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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 17, 1933 PUPILS OF CITY HIGH SCHOOLS PUT IN UNUSUALLY BUSY WEEK Lincoln's Class Play Is Declared Great Success Exhibition Nights at Jefferson Great Drawing Card Despite Weather Commerce Plans for Class Party Girls' Polytechnic Makes Good Progress Others Active. 10 Basketball Is Under Way at Benson. First Practice Game ot Season Held Vaudeville Show Is Dis cussed. . Sx KENNETH RAUCH. A CTUAL basketball practice start- r d at Rnnn lHt TllpsdaV r,T ..u . w, ' ... CT. tXhi which the majority of visitors had the Quintet of the Mllwauk.e high before. One of the small itoof 6?to fAnVvf Benson M was put - U. con- Coach Craig used every letterman nectton with the club receiving set and everr all-star whom he had n receiving the concer s broadcast picked from the various shop teams, by calt. s tat' J L, ,, ZT. in the recent shop tournament, at , Btrated that the construction was one time or another during the I correct. , .ivtw j. I The booth was elaborately deco Last Monday afternoon the all-1 rated in the school colors with a stars played the lettermen in a . large Benson pennant upon the rear game which turned out in favor of : wall. Orange and blue, streamers thte last named team; the score be- were draped from the center on the lng 37 to 20. Judging from the large celling to the three walls, creating t a canonv effect. turn-out or very exceuem mn.o t the outcome of the interscnojastic basketball season Bhould be much in favor of Benson. The last regular Friday meeting of June 1923 class was very short and snappy. The main feature of the meeting was a talk by A. A. Feyerabend, class editor of the Poly Tech, in regard to the Immediate formation of a staff for the class issue. Up to date only a few of the positions have been arranged for. The vaudeville show which is now under contemplation by the Orange B club, was discussed by Harry Craig, club adviser, at the meeting which was held in room K last Tuesday afternoon. A committee to look into the matter and, it pos sible, to arrange a programme, was appointed. Lawrence Cappa, Harry Harris and Harvey Harris were the ones chosen to take care of this matter. It was also decided to hold an initiation party as soon as an appropriate programme can be ar ranged by a committee which is composed of Winfred Hlnderer, Juen Fyock and Marr Fallis. Last Monday morning Benson's allotment of Christmas seals, the proceeds of which are used to com bat tuberculosis, was distributed among the minute men of the var ious registration classes for sale to the students and teachers. Glenne Chandler, vice-president of the Oyer-un-gon club, presided over the regular meeting of the club last Tuesday afternoon because of the absence of the president, Adolph Feyerabend. The committee ap pointed at the last meeting to ar range for placing appropriate dec orations In the school library, re ported that a good sized tree would be brought in and set up In the north end of the library. The com mittee also reported that any fur ther evergreens that would be neceBsary would be furnished. Or naments, pendants, etc., are to be furnished by the decorating com mittee of the library board. A group of five bylaws to be added to the club constitution, was pre sented and read. By a unanimous vote they were accepted. A motion to have a picture of the club mem bers taken for the January 1923 issue of the Poly Tech was passed. A programme of activities for the remainder of this term was sub mitted to the aotion of the club by Victor Hazell, chairman of the pro gramme committee. A model or proof for a standard form of mem bership application blank was brought up but laid on the table till the next meeting. The January 1923 class meeting last Monday was opened by a short talk by Mr. Skel, business adviser of the Poly Tech. He spoke of the successes and failures of past issues and made several suggestions for the class issue. Following this talk a motion to the effect that each member of the class secure at least one advertisement for tbe January Poly Tech was passed. The possl ' billty of presenting the school with a framed collection of individual pictures of the class members Is to be looked into by a committee com posed of Phineas Cheadle, Glenne Chandler and Elmer Brice. The cover design of the Poly Tech was discussed but no action was taken on it. Crimson and silver were chosen for class colors. It was de cided to have at least one page of the Poly Tech reserved for small cuts of the class members as they looked as babies. s The Benson Tech Scientists held regular meeting In lecture room A on November 27. At that time It was decided that the club should adopt a regular form to be used by all students wishing to make appli cation for membership in the club. Holden Le Roy and Wlllard Barzee were appointed to compile a list of suitable questions to be placed upon these application blanks. It will be necessary for each applicant for membership to (answer all of the mentions tmthfullv-hefnr h onniVj by-sewing design classes. The k Mi..Mr hv th. Kinh mnKo-o Le Roy and Barzee furnished the I ... ... I programme of the meeting by giv ing short talks on current scientific topics. Judging from the many expres sions manifested by the majority of the students during the first part of the past week, the Thanksgiv ing holidays were most