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I Gold Hill Looking toward
the future with determination
develop an aptitude for de-
gale ana parliamentary law,
fnd to further his interest in
few as a profession and be
come an effective member of
iociety is the goal set by
Cavid Lyle Mack, 18. who
fias received several scholar
ships, including one to Har
vard The winner of many speech
contests, he ranked first
scholastically in his class of
119 students, who graduated
Degrees
lrom Crater High, sfjftol June
5th. w
He is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert A. Mack, route
2, box 489, Gold Hill. Both
his parents are0teachers, and
they too, will graduate this"
summer.
Completes Third Year
Mack is competing his
third year as principal of the
Hanby and Patrick elemen
tary schools in Gold Hill-cPre-
vious to that he was principal
and seventh and eighth grade
teacher in the Sams Valley
school. He will complete his
work for the degree of mas
ter's in education at Southern
Oreeon college in Ashland
this summer.
Mrs. Mack has taught her
bachelor's in elementary -edu-
cation this June at Southern
Oregon college,
Early in the fall of 1957,
David decided that he was
coiif? to win a college schol
arsHlp. He wrote to some 40
colitis or information, and
from these he selected four
and applied for admittance
and scholarshiD. They were
Harvard of Massachusetts.
Oherlin of Ohio. Carlton of
Minnesota, and Reed college
in Portland. Each of the col
leges offered him a. scholar
ship renewable fqr four years,
and in(he case of the Har-vf-d
scholarship, which was
into graduate school.
National Scholarship
BesjSesckeuig admitted to
HarvaVd college, Cambridge,
Mass., he won a Harvard na-
tional scholarship, one of only
about 50 given throughout the
nation. He plans to enter
Harvard college this fall,
where he will major in poli
tical science and study eco
nomics. He hopes to do grad
uate work in law. He has
wanted to be a lawyer since
he was a small child,0 his
father said.
He has also been named
winner of a $500 college schol
arship awarded by the Ore-
con State Labor Council for
a paper written on labor rela
tions. Presentation will be
made at the gmncil's annual
convention which will be held
in Rosburg in August. He
was one of sixstudents re
ceiving the higlst scores in
examinations submitted by
more than 300 senior students
in high, schools throughout
the state for this honor. The
annual scholarship program
was pioneered by Oregon
labor.
National Honor Society
David, a member of the
school chapter of the National
Honor Society, has won other
academic honors this year in
cluding a $500 scholarship
from the iiational Association
of Secondary School Princi
pals, Washington, D.C.
This scholarship was won
in competition of 54,865 se
lected high-ranking students,
all senior members of the Na
tional Honor Society, in moc
than 6.800 schools throughout
the nation. David credits his
principal, Arth Strauss, for
valuable information concern
ing application for scholr
shiDS. o
Other current achievement
include speech awards won in
district, regional, and stt
Future Farmers of Americ
Contests. He won first plct
in the state pubgfc speafting
Contest at the stateP utur
Farmers of 7Vmrica conven
tion Bend. q
His speech, "The Curse of
Bigness," listed the values to
the nation and its people as
brought about by the family
farm unit in contrast to the
negative offerings of corpor
ate farming. In the Northwest
regional intra-state contest
held in Helena, Mont., in
April, using the same talk,
he placed second" in competi
tion with 10 other state win
ners. Accompanied on Trip
He was accompanied on the
Montana trip by George Gil
man, secretary af the Crater
clfepter and the two advisors,
Ed Griggs and Bill MacFar
lane. Dave credits much of
his FFA success to the advice
and help given him by the
two advisors.
At the Bend convention, he
was awarded both a rotating
and permanent plaque as well
as a $100 cash award. The
State' Grange made the a-wards.
Mack was chairman of the
Crater FFA parliamentary
team, which won second place
at the state FFA contest in
Bend. There were 82 chapters
entered in the contest. The
Crater chapter as a whole
were given the master chap
ter award. This signifies out
standing achievement in the
FFA. Others on the parliamen
tary team, besides David
were George Gilman, Allen
Barnes. Bob . Lichti, John
Caster, and Donald Denning.
