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Democrats, GOP, Socialists Seeking Support students have the opportunity to express their political preferences in the Tri-S mock election on Nov. 2. Polling places are outside of the cafeteria.

The various political parties have been working all week canvassing and passing out literature. The Democrats, Republicans, and Socialist Workers are represented in the election.

The Democrats are headed by Tom Lanctot '72. "We support all the Democratic candidates, but mainly Adiai Stevenson for senator," he commented. The Democrats have been canvassing outside of school as well as for the mock election. Stevenson

is in favor of aid to the police forces in handling campus unrest and speeding up troop withdrawal from Vietnam.

Ralph Smith is the GOP candidate for senator. He supports a hard line on campus disorder and supprts President Nixon's plan in Vietnam. Traditionally a Maine South, the Republicans have won by a landslide because of the conservative nature of the community.

The Socialist Workers' party is headed by Garrett Walters '72. "We are a young party, primarily interested in activism," said Garrett. The Socialists support complete rights for

high school students, including the right of teenage girls to control their own bodies through the use of contraceptives.

The Socialists are also interested in the immediate end of the war in Vietnam, black control of black communities, and pollution control. 'The Socialists are a small party but hope to drum up membership by passing out literature stating their aims.

Tom Lanctot, chairman of the mock election feels that the success of the election lies in the number of students that participate through campaigning and voting.

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South To Sponsor One Student Trip To Seminar for Young Americans The Maine South social science department will sponsor one senior government or history student at the 1971 Presidential Classroom for Young Americans to be held in Washington, D.C. from March 13 through March 20, 1971.

A $200 scholarship covering tuition, room, and board, and travel to and from Washington will be awarded sometime before Nov. 15. 1970.

The Classroom for Young Americans is designed to give high school seniors an opportunity to study the United States government and to show these seniors through personal involvement and contact what the government is doing in various fields and to encourage dedication to and understanding of the American system.

Mr. Otto Kohler, chairman of the social science department, said that because Maine South has never before participated in this program, it would be difficult to say if these aims would be accomplished. He did say that, based on similar experiences which South students have had and on the nature of the

students who will be involved in the classroom, he thought it would be impossible for students in the Presidential Classroom not to benefit.

The curriculum of the Classroom for Young Americans consists of a week of seminars, visits to government agencies, and visits with members of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.

The classroom convenes soon after the President has made his State of the Union Message, at which time legislation, budget, and programs for the next year are just getting started.

To l>e eligible to apply, a student must be a full-time senior at Maine South in good standing. He must be enrolled in the senior government course Government-Democracy Accelerated, Advanced Placement European History, or one of the senior social science elective courses. He must receive the recommendation of his present social science instructor. Final selection of the South representative will be made by a committee appointed by Mr. Kohler.

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Petitions To Continue Pass-Fail Must Be Complete by Nov. 13 Within two weeks students carrying five subjects will have to decide whether their fifth course will be graded on a passfail basis or not. A student may petition to complete a fifth subject on a pass-fail basis.

The petition must be signed by the student, his parents, his counselor, the department chairman and Mr. James Bonney, director of guidance. The deadline for submitting petitions with all signatures is Friday, November 13.

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The newly elected officers of French Club are Barb Krai, president; Jill Chamberlain, vice-president; Eileen Lynch, secretary; Janice Klich and Gary Parsons, joint treasurers.

Biology Clnb is planning to hear Dr. Paul Erhlich speak at North Central College on November 3, at 10 a.m. Mr. David Clark, sponsor, can be contacted for further details.

The first quarter ends today (groan!).

All the cheerleaders are working on a V-Show roller-skating act The varsity debate team will go to Carthage College on November 7. At the same time, half the novice team will go to Evanston. The other remaining novices and all of the juniorvarsity team will go to Proviso East.

The mock election is scheduled for November 2. Jeff Lee is heading the Republican party, Garrett Walters, the Socialist party, and Tom Lanctot, the Democratic party. These people can be contacted after school in the classrooms behind C-108.

On Sunday, November 1 there will be an orchestra concert in the auditorium at 3:30 p.m.

School will not be held on November 3 because of Teachers Institute Day; no school on November 11 either because of Veteran's Day. SAT tests for Seniors are scheduled for Nov. 7 at 7:45 a.m. at South.

Fan Sports Awards will be presented on Thursday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium and the cafeteria.

Film Society is now selling memberships at one dollar to any interested students. The society gurantees two feature length films and some selected shorts per semester.

On Tuesday, November 17, Film Society will show its first full length feature film after school in C-127. The fQm Nights of Cabiria, has won an academy award for the best foreign language film and has won the Conn Film Festival Award.

