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.
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All-School Assembly Needs Senior Support As many of you know by now, the Senior Honors Assembly has been switched to an all school assembly. However, this was granted with certain stipulations. This year at the request of the Administrative Council a very lenient dress code has been drawn up for the seniors only. The Administration is giving us a chance to prove we can act like responsible people at
this assembly. In many respects this dress code is a sort of retribution for the opportunity. We personally feel that the code is not asking too much of anyone in the senior class. Behavior has also been a real problem at all school assemblies for some time. If you need motivation to settle down, consider these two points. First, this year's assembly is optional,
People Itching to Buy M Dnye-ln Flea Market by Vickie Hathaway Are you at a loss for things to do Saturday and Sunday afternoons? Well, why not go to a drive-in? What's at the drivein during the day? You'd be surprised. Many drive-in theatres have flea markets during the warm months of the year. For those who have never been to a flea market, it's a place where people go to buy or sell everything from toothpaste to motorcycle gas tanks. The Harlem Outdoor Theatre has a flea market every Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting. I overheard one person giving a major opinion about the flea market: "These people bring their attics here." Most of the things being sold are used. People pack their attics and basements in boxes and cart them to the drive-in. There's nothing more fun than pawing through somebody else's junk, knowing that you have the same junk at home in that dresser
drawer you haven't cleaned out in 13 years. Some people bring new things to the flea market, such as racks of earrings and jewelry, gas cans, make-up, bug spray, toothpaste, anything you can think of and most of it is marked down to at least half price. But the bargains aren't the only reasons for going to the flea market. The atmosphere makes the day complete. There is an atmosphere of a fair or a picnic. People mill around, eating, talking in many languages, laughing, and shrieking with delight when they find something that they really must have, even though they don't know what it is. They end up calling these things thing-ama-bobs or whatchamacallits, or sometimes, if it looks really "heavy" — meat masher. That's the fun of things when you don't know what they are — you can call them what you like. I guess that's how the flea market got its name; everyone's itching to buy a mystery object.
Student Describes Trip (Continued from Page l> Rhine River to St. Goar, passing the famous Lorelei rock. April 15 was spent touring Heidelberg castle, which had huge wine casks that held 221,000 liters of wine. That day we also saw the Heidelberg University and the student prison where they used to throw rowdy students for a week up to a few months. Tlie walls were decorated with German grafitti and pictures drawn by the students to help pass the time away. That evening we went to a university discoteque and discovered that Germans liked to listen to American TOMSIC but are pretty bad dancers. The last day of the trip we were in Metz, France and saw the Cathedral of Metz, visited a sidewalk cafe, and did a little shopping. Mr. J. GeUs thought the overall trip was good but believed that the food was too Americanized and the hotels were too expensive. From then on it was more airplane flying, more barren
Iceland, more polluted N e w York, and finally into our beautiful American beds.
