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Gordon A. Bruno (Photo by PeterHoover)

teachers taking their students onweekend camping trips, etc.

One ofthe problems ofthe high school,according to him, is its tendency to be cli­queish. He would like to see studentswho, rather than belonging to one socialgroup, ~long to several.

Dr. Bruno also discussed the problemof apathy. "I don't think apathy is justdefined by attendance at games,

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today.... After hearing him, I knew thatwas what I wanted to go into." Beutel ex­plained that he worked on the basicskills that are necessary to a radio ortelevision commentator while in highschool and college.

Mter serving for a time in the ,army,Beutel went to work forGeneral Electric.

"I hated it for two months," Beutelconfessed.

During that time, however, a contactthat he had made asked him to take a jobat a radio station.

'Radio Depression'He later went to work for an affiliate of

CBS radio in Cleveland, Ohio, duringwhat he termed the "radio depression."Beutel went on to explain that whentelevision came about there "was a realquestion as to whether radio wouldsurvive. Everyone sort of misreadreality with thoughts of having atelevision in every bathroom andautomobile in the country." Since then,Beutel said, radio has made a comeback.

Beutel has covered a number ofdifferent news stories during his careerbut there were three that he personallyfelt were the most fulfilling. The firstwas Vietnam.

Beutel went to Vietnam during July of1965. About a month before, there hadbeen a battle at a place called Dong Xoai,which was about 60 miles north ofSaigon, in the heart of Viet Cong con­trolled territory. The battle that wasfought was the largest battle up to thattime in the war (1500 soldiers andcivilians were killed). Along with Beutelwere 12Green Berets and two hundred ofthe local militia and forty American

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By DON SMITH

best intellectual tools to deal with it."In the future, he sees two goals which

need the attention of everyone, and inhis opinion, will receive attention. Oneis, according to Dr. Bruno, "a way ofreally getting to the business of peoplecaring for each other enough to protectindividual rights. We provide freedomand choice, but we need to deal morewith the daily institutional needs ofpeople caring for and respecting eachother, no matter what their academicranks or social groups. The other is "thefact that we've got to show in moresystematic ways that exciting and in­novative teaching is not inconsistentwith learning the basic skills. "As amatter of fact, I feel that, on the whole,we are doing an even better job withskills than in the past."

Likes Teachers InvolvedDr. Bruno would like to see more

teachers involved with their studentsoutside of the classroom. He is pleasedthat teachers have assignmentswhich "take them into the turf where thekids are, but we've a long way to go." Hecommends the increasing number of

"We're not trying to be objective in tell­ing the news; we're only trying to befair," said ABC Eyewitness News Co­anchorman Bill Beutel during a recentinterview with Neirad.

Mr. Beutel was selected to be thegraduation speaker for thecommencement exercises of the class of1974 to be held on June 2l.

During the ,terview Beutel told.Neirad about his early life in radiv andtelevision as well as giving personal in­sights and opinions on a number ofcontemporary issues that involve thenews media as a whole.

Edward R. MurrowHe decided early in life that he wanted

to go into radio. "I used to listen toEdward R. Murrow, who really startedelectronic journalism as we know it

Commencement Speaker Bill BeutelExpresses 'Eyewitness' Viewpoints

Bill Beutel (Photo by Peter Hoover)

Three Neirad reporters (Tom Gam­mill, Peter Hoover and Don Smith)interviewed Bill Beutel of the WABCEyewitness News team at the televisionstation's studios in New York. Mr.Beutel will be the DHS graduation

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came to DHS, he came "with the expec­tations of working with an outstandingfaculty" in a town which is supportive ofits educational system. Both of those ex­pectations have been fulfilled "with oneexception," and that is the buildingprogram. "I still feel that the way to go isto relieve the crunch below by expan­ding at the high school, where there ismore than ample land.

"In implementing courses, electivesand heterogeneous groupings, the townand School Board have been sup­portive." He explained, however, that hedid have some problems with programsin family life and sex education in get­ting them approved. "I believe we shouldprovide some minimum facts and in­formation to all students about these'touchy' areas." It is a question of op­tional versus required, he said, because"the people who sometimes least needthe information are the ones who sign upfor the courses."

According to Dr. Bruno, the purpose ofeducation and of the high schoolspecifically "is definitely to preparestudents for life and to give them the

Teachers Review Bruno Years, React To ResignationBy TOM GAMMILL I'm not really surprised that he's well in his new undertaking in

Principal Gordon Bruno's recent an- leaving. Once the four-year high school education. He has always expressednouncement that he is leaving Darien was defeated, it seemed logical to look that his educational goals are to produceHigh School to take a position at for a new position. He put so much work good scholars. These are good goals andManhattanville College has stirred reac- into it, and it was very disappointing I am sure he will pursue them with vigortions on the part of members of the defeat for him." at the college level.faculty. Neirad talked to a number of Del Mautte, Physical Education: "Dr. I hope he and his family enjoy goodteachers to learn how they felt about Dr. Bruno is a good man with very creative health and fortune in his new job."Bruno's decision to go to a new ad- ideas. He did his best to help the school Dorothy Bartlett, Math: "I expectedministrative job. progra.ms. He always left his door open that he would eventually move on to

Richard Harper, Social Studies: "I'm for new suggestions. Often I would ap- bigger and better things. I wish him wellpleased for Dr. Bruno that he is going to proach him with a new idea, and he in his new job, and liked working withmove on to a new and challenging op- would tell me 'if it is educationally defen- him."portunity. I think he grew a lot in this sible: I could go ahead and do it. Dr. George Sykes, Social Studies: "I'm notposition, and did a very good job to Bruno has helped the school, and surprised that Dr. Bruno is leaving. Dr.balance the demands on a principal. Dr. Darien's youth-considerably. We're los- Pelletier and Dr. Bruno were a, 'lD1 in-Bruno worked very hard to protect the ing a hell of a man." timately involved with the fo '-yearhigh school against budget cuts, also. Vietor Lumper, Science: "I wish him continued on page 4

Bruno Resigns To Take Manhananville PostBy SANDY WARD

Gordon A. Bruno announced hisresignation as principal of Darien HighSchool at the Board of Education meet­ing Tuesday night.

