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Winter sports
season begins
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Vol. 36, No. 6
NRgfflBXS
PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF NILES EAST HIGH SCHOOL, SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
Radio station
for Nilehi?
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Wednesday, Nov. 21, 1973
Cold winter ahead
Energy crisis hits hard at Nilehi
by Robert Feder
Niles East will be noticeably colder and darker this winter in response
to the nationwide energy crisis and predicted fuel oil shortage.
ALL BUILDING thermostats have been turned down to conserve
heating oil and a moratorium on the installation of new electrical equip
ment has gone into effect, according to John Nix, district superintendent
of buildings and grounds.
Nix outlined an eight-point emergency
conservation plan for the district that
includes:
(1) Reduction of building temperatures
to 72 degrees during school hours; to
65 after 4 p.m.; and to 60 when build
ings are unoccupied.
(2) Involvement of staff and student
body in a program of conservation edu
cation.
(3) Elimination of non-essential light
ing in display cases, wall lights, and
decorations.
(4) Reduction of night-time building
usage to three nights a week.
(5) Discontinuation of coffee pots and
hot plates in department offices and
other areas.
(6) Reduction of air conditioning us
age, raise in temperature, and schoolhours usage only.
(7) Moratorium on new electrical
equipment.
(8) Analysis of mechanical and elec
trical systems for efficiency.
Nix said all of these actions require
“active cooperation” from staff and stu
dents. “We have set specific goals for
this district, and we must be held ac
countable to them,” he said.
NILEHI SUPERINTENDENT Wesley
Gibbs added, “This is not a time to be
dictating to others, ‘you sacrifice this
and you sacrifice this.’ We’ve got to
work together on this thing.”
Dr. Gibbs also called on staff and
students to suggest other energy con
servation measures which could be im
plemented throughout the district. He
said that several long-range options to
save fuel and electricity are now being
considered.
Lengthening winter vacation and mak
ing up the lost time during summer
when heating the schools is not a prob
lem is one plan being considered.
OTHERS INCLUDE lengthening the
school day, encouraging wide-spread use
of public transportation and car-pools,
and decreasing the amount of light in
each classroom through more judicious
use of present fluorescent lighting sys
tem.
The issue of energy conservation also
was discussed at last week’s board of
education meeting. Board members ex
pressed concern for the efficiency of the
district’s fuel usage.
Some members even speculated as to
the possibility of banning students’ use
of personal cars to get to school. A
number of students were opposed to the
idea, asking that any such efforts to
curtail driving to school apply to all —
staff and students alike.
EASTHI PRINCIPAL Arthur Colver
said building administrators see the
energy crisis as “a very real problem.”
He indicated that the district’s conser
vation guidelines will be strictly fol
lowed at East.
Dr. Colver said that the day the con
servation program was released, “I
gave up using the new coffee pot in
my office. And it was only a week old.”
H anus criticizes students
by Dennis Kaplan
At last week’s Nilehi Board of Edu
cation meeting, member George Hanus
criticized Easthi students who met with
board members recently, and said that
the students’ attitude was one “engen
dering confrontation rather than dia
logue.”
REFERRING TO a visit by the Board’s
Student Liaison Committee on Novem
ber 1, Hanus expressed disappointment
at “the students’ negative attitude” and
|the aura of hostility for which he said
“we board members are not to blame.”
The four board members (Hanus,
Shirley Garland, Evelyn Rosenzweig, and
Ben Lipin) also met with special educa
tion classes at East earlier the same
day. Hanus indicated that he was very
pleased with the situation they encoun
tered there, as opposed to the reception
they got from other students later that
day.
Spirit Committee returns
Following a private discussion with
Easthi senior Gary Elkins, Hanus at
tempted to “resurrect” the board’s
tabled discussion of Niles East’s School
Spirit Committee. Elkins has been seek
ing board approval to establish an ac
count for the committee.
Elkins claimed that he had changed
certain sections of the committee’s con
stitution that supposedly conflicted with
the constitution of East’s Student Sen
ate. However, when asked by board
president Garland to make a formal
presentation Elkins indicated he had not
made sufficient copies of his revised
constitution for the board.
THE BOARD then placed the subject
of the Spirit Committee on the next
meeting’s agenda.
Alternative School
Robert Fizzel and Joan Macala, the
two teachers responsible for planning
the alternative school system in conjunc
tion with the three Niles schools, joined
the meeting in order to answer any
questions the board members may have
had. After a period of questioning, the
board decided that it could not vote on
adoption of the system due to lack of
information.
Most of the questions that went un
answered dealt with how the program
could satisfy graduation requirements in
its present form. Fizzel and Macala as
sured the board that the requirements
had been taken into consideration, but
apparently could not justify their plans
to the board’s satisfaction.
A FURTHER conflict developed con
cerning the purpose of the alternative
School Committee. A student member
of the committee said she felt that the
purpose of the group was to examine
many alternative systems, not to for
mulate a single system. Superintendent
Wesley Gibbs suggested that the pres
ent committee be split into two since
Carpeting was recently installed in the student lounge at Niles East. Students raised
some questions as to the necessity of the carpeting there, and whether the money spent
could not have been put to better use in another area of the building. (Photo by Scott Wexler)
two distinct factions were apparently
developing.
A concerned parent
Alvin Kay, father of an overdose vic
tim at North Division, addressed the
board concerning the drug problem at
the three Nilehi schools. He said that
the basic questions that should be asked
after an incident of overdose are often
not asked, such as where and from
whom the drugs were obtained.
KAY ALSO said that he felt the
problem of drug abuse could be solved
only when the students would work in
cooperation with staff and parents to
apprehend the suppliers of the illicit
drugs.
The board will meet again this Mon
day at 8 p.m. at 7700 Gross Point Road.
Nilehi Board ol Education member George
Hanus was concerned at what he termed
"the negative attitude of students" during his
visit to Niles East.
Editors voice concerns
Teacher supervision was the primary
concern of reporters from the West
Word, North Star, and editors Scott Ja
cobson and Ron Miller and reporter Ed
Jacobs of the Nilehilite as they attended
a press conference with School Board
president Shirley Garland and Superin
tendent Wesley Gibbs.
MRS. GARLAND AGREED with the
contention that there may be “inequi
ties” in the implementation of super
vision, but stated flatly that the phi
losophy of teacher supervision is unaf
fected by such problems. She said the
Board was definitely in agreement that
hall supervision is an obligation of a
teacher, and though they do not want
to see hall assignments interfere with
a teacher’s classroom responsibilities,
they dismiss the charges that this is
often the case.
