St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1912-05-24
High School Notes

In the prelminaries held May o.,
for the athletic contest with Gresh.
am, no records were broken except
personal records, but we found
that we did have some talent which
might be developed. All our old
stars were in their places and two
new men. Cochran and Baybrook
distinguished themselves, the for
mer scoring in three events. Cyril
Magone qualified in all the five
events and Hill and Carlson in two.
Members from the Central school
scored in like manner.
The State lnterscholaslic Track
aud Field Meet held at Eugene May
II, was one of the largest events OF
its kind ever held in the North.
west. Thirty High schools of Ore.
gou We're represented, sending in
all over 200 competitors for the
various events. A number of state
records were broken aud one world
record, the half.mile run-Wind.
nagle OF Washington High making
the time I:S6. James Johns was
represented by only one man, Bill
Magone who tied for second place
ia high jump, coming within one
inch OF the final score.
Three of our lads with an en-.
larged sense OF duty "sneaked"
when the fire bell rang last Wed.
nesday informing and helped get the
apparatus to the fire. They tell us
they were among the first on the
scene and that they rendered all
possible assistance To the fire fight.
ers. but the faculty did not appre.
ciate their laudable bravery and
the boys are now paying the pen.
atty for their excess of zeal aud are
realizing that discretion is some
times the better part of valor "
In the Declamatory contest held
in the High School auditorium Sat
urday evening, May rs, the St.
Johns contestants carried OFF five OF
the nine medals awarded, thus cap
turing a. of the 81 points, The
proud possessors of the gold medals
are Alice Brown, Verne Hall and
Lulu Day, while the silver medals
are being displayed by Perry Bre-
deem and Eleanor Hodgins. The
medals count A. points toward the
ISL required for the winning OF the
silver cup, We hope to win the
remaining points at the field meet
TO be held at Gresham May IS,
The girls have entered into tennis |
with a great deal of enthusiasm,
which the inclement weather forced
them to hold in check, Their at
tempts to learn the game seem to
prove exceedingly amusing to the
many passersby not few OF whom
stop to admire p the girls abil-
ity TO serve, "
-Four James John men, Bill Ma,
gone, Thomas Cochran, Cecil Ma
gone and Forrest Hill, went 10 the |
o, A, {, field meet Friday May II.
Bill qualified in the preliminaries
for the pole vault but lost out in
finals.
One day last week we received a
pleasant visit from Mrs. Kemp, Miss
Nellie Kemp, Mrs. Bogardus and
Miss Anderson.
Last week our boys started to
Oregon City to play game of base
ball there, but were greatly cha
srined upon reaching Portland to
be informed by telephone that the
Oregon City team couldn't play,
No definite statements have been
given by "our" boys, however,
why the game was called off,
Last Friday, Prof, c. III. Boyd
presented their reward To the "Bas-
let Ball Boys" who had played the
.equired number of halves. " Eight
BOYS were, by the executive com
nittee of the association, granted
he High School Letter u" while
wo received a sweater as evidence
A tnarif la Nnnthiua1 afhlattc aud |