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Vol. 36, No. 14
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PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF NILES EAST HIGH SCHOOL, SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
OCC chooses
permanent site
pg. 1
Friday April 5 1974
Tuition-free summer school rejected
Students, administrators
clash over installation
of carrels in library
(Photo by Mike Fryer)
Abner Mikva, sponsored by Student Senate, spoke to a capacity crowd in the Student
Lounge last Friday. After making his prepared speech. Mikva was questioned on such
subjects as gun control, integration and busing, and his qualifications in comparison to
those of his opponent. Congressman Sam Young. Mikva cited as qualifications his four
years of experience in Congress and the honesty of his campaign financing, noting also
that ' Sam Young has, in Congress, almost invariably voted with President Nixon." while
Mikva favors the impeachment of the President.
R iver site approved
^forperm anent cam pus
Oakton Community College has select
ed to purchase for its permanent campus
a 170-acre site east of the Des Plaines
River between Golf and Central roads
in unincorporated Maine Township. The
land is now owned by the Catholic Cem
eteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
equivalent will be admitted to these pro
grams. Further information about these
and other programs at Oakton is avail
able at the Admissions Office, 987-5120.
APPROVED BY THE Oakton Board of
Trustees and the Illinois Community Col
lege Board, the new site will not be
occupied for at least four years. One
year to 18 months will be spent with plan
ning and engineering including the con
struction of a 20-30 acre retention lake
to control flooding where the campus
will overlook.
Next Saturday, April 13, area residents
will go to the polls to elect Board of Edu
cation members on the elementary, high
school, and higher education levels.
SEEKING POSITIONS ON Nilehi’s
Board are Eric Moch, Fred Minkus, and
incumbent James Gottreich. Minkus is
planning to complete the term of James
K. Moore, who resigned in October. Moch
and Gottreich are seeking full 3-year
terms. The trio was endorsed by the
Nilehi caucus several weeks ago, and no
candidates have launched independent
campaigns to oppose them.
This unhindered path to election was a
subject of concern at a “coffee with the
candidates” held Tuesday at Oakview
Junior High. Moch and Gottreich agreed
that the result of their unopposed cam
paigns could be a disappointing voter
turnout. Gottreich warned that this could
lull Board members into feeling that the
community didn’t care about the activ
ities of the Board, but promised that
he would try to avoid that attitude.
GOTTREICH HAS EARNED a repu
tation for supporting students’ viewpoints
on many issues. Moch and Minkus, les
ser-known to the community, explained
their outlooks on student political power.
Moch feels that students enjoy the best
opportunity to bring about change when
they act as outsiders. “The worst thing
you can do is get a vote,” he said. Moch,
Northeastern University’s Director of Ad
missions, believes the Board alone must
have the power to make the decisions it
was authorized to make. “We cannot
abrogate our vote,” he said, and added
that he will not be “intimidated” by
special interest groups, although he will
consider viewpoints of those who present
their cases to the Board.
The actual building of the college will
take at least two years, with the first
classrooms being occupied in 1976. The
temporary site will be used until 1980
when a complete changeover will be
made.
NEXT FALL OAKTON Community
College is adding five new career pro
grams to the vocational education pro
gram, according to Kathleen Arns, as
sistant dean of instruction for vocational
education.
The new programs, Hotel-Motel Man
agement, Insurance, Business-Machine
Repair Technology, Nuclear Medicine
Technology, and Law Enforcement were
approved by the OCC Board of Trustees
at their regular business meeting in Feb
ruary.
THE PROGRAMS HAVE been sub
mitted to the Illinois Community College
Board for approval, and Mrs. Arns anti
cipates that all the programs will be
implemented for the 1974-75 school year.
The only exception could be the Nu
clear Medicine Technology program since
the Illinois Board of Higher Education
has placed a moratorium on all new
health programs in the community col
lege system until a study on the needs
of the state have been completed.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES or the
East students clashed with the admin
istration at last week’s Board of Educa
tion meeting in regard to the proposed
installation of 60 individual study carrels
in the library.
ACCORDING TO DR. Kenneth Iver
son and Dr. Wesley Gibbs, who presented
the proposal, they were making a recom
mendation of what the students wanted.
But in the final minutes of the Board
meeting (around 1:30 a.m.), Brian
Hamer, Gary Elkins, Steve Leon, Stan
Pressner, and Rob Feder presented an
opposing view.
Hamer argued that the administration
could not possible know that students
wanted carrels because they (the stu
dents) were never consulted. That same
afternoon (March 25), the Student Sen
ate had unanimously adopted a position
against the proposed carrels. The stu
dents argued that such carrels would
foster even stricter supervision in an al
ready restrictively controlled library.
