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beards, and girls by servingas judges, and as BeardDay Queens, So, beginning·tbe Wednesday before springvacation and continuingthrough the vacation, most

A group. of students, ledby senior Tom Baker, hasdecided to start a new tradi­tion at Darien High Schoolby initiating a Beard Day,Boys participate by growing

"THE WINNER".........

.by Jon Bigelow

Hairy Monday Success

by Diane Tirpack

OFFERS VARIED

REPERTOIRE

FIEDLER BENEFIT

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The groups participatingwill include the Band, Girls'Glee Club, a Singing Quartet,Advanced Choir, the DarienHigh School Orchestra, theDarien Community StringSymphonette, and ·the MixedChorus.

The 'Band, under the direc­tion of Francis Furman, willopen the program with "Sag­amore Hlll Marcn" by Luck­enblll, dedico,ted to TheodoreRoosevelt, whose home ofthat name was in Oyster Bay,Long Island, Other numbersby the Band wlll include

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Friday evening, May 13th,will mark the presentation oftbe twenty-eighth annualSpring Concert by tbe com­bined musical organizationsof the Darien High SchoolMUSic Department in the DHSauditorium.

Und~r the direction of Lu­ther F. Thompson, head ofthe Music Department, Ed­ward J. J antschi, of DHS andMather's Music Depart­ments, and Francis A. Fur­man, of both Math~r's andMiddlesex's Music Depart­ments, tbe groups will ~re­sent a varied program.

Arthur Fiedler, famedconductor oftheBostonSym­phony, conducted tbe NewHaven Symphony Orchestrain a Pops Concert as abenefit for Stamford's Jun­ior League, at DHS, April

.16th.,Mr. Fiedler,at72,isnoted

for his ability to pleaseeveryone in the audience withmusic of all kinds, whilemaintaining high standardsof quality and performance,

The concert began witb"Toccata"" Kindler's adap­,tation of Frescobaldi's com-

. ". ' •. : 't-' . W b ' "0 rtur of the boys- ir. this insti-• 't"J...... TT ......,...""""' ........~- 'M... • _'-..... '""-~" .. ) pqSI Ion... e ,;r s . v8:.....: e ... ,. 'ie-aU '

.........................-... ~b ....- ~""'. '.~..I' ~-;.j..l=-4. .......;i~ol'tW 3 'ft)ll~~ ~...~ ~....~ldJf~~n_~areh~=-The focus of the convention with two traditional areas of To , perform a solo in ly preened ~ell' own faCIal

was speeches made by stu- rebellion; clothj.ng and Grieg's "'Pianq Concerto in locks, or ~elicate1Y prepar­dents and -administrators drinking. From this start- A Minor", Mari Luisa F'ai:" ed synthebc beards, and onalike on the subject, "Rebels ing point she went into civll ni, the. former head of tbe Monday, the 25th, most ofwitb a Cause?" The intro- rights movements and stu- Piano Department at Hart- tbe boys, and a few of tbeductory speech was made by dent opinion concerning tbe ford's Hartt School of Mu- faculty, came to schoolDr. Kenneth Kenstion, a'Yale war in Viet Nam. Bonnie sic appeared on stage. Miss beard~d. "professor of psychology, felt tbat these· two press- Fain! is currently associated Durmg tbe. ~ornmg, the

