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Kritsas Cites Goals Stacy Kritsas, Student Council vice-presidential candidate, believes "the vice-presidency is the most useful office in Council" He thinks the vice-president should act as a bridge between the president and the students.

He should mingle with the students to find out their ideas and then bring them back to the president.

However, Stacy believes the vice-president should not be totally subordinate to his superior.

If the president is unresponsive the VP should carry out the student will by himself.

"The only place that proposals could get hung up is at the administrative level," Stacy theorized. "I'm not sure how to get around it. Maybe a student sitting in on administrative meetings could help mediate differences between Council and administration."

"Underclassmen are willing to give their time to Student Council," Stacy said. "The problem is that they feel they're not a part of the organization. Only upperclassmen are usually on the committees."

The first problem is getting a quorum to start the meetings.

Due to lack of time, issues which are not clearly stated are packed into the allotted minutes.

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The issues are not fully discussed but nevertheless are passed when a quorum is present. The ideas, however, are not carried out, blocked by lazy committeemen and an unresponsive board.

Stacy wants to change the stalemated situation. "1 want to eliminate the time factor by getting things done during school instead of before or after when no one is here," said Stacy. "As vice-president, I would make sure everyone did his job in Council. Then maybe we can not only get things done, but get them done quickly."

Dave Brachman '75, presidential candidate for Student Council, feels he is qualified for the job because, "At the risk of sounding trite, I think I can do something for the school."

Dave is also a member of Quad Council, a council including representatives from all four Maine schools.

He has also found out that Maine South is not alone in the problems it has to face. Other schools are faced with similar difficulties, but they overcome many of them and accomplish set goals. He feels Maine South can do the same.

Dave feels that this year's Council has accomplished much in the way of inter-council business. "It appears that Council has been stagnant because its activity hasn't been in front of the student body. The students just take things like V-Show and Homecoming for granted much of the time. They don't realize

Inserra Labels Open Campus, Smoking Lounge Dead Issues

Bo^V? Bobbi Inserra '75 hopes to obtain more student involvement in Student Council if she is elected vice-president.

Mainly, I would like to see more things to involve students —more than just sports events," stated Bobbi.

"I feel Student Council could sponsor many more events such as more concerts, more sock-

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hops, carnivals, movies, and guest speakers on assorted topics, if the administration would recognize us," she remarked.

Bobbi, the junior representative of homeroom complex C114, believes that the lack of student interest in Student Council originates from the fact that "Student Council isn't being recognized as a functional organizati(m by the administration."

She explained, "Student Council has many good ideas but the bills are being vetoed by the administration." Bobbi feels the issues of sm(rfdng lounge and open campus are dead and vmdd never be passed by this administration.

Bobbi hopes to improve student-teacher relationships if she is elected. She believes that she is qualified because of her sincerity in wanting to help Student Council: "Hopefully, the new policy changing the time for representatives' meetings to the homeroom period will increase Student Council's effectiveness by having more quorums."

Bobbi displayed her hope fA a

majority of students voting in this year's election when she said, "My biggest hope is that enough students will vote in the elections. It doesn't make sense when students don't vote in their own school elections."

that Student Council is still working when something like the Busy Signal doesn't go through on time."

The energy shortage and the early morning darkness have caused a lack in attendance.

This has hampered Student Council activities and has reduced the homeroom reports by the representatives.

"We hope this problem of attendance has been alleviated however, by an amendment I co-spK)nsored with Dan McGrath to change Council's meeting times to between 8 a.m. and 8:25 a.m. on Fridays with mandatory attendance," s t a t e d Dave.

Ho added that this "new meeting time will enable those who take an honest interest in Council to make all the meetings, and also enable Council to do considerably significant business and hopefully increase student interest.

Dave feels that Student Council has one purpose and two functions. The purpose is to provide for the student body a place to express their opinions.

Its functions are to provide a student government, and to provide student services.

The services include such acts as initiating a girls' varsity gym and a pass-fail gym. The expansion of the honor haU pass system is another project that Dave feels comes under the heading of a sen-ice. These

passes should not be given out on the basis of grades, but instead should be "due to those who have earned them because of past disciplinary records," suggests Dave.

As far as student government is concerned, Dave thinks that regular meetings with the superintendent and Student Council for the students' opinion on district policies is a must. Also, adding students to the school board is a necessity. A review of the present disciplinary procedures should be considered, too, he feels. "Each act should be considered under its specific circumstances," Dave contends.

"The only way any procedure I want to see implemented can be accomplished is if students unite, and if given something worthwhile to supjwrt, I feel they will unite."

Student Poiticipation

McGrath: Action In Council "I am running because I have a sincere interest in the students of Maine South and the government which represents them. I hope to be able to contribute some ideas that wDl benefit everybody. There are some policies here that should be changed right away," stated Dan McGrath '75.

Dan is a candidate for Student Council president.

The overall goal of Dan's platform is better communication between the students and administration. Also, Dan would like to initiate a series of pro-

Candidates for '74-'75 SC offices are, left to right, standing: Bobbi Inserra '75, Dave Brachman '75, Mary Peters '75, Dan McGrath '75, and Stacy Kritsas '75; sitting Carol Tomer '75, Sharon Beckman '76, and Mary Hallihan '76.

grams improving participation in school activities. Dan also plans to coordinate action with the other three Maine schools.

"We have to move with the other schools in a united effort if we are to accomplish our goals," he remarked.

Optional finals, varsity gym for girls, revisions in the attendance procedure and a feasible late arrival plan are facets of McGrath's position.

A re-examining of council priorities and more participation by a rejuvenated council are among his proposals.

When asked what his election plans were, Dan said, "I will present a practical, concrete, and well developed plan before the administration on every major issue. We have to be realistic and responsible in our actions. I want to start an intensive campaign for all students, increasing activity and interest at South."

Dan was elected class council treasurer as a freshman. Last year he represented homeroom C-140 as Student Council representative. Dan is currently the Organizations Chairman of Student Council.

One thing Dan would like to see more of in Council is responsibility: "We have an obligation to the students to do what they ask of us and do it in a way commanding support and reason."

He would also like to start an advisory council of students, faculty, administrators and community leaders to review ideas and propose plans to the school board.

When questioned on the good

and bad points of Student Council and his plans for it, Dan commented, "Student Council as an organization has a lot of potential. There are plenty of talented and concerned kids in Council who are and have been working very hard. What has to happen is for the students to get behind us and we have to commit ourselves to action."

"We have to prepare a case to present to the administration on every major issue," continued Dan, "a pitch to g e t them to our side. We have never gained anything by blasting or sabotaging school policy.

We have to communicate and show responsibility. The students have to decide what they want and then pursue it. We should take a look at Council's methods. We have the power; we just have to apply it in the right areas."

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Student Questions Attitude Of Southwords Journalism Editor and Southwords staff: As the climactic Student Council elections draw inexorably closer, and the collective student body reacts with the excitement of an enraged rabbit, one occasionally hears talk of whether or not Student Council is functioning effectively, whether or not Student Council is worth the effort. Student Council notwithstanding, however, I believe a more serious problem now confronts Maine South: whether or not Southwords, the only year-round vehicle of student expression, is functioning effectively, whether or n o t Southwords is worth the effort.

