TllZ OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, e SUNDAY . MORNING, MARCH. 3, 1916.
5
- Jefferson iHigh.Ml, '
rriHE third annual lire wire -vaude-
- -,vw wsw will om stTa - uoj
contains la acts besides election by
the school orchestra. All dabs And
organizations have presented a sketch
end the best ones here been selected;
The proceeds wllL probably go to-
immrJt . tha aohrvftt ';. atmlnrahln fond.
The gym, classes will present an aero
batlo act The school's famous com
edienne, Helen O'Day, will entertain
the audience. The Lady From Phila
delphia, a tabloid drama, will be pre
sented by the Literary and Dramatle
club. A clever before curtain act will
be put on by the Scientific club. -The
Naemphl club will present the Rev
eries of a, Bachelor.- ' Frescotts and
Vrwe,au wub w w . . .
two man sketch. The Live Wire act
;wui be a playlet ; called . the 'Ama
teurs.' The Tech club ; cnartet. will
also hava an act. A minstrel show
rill ' km -nut , n hv the . Boys' Glee
club. A Japanese act wiu oe stageo. oj
III V vuu UiP" - -
room scene will be presented .by the
civics forum. All orchestration will
be furnished by the school orchestra.
Hsrtrldge Whlpp gave a concert be-
4t. mtln : TtiMuUrt mam-
mi, , jar. nnp-w j
Mrs.? Leonora Whipp. The - concert
w rtvni -wird'ar two of exolana-
BlanAtlon on each song. v The program
was divided into-four groups, me
U1U - Bwuy - -
. tury . In Italian: the second, a- couple
- m n.mMnH th& thira
an Italian aria and the fourth group
was at, series or? noaem Mummu
songs., The program in fall was: 1
a) "As on the weiu -y w'
ara), - tb -Victorious -is My" Heart";
J "Dreams Tin Twilight" oy strauss
ana tneErroi junj; m pro.w
i ragnaccj; -rie w"
v . w.nir." h Frank La
Forge;' c) '"Danny Devers, by Kip
ling and a series or, tour songs uw
"The City of Joy," by Deems Taylor.
a mm n titled the "Pauper's Ride"
was sung by request. This Is . the
second time Mr. Whlpp has sung be
fore the school. .. :-V-i-t- ir -
H. T. Vance will lecture before the
commercials department, .of , X A... C.
again this week.
lias filled ever 100 positions f or ths
students stnee lt,s organisation.. The
bureau was organised -- Thanksgiving
week. Some of the positions have been
permanent while others have been
- merely temporary.. mor , -.u-.uv
of fared than can r possibly be filled.
hnt - tha success of those filled basvl
caused Miss-Burlingham, the head of
the bureau, ' to be very enthusiastic
.over It, The third call for boys has
come from one big firm, -while sev
eral others have made the second call.
At-the meeting " of the "Naemphl
club, held on Tuesday, talks were given
by several glrlav t-Elvera " Anderson
gave a recitation. .Francis Pease gave
an excellent talk on "How to Make
Playground Apparatus." jnary w o
cott spoke on the folk -' dances and
iiM Aimn ffitnnlm-nteri
saiuw. - a --
tha talk bv telling of Mr. Weir, na
tional playground supervisor. The talk
was Illustrated by several games,
directed by Mrs. Currtn.
' Lincoln High.
' By Mmrgaret ManjfleW.
" Lincoln debaters have brought honor
An, school for many years, and this
, 1, ( nvw.art Tft ,H
year wo in hwmui
.winning of new laurels, for on April
24 three Lincoln boys wim depart for
Los Angeles. Cel.. to debate with stu
dents of :the Hollywood high school.
The question for. debate will be, "B-
solved, that a schedule of mlntmam
wsge rate be adopted for Oregon and
California,!- George Koehn of the fac
ulty will accompany ; the boys, and
under his supervision the. boys have
been preparing the debate the past
two months. The boys Uking tha trip
... w - n . I T . . T.nlr T .oi. Mid
wilt oe nupa w
Jack Holsman." '
A new campflre was recently or
.ganlsed at Lincoln High. It Is called
IWaspallt, meaning west wind. Jt
consists of ; the following members:
-E-.mtlw - Viuixle. Jean . Wolf K Dorothy
Tonng, Elisabeth Stephenson, LotUe
Sparks and Genevieve Matson. -x ms
- .u t . m. Cmft. mn
Camp was oiamea on jmvu ,
line xoiiowins oinr, wi -in, .
Emily Veasle president,1 Jean Wolff
secretary and treasurer ana wenevieva
Matson editor. The society wss for
tunate in securing-Miss Schneider as
: guaraian, r our mwunis -- uv swo
held and a. program has been arranged
" for the weekly meetings, which: are
held in room 104. Besides the regular
meetings, the members hava enjoyed,
a f party ' and a tramp in tne woooa
With the coming of flno weather the
- girls hope to participate InVarlous out-
doer activities. ' '
t John; Kendrtck Bangs is to lecture
. at - the Lincoln . auditorium Tuesday
evening. His subject Is announced
We, Us & Co.!
, AthleUo Officers JTamed.
f?:'ikt a meeting of the athletic asso
rlitlnn Wedneadav the followlnr offi
cers were electedt Rudolph JSmlth, foot-
ball manager. Jack O'Brien, yell leader.
