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8 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1920. LEARNING the essentials of household fixtures. Boys at Couch, one of the six schools already fitted with the new course in household mechanics, putting in plumbing facilities, door bells and electric lights. The course aims to acquaint the boys with the , principles of plumbing and electricity installation and enable them to do their own repair work. ?iia r tin- r5or IUI J ul it i t- it i is u'jj; 14 (i - ii 11 1 it iff-s- , ' . -.y.u, JY "I ply "1 V-H ' i Li,. .Li L-J', .? itf . 'OSs4.y Mechanics for Household Use Taught to Boys HOW to repair doorbells and do their own wiring or repair their leaky fau cets without having to call the plumber, through familiarity with the main easentiala of plumbing, electricity and house construction, is being taught eighth grade' boys in several Portland schools through the new course In household me chanics introduced this fall. The idea is Superintendent Grout's, and was one of those which he brought from Detroit where he visited in the early dawn of his administration and whence he brought so many innovations he hopes to introduce in Portland's schools. P. M. Groehong, supervisor of manual training; worked out the details. On a single frame, which the boys themselves make and which are of standard form of house construction, are attached a door bell, a lighting system and a plumbing ' system With the three kinds of standard faucets. The boys are taught the proper meth ' ods of wiring and insulation so as to avoid fire hazards, the makeup of a bat tery and different connections.' They are taught how to take a faucet apart when It leaks and screw up the rubber washer, and to make new washers out of old shoe leather. They are taught to dis cover what is wrong when the doorbell won't ring, and to. repair it. , They are taught the making and functioning of locks and hinges, of screens and window weights. They are taught all the terms used in connection with electrical appliances, and how to thaw out a frozen pipe. ' No attempt whatever is made to teach the boys the Installation of a light ing (system in a house, since this is con sidered a job only or skilled hands be ' cause of the fire hazard that would re sult from an Improperly wired house. . At the present time, only six schools are giving the course, but it will be ex tended into other schools as rapidly as facilities can be procured. Couch, Haw thorne, Vernon, Central, Sell wood and Irvlngton are the schools now conducting the course. The-Junior Red Cross will give $50 to the cooking department of Port land schools to finance the making of Christmas cakes by the girls in the cooking classes under the direction of Supervisor Edna- Groves, for distribution among needy families by the public welfare bureau. The greater part of the work will be done by the Wash ington high schoof -girls, who will not only make the cakes but also wrap them, leaving only the distribution f or the welfare agency. The Junior Red Cross and the cooking classes have al ready cooperated in a similar fashion in the furnishing of jelly to the Louise home and to the nursery. ; ... The girls reserve at Glencoe school has been holding sessions since October 9, says Leta Kent, president of the eighth grade corps. "There are three corps," says Lets, "those of Mrs. Har rison of the eighth grade, Miss Howe of the seventh and Miss Walner of the sixth grade. The eighth grade has made about 20 bibs, with the help of the seventh grade, for the Waverly baby home, and are now making little books out of cloth, with pictures In them for the babies of the Albertina Kerr baby ' home. They expect take clothing and ' food out , to a poor family just before Christmas vacation and intend to Co more service work in the future." Failing was the first school in Port land .to inaugurate a milk station for under-nourished children. It is now a regular institution, and each day promptly at 10 a, m., about 150 children gild softly out of their classrooms to , the station in the ; lower court, where Percy Lockitch and. Sam Goldstein pre side over the distribution. Five minutes later : the children ( are back in 4 their rooms, '-: . "' - ' Basketball teams at Creston school are now practicing for the coming inter school schedules and hope to carry away the honors as neatly as they did in the football games. . . Portland Pupils to Study Oregon s n History and Facts to Be Taught TORTLAND school kiddles, through .L the establishment of the "Oregon hour" this year, are given opportunity to learn many things about their state never before available. Heretofore, pupils have been taught all about China and her resources, the history of the Revolution, a bit of United States government and other information pertaining but in directly to Oregon, but never before has concentration been placed upon an un derstanding of Oregon, its history, geography, government, resources, in dustries and literature. Each week