Students Tapped By Brotherhood for Honor
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"People sometimes complain that Brotherhood is a clique— only the popular are elected. But I've worked with these kids and they are friendly. If being friendly means being popular, then these kids sure are both, said Mr. Faulhaber, sponsor. Yesterday Brotherhood initiated twenty-four new members from the 78 students nominated in homeroom. Thursday's assembly highlighted the week's Brotherhood activities. Floyd Kalber, guest speaker, spoke on "Brotherhood: Suburbia '69?" Projects that Brotherhood will undertake this year include a kool-aid drive, a money raising project for the children Biafra, and a text book drive. The Kool-aid drive will provide kool-aid for the boys in Viet Nam. Mr. Faulhaber explained, "The water in Viet Nam is not poisonness, but it is bad tasting. The Red Cross ships over large quantities of pre-
sweetened kool-aid to mix with the water." In April a Biafra money raising project will take place. At the end of the year Brotherhood will begin a textbook drive. All books collected will be donated to various prisons and orphanages. Mr. Faulhaber emphasized the qualities in a student t h a t Brotherhood looks for: integrity, the desire to help people, and pride in themselves and their school. He said, "The Society is what the student body makes it. If the student body feels that the organization has meaningthen it will be an honor to be elected." The following students were elected to Brotherhood: Freshmen include; Bruce Little, Neal Lohuis, Randy Miller, Sue Holz, Carol Mizer, and Sue Sandberg. Elected sophomores are Bill Barmeier, Bob Greising, Bill Jackson, Pat Bak, April Ever-
Cast of Spring Musical, "My Fair Lady" Cfiosen The Maine Township High School South spring musical has been chosen. This year. My Fair Lady will be presented. The cast has been named by Lloyd Spear, Irwin Bell, Walter Fleschsig, and Donald Martello. According to Mr. Spear, "We expect this to be the finest show we have yet given at South. With the experience of five years of shows behind us, we are now at our strongest in the areas which support the music and drama productions; notably, those of costume, staging and lighting, and makeup." Playing the part of Mrs. Eynsford-Hill will be Beth Onderdonk' •69, and Kyle Conforti, '71. Eliza Doolittle will be played by Sue Chastain, '70, and Joyce Carlson, '70. Greddy is played by John Sagat, '70, and Kim Mc-
Pheeters, '69. Colonel Pickering is played by Dana Winikates, '70, and Joel Morris, '69. Henry Higgins, is played by Bill Alzos, '70, and Tom Meyer, '70. Alfred P. Doolittle is played by Warren Whiteley, '69, and T o m Hicks, '69. Mrs. Pearce is played by Margie Gibson, '72, and Elaine Alzos, '69. Mrs. Hoskins is played by Michelle Lazowski, '69. Mrs. Higgins is played by Connie King. '70, and Marti 01sen, '70. live Flower Girl is played by Mary Liptrap. '71, and Kathy Hathaway, '72. Zoltan Karpathy is played by Bill Silberman, '69. Most major roles were double cast because of the number of the times that the play will be presented. In addition to these roles, 22 other parts will be filled from either the chorus or the original try out list.
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ding, and Luann Moak. Juniors selected are Jack Brown, Tom Meyer. Steve Seabolt, Julie Fleetwood, Sue Glader, and Bea Hopeman.
chased more copies of Ralph than any of the other classes. Senior are next, with juniors close behind, and sophomores straggling in. Both girls agreed that more stories, poems, humor, drawings, etc. are necessary. They urge all students to contribute all writing that they may have finished for judging. Students can torn in their work to either their English teacher, one of the editors, or V-107, the Southwords office. There are more judges this year than ever before. This will mean that all articles submitted will receive a fairer judging. Judges this year from the senior class are: Terry Dalton, Chip Evans, Debbie Fowler, Sue Hendricks, Rich Hyde, and Meredith Nichols. Juniors are Bill Griffiths, Bob Huxtable, Pat Stelcher and Linda Zink. Sopho-
AFS foreign exchange students Francois Schneider and Fatih Ayanoglu received honorary membership in the society.
CPPS Volume 5, No. 9
Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, 111.
