J Sterling Morton West High School - Talon Yearbook (Berwyn, IL)

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CHESS TEAM-FRONT ROW: B. Foley, J. Foley. SECOND ROW: C. Lasky, J. Pribish, Co-Capt.: J. Jakupovski. BACK ROW: J. Broede, Coach: L. Sudzius, Capt.g N. Geovanis, W. Loh. FENCE Planning his next move, Dan Toy Qrightj, a member of the Chess Team, carefully studies the board to checkmate his opponent. Choosing to play Diplomacy, Chris Lasky Qbelowl, a member of Simulation Games Club, prepares the game's equipment. 0St0 C0l1fe O H gl! PS S6lIi0 -1 0 Q 86 ACTIVITIES

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German Club celebrates with Oktoberfest party LANGUAGE CLUB OFFICERS-FRONT ROW: C. Kroll, Cz. Sec., W. Polich, Gr. Treas., J. Yordy, Gr. Sec.g M. Drzal, Gr. Pres.g M. Roth, Gr. Vice-Pres. SECOND ROW: G. Phillips, Adviser, Sp., S. Kostka, Sp. Sec.g J. Mraka, Cz. Vice-Pres., D. Mikulec, Cz. Pres.g D. Mikutis, Cz. Treas.g D. Pavone, It. Vice-Pres. BACK ROW: J. Finnegan, Sp. Treas.g M. Vrchota, Sp. Pres., D. Kostka, Sp. Vice-Pres.g A. Filak, F. Vice-Pres., S. Kennedy, F. Treas., A. Lyssenko, F. Pres.g M. Dastici, It. Pres.g R. Fidanzo, It. Treas. Using a picture of the Piazza Aracoeli Fountain, Dawn Mangini Qbelowb discusses it with the Italian Club. During his German class Mr. J. Zupsich Qbelow, leftj solicits his students to become German Club members. Throughout the years the foundation of Morton's language clubs has been to promote a cultural awareness of their language's native country. They helped members and other students to appreciate old world life styles. In these respects the five language clubs, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Czech, were very much alike, yet each had its own distinctions. German Club held in a traditional German manner an Oktoberfest at Halloween and entered the door decorating contest for homecoming. French Club members went to various hospitals to carol during the Christmas holidays. Aside from entering a float in the homecoming parade, Czech Club hoped to raise enough money to help establish a permanent professorship of the Czech language at the University of Chicago. All the clubs held sales as fund raisers for their activities. ACTIVITIES 85

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Chess Team opera tes in competition and as club Each year a Model United Nations Confer- ence meets in Boston, Massachusetts. Senior members of Mort0n's Model U.N. attended with funds raised by the club. At this conference, students from all over the United States try to achieve better understanding of world situations by simulating the proceedings of the United Nationsf' said Ms. M. Gorman. Recreating real life situations and making decisions on how to handle them is how these games benefit the members, said Mr. C. Samec, adviser of the Simulation Games Club. Members played games like chess and Risk. The Chess Team is actually two organiza- tions in one because you can be a member and not compete, said Coach J. Broede. The members bought boards, chessmen, and chess books to compete with other schools. MODEL UNITED NATIONS-FRONT ROW: D. Men- dez, G. Strasser, T. O'Connor, Pres.: N. Geovanis, K. Greathouse. SECOND ROW: W. Loh, B. Mariani, Treas.: J. Chodora, J. Daudish, T. Todro. THIRD ROW: L. Saran, L. Tronchetti, A. Psenicka, J. Geovanis, S. Mollenhauer, Mrs. M. Gorman, Adviser. BACK ROW: R. Stackley, M. Zielazinski, L. Marczak, Sec.: D. Peters, N. Mrazek, L. Sudzius, D. Preber, T. Zielazinski, S. Hunter, J. Crnkovic. SIMULATION GAMES-FRONT ROW: J. Pribish, Vice-Pres.: N. Geovanis, Treas. BACK ROW: L. Sudzius, Pres.: T. O'Connor, Sec. Model U.N. members Chris Geovanis and Steve Mollen- hauer plan strategy for a mock U.N. session held in early fall to encourage new membership in the club. ACTIVITIES 87