AT AN EARLIER meeting (November
21, 1973) of the Library Committee,
Hamer stated that he felt the library
should get the carrels, but that the Board
of Education was correct in not approv
ing the purchase of these carrels be
cause student representatives had not
been involved in this decision. (The
Board first rejected the purchase at their
November 12 meeting.)
Gary Elkins, Senate representative to
the advisory committee on the library,
complained that the committee was not
informed about the proposal, and that
the committee members would be un
able to discuss* whether or not carrels
would fit in with the rest of their plans.
“Had this been approved (by the Board),
it would have reduced the value of ad
visory committees to nothing, with the
most harm done in the area of student
opinion,” Elkins said.
THE PROPOSAL FAILED to pass with
four members voting against the pro
posal, one in favor with Mrs. Shriley
Garland abstaining.
A presentation on the district’s English
program was made by the directors of
the English departments of all three
buildings. In evaluating the ETC (excel
lence through choice) English program,
all three directors defended the program.
The Board approved its continuance, but
indicated concern over the students’
mastery of skills and whether students
were being given the necessary basic
skills. Mrs. Jeanne Derichs, who was
the only member of the East English
faculty present, was called upon by Dr.
Lee Hawkins to comment. Mrs. Derichs
indicated that no English course exists in
the curriculum which does not involve
writing and basic skills.
THE PROPOSAL TO make summer
school tuition-free, sponsored by Niles
East and approved by EPDC, was de
feated by the Board with no visible indepth discussion or evaluation. By not
charging for summer school, it was
hoped (by the EPDC) that more students
would enroll. The Board seemed to en
vision vast hordes of students rushing to
summer school to graduate in three
years.
The next Board of Education meeting
is scheduled for Monday, April 22, 8 p.m.,
7700 Gross Point Road.
Three board candidates unopposed
Minkus also guarded the Board’s au
thority. “I’m not going to delegate my
vote. A vote is a power issue. They
(students) can have an input which the
seven Board members can listen to.” He
said the Board, generally, has listened
to students. He favors students becoming
involved in the political process, but
cautions that Board members should
“never abdicate any power that is del
egated to elected officials.”
ONE HOTLY-CONTESTED issue at
the District 73¥2 PTA-sponsored presen
tation was the Board’s attitude toward
reducing school facilities in the face of
declining enrollment. Several members
of the Space & Facilities Committee
voiced their concern that the Board will
not take their recommendations serious
ly if they are at the same time hold
ing back on improvements in the schools.
Gottreich’s reassurance that the Board
has no plans to cut back facilities did
not pacify the group.
Symphony holds concert
More than 100 young musicians, includ
ing eight from Niles Township, will per
form in the Chicago Youth Symphony
Orchestra concert on Friday, April 26
8:15 p.m., at Orchestra Hall.
JEANNIE WELLS, A freshman violin
ist, and junior Janis Cohn, who plays
viola, represent Easthi’s small orches
tra in the highly-regarded organization.
The Youth Symphony will play several
popular classical works, including the
Fifth Symphony by Shostakovitch, “Rus
sian Easter” Overture by Rimsky-Korsakov, three pieces from “Damnation of
Faust” by Berlioz, and “Concerto for
Cello in A minor” by Saint-Saëns, per
formed by a cello soloist from Joliet.
TICKETS FOR THIS second and final
concert of the Orchestra’s 28th season
are available from orchestra members
or Mrs. Malcolm A. Kemper, 429 Pinecrest Lane, Wilmette.
‘Up With People’ need homes
The internationally renowned “Up With
People.” singers will perform at Niles
East Thursday, April 25.
The group, comprised of young people
from many nations around the world
performed here in November, 1972, and
featured Easthi student Karla Rosenzweig (daughter of Board member Mrs.
Evelyn Rosenzweig). This April’s concert
will mark the return of Bob Klein who
performed in many productions here,
and joined “Up With People” recently.
NEEDING HOMES FOR the perform
ers, “Up With People” is looking for
area residents willing to house them
April 24, 25, and 26. Those interested
should contact John Moshak in the for
eign language office (986-3800 ext. 323)
or through his mailbox in the main of
fice. I
Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance
will go on sale Monday, April 15, in the
auditorium lobby. Prices are $2.50 for
students and $3.50 for adults.
�Friday, April 5, 1974
Page Two
XÎIêWUT?
The Voice of the Niles East Students
Published during the school year by the students of Niles Township High School East» Lamofi and
Mulford Streets, Skokie, Illinois 60076. Printed by Des Plaines Publishing Company, Des Plaines, 111.
