Beat Miles West was

Beat Willowbrook

Vol. 1 No. 9 Maine Township High School South, Park Ridge, January 29, 1965

Dr. Watson Tells of Extensive School Analysis Dr. Clyde K. Watson, princi­

pal, has announced that an ex­haustive evaluation of Maine South is now under way with the purpose of improving the school. The evaluation is part of the accrediting process.

"At present we are beginning an evaluation with North Cen­tral Association, a high school accrediting agency, to cover ev­

ery aspect of our educational program," Dr. Watson stated.

Among the areas to be con­sidered are: school objectives, school's relation to the commu­nity, student activity program, library facilities, guidance ser­vices, health services, school plant, faculty, and administra­tion.

North Central Association re-

'To Bathe or not To Bathe' Ponders Peavoy as Halibut

A desolate expression in his eyes, John Peavoy, as Halibut, paces back and forth as he ponders the decisive issue of his life. FinaUy, lips pursed, he halts, outstretches his hand, rolls his eyes up to heaven, and intones:

"To bathe, or not to bathe, that is the question. Whether 'tis healthier for the body to suf­fer the stings and pains of Fresh Arrid, or Ban, or to plunge one's arms into a sea of bubbles and remove all those things that flesh is heir to."

Halibut sighs reverently: "Oh! 'tis an immersion devoutly to be wished. To slosh: to steep; to steep, perchance to steam. And then perhaps a rubdown."

Third period today the senior advanced - placement English

class absented themselves from felicity and saw a performance of Halibut, a parody of Hamlet, by seven AP English students.

Besides John, the cast includ­ed: Sherry Heiden and Hillary R o d h a m , narrators: Ellen Press, Ophelia; Lena Salbcgo, Queen Gertrude: Andy Dyck, King Hamlet and Claudius; and Ray Hilgermann, Polonius.

Like Richard Burton. John shunned a costume, performing in street clothes. Like Burton, too, he spoke his "Get thee to a nunnery!" with authority and conviction.

Written for Mainspring "62 by Mrs. Ruth Given, counselor at South, and Mr. Roy Howarth. AP English teacher at East. Halibut contains three Heh, he he's. W h a t is the signifi­cance . . .

Kicking their heels in the rehearsal of 'Halibut ' are Sherry Heiden, Andy Dyck, Lena Salbego, John Peavoy, Ellen Press, Ray Hilgermann, and Hi lary Rodham.

quires a yearly report from each member school as well as from new schools applying for accreditation. So extensive a report as Maine South is under­taking is not required for ac­creditation but is being done voluntarily.

. . . Takes Three Steps North Central is setting up

machinery to evaluate each high school in its area with an exhaustive report once every seven years. However, as Dr. Watson pointed out, "Maine South is one of the first, if not the first, high school to under­take this exhaustive evalua­tion."

Three steps are involved: first, fihng of evaluations of the school by each teacher and by special committees; second, discussion of committee find­ings with each committee by an evaluation team; and third, of­ficial accreditation and a final report by North Central.

In step one, committees will be chosen by North Central and the town.ship. Dr. Watson ob­served, "The committees will include many experts and uni­versity people, all teachers and

Du Tones Play For Dance Tonite

The American Field Service will sponsor an after dance to­night. January 29. It will be­gin immediately following the game and will continue until 11 p.m. Tickets have been sold in the cafeteria on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, January 27 through 29. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Entertain­ment will be provided by the Du Tones.

NCC Vanquishes Debaters Jan. 23

The varsity debate team lost their round on WBBM-TV's Public Affairs Program, Rebut­tal, to North Chicago Commun­ity High School, last Saturday on Channel 2 at 1:30 in a two to one decision.

Curio Sales Start Monday Curio, the Creative .Arts Mag

azine, will go on sale Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in the English classes and Thursday and Friday in the cafeterias.

Members of the Creative Writ­ing classes will go in pairs to the English classes to solicit for the magazine, which will be published about May 1.

Curio will consist of original prose, poetry, artwork, and pho­tography submitted by students. Contributors may place their entries in the box provided in Room V-107. Cathy Lippert, Art Editor, emphasized, "Artwork must be in black and white only, on pure white paper, no larger than 11 inches by 14 inches. Colors cannot be reproduced."

