Walter Johnson HS Pitch - September 27, 1968 by Ben Bialek

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WJ has 22 National Merit Semifinalists for 1968-69, more than :; either of the last two years. The semi-finalists are Teresa Amott\ Fred Artiss, George Bowden, Jean Carter, Vincent Barbara comer, Cgoliano1 Deborah Cooper, Jonathan Crutchley, Timothy Grittin, Edward Huff, Wayne Itano, Sheryl Litwin, Marsha Merrill, Jean Millican, Marie Moran, Martin Murphy, Sally Newman, Andrea A sneaky hand-off is well guarded by a powerful offensive squad of 16 Schiff, Richard Sutermeister, of WJ's 22 NMSQT Semi-Finalists. Bruce Tanenbaum, David Wald, and Linda Watson. These students achieved high status on the National Merit Scholarship QualUying T es t, which is administered each year by the National Merit Scholarship Program. The Program provides $1000 scholarships to those students who go on to become Finalists and Merit Scholars. Last year WJ had 19 Semifinalists; the year before, 16. VOL. 13, NO.2 WALTER JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 27, 1968 Even though it has more this year, it still falls behind both B-CC and Walt Whitman. B-CC has the most in the area, 30 students, while Whitman follows with 24. However, WJ has the highest single scorer in the entire state: Linda Watson, who Charlie Brown and his All- Pierce; Snoopy by Bobbie Stalley; ing a song and dance interpreachieved the greatest possible stars plan to host Fantasia '68 Linus by John Nehmer; Sally by tation from "Thoroughly Modern score of 160. to be held October 4 and 5 in Mary Dillon; and Frieda, the one Millie.• Thera will be a Mexican the Boys' Gym, admission 75~. with the naturally curly hair, Hat Dance, a jazz dance and a Two studentB leave Mrs. Marilyn Voss will direct played by Gail McMullen. All of Spanish dance. Lori de Marne the show, and Thespian Presi- the characters were chosen will sing Janis Ian's "Society's Unfortunately, two of WJ's dent, Bob Graham, assisted by through auditions. Child• and Mrs. Randall will sing semi-finalists no longer attend SemPron and Drama n students There will be two acts with an •summertime• from the music.:.' this school. Linda Watson was wUl sponsor it. All profits will intermission during which re- Porgy and Bess. Several surprise accepted without her senior high be given to the SCA. freshments will be sold. acts will also be featured. school diploma by Radcliffe ColThe Crew Chairmen have been lege where she is now a fresh"I'm sure everyone will be "The all school variety show glad to hear that Mr. Tippens is a revised tradition which needs working choosing their crewsfor man. Teresa Amott left WJ in will be back to sing original the support of the whole school to Fantasia. Paints chairmen are order to attend McDuffie School songs and play his guitar,9 Peg be a success. students really steffi James, and Barbara Plitt; for Girls in Massachusetts where Melville, Thespian ana Semanon should attend and become aware makeup, Peg Melville; stage, Phil she is completing her senior year. member, reflected. of the surprisingly good talent Kurz; props, Roger Lydon. Fantasia was started on April About 15,000 Semi-finalists here at WJ,• encouraged Mrs. The show will be MC'd by Jett of '57 by the WJ Drama club as have been announced all over the Voss, Drama teacher and ThesJackson, as Charlie Brown. Some a money-making project. n con- country. Each state picks its pian sponsor. of the other Peanuts characters tinued as a tradition for the next Semi-finalists separately by will be interspersed throughout The show will feature a wide five years using such themes as counting the highest scores until the show, doing small comedy variety of acts ranging from a Show boat, Academy Awards, its quota is fllled. Thus, each skits. Lucy will be played by band playing selections from Fantasia-psychoanalized, and state has a different qualifying,

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qualifying score this year is 146. Last year it was 147, and in 1956 it was 150. For the 1967-68 year, Maryland had the second highest selection score in the country. New York had the top score ,, In Marylana, 12,754 students from 211 secondary schools took the NMSQT last March. Out of this number, 275 studentsgotl46' or better, and 1,444 students got at least 134, which is the qualifying score for commended students. WJ has a total of 62 commendations. Problems of commendation A large number of these 62 students received a score of 145, one point beneath the qualifying score. In almost any other state they would probably have been Finalists and then Merit Scholars, since most other states have lower selection scores.

