D AVolume LXIX No. 18 DARIEN HIGH SCHOOL, DARIEN, CONNECTICUT March 1970

The gravel and garbage of the Darien NorotonRiver bed-one of Darien's most polluted areas.

NEIRAD FOCUSESON

POLLUTION

"Junkie Priest"To Speak At DHS

Father Daniel Egan, known bymany as the "junkie priest", willspeak to the DHS student body inan assembly on March 19. FatherEgan will remain at the school fol­lowing the assembly to talk tosmaller groups of students whohave free periods. ,

Father Egan lives in GreenwichVillage, N.Y., at the residence ofthe Graymoor Friars, and is aboutto celebrate his Silver Jubilee,marking his twentififth year aspriest. He has worked for the pasttwenty years in the subculture ofcrime and drug addiction in NewYork City streets. His experiencesare described in John Harris'sbook, The Junkie Priest, which isin its tenth printing and will soonbe made into an internationalmovie.

Father Egan is the founder of theVillage Haven, the first live-in cen­ter in the country for the treat­ment of female addicts. He was ap­pointed by President John F. Ken­nedy to the White House DrugConference, and was named amember of the New York StateYouth Cordmittee by GovernorNelson Rockefeller.

__"ItS~.h6Ma8~ Mo.r~"",.church,Av.ill·host FatherEgan' for the eveningof March 19, where he will speakto parents and students. The publicis invited to this session, which willbeginat8: 15P.M.

FRIDAY THE 13th -WHY UNLUCKY?

Fear of the number 13 datesback to pre-Christian days. Thesuperstition that 13 is an unluckyfigure is traced back to old Norsemythology. Twelv'e gods had beeninvited to a banquet held in Val­halla. Loki, the spirit of strife andevil, came uninvited, thus makingthe number ,13. As a result, Balder,the favorite of the gods was killed.

Christ's last supper was attendedby His 12 apostles, as well as Jesushimself, therefore forming a com­pany of 13 altogether. Since HisCrucifixion followed, the numberthirteen was further believed to bean omen ofdeath and misfortune.

A more rational and less super­stitious explanation says that sta­tistical surveys show insurancecompanies that of any group ofthirteen, one person will die with­in less than ,one year.

Many countries which havesome Norse heritage and culture,fear the number 13. In France,there are no houses of that num­ber. After 12 there is 12112, andthen 14. Italian lotteries never usethe number 13. Even in America,land of science and technology,apartments and skyscrapers deletethe thirteenth floor, skipping from12 to 14. Many airlines omit thethirteenth seat on planes. Sailorsrefuse to sail on the thirteenth dayof the month. Even students try tocajole a teacher out of giving ascheduled teston that day!

By Craig Mason

Recent NEIRAD polls indicatethat most everyone is against pol­lution of our air and water. "Ithink pollution should be treatedas a crime,," waic one person. "It'ssickening:" said another. How­ever, they disagreed on how theenvironment can be cleaned up,and some thought that it is al­ready too late. A student, dis­agreeing with President Nixon'sstate of the Union address, arguedthat "It isn't the job of the govern­ment to take care of this. Industrystarted this, and industry ought toclean it up. We ought to enforcethe existing pollution laws." Thismay prove hard. This month, aNew York judge ruled that a ce­ment company which was pump­ing contaminants into the HudsonRiver could continue the practice.

One of those interviewed stated:"We have to control pollution be­fore we even think about cleaningit up." While this may seem logi­cal, many programs seem to focuson cleaning it up before thinkingabout controlling the amount ofpollutants allowed into the en·

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viornment. Most people, when toldof attempts to clean up the Hud­son river by means of vessels e­quipped with skimmers to pick upfloating garbage, had opinions likethis one: "What good is that goingto do if New York City dumpsabout 10% of its sewage into theharbor, without even treating it?""IT MAY BE TOO LATE," SAYSONE.