Now, as one who has never participated in the publication of the school newspaper, I realize that I place myself in a rattier precarious position in offering any criticism, no matter how constructive. I also realize that my position is weakened by the fact that I cannot offer any surefire panacea for all of Southwords' ills. Yet, hot-dogging aside, I believe that 3 years of accelerated English has made me a somewhat competant judge of literature and journalism; and, euphemisms aside, I find several aspects of Southwords rather disappointing.

After many years of devoted readorship, Southwords, for me, has acquired a certain sameness. I offer the last issue as evidence. Aside from the sports coverage, where repetition can be excused, I found that the paper contained the following noteworthy features: the usual propaganda concerning exciting trips abroad, including a young lady's scintillating testimony that "motorcycles were the big thing" in Nassau; the usual raunchy cartoons, Larry Pelzl's fine piece excluded; the usual twitter concerning the effectiveness of Student Council, an issue that one would believe the readers tired of, considering the fact that Council has done nothing but stagnate for three years.

Also included in this fim-filled issue was the usual feminist imbroglio, this time over whether the Ladies get equal sports coverage; and, lastly the usual human interest story, a collection of inane patter surveying student's "pet-peeves."

The world is coming apart at the seams, America is reliving the last days of the Weimar Republic, and Southwords feeds us a platter of meaningless banality! The intellegent mind revolts at such a treatment.

What has happened to honest journalism? What has happened to reporting the facts? We all know that several drug arrests have been made at Maine South this year, we all know that several students have overdosed at Maine South this year; when is Southwords going to report such a fact? No names, no embar-

rassment, just facts. Or does Southwords (and the Administration, for that matter) think that if we ignore Maine South's drug problem it will go away by itself? I cannot speak for anyone else's learning, but I was always taught that the best way to deal with a problem was not to ignore it, not to hide it, but to confront it, openly.

What has happened to the honest, appealing human interest story? I am not talking about such ridiculous dribble as pet peeves. I'm talking about such relevant topics as human beings.

For instance, we all know of several students attending this school who are unfortunate enough to suffer from some type of physical disability. How about interviewing a few of them?

How about a testimonial to their courage and dedication? That's a human interest story.

Now, I hope that in bringing my feelings to light that I have not caused anyone to form the wrong opinion of my intent. I am not a raving malcwitent; in fact, I believe that ftor the most part, Southwords is handled professionally and in good taste.

My concern lies in Southwords' focus; my concern lies, if I may dig up an aging cliche, in Southwords' relevence. A newspaper should report news and serve as a quorum for dynamic and challenging opinion; a newspaper should not serve merely to bombard the populace with the trivial and bromidic. I am not a radical; and I am certainly not advocating a return to the hideous tactics of The Anteater.

But I do believe that, as the so called "number one" high schoo in the country, we should not be content with anything less than "number one" journalism.

Dan Amidei '74

Rock Concerts — Are They Like This?

by Pr is cilia Condon If you're bored, and want something thrilling and exciting to do, go to a concert. It's guaranteed to revive dragging spirits, if not kill you in the process. Of course, all concerts don't fall under the category of terrifying and passionate riotous hard metal rock music rituals, but they come awfully close.

Chicago has, among musicians, a reputation for being the rowdiest city for concerts in the country. But on the same string we also attract the biggest and best players around.

Reasons for the rowdy crowds are unclear, unless you've survived many a rock concert in the past few years. Rock music is more than electric guitars, earsplitting sounds, frizzy haii-ed angel-faced singers in tight pants, and a wild spacedout crowd.

Concert-going has evolved into a life style in itself, a way of life. For one thing rock draws in the impressionable minds of youth with its magnetic attraction. At a rock concert you give yourself to the throbbing pulse of the immediate moment. You just be.

If you've never had the experience of attending a rock concert, a description of a typical night at a concert hall might help you understand.

In Chicago, it's a rare week when there aren't at least a couple of rock concerts going on at one of the major rock haUs: the Auditorium Theatre, 70 E. Congress; Arie Crown Theatre of McCormiek Place, 23dd at the lake front; International .Amphitheatre, 4330 S. Halsted; Chicago Stadium, 1800 W. Madison; and Aragon Ballroom, 1106 W. Lawrence.

The capacity of these halls ranges from a well-mannered

Seniors Unruly at MYC Assembly This year's homecoming assembly went well; so well, that many people thought we should have more all school assemblies.

However, Thursday's senior meet your candidate session proved otherwise. Total disregard for the purpose of the candidate session was displayed by the majority of the senior class.

The actions of the seniors emphasized the fact that an all school election assembly would be a complete farce. Also, an all school assembly would hurt the candidate's chances of conveying their thoughts to the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.

No matter how close interested students had come to getting all school assemblies back into the schedule, they were thrown for an irreparable loss by the majority of the senior class. Regardless of a student's personal beliefs towards Student

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Council, we cannot justify the mocking and ridicule the candidates received. Although many of the students felt the candidate session was a waste of time, what they failed to realize was that the candidates spealdng were up there for what they thought was a serious cause. Instead of making fun of the candidates if the students did not like what they heard, they should have just stayed quiet so that the students who were interested could decide for whom they should vote. Without the backing of the students there wUi be no Student Council, and without Student Council there will never be any changes.

We are not trying to put down the senior class or put ourselves above it; we are just attempting to convey to everyone our feelings on what occurred last Thursday.

Steve Ebert '74 Brad Stach '74

group of 400 assigned-seat listeners to an uncontrollable mob of 20 thousand screaming boogiers. At the former you can hear what you came to see, but at the latter you can have more fun and get away with it.

Invariably, at most concerts, you squeeze your car in sardine-style several blocks away because all the nearby spaces have been grabbed by the kids who arrived at least two hours before the show. That is, unless your uncle (or friend's uncle) owns one of the parking lots and you can park nearby for free. He can also get you all the free tickets you want for the shows too. UnJEortunately, these benevolent imcles are very scarce.

Walking to the haU, you pass a couple dozen ragged youngsters and occasional winos who — each in his own style — ask for spare change, spare tickets, spare cigarettes, and so forth.

If you keep walking, they'll leave you alone and move on to their next victim.

Outside the theatre, a solid mass of bodies is shoving itself into the ticket-taking funnels.

This only takes a few minutes, but it requires tremendous patience with all the toe-stepping, swearing, and the aggravation of being told you're in the wrong section and you have to go outside, walk completely around the building, and climb four flights of stairs again.

Once you're situated in the right seat in the right aisle in the right section on the right floor, you can take a breather.

But don't breathe too deeply, just in case you're driving home. The atmosphere is dense, with a layer of smoke hanging in the air. The kids, already restless, are roaming the aisles looking for some friends, some dope, or just to move. Most are dressed in the traditional uniform: faded jeans and t-shirts.

Occasionally you'll see a few in velvet suits and formals, but these are a minority.