The next stage of the competition for the Semi-finalists is qualification as Finalists. All Semi-finalists automaticallybecome Finalists if they are endorsed by their secondary schools, have high SAT scores, and submit the required information to the program. This information includes a financial statement. Merit Scholars' awards

The Merit Scholars are selected orig1nally without regard to financial need. They can receive either one-time s<:holarships or renewable scholarships, depending on their need. Merit Scholars for this year will be announced May 1, 1969. The NMSQT' is a series offive tests in the areas of English Usage, Math Usage, Social Studies Re ad in g, Natural Sciences Reading, and Word Usage. The sum of the scores on these tests determines the

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pec1a c asses cause overcrowding tory, it's an uncomfortable feel1ng being in Mr. Stephen Perialas•s 36 member first period •Thirty-eight students in my class knowing that Miss Reeder first period class, •Mr. Alexis is teaching the same course UPvon Bretzel, U.S. History tea- stairs with only 29 pupils. These are extreme examples, cher,exclaimed• •We'll see what we can do to but their point is ovvious. The adjust it,• sighed Mr. Lewis tenth day enrollment classroom Francis, head of the guidance figures are charted and available in Guidance Office A for department. Mr. von Bre!zel' s ,Jroblem ty- any interested student. •we used pifies conditions in many WJ to try to 1\fde these figures, but classrooms this year. Classes there's no point in tt," admitted are not only overcrowded, they Mr. Francis who is still making are also, in many cases, extre- schedule adjustments. mely unequal in size as is shown by two of Mr. von Bretzel's u.s. Computers blamed History classes: first period of 38 students and fifth periO':i of Mr. Francis attributed most of only 24. Something is wrong here. the_schedule mix-ups to the newby Laura Rosentbal and Tammy Jacobs

Miss Lucia Reeder i n her seventh period class teaches 32 students while during sixth period she can provide more individual work because there are only 15 enrolled in this section. It's that WaY in Mrs. FlorenceNewman•s Typing 2 classes also: 28 students in fourth period and exactly half that number in period six. And to get back into Modern World His-

ness of the computer system which WJ used for the first time this year. •Theoretically,• he stated,• the machine came out with better schedules -- there were fewer conflicts than last year.• But there was still plenty of confllsion as students searched for room 414 and classes remained · in the state of unbalance, But the problem of unbalanced classes is far from the most im-

portant one. As usual,thecrucial situation confronting WJ is the faculty, or lack of it. Projections innacurate

ous college entrance problems-so the course is being offered at WJ. However, is it fair to take up _one teacher and one class period to teach only 10 students? Then there is Mr. Donald Smith's second period, 11 student Technical Electronics course, and Miss Mary Ann DiPaolo's Ceramics 2 course with 11 students. Not to mention On the Job Training, which involves 17 students, or WJ's complete German program, set up for only 82 students. •we could have cut German,• stated Dr. Donald Reddick, "but 82 students wanted it." "So there is a shortage,• explained Mr. Francis, "If.we give everyone what he wants, and that' s what we're trying to do.•

Although the projection for the number of students for '68-'69 was 1,997, actual tenth day enrollment was 2,026. With the teachers we now have, WJ is still 1.2 teachers short. However, this is according to average figures and does nottak~intoaccountthat WJ has a ma]Or problem: its special programs. For example, •Pitch • and •Windup" occupy two periods of Miss Susan Barrett's schedule each day: periods that co'lld be better spent teaching English classes, suggests Mr. Francis. It's a decision that has to be made, and perhaps the only people who The number game realize the importance of these publication periods are the people And that• s the way the numon the two staffs. bers game works. Rockville takes Another classic example is the number of students divides Mrs. Allee Washer's Latin 3 ' and 4 class of ten people. by the number of teachers, diIn some schools Latin 4 stu- Vides again by the five classes dents find that they cannot take teachers are expected to carry the course because only a few a day, and comes out with a others signed Up. Lack of that ratio of 27.9 to 1. But it doesn't certain credit could cause seri- quite end up that way, because,

out of necessity, differentcourses have have different class sizes. "We don't want the numbers game unless it helps us!" emphasized Dr. Reddick. "We want to build our case on programs. I don't believe in the ratio concept. • The major part of Tuesday's PTA meeting was to acquaint parents with the shortage problem. One suggestion, which wasn't a new one, dealt with establishing a maximum instead of an average class size. Dr. Reddick's eloquent but somewhat emotional discussion of the problem presented the facts as he sees them along with. the assertation that other county principals are also facing and makingpublicthesamesituatton. •Since last February we've bee n teu;.,,,. ....,, it like it is•" District ten director, Mr. Henry Gregory, a former principal of WJ, replied to Dr. Reddick with facts and figures of his own. Mr. Gregory, who rep:-esents the other side of the arguCont. page 3

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Pride and involvement School has been in session for only a month, yet indications are that student involvement and pride in WJ will surpass everything of the past

two years. Spirits are high, our teams are putting forth their greatest effort, and more people are taking part in school activities than ever before, thanks to the SCA. We have much of which to be proud. A few facts highlight the story of an active and successful month: there were 81 cars in the caravan last Saturday, two hundred students have signed up for the Pep Committee, four-thousand spectators cheered the teams at the Blair victory, our crowds have out-yelled, out-screamed, and "out-prided" those of every other school, and the SSWJ had an all-time high attendance of over 700. Much of this accomplishment is due to our hard-working SCA. They have successfully rallied from a difficult debt-ridden, year, and have succeeded not only in overcoming their debt, but also in making WJ students care about their school. We want also to congratulate the entire student body for showing their pride in such constructive ways. If the rest of the year is as successful as this first month has been, WJ will long remember the classes of '69, '70, and '71.

