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. Their aim is to collect
enough, to purchase six lay
ettes at $7 each. The Home
Ec department will sew, the
sacques and nighties.
Future Homemakers of
America will hold their meet
ings at noon this year and
bring sack lunches.; Officers
elected at the first meeting
were Eleanore Alfonse, pres
ident: J o A n n Foresee, vice
president; . Sandm Gannon,
secretary; and Candy Keiien
berger, treasurer. Mrs. Dor
othey Sneed is the advisor.
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