May 1979 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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PAGE 10 — SECTION TWO OCEAN CITY (N.J.) SENTINEL-LEDGER THURSDAY. MAY 17. law
I An editorial
BILLOWS
Small things
On Friday, May 4, Ocean City High School
held its annual Junior-Senior Prom. Now, as
all know, the prom is a rather expensive
affair, especially for the guy and can put
quite a hole in his pocket. But usually, it's
worth it. The key word is usually.
To many, however, it was not worth it.
Don't misunderstand. The prom went well.
Too bad some people didn't get there in time
to enjoy it. Why, you ask? Well, it's sort of
hard for the guy to go pick up his date if he
doesn't have anything to wear.
Basically, it can be explained in three
words — Smalls Formal Wear. One could
assume that the first word of the title is an
adjective describing their knowledge of
operating a good business. At least after
Friday night's disaster.
Friday afternoon, there was a rather
sizable number of people at Smalls. They
were not only from Ocean City, but from two
other schools whose proms were the same
evening, along with some people who were
planning to attend a wedding. All were there
expecting to pick up their tuxes, which, by
the way, were prepaid. However, the tuxes
weren't there. The delivery, being a little
late, could have easily been ignored. But
three hours? That's only the half of it. When
the tuxes finally did arrive, there were size
and color mixups, along with some people not
even getting a tux. It certainly seemed to
disprove the saying, "You only get what you
pay for."
One of Ocean City's chaperones had to
have his tux taken right off the manikin, and
one student attending the prom was stuck
. with a pair of shoes three or four sizes too
big. Imagine the "fun" he had dancing. It's a
bjtt,embarxassjngv too, when the tux is the
wrong co|Oa*, .and doesn't even'match the >
&fs drei^^wttcii, as a matter of fact, dfd
happen. And tWhk of the girl, sitting horfte.
waiting for her date to arrive at 6 pjn., and
he doesn't arrive until 8, when the prom
began at 7.
To put it mildly, Ocean City students are
quite annoyed. Rodger Cooney, one of the
victims of this sad situation, was thoroughly
disgusted, stating that he didn't arrive at the
worn until 9:30 and didn't even get anything
to eat. Such was the case of many others
involved with the problem.
The prom is supposed to be a memorable
experience, and it will be. But for some, not
all those memories will be good ones. Said
oneperson, "You would think that a towrinwa
dealing with formal wear would conduct the
business in a formal manner."
Well, , in n an n opinion shared by y many y others, es
Smalls should come up with some "big
solutions.
Year end thoughts
The 1978-79 editors of the Billows would like
to take this opportunity to thank all the
Ocean City Him School faculty members and
students who helped make our publications
iful.
We're very grateful to the Sentinel-Ledger
staff members who not only allowed us to
publish our page in the paper each week, but
always had time to help us and offer advice
and suggestions when needed.
Special thanks is given to our adviser,
Joseph Bomer, who was always there when
we needed him. He devoted a great deal of
hjsUme to help us and it was greatly ap>
Publishing a school newspaper weekly is
hard work, with deadlines to meeCand a
shortage of copy, but there's always a feeling
of satisfaction when the page appears atthe
end of the week. weUUidout andSerStSa
to the student body. Working on the MDer
was a great experience. ^ ^
We'd like to wteh the new editors luck next
* K 12&?" noi* they «nd it u fun and
rewarding as we did.
UaryAoneJtueo
TracyThomM
Students attend tourney
By SHARON STILES
Senior Maria Foglio placed
first in advanced grammatical
knowledge in Spanish
at the Foreign Language
Forensic. Tournament held
May 9 at Rider College.
Seven students represented
Ocean City High School at this
competition. Representing
the French classes were Lee
Melton and Sharon Stiles.
Representing the Spanish
classes were Maria Foglio,
Mary Stefan, Yvonne Tomlin,
Marcia Dunmore and Cheryl
Vitale. Accompanying the
students were,. Joanne Pancoast,
French teacher, and
Sandra Wonder, Spanish
teacher.
Attending were approximately
1,500 students
from 60 school districts in
New Jersey and Southeastern
Pennsylvania. The categories
included recitation of a
published work; dramatic
interpretation; grammatical
knowledge, and original skit.
These categories were
divided into groups of intermediate
and advanced
students.
Many other activities were
taking place during the day
including foreign language
films, presentations of studies
abroad, discussions on career
Sousa Award set
The Sousa Award is a
national award created by the
Sousa Foundation. Each year,
one student in a high school
receives this award. Given for
merit, interest, ability and a
high standard of instrumental
music in a public school.
If you are planning to go
into the field of music, the
Sousa Award would be
beneficial because it carries
recognition.
toyOCHS, the band members
nominate people they
feel are deserving of the
award. This year's nominees
for the Sousa Award are Joe
Monxo, Dona Ellis, and Bob
Sborao.
