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AHS Delegates To Represent Kansas
Model Democratic Nominating
Convention Committee has final
ly been assigned a state to repre
sent at the Portland Convention
to be held in May. The 35
delegates will be representing the
state of Kansas.
A total of about forty students
will be sent to the convention with
Mr. William Leybold and Mr.
Richard Kromminga as advisors.
Final decision on the students to
be sent will be made by early
February.
Christmas Tree Pick-up
Nets Money
Japanese National Champions Visit AHS
if
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lliroshi llunaki and Keishi Wakamatsu clash during the Kendo
Fencing exhibition.
Honor Roll Promoted Cheating
JULIE HARRISON
The honor roll at Ash
land High School was abol
ished for one year in 1953.
In the opinion of sever
al teachers the honor roll
was undesirable because:
--it promoted cheating,
' --it created and main
tained a snobbish
clique,
It influenced teachers
in grading students
whose grades were in
the vicinity of meeting
the requirement and,
the large number of
Nevbry Dicusses Enactment Of Drinking Lav For
"I feel that since 18-year-olds
have been granted the right to
vote, all the privileges and
responsibilities of adulthood
should now be extended to the...
stated Senator Lynn Newbry this
rail.
Included among the privileges
and responsibilities of adulthood
is the consumption of liquor. In
most cases this privilege arouses
the greatest enthusiasm among
minors in regard to Iwoering the
age of majority.
There are two ways in which an
18-year-old drinking law could be
passed : as a legislative or as an
In other activities, the Christ
mas Tree Pick-up netted a total
of about $H0 which will be added
to the $650 already in the treasury
from dues collected and appro
priates by the school board.
Officers for the delegation from
Ashland are, Sally Eshoo-Secre-tary,
and Zan Nix-Treasurer. The
four State-Chairmen in charge of
the various committees are, Sally
Eshoo, Kim Laird, Vicki Kirsher,
and Paul Tumbleson.
Students Analyzing Kansas
Political Scene
The money from the treasury
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names on the list made
the "honor" question
able. When the principal put
the issue to a vote, the tea
chers decided the roll should
be abolished.
This decision was re
versed by the board of trus
tees on October 12, 1953 in
a motion which required the
school "to reinstate the hon
or roll in the high school un
til some other system of a
warding scholastic achieve
ment is devised."
Senator l.ynn Newbry comments
ym , life
will be used for expenses on the
trip. Some of the money will be
used immediately in order to
subscribe to various important
newspapers from large Kansas
cities. These newspapers will be
used to keep up on the political
situation in the state.
All of the delegates will be
responsible for analyzing the
political situation in Kansas in
order to determine which Presi
dential Candidate best will sup
port the goals of Kansas in the
upcoming election.
Kagoshima Shoko High School
wrestlers, Japan's National High
School Champions, traveled to
Ashland as part of the Cultural
Exchange Program, to wrestle
selected "Southern Oregon All
Stars". They stayed with host families
from -around the Rogue Valley
during their tour of the area. The
J. W. Parsons family provided
snowmobiles for a party held in
the team's honor. Katsunobu
Tokito, head of the Japanese
delegation, and AHS student Lyle
Reeder were injured when they
collided with a tree. The Japa
nese delegate was hospitalized
for a couple of days in the
Ashland Community Hospital.
An exhibition was held in the
high school gym January 27.
Besides wrestling the "Southern
Oregon All-Stars," the team
demonstrated several sports na
tive to Japan. Keishi Wakamatsu
and Hiroshi Hanaki the art of
Kendo fencing, using both bam
boo sticks and iron swords.
Spectators were also intro
duced to Sumo Wrestling in which
a person attempts to push his
opponent out of a designated
circle or off his feet.
A judo exhibition followed the
wrestling meet.
on the IH-year old drinking law.
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PHKIWIMNti Four participants in the Musical Review
robearse for the Friday night's show. From left to right, they
are Dave Koch, review com in idee heads Laurie F. Jones and
Itoseniarv ). Olson, and Paul Tumbleson. Tickets may be
purchased from any student involved in the production.
Ashland To Participate In Meeting;
To Discuss Science, Humanitiess
Julie Engle, Dennis Leybold,
Rodger Rio, Mr. Lance Locke
and Mr. Don Vondracek have
been nominated by Ashland High
School to participate in the third
Oregon Junior Science and
Humanities Symposium which
will be conducted by the Depart
ment of Science Education of
Oregon State University (OSU)
on March 9, 10 and 11.
One hundred fifty juniors and
seniors and 50 high school
teachers from all over the state
will take part in the free
symposium on the OSU campus.
"Teachers and students will be
selected to participate on the
basis of interest, ability, and
recommendation of school of
This Summer
Study Tour Goes Abroad
Grenoble, London, Paris
and Home will be visited by
a group of southern Oregon
students this summer. The
group will depart from the
Oakland airport June 27 and
return August .
The program is a French
study tour handled by the
American Institute for For
eign Study. Most of the five
weeks will be spent in Gren;
oble, site of the 1968 winter
Olympics.
("lasses will be held in
the morning leaving the rest
of the day free for sightsee-
initiative measure.
Senator Newbry supports the
legislative method because it
"ought to encompass every
thing." If a legislative measure
were passed 18-year-olds would
have to surrender their juvenile
status. In addition to being able to
purchase and obtain alcoholic
liquor, they could servon on
juries, negotiate contracts and
sign legal documents.
A legislative measure would
have to be passed by the state
legislature, which docs not meeta
again until 1973.
A more speedy way of lowering
ficials Efforts will be made to
have representatives from each
high school in the state,"
according to Thomas P. Evans,
director of the symposium.
"Science and Society" will be
the symposium's theme. The
purpose of the gathering is to
promote the study of the sciences
and humanities and to recognize
students who demonstrate an
aptitude for an appreciation of
these fields.
The three day symposium will
consist of speeches, discussions,
presentations of student research
papers and a presentation of
career opportunities in the
sciences and humanities.
ing and individual explora
tion. Mrs. Pat Rarner, a
I'Vench teacher ut Crater
School, will be the counselor
of the local group.
Therd is still room for
students who would like to
go to Europe this summer.
The tour costs about $1080
Previous knowledge of
French is not necessary.
l'or more information
yalk to Mrs. Warner at Crater
(661-1241) or contact Mrs.
Ida Simon here.
18-Year-0lds
the drinking age to 18 would be
through an initiative measure.
If enough signatures are ob
tained for an initiative petition
the issue could be put on the
general election ballot in Novem
ber of 1972.
This is the goal of the
"Equalize at 18 Committee"
formed this fall by Dennis Koho
and Clayton Klein, two Southern
Oregon College students.
The question now is: will the
IB-year-old drinking issue be put
on the ballot in 1972 or will
18-year-olds have the chance to
become full adults in 1973?