Vol 7 issue 15

Senior Plan for Outdoor Graduation Accepted South will hold its gradnatkm outside this year if the weather permits.

The decision to hold this year's commencement exercises outdoors was made when the Senior Class Council presented a detailed proposal for outdoor graduation to Dr. Clyde K. Watson, principal.

The ixvposal states that the graduation will take place on the football field. The spectators will sit in the west bleachers while the graduates will sit on the track and on part of the field at the 50-yard line.

More people will be able to see the graduation if it is held outside.

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If weather conditions are poor, the graduation will move into the spectator gym. Those who cannot be seated in the gym will go to various homerooms and watch the graduation on closed-circuit television.

Two different colors of tickels to the graduation will be issued. The color of a spectator's ticket will indicate where he will sit if the graduation moves inside.

Since the stadium does not have lights, the graduation will be held at 6 p.m. The Senior Class Council recognizes that this time may be an inconvenience- for some parents.

Another possible complication is airplane noise. If the wind is from a certain direction, the airplanes from O'Hare will have flight plans over Park Ridge, resulting in more noise during graduation.

Dr. Watson, in commenting on the outdoor graduation, said.

Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, 111. 60068

April 30,1971

South Students Asked To Walk And Show Concern Over Hunger "We have promises to keep and mUes to go before we sleep..." This slogan will be heard throughout Chicago on Sunday, May 9, as thousands of adults and students come together to "hike for the hungry."

South Students planning to participate in the hike should pick up their walk cards in the PO or from their SC representative. . The hike for this area will begin at Niles North shortly after brief opening ceremonies at 8 a.m. It will cover 30 miles and will take 9 to 12 hours to complete.

According to Bill Barmeier, Maine South's representative to the hike, the walk will continue regardless of weather conditions.

"The walkers should prepare for all types of weather," Bill commented.

Because of the large crowds anticipated on Sunday, students may pre-register for the hike at South on Wednesday through

Friday of next week. Registration will be outside the cafeteria.

Students should have their parent's signature on their walk cards as weU as the names of their sponsors.

On Sunday, May 2, a rally will be held at the Prudential Building downtown for all students who wish to get more involved in the hike. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., it will feature many guest speakers who will stress the importance of the Walk Weekend.

Students are also reminded of the hunger hike movie on May 4. The movie will be shown in the cafeteria all periods except lunch periods for students having full study periods. No passes will be needed.

Registered nurses and doctors will be on hand during the hike.

Students should listen to their advice and ask for their help.

Medical supplies are urgently needed for the hike. Students wishing to contribute bandages

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and other supplies should contact Bill.

Although sandwiches will be provided at each checkpoint station, hiker may carry food with them on hte hike.

"I'm very much in favor of the seniors' proposal. There are some problems, but it's worth a try. In the past there have been many problems with the heat, seating, etc., and these would be eliminated with an outdoor graduation."

Miss Joyce Montgomery, Senior Class sponsor, said, "I don't know why the graduation wouldn't be a success. The seniors are all working together on this and it's contributing greatly to the plan's perfection."

Administration Approves Free Periods Outdoors Students may now add some sunshine to lunchtime as the result of a recent decision made by the Executive Committee of Maine South.

The committee of administrators decided that students could be permitted to go outside during their lunch and lounge periods.

However, this new system has been established only cm a trial basis and will continue only as long as the students obey certain restrictions.

One such restriction is no ball-throwing on the grounds.

Also, students are not allowed to eat food outside and must keep the area clean. Finally, students are to stay within the general area of the cafeteria.

The student area runs from the centers area to the bike racks to the fence facing the cafeteria and the cafeteria itself. The bicycle racks and parking lot are off-limits to the students. Maps detailing the exact student area are posted in each homeroom complex.

When asked what role Student Council played in this new policy, Ted Berg, SC president.

Calendar

Musical, 'Brigadoon/ Opens Tonite "Brigadoon" opens tonight at 8 p.m. and continues through May 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. All performances begin at 8 p.m. except on May 2 at 2 p.m. and May 9 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $2.50.

Cheerleading finals arc today.

Latin Club will have a field trip for members only on May 5. They will go to the Field Museum and Art Institute. Cost is $4.

Girls' Club elections are May 4.

German Club picnic is June 5.

A meeting is scheduled for May 6 at 3:45 in A-208.

H o m e - E c Mother-Daughter Dessert is May 12. New officers are Becky Morris, president; Renee KoUupaylo, vicepresident; Cindy Ellis, secretary and Karen Junge, treasurer.

GRA Awards Night is May 12.

Boys' Club concert is May 29

from 8 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $1. It will be held in the auditorium.

Brotherhood Society will go to Gateway House on May 29.

Orchesis tryouts are May 19 and 20.

