Music Department The Christmas Spirit. (R. E. CANNON, Principal) We all know the story of th e Babe of B ethlehem , the S tar, th e S hepherds -P e a c e oa E arth . Good W ill to Men” and how we should be kind and loving one to w ard an o th er. ,, . o re s n a m is a th riv in g little com m unity to the east of P o rtlan d , sim ilar to all sm all com m unities and com posed of a conscientious G od-fearing h ard w orking .p a in s ta k in g class of people w ith th eir likes, dislikes, friendships. anim osities, etc. T here is no season of th e year when all should com bine In a com m unity e n te rp rise as C hristm as. T he e n terp rise is th e com m unity C h ristm as tree. E ach is invited and urged to ta k e an active p art in th is cele- b ratio n w hich is done In H is nam e, to H is honor and to H is glorv Sufficient in te re st has been m anifested to Insure a m ost splendid C hrist- MAKING STEADY GROWTH. (H elen A lth aas) We have a d ep a rtm en t of m usic a t lo u r high school th a t Is developing r a P‘d ly- It co n sists of th ree o rg an iza- ’lo" 9, Klee d u b » , o rch e stra, and hand, L™ * w hen^^gk^aV ee^om 0 peted in the M usical to u rn am en t at I Pacific U niversity, and cam e w ithin ,w o th ird 9 of » point of tlrst place, Jefferson high of P o rtlan d w hich had p ic k e ts 20 r e p r e s e n ta li.e ^ ’whUe ^ u r I m aterial, som e of w hich have never inform s h er he can only be her friend touched an in stru m e n t before la st .' She grow s enraged and w arn s him sum m er, p u t it to g eth er th en “p resto j th e re is a change in sto re for him band and an o rch estra. *Ch001 ha8 8 c a p U l n ° h ? ,l«e M c h ’ dl’1 i the We all ought to be proud of the fact th e wav J.»»Hi.hin»h h» PP,° ? ,ed~Jat and do every thing we can to encour- caltaT n renhed that .h . ? age the m em bers and th e in stru c to r. ,ia « | J d by his ra n k A nd‘ that In every social function th a t th e band , ui(1 reason with 1 h - o rch e stra Is requested to nlay. they though It m ay upset some of tKelr’ in- w b ^ h ^ y ^ y p ^ ™ . P r « X dividual plans, they m ake every efTort cause S h i tells h i m ^ h i ^ h e s i t a i d to be p resen t so th a t th e people may hut now hem tates no longer s ir not be disappointed in th e m usic. Joseph and the cap tain a re reio icln a ™ en a K hr 8tudents have done over her ap p aren t change of heart* and rem a rk th l't In th e cities a re filled w ith a large crow d of people and the sto re s a re to Sm give e e e s n tire city I decorated c h r,8 tn ‘“ so 9 sp as irit. all th tre a re brouKht f r °M the co u n try Into the 1 C“ ,eS an<* are 8O,d 0,1 the PT’"' M° “ every fam ily tr,e8 to ob’ ta ? a tre® and a w reatb of holly to hang in th e window ------------------- ‘ ‘ ^ " S w T h ^ t o 'A ! ^ ' b rate th e <K'ca8,on- P assers-by looking ,b e re8ld*“ ce* « « • »ee th e decorat- A trve8 8tanding *•» ,b e w indows with colored electr,c globes glowing. ™ light of th e ch ildren. To th e good, he ....................................... ........................... gives p resen ts, to th e n aughty he gives nothing. A fter S an ta C laus has left the pack hlh love- w hereupon the captain grows ages are opened and th e p arty is very happy giving and receiving gifts. E very one receives a g ift even though some a re sim ple and hom e-m ade Nuts n„ k. and candy a re passed around and feastin g tak es place. H om e-m ade m as tre e w ith su itab le d ecorations and a fine program has been a rran g e d en tire club consisted of but 20 mem- C riticism should be laid aside. The ad v ertisin g and proflt sh a rin g as a ber8' wou over u s' re su lt of th e event should be put Into the background. This is th e tim e to X “ D K - k e y ^ o u ^ m u ] ^ ! 