In a letter to Acting Superintendent ofSchools Jack A. Forte, Dr. Bruno ex­plained thathe would be leaving to chairthe department of education ansi directgraduate programs in teaching atManhattanville College in Purchase,New York. With the faculty rank of As­sociate Professor of Education, hebegins his work there on August l.

In a recent Neirad interview, Dr.Bruno explained the reasons for hisresignation and looked back over theeight years he has served as principal ofDHS.

He explained that he had not beenlooking for the college job and becausehis training was in the field ofsuperintendency, he had been con­sidering several positions assuperintendent of schools. He felt that ifhe were to make the move from a prin­cipalship, in which he has served for tenyears (eight years here and twoelsewhere), it should be relatively soon.When the job at Manhattanville wasoffered to him, he decided to take it aftersome deli~ration.

'DRS Different in 1966'"DHS was very different in 1966, said

Dr. Bruno, referring to such things as aseven-period day with students havingfive classes and assigned study halls, aswell as a very rigid system ofhomogeneous grouping. He is pleasedwith the changes in these areas, buttakes only partial credit for them, claim­ing that they are the result of manypeople's work, "people interested in im­proving an already good high schoolprogram."

Another area in which there hasbeen great changes is IndependentStudy. When the program was initiated,it was limited to the top students of thegraduating class. "I take great satis­faction in our attempt to open up the op­portunities to more kids.... The resultsof the independent work done by someso-called average students have beenoutstanding. "

'Relieve the Crunch'Dr. Bruno explained that when he first

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Notes On A Resignation

Text Of Bruno Resignation Letter

Departing SeniorsReporting Staff Greg Clark

Jim GroutDon SmithCurt Stites

Advisor .. Robert Davis

Editor-in-Chief Tom GammillEditorial Staff Jane Adams

Suzanne AllardTodd Burger

Mary McGoldrickMeg McGoldrick

willing to take the risk of not succeedingon all things that students would like tosee happen.

He feels that unsuccessful attempts bystudents to get things done has causedmore than one student to lose interest."I'd like to think that students would feelit would be worth getting involved evenwithout having sole power, which is im­possible."

To a question about Mr. Adam'scomments on the school reported in theMay 24 issue of Neirad, Dr. Brunoreplied, "It would be totally unethical forme to comment on his notions. I wishnothing but the best for Mr. Adams inhis highly deserved retirement."

Dr. Bruno concluded by saying that hewould miss the high school and that hehoped he would remain in touch.

A successor to Dr. Bruno has not beennamed.

found the key to unlocking their poten­tial, and so they really do not know.Through the elective program, Englishteachers are trying to reach all of ourstudents - yes, they are even trying towake up some of the sleepy ones. 1do notapologize for this. I'm damn proud ofthem - every one of them. They are thevery embodiment of Chaucer's scholar,"Gladly would he learn and gladlyteach."

I suggest that you ask Mr. Adams whyhe believes in the intensive study of the

class ic.s in the first place. Did you thinkthat he made a life of such a pursuit ofknowledge because he thought thatreading a lot of pages every night wasgood for the eyeballs or that memorizingis good for the brain? Do you think thatour coaches knock themselves outdeveloping athletes because they get akick out of big muscles? Humanisteducation is supposed to develop ahumanist. Mr. Adams is a humanist. Heis kind, gentle, tolerant. He is a GEN·TLEMAN and a scholar. ¥ou say,"Many are' held down in part by asystem that allows heterogeneousgroupings to slow the brightest studentsto the level of the poorest." I see nohumanism there, no tolerance. Yourwords show no evidence of the "milk ofhuman kindness." Do you submit youreditorial as evidence of the benefitswhich accrue from your study ofthe clas­sics?

1 suggest that you supplement yourstudy of the classics with equallyintense study in critical thinking andlanguage. Try as you do to manipulatesymbols, it seems to me that they in factmanipulate you.

It is for these reasons and more that Iwrite this letter, the first letter to NeiradI have ever written, and I hope the last ofthis nature I ever have to write. Wetolerate much in the name of youth andnaivete; however, if a writer is oldenough to sting others with words, thenperhaps he is ready to feel their stinghimself.

¥our editorial was unkind to Mr.Adams. He deserved better than that ­we all did. But I am certain that he willnot be remembered by your editorial,and for your sake, Mr. Horine, I honestly

hope: that you won't be remembered for iteither.

Very sincerely yours,John A. Black

ChairmanDepartment of English

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although if groupswere less ngId, morepeople might come out for the many ac­tivities that go on. The thing aboutapathy which bothers me most- and itis not just true of this school - is thatstudents sometimes feel that they can­not make a difference. The differencethat students make is not what iswritten in articles or constitutions, butby their active attendance at meetings ofthe School Council, the DepartmentalCouncil, Board of Education Meetingsand other areas of the town wheredecisions al't' made,"

Dr. Bruno pointed to such changes asstudy hall revisions, IndependentStudy,Career Day, Experimental EducationWeek, and curriculum as issues and ac­tivities where students have "beenenormously influential" in the eventualdecisions. "There has to be more studentleadership, the kind of leadership that is

The (aLLowing is an open letter toRoger Horine, managing editor o(Neirad.Dear Mr. Horine:

So very much should be said aboutyour editorial, "End of an Era," whichappeared in May 24th issue of Neirad,and some of it should be said by me.

