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Vol. 27 — No. 12
Friday, May 7, 1965
Niles Township High School East — Skokie, Illinois
M r. Tyler Sets G oals in New P osition
by A l Spector
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Those students who are imbued
with the proper attitude and philMR. RAYMOND TYLER, recent
osoDhv about education can make
ly named principal of Niles East,
their years at Niles productive
after serving as acting principal,
years and satisfying years.
is a forward-looking individual who
has formulated great plans for the
“Ambition is a tremendous driv
school. He believes that the op ing force in getting students to pre
portunities at East for ambitious pare for their careers and in be
students are virtually endless. coming leaders of their communi
ty,” Mr. Tyler pointed out.
In the immediate present, the
new principal seeks stronger stu
dent loyalty to Niles by encourag
ing participation in all forms of ex
tracurricular activity.
“THE FACULTY, administration,
parents and community at large
can all contribute to make East the
SSO Announces '65-66 Board Members;
Hartstein, Gershenzon, Gerber Selected
by Bill Nigut
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SPECIAL TO THE NILEHILITE
—Juniors Mike Gerber, Elliot Hartstein, and Rich Gershenzon have
been chosen to head SSO next year,
the NILEHILITE learned yester
day.
The three were chosen for the
SSO executive board by this year’s
board members, Laurie Baron,
Steve Weiss, and Amie Seigal.
Ten candidates were interviewed,
and these three were selected by a
vote of the board.
“All 10 boys gave very favorable
interviews,” according to Baron,
“but Hartstein, Gershenzon, and
Gerber were selected unanimously
on the first vote.”
ALL THREE BOYS are active
in school activities. Gerber is pres
ently the president of the Junior
Class. Hartstein is a member of
Student Council, while Gershenzon
is active as an SSD supervisor.
With these three boys heading
the organization,” commented Bar-
on, “we foresee an extremely good
future for SSO. All three are re
sponsible and hard workers.”
We have not selected any of the
three as head of the board yet, nor
have they been assigned as heads
of any particular SSO branch,”
Baron concluded.
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Rich Gershenzon
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Mike Gerber
Northwestern next fall, won an award provided by the National Mer
it Scholarship Corporation’s found
ing grants.
The International Nickel Merit
Scholarship, sponsored by INCO,
was awarded to Steve, who will at
tend the University of Michigan
where he plans to major in engin
eering. He hopes to become a re
search metallurgist.
GORDON WILL MAJOR in inter
national relations at Macalester
Math, Spanish Students Win Honors
JUNIOR HELEN DRAGON and
Sophomore Luis Garcia recently
won high honors in the National
Spanish Examination sponsored an
nually by the American Association
of Teachers of Spanish and Portu
guese.
Helen, a fourth year Spanish stu
dent, placed first among 85 fourthyear students in a category of Span
ish and non-Spanish background,
while Luis, who is taking his second
year of Spanish, placed second among 168 second-year students en
tered in the category previously
mentioned.
m
“It was quite an honor for Niles
East,” said Mr. Gentil Da Rosa,
Spanish teacher, “for a little more
than 100 high schools in ttye North
Suburban Region participated in
the contest. The grades of the high
scorers will be entered in the na
tional competition to determine the
best Spanish student.”
According to Mr. Da Rosa, Niles
has entered the contest for the past
several years. “We have always
placed high in the competition and
take pride in the fact that we don’t
coach our students for the tests as
many schools do,” he added.
Helen and Luis will attend a ban
hope for rewarding and successful
careers,” he volunteered.
The administrative head of Niles
believes that no m atter what field
of endeavor the members of this
generation pursue, they will have
to put forth every possible effort
and will have to mature more rap
idly than did the members of the
preceding generation.
“Today’s teenagers’ e f f o r t s
should be geared toward success
ful living,” said Mr. Tyler. “It is
a rough world we are living in and
only those individuals who put
forth their fullest measure of effort
in achieving their goals can hope
for success,” he concluded.
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by Sue Schatzman
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Three Named M erit Scholars,
Other Students Reap Awards
NILES EAST can boast many
fine scholars again this year as
three students are National Merit
scholarship winners, a senior boy
has won one of 10 Michigan State
University scholarships, and a jun
ior has qualified for one of 48 Cor
nell summer scholarships.
Seniors Phyllis Edelman, Steve
Gold, and Gordon Hoke are among
this year’s National Merit scholars.