'd i - c a r e e r ’ We have talent i, . h l s¡ open ou r h e a rts and rejoice th a t we have th e salvation, th e b lessin g s, th e recto r, took u n train ed boys and had hope, and th e love w hich we have. We should get to g eth er, become b etter ac- ¡th em Playing a t b ask etb all gam es quainted. lay aside our petty prejudices and pride and all Join hands in one w lthin ,b re e M onths. T his year since i t X ï ï " , ; ï ! s M g re a t b rotherhood for th e best of us Is nothing. T he sp irit of the event is th e [ o w e d 't h e m ^ t U ‘h™ ^ c o S s h e d » : • » . '* '" e m o ., led h “,“” «’ “ Ä * M Ä S r ! ” -' sp irit of forgiveness, ch a rity , faith and extending of sym pathy to those who even m ore and ce rtain ly m ake a very S » ¡ Ä i ” , 5 - ¡“ J - Ä Z I ~ ............he ................„ happen to be less fo rtu n a te th a n we may possibly be. In th e end it is w ritten cred itab le app earan ce. “ T he first sh a ll be la st and the la st shall be first ” L ast y ear for th e first Hme we had God in H is infinite wisdom and love has given us all o p p o rtu n ities and Sus n.-. r m at e ev e ry th in g possible and it is not necessarily th e one who p ossesses the some stu d en ts an d a few public sp irit- oPcnm , “ help 89 * far 89 helping Josephille, when l.itth- B uttercup re : i’lar,MK ,h a t C h ristm as is not only the g re a te st w ealth or occupies the m ost prom inent position th a t is th e la rg e st in ed tow nspeople. Now, w ith a period to com plete an y program given In th e veals her secret Y ears before when I happlest hut the m e rriest tim e of the COn,n,uuity- I she w as praW icing X U rm in g si e 7 “ '' B w a ‘,,8‘’. th ' 8 C h ri8 ," ‘a8 8p*'“ th is life b u t he w ho h as stored the g re a te st am ount of rich es in heaven and i ° r p rac tlce- r a Pld advancem ent has _ - X __ . , • (leentUlM am nriria tr» »Ha» w.voKo.., All th is m ust "be tak en into consid- -_ nursed two . bable: d ispenses his c h a rity am ong th e needy. been noticed. s, one of “low con- deepens and adds to the realism of the eratio n before we criticize. fact it Is m ore blessed to give ditlon ", the o th er a "re g u la r p a t r i - i , han th to a t receive Come and Join us In th e tru e sp irit of th e occasion. You w ill be m ade cent public a p p e a ra n c e * » by far the clan, and she 'm ix e d th ese children w elcom e we c a re not w ho you are, from w hence you come, w hat you are, or sm allest p art of th e educational value THE OPERETTA. and not a c re a tu re knew It.” "The w ell-born babe w as Ralph, your ca p w h ith e r you go. We w ant you w ith us and w ant you to believe we w ant you of a m usical d ep artm en t. Many th in k (Lloyd A rvidson) HIE HAPFIEST DAY. th a t th e ability of a stu d en t to tin k le „ _ _ ____ w ith us. At a recen t ______ m eeting the associated tain w as th e o th er." (M arjorie Heacock) along on one in stru m e n t is th e sum ¡stu d e n t body of G resham unhm high Sir Joseph o rd ers the tw o before C h ristm as is the hap p iest day of the to ta l of his m usical e d u c a tio n ^ Much school took actio n to su p p o rt in every him, gives Ralph com m and of th e i year. W hy? F irst, of all th e beauti- m ore is to be obtained th a n this. And way possible th e opera, "H. M. S "H. M. S. P inafore" and Cocoran tak es D*l sto rie s of the Bible and w hat they in m ost cases th e m usical d ep a rtm en t P in afo re,” to be given by th e glee R alph's place as seam en. As his m ean a re brought back to mind. To of his high school offers th e stu d e n t clubs of