Other students besides ing situations gave cause with. tbe West Hartford female populatlOn, expertsBonnie tbat spoke were a for rebellion, Student pro- School of Music. for-a-dl\Y on the subJ eC,t ofsenior co-ed from the Uni- tests in civil rights and the Sue Miller, a DHS jWlior, bear~s, Judg~d the varIOUSversity of Connecticut, a Vietnamese War have direc- presented a bouquet of red entrIes. ?urmg lunch theysenior boy from Taft Pre- tion, She surmised tbat stu- roses to 'Miss 'Faini on be- cast, their ballots, f?r tbeparatory School, and a senior d~nts of today are respond- half of DHS, at the end of heav;est, mos~trttbc.' andboy from Trinity College. ing to the wO,rld in a more her performance. ~os . reasona e acslmlle,Following lunch the talks organized manner than tbe After the I' te " m theIr classes, and for one, , n rmlsslOD, h I 'd b t b d .were continued by two pro- youth of previous gener- Kha.c,haturian's "'Masquer- sc 00 WI e es ear wm­fessors, respectively, from ations had demonstrated. ade", Lehar's,"'Waltzesfrom nero The boys chose theWesleyan University and Bonnie concluded tbat the 'The Count of.Luxembourg'" tbree beard day queens,Newton, Mass.DHS'sprinci- students "Who think- are a pot-pourri of melodies If the beards were fWl­pal, Dr. Stewart B. Atkin- more mature than those in from "'Sound of Music", n~, the assemb~y was fun­,so!l1, and Jane Gegenheini- the past, and accredited this which drew enthusiastic ap- ~ler. Loyal. I?HS ers ~self­er, a DHS senior, also. at- progress to our educators plause and Bizet's' "raran- lshl.y sacrifIced th~lr 7thtended the conference. Dr. who "'give students the tools dole from 'L'Arlesienne'" perIod classes to lis~en .toAtkinson· felt tbat Bonnie "did to protest with and urge stu- were presented, tbe problems of psychiatnstDarien High'School proud," dents to tbink." The thundering applause Bob, Van Sant and several

BO~lJlie's speech began at the conclusion of the con- °i~ pabentmbs, who bore aW'lth S' S' . . cert prompted M F' dl s r g rese lance to Ru-

prmg pnngs Spnng Concert to ~d a series ~'en~:re:: fus .Millett, One of theirby Diane Tirpack _ tbe first of .which was tbe Pbrobdleedmslwdas tbe drheam of

theme f om "E od "b' ear a les; sop omorer x us, y. T' V S t' , L

Gold MGet M t tb Ch h rma an an, JWlIOr or-, e 0 e urc 'Ch al' d'on T

'm" f "M F' rame ev ler, an semorIe rom yaIr ..Lady

" th d Chnstme Joosten, the threewas e secon en-An

' t t ti of bearded queens,core. m erpre a on ' . ."1 Want to Hold Your Hand" Sophomore wmners, re-

d tb h h't celvmg such useful Items as

prove 0 e a smas ~ , ed b ball 'tt d. . a us ase ml an anMr, FIedler placed empha- 1100' ad. • 015 ro map were:SIS on the drums, endmg R' ~ d M lb 'th tb.. . lCuar eu erg WI etbe pIece WIth a change m t abl f "1t mas reason e aCSlII1l e,e~po. the final encore, Tom Deming with the most

Sor, "'St d St . artistic, and Nick Timbers,

ousa s ars an rtpes h . d ed tb hForever- brought the entire ~ °t bwasdJu g e eav-

, . les ear.brass sectIon of the orches-tra to its feet, The junior victors then had·

The audience, anear-cap- their, m~ments.of.fame.D.anContinued on Pg. 4 Leonard s faCSImIle won hIm

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MAY 6, 1966

VOL LXVI DARIEN HIGH SCHOOL. DARIEN, CONNECTICUT NO, 15

Rebels With A Cause

by Cathy Bagnal

by Diane Tirpack

Twelve students fromDarien High School have beenselected to participat~ in theAll-State Chorus, Orchestraand Band, next October atStorrs, Connecticut.

Pamela Wescott, alto;Carol Porter, alto: PeterGenestra, bass; EdwardMc­Clure, bassj and GeorgeHarlow, tenor, were select­ed from about one tbousandwho auditioned to be in theChorns.

Four members of Dar­ien's Orchestra were se­lected to participate in TheAll-State Orchestra, Lor­raine Pratt, clarinet; RolandLaForge, tuba; DanielLeonard, string bass, andLorraine Kolber, viola, wonpositions in the Orchestrafrom a field of some onethousand instrumentalistswho auditioned from moretban seventy high schools inConnecticut.

Megan Doney, clarinet;Charles Demarest, clarinet;and John Thomas, trombone,all earned positions in the.All-State Band.

