THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 31, 1932
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' TIME OCCUPIED WITH MANY ACTIVITIES
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Jefferson Latin Club Has Banquet Lincoln Track Winner G iris at Polytechnic Work on Dresses James John Sixth-Termers Best Benson on Track.
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Class Play at Commerce
Proves Big Success.
Students Hold Position In Vari
ous Local Business Houses "M.
Greencard" Puts In Appearance.
,HB Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
has, true to prediction, proven
to be another 01 me si
with which the historical map ol
Commerce is dotted. This play, the
presentation of the June 22 class,
was nroduced in a much shorter time
S.Vn to accorded the usual high school
performance Denham.
played the part of a
rv "sDort," who
' " .l. v,m, re.anlt.ine irom ui
I Sn. to hiV Aunt Mary for
payment. Margery Ble-.ina-. M Aun
Mary, the country aunt finally cast
t,im off without a, cent. Arden f ang
bo?n, Hubert Kendrick Mitchell tried
to smooth matters over and get some
money by writing a letter to her in
wnfcThe invented a case of meases
for his friend, "in hope that that
childish disease might remind her
tenderly of the time when Jack was
also childish." .
Aunt Mary suddenly and unexpect
edly appeared in New York, and ex
planation and reconciliation followed.
.u. io Jack, of course, won
fhe gir whom he had loved all
through the play. The part of Betty,
the gfrl, was ably played by Bernice
Lewis, in fact, the whole cast played
WThe rest of the characters follow:
Bob Burnett, Abe Wax; H. Wynkoop
Clover, Isaac Davis; Mr. Stebblns,
Herbert Copple; the girl fom Kala
mazoo, Louise Jacobsen; IAcinda.
Helen Zwingli; Joshua, Ted Gur an.
James," Herbert Copple; Daisy Mulllns
and Eva, Annie Runes.
It was rumored for a while tnat
Ted Gurian would be forced to give
UP his part on account of illness. Her
bert Copple was planning to take the
part of Joshua and give the part of
Mr. Stebbins, the lawyer, to one of
the alternate cast. This, however,
was not necessitated, for Ted re
covered sufficiently to go through
with the play.
A large attendance had been ex
pected and the crowd present was es
timated a full 1300 persons.
The great success which accompa
nied the giving of the play-was due
In a large part to the efficient efforts
ot Mrs Bess Whitcomb, professional
coahc, under whose supervision it
was staged.
The business staff is also deserving
cf much credit. The following stu
dents held positions on this staff.
Properties, Francis Wilson; stage
manager, Bruno Korhonen; costume
' manager, Mary Davies; assistant cos
tume manager, Geneva Gong; prompt
er, Annie Runes; programmes, Helen
Huber; head usher, Hazel Wilcox,
Pearl Messner had charge of tickets
and ticket sales.
The excellent musical programme
which was rendered before, between
and after the acts was furnished by
the Benson orchestra of 16 pieces.
Teat the selections were very much
enjoyed was evidenced by the amount
of applause given them.
The posters sent out to various
places in the city, made under the di
rection of Miss Muirden in her art
classes, no doubt contributed greatly
to the attendance.
A 12:15 assembly Is "an antiquated
affair at Commerce, bmce the De
ginning of this term a study period
has been placed between the second
and third periods, and this time was
reserved exclusively for study and
assemblies. No assembly was held at
any other time until this week,
Tuesday last an assembly was
called immediately before the noon
hour. Regularity was again dis
rupted Thursday, and periods juggled
around once more. The main reason
for this was the fact that both were
class-play assemblies. It was there
fore necessary for those having po
sitions outside of school to make the
assembly coincide as nearly as possi
ble with their noontime.
Hhe first of the assemblies was de
' voted to the showing of a skit select
er. at random from the play. It was
extemporaneously burlesqued, and
was given as a rehearsal.
Before the last gathering was
1 shown a finished skit, and, needless
to say, this was considerably better
ione than the first Irom a serious
standpoint,
It might be interesting to .know
which of the June class attended the
O. A. C. junior week end. A list fol
laws: Lena Stufckle, Frances Wilson,
Margaret Tyler, Annie Runes, Mar-
Jcrie Smith, Donna Roblin, Harriet
Wilson, Margaret Stark, Pearl Mess
ner and Helen Zwingli.
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The last meeting of the June class,
Tuesday, was turned over exclusively
to the class play, so that all details
of arrangement might be complete at
that time. All regular business was
dispensed with.
.
Miss Nettie Mae Rankin's begin
iters' occupation classes are busy get
ting interviews. Each student is sup
posedi to interview at least one work
er In a particular line in which he
h'm.self is Interested. This gives the
members of her classes an opportu-
city to meet actual' business workers
end bring them in close contact w'th
the advantages and disadvantages of
different vocational positions.
