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THE OREGON STATESMAN: SlXllAY, MAV 11. IOIO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES END NEW OFFICERS 4RF WIFfTPn AUMJji.UUtUiVAiil Highland Parent Teacher As-! sociation Meeting Held Last Wednesday A large number of patrons and friends, also (teachers from other schools, attended the parent-teacher 7. ,7."" . i l wn eanesaay evening. The program was en exemplifi-1 cation Of the work dane regularly , by the physical culture ' classes. These exercises were conducted by MUs Philippa. head of this depart- tnAn n r in IfMJ... J n . . u aiiss 1 Jiim-ca cox, ine regular teacher Miss Pb'Hpps Rave a vu iue , aiue oi 'correct ro3 - ture for Children. The flag contest was won by the sixth grade, but as that room won a flag last year, the pupils decided to give the flag to the first -room. At present there are silk flags ia both the upper and lower halls and in three of thf rooms. These flags. arc -on.. staff" -and sef in standards Th-v mei"re 32 bv 4S 'rtchpg across. U is hopedijthat early in the next, school year all the rooms n.tiw' bnildiag will be -supplied wttn simi- t . i at k Ji , . i . i 1 At the conclusion of Uednesdav's program thei children marched from the audito-iam to anothet room, AS Explosions Jar Class Room But Nobody Worries About It Boys in Chemistry Classes Become Bomb Experts Explosive and Boapi don't com- bine very well that's why Herman Clark, professor of chemistry at Salem-high separate? hia secojd se mester boya4 and girls' classes. Of course, they start out at the first of the year studying the same things along the lines of cut and dried chemistry, but within ,a few months they are ready to apply H20 and Hno3 aud all the rest to entirely dif ferent and iextrennely practical pur poses.; !! . -; r , During the war it has been the custom to explain to theToys the use of explosives, their1-composition aad general - properties and in the la boratory they have made practically all of th f omnjon and . uncommon ones in smiall quantities. Working in pair',' they mike the nnn. .a.h desires to ekiieriment with. The fin- . . M 10 "sperimeni-wtth. The fin-i Ished product is tested under the tirnmr 3r..j : Metals, their uses, chemical - an alyses aod Allows are also taken up and suitable tests car :Ied out. While their classmates are man ufacturing fkiynamite the girls are engaged in linore delicate operations. Kuicn as the intanu fact ure of per fumed S'Jaiiw. By maKlng samples in the laboiratory they easily learn of Ubertr jcho.1, South of Salem. Where Departmental Work Out for F.rst Tune; Several New Subjecst Recently Added to X: " . i 0 Uf KilHBg tWO lIrrf With nno cr.. and getting a lot of fun , t . 4t Is evidently. one or th. mtt u tt, J Liberty school just four nriles south of Salem.jliAt this building, which has one cf the livest groups of chil dren in the county, they have a pe culiar method of studying geography of the Fnited States in the seventh grade. ery time an interesting subject, i dmes up the children ' sit down and write letters to commercial clubs in the Bection concerned aad from the literature sent in response to the qtiry acquire first hand In formation or the country. j The beauty or this correspondence work is that it teaches the boysi and girls to write correct letters, they get a vast amount ' or jov in opening their officjal mail and they inciden tally piekl up much knowKMge not to be had; from me:ie chool books For insUnce. the class was study, ing Texas and wrote to certain plac es for information..' Back came book lets full of maps and pictures of the horned or several g-eat