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MARCH 6, 1981 ACADEMY, AMDOVER, MASSACHUSFMS VOL U, NO-. 16 ' IULIP *Faculty Pass 1981 1982 Clna 5 Day Thanksgiing Break Icludes be satisfied while Variant two received 51. However because the faculty will never inally, I believe it ~~~~~~~~~~~ByJAMIECOH after the meeting, both students and with the calendar. - new would be intez~sing to try option two." adJAMEANDERSON faculty responded negatively to the teacher wrote, "I have bohstudents calendar An anonymous , to complaints from more liberal -. ~~~~~~~~~~' ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~~Due Chairman spoken with several of the faculty concerning the initial calendar French Instructor and C.RL. and teachers, who say they did -not come to which-provided for a one-day Henry Herbst talked about the faculty -for 1981-82, faculty meeting voting on the calendar, break, the faculty voted meeting. The calendar (option two) was the ~~ '~~"~~' ~Thanksgiving but, seeing the result, wish they had. It extend ,the Thanksgiving, sent to the C.R.L, and at that time we felt Wednesday to of a reasonable calendar. We felt it only seems fair that these people (many break to five days., -it was better contact with forth would-save the school money; although it whom have dorms and - ~~~The Calendar Committee llrought should have a chance to such ideas as is not much the savincs would begin to add the students) ~~ -- two calendar proposals with reote. Being among other things a better day schedule, extended up if we continue to save. Draft 2 Variant a longer school of the student point of view to meet withl one, is unreasonable; it will cause a feeling representation '~~ ~"~. tinie for College Couinseling alleviate the in a topic which so involyes the students, Seniors, and more time for Winter Term of frenzy. We will never pressures here, but -we can take away the should be included in a re-vote." Athletics. student opinion was vehemently (option two Variatit overbearing feelings. With option two Most - ~~* the first proposal one. Several Variant one, teachers will bi rushed to get against option two Variant on)hda fall term starting on September their plans to start a -at 1 grades and comments in. I understand the students expres 1,Tanksgiving- break beginning Thailksgiving and criticism of the athletic coaches concern.' protest against a one-day p.m. Wednesday, November 25, Josh ing option two, but I don't think a 45-day holiday and eight extra school days. "'~~~~~~~ at 8:00 Thanksgiving night ,~~~~~ ~~~~~ending said, "When I two, vacation is too long for athletes to be Steiner, lower-classmn, The second proposal (option heard of the faculty's new plan, to extend had the same structure as without practice. The faculty should not be Variant two) the calendar; the the number of school days, I was enragedl Variant one except that Thanksgiving 1' sitting around discussing that decision I can understand the premise that would run from Wednesday at 1 p.m. to advisory board should make students' workloads will - be spread out at 8 p.m. . Monday over the additional days, but I'm afraid I At the end of the faculty meeting, when .can't believe this will 'l6ppen in actuality. were asked to decide on a Clhallrperuon' of the Caender CommitteeftWhh fecast!! voted the teachers faculty is always complaining that HlhftwefU. calendar, Variant one received 57 votes -The 1981 - 1982'Calna athm courses and I think they will seize this ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~opportunityto enlarge the curriculum- ,P Conference ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Also,for many students, Thanksgiving is N-Faculty- Atten'd NAIS the main family holiday, and to deprive them of it will be a great hardship for them to endute." Because of the opposition, an emergency use the book, although not to the -panel discussion on growth in the arts, was - fyCHRI THOMI50ON schools Faculty Advisory Committee meeting commented, "For the arts in particular, I thirty Philipis Academy faculty extent Andover does," commented Regan, Tuesday to construct a more Over: it was a very enriching program. .called the annual conference "which explains the- interest other schools'- think favorable schedule. At the conclusion of mernbet'attended "It is very helpful to be aware of each of The 'National' Association ofIndepend- have in the hook." -- th etnHamstrTedrie -Competence. other's activities. Different schools, empha- ent Schools.- (NAIS) in -Boston from Wise feels that the decided to send a memorandnm to the size different things." through Saturday of last week to piogram at the NAIS 'Conference J faculty. "The Committee," wrote Sizer, Thursday Frank Hannah and -' secondary generated the interest of a greater number Math Instructor the vote on the calendar had exchange ideas on independent '~noted that had requests George Best participated in a program at school education. of secondary schools. "We've "> been close ..and that a substantial number come and the conference on teaching statistics in The four-day conference attracted over front, other private schools to o olauswr eiiaeyasn program to secondary' schools. Best commented 'that six thousand people from more than eight - explain the Competence -froitt [Fridaiy's] special,.-hastily-callbd - he -"was.-impesed by the interest and "that a vote for acmiented VWise; Most-Acadamic - sny meeting." Sizer felt hasndrod schools'and colleges ithroughout then1,' exposur to enth"NlV'itth6"partlcipants., I thinkeit ~ included; teit Departmets benefited from oin Pagze Three) -p~~otoIhe PhilIipIan (Continued at .the, was 'well worth the effort." specil ineresworshop andover one- new ideas and teaching methods hundedpd ffty ane disussons or conference. Chairinan of the Art Depart- in a ~T a e semiarsTw-thids f'~eseseminars weat. Robert Lloyd, who participated n a focused discussion on'specific adidemi 1~re Strong fields such as Math, Art, and English. The remaining seminars, -labeled "General Interest," covered broader o r ilp -n ce h 9 18 topics, concerning various aspects ofT David Fairman, and Linda the annual Phillipian trout, and Michael Landrum in the News Dolgoff, an overview Highlighting will serve as Associate Editors. "General Interest" topic was House last Sunday, Department, Peter Cleveland and George Danovitch of high Lunidheon at Phelps am confident that 'next year's Board of an upcoming three-year'study~ ~~~~~~~~~~PhillipianEditors-In-Chief Vivian Toy LeMaitre 'in the Sports Department, "I - schoolsSizer. vy- Headmaster one because of its size,, Upper Thomas Joseph Pellegrino and Susan Philipp in wilt be a strong K. and David Parker named said outgoing Chairman of ihe English Department Editors-in- the Seven Page Department,, Pamela talent, and ,enthusiasm," Strong and'.Philip Berney as "Maybe I'm -Kelly Wise and English Instructors Paul John Edifor-in-Chief Vivian Toy. Chief for the next year. Weiler in the Features Department, and Thomas Regan, the three being too optimistic, but the new Board Kalkstein Strong will oversee the quality and Barton in -the Composition Department, of The Engishb Competence the Business will ble just as fantastic, if not'better than authors efficiency of the paper's departments and and Catherine Cotins in presented a one-hour pogra Edito~,-4r Board," added departing Editor-in- Handbook, Berney will hold overall responsibility for Department ExecutIive Graphics entitled "The Andover English Compet- Doykos in Sports, Patrick Chiet of Production David Parker. the paper. ,include Patty -organizing to announcing the new ence program, 1972.190." are Elizabeth McCormick in the Seventh Page, Dan In addition eodr Heading departments Parker and Toy named News Editor They icsewt te Khang at Features Miller in Features, and Barron Snyder as board, Hubter -and Lyn Sue Page -Editor school English teachers, the substance of cartoonist Jack 11ebau and Seventh 'Editors, George Camellos-andFaith recipients of the annual the optnt2.cuse gnd 'teatching. Editors, Richard Cody' Gordon Goldstein, Jeff Wei-s, Sarah Michael Marris techniquesthe program. employed The in ~~~~Hawkinsas News Award. Andrew Ahn and Rosenfield. John Shaw, Bret Johnson, Kurt Phillipian elicited as Managing Editor, dialogue among English teachers Burke Doar as Sports Editors, Jean Keamy on the recent challges in the feedbacli and Jennifer Scheer as Business Managers, of the 'Competwle Hand' thirdl editiin, and Kurt Timken as Graphics Editor. j -book which the English Department will Bagoh Exective Editors include Elisabeth ' - ' LKdyWeCam ofthe releas next fall. Biemann, Catherine Connor, Bree Ermen- !,Approximately two hundred secondary department. photo/Miler Whitman Lectures On Auto Industry

billions of dollars in jeopardy for a period- ByEIY BIEMANN competitive structure compose the secoind America is of at least four years." Dr. Marina Whitman, Vice-Preident problem for, the auto industry. foreign in conclusion of her-lectureWhitmnia and 'Chief Economnist'of General Motors, no longer protected -from -domestic -presented- a set of -challenges for the delivered theannual 'lzbehRogerscompetition by its specialized" she automobile industry and the federal last Friday night, exami ning the market of large luxury cars. Instead, Lecture has grow government. She said that -the industry effect--n the' auto iiiistry crisis of the feels, the demand for small cars industry, must --must push on with design programs, and 1970s,,the coirificti'g-gnalj of government so great that the U.S. auto strive for top efficiency and safety." The m4iynret globalization, and the now compete with the. European indus- p United States, she said, should adapt to current :U.S.. -rqsli tries the environment of rising gas pfices and According to Whitman, abrupt roil. "Asaresultofti worldwide of and price," - deal with the chronic uncertainty shortages of 1973 and 1979- shocked' competition of quality hare supply.sHer short-term solution 'here was consumers' into liuying smaller.,cars, the Whitman,'explained, "comnpauies them- tfouoncseaionwhl developing fiirsmiajpo ejtbAclk for traditionally', exploring new relations betweeh EDITRIALS, OPIINADLETR The'Abued... TInaccurate~Reporin atthPian Of Part of all Nuliplan workmr for aocay, ToteEdItori me Fliplm has acquired a SOrt four in-rePoring&All- quotationnth paPWr-, not believe that the reporte-r or skill in writing retactions durlngthe When oa4. ~~'I) ~~~~~~ ~~. ~~Ido ~~~ f I115 Ehip10l ar ',WWfUllY- years I have been 'at Andove. Retractions should be double-checked. lii LUI(~JI.~ It dlIt 1t"~IL ~editors '1~' damage ering printing solithiagslnlti'~ malicious. Both, how'ever, deliberately do help, but they never erasethe a eprgai attributd~Q~ , splic articles publishedwith comments the- -which--he, -fllgclois,.attldejbs causd. Editors in Chiif Of some edtr s5 dqe11p cftilt paper claims have beeii made by Pcst Yes. I do wish to see a correctio Viwa Toy David Parker It could inta fct~uhgPtpIrsm~ eta otefio h given article, spt published i The rhilliplan. Edtrilproduction, 1-" ' Accuracy- ~k.btaal2 ~~~~~~~~whetherthe person In question eve said be a preods from is tterOnfe*h1ch -, The 'aDp~aitorh-beb.t a a of the like or not Much of ti 'write and edit to the'space restricton laura Unobskey Jack Iiebau anything h e~ae cd hl~ ads o ea oftepae which--you -determine. -It--could--bc -an--.-ottention-tt 1 Features Editor News Editor techniu you are playing at adult games wle iotn~- it marks a seer irresponsibility on the official r.etraction, provided great irar not tto includi ly., causing adult damages. May It notmi M bI. part of the reporters and the editops alike., prepared to take Drew Quinn Mark Bamford Stpe a ne~ alce.Whatever is printed., 'rqure'- lawsuit before ¶ba Phuhlpian Stefanle Scheer Copsto dtr The newspaper is both morally and k*gll BusinessManager see stafflmeler undertd the seiuses liable for the damage which it causes. however, will not be enough. I wish to Sports Editors -for the first time in-the four-y rs I have of publsJlng 'a newspaper Many of the'- quotations- falsely thie att td toin i thepast havel1b-Dlmon' Howard,, Eu.i harmless; the paragraph in the last issue of-- Sports] Deb. Neyman, Alar. ,'. EXECUTIVE EDITORS: wasior -C-c-n n Chang; IFeattures;, 7th Pagel Stephanie'Koules, mhe mhliani was-'not. While Idea Hischo ; [News lnda with the reporter in question, a M o ea - Graphics] William Kumnmel; IBuslaessi Jane Ruder conversing Mhe Marmse; bj'stander chose to interjqc a story Of old controversi. I consistently interrupted the t e 4 D y W e ASSOCIATE ERlTORS: [Features] John Blasberg; ISportal Laura BuNl, v-,,We Phillip Zevitas, tale-teller to correct various details of his 4 Jennifer Ross; [Graphics] Roland Hoch, Jennifer Marron, aserttha thestorivedno ocie. - Samuel Kim, Gene Chung; lArtl Haley Panzer stor andto current situation and that I To The Bies hphfly Kurt Timuken; [Cinculation] bearing on the -- However, there is a section' in the not want it to be printed. The In aletter ofFebary2th, concerliig did a :naadtory, educa-, tale-teller 6ontinued nonetheless and the orupotfRbiCawodsfuay-proposs.1'zequiing Although, week proposal, we neglece to qualfy tional, 8 am. all-schoof niedtng& reporter continued to take notes. When we agree ht-ualschool meetingi-Is a the tale-was finished, however, I reasserted several stipulations Included Inthe ln hursdays (or son dathpemeofhvgte that the incident of three years ago had no Duigteefordywe did Teasth cudbeno of eeig z;tZ m'u'NM2 Ztib - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~~ebearingon anything currenlt and that I this- proposal was created to - nable, ... t o b~ u s e d notwanittobe rined Cetailythe any kind, including reerasathletic 'free-time use of tutely ae .lmpoO~Ant to make up for 1t-' wishes. Inhis final draft, he did' records - colI'ege visitors,' or, asulginmentv. PTA N he athletic fields or facilities." (Athletic sleep as it is to-make up post M Me PHlIL LI fairly accurate summary of the story em'$ no right practices would meet as usuiaW Also, sth hadear, ad Iwoud have had - had he merely printed it. He throughout a four-day week, there could Editors-in Chief to complain for- chshwiet li htI had been be no hour examinations or due dates Thom'as Strong Philip Bernley -NrA!d~dS to include a statement major papers. These guidelines have 1;een Editorial Production the story-teller and that for me the recent victory over Exeter Elizabeth Huinter hadbeen "sweet revenge." Unfortunately,p a n S o t George Canellos ' Andrew Alan 1~ynSue Kafing, the editor that night did not think that the p o t 'Fallh Hawking Burke Doar a-sp nuhyt.Secoet rril Hawks Bukeor Feaure insert more creativity into the article such "That really infuriated ~. O t 4 t Is SEx&AIsU ' - Kurt Tlmken ~~~~~~~asthe sentence, -- RichardJean Kufbknme." (the reporter showed me the marked RihrCody JaKeamy I feel, rightly, that our aciplhnit last evening.) To the Edito Editor Jennifer Scheer Gra4phics' draft should ecefqive dattention as teboys-- Managing What does infuriate me is that The Last fall (1979), the Accreditation, Business Managers not really a as in every sport. But, 'this does not usiuiy Phlliplan. has transformed what was Committee cited that this was to the occur. Last week, after -a victoty over honest competition between two teams "coed" 'school.,-This, according by Groton, anda loss to the tough HirvardJIV sharing mutual respect and -Andover's well report of that committee, was evidenced EXECUTIVE EDIT6RS:.17th Page] Joseph Pellg&in, Suma PhlhPp; [New] student authority squad, we were ignored. There, was no lAndrunm; earned "sweet victory" (mny words) 'which the lack Of females in Connor, Bree Ernmeitw'ut, Midihel - Elisabeth Blnn, Catherine positions. This has -not been so true this article at all, which was especiall Pamela, Weller followed into nothing more than a grudge members of the [Sportsl Peter Cleveland, George I~lre, (Featares at times Andover is still, -maddening because two Page], Daniel match. instead of using the limited space year,. yet [Graphics] Patricia Doykos [Sports], Patrick McCoimlk [7th This has been team, Mary Hulbert and Annie Yates kept Barton; in the paper to write on the details of the unfortunately, sexist. hi neet eod nat ee MillerBrron [ews], Snder [Caroonist] [Compo ltlalJohn hi udfae rcrsitat ee MillerN sl Cotarn Se Cro-t.[~ P~~I editors chose to include evidenced, in the sports pages of Th meet, the .against Harvard - Ctn.exciting - [Business] Catherine :~~';--' a -paragraph which is inflammatory, - ThIIlplan.-- - ~~- - ..~ .~~~ ,,~~** :v arb generally -Grs'Vrlrqil1'*te6l IS~Ortsy., inaccurate and, inappropsi~te An r*C,g'- Gil, ports at PA, ASSOCIATEEDITORS:[Newsl Gordojn Godt -i'5fWthr considered'(by the iinparticlpants) id a sor t that(s 'snubbbd it'tl441~: i l l [Cenk~lnI -larity in the Andover-Exeter compeitin SarahRosenleld(Comositon]JohnShaw Bett ohnso; been a dead 'hack.' One fluads farfewer spectators a te il prsaevrulyinrdb of three years ago had 'long GrsLcosegmorntnehnat the -Sports pages. Is this a clear KurtDolgoff, David Fairman; [Copy Editor] Linda Danovitch. isefre.Oethpatwondaal the generaoltdtows.' good friends with the a Wsy'- certainly spedtators are not rersettino years, I have become coltwrds Girls' Sports? I hope and I have great respect for encouraged by the Io walk toSbra b h Exeter coaches not. but one way to achieve tihe necess1i them and for the program which they run. necessary to see this spo &teaethy way to attend any girls degree of co-education found lacking by 1 ay~Thefi ln could not have printed encouraged in any 4 19k "~~~~~~~ Section of te Accreditation Committee would -be to ~~~~~~~nyhigmore hurtful to me personally or sports competition by the Sports "" rd. The rahiliLn q~ give Girls' Sports equal coverage. more, damaging to a professional h Team, Fal4th Raie '82 0Ju rI F in a14 W o rdV relationship which I value. As a member of the Girlus

