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Students right grade injustices
By Debbie Abrams
A group of OCHS students
proved once again that students
cut and do facilitate effective
and beneficial change when
they suffer blatant injustice.
For at least the past three
years, students of OCHS have
wen awarded honors on a scale
of 3.0 and 3.5. A student
receiving a minimum of a 3.0
' average and no more than a 3.5
average was awarded an
Honors letter. Students with
grades of no less than 3.5 were
awarded a Distinguished
Honors letter. A junior or senior
student who maintained a
cumulative average of 3.0 was
eligible for consideration to the
National Honor Society. Upon
graduation the awarding of
silver and gold tassles followed
the 3.0 • 3.5 scale.
However, it was not until
November 1976 that OCHS
student swere informed that the
standards for letters had been
raised to 3.3 and 3.7. It was, by
this time, too. late to do
anything about it, as marks for
that marking period had
already closed.
In December 1976 senior
stuoents were issued a letter
from Principal Scott Johnson
Mating that the standards for
tassels had also been raised in
order to coincide with the new
grade averages of 3.3 and 3.7.
The letter inferred that a
committee of students and
faculty members, headed by
Dr. William C. Lauer, which
ttad met in Spring 1976 to
discuss revision of the 3.0 • 3.5
standard,' was responsible for
the change. However, the
members of the committee had
only the power to make'
recommendations to the ad-
ministration. This they did, but
the recommendations were for
3.0 and 3.7. At a closed meeting
of administrators the recom-
mendation was changed to 3.3 -
3.7. Students were not informed
of this until, as was previously
stated, November 1976. despite
the fact that the administration
knew of the change in the
summer - in time to include the
information in the letters issued
to students from the high school
in mid-August.
Recently, National Honor
Society members voted not to
adopt raising standards for
admission to coincide with the
other standards. Mr. Johnson
overrode the vote, as permitted
in the NHS charter, and the
standard was raised. Shortly
after this, a group of students
and parents took action to
protest the revision of the three,
standards. The group had
petitions signed and confronted
the Board of Education with the
dilema at a meeting March 24.
A special meeting of the
Student Activity Committee ot
the Board and the students and
parents, as well as student
representatives from the other
classes at OCHS was held
March 29 to discuss the matter
in detail.
The students' proposals were
as follows: retention of the 3.0 -
3.5 averages for Honors and
Students in
production of
'Anything Goes'
"Anything Goes," the first of
the great Cole Porter stage
musicals that later led him to
such hits as "Kiss Me, Kate,"
"Can Can," "Silk Stockings,"
"Panama Hattie" and "Let's
i It,", is to be presented at
Ocean City High School
Utorhjm;iAnjdl 20 to:23.
'"Even despite the depression
agiinst which it opened in New
York in 1934, "Anything Goes"
has the record of running up
one of the greatest records of
success on Broadway of any
musical of that time. The story
and the Cole Porter songs have
been such continual favorites
ever since that no less than two
movies have been made of it -
toe first in 1936 and the second
in 1956.
In both films Bing Crosby had
the leading male role of a man
who sails aboard a trans-
Atlantic liner on a sudden
impuse to keep the girl he loves
from marrying a stuffy
Englishman. Sean Barnes will
portray that twice-acted role of
Crosby's in the OCHS Theatre's
production.
His romantic impulse forces
him to borrow a passport from
another passenger who too
suspiciously offers him one,
and this document turns out to
belong to a hunted public
enemy. This runs him into one
complication after another and
many hilarious consequences -
especially because the man
who has offered him the
document is not the clergyman
he is dressed to represent, but
is himself a public enemy but
with an embarrassingly low
rank - Public Enemv No. 13.
Band to blossom at
Falls Festival
A jewelry sale, flower sale,
fruit sale, pancake breakfast
and skating party have been
htM by the OCHS band as fund
raising. April 23 the band wiU
also stage a flea market for this
purpose.
The band members have had
ttw responsibility of reaching a
ptl of $13,000 to finance their
Bamming trip to Niagara Falls.
TM three-day trip, scheduled
far Hay 6, 7 and 8 will be to
«ttsnd the Blossom Festival.
