Vol 6 issue 4

South Students Cite Their Views On Cigaret Smoking The discoveries of the link between smoking and cancer has resulted in the trend toward personal thought as regards to the cigaret habit, many students at Maine South, along with the teachers, have expressed their personal opinions about cigaret smoking in the high school.

Some students stated the main reason students start smoking is the need to feel sociaUy accepted.

"When you're in with a group and they're all smoking, after a while you start smoking because you have to make yourself feel adjusted," a student stated.

One student commented that the desire for social acceptance in many groups in high school stems from the belief that smoking is an expression of maturity: "They think it's cool."

"I started smoking freshman year. I was kind of immature."

"I have to feel identified."

"I feel more comfortable."

The development of the "need ' for a cigaret is a frequent problem among students who smoke. One student states she needed a cigaret because of "Nervousness . . . like when I'm waiting for someone, I pull one out."

"It's something to hold on to.

It's my own security blanket."

"I started smoking because I felt Uke it until I found that I started to really need them."

"You smoke for the fun of it until you gel really hooked and you have to."

The students observed did not think it's "morally" wrong for a student to smoke.

"I didn't see anything morally wrong in smoking. When I became old enough to spend the money on them, I said to myself, 'Why not take them?'"

One student who quit smoking remarked, "smoking in the washrooms is crazy. Anybody who does it deserves the three day suspension."

Another student disagreed.

"Sometimes you need a cigaret!" The same remarked, "You smoke in the washrooms to see if you can get away with it."

One student who smokes admitts that he doesn't care about the possible ill effects of smoking. "I'm living now. What difference does the future make to me?"

Two students who quit smoking stated their main reason for stopping was athletics.

"Everything seemed too strenuous. It was hard to catch my breath."

"I wanted to go out for wrestling, I knew about the dangers involved with smoking, and I was afraid I wouldn't pass my physical."

"Smoking and sports don't fit together."

Other reasons for quitting the habit were as follows: "My girlfriend didn't want me to die off on her."

"I thought it out for a while.

I knew I'd ruin myself after a while."

"It started to get too expensive."

"I figured I would quit smoking someday anyway."

Asked if he found it difficult to quit the cigaret habit, one student replied, "It was hard to quit, but I made up my mind to do it. I really wanted to stop."

All the students observed commented that commercials that urge people to quit smoking had no real affect on them.

"Signs like "Caution: Smoking may be dangerous to your health' don't mean anything to me."

"Those cancer commercials actually gave me the impulse to smoke."

One student remarked that the commercials give the impression that the dangers of smoking are too far away and that it will never hit them. "It's like the slums, you don't realize how bad they are until you actually see them."

"Statistics are only numbers on a piece of paper—they don't help either."

"Something has to happen to you personally to see the dangers of smoking. If I saw something like that, it would probably make me cut down a lot."

One student smoker reflected on quitting the cigaret habit sometime in the future. "I'll probably quit when I get out of high school and all these social pressures are gone."

College students and adults don't have any social pressures?

Attitudes Polled The figures listed below are the results of a census of opinions on the subject of student unrest on college campuses taken by members of Miss Linda Ernst's Current Affairs and Democracy classes. The results were compiled through questionaires given to students and citizens of Park Ridge.

YES NO UNDECIDED Do you think most students that protect are Communists?

G'^c 92% Should students have some say ^about 2% hiring and firing teachers? * 36% 62% If they violently protest should they be suspended?

35% 20% 55% If students hold a sit-in" in a college building, should they be arrested?

35% 20 "v 45% Do the students have legitimate complaints?

67% 17% 16% If there is a violent student protest, 2% should police be caUed? 89% 9C Should scholarships be taken away from protestors?

46% 45% 9^ Are the student protestors obtaining too much power in running their school?

37% 54% gy Is protesting the best way for students to demand their rights?

21% 68 "^ 11% Do you feel that the student unrest has been building up gradually for a number of years?

73% 17.8*^ 11.2^; Do you feel that the contemporary drug scene on campuses has any effect on the students' unrest?

69.6" 22.6-: 7.8% Do you feel that violence helps their cause?

18%- 78*; Do you feel that outside social pressures have any effect on the students viewpoint?

86.4% 9.6% Generally, do you feel that college administrations are handling student protestors correctly?

18.6% 62% 19.4%.

Do you feel that racial discrimination plays an important part in the present student unrest?

34% 55.4<; 10.6%

Afterwords

The Good Things In Life In almost every article we read, and in every discussion we hear on television or radio today, people tend to criticize, rebuke, or show discontentment with the way things are.

Very seldom do people consider the good things in life, the joys, or the prosperity offered to Americans of this age.

While everyone is busy discussing the problems of pollution, illness, hunger, poverty, inflation, and other such problems of the world, too often the wonderful things offered to us are ignored or forgotten.

