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HOLIDAY SEASON FURNISHES OBJECTIVES FOR SCHOOL CLASSES
Thanksgiving Cookery and Making of Presents Have Place in Many Curricula -Jefferson Class Gets Behind "Wear Old Clothes" Move.
THE SUNDAY OIVEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 30, 1919.
Franklin Club Arranges Its
Annual "Prom."
Maroon-F Members Will Hold High
Carnival Krldar Xitcat Dram la
Honored at General Reception.
BT AXNA KAKAdoZIAX.
THE Franklin High school gymna- 1
sium will be the scene of much
gaiety when the .Maroon F club gives
Its annual "prom" next Friday even
ing;, December 5, at S o'clock- Exten
sive plans have been made for the
dances and special features for enter
tainment of the -dancers during the
evening will add to the pleasure of
the occasion. This is the third event of
its kind in the history of the club.
Special decorations will be arranged
to make the occasion significant of
the season. The committee In charge
Is composed of Harry Thomas. Frank
Hollier, Lawrence Cook, Jack Rout
ledge and Charles Kins.
Numerous plans have been inau
gurated for renewed spirit In the
Franklin Tri-L, club. At a meeting
held Tuesday various subjects were
discussed and Anna KaragOzian- was
appointed to draw up a constitution
for the club. The girls also decided
to give a dance in the very near fu
ture. After the meeting the girls
were "treated" to a big box of choco
lates, sent by Mr. Silkworth of the
Silkworm's cafeteria.
In response to the call sent out for
basketball candidates about 30 boys
turned out. Colton Meek of the fac
ulty is the coach and he outlined the
work for this season. Practice will
start tomorrow. The following boys
menus to be used for their own din
ner. A number of the third-terms
domestic science girls are cooking in
cafeteria Special Christmas fruit
caKes nave Deen oaKea tor customers
during the week by the fourth-term
domestic science class.
The second-term sewing class had
an exhibit of children's dresses and ft
blouses on Tuesday. An exhibit of the ' fe
third-term sewing classes is held
eacn week In the main hall. The past .
wcca a. oeautliuuy . maoe reier
Thompson blouse divided the atten- J
tion of visitors with some very attrac- j
tive crepe de chine waists.
Miss Schmitz" trade millinery class
is putting out new hats each day.
Many pretty hats are made from reno
vated materials, in addition to the
regular work with new material.
The Wednesday night waist class,
a ten-week course, taught by Mrs.
Page, will close next week and a
new class will be announced soon
after the holidays.
LINCOLN THESPIANS WILL PRESENT "GREEN STOCKINGS" AS CLASS PLAT THIS WEEK.
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Jefferson Class Joins Old
Clothes Crusade.
Seventh-Termer Eiehew New and
Ex pen nive Ganneati Champion
htp Eleven Playa Ontartde Teani.
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N MONDAY the regular weekly
assembly was held. Mr. Jenkins
made a short 'speech praising the
football beam and giving the players
credit for the victory over Washing
ton high. Mr. Boyer was present and
led the student, body In numerous
ov"69i aiuuiiB Luom. ' A ell me, i
American liymn and the two big
received letters last year and will Jefferson songs. As the assembly was
play again this season: Frank Hoi- to be the last befortt the TTianVa
lier. captain; Allen Knight, Howard sivingr vacation, Mr. Boyer requeste
"wiiui hi liio nay, as its signmcance
Recently the Franklin High school this year is" doubly great. "Onward,
Tri-Ii club entertained the Tri-L' clubs Christian Soldier" and others
of the various high schools at a kia-
dies' party" given at the social hall
of the Y. W. C. A. The hall was at
tractively decorated with autumn fo
liage, and paper dolls were strung
around the hall. The girls, to tne 1
number of about 125, were attired in
their childhood garb thus creating a
great deal of amusement. .Kiddies
games, story telling ana dancing were I
the diversions. Later, refreshments
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Schools Will Debate Cap
ital Punishment.
leaasm Polyteeknte Aeeenta Qnea
tloa Proposed (or Franklin Con
teat Kirmt Basketball Call la
laaned.
following committee was appointed i present. Price eontests, games and
to arrange a programme for the next half an hour of singing made the
meeting: Clarence Gilstrap, Selraa hours fly swiftly. The refreshments
Aloe, .Kapnaei McKay, Clara Edwards consisted of oranges, candy and
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BY FRANK KINQ.
T3E Benson Tech Debating club
held a meeting at which two mem
bers of the Franklin High school de
bating club were present. The ques
tion proposing that the United States I Frances Foster. Miss Slade, Charlotte
and Joe Ward. All of the business
of the future meetings is to be carried
on in Spanish.
The entertainment committee of the
Phtlathenaeum. at a meeting Monday
morning, decided to have the play
"Local and Long Distance," presented
at a near-future meeting of the
society. The cast as selected by the
committee Is: George Davis, Virginia
Dunsmore; Mrs. Davis, Margaret
Bueerman, Miss Brown. Vietta Hayes.
