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ROGUE NEWS
FRI., APRIL 20, 1962 ASHLAND, ORE.
Students Attend
District, State
March 24 was the date of the
annual Southern Oregon District
Speech Meet, held for the purpose
of determining the participants in
the state contest. Two Ashland
High School students, Karen
Schopf, and Judy Eherhart were
successful in qualifying for state
competition, by placing either
first or second in their respective
events.
Results of the district tourna
ment are as follows: Judy Eber
hart, first place humorous read
ing, first place, poetry reading;
Karen Schopf, first place extemp
oraneous speaking, second place
inpromptu; Trudee Lewis, third
place humorous reading; and Peg
gy Parsons, third place oratory.
Other finalists were Carol
Bjork, Joan Drager, Jane Hennick,
Charles llillestad, Yvonne Nicol-
son, Craig Pennington, and Scott
Roberts.
State Meet Attended
Karen Schopf placed second in
the state at the Oregon High
School Speech League Tourna
ment held two weeks later, April
13 and 14 at Eugene, Oregon.
Judy Eherhart was a finalist in
petry reading, thus placing her
in the toD six in the state.
The state contest concluded de
bate and speech competition for
the remainder of the school year.
Stardust Chosen
For Spring Play
"Stardust", a comedy in three
acts, has been chosen as the all
school spring play, according to
Mrs. Lucy Susee. The plot of the
deals with the happenings at a
university drama school attended
by many budding young artists.
The school, under the direction
of Mr. Bach, played by Dave
Squire, is expecting a visit from
a young Broadway actress, Prud
ence Mason, played by Karen
Schopf.
Mr. Bach has tried to impress
upon his students that art and
love do not go together. Comp
lications arise when the students
find that Prudence is engaged.
The students at the university
are Janet Ross, played by Judy
Benson: Phil Ford, played by
Scott Roberts; John Redman
played by Craig Pennington
Cynthia Kerr, played by Trudee j
Lewis; Raimud Brown, played by j
Lee Marks; Mavis Moriarity, play
ed by Jane Henninck; Miss Free
man, played by Frances Holmes;
Miss Kobinson, played bv Snady
Foster; Miss Jones, played by
Suzanne Harmon; and Tad Vorhis,
played by Jim Crawford.
Other Members of the Cast
Carol Bjork plays the Dean of
Women at the University, Judy
Eherhart plays Claire Carter,
Charles llillestad plays the part
of Jerry Flanagan, and Keith
Brostad will play the part of
Arthur Scott, Jr.
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Student Relates History of Africa
When the Whites came to South that is the characteristic of the
Africa more than 300 years ago, j unspoilt Black people of the
the Blacks had just begun to in-1 countryside people in the sun.
filtrate into the northern section The hand of the White Cov
of what is now South Africa, from Lmment runs through all the
Central Africa. These black tribes Reserves, and the law of the
moved into South Africa in two hanc is administered through
main directions. The Nguni tribes
entered along the cast coast and
the Sotha tribes moved down
the central plain.
The Whites at that time pene
trated north and east and on
the banks of the Great Fish
River, met the first of the Black
warriors. After many clashes,
negotiations and treaties, the
Blacks and Whites settled down,
learning to live peceably together
Native Commissioners. But tribal
authority is vested in the Chiefs,
hereditary rulers of their clans.
once possessed, tney still com
mand deep respect; when they die
their burial places become places
of taboo.
Gradually many Blacks settled as are his indunas (headmen), or
labourers in the areas the Whites
had cultivated and civilised. Today
42 per cent of the Blacks still
live in their traditional tribal
areas, however, while 37 percent
live in White rural areas and the
remaining 21 per cent have settled
in urban areas.
In the cities of South Africa
one will see the detribalized
natives, mostly converted to
Western dress. In this article,
however, I will speak of the
Africans in the Reserves, the
tribalized Africans, living in
blankets and beadwork, tending
their cattle and hoving the
soil, consulting their witchdoctors,
smiling the broad, ivory smile
to the tribal witchdoctor. The
witchdoctor is a medicineman! a
herbalist, a foreteller of the future
or a reader of good or bad omens
by throwing 'bones' or Native
dice. One thing he does not do
is practice witchcraft.
The Bantu are agricultural and
pastoral. ('Bantu' is the name we
give
Chuck Calhoun, Craig Pennington, and Mike Cotton, presidential
candidates, watch the clock as the time nears for election.
Elections Slated
For Next Friday
On April 27, the students of
Ashland High School will cast
their ballots to decide the student
body officers for next year, 1962
63. Elections will be preceeded by
an annual campaign assembly
Thursday, April 26.
Offices open for election will
be student body president, first
vice-president, second vice presi
dent, secretary, yell queen, and
cheer leaders. Vying for these
positions will be sophomore and
junior students who can qualify
for a student body office.
Student Council Nominees
In accordance with custom, the
student council nominated cand
idates who they feel will be most
capable for offices. This year's
nominees include: Craig Penning
ton, president; Charles llillestad,
first vice-president; Carol Bjork,
secretary; and Scott Roberts, sec
ond vice-president.
Results of the election will be
announced Friday night at a dance
sponsored by the journalism class.
TWIRP Season
Here Again
"What's this? Girls were asking
the boys out?"
"Perfectly all right, for who
could think of a better time; but
Twirp Season."
Yes sir. the girls had their
chance to get that favorite guy
and really show him a time.
Starting the season, the stu
dents had a blackout day, held
Wednesday, April 4. 1962. On that
day the pupils wore as much
black as possible.
Next in order was slave Day,
in which students took part on
Thursday, April 5, and Friday,
April 6. The object of this was
for the boys to purchase tickets,
and give them to any girl they
wished. The girl, in turn, was
requested to do anything, within
reason, the boy commanded.
To end the season a dance was
held Friday night at the Jr. High
cafeteria.
Karen Hinrichs
Wins First Place
First place winner of the
National Ladies Auxiliary Cont
est was Karen Hinrichs, Second
place winner was Janet Coving
ton; third, David Lohman; fourth,
Peggy Parsons. Students receiving
honorable mentions were Vern
Alley, Suzanne Harmon, Dale
Lininger, and Ken Stevenson.
Recently, the twenty-seventh
annual National High School
Writing contest, sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans
of Foreign Wars was held at Ash
land High School.
The topic for the essay was
I "America the Beautiful How Long
Without Clean Water?" The comp
ositions had to contain less than
1000 words.
Karen will receive her reward
later.
SSS-DAY POINTS GIVEN
FOR LITERARY REVIEW
SSS day points will be given to
each class for every 5" of the
Altnougn tne cnieis nave Deen Lil(.rary Reviews it either buys
shorn of much of the power theyior &Ms xhis was annoUnccd by
the acting chairman of the
SSS-day Points Committee, Carol
Bjork.
('lass officers will be in charue
The Chief may delegate a little 0f the drive. Dan Lewis will be
of his authority to his relatives
and the elders of the tribe wh
in charge of the seniors; Craig
l'em:in;:ton, juniors; and Rolland
Studervant, sophomores.
The Literary Review is an all-
school project sponsored by the
Honor Society
Invited to Dance
All members of the Ashland
all the black African Hiuh School National Honor Soc-
people.) The women do most of iety were invited to a dance at
the heavy work such as working the Ashland Junior High School
in the fields and caring for the! held April 12. 1962.
kraal' or family home. The hoys j Mr. Miller, adviser for the
herd the cattle, and the men cult-1 Junior High Honor Society, and
ivate their conversation, some-j the members of the society put
times helping bring in the harvest. the dance on to honor the mem
There are hundreds of different Ibers of the High School's Honor
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