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VOLUME LXVII, NUMBER 13 DARIEN HIGH SCHOOL, DARIEN CONNECTICUT OCTOBER 6~ 1967
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685 CARDS SOLD
Mock 'PoliticalConvention Plan,
DSO Activity Card salesended September 26 aftertotal ,sales of 685.
This sales figure meanttotal receipts ofabout$4800,slightly less than hoped for.
For the last five days ofsales, cards could be purchased on an installmentbasis, for $3.00. The balance will be due Oct. 13.
A mock political convention, to be staged by DarienHigh. School students underthe direction of the DHSSocial Studies Dept., is inthe planning stage at thepresent time.
Dr. Richard Harper,chairman of the proposedconvention, as well as SocialStudies Dept. head has sentout feelers through seniorCSI classes. ThefCSI classeshave been asked to submitthe names of students interested in heading up committees for the organizationand presentation of the convention.
The selections of thechairmen fromthevastnumbel' of applicants were announced on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
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topics discussed byDr. Gordon Bruno during a recentNEIRAD interview.
Specifics about the finals- whether seniors will be involVed, the weight of the testgrade, scheduling, and so on- will be determined by afaculty committee soon to bechosen. Also in question iswhether the tests will coveronly the second semester orthe full year.
In exPlaining the reasonsfor final exams, Dr. Brunomentioned that mid-yearshad long been recognized atDHS as making"educationalsense." They help in evaluation of a full semester'swork. If mid-years makesense, he continues, so dofinals.
In addition, a final can bea teaching exPerience in itself, Dr. Bruno comments,since it encourages a studentto put a y-ear's accumulatedwork in perspective. Thetests allow a teacher to seeif a full semester's or ayear's learning hasbeen sufficiently acquired by a student.
Class Officers Chosen,Swartz to Lead Seniors
Dr. Bruno stated that hehad been interested in thediscussion of the proposednew dress code at the September 27 DBO Senate meeting. (See DSO Report, page 2)
On this queStion, the Administration's goal is to provide effective restraintson un-reasonable, extreme, Continued on page i
by Ann Warren
Officers for each of DRS's three classes were chosenin elections held during the week of September 2? ~
President Rick Swartz,'1· A bl· Vice-President Bruce Law-win ssem les son, Secretary Molly Dol':"
C '. 0 20 sey and Representative atomlng Ct. La:ge Jackie Mazza willrepresent the Senior Class
Twin assemblies, on this year. The new Juniorscience and on sex education-....~lass Officers are: Presi~ill be featured at DHS Oct..~Tom L~ice-Presi-
"2n~ ~ dent J elmstringe~reasur-The first _assemblyl,CY> be er J oan Dobso_~, Secretary
held around thirdperiCM'Fri. Josie: Mullen, _ andmorning will be presented by Representative at Large Sue.the Oak Ridge Institute, an~ Kirk. RepresentingtheSophwill be a scientific program omorf! Class will be Presi-on "The Nuclear Age." Dr. dent Ph111 Cr~lGordon Bruno, principal, Vioe-President ,Robin~/Jenwas not Sure exactly What kins Secretary Sally Knowlthe program would consist of ton, 'Treasurer: Ka thY,Wa tson,at the time of a recent inter- and Representative at Lar~eview., Robert Bush.
After lunch, there will be a The primaries were heldseparate 1 1/2 hour pro- on Thursday, September 28gram involving Dr. Mary with the exception ofthejunCalderone, President, of ior office of Secretary andthe Sex Information Edu- the sophomore offices ofCont:J.nued on page 3 President and Treasurer.
Students who wished to runin the primaries had to form
- petitions consisting oftwenty-five signatures andtheir own signature. Thesepetitions were due in theStudent Activities RoomWednesday, September 27.
Southfield Villageby Peter Reichertz
-,,'orty girls .:u1.d no boysturned out for the first PeaceCorps meeting of the year,September 27.
Boys are needed for theSouthfield Village program,however, reports PresidentSarah Schuyler.
In past years, the activities at Southfield have beenorganized under interests.However, this year thechildren will be organizedinto age groups. The activities of the 5 to 7 age groupwill be story-telling, simplearts and crafts, and walks.The 8 to 10 age group willread plays, go on naturehikes, have more advancedarts and crafts, and sew.The 11 and up age group'sactivities will be trips, artsand crafts, and sewing.