enjoyably spent and school came again all too i soon. However, when they stopped to consider the proximity of the Christmas vacation they were some- j what pacified. The report cards for the second grading period were also distributed last Monday. The number of stu dents who raised their grades over those of the first grading period outnumbers those who fell down. Donald Park, Gordon Blanchette, Frank Blount and Harold Nelson were accepted into membership in the Benson Tech Radio club at the last regular meeting of the club, which was held last Tuesday. The club seems to be more popular than ever this term and consequently the membership roll has steadily in creased. Helge Westerlund was ap pointed as a committee of one to extend thanks to Mrs. Morton and Norman Bruck for their help in making the club exhibit at the Radio show a success. It was voted to complete the club spark-transmitting set by purchasing sufficient quantity of high-test oil for the oil condenser. The club will also have a group picture in the January, 1923, Poly Tech. In spite of the short notice given the Radio club to plan and get to gether sufficient materials for an exhibit at the Portland Radio show, their display of equipment in the booth allotted to them was one of the best at the show. Pract'cally every type of receiving set was demonstrated. Among the most in teresting were the Armstrong super rerenerative set belonging; to Nor man Bruck and the five-tube set. which Included two steps of radio frequency, detector and two stages of audio frequency amplification be longing to Edward Green. A ten watt C. W. transmitting- set was also shown. It was loaned by William Burke, who also constructed three types of model aerials for demon stration. The most Interesting and Important part of the display, how ever, was a collection of over 30 domestic and foreign radio vacuum tubes. These tubes were collected by Norman Bruck during the past year while he was touring through Europe. Fourteen of the tubes were of American construction, most of Lincoln Class Play Delight ful Event. Faculty Tea Is Pleasant Feature of the Week Jfew Book In the Library. BY GRACE GARDNER. ONE of the most successful class plays ever produced in Lincoln high school was presented last Fri day and Saturday evening. It was not only successful financially, but also from a dramatic standpoint. The part of Clarence, the wounded soldier who never escaped from Texas, was ably taken by Togre Albert.- The high - minded and spiritual governess (according to Bobby!), Miss Violet Pinney, was interpreted exceedingly well by Margaret Vincent. Bobby Wheeler, the slick boarding-school chap who returned home with monocle and spats, was played humorously by Frank "Wilson, Cora Wheeler, the sister of Bobby, who is the "in genue" type, was well presented by Esther Cohen, Delia, the dainty Irish housemaid, was portrayed by Megnon Hawks. Mr. Wheeler, the highly-excitable president of a large corporation, was played by Milton Rice. The ever-Jealous Mrs. Wheeler was played by Ethelwynne Morton. The villainous widower was por trayed by Jack Trlter. Last, but not least, was the very reserved butler Dinweddlr, which part was played by Carl Ashby. This cast was ably assisted by ' the cardinal staff which was composed of: Gus Solomon, business manager; Milton Harris assistant manager; George Heavens, stage manager; Jewel Fields, candy sale; Virginia Whit ing, costumes; George Friede, loose properties; Sillias Marshal, stage setting, and Holdt Dirtz, electrician. Much credit must be given to Dr. Henrietta Moore, the coach. The philobexian, "Faculty Tea," which was given Thursday -in the trl-Y rooms of the Y. W. C. A., was a splendid success. A most enter taining programme was enjoyed. The programme consisted of reci tation of original poems by Betty Hyde, piano solos by Phyllis Hart and Alice Southwick, and a violin and piano selection by Marceil Btrowbridge "and Doris Oberdorger. Much credit must be given to Lois Scoffern and her committee, Lyle Vrazler and Carmalita Hadley, who were in charge of the affair. A number of new books have Ijeen received in the library. Among them are "New History of Oregon" and the 1923 "Beaver." The class play assembly held Wednesday morning was the in centive for the selling of many tick ets. Maurice Burke, representing several art students, was presented with a prize of $3 for the best poster advertising the class play. Frank Wilson then introduced the characters. This was followed by a short scene from the play. The as sembly closed with a talk by Gus Solomon, who gave reasons why the play should be attended by the stu dents. The class play cast Is worlcing very hard and, as a result, hopes to make a good showing. Margaret Vincent, the leading lady, is espe cially adapted to the pert. Joyce Albert is exceptionally good as "Clarence." Jewel Fields has charge of the candy sale and a number of girls will be asked to sell the candy on the nights of the play. . The school librarian. Miss E. Davis, has recently received a num ber of books. Among them are the 1923 Beaver and a new "History of Oregon." Girls' Polytechnic. BY FRANCES WEST. " HRISTMAS cards are being made cards are a cream color with a de- Pign Panted on which is painted in nroto. mini's Ifnm, ..... .1 water colors. Many of the students make several cards and sell them to friends or send them away. The girls are glad to have an oppor tunity to make their gift cards at school because hand-painted cards are so much daintier and more in timate than the usual greeting card. Red Cross Christmas seals have been on sale in the lower hall this week. All are urged to spend their pennies for Red Cross seals as they are just as attractive as any others for sealing letters and packages and the money is helping in a good work. Mrs. Beth Whitcomb, coach of the senior class play, has asked the members of the cast to repeat "Green Stockings" some time In the near future.