With America's 3-18 Thanksgiving approaching, and in what seems to be a period of national and worldly strife, Southwords would like to pursue the thoughts of some things Americans have to be proud of and thankful for. These include: —Developments such as electricity, the automobile, gas heat, air conditioning, plastics and modern medicine — things that advanced technology has enabled us to take advantage of.

—Natural beauty surrounding us, such as the colors of the autumn rapidly giving way to the coming winter.

—Bountiful harvests and the prosperity offered to us if we work hard enough to derive and deserve these things.

—The personal freedoms and liberty offered to each American in many fields of human activity.

—New opportunities and friends offered at Maine South, and the quality of the education we receive in academics and in human coexistence.

—Most of all, however, is the importance of the fact that there are far more things in America to hold us together as a strong union, than there are to divide us.

Volume 6, No. 4

Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, III.

Nov. 14, 1969

Problems Croup Formed The Library Problems Committee, composed of faculty and students from Student Council, has been formed to investigate complaints students have about the library.

In a letter to Southwords, junior Chris Mahaffey complained that the library staff did not seem willing to discuss students complaints. He also said that students in his homeroom com plex have mentioned inadequate seating in the Reserve Room, the banning of spiral notebooks from the Reserve Room, and librarians who take students' cards for trivial reasons as possible areas for improvement.

Chris suggested that a room be set aside in the library where students can talk over their assignments without having their cards taken. He also said that a "court" of some kind should be established so that students can defend themselves after having their library privileges revoked.

Scott Kiescr, SC representative on the Library Problems Committee, was assigned to find out what some of the student complaints were.

He mentioned both inadeiuate seating in the Reserve Room and the taboo on spiral notebooks as problems. He aLso said that many felt there was not enough material in the Reserve Room for all the students to use, Scott mentioned that stu-

dents felt that their library privileges were being revoked unfairly.

Scott pointed out that some improvements are in the process of being made. The Honor Library Card system is one.

Both the student conference room and the "court" arc possibilities. Scott also said that the committee was discussing putting a roof on the AudioVisual room to cut down on noise.

Mr. Robert Young, head librarian, said, "I recognize that this library has problems, as all libraries have problems."

Mr. Young said that the Reserve Reading Room was indeed a problem. He felt that there are often too few copies for the number of times they are used in assignments. "If students would do the reading as soon as possible after it is assigned," he said, "there would not be so great a shortage."

The shortage of books is also attributed to mutilation and theft.

While he acknowledged that the idea of a conference room is valid, Mr. Young said that "at Maine South there is no space in the library, because a substantial amount of room is needed for an unlimited amount of time."

Mr. Young suggested that the respective departments should each sponsor a conference room

so that students and teachers or students and other students can talk.

When asked what the specific duUes of the reading room monitors are, Mr. Young said that their purpose is to "assist the administration in keeping the library a decent place to study."

He felt that they were "by large in the right when they revoked students' library privileges."

Mr. Young said that students had been used to monitor the reading rooms and had proved to be unsuccessful. He said that the use of adult monitors was "the only way to keep the reading rooms quieL" He felt that "monitors should be regarded as study hall teachers."

Mr. Young was of the opinion that each problem could be dealt with satisfactorily.

He said, however, that students must keep in mind that "the administration wants us (the library staff) to operate a library. This means that the group of library users must be supervised so that the library is used as it should be."

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This Week Debate Club will be going to Downers Grove tomorrow and to York on Nov. 22 Future Teachers started a program on November 13 which enables them to help teachers in Jefferson and Merrill elementary schools.

The schedule allows four students to visit each school once a week. This month FTA members spend mornings at the schools; next month, a f t e r noons.

FTA also plans a flower sale before school on Nov. 26. Carnations will be sold at the main exits for a quarter.

Home Ec Club will meet after school on Nov. 25 to start planning their International Dinner.

The Greek play Antigone will be discussed by Latin Club after school on Nov. 19 in A-212. Miss Fisher, sponsor of the club, said that all students who are taking or have completed a Latin course are welcome in the club.

Want to ride? Riding Oob rides every Tuesday at Midwest Stables in Dundee.

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November 14, 1969

Student Relates Experiences As Dropout David Lotticfa 7 1 , returned to Maine South after an absence of almost two years. He felt a need to establish a pattern of regular work to support his search for knowledge.

"The pattern of dropping out is the most limiting of all limiting patterns." he said. He does not consider himself a reformed dropout. According to David, this school's greatest value does not lie in what the school has to offer in the way of education. He feels he can learn much more on his own than in school.

In fact, a lack of challenge prompted him to drop out of school during the first quarter of his sophomore year. Lack of challenge frustrated him. As

his frustration grew, he began to "goof-off" and earn bad grades.

Finally, when he was completely fed up with the whole idea of school, he dropped out.

