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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1921)
TITE SUNDAY ORFfJOXTAN. PORTLAND, 1921 PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS ENTER INTO SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS Gifts Scattered in Many Needy Families and Special Programmes Are Presented Dances Entertain at Jefferson and James John. G Commerce Play Draws Ca pacity Audience. Many Obliged In Stand at Claa PfrUrmnnct i Candy gales Prove Uultc Succeaaful. BY HELEN L. ZWLVGLI. rriUI! June '22 class had a homemade X candy sale last Tuesday. The va rlous kinds and quantities of dclic cious taffy, marshmallows, divinity iudge. rrougat and pinoche contrib uted by the different members of the class netted a profit of 37.03, which was turned over to Queena Stroup. treasurer. Those on the committee who deserve special commendation for their Initiative in handling the sale are Verna WUsinger, chairman; Per es Karagoslan ami Gertrude Wilde. The January '22 class play was successfully presented Friday evening, December 16, in the Lincoln high school auditorium. "The Tailor-Made Man" had aroused so much curiosity, clue to the clever advertisement of the play, that approximately 1C5 people had to content themselves with view ing the artists from a standing pos ture. Miss Genevieve Courtirey de serves commendation for her wonder ful ability as coach. The new plan of selling homemade candy between acts proved very successful and will prob ablly be followed at other entertain ments of this kind. Mr. Carlton, a teacher of commer cial greography and economics. Is highly elated over the unusual ac complishments of his son Robeft. who has won a prize in each of the three News drawing contests open to all students of the city. Robert Carlton, a member of the Whitney Boys' cho rus, won $10 as third prize In the first contest, second prize of 1S In the second contest and first prize of 125 In the third contest, which re cently ended. H. F. Baldwin, a teacher of civics and boys' occupations. Is to coach the Commerce basketball squad this season. Mr. Baldwin announced that, owing to the adverse conditions In finding a suitable hall, the squad were rather late In forming. Dut tnai. me spirit shown by them proves that all lost time will quickly be made up Thirty enthusiastic boys have turned out for practice so far. With the aid of the letter men. who are back in training, It Is certain that Commerce will receive Just as much recognition In basketball as she did In football. The typing department of Commerce was honored Thursday, December 15, by H. G. Welse, a local master of typewriting and author of several books on typewriting. Mr. Welse gave a very instructive talk. In which he emphasized accuracy, rhythm and con tinuity of strokes. Three local typ ing students accompanied Mr. Weise and gave a vpry Interesting demon stration In which they started at the rate of 40 words a minute, Increasing their speed approximately ten words a minute until one girl reached the very high speed of 151 net words a minute. The' girls who demonstrated were Ruth Martin, Stella Johansen and Christina Grau. Wtth the aid of Miss Hall's help and supervision, the Commerce library Is fast growing in popularity. During the month of November there was an average dally circulation of 119 books, which Is the largest average circulation the library has ever had A careful estimate shows that 2261 books are taken out every month. These figures show that the circula tion has practically doubled since 1920. Due to the great needs of worthy families, the public welfare bureau has been exceptionally busy and sev eral Commerce students have been called upon to aid the officials In transacting the business In hand. Th following students, who have devoted their time to the stenographic course, were called upon': Kathryn Sandys, Frieda Korn, Antoinette Guarasuil, Mary Patterson, Louise Caper., Helen Mackey and Irene Tost. The Tri-Li girls. In accordance with Miss Hall's wishes, have d-ecorated the library for the holidays. Cedar and fir boughs all around the room make a cheerful border. A small Christmas tree, gaily decorated, stands on the file cabinet. Students on the com mittee who deserve special recogni tion for their efforts are: Wilma Sprague. chairman; Hazel Wilcox, Annie Runes and Doris Sprague. Her bert Copple and Theodore Parcher were assistants. The Silver Pencil Literary club met In the art room aftT school Friday, December 16. Several striking essays and reflection's of life, written by club members, as well as a number of picturesque poems, were read at the meeting. A booklet containing all the original contributions to date will be given to each member before the holi days. Helen Kelsey. president, dis tributed the new pins, which were recently completed. January, '22, Class Holds Jolly Party. Junes John Seniors Enjoy Gaines and I) nnr in a" A In mill Banquet Set for December 28. BY ELOISE GRAY. A JOLLY class party was that of the January '22 clam Saturday evening, December 17, at Peter Erm- ier'a home. In Whltwood court. Games tnd dancing were enjoyed and a de licious luncheon was served. The tfighth-termera are now eagerly awaiting the senior prom," wVlch Is planned for the evening of January 7. A special assembly for tho girls was called Friday morning, December 16, by Dean