therefore anyone who feels the assembly is of no interest to them need not go. There is one restriction — you must sign up before the day of the assembly in order to be excused. Sectmd, student behavior at this year's assembly will determine the future of not only the Senior Honors Assembly, but all assemblies. Seniors, last year's seniors almost ruined the assembly for us. This means we have a re-
sponsibility to the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen not to ruin their chances of enjoying their honors assemblies. Also, we have all worked hard to get where we are and this assembly is for us. Therefore, we urge you to act responsibly for that hour and a half so that others may have the same assembly next year. Juniors, sophomores. and freshmen: remember everything you do wUl count either for or
against you. If j-ou would like the privilege of an all-school Senior Honors Assembly when you're seniors it's up to you. Think before you act. If everyone will work together on the assembly we can assure ourselves of many more all-school assemblies. Tom Dwyer, Senior Class President Brad Stach, Student Council President Emeritus
South Stages Glittering Musical-Kismet Kismet, the 1974 Spring Musical, opened last Friday, May 3, and proved to t>e a successful producticm. In the opening night production most everything seemed to go well. The parts of the poet, played by Tom Dwyer '74; the Caliph, played by John Bussert '74: Marsinah, played by Nancy Dwyer '75; and Lalume, portrayed by Laura Ogle '75, were exceptionally well done. The songs from the musical, such as "Stranger in Paradise" and "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" were probably the only really familiar ones, but the other songs were enjoyable as well. The Wazir, expertly played by Mark Tiberi '74, was probably the best acting job of the night, not to mention good singing as well. The chorus had a good mix of voices and helped fill the scenes very well. The dancers as usual were good and many of them proved their acrobatic ability tremendously. Although all of the dances
were interesting, I'm sure that the belly-dancing act performed by Martha Ebner '75 caught the audience's attenticm most of all. Portraying Zubbediya of Damascus, Martha tried to gain the approval of the Caliph through her exotic dancing. The scenic design was beautifully done and the props used very authentic looking, one of which included a fountain with running water. .All of the crews and directors deserve congratulations, as the resulting show indicates their hard work and dedication to Kismet. The Student Director for the musical is Mari Coles; Assistant Student Director Becky Buford; Student Music Co-Directors, Loretta Sauter and Kim Bolan; Stage Manager, Nancy Yost; and Assistant Stage Managers, Joanne Takehara and Diane Thunder. Student Production Heads also deserve a hand for coordinating the show so efficiently. Scene Design is headed by Joan Ruthenbeck, Student Technical Director is
Chris Stanton, Shop Foreman is Nancy Casalino, Construction Co-Heads are Bob Fluhler and Clarmarie Keenan, Painting CoHeads are JeroljTi Crist and Kim Bursoo, Properties CoHeads are Kim Fritz and Anna Burger, Make-up Co-Heads are Sue Albachiaro and Lynne Zielinski. Lighting Head is Gary Skomasa, Sound Co-Heads are Marek Ludwig and Gary GrandoljA, House Manager is Ellen Kukulski, and Costume Head is Julie Baudendistel. TTie Orchestra, led by Mr. Lloyd Spear, Music Department Chairman, did a fine job in providing all of the music. The alternate cast played on Saturday, May 4, and did an equally outstanding job. The parts were played by Bob Leonard '74 as the poet, Martin Joyce *74 as the Caliph, Chris Laz '74 as Marsinah, Sue Luvisi '74 as Lalume, and Nick Straub '75 as Wazir. Ben Priest '74 played in both casts as Omar, and Kirke Machon '74 portrayed the Chief of Police.
SW Maintains Right to Edit Superlatives Before our traditional senior issue comes to print, we'd like to clarify our stand on the senior superlatives list. Southwords will print the list, but we reserve the right to edit cut any superlatives we find degrading or in bad taste. An edited list is the best we will promise. Many seniors have been arguing with staff members over printing only a partial list, if wo find editing necessary. "Southwords is a student newspaper," they reason, "and students want to read the entire list." The very reason we don't promise to print the whole list is that iSouthwords is a student newspaper. We don't want to degrade our readers. Students also ask us why we refuse to print something as nominally embarrassing as a few nasty superlatives. First of all, the students who get these titles may not consider them such a joke. Secondly, printing degrading superlatives gives them a dignity they would otherwise lack. Printed matter always seems factual and authoritative. Last of all, printing nasty superlatives gives them a permanency we don't think they deserve. As newspaper editors, we have to follow our con-
sciences in deciding what is printable. We feel an obligation to censor materials that may intentionally embarrass specific students and their families. Hopefully, senior class coimcil will demonstrate unprecendented maturity and not make up anv really vicious superiatives to give the senior class a few chuckles. The superlatives we feel are not suitable for the official school paper of Maine South we will not print. Seniors will undoubtedly question our selection of deletions. All we can say is too bad. We have to do what we think is right. On a less belligerent side, we want to congratulate Kathy Mueller 74 on her successful crusade to get an all-school senior honors assembly. Getting the assembly shows' students that the administration isn't always as stubborn as some people want to believe. With the help of Brad Stach '74. and Mary Spilis '74. Kathy went through the established procedures and won. While so many kids were complaining about the assembly, Kathy took some constructive action. We want to thank her for getting us an all-school assembly.
