RHINO ON THE LOOSE For the n ext two weeks, the Beverly Art Center Theater w ill be e c h o i n g w ith the sound 9 of charg in g pachyderms a 9 ~ noceros enters its final stages. The prod Uct io n i s well on sc h e d ule for its Novembe r 16 pre miere.
Ara Pridjian. in the lead role of Bcrenge r (thatts pronounced Bair-awn - zhay , not Bairinjer), portrays a drunken, un ca ring, trounced-up offi ce worker who is in l ove with Daisy, a sec re tary in his office . Daisy is played by Sheila Sc helling . Jim Co sto n plays Jean, Bcrcngcr'g impeccably d .cased fri e nd who o ft e n seems to be quarreling
with Bcrenger av e r his sloppy habits. The 0 the r major part. which wa s open at l a st pres s time, that of OUdard, was ta o time, that of D u da rd, was ta ken by Mark Prokop. The play i s directed by ~rs. Mackal. The p I a y was writt en by the French author. Eugen e lonesco. It is set i n a French town, when all of a sudden, its citize n s begin to tu rn into rhino ce ro ses . until Be r e nge rand Da i sy a re the o nl y humans left in the town. The absurd comedy i s unbelievably hilariou s a s the l ocal citizenry try to apply the i r day to day phi l osophies to the pr obl em o f the rhinocero ses .
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Sen. Percy Visits MPA After Sena t or Pe r cy ' s speech at the Beverly Art Centcl', hehe l d a brief pre ss conferen ce at h i s ca mpaign headquarter s loc at ed at 1937 W. 95 th s treet . Attending the pre ss conference were stud e nt s fr om Eisenhower, Richards, and Morgan ParkA c ad e m y high sc hools . Colleges repr ese nted were Depauw and St. Xav i er. A l so presen t wa s a repo rt e r from th e Southtown Econimist. Senator Percy started the interview by say i ng that the headquarters was a place for people to come to participate in gove rnme nt. Th rough headquarter s s uc h a s t h i s, h e hoped to get mo r e of t he people in the com munity d i rectly in vo lved in politi cs . He then en tertained questions from the reporters The firstquestionasKed be the repotrer trom the Sout htown Eco nim i s t dealt w ith b l oscke d ra il r oda cr o ssings. He a s ked if the F e_ deral government had the powe r to prevent unwar r anted sto ppage of traffic. Senator Percy r epl ied that t h e federa l gover nment d id have the powe r to p r ovide better mass trans po rta tio n, H e t h e n sta t ed that upon returning to Was h ington he would d emand the abo l i s hin g o f highway t r ust fund a n d re pl a c e it w i t h a mass t ransportation 3,2 bill ion dollars .
TheSenato r was a s ke d if he k n ew of p l ans to build a third major airport built in the ncar future, and that in definitely would no t be buil t in lake Mi c hi ga n. He felt that it would b e unable to di s cl o se the place becau se of land s pe c ulator s . He was ask e d if he was in agreement wi th the Wage and P r ice co ntrols set up by the President. To this he replied that he had an ame ndm e n t pending dea l in g w ith the wage and price controls. His amendment sti pulates that wages cannot be con t ro l ed if lab o r and management work out an ag r ee ment s uc h that t he increase in pall is pr opo rtional with increasw in work output o r productivity_ management wo rk out an agreement suc h that the in c rease in pay is propo rtional w i ht the inc r ease in wo r k outp ut or product i vity. The l a s t question posed t o the Senator a s ked i f he considered him self to bea pOSSible presidentia l candidate in 1976. To th i s the Sen ator ha s tily r epl ied that a ll h i s s t r oef r onts woul d close November 8t h, He feels tha t he has an o bli gation to the peop l e of the state, and that ifatth i s ti me he was consi de rin g t h e poss ib i l ities o f a pres iden ti a l campaig n i n 1976 he woul d be ob li ga te d t o come forward and say at th i s ti me .