"We've run out of time on pollu­tion," one student said. "Maybe ifwe started in 1945, we could havesolved the problem. But now,there's so much pollution, there'sno place to put the pollutantseven if you could get them out ofthe air and water." President Nix­on, in his state of the Union mes­sage, sounded a more hopefulnote: "Clean air, clean water, openspaces. These were once the birth­right of every American. If we actnow, they can be." Speed seemsto be essential in the fight againstpollution. One of the people inter­viewed by this paper siad, "If wedon't unpollute now, we won't bealive to have a second chance,"

JAMES GANG APPEARSIN CONCERT

The D.S.O. presented the Jam­es Gang in concert in the DHSauditorium last Saturday night.The Smubbs, a four peice bandwith lead singer, offered an hour'smusic before the James Gang,much of which was original mater­ial.This group also manifesteda knack for performing old fav­orites in new and different fash­ions. Much of the audience' wascaptured by the entire feeling ofthe music, and at the end of theSmubbs appeanance, their excite­ment was rising steadily.

After intermission, at which sev­eral members of a Norwalk motor­cycle gang appeared, The JamesGang made its debut';'at DHS.Joe Walsh, the lead guitarist ofthe band, and undoubtedly one ofthe finest musicians on the coun­try, at once impressed the entireaudience with his brilliant guitarwork. Momentarily. many stuqentslost interest in the performance,which seemed to center solely onMr. Walsh, and walked out.

At it's conclusion, some studentsseemed visibly disappointed in theperformance of the James Gang.Many of them, it seems, went tothe concert with the sole idea of"psyching out" ,~s was the case

.with the Rhinocerog'coneeItsever­al months ago. Many more were 'annoyed with the drop in enthus­iasm following the change in thehard driving sQund of the Smubbsto theimRfovisatiQnal bl4es ofJoe Walsh. ,',', "However.Mr.Wal~h i~ tfl,lly a

fine <lUQ\ it~lent~ro~§l~l~p, ',asm,ost .0f~J,t.r:'a':Jd~~nce wUl *,~ree.HIS flOe" playmg wa§a, properclimax to a night of excellentmusic.

NEW FRENCH TEACHERAT DHS

By Pat Whitehead

Miss Catherine A. Connelly hasrecently joined the Foreign Langu­age Department at DHS. MissConnelly, who is replacing MissVivian Peeling, has recently com­pleted her graduate work at Ford­ham University in New"York. MissConnelly was born in Springfield,Mass., where she received her ed­ucation. She went on to get herMasters at B01:iton College and hastaught French for the past threeyears at Mercy College in DobbsFerry, New York. She is presentlyresiding in Larrytown, New York.

Dining at French restaurants isMiss Connelly's favorite pastime.She also loves the beach, and triesto take in all the French moviesand plays in the area. However,she has been busy with researchwork for her Doctor's degree and isstill writing a dissertation.

Miss Connelly enjoys the friend­ly, cooperative atmosphere atDHS, and thinks we have a lovelyschool and a fine system. NEIRADextends a warm welcome to MissConnelly and hopes that she findsDHS an enjoyable place to teach.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

One of the many numbt'rs in llll'greallottery of lift'.

help clean up our environment.If each one of us lends a hand incleaning up Darien parking lots,beaches. and store areas, we willbe taking the first step in com­batting pollution.

NEIRAD

NEIRAD is published bi-weekly by the students of1IH' Darien High School.

Editor-in-Chief Mark ManginiAssistant Editor Don KennerlyManaging Editor Lynn FrancesconiFinances and Advertising John ReichertzCirculation and Distribution Jean ButlerSports Editor Ross RhodesPhotography Eugene MyersFaculty Adviser Miss Cathy OsborneAdvertising Solicitor Peter BigelouPrinted by Darien Phototypographers

A LOOK AT THEPOLLUTION PROBLEM

Very seldom do we think that thefactories, industries, and trans·portation vehicles upon which wedepend to make our lives com­fortable, are aggravating one ofour leading national problems,that of pollution. The automobilein which everyone travels to work,to school, and to the corner storecontributes tremendously to thepollution in our nation, as well asin the world. Our rivers and lakes,necessary for animal and plant life,are the dumping grounds for wasteproducts of chemical plants andfactories. The same industrieswhich are creating our "miracledrugs" are emitting lethal gasesinto our atmosphere.