Mrs. White, Carrie Skells. Mary Jones,
ratify no treaty by which China
would be despoiled of the Shantung
peninsula has been thrown aside be
cause of tne disregarding of the treaty
by the United States senate. The
new question, which was adopted, was
suggested by the Franklin Hign
club. It was agreed upon and ac
cepted by both clubs that it will be: I chaperoned.
nesoivea, . l nat me awiic ui c
gon reinstate capital punishment
laws." The Benson club has chosen
the negative while Franklin will de
fend the affirmative. December 2, Is
the date which has been set aside aa
Jones and Kitty Parsons, Lola Shir
ley.
At a meeting of the third-term
class on Tuesday It was decided that
the class should give a skating party
at the Oaks rink on Wednesday. The
plans were carried out and everyone
enjoyed the evening. Mr. George
The first-terra domestic art girls
are beginning to make their cotton
dresses and the second-termers have
finished their sport skirts. The more
the day the Benson team will hold its coat8 for cn toT tves.
win oe live memoers oi w.e .cu. Dates for the annual Btndent-body
1- i-r "JT.'?; 'vr.,: dramatic contribution has been changed
Mia. -'- - "
Das oeen scneauiea wr cmucr i December 6 and
and 13 instead of
6, a former It an
nounced. - This year the offering la
An Important meeting of the Radio Yl V " -.171 ZZl
club was. held last Tuesday
i
were
sung. A speaker for the football
team mounted the platform and gave
snort talk on the Jefferson-Hill
game which was played Monday
afternoon. He. said that although
tne game nad no direct bearing on
the championship, it would be decided
in that game whether Jefferson's
record for the season would or would
not, remain 1000 per cent. Mr. Jen
. . i .. . t,,, llfi I " "J iuouc icw ujiuuunuemeiiis ana
Ul dll auuiuuiKilc iicbuko " ' ' ' 1 , V, . . m V, 1 . i ,
candy and hot chocolate. All the
schools were well represented and the
nartv was a big success. Mildred
Boon was chairman of the programme
committee, Bertha Schumacher of dec
orations, and Zulene Slavens of re
freshments. Miss Enke of the faculty
and Miss Doris Miller of the Y. W.
C. A. acted as chaperones.
Plana
are under way to secure a wave
meter. Code practice has been held
at every meeting. The radio is the
latest organization to be formed and
is watched with Interest by the other
clubs.
Front row, left to light Ladle Hclmer, Elisabeth Strowbrldge, Rath Waldron, Ida Vendel, Catherine Rosa. Back
row, left to right John Thomaa, Harold King, Fred Hodeker, Charles Cook, Max GlllUand, Lawrence Jones, Clar
ence Mnrton.
A reception was given Tuesday
afternoon ln honor of Mrs. Ella Ehra
At a recent meetine of the June
C20) class it was decided by the mem
bers to wear old clothes to school
and to encourage others to do like
wise. By "old clothes," the class does
not mean wierd or outlandish gar
ments which will attract undue at
tention, but rather the clothing which
each individual has cast away or put
aside as being out of date or a little
worn for further use. This plan, it
Vw tVi 's hoped, will succeed in discouraging
I'erent-Teacher association. An inter- lavish and expensive styles among the
eating programme was enjoyed, con- students, glorify the habits of
sistlng of talks by Dean Wilson and .economy and conservatism in regard
Dean Wade 6f Commercial High. A
special musical programme was ar
ranged by the music department, con
sisting of selectiona by the girls'
quartet and the school orchestra. Re
f r .1 li ... o I a vrA o orvotl A. v.iv o n
joyable afternoon was had by the ' r 1 e Bcore 01
to dress an-dv Incidentally, combat the
I high cost of living.
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On Monday afternoon the Jefferson
team met and defeated the football
squad from the Hill Military academy
many teachers and parents present.
Members of the January, '20 class
are now busy discussing plans for a
class book which is to serve in place
of the class issue of the Post. Anna
aragozian was appointed to look into
the matter and suggest a suitable
plan. Lillian Hamilton, Esther Well
ington and Benjamin Halleck will as
sist.
Borne very practical work was done
frn Miss Hansen's domestic science
classes. The problem of preparing a
Thanksgiving dinner was discussed
very thoroughly, so the girls were
well informed in the art of dressing
the fowl and in other preparation of
other fancy dishes. Wednesday noon
the girls of this department served
delicious hot chicken pies to the mem
bers of the faculty.
Details of Play and "Prom"
Arranged.
January. 20, Class at Washington
Ptrka Cast and Committees The
Ponrtk-Tcrai Oirla Kntertnin.
Girls Learn Secrets of Holi
day Menus.
Studenta nt Polytechnic Institution
Work Out Dinner Plana and
Others Are Making Preaenta.
BY LELAH CHILDERS.
"REPARATION for Christmas fes-
Uvitles are already tinder way. The
housekeeper's craft classes are busy
with Christmas work. The morning
class Is making raffia and grass bas
kets, while the afternoon class is
working on trays, baskets and shop
ping bags, 'made of craft fibre. A
very interesting display is also made
of the artistically decorated kitchen
sets consisting of bread and cake
boxes. spice cans, tea and coffee
cans and, ln fact, containers for near
ly all sorts of dry groceries.