History Honors Assembly is May 5 in the auditorium. A $30 scholarship will go to the winner of the Faces in History contest.

All students participating in the field trip to Galena should report to school at 6:30 a.m. on Monday. Each student is supposed to bring a sack lunch.

The Quill and Scroll Banquet will be held May 6 at Hackney's.

Applications for positions on staff are still being accepted in the Southwards office, V-106. All students who have taken the preliminary steps in applying are urged to contact Mr. Beatty about completing their applications.

Linden Frakes Receives National Merit Scholarship

H*aven lies about us in our infancy.

— William Wordsworth

Linden Frakes is the only Maine South senior to win a $1000 scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation this year.

Each year, juniors are given the opportunity to take the National Merit Qualifying test.

In their senior year, high-scoring students are required to write autobiographies telling, as Linden put it, "how tremendous you are, supposedly." Finalists are then selected.

Linden plans to use his scholarship at Northwestern Univer-

Reaction among the seniors is generally favorable also.

Shelly Mason said, "I think it's a very good idea because there will be a much more relaxed atmosphere outside " Linda Gies commented that "Many people don't come to the graduation because of the heat, and now that it's going lo be outside, more people will want to be there."

"Students will be less tense, yet there will still be a formal atmosphere," Michele Graff noted.

sity as a chemistry major.

He is now taking chemistry AP. Linden's scholarship w a s sponsored by United Air Lines.

"Once you become a semifinalist," he commented, "they look for people to give you money." Companies will sometimes offer scholarships to their employees' children.

Linden is a member of the National Honor Society and the tennis team. He wants to work at Disneyland this summer.

said that the very same proposal was submitted by Council last fall, but was then vetoed by the administration. Ted stated that Council was in the process of submitting another proposal when the Executive Committee made this decision.

According to Mr. Robert V. Simonsen, assistant principal, the original proposal by SC requested that students be allowed to eat outside.

"The administration returned the proposal and asked that it be rewritten, but Mr. Berg refused," said Mr. Simonsen. He added, "Mr. Berg refused to work with us."

Mr. Simonsen stated that the decision was made so that students could enjoy the good weather and so that overcrowding in the cafeteria during lunch and lounge periods would be reduced.

"If the area outside does get too crowded, then the policy could be revised to accommodate the students," he stated.

Mr. Simonsen also emphasized the fact that this was in no way an "open campus."

"In open campus, students have the freedom to leave the grounds, and in this new system, students are not allowed to do so," he explained.

Teachers who have been on duty outside noted that students are reacting favorably to this new situation.

"So far I see no difficulty, and it is working fine. I hope it will continue to do so," he commented.

Juniors Plan May 3 Prom "Once Upon A Time" is the theme of this year's junior prom, May 15 in the spectator gym from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets will go on sale for $3.50 per couple in the lunchroom on May 3.

Queen nominations, a prom tradition, will be made May 5 in homeroom. According to Ann Carlson, junior class secretary, girls should be nominated on a basis of class involvement, school spirit and the consideration shown by the nominee toward others.

Election of the queen will be May 12. To be on the ballot, junior girls must be nominated in three homerooms. The winner's date at the prom will automatically be king.

Music at the dance will be provided by Wilderness Road and the Ron Phelps Orchestra.

Wilderness Road, who already has an album, plays mostly blues music. Both bands are from the Chicago area. Ron Phelps plays variations on modern songs for slower dances.

Those attending the prom are encouraged to come early to hear Wilderness Road. They will play two 45 minute sets.

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SOUTHWORDS

April 30, 1971

Art Fair Planned for May "I thought it was a lot of fun.

It got all the kids from all the classes together and you could get to know them. I made some money and had fun doing it," said Jock Hdmen, a sophomore who participated in Maine South's Second Annual Art Fair.

All Maine South students will have the chance to experience the same thing Jock did when the Art Club and Art departments of Maine South present the Third Annual Art Fair on Saturday, May 22, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Every Maine South student is welcome to display his or her art work. Applications are available from all art teachers. For more information on displays, students are encouraged to attend the general meeting to be held May 5 in V-112. Slides of past art shows will be shown.

There is a dollar fee to participate in the show.

The art show, in case you missed it last year, is held around the lake in front of the school, or in the corridors if it rains. The show consists of all types of talent and interests ranging from individual projects as well as activities for the public. Various projects include handicrafts, spin art, sculpture, graphics and pottery.

Students also set up special exhibits as demonstrations on the potters wheel, tye dying, and selling flowers and balloons.

For those who enjoy good food and entertainment, refreshments can be bought, and there are students performing instrumentally and vocally all day long.

Prizes in Ihe form of ribbons will be awarded for various things as the best sculptor, best exhibit, graphics and various special exhibits. There will prob-

ably be three judges this year; one judge will be a commercial artist.

