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Vol. 27 — No. 9
NILEHILITE
Niles Township High School East — Skokie, Illinois
Twitchy Hips and Lips
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“SPEAK TO US, oh beautiful one. Tell us how you make that glori
ous sound, that even now, in the anticipation of it, reduces me to a
snarling, raging, panting jungle beast!” screeches Ursula Merkle
(Elaine Gallis, ’68), a Sweet Apple, Ohio, teen.
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And “He” speaks.
With a twitch of the hip, a jerk of his head, and an oath that he is
“Honestly Sincere,” Conrad Birdie (A1 Gerber, ’65), not only reduces
Ursula to a “jungle beast” but also causes every inhabitant of the Ohio
village to faint at his feet.
“That is one of the funniest scenes in ‘Bye Bye Birdie,” ’ explained
Tom Gordon, ’66, co-student director. “By the time the scene ends, bod
ies are strewn all over the stage. Everyone on stage, youngsters and
old folks, fans and skeptics alike, lie in a stupor brought on by Conrad’s
‘hypnotic’ style.”
Starring in the roles created on
Broadway by Dick Van Dyke and
Chita Rivera are Andy Spores, ’65
and Carole Propp, ’67.
THE MUSICAL, which will be
presented on April 9 and 10 in the
auditorium, also features a “guest
appearance” by syndicated column-
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(Al Gerber) weaves his magic singing spell and sends elderly fan
into ecstasy in the musical "Bye Bye Birdie."
sion, a list of Council’s main projects has been drawn, so it may
aim at definite goals.
1. POTATO CHIPS AND JUICE
MACHINES. Council feels that
many students would use potato
Orchesis To Focus
'Kaleidoscope'
“Bye Bye Birdie,” which opened
in New York in 1960, is the most re
A PAGEANT OF COLORS and gram, “Kaleidoscope,” March 19 at
cent Broadway musical ever to be
costumes will highlight this year’s a: 15 p. m. in the Niles East audiproduced at Niles East.
annual Orchesis modern dance pro- torium. The program will consist
of 14 dances with an opening dance
“Sounds, Form, and Movement”
based on “M u s i c from Outer
Space,” an unusual combination of
sounds and rhythms, and a finale
choreographed to an original per
cussion score.
TO GIVE STUDENTS interested kinson, chairman of the History De
Highlights of the program will in
jin the social studies an insight in partment at North Park College,
to college social studies lectures, who will speak on the effect of im clude two dance solos performed
¡and to bring outside expert com migration on American society; by Sophomore Judy Weiss and S»nment on concepts being studied at Dr. Mark Krug, professor of educa ior Alexis Zabore. Three duets wUl
past, the Social Studies Depart tion at the University of Chicago, feature Senior Lynn Epstein and
ment is sponsoring a series of lec who will speak on reconstruction; Sophomore Judy Weiss; Sopho
tures which began first semester and Dr. Lacey Baldwin Smith, pro mores Bette Beer and Shelley Co
with noted college professors who fessor of history at Northwestern hen; and Senior Lynn Epstein and
lectured here.
University, who will speak on Eng Gail Solomon. And a trio will be
land at the 20th century crossroads. performed by Seniors Lynn Epstein
and Cynthia Guerrero and Junior
The plans for this semester inBclude lectures by Dr. Zenos HawIN THE PAST three months, Dr. Donna Eisenberg.
Clarence L. Ver Steeg, professor
Orchesis, a modern dance club,
part of the Girls’ Athletic Associof history at Northwestern and is *
--------widely known author and lecturer ation. Members learn and practice
on American colonial history; Dr. both choreographic and dance tech
JUNIOR RON PONTECORE,
niques.
David Minar, author and professor
: Senior M a r t y Chalfie, and
“THIS ANNUAL program offers
of political science at Northwest
I S o p h o m o r e Tim Cech all
ern; and Dr. Raymond Mack, au Orchesis members an opportunity
i placed last weekend in state
to apply the various dance tech
thor and chairman of the Sociology niques that they have acquired,”
i athletic competition.
Department at Northwestern, have said Mrs. Barbara Olsen, Orchesis
Chalfie took a fifth place for
all appeared at Niles.
sponsor. “All solos, duets, and tri
j Ihc Trojan swimming team in
os have been choreographed by the
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state meet which was held
When asked about plans for next dancers,” she continued, “and all
j at Evanston High School.
year, Mr. Jack Spatafora, chairman of the girls have combined their efof the Niles Social Studies Depart- forts to make this one of our finest
Pontecore finished fourth in ■ ment, said that he hoped to invite
shows.
the 180 pound weight class at
a speaker every month. “But,” he
Other dancers in the program in
last Saturday’s state wrestling; added, “I’ve got to use just about
every means possible to get such clude: Senior Linda Siegel; Junior
meet in Champaign, 111.
cmiy
famous people to speak at Niles Sue Harastany; Sophomores Penny
Cech finished in the top eight : without the pay they normally re Bloom Barbara Duhrow Anno
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in the 120 weight class at the: ceive.”
irrmm, m n Harris, Sylvia Krause,
and Sue Tarantur; and Freshmen
same meet, while his older ij
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Since East is the only school in Leslie Bain, Marlene Bohm, Shelly
brother John finished ninth in ij
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the area that has such a program, Fine, Trudy Gewelke, Merle Green
;living at the swimming meet. J students from West and North have berg, Jane Lemer, and Lynn LieDetails of these and other e-1 been coming for the assemblies. berman.