School spirit overdone School spirit, a new asset to WJ, maybe carried to the point where it will downgrade our school. Well-organized car caravans, like those to Blair and Whitman, are fun and exciting and tend to unite the students, but, on the other hand, destruction to a school's property and gory, disgusting cheers serve no purpose in the backing of our teams and support of WJ. WJ students invaded Walt Whitman long before the 80 car caravan rolled into the parking lot last Saturday. Examples of Friday night's work were evident on the walls of Walt Whitman. Painted announcements of "WJ" and "WJ#l" were splattered on Whitman's cafeteria walls and field house. The tremendous amount of energy needed to bring our car caravan to Whitman was, on the whole, well-organized after WJ students assembled in the stands. However, certain unforgettable and ,. out-of-place cheers, instigated by students in the stands, may have wiped outeverythingaccomplished by the cheerleaders. Ther, are in poor taste and g~ve an untrue image of WJ s students. We need school spirit for an active, united student body at WJ, but this spirit must be channeled and carefully directed.

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THE DAY A FREAK SHOWED UP AT WJ

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Dress code: pro and con Ed. Note The letter published last week advocating the return of a dress code has caused quite a reaction among WJ students. The majority of the letters we received were against the idea stated by Donna David., The views stated are, we hope, an indication of the views of the entire student body, though the individuals, not the 'Pitch' are responsible for the comments.

Dear Sir: A calm reply to the author and all those who agree with the author: Phooey!! Baah! Trash! You really depress me. It's people like you who go out on the weekends and get drunk, smoke, have orgies and raise devils. Well, my pals do, too. That's okay. Everything's cool! But when a punk kid writes a letter acting as 1f she is mature and concerned, it appalls me! I've got messy, ugly, gross, long brown hair. So what? My buddies don't

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year, you hear a lot of talk aboi:t school Spirit. Personally, I have never been a great bellever in school Spirit. It has always been my opinion that spirits should stick to haunted houses and ghosts towns and leave schools alone. But evidently Walter Johnson does have a school Spirit. Don't ask me where, though. I've been conducting a search for the mysterious school Spirit, :: s:!:i~ha:~•t~~~:::~~

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The Pitch is published every two weeks by the students of Walter Johnson High School, 6400 Rock Spring Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Bruce Tanenbaum ~SSOCIATE EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR Jan Reizen stein te ff·I Green

.;:':, ·even consider. The first thing I \{ did, just to start off right, was to ff. consult a book on witchcralt. It /I advised me to approach the perHI son I believed to be inhabited by If a spirit and repeat "Ytib% bibytibboboob• three times. Sup@ posedly the spirit would then appear to me and offer to be my if servant. unsuspect;:.::: bI found f p an C ·tt Hi Ing mem er. o ep omm1 ee ,:::; and used this formula on her. If She cried •sold!• and I founj If myself with six booster buttons. ] I went to the most sacred place '( in the school--the Placque. }! I prostrated myself and called, =} •come to me, 0 Great Spirit ot '.':'.' W.J.• Just then the bell rang {; and I was nearly trampled to ·,P.,., death by starving students chargAft I · ing to sixth period ,,.,,. N lunch. , Offi erI I got out of the urse s ce ; '.•::;,;,

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mind. They laugh. Why can't you? Tod a y people are starvin', robbin', murderin', and you've got time to talk about clothes. Gollee, Gee. I guarantee If you couldn't wear your high skirts and throw junk all over your body to give you a certain odor, you'd object! I consider your views a personal insult to 99% of the school You're too hung up ou material things. Where's your brain? or don't you have one? We're all human. We all want to have fun. How'd you get left out? Why can't you respect things like infinity instead of clothes? Don't you realize that space never ends! Goll! What's out there? Spooky!! Please write back and inform the school that my letter was uncalled for and that I'm immature and a bum. Well, I've got news. I'll do more good th~n you ever will, whether I look

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The scheduling of Senior Class Pizza Night on the eve of Yorn Kippur is unfair to the Jewish students at WJ. Tuesday night marks the beginning of the most . • • . important Jewish hohday, Yorn Kippur. From sundown Tuesday until sundown Wednesday, Jewish people observe a strict fast, going without anyfood or drink. This would make it impossible for any Jewish students to attend Pizza Night. Approximately 20 per cent of the WJ student body is Jewish, . f th tud t f and the arb i·trary exc l usion o ese s en s rom a school event should not be allowed. (BT) .,,.:;.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:p.·.-:·...~:::·.-... ····1· ..·j·.::·:··.:·,:·.::: :!I ::....·~:..... H·.,~ ... , ......~···:::::::.::·:·:.-.....:.:.:.:.:.:.::.:......•...•1,

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angrily back to the Placque and yelled, •There 1s no school Spirit! School Spirit is dead!• I was hill-expecting to be struck by lightning, or at least to hear the picture of Walter Johnson cracking down the middle. Instead the Vice President of the SCA appeared and lectured me on the sin of being an apathetic student. I have to agree that people do seem to be possessed by the school Spirit at football games. I think I'll give them a try. Just to be safe, I'm also taking a box of "Uncle Bela's Sure - fire Vampire Repellent Garlic." Our Spirit may be good, but I might summon up the other team's spirit by mistake. Horrors!

