Maine's 'Academic' Squad Fights For High Standing Monday, November 16, John Ongman, Richard Hyde, and Guy Riddle represented Maine South on the television program "It's Academic". This was a taping which will be shown on February 15, 1969. Their opponents were Aurora West, and Elmwood Park in the tough contest of intuition and recall.
"It's Academic" team pauses a moment for a picture. Top row: I. to r.: Rich Hyde, Guy Riddle, and John Ongman. Seated I. to r. are the three alternates, John Gilles, Joy Schaefer, Brian Priest and Mr. Daniel Silkowski, sponsor.
According to Mr. Silkowski, the coach, "It is a matter of instant recall, rather than basic knowledge. It is not a matter of how much you know but how fast you can get it out." "Intuition and figuring out which way the questions are go-
ing to end are also a great deal of it. That day none of us seemed to be clicking. Some days you can and then other days you just can't," said John Ongman, the captain of the team. The team was accompanied by nine other students, their parents, and Mr. Silkowski. John thanked the cheering section that came with them. "Even though it was small in comparison to the other school's representives, they really cheered them on," he stated. Brian Priest, John Gilles, and Joy Schaefer were the alternates of the team.
WMTH Radio Entertains on SS,5 Mondays and Wednesdays at 4 p,m. On Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. WMTH radio, 88.5 fm, broadcasts regularly from Maine South. The radio-television classes prepare all material for these shows. The one hour shows are prepared on an individual basis or collectively. The content of the broadcasts concerns a wide variety of subject matter. Programs this year have included a promotion for David and Lisa by C h u c k Jackson, a series of exploratory programs on jazz, blues, and white soul by John Richmond, Jim Lemon and Terry Dalton. Interviews with prominent people have been featured. Representatives Juckett and Warman spent an hour discussing current election issues with Chris Mahaffey, while Jeff Holman talked with Ron Bull of the Chicago Bears. Most of the shows feature something close to Youth whether it be music or personality. Greg Kinkade explored the "new youth" on his show, while Nancy Hall featured "The Best of Chad and Jeremy." There are two classes of radiotelevision at Maine South, a total of 36 students. These students, with the help of various staff heads, handle all Maine South broadcasts. John Domcns, Jim Stinson, and Chuck Jackson, head the Engineering committee. "The responsibilities of the engineer are tremendous. He must tape all shows, then engineer both here and at Maine East, and handle all technical aspects of the radio production. And if anything goes wrong. . . .well, we'd rather not talk about that," said Chuck. The music staff headed by Barb McWilliams and John Richmond keep files and catalogues of all records owned by the WMTH music library. They assist students in obtaining music for all types of programs. Norene Friedman and Mary Zielinski, publicity heads, have worked out several publicity campaigns that they intend to introduce in the future. Their aim is to have publicity on every show intensified. Shows are advertised in the bulletin, by posters and in Southwords. Mary and Norene will work closely with R o g e r , Debbie, and Howard in publicizing basketball and pre-game shows. Maine South will broadcast six basketball games: Jan. 10, 24, and 31, and Feb. 1, 7, and 15. WMTH will broadcast, if Maine South plays, the March regional, sectional, and state games. Each basketball game will be preceded by a pre-game show and followed by an after-game. Pre-game shows usually last an hour and aftergame shows run anywhere from a half hour to an hour. The content of these shows are left to the announcer. Usually
they represent a typical disc jockey situation. Hit records are played amid chatter, news and weather. News copy is attained from the WJJD studios teletype machine. Chuck Jackson for a pre-game show attained an interview with WLS disc jockey, Larry Lujack. Mr. Lujack told some of the reasons why he was in radio. News directors Terry Dalton and Nancy Hall keep a running file of public service announcements and spot news to be used in the regular Monday-Wednesday programs, pre and post game shows and special broadcasts. "Clubs who have news that would interest the community, and that they would like broadcast can contact Nancy or I— or for that matter anyone involved with WMTH," said Terry. Roger Hofeldt and Jeff Wright sports directors, are responsible for the continuity of Sports. They work closely with Howard Keenan and Debbie Verlench, program directors. The four make sure that there are announers, sports commentators, engineers, and news ready for each game. •'Most people do not realize what a huge job it is to get a sports broadcast together to run smoothly," said Roger. "The announcer is under pressure while on the air, especially when they can't use a script." Debbie added, "We have a good staif this year. Things are running quite smoothly."
