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Vol. 4
No. 2
Published by
THE SCIO SPHINX
How long does it tak«* you to study a
lesson? Can you remember it for any
length of time? Most of us read without
concentrating
We have the book before
our eyes and glance at the words, but our
mind« are elsewhere. It takes an hour to
read amt absorb some trifle of kn0wi«-«M*
which by intensive stu<ly wi- could learn in
half of the time.
Wo sit down and n-nd twenty pag»-s of
history. For a while we study with eager­
ness. Then it begins to be dry and unin­
teresting. Subjects of closer interest float
uppermost in our minds, and we »tare ont
of th« window, day dreaming, until we re­
call with a start that historv corn« * the next
period and w« should know the dates for
the Constitutional convention, slwut the
reign of Constantine, or some other detail
of the lesaun. Rut we lose interest again
• nd again perhaps the history IcMon »
never learned
This bring« failing grades,
Intensive
study 1« the only kind that gels us any-
where. Besides, there will be time left for
day dreaming after our I cmkmui are pre­
pared, if we spend a little concentrated ef­
fort an studying.
School spirit is a sontim.-nl which ought
to tn- alive in the breast of every high
school student it I* the cause of tirerete
or failure of all outside activiti* « and
should bo culuvale.1 by . very high school
«tattle BL
Without school spirit we could du noth­
ing. We need it in all our athlrt.es, to get
students out to witncsa or take part in
game«, to have pep rally«, serpentine*, so­
cial functions, debating inani» plays, choc-
uso* and all other high school function*.
People, yes, even student*, have remark­
ed that Brio High is losing the spirit and
pep we u*ed to have.
lad's gain again
what we have lost ami even mor*
U e can
do it if every student buys a student body
ticket, and enter with a<-«t into all school
activities Whether they particularly care
for the certain one or not, but do it for
the good of the school. Il’s our school!
Manual training Is being taught this year
in our High School.
We are receiving no help from the state
or county by way of donation to help us
in our cour*e; nevertheless wv are getting
along th» best that ia possible with every-
on* taking the course furnishing his own
tools and material.
This course should be taught h«n- <<v«-ry
year, but it ha* b« < n ncglectc«! her? for
several years. With a new »tart thi* year
w» may make It gp through and next year
get a little donation from th? stat«- with
which to purchase more equipment and
thereby *nak<- a better eourw- of it.
This course is very valuable to the «tu-
dents that will take iL
This is a course in "handy men” in which
you are taught to handle tool* and instru­
ments that you will need to use later in
Let's make it a go!
DO YOU KNOW?
That the first six week« of school are
gone and that wv are «uffcring from cram­
ming for exams?
That the tar*tin<M record* have de-
creased?
That Mae Calavan ami '‘Gus’’ Thurston
are the only pair of cooing doves we have
in H.8. this year?
That several members of the class of
'24 Visit school quite often?
That Mr. Watenpougn needs a pair of
water wings or a boat in order to get
around hi* office on rainy day«?
That anaiher has decided to join in the
pursuit of knowledge and enter the 8.H.S. ?
That th* manual training clas* nu mbers
are becoming experts?
That «even member* of the student body
and Mia« Pentney attended the Slayton
Hi va lehanon Hi football game at May­
ton Friday, and were quite ardent boosters
for another S.H.S.?
That twelve double-header basketball
game* have been scheduled for the coming
season?
That work on the H.S. annual will be­
gin soon?
That chewing gum in public is considered
a lack of culture and good breeding?
A box has been place.I in the English
room so that anyone wishing to contribute
any for our paper may place such material
there at will. The contribution of jokes,
poems, storv-x and new» of general inter­
est is «specially urged.
The grammar school Student* have boon
enjoying regular forty-fiv« minute period*
in the gymnasium daily. We understand
that th« eighth grade boys’ and girt«' tan ms
are becoming basketball champions early
In life.
Indoor baseball ha« bftrn a very popular
gymnasium sport. but it la now lowing pro­
minence due to more interest la basketball.