Phyllis, who plans a career in
medicine which she will begin at
finest high school in suburbia to
day,” the principal commented.
Mr. Tyler is encouraged by the
high standards set by the student
body in all phases of school life.
“The record speaks for itself,”
he elaborated. “We rank high in all
national tests, many of our students
are recipients of scholarships, and
our graduates attend the finest col
leges in the nation.”
Mr. Tyler offered constructive ad
vice to all graduating seniors at
Niles.
“ OURS IS A COMPETITIVE
WORLD at the present time. Only
those young people who are pre
pared to meet this competition can
quet on May 15 to receive awards
for their excellence.
SENIOR MARTY CHAFIE, Jul
ian Weiss, and Bruce Myer won
first place in the annual National
Math Contest held at East last
March, according to Mr. Thomas
Kiviluoma, head of the Math De
partment. T h e i r performances
helped East to place 10th in the
state behind Suburban League
schools Evanston and New Trier.
“We are extremely proud of these
three winners and all the other peo
ple who took part in the contest,”
remarked Mr. Kiviluoma.
College on a scholarship provided
by the Readers Digest. In the fu
ture, he wishes to serve with the
U.S. Foreign Service.
SENIOR JULIAN WEISS was re
cently awarded the Alumni Dis
tinguished Scholarship Award by
Michigan State University. Along
with more than 1,500 other National
Merit Finalists, Julian was invited
to visit the University campus and
take a special examination. The
scholarship, one of 10 offered, is
renewable for four years.
SENIOR SHERRY COHEN was
named recipient of the Future
Teachers Scholarship, awarded an
nually by the Women’s Club of Sko
kie. Sherry will major in elemen
tary education at the University of
Illinois, Congress Circle.
A SIX-WEEK SUMMER scholar
ship to Cornell University spon
sored by thb Tellwide Corporation
was awarded to Junior Ken Schu
bert. To qualify for the honor, Ken
had to score high on the PSAT and
submit an original piece of writing
and a book review. As one of 48
winners in the nation, he will study
“Religious Experience as an Area
of Philosophical Inquiry.”
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Cl C f T tr \
Student Council president Cliff Rudnick shakes
IN C V Y L T
l Ll L I t U
hands with current president Al Peder as other
new officers (L. to R.) Sandy Seigel, treasurer; Jim Heinsimer, vice-president, and
Renee Porter, secretary look on.
SHINDIG — one of many innovations of the modern dance craze —
is once again swinging to Niles East!
Girls twisting to the wild beat of the many combos, singers belting
out tunes ranging from rock ’n’ roll to folk music, and a raging “battle
of the drums” will enliven the stage as talented students from Niles
East, North, and West collaborate to present a benefit show tonight at
8 in the auditorium.
According to Mr. Alvin S c h w a rtz ,-------------------------------------------sponsor, the purpose of the show is iors Sharon Seigel and Ruthie Gelto raise money for the yearbook, fand are choreographers for the
Reflections ’65, which is currently dances.
short of funds. Mr. Jeffrey Joseph“Ken Karlson and the Creations,
son, sponsor of the yearbook, is one of ten combos, will present the
serving as co-sponsor of the bene- entire format they performed at the
fit.
Battle of the Bands, sponsored by
Featured as the only solo dancer the Deborah Boys’ Club.” Mr.
in the program, Sophomore Trudi Schwartz stated. “In this contest
Galnick will dance to “Goldfinger” they were honored as the second
as one of the female vocalists, ac top band in the Chicago area.”
Other musical groups performing
companied by a combo, sings the
familiar tune. All other dances will are the Tools, the Tikis, the Trans
star the same girls who danced in ports, the Roadrunners, the Velvathe Shindig portion of this year’s tones, and the Attractions. “The
majority of the students in these
Reflections Revelries.
“A SHADOW-BOX, complete with groups are from East,” the spontwisting girls in appropriate cos- sor added.
“Shindig” Mr. Schwartz concludtumes, will help provide the back
ground throughout the entire show,” «L “has been a great deal of fun to
said Junior Gayle Shain, one of the put together and should be a huge
Shindig dancers. Gayle and Sen- success.”
Bullfights, Appendicitis
M ark Spanish Trip
by Sue Schatzman
“MAGNIFICO!” exclaimed the 59 students and four teachers who
ventured to Mexico during Spring Vacation as they told of a land of a
hot blazing sun, warm climate, exciting bullfights, breathtaking scenery,
and a colorful and hospitable people.