the high school at som e later m arria g e w ith Jo sep h in e is now im- (hose who believe in th o se sto ries the m ade up of a joke and a point. The | llis only chance of atta in in g th is p a t e . possible, he gives her to Ralph, and b irth of C h rist m eans th e g re a te st gift point is given by the sp eak er and then g rp ate r end- I R arely do w ords and m usic go so C aptain C orcoran, now a common sea- | to th e world Even to those who think to m ake his point clea re r, a joke is • By Pa rtic iPating in ensem ble play- well to g eth er as in th is opera. The man un ites his fo rtu n es w ith those of they do not believe th e literal story of used to illu stra te . ing in an o rch e stra or band he gains first scene in tro d u ces the leading little B uttercup. C h rist's b irth and life, m ust adm it T his class is of g re a t im p o rtan ce to not only a deeper know ledge of his c h a ra c te rs on th e deck of the "H. M. S. th at C h ristian ity w ith its teaching and the school. T he class h ea rs an d dis- own in 8 tru Ment, but also of o th e r in- P inafore" in th e h arb o r of P orta- Its p ro g ress, still m euns the g rea test CHRINTMA8 IN AMERICA. cusses problem s of the school and on 8 tru Ment8- He com es to a re a l ap- m outh. L ittle B uttercup, a bum boat gift to m ankind. PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASSES (H elen K andstrom ) one occasion Mr. Cannon b ro u g h t th e p reclat,o n oi harm ony. His sh a re in woman, "th e rosiest, th e ro undest, the To young and old alike, real C h rist PROFITABLE. It is th e custom In Am erica as In m as sp irit m eans giving, w hich re problem of busses to our cla ss for dis- * 1 , m usic *9 but 8 «Mali p a rt yet he red d est beauty in all S pithead" comes ( H a rrie tt E. H olm es) cusston. Different m em bers of the galn8 tb t whole E nsem ble playing on board and has an interview with any o th er co u n try to celeb rate the q u ires th ought and sacrifice, and one T he public speaking d ep a rtm en t is class p rep ared ta lk s on th is subject , e o p s con cen tratio n . The student Hick Deadeye, th e villain of th e storv. b irth of C hrist. H ow ever, th e A m eri who gives, for love, is alw ays happy. le of th e youngest in th e high school, and gave th e ir individual view points , rn8 to co° p e ra te . and Ralph Itach straw . th e sm artest can celeb ratio n is sw eet and simple. It w as organized tw o y ears ago, and to the class. 1,1 fact Many noted ed u cato rs m ain- lad in all th e fleet, who is in love with It is a C hristm as in the h ea rt and a B usiness Is bu ilt on ad v ertisin g ; m et w ith alm o st in sta n t success. It The p aren ts and th e p atro n s of th is tain tb a t M athem atics is th e only Josephine, C aptain C orcoran's daugh- C h ristm as of th e home. 1 he day before C hristm as th e stre e ts the public la ^ ¡ « • « ^ ‘’^ " a d v e r tls n g ’. w as a new type of v en tu re for th e school should be and probably a re 8tudy th a t gives M ental train in g ap- ter. T he cap tain com es on deck In a school, and som e of th e stu d e n ts re- | proud to know’ th a t G resham Union P reaching th a t of m usic. S till o th e rs | m elancholy mood because Josep h in e garded it ra th e r dubiously at first, high has a d ep artm en t to teach th e C t h a t m usic gives a b roader has show n h erse lf indifferent to Sir T he first cla ss consisted of 12 stu- “generatio n of tom orrow " to ex p ress traininK in th a t it touches m ore phases Joseph, who is to ask for her hand dents, several of whom took th e sub- th e ir ideas to a large audience In a of hum an existence th an any subject th a