Vol 4 issue 3

Student Council Reveals Coming Year's Projects

Volume 4, No. 3

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Maine Township High School South, Park" Ridge, I I I .

October 27,1967

Judy, Beth Named Semifinalists In Americans Abroad Program Juniors Judy Harlan and Beth Onderdonk have been chosen as Maine South's entrants in the American Field Sen'ice Americans Abroad student exchange program.

Judy and Beth were selected from a group of 7 applicants.

To qualify, both candidates had to wTite an essay-autobiography, and participate in extensive family and individual interviewing by the student, faculty, and adult AFS committees in Park Ridge.

The girls* completed applications and questionnaires are now being sent to the New York AFS office to be processed.

Finalists will be notified by April but will not know until the end of May if a home is available for them in another country. Candidates selected for the summer session leave at the end of June.

Judy remarked, "AFS certainly is a wonderful experience for anyone. 1 just wish more kids would be able to participate in this great program." B e t h agreed and added, "The Americans Abroad Program really has a lot of benefits for anyone who could go."

Judy would like to go to France, Belgium, or "some place out of the way," while Beth hopes she may be sent to

Homecoming '67 Breaks Records Maine South's Homecoming 1967 will be remembered as a record breaking event.

Fresh off a 35 to 0 win over Deerfield, the Hawk varsity football team was honored by WLS and the Seven-Up Bottling Company as the Team of the Week.

The Hawks celebrated with 10 touchdowns in their 65 to 0 victory against Glenbrook South.

Homecoming Queen Linda Battaglia reigned over "Valhalla. " the sell-out Homecoming Dance.

The Senior Class float "Maine Hero Sandwiches The Titans" placed first in float competition; the Junior Class float "Maine's Green Giant Beets The Titans, " second; and Pep Club's float "Ben Hur's Hawks Undertake The Titans," third Sigma Omicron Omicron, the Home Ec Club, placed first in the car competition which is new this year with ""Super Snoopy Says "Well Devour 'Em'. "

Council representatives, a n d class officers is included. A new eluded as a guide to away map of the Central Suburban Conference schools is also ingames.

This year's cover, designed by Pat Stelcher "70, is a black and white design of a French telephone.

The directory, prepared by the Public Relations Committee of Student Council, wUl have a reduced price this year. In previous years it has sold for 60 cents, but this year it will go on sale for only 50 cents.

Because of the Girls' Club Senior—Faculty Tea, to be held Tuesday, October 31, it has been decided to postpone the Student Council—Faculty Tea until January 24.

Hippie Halloween Hi jinks Revive A Happy Holiday

Betfi Onderdonk and Judy Harlan have been selected Maine South's Americans Abroad semi-finalist candidates. a Scandinavian country.

Mrs. Mabel L. Harken, sponsor on the AFS faculty board, said, "We had a fine group of candidates this year. I would really like to see a greater number of students apply—there certainly should be more interest among the juniors to become involved in the Americans Abroad Program."

Marlin, Orchesis Clubs Choose New Members Marlin Swim Club and Orchesis Dance Club have selected new members for the 1967-68 season. Miss Butler is the present director of Marlin. Miss Shrout is the director of Orchesis.

New members of Marlin Swim Club include; Val Durham '70, Allyn Ericksen '69. Dcnise Gammel '69, Ann Hammond '71, Mary Jane Hanke '71, Jan Johansen '69, Katie Johnson '71, and Carolyn Kane '68. .Also included are Kris Lund '68, Debbie McConnell '71, Kathy McLennan '69, Chris Seng '69. Gay Simpson '69. Ann Tracy '70,

Among the most recently discussed projects in Student Council are "Clean-up Day," Busy Signal, and the Student CouncilFaculty Tea. "Clean-up Day" will be held Saturday, October 28, starting at 10 a.m. All students are invited and requested to wear red.

The group will meet in front of the library where further instructions will be given as to the route.

The Busy Signal, a complete directory to students names, addresses, and telephone numbers, will go on sale Thursday, November 9. It will be sold during lunch periods outside the cafeterias.

In addition to the directory, information about h o m e r o o m teachers, counselors. Student

Karen Weltzin '70, and Beb Williams '70. Marlin now has 68 members.

