Vol 5 issue 13

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A r t Fair Displays Students Exceptional Abilities

Entertainment for the A r t F a i r w i l l be provided b y : Back Row, Rich N e a r y ; Deb Davies; M i k e DiSabato; and Bill Bowden. Front Row includes Sue Simpson; Lynn Tinghino. 1/

Animal Farm'' Selected As Drama II Production Cuttings from Spo<ÂŤ River Anthology and Animal Farm will be presented Wednesday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium by the Drama II class in its annual class project. Spoon River Anthology is a series of epitaphs of the dead citizens of a fictional Illinois town called Spoon River. The characters range from Anne Rutledge, sweetheart of Abraham Lincoln, to Willie Metcalf, a fictitious coimtry boy. The students will read the cuttings from scripts so that most of the acting will be in facial expressions. Animal Farm will be presented through a mixed media including slides and music to tie in with the readings. This presentation will be a new addition to the various styles used on the Maine South stage. Tickets for the presentation may be bought from any Drama II student. Ticket prices are S .75 for students and $1.00 for adults. Profits from the show will be used to enrich the drama library with new additional plays by various authors. This year's show will be the third annual presentation by the

Drama II class. The first year the students presented "Claudia" and last year they presented Spoon River Anthology in its entirety.

Volume 5, No. 13

If you want to know how they make all the art work you've seen in the art corridor, come to the Art Fair. On May 24, from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.. Maine South Art Department will hold an Art Fair on the front drive of the school. If the weather does not permit the Fair to be held outside, it will be held in the front hall. There will be no admission charge, but some of the art works wUl be for sale. Other works will just be displayed. Art work done in and out of school will be displayed, but all exhibits will be done by students. The young artists will be at their displays to explain their work and how it was d o n e . There will be a flower conces.sion, and demonstrations of pottery making, material dying, printing and possibly a cariacature artist. Five entertainment acts will be at the Fair. Musical comedy, dance routines and vocal acts will hi};hlight the entertainment, which will be held throughout the entire day. The works were volunteered by the .students, so this will not be a repeat of the Open House. All are invited and urged to come.

Teachers Selected For New Humartities Course In recent weeks many facets of the new humanities course to be offered next year have taken shape.

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

M a y 16, 1969

Stress Put On Communications In Complex Leader Campaigns Cries for communication and leadership as well as proposals concerning beverage machines and meeting dates were a few of the issues in last week's election of ten complex leaders. Elected in C-122 was Mike Ebert, '70. running against Nancy

Wagener, Chuck Russell, Al Harz, Tom Crosby, and Dave Riddle. When campaigning, Mike's proposals included a daily newspaper sold in the bookstore, a beverage machine in the lockerroom, and the replacement of homeroom teachers by students.

Clothing II, III Present 1900 Fashions "You've Come A Long Way Ladies" will be the theme of Clothing II and Ill's Fashion Show to be held May 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. The theme revolves around what women were like, fashion-wise and behavior-wise in the early 1900's as compared to today.

A r t Fair Entertainment includes: Back Row, Emcees Bill Mellberg and Nick Campo. Front Row: John Stagg, Jennie Scarnato, Yetta Matteuro, Joe Stagg.

Clothing III has organized the show. All types of garments from tailored coats and suits to self-designed clothes and even children's clothing will be shown. Clothing II and TIT will model the garments under the guidance of Pam Nystul, a profes-

sional model. Brad Butz will provide organ music. Mr. Chastain and his crew will provide the lighting effects. Refreshments will be provided by Mrs. Lorence and her Foods II class. Everyone is invited to the show. There is no admission charge.

GRA To Hold Awards Night' The Girls Recreation Association held its awards night banquet at AUgauers Restaurant last night. The dinner was held for the GRA, Marlin, Pom Pom, Pep Club Council, and the Maine South Cheerleaders, and was sponsored by GRA. The awards were given on the basis of participation in class teams, all star teams, and winning tournaments teams. There were several special service awards given for the most service given to respective clubs during the year.

New Staff Gains Working Ability

Four models and the clothes they have prepared for tt>e home ec fashion show " Y o u ' v e Come A Long Way, L a d i M " are Linda Haizman, Diane Disylvestro, Chris Baltzer and M a r i l y n Vogler.

Although the masthead has not been revised, this issue of Southwords has been prepared and written by next year's editorial staff and Mr. Beatty's journalism class in order to acquaint Uiem with the many steps involved in publishing the paper.

C-108 chose Luann Moak '71 over Dick Shields. Luann feels that communication between student council and the homerooms is extremely poor. She hopes to remedy this situation by asking C-108's opinions frequently, rather than "telling them what's been decided." Molly Raus. '70, defeated Joy Clark, Paul Peterson, and Cindy Graywin for the position of complex leader in C-140. Molly said, "I didn't make any fantastic promises. 1 just want it to be easier for those in my complex to be involved." Jeff Lee '71 won against Bea Hapeman, Doreen Downer, and Marcy Stankaitis in C-134. Jeff intends to "exert as much influence as an individual can" in the hope of getting "more liberal thinking from the administration" and effectively communicating with the student* through the representatives. In C-101. Donna Cuttone, '70, defeated five members of the class of '71 for the position. Said Donna, "For three years in my homeroom, 1 have never known my complex leader. I want to see that those in C-101 get to know their complex leader, their representatives, that they get their reports and are more informed." John Crosby, '70, defeated three sophomores in C-114 through his campaign for better jobs done by representatives, frequent reports reflecting important council business, and use of the suggestion box. Also successful in his campaign was Chuck Schaefer. '71, in C-125. He was opposed by Bill Griffiths and Bob Grelsing. Chuck would like to see the vice-president of council elected by the student body. The theme of his campaign was "contact with the complex leader and more pcr.sonal involvement for students." Continued in next column.

Frequent meetings of the humanities committee and the results of a questionnaire distributed to all students enrolling in the humanities next year has been instrumental in formulating a tenative outline of this course. It now appears that the topic for discussion in next year's course will be the alleged generation gap, according to Mr. Otto Kohler. chairman of the humanities committee and social science department. This course will focus discussion around the difference between the generation of Maine South students and the generation of their parents, and the different cultural influences that have influenced this change in generalions and been a part of it. The teaching staff for the humanities has also been announced. Mr. Kohler will continue next year as chairman of the humanities committee. Mr. Daniel SUkowski and Mr. Hunt from the English department, Mr. Timothy Little of the social science department, Mr. Gordon McLean of the music department, and Miss Ann Mamett from the art department will teach the humanities next year on a rotational basis with each teacher being present in class one or two days a week. A short summer workshop will be held for the teachers at Maine South sometime this summer. There will be two classes of Humanities next year, each with about fifty students. Class will meet in C-127, the social science lecture hall. Most of the everyday class work of this course will consist of small group discussions. It is hoped that numerous guest lecturers and field trips will be a part of this course. Jack Brown, '70, defeated three opponents in C-147. Jack says that he "made no promises." His major interest is in a complex leader unafraid to communicate, to get up and talk, even to authority. Chris Mahaffey, '71, was successful in his contest against Nick Lyons, Susie Hannibal, and Dick Smaus in C-129. Chris wants to communicate with the students, encourage use of the suggestion box, and see reports posted on the council bulletin board. Scott Peterson, '71, won unopposed in C-103. Scott feels that opinion polls should be counted by the complex leader or the representatives, rather than council, so the leader will know the opinions of his complex. His proposals include the extension of early dismissal to other classmen and the meeting of the upper house on a separate day.


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