¥our article, Mr. Horine, was very un­kind. It was very unkind to the faculty ofthis school in general. It was unkind tothe English department. It was unkindto a segment of our student population.But most of all, it was unkind to Mr.Ad!lms, for you used the occasion of hisretirement to lash out blindly at thingsyou do not seem to understand - such asthe elective program.

As was pointed out by Mr. Johnsen inhis page-one article in the same issue onMr. Adams, "Mr. Adams is proud of in­troducing the basis of the currentEnglish elective system ..." He is thefather of the program, yet in yourignorance of what the program is allabout and what he is all about youmalign the elective program in hisname!

You go on to malign "the quality ofteaching" in the school which, in youropinion, is "a quality that seems lackinginthe manner of teaching now offered inseveral departments." To attempt toelevate Mr. Adams' stature at the ex­pense of his valued colleagues - manyof whom he hired - indicates a lack ofsensitivity. taste, and a complete lack ofunderstanding of the very values thatMr. Adams has stood for for many years.Mr. Adams stands for many things, butslander is not one of them.

¥ou say that there are two types ofstudents in Mr. Adams' classes -onecharacterized by a "sleepy look and aready answer of '1 don't know.' "Theother is one who "likes to discover justhow much he knows, and how he canknow more." ¥ou then say of the firsttype of student that "this student isscorned by Mr. Adams, and ap­propriately so." How little youunderstand the man you damn withfalse praise. Mr. Adams never scornedany of his students; he loved them.That's one ofthe reasons why they lovedhim. Perhaps if some of our studentspossess a "sleepy look and a readyanswer of 'I don't know'" it is becausethey are "turned off," "bored." No onehas tapped their intellect; no one has

have heen associated with the staffwhowere here when I came, and with the 59pn'sent members of the faculty ap·pointed during my administration. Ex·Cl'pt for the building program, which 1am now con fiden t will finally take place,my ('xpectation of serving in a com­munity supportive of its schools has alsob('('n fulfilled. I thank and salute themany hardworking members of the Ad­visory Committee of High SchoolPan'nts whom I have known over eighty('lIrs, the numerous mothers who haveso l{enerously volunteered their help atschool, our former Superintendent ofSchools, Daryl Pelletier, my fellow ad·ministrators throughout the system forwhom I have thegn'!ltest professionalrespect, the countless parents whosereason and intelligent support couldalways be counted on, and the more than;!!) different Board of Educationmemlx'rs who have served Darien since1966.

Most of all, I extend my warmestwishes to all of the students of DarienHigh School, present and past, whom 1shall miss very much. Working withth('m during years of enormous andrapid change in our society and ineducation has been one of the mostf('warding experiences of my life.

Sincerely,Gordon A. Bruno

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This !<·ttl'r annOU(\C('H my r/'sil{lwtionas Prindpal of J)aril'n lIil{h School.effl'divl' July :11, 1~17,1.

1 hllVl' vl'ry n'l'l'ntly ,\('('('pt('d an offl'rfrom l'n'sidl'nt t<;lizahl'th Md :ormllck ofManhllttllnvill(' Coll('I{(', l'urchaH(', NcwYork. to chair th(' (!l'partnll'nt ofedul'lItion and dirl'd l{raduat(' programsin th(' pn'paration and traininl{ ofelem('ntary lind Hl'colHlary schoolteachl·rH. As associat(· prof('HHor ofeducation, I will hav(' tIll' particular res­ponl:libility lind ehall('nl{(' to en'atl' an('w Mast('r of Arts pnll{ram in till'Humaniti('s and to ('stahlish acomp(·tency-basl'd HyHt('m for t('al'lll'rcertification in New York Statl'. In ad­dition, I look forward to doinl{ HOm('teaching in eurril'ulum and It'arninl{theory during the HN'ond Sl'nll'Htl'r ofnext year.

Eight y('ars ago, wlll'n I eaml' toDarien High Sehool, I eaml' mainly towork with lind Imild an outHtandingfaculty in a town notl'd for its I' tnlll I{ sup­port of public I'dueation. As for till'faculty, my ('xp('dation has h('l'n mon°than realized. I lim ('xtn'Il1l'lv lll'oud to

~Neir"d~ Subscripti",..I wish to receive "Neirlld" off campus during the 1974-75 school year. En­

closed is my check for $4.00 to cover the cost of the subscription. Mail to"Neirad" Subscriptions, Darien High School, Nutmeg Lane, Darien,Connecticut 06820. (Seniors, save this form until you know your next year'saddress.)

Departing SeniorsEditorial Staff Kim Hoffman

Roger HorineBill Johnsen

Mary Ann JohnstonAndy Walworth

Sandy Ward

Gordon Bruno has passed out many diplomas at DHS graduations, but this year hewill receive one of his own. We report that Dr. Bruno will be moving on to bigger andbetter things at Manhatlunville College.

The Darien Review many wonder why Bruno is not going to an Ivy League school.Were not his SAT's high enough? What ahout his teacher recommendations?

Since Dr. Bruno hegun his prindl'alship he has heen attacked verbally from allsides. The Darien R,'view has constantly editorialized about Bruno's liberal, wishy·washy administration. N"irad, on the other hand, has claimed Dr. Bruno to be tooconservative and I{rossly unfair in his handling of the homeroom policy.

Althoul{h Neirad eontinues to helieve Dr. Bruno has acted unreasonably in someinstances, we appreciate the respect he has I{iven the school paper in allowing us to bepublished without administration cenl;orship or control.

We hope I)arien Hil{h School's next principal will be as fair to Neirad as Dr. Brunohas heen.

We extend to IJr. Bruno th,· vl'ry IlPst wishes for the success of his future endeavors.