When asked about his parents' and the administration's reaction to his leaving, he answered, "Nobody minded."

While out of school, David worked on a land-scaping crew.

He looked for the answers to questions that he had been asking himself for sometime. Not able to find the answers because he felt the solutions to his questions required an association with a high level of thinking, he turned to the hippies. Among them he found the answers.

On introspection, he did not

Open Letter

Americans Have Righf to Protest Dear Editor: Upon reading the article recently submitted by a certain John Barzditis in the Oct. 31 issue of Southwords, I was provoked into writing a letter of strong opposition.

The writer has stated that the Moratorium demonstrators* irresponsibility deserves condemnation. Assuming this is true, why, then, did members of various offices of municipal, state, and federal governments participate in the demonstration? Arc John Lindsay, Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern along with other "fanatics" who believe in "mob rule"? Why did millions of common Americans join together in peaceful, nonviolent marches and assemblies? Are these people the individuals who "threaten the foundations of the most democratic nation on earth"?

According to the news media, the Moratorium was peaceful, contrary to the article, which states that demonstrators showed "complete intimidation through show of numbers and disruptive tactics." It seems that if there were trouble on Moratorium Day, it was the proVietnam individuals who caused most of it. Are the Maine South students who had a field day by pulling off black armbands and

starting fights the people who show "responsibility"?

In the article, Mr. "Barzditis also claims that the attempts to organize increasing numbers of moratorium days is "undemocratic." Nothing can be more democratic than to mourn the 39,000 lives that have been snuffed out in a war in which our involvement does not concern the upholding of America's security and freedom. It appears that the idea of democracy to many Americans is of a government in which citizens can protest as long as the dissent does not downgrade the atrocities (yes, there are a few) of our otherwise great nation.

It also seems that President Nixon is willing to give up more lives of young men not yet old enough to vote for a "just peace"—in other words, for the upholding of national pride as a country which has never lost a war. 39 thousand men plus more who will die is a rather large sacrifice.

It was casually stated in the article that only about one hundred men have died in the last few weeks. If it were only one who died in vain, the outlandishness would be reason enough for any American to protest.

Signed, Richard Shields '71

find much "stick-to-it-ivness" in himself, because he had established the pattern of dropping out at a young age. Because school demands tenacity, David will attend school until graduation so to assimilate this strength.

Now that he is back in school, David's attitude toward school

Open Letter

Dear Editor: At times it becomes fairly evident that many people don't understand the concept of democratic government. In a letter of the last edition of Southwords, a staff member condemned the Moratorium for being undemocratic, showing disrespect for leaders, and demoralizing our troops.

We, the signers of this letter, hope to answer these charges, and to defend the freedom granted to us by the first amendment to the Constitution.

First of all, we assume that it is the ideal of the United States to be a democratic republic. A democracy where the majority rules, and a republic where the rights of the minority are protected from the will of the majority. A perfect democracy, we must remember, is a one man-one vote establishment. Ideally, every government affair would be voted on by every citizen, and passed by a majority. This is, of course, impractical in today's America, so instead, we have a representative system of government.

We elect the people to represent us, but that is not where their duty ends. Once they are in their respective government positions, they should remember their constituency and vote the way they believe the majority would vote. We can apply this to the President too. He also is an elected representative.

His duty is to follow the will of the people and not the course that he would like to follow.

So now we will answer a charge that the Moratorium protest was undemocratic. As we have already pointed out, that democracy acts on majority will. To do this in a representative situation, the representatives. President, and all officers

In-School Suspension Discussed centage is taken off, a student cannot make it up. For this reason, I beUeve that a set of criteria should be established as to what constitutes a suspension.

A punishment must fit the crime. The two per cent rule concerning suspension is not firm but left up to the teacher's discretion whether to comply with this rule or not. To make a valid judgement, a teacher must know the individual circumstances. I feel that some provision must be made to provide the teacher with this information.

The issue arises whether or not a student should be disciplined by suspension. The administration's viewpoint is that they must punish those who break the rules by taking away what they themselves offer: education. But the suspension of a student is unfair because the individual is doubly punished.

He not only loses two per cent from his grades per day, but he is deprived of the valuable class time that be misses.

I believe that this policy is not aimed in the right direction.

It seeks only to punish the student, not to help him solve his problems or make him realize

or it dies. Man has a free will.

He chooses whether to grow and develop or "die". On this background David explained his future plans. He wants to continue to grow and develop. Going to college mayor may not be among his plans.

After graduating, he plans to go to California and "be."

Democracy and Republic

Open Letter

Dear Editor: A current topic of discussion in Student Council and the recent Council-Faculty meeting is the topic of school suspensions.

It has become apparent that a re-evaluation of present school policy concerning suspension may be in order.

Two issues immediately present themselves: first, whether some definite criteria should be established for school suspension; and second, whether a student should be punished scholastically for breaking a school rule.

