Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-01-24
High School Notes
(By Dave WHITLEY

Examinations were all over by FIJI
day afternoon. The new pupils ar
ranged their schedule Saturday after
noon and the second semester began
on Monday morning. The CONNER
cial department is filled almost to
capacity, by far the largest enroll
n snt in this department since 1t was
added to the high school courses
Mr.. Hollowell says that the CalN
he made in the gym week before last
on Mexico was not the talk he is pre-
pairing for US He is going to give
that one in the assembly room, and
those who are absent that day will
be the losers.
Marion Kincaid was back at school
Monday after several days absence
due to bad cold.
Several new students entered the
beginning of the present term, be-
sides the freshmen. Some of the
toys who had quit were also well
coined back. Those who enrolled
are Dale Spires, Phil Wolcott, Earl
Snyder, Wyman Stewart, Philamine
hrant and Dale Brown.
A Jolly bunch of high-schoolers en-
joyed skating at the natatorium last
Friday night after the basketball
game.
Harvey Watt has accepted a posi-
tion with the Western Union company
and will hereafter devote his after
moons to learning telegraphy. He
expects to continue his morning
classes for the remainder of the term
and graduate in the spring. Howev-
er, he will be compelled to drop bas-
ketball and his many other outside
activities. Harvey is one of the most
popular men in school and his leaving
is sincerely regretted by his host of
friends. The Annual loses fine bus
iness manager.
Those who entered the Senior high
from Junior high are Etha Abbott,
Thelma Abbott, Helen Brett, Alice
Brown, Anna Bryant, Edgar Buch-
anan, Kel Buchanan, George Cald-
well, Ernest Cooper, Ruth Eske, Yes
tai Goetze, Hazel Green, Velton Has
fins, George High, Otis Johnson,
Wences Keegan, Doris Kleinhammer
Elizabeth Lennox, Elizabeth Mckee
Bessie Mcmillan, Elmer Neville, Ine2
Reeder, Theodore Russell, Alice Slim
gerland, Ross Small, Ora Smith, Doro.
thy Tinker, Frank Walker, Norma
Williams, Florence Van Dyke, Ber.
lice Yeo.
Next Saturday night, January 26
Ashland high plays Roseburg high
Heinrich Heidenreich, who coached
Ashland last year is Roseburg''
coach this year and has "bear-cat
of team, judging from reports.
Prof. Briscoe urged the students tC
take a greater interest in school ac
tivities in talk made before the as
sembly room Monday. He put specia
stress on the music and the proposed
musical play to be given in the spring
He also urged that all unnecessary
commencement expenses be done
away with.
All the boys were called into room
six Tuesday afternoon and the track
work for the season explained. Pre-
liminary training will commence al
once. A good showing is expected
for the turnout, some of the freshmen
being particularly promising looking
Miss Maria Caldwell is visiting in
San Francisco.
AT the Tuesday night meeting Of
the school board it will be decided
whether or not there will be schoo
on Saturdays for the remainder OF
the term, so that an early dismissal
may be possible. The general con.
sensus of opinion among the students
is that there he school on Saturdays
This would enable us to cover the
work by the middle of May.