Dr. Gibbs compared Easthi’s current
nine period day with the seven period
day of several years ago, and asserted
that even with supervision, teachers
have a more flexible schedule now than
they did in the past. He questioned the
validity of charges that taking forty
minutes from a teacher’s day would
seriously affect his ability to instruct.
Dr. Gibbs said that, “It’s not a monu
mental task for anyone,” and added
that the number of supervisory assign
ments at Easthi were recently reduced
from 78 to 54 — or six per period.
MRS. GARLAND and Dr. Gibbs dis
cussed the possibility of instituting mod
ular scheduling at East, stating there
was little reason to unify the scheduling
systems of the three schools unless there
was a definite need to do so.
Also discussed were Board funding of
extracurricular activities and possible
candidates for the replacement of As
sistant Superintendent George Gilluly,
who is retiring at the end of this year.
ISSC awards
scholarships
The Illinois State Scholarship Commis
sion has awarded Certificates of Merit
to 108 students from Niles East High
School. Those who received the awards
in the 1974-75 State Scholarship Program
are:
Jill Aronovitz, Keith Baker, Julie Berg, Robin
Bezark, Robert Bisk. Ellen Blatt, Jay Borker, Bruce
Brantman, Janet Breidenbach, Steven Brook, John
Cascino, Teri Chapnick, James Cohn, Rita Conroy,
Harold Cooper, Glenn Davidson, Jose Diaz, Roberta
Drell, Gary Elkins, Ken Facter, Robert Feder, Stewert Figa, Debra Filinson, Edwin Forsberg, Wendy
Gartenberg, Robyn Gill. Noah Gilson, Lawrence Ginsburg, Susan Glass, Seth Gold, Jill Goldberg, Jill Gold
stein, Martin Golub, Robin Graff, Philip Green,
Renay Greene, Timothy Griffin, Judith Gutman,
Brian Hamer, Richard Harris, Victoria Hasegawa.
Marcia Helfgott, Omar Hernandez, Jill Horwitz, An
drea Jacobson, Scott Jacobson, Lawrence Kampf. Leo
Kelly. Linda Koenig, Bruce Koestner, Norberto Ko
gan, Ruth Landsman, Sharon Lapofski, Terrence Lee.
Bradly Lerman, Corey Levens, Avril Levin, Lisa
Lieberman, Avram Lothan, Cheryl Luck, Susan Mar
cus, Helen Markich, Gerhard Massat, Sharon Matsumoto, Rebecca McCracken, Gary Meyers. Daryl
Michaels, Leslie Miller, Ronald Miller, Joanne Muel
ler, Stephen Ohlhausen, Karen Oppenheim, Irene Pahigianis. Barbara Peterson, Howard Pfeifer, Gary
Pineless, Lisa Polley, Patricia Powers, Mendy Pozin,
Jeffery Pucher, Steven Putziger, Eia Radosavljevic,
Julie Rand, Daniel Rappoport, Julia Rath, Michael
Rosenbaum, Cathye Rosengarden, Claude Sadovsky,
Jacquelin Sagen, Allen Samelson, Ronald Seplow,
Reid Sigman, Scott Skaletsky, Joan Sklair, Michelle
Small, Dawn Solberg, Scott Statland. Marc Stookal,
Roland Torres, Vincent Trauth, Michele Vale, Andrea
Waxman, Robin Weisman, Jay Weller, Donna Whisler, Pamela Winans, Robert Wolf, and Kathy Zimbler.
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K H S M
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Feedback
Wednesday, November 21, 1973
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Drug overdose story: Appropriate or unnecessary?
Were we fair?
Dear Editor,
I want to compliment you on your
thorough and well-written story about
the recent drug overdose at Niles East.
You stated the facts fairly and clearly,
answering many of the questions that
students had about the incident.
Please continue the fine job you are
doing this year of telling us honestly
and accurately what we need to know.
Steve Dobryman ’75
Dear Editor,
Regarding your story on the drug
overdose incident at Niles East, I feel
that it was totally unnecessary to publi
cize it as much as you did. While I do
feel this was news appropriate for your
newspaper, it was unfair to the student
and family and could have been written
in a smaller article and put it in a
less noticeable space not on the front
page.
Except for this one disappointment in
your paper, the Nilehilite has done a
fairly adequate job this year.
Sally Goldstein ’75
Dear Editor,
As I was reading your newspaper I
couldn’t help missing your front page
article about a student overdosing at
school.
In my opinion, it was a very mean
and degrading thing to do to the stu
dent, her family and friends.
I was extremely shocked when I saw
the article. You as students should have
more consideration to your fellow class
mates. I feel it was wrong on your part
to make a front page story of a per
sonal situation. I also think the student
deserves an apology.
Name withheld on request
Needless carpeting
Dear Editor,
On behalf of myself and apparently
many of my fellow students, I would
like to express my utter amazement at
the way that funds set aside for im
provements to our school building have
been used as of late. Niles East needs
many improvements, however since we
don’t exactly have an overabundance of
money, I believe we should take care
of the more vital refinements first.
In my opinion, laying wall-to-wall car
peting in the student lounge does not
fall into this category. Not only was it
unnecessary to do this, but it was highly
impractical. Since beverages and candy
items are sold in the lounge, I would
venture to say that within two or three
months, the carpet will be spotted and
stained and look worse than the old tile
floor ever did.
As one who frequents the lounge area,
I believe I can say that the atmosphere
was just as pleasant before the carpet
ing, as it is now. So I would like to
say to those people who make the de
cisions as to where the money from the
building fund will be used that I am
sure that there are more necessary
items to be taken care of around this
school than carpeting the lounge.
It is my earnest expectation that in
the future they will “shape up” and use
the money from our building fund for
more practical and necessary improve
ments.
Barry Arkush ’74
Board is human
Dear Editor,
To paraphrase an editorial in the
Nilehilite of Nov. 9 —
The impression left by the fifty or
so students who visited with the four
School Board members in October,
was unfortunately less than favor
able.
The fifty students appeared at times
to be hostile and defensive. The
four Board Members showed selfcontrol, answered questions fairly
and with courtesy.
The four felt that they could not be
on top of all of the activities of all
the schools but would attempt to
gain information on all the queries
directed to them at this meeting.
In reality all fifty students are very
good people and show a keen aware
ness of school and administrative
problems — but their public images
were undeniably hurt by their dis
courteous actions.
I was there, and was quite disap
pointed that none of the students men
tioned even one positive thing. The
School Board Members are human and,
I am sure, just once would have ap
preciated something positive about their
efforts.
