Vol. 12, No. 7
President Sharon Beckman lets Student Council bers know what she thinks, during one of Council's regular early morning meetings.
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2 0 7 Coordinator Named Dr. Michael J. Myers. Assistant Superintendent-Instructor of Maine Township High School District 207, has been appointed to be the District 207 coordinator for carrying out provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. This lawprohibits sex discrimination in federally-assisted educational programs. Dr. Meyers will also direct and carry out the responsibilities of investigating any complaints of schools not following this law. He will also supervise the local plan for compliance. This appointment was made by Dr. Richard R. Short, superintendent of schools. Title IX provides that "no person in the United States shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving financial assistance ..." This means that any sex discrimination in admission policies or treatment of students, or in hiring of staff in schools, is banned. Federal regulations issued by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Office for Civil Rights relating to Title IX became effective July 21, 1975.
Dec. 19, 1975
Students Greet Speakers
French and Spanish students of Miss Patricia Barr and Mrs. Aida Farmer have had the opportunity to hear several guest speakers this year. Mrs. Gloria De Giorgio and Mr. Morton toms of their chairs. Igelmann are also planning Congratulations to both the speakers for their classes. cast and crew on this years very Mrs. Farmers Spanish Acsuccessful V-Show. The money celerated students heard Mrs. made by Student Council will be Nenes Vails, a painter, speak put into the treasury and used for about Guatemala, where she scholarships, Bicentennial Com- lives, and Spain. Mrs. Concanmittee projects, and $400 was put non, a native of Mexico married towards the purchase of a new to an American and now living in sound board for the Drama De- Park Ridge, gave a demonstrapartment. tion of Mexican cooking, letting January 7 has been set aside students directly participate by for this years Student Council preparing some of the ingreblood drive. To be a donor you dients. Mark Resch. now attendmust be 17 years old and weigh ing the University of Illinois, at least 110 pounds. More spe- talked about his stay in Paracific questions will be asked at guay for over a month, sponthe time of registration. If a pint sored by the Rotary Club. Mrs. is donated, both the donor and his Farmer also hopes to get a Cufamily are protected for a year. ban who talked on immigration Last year's drive collected more than 100 pints for the Central Blood Bank. Past donors assured Council members that the procedure was not to be afraid of and by Greg Stanton that the project was for a good .Not long ago, Rep. Abner Mikcause. Several seniors who do- va came to Maine South to speak nated last year said the cookies to Government students. To obafterwards were worth the time tain equal time, former Rep. it took for the removal of their Sam Young also visited Maine blood. South. Sam Young is running for the Republican nomination for state Congressman in the 10th DisYoung had been CongressAffecting virtually every educa- trict. man from 1972 until he was detional institution in the United by Mikva in 1974. States, elementary schools must feated giving the history of votbe in full compliance no later ingAfter and Congress, Younjg opened than July 21,1976. The secondary up the session for questions. The and post secondary schools must subjects for questioning comply no later than July 21, all the way from abortionranged to the 1978. During these adjustment of New York City. Followperiods, only classes which are plight are some of his viewpoints: separate have to be comparable ingAbortion: Young supports for each sex. planned parenthood but thinks It is also agreed upon that Title the abortion laws have become IX recipients shall adopt and publish grievance procedures providing prompt and just solutions to student or employee complaints. A person will be named as grievance officer and have his name, address and telephone number given to students, Dear Editor, On behalf of the Student Counstaff, potential employees and the general public. Development cil, I would like to thank Ruth of a grievance process to meet Buckley for her article on Counthe intent of Title IX is under cil in the December 5 issue of SOUTHWORDS. Her opinions, way in District 207. Still, there are some excep- combined with those of the stutions to Title IX. "Body contact" dents she interviewed, brought sports such as wrestling, ice to light several questions conhockey, football, basketball, box- cerning the effectiveness and ing and rugby, may be taught co- function of student government educationally for the instruc- at Maine South. In an attempt to tional part of a PE course, but answer these questions and innot for the practice part. Also, crease understanding, I offer portions of health education this discussion not only of Counclasses should be taught sep- cils effectiveness and function, arately when materials and dis- but also of its purpose. cussion deal exclusively with huThe purpose of Student Council, as stated in the Constitution, man sexualitvis twofold. One goal of student government is "to establish a system of centralizing and developing co-curricular activities" and "to foster good school relations." The other goal is "to provide a link between the student body and the faculty and between the student body and the administration" and "to provide for the expression of student opinion. " All of Student Councils activities then are centered on these purposes. In achieving the first goal of fostering good school relations through extracurricular activities. Council's functions have been quite successful. Homecoming Chairperson Trish Miller