"Where else can you buy a hand-bound collection of art and literature for only 60 cents?" queries Linda Dillon, Business Manager, referring to the fact that the staff itself will bind the book in order to save mon­ey.

Under the supervision of Bet­sy Olson, Editorial Editor, 14 seniors from the Creative Writ­ing classes and two freshmen, Nancy Petersen and Gary T.

Johnson, are evaluating the submissions.

Prizes are being offered in each of the four subject areas and in each of the four classes.

freshman through senior. Directors of Operations on the

project include Mr. Ken Beatty, sponsor, and Co-editors Kathy Moore and Jim Casey.

administrators from M a i n e South, as well as community members who have no special­ized knowledge of education."

A folder will be given to each committee and each Maine South faculty member. Folders contain checklists for rating each area of the school program as good, fair, or poor.

After each committee and teacher completes a folder, part two begins; and a special eval­uation team of fifteen men, not associated with the high school, meets with each committee and goes over the committee's find­ings.

When the evaluation team has completed its work in May, all the findings are submitted to North Central. Then, in part three North Central will ac­credit Maine South probably before the end of the school year. Next fall they will send back a final report containing constructive criticisms to im­prove the school.

"To be accredited, there are three standards we must meet," noted Dr. Watson. "They re­late to type of program, num­ber, and quality of teachers, and courses of study. There is not the slightest doubt that we meet all of these standards."

Newly elected National Honor Society officers discuss plans for the coming year. Pictured above are: Art Curtis, president; Hi l lary Rodham, vice-president; Kathy Tongue, secretary; Susan Stybr, treasurer; and Mrs. Aida Farmer, club sponsor.

Honor Society Members Announce Officers, Plans

The Maine South chapter of the National Honor Society re­cently held its first election. The newly chosen officers are Art Curtis, president; Hillary Rod­ham, vice-president; K a t h y Tongue, secretary; and Susan Stybr, treasurer.

The present organization has 25 members, all of whom are former Maine East students. On February 25 new members will be selected after their names have been submitted to the fac­ulty for membership considera­tion. Students must be in the

Moms Hold Dance For Funds Feb. 5

Maine South Mothers' Club will sponsor a dance February 5, from 8 to 12 p.m., for the pur­pose of adding to funds for the Mothers' Club scholarship pro­gram.

The dance, planned around a Valentine's Day theme, will provide a variety of entertain­ment for both parents and stu­dents. Music for dancing will be provided by the Rhythm Club, and cards will be avail­able for those who wish to play bridge or any other game.

Donations are $2 per couple. Tickets are available at the door or through Mrs. Mell Par-nell, chairman, 823-2330; or Mrs. Paul Gaudette, co-chairman, 823-1658.

Mrs. Pat Baumgart, president of Maine South's Mother's Club, is enthusiastic about the dance and its purpose. "An evening of real fun is planned for every­

one," she stated.

upper quarter of their class to qualify; they are judged on the basis of leadership, service, and character.

Those students selected will attend a pre-initiation tea in March. The installation will be a formal-evening ceremony held on April 9.

Projects of the club for this year include a program to ac­quaint underclassmen with the requirements and opportunities for membership.

Mrs. Aida Farmer, club spon­sor, commented, "I think that membership in the National Honor Society can be a goal for every student."

Elections Begin Society's Activities

Chip Rollins was elected pres­ident of Brotherhood Society January 20 at the society's first organizational meeting. Jeff Phillips was elected vice-presi­dent and Sukie Askew, secre­tary-treasurer.

February 8 marks the begin­ning of Brotherhood Week. Scheduled during this week will be a Brotherhood Assembly where six members from each class will be presented with Brotherhood Awards. A Negro scholar will be the featured speaker at the assembly. Stu­dents are elected to the society by their classmates as those best typifying the spirit and practice of fair dealing, leader­ship, and helpful cooperation within the class.

Sponsor of the club is Mrs. Elizabeth Zentz.

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Keeping orderly records is an important function of a well-organized staff. Here Eyr ie staff members Judy Fairbanks, Kristie Duyckinck, and Alan Harris fi le in­formation and pictures which wi l l go into the 1965 Eyrie.

Afterwords

Fee Fie Fo Fum Finals...!

