Vol. 10, No. 14
Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, III. 60068
May 10, 1974
New Members and New Rules for NHS HBfie we H-Ave AN ADVANCWB cAse- OF ser^/oi^)T/s •
Spring Fever Hits South Spring fever is not usually taken seriously imtil the senior year, when the disease becomes widespread and is called by a new name: "Senioriiis." The common symptoms of spring fever are the prolonged gazes out the window, the not-so-subtle restlessness during afternoon classes on warm, sunny days, the seeming inability to get out of bed in the morning, and frequent unexcused absenses from school. "Senioritis" is more intense, though, for it involves a constant melancholy sighing, a "who cares anymore?" attitude about school work, perhaps a shedded tear or two over reveries of long-gone freshman year, sleepy eyes in homeroom caused by staying out too late the night
before doing everything and nothing, and especially the feeling of relief that it's all over, thank God. And essentially it is all over, except for the final exams in which the teachers will jam 10 zillion questions into forty minutes for the "Senior Special'." Yet these are nothing compared to next week's grueling AP tests, which, in the words of an AP student, are, "so (deleted expletive) and downright (deleted expletive) too!" It is unforunate that the teachers don't realize how much we seniors have worked and suffered these past four years, and that we deser\"e a break on our finals. I mean, Really, we ARE the Seniors, you know.
Optional School Assembly Set for Senior Honors An optional attendance allschool Senior Honors Assembly is now a reality at Maine South. After a committee of concerned students, headed by Kathy Mueller '74, obtained 1700 signatures on petitions, Mary Spilis '74 and Brad Stach "74 went to an Executive Committee meeting to present the students' request. .\n emergency meeting of the .Administrative Council was called to decide the matter and at that meeting, a motion move was unanimously passed to hold an all-school Senior Honors Assembly, provided that the students could come up with a dress guideline for seniors that are acceptable to both administration and students. Senior Class Csuncil passed the following dress guidelines which will apply to all seniors: 1. Dresses and nice pantsuits are preferred for girls. 2. Nice slacks and sport shirts (sports jackets and suits also) are preferred for boys. 3. No cut-offs, ragged or patched jeans, halters, midriffs. T-shirts, or barefeet.
4. Offenders of these guidelines will not be permitted to attend the assembly. Kathy Mueller commented, "We put a lot of work into getting it passed, and we hope the assembly is a success. It's up to the student body, especially the seniors now. A lot depends on our behavior. We have to prove that we are the young adults we claim to be."
Members of the 1974 National Honor Society were initiated Wednesday, April 24, at a ceremony held in the cafeteria. Chet Kerr, president, and Dr. Watson gave speeches prior to the presentation of pins. Mr. Daniel SUkowski, Maine West English dept. chairman and former Maine South English teacher, also spoke to the initiates. New requirements for membership were introduced to the Society this year to conform to the district's standards. The prerequisite for juniors remained the same in that a junior must be in the upper 5 per cent of the class to he considered for membership. However, all seniors who had acquired a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 were included in the consideration. The faculty then voted for the students on the basis of scholarship, leadership, and character. A majority of affirmative votes was necessary for entrance into the Society. The forty-one juniors inducted are as follows: Dave Amedeo, John Andrew, Anna Burger, Paul Casaletto, Dorothy Chung, Tom Crowe, John Davis, Nancy Deswik, Mary Ellen Dimperio, Fred Engler, Cathy Flaherty, Joe Fritz, Bonnie Gordy, Nancy Grainger, Jim Hershey, Polly Hubbell, Anne Huedepohl, Kathy Johnson, Bob Juckett, Larry Keller, Laurie Kelly, Kathy Kuhn, Laurie Kupjack, Gad Litretiti, Pam Lossman, Laura Mangun, John Martino, Nancy
are: Phil Adams, Mark Amador, John Antosh, Dennis Babiniec, Joyce Bagel, Betsy Baldoni, .'Vrm Baumgartner, Barb Baumgartner. Ken Bengston, Brad Bergstrom, Jill Bero', Jerry Blattner, Maureen Blowers, (Continued on Page 3)
Academic Teams Chosen Tryouts were held on April 24 for next year's Maine South "It's Academic" team. \ group of 14 juniors went down to the CBS studios in Chicago, accompanied by English teacher, Mr. Robert Hunt. Representing Maine South were John Andrew, Dorothy Chung, Tom Crowe, Mary Ellen Dimperio, Fred Engler, Joe Fritz, Anne Huedepohl, Larry Keller, Laura Mangun, Alan Robandt. Mary Smith, Carol Tomer, Bill Windsor, and Sally ZiUa. The producer of "It's Academic" asked the group questions that would be used on a show, calling on whoever raised his hand first. Questions were asked in the subject categories of history, English, math, science, and general information. A tally was kept of not only the number of questions answered by each participant, but also the categories under which they answered each question — so as to insure a well-rounded
team. Mr. Hunt and the producer reviewed the scores and selected seven finalists, f r o m v.hich three delegates and three alternates will be chosen. The f^even finalists are John Andrew, Dorothy Chung, Tom Crowe, Larry Keller, Alan Robandt, Bill Windsor, and Sally Zilla. Final selections have not yet been made. Maine South did not participate in "It's Academic" this year since it was cancelled by NBC at the end of last year. Mr. Hunt, to whom the "It's Academic" sponsorship passed from Mr. Silkowski, decided to pick an honorary team. ABC bought the rights to the show and started broadcasting it again in the spring. Because of the changing over of stations, Maine South was not invited for this year. Members of this year's senior team are Dan Amidei, David Cartwright, Chris Pendzich, and alternate Dave Braun.