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THE ACADEMY
NEWS
Adulthootl 11. Youth
November 3,
1 972
This Side Of Insanity
Dean Kramer
All in the
During these la st six weeks ! have been observ ing , watching, and gradually getting aquainted with you. No doubt, you have been doing the same with me . Therefore, I am taking thi s opportunity to expres s to you what I feel. how I think, and basically what! expect of you and what you ('an exoect of me as your Dean. My overall opinion of the s tud ent body is one of general cooperation and effort. True. there i s that very small minority who bend the regulations causing discord and uneasiness to the student body as a whole. However, I find there enough good responsible leaders in the schOOL to over ride and correr.t this sm'all minority. Thf'sp. lead erF are the Student Council w h c'm I respect ad m ir e, and thank fOl their cooperation. These young men and women as well as the whol ! SPonior CI" Sf! Re t the tone to make it a good year or a bad vear. Thr tone right now is the beat I have seen in my professional career. While you were in you r chilrthood. you l earned about the worl d around you by jus!; being in it. However, theolderyoufZetthemore complex knowledge you need which means putting yourself into the process of education. You can'tIearn a difficult subject or a le sson in life by merely being exposed to it. You must reach out and take ~~. study it, aosorb it, maste r it, and make it part of your character . When you do this you begin to get on the beam. Ambitions fix the course, so to speak and you begin to d etermine where you want to go in life. It .is important to remember, however, that .. o one can go forward c'ompletely on their own. You need a compaas or a star; a faith or an id eal. Everyone needs the warmth of friendship and the companionship of peers; the cooperation of co-workers, and the guidance of those who have travelled the first mile in life and are willing now to travel the se cond mile with you-- -parents. teachers ,religious 'leaders, and the reco rd ed lives of those who have s hown us all how to live with integrity and cou r age. You have all the se advantages he re at the Academy, if you w ill only reach out for them instead of offering nothing but destructive critic sm. Certainly it i s good and necessary in society to have opinions but do not trust too much in your own opinions. No one is so wise that he can have ful l knowl edge of everything. cont. p. 7
Letters. ••
Dear Editor , Several weeks ago the c I ass of 1947held its 25th anniversary reunion. I was asked to attend to take a few photos and say a few words about the schoo l and the students today. As it turned out, I was over looked, and neve r got a chance to speak. Although I was somewhat reliev e d at avoiding another cha nce to embarass myself, it made me think about the whole event. The25yearalumni,asa whole set! m e d like real nice people. Upstanding members oCth~ com-nunity , whichever community they may happen to belong to. t·nderstandably, the main thing 0.1 their mind was meeting their 011 buddies. But the only thing th uy see m e d to say about th~ school was:t'the gym is still tht.
same", or "hey, this is my same lunch table. and hey, my gum i s still here." The only question the alumni asked about the school now p e rtained to why the fie l ds across Illth street were s old . As for what the school i s nov. like, they didn't seem to care. After I left, I felt a little funny. Before I had felt sort of part of a 100 year flow known as MP(M)A. But after the reunion, I felt cutoff from the past. I can't blame the a l umni; they saw MPA as a ditierent school. And I think they're right. We're just a new school , that happened to be born into old buildings. Look around. Are we really 100 years old? Since re l y , Mark Schneider
Family . "Geo r ge , George I think we've got problems. We're thirty points be h i n d in the polls, we're going to lo se every state in the union , Nixon's as good as ended the war, and we'rp.out of money. " "Yes Sarge, but ..remember, at l east we're honest and true." "True, true, but George. it doesn't seem to help us . We seem to keep fa llin g back." "Yes . I know Sa r ge, but in their hearts they know we're right." " Damml George, don't say things 'like that." "Sorry. ·t "Lis t en George, I've got a great idea . Le t' s have mY'brotherin-law help us campaign for the se last few days. It couldn't hurt. " "N o. no, he's a lways campaigning for us. Why, I haven't been able to make a speech in two weeks. " " I 've be e"" meaning t 0 ~a.lk to vrm about that George. You jus~ don't seenL to pack the ent hu siasm into your speeches like they nee d Who taught you publi,.. soeakin~, GeorRe. Libera-:e?" " That's a ve ry nice thing for the seventh man on me totem poll to
say. " " Touche, George. But let ' s g et back to bUB iness. Listen l for cam paign money, if Trickie Dicki e cQuld start selling a game called tWatergate : The Game of Political Darwinism', ca~'t we h ave Eagleton endorse some game we can sell about mental health. " "Sarge, come on. Gosh, ! wish that thatguy had stuck with trying to se ll used cars and razor blades." " We cou l d attack little Adolph for not w inning the war, for not using nuclear weapon s to devistate Hanoi, for not saving the decency of honor." "But Sarge, for Christ sake , I'm the peace candidate." "Listen George, change a couple lette r s in the word and make you rself the piece candidate . America's always wanted a piece of ev erything and we could b~v e used a fifty-first state." "Sarge !Sometimes I wonder why I picked youas my running mate." "Why you cheap midwestern politician, you only love me {or my money. " " Nonsense Sarge, nonsense, you knew I just like to see it kept in the family for eight years."
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Lives A gain thi s year , A c ademy s tu de nts ma y participat e in the In d e p e nd e nt P ro ject prog ram. The purpo se 0 f t hi s pr o gram i s t o e nable those stud e nt s w ho ha v e an interest in a particul ar fi e ld t o pursue this inte r es t ingr e ater de pt h. Thi s pr o g ra m was de sign e d toaugnent t h e curr icul um and aid t h e s tu den ~ in making ea rl y evaluat io n s o f pos sibl e c areer s . Participant s c an be ex c u s ed from a ma x imum of th r ee week s of s chool, prov ided the y ma ke so mea r ran gement s with the i r teac he r s regar d ing the w o rk they miss. lfposs ibl e , thi s p e ri o d of time s hould coin c ide with th e Interim Pro g ram (Feb. 19 -2 3 ), 50 the s tud e nt mi ss es a minimu m of clas ses. S tudent s w i s hing to pol rtic ipate m u s t s ubm it a w ritten pr o posa l thre e w e e k s in ad van ce of t h e proposed pr o ject. The propos al i s screened by" a c ommittee 01 fa c ulty a nd s tud e nt s who d e t e r m i ne the s in ce ri ty and validity of the pr o pos al.
