Douglas Island news. [volume], January 14, 1921, Image 3

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DOUGLAS PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS-FROM GASTINEAU BREEZE
UAS'dNKAr BREEZE
Published by the Students of th?
IHmela* UtRh School
K1UTOKIAL STAKK
Una Crowe
Armx i.iI>> Kdltor Harold (iallwu
Kxrhange . Nora Matt hum
Pereonals
Junior Senior Reporter Marjr Vcaoja
Sophomore lleporter Myroa Miami
Fmtinun Reporter Mamie Keual
MIki Reeve
Arthur Nclaon
EDUCATION AND CIVILIZATON
I'pon (rallied Intelligence, the
lory haa the nml for devoted, eon
run we the silver lining of Riorum
(!) It results In safe and aanc
LODGE DIRECTORY
Alaska Lodge Mo. 1. I. 0. 0. F.
l^Kige mi. i, i. v. v. t.
llx'ti *??ry W?lniwl>r evening In
V tailing brother* always welcome
OLAF SWAN80N. N. C.
Aurora Encampment Ho. 1
Mi< ? at Odd Follows Hall tlrst and
Brother* of the Koyal Purple are
HAS. W. CARTER. C. P.
L. W Ktl.Bl'KN. Scribe.
Nor"! em Light Bebekah Lodge No. 1
Heeti at Odd Krllows Hall Mcond
KUIKDA SWAN90N. N. O.
DOUGLAS AERIE NO. 117
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||?'H Mir* Friday evening at 8
KOIIKKT FKASER. W. P.
CARI. H. ERICK90N. S?-cy.
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F. WOLLAND
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TAILOR
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PIANO TUNER
CEOKGE ANDERSON. Expert
SO ynn riptrlwct. High Grad?
Plare: s and Piano* for Sal# and
Rant. Addreaa Box 991. Juneau.
Korty m*?i pt*r cool of our Speak
ers of the House;
Thirty-six per cent of our mem
ber* of Con*rees;
Sixty-one par cent of our Secre
taries of Stats;
Sixty-seven per cent of our At
torneys-General ;
Sixty-nine per cent of our judge*
of the Supreme Court.
? O. C. Mitchell.
EXCHANGES
??Who's Who." Battle I'roek.
Mich We were surprised to receive
Your Uterary Department Is worthy
Kor a monthly paper, yours Is very
"McKlnley Trail." "The Central
THE GRADES" CHRISTMAS PRO
GRAM
Gertrude Wlrtanen
"Jolly Old St. Nichols" Klr?t Grade
Soi>?. "Why l)o Bells for Chrlut
JUN10R AND SENIOR NOTES
oration*. "The bunker Hill Monu
MEETING
was elected our clam advisor.
Elizabeth Ketisl was elected pres
ident and Martin Gatlwas secretarjr
Our class rolors. motto and pins
were all talked about and we are
now starting to make preparations
for our Class Day exercise*. A
Senior play was also discussed in tho
meeting.
? Esther Cashen.
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GOSSIP
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Klka Nlrml joined the domestic
science claim last month.
What'* happening lately to the
Latin class? Sessions after school al
most every night look kind of sus
The girls In the domestic aclence
i law spent several days making
mi inherit and letters for tho basket
hall boys' Jerseys. They proved :>
great success, through the help of
Mlxs Thompson.
llefore Christmas vacation Vivian
l.lndstrom appeared In school with
her hair bobbed. Now we arc afraid
Vivian will never grow up.
Una Crowe was absent several
days as a result of the previous game
of basketball lu which she was
Injured. Our tall forward l? around
again, but still she will be unable
to' play. We certainly mis* her on
One morning Mr. Mitchell sprung
a surpriee on the 10th. 1 1th anil 12th
grades In the form of tests These
IB la tests showed the general knowl
edge of the students. They caused
more worry than thoy deserved and
Amy Wilson was so sleepy that she
was unable to stand up. We sym
Art Nelson was badly battered up
in the game with the All-Stars hut
somehow he Is able to stand It. Ills
chcerful grin Is never missing In
Klka Nleml and Mary Vesoju
We don't kuow whether sickness
that's the style, then the boys have
to U'raiigoll. Maybe some boy or
all of them haw left their hearts
Myrtia Illaml was unable to at
Mr. Kilburn. a member of the
son lately? He doesn't seem to get
eneugh sleep, for wo found him
Peter McEvoy must have made a
New Year's resolution, for he seems
to be on time lately. We hopo he
Several posters of the Wrangell
sembly hall. They are fine looking
and receive much praise.
before practicing In their gym.
