AJdad Jfiqlt School
ROGUE NEWS
VOL. 39, No. 6
ASHLAND, ORE. WED., JAN. 23, 1963
Seminar Engages
In Lively Debates
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Windt
were host to the Seminar on
Humanities group which met Dec.
10 and 17 at their home. At the
first of these two meetings, Mr.
Windt gave a very informative
talk on the opera in general. The
students then heard excerpts from
a Chi.ie.-ie opera, a religious
selection, and several operas in
English.
At the second meeting, movies
on two ooeras, "The Barber of
Seville" and "Lucia di Lammcr-
moor," were seen. This meeting
was also attended by Mr. D. Cox
the assistant superintendent of
the Jackson County Schools.
Having read the Return of the
Native, a nineteenth-century novel
by Thomas Hardy, the seminar
students met at the home of
Diane Williams on Jan. 7
discuss the novel. According to
those students who attended this
meeting, this was the liveliest
session the group has yet had
Questions concerning love, the
influence of heredity and the
effect of environment were dis
cussed. Also present at this meet
ing were Mrs. Margery O'Hara, a
staff member of the Ashland
Daily Tidings, and Mr. Ronald
Apodaca, Ashland High teacher.
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PRACTICE MARKS THIRD j
DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Ashland's debate squad will
attend its third tournament of
the school year this Friday, Jan
uary 25, here at S.O.C.
Southern Oregon College will
host all the local debate teams
and many from northern Oregon,
too. The tournament is only a
practice match as no trophies
are awarded and no winners are
announced.
The college holds the contest
each year to encourage speech in
the high schools.
The S.O.C. meet will be the
first real competition for the nine
members of the junior varsity
debate team.
Thespian Officers
Chosen For Year
Spirit, Service, Scholarship
Aims of SSS Competition
S.S.S. Day has been a tradition
at Ashland High School for many
years. Three years ago, after this
tradition had been discontinued
for some time, S.S.S. Day was
started again.
The purpose of this contest is
to promote friendly competition
among classes in order to further
school spirit, service, and scholar
ship. At the end of the year, the
class winning the most points is
awarded a half day off for a
picnic.
A permanent student council
committee, the S.S.S. Committee
consists of Carol Bjork, who
Officers for the Thespians Club
have been elected. Paula Prescott
holds the position of president,
assisted by Claudia Everett as
vice-president. The job of sec
retary-treasurer has been filled by
Carol Bjork and Jane Hennick
las been elected as recorder.
The purpose of the Thespians : presides at the meetings but does
not vote. Chuck Calhoun, senior
Club is to read many different
types of plays. The members then
d:cuss the pros and cons of the
selections. They find that this
exercise helps them in presenting
their dramatic works.
SENIORS TO PREVIEW
COLLEGE CAMPUS
Senior students will have a
jhance to preview the campus
of the University of Oregon. The
Duck visitation is to be held
Saturday, January 26.
To qualify for this session
all registering students were
reqjired to submit a fee of two
dollars to cover registration and
a lucheon.
representative, Nancy Dayton,
junior respresentative, Brian
Whitham, sophomore represen
tative, and Mrs. Peggy Zwick,
advisor.
Establishes Contests
This committee, in addition
to delegating points, also esta
blishes contests and the number
of points for each contest. The
members are also responsible for
judging class projects, such as the
sophomores bonfire, the juniors'
Although it is rather difficult
to do so, the committee tries to
give the same amount of points
for each area. The points for
scholarship are based on the
Honor Roll and the Honorable
Mention list. One point is given
for each one per cent of a class
on the Honor Roll or for each
two per cent of a class who
receive Honorable Mention.
Points for this area are also
given according to the amount
of increase in each class on the
Honor Roll or on the Honorable
Mention list.
Promote School Spirit
To promote school spirit, one
point is given for each ten per
cent of the class attending certain
home games. At Pep Assemblies,
five points is given to the class
winning the competition yell,
three points to second place, and
one point for third place.