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Now that the trauma o f the establishment of H路") mtl coming King is pas t history, the Student C o uncil ha s tu r ned It s attention to m o re s eriOUS matter s ope n scheduling . At first o n e might laugh and say "Bul o pen schedulin g wa s es t abllshed years a gO. It 1 s been qu ite succe s sful. Jtl S not worth dl!lcuss in g." B 路.lt many teachers have bec o me quite di s t u rbe d by the disrupt i o n s cau s ed by s tudents on open scheduling; enough so a s t o consider do ing a way with the whol e s y s tem. Open s cheduling is the pOli CY establi shed 'J eve r a l years a go by the Administrat ion and Stud e nt Coun c ll e ll m lnatln g study halls . The s tudent s thereb y relea se d are given free acx:es s t o s pecifle d areas, IncludIng t he foll o win g : 1. L ibr ary Z. Alumni Hall Stu dy Roo m s 3. Departmental ofn c e s 4. Uno ccupied Clas ar oom s 5 . Wo rk Areas 6. Art Roo m 7. Loun ges 8. Gymnaalum 9. Ou tdoo r Campu s Area s 10. Schedu led C l a u e s Any area no t In the above H a t Is off limit s , Includin g halls and s t airway s . The c0rllll a inta generally c o mt: along two I1nes . The first Is noise. S t ud ent s in unoccupi ed classrooms, halls and s tairw ay s mak e t oo mu c h noise. T he teacber s find te a ching dHfi c ult, and to s tep into the hall t o t a l k with the offenders wou ld destroy the rawort hopefully betn g es tabl1 s hed between the 1ostr uctor and his class. Also, studsnta tryIn g t o s t ud y In classroo m s find It dtfflcult t o do s o becau s e of o ther s tudent a makin g no ise In the halls or the same r o o m. The other t ype of compla1nt is vandalism. S tudent s r ummage throug h teachers路' deek draw er s , steal c halk and er asers, t hrON paper out of w ln.dows, e t c. Al t h ou gh theae compla1nttt are always prosent, the level ha a reached a pe ak such tha t Dean K ramer has become involved, e v en talking to the Student Coun cil to ge t t he I r ald. 1拢 no slack comes In the dis ruption, elimination o f poem schedulill: h p08llble.
Proposals Submitted for Interim Progralll Interim program, forme rl y intersemester propo s al, has no con n e ctions with l ast year 1s E xperIment In Education . Thia pr 0 Ject is slmUar to the month l ong interseme s ter mini_course s off er e d a t many colle ges . The only dIfferences are that thi s prog ram Is only one week long, and t hat the courses are non - graded , althou g h homework may be given. The pr o g ram is a volunt a ry and te achers may s ubmit a pro po s al on a subject that they are Interested I n presenting . Thos e that have been aubrnitted thus far are: 1) Mr . Krltzberg: Workshop in newspape r wr iting (l / Z day).
Z) Mr . Krlt zber g : Anothe r half - day semi nar focusing on the rebe l In American Soc iety. 3) MIss Dolan: Conver s ation through cult u re-An attempt t o turn
her room into Franc e a fu ll day proposal w ith Held t r i ps . 4) Mrs . Stelto n: The role of the artist - Chicago 1973, a full
day field trip or i ente d c ou r se. 5) Mr . G re n :t sbach &,; Mr . I r win: The art & r eality of World War I (l / Z day). The relationship between hhtory and U-
ter a t ure, the Influe nce of it on man and his art. 6) M r. Stelton: ChIcago , the Sociol og i ca l Laborat ory (full
day propo s al with Hel d trips every day). 7) Mrs. Gus tafson: A total Immeralon program In Spanish
(l / Z day with He l d trips). 8) MlsB Senne: Creative W riting Workshop (l /Z da y).
The date is February 19-23. A req uired minim um 0 f ten s tudent s m u st s I g n u p for any one pr o ject befo r e it c an go 1oto effect. Student s , ho we ver , are n ot fo rced t o s i gn up for any . Classes will c o ntinue as re g ularly s ched ul e d. Substitute s w ill teach the classes of thos e tea c hera leadin g prog r a m s . If a s l gnHl c ant number of students are missing fr o m each c l ass , tea c her s will most probabl y have review o r something el s e, s o that those attending the program w o n 1t be penali ze d.
