THLRS, OCT. 17, 1M3
tOGVE NEWS
PAGE THRI.E
Homecoming Lists Varied Events
Continued from page 1
school project. The sophomere
class gathered wood and materials
to build the bon fire with while
the senior and junior boys guard
the pile of materials to be burned.
Spirits will rise with the flames
of the fire, Thursday night at
6:45 p.m. There will be music by
the Pep Band, yells led by the
cheerleaders and a lot of fun on
the night of October 17, at the
Junior High School.
Burning Ashland
Burning Ashland is another
traditional Homecoming event. On
Thursday. October 10. the Girls'
Recreation Association of A.H.S.
cleaned off the hillside at the
end of the football field which
is near the scoreboard. The girls
dug out the word ASHLAND
which had been oversown with
weeds, weeded the area around
the letters and made the hill
fairly safe in the event that the
fire gets out of hand next Friday
night.
Each year one club performs
this chore for a service project; I
Siebert Relates Memorable Experience
Late in the month of May,
on the 25th to be exact, 499
boys and girls, including myself,
started our trip to twenty-five dif
ferent major cities in the United
States for a national typing con
test. We had all waited about
two months since we had sub
mitted our initial papers from
our school competition before we
received notice that we had been
chosen as one of the top 500 in
the United States. To be chosen
as one of the top 500, we had
to type a five-minute copy with
out error at a speed of sixty-five
words a minute or more. We
were notified of the time and
place of the contest. We had two
weeks to prepare for our trip.
My teacher and I had to travel
to Seattle, Washington, for our
regional contest. We had all been
very surprised when we had been
chosen as one of the top 500, but
none of us really expected to be
picked as one of the top twenty
five, which would mean winning
the regional contest.
As my teacher and I traveled
by plane to Seattle, Washington,
we discussed what a thrill the
contest would be and how many
new friends we would both make.
We were probably thinking the
same things that the other con
tcstants we thinking about this
time. Because I became more ner
vous the more I thought about
the contest, I tried not to think
about it. The most important
thing now was to get a good
night's sleep.
The next morning my teacher
and I went over to the office
building where the contest was
to be held. We stepped inside
and became aquainted with the
other contestants and teachers.
There were about forty other con
testants present. The other stu
dents and I sat down and started
to practice and warm up on our
machines. The officials then told
us the contest would soon start
We all got up to take a final
stretch. Then we all sat down very
nervously at our typewriters. We
had only three chances to type a
perfect copy.
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following the weeding, the Letter-,
men's Club will fill the letters
wiin sawdust ana cover the saw-
dust with gasoline. During the
half-time ceremonies, the letters
will be lighted and ASHLAND
will be burned.
Points To Be Awarded
At the September 30th meeting
of the Student Council of Ash
land High, Nancy Dayton, chair
man of the SSS Committee, an
nounced that S.S.S. points would
be given for the class floats. First
place is 20 points, second place
is IS points, and 10 points will
be given for the class float that
takes third. Nancy also announced
that the whole Homecoming Pep
Assembly will be graded instead
of just the competition yell. Points
for the assembly are as follows:
first place 8 pts.; second place
5 pts.; third place 2 pts.
It was announced at the same
meeting that the order of the
Homecoming parade will be
posted October 18 and that cash
prizes will be given to the best
club floats. Instead of having
After the three timings were
over, the long period of waiting
began. When the officials an
nounced the winner, I could hard
ly believe my ears! I had won!
There were many pictures taken
and I was awarded a portable
Facit typewriter as a prize. My
paper would now be submitted as
one of the top twenty-five. The
top ten papers would then be se
lected from these in New York.
The top ten teachers and their stu
dents would be invited to New
York, with all expenses paid by
Facit Company, to attend the final
contest. The winner in New York
would receive a trip to Sweden.
Second prize would be a $25 sav
ings bond. First prize would be
awarded to the fastest accurate
paper and second prize to the stu
dent with the least number of er
rors throughout the entrie con
test, which consisted of five writ
ings.
I was selected as one of the
top ten students. On the morning
of the contest in New York, nei
ther I nor any of the other partici
pants could eat a very large break
fast. At 9:00 a.m. we assembled
in a small room with only ten
typewriters. We all rushed over
and chose one and started to
practice, as the machines were
completely unfamiliar to us.
When the winner was to be
announced at a luncheon that
noon, we all froze in our seats.
I had not won first or second
prize. As it turned out, I had
placed fourth . in the nation. I
was happy because this was at
least better than tenth.
This contest was an event that
I will long remember. It was one
of the most thrilling and exciting
experiences of my life. Because
of the prize available, the in
centive to win was greater than
usual. As this contest is an annual
event, I urge anyone with any
typing ability to enter. As the
contest stresses accuracy, you do
not have to win a prize to come
out ahead. When you win, you
win; and when you lose, you win.
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each class sponsor a rally on a
different day each noon, it was
decided that the three classes
would combine and guarding
the Homecoming bonfire. For the
past several years, the upperclass
mcn have tried to set off the
bonfire .before . the designated
time; to solve this problem it
was decided that the sophomores
would gather the wood for the
fire and build it but the juniors
and seniors will be responsible
for guarding it.
Order of Parade
The Rally Squad car will lead
the Homecoming parade. It will
be followed by the Senior High
Varsity. Band and the Flag Girls.
The car containing senior Home
coming princesses, the car with
the football team, and the car
with the junior Homecoming prin
cessei will follow the band. Floats
by the senior class, the National
Honor Society, Girls League, the
junior class, and the J. V. Rally
squad will be next in line in the
parade. Next will be the Junior
High Band followed by the Pom
Pon Girls. Floats entered by the
Chess Club, FTA and Thespians,
sophomore class, GRA, Quill and
Scroll, Lettermen's Club, Inter
national Relations League, and
the Rogue News will complete
the parade.
Seminar Students
Discuss Justice
"What Is Justice?" was the
topic discussed at the first Semi
nar meeting which was held at
the home of Connie Felger on
Monday night, October 14. Having
read selections from the book of
Exodus in the Bible as well as
excerpts from the books of Job
and Matthew, the students dis
cussed the essential differences
between the selections and the
reason fo r these differences.
Using the book of Job as a
guide, the members of the group
discussed the questions "Is
divine justice the same as human
justice?" and "How are God's
actions compatible with this good
ness?" Shakespeare's Merchant of
Venice was also read by the
Seminar goup prior to the meet
ing and the students discussed
several questions listed on the
reading plan. Last year's Seminar
students discussed the similari
ties between Job and Oedipus
Rex, the mam character in Sopho
cles play.
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"H.M.S. Pinafore"
"H.M.S.- Pinafore" was the title
of the half-time show presented
by the Ashland High band during
the game with Sweet Home on
September 27.
A boat was formed on the
field while the band played "Pina
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boat unfurled the band played,
"We Sail the Ocean Blue." The
next formation was a buttercup
which opened into full bloom as
the band played "I'm Called Little
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formed and the band played
"Carefully On Tiptoe Stealing."
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who saluted the audience as the
band played "I'm the Monarch
of the Sea." The band then
marched back to the side-lines
playing "Pinafore Parade."
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