Volume 36, Number 14
M anaging Editor: ................................ Ron Miller
News Editors: .......... Marlin Brinsky, Ed Jacobs
Feature Editor: ................................... Leslie Miller
Sports Editor: .................................. Dave Garlick
Photography Director: .................... Michael Fryer
Photographer: .............................. Scott Wexler
Friday, April 5, 1974
Reporters: .....................................
Laurie Berger,
Michele Freed, Noah Gilson,
Brian Hamer, Norberto Kogan,
Dave Mayer, Cynthia Payne,
Jeff Weinstein, Bob Wolf
Circulation Manager: ................... Richard Wilson
Sponsor: .................................... Mrs. Mary Scherb
(Photo by Michael Fryer)
It seems like a peaceful haven for research. But is it? A change in attitude on the part of
both students and librarians is needed if the library is to become a useful study center.
Feedback
GPE needs evaluation
Teachers criticized
Dear Editor:
The time has come for the girls’ physi
cal education department, along with
their tedious code of ethics, to begin a
process of re-evaluation. Any girl who
has participated in the GPE programs
knows what I am referring to.
First, for example, why must GPE
teachers feel that they must take it
upon themselves to eliminate students
from choosing their classes if they don’t
have a name on their equipment or a
pair of shoes? If one can rent materials
any day of the year, why not when it is
time to select classes? Students are only
human — we can make errors, too. Don’t
you teachers think you’re making a
bigger mess out of this than is neces
sary?
Second, why do the girls’ gym teach
ers, and not the boys’, find it necessary
to give tests — skills tests, quizzes, etc?
One answer I know is that there exists
a power-hungry giant at the head of the
department who makes the younger
teachers, who would be most likely to
reach the students, tremble in fear. Per
haps if the girls’ PE teachers came
down to a more personal level, they
would be shown the respect and courtesy
which is displayed toward most teachers
who make an honest attempt to reach
their students.
Third, the method for choosing a gym
class is totally ludicrous. For the last
two and a half years, I’ve waited be
hind a black line and charged up, and
I mean literally charged up, to the teach
er who offered the course. Often one
would find pushing and shoving — or
ganization at its best.
Fourth, I can’t see what would be more
inconvenient for teachers than to grade
students on a point system — a point if
one is present, minus one if the student
is tardy, minus half a point if one isn’t
dressed properly, and minus three if one
is left-handed. At the end of the six
weeks the teacher must total all the
points which determine that so-o-o so
very important gym grade.
I can’t say attempts haven’t been made
to change the gym program for what
the students had hoped would be a more
f l e x i b l e arrangement. Nonetheless,
there is an obvious gap between GPE
teachers and students. The above sit
uation is reflected in students’ attitudes,
the tremendous number of referrals
written each month, and the organiza
tion of programs.
I am a senior anticipating graduation
this June unless the PE department
catches up with me because of the un
spoken truth.
Name withheld upon request
Senate role questioned
Qames librarians play
Sometimes, one is led to believe that
the one qualification for working in the
library is how well one can identify
with and revert back to her childhood.
Why else would the librarians be play
ing hide and seek, one, two, three red
light, and an assortment of other infant
games? The games they play are usually
found only in nursery schools, but, that
is how they consider us. Let’s look at
the games and see why they’re played.
HIDE AND SEEK is not much fun.
The librarians skulk around doors and
bookcases so they cannot be seen. When
the student is caught breathing through
his mouth, the game is over. Significant
ly, it now ends with a referral. The
student really never gets a chance to be
“it.”
One, two, three red light is great fun
and everybody can participate. Here,
the librarian shows herself, making her
presence extremely obvious. Everyone
shuts up or closes his mouth because
he knows that only breathing through
the nose is permitted. The stage is set.
The librarian turns around and starts
to walk away. Then the students open
their mouths. Suddenly the librarian
whirls around and catches them all,
giving a referral to each.
THE LIBRARIANS, THOUGH, are not
enjoying their games as much as they
could be. They take all the fun out of it
by being narrow-minded, obstinate, and
just plain nasty. But then, who wouldn’t
be after having all his “power” seized
by a recent SAB ruling?' Actually, the
librarians wielded much more power
than any teacher at one time. They
could prohibit students from entering the
library, depriving them of needed ref
erence material, while no teacher could
keep a student out of class for a week.
But now the librarians can only write
referrals, which can be reviewed by
the deans or SAB, and the librarians
are upset.
Two alternatives may be chosen when
slapped with a referral in the library.
The first is to bring it to the attention
of the SAB, which recognizes the de
plorable situation of library discipline.
