The r1se Volume XIV Captain Shreve High School, Shreveport, October 14, 1983 Number 2

Senior Don Middleton and sophomores Jim Holland and Kim Howard find a little to joke at a rehearsal of Dark of the Moon, which continues tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $3.

'Dark of the Moon' opens at Shreve by Blake Kaplan Editor-in-chief

Broadway's Dark of the Moon, a fantasy play set in the Smoky Mountains, debuted on the Shreve stage last night for the first of a three-day run.

The story revolves around a 19-year-old country girl named Barbara Allen (Caron Reddy) who wants to marry a witch boy named John (Don Middleton). In order for the marriage to take place, John has to persuade the conjuar woman (Barbara Clark) to make him human . The conjuar woman agrees to John's request if Barbara Allen and he stay faithful to see each other for one year. As the towns-people become actively involved in their relationship, John and Barbara Allen struggle for their love.

The spine-chilling opening scene sets the stage for the

entire play . Against a light red sky, Rosemary Petty does silouted dances to organ music. Petty glides from platform to platform in perfect synchroni-zation with the melody and shows off her expert dancing ability. The play opens to the right of the main stage on a paper-mache mountain with John and the conjuar man and woman talking over the terms of their deal .

A definite asset to the play is director Maleda McKellar's carefully planned set. McKellar has divided the stage into three parts and each shows her great love of detail. Who else but McKellar would think of bring-ing actual trees into the audi-torium.

Dark of the Moon will con-tinue at 7:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow. Tickets are on sale for $3 each.

Mini-p o II __.;;.. _ _;...._..;...__~ MAD selects leadership team (Editor's note: 184 students responded to this issue's mini-poll.)

Do you think the U.S. Senate was justified in approving a national holiday in honor of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King?

Yes No 74% 26%

Do you think that Congress should establish a mm1mum number of years after a person has been dead before creating a national holiday in honor of the person? (Some congress-men have argued that a person should stand the test of history first.)

Yes No 49% 51%

President Reagan once proposed that a legal national holiday be established in honor of Abraham Lincoln . He stated that Lincoln was the person who actually started the Civil Rights movement rather than Martin Luther King . Do you think he is right?

Yes No 57% 43%

Shreve gets honor at Byrd C.E. Byrd High School re-

cently presented Principal Sandra McCalla with a plaque, congratulating Shreve for its recognition by President Ronald Reagan and the U.S. Education Department as a model of excellence.

The assembly to honor Shreve began at 8 :20a.m . on Oct. 25 in Byrd's auditorium. Shreve's band , the guest of Byrd's band, played the national

anthem, "Fire Bird," "You Are My Sunshine," and a drum solo, before the presentation.

Betty McNesse, Dr. B.L. Shaw and the entire Byrd stu-dent body attended the assemb-ly, and showed how much they enjoyed Shreve's band by giving several standing ovations . "I think it's a real honor and a major step forward between the two schools ," commented McCalla.

by linda Ledbetter Assistant Editor

. Four Shreve sophomores recognized as "solid students having a positive outlook on life," have been selected to serve on the leadership team of the youth wilderness program sponsored by Mothers Against Drugs (MAD), according to Judy Horne, senior counselor.

Ruthie Adams, Demmye Booras, Steven Booras and Ronald Davis, chosen by members of the faculty and ad-ministration at Shreve, will join sophomores from 10 other Caddo Parish high schools as group leaders for freshmen wanting to participate. in the drug-free program .

Participants will take back-packing trips throughout the

year to various regions of the United States, providing them the opportunity to have some "wholesome fun" in a drug-free, positive atmosphere, said Peter Bunce, executive director of MAD. During the trips, stu-dents will make video tapes to be used as drug prevention films depicting the drug-free environment and encouraging young people to get involved with the program .

In addition to serving as group leaders, the 44 sopho-mores, four from each school, will help in trip planning, orientating newcomers and assisting adult trip leaders, who will be parents and other members of the community . Freshmen wanting to be in-volved with the program must be

Roberts wins DAR-award Dalton Roberts was selected

as the recipient for the Good Citizen award sponsored by the Shreveport chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) on Nov. 2 before a Captain Shreve audi-ence.