Departing DHS Seniors Reveal Plans For FuturePage 3 NEIRAD June 17, 1974

COMPILED By KIM HOFFMAN

Old friends, old exams and threeyearbooks will be just a few of thememories that the DHS Class of 1974can look back upon and remember"those good old carefree high. schooldays."

It's that time when the Class of 1974will make its final exit and farewell toDHS and venture out of their IS-year-oldnests into the big world. With this,Neirad took it upon itself to find outwhere this year's seniors are heading;these are the results:

Lorraine Jean AdamsKaren J. AlenierMichelle AlgiereRobert J. AllardUsa Lee AndereonRainerio AndolongElizabeth C. AngstadtBarbara Ann AnsaldiJohn G. ArrisonRebecca Wilson ArthurJulie AugustineAdrienne P. AusaenhoferKatherine M. AustinRobert AustinPatricia AveryKim BaileyJoel M. BairdHeidi BakerJennifer BarrettDavid BeanWalter BeanPamela BeattyJohn L. BeauchampMichael BeckerNancy Berns BeckwithTherelle BeldanGerard Bendi ko.Bonnie BenkoValerie Lynn BenkoWillaim BennettLinda Claire BensonRobert Peter BiancoPAmela P. lJishopFrederick R. BoehmJohn BohannanSuaan Pat I:lollerDiane S. BonlecouRichard H. BornemanWilliam I:loutonPeter BowlinBryce P. BradyRebecca BrannAnthony E. BrendelSusan C. BriceJohn B. Bri.setleAnn V. BrothertonGordon A. BrunoJeffery H. BrunoElizabeth H. BullockMargaret BurleyI:lonna Sue BurttDonna Marie BuahJame_ H. BylerRobert D. BylerEllen L. CadyLi_a 1. CalhounDaniel CallahanHope CannonAntonia CarabilloDeborah J. CardamoneDebra Ann CarellaStephen CareyWarren R. CarranzaJohn CarrJoseph L. CarterJeffery Allen CaseyThomas H. Castle Jr.Nancy J. ChandlerAndrew ClarkGreg ClarkVirginia L. ClearyJeffery L. ConollySuzanne Adele CookeRonald B. CopelandVeronica Cote

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Senior Talenf Tapped In 'Don'f Drink The Wafer'By ROGER HORINE

.ReviewA daring setieme ofmisrepresen ta tion

was successfully pulled by the cast andcrew of the senior play. Weeks in ad­vance they admonished potentialtheater-goers that the play was a fiasco,the cast was in disarray, and the showwas going to be a monumental rip-offforall concerned.

They lied. "Don't Drink the Water,"directed by Ralph Mastrangelo, was ex­cellent. But the self-deprecating rhetoricdid take its toll in the number of emptyseats in the first performance. Word ofmouth helped bolster the second show'saudience, neutralizing the bad image of

the play people had received from itsparticipants.

Assistant Principal Gerard Coulombestole the show with his outstandingcharacterization of Walter Hollander, acaterer from New Jersey whoinadvertantly takes some pictures of arestricted area somewhere behind theIron Curtain. Presumed spies, he and hisfamily are chased into a small U.S. em­bassy by Krojack - a zealous member ofthe state police, well played by JohnCannon.

The embassy is presided over by Am­bassador Magee, an ever-composedpatriarch, impeccably portrayed byScott Mackinnon. Unfortunately, he is

called away on another assignment,leaving his well-meaning but stupid son,Axel, in charge. Rich Borneman waswell-cast and very convincing in thatrole.

A beard-shorn Mr. Coulombe, sport­ing a loud tourist Hawaiian shirt,received applause for his entrance. Heset the tone of the Hollanders with athick Jersey accent and Fred Flintstone­like mannerisms. His wife, the scatter­brained and disheveled Marion, wasbrillantly played by the sparklingGinny Pierson. Barbara Earle was con­vincing as the pretty daughter who fallsin love with Axel.

"Years of insanity have driven you

crazy!" Walter Hollander screams atFather Drobney, a priest who was givenasylum six years prior to the Hollandersarrival and who dabbles in magic whileslinking around in the upper floors of theembassy. Tim Massad, with grayinghair and flowing cassock, was outstan­ding in the role. Tim was especiallyhilarious attemting a virtuosoperformance ofmagic for the Hollandersand writhing on the floor encased in astraight jacket with Ginny "attemptingto free him.

Pat Boller was well suited to her partof Miss Kilduff, the efficient secretarywho does her best to keep Axel from

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The Darien Y.W.C.A. is offering bellydancing classes for any interestedfemales from 11a.m.-12 on Wednesdays.The cost is $20 for members. Any girlsinterested can register up to nextWednesday by calling 655-25a5.

If nothing mentioned so far satisfiesyou, there's always good 01' Weed orPear Tree Beach for swimming or tennisor whatever you do.

Faculty CommentOn Resignation

continued from page 1high school plans. After Ur. Pelletierleft, it seemed logical that Dr. Brunowould leave also.

I disagreed with some of his policies,but it did not hurt our professional orpersonal relationship. I wish Dr. Brunowell in his new career.

Harold Lally, English: "I think ad­ministrators should be able to move onto other challenging fields if that's whatthey want to do. I'm sure Dr, Bruno willenjoy his new work and is lookingforward to doing something stimulatingand different from his current position."

Harvey Helm, Industrial Arts: "Dr.Bruno was a middle of the roader in hispolicies not too liberal orconservative. I didn't always agree withall he tried to do, but I'm very sorry to seehim go.

jian. Janine Peliksza painted thepresidential seal on the wall that was in­distinguishable from a real one as closeas the footlights. Rose D'or supplied theinterior furniture and ornaments andthe famous couturier known as GoodwillIndustries with fashions from Norwalkprovided the costumes.

