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Kayser Elected Rep. Students Are Happy

by Lisa Kelly

that in board, explained the repfuture the Last Wednesday, senior resentative will be elected Karin Kayser was elected to in the spring along with represent the Oyster R;ver the other student office s�udents High Srhool student body at elections. school board meetings. interested will run during and year Junior According to S·udent their c�uncil Advisor Julie attend board meetings D bois, Kayser defeated throughout their entire Kelley Cathcart by col- SPnior year. lecting more than 50 per cent of the student votes.

Kayser took part in her first board meeting last night in the Middle ' School Library.

Board Sharon by Craig R;ef Member Meeker said, " It wi11 take time for Kayser to learn The Oyster River High about the issues at hand S hool MAth team, occupying and feel comfortable to r " !l!�Otftt ·pra� !�eoffd .... make comments. ltrs.

Meeker also commented that division of the Tri-State she is looking forward to Math League, will host its meet next ever hearing some valuable largest Wednesday opinions from Kayser.

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Math Team #2 in League

T.J. LAthrop (Kyre Cahoon) talks to Celia LAthrop (Kirstin Swanson), --bile Carter Forstman (D.ck Dawson) and Edgars (Don Sewall) look on, before the million dollar will of Cedric Hopkins Russell is read in the Ouster RivPr Drama Club P-esentation ''Any Number Can Die" which opens tonight.

'Any Nuntber Can Die' Con1edy Opens Dec. 2-3-4

by S"'an Jones

takes place on a island outside three-mile the limit. The play is about an old the relatives of who man, CPdric Russel 1, whose and has died relatives have gathered to hear the reading of his will.

The actors in the play as include: Kevin Ronan Roger Masters, Jay Phillips as Hannibal Hix, Annie Ernestine Linden as Kirstin Wintergreen, Swanson as Celia Lathrop, Kyre Cahoon as TJ Lathrop, Ann Ward as Zenia, Wendy Batson as Sally Van Viller, Doug Johnson Jack Regent, Carter as Dawson Dick The Oyster River High Fortsman and Don Sewall as will Music D"'pt.

School Edgars. of concert second its hold The actors have been the year at the high school working on the production Dec. 14, according to Music a1ong wit . · hard . h Director Ric .__ Qi.rector Cindy Plourde.

Tappan for six weeks with ' Under the direction of four week rehearsals a Ms ,Plourde, the high school lasting from one hour to perform wi 11 "St. two band time.

The hours a Nichel?.0Jl-ite" by Forsbald actors also contributed to and Livingston; the suite the play on some weekends. from "The Peasant Cantata" Mr. Tappan also said ,'A Chanuka that this production is the hy J.S.Bach; Triptych" Arr. by Jacques most expensive non-musical Rizzo; and "W;nter Wonder- production to date at ORHS land" by Flex Bernard• with the total cost of the play running $607.60.

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The Oyster River High School Drama Club production of "Any Number Can Die" opens tonight in ORHS cafeteria at 8 the p.m.

T;ckets will be sold for $2.50 for students and $3.50 for adults. The play runs tonight, Friday night and Saturday night.

"Any Number Can Die" is a murder mystery which

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Jim Healy the 'SC will act Amesbury by 19 points, with two points as a go-between for Kayser s�mersworth and the student body. Healy behind them in third. team will math The explained that the SC was 170 approximately unable to advise Kayser on host advisors the issues of last night's students and 20 meeting because they. were from 14 different schools Amesbury, unable to obtain an agenda. including: Newburyport� Healy ex- Kingswood, further Timberlane, plained that Kayser will be Somersworth, expected to report to the and Triton, said Mr. Petar SC after school board St-oykovich. categories The for to discuss meetings the issues with the council. the home meet will be and According to Kayser, she arithmetic, sequences equations, will post a report on the series, linear minutes of the meetings to exponents and radicals, and parallels and- perpendicular keep students informed.

Kayser said that she (analytic) and team catewants to encourage students gory.

The Tri-St-ate Math to speak their minds on the a much more issues discussed, "N�w is League has The our chance to voice our competitive outline. opinions and complaints, problems are harder and the h11t having a student rep. competition is tougher than the Southeastern Con­ in at the board meetings won't ference Math League which help unless I get some involves schools smaller input." such as: Sanborn, Raymond, P-in.