Among the students of Commerce
who are now working are some who
have extraordinarily fine positions.
In. fact, all have good ones. It is un
usual for graduates of any school to
secure such excellent places at first,
for they ail are lascking of one im
portant element experience.
Margery Blessing is working as
stenographer in the O.-W. R. & N,
company; Bernice Lewis has secured
work with a firm of attorneys in the
Title & Trust bunding; Maxine Mar
tin has gone into the Finzer Furnl
ture company; Abe Wax is acting as
salesman for a printing establish
nient and Mable Walker does steno
graphic work for the Pacific Finance
company.
Some of these positions pay more
' than $100 per month, so it can easily
b? seen that the business men of
Portland realize the type of stenog
raphers and bookkeepers which the
High School of Commerce eendis out
as graduates.
Again a welcome, yet unwelcome,
visitor has crept silently, aa if by
magic, into our midst.
"Mr. Greencard" made his appear
ance Monday, and as usual created
s'-.'j. Though the grades, which have
been rising steadily for the last two
quarters, still hold their heights, in
most places there has been some
blood-shed connected with the inva
sion. These grades mean a great deal to
the work-thirsty senior, for if his
grades are not high enough he can
r.ot go out and take a position until
the end of the term. This is consid
ered a great privation. To the fresh
man, too, this means much. Exam
inations are foreshadowed. Many pu
pils quit school because of a failure
to pass examinations in the first
term. The sophomore and the jun-
lor aloae do not eeem to care. The
sophomore feels that he can fluff his
teachers the Junior thinks he can
order them.
At last! The prizes for the busi
ness English sales letter contest were
awarded at an impromptu assembly
Friday. The prizes, a mahogany
night stand and a mahogany rocker,
were donated by the Powers Furni
ture company. Miss Margery Bless
ing received a prize for writing a let
ter setting forth the merits of the
Powers pipeless furnace. James
Wood, who wrote a letter urging the
use of Powers' dignified credit, re
ceived the other prize.
Miss Blessiag has the added honor
of having her letter sent to the ad
vertising department, where It will
probably be set to type and sent out
in the regular course of business as a
circular letter.
At this assembly was awarded also
a prize to Isadore Sholkoff. The prize
was a large box of chocolate-coated,
r.uts, given him for his selling abil
ity. He sold more tickets to the vau
deville than any other ticket seller
in school. It has been whispered
about that his huge stature had
something to do with the sales; he
may have resorted to coercion. Room
5 received the pennant for having the
fcpst act on the vaudeville programme.
Tri-Y Club Is Organized at
Washington High.
Eukreneons Debate Value of Cat
to Home Life and Other Sub
jects Exposition Planned.
BY TED McGRATH AND
4 TED HEWITT.
NEJV club has been formed, com
posed of ' 25 Washington high
girls. This is the Washington High
Tri-T club. The purpose of the organi
zation is similar to that of the Hi
Y's. The officers are Gladys Waldele,
president; Helena " Oates, secretary;
Dorothy Steinman, treasurer; Aura
Johnson, chairman of publicity com
mittee; Harriet Knowlton, chairman
membership committee: Sarah
Mackey, chairman of social commit
tee, and Mary White, chairman of
programme committee.
Last week an Impressive initiation
eremony was held at the Y. W. fi. A.
After the ceremony plans were dis
cussed for raising money so that the
ciuo might send delegates to the sum
mer camp at Tsiltcoos, Or.
The Eukrineons held their meetiner
jyionaay evening at the home of Allen
Reid. A humorous debate, "Resolved,
That a pat is necessary to a happy
ousenoia, was upheld on the affirm
ative by Douglas King and on the
egatlve by Lorrin Andrews. The
egative was awarded the decision. A
trial debate was held, the subject be
ng, "Kesolved, That the United States
hould cancel her EuroDean war
ebt," with Lawrence Broeren and
Donald Watson on the affirmative
and Riley Stephens and Ira Buerstetta
on the negative. These four members
will uphold the debating society
against the Phrenodikens on this sub
ject in a joint debate. Criticisms
were given, and arguments prt and
con were delivered. The meeting
closed with the Initiation of Robert
Benjamin.
The Hi-Y club is planning to hold
Its annual summer dance June 9 on
the Swan. Bids were distributed
among the students last Wednesday.
The affair Is expected to be a big
tete.
The January '23 class is making
extensive plans for its exposition and
entertainment, to be given this Fri
day and Saturday nights. Each mem
ber is required to'sell 20 tickets. In
this way 2500 tickets will be sold.
Clifford Zehrung, business manager,
left last week for California to col
lect relics for the exposition. The
Masque club, which is to have charge
of the entertainment, will present a
play entitled "The Wonder Hat.