There are 44 new Orchesis members this year. New seniors include: Jan Biegler, Jan Carlson, Char Christenson, Cherie Giller, Linda Gunsteens, Marilyn Hauber, Sue Kukla, Lynn Matousek, Bonnie Powell, Ardis Rosiak. and Karen Rusteberg. Juniors who have joined are: Lynet Anderson, Chris Baltzer, Pam Johnson, Nina Musso, Ellen Otto, Jan Weber, Dixie Wood, and Kari Wood.

The sophomores that have become members are: Peggy Allen. Candy Collins, Jean Drnek, Linda Erhardt, Chris Hookanson, Diane Jensen, Gale Jochim, Ginny Kasper, Debbie Kreuz, Kathi Larson, Sara Linquist, Maureen Murphy, Katie Novak, Melanie Pankow, Debbie Phillips, Jean Rogers, and Terie Scnadiff.

Freshmen include: Paula Albright, Sue Aloisio, Sheila Garrity, Wanda Gayner, Debbie Kist, Luann Moak, Tisch Paradowski, and Jean Rueschae.

PTC to Sponsor Fall Open House The Parent-Teacher's Council will hold fall open house November 8, for those last names beginning with A-L, and on November 14, for names beginning with M-Z. The time for both sessions will be 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

Open house is designed to give parents and teachers a chance to discuss progress made by the student. Visits with the teacher should be limited to three minutes.

Teenage GOP To Hold Meeting The newly organized TeenAge Republicans of Maine Township are holding a year-end membership drive.

The next TAR meeting will be Thursday, November 2, at 8 p.m. at the Regular Republican Headquarters, 1566 Miner St., Des Plaines. The featured speaker will be Alderman Elwald Swanson of Des Plaines.

All teens and theii- parents are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. For more details and transportation call Chris Mahaffey at 825-4824.

The Teen-Age Republicans (TAR's) learn the basic fundamentals of grass root politics through active participation.

Choir, Orchestra To Give Concert A Choral-Orchestra Concert, traditionally the first concert of the year, will be presented by the Maine South Music Department on November 5. The concert will be heard in the school auditorium beginning af 3:30 p.m.

"Our students have been working hard to present a fine concert," commented Mr. Lloyd Spear, chairman of the Music Department, "There are many new members of our concert groups this year. All are proving to be worthy of their positions in the organizations."

Soloists to be heard are Linnea Sauter '68, concertmistress; Kay Nordskog '68, 'cellist; and Barb Binder '68, violinist. Kathy Goll '69 will present the Boccherini Flute Concerto with string orchestra accompaniment.

Mr. Irwin Bell, director of the Concert Choir, has announced that the choir wiU feature "The Creation" by Richter and the Wilhousky arangemernt of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Mr. Bell pointed out that the latter is a most stirring arrangement of one of our classic American numbers.

Students will be admitted to the concert on ID cards. Teachers and staff may use their Music Department passes.

This is one way to get food without w o r k !

For a long time I've wanted to be a hippie. No, not the regular kind that just dresses unusually and talks funny, but a real hippie. My problem is that my mommie won't let me.

However, Halloween is coming up, and then no one will be able to say I can't dress up any way I want.

How could they say anything?

With all those kids dressed up like witches, devils, angels, clowns, and robots, what is wrong with dressing up like a hippie?

To begin with, I've got my costume all picked out. I'm gonna wear a long, stringy, black, mop-head over my own hair. In it I'm gonna wear yellow and black ribbons with little jungle bells on the ends.

My mini-dress matches the color of my "fall." My beads, the international sign of hippies, reach way down below the dress, they almost touch my knees when doubled over. I've also got brown stockings to wear in case it should get cold out.

We (my friends and I) got the idea to carry psychadelic signs, wear polka dot buttons,

TV Show Taping Set for Ocf. 28 The first taping of It's Academic will take place on Saturday, October 28 at 1:30 p.m. in the WMAQ television studio.

Maine South, represented by regulars Gary Johnson '68, Tom Whitson '68, and Randy Mc Clure '68, will play Brother Rice and Homewood Flossmore high schools.