- The play was so well given and met with such high ap proval that Mrs. Whitcomb believes it would be successfully repeated. The prize winners were announced in assembly Friday morning. Vir ginia Gapin, a freshman, won a pearl necklace by selling 25 tickets; 0:a Prim, a third term girl, sold the next highest number, selling 21 tickets. Christmas fruit cakes were fin ished by third and fourth term cooking classes. Three hundred and twenty-five pounds of rich fruit cake were made for home use and sale. -Some of the cakes were iced in white and trimmed in mistletoe and holly cut from candled citron peel. Thanksgiving baskets were filled by the girls of the Minerva club and taken to several needy families. That the work may not be dupli cated, the Portland Welfare bureau has a list of all Portland's destitute homes and any school committee wishing to help at holiday time may go there and get an address. The Minervas took care of Beveral fam- lllea In this way and felt that they were doing a real good. V ,3 First aid class of Franklin high school. From left, front row Audrey Sef ton. Beatrice Beckman. Bear row Rose Stone, Mabel Else, James John Hears Beauti ful Operetta. Copies ot "A Gypsy Rover" Given by Vancouver High School and Situation Saved. JOY EFTELAND. ' I 'HE James John Glee club was X almost ready to give up In de spair when a message came from the publishers saying that the order for copies of the operetta, "A Gypsy Rover," had been lost. How ever, owing to the courtesy of Van couver high school., where the operetta was presented last year, the cast was supplied with copies and the operetta was presented Friday and Saturday nights aB for merly planned. The "Gypsy Rover" is a romantic musical comedy in a typical Gypsy atmosphere. The story centers around charming Gypsy Rob, the lost heir to the estates of Sir Gil bert Howe. He met, during his Gypsy life, beautiful Lady Con stance and fell in love with her at first sight. After undergoing a number of trials, Rob was finally recognized as the real Sir Gilbert Howe and was at last able to make the lady his bride. These two parts were cleverly portrayed by Earl Tormey and Madeline Brown. Meg, Rob's foster mother (Kathryn Mc Chesney); Zara, the bell of the gypsy camp . (Margaret Holbrook); Marto, Meg's husband (Maxwell Adams); Sinfo, Zara'a Gypsy lover (William Fox), and a chorus of Gypsy youthB and maidens helped to bring before the audience the beauty and color of the Gypsy out door life. Lord Craven; an English fop (Leonard Harrington) ; Sir George Martendale, the father of Lady Constance (Curtis Robertson); Nina, his second daughter (Ruth Weiss) ; Captain Jerome of the Eng lish army (Thurman Hart); Sir Toby Lyons, a social moth (James Tormey), and McCorkle, a London song publisher (Leland Maybach), all made the life of the English aristocracy seem very vivid. From all angles the operetta was a decided success and was well at tended both nights. Tuesday evening all the football FRENZIED INTEREST IN RADIOPHONE BY YOUTHS IN SIX MONTHS IS PHENOMENAL DeForest Points Out Real Place of Recreation in Days of Mad Rush for Wealth, Position and Prestige. Interesting Lights in Development of Instrument Recounted. t FOREWORD. Few stories In fiction compare with that ot the constant atruggle Lee D Forest endured through many yearB In his endeavor to interest America in the wonderful possibilities of radio broad casting:. ... Every amateur knows that De Forest Invented the three-electrode vacuum tube, which he named the audlon and upon which Is built the present system of radio communication. Not one In a thousand, however,- haB ever heard the very thrilling Btory of how- the Inventor, after taking out his audlon patents In 1906, sought In vain to Interest public spirited citizens in his early dreams of broadcasting. ' After many reverses and a lost for tune, De Forest in 1907 began his pioneer demonstrations of broadcasting of news and music by radio. Yacht races on the Great Lakes were reported by his radio phone; grand opera was' Bent out by radio from the Metropolitan opera house In New York and received by the New York Times tower. "The age of radio phone communication Is at hand!" De Forest proclaimed but with what re suit? HiB prophecies were read and for gotten. The "lateBt toy" Is all that the radiophone meant to the publio of that time. Leading editors were unable to boo the benefits of this new method of distributing news and music. Govern ment officials, instead of giving encour agement, put a ban on this radio "play thing." Directors of leading corpora tions forbade tbe installation of radio. It was not until the winter of 1921, however, that the early dreams of De Forest were realized through the use of the little lamp which he had invented in 1907, after nearly 15 years of patient waiting and development. In chapter I of these personal