Dave was one of three
youths from the Crater FFA
to receive an award for State
Farmer degree at the' conven
tion in Bend. This award is
given annually to only 2 per
cent of all the Future Farm
ers in uregon. utners irom
the Crater chapter receiving
this award were George Gil-
man and Allen Barnes.
First in Contest
This spring he placed first
in the district and state con
tests in high school extempo
raneous speecn tournaments
held in Grants Pass and Eu
gene.
David said his activity of
representing his school m
speech and debate work to
him is the ideal combination
of educational leadership ex
periences. He said his debate
coach, Donald Lacy, is one of
the most memorable persons
he has had the privilege of
knowing. Dave feels that it
was because of his help that
he has learned to be a better
thinker, and even more im
portant, he said, Lacy taught
him to understand the im
portance of intellectual hon
esty besides enjoying the ac
tivity. He also feels that his
participation in speech and
debate has contributed to his
own development as a person.
Mack said the secret to his
son's achieving success in be
ing an outstanding student
and the winner of so many
honors is probably in part due
because he likes to study, and
the fact that he put in be
tween 20 and 25 hours each
week on his home work. He
enjoys reading, writing,
peech and debate work. His
favqrite subjects in high
school were social studies, pol
itics and government. .
Interest Began -
His interest in reading be-
gaji as soon as he learned to
read in a little country school
house back in Colorado. It
was 0 during his sophomore
year in high school, that he
won first place in the district
competition for being public
speaker for the Crater Chap
ter of Future Farmers of Am
erica. This really sparked his
interest in speech work. His
interest for dramatics as one
of his mejor extracurricular
activities also became a part
of his high school since that
year when he landed the lead
$art in a school play.
He played the part of
Clfude the caretaker in a
three-act. comedy last fall,
Jinders Creepers." He also
hd a roll in the one act play
Submerged" presented re-
cntly.
At Crater High school, he
was the Future Farmers of
America State champion pub
lic speaker, a co-valedictorian
of his class, won second place
the high hurdles in the
in
league meet, was state and
district champion extempore
speaker and came in third
place in the Voice of Democ
racy contest.
Tim Limited
David said with his partici
pation in so many activities
his time during the last year
has been strictly limited for
leisure hours. He also was
vice president of the Dra
matics club, reporter and
president of the Future Farm
ers of America and president
of the Boys Pep club.
At the time of David's
birth, June 10, 1940, in Port
land, his parents had left the
teaching profession . so that
Mack could accept an admin
istrative position with the J.
J. Newberry company. Be
cause of the nature of his
work, the Mack family travel
ed quite a bit to different
cities in the western states,
during David's early years.
His father was store man
ager for the company in Ft.
Collins and Pueblo, Colo. Pre
vious to joining Newberry's
in 1937, Mack attended Ore
gon State college and the" Ore
gon College of Education and
was principal of a school in
Alpine, Ore., for two years.
Before their marriage, Mrs.
Mack taught the fourth grade
for one year at Camus Val
ley, Ore.
Early Education j
David's early education be
gan with four months of kin
dergarten in Pueblo,' Colo. He
started first grade and went
through the fifth grade in
Rye, a small mountain com
munity in Colorado.
Then the Macks moved to
southern Oregon, where he
entered the sixth grade at
the Sams Valley school and
went through the eighth.
While in grade school, he
participated in the three ma
jor sports on the first team.
He also served as student
body president and editor for
the school paper. His first big
debate was with Susan Day
on the Hells Canyon contro
versy, while in the eighth
grade at Sams Valley. Susan
was his debate partner in the
1957-58 debate activities.
Dave's farming activities
started in 4-H when he was
in the seventh grade. After
entering high school at Crat
er, while in his freshman
year, he was reelected master
of the Sams Valley Juvenile
Grange" and served as vice
president of the 4-H club.
