Vol 02, Issue 05

New Editorial Staff Names Creative Writing Mag. Insight'

The staff for "Insight," this year's creative writing magazine, is: (standing left to right) Pat Masterson, '66; Jackie Overbeck, '66; Kathy Haizman '66; (seated) Gail Gericke, '66; Diane Link, '66; and Karen Decanini, '66.

Diane Link has been chosen editor-in-chief of the creative writing magazine, Insight. The other staff members are: Jackie Overbeck and Kathy Haizman, art co-editors; Karen Decanini, chairman of the reading committee; Claudia Nusser, assistant chairman of the reading committee; Pat Masterson, business and sales manager; Terry Maloney, sales assistant; and Gail Gericke, copy editor.

The magazine, sponsored by Mr. Kenneth Beatty, costs 60 cents, and orders will be taken soon in each of the 114 English classes. It should appear sometime in late April. . . . More Variety Sought Diane stated that this year's

Interact Takes Film, Tape; To Sponsor Trip Abroad Interact, which is sponsored Rotary families all over; the

by Rotary International, is em- only cost will be transportation barking on a new project. Fred there and back, and we can Mateer, '66, president, explained, manage this with the help of "We're going to make slides of our Rotary Club here."

The other officers of Interact, Park Ridge and a tape to coordinate with them telling about sponsored by Mr. Stephan Elare Bob Holz, '66, vicethree main areas of interest: lenwood, president; Ron Carlson, '66, secour school, homes, and com- retary; and Mike Tone, '67, munity. We hope to show peo- treasurer. ple in Europe everything we "Kids in Europe," Fred said, can about the way we live. "just don't realize what we're "The tape will be recorded in like—we hope we can show many languages so the program them we're people too. The purcan be shown all over Europe, pose of Interact is to work for and we can give many more international understanding, and people another 'look' at the way we think that this project will help accomplish our goal."

America is," he continued.

"This should all be finished

by March, and then a sophomore or junior member of Interact will be chosen to travel in Europe showing this program. Since Rotary Club is an international organization, the boy will be able to stay with

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ers, will judge selections by their classmates. They will not know the author of the piece they are judging.

Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, III.

December 3, 1965

Business Training Offered Maine South is offering a new and valuable learning opportunity to senior girls interested in office careers. The office occupations program, one of the newer trends in education, is now available for the first time in Maine Township high school.

Yuletide ConcertFeatures 'Gloria'

Social Science-Student Council Forum, Mr. Otto Kohler and M r . Eric Edstrom of the social science department, look over plans with Student Council members. Sue Olsen, Sharon Strothers, William Murphy, Sue Henkin and Barb Schultz. The Forum planning group announced that Mr. Charles Percy will speak to the student body in January in the auditorium on the topic " A Revitalized GOP: A Republican looks at the two party system."

Sales Still on; Tickets at Door Tickets for Arsenic and Old Lace, the Senior Class play, can still be purchased at the door for tonight's and tomorrow night's performances at 8 p.m.

The price for all seats is $1.50.

Cyndi Brown, '66, Thespian president, stated, "Arsenic and Old Lace, as performed by the students at South, is a hilarious, fast-moving comedy. Everyone looking for an evening of excellent entertainment should see it."

Those wishing to join the contest for designing the cover should contact Diane Link. All drawings must be a certain size and on paper furnished by the magazine staff.

The reading committee in-

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Percy To Speak To Forum

Maine South's second annual Christmas concert will be presented Sunday, December 12 at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

Featured in the program will be the "Gloria" by Vivaldi to be performed by the Concert Choir and a group from the Concert Orchestra directed by Mr. Irwin Bell.

Also appearing will be the Girls' Glee and Boys' Choruses directed by Mr. Bell, the Girls' Choruses directed by Mr. Walter Flechsig, the Brass Choir directed by Mr. Gordon McLean, and the Concert Orchestra directed by Mr. Lloyd Spear.

Free tickets will be given first to the students and parents of the music department, the Maine South Music Boosters and the Maine South faculty.

A limited number of tickets will be available to other students and to the general public and may be obtained by contacting the music office.

magazine will be different from those of previous years. It will try to present a better sampling of what the students really think and include a larger variety of authors.