We too often take for granted thepurity of the air, water, and land.It has been found in recent studiesthat mortality rates from emphyse­ma are higher in the cities than inrural areas. Patients with chroniclung disease have had to leavetheir homes in Los Angeles be­cause of the noxious effect of thecontaminants in the air. Damageby smog has affected plant life intwenty seven states in the nation.In many metropolitan areas, eyeirritations plague the public.

Air, water, and land contamina­tion and their ensuing problemseventually will be dumped into thehands of the present youth. Ourgeneration will be· expected tostudy and to solve these socialproblems. If we do intend to al­leviate pollution, we must first beawlfre of the unclean conditionswhichexisL

Each student should simply lookaround. him,at our beach, stares,and drive in res~aur'ants. He couldnot help but notice the sea of filthand garbage surrounding thesestudentgathering places.

These unsightly grounds, in ad­dition to marring the beauty of thecount~, ~re damaging to publichealth. If our park and recreationareas are continu(illy contaminat­ed, there will be 'no green grass·land or mountain land to be enjoy·ed by the public.' The plant andanimal growth will probably becurtail~d. And how popular willthe new filmed-on-location-mov­ies, such as "Easy Rider", be withbeer" cans and cigarette boxesstrewn:Qn the roadside?

Pollution is our problem to solve.The simplest way for a student tounderstand and to begin to corr~ctthe problem is for him to helporganize, and participate in aclean-up campaign around. Darien ..NEIRAD encoura~es students to

TACTICSBy H. J. Fezell DearEditor:

~~y~Uf~:'~~:~;b~O':~~~~rnent I have been waiting three yearsto ,e ... to tell somebody some of the

se~es guarantee the ri,hts of Its things on my mind (Yes I do havecitizens. Hence, those With griev- ind' ) d I h 'ances against the establi hed _ a ~ . an. ave co~~ to thed s or basIc conclUSion that waltmg any

er, can petition peacefully, with- longer would not be frugal Sooutfearofpersecution. . ,heregoes. .

However, not all societies are Concerning Gym Class: I thinkfree. . that the wrestling sessions the

There are gover:nm~r;ats which males of this "institution of higherseek to oppress their Citizens, a~d learning" (laughter) have to gowhereb~, p,eaceful redress of gne- through are unnecessary, Not onlyv:ances IS Impossible, Under such that, they are cruel, inhuman,circumstances, tyranny becomes over-violent bestl'al d' t'

--------------.,..--------------1 the law. ' .. ' . ' sa IS IC,I I Wh ty . 1 . primitIVe, phySically repulsive,BRING THE WAR HOME . en ranny IS aw, revolution morally corrupting, nasty and

IS order. . I 1'· !. very unmce. rea Ise the Impor·.. By Nick Wey tance of human beings getting "in

. The only way to settle quest- touch" with other human beingsIons of a~ ide.ological nature or ON THE DOWNBEAT but isn't this taking matters ~controversial Issues among the BI d little too far? If this is somepeople is by the dem?crati~ met· ood, Sweat, an Tears coach's way to physical fitness,hod, th~ method of dl~cusslon, of - Where? I'll take physical decay, anydaypersuasIOn and educatlo~, and not By W. James Brockardt it's healt~lier. Anyway, some ofby th~ ~~thod of coerSlon or re- my bestfnends are boys, and I don'tpressIOn. As you may have noticed, like the idea of tearing the ---

Mao-Tse-Tung "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" have outta them. (Notice how I censor-And so the Vietnam Moratorium no.t put out an album for o~er ed that for you; wasn't that nice of

is on its feet once again, reaiy to thirteen months. Such. an action me?) If we m~st wre~tle I sug­show the President that not every- has left many people .10 a quan- gest very .heartily that It be madeone is in passive agreement with dary. As a result, I deCided to pur- co-educatlOnal; the Battle of thehim on the issues of war that face suethematterfu~her. Sexes, so to speak. Ann LandersAmerica today. Further protests I found no articles about B, S, may not approve, but what doeswill highlight the spring's act- and T, However, fr~m the depths s~e know about having a goadivities, with the draft chosen as the of my research, ,I discovered that t~e. But she does approve of ef­target in March, and the misprop- ~wo of the band s most outstand- flclencr· When ,you can get physi­ortionment of priorities, particul- 109 me~bers r~ce~tly played back ~ally fl~, combmed with a coursearly in regard to our decaying en- up for J~zz-gUltanst George Ben- 10 apphed sex education in oneviorment, in April. son on his new album Tell It Like swallow, THAT'S efficiency,