Hick Carter, Jack Stubbs, Joe Llllard,
Dorothy-tlne and Alice Hester'mem
bers of athletio board. .-:
Last Mohday the Tri-ls held a very
enjoyable meeting. Miss GUI gave an
Interesting reading from The Golden
Aga" - Elsa Armstrong talked on
Clara, Barton. one of the prominent
women in the Red Cross i movement.
'The society has adopted its club pins,
whieh are in the shape of a green tri
angle -with a white trillium In the
center. Green is the society's color
and the 'trillium their flower. The
consUtntion of the Tri-ls has been re-
vised ; by- the following .committee:
Mildred' Hawes, ; chairman; Elinor
PUlsbury and Jessie McDonald. N.
The February le class has chosen
as its motto "Seek greater things";
class flowers,', roses and violets; class
'lsvenaer.. ana yeuow. ineir
honorary members are Miss DownesTThlra are: Roswald Peake, Mildred Bur-
Miss Buckley and Mr. Marls.
: a Thursday afternoon a delightful pro-
cram was given, at the regular Tolo
business meeting. .The : school quartet
composed of Homer- Marls. Ernest
8tanley, Ralph Spearrow and Fred
Strong sung several numbers 'which
wera sreatlv enjoyed. A committee
comprising Don Morris Stanley Mans
field and Kaapa-epearrow are wont
Ing togeTfter on- a plan f or the semi
annual TOio party. .-Vv
SUaa Tax Satezialas.
Mlas Hilma Fox entertained several
of her Lincoln friends last Saturday
afternoon March 18. with an enjoyable
card -partyi -honors f ailing I to Miss
Bernlce Johnson. - The house was
beautifully decorated with green and
white in - honor - of -St. Patrick's day.
The same color scheme was carried out
n ttm -fr-ahmestit sjid favors. -Thoke
accepting the hospitality of Miss .Fox
were. Imogens Seton, Melba Peterson,
Bllse Feldman, Dorothy . Goldsmith,
Mary . McDonald,. Gere vera Fleming.
Lucille Evans, Margaret Mansfield,
Virginia Cash. Gene Celsler, Ruth
Stewart, Vernie - Flanders, ; Josephine
Hunt, Esther Zimmerman. Esther Er
lkson. Noami Marcellous. . i -
Tuesday morning- ; the ; students
Officers of Febroarj, 1017, cUag in Xlncolzt hlsh'ichooL Left to right George Cowse, Esther Bod--
- A - y man, WilUam Balaton, Belle Coimtrymaii nd Elmer White. . . - V ;
missed the regular singing assembly
because the' Shattuck school students
met with W. H. Boyer In the audito
rium "for singing.: Mr. Boy er. will give
the sameAongs to. the Shattuck stu
dents as the Lincoln division, but after
this Mr, Boyer will go to Shattuck to
conduct the singing assemblies f the
commercial school.
Commercial Department,
Many prominent cltlsens, of the city
have been visiting the commercial de
partment during the last week. Mr.
Herron is called upon several times
dally to ' take visitors ; through the
rooms. Mr. Herron has received sev
eral calls for help from business men
of the' city. Most of the calls are for
stenographers ' and bookkeepers to
work odd hours.
On Tuesday the first music assembly
of the term was held. Lincoln ' for
feited their assembly so that the
commercial department . could enjoy
the privilege. It la hoped that these
assemblies may -be arranged for every
other week. . .
The get together' party held by the
Efficiency club last Friday at the home
of Mr. Carlton was a great success.
About 48 persons spent, the evening la
playing games, dancing and singing.
Some oV the games were played on
the lawn.' .Refreehments were served
by Mildred Oilbertson and Stella Han
son. Those who attended are: Mr. and
Mrsv W. H.' Herron, Mr. and Mrs. cT
E. Carlton. Rita Resing, Mildred GU-
bertsen,- Stella Hanson, ' Jessie Mc
Donald, Lucille Phillips, Bells Coun
tryman, Neva sokes, -Alice Felke,
Blanche Walker, - Honour Robinson,
Margaret Magnlni, Mollis Israel, Edna
Bryant. Marie - Burroughs, Clara
Knee ot,, Evelyn Davenport, Fsyette
Harbaugh, Mildred Newman, Sarah
Swire. Adlna Morterued. Magda Frand-
sen, Heber More land, Everet Hilton,
Isadora Ankells, Alwln Stalsburg.
James Carlton. Cecil Landon, Anton
Ltngaas, August Belch, Maurice Gel
ler, Wesley Fague, R. Bunnage, Wil
liam Meyer. Henry Tanmoss, Roy An
derson,' Fred Car! ton v Alf Jobannessen.
Fred Ryan, Vernon. Thomas, J. Merrill,
Wayne Felke and Harry J. Lewis. The
committee on entertainment included
Faye Harbaugh. Roy Anderson,, Mil
dred Gilbertsoh and Stella Hanson.
A. W. Dlckerson, a teacher . in a
commercial school in Wisconsin, spoke
to the Efficiency club on Wednesdsy
evening about efficiency. The pro
gram consisted of a' reading by Miss
Jessie McDonald entitled "Taking the
Blinders Off of Jim"; a reading, "Ar
rived in Forty Days." by Fred Ryan.
and "Is It Anybody's Business," by-
aiiss tteiie countryman. aitis Allen
end Miss Myrtle Baker were voted in
as new members. . ,
I Franklin High :
5. - . By Vers BlweU. .
