PAGE TWO hoc o n fa e y SEASON GREETINGS v r IDAYUIffEMBER 21. 1951 ROGUE'S GALLERY 1 Please, Santa, Don't J Bring These Items Lots of boys and girls write letters to Santa Claus asking for numerous gifts on Christmas Day. Hero is one letter that didn't get mailed to the North Pole. Guess the poor boy didn't have the courage to defy tradi tion. Dear Santa, Every year 1 write to you, asking for things. But this year I'm sending a list of things I would just as soon not receive: A Boy Wonder Chemistry Set A wool muffler four feet long A tie clip (I have four) A pair of rubbers A book on English authors. A Tond Home Permanent A shirt autographed by Hop- Swiss Christmas Customs Unusual HAVE A GOOD VACATION From Rogue News Stoff along Cassidy Anything that smells like cologne, no matter what the label says A five-year subscription to the American Observer A letter that begins "Greetr ings " If you will just not send me any of these things, Santa, I will have a very Merry Christmas. Yours respecti fully, (Name torn off) a Said Johnnie to Jimmie "Oh, shut up! If it weren't for you I would have two heads." I JIMMIE STUCKEY IRENE HARTLE Shy, likeable, Irene Hartle was born just eighteen years in Vale, Oregon. Irene attended school in Salem before she entered school here in Ashland in the sixth grade. Baking cakes and sewing are what she likes to do most. She knits and crochets; she likes movies, roller skating, and car nivals. Her favorite car is a Mercury; subject, driving; food, chicken. Her one pet peeve is people who phone you and say, "Guess who." Irene hasn't decided yet what she will do when she graduates, but she hopes to go to work in Portland. Irene advises the sophomores to get the most out of their high school days. "Study real hard!" GARY CROWSON -Jimmie Stuckey, 5' 10", a seventeen-year-old senior, was born in Sherdon, Arkansas, on December 12, 1934. He is an Explorer Scout and is a member of Hi-Y and Thes pians. Trigonometry is his favorite class but he has no preference of teachers. After graduation this June he expects to attend SOC for his first year of college work. Jimmie has no particular : hobby, but his favorite pastimes are participating in dramatics erators, called "hams and watching June Allyson on ; does not yet have a Melodious Christmas Carols Tell of True Yule Spirits All countries do not celebrate Christmas in the same way. For instance many of the customs in Switzerland seem odd or pe culiar to us. The day before Christmas a sleigh drawn by eight reindeer comes down the street. Among Christkindli (Christ Child). Hei""''i'c" ",B -"-is hailed as the donor of all gifts mas slory- in Switzerland. i The idea caroling fitted On the sleigh there are var- ! admirably into the English con lous sizes of Christmas trees ception of Christmas as a corn- decorated with manv glittering bination of religious eelebra Christmas carols express bet ter than anything else, prob ably, the true spirit of Christ mas. The word "carol" itself signifies a song of joy or exul tation. It was about the 16th century that caroling became a Christ mas custom, and is supposed to have been brought to England from Italy by the traveling clergy. The first real Christmas ; carol is attributed to St. Fran cis of Assist who made a model of the Bethlehem manger to the screen He "laid down the law" for "One Wild Night," the Anniver sary play. He and his twin brother were the first boys ever to be pages for the Shakespear ean plays in Ashland. He likes both popular and classical music; his favorite piece of popular music is Too Young. Tennis is his favorite sport. Chartreuse is his favorite color. His ambition is to be an F.B.I. investigator. Tall, blue-eyed, blond haired Gary is a familiar figure around Ashland High. Born in Ashland, Gary lives at 76 Dewey Street. He attend ed Washington Grade School, then junior high and now sen ior high here in Ashland. All of this makej him one of the few students that has attended all twelve years of school at Ash land. Gary is a member of the Ash land Radio Club. Members of the club are amateur radio op- Gary license. Christmas Poe ornaments. There are rosy ap ples, oranges, nuts, cookies and packages. With the aid of help ers Christkindli distributes the gifts among the children. On Christmas Eve if any member of the family is coura geous enough to consult the oracle about the length of his life, he opens the family Bible and turns to the book of Psalms. tion and a great home day with neighborly feelings, so it grew and flourished in that country. Little bands and groups of sing ers would go from door to door as early as December 21, an nouncing the feast of St. Thom as. It was natural for the house holders to offer hospitality to these Christmas troubadours, and gradually in many places, the custom of giving alms and presents of various kinds was established. There were for a time com- , c is for Christmas names ot singers wnose leaders hold office by public appoint ment and who obtained -an ex clusive right to solicit contribu tions from the public. This prac tice threatened to spoil the meaning of the custom, and was stopped in 1820. Often the carolers would be accompanied by tumblers and actors who gave a spirit of revelry to the