SC Argues Privileges by Beth Lee Demanding more and more privileges seems to be a current trend at Maine South. Student Council, by working with the administration, is attempting to gain as many new privileges for the students as they can. One such effort by Council is to obtain a new hot water dispenser for the cafeteria. This machine will be used by students who want tea and hot chocolate during lounge. Another privilege being sought is the ability for upperclassmen to be able to apply for Honor hall passes. Senior Mary Hallihan is the originator of this proposal, and explained that while all students applying for the pass will not receive it, a majority of worthy students will. Through the actions of some less trustworthy students, raisins and gum will not be sold in the snack bar line. The reason given by the administration for not selling them was that some students have thrown the raisins and stuck the gum on the bot-
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last year to come again to talk. Mrs. Farmer commented, "The guests speak in Spanish giving the advanced classes practical experience. I t s better than a book. Students experience the outside world through the speakers and receive them with excitement and interest." In October this year, Miss Barr invited customs agent, Jim Luce, director of customs at O'Hare International Airport, to talk to her French III first period class. Mr. Luce's talk and slide presentation was videotaped. He explained how people smuggle and conceal contraband and would have demonstrated frisking, but ran out of time. On November 21, Miss Francoise Siat, a family friend of Sivina Varcot, '79, spoke to French II students fifth and sixth periods. Miss Siat, who comes
from Alsace-Lorraine, spoke about life in France. Francoise. in her young 20s, said that school is harder in France and that the cost of living is very high. She has been here three months and likes it a lot. Francoise said that she thinks that Chicagoans are friendlier to strangers than Parisians. She also said that kids in France do the same things as kids here. Miss Siat is coming back in January to speak again. The speaker Mrs. Di Giorgio has invited to speak to her afternoon classes on February 18 is a mission interpreter from the Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. The representative's job is to explain what missionaries actually do, and he has had extensive experience in Latin America. The interpreter is now stationed at headquarters in New York.
Young Airs Views On Issues too liberal. Marijuana; He opposes legalizing marijuana. Gun Control: Young believes that the problem is the crimes and the criminals and not the guns. Teachers Rights: He feels that public employees should not be allowed to strike. Fiscal Responsibility: Young feels that the problems of New York City will soon be seen on a national level unless some restraints are placed on Federal spending. The over-all student reaction to the seminar seemed to be that Young answered some parts of the questions and ignored others. Both Abner Mikva and Sam Young have stated their views at these two seminars. Next No-
SC President Beckman Tells Purpose and Gpals effectively coordinated the floatbuilding, queen elections, assembly, and parade which made Homecoming a success. Under Diane Matus, the V-Show Committee ran all the publicity and ticket sales for the 'Spirit of '76 " V-Show. Without the support of Student Council, Maine South would be unable to host a foreign student, much less send one to another country. Currently, Council is planning a Blood Drive for January 7th, fulfilling its responsibility even to the community. AH of the funds Student Council earns are invested in an effort to improve school relations. After meeting the cost of assemblies and social events such as Homecoming, Council gives fiscal support to all areas of the school. Student Council grants scholarships to seniors at the end of each year. Most recently, the Drama department, the band, and even the Bicentennial committee have asked for Student Council's support. Through the decisive leadership of Committee Chairpersons then, Student Council has combined thought with action to successfully accomplish its first goal. In achieving its second goal — that of serving as a link to communicate student opinion — Stu• Please turn to page 2
vember will decide which of these two men has presented the most credible platform and has dealt with the issues most effectively.
Prespaetive Congressman Sam Young tries to make his position understood during a recent visit to Maine South.
Band, Pom-Pon to Travel South Maine Souths Concert Band will participate in a concert tour of Disney World during spring vacation. Mr. Gordon McLean, director of Concert Band, sent in an application last March to play in the Disney World Bicentennial American Parade Celebration. The band will march and play in the 40 minute parade and also do concerts in such places as Busch Gardens and Daytona Beach. Fund raising for the trip is being handled by the Bands parents and Music Boosters. The Band will also receive some proceeds from the Adult Players. Appearing with the band will be the Hawkettes who will perform some dances at the concerts. Commenting on the idea of going to Florida Jane Patterson '77, said, "I'm glad we're going but it's going to be hot in those uniforms." Dee Dee Hohenstein '77, also commented, "I think it will be a good experience." The Concert Band recently bought new overlays for the marching uniforms. Mr. McLean stated, "We bought the new overlays because the uniforms needed updating "
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December 19,1975
Christmas: What about it? By June Jager "What is the true meaning of Christmas?" is a puzzling question that many students gave their opinions to. Diane Riddle 77. commented. "Christ is the true meaning of Christmas. His birth and what it means is more important than the commercialism. "The birth of Christ is not emphasized around Christmas as
