Vol 4 issue 12

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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March 22, 1968

SOUTHWORDS

'Music Man' Cast Speaks About Their Roles Enthusiastic cast members of this years spring musical are already in the midst of hectic rehearsals to prepare for their performances of Music Man the last two weekends of April.

Music Man is the story of the swindling traveling salesman Harold Hill, who sells band instruments and lessons, and Marian Paroo, the town librarian with whom he falls in love.

Carla Oleck '68 is one of the two senior girls chosen to play the character of Marian Paroo.

Marian is the female lead in the musical Music Man to be held here this spring.

"Marian has been disgraced in town. She's cold to the townspeople but that's only a front;

underneath she's really a very warm person," remarked Carla.

"She changes in the course of the play from resenting Harold Hill to loving him," Carla added. "It will be difficult handling the part so the change is gradual—the audience must believe Marian is one character.

Too sudden a change in character would lose the audience."

Carla has had quite a bit of acting experience as well as musical experience. Her two favorite straight dramatic roles are Ann Frank in Diary of Anne Frank and Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker. She is now again playing Annie Sullivan in Miracle Worker for Maine South's dramatic compe-

Afterwords

To Give or not To Give Why do we Americans find it so difficult to give simple yes or no answers to simple questions?

Is it social pressure? Are we so worried about ovu: image?

A case in point is the feature printed elsewhere on this page which bewails the number of charity drives held in our homerooms.

We believe all of the charity drives held there are for worthwhile causes. Their are millions of destitute people in our cities, our state, our nation, and in our world.

It has long been an American tradition, of which we have long been proud, that the rich give to the poor. We are not sure how well we have done this. Some would say we have failed, others would say we give far too much of our wealth away.

Charity, however, is charity. America is America. You may give to the poor—but you do not have to give.

If you think a charity is worthwhile—give. If you think a charity is not worthwhile—do not give. If you have an extra dime—give it. If you do not have an extra dime—do not give it!

In other words—say yes or say no. It is not, has not, and never will be obligatory for any American to give to any charity.

tition.

Carla enjoys both straight dramatic roles and musical roles. Her past musical roles at Mame South include Aunt EUer in Oklahoma and the Baroness in Sound of Mosic.

She portrayed Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls and Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, two musicals produced at Notre Dame High School.

Cindy Board '68 was chosen as the other Marian Paroo for this year's spring musical.

Cindy portrayed Lisle in last year's musical Sound of Music.

She has also played in a Maine East musical The King and I and has been in the Maine South Variety Show for aU four years of high school.

"Although we haven't gotten into the play too much, I've found Marian to be sort of stand-offish," added Cindy. "I know it will be fun portraying her."

Cindy and Carla will sing "Good Night My Someone," "My White Knight," Till There Was You,' and as a quartet, "Will I Ever Tell You." Wayne Miller '68 has many drama credits to his name, including the lead in this year's spring musical Music Man in which he plays Harold Hill.

Wayne commented on his role, "Harold Hill must be a lively and sparkling character. He loves being a swindler and operates his fraudulent scheme like a well-oiled machine."

Wayne has been in the chorus of Oklahoma, and Kiss Me Kate. He has also been in the Variety Show for the past three years. Last year Wayne played the part of Captain VonTrapp in The Sound of Music.

Wayne's drama roles also include that of Mr. Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. For con-

Charity Begins in the Homeroom Linda Hogan '68 The bell chimes loudly at 8:15, and every person in homeroom puts down his pen and quietly bov/s his head. Our beloved complex leader enters silently, wearing a long, black robe and carrying two shiny offering plates. The Concert Choir is heard humming reverently over the PA. system.

A deep voice breaks in, "We would now like to present, for your enjoyment, the Maine South Concert Choir in "Five Minutes to Live By."' The song begins: Poor folks we pledge to thee Our quarters, dimes, and bills.

We give our money willingly To cure all countries' ills.

Money that we give here Is sent along its way.

Poor folks, we hail to thee We give to thee each day.

Poor folks, we pledge to thee.

We give until we're broke.

Cans, soap, and bricks we give, 7-Up and Coke.

About our lost bills we moan.

Sorrow filled with tears.

Gone to buy a brick or stone For all those needy dears.

After a few minutes of respectful silence, our honorable complex leader steps up to the podium and clears his throat several times.

"Fellow students," he begins in a husky, emotion-filled voice, "we are gathered together this morning for a most worthy cause. Do you realize that others in the world are so much worse off than you are? Do you realize this?"

A wrenching sob is heard at the back of the room, and an usher quickly glides over to aid a newly-enlightened young lady.

"Yes" booms our leader.

" . . . and that ends today's bulletin. And now . . . our daily offering."

"Yes!" Many are worse off, and until now, we have not fully understood the gravity of the problem. It is for this reason, for this noble and humanitarian purpose, that you are now being asked to tithe every morning."

At this point, the usher steps forward to pass the offering plate among the students. The sound of coins clinking at the bottom of the plate is not heard.

Big bills are required to alleviate the grave problems present in our modem society.

When the offering plates are safely in the hands of our wonderful leader, we are asked to bow our heads once more. After a word of thanks, our leader and his two faithful followers file out of our homeroom and into the haU, chanting in the fashion of a medieval monk.

We wipe the tears from our

eyes and resume working, secure in the knowledge that, due to our generosity, some underprivileged lion in central Africa will be able to have his own color TV.

To The Students of M o

Annie Writes Of My dear friends, I can't tell you how much this community, this school, and this country has come to mean to me. After I return to my own Argentina I shall always be proud to honor the United States of America by showing respect for the flag—your beautiful stars and stripes—that represents the people and the land I have learned to love. It is my privilege to stand when the National Anthem is played even

test competition, Wayne is now playing the part of Captain Keller in The Miracle Worker.

"The Music Man is great entertainment. It moves continually and has some of the best music in any musical comedy," commented Wayne.

Bill Alzos *70, also was se-

lected for the role of Harold HiU. This is Bill's first experience in any dramatic or musical production.

"This year's musical promises to be very good because it is thoroughly directed to obtain perfection and nothing less," commented Bill.

Afterwords

We're Still Number 1!

The Maine South Hawks proved last Friday night that they are still Nimiber One. Despite the lopsided score, fans kept up a constant cheer throughout the hard-fought game against Evanston. As our team was handed the trophy, the proud chant "We are the Hawks" drowned out even the announcer over the public address system.

Our team is stiU Number One in the students' eyes.

Open windows of the busses permitted the proud cheers to resound up and down the street. Disappointed fans wished good luck to kids on an Evanston bus. Red and white pompons on sticks streamed through the air as the Hawks went home.

Mr. Brady will never forget this season, his fine team, or the outstanding school spirit displayed throughout the season and capped at the Evanston game. The fans won't forget the pride of a 23-2 record, the joy of the 100 points we chalked up against Deerfield, and the electric thrill which filled the stands as we clashed head on in the tournament.

Perhaps the Evanston team outplayed the Hawks. They were good. The Hawks outclassed Evanston in all angles of sportsmanship. We were great. Who needs to make excuses?

We're still Number One.

What Are Your Opinior^s About School Assemblies?

Assemblies are one of the few occurrances at Maine South that affect everyone, teachers and students. "The rules that govern students concerning assemblies have always been under criticism.

The journalism class taught

by Mr. Beatty sponsored a survey to discover the reaction and opinions of the students concerning the rules of assemblies.

Out of 125 interviews, the freshmen answered the question, "Should we have assemblies?" with 26 yes and two no; the sophomores voted 17 yes and one no: the juniors had 28 yes and one no; the seniors II Jj oc .,=^ , „ j tk-o-. „„ poUed 26 yes and ^ree no.

The question, "ShoiUd we have assigned seats? brought a response of 57 yes and 63 no, with the majority of the juniors and seniors voting for assigned ^^^^Students, when asked, "How should cutting be controlled and "Should there be an option of going to study hall?", 65 students called for the use of assigned seats, 65 students wanted the option of going to study, and 38 disliked the idea of an optional study hall.

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This survey has provided the journalism class with only a very general, and perhaps misrepresentative idea about the feeling of the student body toward assemblies.

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Altorfer, Hansen Speak to Government Classes

by Sarah Penny '69 John H. Altorfer, Republican primary candidate for governor, and Carl Hansen, Elk Grove Township Republican committeeman, spoke at the Social Science Forum on Marclj 14. Mr. Hansen subbed for Richard Ogilvie, the other Republican candidate for governor, who had developed laryngitis.

Mr. Hansen compared voter judgment of a candidate to a teacher's evaluation of a student. He briefly listed Mr. Ogilvie's personal qualifications for office and then enumerated on his achievements as sheriff of Cook County and County Board President. According to Mr. Hansen, Mr. Ogilvie cracked down on the syndicate and established a merit system of police work. By his election as a Republican official, he has beaten the Chicago City Hall.

As Board President, Mr. Ogilvie is in charge of an area which is larger than forty of the fifty states. He has been concerned with governmental reform by creating commissions to study and make improvements on social problems fac-

ing the county. Cook County is a big business, operating on a $500 million budget. According to Mr. Hansen, one of the basic fundamentals of good business, "attention to basic principles," applies to good government.

Mr. Ogilvie has made a concerted effort to upgrade the personnel holding civil service jobs.

He has improved highways, billing systems for income taxes, the department of health, 600 miles of roads, air polution, pointed streams and forest preserves.

"The state government has identical problems with those of Cook County," stated Mr. Hansen. The southernmost tip of Illinois is in line with North CaroUna. Consequently a diversity of problems exists. A governor must know how to effectively raise revenue to finance the variety of government projects. A governor must dedicate himself to his state. He needs the "foresight to see where it is headed" and be able to redirect it.

John Henry Altorfer was the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor with Charles

Percy in 1964. He recently served on the House Reapportionment Committee.

Mr. Altorfer felt that three challenges await the next Illinois governor. First, the overwhelming growth of government must be harnessed. The government has "exploded" in all directions. From a $2.7 billion budget in 1960, the budget in 1967 was over $6 billion. This represents a 109 per cent increase. In 1960, 61 thousand people were employed by the state. In 1968, 59 per cent more people, 98,082, work for the slate. The payroll has increased from $23 million a month to $50 million a month.

Mr. Altorfer noted that it has taken the entire sales tax increase to pay the salaries of the state employees. "State government is going to cost more. The rate of increase is alarming. We must eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency," he stressed. The government, like business, operates under a profit-loss statement.

Mr. Altorfer felt that a governor must have experience in dealing with the business angle

Internation Simulation Recreates World Relationships, Problems Are you aware of what is going on in the world today? Most people are not. Internation Simulation is an organization that tries to make the student more aware of world problems.

On Saturday, April 27, Internation Simulation will hold a conference at Maine South from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All students are invited to attend, representatives from different schools will also be present.

Internation Simulation first started as a teaching device at Northwestern University, where it failed. Maine South then decided to form its own simulated group. In Mr. Edstrom's words, "it has become a new teaching device on a national scale— and it all started here at Maine South."

Internation Simulation allows students to reproduce the basis of international relations on an international level. Students play various roles such as counsels, advisory ministers, and presidents in imaginary situations based on real problems.

They create their own histories, statistics, treaties, wars, and obstacles to overcome and solve by scratch. The program is designed so that the student must create his own values and not recreate those of real situations.

At the conference April 27, various stations will be set up in the school designating different positions and countries. The

intercom system will be used to announce "important" events that take place, such as the assassination of a president or a world war.

Mr. Edstrom hopes that these conferences will "get the students more aware of the world outside Maine South—get them

involved with foreign policy."

He continued, "The students really end up in a teaching situation, students teaching other students and sometimes teaching teachers too."

To join Internation Simulation, contact Mr. Little in A-209 or Mr. Edstrom in C-115.

$ 3 0 0 Award for Winner Of Constitution Contest How many students appreciate the statement by William Ewart Gladstone, "The American constitution is the finest document ever struck off by man"? Now students have the opportunity to analyze and determine for themselves the meaning of such a statement.

Sponsored by the Social Science department here at Maine South and by the Mel Tierney 247 of the American Legion, the Constitution Contest will be held to give any student at Maine South the opportunity to engage in a more serious study of the document upon which our country was founded.

The competition consists of two parts. Part one, a comprehensive objective examination of the materials taught in government and American history, will be given on Wednesday, April 3, at 4 p.m.

The seven highest scorers on the objective test will be invited to compete in the oral examination which will be given by a committee of Legionaires at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. Each student will be examined for ten minutes on his understanding and interpretation of the Constitution.

The first place winner will receive a $300 scholarship. Students presently enrolled in a Social Science class should register with their instructor and those not enrolled in similar classes may participate by registering with the Department Chairman, Mr. Otto Kohler, in room A-209.

The winner of the oral contest will be announced at the Social Science Department Banquet on April 30.

Commenting on the contest, Mr. Kohler stated, "I have helped conduct this contest for 16 years and I feel that it is a wonderful opportunity for students to restudy this outstanding document."

of government. According to Mr. Altorfer, the state government must be made more efficient and thus more responsive to the needs of the people.

To combat lawlessness, the governor must demand adherence to the law. Citizens must respect law enforcement, yet not lose the basic principle of the right to dissent. This right exists only within the concept of law and order," Mr. Altorfer warned. The governor must recognize the problems that cause people to want to break the law. "Human relations are essential to good government," he stated.

The third challenge facing the state government, according to Mr. Altorfer, is to elevate the standard of government. People's confidence must be restored. "We are tired of the wheeler-dealer philosophy of politics," he said. A good governor must eliminate the tolerance of wrong in politics which leads to "doom and gloom."

The people must demand that candidates maintain their promises, thus maintaining the confidence of the voters.

A panel of four Maine South senior government students, Georgene Gray, Steve Brundage, Scott Bremer, and Gary Johnson questioned the speakers on some of today's pressing issues of government.

Both candidates felt that the Kerner report should be heeded.

The dirth of specific information necessitates extensive research.

Mr. Hansen related the school bussing problems to a crisis in human relations. He felt that bussing is only a symptom of

the overall problem. The local communities must decide where to invest the money alloted for education. Bussing costs money.

He emphasized that no substitute for sound faculties or buildings exists. Mr. Altorfer added that half the battle is to recognize the problem. "Everyone is human. Treat them as manto-man."

Mr. Altorfer felt that complete integration of the national guard should be effected. Both speakers felt that the problems of riots should be handled at a local level if possible. "If neither city nor county officials can maintain order, then it is the state government's problem," stated Mr. Altorfer. Premature government intervention results in an eventual "breakdown of law and order," he added. Mr. Hansen stated that controlled weaponery depends upon its availability.

Foam, slippery streets, and mace haven't been too effective he felt.

Both speakers agreed that the primary job of the governor is to uphold law and order. For more effective state government, local law enforcement officials must maintain the law.

On the national scene, neither candidate felt that Robert Kennedy's decision to run for the Democratic nomination for the presidency would drastically change national Republican party policies. Mr. Hansen noted that it could split the Democratic ranks. Mr. Altorfer felt that it would not influence the outcome of the election. "The next president will be Republican," he stated.

Portrait Appears in Concert

Karen Waldmann '68 is shown with the Lincoln the created for the recent Sesquicentennial Music Concert. The painting was used as a prop during the John Doremus narration of Aaron Copeland's "Lincoln Portrait."

'Mad' Heads Best Seller List

Mr. Dave Paisley, mathematics instructor discusses a geometry problem from the recent mathematics contest with the three top scorers. Guy Riddle, second from left, scored 3rd highest, Walt Skawski, third from left, won top honors, and Paul Mitchell placed second. Mr. Joseph Elliott, mathematics department chairman, is at the far right.

Once again the time arrives to present the student body with the top ten list of best-selling books from the Key Club bookstore — open periods 1, 3, 6, 8, and 9.

On tour of the paperback bookstore m a n y wonderful books can be found.

In the "popular" section such books as Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1 through 13, the Avengers 1 through 4, and Mad can be found. Moving on to sciencefiction such notable works by Jrr Tolkien are on display.

Moviig onward we come upon

history, language and poetry.

Students will find volumes of the Green Berets and The Odessey, plus various dictionaries that speak of French, German, Italian, Russian, and Latin.

In the ever present search for educational enlightenment, one approaches the science and classics. What student does not realize the impact of such books as Heridity Race and Society, Edge of the Sea, and such all time favorites as Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Steinbeck's, The Pearl.

So without further ado, there is the long awaited list of

Maine South's top ten favorite books: 1. MAD 2. PEANUT'S SERIES 3. RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT 4. THE BOSTON STRANGLER 5. HOBBETT SERIES NO. 14 Jrr TOLKIEN 6. CAMELOT 7. FAIL-SAFE 8. PASSOVER PLOT — Dr. Hugh J. Schonfield 9. MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 12 10. THE AVENGERS 4

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March 22, 1968

SOUTHWORDS

Baseball Season is Here

"Whatd'ya mean, I'm o«t?"

Fleet-feef Finish Indoors With Impressive Victory Maine South's varsity track team, fresh off a victory over Palatine last Wednesday, will compete in the Maine East Relays Invitational tomorrow afternoon.

The Hawks had a long rest before the dual meet with Palatine, this being their first action since the conference meet two weeks ago in which the Hawks took a mediocre sixth place. The Hawks then defeated Palatine by a 59-50 score, as junior Jim Benda took three firsts. Jim accomplished this by taking the high hurdles in a time of 6.8, the 440 yd. dash in a time of 56.1, and the high jump, clearing 5'8".

Junior Dave Butz, in his first meet of the season highlighted a Hawk sweep of the shotput event by heaving the shot 49' ZW, while junior Ty Sigmund finished second and senior Jim Kaiser took a third.

The Hawks made a clean sweep of firsts in the field events as junior Mike Polachek won the pole vault, clearing 11 feet and senior Rick Edstrom won the broad jump with a distance of 19 feet.

Maine took another first in the mile run, with Jim Sherman finishing first with a time of 4:45.4, while senior Pat Mountain came in behind him at second. In the. other distance event, the two mile run, sophomore Jim Cole missed a first place finish by a tenth of a second.

Junior Al Burgess was the

only Hawk placing in the 50 yd. dash, as he took a third. Juniors Mike Strelka and Dave Bauman came in second and third in the half mile run.

The frosh-soph team, competing on separate sophomore and freshmen levels, were victorious on the sophomore level, while the freshman lost. Dave Fowler in the high and low hurdles, Dave Crull in the 50 yd. dash.

Bob Cesario in the 440 yd. dash, Gary Kemp in the broad jump, and Rich Maddalini in the shotput, all contributed firsts to the 68-41 win.

The Maine East meet will mark the conclusion of the indoor season, the Hawks starting outdoor work during spring vacation. The outdoor season features basically the same events as found in the indoor season, along with the addition of 100 and 220 yd. dashes, longer hurdle events, and the discus throw.

For the additional dash events, the Hawks will rely on their fine sprinters and relay men, such as Chris Zei, Bill Schuessler, Tom Spotts, Jim Benda, Al Burgess, Ralph Murdy, and John Rubeo.

In the discus, however, the Hawks will be exceptionally strong, as the same powerful shotput men will handle this event. In particular, Dave Butz will be one of the top contenders in these two events in the state meet, as he is capable of a 175 feet range in the discus and 60 feet in the shotput.

Once again, it is that time of year when all Hawk athletes move out into the elements for their competition.

It is very unlikely, however, that Coach Glen Van Proyen and his team would stay inside, even if everyone else did, seeing that most baseball players agree that it is better to play that great American game outside.

On Monday, the Hawks opened spring training, working into shape for a tough conference season ahead. And despite the fact that the final cut remains to be made. Coach Van Proyen looks over his spring crop with some degree of satisfaction, as he sees possible the best hitting team Maine South has ever had.

The big question mark for success, however, lies in the pitching staff, as Maine South has only two tested pitchers.

Graduation took its toll of a talent-packed staff of last year, as Rick Steffen, 7-0, and Chuck Richards 6-2 have both departed to the college ranks.

After riding the bench for the majority of the basketball season, Dave Larson will step into the spotlight as Maine's top hurler. Van Proyen pointed out that Larson will have to be the stopper, the man to win every time he pitches if the Hawks are to have any great success.

Last year "Lars" made eight appearances for 36 2/3 innings, giving up five earned runs for an earned run average of 0.94.

He won two, lost none, and had one shutout to his credit.

Backing up Larson will be last year's relief ace Lee McIntyre. Standing at about the height of an over-sized baseball bat, Mclntyre baffled enemy hitters with a fine curve.

Mclntyre worked 17 2/3 innings, all in relief, while giving up to earned rims. In addition he struck out twenty-four and gave up only four hits.

The rest of the needed help is expected to come from Greg Bechtold and Ralph Remus, with Ted Woytowicz, Ben Michalko, Gary Possehl and John Porter giving possible support.

At first, the Hawks have Jim

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Henry Perez (34) looks for an opening under the watchful eyes of tense Hawk fans.

loss, 74-49, marked only the second time in twenty five games that the Hawkmen came out on the short end of the score.

Of greater importance, however, is the fact that Maine South is no longer eligible for the most coveted award in Illinois athletics — the IHSA State Basketball Championship. After Friday's loss, Maine South could no longer claim fame as being one of 16 finalists in the war for the state crown.

From the outset, the game quickly became an uphill battle for the Hawks. Behind the deadly shooting of unheralded Ron Cooper, Evanston spurted to a 6-0 lead. Twenty seconds later, the scoreboard showed the Wildkits leading 8-0.

Coach Bernie Brady called for a time out, with the intention of regrouping the Hawk forces.

But Cooer's three quick baskets proved to be the demoralizing factor, and the Hawks were never in contention for a victory.

For all practical purposes.

Ma ine South Students Display Spirit

By Jim O'Donnell While our basketball team made their way to the sectional finals and even when they were blasted 74 to 49 last Friday night, there was something evident in almost all Maine students.

With each advancement, the spirit in Maine South grew a little more and to point this out, this space is dedicated to a "spirit is" column.

"To begin with, spirit is a spirit button. Students wore buttons ranging anywhere from "Great in 68" to tags with "Kan the Kits."

Spirit is giving the team a scroll which stretches the length of the spectator gym, with signatures of numerous supporters.

Spirit is sending the team a telegram. Many organizations sent telegrams to show support, including the Maine East cheerleaders.

Spirit is a pep assembly.

South had two of them and though they did not measure up to the baseball assembly of two years ago, any player on the team will say that they really helped.

Spirit is talking about the team. On any given day last

week, it was easy to find someone in the hall talking about the game, who would win, would we go downstate, etc.

Spirit is a crowd forming around the Dean's office early m the morning to watch Mr. Smith advance Maine South to the next bracket on the schedule on his window.

Spirit is a capacity crowd.

South students filled the stands once at Prospect and twice at Arlington. Tickets were sold out for the Evanston final before 8:00 Friday morning.

Spirit is raising the roof every time the ball goes in the basket. South students did this every time, even during the warmup and when we were getting clobbered.

Spirit is out-cheering Evanston during the trophy presentation despite the fact that we were not "Number 1" at the time. It may be said that Hawk fans put on one of the most fantastic displays of spirit and sportsmanship ever seen in the school's history.

Spirit is crying after the loss to Evanston, as a number of tears were shed, but mixed with chants of "Good luck Evanston", and "We Try Harder."

Schmitz, and John Gavaluck.

Last year, Schmitz did a fine job, hitting .301.

Second and third remain question marks as Jim Emerson, John Holden, Doug Sarcia, or Mike Venson could get the starting call.

Shortstop is definitely nailed down by Henry Perez. While hitting only .263, Perez showed off one of the best gloves in the area last year.

Moving to the outfield, lettermen Ross Rubino, WaUy Gibe or Holden could take the positions with possible help from Mike Tracy or Curt Cade.

Coach Van Proyen figures that the CSL will be rough this year with strong competition coming from Maine West and Niles West. Presently, V a n Proyen picks none other than his own Hawks for their third straight basebaU title.

The Hawks will open up the season a week from next Thursday against East Leyden at East Leyden. From there the Hawks will face Forest View, St. Viator and Maine East.

Spirit is support even after we get beat. About two hundred students gathered by the lockerroom in the back lot after the Evanston game to await the team's return.

The bus had not even rounded the comer when these students

broke into a chant, the same chant which Mr. Van Proyen said gave him the greatest thrill of his life, the same chant that all Maine South students should truly feel.

"We're from MAINE SOUTH —couldn't be prouder."

Enthusiastic Hawk fans say "We're No. One," a well-worn phrase used often at Maine South this year. During last week's sectional tourney, students and teachers alike voiced tremendous support for the Hawks.

the Hawks lost the game early in the first half. The usually hot shooting of the Hawks starting line up, consisting of Tom McClayton, Mike Masoncup, Gary Lange, Jim Schmitz, and Dave Butz, was inconsistent in finding the goal.

Gary Lange could not connect on his turn around jump shot, as he scored only 3 times in 12 attempts. Mike Masoncup's soft jump shot from the top of key, failed to find the basket 70 per cent of the time.

From the charity line, Mike scored three times to give him nine points for the evening. The fifteen percent accuracy of Jim Schmitz from the field, shadowed his fine 88 per cent gunning from the charity stripe.

The combined efforts of Henry Perez and Tom McClayton were far below par, as the two boys could only sink one basket in 9 attempts.

If there was bright spot on the team it would have to be Dave Butz. Dave lead the team in scoring with IS points, hitting on 54 per cent of his shots from the field, but from the chairity stripe Dave connected once in 8 tries. As a team, the Hawks had 16 for 57 for a 28 per cent accuracy. From the line, Maine rippled the cords 63 per cent of the time, sinking 17 out of 27.

Evanston's fine play, contradicted the score book. The Wildcats shot for a dismal 38 per cent from the field, but hit an impressive 70 per cent at the free-throw line. Bob Lackey, all-state candidate, attempted 20 shots and found the range 10 times. Half of his shots, however, came on offensive tips.

The other Wildkits combmed a total of 56 shots scoring on 19 for a percentage of 34.

Another major factor in Friday's defeat was the lack of Hawk rebounding power. Even though the records indicate that the Hawks and WUdkits battled to a stalemate on the boards, the rebounding strength belonged to Evanston.

Despite Friday's loss, no Hawk supporter can ridicule this years team. Behind the excellent coaching of Mr. Bernie Brady and a s s i s t a n t Bob Schmidt, the Hawks closed out the season with an excellent 232 record, the best in Maine Township history.