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What Santa Claus Brought
LEXINGTON
PEOPLE
SCHOOLS
BELIEVE IN GOOD
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PLANNED
The following items were submitt
ed by the students of the Lexington
High School.
School Board
The Board of Education at Lex
ington consists of Mr. E. G. Slocum,
chairman, and Mr. J. E. Gentry and
Mr. B. A. Zockert, directors. Mr.
W." 0. Hill, cashier of the Lexington
State Bank, is clerk. These public
spirited men are striving to run the
school for the best interests of the
children and to make the best pos
sible uses of the school money.
Teaching Force
The teaching force at Lexington
consists of seven teachers, three in
the high school and four in the gram
mar school. Mr. Dickerson, the
principal, received his training at
the Oregon State Normal and at the
University of Oregon. He has
taught at Joseph, Eugene and Rose
burg for a number of years.
Mr. Bennett, who served with the
American forces in France, teaches
mathematics and science in the high
school. He is a graduate from Phil
omath College and has had several
years experience in Benton County.
Miss Vrton, the teacher of English,
is a graduate from Pomona College
and has had special work in the Uni
versity of California.
Miss Lay, the seventh and eighth
grade teacher, is a graduate of Ore
gon Agricultural College, and has
had special training in the Monmouth
Normal School. Her home is at
Molalla, where she taught before
coming to Lexington.
Mts. George Peck, the fifth and
sixth grade teacher, is a graduate
of Stanford University. She was
formerly the teacher of science in
the Lexington High School.
Miss Carmack, the third and four
th grade teacher, from Independence,
Ore., is a graduate of the State Nor
mal. She has specialized in these
grades, having taught for two years
in Malheur County.
Mrs. Bennett, the primary teach
er, is a graducte from Philomath
College. She is from Portland, and
has had several years experience in
Benton County, and one year in
Washington County.
School Equipment
The Lexington school building, a
brick structure, steam heated and
well equipped for a small school,
was built in 1915, at a cost of ap
pro x i m a t e 1 y $20,000. The
dimensions of the building are eigh
ty four feet by seventy feet. Includ
ing the basement, there are three
stories and twelve rooms.
The high school auditorium, of
which the Lexington people are just
ly proud, is thirty-one by forty-seven
feet, and has a seating capacity of
over two hundred. The seats are
folding theatre chairs. The stage
has both inside and outside scenery,
curtains, and miscellaneous equip
ment. The acoustic powers of the
auditorium are remarkably good.
The school has a well equipped
manual training room valued at two
hundred dollars, and a domestic
science department whose value is
approximately two hundred dollars.
In the science department, Including
chemistry, physics, physiology, gen
eral science, botany and biology,
there Is equipment amounting to
six hundred dollars. The library
consists of eight hundred volume'.,
Including both grade and high school
books.
The athle'ic equipment, including
football, volley ball, basket ball,
tennis, field and track material, is
valued at seventy-five dollars, and
It practically all new or in good
shape.
Several improvements are being
contemplated, though some of them
may not materialize this year. It is
hoped that a lawn will be placed at
the west side of the building, which
will add greatly to the beauty and
attractiveness of the grounds. The
play grounds will be further improv
ed by the addition of more swings,
teeters, merry-go-rounds, and a
giant stride.
Auotlier improvement which is be
ing contemplated is that of a gymna
sium for athletics und for a general
play room on stormy days. It has
born proposed that this structure be
finaucvd by public subscription, but
some of the leading taxpayers are in
furor of bonding the district. How
ever the money Is raised, this im
provement, which is so urgently
needed, will, if it materializes, place
the Lexington school in line with the
progressive and up-to-date schools
If the state.
Student Body
The students felt that a definite
channel should be provided through
which school activities could be han
dled, and that a definite organiza
tion would bring about a more effec
tive means of co-operation and pro
vide for more unified action upon all
questions. So they organized as
The Student Body of the Lexington
high school, at the opening of the
school year. The officers elected
were: Earl Ward, president; Her
mann Hill, vice-president; Opal
Leach, secretary; Gladystine Davis;
treasurer. Recently a newspaper
reporter has been added to this list,
Mary Thompson being chosen.
