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ROGUE NEWS
WED., NOV. fi, 1963
Whose Fault Was It?
Groans, sighs of relief, exclamations of joy,
and tearful sobs were the most common expressions
heard at Ashland High on Friday, October 25. The
subject of these disturbing noises was, of course,
report cards which are designed to inform the parent
of "your child's progress" but more often than not
these progress reports result in groundings.
Many excuses were heard along with these
noises. Such comments as "I would have had a B
only Mrs doesn't like me," "Gee, I only
missed an A by three points and Mr still
gave me a B," and "How do they expect us to get
A's when they make us do all that outside work."
Since parents are usually not satisfied with
these excuses, it is necessary to tell them that
"Hardly anyone got an A in there" or "Mr
is really a tough grader." Another device used by
students to draw attention away from their grades
is to tell their parents how many kids flunked the
same course besides you.
But instead of making lame excuses which no
one takes seriously, why not face the facts? A
teacher, no matter how ornery he or she really is,
will usually not use grades as a means of getting
even with you. If your grades average out to a C
and you have met all the requirements for that
grade, you'll get a C.
If you happened to miss an A by three points,
then you have not really met the requirements for
that grade and don't deserve it; the line has to
be drawn somewhere and the teacher can't make
exceptions.
Since an A is the superior grade and means
that the recipient has done more than he is
required to do, it is only right that extra outside
work be required by the teachers if you want to
qualify for an A. If you have your heart set on
this grade, then you must be willing to put forth
a little extra effort above and beyond your daily
assignments in the course.
The next time grades come out, be honest with
yourself. Evaluate your efforts in each class; don't
judge your grade by your performance the last week
of the period. Take into account what you did the
other five weeks, also. Now whose fault was it?
K. T.
Band Plans
Candy Sale
Mr. Robert Vagner, University
of Oregon band director, will be
the guest preformer at the Ash
land High School band concert
on Monday evening November 9.
Mr. Vagner, who is one of the
countries leading directors for
music clinics and clairnetists, will
perform clairinet solos and also
direct the high school band in a
few numbers.
During the past five years, the
university symphonic band has
been rated fourth in the nation.
The concert program will con
sist of some well-known marches,
serious concert music, a few pre
Christmas numbers, and other
lighter music.
Band plans candy sale
During the Thanksgiving vaca
tion, members of the Ashland
High School band will be selling
candy to raise money for the band
travel fund.
They will be selling three dif
ferent kinds of candy: chocolate
covered mints, chocolate turtles
and bridge mix. The candy is
Whitman's chocolate put out by
the Pet Milk company.
The band's goal will be to sell
200 bases of candy with 24 boxes
in each case.
High school band plays at
SOC Homecoming
Many bands, including the
Ashland High School band, the
Ashland Junior High band, and
the SOC marching band, took
part in the Southern Oregon Col
lege Homecoming on Saturday.
November 2.
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Linda Leigh, F.T.A. president, serves punch at the F.T.A. in
duction ceremony. Newly-inducted members are from left to right:
Lois Harmon, Judy Fremd, and Barbara Long.
FTA Holds Annual
Induction Ceremony
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Twelve new members were in
itiated into the Dr. Arthur Taylor
F.T.A. Club Tuesday night, Oc
tober 29, at 8:00 o'clock in the
high school library. The new
initiates are Edith 'Morrill, Jim
Mayo, Judy Fremd, Lois Harmon,
Linda Brown, Mary Peabody,
Carolyn Wolfe, Diane Benson,
Barbara Long, Carl Stubbenfield,
Linda Thomas, and Jan Torrey.
Dr. Phillus Butler, the guest
speaker, gave a talk on the
importance of the teaching pro
fession to the new F.T.A. mem
bers and the audience. Mrs. Lucy
Susee, the club's advisor, Linda
Leigh, president of F.T.A., Lloyd
Stone, Isabelle Converse, and
Marylin Thompson conducted the
initiation ceremonies. Each of the
new members were congratulated
and were handed their member
ship cards by Mrs. Susee and
Linda Leigh.
HOMECOMING FESTIVITIES
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Ashland High Homecoming was
held October 14-18. School spirit
and pep were raised throughout
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the week with signs from each
class posted in the study hall and
the bonfire on Thursday evening.
On Friday each class dres
sed up in various costumes. The
eniors were grubbies, the juniors
dressed as beatniks, and the
sophomores dressed as little kids.
Hats, stuffed animals, and noise-
nakcrs were brought to school.