men. In cluding Colonel House and Postmaster-General Burleson. With these as a suggestion the class immediately r?Md.""e,f rjto oup of enr ographesf 8tudent ead of ge- OF TERM DRAWS NEAR where they enjoyed a concert given . on the Victrola. i Meanwhile the parenU elected of-i Vicers forj the coming ,ear, as the date, was the en set for the annual meeting, j E. S. TUinghast was elect ed president. Seth U. Smith, vice- president Jand M:kN. E. Abbott, sec retary and treasurer. The officers are already making plans for open ing ,ip the work of the association in the fail. Twenty-two Pass in Lincoln Posture Tests The sebond posture test iriven bv Miss Helen Phillins -mnaBi.,m .... pervisor at Monday resulted in 22 passing in Lincoln junior high Thoe I Mn the Mventh grade were: Margie Marr. Gladys Danison Mary Smith Martha Van Lannen. Martha Walker . . . . .... r-exner ivisle. Fmm . the eighth I trade w-iere- UtAcn Amv t'nni j Harmon, Winifred Lura Florence Jones, Ltis Fellows.. Helen Hooreh- ardt, Lafonia .Leach. Pauline Pat terson ahI Gladys Xewherry. Out of the niijfh p-ade were: HolM Vick. Violet Peers, Helen Camniack. niancbe and 'Li Ml The.;f. Humphreys Hnttie Brown. e-f arc riven pverv fn;?r V G.ant t Have l',v.y,m. r. :,,, .. .. . i gymnasium exhibit for .the "aront at 7:30 'hexf Wednesday night j Th: . nm.,Mn1in.m ... j nnd will lb' fnllo-wed" bv neakine on.D. 1 J " I 1 the proposed school election n COyj and GlTlS Tty to ! . . . . the harmful and honetixi Qi ant" and methods of testing. Each rt tha ii i iae icacner naa aeveioped an In- tVln on cnarrVing and aad the girl then reBnit nnniA t.-! ... 1 she may! put to use later on show- i to a ittuiaiMK letoru. wnirn' forolln t0 bC UP -aanrso!Srrn Sttoi S fd. ? .SaI-,!-2COm;:r,OM forms whith this niemorial tabr-adUnH8 tak were spokea of by the Bcienceork Vs it uZv VThe: is no lace of interest in the class room and something is doing ' every minute More girls are tak-.' u.c tuuise man usual and havo delved so 3e, iosly ,to their work I theospital and bthers IhlTo, -that they have formed what is known : f-. ol"ers inf .co'u- as th t v t dm., ....... era; ;J Tw C oev:' o icim mey get.- y wtj togethei? and stage ' an w ucuiuusn auun or nold a picnic breakfast before school. The club hasJhe following officers: Max ine Burn, president; Florence Cart wright. Secretary and treasury; Ruth 'Sinuus, (Clarion repo-ter; Karthryn Gibbardt sefgeant-at-arms. Meet ings are carried out according tn ' parliamentary rules. i - r '..4..J it ! . . lZZ ."00i t, ""'""'UB ieaiures. this itures this sr.Si year. The three teachers are trying ut ut-jiai imeniai work ror the first time aad have made a good showing m the art and physical culture class es The school has just purchased a Victrola and the board provided baseball equipment in order that a team might be organized. Had it not beea f.r the prevalence of influenza in the neighborhood this spring the .toys would have been out pl.-ving The school lost 33 days of Whooi tin - term on account of the epidemic. . -mong-the gt made by the chil dren recntly we:e $28.07 to Hie Ar menian fund and three boxes of food SrPohS,23? ana Girls' Aid society t-Ai j .Arnt,,,i is Principal at Liber La?d. ,s ass!stei by Mrs. Hull I4 the iatermediate and Miss Marion Barkhorst in the primary grades The school board f- tn, 5.Fi!?ef; made tap of j. Ei Cri" man, Uenry Stevenson, H. II M ford and F- I. Scott,! clerk. am- Xot all or the min.i aiin;n. appear in the picture TW rolled . 