GPrald Daley E�ning, and N"'wmarket, says ne is pleased with the A I ton, said Math T am fact that there is a Advisor Petar St-oykovich. student representative and The next Southeastern encourages to Conference Math League meet students speak with the SC members is OPc. 15 at Raymond. and Kayser about any of the The math team placed issues put the first at their before Tri-State Board. division two Math LPague Kayser, one of the meet in T;mberlane Nov. 3 students responsible for with 155 points. getting a student rep­ resentative to the school (Continued on pg. 2) 0

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Julie I\.niglii'Takes 2nd in NH Junior Miss bv Dick Dawson

All in al 1, Julie felt that she "came out of it [ .. he pagent] with many friends and the experiance of performing in a situation like that."

An Ovst er River High received student Srhool $1000 in th e N""W Hampshire Pagent in Miss Junior M�nchester Saturday night.

S enior Knight Julie first as selected was runner-up in a competition from girls 30 ov e r throughout the state. at The pagent, held S .. , Anselm's Colleg e , was the of culmination the four event which started weeks ago.

by Craig Rief Each of the two nights either to de vot e d were The Oyster Rive r High talent, or youth fitness S hool Spanish Club made and poise and appearance. r on a bak e sale 1n . $ Th e 30 girls were separated 43 75 the front lobby Oct. 16, into two groups, of whom according to Spanish Club one group uid one of the _ President, Sreve Jacobsen. activities, and the oth er In the Sept.

28 th e other. tions bson e Jaco elec Stev : On Satu rday evening, was elect e d president; Sean the groups switched, Cavanaugh, vice president; Thi:! pagent was based bel, treasurer; Dorie Schwe on talent, poise and apand Kari Federer, sec­ pearance, scholarship, and r e tary. a pe rsonal interview, and The spanish club has not on the "looks" of the not had any meetings yet contestants. due to after school ac­ Miss Knight won the tivities such as soccer and youth fitness award for the fi e ld hockey, but there first night, and th e talent for the second as chosen by will be a me eting sometime during the first week a panel of five judges.

N�vember, commented St e ve of the The winne r Jacobson. pag ent Manchester C<>ntral 's The F.,.ench and Latin Yoenok Sai won her talent clubs hav e ye t to hold night for her demonstration e ir meetings th first but a of Karat e ability by iate plans the in are immed boards, breaking several comm e nted Madame Miss Sai won a $1500 cash future Julie D bois and Ms. "Linda scholarship, and a silver Herbst. bowl. the Miss Knight won $500 spirit award which was chosen ·by the oth e r girls in the pagent.

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Stars Class Goes To Boston

by Mike Wellington Th e Ovster River High S-hool Planetarium DPpart­ ment_ visited the Hayden Planetarium at the Boston Museum of Srience, Boston Mass, to see a show as put on by professionals.

The shows started at 10 a.m., and brought the class through the history of flight. Ir followed the from simple progression to the advanced gliders space shuttle of today, "The show was pretty good, but I think that our shows are better because we get the whole audience to and participate can we answer questions, and talk one-on-one to our audience J II says Planetarium student F ...ank Nichols.

The admission price was one dollar, but the students got in for free, thanks to Planetarium Dir. Eleanor Millik e n who knows the Hayden dir e ctor. the show they Aft e r w e re lead out back of the set to meet some of the people who ran the show for them.

The they were, al lowed to see other e xhibits in the mus e um.

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Math team (Cont'd from page 1)

The M�rh Team competed alge- in the same group so that five categories: set they could not be compared fractions, braic Winter track against one another by the arith­ ns, polygo theory, judges. s, problem word matic, and Thomas 8) Sophomore page said (Cont' d from 13 ll"'�q.'<'-'.q"4��""4:��(ll'M.q,.q,.i<>,,..q...,o...c:i����(ll'M.q,.q.i<>,,..q...,o....,�-�� received cats were runners up to Cunniff who categories. three Class points in Londonderry in the meet, Dauphinais and Matt "I lo.ope to better my timJ by three-tenths of a John Chorlian placed high­ second," said Smith who set est with 22 and 20 points, a state record in the 60 putting Oyster River ahead in the Januar y 20 "Mouth of the River'' Orher team hurdles meter-high last of Amesbury. issue.

