MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1967 3 THE MEET THE SCOTS OTC Shot Pe. HIGHLANDER By PETER GILLINS oF What a Cut The other day my dad yelled at me: “Why don’t you get a haircut? You look like a bum.” “But, Dad, a haircut costs two bucks.” Now there are lots of things that I can do with two bucks that are more important than getting a haircut. With two bucks I can. well . . . I can buy enough gas to drag the boulevard out to Mason’s and back. I can buy a week’s supply of lunch tickets. I can go to the movies .. . Dutch. Unfortunately this argument doesn’t hold up to well with Dad. He dug down in his pocket, gave me two dollars worth of change and said in an understanding parental voice: — “If you want some place to sleep tonight come back with a | haircut.” Is I walked into the barber shop, I immediately became suspicious. There were four barbers, all bald-headed. After reading an article in the 1944 edition of Field and Stream about the old Hermitage Hotel in Ogden Canyon, my turn came. I stepped into the chair. With the agility of a magician the barber tossed his sheet around me and flipped hair in my eyes. “How would you like your hair cut?” “Trim the sides and take a little off the top.” After he had been hacking away for about five minutes he asked me two more vital questions. “Want your sides trimmed?” i MIKE - GARRARD Usually seen with skis on his size 13 gym shoes and driving a big Yamaha or a mean Volkswagen, Mike is a great addition to the senior class. Despite some of his nutty ideas (like wearing suspenders to school), Mike is an excellent student. ALMA FOWLER Alma Fowler, a very dedicated Brankin, shows her talents in many varied activities. Rated as one of the top debaters, her goal is to rate with the seniors. Serving as an alternate Bonnie Lassie, Alma protests sleeping on the Bonnie Lassie bus and other historic obstacles. BYRON STEPHENS One of Ben Lomond’s unsung heroes (especially during football season) is Byron Stephens. Byron is a great all-around athlete and student, a tough combination to beat. His activity has really boosted the spirit of 67 Fifteen for the “Vah.’’ “Any off the Cheerleaders top?” “Voah.’”’ __ ae I wish someone could tell me why all barbers have five or six electric clippers hanging neatly on the wall and they always By JANET ANDERSON use a dull pair of scissors that pull the hairs out one by one The degree of spirit that a instead of cutting them off. Next came the shave. With injector and dial-a-shave razors school maintains depends on the it amazes me that barbers still use old fashioned straight razors. effectiveness of the cheerleadWhen he’s scraping that open blade down my neck the full ers. The great Scottish spirit this year is upheld by six lively length of my jugular vein, I can’t help but feel queezy. What ‘and dedicated lasses. Acting as would happen if he slipped? What would he say? head cheerleader is senior Bob“Oops! I’m sorry.” — bie Albiston. Other spirited “Would you like a ‘towel?” ee Ruskins_ are Clela_ Bailey. and Spinning the chair around so that I could see myself in the Kathy Heitz. Linda Cassity, Sumirror, the barber, with his hand on my shoulder and the straight san Whitehead, and Karen Bailey represent the fighting Branrazor an inch from my throat, finished his questions. kin class. Serving as the Junior “How’s it look?” Varsity cheerleaders are Bran“Fine.” I gulped. Jo Packham and Becky The barber had trimmed the top and shaved off the sides. kins Van Leeuwen, and mighty BroI looked like a Nebraska farmer. I got out of the chair and dies Shauna Whittier, Betty counted out my two dallars change. Saunders, Wendy Seppich, and “Come back soon,” he said. Alene Read. “T will,” I assured, adding under my breath, “&%*”. Cheerleading demands long, When I got home my dad took one look at me and said: “You mean to tell me that you paid two dollars for that?!” hard hours of exercising and practice. 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