Ben Lomond High School VOLUME OGDEN, 8 UTAH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER Alumni Dance “Innocents Abroad” Miss French letter from Switzerland. French fabulous greetings from Mary in Ann McAllister, our foreign | exchange student in Switzerland. Mary Ann reports that she is Vice President, in Okerhofen, a with $2.00 for first prize, opened the door of opportunity fro the ingenious. The winning slogan will hang in the small vil- gym as the theme of the dance. Posters lined the walls in the south hall enticing © lage on the edge of Lake Thure. Describing the scenery of the countryside as “an imaginary a gigantic victory place in a fairy tale,’ Mary Ann told of the picturesque houses, green trees and charming gar- dens. The seen in the Swiss Alps distance, can Business Department to the pleasant surroundings. Mr: John Jensen, our business teacher, replaces - Mary Ann has been instructed not only to speak in English, but French also. She is taking courses in French grammar, dic- tion and conversation to help we communicate with different people. In several days, Mary Ann leaves to go meet her new family living in Neuchatel. She closed with best . Pretty Marita second wishes and said she would write | ‘again soon. Jonson foreign Miss Woolley, produces a great lay. Last year it was the hilar- comedy entitled “Brother Goose”; this year it will be the great spectacular, “The Ameri- can Way,” having a cast of over 100. The principal parts in the play will Owen as be played by Orlan Martin Gunther and Diane Healy as Irma Gunther. Other students with leading roles are Clela Bailey, Nancy Bailey, Lillian West, Marita Jonson, June Ellis, Iris Ellis, Janice Gerrard, Karla Hemsley, Pat Morrison, Jerry Harrop, Evan Black, Ron Patterson, Jerry Davis, Leslie Clendenin, Kenny Murdock, Mike Gates and Weldon Miss Champneys: Woolley will ~°-" direct Isakson, the student the direet- or. Soteridou, last additional our effervescent blonde, from Kolbach, Sweden. Lomond blue-eyed who exchange. student, school seems hard to leave, took 16 subjects in Sweden, but Ben thinks our six subjects appear simple. School lasts from 8:30 a. m. to 4:00 p. m., six days a week with 1% hours daily for lunch. An extensive knowledge of German, French, Eng- lish, and Swedish proves very helpful to Marita. SCOT RELATES OF EXPERIENCES | WHILE ABROAD Lee Ann Myers, Ben Lomond Senior, reported to Miss Moyes’ third-year French class SeptemAnn, France, year’s courses who was visited A New Student Enrolls A time fine furry friend out from his busy ae took sche- ; i eee aat ce ikaten relatives : Lee Ann also told charming French preferred to she she spent in this country. Then, has one year left before she graduates from high school. Klety enjoyed her year at Ben Lomond immensely; she wants to thank all of the students of Ben Lomond for being so friendly to her during her ted a vacant desk and “plop- for lunch and bedtime at 9 p.m. | the desk. ancient Greek and Greek Mythology before her school starts, up for the year there | hours ranged from 8 a. m. to | very orderly about it and sat 7 p. m., with an hour and a half | at attention with his paws on of is making in | Hendrickson’s room, ‘he spot- and attended an all - French | ped” himself in it “sassy as girls’ boarding school. School | you please.” However, he was cinations she born of Paris the and people. fas- the | Needless dents were She | ceedingly, to say, the’ enjoying and Miss stu- this ex- Hen- said that everyone drinks the | drickson made a friend for famed French wine which is | life with all her cuddling and milk, and which | attention. ae anyone can buy. _ Such a star was he that he Lee Ann spoke in her flaw- | got his picture taken for the’ less rench and related how she | yearbook. almost forgot English by the Finally bored with all the friendly Lomond. By time she returned to the U. S. | fuss, he sauntered down the Scots, let’s give Lee Ann a | hall to disrupt more classes. welcome back to Ben at Principal the way, it was Central Junior Fort Junior High. A na- tive of Utah, he graduated from . makes up for it.” _- Marita, ant Weber: College and the University of Utah and is now taking a graduate course in business education at Utah State University. eg i Marita’s family includes her parents and a 13-yearold brother. Mr. Jonson owns a clothing and merchandise store in Kolbach, where Marita