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Newspaper
Free Press
Location
Trumansburg, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1971
Page
13
A letter from Shawn Murphey urges the school to preserve informal study halls for freshmen and sophomores alongside upperclass privileges. He questions segregation by age and asks for fair access, suggesting accountability measures like minimum averages or passes.
Students voice mixed views on the newly formed informal study hall. Comments praise the space for free talk and games, while critics call it wild and disruptive. Respondents note teacher support varies and suggest rules, rewards, or alternate spaces to balance benefits and discipline.
The Trumansburg High School Marching Band under Mr. E J Prevost will march in Ithaca in a Veterans Day Parade and plan a Christmas Concert on December 18. The Select Girls Chorus sings at a area church for a Thanksgiving Service. Six girls chosen for Area All-State Chorus in Dryden on November 19 and 20.
Kathie Nichols of TCS writes in agreement with a COD News editorial and asks all seniors to present the circulated petition. She argues that doing so will prevent administration from evading the issue and allow benefits of their labor to be realized soon.
Therese Le Boffe notes the senior class earned about 1200 from magazine sales, a disappointing sum amid apathy. Top seller Nianne Taber moved 360.35, prize pay is a nickel per pound. Kathy Updike 218.61. Buck and Howard homerooms led. Mitterer’s class trailed.
Readers ask about student rights and teacher authority, including dress code in gym class. Answers discuss authority of teachers and safety reasons for gym shorts. The column also covers math history, Hero's Formula, calculus origins, and occasional humorous exchanges about city population and jail releases.
Trumansburg celebrated homecoming October 22 with a parade led by the new music director Mr. Prevost, floats judged by local couples, and a football game a 28 to 8 defeat by South Seneca. Tickets neared $2,000 as Teen Council hosted a late dance featuring Raw Meat. A Sunday rally and a River Run concert capped the weekend with mixed reviews.
Lynne Kondracki and Pat Farrell plan a horseback ride to lift spirits. Dan King, freshmen class president, clears a misunderstanding over last week's class actions. Guest editors Allison Williams Nancy Ehrhart Susan Lewis praised. Chris Ditmars and a cherished object share comic near misses. Nancy Jamison recovers from a finger cut affecting gym handball. A note on land ownership highlights federal and public holdings in the United States and Alaska.
Mr Eash replaces Peter Woods at COD High and hails from Jer ome Pennsylvania. A 1971 Olivet Nazarene College graduate he begins his first year teaching bookkeeping business mathematics business law and Introduction to business. His wife Lorraine teaches kindergarten at Tioga Center Elementary School and they live at the Mobile Home Court on RD 2 in Owego.
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