Morris moves to Administration by Colette Hawley Maine South will soon be less one great teacher. That is Mr. Joel Mor"ris. Mr. Morris will be leaving his teaching position on January 21, 1980 to become Administrative • Assistent to Dr. Short in the District 207 central office. Mr. Morris is a graduate of Maine South High School class of 1969. He attended ISU where he received his B.A. and then Loyola University whee he earned his M.A. He taught at Fenton High School and then came to Maine South in September 1973. Being involved in Student Council since 1975, PTC Executive Board since 1976 and a member of the Data Processing Advisory, Mr. Morris • has kept himself very busy and will certainly miss all the extra cirrcular activity.
He said he will also miss his fine associate and friend Mr. Tom New. Joel and Tom met in 1974 and they have been friends ever since. It seems everyone in Maine South must have seen these two walking down the halls together at least one if not a hundred times, but as of January 21. these two will walk the halls no longer. So why did Mr. Morris take a new job if he has so much here? "I feel I have a challange," said Morris, "I have worked with the computer system and hope to be able to make some valuable contributions in my new position." I won't lose total touch with the school activities because I will be the Quad Council Liason between the administration and the council." There are very few students who don't throughly enjoy any of Mr.
southwords Vol 16, Number 5
Maine South H.S., Park Ridge, III.
Nov. 30, 1979
Contest Speakers successful by Chris Kowols Maine South's Contest Speakers Team is about to begin another season of challenging speech competition. Often confused with Debate Team, Contest Speakers is unique through the fact that it includes eleven separate events, consisting of dramatic and humorous interpretation, original comedy, and prose and verse reading. It also includes events pertaining to oratorical, extemporaneous, and radioscripted speeches. This year, the team will have to play the season without veteran speakers. Tim Papienski, Mary Ellen Blandford, Scott Stuart, and Cliff Taylor, because of their opportunity to participate in a workshop at Goodman Theater. Contest Speaker Coach, Mr. Tom Kerth, commented, "Although our team will suffer because of our loss, it's a rare honor to be invited to the Goodman Theater. The whole team is happy for them." In spite of this loss, Mr. Kerth is hopeful for the team to reign victorious this year. He sums it all up in saying, " We do have a lot of talented newcomers on the team, and if they live up to the potential
they show right now, we should have a very successful season." Thus far in to the season, Contest Speakers is flourishing in both individual and team efforts. At the Crystal Lake tournament, Pam Rizzo '80, received a third place in the event of Oratorical Declamation. The varsity team received the second place trophy with many members placing in their individual events at the Arlington High School tournament. A first place trophy was awarded to Pam Rizzo in Oratorical Declamation. Second place trophies were awarded to Marya Sakowicz '79 in Radio Speaking, Jean Keleher 79 in Humorous Interpretation , and Mike Harris '79 and Heather Palmer '80 in Dramatic Duet Acting. Third place honors went to Laurie Streff in Dramatic Interpretation. The Novice team received the first place trophy at Prospect High School-also with several successful individuals. Greg Smith in Extemporeneous Speaking, Rick Long in Original Comedy, and Sue McLendon in Radio Speaking. All received second place trophies.
Christmas choral concerts to be held The annual Christmas Concerts will be held on Sunday, December 9, at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Poinsettia plants have been purchased by parents and friends of the music department. They will be placed on stands to form a tree on both sides of the stage to carry out
the Christmas theme. The Girls' Choruses, Boys' Chorus, Girls' Glee, Treble Choir, Concert Choir, Concert Orchestra, and Brass Choir will perform. Students will be admitted by tickets which can be secured at the music office.
