Seaside High School - Sea Breeze Yearbook (Seaside, OR)

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Agricultural Bepartient mq NSTRUCTION in agriculture under the Smith-Hughes Act of 1918, was established in the Seaside High school this year. The department which at present has only twelve students enrolled, promises to become one of the most popular courses offered in our school. The course given this year was ‘‘Farm Animals,’’ with especial emphasis on poul- try raising and dairying, two of the important industries of our country. Next year ‘‘Farm Crops and Soils’’ will be of- fered in addition to the present class in ‘‘Farm Animals.”’ The class periods are divided nearly equally between field trips and class work. The class first studies a subject and then visits several farms in the vicinity to compare the methods used. For example, while studying poultry management, we visited several of the large commercial poultry ranches, ex- amined the building and studied the methods followed by each. The class gained much valuable information through lectures given by poultry men, dairy owners and swine raisers. A team composed of Wallace Johnson, Victor Palmrose and DeWitt Baker was entered in the Smith-Hughes depart- ment stock judging contest at the Pacific International Ex- position at Portland November 3-10, The team made a good showing, considering that our department was established only this year, finishing about midway from the top in a group of twenty-three teams that were competing. The teams pres- ent included the state champions of California, Washington and Montana, as well as the Oregon teams. Albert DeWelt and Mr. Love, the instructor, went with our team. Three days in all were spent at the exposition. As the “Sea Breeze’? goes to press, plans are being made for the ‘‘Ageie Tour.’’? The class will leave Seaside Thurs- day afternoon May 8th, in Joe Betz’ and Mr. Love’s twin ears, Henry and Lizzie, for Tillamook. Thursday night will be spent in a haymow of the owner of one of the most famous Jer- sey cows in the world. A cheese factory and a Holstein herd will be inspected while at the ‘‘cheese capital.’’ The Foot Hills Farm, one of the show places of Oregon, which has some of the finest beef cattle and sheep in the state and other herds in the vicinity of MeMinnville will be visited friday. On Sat- urday, poultry and dairy ranches near Forest Grove will be ; ee inspected. Saturday night will be spent at Portsmouth Farm,

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Post Graduates Four of the last year’s Sen- iors, who could not resist the knowledge gained at Seaside High School, came back this year. They thought that last year their associations with it were of the past. But when they enrolled this year, they found that they were allowed to be in the Senior roll room and members of the student body, enjoying its responsibil- ities and entertainments. The Post Graduates are Margaret Taitt, Lois Stevens, Albert De- Welt and Katie Coffey. Altha Roberts entered this year as a special student and was regis- tered in the Senior roll room. She played on the basketball team and was also active in student affairs. —TLois Stevens.

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the best equipped market milk dairy at Portland. Sunday the class will go up the Columbia highway as far as the Vista House, some time will be spent in Portland on Sunday after- noon and the return trip made Sunday night. Not the least of the attractions will be the camp fires, hay mows, and ‘‘the ol’ swinmin’ hole.’’ The members of the class wish to thank the board of edu- ‘ation for their financial aid, which made the trip to the Pa- cific International and the ‘‘Aggie Tour’? possible, Mr. Love and Joe Betz, for the use of their cars on the ‘‘ Aggie tour;’’ the many farm owners who so kindly co-operated with our in- structor and allowed us to visit their farms, and the many breeders who gave us so much valuable information in their talks to the class. SS = Orlaty For the first time in the history of Seaside Union High school, we have had a regular debating class. This helped the debating team very much, for they got the technical por- tion of debating. It also relieved one of the faculty from tak- ing on the extra work. Miss Krause becamet he debating in- structor, and the team chosen consisted of Victor Palmrose, Charles Cartwright, Vida McCauley and Greta Godfrey. The question to be debated upon this year was, ‘‘ Resolved, that the United States should cancel the allied war debt.’? The affirma- tive team consisting of Victor Palmrose, first speaker, and Charles Cartwright, second speaker, debated on the meht of Mebruary Ist at Astoria, while the negative team, composed of Greta Godtrey, first speaker, and Vida McCauley, second speak- er, debated at Seaside against Clatskanie. The affirmative team put up a good fight, but lost the debate. The negative team won at Seaside, 3-0. The whole school is assured that the teams did their best—winning or losing. Three of the four debaters graduate this June, but we are confident that the ranks will be filled next fall again.