VOL. XIII, NO. 12
MAY 12, 1972

Women's Lib: It's the Real Thing
By Jo Kaminski

The familiar old cliche, "It's a man's world," is truly a dying thing. In a world where women's lib is definitely taking effect on the male populous, women are getting more and more freedom to do what they want to do. It's frightening to think that women are equal to men in many capacities.

Don't be too surprised if a woman is running for the presidency within the next 10 years.

On the local level, you'll notice that as you look around, women's lib has taken its toll in the halls of Maine West and even in the classes.

In the printing class there is one girl, and in auto shop there is also one girl. Mechanical drawing has three girls enrolled in it, and woodshop has two.
 To prove that girls are doing their part, Nancy Nehring, who graduated last year, won the Industrial Arts Department award. Mr. Keith Robinson, instructor, says the girls are doing "quite well, although they are pioneers and have to do well in order to prove they can make it." When asked if he thought girls just came out to be grossly outnumbered by the boys, Mr. Robinson said, "There has only been one girl he thought who only enrolled to make contacts." The girls are more artistic in their work, but Mr. Robinson felt the boys were more mechanically inclined because they are forced to be.

Even more interesting is the fact that 23 boys are taking cooking class. Isn't it strange the boys would want to take part and learn how to cook? Maybe they're finally realizing their place in society, or at least in Maine West.