This year the student sponsor of the art fair is Shirley Flood and Miss Mamett is the faculty sponsor. Others involved in the show are Mr. StDp, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Strassburger, Mr. Dunn and Mr. Mastrolamardo.

Open Letter

Anteater Supports Policies Dear Editor, Southwords' March 26 edition contained two articles concerning the Anteater. We are grateful for the page one article focusing on our financial needs, which are very real. However, our staff and several of our readers found the Afterwords editorial offensive. Many of the comments were based on assumptions or misinformation.

As far as the copyreader is concerned, we, of course, see the need and have obtained one.

You must remember that we are a new paper with a small staff, that is still in the process of learning.

It has also come to our attention that our use of Rafael Sabatini and Arthur have been grossly misunderstood. They are merely a means through which the staff may express the paper's opinion.

If it is acceptable for South-

words to use Afterwords to express its editorial opinion, then it is certainly acceptable for the Anteater to use Rafael and Arthur.

We try to print material which is submitted to us, providing it is neither libelous nor profane.

If "copy is printed simply because it's what the students want to read," it is because the articles have been submitted by the students. We would Uke, however, to take this time to reemphasize that we would gladly print articles written by teachers, administrators, and parents as well.

Finally, we would Uke to conclude this letter by explaining that we do not wish to rival Southwords; that is not our purpose. Our purpose is to express the people's views, and that we might learn to understand one another better.

SUlf of Anteater

Southwords Clarifies Position

by Audrey Altstadt Some Maine South students seem confused and/or misinformed about joining the Southwords staff and the function of that staff. In our last issue, that of April 16, two students wrote open letters that contained misleading information about Soutiiwords either directly or by implication.

First of all, despite Bob 01ker's letter to the contrary, we have no grade requirement for staff applicants. Obviously, a student who flunks English would not be our first choice in choosing reporters, but we realize that many people who do not have a B average could be very useful staff members.

Bob Olker's letter also expressed an opinion I have heard spoken by many people around school — that Southwords reporters write what they think.

They do not. They report.

Sometimes, facts may get confused or are inaccurate, but we try to recognize our mistakes and avoid them after they have been made once. In editing, the editors try to weed-out

any biased material or inaccuracies. We are sometimes unsuccessful due to limitations of our time and knowledge.

No one on our staff, however, writes his own personal opinion unless he clearly labels it as such. Even Afterwords is not my personal opinion, but the official opinion of the Editorial Board, composed of all writing editors. If a reporter did insist on injecting his own opinion or repeatedly slanting news by misleading words or phrases or by holding back facts, he would be made a pencil sharpener if not altogether removed from the staff.

His job is to report to the readers what all parties involve in an issue have to say. He is trying to get at the truth, and anyone who does not realize this would not be an acceptable staff member.

The last point of clarification is responsibUity vs. expression of opinion. Lynette Kemp seemed to think an open letter we printed expressed our own opinion. When Southwords prints an open letter or any piece of

Open Letter

Complex Leader Elections Condemned as Disorderly Dear Editor, The recent balloting in homeroom for complex leader presented quite a few problems in my particular complex, C-134.

First of all, the way the candidates were introduced to the complex was seemingly a haphazard operation. The method was much too informal for an election of this type.

Secondly, the election itself was disorganlzed.No one knew where the ballots were, not even the present complex leader!

Because of anxiety on the part of the present complex leader, he in haste, instructed the students to tear up sheets of notebook paper to be used as ballots; all of this was to be done in the last two minutes

of the homeroom period!

If the students had wanted to think carefully about their decision, there certainly was no time for contemplation.

Adding to the confusion, one of the candidates was not even there. Instead she had a friend give a speech for her because she was in the Bahamas. I think it is an absolute necessity that aU candidates be present when they are running for an office, and that a specific rule state this. llils type of disorganization leads to confusion among the students, which in turn inhibits good student-administrative relations.

John Simms Sophomore Vice-Pres.

copy, regardless of who writes it, we are legally responsible for that copy. If it commits libel, we have committted libel.

However, our printing an opinion does not mean that it is our opinion or that we agree with it. In an attempt to allow all sides a voice, we frequently print letters with which we do not agree, but feel must be shown to the readers so they can decide for themselves what to think.

AND I CALL T H l b OWt "SUNRISE OVER. THE Li^KE JN A FOG-."

Afterwords

Hand-holding Trivia Stems From Lack of Policy One of the most trivial issues to cause controversy in South history is the matter of holding hands. Both parties involved — the deans and the students — are getting worked up over nothing. What difference does it make whether or not somebody holds somebody else's hand?

Students say that hand-holding is inoffensive because it causes no property damage or destruction and does not disturb the "educational process." They are right. However, we all know that some students do a lot more than just hold hands. After all, this isn't the forest preserve.