Athletic hero«*« and borofnou hav«- been
spending the noon-hour ia the gymn every
day since school started, playing —well,
maybe it roul«l be named bask*-tbafl. Rut.
Monday th«* boys began actual basketball
practice with a fair turnouL The boys team
has only on« lettermaa lark again thia
year, m the person of Arnold Zyaset How
ever, under the able supervision of Mr.
Watenpaugn, we have implicit faith that
our boys will soon develop a team that wilt
make old 8.H.8. proud ot them, and make
you proud of S. H.S. let's boost our boys’
team, then watch th- <u go!
Prospects ar? good for the girt«' basket
ball team this year. The following girls
an- back to support S.H.S. again this year
have already won Utter«: lxnus Zysart, Ida
Shimuslb, May Harrta. Mary Harmon, Midge
Covey and Hobby Thayer
Besides these
there are a number of other girts who
showe«i up good last year, as well as a
great deal of new material
Mr* Watsn-
paugn will coach the girt« teams this year.
Eldin Knauf, Kenneth Westenbouae, El­
dred Long, ami Tommy Smad, all member*
of the clas* of *24 have viaitod 8.H.8. re­
cently.
STUDENT BODY ATHLETIC TICKETS
The cost of »tu.ient bod) athletics tickets
has been reduced from 11 50 per semeste.-
to seventy-five cent* a year. This reduc­
tion took place due to the fact that basket­
hail is the only athletic sport vntlined so
far this year.
At this rate every student possessing a
student body ticket will be entitled to sex-
all the games for the alhelctic season, on
the local floor, in which the H.S. teams are
represented, at the same cost that three
games will cost those that do not Let’a
all buy a student body ticket! They may
be obtained now from Arnold Zyaset.
Come on, student*. Come to Mcio High’
Scio is surely the place for high school
student* in this community.
Scio High School is one of the best
schools in th« surrounding country. The
building, though not the largest and finest,
is good enough to accommodate »«v«-ral
mor* pupil*
The studies consist of English, mathe­
matic*, history, scienco ami art, *n«l a
course in manual training, which has be n
added thi* year. The*? offer a large var­
iety of subject* to pick from, and an­
taught by the very h<-st teachers obtain­
able.
The equipment for th* studies,
though not yet compIrU . is being improve«!
«luite rapidly and is good enough to get
along nicely.
Ismt. but not least, comes th«* big n«-w
gymnasium.
A* everyone knows it is
large enough for *11 forms of indoor ath­
letics and is a great improvement to the
school
FRESHMAN RECEPTION
After long an«l patient waiting by the
Frvahmen, we. th« Sophomore c I hs *. derid­
ed to give them their reception Friday, Oct.
INI, in th? gymn.
First we directi-«!
them to the »choolhoUM-, where they were
blindfolded and lod ba ’< to the gymn.
They were all i - ut «• • n • bench and
each boy ha«l to propose to some girl;
however, not many girls accepted the pro-
powsl. Walter Kos* having made the best
tr> was awarde«! a large chocolate bar
Cov« rvd v. th quinine, which h«- «levoure«!
with great contentment.
Next was a race, while still bl n<lf«l«i
cd the hoy» got down on th«-ir kn* ««« an«l
ro le«i p>-anut* with their nos«-».
K number of other things w*-re al»o per
formed, but too many to mention. After
w • had all tlic fun out of them we could
g. t. we put the boy* In cars an«l took them
to West Scio, when- they were put out and
told to walk back or th«-y woubl g«*t no
supper. You may b«- sure they got back.
The rest of th«* evening was spent in
playing indoor buM-ball, «ft«r which ice
cream and cakr w« re served by th*- Sopho­
more clas*.
Stadeat Body Fees
Student body fees must be payed to Ar­
nold Zyaset immediately! This fee is com­
pulsory and no grade will bo given uufit
the fee is paid. It is twenty-Ave cents per
semester, and upon ita payment stud« nt*
are eligible to vote at all student body
meeting*
Pay now!