On Friday the second issue of the
Lens appeared. The magazine con
tained many Btories, poems, jokes and
essays, and has been considered the
best issue so far published. The class
Lens will be out June 16. Parker
Branin, editor, and his staff have
been energetically working on it.
The Pack will hold their annual
hike to Wahtum lake May 26, 27 and
lib. This is the club's invitational
hike and many outsiders have been
asked to go. Following the resig
nation of Mr. Hedrick the Pack club
elected Mr. Harrlgan their advisor.
Mr. Hedrick was forced to resign,
owing to business affairs. The regu
lar weeki;- meeting was held in room
33 on Thursday. Mr. Harrigan spoke
to the boys on hiking equipment and
the character of the country about
Wahtum lake.
Much was the surprise of the stu
dents Wednesday morning when Miss
Green, assistant librarian of the
school, favored the faculty and stu
dents with several vocal selections at
the assembly. Mr. Boyd announced
the coming track meet to be held
Friday, May 26, and urged everyone to
attend the meet. Bob McKibben led
the school in several yells.
The yell rally at noon was well at
tended.
On May 26 Eukrlneon debating- so
ciety will hold Its annual Royal E
dance in the Washington high gym.
Patrons and patronesses for the af
fair are Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Pantonl
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Arnold, Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Cronkhite, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. F. L.
Wallace, Mrs. C. Grasier, Mrs. E.
Buerstetta. Members of the faculty:
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Boyd, Mrs.
Levinson, A. R. Hedrick, Fuller
Combs, Miss May Darling, Miss Cath
erine Lamberson, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Bonbright, Mr. and Mrs. M. Lenne
han. Miss Carolyn Friendly, Miss
Winefred Yeager, Miss Fanny Barber,
A. H. Burton, Miss Ruth Stone.
Last Wednesday the Neakahni Lit
erary society held its weekly meet
ing in room 11. Mr. Linnehan, pub
lie speaking teacher, entertained the
members of the club by having five
freshmen from his classes give reci
tations. The Washington high school boys
have been chosen to lead the parade
held Friday afternoon. The purpose
of the parade was to advertise the
coming interscholastic track meet.
The students of the school feel
honored to have had their school
chosen to lead the . others in the
parade.
The Phreno candy sale held Thurs
day proved to be a huge financial
success.
The girls of -the club are busily
working on a clever skit to be given
in the reeular assembly this week.
Tuesday morning the Girls' league
was honored by hearing Dean Fox of
Reed college speak to them about
higher education. This is but one of
the many Interesting assemblies held
. for the Girls' league
rue school.
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Characters In "The Rejuvenation of Aunt
From left Annie Rnnes, Isaac Davis, Helen Zwlnell, Jay Goodman, Louise Jaeobsen, Arden Pangborn, Mar
gery Blaesins.
Oratorians Defeat Tolos at
Lincoln High.
Track Team Bests Benson In Dual
Meet Phllos Flan to Picnic on
May 2T. 1
BY ROBERT GARDNER.
HE BIG inter-society debate be
tween the Oratorians and fhe
Tolos, which was held Thursday,. May
11, ended with the defeat of the Tolos
by a score of 3 to 0. The judges, who
decided in favor of the Oratorians
were Judge Kahzier and Judge Evans
of the circuit court and T. E. Ed
wards. The winning team consisted
of Morton Goodman, Vaughn Lawson
and George Friede. They stood nega
tively on the question: "Resolved, thar
the United States should cancel the
allies' war debt." The debate at
tracted a large number of students,
especially history students who were
interested In war debt problems.
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The Lincoln track team met the
Benson track team in a dual meet last
Monday on the Benson field and de
feated them, 68 to 65. The outcome
was not decided until the last event,
so evenly were the teams matched.
The surprise of the day was the win
ing of the mile race by Bennett, a Lin
coln freshman, and the winning of the
half-mile by Walter Kerhli.
The Philos are planning on holding
a picnic May 27, somewhere on the
Columbia highway. Marcell Strow
bridge, who is in charge of th af
fair, is planning to have swimming
and various stunts for the amusement
of the girls.
The Tologeian Debating society
held the third of its lectures on the
courses in college last week, when
Dean Lawrence, head of the univer
sity of Oregon school of art and arcKi
tecture, spoke on the opportunities in
art and architecture at the present
time. Invitations to the talk were
extended to both senior classes and
the art clubs of Lincoln and Jeffer
son.
The Art Appreciation club, together
with the Jefferson Art club, enjoyed
NEEDLEWORK BAGS ARE MADE FROM BLACK
AND RED BROCADED RIBBON NEATLY SEWED
Outfit of About Usual Size Made Attractive by Trimming of Strands of Crystal Beads Other Beautiful
. Bag Is Made of Blue Moire Ribbon.