HUJCPK Volume 5, No. 6
Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, III. December 20, 1968
Juniors Lead Honor Roll; Freshmen Follow Closely For the quarter ending November 8, 110 students ranked on the high honor roll by achieving an A average. Juniors led the way with 35 students. The Freshman had 27, the Sophomores 26, and the Seniors finished last with 22. Four hundred and ninety one students attained a B average. Juniors ranking on the A Honor Roll arc: Nina Bernard, Donna Castle, Sue Chastain, Alice Conners, Debby Devaney, Mary Dulisch, Lindsay Eastman, Norman EUstrand, Claudia Gaeding, and Clifford Geschke. Continuing the list are Cynthia Golding, Aivar Grislis, Roger Hofeldt, Barb Hoffman, Bob Huxtable, Gary King, Richard Kocim, Sarah Linquist, Vesna Neskow and Kathryn Novak. Also included are Elizabeth Pendzich, Kathy Ritts, Pete Roche, Andrea Sampracos, Alison Seno, David Silarski, Ramsey Stade, Carol Steinhauser, Pat
Stelcher, Kathy Thies, Irene Totoraitis, Marie Valus, Henry Warchall, John Welzenbach, and Dana Winikates. The Freshmen include Jim Bruce, Jill Chamberlain, Greg Giezadlo, Laura Dyck, Karen Elide, Ann Flannery, Diane Harpling, Dan Havlir, Shirley Huxtable, Elizabeth Kaplinski, Dianne Kinast, and Janice Klich. Included also are John Koulos, Mary Krebs, Neal Lohuis, Eileen Lynch, Laurel Mester, Rebecca Morris, Gary Parsons, Michalina Pendzich, Margaret Robandt, Carol Ross, Nancy Rothenbech, Carol Schalk, Tom Seidal, Joe Spatafora, and Mark Van Etten, Sophomores with an A average are Bill Barmeier, Nancy Benjamin, Jill Burgess, Marcia Carney, Bob Castle, Debra Cook, Doren Downer, Scott Fauth, Linden Frakes, Pam Golasz, Connie Hirsch, Rita HoUerbach, Gwen Kettelson,
New Courses Scheduled Next Year Anthropology and Sociology will be two new courses offered through the Social Science department to Seniors, Juniors and qualified Sophomores beginning next school year. Both are one-semester, onehalf unit courses. Both will go toward the new two year Social Science requirement first to be met by this years juniors. The addition of these new courses was assured by the passage of last weeks tax referendum. Anthropology is the study of man in primitive and prehistoric societies. Although more scientific than most Social Science courses, it is not a technical course. The similarities and differences between races, the nature of culture, and the process of cultural change will all be high points in this course. This course will include a thorough examination of one prehistoric society. Field trips and excursions to excavation sites may be part of this course. The teacher of this course has not yet been decided upon. Sociology is the study of man in contemporary society. Social structure and social controls, in addition to the nature of culture, cultural change, public opinion, criminology, demogra-
The chance to be a member of this team was open to all levels, but usually the juniors and seniors have the best advantage. The individual either applies himself or their teacher recommends them. Six were chosen out of about twenty who applied. They were tested and selected according to their answers in six areas: Math, Science, Social Studies, Literature, and General Knowledge. The team is usually balanced so that each team member is strong in at least two or three of these areas.
phy and intergroup relations are all topics that will be" studied in this course. The teacher for this course has not yet been decided. "We have three good reasons for offering these new courses," said Mr. Otto Kohler, Chairman of the social science department. "First, our course offerings in the past have consisted largely of history. Our staff members believe it is about time that we offer our students an opportunity to take work in the newer social sciences. Recent research in these disciplines at the University of Chicago and Northwestern has made new and promising teaching materials available. Mr. Eric Edstrom, for example, spent a full summer recently at the University of Chicago working in the Anthropology Department, and he brought back many ideas. "Our second reason for offering these courses," continued Mr. Kohler, is that the social sciences, in addition to being a necessary part of the broad general cultural background needed by every intelligent person, are becoming very important as a vocational field. Jobs exist today in social work, government, law, Business, interna-
tional affairs, advertising, and teaching which require a broad background of knowledge of man and society; the age of narrow specialization is over. We will continue to have specialists, but the demands on them for a liberal arts background will increase. "Finally, we have offered these courses because they are fascinating fields of study and they are relevant to our students' lives. The real problem facing our country at home and abroad today are social and economic, and sociology and anthropology give one an insight into the nature of human relationships in contemporary and primitive societies. The student who hopes some day to work in the Peace Corps or for an American company abroad or who eventually works in one of our large metropolitan areas will profit from a knowledge of the relationships of people in society." Both anthropology and sociology are electives, but they will count toward the two-year social science graduation requirement. Counselors will have a full description of each of these courses, and additional information can be obtained from the department office, in Room A209.
Carla Krummel, Jay La Jone, and Mike Martin. Continuing the list are Gwendolyn Miller, Scott Peterson, Dick Reinke, Eleanor Rowley, Marsha Schniedwind, Bob Sellinger, Paul Steinbach, Jim Sullivan, Ann Tomasiewicz, and Jeff Tone, Seniors ranking on the A honor roll are Christine Abele, Paul Alfassa, Margaret Cannon, Karen Cloud, Terry Dalton, Andrew Ekman, Bob Felice, Erik Graff, Carl Johnson, Howard Keenan, Marybeth Lake, and Margerie McBride, Finishing the list are, Gary McClelland, Joel Morris, Mike Nowak, Kathy O'Hare, John Ongman, Nancy Phillips, John Priest, Guy Riddle, Melissa Siebert, and Judy Sowa.
Job Tests Given Soon According to Mr. Roth, career counselor, "The ultimate benefit of education is the preparing of students for meaningful employment upon graduation." The Illinois Employment Service has a testing and interview program which is available to seniors. During the week of Nov. 18 to 22, the agency gave a General Aptitude Test Battery to interested seniors. These tests are used as a tool by the agency to find the minimum qualifications of the student. During the week of Jan. 6 to 10, the I.S.E.S. will interview the students who took the test. They will tell them the type of jobs they qualify for and that are available. They also inform the student of training programs which he can take advantage of. This service is a link between the completion of high school education and the getting and qualifying for jobs after graduation. In the past years it has been a means of securing good jobs and useful training programs for its applicants. The Illinois State Employment Service, which is free, has a suburban office on 601 Lee st., Des Plaines. It also can help students find summer employment in areas of skills, training, office occupations, and apprenticeships.