Volume 53 Issue 12 Are You Ready t:o Drive Yet:? ~h~:The- ) Quiz Yourself t:o Find Out: Although 96 per cent 01 Dearborn every area to participate in the same teenagers in the 1968-1969 d r I v e r activities as adults? education courses passed, the Nov. 12. Doyoushow consideration for .. ~ ~~t~~ObserverAuto Club magazine reflected par• both adults as well as your own I. Yet heDearborn High School Dearborn, Michigan December 12, 1969 ents concern for teens ability to cope friends? with highway emergencies. 13. Do you have the courage to The Auto Club of Michigan then ~~a~~t~~'PresentCurriculum Changes ve n t u red to make a questionnaire stand up for what you think is right, pertaining to teenagers driving at• in spite of the taunts of others? 14. Do you usually return home at ~;~~~ahrobedchools for titude. Their reasoning was that in at DSAC Meeting developing skills in an activity such at Lme determined by both you and ISlast yea Howdoes one make a change in the "T his long process Is one of the as driving, sportsmanship is nec- your parents? sUing sqlpresent high school curriculum? reasons why there are so few essary. , uable ass; Dr. Richar~ Seavitt, director of changes, along with overcoming If you're not sure whether you're 15. Doyou phone if you will be de• his athle;econdary education, attempted to tradition, " said Dr. Seavltt. ready for sportsman -like driving, layed in returning? n School hswer at last Wednesday's Dearborn If a student has a previous back• answer the following questions with 16. Doyou usually plan to get suf- )tudent Advisory Council me e Ii n g ground in a course such as clothing a yes, no, or don't know. Keep a ficient sleep, according to your in• In the h~DSAC) which includes four or five or electronics, why must he take the tally of your answers. To evaluate dividual requirements? :g, p~An~itudent'government representatives introductory course if it would be your answers, turn to the box on page 17. Doyou usually admit your er• s uno C\nd one administrator from e a c h repetition anyway? two. ror when proven wrong? Mr. Harrbearborn high schooL Dr. Seavitt replied, "A student has 1. Doyou lose your temper easily ? 18. Do you complete homework an opportunity to skip a preliminary 2. Doyou sulk if you don't get your assignments at the designated time? ow can utilghh. Studentswere BarbrepresentingClark, MikeDearbornKirk, course provided he has a recommen• way? 19. Do you perform household dation form his teacher or counsel• 3. Do you complain and find fault tasks without frequent reminders? .r "Ir s"y hjuniors,OI~enlors.AndyMr.KokasThomasand JeffMcLennan,Pepper, or. This only occurs with elective over trivial matters? 20. Do yo u obey all traffic laws .n the sta'Whousually represents our admlnls• courses, though." 4. Do you take any word 0r glance re he has !ration, was unable to attend. What Is the present yearly budget? while riding a bicycle? as a pe rsonal offense? 21. Do you understand the neces- his oppom Ina ns we r In g the question, Dr. "The new budget approved Nov. 24 5. Do you become impatient when .vrestler ?eavitt showed a flow chart explaln• totals $31 million. Ninety per cent others do things mo re slowly than sity for laws to protect the rights of contact!ng~hat happens to a suggestion In• of this goes to wages and salaries, you think they should? all people? III he a701Vlnga change In currtculum. while $190,000 goes to instructional 6. Do you barge along a crowded 22. Doyou look upon policemen as S eve n steps toward change were matertals, " said Dr. Seavitt. "This ; also assfllustrated. does not include audio-visual or li- sidewalk as if you we re the only one guardians of the rtghts of the people? ,~ there? math teac 1. Teacher or student suggests a brary materials. " arre socrhange In one department. 7. Do you demand more than your 23. Doyou think that the driver eo• fai r share of attention? ,ffort~help 2. Department must approve ucatloncourse is a waste of time? h e I r f i r:hange. 8. Do you blindly follow the lead• 24. Doyou understand the respons- ership of others? .F ra n k 11 3. Building council must approve. Regular classes will be con• 4. A second department co u n c II tbility which accompanies a driv• ducted on Dec. 19. The previ• 9. Do you set a good example as a er's license? -- must approve. o'usly rumored 'free' day has leader yourself? 10. Do you understnad the harmful 25. Areyouconcernedwlth theap• flr.1T\11fJ':JIMlI~:hrove.5. DIv Is Ion a I council must ap• been revoked by Principal parent rise In the crime rate? Leonard Mazur. effects of liquor and drugs? ill sponsOl 6. Dr. Seavltt must approve. 