Mrs. Judy Gilmore
Senate rapped
Dear Editor,
Having read your contemptable ar
ticle on the School Spirit committee, I
realized what a power-hungry buffoon
we have for Senate president.
At first the reasons for his contra
vention were rather abstruse, but they
are terribly self-evident and emetic
now. It seems that he dissuaded the
board from accepting the committee,
because its constitution was not unlike
that of the Senate. According to him,
this engenders a conflict between the
respective organizations. Correct me if
I am wrong, but it was my understand
ing that the purpose of the various or
ganizations were to provide improved
relations between students and faculty,
or at least a way to. Yet, this poses a
remote threat to him in his diffident and
egocentric mind. This can be corrobor
ated by the fact that he and his assidu
ous companions have come upon the
perfect tool for their use.
One needs to be present at but a few
Senate meetings to realize how docile
and ductile the larger part of the Senate
is. While hiding behind a diaphanous
(to some) mask of erudite duplicity,
his euphonious and cogent statements
are duping the all but awake Senate.
It is a shame that apathy presides
over some of the student body and lack
of motivation and indecision the rest.
Roland Torres ’74
Innocent . . .
Dear Editor,
The firing of special Watergate prose
cutor Archibald Cox came as no sudden
shock to me when I heard it on the
five o’clock news.
Not only do I think that a staunch
Democrat shouldn’t prosecute a Repub
lican administration because of hatred
and biased opinions, but “he failed to
implicate President Nixon in any wrong
doings.” Congressman Sam Young add
ed that President Truman’s firing of
General MacArthur was of much great
er magnitude.
Regarding
impeachment,
H.
F.
Buehres said, “If I could bring myself
to stand in favor of a 200 to 300 point
drop in the Dow Jones industrial aver
ages in the week or ten days following
impeachment proceedings, with an in
dustrial shut down bringing unemploy
ment to five million and many more
in 30 days following a market collapse,
I would be for it too.”
Talk of impeachment at this stage is
premature, noted Congressman Young.
“To impeach a President requires that
the House of Representatives charge the
President with specific acts that con
stitute high crimes or misdemeanors.”
Congressman Young also said (and I
agree with him) “while I disapprove of
the President’s handling of the tapes,
it does not presently appear that there
is a legal basis for impeachment.”
Impeachment would not only be bad
nationally, but internationally as well.
It would lead to the paralyzation of the
country, and the appointment of House
Speaker Carl Albert as President. Un
der the circumstances, I don’t think the
House would go through with such an
act!
Mark Hirshman ’75
. . . or guilty?
Dear Editor,
ITT, cost over-runs, low income taxes
for himself, absurd Supreme court nom
inees, secret loans, Watergate, ad nauseum.
This man, Richard Nixon, has insulted
the American people for too long. Now
he has shown his contempt for law. To
allow Richardson to go and to fire Cox
only compounds his reprehensible ac
tions in avoiding Judge Sirica’s order.
This man is unfit to be President.
There is no question in our minds that
in order to preserve the integrity of the
United States, to uphold the rule of law
(not men), and to prevent our slowly
becoming a dictatorship — Nixon must
be impeached, convicted, and removed
from office.
t
James Gottreich
Ann Gottreich
(The preceding letter from Nilehi board
of education member James Gottreich
and his wife originally appeared in the
Skokie Life and is reprinted here with
the authors’ permission. — Editor.)
We fumbled
Dear Editor,
In your article on the football team
found in the November 9 issue of the
Nilehilite, you reported that Mark Zinman caught a pass but was ruled out
of bounds. Actually it was number 82,
junior Mike Lis, who has been the lead
ing varsity receiver all year.
Coach Steven Poznansky
New band-aid
Dear Editor,
I am a member of the concert band
and I ’ve waited for the time when Leo
Provost would resign in hope of gain
ing a better music department. When
I found out about his resignation, I was
quite overjoyed but hesitant about his
replacement. I hadn’t any idea who he
was or what his previous musical ex
perience had been.
I knew that after people heard this
news, they’d begin to have doubts about
someone new who would start the job
from scratch.
After a while, the students began to
realize the importance of being involved
in the music department. This attitude
was passed from the new teacher him
self.
I feel we are obtaining group pride
which was once lost just a couple of
years ago. The atmosphere is more re
laxed and being in band is now a pleas
ure rather than a duty.
Band is not all fun, we do devote time
seriously to music but, we are being
treated like humans instead of super
humans, something which no individual
can become.
My opinion is that our band is doing
very well considering we had to start
from scratch in a certain sense. No two
teachers will ever conduct a department
the same way so, therefore, the stu
dents must adjust to this change. I be
lieve it’s working.
Dotty Rutkowski ’74
Cafe international
Dear Editor,
With the struggles of the world tak
ing on increasing importance each day,
the schools are faced with the Hercu
lean task of preparing students to meet
these problems. History classes come
close to instilling the student with an"
appreciation of the need for detente be
tween nations. But as one teacher so
eloquently put it, many classes contain
certain sleep inducing qualities that do
far less for a student than prepare him
for his role as a world citizen.
Yet in one comer of our school there
exists an oft-overlooked educational al
ternative. We refer, of course, to that
microcosm of international affairs —
the lunch room. Within its gaily colored
walls one can find all the elements of
world conflict. Wrapped up in one teem-,
ing, squirming spaghetti line one can
see those magnified faults of national
character that have made nations lift
up sword in battle: greed, avarice, self
ishness and ambition.
Who can say that he’s never seen a
rising young cafeterian push, shove and
crush a path to the front of a line?
Here is clearly illustrated the personal
embodiment of the overpowering tur
moil of our modem day existence. Thusly, we suggest that any history teacher
attempting to motivate a sluggish stu
dent to a deeper understanding of man’s
nature, needn’t overburden him with
homework and lectures. He should mere
ly send him to the lunchroom for a
carton of milk.
Noah Gilson ’74
Karen Oppenheim ’74
The Nilehilite extends
its best wishes to all
staff and students for a
Happy Thanksgiving!
Next issue: December 7
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Wednesday, November 21, 1973
Page Three
Quest Editorial
Volume 36, Number 6
_________________ Wednesday, November 21, 1973
Co-Editors: ............. Scott Jacobson, Ron Miller
Editorial Director: ................... Robert Feder
News Editor: ......................... Dennis Kaplan
Feature Editor: .......................... Leslie m j u «,.
