X Southern Oregon News Review, Thura. May 22, 10-17 Style Show And Party End Drive M em bers of th e Ju m o i Civic club nuvv ju st com pleted a m em ­ bership drive, «Auptuinud by Air*. W illiam uvagun uiul Mis I' a W illiam son, alls. Ucu£ui> s '>quau enlisted the m ost new n u m b ers, so Mrs. W illiam sons group e n ­ terta in e d them w ith a style slum and card p arty W ednesday ev en ­ ing al the civic clubhouse. Mr*. W illiam son was general ch a irm an ol th e affair, and Mrs. Coye N idever w as head ol the style show, she was assisted by Mis G ra tia M artin, Bob PHYSICAL LlM CATION S nider, and Dorothy Haynes. Mrs M iller was chairm an ol Writing in the February issue of the Journal of G the ordon refresh m en t com m ittee. Mis. Health and Education. Colonel l’reston B. Waterbury, K en M iller and Mrs. Mollie Neill her. Mrs. Leah S ln n g ei points out that in the pre-war schools and colleges assisted was in charge of the e n te rta in ­ there was over emphasis on games and competitive m ent com m ittee, Mrs. M aryann sports between schools. This led to physical develop­ Alyriek and Eldora Nelson helped ment of only a few individuals, neglect of many and her.The style show was sp o n so r'd practically no correction of defects. As to all around by W eitzel's D ep aitm en t store, sum m er cottons w ere m odel­ physical deveelopment of the individual there was prac­ and ed by high school girls and sm all­ e r children Includ. d among the tically none. girls who m odeled were: Louise This condition which Waterbury noted almost 10 Schilling, Elouise M orn«. M arilyn years ago has not changed during the decade. Today's M iller, V irginia Lutz, Shirley Weitzel. Isabel W illiams. Jan et schools, from grade school through college, place the Nidev* , Nora N u n n g ei, Jean n e emphasis on athletics at the competitive level. In the Basey. V erda Kay M iller, laiula anil Sally Lane smaller schools such as Southern Oregon college and Snider, Follow ing th e sty le show re- Ashland high school, and in many of the larger schools, fre s h m e n s w ere se; ved, and this the same athletically inclined group is the nucleous of was follow ed by card playing the football, basketball and baseball team. The same men get the exercise throughout the year. The remain­ der of the student body get to sit on benches, huudle with co-eds and exercise their larynx. True, there are intra mural basketball and volleyball Mrs. Emil K roeger. rh a irm a n leagues, and particularly at SOC, during last winter, of the sale of poppies May 23 24 in A shland, announces there has been a program, designed by Harold Bishop, and th at v o lu n teer g ro u p s of the Bov which attempts to reach the grou pwhich in the past Scouts and C am p F ire--girls of A shland will assist the A m eri­ has been overlooked in athletic participation. can Legion au x iliary in the sale However, the majority of schools, particularly pre­ of these poppies on the- two, T hese vo lu n teers will s e rv e ' paratory schools, seem to be getting further and furth­ days. as unpaid volunteers, and co n tri­ er away from the fundamental principle of a physical butions m ade to them wiR go into the reh ab ilitatio n and child w el­ education program. The greatest good for the greatest fare funds of the A m erieon L eg­ number is but an empty phrase. The physical educa­ ion and A m erican Legion a u x il­ tion departments of the. majority of high schools iary. C om m ander Phil S tan sb u ry , of throughout the land are so busy trying to turn out A shland Post 14, has alsrt asked winning teams that they overlook the physical needs th at generous co n trib u tio n s be j m ade for the w elfare of disabled of the majority of the students. veterans, th e ir fam ilies and the We have intra-class and intra-mural sports which dependents of deceased veterans reach al lstu^ents,” proponents of the present system on Poppy Day. will say, in attempting to make a case for their meth­ Mrs. Nye, President ods. That’s true, but the intra-mural system today is Women’s Club usually but a farm system whereby the better players of Mrs. was elected get the attention of the coaches and are taught the president R. of F. th N e ye College W om ­ fundamentals of the various sports in order that they en's club of the Rogue R iver valley. M ay 10. in th e fellow ship can be moved up into the varsity squad. The poorer rr" m of the M ethodist church in players, those who lack coordination, those who need , n 'lan d . O th er