11. Doyou recognize that teen-ag• If you had 21-25 correct, then you developed attii'ldes which ref I e c t lich will fE 7. Finally, the superintendent ers are not yet mature en 0 ugh in achers' leFust approve. mental and emotional maturity. If your score is less than 21, then It is ,ard.11 beandtaktAAanys~~ New Clubs_ Illtely that you should not drive until st legs. TI you develop the emotional stability not yet be that Is essential to driving a car. According to the Auto Club, a driv• Opportunities Expanding at Dearborn er's license is not only a permit to all studenThls is the second part of a thr~ so rts. Membership is open to all iorJerry Shader. president, directs drive a car, but is a responsibility. DHS students. this club In activities such as work• ng for uselart art Ic I e on the clubs at DHS. The deadli{'hepurpose Is to promote these dubs Tobe or not to be a Thesplan--It's Ing backstage on the school's plays : all entIien the hope that more students will no question If you like drama. Sen- and producing the Thespian play. Festival Chorus oln them. ~ar The Health Careers Club is de• Igned for a person who Is plannmg 'Deck the Halls' ,d their seDfollow a career In the line of A Christmas Concert by the DHS ins t T h uealth. It helps s t u den t s to find and agapportunltles In this field and to know Sy m p ho ny Orchestra,the Concert Choir, and the Senior Ensemble, will a successle qualifications needed for his ca- be held next Thursday at 7:30 in the eer. Junior Nancy Berkas Is pres• DHS auditorium. HS are Sident. The orchestra will play "Schubert's ~- .rr~.~ •• ~~--:6Iit#r~ ,.~ "It is a much better feeling to know for sure that I am going to be drafted LIFTED OFF THE front cover of "Bringing It All Back Home" is this rather than spending seven years sweating it out. " Under the old system, a boy could be conscripted any time between the trait of Bob Dylan (and friend). This album marked a shift in his music f,~ ages of 19 and 26. There was little way of knowing if and when he would folk-blues to folk-rock releases. _ ~ be inducted. The new system makes a boy eligible when he is 19. The first lottery, however, included everyone between 19 WId 26 yeara of age. Dylan's 'Great White Wonder', Ep~ Uapersonisdeferred, his eligibility is postponed until the first year af• Decries Apings in Folk Reviva ~erhisdeferment ends. This is a major improvement in the draft system. Bob Dylan's transition through cord set by Bob Dylan. Themajo ~ A boy can now set up his future, for most of the eligible draftees know folk-blues soft-rock and country of its 23 tracts are a disorganl when they will be inducted. Those whc are in the "still doubtful" group music ha~ certainly' served to ex- anthology of previously unreco ~ will know for sure at the end of their eligible year. emplify his genius in each category songs from the early Dylan era. \~ Most opponents ofthe lottery are strong supporters of the anti-war move• but his progression is far too rapid: cut, ~alled "Faretheewell", incl ment. These people disagree with the war and everything connected with it, After establishing a distinct style a bnef conv~rsation between so they really aren't against the lottery. They are against the war. They during his folk-blues period in the and folk .artlst. Pete Se,eger. It seethe lottery only as no improvement toward their goal of peace uno war early sixties he began adding new recordedmaMlnneapohshotelr' now. dimensions to his music. By June of ear 1y in 1961 before Dylan si 1965 with the advent of "Subter- with Col'fmbia Records. But since, under present administration, there is a draft, the best way to , . " _Th e fmest cuts on the album induct people should naturally be used. ranean HomesIck Blues and the the five performed with a group At the present rate of deescalation, even the lottery may become extinct. "Bringing It All Back. Home" album, ed The Band, who are just now Until that time, the lottery is the fairest and most convenient way yet to be Dylan had already qUIckened his vo- ing fame with their record, "U, used. The anti-war people can go to Canada. cal pace and augmented his simple, Cripple Creek". "Mighty Quinn" soft-folk-guitar background with "This Wheel's 0 n Fire" are a electric amplifiers and a pounding the more recent cuts. Dylan rec, drum. It was still Dylan, but the edthem about two years ago as Fonda, Hopper-Easy Riders raw, gutteral rebel with the piercing onstration re cord s and the Ii Captain America (Peter Fonda) and New Producer" at the Cannes Film lyrics had vanished. There was no were 1ate r purchased by Mill: Billy (Dennis Hopper) are two speed Festival. midpoint. He s hi ft e d unexpectedly Marin and Brian Auger and the T from a folk phllosopherto a soft-rock Ity. respectively. "Livin' the Bl freaks who have made it big. They Special effects are realistically are "set up for life" as Billy says, singer. is lifted directly from Dylan's dOlle, and the photography n as in Writer-Critic Nat Hentoff's 1963 fQrmance 0 n the Johnny Cash sl and the two set out on their wild, frequent scenes of Captain Americ •• super-chrome cycles to see the coun• predlction--"(Bob) Dylan is growing last August. The album comes and Billy crossing the country by at a swCft, experience- hungry plain white