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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 9 Monday, Oct. 5, 1959 Medford High School Edited by Jim Frak. Staff: Rif a McBlh. Edonna Pace. Susy ReuU, Diane Mohr, James McCormack, Jad Skelton, Eester Jacobs, and Ana MacManama. i Oct. 5-9 has been designed as the traditional Tornadia week at MHS. Throughout the week, members of different clubs will get equipment and then planned for the noise parade to be held at 2:15 pjn. Friday. The traditional bon fire procession is scheduled to start from the high school Thursday evening. ' Friday evening the king and queen ' of Tornadia will be crown at, half time of the football game by Yell Queen Jaci Skelton and Yell King John Cantrall. The week of festivities will be concluded by a semi-formal dance in the boys' gym Saturday even ing. Throughout 'the week members of the Pep club will sell white chrysanthemum corsages with red ribbons adorned with the letter "M". The first junior class meet ing of the year was held Sept. 30. The meeting included elec "tion of prince and princess for Tornado week. Also, Mary Kay Harris and Suzy Thomp son were elected as Girls league representatives. A com mittee head by Nancy . Hin man was formed to prepare the class float in the noise parade. The meeting was presided 1 over by Mike Phillips who "also introduced the other 'class officers consisting - of Jerry Gastineau, vice presi dent; JoDee McDuffie, treas ure; Nancy Hinman, secretary; and Jim Stever, representa tive. ' All seniors have been asked to file petitions for graduation " by Oct. 9. These forms must - included the student's name as he wishes it to appear on his diploma, other personal data, a list of the courses he . is taking, and a listing of the credits he will have earned J in high school. The petitions will be signed by the student s counselor and by Lester Har- - ris, MHS principal, to verify that the student has met all of the requirements for grad uation. , Another item of importance for all seniors is the inter , view to be scheduled with the respective deans. The students I will be hold his scores on all " tests taken during high school . and shown how he compares t with other ' taking the same tests. Guidance will also be given as to possible vocation - al choices. ing to a' privately operated college, have" been scheduled at MHS. r The fees for these tests are $6 for the scholastic aptitude test and $9 for the achieve ment tests. Many colleges re quire the aptitude tests and some require the achievement tests. Students must make appli cation for the tests one month before the date on which the tests are scheduled. Pictures of all organizations and underclassmen were tak en last week during Crater picture week. The pictures, which are used in the year book were jtaken by Knack stedt, Brainerds, and Landis studios in Medford., Mrs. Mrs. Elizabeth Settle is ad visor for -the yearbook staff. Senior coupons for Crater pictures, priced at $2, will be on sale until Oct. 30. They must' be purchased in order for an individual picture to appear in the Crater with the rest of the class. . The first phase of the Med ford High school intramural program swings into action Monday afternoon at 3:15 Bob Huff, tennis coach, will be in charge of the double elimination tournament. The main- purpose will be to stim ulate interest. Returning let- termen , will be . allowed to play in the the tournament, but they will receive handi caps. Anyone interested may still sign up. why leaves turn red, orange and brown. We have a large chrysalis outside of our window. Next spring we will see a butterfly come out of the chrysalis. " Our parents are coming to visit our rooms Oct. 8. We are busy decorating our bul letin boards. , Kuder tests were given to all seniors last week. The pur pose of the test is to help the student determine his voca tional interests. The theme of the dance Oct. 2 after the South Salem game was the "Shutterbug Hop. The dance was sponsor ed by the Shutterbug club and the chairmen were Bar bara Gordon and Merilyn Conner. Tryouts for "Dino," the first .' major dramatic production of , the year, were held last week by Mrs. Lenore Zapell, Eng lish and dramtics teacher. . Those chosen for the cast will be announced early next week. ' All students driving a car to school must register their . ears in the office by Oct. 5, a , regulation necessitated by the . congested traffic before and after school and during noon periods. All cars will be checked, and any student fail- ; ing or forgetting to register will be sent home to have par ents sign driving permits. The victory dance held by ' the rally squad Sept. 25 fea ; tured entertainment by two ! "local talent" musical groups of MHS. One of these, a vocal group known as "The Strol- ers, consist of Keith Berg, John Fronhmayer, Paul i Moore, and Ray Konopasek. The second, an instrumental -; group s who call themselves "The Nomads," consist of Lynn