ly, October 23. 1975 Win is a tough lady who gets ened with a scrimmage th forwards Katherine goal each. J.V. had a Volume 16, No. 3 PAUL D. SCHREIBER HIGH SCHOOL Thursday, November 20, 1975 ;r each scored two goals e girls' determination to ust couldn't get through ;core was 2-1, with Robin Assembly Vote the extra to win. Jill by Pamela Harff For eight shots, a mighty Thursday, November 13, eight Assembly leaders were elected. P o l l Shows Cutting Down !-0, with goalie Theresa scored by Fran Dwyer. This election completed the structure planned for the student im. Beil had two goals, government in the constitution. The newly elected members are: ated her skill as goalie, A.B. Appleby, Dan Fogarty, Claudia Horowitz, Billy Lehman, Cliff On Wednesday, November 12, Manko, Cathy Peelle. Lisa Salerno and Greg Slayton. the Schreiber Times distributed a team won 1-0, with Betty The outcome of this vote was not considered favorable by all. survey on cutting to all cms sition attempted scoring Several council members felt that there was a flaw in the new con- homerooms. Eight hundred tECEIVINe stitution. They had planned to have each individual group of students fifty-nine responses were represented and did not feel that the election had yielded this. It was tabulated. The purpose of this suggested that the constitution be revised, because it was the con- survey was to determine how sensus that maximum student support and involvement could not be often classes are being cut and attained unless all students were represented. how often these cuts are being It was the feeling of the Council members that this was an reported. equitable solution because the unelected Assembly candidates would It can be positively concluded be listened to as eagerly as the elected Assembly leaders. that students feel that they are In order to test one aspect of the amendment they plan to propose, cutting class less this year than H0« - • -romi»OF the Council is asking the Assembly leaders to acquire supporting they did last year. The responses Cuts rot student signatures. All students will be requested to sign not more of juniors and seniors when asked if they cut more often, less often than one petition of approval. The Council is not setting a minimum or just as often as they did last number of signatures that each leader must obtain. C U « F O « lllllllllljllljjlll^^ Monday, November 17, the Council and Assembly leaders con- year are evidence of this feeling. vened. After much discussion, they decided to leave the constitution Of the 436 who responded, 289 as it stands this year. They composed an amendment which they said that they were cutting less ove. often, 141 said they were cutting CJJTS fOf plan to propose at the end of the year, so that, in the event that it is uldn't stop Port's Varsity approved, it may take effect next year. They felt, however, that it just as often and only six said )rt came out on top. The they were cutting more often. At would be most moral and ethical to follow the presently existing didn't even shoot for the least half of the students who said *0f constitution, along with the results it has brought, during the 1975-76 they were cutting just as often • O f STDWMT? iponents 9-0. Cosgrove led school year. THOSE ach had two, as did Riley. don't cut classes. Several qMedlock, Hausman and students specifically mentioned ^athy Murray and Ellen that they cut less because of the aj^from the goal cage, for new rules. ed of course. The first section of the survey de Park, the varsity team by Larry Gottlieb was related to homeroom cutting. -mote 0 be a harder game. Port Of the students responding, 711, nd the final score was 1-1, or 83%, said they have not cut s other hand, kept up its homeroom. Of the 148 students kere made by Riley (with who say they have cut fyer (with three). homeroom, 87 have obtained a 1 team comprised of girls false excuse at least once. Thirty D ling to achieve that goal seven students say they have had le games must have been. three or more homeroom cuts that should have been reported. Expected Grades Vs. Percentage of Cuts Reported : in the girls from Garden -Mr. Bartels, Assistant Principal le lions won. Varsity and is supposed to contact the parents been contacted, or numbers are high because iscarred record, of all students with three of more they don't realize their parents students are counted once for n Coleman and Katherine reported homeroom cuts, but have been contacted. each subject they are enrolled in. is ably assisted by half- according to the students only The results were then broken As can be seen from the graph, •rraine Jaeger, and Grace twelve of them have been con- up by year and sex. 