Brotherhood busy By Laura Olson
N o m i n a t i o n s to B r o t h e r h o o d Society, held Feb. 6. were made in each class in each of the homerooms. Students select a classmate who t h e y feel is f r i e n d l y , outspoken, involved in school activities, and who most people recognize. The students nominated t h e n must fill out a form with t h r e e t e a c h e r ' s s i g n a t u r e s to prove that he is truly committed to becoming a member. Another factor in the determination of who goes onto the final ballot is the n u m b e r of nominations The student nominated in three or four homerooms represents the wider
Photo awards By Laura Coyne Kelly MacDonald. J o h n Daul. and Tom Rossi were winners of the Harris Bank Photography Contest. Kelly, a s e n i o r and photo III s t u d e n t , won second place She won over $200 in prize money for h e r p i c t u r e s of a high c o n t r a s t winter scene, and a man singing in the park. John Daul and Tom Rossi, both j u n i o r s from photo HI. received $50 in prize money, John entered a picture of a plane Hying over the Hyatt House and Tom took a picture of a young boy. The contest is sponsored each year by the Harris Bank and centeres around the theme of Chicago. This year the topic was. "Chicago, the City for All Seasons." The contest was judged by the following noted a r t i s t s and photog r a p h e r s : V a n d e l l C o b b from " E b o n y . " Thea Berggern. designer. Jack Dard. Art Director Chicago Magazine. Arnold Zann. p h o t o g r a p h e r . Mary F a l s t e i n . chief photographer, '"Chicago Sun Times," Tony Beradi, Chief p h o t o g r a p h e r Chicago T r i b u n e , " J o h n Sunn, chief p h o t o g r a p h e r , "Chicago Defender" and Ray Macchini from U.F.I. More than fifty schools in the Chicago area entered; there were over fifty winners.
range of students and is therefore more likely to be on the final ballot. Final elections are held in the h o m e r o o m s on F e b . 20. w h e r e m e m b e r s of e a c h c l a s s s e l e c t t h r e e girls and t h r e e boys. The Brotherhood Assembly, to be held on Feb. 29. will s e n e to present the new members to the student body. One girl, who was elected last y e a r said. "I was surprised and honored to be elected." Brotherhood Society is a club whose members provide a ser\ice to the community. By holding such activities as Taffy .Apple sales, the society r a i s e s money to present candy or girts to those in hospitals, nursing homes, and children's homes. An example of the society's c h a r i t y was t h e delivery of Easter baskets to the children in Resurrection hospital by most of the society's members. R.J. Coleman. Brotherhood Society president, explains his feelings toward t h e S o c i e t y in t h i s way, • I m proud to be Brotherhood Society president because I'm able to see s t u d e n t s e l e c t e d by t h e i r p e e r s get together and raise money to do service to people less fortunate than us,"
Aid in reading offered By Peter Kaeding The Reading Center of Maine S o u t h s English Department is for helping students who want to improve their reading skill. Mr, Marian Davis. Department Chairman, feels that t h e c e n t e r is a great opportunity that is worthy of mention. Miss P l e d e r e r s t a t e d , " T h e Reading Center helps students, and students are welcome to participate" The R e a d i n g C e n t e r is not a course, but r a t h e r a program to assist students. Students are helped in reading speed, vocabulary, comprehension, and spelling. R e a d i n g m a c h i n e s , books. UPI m o n i t o r s , and an i n s t r u c t o r all a s s i s t in the i m p r o v e m e n t process.
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Frosh to hold a 'class' party By Laura Olson
T h e freshman class party will be held Sat.. Feb, 16. from 7 to 10:30 p,m. Basketball, badminton, and a volleyball tournament with dancing in the cafeteria aiterward are planned activities. Admission and r e f r e s h m e n t s are free with p r o p e r identification. F r e s h m a n class officers, class council, as well as members of the freshman class have been arranging, planning, and making posters in prep a r a t i o n for t h e p a r t y , Mimi
By Paul Samborski Lori D a l e s a n d r o . '80. took second place in the Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest. Her essay began as an extra credit project for h e r A d v a n c e d Composition teacher. Mr. .Arthur Rossetti. The paper was to be based on how Martin Luther King J r . s beliefs have h e l p e d us up to the 1980's. Lori said. 'This paper has helped me gain insight as to who King was and why he did some of the things he did. I was surprised placed third in Radio Speaking. On Sat., F e b . 2. the team adv- that I took an award." Lori also anced to District Competition at stated that it was the fir.st contest Maine East, with four m e m b e r s q u a l i f y i n g for S e c t i o n a l s to be held at Libertyville this weekend. Those qualifying with third place WMTH, t h e r a d i o s t a t i o n of h o n o r s a r e : A n n E y c h a n e r in Maine Township. 88.5 FM. has a Verse Reading. Pam Rizzo in Ora- new program. "Focus on Friday " t o r i c a l D e c l a m a t i o n . D i a n e airs at 1-2 p.m. every Friday. Rogowski in Prose Reading, and The show has seven different R J. Coleman in Original Comedy. segments. Karen .Anderson '80. reOther team members advancing ports noteworthy events of the day to t h e final r o u n d w e r e : J e a n on "Current Affairs." "Consumer K e l e h e r , Marya Sakowicz, Greg R e p o r t " has Dave Numrych. '82. Smith. Chris Kowols. Mike Harris, giving the pros and cons of proand Heather Palmer ducts and services. Sue Christen-
s h e h a s e v e r e n t e r e d and won. She also went on to say that there were about 400 seniors from the state of Illinois who had entered the contest. The judging of the p a p e r s was done by the staff at the University of Illinois, Lori was presented with a bond for $50.00 by Mr. Rossetti instead of the person who was originally to present her with the award, due to certain circumstances. Lori said she was surprised she won s e c o n d p l a c e b e c a u s e s h e only received a "C " as the grade for the paper.