8 year ire 35 follows: ii , . car Ilerndt. Mary im"": Iterg. Willie Be:ndt. Dorotv rZVZ " I . ' L. j V- '; i 0 0 1 1 !' j i ry I INCREASE SPEAKERS FOR ! CLASS PICKED i' ; Maud McCoy Given First Place for Scholarship ! at Salem High ' Students who are to take part in the Salem high commencement exer cises have been selected I by the faculty and students and are now working on their class orations. For having the highest stand the seniors Maud Mcf'ov ft? p aCe- 1)0113,(1 Rat haying the highest standing among J was given oi the student body, was chosen by the class and Adelei Esteb by the teachers. This year's graduates make up one of the smallest classes In recent yarsk as there are only 99 members and two of these are uncertain un til they learn the results of the slate: Bible tests on which they are relying to make up certain credits. U-!st!June 147 received their dj plomns. Thr conmenorment speaker has n t yt t br-n pelocted. The class met ln!ng 1. and decided upon Jun 10 a d ite for thf senior p'ny. Find Suitable M emorial Out at Highland school the chil dren one day were trying to help i the city out on a proolem that is f paramount in the minds of many at I the Present time, a unldipra' nmmn'.l ial. And just to show .wiiat logical thioking the tots put forth on the subject, here is an examule: ai"ins, ana me various uses to J:1iwnc granite and marble are put. " nru u j a. A . ""J1 f" vfere- l? n.e P.r.- M arCh' raoni"ent, "comfort" room lJJ 2 7 MhT.u,;" w,us UI Tn'' .v. o.uj . r ' w,ir- - one avisea tne a.rcn or monument.- Bertha thought th both the JomfirV" r and that hnth th wr j provided ,She said. "I think they ought 10 nave both rooms. I think they ought to be something the soldier3 would enjoy, and would enjoy being some of the soldiers sick, so nothing would be done for tnera:. Is Being Successfully Tried Interesting Course of Study I doiTt think they, Herboldt. Francis Mapes. Mildred in a hospital and Gravbill. .ian,. ."arfc in .i 'I CJO'tC Dencer. Pearl-Davison Willi,,,, iw. man. Ruth Emery. -Ralph 'Emery Ro-I .r?.t- Vr Fr"st. Ula Fox. Iw-i man Ifi.ik r cii;,.0,. , .... " . iuw-- i " " ' it --",,an uarijobst, Hor- v ' rranK Hrubetz. Elsa v Ti Krcri Iferman Krert. M8thr .Kreft' I-ouis Lprr. Genie M.tn,ford Gladys MumfoM Ton, Helen Mue, Harriet Mize. Milton Mc Iouch Keta Os.e. KeanetS ?iJe"e.da.hma.rt. EWon Ogle. i?VJ i. .7 ltrson- Patterson. Hazel Patterson. Ethel Patterson. Edith I-atterson. Dcnond Schmidt. Itccsia ard Schotthoefer. Theresa Schotthoe rer. Ceelia Schotthoerer. Chester Seeger. Leland Scott, earl Scott, Charles Stevenson. Joha Stevenson Rose Spoo. Ruth Spoo. Roland See Ser, Memn Seeger. Elizabeth Tur ner, J-lora Turner. ; Albert Thomas uiaaert Williams. fie - ": .I "eginald Williams. Etta ' l.Ul. ' "is Alice Kug- rr-ciaiion. Magdalena Schmidt. Sabina Schmidt. M.orning: C ' rWa Tschn' ,2ath dt. 1'iano duet -HeautieK of Para- GOOD YRITING BRINGS AWARDS New List of Names Oat for Palmer Certificates and Progress Buttons Palmer Method awards for good penmanship in school have just been announced by Miss Theda D. Per kins, supervisor of the work. These are divided up into various classes, and were given out as the follow- i 'n&: Washington Junior High. Business a ad H. S. diplomas Eth el Hepner. Leah Hoppes. Ruth Kuhn. Ruth Peck. Iradell Crozier, Marie Shulderraan. Students Certificates Dorothy Brant. Mary,. Peck, Helen Chung. Frank Reinhart Dorella Anderson. Rita AlKere, Louise Flndley, Esther Krickson. Katheriae Hartley. Iris Page, Mary McKinnoj, Louise Nunn. JJUian BaUingeT, Charles Crosby. Progress Pins Dorothy Eshelman i iois t.vans, Wayne Voris. William Gupton, Mildred Stanton. Margaret jonnson. Alice Wulfmeyer. Marie Ar nold. Clarie Ritchie. Luella Voune. I Con3tanee Richmond.- Bemice Kirk- wood, Charlotte Doocastcr, Theodore Smith. Gladys Hildebrand. Palmer Method Button Thelraa Daily. Genevieve Mulkey, Estella Batliner, Marie Elche. Clifford Fitts. Lora Toelle. Wllimena Cox. Louise Herren. Grant Junior lHzh. Students Certificate Ella Plett, WVl Mary Warner. Margaret Frohmader ' thp, .Progress Pins Beatrice Living I eton, Bersie Taylor. Thelma Owen. Donald Schaupp, Charlotte Runde. 4 Kate McCaffery. Theodore Runde. Anna Anderson. Henry Rahlke. Palmer Method Button Unlta Kirk, Kenneth Prince, Walter Lam kin, Irma Bacon. Earl Tucker, Garth Johnson. Virgil Creson, Dorl3 Shaw, August. Harris. Carmen Kuhn Mr. dell Dietz. Gabrielle Ancey, Melvln Finley, Earl Strasbau'th. Wncoln Jnuior High Students Certificate Jones. ' . ' I Progress Pin Erma Meek, Flor ence Roberts, Miriam ; Holder. Palmer Method j Button Paul XYoodward. Alvin Marr. Mary Smith, tanning Brora. Everet Anderson, zenith Stapleton. Carl Houglas. Ruth Hazelton. Mable Wolf. Harold Mc intyre. Helen Throckmorten. Margie Marr, Arthur Blumberg. Perry Wal cher. Fred Krepela. Lloyd Satterlee. John Minto. Opal Lucas. Xorrls Sta pleton. Gillis Knapp. Rrth Hazelton. , Highland School Progress Pins Ethel Cooper. iwmer Aietnod Button Martha Burger,' Lois Hockett. Margaret Pro IZJ"": "fdell. Ix,uis U," - nce.Kuth Davison """T Clifford Flake. Mildred Cooper, Orpha Harvey Ktto el Cooper. Lottie Weber. ' Richmond ScImm.i. Palner Method Buttons May Grunhoa. finder 1 4, ln" llrt? Orville Fisbr. Pauline am- Wells, Hubert Ashbv. Canitola ai. len Yew.Park Jh-1mk. house, Martha Ammana. Marvell Ed ward., Kenneth Graber. Edwa d Am- i-n. .Miiared Pearsons. JuaniU bepman' Loif "PPoW. Ornery Camp- Englewoofl Kcltool. Palmer Method Button Veda Fer rell. Ora Sharp. Wilbur Loy. lola Pjiogers, I5tn lArnold. Io -Graber Varjory Wakey, Hazel Rogers. Ada Jsaarpev GarfieUl Sch: Progress Pin Evelyn Johnson 1 aimer Method ituimn ? . Plympton. r ..wm Kauri Yew Park Children Give Night Program An -exhibition of gymnastics and roik games was given Friday nigh ?i - m Park RCh001 nder the direction of Mis frri. he lower hall of the building. A irge number or parents attended and took part in the discussion or the proposed special election to pro l I fu-?d8,ror the erection of Junior niKh school gymnasiums. Mrs. J w Harbison was the principal speaker Music Classes Plan Their Own Programs j 'Girls in -the junior hiph school I "'"SIr Masses are geiiinK pr.ttire in ...-Ring up proKiamx tlimusi, the "n"1 A que method intrudu.--.-d i,y iheir rurior. .Miss Lena lMe Tartar. 0Ullllittf la a,.rw,vi... ..I - -" i r. itnre ev- p' lwo wefK' and th i....inlHrs ar- ,.M,V. n amateur recital without " I Wfj Wfj-j. week in the buildinr. In the junior Inch given this scluHds the ...v.i,-r pan or the time is put in on rhour work, folk songs., patriotic ng;and popular ballads b.ing " d.. One a week Miss Tartar IV. ic,rollt record by a famous artist, and it i played and s,.,diod gies i tic pupils a i-and. Irena Ger. Doi-eila Af!d-r-son. Clifford Ilulsy, Arthur Cum- mings. . ' Piano solo. 'To Spriim." it;ri.g Louise. Findley. 'Th.. T.II Tal." Uonald KriHI. I,et. "Oii the Kad to Hon.. .swwt Home." Klla Wolf. l.re.U Anderson. Rea'ding-- - "ThV laVinia Buirgy. Duel." (Field)? I Sons. "Carry Mo Back to Old Vir- 1 aimer ilelhod itiin.m.u.L. miht viever be Kiser. vrn, Vi--.r.' .!L ' "i00 1 i a.i i ii i: s w . ii n n u iim glnny," Ella Wolf. Lorenz Schnuelle. Reading. "Our Hired Girl." Juan ita Bullock. Duet. Tn-to date Match". Pearl Mee. Louise Findley. The Sa class in music also gave the following program Friday morn ing: Piano foIo. -Sparklets." Bertha