The winning team will return Sunday, October 29, for a second taping against two other schools.

and carry trick-or-treat bags with LSD painted in gold.

Eight of us are going hippie for that night, except Glenn. He wants to go as Twiggy.

NU Institute Has Open House Northwestern University's engineering school, the Technological Institute, will hold its annual open house for high school science students, teachers, and parents Thursday, November 16, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Mr. John E. Jacobs, professor of electrical engineering and engineering sciences and executive director of Northwestern's Bio-Medical Engineering Center, will give the opening address.

Mr. Jacobs will discuss "The Challenge of Bio-Medical Engineering" at 7:30 p.m. in the Technological Institute auditorium. His talk will cover the development of instrumentation and systems for improved medical diagnosis and patient care.

Purpose of the open house, in addition to acquainting engineering-minded students and teachers with the Institute's facilities, is to help them understand how undergraduate and graduate engineering students are educated.

Counselors also will be available to discuss a program of cooperative education which enables engineering students to supplement classroom study with work experience in Chicago-area industrial organization.

Student members of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary fraternity, will be on hand to acquaint students with aspects of engineering education and university living.

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October 27, 1967

Cast of 'Anne Frank' Creates Superb Drama Pulsating with the peak of human emotions in every act, The Diary of Anne Frank is not a play which one can view and then forget, llie stirring performances given by each of the cast members hold the audience entranced until the lights dim for the last time on the arena stage.

Wayne Miller's portrayal of Mr. Frank is filled with realism and warmth. The audience views a man who, in spite of all the tension caused by the war, still has the courage and understanding to carry his family through two long, unbearable years of hiding. The first scene in which Mr. Frank revisits his family's former hiding place and relives sad memories is an especially stirring one.

Sensitivity and freshness mark Carla deck's performance as Anne Frank. The play abounds with her fine talents in portraying a young girl trying to understand herself and the world during "one of the most shameful chapters in the history of mankind."

The roles of Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Van Daan are also realistically and competency portrayed. Their portrayal of women much older than themselves is outstanding.

Both Kay Lewis as Mrs. Frank—the frustrated mother and loving wife who would rather suffer herself Uian see her children suffer—and Nancy Hall as Mrs.

Van Daan—a woman obsessed with the material things in life—should be commended for their realistic performances.

Kay's portrayal of Mrs. Frank as she tries to communicate with and comfort her terrified daughter is deeply moving. The scene in which Nancy, as Mrs. Van Daan, elaborately describes the gay social life of her youth, adds a humorous note which reUeves some of the tension in the tight drama.

The audience identifies with the character Peter Van Daan, portrayed by Dave Chastain—a boy who struggles to overcome his shyness and mature into a man.

Marilyn Hauber is excellent in her role as Margot, a yoimg woman who keeps to herself all of her inner feelings during the ordeal.

Marty Bussert aptly portrays the mannerisms and personality of the dentist Mr. Dussel. The audience dislikes Mr. Dussel for his selfish ways, but at the same time respects him as one of a group of people under great tension during a difficult time.

A man whose hunger drives him to do desperate things—this is the role realistically portrayed by Larry Getz as Mr. Van Daan. The audience feels no hatred, but only pity for this man.

The Diary of Anne Frank closes Saturday night to its sixth full house audience—a fine tribute to the hard working and highly talented cast.

South Plans Additional Buildings No relief is in sight this year for overcrowded halls and classes, but conditions will be better

for the underclassmen and younger brothers and sisters perhaps as early as next year.

Proposed additions to Maine South include: (A) three floors of classrooms to be added to the A-Wing, (B and C) a p r i n t shop and wood shop, (D) a cafeteria, and (E) physical education facilities.

Tentative building plans are now in the working drawing stage, according to Dr. Clyde K. Watson. These proposed additions will help to relieve the congestion in classrooms and halls. Construction should begin late this spring.

Classrooms in the A-wing, with possibly another walk to the A-building; another wood shop and a print shop; additional physical education facilities; and a new cafeteria will be added to the school.

The two existing 250-seat cafeterias will be replaced by one cafeteria which will seat 600.