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A WONDERFUL bag was seen not I there was a large fancy white bone I and no heading above. Sewed at in
long ago made of black and red I ring. The lining was red. . I tervals on the outside of the casing
A. .1. brocaded ribbon. It was the
brocaded ribbon. It was the
usual size for a fancy bag about
nine or ten inches deep by five or six I
inches In width. The top was turned
over in a three-quarter inch hem or
casing, through which two double
faced satin ribbons were run. There
was no beading. Strands of crystal
beads, two inches when doubled in a
loop, were sewed on for trimming.
These bead strands were set on in
clusters possibly four loops sewed
close together, then a space the same
width, and so on. There were three
of these clusters on each side of the
bag and three row the picture will
make the meaning clear. The clusters
were sewed on directly under each
other, each cluster lapping a little
over the one below.
The bottom was gathered into a
large round covered outton mold, and
through the middle of this was aus-
pended a cluster of the bead loops.
1 At each side at the top of the bag
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Mary," class play which made immense hit at Hla-h School of Commerce l
a very interesting meeting Friday,
May 12. Miss Statler, head of the
art department of the public library.
gave an interesting illustrated lecture
on the life and work of James Mc-1
Neil Whistler." The clubs also en
joyed a talk on art and architecture
by Dean Allen of the university of
Oregon.
The Lincoln high school baseball
team won the second game in the in-1
terscholastic league Thursday, May
12, by defeating Franklin, 9 to 6.
The batteries for Lincoln were Clarke
King:, Jerome Gunther and Veryl
FJynn, pitchers and Neville Walker,
catcher. .
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Last Monday was called freshman
day at Lincoln. All the freshmen
girls wore white middies and fresh
looking summer skirta. A number of
snapshots of them were taken by
Dean Frold of Lincoln. ,
The members of the Girls' league
enjoyed a very interesting gins' as
sembly, last Friday when Mrs. Par
sons of the extension department of
the university of Oregon spoke to the
girls on journalism and college op
Dortunities. After the talk the girls
made nominations for the officers of
their executive board. The board will
be elected upon next week.
Plans are nearly completed for the
big annual open house to be held at
Lincoln, May 25. Tickets have been
distributed to the students in each
room and to the members of the
faculty. The Lincoln Hi-Y, who are
handling the advertising, sent its
members around to the various gram
mar schools, where invitations were
delivered to the eighth grade pupils.
The girls' Tri-Y club decided at a
meeting Tuesday at the Y. W. C. A.
that each girl of the club should give
$2.50 to go towards the paying of the
expenses of a representative who will
be picked: to go to the Tri-Y confer
ence at Siltcoos lake in July.
The Tramps' Hiking club enjoyed
another bike to Bull Run lake last
Sunday. About 15 members spent the
day at the lake, where they cooked
themselves a good lunch. They re
turned to the city by way of Sandy
river route. Other longer hikes are
beeing planned for the coming holl
days.
I Another bag was made of ft beau-
tiful piece of blue moire ribbon and
had a two-inch wide heading at the
top. The bag was trimmed with steel
beads, just below the casing for the
ribbons that the bag Is opened and
closed by were three rows of these
steel beads, set one-half inch apart
and parallel to each other. Below
these rows were two tucks, each one
inch in width and each tuck edged
with one inch bead loops sewed on
close together to the edge of each
tuck. Then there were three rows of
three-quarter inch loops of beads,
with a half inch space between. The
bottom of the bag was gathered Into
a covered button mold, and through
the middle of It were sewed three
Inch strands of the beads. The lin
ing was a brocaded ribbon In green
and sliver.
The daintiest bag of all was made
of peach colored moire ribbon, and
was finished with a casing at the top
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Franklin Pupils Issue First
, Weekly Paper.
Many Students in Eugene This
Week-End Girl Reserves Plan
Summer Camp.
BY EDNA ROOT.
rpHE first Issue of School Daze,
X Franklin's weekly paper, was dis
tributed last Monday ' and was re
ceived with much enthusiasm. For
some time there has been talk of the
need for a weekly paper in Franklin,
but not until last Monday were the
hopes of many, realized, when, under
the supervision of the history de
partment, of which R. H. Down Is
head, this paper was published.
Irving Brown Is editor-in-chief, Helen
Cady society editor, William Malon
music editor, and the special news
writers , are David Richards, Hugh
Walton, Barbara Blythe, Gladys
-Marshall, Paul Connet, Gordon Slade,
Louise Cordy, Victor Kelly and How
ard Dilg. This paper will contain all
Franklin news, also editorials, com
ments on recent events, poems, an
nouncements in fact, anything and
everything of Interest to Franklin
ites. Many names for the publication
were submitted, and the one decided
on was submitted by Evelyn Blessing,
who received a generous money prize.
