ROGUE NEWS
VOL. 40, No. 9
ASHLAND, ORE.
FRI., MAY 29, 1964
Twenty-Three Seniors
Awarded Scholarships
At the recent awards assembly
it was announced that twenty
three Ashland High seniors had
received scholarships and grants-in-aid
to various colleges and universities.
Mr. William ' Mearns, senior I
scholar-hip counselor, announced
that the following students had re
ceived state scholarships: Diane
Williams to Oregon State Univers
ity; Trudee Lewis, Clyde Nelson,
Kathy Rucker, Roland Sturde
vant. and Kathy Tilford received
scholarships to the University of
Oregon.
Receiving scholarships to SOC
were Sue Conner, Donf Greene,
Linda Leigh, Crystal Ruth, John
Siebert, Lloyd Stone, Jan Susee,
and Richard Willis.
Tim Thompson received a
scholarship to Yale while Charles
Moore and Scot Roberts both re
ceived scholarships to the Univers
ity of Pennsylvania. A grant-in-aid
in music for the University of
Oregon was awarded to Marcy
Tretsven. Kathy Rucker received
a scholarship to the University of
San Francisco.
Seniors Pat Alexander and
Vicki Cordier received scholar
ships to Medford Beauty School
while Lyle Watson was awarded
a scholarship to Fredrick and
Charles School of Beauty in Eu
reka, California. Dean Samuel
son was awarded a scholarship to
Treasure Valley Junior College.
Connie Felger was given honor
recognition at the University of
Oregon. It was also announced at
this time that the Oregon Dad's
Club had given recognition to
Trudee Lewis, Kathy Rucker, Tim
Thompson, and Jeff Trost.
Students Honored At
Annual Awards Assembly
Senior Class
Coloring Book
This is John Yaple. He is the
senior class president and a win
ner in the Elks Youth Leadership
Contest. Sometimes he is very,
very funny (and sometimes he
isn't.) Color him slighty nutty.
This is Cloma Zupan, a pretty,
dark-haired girl. She was just
crowned Queen of the Junior-
Senior Prom. Color her happy.
This is Marcy Tretsven. She has
just acquired a solid silver flute,
among other things. She likes to
play the flute, the piccolo; the
sax. etc. Color her musical.
This is Diane Williams. She is
going to Alaska this summer to
do research on Eskimos; last
summer she dissected California
for six weeks. Color her scientifically-minded.
This is Jan Susee. He plays
baseball and is sports editor for
the annual. He was chosen
Citizen of the Six Weeks for his
activities. Color him surprised.
This is Tim Thompson. He got
scholarships to Stanford, Yale,
and the University of Pennsyl
vania. He is also salutitorian.
Color him smart.
This is Ashland's yell queen,
Kay Newton. She has been on
rally squad for five years; she
was also a Prom Princess. Color
her peppy.
This is Charles Moore. He is
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Students of Ashland High who t
have won special merit and hon
ors during the school year were
honored recentl yat the annual
awards assembly. Connie Felger
was mistress of ceremonies for
the yearly affair. She presented
a check from the student body to
Mr. Harry Wright, chemistry
teacher, who is the Jackson Coun
ty representative for the John F.
Kennedy Living Memorial.
Trophies were presented by
Mr. Smith to the Valedictorian,
Kathy Rucker, and to the Salu
tatorian, Tim Thompson. Next
honors went to Kathy Tilford
who was presented a $500 schol
arship by Mr. Procter, an O.N.
C. representative.
Mr. Mearns announced those
seniors who had received scholar
ships as well as the winners of
the Elks' Leadership and Schol
arship awards. In the Youth
Leadership contest Connie Felger
and John Yaple placed first; Tim
Thompson and Diane Williams
took fcccond; and Trudee Lewis
and Joe Raynes placed third. In
the Most Valuable Student Con
test, Kathy Rucker and Tim
Thompson placed first; placing
second was Diane Williams and
Trudee Lewis placed third.
Mrs. Gardiner, V.F.W. repre
sentative presented essay con
test awards to the following
seniors: Elaine Delsman, Ann
Johnston, Kathy Rucker and
Marcy Tretsven. Next Mrs.
presented Terry Nkibbjr with a
certificate of merit and a gift
certificate in appreciation of
the great amount of work he
Dave Lohman, newly-elected
student body president, was
recently chosen a delegate to
the student council conference
In Maine.