Key Club will sponsor an inter-club meeting on November 8. Club members from Glenbrook South, Maine East and West, Taft, Elk Grove and Deerfield will get together to play touch football. The meeting is designed to help the boys from these various schools get to know each other.

The Lost and Found, operated

by National Honor Society, is open in C-125A before and after school.

quired for graduation will be closed to pass-fail enrollment. A student must have four, onecredit courses with grades for each semester to graduate.

The purpose of pass-fail courses is to give students new opportunities for self discovery without the pressure of grades.

Mr. Bonney said, "1 feel that pass-fail allows a student to take a fifth solid as a personal experiment without the penalty of lowering his grade point average."

The present pass-fail system took two years to put into operation. In the spring of 1969 the first proposal for a pass-fail system of grading was put before the Superintendent Advisory Committee on Curriculum.

The bill was reviewed in December and passed the next spring.

Nick Shlapak '72 said, "Most people agree that because passfail removes the incentive of grades, students will not work up to their full ability, but I feel teachers compensate by not grading on a curve."

Bill Liberio commented, "I

Orchestra, Choir Give Concert Concert choir and orchestra will present their first program of the year on November 1 at 3:30 p.m. in the Maine South auditorium.

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The orchestra will perform the String Symphony by Mendelssohn. Nancy Benjamin '71 wil do a solo on the piano entitled Mozart Piano Concerto

Appearing in the music department's Nov. 1 concert are Karen Tapp, Nancy Benjamin and Donna Huber.

Nancy w i l l play a solo on the piano; Karen and Donna w i l l perform a harp duet.

No. 9. Karen Tapp '71 and Donna Huber '71 will perform a harp duet.

The concert choir, under the direction of Mr. Irwin Bell, will sing "Climb Every Mountain" and a spiritual called "Elijah Rock".

Mr. Lloyd Spear will direct the orchestra. This will not be the full orchestra, as the brass and percussion players have been working with the marching band. The chamber orchestra, consisting mostly of string instruments, will play.

For the concert, the girls in the orchestra will wear long black gowns. Fifty new tuxedos have been ordered by the Music Boosters to be delivered after the first of the year. Hie tuxedoes will consist of maroon jackets with black collars, and black pants with a stripe up the side.

Another concert is scheduled for the spring. The orchestra also performs at the spring musical.

think the pass-fail system gives all students equal opportunities.

But I doubt it will catch on for grades are the basis of class rank."

John Norton '72 feels that pass-fail doesn't accomplish its purpise because,"teacher's still use the regular grading system to determine marks."

George Pappageorge '73 feels that "students are apt to do better because the pressure is removed."

Julie Neuses '71 thinks that "all courses should be on passfail grading."

Talks Open To Students Students interested in lectures on community affairs may attend a lecture series sponsored by the Maine South Adult Evening School. The series is caUed The Odyssey of Man — Into the 70*8.

This program is the fifth in a set called "The Psychological Challenges of Modern Living."

Included in the series are "Natural Superiority of Women," on November 10 and "Through the Looking Glass," presented by the Des Plaines Theater Goild on January 12.

Other lectures include "Community Action — Bottoms Up or Down," February 9; "I, the Polluter," March 9; "Religion, Now and Future," April 13; "The Philosophy of Peanuts," which includes an interview with Charles Schulz.

Mrs. Helen Famy, worker in the Adult Evening School office, explained why the lectures are held. "The lectures help draw the community together. People solve problems as a group instead of individually. It's an easy way of expression for everyone."

At the meetfaigs, people are divided into discussion groups.

About 200 people usually attend.

The number of students attending depends on the topic for the evening. Admission is $1, and tickets are available at the door on the night of the lecture.

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Teachers Remark On Homework Ciyen If classroom comments were an indication, there was a definite teacher reaction to the Southwords opinion poll containing students' complaints of too much pressure in the accelerated program. Students criticized "busy work," too much testing, tests falling on the same day, increase in quantity as well as higher standards of quality, college work under high school conditions, and little time for outside activities or relaxation.

In response, Mr. Donald Rakowsky, AP biology teacher, first of all cautions against confusing the AP course with an "accelerated" course.

AP courses are college level and, according to Mr. Rakowsky, students taking an AP course should expect "to put forth extra energy" to achieve the higher quality and extended depth of study required in a college level course.

Mrs. Mary Anna Mohr, teacher of accelerated English, feels that quality and depth are more important than quantity. In relation to what students consider "busy work," however, she stated that an assignment may have an intrinsic value for the student though not worth a teacher's time for grading.

