Again this year Glenridge students will celebrate the Christmas season with their attention focused on giving to those less fortunate.

   Under the supervision of the Student Council, each homeroom will adopt a needy family for the holidays. These families have been carefully screened by the Welfare Department, and all are in real need. Students will contribute food, clothing, and toys to the members of their family. The Christmas boxes and baskets will be distributed during the week before the holidays.

   The members of ninth grade Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y, and the Student Council worked from 10-12 A.M. on November 23 on a cleaning and beautification program at Glenridge.

   The Student Council was at work in the front of the school spreading the top soil and leveling the ground. During this operation Linda Schmidt rammed a shovel in a big toe and was treated at the clinic.

   The Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y labored in the last two wings pulling weeds and watering. Steve Toothaker, Woody Leonard, Bruce MacMillan and Ray Myers provided entertainment for the laborers by doing tricks on their scooters.

   At noon the slaves enjoyed a box lunch in the lunchroom patio.

   When the Russians shot Sputnik into outer space, they started many people asking questions about the merits of the Russian system of education, which had made it possible for this country to supersede our American satellite program. Among the most concerned were many of the students at Glenridge. "Why are the Russians ahead of us?" they asked.

   In trying to help his civics class find the answer, Mr. Ansley read a report from U.S. News & World Report which described the Russian educational system, and listed the 20 Commandments of Russian Education which every school child must learn upon entering school.

The class voted to adopt these commandments as working rules for the next marking period. At the end of the third marking period they plan to evaluate this experiment; comparing the amount of material covered and their grades with their grades and work achieved under our American system.

The students and Mr. Ansley are very serious about the experiment, and will share their findings with the school as a whole. One thing they point out emphatically -- This experiment could not take place in Russia.

   On November the 27 an assembly was called for all ninth grade members. The class was introduced to the nominated officers, and then returned to their homerooms to vote. Rusty Doolittle, JoAnn Horvath, and Judy Reding were elected.

   Awards were given at assembly Nov. 27. Members of the football team, goal post decorators, statisticians, field liners, and students with outstanding service toward the football season all received either "G" or special service awards.

   At the close of the assembly the Glee Club sang "Come Ye Thankful People, Come", and "Thanksgiving Praise". Sue Tinklepaugh read the story of Thanksgiving.


   While Mr. Ansley's class is deep in their traditional education experiment, based on Russian methods, Miss Mosher's 9th grade English class is experimenting on running the class using democratic methods.

   This class has written a constitution, which will be enforced by sergeants at arms. Violators of the rules will be warned first. If a student continues to break the rules, he will be assigned an essay.