ASB President
Wins Award, Trip
Dave Lohman, Ashland
High's new student body pres
ident, was recently chosen to be
one of the two delegates from
Region V by the Oregon Assoc
iation of Student Councils.
Dave received this honor on
the basis of his school activities
and on his academic standing
at the high school. He was a
quarter back on the football
team this year and is an active
member of the school's track
team. Offices which he has
held are junior high school stu
dent body president, sophomore
class president, and second vice
president of th student body.
Dave has maintained a 4.00
GPA thus far In high school.
On June 25, Dave will leave
Portland by train for Bangor,
Maine, where the conference
is to be held. The conference
will start on June 28 and will
last until July 2. His trip will
include sight-seeing in Boston,
New York City, and Washing
ton, D.C. Dave will also spend
one day at the World's Fair.
He is scheduled to arrive back
in Ashland on July 9.
Nongraded English
To Be Instituted
To individualize the subject
matter of the English course as
much as possible is the purpose
of the new, revised English
system which will be instituted
at Ashland High next fall.
The new system will be a
modification of the non-graded
school which exists in some parts
of the country. Each student will
be assigned to an English class
without regard to his respective
grade in school. The teachers will
attempt to give students the
level of work they are capable
of handling by using a com
bination of large and small group
instruction.
One advantage to this non-
graded English program is the
fact that repetition of material
already covered such as some
points of grammer will be eliminated.
During the school year an ex
periment in the nongraded ap
proach was carried on through
the ungraded English class. The
fifteen students in this class felt
that instruction has been more
individualized than in traditional
English classes.
Mrs. Zwick, the teacher of this
class, said 'This line of approach
to English has certainly been
more exciting for me and will, I
hope, be equally exciting for both
students and teachers next year."
has done for the school in art
and photography. Mrs. Trost
also presented Margy Rucker
and Rhea Disonbee with two
partial art scholarships to the
SOC summer workshop.
The American Chemical So
ciety Award was presented to
Dave Lohman by Mr. Barlow
who also presented Tim Thomp
son, outstanding senior science
student, with the Bausch-Lomb
Optical Products award.
Dean of Girls, Mrs. Zwick,
presented the Girl's League
scholarships to Sue Conner and
Linda Leigh who were chosen
for service to the school. Mrs.
Zwick also presented the DAR
Good Citizen Award to Connie
Felger and the Inter-Club Coun
cil Scholarship to Dennis Ad
ams for outstanding work in In
dustrial Arts.
Miss Shirley Laney, GRA advis
er, presented pins and awards to
G.R.A. members. Kathy Tilford
was presented with a trophy for
the outstanding senior in G.R.A.
Students receiving first awards
were Diann Collver, Amy Helm,
Sharon Powers, Sheila Roderick,
Jean Smith, Linda Wenker, Lyla
Voth, Kola Hobson, Sandy Roll,
Jill Thompson, and Linda Tucker.
Those girls receiving second
awards were Diann Collver, Lyla
Voth, Margie Briggs, Kola Hob
son, Dlan Murphy, Jane Smith,
Diana Thomas, a nd Sandy
Watts. Dian Murphy, Jane
Smith,' Diana Thomas, Sandy
Watts, and Kathy Tilford receiv
ed their third awards.
The Eric Allen Award in Jour
nalism, sponsored by the Univer
sity of Oregon School of Journal
ism was presented to Kathy Til
ford by Mrs. Selma MacAlaster,
journalism instructor.
Mrs. Jean Fowler, business ed
ucation instructor, made the
following awards to the out
standing business students: the
Underwood-olivetti Award for
the outstanding business stu
dent to Vicki Latimer; the out
standing typist award to John
Siebert, honorable mention a
wards to Layle Boswick, Karen
Gardner, Georgia Myers, Ruth
Nickodemus, Alice Oliver,
Kathy Rucker, and Claudia
Young (all first-year students);
and to Kris Jensen, Vicki Lati
mer, John Siebert, Lloyd Stone,
and Marsha Winkler.
Lyla Voth Takes
First In Javelin
Lyla Voth, Ashland High sopho
more, did it again. After cap
turing the first spot in the javelin
throw at an invitational meet in
Vancouver, Washington, Lyla alsa
took first in the United States
Track and Field Federation state
championship held at Eugene. She
heaved the javelin 121 feet, 9
inches.
Over 500 girls took part in
this meet and it could serve
as a stepping stone to the United
States Olympic tryouts this sum
mer. '