On Tuesday morning Miss Mlnetta
agers took the members of her
music classes to the rehearsal of the
symphony orchestra concert at the
Hellig theater, a privilege very
greatly appreciated by the girls.
The art metal class is doing some
very interesting things ln silver and
copper. They are taking outside I
Christmas orders. Among some of the i
things being made are rings, brace
lets, cuff links, pins, book racks, bag
tops, paper knives, etc.
The domestic science teachers gave
many demonstrations on the prepara
tion for Thanksgiving. The first-
20 to 3. The game was a long one
and, before it was over, the lights on
the field had to be turned on in
order that the players might see
clearly. The 20 points scored by Jef
ferson were all made in the first half
of the game. During the last half.
a number of second-string men were
put in to replace those of the first
team. The victory over Hill was the
eighth straight victory for the Jef
ferson gridiron squad and made the
school the undisputed interscholastic
champion for the 1919 season. For
the past two seasons the Jefferson
teams have not lost a . game and
during the 1918 season the team was
not scored upon.
At the last moment the PI Delt
mock trial, which should have been
given on Thursday, November 20, was
postponed on account of one of the
participants being ill. The trial,
however, was given on Tuesday of
this week. Those participating were,
Chester Froude. Gibson Bowles.
Leland Chapin, Gene Whltten and a
number of others. " The prisoner was
round guilty of polygamy and was
sentenced to six years ln room 66.
However, as he was judged to be In
sane, the sentence was commuted.
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A special meeting of all those who
wished to try out for the basketball
teams was held after school Monday.
A large number of boys attended the
meeting, which was conducted by
Coach Quigly.
On Wednesday morning the football
team, under the direction of Coach
Quigly, left for Baker, Or., where they
played the Baker high school on
Thanksgiving. After the game at
Baker the team planned to go to
John Day for a game with the best
eleven in that district.
Owing to the Illness of their presi
dent, the January '20 class has held
I no meetings recently. The gradua
tion dresses for the girls are on their
way and will soon arrive in anticipa
tion for the graduation ceremonies in
January.
The magazine which is sponsored
by the Technical club, called the Blue
Print, will be issued within the next
two weeks. The editor, Walter Hoi
man. Is hard at work and is confident
of the success of the first issue of
the magazine.
On Monday the material for the
Christmas issue of the Spectrum was
BY ANNA L. McPHERSON.
THE January 20 class of Washing
ton held an Important meeting on
Tuesday. Al Crawford, business man
ager, told about the class play and
that the tickets would not be given
out for a few days. The names of
those on the committees for the
senior prom were announced as fol
lows: Decorations, Frances Manary,
chairman. Jeanette White and Gladys
Larsen; bids and programmes, Norzis
Sewell, chairman, Thelma Peterson,
Frances Young and Gilbert Ritchie;
music. Bob McKennett, chairman. Al
Crawford and Ed Durham; refresh
ments, Reglna Keli, chairman, Lor-
retta Isackson and Anna McFherson;
posters. Honor Youngson, Harriet
Ogden, Edith Anderson, and Grace
Pick. The date set for the "prom"
is January 9. Invitations will be
given to the seniors in the other
high schools. Annette Byford was
appointed chairman of the committee
to take charge of the making and
selling of candy for the class play.
The dates for "Pomander Walk,"
the play which the January, '20, class
will present, have been set for De
cember 12 and 13. The play is a
comedy. The time is 1805. so the cos
tuming will be a big feature. The
scenery was designed by Minor Nea
land and will be made by the boys
taking manual training, with Dick
Robbins and Earl Newberry in charge.
Rehearsals are being held practically
every evening. The cast Ib as fol
lows: John Sayle. tenth baron of Ot-
ford, Hugh Hayden: lieutenant, the
Honorable Jack Sayle, Lyle Knoder;
Admiral -Sir Peter Antrobus. Jam.es
Beard; Jerome Brooke-Hoskyn, Will
iam McLean; Rev. Jacob Sternroyd,
D. D.. F. S. A., William Edmedes;
Basil Prlngle, Edward Spitulski; Jim,
Henry Padgham: the muffin-man.
Norris Sewell; the eyesore, Dick Rob
bins; Madame Lucie Lachesnals, Anna
Maclay; Mile. Majolaine Lachesnais,
Anna McPherson: Mrs. Pamela Pock-
ett, Cecil McKercher; Miss Ruth Pen-
nymint, Florence Gustafson; Miss
Barbara Pennymint, Grace Pick; the
Honorable Caroline Thring, Regina
Kiel; Nannette. Frances Young.
At a recent meeting of the June, '20,
class it was voted that they give a
matinee dance in the gymnasium on
Thursday, December 4. at 2:30 P. M.
