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o f
th e
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i n
th e
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southw est
d i s t r i c t .
N ow ,

b o y s ' c o a c h e s w ill have a m ore realistic chance of sending team s and indi- v id u a ls to

district and state tour-
nam ents.
" I 'm
ju s t
th rille d ,"
tw o
sp o rt
C oach
B ob
W est
s a id .
" T h is
i s
s o m e th in g
w e 'v e
b e e n
ta lk in g

a b o u t fo r y e a rs . I t w ill re a lly o p e n doors. W hat it m eans is w e can ex- p e c t

t o
b e
a AA
pow erhouse
i n
g o lf."
W est
a ls o
b e lie v e s i t
w ill
m ake
q u a lify in g
i n
tra c k
" s o
m uch easier" in the spring.
" T h e re
is no
d o u b t th is
w ill

m a k e o u r te a m s m o r e c o m p e titiv e th a n in th e p a st," a th le tic d ire c to r C arol

W ehm ann
e x p la in e d .
" I t
c re a te s a m o re e q u ita b le s itu a tio n
e v e n
th o u g h
w e
h a v e
h u n g
i n
there well and
d o n e a n a d m ira b le
j o b a t A A A ."

Scheduling for the regular sea- son could possibly be affected by th e change, s in c e coaches have th e o p tio n

o f
a rra n g in g
t o
p la y
a n y
le v e l
th e y
c h o o s e
i n

n o n -le a g u e
c o n te s ts . In d ia nH ill w ill still par-
tic ip a te

i n
th e
E astern
H iU s
L e a g u e
a n d
p la y
a
fu ll
le a g u e
s c h e d u le .
D eer
P a rk ,
L o v e la n d ,
M a rie m o n t,
a n d
M adeira w ill be
th e
E H L 's
o th e r A A
team s w h ile
S y c a m o re , G le n E s te a n d M ilfo rd
w illc o m p e te a t A A A
o u ts id e
o f
th e le a m e -
S gg
A A ,p .I2
h io S p o rts C la s s ific a tio n
G IR L S
s
L e v e l
S tu d e n ts
S c h o o ls
A
15-168
271
A A
1 6 9 -3 4 9
268
A A A
350-1263
268
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T o ta l
807
ln d ia n H ill:
354
C in c in n a tiA A A s c h o o ls :
2 4
Southw est D istrict
A A As c h o o ls :
64
D ra m aC lu bt o
p re s e n t'D e v il
a n d
D a n ie lW e b s te r'i n
b y G u s G o rd o n
R ic k
M arshall and
J o h n