The Peace Corps Club willbe divided into two groupsthis year, going to Southfield Village on alternatingWednesdays. The reasonsfor this change are to allowmore people to participateby not tying them down eachweek, and also to better theorganization of the activities.
School-wide final examinations will be held thisJune,in addition to the traditionalJanuary mid-year exams.These tests and the proposeddress code were among the
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4 MAKE MERIT AWARD SEMIFINALISTS
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New TeachersIRAD Advisors
Mrs. Leslie Latham, aDHS English teacher, andMr. Edmund Higgins, of theSocial Studies department,will be NEIRAD's faculty coadvisox+~ for the 1967-68school 'Itrar. Both are newto the Darien School System,and both regard NEIRAD asa generally good newspaper.
In evaluating NEIRAD,Mrs. Latham complimentedthe excellent physical layoutand the general attitudes ofthe editors and reporters•.She named four areas forimprovement. The first isthe need for" some good hotcontroversy" over school issues, perhaps in guest editorials by the faculty andstudents. A second is atightening up of individualwriting styles and the use of"two facts instead of oneadjective." A third is followup stories which reviewevents and reactions, and thelast is more photographs.
Mrs. 'Latham believes,with philosopher GeorgeSantayana, that thos~ who do
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Four DHS seniors have become semifinalists in the stiff competition for NationalMerit Scholarships.
Jim Elliot, Paul FlandreauTracy Willet, and Bob Wiringa placed among the top181 of the 11,824 Connecti-cut students who took theQualifying test last spring.Ranks are based on the overall Selection Score of thefive-part test.
A fifth student placing asSemifinalist took the test lastspring, Tom Deming. Tomhas since moved to Bethesda, Maryland, and hisSemifinalist status has beentransferred there.
Most semifinalists do be-come finalists. To do so,they must complete a ques- •tionnaire on interests, plans,accomplishments, and aspirations; take the SAT inDecember; be endorsed by
the schoo~ on the bas~s~:_. . E'AS'1- -PROBLEMSacceptance ofrespons-i~_n~rII)1p)LE
-leadership, personality, C' T Tcreativity, demonstrated DI~CUSSED A MEE INGlid' t hi " d h d .- (0)rIve oac eve, an an - b B tt H f .-.. f'l P Y e e 0 mannlcaps overcome; I e a ar- -ents' Statement if a scholar- Major issues of current events were discussed at "Aship larger than the auto- Day on the Middle East", a confel'ence atDarien High Schoolmatic token $100 a year is on September 23, sponsored by the Connecticut Cluster.sought; and make a firm "The meeting was called to .
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finalists receive a Certifi· the organlzabon.DHSsprm- DRESS CODLl DISCUSSEDcate of Merit. About 20% cipal, Dr. Gordon Bruno,usually Win scholarships. welcomed the guests and theWinners will be notified in speakers to the high school.May. FollOWing Dr. Brunocame
Last year DHS had 8 semi- the first speaker, Dr. Mar-ContinuiJd on pagt :2 vin Pope of Yale University.
- He, along with the thirdspeaker, Dr. Don Peretz,Director of the SouthwestAsia-North Africa Programat the State University ofNew York at BingtJamton,had just returned from theMiddle East. Both were inJerusalem when the ArabIsraeli war broke out.
Dr. Pope has spent threedifferent years in the MiddleEast and has done somearchaeological work in theHoly Land.
Dr. Pope gave the background history of the areaand then played "the role ofthe friend of the court" andpresented "the view for bothsides."
The second speaker, Dr.Alfred Gerteiny, is fromBridgeport University. He-was -born in Egypt, was educated in the Netherlands andParis, France, and now is anAmerican citizen.
Dr. Gerteiny spoke onIslam and its E1ffect. on thethinking in the area. He feltthat Islam was "not exclusively a religion "but a political system.
After lunch, Dr. Peretzgave his personal observations of the present situation.
Since all three speakersunderstand Near Eastern
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finalists. Two studentsNancy Knowlton' and DougJ ones- won scholarships.