The old cafeterias will be turned into homerooms.

Though additions will not be completed for September, 1968.

Maine will not be on an ll-period day next year as was previously thought. The nine-period day will be kept.

When additions are completed.

Dr. Watson anticipates that we will return to an eight-period day with 45-minute periods.

" A r e you going to let them drag us off to a concentration c a m p ? " M r s . Van Daan pleads w i t h her husband to buy off the green police as her son Peter comes to her assistance. F r o m left to right, Larry Getz, Nancy H a l l , and John Welzenbach.

T r i c k or T r e a t ? "

South Students Relive Wonderful Summer in France "It just didn't seem real to be speaking French all the time!" said Sue Grainger '68, one of the South students who attended the French Abroad program last summer.

Before leaving for Europe, the eighteen students going on the trip spent a two-week orientation period at Maine South learning basic French ideas, everyday conversation, r u l e s , wines, food, currency, and what to do on certain occasions. Mr. Paul Griffith, a Maine South

No Voices Heard

By Kay Nordskog '68 A poor deaf boy crossed my path, and I was glad I could hear.

A small blind girl crossed my path, and I thanked the Lord for my eyes.

But things were different in another place.

The band played; no voices were heard.

The band played; only rowdies were seen.

As the National Anthem remained unseen, unheard, unnoticed.

French teacher who taught the three-hour cour.se, was the trip sponsor.

The eighteen from M a i n e South, Maine East, Maine West, and Mather High Schools joined 250 other students, also going to Europe for the summer, on the plane. They left July 8 at 3:15 a.m., when the plane was scheduled to leave at 10 p.m.

Beginning their six-week trip, the students spent five days in London, where they visited such sites as Stratford-on-Avon, Oxford College, Windsor Castle, and viewed a Shakespearean play. "The countryside was beautiful, and just what you would imagine," commented Lee Brainerd '68, another of the South students on the trip.

Following their stay in London, the group flew to Brittany, a large province in the north of France, where they stayed at Quimper for four weeks. "The town itself was very old-fash ioned, but the school we attended was modem in comparison. Quimper had a few modem stores and a small square.

On Wednesday and Saturday, market days, fruit, flowers, and other specialties were sold," explained Sue Grainger.

Classes were held only in the mornings, and only French was spoken. The dormitory in the town was the home of the students for their stay.

Students from Maine South who went on the French Abroad trip include: Donna Tagge '68, Nancy Wohlers '68. Sandy Lee '68, Pat Konopka '68. Karen Santino '68, Laura Laughlin '68.

Gretchen Van Natta '68, Georgene Gray '68, Leslie Moak '68, Sue Grainger '68, and Lee Brainerd '68. Mr. Paul Griffith and Mrs. Strybel were the adult chaperones for the trip.

"Classes in France were very different in both the teachers and the methods of teaching," stated Nancy Wohlers. "The students are required to learn what happened and the spirit of what happened, rather than how or when the event occurred," she continued.

Said Sue Grainger about their stay, "There was always something to do!" During the stay in Quimper. the Fete de Cournouaille was held. There were parades and dancing in the streets. People from all the surrounding villages came to Quimper in their native costumes for

the festival.

The first excursion the group took was to Mount Saint Michel and Saint Malo. The second weekend excursion was to the Loire Valley. Stated N a n c y Wohlers, ""This impressed me the most." The group visited fifteen castles—each with its own unique story. One of the castles was Chenenceau, built over the river, as a type of fortress, by Henry VIII. Chambord, another of the castles visited, was like, "a fairyland," according to Lee Brainerd. "We visited it at night, and we sat on the lawn about one-half mile away." Lee continued. There was a show with lights and a man's voice which told a story.

We saw 'Sleeping Beauty'."

Other sights visited by the French Abroad group included Madame Trousseau's Wax Museum, Napolean's tomb, Le Mans racetrack, Montmartre. Latin Quarter, and the Eiffel Tower.

The one thing that impressed Lee Brainerd most was Carnac.

'This is the Stonehenge of France. Its big rocks created a moody atmosphre. and it was raining the day we saw it, anyway," said Lee.

