FRIDAY, JANUARY - HIGHLANDER 21, 1972 MEET THE SCOTS (Our apologies to this issue’s “Meet the Scots”. pictures were lost while being processed.) The RAND KARLA FUNK > Karla is the junior for Meet the Scots today, She came to us from the one and only “Cow Palace” and is really a cowgirl at heart. Her family owns four horses, so she loves to horseback ride very much. She’s very active and will try anything once, but she’s sorry to say she’s not coordinated enough MATTSON Rand Mattson, the Ruskin for Meet the Scots, is the kind of a guy who cheers the Indians on during the Westward Movement lecture in history. Besides liking Indians, Rand is the Seminary vice-president, sang in last year’s A Cappella Choir and was a singing ranger in “Little Mary Sunshine.” to continue. Our ACEY Bird loves to play football and _ basketball. She likes drama and hates biology because she hasn’t quite got the stomach she should have. Other than that she thinks school is okay. The former Warrior says it’s really easy to make friends here, but it’s easier at Weber. After Karla finishes school she hopes to become an interior decorator. Good luck, Kar- ts RN a I el ns as il clase ened < hibiaislignaline He maintains a 3.8 grade average and his favorite classes are Physics and Debate where he and his partner Jim Cassity are the number three debate team in the school. (GR MR, Rand, in his spare time, excels in Exterior Decorating, and the almost extinct art involving the delicate skill of winding and rewinding toilet paper from house to tree and back again. Even though he has definite talent in this field, he does not plan on becoming a professional. la! DANNY JOHNSON “Tall, dark, handsome, intelligent, honest, and a great liar,” is our sophomore Meet the Scots, Danny Johnson. Danny, a pretty good student When Rand was in the third grade his teacher had a huge bug which lived almost solely on grashoppers. So when it was feeding time everyone would gather around the bug and watch him eat. And of course the girls would all cry at the thought of the poor bug’s fate. But the boys weuld all cheer the bug on. “It was pretty exciting,” Rand stated. ‘““You’d know what I mean if you’d ever seen a two and a half inch Adam’s apple on a three-inch bug. Semester "Great’, Ends; Eh? i -—— 9 (who OVvOUS. ; time of ea _the thinks he’ll pass algebra this term), is on the J,V. wrestling team, played defensive guard on the football team, and likes to run track. His favorite class is A Cappella. He dislikes ROTC (but who doesn’t—Flash Gordon). Danny is a real shy kid, but most of the time he doesn’t show it. When he grows up he wants to be a grown-up or the world’s fastest horseracer, but he’d settle for a fat milionaire banker. He also has his driver’s license, so world, watch out!!! SLATOR Mr. Slator has been teaching for two and one half years. He graduated from Weber High School in 1962, and graduated from Weber State College in 1969 with a bachelor degree in Social Studies, He feels as though he will probably make teaching high school a career unless something better comes along. His hobbies are hunting (deer and birds) and sports (football and basketball). He has a wife, two children, Sherry age 3% and Katherine who is one year old and, by the way, he lives in Slaterville. He would like to end up retiring with a million dollars in three years. When asked what he thought of the present school system, Mr. Slator said, “I think there is no present system of grading here. The courses are adequate, the administration’ has the students’ best interests in mind and are doing as they see fit..” “tT am not aware of the accomplishments of the Judicial Council, and we need to get in and enforce a new attendance system,” When asked if he had any final comments, Mr. Slator said, “I think Ben Lomond is a great school on the whole and I have been glad to have worked under Dr. Drechsel, and I am sure he did a good job.” _ : You finally get used to the way that your half year teachers grade and, zap, you’re no longer able to go to their classes. Instead you have to start all over again in a strange classroom environment. After you finally decide where you belong, you find out that the only person you know in the entire class is your arch enemy. Or if you’re a senior you discover that besides yourself the entire class is made up of sophomores (which, in_ itself, isn’t too bad except that you’re a boy and so are they), suffered its first home loss in a debate meet this year when it hosted Murray High School here on the 7th of this month. Craig Lundell and Cheryl Hunter (our Number 1 team), and Becky Higham and Howard Pasket (our Number 10 team), were able to finish the day without suffering a defeat. Grant Price and Ken Alford (our Number 3 team), and Bryan Steele and Cole Capener (our Number 4. team) finished the tournament with two wins and one loss. If you were able to hear one of these debates, the Highlander would be interested if you would please drop us a letter to the editor giving your views on the meet and the quality of the debate that you heard, dy based on Thornton come- Wilder’s book, The Matchmaker, will be presented by a Ben Lomond cast in the near future. The play was written by Michael Stewart. Jerry