Debaters
Defend
With 2nd
Linfield Title
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TOL'RNEV VICTORS Pictured above are the winners of the
Linfield debate tournament. Through their efforts, AIIS took
second place behind Medford. From left to right are Ginny
Lawrence, Mike Lewis, Kris Nashlund, Cathy Christy, Donna
Ilassell, Cathy Phelps, Scott Weaver, and Judy Phelps. Pictured
at bottom are Curtis White and Dave Parsons.
VOL. 13, No. 8 ASHLAND HIGH
Richard Armour First
Tele-lecture Speaker
"Even Royal Highnesses have
trouble with their sinuses."
Richard Armour, well-known
satirical writer, used ftiese
words as an example of his two
line writing when the students
of Ashland High School heard
the author in person recently.
Actually, Mr. Armour was the
pioneer of Ashland's first tele
lecture system in which famous
personalities may lecture and
answer questions of students in
person over a telephone. The
conversation is then amplified
so that all may hear.
Speaking on Humor in poetry
and prose, Mr. Armour divided
his talk into satire and light
verse writing. He told the rela
tion between humor and intelli
gence and then defined humor
versus satire during the first 15
minutes of the program.
Humor, he said, is in a "large
form" and may be divided into
many categories. Satire, one
part of humor, is a "more intel
ligent form of humor." He went
on from there to explain what
humor is made up of (minor
vices and imperfections).
Most of Mr. Armour's work is
done in satire and he writes
much of it in verse and light
verse. He said that much satire
has internal rhyme and that a
Spirit, Service, Scholarship Committee
Makes Improvements And Additions
This year the SSS committee
has based each class's spirit,
scholarship, and service accord
ing to the number of challenges
each class wins.
In the past years, points were
given for certain activities. In
many cases the service part of
SSS was never fulfilled. The new
system his also been set up to
increase school spirit.
Now each class has submitted
challenges to the SSS commit
tee. During the first and second
six weeks period, there was a
minimum of three challenges
per class. When one class won
an event, that class would re
ceive a point Whichever class
received the most challenges at
the end of the second six weeks
win a teddy bear. The Seniors
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parody of something has much
to do with satire. Mr. Armour
does many parodies on books,
mostly well-known history liter
ature. He explained during his
talk that pun and exaggeration
were the main devices that he
used in his parodies.
During the questioning per
iod he said that he got started
in the humor business by paro
dying popular books. He also
told that he got his ideas from
many sources; often from news
items, phrases he hears and by
reading other people's things.
This year the English Depart
ment will attempt to get two
or three more well-known per
sonalities, and stresses that
tele-lecture may be used for
purposes other than just Eng
lish class.
Rountree To Host
Seminar Meeting
Sally Rountree will be the
hostess for the next to the last
seminar meeting where Walden
II will be discussed. Discussion
will concentrate on The Stranger
at the next meeting, where
Carol Pennington will be the
hostess.
won the first set of challenges.
The first challenge was an egg
toss. There was also a water
balloon toss and a pencil-rolling
contest. Attendance was taken
at the football game and the
Juniors won one attendance
toll, while the Seniors won the
other.
The Seniors were not allowed
to challenge other classes dur
ing the third six weeks. Only
the Sophomores and Juniors
could challenge the Seniors.
But both classes failed to come
up with enough challenges and
as a result, the over-all win
again went to the Seniors.
The third six weeks' chal
lenges consisted of game attend
ance, honor roll and honorable
mention. The Juniors won the
Ashland High School debaters
placed second out of 73 schools
in team standings at the thirty
ninth annual Linfield College
Interscholastic Speech Tourna
ment held in McMinnville.
Donna Ilassell and Cathy
Christy placed first out of 35
teams in senior women's debate
with a record of seven wins and
no losses. This was the second
consecutive year that Donna
and Cathy have gained this title.
Curtis White and Scott Weaver
placed third in the senior men's
debate division.
In individual events, Ashland
Friday, Mar. 4, 1966
Elks Contest
Students applying for the
Elks Most Valuable Student
Scholarship prepared a bro
chure of all civic and school
activities they participated in.
Applicants will be judged on
the following qualifications:
scholarship, citizenship, per
sonality, perseverance, re
sourcefulness, patriotism, gen
eral worthiness and financial
need. 1
The local winner will go on
to state competition and the
state winner will compete with
the winners of the states in our
district. The district winner
will then go to National Com
petition. Candy Winters,
Named Beauty
Candy Winters and Jorja
Keil, Ashland High School sen
iors, have been selected as two
of the ten semi-finalists for the
Miss Rogue Valley Pageant to be
held in May.
Selected on the basis of poise,
beauty, and talent, the girls
were interviewed by a panel of
judges who asked them about
their plans, activities, and hob
bies. Both girls are now work
ing on their talent competitions.
Each candidate is assigned an
adult sponsor who assists her
Miss Flirt contest and brought
in the most money, while the
Sophomores won Mr. Irresist
ible. Because there has not been
enough response to the chal
lenges some changes in the SSS
system are being made. The SSS
committee will now decide upon
the challenges and submit them
to the classes. The SSS commit
tee is counting the challenges
to see which class will get a
half day off of school at the
end of the year.