During their stay in Quimper, the students had to be in at 10 p.m., and, according to Leslie Moak, "There is nothing much to do after 10, anyway." Leslie continued, "Most of the teenagers in Quimper go around in groups instead of dating. For dates they to to the sidewalk cafes or just walk."

Southwords The oHiria) studenl newspaper o( Maine Township High SouUi. Park Ridge. nUnois. Written and edited bl-ueekt; b> studenls o( the high school. Subscriptions included with activity tirlcet or purchased separately at « per year.

Editorin-chiei Sue Moore News Editor Wendy Carlsen Keatures EdUor Nancy Petersen Sports Editor Jim CDonnell Copy Editor .

Cheryl Travers Art Editor AUyn Ericksen Assistant Editors ..

Sue Hendricks.

Sarah Penny Reporters Lisa CasUe. Karen Oood. Phyllis Eliret. BiU Griifith. Pat Kokonas. Cathy Mahrey. Jim Niemann, Ramsey Stade. Dale Trischan, Betsey Ulvllden, Deb Verlench.

Cartoonists Steve Trytten, Pat Stelcher Photographers Ralph Barzditis, .^d)' Ekman. John Richmond, Joel Shelton.

Student New < Bureau Editor Cyndle Sterrett Atfvtnr Mr. Kenneth Beatty

October 27, 1967

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It Isn't Every Day You Get To Be Queen!

Homecoming Queen Linda Battaglia and her escort Henry Perez from the first announcement of tfie queen to the triumphant tour of the stadium.

Honor Scholars Sponsor Tutors National Honor Society is again sponsoring a tutoring program for students having difficulty in academic subjects.

Students desiring a tutor should contact their counselor, Miss Freeman in the personnel office, or Chris Eide '68, tutoring chairman.

'Ides of March' To Play at Dance The Ides of March will be featured at a dance sponsored by the Senior Class Friday, November 10, at 8 p.m. in the spectator gym. Casual dress is appropriate. Girls may wear slacks.

First place float, sponsored by the senior class, was " M a i n e Hero Sar>dwiches the T i t a n s . "

WLS disc jockey A r t Roberts (right) presents Dr. Clyde K. Watson, principal, with plaque designating the varsity football team as " H i g h School Football Team of the Week."

That Cherished Phenomenon-The School Bus Morning Panic

By Deb Verlench '69 A battered yellow and green institution arrives morning after morning to pick students up for school. This vehicle is known as "OLD FAITHFUL" the school bus. Unfortunately, the bus never seems to arrive during rain, sleet, or snow.

Riding the bus is a life or death matter—con.sidcr yourself gifted in the art of bus riding fi you get to school in one piece.

Boarding is the first detail of our joyous journey. There are a variety of bus drivers; mean ones and really mean ones. The mean drivers are those who see you off in the distance and pull away. The really mean ones are subtle and crafty. They see you way off in the distance and they sit and wait until you reach the first step then drive off merrily down the street.

After boarding the bus, they cry; "Move to the back!" Moving to the back is like running the gauntlet. . .and is attempted only by the very brave. Only the brave can make it through the shower of trips, kicks, pushes, and screams.

Since 99 per cent of the riders stand and the other one per cent save seats for non-e x i s t c n t friends, ventilation goes from bad to worse as the trip progresses. The people in the seats by the window naturally do not want the air to rush in on them.

Each stop and turn executed by our skilled friend the bus driver, throws panic into hysteria. After picking yourself up off the floor in a nonchalant—so

what, it happens to everybody— manner, an oath of pure blasphemy hits the air.

Breakneck Bennie and Turtle Tom seem to be the two main types of bus drivers. Riding with either kind is an experience.

Bennie rips down the road with his side plates flapping and his rattle roaring. The bus shrieking to a halt, the driver turns to yell. "How many times do I have to tell you kids to .MOVE

TO THE BACK OF THE BUS!" He just cannot understand why everyone is plastered to the window.

With Turtle Tom, you needn't worry about arriving at school in one piece, yoc will be lucky if you get to school by 3:40 p.m.

Tom slows down about fifty feet in front of the stop, and slowly inches his way to a halt.

