ROGUE NEWS
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FRI., FEB. 23, 19C2
ASHLAND, ORE.
NUMBER 7
School in South Africa vs.
School in United States
How would you like to get out I In South Africa our school year
of school at 1:30 in the afternoon? begins in February and ends in
"Great." you all say. But would I December. January being our
you still feel that way if you
knew that school started at 8
o'clock in the morning and that
there were only two short breaks
of 20 and 10 minutes long se
parating the seven classes? Per
haps you'd think twice!
The Pretoria High School for
Girls in South Africa has about
900 pupils and has a women's
teaching staff of about 35.
Situated in extensive grounds
which include 14 tennis courts,
two hockey fields, four netball
fields and a large swimming pool,
the school is run on very much
the same lines of a traditional
English high school.
Most of the girls come to school
by bicycle and carry suitcases or
satchels in which they put their
books. Before classes begin an
assembly is held every morning
in the hall, where a hymn is
sung, prayers said, and the notices
or bulletins read. After that, class
es of about 45 minutes each, begin.
In South Africa we wear uni
forms. At my school in the sum
mertime we wear green cotton
dresses and white panama hats,
black lace-up shoes and white
ankle socks. During the winter
mouths, however, girls wear navy
blue pleated gyms, which are short
dresses, black stockings, white
shirts and tics and navy blue
berets.
A noticeable difference between
schools in America and those in
South Afrca is that in South Af
rica we have rigid discipline.
Every year the school elects about
20 prefects from the highest class
to keep the girls in order. As
we move from class to class we
are not allowed to speak at all and
also have to walk in single file.
Whenever addressing teachers in
the classroom and also if a teach
er enters or leaves a room, we
have to stand up. Here in America,
I feel that the relationship be
tween teachers and students is
more free and easy and more
friendly.
hottest month, is our month long
summer holiday. In July we have
another month's winter holiday
and at Eastertime and in October
we have holidays of ten days each.
As all our games take place in
the afternoon after school ends
at 1:30, there are no such things
as after-game dances. In fact, the
only dance that our school ever
holds is the Matriculation or Grad
uation Dance which takes place
at the beginning of our senior
year. To make up for the lack of
school dances many private parties
are held and very rarely does
weekend go by without our going
to at least one of these parties. "Hablemos Esjanol!" is the Mr. Apodaca, Bill, and Linda
I hope I've succeeded in bring- theme of an educational television are also recording tapes in Spanish
ing you a brief picture of my program for grade school child- j to give the pupils additional drill
school in South Africa. Although ren which is being presented bylin the language.
I enjoyed school here, I think Mr. Ronald Apodaca, Spanish Culture To Be Presented
l nave come 10 love sniana nign teacher, and two ot nis aavanced Dailogues, slides, songs, dances,
jusi as iiiucn. panisn siunenis, juniors, uiu
Linda Wells, Bill Tilford, a representative from KM ED-TV and Mr.
Apodaca are shown in the picture above.
Spanish Students
ar on TV
Debaters Capture
Four 1st Trophies
Competing with a thousand
students from 38 Oregon high
schools, the Ashland High School
debate participated in the 30th
annual Lnfield College "Tourna
ment of Champions" at McMinn
ville, Oregon February 15, 16
and 17.
By capturing four first place
awards, four second place honors,
and four third place awards, Ash
land's team was presented with
second place in senior division
sweepstakes.
Championship trophies were
awarded to Jane Hcnnictr, junior
women's interview; Scott Roberts,
junior men's extemporaneous
speaking; Peggy Parsons, senior
women's interview; and Karen
Schopf, senior women's impromp
tu speaking.
The senior women's division
debate teams of Judy Eberhart
and Karen Schopf, Peggy Par
Continued on page 3
Tilford and Linda Wells.
The primary purpose of the
television-tape series on conver
sational Spanish is to teach the
language through a pretended trip
to Mexico," said Mr. Apodaca.
Appeared Jan. 30
Mr. Apodaca and the 2 students
appeared on KM ED-TV for the
first time Jan. 30. Since then they
have appeared every Tuesday and
Friday at 9:30 a m. They can also
be heard on KMED radio at 7:05
p.m. every Monday, Wednesday,
and Thursday. The television pro
grams last for a half an hour while
the radio programs last for ap
proximately 10 minutes.
and films will provide the basis
by which the culture of the Spanish-speaking
peoples is to be presented.
Chuck Hillestad and Betty Mar
tin, AIIS juniors, will appear in
two or three of the last programs,
according to Mr Apodaca. Terry
McKinnis appeared on the Feb. 6
program. She played the guitar
and sang "Ten Little Indians."
Program First Attempt
This program is Jackson
County's first attempt in using
educational television programs
for in-class viewing by grade
school children. Approximately
thiry-thousand children have view
ed the program.
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Language Lab Largest
In Jackson County
Consisting of eighteen booths, are secured from the Medford
the Ashland High language lab is j Curriculum Center while of the
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Yvonne Nicolson's school in Pretoria, South Africa.
the largest in Jackson County,
according to Mr. Ronald Apodaca,
Ashland High Spanish teacher.
This is the first year that the
lab has been fully developed.
Each booth, which is partitioned
so hat the student can concentrate,
h is a microphone, a tape recorder,
and a set of earphones. One booth
costs between $200 $300.
The stu.lcnts can hear the tapes
from the master recorder and then
record heir own voices, using the j
tape recorder. By hearing himself
speak the language, the student
can correct his pronunciation mis
takes. "I feci that the use of the
language lab leaches the language
the way it should be taught; that
is. by listening and repeating be
fore beginning the actual reading
and writing," stated Mr. Apodaca.
Both the French students and
the Spanish students use the lab
and the tapes. Some of the tapes
Spanish tapes are made by Mr.
Apodaca.
Coming Up . . .
Feb. 23 - Basketball Medford
at Medford.
Feb 24 Basketball Klamath
Falls at Ashland.
March 2 Basketball Crater
at Central Point.
March 2 N.S.A. 2:30 p.m.
March 6 Natural Merit Tests
8:45 a.m.
March 7 Annual Lettermen
P.T.A. Pancake Dinner Lin
coln School.
March 9 All school Talent
Show.
March 23 Lettermen's Club
Dance 8:00-11:30 p.m.