Theaters and
Features
Society and
Churches
SECOND SECTION
EUGENE, 015EG0N, SATURDAY EVENING, FEHKl'AHY -1, 1!U5
EIGHT PAGES
NO. 40
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PURPLE AND -GOLD FLASHES
News of interest of Events, Past and Future, at the University High School
Saturday, February 19ii5
No. 18
Editor Blnncho
staff
Assistant
tlY"L Fditor-rCarl Muller.
SSt-Un-r Cooie,
Edtionai .
P" be students the
3 it now? reruns -
"""'. '" eing on which you are
m t nf in favor of. but if the
t, whollj in the )nove.
"frive it vour whole-hearted sup
'"' ; l it i 'lire to be a success.
t.'t l a now croup of student
!J officers now. They conswor .
h, n r t hold their office, and
will do their best to make our
1" on of the highest qua. y.
Sri,, rrontest responBium... . .
on you. Are you w.lhng to
-operate?
Japanese Fans Arrive
n, , that will be used by the
,TnbP of the Rice club, in run-
I, The tans .........
S have flowers and oriental scenes
Thf bovs" costumes were also given
,. then and. although the material
l the girls' has not yet arrived.
Mr. Booth expects to have all the
ost'unies completed in about two
,k, and she will censor them at
this time.
U. H. S. and E. H. S. Debate
. . ,;,! hiVli dehHtiue team
me iiii"-"" J -- - .
n.t the Kugene high team r ridny
,ftmioon at the respective high
.fkonls iu the decisive debate of the
..-;o The Knirene hich af-
.lCiimi mi" " " '
trmative team, Ueatricc Milligan and
Mwjaret Edniunson. met lieien iian
:, and Hiram White, the V. H. S.
... .Lie chnnl KfltlirVH ErV
I.ecainc ui ii"- -
knil fiweun Stivers, t'luvcrslty high
ilfirmative, went to Eugene high to
.Mate the negative team nl mat
srhonl. Pauline Winchell nnd (,'lnrk
tjrUtt The winner of these de
lates will represent this district n
ihe atnte league. The Japanese ques
tion was debated.
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY
.J&yffifvg JP'C'
Ml I
nlmvt the hondn. After r.me opninfe
aoiuaintaiu'o games, the program
eoiiiiiiittei will present n ontertaiu
nipnt a fi'rtturw of which wilt bo a
rroMs-word puzzle punic by Belect
Mtphomores, arid a solo by lora Mc
t'hiin. Ire rream, animal cracker
and lollvpops are to be served i"
room eleven. Patrons and patron
esses tire Mr. lionjamiii, Miss Mark
ant) Miss Undine.
1
Here Is George Washington as his contemporaries knew him.
The above painting is by Gilbert Stuart and was painted In 1795.
Washington's birthday (s tomorrow.
Old English Lltearture Studied
The senior G Ktiplish class has been
tudvins old KtiRlish literature for
mh ftast two weeks. ltonortH wtrt t
then piven which jtnve the material
thus fnr coverrd in more comiens.; I
form. One of these included nut or 'ill
u literature before the first Norman
rwinefit. Another was mi literatim
sfter the Norman conquest. Many
l.i-stnru-al facts havo entered into
ihpi reports which make them much
more interestinij.
Girls Lose Game
Th girls' basketball team lost to
ihp Springfield team by a score of
ID to 10 in a game played Monday
afternoon in the University high
school gym. The V. H. K. girls
plared hard, but Springfield's team
jtrtvril suj.i-rior. The lineup was:
Forwards, Wanda Lesley and Mar
tone Landru; guards,. Juanita Kilhorn
Bti d Florence Maltman; center, Clara
Mailman, and side center, Porris
Manly. Substitutes: Hose Simons
fr Wanda Lesley, Mary I .mi Kent
'ftr Florence Maltman. and Margaret
Hurler f-r Porris Hardy.
Radio Set Completed
The rnlio set which the physics
elas lias hepn asseinhliinr h now com-
pleted. The set is mounted on a base
wl panel but does not have a box. '
in getting started to score, but the
first half ended with University high
in the lead by "( points. .Hidings was
high point man for the game with
1- points. Co wart of Springfield had
1 1 counters to his credit and was
high scorer for his team.
The lineup was: V. II. S Stearns
nnd Hompy, forwards: lall, center;
Hayes nnd Hidings, guards. Spring
field Cowart ami Cox, forwards;
Mr.Mnllen, center; Nice nnd Lewis,
guards.