L illy h e a d t h e c a s t o f t h i s y e a r 's D r a m a C lu b

F o ru m
p ro d u e tio n ,
T h e
D e v il
a n d
D a n ie l
W ebster.
T he
p la y
i s
t o
b e
p re s e n te d
fo r
th e
e n tire
s c h o o l
J a n .
2 7
a n d
la te r
th a t
n ig h t
a t
8 :0 0
p.m .
fo r
th e
p u b lic .
"T heD e v ila n d D a n ie l W ebster
is a play
t h a t I 'v e
w a n te d
t o
d o
for the past tw enty years," stated
M iss M aryB erw anger.
" F in a lly
I
have found
a
c a s t w h ic h is e q u a l
t o th e c h a lle n g e ."
J o h n
L illy
p la y s
th e
p a rt
o f
D a n ie l
W ebster,
th e
charism atic
o ra to r
o f
th e
p re x iv il W ar
e r a .
" I t's
g o in g t o b e re a lly e n jo y a b le
t o
p o rtra y
a
re a l
p e rs o n ,"
s a id
L illy .
" I t's
m o r e c h a lle n g in g t h a n
p la y in g
a
c h a ra c te r
o f
som e
w rite r's im a g in a tio n ."
A lso
i n
th e
c a s t
a re
M ike
G ru b e r,
S u z ie
J o h n s o n ,
L a n c e
L u c k e y ,
T o d d
C ox,
E liz a b e th
Converse and Rick M arshall, w ho
p o rtra y s
t h e D e v il.
" T h is
is m y
f i r s t p la y ,"
s ta te d M a rs h a ll. " T h e
p la y
s h o u ld
b e
a n
e n te rta in in g
p ro d u c tio n ."
T he
s to r y
c o n c e rn s
J a b e z
S to n e ,
a
p o o r
m an
fro m
N ew
H am pshire,
w h o , in
a fit of dis-
pair, sells his soul to the D evil so
h e
can becom e successful.
In no
tim e
a t
a ll
J a b e z
tu rn s
in to
a
w e a lth y
p o litic ia n ,
w ith
e v e ry -
th in g g o in g h is w a y .
O n th e d a y
o f
h is
m arriage,
how ever,
th e
D e v il
com es
b a c k
t o
c la im
h is
p ro p e rty ,
s o
i t 's
u p
t o
D a n ie l
W ebster to win Stone's soul back
i n
a
c o u rt
ro o m
c o n fro n ta tio n
w ith the Devil.
H elping out in
the back stage
c a p a c itie s
a re
s tu d e n t
d ire c to r
J a n e L e w in , s ta g e m a n a g e r S ta c e y
L a b a h n ,
te c h n ic a l d ire c to r W a rd
W ells,
a n d
th e
In d ia n
H ill T e c h
a n d S ta g e c re w .
lc h
ft to
a te d
J a n u a ry1 5 ,1 9 8 2
C
C H IE F T A IN
J a n u a ry1 5 ,1 9 8 2
P a g e2
G o w ith1 2 -4
bH o n o rsB a n dC ~ n c e s t e e pm u s ic ia n sp
4 9 e rs inS up
b y P e te r H u g
H e n le y d e s c i b e s " P ip p in "
a s
T h is y e a r 's E I-IL H o n o r s B a n d
th e
sym phonic
B ~&a n d - th e
a
" to ta lly
n e w
ty p e
o f th e a te r.
p re s e n te d
i t s
annual concert
a t
w in d~
~
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~
b
l
~
.
I t's
a contem porary m usical that
D eer Park
H ig h
S c h o o l, la s t S u n -
A m ong
th e
w o rk s
th a t
th e
w ill be a great challenge and one
d a y .
The perform ance
c o n s is te d
w in d~
~
~
~
~
b
l
~
p la y e d a t th e c o n -
th a t IH has never seen th e likes of
o f
th re e
b a n d s ,
a
ju n io r
h ig h
cert w ere C horale and m eluia, by
b e fo re ."
band, and tw o high school bands:
~ ~ ~ ~d
H anson, and the~
a
~
~
t
b y K itsa T assian
The cast for Pow-W ow '82 was
s e le c te d b y
M r. H a n k H e n le y , d i-
rector and producer of Pow-W ow
1982, last M onday.
Seniors M ike
G ruber and Joni Stubbs, both re-
tu rn in g
fo r
th e ir
fo u rth
B ow !
W ow, portray
the lead
parts of
P ip p in a n d C a th e rin e .
T h is
y e a r 's
P o w -W o w ,
" P ip -
p in ,"
is a
contem porary
m usical
i nw h ic h P ip p in , th e s o n o f C h a r-
le rn a g n e , trie s to fo llo w in h is fa -
th e r's
footsteps in an attem pt to
h a v e
a
c o m p le te ly
fulfilled life.
P ip p int r i ~ sm a n y a rtific ia l th in g s
i ns o c ie ty , b u t s till u n fu lfd le d , h e
realizes that he can only find true
h a p p in e s s
i n

a sim ple, dom estic life w ith C a th e rin e , a w id o w w h o lo v e s h im .

O th e r m a in c h a ra c te rs in c lu d e Todd C ox as The Leading Player; Charlem agne, portrayed

b y
G us
G o rd o n ;

F a s tra d a , P ip p in 's s te p - m other, played by K athy Conlon; a n d

B e rth e ,
p la y e d
b y
B ecky
M a tto x .
T he
m u s ic f o r " P ip p in "
is a
m ix tu re o f se v e ra l s ty le s in c lu d in g
ro c k ,
tra d itio n a l
B roadw ay
a n d
ja z z p ia n o .
S te v ie
Rivers returns for her
th ird
y e a r
a s
choreographer for
th is
m id -7 0 's
m u s ic a l.
I n
a d d i-
tio n , M r. S te v e S trid e rw iU
s e rv e
a s
te c h n ic a l
d ire c to r
a lo n g