As in any other phase of society, a student must be responsible for what he does.

When a student does not follow school rules and regulations, he is subject to disciplinary action.

The deans decide on an appropriate punishment. If they think that the "crime" is of a serious enough nature, they may elect to place a student in in-school suspension. If a student is then suspended, he stands to lose, for each day he is in susfiension, two per cent of his grades for the quarter in each of his clas.ses. "This practice is very severe for the simple reason that once the per-

has changed. Before dropping out, he saw the school as a dead end. He now thinks school can help him lead his mind, man's greatest tool, on to valuable horizons. He feels energj- that could be directed toward creativity is being wasted filling the demands of a modem society.

A tree must grow and develop

his own mistakes. I maintain that there is no better way to influence a high school student's actions than through his parents. A letter is sent out informing the parents of their child's suspension, but the matter is often left at that. What is needed is a conference in which the student, his parents, and the dean can discuss the matter.

Penalizing a student scholastically and confining him to a room (where it is hoped he will study) certainly does not benefit the student educationally or socially. The school has an obligation to try to make its student educationally and socially well rounded. If it does not effectively deal with the problems of discipline, it does not fulfill this obligation.

I trust that a better system of discipline than the one presently in practice can be f o u n d one that can solve a student's problems with the help of his parents. I am hopeful that the Student Council committee looking into disciplinary problems will come up with some helpful suggestions and altemalives.

Signed, Joe Mantione 70

of government included, must know the sentiments of their constituency. One way of getting these feelings across is a vote, but this sometimes (especially in the case of Vietnam) proves to be impractical. Another way is to inform your representative by mail or telegram, but a more expressive, more meaningful, and stronger way is non-violent demonstration. Therefore, the Moratorium is a tool of the representative democracy, not a hinderance.

Now let's examine a second charge, that we are showing disrespect to our leaders. But before we go into this, let's hear what Senator J. W. Fulbright had to say when he wrote "To criticize one's country is to do it a service, and to pay it a compliment." Let's explore the logic behind this quote. You do the country a favor because your criticism may spur it to do better, and you are paying it a compliment because you are, in fact, saying "my government can do better." So actually we are not showing disrespect for

Open Letter

Court To Open Dear Editor: The purpose of the traffic court is to set up a court where s'udents can come and appeal their traffic tickets. Also, as it states in the by-laws, to plan and put into effect any projects in the interest of traffic safety.

Parking in lots other than the south parking lot and setting up a suitable and decent court arc the projects that this year's traffic court has undertaken.

With considerable help from the Student Council, the traffic court has been partially successful in obtaining parking for students in lots other than the south lot by establishing parking for students in the northeast lot.

This year's traffic court is to be held from 7:30 until 8:00 a m on the first and third Wednesdays of every month in A119. The first court will be held on November 19. I would like to emphasize that any ticketed student who does not appear for court will be sent down to Mr. Smith, dean of students.

In order to have a safe and orderly parking lot system, rules must be established for all cars that are parked in a Maine South parking lot. All cars that are marked in a Maine South parking lot must display a car identification sticker. T h e s e stickers are used for auto identification and better traffic control in the parking lots. The speed limit on school property is ten miles per hour in traffic lanes and fifteen miles per hour on straight-aways. There should be no "peeling" of tires while on school grounds since this wears down both the tires and the pavement; also the resulting lack of control could be dangerous to Nearby students.

Any student who violates these rules will be fined and ticketed accordingly.

Signed, Ted Johnson SC Traffic Court Chairman

our leaders, we are trying to show our opinions so they can better represent us, and we are paying them a compliment by saying, "we think you can do belter."

Now we would like to handle the idea that the Moratorium protest demoralizes our troops and indirectly threatens our security. It is true that many soldiers in Vietnam are asking themselves, "Why are we fighting?" TTiis, then, raises two questions: 1) does this demoralization hurt U.S. security; 2) do or don't the soldiers have the right to draw their own conclusions on Vietnam?

First of all, let's ask ourselves, "Do the political opinions of our vastly superior army make any difference?" It seems evident that whatever the effects are, they are minimal, in that we are still fighting, we are still in the same "good" position, and we do not seem to have lost any ground. Secondly, do the soldiers have the right to make their own decisions on Vietnam? In the past, the balance between rights and national security had been quite fragile. The right to dissent seems, at times, to weaken the security of a nation and therefore endangers the rights of the majority, but in the case of Vietnam we must remember, this war does not mean life or death for U.S. security. So we must provide the soldiers with the igly truth, that a large number of the American people disagree with the action the U.S. is taking.

In Nuremberg, after World War II, we tried and sentenced war criminals for following orders. We must therefore admit that it is up to the citizenry of the U.S. to decide whether we should or shouldn't be in Vietnam, because in a democracy the people are the ones who must answer for their government's decisions. Therefore, we must remember that the government serves the people, and the people are the government.