March 16-22 has been proclaim- It Is;, Lew ~olo.ff pl~yed trumpet Concerning lunch: I think thated "Anti-Draft Week" by the New a!ld Texas. Jim Fielder played paper trays and plastic utensilsMobilization Committee to End hiS Fen?er bass. When last in New are a real nifty idea.... First. youthe War in Vietnam. The Mobe is york C~ty I found out wha;t vocal- make the lunch fit to throwaway,a composite organization of people 1St DaVid Clayton Thomas ISyP to. t!ten you make the t~ays and forksof all ages and political affiliations He recorded an album on hiS own fit to throwaway so It can be donewho have at least one belief in and.as?fyetI~avenothe~rdit. . in ~ Deatlittle package. Now,common-a desire to bring Amer- ~mdmg a,n mcrement m my curl- thats ·efficj~..cy. Bravo, cooks.ican troops home now. With the O~lty, I deCided ~o phone an autho- YO~'\T~d·onei~again.new "lottery of death" and the nty on rock and Jazz, Steve O'Shay .. Concerni~g the teachers: Tea­prospect of an indefinite war.thro- from WCBS-FM. He Said, '~Well, .,c;:h,,~·Hah,'iTh~t~sa laugh. In thisugh:Vletnamization, everyone, es- take the Beatles. They've been to-~chC);Ol of hi8b~~ learning (laugh·peclally students, is becoming a- gether for ten years and so every- ter:)~ THEY ten;~you what to do;ware ~f an ever present problem one expects other bands to keep whe~ to eat, when ~o walk, whenthat IS encompassing so many together for that long. But the case to think, what to thmk, and whenAmerican lives. of 'Blood, Sweat, and Tears' is to visit -John. One thing for sure

The Mobilization's week will similar to the jazz and dance bands they'll never take my thinkingsJ;lonsor teach-ins, leafleting at of the thi~ies and forties. That is, processes away. Cause I don'thigh schools, visits to draft boards the guys 10 B, S, and T all want to have any. Got you there, Teachers!and induction centers, vigils, and~xplore their own potentials and In this school they don't teachdemonstrations. Their efforts will mterests. You know, they want to you anything, they just sort ofbe aimed at March 19 when nat- branch out rather than just focus .bore you into learning. Admitted­ionwide demonstratio~s against ~ OI~e narrow direction. But I ly, there are some good teachers.the draft will take place. Demon. Imagme that B, S, and T have a Some. How they managed to sneakstrations will include nonviolent strong contract with Columbia be- in I'll never know. Lets just hopecivil disobedience at draft boards cause they're just too good a band no more sneak in-if they do weinduction centers, an where locai to 'let go'. They should have a· might actually begin to like schoolgroups feel this type of protest nother album." and that'd be terrible. I'd have nowould be effective. The Mobe's Let's hope so, reason to stay home aQd watchmajor complaints against the draft Bullwinkle (and his friend Rocky)are that recent "revisions" have Well, I think I've just about haddone nothing but reorder the cal. my fill (and we all know what I'mender and alphabet and cut down filled with.) But remember this:on the number of deferments. We are the products of our en·Draft calls still remain high and vironment, and next to our familythe war goes on. the school is the single most im-. Behind ~ll the action, however, portant influence in our lives. Try

lies Mobe s central theme of ed. and laughthat off.ucating the people on another Well, i9U;,t go (and don't tell meyery dangerous aspect of Amer- wheFei~t(,;:gQ;l know where) M\'IC~'S growing military complex. math 'teacher has been conductingHigh school students who have not a six month "do it yourself" learn·

(Continued.on Page 3 col. 2) ing program, and its been driving~~~iNl~~"..~~",..=-=-1 me screwy. More than usual. that

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On April 10 and iI, "Arsenic andOld Lace" will come to life for thelucky people who spent $1.50 for aglorious evening of lightheartedentertainment.

