PAGE THE HIGHLANDER > 2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER EDITORIALS— Usice of the Eo Are Teenagers Really That Bad? High schicol students they feel are important or society in general. So reports ed among the Institute a scientifically Dear be they Opinion of Student selected parents, classmates, survey conduct- of over 3400 high sampling Then everyone’s’ opinions were published in the Highland- systems - school students in public, private, and parochial school Scholastic across the nation. The survey was conducted by the Inc. Research Center, and sponsored by Scholastic Magazines, attitudes Students were given the opportunity to express their . They and opinions on six different topics related to conformity classwere also asked to rate what they thought would be their mates’ opinions on the same six topics. 73.5 Of the total of students participating in the survey, percent held the opinion that the reason for study in school to was for personal development, not simply to be promoted per the next grade. The percentage was somewhat lower (55.6 their cent) when students were questioned on what they thought classmates’ opinions were on the same question. Even greater consensus was found among students when they were asked to rate the statement, “A class officer should be someone who is the best qualified and need not be the most popular person.” Over 92 percent agreed with this statement, while 79.5 percent stated they felt their classmates would also agree. In the area of teenage fashion, 71.8 percent agreed with the statement, “In deciding what clothes I will wear, I pick out those that appeal to my taste and suit me whether or not they are in fashion with my group.” In estimating classmates’ opinions, however, students seem to be aware that many teenagers are faddish and estimated imitative in their clothing tastes and students that only 49.9 percent with the statement. of their classmates would agree . , On the subject of personsal association with individuals disapproved of by parents, 53 percent said they would not violate their parents’ wishes. In estimating their classmates’ opinions on the same subject, 49.5 percent thought their classmates would have the same reaction. _ A solid nt,majority “Ifa ~. G Oa a - 6CSTALOCTINEG - of teenagers (70.3 percent) er and things and those things able. “Wait your turn!” gy, and-in the process collected a school record of $152.00. The success of the project was due almost entirely to these two students. When the Executive Council chose them last month to manage the project, they did so with the best judgement. by In the competition between the boys an “enormous” margin of $2.00. and girls the boys won Poverty War Erodes American Values The War on Poverty is a war upon our American values. Heritage was built upon a poverty-stricken people who By PAUL WILLIAMS Concerning Snow and the Ski Orgy Ben Lomond students possessed with the urge to ski have resorted to rituals bordering on voodooism in their desire for snow. A weird combination of snow dances, incense burning, Jim Stith’s Old Farmers’ Almanac, and rubbing Mike Garrard’s “Help Stamp Out Summer” decal undoubtedly influenced Ullr Hof, the fabled God of Winter, to give us the earliest snow in recent years. The ideal ski conditions at Alta last weekend made the efforts all worthwhile. Soon, defaced faces consisting of wind-blown, bronzed skin and bloodshot eyes will start showing up around school. Although it’s never easy to sort out authentic skiers from the sun- it’s used all over the nation and even in our own county, but the it? two partisans. “TI used to be a ski bummette,” says a broad with the looks of Jean Saubert and the coordination of Susan Snoeplou. “I used to hang around all the lodges up at Alta and Park City, and drink beer with all the boy skiers. I wore $70 Super-Bogners -and I always knew where all the big parties were. I used all the suave ski terminology like “gelande” (some kind of jump), “anticipated heel thrust” (absolutely nothing) and “sprok” (onomatopoetical interpretation of a leg breaking). But I didn’t like to ski. It was mainly just the fun or the kids, the atmosphere, and the partying.” Our poverty program was supposed to help the poor, not hinder them. Instead it deprives them of one of the: greatest blessings God bestowed upon them—the ability and pride to work. Before the poverty program was instigated, they appreciated the little they had. They worked hard to get it. WE have now taken away their “something” to feel important about. The loss of pride is the greatest tragedy a man may have. These people have no reason to work for thete is no cause. They just sit at home and collect more money than they made when they worked for it. We cannot remove poverty without first removing the cause of it. If we could educate them in a way that was not welfare; that left them their self reliance, we might be able to solve this problem. Education is the answer, not the “big brother socia!istic welfare state.” By Marsha Alley Holmes Alexander, the famous columnist, states, ‘‘Where ‘accomplishment in business, where wage earning ability, where excellence in citizenship should be honored, both the New Frontier and the Great Society make sympathetic characters out of the poor, the bold, the school truants and the law breakers.” High everyone school skiing is the sometimes “the look” from the knees down. The most expensive boots, bindings, skis, and poles. On top, a creative assortment from the R. O. T. C. stockroom. It may skis, and academic tranquilizer where ev- fends for himself. It’s putting up with each other in a new way — in a completely new world. It’s hitting the books hard the first and fourth terms. This will enable you to forget school (along with the Draft, money, your. parents, Martin Luther King, etc.) and keep your mind where it should be, on skiing. It can be on the _ slopes at Solitude until the lights go out, then heading home to hit the books for tomorrow’s exam. It may be writing your creative writing theme on “The Snowplow Turn.” It’s schools don’t get 5 I’m not writing this just for myself—the wants some Dear whole studentbody action. a Respectfully, Editor: ae Being only an_ ineffectual junior, not a member of any clan, committee, council, society, etc., but being privy toa copy of the student activities budget for this year (I found it on the floor) I have suddenly been moved to write this letter in protest of one facet of -probab- | e ly the leading one, however. For the readers who don’t understand any of what has been said so far, or why anyone could possibly be stupid enough to Our | brave “cold” weather, extreme danger, and high costs” to ski, had may we present the following analogies of what skiing is, and should be, to any high school student: they city 8 the courage and perseverance to come to the continent and start a new life. They worked hard for what they had, but what received in the end was all theirs, and well worth it. no one corrected that were unfavor: : Also, there’s this deal about homecoming and prom royalty. We've been told that royalty is too competitive and that it isn’t good for school. So how come See Nnside Edge Gd) Dryener- as far as i For instance, there are no clocks in the halls. If the first bell doesn’t ring and nobody knows it didn’t ring, we still get marked tardy if we come after second bell rings. disagreed with | !ampers, it’s even more difficult to discern the hot ones from attend- ihe. snow. plowers; or even which classification is “in” or “out.” chairmen, Jolene Moore and Randy the task with outstanding enthusiasm and was : The lodge skiers, known popularly as “snow-bun te? comes € mdieging the the annu annus? United Fund drive, | every bit as Retr | iti comes to managing much a part of the ski world as the aforementioned glamor. Still, er, carried out that went. donation were asked for at a widely one would be safe to assume that there are few jobs with less ‘ Editor: During the two years that I’ve been at Ben Lomond, I and many others have been asked what we liked and disliked about the school and the happenings in school. tend to reflect the values of groups whether 18, 1966 be backpacking sleeping bag, food your supply, a case of beer to a dorm for a week’s episode at Alta. The virtues of this emphasis on athletics is debatable, but the fact that the average student has no say in where his $5.00 activity fee goes is not. I believe that every student in the school should have a vote in how the budget arranged. Chicken should be . ES to sign my name Highlander Motto No nation, no station My envy e’er could TOISES A Scot still, A Scot still; I knew nae higher — praise : | —Robert Burns — |. VOLUME 14 NUMBER 2 Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor Paul T. 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