WMTH focuses on Fridays
New programs available through ACT By Donna Wallace CRC for those students who wish The ACT test will be given Feb. to get an idea of the types of ques16. Students should report to the tions. centers area by 7:45 a.m. The ACT is the basis of the IlliS t u d e n t s who h a v e not reg- nois State Scholarship Award — a i s t e r e d for this test — the reg- r e c o g n i t i o n a w a r d . S t u d e n t s istration d e a d l i n e has passed — wishing to participate in the comwill be able to take the test April petition should code 1047 as one 12 or J u n e 14. The registration of their three college choices. deadline for these tests are March 14 a n d May 16. r e s p e c t i v e l y . A n e w a w a r d p r o g r a m is the • J u n i o r s and s o p h o m o r e s (those Academic Scholarship program — graduating next year) are recom- 2,000 $1,000 awards — is also assom e n d e d to t a k e t h e test if they ciated with the ACT. This progwish to go to college. S t u d e n t s ram c o n s i s t s of two p a r t s : The will be oriented in homeroom ab- Open Competition Award and the High School D e s i g n a t e Award. out the test. T h e t e s t c o n s i s t s of E n g l i s h , The Open Competition Award is math, science, and natural .scien- available to 1300 students based ce. Books a r e a v a i l a b l e in t h e on their sixth semester class rank
Hadawi. freshman class president, e x p e c t s a b o u t o n e - t h i r d of t h e freshmen to attend. She feels that the party is a good way for freshmen to see and meet each other. This is important b e c a u s e they have c o m e from v a r i o u s j u n i o r high schools and have a variety of classes which do not allow freshmen to meet other freshmen. She e n c o u r a g e s t h e m to c o m e bec a u s e . " I t ' s a good way for the freshmen to meet a lot of other freshmen and have fun."
Lori Dalesandro wins writing award
Speakers looking good By Chris Kowols Maine S o u t h s Contest Speakers Team has c o n t i n u e d to triumph throughout the season. Several team members proved v i c t o r i o u s at t h e F o r e s t View Tournament, including Pam Rizzo. receiving second place in Oratorical D e c l a m a t i o n , T h i r d p l a c e honors went to Diane Rogowski in Prose Reading. Greg Smith in Extemporaneous Speaking, and Dan C o n o l l y a n d C a r i n M i z e r a in Humorous Duet .A.cting. At the Maine Invitational. Pam Rizzo placed second in Oratorical Declamation and Marva Sakowicz
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and t h e i r ACT score. The High School Designate Award is available to 700 students — one from each of the 700 high schools in Illinois, Each school d e t e r m i n e s the top .student on the class based on s e v e n t h s e m e s t e r rank. The .scholarship is offered to this student, but if the student turns the scholarship down because of outof-state college plans, the scholarship is offered to the next highest r a n k i n g s t u d e n t until s o m e o n e accepts the money. However, the student mu.st be in the lop 5'r of his class and have an ACT of 20, To compete in any one of these p r o g r a m s , s t u d e n t s should code 1047 a s o n e of t h e i r c o l l e g e choices.
.sen. '80. poses controversial questions to people with her "On The Street Interviews." "Commentary a n d C l o s e - u p R e p o r t ' by Ed Rogowski. '82. gives an analysis of current issues.
Plaza Suite soon " P l a z a S u i t e . " t h e All-School Play, will be performed Thursday. F e b . 2 1 . F r i d a y . F e b . 22 a n d Saturday. F"eb. 23. The comedy by Neil Simon centers around three s e p a r a t e couples who visit room 719 in the Plaza Hotel. In the first act. Diane Rogowski and Scott Stuart play a married c o u p l e , w h o s e m a r r i a g e is t h r e a t e n e d on t h e i r w e d d i n g anniversay by the husband's secretary. Mai-y Beth Coudal and RJ Coleman meet arter seventeen years in room 719. They were high-,school sweethearts, but he has become a Hollywood producer and she has become a star-struck housewife. In t h e final act. a wedding is w a i t i n g to t a k e p l a c e , but t h e b r i d e has locked herself in the washroom. J u l i e Kielas and Ralph Black are the distraught parents Tickets will be on sale from any cast or crew member next week.