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Band Travels
To Berkeley
Ashland High School's Bpnd
will participate in the University
of California's Band Day on Nov
American Heritage
Tours Are Slated
Say! Are any of you juniors or
seniors interested in taking a trip
to the eastern United States,
Mexico, or Europe? The American
I Heritage Association sponsors
several trips each year to these
places for selected applicants.
Students who are selected for
the trips to the eastern United
States will leave between June 9
and July 16, 1962, depending on
which of the five trips they are
taking. This trip includes visiting
Washington D.C., Gettysburg, the
U.N., Annapolis, and Jamestown.
The cost for 18 days is $333 and
the cost for 28 days is $475.
America Heritage Association
18, at Berkeley California. They I Youth Ambassadors selected for
will depart Friday and return on .the Mexico trip visit many historic
Sunday. places such as Mexico City, Taxco,'
One hundred bands were in- Veracruz, and Guadalajara. These
vited to perform in half show of .trips begin between June 13 and
the University of California vs. I June 27. 1962. The cost is $397
University of Kansas football ; for a month of travel.
game. Saturday morning there will
Mike Cotton, Carol Bjork, Crai
Americans Abroad finalists are
Candidates Are Chosen
For 'Americans Abroad'
he a full scale rehearsal for half
time. Following lunch the bands
will parade to the field.
Sixty band members accom
panied by six adults will make
the trip by chartered bus. All
members of the band have been
helping raise money by car washes
and last week s candy apply sale.
England, Amsterdam, and Swit
zerland arc but a few of the
countries visited during the two
European trips. Both trips begin
July 3, 1962, and the cost is $997
for a month abroad.
Anyone interested in these trips
see Mr. Ronald Apodaca today in
Room 25.
"How would you describe Ash
land to a student in West Berlin?"
and "How would you explain the
racial integration problem in the
United States to a foreign friend?"
were among the questions asked
of the applicants for the "Amer
ican Abroad" contest sponsored should possess are poise, adapt
good standing of the junior class,
be 16 years of age or over, have
two years of the same foreign
language by June of 1962, and
also possess certain personality
and character qualities. Among
the qualities which the applicant
by the American Field Service in
an interview held October 25.
Under this program, an Ashland
High School student may possibly
spend two months in a foreign
country next summer.
Chosen to represent Ashland
High School were Carol Bjork,
Mike Cotton, Jim Lamb, and Craig
Pennington. These students were
chosen on the basis of their re
quirement fulfillments, a written
application, and an interview by
the American Field Service se
lection committee.
In order to participate in the
"Americans Abroad" program, a
student must be a member in
Foreign Student Tells
Of Cross Country Tour
Seniors To Present
Three-Act Comedy
"More Than Mets the Eye," a
comedy in three acts, will be pres
ented by the senior class on Wed
nesday, November 22. at 8:00 p.m.
in the Ashland High School Cafe
teria. The cost will be 75c for
adults. 50c for students, and 25c
for children.
The cast consists of six girls
and five boys. Maud - housekeeper
for the Nichols - Dana Smith;
Peggy niece of the Nichols -Alcyne
Sibenlist; Nora Ramson -neighbor
Delores Westgaard;
Christine Nichols Judy Benson;
Prudence Harper - reporter
Frances Holmes; Mis Jenkins -Yvonne
Nicholson; Stanley Ni-
Ed. Note; j
This is the third installment
in a series of stories written
by Yvonne Nicolson, foreign ex
change student from South Africa.
From New York to Ashland
By Yvonne Nicolson
August 21 was a dull, rainy
day; but on most of the faces,
drawn from a lack of sleep the
night before, there showed an
unconcealable excitement. At last
the long-awaited moment had
arrived. There, in front of our
eager gaze, the Statue of Liberty
and the sky-scrapers of down
town New York, towered out of
the grey sea and into the misty
sky. It was an awe-inspiring sight
It was only 4:30 when we dock
ed alongside the quay on the
Hudson River and I could hardly
suppress my impatience to leave
the ship and start exploring this
great city. However, as I was in
the last group of American Field
Service students to leave. I had
to wait until 2:00 before putting
feet on dry land. As we left the
ship, Mr. Galatti, the Director
General of American Field Serv
ice, came over and introduced
a young writer Davei.. . ,,: ,nrH: ,prp
fine introduction to the people of
the United States.
After going through all the
ability, intelligence, outgoingness,
maturity, and responsibility.
The names and qualifications of
Carol. Mike, Jim and Craig will
now be sent to the American
Field Service headquarters in
New York, and a final decision
will be reached. If one of these
students meets AFS requirement
he may be placed in a foreign
home.
The purpose of the American
Field Service exchange programs
is to promote a better understand
ing between foreign countries and
the United States. Thousands of
students are annually sent all over
the world under their sponsorship.
chols
Squire; Bradley - Peggy's friend
Keith Brostad; Carl Henderson '-
photographer - Bob Cox; Cyril B.
Haskins - publisher - Galen Ro
bertson; Lawton El Ellerbe - Wes
Nichodemus. The play takes place
in the Nichol's home in a small
Midwestern town.
Rehearsals began two weeks ago
and the stage hand staff is being
chosen. Tickets for the play will
go on sale November 3, by the
members of the senior class.
The story is about Stanley
Nichols, a popular writer, who
writes about "Grandma Letty."
Every year, a "Grandmother of
the Year" is chosen, and this year
Mr. Nichols is chosen. Compli
cations arise when his publisher
comes to meet him, expecting to
find a little old lovely grand
mother instead of an author, who
at this time is trying to write and
publish his first serious story.
The play was written by Fred
Carmichael and produced by
special arrangement with Samuel
French, Inc.
formalities, with the help of the
American Field Service repres
entatives, a bus took us through
the Lincoln Tunnel -under the
Hudson River and then straight
across Manhatten Island to the
American Field Service head
quarters, which was only a few
minutes walk from the United
Nations Building.
There we were told that 70 of
;, who were going to the west
coast of America would have 2 Ms
days in New York before leaving
by air for San Francisco on the
evening of August 23. The AFS
people were wonderful and had
organized dormitories for us at
the headquarters as well as sched
uled touis of the most important
sights of New York.
The same afternoon of our
arrival we were taken on a boat
trip around Manhatten Island.
Luckily the weather had cleared
up and we were able to see the
sights at their best.
The next two days were a whirl
of excitement. New impressions
and the realization that we were
actually in New York made the
short stay seem like a dream
come true.. That same evening
we walked down to Broadway and
Times Square to marvel at the
lights and the crowds of theatre
goers. The next morning we toured
the United Nations, a truly great
symbol of world peace. A Paki
stani girl guided us through the
council chambers, showed us some
of the magnificent gifts from
member countries and finally led
us into the General Assembly hall,
where a discussion was being
helds on the Bizcrtc question. It
was all so extremely interesting
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