The staff hopes for student participation in submitting original writing. All works must be typed and double-spaced, with the author's name, English course, teacher, and period written at the top. . . . Staff Needs Artists Anyone with artistic talent may contact Jackie Overbeck and Kathy Haizman, to be given a story to illustrate in pen and ink. If sales are sufficient, photographic studies may be included.

The students in the program dependable, reliable, and maspend the first four or five per- ture enough to accept the reiods at school and the rest of sponsibilities of the adult busithe afternoon working in one of ness world. the participating business estab"The office occupations prolishments. These include Aetna gram is planned for the students Insurance Company, Citizens who know their career goal.

Bank & Trust Company, Poul- Their job will be valuable learnsen Insurance Company of ing experience and a stepping America, Protection Mutual In- stone toward their future casurance Company, and Federal reer. When these girls comPacific Electric Company. The plete their high school education girls spend a minimum of 15 they will be ready for a fullhours a week at their jobs. time adult job and capable of Each of the girls in the pro- earning a starting salary of up gram participates in the office to 90 dollars a week," said Mrs. occupations related course. The Mary Feltenstein, teacher-coorpurpose of this class is to give dinator of the program. a background in behavior and Mrs. Feltenstein pointed out attitudes expected in the busi- that program is also imporness world. The course also in- tant this the business community. cludes such practical aspects as She to "Maine South fills a organizing work, answering the greatsaid, need our community. phone, and greeting people. The The businessinworld needs many student's grade in the course is more trained workers than we determined by their employer's are able to supply, and thereevaluation of how they perform fore enthusiastically support on the job and their classroom this program. Business men of work. the community have joined with This course is open to senior our faculty in a committee to girls with two years of typing cooperate even more closely in who are interested in a business providing opportunities for our career. These girls must be students in business careers."

Kiss Me Kate' Chosen Spring Musical Comedy Kiss Me Kate has been chosen for Maine South's musical production this year. The show will be given by the music department and sponsored by the Maine South Music Boosters.

Kiss Me Kate combines Shakespeare and modern musical comedy drama. Some of the more popular songs include "Wunderbar," "So In Love Am I", and

"Brush Up Your Shakespeare."

Casting will begin in January and performances are scheduled for April 28, 29, 30, and May 1.

"Kiss Me Kate, following the footsteps of last year's successful production of Oklahoma, is sure to be an exciting show," stated Mr. Lloyd Spear, general musical director of the production.

Theme of V-Show 'Lite Cycle'; Tryouts To Be Held Dec. 7-77

Politics and government—Mr. George Friese, a Park Ridge attorney, and M r . Harry Kinser, a Des Plames attorney answered questions of government students who listened to their talks on "Why I am a member of a Political Party." Mr. Friese presented a Republican point of view and Mr. Kinser spoke for the Democrats.

Students of Mr. Edstrom's and Mr. Crockett's class chat informally after the class. (Left to right) Diane Link, Rich Fess and Jane Hansen.

This year's V-Show, Spirit of '66, has held its preliminary opening meeting for students interested in working on the production. Tryouts for acts will be held from December 7 to December 17, and all students will know whether their acts have qualified by Christmas vacation.

The theme for the V-Show will be "The Life Cycle," and all acts must tie in with this central idea of growth and ma-

turity. Acts will be judged on the basis of originality, quality, and suitability for production.

Mr. Hal Chastain, faculty director of V-Show, commented, "The people who are involved in and who are a part of the production staff are looking forward to meeting some outstanding talent at tryouts, and putting this talent together in a variety show which will surprise and please the audience with its excellence."

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December 3, 1965

Afterwords

'Arsenic' a Play for AM' The Senior Class Play, Arsenic and Old Lace, will be presented tonight and tomorrow night. This play is not solely for the seniors, but for the whole student body (and their parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, etc.). Everyone is welcome kve paid their | be purchased in the play ix weeks to jgood. tins, who play the Misses Brewster, are perfect, fluttery old ladies. Jeff Kroon and Dave Mallow are side-

splitting in their roles of Mortimer and Dr. Einstein, and Terry Maloney, who portrays Jonathan, makes him appropriately appalling and horrifying.

The set, the delightful result of a combination of the best ideas brought out in a competition, is a good example of Victorian furnishing, and contributes to the successful effect of the play.

