Students Campaign for Smith and Stevenson With the November senatorial elections in the very near future, the local campaign backing Stevenson. Democratic candidate for Illinois senator, has already begun its plans. Kris Lindgren and Chris Mahaffey have written about these campaigns. By Kris Lindgren According to Janice Klich, assistant coordinator of the campaign in Park Ridge, her group is encouraging everyone to vote. Their program of vote gathering includes a door to door campaign, distribution of flyers and phone calls all of which are designed to encourage unregistered voters to register for the upcoming election. Her group, while supporting Stevenson, is trying to get the best possible representation for the election. This, Janice claims, is the only way of assuring a
good election. Anyone interested in helping with the campaign can contact Janice at 823-8262. Here at Maine South, a campaign for Stevenson headed by Tom Lanctot, junior, has started its work. The group has solicited help by calling prospective campaigners. They have also, Tom related, canvassed outside of the school in a search for unregistered Democratic v o t e r s . Workers urge these voters to register and vote. Tuesday, September 29, the committee staged a moch election. The election took place after school in C-115. Anyone rooting for Stevenson can obtain a campaign button from Tom. By Chris Mahaffey After the tragic death of the late Senator Everett Dirksen, it was the legal duty of Governor Richard B. Ogilive to appoint a
man to fill the remainder of Senator Dirksen's term. Since Dirksen had been elected in 1968, another election was required for 1970, and in 1974, when his term would have ended. Ogilive appointed Ralph Tyler Smith, of Alton, who had served twenty-four years in the Illinois Legislature, and was elected Speaker of the House. He is familiar with Illinois and United States legistative procedures, and deserves to be elected to the United States Senate in his own right. I am sure that you are all familiar with the issues of this election year, covered in t he radio and television commercials and i n newspaper publicity, so I will omit this area. I
would like to concentrate on involvement. The upstate Smith headquarters is located at 333 North Michigan Avenue. This is where the real horsepower is needed. Groups of youth, college students, parents, and elders are working, practically on a 24 hour basis. If you were to go to this office, your assistance would be appreciated. All Cook County activities are conducted through this office, and downstate business is conducted in an office in Springfield. However, if you want to work on the local scene, you're always welcome here too. The Park Ridge Republican Headquarters is located at 29 South Fair view. Although this office is
staffed by Maine Township precinct captains, free literature on all GOP candidates is available. Other forms of campaigning are also done. In 1968, the first successful Juckett Caravan was held. Ten cars, packed with literature, set out with Teen Age Republicans (TAR's), and under every windshield wiper, in every Fourth Illinois District shopping center, placed Uterature on behalf of GOP candidates, and Representative Robert S. Juckett. You learn about grass-roots politics, meet the candidates, and help elect effective leadership. If you want to change your country, this is the way to do it—constructively, not obstructively or violently.
University Professor To Address Seniors To Commemorate UN Day All seniors will attend a United Nations Day Assembly Oct. 27, during seventh period. The assembly will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the U.N. Dr. Frank McCallister, professor at Roosevelt University, will speak for approximately 20 minutes on, "The United Nations: The Next 25 Years," according to Mr. Kenneth Faulhaber, who wiU preside. After Dr. McCallister finishes, a panel of three seniors — Audrey Altstadt, Nancy Benjamin and Jay La Jones—will question Dr. Benjamin. Mr. Patton Feichter, a history instructor, will moderate the panel. The purpose of the assembly, Mr. Faulhaber explained, is to help students reflect on what the UN has contributed in the past 25 years and what the future of a peace-keeping and humani-
tarian organization can be. Former Park Ridge Mayor W. Bert Ball, who helped organize the assembly, will attend. Also present will be a committee for UN Day appointed by Park Ridge Mayor Joseph Peacock. Mrs. Edward Bradley heads the committee. Dr. McCallister, the speaker, is the producer of a film on the specialized agencies of the UN. He served as a member of the U.S. delegation to celebrate the independence of Guiena. In August, 1967, he was a delegate to the First World Labor Education Conference conducted by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. In April, 1968, he was a member of a delegation on a comparative education study visiting Russia, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Denmark and Cambridge University in England.
