Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 23, 1928, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextWTmn'rtTJt) wxrn TRnTTim tmtdforp. obeoox. srrmY,-September s:y 192a News of Medford Schools II 12 1 r Uf'llltnl. : The dills' Athletic association v.vm..., 1 -im.---.m-i, Tno flrat eoition of the HI organize n Pep club. The girls Times come out Thursday after thought It n good Idea to purohuxo noon. The sports and joke sec hi u uioiiiiiuiB i'uiiu w club. They will be black on one;ed mi mure this year than for- Mva- -t mn returneu ui side, and red on the other. Kit her : merly. ' The paper consisted of'work uftcp an illness of several color enn be worn on tho outside. ' fuur pnnos with five columns. da- ' An amendment to the CI, A. A. Many now sections were added! H'rl Vok her - 6A 8 constitution wan also proposed at this venr. Leo fVniiAusdall haa!to a, J"khoii County liuntry . this moellnfr. This amcndnio.nt pro-! rhnrno of the advertising. "Winl-, r,',lll'l' nfternooii, for an hour. t a. a ,..hw.ii u II f,.n,i , , 1 ,.n. .... Miuu'Tliero I hey were inslructcd by would not bo necessary to call all j. Mary (iilhert. advisor. Those In members to carry on any business. ' the news department are: Bill The "point system" Is used in this Howorman, editor; Gordon Wat' organization. Miss Maude Barrl- ner, f manager; Hubert Spalding, mar, girls physical training -direc- j associate editor; Leonard Hayssen. lor. Is advisor for this club. I The junior nnd senior classes A very peppy assembly was held Friday afternoon at 3:30. in charge of Stan Wilcox, yell leader, assist ed by Sandy Green, and Jimmy Hayes. A short tnllt was given by Coach Oallison. urging the student y. body to come out to all of the games and make a stnte record as rooters. A number of the play ers also gave short talks. Mlss liliwtiit llulandcr, song queen,: as sisted by MIsh Iteula Gore, led the student body in n few Medford high songs. A contest will he held next week between the four classes to see which can yell the best. The student savings has started another successful year at Med ford high. The first bnnk day was held Tuesday, with $326. (JO banked, and lift? slued tits making deposits. This Is the largest amount .that Medford high has ever bunked at one lime, Every student present banked, making the; 100 percent mark Med ford high now stands at tlicion. aeneval auocurance. one first top of the list on the Pacific, coast. Tho high school had bank ed 1.2 lip until Fehruary of 1 !UG when Mr. Keck, In charge of a not ial "thrift drive visited the Hcuool. Jlr. IF. C. Terrell was ap pointed thrift advisor, and after n number of cashiers had been op- pointed ii drive whs put on for H)0 percent savings; ' After a htn-d week's work, the students made . a reco-d of 100 percent, which they have kept for 45 consecutive weeks. The average amount of: deposit for each student Inst year was 28 cents. It Is hoped this amount can be raised tills year. Itank officers have been elected as follows: Hilly Conroy. presi dent; Edward Gould, advertising manager; and Burton Lowry, busi ness manager. Under the direction of Stan Wil cox, high school yell leader, a hays' pep club is being, organized. The membership is to be limited to between 7ii and HMi boys. Any one belonging to this club must know how to yell, and have n stu dent body ticket'. White sweat shirts and corduroys will he worn at the gnmes. A pep cnp. to he selected later. - will eompiet the outfit.. According -to Stan Wilcox, this Is the first year that an or ganized rooters section will attend the first game of the season. Student body and 111 Times i.llckets have been on sale this ...1.1, ti. .. 1,,,. ,.t ii,n lup of tho list, 'with 21Ii Htudunt i ..1.. Ill rri, 4In1.nl.. .....1 in ... don't l.o,lv tlpkol ,vl',lv Hold is hoped a large number will con tinue tiddlng their names to' the list to make this a record year. The following percentages show the standings of the different classes: Freshmen. 