St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-04
High School Notes

The seventh termers had a
candy pull at the home of Idrys
Weimer on Saturday, March 20. !
The boys OF the Senior class
gave the Senior girls a party on
March 20. A sketch from Mac.
Beth was given. after which they
played games.
A girls athletic meeting was
held on Tuesday. Many of the
girls gave enthusiastic talks en-
couraging the others to come out
for tennis track and base ball.
There was a heated discussion
as to whether there would be an
indoor base ball team, or both.
Much to the regret of the
students, Mrs. Richards, the
Chemistry and Biology teacher
left for Minnesota on Friday.
She was greatly missed in both
Cemistry and Biology, but even
more so in athletic. because she
was the coach of the girls basket
ball team.
One of the most interesting
lectures Of the term was given
to the Sociology class on Friday,
March %, by Superintendent
Leucher Of the Boys and Girls
Aid Society Of Portland. Mr..
Leucher is a specialist in child
ren's problems. He spoke con-
cerning different classes of
children: dependent. delinquent
and defective, distinguishing
them by telling stories of each
type.
On Tuesday morning, Major
Jack Hamilton gave the students
of James John a very interest.
ing talk concerning the orphans
of France. He came under the
Auspices of the American Com.
mittec for Devastated France
making an appeal for the adop.
ton of some of these bereft
children. lie himself had been
there and seen these little ones
suffer. He tells how when the
Allied armies were going thru
this town in France TO the front
they saw homeless parents and
children carrying their house,
hold goods on their backs. When
the Allied Armies were coming
back thru the city, retreating
before the Huns. they saw many
of the older people lying in the
roads and pastures dead. They
had drank the water that the
German spies of the city had
poisoned 10 kill OIL the British
Army. The Allied Armies load.
ed the children, who were yet n.
live, probably because they had
more strength than the old peo.
Pile. into cars and sent them to
England. Here their photo
graphs were taken so that they
could be identified by their par.
cnts where they would come to
look for them.
"The hest Ilaid schemes of
Mice and Men gang aft agley"
so said Burns. and even the best
laid plans Of Mark Embury were
no exceptions. Mr.. Emblry de.
cided To raise his own wife. that
he might have her as near his
ideal as possible; then along
came his nephew who decided
that the girl was just his ideal.
and so.they lived happily ever
after. Briefly that is the plot
Of the five comedy drama which
the Senior Class will present in.
the High School Auditorium,
April nth and 18th. 1t was
written by Madeline Lucette
Ryley and will be produced un-
der the direction OF Mrs. Drury-
Scott. The admission price will
bee SOC including the war tax. and
seats may be reserved after 2:3O
p. m. at Currin's, on the Sth of
April,
The Cast-Mark Embury. al
philosopher Charles Trumball
Roger GOOdlake. his friend and
ncighbor, John Wulf; Captain
George Lowell. his nephew.
Merle Harrington, Sir Harry
rormblestone. Gordon Avery;
Kit Barmiger. a fiddler. Kay.
moud Bredeen; Peter. Emhury's
servant. Hugh Whistler: Joanna
Goodlake. wife of Goodlake. |
Mana Seely; MIS-. Deborah, En-
bury's housekeeper, Eta Patter.
SON; Peggy, Little Britain"
Alice brown; Matron, of Found
ing Hospital, Joyce Mason;
of Founding Hospital. |
Ilarvi Lane; Molly. IA kitchen
maid, Margaret Carr; Orphans. |
lf Founding Hospital, Dorothy |
lones, Theresa Reich. Hazel |
Greene. Eleanor Thomas, |
Gwenyth Young. Leona Ehret. |
Alverda Mae Niven, Alice Brown
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