it should be. I t s becoming too commercialized." commented Debby Giovannini 76. "Christmas is not just giving and receiving presents," added Leslie Keenan 77. Joe Merglin 76. responded, "Money and toys are over emphasized these days, and the birth of Christ isn't emphasized enough." "Christmas is too full of
propaganda. We should be celebrating Christ's birth instead of stressing Santa, " remarked Kathi Nelson '76. Christmas is a holiday that generally everyone looks forward to. Some students commented on how Christmas originally started out as a celebration of Christ's birth which has seemingly been intruded by Santa and his reindeers. It is questionable to other students whether Christ is uninvited to His own birthday party. Dave McCarthy 76, comFor the artistic. Girls' P.E. of- including square dancing, jitter- mented, "Christ's birth is no fers dance. Miss Linda Miles, bug, waltzes and folk dance. more important than the rest of girls' P.E. instructor, teaches 10 .Another interesting aspect of the His life, so Christ's birth different types of dance co-ed classes is to watch the re- shouldn't be emphasized so much at Christmas. " including folk, ballet, modern, actions of the guys and girls. jazz, choreography, belly, tap, "Churches should be open to The other co-ed dance class is co-ed social, co-ed stage and co-ed stage dance. All of the stu- meet the people's needs all year rhythmic g\mnastics. dents change into gym clothes around; not just at Christmas," Miss Miles feels that co-ed and all do the same exercises. expressed Philip Tronel '76, dancing is the most interesting The majority of the material Don Vanasek '76, commented, and challenging for her. The taught is jazz and tap, though the "I think Santa should hang it three co-ed social classes students learn a variety of 17 dif- up." Don Moderhock '76, conaverage sixty students per class ferent lifts. One of the objectives consisting of 25 boys and 35 girls. in offering this course is to tributed, "Christ is emphasized She feels that it brings back arouse interest in stage dancing. enough at Christmas time." some of the past styles of dance Many of the students from V"The Bible explains in Luke show dance chorus had taken this 2:10-11 what Christmas is all course last year and Miss Miles about; it is the birth of our savior hopes that even more will try out Jesus Christ, " expressed Tom Lukashow '76. was taken out of the snack line for the musicals. Though Christmas is a holiday Another unusual phase of because of student theft. Gum that has been around for many dance taught here is conditioning cannot be sold because of the years, it's meaning is still ofteiti contribution it will make to the thru eastern dance. This is a misinterpreted. combination of belly-dancing and already disgusting wads in the drinking fountains. Finally, the conditioning and is designed to reason the food lines are never take inches off the hips and open when the bell rings is be- thighs. It is taught in the spring cause the cafeteria ladies are so all the girls have the opporforced to clean up the mess left tunity to get ready for the swimBy Melissa Anast by the students in the preceding suit season. Tap dancing is another course Ah, 'tis Christmas time again lunch period. Each time I present a proposal concerning stu- that Miss Miles feels is fun for and you. as usual, are not ready. dents rights to the administra- her students. She thinks that You've spent weeks wracking tion, I am reminded of the im- everybody just likes to make your brains trying to think of maturity shown by students in noise and tap is not really as dif- what to get your family, and you still haven't gotten anything. the cafeteria. Each time I argue ficult as most people think. Most of the girls take at least May SOUTHWORDS be of some that students are responsible adults. I am informed of more one dance course just to find out help? Certainly. No, your Mother does not need incidents of student vandalism. if they like it. There are many Maybe, when all students are girls who specialize in this area another bottle of perfume, you able to show responsibility. Stu- and choose this type of course all got her that last year, remember? How about a silk scarf or dent Council will have a base to year. maybe that new purse she's been stand on when requesting more rights. meetings in person to present talking about getting for the last Before Council can express them. Students who don't believe three months (those have student opinion to the adminis- in Student Council can submit probably been subtle hints). If you're more lavish, how tration, students must express their opinions to SOUTHtheir opinions to Council. I often WORDS, but all students should about a NICE piece of jewelry? hear generalizations about what make themselves heard. I hope Indian silver necklaces are big a "hopeless cause " Maine South that those students who have this year or, maybe Mink & is. but I rarely hear suggestions been most vocal in criticizing Pearls bath oil beads. You can as to what exactly is wrong, or student government at Maine get a nice set for about $6, and how it can be improved. Council South will be the first to express they're something no one ever buys for themselves. implores students to state their their opinions and seek reform. And Dad, yes dear old Dad, complaints and suggestions to Respectfully submitted. forever besieged by ties, socks their homeroom representaSharon Beckman and screwdriver sets. Why not tives, or to come to the Council Student Council President make this year really different? What about a puka necklace? They're big for men this year. So Dad isn't the necklace wearing type, huh? Maybe a good book? A subscription to his favorite magazine? A couple of tickets to a basketball or hockey game? How Preparing for the holidays might also be responsible for this about a promise to take your younger brothers and sisters out apathy toward Christmas. Getting in a car, sitting