Deans feel certain student behavior exceeds the bounds of good taste. The controversy seems to arise from the students' opinion of what is good taste and the deans' opinion of what is good taste. Hand-holding or a simple kiss is hardly immoral. When behavior goes far beyond that, the bounds of good taste have been exceeded.

The main question in tMs issue, however, goes beyond whether or not students ought to or have the right to hold hands. The main issue is whether or not the deans should give detentions for something against which there is no rule. K they can hand out detentions for minor displays of affection, what else can they punish students for without a set rule?

Good taste cannot be legislated. How does one decide when displays of affection exceed the bounds of good taste?

Who makes the decision? How can students be sure when someone will consider his actions in poor taste, and how can he anticipate punishment?

Since this trivial thing has caused so much controversy and since the problem stems from lack of specific behavioral guidlines the wisest thing the administration could do at this point would be to get together with student representatives and design some kind of policy so both sides and the parents know exactly where everybody stands.

Acute Aprilitis Attacks Unaware available to the public shortly

By Betsy Rossen The enigma of reducing the As Southwords reported to you in its last issue, mono and hep- number of cases of acute .Aprilatitis have laid low some of itis does not rest with the scienMaine South's students. As if tists, alone. As is the problem these maladies do not pose with obesity or alcoholism, the enough of a problem on their afflicted must first admit his afown, a new epidemic h a s fliction.

This first, c r u c i a l step wrought havoc among us.

First reports from spokesmen achieved, the patient, his famiin-the-know claim that this new ly, his friends, and definitely his disease appears even more ser- clergyman can work together to achieve a complete recovery. ious than the other two.

By now you may have come Unlike diseases such as chicken pox or the mumps, this new to the realization that you know ailment, technically known as someone who has contracted the acute Aprilitis, may be trans- infirmity, or are yourself strickmitted to others at any point en. Be not ashamed. Certainly during or after one's affliction. you did not willingly infect yourAs yet technologists have not self, or could not possibly have been successful in developing a comprehended at the time the cure, but with the progrsss social and moral implications made in the annals of science that would later enter in. in this day and age, the antiIt is not too late to save yourdote will probably be made self and others, but it is imper-

ative that you act now.

The major step in your course of action is to be able to recognize the six danger signals of the disease, called "spring fever" by laymen: 1. A marked shortening of your attention span.

2. A moving of the eyes toward any open window.

3. A mounting boredom of anything requiring even a slight measure of concentration.

4. A driving urge to open doors, be outside and take refreshingly deep breaths.

5. Finding yourself opening CTA maps and marking a route "To the Beach."

6. Repeating to yourself and others the Aprilitis C h a n t , "Thank God it's Friday, Thank God it's Friday."

Southwords

Open Letter

Weeds Ruin South's Look Editor: Maine South is a beautiful school. Since it was erected, some useful and handsome additions have been made.

From Dee Road, one can get the full impact of its attractiveness. The pond in front of the centers building is one of the best ideas to accentuate the beauty of the buildings. ^Tiy, then, is junk allowed to grow within the area of the pond? It makes the pond and

the school look neglected.

My suggestion would be to have the school's maintenance crew remove this unsightly growth and replace it, instead, with some shrubbery. Almost any kind of greenery would be better than the stuff that is growing there now.

With spring here, now would be a good time to carry out this suggestion to enhance the appearance of Maine South.

Gary Cheves

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April 30, 1971

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Homerooms Complete Elections of '71-'72 Council The make-up of the 1971-72 Student Council has been com, pleted with the elections of complex leaders, who comprise the upper house, and representatives to the lower house.

Speeches for complex leader elections were held in homeroom on April 23, and balloting took place the next day.

Because thirty representative elections were held, two days were needed lor lower house speeches. Sophomore and junior candidates spoke on April 22, and freshman candidates spoke on April 23. Balloting for all representatives took place on < April 26.

Chris Mahaffey, Organizations Chairman, commented, "We had very few problems with upper • and lower house elections this year. C-134 was the only upper house problem when 250 ballots were lost before they were turned in. Lower house elections hit a snag in C-147 when freshman homeroom teachers handed out the ballots before the candidates spoke."

Chris noted that Steve Amador, Chairman-elect of the Organizations Committee, shared the responsibilities in the elections as training for his duties next year.

"Although I've really enjoyed Organizations Committee, the . real pain of the job is counting six thousand ballots for both elections. Your head begins to spm at the end of the day," Chris commented.

Having gone through this process three times, Chris said he has noticed how the issues have changed in speeches. "When I ran for complex leader in 1969, the issues were suggestion boxes, efficient homeroom reports and Coke machines. Today, election proposals include open campus, new suspension systems • and library changes." C h r i s commented that he considered this indicative of progress.