Sports Editors: ...... Dave Garlick, Dave Mayer
Photography Director: .............. Michael Fryer
Reporters: ...... Marlin Brinsky, Robert Dooley,
Ranking policies worse
by Julia Rath
Michele Freed, Edward Jacobs
Photographer: .......................... Scott Wexler
Sponsor: .......................... Mrs. Mary Scherb
9 Crisis on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving 1973 conies at a time when we have just begun to
realize how precious and vulnerable our vital energy resources are.
For whatever inconveniences the energy crises causes us, it will serve
as a good lesson on how we must appreciate now more than ever all
those things we have for so long taken for granted and be thankful for
all that we do have.
WE NOW HAVE a unique opportunity to demonstrate our ability and
willingness to sacrifice a little luxury, and to show our dedication and
commitment to following both national and local guidelines designed to
cope with the energy crisis all Americans will face this winter.
Nilehi administrators stress the need for cooperation among all staff
and students to cope with the problems of preserving fuel and electricity.
We agree with them. And what is needed if efforts here toward conserva
tion are to be successful is an attitude of mutual consent—not one of im
position; unified direction—not unilateral directives.
IF THE ENERGY crisis is handled with maturity and understanding
by students and staff, we all may come out of this thing a little wiser
and a lot better.
And maybe this winter won’t be so cold and dark after all.
Our job: News judgment
Journalists’ decisions concerning “news judgment” are as real and often as
problematic for the NUehilite as they are for the New York Times or the Chicago
Tribune. At virtually every news gathering operation, certain individuals must be
responsible for what gets “covered” and how prominently a story is played.”
.Regardless of who makes the final verdict on these things, such decisions ultimately
'must be made.
THE ISSUE OF news judgment has become a particularly critical one for us
this year. Writing about controversial topics like the teachers’ strike or emotional
subjects, like the Easthi graduate still lost in the Adirondack Mountains, is not easy.
Indeed, it is an effort to remain fair and impartial without losing the human aspect
each story holds. But above all, we must report on what we believe to be of news
value without fear or favor, lest we be untrue to the goals we have set for ourselves.
Most recently, we have come under considerable fire by students who objected
to our coverage of last month’s drug overdose here. Not only did we receive criticism
for the large front-page placement we gave it, but some persons even questioned
our very right to have mentioned the incident at all.
WE ARE SORRY if some readers found our coverage of that particular incident
offensive, but we stand behind what was written and its manner of presentation.
We will continue to report news and analysis of life at Nilehi as objectively as we can.
If we fail our readers there, then we do not deserve to be called a newspaper.
The following are two more in a ser
ies of guest editorials by interested per
sons in the school community.—Editor.
In the October 26 issue of the Nilehilite, a reference was made to a May 4,
1973, letter which dealt with the in
equities of the present class r anking
system in our school. Though I still
maintain the principles which I had ex
pounded in that letter, I have come to
the conclusion that the class rank situa
tion is even worse this year and that
the entire process must be e i t h e r
changed or abolished.
NOW WITH THE pass/fail option at
the end of the semester, many more
students will probably change their low
est grades to pass instead of bearing
the responsibility of lower marks. The
students who will be using this system
and in effect “throwing out what they
don’t like” will be at an advantage in
comparison to their classmates who will
take the responsibility for their actions
and keep all their grades. Those who
“cop out” will have their grade point
averages and class ranks '* improve” as
■
the quality of education necessary to
keep up a certain grade point average
would in essence deteriorate. In the
records, it would appear that either the
teachers are doing a better job or the
students are more intelligent when neith
er would really be the case.
You may ask why shouldn’t everyone
drop their lowest grades to “pass” and
that way everyone will be equal; well
they won’t be. College-bound students
who need all of their grades for tran
scripts will be hurt, especially if they
are applying to large universities who
base most decisions on class rank. And
this new system covers up a student’s
weakntsses more than the old system,
in particular, when one considers that a
student with three A’s and a D will be
on equal footing with a student with
three A’s and a B.
Probably the worst disadvantage of
this unfair system is that colleges, busi
ness schools, technical schools, etc. will
have a false impression of each appli
cant. His potential and abilities will be
either under- or over-estimated.
IT WOULD NO longer be a crushing
blow for the majority of students if their
high schools had no ranking, and as to
the minority of schools which still re
quire rank, I am sure they too will
have to change their policies in light
of the times.
Our high school must now take action,
whatever it will be. It is ridiculous
when grading and ranking policies are
changed every year; a stable policy
must be our goal.
Julia Rath is a senior.—Editor.
Quest Editorial
Frosh happy at Easthi
by Bonnie Tunic
Though many students may have
been happy to miss school during the
teachers’ strike in September, it was a
great disappointment to many freshmen
who were actually looking forward to
starting their first year in high school.
I, anxious and willing to begin al
ready, was also a little frightened and
confused about what I was getting into.
Various comments about Niles East
were being made in many directions.
I HAD HEARD that the school was
like a jail; the rooms were cells and
the teachers were wardens. As an ex
tremely opposite opinion, I was told that
I would be beginning the best time of
my life on entering high school, and
that I was in for some very exciting
and rewarding experiences.
As a student at Niles East, I cannot
disagree with any of the comments I
had heard, but I can now surmise, with
a little more experience than I had had
before, that as the saying goes, “life is
what you make of it.”
NILES EAST offers numerous activi
ties to suit almost every interest a stu
dent may have. School spirit, as proved
on homecoming weekend, is overflowing
and everywhere to be found. And how
much can be said about the nicest and
friendliest bunch of kids a school can
have?
I, as a freshman, am proud to be a
member of the Niles East team.
Bonnie Tunic is president of Fresh
man Cabinet and French Club.-—
Editor.
H otline
Q* W ill we ever have a radio station at Nilehi1
A. The chances of having our own
radio station for the Nilehi schools is
looking better and better every day.
But at best, it’s still a long way off.
Students at all three high schools in
the district have long expressed support
for a radio station here to be operated
for and by students themselves. This
year the Federal Communications Com
mission evaluates the licenses of all the
radio stations in the country. So if the
power allotted to three other stations
in the area (Moody Bible Institute,
Northwestern University, and Chicago
Public Schools) can be reduced, chances
are good there’d be enough power left
over to form a new station for us.
Niles East’s Student Senate has gone
on record supporting a station here, and
has sent its feelings on to the proper
authorities at the F.C.C.
Q. Who founded Skokie?
A. The first settlers in this area were
primarily descendents of immigrants to
this country from Luxembourg. When
they first came here in the 1800’s, this
village was named Niles Center. But in
the 1940’s, the name was changed to
Skokie. And incidentally, Lincolnwood
was originally called Tessville.
