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VOL. 41, No. 2
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ASHLAND, ORE. FRL, OCT. 9, 1964
Three Attend
SC Workshop
Maria Drew, Teresa Krug, and
Dave Lohman represented Ash
land High at the Student Council
Workshop this summer. The work
shop lasted for one week and was
held at the University of Oregon.
A typical day included a gen
eral assembly at 8 a.m. where
the students observed skits and
had a problem presented to them
concerning student council. They
then divided into groups for dis
cussion. After lunch, the groups
resumed discussion and appro
ached a solution. The final event
of the day was a second general
assembly where a solution was
agreed upon. Evenings included
dinner and recreation.
With some 400 students in at
tendance from public schools all
over Oregon, many problems were
discussed and solutions derived to
Improve student council proce
dures in public schools, the main
purpose of the workshop.
-NASA ASSEMBLY HELD
RECENTLY AT ASH LAM D
' National Aeronautics and Space
Administration was the name of
the National Assembly held in
the gym Wednesday the 23rd of
September. Mr. George Lewis was
the speaker, and in the lecture
he demonstrated basic scientific
principles by using visual aids
and experiments.
In his explanation of the scien
tific programs of NASA, Mr. Lewis
exhibited some authentic scale
models of rockets and spacecraft.
The spacenvobile demonstration
provides an introduction to the
space sciences and to our nation's
space activities. A spacemobile
is designed to carry equipment
and materials used in the space
science demonstrations. More than
30 units are operating in the
United States and foreign coun
tries now.
The demonstration has been
going for the past three years, and
it is for grades four through
twelve. It is also used in colleges
and universities for teacher edu
cation through space science in
stitutcs, seminars, and aerospace
education work shops.
AHS Band Travels To
Berkeley, California
Ashland High's Varsity Band
spent the past weekend in Berke
ley, California, for the Univer
sity of California's annual Band
Day. Of some 70 bands partici
pating, Ashland's was the only
band from Oregon.
The band left Ashland last Fri
day night by chartered Grey
hound bus (three of them), and
traveled to Weed to cheer the
team on to victory. A small group
of band members formed a pep
band for the game. After the
game, the band picked up mem
bers who were on the football
team and traveled on to Berkeley,
arriving there at about 5:00 a.m.
Saturday.
Practice for the half-time show
that afternoon started at 9:00 a.m.
The bands marched onto the
field at half-time to entertain a
Kim Tells
Of Alphabet
(Editor's note: Kim Nguyen,
Ashland High's foreign exchange
student, wrote the following ar
ticle for the Rogue News. Because
the accents in the Vietnamese
alphabet cannot be printed, the
alphabet has been omitted from
the story.)
From the day I arrived in the
United States, people asked me
many times about the Vietnamese
language. Docs it look like Chi
nese or Japanese? Does it have
characters? Is it written and read
from the right to the left or from
top to bottom?
Really, Vietnamese has nothing
common with Chinese or
Japanese. It is written and read
in the same way as European
languages are. The only dif
ference is that the Vietnamese
alphabet has accent marks.
Vietnamese borrowed some
French and English words and
then translated them into Vietna
mese. These words sound much
the same as the originals. Exam
ples: garage ga-ra; valise vali;
short soc.
crowd of several thousand spec
tators.
At about 6:30 p.m. a tired and
hot Ashland band checked into
the Drake Wiltshire Hotel in San
Francisco.
Sunday the band went to Fish
erman's Wharf and the Academy
of Sciences before returning
home.
Chaperones for the trip were
Mr. and Mrs. Raoul Maddox, Mrs
Sam Demo, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Fowler, Miss Maureen Smith, and
Mrs. Robert Voris.
-
Spanish Teacher
Visits Mexico
Mrs. Lois Wright, Ashland
High's Spanish instructor, was
one of 22 students from Southern
Oregon College to take part in a
guided tour of Mexico this sum
mer. The group took a linguistics
course before leaving to gain a
better understanding of the Span
ish language.
The three weeks journey was
taken in Volkswagon Microbuses
and a car. Mexico City, Mas Atlan,
Acapuco, Guaymas, and Guada
lahara were some of the cities
visited.
Mrs. Wright stated that . the
group got in on some interesting
and rather unusual events. The
election was being held (elections
take place only once every six
years) and there was an eart
quake in Mexico City. The group
also visited the Floating Gardens
and heard the Mariache singers.
Members of this year's SSS Committee are, front row, from left
to right: Kandy Korthase, chairman; Dian Murphy, Donal Ann
Brace, Barbara Sorenson, and Susan Hess. Standing: Bernard
Hamm, Dennis Wigen, John Buck, David Parsons, and Bill Better.
Advisor for the committee is Mrs. Peggy Zwick-
Spirit-Service-Scholarship
Aims of SSS Competition
Promoting school spirit, service,
and scholarship Is the purpose of
the SSS committee. A part of the
student council, this committee is
responsible for organizing the
class competition for SSS points.
At the end of the school year.
the class with the greatest sum-
Grizzettes Travel'
ADULT EDUCATION CLASS
BEGINS SOON AT AHS
Adult education classes will be
gin at the high school on October
19 at 7:00 p.m. Classes offered
the ten-week course include
woodshop, lapidary, shorthand.
and typing.
Berninghausen Picked
Merit Semi-Finaltst
Bill Berninghausen was chosen
s a scmi-fmalist for the National
nVti
AHS senior. Bill Berninghau
sen, i recently selected as a
National Merit Semi-Finalist.
To Sweet Home
(Editor's Note: The following
article was written for the Rogue
News by Barbara Jones and Para
Keagi, members of the Grizzettes.)