February 21, 1969
Cutting of 'Crucible' Misses, But M.S. Speakers Place Third On Saturday, February 15, about 60 Maine South students along with Miss Sandra McChesney, Mr. Micheal Banks, Mr. Hal Chastain, Mr. Don Martello, and Mr. Dan Padberg left our school for the annual district speech and drama contests. The students spent the entire day at Niles North High School, location of htis year's district competition. Approximately 50 of those students participatnJ as cast and crew members with Mr. Martello and Mr. Padberg in The Crucible, South's entry in the dramatic competition. Another 10 students vied for contest speaker placement with Miss McChesney and Mr. Banks in the individual events. Six plays competed for first, second and third place in this
District's competition. Despite the cooperation, work, and talent molded into The Crucible cutting, Maine South did not place in this year's district contest. Maine West was a awarded third place with Of Mice And Men, Niles West received a second place rating with Antigone, and first place was awarded to Niles North for their cutting the The Lesson. Maine South received a third place rating in the overall sweepstakes in contest speaking competition—a tally of total awards given to any one school. Howard Keenan '69, received a third place award in radio speaking, Kay Lewis '69, was awarded a second place rating in verse, and Chris Saqkiw '70,
took a third place award in after-dinner speaking. Marsha Hardy '70, took third place in prose reading, second place in original monolog was given to Donna Cardella '70, and Sue Chastain '70, received a first place award in serious play reading. This is the best achievement in individual speaking events in the history of Maine South. Twelve schools will be represented in the individual events to be held at Maine East on Saturday, March 1. From sectional, the top two placings will continue on to vie for the state title. State competition will be held in Bloomington an the Illinois State University campus in late March.
'70 Junior Leaders Announced Sophomore girls that have been selected as members of the Junior Leader Program for the 1969-70 school year include: Pat Bak, Nancy Barry, Susan Beller, Nancy Benjamin, Becky Bergman, Sally Bradtke, Theresa Brady, and Barb Brezinski.
Total "Ralph'' Sales Disapoints Editors This year's Creative Writing Magazine, Ralph, has already been sold in English classes. However, sales are still short of the 1,000 mark which is necessary to make publication financially possible. "We must sell at least another 150 magazines or we won't be able to print the magazine," said Deb Verlench co-editor of the magazine. "To many students here at South the magazine is important. It is fun to read, and many times has as much value to the kids as does a yearl)ook." "There are a lot of kids who can really write well," continued Cathy Mabrey, also co-editor. "It would be a shame if they weren't recognized by having something in print, just because we couldn't afford to print a magazine." So far, fmhmeB have pur-
Those elected by the senior class include Al Burgess, Neil Hagen, Bob Spicer, Elaine Alzos, Kris Greising, and Gay Simpson.
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more judges are Audrey Alstadt, Dave MarshaU and Ann Tomasiewicz. Freshman judges include Buffic Burket, JiU Dalton and Sandy Verlench.
Debbie Verlench and Cathy AAabrey (I. to r.), editors 6f this year's creative writing magazine, discuss ideas for Ralph.
Also included are: Karen Brocker, Rhonda Brunty, Leslie Burket, Jill Butler. Pam Christie, Kyle Conforti, Liz Condi, March DeBiasi, Noreen Dovmer, Andrea Ehrhardt, Amy Ellsworth, Sandi Erickson, Nancy Fiech, Irene Flanagan, Jean Forrest. Liz Ganger. Sharon Gearhardt, and Barb Giroux. Continuing the list are: Mary Jane Hanke, Ann Hammond, Grace Hanger, Bonnie Hansen, Phyllis Hansen, L>'nda Hanson, Teri Hedrich, Mary Hester, Connie Hirsch, Mary Horman, Rosemaire Jankowski, Sandi Kassnel, Jean Kersting, Mary Klip pstein and Carla Krummel. Pam Larsen, Dara McGehee, Jill McAuliff, Jan McAuliff, Karen MacDonald, Linda Mesch, Nancy Messervey, Marilyn Moen. Luann Moak, Debbie Moot, Julie Neuses. Linda Oberg. Susie Parisi, Judy Parker, Sylvia Parkitny, Barb Paschen, Donna Peak. Gale Pearson, Nancy Pegler, Carol Pankaza, Kris Roer, Nora Rowley, Diane Routh, and Joann Roany will also become Junior Leaders. Finishing the list are Lynn Sawin, Chris Schofield, Kimmarie Schuber, Carol Schurwanz, Marsha Schniedwind, Cathy Sjoquist, Vicki Sorensen, Pat Staley, Lynda Stephani, Nora Stooksbury, Chris Stein-
berger, Beth Timme, Ann Marie Tomasiewicz, Jeannette Vennell, Jackie Vittner. Phyllis Vonplachecki, Marie Westermeier, and MariliTi Woytowicz. Miss Pierce, stated, "We extend our congratulations to these girls and we thank all those members of the Maine South faculty and staff for their assistance in helping us in our selection."
Teacher Receives State Appointment The appointment of Mr. Eric Edstrom. history instructor at Maine South, to the Executive Committee of the Illinois Conference of History Teachers was announced on February 18. Mr. Edstrom, selected to serve because of his outstanding record as a history teacher at the secondary level, wUl attend a committee meeting in Springfield on March 8, 1969. He will represent all high school History teachers from northern Illinois. The Illinois Conference of History Teachers consists of college and high school teachers who meet once each year to discuss mutual problems and introduce new ideas into the teaching of history.
