FRI., APR. 3. 1970
ROGUE
NEWS
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Ugly Blight In Happy Valley
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BEFORE AFTER
DR. WAYNE LINN, biology
department head at SOC, will
be speaking on pollution
from an ecological angle
during the symposium.
DR. FRANK McGRAW,
Geology professor at SOC,
will lecture on local pollution
problems faced here in the
Rogue Valley.
'Environmental Awareness
Key To AHS Symposium
RICHARD CROLY, IED audiologist, will speak on and
demonstrate the ill effects of noise pollution in America. Croly
was instrumental in making a noise pollution film aired on
NBC's "First Tuesday" recently.
The recently formed innovations committee of
Ashland High School is planning an Environmental
Awareness Symposium to take place at the high
school, April 22.
Co-chairmen of the symposium subcommittee
Mary Hoxie and Sharon Silver have planned the
local program to operate in -conjunction with the
Nationwide Environmental Teach-In, being
organized by ecologists in all parts of the United
States. The overall purpose of the national teach-in
is to make the people of America politically aware
of the national crisis which pollution of our
environment is causing.
This local program is being planned in an effort
to make the people of the Rogue Valley aware of
the problems caused by pollution not only on a
nationwide scale, but locally as well.
Prominent Speakers
Several prominent speakers have been invited to
attend the local all-day event, including Richard
Croly, a well-known audiologist who will lecture
on the effects of noise pollution in America. Croly
was instrumental in researching, shooting, and
documenting a noise pollution film in Denver
earlier this year that was shown on NBC's "First
Tuesday" March 3. He will show segments of his
film and will set up electronic equipment to
demonstrate the effects of noise pollution to the
audience.
Other primary speakers will include Dr. Wayne
Linn, head of the Biology department at Southern
Oregon College, and Dr. Frank McGraw, head of
the Geology department at SOC. Both will speak
during various sessions primarily from an
ecological standpoint on local pollution problems.
Governor Tom McCall and Oregon State Senator
Wayne Newbry have also been invited to attend.
90-minute Sessions
The program will be organized into four
sessions of 90 minutes each. During each session,
several activities including lectures, films, and field
trips will be scheduled in various areas of the
campus. A schedule of all sessions including
speakers, events, times, and films will be published
prior to the event to enable participants to plan
their participation.
The format of the symposium is organized to
touch on all aspects of the pollution problem air
and water pollution, trash, noise pollution,
pesticides, chemical wastes, and many more. The
topic will be approached primarily from a
biological and ecological standpoint.
IS Flicks
The film selection committee for the teach-in
have ordered IS films on pollution and ecology to
be shown during the various sessions. The films,
most in color, will include such titles as "What Are
We Doing To Our World?" a film on ecology, and
"The Silent Spring of Rachel Car sons", a
documentary on water pollution based on Rachel
Carson's famous novel.
Field trips for the day will include a litter
pickup campaign in which students and interested
persons will gather trash and debris from the
Ashland Area and gather it into a large pile. Then,
being conscientious anti-polluters, the litterers will
pick up the trash and cart it off to the city dump.
The purpose of the trash gathering is to help make
the community aware of the magnitude of the
littering problem in our community.
Two field trips will be taken to the Ashland
City Dump and various polluted sections of Bear
Creek, with a speaker from the local area lecturing
on local pollution.
Trash Contest
Also planned for activities on the Symposium
day will be a collection of entries for pictures of
garbage. Psychology Today magazine is sponsoring
a nationwide contest for the best pictures of
pollution. The top three national winners will be
awarded $25- and have their winning entries
published in the magazine.
Clubs at AHS will set up exhibits, displays, and
booths in the new campus plaza. A "Trash Art"
collage is being planned for the center slab of the
quad.
All AHS students, parents, community
members, and interested parties are welcomed to
the open event. A wide variety of opportunities
will be offered in order to appeal to all
participants. No admission will be charged.