officers elected include: Mi’s. W. T. Frost, vice- training and aid in physical activities, are overlooked presid en t; Mrs G. L. Linn, sec­ and left on the bench to continue their physical de­ re ta ry ; Mrs. S tan ley C hirgw in, treasurer. generation. Mrs. H om er Bissell, accom pan- ied by Mi’s. F ran k Davis at the What is the answer? What can be done? sang several songs du rin g We believe that less emphasis on team competition piano the m eeting. Mrs. R alph B illings between schools and a greater emphasis on a physical and Mrs. F ran k Davis, w*ei w ho st­ culture program which would reach every student, and esses for th e event. which could be adapted to his individual needs would Monuments and markers. See be much more valuable than any type of intra-school Burns Memorials. On the Plast competitive program. The plan which has been developed by Colonel Wat­ erbury could be utilized as a portion of this program. You'll It does offer a foundation on which to build. We’d re­ Beam with commend further study of such programs to all edu­ cators. Satisfaction, loo when you NAVAL RESERVE This one world needs a strong stabillizing factor in Carry your INSURANCE W ITH it to keep the balance of power between nations on the J. F. EMMETT side of the just. That strong stabilizing factor is evi­ 38 East Main Phone 7866 dently going to be the United States of America. The sun never sets on the British empire is a truism which today has a twin. The sun never sets on an Am-, erican ship is another truism which is just beginning to take it’s place alongside Kipling’s statement. Today there are American ships in the five oceans and the 13 seas. Those ships are on varied missions, some are commercial cargo, a few are passenger, and several are American Navy. 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In order to back up the promise which America has made to the peoples of the world it is go­ MONUMENTS ing to be necessary to carry a big stick, the members Marble, Granite, Bronte of the Naval Reserve are a part of that big stick. As Extra Lettering Available they do their part, so do they aid in keeping American BURNS AGENCY ships in the waters of the five oceans and the 13 seas, "On fh . Pl«,«- and thus they aid in maintaining peace in our time. . May 23 and 24 to Be Poppie Day MRS MORLAN ENTERTAINS S.O.C. WIVES WEDNESDAY Mrs. F redd M orion en tt rtain ed wives ul faculty inem bcis oi S o u th ern O regon c o lle g e .W e d ­ nesday, at her hom e in ivledloiu Mrs. Moi Ian s h usband is bust ness m anager of SOC. Guest* inelm ied Me dam es LI mo Stevenson, .Angus U im m cr, Eugene Bowm an, O tto w uuu. M a ism ill Woodell, L oten Mi .en gei, A rth u r Taylor, luii-nn ,u.o, news, Lloyd P ennington. .Arthur Krvism an, Russell Elliott, ,\i Simpson, llal Bishop, Roy Mi Neal, A nthony K arnes, I iillo n t Williams, and W allace Sapp Lincoln School fo Have Play Day ¡Mrs. Winston Speaks Bruce Conducts Riles For Hosier To Medford Group Di George Bruce conducted Mrs. M ubti W inston, legistiui lin.il n t i s loi Hurry II. lloslei at S o u th ern O regon college, and S atu rd ay , May 17. a l tin L itw ill retirin g sta te p resident of the let funeral c h a p e l M r. tlo s le ii A m erican associai ion of U niver­ died M as I.'» at Ins h o m e o il sity women, spoke du rin g u d in ­ 335 lllgii stieet. lie was b o in j n er branch at the Rogue Valley A u g u st 2, IH< i .lu W o o d la n d , C d l country club, W ednesday, May ifornia, and had .pent th e p a a t| fifty years in Ashland 21 Mis G race Hosier survives! Mrs W inston told of her re ­ cent trip to Dallas, Texas, for hi i husband, and a b r o th e r . Eai l.| the national biennlul convention ’ also of A shland survives of U niversity wom en T here will be a short rehearsal of Mi and Mrs. Jo h n Borden are the U nited choirs, T h u rsd a y visiting Mr. B orden's parents. evening at 8:30, at the M ethodist Dr and Mrs. E. P B urden this C hurch. week Dr D Mae B loinquist, Ashland and Mrs. Stella Du e, S anta Cruz, Miss Dorothy U ndcrkof I e r i Califui ma, left T u e s d a y f u r spent the w eekend in I'm Hand Tacom a, W ashington P upils of Lincoln school will p articip ate in th eir an nual ” P la\ Day", F riday .May 23, on the Lincoln school grounds All par ents, and anyone else who is in terested are invited. Al 10:45 a.m. relays and sprints will begin for th e fourth, fifth and sixth grades. These race will last u n til 12 o’clock noon. 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