Vol 7 issue 6

Council Plan Asks Voice In Determining Calendar student councils from each of the Maine high schools are working on a proposal which would allow students to help irfan next year's school calendar.

When some students, requesting an earlier Christmas vacation, presented a petition to Dr. Richard R. Short, superintendent of schools, and Mr. Ralph J. Frost, assistant superintendent. Dr. Short suggested that the councils draw up the proposal.

Ted Berg, Souths SO president, hopes that sophomore and junior class presidents will be included permanently in the planning committee.

He added that Student Council should come up with a plan this month.

Dr. Clyde Watson, principal, would like to see parents, teachers and administrators as well as students on an advisory committee. The Parent-Teacher ex-

eeutive board would choose the parents and teachers while Student Council would select students.

He explained that this committee would be in on the initial planning.

Dr. Watson also remarked that this group could set some guide lines which could be used every year in planning the calendar.

He outlined the procedure for approval of school calendar.

The planning committee plans a tentative calendar to present to the superintendent. Superintendents for out schools meet to dove-tail the vacations.

The proposed calendar then goes for approval to the county and state.

The planning committee does not take final action; the state board is the only group which can technically pass the calendar.

Calendar

History Club Presents 'Our T o w n / Biology Club Planning Paper Drive Maine Souths Local History Society is planning to show Our Town sometime in midDecember. "Keep your eyes open for posters," said Pam Sakowicz, vice-president. Our Town is a slide presentation of Park Ridge made by Mr. MarIan Davis, English Department chairman. Free Coke wiU be served and memberships can be obtained for 25 cents.

Home Ee worked with the Orphans at Angel Gordian Orphanage on Wednesday, December 9.

Miss Susan Brinker is the new WMTH sponsor. A Christmas program will be aired live on December 17 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Biology Club is planning a paper drive some time after Christmas vacation.

GRA is m the process of planning the Father-Daughter Playnlght scheduled for January.

Boys' Club is active these days. They are sponsoring the Christmas Formal on December 19 at 8:30 p.m. for $2.50 a couple. Boys' Club is also organizing the Christmas post office at South. The rate is two cards for five cents, which will be delivered to Maine East, West, South and tentatively North. Cards may be mailed in front of Dean Smith's Office or in the cafeteria. Busy Signals are available in the cafeteria to find complex numbers and homerooms for the cards.

Today and tomorrow is AFS Weekend, and AFS students from all over the area are stay-

ing with South students and will attend classes during the day.

Debate Club's Junior Varsity Team is planning an overnight debate to Western ICC. Girls' Club is making plans for the Girls' Choice Dance to be held after Christmas Vacation.

Expired bus passes will be refunded by United Motor Coach and should be sent to the company with name, address, and old bus pass.

Vol. 7, No. 6

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

Dec. 11,1970

South Senior Named as Winner of English Achievement Award The National Council of Teachers of English has awarded its Achivement Award to Nancy Benjamin '71.

Students Paint Winning Morals Mural winners of the Art III and IV classes have been announced by Mr. Joseph Stilp, head of the art department.

Cathy Orr won first place in Art IV, Kathy Kukla, second place, and Michelle Graff, third place.

Cathy Taylor won first and third place in Art III and Russ Otvos won second place.

The winning sketches will be made into 31 by S'/a foot murals. These murals will then be displayed in the library reading rooms. Other murals may be displayed in other sections of the school on the request of other departments.

AH the painting will be done by the students in the classes under the supervision of Mr. Stilp, It will be about a two month project.

Nancy is the first finalist ever from Maine South. Last year John Welzenbach was a runnerup.

As a winner, Nancy received a certificate from the NCTE. The English department also received certificates.

After nomination as a junior, each student was required to submit a sample of his best writing and an autobiographical sketch. Nancy chose a poem she had written as a freshman for the creative writing magazine.

Expression '68.

Each student completed two standardized exams on general EngUsh skills literary awareness. An impromptu essay on the generation gap was also written. College and high school teachers evaluated and scored the materials.

The nation's participating schools nominated almost 8 thousand juniors for the NCTE citation. Of that number, only 872 finalists were chosen.

Nancy was surprised on receiving the award. Miss Pauline "^ates, her freshman English teacher, was not surprised. She said, "Nancy won tiiis high

honor because she is unusually proficient in wTiting both poetry and prose. In fact, she is a capable student in all areas of English — grammar, literature and composition."

What Happened To Billy Williams?

Where was Billy Williams yesterday morning? That question was on the lips of a great many Maine South students who attended the Winter Sports Assembly.

Quite simply, Mr. Williams misunderstood the time he was supposed to be here. According to Mr. Robert V. Simonson, assistant principle, speakers for Maine South are contacted through a Speakers' Bureau.

When Mr. Williams did not ar' rive at 8 a.m. yesterday morning, the bureau was called. The bureau's answering service said no one could be contacted until 9 a.m.

At that time, it was discovered that Mr. Williams had planned to be at South at 8 p.m. yesterday, rather than 8 a.m.

Student Finds 'Mustered Seed' Better V-Show Mary Beth Krebs This year's V-Show is over and as ever, student and faculty reaction has been both pro and con. Admittedly, this year's show included many of the weaknesses of past y e a r s : supernumerary dance a c t s , some unimaginative blackouts, overworked comedy routines, a trite and unheeded theme. .Nonetheless, in comparison v.ith its five predecessors, significant improvements w e r e made in Spirit of '71.

The choreography, tinged with a modern dance influence, was a refreshing break from the s e m i-Oriental woodeness of earlier shows. Somewhat disapixiinting, however, was the degeneration of this year's dance chorus to the inevitable review of popular American dances of the last 50 years toward the end of the show.

Although moving stage band up on stage was a successful attempt to make them an integral

part of Mustered Seed, the effect was lost because of the curtain which, in so many acts, hung like a barrier between them and the audience.

Various clubs involved in Spirit of '71 deserve credit for fiiUng their appointed times in a slightly more creative manner this year, though the true state of affairs remained apparent: they were in V-Show because of who they were; not because of what they had to offer.

The quality of the humor in Mustered Seed remains open to question. Nevertheless, a commendable effort was made to draw not only from South but also from the "outside world" for material.

As is always the case with V-Show, the props, costumes and music were tastefully selected and rather original. The painting, too, was well done. The sum of these efforts adequately reflected the high-spirited tempo of the show.

This year's most easily recog-

Kyle Contort! and Jean Forrest got lots of laughs when they questioned "What's the matter with kids today?" nized improvement, and also the perfect, and perfection can most important one, was the hardly be expected in any show. fast pace of Mustered Seed- However, perfection can be the Though the list of acts seemed goal of next year's show if the interminable, they fit tightly faculty advisors and student diand the show progressed quick- rectors can successfully resolve the conflict between quantity ly.

This year's VShow was not and quality.

Communication Often Snarls Student Council A student committee has been formed to review the Student Council constitution and to propose necessary amendments.

The committee would propose amendments that would define the powers of Student ComicU and the administration. The amendments would also clarify what the rights of students really are.

There have been problems in the past concerning whether or not a student has the right to defend himself in detention or suspension eases. The suggested amendments would settle the dispute.

Bill Dickens '72 is chairman of the committee.

The proposal to form the committee was made after Eva Jefferson, student body president of Northwestern University,

was turned down as a speaker at the winter sports assembly.

"Most of the kids in Council thought that she was turned down because of her poliical views," said Ted Berg, SC president. A vote was taken in Council to censure the administration and SC sponsors for refusing to let Miss Jefferson speak. The proposal was defeated by a vote of 21 to 18.

Miss Jefferson may speak to the student body forum some time in the future. The forum would not be an assembly, however, and would be held after school.