The All-State auditioningcommittees of the Connect­icut Music Educators Assoc­iation made the appointment

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try and to be brought up todate in all phases of scienceand teaching." '

TWELVE MAKEALL-STATE

Science Teachers Convene

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Two weekends ago, Mr. Lindley Hubbard, Mr. VictorLumper, Mr. Richard Bajek, and" Mr. Harold Holder, allof DHS's science department, attended the fourteenth an­nual conv.ention of the National :;lcience Teachers Associa­tion held at the New York Hilton Hotel,

The conference, attendedby over 6,000 teachers fromthe entire United States, con­sisted of lectures, seminarsand informal sessions, thetheme beind MScience: Con­tent, Communi,catiC?n, Con­troversy," The groups whichmet from morning into theevening, covered' a wide di- by Margie Warrenversity of topics, including On April 6, Bonnie Offner, a DRS senior, representedThermodynamics, oceanog- DHS at the New England Association of Colleges and Sec­raphy, films and facil-, ondary Schools convention which was held at Canterburyities for science teaching and High School in New Milford, Connecticut.

method courses.Among the prominent

scientists who spoke at theev~ning meetings were Dr.Linus Pauling, Nobel Prizewinner for peace and chem­istry, Drs. Richard Feynmanand Polykarp Kusch, botbN·Obel Laureates in 1965.Robert Jastrow, speaker atthe seminar iIi 2..Strophysicswhich Mr, Hu1)bar"attended,is the dire ~tor Cif tbe God-.,dard institute for SpaceStudies.

Mr, Hubbard, finding theinformal discussions of·great value, felt the con-'ventian of great benefit, Mtomeet so many teachers• ••~~.. ..; .s;"'~ t'" •.rro.lT' vW:..:.. ... ' k'ai ...:: VL ._e c·:",·'::."

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distance runner John Dur-land have been the most con- ,the highiy successful swim­sistent winners, along with ming and golf teams, re­Scott Brl:.mit in the high .places coach .Tohn....-M.ahftl:.,;jump. The Blue's toughest who recently resigned histests will undoubtedly be with coaching duties after estah­Rippowam, this year's in- lishing a fantastically suc­door track champion in the cessf~l. record of winningstate. football.

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Coaches Mautte and Nelson,each of whom scored to helpthe coach team. The end ofthe first half saw the Magi­cians, whose performanceclosely resembles that of therenowned HarlemGlobetrot­ters, out in front by a scoreof 43-28. , •

The comedy performanceof the Magicians during playcaused almost continuallaughter and applause to ringthrough the gym. Theiramusing "arguments· withthe referees, the numbersof their playe-rs (such as3 1/2, 5 l/Zt ar I their Key­stone Cop-type antics werequite a hit., The slapstickroutines and other shenani­gans which became the orderof the day did not, however,deter the Magicians fromcontinually outscoring thecoaches; spectacular longshots and almost uncannydribbling by the Magicianswere quite common.

The final half witnessed•both teams increas,e the

frequency of scoring; TheMagicians, though, continuedto reign supreme. The finalscore: Magicians 89~ Coach­es 61.

errors by the Blue enabledMcMahon to' take the leadand win, 5-4.

Tim Maher pitched an 11­inning game against Dan-.bury, but lost, 1-0 on a error.The Blues 'got just one hit,that by Jed Lawrence, and'they struck out twenty times:as they were almost hitless.

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comedy rather than seriousplaying.

The Magicians, an all­Negro team which includes.some of basketball's greatnames, grabbed the lead ,from the start. It soon be­came evident that they weretoo much for their opposi­tion," which was made up ofthe basketball coaches fromneighboring high schools.

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Staak got his first lossagainst Brien McMahon, 5-4.If the Blue did not commitfour errors, the game wouldhave turned aroWld in their.favor.

Andy Cusack andJ ed Law­rence got hits to drive in onerun apiece and an error en­ahled them to get two runs,but it was not enough as four

victory.In the New Canaan game,

the Blue burst open asButchSavery hit a three run homerand Capt. Russ MacDonnell

. drove in two with a. triple.Jed Lawrence also drove intwo runs separatelY, andElliot McNell and Tim Maherboth drove in one apiece tobeat New Canaan, 9-0.

In the staples game, VicBenzyk drove in tw.o runswith a double, and' AndyCusack, Elliot MeNell, andWayne Robinson each.drovein one run to help Bob defeatStaples, 5-3.

