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stants were present.Margaret pIa c e d fourth and won
honorable mention in her category,while Dan received standings in thetop 53 in his class.
This convention showed DECA tobethe largest youth-oriented club inArne ri c a run exclusively by highschool and college youth.
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Junior Prom theme
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James Taylor's "Walking Down aCountry Road, " will be the theme ofthis year's Junior Prom. It will beplayed by Salmungundi, a sevenpiece band from Ann Arbor.
The dance will be next Friday,May 14, from 8:30 to 11p. m. withthe Redwood Room as the site of theCountry Road.
Car wl\1ihes and bake sales have
served as fund-i'aising for the JuniorProm.
"We had a very successful year inraising funds. The Junior Promshould climax this fun year and be abig success," said Steve Rupe, Junior Class President, summing upthe year so far.
Semi-formal has been the dress inthe past and will be the same thisyear. Flowers may be worn, but nocolors have been specified. Ticketsare $3. 50 and went on sale this weekbefore and after school.
A number of DHS students wU! behonored the Phi Bela Kappa awardsn ext Thursday evening in the Fordauditorium.
Fourty-seven seniors wit h a 3.6average or better we r e eligible tobecome members, and we regiveninvitations to receive this award.
With registration still go in g on,more than 30 students have alreadysigned up to attend this convocation.
The award is presented bytneAssoc iation of Phi Beta Kappa of Detroit,consisting of thos e who graduatedwith a 3.6 or better from their college.
Robben W. Fleming, President ofthe University of Michigan, wU! bethe speaker of the evening •
Music w ill be pro v ide d by theWayne Slate University Concert Bandunder the direction of Mr. HaroldArnoId1.
Dearborn, Michigan
THEOBSERVER
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DECA travels to Texas finalsSan Antonio, Texas, may sound like
an excellent Easte r vacation site, butthis was not the purpose for the April16to 21visit by DECA members Margaret Ridgely ana Dan Richardson,seniors, and Mr. George Chodoroff,retailing teacher. The DECA national finals were held in San Antonio andtwo Michigan finalistsuMargaret,competing in salesmanship, and Dan,competing in marketing researchuWf'rf' in attendance.
Both DHS students received firstplace awards in the Michigan finalson March 15 and 16. The nationalfinals included representatives from50 states and three possessions. Atotal of 4,800 delegates and contes-
Fair Lane is also the host of otheractivities besides conferences. Eachsummer there is the Fair Lane Festival that presents open-air concertsin the meadow.
On May 7 and 8 Dearborn's University of Michigan will present theThird Annual Dearborn CommunityArts Festival, "Evenings at FairLane." Tickets are $5 for adultsand $2 for students under 21. Thesetickets are good for the completeweekend.
Festival activities begin at 7:30p. m. on Friday and last until II p. m.Tours will be held Saturday afternoon from 1:30 to 5 with more sessions beginning at 7:30 and continuing until II
In MemoriamMr. Sirak Essayan, 48, died of a
heart attack May 1. Funeral serviceswere held Tuesday morning at theSalowich and Stevens Funeral Homeand the St. Sarkis Church.
Mr. Essayan came to this countryfrom Egypt on a visit as a student atWayne State University. While here,he married and decided to stay. Heis survived by his wife, Reggie, andhis 7-year-old son, Steven.
He began teaching in the DearbornPublic Schools as an elementaryFrench instructor on television andcame to DHS as a social studies'teacher in 1963.
Mr. Essayan spoke a number oflanguages fluently and spent summers guiding students on tours ofEurope.
club or organization. The Assemblywill also meet to debate any crucialor emergency measures that arise.
If the pending Student Coalition isapproved, it will go into effect nextyear. In the meantime, students maycomment on it by placing their suggestions in "Th/! Box. "
Senior Mike Kirk, Student CouncilPresident, expressed much optimism for the proposed system. Hesaid, "I think it's a great way forstudents to participate in studentgovernment without having to gothrough the elective process."
barns, a pigeon cote and a tree house.There were also two root cellars andsix major gardens.
Today, in addition to the home andgardens, oniythe four servants' cottages remain.
In 1956, the University of Michiganrecei ved a gift of 210ac res of landwhich included the Fair Lane mansion and gardens from the Ford Motor Company. Of this 210 acres, 70consist of Fair Lane's grounds, gardens and landscaping.
Fair Lane ~on1erence Center wasestablished and is maintained todayas a place where groups of people canreceive privacy to discuss and puttheir ideas together.
A SESSION OF the Constitutional Convention composed of Student Councllmembers and the student body resulted in the abolishment of the Council.
