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Volume XXXV Number 17 John Adams High School Fridl\y, May 16, 1975 ~ j ' Page 2 The John Adams Tower May 16, 1975 NURSERETIRES AFTER 25 YEARS SERVICE PAGEANTOFFERS LawDay Reviewed SCHOLARSHIP

May first. officially designated as Law The Miss America Pageant is ar Day. gave Adams' students the opportuni ty for gifted young women tc oppo rtunit y to · interrogate deputy have fun , gain poise and experie nce, anc prosecutor George Here nde e n and St. J oe possibly collect a sizable chunk of the om Cou nty sher iff Dean Bolerj ack. million dollars offered ann uall y ir Random questions. some not totall y scholarship funds. ans"·ered by Herendeen or Bolerjack , were Contestants must begin at the local !eve asked by students . These ranged from and work the ir way up to the sta te and ther searc h laws. marijuana poss ess ion, and the national, pageants. To enter the loca female police\\·omen to the breakout at the competition, a girl must be a citize n of th< county ja il. United States and between the ages of 1'. Here ndee n said that he recognized so me and 28. She must be a high school graduat< faces. but qualified this, "We're trying to before the Labor Day preceding th< do a job. Unfortunatel y. in some cases, we national pageant . Also she must not havt step on your toes. been married or convicted of a crime. Tht Bolerjack defin ed the border bet ween girl must possess good moral character freedom and law as "do ing anything you talen t, poise, personalit y, inte lligen ce want up to and until the time it bothers charm, and bea uty of face and figure. At al someone e lse." He also mad e general three levels, contestants will be judge< refere nces to the brea kout by blaming the partially on the basis of a candid interviev poor conlin ement capacity of the jail. in which she will be expected to disc uss he Photo/R. Ball Bolerjack cited three main pr oblems : "It is thoughts and ambitions , and a talen full. If you are put in the jail, nine to one and I don' t have to get to work" afte r contest. you're gonna be in with someone who's ret irement. She will be working part time Upon win ning a local or state pageant , ; tough. We have large areas to guard, and in a children's ward, not straying from her girl will rece ive a scholarship and th, \\·ould have to outm an them." profession . She said "working arou nd kids opportunit y to try for the next level with al The s heri ff said that he is "worried quite keeps you young." of her expe nses paid. Contestants in th, a bit about the safety of the inmates ", yet As he r suggest ion for students , Mrs. national pageant automaticall y receive ; he mad e no reference to any meas ures he Chamberlin urges students to visit pe ople five hundred doll:ir scholarship, whet he or his department is taking to change the in nursin g homes, because it mea ns so they win or lose. cond itions. much for older people to get visitors . Just a It should be emphasized that the Mis Here ndeen discussed the questi on of visit to talk. comb their hair, or cheer America pageant, particularly at th "lady cops " a nd he state d the assignments nursin g home recl use s is important. national level, has boosted careers of man were based on stature. Howeve r, taken out Mrs. Chamberlin has recentl y bee n qu ite women. Among them are Bess Myerso r. of context . his statement on crime in ill, but is on her way to recove ry and a actress Lee Merriweather , CBS interviewe Americ a backfired . "We have the happy ret irement, saying, " I' ve enjoyed Phyllis George, Los Angeles newswoma mi,fortun e of be ing a nati on of men." my 25 years at Adams." Sandy Hill, Cloris Leachman, Loi After 25 years as a school nur se, Mrs. Nettleton , and Anita Bryant. Dorothy Chamberlin is retirin g from her Every yea r in Atlantic City , a girl i position at Adam s. chosen as Miss America. She the n wins Mrs. Chambe rlin said that today's Art ExhibitHeld fifteen thousand dollar scholars hip , an s tud c nts h,n·e chan ged much from those in the chance to travel for a yea r as the ·so·,. "When I first came, they opened The second ann ual student art exh ibit representative of her countr y. If you ar the duor if yuu had a pile to carry . Some began yesterday, May 15th, and