https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/25609/archive/files/b607e484fee0e7dc1fabe3c39776e8bc.pdf?Expires=1787184000&Signature=rsS7Ew8NyjAvr%7ER42zcStBRl3Q8pTneTexDtJ1mLDmIp8S4Nfwsl0ovAJbXpM5iNEYP7CqEJV00zi0o75TP3--9y8MhNsjdeSq9LMGN7SxOGg4eLKty8EPatiGuLSTShl0DcaMMa-yvyMfRmoW1uob5QRStCTuh8wP6g9ZAgIE44HeOAlGZ67ZiGuot%7Es0ydY5pVBzMiMkvfHnsZcUmXPXnq7r9dFbU%7ELG3uaTinlvp84cTPCpPXBi8OMpWT32esduaD5VDuklunL0L5Sb7sR5B7JC2u-f7wJ5ny04BOZbVgMl%7EMuubHpk8Nn-uEb9hsHBvPg1%7ESNKpl7lG3NqcYXw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ce5948e087912dcbc615b196aa415975 PDF Text Text m Vol. 37, No. 14 s m m NILES EAST HIGH SCHOOL, SKOKIE, ILLINOIS Thursday, May 29, 1975 l aajujl Sixtsuud/v CbwjuaL S ^ uo* Q �Thursday, May 29, 1975 Page Two ^■| Faculty decrease by 10; ES two resign Beginning next fall, the Niles East faculty will have decreased by 10, while the student enrollment continues to drop since the student population peak, ac­ cording to director of personnel Ray Tyler. “ALTHOUGH LOW enrollment is the main reason for staff reduction, it is also connected with the decreasing rev­ enue. We only have so much money to spend,” explained Tyler. The decisions for dismissal were based on seniority. All 10 teachers were on one-year contracts and were aware that their jobs were temporary. Those with tenure have secure jobs at this time, according to Tyler. Many different forms of art work were displayed at the art show on May 19-22 in the Student Lounge. THE DEADLINE for notifying these teachers that their contracts would not be renewed for next year was March 1, and all were informed during February, according to the Board of Education. Fine concedes to Hirsch Committee to review election After the run-off following the Student Senate Presidential election last Thurs­ day, run-off candidate Larry Fine con­ ceded to Gordon Hirsch after allegations were made by both candidates of illegal electioneering. Mike Hinsky, Richard Cope, and Steven Leon ran in the pri­ maries held on Tuesday, May 20. HIRSCH WHO LED in the primaries with 253 votes has a varied political background. He has been involved with a political party: being a top state offi­ cer of that party for the past three years. He has worked under many state legislators, has been involved in cabi­ nets and different organizational projects at East, is a chairman of a citizen’s lobby group, the Legislative Advisory Council, as well as working with the Senate this year. “Perhaps the greatest p e r s o n a l achievement that I have made for you is the bill for whose passage I take credit: House Bill 495 which allows stu­ dents of this school to run for the Board of Education at age 18,” said Hirsch. Hirsch is in favor of freshman study halls, because new high school students should be aware that studying time is important. But Hirsch is against the homeroom system and votes against lim­ iting the pass/fail option. AT THE SENATE assembly, Larry Fine said “I have two main objectives for next year, the first of which is to support the students of this school 100 per cent. Being the only elected repre­ sentative of the student body, I feel that it is my responsibility to carry out that pledge wholeheartedly. Now I can’t prom­ ise you that there won’t be any unfav­ orable legislation passed against us next year. But you know as well as I do, that if the administration is set on a certain policy they are going to pass it.” STEVE LEON, another c a n d i d a t e , served as chairman of many senate com­ mittees, helped form the new committee on School Affairs, was the only candidate who helped form the present senate, and has already served as an officer, went before the Board and helped reduce teacher supervision, and confronted Mr. Hosier to convince him that students could solve the problem in Trojan Hall. Leon was against the freshman home­ room policy feeling that “incoming fresh­ men have little free time and by plac­ ing them in a one period a day study hall you are taking away their open campus privilege.” Richard Cope, third highest vote re­ ceiver, would like to see Senate home­ rooms formed for the purpose of dis­ cussing meetings and agendas. It would also give committees a chance to meet. Cope planned to encourage adoption of the Honors Point and College-type Regis­ tration, and publish a semi-monthly Sen­ ate newsletter with an occasional stu­ dent opinion poll. He felt East does not need to change certain policies. “If change is not necessary it is necessary not to change.” The last candidate on the ballot was Mike Hinsky. His reason for running for President was because he is “tired of the things around hère.” He wanted to next year initiate a system of teacher evaluation, publish a pamphlet which states students rights, open Senate to ev­ eryone, conduct more student surveys to get true student opinion, have SAB cases reviewed before punishment is served and place more emphasis on all sports, girls and boys alike. Prom , graduation events in fu ll swing this week Maureen Sullivan and Adam Retzler, Tina Lomboy and Gene Guerrero, Beth Feldstein and George Christopolous, Caryn Goldstick and Fred Batko will form the Prom Court and one couple will be crowned king and queen of the prom to­ night at the Sheraton O’Hare North. Elections were held last Thursday and Friday and will remain secret until 10 p.m. tonight. More than 80 prom tickets at $25 a couple have been sold. concert choir directed by Frank Winkler. Two baritone soloists, Barry Kramer, and Mark Rush will also perform. Graduation rehearsal will be held on Friday, June 6 at 9 a.m. in the audi­ torium. All students are to wear caps for this rehearsal, and girls should wear dress shoes. Graduation attire includes white shoes, and full white slips for girls with no corsages, jewelry or necklaces. Boys must wear white shirts, ties, dark shoes and dark socks. Al Becker, who will not return for the 75-76 school year, began looking for jobs in the Chicago area and will be notified later this month if he will work in a city school. BECKER HAS WORKED at East for three years as a lay supervisor, security officer, football, swimming, and track coach, drivers’ education instructor, and metals and autos teacher. Since last May, Becker has taken 28 hour of courses to become a more quali­ fied worker “because that’s what I thought the Board wanted,” in addition to his full time job and family. He has completed three-fourths of the total work necessary to receive a Master’s degree. OTHER TEACHERS in the same pre­ dicament include Gerald Berger (music), Joan Davidson (math), Shirley Foss (practical arts), Margaret Iverson (prac­ tical arts), Angie Panos (English), Ray Pettit (music), James Schindler (special ED), David Wood (English), and Chris­ tine Woodard (girls’ PE). WHEN THESE teachers were confront­ ed with the questions: “How did you feel when you learned you were not rehired for next year?” and “What are your future plans,” the answers varied. Pettit felt badly at the time and didn’t understand the reasons for dismissal un­ til he discussed the situation with Prin­ cipal Hosier. Pettit will be teaching in a junior high school in his hometown in New Jersey next year. “I ’m going to miss the students — just the students,” he said. Wood had mixed reactions to losing his job after only one year, but in many ways indicated that he does not regret leaving. “I do not agree with the changes the administration has made concerning my situation, and the way I’ve been treated during this ordeal has been rath­ er tacky,” confessed Wood. IN ADDITION TO the dismissals, a number of teachers will be traveling to more than one building each day to teach. Mrs. Judie Miller, art instructor at East for four years, will be teaching one class at West; Miss Judy Rochotte, Spanish teacher for 10 years at East, will be teaching three classes at North; Miss Kay Beck, German instructor at East since 1964, will be transferred to West. In addition to those whose teaching contracts will not be renewed, Karl DeJonge and Mary Scherb have resigned as Student Senate sponsor and Nilehilite advisor. Mr. DeJonge served as Senate sponsor and parliamentarian for five years. Mrs. Scherb, because the admin­ istration would not meet her request for released class time, has resigned after six years as advisor. The Queen will receive red roses, with members of the court given a bouquet of yellow roses. Held in the Brass Rail room, the prom, focusing on a yellow and blue color scheme, begins with a reception at 7 p.m. The six-man band “Chapter 4” will provide the music from 9 p.m. until 12 midnight for this year’s Prom theme, “Days of Future Past.” Prom chaper­ ones will be Nona Piorkowski, Mel Pirok, Charles Plock, Steve Poznansky, Mary Scherb, and Ken Reiter. The valedictorian and salutatorian of the class of ’75 will be selected from the top twenty students for the gradua­ tion ceremony to be held on June 8 at 2 p.m. in the football field. If weather does not permit an outside ceremony, it will move to the contest gym. All gradu­ ates are to meet in the auditorium at 1 p.m. on June 8. The program consists of a welcome and introduction by Debra Plotkin, presenta­ tion of diplomas by Board Members James Gottreich and Evelyn Rosenweig. Principal Galen Hosier will present scholastic achievement awards. The intermediate band conducted by Raymond Pettit will perform with the The Senate Presidential election was held on May 20. A run-off election held for the two top vote-getters, Gordon Hirsch and Larry Fine led to Fine's concession after allegations were made concerning illegal campaigning practices on both sides. �Thursday, May 29, 1975 Page Three Bob M iller writes V J e 'r E j S East becomes great institution Niles East’s finest hour has yet to be seen. I believe that in the next few years Niles East will further itself as a great institution, not limited to a reputation of high academic quality, but also as an outstanding competitor in interscholastic events and options for its students. AS WE APPROACH the conclusion of this school year, we can recall the major change in administration which had taken place this year. In my perspective I saw this as a neces­ sary change to keep pace with the times, as permissiveness and a general lax attitude created in the 1960’s has given way to a more disciplined era which we have entered. Basic policies underwent a revision almost as soon as Mr. Hosier had been appointed principal. Almost all have proven to be worthwhile moves. The homeroom policy which I advo­ cated wholeheartedly earlier this year is an example of a timely and necessary move. As student Senate representation will expand to the homeroom next year, students will have the opportunity to express their ideas and viewpoints more directly than ever before. This move is extremely advantageous to student government—administration relations. ANOTHER NOVEL institution which will prove beneficial is the formation of a discussion forum between parents, teach­ ers, administration, and students. When this group convenes in September, matters of of importance will be presented outright. The greatest problem I can perceive, and this relates to the revisioning of district policy, is one of student re-assessment in determinging priorities and values: Does one wish to con­ cede a freedom/privilege in order to obtain greater personal knowledge? I am one person who feels strongly about reducing free time for greater exploration in academic areas. Do not misconstrue that statement as a cry for a “prison-like” atmo­ sphere at East, rather as an outcry for a desire of more in­ dividual attention to strengthen weaknesses and better facilities for developing specific attributes in a field of interest. The creation of resource centers in the areas of science, math, and social studies could satisfy such a desire, and prove beneficial to a number of students selecting these fields as an eventual college concentrate. FURTHERMORE, I request (and foresee) the implemen­ tation of these policies enumerated below: 1) The reinstation of an honors track in English combined with a requirement imposed on each student at East to develop his skills in the four general areas: Communications, composi­ tion, grammar, and literature would be the most feasible solu­ tion in reversing the steady decline of English scores on col­ lege board tests. The ultimate advantage to this is allowing a student to choose a more select university. 2) The development of a peer, or student counseling group. This would be extremely advantageous and worth­ while to underclass students who wish to further their educa­ tion, develop technical skills, or venture into business upon graduation. This organization could be instituted quite readily. One counselor has already begun endeavoring a similar type group for his counselors. 3) Pass-Fail option must be curtailed to allow minimal usage and restrict the “jockeying” of grade point averages. The ideal concept of a pass-fail is to allow students an op­ portunity to explore other fields at no expense to their cur­ riculum already. Because it has not been used in its intended purpose, I propose that a policy such as one which the Senate has recommended: The pass-pool option, be implemented in the near future. This restricts, not eliminates pass-fail. 4) The concept of school spirit must be put into concrete form. Mere repeated assurances that spirit will be established soon is not enough. I offer the following suggestions: a. Increase gold-schedule type assemblies next year. (Bene­ ficial for N-Club, Key Club, Senate, Etc.) b. Principal must involve himself also (i.e. appearances before school) c. Create end of year activities, i.e., class picnics, award assemblies, countryyard rallies, etc.) 5) Finally, combine the aforementioned into a procedure which is definitely needed: College-type registration format. This system applies peer counseling, certain personal interests, individually known weaknesses, and formulates a schedule exact to students’ desires. IN CONCLUSION, perhaps what I have stated implies idealism; However, these ideas are ones that are extremely practical in nature and only require the approval of a far­ sighted administration to initiate. jm EW M W S The Voice of the Niles E ast Students Published during the school year by the students of Niles Township High School East, Lamon and Mulford Streets, Skokie, Illinois 60076. Printed by Des Plaines Publishing Company, Des Plaines, 111. Volume 37, Number 14 Editor ................... Cynthia Payne Feature Editor ... Paul Saltzman Sports Editor ....... Jeff Weinstein Advertising M anager_ _ _ Richard Gertz _ Advertising Staff .......Ila Gothelf Cartoonist ......... Mark Scherfling Persons, Places, Things Editors ............ Rochelle Goode, Michele Soltan Coming Attractions Editor ............... Wendy Gerber Thursday, May 29, 1975 News Reporters .. Marla Berman, Sue Feldman, Dean Frankel, Caryn Lason, Sandee Morri­ son, Sharon Veis. Girls’ Sports Staff .Debbie Glienke, Kathi Isserman, Carol Michals, Nancy Seiden. Boy’s Sports Staff .Bruce Goldberg, Larry Bower Photographers .......... Jeff Cohen, Richelle Goode, Barry Lus­ tig, Danny Lustig, Eric Polley, Scott Wexler. Advisor .......... Mrs. Mary Scherb q chool GL U T TH E. O ^ WÊ\ 0 ^ ' I I TC L L iS U S ô Hû T ( J b c KlTj? f l û ^ ü i S T l N û To ÿ o ü k M Ecu RDMi Mii TftflTl o J i it- wKm V aouR REPORT MR.^Hoä'LEq- im pressed ™ C N%\tJ R H £Ti r r p H Rv js/O o m n g 2 You S e e n Ouf* C fi r P E T i n /G S e is»' T Hfii/E I &oT fl e r o o m F o r !d o u 2 oqoq 1S Mock law suit served IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT, LAW DIVISION THE NILEHILITE, ) Plaintiff, ) -vs) Amount Claimed: Minds of 2,308 students ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD OF EDUCATION ) OF DISTRICT 219,et. al„ ) ) Defendants. ) C O M P L A I N T AT L A W NOW COMES THE NILEHILITE, and complaints of the Defendants, the ADMINISTRATION and SCHOOL BOARD OF DISTRICT 219 et.al., as follows: 1. That Niles East High School exists for the purpose of providing a liberal secondary education to its students. 2. That the primary function of the Defendants is to secure and maintain a high educational level in the three District high schools. 3. That within the 1974-75 school year Defendants have repeatedly directed exhaustive efforts to making physical structural changes and additions to the buildings, displacing their primary function, as follows: a) Community Traffic Safety Center subsidized by a grant of $537,140 from the Illinois Office of Education, and at an expense of up to $80,000 by the Board of Education. b) The Space-Site and Facilities Committee recommended that the Board of Education build a gym above the current locker room for $400,000, build a $750,000 pool, and acquire 132,000 sq. ft. of land adjacent to the school for $897,000. c) That the Board of Education has approved a $35,000 renovation of the nurses office facilities. 4. That by the end of the school year each faculty member must write evaluations of their classes in terms of District Goals and Objectives, a practice particular to this year only. 5. That the East Building administration from December 1974 to the present has been primarily con­ cerned with various policy changes as follows: a) Replaced the once-a-week homeroom with a daily homeroom, a policy that was discarded by former principal Arthur Colver in 1971-72. b) Installed a 24-hour answering service in the attendance office. c) Revised the dentention procedure to allow only after-school detentions. d) Is presently considering instituting a one-period supervised study hall for freshmen. e) Is formulating ideas to thwart the rise in vandalism at East by limiting student’s movement in the building. 