The other is to take the referral directly
to Dr. Colver after the dean has meted
out a punishment. There is not enough
data on this to predict which course
one should choose; for the sake of argu
ment put it at a 50-50 chance. Of course,
the deans cannot help if the student is
clearly at fault, but in cases where li
brarians demonstrate their failure to
understand that high school students are
beyond the Dick and Jane stage, we
recommend that the grievance be car-,
ried to the appropriate source.
Dear Editor:
Quest Editorial
According to its president, Student
Senate is faring admirably. Granted,
things have been done. But at an aver
age meeting, much time is consumed in
committee reports and petty issues.
Education process stifled
AND THE SENATE president claims
that it is a representative body. How
ever, how many of the class of ’77 voted?
None. They couldn’t. And the same sit
uation will result next September. No
freshman will vote. But the president
of the Election Committee (Rob Feder)
has told me that this year’s seniors will
be able to vote. People who will be
affected won’t vote and people who will
not be affected will vote.
To add to this, decisions are made by
juniors and seniors. Regardless of con
stitutional amendments and petitions,
very few sophomores and no freshmen
come to the meetings or influence deci
sions.
PEOPLE THINK THE Senate does
things. This is because of grandstand
shows, assemblies, and publicity in local
papers. I challenge Robert Feder to run
an average meeting, record it, and
publish the transcript for everyone.
Anyone who doubts the “efficiency”
of the Senate is free to attend a meeting
in Room 222 on Mondays or Thursdays.
Eliot Osherman ’74
Student input needed
Dear Editor:
At the last Board of Education meet
ing, a conflict arose as to whether or not
students had the right to an opinion on
certain types of policy. Mr. Angelos
Poulakidas stated that students should
not, and since students were transients,
their outlook was not broad enough.
FIRST OF ALL, no Board member
holds that position forever. This is Mr.
Poulakidas’ last term on the Board.
While it is fine to plan for the future, the
problems of the present cannot be ig
nored. As to listening to student opinion,
the Board is quick to use student sur
veys when it suits them. The Board
must be reminded of the fact that it is
the student body that has the most to
gain or lose. Adding this to the fact that
the schools are for our use, we should
have a voice in influencing what in
fluences us.
Steven Leon ’76
by Seth Gold
It doesn’t take more than a surface
inspection of affairs here at East to
realize that the glowing statistical re
ports and exemplary programs to which
administrators proudly point have little
to do with the fact that little is hap
pening in the way of the business of
education. The prevalent student atti
tude is reflected in that lonesome cry
often heard on Monday mornings —
“What am I doing here?” For a variety
of reasons an exchange of ideas just
isn’t happening here. The greatest harm
in this case is being done, not to Wes
Gibbs or to his ocean of administrators
whose goal is to be able to grin and
report that all is “being run” at “prime
efficiency,” but to the students who, at
this point in time, haven’t even the
slightest notion that they should be a
party to the end of the processing to
which they are being subjected.
A principal cause of the failure of
East to become a significant educational
institution is that the largeness of the
school’s admisistrative force has sep
arated it from contact with the students
it is serving. The result is that these
administrators elevate their goal (to see
that the school is run efficiently) above
the goal of the school itself, which is to
educate. The results of this misappro
priation of goals are threefold.
The first is that students feel helpless
when caught in the maze of computer
cards and directors who are subordinate
to committees which are appointed by
other committees until there is no place
to look for a common sense decision.
The second is that when teachers and
students establish a unique, but com
fortable rapport with students, or when
a student finds a comfortable situation
in which he can best study, there is of
ten someone (either a teacher or an
administrator) to quote a rule which had
the original purpose of producing greater
freedom, but when wrongly enforced
produces the opposite effect.
The third and most dangerous effect
is that staff members and administra
tors take the attitude, when appealed
to for a re-examination of the way rules
are enforced, (once expressed to me)
as “Who are you to ask about that?”
It was with this view of Niles East
that I approached Wesley Gibbs and
engaged him in conversation. Wesley
Gibbs is the author of the “engineer
your school” philosophy of education
that is currently the framework of the
Niles East process. He has frustrated
teachers, who find it difficult to estab
lish a rapport with students within a
framework which requires them to jus
tify their every action to a superior
who is not sensitive to all of the aspects
of the situation over which he is ruling.
The Gibbs philosophy was best dis
played when we discussed the nature of
rules. The example cited was that of a
street with a speed limit of 30 mph, but
on which traffic was flowing smoothly
at 45 mph:. The car moving at 30 mph
became a hazard. Dr. Gibbs maintained
that the fault in this instance lies with
enforcement officers who are not pro
perly enforcing the law. He claimed that
those in the actual street situation could
not be trusted over safety engineers who
had degrees and precedents to validate
their assessment of a 30 mph limit.