works during her vacation. pee Marita now lives with the Robert C. Bryan family at 1015 Maxfield Drive. “A wonderful left to be Assist- Mount Ben Lomond Favored With in stay. as B.L.’s. Foreign Visitor Lee foreign exchange student from Greece, has been a very busy girl since she arrived home last August. Taking year ber 28 on the past year she | ony, ae spent in France. Finding his way to Miss Message From an Ex-Foreign Exchange Student Klety this student. play, with the assistance of Anna Sweden new Mr. Collins, who High School. He teaches typ| ing, bookkeeping and calculatibs, machines, = Mr. Jensen transferred from We extend a hearty greeting to MARITA JONSON, _ Every year the speech department, under the direction of ious represents exchange poet "THE AMERICAN WAY" over the Weber Welcomes Teacher be lending 1959-60. Commencing the week’s activities, a slogan contest having a marvelous experience. At the present time she is staying event. VEANN BINGHAM, last year’s Studentbody Secretary, held a meeting for the alumni to plan their end of the Homecoming activities, especially the assembly. All those interested in participating in the assembly or activities contacted THOM GREENWELL, Senior Class Okerhofen, The came Highlights Week This year the Scotties achieved their goal of making Homecoming Week from October 24th to 28th a Moyes’ fourth period class received an inter- esting NUMBER 1 28, 1960 a kitty! During World War II he serv- ed as a member of the Armed Forces. ‘Previous to his teaching career, Mr. Jensen had been an accountant and a typewriter repairman. Now, he is married, has four children, and enjoys. all sports both as a spectator and as a participant. Warriors. . The annual alumni assembly will be presented October 28th, at 1 p. m. in the gym. The graduate students will join with the studentbody in cheering our team on ‘The 1:45 to victory. assembly in order ~ Tet dismisses for the at to get to the Ogden Stadium by the time the game starts at 2. : An alumni meeting at 8 p.m. | tonight in the reception room features election of new offi- cers for the ensuing year. Refreshments will be served. ~— The dance concludes the week’s. activities tonight at 9 in the gym. Our school colors, red, blue, and white, decorate the gym; and Paul Snow’s Quiet Three furnish the music and entertainment. The Scotties will be admitted free, whereas the alumni will per couple. be charged $1.00 Ware et See you at the game and the dance! — aye B.L. Students Greet V.P. Nixon Ben Lomond Club journeyed members to Salt Lake of the Young Republicans. City, October 11th, to wel- come Vice President Richard M. Nixon and his wife to Utah. Students and many other people stood in the rain at Salt Lake Airport and cheered Mr. Nixon as he stepped, smiling with pleasure, from his plane. While he rode to the LDS Church offices, students, hoping to get _a glimpse of the vice president and his charming wife, hurried to Hotel Utah. Some lucky students shook hands. with him and enjoyed his warm friendliness.. = | Students then traveled to the University of Utah Union Building: for recreation and formal organization of the club. "Sigma Delta Omega , Vice - President Nixon spoke at the Tabernacle to a capacity audience at eight o’clock that night. Nixon’s speech was on television, and before the broadeast Gov. Clyde, Cleon en, A. Walter Stevenson Sherman B. Lloyd spoke. Nixon. emphasized the that the U.S. has not Skous- and fact been standing still for the past 7% years. He said that foreign pol-: icy remains our most important issue and that we must stay the strongest nation. a “We can’t start with the Federal Government and work down to the people; start with the people Delta’ Convenes A great deal of discussion concerning the United Nations. and NATO prevails behind the _ doors of Miss Wooley’s first pe- riod debate class. Miss Woolley states that the debators, orators and legislators are “some of the best studentsI have ever had.” Debate is one of the school’s: most competitive and exciting activities students can _ participate in. It helps the individual to speak better, think and organize his thoughts clearer and ‘provides an we must preparatory and. work excellent course. college- — up to the Federal Government,” . Great things are expected Nixon exclaimed. “Our creative from our debate teams this. ability is our greatest product.” — students year. . Se