Signed.

Bill Dickens '72 (this letter was co-signed by 33 additional students)

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New Humanities Course Teaches About Society

Republican State Representative, Robert Jucl<ett arranged for 85 South students to tour Springfield on October 22. Mr. Juckett appears second row, left.

NU Engineering Seminar Coming Northwestern University's engineering school, the Technolological Institute, will hold its annual open house for high school science students, teachers and parents Thursday, Nov. 20 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Mr. Robert C. Gesteland, associate professor of biological sciences at Northwestern university, will deliver the opening address entitled, "You Are Man's Last Chance."

He will speak about overpopulation and how it will eventually crowd man off the earth if heroic biological and social engineering isn't undertaken within the next decade.

Mr. Gesteland's principal research interests are now concerned with how the nervous system receives sensory information and the language it uses for internal communication.

The estimated 1500 visitors will be invited to tour the institute located at 2145 Sheridan rd., Evanston.

Tours will be conducted of the laboratories and research facilities of the departments of civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering and management sciences, materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and astronautical sciences, and engineering sciences. The Universsity's Vogelback Computing Center, located on the new James Roscoe Miller Campus, will also be open to visitors.

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

Student members of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary fraternity, will act as hosts and will acquaint students with aspects of engineering education and university living.

According to Harold B. Got-

Maria And Steve Chosen South AFS Students "The experience of traveling to a foreign country, maybe India or England, would give an individual a much clearer view of what a foreign language is like as opposed to what the student learns from text books in school," said Maria Westermeier '71, finalist in the Americans Abroad program.

Steve Olsen '71, also a finalist, is hoping to go to a "totally different society," a unique experience to broaden his outlook on life.

There is little chance though that they will go to one of the countries that speak their foreign language. A two week crash program before they travel to their destination is given to AFS students so that they will know the basic language their adopted parents will know.

A student can go during the summer or during the school year to foreign countries on the AFS program; academic credit for the school year is given if he goes during the year.

Steve hopes to go for the summer but will not know for sure until spring.

"The two students were chosen from a record 29 applicants," related Pat Bak, chairman of AFS for Student Council. Their names have been sent to New York for further review. In New York, full time workers match students to a family with common interests.

The AFS program is a giveand-take operation. Funds from the school project, which Pat

assures will be a new and huge success this year, will raise money to support an AFS foreign student.

The activities the students will engage in will depend on the country to which they have been sent.

aas, dean of the Institute, the 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.

New to Maine South this year is a humanities course taught jointly by five teachers: Miss Ann Mamett, Mr. Daniel Silkowski, Mr. Gordon McLean, Mr. Robert Hunt, and Mr. Kenneth Faulhaber.

A committee appointed by Dr. Clyde K. Watson, principal, last year consisting of Mr. Otto Kohler, chairman of the Humanities course. Miss Mamett, Dr. Watson, Mr. Silkowski and Mr. McLean worked out details for the course.

The humanities course, according to Mr. Kohler, studies •'man's relation to man, how he thinks and reacts in various situations."

This year 120 students are taking the course, 60 during fourth period and 60 during sixth. These large groups meet in a lecture hall for movies or lectures about once a week. At other times, groups of 15 students meet to hold discussions.

During the first quarter the students got a general background in art, music and films in order to develop a vocabulary which would help in their discussions.

In the future, literature, politics, history, philosophy and their relations to man will be studied.

Journalistic Policies Discussed Saturday, Nov. 1, Jeff Lee '71, Kathy Padorr '72, Dave King 72, Mike Maloney. '72, Tom Lanctot, John Barzditis '70, and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Edstrom attended a conference sponsored by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relation on the topic "Diplomacy and tlie Press" at the Biackstone Hotel in Chicago.

Peter Lisagor, chief of the Chicago Daily News Washington Bureau; Robert McCloskey, deputy assistant secretary of press relations and special assistant to Secretary of State William Rodgers and Adalbert Dc Segonzac, chief correspondent of France-Soir, largest daily newspaper in France, spoke and fielded questions from more than five hundred high school students in attendance.

Discussion quickly cei.tered around press coverage of the Vietnam War and ccncorship of news by the Stale Department.

Statements of Mr. McCloskey that censorship in Vietnam is minimal and that in certain instances the government is justified in withholding information

sparked much of the controversy and debate.

The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations is part of a nationwide organization of local councils that attempts to educate tile public about and to promote participation in foreign affairi. The sponsoring of outstanding speakers for high school students on foreign relations is part of the service they perform.

They also put out pamphlets and television shows. The Chicago Council lists Senator Charles Percy and Adlai Stevenson III as two of tlieir more distinguished members.

The next conference for high school students sponsored by the Chicago Council will be held in December and concerns the Soviet-Sino split.