6. That for monetary reasons, the administration does not strive to build the academic program here but rather finances the building of hardware such as the Traffic Safety Center for more than half a million dollars. 7. That the Defendant’s primary purpose, that of maintaining a strong curriculum has been rejected and replaced by hardware acquisitions and rhetoric having to do with everything except classroom edu­ cation. 8. That the educationally-related areas in need of correction are as follows: a) The English curriculum although it offers a wide variety of courses, lacks any program for potential honor students and subjects such students to enroll in classes that do not meet high academic standards. b) That the language curriculum has been sharply curtailed in the last two years, i.e., Latin students are transported to Niles North, AP French will not be offered next year at East, the German program will be reduced from four to one class with a commuting teacher from North, and the Russian classes will fall from three to one. c) Rather than lightening the class load of the Nilehilite sponsor to allow her to continue to render exceptional leadership, the administration has opened the position to any faculty mem­ ber for a $612 stipend, disregarding the fact that only within the last two years the Nilehilite has achieved national recognition. d) That Karl DeJonge, the Student Senate Advisor for the last five years has resigned his position as sponsor. e) That the math department’s requests for a resource room have been met with a room onethird the size of Niles North’s. WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, the NILEHILITE does not pray the Court do what it deems meet and just. The administration has changed its primary function. This change has and will cause irreparable injury to East’s students that courts cannot recover. We have learned that the administration will not retrace its steps and begin reconstructing the ruins through student and faculty protest alone. When the taxpayers of this Township become aware that administrative interests are detrimental to the learn­ ing process at Niles East and act, that pressure could lead to a reversal in policy. Efforts to inform the District’s residents of these changes have not been made. Now, only students can initiate a corrective program by motivating parents to speak to the Board of Education and the central and building ad­ ministrators. �Page Four Thursday, May 29, 1975 Last Will and Testament The Class of A coconut pattie to Mr. Bloom; a Hostess cupcake to Marty Glochowsky; a referral to Mr. Eyerman; a Hebrew-English dic­ tionary to Mr. Miron; a non-workable phone to Dean Reiter. Mark Hitman To Mr. Bloom, my unknown chunk of slop containing (Ou, As, Cd, Ag, Hg, and S); to Mr. Slattery, my brother and sister (coming to East in Fall of ’76 and ’75, respectively); to Mr. Ferguson, half of an old moldy green gym shirt; to Mr. Pugliese, I leave the other half; to Mr. Moshak, I leave an old, crusted up Piroshkee. The rest of my after school detentions to Dean Reiter. George Christopoulos To Mr. Bloom, I leave a case of Scotch and a new Tilly cupcake; to Mr. Degenhardt, an APP student with a (shock) social life; to Mr. Colton, a thinking homo sapien; to Mrs. Mazouch, an auto­ graphed picture of Khruschev; to Miss Amelung’s third year French class, a "Lumberjack,” an "Albatross,” and a “ Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more.” Finally to Mary "Sunshine” Win­ ston, a subscription to "Preschool Educa­ tion.” C ary Gershbein Andi Toback The one thing I have of value is a Person. He and only he has changed my life and he can change yours too. This Person was recorded in all history books and many people have heard of Him but don’t know Him. He went around loving and caring for people, but everyone rejected Him and killed Him. That’s not the end of His story. He rose from the dead three days later and is very much alive today. He loves you and forgives you totally. If you want to know Him, his name is Jesus. “ For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16). He is the most real thing in my life and He can be in yours. Everybody needs Him, and anybody can know Him just for the asking. To Pam Fisher, another glorious year in Niles E ast; to Laura Levin, all but one of the Greek boys in the world; to Heide Kogan, a rhinestone machine and a box of stale pretzels in exchange for her living room couch; to Mr. Dvorak, a donut-eating frog. Arnie Fishman To Mrs. Mazouch, I leave an electric stapler that she or her students could jam papers into as often as they wish without it breaking so she’ll have one less thing to yell about; to the cafeteria I leave a pound of ground beef so they can make all the hamburgers for next year. Fred Weichselbaum I leave to Mrs. Ladd the most tragic looking moose in the word; to Mrs. Derichs, a definition of comedy and a stack of George Carlin albums; to Mr. Winkler, a group of music students who know up from down; to Mr. Livingston, I leave a big thank-you in appreciation for all that I have learned; to all the future students of Niles East, luck and a good sense of humor because you will need both for survival; to Betty Quinn I say thank you for being more than just a teacher, but a friend as well. Good luck with your future classes. Judy Gelb To Mr. Oswald, I leave 20 yardsticks and a toothless comb; to Mr. Mayfield, I leave the 10,000 bottle caps that we threw out the window freshmen year; to Mr. Henrick and Mr. Schindler, I say thank-you; to Tom, good luck. Randy Kessler To Mr. Degenhard, I leave the remains of my dissected cat and 2,000 fruitflies in assorted colors. Steve Dobryman To Mr. Herbst, I leave the remains of the pig I dissected in biology; to Mr. Eyerman, I leave a book of referrals in case he uses up the book he has now; last but not least, I leave Mr. Duffy an academy award for the worst films shown in a high school classroom. Ron Levitt I leave all my sympathy for the fresh­ man, sophomore, and junior classes who have to cope with Mr. Hosier as their principal. Sherwin Korey To Mr. Cooper, I leave a book of Mr. Wizard’s favorite experiments and the sincere hope he’ll get one right; to Mr. Yursky, I leave a book entitled "What a Horrible Way to Do That Problem,” con­ taining 1,000 of our longest proofs, one gambling spree in Las Vegas, one typing course with Miss Coon, 40 pounds of hamburger with the condition it must all be eaten in a day, one dollar to make his distant relative a millionaire in 237 years, one class of all girls, a basketball for the Math Contest, the official Parker Brothers game of Nim, and one alarm clock. Marty Glochowsky To Mr. Yursky, I leave a room full of gummed desks and a hangman’s noose for any student who forgets how to factor a problem; for the swim classes, a pile of swim suits in all sizes, because it’s hard to swim in a 38 size suit when you only wear a size 30. Marty Avers To Mrs. Derichs, G FNZR ZNFFRB CNLS RTGYAFRE ML QGLQS - PP. Phantom II & Y A P To Mr. Miron, I leave a class that will appreciate his singing sessions. Marsie Hass To Mr. Jurek, rocker arms, a distributor cam, from his friends I leave three broken blown headlight, a worn and all of the complaints whose cars I fixed. Tom Seals I would like to leave Mr. Solovy a new pair of shoes and a stuffed penquin that looks just like him. I would also like to leave Julie Robbins two years of great memories to think back on. Janet Stein I will my wonderful attitude to the girls’ P.E. department and only wish them a thousand more students like me. Thanks to Miss Klein for the undeserved A’s and for being my only dedicated Avon custo­ mer. I leave Lisa Saber another 60 years to follow up our past 60. To Mike Polisky, I leave odds at 50-50. Everyone come to Skokie Blvd. and Oakton St. at 5 p.m. on June 22. To the tennis courts, I leave a drinking fountain. And to Barry Rubin, I leave myself, three inches taller. Davi Hirsch To Mr. Oswald, I leave a lifetime supply of metersticks to wake up his biology classes like he did mine. To Mr. Henry, I leave this thought, "There’s more to life than math problems.” Penny Holland To Mrs. Lopez, a case of No-Doze pills for those students with class attentiveness similar to mine. Bill Hall To all the kids who have to stay in this school, I leave you HOPE. Ja y Novlck I leave Coach Odlivak all the patience in the world to cope with the ulcer he got from the school in the first place; to Mrs. Natker, two Alpha lists, one for her and the other for Mr. Eyerman, who comes in the bookstore to use it when writing out referrals. Nikki Odlivak I leave my tunnel hunting equipment to Hal. Ed Naumes To Mr. Miya, I leave all the reruns of "The Ascent of Man” and the book "Ten Great Reducing Diets.” Martin Tish To Ed Goldstein and Marty Glochowsky: one horse, to make things easier. Holly Baker ’75 To Mr. Lueck, I leave the saying, "O.K. let’s bus it!” John Hanson To Judy Miller, my back collection of "Ms.” magazines and my library of feminist literature; to Mr. Miya, a cruel and senseless death-murder at the hands of Alexander Woollcot; to Mr. Proffit, this thought: short and fat is where it’s at! Loren Shlaes To Mr. Beechy, a lifetime supply of slide rules and a class that knows how to use them; to Mr. Miya, a manual on "How to Teach European History,” a book of fifteen of the best reducing diets, and a list of 1,000 ways to digress from your subject; to Mrs. Mazouch, three auto­ graphed posters of Richard Nixon; to Mr. Hosier, Steve Leon. Steve Levy To Mr. Sachs, a large wooden compass to draw on the blackboard with; to Mr. Livingston, his "bells, bells, bells;” to Mr. D. Wood, a chalk resistant suit; to Mr. Wetzel, 30 cups of coffee so he can make it through the day; to Mr. Miya, his so-called widgets. Sandy Levy To Mark Klancic, a trophy for being the world’s greatest streaker; a picture of "Don Juan” to Bruce Kahn, Fred Batko, and, most of all, to Scott Hite; to Felice Lewin. Redwood Landing, Sam Leopold, Jim Post, and a lifetime membership to Groupie’s Anonymous Fan Club; volume No. 196 of Ukranian Bandura Songs to Stan Pressner; to Paul Saltzman, the words from a song called "Thirsty Boots” by Eric Anderson: "Maybe I can make you laugh, and maybe I can try, I’m just looking for the evening and the morning in your eye.” Kathy Mayer To this school, all my signatures on the desks which will one day be famous; all by dead cigarette butts for Mulford Streets bums. M ark B. Hirshman To Ed Goldstein, I leave the memories of Uncle Tanoose’s Camel Stench Birdlegs; to Howard Nussbaum, I leave my father’s bra. To Mr. Plock, 2,000 shares of IBM stock; to Mr. Baker, a CPA degree and a pil­ low; to Miss Schneiter, a box of bubble gum and 50 pairs of seamless nylons. The best of luck and my bottle of BenGay to next year’s quarterback and a suggestion to go to church because he might need it. To Mr. Campbell, a Hebrew dictionary so he can look up the Jewish sayings that he doesn’t know. Lisa Saber Adam Retzler To the Niles East soccer team and Coach Sandstead, my powerful left foot. George Vlahandreas To all the incoming Fairview graduates who thought they were leaving teachers like John Gross ("Can I go to the bath­ room, Mr. Gross?” "I don’t know. Can you?” ) behind in gram m ar school, I leave Mr. Bloom, Mr. Yursky, and Mr. Eyerman. Mark Carlson To Uncle Sol (Solovy), I leave my hair clippings and baby blue longjohns to match his baby blue sweater; to Sir (Bloom), a full bottle of Scotch (well, almost full); to Coach Richardi, 10 clip­ boards, two rubber stop clocks, my fresh­ man numerals that I never got, and thanks for 4 successful years. Jeff Rock To Mr. daRosa, I leave 8 hours of unin­ terrupted sleep; to Miss Rochotte, I leave a medley of Broadway hits; to Mrs. Lopez, I leave two Spanish poems; to Mrs. Derichs and Mr. Pirok, a class full of students just like me; to the Reflec­ tions ’76 directors, all my luck—you’ll need it! Ed Goldstein To the entire Special Education staff, credit cards to Val’s; to Joan Strom, Ed Goldstein, Cindy Trawinski, Marty Glo­ chowsky, Stan Pressner, and company, a book on the world’s worst nose and Pollack jokes to add to your collection; to Marsie Hass and Nancy Klehr, a year’s supply of "string beans,” to Miss Burn­ ham, a medal for putting up with Davi, Cheryl, and me this year; to Joan Strom, it sounds to cliche, but my thanks for everything. Felice Lewin To Mr. Grabowski, I leave a class of stupid freshmen who won’t know enough to argue when he assigns his ridiculous assignments; to Mr. Poznansky, I leave a class of straight-A students and a winning football team ; to Mrs. Derichs, "The Bull from the Sea” and "The King Must Die,” to be read in that order. Helene Roth To Mrs. Mazouch, I leave a complete line of different colored wigs; to the cafeteria cooks, I leave a book on the joys of Jewish cooking; and to Miss Winston, I leave a manual on how to conduct a co-ed gym class. Bob Jakubowich To Larry George, one milkshake and the record "Waterloo;” to Phil Spivack, Gary Musick, and Rich Berkowitz, the Golden Spoon award. Scot Slutsky To Mrs. Schiffman, the second group of psychology papers which I worked so hard on and she never let me turn in. Janet Ross A tray of ice cubes to Mark Michaels; to anyone taking a class with either Mr. Miya or Mrs. Isenberg, I leave a full supply of yawns; for Sue Stohlberg, all my senioritis and apathy. Laura Gunderson To Mrs. Derichs, a stuffed Yahoo; to Miss Stemp, a tape recording of my voice; to Mr. Miya, a stainless steel, three-pronged, one slot widget with brass fittings; a free set of voice lessons to Mr. Miron; the complete works of Made­ line Murray O’Hair to Mrs. Quinn; a copy of "Mein Kampf” to Mr. Hosier; to Mrs. Mazouch, an autographed picture of George McGovern; to the librarians, I leave a S.W.A.T. unit to insure peace and quiet. Rhonda Schwartz Saul Pilchen To Mr. Oswald, I leave another year of golf with Ira Miller; to Mr. Pirok, I leave a pregnant rat so that he can give a real demonstration of his lecture about animal instincts; to Mr. Livingston, I leave a Major American Literature class that appreciates poetry; to Miss Schneiter, I leave a good Michigan basketball team ; to Mrs. Mazouch, I leave by 2Vi foot stack of history notes; to Mr. Miya, I leave a student who understands Tiis digressions. I leave behind the respect I have for this school and my spirit in hopes that someone will find it and use it in the best possible way. To Sue Weiss and Sue Feldmna, a reno­ vated “ Phyllis” doll with all the parts; to Carmen Lomboy, one Avogadro and all the molecules in the world to eat (this is from Penny, too!); to Wu No. 2, the status of being Wu No. 1 from now on in Niles East. Ira Fishman Audrey Karyn Wu Cathy Minnberg Robert Racusen Carolyn Bolotin To Mr. daRosa and my Spanish class, a priceless collection of high frequency words and the new best-seller, “ Further Adventures of La Nela!” ; to Mr. Miya, a recording of the "Lumberjack Song” . from Monty Python. Jeff Saltzman To the halls of Easthi, a Heather Benton to haunt you forever. Sheri Lynn Kagan To Miss Morris, I leave the wall decora­ tions from lockers B-15 and 240. Michelle Block I would like to leave: 6 x 10 moles to Mr. Welch; two years of expensive, timeconsuming, trite art work to Judi Miller; a half dissected frog, a metered meter stick, and a new secretary to Mr. Roth. Sheila Rubin To Phil Adelman, I leave my purple corduroy pants and memories of the F ar Eastern Division of “ Home base . . . , ” ; to Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Scarborough, I leave all my injuries; to Mr. Colton, I leave all the cotton balls made by Johnson and Johnson and all of Mott’s Apple­ sauce; to Mrs. Harris, I leave all of those scholarship applications; to Mr. Winans, I leave Jeff Epstein and any and all of the problems he causes; to the Key Club, I leave an outline of "How to Plan a Christmas P arty ;” to Ellen Rue, I leave an dictionary to look up “ pneu­ m atic;” to Cristina Lomboy, I leave a pair of white gloves; to Mrs. Handler, I leave my "smiley” with the slanted eyes. Gene Guerrero We, Amy Shlesman and I, leave Miss Traub all our hope and wishes for many years of love and happiness in her up­ coming m arriage. Karla Sweiding To Mr. Oswald, 10 non-bendable, nonbreakable meter sticks; to Mr. Cooper, five rolls of red tape and a scissors. Lisa Burack To Mr. Degenhardt, a book entitled, "How to Pick Sleep-Inducing Movies to be Shown in Class;” to Mr. Bloom, 5,000 acres of rock and a shovel; to Mr. Poznansky, another 185 lb. klutz to toss around on the m ats; to Mrs. Derichs, a utopian society filled with no-minded morons; to Mr. Miya, a zinc widget and a glazed, raised, freshly baked doughnut; to Mr. Moshak, a fourth year Russian class; to any student taking science courses, my presidency of the “Data Adjustment” club. Scott Hite To Mr. Weitzenfeld, I leave a box of Kleenex because, the way he talked for the year that I had him, he probably never blew his nose; to whomever may get it, I leave my refrigerated locker. During the winter months, there is a cold draft that circulates behind it making the top shelf a great place for keeping tuna sandwiches, egg salad sandwiches, beer, or what have you. (The number is B-140). B arry Kravitz I leave to Mrs. Derichs the "Cliff’s Notes” for "Childhood’s End” because she never understood the ending. Leonard Brenner To Mr. Welch, I leave the happy mem­ ories of Batman, Robin, and the batcave; to Mr. Livingston, I leave ". . . the rhyming and the chiming of the Bells, Bells, Bells!” ; and to Miss Lundquist, I leave my alligator. Cheryl Cohan I would like to leave both of my gym