Chris also commented, "The • caliber of candidates has improved also. I think the election of Bill Dickens proved that cliches don't carry the weight • they used to."

A brief meeting for next year's Council will be held in late May. Until this meeting, • Council will continue to meet with next year's officers.

Next year's complex leaders

include: Margie Gibson, C-101; Warren Yamakoshi, C-103; William Seleen, C-108; Ted Johnson.

C-114; Bill Baumgartner, C-122; Nick Shlapak, C-125; Thomas Russo, C-129; Howard Burnson, C-134; Sue RodeUus, C-140; Garrett Walters, C-147.

Lower house representatives for 1971-72 will be: Tom Dwyer '74, Jim McCarthy '73 and Ann Carlson '72 in C-101; Dick Hanson '74, Jim McCarthy '73 and Scott Kieser '72 in C-103; Lynn Andrews '73 and John Bremo '72 in C-108; Linda Hammond

'74, Pete Lannon '73 and Tom Lanctot '72 in C-114.

Other representatives are Stephanie Goerss '74, Amy Brinkerhoff '73 and Ann Benedek '72 in C-122; Sharon Murphy '74, Gordon Rowley '73 and Russ Jordan '72 in C-125; Priscilla

Gondon '74, Barb Klippstein '73 and Al Jahn *72 in C-129; Les McReynolds '74, Becky Pope '73 and Judy Tortorella '72 in C134; Jan Smith '74, Rick Tinaglia '73 and Gail Minnice '72 in C-140; Janet Harpham '73 and Dave Heidorn '72 in C-147.

Council Inaugurates Officers' Successors Recently, the new Student Council officers and committee chairmen were officially inaugurated into their respective offices. The proceedings are an important and serious event in the election process of officers, said Ted Berg, past student coimcil leader.

The ceremony involves short farewell speeches from each of the old officers and a few words of good luck to their successors.

The treasurer turns over the books to the new treasurer who then gives a short speech of acceptance. The same ceremony occurred when the secretary turned over the minutes, the 'chairmen whatever was neces-

sary to perpetuate the offices, with the vice president, and finally with the president turning over the gavel to the new president; Unfortunately, Bill Dickens, the new Student Council president, did not attend the ceremony. Ted Berg, however, had much to say about his feeling toward the work student council has put in this year and their accomplishments.

"I'm proud of this years Student Council because for the first time we've taken stands on issues and not backed down.

Student CoimcU can no longer be called a rubber stamp organization anymore. We've had

unanimous votes on proposals this year and hopefully next year Student Council will be able to stand together as well, if not more, potently than we did this year."

Ted quoted John Holt in his speech. Holt, an educational philosopher who has taught at all levels of schooling and now runs his own educational institution in Washington has been called upon by many high schools to aid them in an attempt to reorganize their systems especially in open campus areas.

Following up the Holt quotes, Ted spoke directly to the new officers, "What I'm saying is

don't become content with this system, especially in concerns of student free time, because it's in desperate need of improvement. The students elected >'ou to these positions in hope of change and if you become a content flock of sheep you have no business being in a position of leadership in Student Council."

Suggestions for future Student Council inaugurations were also discussed by Ted. He hopes that eventually the ceremony wHl be either a scheduled school assembly or held in the auditorium for those who wish to attend. Permission for such a setup this year was denied.

Sr. DE Student Represents South in National Contest Dave King, Maine South senior, was the Illinois representative to the Distributive Education National Leadership Conference.

The conference was held April

17 through 21 in San Antonio.

Tex. Dave, participating in the job interview contest, applied for a position as a travel agent and made the preliminary finals.

Industrial Ed Organization Calls Bentall 'Man of Year' Mr. Stanley Bentall, chairman of the industrial education department, has been elected "Man of the Year" by the Chicago Metropolitan Round Table Number Five, an organization of suburban industrial education teachers. The award is based on service to students in the teaching profession.

He has served on the Board of Directors of numerous state and local professional organizations related to his field.

Mr. Vernon Rauch, former teacher at Maine South and the current chairman of industrial education at Maine North, nominated Mr. Bentall for the title at an April 2 meeting of Round Table Five.

The purpose of this 400-member organization is to keep industrial education teachers abreast of new developments in industry and of innovations in neighboring schools.

Commenting on this honor, Mr. Bentall said, "Since it does come from men in my own field who know me and my work, I feel honored to have received the nomination and the election.

It is the highlight of my career to date."

Mr. Bentall will receive a "Man of the Year" plaque from Round Table Number Five at a May 14 meeting at Morton West High School.

Mr. Bentall has taught industrial education for 21 years. Of that time, he has spend 12 years in the Maine system, and the last seven have been spent as department chairman at South.