is interested in competing for the title , writ came and took away part of it and brought continuing through today . The exhibit, to the Miss Ameri ca Pageant, Boardw al it to the ot'tice. Now the y go in ahead of located in the Little Theater, consists of Arcade Building , Atlantic City, Ne, you. There is a lack of good manner s and drawings , paintings, sculptures, and other Jers ey, 08401. tast e, not only in schoo l, but all over." exa mples of students' art works. Over 300 The most common "i llness" students pieces of art will be exhibited, and some come up with are hea daches and stomach will be up for sale. The Art students have MR. SNIDERTO LEAVE aches, genera lly diagnosed by "pa leness spent man y hours preparing their projects and the look in the ir eyes". Said Mrs . for this show and they have worked hard to Mr . Robert Snider , freshman economic ! Chamberlin, " I have no cure. I don't give prepare the Little Theatre for the exhib it. teacher of the John Adams Social Scienct asp irin. If they'r e rea lly sick, I se nd them All students, as well as teachers and Department , will be transfering to Jacksor home. I generally se nd them back to par e nts, are urged to visit this exhibitio n. High School this September. Mr. Snider clas s. " The show will remain open today during who has taug ht at Adams since 1970, wil Mr,. Chamber lin plans to "enjoy life, the entire school day, as well as afte r be assuming the position as head of th( especia lly when there's te n foot deep s now school. social studies progr am at Ja ckson. Page 3 The John Adams Tower May 16, 1975 up. Its members were called "school nutritionis ts" and they were supposed to Guest Editorial design well-b alanced, sensible meals. The result: a sam ple meal consisting of tacos, spaghetti, french fried pota toes, grav y, LITTLEPUBLICITY FOR PUBLICATIONS pumpkin pie and chocolate milk. Another result: more new names for " school Ot all the extra-curricular activities stressed for Adams students, one of the nutritionists." Even school administrators most involved is publications. The people involved in publications are divided could see there was something wrong with into two groups; one which puts together the TOWER, and the other which that. The solution they found was to have publishes the ALBUM. Although these groups do work independently of each their own first grade classes plan the other, and put out completely different types of publications, they have one meals . The result: fairly decent meals , thing in common--hard work. Publications are costly. There are deadlines to considering what they had to work with. meet, which missed can mean delayed arrival or even possible added cost. With the problem of what to serve out of Together, the two publications cost $14,000. Only $8,550 of this is brought in the way, the next step was to merchandize through subscriptions. The remainder must be earned from advertising sold it ... think up nam es to make the junk at entirely by students. The statfs work to put out the best possible paper and least sound good. Back to the nutritionists. book that they can, in the time and budget allowed. Result: happy hamburgers , groovy green However, there are times when more cooperation from everyone at Adams beans , cool corn, far out french frie s, white is needed. It may be that the only possible time for an interview or picture is or black cow juice , etc. Another result: at 10:30 in the morning. Isn't that a good enough reason to miss a class? many more new names for "sc hool Some taculty members are very understanding of such situations, but others nutrition ists." Solution : back to the first are not. In a time when administrators and teachers are crying for the student grade. body to become involved, can't a little understanding, appreciation, and After the nutriti onists could see that respect be shown to those who do take the initiative to become involved? their nifty names weren't quite going to do What would John Adams be like without these two staffs? These students do the trick, they decided to resort to disguise a professionally paid job on a volunteer basis [along with school work and names on the dual principles of (a.) what part-time jobs]. No one can ever imagine the time required for writing