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O o IX tit W MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUKE Sunday. February 10, 1S57 O o oo o o o o C3 o o Of o o O o o o G o o o O o O O o o o School News FHOEHIX HIGH SCHOOL The Senior class, looking for j .-rd to Graduation day, June 4, ftexe ordered their announce ment and name cards from Portland. During the pep assemblies, Mch are usually held on the fUrnoon prior to a home game, to classes compete for Cy the Pirate. Each class, led by the PLoenix High cheer leaders, Ida Marie Bolz, Margaret Bolz, Bet ty Rupp, Nedra Harris, and San trm Skinner, are given the op portunity to outyell the other cisset. B The Sophomore class now holds Cy, a miniature pirate fig tir, about 9 inches tall and is symbolic of the PHS insignia Dressed in suitable garb, he taays in the trophy case where ohe is appropriately revered by the entire student body. -Paper Distributed o The Phoenician, Phoenix High school newspaper, came off the press and was distributed to stu dents, faculty and advertisers on Friday, Feb. 8. The Phoenician appears once a month and is sty 0 dent operated with all copy pre pared and edited by the journal ism class, composed of juniors and seniors. Charlotte Keene, a senior, is the editor of the Phoe nix News Bureau. Charlotte oStovall, also a senior, is editor flUiAf f "Tlia Dhrutnirian " Phoenix High school took part in the "Teens against Polio" driv with a contest among the 0 four classes. Each day collec tions were taken up in the Eng lish classes. The Sophomores topped with a total of $29.37. The Future Teachers of Amer ica, PHS chapter, sponsored the firive. According to Nadine Brood, president of FTA, the drive was a success. Neil Gea Oin, PHS student body presi dent, made the thermometer poster which reflected the heat of the campaign In daily contri butions. Show Planned The Mask club, PHS drama group, has set the stage and date for its spring show. "Afraid of the Dark," a three-act mys tery lv James Reach, is sched uled for production on April 11 and 12. Requiring a cast of six men and seven women, tryouts 1 will be held at the school on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 13 and'H. Dorothy Bean is Mask club president. Richard Dickenson, instructor in speech, is the facul ty adviser. - John P. Dube, Phoenix High school agriculture instructor, left Wednesday, Feb. 6 for Cor vallis to attend a Grange Coop convention. OKeith Johnson! a Southern Oregon college student, is sub . stituting for Dube during his ab sence. Dube plans to return dur ing the first part of next week. HobM Discussed O Mr. Skipworth, who is activi ties director at PHS, has recent ly been consulted concerning the color of robes for the "57" grad uation. A petition for white robes, strated by several senior girls, was circulated. Mr. Skip worth has agreed to go half way on the ideal. The girls will wear white robes and the fellows will wear royal blue robes on gradu ation night. According to Nadine Brood, president of Phoenix High FTA chapter, the FTA members have accepted an invitation to attend a meeting of the Talent FTA, Monday night, Feb. 18, at the home of Miss Ina Freeman, Tal ent TA advisor. ' Members of the Talent chap ter will present a panel discus sion on the topic '"What are the advantages and disadvantages of teaching in elementary school." The Phoenix FTA members who will attend the meeting are Nadine Brood, Alma Stovall, Rose Mary Kuse, Jean Floyd, Mary Ellen Mitchell and Char lotte Unruh. Wins in Contest Jim James, senior at PHS, was one of the two winners of the annual Medford Elks lodge "Youth Leadership" .contest. Runner-up from Phoenix was Dorothy Bean, who is also a senior. Winners will have their pre pared leadership brochures for warded to the Oregon State Elks association for judging at state level and possible entry into competition on the national level. Jim and Dorothy, along with the other four winners, will re ceive their awards from the lo cal Elks lodge on May 2, which is National Elks Youth day. The students were judged on their outstanding leadership records as developed in high school. Students from seven schools in this area participated in the contest. The sophomores plan to have cake walk on Feb. 27 to earn money for class activities. A semi-formal, dance will be held some time in April. The class is divided on the matter of stegs. A committee has