“It was a wonderful experience that I will remember for a long
time,” recalled Junior Tobey Benas. “The country was beautiful, the
people were friendly, and the experiences were numerous.”
Visiting the country enabled the travelers to learn a great deal about
the culture of Mexico and its people. At one of the highlights of the
trip, San Juan de Teatihuacan, or the pyramid country, they learned
about the ancient Indian civilization while sightseeing and climbing the
Pyramid of the Sun.
“CLIMBING up the many large stairs was tiring, but worthwhile,
for the view was terrific,” Tobey exclaimed.
Other main points of interest in the trip itinerary were the Corrida
de Toros in Mexico City where the group watched the spectacle of a
bullfight; Chapultepec Castle, site of the one-time throne of early Mexi
co’s despotic rulers; Hacienda Vista Hermosa, the former palace of
Cortes; the silvershops of Taxco, and the famous performance of the
Ballet Folklorico of Mexico at the Palace of Fine Arts.
TWO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS arose during the trip. One girl
suffered an acute appendicitis attabk and had to have an emergency
appendectomy, while another girl had tonsilitis.
“Even though there were some harrowing times the trip was a very
worthwhile experience,” said Mr. Gentil Da Rosa, “because it puts the
students in close contact with the culture while showing them the im
portance of Spanish as a living language. Also, he continued, “by seeing
the poor living conditions of many Spanish people, the students came to
realize how well they live here in Skokie.”
�NILEHILITE
Page Two
THANKS!
Friday, May 7, 1965
SCHOOL
BO/RRD
T H E N IL E H IL IT E S T A F F w ish es to th a n k S tu d e n t
Council, M rs. L ouis S im ons a n d th e P T A , a n d th e School
B o ard f o r c o n trib u tin g m oney to h elp p u b lish th is y e a r’s S en
io r Issu e. W ith o u t th is a ssista n c e i t w ould h av e been im pos
sible fo r th e p a p e r to co n tin u e its re g u la r schedule an d p u b lish
th e an n u a l S en io r Issue.
student
COUNCIL
A W A S T E ...
iNH-ÎHILlTE.
W H IL E T A B U L A T IN G T H E re s u lts o f th is y e a r’s elec
tio n , S tu d e n t C ouncil fo u n d t h a t a s u b s ta n tia l n u m b e r of
people h a d v oted fo r c a n d id a te s w hose n am es w e re n o t on
th e b allot. Since Council h a d explicitly s ta te d t h a t w rite -in
v o tes w ould n o t be accepted, th e N IL E H IL IT E feels t h a t
th e s e s tu d e n ts w ere d isp lay in g n o th in g m o re th a n im m a tu r
ity by w a stin g th e ir votes. A nd i t is im m a tu rity like th is
t h a t c ritic s o f s tu d e n t g o v e rn m e n t p o in t to w h en th e y sa y
t h a t h ig h school s tu d e n ts a re too y o u n g to ac cep t th e re sp o n
sib ilities o f s tu d e n t g o v ern m e n t.
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Billboard »
Better Red than Dead?
by
Samovar Boils 3rd Period
For Select Russian Trio
ANYONE WHO HAS passed Room 242 during third period has prob tory and culture because I feel
there is much to be gained from
ably asked himself, “Is it empty?”
them.”
But the answer, according to Mr. John Moshak and Seniors Lynn
Having visited the USSR twice
Epstein and Ken Seeskin, who compose Nilehi’s fourth year Russian
in the past five years, Mr. Moshak
class and the smallest class in the school, is, “Definitely no!” Having also supplem.ents the course mate
begun their study of Russian in their freshman year with nine other rial with slides, pictures, and con
students. Lynn and Ken are the first students in Nilehi history to com versations on modern Soviet life.
The usual course of study consists
plete four years of Russian.
.
of historical narratives and plays,
During the 1961-’62 school year a remarkable degree of informali short stories, poems, and sketches
when Lynn and Ken began, the ty and almost tutorial learning. by such Russian masters as Push
school offered three years of Rus “Frequently,” said Mr. Moshak, “I kin, Lermantov, Chekov, and Tursian and about 25 students took it. let the class wander onto unplan genv. Recently the class had begun
Also during this year the ALM or ned discussions about Russian his- to do written translations of poems
by Russia’s newest poet, Evtush
oral method of teaching languages
enko.
was used as an experiment on the
first year class. The following sea
“What I have enjoyed the most,”
son only two years were offered,
said Lynn, “is that we have also
but the number of students taking
been able to gain teaching experi
Russian increased slightly.
ence this year.” The two fourth
M
year students have done every
By 1963, three years were again
thing from preparing lessons to
offered and the number of Russian
writing and grading tests for a
students skyrocketed to well over
second year class.