A.,Jolly hike and picnic la being
planned by the Girls league for next
Wednesday. The members will meet
after school and hike to Rocky butte,
taking a luncheon.
Many Franklin students are visit
ing Eugene this week-end as guests
of the various 'houses during the
junior week-end festivities. Among
the students who are there are
Gladys Onstad, Jean Harper, Helen
Cady, Margaret Meeker, Elizabeth
Rauch, Kathryn Pickard, Bernice
Anderson, Dorothy Dodge, Martha
Billeter, Mary Cool, Mabel Renne,
Anna de Witt. Marion Rhodes, Ruth
Goodman; Edna May Root, Arlington
Cram, Howard Hobson and Orrin
Clark.
were clusters of tiny flowers made
of silk, and when the bag was pulled
up these flowers formed a solid mass
around. The effect was charming.
There -were two tucks that went
around the bag. Each tuck was two
inches wide, and to the edge of each
of these tucks were sewed two-Inch-
long loops of crystal beads. Of course.
the end of the first row of beads met
the stitching of the second or lower
tuck.
On the bottom tuck a single rose
with leaves was sewed at side of the
bag, and the idea was repeated, on the
opposite side of the bag. The lining
was the same as the outside.
In making the tucks the ribbon Is
first seamed together at each side and
then the tucks laid and stitched. Of
course, the inside of a bag Is cut the
finished size of the outside. The bot
tom of the bag just described was
gathered into a mold, and the usual
bead loops hung from this. "
Jefferson Latin Club Gives
Annual Banquet.
"Green Stockings" Reading; Splen
did Feature The Student Body
Forms Letters of SchooL
BY HARRY G. JOHNSON.
THE Jefferson Latin club gave Its
first annual banquet in the
school cafeteria after school Thurs
day, May ll. The room was dec
orated with flowers 1n the manner
of the old Roman feasts and the
tables were in the form of a "U," ac
cording to Latin custom. All of the
members of the Latin club who were
present wore the Roman togae, dec
orated with the typical purple
stripes, and garlands of flowers. Be
sides the personnel of the Latin club
there were - present several guests
from the Jefferson faculty and rep
resentatives from the various stu
dent activities. Among the faculty
present were Mr. Hopkid Jenkins,
principal of the school, and Miss
Campbell, Miss Rockefellow and Miss
Elder, instructors in Latin. The
menu for the occasion was printed In
Latin, as were also the place-cards,
which bore the Roman eagle. Harry
Johnson, consul of the club, acted as
roagtster edentl (toastmaster) and
during, the progress of the banquet
speeches were made by those in at
tendance. Kenneth Land was the
first on the program, speaking hu
morously of the joy of eating. Mil
dred Whitcomb next gave an inter
esting talk on spiritualism as it ex
isted in Rome. Wilfred Long then
gave a pantomime, In which he Il
lustrated the advice a Roman father
gave his children as they started out
-to schooL Earl Slocum, the quaes
tor of the club, next gave an account
of his adventures in warring against
the pirates with Pompey, the great
Roman general, Helen Shanks then
gave an account of the destruction
of Pompeii, as told by a Roman youth.
Orpha Parker then told of a trip
through Pluto's foundry and told how
the weapons of the gods were made.
Ellen Nelson was the last . official
speaker on the programme, in which
she told of Roman life. Upon re
quest, Mr. Jenkins then gave a talk
to the assemblage, in which he told
of the serious side for the need of
Latin. He expressed his pride in the
club and wished it a continuing
happy existence. The invitation com
mittee, which had" charge of the is
suance of invitations, included Alice
Enderud and Wilfred Long. Muriel
McCutchan was chairman of the dec
oration committee. The Latin club
plans to make the banquet an annual
fete and have it as the main event
of the Latin clulf year.
Miss Ruby Page . Ferguson (Mrs.
Anthony Euwer) gave a reading of
the play "Green Stockings" at the
Jefferson high auditorium on Friday
night. May 12. Through Miss Fergu
son's unusual technique the stage
upon which she was reading the play
seemed really peopled with the many
characters of the play. The quaint
plot of an English village girl who
assumed to others that she really
had a fiance when Bhe had been un
able to obtain one. The supposed
man turns out to be real and the
two are finally married. Miss Ruby
Page Ferguson is a sister of the
late Maude Ferguson, a teacher at
Jefferson who was killed in an auto
accident recently. All of the money
from the show is to be turned over
to the Maude Ferguson memorial col
lection of books, which is to be in
the custody of the Jefferson high
school library.