2 percent: sophomores, 3d percent; juniors, 48 percent:- seniors, 5fr percent, and faculty, 17. percent. The fact thiit students having a student body ticket may get Into games for twenty-five cents. Is a. good , reiisoir why more should accept this offer. The members of the dirts' league have aireany begun their work on the handbook they will put out again tills year, honi" of the things the handbook wilt have Sn It lllis year are: Names of or ganizations, their officers, and their work; student body consti tution, CI Iris' league constitution, girls' standards, school yells, and songs, the faculty, and honors won by Medford high scliool. TJtosu editing the book are Mildred, T,nw rence, Margurite McAllister, Janet Clement, A.lierta Knlps, and Ttilby Hnmlin. Following Is I a list of -. a few new books in the high school li brary that may be' checked out by students: "American Adventure." Muzzer; hpanisn Towns and People, .mc- l '.ride; "ti Lawn-nee In Ara- nia. Thomas; "Knot Useful nndjarIt Oolinskl, tackle- Wflton Ormimentnl,' i Shaw: Siberian j white, tackle: Roy Washam, ehd: Cold." Harper; "Flags of the.',rte Thompson, end. World." McCandetesH. j Friday Assembly 1 The library has been nuit". Tll(. irogrnin was In charge of busy since schoot started. Theie!Ml.t Dun MlKWt of thu Calmer have- been 2 2!' 8 students in the tiVmiI ' fi-ynrn hVv- V-.n nmoilnd I ; , , iiwin iiuiu uujm iei.uiii-4. According to Miss l-.sttier i . ounu. KitH ciuv uiieuior ot ,lcd bv the audience. high school, prospects arc veiyj 0ur oIfl frtvm.ll0i the juor good this year for a boys' quor- .nilniotrn ..in.-n.i "V.r mii- tet. As yet. the names of the boys in the glee club have not been announced. Miss Frances Thels, who for merly taught Latin in Medford o.K.i, "os oeen nere visiiing iss j , thexsumiiier at her home in .Mis soula, Montana, where she re ports having a very enjoyabb time. She also visited a nunlor of the mountain resorts in Mon tana. Miss Thela expects to be In Portland ior ine next tWOi n'OnthS. 1 he penmanship Has has ln- band. He thCn. played for us creased so much In size this wHc.,..The AIarch f Mum(-an Jl J i" H0n trhr0,;M,n10t . " a selection composed by accommodated Th bes in thc,na mothe nn(J one 1 class were put on probata and imld.WMt hnrm,. hum. will not have to return unless their writing is reported as unsatisfactory. The Iatln club held their first p T A ' . "K" meeting Tuesday evening to re-l," Wer KUPMtt f thc ' organize, and elect officer. Mtsa' Kulh Ahele in advisor for llie! I.IXCOI..V club. Thoi-e elected were: Lincoln chool" 1.. proud of lam DaiiRherty. prenldent: Oeral- thelr aiv'arct at the fair nnd are uine ijnnam. vice-premnent; 1-: neve iniKtns. neoretarp: aml,a Horla Jones, treasurer. A. netvjFacalved. three (4rnt, tws- aeeend, Mrule Is boIpk Into effect this year, and one third prize. ui.ti an wn.icnis ncionuinB toi student '' ticket. Meeting will be held j nior. frequently this year. i"v-!uonH or me paper nro ociug piny - held their class elections Wedncs- day. The officers for the junior class are. , Ossle Newland. presi dent; Koan Green, vice-president: Dorothy Orth, secretary; and Ruth Hooker, treasurer. Charles Thom as, former president, presided over' the meeting. The commissioners for the sen ior class are: finance. Aubrey Sander; social sorvlce 3ack Walk er. .H MO It HIGH Reporter: Florence Annals. ' Scliool Kxhlbft nt the Fair The Junior High school is proud of her exhibits at the fair. Wo won eight first prizes "and ono second vprize. One of our first prizes was given in penmanship under the direction of Miss Wise. M iss Whisenant's science " class won two first prizes on their books of birds and pressed flow- era. In manual training and oo mot tio nrt we won two first ori.es m-iw on