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ROGUE' NEWS
FRI.. MARCH 12. 1954
ROGUE NEWS
Published every month by the Journalism Class of the
Ashland High School, Ashland, Oregon
EDITOR IN CHIEF .. BILL BATES
NEWS EDITOR MAXINE CHAMPION
FEATURE EDITOR JEANETTE McDONALD
SPORTS EDITOR JIM WATRUS
BUSINESS MANAGER .
CIRCULATION EDITOR
EXCHANGE EDITOR
ADVISER
KENNA G AN DEE
CARLE EN CARLISLE
..... LOIS MAY
MISS JOYCE OHLSEN
Remember Your Responsibilities
With the coming of spring we find that Ashland
High opens doors to many different opportunities
and activities.
All of us should take part in some of these extra
curricular activities. But at the same time let me
urge you to remember the importance of keeping
your grades up.
Many of the seniors, myself included, are only
now realizing how extremely important our grades
are now and will be in the future to our own security.
Often I have regretted past laziness when, all too
late, I find that my poor attitude has kept rich opporr
tunities from me.
Writing from what little experience I have re
ceived in the past, it is rather apparent to me, that
people judge a person not by his potential ability but
by how much he has accomplished with what he has.
When as a senior, a student selects his college it
is natural for him to try for a scholarship of some
type. Nearly everyone has some outstanding ability,
however, a college is primarily interested in a stu
dent's Grade Point Average, WHILE LN HIGH
SCHOOL. They are of the opinion that a person who
possesses extraordinary ability in some field but
fails to attain satisfactory grades, will be of little or
no value to the school. This stands to reason because,
what good could a student do if he flunks his sub
jects? W.E.B.
Our Fairy Tails
DRAGNET STRIKES AGAIN
My name is Friday! I'm a
cop!
It was June 16th and the
prince sent out an order to pick
up any girl who could get her
foot in a size 2 glass slipper.
My job; find her!
It was 8 o'clock that night
when I was summoned by my
assistant Monday to 24th and
Kings Street. When I arrived,
he informed me a girl called
Cinderella was working as a
chorus girl at the Palace.
Monday and I worked out a
plan to get the girl without
causing suspicion.
Late in the night we fol
lowed her to a cold water flat
along the waterfront. We know
that it was cold water because
Monday fell in and came out
an ice cube.
Since Monday had to be
thawed out we went back to
the office and got out a war
rant for Cinder to be picked
up the next day.
The next afternoon two of
my best men, Thursday and
Saturday were sent "out to get
her.
About an hour later they
came back with the beautiful
blonde. We asked her if she
could wear a size 2 glass slip
per She said she couldn't. We
gave her the slipper test She
was lying It was a perfect
fit.
We turned her over to the
Prince and our job was done.
Below is the sentence she received.
On June 18th, Cinder mar
ried the Prince and lived hap
pily ever after.
20TH CENTURY CINDY
A Letter to the Juniors
Dear Juniors,
We hope you don't mind if
we seem inquisitive, but since
the time is nearing for the
Prom, we are rather worried.
We haven't heard anything
about your plans for the Prom,
so we thought we would give
SLEEPING -BEAUTY inext United to the Riviera
Once unnn a tim. .hr ,o. Iwhere thev st the next 18
born, to Sheik and his Sheikess ,ye"S'
a sleek little Shickess who was I Durin8 h's time the Sheikess
Schick. jgrew into a beautiful woman.
When the Sheiks valet went Th Sheik, her father, sold
out to find the leprechauns of ,cashewed crabs to tourists and
the sand dunes he found them made enou8h for the both of
all, all that is except one. them to live comfortably.
So the little fellows saddled When she reached her 18th
their camels and made tracks birthday, she was walking thru
to the camp of the sheik. (the town when an old lady, who
But the -little gnome who jwas really the gnome incognito,
wasn't invited stayed behind ame upon her and bade her
and laid out plans to get re- follow.
venge.
Upon arriving at Sahib's
wickiup they entered and be
gan to give their blessings upon
the little Sheikess.
Then in' popped the mean
little guomes, who immediately
cast an evil spell upon , the
little girl. That if she ever
touched sand she would fall
asleep for 100 years.
Her father Sheik Ibn Saud
They got down to the beach
and she stuck the girl's head
in an ant hill.
When they finally pulled her
out, she was out.