Features Editor, John Venson and Sports Editor, Lee Kaufmann discuss picture possi­bilities for upcoming issues.

As the excrutiating agony of finals' week fades from our troubled souls, we on the newspaper staff heave a sigh of relief. Ever mindful, though, of the responsibility we bear as molders of public opinion, we wish to establish, in our usual slipshod manner, traditions for posterity.

Some practices we have seen regarding finals' week we do not term as fair play. These practices must not be allowed to be­come hallowed traditions. Hence we respect­fully recommend the following be nominated for oblivion:

. . . teachers that talk through half the final

. . . people who spend all semester sleep­

ing in class and then pull an A on the final. teachers that read over yoiu" shoulder as you are taking the final and laugh indulgently at your answers, re­marking, "That's a good one. I'll have to remember that." parents who don't believe that it's how much you learn, not the grade, that counts people who finish their test 20 min­utes early and proceed to gaze smug­ly at their retarded contemporaries a teacher who tells you his acceler­ated freshmen classes scored much higher than your senior class did teachers that give three-day finals finals' week . . .

Bruce Howie, Southwords artist, learning the other side of the illustrative arts, inserts a negative in the photo enlarger.

Karl Franson June Kobayashi

Karl, June Give Opinions, Comparisons of Schools

The end of the first semester is a time when Mainites take stock of the damage done or victory achieved during the first 20 weeks of school.

It is a time when seniors plan their spring gala and re­solve never to open another book for the rest of the year. (But just wait! In three weeks the most defiant seniors will be breaking their firm resolu­tion.)

Maine South has two seniors who are not, as strange as it may sound, looking back with dismay on the last semester, making plans for a spring gala, or making resolutions. Such stalwart students are K a r l Franson, Swedish AFS student, and June Kobayashi, visitor from Japan. They are rather comparing Maine's system with the ones they have in their native countries.

Karl is yearning to return to a school where teachers solem­nly resolve to give no quizzes. The Swedish lunch period of an hour and twenty minutes dwarfs Maine's twenty-minute lunch period. Karl prefers the Swedish system of ending the semester before the Christmas vacation, so that students have

a free vacation. Karl, having studied six lan­

guages, feels that his stay in America will improve his Eng­lish and give him background for the work he hopes to do in the Swedish diplomatic corps. Karl finds Mainites very likable and interesting.

June Kobayashi, who enjoys the English language immense­ly, sights definite advantages of American schools over Japa­nese schools. June first looks with pleasure on our five-day school week over the Japanese six-day week. June is most im­pressed by the genuine concern that American teachers have for their students. Help for the student is more readily given in America than in Japan, ac­cording to June.

In comparing the American and Japanese school systems, June finds that she does pre­fer some of the practices in the Japanese schools over those in American schools. June fav­ors the ten-minute rest period given between each period in Japan. Japanese teachers, not the students, pass from room to room, thus keeping a group of friends together for the entire day.

Publications Slave for Deadlines —Alanl Where's my copy? . . . Meet 8th Period .Another problem of Eyrie is —0 despair I I could just die! In Southwords and Eyrie, where to shoot pictures. "There —Who stole my Busy Signal? which meet eighth period in V- just aren't enough white —Grab that typewriter' 107 and V-108, students learn to walls!" says Nancy with a rue-The Place- Southwords or ^PP^ knowledge gained in jour- ful smile.

Eyrie. The time: day before "^"^"^ ,*"^ Enghsh class to The staff notes, however, that a deadline practical problems. cooperation of administration,

"From the commotion it is Southwords staff gathers fea- f ice workers fac^ty and stu-clear that a lot of hard work ^^re. news, and sports stories, a^nts has been exceuent. goes into student publications," which are typed on copy paper, . . . jjm Heads Bureau commented Miss Carol Singer, a"'' arranges for pictures. Next. News bureau, headed by Jim Eyrie sponsor. "What you may editors lay out pages and as- Casey, handles school publicity not realize is that it is also a lot sign headlines. When heads for local newspapers. Students of fun." and captions are written and may be assigned to news staff

