Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-10-09
vashen Island High School
News
Associated Student Body News

On Friday, October 8. a pep rally
was held in the study room at 1890,
Some poppy yells were led BY our
yell King" Don Dunbar Short
speeches were made by the football
Coach, Mr.. Schunke, and by the cap
tain, Joe Green.
1t has been announced that the sem
Tors won the ticket-selling contest.
They are to be presented with pen
nant by the other classes.
1t was decided at the last student
body meeting that the school would
again publish an annual. The bus
iness manager and editor. will be
elected soon.
HAPPY DAYsl Students are an
ticipating the pleasure of brief
holiday period, when on October 23rd
and Oath the teachers will be attend
ing institute.
Last Saturday, Mr.. Robertson at
tended a meeting of the executive
committee of the King County Edu-
cation Association, held at the County
Superintendents office in Seattle.
Miss Molly Lawen has been asked to
speak before the Commercial section OF
the Washington Education Association
which meets In Seattle october oath.
Miss Lawen will speak on the topic,
"What Business Expects of the Gradu-
ate from the Commercial Course"
First League Game Played
Last Friday the first game of the
"a" league was played with High Line
High school, The vashon team play
ed good steady game Of football ex-
cept for a few weak points in its
attack. The second game will be play
ed with Kent on october 10th, on the
Kent field. 70
Miss Eleanor Harris of the Univer-
sity of Washington and the University
of Michigan is substituting for Miss
Nelson who is absent from school this
week because Of illness. According to
the most recent reports Miss Nelson is
doing fairly we'll
Mr. R. G. Peacock representing B. F.
Shearer Co., called at the school
recently and presented display OF
stage scenery and equipment. To put
our stage in presentable appearance
for the giving Of plays according to Mr..
Peacock will cost in the neighborhood
of $8ll. First steps in the movement
to obtain the necessary curtains, drops,
lights, etc, are being taken by the
dramatic club Of the high school. They
are putting on play soon, the proceeds
of which will go to the stage fund.
The Glacier, which biologists tell us
once covered this part of our country,
played mean trick in the men who
are grading our school grounds. It
toted several tons Of huge granite
boulders all the way down here from
central Canada and deposited them
in our front yard. The workmen
estimate that the cost of removing
these boulders will amount to more
than 800.
The musical talent Of the high school
will offer an evening Of entertainment
Friday night, October 81. There will
be numbers by band, orchestra and
chorus, besides solos and small group
selections. Further announcements
of this entertainment will appear later.
The Freshman Initiation which was
given last Friday night at the High
School was proclaimed successful, even
by the Freshmen. And now they can
proudly call themselves actual members
of 'vashon Island High School. The
program Of the evening was the writing
of the pledge by the Freshmen, the
initiation, a prize fight by Dick
Harmon and Dick Slagel, shadow
play called "The Three Lovers" The
characters were Seakum Smith, the
father, James Church; Mrs. Smith,
Gertrude ALISON, Bessie, the daughter,
Sylvia Besonen; Three Lovers, John
Danielson, Donald Dunbar, Harold
Agren.
Games were enjoyed by everyone.
The lights in the Vashon Island
High School are considered some of the
best in King County. The study and
classroom lights are made of holo-
phase, the best fixture on the market
Each study room has from four to
eight lights. There are nine in the
study hall and the library which adj
joins is Illuminated by skylight The
computed cost Of the operation to the
school is approximately s8 cents an
hour. However since each room has