Plans for a freshman basketball team with a schedule of possible rivals including Bloom, Crete, Reavis, Blue Island, Calumet City, and Glenwood -- an eight to ten game schedule -- were revealed yesterday by Mr. Carr, the athletic director.

   He will announce tryouts for the team within a short time. In the meanwhile, intramural sports, both basketball and football, may take place in October, with games to be played during lunch period.

   A swimming program has been arranged every Monday night with boys and girls alternating every other week. The Harvey pool will be the site, and a nominal fee of fifty cents will be charged if thirty apply.
  -- Bob Fitch

   Fellow students and members of the faculty:
   Here it is! This, obviously, is the first issue of Rich Township High’s newspaper.
   This was published as a homeroom project by room 18, Mr. McNelly. We all contributed something, and are all very proud that we managed to get this out in the short two days that we did.
   The publication of this newspaper will, with the next issue, due to appear in about two weeks, be taken over by the newspaper club. Students interested in joining the newspaper (continued p. 2)

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   Formation of over a dozen clubs and other student activities for Rich High was planned today at a special assembly conducted by Jack Stimis.
   With student speakers telling what the clubs would do, a large amount of enthusiasm was seen on behalf of each club.
   To enable every student to participate in club activities Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, between 3:15 and 4:00, have been set aside for meeting times, and clubs will meet every other week.
   In an exclusive interview, Mr. Baber said: "We want every student to join a  club. If he can’t find a club he wants, he can organize it, and we will sponsor it."
   The meeting schedule follows, so clip this for future reference:
Tuesdays A (week)
  Pep and Booster Club -- Miss Cross
           Mr. Carr
  Hobby Club -- Mr. DeMatio
  Basketball practice (Matteson)
  B (week)
  Nature study and Biology -- Mr. Janota
  Music Club – Mr. Roeske
  Basketball practice (Matteson)

Thursdays A (week)
  GAA -- Miss Cross
  Reading Club -- Miss Borth
  Photography Club -- Mr. Coen
  B (week)
  Arts and Crafts Club – Mrs. Doyle
  Dramatics Club -- Mr. McNelly, 
            Mr. Janota, Mrs. Doyle
  Discussion Club – Mrs. Davies
  Ninth Grade Council--weekly

   If all of us work together -- the students and the faculty -- we can build a wonderful high school. One of the things we want to build is school spirit, and we are the ones to originate it here.

   We can do this in a number of ways. By supporting our school activities and sports, and by taking part in intramural acctivities we can all turn out and cheer Rich to victory.

   We should all cooperate in keeping off the grass and by doing everything asked of us by the faculty and the church officials. If all this is done, the spirit at Rich will be unbeatable.
                  -- Bob Wehling
                     Bill Sedlacek
Newspaper (continued from p. 1)

club will meet at 3:15 in the library tonight.

The club will make many changes in paper: the name will be changed; a staff will be elected, complete with editor and office boy; a staff room, etc.

Be that as it may, it's not all high schools that can, in its second week of existence, publish a newspaper.

Here's the homeroom staff -- Duane Duncan, Johnny Fisher, Bob Fitch, Nancy Floyd, Jeanne Foxworth, Patricia Goggin, Bill Harvey, Bill Hawkins, Barbara Kainz, Diane Pettingell, Bill Sedlacek, John Staley, Barbara Swartzel, Mary Ellen Thimblin, Bob Wehling.

Here's to the paper -- and the class of 1956.
                            -- John Staley

Mr. DeMation: Hey, Ray, your hair's getting thin.
Mr. Janota: Who wants fat hair?
(That was a joke!)
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   There she received a Bachelor of Science degree and majored in physical education.

   Miss Cross resides on Dogwood in Park Forest and is fairly fond of it.

   Her hobbies are knitting and sports, mainly swimming and badminton. Although she loves to travel, she has only been to Mexico and New York.

   This year she will sponsor GAA, Pep and Booster and Social Activities clubs.

   In her senior year at college she was president of the NAA and belonged to the marionette club. Last summer she taught swimming and was a lifeguard at Mattoon pool. She enjoys teaching, and likes the age group, but prefers a larger high school such as we will have next year.
                    -- Pat Goggin
                    -- Barbara Swartzel

WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL COLORS?

   We are new students in a new school, and we have much work in front of us. For one thing, what will our school colors be?

   Blue and gold are too common. What we want is something original but good. Start thinking, ladies and gentlemen -- it's up to you. Give your ideas to your Ninth Grade Council representative.
                            -- John Staley

LIBRARY FINES

Be sure to return your library books on time. The fine is two cents every day the book is overdue. Also, there are other students wanting to read that book.

