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stants were present.Margaret pIa c e d fourth and won

honorable mention in her category,while Dan received standings in thetop 53 in his class.

This convention showed DECA tobethe largest youth-oriented club inArne ri c a run exclusively by highschool and college youth.

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Junior Prom theme

Phi Beta Kappapays tribute to 47

James Taylor's "Walking Down aCountry Road, " will be the theme ofthis year's Junior Prom. It will beplayed by Salmungundi, a seven­piece band from Ann Arbor.

The dance will be next Friday,May 14, from 8:30 to 11p. m. withthe Redwood Room as the site of theCountry Road.

Car wl\1ihes and bake sales have

served as fund-i'aising for the JuniorProm.

"We had a very successful year inraising funds. The Junior Promshould climax this fun year and be abig success," said Steve Rupe, Jun­ior Class President, summing upthe year so far.

Semi-formal has been the dress inthe past and will be the same thisyear. Flowers may be worn, but nocolors have been specified. Ticketsare $3. 50 and went on sale this weekbefore and after school.

A number of DHS students wU! behonored the Phi Bela Kappa awardsn ext Thursday evening in the Fordauditorium.

Fourty-seven seniors wit h a 3.6average or better we r e eligible tobecome members, and we regiveninvitations to receive this award.

With registration still go in g on,more than 30 students have alreadysigned up to attend this convocation.

The award is presented bytneAss­oc iation of Phi Beta Kappa of Detroit,consisting of thos e who graduatedwith a 3.6 or better from their col­lege.

Robben W. Fleming, President ofthe University of Michigan, wU! bethe speaker of the evening •

Music w ill be pro v ide d by theWayne Slate University Concert Bandunder the direction of Mr. HaroldArnoId1.

Dearborn, Michigan

THEOBSERVER

Take national honors

Dearborn High School

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DECA travels to Texas finalsSan Antonio, Texas, may sound like

an excellent Easte r vacation site, butthis was not the purpose for the April16to 21visit by DECA members Mar­garet Ridgely ana Dan Richardson,seniors, and Mr. George Chodoroff,retailing teacher. The DECA nation­al finals were held in San Antonio andtwo Michigan finalistsuMargaret,competing in salesmanship, and Dan,competing in marketing researchuWf'rf' in attendance.

Both DHS students received firstplace awards in the Michigan finalson March 15 and 16. The nationalfinals included representatives from50 states and three possessions. Atotal of 4,800 delegates and contes-

Fair Lane is also the host of otheractivities besides conferences. Eachsummer there is the Fair Lane Fes­tival that presents open-air concertsin the meadow.

On May 7 and 8 Dearborn's Uni­versity of Michigan will present theThird Annual Dearborn CommunityArts Festival, "Evenings at FairLane." Tickets are $5 for adultsand $2 for students under 21. Thesetickets are good for the completeweekend.

Festival activities begin at 7:30p. m. on Friday and last until II p. m.Tours will be held Saturday after­noon from 1:30 to 5 with more ses­sions beginning at 7:30 and contin­uing until II

In MemoriamMr. Sirak Essayan, 48, died of a

heart attack May 1. Funeral serviceswere held Tuesday morning at theSalowich and Stevens Funeral Homeand the St. Sarkis Church.

Mr. Essayan came to this countryfrom Egypt on a visit as a student atWayne State University. While here,he married and decided to stay. Heis survived by his wife, Reggie, andhis 7-year-old son, Steven.

He began teaching in the DearbornPublic Schools as an elementaryFrench instructor on television andcame to DHS as a social studies'teacher in 1963.

Mr. Essayan spoke a number oflanguages fluently and spent sum­mers guiding students on tours ofEurope.

club or organization. The Assemblywill also meet to debate any crucialor emergency measures that arise.

If the pending Student Coalition isapproved, it will go into effect nextyear. In the meantime, students maycomment on it by placing their sug­gestions in "Th/! Box. "

Senior Mike Kirk, Student CouncilPresident, expressed much opti­mism for the proposed system. Hesaid, "I think it's a great way forstudents to participate in studentgovernment without having to gothrough the elective process."

barns, a pigeon cote and a tree house.There were also two root cellars andsix major gardens.

Today, in addition to the home andgardens, oniythe four servants' cot­tages remain.

In 1956, the University of Michiganrecei ved a gift of 210ac res of landwhich included the Fair Lane man­sion and gardens from the Ford Mo­tor Company. Of this 210 acres, 70consist of Fair Lane's grounds, gar­dens and landscaping.

Fair Lane ~on1erence Center wasestablished and is maintained todayas a place where groups of people canreceive privacy to discuss and puttheir ideas together.

A SESSION OF the Constitutional Convention composed of Student Councllmembers and the student body resulted in the abolishment of the Council.