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Un-Bore Weekends—Try These Suggestions by Laurie Freeman '76 For some kids, Saturday means sleeping late, watching cartoons, and being lazy. A good idea for Saturday is to drag out that old rusty bike at 7:00 a.m., shine it up, pack a lunch, find some friends, and go bicycle riding. Park Ridge has designated four streets as bike routes. Parts of Meacham, „ Sibley, Crescent, and Western avenues have route signs put up mostly to warn drivers of the flow of bikers. According to city hall, Park Ridge may establish more definite and safer routes in the future. If you feel like pedaling to Morton Grove, there is a bike path through Lay Woods with
an entrance at Dempster and Harrer Avenue and another at Golf Road, Niles is proposing a northbound route starting at Oakton and Prosptct for the near future. A forest trail runs next to the Chicago River a little over three miles long starting at Caldwell and Devon and ending at Caldwell and Oakton for the nature buffs. The middle of the trail has an entrance at Touhy Avenue at the Chicago River. Before going on a long bike excursion, or even a quick trip to the store, a cyclist should make sure his brakes and lights work well and his tires are full. For longer trips a good recommendation is bringing along a
water bottle (preferably full of water), a first aid kit w^hich includes sun-bvirn spray and insecticide, tire patches and a pump, a map (one cannot always rely on his Boy Scout instincts) and maybe a back-pack for those who plan to sleep out with a bed roll. The new sixfoot flag is an aid in helping auto drivers in front of and behind the cyclist be a little more careful. Reflectors should be put on the front, rear, spokes, and pedals with a good light for night travelling. For those who have not mastered the art of bicycle riding yet, other Saturday activities are open to keep them busy. G,rab the gang and go miniature goKing. Close places to go are Novelty Golf, Lincoln wood: Putt Hut, Glenview; and Par King, Morton Grove.
2 South Seniors To Join Chorus
Dave Cartwright '74 and Dr. Clyde K. Watson.
Senior David Cartwright Wins MEMCO Scholarship David W. Cartwright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cartwright, 519 Engel Blvd., Park Ridge, was named as winner of the 1974 MEMCO Scholarship Contest. The Contest is an annual event sponsored by MEMCO Membership Department Stores and Supermarkets. Twelve area high schools were each invited to submit the names of two students to take part in the Contest, which is an open discussion before a panel of judges. The subject of this year's competition was "The Impact of Current Economic Trends."
The $1,000 First Place Award will be used by Cartwright to meet expenses at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, where he will be a freshman this fall, majoring in political science. Dave is Treasurer of Maine South's Local History Society, President of Film Society, President of Social Science Forum and a member of the National Honor Society. Last summer he participated in the Washington Workshop Seminar, studying the dynamics of American politics.
South's Annual Art Fair To Be Held Next Sunday Roguish clowns, rock groups, and refreshments will highlight Maine South's sixth annual Art Fair next Sunday, May 19. Sponsored by the Art Department and the Art and Photo Clubs, the Fair will be held outdoors around the pond in front of the school. Through the din of the bands and the cries of Art exhibitors and refreshment vendors, people can browse among the displays and view the paintings, sculptures, pottery wheel demonstrations, and portrait sketchers. The Photo Club will also show "old time" and creative movies. A jury of artists will award ribbons in the categories of ceramics, sculpture, photography, paintings, prints and drawings, and in mixed media to original artwork. Student exhibitors will sell creative projects in sculpture, collages, copper enameling, relief etchings, acrylics, macrame. and weaving, and surrealist oil paintings. Any South student who wishes to enter projects in the F'alr, including this year's January
Grads. should contact the Art Department. Entries must be registered with the Department by Wednesday. May 15, and a SI fee will be charged for entries. According to the .Art Department, the Fair should be one of the most successful events of the year for the Art students.
