The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-09-17
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL

Lost, strayed or stolen. Saturday
night, Sept. 6. one Underwood type
writer, one electric hot point iron, a
supply Of pencils and pen points and
some keys from the high school. The
school board has orffeed reward of
$50 for the arrest and conviction Of the
thief or thieves.
The first student body meeting was
held last week, when the vice president
of the body, Laurence Hershner, was
instructed to appoint class assistant
treasurers to go among the classes ana
gather in the sheckels which must be
Forthcoming before it is possible to
join. RudyaTd lmholz, senior class .
Dorcas Dewitt, junior class; Lillian
Brock, sophomore class; and Lowell
Nickelsen, of the freshman class, were
appointed to do this. Next the matter
of a student body constitution was
taken up, and Prof. Gibson, John A lien
and Leon Bentley were appointed to
draft a new constitution. The consti-
tuition with all its amendments was
laid away among the archives of the
high school last year and can not be
found.
A pair Of silver grey squirrels has
filed on the high school grounds for a
homestead and although some what
frightened since the high school has
become populated again, they do not
seem inclined to relinqulsh their claim.
In a speech last week Prof. McLaugh-
lin requested the students not to scare
the squirrels and possibly the school
grounds could be made a squirrel range.
The high school library is sojourning
at the county library at present. The
books were moved early in the summer
and will be returned to the high school
at an early date.
The total enrolment of the high
school at present is l76. The classes
rank in enrolment as follows: Fresh
men, 81, juniors As, sophomores 40.
seniors 81.
The school board has offered to help
the tennis enthusiasts repair the tennis
courts. The new specifications call for
lengthening of the courts, a new ball
tight fence and clay court. The work
will cost about 800. The racquet
wielders must raise half the money. a
committee to plan an entertainment to
raise the money consists of Miss Ha-
ger, Mary Sheppard, Katherine Baker,
Leon Bentley and Laurence Hershner.
Hazing has always been a popular
diversion among the boys of Hood Riv-
er Hi, but If the pace started this year
had continued the death rate would
have been worse than that caused by
the European war. On Friday night of
last week Freshmen Lowell Nickesen
and Bill TOllman were taken to the Co.
lumbia and thrown in after which give.
crime was rubbed in their hair to COM
plete the good work. Saturday night a
trio, consisting of Arnold Berry, Lee
Spauldiug and Isl" Sonnichsen were
taken to the river bank where their
shoes were taken off and they were
made to walk back to town over a
newly graveled road. The school board
met Monday night and nailed on the lid
so far as ha2ing is concerned.
The Critics football prospects are out
three nights week now and practice
rain or shine. Monday night the pig
skin kickers mopped up the ball
grounds with their suits in mud of the
hog pen variety. Prospects are for a
good team this year. While the team
does not weigh heavy il is composed of
fast, snappy players. The class games
will be played next week. This year
the seniors and sophomores will play
the junior-freshman team, Teams. of
nearly equal strength, with odds on the
lunior-fr freshman-eighth grade team,
can be made up from these classes.
Yea, verify, verify, Gronewsll's pets
won't have everything their way in
gridlron combats this year.