100. This year fewer students are
taking Russian because of the split,
“You don’t realize how much you
but four full years are offered. “In
don’t know until you get up and
the future the number of students
start teaching yourself,’’added Ken.
in Russian is expected to steadily
BOTH STUDENTS said that they
increase and eventually surpass the
plan to continue their study of Rus
high of 1962,” said Mr. Moshak.
sian at the university level. “But,”
concluded Lynn, “I doubt if classes
THE EXTREMELY SMALL s i - HIGHLIGHTS
of the present fourth year class . typica| day ¡„ Em.', 0»l, fourth year in college will be half as much fun
as our four years here have been.”
permits the two students to enjoy russian class.
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n i l e H I lite
Bill
Nigut
THE RECENT WAVE of demon
strations by high school and college
students who favor our withdrawal
from Southeast Asia reflects an
alarming and rather frightening at
titude which is springing up too
prominently in our country.
ing, it is clear that we must take
a stand against it. And if Viet Nam
is not the proper place for such a
stand as the demonstrators seem to
suggest, where will we take that
stand? When will it be?
The demonstrators reveal anoth
er disturbing attitude. They show
Those who oppose our interven that they are not willing to make
tion in the affairs of the Vietna certain sacrifices to uphold their
mese oppose it on the grounds that basic principle of freedom.
we are wasting American lives on
If we allow ourselves to succumb
a useless cause.
to the aggressions of communism
They seem to disregard the one merely because we are afraid to
basic reason why we must defend take a stand or because we feel
Viet Nam. As a free nation we are that that stand may be dangerous,
opposed to the communist drive to then we are advocating the policy
control the world. Our dedication of “better Red than dead.”
to the prevention of the communist
WE CANNOT justify the feelings
goal should be a fierce and deter
of the demonstrators who ask that
mined one.
we withdraw rather than risk war.
THOSE PEOPE who advocate our If we believe in freedom and realize
withdrawal from Viet Nam also the dangers of communism, then
advocate, probably unknowingly, we cannot afford to sacrifice prin
that we do not take a stand against ciple for security.
a way of life which is contrary to
We are the upholders of a free
our ideas of freedom. They ask that
way of life and must defend it
we abandon our principles of free
bravely, for the time when nothing
world leadership.
is worth dying for is the time when
To keep communism from spread- there is no reason for living.
minority report by ken seeskin = = = = =
Ever Read Billboard ?
HAVING ALWAYS BEEN an ardent reader of my own page, I de
cided it might be wise to check the accuracy of some stories that a
rather obscure reporter has been turning in since the beginning of the
year.
The first thing I did was to read every “Time” magazine that has
been published since 1960 in search of a personality called Uday Shundar. Expecting to find something about a situr with a guru, I found, in
stead, an article about a high school student who was deferred by his
draft board because of an idiotic letter he had written to Robert MacNamara. I had remembered hearing somewhere that this reporter had
had an unhappy experience at his draft board (something about eating
too many potato chips) and asked him whether he was trying to imitate
Uday Shundar by writing “a letter to Mac.”
THE REPORTER REMARKED that he was planning to leave the
country with an escaped Cuban rebel who had tried to hijack his bus
(another one of his outlandish stories) and didn’t care whether he was
drafted or not. When asked what he planned to do about his responsibilities on the paper, he said he was giving them to some buffoon he
had once interviewed about the election.
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1963-’64 First Place Awards:
“I’ve already used this idiot before,” he said. “I had him write a
Columbia Scholastic
story about the Gemini Satellite launching and nobody could tell the
Press Association
idiot’s style from my own.”
National Scholastic
But before I could answer him, he hopped on his skateboard and |
Press Association
sailed away muttering something about how the N-Club should have
beaten the faculty in some basketball game.
Vol. 27 — No. 12
F riid a y , M a y 7, 1965
Published 14 times during the school
year by the students of Niles Township
High School East, Lincoln and Niles
Avenues, Skokie, Illinois.
Printed by
Lawndale Lithographing Co., Skokie, III.
Editor-In-Chief .............................. B ill Nigut
Page 2 Ed itor .......................... Ken Seeskin
Feature Ed itors .....................