they don 't know won't hurt them and (b.) articles and pasting up for the TOWER, or cropping pictures and titting copy maybe if they' re hungr y enough they' ll eat tor the yearbook. Nor do people seem to realize the busy schedule of the it just to find out what it is. That didn 't photographers, which not only include s taking pictures, but developing and work either . In fact, not even the first printing them, too. grade could come up with anything to undo The TOWER and ALBUM staffs enjoy the service they perform for Adams, all the damage already one (which explains but it is time everyone realizes and respects the effort put into the school such wonde rs of the world as publications. Lesley Weir "pigs-in -a-blanket , etc.). [ALBUM Editor] Another problem connected with the naming of school foods was the problem of cleaners. As a bonus, they figured on political implications of some of the names . /J lnsano increased sales of drugs to hospitals in For instance, some school systems in more By Andy Anonymous areas with especially bad school food. liberal areas had cooked up names for Needless to say, when the milk lobby got foods to commemorate May Day. The How many of you have ever really taken wind of the pharmaceutical industry's Depar tment of State didn 't look too kindl y time out of your exciting and intellectually plans and realized what an opening they'd on Marxist Meat , Communis t Corn, stimulating day to think about school missed, they reall y had a cow (so to speak). Proletari at Potatoes , Socialist Salad (no lunches? No, not the time you spend in the Afraid the druggists were attempting to doubt mad e with Lenin Lettuce), etc . (And slow, painful process of actually eating put them out to pasture (or pasteur , if you we can't forget Mao Milk.) So the prac tice them. Not even the time you need to prefer), the milk producers decided that of naming foods as such was re~ricted to recover in the nurses's office. I mean the since they had nothing else to do (no American holidays . Therefore, Bicent en­ times when you don't have anything else to Presidents, Secretaries of the Treasur y, or nial Beans , Fre edom Fruit , Libert y think about ... during classes, assemblies, Members of Congress to buy off - I mean , Lettu ce, etc . Now, at least , people know P.A. announcements (except Mr. David 's), make campaign contributions to) they'd what it is they're supposed to be able to etc. My purpose toda y is to reveal the truth start their own lobbying effort. hold down. about school lunch.es. The pharmaceu tical companies found Anyway, next time you're enro ute from Many students have had occasion to out about the milk producers and invited the cafeteria to the nurses 's office afte r wonder who in the (warm location · not them to join the drug lobby. The milk consu ming yet another in a series of Miami - deleted) came up with the idea of produc ers agreed figuring that what they wonderful school lunch es, remember this the school lunch anyway. The school lunch could make on their own was only a drop in column and the truth beh ind the trash came about as a result of intensive the bucket compared to what the y could get you've just eaten. And remember to whom lobbying efforts by pressure groups in if they worked with the drug people. you owe everything you're soon to Washington. The pharmaceutical lobb y, Eventually, such groups as makers of regurgita te . Then , after the nurse has • led by our Elkhart neighbor, Miles stomach pumps joined the pro-school lunch given you the ever-popular , cure -all band Laboratories (makers of Alka Seltzer and ranks. The effort really got a boost whe n aid to settle your stomach, have an Alka One-A-Day vitamins), saw a great someone thought of serving the jun k · I Seltzer and dream about McDonald's, opportunity for increased business. What mean food - hot and the publi c utilities Burger Chef , Eddie's, Holly's Landing, the with the inherent vitamin deficiencies and joined the lobby. Ice House, and all those other places where indigestion connected with institutional­ After the idea got going, school systems the people who write letters to the South ized food, the pharmaceutical companies all across America had the problem of Bend Tribune defe nding the virtues of figured they could take school age deciding what to serve. To handle the school lunches even though they've never Americans and their parents to the problem, a new profession was dreamed had one are probabl y eating now .. . Page 4 The John Adams Tower May 16, 1975 Class Officers

