William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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20: BT1'.iPZiIilTPiER'TT iiii T T C if orth Central Evaluation . Visiting committee suggests ways to improve school by Debbie Morman o assess the quality of education at Chrisman, a committee of Missouri educators visited here October 25-27 for the North Central Association of Schools. The real focus of this re-evaluation, which takes place every seven years, is upon improvement, not accredi- tation. Though the visiting commit- tee suggested improvements in every department, committee chairman Dr. Huss's major con- cern was the number of students who leave school after fourth i hour to go to a job, He felt that since education was free and public, fewer students should be dismissed early so more would receive more of an education. Another concern was the sixth hour physical education for athletes class. The committee felt that these students should be taking academic courses such as math or social studies. This recommendation was followed and sophomores and juniors were not offered the class to enroll in for next year. Coach Ed Russell commented that he felt the decision was unfair because taking the course away hurts the students. The 40-member visiting committee reviewed evaluations and reports made by the staff, observed classrooms, and met with school committees. Through the evaluation, the school tries to update its philo- sophy and objectives. Parents, students and graduates also par- ticipated in the self-evaluation. f the recommendations ' Principal Thomas Herrick's main concern was to improve departmental organization. To solve these problems, Herrick named department heads who would work on department needs and concerns. Steering committee chair- man for the evaluation, Vice Principal Pat Wilde, said that the enormous amount of coopera- tion among students, staff, Board of Education and Central Office personnel was noticed and com- plimented by the visiting commit- tee. She said that even though the evaluation is over, the on-go- ing process of carrying out the recommendations will be taking place during the next several months. by Anne Schwenk hree more states needed! June 30, 1982 marked the deadline for states' ratification of The Equal Rights Amendment. No state has ratified the amendment since 1977, when Indiana became the thirty-fifth state to do so. A Miss Dorothy Bales, counse- lor, and a member of the state board for The Equal Rights Amendment feels, lt will need to be reintroduced to Congress, but, it will eventually pass, However, little by little, the women's rights movement is achieving its aims from court- houses and legislative bodies to private businesses and homes across the United States. State legislatures and both state and federal courts are affirming the rights guaranteed in the constitution. This has affect- ed a wide array of subjects including domestic relations, employment, education and housing. ln three states - Washing- ton, Maryland and Pennsylvania - courts have ruled that any distinction in the law between :he rights of men and women is Three states too few ERA fails to meet June 30 deadline i I l l i i i 1 i i I l impermissible. ln contrast, courts l Bits and Pieces Design by Jeff Radel in Utah, Virginia and Louisiana have found that women can be treated differently under the law if state officials can prove a le- gitimate interest in doing so. hroughout the nation women are receiving certain rights they had previously been denied. In Hawaii, a woman is no longer required to take her hus- band's name at the time of mar- riage. ln Pennsylvania, women now share in ownership of household goods. In lllinois when a couple divorces, either parent is eligible for custody of the chil- dren and in Colorado, girls can play on public-school teams once the domain of male students. Senior Kathy Hustace said, lt is just not fair to deny some- one the right to participate in sports because of their sex. lf the guys can play, the girls can play too. ln some states revisions have been made in older state statutes. Employment laws in 38 states now contain minimum- wage standards that treat the sexes equally, 22 states prohibit discrimination against pregnant women in hiring, training and promotion, and 19 states have enacted gender neutral sta- tutes regulating meals and rest periods in the workplace. Senior Debbie Billingsley said, lf the girls can handle the same job as a man, they should be paid the same. Independence police officer Mike Cano said, lim all for it, I think if they are physically capa- ble they should be given the same duties and opportunities. But in the police force most of the women officers are not. There is no way a 90-pound woman can stop a 250-pound man in a bar fightf' n housing, 24 states now spe- cifically ban discrimination against women and 17 forbid discrimination in housing on the basis of marital status. Junior Shannon Humphrey said, I can- not believe it would be possible for someone to deny a woman a place to live just because she was not marriedf' Giving women special help is also a goal of many states. At least six states - including Texas, Ohio and California - have adopted affirmative action programs to widen opportunities for women in state-government jobs. Others, like Maryland and Illinois, give female state employees special breaks by providing flexible hours, part- time work and job sharing. Five states, including Pennsylvania and California, provide benefits to a female head of household who must temporarily leave the job market for domestic reasons. uring the term that ended July 2, 1979, the United States Supreme Court ruled that women can sue for damages, if they face employment discrimi- nation by universities or members of Congress. In pre- vious terms, the Court struck down a number of state laws that blocked wives and widows from collecting welfare and pen- sion benefits available to men and from claiming a share of a couple's property. lronically, this year marks the appointment of the first woman Justice of the Supreme Court. Throughout the week of January 20 dedicated ERA sup- porters promoted and publicized the amendment in hopes of rati- fication. lt may awaken a few people and increase chances to pass the amendment, said Bales, but she doubted it would change anything.