G a il Shapiro
A n ita W elntraub
Staff ....................
Sue Schatzman, A l Feder,
A l Spector, M ik e K otllsky
Business M anager ................
Joanne Sonn
Photographers
J im Rathmann,
Dennis Ryan, Sandy Arnstein, Ron M asoff
A rtists
Carol Zim m erm an, Sue Swartout.
Ira Upin
A d visor ............................... M r. Norm an F re y
The real surprise, though, came last week when he talked a violin
playing secretary who had been elected queen of some sort of big dance
and that Golden Galleon editor who investigates all those drinking par- 1
ties into running off with him to Cuba. As if that weren’t enough, that I
man who teaches English 71, 81 and English 72, 82 is going, too.
SO HERE I AM left to publish the NILEHILITE all by myself. And
if you think I’m going to do it, you’re wrong because the last postcard
I got from Havana said that the weather is great and everyone’s having
a swell time. And anyway that idiot who has taken my reporter’s place
once wrote a story for me (some crazy thing about Cliff’s Notes) and
nobody could tell the difference in our styles, either.
Unless the mail from Havana gets here for the next issue, then,
this is my last column. See you later.
P.S. Send more tractors.
�Friday, May 7, 1965
NILEHILITE
Page Three
Tips F r o m 001 a n d 002
How To Succeed
f
by
Anita
Weintraub
TO MANY SENIORS, not even report cards are as ominous as the small slip of
white paper that tells them their class rank at the end of each semester. But standing
out among the scowls and grimaces are at least two serene faces, those of Sherry Ferdman and Gil Rotkin, Numbers One and Two, respectively, in the Senior Class.
“If I weren’t Number One my class rank wouldn’t be particularly important to me,”
confides Sherry, “but since I am, I feel obligated to work hard to stay there.” Her meth
ods for maintaining her 4.61 average are the same as they have always been — three
to four hours a night of studying “with time off for phone calls and eating, of course,”
and taking notes on “just everything — I go mad without a pencil and paper in my
hand,” she explains.
i
Unlike Sherry, who often rewrites assignments several times before handing them
in, Gil admits, “I’m not a perfectionist, especially about grades. I do the best work
I can, but I think that a person should be content with performing up to his ability, even
if the best he can do is ‘C’ work, and not worry about his grades.”
Both admit a tendency to work less hard in courses they dislike, yet how do they
prevent their attitude from affecting their grades? “We do the required work,” ex
plained Gil, “but often we don’t put forth the extra effort that we would in a coHrse
WHEW, hardly any homework tonight.
we liked.”
indeed, liking one s courses is the key to making high grades, says
Sherry. “I honestly enjoy learning; bluffing my way through a course
wouldn’t provide any challenge. It’s necessary for me to feel that I’ve
gotten something out of a course, not just sat there vegetating for 55
minutes.”
is one thing I can’t stand it is an
ostentatious display of cotton. Prob
But studying by no means consumes all of Gil’s and Sherry’s time.
ably bought it at Sak’s Fifth Ave Gil has worked on the Reflections yearbook staff, and he has been named
nue. And she actually is wearing ®
editor for this year’s NILEHILITE Apprentice Issue. Sherry also
loafers instead of sandals. God! I has devoted two years to the yearbook, works part-time, and has done
knew she was conservative, but volunteer work for the Chicago State Mental Hospital. “A high school
by Bill Nigut
this! Well, this may be a great sac is very safe and comfortable and narrow, and too often students don’t
rifice in principles, but here she know that there is another world that isn’t so pretty,” said Sherry.
(I’VE GOT TO ask her now. I just can’t put off asking Alice to the
prom any longer. After all, the prom is tomorrow night, and she will need
“A student who devotes himself only to making high grades is get
“Alice, could I talk with you for
SOME time to buy a dress. But I don’t know. I mean I’m not sure I’m
ting a very distorted view; a social life away from school is very im
ready to establish such a mature relationship with Alice. Nothing against a minute? I hope you understand portant,” she stressed. “Grades are probably more important in the long
Alice. She’s a fine girl. Except for her position on price supports for me nature in which this invitation run,” theorized Gil, “but participating in activities is more beneficial
farmers. I mean after all, how can I possibly take a girl to the prom is offered. I mean you and I are for teenagers right now,” he concluded.
when we don’t agree on parity. And yesterday in English when she good friends.”
said that Henry David Thoreau ad
“Go ahead, Ralph. I suppose that
vocated eternal free birth, I thought
I am mature enough to accept
Your Write To Say It
I would just die. I mean, I’m not during our march to censure those something in the spirit in which it
picky or anything, but I doubt if people who ordered all vanilla and is intended. As Adlai Stevenson so
she’s on my intellectual level, and no chocolate cookies from the Girl clearly stated in last week’s meet
I’ve always said that a really ma Scouts. Anyone who refuses to stand ing of the United Nations General
ture relationship should be based up for his principles is certainly Assembly, “My mind is completely
by Eileen Klehr
on intellectualism. And look who getting no respect from me. Here blank.”