Early Morning Chorei
He enjoys the early morn
ing chores on his father's
farm in the Sams Valley
area, because those hours, he
said have been for him a time
to think, and a time for him
to find out what he really
wanted out of life. During
the summer months he has
worked in nearby orchards.
Although David is inter
ested in competitive sports,
in high school he has limited
his athletic activities to track,
He won his letter at Crater
in his sophomore year by win
ning second in the league
meet.
David's brother, Herschel
L. Mack is 15 months young
er than he. They have been
constant companions through
the years, despite brotherly
differences of opinions (com
monly called spats), which
David said have taught him
some valuable, but hard, les
sons in cooperation and hu
mility. Their relationship has
been that of devoted , pals,
playing together, reading the
same books and doing house
hold chores as a team.
Active in School
Herschel is also active in
school affairs being a . mem
ber of the Crater chapter of
the National Honorary Society
and vice president for the
1958-59 year. He was a stu
dent council member in his
sophomore year, engages in
speech and dramatics and has
been a member of the Crater
Jay V basketball team for the
past two years. This spring
he played the part of Huck
Finn in Crater's production
of Tom Sawyer. He is a sport
enthusiast and will be a se
nior this coming year. Both
David and Herschel were
delegates from. Crater to Boys
State at Corvallis in the sum
mer of 1957.
Dave enjoys fishing but
usually has a current events
magazine handy if the fish are
not interested, he isn't. His
father and brother are Izaak
Walton enthusiasts, going
fishing whenever time allows.
Mack has a great interest for
gardening, and he and the
boys farm and enjoy cattle
raising. Other family interests
include swimming. An inter
esting fact is that Mrs. Mack
is the barber in the family,
giving her husband and the
two young men their weekly
haircuts.
Church Attendance
David is a member of the
Sams Valley Community
church and the Crater Bible
club. His attendance in church
and Sunday school has been
regular sine his parents joined
the Rye Community church
in 1946 in Colorado. Every
one m the Mack iamily at
tends church together, and in
August of each year they en
joy together the Shakespeare
plays at Ashland.
The distaff side has no edge
in the cooking department in
their household since Mack
and both boys like to cook
and are at home in the kitchen.
David has always been in
terested in current events,
government, . world affairs
and politics. He is the only
Democrat, although he calls
himself a liberal independent
now) in a Republican family.
He says he feels his interest
to world affairs is largely due
to the encouragement ' given
by his paternal grandfather,
Chester G. Mack, of Oregon
City, who is one of Oregon's
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GILBERT MACK FAMILY Members of
the Gilbert Mack family, Sams Valley,are
putting finishing touches on work for the
school year. David Mack, second from left,
standing, received honors at graduation at
Crater High school, Central Point, Thurs
day. Mack, second from right, will receive
a master's degree from Southern Oregon
college this year, and Mrs. Mack will re
ceive her bachelor's degree. Herschel Mack,
at left, is a junior at Crater High school.
pioneer teachers and school
principals.
Offers Suggestions -
David offers these sugges
tions to freshmen: ,. Get your
work finished on time, pre
ferably a bit ahead of dead
lines. 2. Remember you are
working for yourself so al
ways put forth some addi
tional effort. 2. Do not hide
your talents, develop them. 3.
Engage in all the extra curri
cula activities you can with
out neglecting your studies.
4. Get along with your teach
ers. They are always ready
to help you. 5. If anyone is
foolish enough to ask you to
speak on any subject, be fool
ish enough to do so. 6. De
velop an interest in words
and their meaning. Spend
some money for a good dic
tionary, then use it! 7. Read
widely on state, national and
world affairs take, an inter
est in what our world is do
ing. 8. Take all the speech
courses you can. Speech
teaches you to organize your
thoughts and ideas. 9. Take an
interest and an active part in
school government and poli
tics. 10. Be as friendly and
helpful to everyone as you
can. 11. Try to do things you
are afraid are too hard for
you. 12. Start preparing for
college the first day of high
school.
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