in traffic some night so Mom and Dad can for an eternity, reaching the desired store, buying gifts people have a quiet evening alone? will (hopefully* appreciate, getting back into the car, and Older sisters and brothers? driving back home, all take time and money. Other seasonal See Mother and Father. Younger sisters? Books are duties such as sending out cards and deciding what to have for • Please turn to page 3 dinner can result in small disasters. Someone will say he wasn't sent a Christmas greeting or didn't receive an invitation to come over for the holidays. These sour complaints only make Christmas less than merry. T h * official ttudtnl n t w a p i p f of M<int Township High School South, The false wishes for a happy and holy holiday season also Park Ridgt, lllinoii «00««. WrIHon and tdittd 15 timat aach y u r by contribute in making this day something of a shallow event. sludanx of tha high ichool. SubierlpChurch-goers wish each other a Merry Christmas, but swear tiont includad with activity ticktt, purchasad saparataly at $2 par yaar, and run into each other with their cars in the parking lot after or Individually for 10c. (Pricad highar for Issuas of mora than 4 pagas.) services. Editor-in-Chiei Laurie Freeman News Editor Suzanne KunU "I hope to see you after the holidays. " usually means. Commentary Editor Margaret Kreppel "Good-bye. Maybe we'll bump into each other again, but I Feature Editor Debbie Schwieder doubt it." As soon as December 25 goes into December 26, Sports Editor Paul Ray Corresponding Mary O'Keefe positive feelings trickle out. Photo Editor Dave Barklow Copy Editor Kim Kumiega Of course, some people truly feel the spirit of Christmas. Sports Photo Editor . . , John Mieleckl News Bureau Editor Beth Bower They wish every day could be December 25. But many forget News Bureau Staff . . . Mary Halihan, that a birthday only happens once a year And as people get Marianne Loeffler, Sue Leonard. Sponsor Mr. Beatty older, maybe birthdays don't mean as much.
Got to Dance? Read on!
A.F.S. Planning Ahead The American Field Service (A.F.S. 1 at Maine South has been busy carrying out its various activities. Currently, AFS is planning for next year's foreign exchange student, an assembly for this school year and the possibility of a short-term exchange in February. A.F.S. is looking for a home for next year's foreign exchange student. Anyone interested in having an A.F.S. student in their home for the next school year should look for information at the end of January. Work is also underway for an A.F.S. assembly later on in the year. According to Cindy Winston '76. A.F.S. student chairman, the committee plans to have a speaker, but does not know who it will be as of yet. Bagpipers will most likely play at the assembly and Ms. Winston has written a letter to the Thailand consulate in Chicago asking for Thailand Dancers. There has also been some
speculation of a short term exchange program during the week of February 8-14. During this time, foreign exchange students and their hosts from Illinois, will visit Maine South. Housing for these students will be necessary and information concerning the short-term exchange will come out in the near future.
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dent Council needs help. Contrary to the statement that Student Council "is a farce and is only as strong as the administration allows it to be," Council's influence can be made more powerful by the student body. After polling all the students. Council submitted several proposals to the .Administrative Council concerning changes in lunch and lounge procedure. The Administration said that candv
World Charms Displayed One of the glass cases upon entering the A-wing has featured different Christmasses around the world for the past two weeks. A language department project, this display consisted of traditional Christmas objects of Spain, France, Germany, Peru. Mexico and Italy. Miss Marion Fischer, language department chairman, commented that the objects in the case had been made or contributed by language students and teachers. Miss Fischer had previously talked to teachers on the development of the theme. "From time to time we have one, (language display casei but
not very often." Miss Fischer commented. Students who contributed to the display were: Janet Bednareck '78. Marv McGuire '76, Scott Gallus '78, the Spanish pinata; and Teresa Clark '78, Teresa Haines '79, and Lilia Lubezcy '78. Spanish songs. Sue Dziekanski '78. printed out the German carol. " 0 Tannenbaum. " and Ken Singer '79. brought a German Advent calendar. Nancy Buttenbender '78. contributed a Latin song to the case. Mrs. Gloria DeGiorgio. a Spanish teacher, did the sign lettering for the display.
Editorial
Look Here First for Gift Ideas
Holiday Spirit Lost? Maybe By Margaret Kreppel Remember longing for December 25 to come? The weeks before Christmas dragged on and on. When the day arrived, everyone appeared in a cheerful mood while opening presents and singing carols. Nothing could go wrong those next 24 hours. Now Christmas seems to come too soon and leave too quickly. Some people couldn't care less if the holiday ever came. They would rather celebrate New Year's Eve and get drunk, than sit around watching children's faces light up when they open their presents. Christmas is just another day. except Aunt Jane and Uncle John are over for dinner. Perhaps the blame for such an attitude can be put on outside influences. Stores proclaim Christmas bargains in July while also advertising sun-tan lotion, bikinis, and s A^imming pools. By mid-October, television commercials blast away at the merits of toy race-tracks, electric shavers, m e n s aftershave, golden-oldie record collections, and live-action bionic dolls. Anticipation for the season recedes with this onslaught of holiday fare in the summer and early fall. But the ad-men don't care. By the time Christmas comes, they're planning for Easter and July 4.