Morris' classes. His favorite class to teach is U.S. History, Accelerated. I had Mr. Morris last year for this class and 1 am sincere when 1 say it was the most enjoyable class I have taken so far. Everyday I would look forward to fourth period wondering what new puns Mr. Morris would have for us. Mr. Morris is a very funny man, but he has been caught writing his jokes ahead of time on his daily outline. The reasons for Mr. Morris' successful teaching is that he tries different methods to get a student interested. We played a lot of simulation games that were really challeging and fun. I liked the stock market the because because I won a lot of money. Mr. Morris makes you feel as though you actually are in the situation and causes you to realize the problems our ancestors are faced with. Role playings were a regular in Mr. Morris's class. We role played
everything from elections to the Dredd Scott Trial. The more involved the students became, the more fun the game became and the more we learned. One of the most involving games was "Jeopardy" which we played at the end of each semester as a review for the final. He even had an audio catagory in which he played television show theme songs and asked us to name the show. We had a lot of laughs in that class, thanks to a teacher who really enjoyed what he was doing. The best, and maybe strangest thing about that class was that it is the only accelerated class that I have ever gotten an "A" in. That says a lot for Mr. Morris, not for me. As I look back in U.S. History Accelerated with Joel Morris. I remember one of the may interesting facts that he told us. It was something about President Polks mysterioius death
V-Show this weekend
"Steppin Out", the annual Vshow. will be presented November 28 and 29 with a matinee on Saturday, December 1, as well as a performance that evening and only a matinee on Sunday, December 2. Tickets are $3 and have been on sale near the cafeteria during the lunch periods. Student director. Julie Kielis, expects a full house Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and a good crowd for the matinees. The V-show includes roughly 50 acts, which feature comedy sketches, dancing, singing and more. Organizations such as the Hawkettes, Orchesis, Concert Choir Ensemble, Stage Band and Trunk will also be
involved. Trunk consists of 40 peopie who participate in black-outs, dancing, and have three of their own acts in the show, Over 200 students are involved in the Student Council sponsered, Vshow. Ralph Black and Julie Kielis, student directors, will be assisting Mr. Martello, who is director. Several other students also have positions. Pam Rizzo is stage manager and Scott Hall will be assisting Mr. McLean in directing the musical portion of the show. Those involved enjoy it and feel that just helping put the show together is exciting. Mr. Martello stated, "There was less time to work on the show, but it looks like a real good, strong show."
0 0 beg i ns Christmas drive
Highest test scores ever tor south grads
The Office Occupation students, under the guidance of Miss Gatherine Siwinski, Business Education chairperson, will be selling wooden Christmas tree ornaments and two sizes ofstuffed animals until Dec. 7. The proceeds from this sale, as well as other 0 0 sales held throughout the year, will go towards the fund for the 0 0 students' banquet, The banquet date has been set for May 15.1980. The students in 0 0 are asked to bring their employers and other guests, such as their parents. The following is a list of prices and the types of animals ofi^ered. Wooden Pet Ornaments $1.50
^he AdvaS"pLS!SnTstudents of ^^^^^ ^^^j ^he National Merit Semifinaij^t scholars overaU scores were the highest ever for Maine South. in last year's AP Program, 112 Maine South students took 188 college level courses in American History, European History, Calculus AB or BC , Biology, Chemistry and English. Each AP student is expected to lake the test given at the end of the year. Tests are scored 1-5 with 5 representing the highest and 3 considered the norm, Test scores for 1979 indicate that 28 percent of the AP students received 5's, 32 percent had 4's, 32 percent had 3's 8 P^,'^^"'*^.^ ^ s, and 0 percent tad I's. In
MiniJungieuaoies j.uu Kimberly Lion .. 5.5U i f M ^^°P^™ l'^ Maxi Moose 5.50 DrooperDog 5.50 If you wish to purchase any of these animals you may obtain them from any 0 0 student or from Miss Siwinski in A-108.
^ ^^ 5 j^^. Bomjey^ Director of Student personal Services, conunented that the AP students received "more 5's this year i^an y,^ gygp jjad and this is the first year we've had nobody with I's." The eight National Merit Semi-Finalist Scholars from Maine South were chosen on the basis of their outstanding PSAT test scores.
Spanish 'LaTuna' students visit Maine South Friday, Nov. 16. a group of engineering students from the Industrial School of the University of Bareelone, Spain, presents a singing schow for the Spanish students in the auditorium, periods 2b-3. The group, which calls itself La Tuna, consists of seven men dressed in 16th century black velvet d o u b l e t s and puffy b r e e c h e s , paying medieval instruments, such as mandolins, lutes, and guitars. La Tuna sang songs and had audience participation. Phil Collins, '81 states, "The audience participation was excellent. La Tuna truly represented Spain by the music that they sang."
"La Tuna is a cultural tie between the United States and Spain. They're similar to the Whiffenpoofs of Yale. 'LaTuna' was here three years ago and was warmly welcomed." stated Mr. Farmer, Spanish teacher. La Tuna is sponsered by Knox College in Galesburg, II. Santa is Coming to Town! Santa is available for phone conservations at 936-2525. Students wishing to d i s c u s s Christmas goodies can give him a call, but remember: phone rates to downtown Chicago apply. Pain ' 'A man of pleasure is a man of pains." Young