heads, As the imminent abdication of our power looms ominously over our past we sit here in the dark bowels of Evans Hall and pause to reflect on our

editorials. would The subjects covered in this column certainly have b~een varied and it and humbly *the negative aspects of overly intense academic' pressure, to As I sit here, in thou ght 'on a dane above suggested to the admiistration the possibility of expanding our schedules of I a e-' 'In m r -life M either include eight day weeks or 36 hour days to help i.ieviate the problem. moistens my hair, we have cited the dfentbeisofHtry3ina The salt spray Onepaateoccasions, through The beach grass bends at a courteous bow desperate attempt to comfort those poor souls presently 9truggling 8i To the piper's return of my stare Ch ate Ro em aral the ordeal,- and we' have alsospotdte'irr yat nhsqus o 'Absolute Quiet' in the Garver Room.11 theme, however, has provoked many th~ughts and One recurring His 'legs spinning quick as he races the Now~the twilight descends on this heavenly -i teases the shells at the edge of its ~i~trspecionsat eastwithn ouselvs, ad that is the concept of 'The The surf oa paea spell of some peaceful desire We cul- - in from the edge of the sea Like BlueBuble.Th PAcom uniy i anextremely sheltei'd community. Rubbing them into the sand, ' That blows --PABlue community Bubble.' isThe an his retreat it has reached me right here at the'dune Much like the child who plays on the Never leaving his feet, he begins bnefit from this isolation as it creates an enorossneo nt ihnte seclusion from the beach 'anebgiohvscpsbyhsele thscm-tmmc community, but the harm and danger brought on by our and shovel in hand. Bu o-ob outsideis frighteproblemsWith worl'd' a bucket Buhni outgthaeomrfo.mc the prbesthat Too often we forget to look beyond ourselves and see u t th g~ be Th-igrso ah-hirac other people in the world face, problems which quite conceivably could Thfigrofwstatechutote sbcuew r ntefrIcnsealtecottontipped that is soft thna vroddcasshdl.i -The lap of the wave is a voice moeconsequential ~tipa wea rtues I h a a e l h Trland ofohadfd notesoe T h ie a ueI-nwwl more than an oerloaded suchclass~zi~'-i~'-. unjustifiably flipn atuds - waves e Iitm il so secure in our niches that we hold suarendragardedhsun holetthat t imuchlsmorefills,-kno-w toAsothend ifindse sha concerningdrugsriy andues hsecurityardeissuesorewhich or an 'Tis anymph from the shore ivlo'1 truly hw t ligtuhagsoosadwnth sdeof Leaving-holes that reveal, emptiness edt eidcal eahorevsfo - adore soersyinte'elwrd'Wseriously need toeel in the 'real world.' We creatures of this marine draw. And her name is the fair Isabel' just long enough treanurpseciendelze alodliving the hectic PA lifestyle; can do And onto the ocean it spills. that the world beyond this campus does indeed exist and that we And if calming the sea is of reality and 1say, thingsto help others ie too lty sky the sun dips below the crest of a wave Then her presence'provenl - the clouds merge to close leaving ~As we would liet ake~two final suggestions totef Till fo~ I know In conclusion it tirnes* - - She has done'dhat,rlght here that remains The wind tapers its force 'as administration. We ask that they consiethposbtyfmangprg aetewn ihh 11 :0&. AsaoywieoecsMthrgl ' they consider reiristatinig - - wind with her silver thatthatthissdune temexams optional for seniors, and also that A shadowy white overcast, - Mother gull face the ero hsdy term to the light tipped wing ' s'a milebewh (Well, you can't blame us for tryingl) Still the piper pays not a heed Is subdued by the sunsetting fire pm sign-in for; seniors. Pecking bugs in the crust with his mast so astufely phrase It "Ites iaclebrationif, eeryn gesinvolved, it will -be ''good e.pbiizn h Do Well~Tt, On 's" -A Adis on S 50th .V. -.-. ' ~~~~~~~The Jk11ILJaIP'AN PAGE TM=E

.cE ~~~~~Rteafirm s Anovr$ ieral Trends.:

33 ANDREW.BAD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~expresseda wish to observe the system at the Ataytlmn,-.e day- or night, Andoe .. Taft School, where it is especially well students may heaIM shrieks f outrage and IYA JlrSt1 PZYL5epoyd

frutratlonazid over, too-brief paijetalM~~~~~.FEW A~bhours ~~ The surveyrresultsulindicatededseverallmajor 10:00 sign-tn echoing through srwjells and, I differences. At PA the proctor system is not too - halwap'. Yet thougit is customary in every I rigorous, is employed almost exclusively in schoolabout for the student bodyto complain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~juniordorms, particularly male, and wk sticts rogarding such" issties asipsign-in (9towards making newcomers feel at home and *roedure, sno prvileges, - student helping them with problems related to the pa ffioptioin the school's administration, we workload, for example. Elsewhere, proctors are have mueh~~~~~~ieu~~~r~~i~~g~~htJ~~~o'_co~eryimportanti m~~~~~p-li-i'n they deal with students of all from~6mter schools. ages, and are not only used for- aid to a greater muup~Academyhas long ad a'-strong - extent than PA proctors, but also retain' reputtionfor offering excellent academics discipline and order and "bust" other students ~an~portforchalengng eciistudent-to hi AA M if necessary. In response to this general reply,. fullstan4for xtedin toeach member of BACK AT EERY HOTHE the CRL has decided that- perhaps our proctor the, tonmunity an unusually large choice ofsse should be redefined. activities and courses. While keeping this The conservative~:rends seen are no more reputation, It has at the same time proven itself than general, fie schools are definitely to'bed'fi of the most liberal -of prep schools, more liberal than PA. For example, Cambridge one in which the students are not only more School has,--in addition to unlimited parietals, involved but given a relatively high amount of" BARRON a one o'clock sign-in. However, given such freedomn and therefore increased responsibility, _f9 extensive freedom, many students might According to a study made by the Committee become irresponsible. Therefore, excessively on Residential ife, the general trend among liberal policies are seen as being no more sixty-five other schools was towards conserva- practical than extremely conservative ones. tism. Although in most instances not curtailed -Though PA is not perfect, it seems to come to as "gret an etnt as Exeter, student the closest to a workable medium beiween *pikeges and independence were not nearly as conservatism and liberalism. Although no extensive as at PA.' 0"."1 specific issues except for the proctor systems

-The tudy-took the form of 'a questionnaire after eight sign-out s rarely enforced here, this community-" Last year the establishnent of -interested the CR1., there has been some talk of which was sent out in October to sixty-five particular sign-out is an mportant part of each the 10:00 sign-in without even a consiiltation - too much freedom, especially during evening schools around the country. The CRI. in trying student's life at other- schools. Every Andover between faculty and students caused' much hours. Students a gradually, receiving more to find ways to improve residential life, struck student is master of his own time, thoughi many student uproar. This lack of communication, free tirng to do what they please at night So upon this idea so that, according to Chairman schools, such. as Poinfiet, have required tudy which the CRL is trying to remove, cannot exist that PA will not face problems like 'those Henry Herbst, "we can see how we stack up to halls after seven. -within a closed community, especially not to possibly'facing the Cambridge School, there other schools." The CRL is, considering alterations in the the extent of the, other schools. "Students' may be a slight change in evening-hour policy. The CRL. members chose nine questions -present "fractionalized" schedule which would voices are listened to, and should be listened However, a general consensus here is that which they telt cover a broad range of give students more time at night as opposed to to," Herbst concluded. since Andover expects more out of its students, pf6blems that' most schools would- encounter several short blocks of free time. However, the In most other schools, the judiciary privilege3 must be granted. Flagstaff CRL regarding, for example,'nighttime policies and piroposed change~ would be made in an effort committees were composed of students, yet representative Liese Hendrie noted that student governance. In addition to seeing how to slow the frantic pace of PA life and designate wr absolutely advisory. Disciplinary judge "Andover rates above average in fedom for Andover compared to other schools, the CRL more relaxei time to students and faculty wanted to learn of novel ways of handling these alike. The general trend in other schools was issuesi, and, according to English Instructor that there were no evening classes 'or nightly Randal Feffer,- Abot CR1. represenftative, extra-curricular activities, mainly so that the "Andover rates above average in freedom for the student." -Vdf~haps nitiate some- sort of change administration could control students' lives essentially'.4aimed t PA evening hours. ~ more effectively.

The schiools were of every type: boarding and ,The next question pertained to senior ______

day,(with a little more emphasis on boarding, -privileges. At PA many'seniors such as lincoln, - ments lay solely in the hands of the headm~aster the student. The demands ut on the Andover co-ed-and single-sex: schools, from Punahou in Benet and Doug Wilbourne feel that "the only ,and dean. The practice of having-disciplinary student, however, validate these freedoms that Hawaii to St. Stevens in Texas to Cate in worthwhile senior privilege' we have is senior committees at Andover composed of students we have. No PA student could survive with a Callioria. The- response was' encouragingv tea." However, the problem is apparently not - as well, -as faculty._is highly advantageous.' 10:00 p.m. lights-out rule." nearly wvey 'school returned the questionnaire the lack of special senior prerogatives, but Senior Randy Accetta noted,, "It gives the iebtblee hti a eni h (St.. Paul's was one which did not)., Many rather the great number of underclassmen's students on the committee a chance to exercise tradition of Phillips Academy to be ,schools also 'asked. that PA send back privileges, which still exceed the senior their responsibilities both towards the school broad-minded, particularly during Dr. Sizer's -*94on 'sol jotr MayMnrpiieg a ay'te scol. "rules'and to the student in question, as well as yerasedm tr.Ntoldrighs flagsiaf RLrepesntative, cnintd hi' o hr'e aciftvc for 'seniors 'at oher "'"iijgadfeetprpciet hifito. probtpirt ta el togepasis in -general, "schools were gratified to ' s~hools was at 11:30-on' Saturday night and Smlry, tepiaydfeec ewe has been, placed on' making mature, participate in this exchange of information" they were grantbid more weekends off-campus student councils, here and elsewhere, that at responsible adults out of the student body.'

other schools the governing body ot students -Suet aetu engvnucmo has little more than advisory power. Andover, "Everoneere lves n a g ldfih boL ; on the other hand, has an entire network of freedoms and opportunities to take many waystosudenmke opiion nown The responsibilities upon themselves and to talk i~ay tomakestuent pinon nd.CRhe about them. "Kids learn by discussing and 'u~~~ all to a community." ~system of having Cluster, D.C., Dorm anCL doing." Herbst commented. He believes that we~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~~~~~I student representatives is one used by only few of the schools surveyed and is another thysolbegvnteerpnibiisad live up to them, or else should be "wiped across i owever, with he exception of a pssivle than the rest of the school. At PA there'iso P"isAnc oficWsdsuet e niiiya henmap"u-ents othe words srelypunished. *revision of the proctor system, Herbst foresees limit on the number of off-campus weekends Regarding parietals, the CRL received two freedoms are given them, they may well grow ~no, proposals based n the questionnaire allowed, even juniors, nd sign-in is at 11:30.- eneral answers, both surprising in view of u eigtohaiyo te-Hwve'h results. He believes that the study was fQr everyone on Saturday nights. So, though Anoer's pdlicies. The first was that parietal? cnlddiWe 'inconclusive beause there was nearly nothing seir r utfal riae hnte id were absolutely illegal. The other was that they hte r eurdt hn 'in the 'resposes which could be used to but few special privileges given them by school were very caelycnrold xse nly tor temselves, in later life it will be tese improve Andover life. On the other hand, e policy, they may be assured that the few that during rigidly controlled hours while the house ohr h ilrl nte. adds, it was important for both the CR1 ad they do have are much greater. than those counselor was in the dorm, and even then 'The CR1 questionnaire results indicate that ,the school itself, for increased independence is offered elsewhere. required that the doors be open. With only a PA and its policies, though liberal, are not giving 1'A students more opportunit a4nd need. Several, questions dealt with student few exceptions - for instance, the Cmnbridge excessively so. While Andover's workings ae to devrelop maturity and reliabily ':leadership and advisory committees. Though School of Weston has unlimited parietals - truly unique, it is still one of the most viable. The sixty-five institutions were first asked to most sch~ols had student_ councils, student Andover students seemed to be trusted to a far private school communities iexistence. The explain their "after d'V- policies: sign-in, discipline committees, and other such greater extent than the students elsewhere. CR1. survey was admittedly unsuccessful in nightly study hours, evening.. classes, and organizations, they did not "stack up" to The question of proctor systems was the one'- discovering new ideas to implement here. Yet it extra-curricular activities. Discontent over Andover with regard to the administration's issue which seemed to arouse definite interest. .was far from a failure; indeed, the results PA's 10:00 sign-in is' in. great part awareness of student opinion. ' Every school `-ut one had' a proctor/prefect obtained give strong support to the system unwarranted, since it is no earlier than at any According to Herbst, "Everyone here lives in system, and those in existence were much at Andover which has produced so many other school surveyed. In addition, while the a goldfish, bowl; we are all confined o a 'better defined than the one here. Herbst capable individuals, for such a long time.