Seniors Have Dance
The senior class gave a "hicU"
dance, nt the Anchorage Saturday
night. The money was secured from
the socinl fund of the class. Kach
member was allowed to bring a guest.
The patrons nnd patronesses were
Mr. nnd Mrs. Douglass, Mrs. I'attee,
Mr. I Mckerson and Mrs. Assenheinier
Both Debates Won
University high debaters were vic
torious last Kridny night over the
Springfield nnd LenbMi'g teams by a
3 to 0 decision in both debates.
The leanis nf the different s'-hooN
were: Lrnbnrg affirmatives Hotter?
Cui ry and Huby Minn, deHnted tin
U. II. S. negative, I lelen Hanna, ul
Ltnhurg.
Springfield neative. Hnrnold Hnlt
ne nnd (iilbert Mnrguth, met U. II. H.
iffirmativp. (!wen Silvers and Kath
rynFry. The miestimi used for these
debates wns Hie stnte question, "I'e
solved, that the Japanese should be
admitted to the United States mulct
ihe quota terms of the general immi
gration law.
The judges for thso debates were
prominent men who knew the ques-tioi..
U. H. S. Meets Roseburg
The U. H. S. basketball team
played the Hoseburg quintet Kridav
evenii:g on the men's gym floor. Th
Hoseburg team came up here full of
fight as they wished to make amends
for the defeat the I'. H. S. gave them
at lioveburg. The game was called
nt :4." so that it would be over
before the regt.n-. A. C. game.
TIip lineup for U. II. S. was as
follow: Sinrns and I lempy, for
wards; Hall, center; Hidings and
I liiyos, guards.
Kid Party Held
The sophomores will be treated to
a kid party tonight. The assembly
room will he flooded with pink and
blue streamers and balloons floating
Classes Work on Scrapbooks
The one ami two o'clock geometry
classes under the supervision of
Olive Mark are working very rapidly
in order to finish their scrapbooks
before the end of this six weeks.
These hooks may contain designs,
anecdotes, construction problems,
jokes nnd cross-word puzzles pertain
ing to mathematics. When both
scrapbooks nre finished they will be
judged and tho class having the bet
ter will be given a banquet by the
losing tenin.
Rcssrves Havo Party
The junior tlirl Heserves had a
Valentine party last Friday night at
the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. The
games, d"eorftions and refreshment!
were 1-11 typical for Valentine' dav.
Many interesting games were played,
after which refreshments, consisting
of punch, heart cookies nnd candy
heart s were served.
The room was decorated with red
streamers nnd hearts.
History Class Debates
The H o'clock Kuropean history
clnss under the supervision of Oscar
Winther will debate the first part
of the semt st'T en report. Kach
student of the clnss will select some
country or topic pertaining to history
winch they nre to give thirty-minutr
talks on. Thee should contain the
political history, p&r'ios, army, relig
ion, education, tndm try nnd aoeiely
of the countries. The latter part of
the semester will be given over to
the study of Hussin nnd Mr. AVinther
will choose a nev text for thin work.
This clues' wns tinder the supervision
of Harold Benjamin last semester.
Many complications arise but nil end
well when Lieutenant Wright investi
gates the true characteristics of the
nobleman.
The new stage machinery will make
its first appearance, forming a Span
ish background.
The chorus of marines, Spanish
students, sercnader, flower girls nnd
Mipporting characters have been se
lected Willi iii,re.
Nestorians Initiated
Nine new memhers were initiated
Into the Nestorian 1 ebaie soeiely
Tuesdny, February 1". They are:
Floyd Stevens. Winona 1 'e Freece.
freshmen; Lois Hicks, (Jwendolyn
Shepard, (Jwendolyn Miller, sopho
mores; llershnl Tinker, Hoynl Net
tleton. juniors; Myrtle Henmer, F.dith
Young, seniors.
Eugene Wins Debate
The decision for the two debate
held between (Vbiirg high school ami
Fugene hitl) school Friday, February
1H, were .'! to 0 and 'J to 1, both in
favor of Fiigi i'o
One of '.ne debates was held at
Kugene and (he other at Coburg.
both debuting on the quest irn of.
"Itc-sMhed. 'bat the Japanese should
be admitted to the United States un
der the quota terms of the geenral
law."