"A lot of kids say Student Council isn't doing much," said Berg. "I think that's mostly bad communications and lack of cooperation. It takes time for

us to get proposals cleared with the administration and the students don't always hear what's going on."

SC has made two proposals recently that have not been cleared. The resolution to take the three days before Christmas Eve off the school calendar failed to gain the approval of the school district. A second proposal for letting students go outside during lunch and lounge periods was vetoed by the administration.

SC is now working on a Student Rights and Responsibilities Board which will serve as an outlet for student complaints about the administration. The board will also review cases in which students think they have been unfairly disciplined.

Another committee is being

formed of students, faculty members and administrators to take suggestions from Co-Fac and make proposals with them.

The committee would serve mostly as an advisory body.

This committee has not yet been approved. It was recently proposed to the faculty, where a referendum will be taken. If they approve it, the committee will go into effect.

Pat Bak, SC secretary, said that Dr. Watson "is very receptive to the idea. I don't see any obstacles to having the commitee approved."

Coxmcil is also planning tentatively to have a rock group come in for a concert. Mason Profitt is one of the groups under consideration. Council was also responsible for bringing in Random Sample last month.

Berg listed as other accomplishments of Student Council the sponsoring of V-Show and Homecoming. SC also sponsored the Clean-Up Day and financed Busy Signal, the school phonebook. Council also appropriated $200 for the Boys' Club Care Drive, approved playing music in the lounge, and sponsored the clothes drive for Appalachia.

SC has sponsored three CoFac's, the next one scheduled for Friday, December 18.

Future workings of Council include the newly formed committees on drugs and for revision of the student handbook.

Two polls have been taken, one on air-conditioning and the other on rock group concerts that might possibly take place at South.

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SOUTHWORDS

December 11, 1970

SC M i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g Breeds Trouble Circulated at Maine South on Thursday, December 8, was a student bulletin asking for a boycott of the school's December 10 winter assembly. The action was one of the developments evolving from efforts of an Assembly Committee to introduce format change for at least one assembly program this year.

According to Dick Eastman, Chairman of the Assembly Committee, plans for this type of change were discussed last spring. One suggestion was a "student involvement" assembly that might feature popular music groups, dramatic presentations, or guest speakers as well as athletics.

To allow more specific appli-

Afterwords

Do-Nothings, Fear, Delays Hamper SC's Effectiveness Student Council hasn't done much this year. In fact, they have done only three things and only the first two of them were really successful: they chose a thenae for Homecoming, they appropriated funds for various reasons (two of which fell through, so the money was given back), and they sponsored V-Show.

We are not going to claim that SC is a big social clique; we are not going to claim that many people on SC are do-nothings, but only because those things have already been said.

However, it does seem that those people on SC who are willing to work for South's betterment are hampered by various things. First on the list are the SC do-nothings.

Second on the list is fear — fear of sponsors, faculty and/or administrators.

Although a co-operative atmosphere among SC, faculty and administrators is vital to South's functioning, one group must not be so afraid of the other two that its voice is silenced.

In the recent controversey over Eva Jefferson, the administration's initial belief that she was inappropriate for a winter sports assembly was correct. Why did SC not explain its idea of a "Student Involvement Assembly"?

Why didn't the student body hear about the idea?

The assembly would have had an expanded piu-pose. making Miss Jefferson more appropriate. If the listing of the assembly as "Winter Sports" was all that stood in the way of the expansion, could that not have been altered? Is the mere name so important?

The third reason SC is undereffitlent is the slowmoving way in which it operates. SC had been in session for months before a meeting was called to clarify Roberts' Rules of Order by which the meetings are supposedly run.

SC must learn to operate more efficiently and more directly. The answer is NOT to form a committee to study the problem. The problem exists and the officers and concerned people must take immediate steps in their respective realms of influence to make Student Council as effective as we believe it can be.

cation this year, the committee asked last spring that the calendar notation of "winter assembly" be used for Dec. 10.

However, when Student Council submitted its calendar for the year to the main office, the assembly was listed as "Winter Sports .Assembly."

Involved in the discussions have been the Student Council, its advisers Mrs. Margaret Smith and Mr. J. Norman Anderson, the Executive Committee of seven faculty members, and Dr. Clyde Watson, principal.

When Eva Jeffersonthe black student president of Northwestern University's student government, was suggested as speaker for the winter assembly of Dec. 10, school officials reacted negatively.

Though the decision was ostensibly agreed upon after careful consideration, inconsistencies have appeared in reasons offered for the decision.

Mrs. Margaret Smith, Student Council Adviser, explained that since Miss Jefferson supports strikes, having her as a guest speaker could be interpreted as the school's approval of such strikes.

Mr. Robert Simonson, Executive Council member, commented, "I tend to shy away from either extreme for a captive audience of 3,400 students for 30 minutes."

Dr. Clyde Watson, claiming no objection to Eva Jefferson as a speaker, said she is "inappropriate for a sports assembly." when told this was not supposed to be a sports assembly, he asked, "Why deemphasize sports?"

Some executive Committee members, when interviewed, claimed no knowledge of proposed format change and thus had vetoed Eva Jefferson as a sports assembly speaker hecause of her inappropriateness.

schools located in Illinois—in the northwest farm country—i s Lena-Winslow High School located in scenic Lena, Illinois.

The largest city close to Lena is Freeport, Illinois off U.S. 41.

Friendly atmosphere? Y o u can't help it when everybody comes from a farm or very small town and knows everybody else. The kids have a lot in common, too. Many parents are farmers, raising corn and soybeans, and these kids themselves might end up running the farm when they get older. Some of the boys attend University of Illinois' College of Agriculture or other technical schools in order to get training beyond high school in the agricultural field.

Friendly atmosphere is fine, but exactly how varied can the curriculum be when at the most right now, there are 16 people enrolled in a "qualitative analysis" class? Whereas M a i n e South offers six foreign languages, Lena-Winslow High offers one — French. Guess how many French teachers? You guessed it—one.

In the social studies department, one teacher handles all of the history (American and World, and another teacher handles all the government, economics, and social problems.

Compared to the 32 faculty members in the English department at Maine South, Le-Win has four English teachers and two college English classes.

In the business education de*

This would not be Eva Jefferson's first experience at being refused an audience. She was denied the co-chairmanship of a White House task force. However, she has testified before the President's commission on student unrest and tangled with Spiro Agnew on TV. Maine South students may have the opportunity to hear her after all. As of this week.

Dr. Watson expressed possible approval of her appearance if the students present a coherent format including legitimate reasons for choosing her as speaker.

Open Letter

Student of 7 0 Blasts South Editor's Note: The following tetter was sent by Robert Huxtable '70 to Maine South administrators and to Southwords.

Editing was due to lack of space.

After four years at South, I realize that South is not an educational institution. Rather, it exists to produce conformity to the society of Park Ridge.

South lacks any emphasis on question and thinking by the students on their own.

The theory of education at South seems to me that a student gains knowledge merely through sitting and listening to a teacher, not by questioning or thinking. Such a theory, in practice, produces non-tliinking, nonquestioning scholars"; whose "knowledge" consists of mountains of irrelevant facts they have memorized.. These people fit right into a society where

blind obedience to authority is considered a virtue.

The South student is constantly reminded of his inferior status. First, the individual in school has absolutely no privacy; someone is always watching over him.

Furthermore, students still experience the daily disgrace of having to get a pass to go to the washroom. Just imagine for a moment, you who run South, how you would feel if you had to get permission to perform a necessary body function.

And as far as justice; what of it? The student is always quilty, and the more he argues, the stiffer his punishment v;ill be.

(The punishments are usually detentions in which the students are forced to study. What a raon" strous joke—studying as a punishment!!!

One day in the last month of

Small High Schools Friendly in Lena Editor's Note: The following is an adaptation of an article written by Randall Shippee, editor of the Panther Press, the school newspaper of Lena-Winslow high school in Lena, Illinois.

