The Myrtle Leaf at Myrtle Point High School
The Myrtle Leaf staff lists Wilda Barker as editor in chief with Clarina Nelson as assistant editor and Evelyn McPherson as business manager. Contributors include Alice Nosler proof reader Aileen Barker reporter and Decle Sperry reporter with Benford Wags as typist Lyla Holloway AGVIGOL and Helen Whitaker listed in the roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilda Barker
Clarina Nelson
Evelyn McPherson
Alice Nosler
Aileen Barker
Decle Sperry
Crcsure Benford Wags Typist
Lyla Holloway
Helen Whitaker
Six Weeks Exams Start Amid Busy School Week
This week marks the six weeks exams with students frantically catching up work. Upperclassmen face the tests with effort while freshmen feel distressed yet hopeful that the difficulty will pass, leaving them wiser after the week.
Myrtle Point Prepares for Bandon Football Clash
Myrtle Point heads to Bandon for a league game seen as hotly contested with a likely lineup shakeup as Coach Lever sorts through many contenders. Officials for the Myrtle Point at Bandon match include White as referee Archibald as umpire and Steward as head linesman.
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Myrtle Point
Bandon
Ndon
Lever
Bay Papers
North Bend
Albany
Marshfield
Coquille
White
Archibald
School Notes On Shakespeare And Geography Papers
The English VI class will study Hamlet next week after earlier readings of As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, and Macbeth. American History covers early English colonies with five themes. geography groups must write fifteen page papers from library sources on eight topics. Papers due before Christmas vacation. current work uses textbook material and plans to finish.
Juniors Plan Weiner Roast Trip After Meeting
The junior class voted Friday to hold a weiner roast at Norway grove Tuesday evening. They will meet at the schoolhouse at seven and ride by car, inviting Mr. and Mrs. Cooley. Miss Halverson continues as advisor and the group will skip sweets to return on time.
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Ray
Norway Grove
Seven Cleck
Agriculture study outlines yearly farm activities
In agriculture class Mr. Cooley guides phases across the year. Students judge potatoes and select seed potatoes first. They then judge dairy cattle draft horses swine sheep and chickens. The year’s cycle includes filling silos with corn and studying silage.
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Cooley
Juniors Hold Meeting On Sportsmanship And Year’s Activities
The Juniors met Tuesday evening October 6 with Miss Halverson giving a talk on sportsmanship and school activities. Edward Forrest and William Forrest, absent two days, have returned.
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Miss Halverson
Edward Forrest
William Forrest
What Is a Frosh Definition from a College Humor prize
A humorous piece from the Willamette Collegian defines a freshman by varying views: to a freshman himself he is next in importance to the principal. to a sophomore he is like a country cousin. to a junior a necessary evil. to a senior the college’s hope. to a co ed a possibility. to a coach ambition minus brains. to a big sister an animated question mark. to his mother an exceptional child stepping into an unappreciative world. to his father his son. to his little brother a future Red Grange.
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Red Grange
Willamette Collegian
Student Body Meeting Heard Reports Then Songs
A student body meeting last Friday reviewed the secretary and treasurer reports. After business, the group sang school songs Fight On and Myrtle Point Will Shine.
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Myrtle Point
New Student William Hulet Joins Merrill High Community
The junior class welcomes William Hulet from Merrill High. He played center in basketball and ran the mile in track and was a strong leader in girls games. Lyle Knight started as a sophomore this week.
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Wiliam Hulet
Merrill High
Lyle Knight
Grammar School Notes Highlight Hikes and Classroom Work
Eight boys from the seventh and eighth grades and Mr Summers hiked toward Pleasant Valley last week and plan another trip this week. The school’s appearance has improved after Mr Hosman trimmed rosebushes and students picked up trash.
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Summers
Pleasant Valley
Grammar School
Hosman
Miss Jarman
Shindoll
Thelma Pearson
Portland
Wagner
Wikberg
Cow Testing Club Formed In School
A Boy's Cow Testing Club is forming within the agricultural class. Each boy will keep milk and feed records for ten to fifteen cows, weigh milk twice daily, compute butterfat monthly, and may earn a half credit after ten months. Progress hinges on neatness, accuracy, and dairy knowledge.
