Vol 7 issue 1

T V Scanning South Lot To Discourage Vandalism Television tamers are scanning the south parking lot, according to Dr. Clyde K. Watson, principal. To (Uspel "rumors and erroneous information and errors," Dr. Watson explained the reasons for the TV cameras.

First, many students' cars have been broken into. Stereos, stereo tapes and other valuables have been stolen.

Second, the lot is readily accessible to Dee Road. Difficulty in maintaining security in the lot was another reason for the cameras. Strange cars could easily damage other cars in the parkkig lot.

Dr. Watson explains that ev' ery student should know about the cameras to discourage vandalism and theft. "We want every student to know that if be is in the south parking lot, during school hours, he is probably on television."

Closed-circuit TV cameras in the A-wing scan the entire lot.

One monitor for each camera is installed in Mr. Elbert Smith's office. If Mr. Smith should have to be away from his office for an extended period, someone would be there to watch the monitors.

Walkie-talkies wiU be used for communication between Mr. Smith and Captain Dreyer. The lot will thus be better protected while the cost of hiring extra security men will be avoided.

Maine South is the only school in its district to use the closed circuit TV cameras for security. South's cameras have been installed for a one-year trial period. If the results are favorable, as the administrators feel they will be, other schools in the district may adopt them.

Were Maine South to televise all parking lots, four to five more cameras would be needed.

The South lot was chosen because student cars there were most often vandalized.

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Maine Township High School South, Park Aidge, III. 60068

Student Council Officers Working To Realize Various Campaign Proposals student Council has begun this school year by making many new plans and by clarifying rules. Officers have begun work on some of their proposed projects and are leaving some planning for future months.

Ted Berg, SC president, stated that the atendance procedures now in effect for juniors and seniors are a part if his proposed program for self-structured study time. He feels that now that only freshmen and sophomores have to be in study

Spirit Week—Up and Coming Sept. 21 Next week is Spirit We^.

Friday will include Spirit Court elections and a 6 p.m. varsity

Publication Dates Told Dates of publication of Southwords have been determined by the Southwords staff.

The next issue will come out Oct. 2, followed by other October issues on the 16th and the 30th. The only November issue wiU be published Nov. 20.

The last paper before Christmas vacation will appear Dec. 11.

The first 1971 issue of SouthWords will be the Jan. 8 issue, followed by another Jan. 22.

The paper will also be published March 5, March 26, April 16, April 30, May 14.

The final issue of the year will be the Senior Issue on June 7.

football game at Glenbrook South. The Kickoff Dance is Saturday, Sept. 26.

District 207's College Night is Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. here at South.

The band and pompon squad journeyed to DeKalb on Saturday, Sept. 12, to perform at the Northern-San Diego game.

The band played a medley from the musical South Pacific. The Hawkettes did a routine to "Some Enchanted Evening."

Krista McLean performed a baton solo.

Seniors are encouraged to get college applications in early.

Tri-S is planning Wednesday meetings to discuss the mock election on November 2.

Maine South faces La Grange in a soccer game at South on Sept. 29 at 4:30 p.m.

Anyone interested in joining the Biology Club can contact Mr. David Clark, sponsor, in A-316.

The first activity planned is a field trip to the Milwaukee Zoo. The club also plans a lot of

work on pollution.

Freshman Student Council representatives' petitions are Sept. 21. Elections will be Thursday, Sept. 24.

A Home-Ec bake sale is planned for after school on Sept.

24 at the main exits.

GRA's annual Howdy Playnight will be September 25 at 7:30 p.m.

September 27 is the date of the Student Council picnic.

Try-outs for V-Show will be September 28 to October 2 and October 5 to October 9 after school in PA-107.

Homecoming queen nominations will be made October 5.

Americans Abroad Week is Sept. 21 to Sept. 25. The assembly will be Tuesday, the 22.

South's AFS student Firru Fuopanki from Finland will speak, as will Maria Westermier, who spent a summer in Italy. Guest speaker will be Stan Dale, the radio broadcaster. Share the Fare will be sponsored all week.

Fares are 25 cents each.

Revised Policy Opens Library, Lounge ^^o More Students More Frequently "I tliink this is the best opening we've had yet," said Mr. Robert Simonsen, dean of students. "The students don't seem to be as 'up-tight' as they were last year."

Mr. Simonsen was discussing the changes in policy and discipline that have been put into effect at South this year. He

remarked that, "as a rule, the students seem to be very wellbehaved this year."

The greatest change at South has been in the library system.

Instead of the separate library cards passed out last year, students are simply signing into their reading room at the beginning of their library period.

