VOL. 6, NO. 6
DEC. 4, 1964

Mr. may joins maine faculty
People who take things too seriously is a pet peeve of Mr. Donald May, a new English teacher at Maine West. Because of the resignation of Mrs. Patricia Myers, Mr. May is now a full time member of the staff. He had been a substitute teacher before.

Mr. May was born in Chicago, however, he grew up in Kansas. Later his family moved back to Illinois where he attended his junior and senior years at Maine East. Once Mr. May was a student who thought he "knew it all" and was expelled from Maine East for a day. After serving his enlistment in the Army, Mr. May attended Witchita State University in Witchita, Kansas.
 Confusion is Mr. May's favorite state and when he was "hit on the head with a rock," he first became interested in teaching. Being a poet would be a change which Mr. May would make in himself. He has written several plays and poems, but the critics seem to think that his writing is too deep, or as Mr. May put it, "way out."

Prevaricating and writing are Mr. May's favorite pastimes. Reading the works of a German philosopher and the works of George Bernard Shaw also fill his free moments. When asked to give a statement about high school today, Mr. May replied, "The greatest problem with education involves the alienation between the teacher and students; teachers demand that students behave like adults, but treat them like children: conversely, students desire to be treated like adults, but sometimes behave like children."