Iba festival is a band com-
petition and 48 bands will be
t ft is the first such
for Ocean City
band.
•'-•fand secretary Regina
Mmtta, commented. "A lot of
. has flone into preparing
rttts Wpand most of us are
~ (forward to it It should
to see how well
our first com-
Distinguished Honors letters.
and gold and silver tassles and
3.0' average for consideration
for admission to Honor Society
for the classes of 1977,1978 and
1979', since these classes had
been subject to those standards
for two, three and four years;
and institution of the 3.3 - 3.7
averages for the classes,
beginning with and following
the class of 1980. Represen-
tatives of the class of 1980
supported the proposal.
According to Mr. Johnson the
changes were made because
the State of New Jersey. stan- -
dardized the credit system for
all courses, thus making it
easier to obtain a good grade.
The students accepted this
decision but disputed the
manner in which it was done.
Both Board members and
students and parents agreed
that the lines of communication
between administrators and
students were down in the
matter. In the future, it is hoped
that communication between
students and administrators
will exist. The Student Ac-
tivities committee took the
proposal back to the entire
Board for a vote. At a
during the week of April 4, the
Board unanimously passed the
following proposal':
For the classes of 1977, 1978
and 1979 the 3 0 - 3.5 averages
will be used for - awarding •
Honors and Distinguished
Honors letters and tassles.
Beginning with the class of 1980
the standards will be 3.3 - 3.7.
However, the National Honor
Society standards will remain
at 3.3 for this year's junior class.
and all classes following it. For
this year's seniors, ths NHS
standard will be 3.229. This
decision was made by Mr.
Johnson because he feels ad-
mission to Honor Societv
should be the result of a higher
grade point average. The
Board coma not act upon mis
decsion because they do not
have the authority to act upon
any Honor Society-related
matter. The only administrator
that can is the principal.
At the present time, a
campaign by guidance coun-
seloers, students and ad-
ministrators is being conducted
in order to alert those involved
of the change.
Published by and for students at Ocean City: High
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THURSDAY, APRIL 21,1977 THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL-LEDGER PAGE 7 — SECTION NINE
COE offers students
on the job experience
Pat ririanowill have this role
of a false cleric carrying a sub-
machine gun in a saxophone
case. He calls this weapon "my
little putt-putt-putt," and he
muses on the advisability of
raising his rating by bumping
off -an - irritating fellow
passenger, as if he were
comDosing a wistful sonnet.
Also in a leading role will be
Sue Barr as a former lady
evangelist who has seen "the
light" and turned brassy
nightclub singer.
Cathy Crawford will appear
as the self-sacrificing girl
ready to marry a dull English-
man to save her family's for-
tune, whom the knight-errant-
without-a-passport is at-
tempting to save from her rash
decision. Others in the large
cast include Carol Jo Osinski,
Bonnie Kroesser, Georgia
Becotte and Jessica Mott
"Anything Goes" is famous
for having in its song chest
some of Cole Porter's most
famous ditties - the title song,
"You're the Top," "I Get a
Kick Out of You," the camp-
meeting shout "Blow, Gabriel,
Blow," "All Through the
Night" and' The Gypsy in Me.".
The libretto is by two of the
most celebrated playwriting
teams of the American theatre.
Guy Bolton and P. G.
Wodehouse wrote the original
script, and it was revised by
Howard Lindsay and Russel
Crouse when a real disaster-at-
sea made the Bolton-
Wodehouse plot (that revolved
around a marine catastrophe)
un-usable in a musical comedy.
petition."
Although the band has been
busy preparing for the Niagara
Falls trip it does not mean that
this is the only activity they are
engaged in presently. April 26 is
the date set for an exchange
program with bands of Sea Isle
City, Upper Township and
Lower Cape May schools. The
annual Music Awards dinner
which features the stage band,
is set for May 12. The Spring
Concert, featuring the sym-
phonic band and orchestra- will
be May 18 at the Music Pier.
Mr. Warren Miller, the band
director, commented, "I can
honestly say that this year's
symphonic band and orchestra
are probably the best I ever
had. The proof is they were
ready for the Spring Concert a
month ahead of time."