'Kiere did not the lower the grade the higher the Dccasionally). With Jill as tacted. seem to be a correlation between percentage of cuts reported. It's 5 full-backs, the defense is There is a discrepancy between sex and cutting, but there did not clear whether students have Farberman and Theresa the responses of the students and seem to be a correlation between their cuts reported because they season. Aiding them are Mr. Bartels'official figures on the year and cutting. Only 14% of the have a lower grade or if students L11 in all, the J.V. team is number of parents he has con- s c ^ o n K M B s said they have cut have a lower grade because their V. 5-1) show that the tough Amy B. Appleby, the actress, student government assembly tacted. There are several homeroom, while 18% of the cuts have been reported. representative, choir member, and senior at Schreiber, has been possible reasons for this. The juniors and 20% of the seniors said ing something right. Let's selected as a winner of the prestigious N.C.T.E. award in writing. homeroom teachers might not they have cut homeroom. The relationship between After having been selected as one of the four semi-finalists at have reported all cuts that should Some of the class cutting cutting and subject is another one Schreiber last February, Amy had gone on to compete with 7,000 have been reported. There might results are shown in the ac- that can be determined from the other students throughout the country, who had been nominated by be a backlog of clerical work companying graph. It relates chart. English and Phys. Ed. US YET? their schools for the 1975 competition. These 7,000 were instructed to resulting in a time delay between grades to percentage of cuts seem to be the major subjects submit a prepared piece, of any length on any topic, and an im- the time of the third cut and the reported. The number of people is which are most frequently cut. promptu, which was done in a one-hour time span. These two papers time of the contact. Finally, it's the total number of people who This is probably because they are were then judged by teams of high school iijd college teachers from possible that the students are not feel they are receiving a specific required courses. W LIGHT - ELECTRIC the particular state of the contributor. admitting that their parents have grade in a specific course. The (Continued on page 3) IX ZOOM LENS In this year's competition, the topic for the impromptu work was BLACK CHROME "The Great American Dream, " a topic which Amy felt "definitely lacked imagination but offered many ideas about which one could 00 write." M19 Although Amy felt she had not dore well on her final impromptu Y e a r b o o k A u c t i o n A S u c c e s s piece, her fears were groundless. She was chosen as one of the select The fifth annual Yearbook Auction, held on October 30, raised a total of $1,050. This money will help 850 winners of the award. Commenting on her accomplishment. Amy defray the cost of publishing Port Light, Schreiber's yearbook.The auction started at 2:30 PM before stated, with perfect candor, "This award will get me into a college, a huge crowd in the cafeteria. The bidding ended at approximately 6:00 PM. but it won't get me a date for the gambol. " Eighty-five students successfully Wd for dinners with their favorite teachers. The first high bid The winning of the award has already brought Amy many offers record of the day was set when Floyd Sklaver, Joseph Caparella. Barbara Davilman, and Shari and inquiries from schools throughout the country. Also, she has had Sindel bought a dinner with Mr. Jones for $55.00. The record was later broken when Jon Pickow and the honor of having her name printed in a nationally distributed Jeff Borkowski won Mr. Stone's "Fireside Feast'' with a bid of $62.00. pamphlet listing all the N.C.T.E. winners around the country. Among other items that were sold were numerous novelty items, a 76" scarf donated by Ms. Joyce, In the past seven years of the N.C.T.E. contest, Schreiber High and a belt hand-embossed with physics formulas donated by Mr. Lyman. Although everything was PATERSON School has produced at least one winner each year. sold, not everything has been paid for yet. ENLARGER The winners of the two biggest raffle prizes, a five foot tall monkey doll and a 7(H)ound pumpkin, were picked by Mr. Mock and Mrs. Broza. Theraonkeywas won by Bob Dayton, and Anne Mitchell won the pumpkin. On Tuesday, October 24, it was announced by the medical office The total of $1,050 was the most money that the Yearbook Auction has ever raised in its five year that several Quaaludes which had been cut with strychnine were history. circulating through Schreiber. Quaaludes are a hypnotic sedative and central