Good music will be provided and a
large crowd is expected. Although
the June class made 930 on their re
cent sandwich sale, they found it
necessary to raise more money, as
they intend to entertain the January,
'20, class royally. The following com
mittee was appointed to select the
class colors: Phil Thompson, chair
man; Russell Gowans, Hope Heller,
Edith Peattie and Don Hood.
terms girls brought their turkeys and I sent to the printing department and
chickens from home to dress. Many I printing will be started as soon as
of them have slso planned their own the proof is corrected.
danced until the refreshments, con
sisting of doughnuts and cider, were
served. About 50 girls attended.
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The girls of the leasue met by terms
with their advisers on Friday. Plans
are being made by some of the terms
for different social affairs.
The Washington high school team
met and defeated Lincoln high school
Wednesday afternoon on Multnomah
field by a score of 26 to 13. The
same evening the team left for Walla
Walla, where they played the Walla
Walla team on Thanksgiving day.
After several patriotic and popular
airs had been sung at the Wednesday
morning assembly, Mr. Herdman an
nounced the special rehearsal of the
band on Friday morning. Douglas
Farrill then gave a rousing talk on
the . Lincoln-Washington game.
On Tuesday morning at 8:30 o'clock
a special rally assembly was called.
After sinsing "Washington, My Wash
ington, Mr. Herdman gave a talk
about the game. Hugh Hayden then
presided and led in a number of yells.
Some new ones were tried with great
enthusiasm. Wednesday noon the
boys serpentined around the halls and
outside on the campus, wheve a yell
rally was held-
.
Miss Botkln's classes ln cooking
prepared lunch for the football boys
Wednesday. The menu consisted of
rlced potatoes, .gravy, Swiss steak.
creamed peas, toast, chocolate and
baked apples.
Tuesday members of the girls'
cnorus, the boys' glee club, the or
chestra and the band were given
tickets for the symphony orchestra
rehearsal. They were excused from
all morning classes.
Friday evening the Wiishington
high school band gave a concert at
the Woodmen of the World conven
tion at the Woodmen hall.
The fourth-term girls entertained
with a party in the gymnasium on
November 21. The programme com
mittee consisted of Gladys Young,
Hazel Borders, Helene Pittlelkau,
Katherine Rlggs and Ruth Davies,
and the refreshment committee of
Anna. Karlson, Minerva Bailey and
Melissa Brockway. A delightful pro.
gramme, which Included several clev
er skits, was presented by Ruth Davis,
Elizabeth Shroat,' Louise Day, Zella
Zigler, Gladys .Young, Doris Gubser,
Florence Fitzgerald and Katherine
Jane Seel
Teaching: School in Siskiyou
Mountains Is Thrilling.
Aahland Woman Finds Pleasure In
Killing Coyote. Wading Through
Mod nnd Wnter and Foaterina;
Entertainmenta.
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The first meetlner of the Benson
:;W?32Fr,c3 alumni was held a short time ago to
"r"r"r'- arrange plans for the big eocial event
of the year. The officers elected at
this meeting are: Wally Engle, presi
dent; M. Koreski, vice-president; Ly-
dia Fimmel. secretary and treasurer;
L. Hosch. publicity manager. The
alumni prom will be held on December
at the Multnomah hotel ballroom.
A good time Is promised and many of
the students are expected to attend.
Since the return of many ex-service
men the activities of the alumni will
be more numerous.
Every Wednesday noon the. stu
dents who patronize the cafeteria are
given a musical treat. This music
is furnished by the Heeneekls Jazz
orchestra, under the leadership of
Cecil Harnack. The members of the
orchestra are: Cecil Harnack, vio
linist; Miss Frances Harnack, pian
ist; H. Manning, banjo; John Barnet,
traps. The music is greatly appre
ciated by everyone and it is hoped
they will play oftener. The Heeneekis
club Is doing all In Its power to outdo
the rival Beta Pi Sigmas.
Clever Stunts Advertise the
Coming Class Play.
Membera of "Green Stockings'' Cast
Appear at Lincoln Aeeesnbly.
Matinee Dance la Popular.
ASHLAND, Or., Nov. 30. (Special.)
To kill a coyote, to wade
through a mile and a half of mud
and snow each morning, to foster
dances and other entertainments
which are participated in by the en
tire mountain community, are a few
of the experiences which Miss Kath-
ryn Miller, an Ashland girl, is enjoy
ing in her work of teaching a country
school near Pilot Rock ln the Siskiyou
mountains.
Miss Miller has now set her heart
on killing a mountain lion, which are
quite plentiful ln that district. She
raised enough money by entertain
ments at the schoolhouse to provide
hot lunches for her pupils, most of
whom must walk for miles to school.
Last year this yung woman taught
In a school in Honolulu, and says
that while the Hawaiian climate
might be preferable, she gets much
more pleasure out of the highly col
ored experiences In the little moun
tain school.
BY GEORGIA JACOBS.
serez-vous le cinq et le sex?'
The correct translation of this
little French sentence won some Lin
coln French student a complimentary
ticket to a production which is sure
to rival the best ever put on in
Portland high school. "Where will you
be December 6th and 6th T Is tne sen
tence translated into English, and
there is no doubt as to where every
Lincoln student will be on one of
those dates, for each and every one
will be going to the January class
play. "Green Stockings.