“Actually, Oak Park High is the
Tickets for the show may be pur
:vents will be found on today’s :
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only other school I know of that of chased in the school cafeteria or at
•sports page.
fers such an opportunity,” Mr. the door for 50 cents for students
Spatafora concluded.
and $1 for adults.
Noted College Professors
Address Nilehi Historians
“CARNIVALROUS” Nilehi East
students hungrily will await the ar
rival of the Senior Cabinet’s an
nual carnival with its attendant
pageantry, booths, refreshments,
and entertainment.
Beginning at 7:30 p. m. in the
girls’ gym on Saturday, March 27,
the gaiety and excitement will last
until 11 p. m., according to Mike
Strieker, carnival chairman.
Any school club or organization
that so wishes can design its own
booth for the carnival. There will
be 20 booths in all.
Abstract paintings will be created
with squirt guns at one booth. At
another students will bet on rac
ing mice.
Other attractions will include pie
throwing and marriage booths, said
Janis Kamps, carnival secretary.
At a balloon shaving booth students
will try to remove shaving cream
from balloons without popping them
with the razors.
“ORIGINALITY WILL MAKE
this year’s carnival better than any
other in past years,” declared
Mike.
“Refreshments will be better this
year also,” he revealed. “Hot dogs,
cotton candy, and popcorn will be
sold at stands.”
Tickets for the carnival will be
15 cents at the door plus the charge
of each booth.
Marty Chalfie, president of Sen
ior Cabinet, enthusiastically ex
claimed, “The carnival should be
the best one ever held here and we
hope for wide participation. The
committee promises many inter
esting surprises.”
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Council Lists Proposals
For Student Benefits
STUDENT COUNCIL recently has
been given tentative approval or
1st and television celebrity. Ed Sul- consideration on a number of suglivan.
gestions it has made for the better
“Put On a Happy Face,” “Lot ment of the school.
After several weeks of discusof Livin’ to Do,” “Kids!” and
“Telephone Hour,” are some of the
tunes from “Bye Bye Birdie” which
have gone on to become hits in
their own right.
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Friday, March 5, 1965
chig machines, since potato chips
cannot be purchased in the cafeteria. Also, the group contends that
a juice machine would benefit students whose religious beliefs prohibit drinking milk with meat dish
_________ ______ , director of stu
es. Mr. TedIBeranis, ______ ______
dent activities, has approved this
request and is investigating the possibility of such an installation.
2. MINUTES. In order to inform
the student body of the business
Council is conducting, minutes will
be read over the PA system every
Tuesday morning,
3. CLOCK IN THE AUDITORIUM. As a result of numerous student suggestions, Council has recommended that a clock be placed
in the auditorium to alleviate confusion at the beginning and end of
study halls. The clock would also
be a convenience for the patrons
of school productions.
4. STUDENT LOUNGE. Council
feels that a student lounge should
unsatisfactory and suggests that
the lounge be returned to the As
sembly Room, or that some other
room be allotted for this purpose.
The administration agrees that
place * here ,studenJ? can c0”- this is a pressing problem and is
gregate and relax' 1116 group taking steps to correct the situa
thinks that the present situation is tion.
Switch Day, Shindig Approved
SPECIAL—As the NILEHILITE goes to press, two late adminis
trative decisions were passed which affect the East student body.
One concerns a repeat of the Shindig number from Reflections, the
other a student-faculty switch day. Further details follow:
------------- —------------------------------the Shindig finale, dancing every
thing from the twist to the swim.
“Although the show mainly will
be comprised of East students,”
Mr. Schwartz continued, “we hope
to invite West and North students
to participate, too, to make it an
“The Shindig portion of ‘Reflec enjoyable show, and one that will
tions Revelries’ was such that really appeal to the student body.”
we’re putting on another show com
pletely made up of popular singing,
MR. RAYMOND TYLER has ap
dancing, and instrumental groups,” proved a Student Council proposal
explained Mr. Alvin Schwartz, for a faculty-student switch day,
Drama Department head.
according to Mr. Ted Beranis, dir
Highlights of the “Reflections” ector of student activities.
The proposal, which was sub
Shindig program included Seniors
Ken Karlson and Vince Micari, mitted on March 2, was approved
w^° sanS popular numbers; Jun- under certain regulations which
iors steve Polen Mike Gershberg, Mr. Tyler ,has set , for the switch.