Arsenic and Old Lace is a play that everyone will enjoy. It is hilariously funny and extremely well-done. The directors and the members of the cast and crews are to be commended for producing such an excellently finished product in such an extremely short time.

Experienced Cast Sparks Senior Class Production The students in the cast of Arsenic and Old Lace have many different interests and backgrounds.

Peggy Bussert, '66, who plays the role of Aunt Martha Brewster, has had previous stage experience with leds in Oklahoma and the Center Stagers' production of "The Wizard of Oz." Peggy described her part by saying, "Martha is a dignified, proud spinster who is an excellent cook, very talented at concocting poisons. The part is great fun."

Judy Atkins,. '66, portrays Abby, Martha's sister in Arsenic and Old Lace. This is Judy's first school play, but her performance demonstrates her dramatic ability. Judy comments on her role, "Abby is a delightfully sweet and charming homicidal maniac."

The two aunts, Martha and Abby, have a nephew, Jonathan, a sadistic murderer who invites himself to live with his aunts, ignorant of their peculiarities. Terry Maloney, '66, who portrays Jonathan, has had previous stage experience in school productions, including The Miracle Worker. He believes, "Jonathan's menacing character and resemblance to Boris Karloff in contrast to his sweet old aunts, presents much of the humor in this comedy."

Jonathan is accompanied on his escapes from the police by Dr. Einstein, a plastic surgeon who changes the criminal's face when Jonathan fears he will be caught. Dave Mallow, '66, who portrays Einstein, commented, "As Dr. Einstein, I play the part of a wierd, nervous, drunken

murderer—just a normal, everyday guy!" Dave has had previous stage experience and is a member of Thespians.

Teddy Brewster, another insane member of the Brewster family, lives with the belief that he is Teddy Roosevelt, and is constantly charging up the stairs of his dear aunt's home, thinking it is San Juan Hill.

This part is played by Bill Skibbe, '68, who commented, "The part of Teddy calls for a characterization of an insane young man, living the role of a historical figure. It is a challenging role, even though many people have told me I was type cast."

The Brewster aunts have another nephew, Mortimer, played

by Jeff Kroon, '67. Mortimer is a young, modern dramatic critic who is in love with the minister's daughter. Jeff is a Thespian and has had experience in previous productions, including Center Stagers shows and The Miracle Worker.

Carol Koules, '66, plays Elaine, the minister's daughter.

Carol has done previous work in school productions, including being property head for The Miracle Worker. Carol said about her part, "Even though Elaine is the minister's daughter, she has different ideas than her father, especially concerning her boyfriend, Mortimer."

Reverend Harper, Elaine's father, is portrayed by Doug 01sen, '67. This is not Doug's first show, as he has participated in several Center Stagers and Maine South productions.

Doug commented, "Harper is both an Episcopalian minister and a very proper gentleman. \

Since I am neither, the role is proving to be quite a challenge."

Randy Salo, '67, stage manager, is in charge of seeing that technical crews carry out their duties effectively and efficiently. His job also includes being present at all rehearsals to time acts and give cues, and confer with director Mr. Don Martello about technical problems.

The job of student director included being present at all rehearsals and taking notes for the director, and later conveying them to the cast. Bonnie Buderus, '66, has this job, and commented about the play, "It's ridiculous. It's a farce. It's wonderful."

Forget it! YOU ask him where he transferred from.

Moinestream

Worthless Information May Be Priceless in the Future

by Judy Projahn Well, by this time we have all received the first in a series of goodies known as report cards.

I imagine a great many were surprised, disappointed, or thoroughly disgusted by their first showing. And I also imagine that a great many feel like this is the time to throw in the towel.

It is perfectly natural for certain comments to pass through your mind as you sit in class such as "Nobody is ever going to stop me on the street and say, 'What's the square root of 72'.", and "I doubt that my job will ever depend on whether or not I recognize the character of Natty Bumpoo", or "I don't care who King George's mother is."

I admit that these facts do not seem like the hinges on the door

of fate, but knowing them wilt make you what is more popularly known as a 'well-rounded individual'. You must agree that conversation with someone whose culture begins and ends with the Mickey Mouse Club Song is somewhat less than inspiring, unless you're a mouse or rat or cat.

Although there are some subjects that you take that may fail to keep you on pins and needles throughout the entire class period, listen anyway. It about one thing. is sometimes better to have little knowledge of many things than to have much knowledge So don't give up. Try again.