Rundall. Mrs. Hiestand. head of the biology department, gave a very beneficial talk on the subject "Health." Dean Rundall announced that plans are being made for a "eewlng exchange," where the James John girls may cell needlework If they so desire. Mrs. Ernest McKeen. formerly Miss Edythe Bracht, is again teaching in Uie mathematics department. John A. Mnga, who has been teaching in ihe department since Mrs. McKeen's marriage, has gone east for the Christmas holidays. Clinton O. Bay, formerly a member of the James John faculty, now field secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis association, attended tha, dramatic uid musical programme Friday eve- Ting, December 16. A number of the I a nir. John graduates, home for the Christmas holidays, were also present. The James John alumni banquet is scheduled for December 23, at the PortLand Woolen Mill clubhouse, and the officers of the alumni association are sending Invitations to all of the Tames John graduates. Dinner will be served at 6:30 P. M. This annual reunion Is a most enjoyable holiday event for the James John graduates. A party to welcome the new year, 1922. and speed the departure of the old year, Is being arranged by the seventh-tenners. Plana for the party to be held at the home of Clifford Coon are being made by the follow ing students: Refreshments, Alta MacGregor, Nellie Bade, Clifford Coon; games. Maxwell MacDonald. Maynard Miksch. Ruth Schaefer, Bertha Lauth. Marion Schlesser. The staff is busy at work on the senior edition of the Tumalum. Snap shots of various student body officers have recently been taken and the staff promises new and Interesting features In the January Lssue. The James John basketball team played H!l!boro Friday evening, De cember 16. Tha boys are elated over the score, which was 31 to 14 In James John's favor. The team went to Hilieboro by automobile, with Coach Kalmbach. The first of the series of the girls' basketball games was played In the gymnasium Tuesday afternoon. The seventh-termers were victorious in their game with the eighth-term, the score being 26 to 4. The fifth termers won their game with sixth termers with a 26 to 2 score. Faculty Members Are Given Banquet. Two Waahlngton High Clubs Honor Teaching Staff Hand Members Are Uueats of Soiua, BY TED McGRATH AND TED HEWITT. TIE Washington high school band was honored last week by being Invited to be guests cf John Philip Sousa at his concert at the audi torium. On January 3 the boys will play at the Kiwanis clubs luncheon. Mr. Ingram, the director, is making arrangements for the band to play at many other such functions. The boys who direct the affairs of the band are: Ralph Ure, president; Harry Lady, vice-president; S. (Push ing, sergeant-at-arms, and A. Orser, editor. mm The banquet given by the Hi-Y club and Phreno Debating society to the faculty proved a great success. Members of the faculty and of clubs spoke to the guests. Miss Clair played a piano selection and Elizabeth East erday gave an interpretative dance. The Hi-Y boys staged tho bull fight from "Carmen," wtth Robert Mautl as the toreador. Resolutions pre sented by Parker Branln were adopt ed by the assemblage. The banquet closed wtth every one joining In the chorus of "Auld Lang Syn6." Friday evening Virginia and Louisa Baker were hostesses to the 60 mem bers of the Hikers' club at a Christ mas party. On the Christmas tree, brilliantly decorated, each guest found a gift. Dancing and games were en joyed and later In the evening re freshments were served. Owing to weather conditions the Hikers have abandoned their weekly hikes, but instead hold an interesting programme in the science room. On Wednesday afternoon the June "23 English V classes presented two one-act playlets entitled, "Where But In America?" and "Wurzel Flum mery." Miss Blood directed the plays and much credit is due her for the success achieved. Tho Neahkahnl Literary society appreciated the donation last week for their four Christmas charity bas kets. The articles were given to the welfare bureau to be distributed among the deserving people of Port land. Helen Ritter, Agnes Martin, Margaret Stahl, Katharine Humph rey and Katharine Cole had charge of the baskots. At the regular mesting last week a musical programme was presented by the members. A jitney dance was held in the school gymnasium Thursday by the January, "22, class. A record crowd attended, and the holiday spirit pre vailed. At the seniors" "life study hour" on Tuesday Dean Collins spoke on "Life's Work as a Journalist." The class has selected for Its motto "All for each, each for all." The Phreno Debating society gave a five-act vaudeville show on Friday in the assembly hall. The annual Phreno co-ed, closed formal dance, which is given In honor of gradu ating Phrenos, will be held at the home of Elizabeth Easterday, 94 East Twenty-fourth street North. Alum nae Phrenos are cordially Invited to attend. m m m Last Friday the members . of the student body assembled In the assembly hall to hear the new school constitution' read by Robert Mautz. Parker Branln explained the neces sity of a new constitution and Pete Brooks presided at the meeting. Under the new constitution the Chamber of Commerce department, which, consisted of six elective offi ces, has been eliminated. The .con stitution was placed on the bulletin board for all the students