When a member nominates
someone, they have to give a
good reason for feeling the
person is worthy of receiving
the award. After all the
nominations are in, the band
members are given a few
days to think about their
decision. Each nominee is
given a number for voting
purposes. Everyone is given a
piece of paper on which to
write the number of the
nominee they are voting for.
Warren Miller, band
drector, has the last say in
the voting if someone is
nominated that he thinks is
not worthy of the award. The
recipient of the Sousa Award
is announced at the Annual
Band Awards Banquet and is
presented with the award at
that time.
opportunities in foreign
languages and campus tours.
"Ocean City can be proud of
these students. Wait until next
year," comments Mrs.
Pancoast.
Miss Wonder added, "I am
very happy that so many of
our students accepted the
challenge to attend for the
first time and bring back their
experience for the others. I
hope that next year many
more will attend."
Annual
epidemic
starts
The New Jersey Department
of Health has confirmed
the outbreak of a serious
condition. Scientists can it
JuneaJxthadesia, commonly
referred to as senioritis.
Health officials state that
the symptoms of the condition
are as follows: Hie v almost
uncontrollable urge to lie out
on the beach on hot, sunny
days; apathy with a trace of
apprehension; being late to
class and unpreparedness;
wanting to sit by open windows;
sighs of anxiety, and an
increase in the number of
requests for passes to the
guidance office, to the nurse,
or to Dr. Lauer's office.
There are only two known
cures. One is the arrival of
June 6; the other is a threeday
suspension. Should you
confront a person displaying
these symptoms, encourage
them to come to class on time,
and to wait for the weekend to
go to the beach.
Do. not try to administer
medication or in any way
tim; tfis condition is transient
and only comes once a year.
Planning
for college
Juniors planning for further
education was the topic at a
meeting held by the Ocean
aty High School Guidance
Department on the evening of
May 1.
Those Juniors interested in
a further education after high
school were invited to attend
the meeting along with their
parents.
Before the commencement
of the meeting, Guidance
Counselor Kathy Hahn gave
each student and their
parents booklets about
college.
Guidance Director James
Kirk then spoke about different
aspects of college including
the different types of
schools, college finance, and
Toward the end of the
meeting, Mr. Kirk answered
any questions the students or
their parents had.
He commented that the
guidance office is open all
summer and • counselor is
available to discuss college
planning. Anyone interested
can mike an appointment
with the guidance office.
Prom queen is chosen
Senior Virginia Unsworth
was chosen prom queen at the
Junior-Senior Prom held May
4 at the Unwood Country
dub.
The queen's court included
Mary Wargo, Maureen
Mean an, Fran Hodge and
Tama Hughes. Prindi
Cipriano
me queen
and her court with a tingle
rose each. Joe Hummel,
Junior das* president,
crowned *~
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Billows editors headed to Pennsylvania S
Billows Editors Mary Anne
Jane and Tracy Thomas both
plan to attend Pennsylvania
State University this fall.
Mary Anne was accepted at'
both Penn State and the
University of Flordia. She
plans to major in journalism
at Penn State. Mary Anne
commented, "I enjoy writing
and working on the Billows. It
has further developed my
interest in this field. 0
Mary Anne has visited the
college. She added, "When I
visited Penn State, I knew it
was the college for me. Not
only does it oner the Und of
academic program I wanted,
but the campus is beautiful
and everyone is very friendly
and helpful."
In school, Mary Anne has
been involved in National
Honor Society, Psychology
Club, Billows editor and class
committee. She also took two
courses at Stockton this year,
"which," she added, "proved
to be a very worthwhile and
enjoyable learning experience."
Tracy has been accepted
and plans to attend Penn State
this fall.
As for her plans fora major,
she commented, "I haven't
really decided what to major
in but at the moment I'm
leaning toward psychology."
When asked if anyone influenced
her decision, she
said, "Both my parents attended
Penn State and really
enjoyed it. Their enthusiasm
for the school encouraged me
to apply. I am considering
psychology as a major as a
result of having psychology
this year with Mrs.
Margolis."
Tracy has visited the school
and she added, "I felt right at
home immediately. Penn
State is a very large school,
but it's the only one located in
By MARY ANNE JANCO
Juniors Joanne Farrell and
Sharon Stiles have been
chosen for the positions of coedUors-ln-chiefof
the Billows.
Joanne commented, "I was
really nappy that I was
chosen to be co-editor with
Sharon. It's going to be very
plans."
Joanne is president of the
Poetry corner
tt takes two to tango
And those two must know
Just what they're getting into
•Will it be yes
or will it be no!
The alley cat likes the trash
The perslan hasnt hit that
But they both needed each
other
Somewhere in between.
He played like a Joe
With nothing to show
And when they're getting low
•will It be yes
or will It be DO
The wild one likes the night
Be hasnt hit that
JM1 it takes two to
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