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December 19, 1975
Afro Pick, Doublemint Twins Included in Ideal Gift List by The Merry Elves Once again, all the mischievous little elves in Southwords have established the official Maine South Teachers Christmas List. Mind you, this list is in no way meant to be offensive; we would just like to say what we would buy our favorite teachers if we weren't so cheap. Many of these gift suggestions might be esoteric to a given teacher and his or her students. If you don't understand the meaning behind a specific Christmas present, feel free to deliver a large sum of money or Christmas goodies to Southwords and we might explain it to you (that is, of course, if we even understand it). No single individual takes credit for this article because we find it's more difficult for a group to be sued for libel. So here wego withl975'slist: ...For Mr. Windbigler. a mythology book so he can learn all about his favorite 'Chemistrv Gods". Also a copy of 42,000 prayers and chants so he can learn more social graces. ...For Mr. Wyatt, a pair of genuine rhinestone encrusted Elton John glasses, a megaphone so he doesn't have to scream so loud at football games and the record, "Mrs. Tieman Reading the Top 40 Daily Bulletins."
...For Mr. Bleeden, a book of good jokes. ...For Mr. Hall, a lifesaver molded into the shape of a Volkswagen, a WWI officer's helmet and all 40 volumes of "Die GrossePolitik 1871-1914." ...For Mr. Schultz, new batteries for his ties. ...For Miss Wright, a comb and chewing gum set. and the fact that the word "esoteric" was used in the second paragraph of this story. ...For Mr. Kerth. an invitation to any Black Mass of his choice. ...For Mr. New, a book of old jokes, a Super Max hair dryer, and "Uncle Tom's Cabin. " ...For Mr. Hunt, a megaphone so he can yell a little louder, and a complete list of "Hamlet's Marvelously Dirty Puns." ...For Mr. Marra, a portable airconditioner. ...For Mr. Cook, a magical chemistry set to explain chemical principles. ...For Mrs. Heerman. a "Fundamenuls of Math " book. ...For Mr. Morris, five free lessons from a professional cartographer, courtesy of his International Relations class. ...For Mrs. Torp. a gallon of paint (color of her choicei to cover that awful orange door. ...For Mr. Martello. a rabbit's foot.
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...For Mr. Haglund, a summation summizer. ...For Mr. Hooten, a book entitled 'How to beOpen-Minded. " ...For Mr. Rosetti. a year's supply of brand new hall passes, and a year's supply of Kleenex. ...For Mr. Granzyk, a bronzecovered. Old English engraved "organizer" notebook, and a copy of Canterbury Tales illustrated with full color pictures. ...For Mr. SuUins, a pair of Norm Van Lier all-pro platforms. ...For Mr. Deines, a year's supply of tape-tab absorbent Kimbies. ...For Mr. Pinelli. dustless chalk, and the Doublemint Twins gift-WTapped. ...For Mr. Paisley, a box of 100 different colored chalks and a board graph that doesn't smell. ...For Mr. L. Andersen, a mountain that he won't take for granite. ...For Mr. Beauprez, ten free voice lessons. ...For Miss Butler, her own personal Indian to make jewelry at her disposal. ...For Mr. Nelson, a Swedish meatball. ...For Mr. Drennan. the wish that, in his second lifetime, he return as a Chicago pigeon so that he can get around his favorite city a little easier. ...For Miss GoU, an Afro pick, and skiing lessons from John Denver. ...For Dean Smith, a polka party sponsored by his fan club and a mistletoe bow tie. ...For Mr. Mastrolanardo. a new pair of wedgies and a perfect design notebook. ...For Ms. Voelz, a "Turtle Power" leather motorcycle jacket. ...For Miss Iliff. a subscription to "Playgirl. " ...For Mr. Feichter, a peephole installed in his briefcase. ...For Mrs. Anderle. a week's reprieve from hall and door monitoring duty. ...For Miss Singer, an obedient and quiet fourth period Satire and Humor class, and her own monogrammed "Crazy 8" deck of cards. ...For Mr. Beatty. Southwords sponsor, a new staff of elves.
Soap Operas Over Skiing?
This little charmer will tell you his experience with digging for gold and, instead, coming up with the "Miracle on the Ohio Turnpike."
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always nice. Stuffed animals are little sister pushovers. Music boxes, craft sets or even a baseball glove if she wants one. If your sister is at the teeny bopper age, surprise her with a poster of her favorite singer, or his latest album. Perhaps something with information on her career interest. Younger brothers are a cinch. You can buy ship or plane models anywhere for a reasonable price. Truck, train or airplane sets are inexpensive and provide hours of fun. There are books on volcanoes.
trains, electronics or cowboys or whatever he may be interested in. Have I been of help? I hope so. I would have liked to have written more, but I've got to get started on my Christmas shopping... MYSTERY BABYLast issue's mystery baby was not the usual teacher, but rather our own Dean Elbert Smith. Mr. Smith, t)esides acting as Dean of Students, has other interests which take up his time He is a great athletics fan and also enjoys taking long walks by himself. Hunting and photography are two of his other pastimes.
