Student Campaign On
The 1972-73 Student Body
Campaign is underway! A Cam
paign Assembly will be held at
8:30 on May 4 followed by the
general election on May 5.
Student Body President, First
Vice President, Second Vice
President, Secretary, Cheer
Queen and the Grizzly Bear
Mascot will be the positions
students will vote for. Currently,
nominees are filing petitions for
these offices.
Paul Tumbleson, Casey Dale,
Dave Jensen and Brent Jensen
are Student Body President
hopefuls who have declared their
intentions to run.
Campaign posters were scat
Vol. I. No. 12
TflUxm JStaqed
Two plays by Jules Feiffer will
be staged May 4. 5, and 6 in the
high school's Mountain Street
Theatre.
"Feiffer 's People" and
"Crawling Arnold" were recently
chosen by Drama Club to be
performed in its second stage
apperance this year.
The two plays may be put on
during school hours for students,
in addition to the evening
performances.
In a series of short sketches,
"Keiffer's People" satirizes
American life. The sketches are
relatively unrelated.
"Crawling Arnold" is also a
comedy. It is the story of a 35
year old man who is jealous of his
younger brother.
The cast for "Crawling Arn
old" is as follows: Barry Dave
Sours. Grace Virginia Saul,
Miss Sympathy Laurie Jones,
Arnold Paul Tumbleson and
Millie-Jo Goff.
Two Tongues
Knowledge of a foreign lan
guage can be an advantage in
almost every occupation and
activity in today's society. How
ever, may students continue to
plan their schedules under the
influence of the myth that foreign
languages are of value to only to
prospective interpreters, trans
lators and foreign language
teachers.
According to the I'.S. Depart
ment of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics, a fureign language is
helpful to or needed by social
scientists, physicians, biological
scientists, chemists, physicists,
astronomers, geographers, geol
ogists, geophysicists. meteorol
ogists, musicians, singers, ac
tors, dancers governmental
workers, advertising, marketing
research and public relations
workers, petroleum production
and refining workers, librarians,
newspaper reporters, hotel
workers, restaurant workers,
airline stewardesses, secre
taries, stenographers, typists,
social workers, teachers and
counselors.
Fluency in one or more foreign
UiiiKUugt-.s is absolutely neces
nOG
tered throughout the campus last
Friday after school.
During the May 4 assembly
candidates will get a taste of real
campaigning when they talk of
their ideas and merits concerning
the offices of which they are
running. Otherwise, campaign
ing is left up to individual contact
with students.
Current Student Body officers
will speak on the qualifications
and oHhe student body president
candidates will be open to
questions from the audience.
Then another panel of the
nominees for First Viie, Second
Vice and Secretary will answer
questions thrown at them from
RFC 'WMCTW
Ashland Hitth School, Ashland,
Ore.
Six of the nine debaters Ashland sent to state came back with
honors. They are Kill F.llis, Pat Overand, Dave Koch, Kay Bartley.
Dave Sours and Leslie Peterson.
held April 20, 21 and 22 on the
Have Merit
sary for employees of overseas
branches of American business
firms, the Foreign Service, the
Peace Corps and, in many
instances, for Vista volunteers.
Anyone who wishes to travel in
another country will find an
understanding of the language a
tremendous asset in learning
what and how the people think,
becoming acquainted with their
customs and avoiding unneces
sary misunderstandings.
Furthermore, a foreign lan
guage is necessary in acquiring a
good education. Some colleges
have foreign language entry
requirements. Proficiency in a
second and possible a third
language if often required for the
M.A. degree and is nearly alw ays
required for the Ph.D.
Research in almost any field is
not considered complete unless
it includes reference to the work
of loreign experts.
If a student wishes to go abroad
as an exchange student or to
attend a foreign university for a
few terms, he should certainly be
equipped with the appropriate
language.
The Road
the audience.
Student Body President Pat
Overand explained that this way
students hopefully will vote for
the candidates who seem to
qualify best for the office, not for
those who are especially known
or popular.
Between campaign speeches,
those students who have signed
up for tryouts for the Grizzly
Bear will perform a routine.
Identification of the individuals
will be kept confidential, and
students will make their choice
by number. Again, the executive
council chose this method so
students will vote on perform
ance, not popularity.
Tues.. Mav 2. 1972
The state debate tournament was
I'niversity of Oregon campus in
Kimrne. Dave Koch was
Ashland's only state cham
pion, taking first in humorous
interpretation.
' 'Cons ' 'Gain
By Dale Nelson
Science fiction has come of age.
Speculative fiction has graduated
from its humble beginnings the
gaudy pulp magazines of the '30s
and '40s to become a highly
respected branch of literature.