O. O. Dewey, physical . Instructor
kere, has resigned his position on the
executive ' committee of the Franklin
High , association. - His work will in
crease with the coming athletic 5 sea
son and he felt he could not do jus
tice to both positions. L A. Melendy
will take his place. - '
The returns of : ths ticket" sale for
the play given for the benefit of the
Franklin High scholarship loan fund
have - been turned in. - One hundred
and fifteen dollars was cleared on the
tickets and $ 1 1 on the candy sold be
tween theCcts. Thi Is ev good start
on the. loan fund and the good result
obtained from the venture wilfgive
encouragement to any others. .
At a meeUcg of the exdeutive com
mittee last week a sominatins; com
mittee was appointed to receive nom
inations or the student body officers
for. next term. The election will be
held the last of ; this term; Wesley
Reynolds was appointed chairman of
th committee and those acting with
dick, Ry Hatolip and Hasel Cain.
, A Preshmsa Issue of The Past. .
At a; meeting of ;Th Past" last
week it was decided to run. a freshmen
issue next month. Fairy stories and
nursery rhymes wilt be In evidence in
honor of oar new friends. A eommittee
was - also appointed to see Principal
S. p. Ball as to ways and means te
raise money. Those on the committee
ae Carl Prler. Lota Tomllnson, Grace
Locke. - - -t.
Arthur Mackensie, president of the
Franklin High association has re
cently left school to attend to business
in Idaho. . V' ' ' ' -' : ' -v
. Lois iTorallnsoni now vie president
of the association, was appointed - to
the presidency of the executive com
mittee, and - Philip - Strack will Uke
her "place. -, - j
' H.-.W. White, manager of the base
ball teams this season, had a turn out
of 23 boys. A number of these boys
were in teams last year and will , be
able to play comparatively good. ball.
Mr. White expects to train vtfaree fast
teams to " pUy each other and i will
select nine of the best men from these
teams to represent the school in the
league- games, , He also expects to
take this team on several trips before
the opening..' of the lnterscholastie
sesson. '- ' , - -
Vew Society Organised.' ;
A new society hss been formed in
the commercial department. It will
bs under the supervision of Mr.' Stel
sel. instructor of commercial law.. The
purpose of the organisation will be to
study parliamentary law,' public speak
ing and debating. Clarke Schouboe
wan tMtt nr-ald-nt- v j ' ' i -
During the last week the Junt&
literary society met for the purpose of
electing officers: Those elected were:
President. Graced McLean; vice president.-
'Florence, vBlcknellr secretary,
Dorothea Anderson; sergeant-at-arms.
Warren Fitzgerald; librarian, Pauune
Grimes. Membership and program com
mittees, were also appointed. -Those
on the membership are Margatet
Luolans, ' Donald Simmons,' William
Fostvedt. Those on the program com
mittee are: Harry Dobbs, Helen Smith,
Inex Ford, Mary Thorns and Margaret
CDeen. - v - ;
Washington High
By 3IarJory;Rood.
l The June It class sent a challenge
to the faculty challenging them to a
baseball game. - -The faculty accepted
the challenge. . . .. . v
. During the past vweek the future
captains for next year were elected.
Basketball captain, Bob V Snodgrass
soccet Russell' PatlersoxC nd wrest
ling. Earl Suit. y. t j
Thelma Fatland and f Eveline Fred
rick; members of the second term do
mestic science class, gave a breakfast
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The
color- scheme was yellow and white,
the decorations, daffodils.
Monday the February 1 7" class held
their- meeting- in room il. Because
the date . of organization was so late
there has been . no get - acquainted
party. A eommittee for this party was
appointed by the president, "Spud"
Norraandln, Monday. Charles Strube,
chairman; William Banks and Mabel
Metcalf. The color committee has mads
no report ut Will do so at ths next
meeting. Much discussion will prob
ably follow ths . next - report of the
pin committee for the ideas concern
ing class pins are many and varied.
; Washington won the Vista House
cup. Wednesday morning it ws pre
sented to the school by the committee
who had been , lri chargaof the con
test. : Raymond Hill, of the Benson
Polytechnic school and chairman of the
committee, addressed the, school and
congratulated them- on their success.
'Samuel C Lancaster, engineer for
the Columbia river highway, : told ' of
the work being done to put the Colum
bia highway .before the 'eyes - of - tha
world, - Lesley v Ross, representative
from Washington High on the com
mittee, E. H. , Holt and J.' M. Conklln
were present - to express - their con
gratulation. The1 cup was 'formally
presented ' to -Ted Peterson. - student
body president, by Mr. Lancaster. Much
amusement-, was caused by a photog
rapher who took a flashlight picture
of the presentation of the cup. "Chock
Wells, yell-leader, led the assembly m
some good old-time yells and then the
the', school song : : "Washington, My
Washington.'",, was sung by the school
and the assembly dismissed.
