Dear Editor:
In response to a letter printed in the Westerner on December 18, 1970, I wish to speak in M‑Club's behalf. You are right in your opinion that there is a "conflict between M‑Club and the rest of the school." However, do you know what the conflict is?

M‑Club is an organization composed of athletes who have won their varsity letter in a sport. M‑Club members volunteer for certain service jobs. One primary job is to aid the administration in the upkeep of the cafeteria. Since everyone seems to be entitled to an opinion, it is the opinion of M‑Club that a large number of the "rest of the school" are devoted to littering the cafeteria tables and floor.

Since it is our job to keep the cafeteria clean, we cannot condone the dirt you leave on the floor and tables. We will not defend the aggressive action of one of our number, but we will defend his primary aim. You, at that table, were responsible to keep it clean.

Your idea of replacing M‑Club with dogs proves to be intriguing. Perhaps dogs could take care of your dirt on the floor. Maybe they would accept insolence and disdain without fighting back, or perhaps you would prefer the varieties that bite.

Tom Duntemann

Dear Editor:
After reading Larry Portman's letter in the last issue of the Westerner, I was very deeply moved. It certainly is fabulous to see how much our Student Council president really cares‑maybe some changes will be made this year, more than the usual promises of candidates for the presidency of Student Council ever amount to.

If people‑students and faculty‑would really listen to what this guy is saying, maybe Maine West wouldn't be such a cold and unfriendly school to attend a school filled with cliques that have their own special prejudices the kind that no matter what someone does, if they are disliked by the members of the clique, they are laughed at and ridiculed.

I honestly think that deep inside every person‑no matter how cold and unfriendly they may appear‑they have that desire to reach out to people, but, as Larry stated, "Their emotions are well hidden by synthetic or plastic actions." In essence, society rules over all.

C'mon, people! Smile on your brother; everybody get together and try to love one another right now . . . otherwise it may be too late.

Lynne Hansen

Dear Editor and Students of Maine West:
Since school has begun, I have noticed rising conflicts between different groups of people in the school. It is evident that freaks, rah‑rahs, and greasers don't get along. There have been fights, both physically and verbally; there have been back and forth letters in the Westerner; and there is a continuous cut down of the other groups. It seems that one of the first things we look for in people is their faults. And, of course, you will find faults because everyone has them; no one is perfect. So because we see faults we don't give people a chance to express their real selves.

But we must realize that people are created Equal. But as individuals they should not be made to live up to someone else's standards. People are what they are; and if forced to be something else, they are not fulfilling their own purpose in life.

Stop and take a good. look at that person with the long hair and the person who goes to football games and that person in the leather jacket. Take a good look, further than the surface, further than their faults, and keep looking. Soon you will find that each of these people are really special in their own way. And if we all keep looking, maybe someday we can all get together and be one. There would be no more war between each other and ourselves. Sure, we still have different opinions, but we'll be unified and there will be true peace.

There is a saying that sums up what I am trying to share with you, it goes:

I do my thing and you do your thing.
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations.
And you are not in the world to live up to mine.
You are you, and I am I,
And if by some chance we find each other
It's beautiful.
by F. S. Peris

Let's all remember that.

Ticker Burchard


Dear Editor:
We would like to thank all the people who showed their concern at the time our father passed away. It was greatly appreciated by our entire family and is very comforting to know that others care so much.

Chris and Bev Kron