This Christmas vacation, instead of spending the whole time catching up on soap operas or sleeping until two in the afternoon, do something I This year, Maine South students are blessed with a glorious two week vacation. Fortunately, Christmastime is the best time to find interesting things going on. 'Old Chicago," an indoor amusement park/shopping center, is a relatively new experience. A combination of the old Riverview and Woodfield, "Old Chicago " can be reached bv taking the tollway (south) to 1-55. At this time of the year, new movies start appearing, too. "Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" and Neil Simons "The Sunshine Boys" are two movies soon to open. Other movies currently showing are "One Flew Over the Cuckoos' Nest, " "Three Days of the Condor, " "Dog Day Afternoon " and even a return of "Benji." For those who are interested in dramatics, there will be an abundance of plays during the holiday season. At Pheasant Run in St. Charles, a production of "Godspell " is planned for Dec.
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Vacation To Be Overlooked? By Mark Meyer and Doug Savage The decision has been made to extend school through the next two w e e k s , postponing Christmas vacation indefinitely. This startling news was revealed after a conference held this morning at which the faculty and administration exchanged views. Although not completely understood, one of the administration heads gave the following reason for the postponement; "The sole purpose of Christmas vacation in previous years has been to give the school janitors an opportunity to wax the floors. However, since the students themselves have done such an exceptional job this year in maintaining clean floors, the custodians' services will not be required and normal school activities will be continued." The decision, of course, was met with mixed reactions. Of 15 seniors polled for their opinions concerning the matter, 12 planned to "call in sick " and the other three got sick when they heard the question. Of 15 freshmen questioned, 12 decided to forget vacation and attend school as required. The other three didn't even know there was a vacation. One student was particularly dissatisfied at having to cancel his sunny Florida vacation. He plans instead to take a shorter vacation in beautiful downtown Des Plaines. This year Christmas falls on a Thursday and, unfortunately, so does school. All is not lost, however, as traditional festivities will unfold at Maine South. Starting with homeroom. Con-
cert Choir has agreed to sing over the intercom a few of your favorite holiday selections (Deck the Halls with Matzo-Balls, etc.) Classes will then proceed as usual (for those who bother to show up) until lunchtime, when a special treat is in store. The cafeteria will hash out their special hearty holiday meal, consiting of Chuck Wagon burgers, waxed beans and complementary eggnog milkshakes. Contributions by school clubs will add to the Christmas Spirit. Ecology Club will decorate the cafeteria with organic mistletoe. Medical Careers Club will also contribute by providing postmeal Alka-Seltzer. In the afternoon that follows, study hall paraprofesionals will distribute candy canes, teachers will distribute Christmas puzzles and jolly deans will distribute green slips to those who refuse to eat their candy canes or solve their nifty puzzles. The day will come to a dramatic close as the Maine South Janitorial Theatrical Corps presents "Miracle at 1111 Dee Street" (Admission: one squeegee mop) Christmas day will most certainly be the highlight of our in-school vacation. To maintain further enthusiasm, however, the administration has also planned other events. For example, the pond has been stocked with late model Fords in preparation for an upcoming ice fishing fiesta. A real Hawaiian Luau has also been planned, featuring V-Show's own Waikiki Wahleni-weenies. Such excitement is certain to ensure full attendance over the next two weeks. Aloha, 'till Monday.
There Is No Santa Glaus? By Laura Hart All my dreams were shattered All my childhood dreams As I sat there among the evergreens. I gazed at the fire with big, sad brown eyes How could they say those awful lies? "But there is, there isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;" I cried with a passion And pouted my lip in little girl fashion. So I ran down the steps and in to the street Looking to the sky, Santa to greet. I flung my arms wide but my heart sank inside I saw nothing above, not even a star, so I turned to go in but heard from afar "Jingle bell " carolers making their rounds I turned, quite dejected, hearing happy Christmas sounds. I crawled into bed, no sugar
plums there I was thinking Mom and Dad didn't even care. What they told me, they believed it was right But why, oh why now, on Christmas Eve night? A flame in my heart, though, kept faithfully burning; Wishing made a pain but I kept on yearning. "There is, there is!" I cried with a yell Cause now I heard the merry Christmas sleigh bell! I ran to my window, eyes shining bright And oh there he was, flying through the night. He laughed and he giggled; he wiggled and jiggled They he winked and he waved My dear sweet dreams thus were saved. Yes, it was a jolly sight... Then, I knew parents aren't always right!
