PAGE 2 | ‘THE HIGHLANDER | Call of the Wild FRIDAY, Mé F In the spring a young man’s fancy turns to—— and not. just that, but many other things. He hears the call of the wild. The mountains beckon to him. Fishing rod in hand, he is lured to small brooks that are full of trout slipping, past mossy rocks. He smells the chewing tobacco and sweat of a baseball game. He hears the whoops of naked-brown friends swimming in a favorite spot. He feels the catalyst warm spring beating on his back, urging him to escape. All very inviting to any boy. Certainly more inviting than the school of crowded halls and stuffy classrooms with droning teachers. But what is more important, basking in the yellow sun for a few hours, or staying in school just a bit longer? Well, I suppose it all depends on what one wants out of life. Sluff, and you can go ahead and bask in the. yellow sun all you want. And then when you don’t get your- diploma, you can bask in that yellow sun all your life, and you can bask in thecold winter snows, too, because you are too uneducated to get a job and furnish yourself with shelter. Or, you can go to school just that bit longer, get a diploma, then a good job, ane bask in comfort all your life. Which will it be, the call of the wild, or school just a bit longer? Q. will you define the term “necessary employment” which is used by a local board when it is consdiering _ the granting of an occupational deferment. A. A registrant’s emplo shall be considered necessary to the me of the national Le f e. | exist: (1) The a registranve \ qualifications such ae its VOICE OF THE SCOTS DEAR EDITOR: Last week it was announced by Ron Taylor, Student body president, that students from Bonneville were involved in making a few “scars” on the building of Ben Lomond and also on our sidewalks. These scars are very minor compared to the scars made by some of our “own” students. Almost every day a person ean walk down our halls and see the scars created by our - Mgown” students er action to accomplish a suc- Dear Editor: cessful outcome. I have spent hours taking picBecause of the conservative- tures of students making-out in ness and narrow-mindedness of the halls. Since , then I have some of our school board mem- found out that I have helped bers and even our own admin- create things to an over-extent. istration here at Ben Lomond |. I was standing very innocentHigh, it has been decided that in the halls. I hate to see some we, as high school students, are boy slobbering on some girl. not ready to have vending ma- But the teachers and school auchines at our disposal. I won- | thorities have gone, in my estider why Mound Fort Junior mation, crazy! High is so different from Ben I am standing very inueiele Lomond High as they are able to have these machines while ly in the halls with my girl of the: trash: ony Ben Lomond is not. Is it because we have a snack bar and are in such they don’t? If so, then I feel ve some shave we need an explanation of why | Weber High has_ not only a the floors. — Ou rest _ rooms 3G0 Condition {County Library |ls Completed 61 How cost of furniture, and building the tone may a ve tain a The new Weber County library, located on Twenty - fourth and Jackson opened its doors to the public March 4. This new building has a capacity of 200,000 volumes. The building, which has won three arhcitectural awards, cost $1,707,000.00. This includes the 11-A_ re- ae occups A. If ‘bees is a ¢ ! registrant’s that pee new books, | — itself. ou the features now| Some of available in the building are: Record players, records, tapes friend. She was two feet away ‘and tape recorders, films and | from me, and we weren’t even projectors. These may be check- | holding hands, just standing ed out by adults, or used in the there talking. The bell had just library. |rung, and the halls were full} _ Other features available are|, 74) he Special Collections room iabhing | : Some ‘members of our faculty are either zealous. or jeal- contains books dealing with InMormonism, % We always condemn ‘oles more responsible students, has ous. One teacher came up and dians,. pioneers, schools for the scars they carve both apple and candy A told us to get to class. Another and other phases of interest re‘ into our school. We need to machines. one came up, grabbed her and lated to this area. under: tie 2 Military The typing rooms contain condemn, however, “our own?” Satvies Act * ae ae I only hope that this will forcefully dragged her down the coin-operated typewriters which students. ‘whé. make worse scars hall, just turning around long bring some light on the subject are available to anyone who is on our school than others. | and the administration will not enough to tell me to get to class. interested in using them. Randall Drake downgrade its students, and that He turned back to her, his hand The auditorium in the baseyou with a “Permit ine Re -|they will bring us up to the still around her arm, which was ment has a grand piano and closer than I was to her, and istrant to Depart fro same level as Mound Fort JunDEAR EDITOR: _ can be used for piano recitals, told her to get to class. She was United States.” ‘ ior High and Weber High. A subject has come to light so overwhelmed with the harsh- public speakers, or any feature that I feel we as students, need Thank you, ness and forcefulness of the of interest to the public. to recognize and take the propMarv Johns Although the library is not teacher, she didn’t know what completely finished in the baseto do. She left very upset. ment, and there are still a few Since then, I have been in talking to one teacher when an- humps to iron out, the overall other entered the room acting results are a beautiful, efficient crazy. He came in bragging that building and one which can be he had caught another couple considered a privilege to use. _ During the past two or three — = kissing good bye. He was laughyears Ben Lomond has received _ = |ing hysterically like he was a more trophies than ever before. _ mad doctor or something. We would like to apologize We have received five or Bt In conclusion I will say that to the following students and trophies from wrestling and| we students will try to hold any others for leaving their least four from football, includourselves to not kissing in the names off the second term high halls, if you teachers will con- honor roll. They are Carole trol yourselves and at least let Thorsted, Sandra Tracey, Eric us talk in the halls. Troxell, Mike Williams, Nancy —Jerry Kihlstrom Wilson, and John Wolthuis. only an apple | vending | while Weber, with the older and on Trophy Cases so APOLOGY ies that there just is nok To for much else. Many o schools, when the need has aris__ en, have added new trophyc cases. mee to take care of their needs. Is- Books Presented to Ben Lomond A 1968 set of the World - ed to the Ben Lomond , Book Encyclopedia has been donat- High Library by the family of Verne D. Johnson, III, who was killed in action in Vietnam. Verne graduated from Ben Lomond in 1966, and was killed in October of 1967. Three volumes of the 1967 World Book have "from the library just this year. We would ask that respect these books and confine the use of them to These sets cost around $160.00 and are expensive to been stolen all students the library. replace. Editor-in-Chief Mac Marriott Co-Editor and Feature Editor hectares Ann Manful Exchange Editor Vickie Bosler Front Page Editor and Columnist Scott Ogden Editorial Page Editor Randy Drake Sports Editor Jerry Kihlstrom Advertising .....0.........00...0.... Scott Ogden and Kathy Collins Photographer George Redfield Pccccccoccccccccccce Columnist . Advisor Columnist aes Ry AY ~ gots Ls Dae Me eee Bede f f Steve Peterson Mary Hislop Bill Allred n’t it time that the Ben Lomo: student body and administ: tion take action to see that trophies our school has won be displayed? Our the an two \ present case built in the wall by the But that doesn’t mean t cases can’t be built ou the wall. ; a is Mig use of the ents working hard ies if they ca played! pd for tropt a ay :