Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-04-13
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Various Notes That Tell of Activi.
ties in the Realm of the
Three RS.
Deferred from last issue. ]


The Senio" boys enjoyed a vacation
last Monday, being excused to work
on the lawn. They were royalty ban
Quoted at noon by the domestic sci
ence girls.
Prof. Rebec Of the University OF
Oregon was an interested visitor at |
the high school last Tuesday. i
The lower Freshmen are planning !
unique social for Friday night of this !
week.
FREQ Garrett has decided to be-
come pedagogue Miss Nissley !
turned over her commercial law class
to him last Friday and his success in
that branch of work was very pro-
nounced.
The Seniors april fool" dress gag
was turned upon them when Prof.
| Moore offered them the alternative
of coming to school the last two
weeks of the year or Immediately re-
arranging their wearing apparel.
| They unanimously complied with the
request, for two weeks is long time
| to go to school in May However,
! they decided to celebrate in the even
! ing and organized a theatre party.
1t is not known whether or not the
! picture show management came
through with the customary comps.
The Junior girls held another stag
last Tuesday evening at the home of
Alberta Blodgett on Nutley street.
The affair was planned with great Sc
crecy, but somehow the boys got next.
While the girls were busy making
\ candy in the kitchen, the boys quietly
entered the parlor and made them
selves at home. The participants in
the stag were somewhat staggered by
this turn of affairs, but soon rallied
to the occasion and buried the hatch
pt-but the boys kept the hammer
for future use.
The baseball squad suffered from
three desertions last week when AL
don Powell left for Doris, Johnny
: Finneran went to work at the depot
20 and Kenneth McWilliams decided to
spend his spare time selling automo-
3. biles. Nevertheless, the team is rap
e idly rounding into shape and will
n soon be ready to start its schedule
t Two games are already slated with
> Grants Pass, and Manager Klum is
ath Falls and Yreka. 1t is reported
d that the MeGford high school will not
e have a baseball team, but are giving
IS their time to track work. There i!
some talk of triangular meet be
tween Grants Pass, Medford and Ash
,, land, and if Grants Pass will not par
ticipate dual meet will probably bt
= arranged between the track teams o
Ashland and Medford 1t is not sur
y, prising that Medford should wish t
' try something new, for they have no
won an athletic contest from the Ash
land high school since 1911.
The Wednesday morning program
. consisted of violin solo by Marion
4 Hodgson, vocal solo by Francis
J Hamlin and a short talk by Council
man ]. B. Ware on The City Govern
ment of Ashland" Mr. Ware out
G lined the different departments il
- control and made plain the power o
each. He also predicted that tn
commission form of government
would ultimately be adopted by al
cities.
The class literary societies he'll
their bi-weekly programs last FriGa
afternoon. This time the main inter
A. est centered in the gym, where tn
Sophomores gave a two-act coined!
The play was well prepared unde
the able direction of Miss Mcknight
and the youthful comedians receive
round after round of applause fror
the audience.
~ From every standpoint the orches
49, ira concert last Friday evening wa
- bowling success. A good-sized al
-, dience was present and the musicians
=, encouraged by the support give
- ~ them, put on the best program in tn
u history of their organization.
T.. The Senior class play was selected
:" the parts assigned, and actual wor
begun early last week. The enter
- tainment will be given May first an
~ promises to be one of the best evel
20 20 The name of the play is THE Impol
u tance OF Being Earnest" and tn
members of the cast are: Mildre
20 Applegate, Oneita Barnard, Cathrin
Miller, Thelma Throne, S. A. Peter!
IL Charles Freeman, Walter Carpente
ut Harold Merrill and Fred Garrett.