recol lections we have the first conception of the wonderful audiop the discovery of the now-famous "heated gas effeot," In which Dr. De Forest makes it clear that the beginning of the audlon itself was not, as commonly reported, a vital Im provement on the two-electrode valve or rectifier, but, quite the contrary, some thing entirely different. Those were the penniless daya; they were also the days of unlimited hope and courage and research in wireless. Back in the summer of 1901, from his J2-a-week room in Chicago, De Forest wrote to a Yale classmate: "It's a great life I am leading now. Here one does not lose caste by leaving oft his cuffs, by wearing a collar for a week, or a shirt even longer. If you go unshaved, you simply pass for a 'Bingle-taxer,' and are given free range at the lunch counter. My pants are getting thinner each day, and my coat perfumed with the fried potatoes of the Comet lunch room. Some times 1 have 10 cents in hand, sometimes twice that sum." THE EDITOR. ' CHAPTER L BY LEE DE FOREST. NOTHING in all the history of science, of technics, has even approached the , sudden and unusual awakening of almost fren zied interest in the radiophone, ex perienced during the last six months in the United States of America. Radio has "caught on" as not even the bicycle, the phonograph, or the wrist watch. And why? Funda mentally, I should suy, because the Wmmm iff! boys who played in the James John - Jefferson game were enter tained at the Portland hotel by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Llewellyn, the father and mother of a member of the squad. Other guests at the dinner included a dozen or so girls, friends of the football boys; Coach Hiatt, W. T. Fletcher and Mr. and Mrs. Stephens. After the delicious din ner, at which all training rules in diet were broken, a" private dance was given In honor of the boys. ' Basketball promises to be a popu lar sport at James John this season, eight class teams having been or ganized and arrangements made for an interclass series of . games. Members of the eighth term class, together with Messrs. George Kalmbach and Larsell, will coach the varions teams. The following boys have beei elected captains of the class teams: First termers, Clarence Key; second termers, El mer Lott; third termers, Calvin Robertson; fourth termers, Merrill Hagen; fifth termers, Irwin Camp bell; sixth termers, Paul Lane; sev enth termers, Jack Van Hoeter; eighth termers, Curtis Robertson. An Interesting feature of the Interclass series this season are the colors which each class has adopted for the Jerseys to be worn by their team. Under, the nimble fingers of the sewing classes, broken dolls are be ing restored to life for use on the Community club Christmas tree, which is to be a means of sending Santa Claus into homes that he might otherwise overlook. The manual training boys are helping Santa 'by mending and painting old toys for the tree, and the art classes are supplying missing fea tures and covering abrasions. James John has thus far been quite active in relief work. She haa sold nearly the full quota of Red Cross Christmas seals allotted her and placed a generous sum in the community chest. In addition to the class contributions which were made, the council gave the school treasurer, Charlotte Reid, permis sion to place a stated sum in the chest for each member of the stu dent body. idea has tired the Imagination of youth. The radiophone gives us the tangible out of the intangible something for nothing music, voices out of the empty air! I shot a wire Into the air. And voices sang from I know not where. At last Everyman can tune an aerial harp to ethereal music not the wistful, breathing strains of an aeolian harp, but real, ear-filling music, rich, clear, and endowed (by grace of the unknown and far-distant origin) with a fascination which no melodies heard by the ear alone can possibly possess! Yes, I feel sure, here is the baste reason for all this sudden and over whelming Are of enthusiastic inter est. And Is not this In itself truly a fine thing for all America, pres ent and future? What has ever, since the distant days of the dis coverers, kindled with so fine, so up lifting a fire, the Imagination of a nation? These are prosaic, matter-of-fact days to most of us filled with speed and rush, a scramble for wealth and position and advantage. Each day has brought Its new Invention, its new necessity, its blinding flash. We fought Into subways, we burned up highways In high-powered cars, we rushed to the shop, the office, the automat, we jammed the cinema, the theater, a few hours of fevered un consciousness, and, again, the rabid battle of another day. No leisure, no thoughtful hour, no recreation that was real, no music, other than perspiring Jazz. Can the imagin ation but starve, can the finer soul of man long survive, in a civiliza tion such as ours? Yes here, at last, from the flux of its latest crucible, science has devised for itself a cure. Not a panacea for all Ills of modern men; no, but yet a balm in GUead! Come tonight to the receiving room. . Put on your head phones. Light up the little audlon Alad din's lamp, which summons to you all the genii of the round earth. Bid this one sing, another play the violin and flute another speak. From across a hundred horizons, they speak to you, bringing' joy or wisdom, respite to care, ambrosia to the Imagination, food