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AFS Promotes Harmony In this era of protest, high school and college students claim that only they have the answer for mounting international and domestic tensions. Some demonstrate their answer through campus sit-ins and street riots. Others aid peace more constructively. One group which does more than perhaps any other youth organization to promote harmony operates, peacefully, within our own school. AFS, the American Field Service, is promoting international friendship through the exchange student program. They believe that good will can be fostered through understanding of people. AFS and its sister program, /Snericans Abroad, provides a rewarding experience for all who share in it. If testimonials are still necessary to convince students that AFS is a worthwhile program, Carl, Hans, Nitaya, Gloria, and Annie will vouch for Americans in their homelands. Ask Franciose and Fatih what they have gained from living in the United States. Ask Meg, Carol, Kathy, Jim, and Nancy what they have learned from sharing their homes with friends from foreign lands. Let Judy and Ralph tell you how much they benefited from the peoples of Finland and France. Membership in AFS is open to all. Dues are a quarter, the price of one share. Help make lasting peace an attainable goal by walking together, talking together with peoples of all lands. Share the fare. Join AFS. \\
Buffalo Chips
By Chip Evans '69 high school "in" crowd, we all hate them but them, the way i figure it though: :::each of us has his own in crowd to hate, the in crowd that drinks the brew every weekend, booze on the beach or woods, the kids that get the draft cards and over 21 i.d.'s and try to buy stuff, some of us hate them, rightO the athletic "in" crowd, the lettermen and their molls, it's like a free car if they talk to you or smile or bless you. the guys with the sports page in one hand and a weight in the other, the cheerleaders and pom pommers. some of us hate them right?
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the guys with good cars "in" crowd, talking about them and reading about them, and all of us feel like a manifold, whatever that is. some of us hate them, right? the., hippies or greasers "in" crowd, unless we're one of them, some us hate them, right? i'm not any of them. . .no in crowd . , .but. . .some of you hate me, right? SEEMS to me we only hate our own particular "in" crowd, that's because we don't want to be like them and have to assure ourselves by cutting them down. Or. . .it's because we wanna be like them and aren't, the whole thing's pretty stupid.
When the curtains rose Thursday evening, the product of months of backstage construction, hectic and tedious rehearsals, racked brains, and bitten fingernails appeared on the Maine South stage. Spirit of '69, this year's Variety Show with a cast and crew of 450, will be presented four more times to full houses. To the inexperienced eye, the flurry of activity during rehearsals looked more like a state of confusion. Acts performed on stage to a chorus of pounding and shouting as the construction crew worked backstage. In the backgroimd, hurried conferences concerning cues, timing, lighting and music took place between the directors. Cooperation was the byword of the production. Stage lights flashed on and off as the crews searched for the lighting scheme most effective. Curtains rose and fell; scenery was lowered into place. Out in the hall a final coat of paint went on the backdrop. In nearby rooms the make-up crew applied the finishing touches, while the costume crew was busy sewing, mending and pressing.
The theme, Show-Biz, brings to the Maine South stage everything from the bright lights of Broadway to the features on the home TV screen. V-Show has been di\ided into three segments. The first segment carries the show back into time. A variety of acts will cover all the facets of the old Vaudeville shows. A backdrop copied from an original of the times will set the scene. A barbershop quartet is seen throughout the show, a flapper sings and dances, a magic act comes complete with surprises galore, and five songs and dances combine for one spectacular finish. The era of radio and TV highlights the second segment of VShow. Acts range from an early "Amateur Hour" to a take-off on the Sergio Mendez group. A segment of an early "live" radio play features some of the most unusual sound effects heard on the Maine South stage. Fatih Ayanoglu, our foreign exchange student from Turkey, joins one of the several folksinging acts included in this segment. A take-off on the Ed Sullivan
Show includes several musical acts and a "Laugh-In" type party. Two bagpipe players, complete with highland dancers bring another first to the Maine South stage. The third segment of V-Show covers the Broadway era. A dance number under black light, titled "Schizophrenia" features an unusual technique. The boys' ensemble costumed as a baseball team sings "You Gotta Have Heart." The girls sextette counters with "Lullaby of Broadway." Continuing the tradition of past years, Nina Musso and Kathy Steinberger will dance in a choreographers duet. Acts from the Broadway plays "Oliver!" and "Damn Yankees" round out the segment. The traditional grand finale will close the show with the cast singing "Gonna Build a Mountain." "With few exceptions, every act fits perfectly into the theme" stated Mr. Martello, faculty director. "We've had no problems with transition tliis year. The kids have been very enthusiastic. We'll have a strong show this year; we can't miss."