Those serving on the com
mittee are Bernard Hamm,
chairman, Ron LcBlanc, Jackie
Petersen, Edward Krahel, Jack
Farmer, Paula Hoffman, Curtis
White, Steve Hagart, Kathy
Roberts, and Jim Williams.
contestants received three first
place trophies. Cathy Phelps re
ceived a first place in senior
women's impromptu speaking.
Kris Nashlund earned a first
place for her salesmanship. Kris
was attempting to sell crickets
for household pets. In senior
men's salesmanship, Scott Wea
ver received a first place for
selling deodorant.
Several other Ashland entries
also placed in individual events.
Mike Lewis earned a second
place trophy in senior men's in
terview. Mike interviewed for a
position as a karati instructor.
Ginny Lawrence received third
place in extemporaneous speak
ing in the senior women's divi
sion. In senior women's inter
view, Donna Hassell placed
third.
AHS Coed Earns
State DAR Award
As winner of the state DAR
good citizenship award, Amy
Helm is now ready to compete
for national honors.
A $100 Savings Bond is
awarded to Amy. The national
winner will receive a $1000
scholarship to the college of
her choice. The national winner
will be announced on the first
of April.
viny is the first girl fron.
AHS to receive this state award.
After being selected out of her
senior class, Amy went on to
district Her questionnaire and
autobiography were sent to state
competition. Amy's transcript
and a recommendation from the
school will be sent to national
competition.
Many School Activities
Amy has been active in many
school and community activities
during the last few years. Last
year she took the Able and
Gifted courses at Southern Ore-
Jorja Keil
Semi-finalists
with make-up, clothing selection,
and helps her with other prob
lems which may arise concern
ing the pageant
Candy, who moved to Ashland
during her junior year, is tem
porary head of flag girls. Her
other activities include National
Honor Society, Juvenile Jury,
and Girls' League.
Jorja was recently named citi
zen of the six weeks. She is also
active in Grizzettes, Ski Club,
Debate Team, Girls Recreation
Association, Girls' League, Semi
nar, and Student Council. Last
fall, the Letterman's Club elect
ed Jorja as a homecoming prin
cess. During the summer, she
represented Ashland High
School in LaPointe's fashion
board.
Coming Events
MARCH
Wrestling District Meet at GP
MARCH S
B.B., Medford, here
Wrestling District Meet at GP
MARCH 10
Tentative matinee, Senior play
MARCH 11
State Wrestling Meet at Port
land End of 4th six weeks
Senior play, English Little
Theatre, 8:30 p.m.
MARCH 14 18
Spring Vacation
MARCH 22
National Assembly, 8:45
MARCH 29-30
ITED Tests
Receive Second
Because of so many wins in
senior division, Ashland receiv
ed second place in competition
for the senior sweepstakes title
in addition to placing second in
the Grand sweepstakes. All con
testants from Ashland who
qualified for finals in senior di
vision placed.
In competition in junior divi
sion, Dave Parsons won third
place in after-dinner speaking.
Judy Phelps also qualified for
finals in junior women's inter
view. The team record in debate
showed Ashland teams winning
44 while losing only 19.
Approximately 1,400 students
from 73 Oregon schools partici
pated in the three-day tournament
gon College and served on Ju
venile Jury. Amy has been on
active member of 4-H for the
past seven years. She has won
many ribbons for her sewing
and knitting which have gone
to state fair for the past three
years.
This year Amy is Grizette
President, GRA Point Manager,
FBLA Scrapbook Chairman,
and Student Council Represen
tative. She is also a member of
Honor Society and Interclub
Council.
Amy has received several
awards during the past two
years. She was a delegate to
the Girls State and an AFS
semi-finalist. She won the Chem
istry Award and is a National
Merit Finalist This year Amy
has received the BPW Girl of
the Term, Betty Crocker Home
maker of Tomrrow Award, and
she took first place in the Elks
Leadership Contest
In spite of Amy's many activi
ties she has maintained a 4.0
GPA. Amy plans to enter Ore
gon State University next fall
and major in Home Economics.
Amy is saving for school by
working part time at Ingle Drug.
AHS Honor Club
Initiates Members
Twenty-three juniors and 14
seniors were recently named
for acceptance into the Ashland
Chapter of the National Honor
Society.
Students were chosen on the
basis of their rank in their
class. The upper ten per cent of
the junior class and the next
five per cent of the seniors was
chosen.
Those seniors who met the
requirements were: Carol Brad
shaw, Teresa Collier, Wayne
Cullop, Terry Clark, Robert
Dooms, Bernard Hamm, Donna
Hassell, Steve Harris, Conlee
Hays, Jorja Keil, Jackie Peter
son, John Williams, and Candi
Winters. Derek' Leask was also
admitted as an honorary
member.
Juniors who were accepted
were: Ginny Lawrence, Ken
C'nrk, Lisa Tumbleson, Janice
Sowards, Curtis White, Linda
Cannon, Chris Wiley, Margaret
Whillock, Craig Kirby, Mary
Alley, Paula Hoffman, Bill
Petitt, Lois Lahr, Susan Beech
er, Sally Rountree, Kathy Neal,
Carolyn Dickcrson, Scott Wea
ver, Linda Rifle, Janice DeBoer,
Cathy Phelps, Judy Jameson,
and Barbara Sorenson.
Induction ceremonies for
these students will be .held
March 7.