for your soul! After looking upon the foregoing picture, shall we go back 20 years to the experiences of what I some times like to regard as a memorable day in the history of radio? The setting for the evening In question was a two-dollar-per-week room, in the city of Chicago, where I had gone after leaving Yale to realize my early dream of radio. In the summer of 1900 there was no such thing as a radio publio; D ant, Elsie Brooks, Elizabeth Ball, Alberta Larson) Donna Stever, Frances Thelma Fitch, Dorothea Renter, Marjorle Merrick and Margaret Ruley. "Kid Party" Is Feature at Franklin. Assembly Advertises League Plays Programme Is Put on and Much Enjoyed. BY EDNA MAY ROOT., SUCCESSFUL and jolly. Indeed, was the "kid party" given last night in the gymnasium by. the Science club for its members. All who attended came in appropriate costume and, of courRe, kiddles' games were 'played, but the main features of the evening were the big Christmas tree and Santa Claus. Santa Claus arrived, and with much ceremony distributed gifts to the guests. Each guest had brought one present, and these were hung on the tree until Santa distributed them to the admiring "kids" who gathered around him. Refreshments In keeping with the spirit of the evening were served, then the children wended their way homeward after a delightful eve ning of real fun and merriment. The committee in charge of the party was as follows: Audrey Wiencken, chairman; Marjorle Anderson, Em ma Calourl, Clarence Hunter, James Coll'ns and Donald Karberg. The Girls' league plays "'Op o" Me Thumb" and "The Land of Heart's Desire" were successfully presented last Wednesday night In the Lincoln high school auditorium. Much credit is due Mr. Harrington of the English department of Franklin for his excellent work in coaching' these plays. Avis Nelson, Yone Shimomura, Helen Trent and Barbara Blythe, proporty managers, also deserve credit for their untir ing efforts toward the success of the play. All regretted that Anna Young, who was to have sung: a group of soprano solos, was ill 'and could not appear, but in her Btead Lucille Pauling gave several delightful solos, accompanied by Grace Bam forth. The orchestra also gave sev eral selections under the personal direction of- Carl Denton. Members of the Girls' league ushered and sold candy. The ushers were Barbara Blythe, head usher; Gertrude Richards, Marvel Dare those of us -who were at all con cerned with "transmitting words through the air without wires." were vague dreamers. Our hopes were Idle thoughts! Our visions, an Illusion! People heard the predic tion, and classed us with those who would fly! But hope led on hope had al ways led on at' each succeeding step in the journey, although my very small room (the best I could obtain with by J8-per-week job in the Clinton - street shops of the Western Electric company) did not permit any extended laboratory. In those penniless days, however, I gave thought to only one thing the development and perfection of the radio art insofar as it came within my province. My Immediate personal problem. In hand then, was the perfection of a new type of electrolytic detector, and, by virtue of my Clinton-street position, I was obliged to do this at night. Then, -one evening, something happened, which, at the time, was seemingly of startling Importance. The receiving apparatus, on which I was then at 'ork, was on a table beneath a Welsbach burner. A spark coil I was using as my source of oscillations was placed in a closet about ten feet distant, and a string, running from my table across the floor to the coll, was the means by which I could close the switch of the coll. In the course . of the evening's experiment, my attention was at tracted to a strange phenomenon. Without any apparent reason, the light of my Welsbach burner sud denly became dim. I opened the coil switch and 'thought I saw the light from the gas mantle increase very perceptibly. I repeated the experiment; this phenomenon con tinued and impressed itself strongly upon my attention. My tirst thought was that I had discovered' a new form of detector of Hertzian waves, of extraordinary sensitiveness, and I was, naturally, very much en thused, as any young investigator would have been under similar cir cumstances. But, upon closer in vestigation of this novel phenom enon, I found that when the door of the closet was closed, or almost closed, the effect of the spark upon the gas burner ceased. This proved that I was dealing with sonnd waves coming upon a sensitive flame and not with electrical "waves. I was, of course. Intensely disap pointed. However, the illusion lasted long enough to force upon my mind the conviction that heated gas molecules were sensitive to high frequency electrical opera tions, and I determined. to investi gate further at my first --pportunlty and actually discovered evidence to substantiate m theory. This time Fellows, Hazel Sm'th, Donna Stever, Audrey Dant, Marjorle Merrick, Martha Stanley and Dorothea Kester. Lesta Moore was in charge of the girls who sold candy, who were as follows: Carrie Sorenson, Elsie Brooks, Dorothy Bruce, Odette Baird. Nori Shimomura, Margaret Dawley, Rosemary Brennan, Cora Allen, Rachel Smith and Gladys Tuttle. . ... . Next Thursday the Science club will hold its: last regular meeting before the holidays. The programme will be given by representatives of the biology department, and