If you're observant, you can spot some of the more obvious types circulating around.

The most visible ones are the Freaks, who come not to hear the music but to see who can get more stoned. The symptoms include a funny smell, glassy eyes, slurred speech, and wobbly legs. Always a few take more than they can handle and spend the entire concert passed out on the floor — under foot — until they can stagger out into the night.

Other typical characters are the Boogiers and the war-like Bellicose. They have come to scream and shake, t>ellowing their cry of "Boogie, boogie."

A bit of advice — don't sit in the first 15 rows unless you plan on doing a lot of heavyduty boogying throughout the show.

Afterwords

Only Students Stop Assembly Rowdies Instead of growing up in high school, many of us are digressing to new lows in immaturity. The last three years of assemblies highlight this situation. A group of eight-yearolds can sit still longer than many high school students.

The jerks who cause these problems are not the only one to blame for this situation, nor are students who applaud the only ones to blame. Everybody who doesn't show disapproval at insipid behavior can consider themselves part of the problem.

No dean handing out suspensions is going to alter the situation either. The only way we can alleviate the problem is by being as rude to the rowdy as he is to the speaker.

We've seen speakers practically harrassed of the stage by mindless students. Instead of the speaker, why not boo the jerk in the stands.

Massive, vociferous disapproval by the entire student body would do more to deter idocy than days of punish-

ment. Imagine a kid setting a fire cracker off in the gym and having the whole school boo him down.

One good put-down by the student body would not only embarrass the trouble-maker but cause others to thirJc twice before instigating mischief.

Administrators and teachers have no control over trouble-makers if these kids are applauded by the student body. Complaining about rowdiness after the assembly does no good either. Disapproval has to come immediatdy for fuU effect.

The moral of this editorial is simple: Next time somebody gets rowdy at an assembly, boo him down. Embarrass him as much as he embarrasses the speaker and everybody else.

Widespread disapproval is the only way we're going to stop students at assemblies from acting like caged animals.

Less obvious but just as active are the Lovers sprawled across the seats. Oblivious to the crowd, they remain passionately entangled during the concert. Please don't stare.

The Pushers are an everpresent part of wmcerts; you name it, he's got it. Yet what he's got may or may not be the real thing — it could be baking powder, or it could be strycimine. You can never tell.

Meanwhile, on stage, where the performance is going on, the big-time British shake-it boogie band does its thing. Their act consists of very loud, very fast music(?) accompanied by their flashy crowd-taunting stage antics. Unless you can catch a really fine band, you're in for a disappointment talentwise. But if you want good lyrics, buy the record and listen to them.

If, after all this, you still want to brave a Chicago concert, congratulations. You're in for a lot of fun.

Tickets for almost all concerts can be gotten through Ticketron outlets at Sears, Korvettes, Flipside Record Shops, and Just Pants in Evanston.

Prices can range from $4.50 to $12 depending on who you see.

Scalpers have been known to get S75 and better for high-demand tickets. Be wary of them, unless you're desperate.

Some big-name concerts coming up soon incltide Ike and Tina Txuner, Aretha Franklin, Yes, Steve StUls, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Winter, Seals and Crofts, Bachmann Turner Overdrive, Gordon Lightfoot, Deep Purple, Todd Rundgren. Ten Years After, and Procol Harem.

If your tastes run more to a smaller, calmer and safer type of concert, check out the more intimate night spots. Included in this select few is the Quiet Knight, 953 W. Belmont.

Through tomorrow night they feature Dave Von Ronk. Next weekend is Phil Oakes, and every Monday in March will highlight T. S. Henry Webb.

If you think you'd enjoy dinner with strings, try Ratso's restaurant, 2464 N. Lincoki. For dinner they are serving up Phil Upchurch and Tennyson Stevens, March 1-3.

Highly recommended if you truly enjoy folk and blues is the No Exit Cafe, 7001 N. Glenwood. This cozy little restaurant has offered every Wednesday for the past 12 years "Blind" Jim Brewer, an excellent blues player. On Thursdays Art Thieme performs his traditional folk music, as he has done for the last four years. This weekend Mike Dougal plays there, and on March 9 Stu Halliday comes to the No Exit. .Another intimate music hall is Amazingrace coffeehouse, 2031 N. Sheridan on NU's campus. This friendly place also features local folk and blues entertainment; this weekend highlights Sam Leopold.

For times and future shows at any of these places, call them and ask. It can't hurt.

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South Students Toast New State Drinking Law VMiere the line should be drawn on individual rights is a difficult question, especially when dealing with the rights of minors. This problem recently came up in Illinois in regard to the legal drinking age. As a result, Illinois' new drinking age law allows 19-year-olds to purchase low alcohol content beverages such as beer and wine.

When asked their opinions on the subject, many Maine South students were eager to give their views.

One anonymous senior girl stated, "No, I don't think it should have been passed because I think the legal drinking age should be 18. If you can get killed in Vietnam at 18, then why shouldn't you be able to have a gin and tonic at age 18?"

Kathy Banke '75 says, "It's a good idea because many kids drink anyway and by making it legal, it hasn't made much difference."

Along the same line. Sue Seibert '75 commented, "Beer and

wine don't have that much alcohol, and I think most 19-yearolds are drinking by then anyway. I don't know if it was a good idea to legalize it, but I think it was aU right to do so.

I do feel that they shouldn't legalize anything harder than wine."

Many students felt that the legalization of these alcoholic beverages was supported by the maturity that a 19-year-old possesses.

Mary Grabowski '77 stated, "By that time a kid should be smart enough to use his own judgment."

Maria Chakos '77 believes, "By the time you're 19, you're past the age when you go out and drink just to get drunk.

You're at an age when you're old enough to make the decision of what you want to be."

Carol Ganger '76 agrees: "By the time you're 19, you're in college and old enough to decide whether or not you should drink."

Dave Brachman '75 presented another theory on the subject

'Bad Seed' Actors Sprout The students of Maine Soutli were victims of a murderess February 14, 15 and IG. Rhoda Penmark didn't murder anyone from South, but kept us aU on the edges of our seats during the performance of Bad Seed.

I saw the play Friday night and it was a good performance considering the material the performers had to work with.

The script was a bit wordy and reminded one of a soap opera, such as the second appearance of Mrs. Daigle (Mary Rebcdeau) which was practically a repeat of her first appearance.

The make-up crew is to be commended for their competence in making up the cast into four believable levels of age.

The stage design left a lot to be desired. There were important segments in which Rhoda was completely hidden by the wing chair. The scenes at the table were practically hidden by the sofa. It was at these times that the cast had to depend on their ability to act. They used

this ability admirably.

While Becky Buford (Rhoda), Diane Thunder (Catherine Penmark), Gary Grandolf (Reginald Tasker) and Ben Priest (Richard Bravo) gave an air of tension and suspicion to the performance, it was momentarily broken by the comic relief of Mary Peters (Monica Breedlove), Jon Williams (Emory Wages), Bob Leonard (Leroy) and Mary Rebedeau (Mrs. Daigle). Other members of the cast were: Rocco Rotunno, Jon Williams, Meg Thielen, Marek Ludwig and Gary Sheehan.