Students Prepare 'My Fair Lady" "He was the best man in the country, but was he the best man in the country?" If you hear students practicing the inflections of this speech tune, they are members of Mrs. Judith Lee's Speech clinic preparing for My Fair Lady. Each morning before school in the PA wing, Mrs. Lee conducts practice in Cockney, British, and Standard English accents. Standard Engish is "the speech of the best in the English language," according to Mrs. Lee. In Great Britain, this
speech will have a slight British accent. "Shaw's whole plea in the play is for the use of Standard English," Mrs. Lee continued. "Higgins and Pickering must teach Eliza correct speech habits." Through the use of basic vowel sounds and speech tunes, Mrs. Lee strives to ingrain in the performers the habits of speaking these accents. "These actors can't be self-conscious when they get on the stage," she emphasized. A professional might work six months to ac-
quire the skills she offers. The amount of individual drilling the students do will determine the success of the accents. "There is no place in the play for the flatness of a Park Ridge accent." stated Mrs. Lee. Sentences which we speak in a monotone are highly inflected by the British. For instance, there are no hard r's such as we pronounce in American English. "Speech must be tool utilized in achieving a fine performance of My Fair Lady," concluded Mrs. Lee.
Biafran Speaks On Nigerian Problem By Rich Hyde Last Friday, at a Tri-S forum, Bic I Jomah, President of the Biafran Association of Chicago, spoke on the current problems of Biafra. In his 15-minute talk during ninth period, Mr. Jomah outlined the background and causes of the Nigerian Civil War. Mr. Jomah also explained why he believed that total Biafran independence will be the only solution to the war. "There is no real reason for the Nigerian state to exist. The three regions that make up Nigeria have about nothing in common and never have gotten along well," he explained. These three areas are included in Nigeria because the British just set up their colony that way, with no regard for the tribal differences that have existed for ages. There had been many clashes between the people of these three regions before the Ni-
gerian country became independent. The Ibos or Biafrans, are the most prosperous, best educated and most westernized of the Nigerian people. Since they were the smallest group numerically, however, they were ruled by the other two groups who control the national government. In any time of strife, Ibos living in regions other than their nation's eastern region have been massacred by mobs and by federal troops on several occasions. There were five such massacres between 1949 and 1967. Finally, on May 30. 1967, after the last and most brutal of these massacres, the Eastern region seceded from Nigeria and called itself Biafra. Stated Mr. Jomah, "We really had no choice but to secede. We were being ruled over in our own land by an alien people, unfit to rule the people of our region." He continued saying, "We are no longer safe within the Ni-
gerian Republic." They were likely at any moment to resort to slaughter." The only way the war can be ended, according to Mr. Jomah, is by setting up a totally independent Biafran state. No compromises can be made. "How can Biafrans be expected to cooperate in the same state with people intent on their slaughter?" asked Mr. Jomah. He said that Biafrans will continue fighting, no matter what the cost. "We have no choice. Certain slaughter awaits us, should we surrender."
Southwords The mncial student newspaper of Maine Township Hljth South. Park Ridge, Illinois. Written and edited biweekly by students o{ the high school. Subscriptions included with activity ticket or purchased separatriy at C p » srear. Editor-in-chief News Editor Features Editor
Candidates Introduced By Student Council The recent Meet Your Candidate session introduced Bill Mellberg, Tim Petersen, and John Welzenbach as candidates for the office of Student Council President, and Julie Fleetwood and Roberta Little for the office of SC Secretary. Over 140 students participated in the meeting, filling lecture hall C-145. Due to this capacity turnout, a larger complex will be used for future sessions. To avoid voting problems similar to last year's in which only 52 per cent of the student body voted, voting procedure is be-
ing revised. This action results from suggestions made at the meeting. At the Meet Your Candidate session the candidates primarily spoke of their leadership positions and achievements during the past three years. It seems appropriate to begin this series of campaign and election articles in the same manner. Bill Mellberg's extra activities include: Photography Club President, operation of a private photography business, and a V-Show part this year as Ed Solomon. Tim Petersen has been in Russian Club for the past two years
and was a member of Ski Club as a sophomore. John Welzenbach's activities include having been a lower house SC representative freshman and sophomore year, initiation into Thespian Society as a freshman and currently its treasurer. Class Council during his first two years at South, Brotherhood member since his sophomore year, and presently complex leader for C-103. Julie Fleetwood, a candidate for secretary, has been a member of Marlin Swim Club for the past two years, on GRA board for the same period of time and
currently serves as president of that association. Having been on Class Council since her freshman year, she is now Junior Prom Chairman. This year Julie is on the Scoial Committee in SC and served on the committee arranging for the Senior Lounge earlier this year. Roberta Little has been a member of Class CouncU and Tri-S for the past three years, serving as treasurer of her class and Tri-S secretary during her sophimore year. This year she is on Pep Club Council and holds the office of Sportsmanship Chairman in SC.
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Photo Editor . „ , . . . . . , . . Joel Shelton Assistant Editors Terry Dalton, BiH GriffiUui. Phyllis Ehret Reporters Rich Hyde. Donna Tumbarello. Audrey .Altstadt, Linda Zink, Jane O'Donncll. Jeanne Rogers. Rot)bie LTIsperance. John Bandills, D e b Verlench, MeUssa Slebvrt, Allen Lauterbach, Pat Luvlsi. Rofer Hofeldt. Steve Bloomdahl. Cartoonists .