to read. The students will meet next week to ratify the new constitution, A group of 36 girls of the gleo club, the most select vlce, have organ ized into a club to be known as the Celeste chorus. The purpose of or ganizing is to bring closer co-operation among the girls. In the near future they will sing at the Ad club, Kiwanis and other civic club affairs Officers of the chorus are: Jean- Rob inson, president; Nina McCord. vice president; Janet Wolcott. sergeant-at-arms; Patsy Elvers, editor. ' Much credit is given George Knorr for the advertising section of the last Lens, which made possible the un usually large issue. The class Issue of the Lens will come out at the end of this term. At the regular Wednesday assembly Mr. Ingram presented the Celeste chorus of girls In a dellghtfBl musical programme. They sang many well known songs, among these being "The Lost Chord." "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton," "Love's Old Sweet Song" and "Humoresque." Miss Mann of the Washington high alumni pave a short talk on the merits of state normal school. Many of the Washington alumni from both Oregon and O. A. C. were present at the assembly. The seventh-term fifth-period pub lic speaking class gave a programme In the community house Tuesday aft ernoon in honor of Mr. Llnnehan and Miss Barber. -Irma Cam.pbell, Greda Cleveland and Margaret Sykes served chocolate cake and Ice cream during me anernoon. The last of this term the sixth term get-acquainted party will be hejd In the school gymnasium, so the students may become better known to each other before they organize In February. The committee is busy making arrangements for the party. f ft J I : ... I ' , - : 1 ?"1 1 - J ! t A & JtT ?." ;. - , j 1 if ' " " - " - ' f I ' ' 1 " I ' ' - " y " f'J.' , A,is Officer of the June rlnaa at Franklin rUcht. aa follotvnt Howard Ilobxon, beth Ranch, trraaurert J.avrrence Franklin Enjoys Yuletide Festivities. ProKrammea and Oecoratlons Are lu keeping; With the Season. Party to Honor Senior Girls, BY EDNA MAY ROOT. CHRISTMAS festivities and pro grammes were In order Jthe past week at Franklin, also decorations in keeping wtth the holiday season. The library was beautifully decorated by a committee from the freshman division of the Girls' league; fir boughs, holly, and a Christmas tree being principal decorations. Several of the rooms also had Christmas trees, and a celebration of some kind on Friday. Miss Drew, librarian, and Mrs. Wil son, dean, are planning a college party for the graduating senior girls, to be held soon after the holidays. It was to have been held last Wednes day, but was postponed on account of the weather. Mrs. Coleman, president of the Port land branch of the American Associa tion of University Women, will be the principal speaker. There will also be other features on the programme and refreshments will be served. A group of girls In the June graduating class will assist about the rooms and with the serving. ' At the last meeting of the Science club the programme was provided by representatives from the biology de partment, who gave a series of lec tures on anatomy. The lecturers were Catherine Reader, Kathryn Miller, Avery Stearns and Frank Redmond. Plans were discussed at this meet ing for the next field trip, which will be to the union stock yards on Saturday, January 7. The Science club held a very enjoy able Christmas party Wednesday aft ernoon In the library clubroom. Games, a mock trial and a Christmas MORAL LAXITY AMONG GIRLS INFECTS LIFE OF CHILDHOOD Portland Institutions That Undertake Reformation of Delinquents Say Ages of Unfortunates Gradually Are Scaling Downward. GIRLS in Portland homes for the wayward and delinquent are younger than they ever have been. Head3 of the various Institu tions that undertake the reformation of girls all tell the same story that of greater need than ever before to meet the demands upon them and of ine lessening age or girls who "go wrong." Formerly those who flew the track, morally, were fairly mature, whereas records of those received at local homes now show most are scarcely past childhood. Indeed, at the House of the Good Shepherd the word "chil dren" Is used for the wards of the home and It seems strangely appro? prlate. The House of the Good Shepherd, with which Is combined St. Rose's In- dustrlal school, has the greatest rum ber of girls In Its history. 111. Ages range upward from 12, the 14 and 16- year-old wards probably being most numerous. They are younger than In former years, and in this as in other homes of the kind, the age curve seems steadily falling. All Heart and No Head. "Our girls are at the age when they are all heart and no head," said a sister of the Good Shepherd who, with true loving charity, sought to guard-her young charges from cen sure. Lack of parental discipline and con trol was assigned as probably the chief fault in the training of these girls. Girlswho are given their own way by parents do as they please without any restraint by the time they are 12 or 14, it was said by way of general explanation of conditions. Nearly all of the Good Shepherd wards come from the court of domes tic relations. They are given every possible opportunity to start anew, with their days divided between work, music, school and play, and the sisters try to keep the girls long enough to give them a permanent impress. They