UThe re 1s a time i n e very man 1 s education when be arriv es a t t he c onvicti on that e nvy is i gnor ance j that imita t i on is su i cide ' that he must take hi mself for better , for wo~se. as his po r t i on j that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of n our i shing c orn ca n com~ to h i m but through h is to i l bestowed on that plot of gr ound which 1s g iv en to him to till. It Ralph Nald o imme r son
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THE ACADEMY
November
NEWS
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THE MIDDLE SCHOOL Faculty Focus
Officers The sev enth grade officers for 1972 -1 973 were elected on Sep tember 7.7 in room 7.14. Thevo t e was cast by a s h ow of hand s . Elect ed pr esident was L o ri Merrick . Th e lo s ing candidat es were Harry Ros e nb e r g , Van K o ini s , David Jones, and Jay Knott. Vice-pre s ident will be Fran Burns. He defeat e d Sue La Porte and K cit h Ashby . Matt Christ wo n ovee J ohn E rb and Scott W 0 1 f for treasurer, and Peter Canari s de fe ated Marla Ho ffm an (or secretary _
Student Council Mrs. Sc hanz l in i s a new teac her her e a t Mo r ga n Pal'k Ac ademy . Sh e t eaches math to the 8th grade r s 'and 7th and 9th science. Be fore s h e c ame here, s h e did s tudent t e a c hin g at an a ll b oys sc hool. in Cleveland, Oh io . She was til(: only young wOlnan t ea c hin g a t the schoo l, She wa s born in Japan, and because he r father was in the Army, s h e lived at many dif fe r e nt pla ces . She ha s a l so worked at a h os pital. d oi ng r esearc h o n rats. Mrs. S c han ... lin went to co ll ege in C l ev eland, Ohio and ma jored in c he mi s t ry. She l a id us lhat she li kes t e a c hin g at a co 路 cd sc hool bette r than an all boys s(路hou l. H e r hobbie s ar e sew in~ and "'\'imm in g. She ha s been marr ied for 10 mon lh s He r hu s band. David i s s tudyin~ to be como! a doc t or.
"!"h e Mid d i e Sc hoo l Stude nt Co u n c i I ha s be e n e l ect ed and ha s a l ready be gu n it s money nlakin~ activities. At the beginn in g of the yea r fou rt een pe o pl e from the Midd l e Schoo l we l'c e l e c ted t o repre se nt their cla sses . F ourwcrechos cn from the s ixth g rad e , four f rom the seve nth g rad e . and six fro m the e i gh th g rad e , a bo y a nd a g i rl from eac h home r OOln . At each f a 0 t b a II game , the council has so ld so ft drinks Aloo, identifi ca tion car d s have bee n so ld to the Midd l e School s t udents at $3. 00 pc r pe r son . Two dolla r sgoi ng t o the indiv id ua l cla ss es, and one d a II a r t o the Stude nt Counci l. A bake sa l e was he l d Octobe r 2 6 and a bus i s bei ng schedul e d t o bring students to Latin for the la s t football game on November 3rd. As the yea r goes o n, theS: ude rt Cou ncil w ill be spons orin g more activities . We hope that e,,"'C ryone wi ll sup port our Co u n s i I and contr ib ute a s much as po ss ible.
Cheers! If you lo od at thi s years se vent h and e i g ht g rade c h ee rl ea der s, you will see a lot of ne w fa c e s . Seven out of the nine are new, fi ve o f them seventh g rade r s . Returning f r om la s t yea r are B.J. Dun lap and Li s a Patchen. The seve n new mCl11ber s are Ma ggei Uric h (7th). Susie Waitkus (7th ), Jacki e I-Jarris (7th), She r r y Flana ga n (8th). S ue La Porte 17th), Cindy L ints (7th ) , and Mary Grace Range (8th). Fo r thei r cocaptains th e girls Bc hose B . J _ Dunla p and Cilel y Lin t s
The tryout s we re he ld la 9t M ay in 1 h e gymnasium . T h e s quad wa s picked from abo ut twenty tr yout s. Their coac hes , MisJ:l Summerlin and Mrs . Saathoff. fee l that the girls arc com ing a l ong we ll. The c hee rl ea d e r s pra c ticed for t he first two weeks 0 1 school and they t hought the har. dest part \\35 l ea rnin g the c heers.
When a sked what they thought the best part o f ch eerin g was, the y a ll agr ee d that it was fun go i n g to a ll the games but it was hard ge tting ready for than. M 0 s t a I so enjoyed prom oting school s pcrit and go ing out on the field to c he er th e team. The cheerleaders thought that the spirit of the peopl e at the games was "O . K . ", but more peopl e s hould ge t involved . Th e a ni y comp laint was a bout the unifornls. Many thought they were too o l d - fas hioned and some s aid the y we re too big. When asked about th e pros pects o f thi s years t e am, the c heerleader s fe lt that t~ e pla y ers we r e optimist i c and c onfide nt. O ne e i ghth g r a de member of th e c h ee rl eading s quad voiced a lmost eve ryon e ' s thoughts w hen s he sa id , "They 're ready t o tear u p the field. " MFA' s sev enth and ei ghth g r ade c heerl ea ders are looking for wa rd to a good yea r !