31 and Jan. 1. "The Nutcracker " will open the 24th at the Arie Criwn Theater, sponsored by Chicago Tribune Charities. Another alternative for vacation fun could be skiing. The Playboy Club in Lake Geneva has all day skiing packages. Outings to Wilmot and Alpine Valley are always fun, if you're short of
the air fare to Colorado. The Illinois Junior Miss Pageant will be held January 4 at Maine South. Senior Amy Hubbell, Park Ridge's Junior Miss, will be competing for the honor. There's plenty going on over the Christmas holidays. All a person has to do is look for it. Merry Christmas!
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December 19,1975
Hawks Tromp Clenbrook; Niles East By Richard Olson Tonight the Maine South Hawks will begin an extensive holiday schedule opening against Glenbrook North at Maine South beginning at 8 p.m. On Saturday they will entertain an Elgin team that is ranked sixth in the state. After that the Hawks will travel to Aurora for the East Aurora Christmas Tournament where they will face Evanston in the first round. In conference play last weekend, the Hawks raised their conference record to 2-1 with victories over Niles East and Glenbrook South. Against the Glenbrook South Titans, the Hawks scored their most impressive victory of the season, 78-47. The game began slowly as Glenbrook scored first to lead 2-0. Mike Burton then scored, was fouled and made the freethrow to give the Hawks a 32 lead. The lead changed often as the game picked up in tempo. At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks held a 16-12 lead.
During the second quarter Maine South increased its lead over the Titans to eight points. One of the reasons for this was Mark Swierenga's five baskets in a row when he came off the bench to help forge a 34-26 halftime lead. In the third period the Hawks blew the game wide open as they scored 12 unanswered points to take a 46-26 lead with four and a half minutes left. The quarter ended with the Hawks in control 52-31. In the fourth quarter the Titans came out pressing in an attempt to get back in the game. The press was to no avail as the Hawks continued to score at will. The game featured a balanced offense as Russ Schmelzer 16 pts.,TomBarr 16pts., Mike Burton 15 pts., and Mark Swierenga 14 pts., scored in double figures. Coach Quitman Sullins praised the team "This was one of our best games of the season. The offense was good, and the team played great defense. Mike Bur-
ton did a super job on defense, he held their scorer to one point and Mark Swierenga did a fine job coming off the bench and scoring 14 points. " On Friday night the Hawks played a very tough Niles East ballclub. The Trojans who had four returning starters back gave the Hawks quite a struggle before bowing 93-87. The fast pace of the game was set early as both teams were hitting on their outside shots. The lead seesawed back and forth as the teams traded baskets and when the quarter ended the Hawks led 25-24. When the second quarter began the Trojans switched to a full court press which the Hawks constantly beat and this enabled them to get many easy lay-ups. At the half it was Maine 51, .Niles 47. Throughout the second half this pace was kept up as both teams continued to shoot well. With only a few minutes left in the game, the Trojans tied the
game. The Hawks, however, kept their poise and rebuilt the lead to eight points and from there held off the last attempts by the Trojans to win the game. The Hawks suffered a disap-
pointing loss to the Maine West Warriors 56-50. Russ Schmelzer scored 23 points to pace the Hawks scoring, and Mike Burton added 11.
Girl Gymnasts Look to Niles Invitational by Herb Baumann The Maine South girls' gymnastics team will compete in the Niles West Invitational on Jan-
uary 10. According to Miss Phyllis Goll, head coach, there will be ten to fifteen teams competing in the
Craig Martin performs a difficult routine on the sidehorse durir^ the Glenbrook North meet.
tournament. The girls are working hard on their optional routines which will be used in the meet, according to Coach Goll, "The girls have improved greatly since their last meet and are constantly improving every day, " commented Miss Goll. The optional routines must include at least two superior and four medium feats. The following meet against .New Trier East will have optional routines also. In the meet against Glenbrook South, Maine South lost. 86.3 to 77.6. The bright spot is that 77.6 is the highest score Maine South has had this season by ten points. Thadine Bak was the all-around gymnast for this meet. The high scorers for Maine South were Elena Porto on the uneven bars with a 6.95, .Amy Gorman in floor exercises with 6.95, Terry Lusignan on the balance beam with 6.35 and Roxanne Vogel in vaulting with a 6.6. Coach Goll commented, "The scores are comparable to within a point of the Olympics." Though there is no state competition this year there will be in 1977. Coach Goll believes that next year the girls will have developed the skills and will be able to work on style. Coach Goll stated. "I predict a great deal of improvement next year."