These five semifinalistswere among the 55 at DHSwho took the test this year.Letters of Commendationwill be awarded later tostudents scoring well, butbelow semifinalist level.
The highest score on thetest in Connecticut was a159 received by 1 student.One of the DHS winner~
scored 155, bettered by only13 students in the state. Thecut-off point for semi-finalists was 147.
Bob Wiringa is basicallyinterested in the field of science. He would like to attendthe Harvey Mudd Institute ofScience and Engineering, andmajor in physics. He hasparticipated in the boy's gleeclub, science club, intramurals, the honor society,debating soci-ety at D.H.S.
Paul Flaod,reau co-editorof Dariannus, businessmanager of Current, vicepresident of the honorsociety and a member of thetrack team, is interestedin studying bio-chemistry oreconomics' during his college years.
Jim Elliot wants to further his education in themathematical and sciencefield. He felt "simply fantastic" when he found outthat he had made the semifinalists.
Tracy Willet plans to studylanguages or history in col-·lege. She has worked onNEIRAD, DSO, and Thespians and is a memherof the French and Spanishhonor societies.
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FIRSTAGAINSTTHIRST
The juniors and sophomores have been relativelyinact1ve ••• 1f anything~ happens, let us know
NEIRAD MEETINGDOUBLES STAFF
NEIRAD's staff wasdoubled. when 22 sophomoresand juniors turned out for aspecial New Staff meetingSeptember 28.
The students attended tobecome reporters, photographers, advertising workers, puzzlesmiths, and possibly columinists. Somebasics of news-writing werecovered at the meeting.
The turn-out was considered especially significant by Editor Jon Bigelowbecause ofNEIRAD's criticalneed of extra reporters tocover the school's news, andbecause the good attendancewill provide a nucleus fornext year's staff. Previouslyof 21 staff members, all but7 were seniors graduating inJune.
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Carol Porter on the right.
The D.S.D. The INTERSECTIONReport \I< Roger IG.ock, DHS's exponent of flower power, re-
by Ann Warren portedly delivered a bunch of marigolds to Mr. WilhelmThe 1967-68 Canteen recently.
Chairman were elected by * As Thom Shea comments, last issue's Weather Rep'ortthe D.S.O. Senate October 4. by our staff meteorologist could just as accurately haveThe Canteen Chairmen will been termed a Whether Report.be in charge of regulating * Pam Brindley and Sue Alenier went for a drive on Weedthe four canteen dances held Beach two Fridays ago.. -and got stuck.during the school year. * Jane Bauder entertained a week ago Saturday night.
The D.S.O. parking lot * Celebrating birthdays recently were Jim Kendrick andregulations were enforced Pete Reichertz.Monday, September 25. Stu- * Dariannus picture-taking is well-under-way.dents who drive to school * Fritz Seyferth e.ntertained Saturday, Sept. 23must have parking lot stick- for the senior class.ers on their cars. Parking * Steve Mayes and Bruce Lawson weat to New Yorklot stickers can be obtained City for amps for their new band and lWlched
. at the "Tops".from Bruce Lawson,D.S.O•. * The senior class held a en-masse party at DanaParking lot Commi~ee He.ndricks' house last Saturday night.Chairman. * D.H.S. grads have been coming back for games •••
Mr. Philip Baker DHS's * There was a Friday night picnic with six senior1 ' girls attending.
head ibrarian, discuss~ a * The jWlior girls had an U.N.C.U.R.L. party atfaculty-student commIttee at junior girl's house.which would give the stu- * Suzanne Ferree bad a slumber party Friday night.dents a say in the workingsof the libral'Y, attheSeptem- *ber 20 D.S.O. meeting. Thiscommittee would consist ofthree students and threefaculty members. TheD.S.O.discussed how the three student members of this committee would be chosen atthe next D.S.O. meeting onSeptember 27. NickTimbers
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D.S.O. President, stated thatthey would either be electedor appointed from theD.S.O.Senate or would be selectedby the D.S.O. Senate fromvolunteers from the studentbody.
