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Vol. 211. No. I
Ashland Hitih School. Ashland, Ore.
Wed.. Nov. 21. lit;
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Special Education Class Plans Trip
To Help Tijuana Orphans Survive
With emphasis on action and
experience. Miss Ann Pyker
man's Special Education class
has achieved a variety of events
for the students.
I.ast June, students were given
a chance to visit and repair an
orphanage (Miracle Ranch)
southeast of Tijuana.
An earlier stop at Disneyland
had proved quite eventful for
them. "The kids really enjoyed it.
Especially rides like the Matter
horn, Pirates of the Carrihean
and the Haunted House," said
Miss Pykerman.
At Miracle Ranch, the boys
Ashland Hosts New Tournament; Captures Win
by Jeanne lloadley
A young man pacing back and
forth on the balcony of the third
floor of the Humanities building
reciting a speech to himself.
Unusual? Not at all.
Not, that is. if it was Saturday,
November 11. the day of the
individual events tournament
hosted by Ashland High debaters.
One debater who took part in
the event was Paul Tumbleson.
Tumbleson started his day at
8:(o, participating in Round I of
the tournament with his humor
ous interpretation of an article
about the Mafia.
Tumbleson's next event in
Round I was After Dinner Speak
ing (ADS). For his ADS Paul
chose the topic of advertising,
recounting in an amusing way
some historical types of radio and
television advertisement and
-Upcoming Events-
Nov. Thurs. 23 Thanksgiving Vacation
Fri. 24 Thanksgiving Vacation
Tue. 28 Independent College Representation
(Willamette - 1:00)
Thurs. 30 Square Dance 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Dec. Sat. 2 Independent College Representation
(Pacific Lutheran) 10:30 a.m.
Winter Ball 8:00 p.m.
Thurs. 7 Drama "Man Who Came To Dinner"
8:00 p.m.
Fri. 8 Southern Oregon Conference Basketball
Jamboree HERE
Student Matinee 1:30 p.m.
Drama Club Matinee
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Mr. Richard Kromminga discusses
proposed changes in the U.S.
History program at AHS. Program
will improve the learning situation
for the student and teacher.
did most of the repairing and
building such as digging an eight
foot well, building a new pigpen
and repairing loose doors and
windows.
The girls did their pari too, by
teaching the orphans some of the
English language and working
with rabbit breeding. Rabbits are
the main diet of the orphans.
The girls also painted the
orphanage with a primitive
cactus, seawater paint.
"Mr. Detweiler," (Harry Det
weiler. Former Special Ed.
teacher) "and I did nothing. The
ending with a toast to advertise
ments, saying "they all stink."
To finish Round I, Tumbleson
drew a topic for an extempor
aneous speech which he was
given 30 minutes to prepare.
Breaking for lunch at 11:30
Tumbleson returned at noon to
repeat his humorous intcrp and
ADS speeches for Round II of the
tournament. At 2:00 he drew a
new extemporaneous topic and
by 2:45 when he had completed
his speech his name had already
AFS Holds Winter Dance
A wintery atmosphere will
pervade the cafeteria Saturday,
December 2 when American
Field Service holds its annual
winter ball.
The semiformal dance will
feature a winter theme with the
Social Studies Improvements Proposed;
Plan Known As "Departmentalization"
Improvements in curriculum
presentation are being mulled
over by the social studies de
partment. U.S. History teacher Dick
Kromminga said, "At this mo
ment, these ideas are tentatively
scheduled for possible future use.
Complete studies would be made
of other schools with the same
teaching methods before any
thing is instituted."
Krnmminga's plan, known as
departmentalization, would di
vide the U.S. History and Modern
Problems classes into individual
kids did everything." said Miss
Pykerman.
The students are presently
raising money for their next trip
to Mexico. These money raising
projects include, returning beer
bottles; and cans, recycling
newspapers and making posters
from slide pictures they took in
Mexico.
A school-wide drive is planned
for gathering unused clothes to
give to needy orphans. Right
now. the Special Ed. class needs
more volunteers to help the
students make handicrafts to
sell.
been posted as a finalist in
humorous interp. No finals were
held in his other areas.
Tumbleson went on to take first
place in all of his areas and lead
Ashland to its second sweep
stakes victory of the year.
Asked whether he was nervous
before his speeches Paul replied
"everybody gets nervous ... in
fact it helps if you're nervous
because you have more repoire
with the audience."
highlight of the dance coming in
the crowning of a queen. The
queen will be elected the Friday
before the dance with students
voting in Biology, U.S. and
Modern Problems classes.