suits, sweatshirts, and pairs of gym shoes to Mrs. Whyman who, not having removed my first set of clothes from my locker freshman year, returned them to me sophomore year; in dearest appre­ ciation to Patricia Matlack, for such great leadership and coaching qualities, I would like to leave the book "How to Coach Tennis Without Having any Know­ ledge of the Game, Understanding of the Players, or Control of One’s Emotions.” To Mr. Colton, Mr. Degenhardt, Mrs. Lopez, Mr. Pirok, Mrs. Ladd, Mr. Golata, Mr. Slattery, Mrs. Derichs, and even Mr. Miya, who believes in th e “progressively-give-rhem-more-andmore-work” philosophy for his European history class, I leave my thanks for add­ ing much to four years of my life; to “ Heather Benton,” I leave the wish that you keep creating and learn to take credit for what you do with your real name. Paul Saltzman I would like to leave Mr. Moshak my share of the $100 kickback from the Russian Club; to Mr. Miya, an extra strong 1975 model widget. Fred Batko To Mr. Tom Sokalski, I leave the ever present Svengoolie chicken and a trait that he seems to know very little about: modesty; to Mr. Richard Miya, a six-foot tall bronzed banana signed by "Crazy Tim” ; to Mr. Fred Richardi, the size 74 noseplugs I promised him in freshman swimming; to Mr. Ed Pugliese, a book on the rules and etiquette of handball; to Mr. Arnold Agnos, a new sweater to replace that flea-bitten old blue one he forced us to gaze upon in 90% of our classes; and to all future students, the chance to know some of the faculty as well as I did. I can’t see any reason they’d want to, but they might as well have the chance. Howard Schermerhorn To Mr. Baker, a balance sheet that doesn’t balance and a lifetime supply of sleeveless sweaters; to Diana Walter, a box full of assorted lice; and to whom it may concern, an extra large slice of pecan pie. Howard Nussbaum To Mr. Yursky, a basketball to shoot at the basket during next year’s math con­ test and two equal signs on one line; to the typing department, the "two finger typing technique” of George Yursky (This method was developed during math tests); to Mr. Bloom, the chemical LIT­ ERATURE written by the BIG BOYS. While the subject m atter may be INTEL­ LECTUALLY PLEASING, it will be IN­ TERESTING, BUT NOT TOO INFORMA­ TIVE. To Mr. Yursky’s "favorite” stu­ dents next year, the “Newman, every-dayyou-do-something-that-IRKS-me” award to be presented to those Mr. Yursky judges so deserving. Alan Ellenby To Gary Wolf, Jordy Melamed, and Bob Malcher, my fellow bench warmers, 1 leave 1,295 splinters. They might not need mine though because they’ll get plenty of their own next year. Jeff Bugress To Mr. Miron, I leave a gift certificate to Baskin-Robbins on Touhy for all the free ice cream he wants; to Marty Fisher, a carton of chocolate milk; to Mark Hirshman, the book, "25 Ways to Get Suspended” ; to Mr. Pettit, a trip to Skokie when he gets a job in New Jersey. Eddie Jacobs To the 1976 APP biology class, Scott Hite and I leave our triple recessive fruit flines; to Mr. Degenhardt, I leave an APP biology class that will have the sense of humor to laugh a this jokes; to Mr. Slattery, a grade distribution curve that will enable at least one half of the class to pass; and I leave to the Niles Township Reclamation Center all of my absence notices that I have received in the mail since this wonderful new at­ tendance system began. Nancy Klehr To Mr. Miya, I leave a widget factory and a bakery to make fine, raised, glazed donuts; to Mr. Colton, I leave my two-week menu for an eighteenth century North Carolinian farm er; to Mr. Puff, I bequeath one half bottle of very dry sherry; and, finally, I would like to leave this school with: one hour-long hypnotist assembly, its ludicrous and futile home­ room policy, its outstanding detention policy, its overly sympathetic and under­ standing deans, and with its marvelous administration under the incorrigible command of our beloved Principal! Phil Adelman One tube of chapstick to Mr. Eyerman. Pete Myma I’d like to leave my sister Joan a copy of “How to Succeed at Niles East With­ out Really Trying.” It didn’t work for me. Sue Tittle I leave one slightly used black leather jacket to future "Grease of East.” Richard M/nti I leave a fan to the second floor girls’ washroom in the old section and ash­ trays and lounge chairs in all of the girls’ washrooms; I leave sympathy to anyone letf here next year. Pam Lavin To Pam Fisher, enough big shouldered, cute guys to look at to last her though the year; to Sara Pearl, a dictionary and a framed charcoal sketch of Minnie Ripperton and one more joyous year with Marc Blackman. Sandy Kerman To Niles East, I leave my inflated ticket prices; to Galen Hosier, I leave an hour hypnotist assembly and a pass to get out of class; to Bob Miller, I leave a stuffed ballot box; to Howard Nussbaum, a pecan pie to be distributed among the many; to Jay Martini, I leave a can of WHIPPED cream; to Mr. Baker, a whip to fight off his wife.B arry Grodsky I leave Miss Marti a new horsewhip. Paul Milstein I leave Hr. Arnold Agnos a first semester term paper which many people struggled with, but which the second semester class never had to do; to Mr. Campbell, I leave a book on how to speak Yiddish in ten easy lessons; to Mr. Siegal, I leave a book on the fundamentals of baseball. Ira Berry To Mr. Miya, a book entitled, "My 100 Favorite Digressions” and a charter membership in the Dr. Jacob Bronowski Fan Club. Howard Chabner To Mr. H. Wood, my "B” grade in his 20th Century history class considering my once a week attendance. I leave David Pevsner, Barry Kramer, and Larry Meisner, three ID’s that say they’re 18 so they can get into X-rated movies to SATISFY THEIR LUSTS!; to Paula Sugarman, the entire Stump-arooooooo club. La rry M. Schwartz Steve Schwartz Tam m y Lothan To Mr. Bloom. "The Exciting World of the Sodium Atom” ; to Mr. Hosier, Steve Leon; to Steve Leon, Mr. Hosier; to Mr. Yursky, “Horrible Ways to Do Problems” by Mitch Newman, "I Did it That Way, Too” by Scott Pector, an alarm clock to "wake him when you’re done, sir,” a recording of a typewriter for use when he has to leave the room during a test, and the Brooklyn Bridge for bridge club, of course; to Mr. Pirok, raw human in­ stinct; to Mr. Rostvold, a dozen angry mollusks; to Mrs. Derichs, "The Col­ lected Works of Leslie Drysdale” ; to Mr. Miya, BANANAS; to Mr. Livingston, Truth, uncompromisingly told, complete with ragged edges; to Mr. Cooper, a working demonstration lab; to Dr. Kort, a paper mill in northern Maine; and to everyone. Peace. Warren Silver I would like to leave my wisdom teeth to Galen Hosier because I heard he didn’t have any. Mike. .Mega To Mrs. Eisenberg, I leave the book, “A Separate Reality,” by Carlos Castenada; to Senor da Rosa, a smile and the hope of a wide awake class; to Mr. Miya, the book, "One Thousand and One Ways to Make a Siberian Peach Pie” ; to Mrs. Isaacson, a diary; to Ken Anderson, aspirin and a smile; to Fred, Gary, and Biff, good luck; to Mr. Duffy, the book “It Pays to Enrich Your Word Power” ; to Miss Coon, the book, "The Sensual Typist” ; to Mrs. Mazouch, Richard Nixon, Watergate, and the memory of Dr. Betts; and to Dr. Warner, the book, "Look Out, I’m on the Road” by D. Devil. Don Shapiro To Kathi and Laura and Chrissy, the best of luck and all the happiness in the world!; to Pam Fisher, the patience to make it through another year. Gina Salerno I leave to Mr. DeJonge his own daily office copy of the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune and a reclining chair to sit in as he reads them; to Mrs. Bass, the book, "How to Keep Your Classwork Organized—Before You Hand It Out to Your Students.” M ary Ellen R yan To Mrs. Mazouch, all the notes that I didn’t take; to Mr. Pettit; a job; to Mr. Winkler, the address of Rare E arth; to Mr. Miron, my ditto sheets which are stacked two feet high; to Bruce Kahn, the bull; to Bill P att, Becky and Nancy; to Greg Saltarelli, a book on how to catch fly balls. Phil Spivack To Mr. Miya, I leave one widget for every time I fell asleep in his European history class; to Mr. Welch, a mole of No-Doze for every time I fell asleep during a lecture; to Mr. Golata, one perfectly written English paper for every time I didn’t fall asleep during a discus­ sion; and to Cheryl Cohan, a lifetime supply of gum for all the sticks I bummed off her for four years. Debbie Plotkin First, I would like to leave to Miss Lund­ quist my pet alligator, Freddy, who was a fabulous reality in himself; to Mr. Plock, I leave all my typing papers— which he had better throw out; to Miss Woodard, a new book, "How to Defend Yourself Without Really Trying” ; to Mr. Pirok, all of the paper airplanes I ever made; to Miss Traub, all the luck she can have for her future nursery classes and her future; to Miss Stemp, my patience, which she’ll probably need in her future public speaking classes if they are anything like mine was; last, but not least, to my brother David, I leave all my good luck from four years for his last year here—he’ll need it! Leslie Cole To Mr. Byram, I leave another pocket in his PE sweatsuit; to Marty Glochow­ sky, I leave a life supply of egg rolls, for which he never paid Sue and me. Richard Berkowitz I leave Mr. Pirok all my future family problems. Cristina Lomboy To Miss Traub, I leave a box of cookies for snack time. Ronna Nessenson To Mr. Ferguson, I leave my green gym shoes; to Mr. Miya, Howard and Timmy; to Mr. Moshak, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention; and, finally, to all future Sheiks, I leave my old beard! La rry Geroge To Mrs. Ladd, I leave 100 bad pennies; to Mr. Yursky, a class that can keep a secret from Mrs. Derichs; to Jordy and Scott, another year of you know what; to Coach Ristow, an apology for not being at the right place at the right time; to the foreign language department, a new hiding place for your cookies; to Mr. Beechy, a golden vector; and to entering freshmen, a U-turn. B arry Rubin To Miss Vanderwilt, all my projects in chef’s course that didn’t come out. Michael Berger To Gary Musick, I leave the memory of my presence. Dale Andrea To Mr. Wetzel, an art survey class that cares—he deserves it. Patricia L. Thiry To Mr. da Rosa, I leave an all boys fourth year Spanish class. Sheila Kobritz To Ira Miller, I leave a Ringo cap; to Niles East, all of the hundreds of pens and pencils I’ve lost. Mike Shamberg To Judy Miller, 101 favorite insults from Art 7-8; to the incoming freshmen, all the hope, fun, and new friends this school has to offer. Arlene Mayer To Mr. Bloom, a film of his sex lecture; to Mr. Slattery, my A’s (ha, ha). Arlene Siavelis To Mr. Miya, I leave my collection of puzzle books with the answers supplied since he’ll never be able to figure them out by himself. M ark Snyderman Having attended what I believe to be the best three and half years East students ever had, I leave future graduates patience and good luck because I ’ve also seen the first semester of what may be the worst times this school will ever have; to Mr. Larson, one Olympic size swimming pool—within the next 20 years. Rodrigo Lopez | �Thursday, May 29, 1975 Page Five Feedback Students?last letters for 1974-75 school year Dear Editor, We would like to know if the stu­ dents have any pull to get a teacher rehired or if the students can do any­ thing to help, and if so, what? By now most people know Miss Chris Woodard, girl’s physical education teacher. As it stands, she will not be returning to the staff of Niles East for the ’75-76 school year. She has not been fired, but her contract has not been renewed because of the drop of enrollment at East, and financial difficulties. She has given 100 per cent of herself throughout the school year both physically anl mentally. She was assistant swimming coach, head volleyball coach, assistant badminton coach, and assistant softball coach, (when she’s not umpire for another team) covering a sport in each season. We think East has finally found a coach and teacher who understands her stu­ dents, and we really don’t think the ad­ ministration knows what they’re doing by not renewing her contract. Speaking on behalf of 90 per cent of the school, it’s more frustrating than any thing else to watch East get rid of someone so good and not be able to do anything. We’ve prepared petitions, made confer­ ences and asked parents to call in to see what they can do; and nothing is working. We’re sure the administration already has heard and seen how really qualified she is for the position of girls physical ed. teacher, and if they haven’t, then all they have to do is spend a week in one of her gym classes, attend a prac­ tice in which she is coaching, or even spend an hour talking to her to under­ stand what a really special person she is. She defines the word teacher to a tee; she’s someone the students can re­ late to and she has set forth examples of concern, understanding and even compassion to the students she knows. She has worked with the girls on various team sports and has shown them what the definition of “team ” really means; she has not only worked with the girls on their physical ability, but also their mental attitudes and has really displayed the meaning of “team .” The girls need her, and most of all the school needs her. If there is no way at all to get Miss Woodard back for the 1975-76 school year than Niles East is letting go of something special; a “special” teacher. Debbie Jaski ’76, Karen Behr ’77, Elaine Masover ’77, Jamie Borkovitz ’77, Dawn Flakne ’77, Andrea Slowik ’78 Dress code not important Dear Editor, It was announced over the P.A. by Mr. Hosier that he disagreed with the clothes that we, the students, are wear­ ing. He said girls were not to wear hal­ ter tops or midriffs, or any shirt which will allow the stomach to be seen. We never realized that students had a dress code at Niles East. We never thought it mattered as long as we weren’t wearing a bathing suit, or as long as the clothes covered the essential areas. We thought what mattered in school was your grades, and how good of a stu­ dent you were, not if you were fashion­ ably and conservatively dressed. We agree with Mr. Hosier on the fact that maybe some halters are what he would say were revealing. But we think that banning these items is wrong. The next thing that he will be banning are gym shoes, slacks for girls, colored tops for boys, and we will be wearing skits and blouses and shirts and ties for boys. Maybe we are exaggerating but clothes do not help us think any more or any less. It is difficult to sit in class­ rooms and swelter all day long. We think it is only fair that we could be dressed as confortably as possible and still be the good students we are and that we are expected to be. Denise Levin ’77, Tom Mengarelli ’76, Karen Binder ’77, Melissa Goss ’77 Hosier’s policies for jails Dear Editor, I am making a comment in regard to Hosier’s jail policies. The study hall for freshman is not that bad, but it’s bad enough. First of all, most fresh­ men carry heavy loads and they must take health also. I know a person who, as a freshman, carried five majors plus music, and she had a 40-minute lunch period and a 20-minute period free. She would lose her lunch period and have 20 minutes for lunch. And what if the 20 Teacher ends 42-year job Seniors may say good-by to Niles East this month after four years of schooling, but Miss Imogene Schneiter, English teacher, bids farewell on June 16 to a forty-two year teaching career. Miss Schneiter is retiring to her home­ town of Taylorville, 111., where she will relax, read, play golf, and “do what I want to do.” When she was a girl, only three pro­ fessions were open to women: nursing, teaching, and office work. Her mother was a teacher, so, “my mother chose a career for me.” Her first teaching job was in a junior high school in 1933 where she taught English there for eight years; during World War II she also taught physical education. Prior to coming to East in 1961, she also taught at Lamphare High. Her long career extended from Illi­ nois into Japan where she lectured at the University of Wakayanna and taught conversational English to Japanese stu­ dents under a Fulbright scholarship. A second Fulbright scholarship sent her to Italy to teach English in an Italian high school. Miss Schneiter has many memories of the way things were. She recalls pad­ dling a group of boys for misbehaving in her class when she taught in the junior high, and helping some students play a prank on the Dean of Lamphare High. As a girl, she enjoyed playing pranks. “I could give the kids here a few pointers.” Although she played prac­ tical jokes, Miss Schneiter feels her gen­ eration and those past played jokes in fun, not for destructive purposes as some are today. Real freedom and responsibility for students, Miss Schneiter believes, ex­ isted in the early ’60’s when students were confined to school grounds, but who monitored hallways and supervised study halls. Miss Schneiter feels that throughout her many years of teaching, the true rewards are not tangible. True fulfill­ ment comes when a student from past years visits school and tells her, al­ though they disliked what they had to learn in their freshman year, the know­ ledge and discipline has proved valuable in future years. Some of her past stu­ dents have become doctors, lawyers, and college professors; one student is president of Ohio University, and anoth­ er, varsity basketball coach at the Un­ iversity of Michigan. Miss Schneiter is looking forward to relaxing, and has no future plans for teaching. “When I walk out of the class­ room, it’s the last day of forty-two years,” she concluded. minute period is not