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said.John Gilson, president of Theater

308, denies that he or any other memberof the organization resists the castingof new or non-members. "I was a 'non-member' when I first got here, so itwould be damn hypocritical for me tosay that I don't want non-members tobe cast. If the person who auditions isthe best qualified for the part, he or sheshould be cast regardless of theperson's association with 308." DeniseHill, treasurer of 308, said thatalthough there is intense rivalry andcompetition for parts, everyone is givena fair chance, and students are notspumed by 308 members merelybecause they are non-members.

Mr. Edwards also claims that he hashad problems trying to work aroundstudent obligations outside of theater,which he says have forced him tocurtail the number of nights someshows would have been able to run. Thenumber of nights The Boy Friend wasable to run was cut short because ofprior commitments which a large partof the cast had made.

John Gilson feels that outside ac-tivities are "not a big problem" for 308,citing the fact that some members havequit jobs in order to eliminate conflicts.

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supervise them. Although Dr. Robbinsstated that he would like to decrease theamount of supervisory work done byteachers and increase the use of aidesand senior monitors in that capacity, itis certain that with the addition ofsophomore silent study duty. tocafeteria and hall duty that teacherswill have to do some supervisory dutyor another. Sophomores who doacademically well first semester maybe released from the silent study re-quirement second semester.

In addition, any sophomore who isreading below grade level will be re-quired to work in the E-wing ReadingLab during those days when his gymclass does not meet.

Finally, the change most likely to'upset those sophomores who areeagerly awaiting to get their driver'slicenses, is that due to the shortage ofcampus parking spaces, sophomoreswill not be allowed to drive to schoolnext year except under specialcircumstances.April 22, 1977

study skills, mid-year exampreparation, and career exploration.Although Donald Robbins, principal,hopes that sophomores Will develop aclose relationship with their advisor, hestressed that the existence ofsophQmore advisors does not replacethe need for guidance counselors.

Another change, designed to helpsophomores learn to budget their freetime sensibly and ease the transitionfrom junior high where silent studyhalls prevail to high school, will be onerequired assigned study per semester,As of yet, no decision has been madeconcerning exactly where these silentstud'ies will be held or who will

Greg Dorrell-and ,Ted deSelding, as'Colonel Blake and Hawkeye Pierce,ham it up during the recent seDlor class performance of M*A*S*H. Seereview on page 2. (Photo by Charlot Ras-Allard)

disappointing this year. At the con-clusion of Bus Stop, which broke even,the group had accumulated a debt of$480. Theater 308 has paid off this debtwith the loan from the soda machinefund, and :it hopes to pay back theloan with the prooeeds from the springmusical My Fair Lady, to be produced'in early May.

Mr. Edwards has become somewhatdisillusioned recently with the school'swillingness to support theater. Becauseofthe lack of funding, he said, "we haveto take a back seat to all other activitiesin Darien." Some 308 members feel thattheir organization loses much of itspotential support in the school to theathletic department, whose popular ac-tivities occupy the time of possibletheater participants.

Mr. Edwards has also been disap-pointed with the support he hasreceived from some of the Theater 308members this year. He stated that there

'is a "very powerful" group within theorganization which does not want toreach out to include new members, andwhich resists and objects to his effortsto cast new members in the produc-tions. "No advisor in any school can ex-pect to obtain a solid organizationwithout the support and cooperation ofeach member in the organization," he

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By JAMIE Mac KENZIETheater 308 has experienced serious

financial difficulties this year, due tolow attendance at productions and, ac-cording to 308 director Jon Edwards,the absence of a fund for theater in theschool budget. The organization hasreceived a short-term loan from thefund which is supported by the sodamachine, and ,it is seekingpermanent annual support from the Ac-tivities CGuncil through the efforts ofCraig Matheson, dean of students.

According to Mr. Edwards, atten-dance at 308 productions has been

Jon Edwards, advisor to Theater308. (Photo by Jenny Taylor)

proximately twenty staff memberswould be working with a group of

, twenty sophomores. The staffmember,,or "sophomore advisor," will meet withhis/her group approximately twelvetimes during the course of the firstsemester in an effort to familiarize thestudents with academic and athletic,and other extracurricular programs atDHS. The majority of these meetingswould be concentrated during the earlypart of the first semester and thenbecome less frequent as sophomoresbecame more sure of themselves atDHS.

The sophomore advisors would alsoaid students in such areas as proper

Darien B .... School, Darien. Connecticut 06820

By DAVID BAUDER

Volume LXXVII, Number ,10 ,

By KAREN MacMURDY

Computer Replaces Arena Scheduli~g

Next year's sophomore class will be, confronted with various programs -not experienced by previous sophomoreclasses at DHS - designed to smooththe transition from junior high to highschool.

A Sophomore Advisory Committeeformed earlier this year and chaired byMarilyn Deraney; DHS English~acher, is planning what will be thebiggest change for next year'ssophomores - the creation of theSophomore Advisory Program. Underthis program, with the cooperation ofvolunteer teachers, each of ap-

principle. Students come here com-pletely conditioned to being told where

That annual mad scramble in the they have to be during the day. Thegym known as "arena scheduling" will junior high schools are very structurednot be held this year, if all goes ac- in this respect. When they come here itcording to the plans of the Guidance is the'opposite. I think they should haveDepartment. Instead, a sophisticated a kind of \veaning period' to help themcomputer system will be programed become adjusted to their freedom."