Gymnasts Beat Deerfield-West By Amy Peterson Maine South gymnastics will take on Niles East at 6:30 p.m. Friday, December 19, at Niles. The Hawks won two meets over the weekend, beating Maine West 108.70 to 73.09, and downing Deerfield 104.74 to 61.34. According to Coach John Riccitelli, "The scores don't
really show the teams progress. exercise, respectively. Lower It's rare to do as well against scores on side horse and rings poor competition as we would brought Craig's all-around total against a challenging team. " down, but he received an 8.00 Saturday's score was the Hawks' anyway. Also performing well lowest yet this year. were Scott Kimbrel, Bob LeMay, Highlights of Fridays meet in- Bob LoBue, and Eric Martin. cluded Craig Martins fine efSaturday, Craig Martin's allforts of 8.60, 8.45, and 8.20 on around average slipped below an parallel bars, high bar and free eight to 7.44. On rings and free ex, Craig threw the Olympic compulsories, but due to their unusual composition, he only scored in the sixes. This is to be 10-8. In that meet, the Hawks expected. Coach Riccitelli said. were missing the services of ".A performer like Craig is doing Andy Bonk. In the foil strip, outstanding work week after Mike Thorsen, Mark Snow, and week. He s bound to have some John .Merritt won their bouts to ups-and-downs. " One observer tought that the give the Hawks a 6-3 advantage. Once again Eric Priest and Chris team looked tired and a bit apaCarlson led the epee strip with thetic Saturday. Scores for victories over their opponents. Randy Young, Bob LoBue, Eric Martin, and Scott Kimbrel were So far this season, the Hawks all down from their averages. have received fine efforts from Two meets in one weekend are Andy Bonk, who is 6-0; Eric hard, but the Hawks won them Priest, who is 8-1; and Mike both by convincing margins. Thorsen, who is 5-1. Thursday .Maine South should come back the Hawks played a very tough from Christmas vacation ready Niles East team. to win some more.
Fencers Foilâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Epee Niles East During the past two weeks, the Maine South Fencing Team has won two meets after losing their opening match against New Trier West. The Hawks beat Niles West 135, and then defeated Gordon Tech nical 10-8. In the Niles West match, Andy Bonk, Mike Thorsen and Fred Perlini went undefeated in their bouts in the foil strip to give the Hawks a commanding 6-3 lead. In the epee strip Eric Priest and Chris Carlson led the way to a 7-2 margin. Against a tough Gordon Tech team, the Hawks won a close one
Hawks Tom Barr (left) and Russ Schmelzer (right) strain to recover a rebound from a Niles East shot.
Tankers Face West By Mike Keenan Over the past two weeks the Maine South Varsity swim team defeated Morton East for its first dual meet victory but cancelled the next two meets to Deerfield and Maine West. .Against Morton, the Hawks put on a fine performance winning the meet by a score of 111-58. The Hawks were led by the fine swimming of Wayne Madsen and Paul Okamoto, who took a first in all their respective events. The Hawks then lost to Deerfield 103-66. and were defeated in a close contest against Maine West 88-84. Coach .Art Johnson stated that "the team is swimming good as a whole and most of the guys are beginning to improve on their times and are getting a lot of firsts, but we don't have the depth to get the necessary points. In order to win a meet you should be able to place three
swimmers in the top five positions since points are given for placing one, three, five. " One bright spot for the Hawks is their past weekend against Maine West. Wayne Madren broke Ray McCoUough's sophomore record in the 100 yard free with a time of 51.6 eclipsing the old record by one tenth of a second. Coach Johnson is optimistic atwut the upcoming week's meet against Niles East on Friday at Niles North, saying, "We really haven't looked that bad and I think we will have a good chance of defeating Niles East if we put forth a good effort. ' The Varsity will be idle over Christmas vacation, but the sophomores will travel to Maine East on December 27 for the Maine East Invitational. Coach Johnson is looking forward to a good performance by the sophomores.
Matmen Ready for Meets Tonight and tomorrow the varsity will participate in the eight team Prospect tournament. On December 26 and 27 the Hawks will travel to Hinsdale to compete in a 16 team tournament. The Hawks faced a disappointing weekend of wrestling last week when South lost two conference meets. Last Friday they were down in an important conference meet against Maine West by a score of 20 to 30. Maine West pulled to an early lead when the Warriors' lighter weights took control of their matches. Kurt Fiech and Joe Celenza started the Hawks off to many pins. The surge came too late in the meet, and South fell to its first conference loss. On that Saturday the Hawk grapplers suffered another defeat, this
time in the hands of an extremely competitive Niles East team, 32 to 15. "You can't get down by 15 points as in the Niles East meet and expect to catch up with pins. .Against good teams you have to win the matches by points," commented Coach Tom Ziemek. Two weeks ago the Hawks looked very impressive, defeating an aggressive Deerfield team, 38 to 16. At the West Leyden double dual meet Maine South defeated a tough Holy Cross team but lost to a state contending West Leyden. One of the Hawks' undefeated wrestlers, senior Sean Carroll, sustained a knee injury in this Holy Cross match and missed the Maine West and Niles East meets. It is uncertain when Sean will return.