-THE HEBMISTON HEBALD, HEBMISTON, OREGON,
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The High School Mirror
Voi. 2
Devoted to the Interest and Development o t the Hermiston Schools
Because of the Icy condition ot the
highway and lack of train service at
the last minute Pendleton cancelled
their games with the Hermiston boys
an girls which were to be played last
Friday , night. The manager tried
to arrange games at the last minute
with other teams and finally schedul
ed a game with the first team of Co
lumbia College of Milton. The Col
lege boys however, were worn out by
the trip as the game was not arrang
ed until Friday afternoon, and drop
ped the game to Hermiston 15-12.
A preliminary game between the
eighth grade girls and the freshmen
girls resulted in a victory for the
eighth grade girls. The score was
21-6.
On Saturday night Columbia Col
lege played Stanfield high school
and beat them 19-12, which makes
Hermiston appear to have a better
team than Stanfield. A number of
players and the coach of thé Hermis.
ton team attended the game.
Friday night the Hermiston boys
team w ill play the Athena high
school team. This is bound to be
one of the hardest games of the sea
son as Athena has already won four
straight games.
The first game w ill bo between the
high school girls team and a team
composed of the town girls.
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inations and from the looks of the
students faces, one.would think they
had suddenly lost all their earthly
possessions. But its this way twice
a year. We hope at least half of the
After the game last Friday night students will be back next semester,
the high school gave an impromptu although the teachers are already in
dancing party. Everyone had a forming us .otherwise.
“supergobslnptuous” time.
After several months waiting the
Nearly every night a number of eighth grade has received the full
the high school students go coasting equipment for the testing of milk,
often times on the south hill. A.^ la s t Friday the samples from eleven
far as most of them are concerned cows were tested and the percentage
they hope the snow lasts a long time. of butterfat computed. The tests
range from 3.6 to 7 per cent. Any
Sunday night the heating plant patron of the school wishing their
broke down and most of Monday cows milk tested are Invited to avail
the students roasted si^ deep on the themselves of this service and send
radiators trying to keep warm as samples every Friday mornng.
most of the class rooms were very
Miss Redmond had written on the
cold. Regular classes were held in
back of a theme, “Please write more
tho afternoon.
legibly.”
Next day— "Miss Redmond what
The members of the debating team
are busy memorizing their speeches was that you put on my theme?"
as the debates are to be held In the
Mr. Voelker— “You don't chew to
near future.
bacco do you, my boy?”
Gwyn— “No sir, but I can give you
The high school is contemplating
bringing the Whitman girls Glee a cigarette if you want one.”
Club here early in April. This will
be especially Interesting as Miss
Grade News
Emily Shotwelf graduate of Hermis
The eighth grade w ill use the reg
ton high school is a member of the ular state examination questions for
Iub.
their mid-year examinations.
class was an exhibit from the Hain-
mermlll Paper company, which shows
the different stages of manufactur
ing paper.
The sixth grade won the Parent
We also have an excuse for the
One of the interesting exhibits re scarcity and quality of news this Teachers Association banner for this
ceived by the Commercial Geography week. This time its semester exam month.
RADIO TESTS
PLEASEMAXIM
Declares Spanning of Atiantc
Ocean by Amateurs is
Revolutionary.
SMALL APPARATUS IS USED
President of the League Foresees Na
tions Drawn Closer by Wireless
Bonas— Amateurs Develop
Super-skill.
New York.—The success of amateur
wireless operators In this country and
Canada in sending signals and mes
sages to Scotland in the week’s tests
recently will be revolutionary In its
effect on wireless communication, ac
cording to Percy Hiram Maxim, presi
dent of the American Radio Relay
lengue, through which the tests were
made. Amateurs had believed that
some of them would crash through to
the other side, but that many of them
would do so night after night was al
most more than they had hoped for.
Use Little Power.
inumcucion, ana wnen citizens or one
The Insecurity of Office.
country may talk with the citizens of
“A public career has its compensa
another country without any check tions.”
upon their freedom of speech.