basketry, one on towels. ono on a log cabin made for his tory exhibits and a second prize for aprons. - & Music The Junior Hlgh orchestra will become fully organized this com i ing year. It will include a full i violin choir of first- and second ! violins, clarinets, cornets, 'cello trombones, piano and percussion 'instruments. Tho orchestra will ! start rehearsing tho second week of September under the direction of Miss Williams with the assls- tanco of Mr. Karl Moldrum. There is a great deal of talent this year which promises u veiy large or chestra. A special feature of the Har monica band, perfected this week through the efforts of Don Mig uel, is the girls' quartet, the only one by way of notice on the west coast. . I'ho Harmonica band boasts o wen ty-five now members total ling in all forty-five strong a pleasant surprise for Miss Wil liams on her return, which We eugerly await. During her absence Mr. Miguel rnus heen conducting all prac tices unci is very popular wnn an members. Miss Keesee, spelling teacher, expects a close race between tho seventh and e'ghlh grade pupils this year. Tho seventh grade pu I J1I IIKUIU Ull UMJlilfiO UL ifV.it i W'VlD V'0 ,S,"'l'ih 1 mtt y-'-'t I'ur UVlll Tho lowest average lt!WU" nmaa 11,0 1U'S 8C.G pei- cent. I . ' . ' Banking tViu Junior High hud (Uito a good average in banking last Tuesday. This Is the first tlnv 'fnci Iitst win tor tlint wo hnVo blinked Mr Keesee and Mrs. Clarke's rooms banked 100 per cent. The average for the school was "(!.4 per cent. The Junior Higli Intends, to raise It next Tues day. Teachers Out We are sorry to hear that two of our teachers are ill. .Miss Kurd and Miss Williams. .Miss Wll- Hams is in a hospital In Eugene, MIh Hurd. who. during the time of hc!r illness was in this city.' ha recovered,- und Is how teaching her regular classes. Athletics Baseball practice wus held at the Lincoln school grounds Mon day afternoon for all girls who wished to Join the team. Prac tice was also held Thursday af-" toi noon on the grounds back of the Junior High school. "'' ' ' The third High school team -will ptuy against thu , Junior Hlg'ii Friday afternoon. The probable line-up will be as follows: OcOrfto Harrington, quarter; orvllle Davis, half-back: Victor Goble. half: Dutch" Zumbrum. full-back. ,juctt Wenwl. center; Cliff Cave. EUurtl. Bill Cunninchum cuord: Pino . house. He presen;cd the "--.iDoys mirmonica band that he nos irmmg aunng uio uiwenco llilu itluuu mut- llnvn lul ie ooys iwy-t,6A. G,i several well-rendered selec- tions tnat wer( KrcutIy-..apprechi-J tun NlKhts." .Next came Chnrlcs n niiiucK. a lormer Junior Mian boy. who i pluyed "UunKalow Ornnma." The assembly has en- Joyod muni- of his spirited piano Hololi H(, ve.y ffracousl;, Mr. Don Sloane rendered both instrpmentul and vocal solos to the delight of everybody. To arouse interest in music, e- llfellv In th.. nnar Vi n rm nn I r nrunlLul in-nH..tH n. nnlllnlnr- hi- l Z ' J ship. Other numbers followed. I all of which were enjoyed. MomhAr-., 4t U lit..). already preparing to send even better exhibit next year. They Mrs. p, (. Harrison and Mrs, Voi'iio tthfinuJu iii'u two name j bo leurnod Ut; Uticum thin year. . They will he rfllnomuoreu tot Miss Oray and M1h Uulliher. it Mrs. Gulden Stan- Scott eiller- " lb; " i'Vli tor- J1, c " ' "iu of Jusn noli. 111. with venitton dinner. nli'M Tli.. vnnlvnn una 1 a gift from llttlo Mary Elliot, onoldren mougni naKuwoi k uu -lumv-of Mrs. Scott's pupils. I Brown garden products. -Next sum- j Miss Chrysler In library work. The objects of this course are: 1. To acquaint pupils with tho libraiy and how to use it. ' . To form the habit of visit ing It more nfUn. to employ their leisure hours. 3. To Interest tho pupils in borrowing hooks and cuHivutln? wider rending. Miss. Webber has tho largest enrollment In Lincoln; her fourth grade numbering 44. Tho total enrollment of tho school is about 285.