nervous system depressant. They were introduced several years ago as a sleeping pill, and were thought at the time to be non-addictive, but though they are not technically barbiturates, they are as addictive. Quaaludes are now among the most commonly used "downers." Strychnine, a substance added to pills by drug dealers to cut drug • Paterson flat field en- costs, is a muscle convulsant. It is most frequently used as a rat larging lens, 50mm. f / 4 5 poison. In low dosages, it adds to the "high" produced by the drug it with click stops accompanies. In higher dosages, it produces severe muscle cramps • Glassless negative and can cause death. In the event of strychnine poisoning, the victim earners tor 35fnm and should be placed in a dark, quiet room, as external stimuli tend to 126 formats worsen the poison's effect. • 35mm. negatives may Several times during the day announcements pertaining to the be enlarged to 12" x Quaaludes were made. The announcements stressed that strict 15" on the baseboard confidentiality would be maintained if anyone brought in any in- • Condenser in separate formation concerning the Quaaludes to the medical office. mount for easy cleaning Auctioneer Broza and bidders at height of action. Page 2 SCHREIBER TIMES Thursday, November 20, 1975|T1 Three Chosen F o r Welsh Choir I < T.V. Training T o Visit State Music Festival During the spring, Schreiber by Diana Bahn students will delight to the sight* and sounds of the Lewis Schooieup The Schreiber's Student Video Center is setting up a new training Choir from Wales. Come thisrou( program for students to learn how to use television equipment. April 9th, a contingent of forty-pro< Schreiber, Sousa, and Weber each have offices where para- five students from the girls'Perl professional personnel will train students. Mrs. Wood is in charge of school will be arriving in Port "171 the program here at Schreiber. After the students from the three schools are ready, they will be sent to the various elementary schools Washington to participate in aSati to, in turn, teach the students there how to make television tapes. cultural program. The boys'i4, j school has not yet planned todevi The Student Video Process originated in Port Washington eight visit. sue! years ago. It is funded by a TV-Health grant which pays for the Last year, the Varsity Choir gre( necessary equipment and tapes. So far, there are three types of equipment kept at the Schreiber office. These are Sony and had the opportunity of visiting pro^ Panosonic television equipment and also a graphic expression and singing in Wales. Now these ina] system, which is a three camera stationary television producing students are reciprocating the thus unit. The Sony and Panasonic equipment is portable and can be used invitation and are playing host to mei both indoors and outdoors. The machines take half inch tapes which the choir from Ystrad Mynach. is | are a half hour long. After a student has made a tape dealing with his The choir will stay at theprqi own particular interest, the tape is stored in school for anybody to students' homes and demonstrate rea use. If a student wishes to erase his tape, for personal reasons, it will their talents at Schreiber. T be done for him. The students are not allowed to take the tapes home, On the agenda for the choir is a Coi although they can purchase them if they want. musical concert, films, and pre demonstrations of the Welsh Ded So far there are twenty-five students involved in the program at culture. Before these activities, w o i i Schreiber. They will be given a four week training course, two mods the students will spend a day at of c>t a time, in accordance with their free time. It is also possible for a student to earn credit if he joins the program. Schreiber visiting. During the be I spring vacation, they will go oned The graphic and Sony equipment can be used in many practical sightseeing around Port the] and imaginative ways. For example, one student at Schreiber, Mark Washington and the surrounding moi^ Weilheimer, has done tapes on space and skiing. Other students have made tapes in the areas of reading, social studies, language arts, areas and will return to Wales on funn mathematics and science. There are many other possibilities still to April 17th. amp be explored. This visit may prove to be one jntei AH Stata Festival partlcpanti, of Schreiber's more delightful Gi Jim Wiggins, Sandy Macleod and Maryanne Dawson. experiences. At the very least, vvas this cultural exchange will be not cons Win Ten Grand Three Schreiber students have received the honor of being able to only educational, but quite in- peni participate in this year's All-State Music Festival, a five day festival