New SC Election Plan Parallels National One A convention system of elect­

ing a Student Council president and secretary has been designed to parallel in as many ways as possible the national election system.

Election delegates were elect­ed this week. Each homeroom elected two delegates and one alternate. The entire delega­tion of each homeroom complex win be made up of 20 delegates, 10 alternates, the 10 regular Stu­dent Council representatives for that homeroom complex, and one senior chairman, who will head the delegation.

In the entire school, 160 dele­gates, 80 alternates, 80 Student Council representatives, and 8 senior chairmen will be directly involved with regard to voting. Delegates are responsible for representing their homerooms in the convention.

. . . Meet March 11 The first meeting of all dele­

gates was held Thursday, March 11, when they received infor­mation on their duties as dele­gates.

Pre-election week activities will begin March 15 and 16 with "Meet Your Candidate" sessions

after school in room C-103. All candidates will be present, and all delegates. Student Council representatives, and s e n i o r chairmen are required to at­tend since this will afford them a good chance to ask candidates questions. These sessions wUl be similar to TV debates on the national level.

. . . Hold Caucus On March 17 each homeroom

complex wiU hold a caucus to decide which candidate it will support. (This does not mean, of course, that everyone in that homeroom must back or vote

was Vol. 1, No. 11 Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, ill. March 15,1965

Debaters Win, Qualify for State For the second time in thirty

years, Maine Township's varsity debaters winged their way to victory at the sectional debates at Forest View High School last Saturday. In winning third place they qualified Maine South for state debate compe­tition at Illinois State Univer­sity at Normal April 1, 2 and 3.

Andy Dyck, Chris Hoyt, Steve Karina, and Greg Knell repre­sented Maine at the all-day elimination rounds.

Lee Mortenson, Craig Ander­son, Nicki Sieveke, and Connie Brandt were alternates, but they did not debate.

The contest between the three major teams: Maine South, Ar­lington, and New Trier was close from the first round, and by the third round, Steve and Greg, the affirmatives, felt they might have taken their first three de­bates. However, results weren't announced until the fourth scheduled round was completed. Andy and Chris, of the negative team, felt confident that they, too, had done a good job.

After the fourth and final scheduled round had been com­pleted, the debaters gathered in the Forest View cafeteria to await announcement of the re­sults.

After a break for coke, fur­nished by the host school, the top ten teams were announced. Hawk debaters were in a three way tie with New Trier and Ar­lington Heights. All three teams had won eight contests and lost none.

It was then announced that according to state rules, an extra round would be held.

Maine South's affirmative would debate New Trier's negative; New Trier's affirmative would take on Arlington's negative; and Arlington's affirmative, would fight off the logic of Maine's negative.

At about 5 p.m., the three teams gathered in the cafeteria, where they were informed that each team's negatives had lost and they were again in a three-way tie.

The rules stated that the win­ner would be determined by the speaker points of all four de­baters on each team totaled from all ten rounds that they debated. Speaker points are given for adaption to opponent's

case, logic, organization, analy­sis, delivery, use of evidence, and rebuttal.

New Trier, Arlington Heights, and Maine South speakers had consistently received nearly per­fect scores throughout the five rounds of debate. In the end they were only a few points apart. New Trier finished first, Arlington second, and Maine South placed third.

Coaches Gerhard Remple and William Hoag wore enthusiastic about the results of the com­petition. Looking forward to April 2, they hope it is an in­dication of the showing the de­baters will make at Normal at Illinois State University.

Podium-pounding debaters contemplate their victory at Sectional and look forward to State. With their Sectional Award are Andy Dyck, Chris Hoyt, Greg Knell, and Steve Karina.

A

Oklahoma!' Dancers Corralled Twenty students were select­

ed as members of the Oklahoma dance chorus.

Ten cowgirls roped for the job are Ellen Lipsey, Connie Hueb-ner, Sue Hood, Donna Hood, Sherry Heiden, Rita Hayden, Chris Geisler, Jeanie Chamber­lain, Debby Butler, and Cheryl Acton.

Their sidekicks include Tom Walas, John P. Sally, Ed Neff, Joel Murdy, Jim Luety, Clay Holly, Denny Dolan, Jim Chubb, John Christiansen, and Bart Christiansen.

Miss Barbara Bobrich, who is guiding the students through their dance steps, commented, "Everyone is working hard. They ought to do an excellent job; the girls have plenty of zip, and the boys have the need­ed elevation."

Mr. Lloyd Spear, Music De­partment chairman, announced that Senior Kathy Moore has been appointed Publicity Direc­tor for the musical.

Practicing their routines for are sidekicks Ellen Lipsey

"Ok lahoma I " dance chorus and J im Chubbs.

for that candidate.) Decision will be made by secret ballot vote. Votes will be counted by Organizations Committee. Sen­ior chairmen will be notified of results.

March 18 marks the opening of campaign headquarters which will be open from 3:30 to 7. Headquarters will be open on March 19 from 3:30 to 7 and March 20 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The convention, based on na­tional conventions, will be held on March 19 during first and second periods. Roll will be called of all homeroom com­plexes. Each senior chairman, speaking for his homeroom dele­gation, may either nominate a candidate (according to reults of secret ballot voting), abstain, or pass to another homeroom. . . . Speech Follows Nomination

As a candidate is nominated, his campaign manager will make a seconding speech fol­lowed by the candidate's accept­ance speech. Following the candidate's speech will be a planned demonstration by not more than 25 of his or her sup­porters.

Election week begins on March 22 and will include gym decorating at 6:45 a.m., haU skits from 7:30 to 8, and head­quarters from 3:30 to 7 p.m. The same activities will take place on March 23.

Gym decorating and hall skits will continue on March 24 at the same times. Headquarters will be open on March 24 from 3:30 to 10 p.m.

College Counsel Tells of Awards

"•Ves, it is true that there are many scholarships avail­able. However, it is important that students' scholastic achieve­ment be high enough to war­rant the award, and at the same time, they must prove a definite family need," com­mented Mrs. Helen Stuart, col­lege counselor. Among some of the scholarships Mrs. Stuart was referring to are the following three.

The Forest Foundation will award a $500 scholarship to any student now attending one of the Maine Township H i g h Schools and planning a career in medicine. The applicant must be in the upper one-fifth of his class and have plans to enter a pre-medical school after gradu­ation. He will be required to submit the name of the college he wishes to attend and a list of goals he hopes to attain. Selection will be based primarily on scholastic records, but per­sonality factors will also be con­sidered. Deadline date for the award is April 15.

. . . Offer Girls $500 Two scholarships offered only

to senior girls are those by Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers' Society and the Park Ridge Panhellenic Club. To be eligible for the teaching scholarship, a senior girl must rank in the uppr one-half of her class, be admitted to an institution which prepares students to be certified as a teacher, be recommended by her counselor, and be able to present a reasonable finan­cial plan. Senior girls who meet these requirements should see their counselor in regard to the rules regarding application.