The publicaUons area, local- " "Py «^o"ected, the editors go any period when they have a ed at the west corner of the vo- ° ^^^ pnnters. study hall, cational area, includes journal- At the printers, editors paste School photographers George ism classroom, Soutbwords, up the galley proofs of their Case and Eric Carlson have the Eyrie, news bureau, and pho- pages as they want their stor- use of a darkroom and school tography. ies arranged. Then printers cameras. They do their shoot-

Journalism class is a full- set the type as indicated on the ing for news bureau. South-year course open to sophomores, pasted-up galley proofs and run words, and occasionally for juniors, and seniors. It gives off sample page proofs, which Eyrie.

one-half credit. the editors proofread. so if you are walking past According to Mr. Ken Beatty, Editor-in-chief C o r r i n n e the publications area some

the double purpose of his jour- Schmid commented, "The larg- eighth period and hear strange nalism class is to introduce stu- est problems the paper has en- noises — violent smashing of dents to techniques of writing countereti at South have been PJ a rulers agamst a waU or news, feature, and sporU stor- learning to function with a moans of "Oh, despair!"—don't ies and to train them in such much smaller staff than at East be alarmed: Eyrie and South-technical aspects as copy and and establishing channels for words deadlines are drawing proofreading, laying out pages, news." "ea'' and writing headlines. , ^ " ^ ^ " " • " ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ ^ ' " ~

. . . Includes 7 SecUons SouthwOrds Eyrie is divided into seven

s e c t i o n s : a c a d e m i c s , a c t i v i t i e s . The oindal student newspaper of

athletics, classes, seniors, girls' *•»"»« To»T>$hip High School souUi. sports, and administration and P " " •"' «- """•"" '*' "*° """ faculty. Each section has an """^ " *«"^ ^ .^f *'^, "' "l! editor. Editors-in-chief Kristie "^'l « ^ ; " f" ;"" .'"f.t^ _ 1 • 1 J »T 1 1 • ,- *'Ui activity Ucket or purchased D u y c k i n c k and N a n c y F l e i s h - ^p^rately at e per year. mann are in charge of the in- Editor-m *ief .... corrtnne Schmid t r o d u c t i o n a s w e l l a s SUpervis - Managlne Editor KaUy Moore ing i n d i v i d u a l e d i t o r s . News Editor candy Downer,

E a c h s e c U o n e d i t o r i s re - Feature. Editor J o ' i ^ v S S n \ ^ ^ ^ F ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H s p o n s i b l e for w r i t i n g c o p y and Sports Editor Lee Kaufmann

capUons, laying out pages, !!f*^. " " " * " • '^„?,"*";?*"." / ^^^^^M th ink ing of i d e a s for p i c t u r e s , Assistant Bmcc Howie

J ^ ^ ^ ^ H and s c h e d u l i n g p i c t u r e s . Reporters Cheryl Acton, f I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H ' Marianne BuU. Robert Cycon. Rose I \ I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M A m o n g s p e c i a l p r o b l e m s f a c e d Daly. Deanna Cedde, Gail Grifnths.

/ \ 1 ^ ^ ^ H by this year's yearbook staff is H^SLJ'**^.,,'^Ii..^''M''"T°-r •l™ I \ 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H , . -^ , . • Undcrvn. Phil HcCulIoufh. Leslie I Y I ^ ^ ^ ^ H k e e p i n g it f r o m b e i n g e x a c t l y Padorr. EUen Press. Linnca Priest. ^ \ m ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B like Lens. In addition, "Eyrie ''"iy Pniabn. Margaret sehmid.

* ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . . • J 1 Photo Editor Georn Case ^ , „ ^ „ IS not a s o r g a m z e d a s w e p l a n Advi««- Mr. Kenneth Beatty Mr. Kenneth Beatty to be next year," says Kristie. ^ _ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

January 29, 1965 S O U T H W O R D S Page 3

Spirit of '65

SC Starts General Ticket Sales Feb. 8 General ticket sales for

"Americana '65" will begin February 8 at the ticket win­dow across from the Spectator Gym and at Scharringhausen's in Park Ridge. All tickets will sell for SI.75. There will be no difference in price range since the auditorium is designed for sight and acoustics from all parts of the house.

Members of the show's cast and crew and all faculty mem­bers may purchase tickets on Thursday, February 4. and Fri­day, Februar>^ 5. The ticket window will be open before school, throughout the school day, and after school until 4 p.m.