Undertakings of special interest
to the entire student body are: the
putting out of the first annual; the
building of a new gymnasium which
will probably be financed in part by
the Student Body, and the County
Track Meet, which wil be held here
in the spring.
The Annual
The publication of an annual, or
year book is being attempted for the
first time in Lexington this year.
i The plan is to have a small but at
tractive and complete book. The de
signs wil be of the best, and the li
terary work will be the best the stu
dents can do. And if you want to
laugh, just read the jokes.
The annual work has been divid
ed into several departments, each
having editor in charge. The editor
in chief has a competent staff, con
sisting of Assistant Editor, Luella
Cummings; Business Manager
Claude Burchell; Circulation Manag
er, Lowell McMillan; Advertising
Manager, George Tucker; Art Editor,
Irene Kirk; Joke Editor, Archie Ni
chols; Alumni Editor, Kathleen Slo
cum; Athletic Editor, Cletus Nichols
Art Editor, Wilma Leach and Organ
ization Editor, Esther Nolan.
The annual will include class his
tories, alumni notes, literary ef
forts, and school items of various
kinds. It will be a book which each
student will be proud to have had a
part in producing; and a pleasure
to any possessor, now and. in later
years.
Athletics
In connection with the other or
ganization of the high school, there
is the Athletic Association. Its pur
pose is to develop interest in athlet
ic games, to promote true and clean
sport, and to develop the physical
body. The officers of the Athletic
Association are: Claude Burchill
president; Earl Ward, vice-president;
Hermann Hill, secretary and treas
urer; and Mr. Bennett, faculty advis
or.
The physical training work, direct
ed by Mr. Bennett and Mr. Dicker-
son, is getting the boys ready for
the games whieh are to be played
with other schools later on, though
no definite schedule has yet been
made. Some of the training looks
forward to the track meet which will
be held in Lexington next May. The
boys are trying out their muscle in
throwing the discus, and putting the
shot; and they are testing their wind
in the short races and in other work
of a similar nature.
Thespian Club.
The Thespian Club was organiz
ed in September 30th, 1918 to serve
a much needed place in the school
life. The purpose of clubs is to
improve the standards of entertain
ment; to create interest In all
branches of the fine arts, and above
all to aid the student in gaining con
fidence and ability in speaking, act
ing, singing, playing and reading in
public. The programs given include
work in dramatic intreprr4tation,
presentation of original papers, and
music, both vocal and instrumental.
The programs are not as a rule made
public, the audience consisting of In
vited guests of the club.
Two presidents are elected each
years, one for each semester. Lueiia
Cummings is president of the first
semester this year. The other offi
cers are: Gladystne Davis, vice
president; Mary Thompson, secre
tary; Hermann Hill, treasurer.
The club Is divided into two sec
tions undor the leadership of Opal
Leach and Glaystine Pa vis. Each
section puts on a program onoe a
month, thus making two programs
each month. The first entertain
ment this year was a general pro
gram. October SOth, given by Miss
Davis" division. A Thanksgiving
program was given November 26th,
by Miss Leach's division, the play,
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Being the main feature. The play
was accompanied by several Thanks
giving songs, and all those taking
part were dressed as Pilgrims. An
other program is being planned for
December 19. This Is to be a Joint
program of the two sections, and
will be a public affair. In the
spring, the play, "Daddy Long Legs'
is to be given by the club. Besides
this play, the divisions will continue
their separate programs every two
weeks throughout the year.
The Assemblies
An assembly of the high school
students and seventh and eighth
grades is held every Tuesday and
every Thursday morning. At these
assemblies opportunity is given stu
dents to sing, and several special
features add to the pleasure of the
period. Current events are given,
original papers are read, and vocal
and instrumental selections are
rendered by the students. A pro
gram committee, appointed by the
president of the Student Body Is at
work now on a plan which it Is hop
ed will make the period moer Inter
esting and more helpful than ever.
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The division of the Thespian Club
pf which Miss Opal Leach is leader,
gave a Thanksgiving programWed
nesday, November 26th, in the High
School Auditorium at eight o'clock.