w ith M rs. Shannon as art director and M iss

M ary
B erw anger
a s
dram a
d ire c to r.
lik e
"W ho
d e y
th in k g o n n a
d e m
B e n g a ls ."
A
year ago,
q u e s tio n
w as
"W ho
d e y
t
th e y 're
g o n n a
g e t
c lo b b e re d
n e x t."
B o th
te a m s
d e s e rv e
c r
th o u g h -
S a ri Francisco poste
S e n io rS e a rc h a p p lic a tio n sn o w
S e v e n th
b y
J o h n
P h ilip
S o u s a .
T he
S y m p h o n ic
b a n d
p la y e d
T h re e
P a le s trin a
C h o ra le s
a r-
ra n g e d
b y
G ardner
a n d
T he
C h o ra le
a n d
S h a k e r
D ance
b y
John P. Z d e c h lik .
T he
c o n d u c to r
o f
th e
Sym -
p h o n ic
B and
w as
D r.
W illiam

R ost. R ost is a form er m em ber of the Colum bus Sym phony Orches- tra and various other professional b ra ss q u in te ts .

R ost is currently
th e
D irector
o f
B ands
a t
N or-
th e rn
K e n tu c k y
U n iv ersity
i n
a d d itio n

t o te a c h in g m u s ic th e re . D r. T erry M iU igan, th e director of the W ind Ensem ble, is the Direc- tor of B ands and W ind Studies at th e U n iv e rs ity o f C in c in n a ti's C o l- lege Conservatory of M usic.

L ast
sum m er,
M illig an
d ire c te d
th e
b a n d
of th e Sum m er M usic Insti-
tu te ,
w h ic h
p la y e d
th e
G rand
S e r e n a d e b y P .D .Q .
B ach.
In d ia n H ill h a d s ix te e n p la y e rs
s e a te d
th ro u g h o u t
th e
c h a irs o f
the two high school bands, m any
o f th e s e m u s ic ia n 's h o ld in g
p rin -
cipal seats.
T h e p a rtic ip a n ts w e re
s e le c te d b y
th e ir re s p e c tiv e b a n d
d ire c to rs,
a n d
were seatedi nre -
g a rd t o th e ir in d iv id u a l a u d itio n .
w in s
w ith
p e o p le 'n a m e d
R
B o a rd , C la rk a n d th e lik e .
C
B ill W a lsh to o k o n e o f t h eN
doorm ats and gave them
th e
record in football.
Forrest Gregg proved that
B e n g a ls
w ere
m uch
m ore
" th e
best 6-10 team
in fo o tb
as his team
w ent 12-4.
C ris
lin s w o rth p ro v e d t o b e o n e o f
d ra ft's
b e s t
fin d s
i n
'8 1 ,
Anderson had
his best year
pro, and the defense stifled s
of the
leagues best
o ffe n s e s
c lu d in g
S an
D ie g o
a n d
B u
by K urt D usterberg
Can you
believe it?

T h e C in - c in n a ti B e n g a ls w ill p la y in S u p e r B o w l X V I.

B etter still, can you
b e lie v e
th e
S an
F ra n c is c o '4 9 e rs
w ill b e in S u p e r B o w l X V I?
I t
d o e s n 't
s e e m
lik e
e ith e r
te a m
should be there.
I am
u s e d
t o
h e a rin g
te a m s
i n
th e