Student Council, the show's sponsor, is busy working on the business aspects of "Spirit of

"65." Coordinating these efforts the auditorium during rehear- to create abstract suggestions

Students, Teachers Relate Perilous Times Wi th Mice

"I was standing back apainst the wall when something plopp­ed on my head. All I could feel were these sharp little claws—sort of like a spider," explained Mr. George Greene in regard to his harrowing ex­perience of being a landing for mice.

NFL Encourages Speech Activifies

National Forensic League is a national organization for the promotion of speech in high schools. To get Maine South recognized by this organization, Mr. William C. Hoag, Mr. Ger­hard Rempel, and Miss Sandra McChesney have worked over­time to get their s t u d e n t s enough points to be admitte-'

The points that are counted by the League and that arc im­portant to the student are earned by the student in contests in­volving speech. These contests range from debates and oratori­cal declamation to prose and comedy readings.

At Maine new members arc being admitted and old mem­bers are adding to their total points.

Previous members of NFL that are continuing to partici­pate in Speech Activities are: Chris Hoyt, Andy Dyck, Steve Karina, Frank Hoyt, Ray Hil-germann, and Bob Landeck.

New members include: Craig Anderson, Gregg Knell, Lee Mortenson, Don Anderson, Scott Bremer, Shannon Connlly, Bill Kremer, Dick Katschke, Jeff Kroon, John McCallum, Bruce McGuinn, Nicki Sieveke, Peter Schroeder, James Pederson, and Ronald Roeser.

"But the mouse calmly crawled down from my head to my sleeve and trousers, jumped to the floor, and walked around the comer back to the library."

When asked what his first thoughts were when the mouse landed, he remarked, "Well, 1 was naturally curious as to why mice were dropping on my head." Mr. Greene stated he wouldn't be surprised if a whole family was living in the library.

"I was doing pushups during third period when this mouse ran right in front of me. I started to chase it—had lunch next period—but it got away," remarked George Case, another person who has had an encoun­ter with the visiting mice.

"Just as I started to get back to my exercising, it came again. The mouse ran in to the girls' locker room and disappeared. Mr. VanProyen wouldn't let me chase it any more. You can bet, though, I was ready and willing to go through the girls' locker room if at all necessary."

"Ahh, yes, the mice," Mr. Harry Lartowski, custodian, replied to the question. "We've had a number of them in the school. They seem to come in through the tiniest cracks. Mat­ter of fact, the other day one custodian left his lunch for a minute to get some coffee, and when he came back, a mouse was eating his lunch.

"No, he didn't finish his lunch," he replied to the re­porter's question. "I wouldn't think the student body would be too alarmed about the mice. When the warmer w e a t h e r comes, they'll be gone."

And so it will be written that among the many new traditions set in the year 1965 at Maine South was the growing famili­arity between mice and men.

are Sharon Strothers, social chairman; Linda Boidy and Don Lossman, publicity heads; Carol Farley, ticket head; Pat Price, cast party; and Rick Van Mooy, box-office manager. Stu­dent Council monitors will sup-en'ise the care and cleanup of

Sigma Chi's Sell Candy Feb. 1-10

Sigma Chi Sigma will be con­ducting a fund-raising candy sale between February 1 and 10. Fifty new freshmen members will join the old members in a sale that will finance the so­ciety's final projects of the year.

Fifty-cent chocolate almond bars and one dollar boxes of chocolate-covered almonds made by World's Finest Chocolate, Inc., will go on sale to the stu­dent body.

Money raised in this cam­paign will be used to prepare a folio on Maine South and to buy equipment for Maine South's reading clinic, according to Ray Hilgermann, president of Sigma Chi Sigma.

"The folio of Maine South," stated Ray, "will contain pic­tures, articles, and tapes depict­ing life at Maine South. This folio will be sent to Karl Fran-son's school in Sweden. Karl will help Sigma Chi Sigma pre­pare the folio."

Sigma Chi Sigma has been able to take on projects for the first time in its existence for two reasons, according to Ray. "First of all." explained Ray, "Sigma Chi Sigma has a larger membership due to the fairer reading and comprehension test given to students applying for membership. Any good student can get in."