In a large high school such as Maine South, there is a prevalent attitude that the number of "cliques" and "groups" destroys somewhat the feeling of a friendly atmosphere between students and students, besides students and teachers.

Is it the size of the school that creates the sense of anonymity in students? Or is it the fact that Maine South is a middle class suburban high school?

But one person of 3500 may be lost in the shuffle if he is not idenifited with the "clique."

One person out of 400 may be a little better odds for the student who wants to BE someone —someone who can be identified by others—in a group. Maine South students in a comparatively huge campus with 220 faculty members and 3500 students may feel this loss. It may be different in a rural school— a high school with 400 students and curriculum that includes four years of agricultural training.

Where is such a s c h o o l ?

Maine Township kids might find it unusual to be situated in a school where the whole student body is one-half the size of a Maine graduating class.

One of the many rural high

Pat Bak, Secretary of Student Council, expresses the attitude of many students, "I can't see that a winter sports assembly as such really represents the school situation as it is now.

A winter assembly would be more encompassing, more representative of the different aspects of our school."

partment two teachers handle all the business courses which include typing, shorthand, office machines, bookkeeping and secretarial practice. Business data processing or computer programming, offered at Maine South, does not exist at Le-Win. At Le-Win the science department includes physical science, biology, chemistry, physics and qualitative analysis. Besides these courses, Maine South offers Earth Science, Geology, science research seminar, plus accelerated biology, chemistry and physics and advanced placement programs in biology and chemistry.

A student can take four years of agriculture and receive academic credit for it. The agriculture department's physical size (floor area) is second only to the gym.

Le-Win offers four sports: football, basketball, track, and golf. The first three play full schedules. About four guys play around at golf and maybe, in a busy year, have three matches.

All drafted Maine South track stars who run from the second floor to P.E. in six minutes every day might be interested to hear that Le-Win High has two minutes between classes.

Even that is more than enough.

Le-Win's longest hall is about 100 yards.

After school activities include Student Coimcil, National Honor Society, Pep Club, newspap-

er staff. Future Teachers Club, madrigal singers, Librarians Club, Future Homeraakers of America and (are you ready?)

Future Farmers of America.

The old question: Are Le-Win High School students really happy? They probably are. They are farm and small town kids going to farm and small town high school. They have to get along without spring musicals, swim meets, and advanced placement biology (and an auditorium).

Certainly the atmosphere is a little more relaxed, a little less crowded and may be a little friendlier. You don't have to beat out 400 kids to get into the top half of your graduating class. The competition isn't as stiff to make it as yearbook editor, or to get the lead part in the senior class play, simply because there are less kids U^ing out. You don't need accident insurance to pass through the halls between 7th and 8th periods.

But in a school with 3500 people, there very definitely must be a greater cross-section of talent and more tax money coming into the district. The dollar ranks high and talks fast.

That's why Maine South has a successful, expensive spring musical every year, a swimming pool in the P.E. area, outstanding athletic fields, a n d closed circuit T.V. l)esides a radio station.

my senior year, forms were distributed in homeroom. All Seniors had to sign their names exactly as they wished them to appear on their diplomas. Then all the seniors had to take these forms home to have them signed by their parents. That's right, the students were not even trusted to sign their own names correctly!!!

From this atmosphere of mistrust and non-intellectualism, many students go on to college.

In most colleges, great emphasis is placed on student involvement in the e d u c a t i o n processThrough discussions, seminars, etc., students teach each other.

In college, education continues 21 hours a day through interactions of students, faculty and administration.

South did not prepare me for the environment I found in college; not at all.

In conclusion, then, I found South to be definitely a nonintellectual, non-educational experience. The atmosphere at South is not conducive to questioning and thinking and interacting.

1 opened this letter by stating that South's purpose is to produce conformity. However, I believe it should educate, and I have based my analysis on that premise. Finally, I want to add that my comments easily apply to just about any High- School in the nation. I firmly believe Maine South is not much better or much worse than any other High School. (signed) Robert Huxtable '70

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DMtmber 11, 1970 Creative Writing

SOUTHWORDS

Old Tom Gram's Gift

By Jeff Lee It was the night before Christmas and Thomas Gram was drunk. He had been drunk several days. He was the lone member of his annual Christmas celebration, and he was very pleased with himself. He was bombed. He was ploughed under. So. being ploughed under and content, he decided to sit down in the snow up against the Ninth Street Woolworths and be intellectual for a while. He considered the lights of the GoGo Theater and the girl whose flashing neon-light-body beckoned him inside, but he refused to divert his attention from his sorrow and sat considering the lights of the GoGo Theater.

Christmas wreaths hung from both doors.

Thomas Gram considered the gay, happy Christmas shoppers.

He considered the bottle of fine Ripple in his hand. He considered the fine wine going down his throat. He considered the dog licking the booze out of his beard; nobody could say ever that Thomas Gram was stingy about booze. He let that dog drink it right out of his own beard, then he poured it all over the dog's mouth and the dog lapped it where it spilled in the slush. Thomas Gram saw the dog was hungry. He considered this for a while and was going to give the poor dog another snort when he looked up and saw that his dog had been pushed away by the crowd.

There were an awful lot of Christmas shoppers. He wondered where his dog was. He wondered if somebody would take the dog home and give him a bone. Dogs need bones. He considered this for a while. He then started to consider the people stepping on him. He Uien started to consider the policeman kicking him.

"Thomas! Thomas! Get up!

Get up, you lazy old fool."

He was yelling over the confusion of Christmas and many mothers with their children turned to look, and businessmen on the way to the train home, themselves not so fortunate as to be drunk on Christmas Eve, chuckled to themselves.

Thomas stood, then fell, then stood again, wavering.

"Hello, Henry. I'm okay. I'm not—" "Go h o m e , Thomas. It's Christmas Eve." "I'm celebrating it now. Can't you see, Henry?"

A drunken frost breath hit Henry in the face.

"Come on, Thomas Gram. Go home for Christmas."

He led Thomas Gram down the block, then turned him around the corner of State and Elston and pointed Thomas down the street, and he gave Thomas Gram a shove towards home and Christmas.

"Go, you old fool," he yelled after the drunken old man.

Thomas Gram thought to himself that he was lucky to have a friend like Henry. Henry considered him a man. Thomas took a long swig of Ripple and tossed the empty bottle into a bank of dirty snow.

Clean, white snow was sprinkling down on the slushy street.

He considered not going home alone, but going to a movie.

Tears were streaming down his face and freezing on his beard and mustache.

As he was turning to wait in line at the Bijou, a little, black kid stopped him.

The kid looked up and frowned and put his hands on his hips and puffed up his chest.

Thomas thought the little kid was going to kick him. He stepped backwards in the slush.

"Why are ya crying, Santa Claus? Why are ya crying, huh, Santa?"

Thomas just stood there a moment. "Why, I'm not Santa Claus, I'm just—" "Santa Claus is not supposed to cry. What happened? Didja have a fight with Mrs. Claus?

Did she kick ya outa the house?

Did ya elves run out on ya?

Where's Christmas, Santa ClausWhatcha doin' here in the middle of Chicago?"

"I'm not Santa Claus, little boy. Why, I'm just old Thomas Gram."

The little boy ran up, kicked Thomas Gram in the shins and ran away.

Thomas cried some more and

Open Letter

South Should Seek Unity Dear Editor, It seems to me that Maine South has lost its triangle of power, or maybe never had it.

I am referring to the StudentFaculty-Administration triangle that ought to be running this school. In light of decisions made and policies set down, Maine South has little balance in determining who makes these decisions and policies.

Sound decision-making requires a judicious blending of the best judgment of all the groups that make up the school.