teresting. form An essay contest for interested students is being sponsored by the which will take place in Rochester, New York during the first week in December. High School musicians from all over New York State will Wells Fargo Bank. The contest entails writing an essay or developing Karen Borus char a film or tape presentation that deals with the improvement of the make up the orchestra, band.and choir which will present a concert U.S. in its coming third century. A total of sixty thousand dollars will in Rochester, the result of four days of long rehearsal. Scholarship byH be awarded in these categories, with a first prize in each category of The Schreiber students who were selected are: Jimmy Wiggins, ten thousand dollars. For further information and a listing of topics clarinet; Sandy MacLeod, voice; and Maryanne Dawson, cello. Two the c write to: other students were named as alternates and will participate i f other Young Judea of Port Cong Washington is sponsoring a fund the f "Toward Our Third Century" students cannot attend the festival. The two are Lynn LoDato, cello; raising drive for the Karen Borus year P.O. Box 44076 and Andrea LoPin to ^violin. Scholarship Fund. Karen, a As San Francisco, California 94144 To be considered for the festival, the students must audition i n the Schreiber student and member of perf ( Students at Schreiber High School have also been invited to enter spring at a local high school and receive a grade of 6A or A+, the Young Judea for the past three eclip the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society's Bicentennial Writing highest grades possible. years, died on September 5th. meni Project. No cash prizes will be awarded but the winners will have The students who go upstate must be chaperoned by a teacher in The scholarship money will be Benj their works published in the Society's J o u r n a l . the district, or they will not be able to participate i n the Festival. The used to send youngsters to Camp porta For further information, write to: school budget allows a certain amount of money for each department Tel Yehuda. Tel Yehuda, which Mas! Miss Catherine E. Sandy, Editor to use for events such as this, determining the amount by the number Karen attended last year, is a he a Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Journal of teachers in the department. The music department has only 2'^ Zionist youth camp. Alan Jaffe. Rath Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Scoiety teachers, so its budget for conferences is $75.00, making it almost 336 Port Washingtron Blvd. impossible to send a chaperone with the students. Fortunately, after president of the local Young Port Washington, N.Y. 11050 some deliberation, enough money was found to send Dr. Richard Judea, hopes to raise the money ^P"^' Rusack, the conductor of the Schreiber orchestra, as a chaperone. through candy sales. wher Sophomore Parents Science Fiction Festival Lunch At Schreiber by Mathew Speigel and Scott Byron The Fourth Annual Science Every Thursday for the next two months Dr. Killeen will hold Fiction Festival was held at the Sti luncheons in the school building for the parents of sophomores. Port Washington Public Library m i Approximately fifty parents will attend each of theluncheons. on November 7 and 8. be These luncheons are designed to help the parents improve their tog understanding of the program at Schreiber, and to clear up any Two Classic Science Fiction m« misconceptions that they may have. The luncheons last about an Movies were shown at the 1 hour and a half. Aside from being served lunch, the parents are Festival: Metropolis and The rej shown a fifteen-minute slide-tape presentation depicting some •Rme Machine. Metropolis was ex] scenes of Schreiber. After the slide show the parents have a chance produced in 1926 with a cast of to speak their minds during a brief question and answer period with 40,000. It has some of the most bai Mrs. Beatrice Lawrence (faculty representative) and Ms. Faith spectacular special effects rep Cleary (guidance representative) who are on hand to provide in- known for its time. The Time wH formation. Machine, based on the novel by I Because these luncheons are a relatively new idea, parents are H. G. Wells, was produced in 1960 the sent a brief evaluation sheet shortly afterwards to determine how by George Pal. successful the luncheon they attended was. The favorite attractions at the Cabaret Is Back Festival were the two uncut Italian Club episodes of Star Trek. Star Trek, The Italian-American Lunchtime Cabaret, a which was originally broadcast white print went to John Teitler. Decorating the walls of the Association is a new club this "voluntary assembly