The Third Annual Maine Township Invitational Speech Tournament will be held on Saturday, February 6, at Maine South High School. Sponsored jointly by the speech departments of each Maine high school, the tournament will host schools from all over Chicagoland. Events selected for competition include: comedy reading, original oration, duet acting, prose reading, verse reading, extemporaneous speaking, radio speaking, and after dinner speaking. The first round of competition will be about 9 a.m., and any person interested in attending should contact Mr. Daryl Schultz in R‑201.

At the Rich East speech tournament, held on January 16, Russ Jacoby '72 took second place in extemp speaking. Seniors Jill Fedder and Jan Roll captured second place in duet acting. Dale Leigh '73 and Steve McMahon '74 tied for third place in original monologue. One week later Sue Sciez '73 took third place in prose while first place in comedy reading went to Jill Fedder '71. This tournament was held at North Chicago High School.

Orchesis, the Maine West modern dance club, will present another half-time show during the varsity basketball game between Maine West and Maine South on February 26. Members are already hard at work preparing their spring show that will be held in May. It will follow the theme of "We Try Better But . . . "  This year's officers include: Jan Fendius '71, president; Lori Anderson '72, vice-president; and Nancy Dema '72, secretary. The sponsor for Orchesis is Miss Susan Koester.


February has been designated as American Heritage Month. In honor of this event, Tri‑S is sponsoring a contest entitled "Faces in American History: Past and Present." Pictures of 100 famous Americans of past and present will be posted in one of the display cases. The person who can identify all 100 people correctly will be declared the winner. If no one can identify all of the pictures, the one who comes closest will win. The prize is a $25 U.S. savings bond. All students are eligible to enter but most have an official entry form from Mr. Charles Dunn in C‑222. The deadline for all entries is Friday, February 26.