plans will be discussed for the big field trip to be taken in January, which promises to be an excellent one. The science club is also planning a grab bag sale, which will be held this week. ' An assembly was held Tuesday morning to advertise the league plays. Those who gave talksyjcon cerning the plays were Marvel Dare Fellows, Lu Trelle Fenn, David Richards and Lyle McCallum. ' The Girls' Glee club sang a group of clever songs during the assembly, and several students who made an nouncements of coming events were Barbara Blythe, Verlin Carey, Syl via Seymour and Mildred Nelson. Two .members of the January, '23, class gave talks concerning the basketball game between the faculty and January class, scheduled for Friday afternoon. Louise Cordy an nounced the date, time and other facts concerning the game, then Herbert Jasper gave the senior line up and told the merits of each player. The seniors on the team are Cyril Mitchell, Richard Fay, Arthur Tucker, Lorenz Sahll and Herbert Jasper. ,Carl Kllppel told the advantages of the faculty team, composed of Mr. Rodwell, Mr. South wick, Mr. White, Mr. Parks and Mr. Dillon. Substitutes are Mr. Ball, Mr. Meek and Mr. Walsh. Banking Difficult to Understand. New York Sun. Teller Sorry, but you haven't enough money in your account to cash this check. Fair Customer That's strange. There was enough money to cash the last one I had, and this Isn't nearly as large. I was developing the first De Forest wireless telegraph system. In 1901 this special line of , work was amplified with a view to re porting the international yacht races of that summer, and there after it began to look as if the vision of a new wonder light in wireless was to be lost forever. On that memorable night in Chi cago the hour when my thoughts were first carried In the direction of the heated gas effect how close ly -I approached the marvelous little Ions and electrons later to be har nessed for the cause of civiliza tion. We see them today at work for humanity in tubes now counted by the million. In the Summer of 1901 these tiny workers were at hand. Indeed close enough to be touched, but they soon faded' from view. - (To Be Continued Next Sunday.) (Copyright, 1922, by C. 8. Thompson. All 1 rights reserved). Coupling of Tickler May Spoil Receiving. Distortion Spoils Slenals as Well as Music Programme. FTHE reception of either spark signals or music with regener ative receiver," If the coupling of the tickler Is gradually Increased, the signals will become louder and louder until the regeneration Is so violent that distortion of either the signals or the music results. What Is the cause of this dis tortion? asks the average fan. It Is due mainly to the fact that the fed-back current from the plate of the tube Is amplifying some of the incoming oscillations more than others.- The sounds are being pro duced all otft of . proportion, and in the case of music, they are all altered In tone. With spark signals the distorted effect 4b not so objectionable, as they can be read by an operator anyway. But with music this dis tortion produces unrecognizable chaos. If the coupling is still further Increased a dull click or . thud will be heard and the signals or music will disappear entirely. At this moment the tube has begun to oscil late that is, It is sending out oscil lations of Its own. This action of the tube may have started from any one of several causes, as for an example, a slight jar, or a movement of the operator's hand affecting the grid . or plate circuits. However, it is principally caused by too much capacity or Inductance In the plate circuit when the tube ia feeding back vio lently. It is highly important that the radio fan keep his tube from oscil lating. Otherwise he will be trans mitting Into the air, a stream of waves of varying frequencies. To other receiving stations, perhaps as far as a mile or two away, these waves 'wtll come In the form of howls and whistles. that1 will.prevent the other listener from enjoying Exhibition Nights Finan cial Success. Inclement Weather Does Not Keep Crowd Aitnj Fire Drill Shows Fine Discipline. BY HARRY G. JOHNSON. FINANCIAL" reports from the va rious departments In charge of I exhibition nights which were held at Jefferson Friday and Saturday nights indicate that the show was a financial success, in spite of the inclement weather. The net pro ceeds have so far totaled $550, and the list is almost complete. Part of the money is to go to the general school fund, which finances the non-supporting school student ac tivities such as the band, the or chestra and others. The rest of the sum is to be used In purchasing or naments of art for the school building- in general, especially pictures for the different rooms and corri dors. The decorations of red rib bon and greenery with which the building was' adorned for exhibtiion nights are to remain in the school until after the holidays. Hence fourth exhibition nights are to be made an annual feature of Jeffer son and the heads of the school con sider success for the future estab lished because of the attendance at the show of 1922. A typical musical assembly was held at Jefferson under the double assembly system on last Monday. John C. Henderson, local community singing leader, led the students through a number of both popular and old-time songs. One of the fa vorites of the morning was "Old Nassau." After the singing, Harold