All of the Jefferson student body
assembled on the athletic field on
last Thursday and formed the let
ters "J. H. S." with solid banks of
students, comprising 2000 pupils. The
gymnasium pupils, garbed in white,
outlined the letters, while the mul
titude of students in their darker
garb blocked out. the interior of the
letters. The letters were laid out by
Mr. Mangold of the manual training
department, and Mr. Zane of the art
department in 1 perspective, so that
when viewed from the roof of the
school building the letters appeared
to be parallel, although In reality
they were formed on lines radiating
from a seat of observation on the
roof of the school building. Motion
pictures were taken of the forma
tion and of various athletic drills by
a professional photographer. Th
prints of the film are to be distrib
uted throughout the United States
advertising the form o Portland
schools In athletic drills. It is
planned to give an exhibition of the
film at Jefferson ana to iinance
further movie shows with the pro
ceeds.
Jefferson held Its weekly assembly
on last Monday. Before the regular
opening exercises were carried
through Mr. Jenkins gave an inspir
lng address on patriotism In which
he said that Americanism's greatest
danger was derived from breaking
ideals. He urged the students to
keep the worth-while ideals and to
keep them always in mind "Chin-
chiniml" McCarthy, the student
movie operator at Jefferson, next
showed some Interesting educational
films to the, gathering. The first
film showed scenes of Washington,
D. C, and the various historical
points about the city, such as the
death place or Lincoln, tne capitoi
Washington monument, the homes of
the foreign ambassadors and promt
nent government buildings. The sec
ond film showed the method used In
raising chickens and the various
commercial breeds. Although com
paratlvely few of the students of
Jefferson Intend to be farmers tni
film was exceptionally Interesting to
alL After the film the students, un
der the direction of Mr. Ritchie, sang
several popular songs, after which
Martin Whigton, a prominent vocal
soloist of the school, introduced
new song to the students. The as
semhly then concluded with an ad
dress by Mr. Jenkins.
Mr. Bosserman, vice-principal.
called a special assembly last Tues
day to give the students an opportu
nlty to hear some operatic selections
on the school s victroia. jyiany wen
appreciated records were played in
which the voices of famous artists
were reproduced. These "Victroia
assemblies" are very popular with the
students and they form a part of
the regular assembly schedule.
Chief Mason ! of the Jefferson fire
squad, called a fire drill last
Wednesday In which the time re
quired for exit was one minute ten
seconds for the fourth consecutive
time. Had not one room on the
lower floor become confused for a
'few seconds the drill would . have
been below a minute and would have
established a record.
The Jefferson school library has
been presented with a set of 17
books dealing with the world war.
The books are from the central pub
lic library and are In the form of a
permanent loan. There are books
covering every phase of the war in
this set, by all of the prominent
writers. Some of the volumes take
an editorial viewpoint and deal more
with the moral side than of the his
torical side, others tell of the life of
...nl. n n rf nnlHlArfl 1n th. V9P vntta.
and others tell of the history. Jef -
fersson appreciates this collection
and the students are already begin- -nlng
to use the books for reference.
Thei workmen are putting the fin
ishing touches on the new heating
plant at Jefferson, and the structure
is almost ready for use. The unit is
located between the west wing of the
building and the assembly hall. It is
made of red brick, ornamented wlth
white cement work to conform with
the design of the rest of the building.
A huge brick chimney, rising above
he gables of the school, has been
built beside the new addition. Jef
fersonians are looking forward to the
lme when the new heating plant wtu
be in use, and the school cafeteria
will occupy the present site of the
boiler room. '
The Jefferson Camera club held its
regular meeting on last Monday. Miss
Jesse Skinne'r, the faculty advisor of
the club, gave an interesting talk on
photography to the club, upon how
to take a really good picture. After
Miss Skinners talk, the club com
pleted the details of the pantomime
which they plan to put on in the Live
Wire vaudeville which has been
scheduled for May 26 and 27. All of
the details were settled by the club.
and active work on the act is now
under way.
The Zeta Delta Sigma, the girls'
debating eoeiety of Jefferson, held
their regular weekly meeting on last
Wednesday. The greater part of the
meeting was taken up by a discus
sion of the part the organization has
chosen to play in the coming Live
Wire vaudeville. After the discus
sion Frances Morgan gave an im
promptu solo on the piano. '
James John Sixth-Termers
Win Track Meet,
"Opportunity" Address Proves In
teresting New Student Presi
dent at V. of O. "Grad" of High
School.
BY ELOISE GRAY.
w!
ITH class yells and class colors
encouraging the participants.
the James John interclass track meet
held In the Columbia stadium Thurs
day afternoon, proved to be of its
usual Interest, and provided keen
competition for the classes in both
boys' and girls' events. The schedule
was conducted in a lively manner.
and when the last whistle blew, the
sixth termers were announced win
ners, with the seventh, fourth and
eighth termers following closely.