Committee chairmen are busilyorganizing the many tasks neces­sary for the successful completionof a major play. These hardy peo­ple are Anne Walkley-Publicity,Norene Close and Cyndi Hawkins

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Theatre 308 is working hard tostrengthen its excellent reputationby a superb performance of "Ar­senic and Old Lace" on the DarienHigh School stage on April 10 and11. This will be a theatrical ex­perience not to be missed.

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The cast, under the direction ofMr. Jack Dahlby and student di­rector Dot Hotaling, is getting wellunder way toward giving a pro­fessional performance.

Abby and Martha, two of thesweetest little old ladies in showbusiness, played by Jenny Beachand Mary Miller, head an all-starcast including Molly Seagrave,Dave Tirpack, Louis Belford, TomBonaparte, Jamey Brockhardt,and many other experienced andwell-talented performers of theDarien stage.

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THE BLACK PANTHERSA CONSTRUCTIVEORGANIZATION

By Mike Sepe

It is fairly easy to create a feel"ing of paranoia towards a grouplike the Black Panthers. The factthat it is a black organizationhelps. J. Edgar Hoover, America'sflattest foot, has said that the Pan­thers are the most dangerous sub­versive group in the country. Theyare accused of being violent andmilitant. Yet, out of 383 racial dis­orders last year, only 17 involvedPanthers. They have set up break­fast programs in the. ghetto areasof most major cities, where mostkids don't know what a morningmeal tastes like. They have set uppolitical classes to give the ghettopeople an education in their rightsas citizens. They are agitators forsocial changes that have been duethe black man for over 100 years,

The power structure has re­sponded' abhorrently. Twenty­eight Panthers are dead, 19 ofthem killed by the cops, 300 are injail on a variety of absurd charges.This number includes party found-er Huey Newton, convicted on 1 I

manslaughter, although the ar-resting policeman said he neversaw a gun in Newton's hand. ThePanther 21 in New York have beenheld since last April without beingcharged, although unofficiallythere have been mentions of con­spiracy.

Many criticize the Panthers forcarrying guns..But the Constitu-tiongives the..' publ~c"the"'right tobear arms and in the past year it 11---------------------------­has become apparent that theweapons are necessary for self-defense against the cops. To thesupport the police action that isbeing taken against the Panthers,which resembles Gestapo tactics,is to give tacit approval to repres­sive actions which should not existin the free society that we are sup­posed to have.

If this nation lives long enough,and _finally grows up, we will beforced to face the Black Panthersas heroes, whom we killed be­cause we had no room for theheroism of those who wanted co­cial change.

We will face our own medio­crity as a justification for themassacre of people who were,whatever the validity of their poli-tics, bigger people than we allowto live in this country.

BRING THE WAR HOME(Continued)

reached the draft age and wish tocontribute to the week's effortscan sign the High School "Wewon't go" statements. These state­ments, in petition from, can be aneffictive means of pressure be­cause each signiture representssomeone (many of whom wouldturn in their draft cards if theywere old enough to have them)

_____________-11 who will say "no" to the militaryand not only cause the war mach­ine considerable embarrassmentand trouble, but also create theproblem of who will fight Nixon'swar.

If you wish information concern­ing any aspects of the comingevents, contact Dan Franz, co-chairman of the Darien Mobe. Heis circulating "We won't go" Pet­itions and will hopefully havebuttons and litterature.

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STUDENT STUDIESPOLLUTIONIN DARIEN

By Sue Sherman"Pollution is a major problem

in the United States, whick is onlyrecently being discussed."

Senior Sue Ratcliffe is one ofthe few DHS students currentlyworking on the problem of Pollut­ion. She is participating in the In­dependent Study program and willdetermine to what extent the wat­ers of Darien are contaminated.

Mr. Bajak is the faculty advisorfor Sue's Independent Study pro­ject. Mr. Vasquez, head of the Sci­ence Department, is helping Sueto learn to recognize different typ­es of bacteria in water, to learnthe techniques for handling bac­teria and the staining techniques.

Besides working on her Inde­pendent Study for two periods aday, She is the Dariannus facultyco-editor, and she works after sch­ool and on Saturdays. While deter­mining in what ways our water ispolluted and how we can beginto clean it up, she is working on acommittee to clean up the SeniorCafeteria.

