Five luniorsMax for Independent Pn~ject Independent Project has uncle rgonc Adm ini strative review , and after a few change s , was re su bmitted [or finar approval last Monday, DeccITlber 6. Independent Project has near 1y r eve rted to Sen ior Project. The nU.I T\bcr of Jun ior partici pants has been limited to five. This in part is because Mr. Jones feels that the Seniors should have a certain amount of special pr iv ileges to set th em apart Crom the other classes . The Administration thrught the twenty day maximum wa.s set top high, s tating that fifteen days was sufficien t for most projects. However, any 0 n e needing the
extra week w ill have the option of using it if th e ir proj ect really requires it. One of the g re ates t c han ges is one that requir es th e pro spec tiv e participant to submit a declaration o f intent befo r e ChristITlas. This will give the Projoct Selection comm itt ee a good idea of the task be for e them, and elimin ate proj ects that will prot>ab ly be rej ected before excess ive work is done on them . Thsi dec laration of int e nt must include a proj ec t description, reasons why the project was und ertaken , a date for the project , and the name of the project advisor. Nearly all restrictions regard-
ing academic standing have been lifted. Although the Administrat ion was or i ginally co ncerned about the possibility of a student sp littin g his project up too much. They agreed to it to enable a student to come to an especially important c l as s when neces sar y. The Administration que s:ioned why some minimum schedule of meetings between a participating studen t and his teachers was not set up. But it has been l eft to the disc r etion of the individual teachers. The proposal only s tat es that the stu den t s hould meet with each teacher at l eas t once or twice during the project period . !I
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On January 8 , between l O:OO am and 3: 00 pm, a newspaper dri ve, sponsored by both t he M i ddle and Upper School Student Councils. will be hel d. A container which will hold one ton of newspapers will be placed on the field near the gym , where students may de posit thei:r collections of paper. Contrary to popular ecpectations . unbundled papers will be accept -
ed. The original date set for the had been Dec. 4, butthe company deliverin g the container bund this date to be incoJlvenient. This postponement actually creates a more favorable situat ion as it giv es the students an extra 35 days in which to add t o their a l ready gi gantic hoard of newspaper . Hopefully the container will be completely filled whi ch will bring! $70 to the two St udent Council s . No matter how much money is made, it will be divided between the Student COWlcil s accord ing to proportion of the total newspapers brou ght in by each C\1 11.! lCils' con stituents . The Upper School Stu dent COW1Cit will also give pa rt o~ their porHon of t he money to the class which brings in the greates t amount ,,){ newspaper .
Evaluation Explained
February 28 & .!9 Thetentative date for the "Ex periment in Education" is the afternoon of February 28 and all day February 29 . On these two days students who wish to participate in the "e xp eriment" may be excused from cla sses 50 they ma~' listen to the speake rs and/ or debates now being planned. The speakers will include par ents, teachers , and persons employed in professions such as law anti medicine. Selected students will a l so debate s u ch topics as witchc raft, afte rlife , drug probl ems and E.S . P . These topics we r c partia ll y dete r mined by the r espons e to th e stud e nt interest pol! circulate d this fall. Mr. Lints and the committee hope that th i s p r o g ram will help alleviate the aUedged insulartiy o f th e s chool. Mr . Lints said that h e hope s the project will su ppl eme nt o r co mplement the cx i s tin g a c ad e mi c prog r am, but h e do ub t s t hat it will become a freq u e nt Oc cu ran c e at M PA du e tn the' s h o r t nes s of th e school
Paper Drive
Syl via Barrett (C at hy Dunlap ) looks on as Paul Barringer talks to student and admirer Alice Blake (D on NortonandMarlaSutker, r e spectively ).