The Panhellenic Club Scholar­ship is in the amount of $500 and is offered to senior girls. In order to qualify, the appli­cant should write a letter ex­plaining future plans, past rec­ords, and her financial situation by April 1.

Maine South seniors interested in obtaining any one of these three scholarships should see their counselor for further de­tails.

. . . Final Assembly March 25 The final election assembly

will be held March 25 during first period and will include candidates' final speeches and speeches by present Student Council president Tim Sheldon and secretary Judy Price.

Voting will begin on March 25 and will take place during study halls and after school in home­room units.

On the closing day of election week, March 26, voting will con­tinue before school and during study halls until noon.

The Student Council banquet will be held in the cafeteria at 6 p.m. that evening, and the final event of election week will be the all-school jitney to be held at 8 p.m. the same eve­ning in the Spectator Gym. The highlight of the jitney will be the announcement of election

Key Club Holds Freshman Initiation

Initiation of new freshmen followed by the election of of­ficers for the 1965-66 school year highlights Key Club's ac­tivities this month.

During the month of March all freshmen boys are invited to attend the four meetings on Wednesday mornings at 7:30. At the end of the month, the boys who have attended all four meetings and have shown a sin­cere interest in Key Club ac­tivities will be asked to join.

After the initiation in March, officers will be elected for the coming year.

.Another project now underway is the decoration of the teach­ers' lounge. This project, under the direction of Mr. Joseph Stilp, head of the Art Depart­ment, will try to make the lounge more restful for the teachers. The room will be painted in different shades of green, and appropriate paint­ings will be selected.

Students: Meet Your Candidates

The entire student body is in­vited to a "Meet Your Candi­dates" assembly March 15 and 16 in C-103 at 3:30 p.m.

The meeting will be pat­terned after a press conference with students asking any can­didate for Student Council pres­ident and secretary questions about his qualifications and plat­form. The conference will give students an opportunity to eval­uate their candidates' ability, desire, and sincerity.

All homeroom delegates must be present at the press confer­ence on either March 15 or 16. Student Council representatives must attend the meeting on March 15.

interact Sponsors 'Stag or Drag'

Interact Club of Maine South will sponsor an Interact Club Dance on Saturday, March 20, from 8 until 11:30 p.m. in the Spectator Gym.

Tickets will go on sale next week in the cafeteria lobby during lunch periods for $.75. There will be tickets available at the door after 8:30.

The theme of the dance will be "Stag or Drag," and three combos will be featured as en­tertainment throughout the night. The Animal Men, the Malabus from the Sigma Chi fraternity concert at the Univer­sity of Illinois, and a "special surprise" will highlight the eve­ning. Dress is casual, and re­freshments will be served.

Page 2 S O U T H W O R D S March IS, 1965

Afterwords

Staff Praises New System, Feels Special Com. Needed

Cafeteria Rep Inspects Lunchroom with Wonder

by Cherryl Octon

"I believe, Mr. Chairman, that we of the great complex of C-108 have the support of EVER-y SIN-gle student when we nomi­nate the next president of Maine South's Student Council, the great John M. Smith from Dee Road—EVERYBODY'S candi­date!" will call the delegate. Shouts will ring out on the convention floor as supporters be­gin demonstrations.

Student Council's new election plan be­gan this week with the election of delegates to the nominating convention. Thinking be­hind the plan is well founded, and the plan should prove successful. Much credit for the organization should go to HiUary Rodham, Organization Committee Chairman, who originated the plan.

The delegation system of nomination is far superior to the old plan of nomination. "Meet Your Candidate" meetings allow for informal give-and-take between the students and the candidates. In the event that a pri­mary is necessary, the sessions will provide a much better basis for voting than the short

five-minute speeches given in the past. With 160 delegates involved in just the

nomination of the candidates, this system wUl allow for more direct student participation in the election. In addition, it affords students a better opportunity to elect officers as they will in our national government.

. . . Rules Enforced The only suggestion we have for Council

is a better means of enforcing election regu­lations—especially the $15 limit on campaign expenditures. In the past this limit has been completely ignored, in fact, last year one candidate spent over $300 on his campaign. This amount is ridiculous. A candidate should base his campaign on his superior qualifica­tions or ideas—not on his expensive tags or numerous posters.

We recommend that a committee should be set up for the sole purpose of enforcing this regulation.

The new plan is a step forward. We hope that council will take another step by en­forcing its own regulations.

Students Evaluate Council, Differ Sharply on Opinions

With the election of Student Council officers approaching, an analysis of SC's activities is in order. The purpose of this article is to present a picture of SC as seen by the student body. Administration, and Coun­cil itself.

To determine the opinions of the student body, Southwords has conducted a survey of stu­dent opinion concerning the pur­pose and achievements of SC, The Survey was conducted both by questionnaires passed out in homeroom and personal inter­views. Southwords wishes to thank homeroom teachers for their cooperation and students who expressed their opinions.

. . . Purpose is Service Most freshmen agreed that

the purpose of SC is, as one put it, "to improve the ways of the school." Most do not think of SC in its relation to the Administration, but in the ways it affects the school in general.

Almost all freshmen agree that SC is successful. The rea­son most often given for its success is the quality of its representatives. One member of the Class of '68 commented: "I t h i n k t h e representa­tives have helped contribute to Council's success. They have done excellent work in report­ing to homerooms, asking for ideas, and giving these ideas in full to Council."

Those who believe SC has failed give as their reason the representation. One student be­lieves: "It failed because the link between the student body and its representatives is so weak."

Sophomores are agreed that SC's purpose is "to better the school and show the thoughts of- students." Overwhelmingly, sophomores believe that SC has succeeded and that the reason is the energetic work of SC members.

A few students believe that "the Administration is too over­powering," but most feel that SC cooperates well with Admin­istration and faculty.

. . . Juniors Divided Opinion in the Junior Class

is sharply divided as to the purpose of SC. There is a feel­ing that SC should serve the school by cooperation with Ad­ministration and faculty. Pro­moting school spirit and work­ing for school unity were also

common answers. Juniors feel that SC has large­

ly failed. SC homeroom reports are generally better, though the quality may vary widely. Stu­dents believe that "more pow­er" would help it and that more effort should be made to keep in touch with the student body.

Seniors basically feel that SC's purpose is "to take care of .students' needs and to acquaint the Administration with student problems." Moreover, most sen­iors feel that SC has failed.

. . . Students Not Informed The reasons given for SC's

failure are many. The general opinion seems to be that though homeroom representation is bet­ter, the student body is still not well informed. One senior stated emphatically, "The student body needs to know what is being done and what needs to be looked into."

Some believe SC "doesn't rep­resent the whole student body." Others say that "it is too con­trolled by the Administration."

Many students have either no idea of SC's purpose or only a vague, confused one. This hon­est answer came from a junior: "I don't know what Student Council is or what it does. I only vote for kids 1 know."