"good• or not, and rll back that up to any one of you.. So remaia unled, you imprisoned gophers. You're nowhere! Nils Hilmer Lofgren Dear Sir: After observing the many types of clothing apparel that enters WJ, I definitely feel there is a need for some sort of a dress code. Some people come to school as if they were going on a picnic. School is a place to learn and should be respected. Freedom of dress is a great idea, but there has got to be a line drawn somewhere. Dressing in a sloppy manner doesn't speak very well for the students or the school, pm sure that the students of wJ don't want to give their school a bad name. So, for the benefit of all, WJ should enforce a dress code. Sincerely Suzi Davis Dear Sir: I disagree completely with the letter to the editor which advocated the return of a dress code to WJ. I myself do not promote the wearing of unconventional or unbecoming dress. However, I feel that WJ is an institution of learning and the manner in which a person chooses to dress certainly has nothing to do with his or her capacity of knowledge. We at WJ are fortunate to be ahead of the other area schools in that our faculty puts trivial things behind the primary goal -- an education. Dorothy Robinson

Congratulations The 'Pitch' staff would like to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hochen on the birth of their first child• /Mrs. HocheJ:\ 'Pitch' sponsor for two years, gave birthtoa 7 pound 9 ounce boy, Ross, on Sunday, September 22,, at the Washington Hospital Center.

--se?I~--Now that the homerooms have elected their SCA and Class representatives, the old question of how a representative represents his homeroom is being brought up. Should a rep vote as his conscience dictates or as his homeroom has instructed him to? W;;,1, he elected to use his own judgement concerning the welfare of his section or to represent them as a whole and to present their point of view in a large'!' decision making body. It is my opinion that in a representative go,ernment one

votes as the majority of his section and not according to his own personal views on the subject. Obviously, a rep cannot come back to his homeroom after every motion,'but he can on Ill3.jor issues, where it is of the utmost of necessity. I hope that the representatives for the coming year will represent their homerooms. That way, the SCA will find out how the students feel. Sincerely, Ben Bialek, SCA VP

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Overcrowding county figure ot 125, WJ history teachers have an average of 150 ment, expalilied that there are no biology teachers, 153.8. The teachers available to county average load tor a math teacher schools. ls 146.9. Is this why it takes so long tor teachers to return •1t is interesting,• commented papers? WJ Faculty Committee Chairman Perhaps a basic factor ot the Mr. stout, •that Northwood was shortage is the 105 students who assigned its two additional teachcame to w J from outside its ers after Dr. Reddick was told boundaries. For example, WJ that there were no teachers availhas 22 students living in Whitable.• man territory, 12 from WoodM!". Stout also had on hand ward, and 25 from Einstein. Only shocking figures concerning the about 20 students who live in extent of the shortage at WJ. WJ territory go to other schools. Ten years ago the National CounAt,out the only thing that we cil of Teachers of English suggested 100 students as a work as students can do is to urge load for each English teacher. our pa.rents to take to heart Dr. The county figure is 125; WJ's Reddick's plea, •we•ve tried figure is 148. As opposed to the everything , now you help us!• (Continued from page

An ordinarily dull, nothing - type, excitement-when some one ignited Thursday was injected with a spurt of ·a small brush fire.

Small brush fire near W J • , smoke causes excit;e,nent

•rt was a small fire but it had a lot of smoke," commented a student about last Thursd:..y•s brush fire. The f1re started in the afternoon near the fence in front of WJ, just off school property, According to Mr. Scott Burkholder, the cause of the fire was

not determined. Someone saw the smoke and reported it to the people in the office, They notified the fire department and firemen with •sirens screaming arrived with their hoses and put it out. All the time there were students cheering it on," added a senior.

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However, "the firemen succeeded in stopping the flames and smoke, cheering or not," A !though the cause is officially unknown, one student believes that it was started by another student's cigarette butt or lighted match. Mr, Burkholder considers that the incident «wasn•t a real spectacular thing, It was just a brush fire in the high underbrush and weeds." But one student added, "It was a little excitement any-

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Butch Sithens 'turns on' while studying in Mr. Kline's Earth Science class . --

Surrounded by the peace of the courtyard, nothing stumps Laurel Dent as she studies during her Seminar class.

New informality frees students High school classrooms aren't at all like they used to be. Most WJ students have at least one class period a day where they're not expected to sit at desks, read textbooks, or take notes. Senior Social Studies Seminar, a new course suggested last year by the students themselves, takes advantage of an informal class structure and summer days, as students study in the courtyard, take part in "micro-labs" in the SCA room, and generally set their own goals for the year. The current trend of Independent Study has even spread to the Earth Science classes, where students listen to tapes and view slides at their own speed, in specially designed cubicles. Science, though, has always been a break in the day for students who'd much prefer to fool with test tubes than take notes.

Sophomores Joanne O'Neill and Holly Williams drown their sorrows in a bottle of unspecified content.

