ROVING CAMERA U-HIGH Vol. 44, 1h 2 MIDWAY Partying, lounging, brunching: University high school, 1362 East 59th street, Chicago, Illinois 60637 Tuesday, October 8, 1968 great way to start the new year Student life, government impress• French exchange By DANIEL POLLOCK Editor-in-chief U-High's first American Field Service foreign. exchange student, Antoine Bertrand, 17, says a major difference between U-High and ms school anFrance is student govern­ ment and activities. "Life is more around school at U..Hi.gh,'' Antoine, . a senior, said. "In Flrance people just come to · : school for academic work. Here you CMe a lot more about aca­ r demic work and the main thing is that at U-High you have student government which has a say in certaiin things. and has certain Pholo bY Ken owrneo powers." NOTICE TO PARENTS feeling sorry for their poor children ANTOINE EXPLAINED that a laden with homework after six hours of intense study in school .student government was only just and summer hardly gone. It ain't all that bad. for example, be­ begun last year at his French fore the study gets too intense the whole school stops now for school, Lycee Internationale in St. l:m..mch (sweetrolls and milk) from Hl:40-10:55 a.m. from there Germain En Laye, west of Paris. it's only a short step to lunch at 12:45 p.m. The brunch has not noticeably cut down on an 's hmch intake. U-Highers really Antoine arrived in Chicago Sep­ enjoy food. Here Rand Wi waits for Carol Warshawsky to tember 1 and is staying at the hand over the brunch goodies. home of Mr. and Mrs. Phil C. Nea:l, whose son Tim is a junior, at 1203 Photo bY Ken Devine East 5oth street. LAST YEAR'S U-HIGHUGHTS, with its ·story of school ac­ Antoine, whose stay is being fi­ thrities and photos of students, holds special interest for An• nanced by U-High's AFS chapter, toine Bertrand, standing, U-High's exchange student from said that he has found compari­ France, and David Love and Gwendolyn Walker who are here tively less homework and more from the inner city. ) academic independence at U-High than at the Lycee Internationale. are F'OOShmenGwendolyn Walker according to Admissions Secretary Love,and David students from the Lorraine Kubiak. "You study perhaps less here," itmer city (see photo). David and Gwendolyn said they be. said, "but what you study, you DAVID IS ON a full seholarship appreciate the academic advan­ study deeper." financ,ed by the Laib Schools Schol­ tages of U-High over the schools arship Fund while Gwendolyn's they would have ANTOINE IS ENROLLED in five attended had they tuition is parlly paid by the fund, courses: Social studies 4, English not been .selected for scholarships. 4, Photography, Shakespem-e and Argumentation and Debate, which, be explained, is a bit difficult for him because "iit goes so fast." Drama group would He al.so explained that he has had some difficulty with American slang, partioolady with the word "stuff," whic:h "kept coming up tour city schools Photo bY Ken Devine again and again." Antoine said be did not fully understand the A three-year program to test the dents in the inner city schools. The THE SENIORS have it even better. They boast their own meaning of this word until a Mid­ effectiveness of providing moor workshops will deal with varied lm.llnge wtiich offers, among other attractions, a soft drink ma­ way reportffi" explained it to him city students with theater pro­ areas of the ,theater, such as make­ chine from which Debby Gordon, left, Kathy Rappaport, Glenn during an interview. grams which their own schools up, costuming and stage sets, ac­ Preibis and Mat Saidei are attempting to extract soft drinks cannot provide will be started by cording to Mr. Keil. (food again). Seniors can go to the lounge in open periods, Also on scholarship at U-High Drama lootructoc Robert Keil neJrt These workshops will encourage however, ifs not cricket to cut a class to enjoy its pleasures. fall. more participation in the theater First stage of the three step pro­ by inner city students. posal, written by Principal Carl Following the establishment of ~ Achievement I Rinne, will be · a traveling reper­ drama workshops in the inner city tory company composed of U-High will be the formation of advisory students and farolty mem•bers, teams composed of Lab Schools aceording to MT. Keil. students. ISemifinalists I "THE REPERTORY company "These U-High students will re­ will be a mobile, flexible unit that ,turn to the inner city schools and can perform anywhere in the act as advisers to help the inner Eight U-Highers are semifinal­ oohools we visit," Mr. Keil said. city students