We Try Harder
by Karen Sargentl
For the past 21 years, one
event in the field of sports im
prints itself in the minds and
hearts of Ashland High School
students. This, of course, is the
Ashland vs. Medford football
game.
Certainly, there are some
reasons why Medford consist
ently emerges victorious.
Let us assume that on both
teams all things are equal on
the coaching level and the
players' ability. The fact that
Medford High has a larger stu
dent body from which to choose
its players enters into the
picture.
Medford's best players might
be equal to ours but there
are more of them.
Medford is able to substitute
players who are just as good as
the members of the squad they
are replacing. Ashland play
ers must stay in the game
longer because there are fewer
Rogue Review
This year things are going as
tradition has it. The schools in
this state and many other states
in the United States are par
ticipating in American Field
Service.
In our own town, Ashland,
there is a student named Diana
Mindlin ("Kuky") who is at
tending Ashland High School
from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Diana is spending her year in
Ashland with the B. A. Cope
family. She is attending school
with her new "sister," Betsy
Cope.
Lincoln High School in Port
land has two foreign students.
Maria Cristina de Castro from
Formiga, Brazil; and Takeshi
Oda from Sapporo, Japan.
In Anoka High School in Min
nesota they have a foreign ex
change student named Khaeng
Sinakhone from Laos. In Rose
burg, Oregon the school has
two exchange students. The
first student is Pierre Kapala
from the Congo, and the second
is Lettie Hadgu from Ethiopia.
Three students are attending
Lodi High School in California
this year. There is Getachew
Felleke from Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia; Kyoung Sou from
Seoul, Korea: and Bridgette
Brand from Kircheimbolanden,
Germany.
American Field Service offers
educational value from the stu
dents who leave the United
States and also shows the for
eign countries how the Ameri
can people live and how the
education program works.
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Eddy Nickolson wears a
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Southern Oregon at
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substitute players of equal
ability to replace them. This
surely tires them and affects
their playing ability.
In other words, the Medford
football team has more depth
than Ashland. This is the key
to their continuous victories
over Ashland.
Moral Victory
In the last game, our 9-0 loss
to Medford was proof that los
ing is incidental. Regardless of
any game loss, Ashland still
scored a victory a moral
victory.
Considering the ratio of good
players to choose from, Ash
land, with the fine performance
of its defensive unit, compara-
High-lights
by Todd
Like most of you, I was disappointed in the outcome of the
Medford game, but at the same time I felt that the Grizzlies, par
ticularly the defensive unit, played an outstanding game. So as I
opened the weekend edition of a Rogue Valley newspaper Sunday,
I postponed reading the obituaries and, instead, turned imme
diately to the sports page. The account of the game which I then
read equaled or surpassed anything offered in the comic section.
The first two paragraphs of this journalistic milestone had
me in tears for 15 minutes. Reading like a combination of the
scripts of "Peyton Place" and "General Hospital," these para
graphs relate how "when disaster strikes through illness and in
jury a team, even the omnipotent Black Tornado, needs time to
rebuild." These adjectives tend to depict the Medford team as
suffering from hemophilia, or possibly polio. Visualize, if you
can, an Easter Seal poster with Andy Jones on the front. The
"disaster" which is so vividly described consisted of the loss of
three Medford starters, none of whom, it should be noted, were
on the offensive line, the area where disaster, Grizzly style, struck
the Tornado most often.
The article also gave prominence to the Medford coach's
statement that his team "stumbled, fumbled and fell" to victory.
Although the Medford team could in no way compare with the
Bolshoi Ballet for agility and grace of motion, they all appeared
to have attained the minimum coordination required for walking
in an upright position. The stumbling and fumbling I observed
was not the fault of the Medford team, but came as a result of
those nasty Grizzly players who kept knocking those poor Medford
boys down.
Oh well, the manner in which the game was played is more
important than what was written about it. And besides, if the
Grizzlies had upset the Big Wind, I doubt if Medford would have
allowed us much satisfaction over the victory. You know the story,
we were playing a team of injured substitutes who hadn't had
time to learn the plays, and . . .
School is rapidly losing, and for some students it has already
lost, its novelty. This phenomenon takes place every year during
the second month of school. At this time, high school students
question whether they are learing anything of value. So to help
those of you who are wondering if there isn't something more to
getting an education than memorizing the date on which the Span
ish Armada was defeated, or learning the irregular French verbs,
or remembering the values of trig functions, we print the follow
ing statement by Sydney J. Harris.
"The educated mind is not an almanac, a memorization ma
chine, or a tracker-downer of misplaced commas in a manuscript.
