Valley Stream North High School - Chariot Yearbook (Franklin Square, NY)

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Editorial- Counselor Request e beginning of the school year, several been working for the establishment of at North. Pursuing the subject the students presented the idea to many including the Executive Council of PTA, Civic Association, North High Faculty student Council and the District Com- Education. At all junctions the idea Cmany times in letters sent to the Board ' All of the groups agreed that only a could handle the delicate job and that could not' just be dumped into an g-uidance department. of Ed has decided to institute military which .bears little resemblance to the draft which is needed. Military education con- dispersal of general military information by poorly prepared intthis area. The P P0 8 Perhaps the Board felt that the would react negatively to the idea of draft ih our high school. If we look at the. facts, see that the total school community, and teachers, registered their strong draft counseling. two major questions facing us now. First, is the Board of Education responsible? To of the community or to what it perceives to hes of the community? , what do the students do now? They went l of the proper channels, and the decision uggests that the facts compiled by the ad little effect on the Board's thinking. ze that in life, we will not always agree with are made. However, -the ruling of the question offers an unacceptable alter- wishes of the community. Doug Dib W the ro sal ori inally brought up- by Steve Morgenstern View From the Morg. 'They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird. Orwell ,J F1 Marie Sarchiapone, Marianne Berg, Noel Guarcli Forum Day MA Discussed Like the People-to-People Days at South and Central, VSN students are planning their own Forum Day for March 17. Ronnie Levine, vice-president of the Student Council, will be co- chairman for the day with Joanne Karlin. Representatives from the Black Panthers, Womens' Liberation, Quakers, American Legion, Conservative Party, Young Americans for Freedom tYAFi, Womens' Strike for Peace, Moratorium, BRIDGE, War Resistors, Vista, Peace Corps, atheletes, convicts, and other groups are being asked to speak in the morning. In the afternoon, talented students in the fields of art, music, home economics, or industrial arts will lecture andfor demonstrate their skills. The basic theme of the day is communication. There will be a rf . --. . '-Y , . Uv' , v CONCERN BUTTON Billy Wiegler and Danny Liben 157

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6 . . .the wise man looks into space and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big, for he knows that there is no limit todimenslons. -Lao tae Scholarships ' Awarded On Wednesday, October 7, 1970, the Regents Scholarship Examination was given to all seniors who plan to continue their education after high school. Twenty-nine VSN seniors were awarded New York State Regents Scholarships. Grants ranging from S250 to 31,000 per year. depending on financial need. will be given to each of the winners, and may be used toward tuition of any school in the state. The winners are Marianne Berg, Ira Bernstein, Susan Beut- tenmueller, 'Gregory Borman, Joel Breger, Kenneth Con- stantine, Leslie Edrich, Noel Guardi, Arnold Karr, Henry Kelston, Richard Kopecky, Robert Lee, Ronald Levine, Alice Linder, Paul Magdalin, Neil Makstein, Keith Meyer, Ann Miano, Steven Morgeristern, Kenneth Rotner, Paula Sacks, Howard Samuels, Marie Ann Sarchiapone, Peter Sayre, Richard Schonberg, Larry Siegler, Remy Welling, Eric Wolinsky, and Richard Zuflacht. Eleven seniors who scored between 200 and 222 points on the exam were awarded alternate scholarships: Hilary Berger, Joyce Bloom, Lauren Brown, Thomas Cronin, Robin Kalder, Joanne Karlin, David North, Jay Pront, Joan SchmiQ, Judith Skolnick and Anne Zipser. 'N fi -Q37 Louise Cuccurullo and Sena Messer Seniors Visit Wanda June' Happy Birthday, Wanda June, a new play by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., was viewed by ,several senior English classes on January 6, under the supervision of Mrs. Ponemon. Prior to the play, the students had the option of. visiting one or more of several museums in the area. The performance of Wanda June starred Kevin McCarthy as Harold Ryan - .a tough bawdy hero-of-all-wars who returned home after he was thought missing for eight years. The play deals with the reactions of Ryan's wife, her two suitors, and her son to Ryan's unexpected homecoming and'what follows. Following the play, the students were ableto have an interview with 'the cast, who expressed variedopinions as to 8-So why alienation. ar the student different w council? The program whit Septemberha in board comr This week we some respors 'lhere hasn't t h e s t u C adm in is trat ioi couple of mc adm inis tratior seems very cc Except for r and a few othe 'mi ni course have lost its fl: Mr. Fleming x to .initiate a rr sonalizing gre found two inte group of studer council concert of initiating munity cent If 1 f I I' L Robert Brislcin. Henry Kelston, Mike Kurland, Scott l-laniling. Julie Sheinberg and Valerie Krall The Junior High Mathletes, which is now in first place in its league is composed of two teams, one representing the seventh and eighth grades and one representing the ninth grade. Both teams are under the direction of Mr. Botti. The ninth grade team, includes Alan Katz, Howard Weizman, Mike Messing and Bob Sass. Howard Weizman has ac- cumulated the highest score. In the seventh and eighth grades Daniel Torosian and Ricky Berger are high scorers respectively. On January 12, the team played at South High School. There will be a meet at North on Februarv 2, and a final meet at Memorial on March 9.

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