The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-01-07
School Notes.

School resumed after 10 days vaca-
tion, Monday. January 8, with good
attendance considering the inclement
weather.
| IXThe Misses Forest have entered the
High School, New students in other
grades are: Sth grade. Nina Jack.
9th grade, Willie Montgomery, jean
cite Jack, Victor Ehrhart.
State Superintendent Ackerman and
County Superintendent Frank K.
Welles are spending today in our city
visiting our schools. Both gentlemen
will deliver addresses at the M. E.
church this evening.
AS many schools have not forward
ed notices of the parts to be taken in
the program at the educational rally
Friday evening. pursuant to Supt.
Welles request, it seems Inappropriate
to publish any part of the program,
however, there will be an abundance
of program. Let every person in
Athena come who can.
| THE manager of the Milton High
school basket ball team writes that
his school does not take sufficient in
terest in the game to warrant the
game scheduled between Athena High
and Milton on January 18th. Another
game has been arranged for Between
Pendleton High School girls and
Athena High school girls at Athena
Opera House January s. As this is
the first time game has been played
between girls, a great crowd is ex
pected. The Athena first and second
teams will play preliminary game.
The Athena schools will have an old
fashioned spelling match some time in
the near future, just to remind us
that we need to know how to spell.
The match will be betw cen Athena
school and the town people of Athena.
On next Tuesday evening at 7:30
p. N. the Athena High School Liter
ary Society. will debate the question,
Resolved: That life imprisonmet with
restricted power of pardon, should be
substituted for capital punishment in
Oregon.
Messrs. s. F. Wilson, 4. FL. Bever-
ley ad H. l. Watts have Kindly con-
sentsd to lead in the debate. There
will be some or 10 students partiei-
pate. The public is cordially invited
to attend. The object is to arouse
interest in High school debates.
Primary Department. Miss Bever-
ley, teacher-neither absent or tardy.
Ids. Crabill. Claude Baker. Areta
Littlejohn, Belle Pamburn, Everett
Rothrock. Jack Steward. Mildred
Winship, Howard Grove. Sylvia Ban
lister Helen Downing. Clara Henley,
Frank Miller, Bill Parker.
intermediate Department. Miss
Wilkenson, teacher-Pupils neither
absent nor tardy: Lawrence Baker,
George Banister, Charles Brotherton,
Sylvester Crabill, Ray Jones. Charles
Sawyer, Helen Russell, Vernita Watts,
Odessia Russell, Howard Olemons,
Claude Coomans, Verne Dudley, Luc-
lie Taylor, Donald Weaver, Hazel
Sanders.
Fourth and Fifth grades. Miss
Edith Orswell. teacher-Pupils neith-
er absent nor tardy: Lawson Booher,
Pearl Coomans, Sidney Crabill, Lighta
Grant, Marvin Kilgore. Arnold
Keopke, Lloyd McPherren. Angie
Pamburn, Rex Payne, Rulon Smith.
Dollie White. High average. 5th
grade, Sidney Crabill, 81 II; Rulon
Smith, 4th grade, 96.
Sixth and Seventh grades. Miss
Blanche Orswell, teaoher-Pupils
neither absent nor tardy. Ross Payne.
Wesley Tompkins. Vera Gross. Agnes
MoEachern, Lester Vaughn, Alice
Gaines, Gertrude Rugh, Gladys Smith,
Vivian Ehrhart, Edith Brown.
Eighth grade-Mrs. Mulkey, teach
er-Pupils neither absent nor tardy:
Lawrence Sharp, Archie Mcintyre,
Frank Smith, Max Dudley.
Ninth grade-Mr. Mulkey, teacher
Pupils neither absent nor tardy:
Clyde Rrotherton, George Winship,
Glenn Dudley.