English 21
“Oh, Alice, would you go to our
she was walking with in the halls she comes walking down the hall
I AM CURRENTLY recovering from the strain of having to decide
yesterday. Why, that Ruben Philips toward me. Look at that dress she Oakview prom with me in the cafe
went skateboarding last Saturday has on. Down to her ankles. If there teria tomorrow night?”
whom to vote for in the Student Council elections. There were so many
different aspects of the campaign to consider that I, who am only a
freshman, actually found myself unable to choose a favorite candidate.
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by Jay Millman
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that could easily cater to a Patton tank. He could at
least mention my name in his column.
A CANDIDATE for “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not,”
Oh Cruel, Cruel Fate
I have never, after almost four years of high school,
including a semester and a half of journalism, had
Am I doomed to fade away into the past having
my name appear in the NILEHILITE.
never left my mark in the publication upon whose
It’s not that I haven’t done anything. In fact, pages lie the history and tradition of Niles East?
I’ve had a very active high school career.
Bench Warming Not Necessary
To the editor that puts this story in the paper
y
One year I put my poor, muscle-bound body
with a by-line: May your lunch line move with the
► through a whole season of torture trying to make
swiftness of a diesel locomotive, may you be safe
good at my favorite sport. However, when my sweat
pants started fusing to the bench from constant con from the angry throngs boarding the school bus, and
tact, I took the hint and dropped out of the scene,
may the monitor be asleep when you get stuck with
never to get mv name on the sports page.
out a hail pass. Amen.
y
I am, however, a very talented
musician in the band. I play with
I
the enthusiasm of Leonard Bern
stein, the agility of A1 Hirt, and the
love for music of Isaac Stem, but
THE BALMY, sun-kissed days of the past week have precipitated
1 play the euphonium. Whoever
heard of an euphonium player get the Niles East equivalent of the lemmings’ rush to the sea — the mass
ting his name in the paper? The exodus of students to the beach as soon as they are liberated by the
name alone would frustrate the 3:20 bell. Despite the outward contrast between lying leisurely on the
typesetter.
warm sand soaking up sunlight and frantically scribbling lecture notes,
resourceful students have discovered that the provisions necessary for
I’d Like a By-Line, Please
a day at the beach also prove useful for a day in school.
Someone really ought to put my
Auto shop students, for example, have realized that suntan lotion
name somewhere in the NILEHI will substitute in a pinch for axle grease, and wrestlers have been known
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LITE just once. After all, I’m very to smear their arms and legs with Coppertone to give their opponents
the “slip.”
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well acquainted with the staff. Anita
SINCE BRIEFCASES have become passe for everyone except teach
Weintraub is in my homeroom, and ers and freshmen, multicolored beach bags are just the thing for toting
Bill Nigut and Gail Shapiro have books from class to class. Beach towels may be wadded up easily and
used as pillows to mitigate the discomfort of sleeping in class.
b^n in my classes.
The nose plugs adopted by novice swimmers might well prove use
Even though I don’t know Ken ful on the warmer days in the p.e. locker rooms, while ear plugs would'
Seeskin personally, I often have be especially welcome during lunch periods in the cafeteria. Indeed,’
had to park a block farther from these appurtenances may become so popular that it will be common
school after seeing Ken crawl out place to see the corridors filled with students smeared with Coppertone
a puny Corvair parked in a space and porting beachbags and sandals — in the middle of January.
Coppertone, Sandals
Latest Classroom Aids
First, I had to consider the vitally
point of the campaign was th<
important campaign issues.
speeches. My heart was light as 1
THIS YEAR the main point in entered the gym. At last I would b(
question was terribly crucial for the able to choose a candidate. The firs!
students of Niles East. It wasn’t speech seemed good. The seconc
trivial like a student employment seemed like the first. The thirc
service, a lounge, a scholarship seemed like the second. The fourth
fund, or better student-teacher re seemed like the third and so on
lations. The most controversial is At this point I began to wish fer
sue in the campaign was a fruit vently that students had no voice
juice machine. With an issue as im in school government. As I watchec
portant as this, I could make no candidates, campaign managers,
and chorus girls frolic on the gym
snap judgments.