. to do all the work of assigning students Nothing definite has been decided as ,~o th,eir ,next y~r~s C9W'S~S•., . ' ,. ",' to wh,ether the rotati,ng;schedule will be ',',,;,. 'The 'cOmputeT S,Y8~mW'u' 'rec~n~~~~t.~,f9E,~ij~~~':.'.~\M.,t~~~;:,;'.approved. Th 'arena scheduling" reevaluated m response to some com- . ,method will only be used as a last resort munity criticism. "I see some real ad-backup system. according to Donald vantages in the way it is," stated Mr.Robbins, .principal. Heffernan. "I think this one [the rotat-'

The new registration method will ing schedul( .s as nearly perfect as Iwork much the same way as in the past. have seen." .Each student will get a lottery number No new courses are being planned forand copies of the master schedule. next year. Some courses that wereEveryone will hand in his or her first offered last year but didn't have enoughchoice schedule prior to the computer students sign up for them will be com-program/ing, and will also have a ing up again, but nothing new will besecond choice ready. The computer fills offered.

~~~~1~dS:::~::a:e:l:h:s:h7c:: Financial Woes, Personnel Conflicts Trouble 308puter will schedule a person's entireprogram before moving on to the nextlottery number, "This system is fairerbecause everybody gets a total programbefore the I¥Ixt person gets to go,"commented Gerald Heffernan,directorof the Guitlance Department.

"After ~l of next year's seniors arescheduled," explained Mr. Heffernan,"we will stop so the juniors can basetheir pl'ograms on what is left." Thenthe same process will continue for nextyear's juniors and sophomores.

Mr. Heffernan finds many ad-vantages to this new system comparedto the old method. "One advantage isthat it doesn't tie up the faculty andschool for an entire day;" he said."Students can still choose the teachersand periods they want, and they willhave an even better chance of gettingthem than they did in the old way."

If this system does not work out, Mr.Heffernan is in favor of having theguidance counselors do the schedulingby hand instead of going back to thear.ena method. The counselorsscheduled this year's sophomores thatway and the whole process took themabout three days.

Sophomores will be assigned to atleast one study hall next year. Mr.Heffernan said that "I like tqrs idea in

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Big Changes For Sophomores

Edwards Seeks'Open' 308

April 22, 1977

Rudy Klaas and Howard Mastropiero,have been designated in the highschool for publicity, and will soon bedistributing bumper stickers andposters around school.

Junior Achievement is coming toDRS due to the efforts of Mr·William Evan., member of~heDarienChamber of Commerce.

All studente who are interestedin owning, running, and sharing inthe profits of their own company.hould contact William Brazee ofthe Business, EducationDepartment between now andlJune I, 1977. JA will begin nextOctober at DHS and run throughApril. The group will have no!obligation after achool but willImeet one night a week.

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instrument complimenting the other."Country Fool" shows a little bit,oftheband's boogie side, with some superbbottleneck slide by Nalls.(ln concert,the band does a version of the Allmanclassic "Statesboro Blues" that willknock you flat oil your back.) In "Noth-ing Matters But the Fever," Sea Level'sAllman-blues side comes through withsome more slide and a hint of jazzflavoring. Paul Simon's "ScarboroughFair" is given a totally newarrangement, instrumentalized, with apicked-up beat and a few piano-guitarsolos to compliment the melody lines.

All in all, I find that Sea Level has putits talents together to produce a uniquesort of jazz-rock-funk sound. For adebut album. they have done a nice jobof featuring good examples of all theirstyles, combining to form a tasteful,interesting album.

Sweet Southern Rock

By MATT MALEYReview

Sea Level:

A modification of a Darien town lawconcerning drinking on the beachesseems certain to affect some segmentsof the DHS population.

The law states that no glass bottleswill be permitted at either Weed Beachor Pear Tree Point: No drinking ofalcoholic beverages will be allowed oneither of the beaches, though booze canstill be legally consumed in the picnicareas. The third stipulation says thatthe breaking of any glass on thebeaches is illegal.

Each of these offenses is punishableby a $100 fine.

The Better Beach Committee, set upby the Park and RecreationDepartment, is starting a campaignpublicizing the no-bottles-on-the-beachlaw. Posters have been distributed tolocal merchants. Two representatives.

The actors and actresses overcame asomewhat meaningless plot to makethe senior class production ofM*A*S*H a smashing success. Theplay was extremely funny, due to theexcellenr'acting and directing job doneby the seniors.

The plot of M*A*S*H didn't seem tofollow any course. The characters dealtwith problems as they arose. Theseproblems arose quickly and out ofnowhere. Although the movie and playare not the same, they are similar, andif one doesn't know the plot of themovie, the play becomes very con-fusing.

All of the actors and actresses weregood. There were certain standouts,especially in the leading roles. TeddeSelding, who played Hawkeye, wasespecially outstanding. Everything hedid was funny. His lines were funny.and the way he said them made themeven funnier. He also added a few linesof his own. For instance, when he meetsTrapper John, who was a former buddyin college, he said, "Well,I'Il be ChrisFenichell's hair stylist." Ted also pro-jected his voice very well. He was anatural for the part of Hawkeye andthere wasn't a flaw in his performance.