Projects most often mention­ed as successful are V-Show and the Food Basket Drive.

. . . Conclusions Drawn On the basis of this survey

the following conclusions may be drawn:

Freshmen and sophomores are generally uncritical of SC; upperclassmen generally believe it has failed.

SC's quality is judged largely by its homeroom reports.

Homeroom reports are gener­ally better, though their qual­ity varies from representative to representative. This explains why they are both praised and condemned.

The student body feels a need to be better informed of SC's activities.

Students feel that SC lacks authority.

Students feel that SC should be more responsive to their wishes.

Students feel. that SC's pur­pose is to present their views to the Administration and to work with the Administration to improve the school.

. . . Feels Service Purpose According to Dr. Clyde K.

Watson, principal, the purpose of SC is to serve the school. "It has succeeded through such activities as the monitoring sys-

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The cafeteria inspector from Good Foods, Inc., was ready for them when they came. He was looking forward to inspecting a typical lunch period at Maine South.

When the bell rang, he hid in the Lost and Found so as not to be trampled by the thundering herd which stampeded into the cafeteria, threw down their books, and sprinted toward the lunch lines and snack bar. "Ah— that's where the action is!" the inspector decided.

Once located strategically next to the cash register, h3 observed the students. The first girl in line went wild when she saw-knives and real plates. She screamed, "The dishwasher's working!" and had to be car­ried away. The inspector asked the next boy in line what was the story, and the boy said con­fidentially, "Ever try buttering your bread with a fork?"

The inspector's attention was then drawn to an argument at the beginning of the line. The argument went something like this: "A hot dog!" "Type A lunch for 35 cents!" "A hot dog!" "Type A lunch for 35 cents!"

At the end of the line was one boy who seemed to be the epi­tome of impatience. He tapped his fingers, shuffled his feet, hummed, whistled, and rolled his eyes. His face was flushed, but his mouth was set in a de­termined line.

As he reached the head of the line, the inspector looked for the boy's lunch tray, but

saw to his dismay that the boy was holding only one lonely, in­significant carton of milk. As the boy walked away, he was heard to mutter, "Zzzzz sepa­rate milk line zzzzz used to have one zzzzz only wanted milk."

The inspector followed the boy into the lunchroom. He saw a rather strange sight. He said to the nearest efficient, cap­able-looking cafeteria monitor, "Tell me— is that student really touching his head to his knees in the lunchroom?" The moni-toranswered, "No, he's simply getting a drink."

With that, the inspector no­ticed two girls, one of them try­ing to console the other. As he walked a little closer, the sad girl was saying, "But the lady at the dirty-dish window was al­ways so friendly. Now there's nothing but a . . .a . . .a convey­or belt."

Her friend replied kindly, "Now, now, that's automation. You just can't get around it." Suddenly the bell rang and the crowd of students pushed back their chairs, jumped up, turned towards the doors (all in unison) and stampeded, leaving behind spilled milk, crushed apple cores, empty sacks, napkins— all on the floor.

So ends a happy lunch period. But wait—Where's the inspec­tor? Inspector, where are you? Faintly a voice is heard from the center of the mob forging ahead down the hall, "Stop, stu­dents, stop—I haven't had my lunch."

Saharas Billed with Top Stars "It seems unreal that we

have had so many fantastic op­portunities in the last few years," enthusiastically stated Mike Nilles, guitarist for the Saharas.

"It's hard to believe that the bands we read about and see pictures of in the news are really playing on the same stage with us!" Tim Nilles empha­sized. He continued, "The ce­lebrities we play with from the other bands are really swell."

The Saharas, who got their start as a group in 1963, have played throughout the Chicago-land area at parties, open houses, and dances. They got their first job at the Park Ridge YMCA and played at the Y-Dances for about a year. They then began playing regularly at the Niles Recreation Center ev­ery other Saturday night. Now they have been given a regular spot every Friday night at the Aragon Ballroom Teen Dances.

. . . Highlight Dances Groups such as the Riveras

have already highlighted the

Friday night dances with the Saharas; and such groups as the Dave Clark Five, The Kings-men, Jerry and the Pacemak­ers, the Kings, the Nashville Teens, and Jay and the Amer­icans are on the schedule for the following weeks.

The boys have also appeared with the WLS disc jockies while making these appearances. "The DJ's are really nice, and you can have a lot of fun with them. I remember once when we were playing 'Johnnie B. Good' and, Clark Webber came up on the stage and started singing with us. Every Friday night we find some kind of excitement!" bub­bled Tim excitedly.

The future looks big for the five Saharas — Mike Nilles, senior at South; Tim Nilles, junior at South; Tom Lochen, senior at South; Tom Griese-mer, senior at East; and Danny Pelliccioni, 1964 graduate of Eajt.

There may be even bigger breaks in store for them within the next few months, but right

Currently playing at the Aragon Ballroom are the Saharas, consisting of Tom Locken, Mike Nilles, Danny Pelliccioni, Tim Nilles, and Tom Griesemer.

now they are still too awed by all the new daily excitement of their own fast pace.

Concert To Be Given March 28

Concert Choir and Orchestra will be featured in a concert to be held at 3:30 on Sunday, March 28. The concert will be held in the auditorium. Student activity tickets and Music Boost­er cards will be honored for ad­mission.

The Concert Choir will sing "Hallelujah, Amen," by Handel; "I Hear a Voice .A-Prayin," by Houston Bright; "Soon Ah Will be Done," by William L. Daw­son; and "All Breathing Life, Sing and Praise Ye the Lord," by Bach. Continuing the pro­gram will be the seventeenth century English folk t u n e , "Early One Morning."

Kathy Tongue, concertmis-tress of the orchestra, will play "Symphonic Espagnole," b y Lalo, accompanied by the or­chestra. Kathy has been con-certmistress of the orchestra for three years and is presently studying at the American Con­servatory of Music in Chicago.

Southwords The official student ne\ 'spaper of

Maine TouTiship High School South, Pailt Ridge. Illinois. Written and edited biweekly by students of the high school. Subscriptions included with activity ticket or purchased separately at S2 per year. Editor.in-chief — Corrinne Schmid Managing Editor Kathy Moore News Editor Candy Dovraer.

Andy Dyck % Features Editor John Venson Sports Editor Lee KaufmanJi Business B€anager .. Ray Hilgermaim Art Editor Bruce Davis Assistant Bruce Uowle Reporters Cheryl Acton. " Bob BattagUa, Marianne But2. Robert Cycon. Rose Daly. Deanna Gedde. Gail Griifiths. Linda Haka. Tim Lind-gren, Lori Johansen, Phil McCullough. Leslie Padorr. Eaien Press, Linnea Priest. J u d y Projahn. Margaret Schmid. Pboio Editor Derek CUna Photograpben George Case.