To promote service, the com
mittee hplds locker inspections in
which ten lockers from each class
are selected at random and check
ed for neatness. First place class
receives ten points, second mace-
sopnomores Dontire, tne juniors fiye ints. and third alace-l
Sadie Hawkins Dance, and the .:,
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Members Impartial
Although many students feel
judged on how many class mem
bers participated, how successful
the event was, and how much
work was put into it.
Who Is The Most Conceited Man ?
Turkish Dilemma:
'Alright Guys, Who Changed My Orange?'
Editor's Note: Although Ali
has only been in the United
States since September, he has
learned enough English to write
this article for the ROGUE
NEWS. Because any changes
would detract from the article,
it has been left exactly as Ali
wrote it.
The bell rings. It is six-thirty
and it is time to wake up. You
can not stay in your bed even if
you want to, because the teacher
comes and wakes you up. This
is the beginning of my school
life in Turkey. Every morning
the same thing happens. But
sometimes we break these rules,
especially if we are in the tenth
or eleventh grade. Before going
to bed, everybody in one dormi
tory promises not to wake up
early and to sleep forty five
minutes late. We do that to
have fun. Sometimes we like to
see the teacher who wakes us
up everyday get mad. You will
orobably find this kind of fun a
little ridiculous but this is not
all; many things are different in
other countries especially in boy's
schools. After waking up, you
have to take your bath by seven
o'clock, because I know many
boys which are even afraid to
see cold water so early in the
morning.
At seven o'clock our study time
is supposed to begin. You can
study anything you want in
our classrooms until eight thirty,
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Who is the most conceited man
in Ashland Senior High School?
On Valentine's Day this question
will be put to a vote. Six of the
more conceited characters in this
school have been selected as
candidates of the dubious honor
of "Mr. Conceit."
Two aspirents from each class
are running for the "position."
Dave "Pride Lohman and Den
nis "Ego" Eckwald will represent
the soohomore class. John "Vain-
lory" Reid and Dean "Snob"
Samuelson will stand for the
juniors. The senior s nonor will
be defended by Mike "Conceited
Cotton and Rick "Stuck-up"
Pierce.
The week of February 11-15
will be full of displays of
"modesty (?)" by the candidates.
Thursday and Friday will be
voting day for the student body
"proletariet." All the students
may then decide once and for all
who is "Mr. Conceit" of A.H.S.
The prizes for the winner of
the contest are quite attractive.
Bobbett's Store for Men offers
any short sleeved sports shirt.
Hondo Lanes has chipped in with
three lines of bowling for the
winner. The Dairy Queen has
contributed a hamburger and
milk shake. The Mart has given
any 45 record. And the Sweet Shop
has donated one banana split.
The next edition of the Rogue
News will carry further details
of the contest and even more
prizes.
that the class representatives are
partial to their own class, Mrs.
Zwick stated: "I have found no
evidence of partiality among the
members of the committee. Each
representative is fair and impartial."
Up to this time, S.5.S. points
are as follows: Seniors-126; jun
iors 130; and sophomores-119.
(Editors note: This contest is
strictly in the interest of good
clean fun. This paper thanks the
participants for being such good
sports.)
IRL Plans For
State Convention
Since October, the member
of the International Relations
League have been preparing for
a state-wide conference on Feb
ruary 7-9.
This year's meeting in Eugene
will be organized on the basis
of a model Organization of Amer
ican States. Each high school in
Oregon is representing one Latin
American country. Ashland, along
with Medford, Phoenix, and Cen
tral Point, will act as delegates
from the country of Brazil. Each
school studies its country and
pretends to be that country at
the conference. Once there every
one will meet and discuss mutual
problems.
Many distinguished speakers
will honor the group. Senator
Wayne Morse and Dr. William
Sandars, Deputy Secretary Gen
eral of the OAS. will be guest
speakers.
Approximately 600 students will
be participating in the conference.
State officers for next year are
to be elected at this conference.
Charles Moore, a junior at Ash
land, hopes to be a state officer,
and is running for IRL vice-
president.
Nine students and two advisors.
Mr. Leybold and Mr. Iba, will
travel to Eugene for the con
vention. The trip offers a chance
for learning about international
affairs, meeting new people and
in general, having a good time.