I really do not see this blending here.

It seems to me that all concerned people at South, no matter what their position, ought to demand that a recognized body of elected repreuntatives from each side of the triangle be established, and that this elected group be the body that represents, as fairly as possible, opinions and attitudes of the three major groups in this school, namely the Students, Faculty and Administration.

I would hope that this group would have the rapport and mutual trust that is required to work together on matters concerning South's policies and rules and any concern that is legally possible to tackle.

It seems to me that it is

about time to pull this school together in spirit and openness.

Everyone should be able to work together with a feeling of closeness, pride and trust that I believe comes only from everyone's knowing that he has some say and power over what is happening at his school and to his education.

Mr. William Lange

walked past the Bijoo. Another little kid waiting in line was staring at him under his mother's coat. Thomas stopped, tried to be friendly.

"Hi, squirt."

"Hi, Santa."

"What did you call m e ? " Suddenly the kid's mother turned around and slapped Thomas Gram in the face.

"You old man. You should be ashamed. It's Christmas. Go home, drunk old man, where you belong. It's dark out, and it's Christmas. Leave little children alone. Well? Go on, Santa!"

Thomas Gram started home.

He had a room. It would be warm, and he'd get some sleep.

He headed fast down past the colored lights and store fronts.

He stumbled down a white lighted side street away from all those people. Little kids — people — were laughing at him, calling him Santa Claus.

He heard a little kid running up behind him. He couldn't run away. He was too drunk. He didn't want to be called Santa Claus anymore. He didn't even look like Santa Claus, and he didn't live at the North Pole.

Why did everybody call him Santa Claus? He didn't even want to be Santa Claus.

"Santa Claus you dropped your sack."

Thomas turned to yell some un-Santa Claus type words when he slipped and fell hard on his rump. He wanted to start crying, but he already was, so he stopped and gave in.

He could play along. Maybe it would be better than running.

He accepted the sack from the kid. It was only an empty cloth, old lady's Marshall Field's bag.

"Okay, little kid. What d'ya want."

"Uh . . ."

"I mean most of all in the world. Hurry up. I'm busy."

"Well, I could dig . . . ah . . ."

"Now, if you don't know, forget it." He began to get up.

"I want my own, personal pool cue."

Thomas was mad; he had started the charade. What was he going to do now? Oh, hell, he could play along.

He reached like Santa Claus deep into the empty sack, pulled out a real pool cue and gave it to the kid.

He got up— —turned to go—stopped— —turned back around. The kid did have a pool cue in his hands.

"Oh, my god, am I drunk."

He laughed. He was drunk.

He was drunk.

He wasn't drunk.

Thomas Gram was not drunk.

He knew. He could feel it, soberness.

Nobody could say that Santa Claus was selfish. He now had something to give. He didn't

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even know where these things came from, but he would give them anyway.

First a rash of personal-poolcue-holding kids skipped and slid up and down the street.

You could have what you most desired. A model airplane, a doll with long red hair, a doll that talks about parties when you pull a string, a grey sweater with leather elbows, a painting of a favorite tree in oils, a toy soldier set, a guitar . . . One gift to a customer, anything small enough to fit through the opening of a cloth Marshall Field's bag and no abstractions, please, the gift is enough.

Of course, Santa Claus delighted in the proceedings. He ran down one street after another, looking in doorways, hallways, in bars for anybody to give something to. Everyone recognized him as who he was, Santa Claus. People smiled.

Fur coats, irons, ironing boards, toasters, briar pipes, a cigarette, dogs, eats, toy racing cars, turkey dinners (complete with mashed potatoes and gravy).

One bum ran up to Santa claus.

"Santa Claus, I got this old buddy and, well, I haven't seen the guy for a while . . . his name is Tom Gram. Santa Claus, I want that guy to be happy."

Santa Claus reached into his bag, pulled out a thick woolen plaid blanket and gave it to the man.

"He is happy, Jock baby. Oh, by the way, rolled up in the blanket is a pack of Camels, matches, and a bottle of the finest Muscatel."

Jock looked close into Santa Claus's face, then smiled, seeing the birth of a child. He pulled upright. "Thanks, Santa Claus."

Rubbing his stubbles, the blanket, cigarettes, and matches under his arms, Jock walked down the street.

He turned around and yelled back. Merry Christmas, Santa Claus."

Santa Claus was giving an old lady yarn to knit her grandson a sweater, but he looked up and yelled back, "Merry Christmas, Jock," and he waved, too.

It was like the American Dream or Jesus Christ.

As Christmas was preparing to start, the snow came from which Ebenezer Scrooge would retreat into his cozy bed.

Tomorrow the snow would be edible and throwable and snowmanable (snowmen with charcoal eyes and carrot noses, even on street corners).

About three o'clock, most everyone had gone home and Thomas's job was done. He dropped the sack in a trash can with a "PLEASE KEEP CHICAGO CLEAN. $50 FINE FOR LITTERING. RICHARD J. DALEY, MAYOR" sign. Below the sign was a dime in the snow.

Thomas needed a cup of coffee. On the way to the Dobbs House, he saw a stunted snowman standing in a stunted sixfoot square yard with a small, cement-stunted tree and a fivefoot chain link fence all around it. Tlie snowman had a pool cue in its hand instead of a broom.

Thomas Gram laughed, then said, "Merry Christmas, snowman." The snowman had obviously been made by children; it had a carrot nose.

Places Vary For Post-Formal Dining The Christmas-formal myth strikes every year: "After the dance, the most impressive and enjoyable restaurants are the expensive ones to which everyone else is going."

Be an individual; be adventuresome; announce to the world; "This year it'll be different."

All that is needed is a car and zest for living.

The following restaurants have been vouched for by Maine South students.

Eat British or Irish food while listening to an Irish singer at The Atlantic Fish and Chips, 5414 W. Chicago.

The Brewery at 3153 Broadway, Chicago, specializes in far-out hamburgers — for instance, Swiss, Cheddar, olive, bacon and cheese, pizza, mushroom and blue-cheese.

Only the oldest Italian families have known until now about Jim's on the northwest corner of 5th and North Ave., Chicago. Drive up to this most dilapidated-looking stand, and take a deep breath. Nothing can keep those pizza and Italian beef smells from whipping up a voracious appetite. Top off your meal with an Italian ice.

Another restaurant that doesn't attract attention from the outside but "Oh, that food" is a Peruvian restaurant two doors south of Devon Theatre on N. Boradway. Course after course of weird, unidentifiable food that tastes delicious is served at this ten-table restaurant. Look for the red curtains in the window.

Care to try out your Spanish?

Hacienda Del Sol, 1945 N. Sedgwick, features Spanish-speaking

waiters and Spanish or Mexican food. Hors d'ouevres to dessert, with drinks added, can cost less than $5.

Zweig, 8630 Golf Road, Des Plaines, offers Jewish food.

Walk in and choose from the counter the trimmings for "the most delicious sandwich ever made." They're priced $1 and up. Dinners begin at $2.75.

If the headwaiter dances with a wine glass on his head, the music is Greek, and the atmosphere uproarious, it must be Diana's Restaurant, 310 S. Halsted. The menu boasts braised lamb or steer, squid or octopus and a few more conventional meals. Diana's grocery store is in front of the restaurant. The tables are p r e s e t with salad and bread.

How about an antelope steak?

Cafe Bohemia, 138 S. Clifton,

serves antelope as well as many other game foods.

If dazzling a date is the object after the Christmas formal, go to The Pinnacle, 644 N. Lake Shore Drive. The Pinnacle is Chicago's only revolving restaurant. "There steaks are especially good," says a Maine South student who's been there.

The Pinnacle is the only expensive restaurant recommended here.

Ever wondered what they eat in the Balkans? Find out at the Serbian Club, 1926 Evergreen, Chicago. Try their flaming shish-kebobs.

