White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-02-14
v. B. SCHOOL news


Dorothy Upton entered the eighth
grade Monday, February 10. This
brings the registration in the seventh
and eighth grades up to twenty-nine
A Valentine party for Junior and
Senior High School was held in the
gymnasium the last period today
Friday, February H. An immense
valentine box filled with valentines
for every one emptied on short order,
after which games and dancing were
enjoyed.
All the beginning class in type
writing are showing very good re-
suits for their one semester work.
Ruby Penn and Jack O'Larey are at
present leading the class, the former
writing 80 words per minute for fif-
teen minutes with only mistakes,
the latter 80 words with S mistakes.
The comparatively warm Spring
weather is drawing all students out
of doors these days. Games of indoor
base ball played out of DOORS, games
of pitching horse shoes, catch and
archery may be seen on the. school
grounds at any time when school is
not in session.
Louise Paschen has been absent
for few days having gone to Port
land with her father.
Tom Clarke has beein out of school
on account of helping on the home
ranch. :.
The Botany class is finding the
microscopic structure of pine needles
and other leaves extremely interest
ing. One girl said it seemed impos-
sible for so small section of leaf
to have such innumerable cells in such
perfect form and order. She would
never have believed it if she had not
seen it. The discovery of the fact
that all plant and animal life is made
up of cells holds the close attention of
the High School students.
White Bluffs played Rachland prac-
tice game Wednesday night at Rich
land. The White Bluffs boys played
one of their best games of the season.
They held the Richland boys the first
half and all tn scores which Rich
land made were fouls or long shots.
While White Bluffs were working
the ball up under the Richland basket
time after time but were unable to
convert. The game was very fast
and clean, both sides using fast de-
ceptive plays. The game seemed a
lot closer than the score indicates,
which was 16 to 81 in favor of Rich
land. Even this speaks well for the
White Bluffs boys because Ri 'lland
is getting ready to enter the District
Tournament at Yakima February %
and March as one of the Represen-
tatives from this Lower Yakima Dis
trict.
The White Bluffs High School
Gym was the scene of two basket
ball games Friday evening, Feb
ruary 7.
The preliminary game between the
Sophomore and the Junior High
team was an unexpected treat. The
game was very fast and the score
was close throughout the game. The
Sophomores, profiting by their age
and experience, managed to win by
score of 10 to II, though the Junior
High School threatened until the
final whistle.
In the game between Hanford and
White Bluffs. White Bluffs started
four Of her next years squad These
men, tho some lacking in experience
put up very good game and were
leading Hanford to 9 at the half.
In the last half the first string men
were given their chance to play.
They showed their experience by rum
ming the score up to "a before the end
of the game while Hanford had g. The
Hanford boys fought hard all thru the
game but were handicapped by mid
year graduation and an injury. The
Referee for the Hanford game was
Mr.. MacAlexander from Ethiopia,
while Donald Heath refereed the
Sophomore-Junior High School
game.
-Four of the White Bluffs boys who
played Friday were playing their last
High School game. All four were
on the first squad and three of them
played in every game this season.
:Hhis speaks well for the Senior Class.
This game may be called successful
close to successful season. The team
has played nine games and won
five. The boys have worked hard all
season and should be commended for
their achievements for we have to
remember that they are handicapped
by the smallness of their gym. This
is shown by the fact that of the five
games played at home only one was
lost while of the four played away
from home three were lost.