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by Kathleen Reimal here is one for cheerlead- ing, one for drill team and even one for debate, there is probably one for almost any- thing, anyone is interested in. What is this thing? Summer camp. Debaters Chet Meirerarend and Brian Nelson, both seniors, attended camp at Georgetown just outside Washington, D.C. Georgetown, a small Gothic-style town, has hosted a summer camp for debaters every year from mid July to mid August. Debaters from every state con- verge on the little town to learn all they can about the art of debate. The camp director, James Unger, is the god of debate, as Meirerarend put it. The main reason we went, Meirerarend said, was to learn about theory fthe bases of argumentation in a debate? and to get new briefs and evidence. They also learned the correct way to make flow charts and organize their files. Meirerarend and Nelson didn't do too well in the debates, mainly because of the different style of debate they use. Eve- ryone except those in the Mid- West, uses a different style. They use the 'speed and spread'g which means when a case is pre- sented the opposing team goes through and hits every point very quickly, Nelson explained. We use the 'lump and dump,' which means when a case is pre- sented the opposing team hits only the major points and delib- erates on these for a while. n l ot all summer camps are as- luxurious as Georgetown. At Georgetown, students toured Washington, D.C., played on campus tennis courts and plopped coins into the video games that filled the basement of the dorm. Drill team went through a week of practicing and perform- ing just like the military. An average day at drill team camp at the University of Kansas cam- pus was grueling. The girls were up at 5:30 a.m. to get ready for the day. Not only did they have to be good but they also had to look good. At 6:30 a.m. all were ready and out on the field for two hours of marching, this was all before breakfast. C S -Students gain experience P 'during summer programs After breakfast they went to pompon practice for two to three hours. After that practice the schedule allowed for a break, but the Beartrackers usually used this time to practice for the competition scheduled for the end of the week. Practicing routines came next. Everyday we learned five or six new routines, said Cara Rohaus, senior drill team member. Then we had to per- form them in front of the rest of the group. The team worked until 9 p.m. in classes and then they would practice on their own until they got their routines down to perfection. Rohaus said, I've never been through a rougher week in my life, but it was all worth it. At the end of the week when we got our two trophies we were all glad. The team earned two tro- phies, one for marching and one for dancing, and many individual ribbons were awarded for each girl's work in pompon, marching and dance. Lela Merical was picked to be one of 50 girls to go to Texas and perform on cable TV for the All American Drill Team. rill team isn't the only squad who worked hard, Chris- man's cheerleaders did too. The cheerleaders started working to go to camp last spring by selling candy, buttons, ribbons and sun- tan lotion. This was to help pay their way to camp. Camp cost S75 per person and we raised every last bit of it ourselves, said Kathy Taylor, captain of the varsity squad. This camp taught ways to improve school spirit, new pom- pon routines and different cheers. lt was a lot of hard work, said Kelly Kilgore, varsity squad member, but it was a lot of fun too. If writing is your bag, there is a camp for you also. Missouri Interscholastic Press Association sponsors a camp for people on high school yearbook and news- paper staffs. This camp teaches the staff members how to write copy correctly and to organize their staff. Five students from Wm. Chrisman traveled to the University of Missouri campus and spent six days being taught almost everything about modern yearbooking and newspapering. When asked why he went, senior Jeff Johnson said, I went to learn every new journalism tech- nique that I could and bring them back to use in our paper. There were offices held and awards won by members of both the Newspaper staff and the Yearbook staff. Senior Jordan Smith, editor of the Wm. Chris- man Envoy, was elected presi- dent of the MIPAQ but resigned the office because he had held it the year before. Senior Beverly Strike by Tom Cook aseball, hotdogs and apple pie: America,s favorites. Right? Wrong. Hotdogs and apple pie are still favorites, but as for baseball, June 12 marked the start of a gradual decline for the love of the 92 year-old game. June 12 marked the first of many days in the long and winding 50-day baseball strike. The strike was a final twist in the long and complicated bat- tle between the men who play baseball and the men who own it. The owners argued that they had to receive some player of equal value to the player they lost in the free-agent draft. The players argued that such a restriction would limit their movement. Who was to decide if one player is equal to another? they Questioned. Butting heads resulted in the first strike ever to interrupt a season. Disappointed fans were a common sight. Junior Aaron Woods said, There were a lot of games during the 50-days that l would've enjoyed seeing. Overall, it left me with nothing to do for quite a while. ho kept the strike going? The players? The owners? Both? Social studies teacher Gaylord Browne, who is a former baseball player, said, l would say both sides kept it going because neither side would back down from the position, but some of the players' demands were unreasonable. On August 10 the strike was Felter, editor of the Gleam, took third place in the yearbook copy writing contest. I really learned a lot at camp, said Felter, and l felt a lot more prepared to organize the yearbook. The clubs and organizations in the school are not silent even in the summer. These