Gail' McKenzie, who played Duke;Greg Dorrell. who played Co!. Blake;and Karen Cosgrove, who playedHotlips,were also ex,(:ellent. Gairdidsuffer one problem: most of his linesweren't very good, but he overcame thisby added humorous gestures after each

Senior Class Play: A SM*A*S*H' Successof them. Greg was great as the puzzled,disorganized Col. Blake. The loud andirritated tone in his voice were perfectfor Blake's personality. Karen

'Cosgrove played the stubborn, by-the-book. hated Major Houlihanflawlessly.Her expressions, her actions and herprojection were very appropriate.

The supporting cast was alsomagnificent. Bob Baker. Walt; BrianYoung, Capt. John Black; Paul VanMunching, Radar; Peter Francesconi,Father Mulcahy; Doug Bodenstab,Sergeant Devine; Rhett Drugge,General Hammond; Jim Reid,Spearchucker Jones; and John Gilson,Major Burns, were all funny and keptthe audience rolling in the aisles.

Heide Franke, Lynn Morse, BarbDolan, and.Gail Hoyt did outstandingjobs as the man-hunting, jealousnurses. Sue Crotty, Chris Buonomo,and Laureen Coniglio portrayed thethree dancers very well. Karen Brait-mayer and Mary Sandel played themedical school president and thepsychologist very well also.

The directing job of Clark Porter andMark Berlinger was excellent. Theychose the perfect person for eachcharacter. The projection of these ac-tors and actresses was good. The manyscene changes were done quickly. ,Thewhole play was well organized. BrianDohofree, a DRS graduate, advised theproduction.

The play was a great success and theaudience loved it. Although the scriptwas not sensational, the actors, ac-tresses, and directors were.

law Forbids Bottles On Beaches

;,;, ("'BydI'OM,CONS~ABJ:i;E- ,:"Review

The painful dissolution ofthe AllmanBrothers left six talented musicianswith no place to go. Of these six,keyboardist Chuck Leavell, drummerJai Johanny Johanson and bassistLamar Williams banded together and,with the help of guitarist Jimmy Nalls(formerly with Dr. John's Band),formed Sea Leve!.

A tight, hard-driving band, Sea Levelhas roots in Southern, Allmanesquerock. jazz-rock and blues. Jazz beingtheir most prominent influence, theirsound might best be compared to JeffBeck, a rather spacey sound, attributedmostly to their keyboard-guitarharmonies.

Among their jazzier songs on thealbum Sea Level are the instrumentals"Rain in Spain," "Tidal Wave" and"Grand Larceny," all original Leavelltunes. Each features interesting

dition to being a fund-raiser, theshowcase would give exposure to alarge number of aspiring actors and ac-tresses who have not been cast in themajor productions.

Mr. Edwards had already cast andblocked (set the stage movements for) ashowcase to be produced several weeksbefore the senior class play M*A*S*H,but it was voted down by the officers of308. The reasons given for this rejectionof the showcase were lack of time andconflicts with M*A*S*H.

A vote of the entire membership washeld recently, and it was decided toproduce the showcase a few weeks afterMy Fair Lady, with participation op-tional for each member. Mr. Edwardshas already spoken to many parents'groups in Darien in an effort to drum upsupport for the showcase and patronmembership ideas, and he was receivedvery enthusiastically.

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.(Continued from Page 1)Denise Hill echoed Gilson's remarks.saying that conflicts are only a problemwith a few individuals. She added thatthe organization does not give Edwardsits full support, and that he is a veryprofessional and demanding directorwho requires a total commitment fromthose with whom he is working. Denisealso remarked that theater at DHS islooked upon by most of its participantsas a fun, recreational activity, and not aserious commitment, which is aprimary cause of Mr. Edwards' dis-pleasure.

In an effort to create a fund-raisingactivity for Theater 308. Mr. Edwardsproposed a "Showcase," or aperformance of a series of scenes frommajor plays. The showcase would beviewed by parents in the communitywho would be invited to become"patrons" and make an annualdonation to the theater group. In ad-

Editors-in-chief David BauderKaren MacMurdy

As.i.tant Editor, Production Mary Ellen KigginsAs.i.tant Editor, Features Jack LowA••i.tant Editor, New Jamie MacKenzieNew. Research Editor Bill DobbsBoys' Sport. Editor Josh MoltzGirl.' Sport. Editor Jeanne MuellerArt Editor Polly EmmonsPhoto Editor Jenny TaylorBusine.. Manager Shelly HoglundCirculation Manaler Doug Simp.onEditorial Advi.or Greg Reilly

Leslie Evan.Advisor Robert Davi.

When news of the planned assigned silent study halls, Reading Lab. SophomoreAdvisory Program. and no cars on campus for nextyear's sophomores hits the juniorhighs. there will undoubtedly be much hostility on the part ofincoming sophomoresand sighs of "Glad it wasn't us" from upperclassmen.

However, there is much to be said concerning the merit ofeach of these programs.One certainly can't question the need for a Sophomore Advisory Program. Tenthgraders come from junior highs where the variety of different extra-curricular andathletic activities is about as limited as the course selection, whereas at DHS ac-tivities run the gamut from the Green Thumb Club to the Philosophy Club to the Out-door.s Club to Current and back again. But how can a sophomore become involved inany of these if he doesn't even realize they exist? In addition to aiding sophomores insuch areas as career exploration and the development of good study skills. theSophomore Advisory Program will help sophomores become aware of the broadrange of opportunities available to them in all areas. The sooner a sophomorebecomes involved at DHS in areas other than his academic courses, the sooner hewill feel a part of, or as Dr. Robbins phrases it, "develop a sense of identity withDarien High Schoo!."

