St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-11-11
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

ber six students sang Beautiful
Flag of Liberty"
The girls basket ball practice
is under way and the teams un-
der Miss Cores leadership are
very enthusiastic over the games.
The captains of. the teams are I:
First term, Margaret McFall /;
second term, Margaret Nc
Gregor; third term, Phyllis
Coon; fourth term. Margaret
Holbrook; fifth term, Helen
Babe; sixth term, Ruby Brous;
seventh term. Merle Chowning;
eighth term, Vesta Simmons.
Keen rivalry is expected among
the teams.
Thursdays assembly was of
varied interest. The Girls Glee
Club made its first appearance
this year in singing popular
songs. Mr.. Monahan then spoke
Of how different kinds of mail
may be sent and how il should
be addressed. Approximately
four hundred letters pass
through the Portland post Offices
every day. hence we should pre-
pare our letters in the best
form possible. Mr.. Bronaugh
told how the international Live
Stock Exposition had grown
from a space covered by tent
TO the present one, overcrowding
. ten-acre building. He urged
the students to attend the show
Saturday rs the admission was
free and the school showing the
largest percentage of students
there was TO receive a fifty
dollar prize. The last speaker.
Mrs. White, head Of the Camp
Fire Girls Association in Port
land. gave a talk explaining the
work OF the Camp Fire.
Backward clothes, backward
walking. backward everything
except students characterized
the second term backward
party" Friday evening. From
the moment the guests found
their way 10 the back door and
stumbled backward up the stairs
10 the final stunt. nothing was
done In its proper fashion. Re.
freshments served early in the
evening were followed by "A grand
march backward through the
hall and into tho gym. where
games and backward stunts
completed the evening.
James John High School joined
other organizations last week
In the salvage campaign. The
students responded willingly by
bringing bundles of every size.
shape and description.
Monday. November the sixth.
started a campaign for good
English which lasted the entire
week. On special days, Monday.
Wednesday and Thursday. stu
dents tagged one another for
the incorrect usage. In order TO
get the school spirit into the
campaign and 10 have compete
tion. "A committee gave points
for tagging n student Rld for
escaping without being tagged.
Another feature OF Good English
Week. which heighten the stu
dents interest is the posters
which are placed in the halls.
On Thursday Clarence J..
Young. an attorney from Port |
land. spoke on the value of
good speech in the business
world.
At the assembly. October
9th. the 63rd anniversary of
Rooseyelt's birth. J. J. Crossley, |
district attorney 10 Alaska under
Roosevelt, spoke TO the students.
Mr.. Crossley was well acquainted |
with MIR. Roosevelt and told |
in detail Of the former presi-
ident's ideals and his patriotic |
spirit. Tie expressed the wish
that the new high school bo
named Roosevelt High in honor
Of the great man. The assembly |
was closed by singing The Star
Spsngled Banner.
The efforts of the third and
fourth term science class have |
secured = new drinking fountain
for the science room. Mrs. HE.
stand urges the students TO
Drink and be Healthy"
Robert Miller and Lee Hos.
kins. former ]. J. students, have
returned from the sea, which |
was their homes during the
Summer. Robert Miller, who was
on the Pawlett, touched at Yok-
ohama. Kobe. Hong Kong, |
Shanghai and Manila while in
the Orient. He expects TO reshipI
now, returning to school in
February.
Cecile Robertson, a former J. J.
student, who is teaching school
near Molalla, was a welcome Wis
itor TO James John recently. She
attended the Clackamas County |
Institute at Oregon City last
week.
At q boys assembly in the
gym recently Mr., Fletcher and