t afternoon. She confesses to her je c t m erely for the cre d it they would way th a t is a cred it to th e sp eak er as *‘xf ept history. fath e r th a t she loves a com mon sailo r ” ow --------- - _ i | ------ .. com m unity, i Music has been accounted by some I but w ill c a rry h er love to th e grav e get. H ever, “ before even th e first well as the as one of th e “f rills ” of m odern edu- w ithout lettin g him know of It. Sir sem ester was over, th ese pupils w ere c a tio n ; one of those u n n ecessary ap- Joseph com es on board w ith a long enjoying th e ir class, and g ettin g a pendages to education, for w hich an retin u e of siste rs, cousins, and au n t g re a t deal out of it besides. en tirely u n n ecessary d ep artm en t is es- who ch a n t his praises. A fter atten d - Now, because of existing conditions, tablished. It's real value in th e school ing to some m inor details, he has a th e class co n sists of a lim ited num ber is realized by few. But it ce rtain ly fru itless Interview w ith the cap tain of stu d en ts, a t p rese n t 13, w ho m ust fills -a place in th e cu rricu lu m th a t and Josephine. Jo sep h in e d eclares be ju n io rs o r seniors. It is hoped to n o th in g else can. she c a n ’t love him. be able to extend th e d ep a rtm en t so E very nation has its n ational hymn. S h o rtly afte r th is she m eets Ralph all classe s may be allow ed to take I ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FAVORITE its folk songs; its m usicians an d com- who d eclares his love for her, b ut she J ^ a k ‘nf ■ « o , . a <D ora H offm eister) m ost ' prim itive dem and I.— hau g ........ h tily reje » cts him. When he draw s T h ere is no definite course of study r p osers. . The ------ ............................... uihw to be follow ed: so each te ac h er is giv- ny >ears 11 has been ,h e cu s’ sfllne form of Music. T here Is some- his pistol and d eclares he will shoot en the resp o n sib ility of choosing and ,om of stu d en ts to dislike g ram m ar th in g lacking in a moving p ictu re him self, she acknow ledges her love applying th e best m ethods. T he se- or E nglish. Often tim es we h ear a w l,h o u t m usical accom panim ent. A and they plan to ste al ash o re a t night PIANO lection of th e m ethod to be ta u g h t de- studen t sav th a t he dread« »nl „ , m d r a m a un f edi* lta o rch e stral prologue, and he m arried. Dick Deadeye o ver pends a g re a t deal on th e student L , . g g and w hat does not a band add to a h ea rs the plot and th re a te n s to th w art them selves. T his year the te ac h er Engl,8h classes. T his m ay hold tru e b ask etb all or football gam e? it. Miss P o rtia K idw ell, is giving such 1?, it0men,8cho" 18 * but n o t in G resham In fact no program of any kind, be T he second act opens at night. The w ork as th e stu d e n ts will req u ire in Hlg, , E n g lish w ork h as been it political, religious, or social is com- cap tain Is w ondering why everything PHONE 1721 Gresham, Oregon such a com m unity as G resham , long ?la J;e»80 Int®resting th at th e stu d en ts plete w ithout su itab le m usic. I is at “sixes an d sevens.” L ittle But- a fte r they have grad u ated from high H * forw ard t0 th eir recitatio n s. A nything th a t is so closely allied te rc u p sym pathizes w ith him, and is school. . A g re a t m any th in g s a re tak en up w ithout daily life is a« m uch a neces- | about to become affectionate w hen he T h ere is no te x t book for public in tbe E nglisb d ep a rtm en t—from the sity in th e course of study as litera- speaking, and it is left to th e te ac h ers 8‘udy of g ram m atical co n stru c tio n s to tu re