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Sept. 18, 1970

Unlike last year, when each student could only be in the library one period, a student can go to the library during any or all of his study halls.

The library policy was changed, according to Mr. Simonsen, "for efficiency. We feel that a student already has too many cards to carry around, so we cut out at least one. It also makes it easier for the ladies in the reading rooms."

New problems have come up with the new system. The library has become overcrowded at times. But Mr. Simonsen feels that this will taper off "as soon as the novelty of being in the library three periods a day wears off." With the opening of the senior lounge and the tentative proposal of giving juniors lounge privileges, overcrowding should no longer be a problem.

hall, his idea of student-nm study halls would not be practical.

The Student Rights and Responsibilities Board which Ted also proposed last year as a committee to which students could bring complaints will probably be scheduled at the same time as the complex leader meetings, making the complex leaders members of the board. There would proabably be no members of the administration at these meetings.

Teds' other proposals of flexible time release, which would enable students to leave after their last class, and the 9th period open SC meetings have not been discussed.

SC vice president Bill Barmier's proposal of last year to have extra materials such as video tapes and booklets as sup-

South Acquires Mascot

1 Mr. Perlin, head of Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce, presents South's new hawk head to Ted Berg, April Everding, and Colleen O'Neil.

Maine South has acquired a mascot. A three foot fiberglass hawk's head was donated by the Stoeckfuss company for Maine South's participation in last year's Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce Christmas parade.

The Stoeckfuss Company specializes in making costumes and fiberglass heads. This company made most of the costumes

which Student Council members wore last year in the Christmas parade.

The rest of the hawk tostume is being made by Mrs. Stanaslowski, a psychology teacher.

Student Council and the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce arranged getting the mascot which will make it's debut at the Wheeling game on September 19.

Maine North's Opening Delayed, Freshmen Temporarily at South The opening of Maine North has been delayed until November 2. Due to this delay, the other three Maine schools are housing Maine North students until that date.

Those students who attended Maine East and West last year and were to go to North this year have been kept at their

Variety Show Theme Announced, Act Applications Available Now Hobos, liippies; Clark Gable, Dustin Hoffman; jitterbug, bougaloo; swing era, hard rock — what do these have in common?

They're all a part of V-Show, Spirit of '71.

Similarities between the living g e n e r a t i o n s (grandfathers through babies) is what this year's Variety Show will try to convey. Nancy Mellon '72, co-

plements to the library and Ted Berg's proposed resource centers have resulted in the now experimental Social Science Resource Center. This center is set up in the social science office and contains supplementary material such as microfilm, transparencies, and periodicals dealing with U.S. History, government, and democracy.

Bill is also working on new, regularly scheduled Cofac meetings. These meetings are attended by students and teachers who wish to discuss problems and exchange views.

SC officers Pat Bak, secretary, and Dave Littel, treasurer, along with committee chairmen and council members, are similarly working on organizing council and making plans for next year.

student director, explained, "Generations usually face the same problems, fads, etc. My mother faced the same problems with her skirt lengths around the time she was married, believe it or not."

Applications for acts are available in front of PA-lOl at the drama office. Final deadline for all applications is September 25.

old schools. The incoming freshmen from elementary District 63 have been sent to South.

When Maine North does open, it will not have a senior class.

Those seniors who live in the North district will be permitted to graduate at the school where they spent their first three years. "Hierefore, North will field no varsity sports teams untU its second year.

Maine North will not be complete when it opens November 2. It is presently designed for only 1700 students, just enough room for the school to open.

After its opening, however, two additions wUl be added, increasing the school's capacity to 3500.

The delay in building was caused largely by the numerous strikes that took place during the summer. Before the building itself was even started, a roadway access and water supply had to be constructed.

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SOUTHWORDS

SeptmniMr 18, 1970

South Hosts Finnish Girl This year Maine South is host to AFS student Sim Suopanki from Kouvola, Finland, a city of about 25,000 people.

Siru arrived in Park Ridge two weeks ago after being in New York for an orientation with 500 other AFS students.

She remarked that her first few days at Maine South were "confusing, everything is so big!"

Siru's first impressions of Maine South are that it holds so many opportunities for every kind of person. She also made some interesting comparisons to her own country's educational system.

In Finland, high school begins when a student is 11 years old and continues for eight years.

During that time, three foreign languages are required for every student. Siru also remarked that the system is on a weekly schedule, with hours from eight till two with no study halls.

There is a great concentration on science, math, music and art which are also required for -every student. Siru has taken Swedish, German and English. Before coming to Maine South, Siru had four years of

English, and she is now in her first year of French here. When Siru returns to Finland she will attend her high school for two more years, a girl's school of about 1000 students.