Drama Production Proves Successful After six weeks o f tedious r e .. hearsal, t h e AC,!-dcmy Drama Club presented it s fall production on November 23 and 24 at 8 : 00 p . m. QQthe Down Staircase proved to be a tremendous suc cess . Att c n denc e both nights was g ood; the November 24 c rowel w as the lar g er, with nearly a full house. A combination of a r e sponsive audience, g ood performers , and c apable people behind th e scenes prOved to be th e reasons behind the Succe s s of the show . Many amusing incidents can
happen during a production , es pecially in a comedy such as .!:!E. the Down Staircase. One suc h incident involved an e ra se r that was thrown into the audience in stead of out the window. Some one in the audience hurled the erase r back on stage . confusin g the actors. But the show must go on , and it did. Atthelast performance , cu rtain ca ll s we r e taken, and the play's di r ecto r , Mrs. Mackal, was presented with fl owers, and two ti ckets to F i d d 1 e r .2..!l the Roof.
M r. Jones, in an assembly on November 18. gave studen t s more de t ails and answered spe cific questions about the eval ua tion and the sc hool in general. The ques tion s , compiled by the Student Council, were mostly submitted by students . Also an opportun ity was g iven for stu dents to ask any o ther questions they had. In the answer s to the ques tions, it was emphasized that the academic life at the school was g ood, but that the s tudents we r e isolat e d from the r eal world. Attempt s will be made to change this situation. if it was found true, and bad , by the true, and bad , by the Admini s tration a nd faculty. However , Mr . Jones felt that the committ ee haq overlooked such thin gs as the convocations as attempts to make contact w ith the r eal world. The answers gi ven were based upon the fir s t d rafts of the writ ten report s, and some oral re ports, and itw as hoped that when the final report came in , that students wo uld be able to see i~
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Dress Code: A Polarized Issue Mark Schneider Every week, for the last several weeks, the Student Council ends up spending a good portion of second period discussing the dress code. And, in spite of what many think, Student Council discussions fairly well reflect student concern. The students are placed in an awkward postiion by the dress code. Peer pressure, both within and out,side of the school, generally dictates longer hair, blue jeans, and non-conformity to the code. Parents feel that the burden of keeping their sons and d aug h t e r s "presentable" has been rem 0 v e d, and therefore wait for the s c h 0 0 1 to enforce the code. The code was designed to be flexible, and therefore vague. The student doesn't know where the line has been drawn, and is all too willing to step over it. The Administration has tried to oversimplify the matter. They say that the code was a compromise between the Councll and themselves, and for the tbne being refuse to consider changes for this year. They h a v e said they wanted toleave the greater po r t ion of enforcement on the shoulders of the Co un c il, and threaten to expell repeat violators. But then they give the impression of being soft by openly excusing some violators, which aiy encourages further violation, not contentment. (Ca"ntinued on page 5)
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This Side of Insanity
An American Institution "Come along, Snotz. we would like to show you around the sanitarium. We're sure that you're going to like 'It here. " Snotz Pomercrantz was DOt at a 11 sure about anythlng. After being placed In Ins t I t'u tl 0 n s througho~t the country' because of his severe paranOia, he was not prepared to be placed in ano the r. "I fee 1 uncomfortable without my stralt Jacket. " "That's okay, Snotz, "sald the guide. Then turning to Dr. and Mrs. Pomercrantz. he sald "We try to provlde an atmosphere of freedom here at the sanitarium. The patlent Is allowed to do as he pleases, so long as he obeys the Rules." "A n d JUs t w hat are fh e s e rules ?" "We'll get to those later. Now if youtll come this way, we'll show you some 0 f 0 u r wards. Here Is our antl-cancer ward. " "Het, walt a minute, tbi:t looks like a·washroom with a bunch of boys smoklng In It. " "Yes, we flgure that If we let them keep doing It they'll gl'adually grow tired of It and stop. If you'll step thts way, please, I can show)Ou our pseudo-liberal ward." "Pardon me? lnterrupted Dr. Pomercrantz
aBADBa IWAIL ... Dear Editor, Enough is enough! I wish that some of my fellow students would realize something about the d:ross code of MPA. First, complaining to Mr. Jones is only going to create worse relationships between ftudents and .~minishatiDn. It seems that the history convocations are the only assemblies that don't result in arguments about the code. Seconclly, how can the stulents expect to gat a change when they, myself included, can not even abide by the one already posted. Now that I have stated what