Mandatory attendance of the Reading Lab for those sophomores reading belowgrade level is a sound idea in every way. Although the phrase "Johnny can't read"has been greatly overworked by the media in recent years and seems especiallyludicrous when applied to DHS. where many students engage in college level work.we do realize that there are those students lacking in fundamental reading skills whoshould not graduate from high school without them.

The required silent study hall for sophomores has its merit. partially in that itprovides an incentive for students to pull good grades ifthey wish to be released fromthe silent study requirement for second semester. However, we hope that more"incentives" of this kind do not develop at DHS over the next few years. There is afine line between providing a reasonable transition period and endless handholding.

Finally, what's to be said about no more sophomore cars on campus? We hope thatthe incoming sophomore class doesn't perceive this as a punishment; it is merely amatter of practicality - too many cars for too few spaces.

Although these new programs initiated by the administration may at first seem abit stringent to incoming sophomores, we believe that if they are looked at in an ob-jective Iight,sophomores will view them as we do - constructive steps towards im-proving the academic climate at DHS.

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with lighting and costumes. Thehighlight of the play will come duringthe· scene in which the castsings and dances to the number "GetMe To The Church On Time."

Among Mr. Edward's main goals inpresenting "My Fair Lady" is "to get astudent and adult audience" because ashe explains, no theatrical production,except perhaps the senior class play,draws a good crowd.

Salzburg; Austria, Zurich and Genevain Switzerland, several French cities in-cludingpieceSfrom the Louvre in Paris,and Hitler's Eagle's Nest and Schon-brunn in Germany. Each different sam-ple has its own characteristic textureand design.

According to Leslie, she decided tostart her collection because Europeantoilet paper was of such poor qualitythat she thought it would be amusing tosave some and show it to friends in theU.S. She describes the texture ofEuropean toilet paper as ranging fromsandpaper, to waxpaper, to paper bags.

Kristina Williams, junior, helps lookafter a family menagerie which in-cludes four sheep, a donkey, elevenchickens, and numerous assorted dogs,cats, and birds. ·Until· 'recently thefamily's animal population included anauthentic South American llama,which they have now sold. Mrs.Williams is a biology major, and hasbeen interested in animals since her

Senior Leslie Evans proudly displays her international collection of toiletpaper. Ms. Evans has collected samples from allover Europe as part ofherhobby. Whoto by Jenny Taylor)

DHS Hobbies Weird, Exotic, Bizarrechildhood when she had charge of asmall zoo which included raccoons,snakes, and a co at i·mundi. Shepurchased the llama primarily to use itswool for making articles of clothing.

The family has made Scandinaviansweaters for every member from thewool of their four sheep.

As a result of Evans Kerrigan's hobby,his workroom (the laundry room) nowhas a wax floor.

His hobby, candle-making, hasproved to be a business for him, too. Amonth before Christmas he does somedoor-to-door selling, from which he hasmade as much as $350 at a time. Evansclaims that his 15" star-shaped candlesells best. He owns molds of JesusChrist's and the Madonna'scountenances, as well as many otherdesigns. .

Because Evans' candles are chieflyfor decoration, his customers don'tburn them. "It's a way to defeat my ownbusiness," he commented. "Since theydon't burn their candles, the next yearthey don't want any more." Hence,each year he has to travel further andfurther away.

"I collect massage parlor flyers,"Scott See said. For the past five NewYear's Eves Scott has gone down toTimes Square with the intent ofgather-ing these flyers. His record so far iscollecting 42 flyers in two hours.

"Usually there's a half-dozen guysdown there, handing the flyers out to:prospective customers. They used tosay 'Check it out, check it out,' but nowthey say, 'Free peeks, free peeks.'''

Scott's life ambition is to collect one,flyer from every parlor in New York,and one from every major city. Finallyhe would like to get into some book ofworld records for his achievement.

By JAMIE MacKENZIE AndJEANNE MUELLER

In this production Mr. Edwardsn?te~tha!th~ywill be trying to do a lot

the early 1900's and involves polishedEnglish people and the Cockneys (theEnglish lower class). It concerns aprofessor who is a master of dialectswho makes a bet with a colonel that hecan turn a common, uneducated flowergirl into a lady and pass her off as aduchess at the embassy.

SHOWBOAT INN

Kip Haahagen and Suzi Coates

The busy schedules of most highschool students leave little time for'ex-tra-curricular activities which areunrelated to school. Years ago many .people were involved in hobbies whichthey pursued at home in their sparetime, but in recent years have gone outof vogue for both students and adultsalike. However, Neirad has discoveredsome members of the DHS communitywho are currently involved in interes-

ting and unusual hobbies. We haveselected the following as examples.