For a different night anytime, be daring. Explore SouUi" word's recommended restaurants with a foreign flavor.

Remember — "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we diet!"

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Miss Brinkman in W M T H Management A new face in the drama department is Miss Sue Brinkman.

She is taking over for Mr. Skip Wagoner, who was recently drafted. Her courses include Public Speaking, Radio a n d T.V. and Stagecraft.

Miss Brinkman is a 1970 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana. She majored in speech and minored in English.

After graduation, she auditioned for the part of the teacher on Romper Room and won.

However, the job was to start

Yule Music In Concert Maine South's annual Cliristmas Concert will be presented in the school auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 13. Two performances will be presented at 2 p.m. and at 4:30 p.m.

Tickets are available in PA110 as long as they last. Admission is free of charge but a free will offering will be collected.

Hie Brass Ch<^ will perform first.

The Treble Choir, an all-girl choir, will follow with "0 Come All Ye Faithful."

During the first concert, the Girls' Chorus will perform third.

The Boys' Chorus will sing in the later concert.

Girls' Glee is next on the program, followed by Concert Choir singing "For Unto Us a Child Is Born," from the Messiah.

Concert Orchestra will perform "Christmas Festival" by Anderson and the Bach-Gounod "Ava Maria" using the harp, string, and harpsicord in an arrangement by Mr. Spear, music department chairman.

in the summer and because she had plaimed to go to Europe then. Miss Brinkman had to give it up.

Although she was always interested in teaching, she first decided she wanted to teach high school students after student teaching in Joliet. She likes teaching on the high school level because "you can talk to the students as people."

Taldng over during the middle of the year presents its problems, according to Miss Brinkman. The courses s h e teaches must use materials from sources other than textbooks so she must spend a lot of time at the library preparing classroom material.

Also, Miss Brinkman must take over Mr. Wagoner's duties

as technical director of the upcoming arena play, J.B., and manager of the radio station, WMTH. However, she feels that the facilities at Maine South are tremendous, especially the television studio, and "The students have been very helpful."

Miss Brinkman is flattered to be the first female teacher in the drama department. She doesn't want to become one of the boys. But as one student put it, "With Mr. Chastain and Mr. Martello around," s h e won't have any problems in that area.

One of Miss Brinkman's special interests is front stage directing. In fact, one of the plays she student directed was in the Illinois High School Association speech contest.

Brinkman,

gets

Acrophobia or Son of Rudolph Flutters To Fame

By Wanda Gayner & Barb Paschen Late one evening when the wind blew cold and hard, Rudolph Reindeer Jr., son of Rudolph, sat beside his living room fireplace with his grandchildren Rupert the eldest, Rowena and little Ronney.

While the fire danced and crackled, Rupert said, "Grandpa, tell us about your adventures with Santa."

"Yes, Grandpa," Rowena piped in, "tell us, please."

Heaving a sigh of boredom Ronney, the baby, clopped to the other side of the room mumbling, "Oh, I'm sick of that old reindeer and his stories — just you wait, I'll be the best reindeer of all!"

As Rowena noticed Ronney leave, she turned to Rudy and said, "Oh, Grandpa, just ignore that little brat — start the story."

With a knowing twinkle in his eye and a bright red glow on his nose old Rudy slowly began to tell his story: "I'm sure you WMTH, South's radio station, all remember the story of my will present a Christmas spe- father, the very first Rudolph. cial December 17 from 5 p.m. Nobody liked him when he was young and he was sad because to 10 p.m.

Students may submit original of this. However, when my Christmas dramas for the pro- father had reached his famous gram. WMTH staff heads and place on Santa's team, and I producers will judge the plays. was about Ronney's age, things The winner will choose an al- were different for me. I was exceedingly proud of my heribum from a selected list.

Plays may be placed in the tage and I held myself aloof box in front of the drama of- from all the other reindeer my fice. They are due December age. It seemed that I was happiest being in my own, pleas15.

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ant company. It's not that I was particularly anxious about becoming a great reindeer, in fact, I didn't think much about it. After all, it was simply a matter of course that someday I, Rudy Jr., would be head reindeer like my father.

"On the day before the Annual Run, my father came down with a serious case of infectious bulbous sclerosis, in other words, his nose was temporarily out of commission. He had to be put into quarantine for two weeks. Even before Santa asked me to take my father's place, I had come to that conclusion myself, and the thought paralyzed me with fear.

Just the thought of flying around at the head of the team brought on a severe attack of acraphobia."

"Does that mean you got sick, too, Grandpa?" the children asked.

"No, no children, acraphobia means I am afraid of heights.

When I saw Santa coming toward me, my knees began to knock uncontrollably and my ears drooped. When he asked the fatal question, I wanted to refuse but how could I explain to him my difficulty? I would be in disgrace forever.

"Night fell and the older reindeer and I were hitched up in the reins. When takeoff time finally arrived, I gritted my teeth and shut my eyes hard.

As I felt myself rising, I couldn't help but wonder whether my stomach was rising with

Dee Widening Causes Problems "It will be torn up for at least a couple of months," said Mr. John Minerick, driver education department chairman, about Dee Road. Why did the city start construction during the school year when the traffic is heavy instead of during the summer?

Mr. Minerick had a few insights on this problem. Contracts for road improvement turned in by engineers and/or safety groups are reviewed by the Cook County Traffic Safety Commission. Since there is only a certain amount of money to be spent in this area, the commission establishes a priority or importance of when jobs should be done and which jobs should be done first. The others are disapproved and set aside for a later date.

The money used to finance these projects comes from the state fuel taxes.

The Dee Rd. improvement plan was sent to the commission over three years ago by the Northwest Traffic Commission of the Chicago Motor Club.

"Dee Road definitely needs to be widened. The area is con-

New drama teacher. Miss Sue acquainted with the WMTH staff.

gested because of the school and the traffic from the major thoroughfares," said Mr. Minerick. "With this area being the center hub of the expressway and tollway system, we get traffic from every possible direction around us. When you take this traffic off and divert it to city traffic where there is only one lane it causes a bottleneck. No other street runs north-south to head the traffic northwest. Cumberland is now the only other north-south street."

Mr. Minerick also cited the

fact that the city commission of roads has not kept up with the changes and adapted their roads accordingly. There is a lack of funds and they just don't project their plans for the future. Other factors include the population growth and the presence of G'Hare Airport.

The contract for Dee Road was approved last spring. The job could not be started, however, until all others with greater priorities were completed. These were not finished until recently, partly due to the truck strike.

Santa Will Be at Christmas Formal "Snowbound, the theme for this year's Christmas Formal was decided upon by Boys' Club," Terry Reeder, Boys' Club President says.

Through the years, the Christmas Formal has gained the reputation of being one of the most imderplayed dances of the year. Terry feels that one reason is the formal mood it seems to suggest. A Boys' Club member for three years, this is the

first year Terry will attend the dance.

"Boys don't have to wear tuxes; just suits and ties, although girls are expected to wear formals," Terry explains.

The Jim Desmond Orchestra will provide the music and Santa will be on hand, too.

Snowbound gets underway at 8 p.m. on December 19 in the spectator gym. Boys' Club and Girl's Club will help decorate.

a-J-JEEPER5 S-B-SflNrAC me. However, I felt sure that S-s-s-Santa,' but as I started to say I'm sorry and as I it was not.

"Soon Santa called out, struggled to regain my balance, 'Okay, Rudy, first house at six I bumped into Santa and he fell backward — right back into o'clock! Get ready!'

"Not realizing that Santa was the chimney! I'm afraid I speaking in aeronautical jar- ruined the old man's Christmas gon, I wondered to myself why spirit that night.