Chuck Brindisc '74 and Eileen Dougherty '74 recently received the honor of becoming members of Chicago's Grant Park Symphony Chorus. At the urging of their voice teacher Mrs. Joan Welles, a professsional vocalist in the Chorus, both students auditioned for the Chorus with selected solos and sight reading pieces. The students were chosen for their vocal and sight reading abilities. The Chorus, imder the direction of music teacher Mr. Thomas Peck of Chicago, presently holds weekly practice sessions which will culminate in performances at Grant Park during late July and early August. Both Chuck and Eileen are members of the Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir, Concert Choir's mixed ensemble.
The young at heart can always go to Kiddleland, Melrose Park: .Adventureland. Addison: and Santa's Village. East Dundee: if roller-coasters turn them on. Sunday afternoons are for drag-racing. Some places to go are Oswego Raceway, Evanston: Santa Fe Speedway, Willow Springs: and for those tireless travilers, U.S. 30, Hobart, Indiana. For those who want to try their hand at racing, there are go-cart places like Rosemont Raceway. Rosemont and GoKarting in Melrose Park, right next to the Star Slide for the brave. AU aspiring pinball wizards can go to Jerry's Pinball Palace in Arlington Heights. Bowling alleys are plentiful. Around here are Des Plaines Bowling Lanes, River Rand Bowl, Golf Mill Lanes and Holiday Bowl. Orville and Wilbur Wrights of the model airplane circuit can
fly their squadrons at Schiller Woods while maybe incorporating in a game of Frisbee. Equestrians can rent horses at Flying W Riding Stables, Chicago: Happy Day Stables, Norridge: Harmswood Stables, Morton Grove: and Little Acres, Nor ridge. If violence in the movies is not plentiful enough the Roller Derby is at the International .Amphitheatre on weekends. Go out and see some good clean -American savagery. Tennis courts are located in the Park Ridge and Chicago parks for the public, and indoor courts are located at such places as Arlington Tennis Club, Arlington Heights: and Tarn Tennis Club, Niles for all future Wimbleton stars. These are just a few ideas for fun on the weekends. The list is endless. If one of these suggestions has not tickled your fancy, there is always the last alternative: stay home, clean your room, and do homework.
Christina Penrzich ' 7 4 Wins Vacation in Mexico While many students will be sitting at home, bored already with summer vacation by June 28, Christina Pendzich '74 will be off for a ten-day trip to Mexico. Christina won the trip as the result of a nation-wide Spanish contest sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Christina was awarded second place out of students from 62 Chicago area schools in the fourth level regional contest held March 23. Along with other fourth year level students from area public and parochial schools, Christina
was tested in areas such as Audio-Discrimination, Grammar Usage, and Written Comprehension, Christina plans to continue her Spanish education next year at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is also a bit of a multi-linguist. Earlier in the year, she received first place honors in Translation for a Polish language contest, and she also received Honorable Mention in a first level French contest. However, as a Spanish IV Accelerated student, Christina should have no trouble with mixing "oui's" for "si's" in Mexico.
