WTmn'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
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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
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