Offord at the piano, Buzz Goodman on the bass, Jim Collins at the drums, and Bill Hannaf ord on the trom bone. ' ' ' Three Look magazine staff : members . visited MHS last last week "to gather facts for - an article in the publication. "Mood for America" . is the working theme of the 20-25 page feature. Marilyn Kelso, Robert Vose, and George Leonard took pictures and in- terviewed students during the week. The story, to ; be re leased next January, is to ex press what Americans are do- ing in preparation for tne next decade. "t "A The college entrance exam ination board will offer the - preliminary scholastic apitude test Oct. 24. Tne test is a shortened version of the three- hour aptitude test. f The PSAT will use the same kinds of multiple choice questions and math problem as on the final test. : All students must register i through Lester Harris, prin- cipal. t A fee of $1 per person, to cover test- administration costs, will be charged. The PSAT will be given by Mrs. Elsie Butler. . - i The college board tests, which are necessary for all seniors whohave. not mauv tained a C average or are go- According to I. A. Mirick, instrumental supervisor, only students with tickets for the Marine band concert will be dismissed at 2 pjn. Friday, Oct. 16. Transportation by bus will be available for the students from the high school. Some students from other schools will be transported into Medford for the concert. Tickets for the reserved section are nearly sold put," Mirick disclosed. : The band, directed by I. A. Mirick, and the orchestra di rected by John Drysdale, have recently moved into class rooms in the new health music building. : Vocal music glasses, under the ' direction of Lynn Sjolund will move in the near future. This build ing is directly across Melrose st. between the . main plant and the shops. :i The inter-club council met Friday morning to discuss Tornadio week noise parade plans. The club is made up of the presidents of all school clubs and organizations and is presided over by Keith Berg, student body vice presi dent. , : :: . .'. Mrs. Audrey Berry's third grade started the year with 19 students. Three are new to the school.' They are Mari etta Lynch from Washington, and Michael Head and Ruth Simpson from southern Cali fornia. One of our pupils, Sherry Tracy, moved to Ash land. - We have been" learning about plants in science. Monday we saw a film on "Seed Dis persal." It showed us all the ways in which seeds are scat tered so they can grow. Howard . school is now in the Medford School district. Some .things seem new and strange to us but we are sure we will like the changes. The seventh and eighth graders now go to Hedrick Junior High school. Each month we are going to elect a president and he will choose helpers for each two week period. This month we elected Raymond Wong presi dent. He has selected 11 help ers for this first period. Johnny Smith was not able to come to school the first two weeks so we wrote let ters to him. We. also made get well cards for him. We are glad he could come back this week. . Jackson School ' Physical examinations for all students in grades 1, 3, 5 and for all students new to Jackson school began on Fri day, Oct. 2. Mrs. -Edith Baker's pupils had charge of the student body assembly Oct. 2. The children planned and exe cuted this by themselves the "Happy Birthday" num ber was especially thought ful as Susan Benge, Glen Bee man, and Robert Lacy all had birthdays within . three days of the assembly. Roy Shipp had charge of the program. The bulletin board in the upper hall is creating a great deal of interest. The title of the bulletin board is "Work Done Well." Everyone is eager to see if his work is on display. Displays change when an excellent paper is handed in. - ' Monday, Oct. 5, the ad vanced band has tryouts for first, second and third posi tions in the band for each instrument. The band mem bers are Gary Spires, Dale Bohannan, Marlene Britt, Judy Curliss, Jean Montgomery, Tommy Stiehl, Keith Longie, Earnest Cannon, Tommy Mos- er, Steve Steinmetz, Jack Hurt, Gary Breeden, Danny Jack, Richard Wolfe, and Jimmy Hamilton. The results of the try-outs for - vocal music ensembles held recently, are as follows: Madrigal: Shirley Satter- field, Barbara Tyler, Marcia Williams, Linda Jo Walter- mire, Nancy Hinman, Mary Kay Harris, Rosiland Rand ies, Kay Ruhl, Charlene High land, Jim Lacy, John Lacy, Paul Moore, Jackson Philips, Dick Ragsdale, Ray Kona- pasek, Keith Berg, Doug Was den, John Frohnmayer, and accompaniest Pam Gilkenson. Noneth: Sara Hinkle, Julie Gandt, Sharon Smith, Hazel Rawlings, Linda Smith, Tanya Enders, and . accompaniest Ruth Coovert. Sophomore sextet: Claudia Owen, Kathy Allen, Lois Sted man, Minda Ells, Jo Ann Johnson and Julie Latham. The junior class counselors, Delphie Cox, Shairley Patton, Marvin Kautz, and Gatewood Smith, reported last week they expected" the arrival of the class rings soon. The rings were ordered last spring