Columbia Preparatory School - Columbiad Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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' l jf? 1901 ., 19-11 'fre MRS. C. VK. JIILIEN MRS. JOHN T. THATCHER MRS. ROBERT W. CARTER President First Vice-President Second ViccsPresident MRS. EDWIN VAN HOOMISSEN MRS. IRENE McVICKER MRS. FRED WEBER Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer MUTH ERS' CLUB 'PHE PURPOSE. of the lllothers' Club of Columbia Preparatory School is to cooperate with the faculty in carrying out the program of the school. Under the leadership of Mrs. C. VV. Julien, president during the past year, the club was successful in accomplishing this aim. Highlighting the year's activities were two card parties sponsored by the club. Une was held in the fall and the other in late spring. blany projects were undertaken which were bene- ficial to both school and students. Une of these was the purchase of a com' plete set of the Encyclopedia Americana in 30 volumes. Another project was the purchase of several playing suits and warmup outfits for the basketball team. The seniors were recipients of another benefit when the mothers gave them ten dollars to help in financing the Senior Ball. 'llhe club also will award a medal to a graduating senior for excellence in English. The faculty and students are deeply grateful to the Mothers' Club for their cooperation.

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1901 far: 1941 ' v Left to rinht Van Hoomissen, McVicker, Wright, J. Dillon, Julien, A. Weber. COLUMBIA CRUSADER STAFF illlili COLUNIBIA CRUS.-XIDER staff, under the leadership of Editor james Dillon and Associate Editor Carl Alulien. made an all-our effort to edit an improved publication. The name was changed to the Hcolumbia Crusader , column heads were re-named, and the sports and editorial pages underwent a complete change. Under the guidance of News Editor Chuck lVIcVicker the paper proved to be well-received by all the students. The campus comment column, edited by john Van Hoomissen, was called The Turret . An exchange column, From lforrowed Scrollsu, appeared for the first time, and was hand- led capably by Andy Weber. George lvright proved to be a john Kieran in the making with his sports comment in Knights in Combatn. Other features added to the readers' interest. A journalism class was organized during the year for the purpose of instructing the staff members in all phases of journalistic writing. XVith the organization of two journalism clubs, The Scriveners and a local chapter of the Quill and Scroll Society, the staff writers learned a great deal about journalism during the year, and worked hard to publish ten issues of the school paper. The last issue of the year was published in honor of the members of this year's fortieth anniversary graduating class.

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,gg 1901 acyl 1941 .S Xa' if DADS' CLUB OFFICERS MR. JOHN T. THATCHER MR. GEORGE W. CHARTERS MR. THOMAS GUNNING President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer asf J 6 - DADS' CLUB THE DADS' CLUB, organized for the purpose of working with the faculty for the benefit of the students, was successful in accomplishing this aim during the past year. Under the leadership of Mr. John Thatcher, president, the projects of the club were carried out with the purpose of aiding the school athletic fund. With this in mind, the dads sold season tickets to all the home games of the Crusader basketball team. It was mainly due to their efforts that the athletic teams were able to make several trips during the year. Outstanding social event of the year was the annual Dads' and Sons' Banquet held in Campus Commons in the late fall. Mr. Charles Lair was toastmaster for the occasion, and Mr. Wilbur Carl was the principal speaker of the evening. The high- light of the banquet was the awarding of monograms to twenty-five players who had taken part in the football games during the fall. The Dads' Club mct on the first Tuesday of each month. During the meeting cases prepared by the faculty were discussed by members of the club. After the regular business meeting the dads joined the mothers in a joint meeting in Campus Commons. During the course of the year they were privileged to hear out- standing speakers who spoke on a variety of subjects. The joint meetings came to a close with a social hour during which the parents and faculty would dis- cuss problems concerning the general welfare of the students of Columbia.