The members of the cast 01 mis piay
gave a very clever assembly on Mon
day morning, at which several new
and original features were introduced
When the curtain rose there was
disclosed a typical country school.
with Lawrence Jones, schoolmaster,
and remaining members of the cast as
the brilliant students, each witn
little verse to sVeak about their play.
The preceding French sentence and a
similar Spanish one. placed on the
schoolroom blackboard and with the
announcement by the schoolmaster
that the first one In the audience to
translate it correctly would receive
complimentary ticket, was the source
of much keen competition. In many
ron.ru the entire assembly was one
oftthe cleverest class play Assemblies
held for some time ai jincom.
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The matinee dance given Tuesday
afternoon ln the gym by the girls of
the Teknophilae society proved sucn a
success that it Is expected that many
of its kind will be given ln tne luture.
These afternoon dances are a feature
in school social activities wbicn are
seldom given at Lincoln, and etnee
this one has been such a success the
idea will probably be taken up by
the various other societies of the
school. The gym was attractively
decorated with Lincoln and teicno-
philae pennant, ant exceptionally
good music was furnished by an or
chestra composed of Frances Har
nack. Cecil Harnack and John Bar-
nett. As a special courtesy to the
school and to Teknophilae the orches
tra donated its services. The com
mittee in charge of the dance was
Lucile Helmer, Ida Fendel. Ruth Wal
dron, Alta Hurlburt and Martha Bat-
terson.
Pirates of Hawaii." and a farce, "The
Forward Pass." Amanda Steel was ap
pointed wardrobe manager of both
productions at a council meeting Mon
day.
A fourth-term elass party was given
Friday, November 21, ln the Y. W.
C. A. rooms. Miss Brewer, the class
advisor, being the chaperone of th
27 members and guests who were
cookies.
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The domestic science classes a-ri-
dently feel that they muet keep up
with the times for Miss Chollar has
announced seven "foul" murders ln
her department. As the girls In her
classes prepared the fowls for the
home Thanksgiving tables - their
mothers have added cause to give
thanks. The McKenna poultry farm
donated a chicken to the domestto
science department for demonstration
purposea
The seventh-termers entertained the
eighth-term class Friday ln the high
school building. The guests were
first ushered into the auditorium
where they were shown exactly how
to graduate. Of course, the seventh-
termers were Informed concerning the
way commencement exerciser should
be presented. For example, no one
except men of national repute would
be considered worthy to address the
class. To this end, the chief execu
tive waa named . as the principal
speaker of the evening and a rep
resentative from the navy lent glory
to the occasion. Aa a crowning sug
gestion it was hinted that the board
mlsht distribute diplomas as largess.
It is considered doubtful If the Jan
uary class) will carry out many of
these plana The party next repaired
to the gymnasium where novel games
were introduced by the entertainment
committee. Refreshments were served
In the science room, which was trans
formed into a restaurant. An elab
orate mock banquet was first served,
but juet when everyone had discov
ered that Adam's ale was water and
"sweet breads" only sweetened squares
of toasts, the real refreshments In the
form of delectable salad, wafers and
punch were served. Mr. Fletcher, Miss
Rimdall, Mr. Bay and Mr. Getz were
the guests of honor.
EFFECT OF EXTERNAL FORCES
ON HUMAN BAROMETER VARIED
Climate, Weather, Colors, Moon, Water, and Altitnde Are Found to
Exercise Influence Seasonable Changes Shown to Be Important.
H'
A meeting: will be held Monday 'or
all boys interested in basketball.
There are several lettermen back in
school who will be out for the team.
BT EDWIN" TARRISSE.
OW far are the brain and tem
perament of man dependent
upon natural surroundings? In
teresting: data have been gathered
with respect to what is called the
"geopsychic phenomena" and one bold
investigator depicts humanity as a
mere vitalized barometer, which re
acts incessantly to the stimulus of ex
ternal forces, but ( has little inde
pendent control over its own movements.
' Landscape, he avers, has infinitely
greater importance than climate In
forming: national character. The idea
Mr. Bryan, who successfully handled that climate Is more Important is. In !
the football team will coach tne Das- nis opinion, a delusion. "In the United
ketball boys. The gymnasium, which I States," he says, "the fantastic moun
has Just been completed through the 1 tain world of the great west will in
time create a auierent and much
more imaginative race than which ex
ists In the level east and south. At
present the American population is
too much in a state of flux to allow
of this difference being determined.
Dut tne cnange is going on" If this
theory should prove correct America
will thus In the future haVe two pop
ulations of entirely different psychi
cal inclinations and characteristics.
The supporter of this theory gives
a whole series of facts to show man
in his capacity as barometer. His ac
tivities depend upon weather fluctua
tions. There live peculiarly sensitive
"weather men," whose whole nervous
Trial By Jury Demand,
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"1 see where a tenant was arrested
for beating his landlord with a club.
"Well?"
"He must be a smart fellow.