during cafeteria hours? I think that it is very unreason­ able, even though it doesn’t concern me. Homeroom is bad enough daily, but why the need to take away our free periods? The 10-26-10 policy is ridiculous. Hos­ ier is looking for a way to give out more detentions and referrals than is necessary. No wonder there is a paper shortage! It is a real pain to clear up the deten­ tion assignment if you weren’t ditching. Now it’s going to be even harder. What is Hosier trying to do, take away all of our free periods? I think that is what is in his mind. Did I hit it on the nose, Mr. Hosier? Name withheld upon request Coverage questioned Dear Editor, This same issue contains a guest edi­ torial of mine relating to future Senate objectives and I trust that you will print this letter concurrently. Immediately succeeding my victory as Senate president last May, the Nile­ hilite printed a 10-second editorial which concluded by stating: “We (the Nilehilite staff) are not casting aspersions on the newly-elected president ... But we cannot help but question the motives of those who did vote in the election —were they based on merit or popularity?” I need not defend myself on this, or on any other questions raised throughout this year as it has been proved and expressed by many that this year’s Sen­ ate administration has indeed made pro­ gress in its service to the students, con­ sideration of student opinion, and repre­ sentation of existing district-wide organ­ izations. I wish to raise the question of why aspersions were cast — not on one single individual but rather on those unselfish and determined individuals comprising the Student Senate. I belive that there are certain facts which need to be presented to the sudents lest they remain unknown forever. Is it not the responsibility of a news­ paper of the Nilehilite’s caliber to staff itself with people capable of gathering research? Why then was the Senate de­ prived of such reporters? I also must commend the Editor for her expert job in editing, censorship, and disregarding of any articles concerning Senate achieve­ ments this year. Despite my keen mem­ ory, I cannot recall the last time a re­ porter did attend a Senate meeting. Nor do I desire to remember the last time the Nilehilite has attacked the Senate under false pretenses. Finally, I dread the thought of reading our Senate cor­ respondent’s (Steve Levy) articles edited to the point of being virtually meaning­ less. Our anger has reached a peak over your last two issues. In the paper of May 2, you criticized us for not advertis­ ing the upcoming election. Yet, when the election campaign was in full force, in the following issue you, the one re­ sponsible for informing the students, mentioned not one word about the race. Don’t complain that we aren’t advertis­ ing our race, when you throw your re­ sponsibility out the window and mention no word about the election in your paper. To conclude, I wish to state that since this year’s elections for Senate president are over, I offer the new president and future Senate president aspirants the two most effective tips I know for overcom­ ing the “communication barrier” be­ tween the Nilehilite and the Senate: 1) Request the Editor one hundred times personally (or approximately one-half the amount I did) to appoint competent reporters to all Senate meetings; and 2) Make sure that the editor of the Nilehilite doesn’t happen to lose the Senate election. Robert Miller ’75, Richard Cope ’76 Editor’s comment: It is certainly true that the Nilehilite Editor strongly criti­ cized the manner in which the Senate prepared for the election this spring. However, the Nilehilite issue following that editorial was the Apprentice Issue prepared by the journalism class, over which the Nilehilite staff had NO juris­ diction. Even if we had, because the Senate Election Committee set the clos­ ing filing date as late as May 9, the possibility of covering the campaign was precluded as the Nilehilite copy was sub­ mitted to the printer a week before the distribution date of May 16. Service in dean’s office? Dear Editor, I have just returned from the attend­ ance office and still have the same prob­ lem that I went in with. I walked in, proceeded to the front desk, waited about five minutes before I was addressed. This normally wouldn’t bother me, but there was no one else there and the women were talking about when they were going to have their lunch hour. I waited the entire period and nothing was accomplished. I went to the desk and again had to wait five minutes to get some one’s attention. As I sat there, three other people came in and the same thing happened to them. However, a parent also came in during this time and the red carpet was rolled out to him. Why don’t the students get the same treatment? Why can’t I make an appointment to see the dean? I asked when I could see her and they said to come in during my free time, but could not assure me that I could see her. I thought these people were here to help us? I needed them right away and there was no one to go to. I have found that you must plan to have a problem here at least a week in advance to make an appointment. Enjoy your lunch ladies. S. Campbell ’75 Thanks to Pettit Dear Editor, I would like to thank Mr. Pettit for all the time, effort, and devotion he has given to our music department in the last two years. He came to East straight from college and was put in charge of more groups than any other music di­ rector in the school’s history. He di­ rected the concert and cadette bands, marching band, stage band, music the­ ory class, music appreciation class, or­ chestra, and the musical productions. In my opinion he performed better than could ever have been expected from a man right out of college or any man for that matter. I would also like to apologize to him for all the hard times the band and the administration has given him and I sincerely hope that in spite of these hard times he will look back on his years here favorably. I wish him all the luck in the world in his future endeavors. Ronna Kalish ’75 Artist searches for piece Dear Editor, The piece of art that was stolen from me at the art show was priceless with great sentimental value. The item, was a 17” x 21” walnut board with an eagle soaring over pine covered hill­ tops carved into it. I would appreciate any information on its whereabouts or if possible it could be returned, a re­ ward would be given with no questions asked. Dale Lynn Andrea ’75 Bus service unreliable Dear Editor, I would like to complain about the uncooperative bus service that Niles East has. It seems every time we are on the gold time schedule or on a spe­ cial time schedule the busses leave on time according to the blue schedule. I am mainly referring to the 1:30 busses. When the students are released from class a few minutes after 1:30 it is very upsetting to find no busses waiting. Even if someone goes into the main office and asks for the busses to be held, the busses never seem to wait and you end up walking four blocks and taking the C.T.A. This is unfair to all the bus riding students, especially for those who pay to use the bus. Their best bet would be to take the C.T.A. At least it’s reli­ able. Richard Kane ’78 �Page Six Thursday, May 29, 1975 Seniors recall four years On Senior Prank Day last year, Dave Barack and myself went to the far side of the physics room to “do our home­ work.” Shortly afterwards, I called Mr. Cooper over to help us with a "difficult” problem. As he came toward us, one of the senior members of the class tossed a lit package of 88 firecrackers into the center of the room. For the next five minutes, there was no sound other than the rapid succession of exploding fire­ crackers. Then Allen Samelson got up, ran to the window, and yelled. “There he goes!” Mr. Cooper was convinced that someone threw the firecrackers from the court yard through a half closed third floor window into the center of the floor under a table. Scott Hite The most memorable experience I had at Niles East was the entire four years 1 spent here. No m atter how everyone (in­ cluding myself) says they can hardly wait to get out of this hole of a school, I think they will honestly miss Niles East deep down. I know I will. I had a great time in high school and I realize that parents are right when they say high school is the best time in your life. I wasn't the athlete of the year or number one in the class, but just another average student. And I’m glad I went to Niles East. Te rry Bauer Last year in chemistry, my lab partner, Sheree Cain (’74) and I were doing an experiment. I put my lab book up on a Bunsen burner. After a minute, I asked her to check my reading and, while we were both bending over the balance, somebody shouted, “Hey! Your books on fire!” The first thought that flashed through my mind was, “Now what did Steven Fine do?” But, as I looked up, I stared in disbelief at my lab book in flames. I was so shocked that I just stood there with my mouth open, but you should have seen how quickly and alert­ ly Sheree acted. She moved right over and blew it out! The time Jeff Weinstein sat down on his lunch that included MASHED POTATOES with GRAVY. Dale^Cohen Freshman year, Mr. Colton was lecturing my class on irresponsibility and lack of maturity in kids. I reached into my coat pocket for a stick of gum. but inadvert­ ently set off a laughing box. It took me about 20 seconds to get the box out of my pocket and remove the battery, while the class roared and Mr. Colton just stared incredulously. After a long chase, Bill Hall, Mark Flitman, and I, all armed with whipped cream pies, trapped Bruce Kahn in the band room. On Mark’s suggestion, Bill went in one door with an empty pie tin. As Bruce ran out the other door, I nailed him with the real one right in the face. Aside from breaking my glasses, he took it pretty well. Last Halloween, Mark Flitman and I put on monkey masks, bounded into a Russian class, picked up Marsie Hass, and carried her out in hysteria over my shoulder. One night of Reflections, Scott Hite, Bruce Kahn, and I were standing on the top of the scaffolding, obscured from the audience. Simultaneously, we decided to moon the band. The whole horn section cracked up so hard that they couldn’t play the rest of the song. Marty Glochowsky During freshman year, when notes from parents were acceptable for absences, 1 had a friend forge a note for a day I cut. The note worked until my French teacher read it. She asked why my mother couldn’t spell her own name right. My friend had forgotten the "h ” in my last name. That episode cost me three week’s detention. One day, a friend and I saw my old health teacher in an X-rated movie. When he saw us, he becamed very em­ barrassed. We asked him why he didn’t teach us anything like what was in the movie. He replied, “ I knew you would learn it somewhere.” Beth Smart La rry Schwartz Last year, Mrs. Mazouch’s American His­ tory APP class tied a rope around her desk and gradually pulled it away whlie she lectured. She never noticed that it was moving away until she tried to put a book down on the desk and it dropped to the floor. Sophomore year, I had Mr. Sokalski for swimming. We doubled up with Mr. Byram’s class, meaning the total number of people in the pool was about 60. One day, Mr. Sokalski asked me to demon­ strate a certain stroke in the lane closest to the bleachers near where he was standing. I dove in and, about five seconds later, I felt a jabbing pain in my side. I looked up to see Mr. Sokalski spearing me with the metal rescue pole. When I got out of the pool, I had to walk past him to get back in line. As I passed him, he felt a similar jabbing in his leg—administered by my fist. I walked on for a few steps and heard Mr. Sokalski’s booming voice saying, "Schermerhom, it would help your marking period grade greatly if you were to say, 'you are sorry you are an ass!’ ” Feeling I was justified in my action, I slowly turned and calmly replied, “Mr. Sokal­ ski, you’re sorry you’re an ass.” Need­ less to say, as 60 guys fell over them­ selves laughing, I was asked to leave the pool area. Ironically, I was allowed to rejoin the class the next day with no further punishment, while the rest of the class had to swim the breast stroke for the whole period for laughing. Steven Levy Freshman year in Mrs. Mazouch’s nonWestern civilization class, water started seeping in under the door because some­ one had flooded the toilets in the wash­ room across the hall. When people began screaming and putting their feet up so as not to get wet, Mrs. Mazouch said with perfect aplomb, “What’s the matter? Haven’t you ever seen water before?” She then continued her lecture. Leonard Brenner We were having a two-part film in Mrs. Isenberg’s sociology class— the first half on one day and the second half on the next. Jeff Burgess was in my class and decided on his own to get the centerfold out of a Penthouse magazine to tape it up on the the screen before the second half of the film. Well, I got to pull the screen down for the film and it just kind of stared at Mrs. Isenberg. She took it down, asked whose it was, put it in her folder, and said, “I’m going to have to put this up on my bulletin board!” Audrey Karyn Wu During freshman year, I had a gym teacher named Polaski. Every time one of his students had candy or a drink, he always took it from them and ate it himself. One day, I brought some gum to gym and he took it from me and ate four pieces. Little did he know that it was Ex Lax gum. The following day, he cornered me in the hall, furious, saying he would flunk me, and he did. Glenn Kabot My most memorable experience was initiation into Key Club. I was forced into the embarrassing and humiliating situation of dressing up as a girl. I wore a wig, a mid-length skirt, stuffed bra. low-cut blouse, lipstick, high heels, and even false eye lashes. I was supposed to attend the Key Club dance and remain in my feminine attire until some eligible gentleman asked me to dance. It was a long night. What made the evening worthwhile was the double takes and dirty looks from innocent bystanders who were shocked at the sight of a girl with a black mustache and a hairy chest. Howard Nussbaum During Reflections’ matinee performance sophomore year, I was going to the cafe­ teria for food for everyone. I returned through the halls with about 15 cartons of milk, 11 sandwiches, seven ice creams, and a lot of fruit. While opening up the door to the hall with the tray, Mr. Eyerman stopped me and told me he’d give me a referral for having food in the halls. After a brief explanation, I gave him an apple and said I ’d forget if he would. Then I turned away and watched him walk away eating the apple. Dr. Colver saw this and said, “Louis, you’re supposed to set an example!” Gayle Kopels Howard Schermerhorn Upon receiving grade cards at the end of freshman year, I discovered that I had earned a “D” in Mr. Weitzenfeld’s alge­ bra class, with a note attached saying, " a gift as far as I’m concerned.” On my birthday sophomore year, I was asked to make a speech in my honors western class. Instead, I gave the class a free vocal concert for the entire period. Mr. Pirok just sat back and relaxed. Driving up a lawn in behind-the-wheel. Getting locked in the showcase by the library. It was doubly difficult to get out because I had the key. Junior year, when Cindy Trawinski and I flunked the Constitution test because we stayed up the night before eating felafel. The time I walked through the girls’ locker room with Ellen Pollack (on a dare) and nobody noticed. The night that Michele Soltan, Cindy Trawinski, Stan Pressner, and I put up the scaffolding for Reflections and they had to take it down the next day be­ cause it was in the wrong place. Ed Goldstein I’ll never forget one day last spring when our baseball team had sliding prac­ tice in the mud. When it was all over, we went inside to take a shower. But, one of the players (Ed Calvo ’74) took his clothes off and went down to the in­ door track to take a couple of laps while five schools were haivng a track meet. George Vlahandreas When Eddie Purcell’s suit came off while he was swimming the 200-yard freestyle. Ed Naumes My most memorable experience occurred sophomore year, when Ed Goldstein and I were assembling a display for Sopho­ more Cabinet in the case across from the library. The key and Ed were sitting in the case. I was standing in the hall. Then, somehow, I accidentially-on-purpose locked Ed inside. The expression on his face was classic as Mr. Pirok and a few other choice people walked by and found an Ed on exhibit. My most memorable, and probably my most humiliating, experience at Niles E ast occurred during junior year at lunch. I went to one of the lines that circle around and bought a fish sandwich and Hawaiian Punch. On my way out, after paying the cashier, I saw about seven freshmen boys waiting at the door­ way. Well, before I could do anything, one of them dropped his coat over my head and another took my sandwich. Realizing what was happening, I took the coat off my head with my free hand (the other hand still had the drink) and looked at the boys. All I could say was, " I can’t believe it.” Then I went to find the supervising teacher to help me. Mr. Golata was on duty and I pleaded with him to help me. He asked who did it and I said that I didn’t know because they put a coat over my head. He de­ cided to see what he could do, so we approached the group of boys, and of course, they denied everything. I walked away very frustrated and, I might add, hungry. My most, memorable experience was when, toward the end of sophomore year, Cindy Trawinski and I were walking in the music wing. It happened to be finals day, so the whole place was deserted. Well, we decided we wanted to play piano, so we retired to a practice room. After we finished, we turned around and, lo and behold, NO DOORKNOB!! What a rush! We must have laughed for an hour, because that’s how long we were stuck in there! My second most was during the Special Ed car wash. We were all soaking wet and decided to dry our pants in the Special Ed dryers. Well, Cindy retired behind a partition to doff her pants. Unknowingly, I walked right in back of the partition, catching Cindy “with her pants down,” as they say. We laughed for another hour! Haney Klehr Bill Hall Debbie Plotkin I will never forget my honors chemistry class sophomore year, taught by the incomparable “Doc” Welch. The illustri­ ous and celebrated lab team of Home Base (Jimmy Cohn and me) will go down in the annals of scientific history, unparallelled for the numerous labs we burned through with our superior lab technique. The memories of our "Dy­ namic Duo” will live on forever in infamy. However, I must commend our F ar Eastern Base (Guru and Hite) and Espionage Agents (Mar-Z and Nancy) for jobs well done. No one can forget our brilliant birthday parties which were highlighted by Adelman-Cohn special chocolate marshmallow pies which the Doc had to cut with a hammer and chisel. One time, the enemy tried to do away with our F ar Eastern Base by sab­ otaging one of Doc’s pressure-volume lab demonstrations. The lab exploded just inches away from their heads, but no­ body was hurt and the plan was foiled. The great times were never ending. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like Home Base! Phil Adelman My most memorable experience at Niles East was when my family and I had gone to the art show. We thought we were going to have a pleasant time looking at all the art work and then go out to eat. It didn’t quite work out that way. While at the art show, I didn’t feel so well. While attempting to inform my parents of this, I passed out. I was later told that my mother and sister became very excited. When I awoke, two ambulance attendants were there, ready to put me on a stretcher to go to the hospital. While exiting the school on the stretcher, I remember waving good-bye to Mr. Grabowski to let him and everyone else know that I was all right. It was just one of the many things school can do to you. Rhonda Schwartz In math analysis with Mr. Yursky, Mitch Newman and Scott Pector colloborated on a long, complicated solution to a prob­ lem. Mitch made a photocopy of the solution, and they went to class. This was the last six weeks, which meant that doing problems on the board were graded “A” if correct, “ F ” if at all wrong. Mitch went first. He proceeded to cony this long, long proof onto the board while Mr. Yursky repeatedly yelled, “What a horrible way to do a problem!” When Mitch got to the end of the problem, he found that the last line ran off the copy. He couldn’t remember what is was, and he couldn’t figure it out, so he got an "F .” Scott was next. He merely went up and filled in the last line. Mr. Yursky, visibly shocked, yelled, “ Sir! You did it THAT WAY too!!!” Warren Silver Freshman year, Mr. Rostvold’s biology class was studying the human skeleton. Joe Ambrose placed a frog in the skele­ ton’s head and the entire class started complaining that they couldn’t understand brain structure. Mr. Rostvold removed the top of the skeleton’s head and out popped the frog. When Jim Cohn set off some firecrackers during a physics test and Mr. Cooper actually believed that they were thrown in from the courtyard through the third story window. Lastly, before winter vacation in APP chemistry, some of the class decided to give Mr. Bloom a Christmas present. Very innocently, we gathered around his desk and sang, "We wish you a Merry Christmas,” and then proceeded to squirt him with water. His only comment was to say that he felt like he had been peed on. Andi Toback One Saturday morning. Bob Miller, War­ ren Silver, Nancy Hirsch, Steve Leon, Howard Chabner, and I met at the Inter­ national House of Pancakes to plan a Student Senate resolution condemning some of Mr. Hosier’s actions and policies. We didn’t get too far when Mr. Hosier and Dr. Hawkins walked in for break­ fast. The time when Ed Goldstein sang and danced for an entire period of Western Civ. and Mr. Pirok just sat back and roared with laughter. On the day of a test in French, Rob Feder stood up and gave a speech for 40 minutes. We never did take the test. Watching Jeff Rock walk out to "Grand March” before wrestling in the state finals. Ira Fishman During my sophomore year, while play­ ing tennis in the Central Suburban League finals, we split sets, thus enabling us to take a five-minute break to discuss strategy with our coach. We had faith in our beloved coach and trusted that she had made notes of our weak points, as did our opponents’ coaches. After searching for Miss Matlack, we discov­ ered that she had been so interested in our match that she had gone to Mc­ Donald's for lunch. We were, however, told not to worry, for she would be back soon. Upon her return, we expressed disappointment at her lack of concern. At this point. Miss Hatlack began to cry —a situation that we were not unaccus­ tomed to. Tam m y Lothan Around Halloween time in my junior year, I went to my locker to find a cracked egg in it with a note from friends. I decided to return this prank and sprayed about a half a can of shaving cream on the inside of a friend’s locker after moving his books. After he opened his locker, he didn’t look immed­ iately in and was talking. By this time, several people had gathered and were laughing. When he finally looked, he saw the entire inside covered with shaving cream. He didn’t say much except to ask where his books were. This locker was not cleaned out for a couple of months and became a garbage dump for people. Paul C . Brzozowski It was a typical bad Monday morning. As I was daydreaming out the window, Mr. Moshak asked me a question from our Russian dialogue. “What are you having for breakfast, Frederick?” With­ out thinking, I quickly replied, "N ata­ sha!” Fred Batko In driver ed sophomore year, Mike Lis was my driving partner. We were doing up and down hill parking. After I parked down hill, we switched drivers. But Mike forgot that the wheels were turned in and put the car in drive. As we drove up onto the lawn of a bank in Evanston, Mr. Richardson didn’t say a word. He just sat there with his hands over his face. Maureen Sullivan Freshman year, being Mr. Eyerman’s “ outstanding student”—“ out standing” in the hall. In spite of my fear of bugs, sophomore year I had to catch and suffocate grass­ hoppers for Mr. Roth’s biology class. I left the grasshoppers in my locker in the morning, and when I returned later in the day, Joe Ambrose (my locker partner) had pinned all the grasshoppers to my locker’s bulletin board. I screamed so loud that the lay supervisor was going to give me a referral. I quickly showed her what was in my locker and she turned pale and left me alone. Marla Levie This may not be my most memorable experience at Niles East, but it sure was an experience. It all started when Pat Rogover and I went on a bike ride. We were riding along the lake, so we de­ cided to take a swim. After the swim, P at took off her bra and, when it had partially dried, placed it in my saddle­ bag, where it was promptly forgotten. The night before I was to return it, I had my boyfriend sew her name on the side of it. The next day, Renee Haynes, Michelle Stein, and I hung it on P at’s locker. Never have you seen a girl’s face turn redder than P at’s did when she saw her bra hanging on that locker. Kathy Ravey The second week of school freshman year, wandering around the halls first period with a couple of friends. We decided we were lost when we couldn’t identify the modern building we were in; it couldn’t be the English section, could it? And there’s a shuffle board game printed on the floor? I opened a set of doors, which didn’t have any sign or anything on them, to discover another set of doors. I opened the second, and there I saw an undressed boy folding some articles of clothing! I turned and ran, my two friends having the sense to follow! Because of the changes made in Driver Ed, my birthday being in November, and other complications, I ended up taking BTW with Dr. Warner on Saturday morn­ ing. We were parked by the entrance to circle drive. I was sitting in the driver’s seat, for it was my turn to take the car. Dr. Warner stepped in with a full cup of steaming hot coffee. “Whatever you do, don’t brake” were his explicit instruc­ tions. I stepped on the gas just a little too hard and, suddenly, two students stepped onto the drive on the way to Trojan Hall. I slammed on the brakes!! Hot coffee went all over the dashboard and Dr. Warners’ pants. And I started laughing. I mean this was too ironic! He didn’t swear, but he never said anything good about my driving! Toni Tumonis Freshman year, I went swimming in the pool after school. I got out of the water a little early, and went into the lockerroom. I took off my suit, I was holding a towel in front of me, and I wanted to turn the shower on, but as I looked up I saw the janitor standing in the mid­ dle of the shower, fixing something. When he saw me, I accidently dropped by towel and started to run and scream. I saw him pick up the towel and run after me and then he started apologizing, but I locked myself in the john and told him to leave. I sat through a 40 minute class being taught by a male teacher with his fly open the whole time and everyone knew but he. Judy Gelb During one cross country meet, David Greenberg *76 put clown make-up on his face during the race. At the end he actually had beaten someone. When Mark Lichtenstien ’76 "pantsed” Mike Kite in front of Coach Ristow, Mar­ garet May, plus the whole cross country team. Margaret didn’t see it, but Coach couldn’t stop laughing for five minutes (we time it.) Spending five successive 12th periods with Mrs. Derichs trying to crack Lenny Brenner’s and Paul Saltzman’s snapping fingers code, and, after figuring it out, finding that everyone else knew it. Being issued swimming shorts twice my size freshman year and told to swim across the pool. By the time I got to the other side, my shorts were down to my ankles. After I got out of the pool, my teacher (Mr. Polaski) asked me why I swim so funny. Trying to run the mile with gas. M ark Scherfling My most memorable experience happened when, freshman year, I was called down to Mr. Puff’s office, and, when I got there, I was so scared I looked in his office and, when I saw him, I just laughed. Scott Slutsky This year in biology class we were study­ ing the heart. Sophomore Robbie Pollitzer had a stethoscope in his ears when another student walked by and inadvert­ ently kicked Robbie in the leg. Without realizing the stethoscope was still in his ears and thinking he saw merely whis­ pering, he shouted, “Bleep you!” Mr. Oswald was shocked after hearing the expletive, and he turned around and asked Robbie if he wanted to come downstairs with him while he called his mother. Only then did Robbie realize he wasn’t whispering and removed the steth­ oscope from his ears. For the rest of the year, he was known as "Toilet Tongue.” Eddie Pacobs The time Ben Bleadon fell asleep in Mr. Yursky’s class the period before our class. Mr. Yursky let him sleep and he finally woke up halfway through our class. He looked around, didn’t under­ stand what we going on, turned bright red, and ran out of the room. The time Mr. Miya’s toupee fell off. Bill Weinman Last year, we decided to play a little trick on a gullible friend of ours. Upon opening his locker one Monday morning, our friend discovered a rather suggestive note, complete with illustrations. To avoid his discovering our identities, the words were copied from various newspapers and magazines, pasted on purple con­ struction paper, and signed "X.” He re­ acted with so much interest and curi­ osity that w e , just had to continue. We decided it wasn’t feasible to do this each day, but that we could get together each Sunday night, so a note would ap­ pear on Monday morning. After four weeks, we got bored and decided to quit. On the last Monday morning, while put­ ting the note in his locker, we found a note from him telling "X ” that if she would only reveal herself to him he would be glad to fulfill her wants. Until this very moment, he didn’t know who did it. (Thought we couldn’t keep a secret, didn’t you?) Sandy Ridker and M arsie Hass My most memorable experience occurred in freshman gym in a wrestling class taught by Coach Byram. There was a certain exercise where one person would be on all fours and another person with his hands behind his back would place his chest on the other’s back and then attempt to walk around behind from one side of the person to the other as fast as possible. My partner did not do this fast enough, so Coach Byram told him to speed it up. This had no result, so Coach Byram bent over took his whistle, and hit him on the derrière. My partner promptly cut a very loud one in the coach’s face. Coach Byram looked as if he had heart failure. He never bother­ ed my partner again. Scott Pector Freshman year, when a friend and I exchanged hot lunches—all over each other’s shirt. The time Coach Richardi got his nose caught in the volleyball net while he was showing us how to spike the ball without touching the net. Ron Lewen My most memorable experience happened like this: Mrs. Whyman’s volleyball class January 17, 1974, Was the day that I happened to fall to the floor. My team was waiting for the other team to serve, When suddenly the volleyball developed a curve. It came right at me, I gave it a whack. The next thing I knew, I was flat on my back. I tried to get up and wanted to curse. While three or four girls ran for the nurse. The tears started rolling, and my face turned all red While millions of things were going on in my head. I felt so embarrassed, everyone standing around Just staring at me lying flat on the ground. The nurses came, running busy as bees, Everyone and anyone still staring at me. Then they called my mom and, when she came. Through my tears I could only call out, “Did we win the game?” The next two weeks were a hospital stay With me always remembering that most memorable day. Leslie G. Cole My most memorable experience came in Mr. Miya’s European History class. This was the day he was giving us a lecture on the evils of digressions and he bent over and his toupee fell off. Laura Gunderson I ’ll never forget the time sophomore year when Fred Weichselbaum and I walked into Mrs. Bass’ speed reading class ten minutes late with our hair drip­ ping wet. She asked us where we had been and we told her we just got out of swimming. She logically replied, "Well next time, swim faster.” Something else I’ll never forget was when, during cat dissection in APP biology, Fred and I decided to play stump the teacher on Mr. Degenhardt. We proceeded to cut off one of the cat’s testicles and lodged it next to the one of the kidneys. Fred then asked Mr. Degenhardt what the white lump was next to the kidney. Very seri­ ously, Mr. Degenhardt started to iden­ tify the lump. He convinced us that he really thought the lump was a growth, and Fred and I were afraid he would fail us or something when he found out. It turned out that Mr. Degenhardt knew what the lump was all the time and had turned the tables on us. When he finally let on that he knew, we all had a good laugh and Fred I found out that Mr. Degenhardt really knows his cat. Mike Losoff Putting a Mad magazine picture on my ID over my picture and having Dean Reiter ask me for my ID for writing on a locker. Luckily, he found it humorous. Having Marty Glochowsky pour chocolate milk over my head in the cafeteria and pouring mine down his shirt. Freshman year, we put a frog in the skeleton’s head, in the science room and asked Mr. Rostvold to explain the inside of the head. He was pretty surprised. Seeing Mr. Eyerman for the first time. Mark Flitman One day during junior year, Marla Levie and I happened to be studying in the library. Well, this day was no different from any other and, naturally, the com­ motion and noise level rose to an all-time high. Students, in protest of the quiet system, turned over the tables. Mrs. Palansky was furious and closed the room in the condition it was left in. A temp­ orary librarian was minding the room when Marla and I sneaked into the room to straighten it up. When Mrs. Palansky returned with Dr. Iverson and a dean, the room looked fine. Mrs. Palansky turned red with em barrassment and tried to explain the situation. But, alas, the two men walked out of the room a little less sure of their library staff. Michele Soltan When Mr. Puff stripped-searched me dur­ ing sophomore year. Mike Mega �Thursday, May 29, 1975 Page Seven most unforgettable experiences In driver ed sophomore year, I had just completed an uphill parking task. I was ready to pull away when I thought I heard a dog barking. Mr. Huff, my driver ed teacher, said he thought he heard it too, and told me to wait a few minutes before pulling away. He felt that the dog could be under or near the car and was afraid we might hit it. We waited and waited, but saw no dog. Mr. Huff then decided to get out of the car to look around. He walked up and down the street looking in people’s bushes and under cars, but to no avail. Then he had a brilliant idea! He decided that if he could somehow attract the dog, it would come out from where it was hiding. So, he stood there in the middle of the street, barking, whining, and yelping like a dog. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen. I had trouble driving back to school—I was laughing so hard! Janet Ross Freshman year, for Blue and Gold day, I dressed up as a Cub Scout and some guys locked me in the boys’ john. When Terry the Tool caught me in the music wing with my boyfriend. Sandy Silver The time, freshman year, when Linda Price walked into the pool area stark naked except for a bathing suit around her knees. She wobbled in that way be­ cause she didn’t want to be tardy. Nailing young lovers in the courtyard from the second floor. Bird calls and harrassment of substitutes. Carrying on my friendship with stump-fro from the days of crater face. The time I told Mrs. Palansky in the library to shut up and ran out before she could give me a referral. The time, during “The King and I,” when the props crew was eating “ choco­ late dog kisses,” thinking that they were Hershey’s Kisses. Dave Hirsch The first day of school freshman year when I walked into Mr. Puff’s office and asked him what his real name was. Meeting and making all the wonderful friends I have. Holly Baker Getting caught drinking on a field trip and having to take an “ F ” in that class because of it. Tom Seals Getting around the elephant on the bridge. Come on—use your alligator— and, if he don’t snap, ask Mrs. Lundquist! Micki Kurlan When I first came as a freshman to school on the Niles West bus. I stood on the wrong corner. The bus driver took me back to East, though,. Monika Pforr The time Ron Rzadzki and I stacked four tables on top of each other in the lounge and Ron scared everyone by throwing a chair at the stack. All of the dough fights in chef’s course. Mike Valenti Freshman year, my English teacher, Mrs. Friedman, was ill for quite some time. We had a substitute for approxi­ mately three weeks. Mrs. Steinberg was her name and she was around 4’11” tall, making me five inches taller than her. One day, she yelled at me and, not want­ ing to take such nonsense from a sub­ stitute, I yelled back. Our tempers grew to the point where she threw me out of class and told me to go wait in the Eng­ lish office. So, like a good little freshman, I did. After class, she came waddling into the office with a look of hate on her face and started to yell. So, of course, I yelled back again. She threatened me and I laughed. She cursed me in nice words and I cursed her in not so nice words. By the time we had slowed down a little, we found that we had an audience of approximately 15 people, teachers and students alike, all laughing at us loudly. The sub sent a referral in about me and my dean tore it up. He thought it was funny, too. When I was a stand-in for a tennis tournament at Glenview. I went along hoping to play, but, for ten hours, I watched and took pictures. I didn’t get to play, though. Arnie Fishman In algebra freshman year, there was a substitute teacher named Miss Pickles. When earlier classes heard this, everyone made fun of her name and embarrassed her. So I decided to prepare my friends in my class by telling them not to laugh when she announced her rather ridiculous name. When she did, not a soul even snickered—except yours truly. I was the only one in the class to laugh for 40 minutes. The night Ellen Pollack and I slept in the auditorium because we had rehearsal the next morning. We had an interesting evening of hide and seek with the secur­ ity guard who never caught us. One afternoon, while walking down the hall with my boy friend, we waved to Judy Balter in Mr. Poznansky’s room, Just then, Mr. Van Cleave stormed out of his office yelling that we had disrupted the class. We tried to tell him that wav­ ing in the window of the class couldn’t have caused any commotion. Failing to believe this, he made us dance in front of the class. He said that we either had to give them a show or get a referral. So I just did a few steps while my boy friend did a whole tap dance routine. I was so embarrassed after the ordeal was over. Then he took us back into his office and remarked, " I just wondered whether you had the nerve to do it.” When Bill Hall threw me into the guys’ shower room. You never saw so many naked guys run so fast from a girl before. Terri Diamond My most memorable experiences were both during my sophomore year. One was my first home basketball game as a pom-pon girl. The squad wore our new uniforms and I forgot to wear my blue trunks underneath. The other was tearing up 26 of my cut slips with Dean Turry. Penny Holland When Glenn Kabot sat down on a tack and even Mr. Siegal, our teacher, was falling on the floor laughing. Ira Berry When I received a note informing me that I had not returned my history book. I went to the text book center and in­ formed one of the ladies there that they had made a mistake and that I had returned the book. I was told that I would have to go through all the U.S. history books to find mine. Do you know what it’s like going through 500 history books on the last day of school in 90 degree weather? After an unsuccessful search of about an hour, I was informed that my book was handed in already! Jeanette Alexander When I wasn’t familiar with the school yet back in early freshman year, I had to go to the john real badly. So I ran through this door, thinking it was the boys’ john when it was the girls’. This was bad enough. But, it was between periods and the john was very crowded. I tried to run out unnoticed, but the girls saw me and started screaming. Every­ body in the hall looked at me and it turned out to be a very embarrassing scene. Ron Levitt During freshman year, on Blue and Gold Day, I painted myself blue and gold in a checkered pattern and wore a bathing cap painted the same. Walking to school, everyone thought that I was nuts and I got some pretty funny reactions. Mr. Bloom showed me to his class and the whole place cracked up. In typing, the keys turned blue and gold and the paint started peeling. After my disappointing loss, I washed off the paint and the shower was left a beautiful blue and gold. Sherri Avers Steve Dobryman One memorable experience came sopho­ more year during a dress rehearsal for Reflections in which I had to make a quick change of clothes. I kept my clothes on a stool so that I could just whip my clothes off and put my new ones on as soon as I got offstage. Well, one time the props people threw my clothes in a different place. I got off­ stage, whipped my clothes off, and stood in my "undergarments” screaming, “Where the hell are my clothes?” Fin­ ally, I just put my first costume back on and went on stage. Later, I cried for three hours. Another very memorable experience has been working with Jerry Proffit, an ex­ cellent director and teacher, in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and other shows. Thanks Uncle Jer! And one more, during freshman year just before winter vacation. Home ec was having a party and we had a little extra ice cream. So, naive little me went up to the third floor to offer some to Mr. Osness. I saw Judy Kalin and she stopped to have some. Well, a little of it fell on the floor. All of a sudden, Mr. Eyerman came storming down the hall. By the look in his eyes, I knew I was in trouble. So I started running. While giving chase, Mr. Eyerman slipped on my ice cream and went sliding about the hall. I thought I was done in, but he must have had some Christmas spirit, for, after taking me down in the elevator to the second floor where he discussed the m atter with my teacher, he let me go. I think my most memorable experience was in the middle of freshman year when I went up to the textbook center to get a Spanish book. After stating my request to the boy behind the counter, he asked me what number book I wanted. Not understanding, I stood there staring at him blankly. He then asked, “ You know, which year book is it?” I then looked down at the Spanish book I had gotten, at the beginning of the year, thinking that maybe there was a special number on the side of the book. It wasn’t until he spelled it out for me that I realized he was asking me which year book I wanted, meaning book one or book two. By this time, however, he was so fed up that all he could say was, "Are you a freshman?” I walked out red-faced. Sandy Klein Freshman year definitely left one of the funniest experiences with me. My English class was reading "The Story of Helen Keller.” Mrs. Powell felt the class would benefit by acting it out. The scene was set—Helen’s temper tantrum at dinner. Mrs. Powell had given the guys in charge of sound effects her unbreakable dishes. Once they started flying around the room, Mrs. Powell found out how unbreakable they really were! Now she has about four sets of “ unbreakable” dishes. Ellen Rue The year I was a freshman and my father was head baseball coach, he had the car running for the team ’s pitchers to stay warm in because it was a cold day. I got into the car to warm up, too, and Donald Shapiro told me to get out. I told him that Coach Odlivak was my father, but he wouldn’t believe me and insisted that I get out. I had go to my father to get permission to sit in the family car. Nikki Odlivak Sheila Kobritz Anyone who has ever had Mr. Sachs knows that each day he would follow an exact script. He would begin to discuss the homework for the day by saying, in his eastern accent, "OK, I’d like to get the ansuz fau the problems fau today and then we’ll see some of them up on the blackbawd.” Then he would call on students to give the answers that they had. H the answer was correct he would reply by saying, “OK.” If it were wrong, he would undoubtedly reply by saying “I don’t show that,” or, at least, he used to. One day after I had meticulously done my homework, I went to class prepared to embarrass him. He began to inquire for answers, "Do you have the answer to the first one, Mike? OK, the next one, Sandy? OK, numba three, Barry.” I an­ swered correctly. “ OK, next, Jim .” As I listened carefully, I was sure that Jim Alexander would give the wrong answer. Spontaneously, before Mr. Sachs could say anything, I replied, “ Fau numba fau? . . . I don’t show that!” With that, the class was rolling on the floor as Mr. Sachs felt like crawling under his desk to hide his tomato red face. From that day on he never used the phrase again. Barry Kravitz Sophomore year, when I had the float at my house. I slept through bringing the float to the judging area. I heard the parade go by my house later and I ended up running over a mile. I did this with my shoe half off to catch up with my float. Sophomore year in Mr. Agnos’s inter­ mediate composition class, the whole class lined the desks up in front of the doorway so Arnie couldn’t get in., He just stood in the doorway and we wouldn’t let him in until he threatened us. Senior year when I came into school after having a cigarette on Mulford St. and Mr. Henrici stopped me in the hall to talk. He was giving me the strangest looks. I found out a few days later from a few teachers that he thought he smelled dope on my breath when I came in and definitely thought that I was under the influence of drugs. John Harles Watching Mike Ohlwein roll a cart of lunch trays through the lunch room, into the wall, and then spilling them all over the floor. Scott Van Cleave Watching Mrs. Mazouch’s wig fall off in N.W.C. Playing frisbee with the cafe­ teria’s cookies. Getting 15 people into a library study room and singing at the top of our lungs, “I’ve been working on the railroad.” Lisa Tatar Saul Pilchen The time that I was taking a test and an egg flew in, barely missing Mr. Fishface (Eyerman). School enjoyable? Well, I still remember laughing at the skeleton that smokes cigarettes and has his hand on his hip and says “ Say there fellas” from fresh­ man biology, Mr. Oswald’s class. It was a happy, memorable experience. Sheree Chernick Freshman year, I was in the first floor washroom with some friends. They were having a cigarette when a “rent-a-mommy” came in. My back was to her and I was handed the cigarette to be put out. She grabbed my hand and took me to the dean even though I tried to tell her I wasn’t smoking. "Terry the Tod” then came and helped drag me to Dean Henrici, who then gave me detention for the last three weeks of my freshman year. Ilene Korey I was in Mr. Swanson’s office one day, and he asked his secretary, “Where’s Puffer?” The next day, “ Puffer” passed Swanson in the hall and burst into a chorus of "Way down up the Swanee River!” The time I cut school as a freshman to go to a Viet Nam moratorium with Shelly Kagan and saw all the teachers from my gram m ar school doing the same thing. Loren Shlaes My most memorable experience was sen­ ior prank day of my freshman year. Jeff Hartstein somehow got on top of the school’s roof and was throwing water bal­ loons on innocent students walking through the courtyard. Boy, did they get wet! My sophomore year, on the tennis team the whole varsity team picked up the smallest freshman and put him in his locker and locked it. We put a “Do not feed the animals” sign on it and left him in his cage. The coach later let him out. Marty Avers Junior year in math analysis, Mr. Yur­ sky would take our tests at the same time we did. After a while, he would get up and announce, “ I’m done,” while most of us were struggling with the first few problems. On one trig test, however, 1 finished in about ten minutes. As usual, Mr. Yursky would announce, "I’m done.” I left him speechless as I said, “I was finished five minutes ago.” Mike Levin My most memorable experience at Niles East occurred during my sophomore year. Throughout the year, Joel Reiss and I would try to knock each other’s books out of our hands. One day in the cafe­ teria, I was carrying my lunch on my books. The lunch consisted of an order of fries and lots of ketchup. Joel caught me off guard and knocked my books, lunch and all, to the ground. This really angered me. I had to retalliate. I picked up what was left of my lunch and whip­ ped it into Joel’s face. He was covered with ketchup. It was a very funny scene. It also was the last time he knocked my books from my hands. Alan Ellenby My most memorable experience occurred sophomore year. I played on the froshsoph golf team that year and during a practice round, I stopped to watch the varsity coach, Mr. Oswald, hit his tee shot on one of the back nine holes. Mr. Oswald wound up and took a mighty cut at the ball only to find that he had whiffed. John Hanson The time I was on the second floor and walked into a boy’s bathroom. I thought that it was a girls’ bathroom in the same place, only on the third floor. It was a little embarrassing, but I just walked out the same way that I came in, only a little faster. The time I was in the dance studio sit­ ting along the wall of mirrors. I was watching a group of girls performing when all of a sudden a 5’ by 8’ sheet of glass cracked over my head and shat­ tered into millions of pieces. It was heavy and I was in total shock!! Don’t let anyone ever tell you that exciting attrac­ tions never occur at Niles East High School!!! Caryn Goldstick The most memorable thing about my four years at Niles East is being called "Irv.” Lyle Merens My most memorable experience at Niles East was when Glenn Kabot and I were suspended from the library for this year because he had his arm around me, and the librarian said we were “necking.” Linda Rubinstein Walking into Mr. Livingston’s class and seeing eight guys sitting on the floor playing jacks. Chuck Levin Some of them are: watching the great lunchroom fight hetween Marty Fisher and Ed Jacobs. — trying to determine whether Mr. da Rosa was talking in English or Spanish (no offense intended). — just being in the same class with Neal Luck and Steve (Shmaty) Rudy was an experience I’ll never forget. — Oh, and of course, meeting Sara Pearl! Jeff Saltzman My most memorable experience at Niles East was during sophomore year when my Art 3-4 class took a field trip to the Art Institute and on the way down there, many kids started smoking various things in the bus. Once we arrived back at East, Mr. Puff and his crew player 20 ques­ tions on that bus. Most were suspended. Teri Weis Freshman year on the football team. The first game when someone from New Trier East scored a touch down on the right side. When the coach Mick Ewing said, "where the hell was (Mike) Tepp on that play?” As Ewing turned around, he saw Tepp on the bench watch­ ing the game. We only had ten men out there. Harold Gordon My most memorable experience was when I accidentally walked into the boys’ washroom and discovered, to my embarrassment, Mr. Yursky standing at one of the johns! The day John Harles opened his lunch bag and there was a can of beer instead of ginger ale. He ate his lunch and then took the bag with the can and put it in his locker and never said what he ever did with it. Loraine Simon Mark Carlson Gail Jacobson When Mr. Miya taught our European history class wearing a dress. Marie May Sophomore year I moved to Florida (I eventually moved back, of course). It was my last day at Niles East. Marsie Hass walked me to Trojan Hall. We couldn’t say good-bye, so we just walked away from each other, crying. The time Cindy Trawinski wrote nasty rumors about me all over the Special Ed office walls, and taped my entire body to a chair. Felice Lewin The time in the lockerroom that Betty thought my dark hair would look better frosted by Johnson’s Baby Powder all over! But one wrong move the clever hairdresser did do. She droppepd the powder and ran into the girls’ bathroom, so I took the powder and shook it as a salt shaker over the door, and it was very salty, I never saw a whiter face than