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Our Campus Is "Grace'd With ·Lyle'ty Q: What did you think about all of the contr ove rsy surrounding
Homecoming? Lyle:"l was hoping a settleInent was going t o be reached. 1 was unhappy when I found out everything was called off. And 1 h oped they'd ge t the king and qu een back." Q: Did It change, in anyway, your feeHngs about H OInecom ln g? Lyle:"Sort of, because to me it seeIned that Inos t people thought Homecomin g wa s Just for the football players and no t so much for the sc hool. N ot too Inany people besides the football pl ayers came to the dance or showed any interest . " Q: What was it Uke to be c hosen HOInecom ln g Kin g? Lyle;"It was different . To In e it was honor and I really enjoyed It even though I was kidded a g reat deal about it. " Q; Did you feel that people were really honoring o r making fun of you? Lyle:"l sort of hoped they weren't kidding, but I couldn't really tell what was in th~lr mln:h when the y voted for m"! . For the mt)st part , I felt th ey w':!re seriou s ah:>ut it." Q: Do you feel H,mecomlng is rele va n!; t Oday? Lyle:"I do , yeah. 1 thInk th a t Hthere wasn' t a h om ecom In g , mc.ny peop!e would be taken back and show ;:,ffe n se to it. It was sor: of and I 'm glad I was picked . "
'Schlitz' No.1 Neither ra in, nor col d , nor mud could ho ld up the 1972 Homecoming float parade. While SOIne of the crowd bought up coffee and hot dogs sold by the Student Council, others hid under umbrellas as the flo ats s l owl y but surely made their way a r ound the field. Firsttoappearwasthe Homecom in g Cou rt float, ca r rying the Queen a nd King and their cou rts. Next in lin e was the Freshmen effort ca rr ying yet another ren dition of the old familiar " hanging" theme, fol l owed by the
Sophomore's g iant pa rty favor bearing the slogan "Pull Them Apart!". The Sophomores wound up third i n the competition. A giant Schlitz beer can was next in line. It belonged to the J unior cla ss, bringing them first place in th e compet iti on. Bring in g up the rea r wa s the Senior's secon d-place bi rthd ay cake, complete with candles and car ruing the slogan "B low Them Out! " . In spite of the weathe r the parade was an enjoyable, if somew hat conve ntional, success.
Q: What did you think about all of the controversy surrounding
tiomecomlng? Grace:"In the first place , I thought the idea of a Homecoming King was a good one . It 's nice to have a change once In a while, because our school isn't used to c han ge . It wasn 't exactly the idea of a Homecomin g Kin g that I think frIghtened people so m:.l c h; it was dl£ferent from tradition . I t seems that whatever Is dI{{erent from tradition here , people reJect." Q: Old it change, in a ny way , you feeUn gs about Homecomin g? Grace: " Ye s . Because of all the controversy it se emed as If Homecom In g wasn't the issue , it was Just th e quarell1n g . People did thin gs for vengeance . It made it not as good as it could ha ve been. At Ume s , it sec m e d as 1I it would be casler to forget about the whole t hing and stop the hu rtlne of people 's feellng!! . And that's how it s eemed It was gOing to be for a whUe. " Q: What was it like to be c h os en homecomin g queen? Grace:"l was very surprised! At certaln tlme s In your JHe there 's thin gs that happen that you Just drea~ of. It really didn't seem 11k ,,: . It was happenin g to me. It was someth ing removed f r om me. 1 could see it for someone e l se, but not for me." Q: Wh at was it I1ke being "queen for two days" (A ctually a whole year)? What dId you remember the m os t; what really struck you? Grace: " I know Iwas pretty much on "Cloud 9" for the whole time. One thing I noticed, aft er they announced my name , it seem e d lik e more people said "Hi" t o me, and I wondered 1£ It would re m a in this way forever. I realized that 1£ you Jus t try to be friendly to everybody, it's easy to know more people ." Q: Do you feel Ho mecoming is relevant t oday? Grace:"1 feel some of the orig inal purpose h as been confused and Is gone . No lon ge rdo you have all the Alumni coming back. That's the bad part; it's sad that it doesn't happen anymore . It's f or the Alumni and I would have liked to meet eome of the Alumni, even from when It was a military academy . Also, H's sad because this is the one -hundreth annive r s ar y and there shOUld have been more Alumni there. It sUll has a purpose , though . It's for the football team. It'sUke aUme whe re the schoo lls on display. You ' reshowing people the school and thls game i s representative of the football season. The whole thin g wa s Just lIk e a dream and 1 dido 't want it t o be ave r wi th "
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KEY CLUB After successf"Uy completing a Ha lloween Can d y fund ra ising project, the M P A Ke y C l ub is bus i I Y preparin g for a Rel!; ional Tra in inJ,! Conference . their major fruit- cake fund ra i sing project and a dis t ric 1 book collecting drive. On Novembe r 12, the MPA Key Club wi ll ho s t a Regional Training Conference for oHice r s, faculty advisors . and presidents of s pon sor in g Kiwanis Clubs from Key Clubs in divisions I . 2. 4.18. and 23. Approx imate l y 150 are expected t o attend. Meetings will be held th r oug hout the day. explaining and discus sing the many respons ibiliti es that a re inherent in each oHice of Key Club. Through the months of Nov em路 ber and De cember, the Key C lubbers will hp. out sel l i ng fruitcakes. Their g oal t hi ! year is to sell 25 cases o f frUitcakes which w ill brin g them about $4 00. Ideafl have a l ready been c i rculating as to s ponsoring'a s p r in g danc e, donating somet hin g to the sc hool which will exemplify t hi s year" International the me "Insu r e Torno r r ow" and also possibly to donate money to the MPA schoo larship fund, Key C lub week , the last weel< of I'bvember. 'will find Key Club be rs colic ct in~ a I d magazine& and books which will be given to vete ran 's hospitals and pl aces where reading material is sore l y needed, If you ha ve old books or magazines. pIe as e save them ana lOlorm a Key Club membel to corne and pick them up .