After completion of high school, a Finnish student can go on to the university level. Siru commented that most Finnish students go on to the universities to continue their education.

Siru's main interest outside of school is dancing. She has been studying ballet for seven years.

Last year she danced in the theater in her town in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof." Siru admitted that the rehearsals and performances took up much of her free time, but that she thoroughly enjoyed working in the musicals. Siru also enjoys skiing and skating in the winter.

Maria Westermeir '71 spent seven weeks this summer as an AFS student in Pirri, Cagliari, one of the three provinces of Sardinia. Before Maria arrived in Pirri, she spent five days in Rome for orientation along yith 32 other Americans. She also went to Venice for six days where they studied the history of Venice. They spent one day

Women's Lib Affects Sou Women's Liberation: it's been talked about and read about, but what is it about? How will it affect the careers of Maine South girls?

A prospective doctor, psychologist, photographer, and major league pitcher tried to answer those questions.

"Women's Lib is asking for equality but each member of the group has their own idea of equality," said Audrey Altstadt, senior, who wants to be a psychologist.

When asked if the Women's Lib movement will help her career, Audrey replied, "I don't know. Most men are wUling to give equal job opportunities, but on the social end men get upset because they ask, 'Liberated from what?' " As to whether she would demonstrate with a Women's Lib group, Audrey said, "I wouldn't demonstrate in front of the Miss America Pageant, but if I found out that some women were getting lower wages or less fringe benefits than men doing the same work, I'd boycott the company's products."

Audrey doesn't expect trouble in advancing in psychology. "I think I would have more trouble if this were thirty year ago.

Many women have pioneered in this field already."

"I can hit just as hard as any man." A woman judo expert?

A woman wrestler? No, it's Maine South's Chris Steinburger, major league pitcher to be.

Chris sees a lot of opposition to her becoming a pitcher. She believes, however, that the

Women's Lib movement is helping to change that.

"The Women's Lib group is right now conditioning men to what they already know, that women can be as good as they are."

"It's not etiiical for a girl to be a photographer—that's what one man told me," said Betsy Rossen, junior.

"I think Women's Lib is helping to stop statements like that."

When asked why she might meet with opposition, Betsy said, "Newspaper staffs are kind of rough; they might think I'm not capable or that I couldn't meet the deadlines."

Asked what she thought about the way the Women's Liberation movement is run now, she answered, "They aren't getting the right kind of attention. They should do it some other way, a way that would prove they could handle jobs."

She believes she can handle photography. "I wouldn't even think of the job if I couldn't handle it," Betsy stated.

Sue Haas, senior, wants to be a doctor. She thinks she probably will receive opposition in realizing her goal. "Medical colleges won't give girls financial aid because they're afraid girls will get married and drop out of school," said Sue. She didn't, however, think the movement will help her in her career. "I don't think a bunch of crazy females marching in New York will change the boss's attitude. I don't think men will ever change their minds because a woman can always get pregnant. She's a bad risk.'

in Germany and one day in France.

In Rome the AFS students were given an introduction to the culture and history of the Italian people. They also had a "language camp" where the chaperones taught four hours of Italian every day. Maria remarked that the instruction helped her very little. Because she had had no Italian before coming to Rome, she used a dictionary wherever she went the first few days. But Maria commented that by the last few weeks, she picked up the language very quickly and imderstood most of what was said to her. Her Italian family knew no English which consisted of her parents, one 20-year-old brother and two sisters ages 2S and 23.

During her stay, Maria went to the beach much of the time with her sisters. Maria remarked that the weather was always in the 90's so they could only go to the beach in the mornings. At noon, the family had their big dinner of the day, consisting of soup, meat, potatoes, wine and lots of bread.

Due to the hot weather everyone had a siesta in the afternoon from one to three o'clock.

Working people went to their jobs from eight to one, went home for a siesta, and went back to work from four to eight.

In the evenings Maria and her friends usually went to the city or to dances and parties.

During her stay in Sardinia Maria found that the Italian people were very easy-going, warm and friendly. She commented, 'These people don't have as much in material things, but they appreciate what they do have. They are just as happy without everything."

J Siru Suopanki, ^Aaine South's AFS student from Finland, is welcomed by Dr. Clyde K. Watson.

Afterwords

Outline Open Letter Policy Traditionally, Southwords first editorial outlines the paper's policy. This year's editorial staff has decided to break that tradition.

Instead, open letter policy and procediu-e wUl be outlined because it is of direct concern to a great number of students.