Si:udeni: gOYt resi:ruci:ured;success depends on voluni:eers
Estate still active
Fair Lane mansion to host third annual art festivalProbably the last thingHenrv Ford
ex p e c t e d was that 0 n e day his$2,000,000 mansion would serve asa conference center for the University of Michigan's DearbornCampuF.
Construction of Fair Lane beganin 1914and was completed in 19 15 .The exterior is a modified Englishdesign, construct ed of Indiana limestone •.
There are 56 roo m s in the threestory house, which include 15 baths,eight fireplaces. eight bedrooms. aswimming pool. and a bowlinl! alley.
1n addition tot h e mansion on the2.000-ac re estaie there included apowerhouse, four servants' cottages,
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!Student Coalition formed! StudentCouncil abolished!
Last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this drastic change was proposed when members of the StudentCouncil and student body met at aConstitutional Convention. The original purpose of the Convention wasto rewrite the present Council Constitution. However, after much debate and argument, an entirely ne'"system of student government developed. The Student Coalition, as it iscalled, will now be submitted to theentire Student Council for approval.
The Coalition consists of an Executive Board of four officers fromeach class and eight members elected at large from any class. Theperson receiving a plurality in theat-large election will become theStudent Coalition President.Students not wishing to run for the
Executive Board may become members simply by participating in theStudent Con g res s - - a voluntarybranch of the Coalition. This bodywill meet at the Executive Board'srequest as often as necessary, butat least once a month. Any studentwho attends will become a member,and will have voting privileges on allmatters.
If Student Congress attendance ispoor, the reserve division for theCoalition will be summoned by the
Executive Board. This section, the
Assembly of Clubs, is made up ofone representative from each DHS
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In golfing action last Monday, DHSdefeated defending league c ha mpsYpsilanti 153-170, to establish themselves as the early season favoriteto win the league title.
Senior Bill Hlntze led}he way withan evpn par 36~ SODhomores BruceSzopo and Pete Eddy, 38 and 39 re~vely. aIaIg w1tb S e" lor JimJ ones at 40 atroites rounded off thewinning foursomb.
The golf team entered the city golftournament Monday as strong contenders to swipe the title from LIvonia-Steven"OA.
The Dearborn High track team,who is defending regional, city, andleague championships, captured itssixth straight Heart Relay Title,while competing against ten area highschools. They outscored runner-upLivonia Franklin 53 1/2-39.
Dearborn seized five firsts andscored fourth or better in all elevenevents.
The trio of Steve Hicks, senior,Tom Keilman and Jeff Grau, juniors,set a new meet record in the highjump with a combined height of 17'3".
Seniors Tom Higgins, and GaryBlok (rated the fastest l80-yd. lowhurdle man in the state), along withJunior Mike Muldowney took first inthe long jump amassing a total of58'11".
The DHS 4-mile relay quartet ofSophomore Tony Costanzo and Juniors Rick Worth, Paul Krebsbach,and anchor man Duff Schad, overcame the frigid spring weather andgrasped a winning time of 19:13.
The 480-yd. shuttle hurdle relaywas mastered by the DHSfoursome ofSeniors Doug Dinkleman and Blok,and Juniors Jeff Jones and Dave "Ramie" Meisner (rated eleventh statewide in the 120-yd. high hurdles),with a 58. 9 timing.
The distance medley relay was taken by a team of four Dearborn underclassmen. Juniors Gregg Davis andBrian Manspeaker combined effortswith Sophomores Howard Noland andPat McCaskey for a medal-winning11:18.8 clocking.
The 'Thinclad' overall record asof this meet Is 3-0 and the team under Coach Bob Bridges is sportingover 30 consecutive dual meet victories.
Dearborn pairs: Seniors Kirk' Hammond, and Glen Swanson, Junior JimHoggatt and Senior B111Creek, andSeniors Tom Andrew and Tom Kerameris each outplayed their Ed s e 1opponents.
Coach Tom Muldowney has amassed an as ton ish in g record in hisseven years at the tennis helm. Histeams have captured six regionalcrowns, the lastfour in a row and asof the Edsel meet, the team has losta meager three times in 61 outings.
BY TOM "SCOOP" KALIS
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WHO WILL BE Kevan Morrow'snext vic tim? An International GrandMaster from some farawav l;yld ,orniaybe Just a s tudentfrom DHS. Kevan is ready and wUling to'take youon!
The DHS net men gained their 35thconsecutive dual meet victory with a5-2 win over Edsel Ford last Monday
Senior Eric Ponds, and sophomoreDan Mur ray captured two sin g 1e svictories. In do ubi e s competition.DHS clinched three mat c h e s: The
The last week of April was a trYingtime forthe spring teams. But whenthe results were finaJ, Dearborn Highwas undefeated in all its sports forthe week including two wins over "youknow who" in baseball and tennis.
