St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-10-19
High School Happenings

On Saturday night the Senior
class will entertain in honor o.
the foot ball team. invitations
being issued to 1the first anC
second squads and their coach
and to the yell leader.s A report
of the evening will appear next
week.
Friday OF this week is to wit.
ness the third game of league
football played by James John
this season. It will be the hard
est game thus far, but we are
hoping much. The whole school
is back Of the team, proud of
their game and their wholesome
spirit.
On Thursday the Civics class
was addressed by w. l.. Brew
ster, of Portland. He gave
them a clear exposition of the
commission form Of government,
explaining also the criticisms
brought against the preceding
form of the city's government
and the reasons for the change.
The Philathenaeums gave a
most successful first program
for the year on Tuesday after
noon. :. The playlet, "The Bur-
glar Alarm was cleverly pre-
sented by . number of girls in
the following roles: Mrs. Jones,
Genevieve Brown: Amanda,
Helen Story; Dinah, Eta Pat
terson; Henry Smith, ldrys
Woimer; Mr.. Jones. Gwladys
Keeney. Musical numbers were
furnished by Erma and Esma
Griswald and Virginia Duns-
more and Margery MoXon.
On Friday evening the semi
annual reception TO the entering
class and their parents will be
given. A program is under way
Of preparation, consisting of q
pantomime farce Of Young
Lochinvar, and music. Those
i'm the cast for the pantomime
are Lochinvar. Hugh Whistler;
The Bride. Alice Brown; The
Groom. Stanley O'Connor; The
Mother. Jennie McNiven; The
Father Merritt Whitmore Brides
maids, Gencvieve Brown and
Ella Refs. Percy Johnston will
play "A violin solo. .Gln addition
60 these numbers will be car
tooning 10y DENLY Coon, a read
ing by Margaret Nelson and
music by mixed quartet.
The Sodalitas Latina held It's |
first regular meeting of the year
ON Saturday evening. October |
10 The vocabulary contest was
won 10y Alice Gilstrap. of the
Latin class. Sibyl Bugbee Latin
3. and George Walker Latin 4,
were awarded second and third
place respectively. The bust
ness session was characterized
by lively discussion as TO u pro-
posed new requirement for mem
and as 10 a method 10y !
which more of the club mem
bcrs may have a chance 20 earn
am honor point; both questions
were referred TO committees ap.
pointed 10y the presiding consul, |
Willis NinsOn. The program
consisted of two numbers repre-
sentcd hy groups of members in
charge of Ella kies and of Char
les Trumhull. The formers |
squad gave a burlesque repre-
of the story Qf The
spus. The audience was partic-
ulariy delighted with the stormy
of the king. MERIT
Whitmore, To his wife, Ella
liies. and with John Wulf in the
of the baby Theseus.
Charles TrumbulPs group offer
rel a realistic imitation of the re-
hcarsal of a Latin play, Medi.
'us. ." wherein the characters
talked a strange combination of
Latin and English, These are
he first two competitors in the
program contest among eight
groups comprising the whole
membership of the club, eXclu.
;iye of the officers. Two num-
lcrs i'm this contest are to be
given at each meeting this term
md after the January meeting
hc Executive Board will select
NO winner of the contest