- Tho children have starteiV out very enthusiastically with their Health chores. They are deter mined to win the Henlth cup given : on May Day to tho school hav-1 ing the highest percent of those who have kept their health rules. Parents are asked to assist by cooperating with the children. Mrs. Jones was busy weighing and-..' measuring our boys and girls this week. A special effort vTill be made to have all children up to weight. ' Twenty-one children from Dis trict 102 entered this week. They were transferred from the Roose velt school. s . Indians in all their war paint Invaded' Mrs Scott's room. The home of Hiawatha is depicted on the sand table. An Interesting collection of Indian pictures and curios bedeck the wall. Twenty-eight self-reliant small people make up Miss Scott's rcom of 1 B"s. They have been com plimented several tiniest on their marching. 1 Miss Eleanor Curry is the new .teacher in charge of tho SB's, They are beginning to feel at ihomo ' In Room 4 while Mrs. Scotfs children who formerly oc Icuplcd this room are being mnde comfortable In tho newly fitted basement room.' Miss Tucker's 2B's won tho Savings banner for this week. IVncoln school is proud of the 70.4 per cent in banking; a gain of 25.2 per cent over tho first week last year. WAKIIIXOTOX SCHOOL The children who have been transferred to the Washington school from other schools, are: Juanita Cowgill.. Charlotte Dee son, Jerry Thomas to 1 U; und Junior Martin to 213. One little boy in tho first grade reported at home that lie did not seem to learn anything at school but "it is keen fun."! The Cuitls-Smith pfan for teaching beginners to read will be used by .Mrs. Canodo of th Washington school, as an expert ment to see if it is worthy to suppmnt the Beacon method which ls( now in use. This, meth od was originated In the De troit, Mich, schools and has been adopted in many large cities. jtoosEVKir scirooii riiict-Tcaclier AsVu The first ' meeting of the Parent-Teacher association was held Friday, September 21. A large crowd was present. Mrs WIIIU'h room received the fern for hav ing tho greatest number, of moth ers present. Mr. ' Urieker, the chief executive of- the Boy Scouts, gavo an In teresting talk. Miss Van Meter Introduced the touchers. Tho re mainder 1 of the afternoon was spent in getting acquainted. The hustcbscs for the afternoon were Mrs. Pennington. Mrs. fjuyt-r. Mrs. Wicks, Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Curler. The P.-T. A has offered a pri;:-' to the room getting the largest number of members for tho asso ciation. The contest will close Friday Sept. 2X. The prize is a beautiful set of bookshelves. All the1 children are eager to win U and there is much keen compe tition among tho different rooms. New Fountain We . are agerly looking for ward to the installation of the new fountain In tho school yurd. This will he a greatly needed Im provement. Uankuig 78.5 per cent of tho child ren banked hist' Tuesday. The 4 B room led with 1 0o per con . The amount of money banked -In the building was $108.77. Spelling The spelling - average in the building for tho week ending e pt. I4j WuH -:ii-5- 'per -'cent. The highest average wus made by th They having spell They having spelled 99.5 per cent of the words correctly.! Ifcalth Ins port Ion The" children are keeping tUlt I clcun. ' but some of them forget ' Uho dailv clean handkerchief ho i that our" health report this week ! not vnrv x;.ti.r,.