Sophs, Teachers Take 1st Places

Sophomores and faculty mem­bers claimed first place in re­cent basketball tournaments sponsored by Girls' Athletic As­sociation.

The sophomores were the vic­tors in the class tournament held on Monday, January 18. The team members, Betsy Bau­er, Diane Broman, Sue Hume, Cathy Raimondi, R o x a n n e Schuessler, Nancy Tracy, Susan Turnstrom, Kay Watson, and Miss Dawn Butler, coach, were victors over second-place jun­iors, third-place seniors, a n d fourth-place freshmen.

Gwen Caldwell, Diane Dreng-berg, Janine Fentiman, Laurel Findlay, Gail Goodrich, Marlene Lukaszewski, Cathy Sciarra, and Miss Carol Finneran, coach, won second place with their only loss to the sophomores.

sals. Of special interest this year

in the show wiU be the sets used. Carol Mack, student art director, has stylized scenery

of the mood, atmosphere, and locale. Several silhouette scenes will be used in addition to fro­zen tableau and shadow pic­tures.

Planning, discussing, and preparing stage scenery for 'Americana' is the job of Mrs. Saundra Trunick, Don Knapp, and Glen Swanson.

12 South Seniors Qualify For County Scholarships

Eleven Maine South seniors are eligible for Cook County scholarships to the University of Illinois, and one senior is elig­ible for a Cook County scholar­ship to any Illinois State school.

Applications have been given to all the eligible students, and they must be returned to Nobel Puffer, County Superintendent of Schools, by February 1, 1965.

The applicants will be judged on the basis of their A.C.T. scores, their class rank, and their financial need.

The students selected from Maine are: Judith E. Fairbanks, Elizabeth J. Fiedler, Stephen J. Karina, Donna L. Korda, Rob­ert V. Krause, John C. 'Lind-quist, James E. Phillips, Pam L. Pullen, Penelope L. PuUen,

German Clubbers Hold Skating Fest

German Club held a skating party at .South Park Sunday, January 17, from 2 to 5 p.m. The party was supervised by Mr. Warren Borne, German Club sponsor.

Admission was free to all club members. After the skating, re­freshments were served at Jeff Krauseman's house.

Officers of the club include Linda Gross, president; Linda Barth, vice-president; Jan John­son, secretary; and Marsha Schimmel, treasurer.

Robert H. Sayers, and Michael D. Singelmann. Dave N. White was the only Maine student se­lected to take the examination for a scholarship to any Illinois State school.

The basic difference between the County scholarships and the State scholarships is that the students only compete with oth­er students in the County rather than students throughout the state.

Sue Takes Third At Contest Jan. 23

Suzanne Tessaro took a third place in prose reading for Maine South at Wheeling High School last Saturday, January 23.

Other high scorers at the in­dividual-events contest w e r e Anita Hosford, who placed sec­ond in two rounds and Lee Mortenson, who took a first in one round and a third in anoth­er.

Also, Carla Oleck took sec­ond and third and Penny and Pam Pullen each won thirds and fourths.

"At Niles North on February 6, the Maine team will go up against the toughest competi­tion before they get to the NFL District competitions in March. At NFL competition we will really find the going difficult," said Miss Sandra McChesney, individual-events coach.

Managing Editor Kathy Moore and Co-News Editor Andy Dyck of Southwords spend eighth period with pencil and eraser planning the layout, or appearance, of page three.

Many minutes are spent at the printers' with glue pot and scissors on the past«-up. Finally, all the type for one page is arranged in the 'chase,' or frame—and the paper is ready to be put to bed.

Page 4 S O U T H W O R D S January 29, 1965

Hawks, Indians Scrimmage In Torrid Tourney Tonight

Tonight the varsity- basket­ball team will host the Niles West Indians as they start off the second round of Des Plaines Valley League action. T h e Hawks are currently tied for first place with Niles West and East Leyden.

Tonight's contest is guaran­teed to be a torried one. Niles is looking for revenge against an earlier defeat by our Hawks, 74 to 68.

Maine South basketball fans will also be given another game to scream their heads off at this weekend as South meets Willowbrook on Saturday night at South.

South earned first place by remaining undefeated in their last three outings. They scored a thirteen-point win over West Leyden on January 15 on the home court.

