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ROGUE NEWS
WED., MARCH 4, 1964
Why Not a Seven-Period Day?
Arguments For and Against
Would you rather have seven 45 minute periods
each day or six 55 minute priods? Does it matter
how long each period lasts? Of course it does
more periods mean a shorter period for each session.
Students already have too much work piled
up without taking one more period each and every
day. Another period would only mean more home
work, probably another semester project, and more
worries for the student.
If each period were shortened, it would give
the teacher less time to check assignments and to
assign homework.'
Why have seven periods a day when you can
have less homework and can get more learning in
six? J-K.
Seminar, Guests
Discuss School
Continued from page 1
students do not yell except during
the competition yell and that even
on the buses on the way home
from a game the students tend
to split up into their classes and
give class yells.
One of the main causes of
this disunion of the student body
was cited as the traditional SSS
competition. It was suggested that
one possible alternative would be
to eliminate the SSS competition
altogether.
Although the discussion ended
formally on this note, the stu
dents continued to discuss these
problems for the next half hour.
Book Marker
The arguments against a seven-period day as
voiced by many school administrators are not
valid. The statement that students already have
enough work to do and too many extra-curricular
activities as it is should not be used as an argument
against a seven-period day.
The top students in any school with a six
period day always have difficulty in finding room
for all the subjects that they will need for college.
After the required courses have been accounted
for, there are barely enough periods 1ft for a science,
a math course, and a foreign language. There is
usually no room left for a study hall, a relaxing
course in art, or in horizon-broadening course in
music appreciation.
The old argument that today's top students
are being pushed too hard and that they are
missing out on the social part of school life is a
fallacy. These same students will be subjected to
even greater pressures in college, and one extra
course in high school may better prepare them for
the frantic pace of college life.
The fact that a seven-period day will only
benefit a small number of students may be true,
but if at least a small number would benefit from
such a program, woudn't it be worthwhile? K.T.
iuil
nitiates
d Scroll
Eight
Eight juniors and seniors were
inducted into Quill and Scroll at
the annual banquet and ceremony
Wednesday night, February 26.
The purpose of the ceremony,
which was held at the junior
high school cafeteria, was to
honor those students who have
done outstanding work on either
the school paper or the yearbook.
Membership in this organization
requires that an initiate be in
the upper one-third of his class
scholastically and that he be re
commended by his advisor.
Those students who qualified
for admission into this inter
national honorary society are
Mary Brostad, Lois Harmon, Barh
Jones. Linda Leigh, Vivian Leigh,
Edith Morrill, and Carolyn Wolfe
Following the banquet, the
19634 Quill and Scroll President
Terry Skibby conducted the
candle-lighting ceremony with the
help of the other officers, Kathy
Tilford and Jan Susee.
After the initiates received
their pins and congratulations
Mr. Bill Purdy, news editor of
the Ashland Daily Tidings, spoke
on journalism.
Entertainment was provided by
the Velvatoncs, a trio consisting
of Ann Johnston, Joyce Hassell,
rai Rht'-a Lisonbee, aeocmpanied
on the piano by Donna Hassell.
Shakespeare: :A Biographical
Handbook Gerald Bentley
Shakespeare as a man, an actor,
a playwright, and a nondramatic
poet is discussed in Shakespeare
A Biographical Handbook. Many
of the contrversial facts and fan
cies surrounding his life are de
bated and discussed at length.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Eulalie Grover
In Robert Louis Stevenson
emphasis is placed on the poet's
childhood and youth. It is written
with the youthful reader in mind.
Robert Louis Stevenson's own
autobiography is the source for
this book.
Tales from the Vienna Woods
David Ewen
Tales from the Vienna Woods
is the story of Johan Strauss.
It is the only biography of
Straus in print in America. Be
sides telling Strauss' life it also
includes themes of the major
waltzes, a chronological table, and
a list of recordings.
So You Want to Go into Industry
Edward Hodnett
So You Want to Go into In
dustry relates to the reader how
to prepare yourself for a job in
industry, education at various
levels, choosing a career, and how
to analyze yourself for an in
dustrial career. It also tells of the
training required, and the years
of growth and professional de
velopment a person receives. The
book also tells how a typical
industrial firm is established
organized, and run.
Choosing a Carrer In a Changing
World, Virginia Westervelt
Choosing a Career in a Chang
ing World is aimed at helping
young people find a career where
their special interests and talents
will be used to the fullest. It
helps a young person to analyze
himself and his talents to find a
career in which they will apply.
Unfair to Teenagers!
It is not fair to teen-agers to abstain from
printing the names of juvenile offenders in daily
city papers. This policy aids, rather than checks, the
spread of juveline delinkuency in America today.