been ap pointed to look into the matter and report it at the next sopho more class meeting. A letter was received from Melvin Porter, who asked that his friends write to him. The ad dress is Melvin LeRoy Porter SR. 4716535. Company 035-39, USNTC, San Diego, 33, Calif. New students of the sopho more class include JoAnn Mc Neil, Duane Daniels, Iona Wit gen, Mary Ellen Robbins and Ann Wergin. On The Side By E v DurIing (Distributed by King Futures Syndicate. Inc.) If on. should sire ma a heart to keep. With love for the rolden key. The giver might live at ease or sleep; It should ne'er know pain, or weary or weep, , The heart watrhed over v me- O'SHAUGHSESSY. McLoughlin Junior High School Students from the art depart ment presented a TV program on Feb. 7. Work done in the classes were displayed and ex plained. The girls volleyball tourney The Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles is the last resting place of more cele brities than any other ceme tery in the country. That's what I recently stated. It was a hasty remark. I am prepared to re tract it. Of course, Forest Lawn is the last resting place of many famous people, but they were mostly from the entertainment world. Come to think of it per haps Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn is the last resting place of more famous people than Forest Lawn. Among those buried in Greenwood are De Witt Clinton, Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher, Samuel F. B. Morse and Lola Montez. Asides Note Cab Calloway credited with writing the song titled "Good Bye, Broadway, Hello, France." That's wrong. "Chuck" Reisner wrote it . . . Dietitian says radishes are good for re lief of brain fag. Keep that in mind. If your secretary's brain seems to be getting weary around three p.m., toss her a few radishes. Asking "Queries from clients. Q. What sports figure was originally nicknamed "The Iron Man"? A. Joe McGinnity, the first major leaguer to pitch and win both games of a double header. The "Iron Man" was a very appro priate nickname. When Joe was 54 years old he pitched and won a double header for the Du buque, la., team of the "Three Eye League." Q. Who originat ed the term "superman"? A. It was first used by Friedrich Wil helm Nietzsche in his work titled "Thus Spake Zarathu stra." Please Note Before he was 50 Andrew Jackson suffered from smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria, rheuma tism, dysentery and a bullet ended with Mrs. Jo Anne Hen ry's third period girls winning the championship. Twelve classes participated, and the finals were played Feb. 4. Twenty-two members of the Bulldog wrestling squad went to Klamath Falls on Feb. 8 to take part in the championship matches. The boys traveled by bus and were accompanied by wrestling coach John Reed, and Mel Boldenow. The assembly on Feb. 8 was a short student body business meeting, followed by a pep rally led by the yell teams. The ninth grade pep squad presented a skit in which the Pelican was cere moniously placed in a stew kettle. The Klamath Falls Peli can eighth and ninth grade teams played the McLoughlin boys on the Mac floor Saturday. The Boosters marched with the Pep Band at the Saturday basketball games. lodged next to his heart. Yet he lived to the ripe old age of 78. No wonder they called him "Old Hickory." Get It Right What United States naval commander said, "Don't give up the ship"? That was the query recently put to a pair of tele vision quiz participants. Their answer was "Dewey." It is in teresting to note in connection with this answer that one of these participants was a college student. It was, of course, Capt. James Lawrence, Commander of the U.S.S. Chesapeake, who voiced the aforementioned im mortal words on June 1, 1813, in a battle with the British ship Shannon off the coast of Massa chussets. Capt. Lawrence's com plete order was: "Keep the guns going! Fight her till she strikes or sinks! Don't give up the ship!" These were the gallant commander's dying words. He was 32 years of age at the time. Passing By Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Viva cious, valiant, versatile Virgin ian. Made her Broadway bow in the "Ziegfield Follies of 1917," the cost of which included W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Fannie Brice, Bert Williams, and Will Rogers. She was then known simply as Peggy Hopkins. 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