NHS Picks New Members (Continued from Page 1) Paul Bors, Judy Brenner, Chuck Brindise, Andrew Bryniczka, Margery Burton, Martha Canning, Robert Cherry, Chris Cimms, Frances Coduti, Priscilla C<mdon, Todd Conforti, JerobTi Crist, Cheryl DaValle, Carol Dalton, Kathy Donovan, Alan Druschilz, Jan Drymalski, Michael Duffy, Brad Dundon, Tom Dwyer, Mary Fabianich, Scott Farrell, AdelMie Fistedis, Don Foster, Sally Fullerton, Gretchen Georgen, Lois Gies, Judy Govemile, Frank Grant, Robert Grant, Giorgio Gregori, Debbie Gregomik, Jim Griesbach, Albert Haas, Jim Masse, Karen Haavisto, Steve Hallet, and Kevin Harrington. Karen Heaney, Sue Helmholz, Richard Hennek, Kathy Heraty, Terry Hoffman, Dave Hood, Glen Iwata, Karen Johnson,
Marty Joyce, Tom Kallevang, Christine Kasper, Betsy Keitel, Susan Kelly, Claudette Kink, Cathy Krol, Dave Krumweide, Carolyn Kucharz, Ellen Kukulski, Armand Landerghini, Ed Lannon, Dawn Larson, Michelle LeMonier, Kathleen Lewis, Jim Lonergan, Alan Lottich, Mark Lundberg, Kirke Machon, Douglas Mack, Richard Magnuson, Cindy Males, Glen Marconcini, Mary Mayer, Denise Miller, Ron Miller, William Mirusky, Mary Morrison, Kathy Mueller, Michael MuUins, Brian Murphy, Sharon Murphy, Joan Murray, Mike Nelson, Greg Nickele, Sue Norlander, Nancy Novotny, Scott Oblander, Greg Palumbo, Keith Pascus, Dave Patterson, Tom Patterson, Odarka Pawliwec, Sheila Petersen, (3erald Pientka, and John Piskorski also num-
bered among those who became new members. Other NHS seaiiors are: Jolene Pluta, Mark Pope, Mike Porter, Ben Priest, Ray Rees, John Reilly, Laura Robinson, Nancy Ross, Bruce Rowe, Wendy Rutkowski, Kathy Ryan, Craig Sandstrom, Donna Santangelo, Suzanne Schiffer, Pete Sdimelzer, Lori Schory, Anthony Scolaro, Charles Seleen, Sherry Sell, Susie Sellergren, Gary Sellers, Gary Seno, Keith Skaathum, Leo Soo Hoo, Debbie Sowa, Brad Stach, Peter Steinbach, Jeff Sterling, Steve Swans<», Donna Szalkowski, Donna Thor, Teresa Tierney, Pat Topel, Bernard Tronel, Theodore Virgilio, Virginia Vravick, Richard Weltzin, Mary Weiland, Richard Wolter, Bill Yonan, Nancy Yost, Gail Youngquist, and Karin Youngquist.
Souths Chess Team Plans Future Moves by Mike Cherry and Ron Skiba The Maine South chess team of Mike Cherry '74, Joel Heinrich 76, Jim Connor '77, Terry Coyne '75, and Peter Joyce '77 will play the Maine West chess team in a rematch sometime in the near future. Hie last meet resulted in three wins, one loss and one draw for South, Mike Cherry '74 beat Ray Hermonson, Joel Heinrich '76 drew Norm See, Jim Connor '77 beat Hin Tsang, Peter Joyce '77 beat Jo Lawlor, and Terry Coyne lost to Rich LaSota. Here is the game between Mike Cherry and Ray Hermon-
son. White: Cherry Blk.: Hermonson 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 N-QB3 4. B-QN5 B-Q2 5. 0-0 P-QR3 6. B-R4 Q-K2? (a) 7. R-Kl Cb) P-QN4 8. B N 3 B-N5? 9. B-Q5! Q-Q2 10. BXN QXB 11. NXP BXQ 12. NXQ BXP 13. N-R3! B-Q6 14. R-K3 P-N5 15. NXP B-NA 16. NXB PXN
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May 10, 1974
SOUTHWORDS
Baseball Enters Stretch by Dan McGratb The varsity Hawks of Maine South moved into a first place tie with the Niles West Indians this week in the CSL conference race. The Hawks advanced from a second place deadlock with three other squads with a convincing 9-5 shelling of Niles West. The Hawks' win gave the squad a 9-3 record in league play. "I think we can attribute our success to the summer baseball program. We learn the skills in the summer, and then we are fully prepared in the spring," commented Mr. Verber, head coach. The Hawks would have been in sole possession of first place but they lost to Glenbrook North. "The Glenbrook loss hurt us," stated coach Verber. "If we had won we could have tied Niles and then moved into first by ourselves." The final score was Glenbrook North 9, Maine South 1. in the Hawks' third conference loss of the year. Eight Glenbrook runs were unearned. The Hawks had belter luck on their home diamond when they hosted the Highland Park LitUe Giants. South jumped ahead early, getting seven runs
on seven hits to win their seventh conference match-up, 7-1. John Klippstein was the winner, scattering four hits. Dave Patterson doubled in the go-ahead run in that contest. On the road the Hawks rallied from their consecutive losses to New Trier West and Glenbrook by placing a big win in the victory column with a 6-2 drubbing of cellar-dweller Maine North. Bob Flagler held the No-semen to five hits in his first start of the season. Pat Morrison and Joe Pagone had three hits apiece for the Hawks, Kip Zdeb added two doubles. .^t Niles W'est, two of the league's top hurlers faced each other in the persons of Dave Patterson and Jim Kruegar. With the score at 0 apiece in the third, the Hawks exploded for 7 runs to move ahead of the Indians to stay. The cause was the capitalization of Niles' errors by Hawk batsmen and baserunners alike. Pat Morrison scored a run and doubled in two himself. Patterson, Joe McNamara and Kip Zdeb also knocked in Hawk tallies. Niles got three runs back in the fourth inning when a series of Hawk errors, including a
Mike Sellergren takes a big cut at one of Mark Skiffer's fastballs in the Hawks win over Maine East.