At the pep assembly, the Home
coming princesses were presented
to the student board. Sandy Bab-
cock, Linda Thomas, and Donna
Warren were the senior princes
ses; Teresa Krug and DeAnn
Meggers were the junior princesses.
After the assembly came the
annual Homecoming Parade. Class
floats were judged with the senior
float placing second, the junior
float first, and the sophomore
float third.
Donna Warren was crowned
Homecoming queen before a
capacity crowd during half-time
Friday night. She reigned at the
after-game dance.
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Language Teachers Attend
Conference
On October 19 Mrs. Lois Wright
and Mrs. Ida Simon, foreign
language teachers, traveled to
Medford to attend the Southern
Oregon Foreign Language Con
ference. This conference was sponsored
by the Oregon Education Associ
ation. Several discussions were
held on new and different teach
ing techniques and on summer
language workshops.
Pat McCoy Addresses Students
A new electronic device deter
mines the radio station a family
is listening to, according to Mr.
Pat McCoy, program director of
Medford radio station KYJC
In his address to the third
period speech class recently, Mr
McCoy pointed out that this
device (which is a computer
mounted on a truck) can pick up
and record the radio station a
family is listening to if the com
puler is driven through a resi
dential section. By using this
device the radio station can
determine whether it is meeting
its responsibilities to the lis
teners. Journalists Hear Speaker
Margery O'Hara, the feature
writer for the Ashland Daily
Tidings and a part-time free-lance
OR V Plans Intramurals
Kathy Rucker. GRA Intramural
manager, announced that volley
ball intramurals will start on
Thursday, November 5. The teams
will play a round-robin tourna
ment and the winner will be the
team with the most points. Points
will be awarded on the following
point;
By Billie Bowen
Honor Society Sells Pins (basis: Victory
Do you need a ballpoint pen?
To raise money for their pro
jects, the National Honor Society
selling red ballpoint pens
with the words ASHLAND
GRIZZLIES printed on the side.
These pens can be purchased
from any member of the Honor
Society.
2 points; tie 1
and a loss counts 0 points.
Art Service Corps Holds Elections
Carl Stubblefield was elected
president at a recent Art Service
Corps meeting. Also elected were
Terry Skibby as vice-president.
and Cathy Christy as secretary
treasurer. Further meetings will
be held on Mondays after school
in the art room.
Girls' League Holds Candy Sale
Girls' League is sponsoring
their annual November candy sale
a little early this year in order
to prevent competition with the
band's candy sale. The proceeds
from this project will be used for
the Girls' League Scholarship.
Three GRA Members
Attend Annual Meet
Three Ashland GRA members
and their advisor, Miss Shirley
Laney, attended the annual GRA
State Convention at Eagle Point
High School this last Saturday,
November 2. The members re
presenting Ashland were Dian
Murphy, junior, vice-president of
the Ashland High GRA; Jane
Smith, junior, treasurer of Ash
land's GRA; and Lyla Voth,
sophomore.
After registration on Saturday
writer, spoke to the journalism morning, the delegates were
class on October 30. The subject entertained by the Eagle Point
of her talk was writing features High School Pep Band. After a
for newspapers and the qualities : general meeting, the delegates
which a free-lance writer needs
to acquire.
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were assigned to different class
rooms for buzz sessions. These
buzz sessions were informal dis
cussions covering such topics as
the duties of the officers, money
raising projects, ways to improve
intramurals, and ways to increase
the membership of GRA.
At 9:00 the regular business
meeting was held and the main
purpose of the convention to
elect next year's state officers
was carried out. The girls, who
were seated in the same fashion
as political conventions, heard the
nominee's speeches and the five
voting delegates from each school
After this business was taken
care of, a gymnastic and tumbling
demonstration was performed by
the North Eugene High School
Gymnastic Team. A brief history
of girls' gymnastic teams was
iven along with a discussion of
gymnastics for girls in Oregon and
the clinics and workshop planned
for the future.
After the installation of the
newly-elected state officers a ban
quet luncheon was held. The main
speaker was Miss Barbara Spray-
berry from Washington D.C., who
based her speech on the theme of
the convention It's A Girl's World.
"Why Not Become A Physical
Education Teacher?" was the the
me of a panel presented bv a
group of college students later
in the afternoon. An interpretive
dance demonstration by students
from the University of Oregon
comprised the entertainment se
lection for the afternoon and
marked the end of the convention.
Dian Murphy summed up the
opinion of the Ashland delegates
concerning the conference. She
said: "I think that all the girls
who went got a lot out of it.
It was well-organized and in-fsraitivt."
voted.