Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-20
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Various Notes That Tell of Activi.
ties in the Realm of the
Three RS.

Professor Moore, by merely walk
ing into the hall and pressing a little
button last Tuesday afternoon, was
the cause of lot of excitement in
the form of fire drill.
Professor Mann's garden plots are
now full of radishes, which, accord
ing to last years ethics, should be
pulled and eaten by upper classmen
Putting Out the Campfire" a
noted painting by F. M. Spiegle, was
displayed on the bulletin board last
week as an object lesson to fire start
ers in all forest regions.
Kenneth Cummings appropriated
his Edison phonograph to the physics
class last week for sound expert
ments.
The Klamath Falls debating team
recently defeated the orators from
Marshfield and are now to talk it
over with Oregon City for the state
honors.
Carroll Wagner, a member of the
high school alumni, is intending to
take the civil service examinations
in stenography, which are being held
at Grants Pass this week.
The indoor baseball girls are de-
veloping wonderful set of diamond
stars. Last Wednesday one of the
fair 'piledrivers" broke their only
bat and they were forced to borrow
one from Coach Klums ample sup
ply.
| The athletic field is a very useful
| inclosure. Last Monday a couple of
young fellows took a wild horse in
there to tame him. In the course of
the roundup Wildfire walked through
Coach Klum's batting cage, making
it look like side view of a modern
| flytrap. However, the broncho man
repaired it and went his way un-
harmed.
As a result OF the talk which Pro-
fessor Butler gave to the Junior and
! Senior boys a few weeks ago on min
| ing engineering, they received copies
of the February Mineral Resources
| of Oregon" magazine published
monthly by the Oregon Bureau of
Mines and Geology. The book con-
tains very interesting article on
ashland Granite" Easter Sunday
large crowd of young folks from
the eighth grade and lower-freshman
class enjoyed a picnic and hayrack
ride to the Kingsbury soda springs.
! Every one had an enormous amount
of fun and eats and all returned in
the evening perfectly satisfied with
their outing.
Attorney General Crawford gave a
short talk Thursday morning in
which he urged the students not to
be in too great haste to finish their
education and get out into the world.
He presented in an interesting man
ner the fact that opportunity would
be as much in evidence ten years
| from now as at the present time and
that efficiency is what counts in the
| business OF life.
The combined upper-Sophomores
and lower-Jupiors enjoyed last Fri
day evening together at the high
school gym. About thirty pupils
were present and, assisted by Profess
sor Mann and Miss Messenger, kept
| things moving in a lively manner. At
| eleven O'Clock refreshments, consist
| ing of ice cream and cake, were
served by the girls.
The physics class were the guests
of Professor Moore lats Wednesday
evening at the high school gym. They
came expecting TO witness demonstra-
tions of the laws of physics, but in
stead were entertained by Kenneth
| Cummings over-worked phonograph,
picture show by Mr.. Moore and the
Balopticon. and last with a chicken
supper. Mr.. Moore and Miss Wag-
ner were given three cheers before
the party adjourned
Last Wednesday morning Profess
| sor Briscoe started the Industrial
Fair work by organizing the Boys
and Girls Industrial Clubs of the
high school. The Boys Club met
with Mr.. Briscoe, about forty re-
spending to his call for members.
After outlining the work FULLY he sup
piled registration cards and the club
elected officers as follows: Milton
Biegel president, Ralph Harris vice
president, Harold Frohbach secre-
tary, Professor Mann and Professor
Klum advisers. Manual training,
mechanical drawing, poultry and
gardening are the most prominent
projects among the high school boys
The girls met with Miss Davenport
and registered but did not elect Of
ficers. A great deal of interest is
shown by the domestic art students
in the fair.
The Senior boys, headed by Chief
Cook and Bottle Washer Billie
Briggs, gave the girls a wonderful
! banquet last Friday evening at the
home of Robert Wagner on Oak
street. The whole culinary force was
composed of boys, even to the white
capped chefs, who "slung the hash"
in most remarkable manner.
Francis Hamlin and Catherine Miller
were the guests of honor. The whole
party was wonderfully we'll managed
for masculine affair. At nine
o'clock the girls were ushered into
the dining hall, where table beau
tifully decorated with carnations and
roses greeted their eyes. The menu
was served in five courses and con-
sisted of oyster cocktail, halibut,
creamed asparagus and lemon sauce,
mashed potatoes, brown gravy and
roast pork, brick ice cream OF class
colors, coffee and cake. Professor
Moore. Miss Wagner and Otto Klum
were present. During the evening
several literary extras were given,