Q. Is it legal for a teacher to look
into a girl’s purse for drugs, as
long as they are just sitting there and
the girl is not doing anything with
them?
A. No. The Constitution protects all
citizens, including minors, from unreas
onable search and seizure. A search
like this violates that right, as well as
the girl’s right of privacy, according
to the Cook County Legal Assistance
Foundation. They suggest that if your
rights are violated in this regard, you
see an attorney and sue.
Q. What are the newspapers and year
books at Westhi and Northi called?
A. Good question. At Westhi, the year
book is called “Spectrum” and the
newspaper “The West Word.” At Northi,
the yearbook is “Saga” and our friends
on the newspaper staff there call it
“The North Star.”
Q. Can a student run for the board
of education?
A. The Cook County Legal Assistance
Foundation tells us that state law says
that, to run for a school board, a candi
date must “be of voting age, 21.”
When the voting age was changed to
18, two courses of action were open
to the state; to keep the minimum age
for candidates at 21, or to lower it.
No new legislation was passed; the Illi
nois Attorney General simply cleared
up the confusion by announcing that the
age minimum would remain at 21. ob
viously, his ruling is subject to chal
lenge. It could easily be argued in court
that the intent of the legislature was to
make the school-board-age coincide with
the voting age. Whether such a chal
lenge would succeed is anyone’s guess.
In addition, no school board may al
low any ineligible person to be a voting
member; eligibility is determined by the
Illinois School Code. This effectively eli
minates any possibility of students sit
ting as voting members. Of course, the
eligibility requirements could be at
tacked in court as being unfairly dis
criminatory. But realistically, the laws
would probably hold up. The only pro
vision that students have even a ghost
of a chance of knocking out is the age
provision — a good case could be made
for 18.
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H isto ry fa n Hits ja c k p o t
by Norberto Kogan
Brian Hamer, senior at Easthi, is a
United States history aficionado. His
avid desire to see sites of historical
significance has repeatedly led him to
the east coast. He has visited land
marks in Boston, Gettysburg, and Wil
liamsburg, Va. He has searched out ob
scure towns such as Hodgkinsville, Ken
tucky — the cite of Abrham Lincoln’s
birth; Fort Branch, Iowa — Herbert
Hoover’s birth place; and even the town
in New Hampshire in which Daniel
Webster was bom.
THEREFORE, IT IS no wonder that
Brian has visited Washington, D.C. But
his visit to the nation’s capital was
very different from one an ordinary
tourist might make. Not many high
school students from Illinois get exclus
ive interviews with Presidential candi
dates.
Late last spring Brian wrote a letter
to Senator George S. McGovern of
South Dakota, asking for a meeting with
this 1972 Democratic Presidential Can
didate. He ended it by stating, “I just
want to shake your hand for helping to
save America.” A short time later a
reply came with a time and date set
for Hamer to speak to Senator McGov
ern.
BRIAN HAMER WAS escorted into
McGovern’s huge office at 10:00 am on
June 14, 1973 (as Hamer was told later,
McGovern had a committee meeting
scheduled for 10:00). “After I sat down,
I still couldn’t believe I was there.”
What impressed Hamer more than
anything else about the meeting was
that Senator McGovern took time out
from a hectic schedule to meet with a
non-voting age high school student who
wasn’t even from his home state. It
was evident that McGovern had taken
time to read the letter personally.
AT THE MEETING, the range of
topics discussed spanned from the Wat-,
ergate incident (at that time just com
ing to the forefront in the news) to
pressing political issues. Naturally, the
defeat of 1972 came up. The highly ac
claimed South Dakotan reiterated to
Brian that even though the Democratic
Party suffered a big loss, the country
as a whole was better for the cam
paign. McGovern emphasized that an
open convention became a reality, the
bussing issue was closely scrutinized, and
that many major political questions
were brought into the open. Hamer re
called, “As I walked out of his office,
I was more assured than ever of the
honesty and integrity of this man.”
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‘Moon’ troupe performs in festival
by Jill Aronovitz
On November 9 and 10, several Niles
East theatre jocks participated in a
theatre festival at Riverside-Brookfield
High School. Every high school in Illi
nois was invited to attend the festival,
which was the first to be held on the
high school level in the history of the
state. Niles East was one of four schools
Richard Miya
pauses while
enjoying a
between class
snack to point
out the "critical
function of
bananas in the
world today."
(Photo by
Scott Wexler)
invited to perform there; which was quite
a compliment. We packed up the cast,
crews, costumes, set and stage of Ring
Round the Moon (performed at East on
November 1, 2, and 3) and were on our
way.
THE WEEKEND was a great success. -*
The people who put the plays together 7ehad worked hard and it showed.
Many seminars were offered, in
cluding Mime, Theatre Games, Univer
sity Theatre (led by a drama professor
at Northwestern), and Professional The
atre in Chicago, given by the main di
rector and producer at the Ivanhoe.
by Donna Whisler
ceive throughout the following weeks.
What began with a single banana soon
developed into an avalanche. Soon Miya
found gift-wrapped bananas, dehydrated
bananas, freeze-dried banana chips, ba
nana flakes, and a little monkey doll
with a sign reading, “I’m bananas over
you.” Notes relating bananas to econom
ics were also found in the now famous
mailbox. Although the initial furor has
ided down somewhat, an occasional ba
nana surprise is still to be found.
MIYA HAS taught Economics, APP
ide
ight
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Who’s monkeying around?
Who are the mysterious banana freaks
plaguing Richard Miya and his Econom
ics classes? The pranksters remain un
known, but will certainly make a slip-up
soonor or later to reveal their true
identities.
IT STARTED at the beginning of this
school year, when Miya began using
bananas to illustrate a basic economic
principle. As a result, some student or
students decided to send him a banana
via his mailbox. This greeting began the
deluge of surprises that he was to re
Brian Hamer
(Photo by Michael Fryer)
European History, and Western and NonWestern Civilization at East for nine
years. He said that this situation remind
ed him of an incident a few years ago
when one of his classes completely
evacuated the room during a test, while
he had stepped out for a moment. Upon
returning to find the room empty, he
got the last laugh when he then locked
the students’ coats and books in the
room. He did admit, though, that this
incident wasn’t as devious or wellplanned as the present one.
Miya could be called a banana freak
in his own right. His favorite ones are
those found in New Orleans. These are
special because they are untouched by
sulphur dioxide, which is used on the
bananas around here. He prefers firm,
slightly green bananas, and in a quote
that somehow slipped out, he said, “Ba
nanas have a great future. Many of us
don’t fully realize what a critical func
tion they have in the world today.”