costly dropped flyball made it a 7-3 contest. McNamara and Tom Comyn each knocked in another run in the top of the si.xth to maintain Hawk control. The Indians rallied for two more scores in the bottom of the sixth, but Patterson held on. Patterson gave up five hits and only two earned runs; the win put his record at 6-2 overall. All the remaining games on the Hawk schedule are crucial if South is to gain the conference title, a feat not accomplished since 1939. "There are five teams in the league with a chance to win," stated Mr. Verber. "Ourselves and Niles West at 9-3, and the Glenbrook schools and New Trier West at 8-4. We have two crucial road games with Deerfield and Maine West coming up." One strategy change employed by Mr. Verber in the recent string of Hawk successes has been the play of catchers Flanagan and Horn. Flanagan has been alternating with Horn at
Bill Horn slides safely back into first after a pickoff attempt in the Hawks 4-2 win over Maine East.
the battery position, but Flanagan's hot bat prompted Mr. Verber to play him at second base while keeping Horn stationed tehind the plate. "The state tournament will begin tomorrow at Ridgewood High School at 12:30." added Mr. Verber. We will play the winner of the Luther North vs.
Ridgewood contest, two very tough teams. If we can beat the winner of that preliminary, we will get another crack at Niles West in the district final. It figures to be a difficult and exciting district. If we can beat Niles West again, we have as good a chance as any team downstate."
Golfers Open Districts Tomorrow by Tom Holmes After an early season spurt, the varsity Maine South golf team is now having some difficulties during the mid-season. The Hawks fell below .500 in the ratings after winning their first three meets. The team's squad now stands at a 5-7 mark under the direction of Coach Ron Ross. Last Thursday Maine South finally buckled up and whipped the Maine West Warriors on both the sophomore and varsity level. Maine West was caught by surprise by the rebounding Hawks who trapped them on their home course at Golden Acres. The Hawks varsity combined to shoot a 163 while West finished very close to South with a series of 165. Rob Stigglcman led the Hawks with a low score of 40, his best effort in several
meets. Vic Kaczkowski followed Stiggleman in the scoring with a 41, Ray Becker ended the scoring with a 42. The saying that you always play a little better in the familiarness of your own course did not apply to the Hawks last Monday. The Deerfield Warriors broke tradition as they thoroughly controlled every corner of the course. At the Park Ridge Country Club it was Deerfield 167 and Maine South a close 172. Vic Kaczkowski led all golfers of the day with a 42. "They just did not play together as a team against Deerfield," re-
marked Coach Ron Ross. "If we could have won Monday it would have meant a tie for the individual league lead. Today Maine South enters district play in an 18 team collection of some of Illinois' toughest teams. The 18 teams will challenge each other in preliminary action; the winning three teams and five individual qualifiers wUl advance to the sectionals. Maine South's varsity consists of four juniors and three sophomores, making it the youngest squad competing. "I am confident that we will have some qualifiers advance to the sectionals."