It is an organism that understands the relationship between facts
and ideas, and between one idea and another idea. To be educated
means to grasp relationships, to see how one set of concepts relates
to another, and to comprehend their proper order of value . . . and
their relevance to the life of the person possessing such knowledge.
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Diane Demo wears a
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tively made a better showing
than Medford.
Can Ashland ever beat Med
ford? Perhaps, as in the case
of David and Goliath, Ashland
will find a vulnerable spot in
Medford's line. Of course,
Grizzly backers swarm to these
football games each year, hop
ing for this possibility.
These games, or games such
as the last one, are always ex
citing because of the sheer de
termination displayed by our
team when Ashland came so
close to hitting Medford's vul
nerable spot. It is hard to deny
that sooner or later Ashland
will beat Medford; but, as with
many things, only time will tell.
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AIIS VOCAL GROUPS
Mr. Windt, director of AIIS
choir and orchestra, has an
nounced that he is starting a
vocal group. Anyone who is in
terested in singing in such a
group should sign up on the
sheet in the hall or see Mr.
Windt. In order to be accepted,
an audition is necessary. The
group will meet on Monday
nights and will perform at con
certs and social functions.
ART SERVICE CORPS
Does your club need a poster
or sign? If so, contact a mem
ber of the Art Service Corps or
one of these officers: President,
Rayetta Clark; Vice-President,
Lois Nickodemus; Secretary,
Pam Higgins; and Treasurer,
Judy Welch. Advisor cf the
club is Mrs. Trost.
FTA
Members of AHS's Future
Teachers of America chapter
have been gaining teaching ex
perience. Members have been
helping to tutor adults in the
General Education Develop
ment program, and have been
accumulating hours toward a
future 200 hour non paid teach
ing requirement.
Dellenback
Gives Talk
Congressman John Dellen
back was heard by students of
AHS during a recorded tele
lecture September 10 and 11
in the English Building lecture
hall.
Congress man Dellenback
spoke on "Responsible Protest."
He talked on the protest move
ment in the United States to
day. Dellenback explained a num
ber of reasons for unrest and
"disquietude" among the young
people of today. He emphasized
increasing urbanization, rural
poverty that is causing a mass
exodus to the cities, the broad
ening of education, and eco
nomic competition, among the
The Congressman used civil
rights, Vietnam, the draft, and
poverty as examples of some
current situations that have
caused concern, unrest and
protest.
Dellenback said "Protests are
forerunners of change. They
are a basic part of our system."
He discussed "socially accept
able" protest and illegal pro
test. He urged all to speak out
when something is wrong, but
to be prepared to face the re
sult of your protest.
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Officers are: Cathy Silver
wood, President; Jim Williams,
Vice President; Bev Brackman,
Secretary; and Judy Brown,
Historian. Mrs. McAlaster is
the club advisor. Cathy an
nounced that Judy Brown will
be running for the office of
FTA State Secretary.
LETTERMEN
John Zupan is the president
of the Lettermen's Club this
year. Other officers are: Dick
Boulton, 1st Vice-President;
John Roberts, 2nd Vice Presi
dent; and Rick Buc k, Secretary
Treasurer. The Lettermen have
been selling AHS pennants at
home games. John announced
that these banners, which sell
for one dollar, will be on sale
during Homecoming Week.
Why not buy one and support
AHS and a worthy cause?
sss
Members of the SSS commit
tee this year are: Seniors, Cathy
Silverwood and John Zupan:
Juniors, Patrice Roberts and
Cary Slack; and Sophomores,
Laurie O'Harra and Robert
Hutchison. Chairman of the
committee is Senior Ken Wil
lis. Ken announced that the
Juniors lead in challenge wins
with two wins. Seniors are next
with one win, and Sophomores
follow with no wins.
By the way, did you know
that SSS stands for "Spirit,
Service, and Scholarship "?
SENIORITY
Seniors were recently treat
ed to the first copy of Seniority,
the Senior paper. The paper,
published every two weeks,
contains information of inter
est to Seniors. It is written by
Dick Boulton (D) and Todd
Merriman (T).
SOPHOMORES
Sophomore class president,
Jane Davis, wants to thank all
the Juniors and Seniors who
helped haul wood for the bon
fire. Cathy Rille was in charge
of the Bonfire and deserves a
special thanks.
VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Mr. Everett Winter of the Ju
nior High Vocal Department
has organized a vocal ensemble
composed of AHS students.
The 15 member ensemble will
perform at local group func
tions. Members are: Ken Con
ger, Margie Garcia, Lon Gos
sage, Linda Greene, Leslie
Grimm, Sherri Harlan, Enid
Langcr, Jon Olson, Steve Olson,
John Perry, Kathy Pennington,
Carol Tarbox, Mike Trenton,
Jim Williams and Pan Witt.
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