Some assemblies for the
student body are scheduled
before the closing of school.
The Cooperative Office
Education program was begun
in 1971 by business teachers
Mrs. Ann Fitzgerald and Mrs.
Ruth Freed. The program
offers education for office
occupations in which students
are employed part time in a
business office and receive
classroom instruction job-
related topics. The job and in-
school job-related courses are
coordinated to develop the
skills, knowledge and un-
derstanding that are necessary
for success in office em-
ployment.
At the outset of the program,
Mrs. Fitzgerald went per-
sonally door to door in order to
secure businesses interested in
hiring the students. "I have
built up a file of businesses over
the years" and I spoke for
several service organizations. I
still contact businesses,"
commented Mrs. Fitzgerald.
• The program is open to
seniors. Students interested in
participating complete an
. application in their junior year
and submit it to Mrs. Fit-
zgerald. The students are then
screened and evaluated by a
committee of business
department teachers, guidance
counselors and ad-
ministrators. Students selected
for the program are considered
on the following points:
business skills, attendence
record, personal traits, social
traits and accumulative school
They are formally
Business department
head Visits Workshop Students 'think hot' at OCHS assembly
notified by Mrs. Fitzgerald of
their admission. Students at-
tend classes in the morning
then leave for their jobs.
Upon being accepted in the
program, the students are
interviewed by various em-
ployers and decide upon the job
they find most suitable to their
needs. Transportation to the
jobs is provided by a car-pool
formed by the working
students. Employers are under
no obligation to retain the
students. Eighty percent of the
students continue working of
their own accord after
graduation.
In school the students par-
take of classes that include
Shorthand II, typing. Data
Processing ' and COE class.
COE class is a combination of
all the skills one needs to work
in an office. Students work with
calculators, special
typewriters, transcription
machines 1 and duplicating
machines. They learn how to
properly answer a telephone
and work in human relations.
They are also exposed to the
work involved with payroll.
Credit is given for both class
and work experience.
The following students have
been accepted for participation
in the 1977-78 COE program:
Norma Arce, Angela Cap-
polina, Terry Gano, Beth
Ludlam, Kathleen Murray,
Susan Powell, Regina Radecki,
Susan Sehl and Sandra Surran.
Dr. William C. Lauer,
business department • chair-
person, attended a workshop of
300 department heads of New
Jersey high schools at Mont-
da ir State College March 23.
The purpose of the meeting was
to discuss modern trends in
curriculum planning and
enrichment.
The workshop is an annual
event open to all business
department chairpersons in the
state's high schools. Three
representatives from South
Jersey* attended the workshop.
The representatives were from
Ocean City, Buena and Millville
high schools. '
The workshop which began at
9 a.m. and concluded at 1:45
p.m. consisted of speakers
selected by the college. The
speakers were Qr. Harvey
Silvers of the Design Center in
Hightstown, N.J., who spoke on
"Thorough and Efficient
Education - How Does it Affect
You"; Jerry White, the acting
director of Business Education
of the State Department of
Education in Trenton who
spoke on "Funding for Business
Education"; Dr. Padmakar M.
Sapre, chairman for the
Business Education Depart-
ment of New York University,
who spoke on "Business
Education for the Acadmic
Student" and Sister Doris Ann,
Principal of the Union Catholic
High School in Scotch Plains,
N.J., who spoke on "Public
Relations in Selling Your
Business Education Depart-
ment."
Dr. Lauer, who has attended
the workshop for the past 10
years, commented, "It was
excellent. It proved very in-
formative, .in,, the. areas of
thorough and efficient
education and funding."
in and bear it
Disappointment is hard to cope with in life
The worst kind, however, is trying out for
.something and not making it. Everyone who
made it is really happy and is congratulating
everyone else who made it. The people who
didn't make it are either crying their eyes out or
crying silently inside.
They feel nothing for the ones who made it
except jealousy. They think: Why did he or she
make it and not me? Wasn't I better? Well, I
thought I was. Oh, well. I'll try again, next year.
Everybody says to you, "You didn't make it?