The baseball team jumped to a 3-2overall record by downing Edsel 6-3April 25. Edsel pushed across threeruns in the lfirst inning but then thetide changed. Dearborn came backin the bottom of the initial stanza ofthe game to score six times.
John Renko knocked in Tom"Bangy"Koenig, both juniors, forDearborn'sfirst run. Senior Jack Rankin andJunior Tom Kalis each batted in twoPioneer runs with a single and doublerespectively. Senior Ken Bohnenstiehl got hold of a T-Bird offeringfor a triple to score another' run forthe orange 'n black.
After giving up three runs in thefirst inning, Bohnenstiehl held Edselto just three hits the remainder ofthe game, and struck out 12 opposingbatters. Bohnenstiehl walked justthree batters in route to the team ISfirst league victory.
On the following Wednesday, thebaseball team took to the diamondonce again this time beating RedfordUnion 9-4.
Junior southpaw, John Renko wascredited wit h the win while fanningn i n e and allowing six walks in def i an c e of the cold, wet conditionswhich prevailed.
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Yugoslav too Impre ssive!
Soph chessman challenges champThe name Szetozar Gligoric may yo\:i'llfindhim running distance with
sound very impressive to most peo- the track team.pIe. Kevan Morrow didn't let this StODhim when he challenged the internationally renowned chess champ recently. Kevan, a DHS sophomore,wasn't successful but says he didlearn a lot and would like anotherchance to play the champ.
Gligoric, a Yugoslav and an international Grand Master (the secondhighest rank a chess player can begiven), played in an exhibition in Livonia. Sixty-five local chess buffschallenged the champ and three won.
"I've played justabOutall my life, "the blond soph says. ';Most 0' thepeople I play with are older, but I dopretty good against them. "
In addition to his indoor sport, Kevan keeps busy in the fall by runningwith the cross country team and now
men have to make the repairs at arisk of personal injury in the process.
Replying to the charges that otherschools haven't needed a new systemrecently, Mr. Johnson recalled thatEdsel Ford put a new filtering system in just a few years ago.
Meanwhile, Dearborn has still notreceived the new equipment, althoughthey have been requesting it for thepast six years.
Principal Len Mazur, who standsin the middle of this conllict, com-mented on the issue by saying, "Idon't care what any newspaper said.I think the students at DHS are notonly the cleanest, but also the verybest student body anywhere I"
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principal retorts 'cleanest ... best'"Extra dirty kids at Dearborn HS?"This was the headline of an article
published last week in a Dearbornpaper. The article went on to explainthat Dearborn High needs a new filtering system for its pool.
In the report by Mr. J. WayneStorms, assistantsuperintendentforbusiness and building services, heaccused Dearborn High students ofnot washing enough, saying, "Timesbeing what they are, students don'twash as often or don't want to washas often and there is a terrible taxon all our filtering equipment. "
Mr. Jack Johnson, Dearborn Highathletic director, claims this stateuntrue. He believes DHS studentsare not dirtier than at any otherschool. Besides, he claims that "dirthas no effect on the filter. "
The real reason DHSneeds the newequipment, according to Mr. Johnson, is the fact that the elements inthis system keep breaking down. Ev'erytime it happens, the maintenance
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Church-state separation in jeopardy?BY LISA KEATHLEY
In those days a decree went out from Rome that "the direct interruptionofthe~enerativeprocess, even for therapeutic reasons, is to be absolutelyexcluded as :! licit means of regulating bi rth. "
Simply stated, this means that abortion is banned, under any circumstances, to members of the Roman Catholic church.
The Pope, thusly, has placed a difficult position to those Catholics whooccupypublicoffice in this country where separation of church and state isconstitutionally guaranteed. They must choose between obligations to theirreligion and duties to their state.
The Michigan abortion reform bill, passed by the Senate on March n, 1971,is now languishing in the House Social Services Committee where six of itsnine members are believed to be opposed to the bill on religious grounds.House Speaker William Ryan, a Catholic, was requested to refer this pieceof legislation to the House Public Health Committee where it reportedlywould have had a better chance of reaching the fioor.
Does this make sense, then, Ryan.Lsputting the bill in a committee thatpresumably represents his personal views, and not those of the legislature?In addition, this action is not responsive to the peoples' wishes as, according to many surveys. a majority of citizens support abortion reform.
A religious group is free to characterize abortion as a sin, if it sees fit,and to punish its members for this by some appropriate ecclesiastIcal censure if it wishes.
The rest of society, however, should enjoy the right to control their ownreproductive lives in accordance with their conception of morality and humandignity without interference from biased legislators.