TJ"i-..cnste'CJri-"0jr Planaed. ' i -
' The '"clean-up dsy,; that was once
merer fantasy on. the part of the stu
dents is now no longer a dream. .The
chamber of commercehas taken charge
and the "cleaning up"; will take plaeei
some time soon, the - weather permit
ting. Part of the school day Will be
given for, the work. As there Is much
objection to "all: work and no play."
a large number of the girls will bring
baskets with luncheon for two. - The
committee of girls In charge of this
phase of the question are Viola Har
rington, chairman ;; . Helen Wheeler,
Marjory : Rood,- Frances Fleckensteln,
J anet , Daniel, v GretcheaX Taylor,'; Abby
Lyman, Marcella Catto, Miriam Hilton
and Elaine Cooper, p Five ' out of the
ten of these girls are connected with
the chamber of Corrtmeroe. The regu
lar committee of 60 that takes charge
of 'the school lunch refuse Problem.
will clean ftp the .neighborhood streets
While the rest of the school that vol
unteer s will clean the athletio- track.
The Implements to be ;used will be
furnished toy Commissioner George L.
Baker - from the city's supplies. The
boys will be organized Into squads of
15. , VChucV Wells will be captain of
the, whole army bt workers. Each of
the following boys will be captain of
a squad: .Paul Campbell, Ted - Peter
son,' fSpud' - Normandin, Wayne Wil
liams, - -mo- walker, George Bdr
man, Clarence Johnson, Wljliaro Grout.
Roland Manary, . Junior Pallet, OUn
Lewis, Russell t j Patterson, I Clarence
Jones. Jack Dundore," Bertrand .Woods,
Remey Coxvt Rocke Keniflek.- Cecil
Angle, 'George-Graves, Carl Jtlckson,
Clifford Whittaker, v Seth Blake, Stan
Sapham, George , Black, Archie Roth,
Al Roth and Bob Sdodgrasa,
Wednesday's program at , Neakahln
was decidedly interesting. Miriam Hil
ton and Gwedolynt Stevens opened "the
program with mandolin mdsic s Mrs.
Jewell,' chairman of . the board of cen
sorship, gave an interesting talk on
the sensorship of "movies." Alma
Scharpf read 'a-novleT from ene-of
tha, leading motion picture magazines.
A moving - picture, -The .Ballad 'of
Mary Jane (passed by the national
board of censors) was acted. The
scene was in the castle. ' Mary Jane
was played by Mary Maddocks; Ben
jamin by Joseph Felts; Mary Jane's
father by Helen Duck, and Lord Mort
imer by i Dolly Lydlewlck. The play
was read by Dorothy HeilL-4 Helen
Gross sang; several school songs and
ths program was closed by a "critic's
report by Marian Welss.r
Chomber of Coxaxaerea Vests.
xne cnamoer or commerce neid a
meeting in their recently outfitted
room Wednesday afternoon. The bust
ness manager, William Grout, called
for a report from all bureaus. The
charity and employment bureaus have
done the most work so far this term
because they have a larger field. Abby
Lyman, head, of the charity bureau.
with her two assistants, Gladys Rog
era' and Bertrand Woods, have aided,
with food and clothing, practically six
families. Hal Abel,- vice, president of
the employment bureau, with his as
slstants. Albert Lang, Clifford Whit
taker, - Frances Fleckensteln, Florence
Casey and Antonia Liest, ; have an
swered, so far, 24 "ads ' and secured
12 positions. Seven of these positions
have been- filled by school boys need
ing the work, the rest are Tstlll un
ruled. Four .good homes for girls
have been found but there have not
been found girls to fin these places.
The average-pay for positions for both
girls and boys is $8 to $10 and the time
required is out of school hours. Olin
Lewis of the civics, bureau, with bis
associates, "Spud" Normandin and Al
ma 'Scharpf are in charge of the
clean-up day v Under the-work- of
this bureau' Will come the planning for
the school's part In the Rose festival.1
This bureau is also working for an
amendment to the student body con
stitution that will entitle the debating
coach of this school to a wage to be
paid by the student body. The cham
ber of commerce as a whole is very
interested in this. Marjory Rood, vice
president of the publicity bureau, has.
with the aid of her assistants, Mildred
Wells ' and Janet . Daniels, - kept . the
work of the chamber of commerce be
fore .the public, both city and school.
The purchasing bureau, under Remey
Cox, has not bad ths opportunity to do
anything definite.. His committee con
si sts of Albert Lane. George Coffee,
Miriam Hilton and.Gretchen Taylor.
Benson Polytechnic School
' By Raymond HilL ,
- Tuesday evening the architectural
Students were the guests of the Art
society at a lecture' riven at the Art
museum by Ernest Batchelder. who
spoke on the "Art of Cathedral Build
ing' Mr. Batchelder augmented his
lecture with slides of the important
European and Asiatic cathedrals. This
lecture proved very Interesting to the
students.: After the lecture a recep
tion was given to Mr. Batchelder so
that the guests- might have an oppor
tunity of meeting t him.' For several
years Mr. Batchelder has been . teach
ing architecture and" art in the- east
em colleges. At the present time he
is retired from teaching and will -en
ter into' private practise. ; -. . .
..'The "order" problems 3 are being
worked out at the present' time with
all possible speed. This part of the
tudy 4s r proving indeed very inter-
estlng.
. The senior boys of the electrical de
partment spent Wednesday afternoon
at Central library, where they were
shown through ' the technical library
and also - explained V.tge 1- method of
looking up J the ; books by the .index
system, which is used -at the library.
Mr. Brereton, who has charge of the
electrical department, chaperoned ' the
students. ,-' v - - ; -.
A dinner party is being planned by
the Benson Faculty club, r As yet Mr.