teachers, are given a bibli ography of suggested reading ' upon which to base class instruction. Since no suitable text book of Oregon history has even been written, teachers must rely upon their own reading in class instruction. - Tests are given period ically to all the eighth grade classes and to the history and, civics classes in high schools, bearing upon Oregon topics. Last Monday's test would hve stumped many a parent of the kiddies to whom it was given. Among i the questions asked were: "What delegate from Oregon nominated Coolidge for vice president in the Republican national convention last June?" "How many members are there in the - state house of representatives?" "When will the next session of the legislature convene?" Xmas Spirit Is Evidence at Lincoln High By IsabeUe Petri THE spirit of Christmas is visiting the art department of Lincoln high school, where the boys and girls are busily making gifts for father, mother, little sister and brother. Under the direction of Miss Irene' Wuest .and Miss Martha Stegamen, the Lincoln students are making Christmas cards. They design the cards themselves and ' then hand-paint them. Some of them are printed. The cards are then sold for 10 cents each or two for 15 cents, the money going to the art de partment of the Cardinal. Another unique practice the depart ment is carrying out is painting Christ mas candles. The students bring white candles to school and then paint holly and Christmas designs upon them. Boxes are also brought to school, re touched and finished so as to make them very desirable gifts. Luncheon sets are being made, linoleum is painted with beautiful de signs, and candlesticks and parchment shades are being made. Applique work is put upon table covers, aprons, iron holders and many other things. Students are also making chains, pendants, rings, bracelets, pins, trays. book ends, knives and everything imag inable in jewelry. Cuff links are made for father, pins and chains for mother. rings for Bister and watch fobs for brother. The work is -done mainly in silver and copper, although some gold is used. Elaborate designs are worked upon the metals and the finished product is well worth the labor spent in making it The Attic' . By Marjorta Oram. An 13, 8-A. Kmu School. : Tb attic, the old dust? ttie -. Tire attis not buna or bare, not so fall of treasure That no one can sMacnfe, -The wonderful iT hiddea than. Th na and th tnuty oM bnmd-eiroidB, The ram that, an rutj and won Are constant reminder , To all tha yoonc finders That aomebodys heroet bred them The diahea. the fanny old dishee. The dishes ee heavy and grey The oandlee that hide there And atray bits of tinware . That somebody coca pat away. The spiden, the fnrry black spiders, - : The spiders that work that each day; There's a fat little field mouse - . That makee thh hie play bouse . And then (aUopa caylr away. Poultry Exhibits By Children Are Of Much Interest pXHIBITS of poultry and rabbits by --J Portland and Multnomah county school children at the Poultry and Pet Stock show at The Auditorium last week aroused considerable interest among adults as well as the young sters. Forty-eight chickens and nine rabbits were shown by the children, and on Sat urday egg and poultry Judging contests were held. Prize winners were : Brown errs, Virginia Miller, Lenta; white eees, first, Carl . Zimmerman, Graham : second, Edwin Gronquist. Fulton Park school; third. Robert Sodenmist, Graham; fourth. Henry Brown, Gresham; fifth, Ole FTigard, Colton. White Leghorns, cock, first, Edwin Gron quist, Fulton Park; hen, first. Carl Zimmerman, Gresham; second, Leonard Blair, 'West Lin; yonnc pen, first. Edwin Gronquist. Fulton Park; second. Henry Brown, . Gresham. Orecona, first cockerel and first pallet, Mar garet, 8L Clair, Gresham. B. I. Whites, first cockerel, pullet and young pen, Robert Richardson, Kellora school. R. 1. Reds, cockerel, first, Virginia Miller, Lents; second. Dorothy Nelson ; pullet, first, Dorothy Nelson; second. Carl Zimmerman, Gresham; third, Dorothy Nelson, Boring; fourth, Virginia Miller, Lents. Barred Rocks, first, old pen, Carl Zimmer man, Gresham. Buff Leg boms, first pallet and first young pen, Robert Soderquiit, Gresham. - Anconaa, fust pullet and old pen, Robert Rabbits, Snfos Red Belgian, first Junior doe, Ernest Oordano, Failing school. White English, first senior buek. first anil second senior does and first junior doe, Clarence burner, neiiogg; New Zealands. first junior bock, Ralph Schad. Failing; tint senior buck and second senior do. Eugene C. Bishop, Tigard. . - Children at Hosford are making Christmas gift boxes in the art department JSTATIUNAI, QTJARTJf? r irlE! Armarr la riAinir imnl f a JL make it a social center for the mem bers of the different military organiza tions meeting there. One of the new fea tures is the ladies' room, which Is to be provided with new furniture, an electric stove, tables, reading lights, and other conveniences as suggested by a commit tee of officers' wives called In by Adju tant