The main feature of the program
was the presentation of the dramati
zation of Longfellow's, "The Court
ship of Miles Standish," the cast of
characters being:
Miles Standish, Archie Nichols.
John Alden, ".Lowell McMillan.
Priscilla, Opal Leach.
Messenger, Cletus Nichols.
Indian, Earl Ward.
Elder Herman Hill.
A number of Thanksgiving songs
and instrumental selections given by
demure Puritan maidens and stalwart
Pilgrim fathers added much to the
pleasure of the evening.
An audience, the invited guests of
the Thespian Club names this the
best program to be give'n so far, and
feel that good treats are in store in
the future If such work is forthcom
ing with the presentation of the sec
ond program ot the year.
Your promising poets of the seven
th and eighth grides entertained the
High School students Tuesday morn
ing In assembly by reading poems of
their own composition. "Homeward
Bound," written by Dallas Ward was
about France. "A Wild Ride," by
Elmo McMillan, was bow he rode af
ter being frightened. "Ray's Con
test," by Homer Tucker, was about a
certain boy, who liked to eat apples
during school hours. This boy was
asked by his teacher to eat apples
before the class and after eating five
apples, the boy decided that he had
eaten enough. The poem that was
considered the best by the high school
students was, "The Old Outlaw," by
Chas. Fisk. Here it is:
I was standing 'round just spending
my time,
Was out of a job, and had not a dime,
When a fellow stepped up and said,
"I suppose,
You must be a bronch rider by the
look of your clothes;"
I thought he was right and I told him
the same,
And asked if he had any bronghos
to tame.
He said he had one, a bad one toj
buck.
At throwing good riders, he had lots
of luck.
I got all excited and asked what he'd
pay
To ride that old out-law the very next
day.
He said, "ten dollars," and I said I'm
your man,
For a horse never lived that I
couldn't fan;
Now I don't mean to brag, but this
much I'll say,
That I haven't been thrown in many
a day.
He said, "get your saddle and I'll
give you a chance,
And we got in his buck board and hit
for the ranch.
I stayed till next morning and right
after chuck,
I went out to see if that old boy
could buck;
And down in the horse corral, stand
ing alone,
There was the old out-law, a big
shaggy roan.
To stay in his saddle, I was doing
my best,
At bucking he sure was a peach;
But I grabbed lots of leather and
stuck like a leach.
Oh he was a gay walker, he heaved
a big sigh, .
And then he ascended, ascended on
high,
And when he came down I was left
in the sky;
But rapidly descended and came back
to earth.
It was then I began cussing the very
day of my birth.
And I'll bet any man alive
Couldn't have rode that out-law
when he made the high dive;
And 1 knew right then that all the
horses I couldn't ride,
Were still In the living they hadn't
all died.
A Christmas program will be giv
en by the entire Thespian Club, Dec
ember 19th, at the High School aud
itorium. The program will consist
of tableaus, readings and music.
Admission 15c for children and 25c
for adults will be charged. Come
and bring your neighbors. Remem
ber the date.
Lexington State Bank
A Bank for Farmers
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In the Heart of the
Morrow County Wheat
Fields
Prompt and Courteous Service
Able and Willing to Meet All Reasonable Needs of
Its Patrons
Combined Resources $225,000
, No Deposit Too Small for Us. We Solicit Them. '
Correspondent for the California Joint Stock
Land Bank. Six per cent money on
the Amortization Plan. Five
to forty years.
OFFICERS
W. G. Scott, President
T. J. Mahoney, Vice-President
W. O. Hill, Cashier
Cecile L. Scott, Asst. Casliier
DECEMBER 1, 1919
Capital $ 15,000
Surplus and Undivid
ed Profits 7,700
Deposits 202,000
$224,700
DIRECTORS
W. 0. Scott .
T. J. Mahoney
Frank Gilliam
Geo. L. McMillan
W. O. Hill
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Small White Beans 12y2 .10
Pink Beans .12V2 .10
Mexican Reds .12y2 .10
Olympic Flour $3.45 $3.25
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Germ Meal, 10s 90 .85
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Gal. $U5 ,$i.oo 3
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