Moss,, who ,has charge of ths affair,
has not announced the definite date on
which it will be held. The club prom
ises to be the. big social diversion -at'
Benson Tech. 1 . Mr, Law- la acting as
the chairman of organization while
Miss JJolmes of the glrir school is the
secretary, v,- it
: Washington ' Teachers . .Tlsift. v i
Teachers from several schools in
Clarke - county, v Washlngtony visited
the : school- last Monday. The entire
dy was devoted to the Inspection of
the - various shops; and departmental
The work of the students pleased the
visitors to tha extent tha V every place
they visited they showered favorable
comment. Among the visitors c last
Monday was , Miss Minnie '.Teasdale,
principal lot the - Franklin ; Grammar
.AhMl'ttt V.AMltV.r Wh .nil 1H..
T-ana Mattlra. ilnmaafl
vjsor or ins Vancouver achooL i
. First lessons in moulding work were
given, the 32 technical students last
Tuesday. This part of the course of
study is ' weU; liked b the students.
Within a very - short time the stu
dents are to make a tour of the Phoe
nix ; Iron works..- Thai party will be
! chaperoned vby Mr. Benson, head '. of
this department of the school. ; ?
As part of the new school equip
ment, there are several new-drawing
cabinets being completed In the cabi
net making- departmen t,t These will
accommodate boards, tools. T-squares
lor'zt stoaenis. ..-. in material usea ,
in - the construction of these cabinets
is Siberian oak. - Last week a new-,
drill press, which was made by the
mechanical.. students, - found its way
Into i the wood working department
Here it will be used to assist with
the ever increasing amount of repair
work .for the , Blind school and other
departments,- V1. fHr.-- -"
Benson alumnites held a successful
meeting last Monday evening.' This
business "meeting was -held in tne
chemistry rooms in the boys school. 1
A general discussion of the sunaing 1
of v the association was ; held. . after ,
which nlana were devised for a mem-4
bership contest that went Jqto effect
immediately. The alumni members
are divided into two divisions of equal
amount. The slds that gets the most
newmembers into the association' be
fore April I, will be given a real nan-!
quet by the losing 'side. At tha meet
ing last Monday evening two new
members were taken " in the assocla
. m. . . . . 1, . rr i
iioo. 4 oer were skus xvui can,
February : 18, and Miss Doris Clark,
February 10. ' . f ' ; " . ,
Hxts Sntertaia. Boys,
Ths girls of the February '17 class
entertained the boys of the February
'17 class at a party held last Friday
evening In the gymnasrum of the girls'
school- ' This event marks the second
social .diversion of the .xlass 4 this
term. The two February classes have
been very active holding parties and
other entertainments.- A real theatre
party 'Is being .planned for . the near
future. ' ! :y-:n- ',": . " .
Last Saturday, evening - Miss Lola
Lank was hostess to about 25 couples
at a private dance-'held at her home
on Errol Heights Games were played
that afforded amusement and enjoy
ment. "V Miss Isabella Steele played a
violin solo that ) was well !, received.
.Miss Margaret Laugh ton played a
flute solo, while Miss Freyda Wilson
and" Miss Mary Peattlo gavs several
hcomlo readings that kept the guests
in a joyous - mood. . Dancing played
the Important role of the entertain
ments. Music for the dance was fur
nished by .Miss Sarahc.MeFarland,
piano; G. C German, clarinet; Miss
Isabelle Steele, violin. : The school
song; was merrily sung by the seniors.
Behson Polytechnic (Girls)
.- By. Minnie Bibelhausen, ,
Among the : visitors , of the school
the past week were a number of teach
ers from Vancouver and vicinity." Mr.
Gilbert of Spokane and Miss Csrothers
from- the Rose City Park school of
this city. . r -; v-
The girls' glee ciub netted tne sum
of 12.40 at a recent candy sale held
in-the school building. - x
Three committees from the, various
classes met with Mrs. Alexander
(principal v on Monday, to plan several
social functions to be held-in the near
future. -
Among the students who have taken
positions recently are Olive Town-
J-send and Olive Laparee. employed in
millinery stores, and Miss Theft and
Florence Young in dress making es
tablishments. , '
Miss Lola Lank, a senior, gave a
dancing party at her home on Errol
Heights Saturday evening. March 18.
About 40 students enjoyed the evening.
A short musical program -was greatly
appreciated. Those participating were:
Isabelle Steele, violin- solo; Margaret
Laughton. flute solo: Mary Feattle
and Freda Wilson,, recitations, and a
piano solo by Sarah. McFarland.
Miss Jean Jacobs, who has been the
pianist at the "Wednesday - morning
assembly, will .be greatly missed, ss
she has accepted a position t Miss
Catlin's School, of Music,
- on Friday evening the junior class
held a "kid's - party in the "gym-
room of the school. A musical pro
gram and . games were- greatly . en
joyed, after which light refreshments
were served. Mrs. Grahams chaper
oned -the .party.. - V, :h:fi.:
Much to the regret of the students
Miss Jessica Farnbam has been trans
ferred to, Jefferson High school. : Miss
Ethel McKercher has taken her place
and 1 the classes in metal art Ttre in
terested in the making" of silver rings
and pins and copper book ends and
sconce. ' 'i- '.
The senior' class plans to give a
program in April consisting of a short
p4ayK "Jiggs Vis Jones," recitation and
musical numbers. The proceeds from
this entertainment will go to the class
funds, i? -
- James John High.
; By Hazel Johnson.