Remember, things could always be worse. Grades will improve with a little work, or possibly a lot of work, whatever the case.

You will be well rewarded.

Someday the heavens may smile upon you and someone will ask you for the square root of 72.

Southwords

Bill Skibbe, '68, announces another charge up San Juan Hill as his Aunts, Peggy Busser, '65, and Judy Atkins, '65 discuss his personality problems. Action is from the Senior Class play "Arsenic and Old Lace" now showing in the auditorium.

The official student newspaper of Maine Township High School South.

Park Ridge. Illinois. Written and edited bi-weekly by students of the high school. Subscriptions included with activity ticket or purchased separately at $2 per year.

Editor-in-chief Linnea Priest News Editor Gail Griffiths Features Editor Judy Projahn Sports Editor Derek Gilna Art Editor Bruce Howie Copy Editor Maggie Friend Assistant Peggy Kerr Reporters Sue Gunn.

Gary Muka, Carol Niemann, Claudia Nusser, Margie Press. Linda Reidland, Tillie Sullivan, Nancy Petersen. Vickie Lester, Sue Moore, Jan Di Domenico, Chris Eide. Steve Crowe, John MeCallum, Ray Rozny, Lee Rich.

Photo Editor Eric Carlson Photographers Fred Powers.

Ralph Barzditis, John Richmond.

Girls Feel They Benefit from Office Program

by Carol Niemann Six girls from Maine South are participating in the newly developed office occupations program.

Mary Ann Brynn is employed by the Driver's Education department at Maine. She does general office work for the department from 1:15 to 4:15 every afternoon.

After graduation Mary Ann plans to go right into office work.

Citizens Bank and Trust Co. has been using student workers for the past six years. This year Sandy Busch is their student employee.

Sandy works in the bookkeeping department as a clerk-typist on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. After graduation Sandy will continue working at the bank and in the evenings will attend the American Institute of Banking.

One of Sandy's employers,

Mr. Donald Gosswein, said, "The office occupation program is a reciprocal agreement beneficial to the student and the employer.

The employer screens a n d chooses his potential employees by observing them at their work stations. The student has an advantage by knowing what the job is like, therefore enabling them to decide if this is the type of work they want to do permanently." . . . Works In General Office Poulsen Insurance Company of America is employing Linda Kahlke in their underwriting department. Linda does filing and other general office duties from 1:30 to 4:30 each day. After graduation Linda plans to continue office work.

Barb Kort is the student employee at Aetna Insurance Company. Barb works in the reinsurance department typing, filing, and doing other clericial jobs. Barb plans on going into

office work immediately after graduation and possibly going to business school after working for a year.

Mr. Paton, supervisor of the re-insurance department said, "The office occupations program is good for both the students and the department heads. The experience gained by the student should be invaluable in her business career."

Federal Pacific Electric Company is employing Chris Landeck at their Des Plaines office.

She types out orders, handles the correspondence, files and answers the phone. Chris finds that her previous b u s i n e s s courses at Maine, typing, shorthand, and accounting, are very useful in her position.

Ellen Tidball is the third girl from Maine Schools to work at Protection Mutual Insurance Company. Ellen started as a clerk-typist and is now acting as a receptionist.

Mr. Donald Gosswein of Citizens Bank and Trust Company helps Sandy Busch, member of office occupations project, with her work. Sandy works afternoons after attending morning classes.

December 3, 1965

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SOUTHWORDS

Miss Quicks Art Display in Teachers' Lounge

Miss Constance Quick, art instructor, is shown standing beside one of her many paintings currently on display in the teacher's lounge. The painting is "Pomme De ^Terre."

College Representatives Give First Hand Reports Juniors and seniors are urged to take the opportunity to meet college representatives from the different colleges, Mrs. Helen Stuart, college counselor, said this week, in order to give them a first hand report on program, campus life, and facilities available at the colleges and universities.

This is a step forward in helping students make college selections. It is good to investigate five or six colleges and to focus on three or four for actual college visitation.

See your counselor for realistic personal evaluation to see if you are qualified for these schools. . . . Schedule December 3, Smith College from North Hampton, Mass, will be here from 9:30 to 11. Milwaukee School of Engineering

from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 2 to 3:30.