A very Interesting letter was re
Hllo, Hawaii, and gives an unusual
account of Hllo and the surrounding
country. We were very pleased to
!iear from Miss Muntz and we still
of us.
SOPHOMORE REPORT
In Kngllsh the Sophomores are
studying Julius Caesar. They find
it very interesting and arc anxious
to know the end of the story, as It
In Modern History the student*
are studying the beginning of In
. vvntlons and In later years you
might see some Inventions made by
some one out of our Sophomore
The Geometry Clans Is hard at
work, but not too hard, working out
. problems that look impossible.
FACTS OF INTEREST IN
THE GRADES
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Fir*t Grade
(Minn Wlllmcrt)
J0<1U<<011 Chrlatoe loft for 8???ttlc
In tlio early part of December. where
?lie will atay until March.
Junior Nichols entered the first
grade. Ha erftered from the first
grade in Juneau.
The room was prettily decorated
for the holidays with the children ?
handwork of chalna. treea an other
Christmas docoratlons.
lhe A class has atarted reading
In the First Header They finished
two Primers before Christmas.
Second and Third Grades
(Miss I'leary >
We hate atarted to rea<l the Oi
hook* for opening exercises. We
are reading, "The ixjet Prince of
Oi" now.
The attendance for the past
month has been almost perfect. Our
art work for December was all
Christmas work. The room was
beautifully decorated with many
things that the chllren made
Fourth and Fifth Qradei Report
(Miss Stewart)
Dale Kloek haa returned, after a
Hernlce Herggreu wa* out with a
?tore throat for several weeke but Is
now with us again.
The 6th grade Is studying frac
lions. They do not like- to reduce
them to their lowest term*.
Wo are reading "Billy W lilskers
(or opening exercise* We have
Sixth and Seventh Grade*
(A llle Kronqvlst and Esther
Wirtanen)
abqut the Revolutionary War ami
an Undine It very Interesting
Kliabeth Koberlsou has been nb
"The t'ourtahlp of Miles Standish"
?rade and we like It very much.
The girls of the sixth and seventh
luneau and Treadwoll.
Miss Hopkins, a teacher from Or.
(?on, visited the seventh grade Kng
ha.l enjoyed the cla*.i' recltatlona.
Eighth Grad? Report
i Kmrna Gam )
all find very Interesting
grade l?u*y In history.
I* looking up in reference books of
famous people and places.
The hundred mark Is the point
The girls In the domeatlc science
rlasa served cookies and crullers for
the I*. T. A. meeting January 10.
itll their studle? for the examination*
.1 the end of the llrat scmt*ter.
STUDENT BODY MEETS
On the sixth of January. 1921, the
president ml lot! a meeting of the
Student Body In order to sec how
the basketball boy* ? who nmdc u
games ?were paid.
Before the boys made their trip
Receipts from games played
Total 318.24
Expense ? Ticket* 1147.20
Hotel 94.80 242.00
Balance
Basketball suits 41.93
Balance In treasury 34.31
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The Christmas program and tree,
which was hold In the High School
assembly room, was well attended by
parent* and friends of tho students.
The most Important features were
the debates, which were well Riven
and held the Interest of everyone.
The program was as follows:
IX'bate, "Resolved. That t'.ie Jury
System Should bo Abolished"....
Affirmative , Alfred Howltt
and Rangnar Kronqvlst
Negative. Selma Aalto and
Martha 8c jr
"Christmas Hymn" Una Crowo
Debate, "Resolved, That Student
Self-Government Should Bo
Established" .
Affirmative, Arno Vosoja
ami Nelma Nlemcla
Negative, George Valeaon
and Amy Wilson
(The negative won.)
Debate. "Resolved That Capital
Punishment Should Be Abol
Affirmative, Klixabcth feus!
Negative, Clifford Anderson
(Affirmative won.)
The program closed with * Jong
entitled. "Holy Night." sung by
the school.