Tim Maher pitched hissecond s~utout, beatingGreenwich, 5-0. Elliot Mc­Nell and Butch Saverypounded back to backhomers. Phil Paris drove intwo runs, and an error bythe first baseman enabledthe Blue to win 5-0.

Trackmen'"Triumph

by Jeff PingpankThe ba;'ie~ High School

track team 'remains unde-feated after its first four by Peter Chowkameets. But the team has a A crowd of close to 1000lot of tough meets coming witnessed an exciting, amus­up, including one with state ing, and unique basketballindoor champion Rippowam game at the Benefit Nighton May. 9. held on Thursday, April 14,

The track team opened its in the DHS gym. The contest,season with a 65 - 48 win with pz:oteeds going to theover Stratford at Stratford. Newington Home for Crip­Darien took 7 out of 13 pled Chi·ldren pitted theevents. The next meet was Fairfield County Conferencehome against Brien Mc- basketball coaches againstMahon. Darien won 102-48 Marques Haynes' fahledMa­taking 15 firsts despite three gicians comedy basketballfirsts by McMahon's Kelly, team.. Unlike mostbasketballMyriCk. games, this one emphJIsized

Over the spring vacationDarien took Trumbull 122-28taking every first except one.At 'Stamford Darien edgedStamiord 82 1/2-67 1/2 al­though Stamford had morefirsts.

In the four meets captainBen Gifford, Cap Allen, JerryHOlway, John Durland, andJim Cordes took a total of4 firsts each. Scott Brumitthas three firsts while SteveDoriss, Bob .Fallo~, JaMEvans, Nick BaJeer and DonHopkins have two firstsapiece. Bill DeRaimes,Dwayne Dahl, Jim Car­michael and Wilson Leachhave one first.

The mile relay team ofBob Johnson, Jim Car­michael, Don Wilks, and BenGifford finished first in theTrumbull meet and in theMcMahon meet when PeteReynolds replaced DonWilks. The 880 relay teamof Wilson Leach, Don Hop­kinS; -SaJldy C£Ullpbeil-aa'ldSteve Doriss has 'Won.threetimes. The medley relayteam of John Konrad, BillDeRaimes, Bruce Corbettand Don Wilks has won twice.

The track team has startedoff in the right direction.With luck the team may beone of the best in the-,state.-

NEIRAD

Golfers Gain

GRAND OLD GAME

great l1-inllirig, extra­inning duel. Maher has givenup 12 hits in 25 innings, he'swalked only three, and he hasstruck out 17, to have a 2-1record.

Bob staak has pitched 21innings, giving up 5 earnedruns, 16 hits; he's walked ,.,and struck out 20. Bob wonthe opener, the Norwalkgame, 4-0, giving up 3 hits.In the Staples game he gaveup 5 hits, 3 runs, but the~Hue won it by two runs, 5to 3. Bob's only loss wasto Brien McMahon; he gaveup 8 hits and 5 runs to loseit, 5 to 4, but two of the runswere again Wlearned.

In the Norwalk game,errors by Norwalk enabledthe Blue to get two runs,while Butch Savery and Rus~MacDonnell' drove in 'theother . two rWl5 for a 4",:0

Batmen Stall,Errors Costly

by--Bob eOlle--

The Blue's are tied forsecond place in the FCIACConference.

Tim Maher has not givenup one earned rWl yet, buthe lost the Danbury gamedue to an error, 1-0, in a

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by Kim FuiksDHS's ' golfers launched

their season off with a fairstart by powerfully shuttingout the Brien McMahonlinks men but at the sametime losing to the hostingNew Canaan golfers on theNew Canaan Country Clubfairways.

Following the trIangularmeet with Brien McMahonand New Canaan, the BlueWave golfers whitewashedthe visiting St.j"-seph:i'teamof Trumbull on their homeDarien Country Club course.

Representing the startingfoursome along with CaptainDave Wieseley are re­tournees Bill Barnes, BruceGoodrich, and Pete Hoppock,who is a newcomer to theteam this year.

At the present CaptainDave Wieseley carries thebest record in the win-lossdepartment. In three openingmatches Wieseley has de­feated opponents from BrienMcMahon and St. J os&ph· swhile being defeated "one­up" by a top New Canaanperformer.

Tl(e Blue Wave golf seasonshould continue to look brightas Danbury; Roger Ludlowe,and AndrewWarde play hoststo the DHS team the firstweek in May.