Her poor father went crazy
trying to revive her and at
last fell dead at her bedside.
A handsome young prince
came by one hundred years
later and hit her across the
nose with an orange peel.
Inhalf was half out of his head whereupon she arose, looked
with worry. at her father's bones, sang two
But being a good Sheik, he choruses of "Oh Mcin Papa"
and baby daughter caught the and left with the prince.
Desires Revealed By Rally Squad
Students Slacken
As Spring Appears
When one mentions Spring to
an Ashland High School stu
dent, it means many things dif
ferent than the customary def
inition, such as the start of
the growing season or the close
.of school for another year.
It means the start of the
swimming parties, planning for
the Junior-Senior banquet, or
the coming of Spring vacation
and the State Basketball
Championships, and some of
the following events:
The dawning of Spring us
ually finds the high school
hoopsters nestled very firmly
in the cellar of the Southern
Oregon Conference. Despite
this, Ashland has had its share
of the All-Star players.
After the long winter and
being indoors so long, the com
ing of the sun tempts many
students to take the afternoon
off. Unfortunately, this is just
asking for a f-ee pass Into the
Dean's office.
Toward the end of May, the
lettermen hold their annual
chicken feed and swimming
party. The new lettermen. at
this time, find themselves
blasted over the head with in
ner tubes and then participat
ing in the swimming -suit
scramble. By the time the new
members find their suits, the
old lettermen have already
eaten the choice pieces of
chicken, and all they get is .the
south end "of thw fowl.
Finally, the whole year is
climaxed when the HIGH AND
you a few suggestions.
First of all, we finally have
a gym of our own pd we
thought it would be ideal for
the dance. There are so many
ways you can decorate it, by
lowering the ceiling, etc. Last
year, we found the Elks Club
very difficult to decorate be
cause of the pillars in the mid
dle of the floor and the banquet
had to be held in the same
room as the dance. If you could
hold the dance in the gym and
the banquet at the Elks, it
would provide a convenient in
termission. Many of the schools
near Ashland, for" instance
Medford, make good use of
their gym by holding their
Prom in it.
In case you have not selected
the theme yet, here are a few
of our ideas: the "Mardi Gras"
would be different and "Stair
way to Paradise" could be dec
orated with pink clouds and
angels, etc. other suggestions
would be "Ebbtide," "China
town," "South Pacific" or
"Evening in Paris."
Don't forget that good music
is an important part in making
a dance a success.
We hope you have as much
fun planning this year's Prom
as we did last year. Good luck
because you'll need it.
Some worried members
of the Senior Class.
P.S. Please don't forget our
suggestion about having the
Prom in the Gym because most
of the Seniors agree that that
would be the best place.
Watching the Grizzlies in
action this year, you have no
doubt noticed our peppy yell
leaders.
Taking a survey of all the
yell squad, we came across with
this information:
Barbara Wray:
This cute senior, as you all
know, is yell queen this year.
When asked what her fav
orite man must be, Barbara
replied, "Just l'ke Chuck." Bar
bara plans to marry Chuck
Bonds in early 1955, when he
comes back from Japan, after
serving in the Marine Corps.
Barbara's favorite pastimes
are eating, sleeping, , dancing,
and swimming. She has re
ceived some honored awards
this year, such as the D.A.R.
award and Sports Queen.
She plans to leave for Se
attle in August and attend a
Once upon a time there was
a real gone clan living in the
lonely suburbs of Broadway.
The infant of this family
was a well-stacked babe named
Cinderella. Actually Cindy
wasn't a part of this here fam
ily. That is, she was her older 'finishing school. m
sisters' step-sister and her old- Mary Jean Davis:
er sisters weren't her sisters; I ou can 1 miss lms cule al
they were her step-sisters, too, tr?ni dn the halls during
. . .. . . . school. Mary Jean s favorite
but I can't remember what steps saying is 4.Hi Fattie!"
Anyway, this doll's step- Ask her what her favorite
sisters were really "cubes": 'man must be-like and she'll
5'9", nose that shines, face that reply, "TALL!"
looks like Frankenstein!; to get Mary Jean plans to attend
on with this story, these cubes S.O.C. this fall. She would like
were invited to the annual in
stallation of the Exhausted
Rooster of the New York Stork
Club and they didn't want
Cindy to make an appearance
so they put her in the electric
dish washer and turned it on.
