History Scholars Honored
Winners t n the 36th annual Constitution Contest sponsored b y Mel Tierny Post 247, American Legion, are Jeffrey Tone ' 7 1 , t h i r d place, John Barzditis 7 0 , f i r s t place, and Jay La Jone 7 1 , second place. Also shown are M r . Zurek and Cmdr. Yonan of Post 247 who served on the examining committee.
Complex Leader Elections Completed in Homerooms In the recent complex leader From a field of three opponspeeches many varied ideas ents, Ted Johnson, Sandi Erick• were suggested. Points men- son, and Tom Fulton, Rob Losstioned included an open cam- man was selected by the stupus, an all-student lounge, dis- dents in C-114 to serve as comcussions of Coimcil business and plex leader next year. 'other issues in homeroom, and In C-122 Jan Burke was electimprovement and expanded use ed over RusseU Streau. of the suggestion box method In C-12S, Bob Greising was of student participation in SC. elected in a contest with Jean Two candidates expressed Erickson and Chuck Schaefer. their views on developing a Randy Ruck will serve as Cmore perfect democracy within 129's complex leader for the 70the school and granting more 71 school year. His opponents responsibility to the students. were Bill Dickens and Neal In C-101, Nora Rowley was Lohuis. elected in a race with Judy Because he was unopposed, Ross, Vicld Sparks, and Tim Jeff Lee will once again be the Semrau. complex leader in C-134. Scott Peterson is tentatively The students of C-140 elected next year's complex leader in Jan McAuUff over Kevin DonC-103. He defeated Steve Ama- nelly, Marcie Barnard, and Sue dor. Rodelius. In the contest between Kathy Rich Tasted was elected the 'Redmann and Beth Timme in complex leader in C-147 in the C-108, Beth Timme was de- race with Garrett Walters and carled the victor. Michelle D'Hooge.
AFS Announces Program Changes; Picks South Students to Go Abroad AFS has planned some changes in its program for next year, according to Pat Bak, this year's chairman. Usually AFS holds one fundraising drive per year, during AFS week in January. Next year, there will be two, one during AFS week and one during • Americans Abroad Week. Americans Abroad is the program which sends American students .to other countries to study. As in AFS week, there will be an assembly for those students who wish to hear what it is like to live in a foreign country. Barb Hoffman, this year's AFS student, who is presently staying in Germany, and Maria Westermeir, next year's AFS choice, will speak at that assembly. The Americans Abroad assembly is tentatively scheduled for the third week in September. Maria Westermetr has no idea right now as to where she will
go on the Americans Abroad program. She will be notified sometime in May, about two weeks before she goes. Whereever she goes, she will spend only the summer there. After she is notified as to where her destination is, Maria will go to New York with all the other Americans Abroad students from around the country. There she will be given a crash course in the language and customs of the country she is visiting. Said Maria, "They have to teach you everything in about ten days." Maria would like to visit Europe, particularly Austria or Switzerland. She already speaks Spanish, however, and might like to go to a Spanish-speaking country. Steve Olsen '71, also has "about an 80 per cent chance" of being sent to Europe or South America with AFS, according to Pat Bak.
The Maine South Social Science Awards Night was held Wednesday, May 6, in the a torium. The winners of the 36th CMIstitution Contest Awards were John Barzditis '70, first place; Jay LaJone '71, second place; and Jeffrey Tone '71, third place. John received a $300 scholarship. Jay and Jeff received $30 and $25, respectively. The awards were presented by Mel Tierney Post 247, American Legion. Norman Ellstrand '70, Tri-S president, was presented with a Social Science Service Award. Bruce Little '72, won the Tri-S Faces in History Award by identifying 86 of the 100 faces in the news. Jay LaJone also won the Best
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is directed toward this goal. Mr. Joseph Elliott, math department chairman, said, "The effort put forth throughout the year is shown by the AP test scores." The comi^eted exams are sent to Princeton, New Jersey, for scoring. Teachers chosen to evaluate the tests spend a week in Princeton doing so. In English, seven different teachers read each test and a composite evaluation is made. A student's score is sent to the college of his choice, and that college decides how much credit to give him, Mr. Marian Davis, English
1970 A m e r i c a n History Scholar Jay La Jone ' 7 1 . Jay was also named the Maine South representat i v e to Boys' State this sumnter.
Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge,
May 15,1970
Students Simulate International Conflicts On Saturday, May 23, tri-S will once again sponsor a simulation to be open to all students at Maine South. All students desiring to participate in this year's simulation should form a country and register on or before the simulation meeting to be held Tuesday, May 19. Other students can participate by themselves and should also register by this meeting. Simulation is a complex game which attempts to simulate political conditions in the world, pitting each country against every other country. Each country has different resources which are chosen before the simulation itself begins. Countries maintain their existence and stay powerful through how skillfully they form alliances and apportion their resources. Assassinations and war are important part of the game, as is the World Press which dis-
tributes information and acts as a force for good to uphold the honesty and integrity of all participants. Several minor changes wUl be incorporated in this year's simulation. All countries will, for the first time, have countries named after existing countries and have resources based on the actual resources of the country they are named for. This year, also, the composition of each country will differ from previous years. Countries will consist of five members. As tentatively scheduled, two people who apply first will be issued a country to which another team of two students will be assigned in addition to a domestic opposition leader. The game itself is divided into several periods of one hour each. Each period each country reapportions its resources. Results of war are also announced at the end of each period.
Simulation central provides the central organization of the game, along with the World Press. Simulation Central serves primarily to organize couriers between countries and to process the manifold forms received from each country. Lunch will be held in the teacher's lounge with each student supplying his own lunch. At that time results of the Tri-S officer elections for next year will be announced. This year several students from Maine East and possibly Maine West will be in the simulation, returning a favor of several years ago when many South students were in a simulation at Maine East. Tliis year's simulation is being run by Bill Dickens '72 with Jeff Lee '71 serving as publicity chairman, and Mr. Eric Edstrom acting as advisor and sponsor.
Sore, Aching Feet Triumphant! Sixty thousand wwalkers participated in the five Illinois Hunger Hikes on May 3, and they earned more than a million and a half dollars. The 800 Maine South marchers were involved in the largest hike of the day, the Skokie Hike for the Hungry, which had 30,000 walkers. At 8 a.m., after being entertained by a rock group, the people left Niles North, fresh, de-
Placement Courses Zero in on Exams Advanced Placement Examinations will be held the week of May 18. All students enrolled in *AP English, Biology II AP or Chemistry II AP are required to take these tests, and students ,in AP Math, AP U.S. History or European History AP are expected to do so. AP exams aUow students to earn college credit while still in high school. Some students have earned enough semester hours to be considered sophomores in college when they are incoming freshmen. In all AP courses, the exam is an integral part of the course. All the work throughout the year
American History Scholar Award as well as being named the Maine South representative to Boys' State this summer. Individual certificates for outstanding work in Social Science were awarded to 248 students. Juniors led the list of honors with 121. Seniors were awarded 87, Sophomores in World History collected 21 and Freshmen received 19 awards. Mr. Otto M. Kohler Jr., chairman of the Social Science Department, explained, "Teachers in 24 social science courses selected among straight "A" students for those deserving special recognition. A .'•pecial award of 24 cans of "Orange Crush" was given to Mr. Eric Edstrom, leaving Maine South to become Chairman of the Social Science department at Maine West.
department chairman, said, "We have been administering the AP English exams for 11 years and have found that smaller colleges tend to be more strict in awarding credit than the Big 10 schools." Student reactions to AP exams are varied. "I don't like them because they wreck the course. Everyone is always concerned through out the year about the assignments' bearings on the AP exam." "I'm glad I'm taking the AP exams because it wiU cut down on the number of courses I will have to take in college, and I'll be able to graduate sooner."
termined, and prepared for a long walk. They were laughing, then, and singing, riding tricycles, other peoples' backs, leading little red wagons and Indian-type litters. A Confederate flag whipped loudly in the wind over the unending sea of heads. Each marcher had a walkcarl to be produced at each of the 16 checkpoints. A walkcard consisted of a list of the walker's sponsors, who had pledged an average of 25 cents per mile, a map of the 30 mile route, and 16 squares, each representative of a checkpoint. When the walker attained a checkpoint, he produced his walkcard, sweaty and creased, and it was dutifully stamped with the silhouette of a bare foot. The average worth of each walker was $1.75 per mile. 42.5 per cent of the money collected will go overseas to aid in the reconstruction of Columbia. An equal amount will be divided between the American Indian Center, Northwest Suburban Day Care Center, and Marillac House of Chicago. The remaining money has been dedicated to the construction of a day-care center in Des Plaines and other concerns of the im-
mediate vicinity. Medication, food, and drink were offered by volunteers at the checkpoints and along the route by residents of the area. Drop outs were scarce. Only one-tenth of the marchers did not finish the Skokie march. Most drop-outs occurred at the thirteenth checkpoint, situated overlooking L a k e Michigan. At 3 p.m. the line of walkers covered eight miles. One trackman from Maine West had gone the whole way in three hours, and a 48 year old jogger covered it in four. The last stragglers arrived back at Niles North at 10:30 p.m. Upon the walker's return, if he was among the first 500, a card was presented to him which read: "Having walked 30 miles, is a member of the P.W.A., Professional Walker Association." The ridiculous little card seemed inadequate and absurd to many of the tired marchers. Perhaps a brass band, a Gargantuan banner — but to the triumphant walkers, a patch of grass, a drink of water, and the omnipotent walk card clutched still secure would have to do until their legs came to life again and their feet quit their scolding.