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Formal Groundbreaking Begins Addition Program A S'l mile per hour wind at 10:20 a.m. on March 12, saw the official groundbreaking ceremony for the $2 million additions to Maine South. Present at the ceremony were Dr. Richard R. Short, superintendent; Mr. Robert W. Beart, vice-president of the Board of Education; Mr. Stillwaugh, architect; Mr. Henry B. Tonyan and Mr. Warren Kuhlman, Tonyan Construction Company; and Mr. Robert G. Barker, assistant principal. Dr. Watson could not be present because he was attending a school administration convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. With two golden sand shovels, Mr. Beart and Dr. Short

turned the first few shovels full of dirt, from the area opposite the wrestling gym, that will soon be occupied by a new student cafeteria. In addition, a field house will extend directly east of the boy's locker room, a twelve-classroom extension will be added to the academic wing, and two wings will be added north of the building for vocational shops, one extensipn from the auto shop, and the other from the custodial offices. Because these new wings will interfere with parking space, traffic will have to be re-routed to new areas. Construction will begin in the near future and completion is slated for September, 1969.

West Hosts 9 0 Colleges At District College Night College Night comes again this spring on April 4. Maine West hosts the 90-college representation for all of the three Maine Township schools. Three thirty-minute sessions will be held beginning at 7:30 p.m. The schedule wiU be as follows: 7:30-8, first session; second session, 8:10-8:40; and the third session, 8:50-9:20. Ten minutes are provided between sessions for finding room locations. During home room on April 4, juniors will be given three IBM cards. Each card will serve as admission to one of the three sessions. As the student attends a session, he is to leave one of the identifying cards with the college representative. To avoid congestion. South is giving suggestions for attending state school representatives. South students are asked to visit the Northern Illinois University and University of Illinois at Chicago Circle representatives during the first session. During the second session, interested students are asked to see the University of Illinois at Urbana representatives, and during the third session to talk to the Southern Illinois University and Westem Illinois University representatives. These are only suggestions. If a student would like to visit two schools, sug-

Mr. Ashley Obtains Study Fellowship Mr. Robert M. Ashley, social science teacher, has received a fellowship in geography awarded jointly by the University of Colorado and the NDEA Institute for the Advanced Study of Geography. Mr. Ashley will attend seminar sessions at the University of Illinois in Urbana during April.

gestta for the same time, he may change the schedule to suit his needs. A listing of college names, room locations, and the representatives names will be available on College Night at the entrance to the school building. A question and answer period will follow the representatives' talks. Interested students should ask questions regarding admission requirements, curriculum, size of classes, faculty-student ratio, housing, extra-curricular activities, financial aid, employment opportunities, and size and location of campus. Sophomores are invited to come and explore possible schools they will attend. Juniors and their parents are urged to attend. With the information given on College Night and the summer to make decisions, early applications to college can be made.

Displaying plans for the $2 million additions to Maine South are ( L . to R.) Mr. Barker, Mr. Stillwaugh, M r . Kuhlman, and Mr. Tonyon;

Volume 4, No. 12

Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, ill.

March 22, 1968

National Honor Society To Add 101 New Members at Initiation "Congratulations!—You have been selected as a member of the National Honor Society. . ." began the invitations to 101 juniors and seniors who were re-

'Miracle Worker' Hopes To Capture State Crown Next Friday, a cutting from The Miracle Worker, a presentation of the drama department, will compete in the state finals to be held at Illinois State University. The play will compete against eleven other sectional winners from the state. Mr. Hal Chastain, director of the play, feels that, "competition will be very strong." One of the competing schools from this area will be Prospect High, whose cutting of Man For All Seasons was second to Maine at the sectionals. According to Mr. Chastain, the cast and crew of Miracle Worker are ready for state competition.

while Mr. Beart and Or. Short take the traditional first shovels full of dirt in grounti breaking ceremony.