hers. Junior year: Every year the concert band goes to the state band contest. It was in Welling, 111. at Welling H.S. Nor­ mally I would have taken the bus, but I had to be somewhere in the morning so I had to drive there. Well I made a wrong turn and got totally lost! The band was scheduled to go on at 1 p.m. At one, I was 20 minutes away from Welling H.S. Mr. Pettit, the band direc­ tor, stalled as long as he could. I fin­ ally arrived and the band was already on stage. I changed in the hall and ran on stage just in time to play the worst concert in my life! Phil Spivack My most memorable experience was sophomore year during wrestling practice. Mr. Poznansky and Ed Jacobs caught me in between the wrestling room and the shower room, where I had just come from. I had only a towel on and I didn’t have it on for long. It would not have been so bad out there except these girls were walking down each end of the hall. Quite embarrassing. David Mamol The day during swimming practice last year when the coaches left us alone and Andy Ruttenberg and Howard Nelson started "mooning” the girl timers. They just sat there in the stands giggling and blushing, but they didn’t move to get up to leave. When a group of my friends and I do our Frank Zappa and the Mothers impersona­ tion. (The group includes Larry George, the leader, Ron Rzadzki, Dave Donna, Mike Ohlwein, me, and the rookie of the group, Allen Glass.) Ja y Novick Enlightening my life by meeting Judy Kalin. The time, when we were sophomores, and six guys got together and gave John Harles $2 each if he would ask a good looking senior girl out. When he did, the girl’s boyfriend roughed him up and took the $12. Nice try John. Watching Steve Pollice, Mike Tepp, and Mike Donlon go streaking through Tro­ jan Hall with no one getting caught. My most memorable experience was earning an 0-16 varsity football record. Gilda Forcade Nava Isaacs Larry George Kenny Wilens Henry Rollick Last semester, when Helaine Levy came to my family living class and said that my car was totalled in an accident so I could get out of class. We walked out of school laughing at the big joke. The next morning, news spread around school that Marlene’s car was totalled. Everyone, including teachers, offered me sympathy. It took a week to straighten things out. My most memorable experience was sophomore year in cross country when Chuck Lutz ’73 put Ben Gay in Barry Hartman’s jock strap. All during prac­ tice Barry kept rubbing a funny itch between his legs. I wonder what is was. Marlene Braslawsky In fourth period geometry with Mr. Weitzenfeld, he couldn’t figure out why the entire class was laughing hysterically. Then we advised him to look at his shoes —they didn’t match. Michael Berger Losing a first place finish at a swimming meet because the referee didn’t like the color of my swim suit. Watching a swimmer lose his suit half way through a 20-lap race at Lake For­ est. When he got out, his whole body was blushing. Rodrigo Lopez Freshman year when Cathy Coclanis and I walked to the second floor bathroom on the side by the nursery. By mistake, I walked into the guys’, though, not knowing any differently, because, on the third floor, right above it, there is a girls’ bathroom. When I walked out, Cathy just looked at me and pointed to the sign saying "BOYS.” And, across the hall, three senior girls were launghing hysterically. Was I ever embarrassed? Things did look different, but I never gave it a second thought. Sheryl Isaacson On the first day of school freshman year, I got messed up on the time periods and wound up in a junior history class for about 20 minutes waiting to have my scheduled initialed by the teacher. Fin­ ally, the guy in front of me told me that I didn’t belong there. Janet Stein When I was a junior, I was goofing around in the cafeteria with Len Wein­ stein. He had some money of mine which I was trying to get back. He fought me off with a fork. Suddenly, I noticed that my finger was bleeding. It was an acci­ dent and I didn’t realize what had happended until I saw the blood and half of the skin on the finger off. Half of the people in the cafeteria accompanied me to the nurses’ office. Vicki Wilkoff Last year, when Gail Granato and I cut gym and, after the period ended, Miss Kay walked up to us at my locker. She asked where we had been and we just laughed in her face. We were suspended. Pam Lavin The time Ellen Rue, Lori Friedman, Stacy Kaplan, and I were caught by the police decorating Rick Carlson’s house at three in the morning. M ary Unruh I’ll always remember junior year when Mrs. Mazouch kicked me out of class nine times, including once when she made me sit under her desk for most of the period. Lunch in the cafeteria fresh­ man and sophomore years when Tom Christerson would always tell us what our food looked like to him. Fred Weichselbaum My most memorable experience was the time I mistook the girls’ locker room showers for the boys. There I was get­ ting undressed to take a shower when, all of a sudden, in walked a girl. Well, of course I realized something had to be wrong. Somehow she didn’t look like all the other guys who are usually in the locker room. I didn’t want to arouse attention but knowing how my spirits were I left immediately. Paul Kostyniuk The time Andy Ruttenberg saw that I had a hole in my bathing suit and, when I wasn’t looking, took the suit and ripped it more right in the seat. As I went to change suits, the Ripplettes were walking in for their practice. I ended up walking to the locker room with a kickboard attached to my butt. Richard Berkowitz My most memorable experience came during a freshman “B” team football game against Highland Park. I ran back a kick-off and, when three guys tackled me, my pants came down. The official said, "All right boys, gather around. I know how he feels.” When I and my pants got up, I looked over to the side lines and all of the people were laughing at me. Then I turned red. Jeff Burgess Being married to Bill Hall for thfee years and having 13 kids! The time in art when Larry Gordon found a screw and asked me if I wanted it. The Art 3-4 field trip when everyone, including the bus driver, was high! Arlene Mayer The scandalous presidential election of 1974 when “ Miller’s Marauders” stormed down to the cafeteria and "persuaded” unsuspecting freshmen and sophomores to vote in the waning minutes of the campaign. The victory afterwards made it all worth the trouble. Ja y Martini During freshman year, I decided that taking home books for five majors was too much trouble. So, I decided to get a second set of books to leave at home, knowing that I wouldn’t have to pay for them if I returned them at the end of the year. By telling Mrs. Natker in the book room that I left my present set of books at the bus stop and, when I went back for them, they were gone, I got the new set of books. Everything went fine until months later when I had a math assignment to do for the next period and the math book I had at school didn’t have the page I needed in it. So I went to the book room expecting to be able to exchange books. When Mrs. Natker checked the cards, she suddenly turned to me and said, “ This is the first book I gave you! What happened to the second one?” Quickly, I said to her the only thing that came to mind, that I found the old books the day after I got the new ones and I lost the new ones, so I couldn’t return the old ones. She looked me sternly in the eye and said to be more careful in the future and be sure to return the other set of books if they turned up. Sure! B arry Rubin The time Mr. Weitzenfeld gave an essay exam as the final. One day, he let me be the teacher to explain a problem while he would sit at the back of the room as a student. I thereupon called on him to answer a question by his first name. And, of course, there’s the time he wore two different colored shoes. Paul Milstein In French last year, Mike Shamberg, Jay Martini, and I were chosen to make a quiche lorraine for a class party. We decided to add a little wine to the recipe —so much that the milk curdled. After we cooked it, it looked so bad that we didn’t want to touch it. The next day in class, it was the first item to go. Martin Fisher One of my most memorable and most messy experiences at Niles East was when Mark Flitman convinced me his ice cream cone was sour, and when I went to smell it, I got the cone smushed all over my face. Cheryl Esken Freshman year on Mr. Wietzenfeld’s final, neither I nor Holly Krichevsky knew how to do anything on the test. We were sitting and drawing pictures and notes on our tests and I bent way over to look at her paper. When I sat up Mr. Wietzenfeld was staring straight at me. He then made a speech on cheating and gave me an "F .” I didn’t go to school first period because I wanted to study for a Russian history test. I took so long in getting ready because I thought I had a lot of time that I missed the late bus. I read the Skokie bus schedule wrong so I missed that bus also. I had no way to get to school and I had to be there for that test 2-3 period. I decided to hitch, something that I rarely do, and the first car that went by picked me up. It was my gram m ar school band director, Mr. Stahlberg, who gave me a nice lec­ ture all the way to school. Ronna Kalish The time Mr. Cooper was almost killed by a giant slide rule. M ark Snyderman The time I dared Barry Berk to pour a Coke over my head, only to find out seconds later that he accepted my dare. The time I found out I flunked sophomore health late in my senior year. Jeff Weinstein Adam Retzler My most memorable experience hasn’t happened yet, but it will ater today. Susan Sohn Roman Ambroziar Mr. George Yursky. �Page Eight Thursday, May 29, 1975 X Seniors leave East; travel 21 states ALABAMA University of Montavello, Montavello— Denis Perry ARIZONA Arizona State University, Tempe— Gayle Kopels, Pam Lavin, Karen Wisse CALIFORNIA World Campus Afloat— Stan Pressner COLORADO University of Colorado, Boulder— llene Korey CONNECTICUT Yale University, New Haven— Ira Fishman Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago— Marlene Braslawsky, Bobbi Dredze, Perry Glait, Dean Puechel, Helene Roth, Leonard Stein, Karla Sweiding, Pat Viteri Northern Illinois University, DeKalb — Holly Baker, Ira Berry, Mike Berger, Carolyn Bolotin, Len Brenner, Mike Craven, Cheryl Esken, Mark Flitman, Larry George, Bill Hall, Barry Hart­ man, Bob Jakubowich, Ellen Kaplan, Sandy Kerman, Gloria Lee, Mike Losoff, Dennis Maiorana, Ed Naumes, Saul Pilchen, Barry Pubin, Ellen Rue, Mark Scherfling, Loren Schlaes, Sandy Schuman, Mike Shamberg, Alexis Stern, Barb Weiss, Audrey Wu Northwestern University, Evanston— Cary Gershbein, Kornick, Steve Arlene Siavelis, Skevin, Martin Toni Tumonis Marsie Hass, Steve Levy, Scott Pector, Warren Silver, Joe Tish, Andi Toback, Oakton Community College, Morton Grove— FLORIDA Miami Dade Junior College, Miami— Mike Tepp, Ken Wilens University of Miami, Coral Gables— Dale Cohen, Lori Harris, Ken Kramer Elyse Agran, Sherri Avers, Danny Baigelman, Michelle Block, Sherie Chernick, Mike Claver, Randy Kessler, Chuck Levin, Christine Lomboy, Ronna Nessenson, Steve Pales, Paula Rubin, Steve Rudy, Debra Siegal Parkland College, Champaign— Gail Jacobson Santa Fe Junior College, Gainsville— Roosevelt University, Chicago— Lisa Tater Mike Eisenberg Southern Illinois University, Carbondale— ILLINOIS Bradley University, Peoria— Sandy Levy, Dan Lustig Columbia College, Chicago— Ron Lewen DePaul University, Chicago— Paul Brzozwski, John Hanson, Don Shapiro Eastern Illinois University, Charleston— Vicki Wilkoff Harper Junior College, Palatine— Terry Bauer Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago— Arnie Fishman, Rodrigo Lopez, Pete Myma Illinois State University, Normal— Vicki Kornick, Sandy Ridker, Jeff Rock, Gina Salerno, Ellen Wishnie Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest— Mike Mega Loyola University, Chicago— Steve Dobryman, Denise Perea, Mau­ reen Sulliven, Fred Weichselbaum National College of Education, Evanston Linda Price, Cindy Trawinski North Park College, Chicago— Marie May, Arlene Mayer Mike Hansen, Steve Kaplan, Sheila Rubin, Tom Seals, Terry Stone Triton Junior College, River Grove— John Atsaves, Ron Weiss University of Chicago, Chicago— Marty Fisher University of Illinois-Chicago— Marty Glochowsky, Gene Guerrero, Sharon Kagan, Ron Levitt, Chris Mar­ shall, Debbie Plotkin, Mike Polisky, Robert Racusen, Charlotte Rotstein, Jack Rottner, Linda Rubinstein, Mich­ ael Schnitzer, Betty Shimoda, George Vlahandreas University of Illinois-Urbana— Jeanette Alexander, Howard Balikov, Fred Batko, Barry Berk, Fern Bern­ stein, Mark Carlson, Ann Cohn, Alan Ellenby, Judy Gelb, Richard Gertz, Allen Glass, Caryn Goldstick, Caren Grantz, Barry Grodsky, Davi Hirsch, Penny Holland, Sheri Kagan, Ronna Kalish, Stacy Kaplan, Cheryl Kittay, Nancy Klehr, Sheila Kobritz, Sherwin Korey, Barry Kravitz, Marla Levie, Mike Levin, Felice Lewin, David Mamot, Peggy Meyers, Paul Milstein, Sherri Miner, Howard Nussbaum, Janet Ross, Lisa Saber, Jeff Saltzman, Rhonda Schwartz, Michele Soltan, Mike Stein, Bill Weinman, Bob Warsaski Western Illinois University, Macomb— Rich Chaikin, Holli Doniger, Peggy Krause, Ellen Lisnek INDIANA Indiana University, Bloomington— OKLAHOMA Oklahoma State University, Stillwater — University of Oklahoma, Norman— John Harles . Mike Burke PENNSYLVANIA Ed Jacobs Taylor University, Upland— t George Christopoulos Haverford College, Haverford— Scott Hite University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame— Mary Unruh Valporaiso University, Valporaiso— RHODE ISLAND „ Brown University, Providence— Tammy Lothan Janice Schaffrick WISCONSIN v Beloit College, Beloit— IOWA Drake University, Des Moines— Michele Kurlan, Scot Slutsky University of Iowa, Iowa City — Leslie Cole, Jeff Kleifield, Jay Martini, Kathy Mayer, Lynne Teichner, Jeff Weinstein KENTUCKY University of Kentucky, Lexington— Pam Favish V Carthage College, Kenosha— Dale Andrea, Howard Schermerhorn Marquette University, Milwaukee— f Paul Kostyniuk University of Wisconsin, Madison— i Sally Goldstein, Glen Kabot, Irwin Katz, Henry Rollick, Teri Weis University of Wisconsin, Stout— Scott Van Cleave Nikki Odlivak ISRAEL MARYLAND University of Maryland, College Park— Laura Gunderson, Joel Reiss MICHIGAN Michigan State University, East Lansing— Jim Alexander, Jim Vanderkloot University of Michigan, Ann Arbor— Jon Eager, Sue Sohn Haifa University, Haifa— Nava Isaacs TRADE SCHOOL Artography Academy of Photographic Arts, Hollywood, California— Lyle Merens Harrington Institute of Interior Design, Chicago— Sheryl Isaacson Ray-Vogue School of Interior Design, Chicago— Patricia Thiry NURSING MINNESOTA Macalester College, St. Paul— John Coens, John Davis, Paul Saltzman MISSOURI Washington University, St. Louis— Phil Adelman, Howard Chabner, Cheryl Cohan, Sue Goldstein, Mark Snyderman Evanston School of Nursing— Sandy Silver St. Francis Hospital, Evanston— Valerie Krammen ARMED FORCES Marines— Roland Huhn Navy — Kathy Ravey NEW YORK Cornell University, Ithaca— Marc Rush EMPLOYMENT Barbara Heche, Sherri Levin, Cathy Minnberg, Adam Retzler, Mary Ellen Ryan, Rose Weber NORTH CAROLINA Duke University, Durham— Dori Rabin OHIO University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati— Marty Avers Hr UNDECIDED Larry Dickstein, Maryanne Flosi, Mark Hirshman, Cheryl Minikowski, Monika Pforr, Susan Russcol, Janet Stein UP WITH PEOPLE l i >m Terri Diamond, Sandy Klein, Steve Schwartz X K Persons, places, things Golden Galleon, Niles East’s art and literature magazine, is available for $1.25 in the text book center. More than 25 films highlighting women and their careers, lifestyles, health, and history will be shown Tues­ day, June 10, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Oakton Community College in the MONACEP Women’s Outreach Center. Cost is $5, including lunch. Call 966-3830 for reservations before June 3. There will be an English resource room and a foreign language resource room ready for use by the start of school in September. Touring Theater Americana, sched­ uled for this summer, has been can­ celled. Key Club held a three-man team basketball tournament Tuesday night. Herbert Hagemann, social studies and fine arts director, and Miss Kathy Traub, girls’ PE instructor, both are getting married this summer (but not to each other). The Old Town Art Fair, one of the Chicagoland area’s most popular, will be held June 13 and 14. A three week course in “How to study” will be offered beginning June 16 at Oakton Community College. The course emphasizes efficient study skills. Registration begins June 12. For more information, call 967-5120, extension 310. Miss Joanne Rijmes, photography in­ structor, will take a leave of absence next year. Ruth I. Grentz, Johannes F. Soehn and Peter R. Totzke have receivel hon­ ors for their high achievement on the National German Examination. The ceremony was jointly sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the American Asso­ ciation of Teachers of German and the Scholarship Steuben Award Fund, Inc. Of the 14,000 students who took the test nationally, Ruth Grentz scored in the top four per cent in level four, Jo­ hannes Soehn placed in the upper three per cent in level three, and Peter Totz­ ke placed in the upper one per cent in the level two examination. The 34 students who are graduating sixth semester this year include: Rosalyn Barsky, Lauren Chavin, Sherie Cher­ nick, Christy Chomsky, Vera Drivalas, Julith Erenberg, Robert Friedman, Deborah Gutman, Penny Holland, Shei­ la Jacobson, Sharon Kagan, Shari Lynn Kagan, Gail Kuppig, Chuck Levin, San­ dra Gay Levy, Tammy Lothan, Bar­ bara Mader, Nino Mastrototaro, Mike Mega, Carol Miller, Elyse Pearlman, Stan Pressner, Dori Rabin, Kathy Rav­ ey, Shirley Rifkind, Ellen Rosen, Ellen Rue, Steve Schwartz, Masoad Sohali, Judy Sharlot, Ed Stoneberg, Donna Urbaniak, Carol Weintraub, and Barbara Weiss. I I The Skokie Fine Arts Commission is sponsoring a tennis tournament June ^ 28-29 (preliminaries), and July 4 (finals). No entry fee will be charged and cate­ gories will be grouped by age (12-18) for < | teens in singles and doubles. Men and women and mixed doubles are the remaining categories. For more * \ information, contact Len Winans. EX A M S C H E D U L E THURSDAY, JUNE 12 Period Period Period Period Period Period Period Period Period Period Period Period Lunch 1 2 3 4 5 ... 