Ccmplete the form below and return it to year, members are: Dave Pk ilips, Room l07 in an envolope.

The "Mouth of the Smith is expected to Greg Mercer, Demi Dnbois, reserves the right to reject �iver" .

R-bert J�cobson, hold strong in the 60 high s�P.ve inappropriate ads (,mney wi 11 be refunded). hurdles, long-jump, and 300 ·HPilbronner, Ming TAai and Dawson meters, Dick and DPan Pomerleau. ./ Cunniff, Philips, Dave Elliot will be the main. force in the weight Dauphinais, Heilbronner and a as entered events, The distance run- Pomerleau problem one solving ners this year will be D<>an· team, Ni�fvE. : • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , • • • They Jon Pomerleau, Holter, from each category. f-[}.iER'J:Jvt : . • . .. • received 18 points for a Nl..M3ER 0:- IACRDS ••••••• Mike G ...ossi, Jim Griffith, total, comment e d Philips, C05T AT 5 a:NTS A l,l;CRD: ••••••• (50 cent minim� Shirley. Robin and Srott for standings Total Personal or classified ad to read as ton ing W ell Miller and Mike TPst 2 were Ovster River follows: ••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••• the lead are e xpected to first with 155 points and team in sprints and long Amesbury second with 154 jump, points. in

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Drinking Majority -

"Vodka."

The students in the auditorium snickered at the response of a peer when asked to name his favorite drink during a hypnosis demonstration October 28.

"Budweiser," another responded.

Later in the same demonstration the five students were told that the water they were holding in their mouths was indeed straight whiskey. One student gasped, and spit the liquid onto the stage. Another just didn't respond, but three others calmly drank the water, as if it were the real thing, as if they were used to it.

The assembly was funny, and served its purpose: to show how the subconsious mind can be probed through hypnosis, how true feelings can be brought to the sur­ face.

The high school student who drinks is no longer the exception to the rule. The non-drinker has slipped into a quiet minority, almost never heard from.

Perhaps parents don't realize that their sons or daughters drink. Students may tell their parents they are goi�g out, and just proceed to go somewhere else and drink. s�hool officials realize that there is a problem with drinking. B t they feel confident that students are no longer drinking in school but confine their drinking to weekends in general.

Drinking is unfortunately becoming an "escape" for students. "High schoolers are drinking to become drunk, or to obtain the 'buzz' that drinking causes." Obvi­ ously students don't learn to enjoy themselves sober, that they need to drink to have fun.

We are concerned that parents realize their. chil­ dren drink, if they are like most of their friends. But we want parents to ask themselves if their kids are learning to drink responsibly.

By the time your son or daughter graduates, it is most likely that he or she will have a habit of drinking. Who will stop this habit from becoming a problem? Who will keep our graduates from slipping into the 10 per cent of high schoolers who end up having a drinking problem?

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In response: We encourage response to our editorial opinions. Please write to: Oyster River Publications Coe Drive Durham, NH 03824

Health Class Gets Credit Studies Nutrition, Alcohol R@id Joe by Suzanne Hebert

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6yster River High are School Ninth Graders .receiving more credit this year in a nine-week health class that includes units nutrition, on physical fitness, mental health, and effects of the alcohol, according to school of­ ficials. school The decided to grant credit to the stu­ dents this year because rhe class is mandatory, and is graded, according to Class Instructor Louis Mroz.

Fnr two weeks the emphasis of the course 1s the effects of alcohol on the body and drunk driving.

Fnr this section of the class, Mr. Mroz had, and have to hopes 10 the future, speakers who "have the been through living hell."

R@cently, three recovering alcoholics, a 60 a male, 40 year-old year-old female and a 17 year-old boy, talked to the ninth grade health classes.

Srhool Nurse, Beth Kleine, said, "the 17 year-old made the greatest impact because he made everyone think about the long-range out­ come."

Oyster River Co-operative School Board Members Mr. William Healy, Mrs. Sharon Meeker, Mr. William Annis, Mrs. Barbara Houston, and Supt. John Powers at the Madbury Town Hall discuss inviting a student representative to the board.

