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December 4, 1970 J,1970 Nancy Milford Comes Back THE To Tell Her Success Story "Being here today is sort of a ful• Her plans for writing a new book fillment of an adolescent dream," in the near future were revealed in writer Nancy Winston Milford told a a question and answer period. But DearbornOBSERVERHigh School Dearborn, Michigan small gat her in g of students and she did not disclose what it would be December 4. 1970 teachers inthe DHSlibrary Nov. 25. about. Mrs. Milford, the aut ho r of the best-selling biography, Zelda, re• Asked her feelings on Dearborn, turned to her hometown to speak the personable author remarked, "Of SIRS Attempts To Bridge about herself. her book, and writing. course, Dearborn has changed since We a r in g brown suede bell-bot• Ilivedhere.Ina previous interview, toms,a black body sweater,and a I said Dearborn was middle-class, DHS Communication Gap string of beads, Mrs. Milford looked restrained, and restricted. Some of more like one of the students in the the best things come out of the mid• Student involvement, boring clas• ses, and destructive "competition" groups such as the Panthers, the audience than a scholarly writer. dle-class. But some of the w 0 r S t John Birch Society, and Women's were only a few of the topics dis• Liberation. Sea t e d with a student panel, she things come out of restraint and re• c u sse d when Principal Len Mazur proceeded to captivate the audience strictions. " and Assistant Principals Harry Faull In answer, Mr. Mazur explained wit h her informal and candid ap• proach to the discussion. Panelists and Tom McLennan met with repre• that the s pea k e r can't advocate a sentatives from 20 DHS clubs Nov. c rim e or the overthrowing of the were Seniors Pamela Bretz, Karen 19, in an evening of "Communica- Kanniainen, Ann Coli ins, and Tom government. Mr. McLennan pointed Andrew. tions." The program was planned by Ollt that if the speaker were to urge Aft e l' graduating from Dearborn the SIRS Club. someone to violate the law, Mr. Ma• Born and raised in Dearborn she Much of the dialogue stemmed from zur, as the central figure in the became very interested in non~fic• Mr. M azu r' S query: "How can we school, could be held personally li• tion writing while at the "old" Dear• make this school the kind of place the able and could be prosecuted. born High. But at that time, her inter• students want it to be?" He mentioned Other issues discussed were: est in writing was considered "rather that many students feel "trapped" in .What can be done about boring perculiar. " boring classes. This he would like classes. High in 1955, Mrs. Milford went on to change. Mr. Mazurbelieves there .When and where could the "rap ses• tot h e University of Michigan. She is a place between two poles where sions" be held. graduated with a Bachelor of Arts both ends - -in this case the students .How could more students be enticed degree in 1959. Later she earned her and the administration--can be happy to come to these meetings. Master's degree summa cum laude and tolerant of each other. .What s h0 u 1d be done to curb the fro m Columbia University. She is Mr. Mazur brought outthe fact that Edsel Ford-Dearborn High de• currently working on her doctorate communication between administra• structive "competition" every year in New York, where she lives with tion and students at DHSis poor. during the football season ~ is she her husband and two children. Mary Elwart, president of A. F. S. Mr. Arthur Brown of the Science The 32-year-old w r i tel' credits and representative ofthe OBSERVER much of her determination to write at this meeting, suggested that the Department and the only teacher at• tending, presented his sol uti 0 n to "ess as will to an early honor, the Avery "rap sessions" be continued so stu• Hopwood Award, won in her fresh• many of the problems at DHS: "Stu• :er. dents could know school officials as dents must take a stand. If a student man year at U of M. "people rather than figureheads." "For seven straight s erne s t e r S does something wrong, it should be Junior A representative of the Political after that, "she laughingly recalled, Club asked, "Which speakers may a s t u den t who reprimands him or her. Don't be afraid to object to a "I ente red several writing contests -• AMONG THE DOZENS of books we bring into the