OUR
TEACHERS
SFICE BOX
WHY STUDENTS SHOULD
COME TO SCIO HIGH
GYMNASIUM
EDITORIAL
Scio High ^hool
SAY
Here*« a tip for the boys and girts who*
just can't understand why th«/ "only got.
F. last time " Tak» an inventory of your-
•rlvaa from the teacher’s point of view
Wouldn’t you, a* a
An- you laay ?
teacher, be mors g«-n«-rous to th? faithful
stU'ient rather to on* who, after loafing
liad by chanc* (Mused the six «reek* test?
Ar« you satisArd? Horn.* of the pleasant
est people have this quality. They wish an
education, but evade all self improvement
Are you ahray« courteous?
Manner*
and personal neatneaa at* mor* important
than you may think.
The«» ar* a few of the eoneideration»
which make up your grade*. We teacher*
• re quite humin wh«n you know us. Suc­
cessful be the boy or girl who can realise
his own faults and set them right
MARY HARRIS. YELL QUEEN
Mite Mary Harris was chosen ysll-learter
at a recent student body meeting. Mary
it eery competent to All thia position and
will prove a great asset to the pop of the
school. She will provide a copy of yells
and songs to be copied by all members of
the student body soon. We expect every
loyal student of S.H.8. to support Mary,,
thus inducing our H.8. teams to win.
"Your pep! Your pep! You’ve got it
now keep It! Doggone it don’t lose rt! and
weTI win! We’ll win! Well win! by golly
well win!”
RUKLL MILLER. ATHLETIC MANAGER
Ruell Miller, a Junior in Scio High, has
been elected manager of all high school
athletics for the year. Hh duties are to
arrange schedules for games, provide for
the transportation of teams, and take
charge of fl nances of athletic«. Mr. Miller
is very capable of Alling this position, and
the student body is fortunate to And such
a person to carry on this work
let’» give
Ru«*ll our individual support In everything
he sees At for our trams to undertake, thus
promoting a successful basketball season.
SENIOR CLASS NOTES
Have you noticed th«- mnil«s worn by
every member of the cl*-* of '2.'«?
They are merely p!eas<-«l with their class
pin*, which hav« b* <*n r*-c«*ivi d. ami all an-
wearing
The pm» w« re oni«-re«i from th«-
Clint W. l*ee company of Beattie, Wash.,
three weeks ago.
Sample copies of play book» hav« 1» cn
ordered, and as soon as a suitable play
and cast are choiu-n the seniors will begin
work on their play, in onler that lh«*y may
have th? M-coml M-mester for other necr«-
sary thing«, such a* the publication of the
Annual
Anold Zyswrt, Mildred Con-y, Anna
Doletal and Hobby Thayer ar« the mem­
bers of this class who will probably take
part in Imukrtball this season.
FRESHIES POEM
Friday 1« a happy «lay— ti« better than the
rest.
For that’s the «lay the Frr»hies com«- all
drr»*e<l in their best.
The girt* all wear green ribbons, tied nicely
in their hair,
The bov« all wear green necktie«.
They’re flashing everywhere.
A Frosh can't use the -harpener from tea
’til twelve a.m.
And if a Soph And* that he did, he'd better
say "Amen.”
For if a Freshie dinobey* a rule of the
Rooks,
You can’t blame a Sophomore for disfigur­
ing his looks.
SOPHOMORE Cl ASS NOTES
Another much-ne«-dcd pupil ha« app* an d
This new entrant is Elsie Piatt, making
the sixteenth member of th«* Sophomore
ebuu. This Has* is growing bigger ami
better each week.
We are forced to notice, on account of
Its prominence, that a certain member of
the Frosh class is wearing a black eye.
Ihd Wv cause it? Du! he forget to wear
green on Friday? We'll never tell!
Severn I memlu -rx of this class will be
represented on the basketball team. Among
them are Wilma Miller, Bertha Calavnn,
Ida Shimainck, Mary Harris ami Iona Zys-
J W.: "I.la. <k> you think you could ever
le srn to loi» me?"