by the class. . , The foreign language de partment has reported con siderable progress in the in struction of Russian at HMS. Edaa Stewart, instructor, said that extensive speaking and writintt drills were being done in class. She added that the Russian alphabet was recent ly mastered- by the class. Howard School Mrs. Flossie Murray's fourth grade has 20 pupils. Eight of the children are new to Howard.' They are Linda Calkins, Raymond Wong, Chester Vaughn, Larry Rog ers, Wanda Hughes, Randy Aveline, Mark Baseler and Glenn Westwood. ' Mrs. McDaniel's second grade room has 23 children. There are 14 girls and 9 boys. Autumn is an interesting time .for. the -class. We have been studying about trees and McLoughlin Junior High By Lani Jennings Highlighting school activi ties last week at McLoughlin was the election of class offi cers. Each class held an as sembly to introduce candi dates who gave campaign speeches.. Students voted by ballot. John Gates was elected ninth grade president with Jim Stiger vice president. Melba Graham was elected secretary. Eighth grade elections were held Tuesday with Mike Barnes elected president. Mike served as president of the seventh grade class last year. Other students elected were Bob Walker, vice presi dent; Ernie Clark, secretary; Pam Jones, Barbara Cham pion, Nickie Ober and Cheryl Vessey, yell queens; Sue Elm- gren, alternate. Rafe, Anders, was elected president of the seventh grade class with Judi Hanning, vice president, and Sonia Chris- tiensen, secretary. The yell queens will be elected at an assembly later. A general student body as sembly will be held Monday to introduce candidates run ning for student body offices. Students nominated are Liz Darneille, Frank Van Pelt and Rick Bell, president; Ronnie Calkins, vice president; Elaine Davenport, Colleen Knapp, Martha Bullard, Sandra Myers, secretary; and Linda Mattson, Brian Porter, trea surer. No petitions have been turned in as yet for seventh grade student reporter to the council. Mac eighth grade Bulldogs crushed the Ashland football team, 34 to 0, , in their first game this season. Marion Jack and Jack Burg are the coaches. Boys 14 years of age or over, who are interested in making application for De Molay membership, have been asked to contact Don Dar neille. r "' A number of Mac students showed interest in joining the Ham radio operators group now being organized by Don Lacy, -v t - j : Bells were ringing all day long as students went on schedule to have their yearly picture taken. These will be printed in color this year and will be ready for the students in about three weeks. The first grade reading party held Thursday, Oct. 1, was well attended. First grade parents were guests of the PTA for coffee. Miss Durrand and Bruce Metzger were the speakers. At 2 p.m. the par ents went to their child's room and saw a reading demonstra tion. There are 98 children enrolled in the first grade and 78 parents attended the meeting. " The second grades are studying about seed dispersal in science. Wednesday we saw a film showing how dif ferent seeds travel. In social studies the second grades are studying the neighborhood and neighborhood helpers. Mrs. Muriel Harvey's room made a large map "and each child located his home. The children also drew , pictures and wrote stories about, var ious people in our neighborhood. Mrs. Sarah Watson's third grade have a guinea pig in their room. They are learn ing about the habits of gui nea pigs. They also have a rock exhibit and are making a . mural of community helpers. The pupils in Mrs. Angela Thompson's room are enjoy ing the use of a new flannel board in learning facts in arithmetic. In1 arithmetic, cups, pints, quarts, half gallons, and gal lons were u s e d m learning liquid measure. Hedrick Junior High HEDRICK JR. HI Student body elections have been in the spotlight at Hed rick. Posters and speeches are being used by earnest can didates in an effort to swing the vote. Primary run-offs were held last week. Final elections will be held Thurs day. Candidates for president are Garner Haupert and Su san House: secretary, Lynda Garner and Sandra Joyce; vice president, Roy Shaw and Sue Walker; treasurer, Nick Ras- mussen and Dm Ann Graff; sergeant at arms, Gary Grif fin and Al House; historian, Fred Haupert. " Nominees for yell leaders are Eleanor Alfonso, Frances Bessonette, Kay Conklin, Sandra' Gannon, Sue Jahn, Pat Nelson, Janet O'Sullivan, Pat Thompson, Sharyn Urie, Leslie Van Gordon. Hedrick Jun-or High has enrolled 796 students this year. This is an increase of more than 200 from ; last year's 547. A "keep to the right" traffic system is being used in the halls so all stu dents may pass quickly from one room to another. There are more than 400 new students and just a little over 300 students who were in Hedrick last year." : 1 Junior Red Cross has col lected $34.61 so far with sev eral home rooms yet to re port. 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