The senior play "Uncles and Aunts,"
Is under way. Study of lines has be:
gun and - rehearsals are appointed as
earnest of its presentation on April
11. The east as Chosen: Robert Raw-;
Una, tBeglnald'a uncle); Clyde Thayer;
Henry 'Rawlins, Carl Cunningham;
Reginald Rawlins, Ferris Swisher;
Fred Cufteton. Drott La r sen; Zedekiah
Aspen,. George Hufford ; - Bates, Keath
Swisher; Mary Mar ley, Ethel Hufford;
Nelly Mar ley, Olive Zimmerman; Mrs.
Wade (Nelly's and Marys aunt), Min
nie Nolen; Jane (Mrs. - Wade's maid)
Florence Davis. ' v,
' Members of the teachers' ' training
class have been visiting the gramme r
grades - of ths different schools for
observation.' work. "' The - reports ' as
given in class prove that they hava
found the experience most helpful, u
A number of the Vancouver high
school: teachers spent a day last week
visiting the James John High schooL
Mnf Gets, with his class In physical
geography, visited the weather bureau
at the customs house recently
The 'first and ; second term Latin
classes are to "Present a little play in
Latin somo' time in April, "Pyramus
et Thisbe,". a farcical sketch of a
Greek myth.: There are about nine im
portant characters, with a. few minor
parts. .-r
Mr. Blough, principal of the Ports
mouth grammar school, spoke to tbe
American history class on Wednesdsy
about the Spanish-American war, Mr.
Blough who was a participant in this
war,' brought many relics . back with
him, which were shown; among them a
earvea. oamooo . cane and some old
coins. -He .will speak to the whole
school later on the same subject. (The
class also had the opportunity - of
hearing Mr. Gets Thursday morning.
He ? took . as his - subject, v 'Mexico" i
giving a history of that country. -- "
. The tiro gram committee of tha Dra
matic society Is planning-an eveniner
rprogram for ;-Friday. March 31. . Mu
sic, readings, etc, wlu be the features
of the evening. ' v. . - v ', . - ,
Miss Cbollar and "Miss Bushnelf en
tertalned. the faculty at dinner March
18. The table -was decorated Jn .honor
of St. Patrick's day. Covers were laid
for - Mr. and Mrs.- 'Fletcher, Mr; and
Mrs. Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Curtlss,
Dr. and Mra. MacMlcbael, Misses Bun
dalL Clinton, Barber, Von - Wlntzln
gerode,Mrs. -Dalyrmple, Mrs. Love
land; Messrs.: Babb, Taylor, Getx and
DSJrymple. f rf.
Fernwood. i
- Fernwood school was the scene of a
delightful entertainment " Thursday
evening theproceeds-of which amount
ed to almost 1 45, wlU be tised In pur
chasing pictures for the school, "
The main-' attraction was tbe exhibi-
RELATIONS WITH CITY- CLOSE
f s' i . s ; , f
Map of city on, which black spot indicate the real property owned by
? , Reed college, o which there are 42 pieces. . '
S.'Reed eollege owns 43 pieces of prop-
erty within the city limits of Port
land, and derives -most of its Income
from'? the rentals of the buildings
which it owns.. At present not all of
ths property is Income bearing.
According to the will of the found
ers, a fixed amount was auowea tor
the erection of school buildings, and
this has . already been spent, so - that
the college can grow only as it saves
from . the yearly, income, or as more
endowments are made. ' The chances
of saving from the Income so as to
build more buildings and add new de
partments. - are I alight, ,, because the
entire income at present Is required
to maintain the- . departments now
established. :-j- y,
The property belonging to the Reed
estate is scattered all over the city.
Eighty-six acres are in one piece in
EastmOrsland, and this comprises ths
college campus. Another . large piece
is on Swan island,- three-eights of
which belongs to the - college. Nine
teen other bits of property , lie within
a -radlua of one mile from the busi
tlon of circulating pictures selected by
the school beautifying committee, sup
plemented by numbers given by the
chlldrenr ' ... "
The program was given in three
parts. . . .
Part one consisted of regular school
work conducted by Miss Mickey and
Miss Dowd. : ' l-".--f. '
' Part .two was a mlscsllaneoua pro
gram consisting of the following num
bers: Song, Edwin Capen; dramatiza
tion, -The Linden Tree," Lucy Calef,
Wanda Warner, Ton Han ford, Lewis
ReuppeL Grace White, Beatrice Vvn
derson; t song, Richard . Hanson, Paul
Roth rock. Loyal Mourton; recitations.
Dorothy Hardon. Jimmy Lull; aaiiors'
hornpipe, Marvin Buchel. pictures "from
Mother , Goose, .Georgia Boardman,
Ruths Conrad,.)- Mable Wagenblast,
Nazarene Hutchins; Japanese chorus.
Fourth grade pupils; recitation, Ray
Spooner; Scotch play, jjrae WentworthT
Robert Knight, Robert McCullough.
William - Wood,,; Donald Grilley, Mel
rose Pflsam, Norbert -Jarman, James
Goss; waits gavotte, Phyllis Walker;
vocal solo, Ruth Fltsgerald; recitation,
Winifred Crowthers: boys' quartet,
Frank Greeman, Ted- Wagonblast, Gene
Leidgh, Truman Bldweli; girls' quartet.