Slated CLASS OF 1977 · MccraleyPresented Award JUNIOR CLAS5 SENIOR CLASS OFFICER SLATE Christ opher McCraley was awarded the CLASS OF 1976 · PRESIDENT "Best Junior Writer " award from the OFFICER SLATE John Komora South Bend Tribune for his contributions to Kevin Smith the Next Generation Page at a banquet PRESIDENT Susie Smith held a week ago. Leslie Bender Dominic Walshe The award. a scholarship of $50, will bt Chris Crosson Toby Wehrhan sent to the college which Chris plans to Chuck Csiszar attend. Rick E. Farr VICE-PRESIDENT Cathi Gabele Mary Anderson Steven Grise Terry Bridges Kenny Nelson David Rubin Jonathan Shapero John Wielgos ExchangeStudents Jan e Walshe Jane Willems VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY Pamela Berman NeedHomes Janet Burnside Joan Black Maury Fisher Annette Dolde Bill Hedg e Susan Scheu Would you like to have a new brother or Becky Shaffer sister in your family? There are a number Doug Knapp of foreign exchange students coming to the Donald Perry TREASURER United States next year and many of them Jack " Tony" Reed Lori Darrow have yet to find homes. About twenty are Mark Warren Michael Forrest to arrive in the South Bend area for the SECRETARY Michele Grant next school year and they need families. Cathy Austin Philip "Bruce" So, please, help! If you are interested in Bridget Baran Lockhart having a new addition to your family, ages Bea Crimmins Laurie Lootens fifteen to e ight ee n, contact Mrs. Julie Mathews Julie Wright Housm eyer in th e principal's office for Sara Yang more information. It would prove to be a CLASS OF 1978 - grea t expe rience for both you and your new TREASURER family memb er. SOPHOMORE CLASS Mike Clarke by Raija Tuoviaene Moira Dingl ey OFFICER SLATE Kate Kasper PRESIDENT Jim Lamb Charles Hammond Gail Turner Donald Troyer Janice Warner Reginald Williams VICE-PRESIDENT Patricia Burkhart THEJOHN ADAMS TOWER Maur een Crowe "T he hes/ read newspap er on Wall Street" Michael Harris Amy Johnson Jeffery Molnar Edit or-in-chief ...... Christoph er McCraley SECRETARY. News Editors ...... Gerald Rohan Barb ara Burke Becky Robinson Terry Gault Robin Mitchell Feature Editors ...... Hildy Kingma Sue Valleskey Caryl Redding Cathy Scarbrough TREASURER ' Leslie K vale Laura Munich Cynthia Patterson Sport , Editors ...... Mike Clarke Irene Yang Sponsor ...... Ms. Maza Johr. Adams High School The opinions expressed · in THE JOHN ADAMS TOWER are not Prin cipal ...... William Przybysz necessarily those of the TOWER staff, the ,Jdministration and the faculty of John Adams High School or the South Bend Communit y School Corporation. If you're going to college to be somebody, start with Army ROTC!

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songs more than any ot hers Led Zeppelin is a band known for Lead Vocalist , who exe mplit y the concept of Led breaking records . In 1973 they wr ites some of the best rock lyrics Zeppelin: so lid musicialship com­ broke The Be atles' record for around, outdoes him se lf on bined wit h expert recording and attendance at a sing le concert when ""Custard Pie" and "Houses Of produ ctio n techniques. As this over 60.000 turned out for them in The H oly." His "' let's do-it-in-the­ band has shown, their for mula Florida "s Tampa Stadium. That dirt'" oratio ns s h ouldn't be res ult s in a great piece of music 1973 tour was the biggest grossing shocking to a nyone who has heard eve ry time. tour nf all time. su rp assing Alice ""Black Dog'" or "Whole Lotta '"Physical Graffiti " will not Cooper 's '"B illion Dollar Bab ies" Love." amaze ve terans of Led Zeppelin's tour by nea rly half a milli on dollars . The two probable singles off th e work, beca use the group has Their tifth LP. ""Houses Of The album , "Tra mpl ed Under Fo ot" proven its exce llence rep eated ly in Holy. · · was a lso their fifth and "Night Flight, " are so lid roc k the past. But if there is poss ibly conse cutive platinum album (over 'n roller s with that touch of some one out there who does