Oh, that's too bad. There's always next year."
Next year. I wonder. What.if you're going to
graduate? Then you'll go out into the world
feeling like a failure. You'll be afraid to try
anything for fear of disappointment.
After you've found out that you haven't made
it, you have to keep in mind this verse: Smile,
though your heart is breaking. Smile.
Note
"Anything Goes" is now being staged by the
OCHS Drama- Club. The play will be performed
April 20-23 in the school auditorium. Tickets are
$2 in advance and $2.50 at the door. The play
begins at 8 p.m.
The National Honor Society will hold a cake
sale Saturday April 23 at the Ocean City A&P,
Acme and Stainton's. The sale begins at 10 a.m.
The Billows is now accepting any literary
contribution for its literary page. Any and all
types of literary material are welcome. Please
leave them in the Billows room next to 117.
Poetry, short stories, pictures!
Prom tickets are now on sale. They can be
purchased until April 28 at $20 a oonnle.
Business club funds scholarship
The Ocean City High School
Business Club held a successful
candy sale in late March. The
proceeds of this event will be
used for a scholarship, that is
awarded to a graduating
business student who plans to
further their education.
Club members are also
looking forward to a picnic in
the spring.
CamilleWenzel, club advisor,
comments, "1 am particularly
proud of the successful way in
which this club's small
membership has operated.
They have tried very hard to
provide something different for
the student body, such as the
evening of the blue grass music
in the fall. I only wish more
students would become in-
volved in worthwhile
educational and service
oriented clubs of this type."
Mr. Herbert Adams, an
Atlantic City Electric Company
representative, presented
students at OCHS with an
assembly Friday, April 15.
Mr. Adams spoke on safety
when working with electrical
equipment and offered the film
"Think Hot." The half-hour
film portrayed acciderts that
can occur if caution isn't
exercised when using electrical
equipment. It emphasized basic
facts people should be aware of
to prevent electrical accidents
and, in the event of an accident,
what to do. The film dispelled
common misconceptions people
have in relation to safety when
dealing with electricity.
Mr. Adams stressed the
obligation we all have to know
as much as possible about
safety that will benefit both
ourselves and others.
This week's college ac-
ceptances are Kip Wenger and
Linda Haack. Kip has been
accepted to the Florida In-
stitute of Technology, the
University of Delaware, Lehigh
University and Dickinson
University. Kip plans to attend
Dickinson and major in biology.
He chose this field because, "I
always had an interest in
biology and my sophomore
biology class and senior
physiology class helped
generate my interest."
When asked why he chose
Dickinson, Kip said, "I visited
both Delaware and Dickinson.
Both campuses were nice and
had .that stereotype old college
look with the ivy and brick and
stone buildings. Dickinson
students seemed to have a
closer relationship between
themselves and the faculty than
at Delaware."
Track and tennis are two
activities in which Kip has
interest.
Linda Haack has been ac-
cepted at Lankenau Hospital
School of Nursing and Chestnut
HiU School of Nursing. She
plans to attend Lankenau for
nursing. Linda commented,
"Mj cousin tried to get in and
couldn't. My other cousin works
in a hospital and is working for
a nursing degree, too. I've
always liked hospitals and liked
helping people. The area is
beautiful and the people are
really nice. It's also one of the
best nursing schools on the east
coast "
Linda has participated in
colorguard, orchestra, sym-
phonic band. National Honor
Society, Psychology Club and
Concert Choir. She has also
been a candy striper at Shore
Memorial Hospital.
Inquiring reporter
By Bonnie Kroesser
Question: What is your
opinion of the seixure of the
Russian fishing boats? Do you
think it was a wise move?
Linda Chapman, senior:
"Yes, I think that the United
States should strictly enforce
the law to anyone who violates .„
it, no matter who they are. We—~
shouldn't back down."
Kim Murphy, junior: "If they
don't respect our rights, why
should we respect theirs."
Mr. Benzon, choir director:
"Yes, they broke the law, they
should pay the price. We should
have even acted sooner."
would
Jeff Farrell, junior: "Yes, I
think they did the right thing."
Jean Destler, senior: "Yes, I
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