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ereryone else in this school seems to think, Let's do something about it. We all know the problem, maybe we, the students and the administration, can work together and find a solution pleasing to all involved; the students, administration' and THE PARENTS •••• Signed, The Hawk p. S. This is absolutely the last time I'm writting. Dearest Editor, Do the Akademie Noose a fa-
"Our p s e u do-liberal war d. Many patients have the particular affliction of believlng that they are llberals--that they are sympathetic with the causes of certain ethnic mlnorltles. Guilt feelings, you know. They crack when members of certain ethnic mlnorltles move In next door to them. When they get violent, we comfort them with movies of Puerto Ricans clearlng tables, Chlnese doing laundry, and Negroes tap cianClng while shining shoes. Andwhen they calm down we give them Teddy Kennedy comic books and play "Camelot" on the r e cor d player, and let them throw darts at pictures of William F. Buckley Jr. " "Howlnterestlng," Dr. Pomercrantz understated. "Very. Now I would like to show you another ward. This Is where we Keep tJle pc:u.''''lI.H WJlO believe they are the board of the sanitarium. We have seven Hltlers, nine Napoleona, and thirteen Teddy Roosevelts. " "Goodness, I'mnot so certain that I want Snotz to come here, " sald Mrs. Pomercrantx. "Neither am II" affirmed Smtz. "Nonsense, " s a I d the guide. This 1st he perfect place for Snotz ••• " "What about those rules?" asked Dr. Pomercrantz.
vor, will you? Send Silence Dogood to Impressions. HI see one more of that person's letters, I am going to throw up. Tell that person to save his (or her) satire
"Ab, yes. The Rules. Number one: halr can be no longer than one Inch In length so that patients can not be tempted to hang themselves with It. Number two: patients must not chew gum In front of the staff;ltmakes themfeellnferlor. Number three: patients are not allowed to set foot on the first floor. " "But I thought that was the offlces of the administration ... "No, nOt that's where we keep our m 0 s t dangerous patients! They suffer from acute cased of oral diarrhea. " "Then who runs this place?" asked Mrs. Pomercrantz In resolute fear. The guide Jingled his key chain pulled out his pipet lit itt and very simple replied, "I do. " "Helpl" cried Dr. Pomercrantz, Mrs. Pomercrantz, and S not z Pomercrantz In un1son. Let me out of this nuthouse I " cried Snotz. who ran out of the building, followed quickly by his parents. A s t ran g e looklng man I n a blue uniform ran up to the guide and said, "Should we go an bring them back. master? II The gUide replied "!lb. rD, that won't be necessary. we don't need them; there will be more. After all, there's a sucker born every minute. II
for his (or her) English themes. Anonymouf; P. S. Not that I have anything againstImpressions--I'd prefer (Continued on page 5)
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A P Courses Fulfill School Philosophy The q uestion of curricular r e levance i s certain t o be o ne that will be wit h us for some time to come . But for MPA , a s well as Dr many other schools, relevance is relative . The primary phil osophy and purpose of the Aca demy i s Uto provide a coo r din ated prog ram of s tudi es for s tudents po ssess ing the nece ssa ry aptitud e and int e r e st t o undertake a coll ege - pr eparat ory curricul wn . " Conceding the valid ity of the A c ademy ' s philosophy , r e l evan ce t!an be meas ured in t erms of a chi evement. One criterion for achievement has been the Academy progl3.m of Advanced P l acement co u r s e s . The r e i s no ques tion as to the s uc c ess ofthe pro g r am . In incr e asing nwnber s and in a wid e ning array of cou r ses , s tudent s have ea rned coll ege cr ed it or adva nced
pl acement in colI e g e . Fac ulty t eachingAP cours es and s tudents e nrolled:i:l axh cour ses have r ea son to be satis fi ed with the ir efforts, The numbe r s regi s t er in g for AP examinat ion s in May could reach a reco r d hig h this yea r. Among th e r eason s for a pos -
s ible record is the fact tha t for the first tim e the A cad emy i s pre sen tin g an AF course in
E uro pe an Hi s tory . Furthe r mo r e the AP pro gram itself has been expanded to include A rt and Music, and while ther e probabl y will be no Music e xamination s
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Faculty Focus Vol ume II The L ife of M i ss Swnmerlin Tbe intr oduction t o the second vol wne also told of where she was born , and the college that s h e ct t ended . It was par ticularl y inter esting to read about h er hon~e town, Siou.", C ity , Iowa , since I hadn't prev i ously been aqua inte d with that par t of I owa . By reading fur the r I l e arne d about the ' U ni. versity of Nort he rn I owa , where s he a tt e nded coll ege .