not one milli on units so ld). Now , after comm e rci a lis m that radio disc own a Zeppelin album, by all near ly tw o yea rs of ina ctiv ity in th e j ockeys crave. A strange cut on the means gra b thi s one . The other five rec ordin g and concert scene, Led a lbum (sure ly to be someone's will come later, because yo u w ill Zepp e lin have released their s ixth favorite) is "Boogie With Stu ," a und oubte dl y find t heir music quite albu m (their first double-LP set), medium-p ace d numb er that feat­ habit-fo rming. ··Ph ys ica l Graffiti." · ur es som e inventive solos on a mandolin by . The tune Co ns isting of 15 widely varied By Scott Thompson so ngs. ' "Ph ysica l Graffiti" is is back ed by a n odd. clappin g beat pe rh a ps Zeppe lin "s m ost ambitious that you have to hear to believe. effort to d a te. The a lbum· s cover is But while a ll of these songs LAMONT a work of art in itse lf, followin g the pr evio usl y me nti oned are excel­ DRUGS tradition of all Led Zeppelin lent there are two pieces on the a lb um tha t deserve special prai se. 3015 MISHAWAKA AVE. a lbum s. It pre se nts the frong and SOU:' t. BEND , IND . Th e two mast erpieces of "Physica l back-door v iew s of a rather F'HCt"'C: 289 ,2476 s hoddy- looking apa rtment build ­ Graffiti " are " " a nd in g . comp lete with surprise ""Kashmir." They are sure to wind ows a nd photographs on th e become classics much in the way inn e r s lee ves. But while the cov e r 197 1' s '"Stairway To Heave n" has Fost<2.r:S is int e res tin g a nd quite cleve r, become one. "In The Light" is a &N fRAN~IN'5TOR£ t th e mu s ic in side is si mpl y fantastic, magnificent effo rt , matching flaw­ by anyone·s s tandards. It quite less production w ith expert 2.,,0 M,sh~w~ka Avt­ obviously put s to s hame much of musician s hip. Plant's voice seems Go..>t\-\Ser,o , Ind the tra s h be ing thrown at the music a lm ost angelic as he is backed by one of th e best rh yt hm sections in fan th ese da ys . Sl·hi!'tcr Dru11, Store The sons th e mse lves ran ge from rock - J ohn Paul Jon es on bass ()(19 E. Jdtcn,on St. th e qui e t. e nchantin g folk guitar of guit a r a nd keyboards, a nd J oh n .. Br on-Y-A ur·· to th e heavy chords Bonham on drums. The song So. Bend, 1.-.d. of 00 In My Tim e Of Dying," an climaxe s at the end, as Page Ann,, I rom Uo" ard Park '.'I.W. Mcrril-k, Jr . R.Ph. e leve n-minut e eras her dominated weaves a delicate web o f by thund e rin g drums a nd a wicked multi-tra cked guitars, co mbinin g 2Xli-11.lOO s lid e g uit a r. As in th e past, Led several differe nt me lod ies int o one Ze pp e lin has pr ided th e mse lves in soft blanket of so und. th e ir ab ility to cove r any range of Pa ge is recogn ize d as one of the th e rock spec trum , from th e top thr ee or four rock g uitarist s in Wy9ants heav ies t me tal to the mos t delicate the wor ld (deserved ly so), but his Florist aco u st ics. Thi s a lbum is n o work as a songw riter and producer exception. In '" Down By The is th e key to Led Zeppelin 's Seas ide, ·· "," and s uccess. This is a lso apparent on 327 LWW "B lac k Co untr y Woman," th e soft "Kashmir ," a bea utiful, hypn ot ic Ph :232 -3354 s ide of th e Zeppe lin is s howcased piece th a t is lu s h with me llotro n in the ir uniqu e s tyle of aco usti c and "Arabian Nig ht s" e ffects by ex pr ess ion. But they pull out a ll of J ohn Paul J ones. He is s upp orted McKINLEY th e s tops on ro cke rs such as "The by a relent less bea t ke pt by Page W a nton Song, " "Th e Rover ," a nd and Bonh am, whi le Pla nt deliv er s PHARMACY "," done with th at the myst e rious lines g uaranteed to 2930 Mci\in;ey Ave . fami liar crushin g tec hniqu e . leave yo u breath less. Thes e two Phone ~33-5169 Page 7 The John Adams Tower May 16, 1975