Mr. Eric Edstrom, who sponsored the trip said, discussing the value of such conferences, "They bring students in closer contact with significant national speakers on foreign policy and gel them more involved in the decision making process."

In history, for example, social problems such as deception in logic, social change, big business, the cultiu-al explosion, the effect of society on character, ethics and morals will be explored.

Several evaluations were required from the students. Students were to evaluate some ex,)eriences such as a film, a piece of music or a work of art using the vocabulary they had acquired.

Presently the students are working on a multi-media project in the small groups. They are exploring such topics as "identity" and preparing a 30 minute presentation using films, music or other media to present their views to the large group.

Emphasis in the class is placed on the student's discovery for himself and evaluating himself and his motives through the evaluation of history by viewing the arts.

The teachers act more as "guides" than "tellers."

"For this reason," Miss Mamett noted, "the students like the course, but it can also be frustrating because it is so different and' they must apply themselves."

Mr. Faulhaber said that the course aims to "develop the student's sense of contribution.

Sincerity is very imjwrtant."

The practicality of the course, Miss Mamett said, was that "people must learn to make judgements of everyday situations" and one of the prime purposes of the course is to teach the students to make judgements.

The classes went on one field trip this quarter which took them to the Art Institute to see the Rembrant exhibition, to the Field Museum to see the primitive arts display and to a Mozart and Sibelius concert.

The group has also had guest lecturers such as Miss Aim Porayko, vocal teacher and Mr. Robert Cook, science teacher.

In the future Mr. Charles Suber, editor of Downbeat music magazine and Dr. Charles Keller, a pioneer in the field of Humanities, will address t h e group.

"The purpose of the course," Mr. Kohler notes, "is to develop a balanced curriculum between the sciences and the humanities. At last we have a course with man as the central figure."

Letters From Germany Describe Barb's Visit Hiking for mushrooms, horsebackriding and bicycling along the Rhine are just a couple of the many new experiences Barb Hoffman, South's AFS American Abroad student, is enjoying on her one year stay in Germany.

Barb lives in Bad Godesberg, which is just outside of Bonn along the Rhine River, with the family of Dr. and Mrs. Franz Klamser. Her three "brothers and sisters" include Michael, 4 years old; Peter, 13; and Andrea, 15.

Dr. Klamser is a government official who speaks fairly fluent English, her AFS mother is a German housewife with a college education who wants to learn English.

The Klamser's house, Barb comments, "looks like a 2-story hotel from the outside, but the inside is really cool—the walls are white, and the rugs, paintings, vases, and statues have come from all over the world . .

There is no front yard (only roses) and a small back yard filled with pear trees."

Barb's school is co-ed and has

about 1.000 students, beginning in the fifth grade. Each class stays together for all subjects, consisting of math.

Latin.

French, religion, music, history, physics. German, English, art, sports, and geography.

The school seems a bit less rushed than Maine South. Girls wear slacks and sneakers, or skirts and low heels. The boys dress nearly the same as at Maine except for socks and sandals.

Boys and girls alike carry briefcases of some type.

emphasized in the programs.

Throughout her letters, Barb reiterates her impression of the wide varieties of beauty in Germany. She comments that rambling fields, farms, forests, cities, and factories all exist in

the same setting.

Cobblestone roads and many courtyards add to the village atmosphere, and on Sundays, church bells ring all over town bringing to mind "a record, a movie, or Christmas."

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Breakfast in Germany con sists of meal, stew, fish or pancakes; fruit and potatoes; and mineral water. A supper at 6:30 contains open face lunchmeat sandwiches and tea.

In the American sector of her town she can see American movies for 35 cents. She coniments that the German postal service is fantastic. Barb also notices that because of the American television shows broadcasted in Germany, many Germans would be hesitant to visit the U.S. because of its many dangers and problems

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November 14, 1969

SOUTHWORDS

Intrasquad to Preview Tough CSL Battle The varsity cagers will go through their annual intra-squad exercise tonight as the final act of the evenings' entertainment, and it should make the Ridgewood contest next week look exciting by comparison if it proves to be as uncompetitive as its football counterpart. The game symbolizes the end of "basic training" and the beginning of actual game preparation.

Twenty-eight varsity candidates appeared to try out for the team two weeks ago, and the final cut down to 6 seniors and 14 juniors was made a week ago. Coach Bemie Brady

has been stressing defense in the early-season drills, primarily the standard man-to-man rotations. Various offenses are also being worked on with the 3-on-2 and 2-on-l fast breaks, and the

Grapplers Set Goals Maine South may look forward to a very exciting year at the mats this year. In Coach Ziemek's words, "This is the best start in six years." This is a strong opinion after looking at last year's team that sent five grapplers to the Sectional Tournament, and one to

G-Men Seek Crown Felling optimistic about the upcoming season, the Maine South varsity gymnasts anxiously await their opening meet at East Leyden on November 28.