SADD Attracts Members Asks Help of Students The day following tbe assembly AA members will be On Nov. 24 Students 10 room 11 to talk to anyDriving one who has a free period Drunk Against (SADD) held a meeting 1n or any class that would mezzanine B to plan an as­ like to ask questions. Mr. sembly to be held next Mroz said everyone was in­ Tuesday at Oyster River vited.

SADD was formed at H;gh School, according to ORHS by Mr. Leo J. Spencer coordinator Mr. Lou Mroz.

The assembly was following the death of his reluctantly agreed to by son Damon. ORHS Nurse Beth ORHS Prin. GPrald Daley who Kleine and Mr. Mroz are has doubts about the ef- sponsoring the program at fectiveness of "preaching" ORHS. �o a very large group at Concerned Citizens one time.

"I wish it could Against Drunk Driving .be done in smaller groups (CCA met Nov. 21 at DD) and a definite relationship Wentworth Douglas Hospital could be established be- in Dover. They gave the tween the students and the SADD 2roup at ORHS an speakers", commented Mr. 1'dea: a type of Big Daley. program for Brother the The assembly will open development of SADD 2roups with Kathy Ury and Joe Reid 1n all the high schools in reading SADD statistics, the seacoast, according to continuing with a 19 year Mr. Mroz. old from Hampton who is a The ORHS "tudents 10 member of Alcoholics Ano- SADD inc · 1 ude seniors: Zoe nymous who will tell his Balomenos, Kyre Cahoon, story,'Bonnie &oencer will Kelly Cathcart, Joe Reid, also talk of how her Kathy Ury, and Trisa Ward; brother's death affected Junior Bonnie Spencer; her family, according to Sophomore Andrew G�ossi; Mr. Mroz. h,,

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Mouth of the River Oyster River High School Coe Drive Durham, N.H. 03824 A tri-semester publication of Oyster River Publications Student Editors: Editorial Staff: Photography By:

Richard Dawson James Griffith Sylvie Fortier Peter Halloran

Amy Austin Ted Germann Amy Hodgson Bart Li 11 is Craig Rief Eli Tillinghast

Kyre Cahoon Indra Gleske Sean Jones Kathy McGonagle Scott Rogers Cynthia Wedd le

Advisor: Jay Simmons

J.B. Phillips Bonnie Spencer Grace Ferrelli Suzanne Hebert Lisa Kelly Joe Reid Meg Smith Mike Wellington

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Students Drinking: How, When and Why

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grade ninth One he said drank drinker "WP- grow up . so much because he likes it.

1n four years," a senior "PPople talk about peer said.

The senior was pressure and underclassmen referring to her attitudes drinking to impress toward drinking and how upperclassmen, but I have they have changed 1n high never drunk with an school. upperclassman, or seen one "I remember when I drink," he said. was a ninth grader, telling "I rlrink because I friends how I'd never have a good time when I do. drink.

I also remember It's fun; you talk, laugh, thinking how dumb people Poof off and be with were to drink." friends," said another The senior now drinks ninth grader. regularly. started St-udents who The inf�rmation for to drink in grades nine and the following piece was ten said they just wanted gathered by informal to try drinking.

"People interviews with 100 especially high are curious, us school students. According kids. was Drinking to their own stories: something new to us as --Most students start underclassmen. just We drinking just to .try it, wanted to experiment," don't think they will like it, and believe they will -aid a junior.

Students continue to never do it again. drink because, "I like the --B··t by far the and it makes me majority like drinking and feeling relax in social situations, drink again. but l don't need it to have --S"'me ninth graders fun," said a sophomore. drink, and those who do tenth A grade keep it among a few non-��;nker expressed the friends, since peer feelings of pressure lS against many of the school's drinking. non-drinkers when he said, --More sophomores "It-'., none of, my �usiness drink;they drink once a if someone drinks. They're month,because it's "fun".

The negative peer presure still the same persons. If . to criticize all my I ..ere has dissappeared. friends who drink or not -M�st juniors drink, talk to them, I would as their duties and either be criticizing responsibility increase, people all day, or very "t-o get away from it all." lonely."

Some juniors start drinking s-udents who start for fear of being left out. drinking as juniors cite --Again, they try it seeing friends having fun and like it, drinking and not wanting to -The vast majority of be left out as reasons for seniors drink; peer trying drinking. "I .. 's an pressure is present for the inner-pressure or fear of first time, but it is by no being left out by friends. m�ans a major factor 1n I'm not sure that I have drinking.