for cancer, Mss 5.m;merlin found fulfillment in he r teaching car ee r. Wh il e ro oming with a friend, t he mood for homem ade things moved h e r to bake cinna man rolls and tr y her hand at mac~ r amay ing . She l oved to travel but if money was sca r ce , simply be ~ ing out o f doors wo uld s atisfy her . Sc otla nd was t he pl ace tha t ~qJate
written , up to t e n s tudent s have indicated a des i re to take the AP exam in a ti onin A rt and Mrs. Stelton h as arranged .a specia l
tuto r ial pro g r am for the se s tudent s. It i s now po s si b I e to do AP work at MPA in l a n g uages , his t ory, sc ien ce , mathematics, and art . T his means that a s t udent could com p I e t e hi s fre shman c ollege year w hU e s tUI enrolled a t MPA - - d e p e nding upon the col le ge.he expects to en roll in.
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Miss Summ e rlin in front of the gym . Photo:Joe Hono r It h ad begun to storm, b ut s it ting in here r ead ing about some ; one ' s liCe was a bett er pastime than wander ing around in the min . Well, on wit h the book . I l ea rned of he r desire to become ind epend ent and moving to Chi c ago , nlinois , t o t ea ch ;;t MPA in the fall of 1971. Altho ug h she fail ed t o enter the field of medical re search a nd find a cure
con s tant l y appeared a s a "n ic e place t o vi s it" was con c erned . The clock in the church steeple was s trikin g t we l v.-: . !figured that it wo uld be a good idea for me to quench my thrist for knowl edge at a l a t e r date . Placin g both vol umes und e r my arm ,! r an home , hoping to return someday s oon .
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Key Club Th e Key C l ub had their second confrontation \\ith th e i r sponse r s , the South west branch o f Kiwanis International on Tue s day , N:w . 3) , 1971. Th e g reater JDrtionofMPA 's 38 Key C l ubbers we r e a tthe Bev e rly Woods Res taur ant that nig ht. F o r dinner , a go ur me t treat, smorgasbord . A ft er dinner , a wa r ds were g i ven for the highest peanut sa le s. Mit c h Rand wa s the winnin g peanut salesman , Offi ce rs (o r the 19 71 -1 9 72 MPA Key C l ub ar e a s fo ll ows : Bill Goes , P r es id e nt; Bob Mont go mery , Vi ce P r esident ; Frank Jones, Tl:easurer; a nd S t eve Men zies , Se cretary. The Board o f Dir e cto r s are senio r s Bob Gose, Bill Harrod , and John Ka r e l; jUlior s Jim Fitch and Don No rto n; sophomores AIl\&:holson and Mike Salazar ; and fr eshman Ji m Strenk. A ll in all, the evening \'-GS a huge s ucc ess .