recommend a year's stay as mora effi cacious than a shorter period. At the White Shield home. In charge of Major Sophia Harris of the Sal vation Army, there is always a wait ing list and the ages of delinquent girls are dropping lower and lower. Why this is so proves a puzzle to her and her Interest In the subject Is far from academic, since she is mothering 60 girls . the Institution hleh arbool. aoon to become full-fledged aenlora. are shown above. left to prealdent; Mabel Krnnp, secret&ryl Vernon Goets, sers:cant-at-arniNS Elisa Snyder, vlce-prealdent. tree, laden with gifts for the mem bers, were the diversions of the aft ernoon. In the mock trial Avery Stearns was accuaed of having arti ficial freckles. His attorney was Emll Furrer, and the prosecuting at torney was Kenneth McCormick. The witnesses were Helen Bartholomew, Theodore "Barber, Willard Craig, Miss Howard, Anna Young and, Vern Mor gan. The presents on the Christmas tree were distributed by James Gilbaugh, who made a very Jolly Santa Claus. A matinee dance was held in the school gymnasium Thursday at 2:30 P. M., given by the student body. As It was the last dance to be held this term, there was a large attendance. A good orchestra furnished the music. and the proceeds were turned over to the student body fund. ETIQUETTE STIRS PARIS Edict of Arbiter of Society Customs Is Not Accepted. PARIS. Whether a man should of fer his right or left arm to a woman is agitating Parisians. A decision by Andre de Fouquieres, the accepted ar biter of social customs, has not set tled the question. He said, "always the right arm, in doors," a custom surviving from thf days when all gentlemen carried swords and wanted to be quick on the draw. Outdoors, he said, no man ever offers his arm to a woman "ex cept In cases of danger." which the newspapers hold Is the normal condi tion in Paris streets. Therefore, regardless of good form, those debating the matter generally agree that a man shauld take hold of a woman's right arm with his left hand, instead of offering his right arm, because the women consulted said they Intended continuing to carry their purse, parasol, packages, etc., in their left hand. And the men Insisted a cane belonged In the right hand. and has a daughter of her own in high school Major Harris Is Inclined to blame more complex social conditions, In creased excitement of various kinds, the launching of young girls into the social whirl In high school years. modern failure of parental control, 'mmolest dress, the movies and un- chaperoned automoblllng. Just now. It was said at the Flor ence Crittenden home, the girls hap pen to be older than for some time, but this Is regarded as a mere circum stance. The trend, it was said, has been steadily down as regards ages. Just now there are 30 girls there. "It seems at times like we are run ning a kindergarten," saa tUfi super intendent, "the girls are so young." It was said there are more 12, 14 and lfi-year-old girls coming to the Louise home than ever before. Fifty girls, more than the usual number, are now housed there. Cheat Supplied Finances. All these institutions are bene ficiaries of the Community Chest and the problem the young girl who goes "wild" presents is of such gravity that It has been studied a great deal but without solution. "There are too many young girls going to hell and there are too many young girls. In rescue homes." de clared one social worker of the city who has had long experience. "But the fact Is that the homes available for this kind of work never would hold all who need help desperately if they are to have moral regeneration." This worker threw most blame upon prosecuting officers and judges of the state who were said to be re miss in their duty to a criminal de gree, being listless and indifferent In pressing charges against the most re pulsive offenders against young girls, while the ever-ready parole is wait ing for the few convicted, it was said. Laxity Becomes Ration-Wide. By no means is the growing moral laxity of young girls confined to this state. In a report this month the national president of Florence Crit tenden homes complained of the same thing, saying the average age of girls admitted to the homes had dropped from 28 to 16 within a few years. She said: "I am at a loss to understand the catye of this alarming change, unless It 'be a national loosening of the standards In our homes. You can't expect much of young girls when there are so many 60-year-old vamps." : V) Lincoln Girls Spread Christ mas Cheer. Members of Earn CInaa Give to the Unfortunnte I'lasN-Doy Pro Kranime Well Presented. BY MARGARET KRESSMAXX. FRIDAY was celebrated at Lincoln as the January, '22, class day. A rpeclal assembly was held during the study period in honor of the occa sion. The programme, furnished by the class, opened with a history of the class and all its affairs, written by Bernice Holmes, a member, and read by the president, Paul Krausse. At the end of the reading of this history the curtains opened on an Immense Christmas tree, beautifully lighted and decorated-, surrounded by ail the members of the class. The seniors sang their class song and thia was followed by a dance by Charles Baum, Gladys Miller and Bertha Rosenburg; a second class song sung by six of the senior girls; and the presentation of several com ical gifts to members of the faculty and