Captain L. A. Millner. - The Armory now has a comfortable and well liehted rlnh nvim whinti kn been fitted up with pool and billiard' ta bles and is free to members of the' Na tional Guard at all times. Adjacent to the club room is the Fifth Infantry ex change. Captain E. J. I vers has both under his command. Color Sergeant C. P. eimitn is in charge of the exchange, and will accommodate the boys who desire articles of Dersonal nleaaura iimsliv p,k ried by army exchanges. - ... e The fitting up of the main hall of the Armory for an athletic contest arena Is going on rapidly by a detail of four men, the mill work being done outside. There will be Beats for over 5000, and the first encounter is dated for December 27. - e e- - Company B, Fifth Oregon Infantry, is recruited up to 80 men, and Captain D. u. Hanr an overseas veteran, is proud of them. They drill every Wednesday and it is claimed that they deserve a prize for percentage of attendance. -The supply company under Captain Raymond Conner has a full organisa UHiI! rae.tS every Monday night and value? accountlnK are of great Thje engineers under Captain George E. "d7, PfPering and enjoying the prosperity. .The company meet every Friday night and 1 entirely made up of y5nff, Jlnf1re' ara"ej. architect and electrician. It is plarmlng a thor ough course in engineering with lnstruc- tor from the O. A. C. and it will be free to every member of the company and to all tha commissioned officers of the Na tional guard. The Machine Gun ComDanv under Can- tain E. J. I vers has recruited up to wiuua uu-ee or tne maximum peace strength of 66. There are 14 of the men veterans of the World war and the Third Oregon. After January 1 the company will drill every Thursday evening. While it is rumored that three infantry com panies will be armed with machine guns, Captain Ivers will command the to be termed regimental machine gun com pany. The medical corps of the Fifth regi ment is fully organized and mustered in Major W. G. Scott commands; Captain W. E. Hemstead, Captain Amos E. Waller and . Captain W. Kettle, an well-known physicians, give valuable Instructions every Tuesday even ing. Lectures to the different companies on sanitation, will be given shortly.. . Company H ia up to 67 men on its rolls and First Lieutenant V. C Stetson, com manding, expects to have over 75 active menfln the rolls on December 27, when the two sides into -which the company is divided, will count up recruits brought in and the -winners eat turkey at the ex pense of the losers. It drills every Mon day evening at the Armory and has many veterans on it roll. Company F, under Captain E. C. Libby move on wiin vu men every Tuesdav night, less those excused for cause. Any absentee Is hunted up by one of the com missioned officers and excuses must be valid. ' e Captain Harry Hansen . commands Company E. the athletic company of the regiment. It received 14 recruit ia De cember, and is . seeking athletes with room for seven more only. Commerce High Graduates Find Jobs Awaiting STUDENTS at the High School of Com merce are preparing for a specific purpose entry into the business world. How this entry is made and how closely the School works in coopt ration with business firms is told by Marion Sibley, one of the students, who Bays that most of the seniors are already at work with out even waiting for their graduation in January. "Commercial seniors may leave school and studies six weeks before the official close of a school term," says Miss Sibley, "provided their grades are good and they obtain employment in some office as a clerk, bookkeeper, stenogra; er or sales man. As a general rule, the graduates find no difficulty in obtaining desired positions. In fact, there are business houses in the city that call repeatedly for the young business school graduates and feel slighted if their call cannot be answered. . "The typewriter companies and the order of Gregg artists verify these state ments, for during the last week several students have obtained either an order of Gregg artists' certificates for superior work in shorthand, certificates of proficiency in typewriting, a card, case for a work or merit in typewriting, or even a gold medal. One of the last was presented to one student for exceptional ly good wofk on the typewriter. . "All these incidents play a big part in the life of the student who goes through Commerce, with a desire to make good,, to rise above the common level of the business world. "Room 4, the haven of all the past and present seniors of Commerce, is al most empty. The students have fol lowed the custom of leaving school to accept employment offered by business men of Portland, and the desks are vacant, awaiting next term when an other class' of future business leaders will fill them." - Robert Gill, editor of the bulletin of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum bermen, gave a talk before the gradu ation class at Glencoe school, in which he emphasized the following points, ac cording to Jennie Bell of the 8B