Track Invades CSL Conference by Ron Pankau The varsity cindermen of Maine South took second place in a field of six teams at the Central Suburban League South Divisional Meet. South barely missed the first place trophy, edged out by Maine West in the field events. The Outdoor Track team members who qualified will now participate in the conference invitational tomorrow. It was in all reality a two team race for the title from the meet's outset last Saturday. The Hawks took the bulk of wins in the track events, but were seriously weakened by their poor showing in the field events. Dave Senf put the Hawks on the right path with a decisive victory in the 2-mile run; teammate Norb Lyle finished a strong second to Senf in that heat. The Hawks fine relay team of Sellergren, Murphy, Grupp and Ruggeri easily won the 440-yard relay. Brian Murphy, Mark Sellergren, Bill Grupp and Duke Vogel were the members of the Hawk's winning 880-yard relay team, winning a close race against West. South also fared very well in the pole-vault with state-seeded performer Brian Murphy winning and teammate Bill Battersby taking a good third. The mile relay team finished in fourth place and was accom-
panied by the South hurdlers. Tom Hermes managed a fourth in the high hurdles and Eric .\nderson accomplished the same feat in the lows. Duke Vogel narrowly beat Mark Sellergren in the 100-yard dash, the two Hawks finishing one-two in the race. Kevin Durack took a sixth place in the triple jump event for South. In the 220-yard dash, Duke Vogel did it again with a first place finish while Bill Grupp finished
sixth in the same event. Glenn Wuehrmann took fifth place in the shot and Tom Black finished fifth in the 440-yard dash to help the cause. Palumbo finished it off for South with a tie fo.- fourth in the high jump. The top six qualifiers in each event are advanced to the conference meet this week. With the strong showing at the divisional, South should fare well tomorrow at Niles North.
Dave Patterson, the Hawk's leading pitcher with a 6-2 record, shows the form he'll use in the Ridgewood District.
Sportswords
Track Comes To Chicago; Summer Programs Begin by Dan McGrath, Sports Editor
The International Track Meet will be held at Prospect High School on June 8 with the world's toughest competition beginning at 12:30. According to Hawk track coach Magsamen; this invitational will feature the top eight seniors of every track and field event in the nation. "It is a unique opportunity to see America's best track stars on the high school level compete," remarked Mr. Magsamen. "The winners receive an automatic invitation to the Junior Olympics in Florida. Our conference will be represented by the CSL's top runners in a special Chicago Area Relay," concluded Mr. Magsamen. Tickets are two dollars and can be obtained by contacting Mr. Magsamen. • If you are a football or basketball candidate, don't forget to check out South's excellent summer programs. The siunmer school basketball program opens June 17 and runs for six weeks at a cost of $4.00. Coaches Sullins and Kerr will conduct the sessions. Football will begin at a time to be announced. • On a different note, Southwords would like to congratulate cinderman Eric Anderson for his record-setting per-
formance in the 330-yard hurdles. Eric's time of 42.7 was the fastest ever by a Hawk, in fact, it marked the first occasion anyone ever ran in this event. Eric also extends an invitation to any of you womens' libbers out there who would like the priviledge of taking him to junior prom. A call to his personnal secretary is a sufficient reservation. • This section of Southwords is in need of extra sports writers. If you are looking for something to do with that extra time, drop in and see Mr. Beatty in V-106. • And, in a word to all you team sport fans, if you are looking for good sports programs with a speciaJ something extra to offer this summer, check into the activities at South Park Church and Mary, Seat of Wisdom. Both groups are led by high school kids and are composed of basically Maine South people. They are great programs and would appreciate your participation. • Intramural basketball champion on the sophomore level was Mr. Sullins' third place team. The team of Mark I^nnon, Tim Enders, Rich Schiffer, Mike Balogh, Kevin Brennan and Bob Schnetzer defeated Mr. Verber's first period challengers.