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JUNIORS SCORE HIGHEST DURING SECOND SEMESTER HONOR ROLL FRI.. MAY 26. 1961 ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. ASHLAND. OREGON NUMBER 6 Vx I v 'j ' , - 1 KV" v .,V i J ' - 1 ' ; . . .. . f " - - ! ? ? t j T Prom Princess (left io right) Sara Vandenburgh. Gayle Weller. Prom Queen Gay Schweibert, and Princesses Jacquie Fask shown after the crowning by Rick Callahan, junior class president. 'Parisian Paradise' Theme for Jr. Prom Soft lights and low music were in evidence last Saturday night, May 20, as Ashland High School students took a trip to a "Parisian Paradise" at the annual Junior-Senior Prom. Held at Britt Center, the prom was sponsored by the jun ior class in honor of the grad uating seniors. Highlighting the evening was the crowning of the queen, Gay Schweibert. Her court con sisted of Jacque Faske, Pat Par sons, Sara Vandenburgh, and Gayle Weller. Gay was crown ed by junior class president, Rick Callahan. Co-chairmen of the event were Peg Parsons and Rick Cal lahan, junior class vice-presi dent and president. Under their leadership, the class has been striving all year to earn the re quired amount of money to sponsor the dance. According to Mr. Gaylord Smith, princi pal, the prom was one of the "best yet." SOPHOMORES PRESENT HAWAIIAN DANCE THEME Leis were placed around the new school officers' necks as they were introduced at the Hula Hop, Friday night, April 28, sponsored by the sophomor- Students Wanted For Judo Class "On the judo mat, sportsman ship is king and safety his law," stated black belt instructor Lar ry Nolte. Judo class is held in the small SOC gym at four o'clock every Tuesday afternoon. High school students are urged to attend. There is no fee for the class. Dress should be sweat clothes or cotton pants and white socks for boys and a blouse or sweat shirt with loose fitting pants and white socks for girls. Instruction consists of learn ing how to roll and fall. Escap ing from different holds and taking different holds when the occasion is rig.it are also taught. After the rolls and falls are mastered, throws are shown, starting with the basic ones and progressing to the more diffi cult arts. Larry Nolte, the instructor, stressed that the class can offer something of value to anyone. IThis class is not just for the ! young and physically fit, but for anyone, 15 years old and older. The purpose of this class is to better acquaint people with the art of judo and to show what went into the making of judo as it is today. Everyone Is wel come whether he is interested in the sport, self defense, physi cal exercise, or socializing with others. Those students eligible for Honor Roll during the second six weeks period of the second semester numbered 32, from the Junior class, 22 from the Senior class, and 20 from the Sophomore class. The seniors led with the largest number of students on Honorable Men tion and Honor Roll combined. Juniors Judy Benson, Farley Buell, Richard Byrns, Rick Callahan, Sandra Colasuonno, Jim Col lier, Nancy Conrad, Janet Cov ington, Carol Dodge, Joan Dra ger, Judy Eberhart, Dave Ever ett, Robert Ford, Linda Gray, Joey Hinkson, Karen Hinrichs, Frances Holmes, Ron Kirsher, Dan Lewis, Dale Lininger, Lynn Merriman, Janet Miller, Margie Moore, Wes Nickodem- Marion Parker, Peg Par- RICK CALLAHAN CHOSEN TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Rick Callahan has been se lected from this district to go to the National Student Coun cil Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on June 18 to June 22. Rick sent a letter of application to the Region 5 ad visors telling them why hi- wanted to go and how he thought he could help this re gion when he got back. Rick also sent information concern- Craig Pennington was head ing the organizations he has be chairman of the dancp. The re longed to during his past freshments, selected by Betty schooling. I Martin, were Hawaiian punch , and cookies. Claudia Everett, decorations chairman, took ad Clem Stein was there to play records. A combo consisting of Bob Vories, Russ Bl-iir, and I Richard Bushnell added their i touch to the dance by playing I various numbers. The conference will consist of various meetings to discuss na tional problems. Rick will oe required to make a report to the district conference next year at Klamath Falls and also to the Region 5 advisors. He will try to help any school in this district from what he learns. Rick was allotrd $125 for the trip by the Region 5 council. The other delegate from this district is Daniel Hjyes from Crater High School in Central Point. Jack Tobiasson was the last delegate to go from this dis trict in 1957. The conference was held in New Mexico that vear. vantage of the poles in the cafeteria making them into palm trees. A mural, accented by blue lights at one end of the cafeteria, added to the Hawai ian theme. Publicity was hand led by Jane Hennick. Because the seniors will soon be graduating, and leav ing Ashland High School, this edition is dedicated to them. In it. we have tried to