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Fair Lane mansion to host third annual art festivalProbably the last thingHenrv Ford

ex p e c t e d was that 0 n e day his$2,000,000 mansion would serve asa conference center for the Univer­sity of Michigan's DearbornCampuF.

Construction of Fair Lane beganin 1914and was completed in 19 15 .The exterior is a modified Englishdesign, construct ed of Indiana lime­stone •.

There are 56 roo m s in the threestory house, which include 15 baths,eight fireplaces. eight bedrooms. aswimming pool. and a bowlinl! alley.

1n addition tot h e mansion on the2.000-ac re estaie there included apowerhouse, four servants' cottages,

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!Student Coalition formed! StudentCouncil abolished!

Last Thursday, Friday, and Sat­urday this drastic change was pro­posed when members of the StudentCouncil and student body met at aConstitutional Convention. The orig­inal purpose of the Convention wasto rewrite the present Council Con­stitution. However, after much de­bate and argument, an entirely ne'"system of student government devel­oped. The Student Coalition, as it iscalled, will now be submitted to theentire Student Council for approval.

The Coalition consists of an Ex­ecutive Board of four officers fromeach class and eight members elect­ed at large from any class. Theperson receiving a plurality in theat-large election will become theStudent Coalition President.Students not wishing to run for the

Executive Board may become mem­bers simply by participating in theStudent Con g res s - - a voluntarybranch of the Coalition. This bodywill meet at the Executive Board'srequest as often as necessary, butat least once a month. Any studentwho attends will become a member,and will have voting privileges on allmatters.

If Student Congress attendance ispoor, the reserve division for theCoalition will be summoned by the

Executive Board. This section, the

Assembly of Clubs, is made up ofone representative from each DHS

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In golfing action last Monday, DHSdefeated defending league c ha mpsYpsilanti 153-170, to establish them­selves as the early season favoriteto win the league title.

Senior Bill Hlntze led}he way withan evpn par 36~ SODhomores BruceSzopo and Pete Eddy, 38 and 39 re­~vely. aIaIg w1tb S e" lor JimJ ones at 40 atroites rounded off thewinning foursomb.

The golf team entered the city golftournament Monday as strong con­tenders to swipe the title from LI­vonia-Steven"OA.

The Dearborn High track team,who is defending regional, city, andleague championships, captured itssixth straight Heart Relay Title,while competing against ten area highschools. They outscored runner-upLivonia Franklin 53 1/2-39.

Dearborn seized five firsts andscored fourth or better in all elevenevents.

The trio of Steve Hicks, senior,Tom Keilman and Jeff Grau, juniors,set a new meet record in the highjump with a combined height of 17'3".

Seniors Tom Higgins, and GaryBlok (rated the fastest l80-yd. lowhurdle man in the state), along withJunior Mike Muldowney took first inthe long jump amassing a total of58'11".

The DHS 4-mile relay quartet ofSophomore Tony Costanzo and Jun­iors Rick Worth, Paul Krebsbach,and anchor man Duff Schad, over­came the frigid spring weather andgrasped a winning time of 19:13.

The 480-yd. shuttle hurdle relaywas mastered by the DHSfoursome ofSeniors Doug Dinkleman and Blok,and Juniors Jeff Jones and Dave "Ra­mie" Meisner (rated eleventh state­wide in the 120-yd. high hurdles),with a 58. 9 timing.

The distance medley relay was tak­en by a team of four Dearborn under­classmen. Juniors Gregg Davis andBrian Manspeaker combined effortswith Sophomores Howard Noland andPat McCaskey for a medal-winning11:18.8 clocking.

The 'Thinclad' overall record asof this meet Is 3-0 and the team un­der Coach Bob Bridges is sportingover 30 consecutive dual meet vic­tories.

Dearborn pairs: Seniors Kirk' Ham­mond, and Glen Swanson, Junior JimHoggatt and Senior B111Creek, andSeniors Tom Andrew and Tom Ker­ameris each outplayed their Ed s e 1opponents.

Coach Tom Muldowney has amas­sed an as ton ish in g record in hisseven years at the tennis helm. Histeams have captured six regionalcrowns, the lastfour in a row and asof the Edsel meet, the team has losta meager three times in 61 outings.

BY TOM "SCOOP" KALIS

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WHO WILL BE Kevan Morrow'snext vic tim? An International GrandMaster from some farawav l;yld ,orniaybe Just a s tudentfrom DHS. Ke­van is ready and wUling to'take youon!

The DHS net men gained their 35thconsecutive dual meet victory with a5-2 win over Edsel Ford last Monday

Senior Eric Ponds, and sophomoreDan Mur ray captured two sin g 1e svictories. In do ubi e s competition.DHS clinched three mat c h e s: The

The last week of April was a trYingtime forthe spring teams. But whenthe results were finaJ, Dearborn Highwas undefeated in all its sports forthe week including two wins over "youknow who" in baseball and tennis.