In my opinion, the cast's talent overcame many of the difficulties of putting on a play (such as the "one sock on, one sock off" incident). They overcame the difficulties and mistakes of playing old ago and gave a very believable performance. My particular congratulations go to Becky Buford for playing Rhoda with a spinechilling accuracy and, of course, for that rotlen-to-the-core smile.

when he said, "I see no reason why 19-year-olds can't drink.

The drinking age used to be 18 for the girls and 21 for the guys a while ago."

Mike Moorman '75 thinks that, "Drinking doesn't affect you any worse at 19 than if you're over 19."

John Baumgartar '77 belives, "There is no psychological difference between a 19year-old and a 21-year-old. You won't change in two years."

Tom Forsythe '74 seems to think of the new law as a privi-

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fresh and up to date."

Another selection on the program is Mozart's "Symphony No. 40." For the last two years the symphony was a top rock .seller. This time it will be played in its original form, omitting the guitars.

Henry Mancini's arrangement of selections from "Jesus Christ Superstar" will also be played.

This version, heard on one of Mancini's albums, is planned to appeal to all rock lovers.

A fourth number will be Vac-

The Concert Orchestra practices hard to make their March 10 performance a success.

to use it. Most of the 19-yearolds that I know are still too immature."

Some students who were asked their views about the new drinking law tended to be middle-of-the-roaders like Sue Trigourea '74 who stated, "I'm not strongly for or against it.

It doesn't really affect me because I'm not a drinker. But I really believe that no matter how old you are, if you really want it, you'll probably stQl be able to get it, no matter what the legal age is."

Most Seniors Favor No Vote Through the shuffling, shouting, and shifting in the Auditorium seats at the Student Council assembly for the senior class, many seniors expressed disinterest in next year's Student Council elections. Many South seniors, as well as some juniors, feel that the lack of interest is justifiable. Linda Neubauer '74 expressed the feelings of many seniors when she declared that the Student Council elections "are for the people next year. We're not going to be here next year, so it won't affect us."

Gary Guenther '74 agreed.

"It's not the seniors' place to •vote; the seniors have had their

More Reactions to Senior Behavior After going to the Meet Your Candidate assembly for seniors I have come to this conclusion.

Seniors really shouldn't be allowed to vote for a couple of reasons.

One — most seniors really don't care. Two — seniors aren't going to even be in this school so student council won't affect them.

I've talked to several of my classmates who are seniors.

They agree with me that there is no point in seniors voting.

In allowing seniors to vote you may end up with a couple of student council officers who aren't qualified.

Diane Winikates '74

Orchestra To Give Concert on March 10 It's time again for the Concert Orchestra's annual spring concert.

A variety of pieces will be played, with composers ranging from Mozart to Mancini, chosen for appeal to everyone.

The opening number will be the "Tocatta," by Girolamo Frescobaldi. Mr. Lloyd Spear, orchestra conductor, comment:;d, "It is a powerful piece which features every section of the orchestra. Its sound is very

lege when he says, "It gives kids more opportunity to do things they couldn't do before."

Some students, however, took a different view on the subject.

Kathy Naleway '75 believes, "There is no hurry in legalizing drinking. There are too many things to explore before clogging your brain with this faise need to grow up."

One anonymous senior boy commented. "On the outside the 19-year-old drinking law sounds great, but I really wonder if some 19-year-olds will know how

lav Nelhybel's "Movement for Orchestra." It is a very loud, dissonant piece of music, but not hard to listen to. Every section has its chance to be in the limelight.

The Grand Finale of the afternoon will be the Polovetsian Dances from "Prince Igor," for A. Borodin. It is an oriental type of music, representing the Cossack dancers of Russia. The Grande Finale will give a sneak preview of this year's spring musical "Kismet."

The 90 voice Concert Choir, directed by Mr. Irwin Bell, will assist the orchestra on this last number.

Concert mistress Karen Aho '75, summed up the comments of her fellow musicians by saying, "I think it will be an excellent concert, consisting of a wide variety of music which should fit everyone's individual taste."

Mr. Spear added, "I would be deeply gratified if we could get a bigger turn-out of teachers and students at this concert."

So don't forget the date, March 10, at 3:30 p.m., for an afternoon of Maine South's best music. Tickets are $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children.

Music booster cards will be accepted and students with I.D. cards will be admitted free.

chance. " However, Gay added that "seniors should vote while they have the chance, though."

Jan Bohan '75 also feels that seniors should not be allowed to vote. "They're not going to be around next year," she pointed out, "so why should they decide?"

Although many students expressed the belief that seniors should not vote in Student Council elections because they graduate in June, Nancy Casalino '74 gave another opinion on why she, as a senior, would not vote.

"The Student Council candidates are preaching about how seniors don't vote because we don't care. I, for one, dcm't vote because there aren't any candidates worth voting for."

Tom Dwyer '74, Senior Class president, affirmed that he cannot see a definite point in letting seniors vote, "unless the seniors would want to leave something to the other classes.

Most seniors don't care," he added.

Becky Buford '75 suggested a possible solution to the problem.

"The elections should take place in the fall," she offered. Holding the elections at the beginning of the year would abolish having seniors vote the previous year. However, an anonymous student feels that the suggestion would not help matters much, for the incoming freshmen would not be as familiar with the candidates as the outgoing seniors.

Not all South seniors were against the senior vote, however. Student Council President Brad Stach '74 believes that senior voting is "fair." Some seniors, he went on, "are as concerned about the fate of the school as the rest of the classmen. The minority of seniors who want to vote should have that right."

Dan McGrath '75, Student Council Presidential candidate, thinks seniors "should be allowed to vote; they have the

same rights as any other student."

Contrary to the minority who believe that the senior vote is a student right, many students view the senior vote as a waste of time. This feeling was evidenced in the senior Student Council election assembly. Perhaps Mr. A. L. Andersen, Senior Class sponsor, summed up many senior viewpoints as he stated that "seniors should not vote for Student Council officers because they are not in school during their administration."

Boys Want Equal Time South words, We are writing in rebuttal to your article entitled "Students Express Assorted Irksome Oddities." We are referring to the statement made by some stuckup chick that boys in accelerated classes "are not too good looking and their personalities aren't so great either."

We strongly disagree. Just because you have brains doesn't mean you have to be ugly and boring. After all, to be President, you have to be intelligent and good looking. In most cases, we have other interests besides studying, including sports, music, and GIRLS! (The girls in non-accelorated (sic) classes usually.)

Mr. Haglund's accelorated (sic) boys

Hawkettes Entertam Bozo March 7

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Sharon In-Faror Of Gym Changes

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Mary Wants SC Progress "The effect of Student Council depends upon student participation and interest in Council, and in order to get issues passed, people must be determined and responsible," says Mary Hallihan '76, who is running for the office of Treasurer of Student Council.

Mary, who has been a homeroom representative for the past two years, feels that student support for Council is essential.