Vincent. Recitation. "Visiting the Sick." Anna Peterson. Recitation. "The Two Frogs." (Jeorge Adams. Our Trip Around The World' Constance Richmond. Recitation. "The Bald Headed Man." EIniira Paulson. Piano solo. '"Little Grey Home in the West." Cecille Llston. Recitation, Dialect poem, lkw Lovell. HERE AND THERE : IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Harold Cook Steaker. Harold Cook, scout master for the Kalem troops, gave a lecture on Boy i ocoui worK ai school Wednesday. Forty IkolUn IUieI. From the entertainment given Thursday nieht in the Salem htrh auditorium by the Snlkpoh Dramatic Fociety and the Girls Glee club $40 was cleared. MIn Dahlbrrjr Here. Miss Kate Dahlberr. who is In ' charre of th Smith-TTughes work at iOrfnTi AcrirtiltnTl rnin-re m-a in the ritv Friiflv and In dimtir Fri.-cc hn!U!lr.r .it tr.- high pchool She jilso T!ted thn Ktrl' c?a-s roim. Spoiling Mitch Sncn. Murh interefit l blnr fn"vod r th countv p111re rch tn tak plac'next Snturday Schools rnnv send contestants rnrentlng arft grade above the fourth to th b'r meeting at tb Sale"i hleh Wlnnerr will receive gold medals having or. them their names, grade and th year. CUmi VUIu Mill. The 9A clss in manual traininr at the Lincoln Junior hleh Rchoo' under the direction of Mr. Foster went to the planing mill last Tues day during their doublo ssstnr period. Mr. Foster states that a r-sult of that enjoyable and instruc tive excursion the members of th class are now acquainted wit? methods of woodworking. Track Meet FinUbed. The Lincoln junior hleh schoo" biys completed their track nor ifter school Taesday and the award were given to the winners by Mi Powers, who is in charge or the bovs physical education department. Mother to Meet. The Mothers' club of the High lind school will hold a meeting ci Friday night at 8 o'clock. The pur poe i to raise funds for the V!c tiola. Welti ie Fetnl iini. For the purpose of raising fund to wipe out a deficit in the ttude-.t body treasury p weinie feed wr. given Friday noon at Washington school. A committee sold "but log" sandwiches at noon and raise.! "ver 1 from them. VICTROLA FUND GETS ADDITION Every Kind of School Work Demonstrated at Engle wood Entertainment Covering almost every phase of j-ehool activities, ap rogram was gi- n Friday afternoon at the Eng wood building for the purpose f raising money to pay for the phono vraph. It was also intended to dem onstrate to the parents, who nu.n red between 73 and 100. what ach of the departments is dolt.. Language, music, reading, physkal .'ducation and writing made up tb xhihition. which took place in tl: r iain hall of the school house. A Hag drCl. marching nd fei'i. sanies were accompanied by niu-i. from the new victrola. purchase I ix weeks ago. Even the nmrul..r writing exercises were counted l the machine. An imitation talking machine I.. i prominent positon was used as mt-ans of collet ting donations, whk b amounted up to $U.;..i. This biinrs the cash on hand up to ver hair i : hat is needed to pay for the mtisb b". The object of the meet ins; Wa cleverly emphasized in the invlta ions and primed programs made b the children. At the lop f each wa a liny victrola. Th numbers wen is follows: National sng All. Writing Sixth grade. Dramatization First and second grade. Flag drill -Second ami third grade. Marseillaisv -All. Story William Knr. DafriMlil Indies Third and romth grad-. . Spring pMms- Iras Dran. 