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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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77 Seniors Bid Ashland High AdieuTod
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VACATIONS WILL Philosophy of Education
in the
STAKT; NORBYTO
TAKEN OVER 1ST Ashland High School
SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPAL!
By FACULTY AND STUDENTS
rpHE yearned-for season wel-
coined by students and faculty
rpHE OPPORTUNITY of education in the Ashliyid high school
alike—will start for Ashland high
school today. May 26, when class
shall be extended to all who have met the requirements. This
es will dismiss for summer vaca
public secondary school is free and open to all who live within
tion. For those students not at
its boundaries and care to take advantage of its opportunities.
tending summer school, tardy bells
will sound again Sept. 5, when the
Curricular materials, methods, organization, and the teach
fall semester will get under way.
ers exist in educational situations for the purpose of improving
Marking the close of school this
society and producing individual personalities capable of intelli
year will be the completion of 27
gent self-direction and social functioning. Schools are for the
years of service as city school sup
students, and the school must continue and develop their
erintendent by George A. Briscoe,
training
in good citizenship.
who will retire June 1. His posi
tion as director of the educational
Education must be both life and preparation for life. To
facilities of Ashland will be taken
learn to live successfully the students must have a storehouse
over on that date by Theo. J.
of subject matter. To be able to think one must have a back
Norby of Vancouver, Wash.
ground of facts to direct and help him in reaching logical
Elaborate and well attended
commencement exercises held in
conclusions.
the junior high school gynuiasium
Right attitudes are vitally important to the individual's
Wednesday night was the occas
ion for presentation of 77 diplomas
outlook on the world, but these attitudes must be aided by
to this year's graduating class.
sufficient information to enable one to act wisely instead of
Edmund Dews delivered the vale
blindly pushing forward with nothing, but good intentions and
dictory address, and salutatorian
address was given by Margaret
a happy attitude to guide him.
Lininger. Dr. Bruce Baxter, presi
Schools should strive to secure educational outcomes that
dent of Willamette university, was
main speaker and invocation and
are in harmony with the best traditions of the past, the best
benediction were by the Rev. Mel
thought of today, and the ideals of tomorrow. Schools are
ville T. Wire of the Ashland First
worthy
only in the individual and social improvements they
Methodist church. Superintendent
make in the lives of the boys and girls.
Briscoe made the diploma presen-
taations. Other features of the
The aim is to prepare students for living together happily
commencement exercises, which
and harmoniously with other citizens in the community, and at
filled the gymnasium to capacity,
included numbers by the high
the same time to develop individual differences and talents so
school orchesti-a under the direc
the varied activities and occupations in life may be successfully
tion of Ward V. Croft, vocal and
handled by different individuals.
string ensemble numbers and
April. 1939.
songs by the boys’ quartet. Ac
companist was Joan Whitmore.
Following close of school today take place, many returning to others plan vacation and study
a general exodus of teachers will their homes for the summer while trips.
P’RO.M top down, left to right, above:
Henry Miller, Rather Wade, Doreen
DeLisle, Dale Himelwright, Robert An
drea«, Opal Surber, Frances Imhoff,
Weldon Heard, Edmund Dews, Shirley
Putman, Fay Davis, Edward Cate, Loul«
Norberg and Alberta Durham.
gENIORS, reading from top down, left
to right, first column: Larry I>>igh,
June Andrews, Edna Hash, Dick Gard
iner, Everett Nance, Phoebe MacCollist-
er, Ruth Wordsworth, Robert Farlow,
/MTV NCHOOL Nl’PT. GEORGE \ BRINCOE, al left above, and lllgh Nchool Principal llm |
at right, are shoun in» the.y apiienred In thè 1939 edltlou of The Rogne, yenrbook of thè
high nchool. Through thè courtewy of thè annunl's staff. The Mlner ha« lieen permltted lo re,
picture« of eia«« offlcem, faciliti members and graduating «enlors ithich appetir on thc«c |WO
SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS!
^BO\E, from left to right, are the senior officer« for the 1939 graduating elan« nt AnhlanJ
M-hool. They are MacKenzie Roberson, president; Alden Powell, vice president; Lola Welch ■
tary and treasurer, and Hollis Beasley, adviser.
pMlOM top down, left to right, above:
fa^Roy McNeil, Lucille Cleveland,
Margaret Lininger, Dale Ross, William
Curtis, Nanette Lee, Lucille Lebow, Eld
ridge Gray, Marie Winkleman, Shirley
Willard, Charles Warren, Gertrude Wen- .
ner, Fern Wyant and Dean Abbott.
Patricia Hastings, Jack Williams, Jack
Bentley, June McDougal, Lois Welch,
’Hiles Powers, Don Gettling and Norma
Bishop.
FK(<mvetOn d”w">
»« right, above:
Olive Davis, Melvin Conley Alice
rctT BHi?’ f h“lr1l, s ’’«bblns, Ch ina Gar
rett, Billie Luebbe, Robert Miller Ittibv
well i,<,is”wHi;,,‘
E<,War'1
, ixiift White, Damon Clifton
Wine and Dorothy Halfhill.
’
pROM top down, left to right, til*1'’''
Dorothy Wlzner, .lohn I’rutt,
Way He««, Marjorie Freeman, •‘rlU\
Miller, Gaylord Ventai, Kenneth IW*
Alinea Norri«, June Bryant, Ks•**
t ook. Robert (orlimi I, Shirley "l4l,‘
Joe Jennel and |x>ona Rowe. Neniof*.
Miowii in picture*: Gifford U*.
lauti« and Ivan I'eterwon.