Mary would like to see the extension of honor hall passes to underclassmen who are deserving. She would also like to see a different procedure for raising mopey for AFS. Mary feels that outdoor concerts could be given so that vandalism can be prevented.

Outdoor concerts all day would also give all .students a chance to attend. If it weren't given only certain periods of the day this would enable all students to go.

Since Mary is running for treasurer, she would like to see a new policy in the handling of the SC's money. "1 think that the treasurer should give a report four times a year to show how much money Council has," Mary commented. Mary feels the report is important because she thinks that Council rushes to spend money at the end of the year due to not knowing the extent of money accumulated.

One of the best decisions Council has made so far this year, according to Mary, is changing the Student Council meetings to the homeroom period, which enables more students to participate in the meetings.

Mary believes that having an office has a definite advantage over that of homeroom representative because officers have a better chance of communicating with the administration. She is disappointed that the Busy Signal has not come out yet this year, and feels that a committee should be formed before school starts to put it together. She also feels that "potty patrol" needs a lot of revision.

Sharon Beckman, '76, is running for office of Student Council secretary. The sophomore homeroom representative for C108 stated as one of the reasons for her running, "Unless I really get involved, I don't feel that I'm a part of Maine South. 1 want to ccmtribute to it."

One of the main items in her platform is her belief in optional finals, based on how much it will effect the student's grade.

Sharon also believes strongly in open-campus. "I think that by the time we're in high school, we should have enough responsibility to handle the open-campus situation. We should be able to decide for ourselves what to do with our extra time. Students shouldn't have to be confined to a study-hall."

Many people have the feeling that Student Council is not really existing anymore. Sharon stated, "Student Council can never be dead because it represents the students of Maine South and as long as there are students at Maine South, Student Council can't die. Student Council just doesn't take advantage of all the opportimities that it is presented with, and has much more potential and strength than it really shows.

Many people think of students and the student government as two completely different categories. I wouldn't just represent the students, I'd be a student.

I don't think Student Council should be thought of as just a status symbol, but a chance to have your ideas heard."

Sharon would like more concerts given during study-halls, and she strongly believes in adopting varsity P.E. for girls and an elective gym program for boys.

Sharon was pleased that the Student Council meetings were changed to a later time than 7:15, but believes that, "Even though it was an improvement, having them now during homeroom creates difficulties for other students who want to go to the meetings, but can't get out of homeroom." She also thinks the council reports should be read over the P.A. system, but at some time other than Monday after the sports report.

Sharon concluded "I'm trying to say that S.C. is a part of the student body, and as soon as students realize this, Council. along with the students, will be able to get something done."

'Changes Needed'-Carol

Mary Hoping for Positive Results Mary Peters '75 is running for Secretary of Student Council because she "cares what happens in her senior year." Mary explained, "This year, I really got involved in school activities, which raised a lot of questions such as why major issues, like open campus and concerts, weren't brought up more. My Complex leader didn't have any answers."

Mary wants the position of Secretary to be able to work toward answers. She hopes, as an officer, to be able to answer the questions the future upper class wiU have.

Mary considers Student Council "the most important organization at South. It can, and will, get things done."

In order to accomplish any goals, Mary reasons that student - administration relations school should have No. 1 relaschool should have no. 1 relations between students and administration. "If we can't work with the administration, w e won't be able to accomplish anything," she stated. "If they work with us, and we with them, we could get many things done next year."

One of the things Mary would like to see here is open campu.s. "I don't see why, if people have a study and live close, they can't leave school. A lot of kids are do<ng it now and not creating any confusion. .As for concerts, Mary would like to see them on a regular basis, preferably every two months. "They're expensive and good groups are hard to get, but I think concerts would be worthwhile to spend Council money on, especially if everyone could enjoy them."

In all, Mary has a positive outlook for council next year.

"I think next year will be a good one."

Carol Tomer "75 is one of two candidates running for the office of Student Council Treasurer.

A representative of the juniors in C-103, Carol believes that she can contribute significantly to the work of Student Council.

"I would like to have a role in getting Council going n e x t year," she stated.

Carol's platform features the expansion of the educational facilities at South. "The educational experience can be improved by implementing such projects as institute days for students similar to those held now for teachers, mini-courses, seminars offered in the break between finals, and experimental workshops," explained Carol.

In favor of several changes in the P.E. depL, Carol will support pass-fail gvm, girls' varsity gym, and additional electives for boys.

The candidate plans to work towards the reinstitution of opti<Kial all-school assemblies to instill awareness of an interest in school activities.

"An experimental open campus program," said Carol, "patterned after the successful SC Honor Hall Pass program will also be one of the things that I wiD work for."

Being a Southwords reporter this year. Carol will suggest

Student Council and Council's AFS committee.

Originated and submitted by Alan Robandt '75, Student Council treasurer, the proposal passed council at the February 15 meeting.

EL FFAR was the first proposal passed under Council's new Friday morning homeroom meetings. At the February 22 meeting, Council organized a publicity committee for EL FFAR, headed by Maureen Blowers '74, committee chairman of AFS.

Seven Maine Township High School South Business Office Occupations students won first and second place trophies in the Northwest Suburban Business Office Occupations (B.O.O.) area contests held February 7, out of nearly 100 students participating.

Ellen Kukulski '74 placed first in Advanced General Clerical Office Skills and Extemporaneous Verbal Communications. .Anita Dietrich '74 won first place in Public Speaking. Randi Fishback '74 took first place in the Job Interview contest.

Mike Engel '74 placed first in Data Processing-Computer Programming.

Diane Basner '74 took second place in Advanced Shorthand while Debbie Partipilo '74 won second place in Advanced .Accounting.

Cheryl Bruno '74 won second place in General Clerical Office

a SC column in each issue or at least the publishing of the minutes of each meeting to inform the students of SC's work.

Carol has several improvements in mind that apply direct'y to SC. "The progress that has been made in Quad Council in regard to student government should be carried over to the individual schools," explained Carol. "In order for this to happen. Council members must feel more responsibility towards the job that they were elected to."

No Freebies From Us

By Carrie Reckert The price of Southwords has t>een 10 cents per copy or free upon the presentation of an activity ticket since its first publication in 1964. In an effort to maintain our budget, this year SW is charging ten cents per copy.

When an activity ticket is purchased at the beginning of the year, a percentage of the price goes toward an annual subscription of SW. In past years, while activity ticket-holders had already paid for their newspapers, others were getting them for free.

Besides the injustice of the situation, the SW staff saw no reason why it sould be putting

out any more money for some students to read the newspaper for free. We can not afford to treat anyone to a free newspaper.

Most students have been very cooperative in showing their activity tickets without too much argument, but some stiU don't seem to understand the reason for digging out their ID's.

It's not unusual for a student to come up and say, "Hey, can I have eight more for my friends at that table?" It doesn't make too much sense to deal out 6-10 newspapers per one activity ticket when another student is paying a dime for one newspaper. Thus, another rule: One newspaper per customer.

No All-School Assemblies -After a week of Meet-YourCandidate class assemblies, some people may be looking forward to an all-school election assembly. But this year students instead attended three class assemblies Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, with elections being held on Thursday.