are just a few examples of the camps that are in session everyday of every summer in every state of the union. Next summer when there is nothing to do, go to a camp, there is one for everyone. three settled. For baseball addicts it was the first good news since box scores disappeared from the sports page. Decisions then had to be made. How would the owners decide to finish the season? How could they finish the season so everyone would be happy? A split season? Everyone would be happy except the second place teams. They would want a chance to catch the first place teams. They would want a chance to catch the first place teams without having to start a new season, but a split season seemed to be the fairest decision to the majority of the teams. split season would mean having all the first-half winners going to the play-offs automatically, with the second- half winners playing them in a divisional play-off. The winners of each division would then con- tinue on in the original play-off structure and a chance to the World Series. A split season was agreed on. Aaron Woods said, l think it was ridiculous how they finished the season. It wasn't fair for teams like the Cardinals or the Reds. These two teams finished the season with the two best records in the Major Leagues, but yet didn't qualify for the play- offs. Second-half attendance records weren't all that revealing, but the players and owners both know it will be awhile before America's favorite pastime will be looked at the same way. Bits and Pieces 19

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EVALUATING f Visiting committee members review the self-evaluation study prepared by faculty and students. Photo by Kelly Kilgore by Natalie Rice hree uniformed men began firing from the back of a truck and a fourth emerged from the pas- senger seat to toss a grenade into the crowd. The four men next rushed forward, automatic- weapons spewing bullets as they advanced. Security men were so shocked that they failed to respond quickly and offered little resistance. It was October 6 in Cairo when the excitement broke loose. Just eight years ago from this day President Anwar Sadat had established himself as a world leader by striking out across the Suez Canal. A parade had been planned to commemo- rate the occasion. Tanks and trucks and troops had begun early to prepare for the event, yet by the end of the day the troops had proved useless. Sadat died two hours after the attack of bullet and shrapnel wounds. I think Sadat's death was a real loss to world leadership. The new leader will be more cautious and will make more comprom- ises, said senior Randy Pratt. he situation began with a relaxed Sadat sitting in the review stand between vice-presi- dent Hosni Mubarak and Gener- al Abu Ghazala. Ghazala explained the capabilities of the Voters approve tax transfer by Beverly Felter lthough Oct. 6, 1981, will not be recorded in the history books, it was an important day for the lndepend- ence School District. On that clay an overwhelming 91 percent of those voting approved the transfer of the debt service tax to the operating fund. As a result, some S,S882,000 was trans- ferred to the operating fund. ln addition, the district will receive another 3S150,000 from the state level because of the increased operating fund. What does this additional money mean to the district? According to Dr. Robert Henley, superintendent, 'LOur main con- cern is to keep the status quo. As to where this money goes, the transfer will bring 49 cents on the dollar to the operat- ing fund. Out of that, 36 cents goes to the teachers fund, 8 cents to the incidental fund and Assassination Conspirators slay Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Oct. 6, as he reviews his troops in Cario - New President Hosni Mubarak pledges to carry on Egypt-Israeli peace efforts equipment to the president as they flowed by. As the men fixed their eyes on jet fighters over- head, a truck braked to a halt in front of the reviewing stand. No one paid any attention to the truck, suspecting only mechani- cal difficulties rather than a murder plot. ncertainty surrounded the situation. At first students were not sure if Sadat was dead or alive. They excitedly stopped one another in the halls to ask one another if they had heard any news. The stability of the United States-Middle East relations has been affected by this tragic inci- dent, but only time will reveal to what extent, said senior Annette Carnahan. Once it was discovered that Sadat had died, students and teachers began discussing the future. Would Sadat's death trigger another war? Would the U.S. become more heavily involved in Middle East relations? Would the new president, Hosni Mubarak, be able to bring about peace? Everybody will say what a terrible thing Sadat's death was but you have to expect that. The Middle East is the most violent region in the world, said senior Victor Callahan. 5 cents to the building fund. ach of these funds has a specific purpose. The teachers fund is used to pay salaries for teachers. Although some of this will be used to pay for raises as inflation increases, the main objective is to have enough money to pay all the salaries of current teachers so none will have to be fired. As a result, class sizes will not increase. The incidental fund pays utilities and supplies. The building fund pays general main- tenance bills. According to social studies teacher Mr. Roy Keeland, who worked for the transfer, educa- tion oriented groups led the campaign to have the transfer passed. Among them were PTA, teachers and administrators. Their campaign consisted mainly of calling people and encouraging them to vote. r ll .,,- Y A - ft, .. 'XPP -Z' 'g'-f. if v' -IP -ware- V015 V TV V '. Y v I - V i+S:f ' f 2 f -1 A -f ff .,- 4 X1 egg 7 ..:. --,nfl -,fa - ii x ...fi ,,.Q,. X 'KA .5-ik4i ' - . 6, iy i , .4 V . as , Q . T . -.,. Q7 - ' I 'jf' 0 W lf, ,A 4 .. 1 sig. . ,inf - Tiff ff ! L1 . 4 '17' f 7 Bits and Pieces 21