Santa would be telling me the " 'Somebody help me, I'm time. Besides, it couldn't be stuck!' wailed Santa. His face six o'clock — it had to be was bright purple. I could see at least eleven-thirty. the veins bulging in his fore " 'You idiot! Start moving head. I remember thinking to down!' hissed Dancer. myself that Santa wasn't very "A few helpful jabs made me impressed with the job I was realize that they wanted me to doing. Santa began to mumble land. Mercy! I had no idea angrily to himself as he hastily how to take down a sleigh, so picked up the toys and squeezed 1 gathered up my strength, down the chimney. While he and aimed my nose downward. was in the house, 1 hooked my'Rudy!' cried Santa, then, self back up to the team and resolved to take a few flying crash!

"I found myself hanging per- lessons when I got home — if ilously over Uie roof with only I ever got home. those thin reins to hold me.

"Finally Santa appeared Then the whole world started again and looked me straight to spin around me. and I felt in the eye saying, 'I want to faint. get this run over with as quick"Next I heard Dooner's voice ly as possible. If it means I say 'Alright you guys, now have to tie you up and make pull!' As I was hoisted higher you ride in the sleigh, I'll do and higher, my life flashed it! Now let's get moving!' before my eyes — I was sure "All 1 remember after that the line would break, and I would plunge twenty feet to my is a lot of flying with Dancer death. That's why I was so guding my every movement surprised when they finally had and finally reached home sweet me sitting on top of the roof. home. Afterwards I began to WhUe the stars were clearing see much more goodness in the from my eyes, I noticed a pair other reindeer; I began to unof red legs tipped with black derstand from the tone of their boots sticking out of the chim- remarks (that night and in the ney and they were kicking days that followed) that they furiously. I could faintly hear, didn't feel they were the stupid ones! Even though it took me 'Get me out of here.' a hard ride to find this out, "I was horrified! 'How did I was glad it had all happened.

Santa get in there?" I asked.

"I worked hard at my flying "With an angry look on his face, Blitzen said, 'You landed lessons all year long, and even so suddenly, that when the though I had improved a great sleigh hit the roof, Santa went deal, it took my father a month flying and he landed over to convince Santa to let me there.' He indicated the chim- fly again the next year. All I can say now is, I didn't let ney with his tail.

"My knees began to knock him down a second time."

By the end of the story, little again as the rest of the reindeer pulled Santa free. I de- Ronney had inched his way cided that an immediate apol- back to his grandfather and had ogy was in order. 1 made my ended up on Rudy's lap. He way carefuUy across the slip- reached up, and with a loud pery, slanted roof until I sto<^ smack on Rudy's cheek he said, before the terrible wrath of l"Gosh, Grandpa, you ready jolly old St. Nick. 'G-g-g-goUy were a great reindeer!"

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Swimmers Meet Annual Champs Tonight Tonight a powerful Deerfield swim team travels to South to open their 1970-71 conference dual meet swimming campaign.

Deerfield has not lost a swimming conference crown in the history of the Central Suburban League, and are not expected to end that streak this year either. Tonight in coach Harris's words, "will be a good swimming lesson," for the swimming Hawks at 7:30.

Tomorrow the Maine South Varsity and Frosh-Soph swim teams travel to St. Patrick H.S. for a non-conference dual meet at 1:30. South swimmers expect some good competition at St. Patrick's also.

After this weekend the mermen continue their conference campaign with dual meets against both Glenbrooks in their home pools. Coach Harris sees these two meets as key factors in South's success in '70-'71.

Both teams are par with South and IJie end results may be decided in the final event.

Going into this weekend the varsity squad has a fine 5-1 record. Their only loss was to Evanston. Coach Harris was pleased with many fine performances. Norm Pussehl and Ted Johnson took firsts in one event each while Bob McCullough swam to a third along with Jim Curran, Brad Kozie,

and Norm Pussehl in other events. Divers Mike Cesario and Pat FuUen showed fine form in adding points for South.

Tom Hesketh pulled a second in the breaststroke when South was down by a few points to Lane Tech, to give South a sweep in the breaststroke and an edge over Lane. But it was still up to the rday of Kozie, Curran, Scott Gravenhorst and Joe Nicolau in the last event to pull a victory over Lane.

The race came down to the line with South winning by 0:00.3.

The soph squad was leading but failed to produce a victory.

The future is bright as the freshman squad lost by a mere 3 points to Evanston with McCullough on varsity and Pence diving sophomore.

Last Friday Maine East and Prospect traveled to take on the Hawks. Both teams were turned back by South—95, East — 55, and Prospect — 18 on the varsity level and 101-40-24 on the sophomore level. Many an event was sweeped that day as Curran's and McCullough's times dropped remarkably.

Saturday was much the same story with both levels winning 101-33-20 and a little workout afterwards. On that day coach Harris put together a medley relay of Kozie, Houlihan, Mc-

Fencers Look for State The Maine South fencing team has a great chance to win the state title this year, says the new fencing Coach Dave Jones. The team lost two of its fencers last year to graduation. They were Jim Engblom who occupied the number three position and Jerry Henrekin who occupied the number five position.

A-strip, upon which the top three men fence, shall consist of Dave Littell, Bob Young, and Jim Sullivan. The fourth, fifth and sixth positions which make up the B-strip are in an uproar. John Duncan will occupy the number four place but the fifth and sixth positions are a toss-up between Phil Frystak, Larry Robbins, Mike Rusin, and John Johnson.

The team this year is under new leadership. Kay Kenyon, last year's coach, left South to be the head of the Girl's Physical Education department at Maine West. The new fencing coach is Dave (Rusty) Jones, a new health and gym teacher.

Two years ago the Hawks • took third in state. Number one man Dave Littell as a sophomore became state champ. Last year the Hawks took second in state. "This year," says Coach Jones, "we are going to come back from Champaign-Urbana the state champs."

So far this year the Hawks have fenced NUes East and New Trier East. Niles East, the state defenders, presented no

Sophonwre Jerry Jones evades a New Trier East Center for two points.

problems for the Hawks as the foilers won 14-4. On A-strip Dave Littell won all three of his bouts and all his opponents together scored only one touch against him. Bob Young added two wins and Jim Sullivan won all three matches. On B-strip John Duncan beat all three of his opponents, Larry Robbins won two out of the three, and John Johnson added one more.

Against New Trier East the foilers won again 14 to 4 but the Hawks had to work harder for their win. Many of the bouts were won by a slim margin.

Dave Littell again beat all three of his adversaries. Bob Young and Jim Sullivan won two out of three to make the A-strip score seven to two.

Larry Robbins won all three of his encounters, and John Duncan and Phil Frystak each won two bouts respectively to make the score of B-strip seven to two.

Cullough, and Nicolau in an attempt to break the sophomore record held by Tom Torgersen, Jim Currier, and the McCullough brothers. The attempt was successful, and the new names are up on the wall in the pool.

Scoring first places for Sootli on the varsity level Friday night were: 1st places — Glass, Curran, Pussehl, Cesario, McCullough, Pussehl and Linke along with relays of Pahnke, Johnson, McCullough, Nicolau; and Glass, Curran, Kozie and Pussehl; 2nd places — Schalk, Kozie, Gravenhorst, Nicolau, Pahnke and Hesketh; 3rd places — Glass, Horbas and Fullen.

Scoring points Saturday on varsity were: 1st places — Curran two, Mehan, Pussehl, Fullen, Horbas, Glass, Linke and Hesketh along with the record breaking relay and a relay of Lubrano, Kozie, McCullough, Nicolau; 2nd places — Johnson, Benson, Cesario, Mehan, Schalk and Hughes; 3rd places — George and Gravenhorst.

