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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1975
Page
6
Essay reflects on winners not just by trophies but by contribution. Bench players supporters and day to day contributors are winners in the game of life offering drive and support, finding satisfaction in participation and effort beyond top scores. It ends with its not whether you win or lose it is how you play.
Missouri's State Highway Department announces a five year Cooperative Training Program for qualified high school graduates to pursue Civil Engineering degrees at the University of Missouri Rolla or Columbia. Participants alternate college study with on the job training, earning salary and benefits while tuition is self funded. Eligibility requires Missouri citizenship, senior or recent graduate status, math and science credits, and passing interviews. Applications due by April 1 with interviews to follow.
Missouri Western College in St. Joseph awards Regents and Trustees Honor Scholarships to Missouri students in the top 20 percent of their class who score at least the 75th percentile on the Missouri SCAT, Ohio Psychological Test, or 23 on the AAT. The award waives tuition and most fees, about $61 remains, and is renewable with GPA requirements. Information is available through the student counselor, along with a Special Honor Scholarship offering one semester at the same $61 fee.
Michele Stevens, nominated by Kai-Frac, a junior achievement group linked to Kaiser's Refractory firms, is among five state finalists for Miss Junior Achievement of Missouri. She faced a postponed interview but was interviewed the night before by the district manager and confirmed as finalist. The Coronation Ball will crown Miss JA Missouri on Friday March 21 at the Marriott Hotel in St. Louis.
Seniors invited to attend the third annual Missouri High School Achievement Bowl at the University of Missouri at Rolla on April 5 with registration at 8 am. Exams in 14 categories run 50 minutes each at 9 30 10 45 and 12 noon. Top finishers win medals and fourteen 200 student assistantships for fall 1975.
In the Jefferson City Freshman Tourney, eleven freshmen from Mrs Rankin’s fifth hour class earned five trophies. Dan Hexworth and Kathy Anderson won first in duet acting, Gailyn Guthrie and Dianne Willis took second in duet acting, and Betsy Reddick earned first in poetry. Other standout freshmen named are Scott Fountain, Bill Baker, Helen Ogar, Bill Rankin and Alan Fisher.
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