If the names of these juvenile offenders are
printed for the public to read, then only those
teen-agers involved will be blamed rather than the
younger generation in general. As it now stands,
whenever the public is informed that some juvenile
has broken into a store or beat up a little old lady,
the wrath of the public is directed toward all teen
agers rather than toward those few involved in
the act.
Another advantage of printing the names of
juvenile law-breakers in a city paper is the pressure
which would be put upon the parents of these youths.
Unfortunately, many parents choose to ignore their
teen-agers' misdemeanors as long as they themselves
are not embarressed. However, if the names of their
children are printed for everyone to see, they may
be inclined to take a more active interest in their
teen-ager.
The fact that an offender will also be obstracized
by his peer group that is, other teen-agers is
another reason why his name should be printed in
a daily paper if he has broken the law. When the
juvenile offender realizes that his wild actions lowere
him in the eyes of his contemporaries, he will think
twice before he commits another rash act.
By printing the names of all those who have
broken the law, whether they are under 18 or not,
a city newspaper would be making a valuable con
tribution toward checking the spread of juvenile
delinquency.
The trio sang "Harbor Lights",
Tumbling Tumbleweeds", and "I
Enjoy Being A Girl", all of which
were enjoyed immensely by the
audience.
Guests for the anual initiation
were Ashland High teachers Mr.
John Gray, Mrs. Peggy Zwick,
and Mrs. Julia Kenney. Also pres
ent were the advisers of the year
book and the newspaper Mrs. Es-
tel Sohler and Mrs. Selma Mac
Alaster who is also the Quill and
Scroll adviser. Mr. Bill Purdy, the
uest speaker, was accompanied
by his wife; the editor of the col
let niinr Marnio Cnrui alen
was present Representing the jun-;Bruin IIunter (Brookings)
Fear, Misery,
Sophistication
Sophistication is your own car
keys.
Sophistication a pair of black
nylons.
Sophistication a crabmeat
sandwich with the crusts cut
off.
Fear parallel parking for the
first time.
Fear being about to bite your
fingernail and finding It all
gone.
Fear lying on your back watch
ing the dootor prepare a hyper
dermic. Fear seeing your steady flirt
ing with someone else.
Fear telling Dad you drove all
the way home with the emer
gency brake on.
Misery o melted Hershey bar
in your purse.
Misery a surprise test in Phys
iology, t
Sterling Quide to Summer Jobs
Advice for undergraduate stu
dents as to the best ways of
obtaining summer and part-time
employment is given in the Ster
ling Quide to Summer Jobs. It
advises the student as to how to
get jobs in which his interests lie,
and how to hold the job.
Veterans Sponsor
Essay Contest
"The Foreign Student in
America . . . An Opportunity
for Friendship" is the topic
for the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Auxiliary contest. Both
local and state, prizes will
be awarded to the winners of
the respective contests. Last
year an Ashland student, Carol
Bjork, won first place in the
state contest.
Themes must be typed or
written on one side of the
paper, and double spaced. The
length shall be no more than
1000 words. Final drafts must
be turned in not later than
March 2, 1964.
All high school students are -eligible
U participate.
) gCHOl.AtTIC i
Official Student Publication
Of the Associated Students
Ashland Senior High School
ior high were the student editors
of the school paper and yearbook.
a
This and That
The following jokes are taken
from High School newspapers
with which the Rogue News
exchanges.
Medford Hi-Times
Don't put yourself in this spot:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I copied your paper
So I flunked too.
The football coach, ' dejected
because his team is losing, looks
down his bench of substitutes
and yells:
"All right, James, go in there
and get ferocious."
James jumps up with a start
and says:
"Sure coach, but what's his
number?"
The Bluffer (lied Bluff, Cali
fornia) There are four kinds of clauses:
adjective clauses,
adverb clauses,
noun clauses, and
Santa Claus.
Issued 12 times yearly by the School Journalism Class.
Editor-in:hief Kathv Tilford
Advertising Manager Penny Clement
Business Manager , Linda Leigh
Photographer , , Terry Skibby
Sports Editor Dave White
Exchange Editor : . Mary Brostad
Drama Editor ; John Purves
Reporters ."- ll.,....;..... Billie Bowen,
John Kaegi, Donna Allen, Donna Copeland.
Adviser Mrs. Selma McAlaster
"IT PAYS TO COME FROM FAR ON NEAR
JUST TO SHOP AT PIONEER"
Pioneer Village Shopping Center
OPEN 7 Doyt a Week - 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Grocery and Meats
Beauty Salon
Dinet
The 88c Store
Westinghouse
Laundromat
"6 it W Green Stamps