December 6, University of Roschester, N.Y. will be here from 9 to 11. Bethal College, N. Newton, Kansas, from 1 to 2:30.

December 7, Shimer College, Mt. Carroll, Illinois will be here from 9 to 10:30. Standford University, Standford, California, from 11 to 12:30. Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, from 12:30 to 2.

December 8, Washington University will be here from 11 to 1. Connecticut College, New London, Conn, from 2 to 2:30.

December 9, Pembroke College-Brown University, Providence, R.I. will be here from 1 to 3.

December 13, Trinity College from San Antonio, Texas will be here from 9 to 11. Yankton College from Yankton, S.D., from 2 to 4.

Maine South Debators To Host Area Tournament Maine South's debators will hold their first tournament here on Saturday, December 18.

Schools from the Chicago area will be invited to the tournament.

South's beginning debators will participate in Carl Sandburg High School Tournament December 11. Only novice debators are invited.

In an Evanston High School Tournament Saturday, November 20, South had an overall record of eight wins and sixteen losses. In this contest many students were debating for their first time.

On Friday and Saturday, November 26 and 27, four varsity

SC Launches Food Collection Student Council Food Basket Drive will be collecting food in homerooms from December 13 to December 17. The baskets will be distributed on December 20.

Jill Conway, Public Relations chairman, stated, "The baskets will be donated to two charities in the area, and each homeroom will have one basket for a family. Anyone who wants to help distribute these is invited to help; all they have to do is ask their SC representatives about it."

debators attended the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, Tournament. In this debate contestants were questioned by their opponents after giving their constructive speeches.

All participants were required to switch their viewpoints, debating affirmative one round and negative the next. The two teams each scored three wins and three losses.

Paintings in polymer acrylic, woodcuts, and lithographs by Miss Constance Quick are currently on display in the teachers' cafeteria.

Miss Quick has been a teacher in the art department for two years. She received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in art from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This show represents thesis work completed last Spring for Miss Quick's one woman exhibit required for the masters degree in art. The selection covers a four year period.

During her years at Madison, Miss Quick exhibited at the University, held several one woman shows and sold work in the Madison area. She also exhibited in the Milwaukee area, in Watertown and Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. . . . Spent 2 Years in Frisco Miss Quick spent two years in San Francisco and Sacramento, California. Besides showing and selling her work there, she furthered her graduate study at the state colleges in San Francisco and Sacramento, but she concentrated on independent study and work towards her master's exhibit.

San Francisco's impressive and kaliedoscopic atmosphere is the subject of much of Miss Quick's paintings and lithographs.

The polymer acrylic, a new plastic painting medium, is used sometimes as an oil paint on canvas and then again it is used in an opaque water color tech-

nique. Many of the images painted are influenced by the San Francisco cityscape. . . . City Art Vigorous In the lithographs, drawings done on stone and zinc plates and then reproduced on paper as original prints, the images are not as easily detected. These lithographs try to capture the forceful, vigorous, and, at times, pungent feeling of the city.

In her woodcuts, Miss Quick takes a different slant on life.

These prints represent the organic nature of shapes growing and evolving from line—a style which she had before the San Francisco influence.

Miss Quick is presently exploring possibilities in the acrylic medium. Besides a fascination with people, she is concerning herself with cityscapes generally and more specifically with Chicago and some major cities in Europe. . . . Europe Fills Repertoire From this experience she has built a repertory of ideas from some of the major cities, such as London, Paris, Rome, and Athens.

She also has fond memories of some of the smaller mountain areas of Switzerland, the Rhine River scenes of Germany, farm villages of France and Italy, and the islands of Greece.

She is now hoping for a chance to get some of these ideas and memories painted.

Miss Quick feels that seeing the rich treaures of art in the great museums of Europe has already been helpful to her as a teacher of art. At South she

SC Opinion Poll Voices Student Views on Issues Student Council, in conjunction with Southwords, is beginning a Student Opinion Poll.

Each time an issue of Southwords is published there will be a list of questions on issues ranging from hall monitors to Viet Nam. When your SC representative comes into your homeroom on the Tuesday after the paper is published, he will pass out ballots with these questions on them.

The results will be published in the next issue of Southwords.

Set Competition Winners Named The set decoration competition for Arsenic and Old Lace, Maine South's senior class play, was won by Caron Tiberi, '66, and Barb Prykan, '67, who have been named the set decoration heads.