Herman was responsible for the music and the lyrics. FUTURE she reads. She is definitely not a realist. Red headed and bearded, Dave McKay portrays Ambrose, a likeable but dull artist. Ermengarde, Horace’s niece, is played by Gaye Thomas. She is young, cute and spoiled rotten, but nice, Mrs, Rose is a street vender with a warm personality. She is portrayed by Shauna _ Hollands. Dolly, played by Vicki Cummings, is a match-making widow who decides to get back in on the action that she’s been Dale Schultz, whose name we missing. always misspell in the paper, plays the part of Rudolph. Randy Thompson portrays Susan Cole is Ernestina, an Horace, a penny-pinching feed eccentric fat girl who is interstore owner who is, basically, ested in Horace. : x a pretty nice guy. Cornelius, played by Terry Mr. Bullock is directing | Bexell, and Barnaby, alias Rex | play with t —directors Kathie Stites and Kathy West. A full orchestra will be conducted by Mr, Beste. Mr. Free- stone is working with the chorus. Opening night, March 2, the audience is asked to come dressed either semi-formally or in best dress. For the second and third nights, best dress is in order. Unless the temperature drops to 75 degrees below zero, which is unlikely, nobody will be admitted wearing jeans or similar casual apparel. Reserved tickets for all performances will cost $1.50, General admission will be $1.00. Needed: More Guidelines, Less Gripes Yes, all things considered, mid year is indeed a joyous time of the year. Lomond IN YOUR A “DOLLY” Hello, Dolly, a musical ace’s feed store for (if you'll excuse the expression) mere chicken feed, and sprinkle the plot with laughter. Mrs. Molloy, a widow who owns a ladies’ hat shop, is played by Joyce Lucas, Before one rehearsal, she told me to “Be sure to tell them that I’m a sophomore.” So, for all interested parties, Joyce is a sophomore in a predominantly junior and senior cast. Jane Fishburn plays Minnie Fay, a young and-naive widow who lives every romantic novel It’s also the time of year that you discover that you have lost your schedule which tells you which classes you change. Ben Singing Scots during one of their numerous rehearsals make preparations for the coming school musical, “Hello Dolly”. Williams, are a “Mutt and Jeff” sized pair as inseparable as milk and cookies. They work in Hor- year? Debaters Stung By First Loss 5 Our teacher “Meet the Scots” for this issue is Mr. Steve Slator. If you can’t place him, he is the teacher hiding out in Room 4 all day long teaching American Problems-and American History, 20th Century, with the exception of fifth period when he is standing in the middle of the first hall asking innocent passersby for hall passes. a 3_ PAGE “When’s Payday?” _ Writers Needed All students interested in writing short stories, poetry, or doing art work are invited to write for a literary magazine. The magazine, “Reflections”, is written by junior high and high school students in this area, Weber County Library Young Adult Department sponsors the magazine. They plan to have two issues out by the end of the school year. One will be out the end of this month and the other will be out in May. If you would like to submit something please turn it in to Matlina Hammond, Don Cox or Mrs. Squires. We encourage all students to support this worthwhile activity. Formal Wear for Men for Rent Formal Wear for Young Ladies for Sale Wedding 2946 Washington Blvd. Arts Phone 394-7635 By LAURIE CRAIG Everyone is more than willing to voice their complaints about certain institutions, activities, or publications. After an issue of the Highlander has been distributed, it’s not unusual to walk down the hall and hear: “What a crummy paper!” ‘‘Why don’t they print some decent news?” “This is just a bunch of garbage!” Ah—my dear friends, some of your “criticism” is justified, Sometimes articles do contain only old, repetitious and boring in- » formation, and probably aren’t read too often. Students have commented that they could care less about what went on last week— if they have already heard about it fifty zillion times. A newspaper is supposed to give news, right? Repetitious and old news is like a funny joke, it gets pretty boring after you’ve heard it three times. So, we know one aspect of our reporting which turns you off. However, the rest of your criticism is not constructive. It would be better termed complaining, endless, generalized complaining. If you, the student body, are not satisfied with the publication, then let the staff know SPECIFICALLY what you aren’t interested in, what needs improving and so on. What type of news do you care about? Do you like features on topics outside of Ben Lomond? What would you like more of? Do you feel the newspaper is unobjective? It is absolutely impossible to improve unless faults are pointed out, And if you can offer no alternatives for what you don’t like, then forever hold your peace. But don’t complain to the wall or to a friend. They aren’t a part of the newspaper staff. The staff wouldn’t go to the trouble of hunting down stories if they didn’t care about their reporting. Please don’t disregard the effort exerted to discover what your opinion is—inform us; if not in person, through a letter to the editor.