Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-12-23
HIGH SCHOOL
Personal Notes That Tell Of Activi-
ties in the Realm of the
Three RS.


Sidney Sanderson is out of school
on account of illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore are going to
spend the vacation with Mrs. Moore's
parents in Eugene.
Mrs. Brewer, Miss Amy Stannard,
Miss Bessie Carpenter and Miss Irene
Skeen visited the high school for the
literary program Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Coen's agriculture and chemis-
try classes presented him with a
beautiful sofa cushion made up in
the high school colors, as token of
their regard.
James West of the Kansas Agricul-
tural College at Manhattan has ac-
cepted the place made vacant by Mr..
Coen's resignation, and will be here
to take up his work after the holi-
days.
Wednesday morning Superintend-
ent Briscot spoke TO. the students in
a spirit of comradeship, asking them
to cooperate in taking care of the
building and preserving order and
setting high standards of scholarship.
The teachers received a handsome
Christmas present from the board in
the shape of a half months salary.
Otherwise they would have had to
wait a week after the holidays, and
some relatives and friends might
have been deprived of their presents.
After this farce was ended the
| presents were given out from the
tree. Each guest had some simple
| trinket, with an appropriate verse.
Lunch, consisting of sandwiches,
cake, salad and coffee, was served
in the domestic science rooms. All
but one of the teachers were present
and all voted that they had had a
good time.
The girls basketball squad had a
tamale feed at Loomis' confectionery
store Thursday night. The feed
left nothing to be desired After this
had been disposed of the girls lock-
stepped around the store and cheered
for Mr.. Loomis, in recognition of the
great interest he takes in the high
school. Miss Gilchrist, the coach,
could not be present, as she had to
attend the teachers party at the gym.
Those present were: Josephine Abb
bott, Florence Olds, Kate Miller,
| Hazel Mcintyre, Hazel Lowe, Myrtle
McGee, Eunice Grubb, Wilma Char
ter, Hazel Dalzell Alta Long, Ruth
Scott and Alene Bomar.
The high school teachers enter
tanned all of their fellow-t teachers
| Thursday night with a party in the
gym. Games occupied the guests un-
til the high schol teachers were pre-
pared for the main event of the even
ing, rehearsal of Christmas pro-
gram in a country school. All were
| appropriately garbeG, the men in
short trousers and overalls, the lady
teachers with their hair down their
backs. Miss Wagner was perfect in
her part as the prim and austere
teacher, while Mr.. Briscoe, as the
Squire, and Mrs. Briscoe, as Mrs.
Squire, captured the audience. Dur
ing the performance some bold, bad
senior boys slipped in, turned off the
lights and took a flash-light of the
school"
The regular monthly program of
the Literary Society was given Friday
afternoon. rhe program consisted
of piano duet by Hortenes Winters
and Leone Smith, two very humorous
recitations by Beatrice Miller and
Hazel Dalzell, vocal solo by Fran
ces Hamlin, mandolin solo by Mar
garet Hadgson and a debate. Mr..
Poor upheld the affirmative, and
Ruth Turner and Maple Payne the
negative of the question, Resolved,
That the United States should perma-
nently retain the Philippines" The
negative won. Several Numbers, in
Watch on the Rhine" played on t.4e
Victrola furnished by Rose Bros,
were enthusiastically encored. Dur
ing the day Miss Kennard made good
use of this instrument in her German
classes. The assembly closed with a
RON