Dr. Gordon Bruno, DHS'sPrincipal, discussed thepr.c;>blem of student dresswith the D.S.O. Sen~te atthe September 27 D.S.O.meeting. The present studentdress code' is: Studentsshould dress in a reasonable manner with some restrictions such as those onjeans for bOYS, very shortskirts for girls, and long hairfor boys. Dr. Bruno went onto say that there is a diversion between what this coderecommends and what students wear. He stated thathe wanted to correct this Bruno then listened to thecleavage and suggested that D.S.O. Senate's opinion abouta student-faculty committee dress and the suggested stube formed to examine the dent faculty committee.attitudes about dress and try Jackie Mazza, D.S.O.to harmonize these attitudes Homecoming Chairman,with the dress code. talked to the D.S.O. about
Dress, Dr. Bruno contin- Homecoming which will beued, is a question of personal held the weekend of Novemtaste and it is extremely dif- ber 11. Interested studentsficult to devise a universal who would like to work on thecode because of the dif- Homecoming committeeferences among the student's should sign the list in theattitudes about dress. SA room.
Dr. Bruno wondered if the The D.S.O. Senate discus-way people dressed could re- sed the possibility of havingfleet upon the way students a concert at the Septembertreat each other and their 27 meeting. Nick Timbersattitudes towards school. He stated that it is not feasiblestated that there hasn't been to have two concerts thisany research done to prove year, as had been suggested,that what students wear af- because of time and thefects what they learn. Dr. crowded school calendar.
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The awards are part ofLincoln Center's StudentProgram which has been inexistence for five years andincludes 537· schools. Theprogram is supported by agift to Lincoln Center fromEnid A. Haupt, philanthropistand Editor-in-Chief of "Seventeen" magazine. It is cosponsored by the N. Y. StateEducation Department,whichprovides opera, dance,drama, solo recital andchamber music performances in N.Y.C. and N.Y.metropolitan area schoolsand brings student groups tovisit the Center and attendperformances.
Monthly, awardees willreceive a bulletin givingbackgroWld information onthe performances.
Last year, DHS also hadtwo participants in the program, Cathy DWlcan andGeorg-e Harlow.
itA man must not sacrifice truth on the altar of vividness.And yet--of what use truth if people go, to sleep listeningto it?" "Yankee From Olympus"
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF •.•.••••••••• Jon BigelowManaging Editor ••••••••.•••• Dana HendricksAssistant Editor • • • • • • • . • . • • • . • • Dana BaltzSports Editor. • • •• . • • • • • • • . • • • Jeff PingpankPhotography Editor • • • • • • • . • • • • • • Robert ConeCirculation & Distribution • . • • • • • • • Diane TirpackFinances & Advertising •.••••••••• Roger IG.ockAdvertising Artwork • • • • • • • • • • . • Jim KendrickAdvisors •••• Mrs. Leslie Latham & Mr. Edmund Higgins
CONTRIBUTORS: Peter Reichertz, Wendy Wason, TracyWillet, Diane Tirpack, Bette Hofmann, Bob Wiringa, HarveyBifferton, Ann Warren, David Connell, Paul Flandreau,C.J. BenZedrine, Joan Dobson, John Pelikan (photo), JimCarmichael (Photo), Pat Moreton, Jay Baker.
NElRAD is published twice a month by students of DarienHigh School. Justowriting is done by Shirley Kronenberg;printing is done by Fairfield Reproductions. Subscriptions,$2.40 for 16 issues.
TWO WIN LINCOLN CENTER AWARDby Diane Tirpack
Carol Porter and Robert Pi----""'!'!",.----':""""~Shipman, DHS seniors, wereamong the twenty-two students from Connecticut presented with Lincoln Center Scholarship Awards for
'1967-1968.Both had been selected on
the basis of their active participation in music, drama,and art programs outside oftheir regular classes. Carolis a member oftheAdvancedChoir, Girls' Glee Club, andTheatre 308. She plays clarinet in the band and orchestra. She has participated inthe All-State' and All-Eastprograms.
Robert plays the saxophone in the band and orchestra and the dance band.He has played an active rolein Theatre 308 and will beseen in the senior play, "YouCan't Take It With You." Healso nas done advancedtheory work with his instructor on the s~ophone.
They were among four students nominated last yearbya four man committee representing the art, music, anddrama departments, and theadministration, (represented by Dr. Stewart Atkinson,DHS's retired principal), onthe basis of academic excellence, leadership potential, and general interest inthe arts. Of these four,Lincoln Center chose Carbland Robert to receive theawards.