"It was difficult to start my pro­ject at the beginning of the sem­ester, because of the weather."However, now that the spring iscoming and the weather is warmer,Sue can begin to collect samplesand grow cultures of bacteria toanalyse.

There is planned for April 22,a nationwide "Teach-in" concern­ing .,Pollution. This would be a day

':"""''OO'awakenthe comrnunHY as to tl1edetriment of pollution and to beginto do something about it. Sue'sfindings may be used to show towhat extent Darien's waters arecontaminated.

Sue hopes that more people willbecome aware of the problems ofpollution and the damage that ithas caused and will cause, if notthwarted.

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Maybe and hopefully we will geta crack at the title next year.Another important note: Next yearwill be our last in the WestchesterLeague, so come down to supportthe Blue Wave Hockey team. Seeyou all next year!

GIRLS BASKETBALLFINISHES 4-6

#1 In WIHlBy J. A. Vitti

For the fourth straight season, The Darien girl's basketballthe Blue Wave hockey team has team closed their 1970 season withwon the WIHL championship. The a 4-6 won-lost record.wavers posted a 12-1-1 record, 14- The team, despite a balanced1-1 including the playoffs, and scoring attack, lost to a strong'scored 64 goals to the opponents' 8. Wilton varsity. Led by Patty Mays

In the first of two playoff games . with seven points, and Kim Sween­for the playland cup, the Blue met ey and Pam Bateman with sixthe Mamaroneck team, who fou- points apiece the final score wasght hard. Willy Haynes scored the 23-32. The J.V.'s compensated forfirst Darien goal at 9: 00 in the for the varsity loss by reversingfirst period assisted by Phil Frank- the score 32-23. The scoring waslin and Ace Mikolasy. Mamaro- led by Judy Tanguy with tenneck came back with two goals in points.the 2nd period, and kept the Dari- Decisive action by captains Kimen fans standing until the last 9 Sweeney and Mary Miller scoringminutes of the third period when twelve points each was not enoughLin Franklin hit the twine, assist- as the girls lost to a quick Newed by Brother Phil and The Man Canaan team 29-42.Vernon. At the final buzzer it was Saturday, February 7, Dad'sDarien 2, Mamaroneck 2. Two Day, the varsity lost a tough gameovertime periods could not change to Staples 30-33. Scoring fourteenthe situation. It was time for penal- was Mary Miller.ty shots. The two Blue Wave co- Darien traveled to meet thecaptains, Phil Franklin and Mr. number one team, Brian Mc­David Devendorf held the fate of Mahon. Losing 39-51 despite athe Wave in their hands. Phil took twenty-one point performance bythe first shot and sent it past the Pam Bateman.Mamaroneck goalie. Mamaroneck Ending up the season Darienmissed their shot on a fine save played away at Greenwich A­by Dave. Phil took another shot. cademy. Winning decisively 29-21,It went in. We won the semi-final the girls were led by Mary Millergame for the Playland Cup. with ten points and Pam Bateman

Two days later we met White with eight.Plains in the final game for the 1-------------­Cup. I quote Ron Vernee, "WellJoe, we beat them on the ice andwe beat them after the game."

That was the story fans. At 7: 37in the first period, Ron scored,assisted by Lindly and Ricky. Aminute later Mikolasy scored thesecond Darien goal unassisted.This gave the Wavers a two goallead until the second period whenTom Palambo scored the loneWhite Plains goal unassisted.

The outstanding Blue defense­men, Swede Hanson, Ace Miko-lasy, Rob Morris, Don Harris and 1-1------------­

of course, Mr. Devendorf of thenets, staved off White Plains' at­tempt. We won the Playland Cup.

At he annual WIHL awards as­sembly, the Wavers of Dariencame home with almost all the a­wards. The team won the PlaylandCup, and the first place trophy.

Phil Franklin won the best Line­man award and the Coaches Cupfor sportsmanship. Phil, and BillHaynes were elected to the firstline of the All Star team. KirkHanson represents the Blue Waveas defenseman for the second line.On the third line are Rob Varney,Lin Franklin, Don Harris on de-fense and Dave Devendorfgoal.