Senior Leslie Evans has one of themore unusual hobbies we ran across.Leslie collects toilet paper from thedifferent countries and cities she staysin on her travels abroad. She has over30 different kinds of paper from suchplaces as Mont Blanc, the highest oftheFrench Alps; 1.,mgary, Innsbruck and

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'dogwatch,''' said Mark. "Let me saythis much.. .it was more than an ex-perience...it was hem" Mark's watchwas generally responsible for aprocedure called "shucking." Theywould separate the content. ofthe shellsfrom the shells themselves, and theformer would be sent up for inves-tigation. They were also responsible forsorting the "mud catches," separatingand counting the species, and sendingthese animals up for analysis.

Said Mark of his adventures: "Iwould most certainly repeat the trip if Ihad the chance. We learned more aboutsea research than I could have hoped tolearn in a full course on the subject.Next time, though, I'll bring more gear...a better Ister.eo ,for starters!"

Seaworthy Students Study Biology

All-School Musical 'My Fair Lady' Set For Early May ShowingBy MARY ELLEN KIGGINS

The all-school musical My Fair Ladywill be presented at Darien High Schoolon May 6 and 7 at 8:15 p.m. and on May8 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets, which wereavailable for a student price of$2.00 thefirst week ofsales, are now available forthe price of $3.00 per ticket.

The musical, which is produced by: Darien High School and co-produced byTheatre 308, will be directed andchoreographed by Jon Edwards (ofMame farne). Assisting Mr. Edwardswill be Greg Kiernan as stage managerand Edward Jantschi as musical direc-tor.

Since My Fair Lady is an all-schoolmusical, it will involve various aspectsof the High School including the vocal,band, and theatrical departments. Thecast consists of about 87 actors, ac-tresses, singers, and dancers, and in-cluding the orchestra, totals about 100cast members.

This year's musical production in-volves many new faces, which Mr.Edwards feels is important and "goodfor school morale." He also pointed outthat involving people who are notparticularly known as theatrical showsthat "everybody has the talent."

Leading the cast, which Mr. Edwardstermed as "very easy to work with," areSuzi' Coates as the cockney flower girlEliza Doolittle, Kip Hashagen asProfessor Higgins, Clark Porter asColonel Pickering, Bob Baker as Mr.Doolittle, and Dave Ellison as FreddieHill.

The story takes place in England in

By ALEX ANDRIUK

What could possibly lure a DarienHigh School senior to spend two weekson a ship in the middle ofthe ocean.. .inFebruary!? "Interest probably, and asincere wish to gain experience,"commented Mark Berlinger, a DHSstudent. "I wasn't overly enthuseda'bout the weather on the trip, but I didwant to see what this sea research th-ing was all about," he said. Mark wasamong several other DHS students thatwent on trips to study marine biology.

Mark, along with another DarienHigh School student, Scott See, was amember of the crew of the S.S.Delaware; this 155-foot research vesselwas part of an extensive investigationof the effects of sea pollutants on theclam and other related species. Theirpurpose was threefold: to determine theamount of pollution present in theseanimals, to count the populations ofthevarious species, and finally, todetermine the feasibility ofa new strainof clam, called the "artica" orquoho g," as a possible food source.

Mark and Scott first traveled toSandy Hook Laboratories 'in NewJersey, where they were greeted bystorms and iced conditions. This firstexpedition in which they were tobecome involved was called off, and thetwo boys returned to Darien. At 6. a.m.on one Saturday morning in FebruaryMark received a phone call fromNorfolk, Virginia; an hour later the twowere on a plane headed for the researchbase in Norfolk. Here they were greetedby the ship's captain, taken aboard,

,\:;..i~w.~:!l~~:Y.!l~,y~h~irassign~ents.The 8.S.,;g. . Delaware left the followmg mornmg at

10:00 a.m.The investigations on board were set

up in several shifts of six hours each. "Ihad the 12 to 6 a.m. shift, also called the

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Peninsula in Quebec and plans to bike fragrances nature has to. offer, a Guess which one is the sophomore? The seniors in this picture are shown incross·country this s~mmer. When on refreshing, if occasional, reprIeve from the advanced stages of "Slumpo's Disease." This mysterious afflictiontour, his bicycling average is at least 75 being an observe~o~IYdthr~~~hthe con· claims most of the senior class around this time of year. (Photo by Jennymiles per day. fines of a four-wee e ve IC e. Taylor)

w~ailb~:t,~::Ofc~c~~a~tu:~~: ~Slumpo~s Disease~ Runs Rampant Through Hallsthroughout New England and 1400

miles in Illinois, Michigan, and Wis- effects. "But coach, it helps me relax," The disease has gotten way out ofhand,consin. For the trips, she works up to 20 By JACK LOW has been a popular excuse used by and I doubt there's a thing in the worldmiles a day preparing herself. What are "Chipper, what the heck has gotten many athletes during the past weeks of that can cure it. I'm starting to get it!the advantages over riding in a car? into you? You've been doodling on your diseased desperation. All I know is that I'm gonna get theGail says, "Tourists see the trees while desk, moaning and making disgusting Students may be taking this ailment heck outa here and head up to Mountthe bikers see the leaves." noises all period long. You haven't done sitting down, but teachers sure aren't. Airy Lodge for a few weekends in the