The baseball team jumped to a 3-2overall record by downing Edsel 6-3April 25. Edsel pushed across threeruns in the lfirst inning but then thetide changed. Dearborn came backin the bottom of the initial stanza ofthe game to score six times.

John Renko knocked in Tom"Bangy"Koenig, both juniors, forDearborn'sfirst run. Senior Jack Rankin andJunior Tom Kalis each batted in twoPioneer runs with a single and doublerespectively. Senior Ken Bohnen­stiehl got hold of a T-Bird offeringfor a triple to score another' run forthe orange 'n black.

After giving up three runs in thefirst inning, Bohnenstiehl held Edselto just three hits the remainder ofthe game, and struck out 12 oppos­ingbatters. Bohnenstiehl walked justthree batters in route to the team ISfirst league victory.

On the following Wednesday, thebaseball team took to the diamondonce again this time beating RedfordUnion 9-4.

Junior southpaw, John Renko wascredited wit h the win while fanningn i n e and allowing six walks in de­f i an c e of the cold, wet conditionswhich prevailed.

THE OBSERVER

Yugoslav too Impre ssive!

Soph chessman challenges champThe name Szetozar Gligoric may yo\:i'llfindhim running distance with

sound very impressive to most peo- the track team.pIe. Kevan Morrow didn't let this StODhim when he challenged the interna­tionally renowned chess champ re­cently. Kevan, a DHS sophomore,wasn't successful but says he didlearn a lot and would like anotherchance to play the champ.

Gligoric, a Yugoslav and an inter­national Grand Master (the secondhighest rank a chess player can begiven), played in an exhibition in Liv­onia. Sixty-five local chess buffschallenged the champ and three won.

"I've played justabOutall my life, "the blond soph says. ';Most 0' the­people I play with are older, but I dopretty good against them. "

In addition to his indoor sport, Ke­van keeps busy in the fall by runningwith the cross country team and now

men have to make the repairs at arisk of personal injury in the process.

Replying to the charges that otherschools haven't needed a new systemrecently, Mr. Johnson recalled thatEdsel Ford put a new filtering sys­tem in just a few years ago.

Meanwhile, Dearborn has still notreceived the new equipment, althoughthey have been requesting it for thepast six years.

Principal Len Mazur, who standsin the middle of this conllict, com-mented on the issue by saying, "Idon't care what any newspaper said.I think the students at DHS are notonly the cleanest, but also the verybest student body anywhere I"

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principal retorts 'cleanest ... best'"Extra dirty kids at Dearborn HS?"This was the headline of an article

published last week in a Dearbornpaper. The article went on to explainthat Dearborn High needs a new fil­tering system for its pool.

In the report by Mr. J. WayneStorms, assistantsuperintendentforbusiness and building services, heaccused Dearborn High students ofnot washing enough, saying, "Timesbeing what they are, students don'twash as often or don't want to washas often and there is a terrible taxon all our filtering equipment. "

Mr. Jack Johnson, Dearborn Highathletic director, claims this state­untrue. He believes DHS studentsare not dirtier than at any otherschool. Besides, he claims that "dirthas no effect on the filter. "

The real reason DHSneeds the newequipment, according to Mr. John­son, is the fact that the elements inthis system keep breaking down. Ev­'erytime it happens, the maintenance

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Church-state separation in jeopardy?BY LISA KEATHLEY

In those days a decree went out from Rome that "the direct interruptionofthe~enerativeprocess, even for therapeutic reasons, is to be absolutelyexcluded as :! licit means of regulating bi rth. "

Simply stated, this means that abortion is banned, under any circum­stances, to members of the Roman Catholic church.

The Pope, thusly, has placed a difficult position to those Catholics whooccupypublicoffice in this country where separation of church and state isconstitutionally guaranteed. They must choose between obligations to theirreligion and duties to their state.

The Michigan abortion reform bill, passed by the Senate on March n, 1971,is now languishing in the House Social Services Committee where six of itsnine members are believed to be opposed to the bill on religious grounds.House Speaker William Ryan, a Catholic, was requested to refer this pieceof legislation to the House Public Health Committee where it reportedlywould have had a better chance of reaching the fioor.

Does this make sense, then, Ryan.Lsputting the bill in a committee thatpresumably represents his personal views, and not those of the legislature?In addition, this action is not responsive to the peoples' wishes as, accord­ing to many surveys. a majority of citizens support abortion reform.

A religious group is free to characterize abortion as a sin, if it sees fit,and to punish its members for this by some appropriate ecclesiastIcal cen­sure if it wishes.

The rest of society, however, should enjoy the right to control their ownreproductive lives in accordance with their conception of morality and humandignity without interference from biased legislators.