-ti-v The I nercent for the hullilln.r n r..", 1 Mrs. Masuell's room scnci.il thai hlirhest with 78.0 per cent. Tardiness j There wore 16 cases of tardl-j ncss in the Roosevelt building this week. - Too many: ' Knrollment The enrollment shows 3'JS pu pils In the buildlnir even thoticli District 102 has been transfer red to the Lincoln school. VAIXKY KCHOOli Thc new Valley school on His kiyon Helffhts is to have Tom Kwem as a special instructor In manual t arts, beulnnlntc Monday. As lie a very versallle artist ho will Klve the children the opportunity to use A variety of materials, and his or iirlnallty will inspire them to put forth- their best creative efforts. Teachers nnd pupils alike are look In forward eaiterly to his arrival. HI" classes will be held In the afternoon. On Frldayi during the 11:30 as sembly period, the children held a school fair, somewhat on the. or der of the recent county fnlr. They brought things showing their sum- mei activities. Children wlio had '...iit'd fur nets bromrht them when U was ut all possible. Ducks, niplaiined that a ft it a few drills, pigeon und a canary- apnenrcd. 1 Many duite came, some with clothes 1 the Klr.s hat! jnadu. There was a doll bed made during the first two Weeks of HCtlOUl. Different chll- dren will carry out many inter esting plans, such as making col lections of all sorts for the event at the opening of school. .htckiun School. Flro drill, ljnin., LT seconds, Mealih Inspection. 74.8 per cunt, Bpeiimg yL'.-i per cunu Attendanco good. Tui'ilinesM upttinir hotter. i Cases of truancy, two. Ftro:.lrllw. r. . ; Orent rare has- been' "used In urKuniv.iiiK tin? sufcty squad In the ; fli-o drills (!i1h vour. uiul it is : the bulhlin;- can ho oinpiicU j n j i less tln a minute Hiiung Mtnw Tho t-iaidren will be Drlvileged The writing system has hoen!tu (u ,ho , tn,B m. changed from, the l'alnier method ,0.uijmj classes to tho Rice system. j Kuch Knu,u 'wlu ,mve ft chan(.0 'I hey are both muscular and I to g( twU.c ench 80moH,;or Tho reseinblo each othur very much.,)lw Jh tll.(vcn to tho Srunt on The main difference Is tho method i lrwm.,. tUt, children march out of prcKenting the work. aml t,nU,r U( bUK am, nro tukpn Mr. ltice'H method is very much i AlYWtiy tu thw L.Uy m.rury. accom differont in letter presentation and : minlcd hv ,hp muiing teacher us letter, word and sentence drills.;.. fifty . .. ... t, .jbrarv. The ,Su it is iVought that much more nitphl png.-s, with less uflort ion the part of tho pupils, will "" '"turned to the building accom - same son oi. material, even "j,mniLH i,y (jie teacher in thet oruj neiore neiu up anu robbed .years prominent u, ,, , the same hand. ,.,,... i t..bn.!a card nartv In a Dronx. nnnir.fi.t,i.u..l... ..im., ,l -Hiciilgnn re I. Fair lrl.es. j Jigi)t scnooi prizes were worn r0vei6- for tottvon"" prizes wuro a grout surprise, its I Wt' " 8"U trout foe both teuehors and pupils. Tho , prizes I won were: won were: turn nousot. iirsi; Oregon history map, third, I.iliiiii'v Mini. ii)M.arlnn takcH cmrg( and ln- Ht,ructs the children for fifty mln. fol-!llt(.M anu then the nuulln uro re- there. Clnsjilfled mlvertialng gets results, ISStKSSBl 1 .ir ant .1- .'s s m t mi MNG PAPER! GIRL BANDIT IS PAIIPUT UITU UAT UMUUII I Vf I 111 II.! ! - FULL jOTJ!ONEYi NEW YORK, Sept. 2 !; With S3. 000 in money und jewelry concealed In her hat, ti 17-yeur-old! leader of four armed men, who """' " w"o whortlv before held uh and inhl.n.l ment. , rne girl gavo ner name as Anna i Kalodye nnd police believe she has abound errats on m u m m rr figured In a number "of rioUlups, She was urreslcd by two. Patrol men who In a taxi overlook a sub way train in which she wo fleeing. h itu mo men stio gatnou ent- l" J "UII A UlIllL'illlt'llt L Mi- and Mrs. Joseph Jiriainbot-ger by ringing the doorbell. When Brumberger came to thu;dcrH' h-- was confronted by a givl w th " d bobbed hair who jabbel arrev olvor Into his ribs and ordoned. - i.. into the room. ... - . UJJOK The lti'iinih.i-.r.i- i and two women gue- iVAvrt ti..i (. i.b.w.irn. ..... iuiii .nti vear ched. I I'. I 1 1 1 1 1 I Kiilit -.1. (p)-Fr,,U ' i-.-iA.-v f Cornier ee- : retary of stalo . .rm tor many jto death in ht was found shot home here this said they bo kllled himself. mornimr. liovert Murtir Vlulo .c T