Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-02-06
Vashon Island School News


| Vashon Island School. News
Last Friday, January 81, vashon
travelled to Fife and won an extremely
exciting and fast game, with score of
is to 10. The score was tied until
| three minutes before the end of the
game Then, Vashon made the three
points which put 1t ahead, and manag-
ed to stay ahead until the whistle
blew. A game such as this was worth
the long trip in the stormy weather.
Three bus loads of rooters attended
the game, and the. Island cheering was
entirely equal in volume and quality
Ito the Fife cheering.
Next Friday night, February 7th, the
boys and girls basketball teams will
play Carbonate at Carbonate. This
encounter promises to be as exciting
as the one with Fife, and enthusiastic
rooters regret that the teams cannot
have their support on this trip. How
ever, they will give their double sup
port when Baskerville comes here next
Tuesday, February II, to play the
Vashon boys. The girls will have a
game with Harper that same evening.
ooh, Kay" the junior class play, has
an all star cast with Tia Besonen as
the heroine, and is going to be hit
of the season. Remember the dates,
February 28th and March lst
The stage crew for the Junior class
play started work Monday at the Com
munity House. It is ripping down the
old scenery and measuring for new.
Lately, the faculty in the senior
division of the Union High School has
resorted to perhaps the Oldest punish
ment in existence for students COM
hitting various misdemeanors. This
is the keeping of students after school.
AS old as is this custom, due to its use,
the assembly is rapidly getting back
to its normal behavior.
A special meeting of the Girls Club
was held Wednesday, for the purpose
Of reading two letters received by club
advisors from other schools. One
letter was from cambridge High
School Girls Club, wanting to get
some pointers on what our club was
doing. Another letter from Enumclaw
stated that Its Girls Club wished to
know what point system was used. We
have not at present point system, so
a committee was appointed to write
to other schools and find what their
systems are. We shall then form
point system of our own. The secre-
tary was instructed to write to the
cambridge Girls Club and tell 1t what
we are doing in our club.
If boy comes to your door and
asks for revolver, don't be frighten-
ed, for he is only the property manager
Of our junior play
We regret that Arlyn Nelson and
Edward Bragg have left our school.
Joyce Aarmeling is going to take
Arlyns place in the junior play. Both
Edward and Arlyn will attend Queen
Anne High School in Seattle.
a report concerning the results OF
the King County Debate Series for
1929 and 1880 was received this week
by Miss Stewart. debate coach, from
G. w. Tucker, King County Manager
Redmond, with four victories and ten
points is the champion of the series.
vashon and Highline, with three
victories and ten points, tie for second
honors. To the report Mr.. Tucker at
tached his personal congratulations OH
our fine record. The entire school is
proud Of the record Of the debate team
and is offering congratulations to
those who debated. Those who upheld
the negative Of the State debate
question are: Marcia Forbes, Katherine
Hatch and Irene Clark; those who up
held the affirmative: Louis Schmidt,
Marcia Forbes and Gerald Fretz.
Katherine Hatch, and Irene Clark are
the only seniors on the squad, SO there
will be three experienced debators for
next year, all Of whom are very
promising.
Mr.. Wright. from Sherman Clay Co.,
visited the school Tuesday for the
purpose on interesting students in
band instruments and In organizing
an all-school bend. Mr.. Wright plans
to discuss the purchase Of the instru-
ments with the parents, after he has
found In what instruments the stu
] dents are interested.