Eric Carlson Advisor Mr. Kenneth Beatty

March 15, 1965 S O U T H W O R D S Pag* 3

F eggV/ George, Ron, Mike Toss Hats in Ring "Everyone can be a leader

in his own way," stated Peggy Jacobs candidate for Student Council president. "I would like to see the student body become more aware of our student gov­ernment and more involved in its activities."

She stressed the importance of communications b e t w e e n Council, the student body, the Administration, and the com­munity. Students could become better acquainted with the goals and projects of SC if they were

Peggy Jacobs

encouraged to attend all-school general meetings after school.

Peggy would like to organize bi-monthly meetings between SC leaders and the Administra­tion. She feels that these re­ports would solve the biggest difficulty in teacher-student re­

lationships, lack of communica­tions.

Peggy emphasized, "Student Council is a service group to the school. It's main objective is to promote and continue pro­jects in relationship to the stu­dents and the community. Of course, there are many prob­lems that come up. We can't solve them all, but we can and must try."

One problem that Peggy is concerned with is the lack of communication between repre­sentatives and their homerooms. She feels that duties of a repre­sentative should be explained and understood before the rep­resentative elections are held. She also suggests that request­ing homeroom teachers to sign all motions from SC would serve as a check to make sure representatives are doing their job.

As another service to the school, the community, and the students, Peggy would like to establish an SC-sponsored Youth Court. The purpose of the court, composed of an all-student jury, would serve as an alternative to police action against a stu­dent who has committed a mis­demeanor. The court would pro­vide another link between the school and the community.

Peggy has served as an elec­ted representative of SC all three years, 2 years on Organizations Committee, and one year on AFS Committee. She is an AFS semi-finalist. She has had ex­perience not only in Council it­self, but she has been active in many other student activities. As a sophomore, she served her class as vice-president. She has

been on the cheerleading squad for three years and was cap­tain her junior year.

Peggy feels that the SC presi­dent should be "well-rounded in all areas of student activity." She is a junior leader and has been a member of Brotherhood Society since her freshman year.

Her junior year she was one of two Maine East representa­tives to the Illinois State Art­iculation Convention at the Un­iversity of Illinois She maintains an A- average and is 41 in her class.

George Cantonis "Student Council is the tool

of the student," emphasized George Cantonis, candidate for SC president. "My main pur­pose will be to bring Council as close to the student as I can. If it drifts away, it be­comes useless.

Sue Stresses Experience, Paulette Begs Participation

Sue Henkin, candidate for Stu­dent Council secretary, is ex­perienced in all aspects of Stu­dent Council.

As Public Relations Chair­man, she has been in charge of some of SC's biggest projects. Busy Signal, Christmas Food Basket Drive, and the Get-Ac­quainted Dance. Not only has Sue served on SC and Public Relations Committee for two years, but she has been a mem-

Sue Henkin

ber of Girls' Club Council and Class Council for three years, and Pep Club Council for one year.

However, Sue feels that J "working with SC itself is the

most vital experience a secre­tary can have." As a member of the SC Cabinet, she has

N worked with the officers and gained "valuable knowledge of the inner workings of Council."

This year Sue was one of two representatives to the State Leadership Convention at the University of Illinois. She feels that this gave her "valuable experience in meeting people and knowledge of the hows of

personnel leadership." Sue hopes to improve rela­

tions between SC and the Ad­ministration by having meetings with the faculty every few months. She feels the "faculty would- not be so apt to criti­cize if they were better in­formed about SC's work."

Sue wants to organize a clinic for freshmen and new repre­sentatives, where they would be taught how to give effective homeroom reports.

"Student Council needs to in­augurate a more effective sys­tem of checks and ratings of representatives. This is essen­tial if the student body is to be well-informed about the activi­ties of SC," she pointed out. "The minutes of all meetings should also be available to the student body."

She stated she would like to see off-council brought back. "It gives interested students a chance to take part in SC ac­tivities."

Heading Sue's campaign are Carol Farley and John Kirch-hoff.

Paulette Pamell, candidate for Student Council secretary, hopes to interest the entire stu­dent body in SC and its activi­ties—not only during election week, but all year round.

"I feel I am well-qualified for secretary," stated Paulette. "I have been an elected member of Student Council for two years and have served on Public Re­lations and Organization Com­mittees.

Among her many activities, Paulette has been a Mariner for three years and is a junior leader. She has served on the organization committee for the "As You Like It" dances at the YMCA. She was on her sopho­more class paper staff and has been on the honor roll. She

also helped to organize inter-school convention evaluations, monitoring and coke sales at V-Shows, and bonfire the pep rally.

She has taught weekly swims for the handicapped at the Des Plaines YMCA. As a result of

"I plan to keep SC closer to the student with an off-council that is more effectively de­veloped as a working commit­tee," he continued. "Also, I want to open up our projects. Speaking with the insight gained from being an outsider last year, I feel that Council pro­jects are rather closed. I would like more than surface involve­ment. Projects should be open to off-council and anyone else who wants to work on them.

"For example," he pointed out, "Traffic Court, committees, and their chairmanships are open to everybody, but students never seem to take advantage of this fact to participate.

"My first job will be to en­force the constitution," he add­ed. "We have set the basis this year. Once Council functions as a strong, united body with as little division between the two houses as possible, the student will be able to involve himself. The rest is up to him!"

George, who has been active on Service Corps this year in Council, has a 3.6 grade aver­age. He is taking two acceler­ated courses—physics and Eng­lish—as well as college algebra and U.S. history. He has been on the A honor roll twice this year and on the B honor roll every quarter of his first two years.

George also has served for two years on Pep Club Council and is president of his church youth group.

"I have gained tremendous experience from my two years on Pep Club Council," George stated, "especially in problems with school spirit. I still feel that one year on SC is my strongest qualification. I have the best SC experience because I have watched it grow from nothing and have seen the de­velopment and passing of the constitution.

"I feel that I am best quali­fied for the presidency," he con­tinued, "because I can take an objective view of Council. I can take criticism from last year and apply them to SC's develop­ment. These improvements could be ingrained to create a stronger Council from the foun­dation that now exists.

Paulette Parnell

this experience, she feels that a good project for Student Coun­cil would be to bring entertain­ment such as V-Show acts and plays to old people's homes and orphanages.

"I get my pep and enthusi­asm from cheerleading," re­marked Paulette. "I was on the frosh-soph cheerleading squad, and I am now captain of junior varsity."

Paulette believes that a good secretary must be enthusiastic and really want to do a good job. "She must understand what is happening and accurate­ly report the minutes of previ­ous meetings to council mem­bers."

Paulette stressed, "My main goal is to make Student Council a stepping-stone between stu­dent body and Administration."

Ron Grove

"I want the school to be united as a whole," stated Ron Grove, candidate for president of Student Council, as he out­lined his platform. "I would like to see a relationship with the Administration, more school spirit, and better sportsman­ship."

