Rogue news. (Ashland, Or.) 19??-????, December 21, 1951, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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SEASON GREETINGS
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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.
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