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Earl R. Cooley
Life on Waterways in Siam Described by Atlantic Monthly
Atlantic Monthly article by Lynson Bryson portrays Siamese citizens living aboard boats with wives and babies on canals. Homes are on decks, costumes adapted for water living, while temples on shore glow amid hot dusty streets and princes reside in European style compounds.
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Lynson Bryson
Atlantic Monthly
His Majesty
Golden Rule in Traffic Practical Advice by Erwin Greer
Chicago auto engineer Erwin Greer argues drivers and pedestrians should practice the Golden Rule to reduce traffic jams. He urges conscious caution, mutual respect, and avoiding bluffing, noting that courtesy and intelligent handling of cars can prevent crashes and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Greer
Greer College of Automotive Engineering
Chicago
Ress
Fair Werning A China Store in Busy Paris Crossroads
Le Figaro reports a Paris china shop at a busy intersection often struck by speeding vehicles. To deter damage two watchmen stand guard, each with a sign reading No. Thoroughfare, in hope of protecting the plate glass display from reckless drivers.
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Paris
le Figaro
Kansas City Star
Varied Bergonzi Varnish Impresses Makers and Connoisseurs
Hart describes Bergonzi varnish as often as resplendent as that of Guarneri or Stradivari. He notes it can be extremely thick or sparingly applied and ranges from deep red to pale red or amber, showing considerable color variation across Bergonzi violins.
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Hart
Bergonzi
Giuseppe Guarneri
Stradivari
Bergens
US land and insular areas total about 3.7 billion square miles
The United States land area is 2,970,000 square miles with 55,000 square miles of waters. Alaska spans about 570,000 square miles. Insular possessions total 125,000 square miles, divided as 115,000 Philippines, 6,000 Hawaii, and 8,000 Puerto Rico. Overall domain area is about 3.7 billion square miles.
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United States
Alaska
Insular
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Monumental Columns Echo Parthenon Dream in Edinburgh
Calton Hill's twelve tall columns loom as the Modern Athens memory of Edinburgh. A 1824 public subscription aimed to honor Scottish Peninsular War soldiers with a Parthenon style building, but funding failed and the lone 12 pillars, each costing around 5000, stand as the remaining trace.
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Edinburgh
Athens
Calton Hill
Parthenon
Controversy Over Words In Stephen Foster Song
Historic debate centers on the lyric of The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home versus The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home. Writers and scholars discussed 1968 as a key year in clarifying the phrasing attributed to Stephen G. Foster.
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Stephen G. Foster
Kentucky
Electricity Aids Elevator Service and Radio Advances
Elevator systems now use automatic leveling to align car floors with stations. Radio manufacturers report 240 receiver types with varied circuits including tuned RF and superheterodyne designs. Electric heating coils dry sand pipes to prevent wheel slip on wet rails. Five transatlantic broadcasting stations have been built in the past summer in the US, England, and Germany, linked by land wires to studios for international programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bound Brook
N. J
Schenectady
N. Y
England
Germany
Metropolitan Broadcasting
Lord Baltin Sells Paper 2 for Six Arabesque Offer
Lord Baltin markets Paper 2 for 6le Arabesque with a 2 for 1.01 Symphony Lawn deal offering savings on a 2 for 1.01 bundle.
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Lord Baltin
Symphony Lawn
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim and 40 Year Use
Those in a run-down condition suffer more from catarrh, proving it is affected by constitutional health. Mall's Catarrh Medicine is a combined internal and external treatment with over forty years of use and success. Sold by all druggists, F. Mcheney & Co., Toledo, Okita.
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Mall
F. Mheney & Co
Toledo
Okita
One-Cent Sale Promises High Class Merchandise
Announcers describe a One-Cent Sale offering items equal in quality to regular stock. Each listed article is claimed to be a standard high-class piece, matching everyday prices.
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