While recognizing the importance of extra-curricular activities, she said, "If the accelerated student becomes involved in extra-curricular activities, he should realize that he may not receive straight A's. He must make a choice as to which is more important. Perhaps a sensible balance between the two is the wisest choice."

For Miss Darlene Erickson, instructor of accelerated U.S. History, "the nature of an accelerated history course is to study problems by reading several interpretations on the same topic to gather evidence and to

Dr, Cole Speaks on U.N. and Peace "The United Nations . w a s founded on the principle that the giant powers, which are Russia and the United States, would keep peace in the world," said Dr. William Cole in summing-up the reason for the United Nations.

Dr. Cole was the guot speaker at the special senior assembly held on Tuesday, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the U.N. He also included Mainland China as a "giant power", but this country does not hold a seat in the U.N. He stated that he felt that no peace could be gained without the agreement of both Russia and the U.S. because these countries alone have the power to blow up the entire world seven times over. "Anytime an agreement was made between the two countries for peace, the peace has been kept".

Although the United Nations has not made an impressive showing i n keeping peace throughout the world. Dr. Cole felt that they succeeded in doing their main job which is to keep international peace. There have been no major international conflicts since the formation of the U.N. They have also achieved the other principles they set up in the beginning. These include developing friendly relations between countries and achieving cooperation of all these countries. Dr. Cole felt that the United Nations can do no better than to continue with these goals and have as much success with them as they have in the past.

Dr. Cole did however, hope for one major change in the structure of the U.N. The U.N. does not have enough power. He expressed a hope that

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it could develop a form of the House of Representatives. This would give more power to the bigger countries who give greater financial support. This could also help keep in check the the smaller countries which make a majority in the U.N. For the future. Dr. Cole summed-up by saying that he could only "hope and pray for continual success in ridding future generations from the horror of war."

reach an intelligent conclusion."

The assignments, she claims, should involve more in quantity in the sense of more reading and more in quality in the sense of papers as opposed to "busy work."

Acknowledging the pressures on the accelerated student, Miss Erickson at the same time wants her courses to be worthwhile, and, as she said, "that involves work on the part of both teacher and student." Her final comment was, "Isn't the pressure often a pressure created by desire for grades rather than desire for knowledge?"

Mr. Kenneth Faulhaber, teacher of accelerated Government and Democracy, feels that the

work load need not be appreciably heavier in an accelerated course. However, because the accelerated student is asked to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize wide points of view, he may find it necessary to do more reading. Daily assignments are for amplifying class lectures and producing informative discussions.

Inquiry assignments, according to Mr. Faulhaber, "give the pupil the skills to become an autonomous learner, for people learn best by doing." Noting that too many contemporary students seem to feel that knowledge comes through introspection, he said, "One should study himself but should also search

if he is to be a genuine scholar, not a pseudo-scholar."

For Mrs. Marie Markus, teacher of accelerated French, the accelerated language course means just what it says—acceleration. The gifted student is given the opportiinity to proceed at a faster rate. Homework assignments are for reinforcement of previous classwork and preparation for future class discussion.

"Though extra-curricular activities are needed to develop the whole personality," said Mrs. Markus, "students may be too involved in activities. Note the ratio of attendance at sports assemblies to attendance at academic assemblies."

Sinners in Hands of an Angry Sister

By Dave Marshall Recently, while perusing through the journalistic gems in the Bookstore, I was accosted by my old friend Markson Monz.

After the usual social chatter, he got down to the real meat of the matter. "Say, Dave, do you know anything about Puritans?" This query of his sent a cold chill through me and I blurted out, "Know one? I've got one living in the next room!"

I had always thought that Puritanical morals were quite extinct. But alas this is not so, for I have a Cotton Mather living (in the next room) in the guise of my older sister. Her views on sex, smoking and

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Vote in Mock Elections: Be InYolved, Informed By the time mock elections are held next week, every student should have checked up on the candidates and decided whom to vote for. Then, they should go out and vote.

Although it is true that our votes will not affect the real elections, the students are being given a chance to express an opinion. Somebody is always screaming about being unable to express his opinions. Here is a way.

The results of the election can serve as a valuable source of information on student thought. Opinion polls may show various statistics, but election results may reflect different conclusions. Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson of England was the victim of such a switch. It cost him his political position, and it cost his party its national dominance.

Through the elections, the entire student body can find out two things: 1. The number of students who are willing to put forth the effort to vote (which may be an indication of their future behavior toward voting) and 2. Whether the students vote differently from the adults in this area and in Illinois, as a whole.

If you don't care who runs your government, if you take no trouble to find out who the candidates are and what they stand for, then forget about mock elections. Voting requires knowledge and understanding of the choices involved. If you don't know about the candidates, you could not make an intelligent choice, anyway.

liquor would warm the cockles of William Bradford's heart.