In this way Student Council hopes that they will be able to get the students' opinion on various issues confronting them.

The questions for this week deal with one of the school's eyesores, the cafeteria. They are: If you see other people's garbage lying around the cafeteria, do you go and pick it up? Do you pick up your own garbage?

Should student cafeteria monitors have more power? Should there be more teacher cafeteria monitors?

Do you think that the students will improve the cafeteria themselves?

Do you have any other suggestions?

teaches Art II, which incorporates a chronological study of art history through the Renaissance. The great heritage of art that she has seen will be disccssed in her art history lectures.

Besides Art II, Miss Quick teaches sketching and crafts.

Miss Quick is also a sponsor of the art club.

Party Plans, Boat Sports, Spark News The Business Club's FacultyChildren's Christmas party will be held on Wednesday, December 8, at 4 p.m. in cafeteria C-101. This Christmas party is a business club tradition and has been held annually since the club was founded at Maine East.

Invitations have been sent to all faculty members at South who are invited to bring their children to the party.

Linda Hurlstone, '66, invitation and entertainment chairman, and Vickie Wally, '68, refreshment and decoration chairman, have organized their committees and are planning a "successful and entertaining afternoon" for the children of the faculty.

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. . . Frosh Hold Splosh The Freshman class party will be held on. Saturday, December 11 from 8 to 11 p.m. in the pool and spectator gym.

Theme of the party is the "Frosh-Splosh," and students may either swim or dance, or both.

Music will be provided by the Pendulums. Refreshments will be served by the Business Club.

"We hope that all freshman class members will come to the party and have a good time," said Mr. Rakowsky, freshman class sponsor. . . . Commodores Elected The newly elected officers of Maine South's Boat Sports Club are: Brian Berger, '67, Commadore; Bart Christiansen, '66, vice-commodore; and Linda Condi, '66, secretary-treasurer.

The club will hold its second meeting Wednesday, December 15 in room C-120 after school.

A movie will be shown, and the club's trips will be discussed.

WLS Apples for the Teacher

Southwords Introduces More(!) New Teachers Still more!

Mr. Donald Martello teaches sophomore remedial English, English III, and Stagecraft.

After receiving his B.A. and MA. from Miami of Ohio, Mr. Martello taught seven years at a high school in Hamilton, Ohio, as director of theatre and speech. He then taught two years at Miami of Ohio.

This year Mr. Martello's activities include being director of Miracle Worker, dramatic director of Arsenic and Oki Lace, technical director of VShow, and dramatic director of the up-coming musical, Kiss Me, Kate.

Miss Judith McLaughlin is a Russian teacher for all four levels. Miss McLaughlin received her B.A. from the University of Arizona and current-

ly is engaged in the Master of Arts Teaching program.

Mrs. Mary Mohr is instructor of sophomore English. She is a graduate of Northwestern, and this is her first year of teaching.

Mrs. Nancy Mueller is Girls' Physical Education instructor for freshman through seniors.

Mrs. Mueller received her B.S. from the University of Illinois.

She taught a year at Maine West before coming to South.

Mrs. Mueller is sponsor of Orchesis and choreographer of V-Show.

Mr. John Nugent teaches General Science and Geology.

He received his B.S. from Montana State College, and this is his first year of teaching. Currently, Mr. Nugent is the assistant basketball coach.

Clark Weber, radio disc jockey on WLS which sponsors a weekly contest "Apples for the Teacher", presents a crate full of apples to M r . Timothy Little, social science teacher. Linda Fantetti, '68, entered the contest and wrote a composition honoring her favorite teacher, M r .

Little.

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December 3, 1965

Maine Athletes Begin Winter Schedule Hawk Grapplers Seek 2nd Win

Varsity grappler John Pirie works to pin his man, as the ref checks the hold.

Fresh from their first win of the season over Holy Cross, the varsity wrestling squad challenges Prospect High School tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Mount Prospect gym.

Rated as one of the tough teams in the Arlington district, Prospect is the second in a series of six meets the Hawks face as they warm up for conference action against Deerfield, January 15.

Coach Tom Ziemek is pleased with Tuesday night's victory over Holy Cross but expressed disappointment over the showing in some weight classes where he had expected wins.