Mr. Chastain explained the most important idea the cast and crew must keep in mind when competing down state. "They must have full confidence in themselves, but they must also respect the other competitors. We have all come down to win." The competition begins at 1 p.m. Friday, March 29. Eight plays will be presented Friday and four Saturday morning. The Miracle Worker will play at 9 p.m. Friday. The first place winner will also perform at a banquet Saturday afternoon. Mr. Chastain said, "We hope to perform then, also."

cently elected for their outstanding qualities in leadership, service, character, and scholarship. By vote of the faculty, 82 seniors and 19 juniors were admitted and attended a tea on March 15 to become acquainted with the society's goals. On April 5th at 8 p.m. the new members will be formally initiated. The seniors who qualified are: Peggy Aliprandi, Jim Altman, Bonnie Battaglia, John Beton, Bill Bluck, Cindy Board, Lee Brainerd, Don Braun, Scott Bremer, Linda Carney, Ralph Childs, Nancy Comfort, Vicki Covelli, Bob Cowie, John Davis, Don Dumich, Rosalyn Eadie, Rick Edstrom, Ed Erickson. Karen Erickson, Terry Gjertsen, Georgene Gray, Linda Gray, Narda Greising, Sylvia Grislis. Continuing the list of new senior members are: Tom Haglund, Kathy Harrer, Bev Hoffman, John Holden, Pat Hurley, Sarah Johnson, Duane Kelly, Diana Kloga, Pat Konopka, Jim Kreutzer, Mary Kristmann, Russ Larsen, Martin Laurent, Linda Liston, Lynn Lohre, Pat Ludwig, Linda Lynch, Chris Makray, Bob Manning, Roy

Martino, Mike Masoncup, Cathy Jo Mayla, Frank McCuUough, Sandra Mitchell, Leslie Moak, Sue Moore, and Barb Mussey. Also included are: Sue Nagel, Jan Nottoli, Chris Nowak, Carla Oleck, Jane Olsen, June Pollard, Geoff Priest, Alice Rebechini, Fred Sasser, Jean Schroeder. Bill Skibbe, Shari Smaha, Linda P. Smith, Colleen Sontag, Dale Sopocy, Larry Sorensen, Tom Spotts, Judy Stagg, Kurt Steinhauser, Dave Switzer, Peggy Teevan, and Cheryl Travers. Other elected seniors are: Gretchen Van Natta, Karen Waldmann, Suzy Wendt, Tom Whitson, Nancy Wohlers, Judy Wojcieszek, Ted Woytowicz, and Sherry Zeller. Among the 19 new juniors are: Paul Alfassa, Bill Baty, Barb Bradford, Alan Burgess, Terry Dalton, Tom Dent, Gayle Durness, Ken Foley, Vicki Grant, and Judy Harlan. Also included are: Glenn Hofeldt, Marybeth Lake, Debbie Morton, Kathy O'Hare, John Ongman, Nancy Phillips, Guy Riddle, Judy Sowa, and Nancy Stinton.

Kathy, Jim To Lead Student Council Next Year

J i m Cantonis

Kathy O'Hare

By BiU Griffiths Jim Cantonis was recently elected by the student body as president of its Student Council. Kathy O'Hare was elected to the position of secretary. They will assume their positions along with other newly elected officers on May 21. The campaigning was fought hard, having very close results. Only 52 per cent of the student body (1659 students) voted. This poor showing made the race much closer than it should have been. Jim's campaign platform included: that Council can be made better for next year by having summer meetings with the administration on such things as disciplinary measures, dress code for school and dances, and basically improv-

ing the administration's relationship with the students; have one member of the administration attend every Student Council meeting so problems may be cleared up on the spot; abandon all worthless projects; and make bi-monthly speeches to the student body over closedcircuit television, telling what Council has achieved and what it has failed to do. Jim plans to meet with the other candidates so all the good ideas can be combined to produce a better foremat. He also plans to meet with Dr. Watson to discuss future Council plans. Finally, he feels that once he can organize the committees and coordinate all the resources available to him, Council will become much more effective. The opinion of several stu-

dents toward Jim is quite promising. Those who know him say that he can make Council move faster, that he is a good leader, that he will work hard for the students, and that he is very resourceful. The secretarial elections were not as close as the presidential race, though spirited. Kathy stated in her platform that cooperation with administration is essential to the success and power of Student Council; a responsible councU is what is needed to gain the respect of the students; opinion polls should become a monthly part of Council activities; and the secretary should take minutes at all meetings between SC members and the administration in order to avoid confusion.


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