George Bowden contemplates the inner mind as he enjoys some grass.

Learning how to.be a mad scientist, a sophomore waits ,ors to rise out of his test tube .

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Cr·ews to he chosen Crew sign-up sheets for the non-senior crew chief, Junior Senior Class Play, "The Man Kathie Yokum, is in charge of Who Came to Dinner," will be v;ork crew which does "all the available on the Semanon call dirty work nobody else wants to board today through the middle do," according to Phil. of week. According to Semanon member Phil Kurz, no experience is necessary, but senior crew members are preferred. The play, by Kaufman and Hart, which will be performed during the weekend of November 16, was first produced in 1939. SCA's Rep Workshop taught Mr. Stephen Perialas will be parliamentary procedure to 22 director and producer of the reps, nine alternates, two obplay, and Steffi James will be servers, and ten members of the student director. The stage exec council, as well as giving manager will be Roger Lydon, participants chances to take part and, as usual, Semanon members in two out of three discussion will do the backstage work. groups. The annual workshop was Cast members were chosen held on Saturday, September 21, during this week, and crew chiefs in order to acquaint reps and have already been announced. their alternates with methods Stage Crew will be run by Phil used at SCA meetings. Kurz, and Lights by Bob Graham, Hour long sessions in parlia"unless we get parts." Brian mentary procedure were held, Lodge will head Props Crew, with Bob Sirkis and Jamie Himel Peg Melville will head Make-up, teaching the inexperienced, and and Frankie Walsh will be crew Bob Kunzendorf and Jon chief of Costumes. The only Crutchley discussing more advanced methods with those who had been reps before. Chances to attend two out of three discussion groups were offered the reps. Groups included •Projects and Committees," Twelve girls and one boy comchaired by Vice President Ben peted for sophomore class offices Bialek, •How to be an Effective during elections Wednesday, SepRepresentative,• chaired by tember 25 and run-offs Thursday, Treasurer Jim Bever, and September 26. •Montgomery County Region," Frank Sterling was elected chaired jointly by WJ's four delesophomore class president, degates to MCR; !3ob Kunzendorf, feating opp on e n t Katherine Bob Sirkis, Liz -Ritvo, and Seth Kovach in the elections WednesLichtenstein. day, September 25. Frank's Students who attended the speech promised to spend money workshop received an SCA 68earned at sophomore class 69 booklet with rules of parliadances on the poverty program. mentary procedure and a copy The four-way Vice presidential of the SCA constitution.

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Students branch out in an attempt to impersonate trees. This represents the turning over of a new leaf in the study of Drama Class theory.

Senior learns by radio she is not able to come to school, Elizabeth Weiss, a senior at WJ, is taking a full schedule, including Sociology, English,Analysis, French, and Drama II. How does she do it? Elizabeth attends school with the aid of a radio-type communication system which has been wired into her home and into each room at school in which she takes a class. This is the second time WJ has used a radio system tc reach a student; the first was seven years ago. Although Elizabeth's parents must pay $80.50 of the cost, the majority is being paid for by the county. After having had an operation this summer, Elizabeth says, •1 feel fine. The only reason I can't come to school is because I can't go up and down stairs yet. •Elizabeth attends classes in the form

Windup staff attends CSPA Sixteen students working on 'Windup• and four· from journalism classes will attend the Columbia Scholastic Press Association yearbook convention in New York Oct. 10 through 13. 'Pitch' and 'Wind-up' sponsor Miss Susan Barrett is •hoping that the riotous conditions at Columbia will cease• in time for the convention. 'Pitch' staff intends to go to the an nu a l CSPA newspaper convention in March.

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of a small, tan box. The teachers and students treat it as though she were in its place. •It's great to be able to hear and talk to people, rut it just makes me miss them more!• she exclaimed. •ot

Package Deal concludes sale Today marks the conclusion of the sale of the Package Deal at WJ. The Package Deal consists of the •Windup,' the 'Pitch,' and the •Spectator.' For the past two weeks, students have been given the opportunity to buy a yearbook, 18 newspapers, and the literary magazine for only $8.50. The total value if these items were bought s ep ar ate l y would be $12.60. The 'Windup,' WJ•s yearbook will be on sale as a part of the Package Deal. The policy of selling yearbooks in the beginning of tJ:!e year only was adopted last year. Students, therefore, must plan ahead by buying their yearbooks early. After expanding to eight pages last year, the 'Pitch' hopes to increase their output to one or more 12 page papers a month. The 'Pit.ch' is presently considering selling individual copies of the paper for 20 cents an issue, For the second straight year, the •Spectator,' WJ's literary magazine, will be included in the Package Deal. The literary magazine will be professionally printed again this year.

course it's harder than being there, because I can't see, and I was a little self-conscious about using it at first, rut it's made me want to go back to school again,• said Elizabeth. Since the units were put in around September 20, she has two weeks of work to catch up on. •1hopeto be back in school in two months,• she said.