C. C. Thomason, formerly a mem
ber of the James John faculty, was a
very welcome visitor at James John
Thursday. During assembly period
Mr. Thomason spoke to the students
on the interesting subject, "Oppor
tunity," illustrating his topic by
exeprlences from his work in the
army school."
The James John students are re
joicing over the fact that John Mc
Gregor, a James John Graduate of
the 1915 class, was recently elected
student body president of the Uni
versity of Oregon, to serve next year.
John is, at" the present time, a junior
at the University of Oregon. It is
interesting to note that out of this
graduating class of 1915, comprising
eight students, two have won high
honors in college activities, for Will
iam Teutsch was, during his junior
year, student body president of the
Oregon Agricultural college.
The Sodalitas Latena club prepared
an elaborate programme for its month
ly meeting, Friday evening, May 12. A
delightful Roman banquet was the
first number. During the feasting
number of the Latin students
danced, sang, and gave toasts to
Caesars Ghost" and to the Latin
students. A vocabulary contest fol
lowed the symposium, and Dorothy
Young was declared champion of the
three who had "survived" the two pre.
liminary contests. The executive
board play, "The Return of Ulysses,"
was much enjoyed. Those in the cast
included: Ulysses, Maynard Mlksch;
Penelope, his wife, Marion Schlesser;
Eumeas, the old shepherd, Eloise
Grayr Minerva, Helen Borden; Tele-
mechus, son of Ulysses, George Schles
ser; Argus, the dog, Frederick
Schultze; the three suitors for Pene
lope's hand, Kathryn McChesney,
Bertha South and Gerald Acklln. Im
promptu stunts from various groups,
completed the programme.
White organdy dresses have been
chosen by the senior girls for gradu
ation. It is the plan of the seniors
to keep the cost of their costumes
as low as possible.
'.'Thoroughly delightful" describes
the recent assembly when Mr. and
Mrs. Hotchkiss Street, vocal teachers,
entertained the students with a num
ber of most enjoyable selections. Mrs.
Street's songs Included: Prelude from
"Cycle of Life," "Sylvia," "Love I
Have Won You," "Chinese Mother
Goose Jingles. Mr. Street delighted
the students with "Tommy Lad,"
"Lovellght," "Fat Little Feller," "The
Ringers," "What Not" Mr. and Mrs.
Street closed their programme with
a very cleverly presented duet, "The
Singing Lesson." Mrs.' Barr accom
panied the selections.
The commercial geography stu
dents visited the Portland Gas and
Coke ' company plant Wednesday
morning. Their observations proved
most beneficial.
The "Good Health' crusade was vig
orously started last week to continue
for a long time with the students.
Posters, as milestones along the road
to good health, lined the halls, and
it is significant to note that they
started at the cafeteria. Mrs. Hie
stand's science classes deserve much
credit for their services In making the
"good health campaign" so decided a
success.
.
Several delightful numbers were
provided by James John girls at a
meeting of the St. Johns W. C.
T. U. Monday afternoon. The girls'
glee club sang two delightful songs;
Mary Harney played a piano solo, and
Eloise Gray read Edwin Markham's
"Lincoln the Man.
Campaign speeches for student
body officers for next term were
many and spirited in assembly Tues
day morning. Twenty-seven students
were put before the student body for
nomination for offices In the council,
and Monday morning the elections
will begin.
The students are eagerly awaiting
the operetta, "The Glass Slipper,"
which will be presented by the boys'
and girls' glee clubs Friday evening
in the auditorium. Miss Gore is di
recting the enjoyable production.
Pacific university was well repre
sented at James John Wednesday
morning. The men's quartet, includ
ing Mr. Lawrence, head of the con
servatory of music; Mr. Mace, Mr.
Taylor and Mr. Long, captivated the
students with their delightful selec
tions. Mr.; Wagner was accompanist
Thomas Fowler, a popular athlete at
the university, explained briefly their
! vhnnl activities and 1 Tl V 1 1 P d thft RATI
, iors to be the university's guests on
Mayday.
Benson High Boosts "Inter"
Track Meet.
Tech Camera Club Members Get
Busy Orange B Organization'
Booth at Exposition Reported
Success.
BY KENNETH RAUCH.
AT AN assembly held last Tuesday
afternoon C. E. Cleveland an
nounced the interscholastic track
meet, which will be held on Multno
mah field on May 26, and urged every
one ot come to school on that day
prepared to attend the meet. He said
that the atudents would march from
the school to the field.
The Tech Camera club members
nave made arrangements to get to
gether in the club dark room at least
once every three weeks during the
summer to compare notes and to de-
- me pnotographs taken
the meetings.