'Humanities Abroad' Can Earn Credit in Europe This year's participants in lor, commented on the course, Humanities Abroad, a social sci- "It's the European version of ence course, will travel in Eng- History on Wheels" Openings are still available in land, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal from the program. Interested students June 16 to July 7. Included in should register in the bookstore the nine students already en- by May 15. rolled is Vicki Sparks, a Maine South junior.

Some of the highlights of the trip include sightseeing in London, visitmg the Black Forest of Germany, going through Switzerland's Gotthardt Tunnel mto . Italy, spending two nights in Florence and in Rome, visiting 6RI6HT f uruKf ^^l: Algecieras which faces the Rock of Gibralter and sightseeing in Madrid, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal.

Humanities Abroad is open to all high school students and adults of this suburban area.

BInrollment is limited to forty participants from Maine Township, only half of whom can be adults.

This study program, under the personal direction of Mr. Paul Healey, English teacher at Maine East, is a full-credit course. Classroom preparation will be held on Sunday afternoons beginning in May, and there will be daily lectures during the trip.

Miss Virginia Feurer, counse-

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Students participating in the contest applied for actual jobs in San Antonio stores. Interviewed by both the receptionists at the store and the personnel directors, students were also required to fill out job application forms. The directors and receptionists judged the students.

The order in which contestants were interviewed was determined by choosing cards from a deck. The suit and number of

the playing card determined the day of the interview.

Dave's trip was financed by the students taking Distributive Education. They raised money by holding a garage sale in the school gym and a raffle.

Dave said that he enjoyed the conference because he had "the chance to meet and work with fellow DE students from all over the country."

He added that one of the main requirements for a good interview is "a genuine interest"

Dave King '71 presents the trophy he won in statewide DE competition to Dr. Watson. Looking on are Mr. Wallace Hommerding, business ed teacher, and Mr. Oliver Brown, chairman of the department.

Language Students Fare Well in Area French, Latin Contests South students have met with success in area language competitions recently.

Seniors Linden Frakes and Marilyn Moen recently were awarded "honorable mention" in a French essay contest sponsored by the National Alliance of French of Chicago.

Two hundred high schools in Chicago and from the surrounding area participated. Each school sent two essays and the five top essays were selected as winners.

This is the first year that students from South have won and the first year that two winners have come from the same school.

"Do teachers have the right to strike?" was the topic for the essay which had to be written in French. Both Linden and Marilyn felt that teachers did have the right, but that they also had a responsibility to the community and should avoid striking if at all possible.

The two South winners received a book of paintings and sculptures of French museums at an awards assembly April 15. First, second and third place winners received 100, 50 and 25 dollar awards, respectively.

Linden and Marilyn are fourth-year, accelerated French students of Mr. Morton Igleman.

Three South students received awards in the North Suburban District Latin Contest held March 6 at Mundelein.

John Evins '73 received a superior rating in Latin H; Brad Bergstrom '74, a superior in Latin I and Cathie Kroul '74, an excellent in Latin I. Over 150 students took the two-hour written test. From each level, 20 per cent of the students received a superior rating and 20 per cent were rated excellent.

Miss Marion Fisher, Latin teacher and language department chairman, chose the three students to represent South.

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April 30, 1971

Trackmen Eye M E Relays^ Win Vikings, Tie Spartans Junior Rob Lossman liigh jumps 6 feet at the Spartan Relays at Glenbrook North.

Golfers Hold 2-1 Record After some early improvement this season, Maine South's varsity golfers are heading into Monday's meet against New Trier West and Sandy MacFarland at the Park Ridge Country Club with a two win and one loss record.

New Trier West will be difficult competition, according to Coach Ron Ross. "Monday's meet against New Trier West will be tough since they are already favored to win conference. We will be aiming for 160 or in that vicinity which will be all right" MacFarland, the Cowboys' number one player, has been the individual winner of both the invitational tourneys Maine South has entered this year.

Coincidentally, the New Trier team has also emerged victorious in both invitationals.

"It will be a big meet and interesting to see," stated Coach Ross. Last week at the Hawks' Invitational, New Trier West took first place with a 387 stroke total, while Maine South totaled 419 strokes putting the Hawks in a tie for eighth place.

Commenting on the invitational Coach Ross said, "We should have totaled 400, an average of 40 for each golfer, and taken fourth place instead of eighth."

However, the results from Monday's triangular meet between Maine West, Maine North and Maine South were more encouraging. The Hawks scored 166 strokes compared to Maine West's 172 score and Maine

North's 198. Senior Joe Comyn gave the best performance for the team and for the season striking 37 with three birdies.

Two weeks ago the Hawks were in their first conference meet against Glenbrook North.

Although sophomore Gary Katz gave a good performance with a 38 for the lowest team score, the Spartans managed to tie the Hawks' score of 160 strokes.