ALL FOUR productions went very
well, but I was definitely biased. Maine
South did Butterflies Are Free, River
side-Brookfield, A Glass Menagerie and
Homewood Flossmoor did Inherit the .
Wind.
me
an
As I watched the final performance .
of Ring Round the Moon, I felt very
proud and a little sad. The seven long
weeks of rehearsal seemed very short
in retrospect. The hard work and dedi
cation of all connected with the show,
particularly the directors, Jerry Proffit
and Frank Mayfield, had paid off well.
We were well received by an audience
of theatre people and the praise we got
from people who really know their stuff
(university professors and directors) was
worth 100 curtain calls.
Jill Aronovitz was student director or 7?
‘Ring Round the Moon,’ and is an active
Easthi theatre jock.
One can change the world
by Ron Miller
Club Notes
Chess club’s revenge sweet
by Norberto Kogan;
The Nilehilite invites all clubs and activities to send us either short notes or stories
for this column.
“Revenge is ever so sweet.” So said Easthi’s Chess Club vice-president Gary
Pineless, after winning the deciding game of the Friday, November 2 chess meet
against a valiant Deerfield squad. Last year East lost a heart-breaker by a few
points to the same team.
FROM THE OUTSET of the meet it appeared that East was ready, as Norberto
Kogan won his game before ten minutes had elapsed (meet games usually take
lVk-2 hours). That was followed by another Trojan victory, as Rich Edelson, getting
his first taste at the top board, played exceptionally well. East now had a com
manding lead, possessing 2 of the 5 possible points in the meet, with 2 of the 3
remaining battles even.
However, Deerfield continued to fight, and turned all 3 games in their favor.
After Jay Weller fell to J. Lacy of Deerfield, it appeared that the meet would be
decided by the outcome of Pineless’ game, since Scott Statland, playing 3rd board,
was virtually lost.
THE ALEKHINE OPENING which Pineless employed led to a complicated
position. Fortunately a trade of a rook and a bishop for a queen presented itself.
After the trade Pineless discovered a brilliant combination which gave him a forced
win in approximately 7 moves. The victory evened Easthi’s record this year at 1-1.
The loss by East was against the chess power of the nation, Evanston, which
has won the national championship 3 of the last 4 years. The prospects for a fruitful
season are excellent for East. The Trojans sport an experienced squad with 3-4
seniors available for most meets. The development of the North Shore Chess
Federation’s best sophomore player, Rich Edelson, will also aid the team. The
players are hopeful of winning the State B Division Championship this year, as
they did in 1971.
There is one earthly power greater
than that of society or government or
big business. It is the power of the in
dividual. As much as we hear about
war and Watergate and the destruction
of the environment, we must never lose
our faith in the individual.
RECENTLY, MANY BOOKS and es
says have preached this message to us.
Probably the most well-known is The
Greening of America, by a Yale profes
sor named Charles Reich. My purpose
is not to present a thorough review of
the book, but it influenced me signifi
cantly. It made me seriously reconsider
my thinking and change many of my
views.
After a lengthy and impassioned diag
nosis of American society’s ills, attrib
uting them to the “Corporate State” —
man’s inability to control technology,
Reich prescribes a new “consciousness”
to cure them. By this he means that
every individual must seek values im
portant to him and strive for them re
gardless of pressure by society to make
him conform. This philosophy was es
poused 125 years ago by Thoreau and
Emerson; Reich is showing how it ap
plies today. (He also adds to it, pro
posing a new culture, based on pot and
communes and blue jeans, which I see
as being more anti-individual than the
present one, although he obviously does
n’t.) It is the individualism that is cer
tainly lacking today which will give new
meaning to our lives.
WHEN PEOPLE choose their careers
because that is what they want to do
with their lives, not because they are
trying to make money, there will be
less greed in our society, and less cor
ruption among our leaders.
When people see each other as fellow
humans — as individuals — without
classifying them according to their so
cial status or appearance, there will be
less hatred, and less cause for war.
WHEN PEOPLE LEARN that a conflict with Nature can only lead to destruction, while living in harmony with
Nature can lead to fuller, richer lives,
we will not be plagued by energy short
ages and pollution.
When people seek a humanistic edu
cation and learn to think, to question,
and to explore, we will witness a de
cline in such problems as alcoholism
and drug abuse and crime, which often
occur because people grow despondent
over their inability to control, or even
understand events in the world around
them.
THESE ARE all instances where deci
sions made by individuals can affect all
mankind. It is up to each of us to make
our own small part of the world a con
tribution to mankind’s progress — not
a hindrance.
A man may complain endlessly about
the ugliness in his neighborhood, but
what is he achieving if he doesn’t main
tain the appearance of his own yard?
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Ron Miller, co-editor
of the Nilehilite, is
involved in many
other school activi
ties. His essay is
the first in a series
by Easthi's National
M e r i t Scholarship
semi-finalists. (Photo M
by Scott Wexler)
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Page Five
W hat makes ‘B illy Jack* a continued success?
by Leslie Miller
The first comments I ever heard about
Billy Jack were when it originally came
out a few years ago and a young rabbi
who had spent time living on an Indian
reservation acclaimed the film highly —
as a matter of fact, he sang its praises
from morning to night. At one point in
the picture Billy Jack said, “Being an
Indian isn’t a matter of blood, it’s a way
of life.” Accordingly, the rabbi con
sidered himself an Indian, and upheld
the simple Indian “way of life” , even
after he left the reservation.
THE STORY ITSELF centers around
the students and directress (Delores
Girls begin second season
by Dave Mayer
The girl’s gymnastics team started are excited about the new talent that we
its second season of competition recent had last year,” Coach Totemeier said.
ly against one of its toughest opponents, Uneven bars and floor exercise are the
Niles West. The girls have an outstand team’s strong points, Coach Totemeier
ing turnout of approximately fifty went on to say that they have a “young
members, sixteen of whom work var team and the spirit seems to be good.”
sity. Among the outstanding leaders are
In the first five meets the girls are
Sue Kozub, Mary Unruh, Carol Green- required to perform compulsory routines.
spahn, Shawn Moses, Shirley Rifkind, All other meets will feature optional
and Arlene Elkins.
performances. The season will be high
Kozub has been the most promising lighted by the Niles Township triangular
J /( of the girls. Only a sophomore, she per- meet against West and North and the
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Burke expressed
ipptimism.