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His **ulat.ons for the switch instipulations for the switch inHarley Shimberg, who played
accomnaniment and Senior« cIude a carefully drafted bulletin to
gmtar accompaniment, ana seniors .
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Al Gerberr and Don. Czerniak, who U e U f d W n U p D y tU C b t U O e n t LOIU1
performed songs that they had cil which would explain clearly the
procedures for the day and the
written themselves.
“kind and extent of teacher respon
Another highlight of the show was sibility which will be switched from
the Shindig dancers, a group of teacher to student.”
approximately 30 students who
Further details for both programs
danced to several of the instrument- will follow in the next issue of the
al numbers and who joined in for NILEHILITE.
TWISTING GIRLS, twanging guitars, and beating ------ M will—
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occupy the Niles East auditorium
stage as the Drama Department
presents a second Shindig perfor
mance May 8, in order to raise
money for the “Reflections” year
book.
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NILEHILITE
Page Two
V e ry
Illinois Colleges Attract
Majority of Niles Grads
Raw Rahs
SURVEYS TAKEN BY the NILEHILITE for the past three years
indicate that most Nilehi students
don’t travel too far from home
while going to college and that it is
unlikely for a person to choose a
college where no other East stu
dents are going.
The 10 most frequently attended
colleges in the order of how many
students have gone in the past three
years are as follows: The Univer
sity of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Northern Illinois University,
Navy Pier (The Chicago Campus of
the University of Illinois), the Uni
versity of Michigan, Wright Junior
College, the University of Wiscon
sin, Roosevelt University, Southern
Illinois University, Northwestern
University, and Bradley University.
THESE 10 SCHOOLS account for
45 per cent of all Nilehi students
going to college. And it is also
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. . . significant that all but two are in
THE NILEHILITE has always strongly advocated school spirit minois and the tW that aren’t are
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per cent of this number go to Illinois state supported schools. Of the
44 per cent who leave Illinois only
6 per cent of this number go to state
universities.
Ten Most Popular Colleges
for Niles East Graduates
1. University of Illinois
( Champaign-Urbana )
2. Northern Illinois
3. University of Illinois
(Chicago Campus)
4. University of Michigan
5. Wright Junior College
6. University of Wisconsin
7. Roosevelt University
8. Southern Illinois
9. Northwestern University
10. Bradley University
South, and as little as .99 per cent }
to the East. Big Ten schools,
though, take 19 per cent of our college bound seniors,
THE SMALLEST TWO percentages compiled from the surveys
were the number of students going
to Ivy League schools and to Ox
ford in England. A mere .6 per cent
study in the halls of ivy while only
one person out of 1,216 went to Oxford—Mrs. June Todd of the Niles
East English Department— making
the percentage .082 per cent.
It should be noted that these fig
ures are subject to a slight error.
They are based on where students
thought they would be going during
the end of April in their senior year.
The survey isn’t exact because not
all students answered the question
naires, and of those who did an
swer, some changed their minds as
late as July or August of the same
year.
here at East. We have expressed in editorials in the past our
the Midwest.
The number of students going to
h o w f v f f th f ’ F ir i trp c . . .
belief that cheering at athletic events is not only encouraging to
Actually a fair majority—56 per other parts of the country is exR’ THE FIGURES 8*e
the athletes, but also fun for the fans themselves.
cent—of all Niles East college tremely sparse. Only 1.7 per cent accurate enough to show the genbound students remain in Illinois of Niles East college bound students eral trends of where Nilehi
Recently, however, as expressed in letters to the editor in
for their higher education while 62 go to the West, 1.2 per cent to the dents go to college.
today's issue, some East students have mistaken insulting and o f
ten profane comments for true school spirit. Whether this lang*
Billboard
uage is the result of over-zealous spirit or intentional discrimin
ation, it must be stopped.
"N igger" is more than a crude expression aimed at opponents
in the heat of an athletic contest. It reflects the low moral and
intellectual fiber of those who yell it so loudly. It has the pungent
odor of Mississippi injustice, the connotations of an uneducated
mind.
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BUS STOP has always been mented the bus driver, pointing to from the C u b a n ’ s hand and I
place for going through the the gun. “Now get offa here before squashed it on the floor.
. . usual pre-school routine of having I turn ya in to the principal.”
“Senor,” said the Cuban, now
We do not accuse the majority of students at East of thls a last minute smoke in the momw»»
The Cuban balked at this remark,
I am reely mad—Furioso!”
behavior. Only a small percentage of the student body acts so ing, hearing the local gossip, or but quickly developed a suave at“YA,” answered the d r i v e r ,
disgracefully. But, as we are well aware at East, it takes only a cramming for a first period test, titude. “I have time, senor, I will “well, so am I. I don’t think you I
but the other day a rather strange wait.” He reached into his suit
few to leave a lasting bad reputation for a school.
even got a bus pass.”