"Why so?"
He demands a trial by jury seems
pretty sure no twelve men good and
true would decide a case against
After the programme came the tenant and In favor of a landlord
rrand march, and then the girls nowadays.
efforts of the students, is now ready
for basketball. Mr. Cleveland is well
pleased with the improved appearance
of the gymnasium brought about by
the students.
One of the main events of the past
week was the football game between
the January, 1920, class and the June,
1920, class. The June 192 class ran
up a score of 25 to 0 in a hard-
fought contest. C. Lennox, who has
had a little experience, was the star
of the winners while Frederickson
showed up well for the losers.
On Thanksgiving day our football
sauad journeyed to McMinnville where system is affected by thunder storms.
they played the local high school. On these tea, coffee, tobacco, taken
"Shrimo" Maison. who piloted the team curing a tnunoer storm, act witn ex
until the Columbia game, has left for traordinary force and the most mod
tha south. Etehells was then made erate dose of alcohol, which in clear
quarterback and has handled the team weather would have no effect, pro-
in good style. Winifred Scott has been ouces vioienc agnation ana even lera
kpnt r.itt almost th wholf Reason on I porary paralysis.
amount of a broken fineer. When he A second type of "weather man" Is
wn c-ivpn rhnnne he nlavpd - eood the "snow man," well known to nerve
game. Kenneth Hill is worth his
weight In gold in the backfield. When
Will i ret ngma to RnVinol Crin rY Rrvnn
l j HmA finHintr o nncitinn i oici a Hnowia.il more Bureiy inttn a
are rarer than
specialists. Shortly before a snowfall
his eating and sleeping are entirely
deranged and he is thus able to pre-
for him. Hill was soon put at full
back where he has done creditable
work.
A -oepoy.- enthusiastic and full-
of-splrit" football rally was held on
Wednesday morning for the game
with Washington that afternoon. A
P. Patten of the faculty was the
chairman at the rally and several or
Lincoln's football players, among
them Morris Rogoway, Marion Mon
roe, Byron Wolverton and Ted Stef
fens, spoke.
Last week-end the football team
took & trip to Astoria, where they de
feated the Astoria eleven by a score
of 13 to 0 and had a "regular" time
as the guests of Astoria high. Over
the Thanksgiving week-end the team
went to Evenrtt, Wash., where they
played the Everett high and had an
other wonderful time.
On Tuesday morning the members
of the school orchestra and the glee
clubs were the delighted guests of the
Portland Symphony orchestra at the
final rehearsal of its concert, which
was given on Wednesday night.
The Trl-Ls spent an enjoyable
evening last week at a Tri-L party In
the Y. W. C A. social hall.
Spanish Club Reorganized
at James John.
Ensllth Barred at Future HnRin?R
fteMloni Flint Dance Held and
Seniors Are Kntertmlned.
BT CHARLOTTE JONES.
THE first dance under the aus
pices of the James John' student-
body was given in the high school
gymnasium Saturday, November 22.
The committee in charge of this af
fair consisted of Oliver Jessup, John
Ohm. Helen Story, Erma Grlswold,
Victor Brown, Miss Kincaid and Miss
Von. Music was furnished by a high
school student orchestra. The faculty
was represented by Miss Kincaid and
Mr. George, among the other chap
erones being Mr. and Mrs. Griswold,
Mr. and Mrs. Stephens and Mesdames
Padden, Story, Price, Jessup, Shaw,
Toole, Cochran, Gee, Smith, iurand,
Benson and Harrington.
On Monday all students taking
Spanish met during the study period
Mr. Getz spoke on the subject of the
reorganization ' of the Spanish club,
and presided until the regular of
ficers were elected. Those elected
were: President, Paul Chatterton;
vice-president, Adelaide Eggman, and
ments. Snow men
"thunder storm men." Both recover
quickly from the weather effects and
even feel better than they did before.
In addition the weather man reacts
to an enormous number of external
stimuli, some of which are far off,
intangible and even concealed from
his senses. Light has precisely the
same attractive effect on men as it
has on insects. The word "moonstruck"
Is not a figure of speech, but a reality.
Moonlight has a marked effect upon
sleepers and Is the main cause of
somnambulism. The changes of the
moon produce precise organic effects
upon certain of the lower animals,
and man is also liable to be moonstruck.
Water, though at a distance and in
visible, affects the nervous system
and makes men conscious of Its ei
fects. Hence the "divining rod" Is a
reality. The underground water
really does cause nervous twltchings
of the water seeker's hands, so we are
assured, and this sets the rod to
oscillating. In the same way diviners
of hidden coal, ore and other mineral
treasures are Quite honest. It is es
tablished," says the authority in ques
tion, "that there are sensitive men
whose psychical condition is affected
by the composition of the soil under
neath, though of this composition
they have no knowledge." And even
astrology has a basis of truth. The
changes of the earth in its relation
brain. In a scientific sense, if we
are to accept this theory, no man Is,
therefore, independent of the stars
and planets.