It's Friday afternoon and twenty-one
girls are sitting impatiently
on the edges of their chairs. The
clock strikes 2:15, and the Sweet
Home Invasion begins!
After changing into grubbies,
the girls mobbed the street, ar
guing over the cars they were told
to ride in. More or less organized,
they started out. As soon as the
final car door slammed shut, out
came the provisions apples, corn
chips, peanut brittle, candy bars,
and gum. To keep themselves oc
cupied on such a long trip, the
girls in one car held elections for
the cutest construction man on
Interstate 5 in between bites.
By the time they had reached
Roseburg, the supplies had dimin
ished, but the appetites had not
After spending twenty minutes
looking for -the Tom-Tom Drive-
in, the girls asked for directions,
and found that they had taken
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the woodshop class on Monday ordered an enormous chicken din-
Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
Last spring 60 Ashland High
School students took the test, as
compared with 40 students who
have signed up to take the test
on March 13, 1965.
If Bill is chosen as a finalist.
he will be required to take the
College Board Tests and submit
a financial statement. College
Board Test scores will be com
pared with the Qualifying Test
scores. Along with the comparison
of the two test scores, the stu
dent's financial need is also a
determing factor in choosing the
finalists.
National Meritc Sholarships
range from $100$ 1500 a year,
depending on the individual need
of the student.
Being chosen a finalist will
help the student receive other
scholarships.
Bill reported only 10-15 of the
finalists receive scholarships from
National Merit
in the Industrial Arts Building
from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Also meeting
at this time, in the same building,
will be Mr. Clifton James' lapi
dary class. In the main building.
on Monday nights, Mrs. Jean Fow
ler will be teaching the short
hand class.
Typing will be taught by Mrs.
Fowler on Tuesday nights, again
in the main building.
The cost for each class for the
entire ten-week course will be
$12.50. There will be an extra
charge for lapidary and woodshop
materials used.
ASHLAND BAND TO SELL
BIRTHDAY CALENDARS
Beginning October 5, Ashland
High School students will have
an opportunity to let the entire
student body know when their
birthday is; to have a list of stu
dents birthdays; and to receive
several gifts from participating
advert users.
This project is being carried on
by the band as a fund-raising
project. It will cost 25 cents for
each name listed and 50 cents for
each calendar purchased. Band
officers will be taking subscript
ions at tables located in the main
hall.
Proceeds will go to help finance
the trip to the University of
California and to help the scholar
ship fund.
ner, and spent another twenty
minutes calling all the friends
they knew who lived there. But
Roseburg wasn't going to see
them leave yet they invaded a
super market and practically
bought out the store.
Finally the Grizzettes arrived in
Sweet Home, in spite of broken
axles, blowouts, and cracked
windows. The gas station rest-
rooms in sweet Home were
momentarily turned into dressing
rooms while the girls changed
into their outfits. A few innocent
bystanders were trampled in the
rush to get to the game on time,
but the boys had already run up
a 13 0 lead over the Huskies by
the time the last car arrived. Not
expecting such a large turnout
(besides the girls, there was quite
a rooting section of Ashland
townspeople), Sweet Home was
very impressed.
The AHS boys played a real
good game, though visibility was
limited because of the smoke from
a saw-mill next to the stadium.
The game ended in a 26-0 victory
for Ashland (YEA!!!).
Through the pandemonium and
excitement, the Grizzettes man
aged to find another restaurant
where they could eat again before
starting the long trek homeward
The journey home was only
vaguely remenitoered for almost
everyone slept most of the way.
ber of points is awarded a half
day off from school.
Nine Representatives
In past years, the SSS com
mittee has consisted of three
representatives (one from each
class), a chairman (usually a
senior), and the advisor, Mrs.
Peggy Zwick. This year, however,
there are three representatives
from each class. Representing the
sophomores are Barbara Sorenson,
Donal Ann Brace, and David Par
sons. Junior class representatives
include Bernard Hamm, Susan
Hess, and Bill Retter. Seniors on
the committee are Dennis Wigen,
Dian Murphy, and John Buck.
Kandy Korthase, senior, is the
chairman cf the committee this
year.
Promote School Spirit
To promote school spirit com
petition yells are held at most of
the pep assemblies. This year the
SSS committee representatives
will judge all of the competition
yells. The class placing first re
ceives five points; second, three
points; and third, one point
Attendance at some home foot
ball games and basketball games
will be taken and points given
accordingly to the class with the
largest number of students pre
sent
To create a greater interest in
the spring sports, attendance
points will be given at a baseball
game and a track meet.
Service Projects
Plans for this year's SSS com
petition also include class service
projects. Points will be given on
effectiveness, class participation,
planning, and the efficiency with
which the project is carried out.
The SSS representatives and class
officers for each class will be
responsible for organizing these
projects, which will take place
later in the year.
Scholarship Competition
Scholarship represents another
of the S's in SSS competition. At
the end of each six-weeks period,
points will be given on the basis
of the number of students from
each class on the honor roll and
honorable mention.
SSS points up to this time arc
as follows: sophomores-7; juniors
7; seniors-13.
JUVENILE JURY MEMBERS
TO BE SELECTED SOON
Selections are now being made
for the juvenile jury on the basis
of qualification letters telling why
the student wants to serve on the
jury and his abilities.
Last year was the first time the
juvenile jury was tried in Ash
land. The student jury, consisting
of six high school students, and
six college students, serves as
an advisory council to Judge
Cottle concerning fines and pun
ishments to placed on juvenile
offenders.
Those who are interested in
serving on the jury are asked to
turn in their qualification letters
to Dave Lohman or Mr. Smith
as soon as possible.