The ~GoodOle Days' ReturnFor The D.H.S. Homecoming

America Borrows English Brains;

IBritish Teacher Comes to DHS, Dearborn High students are well- He chose to come to the Unitedaccustomed to exchange students, States, because as he said, "it's anbut this year we not only have ex- Important country, and he's beenchange students, but an exchange looking forward to spending some

Iteacher as well. ,time here to observe people; cus-, He Is' Mr. Roger Evans, from toms, and generally, everything."Great Britain. Mr. Evans teaches He said many Americans have pre-geography in Room B-9. conceived ideas about Europeans,

}.fr. Evans came to this country be they true or false just as manyinexchange for Mr. Robert Rials Europeans ?ave the same t,ype ofwhois now teaching in Great Britain. stereotyped Ideas about AmerIcans.

He's also had to adjust to theAmerican way of teaching, wherethere is more paperwork than inEurope. Even the weather has madehim alert to the fact that he's In aforeign country, because the averagesummer day where he comes fromIs In the mid-sixties.

Mr. Evans' stay In the UnitedStates should be an education, notonly for his students, but also forhim.

a leave of absence last year to teacnin the Eng1ish department. '

Mrs. Koehler IS exemplary of :i.

transferred Low r e y teacher, Shehas taught English and Latin at Low­rey for twelve years, andbeforj:! thattaught mathematics at Dearborn Highfor five years .. '

Business education has, received'two new teachers 10 aid in the instruc­'tion of typing, shorthand, and book­keeping. They are Mr. GeorgeChodoroffand Mrs. Annette Burton.Mrs. Burton taught business educa­tion at Lowrey for three years, andis very pleased with the students andresponse she has received at Dear­born High.

The science department has a newteacher from Western High School,Detroit. Mr. Daniel Poirier taughtbiology three years at Western be­fore coming to Dearborn to aid In theInstruction of conservation and Nat­ural Science n.

The social studies department hasan exchange teacher from GreatBritain. Mr. Roger Evans shouldprove to be a very interesting teach­er to his students.

Q{hernew statfmembers and theirdepartments are Mr. Corneliusde stigter, government; Mr. FrankKowal, e 1e ct roni c s; Mrs. JudyNorback, girl's physical education;Mr. Ronald Oswalt, auto shop; andMrs. Ann Bayer, who is the new of­fice secretary.

,pected.

"However," Mr. Challis continues,"the enrollment will go down, even-,tually. Therefore we willnot buildon additional classrooms."

The decision to supplement ourclassrooms with temporary ones wasthe SChool Board's. Thereasons forit being: (1) the need is now and (2)it would be unnecessary building toadd on an addltional wing.

These clas,srooms are only'temporary. T h e_y will b~replaced

soon by more permanent classrooms;These new ones will have a centralconnecting corridor and carpeting;

THE STEPS OF one portable classroom arestudents relax. '

Portable Classrooms Temporary;More Permanent Trailers to Come

Many and' Varied 'PersonalitiesAdded to Stafl as New Teachers

This year, sophomores weren't theionly ones searching to find class­rooms. Students who were to reportto "G Hall" were subject to confusion,as it is located on the blacktop behindthe Gym. GHall consists off our tem­po r a r y classrooms--trailer_ likeunits which hold 32 pupils apiece.

Manv know the trailers are there,'but how many know why'? DearbornHigh was crowded last year. Whydidn't we anti cipate the overflow andbuild on? Mr. Dean Challis assist-:ant principal explains, "We have arioverflow of students this year, aswell as last. This year's high enrol­lment, over lj}OOstudents, was ex-

Dearborn High, a s all Dearborn'schools, has its share of new teach­ers every year. This year, with theclose of Lowrey School, many teach­e r s have transferred to DHS; ac­counting for the unusually high num­ber of 16 new teachers in our build­ing.

The English department has a c­quired the greatest number of new,tea c her s . The six new 'Englishtea c'h e r s are Mrs. Eileen Fogle,Mrs. Amanda Koehler, Mr. TedLowrey, Mrs. Claudia Nickel, Mr.G e n e Snell, and Mr. R i c h a r dShepherd.

Mr. Shepher,d has returned from

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Volume 52

September 19, 1969

Redwood Room will be transformedinto the happy atmosphere of the GayNineties. Thethemeis "Let Me CallYou Sweetheart". The highlight of theevening will be the procession of theQueen, her court and their escourtsthrough the bandstand.

Entertainment will be provided bythe Dearborn High Barbershop Quar­tet, with Jon Taub, Jerry Shader andAndy Kokas, seniors, and Jim Jacob,sophomore.

Root beer and ice cream will beserved in the "good ole" teachers'cafeteria, which will be convertedInto a general store for the evening.

Favors will be presented to eachcouple at the door. Tickets will be$3.50 per couple and will be on salebefore and after school.

COMPARING NOTES ARE Mr. Gene Snell and Mrs. Eileen Fogle. Bothare new teachers in our English department from Lowrey.