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ByPAUIAMLTO' ' ' ~~~~~~~~(Continueurnm page 1) ana Math, was an opponent of Variant one Perrin was satisfied with the present and In a'sma arundroo cluterd stee Doneswiltserv as ews iretors 'reconsideration was- reasonable and in who felt content with Wednesday's r-evote. final calendar for 1981-82, as were other 'br ec-down tble witti messages carved replacing Ellie Hlrschhormand Jim Cleary. order, to be decided on the basis of a paper "Tquality of chool, dpnsothe faculyemtbers *all ome kts top, the WPAA board, without Downes will also serve as Traffic Manager. ballot and by simple mauaitjooeahig.thyomened" much pom orpcale, decided whichi In charge of Pormig elcn According to Sizer, "We needed a explaining that the greater number of class ' Director of Athletics Joseph Wennik was priiee snmb. of the studenit body Leon Collins, wvill be cott Pierce and compromise of the calendar which would days in Variant one would only leave both pleased with the faculty for the would be their successors. No one-waited walter Devise. Finally, Jane Sinioni i retain the starting a finishing dates fclyadsuet oeftge yte cnieainte aesho tltc for a puff of white smoke to emerge fom Himmny Mi-ose will take over Catherine approved on Friday for the fall trimester,temsndwhnvigonheewceda.W ni th 1-wtt antennanLTherewmre not even Link's spot'- as Directors of, CaWmi but establish the same Thanksgiving break infethathclndreiso flthtsprsrejtaprtfAdvr' any isorer1nj frmdw h hl atn mpoe hsya..hswl aetef had been "rushed' at the faculty many interests and should be governed for metforthe news The-group f eight -' termsomewhat loger than tht of thi meetings, not allowing adequate consider- "by what the school community feels is

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Girls Hockey Teap`Triumphs'Twice:, +" Hold Groton & LioldernesgsScoreless-

By ANDREW AEN second period. At 5:20, SusAn L)ed~ broke On Weodnesday, an Andover !ictory, Once again, alethargicstart followed by the ice by stuffing the net with the rebonfd semeuncert~itnn flt&st pod.-At t. fine passing and forechecking character. from a shot by Angela Lorena 2-50 iate start, Goo n ~oka vnsaeo ized the Andover-Girls-Hockey-team,-this- Captain Carol- Lewis tucked an inuac the puck, as the Blue lagged on its skates . week, as it slated two shutout victories, 3-0 goal into the Holderness met off a wide and ~kdge'oehcig T.. at Holderness and 5-0 on home ice against angle shot bji Best, who~ by this tme had Andover Girls could not complete paseM~

Groton. In the latter game, ever returned to P ay Later inother wt hi ubslkwok t42 no~ _ dependable Sam Chivers tallied more than check to Best benched ertfr the gae the game, a centering pass- by lewis . three goals for the second time this season. but nonetheless new gV tder L* loe hvest ottewlnnas ~ ' As in its previous bout with Holderness, Hogin repelled any of Holderness' A~tto h ~d Arlxdt on PA fought in a deadlock for the puck in the attempts at the Blue net.- in the tirdn where it was playing mostly defense., The opening moments of play. With Cathy Best period. - rtndfnesretnssd ndvr 4 benched. with an injury, neither PA nor PA held coiitrol of the third period, but forwards while;Go's forwards presmur- -Holderness could connect the positive the Holdermess squad continued to fight ed the netand confused the Blue defense. passing skills to overcome one another's for a comeback. Andover held back a little, BMWa n e~fes edfs,-huh 1 defense. Meanwhile Andover's net-minder trying to maintain a lead. With 1:20 left in as Clivers Wboke up some close calls. Margretravr hed Hoderess'shot atthe game, Lewis notched the dliucher-as 'Ii-he, sebad perioo, the outlook was " *bay. she took the rebound off of a. ie-nl still uucertaln,~as Groton sedined to hold T' Andover began to accelerate by, the shot by Swenja Nolting. Andover's margin 'omn ihAdvrol ehigj 1 Holderness line as passes came in the of victory was .3-0. FUMit las ateps - - -gi/E k weefutile' as Groton forced PA to outnuveel A opP~nemt. constantly hustle back to the defense. But witfi 4:09 lft in the period, Andover- established a-fleeding line up the sides at center ice; Lenz lit the lainp as she ILL IJA /~~~\III~~~~~IIII~~~~~III~~~~ passed by Groton's bewildered net-nibiderS prs L~~~~AUUUL~~~~~~~L~~~UL~~~~~on-an unassisted break from he Blue line to the net Superb Stickwamk n-.nR ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~Andoveroutclassed Groton in the final period with its best shows of stickwork and line-feeding' of the day. .Menhi Groton covered in its own zone, all but _ stopljigAndover's barrage of pucks at the - Groton net The three third period tallies were all Chivers, one each with 12:15, %M3O and 6:17 left in the game,- The first was a. clserng achndcentered by- the Last Weeks' Play At 1'-wJ The Phllplan Sports Deatnn reo.pswr fBs n uan Tanner. nizes defense/forward Sam 'Clirers - leCte am oenat4NDa By MMhenet Athlete of the Week for h fourlgoal - Chivers posted Best's hustle behind the B EE I B.N performance In th~e team's 5-0 victorye net. The Groton squad turned in a ivive of adBREDA Groton on Wednesday. In addEtion to he intensity in' the final minutes of the The Boys' Varsity Basketball team Andover offense as they pumedInitwlve fine ledoffensive si,~~~~~~~~ play, Chlvers contest, but failed to surmount an effective travelled to Harvard and Brooks last week points eachi. Bill Mart'also PUa~ ~la to a spotless record this week g atta&k Chivers finally notched Andover' and displayed two completely different, he contributed six pots ~ayed-pl his Bolderness and G~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fifth goal with an interception, at mid-ice brands of basketball. On Saturday, te usual good consistentilifensfii-im P It atlckworkIs not only and her fine ~~~~~~~~~nda quick break for the net; from the team turned in an all-around dismal did regainsome fthiire nthe hustlethe adm~~~~~~~ration that~~right has ofwon side she wristed the 'puck into the performance being defeated by the teconid half, but still er losers in- the pappianalso hersports, mail but upper left corner from fifteen feet. Harvard V squad, 68.84, and thien score,'68-84.- - pnpporthas ~~~~ pwO~~~~~~in.~~ ~~ wljch -~The Andover Girls still have one more somehow managed to bounce back, and In their WednsagmePAlod insp~at~onl tothe Andover Girls. game left in their season, that being thrash Brooks, 76~6§. -like a completely dr~t basiitball ,inspirationaltophtm/ m~uism against Exeter on Saturday. The gaine versus Harvard was perhaps team. They took-control of the'~geftom the weakest performance by PA this the early moments of the frs(.qurte as- season. In the entire fst half, Andover they hard the fast break running elai ~~~~could only convert seven field goals from executed their set offnsive'play qorrpctly - ~ ~ ~tefloor. The offse was neve able tget ~,Unlike the game a 'f Haifftal Boys' H ockey has, LAif: icnut Wee'k ~76 ti onet - . - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~theydid not execute their plays'wiell nd' "'h Z~f'adconb eeydmn a commited numerous turnovers,' -as well as center. baey also helped on'ffeseas bie By TJSTRONG two-on-one with Randy Wood, but the Richardson. -KU opened the 'scoring at throwing Misguided passes. One of -the came'through with oreajoit i h This past week, the Andover Hockey Blue was twice foiled by the remarkable '4:06w putting a shot past Richardson. By main reasons for PA~s inability to score'- half. PA continued to ciet'ayfs team played two hockey games, and lost goaltending reflexes of Denny Doyle. The 7:36, the score was 2.0. Down 2-0, PA stjll from the floor was the absence of Captain - break baskets and took a epsnmandii* 17 two hockey games. On Saturday, NMH defensive corps set the tone of the game, as could not mount an effective offensive Kenny Cline and starting'playmak~r Chris point lead into the--lockeron. 2

romped 6-0, outplaying PA in all 'respects -Peter Coburn,, Andy Young, Dave spurt, totalling only six fiist period shots. Arnold who both ran into early foul mental hi" of the contest. On Wednesday, Kimball Flanagan, and John ockwood bied The key goal of the period came with only trouble. With two of P's most potent In -the. second half, A once aai Union beat the Blue 7.4. But, in truth, KU NMH players, in the corner and in froni of sixteen sii'ds left, as a KU player fired players sitting on the bench, the Blue was lowered their intensity level' and begint.o did not beat he Blue-, the Blue beat goalie Rick DeSimone. At 10:19, Young the,-puck by Richardson to give KU a just siiiply not able to overcome Harvard's let Brooks back into the game. Mental themselves. Another -team member des- was whistled for elbowing in the left' commanding 3-0 going into the locker- inside strength. Even though the team al -,mnistakes and a slackening bifin 'defense cribed KU as a ----.team, a team we corner, a blatabtly poor call by the official. room. athis point was tiling by a szeable 'allowed Brooli to-in a comeibak i shoulda beat" The painful 6-10 season is NMH scored a minute and ten seconds At -2:56 of the second, KU upped their margin, not all hope was lost. Forward Bob. narli inake a serious, run -it teed.' almost over. It was not a good season by later when Brian Lussier shovelled a pass lead to 4-0. Hirsch countered with his first' Ramsey took control of the Blue offense as -After, a PA timneout Brodki' effots w*ere past comparisons, however, the pain of a to Tony DeArmas, who fired a wrist shot of three on the night: tallying at 4:04 on a he peppered the net for ten, points. His -salled by a sagging'_zoneA~_6fer defense losing season could be alleviated on from eighteen feet out that beat feed from Randy Wood and Steve encouraging offensive play and the team's Paul Slatiery and Ramsiy weii*ekey t Saturday when Andover, both the hockey DeSimone. Two minutes later,' Joseph Morland. KU then scored the eventual pulling together on defense helped cut the stopping Brooks as they' iust dwn team and its school supporters, travel "en P.PelIligrino, covering back on defeiise for game-winner at 5:43. making the score Hrrdlato436thlfie. "~' everything that caine into th~ Aeesv

masse" to the Harvard Hockey Arena to Flanagan, made a poor cross ice pass to 5.1. Two minutes later, Kimball again A Short Glimnis - 'zones. Although the teanii eventuislly face Exeter for the second time this season. Lockwood. teve Boyce intercepted the scored. Although there were some bright gajijed a 76.65 vIctiry a Sehious. PA lost the first meeting 7-2. PA will beat puck five feet in from the Blue line, and The Blue scored three goals in the third moments in the second half, the'good plays regrouping effort will b-dodlte'r the Red. Then the season will be scored NMH's second goal. as Hirsch added two more and Dave quickly vanished when Chine andArnold to. once again cush' Exeter's hiopes of' a remembered, for PA triumphed over the Although outshooting NM4H thirteen to Flanagan scored once. K.U.'s lone goal fouled out Guard MattDacey and Arnold successfurl basketball Bi eliten~il'viitogy - ,-Red during the Exie's Bicentennial year five in period two, the Blue did not. get on made the fal 7. before he fouled out, were the bulk of the -over, Ando'ver. before the Exie'z_ crowd. . the scoreboard, instead NMH took a 3-0 On Saturday, Andover faced fellow prep advantage. The lone score of the period* - -'- - school rival Northfield M..Hefrmon, a team came at 8:14 when NhMH tallied its second which has already this season beaten power play goal of the game with We t e sh h 1i Dartmouth V and ost to Deerfield by Moreland off the ice for slashing. Coburn at- te s only one goal. The first two periods saw the and Hirsch leveled NMH, players with Blue take twenty-four shots to NMH's checks, but Andover could not get control By J.P.NAIKL placing a rrsn 5th overall, mediocrity of this division. thete wasone thirteen. But NMH nonetheless led 3-0. of the puck in front of the NMH goaWi, as The Andover Grapplers have had a Senior Bob McCurrah had a tough time sparkling star. Upper Jeff Huti sl'Ipped The first two periods saw the Blue get Woody and Hartmann just missed scoring tough season; the loss of team Captain in the semifinals due to a tiig wnin e b i ao pbeta - opa~ t three power play opportunities and fail to opportunities. NMH effectively cleared Tom Sylvester and',iniuries to seven other Preliminaries; however, McCurrah stood overaME.-,''~ capitalize on any. But nonetheless, NMI- their zone and became increasingly starters have ke T~ioach Kip busy just tough, though, and managed toplace 4th Heliavy W4ghWb0- capitalized on both of its one -man aggressive, even chippy. .tyntoflinhewgtsos.Sura',vrl, -- The heav -weights, speaheaded by advantages. The entire game saw a bigger, By the third period, NMH had gained Interschols were not a total loss, however: 127 ber Co-Captain Scott Smith and. three senlors, added the bulk, of the Dlne * ~~phytically stronger Andover team outhit complete control of the, game, increasing The Blue, predicted to place th overall, 133 ber Tony Bienstbck, wrestling'Aidi by point~. iJh6 Blerne, we-ihin6g int 16016;*, NMHdipi~rof- i an aweomeody it lead t 6-0. AFlanagn 'giveway in nudged past Cushing Academy and Exeter side throughout, both grappled their way, overcae. th~r-nesh1 es, by. contact. But nonetheless, a quick, small, front of DeSimone at 4:23 upped NMH's to place third with 103 points. The Blues to respectable 3rd p6e finishes. Andovrer 'o iighsoppo ns 14~ dvi ~qres .feisty, NMH squad walked away with a lead to 4-0. Jeff Scubearth beat DeSinione top rival, Hyde, came in first, amassing has had a tough time all season in, the 138 ~ri&hm t lc'l~~l. rhi convincing 6-0 victory, the first shutout thirty seconds later, and with one second 236 points.' to 145 lb classes, primarily due~to weight Miphnefthtws fo1 ' Andover has suffered this season. remaining in the game, NMHR made the * AM,, prbmsadinuis ~pete'vrl le a ostl o~,3dj~efulh In the opening minutes of the contest, final 60. Not a good Blue performance. Senior Phil Kamal has been 'the most -Steve Moreland had two scoring chances, Kimball Union dominated the first pleasant surprise that the Blue has had in one on a breakaway, another on a period, scoring thr'ee goals o Cheesey ten years. Kamal, who has shocked the league coaches with moves found -suially. in the lower weights, azzled' his ©~ TXT 10T& IJ FA1TbX T nTTI¶P{ .IA AT Y opponents with many sophisticated 'moves.. The P11IILJliPA N PA FM~V

Girls'Bask~~~~~~etballGans.Semis '