The members of the two R H. S.
tennis were; Margaret Kdmunson
and He:; trice Milligan. affirmative;
I'auline Winchell and Mary Klemm,
negative.
every day during the third period to1
consider the penalty set forth by the
adopted set of rules, of unexcused nb-:
sciices nnd conduct indu-coming to i
to Fugene high school students.
'1 o he given a recommendation for
graduation and future eniplojnu ,
the student must have an average
of St I citizenship credits.
Radio Club Meets
Tarts necessary for the construe-j
tion of a simple radio receiver were
described and their functions ex-j
plained by (.lerard Pe Uroekert in
the meeting of the Hadio club on '
Monday. The members decided to 1
begin code practice in t he ner future, j
Stane Sotting Designed
The stage setting for ihe musical I
comedy. -The Itelle of Barcelona."!
Jo he given nt the school February
'-'., was designed nnd made by Miss!
Kuniee Zimmerman, Miss Hazel Fish-!
wood and Miss Claire Curtis.
The scene represented an outdoor I
Spanish pluzn view.
Practice Teachers Assigned Classes
A change of practice teachers from
the practice high school at the Uni
versity of Oregon has been made iu
the Kugene high school in the Irstory
department. Miss Julia (Joeghen re
places Mrs. Irelan; Miss Alice Lin
dell, Miss Mary Skinner. In N.
Woods is the instructor of the new
American history class that wns op
ened this semester.
Fllu'l M. Tavlor, Fugi'iie Loan nnd
Savings bank, and J, Harold Hi-yto'li,
Bank of Commerce.
The speakers explained investments
and the differences between slocks
ami bonds and other financial papers.
The necessity of small beginnings
and the neert of thrift to inerense in
vestments were stressed by the
speakers.
Views of Rogue River Shown
Views of the Hogue river country
were shown nt a joint meeting of the
Boys' and tlirls' Camp Cookery
clubs during the activity period, on
Tuesday, February .17.
The clubs have n joint meeting once
ench monih, and meet separately each
l ucsday during the activity period.
Students Address Athenians
Talks on Latin and classic drama,
and early Fnglish drama were given
by Carol Kherhart nnd Clark Aydelott
at an Athenian meeting activity per
iod, Tuesday, February 11.
and the results that followed.
Contests Are Tied
The first of a series of freshman
sophomore spelling contests resulted
in a tie. 'J he captains are, respec
tively, Florence Toman and Evelyn
Houck. Lillian Brown was awarded
the spelling championship for out
standing both sides in the contest on
unprepared words. Eleven students
could not be spelled down on the list
of words assigned.
Personals
Kntherine Morse, a sophomore, lef
for Portland, with her father this
morning, where she will spend the
week-end with relatives.
Sylvia. Kerlee, a sophomore, mo
tored to Portland with her Bister to
sp nd the wek-end holiday.
Mae McFadgcn, a senior, spent n
few days last week at Hoseburg,
where she visited friends.
Eugene High School News !
Operetta to Be Presented ! nnd tribulations ending in a beautiful
"The Belle of Barcelona," the j and impressive climax. Anna K. Oar-
Knanish operetta, to he presented
Wednesday evening by the (ilee clubs
of K. II. S.. in the auditorium under
the supervision of Miss Leonu Ma ra
ters. Airs. Kthel Christie nnd Mrs.(
Beatrice Beebe, is Hearing the final
rett, as Margarita, "1 he Belle of
Barcelona," with her rich soprano
voice and dramatic ability, bids fair
rehearsals.
The plot of ''The Belle of Barce
lona" weaves a story of love, trials
to walk off with honors. 1 'alias
Heistnnd ( Lieuteuant Harold WrighU
sent to Spuin as a custom inspector,
renews his friendship with Margar
ita, who had met him on a previous
visit to the United Stales. He learns
tliHt she is engaged to a Spanish
iioblemnn, much against her will.
Club Presonts Play
On Wednesday, during the activity
period, Le (Vrete Franca is de 1'Kcole
Superieure (The French club of Eu
gene high school presented an orig
inal one-act play before the other
French students of the high school.
The cast of "Lc Hetown de Celine"
was: j
Celine de Benupre. Clair Curtis (stu-
denr just ret timet) from studying
in Paris)
Marie, the hostess
Margaret Thompson
Florence Mary Klemm
Ethel Ethel Thienea
Bridget O'Pny ..Pave Mnrshnll
Suzanne, the maid Eleanor Fitch
E. H. S. Plays Albany
The purple nnd while quintet took ;
a bn rd fough t game from A Iba ny
Monday, Februarv HI, bv a score of
27-17.