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Yearbooks are now on sale for $4.

Dearborn High School

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" Sernorswho want to be pictured Inthe 1970 PIONEER should make an 'appointment with a photographer im­mediately.

fO\ • ReeooipU& Sez:

Mrs. Claudia Nickel and her deba­ters will compete in the Early Bird

fournament on Sept. 20.

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I In addition to the new teachers we/Welcome Mrs. Edna Burkhart, the:newschool nurse

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I Activity tickets a';e still on sale for

l$4. +This is your last chance to work

n the 1969 Homecoming floats! Se­~iors at Lynn Clark's house, 411'Golfcrest. The junior float is con­structed at Darcy Dean's, 23601Rowe. Dave Bellville, 610 S. Lafay­ette, is the host for the AFS float.

Whowillbe DHS's 1969 Homecom'-Ing Queen?

I This question has been debated and, will be answered, at the Homecominggame against the Wayne ZebrasSept. 26.

Nominees for Homecoming Queenare Sue Beers, Carol"nCronk, DianeFellows, Maryann Fleming, Kati e

. Flynn, Jan Gaiefsky, Laura Haas,Linda Horvat, Michelle Magon, and

, Suzie Pond, all seniors.During halftime the display and the

judging of the floats will take p1ace,lollowed by the announcement and thecrowning 0 f the 1969 Homecoming'Queen. The traditional kiss will bepre i;e n t e d by the Student CouncilPresident; Andy Kokas.

That evening from 8:30 to tl:30 the

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SIRS Oilers Opportunity to Ex-pound,· :E~~~Students \loice Opinions and Grievances~~:n~t~

, royal clIf there is any wonder about the Court and Semor Council mem.bers will onl

circular sign In the lunchroom, It and make necessary changes In the mother:ends now. school constitution. As A;

The word SIRS actually stands for There are many other ideas thalf B

a new organization at Dearborn ~a~ ?e/nclud~d defending upon stu -ar;r~seJIIIgh--Students For Ir~lating Re- erht~ fg~~det~/~r~R}ark Jansma. Tuplim,form In School. Membership Is president, Jerry Shader, marshal that Luropen to allmterested DHS students, (v Ice _pre sid e n t ), Doug Reith, In 10 v,

~he c~ub IS destgned to hearthe secretary, and Jon Taub, seniolAnnabegrlCvances of the entire student body class representative. all seniors. vent th,in meet Ings every two weeks. To join contact Secretary Dougfor It IIThrough SIRS, suggestions would be Reith. ' meet.made to the Student Council. It is ------- Meam

hoped that all will come to a better Southgate Defeated-share0understanding with the faculty and 'tish an

administration. Bentley Next Vidim the KitAmong SIRS purposes are: Thiang,"To find the true opinions and de- , ,to spealsires of the student bodv and com- . Brawny Brian Walsh, semor half'what tomunicate them to the Student Council, back, spearheaded the PIOneer ass'otherwitfaculty and administration. ault agamstSouthgateSaturday withe will II- To attempt to improve the effect- two decisive touchdowns in the vic-Anna th,iveness of the Student Government torlous 26-12 contest. British Iby cOflstructive criticism. As team captain, senior Mike Wa-:>arian.- To imorm the student body abOHt chowski put It, "There were indivilb a sedany sit u a t ions, conditions, 01 uals standouts such as Walsh and JaIJresent,policies of the Student Government Lorente who gamed 147 yards for \dInner.faculty, or administration that ar~ including a TO. But it was a grea Lun TIworthy of praise or change and to team effort with everybody tough al111edtatl~urf.(e them to act accordinf.(ly. not ever quitting. We really rallieNhen th,"To arouse student Interest In the in the third quarter with three scorw be wiidea of having their school and admin- after a rather slow first half. " Jead.istration work to benefit the students The second half surge was spark T,heKias they should. ed with a touchdown pass from sencldent

SIRS principal goals range from nior quarterback Al Jones to juni<eave SI:developing asuitable honor code for Bryan Lowry . .The n1'DHS to setting up an improved elec- The highlight of Dearborn's contronlcs class. quest was Brian Wa Is h' s 37-yar

SIRS would like to change the cur- g a II 0 p to the goal line in the thirrent method of selecting Supreme quarter which wound up the "Orang

P d u S G [A . and Black" attack.ropose rlOnOr ysteln asps Jor 11'; Asked about this year's chances <repeating as City and League Champ The

A. p" /A . rr p I pi Al Jones said "I think the team :heerle:SSlstant r/nclpa nXlOUSlO usn Ian strong and m'goodshapethls yearOr theIf a stuaent was caught skipping so we're very optlmlStic about t/IIorrow

class he would be removed from the season. But we can't a if 0 r d to I, . , , over-confident. " Oaklar

hst ana would have t,o Walt till the This afternoon the Pioneers far IInext committee meeting to reapply , - 0 e g

t' Livonia Bentley at home In a revenpchool sfor accep IOn. matchtomakeamendsforlastyear'rom 8':

Wit n an honor pass hall passes loss. "This game is a crucial onejents I'nwould not I>eneeded, Teachers also Head Coach Dave Frye commentec:ounsel,WOUldnolneed to give passes to stu- "A win would give us momentum illdents going to the library. get us ready for league competitioI The AI

Mr. McLennan has had few com- But we'll need all the support we c~trickenments on the system but the com- get. " ~rea t ements made 10 :lilll so far have been The Observer picks Dearborn petroit ]guud. seven over Bentley. Let's hope sifear!