Rebecca Strominger, girls' physical one constructive thing! Why, you used The faculty, in an attempt to ac· great outdoors."education coach, takes to her bike to be an "A" student, and now you just complish "slump withdrawal;' plans to At the moment there seems to be a"whenever the spirit moves me." She sit there like an Oreo cookie with its fill· confiscate all fris hees, walk softly and general agreement that Slumpo'shas traveled through Martha's ing gone! Chipper? CHIPPER are you carry a big yardstick, and put any disease is without a cure. It growsVineyard and Nantucket, and can be listening to me?" student's hand in warm water if he freely, on or in any book, brain, or clas-seen riding around the Ridgefield area. Wnat seems to be the problem with thinks he can get away with a nap in sroom. It is here to stay for awhile, soShe bikes for the scenery and enjoys Chipper? Is he on drugs? Did his class. Not all teachers are confident in the best thing one can do is to take somesharing her cycling with other people. hamster jvst die? Has he been turned the disease withdrawal plan. One traditional cure-all advice: drink plenty

Betsy Seel, student, can be seen down for a better summer job? His teacher commented, "It happened offluids,getplentyofrestandplentyofalmost any day pulling up in front of teacher, Miss Perkinson, is baffled. But vears before. and it will happen again.. sunshine. ~

she shouldn't be. The only thing 1-------------------------------rChipper is suffering from is a mild case I Iof senior slump(al1d~aybeil1digesQon I Ifrom the Neirad bake sale). Chipper is I ,not alone in the wake of this nasty I Come in soon anddisease. I browse through the

As a matter of fact, he has the whole ~ latest In Springsenior class of '77 following in his infec· I menswear. All ourtious footsteps. The few health· ~ merchandise Is firstconscious students are asking,"What I ~ Quality, but our pricescauses this debilitating disease?" Well, I are 20%, 30% andanumber of causes have been isolated. I. MORE BELOW RETAIL!Some of these include overdoses of I ~quadratic equations, Mr. Burwell and I •physical contact with gum deposits I runder desk tops. I ~,

The disease, clinically known as I ~ ,."Slumpo's Disease, l' is running ram· I ~~~(j~pant through DHS classrooms and is ~ \'spreading into students' homes. The Aeffects of this strain ofdisease are fatal. (J..VHorrible habits like laughing away ..,homework assignments, burping at A' ..Ireport cards and giving the raspberry n0'ffto administrators are common \I;symptoms in the afflicted. The victimssometimes wander off school grounds,seeking healthful refuge (without pres·cription) at golf courses, beaches andBette's Luncheonette. Slumpo's diseasetends to make its victims drink plentyof fluids, a habit usually endorsed astreatment, but in this case, only makesthe health-conscious unconscious.

At least half of the senior class hasfelt the plaguing effects of this disease,and at least one fourth don't even care.Ronald Dupo, well·liked member of theclass, confessed, "I don't give a hoot inhell about my grades. I'm into college,and all that bunk aboutcollegesretrac·ting admissions is a lot of mule poop!"The disease doesn't seem to be stuntinghis growth. Ronald will be attendingHiawatha University in the fall if allgoes well.

One reason Siumpo's disease is thliv·ing may be due to its presence in theheat of spring and of course, springfever. "Senior slump" coupled with spr·ing fever can cause some very perverse

Pare 5

Amy Pollard, the other co-eaptain, saysthe team is really workinl{ tOl{ether this.year. According to Miss Pollard, theoutfield has learned to call balls andone hears "I got it," and not "Who's gotit?" The infield is well co-ordinated

, with the outfield, always ready for thethrow back to the bases.

The returning juniors and seniors,Cyndi Bonanno at shortstop position,Jinsey Dauk at first base, CarolineMacKenna at second base, and KathyDeegan at third, make up this year's"really good infield."

Miss Pollard lauded Cynd,i Bonannoas an excellent, serious, hard-workingplayer, hoping to make the all-countyteam and as an asset to the DHS team.She ~lso felt that Cindy Davis' pitchingis going to be a major contribution tothe girls' victories.

As promising sophomores the cap-tains mentioned Mary Matayer, andMary Cavanaugh, both outfielders,and Debbie Duffman, a catcher.

Miss Pollard mentioned stricterattendance policies, more in-dividualized practices, a lot of naturaltalent, experience, and spirit asprobable aids to this year's win·lossrecord.

a hard day at schoolStop by afterat your-

By PHILIPPA BOWLEY

Softball Scrimmage PresagesSuccessful Season For Girls

said, "but not enough boats." He hopesthat the team will acquire some Lasersto race in, though they will probablypractice in Sunfish.

John Shutts pointed out that otherschools have their own fleets with theirown docking place.

The DHS Sailing Team's boats areprivately owned and must be broughtdown to the beach for each practice.Frank Hammel is trying to persuadethe Park and Recreation Committee tolet the team use a little strip of beachowned by the town which is locatedbetween Weed Beach and Noroton Bay.

Co-captains Amy Pollard and Cindy Davis pose before their first ,ame ofthe season, against We8thill. Even though they did not win, Amy saidafterwards, "The team did very well. Westhill is just a very experiencedteam." (photo by Polly Emmons)

By CRAIC SINCLAIR andJEAN!'.~MUELLER

In the past few years, sailing atDarien High has not been veryorganized, but this season it lookshealthy. Frank Hammel, John Shuttsand Dave Hill are putting togetherwhat seems to be a strong team.