“What are they?” asked Senator
“The great thing about this test Is Snortsworthy suspiciously.
that It was done by amateurs; their
"Well, you enjoy a certain honorable
money and confidence put it through. distinction, you are much in the pub
They have developed super-skill in lic eye and your fellow citizens pay
operating and supersensitiveness in ap you the respect due a statesman."
paratus. I think it will be a great sur
“Maybe so, but I’m never the center
prise to all the wireless men of the of an admiring crowd of my constitu
world, from Marconi to the experts of ents that I don’t wonder which one of
the great private companies. The ama them cherishes a secret ambition to
teur's apparatus has been devel stand in ray shoes and is figuring out
oped on the basis of love for his a little combination that may in a
work; It Is not the perfun.-tory, al few years have me back In the home
though skillful, performance of the town practicing law.”—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
hired employee.”
The Rndio league Is divided into
Poisoned by Matches.
several divisions covering the entire
Cases of poisoning from safety
country, and there are 20,000 amateur
stations operating in it.
Each di matches seem to be common In Den
vision has a manager, an assistant mark. Dr. C. Rasch reports to the
manager and district superintendents, Ugeskrlft for Laeger (Copenhagen)
who develop long distance lines of on thirteen recent cases in his own
communication and allot hours for practice. The trouble took the form of
local and long distance transmission. a severe inflammation of the skin on
fingers, neck and face, with badly
swollen eyelids. In men It appears he
TO EXPLORE RIVER OF DOUBT low the pocket tn which the matches
are carried ; In women on the fingers
Adventurers Seek Rare Ineecte for with which they light their cigarettes.
Dr. Rasch ascribes It to the use of
American Coliegee— Carry
phosphorus sesqulsulphlde when amor
“Duet" Pistole.
phous phosphorus was not to be had.
New York.—Equipped with “dust”
shooting pistols to bring down high
Take Views From Airplane.
For the first time an American
flying Insects that cannot be netted.
Jesse H. Williamson’ and John W. archaeologist has used aerial photog
Strohm sailed from New York re raphy to obtain bird’s-eye views o<
cently for Brazil in behalf of science. the oldest man-made topographical
They plan to penetrate beyond the features of America, the Indian
River of Donbt, now the Rio Aedoro, mounds. David I. Bushnell, Jr., if
In their hunt for hitherto nncaptured using such photographs of the mnundf
specimens for tlie zoological collec near East St. Louis to Illustrate a
tions of the University of Michigan report of the bureau of ethnology of
the Smithsonian institution at Wash
and other colleges.
The expedition Is expected to last ington.
six months, and will go up the Ama
.
Giraffe Dieappearing.
zon to Porto Velho, thence along the
The giraffe seems to be disappear
Madelra-Mamorer railroad, 200 miles
Into the fever-infested fastnesses of ing from its natural haunts In Africa.
the Southwest and the Serra Dos A few years ago It was quite common
to encounter them In herds of Ml ot
Parecls mountains.
The “dust” shot Is so fine that the 100, hut now herds of 20 seem to be
most delicate specimens would not be the average.
Irreparably Injured, the explorers said.
DOROTHY DALTON STAR IN
MICKIE SAYS:
PARAMOUNT
PICTURE
The technical significance of the per
formance lies in the ability shown to
make low-powered instruments do the
work which in large commercial sta
tions requires powerful apparatus.
Less than one kilowatt was used by
the amateurs in transmitting three sig
nals over thousands of miles of land
and sea—for some of those far In the
interior of the country got across—
whereas the large stations use from
100 to 200 kllowntts. In some weath
er that would not check the more pow
erful stations they would, of course,
fail, but some of their work was done
under conditions that were far from
ideal.
That stations as far west as Ohio
were able to reach Scotland, where
Pnul E. Godley. the official receiver for
the league, was stationed, was due part
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ly to the relation, not always realized,
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which Britain occupies to America.