THE ACADEMY NEWS
1972
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The Southwest Y M C A of Oak Lawn, has expa nd ed its govern ment teaching projects to include a Merlel United Nations Program, Though it is completely independent of the successful You t h &: Government program. its goals are simila r , In the spr ing, delegates from each count ry (2 - 4 can represent a nation ) will meet at the George Williams Co ll ege in Dowl)crs I Grove. There the y will hold a meeting of the Gene ral As sembly to discuss the t opics and the proposals that have already been drafted by a 11 the ambas _ sadors, prior to this meeting . Students of any class can participate in this pro j e c t. If int erested please co ntact Mr, Irwin for details .
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CLUB NEWS WPA MPA's bicycle club, ha s been quit e active, It s first activity was a trip on October 7th and 8th to the Wisconsin Bikeway near Sparta. Wisconsin. The group d rove in seve r a l cars tathe free campsite in Nor-
SPANISH CLUB The Spanish Club 18 allve and makin g lIome profound c han ge s thlll year a t MPA. At the club 's l ast mee t1ng it was decided to make t wo amen dments t o the! r cons titution . The Brst arrendment sta:ed that freshmen are ellglble for mer:t'hersh1p . (In the two previous years, freshme n we r e not el1gable until they had completed one semester d Spanis h). The sec 0 n d amendment pro v Id e d f o r a pabllclty ch airman t o be elected annually. Mike Salazar was elected pubHctty c hairman f a r the coming year,
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The Spanish Club also decided t o start a sch ol a r ship fund t o provide finanCial assistance t o 'qualifie d club members to be used on club trips to Mex.1co and Sp ain . In orde r t o make it possible for you t o h e lp in thi s wo rthy V.n. t ure , th e Spanish Club ba s dec ided t o spon sor Room Servic e IItarring the Marx Br otbers on Tue sday, November 21,1972 a t 8 :00 pm In the Be v e r I y Art Center The ate r. Ti cke t s w i t路 be on sale in advance fr om clu1 members a t only $1 . 00 each.
walk. The Bikeway ther e, fo llows an ol d railroad bcd, This specific section is ca ll ed the Old Tunnel Route. because it passes th ru three o ld railroad tunnels. ranging in length from ,3 to . 8 mile. Meals were com peten tl y sup plied by Mrs . Sauve and Mrs, Peska.c (the Peskacs arc friends of the Sauves ) as sisted by a few other g r oup members. Although camp&1g out was a li ttle co l d and foreign to most members. the days were pleasant and no one felt dissatisfied after it was all over. The WPAalso had a short trip to the Palos Forest Preserves on Sunday , October 29, It was mostliY a l ast desperate h!ui before \!p inter freezes them \,.ou.t. Tht: club also hopes to ride a train, [0 some warm place over Ch ristmas '?aca tion and ride bi ke,> . Ii.~ is a l so hoped that I ~s agatn. ~ .l e WPA can send a gro up to t h e 100 mile tOUT in Oh io this spring Je now n b.y the unpronouncabl ~ set of l ette'.T s TOSR V.
CLTJB The French Club i s an or ga nization to promote friendship among MPA French student s and to enable students to l earn more about French life, The whol e idea seems to sca r e some people. No. it does n't invol ve work, and you needn ' t be nuent in F r e n c h to jo in, The idea is to learn something. but the I ear n i n g is done through things that are fun to do, This means games. skits, movies, plays. and pa rties. The l earning com e s through speaking some French. and playing French games. etc. So it it sounds interesting why not inv es ti ga te it:". You can participate in thing s we plan and you can ask to i tclude those thin g s that you like in our meetings," Whether it he French football or French popular ml!sic. we' ll try to help. So l ook for the posters and listen for the announcement s of 0 u r upcoming meetings and events;r you're interested.