Last weekend South cagers played two games, winning both by margins of five points. Friday night's victim was Pala­tine by 61 to 56, and last Satur­

day they handed Proviso West a 61 to 59 setback.

. . . Niles Six and One Niles also won its last three

games to keep a six and one mark going into tonight's game, while Leyden, after turning' back our Hawks three weeks ago, suffered its first defeat at the hands of Niles last Satur­day evening, 56 to 51.

South now owns a record of 13 wins against only 2 defeats. Credit goes not only to the play­ers but to the tremendous coach­ing that Mr. Bemie Brady has done this season.

There have been many indi­vidual stars for the Hawks in these last three games.

Hawk guard Bob Field was the high-point man for South against West Leyden with 13 points. Bill "Goose" DeBartolo hit for 11. while Larry Wise-burn netted 9.

. . . Wisebum Leads Scorers Against Palatine last week­

end Wisebum led the Hawk scorers with 16 as Mark Waters

Last Three Meets Prove Successful for Mermer^

The swimming team has been very active since Sonthwords' last publication. Three impor­tant meets took place in the last two weeks in which Maine South did a commendable job. Coach John TiUey's expectations for the team have been, at this moment, very factual.

The first of these meets was swum two weeks ago tonight (Friday) at East Leyden. Maine South dunked Leyden by a one­sided score of 79 to 16. That following Saturday, South trav­eled north to New Trier for the Indian Relays. The top teams of the state including New Trier, Evanston. and Hinsdale were there in full force. Even though South faced such teams as these, they managed to capture sixth place.

A week ago the squad hosted a very weak West Leyden swim­ming team. The mermen were using members of the squad

who usually do not swim in some of the meets. Even so, the swimmers chalked up a score of 80-15 with enthusiastic cheering coming from the South fans.

. . . Tony Tops Butterfly Tony Halda. a newcomer to

the team, has helped by getting firsts in the butterfly in the last two dual meets. He has also placed high in other previous meets. Tony, who came from \'irginia last summer, is mainly a butterflyer, but he has shown surprising strength in the free­style.

A tough meet tonight against Niles, at NUes, will be an indi­cation of how the remaining sea­son will go. This Saturday at 2:30 p m. the Maine South mermen will clash with the per­ennially s t r o n g New Trier squad. The meet will take place in tha South swimming pool.

and Mike Andrews each totaled 12 points. Bob Field hit for nine in the Palatine clash.

Last Saturday night's game with Proviso West had three Hawks in double figures. Mark Waters led the Hawks with 20 points, Larry Wiseburn hit for 19, and Bill DeBartolo, 17. Bob Field and Mike Andrews each scored four markers.

Wiseburn has hit 285 points for the year while DeBartolo has popped in 255. Both boys are leading scorers in the Des Plaines Valley League and could be possible candidates for All-League honors.

The two games this weekend will be followed by two next weekend, both away games. Next Friday evening S o u t h meets Morton West at Morton West, and next Saturday night the Hawks will travel to West Leyden. TEAM won lost pet. Maine South 6 1 .857 Niles West 6 1 .857 East Leyden 6 1 .857 Willowbrook 4 3 .571 Morton West 3 4 .429 West Leyden 2 5 .286 Palatine 1 6 .143 Provi-so West 0 7 .000

Hawk Tawk

" I was fouled," Larry Wiseburn (44) seems to be saying as he blocks a Palatine Pirate in last Friday's game.

Hawkman Hails Cagers By Lee Kaufmann

The old Maine South Hawk is back in its first-place perch. Tonight's game will be a cru­cial one in deciding how long we will enjoy having a league lead­ing team. A win tonight and another two weeks from tomor­row against East Leyden should pretty well cinch the conference title. A loss against either will

Senior forward Bill DeBartolo fights for a rebound. The Hawks defeated Palatine 61 to 56 last Friday night at Maine South.

Gymnasts Win,

Lose One Meet Maine South Varsity Gym­

nasts will travel to Niles West tomorrow, Saturday, for a three-way meet with Niles and Maine East. The squad split its last two meets, beating Palatine 68 to 64 and losing to West Leyden 72 to 60.

