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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1972
Page
2
Dr. Sanford Sternlicht lectured Mrs. Edith Warner's Contemporary World Drama class on Dec. 4 covering theater periods from 5th Century Greece to 20th Century Modern Drama. He discussed Repertory Companies and fielded student questions about Genet's The Balcony with plans for future talks on masters like Ibsen and Chekhov.
Mr. Kiley claimed the Betty Crocker Housekeeping Award after a Donkey Basketball game. The note mentions departing student teachers seeking better pay and farewells, plus comments about a high pencil sharpener and a Reading Resource Center in Room 200. It notes library use and a fact about the Cheetah running 100 yards in four and a half seconds.
Drama teacher Miss Frances Marion Brown leads two OHS classes with about forty students focusing on play production, pantomime, voice, and makeup. The group watched Christ Play in Syracuse on October 28 1972 and plans a December Christmas show with a spring second production.
The Junior Class presented a donkey basketball match on December 9 in Leighton Gym. Eight donkeys were steered by Shaw Brothers staff as faculty women faced men. Notable players included Miss Terry Fisher and Connie Casemento. The women won 6-4 in overtime scoring two by Debbie Deeb.
Members of the 1973 varsity baseball squad plan an educational field trip to Millshoe California next spring with tentative dates April 23 to 29. Approval has been granted and funds will be raised by students. The OHS marching band is invited to perform at Disney World in Orlando Florida in March and may join a field trip.
A bi weekly Oswego High feature profiles Rajeev Shanathari a 15 year old Indian immigrant adjusting to life in Oswego New York He cites English class as a challenge and notes cultural differences especially attitudes toward schooling coed social life and holidays The piece highlights his family background language learning and adaptation during their first months in the United States.
Chiries Dumas, Albany correspondent for the New York Daily News, will become director of communications for Sen. Warren M. Anderson, the new Senate majority leader, early next year according to today’s announcement.
Students and staff weigh in on a new Alternate Day Schedule with 70 minute classes three one week two the next. Freshmen favor more study time while a senior notes increased homework from resource centers and fewer classes. Some praise flexibility to come and go and practice music.
Seventeen year old Oswego High School wrestler James Kessler earns Senior of the Week honors. At six feet 155 pounds he aims for a pin and has two varsity letters in football and wrestling. He serves as Athletic Club president and is senior class vice president, with hobbies in flying and water skiing. He plans to study electrical engineering at RPI and is the son of Mr and Mrs James H Kessler of 118 West Ligath Oswego. Born March 24, 1955, he has one brother and three sisters.
A collection of handwritten Dear Santa letters from Oswego New York students dated December 13 1972. Betty Jones asks for one item per person and a week alone, while another letter from a student nicknamed Swinger requests a radio and clothes with playful slang and holiday wishes.
The Oswego High School gymnastics team debuts under Mrs. Isen Kessler with athletes including Maris Readling Phillis Munski Melanie Pyke and others. Events listed are floor exercise balance beam uneven bars and rotting with each girl choreographing her routines. The first meet is January 25 1973 at Auburn at 4 00 p m and the first home meet is February 10 1973 at 1 00 p m in the CHS Gym.
In Illinois in 1923 it was forbidden to speak English anywhere in the state. Chicago Mayor Thompson decreed that the official language was American English, prompting controversy over language policy and public conduct.
The Distributive Education Class at Oswego High School awaits the grand opening of their store. Students will sell school supplies and other products under teacher Thomas Crisafulli and assistance from Melvin Mcfee's class.
AP reports singer Bobby Sherman introduced his newborn son and admitted his secret marriage was not really a secret. Sherman told reporters Thursday that most fans knew about the marriage and took it in stride.
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