PAGE TUESDAY, HIGHLANDER 2 Selections with a Boys’ Stater can Legion-sponsored Utah Boys’ filling office State Clans Come & Go from Ben were Crossley, Lomond Garth Bott, High Mike Jensen, Paul Over Leight, Fred Lomond’s Paul have come Tittensor, Curley Green and Jeff them are as follows: Steve Thorsted, and Each gion year school the the sponsors selected from throughout of American several boys basis Black Le- knows Lomond our student Masayasu. soing few ing foreign to Japan months. Masu on the to tour the til July 14th in Tokyo. pan Masu will is Masu com- compared the American of teaching and his conclusion was their 30th of June schools have to way way Once school next leav- each students bond to come something of to wear uniforms and have more evaluate discipline. cause He and thinks they have that the Americans Mormons are fairly be- different, He thinks that the A.F.S. program has got some really good d he especially likes the passed very the grades, state national affairs. Clan), born. The object is to spark interest in state affairs and possibly instruct future mayors and governors, or senators. During their Stay at Utah State University they will conduct mock elec- Einstein a Dunce? dunces g Outside of school he participated in sports like skiing and worked at Wangsgards as a bag- came the problem in the classroom if Einstein is any example. His later triumphs in science were hardly foreshadowed in his youth, according to ruary SCIENCE DIGEST. As colors The of red, who constitution so much with the finest. through passed, was devoted time with and in some organiaztion. truly plaid that immediately of of Nurses Lairdsmen (now known as Fighting Scots), McKnit, Mexican, Moot, N.F.L. (National Forensic League), Officers, Parking Lot, Rifle, Rodeo, Roller Skating, Science, Skating Clan (Hotrodders), S.S.L.H.D.S. (Secret Society of the Lonely Hearts Date Bureau Clan), Ski, Snow, Stamp, Swimming, United Na‘tions. Highlander Motto No nation, no station F ao Robert Burns It was other school. So, you new students, we here at Ben Lomond hope that you, too, will come to love this school as much as we do. in a family or at a boarding school. Deon was chosen out of 30 student applicants interviewed from Ben Lomond. Mark Visser, also a junior, was chosen as a finalist, but presently does- n’t know ing. for sure if he is go- Much money is required to send a Foreign Exchange student abroad and that is one of the main reasons for the A.F\S. Clan to raise money, to enable students to come to Ben Lo- mond and students from other countries to come to Ben Lomond. This year our A.F.S. Clan has received little support from the student body. So little support that they are presently on the verge of being closed up. When asked if Deon had any parting words, she said that she really any for placement know if she will be staying with coming identifies us from High a foreign country next year. She will most likely be staying in a European country, Venezuela, or Columbia. She’ll be leaving some time during the month of July or August and stay for the duration of one year. At present, Deon doesn’t officers quite a change from an over-populated school that had very little to offer to the average student. Ben Lomond, in its first year, has established a reputation .of friendliness and good sportsmanship, and is known ail over the state because of this. We’re proud of the Stewart Delta Electron- Homemakers Future Lomond of opportunities for the students. to grab them, and because of all students found talents they never every student in the school paror Clan), Ecology, Deon Staffenson, a junior, has become a guaranteed American Field Service student from Ben oc activity Future Fling known Deon is Choice out of Thirty AFS Applicants culties, however, and in no time at all, the problems were either solved, or on their way to being solved. Being smaller than Ogden High, Ben Lomond pre- ticipated ics, Chess, (also office. Ser: It was a difficult situation at first, for the auditorium hadn’t been completed, and the students had to sweat it out in the glass-walled classrooms, for old man sun had no mercy whatsoever. The students got used to these dif fi- sented many more kinds The students were quick these opportunities, the thought existed. Almost Drama. (Language nis | raised over the last year’s effort, Field Bennion Officers, Dance inger years was when he finally was able to land a fulltime job as a clerk in a patent was christened. The plaid was the Rowfal Stewart Plaid, and so the Clan, Booster Fan Club, Highland a songs, wear Tams, have Scottish gestures, and have everything as much Scottish as they could. Thus, Ben Lomond school. (Spirit (American Cadet Chi, young student, he had difficulty other questions that come with a new school. Committee meetings were held to tackle the problems. Finally it came to them! Why not have it Scottish, since the peak of Ben That was it! The idea Lomond overlooked its campus? caught on. They could have plaid kilts, yell Scottish pep were (now known as a bestseller excerpt in the Feb- of the name, colors, and many blue, and white of America, Gavel, Girls’ Athletics, Golf, Ice Skating, Judo, Junior Red Cross. tions, mock trials and mock city be Some Brogue America, Because this school was to become the greatest in the city, there had to be great and wonderful people dtrecting the students. That’s why Ellis McAllister, our principal, and Robert Alley, his assistant, and the counselor, Catherine Van Meter, came to the new high school. Then as in school, was a social loner, did not attend most of his college classes, and saw his doctoral the~ _— gone. Beaver Courtesy, and why. may Ben clans Albonettes of America), Bowling, Geniuses of many (also known as Future Teachers on leadership ability, and interest in state and they operate, state. successfully. The .architect commissioned to design the building was Mr. Lawrence Olpin. Thus, the new sister to Ogden High was for Americans still has not changed. He still feels that he cannot Ja- which desire rules, in issue, was of bec D Hig . ‘Ore. take lo too large for the school to mmodate. : The City Board of Education decided there should be a new high school to accommodate the students north of the Ogden River. To finance these plans, the school board a from environment. His impression (Reprinted from Sept. 13, 1954 Highlander) there was only one city school and Intheb proposed away to do and to have a change ers, more much they academic, ar- six and too respect for the teach- will back main America have more at Masu’s to A High School Is Born - life have school. to the Japanese are more more at B.L. years and A.F.S. Service), high University in Logan, begins Sunday, June 10, and terminates Saturday, June 16. While there, the boys will learn of city, county and state government, how U.S. and Japan un- States he high social be when of plete, will United rive ‘months exchange in the in the Schools Ben Noguchi back Utah at many history, Clan), Clan), specially Boys’ State, held at Utah State Compares the Afro-American Robinson. everyone in the Alan Parry, As every Richard Laird, Masu State governments School After. 29, 1973 for Boys’ Made Selected to attend the Ameri- Before... MAY wanted her Deon Staffenson gives to her friends and chosen to represent a final fellow the wave classmates. Scots to B.L. Of 30 in a foreign and bids students, country. farewell she was all next Scots year and to remember to write to her. After she has been established overseas and has an address, she will write to the school and swers. she does expect an-