'bild pfins--na Bigs. Folk games Third and fourth grades. Formal work Firth grade 1ks. Folk game- Fifth grade girls. and Kixtb and yixih "Heah. conductor," elled an in furiated -colo.iel" on a Southern train, "that: was inv utaiinn .t.k L Why didn't yuh stop thah. suh ... i imp mean no more, answered the conductor. "The en gineer's mad with the station agenf Urit. : 1 - - - 'V ? Cool slippery sgnclles c MICA AXLE GREASE AALU W STANDARD OIL t It. IT. Campbell, -special Acnt, Mica Axle lnc Ray L. Farmer Hdne. i'o Salem, Or. It I IVarce. Jt Son, Salem, Or. II. Ihle A Son, Salem, Or. Salem Hardware Co !aletu. Or. LUNCH ROOM IS GOOD TRAINING A""' 1 a 1 , It" t uins ai uncoin junior nieni Preparing to Have Domes tic Science Exhibit Another one of Abe school cafe erlas is ujst finishing up a remark ably successful year. The one at Lincoln Junior high school under he direction of Miss Irene Ringhelm has been giviag practical training to the preparation of meals to the rirls enrolled In the domestic science department. This cafeteria at present serve from 20 to 30 people a day. Jotal eeelpts for the week averaging 'rora $15 to $20. During the winter lonths from 40 to Sa people were erved each day. The enterprise Is not run as a ,'oney making scheme, only those irlces being charged which cover .xpenses including dishwashing. The menu -served each day con sists of a soup, a vegetable, salad, -sndwlches. dessert cocoa, milk and monade. the prices of which are i and 4 cents. . The girls in the J A and 811 rlasse iave have each a 45 minute period n the morning of which two ds a week are given to recitation and j hree days are nent In preparing j Kinf dish for the cafeteria. The Men's S'H-O t 4lens DRESS SHOES In the ilt'sinihlc- -olrs anil styles fnnu $13.50 ilojvn h low as $4.00. I Boys' Mic? Axle Grease spreads evenly and forms a cool, slippery coating that clings to the spindle and makes pulling eas ier. The Mica fills up all roughness in the metal, makes the grease work better and last twice as long. No hot boxes. Ask your dealer. Buy by the pail., J - STANDARD OIL COMPANY KtanOaru tni Vo Raiern, Ore. for sale by Lilly Hardware Co., Ktayton. Or. IVtrr IHetrkh, St ay ton. Or. A. I Ilonr, Turner. Or. II. L. f"arl, Tumrr, Or. 9A clas has one and ore-half hoar V frr" noon in .hich they prrpare th Innch. The rUs I divided in rrnr" of ttrn and theiM take turns, a week at a time, preparirg the er1fble?, roups, desserts, etc. In the afternoon the elasswork is r?vrn over to sewing. The seventh grade classes are making under wear; the ninth grade are maklag An exhibit of work done during the year In the sewing department is planned for the early part of June. General Leonard Wood Republicans Organize TORTIaAND. Or., ilay 30. Or ganization of a General Leonard Wood Republican club of Oregon was completed here today with election President C. II. AVeston; vice-prts-IdenL I). W. Alton; ""creUry-t meas urer. A. J. Raney. The declared purpose of the new organization is to promote the cane of the Republi can party in general and to foster of Ueneral Leonard Wood the par ty nominee for president. . "What made yon a multi-millionaire?" "My wife." "Ah, her tactful help " "Nothing like that. I was alraply nirlnn tn k-nnw If (Kara w Income she couldn't lire beyond. I'tk-a ;iobe. mm mm a kUcac m.A - Work That will withstand harl usitpe, will protect the feet tnl yet Jh? very comfort alilc. These arc the roiuirrtl eou!itions and they can be nicely met in otir Lion Ilrand " Hanly Hitlc' work shoes. Either pool lieavi. arinr style .......57.00 &$8.00 HIack or Itrowti ("rain, douhle MUs $60 & $5.50 lUxck or Itnwii ("rain, as low as , .'$4.50 Dress and School ES hoes- IHark r llrown, in either Entrlisli toet round foes r army lasts, an.! priced all the wav from $5.50 down to $2.95. AH shots warranted for Satisfaction. i j