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Student News Bureau Editor Cathy Mabrey .\dvisor B(r. Kenneth Beatty
February 21, 1969
Spirit of '69
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Seniors practice " K i d Stuff" for V-Show 'It's a Long Way to T i p p e r a r i " sing the Chordbusters.
Chordbusters supply bershop harmony. In the p i t , stage band members study their
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Sue Chastain tries opera as Miss Sunshine Italy.
Smear-a-blem combats acne pimples.
Pep Club sings about a Grand Old Flag.
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February 21, 1969
The " H o m i n y F i v e " plunk away. Nancy Mellon and Jan Knapp are " A m e r ica's Little Sweethearts."
' L i t t l e Girl's D r e a m s " comes to the stage in the Radio and T.V. Segment.
LyIe Schrag hosts Uncle A l ' s Hour.
Bill Mellberg hosts the Ed Sullivan show.
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Vocal and dance choruses start "Another Another Show."
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Members of dance chorus do a soft shoe.
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Casts, Crews Find This V-Show, 'Rewarding" Act Captains and Cast . . . "V-Show has improved this year with the selection of a broader topic. It allows for a variety of facts which are still appropriate for the major theme," was a view expressed by John Welzenbach, one of the student directors for V-Show. This reaction has been echoed by cast members and act captains. Debbie Mueller, act captain for "Roaring Twenties," commented, "Last year the
theme was Politics which was too limited a topic. But this year the topic is ver>' broad and allows for greater variety." This feeling of improvement is a result of the cooperation of all students participating in VShow in getting their respective jobs done. The position of act captain is important because it is the job of the act captain to see that members are present at rehearsals. The act captain then has
Debators to Participate In Sectional Tournament Maine South's varsity debate team will end its season by participating in the sectional debate tournament March 8 at Maine West. This tournament will involve over twenty schools from the northern suburban area. This year the debate resolution is Resolved: That the United States should establish compulsory national service for all citizens. Debaters participating in this tournament have not definitely been decided upon, but tentatively Bill Silberman, John Barzditis, JobJi Giles, and Joe Stagg are scheduled to participate. This tournament marks the climax and end of the debating season. The performance of a team at this tournament determines whether or not they will continue into state and national finals. Mr. David Lavelle, coach of the debate team, feels that "Competition at this tournament will be the toughest of any all season. Every school with a good team in the area will be there to earn a place in the finals." The winners of a debate tour. nament are determined on the
Library to Lend New Paperbacks students from Maine South will able to read from new paperback books in the school library. The books were bought with funds provided for by the library budget and by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title in. The books will be set up around the library reading pit and may be checked out by any student. Miss Laura Johnson says that the purpose of the program is to make students better readers by encouraging leisure reading. "Reading should be fun" she explained.
basis of that team's record during the day, with each team competing in eight debates. In case of a tie, which is very possible, the decision is broken down on the basis of speaker's points. While the debates team's record for the year is not especially impressive, Mr. Lavelle feels that "We have made significant improvements during the course of the year. Our job this year has been primarily in preparing for future teams by building our novice and junior varsity teams." This year a debate class for prospective notice and junior varsity debaters has been reestablished after being discontinued last eyar. Mr. LaveUe thinks that "Because of increased interest in debate during recent years among incoming classes, next year we can look forward to strengthened teams on both the novice and junior varsity levels."
the responsibility of keeping the act running smoothly. Barb DiLorenzo defined her position as act captain for a satire of Art Linkletter's Houseparty as, "I make sure all the kids are together for rehearsals at a time convenient for everyone." Both Barb and Debbie stated that in general terms, they were considered spokesmen for their acts. The only real problem these girls faced was that of sickness. Rehearsal time was cut down when members were absent for several days in a row. Another job that is important for the organization of the production is the position of student director. John Welzenbach described his position as student director by commenting, "I help criticize the acts during the rehearsals held before the production staff. Then I work with the individual acts, offering help and suggestions." Another facet in the job of student director is that of judging the acts. Acts are judged according to the creativity of the ideas presented and the hard work exhibited in the performance. All acts are judged by the adult staff of V-Show and the student production staff. During tryouts each member of the staff takes notes on the performances of the students. The whole staff then meets to discsss their opinions and to decide which acts should be included in the show. A schedule for rehearsals is then posted and the bard work toward opening night begins.