After these conference meets Coach Ross has decided who the first five golfers will be this season. Senior Joe Comyn, juniors Steve Colnitis, Howard Kosick and Scott Romness, and sophomore Gary Katz will be the basic team. Although on the sophomore team, Bob Westman will also be an alternate for the varsity.

Playing in the New Trier Invitational the Saturday before at Skokie Playfield, the Hawks managed an eighth against a very tough field.

Once again Joe Comyn led the Hawks with a 79.

In a meet against the Maine East Demons the day before, the Hawks lost by only two strokes to a team that finished third in state last year. The final score was 211-213 in a five-man meet held at Rob Roy.

Maine East could not wait until next month for the state track meet, so they decided to hold it themselves next week on their own track. Officially named the Maine East Relays, the Demons have invited twelve of the teams that will most likely clash on May 29 for the top positions in the state's track championships. Maine South head Coach claimed that the field of twelve are all in the top twenty. Distance Coach John Kilcullen went further to say that field is "twelve of the state's top fifteen."

Evanston, the undefeated defending state champions will lead the field including their chief contender, Lyons of LaGrange. Maine South will take up the challenge to Evanston ary; Oak Park; and host team whom they beat by one point at the Panthher Relays in February; Oak Park; and Host team Maine East.

Other teams entered are Glenbard East, Glenbard West, New Trier East, Palatine and Highland Park.

The track events will be run as relays, similar to the relays run last week at the Spartan Relays. All field events will be individual and score half as much as the relays.

The meet cannot be correctly termed as a "preview to the state meet" since the regular events will not be run, but with the top teams present the competition poses to be just as rough.

Two weeks ago, the Hawks successfully fought off a challenge to their Viking Relay

crown from both Public League champions Lane Tech and Fremd. The Hawks were on top with 49 points, Fremd was second with 35. Pat McNamara came through with two first places in his sprint events. McNamara took advantage of a back wind to blaze to a 9.9 win in the 100-yard dash as Al Jahn took third for the Hawks. McNamara came back in the 440 to score a revenge over Robert Powroznik of Niles North who beat him at indoor conference.

Although the wind prevented an even better performance, his lime of :51.0 was still a meet record as was his 9.9 iOO. Bill Green took the only other 'irst place for the Hawks as his heave of 51'6" led the field while teammate Jim Staunton took third. Staunton took second in the discus with a throw of 154 feet, just six inches off of the leader. Paul Johnson reached 12'6" in the pole vault for second place.

The mile relay lowered its time to 3:27.5 but took second being edged out by Fremd. The 880-yard relay team was leading until the last handoff where it was disqualified for overshooting the handoff zone.

Kelly Murphy reached 1:59.8 but only managed fifth in the tough field. John Spotts took fifth in the long jump with an effort of 20'1". Other fifths came from Wayne Tuminello in the 220, Bill Wedderspoon in the high hurdles and Rob Lossman in the high jump. Kevin Huffman took fourth in the mile after being ranked in the slow heat with a time of 4:31.2.

After fighting off the challenges at the Viking Relays, Uie Hawks traveled to Glenbrook North for the Spartan Relays and received their biggest surprise of the year in what was considered a less competitive meet. Host team Glenbrook North dominated the beginning of the meet to the point where half way through the Hawks were behind almost 50 points.

Maine South brought the meet down to the wire with the Spar- ' tans whom they had easily defeated twice earlier.

Hawk Coach Cail Magsaman â&#x20AC;˘ recalled "There were several individual standout performances, but it was a poor team effort."

The Hawk mentor was complimentary of the sprint and middle distance relays that br ought the Hawks back with its rally.

The sprint medley of Wayne Tuminello, Ray Novontny, Dan Mojica and Pat McNamara took first. Tlie same crew retiumed to win the 440 relay. Another double win was scored by Jay .

LaJone, Tom Starck, Jim Edgecombe and Kelly Murphy who took first in the 2-mile relay and came back to win the mile ÂŤ relay.

The Hawks took several second places in the field events.

The pole vault team was edged out by Glenbrook North at the close of the meet. Both teams reached the same total height, but Glenbrook was awarded the first place points because they had the highest individual vaulter. Junior Rick Luft was leading the Hawk vaulters gaining 12 feet without a miss.

Diamondmen Takeover League Lead Tonight the Maine South varsity nine will go to bat against the Glenbrook North Spartans on the road. South is

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Golfers Debate Dismissal Of Four Varsity Players The varsity golf team has undergone a personnel shakeup in the last two weeks. Following the New Trier East Invitational, Coach Ross dismissed four players, three of them seniors and two returning lettermen, from the team.

Coach Ross refused to comment on the shakeup. One of those who was dismissed, however, said that the coach told him the players in question had "bad attitudes toward the team."