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On Sunday , December 5 , the Spanish Cl ub held it s Chr i s t m as party at the Gusta fs on I s house , An overwhe lming thron g o( Spanis h enthusiasts wer e pr ese nt for thi s festive ocass i on . On Dec . 9 , the Span is h ITI , I V , and A P classes went to a s pecia l showin g of lr Lo s O l v id a dos " (Th e Young a nd the Damned ). " L os Olvidados" is a sto r y about J a i bo. the l e ad e r of a gan g of y oun g hood s in the ghettos o f Mexi co city . One of Jaido ' s good fr ie nd s , P e.:lro i s not g etting the affecti o n fr om hi s moth e r that he des ir es . Jai!D g et s Pedr o in all sorts of trouble . P e dro ev e n t ually ge t s s e n t to t h e sallle r e fonll sc hool that J a i h o rec e ntl y e s cape d fro m . OUTin g these tragedi es , J a i bo ge t s i n vol ved with Ped r o ' s mot he r. Pe d ro be~ i ns to re se nt J ai bo . a nd infor ms o n s o m c o f the c rime s he ha s comm itted . Wh e n l ai bo fin ds o u t what Pcdrohasdonc . he ~ ives him a seve r e bea ting . A ll these e\'e nts lead t o an exc iti ng cl imax , and an awe - s tir l' in£! con clu s ion .
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D.ress Code cont. The Administration w 0 u 1 d probably be glad to get rid of the headache of the dress code, but many parents and contributors have expressed disillusion at the present eased-up code as it is now, and would be greatly displeased with no code at all. This leaves the Council in the middle, with a seemingly insoluble pro b 1 em. They get flak from students for not doing enough to change the code, and are criticized by the Administration for not enforcing the code. Should the Council turn in names to an administration that
attimes seems apathetic towards enforcement., only to get those vioiitors expelled? Or should they violate their promise to the Administration to attempt to enforce the code? The only possible solution consists of mutual understanding. If only the students can realize the problems of the Council and the Administration, and if the Administration can see the tightrope the Council and the students walk, and if the Councll can only hope to reconclle the two instead of separating itself from both of them, can we have anything ap-
MERRY CHRISTMAS
FATHERS' CLUB
RBADBR IWAIL ... Continued from page 2 just to ignore the Impressions, which I can't do with the Academy News. Idon't see why you can't ignore us, a lot of people I know do. Ed.
D ear Editor. You ought to put something in from the Middle School. Anything maybe even. If there's nothing else, a gossip column, "for the girls. by the girls. and to the girls. " Also, there wasn't anything in the paper about the Mid die School f09tball game s. This point alone got me so mad that I collected over 25 papers and burned them. Maybe you could say something about basketball. Maybe you should have more of a Middle School staff. Yours truly, Concerned and Bored!
I am pleased to announce that the Middle School now has a newspaper staff. As of yet, I don't know whether or not they will still be called the Happenings or not, but they will have their own page.
It was organized too late to get any material in fot this is sue, but they will have something for the January issue. Their adviser will be Mr. Grenzebach. The two co - e d ito r s will be Tom Branit and Crista Jones. Et'I.
To the Editors: It was a pleasure for me to act as the moderator at our recent History Department foreign affairs convocation. The wisdom and rhetorical skill of our guest s pea k e r s was matched by the willingness of most of our students and their guests to engage inandbecomeapartof the world scene. One disturbing aspect of the convocation was the too large number of students who simply reject the real challenge of learning or participation. Among that group were some of the most vociferous critics ofthe school's dress code and lunchroom procedure. For too many, the program wa s us ed to catch up on their sleep. Robert Stelton I don't think one can necessarily associate iconoclasm with disruptive be ha vi 0 r, but it is too bad that many malcontents are unhappy with the good as well a s with the bad. Ed.
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ABBREViATED BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 12/10 El g in Horne 12/11 Wheaton Away 12/14 Lake Forest Away 12 / 21 } Chris t mas Tourname nt 12 / 22 at St. Michaels 1/7 U - High Away 1114 Glenwood Home I /1S No rth Shore Away 1/ 21 Fran c i s Park e r Hom e 1/25 Latin Away 2/1 Harva rel St. George Home 2/4 St. Michaels Hom e CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MORGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL MUSTANGS FOR WINNING THE PUBLIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP!
