Play Fealures
Suspense Trial ,
"Guilty or not guilty." You
can decide the gripping mys
tery at the trial in a New York
courtroom in the senior play,
"The Night of January Six
teenth," November 12-13.
Ksren Andre, played by
Elizabeth Hartford; Nancy Lee,
portrayed by Lynn Sohler; and
attorneys Flint and Stevens,
enacted by Jim Beam and Eric
Swanson compose, the main
leads.
Other cast members include
Steve Peterson, Don Westiall,
Duane Ash, Roberta Ritchie,
Mike Watts, Jim Stubblefield,
Genene Seymour. Ted Kinney,
Emma Hakes, Clinton Moore,
Mike Lee, Ken Stewart, Joe
Baormnn, Donna Mills, Jolene
Deardorff, and Evie Michaels.
Faculty Honored
At PTA Meeting
Faculty members were hon
ored at a program sponsored
by the Ashland High School
rarcnl - Teachers Association
on October 8.
The large crowd attending
was entertained with music by
fie "Tompsters," a college ring
ing group. In keeping with the
Hawaiian-type theme, several
Island hu!as were also featur
ed. Highlighting this segment
of the program was an im
proniDtu hula by Mr. Keith
-' fliotiiey.' j !"7T !T?'"'ft?
Faculty members wire pre
sented "personalized" coffee,
cups which bcre the teacher's
nick-name.
AHS Parade Leads
Homecoming Events
Emphasis is being placed up- Sophomore Bonfire
on sports during the '59 Home- T" blazing flames of the
coming festivities. Ash! and traditional bonfire accompa
High's yell squad introduced nied the fight yells lead by the
the activities with a short pep-rallv squad Thursday night on
assembly Thursday afternoon, the high school baseball dia
"Remember When" was the mond. Responsible for organ
theme of the homecoming pa- j"n event are sophomores
rade held after school Thurs- R!c Callahan, Bill Stultz, Dale
day. Floats were sponsored by Linmger, and Dan Lewis,
each class. ' Queen Ctowned I
Majorettes Judy Gamble, Of the homecoming princess
Kathy Grimm, Ann Weaver, ff Deanna Cullop, Elizabeth
and Lynn Garrett lead the pa- lIa1rtfr, M 'K- Gay
rade followed by the Ashland Schwiebert, and Gayle Weller,
High band under the direction one crowned queen at
of Mr. Raoul Maddox.
Homecoming Queen will be crowned this afternoon from one
of these princesses: Gayle Weller. Gay Schwiebert. Elisabeth
Hartford, Miki O'Keefe. and Deaana Cullep.
in the parade followed by dec
orated cars.
TOG
OCT. 16. 1959
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. ASHLAND. OREGON
the pep assembly this after-
,The Pep Club iarched next M were cho8ea by Letter-
men Club and the queen by
the football team.
The Ashland High Grizzlies
play Grants Pass for their
Homecoming game at eight
o'clock tonight on the home
field. Half-time will feature the
re-crowning of the Homecom
ing Queen. Band, pep club, and
flag girls swill perform the
half-time routines centered a
round "The County Fair
theme.
All Alumni of Ashland Hish
school will be honored at the
Homecoming Dance Friday
'. . night after the game in the
NUMBER 2 Elk's Building.
Sf u denis Aritind
Council Workshop
Trig Problem Challenass IQ's
School Requires
Car Registration
Meredith
Student Body Increases
"Five student - eounfcit mem- Vice-prcMditt; and
beis attended the region five, Williams, secretary.
which includes forty-three stu- The theme for the workshop
dent councils, student council was "Not Ending, Just Begin-
Ashland Senior High School workshop at Coos Bay. This ning." ' ,
has. this year, initiated a stu- s an annual workshop and it A panel discussion with stu.
dent car registration program, was . held in toe Method.st denU from Q
This program, which per- -urcn in September.
tains to student automobiles. Student council members f "T '"T1" on
was adopted at a special meet- who attended were: Paul Al- th,e Pane1' mtfoducf? th sar
ing of the Jackson County ley, president; Forrest Farmer, " workshop. They talked
School Superintendents Asso- second vice-president; Ida May, about .ex experiences deal-
ciation on September 21, 1959. treasurer; Jeanne Millet, first !ng wJth inee- n
President and region five's
president, presided throughout
the day.