J0 H Waudntqikes ltog h le feeds into field goals throughout the first Wipnsi w'as' A,*Cneesity for the Girls' had minor trouble-in containing GD's hl ~ D~ketbaUteens this wee& t hel explosive point guard, they managedto utashefenermndusop the ~yk thi sesou'u finish, n two shut down the remainder of the GD paetedfnesoeswl.PA' 2 c6nsicutlve gamies,,igainst Governor attack. Stout and Trafton contained th Zone proved a hindrance to GD. all uinmner, the, gIlsfowndl themnseves jn taller forward and center ofteDummer atron pb 0a h af .wsi

tisust-~Winsituations. In Saturday's Same, aqaad,'clogging the key and cbistently fine control, -,- "- 'victoiy ieiant entrance to the elite Nw thwarting the visitores offensive attack. Continuing to Sifne. Bng~andp.Scbo~L~aa~icnt: Led, by Dulin and Byrne, who together Th il i o xeinealetdown in Andover passed this test In Wednesday's nd' potso thsendal.Br adJny_Elli ~e,-eant vito~y ~uasionin Th~the Andover cause, the Blue was atop GD Payed the way for the offense as their fine _ ~_ ~ ~ ~ 'Aioero.25-12-at the infermissioh.:- outside shooting allowed the Blue to boost slugleellminationAndover tourney.con.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n -th ~Inue t~'succed,avancig tothe For Andover, the second-lialf markeda itS leadig riargiinto 19 at on point inth ~s~-The key In ~ thin Om period of lacklustre pl ay. The Bl~ic failed third quarter. The P.A. defense continued ~r~was .A..~S peed. T ic~iknm to capitalize on turnovers and their to cause problems for GD. Time and time- pacdbhe.Ble te 01) sqad 4 -transition game, which had been again, Dulin and Byrne nabbed Duminer- on Satrdyand 52.42 on Wednesday. outstanding in the first haf vsnt aes stopping -1Thuss-n.n Present in the third and forth quarters, occsins The, offense lacked the crisp and-flowing Folwnsu ithfurhqae, -The whetconfrontation "opened -at % briskpsceith Adovercontrllingthe m ihad displayed -in -the opeaing - Fran Trafton *egap to show her shooting flor.Anle'W~nsperhededth uar moments. Noqetheless, Andover's ever- prowess. Her turnaround jumnpersfel--

PAas attak se led'an oflnsefwich y efense prevailed, keeping the -consistently, adding to the P.A. effo~rt. visitors under control. Several baskets by The result of the Blue's play was a thivdon the -"fnn'rad, un," style of Byrne, and Captains bulin and,-Trafton, convincing 52-42 victory. Leading Ando- -~~lComplementng this type of play, hepdteBu ananacmotbe ver's scoring were three players in double 4eater Ftan Trafton and forward Barry lead at the end of the-third quarter. figures: Byrne with 19 points, Trafton with Sbt-beg a domifiation-of the boards In the last period, Coach Timlin put in 14, and Ellis with 10.- -,whkh'woul continue throughout' the th eodta hs ako xeine In their next contest this coming afterno The twta girls pulled down many showed as they netted only four points on Saturday, the -girls will face Berkshire ~a~ubleefeniveebouds wich ereoffiense. Their defense, remarkably similar School in the semifinal round of the New quicklyto Dullcleare at ~to the first team's, held the visitors to a England Prep School Tournament. -Caials Angl Ms.th Iu - - plote bluntngGovrnor may nersoring minimum. As a result, the fiil score read-S threts.kep ulltheGD efene ~ 42-31. in favor of Andover. Byrne and J o balance as she dve into th.ln n Dulin led PA scoring with thirteen andh Ht hIn so din*wt similar and frequn;etea______k s 8 h of2 - .trcesfd -Dulin layup or a short Tourney-Bound.. - Ta e f 2 )ui-slted bank- shot by another PA In their second meeting with Dummer -player. Due to Co-Captain Dulin's in a week's time, the Blue continued to - Seemingly unheralded and unseeded, again. He faced match point six times, and backcourt heroics and fine verall team riddle its opponents defense with speed By THOMAS U11"A -Captain Bill Ullman faced a difficult draw each time'responded appropriately; save. -,play' by -the- Blue, Andover took a and cohesive- attack, and JOHN KIKwith number one seed Will Carlin of Ullman 'minanaged to tie the score at comma~nding 1-4 lead at the end of the Getting off to a rapid start; Andover The Boys' Varsity Squash team, with a Deerfield and the fourth seed, a longtime 14.14 and disposed of his opponent in a ,- opening period, used a fastbreaking offense similar to thie recent upsurgence in its victories, finished Exeter rival, Jim Faulkner. After a first -five-point -iebreaker. Uliinan then found - shooting and ~~oneused on Saturday. Guard Angie 'a respectable eighth in the Interscholastics round bye, Ullman faced Groton's number _hilfacnFulerithsmfnl Wfth'perod two catbeot shoigad Dulis precision passing was again the and rolled' by Brooks 41 Wednesday. one player. Ullmtan demolished the round. Uliman, having lost to Faulkner in simnd- futadmen 'basketbal by the spark ofAndovers effective play., Dlin Saturday, the boys hosted the New opponent with a barrage of "heavty five previous. matches, received advice -Andovesquad;Mzy 'Byne and my teaed wihMr yn t-the ther England IntershoLs. The varsity's top- -artillery." This show-of firepower led to an from 'his father: "Stay up for Faulkner." ~-taredslereach oundjhthihooting touch backcourt spot to dazzle Governor- three players,- Bill Ullman, Doug Benedict, easy 15-6, 15.7 victory.- Then, Uliman However, .'Ullmnan was beaten in fouir 'and#c~ded o ht cosective rampers 1%inmer with ballhandling and give-abd- and Do Woo Kim, combined their talents faced Carlin. After a slow start, - Bill games.- theni 'biovern us f a go maneuvers.heualtrtsotei to bring Andover to its eighth-place finish, brought the match-to two-all standoff. - - Bad Iuck for Dougy. Divi~ibly,A o madeofamn pasises were center Fran Trafton and Byrne This year's intersohols, the largest in Suddenly, Carlin reeled off ten of the first In he number two match, P.A.'s Doug to wan which -hithlighited the team's herself. Each fequently converted these history, boasted sixty-seven entries ftom - ourteen points in the fifth and final game; Benedict - thr'ashed his first round twenty-three teams, including such teams livnian found himself dowd'.14-8, facing, opponent of Amherst Regional High. 15.3. wc Exeter, Moses Bwn and Choate. match noint. Umah awd. and saved 15.4., Unfortunately, though, Doug drew the*2'seed, Bill Doyle, of Moses Brown for .122.xeterNo S/ic Rsespect -, - ,-J - "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"-~his second match. Doyle beat Doug 20 _V4~~~~~~~~~~,and ~ ~ went on 'orch the finals of the #2 -- -, ~tourney. "~~~'~~~ GO DO_. -Kim,4rdiew a bye in the '-frst round -and

r~ -a v;~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ ' ~ entered the second round facing Groton's - -. --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~number three. Sadly, however, Do didn't

- - dazzle the Groton man and lost 2-0. 'do By ROSS SOlOMON ~Ac' '- - then went on to win his irst round

on, Wednesday the Blue Track. team the lead. Andover received. second - osltoadte oti h eod arrived at Exetex backed by strong 8-1 third in-both the mile and two-mite, as --- And the winners... rcrbut were ugable to improve on It Randy Accetta-ran an exceptional race andExtrndMssBo 'iefrth Everything seemed in Andover's favor, but got- first in the two-mile. In the'rmile, - , -- overall victory with Choate coming in

-Inufy and4 sickness pued the team as ExtrsKihtuohotae ocpai '- eighd. Th thwasthe tornmitet was _tbeyihad their first-badday in two years, Burgess ;nd Upper' Steve "Lurch" .met deigte wtht wy heto a estlng btedeat1 tfornm of.a 50-45 -Donahue. Exi'e distance sensation also won ~--~~' ~~run, and they have.decided to have the loss hile'the field events almost, the 1000-yard run though Brian Henson - ,-tournament here again in 1984, and every - ~~~ ,,,~~~~. -~~~~*, t ~leermnedthe Red .as winner, their and Steve "Vimpe" Wemple, who ran ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~-"y~~~:-'s;Th~~~~~~~':~three years afterwards, ezntfisians assured their, victory, "The magnificently all year, chased him all the -Brooks Ex~e~wee -sky-hgh adpefr d wy.-x -'" Wednesday, the varsity hosted Brooks in

.- 'extr~~~rnely well," said: Coach John '~~~~~'~'~ -~ - -~~-'~~~ '~' .- extremelyCoac John irel,!' said, C-7 dnio a five-man contest.contHavingvibeateaenBrroks Ric"ad. - The highlight of the day came in the A9 " - r--- ' ' 3-2 previously, the squad was confident P ~~vtDms~- 50-yard dash as Joe Sutherland, undefeat- ~ -- ' "--. -''- :7coming into the match. After a fanttastic -Aftier the field entAndover ficed a ed in two years of indoor track, tied the - .-- oefrom-bhn itr tte'cos - - 306 deficit. In the high p Exetes school ecord in the event. Iqe ran the j':;;-T-- '- ----.- Uliman wasted his opponent, Carp, 3-0, ,.Rich effel soared to- lead an Exle sweep, distance in 5.5 seconds, outdoing Jim J ~'IiA >-, with dynamite delicate drops. Number two In te~onijump the Blue found their way Herberich and Exeter's G.'Henry. No one -- Benedict'also rolled by his opponent 3-1 by -onto the scorebogrd with one point for outdistanced "Herbo!" in the SO-yard high - ~--~~'- -- employing his fierce power with his light 'S~ani Ryie's third-place porace. hurdles as' he won with a time of 6.5 . , touch. Do Kim also won his match, as well The'Bl4e managed only one other point in seconds. John Avery was held back by as Junior John McCarthy. Ming Tsai, the pole vault,- as Courtney Shriver, who -coaches and WtI won- the 600-yard dash fowr't hi-wymtha Eee was injured during warmups, obtained -with a time of 1: 19.6, only two-tentlhs of a - .'fradtthiawymcht'xer two Eetr~asoro~agd o etfirst in secound faster than Junior star Stefan Saturday-, in which they hope to avenge the shot pt-with Brian Donahue's throw Kalutizy, who-broke 1:20 and added thW hirtaielsearir

of 63'1". The P.A. power men, Bruno points for, the Blue. -'The relay team-' 6f Ulian warms up his pwerfu backhand. - -pboto/flenderson - Mastropasqua, and Matt Leone, received Sutherland, Lochiatto, Obi, and Herberichbak seconnd thWird with'throws of 51'1O'/i" blew away their adversaries to end aa Girls' Su'imm ers ft I -eF and 50'il". -day on a good note. Thus ended anothei 'Tkyto MakaIs oln rIt- . tremendous indoor track season at By MARIA LIAS Returning from the Easterns at 3 a.m. hope totfinish their winning season with a The distance events proved to diminish 'Andover. Last Saturday, eight members of the Monday morning, the girls were all set for higher place than ever before.

-~~~~~~~~~ ~~~irls' Swim team traveled to Hightstown, a usual early morning workout before for most teams, this was the "big" meet 1 DareD) ~~~~~~~~~~NewJersey, for the -Girls' Eastern eight o'clock classes. Although Coach of the season. Two girls from Mercetburg Fem ale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~schoolsfrom New, -York to Florida sleep late, they wouild gladly have swum to improve their times, yet onedeidsh - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~participatedin this meet, with the Andover before class. The team is looking forward didn't likethe feel of it and wore a bathing -- ~~~~'-. - - -'- ~~~~~~~~~~squad capturing fifth. to the Interschols on Sunday where they cap anyway. The Andover swimmers did PlacesInThird Schols -' ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~nottaper for the meet, saving themselves - ~~~~~~~~~~~~forthe-Interschols on March 8. -- ~~~~s~~lDJ(Cl~~~~~r~~r~~Q~~ P o The miedley relay team of Patti Doykos, -- -. BYSTUARTWESTUROOK . - . )U''tr~~~~~~~lU~~) ~J~~k/iJL!~~U~ŽJLft U Liz Rippy, Leslie Boileau and Alison Travllig-nrth o Eete onSaturday, Top-seeded Mary Hulbert easily crubhi- lnst satul ~ orsehr fte Boys',Swim team, having qualed for Beckwith placed fifth. Maria Elias Jfr~s~Marsitteammade Squah a ed he Exete opponnt inthree ameS. the Estenu, tveled- to scenic Awreucevlie, New Jersey After a restful captured 8th in the 50-yard freestyle, while spetculr-tirdplac shwin inthe New Annie Yates'executed a similarly ecisive ~ng~adTornamnt.Inerscolastc Te vitoryof thee gmes'to on, coclud n ngh at the Trenon. Motor Inn, coin-operate beds 'et al, th P.&' -Jennifer Sharp squeaked in at 9th and

-mainHulbrt, Mary 'eededsecon itros. re gaet one Indeed they__wPft h relay teso A Hoim. [Backatokel, - thrd-Ia lh in A--00-the NEWS . .25 ~~~~~~~~~~Students Attend Russia Omiada *scHamlE Go"h tota score.t Russian studetstnddheOypaa * ~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~'wnyfeRussian Language students Last year, PA sent, seven students to And thrs year, over one hundred attended."' W S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~mPA competed 'at Bucklngham, Brown-A Nichos, eahItfW ofthe'DuckInglism, H continued. '1al4seven peopi. from PA* 5Msahtiotts contest 'of the- National quasoton who. placed. first, in, the _itedals becape, ey were ete Russian Olmids uuaegroup rwhc of 1es ilsTe judged on the baob of language skilhi and, Ru~sIaAi lnsttuctor VICtOr' Svec, whc 0 RsinDprietdc~dti er knowledge Of Russian history and culture acconipanlid, students to.Juckinglan. thougt1,,t it I s wnmbwhie or a studet Although PA students won o gold -Browa t& Nichols, commnentod that Athe to, expenepce the'Oliplaa~dn~ ~~~~~~~~~medals~,thyreeved over one thMr of the comitpettl was tiuch stife tis year, fllow members ofthe Russin ctmuntY- WQN Peer Counselors Ready notwin- Weer-Q N - PC ounselors---- R eady to~~~tal umeofmdl 6 btto 'tanls 'en' styar-botfry cynftattdetdoes a redidL" accumulating four silver and five bronze