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incident occurred as the bus was pocket, pulled out an American
With that, our driver pushed the I
cigarillo, and lit it casually, inPerhaps what is more important is that such misconduct at beginning to leave the comer.
Cuban out the door, and tore a w ay!
The driver was just closing the haling deeply,
events makes a bad impression on parents and students of our
door of the bus (he saw three fran“Hey, nobody smokes on the from the stop,
community. Too often we have heard comments from parents of
tic students running to catch it, and bus,” shouted the driver. “Put that
“No pass, no ride,” mumbled the
players who are ashamed of the conduct in the stands during W
anted to make sure that they out before I get mad.”
driver as he headed the bus in the
Our driver grabbed the cigarillo direction of the school.
the game.
didn’t) when a short, shabbily
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But most significant is the personal degradation which a stu- moustache and u n s h a v e n face
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dent who yells such gross remarks should feel. A student who- banged open the door to the bus. minority report
uses such language certainly can have no respect for himself.
“Please, Senor,” the little man
whined, “do not —por favor—drive
It is more than school pride that is at stake here: it is the away with thees bus.”
public display of ignorance in what is supposedly an enlightened
“Whaa?” asked our driver who
EVER SINCE I ENTERED Niles, I have always assumed that to>
was unabashed.
environment.
be considered an intellectual, a person must accept certain responsi!
“I am taking thees bus with me bilities. For example, I thought it was a tacit assumption that the bet «
to Cuba for use een our schools. ter students of a school have the responsibility of maintaining activities!
Let me een.”
such as debate, music, journalism, literary publications, and drama.
“You got a bus pass?” our daunt
Yet although there are numerous students at Niles East who are!
DEAR EDITOR,
Niles East in other communities less driver asked. “If ya don’t, get qualified intellectually to write for the paper or Golden Galleon, to play!
off.”
they must be stopped.
Last Saturday morning, I had
With that, the little Cuban pulled in the orchestra, and to participate in debate, the number of students!
The problem of school pride is out a huge machine gun from un who actually do is minute.
the unhappy experience of wander
ing into the East gym and watch certainly not a new one. But when der his ragged greatcoat. He waved
TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, I estimate that there are about 125 stu-l
ing the East frosh play a basketball I was a student at East we did not it authoritatively in front of our dents in this school taking an honors English course and that there are!
game against Proviso East. A small allow the name of our school to be driver.
about 100 more in regular courses who are making high grades regu l
group of Trojan “fans” sat several disgraced by a group of bigots. We
“Do not argue with thees gun, larly. With 225 students who are good writers, why is it that no morel
rows behind me attacking the Ne loved our school—HOW ABOUT senor,” menaced the Cuban.
than 10 of them are interested in writing for the paper, and only o n !
gro race in general and the Negro YOU?
“That ain’t no bus pass,” com- fourth of them submitted anything to the school literary magazine?
Proviso players in particular. Their
realize that not everyone can work journalism into his schedule andl
ALUM—1960
remarks became so offensive that
that some good writers aren’t creative, but certainly the number oil
several Trojan parents told them
students who could develop their writing talents in these activities isl
N ILE H ILIT E
to “shut up” but they continued,
far greater than those who actually do so.
eventually shouting that the refer DEAR EDITOR,
1963-’64 First Place Awards:
What are the rest of these people whom we respect as intellectuals!
ees “were showing their true colordoing with themselves? Is the stereotyped version of the intellectual asl
Columbia Scholastic
Although I am not a true sports
black!”
an absent-minded, stuffed-shirt, dreamer true at Niles East? Is narrow!
Press Association
fan, I can understand enthusiasm
ness synonymous with intelligence? Or are the intellectuals in this school!
As I walked out after the game,
National Scholastic
in others. I was shocked, however,
nothing more than charlatans? A true intellectual takes every chancel
I heard Proviso parents say that
Press Association can to develop his talent and accept the responsibility that his so-l
________ he
by the catcalling directed at Negro
they would never come back to Ni
Friday, M
arch 5, 1965 ciety or school places on him. At Niles East, though, too many goodl
players at the Evanston-East bas- V 27— o- 9
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les East again. They were as
students are content with stagnating through high school.
ketball game of January 30.
Published 14 times during the school
shocked as many of the East par
year by the students of Niles Township
PERHAPS SOPHISTICATION IS the reason that our better studentsl
Such crassness reflects unfavor High School East, Lincoln and Niles aren’t active. Could it be that some of them feel their talents transcend!
ents had been, but they carried
Skokie, Illinois.
their disgust of Niles back to May- ably upon every student at Niles Avenues, Lithographing Co., Printed by high school activities? I submit, however, that such a form of “sophisti!
Skokie, III.
East. I would like to point out that Lawndale
wood with them.
cation” is nothing more than disguised immaturity.
