Should New York Regents be Abolished Questioned by Inquiring Reporter
Letters from students and educators debate abolishing the Regents exam system in New York. Some call for ending the test due to overemphasis on a single assessment and tax money waste, while others defend Regents for general education and credit, noting colleges now focus on SAT and ACT scores.
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New York
Roxanne Slocum
Robin Springer
Roy Green
Bill Herrick
Mary Helen Smith
SAT
Regents
Nancy Ehrhart
David Parker
New York State
Newark
Arthur A. Goodell
Geoff Hughes Wins 1973 Betty Crocker Award at COD High
Geoff Hughes a COD High School senior becomes the first male to win the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow award after competition expanded to boys. The December exam covered math biology chemistry and physics with homemaking still central. State winners advance to nationals for a $5000 top scholarship in April.
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COD
Geoff Hughes
COD High School
Betty Crocker
General Mills
Geoff
Trumansburg
Advanced Biology Course Planned For Next Year
A new Advanced Biology class taught by Mrs Borouchowitz and Mr Hoagland is proposed for next year after completing standard biology. It will run five days weekly, with in class labs and field trips, possibly during eighth period. Forty students are interested and credits count toward graduation but not a science major.
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Borouchowitz
Hoagland
Dames at Sea to be produced by local drama department
Dames at Sea, produced with Samuel French and the International Thespian Society, will debut in Trumansburg on April 13 and 14, and again May 11 at Alfred Agricultural and Technical College. The piece portrays Hollywood 1930s show business as upbeat hokum and hopeful escape.
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Cod Robert Timerson
Charles OQ
Dickerson High School
Samuel French
New York
Drama Dept
International Thespian Society
Hollywood Busby Berkeley
Ruby Keeler
Dick Powell
Trumansburg
The
State University Agricultural and Technical College
Hollywood
America
Dames At Sea
New district principal Cahill inked for Jacksonville post
Donald Cahill, the new district principal, has moved from Sayville to Jacksonville. He brings 16 years of teaching across math science English and social studies and aims to build a strong curriculum with faculty students and community input while addressing gender equity and individual student growth for tomorrow.
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C.O.D
Donald Cahill
Cahill
Jacksonville
Sayville
Long Island
Trumannsburg
Intramural Games Advance Despite Gym Equipment Refit
Girls basketball crowned winner as Nine teams prepare for floor hockey over three weeks. Boys intramurals delayed by current gym apparatus occupy, restricting activities to workouts only.
Trumansburg Varsity Club Enjoys New York City Weekend
The Trumansburg Varsity Club with 20 members plus four chaperones traveled to New York February 17. They visited Broadway shops, attended the Knicks 107 to 88 win over the 76ers, Radio City Music Hall, the Rockettes, a World’s Greatest Athlete film, and a Rangers 3 2 victory over the Islanders before returning home.
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Cod
Trumansburg Varsity Club
New York
Varsity Club
Wesley Somerville
Edward Tracey
Century Paramount
Broadway
Times Square
Macey's Department Store
Madison Square Garden
Garden
New York Knickerbockers
Philadelphia 76Ers
T-burg
Knicks
76Ers
NBA
Empire State Building
RCA
Radio City Music Hall
The
Rockettes
Radio City
New York Rangers
New York Islanders
Rangers
Trumansburg
New York Knicks
Jerry Luces
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Mr. Cahill
N.Y. City
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