Of course, there are calm days when the bus arrives ex-

actly on time instead of fifteen minutes early or three hours late. Getting on the bus remains uneventful in that the driver does not make a "mistake" and punch the ticket twice.

There is only one thing wrong with it, you are on time for the first time since anyone can remember. Walking into first period class, you are greeted with the exclamation, "Why Johnny, you are here today. Just in time for our test on the last three units."

Aft-ernoon Crowd

I hear the PO is giving purple hearts for wounds suffered in bus combat.

By Cathy Mabrey '69 Take, for instance, a typical afternoon on my bus route.

There are two freshmen who sit near the front of the bus.

One munches noisely on apples while the other flirts with a sophomore boy who sits in the next seat behind the girls.

Since sophomore boys are so "cool", he pretends he doesn't know she's even talking to him.

His buddy stares out the window and talks to himself.

In the next two seats there is always a heated high-staked poker game going on between four boys. Naturally, there is an argument going on, too.

A letterraan senior gets on and deposits his fare in the meter— 25 pennies.

Two juniors sit in the seat in front of me, with a magic marker. They write their names, play tic-tac-toe, and do first grade scribbling on the back of the seat in front of them.

Another junior takes out his camera and takes pictures as he goes up and down the aisle

before the bus gets too crowded.

A member of the band gets on, blasting his kazoo. The bus driver grabs it every day usually wanting to fling it out the window.

The black-jacketed, 1 o n ghaired pair who sit behind me smoke their first cigarettes since ninth period on the bus. For fear the bus driver will smell the smoke, they open the windows.

It makes no difference if it is raining, or that everyone else is sneezing because of the cold air, or coughing because of the cloud of smoke coming from the back of the bus.

By this time the racket, smoke clouds, and smell of various I)erfumes, after-shaves, deodorants, and lack of deodorants begins to make life unbearable.

One of our flower children sticks his head out of the window. This afternoon he was calling on Zeus to come and save the flowers from the raindrops.

Our other flower child stands on the back seat and shrieks her home written poetry. She calls for liberty, love, pot, and Old Town.

The girls sitting behind the bus driver giggle loudly, only adding to the mass confusion and the bus driver's headache.

Another freshman girl has her transistor radio turned on fullblast to WCFL. "How can I get WGN?" she asks daily, barely audible above the din.

The driver stops at my comer; I shove my way to the door through another series of trips, kicks, pushes, and screams; and breathing fresh air at last, limp off to dinner, homework, and the idiot box.

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October 27, 1967

Cridders Face Spartans Hawk fans will get their last chance to see the mighty Maine South varsity in red tonight. The Hawks will face the Glenbrook North Spartans in the last home game of the season.

With only two games left, the Hawks boast a fine 5-0 conference record, which puts them in undisputed control of first place.

Niles West is second with a 4-1 record, and Maine West is third at 3-1-1.

Glenbrook North is tied for the cellar with Glenbrook South with a 0-4-1 mark. TTiat one tie was with Maine West, the team that almost ruined the Hawks' undefeated record.

In that Glenbrook-Maine West game, the Spartans lost several key players. It is expected that these players will be back in action for tonight's game, so the Spartans could be a better team than their lowly record shows.

Mr. Nyren, head varsity coach, explained that the Spartans display a well-balanced offensive assault. He pointed out that they have good speed along with a fine passing attack.

As a result of the amazing success of the Hawk offense, it is very easy to overlook the consistently fine performances turned in by the defensive squad.

While the defense rolled up

touchdown after touchdown in the last two weeks, the defense had not allowed the opposition to cross the goal line. Neither Deerfield or Glenbrook South even came close to scoring.

In last week's 65 to 0 rout over Glenbrook South, the Titan offense chalked up a grand total of four yards in the second half.

Time and time again, the defense has shown rugged determination. They have stopped the opposition on the plays that really counted. In six games, the opposition has mustered only six points. This is an average of a little over four points a game.

The defense has had no real standouts. Some players have played better on certain days, but on the whole, the defense has played as a solid and efficient unit.

As for a spectator interest goes, however, it has been the offense that has thrilled fans for the last six weeks. It is often said that it is the offense that wins ball games. The defense can only keep the opposition from winning.

