Newton South High School - Regulus Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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he Explorers Club he Debate Team f The Explorers Club is designed to give students the experience of the New England outdoors. The trips include bicycling, hiking, mountain climbing, backpacking, and many more. Activities during the 1981-82 school year included beach walking on Wingershack beach, a bicycle trip to Martha's Vineyard, and skiing at Windb- lown. Co-directors Laura Smith and Sharon Grayzel comment, On a beautiful morning in 1492, Chris- torpher Columbus set sail for a new country. He was known by his col- leagues as an explorer, and to us, the father of our club. Now that we have settled in, we limit ourselves to conquering mountains, explor- ing islands, and other such adven- tures. The Debate Team is an active and growing group in the school community. Involving over forty students, the team travels to var- ious cities and states throughout New England. Last year the team was state champion in Massachu- setts, and because of this honor Chairman Neal Heffron states, We have a reputation to uphold. This year the subject that the team is debating is, Minimal Educa- tional Standards for Elementary and Secondary Schools. They will surely present their argumentswith the expertise that their reputation demands. 25

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For many years,Newton South's bleach- ers were silent. There was no half time show. All of a sudden, rousing marches burst from the band and there was a half time show. Under Ron Bergin's direction the Newton South Marching Band has completed its second season. This group re- hearses twice a week during the fall, taking practice time out of the Concert Band's re- hearsal time. In addition to playing at all home football games the band marches in Newton's Annual Memorial Day Parade. Jazz flourished as the reigning musical form in the early decades of twentieth-cen- tury America. Through the Newton South Jazz Ensemble, Big Band jazz tunes and student-composed arrangements keep jazz alive at South. The Ensemble is composed of a small group of talented musicians, who in the past have made many well-received appearances at talent shows and musical evenings here at South. Though Rock'N- 'Roll has earned its place in the history books, the Jazz Ensemble reminds us of the many joys to be found through music from the early part of this century. 27