“We
Taylor) of a progressive school in
present day Arizona. The people of the
small, prejudiced town nearby display
an intense fear and hatred of the school
and its students, as well as the Indians
who lived on a reservation just outside
of town. Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin),
half-white, half-Indian, had just returned
from the war and was the self-appointed
guardian of Freedom School and the
pacifistic Indians. Billy Jack himself
wasn’t particularly fond of violence
either, as he would explain to his vic
tims each time he nearly killed one of
them, in an unbelievably effective dis
play of what I later learned were merely
basics of the Oriental art of self-defense.
I enjoyed the movie tremendously.
Rarely do I sit through a film twice, as
I did Billy Jack. At first, I thought the
reason I liked it so much was that many
of the scenes made me remember in
cidents that the previously mentioned
rabbi had described to me first-hand.
(For example, the ceremony in which
Billy Jack became a Brother to the
Snake. The rabbi had explained a simi
lar ordeal in which he had become a
Brother to the Cat. He also carried an
Indian medicine bag like Billy Jack’s,
sported an identical hat and had taken
on many of Billy Jack’s mannerisms. I
think it’s safe to assume that the movie
made a great impression on him.)
BUT THE FILM impressed others,
who hadn’t such associations, just as
greatly. It touched on such topics as
the unjust treatment of Indians in
America, pacifism, and what is so glibly
passed off as “the generation gap.”
I’ve heard too many people call it
“beautiful; touching; and realistic;” and
heard of too many people who saw
Billy Jack two, three and even four
times, for me to persist in believing that
it is only for me that the movie holds a
special significance. It will remain out
standing in my mind.
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“ Volley ball Jones”
victors
by Dave “Tyrone Shoelaces” Garlick
“Volleyball Jones” won the GAA-sponsored Volleyball Tour
nament last Friday, November 9, by sweeping to a perfect 5-0
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1 the record “Basketball Jones,” which is now a hit on the “pop”
^charts; team captain Kurt Kiesel was “responsible” for the
name. The other members of the team included Dave Garlick,
Jeff Kray, Corey Levens, Jay Borker, Rich Short, Steve Leadpot, Rich Berkowitz, and Larry Yale.
A running clock of ten minutes was the time of each game
for this double-elimination tournament. Each participant paid a
75^ entrance fee. The first and second place teams received a
plastic cup and a ribbon for their winning efforts.
The Champs came close to losing only one time. They won
their first game 16-4, then beat a girls’ team, the “Keyettes”
p8-l. Next came the match the players felt was the most im
portant, a 10-8 win over pre-tournament favorites, the
‘Squeenies.” The V.J.’s then had a 45-minute wait while the
winner of the loser bracket was determined. The Squeenies
won the losers bracket, but the V.J.’s had no trouble disposing
of them again, this time 17-5. The Championship game was a
decisive 16-8 win over “The Bang Zoomers.”
MISS WOJDULA, the director of the evening, felt the V.J.’s
pay have been the best team in the history of the Tournament.
‘Not only that,” she added, “they were very polite. They didn’t
swear once, all they said all night was, ‘set is up, set it up’.”
After the Championship game was over, Kiesel challanged
jsome teachers to try and get up a team to play the V.J.’s,
iss Wojdula felt it was an excellent idea, and permission is
ow being sought for an all-school assembly featuring a volleyall game between the “Volleyball Jones” team and a faculty
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T ro ja n s w a rm u p fo r w in te r sports
Gymnastics
by Dave Mayer
Winter athletics usually finds the gym
nastic team trouncing rival teams.
This year, its fifteenth season of compe
tition, the team is a virtual powerhouse,
and features no weak events.
FLOOR EXERCISE is the most round
ed out of the six events with seven
performers. Barry Scher, Brian Abrams,
Scott Harrison, Paul Milstein, Neal Sher,
Gary Siegal and this reporter are all
capable of working varsity.
Pommeled horse has two men fighting
it out for the number one spot. Bill
Bro and Mike “the Irishman” Burke
are both outstanding performers and
either one could be top dog. Closely be
hind Bro and Burke is Barry Liametz, a
returning letterman; Scher, and Mike
Stein.
Trampoline also has two men in con
tention for the first man position. Lorry
Lichtenstein is back again this year to
challenge the heights of the trampoline.
Steve Pollice, the junior phenom who
placed fifteenth in the state last year, is
a definite contender for a state title and
is one of the team ’s top scorers.
RINGS WON’T BE as exciting in the
challenge for that all-important first
man position. Steve Kozub has not even
been threatened as far as his reign is
concerned. Kozub is being flooded with
letters from college coaches. Among
them are two who are ranked in the top
five in the United States; two others
have offered 75 per cent in scholarship
aid.
Horizontal bar is also swamped with
talent this year. Sher looks very good on
high bar and concedes that it is one of
his better events. Siegal is also vying for
top position on this apparatus along with
junior Steve Irsay.
PARRALLEL BARS has six possible
candidates for numreo uno, second only
to free exercise. Those gymnasts are
Sher, Siegal, Nat Lawrence, Scher,
Phil Adelman, and Brian Abrams.
The five-event all around has two ex
cellent competitors in Sher and Siegal.
THE TEAM WILL hold its first meet
on Friday, November 30 against Maine
West.
Basketball
by Dave Garlick
“Our goal is to win the Central Sub
urban League, and ‘do well’ in state
competition.” For the first time in many
years, Head coach Gary Cook has reason
for optimism concerning Niles East var
sity Basketball.
The Trojans opened the season last
weekend with a 75-55 victory over St.
Gregory, and a 59-54 win over Maine
East. The starting lineup for the opening
weekend was Jim Cohn, Kurt Kiesel,
Corey Levens, Don Diamond, and Len
Weinstein.
COACH COOK HOPES to use a run
ning offense this year along with a
pressure defense, thus the three small
men and only two big in the line-up.
This doesn’t mean, however, that there
is a shortage of big men in the Easthi
line-up. Sophomores Art Issacs and Neil
Schreiber will see plenty of action up
front, as will junior John Harles.
Cook has gone so far as to install a
new offense with the aim to utilize the
speed and quickness he feels he has.
Cook feels his team will see a lot of
man-to-man defenses, and that the other
teams will key on the Trojans all con
ference player Don Diamond. Cook feels
Don is good enough to face the pres
sure he is sure to get, and grins a little
when he thinks of the openings this will
create for his other players. The new
offense is designed to utilize these open
ings and also it should play to some of
the strengths of his players. Cook also
feels Diamond won’t be the only East
All-Conference player, but declines to
say who the others might be, “because I
don’t want to give anyone a big head
before he earns it.”