She frequently storms m y room as if it were a "den of iniquity" and with the gusto of AtiUa the Hun she ransacks it.

She cuts all the obscene pictures out of my dirty magazines and censors my smut literature with a magic marker. Nothing gets past her eagle eye, not even those Coppertone ads.

Like Carrie Nation she refuses to let "alcoholic beverages" into our home. She has confiscated everything f r o m grape juice to rubbing alcohol and she even refuses to buy distiUed water. If she ever finds out about the bottle of mineral water under my bed, she'll kill me.

She dislikes smoking with a passion and if I so much as light a match she has a hemmorhage.

If she were to catch a whiff of the lavatories at Maine South she would go stark, raving bananas.

The only thing she hates more than smoking are my slovenly ways. If I dare to sleep later than 8 a.m., 1 wake up in the street.

Whenever I play the record player at anything except the most subdued level, she appears out of nowhere, like Bonquo's ghost, and calmly grabs the needle off the record (scratching it as she goes) with a firmness of grip that is envied by the Crusher, Jack the Ripper and Arnold Palmer alike.

One would think that with such a battle going on between us we would not communicate with one another. Communication is one thing we certainly do not lack. Everytirae I see her she says "Shut-up" and I say "Yes, sir."

Mom teUs me that the only assurance I have is that someday my twenty year old sister will concentrate her vigor on some other lucky man. Any volunteers?

Trick or Treat!

Youth Fair Brings People to Hodges Park

By Nancy Mellon A student strolling past Hodges Park between ten and four last Saturday or Sunday couldn't help but stumble upon the youth festival.

Guitars, and at one point a bagpipe, audible for blocks, attracted shoppers who came to see the sights.

The youth fair was sponsored by the "park kids" and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rowe, owners of the Pipe Shop, who hope to make this an annual affair.

A simulated war took place in the center of the park, in a grassless section. Plastic trees were clumped together to represent forests, roads were drawn and plastic tanks were put on them. Moves and countermoves

were plotted by each side until a victor was decided.

Hank Kupjack, Andy Stanger, both graduates of Maine South, Garett Walters '72, and Bill Dickens '72 masterminded the war game. They surrounded their area with saw horses to keep the spectators at bay.

Next to the war game Barb Jone's wardrobe was on view.

She was offering for sale duplicates of clothes she had made for herself.

An abundance of jewelry was displayed by Bob Goodfriend.

While he sat on his blanket, he played the recorder and answered questions on how he made such beautiful earrings, necklaces, rings and belts.

Also, he had for sale lamps and

candle holders made of different colored glass welded together.

Near Bob was Michael Stein's exhibit. He had surrealistic paintings of Alice in Wonderland characters and the King and Queen of Spades. Paper foldings, in bright colors, of prehistoric birds were strung from the sides of his exhibit.

Every time the wind blew they flapped their wings and soared.

Set up next to him was Burt Randall '71 who had ink and pencil drawings of sports cars.

Russ Otvas '72, Carol Bom, Karen Weltzen and Mary Jo Jacobs played folk guitar on Sunday.

An antique printing press was set up and run by Amie Dolan '71. The handletter press made

name tags in gold lettering.

Across from Arnie, two girls on a bench were making tissue paper flowers; and Arthur Gesky sat at a little booth, in the center of it all, giving out Adlai Stevenson pamphlets, buttons and bumper stickers. "Politics gets into everything, you know." said Beth Thielen '72.

In back of the memorials, Tom Dulisch set up his portable radio transmitter. People gathered and gawked as unusual sounds erupted from his machine.

Kathy Orr '71 had a candle stand. In his photography exhibit, Gary Pereson '71 included a picture of a blind man and his dog; and an old man with a sign on a crowded Chicago street.

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Student Assesses Effect of War Moratorium

by Michalina Pendzich A year has passed since the Oct. 15, 1969 Moratorium, which was designed to show the Nixon administration that large and growing numbers of Americans want out of the Viet Nam War as fast as possible.

The protest was the brainchild of Jerome Grossman, a Massachusetts envelope manufactur-

er active in the peace movement. Mr. Grossman joined forces with Sam Brown Jr. and togetlier they hammered out the details. The Moratorium, which was to consist of quiet discussions and debate, was at first to be confined to college campuses. However, the idea caught on and quickly spread across the nation.

Businesses were suspended for the day in protest. Housewives marched with signs urging the end of the war. Students wore armbands proclaiming their displeasure with the administration's handling of the situation in Indochina.

