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THE ROGUE NEWS
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1944
TEACHERS GRADUATE
Again the last of May is making its appearance,
bringing with it graduation and the somewhat tear
ful farewells that are the inevitable result of leaving
the old alma mater. This year, not only students are
graduating many faculty members either have been
promoted to higher educational positions or are leav
ing the profession for domesticity.
Mr. Robinson, the chief; Mr. Parks, school clown
and, incidentally, dean of boys and assistant principal ;
Mrs. Cook, guiding light for girls; Mrs. Forgus, with
a list of activities that range from sponsoring the
Rogue News to advising the senior class ; Mr. Koehler,
art instructor, general cut-up and do-everything man ;
Mrs. Koehler, whose retirement was cut short by a
pressing need for teachers; Coach Simpson no need
to explain who he is; Mrs. Lorton, whose talents have
been devoted to developing bigger and better girls;
Mr. Phillips, who has made a good thing of teaching
girls the difference between a carburetor and a run
ning board ; and possibly others who have not yet made
known their intentions will be included in this list of
those who won't be at the same posts another year.
We'll miss you there's no doubt about that. For
throughout the year you have patiently directed our
somewhat erratic ideas into more serious channels.
You have done your best a very good best and we
appreciate it. Actually, you will never be replaced in
our remembrances.
We are grateful to you, and wish you all success
in your new positions.
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
I want to thank the Rogue News for the koppor
tunity of using its columns to tell you how great a
privilege it has been to be connected with Ashland
Senior High this past school year. As I look back
over the time since last September I cannot help but
think how fortunate I was to have such a loyal and
cooperative faculty and to work with young Americans
of the caliber of our students.
I would like to take this chance to congratulate
Mr. Rogers and to welcome him to his new position.
There is no need for me to tell him how "swell" you
are because he has most of you before. I do think
that you are fortunate in obtaining a man of his sterl
ing qualities for your new principal.
I would like to thank you members of the student :
body for your cooperation. Your success for next year
and the succeeding years will for the most part be
dependent on you. No student body can rest on laurels
of the previous year. Any organization that loses a
third of its membership each year should be aware
of its flexibility and its susceptibility to change.
I. know that you will carry on with success, alert
to changing conditions but loyal to the fine traditions
that have made Ashland Hi great.
CLIFFORD E. ROBINSON, Principal.
TO THE PUBLICATIONS STAFFS
The seniors have chosen the motto, "Not the end,
but the beginning." To each of us it brings a different
interpretation. To you who are graduating, it prob
ably means the beginning of many new and exciting
experiences; some that will be delightful, others that
will be hard to take. To me it means leaving teaching
as a career and the beginning of many new situations.
To you who are returning to AHS in the fall,
it must mean the beginning of another year, a new
start, perhaps the last, in familiar surroundings. That
year can be the best and most constructive in your
experience if you will look on it as a beginning, a
time to improve old ways, a time to introduce new
ideas, a chance to prove that you have what it takes
to make your school, your parents, and your friends
proud of you.
! Cooperation, friendliness, hard work, open-mind-j
edness, and a real desire to improve form my mem
i ories of the 1943-1944 publications staffs. My real
i appreciation is due the present staff and best wishes
t for progress in the time to come to those who will
! carry on and to those who will join in the work of
I publishing the Rogue News and The Rogue,
j It's fun; it's work; it's the beginning of better
I things that we the old staff members leave to you
the Tiew.
1 MARY GEAN FORGUS,
j , Adviser, Rogue News.
Dr. Bruce Named
Speaker for AHS
baccalaureate
Baccalaureate services for Ash
land High School graduating class
of 1944 will be held at uit 1-ns.
Methodist Church, May 21, at 8:00
P. M. Presiding will be the Rev
erend Earl Downing. The program
will start with the processional,
"Marche Sollenne," played by An
nabel Davis. The choir will sing
the hymn, "God of Grace and
Glory." Reverend Ward E. Pratt
will read the scripture, followed
by the choir singing "True Heart
ed, Whole Hearted."
Reverend Gordon E. Griffin will
lead in prayer. Another anthem
will be followed by the sermon,
"Unto the Heights," given by Dr.
George Bruce. , The benediction,
pronounced by Reverend A. H.
MacDonald, is to be preceded by
"Be Strong, We Are Not Here to
Play," sung by the choir.
The class flower is the garde
nia; class colors, blue and silver:
and the motto, "Not the end, but
the beginning."
CO-PRESIDENTS
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CUP WINNERS
To the moHt outMandiiig Senior boy and girl goe the Walter
Citizenship cup honor. Dick Fhihai-ty and Betty Sue Reed were
selected from the class of '44 to have their name engrave! on
the cup.
Marjorie Lutz and Pauline 11
stad will each serve a semester
of office as Girls' League Presi
dent. Marjorie is also Quill and
Scroll President and A SB Sec
retary and Pauline is vice-president
of Quill and Scroll.
Vocal Instructor
Marries at Eugene
Sgt. Robert Nelson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A: Nelson of Silverton,
and Miss Elene Douglas, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas,
were married on the evening of
April 19, 1944.
This event took place in the
First Christian Church in Eugene,
Oregon, at 9:00. The church was
beautifully decorated, done en
tirely in pink apple blossoms and
softly lighted by candles.
Sgt. Nelson at the time is sta
tioned at San Luis Obispo, and
Mrs. Nelson has continued teach
ing as vocal instructor at Ash
land High.