Bill Nigut
Editor-in-Chief
genuine school spirit is concerned
Ken Seeskin
Page 2 Editor
This entire problem is not the same as the issue of school spirit!
IT IS BAD ENOUGH that East not only for the school’s athletic Feature Editors
Gail Shapiro
A weintraub it goes much deeper than that. It is important that a school have spiral
nita
victories but, more important, for Staff
parents and students allow these
Sue Schatzman, Al Feder,
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ike otiisky but it is absolutely essential that it have responsible intellectual leaders!
attitudes and actions to flourish its reputation.
Photographers3°er Jim Ram™™niDennis As I see the situation now, though, the better students of Niles Easl
Thank You,
within the school, but when bigoted
Ryan, sandy Amstein, R M
on osoff have coasted for so long that the school is in the intellectual doldrums!
students drag down the name of
Sue Phillips ’65 a^ s
I^ rT 'N SU^ ^ F r T ,
or
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shows few signs of coming out.
by ken seeskin
No Intellectuals at Niles?
Letters to the
�Friday, March 5» 1965
Page Three
NILEHILITE
Quoil Faces DateTim e Turmoil
by Hugh Quoil
(and I call it that all evening); I
say “sir” to her father and assure
WHEN I GO on a date, I always like to act sophisticated, cool, and
him that “Yes sir, I’ll have your
calm. It makes me feel rather suave, but more important, it invariably
daughter home at a reasonable
impresses the girl I am with. I always help my date on with her “wrap”
hour, sir. 10, sir? Yes sir, thank
you, sir.” I always help my date
into my car ( “No sir, I won’t drive
too fast, sir” ). I take her to for
eign films that I have seen before,
just so that I can impress her with
my ability to understand them so
readily; and for that extra touch,
I quote from Elizabeth Browning
all evening.
But there is one time during a
date when my sophistication freez
es, my “Ice Blue Secret” melts away, and I am reduced to a shud
dering, blundering teen. This trans
formation occurs when I take my
date home and have to say good
night at her door. It is at this time
that the girl takes command; the
boy is putty in her hands.
kissed will stand at her doorstep,
gazing dreamily into the boy’s eyes
and say something like, “Thank
you soooo much for the woooonderful eeeevvvveenninng.” The boy,
so impressed by the girl’s original
ity, naturally sweeps her into his
arms and romantically kisses her
first on her chin and then on her
nose, because he keeps missing her
lips.
this type of girl has a great future
in politics.
THE “MAYBE” GIRL is the
hardest to describe. Usually she
tends to want the boy to kiss her,
but often she may not. The “may
be” girl is often practical about a
kiss. She may reason that this guy
is a real creep; but he did take me
to a nice place, so MAYBE I’d bet
ter let him kiss me good night so
Girls who don’t want their dates he’ll take me to a nice place again.
to kiss them can be separated into
BUT WHETHER my date is a
groups depending on their technique “yes,” “no,” or “maybe,” the Sat
for putting off their eager compan urday night trip to the doorstep is
ions. The most common type, how far worse to me than the proverbial
ever, is the hand shaker. She is the Saturday night bath. It continues
one who stops at her door, turns to to chill me to the bone. There has
her date, pushes out her hand to to be a way of avoiding it—like ahim, and says, “Well George, old bolishing d o o r s t e p s , abolishing
friend, I had a swell time with you girls, abolishing dates, or abolish
tonight, pal.” I like to think that ing bones . . .
THE GIRL who wants to be
Twins Lead Double Life
“EQUAL BUT SEPARATE” is
the ideal relationship, believe most
of the students who comprise the
seven sets of twins at East. Although twins usually are thought of
as allies and constant companions,
the majority of these 14 students
agree that this “togetherness” often is unnerving and even irritât
ing.
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Even though we’re fraternal
twins everyone expects us to go
places together and share the same
interests and attitudes,” is the
plaint of Freshmen Donna and
Andrea Kaplan. “Actually, the only
interest we have in common is talk
ing on the phone,” laughed Donna,
who describes herself as the “sub
tle type,” while her sister Andrea
is more outgoing.
and Rita Becker have found that
other people expect them to be inseparable. “Often we miss out on
invitations because people think
that if they invite one of us they
are obligated to invite the other,”
Rita mourned,
rivalry that causes nothing but resentment.”
An identical twin, Junior Phil
Block> offered, “I think that most
of our problems, especially for
identical twins like my brother Joel
and me, stem from other people’s
YET HENRY AND IRA BUCH, refusal to consider us as individu
’66, say that “it’s almost as if we als, not merely as carbon copies of
weren’t twins at all. We look so dif- one another.”
ferent)„ continued Henry, «that
Tired Of Doing Dishes?
people don’t believe that we’re
brothers.” However, they feel that
they are compared to each other
more than they would be if they
were not twins. Also confronted
by Gil Rotkin
with this problem, Ilene Becker re
Journalism 2
marked, “Sometimes being com
DO YOU HAVE any devilishly
pared with a twin brother or sister
merely stimulates friendly compe diabolical ways to avoid doing
chores around your home?
tition that is beneficial to both peo
Among several Nilehi students
Like the Kaplans, Seniors Ilene ple. But it also can develop into asked this question, the favorite
methods are, as Ronnis Oher, ’65,
IT S S "LOOK ALIKE
Need New Excuses?
