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Show QuesTion ¢ 7 5 - i r Tez | As % ve ‘ 5 te s LoMONng Be MIE ACY eK ‘ Ken Does Reebcbic ~~4 ee °2 e . al Oe f “5 ge ce FRidas stunt | What constitutes a uniform? Are red and orange T-shirts really that obnoxious? Can a student clique be identified by an Have you ever wondered just what kind of an education you're getting here at "good old'' Ben Lomond High? Is it good adult a enough because or a job? with other Does Utah across nation? and punished student's he as such? scholarships wears an orange Should be withdrawn shirt? Do girls look suggestive or immoral in T-shirts? When the original six juveniles up in bright orange polo shirts showed two weeks mond rumors spread that Dr. Drechsel that lass feel every had red=-blooded a T-shirt Apparantly, that high freedom of senior lad for college really even with our NO! Ben accomplished the Salt cross-town Lo- any- Lake rival, High. scholarships, B.L,. As an example, we have Merit in scholars our really only flops, 9 commended senior class. Al- though this is the highest number in years, It should be at least twice that many to keep up with the national average. Agatti the recent Sterling and students you is an emphatic never or tn most of Ben Lomond's students school students should have If some prepare it compare favorably high schools and schools in comparison Ogden — to match. dress. has thing had the audacity to tell the boys that they could not wear them again, the shirts enjoyed instant popularity. Soon it seemed answer schools had really the The ago (reminicent of our Mickey Mouse Club days) most of our students either laughed at them or tried to ignore them. But when to Scholar competition, only reached the East, take finals. land, Granite, and Ogden more. Somewhere, we and has failed, advantage of these liberal dress standards, they will be ostracized by their peers. They won't allow an outside establishment to govern them on such a matter. Except for approved, school-affeliated Oorgainzations such as the pep club, and athletic teams, uniforms are prohibited by School Board policy. But can Teshirts, of three Scots West, all our High- had 10 or teachers In outside activities, we're doing even worse. How many science or language or speech fair winners do you know? Pro- bably none, because, B.L, just doesn't come up with them, easy access for anyone wanting to spend in sports, we're finally coming up $1.00, be considered a uniform? to par after 10 or 12 years of miserWe of the HIGHLANDER endorse the student'sable showing. We can still improve rights to dress as they please. However, and expand, though; and we've got to we also endorse students who keep Ben start right now. Lomond an example of high dress standards. is there any way to pull us out of this quagmire of ignorance and ference? A, 4 NT . 4 oS TV ie ECHLIOEY M,<ocarr 5 3 S in hen i i ba ({ nf << an §$ie¢ fi Asses the » x As S S Mrs. Madeline Murray, a world-wide anti-religion crusader, recently visited Utah. Ina series of lectures at the |{ University } she had big mess of come Utah, to she rescue caused informed Utahns by the Morman inating everything". Atheist Murray accused listeners ''from Catholic Church, churches top. To get for example, Bible, esting views on is the funniest for Ben said, Sex. thing ''takes key the of Here in some The Book of Mormon {| ever saw. This Lomond needs foreign speech, and drama fairs Without participation, hope to gain and we recognition. school honors. In simple words. lomond has got to get teugh? The job won't be an easy one. Student (They'll ! | inter- Ben in science, tc will have to work harder, and teachers and coaches will really have to push | too; have to work hard themselves, this is something ers just haven't Church controls the Union largest retail business | she indif-~ The indifference has got to go. We need enthusiasm, support at all extracurricular activities, and competition, teachings. in the state,"' i Asked just what she is after, she replied, "I'm interested in making sure religion doesn't get shoved down our throats. As far as I'm concerned, it is merely a form of insanity-an accentricity. Religion dictates all principles and customs by which we live, in our society’, "The cannot of owns specific, participation language, contests. ' dom-| being humanitarian for fact that the controlling interest in the Band American and Phillips Petroleum. Utah, the Mormon Railroad and the the Church putting commercialism above their "This idea of churches is ridiculous . | know is. grades, honors, and glory in general, then and only then can the Scots rise ; more - certainly is motivation. When students at Ben Lomond really begin to compete for af LoeAds — ‘K i ha. é. og There Are you willing campaign? O(a many bothered to of our teach to try). join the work AI ‘Joseph Smith with some of guy the should be great classed comedians of all times,'' We of the HIGHLANDER find these views to have a certain “insanity-an eccent- ricity'' of their own, But a rising number of people, notably students, backing Mrs. Murry and atheistic phy. Possibly there is something to be gained from her cursade, but lets recognize facts and leave behind the malarky. are philo- |