Needless to say, Tom Spolts has been the offensive workhorse. He has carried for over 200 yards several times in the past weeks. In addition, Spotts leads the conference in points scored with 84.

The Hawks have found that their greatest offensive weapon is their Green Bay type power sweep.

Mr. Nyi'en stated that this is the one play that the Hawks work on most. He pointed out that a number of players must do their jobs well in order for the sweep to succeed.

What the sweep amounts to is that the ball is handed off or pitched out to Spotts, who then cuts around the right side behind a wave of blockers.

Tight end John Holden and wing back Dave McGuire provide the needed outside blocking. The fullback, either Glen Larson or Tom Tetlow, actually leads the blocking on the flank.

These men are helped further by guards Dave Niller and Mike Plessner who pull from their positions on either side of the center.

Coach Nyren added that Spotts does not come streaking around the end in hopes of just finding a hole. He picks out his hole, often cuts to the inside, and then uses the Green Bay philosophy of "run to daylight."

Optimistically, Coach Nyren predicted that the Hawks are almost a sure shot for the conference championship. He did say, however, that overconfidence can at any time beat a team, so the Hawks will still play their sure, hard game.

Sophs Find First Season Win; Defensive Squad Performs Well Mr. Lou Gartner's sophomore football squad won their first game of the season last Saturday to help the Maine South Hawks celebrate their homecoming in fine style. The Hawks took on the Glenbrook South Titans and won the game with a final score of 20 to 7.

Although this is the soph's first victory, all of the games have been close. The Hawks have lost all the games by just one touchdown or less, and have been plagued by the bad breaks that can make or break a successful season.

As usual, the sophomore squad is big on defense. Mr. Gartner has a reputation through out the conference for building a fine defensive club, and as a prime example of this, we can go back two years when the majority of the varsity squad of this year's team were sophomores.

This years squad is a noted defensive team, allowing only an average of 5 points to be scored against them on the varsity level. As sophomores, however, the defense shut out each team they played, and the team as a whole only allowed two

touchdowns to be scored against them all season. One touchdown came on a punt return, so the defensive unit was not on the field at the time.

This year's sophomores were hindered by the loss of big John Garcia. John was the Hawks defensive leader and kept the defense on their toes, as well as leading the unit in tackles and stopping runners at the line.

The loss of John will be one that this year's Hawks will feel for a long time, because he was their defensive standout.

John's place as defensive leader has been taken by Tom Allendorf, who has been outstanding in each of the games so far this year. Tom's jersey number is 66, so that will be the one to watch on defense next week before the varsity game against Glenbrook North.

Offense is led by quarterback Dennis M alloy and r u n n i n g back Danny Calamari. Both of these players have been the key to the Hawks gaining, or coming close to gaining the necessary yardage for many first downs. Calamari is a runner noted for his second effort. Just because Dan is hit does not

Is it a bird? 1$ it a plana? Nol It is the sophomore class float looking over the action. Unlike the football team, the float did not win although many sophomores thought it should have.

necessarily mean that he will fall, or that he will give up and stop running.

The Hawks will now go on to face Glenbrook North tonight and next week will close out their season at Niles North.

If this team starts to work together and they get a few breaks, instead of giving a few, they could turn into one of Mr. Gartner's famous w i n n i n g teams, so tlioy hope to finish out the season strong with wins against these two schools.

Tom SpoTTs breaks another tackle for a long gainer.

Junior Varsity Wins 4 2 - 0 The Maine South JV football team continued on the way to the end of a successful season this week by defeating the Glenbrook North Titans by the score of 42 to 0, and this was the Hawks fourth win against two losses, with two games left in the schedule.

The rout against Glenbrook South began when Mike Janesch ran the ball 32-yards for the score and Dave Larsen ran over the extra point. The scoring in the first quarter continued a few minutes later when Jim Cantonis hit Jim Benda for a 55 yard pass play that netted the Hawks another six points. Cantonis ran the conversion over and the score at the close of the second quarter was 14 to 0.