Members of the Make-up crew carefully make-up faces of V-Show cast. Costume and Makeup . . . makeup about 350 people, they The V-Show costume committee start about three hours before are part of the behind the scene showtime and continue well on staff who's job is finished before into the show. the curtain rises. They have The costume commitee also been busy the last few weeks contributes to making the percoordinating acts, costumes, formers look good from the audimakeup, and sets to give the ence side of the lights. Accordfinal product. Spirit of '69-Show ing to Miss Jewell Eifeldt, cosBiz, a uniform effect. tume committee director, "The Stage lights completely wash job of the costume commttee is the color out of the performer's not to dictate but to have unifaces, so in order to keep the formity throughout the whole cast from blending into the sets show." the makeup crew goes to work About a dozen girls have been and emphasizes face details with working on this committee decolor. signing the costumes for the The makeup crew also makes show. They discussed with the faces add to the costuming ef- acts what kind of costumes they fect. had In mind for their acts then This year they have en- incorporated these ideas with countered a little bit of trouble their own and designed the coswith some unusual and novelty tumes. characters. One of their probThe costume committee and lems is: How to make up a make-up crew have contributed green turtle? much hard work to make the The make-up crew consists of Spirit of '69 a success. 32 girls. Since it is their job to Art and Lighting . . . The Art and Lighting Directors of this year's V-Show have encountered the usual problems presented each and every year, yet they have overcome the difficulties, working hard to put on a great show. The tournament will be broad- and Friday, while West will take Anne McKenzle, '70, and cast on a tri-school basis. over on Thursday. The after- Carol Mlckelsen '70 are the coEach school will do play by game shows will be handled by heads of this years painting play for their own games. If the school that does the pre- crew. They are responsible for all three Malnes are eliminated game show. designing the artistic aspects from the tournament, then the The radio announcers are pre- for the entire show. Included In followLag games will be split paring for large audiences. their job of desinglng. Is that of among the broadcasters. Games last year proved that mixing the correct paints, InBroadcasts will include inter- this is one of the most well forming their crew of what Is views with coaches and play- received broadcasts WMTH to be painted and how, and ers. Pre-game shows v«ll pro- transmits. finally checking to see that cede each broadcast, starting at everything is carried out. In the The WMTH announcers and process of doing this, Anne and 6 p.m. Wednesday. Maine South will host the pre-game show directors have joined together Carol work along with the stuwith Terry Dalton '69 and Chuck In a mass effort to organize and dent technical director, complyproduce a well rounded show ing with his ideas as well. Jackson '69. Monday both Maine East and that will appeal to the mass "It is hard to coordinate Maine South will play. The Maine audiences. The staff urges all Mainltes scenery so that it can be used broadcast of this game will begin at 6:30 p.m. East will host to turn their dial to 88.5 F.M. for more than one scene," explained Carol. This being a mathe pre-game show on Tuesday "the now sound". jor problems, both co-heads strive to tie the scenes together In a smooth and unified pattern. Lighting D i r e c t o r , Steve Kusiclel '71, said, "V-Show is the hardest show to set up, because the acts don't fit together as they would in a play." This Is Steve's first job as lighting director, but already he is in the process of training three apprentices the techniques of aiming, patching and mood lighting. Steve works in conjunction with Mr. Martello, director, carrying out his directions to achieve impressive lighting effects. Gymnasts use chalk so they won't slip.
W M T H 88.5 FM Broadcasts Regional Basketball Tournament "Hofeldt to Nevins, Nevins to Butz. Butz shoots and the baskets good. The Maine South Hawks lead 56 to. . ." This is just a preview of what is to come as WMTH 88.5 prepares to broadcast the district Regional Tournament. WMTH will broadcast all the Regional games hosted at Maine South March 3 to 7. Tournament Central at South will be supervised by Roger Hofeldt '70 and Howard Keenan '69. Schools participating In the tournament are: Maine East, Maine West, and Maine South, Glenbrook North and South, Prospect, Conant, and Forestview. Maine South will be seeded first.
Gymnastics Extraordinary Sport to Watch Boys By to get very strong drinks, but a rod raised in the air. ? The routine on this centers » aroimd giants. These are not tall men. They are full swings around the bar with the body extended. Three standard moves on the bar are a flank, which is just like a flank on the horse in girls' gymnastics; a staller, which is not something to pass time, but a move where both legs are extended to the side with the hands In the middle; and a cross arm, which Is a swing and then a turn In mid-air. A routine Another piece of equipment is Girsl, are you sick of the ord- the trampoline. The official inary sports? Are you looking word for it is tramp. This Is for a sport that separates the not a hobo, but a bouncy thing men from the boys? Then gym- to jump on. Stunts consist of nastics is for you. However, flips and somersaults. The gymnasts do a thing unlike girls' gymnastics, boys' gymnastics is a complicated called free exercise which is tumbling. A specific move sport. In boys' gymnastics there Is would be a spread eagle which a piece of apparatus called a isn't our national bird, but a high bar. This Is not a place stunt resembling the Russian
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splits. The rings are another very important thing in gymasticcs. These are not like those used in a wedding ceremony, but bigger. During the routine there has to be at least one handstand performed. The last piece used Is the side horse. This is not like a pony. It differs from the vaulting horse in that it has two handles on top.
The routine on the side horse centers around doing circles with body. A standard move would be a scissors which Is not a cutting utensil but a move where both arms are straight, with one leg forward and one leg behind. When this position Is achieved the performer switches to the exact opposite. Well, now that you know the principal moves, you can get out there and cheer on our undefeated team.
