niade an an nouncement of the play, "Those Vexing Girls," which the June class of that school presented in the Lincoln audi torium last Friday evening. George Wilbur Reed, of the board of directors of the Portland Operatic Assoolation, called attention to the opera, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," presented by the Operatic Association Thursday and Friday nights. a a a Jerome Shirek's name was omitted by mistake in the honor roll of the first-term students published lust week. a a a The Washelli Campfire girls went on a hiko up the Canyon road Friday af ternoon. Olga Proska was in charge of the hike. ; a a Miss Kate Randall, of the Kenton School, gave an illustrated lecture on birds at the meeting of the Tekno- philae Wednesday. The society is now studying nature. e The Hakanaki Campfire held a busi ness meeting in room E at the Central Library Friday. Plans for a moonlight excursion to be given May 6 were discussed. At their meeting last week the Philos elected the following officers for tho remainder of the term: Bernadine Rob ertson, president Margaret Pigney, vice-president; Elsie Pigney, secre- , tary; Margaret Harding, assistant sec retary; Margaret McGowan, treasurer; Ruth Ferguson, editor; Dorothy Reed, sergeant-at-arms. Miss Leida Mills, of the faculty, will Sam's service have been asking for dish towels. The jazz music was fur nished by school talent. a a Miss Blanche Ross, of tho faculty. took her civics classes to the Court house last Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. At the meeting of the sophomores held Tuesday George Corties, the presi dent, appointed a committee to consult Professor Ball about a trophy room. The committee is comprised of Harold McQueen (chairman), Clinton Perkett, Charles Brown, Everett Bladorn and Oscar Barnes. Miss Harriet Gaylord was appointed faculty advisor to suc ceed Miss Lucile lavis. a a a A party of Frankllnitea and friends took advantage of the glorious Spring weather recently and went in machines p the Columbia Highway to Waukeena. From there they hiked over the rugged but picturesque Waukeena trail to Mult nomah Creek, thence down the Larch Mountain trail to Multnomah Falls. Those who hiked vere: Mrs. Blanche Thurston, of the faculty; Mr. and Mrs. Leaclt, Marie Fisher, Ruth Le Van, Katherine Mackenzie, William Mac- Cormack, George Comes, Ralph Bel more and Claude Palmer. Last Monday Anna Karagozian gave talk on Oriental rugs to the Women's Club at Forest Grove and was enter tained later with dinner at the Pacific University. e , The Tri-L meeting was one of the most enjoyable meetings held this term. Florence Baker was elected editor and Fresa Armstrong and Esther Meyers were appointed. by Lorna Langseth as committee to see to tne posting of notices. The programme for. the com ing month was announced. Mildred Boon gave two splendid readings. f e a a The members of the. June '18 class were gueBts at the concert of the glee clubs of Willamette University at the Sunnystde Methodist Church on Satur day evening. The glee clubs also sang for the entire student body on Friday, April 19. An important meeting of the Goggles Debating Society will be held Thurs day. The question, "Resolved, That Bill Hart can secure more liDerty bonds from the high schools than Secretary McAdoo." will be debated. Helen Baker ill UDhold the negative and Mare guerite Wheeler the affirmative. Dr. J. H. Hart, head of the depart ment of education at Reed College; spoke at the meeting of the High T Club last week on "The High School Student as a Leader." a a Edris Noble, a second-term student -at Lincoln, was awarded a prize for a. $50 liberty bond last week, for her essay on the liberty loan which was the best one among those submitted by freshmen high school students of the city. A debate on the following subject was given at the meeting of the Adcl-'J phians Thursday: "Resolved, That the Establishment of a League of Nations. Is the Only -Way to Insure Peace." Eunice Mays and Ronald Honeyman debated the- affirmative and Lois ret- -tinger and John Boyd the negative. The affirmative was given the decision. . Katharine Wallace, a member of the February class, who was injured in an automobile accident several weeks ago, has returned to school. a a The Lincoln-Hill game Wednesday resulted in a 7-4 viitory for Lincoln. a a Tha programme of Los Espanolitos Wednesday was devoted to a discus-" sion of current events. Leota Burt read ; an article on a current topic. Each, member of the club told, in Spanish, a recent event of importance. Josephine Clovis was the chairman of the meeting. e e Lincoln students attended the bif mass meeting at the public auditorium Monday afternoon when the famous movie star. Bill Hart, spoke. a a a L. R. Alderman spoke at the meeting of the Tolos Thursday. His subject was "The Advantages and Disadvan tages of the Teaching Profession." see A great deal of enthusiasm has been aroused in this month's book and mag- azine campaign which closes May 7, Room 107, which was given an Ameri can flag In the last contest for collect- : ing the greatest number of books and magazines, has already exceeded its previous record with a total of JiOOS -magazines. A special effort will be; made in this campaign to collect a large number of books. The subjects for the Bible Club pro gramme last week was "The Call to Christlikeness Complete." Carol Hamil ton was the chairman. f