Arlington Edges Hawks In Closing Moments, 64-61 After playing two non-conference games, Hawk cagers are still seeking their first win of the young 1965-66 season.

In the season opener Nov. 19, South was routed by York 81 to 57, and last Friday Maine lost a tough one to Arlington 64 to 61.

In the York game the Hawks were overpowered by the size and shooting accuracy of their opponents. York's six foot six inch center, Saunders, sparked his team to victory with 24 points. Fiene and Reese of York each tallied 13 points for the visitors, the two giants, Saunders and Fiene, controlled the boards for York all night.

Senior Dave Strom carried most of the load for South, netting 16 points. McClayton, Murphy, O'Hare, Wehman, Perez, and Reinke accounted for the rest of the Hawk scoring, each with under 10 points. Rick Kilinski, another senior, was good for 13 points.

In a close game with Arlington, South lead at halftime 31 to 27, but in the third quarter Arlington exploded for 22 points compared with 14 for South, and that spelled the fateful finish.

Arlington had a big team, with two men over 6'4", but it was the speed and shooting of their guards which won the game. In the first half the Hawks held their big center Hubbard to a meager 4 points, but in the second half, Townley, a guard, picked up the slack and led the vicious attack with 19 points including 9 out of 10 attempts at

the foul line. Allen, the other guard, had 15 points to his credit while their two big men each scored well under 10.

South displayed a well balanced attack and spread out their scoring among several players. Senior Paul Wehman led the team with 16 points and Strom the other forward was close behind with 14 points.

Juniors, Reinke and Beck accounted for 21 points. After being held scoreless against York, Beck tallied 12 against Arlington while his classmate Reinke duplicated his previous performance with 9 points.

In the fourth quarter McClayton replaced Rick Kilinski who fouled out. Kilinski left the game with 8 points to his credit and Sophomore McClayton rounded out the scoring with 2 points.

When the conference season rolls around in January the Hawks should be ready to put their bid in for the conference championship. Their first two games have been against exceptional teams yet the Hawks look as impressive in almost all positions.

There is ability and depth at the guard positions where McClayton has thrilled the crowd with some dazzling ball-handling, and Tom Beck and Rick Kilinski have shown some scoring punch. Mike Sarcia, another excellent ball-handler is always a worthy replacement.

In Dave Strom, South has a forward who plays a rugged brand of ball that Hawk fans

Paul Wehman snatches a rebound from the expectant grasp of two Arlington players.

like to see. The other forward Wehman has shown shooting ability. Juniors Murphy and Reinke have both been tried at center, but the position is still a q u e s t i o n mark. Reinke, though not yet a prolific scorer, appears consistant, while Murphy has not r e a l l y played enough to tell.

Sophomore guard Tom McClayton hits for two points against Arlington.

In Tuesday's action the varsity won 33 to 16; the JV squad won 34 to 10; the sophomores lost out in their final match 26 to 23; and the freshmen won 31 to 18.

Varsity 95-p o u n d e r, John Pirie, '67, won on a pin and is expected to continue winning right into a conference title.

Terry Harmon, '66, at 133 pounds won on a pin Tuesday and should be another strong contender for conference honors.

Terry and John are the only lettermen on the varsity squad.

Winning on pins against Holy Cross in other weight classes were Gary Lundgren, '66, 120 pounds; Mike Plesner, '68, 180 pounds; and Gary Gaudio, '67, 127 pounds.

Rusty Siebold, '67, 165 pounds, won his match on a decision.

Jeff Rehder, '68, 112 pounds, fought his opponent to a draw.

Losing their first match were Ed Walsh, '66, 145 pounds, decision; Mike Beaulieu, '68, 10 pounds, decision; Jim Link, '67, decision; and Dave De Graf, '67, pin.

Gymnasts Feel Morale Strong Morale on this year's Varsity Gymnastics team is at an alltime h gh. Coach Riccitelli's Varsity G-men will compete without much of the developed talent that dominated last year's team. Thus morale becomes an all-important factor.

The Hawks open their '65-'66 season tonight at 4:30 against Conant in the spectator gym where it is hoped all those wishing to get in can be accommodated.

On Saturday at 2 p.m. Maine will go against a strong Maine West team at Maine West and Tuesday will meet West Leyden here. . . . Four Lettermen Return The team will be led by its four returning senior lettermen.