Blazier was introduced to speak in an effort to arouse interest in the student body for the Hi Y peanut sale, which was held at Jefferson last Thursday. Mr. Blazier gave a humorous talk in which he told how the Jeffersen Hi Y club had re ceived the peanuts from Santa Claus for valuable serylces rendered. The speech was successful and the stu dent body supported the peanut sale heartily. At the close of the gather ing, Mr. Jenkins, principal, con gratulated the junior assembly on their singing and said that they sang more vigorously than even the seniors, an announcement which de lighted the underclassmen at Jef ferson. The officials at Jefferson high have had no trouble in keeping the temperature of the building up to the proper standard despite the winds and the cold weather. The new heating plant which was in stalled during last summer Is prov ing itself efficient. The furnace is of the oil-burner type and consumes about 300 gallons of oil per day In heating the school. The Jefferson fire squad held fire drill on Friday, December 8, and succeeded In marching the students to the doors of the school In 50 sec onds. The drill was indoors on ac count of the fall of snow. The June '23 class has posted its wooden J's In the class colors of coral and silver on the bulletin boards of the hall Just outside the senior rooms. The letters are about a foot In height. It is the custom of all eenlor classes at Jefferson to place these letters In their class colors In the halls" In this manner. The emblems are made by the man ual training department and painted by the art department. The Jefferson Live Wires, mem bers of the student body, elected two from each room to sell tickets and take subscriptions for activi ties, have received quotas of Red Cross Christmas seals to sell among the student' body. Thus far their efforts have been successful and a large number Of the stamps have been sold. The school cafeteria has added a any broadcast going on at the mo ment. Some tubes oscillate more readily than others. Sometimes a particu lar tube may regenerate and oscil late with a low value of filament current and plate voltage, while another may require a much higher value in both circuits before It will function In this manner. Radio Notes. As we listen in on our little re ceiving sets we think that radio Is a great thing, and one deserving of much attention. But yet, do we ever consider the many other uses that radio waves may be put to beside that of broadcasting Intelli gence and music? Remote control of mechanism is also possible with these very same waves, says "Tho Globe," New York. With the development of ampli fiers there has come the increasing possibility of using radio to con trol the oDeratlon of any machinery or motion at a distance, by use of a relay or switch connected to special radio receiving apparatus. In or der to accomplish this, signals are transmitted by radio and are re ceived by a receiving station em ploying a very sensitive amplifier and specially designed relay device. This relay Is then connected to such mechanism as it is desired to oper ate at the receiving station. Such mechanism can be an electric light, an electric belL the control lever of an airplane, the switch of an elec tric power line or. In fact, most any mechanical or electrical device. A disadvantage- of radio control- is that the receivlrrg apparatus must be in continuous operation, with consequent consumption of power from the batteries or generator which supplies current to the re ceiving set.- For certain purposes, however, this is not too great an expense to keep the use of distant control by radio from being fea sible. The use of radio In this way is be'ng. considered by a number of electric power companies' for oper ating switches at distant power plants or stations. s ' The Bureau of Standards, Wash ington, D. C, has on hand a series of pamphlets which give descrip tions of parts of very simple radio receiving sets. They are Circular No. 120, "Construction and Opera tion of a Simple Homemade Radio Receiving Outfit," and Circular No. 121, "Construction and Operation of a Two-Circuit Detector." The later pamphlets of the series, describing a simple loading cotl, auxiliary con densers, and vacuum tube detector and amplifier units, have now been prepared. They are Included In let ter circulars fios. 46, 47, 48 and 49 of the Bureau of Standards and are not now available to the public. . The description of auxiliary con densers includes two fixed condens ers, one of which is connected 'n series with the antenna to adjust to short wave lengths and the other of- which is connected across the telephone receivers. The purpose of the loading coil described in one pamphlet s to ex tend the range of the receiving cash register to its equipment re cently, and the machine haa been put Into use In the boys' eating room. One has not yet been pro vided for the girls' dining room, as the project of using cash regltsers is being tried out in the boys' side. Thus far the register has proved an aid to the cashiers, as a record of sales may be more easily be kept. s The Zetagathians ' held a lively meeting on last Wednesday after noon. After the business had been transacted an interesting pro gramme was presented, in which Ruth Cochran and Hannah Lewis cleverly impersonated small chil dren and did a number of stunts. The second number was a debate. In which Marlon Neer