.-, After the introduction, six
65 Students Over Last Year N! ?unr jee
Ashland High student body Doyle Marshall, Campbell, tions of officers for region five,
increased from 732 students of Calif.; Margery Moore. Car- "r:"erj rf
Sept. 1958 to 788 for this fall mlchael. Calif.; Cheryl Nelsen,
opening. The freshman class is Glendale, Calif.; Wesley Nick- e day Jen as foUows. more
leading with 24 new students, odemus, Burns; Donna Revel. JJSj
The junior class is next with Hutchinson, Kansas; Larry "f' JJl
17 new students, and the soph- Rusho, Medford; Susan Thomp- " Ll Z- Ptht
omore class 14 and the seniors son, Talent; Pamela Vanderlip, fl"-
with 10 new students. Eagle Pomt;Na Ida Westby. Pa- uKwtlep
New students in a Ashland r .' T : . ., , stieech tonic wai taxation and
Freshmen: Sue Adams, Red- Alvin Brown, Orafino, Idaho; It was decided, by election,
ding, Calif.; Gayle Brumble, Greg Everson; JoAnne Gooch, that Ashland will be the hct
Provo, Utah; Rick Cecil, Both- Fremont, Calif.; Donna Hart, fr the region five student
ell. Wash.; Loren Close, Jack- Thompson Falls, Mont.; Althea council workshop next year,
sonville: Gwendolyn Cole, jcnSen, Chino, Calif.; Sharon Student Council members
Grants Pass; Claudia Everett. Kollenborn, Fort Bragg, Calif.; commented: "I think it was a
Chicago, 111.; Sandra Galyean, Jeneen Lonanecker, San Fer- very useful trip. We received
Phoenix; Joyce Hagerbaumer, nando, Calif.; Tom Moore, many ideas which we will try
Anaheim, Calif.; Kay Lamica, Sheridan, Arkansas; Robert to use," stated Ida. When asked
Grants Pass; Jerry Lasher, Nichols, Medford; Cathie Pos- Meredith said, "I enjoyed the
Klamath Falls; Robert Mc- got, Eugene; Lang Sprague, opportunity .to meet teen-agers
Clure, Phoenix; Carol Mattey, Long Beach, Calif.; Ted Sum- from other schools and it was
Medford; Mike Morris, Evans- ner Salem; Donna Unger, really a good experience work
vitle, Indiana: Kathy Murray, Eagle Point; Bruce Wick, ing on solving other school
Sunland, Calif.; Martha Nicko- Grants Pass; problems." Paul said, "The dis-
demus. Burns; William O'Con- Seniors: Jim Beam, Phoenix, cussion of problems at the
nor. Phoenix; Karen and Kay Ariz.; Jackie Carter, Rogue wdrkshop was a great help. Al
Pritchard, Folsom, Calif; Shir- River; Jeri Cluff, Mesa, Ariz.; so, there was some benefit to
ley Unger. Eagle Point; David Richard Guile, Antigo, Wise.; us because we got .to meet
Westby, Sun Valley, Calif. Jim Johnson, Medford; Larry teen-agers from other schools
Sophomores: Suzie Barnett, Judy, Crescent City, Calif.; and to know them better. It
Glendale, Calif; Lois Adams, Mike Lee, Camarillo, . Calif.; was a worthwhile trip." "We
Redding, Calif.; Kenneth Ber- Mary Murray, Tijunga, Calif.; found at the workshop that we
ry, Dunsmuir, Calif.; Bill Susan Revel, Hutchinson, Kan.; were not the only school to
Brumble. Provo, Utah; Boyd Eric Swanson, Artesia, N. M.; have problems. There were
Eaton: Jim Lane, Eagle Poin; Pat Thompson, Talent; Gerald' many ethers that had similar
Jim McKenzie, Days Creek; Wick, Grants Pass. .. . or nearly identical ones. Meet-
? A
Paul Alley and Wayne Covington, National Merit Scholarship
contenders, discuss current mathematical problem.
Students Compete
For Scholarships
Paul Alley and Wayne Cov
ington have been named semi
finalists in the 1959-60 Nation
al Merit Scholarship .competi
tion, according to principal
Gaylord W. Smith.
Paul tentatively plans to at
tend Stanford University and
pursue his science interests.
Wayne plans to attend Cali
fornia Institute of Technology
where he intends to major in
Engineering and minor in
mathematics.
Paul and Wayne are among
the 10,000 highest scorers on
the qualifying test,-the nation
wide test of educational de
velopment given in over 14,500
high schools last spring. The
Ashland students were among
the semi-finalists who out-scored
over 550,000 classmates.
The two semi-finalists will
face another rigorous three-
ing all of the other students
was very Interesting and edu
cational," Forrest said.
hour examination on Decem
ber 5, 1959, and if they repeat
their high scores on this sec
ond test they will become
finalist with other students in
the competition.
As finalists the students will
be eligible for scholarship
awards sponsored by an esti
mated 100 business and organ
izations, professional societies,
foundations, individuals, and
the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation itself.
Extra - curricular activities,
school citizenship and leader
ship qualities will be evaluated
along with the scores on the
test.
'Smile Please'
"Smile," was heard ' by the
Ashland High School students
on Monday, September 28, by
Mr. Jack Gruber, of Superior
Photos, who comes each year
to the school to take pictures.
Freshman and Sophomore pic
tures which were taken, will
be used In the school annual.
Junior and Senior pictures for
the annual were taken at Men
ory Lane at a different time.