By Fff1TH HAWINS The Silver Medalists are Chuis Curley, . j After training with Graham douse feelings about possible rbes w' e ?ick Paster, Xathy link, Ad John Crespi, ~L l r r -CounselorCatherine Steiner-Adair, West better able to 'help people deal adteBnzMedalists amn Bob Anmrick, J .4 CI J1L 4 U Quad North Peer Counselors are ready to theirs." Sex, drugs, suicide, general 'Sarah Horowitz, Scott Trodd, miatt Lenoe,J 1i L U advise ViNstudents. 'depression, and pressures from school and, Rich Woolley. Senior Kris Bay, one of the counselors, work were some of the topics they Russian professors fm Boston-a BY;MEFWEISSI 'I' '< feels that, for the majority of students, "it discussed. - . ' universities serve as judges for the coiltest, Under the successful leadership of new interscholasticlybtAdroan n thtwe're-7 " t ofthe usin reisltidt -SrhAly undro will be comforting to, know thatBay noted tt oe-lyn" asa whch is asimeaioanusin pe aa Anderson-. And Bets*y Cotnnerweri ableqtostujp f 'uedebates ther,beausewe' re' not Grhm- ht"~ePan"wsa Olympiada. The overall *lniier of the Connelr, the Philomathean.- Andover's with other teams at the Ili~ L' there-beuseeentjs t haidwh majorpartof the taining&One of the roles Maschuset Olymiada Is elgbe to- Debating Society, placed third at the"; for example, was that of a student cmeeon a reg4onal level in the New Exeterl irtationalDelbating Tournament, TheEzeter debatethelIst debatofthie Hous--btten w'renotjustthekidwho played; em a u is ftenew board. -tn lives down the hall either." who was having an affair with a teacher. copt cnes.Twwinr f ah lstSna.a mm sOTO ildson 'ad onel Althoghexect te couselossme Bth Ba andSimoi notd tht th regional contest travel to Washington to _Philo, which has attended numerous "cyicfism, berngJase nto nsel or,a faculty can help and be helped by the vie for spots on the National Russian 'other, prep school invitational debates reflcn fomrpeiensMt eo adv~iitaebeng astudnt cunseor, counselors. "We want to be used by the OlmldaTai-bc rvl-t hogotteyasn ornvcan d Tony Beanstock, the board; 'Is, because "'its easier to talk to someone faculty," said Bay, "yet we don't feel we lmid em-bc rvl. o trogotteyasn ornvc n copried o vlcd-p residents Jeff;'Welss. your own age,-especially where rule-break- hv treototen.Teplcof Moscow for international ponipetitiozi. four advanced 'debaters to Exeter. to and Scott Wolften, secretary Betsy Bieman- ing is involved."v eprttothm.Th ' pliy f h The judges rate students in three resolve the question "Shpuld Bilingual i We'reinvot ongted bl oigns group is complete,confidence at all firmts; categories: basic convestion, geography 'Education be Guaranteed to Non-English - and treasurer Hugo de a Roaw a student's problem," she continued. "EWe ecp whr astdnssfty- and history, and poetry and' literature speaking Individuals?" Considering the Commentingon the past siccessof PKl -tomakethejut hoe fee beter aoutthretened."' Within each of these categories-are ambiguity of the topic and the lack of te --Arlderson and Coniell hope that the themselves and their problems. Were, not The Peer Counselors are Seniors Jim several sub-categories, which include to prepare, the Andover competitors did society will "ciontiedoing as well as we profssinal,athogh e hve ad ome Udaloy, Justin Broderick, lace 'Paley, -Bill overall fluency, ponounciatlon, and well, placing third in the fleld-of six behiind hvdoewtMatn and Toy.adkeep traialhoghwehaegadso e Stevenson, Marti Paschal, and Cathy willingness tomao beyond the limit of winners Belmont Hill and Exeter.'- up the energetic-atmosphere that they have A arge part of the training, started at Gihlsdorf, as well as Bay and Upper questions ashs The,, professor grades The Invitational was a good experience left us with...bsit what we really ee in the beginning of last terma, involved Sim~on. 'Both Bay and Simioni hope to start each compito inteesbctgreso o hl swl. o'ol i hs oderatos ac pls hi Is somenew. focusing "on our own feelings,"' said Bay, training in the spring, priiharily for a scale of 1 to 10, and the sumn of all the, tournament provide an opportunity for 'dbtr..especiallywith somanydets "figuring that once we understood our own Uppers and Lowers, for next year. individual scores represents a student's some novice debators to compete coming up this spring." ' -

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BYNICK CAITER Steve PituPare, Chris Ashley, Susanna A'Wc nccedA!t,".sajW p catmmeroiehr,~y ee, Scott Zigler, and I'JD.," ,xegarding another ehearsal. Noell Strong, wholterte6"wi *Althoug'Wthe, dress rthqarsal lacked "Curley as Sarah., Laela Sayigh and Bayley pef~on as t*nfl- y _d6 aridinhfact. Ledes porovide--the-irntsical accompanl-- ws Colored with problem., the strength of meat, adding depthc-eplay. Andrew - the lqtefa thie acting~ orm an .,Mer ,assisted 'vith stage anigand .enjo~rable; thought-provoking evening. Scott Zigler once again~if~ailh' Directed by English and Theatre sleep as, the technician' setting up the 1ustrudor' IH. O~Tcn, te play-features lights. Scott 'Tdd-, and Chad, Rosenberger, Despite these strong per' oinances, flaws' _n to.mrs vendors.' They act- out a, play marked the dress rehearsal and disrupted- in which the* assume thiole s of the bil 'Ath-elay's fluidity. A-skipped sccee iiiissed--I an Godo' -ipstvey aoder eceion o Their play isa lines, loss f character, "and', lighting modrn-ecratin -f Job n which the mistakes marred the rehearsal Also, the Devil-claims man's piety is fragile; easily slow pace led to a production excessively S ndn.nw shattered, by suffering, while Gad denies dominated by' dialogue. Although thisTa eradWlamSry efmhM"Sms. man's weakness. Job, or J.. nti iaou,-'acnaig oeie ques±--- production, js -the Man whose piety is' tioning the relationship between man and '7 teste: his happy life is, destroyed and he God, less reliance upon it would lighten becomes the victim in the ensuing and enliven a sometimes lagging show. k coinpettion,1,etween the Devil aid God. However, that it was only, the'-dress Scott Todd plays the Devil well, almost run-through must be emphasized. Despite ovroeing CaRsebrgrsunim- the flaws mentioned, the esgential strength ByEN~RRY' and choral parts, which will be performed performances of this in the country." posing God. At times, God seems of the play and acting mend its frayed ANI)AYEELLOGG by the Academy's Chamber Orchestra and "Semele" is Handel's only opera in wili also perform English; all others were in'-Italian, --dependent on the Devil; the Devil, 'edges, and-~praise must be given to the "Sernele," an English opera in three Cantata Choir. They pairadoxically, seems to run 'tho show. cast for an enjoyable production. acts, will make its New England premiere ' xeps'rm"eee uigter or poal eas tl aa it still is, the Jim Alex delivers a well-controlled "J.B." premiered-last night and-will be tonight and tomorrdw ifight at 7:00 in the Of EgadiMrc. r.To s cetrfopacuure in Europe. A late as J.B., from the successful performed again tonight and tomorrow Cochran Chapel. The story, written by commented, "It's very exciting for the, Baroque piece, the opera~ was composed i -performanceat 7:00. Free George Frederik Handel, concerns Semele, students to be iivolved in live dramna,' 1570, but there were never any staged businessman to the shattered man night in the Drama Lab groping to understand God. Grace Curley tickets are available at Dickie's desk. portrayed by Margaret Johnson, and her particularly in reviving the work of a grand performances of it during Handel's plays his wife, Sarah, who turns away from This is the ec d time "JRB." has been love of the Roman Jupiter, played by master whose work, for really no reason, lifetime. A collection will be made to help God as his unjust punishments' build. performed ,at Andover in four years. Michal Baranowski. Semele jilts her has fallen into obscurity." He then added cover the costs of this performance, -and The supporting cast is composed of ~After -these three performances, the play~ intended husband, leaving him at 'the that "there have been perhaps three stage the public is invited to attend. Tristin 'Batcheler. Robin Hiiutian, will tour England over spring Vacation, altar. Jupiter's wife, Juno (Suzanne Tanner), upset with her hiusbanid's enchantment with this beautiful mortal, -forms a series of plots, for revenge and I e1 Playing the two principal roles of Semele

-and Jupiter are two accomplished singers from the Boston vicinity. Margaret fs many times ats aW -'Johnson has 'performed crne s bot Pilips Acadmy and in the New England, area. Michal Baranowski is a By EX IC EWs Lemnon--you let me down when you lost graduate of the Eastman School of Music I'm back! Here I am, your own humble last year, ack: and I -don't want another ~and has recently been awarded a Fulbright Rex Flicknews, o present the Second scar on my record. No, I think this Will boil Fellowship for continued studies 'in Annual Oscar (h rah) Preview. Unfor- down to a close battle between the two Cologne, Germany. tuhnately, this presentation might be less Bobbies-DeNlro and Duvall-with De?&m Suzanne Tanner is performing her role scintillating than usual, Why?" you may going the distance to victory. And tell me, in the opera as an independent project in' ask has Rex's indefatigable prose style Bob, have you lost your love handles yet? ' music. She will be singing o ne of the most, failed him?" Niy nay,.dear public. The Best Actress--And now for the women (my difficult paris &heBa~puerepertoire. Wl-problerm is that H9llywood has got the favorite). I love these gals,I think Goldle "Iis rewar4i t hive a independent `4idls`: bad call Of the i. R*60 'veyboy' gode&grl . ite project that, after working on it for so Holl "wood's stars 'of yesteryear have passed over this year, butkep~oi'y long, has such a dramatic ending." she dimmed, and they have been replaced by a on her, people, 'ciidse her career is remarked. '- bunch of pear nobodies. Where are the steaming .. hot Gena Ro'wlavuls--I liked The rernaind 4r of the principal roles are Lizzie Taylors, the Joanie Crawfords, the "Gloria," Gena, but you were'a bit too bein plyedbyPillps Acadmy ingrs:Clarkie Gables of today? I fear they do not butch for my taste. Ellen Burstyn--Oscar Adriene Bailey as iris, Douglas Wilbourne exist, and I believe this year's Oscar race doesn't live here anymore. And Sy as Cadamus, William Shaughnessy as will support my contention. But .. I need Spacek--well I ouldn't stand that Athamus, Sophia Wheelwright as Ino, that paycheck, so onward: -. dreadful country music. So the award will William Storey as Samnus, Jeffrey Orrell 'go to the girl who can turn my world on as Apollo, and Struan Robertson as the -Best Supporting *ctor: A pretty lackluster with her smile any day. Yes, Mary Tyler priest crop. Judd Hirsch--well, who would believe Moore, who proved this year that she could Ballet and modern dance students are a taxi driver as a psychiatrist? The next bounce back from tragic- death and also a part of this performance. Dance two are peas of the same unknown pod: divorce, will cop the award for her sterling instructors. Cristina Rubio and Carolyn Joe Pesci and Michael O'Keeffe--who are portrayal of a woman no deeper than her Brecerhe coreoraphbgan in anuay tey? And Jason Robards? So what else is -cashmere sweaters. andhe deanrthe spoentgayhorin 'r new Sory ase, is not your year. This Best Picture--This is it. A drumroll, please. rehearsal for this event. Music Instructor year belongs to TIMohHton who roe "aigBl"-h i twt hs "Rocky" remakes? No way. "The JhuAlai hi"J*" "-'" ' 'peJeie~o William Thomas directs the orchestral from nowhere to play the suicidal son n "Ordinary People." And Tim, you look Elephant Man"' was good, but where were great in a Speedo. ' the eephants? As for "Coal Miner's Bet Supporting Actress--Frankly, folks, Daughter," if I hear one more banjo, I'm I~~~~~~~~I~~~~~~this one makes me want to throw up my just gonna stomp my little foot in disgust hnsin disgust. Five nominees, and I've And "Ordinary People" presentsa wit ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~neverheard of four of themn.' See for problem: like most of his adoring fans, I'd

ByWHNNRCRAY BOSTON (227-6676). Ordinary People [,Th lineMaySebreDaa cwd, camera than behind it So that leaves us ANDOVER " Movies. All 'tickets $4.00 Incredile Shuinking Wm PG.adEenBrnn. ealrmmbr with "Tess." Roman Polanski's evocative Social PiFlCUohui Sack Theater. Eileen from "Hello, Dolly" (and that was epic will almost assuredly clasp the Oscar 1FIda, Mrh6. ecnHl ..- ecna rmn nSae' ams e ears ago, Eileen--what's statuette within her clammy hands, leaving E 7:00'p.m. - "Semele" an opera in three (723-8110). Caligula [XJ, Coal Miner's Woman of the Year starring Lauren happened? Your voiceha fily Amrc wthn cocebto'wi, `Romnan. come home." acts by George Frelderich Handel in 'Daughter IPG], Dogs of War [RI. Bacall, Colonial Theater, 106 Boylston St changedl). But who the hell has ever heard to Diana Remember, you read it here first, folks. Cochran Chapel. ' Charles 1.2.3 - 195 Cambridge St. (426-9366). Tickets S12 - $30. of the others? I say gve it 7:00 pm. ' "J.B:" 'the' 1981 Aidover 4227-4330). La Cage Aux Folles II [RI, Stir Loose Ends The Next Move Theater, I Scarwvid. With a name like that, the poor When that fateful night arrives, when Touring Co. Production in the Drama Lab. Crazy R], Suinday Loven. [RJ. Boylston Place (423-5522). Tickets $9 - girl will need all the awards she can get Americans from Hudson to Honolulu wait, Best Actor--These guys give my spirits a p6pcorn in hand, for the mnomento us -Tickets available at Dickies Desk: Cheri 1,2.3,- 50 Dalton-St (536-2870). Tess $1n-- [RI, 9 to S [PG1, Fort Apache, The Bronx' Oklahoma Metropolitan Center (542- lift. John Huirt; well, he was good as the decisions, think of me, your own humble

- [R]- '' ~~~~~~~~~~~3600).Tickets $12 - $22.50. Elephant Man, but under all that makeup. Rex. I'll be thinking of you. Seyutthmves ~ :45 ~in~ay Movie:"Dog-' Cinema57 '12 - 20 ~tuat St.(482-1222). The Cums of Kulyenchlkov a comic fable can he really apt?PerOToeHwain As for Jack -45 m -- oi,"oDafernoon" My Mo~ody Valentine [RIP Altre State by Neil Simon, Shubert Theater, 265 "Caligula"I Get serious. in J~npe,,dmiskn:ID's. [RI. Tremont St. (426-8383). Tickets $13.50 7:0pn.-Semele' an- opera ii three Pi- Ale 12-23 Wahntn-. $22.50, actsy' GorgeFreiderich' Handel in "

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~hoe succeeded], to show TedSizer that Ted Sizer Is not Just a In the followinpags weI~ h isylsl hope to present a record of writIN reports andstin some of Ted Sizer's accom-dOI.H sasoaeso ntrtdInthis plishmentsa Andover' xtemely Headijiaster. ~~~~~~~~communlitym-Ofe who~has The Phillipan'S, While comprising less even won than 5% of the school'5 tot-l"theeofteIek histotyi-the years 1972-1981 aad e have been marked by sub- 4crt oxet changes: Co-educa--adn SzrsImato stantial rhado tion and the successfulthAcdm The."i' rRcod Is Bicentennial Campaign- mre, make two of the Academy's most . hr rsne.Bcus fhsila~ historically significant ~cranaon eventi.pesCU Ineeayfr Other aspects Of Sizer'sU craeItpeaio, leadership are more subtle.'Oiytm wlti thetu His gol haeremained.efcvns fSzrgsn ei constant: Sevng "Yuh..Mf0 I

lLjJLA.i' tohln.HIS a, 'vitally hnportant i he miowa T~~~~~Ew~~a~~u~vnE~~~h~~-~~~ ~Editors- Toy'DDad&PkW Ih ,Vvian viewson wf5EYAA' ~~~~~~~~~~~~Editorial Production - ningReports,the Curric- - ulum onmtep*O0oFalst stolEio of the Bsns aae tauSSee' Cr andthe Composition t -Student Body Report are Spor Ssitr DTIS.Jpga * euaAla W ax,'I Writing: Michael Landrum, Jack Liebaui, Tom Strong. EXCTV hd S 7 IR 'U)PS* Kummel; page 3, top, The Iu.o Nw1I4 ~~aterapy:cover, William "I,." _ Phillipian; bottom, Phil Balshi; 5, Richard Graber, 7,t, Richard Graber; bottom,. Debbie Bedford,, center, Wlln . Kummel; 10, Lawrence Eagle-Tribuni; 11, Te h111.t,~~ -Wiffiam Kumml; 13.-LAWrenceEageTI14~okl~d~ M~~~l~~~6,1~~~~~1~The IIILTIPIAN PAGE 1HIREE

Size-r's Seven. . 'Seculations'* Acting Headmaster Sirneon Hyde approach- review and strengthening; for these reasons, lie ed the hapeI podium to announce the decided to come to Andover.,He said before his selection of Phillips Academy's twelth' arrival here:

Headmaster. He began: - "I think that the secondary schools are the "I amn delighted- that Andover, will1 have a rnmst negrected piece of the American headmaster. of 'such well earned reputtation, educational structure. All the secondary importance and effectiveness in the world of schools seem to drift on, pretty much as they've education; and I a especially glad that his alwaiys been-.. think there are fai- too feiw special strengths, within some conception of intiresfs and- respoisibilitIes have never ld people who'have fundamentally thought whiaf the role of an independent, but publicly him away fim his central concern for the these schools ought to be. I think a headmasterl responsible school, within formal ducation teaching of young people., Finally, [hope you., should take the lead and get a whole group of writ large."' will.join me in appreciating our good fortune in, people interestad in these schools, to constantly - In the memorandum, Sizer presented his having such, a distinguished and much think what they're -a about." svnpoositions,' which are rooted very sought-after man choose Andover -over other Sizer developed mJny strong 'ideals and deeplyin his theories and beliefs of secondary exciting opportunities. It makes me proud to -beliefs concerning what secondary schools school education. These propositions- outlined realize that he saw in our school the best Wa ol n hudb.Mn fhi cin h ieto htSizer felt Andover should for himi to continue, his distinguished during his frt years at Andover were devoted follow to improve as asecondary school. contributions to educatin" to establishing a course to follow in making Sizer said, "Andover ought to stand for he, Certainly, Theodore Sizer has made many Andover a more ideal place for a ideal of a heterogeneous school. It ought, to "distinguished contributions" to Andover in second*r school education.' demonstrate the special power of such for his nine years here. His challenges have ranged At his first Trustee Meeting, Sizer presented learning, to demonstrate how a socially,- from insttting'co-education,. to raising funds a memorandum entitled "Speculations oi racially and internationally mixed school can for the Bicentennial Cazipaign. Diversity, in Andover." In it' he expresse his feelings teach with exemplary pqwer. As a boarding both the curriculum and tudent body, has toward Andover as a secondary school, and school, it can do this relatively easily..." alwas ben aconcern ofis ByeInna presented seven propositions for- helping With this ideal, Sizer stated Proposition : recor"Szer of ears:1972961,"OlieAndoverhe realize its otential 'as - an ideal "Adover should vigorously recruit an ca preciate his ldeas :atos n eodr col International studest body, boys and girls, of numeous nntihoixst "Ps AtCd~iY He opened the memornu ihhs' social, racial, national, and religious diver- On Widnesdy, February 2 1972., the - feeling towards Andover as an academic

Board of Trustees announcedctitb u6na nimnous, institution,- commending it'as~ a sool'with -He felt that, "We must not confuse selecion of Theodixo Rylnd Size as0 llp special strengths and qualities: 'intellectual power with mere academic MA60tiy'k twelfthi - 6 m~t "Apart fom its -wealth' and tradition,' scholarship (important though that may be for He resgnedhispositin fum as D~n at Andover has two' special qualities -that some): the latter requires -the form r, but the

Harvar172, hi Jne,arivin on Adover commend it to young students: the fact that it - former extends far beyond the confines, of

Hillas I ,ftadmasiinJuly. He said that the -is a boarding school, and that-is has a-faculty -traditional learning. It is the broader sei~ar~sdiolwasth moatImp rtnt leel --skilled 'ip providing 2 a first-class academic. conception of Intellectuallsm that can be both of edcion an i wsmot nned fcaefkeun .o. Andover-solledfo the Andovers. basis -or unity of an otherwise - -~~~- '

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- - * ~~~~~~~~studentsassuming a .broad -defiultlon -of 4 ~~~"Intellectual") and should only admit applicants who how special promise of benefitting from an education with this particular bias.'- Sizer pointed to the need for a stronger sense of morality at Andover, as -well as intellectualism in Proposition I: "Andover should focus on moral concerns, making moral education a core element in our school. Therefore, Proposition III: Andover should, In the next period of years, put a special emphasis on moral education, developing approaches effective n ts own Community, and useful to 'other schools aks well." The new headmaster said that, "Youngsters

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cole aroun dasfr gcto styles." He "proposition V.. Whil encouragweftd different rates and with difkrrent uth apE~Cdte ulC' anppro ptetoteo'ns."Sie one that Andover had to be flexible, to sinetiern suerised believed needs: experiencefrstdb'aaPrpieInhsSeclio"Szrpitdotte adapt to an individual student's drcinhwould like o take As headmaster. would, their development, and while providing "Furthermore, while many youngsters He concluded, the memorandum saying. school, counsel'on the selection of these exper2e(ce5, benefit from expefrience at a boarding "Diversity an~, an emphasis on th e intellect - of that ,Andomhud focus ts resources 'n tle the timing, length, and, character broadly;' freshly defined, - shoul4 be the prime to Uw1ilt-dnds hest reached in'the COuiDIty at experie~nce should vary from student the Andover of thd '70's ... In an the Academy site." focuses for student.. Thus, Proposition IV: event, this message should be carefully debated n the Sizer said, "Andover should itself be a Andover should be wisely flexible -within the Andover community.'- shaped pace of his 'special'. relatively short-en eprience for timing of a student's entrance, the accordingly, and made the focus of our at youngsters whose primary, secondary school progress, and the length of his enrollment -. pedalogical and philanthropic.,,, a education is based in a public high or country energies school. It should shape ts program to cause u's less trouble just to turn day school." From this idea that Andover have "it may student's actual, rather thain his chronological, make -this a better and special function in reinforcing non-residenlti- inward, to constantly development While Andover should terve only a we should do that - experiences, Sizer proposed the better place - and I think the adolescent age range, It should offer at educational exclusively.-~ ' but -we should not look inward representing two or following: diplomas and degrees take -the The diverse intellectually stimulating ichool -"Proposition VI: Andover should more levels kof academic achievement, not his plan would provide In exploring with public schools, thatwould result from solely completion of traditional high school inItiative educational experience. colleagues its complementary rather t1han a much more-valuable requirements.' -he said. presented a alternitivel role- to high school education, and In a later interview. Sizer that a- superb intellectual and its special responsibility to make available its "Ilt follows solution to the problem of judging a student's would be provided by such an unique strengths of heterogeneity and social education development. saying the 'he was "in favor of a organized. sensitively led school academic excellence toal tdnswoaeimaginatively mastery test." that, in an extreme instance made up of students drawn from all rein ' in one pialyeoldInpubli eonayo would enable "a junior to graduate this country and the world, from all economic,: year." ~~~~~~~~~~~countryday schooli." - role, and racial and religious backgroundsii from both in many settings: Andover should play a "national" to run -Youngsters 'learn,' acceptance of sexes. Such a school would be'harder reidentalntene cmmunty i butshould undertake "The Andovr's aiThomogeneous school, but it is sure resp, nisibility to. be a force in American ' well than one. Andover should not attempt to provide all for all-concerned." Sizer presented this ideal in the -. to be richer the opportunities that might comprise a education." complete education..." With this belief that seventh propositi6n: VII: Andover should make a Andover could not, completely educate a '-"Proposition If modest, effort to really able student, he developed the fifth pr'opositioii: responsible,

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- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Insubsequent years, Sizer's actions followed the direction he had set in "Speculations," and his other initial acts. His course of action was in the direction of fulfilling the goals and ideals he et forth in his first years. In an interview, Sizer described his ideal

"ThemetahorI us isof a house. I think Oneof wasSizer's the first actions ~~~~~~~~~Andovershould have as many front doors as it organization of a new administration that responsibly can have, doors through which as would minimize operational proceduves undermaypolasosiecncmetth the school's decentralization policy. He created school ...A boarding school, with its special three "offices" that would handle all advantage of being able to bring diverse people administrative fuinctions othier than those of together, has a special role to play in American the Headmaster, rather than the manyeucto. pstoswhich hdexisted. -Sizer presented to the faculty his report, positions l.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~d ~~"Andover's -Formial Curriculum and Related The three offices were those of Business Matters," in September of 1973. In it, he Manager,and Associate Dean of Headmaster ~~~~~~~~presented a series of proposals similar to those the Academy. Frederick Stott was made in "Speculations on Andover." This new report- Business Manager, with the function of redefined and updated the proposals of overseeing the Academy's physical property"Seuain"nd-oesrglspotd and financial matters. Simeon Hyde became "ispieults and ore srnl suoredl Associate' Headmaster, in charge of the hiidasndters.Szr oecerl and'the d~~~~~~tt" of ~~~~~~~defined the process of implementing his organization.ra ion a minis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~theoriesand beliefs in Andover's curriculum; Clusters: Carolyn Goodwin was brought in as a the report more sharply outlined the course of single Dean of the Academy, as opposed to the *ato nesartoheflilntfte previous numerous deans; responsible for thescolsga. "dagiy manemetofs." coo he. Sizer displayed a new sense of purpose and on-goingbusiness." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~directionto the school, bringing strong, Two months after he wrote "Speculations on -~of social interaction. -Changing the shupoeulladrhitnuhrdrcto of Andover," Sizer was officially installed as without changing the individuals who making Andover a more complete educational -Headinister, on 'September 24, 1972. In his constitute that structure is every day more and facility. address, he expiressed, his intentions to' have more ineffective."By97?teCmlenayShoPrjc Andover continue' as - a great academic Although the book does not inclide Andover Byorganizatonhadpbementfrmed.oo Facult 'institution, by adapting- to chaning ocial in its study, it is highly relevant to Phillips. The members and administrators at Phillips environments.` He began his iiddresk saying, same ideal ofdadapting to society's needs exists Academy composed the organization to o'egther today less to welcome a new in the book as in "Speculations." In an explore and develop the practical applications headmaster than to celebrate-the continuity~ of iziterview in February of 1973, Sizer expressed of Sizer's proposal to have Andover serve as a this most ancient of American aiaidemies. his belief that Andover was, in attitude, further "'complementary" school to day and public Andover-created by revolutionaries in a time advanced than its structure, and that Andover schoqls. Some of the CSP's undertakings were Of otmshas bappify for one hundred and possessed an academic environment suitable short term exchange programs with other ninetyfoutr' years, surivid. This survival, 'for great development. He said of Andover, "I schools, and educational seminars with many.

ho`*wee,'~has nrot bean, by, chance:~ but has felthat public' oplnion...is ahead' of the -This project served to allow students from resuilted from Andover' Ability to adapt to structure. There are a lot of people here who outside of Andover share in the experience changingneeds." so~~iial trould like to try-some new things. There ar there, and also' to allow Andover students to That weeketid, Sl~er established himiself as a ideas floating around Andover's faculty which enjoy the benefits of'outside facilities. tqp athl~ete atAnddver, iiibigthiliouors of ai~ very, very refreshin'g.There's areal-chance On February 24, 1973, Sizer signed the

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Donald.Gordon, Philip Allen, Presdent of the the a cintensity of the residential Campaign, but also of Sizer himself. Board ofof TruteesAbbo, and Donaldsch , ut to find new ways t-mk h uigthe Bicentennial Celebration, Sizer Mc~ean, Jr., President of the Andover Board of eineavailable to a wide rangw~-of s~aid he experienced his most enjoyable Trustees, to in'cirporate Abbot and Andover people.". - momnent, the produiction of Carl- Orfs,, opera into a single coeducational institution. Ti-A considerable amount of~funding-from the . -"Carmnina Bu ta.iherdtion was hl signing marked the end of years of debt dCampaign was to go to the "general e~xtension inside the Cage, due to althunderstorm, and as controversy. -and improvement of academic, excellence at the opera reachedl its climax, the-storm was at Sizer was instrumental in t areent to Andover." Part of this was specid funding set the peak of its fury. The-experience, -Size said.

merge with Abbot since hi frtascation - aside for "venture" to provide for innovative was "an electric tour de fore., an emotional with the Academy. W e accepting the educational prdgram~st,_such as CSP and Short high-." It was the '"capstone of. the position of Headmast r;e stated to the Term Institute, to keep Andover a "'leader in celebration," and of his years at Phillips Trustees that he had no intention of heading a the new direction of- secondary education." Academy. single-sex school. In his paper, "Speculations These -were not only the'goals of the entire:

on Andover," Proposition I read, "Andover- - - should' vigorously recruit an international -f,.- student body, boys and girls, o social, racial, A1977-1981: nitional and religious diversity." - Sizer had as a goal in the combination of both Abbot's and Phillips' virtues to produce'a Sizer also, felt that,, "There is no place in contemporary society for the single-sex schocil

Sizer believed that Phillips Academy had to - n o Ra become co-ed to serve society best as a- secondary school. He said, "From our - Marked by Successful Fuind..Drive - beginnings, we havelacked the diversity which .- follows fom thei full involvement in our Academy of that majority who are women. Any E tbih e to o gR n ePa n school dominated by maleness (or femaleness, -E tbih e to o g R n e Pa n for -that matter) is a distortion of what is- rational or just - or even human. We offer no inc~ompletecommunity learnin if it -While the early part of the Sizer reign was -Director on January.28, 1977, with the goal of distorts characterized by events such as coeducation, - formulating "a study which will analyze either men or women." "The combinationf Phillips and ~and the Bicentennial Celebration, ,the latter - Andover to determine exactly what,-kind of Acadeies..brinsus allclose to he rihes, half was marked by the fulfillment of his goals school will be desired in the future.. The moreschol sgnificnt tha is caled fo hereof diversity for- both the curriculum and question which defines the- planning effort is on Andover Hill." student body. His efforts assured a what shouid'*e be doing for our students-and Sizer ollaboatedith Godon i writig a - maintefiance of: a first-rate faculty, and howshould-it be done.'! The study would take report which discussed a coeducational continuation of serving "outh from every -into, account "inflation, educationaldAevelopi- arrangement between the two schools, -qure."' -- ments and the-changgrelationship between "Speculations for a Pssible Andoier-Abbot The-maJor. events, of the yars, 1977-1981.- independn ad-public~ schools." Agreement." At' the Trustee meeting on iniclude'the formation of the Leng Range Han, - Th6 epor -rged'~ PA to discontinue te Septemnber 16, 1972, he presented a strong Sizer's answer to the 1965 Steering Committee .trimester system,- in 2fsior of reerting- to argument in support of-coeducation on the Report which caommissioned by Headmas- - eser~t slow Aw h pc fth col whole, and specifically supporting the ter John Kemper, the completion of the Furthermore,, the school must. cut doivn: the incorporation of Abbot into Phillips. In this Bicentennial Campaign which raised over wooad of the teachers, 1mutting:them to- a twenty-two page report,, he presented the SS0,610,Q00, and the development.,of the, maximum of two courses while decreasing the social, legal and financial aspects of that curclmado ciia hnjj~"numberof electives ofe'"terpr,~id. merger. It was a revised form of this document At the start of his sixth year as Headmaster The report also advised that students take four that was signed as the Merger IPapers on in 1977, Sizer set forth in a letter to all'students courses and that courses be cut by one hour per, February 24, 1973. his view on diwciplinary matters. T6 etter,-in week in ordei to ifford studeut m~ore-time for In 1975,began Size his eforts in the rsponse to numerous rules offen-ses in the -other'weekly activities.

