Evening star., 1923-05-27
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL.

An assembly was held at Western
High School to celebrate the honors
won by Company L. which took Sec
ond place in the competitive drill
Thursday.
The speakers were Capt. Clark,
captain of the honored company:
Capt. McCord. one of the judges: Miss
Nancy Wesson. who represented the
girls; Earl Manson, a former West
erner and captain Of Company l. in
20; Walcott Shea. captain of Com
pany L in '22: Paul Frisby. repre-
senting the boys: Capt. Ragsdale,
captain of Company H; Capt. Flint.
captain of Company K; Fontaine Hall
Cushing from the faculty: Sergt.
Lewis. the prize sergeant; Col. EN-
brey OF Central; Capt. Chaplin. cap
tain of the Central company taking
third place; John Hazel captain of
Company X in '22; Lieut. Col. Gar
nett; and Maj. Edwards of Westerns
battalion.
Capt. Clark expressed his appre-
citation to his men and the school for
their support. Capts. Ragsdale and
Flint congratulated Company L.
After the assembly the morning
school was dismissed for the day.
The Boys W Club at their last
meeting adopted several resolutions.
1t was decided to make a canvass of
all the eighth grades in the different
grammar schools, that the pupils in
those schools might learn of Western.
become interested in il and decide to
spend their future scholastic years at
Western.
The Dramatic Association held a
meeting May 16. The association was
divided at the beginning of the year
into groups which were to present
plays each month before the school.
The committee in charge of the June
presentation ANNOUNCED that The
Man in the Bowler Hat" was the play
selected. Try-outs for the parts, open
to all members of the June group,
were held Monday.
A family album is rapidly being
meeting each member is asked to
draw his neighbor as he would look
in the age which the club is studying
at the time. First, the victims will
appear in the garb of the pre- historic,
then in the guise of the Turk and so
lection will be preserved and passed
down to future ages.
Three committees are working over
time to make the 1928 class night the
best one that Western has ever wit
messed. On the first committee. Kath-
crime Martin, Ellwood Simpson, Jack
Marshall. Anne Sturgis and Joe Bcr-
AdAA' biIc III OllC6TS, are
working hard.
Grace Newton. Carlyle Fisher, Louis
Robertson. Tom Stevens and Paul
Frisby report that they have an
original idea ''up their sleeves" as a
variation of the usual baby picture
stunt" but they refuse to divulge
their secret.
Perhaps the best part of class night
is the prom following on June 16.
Elaborate plans for the best music
obtainable, good eats, and much fun
are being prepared.
The Girls Rifle Club, which has
been working this year, met Central
May 16 in the final match. Lee Ham
ilton, the extremely efficient captain.
was we'll pleased with the way the
girls shot. especially in sitting posi-
tfon. Although Western did not win,
she put up a. hard fight with a score
of 7l5 against Central's 730.
The Civic Association of Western
has elected officers as follows: Presi-
dent, Jacqueline Marshall: vice presi-
dent. Helen Latterner; sergeant at
arms. Louise Houston, and secretary
treasurer, John Box. A committee
composed of Alden Hoage, Bill Ste
venson. Margaret Lynch and Porter
Payne was appointed to see about the
advisability of planting grass seed on
the bare spots on the front 1awn.z