The court will be made up of
princesses representing each
club. Letterman's club will elect
someone to crown the queen.
Princesses chosen at this writing
include Cindy Lewis. FHA: Cindy
James, Flag Girls; Debbie
Pentkowskie Future Medical
careers club; Linda Carpenter,
AFS; Jeri Nimrod, Honor So
ciety, and Mary Ann Richardson,
Chess Club. Several clubs have
not yet selected princesses.
Guests at the dance will include
AFS students living in the area
representing the countries of
Argentina, Peru, Barbados,
Turkey, Thailand. Ghana, Ger
many, South Africa, and
Equador.
nine week periods. Specialized
classes such as sociology, psy
chology, political science, and
governmental structure could be
offered in lieu of Modern Prob
lems. Under this plan, periods of
history such as the Revolutionary
War, Civil War, and recent
history could be studied individ
ually instead of the normal U.S.
History routine.
"Many ideas are being con
sidered," said Kromminga. "It's
hard to say whether any of them
Finalists for Ashlands' High-Q team include left to r ht; Rosario
OeLaTorre, Paul Tumbleson, Peggy Haines and Joseph Ha. c. Their first
match wilt be televised Dec. 3 at t p.m. on Channel 3, KGW.
Hi-Q Finalists Determined
Ashland's High-Q team has had
a sudden change of plans. Ad
visor Don Vondracek was in
formed that the team must be
ready to tape the show on
November 30.
Vondracek made the final
selection of the team November
15. Team members include
Rosario Del.aTorre, Peggy
Haines, Joseph Hawk and Paul
Tumbleson. Henry Crumme is
the alternate and will travel with
the team to Portland for the
taping. The alternate takes the
Paul Tumbleson
Math Meet Program Outlined
People feverishly working out
math problems in a crowded
noisy room is something a person
doesn't often encounter. Unless!
Yes, unless he is at a local math
meet.
A person not accustomed to a
math meet would be quite con
fused as to how a math meet is
performed.
A math meet consists of four
events. The first three events are
made up of three problems that
each member of the team works
out individually. The final event
of the meet is one problem in
which three of the six team
members work together.
Though a math meet may look
like mass chaos, it is really an
will be accepted or not. But I
think within the next few years a
complete change will be made in
the presentation of the social
studies classes."
"Changes will not be made just
for the sake of change," said U.S.
History teacher William Leybold.
"Improvements will be made
when they are deemed necessary
for the betterment of the student.
If a better presentation is pos
sible to help stimulate the curios
ity .f the student it's open for
discussion."
place of any team member thai io
unable lo participate on the show.
Vondracek was originally told
that the show wouldn't lie taped
until after January I. Two weeks
ago the producer notified Von
dracek that he wanted to tape the
show on November 30.
The show w ill be broadcast on
television Sunday, December 3. It
can be seen on cable channel 7.
Vondracek was unsure which
high school Ashland would be up
against but said, "it might be
either McNary or Jesuit high
school.
Ellis Performs
For Big Crowd
Don Ellis, famous trumpeter,
and his 22 piece band, put on quite
a show for a near capacity crowd
of 1500 people in the Ashland High
School gym on November 10.
According to David Wight, Jazz
Lab Advisor, about $3,900 was
raised from the concert, $2,500 of
which went to Ellis.
Popular tunes such as "Super
star," "Roundabout" and "Alone
Again (Naturally)" were played
along with recent Ellis hits "Put
It Where You Want It" and the
theme from "The French Con
nection." (For more information, see
Page 3)
organized, entertaining and edu
cational event.
CLUB
BRIEFS
AFS:
American Field Service is
selling Christmas cards to
help finance the exchange
students. Preparations are
being made for their winter
ball which is to be held
December 2.
CHESS CLUB:
Chess Club had a tournament
at Mclaughlin Junior High
November 18. Chess Club is
presently at third place in the
tournament standings. Lead
ing the team with the best
win-loss record is club presi
dent Mike Ligon.
FUTURE MEDICAL
CAREERS:
Future Medical Careers Club
had a speaker at noon Novem
ber 14. The speaker. Miss
Chris Mason, talked about
courses that would help people
pursue their education in the
field of physical therapy.
SPADES 1,1 It:
Spades Club is preparing for
their annual visitation day at
Fairview. Visitation day will
be held sometime in Feb
ruarv.