a few well-known students by Charles Baum, dressed as Santa Claus. Helen Webber, vice-president of the class, then presented Mr. Davis, with the order for a bronze tablet, to be placed at the base of the Lincoln statue. This tablet Is the gift of the Janu ary class to the school and Is to have on it the names of Lincoln boys who were killed In the world war. Mr. Davis acknowledged the gift and the programme ended with the class song and an original Christmas song. Al though there have been many class day exercises at Lincoln, there has practically never been one that has been as good In every way as this. Every term of girls at Lincoln has planned to bring good cheer to some needy families in various ways this Christmas. The girls carried an ex tensive programme of this kind last year and widened the scope of their activities this season. The eighth-term lajris provided two families with Christmas trees trimmed, and with clothes, toys and Qhrlstmas goodies. The seventh term gave dinners and canned fruits to two families. The sixth term also provided two families with dinners. The flfth'term supplied Inmates of the county hospital with clothing, toys, fruit and candy. The fourth term gave a d'nner and toys to one family. The third term provided a family with a dinner, clothes and toys and also gave a picture show and a special entertainment at the Mann home. The second term gave clothes and toys to one family; and the first term furnishes 50 presents for girls that were given out by the American Association of University Women. The girls had planned their work for several weeks and in almost every case they had more things than they needed. Besides the enjoyment given others, the girls got a great deal of personal satisfaction out of their work. During ths regular assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Thorns presented the members of Lincoln football team with their letters. Irwin Fulop In troduced each of the boys as they re ceived their L's. The lettermen were: Wallace Bowles, captain"; Boris Ro senberg. Lincoln's one all-star; Mel vln Battee, Lewis Cole, Allan Dorsey, Earl Chiles. Leo Faust, Verl Flynn, Patrick Hughes, Jack Irwin. Law rence Mische, Edward Marks, Ray Moser, Allan Schmeer, Charles Wal pole. Ernest Woodward, Ben Mar quilles, manager, and Francis McCar they, yell leader. Francis McCarthy led In several yells at the close of the assembly. During the assembly letters were also given to Spencer Houghton, cap tain of the freshman football team. for members of his team. Lincoln had a freshman football team this fall for the first time in several sea sons, and it won victories that made the school "proud of it. At the regular monthly assembly of the Girls' league, three of the eighth-term girls gave talks on so cial service vocations. Valdine Piatt spoke on nurslnpr. the preparation re. quired and the kind of work Involved in the training of nurses. Sarah Ledln spoke on Juvenile court work and Greta Ehret on medical mission ary work. The talks were all good and aroused every one's Interest In the three vocations. The Hl-Y boys are planning to give their big semi-annual dance at the Laurelhurst club on January 20. Plans being laid for the dance are very extensive and assure the success of the affair. Members of the athletic association board gave the Lincoln lettermen a big dinner at tha Seward hotel Frl-. day evening. The dinner was dell clous and the boys all had a good time. Lincoln yells were given after the- dinner and various members of the board and of the tean were toasted. During the regular singing assem bly Lincoln's two new special cho ruses sang a few fine songs. The two choruses are the Order of Notes, a boys' organized chorus of about 25 selected voices, and the girls' Celeste Chorus, also of specially selected voices. This was the first appear ance of either of ' the organizations and both sang remarkably well. Mr. Ingram, leader of the regular glee clubs, -was the leader. Members of the industrial , art classes were busy last week finishing up various Christmas gifts they were making. Among the gifts made were rings, bracelets, pins of all sorts, trays and book-ends. Some of the things were of especially good orig inal designs. An election of the five student members of the executive board of the Athletic association for next term was held last Wednesday. The mem bers elected are: Earl Chllds. Melvln Battee, Boris Rosenberg. Francis Mc Carthy and Merle Berry. The execu tive board is compos-ed of five stu- r-r?ents and three teachers, and takes charg of the financing of all the school's athletics. Zetas and Pi Delts Sponsor Dance. ' Jrffrraon Dortrtlra Tllrfct Plraalna "ocinl Affair Radio Club Or. gnnized by Boys. BY HARRY O. JOHNSON. rPHE semi-annual Joint dance of the ( J. zetas and the J'l Dens was neia in the Jefferson gymnasium on Friday, December 16. Patrons and patronesses for the affair Included Mr. Jenkins. Miss Laber. Mr. Purcell. Messrs. and Mesdames Speidel, Pengra, Kennedy, Wlglow and Grilley. The committee chosen ' from the ranks of the two debating societies consisted of Baird Little, Edgar ren gra, Ferdinand Fieke. Gladys Collin eon, Imogene Lewis and Lenora Spei del. The gymnasium was attractively decorated with evergreen branches and red ribbons. In the center of the hall stood a large fir tree, fully dec orated with flittering