Comments that "Don't Drink theWater" we the finest high school produc­tion seen in Darien may be overstatingmatters, but certainly DHS seniors canbe proud of their play for many years tocome.

Too bad there wasn't a junior classplay last year.

crazy clumsiness of Mr. and Mrs.Hollander 8S they attempt to mingle.Their plan to escape the guards thathave surrounded the embassy by leav­ing with the exiting party-goers is haltedwhen Walter shoots the returning Am­bassador Magee in the leg.

On the occasion when severalforgotten lines jumped the actionseveral pages in the script, the audiencedidn't seem to mind, as the play was wellpaced and the numerous one-linersbuoyed up the action.

The first round of applause wasspurred by the elegance of ti ' set,designed fer realism by Chake K"'ook-

The Hollanders (Gerard Coulombe, Ginny Pierson and Barbara Earle) showchildish delight at the magic of Father Drobney (Tim Massad) in "Don'tDrink The Water." For a review of the senior play, see page 3. (Photo byMoira Gehring)

president's credibility but if you look atit the way I do, he hurt his owncredibility and all we did was to print theinconsistencies.

The issue that he feels the moststrongly about is the question ofbias onthe part of the news media on a numberof present issues. Beutel feels that it isnot biased.

"Many people disagree with me. Theyexpect a reporter to be . . . obje ive.There are no objective'reporters; i ~re

are no objective people .. , . Your life ex­periences shape your attitudes .... Youcannot report the news without havingany feelings about it one way or another.... We cannot hope to tell the new objec­tively; we are, however, concerned withtelling it fairly."

Viewpoints

by Warren Carranza is the story of amass-murderer and the police who cometo apprehend him. "The Bus Stop" oyGarry Leanord is a strange tale with asurprise ending. Both authors have atense yet eloquent style, developingcharacters that are believable.

It is stupid to try to estimate the worthof literature by its actual cost in dollarsand cents. I mean, how much wisdom,observation and sheer reading pleasureshould twenty-five cents buy?Nonetheless, I would say (at the risk ofsounding crass) that the spring issue ofCurrent. is a bargain at a quarter an is­sue.

When The Going Gets Hot, Does Darien Get Going?B MARY M GOLDRICK theatre program will not be continued, Other productions will include "Oh

y c but the ACTA (Associated Connecticut Coward!" (August 5-10), "Shay," withWhether or not you are aware of it, Theatre Artists) will be presenting the Sada Thompson (August 19-24), and

Darien is not noted as a "swingin'" town musical comedy "Hello Dolly." "Absurd Person Singular," with Sandyduring bikini season. Unless one is Auditions will take place June 10,11,12 Dennis and Geraldine Page (August 26-lucky enough to get to a hideaway dur- and 13 at the Unitarian Universalist 31).ing the summer, most of you will Church at 7 p.m. For more information Tickets run from $3.50 to $5.50 forprobably spend your time partying call 357-[825. Or you can join the Wednesday matinees, $3.50 to $6.50 foraround Darien or maybe gluing yourself Suburban Kiwanas Youth Theatre Monday through Thursday eveningsto the boob-tube. Let's not give up hope which will be producing the play and Saturday performances at 5:30 p.m.,for what little Darien has to offer; maybe "Kismet." Any interested singers, and $4.50 to $7.50 for Friday and Satur-something will appeal to you. musicians, dancers, or stage crew day evenings. Call 227-4177 for details.

As in the past, entertainment from workers are welcome to audition. Try"Tricky Gravy" will be available on outs will be June 17-20 from 7:30-10 p.m.vaious summer evenings from 8-11 p.m. at the Union Memorial Church in Glen-Concert dates to be announced. brook.

The annual fire works display will For those who enjoy viewing plays, thetake place on July 4 along with the first 1974 White Bam Festival will bepresen-band concert, on the DHS athletic field. ting various experimental plays andAdditional concerts will be held every well known theatre groups. The variousother Wednesday starting July 17 at 8 presentations will be held at the Whitep.m. Barn Theatre on Newtown Turnpike in

For the more studious the DHS library Westport. For further details call 227-will be open on Wednesday mornings. 3768.

Unfortunately this year the summer The Westport Country Playhouse willpresent a series of productians thissummer, many starring well-known ac­tors and actresses. "Sleuth," withPatrick MacNee and Jordan Chris­topher, will rim June 17-22. JackGuilford and Lou Jacobi will star in"The Sunshine Boys" from June 24-29."Godspell" will run July 1-6. DuringJuly 8-13 Barbara Bel Geddes will star in"Finishing Touches." David McCallum,star of the well-known "Man FromU.N.C_L.E." tel~vision series, willappear in "Crown Matrimonial" withEileen Herlie July 15-20. "BornYesterday" will run July 22-27.

The Pulitzer Prize winning "ThatChampionship Season" will starBroderick Crawford and will run July29-August 3. "One Flew Over the Cuc:koo's Nest" will run from August 12-17and will star Pernell Roberts. HelenGallagher will star in the musical hit"No, No, Nanette" from September 2-7.

bungling. John Rhett played Burns, anenthusiastic staffer and Donna Bushgave a fine performance as thetemperamental chef.

Scott Harrington was so admirablytransfonred(both in speech and dress)into the Sultan of Bashir that he washard to recognize. Helen Bullock had the

silentroleof his first wife, who obedientlykept several paces behind and to theSultan's left - except when he had toomuch to drink and had to be guidedaround the room.

Doug Roberts and Lise Nussbaum asparty guests were perfect foils for the

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engineers."We were mortared every night and

got very scared, but we did get a verygood documentary out of it."

Another story that he covered wasNorthern Ireland before the Britishtroops had to becalled in to stem theviolence. Beutel described one nightwhen he an his crew were atop a hill try­ing to take some pictures. At that time agrou(:ofProtestantpolice with armoredcars were going by and one of themtrained its high powered machine gunon Beutel.