Dave Larsen added six points to his scoring total this year when he carried the ball over for a score in the second quarter. Schuessler finished off the first half scoring with the extra point, and as the Hawks broke for the half lime, the score was 21 to 0.

After the half time break, Jim Cantonis put the Hawks back on the scoring path with an eight yard run that was added to by Dave Larsen when he added the extra point. This was the Hawk's only score during the third quarter, so they

went into the last 12 minutes of play leading 28 to 0.

The fourth quarter saw Jim Benda, who had scored on a Cantonis pass, pick off a Glenbrook pass and return the ball 30 yards for the score. Cantonis then added the e.xtra point with a run, and the score was up to 35 to 0.

The last score of the game came when Schuessler added the last six points with a 24yard run. Steve Ryan came in to add the extra point, and the Hawks left the field with a 42 to 0 victory under their belts.

So far the Hawks have had a strong defensive team as well as a fine running game. With Cantonis in at quarterback, the opposition can expect either a pass thrown with accuracy or a run. Cantonis is very speedy, as is shown by his track appearances of last year.

The Hawks will face their next opponent on next Saturday when they face Glenbrook North at Glenbrook North. The game will take place at 9:30 in the morning and will be the little Hawks last away game.

The Hawks will close out the 1967 season against Niles North at home on Friday November 3.

The game will start at 3:30 and will see how the Hawks finish off the season.

Harriers Come In Second Out Fine Season To CI The Maine South varsity cross-country squad saw its hopes for a conference championship vanish when the Hawks finished a dismal fourth in the conference meet last Saturday.

Maine West, scoring 32 points, literally ran off with the meet and sole possession of the conference title. Two other schools which South had trounced in dual meets. New Trier West and Niles West, also outscored Maine.

This meet, which was equivalent in importance to the entire season of dual meets, thus placed Maine Sourh second in conference.

Prior to the conference meet, the Harriers kept intact their clean slate in dual meets when they crushed Glenbrook North, 15-47, and then defeated Niles North, 22-38.

Although the varsity will be hurt by the loss of such athletes as Sherman, Seclig, and McGuire, oUier teams will suffer even more damage due to graduation, including all of the "number 1" men.

In addition to retaining the junior and three sophomores who ran in the conference meet, the Harriers will be reinforced by five other junior Icttermen including Frank Parise, Bruce

Conrad, Dave Bauman, Tom Udischas and Doug Sarcia. Also, an excellent crop of sophomores and freshmen will be around to insure a winning tradition.

Mike Murzyn, who was a potential varsity lettcrman until he suffered a leg injury early in the season, recovered in fine fashion by taking eighth in the sophomore conference meet.

Other future assets to next year's team are Joe Mantione, Gary Kemp, Bill Reinhardt, and Greg Schmelzer, sophomores who have really come into their own in filling in for the top four sophomores lost to the varsity and to injuries.

Even the four freshmen who paced South in the sophomore conference meet, Jim Walley, Mike Mountain, Kelly Murphy, and Holly Juell, are potential varsity material as underclassmen.

Today, the frosh-soph squad runs in three races in the Niles West Invitational, and for the first time this season, both the sophomore and freshmen levels will be at full strength.

With all the conference schools at this meet, this year's freshmen and sophomores will demonstrate to what extent they will dominate the future crosscountry picture.

However, it will take the full-

est efforts of the best talent produced in the future to duplicate the achievements of the three top senior runners, Jim Sherman, Don Seelig, and Randy McClure. Jim was definitely the most valuable runner this season as he has always figured near the top of the scoring in all South meets, and has only been beaten by a few of the "number 1" men of other teams.

His efforts, along with those of his teammates, have shown just how limited the value of the one outstanding runner is.

Don Seelig has been another fine runner and a consistant high scorer. Towards the end of the season he has threatened to take the number one position away from Sherman.

Randy McClure, after getting off to a slow start at the beginning of the season, came through in the clutch against Prospect and has run consistantly well since then. All of these men have had three years of varsity experience, and therefore are very hard to replace.

The last meet of the year will be the District Meet tomorrow morning.

In it, Maine South will be vying with 25 other schools including such powers as New Trier East, Arlington, York, and Maine West.