S u p e r B o w l lik e D a lla s , O a k la n d , M ia m i o r

M in n e s o ta .
L ast
year, you
c o u ld
n o t
h a v e
p a id
p e o p le
t o
w a tc h
th e
B e n g a ls
a n d
4 9 e rs .
N ow
C in c in n a ti fa n s s h o u t th in g s
eina tte n d a n c e
o
b y M a rk A ld e n d ife r
In d ia n H ill's n in e w e e k S e n io r
A fter
th e
a p p lic a tio n
i s
S e a rc h
p ro g ra m
is g e ttin g u n d e r-
a c q u ire d
fro m
th e
'a tte n d a n c e
w ay in its ten th year.
office, and filled out, it m ust be
T he
p ro g ra m
i s
fo r
S e n io rs
turned in to M r. G ellert no later
who wish to spend their last quar-
th a n F e b ru a ry
2 6 th .
T h is d a te is
ter in high
s c h o o l in a jo b
s itu a -
e a rlie r th a n
last year so the stu-
tio n th a t th e y w o u ld lik e to p u r-
d e n ts w ill b e m o tiv a te d t o o rg a n -
sue in the future.
These students
ize and prepare for the endeavor.
m ust also m eet certain standards,
"W e
lo o k
a t th e a p p lic a tio n
a n d
regulations, and procedures.
d e c id e w h e th e r o r n o t i t isb e n e -
T o b e e lig ib le , th e p a rtic ip a n t
ficial to the student,"
s t a t e d M I.
m ust have at least a C average for
G e lle rt.
O n M a rc h 1 2 , a p p lic a n ts
th e
f ir s t
th re e
q u a rte rs
a n d
n o
w ill b e n o tifie d a s t o th e ir a c c e p -
d e fic ie n c ie s in a n y s u b je c ts c a n b e
ta n c e .
show n
a t
th e
b e g in n in g
o f
th e
T he
s tu d e n ts
a re
re s p o n s ib le
fourth quarter. The studentmust
fo r
a ll c o n ta c ts in
fin d in g
th e ir
s e c u re
s ig n a tu re s
o f
a ll
fo u rth
jo b , w h ic h
is not allowed to be
quarter teachers.
w ith a n y m e m b e r o f th e s tu d e n t's
The school will discouragethe
im m ed iate fam ily .
students taking any A.P. courses,
A lo n g w ith th is re s tric tio n , th e
a n d
s tu d e n ts
le a v in g
th e
s c h o o l
s e a rc h e rs
a re
n o t a llo w e d
t o
b e
for college courses are note lg ib le
p a id ,
a n d
th e y
m ust
re p o rt
o n
for Senior Search.
S e a rc h e rsw ho
th e ir
experiences each week and
e x c e e d
th e ir
a llo w e d n u m b e r
o f
w rite
a paper based
o n th e ir e x -
d a y s a b s e n c e w ill re c e iv e a nFfo r
p e rie n c e s
o v e r
th e
e n tire
n in e
th e p ro g ra m .
w eeks.
F re s h m a n le a d h u n t f
by PaulM onach

A t halftim e, coach Frank B un- ton told the freshm an Braves that "w e'll

w in
th e
gam e
o n
fre e -
th ro w s."
U n fo rtu n a te ly
for the
Braves, the
tru e
d e c id in g fa c to r
w as a last-second basket by
F in -
n e y to w n
th a t
e n a b le d
t h e W ild -
cats to
defeat the Braves, 37-35,
T u e s d a y .
T he
loss dropped
the Braves'
re c o rd
t o
7 -3 .

This w as an espe- cially tough loss for the B raves as it was the second two-point

s e t-
b a c k
suffered by the team
in the
last three gam es. T he other w as a
4 0 -3 8
s e tb a c k
a t
G re e n h ills
January 5.
H ow ever,B u n to n
w as ple
w ith the effort, rem arking, "T
is the best team
w e 'v e p l a y e d
w ill p la y , a n d if w e c o n tin u
play this w ell, w e'll
w in th e
of the games on
o u r
s c h e d u
T h e q u a lity o f p la y w a s e s p e c
encouraging after com ing off
3 3 -2 2 d ru b b in g o f a rc h -riv a lL
land last W ednesday.
W hile the post-gam e m oo
the team w as som ew hat dejec
m any
p la y e rs
w er
e n c o u ra
O n e te a m
m em ber sum m ed i
A F S
s tu d e n ts
v is itIn d ia nH ill
M e d le y te a m
e a rn s b e rth
O n
F rid a y ,
J a n u a ry
8 ,
I H
h o s te d
21 AFS students.
D u rin g
th e
d a y
th e s e
fo re ig n
s tu d e n ts
show ed

s lid e s o f th e ir re s p e c tiv e c o u n trie s in la n g u a g e and history c la s s e s .

In a d d itio n
th e y h e ld
a
c o m b in a tio n
s lid e s h o w
a n d
ta lk
session during activity period. O n
J a n u a ry

30-31, M ariem ont High S c h o o l w ill h o s t t h e A F S M id w a y W eekend.