The program provides anopportunity for outstandinghigh school seniors to addthe performancing arts totheir experiences. They aregiven the chance to see andhear the workofleadingperformers. at a variety ofevents throughout the season. They will hear two concerts by the New York Philharmonic, which will includeworks by Bartok, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mitropoulos,Mozart, Milhaud, Rispighi.They will also attend performances of Mozart's"Marriage of Figaro" by theNew York Opera, the "Nutcracker" by the New YorkCity Ballet, and "Tiger atthe Gates" by the RepertoryTheater of Lincoln Center.
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While the search was beingcarried out for the ballots,a bus load of tardy stude~ts
arrived. These people poured off the bus and filteredinto the building wonderingWhy all the rooms wereempty. They were eventuallyenlightened and swiftly setout for the auditorium.
By this time the hordehad reached the port of embarkation near the office.Here they were faced witha torrential downpour whichbad to be braved. The majority of the student body successfully navigated its way tothe lobby of the auditoriumwithout the aid of water wingsor the Staten Island ferry.
However, once in thelobby, the courageous sur-.vivors took a breather andcongratulated themselves ontheir nimbleness in avoiding the water hazards.
Meanwhile ballots had finally been located for thatunfortunate home room.These were hastily filled out,and the voters set out inhot pursuit of the rear guardfrom the late bus. Alongthe way were several stragglers who had unaccountablybecome detached from themain body. This final groupalso managed to negotiate therising water without loss oflife or limb, although somedamage was done to clothing.
By this. time most of thepeople in theiuditoriumlobby decided that it mightbeadvisable to go in and sitin the proper seats. After aminimum of chaos this wasaccomplished to the satisfaction of the authorities,who promptly informed thestudents that they couldnow retrace their stepsthe pseudo-assembly havingbeen concluded.
4-Year DHS PlansEducational specifications
for a four-year high schooland middle school in Darienwere authorized by the Boardof Education recently.
The Board gave the Superintendent of Schools permisof Englehardt, Englehardt,and Legget for the work. Theaction was taken at the Sept.12 meeting of the Board.
COLLEGE
VISITORS10/9 Temple Buell
David & Elkins
10/10 Fairfield U.
10/11 Norwalk State Tech
10/13 Parsons ScI. DesignU. of DenverU. of Miami
10/16 American U.MuhlenbergBucknell U.
10/17 Carnegie MellonMorris Harvey
10/18 Westmontst. Michael'sLoretta HeightsLindenwood
10/19 Bethany
by David Connell
PSEUDO-ASSEMBLY HELD
* * * *After DHS was defaced by
paint after the September 23New Canaan football game,Dr. Bruno, Sunday night, received a phone call from aNew Canaan student, suggesting that NCHS studentsclean up the defacing andapologizing for the incident.Dr. Bruno: said that this,as an example of sincere,student-initiated effort" waslaudable.
During the interview, theauditorium seating practiceheld Friday, September 29,."a8 men.luned. The need fora practice had been shown bythe fact that, during lastmonth's first assembly, students took 20 minutes gettingprepared for the program.The goal is 8 minutes,according to Dr. Bruno.
EXAMSgrooming or dress, but without simply adding a multitude of trivial rules to thebook. (This is in line withthe policy of cutting down onformalities such as librarypasses.)
Asked if violations of anynew dress code, which hasstill to be worked out, mightbe judged by student-staffed"courts", Dr. Bruno answered that, though this ideamight be acceptable if student-initiated, in general thefaculty and administrationshould not ask studentsto enforce Administrationrules.
Mercara Committee, an organization primarily interested in India, attended.
The Connecticut Cluster,which sponsored the conference, is an associationof five high schools, GreenWich, New Canaan, Fairfield, NOfwaJ4,. .a.ndDarien,working on a curriculum onNon-Western culture. Darien will Withdraw from theCluster in the near future,however.
Recently, the DHS studentbody displayed its efficiencyas it marched from homeroom to the· auditorium inmilitary fashion.
The students accom-plished this lengthy trek inthe breath-taking interval ofonly 17 minutes! Imaginewhat records would havebeen shattered bad it not beenfor a few minor snafus.