Spanish Club loses treasury Spanish Club has planned many interesting activities this year to make up for an unfortunate beginning. The $27. 50 in the treasury that was left from last year• s club, was stolen from Mrs. Inez LeBow's desk on Thursday, September 12. According to Carole Bassham, president of the club, •We were going to buy supplies for the activity fair with the money." Carole feels that the Spanish club will have an exciting year with a large membership - 37 students attended the first meeting. Among the activities planned for/ th~ year are trips to El Tio Tepe, a Soanish restaurant, and the Pan American Union, participation in the Activity Fair, a Christmas party, and a moneyraising campaign to purchase textbooks for the club's sister school, an Industrial School in Venezuela.

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Spartans falter; hand Whitman 7-6 victory Following another interesting upset over the Northwood Indians, 20- 6, the WJ varsity Football ,..;A. squad took victory from their own hands and passed it into the hands of a Viking eleven. Last Saturday at Walt Whitman, the Spartans did not fare so well, for they lost to a supposedly weak team, 7-6. Opening the game with what looked like the beginning of A neatly thrOWJl Bob Grossman pass was one of the better moments for another victory, WJ kicked off the Vikings and caused a drops into the clutches of Steve Bailey WJ, as they dropped their first place to tumbled ball on the 45 yard line. for a gain of about 15 yards. This spot, 7-6. Naturally, in such finer moments of the game, the Spartans recovered to ~e delight of half the stands. Quarterback Bob Grossman moved his team down field thirty yards, with Chtp Sutton sprinting for twenty, and end Richard Tipton gaining twelve more after Led by JonWerner,MikeJohn- and Blair during a dual meet at However, more recently, in receiving a well-aimed pass. son, and Bill Osburn, WJ's Var- Blair. the Einstein meet, something From then on, however, the sity Cross Country team pass~ During this Blair meet, Werner happened that is not seen very going became rougher for the Einstein with a score of 31- took first, whlleJolmsonfollowed often, and cost WJ's star run- Spartans, and the Vikings took 25, on Tuesday, September 24, with second and Osburn with ner some valuable time. Wer- control of the ball on their own for their second triumph this ird. These first three rener, who was unfamiliar with five yard line, after the Spartans season. On the previous Satur- spective finishes provided the the course, led most of the way, had attempted a first down in day, these· three performed the Spartans with their first sue- but wound up taking a few wrong vain with a situation of fourth same thing against Springbrook cess of the season. turns. Mea.uwhile, Einstein's and about two to go. Dwight Pelz, showing true Whitman, however, could not sportsmanship or raw stupidity, do much better, and the Spartans guided Werner back on to the once more took charge of the ball course each of the five times The Green again _ mov~ the he made a diversion. ball to within the five but failed Despite this hindrance to Werto score becaus:.i of a .fUmble. ner, he managed to finish just Again Whitman failed to mount two seconds behind Pelz, and a drive and again the Spartans came within nine seconds of a course record, with a time of 13:33.

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gained control o~ t.'le ball. This time, however, the going was not as rough, and Grossman carried the ball in for the first score of the game. The extra point attempt by Bob Glass fa:.led, but WJ led at the half, 6-0. However, cne V11angs were able to do just this and soon grabbed the lead during the third quarter. They held for the rest of the game and won, 7-6. Looking back on the Northwood victory, however, the story is quite different. Within the first two minutes of the game, a long BobGrossmanpass settled into Steve Baileys arms and didn't find the ground until he had crossed the goal line. The game then began to sort of take on a sea-saw manner in which both teams were held to several times each punt respectively. However, out of these kicks Northwood was called for ruffing the kicker twice, giving WJ a break of two 15 yard penalties against the Indians. Then, a spectacular side-line run down field by Ste! Fatseas (22J gave WJ their commanding lead over the previously scored Indian touchdown. The Spartans with a record of 2-1, will take on Woodward tomorrow in the second home of the season. A game will not be played the following week, as WJ has an open date.

-----Assisted by Tom Graves A week ago today I was planning to include in this issue's column a warning to our football team not to be overconfident against Woodward and Churchill. However, I believe that the game last Saturday against Whitman has pretty well remedied that problem for me. If many WJ students are still in a daze about what happened last Saturday against a •vastly inferior" team, I think I can supply some of the answers. First of all, Whitman may not be as hot as the Spartans generally, but they do constitute a fast _team with a strong defense, besides having an accurate soccer-style kicker. Holding a powerful SherwOOd squad to only sixteen points should have been a good indication, for our Spartans, of this defense. Secondly, the Spartans played a very sloppy first quarter, in which the G!'een shot two touchdowns before finally scoring. Time after time again the offense fumbled and stumbled their way to a fourth down punting situation. Twice a Viking punt was fumbled and recovered by Whitman. Lastly, our offensive line has looked like a sieve all year on extra-point attempts. Last week, the snap from center was re-