"I didn't like that one little bit," Beutelcommented.

The next and probably the best knowstory that Beutel covered was Biafra in1970. During that time the Nigeriangovernment was sending a plane intoBiafra but ABC News could only get oneseat. "So I got a brief refresher couse onhow to operate the camera from mycameraman and bribed a Canadiannewsman to do a sound piece." Beuteldid his own filming for his reports forthree days. "I was very proud."

Beutel also made a number ofcomments on present issues that involvethe news media. One of these wasWatergate.

"One person can say that PresidentNixon would be home scot free if itweren't for the news media and their pic­king on him ... of course this is true; if itweren't for the press nobody would knowabout Watergate.

"It can be said the media have hurt the

By ANDY WALWORTHReview

Darien High School's literarymagazine Current has finally matufedinto a truly outstanding publication.The spring issue is perhaps the finestever, both in content and design. Likethe winter issue, the book itselfis profes­sional and neat in appearance. Themagazine is clearly printed, profes­sionally typeset, and as a result, easy toread. Each contribution is given amplespace on the large pages, providing thewhole issue with a clean look.

The magazine contains nophotography, and the illustrations arelimited. There are many talentedartistsand photographers at DHS, and theydeserve a forum for recognition. I realizethat artwork sometimes clutters whatshould have been a clean page, but art­work should be considered as just that:art, as worthy of ink on a page as thepoetry it complements.

Perhaps the best thing about the spr­ing issue is the diversity of the con·tributors. Many of the studentsrepresented have' never been publishedbefore. Aaron Peters, Warren Carranza,and Jennie Ball all have written ex­cellent pieces.

Nancy Stauffer's "Sloe Gin" is themost compelling piece in the book. Itdemostrates that simple poetry does nothave to be obvious. The language isstark, the form simple. Nctuntil the lastfour lines does the poet reveal her point:the only thing we're really good at is get­ting high, because we are all just waitingto escape from this town. (Probably truerthan some would care to admit.)

Also notable are two stories, both oncrime and the polic'l. "Sides of a Line"

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8-5 and Helman and Hough lost 8-3.The Racketeers ended their regular

season matches with two wins. Theybeat Brien McMahon 4-3 as winningscores were turned in by Dahl, 6-2, 6-1,Franklin, 6-2, 6-0, Lynch, 6-1, 6-4. andAshely, 6-3, 6-2. Darien dropped bothsets of doubles.

The last match of the season wasagainst the wingless Cardinals ofGreenwich. The Wave drenched themand shut them out. Wins were turned inall around. This finished the season onan optomistic note, and moved ourNetmen into post-season play.

The counties were held on June 5 inFairfield. The surprise of the day wasthe doubles match-up of Ashely andLynch. Stunning team after team thepair made it to the finals only to lose toRippowam 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. In the singlesWhiting lost in the second round 6-3, 6-4.Dahl was scratched in the first roundafter a 10-5 loss. Franklin had an im­pressive showing but nonetheless lost 6­2, 6-4 in the second round.

The State Tourney started at Yale onJune 7. Whiting got to the quarter finalsand lost to the number 2 seed 6-2, 6-1.Ashely and Lynch lost in round of the16th, 6-2, 6-1.

At the Spring Sports Banquet it wasannounced that Steve Franklin waselected as next year's captain and alsoMV.P. Steve lost only 4 matches allyear. Next year, the entire team will bereturning and a top ranked player inNew England will be arriving fromjunior high, so the Bouncing Blue Wavehas good reason to look forward to nextyear.

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The Blue Racketeers ended up with a 9­5 record and went on to the Counties andthe States. The Wavers surprised manywith Ashley and Lynch going to theCounty doubles finals.

The Wavers were tested six times sincelast report before they went into post­season play. They faced Andrew Wardeon May 24 and defeated them 5-2. Win­ning scores were turned in by John Dahl- 6-4, 6-1; Steve Franklin - 2-6,7-5,7-5;Jeff Lynch - 6-4, 6-1; and Chase Ashely- 6-1, 6-1. Craig Whiting lost the topsingles - 6-3, 6-3. Huck Hough andCraig Whiting lost the #1 doubles 9-7,and Ashely and Lynch won by the same9-7 score.

The Wave moved on to swamp theTeddy Bears of Norwalk 6-1. All singlesmatches were won and the only losscame as Ashely and Lynch found theircollars a little too tight, as they lost-l0­6.

The Westhill Vikings were tougherthan expected and Darien lost the match3-4. Craig Whiting won 6-4, 6-2; JohnDahl lost 6-3,6-1; Steve Franklin won 6­3, 6-1; Jeff Lynch lost 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, andChase Ashely lost 10-12, 7-5, 6-2. In thedoubles, Hough and Whiting won theirmatch in a tie breaker due to darkness ­6-4, 2-6, 7-4. Ashely and Lynch lost thesecond doubles match, 8-6, 6-3.