This attitude (the eminently qualified
administrators though often removed
from a situation, can best decide what
is right for teachers) is evident in count
less instances, the most recent of which
is the case concerning Patricia Handzel.
Yet, we as students cannot leave the
blame on Wesley Gibbs. We, as a stu
dent body, have failed to articulate our
problems both to each other and to the
administration. The saddest aspect of
all that is Niles East, is that even
though the school stinks so thoroughly,
Wesley Gibbs can still say to me, “but
the student body as a whole expresses
no discontent.”
Seth Gold Is one of the leading academic students in
the senior class. This week he won a spot on the It 's
Academic team for the second consecutive year.
�Page Three
Friday, April 5, 1974
^Character acting: a method in Proffit’s madness
by Noah Gilson
The scene resembles a battle
field. Motionless bodies sprawl
ed out on the floor, all with
those frightenly peaceful ex
pressions on their faces — the
kind seen on the faces of dead
soldiers lying on the beaches of
Normandy in one of those John
Wayne war flicks. Suddenly the
still figures begin to move, and
the sounds of voices can be
heard. The now writhing hum
an forms assume different
shapes and movements.
Is this the prophesized resur
rection of the dead? Is it a
scene from “Planet of the
Apes” ? No. It is Jerry Proffit’s
first period acting class.
THE BODIES ARE not re
vived corpses, but students
learning to perform on a stage
with complete control of their
every movement. The acting
student wriggles, jumps, crawls,
runs, shrivels up, and then ex
plodes into an orchestra of rapid
motions, all carefully coached
by the instructor, Niles East
drama coach, Jerry Proffit.
“O.K., clear your minds of
everything cerebral and let’s
tune into the five and a half feet
of human body below your
heads. Forget that you are a
17-year-old high school student
who just got out of bed who is
going to take a hard biology test
sixth period. Forget all that be
cause it only obscures complete
control of your body. I want
you to tune in to what’s happen
ing in your right toe and your
left bicep. Can you feel them
both? Try moving only them.
Now your right ear and your
left ankle. Don’t laugh — try it.
O.K. — now listen: your body
is very sad. Something very
tragic has happened. How does
your left toe feel about this?
Move it. And now your left ear.
Now your torso, your neck, your
legs, your whole body. Let’s see
the movements of a suddenly
saddened body,” continues Proffit.
LOOKING CLOSER AT this
perplexing process of sprawling
on a floor, saying good morning
to one’s pinkies, and coaxing all
sorts of strange movements
from a body, one sees a method
in Proffit’s madness. For as he
has said many times, quite a
few actors can speak beauti
fully, but fail miserably when it
comes to moving anything be
sides their mouths. This in
cludes the way they move their
left toes, or hold a martini, or
sit and cross their legs. Many
fail to know the small but im
portant movements that make
Girls* enrollment this year 'overwhelming*
DEC A acquaints students with business world
by Laurie Berger
DECA (Distributive Education
Clubs of America) is the only
youth organization in the na
tion that is operating through
the public schools to attract and
encourage the young minds of
today in the future careers of
marketing and distribution.
East has developed its DECA
program in five different cat
egories, commonly referred to
as the work study program. Dis
tributive Education, Office Oc
cupation,
Cooperative Work
Training, Individual Cooperative
Education, and Home Econom
ics related work study, com-
'
the program offers an oppor
tunity to travel to such places
as Lincoln, Nebraska; Holly
wood, Florida; and Springfield,
Illinois for conferences.
JIM HUSKEY, TEACHER
and sponsor of the Office Oc
cupations Club, wants to en
courage more students to join.
Although the male population of
the school has not yet found
this course, the registration of
the girls is “overwhelming.”
by Michele Freed
As spring slowly approaches,
both teachers and students can
observe a change. Warm air,
lighter clothes, attention spans
growing shorter and in every
new year spring is the time for
love, as expressed by a student
poet of ’46.
^
prise the different categories
from which the students may
choose.
BILL COULSON, SPONSOR
of this working distribution
field, is extremely happy with
this year’s program. The num
ber of students who have reg
istered for the five classes has
been greater than previous
years, and everyone, including
the students are satisfied.
Senior Nancy Mendelssohn,
previously in CWT, is employed
at Chandler’s as a cashier. Hav
ing found the job on her own,
she works twice a week for
fifteen hours. She receives two
w credits for the outside work and
two credits for classwork.