cover that is sta try: America, land of freedom. Their motorcycle--is excellent. newly-acquired wealth allows them But these phases of the film also lll'Oref"te ... thedilI!.ensionsr e wm surelyof Dylanbe manyt~ Theres imp I yis"Greatno label,Whitetitles,W 0 ndor to live entirely free without infring• merely serve to supplement the out • come" --is further confinned by Dvl- 0 the r printing connected with ing upon others' freedom. standing themena theme establish• ans latest shunt into country music two-record set A utopian existence? Certainly,and ing'EasyRider' as a motion picture ("John Wesley Harding", "Nashville Why these albums are coming as any other, the Utopia created in Skyline") d h t t well worth seeing. "G t Wh·t Wonder" is a two re- now, an '01' y some rac s were 'Easy Rider' could not last. Jeal• rea I e corded under such peculiar ci r OWly,prejudice, andhatefoundinour Stances is of acute interest to count ry today '01' ere the dest roying ever obtains them. The albums fa c t <> rs. Wh en Billy and Captain New Pool Record, Trophy Taken Too recorded •••• anufactured, and Am e ri c a a re murdered, the so• Viewing the Tanker's openlng meet Close behind was Paul Foster taking tributed illegally. To buy It is t called American ideal of freedom, with Thurston and Grand Blanc last second with atlme of 1:59.2 seconds. nically a felony on the grounds justice, and equality is shattered by Thursday and the Royal Oak relays In the 100-yard breaststroke a first bootleggers are aided in their the present generation which dictates last Saturday, made it obvious that tributlonandthat a 1962 Federal exactly that. Howcan a population be was cap t u red by Steve Bachorik, Dearborn is on its way toward anoth• senior. His winning time was 1:06.6 against trafficking in illegal rec, so hypocritical as to advocate such a er victorious season. seconds. ing is being violated. sacred ideal, and yet feel at lil)erty Dearborn's 200-yard breaststroke Michigan Authorities (as of p to oppose that very ideal by destroy• Ross Mainwaring, senior, achiev• relay team was awarded a trophy. ed a second place standing in diving time) h a v e not enforced any Ing anyone who disagrees or appears Triumph came on a final score of concerning "Great White Wond, to disagree? with 54. 3 points. 79. Grand Blanc followed with 48 Dearborn's 200-yard medl~y relay yet only two major Detroit area This Is an idea worth much thought, co rd shop s continue to car as are the many other thoughts and points, while Thurston dragged be• tea m, Pet e Da vis, seni'Jr, steve hind with 40 points. So P1 e have carried it but sto realities emphasized in an excellent Bachorik, Terry Breest,soph'Jmore, sfi 11 others, like the Ross Mi film. The racial pr~judice and igno• A new pool record was set by soph• and Ewald Schultz,junior ,commenced omore Paul Foster in the 100-yard the meet with a win of 1:51. 9 seconds, chain stores, won't go near the a rance found in many parts of the backstroke with a time of 58. 1 sec• and even frown upon people who count ry a re explored in a unique while the freestyle relay team fin• quest it. subtle manner. onds. Joe Bryk,denior, missed the ished off the meet also with a win. school record in the 400-yard free• All stores that have handled it In addition to starring in the pic• Peter Tippit, Ewald Schultz, TerrY" done so under the counter, se ture, Mr. Fonda Is the author and style by one tenth of a Second. His Breest and Doug Clink, senior, had a time was 4:09.4 seconds. time of 3:43. 1. it for $10.98 (surprisingly low I, Mr. Hopper, the producer. Ineffect, collector's item, and consideri Mr. Fonda wrote himself out of the Other firsts were taken by Doug ~. Bell,junior,inthe 200-yard individ• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS risks inVOlved). The albums script, for little acting was required I. No 10. Yes 19 Yes Detroit distribution in late oct in his film. The characters he cre• ual medley with a time of 2:17.7 sec• 2. No n. Yes 20. Yes viaa nameless enterprising indi ated were not individuals, but sym• onds and again in the 100-yard but• terflywithatlmeof 1:01. 5 seconds. 3. No l2. Yes 21. Yes u a 1 '01' h 0 obtained copies from bolicofvarious ethnic groups. Con• source of origin, Los Ange Withatime of 54.0 seconds, J?e-ter• 4. No 13. Yes 22. Yes sequently, it is the theme of 'Easy 5. No 14. Yes 23. No where two other enterprising p Rider', rather than individual per• Tippit, junior, grabbed a second L: contrived and manufactured It. the 100-yard freestyle. 6. No 15. Yes 24. Yes formaIlCf1s. that stuns the viewe r. 7. No 16. Yes 25. Yes enterprisers from L. A. repor n.sanactor-producer, Mr. Hopper Joe Bryk, once more, gained win• h a v e stoppea pressing the alb is e~periencing success. ning standings in the 200-yard free• 8. No 17. Yes ·ana are resting with their man, 'jj:asy Rilter' won "Best Picture by a, style with a time of 1:57.5 seconds. 9. Yes._ .''S. Yes in Canada.