I then was caught up in the cam floor, the chewing gum turned stale
paigning itself. I chewed one can in my mouth, and the pins in the
didate’s gum, used another candi campaign buttons began to stick
date’s pen.
Snappy sayings ran me.
At the end of the assembly I de
through my mind for days. I re
ceived buttons from one candidate’s scended from the bleachers rather
campaign manager, and as soon as dazedlv. The next day I voted using
I put them on, I got dirty looks the technique known as “eeny,
from another manager. I didn’t meeny, miney, moe.” In the after
mind, though; after all, I was de noon I heard the earth-shaking re
ciding the leader of the fruit juice sults, and I felt and still feel gen
machine committee, and no one uine happiness for the winner. I
could say I shirked my duty. But, hope he lives up to his campaign
in spite of all my efforts, I still promises and finally manages to
install a fruit juice machine in the
could not fix upon a candidate.
cafeteria. I, for one, will gladly
I MUST ADMIT that the high drink milk.
MAY 7
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Page F o u r
FRESH FROM their 63-55 victory
over Forest View, the Trojan track
squad is looking forward to the
Illinois State District Meet tomor
row at Evanston Township High
School.
Friday, May 7, 1965
Trackmen Shatter Record;
Evanston Districts Next
Seventeen teams from the North
Shore area will be competing. An
athlete who places first or second
in an event or who equals or bet
ters the qualifying standard quali
fies for the state meet. The relay
team must also place first or sec
ond or meet the qualifying time to
compete further.
Sophomore Larry Acker, Junior
Dan Nielsen and Junior Rick Nitti
also figured strongly in the win.
Sophomore Richard Berg looked
hopeful in the shot put with his ex
cellent put of 49 feet, 9 inches on
the sophomore team.
Last week at the annual Mooseheart Relays, four Trojan track
men, Pete Lanners, Bill Dowlin,
Dan Nielsen, and Greg Gunderson,
broke the Niles East school record
in the two mile relay. The team ran
the distance in eight minutes, 16
seconds shattering the old mark by
three seconds. This win was the
first first-place the Trojans ever
took at Mooseheart.
At Forest View, Junior hurdler
Bob Barys racked up a first in the
high hurdles and a second in the
lows; Junior Neil Baskin copped
the number one spot in the shot put
and discus, while Senior Greg Gun
derson won top honors in the half
mile. The mile relay team ran an
excellent race to win first place.
Junior Pete Lanners, Senior Bob
Richardson, Senior Dan Jungworth,
A K ir U H D
A IN in U IV
man ^or
recorci~hreakng two mile relay
team was Senior Greg Gunderson.
CIDCT KA A kl
N Kj I IVIAN
on
record-breaking relay was Junior Pete Lanners, captain of next year's
Since the Mooseheart Relays are
second in size to only the Illinois
State meet, it is expected that our
two-mile relay team will have a
strong finish in Champaign. Junior
Neil Baskin also is expected to
place in his specialty—the discus
throw.
harriers.
Tennis Men Cop 2nd in Districts
by A . I. Svidrigailov,
Sports Staff
L E D B Y T H E A M A Z IN G P L A Y o f F resh m a n M ark B i
sh op and th e solid p la y in g o f S en ior S te v e W illiam s, th e N ile s
E a s t te n n is tea m placed second in la s t w e e k ’s s ta te d istr ic t
te n n is m eet.
T h e doubles team o f B ish o p and W illia m s took second in
th e d istr ic t, and h a v e earned a b erth in th e s ta te m e e t to
be held M ay 14 in C ham paign.
In addition, Bishop’s play as num
ber one singles player in regular
competition has earned the Trojan
netmen an overall record of nine
wins and only three losses.
The spectacular freshman has
won 11 matches against no defeats
in singles.
Two weeks ago he defeated Oak
Park’s Dave Armstrong, the de
fending Suburban League singles
champion of 1964.
Williams’ 13 wins compared to
f
I I I A IT IA IS *
for an overhand smash
is Senior Ron Seigal.
W A I I IlM b
one loss in singles has also boosted
the team.