program" seven years ago, is still popular Other films shown were The library meeting room were year in Schreiber. With Mr. led by Mr. Jones of the English today. Other Star Trek items at Day the Earth Caught Fire, In posters from the Planet of the Valentini serving as its advisor, Department, is going to be back the Festival included models, Search of Ancient Astronauts, Apes and other Science Fiction the Italian Club is the first our this year. Its tentative starting filmcli^s, slides and photographs and three SF cartoons: Cosmic movies. school has ever had. It is the date is the week following from the show. goal of the club to enlighten the Thanksgiving, and it will be held Zoom, Automania 2000, and The Two books of Planet of the .Apes Port Washington community during mods 7-8 and 11-12 on day There was a twenty-five Boiled Egg. photographs were stolen at the about the culture of the Italian- 4 in the auditorium. Featured question Star Trek trivia quiz Among the artwork on display Festival. Howard Grunwald. the Americans. Presently, the club is acts will be the Varsity choir, given at the Festival. First prize were paintings by Jonathan Festival chairman, said that introducing itself to the student band, orchestra, and the was two color stills from the show Guildroy and John Fasano. The "they are of high persona! body with a showcase next to the wrestling and gymnastics teams. which were won by Laura Hoff- highlight of the exhibits at the value." He would appreciate office. The club plans to A Christmas concert by the choir, man. Second Prize of one color Festival were two scripts from their return. Anyone knowing the have many fund-raising ac- and a play "Last Gasps " are print went to Owen Cunningham the television shows Star Trek whereabouts of these booiis tivities in the future. also planned. and third prize of one black and and Planet of the Apes. should contact the library. ¥ Keys Made Marine Supplies MANORHAVEN HARDWARE GIVE A GIFT OF GROWING LOVE FROM .. . Entree-preneurs: Joan & Roz Valspar Pa i nts - F ive Thousa nd Colors Housewares - Garden Supplies Sanders - Floor Polishers Rug Shampooers For Rent Planter's Corner, Ltd. 103 Manorhaven Blvd. FOR YOUR HOLIDAYWARDROBE Port Washington, N.Y. 11050 DISTINCTIVE PLANTS AND GIFTS DISCOUNT DESIGNER CLOTHES PO 7 - 0068 FOR HOME AND OFFICE Upstairs at Salerno Electric, inc. 711 PORT WASHINGTON BLVD. 1170 Port Washington Boulevard Licensed Electrician PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. 11050 Port Washington, New York 11050 MICHAEL DIOGUARDI OPEN DAIL Y 10 A.M. - 10 P.M. 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Visit by Michael Joseph ^ ; spring, Schreiber Youtii Helps Youtii delight to the sights "Enthusiasm" is a reviewer's ^ )f the Lewis School euphemism used to gloss over the j Four members of t h e S c h r e i b e r student body are members of Port Wales. Come this rough spots in amateur dramatic Alert's Crisis Intervention Team. Twenty-eight other students are :ontingent of forty- productions. The Department of currently enrolled in the 32 session, 64 hour training program. Lee > from the girls' Performing Arts' production of 1 Bartlett, Tony Florentino, Steve Insinga, and K a t h y Krug, the four e arriving in Port "1776 ", presented on Friday and j currently on the team, try to handle problems from short term 0 participate in a Saturday nighty November 7, 8, i counseling to emergency drug intervention to supplying health in- gram. The boys' 14, and 15, though certainly not | formation. Pat Workman, Port Alert's Assistant Director, feels that ot yet planned to devoid of rough spots, needs no i one of the problems is that many people don't have an objective such critical protection. The • listener when they really need one. The four team members can the Varsity Choir greatest strength of the '. usually be contacted through the S c h r e i b e r nurse's office. One of the rtunity of visiting production, in fact, was i t s lack of : most important provisions of t h e Crisis Team is that every problem ! Wales. Now these inappropriate, boyish en- ; and every person who contacts the Team will remain confidential. reciprocating the thusiasm. For the most part, the ] Before qualifying for t h e team, each candidate must go t h r o u g h a are playing host to men on stage were as men, which • rigorous series of training sessions. Upon completion, not every 1 Ystrad Mynach. is perhaps the highest praise a j person in t r a i n i n g qualifies for t h e t e a m . Harry McBee, originator o f nil stay at the production of this sort can the Team, conducts an evaluation process based on role-playing IS and demonstrate receive. 