Dan Doolittle, our coach, waselected Coach of the Year by hisfellow coaches.

After the regular WIHL seasonwe still had three Fairfield Countygames to play. On Feb. 19, we beatNorwalk, 5-1. This gave us a 3-2record in the Fairfield league andit looked like we were headed forthe State Championship.

Vacation and skiing did us in.The Monday of vacation week welost to Staples 2-1. This made itnecessary to play another gamewith Brien McMahon to see whogot into the state tourney. FridayMcMahon beat us 1-0. This killedthe State Tourney wish and leftus unable to defend our StateChamp title.

By J.A. VittiIf you go over to the gym one of

these afternoons, you will probablysee a bunch of guys playing catch.But they aren't doing it for fun.The baseball season officiallyopened on Monday March 2nd,and the men are getting in shapefor the upcoming season, whichpromises to be an interesting one.Members of last year's squad whoare returning include co-captainsBob Whelan and Jim Andreoli,both of whom are hurlers and dida fine job last year when the teamposted a ....... record.

Seniors are Len Duda, DennisGrimaldi, George Sposito, PeteWeller, Bob Bush, Ben Reuther,Bob Harrison, Howie Neuman andDoug Milne.

Juniors are Ned Farrington,Dave Foote, Bruce Fryer, JeffYares, Dave Hieronymus, MikeKeane, Doug Lawrence, Ray Lie­tuvninkas, Ed Maher, Ralph Saver­ine, Jim Tarantino, John Vasone,N.E. Warren, and Tom Whelan.

S'ophmores for the team are JeffBrameir, Jim Costello, Larry Hart,Con Die, Bob Brown, Kevin Lewis,Dan Libby, John Miceli, Ed Nad­riczy, Jeff Searer and Dan Vasone.

The season begins April 7th atNew Canaan.

BASEBALL SCHEDULE

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May1 DHS at Danbury A6 DHS at Ludlowe A8 DHSatTrumbull A

11 St. Catholic atDHS H13 DHS at McMahon A15 DHSatWarde A18 NorwalkatDHS H22 Greenwich atDHS H25 Ludlowe atDHS H

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DHS SHAKES SLEEPYHOUOW 65-31

By George Hill

The Darien High School TrackTeam ran over Sleepy Hollow atSleepy Hollow, New York, 65-31,on Thursday February, 19. TheBlue ammassed their points by tak­ing 9 out of 12 firsts, 5 seconds and4thirds.

The squad showed a great depthof distance runners as they sweptboth the 2 mile and the mile.Mike Fahey (mile) and Dan Franz(2 mile) broke the tape, Ed Swain(mile) and Bruce Jones (2 mile)finished second, and Kevin Leo­nard (mile) and George Hill (2mile) completed the sweeps.

Scott Rollins and Peter Kinnun­en took second and third ·respec­tively in the 880.

Peter Weith and Brian Lindnerfinished first and second in the440 yd. dash.

Allen Brunner took the onlyDarien place in the 220 yd. eventby placing second.

John Fitzsimmons and Don Ma­ley finished first and third in the40yd.dash.

The Sleepy Hollow high jumperswere out-classed by Brian Lindner,clearing 5ft. 9in.

Brian Lindner capped his day bywinning the triple jump.

The squad won all three relays.Dan Franz, Kevin Leonard, BruceJones and Mike Fahey out ran theSleepy Hollow 2 mile relay teamwith a time of 9: 23. The mile relayteam (Peter Weith, Rod Rahe,Peter Kinnunen, and Scott Rollins)compiled a time of 4: 04. A time of1: 53 was turned in by the 880 relayteam (PeterKinnunen, Scott Rollinsand Steve Harvey) .

Despite the one-sided score, theresults of the meet indicate theweaknesses of this year's squad.They will have to work hard toimprove upon these to remainnumber one.

There will be a home meet a­gainst Sleepy Hollow-supportyour team, it can make the dif­ference.

A MUSICAL DICTIONARYBy Mona Tone

Humbly Dedicated to L.F.(Without whose interferencethe time spent writing thiswould have been wasted.)

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