Senior honors assembly will also be limited to a senior class assembly this year, as was the

Win Office OCC Contest

Elffar: Win $ 2 5 , 5 0 , 1 0 0 Students who want a chance to win up to $100 are invited to buy EL FFAR tickets in the cafeteria.

Tickets will be sold at 25 cents each or five for $1.00, and a drawing will be held April 11 over homeroom television. There will be three prizes: $100, $50, and $25. The goal for this project is $1000; 65 per cent of it going to AFS, 17 per cent used as prize money, and 17 per as prize money, and 17'A per cent towards publicity.

EL FFAR is the current fundraising project sponsored by

March 6, 1974

Skills I and Job Interviews.

These students competed in their categories in the state contests February 27 at Maine South. The state contests are localized this year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; each of 22 areas in Illinois will host the state contests at their own regional centers. The contest at Maine South involved over 900 students.

First and second place state winners will compete in the national B.O.O. contests. Last year, four Maine South students went to nationals.

The contests, one phase of the B.O.O. program, develop leadership qualities in B.O.O. students who are also club members. Teacher-coordinators organize local clubs at school, where students take a B.O.O.related class in the morning and work in the afternoon to gel on-the-job training.

Brotherhood assembly.

The winter sports assembly was cancelled because of "lack of interest", according to Mr. Robert Simonson, assistant principal.

Mr. Simonson commented in regard to the decision to have individual class assemblies, "We were spending more time getting in and out of the spectator gym than we would for auditorium assemblies. It takes 25-30 minutes to get everyone into the gym; that's almost an hour we waste, while it only takes 6-8 minutes to fill the auditorium.

It is just too hard to get 3400 students funneled through one narrow corridor."

Mr. Simonson feels there is an advantage to having class assemblies. "Each class having assemblies together would serve to further class spirit," explained Mr. Simonson, "We are looking for a better way of approachmg the problem, rather than eliminating assemblies."

Brad Stach, Student Council president, commented, "3400 student; are hard to control. We have a need for more relevant assemblies. Most of the assemblies cater to ten percent of the student body. After the behavior of the seniors at the Meet-YourCandidate assembly, I'm not so sure we can handle assemblies."

Ed Lannon, student council representative, commented, "I think it is unfortunate that a few students ruin it for everyone else."

March 6, 1974

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Freshmen End '74 Season

John Skoullos, South's top wre«stl»r, prepares for a reversal in his title winning 6-4 victory over Acerbi.

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Winter Sports End; CSL To Realign

by Dan McGrath, Sports Editor

A major portion of the Winter Sports Season reached a close this weekend with the swimming and wrestling finals and the gjonnastics sectionals. The track season on the indoor circuit reached the half-way mark with the conference meet at Maine East.

• The fine showing of the swimmers at the district meet was evidence of the still strong Hawk swimming program. The team overcame some problems to finish the season with a respectable record.

• Coach Tom Ziemek and his staff should be commended for their highly successful efforts with the wrestling program. The Hawks finished the season as the No. 10 ranked team in the state, quite a contrast to the 1 and 13 record sported two seasons ago. Unsuccessful in capturing the conference title, their 13 and 1 record was good enough to win the division.

• Despite this editor's lofty predictions and compliments, the varsity track team has had more than its share of difficulties. The conference has grown stronger and many good trackmen did not compete this season. TTie team will have to give a united effort in the remaining meets.

• The imminent break-up of the neighboring Suburban League will lead to the formation of a new Central Suburban League. These developments were hastened by the departure of Maine North.

The new league will eventually become a clumsy 15 team setup, with Suburban League powerhouses Evanston, New Trier East, Waukegan North and South entering. Waukegan is dividing into two campuses in 1975. The entrance of these schools will shape the conference into Illinois' strongest alliance.

The freshmen A basketball team surprised a few people in winning the Central Suburban League crown, south division.

Coached by Mr. George Verber, the freshmen have compiled an 11 and 0 conference record and are in second place in the Central Suburban. Freshmen teams have w^on the division since the league's re-alignment two years ago.

"The kids on the team have a winning attitude and play their game with a lot of hustle and determination," commented Mr. Verber. "Our greatest assets," continued Mr. Verber, "are the quickness of the squad and the low number of turnovers. We use basically the same style of play as the varsity."

The team plays a two-guard low post offense best described as a 2-3 set. "If we don't run we don't win," stated Mr. Ver-

ber. "Our offense is dependent on speed in setting up the fastbreak since we do not possess a great deal of height."

"Offensively Tom Barr and Ricky Smith are our key players. Smith is a good ouside shooter. Defensively, Pat Nugent and Paul Preston have done an excellent job for us on the press, Preston had done especially well recently in rebounding. Tom Barr is the team's leading rebounder," added Mr. Verber.

Tom Barr ha^ been averaging 18 points and 13 rebounds per game for the Hawks, Smith has combined with him to score 16 a game, giving the team a tremendous one-two scoring punch.

Pagone and Nugent have done the majority of the playmaking, and Paul Preston and forward Glen Hendrie have been the clutch performers for South in recent outings. Jack Murphy

and Flint Louis have also played.

The lone conference loss of the season came at the hands of conference leading Maine East and a controversial 51-45 setback to Evanston. The team was Christmas Tourney champ at Hersey High School.

"With the boys on the team plus the boys we have on the B team squad, they have the makings of a strong varsity.

With Russ Schmelzer playing v.'ith them, if they mamtain their winning attitude, they will be a good team."

The B team is coached by Mr. Michael Sarcia and is also the leader in the CSL south division standings. Key players for the team have been Murphy, Helmholz, Hershey, Zurek, Reiman and Flannery. The team is not very big, but possesses the same qualities of speed and low turnovers as the A team.

Tankers Third in District

by Ken Krause With the completion of the state meet last weekend, the 1974 swimming season came to a finish, topping off one of the more successful seasons for the varsity swimming team. The Hawks compiled a respectable 7-6 dual meet record during the year, with their defeat of Deerfield the highlight. The Hawks took fourth in the Titan Relays at Glenbrook North.

The last two meets of the year provided the other high points. The Hawks took fifth, just seven points out of third, at the conference meet, with o u t s t a n d i n g performances turned in by Kendall Banks '75, with a fourth in the 200-yard free-style. Fourth place finishes were earned by Bob McCullough '74 in the butterfly. Rich Hummel '74 in the backstroke, and Brian Loughlin '74 in the breast.

Hummel, Loughlm, McCullough, and Dane Kozie '75 combined to take first in the medley relay. That same relay also took first at the district meet where the Hawks placed third, and went on to take fourteenth in the state meet. Mike Pence '74 also went to the state meet due to his second-place finish in the district meet, as did McCullough with a qualifying time in the butterfly.

Head coach Art Johnson was

pleased with the overall results of the year, and is already planning for next season. "I'll be getting about nine lettermen back next year," he commented. "If the boys can stay in good shape over the summer we should come up with a really outstanding team." The Hawks had fine underclassmen performing for them on both the freshmen and sophomore levels.

