JiUland JlufU School
ROGUE NEWS
VOL. 39, Xj. 7
ASHLAND, ORE. WED., FEB. 13, 1963
Which one will it be? These are the candidates for the Most Con
ceited Man contest. Not pictured is Mike Cotton.
Safety Magic
Program Presented
The old saying, "There's a trick
to everything," is true in the case
of Lt. Carl Pike's "Safety Magic"
show. In his case, he uses his
ability as a clever magician and
experience as a police safety of
ficer to impress students with the
rules of safe driving and good
judgment.
Presently on leave from the
Kent County Sheriff's Depart
ment, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Lt.
Pike was a professional magician
before entering police work. As a
safety officer of the Jackson,
Michigan Police Department, he
worked with school safety patrols
and developed safety programs
that aided in materially reducing
the traffic accident rate.
"Safety Magic" has appeared
under the sponsorship of the A
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Most Conceited Men To Speak Today
Two aristocrats from each class
are running for the title of Mr.
Conceit. Pride Lohman, Ego Eck
wald. Snob Samuelson, Vain-
lory Reid, Stuck-up Pierce, and
Conceited Cotton have gloriously
consented to give a partical of
the time to show what the "upper-
class" really look3 like.
Today at noon the six will lower
heir standards and each will give
i speech on their virtues. The
tudy hall will be the site for
the "magnificient six" to expound
their merits.
Tomorrow and Friday the stu
dent body may vote to decide
which candidate really is the most
conceited. The voting will take
place in front of the study hall
before school and at noon. All
votes will have a small poll tax
of 50 mills (five cents). Write-in
contestants will be accepted.
Results will be announced at
the Flirtations Unlimited dance
on Saturday night.
First prize winner with the
most votes will be called Mr.
Conceit of Ashland High School.
He may take his choice of any
three of the six prizes being
offered. The second most con
ceited man has the choice of
any two prizes. The prizes to
be awarded are as follows: A
short sleeved sport shirt from
Bobbett's Store for Men, a gift
certificate from the Rogue Shop,
three lines of bowling at Rondo
Lanes, a hamburger and milk
shave at Rand's Dairy Queen, one
banana split at the Sweet Shop,
and any 45 record at the Mart.
The person with the least votes
shall be known as the Least Con-,
ceited Man. He will receive the
remaining prizes. The other two
contestants will, unfortunately,
receive nothing but the satis
faction of knowing that their
fellow students don't think they
i are as conceited as they act.
AHS Art Students
To Appear on TV
Ashland High School's talented
art students may be seen on
television, Tuesday, February 26
at 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Trost, head of
the art department, and several
artists from Ashland High will
exhibit the work that they have
done in various fields of art.
The name of the program is
"Fooal Point." It is an informal,
half-hour long show which is
staged four times a week on
Monday, Tusday, Wednesday, and
Friday.
Many schools from the sur
rounding area will be represented
on the show, appearing one at a
time. They will try to give the
peonle of the Rogue Vally a look
at some of the accomplishments
achieved by the students in the
public schools in this region.
Carole Bowdoin, Senior, Selected Betty
Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow
Nine Ashland High Students
Honored at Annual Initiation
Nine Ashland High juniors and
seniors were honored at the
annual banquet and induction
ceremony of the Ashland High
Chapter of Quill and Scroll, the
international honorary society
for high school journalists. The
banquet and ceremony were held
at the Ashland Junior High Cafe
teria on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 6:00
p.m.
After the entertainment, which
consisted of seven senior girls,
Barbara Barry, Carol Bjork,
Sandy Hamilton, Bev Hartford,
Jodi Macollister, Paula Prescott,
and Linda Weber, who sang "Scar
let Ribbons" and "Halls of Ivy."
a candle-lighting ceremony was
performed by the Quill and Scroll
officers, Lomi Baize, secretary,
Claudia Even tt, treasurer, and
LinJi Wells, president.
Mrs. Selmi McAlaster. Quill
and Scroll advisor, introduced
those students who have done
outstanding work on the high
school yearbook. They were Terry
Skibby, photographer; Sharyn
Roderick, annual editor; Jan
Susee, sports editor; Doree Wood
en, copy writer; and Mary Paul
Workman, copy writer.
The following students who
hive done outstanding work on
the high school newspaper were
Bruce Bamforth, sports editor;
Charles Hillestad, photographer;
Kathy Tilford, advertising man
ager; and Linda Weber, society
editor.
Mrs. Olive Starcher, women's
editor from the Medford Mail
Tribune, was the guest speaker.
She spoke on the importance of
words in journalism and gave
several humorous examples of
misused words.
Other special guests included
Mr. Ralph Buell, junior high jour
nalism teacher; Bob Kaegi, editor
of the junior high newspaper;
Fred Heard, editor of the Siski
you, and Karlene Neill, Siskiyou
business manager..
Carole Bowdoin, Ashland High
Senior, has been chosen Home
maimer of Tomorrow for Ashland
Senior High School in the 1963
Betty Crocker Search for the
Homemaker of Tomorrow. Having
achieved the highest score in a
knowledge and aptitude test given
to approximately 410,000 other
senior girls from coast to coast
on December 4. she is now able
to compete for the title of State
Homemaker of Tomorrow along
with winners from other Oregon
high schools.
Senior girls in approximately
12,900 high schools in the United
States participated in the exami
nation which consisted of 100
multiple choice questions and one
essay question. This examination
was a major part of the 19bJ
Retty Crocker Search for the
Homemaker of Tomorrow Con
test sponsored by General Mills
Incorporated, for the last nine
years.
The state Homemaker of
Tomorrow is awarded a $1,500
scholarship; the state runnerup
receives a $500 scholarship. The
state winner will represent her
state in the national finals and
will also be awarded an expense
paid tour of New York City,
Washhington DC, and Colonial
Williamsburg, Virginia, next
spring with a faculty advisor. In
addition, her school will receive
complete set of the Encyclo
pedia Brittanica.
This tour will culminate at an
American Table Dinner at which
the 1963 Ail-American Home
maker of Tomorrow will be an
nounced, along with the national
runner-up. She will be chosen
the basis of her score in
the original examination plus
personal observations and inter
views during the tour. The
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FLIRTATIONS UNLIMITED
DANCE THIS SATURDAY
Student Council representatives
and officers are holding the
annual Valetine-like dance this
year. The dance will be held in
the cafeteria. Music for the
occasion will be arranged to suit
everyone. The price is a remark
ably low ten cents a head. As
the title implies it will be a
"casual" night with everyone just
wearing nice school clothes.
Student Council president, Mike
Cotton, has announced that he
hopes 90 per cent of the student
body will attend.
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Planning committee for the Student Council sponsored Valentine
Dance, "Flirtations Unlimited."