DAR is a national organiza-tion based on leadership, ser-

Correction The Enterprise inadvertently omitted Edgar Wiley, the new chorus instructor, from a story about new teachers at Shreve in the October issue.

vice, dependability and pat-riotism. Each year,the organiza-tion selects a senior from each school it sponsors. Roberts will join other seniors selected by the DAR on Jan. 7 to take a test to compete for district, state and national awards. Joe N. Averett, publicity chairman of the Shreve-port chapter and co-chairman of DAR, presented the award.

City Councilman Bill Bush spoke to the assembly about what the ideal recipient should be: "A person who strives to do his best in school, gets involved in extra-curricular activities and takes pride in his school."

Roberts was named Outstand-ing sophomore, mayor of Girl 's

performing at their level of ability in school and presently be and make a commitment to be drug-free.

Bunce hopes to take three or four trips between now and January to the SmoKy Moun-tains ana me uuacn1ta Moun-tain Range. Future plans include several trips to the Teton Moun-tain Range in Wyoming.

The program, which does not yet have an official name, is a response to several requests by parents and young people desiring a drug-free environ-ment. Bunce, originator of the project, said, "I felt the need to begin some positive thinking for young people. " Cooperating with MAD is Richard Thompson, drug prevention coordinator of the Caddo Parish School System.

Dalton Roberts

State,and is editor of the year-book, vice-president of Z-Ciub and French Club, and a member of the National Honor Society.

2 Editorials-----~---

Legal killings wrong Did you know that the public op1n1on concerning the

death penalty is at its highest point in 28 years, according to a recent Gal lup pol l? President Reagan expresses regret at not having issued more executions while Governor of California. Since the Supreme Court allowed the death penalty all over again, more than 1,000 different citizens have been sentenced to death. "More executions are almost certainly on the way , " says Patricia Murray, death penalty coordi nator fo r Amnesty International.

Why is America so blood thirsty? Is it our age-old tendency ~ o point the finger the other way? Are we just trying to crack down on crime? Whatever the reason , capital punishment is wrong and no human being should be allowed to dictate the death of another.

Those who favor capital punishment argue that once a cr iminal sees h is buddies being knocked off, he will be less l ikely to go out and ki ll again . It is proven that executions have a corrupting effect on the general public. A Florida state law enforcement agency reported that after widely published executions, murders tended to increase by as much as 14 percent. They concluded that "the way we have carried out executions historically in the United States ap-pears to have contr ibuted slightly but significantly to the increase in homicides ."

And how shou ld we account for occasional human error? Earl Char les spent over three years on a Georgia death row for cr imes he had no part in . Suppose that after a per iod of time, an executed person is found to be innocent by some late break ing ev idence. How would you explain that to his loved ones? Can the U.S. Government make money compensate for the loss of a human life?

Chief Justice Warren Burger has what we feel is the best solution to Capital Punishment. He proposes "factories with fences" where criminals can pay for their room and board and even possibly make monthly payment to families who have lost their moneymaker. We feel this would allow all people to work off their sins and possibly repent from their wrong doings . After all, no one can be totally evil.

Line cuHers take over Lunch lines in the cafeteria are long enough without

having to worry about people cutting. For some unknown reason there are many students who don't seem to know what or where the back of the line is . They think that no one will care if they and a few of their friends (ranging anywhere from five to ten people) can just ease their way to the front of the line.

Whatever happened to the rule that if you are caught cutting you must suffer the consequences and go to the back of the line? Either some of the teachers on duty are blind or don't know what they're supposed to do while on duty because the cutting situation on all the shifts, but especially first and third , is getting out of hand. (This is not intended for those few "guards" who do keep their eyes open.)

Students wouldn't cut so frequently if they knew they couldn ' t get away with it. Therefore, teachers should be stern and punish the offenders so the students who don 't cut can get their plates and get finished eating before the bell rings. Furthermore, instead of the tea