THE TROJAN Head coach feels the
chief competition in the CSL will come
from Maine South, who last year made
it to the sectionals in state play before
Niles West knocked them off. Cook is
quick to add that the league is very
well balanced and there will be many
close games throughout the league. The
league champs will be the school that
keeps its cool in close games, keeps
fouls to a minimum, and gives that little
extra effort... a little luck won’t hurt,
either.
On the lower levels, the JV team will
be separate from the varsity for the
first time at Niles East. Thirteen of the
twenty men will dress for the varsity
games, and the other seven will make up
the JV. However, if a man dressed for
the varsity does not play much, Cook will
not hesitate to play him JV. Also, for
the first time there will be a Junior
Varsity holiday tournament.
Emil Capitani’s sophomore team will
smart from the loss of two of its players
to varsity. But the team that did so
well last year as freshmen will still ply
exciting basketball, and win their share
of games. Capitani has a way of getting
the most out of his players, the sopho
more may raise some eyebrows.
THE FRESHMEN TEAM is hurting
for lack of experienced ball players,
and a glaring lack of height. On the
whole, the frosh will have to work hard
and hustle for everything they get, but
if they let down for one second, new
Easthi coaches Jim Schlinder and Roy
Klein may be in for a long winter. Frosh
games at East start at 9:30 Saturday
mornings. Sophomore games come at
6:45 before the varsity games, and the
varsity itself start all games at 8:30.
Fencing
by Ron Miller
Q. Which Trojan team has brought two
state titles to Niles East in the last
eight years?
A. The fencing team.
ROBERT KEEN, wood technology
specialist in Easthi’s industrial arts de
partment, founded the Trojan fencing
team eleven years ago, has directed it
ever since, and has amassed an en
couragingly successful record. Trojan
fencers, who, like most high school
foilers, must learn the art from scratch
when they join the team, have generally
become stars on their college teams
after three or fours of instruction by
Coach Keen.
This year’s squad is small but skillful.
Leading the attack is captain Ron
Rovner, a dedicated and experienced
senior. He spent part of the summer in
Israel competing and studying under
international pros. At home he takes
lessons from Allen January, a fencing
expert at the Leaning Tower “Y” . Many
of the state’s top fencers in recent years
have been students of this man.
Larry Labow is a sophomore, but he
already has varsity experience. He, too,
studies under January, and has been
helped by his brother Howard, who took
second in the state last year for Niles
West.
KURT LEIPOLD, a senior, has a
unique advantage; his father is Westhi’s
fencing coach. Last year Leipold fenced
well, and Coach Keen looks for still
more improvement. Senior Dennis Abeles
and Roland Huhn, and sophomores
Jim Osness, Lane Schultz and Sam Rest,
(also a student of January) are also
eyeing positions on the varsity roster.
The team’s new members are the
hopes for a future Trojan powerhouse.
Scott “Lefty” Wexler (a Nilehilite pho
tographer) was with the team for a short
time as a freshman last year, but hopes
to fence regularly this season. Bob Gold,
another sophomore, is a novice; he was
not on the team last season. The fresh
men who attended the team ’s first week
of practice are: Jeff Fogel, Steve Jans,
Jordan Lohn, Howard Miller, Barry
Schmetter and Allen Tish. Keen is de
lighted with their progress so far. “We
haven’t had to teach them to walk first
before they could fence,” he said, in -4 ^P
dicating their ability to pick up the 1
fundamentals rapidly.
For the fourth consecutive year, Sheld
on Glassner is manager of the team. “I
believe we can improve on last year’s
record,” he commented. Last year the
Trojans didn’t quite break the .500 point,
and finished poorly in the state meet.
Again this season, the toughest compe
tition for Troy’s foilers will be the
machine-like Dons of Notre Dame, New
Trier West’s Cowboys, and the Maine
South Hawks. Since few schools in Illi- _
nois field fencing teams, the Trojans* H
will be travelling to Marshall High in
Chicago and Dixon, 111. during the long
season.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 is the
season’s first meet, against arch-rival
Niles West. The meet will begin at 4:00
in the indoor track, and almost nothing
could propel the Trojans toward the
championship more effectively than an
upsurge of student interest in this tense,
exciting sport.
Wrestling
by Ed Jacobs
What sport do you think of first in
terms of a winning record? Well, what
ever you might have thought before,
this upcoming winter sports season will
afford you the chance to view a wrest
ling team ready to show its winning
ways to all the fans at East.
IN THE PREVIOUS season East’s
wrestling fortunes took a turn for the
better as they made their presence felt
in the tough Central Suburban League
and are expected to join Glenbrook
North, Maine South in the class of the
league.
The Trojans are being led during the
rigors of practice by the very success
ful Head Coach, Fred Richardi, with
Coach Steve Poznansky leading the
Sophs to a league championship last
year.
TRI-CAPTAINS for this year’s team
are seniors Lenard Upin, Phil Cech and
Daryl Michaels. They will lead a team
loaded with talent and experience. In
addition to the three, 98-pounder Jeff
Rock, only a junior but already with
three years of varsity experience, is
being counted on to go a long way this
year. Larry Yale, Mike Stone, Henry
Rollick, Dennis Rock and super soph |
Todd Robins are all looked upon as
team leaders this year.
This year’s wrestling team is lo a d e d
with spirit and itching for victories.
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Niles Township High School Nilehilite, Volume 36, No. 6
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NILEHILITE, November 21, 1973
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Niles Township High School, Skokie, Illinois
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Jacobson, Scott, Co-Editor
Miller, Ron, Co-Editor
Kaplan, Dennis, News Editor
Miller, Leslie, Feature Editor
Garlick, Dave, Sports Editor
Mayer, Dave, Sports Editor
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Niles Township High School, Skokie, Illinois
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The NileHilite is edited, published, and printed biweekly by the students of Niles Township High School of Skokie, Illinois, also known as Niles East High School. The school opened in 1939 and closed in 1980.
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Student newspapers and periodicals
Niles East High School (Skokie, Ill.) -- Periodicals
High school students -- Illinois -- Skokie -- Periodicals -- Power resources
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eng
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1973-11-21
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Skokie -- Illinois -- United States
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newspapers
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6 pages
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Niles East NileHiLite Collection
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/nilehilite">NileHiLite Digital Collection</a>
Skokie High School Yearbooks Collection --<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/yearbooks/reflections">Niles East Reflections</a>
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Nilehilite19731121
1970s (1970-1979)
1973-1974 school year
high schools
Niles East