Nancy likes this program and
definitely recommends it to any
one interested in a business
career, or even to someone who
will “enjoy working, making
money, and receiving four
credits for one class.”
EAST HAS COME a long way
with the Work Study program,
and owes its honors and prog
ress made to the students. In
the state contest held in early
March, East took first and sec
ond places in advertising, second place in display, and first
place in product promotion.
Plaques and medals are not
the only ways of honoring and
showing the students what it’s
all about. Through club funds,
0•
The pay is good and the school
will give all of the supoprt and
help needed to find such jobs
for interested students.
Nancy Mendelssohn concluded
with an encouraging statement:
“This course is a good practical
experience for today’s students.
It acquaints you with the out
side business world.” Coulson
and Huskey are inclined to
agree that this is indeed the
purpose of DECA.
Spring revives *40*s memories
This is the third in a series of
features concerning Niles E ast
from its inception. We hope to
capture some of the enlightening
memories of past years in these
articles.
Sponsor of Office Occupations Club,
Jim Huskey, looks on as senior Sue
O'Shanna works diligently on a
project.
Huskey, takes a personal
interest in his girls. He makes
certain that all the girls get
jobs. Currently, he has girls
working in such places as Rothchild’s, Village of Skokie, Rand
McNally, and Easy Travel. Stu
dents should have completed
Typing 1-2 and be registered
for Typing 3-4 in order to be
eligible for the course.
MANY COMPANIES WANT
part-time help, stressed Huskey.
"S p r in g 's not far off, have your thoughts
been turning
Toward some slick chick for whom you've
been yearning?
You're crazy about her, you want her to know.
But you don't know how to tell her so.
Say it with flowers, roses are nice
Or better still orchids if you have the price.
Say it with bracelets, your " I . D . " will do,
Say it with perfume, "A m o u r or Tabu,"
Say it with nylons, be sure they're her size;
Say it with jewels that just match her eyes.
Say it with furs, most girls prefer mink—
Just one warning though, never say it in ink."
PUPILS
DENIED
THAT
Nilehi had a meat shortage in
March of ’46. A concerned stu
dent questioned the existence of
the crisis, “Are you kidding?
With all the hams running
around here?”
CONTROVERSIAL
QUESTIONS OF ’74 include
poverty, inflation, and racism,
but an inquiring reporter of the
40’s asked students “What re
strictions would you put on kiss
ing, if any?” Varied answers
include “take off your lisptiek
for the boy’s sake,” “I absolute
ly ban French kissing,” “No
juicy kisses,” and “Why put on
any restrictions?”
The ’4Sers anticipating the
’50’s were rocking around the
clock to tunes like “Hey BaBay Rey Bop,” “Feets Too Big
for the Bed,” and “The Things
We Did Last Summer.” They
were tossing around Sayings of
the Week like “The word is,”
“You know it!” and “Isn’t that
so swell.”
IF PROM ETIQUETTE had
students biting their fingernails
about what to wear, what kind
of corsages to get their escorts,
or how they should style their
hair, in 1946 an etiquette chair
man and committee helped stu
dents plan their prom dates to
ward perfection. The ’46 prom
hosted 175 couples at the Hotel
Continental.
In October, Niles Township
High School participated in a
nation-wide poll sponsored by
the Institute of Student Opinion
of the “Scholastic Magazine.”
One of the three questions asked
of the students was “Do you
think the political voting age
should be lowered to 18?” Stu
dents answered no, but today
their children of 18 are at the
polls.
THIRTY-SIX BOYS who had
returned from the war and were
looking for a college education
found it at Nilehi, where the
University of Illinois had es
tablished an extension branch.
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their characters “real.” They
tend to “tell” audiences what
a character is all about rather
than “show” them.
Proffit confronts a student
with a basic problem at the
beginnning of the course — one
that hopefully will be solved by
each student by the end of the
semester. He tells the students
that he really can’t see any of
them as the colorful characters
involved in the plays which the
students will act out later in
the semester. All that he sees
before him are high school stu
dents. Though some come a bit
close? than others to present
ing credible characters from the
start, Proffit is just not con
vinced by any of them. There
fore the problem is to be ready
for that play at the end of the
semester. The harder one works
at perfecting the control of his
body and establishing believable
relationships between himself
and his sets, his props, the
other characters, and his audi
ence, the better the student will
be prepared for this final proj
ect. One can see that this prob
lem Proffit poses to his students
is one that has confronted all
actors. It is a plea from the
audience
saying,
“Convince
m e!”
THE TESTS IN this class are
more difficult than the toughest
calculus problem. In math, the
most equations one considers at
one time are two; in acting,
every muscle of the body must
be considered and moved, accoording to thousands of specific
commands, all at once, in per
fect
coordination.