Fool-Proof Methods Revealed Here
puts it, to “arrange to be out when
there’s work to be done,” or to
3ust j‘lel someone else do it.”
Ken Levitan, ’65, agrees. “I time
it so I’m out of the house when
there are chores to be done,” he
says. “Otherwise I let my little
brother do them.”
something. Naturally, he says, his
parents wouldn’t disturb a budding
Andres Segovia.
Rich Bronstein, ’67, says he, too,
takes advantage of his guitar
playing.
“I can’t put my hands in dishwater,” he explains, “because it
Lynn Epstein, ’65, has an even wrecks my §uitar calluses.”
b y Anita W eintraub easier method.
Other students have equally unique methods of avoiding chores.
Parents Soon Forget
Appease Parents on Weekend
“I keep saying ‘wait a minute,’
March Roars In
Buck, Newcomb Celebrate
MARCH IS ONE OF the only months that boast no major national
or religious holidays. This is not because famous men have shunned
March as a month in which to be born or to enact their famous deeds
but simply because most people have overlooked the many noteworthy
dates in March.
How many Americans realize,
for example, that today is the 118th Battered and nearly bald, he vowed
anniversary of the U.S. postage
stamp? In addition to brightening
the outsides of envelopes, postage
stamps have depicted such notable
events as the spawning of salmon
in the Columbia River, the found
ing of basketball, and a tribute to
the poultry industry. Presently
there is a controversy in the U.S.
Post Office whether to issue a
stamp commemorating the four
Beatles or to put Ringo’s head on a
5-cent stamp.
dress alike, but
beseech lie
not really alike,"
Rita Becker, ’65, as they explain that insist the identical Block twins, Phil and
people expect them to be inseparable Joel, who complain that people are al
simply because they are twins. "But ways confusing their identities, but they
we’re really quite different," they insist. joke that "it’s just one of the hazards of
being twins."
"KEEP OUR
to give up the organ forever, and
spent his remaining years compos
ing his famous D Flat Concerto for
the Twelve-Hole Flute-a-Phone.
Great Theory—400 Years Late
Two days later is the birthday of
another great, Astronomer Simon
Newcomb. After years of exhaus
tive research, Newcomb published
his hypothesis that the sun did not
revolve around the earth; actually
it was the other way around. But
he earned only ridicule, for his
theory came out in 1885—Coperni
Teen Idol of 1837
cus had beaten him by four centur
On March 10 music lovers light
ies. Simon Newcomb died a broken
126 birthday candles for Dudley
and embittered man.
Buck, great American concert or
ganist. Unfortunately, while per
Perhaps a flood of letters to our
forming Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Congressmen could establish Con
Desiring,” Buck was mobbed by a federate General Braxton Bragg’s
throng of screaming teeen-age girls birthday (the 22nd) or the anniver
clamoring for autographs and try sary of America’s acquisition of
ing to pluck a few strands of hail’. the Virgin Islands (the 31st) as na-
and pretty soon my parents forget
about it.”
tional holidays. But until then high
Gordon Hoke, ’65, concurs. He ex
school students will have to endure plains that he just doesn’t do the
a month which provides no legiti- chores. In his case, someone else
mate vacations from school.
will usually do them if he refuses.
Steve Gold, ’65, tries to follow the
same procedure but his attempts
are usually foiled.
“When my father comes home
and starts yelling,” he explains, “I
get to work or else!”
Homework is a popular excuse
for abstaining from h o u s e h o l d
tasks.
Joanne Sonn, ’65, s a y s she
screams, “Oh, I’ve got so much
homework; I’ve got two tests to
M ARCH 6
CEEB Tests West 8:30 a. m.
morrow!” Then she runs to her
•5:45 p. m.
room and shuts the door.
M ARCH 12
“I have a lot of homework too,”
End of Fourth Marking
Period
states Mary Potter, ’65. But during
Gymnastic State Finals
the summer months, Mary has a
M ARCH 13
much more cunning method up her
NMSQT Test
(National
sleeve.
Merit)
8:30 a. m. to 12:45 p. m.
Mary Escapes to Tree
Gymnastic State Finals
“I sneak out of the house and sit
M ARCH 19
Next NILEHILITE
in a tree in our backyard,” she
Orchesis Dance Program
says, “so my mother doesn’t know
8 p. m.
where I am.”
M ARCH 26
"N ” Club Basketball Game
Guitars, besides being the cur
M ARCH 27
rent instrumental craze, also pro
All School Carnival.
vide Nilehi students with methods
of avoiding chores.
