Vol 9 issue 5

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NHS Revises Rules Vol. 9, No. 5

Maine Township High Schoo* South, Park Ridge, III. 60068

Nov. 17,1972

Two Previous Competitors Unite To Form Teachers' Association Two Maine teacher organizations, Maine Educational Association, MEA, and District 207 Teachers' Association, voted recenUy 355 to 2 a to merge to form the Maine Teachers' Association, MTA. Previously MEA and District 207 Teachers' .Association were rivals for members. The MTA is designed to make the teacher's position stronger when bargaining with the school board. One advantage of the merger is the affiliation with the Illinois Education Association, lEA, and the National Education Association, NEA. M i s s Shirley Sandelands, MEA president, stated, "The lEA and the NEA will be able to offer us the legal and bargaining expertise needed to strengthen a contract, guarantee teachers' rights, and gain teacher impact into decision-making for education. By the affiliation, Mr. Thomas Mahon, math teacher, feels "we will be able to influence and have an interest in state and national issues affecting schools and school aid. We will obtain professional legal help and be able to analyze the school budget. The affiliation will also protect our retirement system." "They, the NEA and lEA. help us with their services, and we help them by backing them with our membership a n d

money," continued Mr. Mahon. Miss Sandelands also noted that the state group is a "strong lobbyist" among state legislators in furthering teachers' interests in the General Assembly. In the November 7 election it actively endorsed candidates for the first time with an 80 per cent success. The MTA, according to Mr. Mahon, works not only for the teachers, but for educational improvements for the entire state. MTA officers elections will be held December 1, should their new constitution pass. The offices of president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and negotiation chairman would be voted on by all members of MEA and District 207 Teachers' Association. The faculty repre sentatives and one committee member for each building will also be elected. The committees are Legislative, Negotiations, Public Relations, and Grievances. There is a new constitution, which reorganized the Teachers' Association into the MTA. According to the MTA constituion, besides being affiliated with lEA and NEA, it will elect major offices from the entire membership. Faculty representatives will represent 50 members or a major fraction. Another major constitutional change is that one-half of each

Students Voice Opinions On Election Day Results Election Day '72 has come and gone, leaving behind it a trail of tear-stained Kleenex, miscellaneous campaign buttons and posters, and mixed feelings <rf victory and defeat. Students interviewed at South were quick to react to the elections and their results, and even made some predictions about the '76 elections. David C a r t w r i ^ '74, Tri-S Club president, commented on the success of the mock election held at school. "Ihe mock * election got the students involved in government and the voting procedure. We wanted to see how close our results would be to the national results." Ihe mock election came up with four coinciding results, and only one wrong result, that between Walker and Ogilvie. David continued, "If I could have voted, I'd vote a straight Repiriilican ticket. The Republicans ai^troximate my views more than any oihtT party. I hope Nixon keeps more of his promises this time than he did in the '68 election." Carol Patterson '74 added her thoughts cm the election. "I'm glad Nixon won. He's so close to peace now; I hope it comes soon. Next election I'm going to vote for the man, not for the jf party he represents, if he's best qualified." Laura Henley '76 agrees with the Nixon philosophy. "I liked Nixon's ideas better than McGovem's. When I vote in the next election, I'm not going to vote a straight ticket, even though I'm a Republican. By then, I'd really like to see some ehuses in the people for the better."

Rick Dmek '74, was puzzled with the election results. "It seemed as though everyone was for McGovem and that Nixon was all wrong. But it turned out that Nixon won aU the votes. McGovern had good ideas, but Nixon had better ideas. Next election, I'm going to take a closer look at the candidates. When you vote, you have to get into the candidate's ideas," Rick continued. "It seems that everycme has the same ideas mostly, so you have to go for the person standing behind them. Your parents influence you on how you're going to vote, but most kids make up their own minds after a while. I think Nixon is wellquahfied to be president again. He'l do what he has to do," concluded Rick. Jim Scott '73, believed Nixon's victory was a great defeat for McGovem. "I supported Mikva and McGovem, but I anticipated Nixon's winning. I thought I had more faith in the American people than to allow Nixon to conscribe his victory as practically a mandate. In '76 I'm going to vote for the man, though I'm closer to the Democrats," Jim concluded. Maureen Michalik '74 summed up her feelings on the elections, "I'm for Nixon, and I knew he would win. I think he should sign a peace treaty as socm as possible." One senior who doesn't believe in "corrupt politics" is Dane Roth '73 who explained, "I really didn't care who won. I'm not going to vote in the next election, because I don't care about politics. It's too cornipt."

Standing Committee will be elected, the other half appointed by the president. The standing committee chairmen will be appointed by the president, except for Negotiation and Professional Growth chairmen. The procedure for elections are Nominating committee chosen in April, presentation of the slate in May, elections in September, and taking of office on October 1. Mr. Phil Hopkins, English teacher, feels MTA will be better than MEA because "it will provide teachers with more union. As I understand it, we will also have access to school records, such as the school budget, which we didn't habe access to before." He hopes for more improved relations between board and community through MTA.