won over Lois Burton. The Zetas are planning a number of Christmas activities for this year but none have been made public as yet Class Party Arranged for Commerce. Sorosis dub Plans Christmas . Cheer Seniors Disappear, Look Ins; for Jobs. BY ARDEN PANGBORN. COMPLETE arrangements were made for the class party at the January, '23,' class meeting last Tuesday. Mrs. Wade, the dean, gava an interesting talk in regard to the rules of school dances. In addition to the committee al ready in charge of the party, the president appointed another com mittee consisting of Fannie Stoler, Herbert Copple and Dena Felnberg to help complete the arrangements under way. Doris Bowman was appointed as a committee of one to see that the music and refreshments were pro vided. The floor committee includes Arthur Welnstein, Karola Bocken feld, Lucille Wright, Mildred Jones and Harold Matigun. Another subject of interest to the class is the type of announcement they are to have for commence ment. A commltVee Rose Alper, Fannie Stoler and Dena Feinberg was appointed to investigate the matter and to submit samples of announcements to the class at their next meeting. The girls of the class unanimous ly voted to wear white shoes and stockings for graduation. Each year at Christmas the Soro sis club has taken upon itself the task of bringing cheer to some fam ily that otherwise would have no Christmas. At their respective meetings Wednesday night they voted to purchase a sack of flour, a sack of potatoes two chickens and other eatables fo,r some poor family this Christmas. Besides this each girl will bring a' contribution of her own. The Sorosis club will also deco rate the library over the holidays. The committee in charge ot this decoration Is composed of Edna Aernle, Ellen Bolinder and Mildred Laslle of the Alpha group, and Nelda Majors, Inga Ostgard and Savedina Battaglia of the Betas. The "move up forward" cam paign of the HI Y' came to a flt Aiimav lnat WAHnpsdav eve ning In the banquet hall of the Y. u r i fiav.rnl mATi. renresentlnir. several profeeslons, including bank ing and engineering, were present and talked to the boys concerning their chosen proiessions. Nine excited groups last Thursday looked at the "birdie" In front of the school. Pictures were taken of the June class, Ledger staff, foot ball boys, class play cast, class Ledger staff, Beta Sorosis, Alpha Sorosis, student body council and the orchestra. These will be print ed In the forthcoming Issue of the Ledger. equipment so as to respond to wave lengths between 600 and 3000 me ters. The vacuum tube detector unit de scribed may be used Instead of tho crystal detector with either the single-circuit or two-circuit radio r ceivlng sets. It makes the receiving set operate' for signals from trans mitting stations at greater dis tances. The audio frequency ampli fier unit described in another of the pamphlets employs a single tube. The amplifier unit is used by con necting It to the receiving set in place of the telephone receivers and then connecting the telephone re ceivers to the output of the ampli fier. The distance over which th receiving set receives is increased by the use of one or more of these ampllf:er units. What Influence will the radio telephone have upon the English language? Will this astoundinsc means of communicating the voice to hundreds of thousands mold the language In new ways? George W. Gather asks these questions in the Wireless Age. To secure an answer to those ques tions, queries that have arisen in the minds of many who have listened to the broadcast programmes, I sought Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly. lex- Icographer and authority upon mod ern English, managing editor of Funk & Wagnalls' New Standard dictionary. "Dr. Vizetelly," I said, "do you sea any signs that as yet radio broad casting has had any Influence upon the language?" "Yes," he deplied, "decidedly. Only two weeks ago we included a defini tion of the term itself, 'Radio Broad casting,' in the new edition of the Standard dictionary. It Is a new p 17 rase that has come into common use, and as such Is now a part of the every-day vocabulary, a part of the living language. As similar ad ditions are made to our common tongue, you will find that the lex icographers will recognize them. "Yes, I have listened to the radio broadcasting programmes v with a great deal of interest. Personally, I think that the radio telephone Is the ereatest development of the ape, and I have no doubt that some time I dare not hazard an opinion when the radio telephone will reach over all the world, and make all languages equally, accessible to everyone. "The more universal the radio telephone becomes, the greater its Influence will be." Now the American Radio exposi tion has been planned with a great deal of thought. Other shows have ' been studied, their good points carefully noted and their faults re corded, while the opinions and ad vice of the radio editors and radio engineers have been sought by tlia management of this exposition. There will not be several dozen, Jl loud speakers shrieking and sroan-' f ing at the distrusted visitor; instead, there will be a single nameless loud speaker in operation, handled by ar, expert, and at all times doing fuM justice to radio. Other details will be solved in much the same manner. as compared with tne pandemonium which has characterized previous radio stows.