.. ;,,• InjuriesHurt TrackT earn The Ad ams track tea m could poss ibly Mare ntette, Pau l Daniel s and Mark in the 100, as did Tom Wiltrout in the 440 have only one defeat. But du e to an un rea l DeVliege r stri ded to a good second place and the low hurdl es. Wm. Sanders took the numb er of injuries, the Eag les have fini sh in the Dista nce Medl ey Relay. Also 220 with a st rong race. The field eve nts dropped two close o nes. Against fini shin g second was th e hur d le relay of pulled Adam s through only los ing the confe rence lead ing Memo rial the Eag les Wil tro ut, Ste in, Ma rshall and Baer. Th e po levault. Ma rk Lootens in the d iscus, neede d only eleve n more point s for a "w ild bun ch" of Jim Free l, Ter ry Leo n Stei n in the hig h-jump , T. Wa rdl ow in victo ry. Wm . Sand ers coaste d to a victory W ard low, W m. Sa nd ers, To m Wiltro ut the long -jump and Bru ce Wo odfo rd in the in the 440 , as did Darn e ll Mur ray in the bro ke th e only reco rd of the nig ht in the shot-put were all wi nn ers . half-mil e. Ter ry Ward low too k b ot h low Sp rint Relay . The "w ild bun ch" also took a Adams st omp ed Washington 89-38, but hurdl es and long-jump with ou t much seco nd in the 880 re lay . sti ll it could have been a muc h larger tr oubl e. An imp rov ing Leon Stein won Ad ams ju st squ eeze d by a fast imp rovi ng victory with everyo ne healthy . Tom hig h-jump and Bru ce Woodfor d won Pe nn te am 67-60 . Th e Eag les we re lead by Wil trout took bot h hurdle race s, Mark di scus. T. Wardl ow, a tri ple winner . W ar dl ow wo n De Vlieger the mile, and Tim Denee n the In the Nile s Relays. the Eag les su rprised the low hu rdl es , long jum p and tea med two mile. Sa nder s a nd Murra y breezed in eve ryo ne by fini shing a st ro ng second with Fr ee l, Ch amb liss, and Sand ers to win th e 440 and 880 res pecti vely. The Eag les be hind Loy Norri x. W it h man y reg ulars th e 880 relay. Tom Wiltr out won the high too k all fie ld eve nts with Woodford hur t, th e res t of th e tea m pr ove d to hu rdl es a nd anchore d on th e winn ing mile win ning both th e di scus and the shot -put . eve ryone th at they are for rea l. In the relay co nsist ing of Murr ay, DeVli ege r and Stein, coming in to his own too k the field, th e sf,otpu t re lay consist in g of New house. Mark De Vliege r breezed ho me hig h-jump and Bru ce Span n the long-j um p. Lootens , Peters , and Woodford arm ed in th e mile, while Mark Hard y did the same Tim McClure wo n the pole va ult. th eir way to a vict ory. Bae r, Marshall a nd in th e 100. Wm . " Br oke n Ar row" Sande rs Th e LaSalle mee t could have bee n the Wardl ow took th e longjump title. Hubb ar d , had a lau g her in the 440. A sweep in the Eag les' with a full- st rength tea m. W m. Wilt ro ut and Ste in jump ed to a third pl ace 880 , led by Darn ell " Legs" Murra y rea lly Sand ers won th e 440, as did Bru ce in the high jump . In the 440 re lay, Jim helped the tea m. W oodford the discu s. Leon Stein an d Bru ce 'fo rgetful " Fr eel , Todd Tayl or, Terry Injuri es, aga in cause d a close mee t Span n won the ir tw o ju mping even ts as d id Ward low and Wm . Sand ers took a fou rt h. where th e Eag les should have rea lly du ste d Tim McClur e in the pole va ult. Th e 880 Da rn e ll Murr ay, Bill " th e eyes " Mishawa ka. Mark Hard y d id it to everyo ne relay tea m of Chambliss, Freel, W iltro ut. and San de rs won with ou t mu ch troubl e. DIAMONDERSAT .500

Traveling thr oug h th eir up s and d ow ns, Geo rge U shela a nd Steve He nsler. Frank the Ad ams Base ball tea m continu es to LaPierr e smas hed out thr ee hits, whil e J im coas t around th e .500 mark. Szabo collect ed two hits. As of May 8. Coac h Len Bu czkows ki's The Eag les' first night ga me pr oved a sq uad has won seve n of 14 ga mes, while suc cess as th ey nippe d the Was hi ngton posti ng a 6-6 NIC Confe re nce Reco rd . Panth ers 3-2. J oh n Drago vich d rove in two Maint ainin g a so lid defe nse and steady ru ns with a sq ueeze bunt a nd a si ngle, pit chin g. the Eag les have run into toug h while tea mm ate Bill Madi so n pushed comp e titi on th e past two weeks . across the ot her run. Starting pitc her Rece nt big wins have come ove r Pe nn, Kev in Bower posted the win , while getting .. Elkhart Memorial and Was hin g ton. re lie f help from M ike Clarke. J eff Hull collected thr ee PRI' s and Bill Ada ms will wind up th eir reg ular seaso n Mad iso n dr ove in four run s with thr ee hits ca mp aig n next week with two nig ht ga mes .. to help pa ce Ad ams to a 13-5 victory over aga inst Elkh art Memor ial and Clay a nd an visiti ng Pe nn . Pit che rs Mik e Clarke and away ga me wih Marion. Th e Sect iona l Paul Bilin ski, co mbin ed for a five hitt er . Tourn ament beg ins on March 26 with the The Diamonde rs wa llope d th e Chargers finals on March 3 1. All these ga mes wi ll be 9-3 be hind the combined pitchin g e fforts of played at Clay field. Ace hurl er does his thin g in rece nt ga me Photo/J . Smith Page 8 The John Adams Tower May 16, 1975 GIRLSTENNIS TEAM AT PERFECT MARK