class. "Cheat and lose the satisfaction of winning. "What good is a million dollar if you don't win it with your own head and hand. "Be a strong link in the chain. "Don't go over a bump, bore through it. "The two big thoughts Mr. Gill wanted to leave with the class," said Jennie Bell, "were to relate yourself to the plan of civilization in force about you and to have an ambition with the right point of view." "After Gill left, the Glencoe class debated over his talk and decided it would be a food thing if all the schools could have such a talk." To provide a stimulus and a reward for excellence in scholastic standing four medals, two gold and two silver, known as the Hopkin Jenkins scholarship medal, are awarded, each term, to the students of Jefferson high school having the highest standing in their work, by Hopkin Jenkins principal of the school. A gold medal ia 'awarded to the boy and the girl of the graduating class having the highest grades tpr the entire four years of work in the school. The two silver medals are given to the two mem bers of the freshman class making the best record for the first year. These medals1 are awarded in the last assembly of each semester, Mrs. Gay, head of the industrial arts department of the school, designed the medals. Mothers in Irvington district found the nut cakes made by their daughters in cooking class so good that recently when Instructions were issued by the cooking teacher that any child wishing to keep her cake might do so by bringing the materials from home, they started their youngsters off with twice the amount of material necessary. "Mother said she wanted the ; cake that big," explained each girl. , In most of the .schools the product of the cooking classes are sold to patron of the school, and the money put back into the department for the purchase of more materials. Any pupil wanting to take her own cooking home may do so by paying for the cost of the material. - Because of the paint, the game was lost, according to the explanation of Clyde Williams of the 8A grade, as to why the school lost the first; basket ball game. "Last year the assembly hall floor of Glencoe school was sandpapered and waxed," says Clyde Williams. "At the beginning of the basketball season the boys had to play without 'lines. The board ordered lines to be put on and it was completed about a month ago. We had a terrible time with the floor, as they painted over the wax and it wouldn't dry. Several games were postponed on account of this. .As the boys had no practice for a month, they lost the first game." Mis Fymie G. Porter, principal of Falling school, has a unique method of preventing tardiness. She has appointed a boy in each room whom she holds responsible for the promptness of every boy and girl in his room. This lad takes it upon himself' to see that the few late comers who always lower the at tendance morale of a room are awak ened early enough in the morning to reach school on time.' If they have no alarm clock, he goes about and raps on their doors. The January graduation class of Lin coln high school presented its. class play Friday and Saturday nights in the high school auditorium. "Mrs. Temple's Tel egram" was the play selected, In which Florence Fowler and Malcolm Stole took the leading roles. Other parts were taken by Madeline Coffey, Martha Shull, Katherine Cressman. Howard Coburn, Theodore Weise, Harold Karo and Henry Hollman. Miss Christina MacConnell coached the play and Dr. Henrietta Moore and Alva Patton of the faculty assisted in its presentation. 1 Boys of Hosford school are getting in shape for the basketball -season. A practice game was played with Glencoe Monday evening, the first the boy had played, and the opening game was pulled off with Arleta, Friday night Hosford players are : Mariam Pipes, Ray Alrlch, George Kitchener, Sylvester King, Har old Dixon, Gerald Leonard, Harry Llcht- garn and Malvie Dixon. - Hosford school has just purchased a cart upon which to haul its phonograph from one room to another:- The, cart was purchased with surplus money raised above the quota assigned the school by the Red Cross during the paper drive. The school is now aiding the Red Cross in the sale of Christmas seals. Already $15 has been gathered in the school. . The Parent-Teacher circle surprised the principals and teachers at Creston school at noon Tuesday with a chicken dinner which they served in the assem bly hall. Hostesses were . Mesdames Stambougn, Jose, Richards, Glover, Sef ton, Anderson and Sherman. Basketball teams wishing to stage a game with Glencoe school are asked to telephone Captain Stacy Potter, Tabor 7181. - - .. The Christmas eeic- Bring your gift problems to us for solution. Let us show you .our immense stocks of ideal Christmas presents priced to meet the pocketbook of everyone. Give something useful this Christmas, something different .and get it at J.l D XT O XT V : vxauauya . uuy nuw, lay next icar. We Have a Sale This Week of Reed. 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