Florence .- Fisher, Ramona uawson,
Lucile Hollinshead, Helen Weber; vocal
solo. , Lucile ' Nichols; dramatization.
"Little - Men;" boys'- chorus. Philip
Davis,. Max Johnson, Richard Atchison,
Clarence "Hanford. v . .r v.
Part three included calisthenics, in
tarsnersed wit!, a vocal-solo by Miss
Ann Mathlson, redtatloas by Dr. John
Styles and piano solo by little Frances
Wardner, : . - -
Clinton Kelly:, -
. During the past week there has been
an exhibit of some of the best draw
ings . and - specimens of handwriting
of the pupils of Clinton-Kelly. The ex
hibition was held in the assembly hall.
Those students whose work is on dis
play are . Gertrude Hadley, Howard
Klncald, Rosa Doern. Isabel Naas.
Josephine Nelson, jcari Btani, ijorotny
Grecco, Eveline Genoe, Gladys Mills,
Bobby Hardy, Hilda-- Kuscht, '; Carl
Klemsthmldv Emma Petri apd Beth
Sutherland. .
- Rooms T and' 17, under the direction
of Miss Elizabeth, : Keber "and Miss
Elaine Clouse, respectively, have made
a collection of sea shells and relies of
all kinds that will help In their study
of geography. The pupils taka a
great Interest In bringing .curios "to
add to the collection.
- The pupils in room 11, under the di
rection Of ' Miss Martha Bsrtell, se
cured the "curio cabinet"- this last
week. ,:;"The cabinet - circulates from
room to room and is given to tbe room
which has tha best . attendance - of
mothers at each parent-teacher meeting.--,
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The boys' of Clinton-Kelly fumi
gated the. potatoes, that - are ; to be
planted in the school gardens during
tbe rainy days. The garden plot Is
plowed and aa soon as the ground be
comes a little drier the planting will
begin. .
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The -7-A class of Hoi man school vis
ited the Art museum Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock : to listen to an in
ter esUng lecture on the different pic
tures. The lecture was under the su
pervision of Miss Dunlsp, decent ot the
museum. 4 .,."' -
Primary Work Shown -
- On Tuesday afternoon papers repre-
sentmg daily work or tne classes j-a
to tB grades inclusive were en dis
play in room ,204, ': courthouse One
hundred" and - thirty-seven teacher
came In between the hours of 3 to
K o'clock to see this work. -
".""f Hawthorne. . 1
1 The ninth grade will resume science
work in the high school science labo
ratories' some time this week. This
type of ' work was - originally started
last tend and a great number of those
who took it last term and are now In
high school have signed ap for courses
that will include either chemistry or
physics.
. Out-'- of 74 ' who were- graduated
from Hawthorne in January, 78 went
on to - higher-, schools. - Fifty-six of
these 73 are new uking . college pre
paratory "courses with the firm inten
tion to continue their education In coi-
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ness section, and' 14 more within a
two-mile radius. - For what' It receives
indirectly from the city in property
income, Reed college makes return
in the educational opportunity it pro
vides the young people of the city. in
a standard college at a considerably
lower cost than if they had to leave
the ity for the same advantages, an 1
in . Us extension courses. Sixty per
cent of the student body, comes from
Portland. '
' The college started extension work
during; its first year, with one
course, at which the total attendance
was 8380. The" next year, 1912-13,
nine courses were given with an at
tendance of 4477, eight courses the
following year with an attendance of
11,388 and eight courses last year,
with an attendance of 13,647. Fifteen
new- courses are offered this year,
and two old ones are repeated, and
the Increase of attendance is making
a record. These extension courses are
offered in any pert of the city, where
a sufficient attendance can be as
sured. and all of them are open to
i the public.
Wege. Professor Hadley of Hawthorne
says this is the largest percentage
he has ever known In a grammar
school class. Statistics show that
only one out of 25 grammar school
graduates ever go through college.
The eighth grade girls who have
been taking domestie science in the
high school laboratory gave a surprise
luncheon for their grammar school
teacher. Miss Hattle Billings.
Couch.
: The geography classes of the sixth
and seventh grades, in charge of Miss
Mclntyre, have .been doing some inter-
, J estlng - practical research work. , Not
amy nave tney stumea a great variety
of text books but they have also vis
ited ships and wharves to study im
ports and exports. Tbjey have inter
viewed merchants, manufacturers and
travelers for information about the
countries under consideration.
All told, about 70 cudHs have made
these special studies. . Victor Metsger
visited tha wharves and Interviewed
Harbormaster Speiec. George Elchord
studied fabrics - and bric-a-brac with
Chinese merchants. Bernard Rltter,
accompanied by his father, visited Jap
anese merchants; he also Interviewed
the manager of the Oriental Rug com
pany, from whom he learned many in
teresting things about rug making.
Irwin Fulop and Harry Richards
chose to study rubber, and secured
most enlightening information from the
Goodyear Rubber Co. Edmund Veasle
studied the animals of South America,
Norma Wilson, Oiga Nelson. Holdxar
Carlson. Paul Rennlck, Charles Aalt
and Robert Dill chose Siberia, and
Helen Welty, Vivian Thompson and
Eugene Malt land, Egypt. Willis Ellis
made a special study of the West In
dies..' This research work has been
used ss a basis for compositions with
very good results. . -v;
Each week the principal gives an
illustrated lecture in the assembly hall
on some phase of geography or other
99
; For Sore, Tired, SwoIIeh Feet; 'For Aching,
x Tender, Calloused Feet or Painful Corns
. BW'W '.J - - J
.Whole
swouen xeet, tenaer. reet, tired feet.
v Good-bye, corns, 'callouses, bunions
and raw spota No more shoe tight
ness. no more limping with pain or
drawing up your face in' agony. Tlx"
is magical, acts right off. "Tlz draws
out all the poisonous exudaUons which
puff up thefeet. Vse "JT and wear
yeatfffoot' J- N ' "I
comfort for only . j ' i '. y
t. at it . m ,m .-r- ..'....-....