Ron advocates an honor study hall, —a study hall composed of students picked for ability rather than popularity, more student monitoring, and an offcouncil "for better representation of the students."

"Also, I am planning more projects to involve the entire student body so all can take part by really working," he emphasized.

During this year on Student Council, Ron has instituted a new monitoring system of which he is chairman. "This system

cuts down on vandalism and controls traffic in the halls," he explained. "There are as­signed, numbered monitor sta­tions in strategic spots. Moni­tors wear identifying badges and fill out forms to report offenders."

The suggestion box in the bookstore was also Ron's idea. He took responsibility for the details of its creation. "This suggestion box should better correlate students with the Ad­ministration by bringing out the ideas and feelings of the student body," Ron pointed out.

His campaign managers are Sandy Rasmussen and Tom Ebeling. "Being the head of and organizing two committees has placed me, I feel, in a very capable position for SC presidency. I am aware fo the sense of responsibility and the leadership to perform the duties of the office," Ron concluded. If I am elected 1 will do my best to fulfill them."

MikeO'Mar

"One of the main objectives of the president of Student Council is to present student views to the Administration," emphasized Mike O'Mar, candi­date for SC president. Mike feels that Council should have a more open attitude. "There is not enough said and done in Council that is open to the whole student body. If the stu­dents were better informed, there would be more participa­tion.

Mike believes there should be a five-point penalizing system for representatives. One demer­it would be given each time a member failed to report to his homeroom at least once a week. Five demerits would mean sus­pension.

To generate student interest, Mike would like to see off-coun­cil brought back. This would give more students a chance to participate in Council pro­jects. Mike also believes com­mittees should be open to non-council members.

"Interest should be generated not only between students and Council, but between Council and the Administration." Mike would like to see a five-man committee organized to report and discuss Council ideas with the Administration.

Mike has served on SC for two years and Class Council for one year. His experience on Council includes membership on the Service Corps, Sportsman­ship, and Foreign Evchange Committees. Membership in three of council's major com­mittees has given Mike know­ledge of what Council can and should accomplish.

Mike has been active in all areas of student activities. He has been a member of Boys' Club Council, Young Life, and Debate Club. He has also par­ticipated in athletics and has been on the football and gym­nastics teams for three years and the baseball team for one year. He is a Sunday School teacher and chairman of his church youth group. Mike main­tains a B average.

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Modern Facilities Provide On-the-Job Training Business education has the

responsibility for providing ex­periences which will help pre­pare youth for living at home, performing on the job, and par­ticipating in community affairs; for providing the individual with the necessary skills and knowl­edges for initial employment; and for helping individuals to develop a better understanding of the business world and their relationship to it.

The business education pro­gram has been organized to en­sure vocational competency and sound social and economic un­derstandings on the part of those pupils who select the pro­

gram for occupational purposes. Through the program, non-busi­ness pupils, who have selected business subjects for personal use, gain a general education background.

Business Education at South is housed in one of the most modern and up-to-date facilities in the country today. The tax­payers of Maine Township have supplied the equipment, tools, supplies, and surroundings to accomplish learning. Seven of the eight teachers in the Busi­ness Education Department have master's degrees; the oth­ers will start tvork toward them this summer.

As Sandy Saewert (far right) learns duplicating skills f rom Mr . Don Parr, Barb Truinfol, Pat Walker, Janet Patt i , and Sandy Wahl learn accounting skills on new rotary calculators.

Click! Buzz! Whi r r ! Mr . Loren Stuvick (background) watches as his class of budding typists works busily at copywork.

The stenographic laboratory is equipped with a four-channel tape recording console with each of thirty-two "L"-shaped desks equipped with head sets and volume controls. The teacher selects the material from the four tape desks which the stu­dents must master. Pre-record­ed tapes furnish a wealth of material for student-use. This process eliminates direct dicta­tion by the teacher and releases him for supervision of the class­room. Help with individual dif­ficulties is one of the greatest assets of this system.

Two modem typewriting

Future Teachers Attend Caucus

In a general business meet­ing to be held on March 17, the Future Teachers' Club plans to elect next year's president and to select delegates to the Illi­nois State Future Teachers' As­sociation Convention to be held at Decatur on April 2 and 3.

"We hope to send three dele­gates to Decatur; among them will be our president-elect," stated Kathy Jacobson, club president. "They wiU partici­pate in the election of state of­ficers and have the chance to meet delegates from the other schools in Illinois."

Kathy went on to say that the delegates will be able to observe the activities of the state asso­ciation and develop new ideas for achieving the real purpose of the club, "to stimulate young people in the teaching field."

Kathy pointed out the similar­ities between South's own Stu­dent Council election and the state elections. The nominees issue various campaign litera­ture just as SC nominees do. The actual voting takes place at Decatur after supporting speech­es are given.

SC

Offering assistance to one of her stenographers, Mrs. Mabel Harkens keeps a watchful eye on her students as they receive dictation.

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2) tern and sponsoring V-Show," Dr. Watson stated.

He believes that SC should be complimented for the time, effort, and the spirit it has shown for the school. Dr. Wat­son also feels that, however good SC is, it can be still bet­ter.

Three improvements Dr. Wat­son feels might be made are more time spent in planning the agenda for SC meetings so less time will be wasted in meetings, better means of com­munication with the student body, and more emphasis on promoting school spirit.

Dr. Watson emphasized that he believes SC has done a fine job and that it should always be willing to do an even better one. Though the Administration may offer suggestions, it is up to SC to improve itself.

. . . Suggestions in Order "It is not our position to dic­

tate to them what they should do, though I will be happy to consult Council leaders and of­fer suggestions," Dr. Watson stated.

SC President Tim Sheldon emphasized, "Council is a serv­ice organization. It acts as a means of communication be­tween students. Administration, faculty, and office personnel."

Tim believes that SC showed its value in regard to cafeteria problems. SC presented stu­dents' views, explored prob­lems with the cafeteria staff, helped bring about certain changes, and explained to stu­dents why others could not be made.

Tim gives as examples of successful SC projects Busy Sig­nal and the Food Basket Drive. SC this year has been largely concerned with setting up a permanent organization rather than with initiating new pro­jects.

rooms have been furnished, one with all electric typewriters, and one with all manuals. Many audio-visual aids are employed in these classes. The EDL pro­jector with film strips is used to teach the class. Overhead projectors, speed charts, type­writing charts, and many other teaching aids are utilized in the typewriting classes.

Accounting and clerical book­keeping are taught in a room equipped with ten-key adding listing machines, Cram book­keeping charts, and six drawer-keyed desks.

The demand in the commu­nity for highly trained clerical and office workers is supplied to a great extent by stenogra­phy, advanced typewriting, and clerical office practice classes. The clerical office practice room is housed in a large, tastefully decorated, well-lighted room, with many storage facilities. Ro­tary calculators, key-driven cal­culators, ten-key adding listing, printing calculators, comptome­ters, bookkeeping machines, dic­

taphones, filing equipment, dup­licating machines, electric and manual typewriters, teletrainer, and many other teaching ma­terials are furnished for the benefit of the strident.