One insignificantpoint wasthe fact that class electionswere coincidentally held onthis particular morning. Infact, in one home room, allwent well until someonesnidely pointed out that ballots might be helpful if elections were to be held. A courier was dispatched to locatethe missing slips of paper.
Most of the rest of theschool bad long since departed in the general direction of the auditorium.
ASSEMBLIES
cation Council of the UnitedStates (SIECUS), and writer
Mr. Donald MacAusland,Student Activities Co-ordinator, and a specialcommittee, are currentlystudying other suggested assembly topics for this year.on the subject of teenagers
.. and sex. Dx~Ca1derone'stalkwill probably occupy twothirds of the assembly, withthe rest taken up by aquestion - and - answerperiod.
Debating ScheduleExplained to Group
General principles andplans of debating were introduced to new members atthe Debating Society's firstmeeting of the year, September 26.
A very short mock debateon the nutritional value ofpeanut butter was also heldat the meeting, presided overby Co-chairmanBobWiringa,and the general activity planof the year was outlined.
That plan includes research work on this year's
.topic, crime; "bull sessions;" practice debates; theinterscholastic debate sea-
. son, December throughMarch; and tournaments inthe spring.
The meeting was wellattended, but interestedDHS'ers can still join theteam by contacting either ofthe co-chairmen. Bob Wiringa and j on Bigelow
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stories for County magazine;and she does a great deal ofpublicity work for churchesand theatre groups.
Mr. Higgins, of Westport,Connecticut, studied for hisB.A. in American and European history at Marietta College and for his M.S. atPurdue, where he was a Purdue ReSidence Faculty Sponsor. He has previously taughthistory and economics at thehigh school level. His specialfield of interest is international law. "Surprised at·the cordiality and friendliness here," Mr. Higgins enjoys sports; he plays golf,would like to try skiing, andis a Green Bay Packers andRed Sox fan.
PLAY CASTANNOUNCED
Rehersals for "You Can'Take It With You", the Senior Play, began Monday,September 25.
The play, which will bepresented Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4,features a cast of 19 seniors.In order of appearance theseare: Shelly Salzman, NancyNewman, Kathy Tinsley, LewWinger, Roger Klock, RobShipman, Peter Reichertz,Richard Muehlberg, AnneSeagrave, Richard Schaefer,Ken Weith, Terry Flynn,Valerie Johnson, Bob MacDonald, Anne Warner, JimKendrick, John Mansfield,John Pelikan, and AnnMiller.
Students assisting Mr.Jack Dahlby, drama coach,with direction of the playwill be Ann Miller and JanReichard.
MIDDLE-EASTlanguages, have spent timein the Middle East, and knowpeople in the area, they werewell qualified to answerquestions from the audience.These questions provokedinteresting discussions because the speakers held different points of view.
However, the speakers didagree on several points.They all felt that the UnitedStates would have a difficult time influencing thesettlement if it does notcome to the peace table in
- I' Vietnam..~ ,.II'& The three also mentionedUa\"l\.g that Russia could have helped
Fabr 5the situation, but did not.
I~ They thought that the danger'-' of communism taking hold
&~~ 01 in the Middle East was notvery great.
de<:tna/(pr, &~ The three speakers rec-ommended as a possible so
IilL~"'A &~ lution - a federated state,r"'1N1.N" part Jewish and part Arab.
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All of the speakers werepessimistic about a lastingpeace. They felt that therewould be a blow-up again infour or five years.
Dr. Meiners reports thatabout 80 peoplewerepresentat the conference and thatthis number included teachers and townspeople. Shealso mentioned that manymembers of the Darien-
AS I VIEW THE WORLD'S SERIESby C.J. Benzedrine (he never calls 'em wrong)
Seeing as that my amazin' predictions of who would winthe American League pennant came true, because someone won it, I hope, and the St. Louis Cardinals copped theNational League banner at some time or other there, theWorld's Series is being played this week & I'll bet you're allwondering who will win it, huh?
So, in retrospect, I herein predict victoryfor the Cards in the World's Series, that is if the other teamdon' beat 'em to it first and that's a fact.