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Varsity Warriors Take Close One From St. Michaels Aft e r a d i sappointing game by the Frosh - Soph team, the vars ity Warr i ors were abl e to defeat St . Michae l s by a score of 60 - 51. Led by John Keane , with 24 points, and Bob Montgomery with 21 point s , the team put it all together by adding a t ough de fense . The reboundlng was l ed by Joe Keane, with 17, and John Keane, with 16 . This game puts the Warriors in an ea rly lead with a l eague record of l win and 0 l oss es' and an overall record of 5- 0.
Fro s h-Soph Warriors ar e hoping for a good season. Pictured above are Charli e Rang e , driv ing tow ard s the basket, and Re gg ie Johns o n, a s he is invo l ved in a jump-all.
Girls' Bask>tball Team Preparillg for Seasoll
M.P.A. SPORTS Wrestling Warriors Pinned By St. Laurence Las t Saturday , Dec. 4 , the wrestling Warriors of MPA g ot off with a bad start by ge t ,tin g massacred by the St . Laurence wrestling t eam . St. laurence was l ast years Catholic Leaguewrestlin g champs. This still bas tittl e bearing on how poorly the War riors wres tl ed Saturday . There were many mistakes for both t eams, but ou r m i s take s out weighed theirs , leading to St. Laurence's 47 - 0 victo ry. There just wasn ' tenough force fullness on the part of the MFA wrestlers . They did go in there
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raring to go but once they were put on the d e fensive, they just couldn ' t come back . In the near future the Warr i ors will a l most surel y h a v e better success . Hopefull y the Wa rriors will learn fro m their mistakes. One fact should be taken into consideration with respect to this dcfeat. The Warriors are l acki ng boys out for wrestling, especially in the upper - weight c l asses . This results in automatic for feitures by th e tcam Anyway , good luck to the wrcst lers for the rcstofthe season .
Ed F itc h i s att emp ti ng to pin hi s man in 47-0 loss to 19 71
SI . Lau l' c n c e o n Dece mber 4,
If one we re to visit the upper gym after school , one would find the g i rls basketball team s prac tieing s tr enuousl y every day . Al though they are obliged to share the gyms wit h chee rlead ers and wrestlers , they still work up a sto r m. The g irls have been practicing many skill s, and undergo a var -
iety of drill s in each practice. They h ave jus t recently bcgun scrimmaging, and a lthough they are not pros , ther e is a definate sign of their potential play ing ab ilities . The g i r l s will pl ay their first game sometime in January , the games schedule i s not yet com plete l y set up .
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Speaking of Sports Girl AthletesMPA's Pride This is my fir st attempt a t sa tire, 50 pl ease bear w ith me . A clash of sticks , every cor ner's a goal, shoot for two, a bcautiful s pi k e; these arc the so und s of field hockey, basketball. and voll eyball . We should bc proud of our girl athletes here at MFA . I've heard they work as hard as the boys do a t developing the skill s needcd t o put to gethe r a winning team. And havc we had winning t eams ! ? Who could farget that immortal cold, rainy , etc., afternoon, in w hich the g i rls field hockey tea m put together a scor ing barrage (one goal) and tremendous goal keeping (go Francie and Pat ) to defeat a strong team from Fran cis W. Parker . And how about that attendance , huh? The whole football team was there, (and
parents, and of course Mrs. Pr ice). Ate ami ike that can really draw a crowd! Now let ' s look a t v olleyball. Now l et 's l ook at basketba ll. Last year we had a finc team, winning by such scores as 12 - 6 , 1- 0 , etc . Need 1 say more ? This year the team i s c on c entratin g on free throws; don't forget, fr e e throws can wi n game s . I s hudder at the thought of a girl s ' track t eam . OUCH ! 1 was just hit w ith a di s cus! Actual l y , this i s all in hUl, and we are proud of our girls" team s. It is a shame, tho ugh that many people o v erlook t he girl s when the boys ' tea m ha s a chalTIpionship year . Ilook forward to a good g irl s ' basketball scason .