school and which and lost eve ry one!" signed by Mrs. Milford during her maywe not?" He believed that if both peer's foul language or to smoking Six yea r S and two children ago, visit, was that of a former English sides of an issue were presented no in the bathroom. Grab the offender M r s. Mil for d began research on teacher, Mrs. William Watson, now harm could result. The Politi cal Club by the collar, hold him nose to nose Zelda Fitzgerald's life for her Mas• teaching at HFCC. would like to have speakers from and tell him you object. " ter's thesis. Herinterest in novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald's legendary wife s tern m e d from an interest in his Curtains Present Only Hang-up For 'Summertree' writing. "I started writing my book through With only six days left before the The cast has been practicing two youngest member ofthe cast and had an interest in F. Scott, "she ex• opening of "S u m mer t r e e , " t his hours a day, five days a week for the these thoughts after seeing the play: plained. "I had never read any"biog• year's all school play. All phases of last ten weeks getting their charac• "I felt perturbed about it. .. it's not t e r i z a t ion s straight and running fun - 1i k e ... it's l' e c e nt ... pe rti• raphy.It just intrigued me--the kind the play are beingquickly polished in of person she was. " thru their lines ill rehearsal. They've nent ... and it's a realistic situation." also spent many hours at home mem- "There is a great deal of yourself readiness for Thursday night's per• Tickets are on sale now for $1. 50, that goes into a biography. Some of formance. "Everything is going orizing their lines. Mr. Dean Sloan or $1. 25 with an activity ticket. The it is being willing to sit down and really well, "assured Student Direc• is in c h a r g e of the play this year, curtain rises at 8:00 Thursday, Fri• Immerse yourself in someone else's and of yet, no one but the six mem• day, and Saturday in the auditorium. life. Some of it is a big drudge." tor Sue Halwachs, senior. ber cast, the student director, and him s e If have see n the play per• Christmas Concert Planned formed. \ #fa The set crew has been working for t h r e e weeks preparing the stage, lighting, and curtains for the play. Classical, Contemporary Clash Their only concerns now are about the tree, the main prop of "Summer• With the sounds of Harry James and ety of classkal and contemporary tree," and the curtains which will Benny Goodman still lingering in the sounds ranging from Bach to Bacha• have to be rented because of the poor auditorium from the Jazz Show, the rach. 0 n e of the mode rn composi• color and condition of DHS's own. music department is putting the final tions chosen by the choir is, "Christ• touches on music for the Christmas mas Fanfare, "by Cardon Burnham, Everyone concerned with the play with oercussion accomoaniment. is quite optimistic about it. The play concert to be held this Sunday at 7:30 is about a young man who dies in Viet p. m. There is no charge. ._a -- ,-. Also being planned are the "Purcell Nam and his thoughts in recalling his Participating in the program will Bell Anthem," to be performed by life. Senior Mike Kirk. who has the PREPARING TO EAT an "ail-or• bethe choir and senior ensemble un• the senior ens e m b I e and strings, ganic, high-energy" Thanksgiving and four pieces for choi rand orches• lead role as the young man, feels feast, in preparation for the week• del' the direction of Mr. Phil Mark, tra combined. it'~ the "fir'3t time Dearborn High has end f est i vi tie s, are, fro m left, and the s y m p h 0 n 1/ orchestra con• The featured n u m bel' will be the gone this far in serious acting ... Stacy Bezirium, Marcia Wood, by Mr. Tony Russo. "Halleluiah Chorus" from Handel's Sophomore Marcia Rimai, playing Alice Plato, and BarbRams-ey, The cuncert will offer a wide vari- "Messiah ... the young man's mother, is the seniors. December 4. 197U Page 2 THE OBSERVER .tn. ( = Difference Not Noted by Enrique Beinga . title, b Coming from the hot, sultry coun• Tegucigalpa. The only difference ichigan try of Honduras to the cold, damp between his home town and Dearborn. rnHigh state of Michigan one would probably he says, is that "the city is in the ;reater tl expect a drastic change. But accord• middle of the mountains .
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