SPniors also been left out, hut 1 start to cite their age and thought that I might have wisdom as justifications been," -aid one junior. for drinking.

In eleventh T� majority of ninth grade,students first cited graders have never drunk. increased pressures 1n The typical ninth grader their lives for trying and believes, "I won I t drink continuing drinking.

The regularly until am pressures I are due to twenty. I have no need to. increasing responsiblities will I nrobably try in school, at home, . on drinking sometime in high jobs, and driving cars. school, but I'll never like S"tlletimes after a hard week it," said one ninth grader. of school, "I just want to get away from it all and Ninth grade get drunk.

I· don't have non-drinkers think that any illusions that this is students who drink, drink helping me. I know that the because of peer pressure, next day I'll have to face but they have never felt them, but it feels so good peer press�re to drink. just to forget everything "I rlon't think it's a while," said a right," -�id a ninth grader for -about drinking.

"It's not junior. legal, and it 1s Seniors drink for all dangerous." ns listed before reaso the lead " Drinking could and cite age they and to a feeling of insecurity as reasons lity nsibi respo without it in later life," 18 "I'm drinking.

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That's silly. I'm Daley thinks that drinking a problem with high an adult and I should have is the rights of an adult," school students.

He feels,"The problem does not .<>id a senior.

"I .. 's hard to be a seem to be during school, senior and not drink," hn t since we are a part of PYolains one senior.

"A the community we are nerson can only follow his concerned and we try to be or her own feelings and alert to the times and senses of right and wrong. places students drink. TL e I .. �akes a great deal of school has three roles in strength not to drink, and dealing with the drinking each individual must decide problem: education, if he or she has that counseling and disciplinerystrength." action.

Th� best way we "I have never felt any can deal with the problem real pressure to drink but is increasing influence on people talk and it makes me it." feel like I stick out," �aid a senior non-drinker.

The feelings of most seniors . was non-�rinking summed up by one who said, "I don't drink because I ( • • I 1' ' .. "(.'. see so many problems caused and ninth graders: Amey by drinking, DWI, Fuller and Mary Kleine. alchoholism, family, legal, SADD plans to contact a as well as deaths and school, locate a sponsor in by caused· injuries that school and try to es­ alchohol." tablish an SADD organi­ "PPople who need to zation, acc_ording to Kathy drink to have a good time Urv. are fooling themselves.

SADD would also like And people who drink to fit to contact a public ofin are actually isol ating ficial to name as an themselves more," said honorary chairperson.

"This another non-drinker. students' would get the state as a Mo�! involved and feelings about 'the role of whole more increase the organization's the school on drinking was notariety", said Ury. summed up by S. udent C uncil Mroz said Healv Mr. Pres. Jim the when he said, "As a whble I group is always looking for feel students drink with more members and interest. resonsibility, The problem Attendence at every meeting I • arises when kids go out 1s not mandatory, but people that realize the drink weekend and every hazards are less likely to to get goal with the main The school should.drink and drive, he said. drunk. about kids the educate alchohol, its effects and Lecturing use. proper stop kids make won't the drinking,because half fun of drinking is getting away with it."

H�alth Teacher Louis Mroz agrees and says that he tries "to get the info and act as a positive out" rol� model.

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Oct. SPnior G�eg BPnnett and baby,durring an assembly 28 where Professional hypnotist Mr Ray hypnotised five ORHS �eniors out of 16 ORHS �tudents. Also shown from left to right are seniors Matt Dauphinais, Dean Pomerleau, Mike Grossi and Kris Helsher.

New Students React to OH, Ask for More Teacher Help

by Suzanne Hebert at students New Oyster River High School this year £�el as though the facutly could have been more helpful in showing them around and explaining the rules.

Junior Monica Cnrreia Nantucket from Island, Mass., says she was not were told when students to the visit allowed guidance office. As a re­ sult, she was given a cut from a teacher because she

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Correia f�els a ses­ sion between new students and teachers to go over the would student handbook of TUl. s eliminate a lot conand understandings flicts.