Southwords welcomes open letters from students, faculty and administrators, but will not solicit them. Open letters can be used to clarify a point or express an opinion.

Open letters must deal with issues and may not be directed against any individual. Our reason for this decision was based on accepted ethics and logic. A person's personal merits have nothing to do, for example, with whether or not he can deliver a good speech with a reasonable argument.

Due to space limitations, open letters must be less than 350 words. Letters must be received by Monday of the week of distribution of Southwords. (A list of publication dates is found on page one.) We request that letters be typewritten, double-spaced with 70 characters per line.

Because Southwords must be the voice of all its readers, open letters are an important and interesting part of our newspaper. Any student, faculty member or administrator may give his open letter to a staff member of to Mr. Kenneth Beatty, sponsor. Letters may also be delivered to room V-107. Should editing be deemed necessary by the editorial staff, the writer of the letter will be consulted before any changes are made.

New Teachers Come to South Mr. Patton Feichter, Mr. Douglas Hall, Miss Barbara Kuhn, Mrs. Carolyn Redwine, Mr. Robert Schultz, Miss Joyce Sorenson and Mr. John Wilkerson have joined the Maine South Faculty in the Social Science Department.

Mr. Feichter earned his BA at Loyola University and his MA at Northeastern Illinois State College. His undergraduate major was anthropology and his graduate major was Asian Studies.

Mr. Feichter has previously taught at Saint Patrick High School for Boys in Chicago. Mr. Feichter now teaches anthropology and History of Civilization.

Commenting on South, Mr. Feichter said, "It's big. Comparing the size and students' freedom to Saint Pat's, they handle it well. I'm very impressed with the students."

Mr. Hall attended Tovmson State College in Townson, Maryland where he earned his BA. He continued on to Purdue and earned his MA. Mr. Hall's major was history.

He is now teaching .American History and World History.

About South, Mr. Hall said, "The school provides an excellent atmosphere for education and learning."

Miss Kuhn received her BA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and her MA from the University of Wisconsin. Her major was history. Miss Kuhn is teaching Democracy and American history.

Miss Kuhn commented, "I enjoy teaching at South. I really like the students."

Mrs. Redwine earned her BA at Cornell University. She is now attending Northwestern University in the morning to earn her MA in history. Mrs. Redwine teaches government and World History.

Mrs. Redwine was impressed with the size of South, particularly with the indoor pool and the auditorium. "Sometimes I wish I were able to go to school here since I went to a much smaller high school."

Mr. Schultz earned his BA at

Problems Of Eyrie Underestimated Many students under-estimate the problems that face the Eyrie staff in putting out the yearbook. Students are seemingly unaware of the complications, deadlines and costs that are involved and the many improvements that are in the making.

When asked for comments, many people felt the book was basically good but still needed some improvements.

Jean Forrest '71: I liked the impressions of school, fun, etc. in the front. More colored pictures.

Lanra Gross '71: In some yearbooks every person has a small picture. Freshmen, sopho-

mores and juniors small pictures and seniors larger ones.

There were no homeroom pictures.

Debby Hancock 71: The Eyrie is basically good but the pictures are too posed. They should be action pictures with more taken outside. The pictures can speak for themselves in many cases without the duU comments such as someone reading a book in the library.

Miss Singer, sponsor of the Eyrie explained some of the problems the staff encounters and gave reasons in response to these statements. The major points to be considered are the

budget and the strict deadlines.

The staff is allotted $10,000 to cover all costs of the book. The only money they take in is from sales, which take place during pre-school book sales and for a short time in the fall. Approximately 2,000 books are sold at $5 apiece which means the staff just breaks even, if they're lucky.

Extra books are also bought from this money that are used for complimentary reasons and that the staff must take into account.

This is where the deadlines are really important. If at least 2000 books are not sold by that

date, the staff is forced to take other measures such as cutting the number of pages, because the more pages, the greater the price. This is why having individual pictures for everyone is out of the question—it would cost too much for the extra pages it would entail. The same explanation holds for the colored shots.

A call for more candid shots was another frequent suggestion.

Thumbing through last year's yearbook, one finds that the whole first two sections are nothing but unposed shots. Further on in the book until the end are scattered candid shots.

DePaul University in Chicago.

His major was history. " , Mr. Schultz taught at Saint Patrick's High School for twelve years and observed that the size of the student body was more than twice that of St. Patrick's.

In commenting on the student body, Mr. Shultz stated that, "The students are for the most „ part courteous, well-mannered, and about all uninhibited."

Mr. Schultz teaches American History and Latin-American Studies.

Miss Sorenson earned her BA and MA at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Her major was Social Studies. Miss Sorenson teaches govemmait at South.

