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ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ASHLAND, ORE. FRI., MARCH 5, 1965
abaters Capture
weepstakes
Cusp
Twenty-two debaters brought
back from the Linfield College
Speech Tournament at McMinn
ville the Grand Sweepstakes Cup
signifying their first plpace in
the over-all competition. In win
ning the Grand Sweepstakes Cup,
Mr. Lewis' debate team swept
the field with 21 of 22 debaters
making the finals in their respec
tive class, placing eight of nine
teams in the finals, and taking
three first plpace debate trophies,
six individual first place cups,
three second places, and five
thirds.
After nine years of trying for
Ashland Senior
Chosen National
Merit Finalist
Bill Berninghausen has been
chosen as a finalist in the Na
tional Merit Scholarship Qualify
ing Test. He is the only AHS
student this year to receive this
honor.
In order to qualify for the
semi-finals, the student must
have a soore of 146 on the Na
tional Merit Test. Bill's score was
151. Then from the list of semi
finalists, the finalists are chosen.
College Board Test scores are
required in order to be a finalist.
Alio the semi-finalist must sub
mit a financial statement.
As a finalist, Bill is now eli
gible for a National Merit Schol
arship. The scholarships range
from $100-$1500 a year depend
ing on the student's need. Bill
will be notified by March 20 if
he is to receive a scholarship.
There are about 14,000 finalists
applying for 1600 available schol
arships. -
Ashland Teachers
Attend Workshop
Mr. Herb Lewis and Mr. John
Gray, modern problems teachers
at AHS, recently attended a two
day workshop on Family Survival
conducted by the Oregon Civil
Defense Commission. The work
shop, held at the Medford Cur
riculum Center, lasted from 6:30
a.m. until 5 p.m. last Friday and
, Saturday.
Econ teachers from Medford,
Ashland, Phoenix .Central Point,
Eagle Point, Illinois Valley, Can-
yonville Bible Academy, and
Grants Pass attended the con
ference to acquaint them with
various civil defense methods
which they in turn will relate to
their students during a three
week instruction period.
During the three weeks follow
ing spring vacation, seniors at
Ashland High will be instructed
in such things as shelters and
the cup, the team took it with a
fourth in junior sweepstakes and
first in senior sweepstakes.
There were 65 schools at the Lin
field Debate and some 1400 participants.
Honors Taken
Students bringing home honors
from the two-day event are Mike
Torresan and Bob Lawrence,
first place in senior men's debate
with eight straight wins; Teresa
Krug and Jon Roberson, second
in men's senior debate with a
7-1 record; Cathy Christy and
Donna Hassell, first place in sen
ior women's debate; Susie Barth
and Jackie Peterson, third in the
same debate.
In junior men's debate, Mike
Lewis and Curtis White were
finalists.
In the junior women's division,
Ginny Lawrence and Carolyn
Dickerson took the first place
trophy, and two other teams,
Jorja Kell, Linda Walker and
Mary Alley, Paula Hofman, were
finalists.
Individual Victories
Sami Everett coppel first in
humorous reading and was
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Proud debaters cluster around the trophies they brought back
from the Linfield tournament.
finalist in original poetry, with
Susie Kapteyn taking first in
interview and third in original
poetry, senior division.
Other individual honors went
to Mike Torresan, first in sales
manship, senior division; Teresa
Krug, first in salesmanship, se
nior women; Barbara-Jones, first
in salesmanship, junior women;
Paula Hoffman, first in inter
view, junior women; Donna Has
sell, second, senior women's inter
view; and Scott Weaver, second,
junior men's interview.
Additional debaters placing in
the tournament were Jon Rober
son, third in senior men's extem
poraneous speaking; Cathy
Chrisyt, third in both extemp and
salesmanship, senior women;
Chris Nashlund, finalist in sales
manship, senior women; Carolyn
Dickerson, finalist in interview,
junior women; and Linda Wenker,
finalist in after dinner speaking,
junior women.
According to Mr. Herb Lewis,
debate coach, competition to de
termine state speech tournament
contestants will be held in Med-
Most Valuable Students
Chosen at Ashland High
Teresa Krug and Dave Lohman
were chosen the Most Valuable
Students of Ashland High School.
In order to receive this award,
they submitted a brochure con
taining information about their
school activities, grade point
average, scholastic achievements,
reference letters, and newspaper
clippings concerning acknowl
edgements given them. These
Jack Gruber Crowned
'King' at Cupid's Ball
Jack Gruber was crowned "King of Hearts" at the Cupid'a Ball
held recently at the junior high cafeteria.
Jack Gruber, senior, was crown
ed "King of Hearts" at the annual
Cupid's Ball held Friday, Feb
ruary 19, in the junior high cafe
teria. He was chosen from six
candidates by the girls attending
the dance. Dave Barger was the
second senior candidate, Tade
Farmer and Terry Clark repre
sented the juniors, and Jack
Farmer and Tex Willis, the
sophomores.