occasion. After the Restoration, the re ligious nature of thv day was for a time almost forgotten in the reaction from Puritanism, and the carol was temporarily lost in the songs. Today, carols are sung by everyone, in church, in school, and In the home. They can be heard over the radio, and on the phonograph records, but they still mean the same thing: a hymn of praise sung at Christmas. The best time of the year. H is for holly That helps to bring cheer. R is for rooms That are decorated so fine. I is for icicles ', That hang in a line. S is for stockings We hang up at night. j T is for toys So shiny and bright. j M is for merry times The children have all won. A is for all Who join in the fun. S is for Santa We all like to see ! Hanging the gifts un tne ennstmas "9& J j 7 Brutal and Gwyrt 5 The Flag of Man which would allow him to op erate his own set, but he hopes to get one soon. He became in terested in radio mainly through his father, who s a li censed operator. During his first two years of high school Gary was a mem ber of the Grizzly Knights. This year he belongs to the Sports man's Club. Each ypar when summer va cation rolls around. Gary has a '. Job at the Ashland Cabinet ; j works, where he helps assemble j furniture, cuts glass and does v other odd jobs. j After graduation Gary hop ; i to attend college. " ! i . 4 j How Good $ Your) j Yule Vocabulary? ' Here's a word puzzle to test your wits during the Christmas vacation. See if you can answeT all the parts before looking at the answers below. 1. Saint Nick . 2. Christ Child's birth place . .. 3. Who said "Bah, humbug!" Support the Advertisers U.S. Should Not Help Finance Worthy Students is Opinion of Ecbn. Class T Every week in the Social eminent would not only pay Not long ago a cat was found at Ashland High School. It was an ordinary cat, grey, with a few spots of white. Nothing un usual,: except that it was dead. Even this is not too strange. But how it died that Is a dif ferent story! -: ' - It had been mercilessly tor tured! With a thin cable wreo- why the proposal would not be I ped around, its neck, forming 4. Burned during the Christ mas season 5. Every home has one .... .. 6. These are mailed Romantic plant 8. Group singing 9. Santa's home 10. Children hang these on the fireplace . 11. A present . .... . ... .. .... 12. Present at Christ's birth Econ. classes, there is a debate between four students, or be tween sides . of the room on problems that are important to high school students. These, de bates count as a nine-weeks pro ject for the students who parti cipate in them, so the points are prepared with care to stand up under the criticism of the other side and the rest of the class. Recently, Ryle Stemple and Wayne Johnson debated against Chuck Rensfield and John Hop kins on the topic "Resolved: That the Federal Government should help finance worthy stu dents at college." "Worthy stu dents" was defined ' as 1 those who had a high grade average; "finance" meant that the gov- tuition and book fees, but, room and board as well, just as it does for the veteran. Affirmative speakers,. Wayne and Ryle, backed up their con viction . with these statements: The poor should have an equal opportunity for a college edu cation. The nation and the gov ernment ..would be -. better if more people were educated. The government spends so much for minor things it could afford to spend some for education.- The people need . and,.. want these government scholarships. . It worked for the G h after the war, and the nation needs train ed leaders for the future. . , Chuck and John, on the nega- I tive side, gave these reasons wise: We need to use all avail able money for defense at this time. The elementary and high schools should be helped first. There would be too much poli tics involved. Any student sup ported by the government would feel a moral obligation to the government. Nearly all our great men had to work for their education, and students would not value their , education as much if it were free. Before the debate, the class voted 12 to 5 ,in favor of the resolution; afterward, the vote changed, in favor of tne nega tive, 10 to 7. This indicated that the negative had the best points, but the class decided that the affirmative gave the better de-bat;. perfect .noose, it had been pulled high into the air. and left there, the cold autumn air swinging it back and forth. On a tall brightly shining fwle where should have, been flying the flag 4 our United States could be seen instead a grizzly sight- A new flag, not symbolic of free dom and liberty, but of death and hatred. A flag of evil. A flaR of cruelty and inhumanity. A flag of man. 13. "O Come All Ye Faithful" 14. Reindeer with shiny nose 15. Circle of leaves hung on a door . . 16. Child's delight on Christ mas morning .... . ' 17. JoUy Old St 18. While Shepherds Watched Their .......... . . by Night 19. Christmas Greeting Answers: - 1. Santa Claue 2. Stable 3. Scrooge 4. Yule logs 5. Tree- 6. Cards 7. Mistletoe 8. Caroling, 9. North Pole 10. Stockings 11. Gift 12. Shep herds 13. Adeste Fidelis 14. Ru dolph 1$. Wreath 16. Toy 17. Nick 18. Flocks 19. Merry Christmas. Support the Advertisers is PROVOST FURNITURE PERRINE'S 'Better" Cloth for Law Mossy