"I like Maine South very much," Miss Sorenson remarked "The students are conscientious and have good ideas." ' Mr. Wilkerson majored in history and teaches U.S. History at South now. Mr. Wilkerson commented, "I like the school system. It's a great place to teach."

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September 18, 1970

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Earth Day Reviewed in Planning New Projects Tuesday, September 22, marks five months since Earth Day at • Maine South on April 22. Southwords interviewed the leaders of last year's anti-pollution campaign as well as other students to find out what the long-range effect of Earth Day has been.

Mr. Donald Rakowsky, biology teacher, pointed out that Earth Day was effective in "making people aware of pKiUution," but did not change their personal habits. He noted that the school grounds, forest preserves, and the Des Plaines River, sites of clean-up campaigns, are as littered now as they were before • the campaign.

Scott Kaiser '72, one of the student leaders of Earth Day, felt that it had a limited scope.

• "Earth Day was a success as

far as it went," he said. "This year we should go farther and give more detailed information."

Scott did not feel that considering the effect of Earth Day on littering was a valid basis for judging its effect. "The ultimate aim of an anti-pollution campaign is to create an atmosphere where people feel guilty about littering. Earth Day tried to explain how the environment is misused."

Mr. David Clark, biology teacher, emphasized this year's campaign will have to include not only talk, as did last year's Earth Day, but also action.

Several other students, not directly involved with Earth Day, had different viewpoints. Said one, "The kids involved had

Drama Teacher Drafted, Leaves South in October Mr. Ralph Wagoner, speech arts and drama teacher, has been drafted into the Army.

He plans to leave South in October or November for Fort ^ Leonard Wood, Missouri, but does not yet know what he will be doing.

"I don't necessarily object to • being drafted, but I wish it could have happened two or three years ago, before 1 started teaching," commented Mr. Wagoner.

He plans to continue teaching when his tour of duty ends in two years.

On Mr. Wagoner's being drafted, Mary Dickson '72, who worked under Mr. Wagoner in the crews for V-show and last year's musical, South Pacific, said, "I think he's a good teacher and a good friend. I'm sorry to see him go."

Roy Phanke, public service director of South's radio station,

WMTH, stated, "Even though I knew that Mr. Wagoner could be drafted when draft deferments for teachers were drop ped last year, I was still surprised when I heard he was drafted this August."

Ann Flannery, on the cast of last year's contest play, Under Milkwood, added, "Mr. Wagoner is a great director, and I'm sorry that I won't be here when his tour of duty ends."

Senior Barb McWilliams, program director of WMTH, commented, "I'm sorry that Mr. Wagoner is drafted because I'd gotten to know him well last year. He has done a lot for the station and has devoted much of his time to it."

"I didn't believe it at first," said Gary Cartwright, painting head for South Pacific and Under Milkwood. "I didn't know that teachers were going to be drafted so soon after the deferments were dropped."

high hopes, but they didn't carry out their plans."

Another said, "It didn't influence enough people long enough."

Mr. Clark, Mr. Rakowsky, and Scott agreed that time, both for planning and presentation, was one of the major problems with Earth Day in the '69-'70 school year. "Because of lack of planning time," said Mr. Rakowsky, "none of the plans could be too elaborate. Earth Day could only highlight the pollution problem.

With a couple of days, we might be able to be more specific and cover particular types of pollution."

Scott agreed that more planning time is needed. Both he and Mr. Clark said that this year's must be "more of an allyear campaign."

With these objectives in mind, some steps are already being taken toward this year's pollution campaign. Mr. Clark is sponsor of Biology Club, which has been inactive for several years. The name of the club will be changed later.

In addition to other activities, this club will plan many environmental projects. Scott, who is active in it, says these will include collecting disposable cans and bottles, putting up displays in school on the environment, and encouraging students to write to their congressmen, as some English classes did last year.

Mr. Rakowsky urged students to see either him or Mr. Clark if they have any ideas for this year's anti-pollution campaign.

"By starting now, we can put

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some of the more elaborate plans into action," he said.

How effective will campaigns such as Maine South's be on the problem of pollution? Scott said, "I'm somewhat pessimistic because not as much is being written about pollution. But I don't think that means last year's interest was simply sen-

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sationalistic. I think it's a major problem in which people are sincerely interested."

Perhaps one junior who was asked the same question summed the whole problem of pollution up by saying, "The only answer is that these campaigns have to be successful or we all die."

Council Models Pep Uniforms

Representat-ives to College Night Describe 125 Colleges, Academies Wednesday, September 23, is District 207 College Night. All students, especially juniors and seniors, are invited to attend.

