Ashland Wins State Championship
AlUlond Jlik School
ROGUE NEWS
OCT. 17, 12
ASHLAND, ORE.
VOL. 39, No. 2
V.F.W. Sponsors
Annua! Contest
Voice of Democracy is a nation
wide contest for all high school
students, sponsored by the Ve
terans of Foreign Wars. Contest
ants are required to write and
orally recite a brief broadcast
script on the theme "What Free
dom .Means to Me."
Al 10th. 11th. and 12th grade
students, no matter what race or
creed, in all 50 states, are eligible.
Previous national Voice of De
mocracy winners cannot qualify.
Each contestant must write an
original theme on "What Freedam
Means to Me". The cript must not
take more than five minutes nor
less than three minutes, in oral
recital. Scripts should be based
on the contestant's own personal
experience and should represent
his or her original thinking. Re
ference material should be plainly
identified whenever used.
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ship for any college of the win
ner's choice. Second, third, and
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Winners will be announced m
March of '03.
Consult Mr. Gaylord Smith,
principal, or Mrs. Selma McAlaster
if you are interested in entering
the contest.
Band Director
Heads Meeting
and band parents Monday, October
8. The purpose of the meeting was
to plan and discuss money-making
projects for the band. They dis
cussed plans for the trip to the
Fast West game in San Francisco.
The total amount for the trip
was estimated at approximately
$1710 or $1800. This includes
meals, two nights at a hotel, and
bus transportation The band fund
now contains $600. The Band
Boosters are planning to raise
about $1000 or $1200.
Twenty-five tickets to the game
will be sold at $40 each to the
people in town who would like
to go to the game. The Band
Boosters are also planning a rum
mage sale, a slave auction
a car raffle.
Representatives
Elected Sept. 22
After a week of campaigning.
! home room representatives were
elected September 22 at Ashland
High School. Before a candidate
Mr. Paotil Maddox, Ashland could run for this office, he had
High band director, presided over to have 10 students from his first
a ri"eting of the Band Boosters I period cla:;s sign a petition.
Those students elected to serve
i the student council are as
follows: Barbara Barry, senior;
Sandy Bowll, sophomore; Gerald
Brown, junior; John Buck, sopho
more; Mary Craig, sophomore;
Bob De Boer, junior; Sami Ever
ett, sophomore; Connie Felger,
junior; Diane Fieguth, senior; Jim
Freeman, senior; Ken Grisch
kowsky, junior; Janice Hassell,
junior; Bev Hartford, senior;
Charles Hillestad, senior; Kandy
Korthase, sophomore; Vivian
Leigh, sophomore; Linda Lewis,
sophomore; Nancy Mott, junior;
John Parman, junior; Bill Tilford
senior; Lyn Voris, sophomore;
David White, sophomore; Mary
and Paul Workman, senior; and Kathy
Zimmerlee, senior.
By Lonna Baize
Amazing isn't it? Of course you know that Ashland has not
won a single game as yet, but it would be wonderful if this school's
football team came home victorious from the state finals. Impossible
you say? Hardly! It could happen if someone really cared.
Ashland's team is not the only thing on a losing streak; our
school spirit is, and it is showing. Many townspeople and out-of-towners
have the attitude that we are losing games on purpose
because it is funny. "If we aren t able to win, you say, "let's lose
all of them to set a record." Well, no one thinks that an attitude
like this is funny or cute. It is ridiculous. The whole team cannot
be blamed for the foolish ideas of the rest of the school. Think
positive!
The reason for our poor athletic showing is a defeatist attitude
which also carries over into other sections of the schooL
The Student Council is one major problem. It is inefficient
and ineffective because of lack of real interest of the students.
The room representatives are only interested in the glory that is
associated with leadership. The various representatives come to
meetings only when they feel like it and spend twenty minutes
in complete silence. Although the student body officers are capable
and ambitious, their work is in vain because without cooperation
there is chaos. These students are your only voice in our student
government. If they are not doing a good job, representing you
and your room, get another who will!
The Council is, by no means, the only apathetic organization
in A. H. S. Many other clubs could be included such as Interclub
Council, Pep Club, and all the others as well. Only G. R. A. is the
exception. The group works well together and the girls have already
had several meetings, planned initiation, and scheduled the touch
football game.
Although school spirit spirit is lagging greatly, there are several
suggestions to perk it up. One is to have more outward signs of
spirit, such as color day every week or another Pep Week. Another
would be to spark more class competition. Another is to give
greater recognition to other school functions besides sports. In
cluded could be debate, band, all clubs, and scholarship. One
other is to have more organized all-school projects like last year's
Minstrel Show.
Remember this is your school. How smoothly it runs, how
much you learn, and the community respect it gains is your
responsibility. Your present course of action is called apathy. I
call it suicide!
Mr. Ted Faver
Accepts Position
Mr. Theodore Faver has resign
ed from his position with the
maintainance section of School
District No. 5 to accept a job in
Riddle, Oregon. Mr. Faver has
been with the school district
since August of 1961. He worked
for a year under Mr. Lawrence
Mays doing general maintainance,
and in August of this year was
promoted to head of heating,
electrical and plumbing.
l his new position he will
be supervisor of custodians and
maintainance of the Riddle
schools.
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Is this our school spirit?
Play Chosen;
Cast Selected
"The four of us were standing
on this platform jammed against
the door! We pulled into a
station! Te door opened! Then it
started to close! Just as it was
about to close, someone pushed
me! I know who pushed me! The
door shut! Is was on the station,
the were on the train! Off it
went! I'M SO DARN MAD I
COULD SPIT! I'm not supposed
to get excited."
This is one of the lines spoken
by Dave Mott who plays Albert
Kummer in the upcoming senior
play entitled Dear Ruth. Other
momhnrs r.( tho Kt inolurls Mrv
He states that he regrets n,. u.'n,i,, nr. (v,
leaving the schools and greatly chuck Calhoun and Barbara Barry
appreciates all the cooperation as Mr and Mrj wilkinSi Jane
Hennick as Miriam Wilkins and
extended to him by both the
teachers and students during his
employment here.
Student Council
Committees formed
The Executive studen council
met and selected ten students
from the three classes to serve
on the two students council com
mittees. The following students
were approved by the executive
council to serve on the S.S.S.
committee: Carol Bjork; senior,
Chuck Calhoun; senior, Nancy
Dayton; junior, and Brian Whit
am; sophomore. Carol Bjork is
the chairman of the Scholarship
Service Spirit committee.
The purpose of the committee
Paula Prescott as Ruh Wilkins,
the daughters. Bill Tilford appears
as Lt. Wm. Seawright and Betty
Martin plays his sister Martha.
Craig Pennington plays Sgt. Chuck
Vincent and Henry Klobbermeyer
is played by Charles Hillestad.
This play is presented solely
by the senior class members
and is scheduled tentatively for
November 13.
is to meet and give points to
each class. Points are given for
such items as the class that wins
the competition yell or has the
greatest number of students on
the honor roll or sells the most
tickets to a play or has the best
attendance at a gam--. The purpose
of the point system is half a
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