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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1963
Page
7
A Coronado High Inquiring Reporter survey collects mixed views from students on raising the legal driving age to 18. Some argue current training suffices while others urge higher age with stronger requirements and testing.
UPI notes Russians denounced modern jazz yet seeded its rise and praises Andre Previn's Shostakovich piano concerto recording. Also covers Lester Young's Pres Is Blue, selected singles, and LPs of the week by George Wein Newport All-Stars and Big Tiny Little with ragtime renditions.
Scottsdale High announces 11 students chosen for All-State events at University of Arizona. Orchestra second violin members include Patricia Healy Mark Wardenburg Debbie Detzer Beverly Boli. first violin Bob McNelis. drums Dick Rutherford. Band players Judy Hallas Mary Gossick Kathy Merrill. Chorus entrants Andrea Bowers Norman Hopke. They will attend classes and a festival concert at the U of A.
Coronado High School hosts an 8 p.m. concert in the auditorium led by Eugene Hanson with drum soloist Dave Calhoun and bassoon soloist Richard Wiggs. The Dancing Donettes perform Lady in Spain as music ranges from Dvorak to Porter. tickets 50 cents. Barbara Patterson wins DAR Citizenship Award and stands as a Good Citizenship candidate. she holds NHS secretary post and other honors. Allied art students outline the school crest in the planter. a Crest project by Joe Gatti and team uses colored petunias and Dusty millers. Coronado honors Kristen Harbertson as Voice of Democracy winner from local VFW contest. Coronado students enter a German contest at Scottsdale High on April 3. participants include Bettcher, Berry, Hoefer, Prewitt, Wieland, Pennell, and Sage. Postcards featuring the auditorium scene go on sale to support the foreign exchange fund via Coradon Hi-Y.
Senior Jim Palmer is Scottsdale High School's student of the month for March. A four year athlete, he played freshman baseball and basketball, joined varsity as a sophomore, and earned all state football honors in his junior and senior years while continuing football basketball and baseball through his senior year.
Marcia Williams of Scottsdale High won Best Woman Rider at the Chandler Rodeo Parade riding Blue's Jewel with a tack collar. She previously won a similar title at the Mesa rodeo parade.
Martyn Green, after 25 years with D'Oyly Carte, launches a touring troupe to present updated versions of H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado set in Boston and Japan respectively. He preserves the music while modernizing staging and costumes to heighten immediacy for 1913 audiences. Green notes Gilbert and Sullivan would deem him ahead of time.
Arcadia high school juniors were urged to take the national merit scholarship qualifying test held today in the Arcadia auditorium. Test scores reported to schools by May 15 guide college decisions and study plans. About 13,000 semifinalists will be named next fall. top scorers from each state are published and shared with colleges and financial aid sources.
Dave Buckley reports Scottsdale High supporters attempted to depopulate the school but 21 began the 50 mile hike and 11 finished within 20 hours. The starting group left at 5 05 am with sponsor Hugh Phillips walking south on Hayden Road.
Devon Showley head of the Arcadia science department earns a Shell Merit Fellowship for the 1963 Summer Seminar at Stanford University. He is among 50 U S teachers chosen for academic leadership and teaching ability. The award covers tuition room and board travel and 500 for lost summer pay with courses in science and mathematics. Ten inches of snow equals about one inch of rain per World Almanac facts.
The annual national high school mathematics contest will be held Thursday at Arcadia Cafeteria with 108 Arcadia high school students competing. Arcadia’s strong record includes top Southwest rankings in 1961 and 1962 driven by Chris Haugeland Tom Canter and Bob Smith.
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