In Brunswick, Maine, 1000 candles were left burning atop the Seniro Center, the tallest

New Courses Evaluated Four new courses have opened at South this year. Most teachers and students, after one quarter of acquaintance with the classes, reacted favorably to them.

AH sophomores are required to take consumer education as the result of a bill passed by the Illinois legislature. This new course is graded on a pass-fail basis this year.

Mr. Alan Kolar, consumer education teacher, said that the purpose of the course "is to show some of the problems kids will have to face as consumers.

It shows them some of the pitfalls they can get trapped in."

Child Care Occupations is a new program in the home economics department.

The goal of the program is to train students for occupations in. volving the care of young children. Two phases, an in-school phase and an out-school cooperative training program, form the new course.

The in-school program includes three days per week of preschool and two days of related class instruction. Students, imder the direction of an inschool teacher, plan and conduct the preschool programs.

In the second phase, students work half of each school day at child care institutions. This out-

of-school phase includes training in pediatrics wards, a school for the retarded, a Montessori school and a YMCA preschool program.

Machine Shorthand is an addition to the business education department. Students cover essentially the same material as in Stenography I. However, students use a silent Stenoprint, a machine used by court reporters, instead of taking Gregg shorthand.

Probability and Statistics, an

alternate to calculus, is new in the math department.

This course is a systematic development of probability theory and how probability methods are applied in statistical investigations. Topics covered include random variables, organization and presentation of data, correlation and decision making under uncertainty.

Jim Edgecombe '71 commented, "If you don't want to use your imagination, you shouldn't take the course."

Every year, a few South students graduate in only three years. The reasons for omitting a year of high school vary.

Some students wish to prepare for a career that takes many years of study at the college level. Others may be moving and want to finish at their own school.

Jan Knapp and Lisa Lippert are two students who will graduate this year after three years at South. They explained their reasons for doing so to Southwords.

When asked why she chose to

graduate early, Jan replied that she has often been bored with poor teaching methods and dull classes. School, she feels, does not allow her, or others, to express themselves.

Jan's ambition for the future is to live in Africa and teach young students. Sometime in the next year she hopes to make it come true. By teaching these children and giving them ideals to work toward, Jan hopes to change a major part of education. She feels that ideally learning is made up of small groups, communicating ideas about

a middle-income Negro class.

He stated there is "measurable evidence that we are moving forward" in the area of civil rights.

No one has spoken for the victims of crime, Pucinski declared. The Supreme Court has made it almost impossible to question an individual.

Floyd Fulle, Republican Commissioner on the Cook County Board, devoted his time to the discussion of Cook County government. After a brief historical sketch of the county's development, Mr. Fulle commented on the importance of zoning. "Everythmg we do that is of any concern to anybody today . . . starts from our use of the land."

"The biggest business in Illi-

nois," Fulle said, "is public aid and relief. Financial aid poUcies have created a lazy element in society. The system of this country stinks." He pointed out that in one month Illinois pays approximately $25 million in public aid and relief.

Fulle explained that there is twice as much privately-owned land in Cook County than has been developed in the past 15 years. However, if land development continues at present rate, "problems will out distance solutions." Water, roads and sanitation were points in question.

On pollution, the Commissioner stated that the biggest polluter of water is government, and the biggest polluter of air is the automobile.

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President Nixon has made promises of working toward an end to the war. He has tried to stir Hanoi and the "provisional revolutionary government" into active negotiations in Paris, only to run into a stone wall. However, he is faced with a problem clearly not of his own doing.

He must take into consideration U.S., global responsibilities and the consequences of a U.S., withdrawal from Viet Nam elsewhere around the world. Nixon campaigned on the promise that he had a plan to end the war.

Thus, he raised false hopes and perhaps deserves a large scale protest such as the Moratorium.

SC Considering Various Proposals Student Council has submitted a proposal to the executive board that would permit students to go outside during lounge and lunch periods.

Those students who did go out would be confined to the sidewalks, benches and the rock

Students Accumulate Needed Credits, Choose To Graduate One Year Early

Forum Speakers Discuss Issues Congressman Roman Pucinski (Democrat—fourth district) and Commissioner Floyd Fulle (Republican—Cook County Board) spoke to senior Maine South social science classes last week.

Congressman Pucinski, discussing education, stated that too little emphasis is placed on "the world of work" students face after education. Consequently, students are unprepared for work. He stated that an educational subcommittee should "restructure educational concepts" to give students something to "fall back on" if they cannot meet high educational costs.

On civil rights, the Congressman noted that the U.S. is the world's first nation to develop

building in New England. In North Newton, Kansas, an antique bell tolled forty thousand times for the U.S. deaths in Viet Nam. All in all it was one of the largest anti-Viet Nam protest to that time. With its success, the organizers hoped for future moratoriums.