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this country is northeast. Signals from ! COQYOkAAOM %»VAOL50N» YU19
New England pass over the maritime
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provinces of Canada, and those from 1 SetMPYlOM, OMOf MOO'O WAMC
Denver pass over Hudson bay. Mr.
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Godley expressed the belief that be
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tion inland stations had as good a
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chance of gettirffe over as North At
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lantic stations.
This proved to be
the case.
Proved It Could Be Done.
“Our success is revolutionary in
radio
communication,”
says
Mr.
Maxim.
“It had not been thought
possible by experts that amateurs
could span the ocean, and we have
proved that it could be done.
It
means the coming of citizen communl
cation between England and America,
the coming of the day when the peo
pie of one country can talk to one
another and discuss momentous af
fairs without the intermediary of pub
lie or governmental agencies. What
this means for the development of un
derstnndlngs and harmonious relation
ship can be better imagined than dc
scribed.
It turns one's thoughts tc
the recent discussions by Mr. Wells
In bis story of the Ideal relationships
between the peoples of the world.
•'It Is only a matter of time when
this wlretess telegraph eommunlcaHou
will be followed by telephonic
Takes Role of Daughter of British
Aristocrat in Picture Drama
“Half an Hour”
Lady Lilian, beautiful, aristocratic
daughter of the Earl of Westford, it
literally sold to Richard Garson, an
immensely wealthy bourgeolse. In or
der to save her father from financial
ruin. Garson Is infatuated with her
and it gves bim a sense of pride to
know that he was able to purchase a
titled wife. Lilian makes no pretense
of loving him and her cold manner
so enrages him that be treats her
brutally in spite of his love for her.
Lady Lilian has an affair with
Hugh Paton, a member of the same
class as she who has been reduced to
the working class because of poverty.
After a particularly Irritating ses
sion with her husband she telephones
»Hugh that she is ready to go away
with him. He tells her they will start
to r F.tcrvt tn half an hour and for her
to meet him at his apartment.
Lilian writes a note to Garson tell
ing him she Is going away with Hugh
and puts It with her Jewels In the
desk drawer In the living room. Gar
son In the meantime la having a tel
ephone conversation with Dr. George
Brodie, an old friend of his who has
Ganges’ Changing Channel.
Just
returned to England, and Invites
The Ganges la vuusiauily changing
him to dine with them at 8 o'clock.
Na cbanneL
I
It Is now 7;SO.
Through utmost effort Lilian
reaches Hugh’s apartment in a few
minutes. It is evident that while the
step she is about to take means a
great deal In Lilian’s life it Is noth
ing out of the ordinary to Hugh.
Hugh goes out to call a cab to take
Lilian and himself to the station.
Taking advantage of his absence,
Susie, his maid, tells Lilian that he
makes a habit of taking women with
him on his travels. Lilian is astonish
ed at this revelation of Hugh's char
acter and is about to question Susie
when they are interrpted by a great
commotion in the hall. Dr. Brodie
M ade in Kodak factoriet
by Kodak workmen
Richard's friend. Is carrping the
body of Hugh and tells Lilian that
the man was killed by a taxi. Dr.
Brodie asks Lilian If she is Mrs. Pat
on. She nods In the negative and he
tells her to leave the house Immedi
ately to avoid publicity.
Lilian hurries madly home and
tries to open the desk to get her
Jewels and note before her husband
discovers them. She finds the drawer
locked and In despair decides to go
to her room and dress and make the
best of it all.
When Lilian comes down to dinner
she finds Dr. Brodie telling about
the accident which detained him. He
recognizes Lilian immediately but
does not betray her. Richard’s cur
iosity is aroused as to the tdenty ot
the woman and both he and the other
guests suspect Lilian. Lilian in the
meantime manages to get her note
from the desk drawer. Richard fail
ing to find evidence of Lilian's guilt
begs her pardon for suspecting her.
After the guests depart Lilian confes-
es that she was the woman, and with
a new understanding between her
self and her husband they decide to
start life together anew.
This picture will be shown at tho
Play House. Hermiston. Saturday and
Pound's Friday.
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