Parents are also invited. The College Night is to be held at Maine West.

The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. and end at 9:20. There are three visitation periods, each thirty minutes long. A question and answer period follows each college's presentation.

Each college is set up in a separate room around the school building. Most of the state schools will be represented, as well as many of the nation's

major colleges and the service academies. In total, representatives from 125 colleges will be present Wednesday night.

Mr. Kenneth Reese, South's career counselor, said, "This is a student's greatest opportunity to talk with college representatives."

Students will have other opportunities to learn about colleges later in the year. Another College Night is scheduled at Maine West in May. Colleges also send representatives to South almost every day, and students can speak with them in the Career Resource Center.

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The Key Club Paperback Bookstore has been moved to the cafeteria, "in an effort to get closer to the kids," said Mr. Michael Banks, Key Club sponsor.

"There are students in the cafeteria eight periods every day," said Mr. Banks. "Kids can come here during lunch or when they're in the lounge. It's an ideal arrangement."

The cafeteria location also eliminates the need for faculty supervisors other than Mr. Banks. Since the faculty supervises both the lunchroom and the lounge, there is no need to have a separate monitor for the bookstore.

Another change from last year is that magazines are being sold in the bookstore. Mr. Banks has

promised to keep all the major sports magazines in stock, plus news magazines and the everpopular Mad. He also would like to get as many women's mags as he can, but says, "The girls will have to let me know what they like. I certainly don't read whatever it is they like."

"In an effort to promote sales," said Mr. Banks, "we've introduced a new item — girl salesmen." The "Key Club Auxiliary," as he calls them, consists of three senior girls. They are April Everding, Nancy Wagoner and Gail Duycinck.

The Key Club members in charge of the bookstore are Tom Melia, '70, and Bill Dunn, '70.

Despite all this year's changes the paperback bookstore still sells paperback books.

Rehearsals for Anastasia Begin Crews and cast have begun working on Anastasia, this year's senior class play.

The cast, in order of appearance, is: Chernov, Dave Marshall; Vary a, Patti Guerin; Petrovin, Steve Monz; Prince Bounine, Rick Spatafora; Sergei, Scott King; Anna, Jan Knapp; Counselor Drivinitz, Jeff Lee; sleigh driver. Bill Sensenbrenner; charwoman, Ann Flannery; Dr. Serensky, Dave Chastain; Dowager Empress, Nancy Mellon; Baroness Livenbaum, Lynda Pomorski, and Prince Paul, Phil Bethards.

Kathi Platz is student director, Joyce Ganser is stage manager, and Katy Davlin is promoter.

Anastasia is about the mystery surrounding a woman, alive in Europe today, who claims she is the last surviving daughter of the star of Russia. This

play is world famous and has been made into a major movie.

Production dates of Anastasia are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 22, 23 and 24, at 8 p.m.

The cast is rehearsing from 4 to 7 each weeknight for five weeks.

The bulk of the proceeds of the play goes to the senior class.

This is their prime way of raising money. The remainder goes to the drama department.

Senior class plays in previous years have included Inherit the Wind, The Crucible and The Man Who Came to Dinner.

Radio Staff Announces Programs Many changes will be incorporated into WMTH South this year, according to Mr. Skip Wagoner, faculty advisor.

"In the past WMTH South has always felt like the little brother of WMTH East. This year, however, broadcast time will be split equally, with South taking one third of it."

Several new s h o w s are planned for this year. They include the 8x10 color glossy show, which will feature hard rock and

"a little bit of bubble gum music." The name is derived from the pictures of the student disc jockeys which will be hung around the school.

Also included in the new format is the Top Rock Special, featuring one half hour of one of the top groups in the area and a half hour of another.

The first WMTH broadcast will be tomorrow's football game with Wheeling. Regular broadcasting begins Sept. 21.

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September IB, 1970

SOUTHWORDS

Wheeling Wildcats Test Hawks Tomorrow Hie opening game of the 1970 football season will be played this Saturday. The game will be played against Wheeling, at home.

Wheeling is rated as one of the top teams in the Mid-Suburban league. Their record last year was 2-4 1. The nadeus of Whe^ing's team this year is composed of last year's froshsoph conference champs. In ad-

dition Wheeling also has nine returning lettermen. This year Wheeling will be using a new formation. Coach Schmidt said they are a more solid team this year.

This year has some hopes for the Hawks. In addition to allconference Ed Benson and Joe Zdeb South also has eight returing lettermen. Tlie Hawks promise to be much improved over last year's team because

of a greater reserve to call upon in case of injury or mishap.