Rigorous
practice is needed to succeed.
Contrary to the Hollywood fable
that acting ability comes nat
urally, this skill is arrived at.
It is the aim of Jerry Proffit’s
class to show the acting student
just how to reach it.
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by Laurie Berger
Be on the watch for six of the outside business world.
Sue Scudder, teacher and
teen junior and senior girls
selling key chains, bracelets, sponsor of this class, has
rings, and chokers, from the purchased $60 worth of
hallways clear through the leather, chains, and tools
for the girls to make and
cafeteria.
They’ve been working on sell these leather key chain
these leather goods since ornaments.
December in their Home
THE
GIRLS
GATHER
Economics Related Work around a counter, hammer
the leather with various in
Study class.
THIS PROGRAM WAS denting tools, and make cre
designated to employ the ative pictures or even ab
stract designs. They stain the
girls in such positions as
clothes saleswomen, waitres leather and give it an artistic
ses, grocery store clerks, and touch with paints. These
rounded leather Rembrandts
other jobs that deal with the
are given a chain, and sell
home economics curriculum.
as key chains, for $1. The
The goal of this particular
chokers are 75 cents, brace
class, as is the goal of other
work study classes, is to bet lets, 50 cents, and rings, 25
cents. All sales profits will
ter the employee-employer
relationship and to give be used for a student-em
ployer banquet.
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Tracksters win4 of 5; finish indoor season 1 1*7*1
Friday, April 5, 1974
Page Four
Beating four out of five re
spectable teams isn’t bad, and
that’s just how Niles East
capped off the Indoor season
during the final week of track.
These victories boosted the Var
sity record to a final 11-7-1; the
Sophomores finished their sea
son at 8-11.
WHEN EAST FACED Luther
North and Lake Forest on
Wednesday, March 13, the Tro
jans emerged on top 57-36 and
57-44. Niles dominated the long
distance runs, with Mark Lich
tenstein taking first place in
the two mile run with a 10:30.6.
Larry Bower won the mile in
4:51. In the 50-yard dash, speed
sters A1 Johnson and Bob Miller
finished first and second, resepctively, though each was
timed at :05.7. Mike Wolfinsohn
and Fred Rosenthal grabbed 1-2
in the long jump, as did Len
Weinstein and Wolfinsohn in the
A Sporting look
Girls going too far?
Women’s lib has been a big news item in the last
few years, with women crying out against discrimina
tion, in jobs, pay, and other issues. Rallies and threats
resulted in the pending equal rights amendment that
will soon be voted upon.
SPORTS, TOO, have been involved in the women s
movement, and in more ways than the number one
men’s sport, girl watching.
Girls from grade school on to the pro level have
demanded more. It started slowly with a few high
school sports being granted. Gradually, soft ball
leagues for the younger girls came. Colleges also
increased their programs for girls. Now, at Niles East
12 girls’ interscholastic teams, including bowling,
track, softball, basketball, badminton, tennis, exist.
Although practice time and space are limited, condi
tions are improving, and should improve more if East
gains the proposed pool, new gym, and land.
BU T IN T H E PAST few months, a disturbing
change has been coming about. It seems that the girls
are no longer satisfied competing against them selves;
they now want to move on to bigger and, they hope,
better things in the means of competition against
males. It started admirably enough, with Billie Jean
King’s victory over Bobby Riggs, in a battle between
the sexes. King hoped a victory would prove women
athletes as good as the men, thus hoping the girls
would get the same sort of prize purse for tourna
ments. Later, women golfers followed King in her
quest for higher purses by striking during the final
round of what was supposed to be a nationally televised
tournament.
Now, it’s getting worse. Girls in-New Jersey are
suing the Little League for the right to play with the
boys, although there was a good girls’ softball program
in the area. In Chicago, a Mather High School senior
went to court to gain the right to play on the boys’
team. She even went on television and beat sportscaster Brent Musberger in a one-on-one. All the match
proved, however, was that Musberger and the girl
were not high school basketball material.
In Omaha, Nebraska, a stripper in a local pub sued
for the right to box in that city’s Golden Glove com
petition.
T H E G IR L S A R E making a mistake. First, what
happens, when the BOYS sue for the right to play on
the girls’ team, and take them over? Secondly, girls,
cannot compete with boys on a varsity high school or
college level, and risk injury. Thirdly, what about the
boys who have to box or slide into a girl? It certainly
could make for a sticky situation. Girls, you are gain
ing more and more athletic programs now ; don’t blow
a good future by trying to go too far.
by Omar Hernandez
high jump. If that weren’t
enough, Wolfinsohn next went
out and out-leaped the field in
pole vault. Ross Pollack con
tinued his domination of the
shot put, when he threw a
52’6V2”, to win by four and a
half feet.