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by Melinda M~rris

Girls' Tennis

The girls tennis can­didates are continUing theirladder matches to insure atop place on either the sin­gles or doubles ladder.

About 35 girls started outby playing a group of fivematches. From the resultsof these matches a tempo­rary ladder was composed.For the past three weeksgirls have been challengingplayers not more than twoplaces above them on theladder. The ladder is nownarrowed down to about 10successful players.

Some discouraged playersdropped out,' but others,stayed in to compete in dou­bles. The girls to keep aneye on are: Allison Brown,Cathy Crane, Leslie Cork­ran, Nancy Knowlton, PamBrindley, and Julie White.'

The DHS tennis team, sup­posedly headed for an in-'auspicious season, has blos­somed into an undefeatedteam in its first threematches against Stainfcird,Ludlow, and Rippowam. Sur­prising strength of new­comers Dave Mixter, ChrisClarke, and sophomoreRichard Geise have supple­mented the winning efforts ofveterans Wally Smith andCaptain Dick Coyle.

with Wally Smith againstStamford and with Dave Mix­ter against Rippowam. At the112 spot, Bob Devoluy andGeorge Merrow beat theStamford team, while on Fri-,day it was Rich Geise andRandy Watkins beating Rip­powam. No doubles matcheswere played Wednesday be­cause of rain.

Neirad congratulates thenew Darien High School headfootball coach, Victor F.Crump. Mr. Crump, mathteacher as well as coach of

BULL-PEN

Hetmen WinThree

MAY 6, 1966~

by Bruce MacVickarFine pitching oy the

Maher-Staal< dynamic duo,solid hitting, and errors bythe opposition have spelledsuccess for the Blue ·batmenalthough their own miscueswere responsible for theirtwo defeats to date. CaptainRuss MacDonnell, PhilParis" Jed Lawrence, andButch Savery are the leadingbatters for the Blue, thelatter with two homers. Bluebats were silenced, however,in the 11 inning Danburyheartbreaker on Friday,April 29. There seems tobe little difficulty in thepitching department, butconsistent hitting, partic"­ularly in the clutch, and amore disciplined defenseshould signal a bright future The golf team, alsofor the team. supposedly headed for a re-

Due to an impressive building year, seems headedarray of first-ra~e rmlfiers toward a successful seasonand consistent winners, the after defeating Brien Mc­Darien Go-Go track team has Mahon, Staples, and Green­emerged victorious in the. wich and losing only to New·first four meets. Jerry Hol- Canaan. Coach Crump'sway has raised the pole vault "fearsome foursome,1I cap­record to 12' 5 1/2" and tain Dave Wiesely, Brucemay vault out of sight. Jim Goodrich, Bill Barnes, andCordes has also set a record Pete Hoppock, have beenin the javelin with a toss of' shooting low scores and are169'. Cap Allen, who set a a good bet to give the coachrecord in the discuss as a another winning season.sophomore and is still tryingto return to his '64 formin spite of shoulder trouble,took thr'ee firsts in this eventand one in the shot put. Thesethree, quarter miler andCaptain Ben Gifford, and long

by Dave Watson

The blue netmen extendedtheir winning streak to threeon Friday, April 29, beating.Rippowam five matches totwo. In this meet they losttheir number three singlesand number one doubles.

Wednesday April 22,Darien defeated Roger Lud­lowe, 4-1. Darien's lead atthat point was considered a,-victory-in that match Darienlost only their number foursingles.

In the opener againstStamford on Monday, April25, Darien won an impres­sive victory, losing onlytheir number one doublesmatch.

As for single players won­lost-records, Dinger Coylehas won all three of hismatches in the 411 spot, ashave Dave Mixter and WallySmith at spots two and fiverespectively. Chris Clarke(113) has lost only to Rippo­warn, and Rich Geise haslost only one of his three(to Roger Ludlow.)