Our authority deals in a novel way
with climatic influences on man. He
endeavors to show trat heat and cold
are not half so important as moisture
and dryness. These cause real physi
cal changes, because in dry
districts the blood is poorer in water;
hence there is increased activity, a
tendency to sleeplessness and to an
increased circulation of the blood. A
maritime climate affects man from
inland more than a continental cli
mate affects an islander. High alti
tudes tend to make plain dwellers
fearful, whereas low altitudes merely
make mountaineers homesick. Wom
en acclimatize better than men and
dark races better than blond. . For the
very blond races there is no real ac
climatization; it is impossible for
them to live tn tropical climates for
long periods without a break, except
at the cost of mental decay.
Seasonable changes, it appears, are
as important as climatic changes.
Men sleep best under the greatest air
pressure and greatest atmospheric
electricity. Work is best at the point
where the heat curve reaches the "
highest point. It is a mistake to re
gard winter as a time of decay and
death. Attentiveness and memory are
strongest, we are told, from October
to January and lowest in summer; the
muscles are strongest in the late au
tumn and early winter; and the high
est suicide and insanity rate is
reached everywhere In May and June,
despite favorable weather conditions,
and the diminution of the hardships
of poverty and unemployment It is,
however, shown that there are recur
I ring periods within the human body
changes. "The lives of great men in
dicate that every seven years the in
dividual's desire for the love and af
fection of the opposite sex rises and
then declines until another seven
years has passed."
Going deeper into the effects of
landscape on the character, actions
and temperament of men, it is con
tended that the greatest sensibility -to
landscape is felt on the verge of man
hood after 30 it often vanishes en
tirely. Landscapes work on the ner
vous1 system both by their coloring
and by their outlines and forms. A
red and yellow sunset has a markedly
disquieting influence. The wonderful
red sunsets which followed the Kra
katoa eruption in 18S3 had a violently
exciting effect on the brain of man
kind. Certain forms of disease foster
a craze for red. This is so with epi
leptics and sufferers from hysteria.
Medical reports show that men with
limbs contorted by tuberculosis some
times have a craze for wearing bright
red nether garments, although this
would have the effect of calling at
tention to their Infirmity. Blue skies
and green field3 operate soothingly;
but black, gray and white in nature
depress and produce semi-paralytic
effects. The shimmer on water at
first works agreeably, but tends later
to exhaust.
Landscapes in which horizontal
planes predominate have an "indiffer
ent effect." The "discovery of the
flat" in modern painting is due to the
fact that level planes, "thanks to
their landscapic indifference," har
monize well with the different moods
of those who see them. Great upright
lines and high masses operate In the
direction of paralysis on the mind.
to the constellations involve chantres : That Is the reason almost all unedu-
of gravitation, "which cause nervous I cated people regard Gothic architec-
secretary-treasurer, James Miller. The disturbances and thus operate on the ' ture as awesome and impressive.
ORIGIN, NATURE AMD EXTENT OF CIVIL ALLEGIANCE IS DISCUSSED
Father O'Hara Warns Congregation of Danger Resulting From Arrogance of Sovereign Governments as Demonstrated by Numberless Historical Examples.
THE following sermon, based on
the text Indicated, was preached
by Father O'Hara. St. Mary's
cathedral. Sunday, November 9, 1919:
"Render to Caesar the things that
axe Caesar's, and to God the things
that are God's" (Matt. 12).
When Christ's enemies sought to
destroy him they shrewdly schemed
to Involve him in controversy wKh
the civil power. They knew well
how leaiiJS the bureaucrat is by
naturo of any Invasion of his real
or usurped prerogatives. Some of
those who now put to Christ the ques
tion ot the extent and validity of
civil allegiance may have remembered
bow the elder Herod had turned livid
with rage when the wise men begged
to be directed to the new born king,
whose star they had followed from
the east, and with what reckless
cruelty ha had massacred the help
less infanta at Bethlehem in his in
ensate fear of a rival. They knew
tbai the paean government, unre
strained by any theory of Individual
rights, progressively arrogated to
Itself control over the life and activ
ities of its citizens: that it deified Its
emperor and ruthlessly repressed self-
expression on the part either of sub
ject nations or of individual citizens.
And so they went in company with
partisans of their hated oppressors
and propounded to Christ the vexed
Question, which, in one form or an-
otner. from the beginning of History
has contained the seeds of revolt
against despotism. They asked: "Is
It lawful to give tribute to Caesar or
not?" To the chagrin of his inter
locutors. Jesus, piercing beneath their
hypocrisy, enunciated a profound
principle concerning the limits of
civil sovereignty which referred the
question of their loyalty to their
own conscience for adjudication.
"Render therefore to Caesar the
things that are Caesar's, and to God
the things that are God's."
Omnipotent State PrT WroB.
This limitation of the field of state
activity to .promoting the well-being
of its citizens has been a hard saying
tp the worshipers of th smaijotent
state. Because Christianity limited
their power Nero and Caligula and
their successors drove the followers of
Christ to practice their religion ln
underground passages for 300 years.