The Girl's Tennis Team is well on its way to a perfect season this year. With a 12-0 record and two matches left to play, the SoftballTeam Soars girls have a good chance of having an By Shellie Goldstein undefeated 14-0 record going into the Sectionals on May 19-25. The John Adams Girls Softball Team The girls brought in an exasperating 4-3 has increased their record to 5 wins and 2 victory over Concord and then proceded to losses. Their wins include Jacks on, Elkhart Scoring was helped by Bernette Fones wipe LaSalle off the court 6-1 the following Central, Clay, Marion, and St. Joe with and Joyce Dungines doubles. A double day. losses to Riley and Washingt on. play by Margaret Burton helped cancel out With the absence of the number one Adam s-24, Elkhart Central-3 2 runners. player, Laura Heise , the girls pulled a 4-3 A four hitter by Debbie Leeds with Adams-16, Marian-8 victory over Elkhart Central; Nancy Gyorgi exce llent fielding helped Adams crush Having excellent pitching by Liz bringing in the final, decisive win after a Elkhart Central with a score of 24-3. Gillespie and great fielding the girls tied match (3-3). Scoring punch was led by Debbie Leeds, defeated Marian 16-8. The girls next faced Marian twice in two Joyce Dungine s, and Tanya William s, with Scoring was led by Margaret Burton and days and defeated them easily 5-2 both doubl es, while Debbie Leeds and Tanya Debbie Leeds with doubles and Margaret times. Marion changed the positions of William s made triples. Burton with a triple . their players the second day, hoping for Adams-16. Washington-22 Putting toget her the work of a pitcher more wins, bu t the Adams team is just too Despite consta nt comebacks, Adams and team Marion was kept score less until tough . giri:s could not muster the streng th to the fifth inning when they just could not Monda y, May 5, the girls traveled to defea t a tough Wash ingto n team. get a lead. Jimtown, only to make the match a quick Scorin g was led by Margaret Burton and Adams-9, St. J oe-0 one, winning 6-1. Debbie Leeds with doubles, and Bernette With fantast ic pitching by Debbie Leeds The next day, the girls played Riley at Jone s and Joyce Dungines with triples. and great fielding the Adams Girls ended Studebak er courts and blew the Riley girls Plagued by numerous errors, the girls St. J oe's undefeated streak with a score of off the court (7-0). fell behind by 10 runs at the third inning 9-0. Next Tuesday, the girls face Washington but came back within 3 run s but could Scoring was led by J oyce Dungines and and on Wednesday , they play Penn. The neve r gain the lead. Margaret Burton with doubles and a triple match -with Washington will be piayed at Adams-12, Clay-4 by Joyce Dungin es. A double play by J oyce Leeper Park at 3:00 and at Potowatami With excellent fielding the Adams Girls Dungin es helped keep the five innin g Park at 4:00 against Penn. Come and watch overcame a tough Clay team by a score of st retch of 3 up 3 down innings. Altogethe1 the girls swing their way' to victory! 12-4. the girls just played a fantastic game. JOHNADAMS GOLF SCHEDULE

DATE TEAMS COURSE

April 8 Tues . St. Joe Erskine April 14 Mon. Washington-Jackson Eibel April 22 Tues. Clay Morris Park April 24 Thurs. Washington Morris Park April 28 Mon. Jackson Erskine May 1 Thurs. Elston-Central Elston May 6 Tues. Marian Morris Park May 7 Wed. washington Eberhart May 8 Thurs. LaSalle-Mishawaka Morris Park May 9 Fri. LaPorte Invitational Beechwood [8:30] May 13 Tues. Riley-Memorial Erskine May 15 Thurs. Central-Elson Elcona May 20 Tues. Penn-Washington Morris Park May 22 Thurs. Mishawaka-LaSalle Morris Park May 27 Tues. Memorial-Riley Elcona May 28 Wed . LaPorte Beech wood May 29 Thurs. Kaeppler City Tourney Eibel [12:00] June 3 Tues. sectional Beechwood Mike Walk er practi ces his putting prior to the June 10 Tues. regional Beechwood start of a golf match . Photo/ B. Zutter June 16 Mon. sta te Old Oakland