National Honor Society has revised its rules for membership; these revisions will be in effect this year. The new constitution was drawn up by the officers of the society wiOi the help and guidance of their sponsors. In past years, students eligible to become members of National Honor Society were elected by the faculty. Some points considered were scholastic achievement, extra-curricular activities, and leadership. This year the faculty will only be voting on the leadership qualities of each eligible student. Scholastic achievement will be determined by class rank; extra-curricular activities will be taken care of by the student's activity sponsors. Also included in the revisions was the rule that Juniors admilted could not have had any C's for the past five semesters. However, now the only requirement for Juniors is that they be in the top five percent of their class. For a Senior to be eligible, he must have a grade point average of 3.0. Only 15 percent of the Senior class is chosen. Bill Baumgartner '73, National Honor Society president, started the ball rolling for changes in the organization's rules. "We aimed for changes so that the people who are smart do get in. The former

system of selection lead to serious inequities," Bill explained. The treasurer and tutoring chairman, Roberta Piccoli '73 stated, "It's the best thing I've seen done in this school. The changes are worthwhile and really mean something." "Another good revision was the change in the election procedure making elections more objective. We must have needed some revisions because we had so much turmoil in previous years," Mr. Simonson added. The advisors for Uie National Honor Society emphasized that the o^icers have put in a lot of effort in revising the society's constitution. Miss Wright, one of the sponsors, remarked, "The change was great. Further ones are needed, but, for now, this is a very good first step."

South Alt Display The hallway in the V wing of the building looks like a gallery right out of the Chicago Art Museum. The paintings, a cross-section of work done by the four different levels of art students, cover a variety of topics and various art technques. According to Mr. Joseph Stilp, art department chairman, the best works are in the art classrooms. All students are invited to preview these works. Take a different route to some class, and visit the V wing.

'Optic Nerve' on Stage Nov. 30-Dec. 3 Things are beginning to look up for Optic Nerve, Spirit of '73, Maine South's Variety Show, to be presented November 30, December 1 and 2 at 8 p.m., and December 2 and 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Under the direction of faculty director Mr. Donald Martello, student directors Marti Glendening '73, Bob Leonard '74, Sally Wallace '74, and assistant student director Dee McNamara "74, this year's V-Show should be worth seeing. "The show is fast-moving and very flexible. The scenery is not elaborate, but it is functional," states Mr. Martello. Construction crew, under the supervision of Mr. Richard Novak, Technical Director, Shop Foreman Terry Rempert '73, and Co-Heads John Simms '73, Judy Jennings '73, and Nancy Casalino '74, has started hammering away. Writing Staff, headed by Dan Amedei '74 and Karla Jennings '74, has already written much of the material to be used in the show. Choreographers Jeanne Burgess '73 and Sue Luvisi '74, along with Jan Harp-

ham '73, have worked hard with dancing for the show. Mr. Gordon McLean of the music department, with the aid of Jim Wall '73, handles V-Show music. Work has also been imderway for Costume Designing crew, headed by Miss Barbara Hoffman and Debbie Manika '73. Other important crew positions include: Ray Ozzie '73, Stage Manager and Student Technical Director; Scott King '73, Special Effects; Donna Ziesemer '73, Marion Cramer '73, and Chris Omarzu '73, Scenic Design; Sue Gregory '73, House Manager. More crew heads are Glenn Hill '74, Lights; Nadine Kiriluk '73 and Jerolyn Crist '74, Painting; Priscilla Condon '74 and Diane Lorentz '74, Props. The Makeup Director is Lisa Erikson '73, and Narissa Paullette '75 is Makeup Crew head. Pubhcity and Ticket Sales will be handled by the Student Council chairman for V-Siow, Cheryl DaVaUe '74. Although V-Show may seem larger this year just by judging from the large number of stu-

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dents involved in crews, this year's V-Show does not have as many acts as in previous years, according to Student Director Sally Wallace. "What we do have is polished, though. There's real variety in V-Show this year, because unlike last year's "Remember When" theme, there is no set time or given date; this year's V-Show is an outlook on life."

WMTH-FM Needs Funds WMTH-FM (88.5) is searching for a way to raise mMiey to purchase a tape recorder and new recOTds for use during lounge periods. The WMTH staff is in need of another tape recorder. The only one that is in use now belongs to the Audio Visual Department. According to Mrs. Susan Benjamin, WMTH sponsor, "Fifty percent of the time, there is no music in lounge because WMTH needs the tape recorder for some reason." No tape recorder is available when a WMTH member is sent out on an interview, because no equipment from the AV Department is allowed to be taken out of schoc^, she explained. Mrs. Benjamin explained, "Kids come in here complaining about the horrible music that is played in lotmge, but there is nothing I can do about it. We don't have the money to buy new records." "Students ask how the money can be raised, but since South allows a school sponsored organization to have one fund raising activity a semester and WMTH has had a car wash in October from which the proceeds were put toward acoustical remodeling of the studio, the problem seems to be at a standstill," Mrs. Benjamin c<mtinned. Members of the WMTH staff, some of whom are Student Coimcil representatives, have posed the problem to Student Council. "Student Council has always given us the money we needed before, but there has been no response from Student Council yet," concluded Mrs. Benjamin.


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