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...every right to the title. But school officials didn't see it that way; they denied the 17-year-old her crown and named the runner-up, pert and clean-cut Elizabeth Weld, as winner. Last week Eau Claire District superintendent Lee Hansen exposed a plot by principal Charles Zielin and three assistant principals to burn the original ballots and cover up their scam. Hansen announced disciplinary actions against the four administrators and a teacher who came forward. "In trying to protect the traditional image of Memorial High School," said Hansen, "these individuals trampled over . . . the democratic process...
Schuldt approached school authorities after a student tipped her off that she had won. Hansen's subsequent investigation ultimately determined that she had received 100 votes, against fewer than 70 cast for runner-up Weld. As a result, principal Zielin resigned. One assistant principal was placed on unpaid leave, and two others received letters of reprimand. A teacher who counted the ballots was suspended without pay for 10 days and removed as a department chair and adviser. With homecoming come and gone, Schuldt never got to wear her crown. But she has been invited to appear on eight television programs...
Composer Carpenter is that happy combination, a businessman of artistic ability. True, he inherited the business (mill, railway and shipping supplies), but he did not drop it. He studied music at Harvard and entered his father's office. He met Elgar, pride of England, he studied under Bernhard Zielin, he composed the jazz panto-ballet Krazy Kat for the Chicago Orchestra and continued functioning as his company's vice president. Legerity, wit and polish are the chief characteristics of his music...
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