Coach Schmidt feels that South has a faster team this year, and he feels that because of this we can "catch them" therefore preventing any long touchdowns such as the 80 yard run pulled

by Glenbrook South last year.

South's strategy has been changed this year. Joe Zdeb has been moved to runningback.

This move will enable him to get the ball more often. In his place as quarterback will be returning letterman Russ Hylen.

Hylen is considered a strong passer. In addition to Hylen and Zbed other detuming lettermen are Ted Berg, Bill Jackson, Tom Mattick, Ed Benson and John Swider. There are also some juniors who will be playing for the varsity this year.

After Saturday's contest the Hawks' next foe will be Glenbrook South, In addition to being last year's conference champs, Glenbrook South has been picked as this year's preseason favorite by the coaches. They are a solid team with a good back-

field according to Schmidt. Glenbrook South is a running team.

They will be playmg for the first time on their new field which could provide some extra incentive for their team. Coach Schmidt is optimistic about South's chances in the next few weeks He feels the general moral and spirit of our team is good.

"Our team has been practicing hard and they're ready to play."

With Coach Schmidt's confidence the Hawks are looldng forward to a much improved season this year.

'70 Season Opens for Harriers

Junior Brian Nagle tackles Joe Zdeb in Saturday's Intrasquad game causing h i m to fumble.

(Photo by Maloney)

Soph Harriers Off to Running Start, Trounce Wheeling, Slip by Conant

Varsity cross country captain Jim Walley had a few to say to his teammates as they rode home from the Maine West Centers Meet last. "We did pretty good today, but we're going to have to do much better by the end of the season." Walley was referring to South's second place finish in the Centers Meet and to rival Maine West's first place Eighteen teams enter the Centers Meet which is held annually at the beginning of every cross country season and serves as a preview to the upcoming competition. This year's second place was the best finish in the six years that South has competed in that meet. Maine West scored victories over South in the freshman, J.V., B-varsity, and varsity levels as the only Hawk team to finish ahead of West was the sophomore harrier team which beat them by four points. Maine West totaled up 257 points to South's 220. Willowbrook was a close third with 218. Fourth place Lyons of La Grange came through winning the freshman and sophomore races by wide margins, but could not come through in the higher levels and fell back to a distant fourth. Sister school

Maine South's sophomore har- Swaback of South took first, and riers opened their 1970 season Glen Iwata took third. last week and have since then The sophs ran a triangular won two meets and finished meet against Maine West and sixth out of eighteen at their Prospect yesterday but the relevel of the Maine West Centers sults were not available in time Meet. for printing. They have a week Last Thursday the Hawks and a half off before they open trounced Wheeling on the home with more competition. On Sept. course to the tune of 16 to 48. 29 they will travel to Glenbrook Tom Wright of Maine South won South for the opening meet of the meet with a time of 10:41 the conference season and will for the 1.9 mile course. Tom host Deerfield the following FriStrelka was second, freshman day.

Dave Senf was in third and Bill Metz brought in fourth. Wheeling's top man managed to break Sportswords the shutout effort by beating South's fifth man Steve Mall.

The Little Hawks found themselves with a bit more competition on Thursday when they entertained Conant. Conant Tomorrow the Hawks open another campaign against moved out four men in the early Wheeling. Two years ago the Hawks defeated Wheeling part of the race, but Wright and and went on to an undefeated season. Last year's win over Strelka held on and moved Wheeling previewed a heart breaking season that saw South ahead on the last lap to take one-half game out of the cellar. But then WheeUng themfirst and second places. Conant selves went on to take last in their own conference. then held on to take the next This year's Wheeling draws itself from teams that four places evening South's first and second showing. The Sophs last year took championships at the sophomore and J.V. levthen showed their strength as els of their league and are top contenders this year to take Mike BeUert, Mall, Metz, and that crown.

Senf pulled through and beat out If Maine South defeats this team they can draw themConant's fifth man to give South selves up some confidence in their own race in the CSL, a 27 to 29 victory. which is what they are going to need next Friday night at Saturday the sophomores fin- Glenbrook South. All Maine South sports fans remember ished sixth at the Maine West Glenbrook South, the team that broke South's undefeated Centers Meet as both Wright string of nineteen games. Glenbrook South seems well able and Strelka finished high. to defend the conference laurels they grabbed from the Wright pulled in eleventh while Strelka grabbed seventeenth out Hawks last year. If Maine South has any plans of getting of a field of over 150 sopho- them back, they had better be ready next week.