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Students' Meeting at Hamlin Gate Source of Residents' Complaints students blocking the Hamlin entrance to Maine South have caused an increasingly serious problem in the eyes of school officials and citizens living on Hamlin. Some of the complaints against the students blocking the Hamlin entrance are that they block other students from passing, that they are causing a serious traffic problem along Hamlin avenue and that they are smoking in violation of school rules. Mr. Robert Simonsen, assis-
Politicans Participate in Forum Four local political figures will be speaking at Maine South in the near future as part of the Social Science Forum. Floyd FuUe, Maine Township Republican committeeman and candidate for a seat on the Cook County Board, will speak on "Cook County Government" on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 10 a.m. in lecture hall C-127. Mr. Fulle will be followed by Congressman Roman Pucinski, a Democrat from the northwest portion of Chicago, on Thursday, October 22, in C-127 during the seventh period. Pucinski will
discuss what he considers are the three major domestic issues that will affect his district in the years ahead. The following week, Robert Juckett, Park Ridge Republican representative to the General Assembly, will speak on "Township Government and the General Assembly" on Wednesday, October 28, during second period. The series of speakers will conclude with Nicholas Blase, Maine Township Democratic committeeman and mayor of Niles, on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. His topic will be "Town-
ship and Metropolitan Government." Social science classes which pertain to government and meet during second, third or seventh period will be able to attend the lectures. If there is sufficient room remaining in the lecture hall, it will be possible for interested social science students to attend who are not in social science class during the specified periods but who have a study period then. These students should obtain an IBM card from their teachers. This card will serve as a ticket and as an excuse from study hall.
tanl principal, said, "Some of these students feel that they can smoke once they are off school grounds. However, it says clearly in the student handbook that a student cannot smoke when he is within a four block radius of the school. These students at the Hamlin corner are in danger of suspension." The citizens who live along Hamlin Avenue have another reason to complain. The congregation at the entrance has sometimes spilled over onto the lawns of private citizens. One problem the citizens are complaining about is the rumor that the students are smoking
the play: "This play has several great dramatic scenes, with light comic humor throughout. The play is a study of different people, their troubles, their joys and their worlds. The language and the recognition scene are beautiful." Bill Sensenbrenner '72, a blind sleigh driver, gave his opinion about performing: "When acting, you have to consciously try to think and act like the character you're portraying. In a great dramatic play like Anastasia, it's necessary for every actor to think about his relation to the other characters in the story." Crew for Anastasia also has to be motivated. They've been busy since the first Saturday after tryouts were over building a 14 by 48 foot set that is entirely six inches off the stage floor. Neil Anderson, construction crew head, had a personal motivation "It's been great working on Mr. Wagoner's last show here."
marijuana at the Hamlin entrance. Mr. Simonsen said that he is not sure whether or not there are any grounds to the story, but he said that "marijuana is a police problem and will not be dealt with by this school. Any cases of marijuana would be reported directly to the police." The school has taken some steps to remedy the crowding at the Hamlin gate. The gate itself is closed from the time school begins until 3 p.m. According to Mr. Elbert Smith, dean of students, "this is to prevent students from running out for a quick smoke during school hours."
New Runway To Create Increased Plane Noise According to Mr. James Galloway, Park Ridge city manager. South students can expect more airplane noise over their school and, if they live in Park Ridge, possibly over their homes, depending on where in town they live. The increased noise is the expected result of a new runway imder construction at O'Hare Field. This new runway is being con-
Senior Class Play Cast and Crew Describe Aims Motivation is a key to sue cess behind a senior class play. An actor's job involves more than just memorizing lines. Nancy Mellon '72 who portrays the Dowager Empress, explained how she prepares for her role: "First, I read the entire play to find out how my character reacts to other people and situa, tions. Then, I wrote down all the characteristics that I thought the Empress had which weren't in the play. This helps me to act more like her. Since the Dowager Empress is old, I've also been watching old people to see their facial and bodily movements." Jan Knapp '72, who plays Anastasia, said that she liked to act because. "It gives me a ^ chance to understand and express views which agree or contradict my own." Dave Marshall '71, who plays a banker named Chernov, commented on what he thought of
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The blind sleigh driver (kneeling), played by Bill Sensenbrenner, recognizes the g i r l he holds as Anastasia (Jan Krapp). Petrovin (Steve Monz) looks on.
structed parallel to existing runway 422. The new runway will be used, as is the present one, mainly when the wind is south to southwest by planes coming in from the northeast and flying in a southwest direction. He also said, however, that the opinion of the Park Ridge City Council is that "This runway or any additional runway can do nothing but increase the amount of noise. . . We anticipate that as the airport makes provision for more planes to land, more planes will land." As a result, the cities of Park Ridge, Schiller Park and Bensenville have filed suit against the city of Chicago and all the airlines to prevent the airport from making additional noise. Mr. Galloway explained that the suit is not only against the construction of the new runway, which is the immediate problem, but also suggests enactment of measures which would enable planes to fly more quietly, "leading to an actual solution." Congress has made FAA responsible for airplane noise. However, Mr. Galloway said that, "There has never been a decision if the FAA is responsible for the noise that will be created by future generations of planes or for the noise that is created by present planes. We feel that if Congress can create a commission like the FAA, they should be able to determine imder what ground rules it is to operate."