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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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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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SEMIFINALISTSContinued from page 1

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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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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This year's German Club

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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Kreis, held its second meet­ing of the year, Wednesday,September 27. The purposeof the first two meetingshas been to get ideas on what

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.