Why they are so confident can best be explained by Coach John Riccitelli.

Tankers To Swim With New Mentor Swim Coach Ben Harris, a newcomer to South's coaching staff, predicts a substantial improvement in this year's swimming team. Because of summer park district work-outs, preseason weight training, and a higher morale, the team has built an energetic desire to do weU. . The 1969-70 Varisty Swimming Team will be lead by seniors Barry Markus, BQI Malik, Chris Nelson, Steve Rotchford, Steve Seabolt, and Fred Simms.

Freshman Brad Kozie, butterfly, backstroke, and freestyle swimmer will also add to the team's strength.

Although insured of a better season, Coach Harris would rather remain cautiously optimistic until after the first meet to be held at Evanston high school on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Zdeb, Benson Moke All-CSL Grid List The Hawks set the stage for "great expectations" on the gridiron next season when they 1) rallied from a 12-0 deficit in the first half to rout the New Trier West Cowboys in their final clash, 33-18, and 2) had lineman Ed Benson and back Joe Zdeb, both juniors, named to the AU-Central Suburban League squad.

In addition, the recent CSL coaches meeting tabbed seniors Denny Malloy, Ron Mosena, and John Manning as honorable mention selections. All three of these players had excellent afternoons against New Trier &s Malloy scored twice on nms and passed to Manning for another to add to his large season scoring total.

In addition to the Malloy TD toss he caught.

Manning grabbed a conversion pass and ate up passing yardage all day toward the Cowboy goal line.

The referee is going to throw a cross-body block for John Manning?

2-on-2 pick and roll.

The Hawks have handled Ridgewood well in the past on the underclass levels, and should be able to continue their win streak over the Rebels next

"Admittedly, on some of the apparati, the starting threesomes have not yet been decided," he said. "But most of our big men are back from last year including four state qualifiers. I see no reason why we can't repeat as conference champs and finish undefeated."

'Of all the apparati the Hawks will probably be strongest on the high bar. Lettermen Jack Famy '70, and Mark Walker '70, will head up the squad here.

JLack, one of the state qualifiers of last year, will also be counted on to perform well in other areas.

One of those areas will be the parallel bars where Jack, together with another state qualifier, senior Scott Shute, should form an impressive base for the squad.

The side horse team is the only one which could be considered as set. Lettermen Chris Porter '70, who is still another of last year's state qualifiers, Paul Peterson '70, and Jim Anderson '70, will comprise a strong and consistent threesome.

On the trampoline, Steve Olson, who qualified in state as a sophomore last year, heads a squad which will most likely be rounded out by John Crosby "70, and Ray Kane '71.

The nucleus of the free exercise squad will be the two Hurlstone lettermen. Bud and his junior sibling. Bill.

If the Hawks arc weak on any apparatus, they arc weak on the still rings as they have been for a long time.

the state meet where he placed second.

This team, as sophomores, tied for the Conference title with Glenbrook South. Mr. Ziemek is more optimistic this year.

"I'm really pleased. The enthusiasm has been overwhelming. This is the best start in six years."

Starling at 95 lb. will probably be junior Keith Nelson, often known as the "mini-brute."

Wrestling at 107 lb. will be another junior, Mike Cichon.

Coach Ziemek is still unable to predict whether Tom Magas "71 or Brian Palmer '70 will start at t h e 1151b. weight class.

Chances are that Ron Raymond '70 will occupy the 1231b. weight class. At 130 there is another toss-up between two juniors.

Scott and Mark Miller. Rick Popp, a senior, will probably be at the 1371b class, although jun ior Bob Nardini is making excellent progress in his first year at wrestling and may steal Rick's spot. Senior Jack Brown and Dan Smith are still vying for the 1451b. weight class.

Terry Reeder '71 is the top candidate for what Mr. Ziemek termed as a "still open" position at 1551b. Seniors Tony Coletto and Tom Hall are both in contention for starting honors at the 1651b. class. Randy Ruck '71, and Jack Hubka '70, arc both looking at the 175 class, while Frank Schneider '70 and Tom Maltick '71 arc gunning for the 1851b. class. Senior Don Kemp has the heavyweight class to himself now, but he'll have to tight for it when big John Garcia returns from the injured list (remember that broken ankle in the early part of the football season?).

The grapplers' first meet is on Friday, a week from today, against Maine East. Many speculators expect Iho Demon-; to lake Slate, but Coach Ziemek's feelings: "They're tough, all right. But they've got a big surprise coming this Friday."

week in their first home encounter of the season. The remainder of the cage schedule does not look overly-inviting, however.

Coach Brady concurs that the conference, as a whole, is getting stronger, and looks for a possible four- or five-team horse race for the championship. He looks for his own team, of course, to be among the challengers. Niles West, Niles North, Deerfield, and Glenbrook North were also mentioned for their potential strength.