It's a good thing that the captains areorganizing the team, because it will not,and never has, had a full-fledged coach.However, they will have an advisor,John Black Lee, who not only designedthe Super-Sunfish, but is also anational champion in that class.

Besides possessing a skilled and well·informed sailorfor an advisor, the teamis also blessed with some exceptionaltalent. Doug Graham, Virgin Islesrepresentative in the Olympics lastsummer, will be a bulwark for the team.

"We have enough people," Dave Hill

number one player and· captain-to-bechose to attend private school this year.

In spite of the loss of many fineplayers, the future of the team iscertainly not bleak. A welcome surpriseto the team, sophomore Terry Fogarty,has emerged as the team's #1 singlesplayer. Barb Hunter, who was on lastyear's team, is presently holding downthe #2 position.

Leading the team this year, single-handedly, is Captain Bebe Herbert.Bebe believes that this year's team is astrong one, and she commented, "Wehave no super-star this year as we havehad in the past, but this year's team hasgood depth. We have a good chance ofwinning the division title."

Coach Rebecca Strominger agreeswith Bebe and says that the teamshould be a strong contender for thedivisional title if the' team does notbecome over-confident. "We haq manyclose matches last year, and we had towork for our victories. I'm hoping thisyear's team won't forget that."

Ms. Strominger went on to explainthat the team's real strength lay in thedoubles pairs. Bebe and NancySpellbrink are the #1 doubles pair, butpositions 2-5 on the ladder are votatile.At this time, Christy Beckwith andJoan Morgan are in the #2 position;Ginny Brown and Andrea Krieda arethird, Stacey Lavender and EveWalworth are fourth, and Amy Cannonand Brook Dillon are fifth. Ms.Strominger says that the doubles pairsare evenly matched up to positiontwelve. "I anticipate a lot of juggling ofpositions' on the doubles ladder."

New Canaan's batting was fruitlessagainst the ruthless DHS girls' softballteam as they failed to get on base in thefirst three innings of the scrimmagelast Thursday, April 7. "From the looksof that scrimmage we're going to do alot better than last year," said CindyDavis, a co-eaptain.

Westhill, the team's first competitor,is tough, but the DHS girls did wellagainst them ll;lst year and hopedtomake the ~ame this year's first win.

Sailing Team Captains Set Season's Course

Rackettes Rally For WinsApril 22, 1977

Ever since the first signs of springappeared, the DHS girls' tennis teamhas been conditioning and practicingfor their up-coming season. The girlsare striving to maintain their excellentrecord of last year. At the end of lastseason, the team posted a 12-2 record,losing only to the Greenwich team. Inaddition to their fine record, the girlsalso succeeded in winning the EasternDivision title.

However, many of last year's top-seeded players, competing both insingles and doubles matches,graduated last June. This year's team'shopes were further dimmed when their

Tracksters BreakSchool Records

By LESLIE EVANS

By JEANNE MUELLER

Should you know any DHStracksterettes, keep your albums awayfrom them, because they like to breakrecords.

Even though the season has onlybegun, the girls' track team has alreadytaken its aggressions out on schoolrecords and broken some of them. Thegirls set new records during their firstthree meets, in which they defeatedWesthill, the county champs, Rip-powam, and St. Marys.

School records, however, aren't theonly thing they've broken. While run-ning off with the first place trophy atthe annual James O'Neil Relay Races

"""",,·,"'on April 9;-' the' tracksterettes also swept, away some meet records.

Tn-captain Lynne Ellison outdid herSO-yard hurdle school record ofyesteryear by .1 of a second, while BethBurlingame out-heaved the old shot-putrecord. Sophomore sprinter MandySutherland broke the 220 record with a27.5 and Tri-eaptain Joan Corsiglia seta new two-mile time which is more thana minute faster than the old one. The440 relay of Mandy Sutherland, JulieLindenberg, Sue Gay, and LaurieFumega, all sophomores, broke boththe school and the James O'Neil RelayRaces records. A medley run bysophomore Karen Deegan, MandySutherland, Sue Gay, and JoanCorsiglia also mad~ a record at JamesO'Neil. '

Many of these record-breakers aresophomores who have come up from thenewly developed junior high programs.Others have had a few years experienceat high school track. In total, the teamconsists of 60 members.

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with my all-around score, because it ,was six points better than my previousbest." Moltz's top all-around totalbefore the NBI meet was 36 points inthe FCIAC Championships inNovember.

One of the most dedicated athletes inDarien, Clay works out for three hoursevery day (excluding Sundays) all yearround. He is presently training for theU.S. Gymnastics Federation JuniorNationals, which will begin on July 16in Boulder, Colorado. Moltz will beteaming with Mark Rosenberg ofStarn-ford and Dave Martinelli of Greenwichin Colorado, as he did in Philadelphia."This meet will be even tougher [thanthe NEI]," Clay related on the subject ofthe Junior Nationals, "because we haveto score eightypoirits '[total in com-pulsory and' optional routines] toqualify. Because we have to qualify,"he continued, "it will be an even highercaliber meet." Clay will attempt toqualify at a regional meet at WestPointin June.