The Hawk harriers took second at the Maine West mores. Dave Senf ran the Freshman race and took tenth. The Centers Meet over the weekend which was an accomplishsophomores' sixth place finished ment except for the fact that Maine West was first. This them ahead of rival Maine West. year's conference race will be another two team race Sophomore coach Tom Mahoo between South and West. Glenbrook North and Deerfield feels that his team is in excel- appear to have strong teams in the making, but the two lent position to win the confer- Maine schools will continue to dominate the conference ence crown. He feels that either because both teams have tremendous depth. South's Wright or Strelka have the abi- strength lies mainly in this depth with five runners among lity to win the conference individual crown and expects much the best in the conference. West may have a little less out of standout freshman Dave depth than the Hawks but they do have Jack St. John who Senf. Coach Mahon welcomes appears to be able to beat any other runner in the conferback Tom Strelka, Ray Miller, ence. This is quite an asset. and Mike Bellert who earned As of last Saturday South was a step or two behind their numerals last year as the West harriers, but they were also absent an injured freshmen. Tom Wright, who has Jerry Garrett. South also saw West yesterday after this been South's top man in the paper was printed in a non-conference meet. But the Hawks first three meets is out for his have until October 20 to get ready for Maine West in the first year of rtmning as is Bill Metz, Steve Mall and Jim Schif- meet that counts.

In the past South has always been able to put on a fer. good showing at the end of the season while the beginning The freshman did not run a separate meet against Wheeling belongs to the Warriors. Until October 20 the Hawks had as they ran along with the better hope that this tradition holds true another year, and sophomores. They did run look out for any surprising upsets the conference might against Conant and lost. Bob bring such as the one Deerfield pulled last year.

Hawks Open Competition

Maine North fell to last place as they scored nine points in the freshman race but ended scoreless in the other four races.

Jack St. John of Maine West won the varsity event, defeating generally favored Fred Beck of Ridgewood, St. John won the 2-mile last year in the track season and most coaches pick him as a heavy favorite in the conference meet. Coach Ron Connor concedes that South may not be able to beat St. John, but also notes the fact that the rest of the Maine West team is somewhat far behind him.

Connor is looking towards the end of the season when South runs West in the dual meet that goes on the record and to a week after that meet when South runs the conference meet. The Hawks were missing the benefits of two of their top runners at the Centers Meet. Jerry Garrett is out with a sprained ankle and Bill Reilly who suffered from mononucleosis over the summer has not been able to get back to his ability yet.

Reilly took seventh in varsity conference last year as a sophomore and third in conference in the mile for track. South'.s top four Jim Walley, Kevin Huffman, Kelly Murphy, and Jay LaJone all finished high in the Centers Meet but missed the help of Reilly and Garrett.

Coach Connor feels that these six runners with either Tom Starck or Mike Wencel filling the seventh position will have the depth to beat any team in the conference.

Last Thursday South opened with a win over Wheeling. The final score was 18 to 49 as Walley won, and Huffman, Murphy

Junior K e v i n Huffman strides out on his way to seventh place at the Centers Meet.

(Photo by Bush)

and LaJone took the next three places in that order. Wheeling grabbed fifth, sixth and seventh.

Mike Wencel finished off South's scoring five with eighth. Last Tuesday South felt the loss of Garrett and Reilly as they fell to Conant by a score of 25 to 30. South's final meet of the week was a triangular against Maine West and Prospect yesterday, however, the results were not available in time for printing. The Hawk Harriers have a week off from meets before they open their conference title defense against Glenbrook South.

Kelly Murphy pulls away f r o m 2 opponents f r o m Ridgewood a n d Maine West at Saturday's meet.

(Photo by Bush)

Year Opens for Soccer With all levels of soccer going into their sophomore y e a r , Coach Jack TUley expects that his teams will gain the confidence and skill necessary to capture the eyes of professional soccer scouts.

Although this year's Varsity Sockmen have lost the leadership abilities of George Zarytsky, Mark Rendall and Lindsay Eastman, Coach Tilley is resting his hopes on the shoulders of returning lettermen including seniors: Don Jonswald, Tom Magas, Chick Austin, and the rest of "Blackjack Tilley's AllStar Eleven", as they try to break the "sophomore junx."

This year's JV and Sophomore teams, all coached by Coach Tilley, had finished the '69 season with very respectable records. This year's Junior Varsity team ended last year with an even record of 2-2-2 as the sophomore "golden-feet" recorded a standing of first in winning percentage with a record of 5-12, the best of the four teams.

Tomorrow at 4:30, the Varsity and Sophomore teams will battle the Cowboys of New Trier West here at Maine South. The team's first contest against the Waukegan Bulldogs was rainedout earlier this week.