25 cenii V. - ' ' ' or
school work. Two weeks -ago it . wi
a set of views on, the Panama cans:.
This week the pictures of the WtUam- i
ette from its source to Its mouth cre
ated such interest that many pupil
have asked to learn Sam Simpson s
poem. "The Beautiful , Willamette."
which the principal read as the plot
tures were thrown on tbe screen.' i
- Tbe Junior Audubon club of Mias
Gorman's room meets avery Friday
afternoon. - Tha club is now studying
the birds of Oregon and the work is
correlated with the work In Ungual-e
and composition. The - Couch club la i
affiliated with the Audubon society of
Oregon, - .v- !
A valuable collection of books, 13 ,
in all. were recently presented to the I
school by Mrs. J. Burnham, a teacher
who has Just retired after many years'
service in the Portland schools. These
books, most of which are for teachers,
cover a- variety of subjects including
science, education, geography, English,
history and biography.
" Llewellyn. '
Miss Sadie Etelson, teacher of the
fifth ' grade was seriously 111 "during
all the last week. Mrs.' Fays Hansen
substituted. Although Mrs. Hansen
is well liked by the children they are
very anxious for the return of their
regular teacher.
Last Tuesdav Assistant BuDerlotend-
ent .Grout visited Llewellyn. Wednes
day -Physical Director Robert Krohn
and Miss Anna Shillock. musical di
rector, were there. Each was well sat
isfied with the work donein each de
partment. . - - - .
Tne tots or . the first" grade spent
many, minutes during the last Mon
day afternoon making envelopes for
the garden seeds. The sseds are bought
by the school and then .are divided
into Individual packages and are dis
tributed to the echolars. - -
Ths ninth grade girls have originated
a money earning plan. They are very
busy making Llewellyn arm bands of
school colors and selling them to tha !
pupils. Ths money gained t is to be
used for pictures' of the ninth grade,
room. Miss Lilly Schmldli, their
teacher, is directing their work.
' n : -i - ; Lents. " ,' '- : ' -;
In, Miss Full's room are two fcaby
mud turtles that were hatched last
September. They are living in a gold
fish globe in the schoolroom. Richard
Hess gave a short talk in some of the
other rooms about mud turtles. The
children have learned how the mud
turtles' nest is made and what,, the
eggs look like before being-; hatched.
The mud turtles are now about one
and one-half inches across. .
Seven girls of the June graduating
class are doing, special work In paints
ing under the direction of their teacher.
Miss Carrie E. Hunt. The work, which
is dons after school , hours consists
principally of landscape and flower
studies in water colors. This class
was organised a year ago last October,
and consists of the following member :
Dorothy Sells, Blanche Allen, Francis
Ellis, Estella Wood. Vuran Julian, Vio
let Johnson and Evelyn Hogue. ; The,
girls expect to have SO or more paint,
ings ready for the Lenta school annual
industrial exhibit next June. . . . :
.Beaumont'
Beaumont school bag gone for golf.
A three hole course is available near
the school at East Fortieth and Fre
mont - streets. Saturday afternoons
find at least 10 embryo golfers In so-,
tlon whils handball and playground
ball have their devotees on this ten
sers tract. In which ths parent-teacher
association is much Interested.
Led Way to.Master'e Body. 4
Portsmouth,-Iowa, March 25. Relatives-
of Max' Relnig, a farmer-near
here, were alarmed when Relnig's
collie dog cam to the house howling
end acting strangely. They followed
the dog and found Relnig's body where
he had died In a diaUnt field of heart
disease. . : -. ' , ' ; ".-' - . ' '. ' 1
In Treating Tuberculosis
It - should be remembered that one of
the aids to : relief la found In abun-,
dance of fresh air day and night
the largest possible freedom from -over-exertion
and well-cooked, pure
f oodT . -
Attention to these should do Much'
toward arresting ths progress Cf the'
malady, but in many cases there is
need for extra help. Where Nature
has to work with a weakened body?
her power la limited. Before she can ,
do her most, there must be a return
to normality of functions. ... t . s :
Under such circumstances, try Eek
man's Alterative, which has been used i
with large benefit by many sufferers
from tuberculosis. In numerous eases
it has helped to bring about recovery..
And since It contains no opiates,
narcotics or habit-forming drugs. Its
use is not attended with danger. At
your druggist's, or direct -
Xokman X.sberatory, riuladelpaU.
use Tla whea -
feet ftvehev bttta
puff up. It'afineT
a:
smaller shoes. Use Tls" and forget
your foot misery. "Ah bow comfort
able your feet feel I - - ' -.
Get a 28-cent box of Tiz now at
any druggist or .department -. store.
Don't suffer. Have, good feet, glad
feet, feet that never swell, never hurt,
never get tired. Beware ' oJW imita
tions' . ' a.
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