AFS'ers Visit Althouth hindered by holidays, junior guidance assemblies, and Brotherhood Society activities; American Field Service Week was a success In numerous ways. A visit of AFS students will be held when the AFS'ers tour the country next summer, before returning to their native lands.
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SOUTHWORDS
February 21, 1969
"^ Hawks Battle Cowboys
Dave Butz, second highest scorer in the CSL, adds part of his 22 point output against Niies West.
Frosh A Team Goes For Title Tomorrow Coach George Verber's frosh A cage squad, after winning both of their games last weekend, are still in the conference lead with a record of 11 wins and 1 loss. The littlest Hawks, who won the championship of the Hersey Frosh Tournament over the holidays, have a chance to sew up the league championship with a win at New Trier West tomorrow morning. The freshmen have been sparked thus far by the fine allaround play of Pat McNamera, who leads the team in scoring and rebounding statistics. The other forward, Greg Ciezadlo, has also been a strong scorer for South. In the backcourt, the Hawks have two fine playmaking guards in Todd Onderdonk
and Rick Kucera. Another asset to the team has been big 6 foot 3 inch center Tom Schmelzer, who recovered from a knee injury earlier in the year to get in the scoring column. Schmelzer, McNamera, and Ciezadlo, and Onderdonk all scored in double figures in a 55 to 34 win over Deerfield, while in their latest game, Kucera and McNamera both put in 12 as the Hawks edged Niles West, 44 to 42. The frosh now face two important games in their final clashes of the year. If they clinch the title in tomorrow's game, they can then revenge their only loss when they host Glenbrook North next Saturday morning.
Despite the tremendous boost from the biggest week in Hawk basketball this season, Maine is still holding third place in the tightest conference race in CSL history. Even with South's upset victory that gave Niles West their first conference loss, it would take a longshot to knock the Indians out of sole possession of first, as they have already beaten second-place New Trier West twice. A higher conference position, however, is not out of reach for the Hawks, as they take on the New Trier West Cowboys in a big battle tonight. A Hawk victory tonight will then force a tie for second, as both teams would have three losses out of 13 games. The big feature of tonight's game at New Trier should be the battle of the two teams' super centers, as New Trier's 6'-8", 220 pound Tom Mustoe squares off against South's own 6'-6V4" Dave Butz. Dave, who has outplayed the other top centers in the league in the past three games, hopes to setUe the issue about who the best center is in the Central Suburban. After whipping Deerfield and Niles West, the rest of the Hawks hope to gain a full measure of revenge by defeating the third of the three teams that beat them in January. New Trier won that first round encounter with the Hawks, who
Mieszala, Neil Hagen and Jack Famy teamed up to score a total of 20.55 points. It was the first time this season that the crew had broken the 20 point barrier. A new high for the free exercise men was also established as Bob Ciolkosz, Bill and Bud Hurlstone amassed 17 points to aid the Hawks' winning cause.
61-58 win. Butz lead the Hawks in the scoring column for the third straight game, as he put in 22. In previous weeks, Maine crushed Niles North two weeks ago, 79 to 48, and revenged an earlier loss to Deerfield by downing the Warriors last Friday, 63 to 58, as Butz scored 20. Bob Nettinga's ten points in the final quarter of that game sealed Uie verdict, as the Hawks withstood a Warrior rally. Following the New T r i e r game, South will finish the conference season a week from tonight with a home game against sixth-place Glenbrook North. In the last encounter between the two teams, the Hawks walked all over the Spartans, 88 to 63. The Hawks have their own regional to look forward to, as the regular season ends. Seated first in the eight team field. South will play their first game on Monday night against last ranked Glenbrook South on March 3rd. On Wednesday, the Hawks will face the winner of the Maine East-Glenbrook North game, which should be East. In the finals, Maine would encounter the winner of the lower bracket, in which Forest View and Prospect are favored. Should the Hawks take their regional, they would play in the Arlington Sectional in the first game against the Wheeling winner.