The Netmen were shut out bypowerhouse New Canaan 7.{). Whitingsplit sets with New Canaan's Chris"Ate" Andrews. Dahl lost 7-5, 6-2. Fran­klin lost 6-3, 7-5, Lynch lost 6-4, 8-6 andAshley lost 6-4, 6-1. The doubles didn'tdo any better as Ashley lind Lynch lost

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varien first traveled to Newtown. went on to score two more goals to makeIn the fIrst half both teams had it 3.{). Darien finally broke through

numerous opportunities to score but ex- when John McLean took a pass from Salcellent defensive play by both teams Ferraina and beat the New Canaanstopped each other. goalie low and to the short side. But that

Finally in the second half, Darien's was all Darien could muster. Final score:Brian Nadriczny broke the ice on a New Canaan 3, Darien 1.scramble in front of the net. With the Darien came from behind to tie up aNewtown goalie out of position, Brian tough Wilton club 1-1 last Thursdayput home Darien's first goal. Jim night herel,at Darien.Fownes made it 2-0 Darien on a comer The first half was scoreless as bothkick as the Newtown goalie couldn't con- teams couldn't really gain full control totrol the rebound and Jim put it in for a mount any type of an offense.goal. Brian Nadriczny put home his Early in the second half Wilton took arebound and Jim put it in for a goal. 1'{) lead. From then on Darien had aBrian Nadriczny put home his second tough time trying to crack the Wiltongoal of the night when he took a shot defense, but finally Brian Nadricznyfrom about 18 yards out and put it into received a pass from Sal Ferraina andthe upper right hand corner of the goal. got behind the Wilton defense andFinal score: Darien 3, Newtown O. perfectly placed a shot to the far side of

Despite playing two men short, the the net to tie the score up at 1-1. That's8pring soccer held the New the way the score ended: Darien I,Canaan rams for as long as possible, but Wilton 1.New Canaan finally broke through and~ame away with a 3-1 victory. NewCanaan scored first late in the first halfand that was the way the first halfended: New Canaan I, Darien O.

In the second half the Blue Wavebegan to feel the fact that they were

by many members ofthe team. Short dis­tances pulled in many of the points withfirsts taken by Ellen Franesconi, NinaPage, and Jen Barrett. Stacey Johnsonplaced second in the mile with ClintonaSmith placing fourth. Laura Molonyplaced first in both the shot put and thediscus throw, while Jen Barrett placedsecond in the long jump. The girls scored72-74 over Trumbull and lost 66-70 toRidgefield.

Both Laura Molony and Pam Bishopparticipated in the State Track Meet butunfortunately they did not place.

Although the girls did not have a win­ning season, Assistant Coach DeborahBillington has high hopes for nextseason.

The spring Soccer Club has splitits first three contests of this spring,first beating Newtown by a score of 3-0,then losing to New Canaan 3-1; againstWilton they drew a 1-1 tie. {.The·club is

By GREG CLARK

Racin'eltes Shrivel During Season

Mighty Mittmen Sink In Statesin the top of the seventh on back-to-backdoubles.

Darien had men stranded in all nineinnings of the state ·t'ourney game, butonce again the big bats were shut off,although it appeared that Darien wouldscore in the fifth on two back-to·backhits, a single by Dave Harrington nnd adouble by Sal Ferraina to put ml . onsecond and third with one out. But. omPleasic popped out to second for thesecond out and Jim Nodine groundedout to second to end the inning.

Darien's last chance in the bottom ofthe ninth was dwindled as West Haven'sthird baseman robbed JeffFitzpatrick'sline drive of a base hit, while JohnRisola was doubled off first on the sameplay.

Darien's regular season record was 14­4, while their overall record was 15-7.

BY MARY McGOLDRICK

The Girls' Track Team wound up theseason with a 2 and 8 recor d, bringing intheir second win by defeating a strongTrumbull team on May 28.

The girls traveled to Staples May 21for a tri·meet against Ludlowe andStaples. The girls had a disappointingloss against Ludlowe 55-70, but onceagain field events gave a big boost to theDarien score with Kathy Levy placingfirst in the javelin, throwing 89' 7".Laura Molony placed first in the discus,tossing 98; while Pam Bishop tooksecond. Staples seemed to psych out thegirls by over-powering the team andwinning by a long run.

The girls lost fatally to Wilton on May23,52-90. Long distance and relays werethe key areas where the girls lost out. Asusual, discus and shot put were Darien'sstrengths.

In the final meet of the year the girlssqueezed by a strong Trumbull team butwere hindered by a tough Ridgefieldteam in a tri-meet at Ridgefield on May28. Fine performances were exemplified

DHS hurdlers Scott MacArthur and Dick McIntire in action against Rip­powam. {Photo by Jim Clark)

The Baseballer's were defeatedSaturday, May 25, at Cubeta Stadium 2­1 in the third and deciding game of theFCIAC championship againstGreenwich.

Darien won the second game ofWednesday, May 22's, doubleheader 12­4., while Greenwich won the opener 9-5.

In the third game Greenwich's ace pit­cher, Jim Jagodzinski, blanked Darien'shefty hitters, only yielding three hits, allto Charlie Santos-Bush. Darien's bigbats were cold almost through theplayoffs.

Darien's number two pitcher JohnRisola took the loss in the 2-1 final, los­ing his first game of the year, and win­ning seven. Risola was the winning pit·cher in Wednesday's second game, apoorly played affair in which ScottHarrington drove in three runs whilemost of the Darien tallies came off ofGreenwich errors.

After the counties, Darien was rankedfourth for the state tourney, but lost to13th ranked West Haven 4-0 ThursdayMay 30, at Darien.

The Westies got only six hits offstarter Ron Copeland and reliefer JohnRisola, but managed to get the hits at theright time. West Haven scored two runsin the fourth on a double which drove intwo base-runners who walked, addedanother in the sixth on a walk, stolenbase, and a double, then added one more

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of two strong Darien teams. Sherry andJulie defeated Leslie Milne and JaneAdams 6·4, 7·5 in Greenwich on May 30,which allowed them to compete in the

States. Maclay and Hendrickson con­tinued their steady play until they mettwo very strong players from NewCanaan, Muffy Rogers and KatePurcell, on Saturday, June 8, at CentralState College in New Britain and were

defeated in a semi-final match 6-1, 6-0.

Darien High's Girls' Tennis Teamended the year with a very impressiverecord of nine wins and only one loss.Eight seniors will be leaving the teamthis year. Coach Rebecca Stromingercommented upon the season:"The yearwas great ... the kids worked very hardand we all enjoyed ourselves. They werea delightful group."