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not study and learn from history are doomed to repeat it.To her, an awareness of timeand development is essentialAccordingly, the generalfunction of a newspaper isto make analogies and breakdown distinctions betweeltschool, local, state, and national issues.
Mrs. Latham graduatedfrom Vassar College (A.B.)and Western ConnecticutState (B.S. Ed.). She taughtEnglish and oistory for nineyears at the Thomas Schoolin Rowayton, and attentedNew York University (M.A.)for this past year. She has anextensive background inwriting: her college thesiswas a volume of poetry; forfive years she reviewed concerts, plays, and exhibits ofall kinds for the RidgefieldPress and the Wilton Bulletin; she has done cover
Honor Society PlansGuides, Tutoring
ADViSORS
Organization of a systemof student guides, tutoringat thejunior highs, and futureplans for the National HonorSociety were discussed ata meeting September 26,period 1.
At the meeting, presidedover by President DaveAnderson and sponsor Dr.Gordon Bruno, plans forguides-- Society memberswho would show new students, Board of Educationvisitors, and others aroundthe school-- were made.
Tutoring certain juniorhigh-level subjects wasbriefly discussed, and planswere announced for Dr.Jaroslaw, Middlesex principal, to meet with the Societyon October 11} for furtherdiscussions.
4 NEIRADSPORTS SEPTEMBER 22, 1967
TWICE-BEATEN BLUE AT LUDLOWE SAT. ~ BULL-PEN
We were almost Mr. Perfect with our predictions for thepast two weeks. We made only one mistake each week,picking Darien to defeat New Canaan and Staples. We picked8 games and were right on 6 for a.750 percentage.
We picked Catholic over Rip in an exciting game and wewere right. Catholic scored two touchdowns in the last sixminutes to beat Rip 16 to 14. We were also the only onesto pick Greenwich over Norwalk, and we were again right.
The current picks:Darien over Roger Ludlowe; but the offense will have to
pick up and the defense will have to continue to improve.Darien ov~r GreenWich; Greenwich has improved over last
year, but not enough to beat the Blue.The predictions for October 7 are;Rippowam ,over Greenwich: the Warriors are just too I
good. Greenwich's only chance is for Rip to have a letdown after their game with Stamford Catholic High Schoollast week.
Stamford Catholic over Norwalk; Catholic has just abouteverything and hasn't lost in over two years.
Staples over Stamford; Staples beat Rip and any teamthat does that has to be good.
New Canaan over Trumbull; any team that loses toTrumbull has got to be terrible. New Canaan ain't.
The predictions for October 14 are;Rippowam over Danbury; actually this game is on Friday
the 13th. Danbury will be unlucky.Sjamford Catholic over New Canaan; Catholic isn't about
to be beat by little New Canaan. If they did lose, it couldcost them the division championship.
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WARGAMESCLUB PLANNED
Plans are underway atpresent for the formation ofa Strategic Games Society.Bob Wiringa, a senior, Withthe aid of Mr. Donald MacAusland, Director of StudentActivities, is presently looking into the possibilities.
"The purpose of the club,"says Bob, "would be to N'0vide a gathering place forthose who are interested inthe art of wargaming. Wecould exchange ideas onstrategy, set up tournaments, and introduce other,people to this fascinatinghobby.
Field HockeyOpens Season
The Darien High Schoolgirl's field hockey team is'looking forward to a veryexciting and successful season.
The team opened its season yesterday against stamford High School. The elevengame schedule will be highlighted by games againstRosemary Hall on Oct. 31,and New Canaan on Oct. 10.
Nine of eleven startersfrom last year's team havegraduated and competitionwill be keen for the starting positions. Among thepotential starters wre seniors Judy Costello, Lyn Harrison, Patty Savarine, MollyDorsey, Sue Reinhardt,Chris Smith, DebbieThomas, Kathy Keyes, Karen Kiggins, Judy Nickliss, andJanet Tracy.
The leading juniors areSue Danver, Patti Mazza,Kate Mason and Martha ScottThere are many sophomoresalso trying out.
For those that do not makethe varsity, there will be ajunior varsity team.
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Despite the loss to Staples, Darien's football team stillhas a chance to capture the Eastern Division crown. Theloss to Staples did not count in the division standings sinceonly games played against teams in the division counttowards the standings. Darien is in the Eastern Divisionof the F.C.I.A.C., while Staples is in the Western Division.