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CLUB Do you want t o save money? Do you like photography'! Join the Cam era Club and do both! This year, according to thei r advisor Mr . Porok, the club h as conUnued to expand. Membership 111 up and new eqUi pment has be en add e d In the darkroom, A new program has been In itiated that allows Camer a Club members a 200/0 discount at Watlands Blue Island Stor e (13039 S. Western). President Cos t on has also compiled a 11 st of the twelve most used came ra s t o re s (or f11m process in g . It has also been suggested that a survey of the se t welve sto r es be made t o Clnd out which ball the most inexpensive price8. AU 111 all, this year 1s a e ve 10 p1.ng Into a great one. If 楼au wou l d like t o ,01n , contact Jim Cos t o n or Mark Schnelde r or come t o one of their meeting s on Wednesday s Ln room 200. Camera Club acti vlUeslnclude taking and II howln g pictures ofClel d trips and athletic events .
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WARRIORS GAIN TIE FOR FIRST The Varslty Football Warrior s m :) ved Into a ti e for first place 1n the lnclependent 5::hool Lei:IQJe Satu rday by de feating the L a ke Forest Academy Caxym en in a most路 unique fashion, by a sco re of 8 - 6. It was a victo ry which brought bac k memories of such events as the 3-0 baseball defeat in th e l ast game of l ast season at U-Hlgh, or even the 40- 39 baske tball v i c-
to r y over Harvard-St. George two years ago. Soph o m o re end Re gg ie J o hns o n danced into the end zone with a Doug CoIl e r pas s , accounting fo r s Ix of MPA' s eight po Ints. On a drive that started early In the first quarter, fullback Bo b C a rpenter swe pt around the rtght end for the tw o extra points which ended theMPA scor ing. That was
Adulthood vs. Youth Ca nt. from p . 2. Rules an d regulation s a remade to h e lp you discipline you rself so that yo u s omeday may lead as parents of community l e ad ers . To be ones own maste r at this time in your life c ould be di sas trou s. Witho ut di redion and guidance your li fe I 5 fou ndations could becorrc as j}lst so mu c h sand to crumbl e the mome nt you must fa ce life with rea l ity and n o t with the emotions whic h govern your every thought, word and deed rig ht now . Perhap s the su r es t test of a mature mind i s a recog nition o f its worth by those who are or about to be c ome mature. To s ome adults all the good l uck see m s to be with the c hildr en. Indeed, these adult s l ook back upon their ch il dhood as a sunlit m e adow whe re. in their di s torted ITI e morics, the re we rc no shadows, n o c ares, no problenl s , no r es ponsibilitie s . They know the y cannot go ba c k , but somet im e s they act as if t h ey ha ve gone ba ck by trying to solve g rown up pr o blem s with c hildish methods . They think of their s chooldays as t h e b e st days of the i r lives and sometimes admoni s h y oun g people t o make the m 0 s t of youth because they w ill never again hav e a c hanc e to b e care free and happy. What do yOlL t hink of this sweet ne s s and light pidu re of y 0 II t h ? Do yo u a g r e e that theirareno s hadow s , no worrie s , no real trou~ b l e s , or m ixed up em.o ti ons? And what do you think of th e picture of adultho od, s o g loomy, s o devoid of hig h li g hts t h at chil dhood and youth appear in r e tro s pe c t to be t he happi es t time of life? Certainl y from y our own experience you know that the first pic tur e i s n Ol tr u e. You have only to think of t h e finest adult y ou know from per s ona l acquaintance a n d through y o ur readin g of biog r aphy and hi s tor y t o r e aloz e t hat the second pi c ture is also fal s e. In the fina l ' ana l ysi s one mus t . a g ree that therei s really ve r y little d iff e r ence between adulthood and youth. A dul t h ood is the fruitful ti me o f life a s youth i s the flowerin g time . It is the time whe n the po wer to do catches up with w hat needs to be don e in order to m ake t he n e v er ending flight o f future days better and happier than those alr l'ady gone with the wind.
