The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-12-23
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
(By Mark Noel ]


Dickens Christmas Carol was pre-
sented again at the Pine Grove grange
hall last Saturday night and even with
the added attraction of dance after.
ward there was not enough money
taken In to pay all expenses. The
caste gave a much better reproduction
OF the play than at their first appear
ance IN library hall. Two of the cur
tains were eliminated and together
with the better stage at hand, the play
was well worth seeing.
Miss Hattie Brunquist was i'll, so
Mrs. F. L. Breed had to do the work
which three did before, Charles Clarke
beng unble to accompany the players.
Tuesday of last week the student
body association held a meeting and
discussed and decided two questions.
First. the proposition of presenting an
other play, similar to the musical COM
edy. Lady Nancy, presented last year,
the proceeds to be used in buying some
OF the equipment for the new gymnasi-
um. After some discussion 1t was de-
cided that Pres. A. Button appoint
committee to select the play and also
the caste. He later appointed Jack
stanton, Miss Lillian Brock, Miss Dor
cas- Dewitt. Lee Spaulding and Leonard
Howard to decide this very serious
matter.
The other proposition was this: The
school board offered the high school
Sl00 for the benefit of athletics provid-
ed those who took part in these athlet-
les refrain from the use of tobacco dur
ing that certain season in which they
participate is in vogue. And there was
absolutely no objection to this from
anyone. So, hereafter, all these play.
ers will be put on their::honor, for that
is the only way to reach them. 1t can
not be enforced as efficiently any other
way, and that is certainly the easiest
way.
Pres. Jacobsen has appointed Jack
Stanton, Malcolm Button, Miss Dorcas
Dewitt, Miss Helen Knight and Ben
Breed to select the senior class play to
be presented at the end of thelyear.
It is hoped that they will be able to
flnd good play early so there will be
plenty of time to practice.
VIM. Cohoon, instructor of the manu-
al training department, is the official
coach of the boys basketball team.
He played for five years on a high
school team in Morse, Mich. and later
on an independent team in Lansing,
Mich. On both teams he always threw
the fouls, and most of the time he
played at the position of center. In
practice he can show any of the boys
how it should be done in any part of
the game. He is developing them into
a bunch of clean athletes. At the first
of the season two of the guards were
exceedingly rough when playing, seem.
ing to think that was the best way to
play. Now, although they don't play
to large extent, has been changed by
Mr.. Cohoon to speed and accuracy
which is showing results.
He has coached two high school
teams during the last four years and
every year he has turned out cham
pionship team. Although people cam
not risk their money on a person be-
cause of his reputation. what he isn't
doing with that team isn't worth men-
tioning. He only has the first 10 men
out to practice and it is somewhat diff
cult to judge just what the select five
can do IN game. There will be no
league games played until January.
Arthur johnson first played basket
ball in his freshman year, and he
showed at that time that he was was a
chip off the old block. He made the
second team that year. In his sopho-
more year he won his letter and last
year he was placed at the position of
OH nd hn al t-cta hacknfbaI foo
of the Upper Columbia river basin. At
that time he was elected captain of
the 1856 H. r. II. S. basketball
team. And more worthy player could
not be found.
There is Sl1. 900 in the bank drawing
interest. OF course, that is doing
some good. But wouldn't it be doing
more good if that money could be used
to help the high school in the dual pur-
pose of education and recreation, in the
erection of building that could ac
commodate the domestic science and
manual training departments. 1t could
be used for literary society meetings
and for large student body assemblies
of any kind.
The girls basketball team is not
coming so WE'LL However. 1t is the
best thing to keep up the practice this
year, whether the team amounts to
much or not When year goes by in
any kind of athletics and nothing is
done. it takes several years to get
back to the old standard. Miss Betty
Epping, girls atheletic manager, has
not been able to secure any games, as
yet.
last Friday the physics class visited
the ice plant of the National ware
house. They also looked over the vine
gar factory. In the course of the year
this class will take a number of trips
to places in town that can illustrate |
practical work of the subjects they are
studying.
There will not be another meeting of
the literary society until Jaunary l3.
In the debate, Resolved, That the
United States should adopt the Swiss
military SYSTEM" at the meeting of
the society last Thursday, Chas. John.
son, of the affirmative, took first and
Pearl Florer, of the negative, Second.
1t was intended to have an alumnae
assembly on Thursday, but suddenly |
the school board decided that with so
many students and teachers i'll it would
be best to add two more days to the
vacation. so school was let out Tuesday |
at 3. .l5. 1t will start again January 8,
1916.