o r m athem atics, discretion to choose th e topics for ? la8sic8' ' ery ’’‘‘e n . g ram m ar work speeches and ta lk The "L ite ra ry Di- 18 acc°m P*nied by the study of some T ill. HIGH S( HOOL ORCHESTRA. .......................... ' w orthw hile novel However, th e reg- (H arold Lew is) from it a re given in the class every I u/ a r w ork, in clu d in g sentence a high school o rc h e stra is a g r e a t, week. In th e class on F rid ay s is held P ,I ,,c ’,,re ’ verb conjugation, lessons benefit to any high school and we have w hat is know n as “n onsense” day. At tn ®PeI,lrtK. etc., is not neglected. a very good o rch e stra. T h ere is quite th is tim e th e stu d e n ts tell jokes and 1 he w ork in the lite ra ry classics an in te rest . tak en in our o rch e stra I funny stories, m any of w hich a re used Pr^ve® / ° T , in terestin g . The and possibly m ore would ta k e an in- m erely as illu stra tio n s to help the h adT ; be L ake’ As J ou L ike It. te re st in it if a few m ore popular stu d e n t "put a c ro s s ” som e p a rtic u la r , j , ' : n ' , a F, ' e t’ a , o tb er plays are pieces w ere played, n ot n ecessarily idea. Much of th e m a te ria l used for , , d , by ,b e ya r ' ,,us classes. The | th e latest creation in jazz but some- ta lk s com es from the stu d e n t’s per- s, 11, *bese classics helps th e stu - th in g th a t would appeal to everyone. sonal experience and know ledge, and J° c u RJya te “ ta ste for th e best Some people like classical m usic b et m any ta lk s a re given on farm ing, i!te ra tu r ®' 7 b® stu d e n ts re a lly like te r w hile o th ers like th e p opular m u farm m ethods, and th e like. th e w orks of S h ak esp eare and appre- sic b etter so to please them both the From m em bers of th e class th e stu- 1 "i8 w 8e ad vlce- \ ario u s topics o rc h e stra should play a few popular d ents choose, every two w eeks, two , < ay a r ® discussed occasionally. pieces along with classical selections c ritic s, w hose duties are to criticize , , 8 ,5 B,udents a re encour- and ---- r please ------ the — w — hole __ ________ audience. The | the defects o f each individual student. aged t0 b a\ ? deas ot ’b eir own and o rc h e stra plays w onderfully well and T he criticism is m ade perso n al be- , c o u ld handle a few popular pieces cau se the pupils feel th a t is th e only | , Eng,liib te ac h ers re q u ire th e , very nicely. H ow ever th is is a high way in w hich a contin u al advance in , , e, N 1?. m a“ e book rep o rts. T be , school o rch e stra and the opinion ol COPVRIOKI « 1 , p ro g ress can be made. T he duty of . e8, n Action, trav el, and biography th e high school as well as th a t of the • u s . A uT ocA S irn co. th e g ram m ar c ritic is to call th e stu - 18, , °bt»<u«ble by all the stu d en ts, o rc h e stra leader ru le s the o rch estra, d en t’s atten tio n to his m istak es in , tbe e *’M ination of one i g ram m ar. It has been a noticeable di‘p ar t Ment of the school w ere put up ( REDIT TO INSTRUCTOR, fact th a t in c o rrec t E nglish is rapidly ¡ ¡ ^ t ,®„8‘“£®"t8 Eng; | (Lucille Dodson) How m any really stop to th in k how | d isa p p ea rin g from th e class. T he pub- lish d ep artm en t would be saved if all much Miss Dickey the m usic in lie speaking c ritic points out th e de I o th e rs had to go. stru c to r has done for G resham Union fects in the po stu re of each student. WHK H DO YOU TAKE I High school? Included in th is are th e position of (Donald Confrey) We go to P o rtlan d , hear a noted h ands and feet, th e direction in w hich th e eyes a re looking, and th e whole Soft, w hite moon in a b lan k et of blue hand, o rch