The instructional center con­tains a small office for each teacher, department chairman's office, study carrels, sound proof booths for tape-making, both electric an manual type­writers, overhead projectors, copying machines, adding ma­chines, dictaphones, filing equip­ment, tape recorders, table-phones, and secretarial desks and tables for work space. This is the nerve center of the de­partment. This facility is unique in business education de­partments.

Electronic data processing equipment is available in the district, and in the future stu­dents will be allowed to become familiar with this equipment. Both business data processing and computer programming have been proposed courses of study.

Mrs. Mabel Harkens sets the master control tapes as members of her stenography class prepare to receive dictation.

Miss White Finds Corps Give and Take Process

"To get the most out of the Peace Corps, you must be pre­pared to understand a foreign people and yourself, for you are learning from the people at the same time they are learning from you," said Miss Gail White, who has just returned from four months of Peace Corps work in Columbia.

Miss White emphasized, "The only way you can understand people in other countries is in the country itself. In Columbia only a small percentage are wealthy. The majority are very poor. In the Peace Corps you get to know the people, work with them, and learn to under­stand their problems."

Her Peace Corps training last­ed 11 weeks and included stud­ies in Spanish, history, and ec­onomics, as well as physical ed­ucation and health. She spent five more weeks in a Mexican section of Kansas City. There she did social work, became ac­quainted with the people, and accustomed herself to the en­vironment.

During her four months in Columbia, Miss White lived in a barrio (suburb), five miles from Bucaramanga, near the Vene­zuelan border. Primarily con­cerned with community develop­ment, she helped the junta (lo­cal village b o a r d ) to plan money-making projects and to install a new water pump. She also taught English to young girls. Miss White is now a sub­stitute teacher living in Park

Ridge. She plans to teach full-time Spanish next year.

HQ Announced Headquarters for Mike O'Mar's

presidential drive are located at the following places: Sally Wirth, 1848 Stewart Ave.; Carol and Connie Mack, 1226 S. Western; Kathy Rodgers, 930 N. Washing­ton; and Caron Tiberi, 409 Dee.

Campaign officers for Peggy Jacobs, a presidential candidate, are found at: John and JUl Foy­er's, 17 Elmore; Katie Huff's, 315 Chester; Bruce Roth's, 1331 Brophy; and Jan Turleys, 917 Goodwin Drive.

Presidential candidate Ron Grove's headquarters are located at George Vee's, 1430 Granville; Ron Gorve's 1130 S. Home; and Steve White's, 100 GiUick.

George Cantonis, another can­didate for president, has his headquarters at: Sharon Stroth-er's, 189 Edgemont Lane; Kris-tie Pederson's, 1860 W. Crescent; and Diane and Bob Holz's, 309 S. Chester.

Paulette Parnell, second sec­retarial candidate, has her head- '* quarters at: Sue Stackley's, 629 N. Hamlin; Penny Kauss's, 901 N. Prospect; Jackie Grote's, 729 S. Hamlin; and Steve and Chuck Richard's, 103 Gillick.

Sue Henkin, secretarial candi­date, has her headquarters at: Jane Klancnik's, 1843 Stewart Ave.; Maggie Friend's, 321 N. Home; Sue Kindall, 824 S. Clif­ton; and John Davis, 426 Mer-riU.

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Center-Stagers Prepare for 'Mouse' April 23 The Center-Stagers, a local

drama group, will present The Mouse That Roared by Leon­ard Wibberly as its next pro­duction. The play will take place on April 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. and on April 25 at 2 p.m. in the Washington Elementary School Auditorium,

This theatrical group is spon­sored by the Park Ridge Park District and directed by Mrs. Ethyl Libkin. Student director for Mouse is Linda Barth,. a veteran performer of the group. John McCallum is the stage manager.

The cast of the production consists almost entirely of ex­perienced members, predomi­nantly of high school age.

. . . Cast Leads The male lead of Tally Bas-

comb will be played by Tom Paroubek, who also played in a p r e v i o u s production, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Gloriana III will be played by Diane Reporto. Mrs. Bascomb is to be played by Linda Reid-land, and the part of Count Mountjoy will be played by John Waldron.

The list of cast members con­tinues with Jeff Kroon, who will play the part of the German scientist. Tom Mulligan is to be played by Dick Katschke, and Steve Quast will take the part of the President of the United States. Terry Maloney will play David Benter, and Randy Salo has been cast as Mr. Boston.

. . . Predict Success Terry Maloney, president of

C e n t e r-Stagers, commented, "Our cast for Mouse is one of the best we've ever had. Their past experience in other productions have made them all seasoned performers. We're go­ing to have a great show!"

Linda Reidland, publicity di­rector, summarized prospects of the play, "With the fine kids we have in the group, and the hilarious plot of Mouse, our next play will be well worth seeing!"

Tickets for The Mouse That Roared, are available from any of the members or the cast. They will also be on sale at Globe Music in Park Ridge, as well as Scharringhausen's Phar­macy. The prices are $1 for adults and $.75 for children.

Positions on various produc­tion crews for the play are still open. Any students interested in becoming a member of the Center-Stagers is invited to at­tend a rehearsal on Tuesday or Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the South Park Field House.

Tully Bascomb, leader of Grand Fenwick's forces, orders his men to open f ire on the American general as they invade New York City. From left to right are: Tom Paroubek, Denny O'Connor, Kevin Fitzsimmans, Teddy Donahue, Steve Crowe, and Dick Katschke.

Seniors Prepare Slides, Tapes For Use In Sweden, America

Five seniors have begun prep­aration of a folio consisting of 35 colored slides and tape re­cordings in Swedish and Eng­lish depicting life at South. This folio is the major project of Sigma Chi Sigma, honorary reading society.

George Case, photographer; Ray Hilgermann, president; Ka-thy Moore, publicity director; Andy Dyck; Karl Franson, Swedish exchange student; and Miss Rosemary Case, sponsor; met with Dr. Earl Wiltse, su­perintendent of district schools, to discuss and plan the folio as well as other projects.

"We were delighted when Dr. Wiltse, founder of the reading society, agreed to narrate the English version of the tape," stated Ray.

George will shoot slides dur­ing the next two weeks; mean­while, Andy, Kathy, and Ray will write the script. Included in the folio will be pictures of the library, a basketball game, a physics lab, the auditorium,

Brass Rail Hosts 'Medieval Mist'

The Brass Rail of the Sheri­dan Motel will be the site of the Senior Prom, "Medieval Mist," on Friday, June 4, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.

"The prom will feature Benny Sharp and his band with a fe­male vocalist," stated Jeff San-tino, prom chairman. "Through the help of Bernie Camniarata, we were able to get a comedy act, Johnstone and Betty, who have appeared with Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan, and Elvis Presley, among others."