1 situations, and how each person handles the particular problem. Schreiber. The actions of the Continental Even if the p e r s o n does not b e c o m e a member of t h e Team, they c a n la for t h e c h o i r is a Congress in the month i still be chosen at a later date. According to Kathy Krug, "Once ert, films, and preceeding the signing of the \ learned, the knowledge obtained from the training becomes a per- 5 of the Welsh Declaration of Independence : manent asset and is a l w a y s used " s these activities, would hardly seem to be the s t u f f ' There are two basic types of problems the Team handles: spend a day at of which musical comedy could I emergencies which could lead to l i f e and death situations, and Crisis ting. During the be made, but the play is a good i where a person needs help (but can wait till class is over). T h e in, they will go one. Though awkward in spots, • most recent emergency that involved the Team was the Quaalude around Port the songs are good, there are situation, where poisonous Quaaludes had been sold in the community . i the surrounding more than a few legitimately Because the Quaaludes had been cut w i t h strychnine, the p e o p l e on the Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams chirp •etum to W a l e s on funny moments, and there is i Rhclnhardt/Port Light Mote Team found it their responsibility to speak with people who they ample opportunity for creative | Tim Nissen's portrayal of Joe Caparella as the delegate thought might have contact with the d r u g . Lee Bartlett s a i d that she y prove to be o n e interpretation of character. Massachusetts' John Adams, from South Carolina, p a r t i c u l a r l y spent the day walking around telling people what it was a l l about. more delightful Greatest use o f this opportunity | though good, was r a t h e r curious. for his song, "Molasses to R u m , " . Another job of the Team was to t r y to obtain some of t h e d r u g so t the very least, was made by M i c h a e l Barrack as ' He was properly obnoxious and which built from the jvorst of that it could be tested and a n a l y z e d . Port Alert has a n arrangement :hange will be not conservative John Dickinson of \ dislikeable as Adams, the prime- starts to the best of finishes; and enabling it , if they can g e t h o l d of dangerous drugs, to g i v e them il, but quite in- Pennsylvania. Barrack's per- I mover for the D e c l a r a t i o n , but he the courier, played by Brian to the p o l i c e without fear of prosecution. The advantage of t h e Team formance was simply splendid, ' achieved that status by the u n - Hiller, for his beautifully sung during the Q u a a l u d e situaticm was that since all the people involved easily the b e s t of t h e evening. His • satisfying artifice of simply being "Momma, Look Sharp." wesre students, immediate contact and knowledge could be much I Borus characterization was as well i loud. He was most effective the The production was t e c h n i c a l l y more readily available. conceived as it was executed, as ' few times he l o w e r e d his voice, as well mounted. Costumes and arsiiip by its own p o w e r it illuminated ; i n the dark hours immediately makeup were spectacular,* Cutting' Down the concerns of e v e r y man i n the preceeding the final vote on in- though Benjamin Franklin did (Continued from page 1) reasons for the difference bet- .ea of Port Congressional chamber. His was ; dependence. look a little green. The direction ween the s t u d e n t s ' responses a n d ponsoring a fund the finest performance in recent \ The lesser roles were nearly as and choreography was a l s o good: Determining which Depart- Mr. Bartels figures are also the Karen Borus years by a Schreiber student. ' well played as the g r e a t e r , never the only traffic jams were those ments report the greatest per- similar. ind. Karen, a As fine as was Barrack's i falling below adequacy, and that would actually have oc- centage of cuts is more difficult, it and member of performance, he could not totally rising well above that level more curred in a small room full of but it seems that Science, Phys. r the past three eclipse the other players. The ! times than there is space to politicians. A difficult musical Ed. and Math in t h a t order report September 5th. mental agility and bawd of" mention. Particularly out- .Vole; These are Mr. Bartels official score became occasionally the highest percentage of cuts. figures on class cutting this year. Though money will be Benjamin Franklin were well ^ standing, however, was A . B . muddled, but w a s s t r o n g when it the numbers are different than the ngsters to Camp portrayed by Mark . Appleby in a marvelous, needed to be, highlighted by a students responses, they