The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-12-09
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
(By Marx Moel

The senior class entertained the
freshman last Saturday in party at
Library hall. 1t was felt, before hand,
by the freshmen that the seniors were
not capable of giving them good time.
Howsoever, the entertaining commit.
tee, consisting of Miss Lorraine Allen
and Paul Lancaster, provided unique
and interesting amusement for the
doubtful frosh that even excelled the
other parties this year.
After the usual time spent at dancing
aad refreshments at late hour, the
students adjourned, feeling that they
had enjoyed themselves.
The December issue OF the Mascot
appeared last Friday. And it proved
to be much better than the first, al
though there is yet deal of room for
Improvement. Pay your subscriptions
to Henry Haas or julius Jacobsen.
The senior class pins have arrived,
and somehow every senior seemed sud-
denly possessed of the required two and
half, although at any other time it
couldn't be found.
Basketball started with such rush
last week that two of our best players
seemed to have caught cold from the
draught made. Capt. johnson and Ce-
Gil Lafferty were both out of school
several days last week, while Carl Cop
per broke his ankle in practice, so he
won't amount to much this season. Let
US hope that the direction of the cruel
finger of fate will waver.
Tomorrow the card club, which was
so successful last winter will again re-
organize and provide more amusement
for the winter months.
Miss Hattie Brunquist presented the
play Dickens Christmas Carol" at
the meeting of the literary society last
Thursday evening at Library hall; and
if it was declared by all who saw it, a
decided success. Miss Brunquist, to.
gether with Miss Hazel Holenbeck,
Mrs. F. l.. Breed and Chas. N. Clarke
we're repaid many times for their COM
bined efforts in staging the play by its
excellent outcome. The players, too,
are not to be left without praise, as
every one acted his part like profess
sional Ben Breed as Bob Cratcht
and Mark Nice as Scrooge, ought GER
tainly to "break into print" OIL account
of their execution of these two well
known characters in Dickens novel.
The play was intensely interesting
and instructive to those who had not
read the book, as we'll as those who
had. The costumes used in the play
we're very good and they were symbol
cal of the times when the story took
place. As this is probably the most
successful play presented at our liter
ary society for some time there has
been some talk of giving 1t again in
the near future.
Owing to the immense crowds that
have been coming to the literary meet
ings, for which there are insufficient
accommodation, and to help in elimin-
ating the the confusion. the school has
made ruling that that all pupils be-
longing below the eighth grade who
wish to attend these meetings must
come with one of their parents and sit
with that parent. The school wishes to
accommodate first the high school stu.
dents, who are maintaining the liter
ary, and their parents. "All work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy" This
is an old proverb, but it holds true,
even to this day and age. Although
the high school students are not as dull
yet as they might be, they will become
duller if their education is neglected
much longer. They need a gymnasium.
They are neglecting their development
by not having the proper gymnastics and
recreation. By not having a gymnasi.
um they are neglecting their education
by sacrificing many social activities
which are important features of an
education. In this modern day nearly
every high school has a gymnasium.
Many high schools with less than half
the enrolment of H. r. H. S. have
one. Unfortunately, by not having
such place where they might have
physical development and more social
gatherings together, which they so
greatly need, it can sadly put we'll be
said that the local institution is at
least quarter of a century behind the
modern high school.