With several seasoned varsity tankers returning, the Hawks should be in fine shape.

Trackmen Third in Division

By Ron Pankau The varsity trackmen of Maine South gave a fair performance in the Central Suburban League Divisional qualifying meet held at South last week. Top finishers from the divisional meet will advance to the conference meet.

Maine South trackmen finished third out of a field of six teams competing. The Hawks qualified 13 team members for the conference meet as individuals and the mile and half-mile teams.

Dave Senf, South's perenial two-mile winner, won again, edging out Gabriel of Nilcs West by a fraction of a second to win the competition. John Moody of South took a fourth

in that same event. Mark Sellorgren put forth an excellent effort in the 50-yard dash, placing second with a 5.6 in one of the day's closest heats.

One of the big strong points in the meet was South's pole vaulting squad. With the mark of 12*6" for qualifying. Bill Battersby won second place and Brian Murphy finished in third.

South won the difficult 880-yard relay, Maine winning first with a time of 1:38.6, just one-tenth of a second ahead of the Maine West relay team.

The Hawk's mile relay team took fifth place in the division, qualifying for conference. In the long jump, sophomore Len Kowiki finished fourth with a

Forward Rick AAorris of Deerfield pulls a rebound out of the crowd in the Deerfield game.

jump of 19'7". Ron Kilinski also placed, winning fourth in the shotput with a heave of 44'11".

Other qualifiers for Maine South were Bob Swaback and Jim Dohn in the mile run. John Padgitt finished sixth in the 880-yard run, while Mike MuUins took the fifth place spot in the high hurdles, and Tom Hermes finished sixth in both the low and high hurdles. .'Vt the conference meet. South trackmen won seventh place out of twelve teams competing. The Indians of New Trier West were the winners, with Glenbrook North winning second and host Maine East taking the third place berth.

Dave Senf was the most successful Hawk, winning second place honors in the two-mile run. Mark Sellergren won fifth place in the heated 50-yard dash. Brian Murphy earned fourth in the pole vault for South. The relay team of Sellergren, Bill Grupp, Tom Ruggerri, and Brian Murphy also took fourth. Sixth place winners were John Moody in the twomile and John Padgitt in the 880-yard run.

Head coach Carl Magsamen commented, "The conference meet had to be considered a classy meet. There were a number of excellent teams competing. If you compare the scores of our meet and those of the Suburban League, our winners fmished better in all but the long jump."

Roger Burton moves in for the pin in 138 pound action at the West Leyden Sectional.

Martin Heads Downstate; Flexers Finish 10-5

by Tom Holmes Maine South's top flexers can look forward to meeting some top competition downstate. After having a fantastic year, the gymnasts wound up their season with a 10-5 meet record.

Nearing the close of the 73-74 campaign. South will be represented in the state meet by Craig Martin.

At the Niles West Sectional, South won seventh place out of 18 teams competing. Craig Martin took a third place on the parallel bars and was fifth in all-around with a 7.31, good enough to advance him downstate on both sets of apparatus.

Jim LoBue was the only other Hawk flexer to finish in the top ten, earning seventh in free exercise.

"It was a dam tough sectional, but I am pleased with the way we finished," commented Coach Tom Higgins. "Brocker and Kaucich both missed making the preliminaries at Prospect High School Friday, but

overall the performance was good," continued Higgins.

"Our top men were Jim Kaucich '74, Craig Martin '76, Jim LoBue '74, Keith Brocker '74 and Mike Eriksen. Craig Martin did a fine job all season as all-around man; Jim Kaucich performed well on the high bar, Jim LoBue was great in free exercise, Brocker competed aa the horse for us and Eriksen on parallel bars," concluded Higgins.

The competition gets very sticky past the district level, since many of Illinois' top gymnastic schools competed in the sectional at NOes West. Despite the presence of these powerful foes. South did well at the sectional. "The competition will be tougher than ever for Craig downstate, but I am sure he will try his best. Next year, our prospects look very rewarding, five out of our top six gymnasts will return next season. We will win it all next season," remarked an enthusiastic Higgins.

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March 6, 1974

Postseason Preview

Hawk Roundballers No. 1 in Illinois

by Dan McGrath The Hawks of Maine South will enter the Notre Dame Regional as Illinois* number 1 team. Maine South has been singled out as one of the squads with a c<Hicrete state title bid.

South moved into the lead with several conference wins and the defeat of Bloom and East Aurora With the 68-53 victory over Deerfield last week, South was named co-champ of the Central Suburban League with Glenbrook North. Glenbrook North carries a 23-1 mark into the Niles East Regional tonight, including a 20 game winning streak, tops in niinois.

When questioned about the Hawks ranking. Coach Bemie Brady remarked, "Since all of the coaches and press people in Illinois have voted us the top team, I think we must be worth that rating."

The Hawks entered the Notre Dame Regional last night against Maine East. South destroyed Maine East in the last encounter between the schools, 70-42 at East. Pete Boesen led the Hawk attack in that game, scoring 24 points and pulling in 9 rebounds. It was the play of Tim Bopp in his best performance of the season that beat the Demons, B(^p hitting 16

points.

"Maine East defeated Highland Park by 20 in their last game," stated Coach Brady.

"We received a good game from East the first time, they led for much of the first half. We had to go to our half-court press.

1 expect a tough game from East."

The Hawks will face the winner of the Notre Dame-Maine West battle being held tonight at Notre Dame in the championship. "I look for Maine West to beat Notre Dame in a close game," stated Mr. Brady.

Maine West is a rugged squad and has an able coach in Gaston Freeman. West is notorious for building an early lead and capitalizing on Hawk errors.

In his description of Notre Dame, Mr. Brady highlighted, "Notre Dame has a record of 16 and 6, they have three starters back from last season. Buzz Naughton and Mike Englisch are their key players, both stand 6'3. Their center is injured, but they adjusted to that loss. The Dons are disciplined, they use a zone defense and press in a % court. Playing them at Notre Dame, you know they'll be tough."

If the Hawks can win the Regional crown Friday evening, the Hawks will then enter the

Arlington Sectional. "I think it wUl be a pretty good sectional," commented Mr. Brady. "The winner of our regional will play the victor in the Hersey Regional. It looks to me that we will face either Prospect or Hersey — probably Hersey."

South smashed Prospect in the season opener and narrowly escaped Hersey, 56-54.

"The winners from the other regionals should be Niles North or Evanston and the Forest View winners should be Arlington or Wheeling. "All the teams are on a par," continued Mr. Brady. "Forest View could upset them all, but I suspect Evanston will win."

Maine South fields two of Illinois' finer big men, Pete Boesen and Pete Schmelzer, both All-State candidates, giving them the strongest one-two rebounding and scoring punch in the state. "In the sectional, Boesen and Schmelzer will be encountering Dave Corzine from Hersey, possibly Dan Donahue from Arlington, Brown of Evanston and Wheeling will have a couple of big kids," stated Mr. Brady.

Should South win the Notre Dame Regional, sweep the tough Arlington Sectional, the Hawks will enter the SunerSectional at Northwestern's Mc-

Bob McCarthy fires at the basket in the Hawk win over Deerfield.