Say. if I could ham that fast
I. 8.
re bee n tn college year* ago.”
would
"I'm
over heels in love with
: "My
T»*
upsetting
Signs of the Times
Covey : “Sh. rwm ami William*
•A litt». ? paint make* a lot ot
“Gat Uiin to
IT>u*lC
Anna Doleial, Oregon
"Wing» of th«- mor
Johnnie W« >■•!> comin
Johnni* W'esely i* gomg to molor to
Alaska thi.’ nimmer in hi» Oxford twin
nine (’Hi» to play lead in an eskimo«' saxa-
phone orchèstra.
Teacher
they hum -
Walter
they raise
"What do
in Commercial ■
in the southern slates ?”
Chooney: "On the rain coasts
umbrellas.”
Miss Pentney: "What i» the best metho«!
to prevent ih-ns from flying out of tfwdr
p**n ?”
"Swede”: "Piiil off a «lat an«i let them
crawl under.
Two m*n on ark' We don't believe it!
flon't giv* up the shqil?
FRESHMAN CLASS NOTES
AU in-mber» of tin» class are now full-
fle«ig<-<l iiu-mis-rs of S.H.S., having been
duly initial« «I by the mighty Sophomores.
After sevi-nd weeks of wurry and nervoua-
n *», we reCe ivod our «.nuRiona! Sine* lh<*
initiation Wv und<rM.uid th.it a certain boy
( who wear« a black weater, with a roll
rollar, k iuik i pant-, high bout*, ami who
is u blonde— with blue ey«*l is « tigaged
to a little d« i»urv lass’ ( Ye«, a frosh also».
Sh»*’s rather dark. Not too dark,
Wall,
we won't mention any num«•«. He •«wma
to be tti< l.'idie»' favorito. All the other
we«- tiny frosh wi-r»* rejected. May
red of th«- giri» in tm« class have their
eyes un som«- upper classnu-n.
Editor's
note: {tetter watch out, frurti lunates,
the sophomore girls will get you, if
don’t watch ouL
Lyle Shilton i*mi Wilbur Johnson
tak*- active part in boys* athletic«.
That's al! fur this time!
JUNIOR CLASS NOTES
The Juniors are stdl patiently waiting
for more member* to join liu ir clan*.
The Junior» are the only class in school
that can boast that all in* uibers of their
class are rvpn « nt'd on athh-tic teams.
Mary i* « valunM« furwai«! on the girls’
basketball t* am. and Buell a forward on
the boj •’ team. Buell is also manager of
athletic*.
"■We” (th<* Junior ciass> attended the
Frosh initiation ami irijoyvd the game*, al­
so the rrfrei-kln«-nts.
Th** slogan for the Junior class is th«
"smaller the mightier,”
We suggest to
the Soph class th;ri ”15« bigger they
the harih-r they fail.” Beware!
SONG CONTEST
M as l’< ntney. anaotant principal in
l«»cal high xhool, ho uiL-rv<l a prise
the liest anginal clas«* ong written by
pupil in High school. This contest close*
the day bi fore the Christman vacation.
Thia is the chance for any genius to show
hi« or her skill along «dEh line«. la-t’s get
busy and turn in many new songs!
A Girt*' Glee club has been organixe«l
for the second time tn the history of Scio
High. Nearly ail the girls in high school
are taking aetite ¡»art. The object of thia
bo«iy is to inspire the H S. with a »uper-
abundance of p«-p. and to improve the
vow* » of th«- member« of the club. Mias
I ata Coii y h,i* kindly cnnsenteil to direct
the activities of this elub, with the assist-
anc<- of Mis* {'< ntney.
The Student Body Constitution has b«-en
revi»«*«l by a conimiltiT eonsmting of lama
an«l Arnold Ty»*-*t, Md«lr« «1 Covey, Grace
laing and Ida Bhimould.
it is a great
«leal «hort'-r now, an I «houltl be memorised
by »very II. S. *tu !*-nt. It will vrry prob­
ably becunu- on* of the important things
for fr»-»hm»n to leswn upon entering high
school in future year».
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