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Lilette
"When I say there are 3,100
of you, though, there is one
thought that I do not want you
to get, do not think to your
self: 'Who am I? I am only one
out of 3,100.' That is wrong.
You are you."
This is an excerpt from an
eagle" letter sent to me every
month by George Edgell, AFS
Well, it was pretty hard to
Director of Programs,
convince myself that "I was I"
when I walked through the
halls of AHS that first morn
ing of school. I felt like a com
plete stranger . . . like maybe
I didn't know that "I was I."
About 750 strange kids and
one little terrified me! I must
admit that those first days were
lonely ones with only my two
American sisters and a couple
of brave souls to show me the
ropes.
Although the Americans
have occupied the Philippines
and my city, Bacolod. could
very well be any American
city, there were quite a few
adjustings I had to do.
The cost of labor in the Phil
ippines is quite cheap and you
could find anybody to do any
job for you. The absence of
porters and bell boys in the
American airports really struck
me. When we AFS'ers landed
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This article is supposed to
give you an idea about what is
going to happen at AHS next
year. As things stand right now,
this depends a lot on you. As
far as I am concerned, that
welcome freshmen dance was
just one of those things that
won't happen again, at least
not for some time. However,
we are going to have to con
vince quite a few people of
this fact and our actions for
the last days of school this
year and the start of next year
are going to play a part in de
termining the extent of our fu
ture activities.
The student council recently
selected Ken Willis to the po
sitoin of SSS chairman, primar
ily because he is willing to
work and is interested in the
school as a whole.
Ken chose as committee
members Cathy Silverwood and
John Zupan, juniors, and Gary
Slack and Patrice Roberts,
sophomores. Two freshmen will
be chosen at the start of next
year to complete the commit
tee member appointments.
Todd Merriman has been ap
pointed as chairman of the boy
of the month committee while
Judy Sessions will head the
citizen of the six weeks com
mittee. The purpose of these
two groups is to honor deserv
ing people within the school for
their activities.
One idea I have at this time
is that something should be
done to help future sophomore
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at San Francisco, we had to
carry our luggage from the air
port to the bus. You can just
see a 7£ weakling trying
to carry her suitcase, all 50
pounds of it. Phew! Thinking
about it makes me tired.
I have spoken English all
my life, of course the Filipino
way. I had no problem speak
ing the language, although
people have had difficulty un
derstanding me. When I get
excited, though, I mix a few
Filipino words here and there
in my sentences.
I've had so many experi-
LILETTE TUMBAGAHAN
and junior classes in their
preparations for the prom. It
does not seem right that a
class's activities for two years
should be controlled and cur
tailed by the fact that some
how enough money has to be
made to make the junior-senior
prom a. success. Parties and
other enjoyable activities
should be spread out over a
three-year period, not just
crammed into the last year of
school.
What do I plan to do about
it? I have not thought of any
thing yet, but if enough people
think this situation should be
corrected, then action can be
taken next year.
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Year
ences, some of them educa
tional, unusual, and some of
them are just experiences, and
I have enjoyed all of them.
I've seen a little bit of the
American way of life and I can
look at it side by side with the
Filipino way of life. Each is
different, yet it all boils down
to one point; that there are a
lot of differences, yet each is
a perfectly satisfactory way to
live.
There is a tendency to think
of all the AFS'ers just as "an
AFS student," forgetting that
everybody is different, having
a different experience, coming
from a different culture, with
a different road of life ahead
of him.
My stay in Ashland has been
a very rewarding and marvel
ous experience. From my first
football game to the last game
of the year, I've enjoyed every
minute of it. Now my year is
almost over. In the past there
have been mistakes and things
that could have been done bet
ter. But when you talk of "in
ternational understanding" you
think not only of the good but
also of the bad points of a
person or nation.
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High -
by Jan Gray
During the past three or four
weeks, a subtle change has been
coming about Ashland Senior
High. The change has been com
ing in a group of students rather
than the building or the policies
of the institution.
Perhaps some of the under
classmen have noticed the sen
iors walking about with a sort
of glassy stare. Some of the
other symptoms include cold
and clammy hands, a tendency
to trip over permanently placed
objects, such as water fountains
and sundials, and blissful ig
norance of surroundings includ
ing books and teachers.
Many people have a tendency
to brush off this strange state
of affairs with a condescending
nod and the word "Senioritis."
This, friends, is an unfair and
unreasonable notion. The epi
demic that, granted, affects
only the seniors is a far more
complex problem.
As a warning, it should be
stated that the victims of this
disaster may become violent
when confronted by certain un
comfortable ideals. For instance,
if an idealistic sophomore tells
an incapacitated senior that he
is going to be a doctor, always
was going to be a doctor, and
is going to Stanford University
school of medicine on a scholar
ship that will undoubtedly be
given him, the senior is likely to
stifle a groan and, unless re
strained, may incur a few
bruises upon the unsuspecting
sophomore.
Although this action cannot
be condoned, it must be ex
plained. Seymour Senior is un
dergoing an experience that
makes him tend to forget that
he, too, was a self-assured soph
omore only three short years
ago.
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Seymour wanted to be a doc
tor, too. only four weeks ago
he got back his infamous col
lege board scores (which, inci
dentally, he was told would be
phased out shortly after his
graduation). Seymour (at that
time a self assured senior) was
called in by his equally self
assured counselor and coun
seled, "Oh, but Seymour Senior,
you can't expect to get into
Stanford School of Medicine
with scores of this caliber."
Sure enough. Three weeks ago
Stanford sent Seymour a re
freshing letter that began, "Due
to the tremendous number of
applicants we have received
this year . . ." Two weeks ago
Seymour received a letter from
the National Scholarship com
mission informing him that his
parents' confidential statement
(all four pages of it) had gone
into the computer wrong bo
cause the programmer had torn
the "Do not crack, bend or mu
tilate" form in half. They sug
gested he apply for a bank loan
(5H interest). Last week Sey
mour flunked two major science
tests.
Seymour didn't give up,
though. He applied to a state
school, he resolved to work
doubly hard in science, and he
waited.
This week Seymour squeezed
through with a C in Science.
Oregon State sent him a letter
that began, "We are sorry that
you waited so long to apply to
our school . . ." Suddenly Sey
mour got another attack of
Whatsit. He became deeply
preoccupied that there are no
bicycle racks at Ashland High.
He counts the remaining days
of school as though it were the
only thing to keep him going.
Say! There is only 12 hours of
school left!
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