Gaw Hall. Maine South made the Sweet Sixteen only once; when they won the Palatine Sectional in 1970. "The logical opponent for us in the SuperSectional would be Waukegan," commented Mr. Brady. "Glenbrook North could possibly make it, but I think Waukegan

will make it."

In contrasting this season's No. 1 Hawks and last year's sectional finalist. Coach Brady felt, "We are not as explosive or quick as last year. I think we are a better all-around defensive team and play with a little more determination.

Skoullos Tenth, Crapplers W i n Districts

by Bob Hildebrand As the climax to what Coach Tom Zimek called "by far the best season we've ever had," Maine South's varsity wrestling squad was represented downstate by senior Jofan Skoullos in the 167 pound class.

Three wedcs ago the Hawk's team effort that earned them a 13-1 record in dual meets, the best ever by a South wrestling squad, shifted to an individual effort. The Hawks tried

to push as many as possible through the Ridgewood District meet and the West Ley den Sectional, "the toughest sectional in the state" as Coach Zimek put it.

The Ridgewood district meet was held two weeks ago. Maine South showed their depth and power by taking a first place with 75 points total. The close finishers were Ridgewood with 62.5 for a second and Maine West, who South had earlier

lost to, with 45 points for third.

Other schools participating included Maine East, Notre Dame, Maine North, Forest View and Prospect, in order of finish.

On Friday there was one loss and 11 wins. Bob Mikos defeated by his Ridgewood opponent, a tough wrestler ranked in the top six in class AA. There were two pins by Dave Jenkins at 112 pounds and Roger Burton at 132 pounds, both seniors.

Girl Netters Pierce Opponents

by Sue Trigoorea Coached by Miss Chris Voelz, Maine South's Girls' Basketball team cruised over the Niles North Vikings on both the JV and Varsity levels. In only their second game of the season, Maine South's girls won two impressive victories with a JV score of 61-8 and a 91-24 Varsity taUy. A strong Junior Varsity defense stunted Niles, holding them to five points in the first half and only three in the second. Maine South controiled the boards with center Chris Callahan pulling in a total of eight

rebounds. Also rebounding well for Maine were forwards Julie Dvorak and Jill Stach.

The JV's offensive game was above average. With a halftirae lead of 27-5, the Hawks adding another thirty-four points before the game ended. Scoring high for Maine South was Sue Trigourea, popping in 16 points.

Miss Voelz stated: "Although rather inexperienced, they are improving rapidly. I was impressed with the JV's confidence in themselves as reflected in their offensive surge."

On the Varsity level, South again controlled the game. De-

fensively, the Hawks held Niles North to fourteen and ten points in the first and second half respectively. Completely dominating the boards, Maine Soutli pulled in a total of 42 rebounds.

High rebounders of the game were Angeline Mizera and Maureen Reilly, each grabbing 8.

Maine took the lead immediately and held it throughout the game. Forty-two points in the first half and forty-nine in the second accounted for Maine's winning total of 91.

High scorer of the game was Debi Erickson, sinking 19 points.

Liz Boesen added 14 points to the Hawk attack. Miss Voelz had this to say about the team: "The Varsity girls show aggressiveness and poise and are balanced well offensively and defensively for this time in our season. I have positive expectancy of the future. The next two weeks should prove a lot."

On the second day of competition South didn't fare well, but there were five victories.

Skoullos pinned his man from Maine West in only 40 seconds.

The otlier winners were Roger Burton, Chuck DiFranco, Chuck M>ers and Tim Starck.

In the third and final round of competition there were three wins by Roger Burton in 132 pounds, for first, John Skoullos at 167 for first and Tim Starck took a first by forfeit. At 119 pounds Paul De Franco managed a third and at 126 Chuck Myers took second, Myers qualifying for the sectional.

Then came the real test — the grinding West Leyden Sectional that was held last Saturday.

Four players had made it through: Roger Burton at 138, Chuck Myers at 126, John Skoullos at 167 and Tim Starck at 185, all seniors. In the first round of play, Roger Burton was eliminated 12-4 by his New Trier West opponent. Chuck Myers was also knocked out, losing 7-5 to his opponent from Dundee.

John Skoullos turned in a fine performance, pinning his opponent from Elm wood Park in tliree minutes. Tim Starck also won a 6-2 victory over West Leyden. Starck lost in the second round 7-0 to Niles West and in the next wrestleback by a 7-0 score.

In the other second round match, Skoullos won by a 4-0 score against his Fremd opponent. In the finab, SKouIlos

became the first Maine South wrestler since Tom Neuses in 1968 to win a sectional championship as he won a 6-4 victory over Jim Acerbi of East Leyden. \Vhen the sweat had cleared.

East Leyden arose as the final champion with 84 points and six players downstate. The next closest finishers were Ridgewood 33, Glenbrook South with 33 and Maine East with 29.

Maine South managed an eleventh place, earning 14 points.

DowTistate, Skoullos managed a tenth place finish in the state meet at the Assembly Hall in Champaign.

John, the lone Hawk to travel downstate, finished the season with a final record of 20 and 4.

Skoullos won his first match in the opening round, defeating Paulson of Danville in a close match, 5-4. In the quarteirfinals, however, Skoullos met his match in the 167 pound bracket, falling to Elmwood Park in a one-sided contest, 10-0. In wTeslleback action, Skoullos was again defeated.

Bulletin Gary Grandoloh '74 wiU be featured in a television special on WMTH, Maine Township's radio station, this Saturday on channel 2 .

Larry Lujack will host the segment of "Getting It Togethe r " concerning WMTH. The program will be aired Sat, March 9 at 3 pm and Sunday March 17 at 8 am.

Girls' Badminton Get Consecutive Wins

P«t* BoMan pulls hit i'7" frama into thin air against Daarfiald, rising to scora 1 of his 20 points.

by Sharon Beckman Maine South's Girls' interscholastic badminton team, coached

by Ms. Joyce Albrecht, began its season by putting two notches in the win column with consecutive victories over Highland Park and Maine North.

Highland Park was the scene of the 6-1 triumph for Maine South's varsity on Feb. 19. Carol Tomer '75 and Sue Gillette '75 came out ahead in first and second singles. The first dou-

bles team of Jill Berry 74 and Barb Sherry '76 proved to be the winning combination, and the second doubles team, composed of Keri Winkowski '74 and Mary .Anne Dinanno "74, also posted a victory.

In J.V. competition, Maine South won decisively by a score of 7-0. Linda Dickmann '76 captured the first singles match, and the team of Pat Fisch '76 and Sue Fizzcll '77 was victorious in first doubles.

On Feb. 25, the varsity of

Maine South came back to demolish Maine North by a score of 7-0. Carol Tomer, first singles, and Sue Gillette, second singles, came through again for South. The first and second doubles teams of Jill Berry and Barb Sheery and Keri Winkowski and Mary Anne Dinanno were also winners.

"This team is really good," commented Ms. Albrecht. She added that .she looks forward to a successful season for the badminton team.