Jeff also spoke of the other preparations being made for the dance. He said that the bids have already been ordered and that the invitations will be ad­dressed by a committee in the near future.

Pictures of the Brass Rail will be set up in the display case outside the Southwords office.

orchesta, Student Council, and art rooms, and cuttings from such productions as Life with Father, V-Show, and The Im­portance of Being Earnest.

"When the script is finished, Dr. Wiltse and Karl will record the tapes in WMTH at Maine East. Karl will take an English version to use in English class­es in his Malmo high school as well as an Swedish version to use when he makes speeches.

. . . Other Projects Planned The group presented other

plans for Dr. Wiltse's approval. Under consideration are plans for the nationalization of Sigma Chi Sigma, a book drive for Appalachia, and student service projects in orphanages and nurs­ing homes.

The book drive, to be pat­terned after the one at Maine East three years ago, is espe­cially timely, since the National Congress of Parents and Teach­ers has recently announced its plans for a book drive. They hope to collect one million books to send to the Appalachia area where there is a need for books in libraries and homes.

An outline has been drawn up as a pattern for forging Sigma Chi Sigma into a national or­ganization. Basically, national chapters will follow the pattern set by Maine South's club.

"With 88 silver-key members and 43 gold-key members, this has been our most successful year," commented Miss Case.

Society Selects Members, Sponsors Initiation Tea Juniors and seniors chosen

for National Honor Society will receive their announcements in homeroom on March 22. March 25 there will be a tea for all new members, according to Mrs. Farmer, sponsor.

Students are selected by their teachers for achievement in four areas—scholarship, service, lea­dership, and character. Students must first meet the scholarship qualifications before they are eligible for selection. .All seniors with a B average or better are eligible for election to National Honor Society after the seventh semester. Juniors in the top 5 per cent of their class, with no previous grades lower than a B, are also eligible.

A list of all students who qualify scholastically is sent to the teachers. Teachers may vote for any student they know. They rate a student from five to one in each of the four areas. Stu­dents must be recommended by at least three teachers. Scores are based on the average com­

pilation of the three ratings. The top 15 per cent of those seniors eligible will be admitted to National Honor Society.

Juniors and seniors will re­ceive their announcements in homeroom Monday, March 22. March 25 there will be a tea for new and old members. Art Curtis, club president, will ac­quaint the members with the goals and projects of the so­ciety. Members are required to wear Sunday dress—suits and ties for boys. John Peavoy is in charge of the entertainment.

The German scientist roars his disapproval as his house­keeper trys to calm h im. From left to r ight are: Linda Reidland, J im Bauman, Jeff Kroon, Lee Brainerd, and Randy Salo.

Tully discusses his plans for attack on the United States with heads of state and Duchess Gloriana I I I . From left to right are: John Waldron, Karen Hansen, Diane Reporto, Margaret Cahill (standing), Debbie Carlson, Tom Paroubek, and Pete Schroeder.

Mainite Group's Purpose Defined as Non-Politicar

by Lee Mortenson There is an organization in

Park Ridge whose stated pur­pose is promote patriotism and to combat apathy among young people. The name of this group, which is independent of the school, is Mainites in Motion.

"Mainites" was founded in 1960 by Mr. Paul Carlson and Mr. John Thebault with the idea that it be an educational, not a pohtical, organization.

. . . Propaganda Lacking I went to one of their public

meetings in the auditorium at the Park Ridge Public Library. There 1 found that I was not politically propagandized as I had expected. Mr. Carlson, the sole director of the meetings, simply introduced at the Janu­ary 27 meeting, Mr. Anton Ros-siny, the German Cultural At­tache who had just come to Chicago two weeks before after spending five and one half years

Movie Depicts Drop-Outs A movie depicting the life of

a high school drop-out was pre­sented to the freshman class during a guidance assembly Monday, March 8. The movie traced the life of a typical drop-out from early in his life in school.

When the drop-out leaves school, he finds a different

kind of world waiting than he expected.

The movie pointed out that the drop-out is lucky if he can get a job. He is always the last to be hired, the first to be fired. His income is not good enough to maintain the kind of life that he had lived before he dropped out of school.

in the German Corvsul in the Asian country of Burma.

He spoke fluently and freely on the U.S. standing in both West Berhn and Asia. This dis­course was followed by a 45-minute question session in which I was able to satisfy my curiosity about the situations in those countries.

. . . Talks With Teacher While attending a s e c o n d

meeting February 10, I talked with Mr. Carlson after listening to the Nationalist Chinese Con­sul General of Chicago speak.

From a two-hour discussion, I found that "Mainites" has no regular members and that the term "organization" does not really apply. There is no due-paying membership. There are no political affiliations. Despite the opinions of some liberal teachers at South, Mr. Carlson, a history teacher at East, told me that "Mainites" was con­ceived by himself and was founded for the purpose of edu­cation only.

At the two meetings I at­tended I met people from all three Maine schools, who, like myself, wished to inquire and see if they could be enlightened. The time of the next meeting has not yet been announced, but I suggest to those of you with some intellectual daring and some personal gall, that you attend and observe for your­self.

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Hawks Fly Over Ridgewood Sink in Sea of Shamrocks

Larry Wiseburn hooks a shot toward the basket against Ridgewood. The Hawks won 78 to 41.

Maine South Track Schedule

Date Day Apr. 13 Tues. Apr. 17 Sat. Apr. 20 Tues. Apr. 27 Tues. May 4 Tues. May 8 Sat. May 11 Tues. May 14 & 15 May 18 Tues. May 22 Sat.

1964-1965 Opponent Place Teams

WestLeyden There V - F.S. Quadrangular at Maine West Morton West There V - F.S. Proviso West Here V - F.S. East Leyden There V - F.S. District Meet NilesWest Here V - F.S.

F r i . & Sat. State Meet Willowbrook Here V - F.S. Conference Meet

Time 4:30

4:30 4:30 4:30

4:30

4:30

South's first basketball sea­son came to a close quite abruptly last Thursday when Coach Bernie Brady's Hawks ran into the hot-shooting St. Pat's Shamrocks in the Maine West Regional at Maine East. Any hopes Hawk fans had of a trip to Champaign, or for that matter, to Arlington for the sectional, dissolved in a 80 to 55 loss.

The Hawks had won their first regional contest over the Rebels of Ridgewood by 78 to 41. Two evenings later the Hawks, co-champs in the Des Plaines Valley League, had an off night.

While the Hawks were "off" St. Pats was "on" and the quintet from the West side of Chicago handed Coach Bernie Brady his worst defeat in two seasons. In fact it was one of the worst defeats a Brady-coached team has s u f f e r e d since St. Pats beat the East Demons in the sectional cham­pionship four years ago.