Today, however, the Moratorium seems a dark and distant day. Little was said October 15 about the protest. The U.S. is still in Viet Nam and the troop withdrawals are lagging. Since a year ago, the U.S. has also become involved because of Cambodia, an event that glued the U.S. even more firmly to Indochina.

common interests, instead of being taught math, science or history.

All our knowledge, Jan says about how to make an atom bomb "won't do us any good after we blow each other up."

According to her, "Now is the time to try to begin to understand each other."

Lisa Lippert feels that she is mature enough to go on to college, and, because she has enough credits to graduate, that another year of high school would be a waste of time. She plans to go to Lawrencewood University, Lake Forest College or the University of Minnesota.

"The point of high school," Lisa says, "is to ready you for what comes after." Even last year, as a sophomore, she felt ready to go on to college, but she lacked enough credits.

The only requirement for early graduation is that the student must accumulate all 16 credits, including the required courses. The student must also have the permission of Mr. James Bonney, director of guidance.

garden between the cafeteria and the corridors. This would prevent students from tracking in snow and mud during bad weather.

If the students are allowed to go outside, they will be supervised by student monitors appointed by Council. These monitors would be responsible for the clean-up of any litter that might accumulate.

The proposal to let the students go outside was submitted on Friday, October 15. "It was sort of an all-council proposal," said Pat Bak, secretary of Student Council.

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Chemistry Experiment irt Pass-Fail Maine South's science department, in cooperation with the University of Iowa's chemistry and science education departments, is conducting a controlled experiment in the use of the pass-fail grading system in chemistry, according to Mr. J. Ronald Teller, science department chairman.

"This pass-fail p r o g r a m should not be confused with District 207's present pass-fail system which is open on fifth subject basis," he said.

Students in the experimental program were selected after they had enrolled for chemistry.

From this total enrollment, 200 students were selected to participate — 100 in a pass-fail group and 100 in a control group using traditional grades.

Four experimental and four control classes were formed.

Two teachers were selected with each having two experimental and two control classs.

Students were placed in passfail classes with their parents' approval. All classes are similar in the distribution of students' I.Q. and grade point averages.

The chemistry course is the same as was taught last year with each group receiving the

same homework, tests and lectures. The only variable is the grading system.

Mr. Teller expects the experiment to teil the department; 1. Will the student who has been successful under the letter grading system continue to be as successful?

2. Will the student who has had average or below success improve or lose ground?

3. Is the motivation of grades a necessity for success?

4. Are high school students mature enough for this responsibility?

5. Does the pressure for grades have a negative or positive influence on all types of students in a rigorous science course?

Those students taking chemistry on a pass-fail basis will have their class rank and grade point average determined as though they had not taken chemistry.

"However," Mr. Teller said, "this will have no effect on college entrance requiremients and universities will accept their chemistry credit as though they were in a regularly graded class."

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Cowboys Invade South Maine South's varsity football squad tomorrow takes on the New Trier West Cowboys at home.

New Trier has a season's record of six wins and no losses and is in first place in the Central Suburban League. Last week the Cowboys downed Maine West, 22-3.

Halfback Joe Zdeb drives ttirough the Niles West defense on his way to one of his five touchdowns.

Sockmen Slip in Tourney Lightning stmck twice l a s t Friday as the Lyons of LaGrange handed the Hawk Sockmen their tenth loss of the season. LaGrange, who earlier this season beat the Hawks by a close 6-5 margin, displayed the same amount of skill in the recent Lake Forest Invitational necessary to break the third place deadlock between the Hawks and Lyons.

In the first contest of the invitational, the Hawks went down to defeat at the hands of the Cowboys of New Trier East by a 8-0 tally. This first loss presented South with the only possible chance of an award in the hands of what was to happen in the Consolation Finals being held on Thursday and Friday.

After losing on Tuesday, the Hawks had to pull off a win against Highland Park on Thursday to continue in the invitational. Thursday rolled around with the Goldenfeet pulling off their second win of the season by a 4-0 score.

"Hghland Park was just a little easier than Hinkley Big Rock," stated Scott Borchardt '72. Hinkley Big Rock was the victim of the Hawks first victory.

Friday came cold and wet, and so were the Hawks. After a scoreless first quarter, t h e Lyon's leading scorer C a r l Ramcke dented the net for LaGrange at 10:31 of the second quarter to end the half with the Lyon's on top 1-0.

Nearly half way through the third quarter, Ramcke socred again at 6:28 to end the quarter.

Left Forward Dan Evans ended the night at 3:25 of the final period to give LaGrange their tenth win of the season, and the Third Place Trophy wanted by the Hawks.