There has been noticeableshifting in the doubles posi-

• 'lions, indicating that CoachSanford Robinson is still un­sure of his players. DingerCoyle played at the #1 spot

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COUNCIL CORNERContinued from .l'g.2

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qualified for the offices ·they:were seeking, many withpractical experience, and allwith a clear confidence inthe school, the student body,and the new DSO. It seemedthat the all-junior and sopho­more electorate would have adifficult time choosing~:r.O;lg thie l~st of c2!':Hdatc~:

For President; Jon Good­ale, Jerry Holway, MikeO'Neill and Mike Sledge. ForVice President; Doug Goble,Jeff Pingpank and Nick Tim­bers. For Recording Secre­tary; Alison Brown and Lyn­nie Lynch. For Correspon­dence Secretary; Lyn Gam­mill, Dana Hendricks, AnneSeagrave and Candy Rich­ards. For Treasurer: Lor­raine Chevalier, Pam Mills,Robin Risque, B~uce Smithand David Sutcliffe.

Along withnextyear'sDSOcommittee chairmen, °:Mike,Nick, Lynnie, Anne, and Pamwill be members of the Ex­ecutive COWlcH. Accordingto the constitution, they willpreside at the last threeCouncil meetings of thisyear, with the help of tnepresent officers, and winthen start on their own inSeptember.p~ograni, the CombinedChoruses will be joined bythe Orchestra in "The LastWords of David," by RandallThompson.

Tickets for the concertmay be purchased at thedoor or in advance from any"member of the school'smusical g;roups.

by Ellen Lindgren

·Goings-On

the University of Connect­icut at Storrs, and will re­~earse for two days under·some of the finest conductorsin the country. On the even-.ing of the second day theorchestra of 125 players,the band of approxtmatelyone hundred and thirty-fiveplayers, and a chorus of twohundred and fifty voices will. ,present a complete evenmg sconcert for parents and in­terested guests.

ALL-STATEContinued ·from Pg, I"

announcements Tuesday,April 12. Selection of thegroups were made as a re­sult of statewide auditionsheld in Fairfield, March26th, for the Chorus, andApril 2nd for the BlUld lUldOrchestra.

In October of this year

Spring vacation brought which was different, to sayout thel. wandering urge in the. least.

. many - John Dasher, Lyn Bob Callahan is beingCaldwell, Lorraine Chev- visited regularly at home, asalier, Rob &iegner, Missy he can't do much hoppingLindsay, Allison· Brown, around.Mike J ohoson, Georgia What with the warmGeist, Ann Devendorf, and weather, all the little boysAnn Marshall were among and girls s,eem to be out inthose to look at colleges. the fresh air more and more

Other s turned to the sun, • . . is the' Sugar Bowland to FloridajourneyedJeff losing some of it's spice?Rossell, Bob Darby, Ralph Congratulations to the newShort,.steve Reed, Kim FUiks, -D. S. O. officers;' MikeGarry Barker, Judi Irving,' O'Neill, Nick Ti~bers,Lyn­and Cathy Crane·... Brenda nie Lynch, Anne Seagrave,Massey and Sue J ositas went and Pam Mills.to ~assau ..• Dana Rend-. The Creations were aricks toured Sea Island. .. smash at the Canteen Dance,and Ed and Edie Whiting which was great, in'spite ofwhipped around Bermuda on the raih. . . . Bob and Rufusbikes. entertained, along with Car-

VacatiO,n also encouraged ,';Un·e Downey, Mike New­those dedlcated souls to coax ·mann, and Sonny Kelly, each·on . their manly growth of offering' their own special.faclal hair -- BeardDay was little talents.acclaimed an allaroundsuc- The Young Rascals arecess . • . Bob and Rufus coming to Stamford Highwere assisted nobly by Beard School May 7th .•. also onQueens Tina Joosten, Lor- that date the Danbury Race­raine Chevalier, and Trina way. ope~s; each should pUllVan Sant at the assembly, a larlle Darien crowd.