John Brisette finished second andWalt Dor,rell came back in the 330intermediate hurdles to get a third.

On Tuesday, May 28, in the Sectionalsheld at Darien High, a meet which isused to determine who will qualify forthe state meet, eleven track men fromDarien qualified, the cut-off being sixthplace in each event. Among those whoqualified were: Al Dragone in the half­mile, Tom Castle in the high hurdles,Tom Craig in the pole vault, the milerelay team, Greg Cillman in the javelinand discus, Jay Byler in the long jump,and Walt Dorrell in the 330 intermediatehurdles.

At the state meet, Al Dragone finishedsixth in the half-mile, qualifying him forthe open states; Tom Castle finished six­th in the 120 high hurdles, alsoqualifying, and the mile relay team ofDragone, Brisette, Roberts, and Meekerfinished fourth but did not qualify.

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~crAC Golf cfam~8-( om l;ft to"rigfit; Pe"'ter Conl~y, Lee mitli, CoachNavioOttavi, Captain Rob Byler, and Greg Honner. Missing: Alan Kirkley.

tournament. They qualified for statecompetition by winning a regionaltournament, the final ofwhich consisted

The Blue Wave Track Team concludedits regular season on Wednesday, May22, with a win over Rippowam, givingthe Blue a final record of 5-4. In theCounty Championships Darien finishedsixth out of fifteen teams, accumulating21 points in the effort.

Point scorers for Darien in the coun­ties held Saturday, May 25, at Ludlowewere: AI Dragone, second, and JohnBrisette, third, in the halfmile; Tom Cas­tle, third, and Walt Dorrell, fourth, in the120 yd. high hurdles; Tom Craig fifth inthe pole vault; and Greg Gillman fifth inthe discus. The mile relay team of AlDragone, Al Meeker, Doug Roberts, and

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Sr. Capt. Rob Byler finished with a 79,.which was also our medal score for theday. AI Kirkley turned in a strong 81, but

Greg Honner and Peter Conley slumpedto 88 and 87 respectively.

Their overall record in the fciac stoodat 8-8 when they entered the FCIACchampionship held at Wee Bum Coun­try Club on Monday, May 28. 16 teamsrepresented by 64 golfers entered theday-long match to determine the champof the FCIAC.

Soph. Al Kirkley and Sr. Capt. RobByler finished with 80's for our medalscore of the match. Peter Conley shot an83 and Greg Honner fired,an 84.

Darien's aggregate score of 327 edgedout favorites New Canaan (333) andGreenwich (340.)

The Girls' Tennis Team marredslightly its unblemished record for thisyear's playas it fell at the hands of avery steady team and lost to NewCanaan five matches to four on the finalday of Darien's regular season Friday,May 31, at home.

Darien's number one singles player,Inez Marasculio, staged a very gamefight and almost pulled an upset, butwas defeated 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Darien'snumber two and four players also con·tributed good efforts in losing causes asKit Reilly was defeated 6-2, 7·5, andSherry Maclay was outplayed that day7-5, 6-1. The sole singles winner forDarien was Leslie Milne, playing in thenumber three spot. Leslie handled her·opponent 6·3,6-1.

In doubles, Darien's number one andtwo teams were defeated in closelyplayed matches: Jane Adams and EllenLaBanca lost 3-6, 6·3, 6-3, and TrudieTenBroeke and Katharine Bullock weredefeated 6-4, 7-5. Doubles winners in theteam's final effort were: Lee Cleary andLisa Dillon -7-5, 6·7, 6~, Debby Aymarand Barb Earle - 6-1, 6·1, and KathieReilly and Debbie Horan - 7-5, 6-1.

A very bright spot at the end of theseason came as the doubles team ofSherry Maclay and Julie Hendricksonreached the semis in the ,state

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Blue linksters Upset County, Seize Crown;~"'IJ __ -~'1rt:<, .,The D H S Golf Team lost to Andrew

Warde 'j-6 and defeated Fairfield Prep10-3 in a tri·match held at Wee BurnCountry Club on Monday, May 20.

Pete Conley won both his matches byscores of 3~ and2~·Y,Alan Kirkley wasalso victorious in his matches withscores of2-1 and 3-0. Rob Byler lost to thenumber one man from A.W. 3-0 and tiedhis counterpart from F.P.1'h-1'12 GregHonner lost to F.P.2'12-'12flnd tied A.W. 1'hapiece.

On Tuesday, May 21 the Linksterstraveled to the New Canaan CountryClub and were promptly defeated by theRams 9-4.

Peter Conley turned in our medal scorewith a 79 to tie his match 1'I2-1'I2,.GregHonner completed the circuit firing an83, but lost his match2'h-'I2.AI Kirkleyshot an 80 to win his match 2-1 and RobByler lost 3-0 by turning in an H9.

The Wavers' last match of the regularseason was held at Longshore CountryClub against Staples and Wilton,losingboth matches 9-4 and7'h5'hrespectively.

.Diamond GalsUnpolishedBy JANE ADAMS

In a tough eleven game season, theGirls' Softball Team managed to comeup with only one win, against Wilton.

The young, inexperienced team en­countered many problems with rainyweather and league rules. Coach JoanWalsh added, "The team needs todedicate a little more time to coming topractice."

Ms. Walsh was only partially satisfiedwith the record, feeling that it couldhave been 4-7 if the team had concen.trated its efforts a little more in two ofthe closer matches.

Next year's outlook is favorable forthe Walsh Women, with only one seniorgraduating while many enthusiasticsophomores and juniors will be comingback under the leadership of Co-cap­tains Karen Fitzpatrick and CaroleMurphy. Unlike other spring sports, theBatting Babes did not vote an M.V.P.,feeling that everyone contributedequally to the cause.