The Niles West Indians have their tall and lean 6'10" all-conference center Mike Cartwright returning, along with Mirsky at guard, last year's super-sub.

"They are the defending conference champions.

Niles North is countering with a returning all-conference center and guard, and Deerfield could cause problems with its

Much of this year's cage success will depend on the experience of Mike Nevins (L) and All-CSL Greg Schmelzer.

///. Foil King, Littell, Back On Nov. 25 Maine South's fencing team hosts New Trier East for the oiwner in what could be a state championship season.

Returning letterman from last year's third-instate tt?am are Bob Young, Jim Eng blom. and individual stale

Other Sports Besides B-Ball? Uhhh Wrestling We're sorry, boys and girls, but Maine South's home wrestling meets will be blacked out from network T.V., along with our away meets. The most important reason is that our gold, red, and black sequinned capes have been stolen from the locker room. Also, Max the Mangier has been suspended from school until he shaves his beard.

We do wonder, though, how many people view high school wrestling as the same type of garbage that is on UHF-TV Sunday mornings. True, wrestling is a cool, calculated match which not only involves muscles, but takes into consideration a person's physical condition and his intelligence. A wrestler has a better chance being smart, but weak, than being strong and dumb.

Although wrestling is a tough sport, it is the opposite of the shenanigans seen on T.V. However, it has been rumored that wrestling is a spectator sport. The best way to see is to attend t h e November 21 meet (a week from t o d a y ) against Maine East. This will be the roughest meet of the year for the grapplers, so they will need all the cheering they can get.

Gymnastics Gymnastics has judges for

each of its 6 events, who arc usually coaches of other high schools. The various apparatus events are the side horse, high bar, free exercise, parallel bars, rings, and trampoline. All of these except the trampoline make up an additional all around score.

For each event three specialist routines are performed, as well as one all-around performance. The all-around score can count for the event as well as the final all-around score.

The three lop scores are then added together for each event to give the six apparatus scores.

These scores, plus the allaround scores, result in the team total with the most points winning.

Swimming For all of you planning to attend a swim meet tliis season, it's important that you be introduced to some of the basic rules of swimming so that you will have a greater appreciation of the sport.

The three types of competitive strokes include breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, and crawl.

These strokes, swum at various distances, plus diving compose the nine individual events and two relays held at a meet.

Two swimmers from each team enter each event of a duel meet. Scoring is five points for

tough and aggressive board play.

The Maine South Hawks can boast two returning lettermen in Greg Schmelzer and Mike Nesins. Nevins took over at the guard position midway through last season, and Schmelzer teamed with graduated center Dave Butz to pull in many rebounds last season to help the team to the sectional finals and aid him in earning all-conference honors. The '68 JV squad were the conference champs, and led

by Bob Norlander and Jim Williams, should add strength to this year's varsity.

The Hawks' Christmas Tournament tliis season will be at Aurora East, who made an excellent showing last year with their all-state guard, Tom Kivisto. who will be back. Offensively, Coach Brady will again have the 1-2-2 (from basket to backcourt) and has installed a new tight offense (2-1-2).

first, three for second, and one for third; winning relays receive seven points while the losers get none. Thus, the first team to acquire forty-cighi points wins the meet.

Conference and state standings are determined by special meets held at the end of the season.

Fencing Fencing meets are won through a combination of in dividual wins by each of the six fencers on a team. The team is divided into an Astrip and a B-strip, each consisting of three men.

The three fencers of the Aslrip each engage in a bout with each of the fencers in hie opposing team's A-strip. The B-strip does the same. Therefore, a total of 18 bouts constitute a meet. The team with the highest number of bout wins is the victor.

In the individual bouts, the fencers fence until one has successfully touched his opponent's jacket with his foil. The first to get five touches, or, in case neither does, the one with the most touches at the end of the bout wins.

Since only two other schools in the league field fencing teams there is no league competition.

The only chance for standings is in the state meet.

champ Dave Littell.

Following the New Trier contests are meets with Marshal and Niles East, defending State Champs and runners-up respectively. These meets will give the Hawks a good look at their competition at the state meet next March.

Along with three returning lettermen South boasts three promising fencers up from last year's J.V, team. Senror Jerry Henricken and juniors John Duncan and Phil Frystak are expected to provide the needed depth.

Miss Karen Kenyon, the fencers' coach, has high hopes for the varsity squad. She feels that Dave Littell is still the best fencer in the state because many of last year's contenders have graduated while Littell is still a junior.

Miss Kenyon also sights the fact that the main competition.

Marshal and Niles East, have been hit much harder by graduation than her own team. In viewing these two teams she predicts: "They wiU be good, but we feel that we're tough enough to knock them off."

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Dave Littell, state fencing champ.