. tarded enough to cost us the game. But although students may be disappointed, let there be no doubt in their minds that they can be justly proud of their team. The squad is a group that worked out on their own the entire summer in order to give WJ a winning team. And, of course, it is a squad that boosted school spirit 100 per cent by defeating Blair and NorthwOOd to open the season, As one player aptly puts it: "Last year we fielded eleven individuals; this year we play as a unit."After all, a ~-1 record wouldn't be that bad. as t"Or soccer, it does look as if there will be a repetition of previous seasons, not that the students mindtheconstancy. Yes, it seems as if Coach Joe is going into another successful season. With the loss of Johnny Purcell, the star forward of last year's team, it seems as if the half-backs will be doing more running to compensate for this, However, as demonstrated)n the Harker game, Al Montero and Nejat Sarp have shown that they are made of the same stuff, While Al has speed and gOOd control over the ball, Nejat has fast, powerful kicks which, when well aimed can penetrate a wellguarded goal. Meanwhile, in the backfield Dave Roots seems to have ac-

Gymkhana • organizes During the past week, organization has been the prime objective of this year's Spartan Gymkhana team. Following the selection of members for this year's squad, the team has divided up into their respective categories and begun practice. A schedule has also been drawn up by the coaches Miss Helen M. Cook and Mrs. Sheila Dally.

The schedule for this season goes as gollows: Compulsory Meets Kennedy and Wed. Ocl 9 Northwood* Wed. Oct. 16 Einstein and Wheaton Fri. Oct. 25 County Compulsory Einstein Optional Meets Wed. Nov. 20 Einstein and B-CC* Tues. Nov. 29 Kennedy and Whitman* Wed. Dec. 4 Springbrook* *--home meets

John Werner, cheered on by Mary Etta Port, strides towards the finish of his 2.6 mile run in which he placed second. and 9 seconds behind the track record. This might have been improved, had he known the track better and not diverted from it.

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Spartans stamp Harker; 8-0 Building 011 two successful his head on a bounce and landed scrimmages with Woodrow Wil- within the scoring area giving son and Washington and Lee, WJ another score. the WJ Spartan soccer squad leiAt the next Harker kick-off, surely trounced a pathetic Har- starting the second haU,the Sparker Prep 8-0. tans once again collected the ball. After the first minute of play Driving up field toward the goal it was evident that the ball oRce again, one of the Harker wouldn't have any choice about defense-men intercepted the ball which side it liked __ Harkers. momentarily, butJorgeVillavenThree minutes later, after the cio took it over once more for ball had been brought for an the Spartans and scored. The assault on the Harker goal Ne- score now stood 5-0, and both jat Sarp slipped a well-a~roed teams began to lose interest. shot into the goal. Hitting again, after a brief Fancy footwork by Bob Barr · break in which the Spartan deand Al Montero relieving the fense got in a kick or two of Harker offense of the ball gave their own, Bob Barr took his turn Sarp his second shot. at the Harker goal and, as all being fast and hard, his predecessors,scored. Again and again the Spartan The second string had nc offense powdered Harkers• goal trouble at all in holding their with shots until George Weaver own against a pretty discouraged took his turn in assaulting the Harker team. To dump their goal and scored providing WJ spirits even lower, Octavio Jarwith a 3-0 lead. rin took his share of the total Meanwhile, on the lonely side of score by booting another hard, the field, Rick Farren waited fast ball past the goalie. and waited but rarely ever saw Al Montero, who had been the ball except from a distance, showing some pretty good footWhile, in the distance, Weaver work throughout the entire game, and Sarp kept the Harker defense got his shot at the goal and and goalie constantly movingwith brought the score up to 8-0. shots from the outside. During the Spartan•s second It seemed as if the team were and final scrimmage, against really thirsty for victory. Washington and Lee of Virginia, The next score (for WJ, of they had a day of leisure, By course) came as a gift from half-time tbe score showed 4-0, a Harker full-back. Attempting The second half continued much to elude the onrushing Spartan offense, this player decided to in the same manner with Jorge pass it to the goalie to kick up- Villavencio scoring the final goal field, but instead of kicking it to to bring the score to its peak, the goalie, the ball floated over 5-0.

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After battling to hold a 0-0 halftime draw, WJ•s Junior Varsity football team powered their way through a Viking defense to -a 12-0 victory over Walt Whitman Saturday, during a home game. During a recent interview, WJ JV Coach, Paul Tarasuk commented, "For the first game of

the football season, the team did fairly well, although they did commit the usual mistakes of a new team." The ·vikings also made mistakes, some, more serious than those of WJ. This not only balanced those made by the Spartans, but provided openings for scoring.