produce their own ists in the National Achievement "We'll comeequipped with Lights, productions, provided the interest Scho1arnhlp program for black stu­ cootumf'.sand stage sets, and ready is there," MT. Keil said. dents, a divis1.on of the National the six we'll have Merit Corp. program. They are prepared." Stanley Dukes, Lonnette Edwards, T h e :repertory Edie !Ia.rriron, L e s l i e Jones, company will George Lewis, Prentiss Taylor, come to the ~olyn Wilkins and Brenda Wil­ schools with the liruns. The nmnber is the highest hope that it coo U-High at since the program was create a. dlalog Tuooday, Oct. s - Soccer, St. Jo­ started in 1964. ootween u -High seph, vamty and a-ooh, here, Mr. Keli and the inner city 4:15 Recipients of letters of commen­ p.m. students, according to Mr. Keil. m Thursday, Oct. 10 dation - 23 of them - Soccer, Oak - in the Na­ this way he hopes to help inner city tiooal Merit program (semifinalists Park, vanity and frosh, here, schools establish their own drama 4:15 p.m. anooi.mced last issue) are as fol­ groups. lows: Mooday, Oct. 14 - Soccer, E]gin, AND TO make even more sure seniors would not buckle The plays performed by the rep­ varsity am frosh, here, 4 p.m. 11.mderthe shock of school work after a summer of lazing, the Chris Anderson, W,mdy Anker, Marie ertory company will deal with cur­ Thursday, Oct. 17 - Soccer, Evan­ Parents Assn. sponsored a barbeque and dance Friday after Fackler, Tom Goldwasser, David Halperin, Edie Harrison, Ellen Irons, Richard Kahn, rent social problems, especially ston, varsity and frosh, here, the first week of school. Note that almost everyone in the Gary Kapian, James Lewontin, Diane Meler, those of black urban society. 4:30 p.m.; AFS-Chicago Film photo is eating. They can Alan Ral>Ol>Ol"t,Richard Richter, Don Row­ use the food energy for homework ley, Mat Saldel, Michael Schnelder, Lisa THE SECOND STEP of the pro­ Festival Day. over the weekend because, come to think of it, school IS hard Schuchman, David Snllder, Loma Sultan, posal is to establish m-ama work­ Tuesday, Oct. 22 - Midway out work Prentiss Taylor, Merritt Widen, Carolyn • • • even with partying, lounging and brunching. WIikins and stanley Wvszomlrskl. ~ conducted by U-High stu- after school, dismissed at DOOD. - An alternative to grades: where U-High stands now By MITCH PRAVATINER its students' performance, and acoordingly ~ are Assistant Community Developments Editor rewards or pooisbmems for the work students proc A faculty committee is being formed this month duce. They are the primary criteria of success and to study grading practices at U-High and make :rec­ failure within an academically oriented school . • I ommendations oonceming possible replacement di. the have heard my friends' parents ceaselessly threateD. letter grading system. and pressure tlheir Cihildrenfor good grades. An A a[' Tile committee is the third in as many years. Two a B is more impmtant on ,students than a ooild's hap­ SOOOOS1S of years ago, a faculty group led. by Math Teacher Rich­ piness or sense of worth and 0 One friend ard Muelder was c:b.arged to "examine U-High's sys­ mine once confessed near tears that she felt com,. tem, discuss it and then maybe make changes," as pletely worthless and inferior because she had a C. then-Principal Willard Congreve said m a Midway plus or B-,minus average. She was/is an active and story. valuable participant in student government and a That committee concluded that grades were rare- wide variety of extracurricular activities (from wmclt ly used except for college admis­ her mother temporarily banned. her because of sions purposes and that different de­ grades), but she would have given up tlhese interests Back partments and teachers had highly and her popularity for As. I always considered her divergent standards for assigning a and other C average students as my mferiors. Now I of given grade. :Lt left to a successor realize that I am really inferior, because I didn't Photo bY Ken Devine committee, formed last year, the have the variety of experiences that they had even the task of advising on the formation of though I was getting As." COMPLUSORY SERVICE,topic for this year's debate club, grading policies for all-school or THE REPORT OF an eight-year national survey is argued in practice sessions by Bob Skeeies, left, and Elliot news department use. of grading taken in tbe 1930s, and :in which U-Higb. Mincberg while Jay Fishman, seated, researches the issue. LAST YEAR'S committee was participated, furlher stressed the inadequacy of let­ Debate is offered as a course as well as a club this year.