In the Evanston Invitational held
three weeks ago, Bishop and Wil
liams combined to take second
place in doubles. The team also
finished second.
Senior Ron Seigal, another out
standing player, was winning his
match in last week’s districts when
he collapsed from the heat, and
was unable to continue.
“We have some really fine ten
nis players on this year’s squad,”
commented Varsity Coach Steve
Morgan.
“Siegel, Williams, and Senior Dick
Wolf are all excellent players who
need just a bit of pushing to help
them win.
“Bishop is just amazing. As a
freshman he is already one of the
top tennis players in the state.”
Tommorow the team faces New
Trier, one of the top teams in the
state, and Bishop will have his
hands full as he plays the number
one ranked player in the Suburban
League.
Following the state finals, the
Trojans will face Waukegan on May
18, and then move to the Suburban
Meet at Oak Park on May 22.
by AI Spector
is made up of freshmen.
“WE ARE IN THE PROCESS of “ONE REASON that East has
rebuilding our team ,” said Mr. Tom rather poor golf teams every year,”
Kiviluoma, speaking of his golf according to Mr. Kiviluoma, “is
team this season.
that we have no public course in
After beating Maine East early Skokie where the boys can get their
in the season, the Trojan golf team practice during the summer.
went on to take third place in a
triangular with Niles North and Ni “In other communities the high
les West, then lost last week to school golfers get special low rates
Evanston 328 to 349. iln golf, the for playing on the community
low score wins.)
course for the whole summer.
Mr. Kiviluoma’s remarks on re “Consequently, boys on other
building refer to the fact that
teams keep in shape for golf all
there is only one senior on the Var
sity team. Senior Bill Douglas is summer, when our boys often don’t
number one player and leads the have the opportunity.”
team on the links.
calls the unmpire
as Senior Gil
Ravelette puts "th< dark one" by ai
opposing batter.
"STRIKE 3 "
NILES EAST’S VARSITY diamondmen presently hold a 2-5
league necord after losing Thurs
day to the Mustangs of Morton
East. In an earlier clash with Mor
ton the initial victory of the season
for the Trojans was snatched1from
their grasp when they lost a 5 to 3
third inning lead over Morton as
the game was called due to dark
ness, The Troymen in this clash
suffered several unfortunate acci
dents.
Niles’ first baseman Neil Win
stead was spiked by a charging
Morton baserunner causing 10
stitches to be taken above his eye.
Other casualties included injuries
Juniors Ron Adelman and Andy
Gutter are number two and three
men, respectively, on the Varsity.
ADELMAN HAD LOW SCORE for
East in the triangular with West
and North.
“He and Gutter are promising
players for the future,” according
to Douglas. “They both are cool
players, and are capable of fine
golf.”
On the Frosh-Soph level, Fresh
men Bill Brook and George Apelian
lead the team. Both boys shoot in
the low 90’s.
The rest of the Sophomore team
'YOU'RE OUT
year's most outstanding player.
Batmen Drop Another;
Lose to Morton, 3 to 0
Wildkits Top Linkmen;
Hopes Higher for '66
by Bill Nigut
FRESHMAN MARK “t f
was the call on this play as first baseman Neil Winstead waits for
the throw from catcher Reid Flammang.
Photo by Rathmann.
by pitched balls. Glenn Smith was
struck in the head by a wild pitch
while Steve Idelman was winged
in the shoulder. Fortunately both
players were able to continue in the
game.
Niles’ ill fortune persisted in the
rescheduled match which the Tro
jans dropped to Morton, 8-6. The
Nilesmen lost their first string sec
ond baseman Jeff Gendelman as he
was spiked during a freak accident
while attempting to make a double
play in the game.
IN SUBSEQUENT games, the
Trojans witnessed some of the fin
est pitching in the league. Junior
southpaw Gary Lindley handed
Troy a 4-3 decision, defeating
Evanston in his first varsity as
signment. Lindley, who was cut
from the sophomore baseball squad
in 1964, pitched six and two-thirds
innings before being lifted in the
final inning with two outs and the
bases filled. Senior hurler Gil Ravelette then succeeded in pulling vic
tory out of the fire by pitching the
final out of the game.
Ravelette also turned in a bril
liant pitching performance in the
game with Oak Park by yielding
to them a meager three hits and
chalking up six strikeouts for a 2
to 0 shutout victory. Besides mak
ing outstanding mound showings,
Ravelette also is presently the king
pin in the Trojan batting column
with a .518 average.
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