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?> NORTHERN LIGHTS ?
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Miss Thompson ? "On an avcVago.
how mnny bushels can bo grown to
an acrcT"
Kathleen ? "It all dcponds on the
slxo of the acre."
Mr. Mitchell? "Why Is a whale
like an orator?"
Harold ? "They're both full of hot
air."
Martin ? "Hobort Drowning said :
" 'Open my heart aud you will see
Graved Inside of It Italy.' "
Leslie ? "He must havo had a map
there."
Myrna ? "Caeacr's hair was In
clined to be bald."
Miss lloeve. In Latin I. having
conjugation of verbs:? "You niuM
learn to |iut the accont In the wrong
place, Myrna."
Miss Thompson "What Is a coll."
Svlraa ? "A one-celled animal."
Esther? "It doesn't seem like
Christmas."
Selma ? "No. I don't thluk so.
either. It came so sudden."
Peter ? "We are always a century
ahead of time, aren't we?"
"Miss Thompson ? "I wouldn't say
you were."
George, talking to the printer
about the next basketball gamo ? "I
bet a month's print of the Gastlneaii
Breeze, that the Douglas boys win."
Printer? "??Trl"! '>*? ? *'!T ?
What do you think I am?"
Two girls, talking about dinner: !
First girl? "What aro we going
to have for dinner?"
Second girl ? "Food."
First girl ? "What did my teacher
have on at the dance?"
Second girl? "Drossps."
Girl? "I must brush the cobwebs j
from my brain."
Boy? "Thon you ought to get
vocctim cleaner."
Arthur, selling tlckola for the!
basketball game ?"Mlko buy a tick ]
et."
Mike ? "No, I don't want to go to |
the game."
Art ? "Come on, holp the school." j
Mlko? "No."
Art? "The girls arc going
.Mlko ? "Gee, that's One! I'll buy]
Bunch of boys fixing sleigh. Dick
? "Wo need another nut on tho back!
of tho sled."
Art N. ? "Hero I am!"
George V. In Modern History- '
"Napoleon divided his army lnt>>
corpses."
She "Do you still love mo?"
He "Yes. dear."
She ? "And would you die for me?'
He? "No, mine Is an undylnr
Mr. Gallwas and friend discussing
German mark: Mr. Gallwas ? "How
much is a German mark worth in
American money."
Is a mark worth In Amortcan |
Martin ? "I don't know."
Mr. Gallwas? "What do I sondj
you to school for?"
Martin ? "Not those |tlnd or
"Wool Is obtained from what?"
Mr. Mitchell ? "A plant."
Gus. ? "The leghorn Is a, what?"
Albort Garn ? "A cow."
Harold and Abble on tho La
touchc Just after losing their din
ners:
Abble ? "Harold, you and I are
land lovers, areu't we?"
Harold ? "Put her here, Abble:
wo surely arc."
Art ? "No, you fellows arc land
lubbers."
FRESHMAN CLASS REPORT
The Freshman Class Is still hard
:it work ? studying hard. In General
Science the boys and girls have gono
through over half of the book,
thanks to Mr. Nichols. Anclcnt
Mlitory sometime* proves provoking,
but still the Frcshles try hard to get
they lire rending tho "Merchant of
Venice" and have also been prepar
ing some debates to give to the
High School.
Another Freshman girl has Joined
tho domestic science clasa. The
smocks and the rest of the thlnga
that the girls havo been making
were finished and put on an exhibit
which was held the day before
our Christmas vacation began.
Rreakfast menu* and other preten
tion* have been started in the cook
ing class and soon the girts plan to
give a breakfast for the High School
faculty.
Algebrn Is the best of all, oven
though wo have some hard and long
problems to do. "We'll stick to them
till we get them" ia our Algebra
Clasa motto.
DOUGLAS UIOH FINISHES
BASKETBALL SEASON
Boy* Defeat All Channel Team* and
Also Claim Championihip of
Southeastern Alaska
Ttic Douglas 1 1 l?li School llaskct- ;
1ml I Team has won the champion
ihip of Gastlneau Channel by de
feating all opposing teams, and hart
ilso won from tho Wratigell High
and tho American Legion team of
Wrangcll. We huve also deflated
Fort Seward. The American legion
lian defeated Mctlakatla, Sitka, and
other basketball teams of Alaska,
.md as we have been victorious ovor
i ho American Legion, we can practi
cally claim tho championship o(
Houthoustern Alaska.