Well, about this time a dish
rag thief happened along and
found Cindy. "You remind me
of Marilyn Monroe," said the
thief. "Any relation?" "Nah!"
said Cindy, "you're all wet."
Im not the only one, said
to further her education in
secondary teaching, if possible
basketball tops her list in the
line of sports.
Tom Swift:
Sacramento, California, was
the birthplace of Yell King Tom
Swift. Tom first enrolled in
the Ashland schools when he
was in the sixth grode.
He is 6 feet tall, with blue
eyes and blond hair. He stated
that he likes to square dance
better than anything else, and
his favorite sport is swimming..
Tom plans to continue his edu
cation after he graduates next
year.
Cathy Clark:
Cathy first saw the light of
day on May 14, 1937, in Sioux
City, Iowa. She is one of the
few who has attended Ashland
schools ever since the first
grade. Cathy is 5 feet 3 in.
tall, and likes football, candy,
and "just driving around."
She is also a member of the
G.A.A. and Job's Daughters.
She stated her ideal man should
be about 5 feet 11 inches and
have blue eyes and brown hair.
Her ambition is to go to Ore
gon State College and study to
be a nurse.
TOM EIDSWICK
Born in Santa Rosa, Cali
fornia, Tom Eidswick lived
there from the time of his
birth, February 15, 1938 until
the thief, and with that he Uver & onions; sports golf &
picked up a dishtowel and did Bwimming; saying "Agony!";
color green; and she dislikes
people who don't yell at games.
Her favorite man must be dark
complected and be in the U.S.
Army at the present time.
Jeanette plans to attend Ore
gon State College after gradua-
Mary Jean's favorite pas- ,,,ovl'? l. "s"ia"
, . j : j when Tom was in the fifth
grade.
Tom has taken an active part
as a member of the yell squad
and Hi Y.
He has blond hair, blue eyes.
and staqds S feet, 6 inches tall.
His favorite sport is football.
When Tom finishes his jun
ior and senior years in school,
he plans to Join the Navy.
times are also dancing and
swimming.
Jeanette McDonald:
This cute brown-eyed, brown
haired girl is also a member of
the yell squad. Jeanette was
born in Gooding, Idaho, on
January 14, 1936. She moved
here when she was in the fifth
grade.
Her favorites are: food
MIGHTY SENIORS receive
their diplomas and step out to
make a place for themselves in
the world.
Support the Advertisers in
the Rogue News.
a toe dance out the front door.
Well, Cindy was feeling
pretty washed out about this
time; that treatment in the dish
washer had really taken the
starch out of her. So just like
in the original story, up pops
a fairy god mother out of the :tion.
garoage disposal unit ana
blessed her with a snappy blue
caddy convertible and she was
off like a herd of turtles.
When she got' to the dance
she decided that if she only
had till midnight she'd better
work fast so she took off her
glass slipper and threw it at
the Grand Exhauted Rooster,
knocking him colder than an
arctic fleabeatle and packed
him off to the preacher.
What happened to the fairy
god mother? Who knows? Have
ycu checked your gurfcaije dis
posal unit lately?
Lee Anne Leach:
Short and Sweet describes
LeeAnne Leach, one of our jun
ior yell leaders. ieeAnne was
born in North Bend, Oregon,
March 17, 1937. She moved to
Ashland while still in the third
grade.
LeeAnne is exactly 5 feet
tall, has dark brown hair and
green eyes. She is very active
in school affairs: she is also a
member of Job's Daughters,
Girl Scouts, and the Art Club.
Her favorite pastime is playing
th piano, as she ltke wiusic
In - general. It seems that
STUDENTS ON VACATION
It's going to be a very hap
py week, March 12 through 22.
Let's pretend it's that time
now and here I am looking into
my crystal ball to find out
what some of our Ashland
High students are doing.
I'm looking very hard and a
figure is coming into view.
Well, it's Big Watt Jim Wat
rus) and you can't imagine
where he is In Areata, Cali
fornia, seeing his girl.
Now I'm looking into Port
land, no, it's in Oswego, and I
see Walt McCoy. Man is he
having a time, five girls on
each arm!
Coming into view now is
Wanda Oden and Cynthia Pick
ell and they are in "wedding
dresses." I wonder why?
Soon we'll all be back to
school buckling dcnn to the fi
nal "ordeal!"