The problem seems to be more for students who the school arrive during year rather then those who begin on the tirst day, s·udents who arrive in the Oyster River District dur­ ing August have the option of attending a brown bag lunch which helps the new students become oriented to the school, according to ninth grader Simon Hay. Kathy McGonagle, a Junior from Exeter, finds ORHS to be considerably less clique-ridden than Exeter Area High Sc.hool.

She says, "Kids are a lot more friendly at OR . In Exeter there are groups that you just don't get into and it is hard to. get

The 1982-83 Oyster River High School juniors matched last year's juniors with a 5.23 average grade on a scale of two through on the eight SPacoast Accountability Writing Sample taken Oct. 25.

English Teacher Elizabeth Dodge says the test measures how effectively a person can write, use correct sentence structure and convey a point.

English T0 acher Jay Simmons, one of the graders of the tests, says the test has not bee� used in a way English Teachers The the at ORHS a l l opposed this would measure which Oyster year's test and had asked of effectiveness R•ver's teaching. He feels that it be reconsidered. if fewer people were tested This step was denied by the each test could be examined SPacoast Service G·oup, detail in to pin-point according to Mrs. Dodge. the problems.

One junior feels she According to English didn't learn anything about Teacher Beverly S-rout the her writing from the test test is "inadequate" be­ and it was "just for the cause it is give.n too ear­ teachers." ly. teachers reEnglish turned the tests to 112 juniors during class periods. people to accept you."

Mrs. s·rout says her Jeff Rnener, a junior writing workshop classes from Saint Thomas Aquainas went over the test in dein Dover·, also finds fewer tail cliques at ORHS �han at his previous school.

Students had a variety reactions when asked of the and homework about classes.

Bennett, Samantha a sophomore from Hanover, attended a private school last year, Kimball Union Academy She finds less homework and less difficult classes ot ORHS. Roener finds the same ammount of homework but a much harder grading system STA. than

16-page color senior section of the 1983 TRION was mailed to Texas re­ cently to arrive by its NAV. 19 deadline, according to TRION Advisor Jay Simmons.

Junior Bonnie Snencer and TRION Sylvie Editor Fortier are working on the layout of the next 40 pages, which will include underclassmen,teachers and The deadline for clubs. the next 40 pages is Dec. 23.

The 1983 TRION Staff has ordered 350 copies of

Jr's Make $500

by Joe Reid

The Oyster River High School Junior Class rai�ed about $500 at their Nov. to dance according 12, Class T•eas. Fred Lauten.

Lauten was " very, very pleased " with the results of the dance. H 0 noted that an undetermined· amo•rnt of the class budget will be used for the prom this spring.

Those who volunteered their time to aid in sel­ ling tickets and refresh­ ments were: Pres.

Mark Vice-Pres.Karen Walker, Class S 0 c. this year's book at an ex­ Rockenmacher, pected cost of $8,200, said and the head of the pub­ co�nittee, K�n licity Mr. Simmons.

Rep. Bachich, Lauten, SC "This year's year book Jensen, Dan Will, will be different from what E llen Hebert, Meg Michel, Sheryl it's been in the past,".

Gleske, Annie MarThe E•ic Mr. Simmons. said and Bnrke, Ann shall, cover of the year book is B•idget Finnegan. / going to be 3 colors. Also Meg Michel said that � the senior section will be lh color pages, located i� the only change that t�" the center of the year made · from other dances ;was delaying the starting time book, he said.

8:00 instead of the "There will be a 16-24 to traditional 7:30, in order page summer supplement out next fall," said Fnrtier. to save on the cost of the The supplement will include mandatory police officers. senior follies, the French A figure of the savings is, trip, the Latin banquet, as of this time, unavail­ i>raduation, the prom, and able.

-The music at the dance other spring-summer ac­ provided by the N�w was tivities, she said. · r� s�und Express. will cost $3.00.

Trion Deadline Met for Seniors

by Kathy McGonagle

LAst year's topics three consisted of as­ signments, one of which was a picture.

This year's included only two pictures as topics.

Mrs. Dodge feels this year's juniors had to write more of an imaginative story compared to last year's realistic one based on personal perience.

Mr. S•mrnons says that there were far more evasive answers this year than last because of the change 1n shows the format.

This students' frustration with the criteria they were given to write about.

