A new physical education teacher who is a 5' 7" blue‑eyed brunette is Miss Mildred McManus.

Miss McManus stated that her pet peeves are students with poor attitudes toward school and spirit. "School spirit as a whole is good, but it's too bad that the enthusiasm of a freshman does not spread to the upperclassmen."

This active teacher is the sponsor of the Bowling Club and of Girls' Intramural Basketball. "More students," said Miss McManus, "should spend some of their extra time participating in intramurals to improve their skills and to have a good time." Her advice to all students is to take advantage of the educational opportunities offered to them at Maine West.

Miss McManus believes that the best thing about Maine West is the leader program and the enthusiasm shown by the students and teachers for it. "This program offers a wide range of learning experiences beneficial not only in the classroom, but also when participating in extra‑curricular activities. It is here and they should take full advantage of it."

This being her first year at Maine, she finds the distance between places hard to get accustomed to. "I dislike teaching a health class in C‑wing and then finding myself rushing to get to A‑wing in time to teach a gym class. I find it difficult to give students detentions for being late when I myself am tardy."

"I think that school spirit at Maine West is just fine. There may be only a few people going out for individual activities; but if you add up all the people who take part, you would see that there is really a lot of spirit among the students," says Mr. Floyd Raspiller. Mr. Raspiller is a new biology teacher at Maine.

He enjoys all his classes and admitted he had only one pet peeve. "I dislike the feeling some students have at times that the teachers are against them, instead of the idea that school is a cooperative effort." He believes that the student body and the faculty are the best things about Maine, and he would not make any changes yet. He feels ". . . a person must be around longer to see how a school operates."

Mr. Raspiller is married and has two children, a girl who is four and a boy who is two. During his spare time, he has been working on redecorating his home and lists carpentry among his hobbies.

When asked if he had any advice to give to his students, he replied, "What I've found to work for me may not work for everyone; but if you believe that you can do something, you can, if you are willing to make the necessary sacrifices."

His favorite town is a toss‑up between Des Plaines and his home town, Aurora. During the time that he was in the Air Force, he lived for two years in Germany and for six months in Rome, Italy. He has also traveled much in the western United States.

Mr. Raspiller taught in an East Aurora junior high school and at a Geneva high school before coming to Maine West.