Scoring points for South this weekend on sophomore level were: 1st places — Anderson 4, Dale 4, Lubrano 2, Pence 2, Ephland 2, Springston 2, Houlihan 1, and Laughlin 1; 2nd places — Seidel 3, Jacobson 2, Ephland 2, Houlihan 2, and Alix 1; 3rd places — Smyth 2, Scotese 2, and Strom 2.

Junior Tom Spicer shoots in the J.V. overtime victory.

The Maine South Hawkettes Itick it high at halftime.

Sophs Extend Winning Streak Last Saturday the sophomore basketball team extended their winning streak by beating the Glenbrook South Titans by a score of 67-33.

The Titans were leading at the end of the first quarter 11-19. With 55 seconds left in the second quarter the Hawks tied the score 18-18. Bob Westman made four points before the end of the quarter.

At the end of the first half the Hawks were leading 22-18.

Glenbrook got the jump at the beginning of the third quarter. Hofman of Glenbrook got the first score of the quarter, but from then on it was Maine South's game.

The Titans got 7 points in the third quarter in comparison with the Hawks 33. The quarter ended with a score of 46-27.

The Hawks outscored Glen-

Sporfswords

South's Cage Prowess Troubled by Inconsistency If Maine South is bothered by one problem on the Basketball court, it has to be consistency. Coach Brady commented, "We haven't yet been able to put together an entire ball game."

Shooting is the most obvious example. The Hawk players who have scored high one game may not be able to hit a single shot at the next game. Just about every player has been a victim except Mike Bonk who has averaged about 25 points a game.

Hawk rebounding was oS for a while but has picked up due mostly to the efforts of junior Tommy Schmelzer.

Inconsistant playing was brought out in the last two games where the Hawks have controlled three quarters of the game only to fail in one—the first against New Trier and the fourth against Glenbrook—and lose the game.

Coach Brady notes that his team has displayed winning basketball at one time or another, but can't seem to get it all together at once.

The problem is one that has come with inexperience that the Hawk mentor had predicted would hurt the Hawks. If this is true, then the Hawks can look forward to much imorovement as the team gains experience.

Many of the Maine South underclassmen are looking forward to next year already as both the sophomore and J.V. teams are undefeated so far this season.

The sophomore team shows strength as it goes on winning desoite the loss of Jerry Jones to the varsity lineup and Bill Peterson to iniury. This team has yet to lose a game in high school.

brook South again in the fourth quarter. Again Glenbrook got the jump but they didn't score until there was about two minutes left in the game. Even then Glenbrook only pierced the net three times ending the game with a 66-33 victory over the Titans.

Coach Verber commented on the game by saying, "In the first half they weren't moving, in the second they came out and played a ball game. We outscored them 45-15 in the second half. The second half was the ball game."

High scorer for the game was Bob Westman with 21 pomts.

Other leading scorers were: Tom Tuman with 14, Bill Harbeck with 12 and Jeff Simke with 8.

The next Sophomore game will be tonight at Niles North.

Last week the JV team added to their undefeated record by beating Glenbrook South 73-44 and Maine North 66-46. This brought their total to five wins They won their first game against Ridgewood beating the Rebels 75-44. Greg Ciezaldo was the high scorer in that game.

The JV beat Prospect 58-54 in overtime. Ciezadlo was again the high scorer. At New Trier East the Hawks again won 72-45. Rick Kucera was the high scorer with 20 points.

Coach Sullins said, "The boys have been working hard, they have shown much improvement in the early part of the season."

The JV team will meet Niles North this weekend at Niles North. The Hawks beat Niles twice last year.

The Freshman A team beat Maine North with a score of 71-33. The Freshmen have a 3-1 record and they are undefeated in their conference games. Their only loss was to New Trier East, they lost by two points in overtime. "The Freshman have good overall size and depth," said Frosh A coach Mr. Schmidt. Coach Schmidt also said, "They started out slow but because of hard work and concentration we've come a long way." The Freshman A team will play Niles North tomorrow at Niles North. Because of Niles North's past history the Freshman anticipate a good game.

The Freshman B team also boasts a 3-1 record. They lost their first game but have come back to win every game since then. Last week they defeated Maine North 60-26. "They also had a slow start but they have shown much improvement," said Coach Schmidt. The Freshman B team is coached by Mr. Kerr. They also will play Niles North tomorrow at NUes North.

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Maine South's M V P gridder meets Chicago Bear runningback Gale Sayers along w i t h other members of the Chicago D a i l y News All-Area football team. Pictured above (left to right) a r e : Ed Klingberg, St. V i a t o r ; Casey Rush, Prospect; Dale Hendricksen, B a r r i n g t o n ; Sayers; Bryon Holcomb, B a r r i n g t o n ; John Macdonald, Conant; Jeff Selleck, A r l i n g t o n ; and Joe Zdeb.

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Roundballers Strive for Rebound Tonight Tom Bush Sports Editor Tonight the Maine South varsity cage team will invade Niles North in search of their first conference victory. Brady expects a fast game as Niles is not very tall with only 6'4" and 6'2", Last Friday the Hawks feU short of victory in the conference opener to Glenbrook South by the score of 68 to 65.

"We had a poor fourth quartter," was Brady's assessment of the game. The Hawks had been controlling leads of over ten points throughout the game.

Maine took control right from the first quarter with Jerry

Jones and Mike Bonk pacing the Hawks to a 20-12 lead. The eight point lead held at the end of the half, 33-25. The Maine lead rose and fell in the third period which ended 49-33 with Maine South still in charge.

But then the fourth quarter came. Glenbrook slowly chipped the Hawk lead to two points with two minutes to go. The Titan forward Overlock, who had come alive in the second half with 14 points, scored on a layup and added another point when he was fouled on the shot.

Two minutes remained on the clock and Maine South started to stall with a 63-62 score. The

Gymnasts Record at 4 - 0 Tonight the varsity gymnasts will be seeking their fifth consecutive win this season from Morton East. Last year the Hawks easily overcame Morton East, and with the teams' success this year they are favored to repeat.

After winning over West Leyden last Tuesday, Coach John Riccitelli believes, "We're moving up slowly since the beginning of the season. But compared to last year we are moving at a faster pace since we were able to get 105.62 today.

Over the holidays the Hawks will be going to the Maine East and Thomridge Invitationals. In January they will resume their conference action.

The Hawks went to West Leyden last Tuesday and returned home victors. Leyden showed little competition for the team.

Their only strong event was the side horse where t h e y scored 11.25 to the Hawks' 11.15.

The side horse has noticably been the weakest event for the Hawks.

The threesome of Dirk Martin, Steve Olson and Keith Bocek totaled 19.40 on the parallel bars, the highest event total at the meet. For all-around competition Dirk Martin averaged 4.97 compared to Prey's 2.85 average from West Leyden.

Hersey was present at West Leyden, also. Although they were not competing with the Hawks, Coach Riccitelli commented on the team's 122.85 score that, "Hersey is a state contender, along with Hinsdale, but the judging was erratic."

The final outcome showed the Hawks leading 105.62 to West Leyden's 72.8.

Last weekend the Hawks had gained two of their wins. On Saturday they went to Deerfield which was hosting its first meet

Junior Dirk Martin executes a handstand in his parallel bar routine.

and which had a first year gymnastic team. This was the Hawks first conference meet; the next conference meet will be in January. Because Deerfield was not yet able to organize their team and they did not have a regulation mat, they had to forfeit in the free exercise event. They also had a zero score on the tramp because of no team for that event.

Even if the Hawks had these advantages, they were inconvenienced because of the loss of many of their leading seniors.

Steve Olson, Phil Bethards and Mike Martin were taking the S.A.T. Jack Beaumont was Ul, and Bud Tagge will be out for a while because of a hip injury.