   Mary Ellen Thimblin was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts on October 14, 1938. She came to Park Forest from Lombard, Illinois, where she lived for 7 years. She has lived here for three and one half years and likes it very much.

   She likes sports very much and is a particularly interested in baseball and football. 

   Her ambition is to be a fashion designer and she hopes to go to college and take that subject.

   Mary Ellen's favorite subject is Social Studies because she finds it interesting and likes studying about current events. She dislikes biology because she dislikes dissecting insects, frogs, and so on.

   Bill Hawkins, called Fritz by some people, was born in Sidney, Australia on January 8, 1938. He plans to go back to Australia when he is older. He came to Park Forest from Wisconsin. Bill has lived here for one year and thinks it's "O.K."

   He also likes sports and particularly is interested in football, baseball and basketball. He played basketball at Washington school in Chicago Heights and got a letter.

   His ambition is to be a civil engineer and he plans to go to the University of Wisconsin to take it up. He would like to receive a scholarship in sports.

   Bill thinks Rich High is pretty nice but says it needs a football team. He likes algebra because it's very interesting and keeps your mind alert. He dislikes English because of spelling.
             -- Barbara Kainz

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   Hey Kids, like to dance?

   Rich High School's first party will be held next Friday night. The party will begin at 8:30 in room 23 while in other rooms of the school the open house will be in full swing.

   The open house, which begins at 7:30, will give your parents a chance to get acquainted with the teachers and the party will give the students a chance to get better acquainted with each other. There will be fun, dancing, and refreshments for all.

   Chaperons for the party will be Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf and Mr. and Mrs. McNelly.
                -- Jeanne Foxworth
                   Nancy Floyd
                   Diane Pettingell

COUNCIL MEMBERS SELECTED AT RICH

   Fourteen members of Rich High School's first student council were elected by majority vote last Tuesday in school-wide elections.

   Scheduled to act as the co-ordinator of all extra-curricula activities, the council for the coming year is composed of fourteen members, two from each home room of the school.

   Bob Chambers, Larry Fuller, Bill Hawkins, Sharon Heald, Janet Hodes, Bob Kaad, Tom Lockwood, Richard Mason, Judy Morell, Elaine Pruneau, Barbara Rahn, June Swift, Mary Ellen Thimblin and Claude Wells were elected.

   It is anticipated tht the Council members will act shortly on such pressing questions as the formation of a Teen Council for the Village of Park Forest, as well as considering the students' wishes on school colors, school songs, school mottos, and so on.
   Work with your Council members.

   The first meeting of the newly-formed Rich High School Citizen's committee will be held Monday night at 8:30 p.m. in the school building.
   Representing the communities of Matteson, Richton Park, Olympia Fields and Park Forest, as well as surrounding rural areas, the twenty-four man committee is planning a program of activities during the school year.
   Two student representatives of the student body as a whole will be chosen shortly.

JOIN A CLUB!

   As we all heard at today's assembly, about a dozen clubs will be formed for Rich Township high school students.
   The clubs will be chosen by the students under the leadership of the teachers.
   If enough students want a certain club, it will be formed, but remember that the club program will only be successful as we make it.
   So get to work and join the club you want to, or help form the club you are interested in.
                    -- Billy Harvey

CREDITS

   Miss Cross deserves a lot of credit for helping to cut the stencils for today's paper. She worked hard and we all thank her. Mr. McNelly also wrote some stories for the paper.

SUPPORT THE CLUBS
BUILD SCHOOL SPIRIT
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   Organization of Rich Township High School's first band is well underway according to Erhardt Roeske, high school music director.
   All students in the school have been given music aptitude tests and the results will be forwarded to parents shortly, Roeske continued.
   "We want to have the best school band in the area," Roeske said, "and with the cooperation of both parents and students, our job will be much easier."
   Details of a musical instrument rental plan will be presented to parents Friday evening, September 26, at 8:00 p.m. in the school at 10 Hemlock Street.
   The plan provied that the rental fee may be applied toward the purchase price if the parent so desires, but Roeske emphasized that the September 26 meeting was informational and was not designed to sell instruments.
   Roeske also requested that students and parents first contact him before purchasing any instrument. In this way, undesirable duplications of instruments will be avoided, he said.
   Students and parents from the Matteson school will also attend the meeting.

CONSTRUCTION ON NEW BUILDING PROCEEDS

   Work on leveling the ground, digging the basement, and preparing the foundation for the new Rich High school is proceeding according to plan, said Mr. Baber yesterday.
   Since the groundbreaking ceremonies over a month ago, the contractor, Chell and Anderson, has been very busy in order to keep the construction plans on schedule.
   It is anticipated that pouring of concrete for the foundation will begin within a week. We hope to be in the new school in September, 1953.