Hawk Grapplers Place Five Men in West Leyden Sectional For the second year in a row, Coach Tom Zeimek's varsity grapplers have qualified five men for sectionals in state competition. At the Forest View District meet, three Hawks took championships and two others qualified to advance to the sectional by placing second. The previous weekend, the Hawks won their final dual meet of the year when they trounced Glenbrook North, 33 to 13. Nine Hawks recorded wins in the meet with three of them being pins. Among the winners on a de-
G-Men Close in on Crown "And the Beat Goes On!" Presently, that's the only way to begin a story on the Maine South varsity gymnastics team. The G-men's string has now grown to 14 wins without a loss as they prepare to travel to Glenbrook S o u t h tomorrow afternoon. Their latest conquest came last week against Niles North and was, undoubtably, the high point of this season. The Vikings had earlier been ranked as the top team in the Central Suburban Conference. As it turned out, both squads earned new record totals for the year. Fortunately, Maine South's new high was just a little better than Niles', as the Hawks came away with a 121.80 to 118,35 win. The meet was also marked with several individual as well as crew season records for Maine South. On trampoline, Steve Olson received first place honors as he tallied 8.45 points, his personal high for the season. Jack Famy also racked up a season's high of 8.60 points as he took a first on the high bar. On parallel bars, Scott Shute couldn't top Neil Hagen's 8.25 total, so he settled for an even 8 points, topping all of his previous scores. • n  still rings trio of Jim
were playing without the services of Butz, 62 to 55. Mustoe, having pretty much his own way in that game, went on to score 24 points. Since then, he has been the conference's leader in points scored, while Butz, with one less game played, has recenUy taken over the lead in average points per game. A favorable sign for Hawk fans and Butz alike was that Niles West's Mark Cartwright, who Dave outplayed and outscored last Saturday night, outscored Mustoe while "holding" him to only 16 points the night before when Niles defeated New Tritr, 54 to 51. Other Cowboys for the Hawks to keep their eyes on are Fred Szymanski, who, at 6'-4", has good height and a fine comer shot, and guard John Burmaster, a fine free throw shooter. ITie big plus factor for the Hawks will be momentum, as they now have won six straight, including the latest win over previously unbeaten in conference Niles West. In what was definite the highlight of the season for the Hawks, Maine displayed their best shooting percentages seen in a long time, while staging their first comefrom-behind victory in a long time. Down by a 26-24 coimt at halftime, the Hawks staged a third quarter rally and hung on in the fourth quarter to emerge with a
Juding from pre-season predictions as well as from their 1969 performance, the Titans of Glenbrook South should not prove to be much of a match for our Hawks. Nevertheless, the Maine South G-men have worked hard all week to make sure that their undefeated record remains intact as state competition nears.
cision were Dan Martella, at 95, Tom Magas, at 103, Rick Pedersen, at 120, Rick Popp, at 133, Tom Neuses, at 138, Eric Fiech, at 154. Ralph Rozny pinned at 5:15 in his 112 match, and Jack rown pinned at 3:05 at 145. Dan Holden also recorded a pin at 4:21 at 180. In the heavyweight division, Ty Sigmund saw his undefeated record come to an end at 18 straight wins when he faced Glenbrook North's Gary Donetelli, an imposing 6'4 giant. Donetelli methodically took down Sigmund and pinned him in the first period. Except for those five qualifiers, the wrestling season ended last week for the Hawks with the districts. Those who will go on to sectionals are Tom Magas, Tom Neuses, and Ty Sigmund, the three district champs, and Art Hader and Dan Holden, who placed second. Magas, a 103 pound sophomore, developed into the one of the steadiest wrestlers South had in the lower weights this season. Tom moved through the
preliminary rounds before defeating Gary Stumpf of Arlington, 9-2, in the championship bout. Tom Neuses, as he did last year, made another impressive showing in the district, breezing through the qualifying rounds before taking Forest View's Bill Sundbloom, 10-6. Ty Sigmund, recording a pin in the first round, won a close bount in the finals when be edged Dan Selleck from Arlington, 3-2. Ty, like Nueses, will, make his third trip to the sectionals. Art Hader, like Magas, came up with another fine showing,^ going all the way to the finals before losing 8-2 to Mike Pirron of Forest View. Dan Holden likewise made a fine showing in the preliminaries, as he went all the way to the finals. In the championship match, however. Dan lost a heartbreaker to Jim Novak of Prospect, 2-1, in overtime. Hawk fans can now see these five fine South grapplers as they hope to advance in the sectionals held at West Leyden this weekend.
Fleetfeet Beat Wheeling, 62-47, Hersey, 90-18; To Run at Proviso The Hawk varsity track team, after two impressive wins during last weekend, wiU participate in the Panther Relays at Proviso West tomorrow. The twelve team meet features some of the strongest teams in the state, including the host school, which is the defending state champion in track.
Jim Mieszala goes through his routine on the still rings.
Last year, the Hawks finished in a tie for last place, as they failed to score a point. This year, however, Coach Ed Smith anticipates a much stronger showing by South. In last week's action, Maine downed Mid Suburban power Wheeling, 62 to 47, on Friday, and then crushed first-year school Hersey 90 to 18, on Saturday. With these two wins, the Hawks brought their record
to two wins and one loss for the young season. The Hersey meet, with the second string in all nmning events, nevertheless featured four sweeps by the Hawks. Bob Cesario, Zipparro, and Murzyn took all places in the two mile run, while Dave Fowler, Tom Dunn, and Bob Spicer did likewise in the high hurdles. The Hawks also took firsts in all field events, as Burgess won the long jump, Dave Silarski took the high jump, Mike Polachek won the pole vault for Uie second day in a row, and Rich Maddalini took his third straight first in the shot put. Following the Panther Relays, the Hawks will see action in a dual meet against Morton East at Maine East next Thursday afternoon at 4:30.