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u:r: quired quite an amount of skill since last year. Steve Horton at fUU-back also keeps the ball quite out of range of the Spartan goal. Rick Farren is rather questionable, since during the Harker game he nearly had to slap himself to keep awake. Cross Country Harriers opened their season with two successive victories, With John Werner leading the team, and Mike Johnson and Bill Osburn backing him up, they should go quite far; that is, if Werner doesn't get lost and depend upon someone to tell him the way. Ending this weeks column is a note of warning to all teams concerning ovel" - confidence:

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Bob Kunzendorf, SCA president, stated at the year's first SCA nieetingthatthis summer the, Faculty Council discussed the instigation of a dress code at WJ but decided to continue with the no-code system. Bob urged WJ students to dress reasonably. Bob announced that WJ will again host the Conference on American Civilization this year. Jamie Himel was nominated to act as general chairman of the conference, and it was reported that his nomination is expected to be ratified at the first meeting of

•If you're looking for something new and different to do, or if you're just plain hungry, then come to Pizza Night,• said Mary Wilpers, senior class secretary, •and get all you can eat for $1.25!•

Pizza Night, the new idea of the class of '69, will be held Tuesfay, October 1, from 6:30 to 9:30 P .M. in Cafeteria B. The senior class plans to buy a load offrozen pizzas and cook them in the cafeteria. Cokes will be on sale.

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In an attempt to remedy a lack of communication between SCA representatives and their homerooms, it was proposed that two homerooms be held each week to better facilitate th& flow of SCA business. The Executive Committee, which proposed the measure, will need to work with the administration to see if this schedule can be arranged before any further action can be taken. Ben Bialek announced, in the Vice-President's report,that because of the good school spirit this year the Pep Committee ·was completely sold out of buttons at this time. He said that the Activity Fair, which was can-celled last year because of the death of of Sen, Robert Kennedy; has been rescheduled for October 17 from 4-10 P,M, The theme will be Carnival 1900. Jim Bever, SCA treasurer, said WJ is now about $1600,00 in debt. However, an expected gift of money from the class of '68 should help to some extent, 1 said. The Snoball, WJ's annual Christmas dance, will feature Bob Brady and the Con Chords. chairman of Social Committee, Bob Sirkis,saidthat wj got the group for $660 and that imme-

A MEMBER of WJ's Class of 1968 a total of four nights . They were :; serves his "sentence" in front of charged with assaulting two hippies{,' Bethesda Hot Shoppes. Kirk Lawder They carried professionally made'] and Jopn Kirks (shown) were ordered signs saying: "I will never fight-- \: by a Montgomery County Peoples otherwise I go to jail," ·· Court judge to "picket" at Shoppes for :::;;:::?§.:::? \:::;:;.• ·.•.•

Police arrest three at SSWJ Two committees have been formed to investigate violence at WJ, after an incident at the SSWJ, Saturday, September 14. The incident involved three arrests and numerous students taunting police officers. Two of the three arrests were for disorderly conduct, the third for illegal possession of alcohol, as tension gripped both students and police the night of the dance. Almost 50 boys taunted the policemen as they made the arrests, and large-scale fighting was barely avoided. "This is the first time in thirteen years," stated Mr. Al-

student committee includes Jamie Himel, BobSirkis, Marllyn d Elaine orr. The Mathias, an f culty committee has not been a t chosen ye . _ The committees will look mto having controls at night activities, a procedurewhichhasnever had to be resorted to before. some of the choices are reinstituting student I.D, cards, having a guestbook, or selling tickets only in advance. "The teachers who chaperone these dances are volunteers," commented M!'. Swick. "If disturbances continue, they will probably retuse to come. We might have to eliminate open dances.• "The SSW J made $500 profit, but that doesn't really indicate ::i his honor Friday, Sept. 30. 'Jut! success,• commented Social party which was given by Peg Committee Chairman Bob Sirkis. Melville's International Exchange committee, took place at the !PHONE 656·2900 DEMMIE home of Valerie Grant. BLACKISTONE About 50 prominent students at ANO ASSOCIATES WJ were invited, but only about Florists and Floral Decorators 35 were able to come, accord7242 WISCONSIN AVENUE ing to Peg. Included were memBETHESDA' MARYLAND 20014 bers of the SCA Exec Council, ,,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,..,..,.,..,..,.,..,.,..,..,.,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,., Pitch Staff, class officers, Cheerleaders service clubs, and other , school organizations. "The purpose of the party was to introduce Henry to some of the students of WJ,• stated Peg. "I had a great time,• explainAUTHORIZED ed Henry, •but I knew most of MD. INSPECTION. the people already.• Both Val and Peg judged the RADIO - only $3.99 party a succes,;. •n really came with 8 gal. of gas off well,• replied Peg, and Henry 652-9764 agreed. -

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len Swick, v1ce-princ1pal, that we have had such problems. Of drinking course there has been and an occasional fight, but never • a group taunting the poli ce. Mr. Swick said that most of the students involved in the fight were from other schools such as Gonzaga, Carroll, Whitman, and Richard Montgomery, but the students who were arrested were from WJ; two graduates and one presently enrolled, After Faculty Council met, it was decided to form two committees, one student and one faculty, to investigate how to eliminate such occurences. The

The senior execs had a difficult time convincing the administration to okay their :::>izza Night because of the recent fights which have plagued night activities. Due to these troubles, some of the senior boys will be on patrol at the cafeteria doors to make sure that no one gets in without paying or causes any commotion. •we hope to make about $100,• Mary added, •which will go towards the senior prom fund.• Other upcoming activities of the senior class are the Homecoming, for which plans are underway right now, a bake sale at Back-to-Schoo 1 Night and the senior class play.

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