'oleman was high point man for
Eugene, dropping the ball through
the hoop for 11 points. Much fouling
wns done by both teams, thus slow-j
iug up the game. 1
Hays scored highest for Albany, j
making 10 points for his tenm. ,
The team with n good representn-
tion of rooters went to Albany on
Monday afternoon by auto bus, re
turning nfter the game.
Bankers' Association Represented
Hepresentatives from the Lane
County Bankers' association ad
dressed the students Friday. Febru
ary 13. The speakers were O. A.
Houglum, First National bank; Miss
Honor Banner Presented
The honor banner was presented to
roll room HOI) by P. J. Jones, prin
cipal, Tuesday morning during n short
assembly. This roll room had the
(Continued on pnge eight)
I St. Mary's High
On Wednesday, February IS, the
high school students enjoyed a most
interesting nnd instructive addrcbs,
given by Her. E. V. O'JIara, In which
he summarized in clear and concise
form some of the lending ovents nf
tho history of the HJth century, trac
ing the causes that led up to them
Program Presented
The celebration of AVashlngtnn'i
birthday was anticipated by the pres
entation of n patriotic program in
St. Mary's auditorium on Friday, Feb
ruary i.'0. The chief address of the
occasion was given by Hep, E. V.
O'Hara, who took this opportunltr
of presenting to the school a facsimile
copy of the declaration of independ
ence. Patriotic musieal number
were rendered and short addresses
given by Clarence Schmidt, Maurice
Sehnorenberg, Charles Hoffman, and
Lauretta Zahn, all members of the
senior class. A large representation
of the Parent-Teacher association at
tended the program.
Accuracy Sought
"Accuracy first" Is the present day
motto of tho freshman English class.
The number of credits lost through
inaccurate statements has served as
an incentive to adopt this motto and
attempt to live up to it. Some good
effects are already noticeable.
Talking Liked
The senior English class has d
elded that talking 's easier than
speech-making, though orae members
show no small ability in the latter art.
At Wetherbee-Powers This Week
A Three-Piece
News Staff Choson
TIip "filaff for the firnt iksiir of tlio
News for tho ?econ'l torin lin hfon
nppointrJ by Si'ott Milligan, editor.
ChniiBCR niny be innde later areonlhiK
to the natural tnHte and ability Hhown
by the wtaff membern.
The new staff is ns follows: As
sociate editors, tleorpe Kvnns, Hose
(lottlieb: reporters. Kilwill Pike, Kilna
Welch, Hlanche l.ichty; alumni, Vic
tor. Phelps; athletics, t'hartcH 'Sun
born; features, Agnes Karris, Her
bert Wheeler: personals, Iner. Mon
roe: literary, Klizabctli Morse; jokes,
Howard IHxon; exchange, Alice
Iti-own, Helen Harnett ;. society, or
othy Hnllin, Jessie Powell; typists,
Verna Winter, Kvadne Hurst, Vivian
Richards, Helen Itailcy, Jtorotliea
Bushneli.
Executive Committee Meets j
A definite outline of the point sys- j
tent to be used in the gymnasium I
classes this term, wns made nt a
meeting of the executive committee
of the tiirls' Athletic associntion nt
the Anchorage, Sjiturdny afternoon,
February 14. An . announcement of
the system will be posted soon. !
The
instrumnts are placed far npnr
Mint any change necessary in the
w'rii:g can he made easily. Members
o the clnss wound nil the tuning coils
wil mounted, the instruments under
th, tuprrvision of Mr. Means.
Why the Family Didn't Get the Radio Program on Washington's
Birthday
Club Has Party
The high school Girl Heserves hiftl
Wlenline and costume partv last
n'ly night at the home of' Mar
't Hurley.
H-art hunts, guessing contests and
turner Klre ,nme o ,h) fcatur,
m-, wrr Bi VPn for iha coatmes.
ornr.n Ilnrton, dressed as Vnlen
, r""i"l n prize for having the
"'"rt costume. Marjorio I.nndru.
r"wl b Jiggs, received a prize
"" hnting the funniest costume.
otter til. enmon n,nnl, A
"itc terveil.
