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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1968
Page
10
Pep rallies prove a weekly drain on class time and student spirit as teachers and students alike criticize repetition and poor planning. Skits grow stale and assemblies lose impact, suggesting better scheduling and focus on high-stakes games to revive energy.
Fenwick Falcons players debate how football affects grades and study time. Some say practice routines help discipline and budgeting time while others fear fatigue and poor conduct could trigger expulsion. Coaches and teachers weigh which is more important.
Two foreign exchange students join Monroe High School under International Fellowship Incorporated. Dana Vilinois from Manta Ecuador and Julio Giraldo from Bogota Colombia live with local host families for nine months and study alongside Monroe students.
Miss Vi Liacis compares Ecuador and United States schooling, saying students here study fewer courses and have more activities. She describes daily schedules, group dating customs, and shopping habits, noting language barriers with a peer.
Fenwick High School's National Honor Society conducts a survey to measure participation in extracurricular activities this year following student complaints that clubs were unclear. Chairman Keith Neu says results will be released in about three weeks after compiling data with Kathy Murphy. The NHS plans a seniors survey on college plans and leaders also organize Leadership Day and guidance-material distribution led by David Ernst.
A Middletown High School short feature explores teen driving as a new license reaches 16. Students scramble for parking near the school, face $20 fines for reserved spots, and juggle buses and sidewalks as they commute and return home. A senior girl favors driving for the privacy and speed despite higher costs.
Nuns at Fenwick High School from the Franciscan and Sisters of Charity orders adopt knee length modern habits with pumps replacing clunky shoes and some hair showing. They praise practicality and note a shift from asceticism toward integration with the public as they discuss potential further changes and the need for a uniform identity.
The Mercury editorial advocating dropping semester exams for top students was reprinted in The School Press Review at Columbia University and chosen as one of three monthly editorial selections. Harding Jones, former Mercury editor, now a Princeton freshman, authored the piece.
A manifesto calling for a massive student strike at the University of Redlands circulated under the SDS banner, but the SDS chapter was nonfunctional and the sit-in drew only 15 students plus President Donald Ruthenberg who invited them to drinks ending the protest.
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