The same madness for , unlimited
power animated the emperor who
dragged into final captivity that great
outstanding figure of the middle age.
St. Gregory VII who died with the
declaration on his lips, "I have loved
justice and hated iniquity; therefore,
do I die in exile." And the same legal
fiction of the omnipotence of the state
was the fruitful source of the recent
devastating conflict among nations.
It is the principle of Christ's teach
ing that as the field of religious au
thority is the spiritual and eternal
welfare of mankind, so the sphere of
state activity Is the promotion of the
temporal welfare of Its citizens. For
this purpose and for this purpose
alqne does the state exist. In other
words, the state exists for the bene
fit of its citizens and not the cltl
sens for the benefit of the state. And
the civil authority oversteps the lim
its of its prescribed field of activity
when It invades the natural rights of
Its Individual citizens.
This Christian theory of the in
vincibility of individual rights has in
every century incurred the wrath of
despots. It is none the less the only
firm basis for free political institu
tions and the only hope of their perpetuation.
Society Most Protect Bfatau
Man. according to the Christian
view. Is a social being, who can de
velop his personality and attain his
material happiness only in the society
of his fellows. Civil society is there
fore his natural environment and un
der the protection of its laws he is
enabled to pursue peacefully his avo
cation, to rear his family and educate
his children, to accumulate of the
world's goods against sickness and
old age and to- develop his personal
ity in the enjoyment of the better
things of life. Since civil society is
man's natural provision for his tem
poral well-being, the sanction of its
laws is derived from the author of
nature. As the apostle St. Paul ob
serves, "There is no authority except
from God." A. citizen who accepts
the protection of the laws of the
state and Is enabled by them to en
joy peace ln his labors, is bound in
conscience to obey the laws and to
be loyal to his government.
There is. of course, but one alle
giance which Is absolute, namely, the
allegiance to God himself. He Is our
creator and consequently is the ab
solute proprietor of the last drop of
our blood, of the last fiber of our
body. The sacred writer gave ex
pression to the unlimited loyalty due
to God when he exclaimed. "Though
he slay me, yet will I serve him.
But only to God is such absolute and
unconditioned allegiance' due. Even
the loyalty which a child owes to bis
father and no human tie can be
stronger has its limits. Should a
parent command a child to violate a
moral law. he would, be acting be
yond the limits of his authority, and
In such a case it would be wrong for
the child to obey him. Similarly, the
authority of the state is limited by
the dictates of the natural moral law.
and in any attempt to violate the
principles of natural justice, its com
mands have no validity.
It Is precisely ln the application of
these Christion principles that the
state finds Its strongest support
against the two evils which threaten
its existence. These evils are despo
tism on the one Tiand and anarchy
on tne other. ine only restraint or
despotism is found in the principle
that states exist only for the well
being of their citizens, and that the
authority administered by the rulers
is derived through the people from
the source of all Just authority. Let
the autocratic principle be at once
admitted that the state is omnipotent
there will be no staying its cam
paign of aggression until it leaves
but the shadow of freedom to its
subjects. .
On the other hand, the remedy for
anarchy must be found tn the recogni
tion that the just laws of the state
are binding on the Individual con
science. If laws are to be observed
merely because of the fear of punish
ment for their violation, the state will
require an increasing army of police
men watching over the most minute
details' of the individual's life and the
btate will be hated for its system
of bureaucratic espionage. Nowhere
but ln the free conscientious ob-
servance of law by the individual
citizen can there be found an anti
dote for the poison of anarchy which
is infecting human society and
threatens its destruction.
Civil Society llxm. Limitation.
Having proclaimed the limitations
of civil society, we may now consider
the socialistic ideal which calls upon
us to see nothing but evil in the
claims of nationality and professes
abhorrence for flag and patriotism
Such an ideal is radically at variance
with the constitution, of human na
ture. Every nation has its own char
acteristics. Its own inheritances, its
own superiorities. America is no mere
abstraction. It has a right to live its
own life, to promote Its own material
well being, to direct its own com
merce, to enjoy its own culture. Just
as no person may dominate another
or reap the fruit of another s exer
tions without his consent, so no na
tion or people may dominate another
I or laKe iriouie irviu i vtnuuui its
consent. That is the moral basis of
the demand for the self determina
tion of all nations great and small.
It Is a fundamental American prin
ciple upon which a distinguished
gentleman, representing more than
70 per cent of an oppressed people
across the Atlantic, Is In our midst
pleading for the recognition by the
American people of the right of self
determination for his own people.
The perfect harmony of human so
ciety will be attained not by destroy
ing national life but by glorifying
it, by making it more and more
worthy of the people it represents.
The harmony of an orchestra is se
cured not by reducing to a common
level the tone and quality of its com
ponent instruments, but by blending
in an harmonious whole the marvel
ous diversity of sound. So in human
society we need not uniformity in na
tional groups, but their orchestration
which will result from the most per
fect freedom of each in leading its
own life subject only to the law of
God. faithful to the principle enun
ciated by Christ: "Render to Caesar
the things that are- Caesar's and t
God the things that are God's."