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HOMECOMING PRINCESS
JUNIOR
JANIE CLARK
Science
At Ashland
Library
High
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FRI., OCT. 13, 1961
ASHLAND, ORE.
NUMBER 2
'Man in Outer Space' Chosen
Annual Homecoming Theme
This year the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Science is promoting a new
method of acquainting students
with the world of science.
Ashland High School is one of
many schools in Oregon that is
participating in the new program
of Traveling Science Libraries
Under this system the school
libraries receive different books
pertaining to many sciences such
as medicine, physics, chemistry
biology, dentistry, mathematics,
phychology, astronomy, bacterio
logy, geology, and oceanography
to be used by all students in the
school. They are to be handled in
the same manner as all other
books in the library and students
arc urged to take full advantage
of this library while it is available.
These books are to be rotated
every four months among the
various other schools in the
program.
Students to Attend
Press Conference
Arthur S. Fleming, Secretary
of Health, Education and Welfare
in the Eisenhower administration
and new president of the Uni
versity of Oregon, is the banquet
speaker at the Oregon High School
Press Conference October 13 and
14. in Eugene.
Students from the journalism
class and the annua! staff will
attend this meeting. Linda Gray,
Sally Slringer, Lonna Baize, and
Mr. and Mrs. McAlastor will re
present the Regue News. Margie
Moore, Rick Tierce, Claudia Ever
ctte, Terry Skibby, and Mrs. Schler
will go for the annual staff.
Bill Ebcrhart, Oregon manager
of United Press International, is
the speaker at the opening lunch
eon , Friday, October 13. Jack
Jarvis, columnist and feature
writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
is the speaker at the
closing luncheon the next day.
The students who are attending
the conference will attend classes
Friday and Saturday morning to
get new ideas for the paper and
annual. The advisors will have
special classes in which they will
criticize the work they have done
in the past and ways to
prove it.
"Man in Outer Space" was the
theme chosen by the homecoming
committee headed by Sue Mittag
and Gary Wallace for the 1961
annual homecoming celebration.
The first celebration took place
last night with a roaring bonfire
built and ignited by the sopho
more class. Yelleaders Joy Ilink
son, Sue Mittag, Kay Moore,
Sharon O'Keefe, Peggy Parsons,
Martha Schweibert, and Delores
Westgaard, led the students in
attendance in numerous yells and
cheers.
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Princesses Chosen
The second homecoming event
will take place this afternoon at
the pep assembly at which the
princesses will be introduced and
the queen will be crowned. Ac
cording to tradition, two junior
princesses and three senior prin
cesses were chosen. Junior prin
cesses are Janie Clark and Jodie
MacCollister.
Senior princesses are Judy
Eberhart, Karen Felter, and
Cheryc Meggers. One of the se
niors will be crowned queen.
Annual Parade
Alter the pep assembly, the
students will gather outside the
school and form a parade, which
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HOMECOMING PRINCESS
JUNIOR
JODY MACCOLLISTER
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COLLEGE SPEAKERS
TALK TO SENIORS
October 5 was the visitation
date of some of the independent
colleges of Washington and Ore
gon. Representatives from Cascade
College, George Fox College.
Lewis and Clark, Linfield, Maryl
hurst College, Pacific University.
Reed College, University of Port
land, Whitworth, Willamitte Uni
versity and schools of nursing
talked to the seniors giving in
formation concerning the colleges.
One week earlier, in Mr. Lewis's
modern problems classes, Mrs.
Iona Taylor informed the seniors
of how and when to apply for
scholarships, entrance examina
tions, and requirements and ex
plainer the college catalog and
other available material.
Mis. Taylor has also ordered
new Kuder tests to find out
where the interests of sophomores
lie. These tests plus the mental
maturity tests will take place
soon.
HOMECOMING PRINCESS
SENIOR
JUDY EBERHART
will take them through town and
back to school. Participants in the
parade will be yelleaders, pep
club, flag girls, band, club and
class floats, and individual de
corated cars. A prize will be
awarded to the class with the best
float.
Climaxed by Game
The homecoming celebration
will be climaxed by tonight's game
with Grant's Pass. Half-time activ
ities will include routines by the
flag girls, band, and pep club, and
introduction of the queen and her
court.
After the game the annual
Alumni dunce will be held.
Jack Shafer
Qualifies as
Semi-Finalist
Jack Shafer, Ashland High
School senior, has been named a
semi-finalist in nation-wide com
petition by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation.
Jack received this honor on
the basis of a test administered
last March. He is among the one
per cent of all seniors in Oregon
to be named a semi-finalist in
this scholarship competition.
He will now be eligible to
compete on a second test to be
given on December 2. If he
receives a winning score on this
test, he will be eligible for one
of the numerous scholarships
awarded each year by this corporation.
HOMECOMING PRINCESS
SENIOR
KAREN FELTER
HOMECOMING PRINCESS
SENIOR
CHERYE MEGGERS