Marty Chalfie, ’65, for example,
picks up his guitar and starts
strumming when he’s asked to do
Sue Phillips, ’65, washes dishes
after all three meals on weekends.
That, she says, keeps her mother
f r o m getting angry when she
doesn’t lift a finger to help during
the week.
Ellen Aprill, ’67, doesn’t have to
avoid chores at all. She isn’t asked
to do them.
“I’ve lost 20 pounds since June,”
she explains, “and my mother is
worried sick about m e.”
Laziness Doesn’t Pay
Donna Blacker, ’66, who hides be
hind her homework when she is
asked to do chores, says that if she
doesn’t do the work, nobody does.
She expresses what is probably
the truth about the abodes of all of
these conniving students when she
exclaims, “You should see our
house.”
Students Concoct
Devilish Schemes
Dennis Maurizi, ’65, and Rhona
Berkowitz, ’66,have arrived inde
pendently at a very unusual meth
od of escaping chores.
Dennis sums up their feelings
when he says, “I retreat to the
bathroom until I hear the dishes
stop clattering.”
�Pag« Four
NILEHILITE
Friday, March 5, 1965
Senior Stars Climax
Four Years on Top
HE HAS THE STUFF that stars are made of. Six feet 2 inches in
height and 165 pounds in weight make him a formidable contender.
Combined with these dimensions are his speed on the court and an
accurate eye for the basket, together with his tremendous defensive
capabilities. These attributes have made Senior Glen Solberg the pride
of the Trojan cagers and the fourth greatest individual scorer in the
Suburban League.
Solberg has been the spark plug
of the Niles East basketballers for
the entire season. For example,
during the G r a y s l a k e Holiday
Tournament, he led his squad to
the capture of the second place
trophy with his 14.3 point average.
For his excellent performance Sol
berg was voted to the all-tourney
team.
HOWEVER, GLEN IS the first
to give credit to his mentors for
providing coaching and counsel
leading to his outstanding playing.
“Coach Jim Pooley has been of
great assistance to me,” he said.
“During the entire season he
worked with me and gave me val
uable advice that made the big
difference.”
PRESIDENT OF HIS Senior
Class, fourth in that class academ
ically, and now the fifth best butterflier in the state of Illinois,
Marty Chalfie stands out as one of
the finest scholar-athletes to ever
come out of Niles East.
As of last Saturday, Marty was
already one of the 10 best swim
mers in the state, but at the state
swimming finals, Marty showed his
finest form and rose to the top with
his best time ever in the 100 yard
butterfly, his event.
Marty is being courted by some
of the finest schools in the East,
which traditionally turn out excel
lent swim teams and excellent stu
dents.
ALTHOUGH HE IS undecided as
to where he will go, Marty favors
Harvard or Columbia.
After last Saturday’s meet, hold
ing his fifth place medal, Marty
commented, “I’ve worked to be
here, and it’s worth it.”
GLEN SOLBERG
MARTY CHALFIE
kef ball team this year in scoring and
placed fourth in the Suburban League
with 94 field goals and 74 free throws
for a total of 262 points. Glen was al
so voted to the all-tournament team in
the Grayslake Tournament for his superb
14.3 average.
on the Niles East swimming team last
weekend by taking a fourth in the State
Finals in the 100 yard butterfly. Marty
has swum on the varsity for four years
and earned his major letter as a sopho
more. Although the butterfly is his spec
ialty, Marty often swam freestyle to hon
ors, too.
Winter Season Ends on High Note
Cagers Beai Oak Park;
Lose in State Districts
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play. However, after the intermis I I
sion, Solberg came back to lead
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his squad in scoring with a 23 point
total.
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During the previous week’s con
test, the senior players ended their }> 1
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league competition by suffering a
90-61 setback at the hands of sec
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ond place New Trier. However, six
days earlier, the Trojans found the
i
path to their first SL victory of the
season, thus escaping the plight of
being the first league team in his i i
tory to complete the season without
s
a win. In this encounter, the Tro ) (
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jans were able finally to work like
c
could not wrestle in the consolation 31 points for a first place tie, up a well-oiled machine, having four
a
bracket.
setting defending champion, Wau starting players to score in the
d
kegan. Waukegan was shooting for double figures. —Spector
“There were a lot of good wrest
e
its third consecutive state wrestling
lers and I was nervous all the way
crown. Niles East earned 7 points.
through,” stated Pontecore. “It
P
was a great experience.”