At 9:30 p.m. the ballot was
counted and Dave Lohman an
nounced the winner. Teresa
hnur ki onnstrtir-t thpm raHin. i Vaughn crowned King Jack. A
active fallout and how to cope special dance for the 'King and
with it, reconditioning soil after hi date, Tana Laird, opened the
it has been exposed to radio- second half of the ball,
activity, and how to decontami- Cakes in the shapes of hearts
nate oneself. 'and punch, provided by Vivian
Jim, Dave Chosen
Boys of Month
Jim Mayo has been chosen as
the boy of the month for the
month of January. Jim was chosen
because of his work in FTA and
for his suggestion of an honor
study hall. Among his activities
in school are Student Council, In-
terclub Council, French Club, and
IRL. Also Jim is president of the
FTA, ' regional historian, and
point recorder for Thespians.
Outside of school, Jim is I
member of the Young Democrats,
and is the Ashland representa
tive for the American Heritage
Company. From June 28-August
29, he will study in Europe under
the Foreign Language League
program. Jim plans to attend
either Oregon State or Lewis and
Clark University and study
teacher education or pre-medicine.
Dave Parsons has been named
Boy of the Month of February
for his work on such school pro
jects as the Christmas Ball and
the Cupid's Ball.
A sophomore, Dave is a mem
ber of the Thespian troupe and
helped to organize the sophomore
skit.
Pat Lorton
Named Citizen
Because she has done so much
to promote school spirit this
year, Pat Lorton was chosen citi
zen of the six weeks. Pat is the
AHS yell queen, a member of the
Ski Club, Humanities Seminar,
Student Council, Interclub Coun
cil, and past honored queen and
state officer of Job's Daughters.
In her previous years at AHS,
Pat has been a member of band,
I.R.I., and G.R.A.
Last summer Pat and the other
Leigh, were served as- refresh'
ments.
The Cupid's Ball was sponsored
L-St"lenLC"wib 521! cheerleaders went to Rally Clinic
decorations, which featured heart portand, where they took first
of pink and white crepe paper.
Helping on the decorations were
Tana Laird, Pat Lorton, Sally
Rountree, Carolyn Wolfe, Margy
Rucker, Linda Prescott, David
Parsons, Carol Pennington, and
Dave Lohman. Mr. Keith Mobley
and Jim Guscette made the trees,
and Mrs. Ruth Trost supervised
the making of the other decora
tions. The Randy Hugdahl Trio,
The Vanguards, played for the
dance.
Mrs. Selma McAlaster, Mrs.
Jean Fowler, and Mr. Harry
Wright chaperoned the ball.
place in their division.
She is a member of the Trinity
Episcopal Church, where she at
tends the senior Y.P.F. Pat also
works in the church nursery.
brochures were judged by an
Elks committee.
Teresa entered District compe
tition and won it. She competes
with 11 other girls on this level.
She will receive a $75 scholarship
to any school of her choice in
Oregon.
Teresa's activities include stu
dent body secretary, a member of
National Honor Society, and she
plays the clarinet in the school
band.
Dave competed on the District
level also, but he did not place.
Dave's activities include student
body president, a member of Na
tional Honor Society and De
Molay. District Wrestling
Begins Today
Ashland High School hosts the
district wrestling tournament here
this year. Elimination matches
will be run off today and tomor
row with the finals tomorrow
night. Teams from Medford. Cra
ter, Ciar.us Puss, Klamath Falls,
and Ashland will compete with
last year's winner, Grants Pass
and also state winner trying
for a repeat performance. Ash
land boasts several good fast men
in the middle and light brackets
who could place high in the
match.
Klamath, Crater Meet
At the Klamath Falls tourna
ment two weeks ago. Coach Mab-
ley's mighty wrestlers picked up
10 points for a fourth place.
Klamath won the event with 37
points, Crater had 29, and Bend
25. Ashland took two second
places due to the fine perform
ance of Jerry Sessions in the 123-
pound weight class and Ken
Preston in the heavyweight class.
Clayton Swartz at 106. John
Wood at 130, Gary Hooper at 148,
and Wayne Cullop at 157 finished
with third places.
Showing gaining strength, the
wrestling team lost to the Crater
Comets 38-18. In an earlier match
on January 30, the Comets gained
a 43-8 victory.
In Varsity action, the results
were as follows: 98 Ashland for
feited; 106 Crater forfeited; 115
Stewart Howton tied; 123
Jerry Sessions decLsioned his
man; 130 John Wood was de
cLsioned; 141 Rod Gcorgianna
was pinned; 148 Tade Farmer
decLsioned his man; 157 Wayne
Cullop was pinned; 168 Gary
Pennington was pinned; 178
Dennis Sorenson was pinned; 191
Ashland forfeited: and heavy
weight Crater forfeited.
In junior varsity action the
Bears downed the Comets 17-8.
Conley Hays, Steve Rost, Joe
Whitsett, Gary Hooper, and Bill
Fehrenbach won their matches.
Coming Events
Mar. 12 Basketball at Meord
Mar. 13 Basketball Crater Here
Mar. 16-17 I.T.E.D. Tests
Mar. 19 ... Basketball Banquet
Mar. 18 Chorus and Orchestra Concert
Mar. 19-20 .District Debate at Medford
Mar. 22-26 j SPRING VACATION!