T h irty
A FS
s tu d e n ts
w ill
a tte n d
in
o rd e r
t o
d is c u s s
problem s and experiences overa
p o t
lu c k
d in n e r.
D u rin g
th is
w eekend,
h o s ts
a re
n e e d e d
t o
accom odate each student.
H o sts
a re
a ls o
n e e d e d
for the
'8 2 2 8 3
school year AFS program .
A ny-
o n e in te re s te d
in e ith e r o f th e s e
p ro g ra m s
s h o u ld
c o n ta c t
M rs.
C a ro lin e
B erry
a t
5 6 1 -4 4 7 3 .
H ooded
A FS
sw eatshirts are still
a v a ila b le
fo r
$ 1 5 .0 0 .
A nyone
in te re s te d
p le a s e
c o n ta c t
M r.
G e lle rt.
a ts ta te
a fte r in v ita tio n a l
b y M a rk A ld e n d ife r
g o o d
tim es
cam e
fro m
J e n n
A t th e
S y c a m o re In v ita tio n a l
~
~
d
~
w h itn e y
w in n ,
B e
~
1
s
sw im m ing m eet last F riday
7
W in g e rte r a n d S h e lli
the Aquasquaws swam
to a sixth
Aquabraves Coach Greg Se
place finish o u t o f seven team s.
m e tis is g e ttin g th e te a m re a d y
T he
m e d le y
re la y
te a m
its January 21 hom e m eet agai
D ia n e R e m m e ll, K ris B ro c k m a n n ,
W a ln u t H ills .
W o rk o u ts
for t
B e ts y W e lle r a n d B e th W in g e rte r
te a m
have been extensive to p
n o t o n ly
g ra b b e d
th ird
p la c e
in
pare for the
s e c o n d
h a lf
o f
t
th e

m eet, but it brought itself a tic k e t t o th e s ta te c o m p e titio n s in C o lu m b u s w ith a tim e o f1: 59 .

G o o d n e w s d id n o t s to p th e re as the Squaw s faced a hom et r i - m eet

w ith
M t. N otre
D am e and
U rsuline last Tuesday.
T h e te a m
placed secondi nth e
c o m p e titio n
a n d
h a d
all around
e x c e lle n t
tim es
fro m
th e
sw im -
m ers.
H ard
fo u g h t
sw im s and
s e a s o n .
W hat the team
la c k s is s c h
support at the m eets.
"The m
reason is that students aren't s
of where
th e
te a m
sw im s,"
s
S erem etis.
H o m e m e e ts a re h e
a t th e
C o u n try D ay
sports co
p le x , a t C in c in n a ti C o u n try
D
S c h o o l o n G iv e n R o a d .
The team 's record now
s ta n
a t 3 -1 .
p h o tob y
R obZ e s c h
T h e tw e n ty -o n e A m e ric a n F ie ld S e rv ic e (A F S ) s tu d e n ts w h o v is ite d IH J a n u a ry8 a re :
(fro n t ro w left to right)
Carmissa Munoz from Columbia, Fernando Saito from Peru, Francesca Pispisa from

Italy, Anna M aria H ardar- dottir from Iceland, OlivierGrignard from Belgium,M ichaelPayer from Switzerland,Jairo Riano from Columbia (s e c o n d

ro w
left to right) Peter G reen from
A u s tra lia , C a rm e n Q u in o n y
fro m
Paraquay, U nniH o rth e fro m
N orw ay, Lisa Ellen M ills from New
Zealand, Lola C houvac from

F ra n c e(th ir d ro w le f t t o rig h t) N o ra z linR a h - m an fro m M alaysia, A nne K ruckenberg fro m G erm any, K enrike Sauer from G erm any, Sakari A hdekivi fro mF in - la n d , C a m illa S o n d e ry d