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NewSntoking Regulations Set UpforORHS �eachers Cynthia

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Challenge By Pepsi Gets Mixed Reviews

ORHS Nurse Beth Oyster River High Kleine, a non-smoker, said Members the comprom ise was a good Faculty School compromised on a smoking idea however she hopes for policy at the school during a long range goal of no in the entire a faculty meeting held at smoking "Smoking is so the beginning of the month, school. in urious j to heal th it Pr to ORHS nc. i -c cording would be best to have no Gerald Daley. smoking in the building," 1. n now This policy, said.

The faculty allows practice, teacher �he members and students who the faculty room smoking in except during lunch and in smoke need their freedom, the conference room during she said, and the policy is lunch when avatlable. a workable solution.

Smoking teachers are also The policy is now in a responsible for keep1ng the trial period.

The topic faculty room clear of will be brought up again in cigarette butts, ashes, and a future faculty meeting, smoke, according to Mr, .,aid Mr. Daley, "I� is too Daley. early to tell how effective ORHS Librarian Barbara it's going to be," he said.

Broderick, a smoker, said it is important to provide a place for smokers where they aren't intruding on non-smokers rights.

SL P also said the current situation is not ideal but the smokers are being good sports.

Smokers need one place away from students with sufficient ventalation where work can be done, she said.

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by Amy Austin

taken a challenge and suc­ ceeded. It was geared to Oyster getting students to enter of RPactions what they want and River High School students into confidence all the and staff to a N�v. 17 as­ have sembly on "The s�irit Of they need, according to the been gen­ regional Rep­ Pespi Challenge" has according resentative. erally negative a Stewart, Matthew to an informal poll, The Ynrk New assembly was sponsored by professional New the pnpsi Cnla Bottling Co, actor, was hired in as well as radio station York by the PPpsi Co. to of Soirit "The WERZ of Exeter, according present Challenge" to high schools to ORHS Prin. Gerald Daley, eastern the The presentation con­ throughout that seaboard, film to of a according sisted introduced the lead singer s�ewart. for F�reigner, Mick Jones, "The presentation was and other condescending to the stuGilda Radner, who poeple have dent body", famous said S"nior also Glutting, who Joan wrote a letter to Mr, Daley negative the explaining views of a US History II (Cont'd from page 1) class.

U der the direction of "If 1·t were up to me I�is Levine, the chorus and it were proposed that will perform a Hebrew folk we again, him song, "Nat ions · Shal 1 Learn we. have try said chemis War No More" Arr. by wouldn't," Stephen Richards; "Gloria n phys 1.c s teacher Charles a d in Excel.sis" by Antony asked what his Vivaldi; "Christmas is the PPrry when Warmest Time of' the Year" feel�ngs on · the assembly by Al Semda; and were.

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Matt Dauphinais called the 11 The audience is asked assembly "propaganda." the The to parti��?�e with was performance chorus and the Orchestra in definitely below the typi­ the cal student's level of ma­ from "fialelujah" "Messiah." and the challenge turity Cindy Plourde will be displayed was too stereo­ directing the two bands and typical," he commented the orcestra. Iris Levine the directing be will chorus and the jazz choir.

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Page 8 - The Mouth of the River

by Amy Hodgson

Roger Masters (K uin Ronan) and Agatha Withers (Annie Hnpkins Lind�n) ponder the ri4dle in the will of Cedric article See is. money his Russell which tells where page 1.

Girls' BBall Opens Dec. 1 With Sanborn

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SPniors on this year's team are Anne Hikel, Jeanne and Elise Crosby.

T·wle, Capt. Julie are Juniors k, and Jerabe Sasner, Kathy is Robar Sue Carrie Temple. the and ore the only sophom Ann are graders ninth and r, Bothne B11rke, Kris Jc Michel

Girls' Varsity The Team played Basketball Sanborn home yesterday at 3:30 .to open this year's season.

In a pre-season game last week the Bobcats beat Raymond five out of six according periods, to player Anne Hikel.

"We have a pretty good RPturning Varsity squad this year," sc<iid Cheerleaders are Capt.

Hikel.

Diane Oxner, Co-Capt.

We are playing more of Jeanne Carlisle, Karen a team this year and should Helsher and Jennifer Gibb. do better than last year," NPW squad members Monica id SPnior Elise Crosby.

Stephanie Smith, Bradley, Christine Lindsay, Kathy Paula W.:illace' and Crystal Eisenhart.