Doug Robertson and Bob Lyons earned their letters on the trampoline. Doug Dypold lettered on the side horse, and Dick Hood obtained his M by working both the rings and the high bar.

The South squad is Coached

by Mr. Riccitelli, in his fifth year of coaching in Chicago high school competition. Coach Riccitelli, who replaces Mr. Jon Cada, has in four previous seasons compiled a record of sixty-

seven wins against five losses. . . .States Philosophy Coach Riccitelli states his philosophy of life as "Winning isn't the best thing, it's the only thing." Between the team's underdevelopment and Coach Riccitelli's philosophy shomething has to give. Mr. Riccitelli's record shows he has a way of molding winners. The Maine South team should prove no exception.

Swimmers Meet Niles W. Today South tankers opened their '65-'66 season Wednesday, November 24 by competing in a triangular meet at Evanston.

The Varsity results: Evanston 75, Niles North 53, Maine South 41.

The frosh-soph team fared somewhat better, securing a second place, Evanston 105, Maine 33Vi, Niles North 29Vi. sTonight the team meets Niles West here at 4:30 p.m. in the pool. Tomorrow at 2 p.m. the team will travel to Niles East and Thursday and Friday will compete against Notre Dame and Prospect in two home meets.

This year's Varsity is competing in a conference that should prove more difficclt than the old DPV. Nevertheless Head Coach John Tilley is predicting still another fine season for Hawk swimmers.

Wrestling Schedule Friday Dec. 3 South at Prospeet 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Dec. 4 West Leyden at South 2 p.m.

Friday Dec. 10 South at Maine West 7 p.m.

Friday Dec. 17 Wheeling at South 7:30 p.m.

Friday Jan. 7 Forestview at South 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Jan. 15 Deerfield at South 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Jan. 22 Niles North at South 2 p.m.

Friday Jan. 28 South at Glenbrook North 7:30 p.m.

Saturday Jan. 29 South at Prospect 2:30 p.m.

Saturday February 5 South at Niles West 2 p.m.

It's Academic Sat. For those preferring a different type of inter-school competition, the Maine South It's Academic team will appear on Channel 5 TV at 6 p.m. Sat.

Varsity Cagers Steadily Improve; Meet Prospect Team Tonight

By Derek Gilna A timebomb in your Christmas stocking to all cynics, armchair coaches, and self-appointed basketball experts who have condescended to read what someone else has to say about this year's team.

Already the seeds of rumor have begun to be sown to the effect that Maine South Varsity cagers are totally out of it this year. Attendance at the Arlington game was notably less than that of the York game. The varsity sends its regrets to all faint-hearted fans whose hopes of two twenty-point victories were shattered. . . . Team Much Improved To even the most untrained observers the South squad that came within two field goals of downing Arlington was vastly superior to that which lost by a vast margin to the probable WSC champ, York. Remember the WSC?

The Maine team in the Arlington game was one with notably improved shooting and defensive play. South also showed it can rebound against a much taller team. And who knows, before the season is over, height may cease to be one of Coach Brady's constant worries. . . . Hawks to Play 2 Tonight and tomorrow Maine South will go up against some tough competition in Prospect and Palatine, both nonconference opponents. Maine will play Prospect at home Friday night but will meet Palatine on the Palatine court Saturday. Both games will begin at 7 p.m.

Prospect has a good, tall team that shoots well. Maine will use a zone defense and attempt to control the board by obtaining superior position. The game should be very close.

Arlington defeated Palatine two weeks ago by the margin of nine points. Maine goes into

this game a slight favorite, but the game should still be close.

On Friday December 10 the Varsity will meet Maine West at Maine South. Maine West is in bad shape, having graduated virtually all of last year's developed talent. South should triumph in this contest. . . . 3 Lettermen on Squad This year's Varsity team is built around the three returning senior lettermen, forwards Paul Wehman, Dave Strom, and guard Rick Kilinski. Joining this trio are a promising group of juniors and sophomores. Jeff Reinke and Bill Murphy, both juniors, are battling for the center spot. In the lead for the open guard position are Tom Beck, junior, and Tom McClayton, sophomore.

The South team will slowly improve as the season progresses and has already made good headway. By the time the conference season opens against Glenbrook South on January 14.