Christmas trappings. Gordon's orchestra fur nished music for the occasion. There were over 200 couples presfnt. The first Indoor fire drill of the term was hld on Thursday. Decem ber 15, in which the students only marchd to the doors, instead of leav ing the building. The time was offi cially announced as 60 seconds. A Radio club has been formed at Jefferson, of boys who either posses a set of wlrelcjss or Intend to get one. There' are 32 charter members. On last M'inday the club bad its election of officers with the following results: President, Albert Sch wlchtenberg; vice-president. Clinton Davisaon; sec retary. Leo Smith; treasurer. Fred Crowth&r; sergeant - at - arms, Mr. Hynd. A meeting was held on Wednesday at which John Pearson, alumnus of th school and owner of a high power radio set, was present. The club has honorary members, that is, teachers or alumna who have been voted into the club. It promises to become one of the leading clubs of the school. Tha sewing classes at Jefferson, under supervision of Miss Herder shott and Miss Sanfard, have be-en exceptionally busy this term. In ad dition to making the costumes for tho class play and sewing several hundred yards of curtain material Into ecenes for the stage, the cla.'F "have made 20 dresses, and eight suits of pa.famns to be given to the Ameri can Red Cross. This department is always open to Inspection, and Invites visitors. A number of the girls taking sewing have made 20 dresses and eight suits given as Christmas presents. Mr. Wicsendanger of the United States forest service" gave an Inter esting talk to ths Trails club on Wedn&sday. At thi meeting plans were completed for the hike to Lost lake, which is to be taken during the holidays. The trip is open to all boys who are desirous of making the hike. The club is scheduled to start next Tuesday, going by boat as far as Hood Ptlver, and then overland. The return In eet for either next Thursday or Friday. On Tuesday, December 13, the Cla tawas held a meeting at which a con stitution was conwd-ered. A hike was planned for last week, but on account of the inclement weather it had to be given up. Miss Sedgewlck has been elected faculty adviser of the club. A matinee Jitney dance was given jointly on last Wednesday by the Pi Delts and the Zetas. The dance was well advertised and there was a large attendance. The Zetas sold assorted varieties of candy. Sea brook's or chestra furnished tha music. This was tha first Jitney dance to be held for over a month and tha affair was well enjoyed. Tha Christmas Issue of the Spec trum was distributed onlast Wednes day, and the students were well pleased with the edition. This num ber contains several Christmas stories and poems, as well as some humorous cartoons. The cover is In two colors, depicting a city scene at Christmas. This Spectrum is considered the best published this term. The Jefferson library has been tastefully decorated with evergreen boughs and attractive posters 'done by Mr. Zane's arf classes. The stu dents under Mr. Zane have done un usual work this term, and the holiday posters are attracting commendation. Most of the studr n ts in the art classes have made various articles for gifts. A meeting of the Latin club was called on last Wednesday, at which details for the holly sale on Friday were completed. Members of the club sold Christmas greens to the student body on Friday to raise money for the movie fund. Several signs made by Joe Brennard advertised the event. Club pins have been decided upon, and will be received in about two weeks. The class of January 1922 has pre sented the school with a new cover ing for the floor of the auditorium stage, at a cost of JG0. This cover ing is demountabl and of much bet ter quality than tho one which it re placed. The alumni assembly was held in conjunction wltn the regular weekly musical assembly on Monday. Mr. Ritchie led the students through a variety of well-selected songs and a number of rounds. Mr. Bosserman gave an address in appreciation of the alumni who had returned to Jefferson. Benson Staff Issues Christ ' mas Paper. Special Number of "Tech lVp" Una iood Fraturra Hl-V lloya Stage First Annual Dance. BY PERRY PALMER. SPECIAL Christmas edition of the Tech Pep was issued Friday. A The paper is ofxin usual style, having eight pages, the front page design In two colors, green tind red, made by William Klein of the print shop. This is the largest issue of the paper the staff has turned out, and much credit la due them for their excel lent work. A number of Christmas stories and summaries of the term's work of the various shops proved to be very In teresting. Stories' were printed1 of the manner In which Christmas and New Year's are observed in Austria. Scotland, Slavonia. England. Norway, Japan, Jerusalem. China, Italy. Syria. Greece. Finland, Alaska and the stale Georgia. The first annual dance of the Ben son HI-Y was given at the Laurel hurst club a week ago Friday nUht. The dance proved very successful. Excellent music was directed by Cecil Haruack. About 75 couples were present. Thanks are due Miss Laurence for serving the delicious punch. Patrons and patronesses were: Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Lawrence, .Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Haruack and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Goss. The club plans to make these dunces an annual affair. At the Radio club meeting, De cember 14. Maurice Kaelens was elect ed sergeant-at-arms, to succeed Wil liam Burke. The club was organized a year ago with I'aul Walker as president. Lawrence Mahoney vice president and Edward Klrkland secretary-treasurer. The club now con sols or 3b members. The treasurer has been Instructed to purchase material from which a complete radio set will be construct ed. A vacant room has also been ob tained for a clubroom and for tne instruments. A wrestling team has been chesen to meet Vancouver high. The lean, consists of Grund. 10S pound", O'Brien,- IIS pounds; Huntley, 1 pounds; Keller, 135 pounds, and Mil ler, 145 pounds. This past week was observed a "Good Lettering Week" In Benson, sponsored by Mr. Allingham. head nf the drawing department. The plate turned in by each student contained the alphabet, figures, a paragraph emphasizing the importance of good lettering, a formula tr finding the radius of an arc. ami number of threads per Inch per dkimeter to lie cut on bolts. About S00 boys are competing In the contest. The foundry Is busy getting ready to make castings for the Ice machine. Last Monday the boys cast a number of letter "B'g," made of aluminum. Friday morning a heat was taken in the foundry. Some of the cast ings were: Exercise blocks for the machine shop, lathe parts, column'for a shaper weighing 500 pounds, vle Jaws, conduits for the electric shop, club hangers and a set of andirons. The, tool and die department Is turning out a large number of tools and dies every term. The tools, when finished, are turned over to the tool cage in the machine shop and are used tor tiie making of machine pans. The stuuents are now working on NEWEST AMERICAN REPUBLIC IS AS LARGE AS COLORADO States of Guatemala, Honduras anr! F.l S" Iv.-.d.ir Icnlincd to Have Interest inj; Development. tttASHIXoTOX', D. C. Doc. 24.- f- Wfee made for culture, bananas for world neighborlinesw, nnd volcanoes fertilized the soil for the new republic of Central America. Such generalizations leave many facts untold, but this one provides a du pcndable handle for essential factors In the development of the three states. Guatnmala, Honduras and El Salvador, which now muko up the newetvt Amer ican republic, according to a bulletin from the Washington, D. C, head quarters of the National Goograpiiic society. "This now nation has an area ap proximately that of Colorado and a population greater than that of Massachusetts. Its mapped outline resembles nothing so much as a sleigh with the runners on tho Pacific ocean and British Honduras perched in the driver's seat. Its surface conforma tion may be compared with an A tent, with one side sloping much more gradually than the other, and this longer side sagging and almost touch ing ground toward Its edge. "One's geography gets twisted In thinking of Central America as being to the south of us, which is well enough, If It be remembered that an east and west line running through the new republlo could touch Nicaragua and Mexico at the ends, and that going from the Atlantic to the Pacific means a trip due south. "The ridge pole of ths Guatemala Andes, as the Central American cor dlllera sometimes Is called, lies much closer t,o the Pacific than to the Atlantic Along this ranse volcanoes go skyrocketing with disconcerting freauoncv. They wipe out cities at times, as when Guatemala's capital was all but destroyed ffve years ago, and San Salvador has won the nick name of 'the swinging hammock.' Yet volcanoes are the friends of these states. They are veritable gushers of elements, which, entering Into the soil, have made the vegetation luxu riant. ' Bananas Couriers of Civilization. "The sagging sido of our tent slopes gently toward the Atlantic. Toward its edge are the lowlands, which Cortez naively described as "covered with awfuilv miry swamps. scat tered tribes of primitive Indians nnd refugee negroes from the West Indies once eked out an isolated existence here. Now the region is blanketed with banana .fields. This crop has bound the Caribbean side of Guate mala and Honduras to the United States by those invisible but enduring ties, steamship lines. "Tho nickname Guatemala Andes does not indicate that these moun- tains are a continuation of the South American Andes, nor are they the southern foothills of the Rocky moun tains. It has been pointed out that should the major continental ranges be extended In their normal directions they would pass each other In the I latitude of Guatemala some 2000 miles ! apart. I Theodore Roosevelt, widow of the for- "What sugar was to Cuba'durlng mcr president, and his sister, Mrs he second decade of the twentieth ' Douglas Robinson. century coffee was to Guatemala and The academy also has collected fot Salvador 'during the last decade of the two-day greeting to Marshal Koch the nineteenth. The breakfast bev- the 'original manuscripts of .ev. rii erage of millions of Americans helped 1 prominent American- authors inclu.i erect magnificent public buildings in 1 lng Mark Twain, James Wh tcomr Guatemala City and ian Salvador and Riley and Joel Chandler Harris. I dies for punching out pipe straps. I A number of different sizes of these j are to be made. Drilling and fixture work Is another important feature of ; the department. During this term a complete set of Jigs and fixtures