The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-11-17

Mr.. Critics, Mr.. Wilbur and Mr.. Val
Horn gave talks and told the team
that the town and Legion were back
| ing them and expected them to win
After a good yell practice the assem-
bly, was dismissed with the assurance
that we would win thesgame from Th'
Dalles.
In. celebration of "Good Englisl
Week." a play entitled "'The Magi,
Voice" was given bv the freshman anC
sophomore English classes Wednesday
The cast was as follows: Little Sam
Frederick Hills; Young Columbia
Harriet Fuller; Professor Good Eng
lish, Jim Epperson; Poor Speech
Charles Taft; Efficiency, lmogene
Bishop; The Foreigner, Donald McLu'
cas-; Uncle Sam, Wilmuth Gibson A
Soldier, Phillip Won Lubkin; A. E. /.
o. u, Kathleen sBlakely, Georgiana
Slocom, Werdna Isbell, Fern AleXan-
der and Margaret Pierson; English,
Frank Pierson. Lawrence Morgan and
Kenneth Malloy; Slovenly Language.
Lois Jean Sinclair; Mispronunciation,
Hazel Davenport; Inarticulation, John
MohT; Vulgar Slang, Edward Naumes.
The members of the junior class re-
ceived their new pins and rings Mon
day afternoonbthroughsW. +. Laraway.
The design is both. artistic and unique.
There were IL rings mad IL pins.
There will be no school in Hood Riv-
er city and valley Thanksgiving week.
The county institute will take up the
first threesdays and Thanksgiving holi-
days of Thursday and Friday follow.
Next Friday Coach Fleshman will
take his football team to meet the Es-
tacada high school on their grounds.
After defeating The Dalles the local
team is full Of fight and ready to finish
up the season with two more victories.
About 20 people attended the annual
school meeting in the auditorium OF
the high ischool Monday night of this
week to discuss the budget for next
year, which had been prepared by the
budget committee early in October and
published as required by law. The
discussion brought out the fact that
The county high school tuition fund
was not sufficient to pay this district
for the tuition of nonresident pupils
IN the high school for last year and
hat this deficit would have to be car
led by the local district until such |
line as an adequate levy could be
made by the countysconrt and funds OBJ |
aimed. This will make necessary a |
light increase in the total to be levied |
~ School District No. 3, but even
hen the total tax to be collected twill |
,e $4,000 or $4,000 less than last
,ear.
The students of the chemistry de-
'artment are now struggling with
'unknowns. Though bard, the work
s interesting.
The biology class is deeply interested
n the study of heredity, variation of
lants and animals.
The first certificates of proficiency in
yping were awarded last week, by the
ommercial department, to Irene
Downing. Nellie Lenard and Robert
Wilbur, all using the Underwood ma
hine. Other certificates will be
warded to users of other machines in
he near future.
Short Thanksgiving exercises will be
ED in the various rooms of the grade
,hools Friday afternoon, as school
ill not be in session next week.
The junior high school will have
leir program and assembly in the
Ugh school auditorium at 3 o'clock
riday afternoon.
The Legion men from Hood River
ade a striking effect at The Dalles
Ist Friday. Several members Of the
lculty belong to the Legion.
Il. G. Goodman, manual training
sacher, faithful hunter, has never
lissed chance for hunting the last 10
ays andIhas missed every bird.
Notice to parents: The school law
rovides that children of school age
lould be in attendance at school ev-
y day of the school year, unless pre-
ented by sickness or some other un-
yoidable cause. The teachers are
ade judges as to sufficiency of the
ycuse. By practice and by rules of
is school the excusabe absences are
ness of the pupil, illness or death in
e family, unavoidable accident, and
Gather so bad the pupil cannot go to
hool.
All work missed should be made up
so the pupil may not fall
hind his class, and extra work may
assigned in case of unexcusable alb
noes. II