The sophomore soccer team also lost last Friday night at the hands of Niles West, to give them a five and six record as of Saturday.

The Hawks come into tomorrows game after being pushed to the wayside by the Glenbrook North Titans, 22-0. The week before, however, Maine South soundly trounced the Niles West Indians, 57-22.

The Hawks just couldn't put it together against Glenbrook North. With Titan middle linebacker Mike Pfiffner keying on South's halfback Joe Zdeb the entire game, Zdeb was limited to only 32 yards in 14 carries.

Glenbrook's first score came late in the first quarter when Titan Kicker Doug Jankowski booted a 23 yard field goal. Jankowski attempted two more field goals in the second quarter but they were unsuccessful and at tlie half Glenbrook led 3-0.

Late in the third quarter Titan Steve Woodsum scored Glenbrook's first touchdown on an

eight yard run. The two point conversion attempt failed and the Titans led 9-0 at the end. of the quarter.

With 8:45 remaining in the game, Sophomore Mike Marquardt sprinted 71 yards for the second Titan score. The kick failed because of a fumbled snap, and the Hawks were down by 15. Then, with about six minutes left, it was Narquardt again, this time running it in from the ten. Jankowski kicked the extra-point to conclude the game's scoring.

Maine South's Homecoming game the week before was an entirely different story. Niles West fell victim to the Hawks in a crushing upset considering the Indians had beaten Deerfield who had beaten us.

The Hawks got the lead early and kept it throughout the game.

Zdeb went off-tackle at the nine and in for the first six points.

The conversion attempt failed and the Hawks led by six. When South kicked off, Niles West funbled and Hawk Dave Bergman recovered it on the Indian 13 yard line. One play later Zdeb plunged two yards for his second touchdown. The two point

conversion was nulified by a penalty and the second attempt failed, so with 7:04 remaining . in the first stanza, the Hawks led 12-0. Niles West scored late in the same quarter on a delayed pitch out. The conversion made the score 12-8.

Early in the second quarter Hawk fullback Steve Olson took a handoff from quarterback Roger Sauter and sprinted 18 yards for the score. Bill Spicer caught a toss from Sauter to score the extra two points. With three minutes left in the half, Zdeb swept right and ran 40 yards for the Hawks fourth score.

Zdeb scored the conversion on . a delayed pitch out to put South ahead by 20.

Once again it was Zdeb, this time plowing 36 yards to pay . dirt. He scored the conversion and the Hawks led 36-8 at the half.

Midway through the third quarter Zdeb plunged one yard for his fifth touchdown. Niles West scored twice again in the quarter making the score 42-22.

Early in the fourth quarter halfback Brian Nagle capped an 80 yard drive with 2 yards off tackle to the goal. Sauter scored the extra two points.

Harriers Stumble Into Second Place Maine South's cross country team which had been flying high all season holding on to a first place tie, brought the season to a crashing finish last week as the Hawks were crushed by Maine West in a dual meet and again in the conference meet.

The final score of the Maine West dual meet was 15-20, a perfect score for the Warriors. The Warriors put eight runners in front of Kevin Huffman, the top

finisher for the Hawks. Jim Walley placed right behind him with tenth.

At last Saturday's conference meet the Hawks fell second to West again as the Warriors took the first five places for a score of 15 points. Kelly Murphy came through this lime leading the Hawks with eighth place behind Roger Kuhnle of Niles North.

Huffman was ninth; Walley, twelfth; Jerry Garrett, twentyfirst; and Jay LaJone took

twenty-fifth to round out the Hawks score of 75 points.

New Trier West was third in the meet with 95 points, and Niles North was a close fourth with 97. Jack St. John of Maine West who was long favored to win the meet let no one come near him as he took the conference championship with a time of 13:16 for the 2% mUe course.

Last Tuesday the Hawks entered the state district meet

Soph Harriers Finish in Tie for First The conference seasn is over for Maine Sontfa's sophomore cross country team. However, tonight they will try to bring back another trophy from the Niles West Invitational. Relating to t he past experiences and records of the teams. Coach

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Gridders Anticipate Upset Over Leading New Trier Tomorrow the Hawks play New Trier West. New Trier has the most powerful team in the league. They have not only beaten every opponent they have so far played; they completely overpowered any team that has tried to stop them.

Despite the threat of New Trier's past record, the Hawks still have hope in tomorrow's game. That hope is named Joe Zdeb he is by far the league leading scorer with 88 points. He can face a powerful defense liSe Niles West's and take 272 yards and five touchdowns from it.

Yet, he can face a less powerful defense like Glenbrook North's and gain only 32 yards.