A BOY,s' -Singing 'QuartetConsisting of J oba Fulton,George Harlow, Edward )Vlc­Clure, and Peter Raarup will.sing the wellcknown "Whif­fenpoof Song""and LidaRose"from "The Music Man, byWilson.. The advanced Cl,lOir, thisyear appearing for the firsttime in their new blue bla­zers, will sing "Musika, DeinGanz Lieblich Kunst" (MusicThou Most Lovely Art), aGerman madrigal. "He ShallFeed His Flock" from "The Stage With Cole Porter,"Messiah", a special choral arranged by Warrington.arrangement of the well- The Combined Mixedmown contra~to" solo, will ·Chorus under the directionfollow. A highlight of this of Mr. Jantschi willperfnrmgroup's present~tionwill be Palestrina's "Tenebraea special version by Koskey, Factae Sunt," Vaughanof "Four Animal Songs" by Williams' "The TurtleDove"Ogden Nash entitled "The a solo by Doug: Ray, Hair­Duck," "The Kitten," "The ston's arrangement of thePanther," and "The Hippo- negro spiritual, "Elijahpotatnus." Rock," and "FatherWilliam"

The Orchestra, directed °fr"om "Alice in Wonderland"by Luther F. Thompson, will' 'by Fine. Loesser's "The lochbe joined for the first time Worm" will conclude their"in .a Spring Concert by the "solo performance." TheDarien Community String Chorus will be accompaniedSymphonette to play "Czech by Mrs. Norma Reynolds aRhapsody," by Weinberger, grade school music teacher,and a special collection of on the piano.Cole Porter favorites, '""On As a finale to the evening's

NEIRADBEARD. . .

Continued from Pg. Ia tennis racket, while a kitewas awarded for Don Wille'smost artistic growth. JerryHolway won a hypodermicneedle for the heaviest jun­ior beard.

The Senior victors cameon stage next. Todd Goblewas made the proud posses­sor of "How to Get lnto Col­lege," for his reasonablefacsimile, while John King'sheaviest beard and Mike Ca­cavella's most artistic beardwon them both equally valu­able prizes .

At this point "The Guild"a folk. singing group com­posed of Jim Peterson, Wen­dy Stevens, Doug Ray, andDan Leonard, was intro­.duced. They sang "FourStrong Winds," the "Alamo,"and a song writ.ten by Jim.Peterson, "This Old Town."

Following the musical in­terlude, more covetedawards were presented.Four members of the facul­ty - Mr. Maxson Crandell,Mr. John Harkins, Mr. San­ford Robinson, and Mr. Phil­ip Baker received a box ofitems labeled a "DisciplineKit. »

Junior Mike Johnson re­ceived the door prize, a.

,door. "There was also a vis'tby DR canine asco

Finally, eatpense was brpken. It wasannounced that David Crollhad won the over.-all bestbeard prize. He was awardedthe "Coveted Troppy, " in

the form of a gold-swathedBetsy Heath.

Five Pesosby Pam Brindley

The sophomore Englishclass of Mr. Peter Hufstad­er scored a first in pre­senting the play "SundayC08ts Five Pesos" byJosephina Niggli.

The April 15 performancedrew an audience oJ overtwo hundred students, teach­ers, ana interested pareni.~.Evans as Fidel Duran,Rhonda Trzcinski as BertaCantu, Pam Brindley as Sa­lome, Sue Jesperson as Ton­ia, and Denise Ma,rquet asCelestina. The troupe, well-.prepared after a month ofrehearsals, drew manylaUghs and applause. TrinaVanSant and Caroly Smithdeserve special thanks fortheir costume donations, asweil as a 'hats off' to thestage crew for a fine job..

t speed transmission and therear end. Around these partshe bullt a home- made chas­fs consisting of 2 x 3 boxtubing. The shortness of. themachine is due to a choppeddrive shaft which is' ouly10" long. A lone bucket seat;aFiat gas t:ink and dual rearwheels are the only other"out of the ordinary" char­acteristics the machine pos­sesses. Because of its smallsize and' fantastically lowhorsepower to weight ratio,this machine does' wheelstands through all fourgears.

CONCERT Cant. from Pg. 1

"Concert Overture"byJohn-..son, "Holiday for Winds/'byGlenn Osser, and 'BlockConcert March", by Bilik.

The Girls' Glee Club,dressed in pastel spring'dresses, will be under thedirection of Edward J. Jan­tschi, and will follow theorchestra, singing Emig's"Soft Ls The Night" and "IIEst Bel et Son" (He Is Goodand Handsome) in the orig­inal French by Passereau.Concluding the sele.ctions bythis group will be RichardRodgers and Oscar Ham­merstein's "Younger ThanSpringtime," from ·SouthPacific. 11

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