1 Shakeanear. si
Sh.lkAn.sr C,,rfl.J
n. "
1 " wf given last week in
i". ",T r. IV En,t,i'h cls" on "
. "t nnkespeore and other writers
f- ' ''" A brief study of enrlv
v' frnm ,ho mnrnlity
n to th. chronicle plays was given
t.". t"'('.'ii:rm'i1'l for Shakespearean
1-.,,K. "King Henry the
' " :11 b. studied and the stu
' '. dramatiri parts of it.
Individual Work Taken
J' ' niemh.r, o ,h, llinh
h.'.,' '''"'n'' are t.,king up
M, ' tTetecis ns class wnrS.
' n'i I ii' n"il,lint r(li"
Hr,e,i e'rl" "r,, tking up more
" L," "' Work- S,,n"' tl"1"
K.,,,,,.'" '""Iicines. perfumes, the
M, "' ,h" t'l'tcope. and the auto-
Tr . .
T; -,er, rteporl Posted
"""" V,M'r' r report of the in
t l,.- ' I ''-'''I'tiires of the stud-I
1.rl ' " poste.l. It is re-
"'II.'-, " ronMll",i'" "f this as
,",' " "l-art of this natur-
ir-. ' ,'"rv ""niesler. The hal-
"Wrt " i 2S2.24. The
;'"i.'i-, - i,"" ',r outgoing
r' ""tei lie Hi,.),,
Tk. "iv,r5l,y High Win,
'"te. k "'""''r h.gh hooper, de-
to It- "i '"git by a score of
-,,. ' I'l-ingfield Wednesday.
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" . 'iumtet had trouble i
!
In - 7 OP A LICKING TOZ V 2
Wll I f CurtHQ&MH
1 1 OuGhTa GeT AM
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Wmvk
Posters Judged !
Th posters mndf by nrt Hdnb-nts 1
for the opfi-fttfl, "Tin? Hfllc of Itiir
I't'lonn,' were jutiRt'il flu follmvn:
Kii'Ht, Clnirp Curt in; rpcoihI, Kfb-Il
I nnc!oii; third, Ktithrritm Winchell.
ThoHe rcct'iviViR hmiornhln nionlion '
woro AiiRfliite Kinher uml Ji'fic !
INiwpII.
Tho posters wore jii'Incd by Mrs.
Murtr Klrtchor. .Minn Mat I. Kinney
nnd Mish I.eunn .MarKtern.
Trl-Y Mooting Held
'l fcalth" wns th' fiihjnct f Hip
Tri-Y iiipctinc Monday, Pi-briinry 1't.
Shirky Ilinton had i-Uorgc of the
meeting and idiort talks were innde
by Josephinn Stofiehl, Knthryn Soel
yr, ,f fMsjr nnd I 'mil inn WinehHI,
ttwrmiiilyn Miller and Hnlh Lord.
Thi ''nr of thf Huhch" wns tin
nninp given the new niotnhersliip rnin
pnijtn. 'ne side, the '"Ufds," is un
der the lendernhip nf I'niiline Kehmnn.
Biid the other side, the "Whiten," in
under the leadership of Theresa
Young. The runt ft. t will elose Mnrt-li
with a party given hy the oing
side nnd nn i nit in tion of the new
members.
ClaAft Make New Rule
Kor rnmpdfcition work Mro. II nth
Hugh's Knglish rtitses nre using n
new srhf-ine ftir the eliniilint in of
grninmntical errors.
To do ihiM two ntnjnr rules and two
minor rules of grammar nre put. on
the hoard endi week and when themes
re written stuJentw grade -nt oth
er' papers for the violation of thene
rules only. A student who overlooks
a mistake lowers his own grade ah
well an the writer's.
Civic Problems Dlsctmed
AVork on i-ivic problems in being
I -nrriiri on nun rtiinusintn ny irieni
I I .1.-
in iiif tfiiili ni fl I ' ill it I'llHI
both, in and out of the regular meet
ingi.
The problem of the Amazon slough
Is now before the club with possihili- ,
lien of some worth-while results he i
ing nhii:l.
In i-onnei'tifin w iih this T'rohlrm.
the rhib b.is been dirOMiHiing the pro
posed plnn of It. II. Thompson of
Hnttlc which was submitted in IH-.'r
Cltienshlp Board
The rilizepship rredit system ii
now in the bnit'ls of an netive board
consisting of three Mmh'ijts, three
iiidtrnr'tfim noil Hit iirnieiiml nf lUm
biU BchooL The buard convents El
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