With Jeff Cragg's '72, Keith Bocek's '72 and Dirk Martin's efforts on the parallel bars, they gave the highest scoring event for the team with 14.30. The outcome showed the Hawks far ahead of Deerfield, 95.96 to 36.48, Last Friday the Maine East Demons came here and left defeated. Maine East had put up more of a challenge than Deerfield, however. Tlie Demons only surpassed the Hawks on the side horse. The greatest gap between scores was on the trampoline. John Kersting '73, Steve Olson '71 and Ray Kane '71 totaled 17.3 to the opponents 7.75 on the tramp.

In all-around competition Maine East's Zitkus averaged 4.9 while Dirk Martin for the Hawks had an average of 5.09.

The Hawks went over 100 out of a possible 190 points with 103.14 compared to the Warrior's 79.49.

During the Thanksgiving holiday the varsity gymnasts were hosts to East Leyden. East Leyden led Maine South in free exercise, side horse, and still rings. However, the varsity managed to gain the points they needed to edge past East Leyden.

On the parallel bars Dirk Martin's 8.2 score gave the Hawks a lead in that event.

Steve Olson's 7.9 on the trampoUne and Mike Martin's 5.0 on the high bar gave the varsity gymnast's, trailing score the points it needed.

The Hawks won by a close margin beating East Leyden 95.36 to 94.06.

The sophomore gymnastic team will also be competing with Morton East tonight. At West Leyden last Tuesday the Hawks were defeated by a score of 38.14 to 33.60.

December 5 the gymnasts accomplished their only win so far by defeating Deerfield's sophomores 51.9 to 14.12. I'he previous day the Maine East Demons beat the little Hawks 41.1 to 29.9.

At the sophomore gymnast's first meet, November 28, they lost to East Leyden.

The sophomores are without the services of Glen Farney, Rick Behnke, John Kersting, James LaBue, and Tim Wright who are all up adding to the varsity effort.

stall held up to five seconds of remaining time when Russ Hylen was fouled. He missed the shot giving Glenbrook five seconds to move the ball downcourt and score.

It seemed hopeless for the Titans until a Hawk foul with only two seconds on the clock sent Glenbrook to the line to sink the tying basket.

Disaster struck its final blow in overtime as Russ Hylen, Roger Sauter and Larry Gawaluch all walked off the court with five fouls. The Hawks could only score on two Tom Schmelzer free throws while the Titans scored three free throws and a layup to take the win away from the startled Maine South Hawks.

The Hawks found troubles coming up in the non-conference action as well. Out of three starts, they could only win one, the opener against Ridgewood 73-49.

The lopsided score serves as a good indication of the game.

Ridgewood had serious trouble attempting to set up an offensive attack against the Hawks in the first half as they lost the ball several times due to turnovers, and the Hawks jumped out to half time lead of 35-29.

During the second half the Rebels settled down and played a slower more controlled game, but Maine South exploded in the third quarter witli Jones and Hylen hitting shots from under and Mike Bonk scoring from all over.

Bonk scored high for the Hawks with 26 points. Jones had 13, and Hylen had 12. Hylen controlled the boards with 10 rebounds followed by 7 for Jones.

Against Prospect, the Hawks found themselves a more worthy opponent, as Maine South never led in the 69-77 defeat. Brady was still sticking to his basic lineup from Ridgewood with Bonk, Hylen, Jones, Gawaluch and Schmidt starting and Semrau filling in readily. The Hawks main problem of the night was missed shots, according to their coach. Maine South missed 40 shots to 22 for the Knights. Sophomore Jerry Jones had his turn as scoring leader with 22 points to 18 apiece for Bonk and Hylen, While it was the fourth quarter against Glenbrook South, it was

the first quarter against the Indians of New Trier East.

The game started with New Trier hitting basket after basket while the Hawks could put nothing together in the form of scoring or in stopping New Trier.

Half way through the first period the Hawks were behind 17-23. The period ended with.that same lead, 24-10.

The second period the Hawks began a slow attempt to rally. .At the end of the half they were behind by seven, and at the end of the third period the Hawks had eight points to catch up.

In tlie fourth quarter the Hawks came alive scoring 14 points in the first six minutes to the Indian's four as Russ Hylen sent two free throws through the hoop to put the Hawks ahead by one point for the first time in the game.

New Trier ended South's moment of glory in the last two minutes as they bounced back scoring a field goal and four free throws to one Mike Bonk layup for the Hawks as Maine South went down 73-70.

Junior Tom Schmelzer earned a starting position through his efforts at New Trier East.

Schmelzer came off the bench in the second period to help salvage the Hawks from their 14 point deficit at that point. He only scored seven points for himself but managed to control ihe rebounds from New Trier's Hattis who had been picking off numerous missed shots of the Hawks.

Coach Brady had commented before the season that Maine South's biggest gap lay in rebounding. But S c h m e l z e r seemed to make up for that gap in tlie last two games.

Mike Bonk had a big scoring night against New Trier hitting 30 points. Gawaluch accounted for 13; and Jones. 11.

After tonight's game against Niles North, the Hawks will prepare for Hersey on the home court tomorrow night. They sport an undefeated record so far this season with much credit going to their 6'8" junior center Pancrast. Pancrast s t a r t e d against South in districts last year.

Next weekend the Hawks will take on the Deerfield Warriors in a home game. Deerfield was

rated high in the pre-season rankings coming up second only to Maine West as they have three returning starters.

The Warriors were having trouble in the pre-conference games as they had several players down with injuries and illness. But Brady reports that the entire starting lineup is back in action.

Deerfield opened their conference schedule on a win last week as they defeated New Trier West.

Over Christmas vacation the Hawks will enter the Rockford East tournament. Their first game wUl be against the host school Rockford East on Dec. 29 at 8:30 p.m. If they win that game they will play the next night against the winner of the Rockford Westâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wheaton game.

All will not be lost with a Hawk loss, since then they will move on to play the loser of the second game.

Coach Brady expects the competition to be comparable to the Competition in the Aurora East tournament last year where the Hawks rallied to upset favored Aurora East.

Mike Bonk scores two on a layup against New Trier East.

Matmen Encounter Niles North The Maine South Varsity Grapplers take on the 'Vikings of Niles North tonight on the home mat at 6:30.

Niles is a perennial conference threat and last year in a dual contest edged out South 23-20.

Last Saturday, the Hawks trounced St. Viator 30-14. It was South's second win after downing West Leyden and losing to both Maine East and Forest View.

Head Coach Tom Ziemek cited Niles North, Deerfield and both Glenbrooks as the principal threats in a generally tough conference.

Coach Ziemek feels that his team's conference chances are hurt by lack of participation by former wrestlers on this year's team. However, he is proud of the dedication his remaining men have shown.

Under these circumstances he is generally pleased so far with the performance of the team.

The coach also pointed out his teams relative inexperience, with three sophomores and four juniors starting without previous varsity experience. lu the St. Viator meet, sophomore Bob Olker led off with a 7-2 win. Mini-Brute Keith Nelson followed suit with another

victory. Soph Chuck Di Franco was not as lucky, however, while Dave Barnett, another sophomore, avenged the loss by shutting out his foe 12-0.

Mark Miller won his match on a forfeit after his opponent suffered an arm injury. Scott Miller succeeded in trouncing his victim to put the Hawks ahead 17-3.

Tom Magas shut out his adversary and Tony Ruggeri '72 downed his target. In the next match, junior Dave Nelson was

pinned for South's second individual loss.

In the highlight of the meet, junior Tony Rodham came very close to a major upset. Scott Komar, a state qualifier, came on to edge out Rodham in the final seconds of the match.

This effort earned Rodham the much coveted "WrestlÂŤ- of the Week" award.

Jeff Shoemaker also lost, but heavyweight Randy Ruck wasted little time in ending the meet by pinning his victim.

Senior Heavyweight Randy Ruck lays a pin on his St. Viator opponent.