were finished for the making of woodworking vises for the school district. This set forms a complete unit for the manufacturing of these vises, the s.xnie kind that these boss will use lu the commercial world. An assembly was called Friday afternoon for the purpose of giving a thought to Christinas. The Klee club sang Bohemian and Normandy carols. The speaker on this occasion was Rev. V. W. Macllonry. Students Sing Christmas Carols. Chorna if t.lrlK' Polytechnic Kchool Introduces IMennintf Innovation. Trachrr'a Death Mourned. BY HARRIET POLLEN. UY impressive was tho tarol nging by the girls' chorus on Friday morning. Marching from the basement to the top floor they sang the beautiful old enrols. Faint unl lar away at first, the muaic grew stronger as the girls mounted the stairs. All classroom duors wt-ro opined and as the singers passed the girls stood in reverent attention. V An attractive display of silk waists was made by the third-termers In the upper hull. Twelve of the girls made silk blouses fur their mothers as Christmas yifts. Tha waists were heautituljy trimmed with silk cm broideiy ur bt ads. This school soid $1!" vorth of Christmas seals, which wus the amount assigned as their share. Tho third-lei ini'is nf room 12 had charge of the sale and the stamps were sold In l'ss than the required time. Each day last week two girls sat In the !')v..!' na.l seliing the stamps to the pupiis and teachers. Five contributions of designs for the cover of the Polytechnic Maid were handed in lust week and were posted in the lower hall for the pur I'nsii -f huvln the tirls vote their choice. The one receiving the major ity of tiie votes cat will be the one selected lor the January issue. Another fine display of garment nia.ic by the first-term girls wus held a i week. Nightgowns, undershirts, camisoles and kimonos were among tii articles displaced. Many of these were embroidered or trimmed in laee. Practicing Christ tins carols took the place of the regular music at the as.-einliy on Frittuy. December 16. Miss Mauers directed, nnd afterward Miss Arnold gave a thort speech. School was dismissed at 10:80 o'clock Moiiduy morning because of the shortage of heat. More than half of the pupils were absent on Tuesday and school was dismissed at 3:10. The senior girls are now beginning their graduation dresses. It usually tukes them about four or five weeks to make the dresses. The teachers and the seniors of the school nttendiid the funeral services nf Miss Katherlne J. McDonald last Thursday morning at St. Mary's ca thedral. All were deeply shocked and grieved when they received news of the deuth of Miss McDonald on Tuesday morning. In honor of her the usual Christmas frolic was given up. except the programme which was composed of sinking by the chorus, solus, recitations and selections by the girls' quartet. plared piMnos. phonng ra phs and other luxures in many a Central Amer I. an home. It likew ise tent n sud li't.'y increased numrmr of I-atin iiiericans to colleges and universi ties of th United States to return better equipped leadership in those political and c:vlc ideals which their countrv men alreariv wore trying to folio-. lmtr Voting; foinpiilnory. "Tiie constitution of Honduras does not regard the ballot us a privilege, but mnltcs voting compulsory upon th male citizen who can rend and wiite. If married he must begin votinir nt IS; if unnmrt leil at 21. The death penalty has been abolished. "Salvaoor's coast Is wholly on the Pacific si'1 of the t-fhnius. Guate mala and Honduras turned their faces toward the laclfic until the advent of the banana crop on their northern plains. This simple faVt has had far-reaching historical conseuiienc.es. Spain's rolonlal ruin lasted until tha fltt port of the nineteenth century. After a short period of Independent freedom the five Central American states. Guatemala, Honduras, Salva dor, Nicaragua and Costa Rica formed tht republic of the United States of Central America, which dissolved and gave way to a series of unions. In terventions, occasional revolution all of which constitute nn evolution. Gov ernmental l y, as well as geographic ally. Central America has faced about toward the Atlantic. Its transition stages were difficult because It lacked previous exporlenca in republican fni inn of government, and bpraiui of rMxed race, for muluttoes abounded In Honduras and tho Indians were s:i'n:.- nn 'lieric.ally In Guatemala. Sal vador, l.ke Costa Rica, has experi ence, i les discord because her peo ple were more homogenous. "Honduras send i to the United States many 'Panama hats.' while the so-culled 'hnlF.im of Peru' Is not pro duced at all In South America, hut '(no' from Salvador. Since plant life Is so abundant and various, there follows a les- pleasurable conso-(fui-iuf, nuinerou s Insects of un counted varieties. The bird life alo U alluring tn the naturalist. Gi;i',' mHhi lias the quetzal, more liter. illy a 'bird of freedoni' than the c",:- since it never lives after beinir tae.n captive." ROOSEVELT EXHIBIT S!L. Marshal I'ocli Views Collection Amerleiin Academy. NEW YORK. Roosevelt mem jbllla Including SOOO-word maul script written by the colonel in ti- African Jungles on the hartebeeste formed the central feature of the ex hibit arranged by the American Acad my of Arts and Letters for the visit of Marshal Koch. The collection was provided by