fro m
Sw eden, D an H errera from
C h ile , T o n y V a ld e z f r o m
m ile,M artina B uol from
S w itz e rla n d , M attias R o th e from G erm any.
IE F T A IN
n s in C in c y
a t
is
s "
c h
e s
a l.
n g
e
l k
s ,
g -
n
g s
i s
n g
mn -
, "a
r s
d -
i t
e n
r e
s t
e s
a t
p -
l y
d .
s .
e t
y -
e
s tra ig h t th e y
m ust go
th ro u g h
a
p ro c e s s
c a lle d
" s e v e n
s te p p in g ."
W hat
s e v e n
s te p p in g
e n ta ils is
a
s e rie s o f fiv e p h a s e s in w h ic h k id s
a re
b ro k e n
o f
th e ir
p a s t
d ru g
h a b its .
P h a s e
o n e b e g in s w ith
" d ru g -
g ie s "
e n te rin g
a s tra ig h t e n v iro n -
m e n t.
T h is e n v iro n m e n t in c lu d e s
a new
hom e w here the "druggie"
i s
in tro d u c e d
t o
a n o th e r
h ig h e r
p h a s e
p e rs o n
in
S tra ig h t.
T h is
higher phase person w atches over
th e
" d ru g g ie "
t o
e n s u re
th a t h e
d o e s
n o t
fa ll b a c k
in to
h is p a s t
d ru g
life. D uring
p h a s e
o n e
th e
d ru g g ie
m ust
com e
t o
term s
h im s e lf. R e a liz a tio n o f d ru g p r o b -
lem s
a n d
a
p o s itiv e
a ttitu d e
to w ard
o u ts id e h e lp
are essential
to this phase.
I n

p h a se tw o , th e k id s a re re - e s ta b lis h e d w ith th e ir fa m ilie s a n d ta k e n

b a c k
hom e.
P a re n ts
a n d
th e ir
c h ild re n
m ust
le a rn
t o
g e t a lo n g a n d re s to re a fa m ily e n -
v iro n m e n t.
I n
p h a s e
th re e ,
th e
p e rs o n
i s
e n ro lle d
in to
s c h o o l
or goes back to work.
S ta rtin g
i n
p h a s e
fo u r,
th e
person receives days off from
th e
p ro g ra m
a n d
in c re a s e d

l e i s u r e tim e . A lso in th is p h a s e , h e b e g in s t o

m ake
frie n d sh ip s
w ith
o th e r
s tra ig h t
p e o p le .
P h a s e
fiv e
i s
c e n te re d
a ro u n d
m ore tim e aw ay
fro m
th e
p ro g ra m
a n d
m ore
e ly
best ever'
e
t o
f t
r e
i ng
o r
t s
l .
u -
i l -
e
e r
n -
a t
e
g e
l .
u -
d
e -
d
l t ,
g
e r
d
i s
in c re a s in g ,
s o
a re
c o lle g e
s ta n -
d a rd s .
S tu d e n ts , th e re fo re , m a y
b e m o re te m p te d to s ta y a t h o m e .

W hile D r.F e ltm a n th in k s th a t the size of the school is an im por- ta n t

fa c to r
i n
a tte n d a n c e
r a te s ,
H om er
s e e s
n o
re la tio n s h ip .
F eltm an argues that, "T he sm aller
y o u
g e t,
th e
m ore
personal the
atm osphere
a n d
th e
b e tte r
th e
e n v iro n m e n t."
T h is th e o ry h o ld s
tru e a t IH
w h e re a tte n d a n c e ra te s
h a v e
b e e n
in c re a s in g in
th e
la s t
fe w
y e a rs ,
w h ile ,
a t
th e
sam e
tim e,
e n ro llm e n t
h a s
d e c re a s e d .
T a ft
e n ro lls
a p p ro x im a te ly
7 5 0
s tu d e n ts in
te n th
th ro u g h
tw e lth

g r a d e s , w h ile IH s student body is 7 8 4 , n o t in c lu d in g 4 2 v o c a tio n a l s tu d e n ts .

W hen
a s k e d
w h e th e r
lo w e r
a tte n d a n c e
ra te s
h in d e r th e
e d u -
c a tio n a l
p ro c e s s ,
M rs.
J u d y
D e ite rs , a s o c ia l s tu d ie s te a c h e r a t
Taft answ ered, "It
does to
som e
e x te n t.
Y o u ju s t
have to do the
b e s t
y o u
c a n ."
O n
th e
o th e r
h a n d , M rs.J o h n
W und, French
te a c h e r
a t
IH ,
fe e ls
" s p o ile d " ,
c o m m e n tin g ,
" I
assum e
1 0 0 %
P a g e3
re s p o n s ib litie s
in
th e
g ro u p
s e s s io n s .
I n
th is
p h a s e ,
k id s
" g iv e
b a c k
t o t h e p r o g r a m " in t h e
sense that
th e y
a d d
to th e g ro u p
d is c u s s io n s
a n d
a tte m p t
t o
g e t
o t h e r s in v o lv e d in th e ta lk s .
B esides
b re a k in g
d ru g g ie s
o f
th e ir
d ru g
h a b its ,
S tra ig h t
a ls o
h e lp s
t o
re s h a p e
th e
p e rs o n
a s