Another of the boys who was dropped at the same time commented, "He thought we were giving the school a bad name. Coach Ross would rather have other schools think of our golf team as a bunch of well-mannered, polite kids than as good golfers. He'd rather have us act nice than win."

The remaining players on the team are divided in their opinions of the coach's move. Many of them agree with one who said, "He's looking for lower class strength so that he can rebuild for next year's team. I think bringing Katz and Westman up to the varsity has improved the team."

Another player did not agree with Coach Ross.

"There's a lot of dissension on this team," he said.

"More than dissension, there's a lot of apprehension in the way the coach is running this squad."

The coaches are generally favorable to Coach Ross.

Said one, "this is Coach Ross's first year of coaching golf, but not his first year of coaching at Maine South. He knows what he's doing. Why should he put up with those guys who are hurting the team when he can get performances just as good if not better out of his sophomores."

So far. Coach Ross has looked good with his changes.

In his first dual meet at the varsity level, sbphomore Gary Katz carded the low score. The team, which was winless before the shakeup, managed to tie Glenbrook North and won a triangular last Monday against Maine North and Maine West. With only one senior left among the starting seven. Coach Ross seems to be putting together a strong nucleus for next year's squad.

currently tied with the Glenbrook South Titans for the top spot in the Central Suburban League, both boasting a 6-1-1 conference record. In their first contest on April 12, South tied the Titans in a game called early on account of darkness.

The Hawks were scheduled to take on Glenbrook South Wednesday but the game was called off on account of rain. The Titans were picked to win the CSL crown and South's coach George Verber also cited Glenbrook to be the main contender outside of Maine South.

In a game last Monday, South trounced the Deerfield Warriors, 7-1. Winning pitcher Gordy Frano led the Hawks to victory with a 3-hitter. Right Fielder Kevin Klett led South's offensive attack with a single and a double with one run batted in. Hally

JueU, Joe Zdeb, Dave Bergman, Mike Bonk, Gregg Gann, and Frano all contributed an RBI to the winning effort.

Against conference r i v a l Maine West last Friday, South won handily, 3-1. This time it was Harwood Height's own Larry Gawaluch in the winning pitcher's role with a 6-hit performance. Third baseman Tom Fulton paced the Hawk batting with a double and two RBI's.

Klett and Larry Kolbus picked up two hits a piece to help finish off West with ease.

The day before, the Hawks were again victorious, this time lessening the Niles West Indians 6-4. Dave Bergman pounded out four RBI's with two singles and a two-run triple. Soph Jerry Jones tempered the Indians with a 5-hlt pitching performance. Klett stole two bases and

Kolbus and Bonk each threw in an RBI. In their only conference loss to date, South dropped a close one to New Trier West, 3-1. The Hawk offense was only able to moimt two hits in support of loser Frano. In the losing cause Frano gave up eight hits but managed to strike out eight Cowboy batters. Klett s t o l e another base but South's batting was not up to the pitching performance of Cowboy Jeff WilhoUte. But in their game two weeks ago the Hawks clobbered Niles North, 8-1. Winner Gawaluch turned in a 5-hit performance striking out ten batters. Kolbus powered South's offense with a triple and a towering two-run homer, totalling up three RBI's.

Catcher Gann added a single and two RBI's.

Netmen Boast of 7-2 Record The Maine South varsity tennis team is having one of the best seasons in its history. Under the supervision of Coach Les Kent the netmen have fought to a 7-2 record.

Coach Kent after many trials has finally found the right combination of players to make up his conference meet line-up.

On the top at first singles is Dave Littell. Playing second singles is Larry Barr; third singles, Rich Davis. The first doubles matches will be taken over by John and George Mulopolous. The second doubles team will be composed of Rick Bressler and Lindy Frakes.

The varsity netmen took first in the Maine South quadrilateral by beating East Leyden, Ridgewood, and Elk Grove. The

Hawks quickly disposed of East Leyden and Ridgewood, 5-0 and 4-1. Against Elk Grove the netmen received a little trouble but still beat them 3-2.

Niles East posed no problem for the netmen as they trampled the Trojans 4-1. A tough Glenbrook South team also gave the Hawks no trouble as they were beaten 4-1.

The netmen this year are extremely strong. This is possibly a result of the fact that a team is only as strong as its weakest substitute. Coach has many excellent players on his varsity team this year; however, he cannot use them all. Aside from conference meet starters Littell, Larry Barr, Davis, Mulopolous, Bressler, and Frakes, Coach Kent can

also call on Todd Onderdonk, Bill Ephland, and John Barr ' for assistance.

The netmen are a winning team. Every member's wins exceed his losses. Littell shows " a 12-2 record with Larry Barr close behind boasting an 11-2 record.

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