Bicentennial Campaign. The Andover admin- -previous spring termn, was "designed to The report urged that school conitttes bed ittinand the Bicentennial Plannig eliminate the abiguity and stait 'governing reduced, a tuit scale be eqglseaDa

Committee of the Board of Trustees prepared the community on rules;"' -The open- letter- of,%icult eoispognted, a ear-end evaluation - "Into Andover's Third Century," a eor appealed to students to gte a unqulfe odcean,.Ad'ffc~lyb occommite which outlined the Bicentotuia Capinsagreement to live within~the rules at.Andover. be forme~d tivetaewysocuprone focus. The goal was "p secure the funds Sizer reasoned that if a student'is prepared -to'ob i0pr''cnvtigat3 eaysLs too pe necessary to strengthen the Academy's accept Andover's substantial diffedings,then:"I - decided by -administration: not-faculty, - capacity to serve effectively for the years to see absolutely no reasons why a student ca not- teachers' salaries be'raised,, students, be- come;and in the rocess of securing these -completely abide by the school's' few omesan co nd, inha th e euinue rglton.'Atoulseiigvly-anid assigned school-wide wor~i duymome woe - fund,te reutatontoenhace c -Ci reglatins." Altou~gia n yntswi1& and, minority faculty.-_ members be -recruited, Academy and the good will towards it. 'warning, the letter shocked ryi~~'ti anh",edthe TeachigFellow Progam',be-made-a Sizer agreed with the goal of the Campaign, felt that Sizer no- longer held-.their~fthst anid one-year training program with, teaching sayng that he hoped it would be possible "to confidentiality; on the wholei, hwr,'ho eloscmpiim 1 ercn f tefcly continue and, extend Andover's service 'in the majority- -of the. students thiough le ado te-og.ag~l~ ist education of7youth.;..and become a national "demands? fairly reasonable, and agred on. phas: "~d yat4o itaen i~thr astraqt resource of tcondary schools, both public and -- the -inualified. agreement. stages. ti nk-thq 'or oves~ll~s private." He stated the importance' of - In th pig6f 1978sLong RneFang when MrAdi. ars icus ilcl; improving' the 'sch6ol with the resDirectgr David Cobb eesete*ls-f he *s;O cishh adding "Survival s, not enough for phasesPiihefOlr id~ ?Y' Andover.'..W' utwe o ol peee A ov.:Szerhda-QutdCo a -~.a ~n hiad- MAKH46, i'e Th PILIPIAN .PA SVEN

The Civil Rights Movement vs. Proposition 13: demanding enough of you, academically. The what a difference of prioriti~s in a decadel" school doesn't expect enough of the student." Sizer stressed three dangers of the Bakke When in late October the town residents, in Case: "that we relax affirmative action, that the form of a town meeting, abandoned plans we-forget broader issues that lie under racism. to establish apartment units in some Abbot The issue of class, is aherd issue, more Academy buildings, 'notably Draper and-

In elating these developments, these connected with a school would hold great 'implications for schools like- PA, Sizer pointed educational possibilities and we are greatly out three specific repercussions: "one, that, disappointed that it was not achieved. independent schools get more public visibility -Aftera series of pranks against Exeter in late and with it more criticism and attacks from a November, Sizer prohibited any further beleaguered-public; to, that schools like our______own will be more attractive to many parents who since sent their children to 'lighthouse' ' A i rtce sa public chools.,..we will have increased applications and applicants as well as increased public interest; three, that we will ... the school doesn't have to work harder to remain true to our concept of an 'open- school'...we have to work * ' ~~to take the tougher course-.our kind of school e p c n u inuaPAs conomic health, the long Range niusi not be allowed t become just a reaction ex cte o g Plan sought to insure its educational hesalth. -to something." He later added, "I am .more The first phase was a good deal broader than frightened than some of my colleagues'of the of the student.' the later two -- it contained proposals an all future. We can increase diversity by STI aspects of school life. Indeed.. many of- the Program, MS2, Summer Session, Kemper ideas needed solittle discussion that they were Scholarships, and Bicentennial scholarships... implemented or the summier. A lower class person gets much out of PA -. incidents with the threat of disciplinary action n the fall of 1978, Sime disciussed three, because he has the motivation to invest time for any student caught. He cited the question developments ove the summer which in some and study.' 'of a happy relationship between the two- way or another affected the school-and the In early. October, Cobb released a academies as the major reaon for the policy community. -preliminary report on the goals of Phase II of change. "Some pranks are in good taste, but "The first is equalization offunding, across the Long Range Plan. It suggested recommen- some go too far. It is too bad, usually a few Public school districts, te.practical~result of dations concerning PA's- relationshl, with the people ruin it for us. When it~ goes this far, we Serrano Rodriguiezmand related court decisions. town of, Andover, alumni-relations, nd have got to put an end to it." Nub Of' these-~is equal tectin: the (01rts student-faculty ties, while proposing evalua- Sizer offered his views on affirmative action, found that a child should not be deprived by tions of'-the cluster system, the' discipline diversity among the students, and diversity reasons ~of geography of education resources '. system, extra-curricular activities, town among the faculty in an interview with The ii~euitbfy available to' other children. The relations, relations with local schools, faculty Philliplan in late January, 1979: The trend is remedies on which the courts. will isist in 'benefits for families, working conditions, and reasonable time, involve state equalization- recreation. Sizer cmrmenied, "PA is a' formulas -- ones that- assure equal financial 'protected' isand.' We patronize you by not cont. on page 10 *suppoii,across each- community In California, 441 pei, cent, of' the financial support An '1977-197&9came from the state. Now it is 70 per -cent. Therefore, it is a state, not'local school Sizer sted the implications of equalization: "the, end' of the, expensive lighthuse' or pathbreaker, public s6iiools; less local iijitiative,'becaibse there wilt be fewer local otis; Ietsiwilllgness to experiment-because of the ncssity to fit injtobidgetacysitAtions ' "dandore-homogeipeity."' :. Frthrmor,,Szerdescribed the effectsrot the implementation of the combination of both eqa1zto 3a Afoposition 13 as -,,',less moiiey, minreal dOllars, for eduication (for instauce,"'Caliiorla: dztopke summer. shools

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and feel, strongly about this, and I believe that it is essential for the health of Andover, even cont from page 7 the survival of Andover." "Pehaps there is quietly in this community towards segregation. As far, as at Anoewe among bot students and faculty, enough '...diversity has changed. are already ahead of gove Amndoler, idealism and awareness of the need for trust, overnmentalstandardsf-esrant ad ov t povke(i and those of most schools around." He added iiitvsl~etanadlv opooe(f - that PA is still essentially"a white school" in sakd lee tiueoe ha elc terms of both students ad faculty. "Smartth'spiicedelsns'wih 'ou blacks, and we need smart one$, usually won't worswchracerisic ndohat iretoo go..nt tacine avea olcywhreevryAmerican culture as a whole ... The age of N w P a o eit go ino techin...Wehaveapoicy were veryaffluence is over both here at school and in this position open here is advertized (in such placesconr..neswcuburatelwysy as the New York Times) but it is illegal toconr..uleswcrburatelwysy adverize~e wat hat mor minritie andthousands of small, independent actions either moreSzer woen."comentel n respnse t~our national decline will continue or a form of Brooks Brothers clothes...' charges that PA is lacking in both of these dictatorship will be imevitable...So perhaps we groups. April, ~~~~~needour own Rosa Parks. I think we are ready. gronsery SzrinaadrstoteAnd nuts to the cyrnics," Sizer said of student school community, pleaded for "a change inrspnilty"Iee owaofhdig the atituds--amngus for reate sharng of overload except giving students more fashioned vie~rs on the diversity of thestdn responsibility for the community and for each responsibility."- body similar to Sizer's, "Youth fm Every pupil's own education between the faculty and IlaeArldin thAumiCnclQuarter." In a mid-November faculty meeting, theInrespoding sudent" o th facuty'sMeeting. Sizer related his cautious feeling by certain faculty members vocalized their rhecetvt students"Iepnigtgvn h morety' otlining seven specific school problems:. opnions Ion the nevdlf.r diversity at PA. responsibility for themselves and for their inflatef operating costs; higher Commois Cluster Deans Chairman John Richards felt actios,comentd; Sier "te recnt faultyrenovation bids; importance of, Bicentennial concern over the number of minority students '&ateos Sizmedn 'geter tudrent faspousiy Campaign deadline; cluster discipline policy; -at A. Admissions Director Joshua. Miner ility'...had only been greeted either with faculty members roles as academic advisor, warned against equating diversity with good-umorecyniism o selfservie...Ifelt teacher and publisher; campus rule offienses; minority. Thomas Lyons said the Admissions inodthutimed nicwindorsel evies..dean and minority students' view of PA. -Office should continue to admit applicants a more self-reliant and cooperative and less By the beginning of the 1979-1980 soo - who would make the student body as 'exciting'7

- indulgent attitude than is prevalent now. I felt,. year, a large number of the faculty had as possible, stressing traits such as courage and integrity. English Istrictoi Marc Hunter added that PA should be able to devi~its own.

standardized test for minorities. - Sizer himself said, "PA was-diverse from the

bginning. But that diversity has changed. Now - PA has gone into Brooks Brothers clothes~..Di- versity allows for itudents to mneet people from different economic levels an tncgroups" Sizer also added, 'Ve neto hve alltypei'of people. That day'isgoneet used to be no other condition other than the determination to work. Now it is incbme and that is too bad. It qiay always be the case., The biggest probleiti is the income diverdtof the student,[body. It isn't fair. Some Oeople don't: applyio PA beauseof the costs ;The lyc i iscool is who are the students and where do they come

in an open letter to T hlIpln, Sizer expounded on his philosophy of "realism:" "Realism is kowi tha violenceF. doesn't happenonly.to other people,.but can hiappen to . you. Rewlsm is..4erefhr bigsre~ to. avoid' walking along, evern`n this ol siicall sylvan caijipus at night. Rialism is recognizing that the days at'And~over are oftenloverloaded,. that everyne itr ing to do too--much-' Spr

time isn't waste, -tlm.. Noisy, joyful timeor - (apparenty ,sttligj' around,-~ime. -j$WN necessarily-Onpty -time. !Rieal~I -i. tha faul~,I~j&4,* 'spae,q tempty' tietoOjtismW-tazigtayoreaccountablA" almost A of'thti, Rtaisni is kn~wing,that,

-. you can't excapOe'this. Realisnm'is knowing thiat some decisions have to, be made, even if you don't want to make them." * "'Realism is for students to know that faculty are people tooi vulnerable~jbepkIi, needy, interesting,.irrascible, earing, crabby~,jjyful. ,Individuals.,j isa

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the same of the students. Realism is knowing A. that -no one is perfect, but that everyone has moments more perfect than others. Realism is - recogizing th .a... that a new rde of priorities for life in America has arrived, albeit

-uninvited. It is knowing that however pleasant or rewarding many of the familiar routines ' have been, many will have to be changed. A realist lopking,a Andover can see that this Academy has the human and, financial resources to control its future, second to no other school, and that this fact could become a burden -as well as a boon. A realist knows that

- -progress made 1st year in candor and shared responsibility can be stalled by apathy, or the failure of the faculty to take some risks or.,the failure ofthe student-leaders to shov;.restraint, consistency ~and, courage." "Realism is neither negativism nor cynicism. l~ealists can be-idealists, albeit practical ones. I hope that Andover can have a ,year, -which,, among other things, stresses idealism."- On September 25, Long Range Planning Director. Dvid Cobb released Phase II of his ,~ .~ Long Range Plan., Phase 11 of the' report .- contains such controversial proposals as permitting single faculty members to live with -- adults of the -opposite sex either in dormitories development of 'critical thinking,' new -bottom two quarters, the report said that a o- non-ormitoyenvionment and lmitinkdigooma requirements, and a change in both briefer attendance stay may enhance the major offenses to dishonesty and harmfulness' students' .academic workload and Andover's survival of-. complementary programs. The to others. It proposed the following: to improve - complementary programs. The draft, proposed report added that by 1982, the Short Term communication between faculty, students and, that Andover adopt 'critical thinking' as the Institute Program should have 60 students per administrators; to decentralize school. govern- unifying principle of the curriculum because term. The committee further recommended ment;dicipliary o revse rles; o recuit ano' such clear statement existed. 'Critical the development of a post-diploma Advanced meo r difcl;aryie ben ao"secndta thinking' is definied as the -nature of thought, Placement year by 1984. The report proposed

curriculum." - occuring whenever one understands ideas that total complementary students comprise .10 Just late,a ew weesin ealy Novmber,. and ideals that are evaluated and developed, per cent cf the 1982 student body, 17 per cent

- CobbpresenedPhae IIIof theLong Rnge -Sizer commeiited on 'critical thinking' by 1984 and 25 per cent by 1986. The report PlannigThis'repot Repot propses tounifysuggesting that "one of the frustrating parts of urged that a competency test be required of all thetohelp currculum stuents undrstand, considering a goal such as critical thinking' is graduating students,'i order to test the ability evaluat,dvelop ieasand andideals ith anits nebulousness. It doesn't -clearly define a of each student to 'think critically' in ~both oral awarenssproessesinvolvd,of he a pogramstructurally new way for me to teach. In order .and written forms. Tlie comnmittee suggested termed 'critical thinking.' The report ,also to. provide a flexible and high-quality that because of the escalating tuition osts, addresse,ir4 fdr th~stdent andfacultyeducation, the 4rafLrepay ugetdthtt diplomas be granted once a student reaches an * consciousnessof eacliin~ methods ~graduate, students must be. able to: . .expected level of achievement, regardless of - - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Writeclearly both expository and non-expo- time spent at the Academy. :- ability -to ~~~~~itry~roe;In- reaction to this Phase of the Long Range Have the aiiyt read literary and Planning Report and the Curriculum