At the Sectionals held at Munde
V
lein High School, Senior John
ALTHOUGH ELIGIBILITY kept
Smart, Junior Scott Seigel and Jun
Ron from competing in all but the
V
ior Jim DeGraffenreid were elimi
last wrestling meets of the season,
il
nated in the first round of compe
Pontecore still came regularly to
P
tition.
practice and when he became eli
gible, he outpointed Junior Roy
PROSPECTS FOR THE varsity
tl
Worthington in a series of challenge wrestling team appear bright for
matches for Districts. Ron went
Ik
next season. This season’s grap
on to take first in Districts, first in
I B
Sectionals and finally, fourth in the pling squad was dominated by jun
> 9
iors and sophomores, and with the
state.
exception of Smart and Machacek,
Senior Rob Machacek, captain
of the wrestling team and an an who are graduating, should all be
ticipated state finisher, placed sec returning. Next year’s team can ex
ond in Districts but was unable to pect a high place in the Suburban O K I L H C w*y to another victory for
k / l'l r l l j Niles in the half mile is
compete further because of a sud League and possibly in the state.
Senior Greg Gunderson.
>1
den asthma attack.
Reavis and Granite City earned
AS THE TROJAN bus pulled away from the Niles West gymna
sium Monday night, 14 varsity bas
ketball players sat brooding in deep
thought. They had just fallen vic
tim to the superior efforts of Glenbrook South in the initial game of
the Niles West Regional Tourna
ment.
Glenbrook South, a surprising
team in the Mid Suburban Conference, finished the season in a tie
for second place. Led by 6 foot 9
inch center Mike Reeves, the Titans
took an early 21-15 lead in the re
gional game against Niles and
closed the half with a 45-31 margin.
Reeves, the MSC scoring champ,
then carried his squad to victory
by compiling a total of 31 points.
The main factor leading to the
Trojans’ final 84-73 downfall was
the inability of senior forward Glen
Solberg to score in the first half of
Pontecore Fourth in State
JUNIOR RON PONTECORE, 180
pound Trojan grappler, captured
fourth place in the Illinois State
Wrestling Tournament last Satur
day night at Champaign.
Sophomore Tim Cech made a
very fine showing; Tim won his
first round preliminary at Cham
paign but was defeated in the sec
ond round. Since the wrestler Cech
IN T H F
î"idd,e ¥ h'? Suburban lost to di d not g0 on to ta fce ffrgt
»■* 1111- League championship routine, John Davis holds an iron-cross,
or second in the state meet, Cech
Gymnasts Take 3rd in S L;
Davis, Alleman Champions
TYING FOR THIRD place in the Suburban League with New Trier,
the varsity gymnasts are currently practicing for the State District meet
to be held tomorrow at Rich Central High School.
Although such strong teams as Evanston, Thornton, and Niles West
will be in the same meet, the Trojans can place high if they maintain
the high quality displayed at the Suburban League meet last week at
New Trier.
The top 10 qualifiers from the district meet will travel to Mt. Pros
pect High School for the State finals on March 12 and 13. At present it
appears that five or six Trojans should qualify.
IN PREVIOUS ACTION, Niles took a third with 86 points at the
Suburban League meet, behind Evanston with 111 points, and Proviso
East with 89 points. Junior Steve Alleman and Senior John Davis scored
first places on the trampoline and still rings, respectively, to lead the
Trojans to their finish.
Other placers include Sophomore Barry Slotten who took a second
in tumbling; Senior Steve Wolf who placed sixth on the still rings; Jun
ior Lorey Comitor who placed fourth on the side horse; Senior Mark
Kaplan who placed eighth on the still rings, eighth in the all-abound, and
seventh on the high-bar; Junior Mark Lazar who made an eighth on the
high bar, a fourth on the parallel bars, and a sixth in the all-around; and
Sophomore Marc Randall who placed sixth in tumbling.
ALTHOUGH NILES DIDN’T take first place in the Suburban League
like last year, its record of four wins and two losses in the SL testify
to a successful season, while the overall record of 12 and 4 is even
more encouraging.
Injuries Hurt Tracksters;
Tri-Meet Here Today
D D E A I/ IK IP
D K tA M IN U
60 yard
Schact.
high
the tape on a first
place finish in the
RIDDLED BY INJURIES and in
eligibilities, this year’s indoor track
team, which has had a slow early
seaso/,, looks forward to a triangu
lar meet today against Forest View
and Prospect at home, and the Su
burban League Meet, to be held
next Saturday at Evanston High
School.
Led by Senior Greg Gunderson
who runs the half mile, and Junior
Rich Gershenson, East’s best pole
vaulter, the Trojans stand a fair
chance of winning today’s meet,
although Sophomore Bob Schabilion, a fine miler, has been injured
and cannot be counted on for a peak
performance.
OTHER LEADING TRACKMEN
I
on the 1965 version of the team in Ï
clude Junior Jeff Schact, a hurdler;
Junior miler Pete Lanners; Juniors I
Neil Baskin and Bill Lemons in the
shot put; and Senior Dan Jungworth who runs the 50 yard dash.
“We certainly don’t have as I
promising a team as we had for i
indoor last season,” commented
Gunderson. Last year’s track team
was undefeated in indoor compe
tition. “But we hope that once all
the winter sports end, we will have
many of our experienced runners
out again so we can build the team
up again.”
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