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DHS' long-awaited, much-publi­cized honor system is drawing closerto reality.

Ass i s tan t P r in c i p a I ThomasMCLenU",ubelieves the majority ofthe students at DHS do not need to beconstantly wat ched.

Students interested in being on thehonor list would submit an applica­tion to a committee of six studentsand six tea c her s for review. Thesignatures of all tea c hers on thestudents' schedule would accompanythe appli catiun,

Capping off thei r fi rst school day,our new foreign exchange studentsattended an informal party held atthe home of Liz Moore, senior,

Carlos,. Sheenagh, and their Amer­ican brother and sister joined AFSPresident Gwen Rowe, senior; Vice­l>resident Dave Bellville, s en i 0 r;S e c r eta r y Anne Huston, senior;Treasurer Denise De Wulf, junior;and Hostess Liz Moore to get betteracquainted Wednesday afternoon,

Carlos and Sheenagh didn't get achance to demonstrate their "inginga b i lit i e s, but they were taught tomake tissue f lower s for the AFShomecoming float.

The float, featuring the exchangestudents and a globe of the world, isbe in g financially supported by thesuccessful Sept. 6 car wash.

The exchange students discussedtheir countries, school, and exper­iences they've had since a r r i v i n ghere.

AFS President Gwen Rowe hopesevery student will get to know Carlosand Sheenagh and WIll help to maketheir year here a once-in-a-lifetimeexperience.

Let's 'Walk, Talk, Sing Together'With Australian, Brazilian Students

Smith Captures Tille;Leads City to Crown

"Patience and the ability to forcehis opponent to make mistakeS;"lshow Coach Tom Muldowney describ­ed the ten n i s play of Brian Smith,senior.

This past summer Brian partici-patea 111 vatJous tennis tournamentsthroughout the Detroit MetropolitanArea. His record was unmarred ashe helped Dearborn's Recreation De­partment capture the state team titleat Det roit.

He qualified for the s ta t e com­petition by winning two recreationaltournaments in Dearborn. Prior totbe s tat e meet he par tic ipated in aDownriver Dearborn tournament,and Gar den C it Y and Allen ParkOpens. Smith then representedDearborn in Detroit w her e he wasvictorious in state competition.

"Smitty has excellent potentiai andhas made continuous improvementsince he came to Dearbol"O'!High, "said Coach Muldowney. Brian helpedDHS capture the regional title lastspring and his play should rank himhigh in the state this year.

Commenllnf: on IllS honors afteroniv two yea,,, uf tennis experienceBrianslated, "! fee! mv willin~nesstu learn and lilY liard work at Ill',weaknesses arc 01 ': aS~H': s ..

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Dearborn Hi g h has only two ex­change students this year as compar­ed with last years' four, This is dueto a lack of willingness on the partofDHS families to open their homesto these students, according to Pres­ident Gwen Rowe.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is the homeof Carlos Malan, presently 11vi n gwith junior Bill Waas and his family.

Sheenagh Bur g e s s, staying withjunior Ann Spie I man and family,comes from Sydney, Australia.

by Liz £lwart

Educators now are evaluating present day scheduling to consider contem­porary needs and goals. Our present day scheduling is based on our agri­cultural beginnings. When America was young its economy revolved most­ly around the famlly farm. School children were necessarily dismisslllfrom school when they were needed to heip with the crops.

Today this is no ionger true. But nationwide, school is still suspendedfor this period in the summer.

Educators, particularly those in Atlanta, Ga. have wondered if more flex­ible vacations would be more reasonable. Atlanta school planners have i­nitiated a program in which the school year is divided into four quarters.This means that a family could take a vacation in the spring, autumn, or win­ter if they wanted.

The problem of overcrowded classrooms is also solved when enrollmentis extended over four months instead of the usual school year. Many teach­ers who need and want full- ti~e employment are happy to work four quarters.Others can elect to work only the usual school year.

from the student's point of view, the Jllower learning .students coul<l !inisl!school on schedule by going the full four quarters. The four-quarter schoolyear also enables brighter students to finish earlier, leaving time for highereducation.

School planners could also foresee families with working mothers wouldbe saved the expense of summer time "childsitters"--a factor that was cn •.cial to poorer families.

In view of all of the advantages to the lour-quarter school, it seems illo­gical to keep our school idle for three months of the year.

If a 12-month school year was initiated both schools and students couldwork most efficiently.

Should Twelve-Month

Be Adopted in Our

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