- - -: ' ~~~~~~~~technical texts wvith understanding; Committee's Report, Sizer wote a paper beAi~~~~~~ -Understand and use scientific processes and detailing his feelings on the draft to the faculty. Rv.arists ctan~b 1ud .Lh st, methos; "To my eye there are five. necessarity Understand and use non-natural symbolic interlocking themes or areas. None is yet fully language of math; 'fleshed out; all need elaboration.

- ~~~~~~~~~Understaiid and use the language of plastic First - and this has to be the Curriculum, albeitones.practic l arts;music and dram; --. - -- ,Committee's prime' effort. -- there is the -p -Have-a sense of history- and have skill in qstion of our overarching objectives, put not

- - -- in~~~vestigatinig, ordering and evaluating histori- only in general rhetoric, but also in practical

- , ~~~~Calquiestionsaind :~ec; -. ,terms ...The weighing of priorities becomes

- . - ~~~~~~~~Havean understanding of a culture- not his moedifficult, and inevitably haphazard...

-- oflearni'gto provide 'uity, fihie,- and- own; -Each of us has his or her own disciplinary

- c~abiity~se ithinthe crrieculum;,It further -Have the aibiity- to think critically. -- history; and the two words may exclude or at stres~st Inceasedtudentr~ on~ily 'a- Sizer said -that each ofthese' areas '"begs for the, least appear to exclude at least two other ~iiodtlp~scledulln syste ;6strdei comipet- ' definitionLThd committee-also recommended orarching qualities which many value,

- '~siy~n'~uies; tudente~cefence ivast 2 changinmg a .normui academic load to four creativity and decency. Thinking involves the fl~~;eiiorseinna es &itIhnii;co cuss ihthe-- total classrdom and rational powers...'Critical thinking' in one .ad~ii~leadig course to colege ~'dlt or prepatation timefor each course increased by sense implies exactitude, accuracy, precisioa -- ~h4~it~- Ats' egrees;. bisn ;ofTI ~-20er cen iihe; report further sugiesled that the qualities of systematic analysis ... Another Programf- MOtt `kVllytheschedule be madeinmoie flexible, using the - meaning implies decisiveness, the ability to - entire~~41a Jashdl ls/tltceta close on an idea and act upon it... 'Critical ~rne~e* ~h~Vgs~6k~i~w .i~iatiull thu", xa~g57scdue thinking' is a process. It involves 6bservation ci~~itt~e-ti~~sali&1il*~~bw~)fb~~ ~~ ~ij~t, 37 an the accurate readingowhtisenr 4~~ft~~ep~~I~~ '~~~th~~om~~Aiuerics~~~~s , .; hea~rd or felt. It involves the imaginative ability Ah, ftecurn 7, an owati eno PAGEWLV he-11h11I'IAN MAFi 6. 981

to arrange into hypotheses or- other -uiseful -testlng propositions asthyeoeswt concerning 'sensational' events, as seen by his groupings the materials or data or feelings committees and/or individuals reshaping th~em omments during both' the Cooley House and observed. It involves the creation of the freh, as we go along ... Prsonally, I favor the ltr the rape crisis later in the, year: This entire

-perhaps -even serendipitous hypotheses, and route. It is frustrating as it is difficult 'to incident (Cooley House) could have been kept

the ability to return to fair-minded and consider an idea without seeing all.-its quiet, swept under the rug but I chose to make - accurate observations to test them... 'Critical ramifications ... A big task, one requiring an issue of it, at the risk o~f it becoming thinking,' as I sea-it, thus contains a heady wisdom, patience, colleaguesliip - and good distorted, -or trned into a media event ... (Of

dose of self-criticism." humor"> -the rape) I also feel that this community "The essence of ceativity is to form On Decmfr 29, 1979, the Bicentennial responds tremendously to a crisis and this is

something out of nothing. 'Critical' activity -Campaign surpasied its goal of $5,610,000,. indeed a crisis that wve must all deal with." tends towards systematic effort; 'creative' earning $5,000,000 from the Challenge Fund, In early February of 1981, the Composition activity is often less so, less rationally just a scant forty-eight hours before the Committee, chaired by Frank Eccles, proceeding, more episodic ... The best aren't designated deadline. Furthermore, Andover suggested numerous admissions changes: always the brightest: the intellectually precise decided to renovate the Commons, at an "Andover must significantly increase- its have been known to be morally obtuse. A goal estimated cost of S3,W00,000 over a one year Black/Hispanic'enrolhTnent..Anidover' should of 'critical thinking' may appear to ignore our period. This action came after three years of continue to operate the MS2 Program ... And- clear wish at Andover to produce decent -- debate and various unacceptable renovation over should make every e~ffort to significantly

'moral' -- men and women. Nonetheless, for me plans. .increase the number of students from middle moral action is -rationally rooted, ad decent Over the summer of 1980,, Sizer announced and low' income non-professional families... behavior usually is the result of considered '-us resignation, effective t the end of the The, proportion of boarding girls admitted analysis, the weighing of options, the .980-1981 school year, as Andover's twelfth should be increased .at a steady rate of no les's recognition of conflicting needs, perspectives, ueadmaster. "My. reasons are both 'personal than one percentage point per year until the

and valtues, t is usually self-conscious, at least ' and institutional. For many like- myself believe girls omprie about one half of the student in the early stages..lTo my eye, there is a close that tenure in a senior administrative post body ... The size of the junior class should be relationship' between' the goals of 'critical should last for about ten years. Beyond that, iignificantly reduced ... The number of ost-

thinking' and of 'moral behavior' ...Great - one risks losing imagination, spontaneity, and graduate, athletes should be reduced ... A major teaching is a virtual necessity for the freshness. I never- want to feel locked into a effort should be made to increase the number ~development of critical and creative qualities routine as 'Headmaster, a sense of 'going Af capstone-type students ... The Short Trm of the mind ... It is always difficult to separate through the calendar,' and I anm close to that -. Institute component of the short term should

great teaching from profound learning... Our now. Such is good neither for me nor the - be maintained-.The -number of Kemiper effort to find. common ground -- 'critical instituti ion."- Scholars in a one-year stay should be increased

thinking' or something even more apt -- and to On October 9, Cooley House, the Student , from 10 to 15... A faculty committee on

use it wisely, may help our students see, what Social ,Center, was closed down permanently - admissions policy should be established. liberal... learning is about...Too many suffocate following an incident in which the milkshake It is impossible to analyze objectively the

learnin, reducing it to rote work. Too few of an -unsuspecting student was-flaced with a importance of each- of Ted Sizer's major 'distort and oversimplifyr what realistically are powerful drug. Sizer said of the prank: "It was accomplishments. Changes for -which he is complex problems. 'Facts' skewed merely to be a cruel and exceedingly dangerous'prank ... Of responsible,' however,- are very visible, most

vehicles for 'problem solving' narrow creative course this act was the work of but one or two ' notably, Co-education and a financially possibilities. Just as one cannot separate a goal persons, a tiny percentage of this entire healthy school. Many of his other programs, such as 'critical thinking' from fine teaching, it community -- and totally unrepresentative of though, will probably not become noticeable cannot be separated from the -substantive it." Sizer holds a very open philosophy until a new headmaster takes office. content of .the curriculum ...Even though we might be able to identif3~ some common goals. among us, the process will be difficult. But our students properly can expect us to face the'-

issues. It is... their time and energy that we - ultimately are proportioning, and they deserve a thoughtful, sensible division among areas of- knowledge ...Most of those involved with- the long range plan find this school. too frenetic, frying to do too much.,. Great teaching and clear creative thinking require time, space, repose. Our responsibilities are not only to seek to improve the Academy as we know on these acres; it also is to seek to serve, aAiel as this institution can, a broader set of heeds. There may be compromise required here. The problem will always -be how - to get a fair- - - * ~~hearing from the 'outside iperatives. Ho~w do0- we hear the voices of students' not here and colleagues in less favored schools who need our help?.,.My own~ view is that, he democratic student body -- 'youth from Zevery quarter' and a -distinguished, properly compensated faculty andstaff are sine qua non ... For me, a shorter tour by each student at PA...is one__ ,Sensible option. I final word on process. We W could proceed in either of two. Ways. We could '

-briefly discuss these and other themes, and then send a committee off. for a year to come UP with a detailed, interdommented plan for us, to vote up ordown Or we could try aprocessof - MARCH6, 1~~~~~~~~~~1~The PHILLIPIAN PAGE9 Th1 IN

TRS - Th~~~~~~e PastTe Future Yesterday Theodore Ryland Sizer was born an June 23, 1932, in Nekw Raven, Connecticut, the son of Caroline Joster Sizer and the late Theodore Sizer, a Professor of Art History at Yale. Sizer attended the Pomfret School in Connecticut, graduating in the' class of 1949. fb' ".t He matriculated at Yale College, where he studied English Literature as an Emerson Tuttle Fellow of Davenport College. He was graduated from Yale in 1953 with an A.B. in Englsv Literature. Re spent the niext two years as an Instructor and Officer in the Field Artillery, U.S. Army, before returning to his decided career. The next year he taught at Roxbury Lain School. Sizer theni studied at Harvard University, and, i . 1957, received. a Masters of Arts in Teaching' degree, In 1958 Sizer went to' Victbria, Australia, and taught at the Melbourne Church' of England Grammar School, where he also stuffied the educational system of the country. Upon his return to the United States, Sizer resumed study at Harvard. He earned the

degree of Doctor of Philosophy in American '""'" HistoryEducaton and under colonialGugenheim Fellow and visiting Professor at the Sizer will chair the 7-man committee. -Based- histlori Bernadatewr,hi inz61 Atcahe University of Bristol, where he studied British in Cambridge, the study is sponsored by the completonhs gradate of wor, Sizerbecameeducation at secondary school and graduate National Association of Secondary School an Assistant Professor of Education and' 'theleesPrniasndTeCm sioonEuto- Director of the Master 'of Arts in Teaching " 'ees rniasadTeCmiso nEuain Progra ataddtionhe Havard.In tauht inSizer presented his resignation as a Harvard al Issues of the National Association- -of the Faculties of Arti' and Sciences and in the Dean when Harvard President Nathan' Puse Independent Schools. JohnScool F.' ennedy of Goernment.retired 'in 1972, with the intention of coming to A report by the study committee says that, AshDiretor, Schoolran andvervments srv 'as Phillips Academy's twelfth Headmas- while many people hold the view that there is a master teacher, the highly successful' arvard- tr"crisis" in Ameiican high schools, there is -in~~~~Newtonswnmerwhirh 'apprentice project, ~~"The conventional wisdom" view that states an Ntechers rpould tain acapcasroomi 'Tom orrIIL w alternative.' "A contrary argument can be 'experience from master teachers. made, that the'American high school has been In11 i964~ Sizer'succeeded Francis Keppel as "There are frequent claims today that increasingly successful over the last twenty Dean 4C -the, Jiarvardl, Grauate--School of American high schools are failing. The charges years in achieving many of its widely accepted Eduation,-,at-the, agof.31l.' He held the'os are familiar: Test scores are down. There is goals ...At the least the high school is now a post ~ fear and violence in the high schools. Students *truly universal institution: virtually all ce~~ are~~~~~~~ apathetic. Teachers ar~'demoralized. American youth have access to a school now, sizei cam'-u iitao Politics'intrude.'Truancy and absenteeism are and the overwhelming percentage of high rife. There is a migration away from the school-aged young people enroll."

at Harvard-during ' ~~tribledp~blic'lhigh scoltwrspiae ' "This was not the case in 1950, when barely schools, creating an increasingly segregated ''80 per cent enrolled; fewer than three-fifths of

tiiriiudor~~~tlate ~~ student body." .all 17 year olds were high school graduates WeI5~~dA IJIUAsense of purpose is-lacking. Standards of then, and over three-quarters are today ... In conduct' or' academic performances are sum, judgments and indictments of the high for eight years. Opposig the .use of .force to slipping. Thus is there perceived to be a 'crisis' school today-~swirl about, unconstructively and

calmfistikdent unrest, he played an*edve role in of the high school." -- replete with contradictions." deating with the-student troubles at Harvard'in On Thursday; June', 11, Theodore Ryland The outline of the study assesses its point to thiate 1960O's. -- Szrth telt Hedaer tPilpsbe "to address these -contradictions and to During this time he published several books Academy,.- will present the final Commence- '; focus in a balanced and constructive way on and'nivmeipus articles.-The best known books meat' address of his-nine year tenure. After the institutions which Americans have aoghis' worksare The Ae oft~A~e~s ,leaving Phillips Academy, Sizer will take part etbihdadmiti o h'euaino -,and sioaiz orySchoim at the Turii:of, the, in a two-year study of American High. Schools, adolescent citizens." Ctuy.Im addition bie,~dhswfN y- andfomatgexlrn h asso ' The study' has two objectives: "first, to FaustSize,fiv pulishdlecuresiii~wal responses, to, the deterloratig quality of' understand better what high schools now

r - -' '~~~ ~ Ainerica4n education as wel a1th' rs fthe actualy do; second, to suggest practical ways s .~ilt "'', " ',to improve our efforts within them."

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objectives of equality and excellence are hardly cliches of American education, they are frshily challenged by two concurrenti trends tat appear to be emergiig. in, the '80's.- the increasing segregation of the schools by income group and the shrinking of political support (and the finances that flow from RIt for

*Segregation, however, "is itself at the least poorly educative and at' worst blatantly .discrinaiory Against the poor." Not only will the study deal with this dilemina, but it will -also 'inform its work with the-assumption that the 1980's and 1990's will be decades of little growth in Americans' support of their schools; the newly lean society will insist on lean, schools."- These inquiries into preconceptions will have twin foci, one' retrospective and one contemporary. The study will folloii' everal "historical studies." One of these inquiries .6concentrates on the 'claims ,ofthe state' -- ,the requirenients imposed on young people to go to school and on cormutnites to provide for those schiools -- since the 170's."9 A second inquiry "fociuses on the high school curriculum since the 1890's. in. whit was The study will' select four areas.-of schooling in the fiist instaii~eidepnds on theofeewawainac'tk',adwaws

"preconceptions," explain how they relate to constructive confrontation of studenit, 'teacher, learned." - present-day adolescent education, explore-the ' and the subject of their study. No school can be' 'Atir -qi~is an overall std. o meanings of these "preconceptions,"anefetewihugrpsoinvdalsdet American education since Woirld War -U, a finally propose appropriate responses to them.' willingly wor'king, in conditions of order andsty ogrwhadcnesite'lt First, the study "believes that the question of trust, with'sensitive teachers, and on ubjects thirty-five years. A fourth will be cornpiied of purpose is crucial. What are schools for? of demonstrable merit. Thus expressed, this twelve local histories, 'igahe'o oe Training grounds in democracy for citizens? seems the ideal ... but reality falls short of this, pubi'adpiaeshos nlddi or Nurseries of intellect? Ways to keep young of course."' flestds. people usefully occupied while out of the labor The study intends to explore the causes'Thstdgruplntovitoefiy market? Is a school a place to learn marketable. behind this occurenice i'the past, what skills? Is it a means to correct social sustgined it and what measures now can be inequalities, or a cornmunity in which to learn taken in order to insure the ideal relationships. wholesome values, or a place to have fun and to "This teacher-student-subject triad represents'Ih veaf tsy f- grow up with friends?" a central thread of the study. School finance, a datn o The study wvXAI-,examine the purpose of bureaucratic'arrangement, political oi'ganiza- schools by rev Tesiipast and current purposes tion, and governance structures all must follow . "as explicitly' asserted in documents and from it. School reform must start_ from, the starting 'a school...' implicitly expressed in the practical lives of the primary unit -- the classroom -- with -a clear schools." '' sense of what-is essential there in creating the' .

Secondly, the study "believes that effective order and commitment which are hallmarks of ' '' -

good schools."' . scfioolLs. '-- public, parochial, and- private. in .Thirdl.the tudy believes "that the , difrn at'of the coury `-to, gathe ~. curriculum the deliberately organized course 'impressions from 'studeits7 parents. tea~hers,

of study and related programis - needs a fresh ' and principals on the realities of high §schools -' review. Academic and vocational offerings today.,- '

must-.keep pace ~with chainges in schlrhp ' h td "will undertitke detailed 'afd-

and the crafts and the teachers assisted in systemiatic"'study if t~elvieC ofthese'schdols - maintaining their skills. The substantive ~ eight' public,.' dur non-public -- to gain , as knowledge identified, as essential must 'he. objective. a picture- of, What is hape n~.in

matched with appropriate pedagogies. The- - typical. -high, schools as '-possible." '

curriculum must mesh with a school 's . By the fallof -1983,Thesftiquiries' "Will leAd:

purpose. '-.to a repor't eitbrs 'nd- citizedns on the The study 'iTl.examine the evolution of'the ' conditlon~-`of'-American'- hig1L-sdh6ols:"au afl formal curtiicilum since the 1890's, and 'what agenda fr steps which rmight lie, - ken 'to students app~ar actually to have learned from trnhnte;abok ontb~'upssad those offerings." According to the study, "the premises ofAnierican high; sch6ol education; a curriculum is not only what some authority or, bo ariing from ,iiescrip0ioniandt at'alysis" other might mandate from on high, but also of~ the field, studies -9f twelye"' sqhol- ri; (and perhaps more importantly) what. auilly serie of li~cresy. i -~~~~~~~~~ f~ran spires in the classroom, and' ultinately, Sier ackriwn d e~that-be lias 4`''e0ni for - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~fixes or is played out, in students' minds. and.: e spycommentin"1 have,,a ffantasY of~1

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