The flnal game of the interschool
-cries of baxkotball games to bo
played between the Douglas and Ju
neau High 8chool teams resulted in
Douglas winning by a score of 49
18 in a fast rame last Friday even
ing at tho High School gymnasium
in Juneau.
Tho Douglas boys began the game
with Homo snappy teamwork and up
until the end of tho first half Ju
neau was lost. The half ended with
tho score of 33 to 3 in favor of Doug
las. In the second half Juneau
picked up and wns able to make 16
liolnts.
Nelson and II. Gallwas wore both
knockcd out In this game and show
ed their "spunk" by getting up and
shooting basket after basket. Nel
son shot ten.
Douglas Treads Upon Juneau in
Third Game of Series
In the third boys' game between
the Douglas and Juneau High Schools
i he Juneau team was carried off its
feet. Tho minute the referee's whis
tle was blown the Douglas boys
started in to pllo up their score of
ftO to 13. The gamo wyiH a very
fast one and good sportsmanship
was showlT'all around.
The Juneau boys were bewildered
t<T encounter such team work as was
displayed by the Douglas boys.
Mnrtln Gallwas and Arthur Nel
Hon were responsible for most of the
?>S points made during the game, but
nobody starred, as It was the team
work of all the boys that piled up
such a big score.
Albert Gam. our substitute, play
ed In the second half. Albert Is a
nitre shot wheu ho gets tho oppor
tunity..
The season Just past has lieen a
most successful one for the Douglus
High School basketball team. They
have played nine games during the
season without suffering a defeat.
Four of these games wcro scheduled
ones with the Junenu High School.
while (ho other* were with four
senior teams and the Wrangell IllKh
School.
The following are the score* for
all the gamcH:
Douglas II. 8.. 23; Thane A. C? 13.
Douglas II. Si., 66; Juneau II. S.
Douglas H. 8., 70; ft. Howard. 2.
Douglas >1. 8., 21; Juneau H. 8.
Douglas H. 8., 69; Juneau H. 8.,
13.
Douglas II. 8., 36; All-Star*. 22.
Douglas II. S.. 38; Wrangell 11.8.
12.
Douglas II. 8., 35; Wrangell Am
erican Legion. 23.
Douglaa H. 8., 49; Juneau H. 8.,
if ? Itangnar Kronqvlit.
JUNEAU GIRLS WIN? 16-8
The fourth and laat game of the
girls' Interscholastlc serle* was play
ed lust Friday night In the Juneau
High School gym. the capital city
girls winning, 16-8.
The Douglas girls made the first
point on a foul, hut tho Juneau girls
followed closely with two baskets,
and at the end of the flrst half had
ten points to our girls' six.
Our girls fought hard In the sec
ond half but were unable to forge
ahead. It was felt that the absence
of Una Crowe, one of our forwards,
who was injured In the previous
game, weakened the team consider
ably. The score at the end of the
second half stood 16-8. Selma Aalto
was responsible for every point we
made. She surely put up a strong
Kven though our girls lost tljree
out of four games, they thoroughly
enjoyed them and are looking for
ward to next season for more.
A very exciting basketball was
played in the Douglas Nat.. Dec. 10
between the Douglas and Juneau
girls' teams which resulted In the
home team winning by a score of
1 4-7.
The first half was Juneau's, as It
ended 6-4 in their favor. Uut In the
second half nothing could stop the
Douglas girls, although the (cam
was weakened by Una Crowe being
injure). The dual score was 14-7.
Selma Aalto was responsible for
12 of the 14 points that Douglaa
made a lot of credit Is- duo her for
the strong light she put up. Our
guards also did their very best dur
ing the last half.
Tho girls team played four games
during the season, all with the Ju
neau High School team. Tho Doug
las girls were defeated In three of
the games. The scores follow:
Ifcfliglas II. 8., 8; Juneau H. 8., 12,
D. H. 8.. 7; J. II. 8.. 22
I) II S . 14; J. H. 8.. 7.
I). II. 8.. 8; J. H 8.. It.
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Douglas, Alaska
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Juneau, Alaska
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