both indicate the Approximately half of the same thing, class cutting is down. Yehuda, which Mastrocinque, though physically j restrainedly unrestrained per- fine sounding string section. students say they have not cut a First Marking Period Statistics on Cutting. last year, is a he appeared a bit too nimble. ' formance as Martha Jefferson. "1776", and p a r t i c u l a r l y Michael class. Of t h o s e students who have ip-Alan Jaffe, Rather than dance only with the Her song, "He P l a y s the Violin," 1. Mr. B a r t e l s has contacted 150 parents Barracks John Dickinson, cut, 97 say they have cut one class this year. rise and swell of occasions, he J was musically the most rewar- e local Young provided some of t h e b e s t theatre three or more times and 22 of 2. Failures in a class due to five cuts 1974- would hobble as an old man o n l y | ding number in the show. Also 75 390; 1975-76 99. raise the money entertainment that Schreiber has these students say their parents 'i. when he t h o u g h t of i t . Seven students have failed all courses les. demanding mention by n a m e are ever hosted. have been contacted. This because of excess homeroom cutting. situation is similar to the i v a l Student Government homeroom situation and the Disputes Homeroom Rule Bicycle Club The new homeroom rule is the s u b j e c t of greatest discussion at student government meetings. T h e Student Council has decided to pursue this subject because they feel it has effected the e n t i r e com- Off And Rolling munity. They have emphasized the necessity to t h o r o u g h l y research the r u l e so that alternatives can be suggested to the School Board. It is generally agreed among Council members that working together with other interested parties to achieve a rule acceptable to most of t h o s e involved will be more beneficial than attacking the rule with the aim of completely eliminating it. The members of the Council felt that the rule as it now s t a n d s is unacceptable for a variety o f reasons, among them the possibility that the increased violence in the school this year may b e a n expression of student disapproval of the new restrictions that have been placed upon them. When asked why homeroom was necessary, Mr. Whitney at^s^«e^ed thai slate i\t\ax\cia\ aVdwu
reported to have said that homeroom is t r a d i t i o n a U y h e \ d in the morning b e c a u s e it p r o v i d e s students with a place to g o , thus reducing the numbers wandering about amilessly. It was s u g g e s t e d at the Council meetings that homeroom could be held at some later pomt durmg the course of the day. People supported this suggestion by claiming that in such a case, fewer people would check in l a t e , people would generally be m o r e alert, and consequently they would pay more attention to a n n o u n c e m e n t s and papers distributed. There were, however, people who anticipated arguments against this solution, a s well as those who were not sure it w o u l d suit student needs. It w a s s a i d that many parents want to know exactly where their children a r e going to b e . T h e y feel strongly that their children should be i n school, working, a n d walls of the are against the notion of h a v i n g them at home, sleeping. To further dispute this point, people asked This year the B i c y c l e Club has made two trips to Bayville, one to g room were why mandatory homeroom attendence promoted the-assumption that students begin working right Sagamore Hill, and, recently, one to Old B e t h ^ g e Village. The • Planet of the after leaving homeroom. Those students who do not h a v e class are given the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to start bicyclists are now considering a spring trip to Mattituck. The Science Fiction working in a resource area, but a r e presented with many other options concerning the m a n n e r in Bicycle Club also plans to participate in the Pepsi-Cola Marathon which they may spend unstructiu-ed time. Other students pointed out what they thought would be t h e which will take place in t h e s p r i n g . The C l u b will continue to make anet of the Apes Administration's argument against such a proposal by having homeroom during the day students trips through the winter, w e a t h e r permitting. e stolen at the may tend to feel that it is all right to cut those classes which preceed homeroom. (Con t, on page 6J_ Grunwald, the MEMORIES STUDIO GREAT FUND RAISER PORT WASHINGTON an, said that Photographers CLEANERS Studio Portraits • Weddings for all School Clubs high personal PORT CHEMISTS Dyers - Tailors - Furriers Wedding Invitations • Film Hit Albums 8t Tapes 62 Main St., Port Washington, L.l lid appreciate Cameras