Against West Leyden on Jan­uary 15, Hawks took three firsts, Gary Ryan on high bar, Steve Wronski on rings, Al Cook in tumbling. The best the team could do on the parallel bars was a third by Senior Dennis Osgood.

Junior Bob Lyons took a sec­ond on trampoline. Jack Car­penter placed fourth on the side horse.

In the Palatine meet January 23, Bob Lyons tied for first, with Doug Robertson taking fifth, and Dan Maginc, si.xth. Senior Jack Carpenter won the side horse, while Doug Dypold placed fifth and Pete Karnov, sixth.

Gary Ryan streaked to his fifth first place on the high bar with Dick Hood placing second and Dave Schrader, fourth.

Dennis Osgood won the paral­lel bars. Tom Ebeling placed fifth and Dave Schrader, sixth.

Steve Wronski was first on the rings with Dick Hood second and Gary Ryan, sixth.

Al Cook and Dan Magine fin ished second and third in tumb­ling. Junior Carl S w a n s o n placed sixth.

The sophomore team lost to West Leyden 81 to 51 but bounced beck to whip Palatine 71 to 61. Soph star Jim Gorien totaled 23 points for the Hawks in the two meets.

be difficult to overcome but a double defeat would be the end.

The team has continued to play well on offense but has slipped a bit on defense. Teams like Palatine and. Proviso West shouldn't get within five points of us. It is, however, difficult for a team to get up for a game against such unformidable oppo­nents. Tonight's grudge battle against Niles West should prove more stimulating for both team and fans.

. . . Tonight's Game Exciting Tonight's game should be as

exciting or more exciting than the screamer we lost against East Leyden. The team should be at its best emotionally and should play it most skillfully. Star forward Larry Wisebum has predicted that "the winner of tonight's game will be the conference champ." He could very well be right.

Unfortunately the Cagers will have to play two games this weekend and then two games next week. East Leyden will

then play here the week after. This could be a factor. Fro-tunately we play not-so-rough teams but such a schedule can't help but affect play. The team will have a week between the second double weekend and the Leyden game, so they should be in good shape.

. . . WresUers Win And how about those grap-

plers? Well done. Let's hope their recent victories continue. Its seemed to me all along that their record hasn't been a very good indication of their skill. South should do fairly well in the state competition.

Latest news from Maine East: the Blue Demons won a game! They defeated the Red Devils of Hinsdale In a recent WSC battle. Talk about fabulous Maine South firsts.

Again 1 would like to urge everyone to come to tonight's game. This is the "big game" and the team. I'm sure, will ap­preciate the screaming and yell­ing of enthusiastic fans.

Mafmen Win Two Meets; Caine Stays Undefeated

The varsity wrestling squad made a great improvement in its record the past two weeks as it won two meets and dropped only one. The Hawks scored victories over West Leyden, 24 to 20, and Wheeling, 29 to 16, and lost to Palatine 29 to 18. The Hawks now have an overall record of two wins, six losses, and one tic for the season.

Six individual wrestlers starr­ed for Maine South in the two victories. Leading the way was 120-lb, Wes Caine who scored two pins to keep his un­defeated record intact. Senior Ron Otto duplicated Caine's performance as he also won on two pins. Two other seniors took a heavy part in the Hawk scoring as Tom Kersten, 133 lbs., won on two decisions, and Steve Richards, 165 lbs., won on a pin and a decision.

Sophomore John Pirie, 95 lbs., and junior Terry Harmon, 138 lbs., were important factors

in the Hawk victories as each captured a pair of victories on decisions. Also contributing to the scoring in the Wheeling meet were 103-lb. Keith Clotfel-ter, who won on a pin, and 145-Ib. Ed Walsh, who tied.

. . . Winning Streak Halts

Last Friday night, the Hawk's short winning streak came to an abrupt halt. However, Wes Cain^ won on a pin to extend his undefeated string to twelve straight wins. John Pirie de­feated his Palatine opponent on a pin. Wiiming on decisions were Ron Otto and Ed Walsh. Steve Richards dueled to even terms with his opponent and tied.

The grapplers will have a heavy schedule this weekend as they travel to Niles West tonight for a meet at 6 p.m., and jour­ney tomorrow to Niles North for a dual meet beginning at 2 p.m.