Carpenter - Prep Back of the Week Bob Carpenter, running bOlck and defensive Hneman for the MPA WarrIor s , was naIned back of the week by the C hI cago Today for his eHorts In the Lake Forest gam e . He carried the ball 27 UInes for 94 yards whtch gave hlIn an a v era g e of 3.48 yards per carry . He also was leading tackler with 16 tackles. His ru s hing average I s a.Inadn g considering the condition ofthe playing HeJd th a t day. Con g ratu IatloIl!l Bobl
eno ugh needed to wtn the game . Defen se was the name o f the game on thI s Ho m eCOIn ln g Day. The Warr Iors w e re able t o sc r~e o ff en ough mud and k e ep their footing long enough to hold Lake Forest to onl y s i x pOints. The bI g defensive play however. cane after the Lake Forest touchdown. GOIng Into the lo cke r r oo m at half time with an 8 - 0 l ead the the player s thoughts were hardly o n the HOIn ecoml ng activities outs Ide. Queen Grace l oo ked beautiful with her cou rt and KIn g Lyle I, was hi s usual sauve self. The JunIor class walked off with t wenty-H vc dollars itthelr Sc hl1tz c a n and the s enIor c la ss cake walk won ten do llars for s e con d place . T he seco nd half got off, to a slow s t ar t as th e rain continued thewa l th ad allda . Lake For-
est sc ored after a lon g drIve and a costly MPA penelty. T he def ense t oughened up and prevented thtLakeFo rest team from scor ing theIr two e x tra poInt s . For thi s the enUre d efen s I ve frontHoe deserves mention . Steve Nel son, S teve M enzies , Joe White, JIm Marago s . Bob Carpenter , Greg Wo lf. Reggie Johnson . In the backfield we re Doug Coller , Bruce Barker, Tim KUr as , EriC Spinazzola. At the end of the game , the soaked uniforms \\ere tm pos sIble t o distinguish. After the game it reallydldn ' tmatter. You cou ldnt Hnd 2. 2. happI er pla yers o r 4 happier c o a c he s . Many people th ought this year w ould be our year to be n um ber two o r three. The t.eam doesn't think so"
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Well fans, another fir st place team .. . so far. I won't start th i s article by saying how the team complete l y dominated the games against Lake Forest and Glenwood or how coach Jones deserves a ll the credit for the season . I will , instead, say that it was for tunate that it rained against Lake Forest and it was fortunate t hat Glenwood was no surpr i se . The power of the L ake Forest Caxyrnen revolves around a strong passing game and a back named Tom Church. By keeping M r. Chur c h offofhis feet, the teamcould contro l the Lake Forest running game. This was partially attributed to the rain . But most important, the Lake Forest pas sing game was ruined . Once again. the rain proved to be lhe dominant factor . Five Lake Forest fumbles also hel ped Lhe MPA cause . as our team didJl't fumble once. To put it bluntly, the Glenwood team was awful. Glenwood was .J.ble to score on an MPA fumble be ing run back for a touchdown, but besides that play. the team pl ayed errorless ball. Three years ago, MPA tied Glenwood 8 - 8 at ou r homecoming; a surp ri se that yf'ar . This year Glenwood was no surprise. My thoughts are now on the Latin game tomorrow. Just becallse we defeated Lake Forest doesn't mean we automatically are better than La tin. Latin beat North Shore; we lo st to North Shore . Two yea r s ago the basketball team beat Harvard St. George. Harvard was the best team in the lea g ue that year, we could have tied for first p la ce but w e lo st the l ast game of the season of Lake Fo r est. That was a game we were expected to win . Perhaps we can l ea rn from the homecoming game of 1969 and from the last game of the 1970-7 1 basketba l l seaso n. We are not to take tomorrows game too lightly. Were' not yet number one .
Doug Col l e r (No . 24 ) is p ictu r ed a b ove r unnin g abain s t S t. Rit a . C r edit IIhoul d b e gv i ven t p t h e l ine fDr t h e ir s u cces in openin g up ho l es for the MPA back s ,
Eric Spinazzo la, one o f the "rookies" on the varsity team this yea r is pictured making a tackle against a Lake FDrest back, Detail of this game can be found on page 7.
Girls Lose to U. High Team Record: 1-3-2 The field hockey team pulled off Its first victory o f the season on Octobe r HL l'he win was against Ferry Rl.ll , whom M?A had already played against and had tied. T h e score of the win was 2-1. The first gDal was scored by FerryHall lnth eflrsthalf. MPA came 1;)ack tD SCDre twice In the second half, once by Grace Tho:'T1S0n and Dnce by Re Lopez, !twas Re's first goa l of the season , but It wasn't a lucky one. It was a skillful Up-in o f a c en_ ter i ng pass by M :o. ry Jo Pritza , w ho was substituting at left Wing, It was Mary J o' s first game at that pogltlon, and she played ex ceU,ntly . Pa t Jones g ':J t an. ;15 slst on Grace Thom son's goal. One of MFA's goa l s , scored by Sarah Spurgin, was called back because she didn't h i t the ball In the str ~ kln g center , and t!tc b"n wall not' ~ ) '. Jc'n 路J ~I' :I. je(~nSr!m:l 1l bcforo! It went i nto th~ goa l.
On October 27 . the field hock ey team los t its la s t game Df the seaSDn 1- 0. The win went to U - High, who didn't score until late in the second half. Th e g round was passable in the first haif . which i s whenMPA shoul d ha ve sco r ed . They didn't and since the ground was so s t ip pe r y and mud d y in the second half, the team could hardl y keep its balance . let alone the score. U - High did not seem to exper i e n c e the difficulty that MPA expe rienc ed wit h the mud, so this factor cannot be used as an excuse. Lack of rushing, IDu sy roll-ins, and bad passes we r e a few of the reasons as to why MPA IDst . Credit must be given to Ma r y 10 Pritza, who Dnce again made a fine effort; this time substitutin g at right - inner. The team finishes the season with a 0 n e win - th r ee loss - two tie team re co r d and a two l oss - t wo tic lea~ue reco r d.