e stra or a group of noted A sco re of s ta rs _________ m usicians ____ and then _ criticize th e high I p o stu re in general. T his criticism en ables the stu d e n t to se'e his own de- | Th.ey u,r ? e, T ? down ° 'ir hazeled path ! school band and o rch e stra fects, and, because of th is, he can At M idnight hours. , i 8 th is fair to eith er Miss Dickey or rem edy them m ore quickly and easily. I „ ,, ... ’be stu d e n ts? The m em bers of the T he stu d e n ts of the class m ake it a 1?,°on or g reat w hite w ay? m usical d ep artm en t p ut In every mo- point to alw ays have th e ir w ork up to . llp art8 built can b reak : m ent th a t can be spared in o rd er to date, and th is also leads to punctual!- A ? ne ° r b.re,a tl? of sig b s' m ake a success F ilia l dev o tio n d e m a n d s th a t th e c h ild ren ty In o th e r lines of w ork Then too. I w h lc h do y °u tate( • Miss Dickey has tak en p erfectly raw w ho h a v e g ro w n an d left th e “ old nest” th e ex perience they receive in talking before a group h elps them a g reat keep in touch w ith hom e. deal not only on th e ir class w ork, but also in stu d e n t body m eetings. I ¡me, diHtance a n d had w e a th e r a re T he chief aim of public speaking is to give to the pupils th a t m uch desired e lim in a te d a s o b jec tio n s to v isitin g th e public speaking essen tial—nam ely p e r folks a t hom e, by th e telep h o n e. so nality and poise. T hese tw o are n ecessary to every day life, so even If In a ll w e a th e rs an d a t all tim es o u r ser- none of the stu d e n ts ever become g rea t o ra to rs or sta te sm an , they have vice is a t y o u r com m and. o btained one of th e m ain c h a ra c te ris tic s of well balanced young m en and As fo r d ista n c e th e g re a te s t d ista n c e women, and the tim e spent in th e pub lic speaking cla ss has not been spent s h rin k s to t h a t betw een you and y o u r phone In vain. » äss ä ? English Department FLORENCE M. HONEY c/ilwajzs in Touch R » » YALCE (IF PCRLK SPEAKING. (Jo h n A nicker) T he public speak in g d ep a rtm en t Is of m ore value to the stu d e n ts than any o th e r d ep a rtm en t in th e school. It Is In th is d ep a rtm en t th a t th e s tu dent gets his know ledge of expressing his thought and ideas. T he public speak in g class has no sta te d schedule o r text book to follow, so th is w ill n a tu ra lly cau se m any dif fe re n t co u rse s follow ed, according to th e teacher. In G resham th is class uses th e L it e ra ry D igest to a g re a t extent. On M onday a re p o rt is given by each m em ber of th e cla ss on som e a rtic le assigned to them from th e L ite ra ry D igest and on T uesday a brief or sh o rt synopsts of a speech on a sub je st assigned by Miss K idw ell, th is 1 speech req u irin g referen ce w ork to be looked up at th e lib ra ry or other places of inform ation. W ednesday the ta lk s a re heard on th e ir topics. T h u rs day th e assig n m e n ts a re given for the referen c e ta lk for th e next W ednes day. F riday, or nonsense day, Is of J an en tirely d ifferent type, th is ta lk is CHOICEST OF SWEETS As satisfying as they a re good, K rau se's or T hom sen's delicious Candies win a place In your sw eet ta ste th e m inute you try them . Boxed or in any q u an tity you wish to buy them. (IGARM, (IGARLTTEB, TOBAttOS NITS. HOD A FOUNTAIN Special prices on X m as Candies and Nuts to schools, ch u rch es, lodges, etc. Try our Luncheonette Telegraph Xmas and New Year’s Greetings to Distant Friends Through the Multnomah & Clackamas County Mutual Telephone Company Gresham. (The © srarrttr O scar A. Jo h n s o n O regon V. » k I S