During the Blue Wave gymnasticsseason, Moltz won the Fairfield Countyall-around title, and was runner-up inthree events in the State Cham-pionships, as well as in the all-around.Coach Isidore' Battino will be attempt-ing to guide Clay and his othergymnasts to a third straight statechampionship this fall. Clay will be co-captain along with John Reichart.Vinny Pozzuoli, a nationally certifiedjudge and an assistant coach atSouthern Connecticut State Colli!ge(which finished third in the recentNCAA gymnastics championships), isMoltz's coach from December to·August.

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Point. The boys:team didn't do quite sowell as the girls (who won), but they didfinish with a respectable sixth place.Ed Cooke commented on the meet, "Wedidn't win but we sure had class. Wehad beach chairs, a hibachi, and plentyof food and drink....All in all we didwell considering that not the wholeteam was there and even some whowere, weren't."

Co-eaptain Justin Vorwerk said ofthis year's team, "We have a lot oftalent and should be one of the topteams in the east in the FCIAC. Theteam lacks depth, as shown againstWesthill, but we should have it alltogether in time for the counties andstates."

Neirad.

By BOB FERGUSON

DHS junior gymnast Clay Moltzhighlighted his young career Saturday,April 9, as he won the still ringscompetition at the National Boys' In-vitational Gymnastic Meet inPhiladelphia.

Competing for the New CanaanYMCA, Moltz scored a 7.95 on the ringsto defeat over 175 other gymnasts towin the title in the 15-18-year-old agegroup. Clay also accumulated 42.3points· in the six event all-aroundcompetition, which was good enoughfor seventh place.

"We didn't know until the banquet[which was held after the meet, andwhere the awards were presented] theother gymnasts' scores, so I had no ideaof where I stood," Clay commented inreferenlte to hisvictObr. Moltz:sl:llcl'tl;J.athe was "stunned" when it was'" an-nounced that he had taken first place.Clay also stated, "I was very pleased

Mixed Results For Cindermen

Opening day for the Wavers occurredat New Canaan's Mead Park on April11 and was 3 happy start for the teamas they edged the Rams, 4-2. Thoughthree of the runs came as direct resultsof some kindly assists from the NewCanaan infield, the pitchingperformances of Ike Coutermash andRandy Rosic made the game a verypositive one for Darien.

Coutermash pitched a strong six in-nings, giving up only two hits and oneunearned run. When he tired in theseventh, and gave up two straightsingles, ,Coach Nelson called on hisfireman, Randy Rosic. The sophomoreshowed exemplary poise by getting theside out safely and saving the win.

The only RBI hit for Darien was alo'ng single by John Kratky. The BlueWave's first run came on adouble stealand the last two came as a result of adouble error by a shaky secondbaseman.

will provide some experience up themiddle, as they anchor second base andshortstop respectively. Craig Hufnagelwill be the third baseman.

Captain Bill Waters returns his fleetfeet and hot bat to centerfield. Bill hit.333 for last year's club and his speed isa definite asset both defensively and onthe basepaths. Juniors Brad Scholtzand Jim Yarish appear to have the in~side track on the other outfield jobs.

Coach Nelson commented ·that "Ihave faith in the pOtential that wehave. I'm not optimistic nor pes-simistic. Ifwe make winning importantto us I think we can beat anybody onany given day."

"We don't have a great deal ofvarsityexperience," said Captain Bill Waters,"but the talent is there. I think we'vegot a shot at the counties."

The DHS track team opened itsregular season with a victory over Rip-powam and a loss to Westhill, on Thurs-day April 7, in frosty winds at the DHStrack.

Lack of depth was a problem as theWavers took first in nine events but hadtrouble accumulating other places.

The running events are Darien'sstrength. The runners took six firsts inthe running events including PatJackson in themile, sophomore JimSatterly in the 330 intermediatehurdles, Matt Maley in the 220 and 440,Justin Vorwerk in the 880, and the milerelay team of Ed Cooke, Regg Jones,Jim Satterly and Matt Maley.

In the field events for DHS, RhettDrugge won the discus, Jim Satterlywon the triple jump and Tom Lechakjumped six feet to win the high jump.

On Saturday, April 9, the boYR',andgirls'track teams travelled to the fifthannual James O'Neil Relays near West

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DHS gymnast Anthony DiRilvestroperforming during the recentbenefit exhibition staged to helppay for an operation for JenniferKindilien, a physically han-dicapped child. (Photo by RichardFerris)

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By DAVID BAUDER

Pitching is the key element in thesuccess of many a baseball team. In thecase of the DHS mittmen, the uncertainaspect of the pitching staffmakes it dif-ficult to forecast whether or not they.will accomplish their goal ofimprovingon last year's 12-8 record.

"It's difficult to be confident whenyour pitching isn't proven," said CoachGeorge Nelson, entering his fifteenthyear at the helm. "By the time we getthrough the first five or six games we'llhave a better idea of our outlook."

Ike Coutermash is the only hurlerwith varsity experience, and he is ex-pected t6 lead the staff. "Ike's notoverpowering, but he keeps the ball lowand gets it over the plate," said CoachNelson. Seniors Doug Simpson, ChrisSpurlock and junior Brooke Strykerwill also test their arms. Sophomorerandy Rosic is the number one reliefpit-cher.

Greg Dorrell and John Kratky willsplit the duty behind the plate, andRandy Starr will be at first base.Seniors Peter Stanton aJ;ld Mike Barrett