East sophomores were not
close to full strength and con
sequently they lost to Luther
49-41, and to Lake Forest by
a close 44-41. Three Trojans
posted first places: Dave Green
berg in the 50 (:06.1) and the
long jump (18’10” >; Steve Stein
in the pole vault (8’6” ); and
Mark Brownstein in the high
jump (5’2” ).
The Niles Township meet was
held on Thursday, March 21.
Niles West took the champion
ship with 91 points. Next in line
were East with 55 points, Notre
Dame with 43, and Niles North
with a lowly 19. Top honors in
the shot-put went to Ross Pol
lack, as he improved on his
Trojans record with a superior
53’2” toss. East was in con
trol of the sprints, for A1 John
son, Bob Miller, and Bob Somerman swept the fifty. Mike
Wolfinsohn later joined the three
in the four-lap relay, and
they out-raced the other schools
in a time of 1:09.0. First place
in the high jump was 6’3”, while
Len Weinstein came in a close
second with a 6’1”. Weinstein’s
jump tied a school record set
by Bob Henry in 1972.
On the sophomore level it was
again West in first — this time
with 101.5 points, then East with
43.5, Notre Dame scored 38.5,
and Niles North turned in a 26.5.
The top Varsity scorers In
doors were Mike Wolfinsohn and
Sal Parenti. They racked up
90.50 and 63.25 points respec
tively. Dave Greenberg and Ron
Stein scored 67 and 40 points
for the sophomores.
Trojans meet tough North Monday
East opens the Central Sub
urban League season Monday
against the tough Niles North
Vikings. Since both schools are
on spring break, game time
will be moved up from its usual
4 p.m. starting time, to 3. The
contest will be played at Oakton Park.
IN THREE GAMES with
North last year, East won one,
and lost two. But the lone vic
tory was a 2-1 decision that
gave East the District Cham
pionship. Pitchers for Monday’s
game have not been officially
announced, but it will be a
probable rematch of the excit
ing District game, with Larry
Rosin taking the mound for
North and Ron Kleinschmidt go
ing for the Trojans. Rosin could
be the best pitcher in the league,
and officials at North feel their
star will go high in the Major
League draft in June.
In other games next week,
East will travel to Deerfield on
Wednesday for a 4 p.m. game,
then return to Oaktom Park on
Thursday for a non-league game
against New Trier East. Other
games in the near future will
by Dave Garlick
be played April 15 against Maine
West; Wednesday, April 17, at
Niles West; and Friday, April
19, at home against Maine
South.
EAST OPENED the season
last Tuesday with a 11-3 bomb
ing of Notre Dame.
Golf opens April 17
by Jeff Weinstein
COACH OSWALD IS very op
Niles East’s varsity golf team
will open their ’74 season on timistic for the coming season,
April 17 when they compete in and a state championship does
the Fenton Invitational, held at n’t seem far out of reach.
the White Pines Golf Club. The
squad’s first league meet will
be against Niles West at Arling
ton Golf Course which is East’s
home course.
FOR THE PAST TWO weeks,
the team has been practicing at
Arlington, and some very good
rounds have been turned in by
top varsity golfers. Five golfers
can compete in a single meet,
and for Niles East the men vy
ing for the top spots include
Andy Ruttenberg, Phil Gagerman, Ken Kramer, John Han
son, Phil Cech, Lorry Lichten
stein. Ron Rztitzki, Mike Valen
ti, Ira Fishman, Jay Martini,
and Scott Barranco.
Qirls’ basketball ends:
Varsity places third
by Donna Johnson
On Tuesday, March 26, the The team’s record was 1-7, with
Girls’ Basketball Team season a conference record of 1-3.
closed with a Junior Varsity
THE VARSITY TEAM had a
win over Maine West, by the good season, finishing third in
score of 21-20. The leading the conference with a 2-2 rec
scores were Jo Ann Schnitzer ord, and an overall record of
with 8 points, Angie Trauth with 2-6. The varsity top scorer and
6, and Debbie Jaski with 4. Beth best player was Karen Behr
Defrancheski scored the winning with 70 points for the season.
point with a free-throw. The
Both teams put forth a fan
J.V. played a good game despite
the loss of their captain Nancy tastic effort both in practice
and in the games.
Seiden due to a sprained ankle.
(Photo by Scott Wexler)
Phil Gagerman
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NILEHILITE, April 5, 1974
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