include some important in formation about the class of 1961. their wills and proph ecies of their futures. We hope that the seniors will en joy it. Officers Selected For GAA District Terry McKinnis, a sopho more at Ashland Senior High, was elected to the office of Dis trict 9 representative of GAA for 1961-62 at the district meet ing held Saturday, May 6, at Eagle Point. As a result of the election of Terry to this posi tion, all district meetings will be held at Ashland. District 9 for GAA includes Jackson, Klamath, and Lake Counties, plus the cities of Grants Pass and Illinois Val-1 ley. During the same meeting Carol Bjork, also a sophomore at Ashland was elected as a can didate for a state GAA office from District 9. This election will be held October 28, at Cot tage Grove, Oregon. Quill and Scroll Plans Activities Mrmbers of Quill and Scroll planned a car wash and a spring picnic at a meeting held Thursday, April 20, in Mrs. Mc Alaster's room. Sue Rude was appointed head of the car wash held Saturday April 29. Sally Stringer and Linda Gray are in charge of planning a iprinc picnic. Students Register For Coming Year Once again students at Ash land High School began pre registration on May 1, for the coming 1961-62 school year. Sophomore students receiv ed registration blanks in their biology classes, with juniors receiving theirs in the U.S. history classes. Registration was continued thru the week while students signed with the different teach ers for the periods of their choice. Concluding the registration period was Frosh Visitation Day, held Monday, May 8, for the first time at AHS. During the afternoon in-coming soph omore students from the Ash land Junior High became famil iar with the curriculum of Ash land High. Members of the AHS Student Council assisted in showing new students to the different classes. With the conclusion of four th period at 1:30 p.m. all AHS students were dismissed for the rest of the afternoon. sons, busan Kude, .Karen Schopf, Martha Schwiebert, Sally Stringer, Sue Thompson, and Dolores Westgaard. Seniors Jerry Burns, Tom Colasuon no, Sidney DeBoer, Mary Lea Gray, Rob't Grow, Duane Hall, Jerry Hauck, Linda Hill, Nan cy Jonhston, Pete Kreisman, Bill Lawrence, Jim Lewis. Lin da Lewis, Joyce Long, Phil Mc Culloch, Betty McDonald. Rita Mapes, Leona Martin, Billee Kay Mearns, Linda Neal, Julia Oeser, and Sara Vandenburgh. Sophomores Carol Bjork, Charles Cal houn, Linda Decker, Claudia Everett, Nancy Grow, Sandy Hamilton, Carolyn Harmon, Jane Hennick, Tod Hess, Carol James, Jim Lamb, Barbara Lawrence, Betty Martin, Terry McKinnis, Elaine Meads, Craig Pennington, Paula Prescott, Jim S. Smith, Doree Woodell, and Kathy Zimmerlee. 'Our Town' Seen By Junior Class "Our Town," a Pulitzer prize winning play written by Thorn ton Wilder was seen by the junior class of Ashland High School on April 10, at 1:30 p.m. The students traveled to the Southern Oregon College cam pus, accompanied by Miss Christopher, Mrs. Sohler, Mrs. McAlaster, and Mr. Leybold. The play was produced by special arrangement with Sam uel French, directed by Angus Bowmer and presented by the SOC Players. For the week previous to Ap ril 10th the junior class had been studying the elements of the play and different phases of the humanities on wiiii.-h the play is based. Former students of Ashland High, Diana Fletcher Gorge Converse, and Mike Watts ap peared in the play along with a present memic cf the stu dent body, Ross Johnston. PLANS FOR FOREIGN STUDENT FOR 1961-62 ARE ANNOUNCED Yvonne Elisabeth Nicolson, i ior year of high school Her Ashland High School's first foreign exchange student, is ex pected to arrive sometime in August. She lives in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Yvonne is five feet, seven in ches tall, weighs 133 pounds. She is well versed in the Eng lish language, as she has stud ied it for 12 years. She also speaks French, and Afrikaan. Her interests are varied, j iney mciuae music, aancmg, playing the piano, and the branches of art. Her favorite school subjects are biology and archaeology. Yvonne also en joys tennis, swimming, basket ball, and judo, and is a member of the Methodist church. In 1954, Yvonne accompan ied her parents on an extensive tour of Europe. They visited several countries, including: Holland, Germany, Switzer land, Italy, Austria, France, Belgium, England, and Scot land. She will make her home in Ashland at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Fries, and their daughter, Judy Benson. After her arrival, her hosts plan to take her on short trips throughout the Pacific Nor.h-west. visit is made possible through the American Field Service Foreign Exchange Student Pro gram. Next summer, for six weeks, an Ashland student will be chosen to live in a foreign coun try under the same program. This student will be chosen from the current sophomore class. Yvonne is visiting for the entire school Ashland year of Yvonne Elisabeth NiccUon. Ashland High School's first foreign exchange student 11961-62, which vill bs her ssu- j Itom Pteloiij, Loulii Afiic.