Against Niles West, the Hawks put on a tremendous display of blocking, especially the line. Zdeb took advantage of this and put on a tremendous performance of running skill. Against Glenbrook North the Hawks put on a very dismal show of blocking especially the line. Without any interference the Spartan defense was able to stop Zdeb right at the line of scrimmage. If his teammates decide to block for him, Joe Zdeb can run circles around the New Trier defense tomorrow.

Last Tuesday the Hawks took fifth in the Elk Grove District Cross Country Meet. Maybe next year the Illinois High School Association will decide to make these Districts a little more even.

Maine South had to compete in a district against Maine East, Maine West, and Evanston, three of Bie toughest teams in the state. The Waukegan district on the contrary had no teams of any caliber competing. As a result New Trier West and Deerfield, both of whom fell to the Hawks by wide margins in dual meets and in the conference meet wUl travel on to the sectionals while the Hawks are out of the race.

Tom Mahon said, "Maine East and Maine West, as I see it now, will be the biggest competition (at the Niles West Invitational)."

Last Saturday the Hawks finished their season by tying with Maine West for first place in the CSL. Prior to Saturday's conference meet at New Trier West, the sophomore harriers were undefeated. The Maine West Warriors had only one previous defeat which was to Maine South on Oct. 20.

On Saturday the Hawks were unable to overcome Maine West and lost to the Warriors 36 to 37. Because of this loss they

GBN Loses To Frosh Gridders The Freshmen gridders face New Trier West next week. The freshmen have two games left in this years season.

Last week Glenbrook North fell to the Hawks by a score of 24-22. Dave Patterson threw two 50 yard touchdown passes to Paul Jelmek. Keith Skaathun ran 65 yards for another touchdown, and Brian Adler ran 25 yards for the final score of the day.

The Freshmen now have a 2-2 record which puts them in about the middle of the conference (conference standings were not available at time of printing). After the New Trier game, the Hawks will meet Maine West next week for the final game of the season.

Coach Ziemik named other outstanding players as: Mike Walsh, linemen Todd Confortti and Ed Frick, Tod Sullivan, Brian Korda, Tom Dwyer, Roger Burton and Dan Murphy.

tied with Maine West for first in conference.

The honors belonged to the Hawks, however. Tom Wright, who has been leading the team quite regularly this season, became the CSL sophomore conference champion. Wright ran the two mile course with a time of 10:11. Following him were two Maine West harriers in second and fourth position and a Niles West runner in third position. The Hawk's second runner, Tom Strelka, came in fifth place.

Although the team's third runner, Ray Miller was not there to give the team the support it needed to win, the rest of the team came in strong. Dave Senf came in seventh and Mike Bellert came in right behind him with eighth. Bill Metz came in sixteenth and Steve Mall placed eighteenth.

Although the team did not make a sweep, the Hawks defeated the Maine West Warriors on Oct. 20. Wright sprinted in for first place and Strelka, Miller, Bellert, and Senf coming in for fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth place, respectively. The Hawks won, 24 to 31.

On Oct. 16, the S(4>homore team beat New Trier West, 19 to 42. Strelka took first place and following him were Wright and Senf in second and third, respectively. The Hawks defeated the Warriors by a score of 42 to 31.

On October 16, the sophomore team beat New Trier West 19 to 24. Strelka took first place and following him were Wright and Senf in second and third respectively.

The freshman team will also run at the Niles West Invitational tonight.

held at Elk Grove and took fiftti out of an entry of 18. The winner was Maine East who scored 40 points. East has been rated as the top team in the state by the press. Maine West was not far behind in second with 45 points. Evanston took third with a score of 65. These three teams will travel on sectionals tomorrow before next Saturday's state finals.

The Hawk's score of 158 put them just behind fourth place .

Elk Grove. Finishing right behind the Hawks were Prospect, Arlington, and Notre Dame.

Huffman was the top man for ÂŤ the Hawks with 21st. Sophomore Tom Wright who was brought up to varsity for this meet finished in second position â&#x20AC;˘ for the Hawks. He managed a finish of 29th despite losing his shoe at the start of the race.

Murphy, Walley, and LaJone ' rounded out the Hawk's scoring with 33d, 37th, and 38th.

Taking the individual title was Jack St. John again with a course record. Behind him were Ron Fick and Dave Ingraham both of Evanston. Len Harrelson led victorious Maine East with fourth place, and Don Anderson of Maine West took fifth.

Tonight the Hawks are entered in the Glenbrook North Invitational for their last competition of the season. Murphy, Huff- . man, and Wally will not be elligible as this is a minor meet and excludes those who are AllConference.

Sophomore Tom Wright, conference champion, was undefeated this year in dual-meet races.