Members of the Orange R iv.
last Tuesday to talk over Tthe success
of the club's booth at the Tech show.
Lawrence Cappa. chairman r,, th.
committee, reported thn 135
left after expenses had been paid.
llst f by-laws to th !uh -,ti.
tution, comnilod k t
Sii&r" CaPJa- were read and
rrr"- " was also decided that
regular meetings of the club should
wLv eld Tuesday of every second
Clifford Maison and Archie
nU-er ,were PPOlnted to consider
appropriate pins for the club.
raig, tne club adviser, closed
the meet ng by giving a short talk
on school activities.
Durlne the last lw t tt
Moomaw, of the American Lifeograph .
company, and his electrician, G. W.
nays, nave been seen quite frequently
around the school, photographing the
various shops and classes. A great
many students have been the actors
or the various film exposures and be
fore long they will be able to go to
one of the moving picture theaters
and see themselves projected upon
the screen. A sum of money has
been appropriated by the student
body for the filming of the various
departments of the school and when
it is completed the entire picture will
be used to advertise the school
throughout the northwest.
Wendell Arnold, Frank Jeremiah,
Marvin Peck and Edward Hillery
have been acting as assistant elec
tricians to Mr. Hays in operating the
arc lamps, which are used in motion
picture work to obtain sufficient
light for good, clear pictures.
TT At the regular meeting of the Oyer-Un-Gou
club on May 12 it was de
cided to suspend all further regular
meetings this term in the interest of
school work. It was also decided that
tlfe club should adopt for Its colors
those that are used to represent the
Bchool. A list of by-laws was read
and accepted, subject to the executive .
committee's approval.
Although the stock room manage
ment is in the hands of only two
men, it is one of the busiest places in
the school. About 600 shop orders,
necessitating 10,000 material orders,
have been handled so far this term.
The sheet metal supplies have be
come very short because the sheet
metal shop has installed practically
all of the heating units In shop 2 this
term. .
The stock room bandies supplies
for every want, from drawing paper
and pencils to machinery.
Eighteen members were present at
the regular Hi-Y meeting last Mon
day evening. Arrangements for a
party at S. W. Lawrence's homo, in
honor of the graduating members,
were discussed. Fred Morelock and
Lawrence Cappa were appointed to
have charge of the programme for
the evening.
Singing Is Feature at Girls'
Polytechnic.
Piano Selections Are Greatly En
Joyed Seniors Are Busy Sewing
Dresses Silks on Display.
BY KATHLEEN SHAW
and
HARRIET BOLLEN.
JOHN CLAIRE MONTEITH, one of
Portland's singers, entertained the
girls with some of his favorite songs,
Friday, May 12. "Rolling Down to
Reo," "On the Road to Mandalay," "I
Passed By Your Window," "I Know
Where I Am Going," and "Monday,
Tuesday," were some of the pieces
sung. Miss Ida May Cook, who plays
the piano delightfully, was his ac
companist. Nelly De Vore delighted the stu
dents when she played several piano
solos at the assembly on Friday, May
12. Nelly has taken lessons for sev
eral years and has played at many re
citals. Once again the seniors are sewing
on their graduation dresses. Practi
cally every pastel shade Is represent
ed and the dresses are being made in
a variety of styles. Many will be
trjmmed with ruffles and organdy
flowers, while others will have panels
of lace or lace embroidery.
Many beautiful silk dresses were
on display last Tuesday. The ma
terials used were taffeta, canton
crepe, crepe de chine, etc., and the
most popular style was the corded
effect Many forms of trimming were
used, the short puffed sleeves, ruffles
and lace cuffs and collars predom
inating. Dainty summer hats were on dis
play in the main hall last Monday and
Tuesday. They were made chiefly of
silk horsehair braid and organdy and
were trimmed in hand-made flowers
of silk and organdy. Several small
child's hats of dainty pink and white
also were on display. As an extra
problem several of the millinery class
girls are making children's wash hata
of gingham or pongee. These make
satisfactory play hats, as they can
be easily washed and done up.
A lovely party was enjoyed by the
second term girls and their boy
friends on Friday evening. May 12, in
the school gymnasium. The gym was
artistically decorated in crepe paper
of cream and silver the class colors.
Dancing was the main feature, but an
Interesting entertainment was also a
part 61 the programme. A piano solo
by Nellie De Vore, a reading by Fran-
ces Notz, a dance by Margaret Frey
and Ethel Klant, and a play by five of
the second term girls were the fea
tures of this entertainment. Refresh
ments consisting of ice cream and
cake were served by Mabel McCartney
and Lulu Blout. Five hundred people
attended the party, which is the larg-
I est number that has attended any
class party so far this term.