Their after-war plans are to
live at their 300-acre ranch in
Silverton.
Fiicst Students
Plan to Work
During Vacation
Well, it's almost over!! Only a
few days left, and everyone has
made his plans for the summer.
Here -a what some of the com
ing juniors and seniors plan to
do in their own words!
Bette Golden: "I am going to
work this summer at Chipman's.
Beginning July 5 I have a week
vacation with a free ticket to
and from wherever I want to go."
Lowell Hall: "Draft." Short and
sweet, isn't it?
Donna Allen: "Go to California
and work in a defense plant."
Johnnie Reedy: "I am going to
Los Angeles and work in a de
fense plant. In my spare time 1
will be at the beach. Later I
am going to Oklahoma to visit
relatives."
Faith Warnock: "If my mother
goes on the railroad I'm going
along to cook (heaven help her!)
for her. Otherwise, I'll try to get
an office job."
Roscoe Smith: "Work in a log
ging camp."
Lee Cushman: "Will work in
the Forest Service."
June Ross: Tm going to work
in Berkeley, California."
Tad Can dee: "Work on the rail
road here, so I can keep in con
dition." Yvonne Miles: "Going to Klam
ath Falls for awhile, then loaf in
Vshland.
Bill Roberts: "Work!!"
This issue has been published
by the underclassmen members
of the staff.
WE SUGGEST
a student hall patrol to elim
inate the necessity for having
a faculty member on hall duty
as if we were still - in . grade
school. But if we -acted our
ages there would be no need
for any type of hall supervision.
that the ASB Constitution be
amended to make school elec
tions as nearly as possible like
real governmental elections,
with primaries, election speeches
and real campaigning.
that some organization such as
Hi-Y or the Boys' League do
nate a sum of money to help
the Rogue News stand the add
ed expense of sending free pa
pres to alumni in service.
that more emphasis be placed
on patriotic activities at school,
especially in War Bond drives, j
that more definite action be
taken in questions brought up
at student body meetings.
that every organization (unless
it is an honorary) be required
to have at least one worthwhile
project during the year to jus
tify Its existence. j
Teachers Announce
Varied Summer Plans
Working and taking care of
families seem to be the predomi
nant summer plans for most of
the Ashland Hi teachers.
Mrs. Poston, Mrs. Cook, Mrs.
Van Dyke and Mrs. Lorton plan
to remain in Ashland with their
families for most of the vaca-
Quill and Scroll
Elects Officers
An election of Quill and Scroll
officers for next year was held
Wednesday, May 10. Those elected
Into office were: Marjorie Lutz,
president; Pauline Ulstad, vice
president; and Emily Norris, sec
retary.
New requirements have been
set up for membership. A sketch
of these may be obtained from
Emily Norris.
The following student have
passed these requirements and
were voted upon by the members
to be initiated next year: Betty
Hollingsworth, . Arthur Phillips,
Tommy Newton, Lillian McDon-
ough, Shirley Wilcox, Jean Hard
en, and Rosalie Stauffer.
This was the last meeting to
be held this year. Among the
works of the Quill and Scroll is
the planning of a handbook to
be printed next year for the bene
fit of sophomores and new stu
'dents. tion, and as Mr. Mirlck is to
direct the city band and conduct
the summer band school, he and
his family will also stay fairly
close to home. Mrs. Good and
Mr. Parks have both stated that
they would stay in Ashland this
summer.
The Koehlera will visit Mr.
Koehler's home in Spokane before
assuming new duties in Seattle
In the fall. Moving his family
to Albany looms ahead as a sum
mer job for Mr. Robinson, and
Miss Tyrell and Miss Page will
spend the vacation months in Oak
land and Roseburg respectively.
Mrs. F'orgus will visit in Om
aha. Nebraska, before moving on
to her home in St. Louis, and
Mrs. Nelson plans to be with her
husband. Miss McLarnan states
that her plans Include a visit to
her parents in Iowa,
Coach Simpson will spend some
ot his vacation on a "busman's
holiday." attending coaches' school
preparatory to coaching the Ti
gers next year. Mr. Phillips plans
to work and return to teaching
in the fall, though not at AHS.
m iiosus mm
Editor Marguerite Grunewald
Associate Editors .Henry Bussey, Marjorie Lutz
Adviser .Mary Gean Forgus
Art Phoebe Ansama, Paul Cushman,
Jean Harden, Jean Clary, Gene Berry
Production Mouryne Burton, Laura Billings,
Geraldine Taylor, Marie Hill, Barbara
Swanson, Advanced Typing Class
Business... Bernard Krueger, mgr.; Betty Hollingsworth,
asst. mgr.; Lyda Davis, Rosalee Stauffeur,
Betty Jane Anderson, Clarice Homes,
Bob Johnson. Lilly Belle Haynie,
Doris Hunsley, Jean Fullerton
Reporters Isabel Green, Pat Bell, Gemmy Lee Cooper,
Pauline Ulstad, Emily Norris, Joan Neil, Don Arant,
Tommy Newton, Eva Smith, Alice Beare, Alair Clifton,
Mary Corthel, Barbara Helm, Lillian McDonough, Dick
Merriman, Shirley Wilcox, Vivian Bostwick, Richard
Woodcock, Ida Ricks, Keith Bussey, Marie Cook, Joan
Mowat, Gloria Wenner, Ned Cbapln, Marilyn Young,
Dolores Erwin
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