Its success can be attributed to
the fact that many of its
prophecies and speculations have
come true men on the moon, for
example.
Science Fiction Conventions
Even back in the '30s and '40s
Science Fiction fans were a
somewhat more vocal group than
the readers of the companion war
and crime pulp magazines. They
wrote to each other, published
crudely - printed magazines
(called "Fanzines"), and began
to hold conventions.
These conventions provided
fans with the opportunity to meet
with others who shared their
interest to speak with persons
who would not mock tnem for
their interest in "that crazy
rockelship stuff." The early
Special Courses To Appear
Next Year In Curriculum
Additions and changes have
been made in the list of courses
offered for next year. New
courses appear in the Foreign
Language, Social Science and
Industrial Arts Departments.
Extensive reorganization in the
Home Economics and Arts and
Crafts Departments also pro
vides the student with a more
varied selection.
"Language for the Curious"
"Language for the Curious"
devotes one quarter to each of
four languages French. Ger
man, Italian and Spanish. This
new course teaches "how to get
along in another language with
out really being fluent in it" and
provides "do's and don't's for
travelers," stated Mrs. Margaret
Zwick, Dean of Girls.
Students may take either or
both semesters of the course,
French and German being
offered first semester and Italian
and Spanish being taught the
second half of the year.
Anthropology Course
In the Social Science Depart
ment, Mr. William Lawrence will
teach "Patterns in Human Hist
ory", a new one semester course.
Man's physical, social and cult
ural development will be studied
Newspaper Rates
High In Contest
Columbia Scholastic Press
Association (CSPA) rated the
Itogue News, Ashland High
School newspaper a first in the
CSPA's Annual Newspaper Con
test. Rogue News scored 916 out of a
possible 100() points. Ashland
competed with schools through
out the country, and the Medford
Hi Times also received a first
place award.
First place awards were given
on the basis of scoring 900 or
more points and the paper entries
were judged separately and not
competitively.
In rating the balance of
different news items and sub
jects, 80 points were awarded out
of 80 possible. When the Kogue
News was generally considered
in terms of character, individual
ity, and of value to the school, 48
points out of a possible 50 were
awarded.
Prominence
conventions (or "cons" as fans
abbreviated them) at first had
small attendances, but recently a
"con" held in New York had an
attendance in the thousands.
Each year a Worldcon is held.
Recent sites have been Heidel
burg, Germany, New York City,
and Los Angeles.
Itecent Regional "Con"
..Recently this writer had the
pleasure of attending a "con." It
was held February 18-21 in
Portland. The atmosphere was
relaxed and informal; clusters of
fans stood about talking or
scrutinizing a rare book or piece
of artwork, and individual at
tendees haggled with sellers over
the price of a choice SF item.
There was a program of activ
ities, but this was not adhered to
closely. Nobody was put under
pressure to hurry and finish
looking around, so that a panel
discussion could be held ; the easy
atmosphere was maintained
throughout the meeting.
in this beginning anthropology
class.
Vocational Block Courses
More two hour block custom
courses will be offered in the
vocational area. This year a two
period metals course was avail
able. Next year, block courses
will be offered in construction
industry and industrial mechan
ics. In Home Economics, Arts and
Crafts, the old courses will be
broken down into specialized
courses, most of which will last
one semester.
New Home Economics
Divisions
This will allow students in
Home Economics courses to take
either sewing or cooking courses
instead of both, as was required
in the old Home Economics I and
II divisions. Courses will be
divided by ability or interest,
e.g., "Beginning Clothing", "In
termediate Clothing", etc.
Specialized Art COURSES
Such specialized courses as
"Pottery and Jewelry" will be
ofered in Arts and Crafts, where
the first nine weeks period is
spent on the pot and the next
quarter on the jewel. Other areas
which will be concentrated on
include textiles, weaving, tie dye
and leather.
Student Conduct
Decides Future
Of Study Halls
Before the new study hall
system can allow students the
option of leaving campus during
their free period, the administra
tion will have to look into various
factors according to principal
Mr. Gaylord Smith.
This means students might not
be free to go home, downtown, or
elsewhere during their study
halls until next year.
Mr. Smith stated that the most
important preliminary step is to
"check out the legality" of an
open campus situation. The
school is more or less responsible
for students during schxl hours.
Under an open campus study hall
system the school may not be
able to contact students when
necessary.
Students will have to prove
their responsibility under the
present system and parents and
the community must be notified
before an open campus system
can go into effect.
First place honors went to
Ashland High, with a score
of 212.00 in statewide com
petition for the National
Math Contest. Berk Palmer
was high individudal scorer
with KK.lHt. Christy Harris
third with 73.25. Pete Cray
twelfth with a score of 52.75.
and Mary Haines thirteenth
with a score of 52.25.
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