Despite defeat, the Hawks had quite a successful season. They posted a record of 20 wins

Hawk Tawk

against only four losses. At the Rockford Holiday Tournament they won the Consolation Cham­pionship for Maine South's first trophy. They went on to win the Des Plaines Valley League Championship two weeks ago when they defeated Proviso West here, 92 to 56.

There were many individual stars on this year's squad, but at the top were Larry Wise-burn and Bill DeBartolo. Larry was captain, and he filled that position admirably. He was named to the all-tournament team at the Rockford Tourna­ment and received the second highest total points in the voting for all-conference selections in the Des Plaines Valley League. Jim Bradof of East Leyden took the number one honors. Wiseburn was also named to the Chicago American All-Area team last Friday. Larry was also all-conference in the West Suburban League last year at Maine East.

DeBartolo, who came out of obscurity, was the Hawks' big rebouuder and scorer. He totaled 446 points for the season, 14

more than Wiseburn. He too was named to the all-conference team and received special men­tion in the American poll. Bill was the second high scorer in the DPVL finishing only 11 be­hind Bradof. He came a long way from just a bench warmer last year at East.

Bob Field, the Hawks only other regular starter, played his position with excellence. His job was to take the ball down court and to set up offense and defense; he did his job consis­tently. Other boys that filled in at starting roles were Mike Andrews, Dave Strom, Paul Wehman, and Mark Waters. These four boys rotated at two forward positions throughout the year.

Coach Brady's first season as Hawk coach can be termed suc­cessful and gave our new school recognition throughout the state. With Wehman, Strom, and Rick Kilinski all back next year along with some fine under­class teams, South should be able to look forward to another better than .500 season with no trouble.

Hawkman Hails Team for Spirit By Lee Kaufmann

"Off into the valley of death rode the six hundred" (sick). I'm referring, of course, to the

Trackmen Travel to Morton Sporting Undefeated String

The varsity track team will travel to Morton West tomorrow at 1 p.m. to compete in the Des Plaines Valley League Indoor Track Meet.

The trackmen are led this year by eight returning letter-men. The lettermen, all sen­iors, are Larry Ayres, Jim Bran­don, Bob Cycon, Tom Frost, Marty Johnson, Larry Kelly, Doug Macomber, and Tim Shel­don. Directing the squad is head coach Mr. Ed Smith and his assistants, Mr. Ron Connor, Mr. John KilcuUen, and Mr. Elbert Smith.

The Hawks are off and run­ning this season with three straight victories. Their vic­

tims include Palatine Conant, 99 to 1; Palatine, 56 to 44; and Niles North, 77 to 23.

Leading the way for the Hawks have been Larry KeUy and Doug Macomber. Kelly is the national record holder in both the 600 yd. and 880 yd. runs and is defending state champion in the latter event. He has been running well this year and has already turned in a sparkling time of 1:55.3 in the half-mile against virtually no competition.

Macomber, a fourth-place fin­isher in the state pole vault last year, vaulted a fine 13 ft., 6 in. last Saturday and has been excellent in the sprints.

Premonition of things to come. A Ridgewood player seems to be dribbling Larry Wiseburn like St. Pat's seemed to do.

A number of other varsity athletes have been doing well for the Hawks. Junior Ed Ward has reeled off six straight victories, capturing both the high and low hurdles in each meet thus far. Jim Brandon, who went downstate in the broad jump last season, has scored three straight firsts.

Shotputter Bob Cycon has done well, capturing two firsts and a second. High-jump broth­ers Rawls Williams and Gordon Williams have given the Hawks solid scoring. Junior Bryant Murphy has run well in the 440 yd. dash, capturing a first and two seconds.

Phil McCuUough has done some fine running in various events and has been scoring con­sistently. Larry Ayres has done well in the distance runs. Tim Sheldon has backed up Macom­ber with fine performances in pole vault competition.

Adding depth to the team have been juniors George Can-tonis, George Czerniak, Ron Polit, Ray Matthies, Bob Nel­son, and Rich Syversen. The four-lap relay team of Marty Johnson, Jim Brandon, Tom Frost, and Doug Macomber is presently undefeated as is the mile relay team of Jim Spotts, Phil McCullough, Bryant Mur­phy, and Larry Kelly.

In tomorrow's conference meet, the Hawks will meet their chief competition in Morton West and Proviso West. The Hawks will be at somewhat of a disadvantage, however, hav­ing competed only in three easy dual meets whereas the other two major contenders have been in big meets and tough compe­tition almost every weekend. N'e\ erthelcss, with a number of good performaiices. the Hawks are hoping to capture Maine South's third conference cham­pionship.

Massacre of the St. Pat 's Game, which occurred last week. A bit more verse: Green, green everywhere, and all their shots did sink, green, green every­where, but our playing it did stink." (with apology to old "Sammy" T. Coleridge).

Actually, however, our playing didn't really stink. In fact, I felt we played quite well con­sidering the team we were up against. St. Pat's g r e a t e s t strength is size, which is our greatest weakness. I feel that credit should be given where due. St. Pat's just has a very good team. Our boys played their very best, and that is all we should expect.

People talk about poor sports­manship in Maine schools. I know that I never would have kept under control and played my hardest in the face of such opposition. Of course, a buncli of screaming "Shamrocks" dressed in white shirts, green ties, and green hats is enough to incite all but the very strong to go out and rip their buses apart. The team represented Maine South as we always hope to be represented.

One aspect of the game upset me very much. This was the job of announcing done over WMTH. I don't think the team was dealt a fair shake at all. Persons listening over the radio probably thought they were lis­tening to a basketball game be­tween Will Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and other NBA All-Stars and the Polish Olympic Marbles Team. That was how the announcers seemed to think

the game was played. I think our team did better than that.

The radio said that our shoot­ing was terrible. This was not true. The great size of St. Pat's kept the area around the basket so clogged up that we could never work the ball in. This caused the team to take a great number of out shots, which cut down on the team's percentage from the field. Enough shots were made from very far out and from some real tough ang­les to indicate that the team's shooting wasn't really so bad.

The boys were accused of throwing the ball away a lot. This was true to a certain ex­tent. 1 think, for once, the team was up too much for a game. Many of the mistakes resulted from nerves and tension which are hard to fight when you start losing.

On the cheery side—congratu­lations to Larry Wiseburn and Bill DeBartolo. Both w e r e named to the Chicago All-Area Basketball Team, Larry as a regular, and Bill as an alter­nate. These are well-deserved honors.

The Sophomore Basketball Team deserves mention for its third-place finish in the Munde-lein Tournament. They earned Maine South another trophy. These boys should provide a lot of talent for Mr. Bernie Brady.

The track team is off and run­ning. With Larry Kelly and Doug Macomber leading the way we might have another Des Plaines Valley League Con­ference Championship Team. We should keep our eyes on them and support the team.

Senior wrestlers Ron Otto and Wes Caine who have finished their four years of wrestling at Maine.