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Show We tried to write a story to explain the Region Eight Round Robin finally scrapped It in favor of the bracket itself. The concept is new, but we believe a good one. It Insures the top two teams in league play a state berth, but gives them a full role in the Round Robin itself, it-self, rather than a token appearance ap-pearance as in past years. -0- Any fear that a new band teacher might have trouble taking over the music department de-partment at mid-term have been dispelled at MHS.When the half-time conversation is devoted as much to the quality quali-ty of the musicas to the quality qual-ity of the ballgame, you know fans and parents are properly prop-erly impressed. Even those hardy sportsmen sports-men who have to escape at half-time for a breath of fresh air - often inhaled through a 3 -inch tube of tobacco - have commented on both the quanlty and quality quali-ty of the pep band music. The most gratifying thing Is to see the student participation, partici-pation, especially the Jr. Varsity players who grab their horn and join in during dur-ing the Varsity ballgames. We've also had several discussions dis-cussions with students themselves, them-selves, and have been enthralled en-thralled with their enthusiasm enthusi-asm and spirit for the finer arts. -0- We caution parents and students to remember that a good musicprogram goes far beyond the pep band - though that group receives the most exposure. If MHS is to excel ex-cel in music, Mr. Smith will need cooperation from parent par-ent and student as well as school administration. Plans are being made for the pep band to attend the Round Robin and Class A State Tourney. Wouldn't it be great for fans to come home from each event knowing know-ing Milford had the best team and the best band. There is no question in our mind but ' what it can be so. -0- A few weeks ago, yours truly spent most of a day with the Milford 6th grade and their teacher, Mr. Limb. We attempted to get their class to coordinate the elementary ele-mentary school news so we could publish It in the News each week. They evidently were enthused en-thused enough, because last week they put out their own newspaper for the Elementary Elemen-tary school. And a fine job it is, too, from first-hand reporting to the crossword puzzle. According to Mr. Limb, they did it all themselves. them-selves. He typed and ran off copies. We welcome the competition, competi-tion, and caution the 'Hill Top Echo' to guard its flank.Ac-tually flank.Ac-tually we think that it will provide a good learning experience ex-perience for them and from time to time we may steal an article which we think deserves wider circulation. circu-lation. -0- Tuesday was scheduled to be a big day for the ERA bill In the Utah Legislature. I expect the bill to find rough sledding in Utah, but will probably be ratified by the necessary 38 states before , the year is out. Basically we agree with the concept of the Equal Rights Amendment. Men have been exploited long enough. For Instance a man can accept almost any , type of job oh contract - for any amount of pay. If he loses money, or makes less than a minimum wage, he has no recourse. A minor or female worker, contract or hourly wage is protected from this type of exploitation. However, we find that we must oppose the ratification of ERA on a purely selfish basis. The nature of our business requires that we join and attend nearly every service and business organization. organ-ization. Also because of our I occupation, we wind up as secretary, reporter or some other office, far too often. It's for this reason we oppose op-pose the ERA movement. We're afraid, once it's passed, pass-ed, it won't be long until we're elected secretary of the B.P.W. and we Just don't have time for another meeting meet-ing and office. |