Norwalk leads the Eastern Division with a 2-0 divisionrecord. stamford Catholic and Roger Ludlowe are in secondplace with 1-0 division records. Darien and New Canaanfollow with 1-1 division records. If Darien wins all itsremaining division games, and if either Catholic or Ludlowe beat New Canaan, Darien would be the EasternDivision winner.
The biggest if, of course, is Darien beating Catholic. Theway the Big Blue has played sofarthis year, Catholic wouldwin handily. In order to beat Catholic, Darien must improvein several areas. The Blue Wave must develop a consistent,powerful and varied offense. Too often Darien relies oneither a ground attack or an air attack to the exclusion ofthe other. The Darien defense, which has improved, mustcontinue to get tougher.
The greatest weakness is the lack of aggressiveness andsecond effort. All too often Darien ball-carriers have beentackled by men that should have been blocked, or ballcarriers have broken out of Darien tackles. Hard gangtackling, a trademark of past D.H.S. teams, has not beenseen too much this year. Football is a tough game, andDarien must get tougher.
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The DHS Cross-Countryteam lost the meet withDanbury 18-39, September28, making it a 2-2 recordfor the first four meets.
The team had opened itsseason two weeks ago witha 19-44 win (low score wins)over Trumbull, taking thefirst three places and sevenout of the first ten. MikeFahey paced the Blue, followed by Captain Ham Islan,and Dennis Sullivan.
In the Blue's first homemeet, Andrew Warde slicedout a 27-28 win overDarien.,Heading the home team wasDennis Sullivan, who finishedthird, followed by numbers 4,5 and 6, Mike Fahey, HamIslan, and Dwayne Dahl.
A victory over StamfordCatholic, 25-31 put DHSback on the winning roadMonday, September 25. TheBlue took the third throughseventh places in the meet;Sullivan again topped theWave with Is1an,' Fahey,Dahl, and Nick Roomebehind.
Against Danbury, Islan,Sullivan, and Fahey ran in,in that order.
Last year's season recordfor the team was 5 wins, 6
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the club will do this year toimprove last year's lack ofactivity and participation.
To publicize the existenceof the club, plans are beingmade to use the window inthe Student Activities Room.Also planned this year is anOktoberfest, a celebrationof Harvest time in Germany.The Club 'rulS sent, to theGerman Consulate in Bostonfor movies, slides, and records about Germany and her
The Darien High Schoolfootball team has lost to NewCanaan and Staples HighSchools over the past twoweekends.
The Rams defeated theBlue 22-16 on Saturday, Sept.23, while the Wreckers demolished the Blue 20-6 lastSaturday.
New Canaan scored theirfirst touchdown on a nineyard pass from QB Piel Pennington to back Len Paglialunga in the first quarter.P~lialunga also scored anoth'er touchdown on a fortyyard pass from quarterbackPiel Pennington. New Canaan's third touchdown wasscored by end Esty on a sixyard pass once again fromPiel Pennington.
The Blue Wave scoredtheir touchdowns on an eightyard run by Andy Cusack andon a nine yard touchdownpass caught by John Evans.The conversions were madeby Fritz Seyferth's run, andDan Murray received a passfrom Andy Cusack.
The Wave's backs consist-, ed of Andy Cusack, Dave lmprota, Fritz Seyferth, JedLawrence, George Farrington, Pete Fenichell, DickCostello, and Dave Lynch.
Last Saturday Staples HighSchool dumped Darien bytaking advantage of manyDarien errors. Staples scored their first touchdown inthe first quarter as end Lindsey received a 66 yard passfrom quarterback Booth.Staples scored their othertwo touchdowns in the fourthquarter on' interceptions.Joe Murray intercepted apass ,and ran it six yardsfor a TD, and Gary Wilkinsonscored a 75 yard TD, on aninterception.
Darien High School's lonetouchdown was scored on a4-yard run by Fritz Seyferth. The Blue had manygood drives, but fumblesand interceptions hamperedmany of them. The BlueWave played their best defensive game yet.
The season record is now1 win, 2 losses. The Bluetakes on Ludlowe tomorrow.