The JV team includes O �apt. Tracy B rneche, Co­

by Bart Lillis Lori Stewart, Capt. Liz Byron, Dona Blanchard, Nineteen girls have Heidi PFanner, Diana Wil­ been chosen for the Varsity helm, Sheri Hardy, Holly and Junior Varsity Basket­ DPsjardins and Kelli ball Cheerleading Squad, Nobrega. twist according to Coach Linda The new this Herbst. year, according to The girls were judged Ms. Herbst is that on natural ability, ac- grades were considered as form, ap­ well as ability. This was curacy, voice, pearance and grade4 by Ms. due to the large number of Herbst and Teachers Susan girls who dropped the team Smith, Bernard Weddleton in recent years because of and Jay Simmons. failing grades, she said.

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battle of Gettysburg a sweaty and red-faced faculty team Triumphed over the JV .. earn. " We're trying to bring back the· Hack At�aid team staff tack," member Chris Lawrence when asked about the three fouls a piece that he and team­ mate Jim Boulanger recieved in the first half.

The faculty team al­ though losing at half time claimed to have a "secret strategy." " If everything goes as plan�ed, we will ex­ plode, get ahead and then go into a four corner stall for the rest of the game," said Pat Bonner, the only woman on the staff team.

The tired faculty team played all over the court and credited the JV �quad with moves, quick nice shots and good hustle. breath of out An Bonner. stated after the game that "these guys look like they are gonna be real good this year." game this Fnllowing the boys varsity was badly °!)eaten J.n an t!Xhibition an alumni game against squad 96-65.

The alumni squad consisted of players rangeing from last year' to 1975.

The Oyster River High School boys varsity and JV Basketball teams will soon begin their regular season play when they travel to Londonderry Tnmorrow. coach Dave Varsity Nichols said that the up­ coming Londonderry game would be a "toss up" and that the season in general would follow a "new phi­ losophy". " This year we will rely on quickness and ag­ !'laid gressiveness," Nichols, "we hope to · force �he hold and turnovers other team to a limited number of points."

A� far as the teams weaknesses Nichols says " In our top seven players we don't have anyone over six feet and we are v�ry weak on the boards."

Seniors Chris Franklin and Brian O'Connor will be the "primary offense" with Lauten, John Teagan F•ed s�ott McHardy adding and speed to the team. Other team members include Bill Tobey, Charles Coll ins, Charles Poorman, Jamie DPal, David Wetherby, Mark Walker, David Eastman and Tom Crotty.

Nichols According to last year's team put the emphasis on offense while this years will team defense.Players emphasize and fans alike will be an exciting by Amy Hodgson watching for season.

Dan Parr . will be Last Wednesday, the tackling the job as the new boys JV team was defeated Junior Varsity Basketball by a team made up of ORHS coach this year at Ouster faculty and staff.

River High School.

Looking much like the previosly who Parr, Confederate army after the coached the P�rtsmouth High Clippers Varsity Basketball team to fciur state tourna­ ment finals, says "there is not as much pressure here as there is in Portsmouth."

Players seem to have by· s�ott Rogers taken a liking to coach Parr.

Player Carl The Oyster River High s�bocinski says, "coach School Boys' and Girls' P·rr looks like' he will be Winter Track will a really good coach."

Teams have G•eg Johnson and Jim Before being hired by Howe as the new coaches ORHS, Parr looked at St. this year.

TL nmas Aquinas and BQrwick G•eg Johnson, an ex­ academy which also had JV decatholete for three years -naching positions open. at the University of NPw Parr stated, "I �alked Hampshire, was chosen to with Mr. Daley and several fill the open position as coaches here and dee ided _ .,­ the boys coach held last that Oyster R;ver had ·a year by Tnny s�arloto. Jim more solid program anc! was half-miler, better organised than the Howe, a UNH will fill the place others." , as the girls coach.

Coach Parr thinks that "There are lots of his team wilV�aite well runners this season. serious young coming up," said senior " We have at least six Chris Smith. solid players and at least "I hope with the depth four more with potential ••• we have this year we can I olan to play everyone and said hope to have an undefeated Londonderry," beat Smith. Las L year cht: Bob- sea:;uu," he said.

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Parr Leads ]V's

2 Coaches Lead Winter Track