a w h o le . S tra ig h t te a c h e s k id s th a t th e y a re im p o rta n t a n d th e ir p e e rs s h o u ld

n o t in flu e n c e
th e m .Are -
e v a lu a tio n
o f

m orals, along w ith self-discipline and respect are also in c lu d e d . A lth o u g h

S tra ig h t d o e s
n o t s p e c ific a lly te a c h th e b e lie f in
a
"suprem e
b e in g ,"
k id s
som e-
tim es
becom e
re e s ta b lis h e d
in
th e ir
re lig io u s
b e lie fs
w h ile
b e -
c o m in g s tra ig h t.
M r. R ushing sees no difference
i n
th e
tim e
i t
ta k e s
t o
becom e
S tra ig h t b e tw e e n
users of lighter
d ru g s,
s u c h
as p o t
a n d
a lc o h o l,
a n d
a
u s e r
o f
h a rd
drugs. H ow -
ever, he
i s
a la rm e d
w ith
th e in -
c re a s e d
a c c e p ta n c e
o f
a n d
th e
m yth
su rro u n d in g
m a riju a n a .
" P e o p le
n o lo n g e r th in k it is th a t
b a d
to sm oke m arijuana occasion-
a lly ."
R u s h in g
fe e ls
th a t
p o t
i s
ju s t
a s
b a d
a s
o th e r
drugs. "A
d ru g is a d ru g ."
T he
s ta f f
in c lu d e s six fo rm e r
t r i - s t a t e
" d ru g g ie s ,"
a ll o f w h o m
m ust
c o n fo rm
t o
th e
p r o g r a m 's
rig id
s ta n d a rd s ,
w h ic h

m eans u s in g n o d ru g s , in c lu d in g a lc o h o l. R u s h in g

c o m m e n te d ,
" S ta f f e r s
m u s t ta lk w h a t th e y w a lk ."
*
*
*
*
*
a tte n d a n c e ."
T he
d a ily
a tte n d a n c e
ra te
a t
I H
is "definitely
the best it's ever
b e e n " ,
a c c o rd in g
t o
M rs.
G a il
N ic h o ls ,
a tte n d a n c e
s e c re ta ry .
I n
th e
p a s t,
I H
a tte n d a n c e
ra te s
h a v e n 't
b e e n
q u ite
a s
im pressive.
I n
1978 the average
w as
93% .
S in c e th e n , m o re s tu -

dents have been present each day in proportion to the declining size o f

th e
s tu d e n t
b o d y .
I n
fa c t,
F e ltm a n
b e lie v e s
I H
h a s
" m a x i-
m iz e d " its a tte n d a n c e .
N ic h o ls a ttrib u te s th e in c re a s e
to t h e n e w a tte n d a n c e p o lic y th a t
to o k
e f f e c t
a t
th e
b e g in n in g
o f
th e
'8 0 - 8 1
school year.
A ccord-
in g
t o
th is
p o lic y , s tu d e n ts w h o
m iss
m ore
th a n
fiv e
d a y s
o f
a

q u arter class, ten days of a sem es- te r c la s s , o r tw e n ty d a y s o f a y e a r lo n g

they course,
s u c c e s s fu lly
fa il th a t c o u rse
a p p e a lu n le s s
th e
ru lin g .
o f t h e p o lic y ,
F e ltm a n
" W e 'v e
says that
s ig n ific a n tly
b e c a u s e
decreased truancies."
A t T aft, H om er is hopeful that
the rates w ill increase:
"O urg o d
is 9 0 %
for this year."
He w arns,
how ever, "You
have to be realis-
tic :
w hat
w o rk s
a t
In d ia n
H ill
doesn't w ork here."
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