Sauerkrautland More Fun than Bunnies by Laurie Freeman Some kids spent their Easter vacation stealing their kid brother's or sister's chocolate bunnies. Others went down to Florida or the Bahamas and got burned to a delicate crisp. Four-
Discuss Sororities Today Maine South Alumnae who are members of national sororities will return to their alma mater Tuesday. May 21, to give senior girls the benefit of their experience of life cm campus and "Sororities Today." The alumnae wiU represent U. of Illinois, Indiana U., Iowa U., Iowa State, Drake, Purdue, DePauw, Northwestern, and other midwestem colleges. The alumnae will be joined by Mrs. Kay Mangum, Assistant Dean of Students at Northwestern University, who will be
Moore, Louise Morrell, Pat Morrison, Bethany Pahl, Carrie Reckert, .'Vlan Robandt, Carolyn Salzmann, John Seidel, Mary Smith, Sue Stanton, Joanne Takehara, Carol Tomer, Anne Trytten, and Bill Windsor. The seniors elected this year
present to answer questions and give helpful hints to incoming freshmen. The meetings, to be held in C-120 2nd, 3rd, and 4th periods, are sponsored by the Park Ridge Panhellenic Club, an organization of women belonging to sororities whicli make up the National Panhellenic Conference. These meetings have been planned to help prospective college students acquire a better understanding of social life in a college and a general knowledge of Greek-letter organizations.
teen Maine South students and one Maine West student spent their vacation rambling around Sauerkrautland on a tour given by the American Institute of Foreign Study. The chaperones for the trip were Mr. J. Geils, a Maine South and Maine West German teacher, and his wife. The students were Candy Bigden '75, Tom Crowe '75, JoEllen Dobis '75, Brad Dundon '74, Laurie Freeman '76, Sue Gillette '75, Bill Kubistal '76, Shirley DeDonne '74, Jim Mitchell '75, John Piskorski '74, Lori Rhode '76, Rocco Rotunno '74, Liz Sainio '76, Mike Schorsch '75, and Mark Teller '74. On April 12, the students and chaperones flew from O'Hare Airport to Kennedy International Airport to meet the AIFS representative and the rest of the group. All together there were 47 high school students and counselors taking this excursion. Four other groups came along
from Calumet City and Washington III. and from Horseheads and Queens N.Y. From N.Y., we flew on Air Icelandic for five hours till we stopped in Iceland to refuel. Iceland is beautifully situated in the heart of nothing with weather resembling mild monsooms. After another three hours oa the plane we finally landed in the little country of Luxembourg. There we met our AIFS guide, Johanna Hautzler, a 22 year old native of Freiberg, Germany, who spoke French English, and German fluently. We toured thru Luxembourg and spent the night in Boppard, Germany. Easter Sunday we started off the day with a cruise down the (Continued on Page 2)
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•• r\*l rl*i Lowery Award TheP new u beditors llC a t l O n S PlCK CQITOrS have been sections. Athletics, last year Photographic respectively. The movie "1776" will be pre-
sented at the Pickwick theater on Thursday, May 16. Tickets are $2 each. The movie is being sponsored by the committee organizing the Miss Lowerj' Memorial scholarship fund, .•^n anonymous donation of $300.00 is covering the overhead costs of renting the theater and movie. The idea to provide a scholarship for a descr%ing Spanish student in Miss Lowery's memory originated soon after her recent death. According to Dave Amedeo '75, "Some members of the faculty thought it would be appropriate to set up the scholarship to honor her long service to the school district." Miss Lowery taught Spanish in District 207 for over 30 years.
chosen for the 1974-75 Eyrie and Southword's staff. For Eyrie, Julie Sorensen, '74 and Doima Thor. '74 handed over the title of Editor-in-Chief to Karen Malin, '75. Last year's Photo Editor Rocco Rotunno, '74 gave Cathy Santoro, '75 his position while Gina Trimarco, "75 retained her title of I.D. Editor. Cathy Santoro, last year's Copy E'litor will bo replaced by Karen Zdunek, '76. Karen Malin passed down her position of Layout Editor to her brother, Steve Malin. '77. For a third year a Lannon will be named Business Manager. Ed will be turning over the job to Mark, his brother. New editors have also been named to the different yearbook
headed bv Phil Cagney, '74 will be heade-1 by Aaron Simko, '76 next yea"-. Marie Haglind, '75 previously editor of Academics/ Faculty division will be replaced by Cindy Conway, '75. Classes' Administrative-Services, Cindy Conway and Peggy Ross', '76 job last year will be taken over by Chri; MuUally. Andra Larson, '76, gave her position of Music/Publications Editor to Dan Smith, '76. Jeff Smith, '74 gave Andra his old job of Activities Performing Arts. Karen Johnson, '74 handed over her position of Seniors Editor to Marie Haglind. Special Events; Honors will be headed by Peggy Ross while Kathy Sides, '75 and Joe Loda, '7J retain their positions of Girl's Sports Editor and
Southwords has also established editors for next year. Cindy Sonata, '74 gave her position of Editor-in-Chief to Car rie Reckert '75. Carrie passed on her title of News Editor to Maureen Buckley '75, PrisciUa Condon '74, last year's News-inDepth Editor, will be replaced by Janet Franz '75. The Features Editor position will go from Eileen Dougherty '74 to Ellen Bush '75. Dan McGrath '75 will retain his position of Sports Editor. Also for the newspaper Mary Spilis '74 will be replaced by Barb Brzozowski '75. Paula Pasecki '75 will take over Kathy Mueller's '74 job of News Bureau, also for the "74-'75 school year.
Barb Stinson '75, Barb Szatkowski '74, and Judy Harbeck '75 model for a sneak preview of ' ' M u l t i mixers on the M o v e , " South's Fashion Show. See them on Wednesday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium.