This year's Homecoming Queen candidates are f r o m I. to r. Dotty Zitzler, Pat Lokay, Anna M a r i e Verger, Sally Ephland, Limta Smith, Valerie Bruhn, Narda Greising, Linda Battaglia, Bev Chapin, and Kathy Paschen.
Parade, Queen, Game to Climax Homecoming Homecoming begins again this year with Homecoming Oueen Queen Nominations on October October U. On October 16, the entire school will meet in the spectator gym for the Homecoming .Assembly. Voting will take place in homeroom on October 17. From October 16 to 20 floats will be built by the various classes. Homecoming will culminate on Saturday, October 21, beginning with the parade, the game against Glenbrook South, and ending with the Homecoming Dance.
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Queen Nominations will take place in homeroom on October 11. A .studpnt can r a n nnominate o m i n a t p any anv A student senior girl. After nominations close, each homeroom will then vote on the nomineess. Each homeroom will submit one candidate, by majority vote. To make the ballot, a senior girl must be nominated by two different homerooms. On October 16, the following Monday, the Homecoming Assembly will meet in the spectator gym from 8:10 to 9:10. Dr. Richard Short, superintendent of schools, will be the main
speaker. Homecoming candidates will be introduced. Vntin? nlacp in Voting will will fakf> take place homeroom on Tuesday, October 17. Cards will be passed out and each student will put the number of his choice on it. This year there will be two classes of comp>etition in the parade. One class includes the class and Pep Club floats. The other class will include decorated cars sponsored by the other school clubs. Class floats will be built from October 16 to 20. On Monday, T u e s d a y , Wednesday, and
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Thursday floats will wiU be built from 4-7:30 p.m. On Friday, October thpv will will be hp hiiilt October 20 20, they built from 4-10 p.m. Floats will be built at the following places: Senior Class at Jayne Boyle's home at 803 S. Western; Junior Class at Gay Linke's home at 1001 Broadway; Sophomore Class at Jim Petrick's home at 1104 S. Aldine; and Freshman Class at Kris Roser's home at 816 S. Hamlin. Saturday, October 21, Homecoming Day, will begin with the parade at 9 a.m. The floats, band. Pom Pom squad and enthusiastic spectators will start at Roosevelt School and finish at Maine East for the game. The Parade will proceed north on Prospect Avenue, past the City Hall to the viaduct, and then down Prairie Avenue. The game will begin against the Titans of Glenbrook South
Open Meeting Examines SC Purpose, Organization
Nine South Seniors Named Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
On Monday, October 2, the Student Council evaluation and constitutional amendment meeting was held in lecture hall C145.
Nine seniors, Scott Bremer, Michael Cunningham, Susan Duzyniski, Georgene Gray, Gary T. Johnson, Deborah La Dolce, Susan Peavoy. Geoff Priest and Tom Whitson have been named as Semi-finalists in the 1967-68 Merit Scholarship Competition. The Semifinalists are t h e highest scoring students in Illinois on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, administered last February. "The Semifinalists are young people of high intellectual potential," according to John M. Stalnaker, president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. "From this group will come the future leaders of business, industry, and the professions." Fourteen thousand Semifinalists appointed across the nation have advanced to the second step in the competition for about 2,900 Merit Scholarships valued at more than eight million dollars. The Semifinalists scored in the upper one per cent of the graduating secondary school seniors in the nation. "These students deserve credit and honor. They have put forth the effort to develop their abilities and to attain academic success. They bring honor to their families, who deserve much credit, as do their teachers and communities. Their future success, however, will depend increasingly upon their ability to become productive at the high intellectual levels of which they are capable," said Mr. Stalnaker. The semifinalisis may become finalists by receiving the endorsement of their schools, taking a second examination, and submitting information about their achievements and interests. All Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from the finalist group. Every Semifinalist who becomes a finalist will be consid-
Student Council treasurer, Cyndie Board, started off the meeting by reading the two corrected purposes of Council: to act as a link of communication and understanding among the faculty, administration, community, and student body; and also to draw up with the administration's approval the school rules for the betterment of the students and the school.
NMSQT semi-finalists are M i k e Cunningham, Georgene Gray, Geoff Priest, Sue Peavoy, Gary T. Johnson, Sue Duzynski, Debbie LaDolce, and Scott Bremer. Not pictured is Tom Whitson.
ered for one of about two thousand four hundred four year Merit Scholarships. Some four hundred corporations, foundations, colleges, unions, trusts, professional associations, other organizations, as well as individuals, and NMSC will finance the scholarships. Furthermore, about five-hundred one-time National Merit one thousand dollar scholarships will be awarded upon college enrollment for the first time in the annual program. Winners of four-year Merit Scholarships may receive up to $1,500 a year for four undergraduate years of college, depending upon their individual need. Letters of Commendation honoring students for their high performance on the 1967 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test have been awarded to 32 students at Maine South, Dr. Clyde K. Watson has announced. Those named Commended students are: James Altman, Larry Bamhart, Wendy Carlsen, Linda Carney, Robert Debolt, Jonathan Dehner, Fred Fritz, Sue Grainger, Linda Gray, Cathy Haban, Debbie Hannibal, Michael Hardin, Beverly Hoff-
man, Diana Kloga, Mary Kristmann, Stephen Lielz, Pat Ludwig, Dennis Lundgren, Catherine McMullen, Wayne Miller, Paul Mitchell, Sue Nagel, Nancy Petersen, Robert Shannon, William Skibbe, Sharon S m a h a, Dale Sopocy, Peter Swinnerton, David Swilzer, Peggy S. Teevan, Cheryl Travers, and Gretchen Van Natta. They are among 40,000 students in the United States who scored in the upper two percent of those who will graduate from high school in 1968. The Commended students rank just below the 14,000 Semifinalists. The Commended Students, names are reported to other scholarship granting agencies and to the colleges they named as their first and second choices at the time they took the NMSQT. The reports include home addresses, test scores, anticipated college majors and career intentions of the Commended students. Students chosen as Finalists will be announced by early May, 1968. In the twelve annual programs to dale, more than 15,900 students have received Merit Scholarships.
at noon. At the half-time of th< the float football game, the winning floats and a r s , and Homecomini and ccars, and thp the Homecoming Queen will be announced. This year a few hundred red, black, and white helium balloons were ordered for the game. At a designated time the spectators will release them showing a sky full of colors. That night. Homecoming will end with a celebration dance at 8:00 p.m. in the spectator gym. "Valhalla" which is the heaven for heroes of Norse mytholology, win be the theme for the Homecoming Dance. The spectator gym will be transformed into a heaven for the occasion. The Mayfairs will play. Sunday dress is appropriate. On Monday, October 16, tickets will go on sale outside the cafeteria. The price is $2 per couple.
The discussion that followed concluded that Student Council cannot make rules for the school and that council is an organization in which students receive leadership training. The next order of business covered the election of representatives. The five corrections include: Lower house representatives are elected from each of the classes, by the class as a whole; the total number is one student from each class per complex; each representative has one vote except when he is required to vote as his homeroom delegate; representatives are appointed to represent the homeroom by the vice-president; and finally, all candidates for membership in the Lower house must not have failed a year or more of high school â&#x20AC;&#x201D; exceptions will be made by the executive board in cases where failure was not a result of poor scholarship. The discussion which followed centered on the question how proper leadership and not just popularity could be attained in Student Council. Another point of discussion was how a relatively unknown freshman can run for council and be elected. The suggestion was made that the freshman representatives be elected at the junior high level. In this case the number of reprsentatives would be in direct proportion to the number of eighth grade students in the
school, allowing a certain number of students from out of the district to be elected. Because of several past disputes it was thought to be a good idea that the Student Council constitution be included on the Student Handbook. Next, the election of Upper House representatives was discussed. The three corrections in the section included: the total number of upper house representatives is one per complex; Upper House representatives are elected by the complex and must be a junior or senior during their term of office; and all candidates must have a grade average of 2.5 or better and must not have failed a year or more of high school. Many students disagreed with the grade average requirement and thought that if a student is interested in running for office he should be permitted to regardless of average. In most cases, students with rather poor grades do not care to run for office. General discussion concluded that the constitution is constantly being amended and corrected in order to produce a well-developed and all inclusive prodduct.
Girl's Club Tea To Honor Faculty The annual Senior-Faculty Tea, sponsored by Girls' Club, has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 31. Every senior girl can invite her favorite teacher or other member of the faculty to attend with her as her guest. This year's theme will be "FoUow the Yellow Brick Road" from the Wizard of Or. Following the dessert in the cafeteria senior girls and their guests will go to the auditorium for a program presented by senior girls. Tickets will go on sale Monday, October 23, during all lunch periods outside the cafeteria.