8:00- 8:24 8:28- 8:52 9:02- 9:54 10:04-10:56 11:06-11:30 11:34-11:58 12:08- 1:00 6 7 8 . 9 . 10 11 12 i FRIDAY, JUNE 13 8:00- 8:52 9:02- 9:26 9:30- 9:54 10:04-10:56 11:06-11:58 12:08- 1:00 < ‘ �Thursday, May 29, 1975 Page Nine Steve Irsay was one ol East's top high-bar men this season. ’7 4 - ’7 5 Football The 1974 football season was nothing short of a disaster. The Trojans ended with an 0-8 rec­ ord and last place in the Cen­ tral Suburban League. Insuffi­ cient offense was this year’s nemesis. East was led by sen­ iors Greg Saltarelli and Adam Retzler throughout the year, but more than two standouts are necessary to be a winning ball club. INDIVIDUAL HONORS were given at the end of the season. Recipients from East were Greg Saltarelli, All-Conference run­ ning back; Bill Urbanus, AllConference guard; and Dean Pueschel, honorable mention for All-Conference center. If Pueschel had not been in­ jured toward the end of the season, he probably would have received higher honors. EAST CAME CLOSE to break­ ing their long dry spell a few times this year. Their best ef­ fort was displayed in a night game against Maine West. The offense perked up that game, but the defense faultered, and East came out on the short end of 36-18 score. Coach Mick Ewing resigned after two years of winless foot­ ball at season’s end. The new head coach, Jerry Ferguson, was a winning coach at East at the sophomore level, and he coached a winning sophomore team at Niles North last season. He may be the man to reverse the football scene at Niles East. No one else seems to have the answer. Basketball Easthi’s varsity basketball team did a complete turnaround from past years when they end­ ed a very successful season with a 11-14 record. Though their record seems far from great, compared to past years, it shows great improvement and possibilities of even better things to come. A big reason for the improvement was Coach Emil Capitani’s great job after being promoted to the varsity position from the sophomore coaching job at the beginning of the season after short-time Coach Jack McKiel resigned. Barry Allen displays serving form used to lead East to a top spot in the CSL. Easthi high jumper warms-up lor indoor meet. boys’ sports reviewed AMONG THEIR LIST of ac­ complishments, the Trojans gained a share of first place in the Thanksgiving tournament played at Lake Forest. Other honors were bestowed upon the Trojan’s star seniors John Harles and Bob Warsaski. Bob was named the top defensive player on the squad, a well deserved award as he was a constant bother to his opponents, and probably led the league in draw­ ing offensive fouls (though no such records are kept). John Harles received many honors. He was fourth highest scorer in the league, and was named to the All-Conference and All-Division teams. He also was chosen to the Pepsi-Cola All-Area team, and was honor­ able mention for All-State hon­ ors. Finally, John was named Most Valuable Player of the team. EAST ADVANCED AS far as the semi-finals of the state regionals competition where they lost to a tough Evanston team. Returning for a second var­ sity season will be Mark Brines, Neil Schreiber, Art Isaacs, Lar­ ry Fine, Bill Urbanus, Terry Greenberg, Jordy Melamed, and Gary Wolf. Gymnastics As usual, the varsity gym­ nastics team finished very high in state competition. After a sec­ ond place finish in the Central Suburban League, East ad­ vanced three gymnasts to the state finals. Mike Burke gave a strong performance on the side-horse to finish in third place. Steve Pollice threw his best routine of the year to finish second on the trampoline. Final­ ly, Neal Sher made three strong showings. Neal was second in all-around behind Niles West star Bart Connors. Sher also took second on the high-bar and parallel-bars. EAST WILL LOSE many top seniors from this year’s squad and this year’s junior team was comparitively small. So, it will be up to this year’s sophomore team to shorten the slack in order to carry on the winning tradition that East displays in gymnastics. Soccer East’s soccer team finished its third successful season with an excellent 11-6-1 record. The Trojans advanced as far as sub­ sectional semi-finals where they lost to New Trier East 2-1 in overtime. MANY INDIVIDUALS RE­ CEIVED honors. Phil Adelman, Hugo Donado, and Pete Fosses were named to the All-Confer­ ence team and Bob Matz was chosen for the All-Division team. Adelman also received honorable mention for the state team. Once again, East will lose many good seniors, and the jun­ ior squad was very small and inexperienced. So, the sopho­ mores will have to deliver in order for East to have a fourth consecutive winning season. Swimming Another team to improve this year was the varsity swimming team. Throughout the past four years, East’s swimming team has been drowning, except for a few standouts who made the team respectable. But this year was a different story. WITH THE SMALLEST team in recent years, the Trojans won five meets, as conmared to only two the past year. This included beating rival Niles West to dump them into the cellar of the Central Suburban League. East had an uphill climb in these meets because they didn’t have any divers, so they for­ feited points in every meet. These points were made up dur­ ing the swimming events. Standouts for East this year were Bob Torstenson and Ed Naumes. Ed was a consistant winner in the 50 and 100-yard free style, while Torstenson was one of the top breast strokers in the area. EAST DIDN’T FARE very well in post-season meets, but Niles East hasn’t had a winning swim team in years, and may­ be this year was the start of a climb back to the top of area swimming. Wrestling Wrestling, was another sport that made an abrupt turn-about this year. After a poor 1973-74 campaign, the Trojans came back to win their division’s crown and finished second in the league. East had many ex­ cellent wrestlers this year, but the standout was little Jeff Rock. Jeff advanced all the way to the state finals in his weight class only to lose 1-0 in the finals. Rock deserves special credit for his performance. ROCK WASN’T THE only star this year. Paul Kostyniuk fin­ ished the season with a great 21-3-1 mark. The Christopoulos brothers, George and Pete, also were top wrestlers on the team, compiling excellent records. Mike Hinske, only a sophomore, advanced as far as sectionals, and at one point in the season, he had won 12 straight match­ es. Another young star was freshman Rick Yale, who ad­ vanced to sectionals also. Rounding out the squad was heavy-weight Joe Colucci who also had an outstanding year. Even though the team will lose many fine wrestlers, the lower level also had great sea­ sons. Niles East wrestling has much to look forward to in the coming years. mm A - - . <4 'kites Hi f t M fl John Harles scores two ol his many points that led him to be a top scorer in the league. It!§ a d iffe re n t gam e by Jeff Weinstein After witnessing two girls’ softball games last week, I can say I saw a completely different type of high school athletics. It was the atmosphere that made those games different from the games played by the boys. The girls weren’t there just to win. They were also there to have a good time. AT BOYS1 EVENTS, cheering by fellow teammates is almost nonexistent. But at the girls’ games the bench never stops cheering. They laugh, pull together as a team should, and have a great time all the way through. This makes competing in athletics much more enjoyable. Another difference is the way the team is coached. The girls don’t get chewed out if they make a mistake. They don’t get a lecture on what they did wrong. They probably know what was wrong. Instead, it’s “that’s okay; we’ll get ’em next time.” This removes unneeded pressure from the ballplayers and makes for a much more relaxed atmosphere. THIS ATMOSPHERE ALSO makes it easier and more exciting to watch the game. A happy feeling envelopes the fan. Instead of biting your fingernails watching to see if your team wins, it’s live it up, and just hope for the best. A lopsided game gets very boring at times, but not with the girls. No deficit is too big to make up. Just keep on plugging away and the score will take care of itself. When the game is finally over, no hard feelings seem apparent if you lose. The girls cannot wait to go out again and have another good time. Isn’t that the way it should be? I GUESS THAT is what separates the men from the women. The men take athletics more seriously, while the girls’ approach seems to be more fun. When you go out to watch the girls, that old expression really shines through. “You can’t beat fun at the old ballpark.” Try watching the girls sometime for a refreshing change. �Thursday, May 29, 1975 Page Ten 1974-75 g irls sports review omore squad. The team will lose only three girls because of B o w lin g graduation. i A second successful bowling season was concluded with a strong second place finish in district competition, and a big first place victory in the league invitational. THE GIRLS devoted much time and effort throughout the season. Lisa Frank had the highest average this year at 160. S o ftb a ll Basketball Karen Behr led the girls this year to an improved season that got better with each game they played. Karen was named Most Valuable Player of the team and was also the team ’s leading scorer. The cagers were very competitive by mid-season, and they defeated some of the top teams in the Central Sub­ urban League. The Jayvee also was improved as they were led by top scorer Andi Slowik. Gymnastics The girls’ gymnastics team closed their season with a tenth place finish in the league meet. Senior badminton player displays her form in match played earlier this year. This year’s team looked very strong at the outset, but in­ juries to key performers dropped the Trojans into the lower bracket of the league. OVERALL THE GIRLS fin­ ished fourth in the division, an improvement from last season. The future looks bright because of a strong freshman and soph­ The softball team concluded their season last week when they were to face Glenbrook North, but the game was called due to rain. THIS ENDED A mediocre season for both the varsity and jayvee squads. The varsity showed great ability to win at different times throughout the season, but could not find the one ingredient to make them a successful team. Leading the Trojans were captain Suzanne Arnopolin, Andi Slowik, Rose Maggiore, Judy Lee, and Jill Greenberg, just to name a few. THE JV ALSO had their ups and downs. They did win con­ vincingly, but they too had their share of losses. Top JV players were Karen Frazier, Jenise Vassilatos, (captain) Cookie Stone, Debbie Jaski, Kathi Isserman, and many more. East is looking forward to a good year next year because the team will lose very few seniors, and will have gained a great deal of experience. Sen iors choose S a lte re lli as top sen ior athlete of 1975 This year Easthi seniors have chosen Greg Salterelli as top senior athlete of 1975. GREG WILL ATTEND West­ ern Illinois University in Ma­ comb this fall. He has not made a final decision on what he will major in, but he is considering law enforcement. Although he does not plan to compete on any of Western’s athletic teams, he might participate in intra­ mural athletics. While at East, Salterelli com­ peted in both football and base­ ball. Last fall he was elected most valuable player of the var­ sity football team. During his earlier years he received three more MVP awards. IN BASEBALL GREG played third base and right field, while in football he played halfback and linebacker. During the summer Greg hopes to purchase a motorcycle, and ride to either California or Colorado. S k o k ie g irls so ftb a ll hopes fo r an oth er w in n in g season How about joining a summer softball team? Last summer sophomores Karen Behr, Beth DeFranceshi, and Elaine Masover participated on a Skokie Girls’ Softball team, and they won the Chicago Metro Tourna­ ment. THE TEAM CONSISTED of 15 girls ages 13 through 15. The other 13 were from surrounding schools. The team practiced only a few months before the tournament in August. Since the girls defeated six teams they went next to play in the Junior Amateur Softball Association (ASA) tournament in Florida. They raised money by having raffles, collecting any contributions and in addition they sponsored a softball m ara­ thon. IN THEIR FIRST tournament against Great Lakes All-Stars, the girls really had an oppor­ tunity to show their ability. In Florida the softball game used a 12 inch ball, which al­ lowed the players to throw un­ derhand fast pitch, bunt, and steal bases, while 10 players compete on each team. The practice fields in Florida are in excellent shape, much better than the fields in the Skokie area, according to Karen Behr. IN ANOTHER tournament the same team competed in a tour­ nament with 26 teams from around the United States. One of the highlights of the tourna­ ment was when Beth hit a homerun enroute to a 24-6 victory. At the end of the tournament the team was tied for seventh place, an outstanding achieve­ ment. “It was really exciting and we met many girls. I hope to go back next summer and do it all over again. It was a very rewarding experience traveling around the country,” concluded Elaine Masover. Members of Easthi's girls softball team in a recent practice game. O d liv ak top athlete Nikki Odlivak was chosen senior athlete by her fellow classmates. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED on the swim team, Ripplettes, and Senior Dance Company for the last three years (which is how long they’ve been in exist­ ence). On the swim team, she competed in the 50- and 100yard backstroke and the 200yard medley with her sister Nan (breaststroke), Ellen Brin (butterfly), and Marie May (freestyle). “I like working as a team. Even though we com­ pete as individuals, it’s still a team effort,” Nikki commented. Her dad started her interest in swimming when she was very young by teaching her. She then took lessons at the Glen­ view Playdium. Nikki has also been taking dancing lessons for fourteen years. She studied ballet, jazz, and toe. One of the reasons she likes participating in Ripplettes is because “it’s like dancing in the water.” She has performed solo all three years in the Rip­ plettes Annual Swim Show. She took synchronized swimming lessons at the YMCA when she was younger. “I like to swim, and I like going in the water. Ripplettes was a new experi­ ence for me,” Nikki explained. NIKKI ALSO LIKES to com­ pete in archery and basketball. “I like the satisfaction of get­ ting a bullseye,” she said. She likes competition and basketball is very competitive and team oriented. “Competing with oth­ ers helps me to improve my­ self. I get a lot out of it emo­ tionally as well as physically,” Nikki explained. Nikki plans to major in dance therapy, a mental health profes­ sion at the University of Ken­ tucky. Dance therapy uses dance and movement to help those with an emotional or physical handicap. Through movement, they learn to relax and become more aware of themselves. NIKKI AND HER family also enjoy camping. They travel to California, Colorado, Washing­ ton, and Canada in their camp­ er during summer for several weeks at a time. Nikki has an academic aver­ age of 3.56 with biology being her favorite subject. “I like dis­ secting fetal pigs. It’s interest­ ing to watch organisms work.” NIKKI HAS VERY little time for outside interests, but she is active in church youth group. They have done many unusual projects. One summer they trav­ eled to Oklahoma to repaint and repair a small church that be­ longed to Indians. Nikki feels girls’ sports are improving. “I think they’re of­ fering a little too much. If they have two instead of three teams in the fall then the teams would end up much better,” she con­ cluded. J V so ftb a ll team w in s fin a le The girls’ interscholastic jun­ ior varsity softball team won their last conference game against Maine West on May 19 by the score of 11-9. THE TEAM DISPLAYED ex­ cellent offense with Linda Krsyl hitting a two-run homerun in the first inning, and Marla Min­ sky hitting a grand slam homerun in the second inning. The team also showed good offense with outfielders support­ ing each other very well. Karen Frazier’s pitching was excel­ lent, striking out four and walk­ ing only a few. THE GAME WAS not won be­ cause of East though. Maine West made many mistakes at bat and in the field. The run­ ners left the base before the ball was pitched making them out automatically. The fielders dropped many fly balls which led to East runs. The varsity didn’t have the same luck as they had a bad game losing 13-0. THE VARSITY conference record was 1-4, while the JV were 2-3. The Most Valuable Players were selected at the end of the season. Elaine Masover was chosen varsity MVP, while Kar­ en Frazier was picked as JV MVP. IN ADDITION, THE track team competed in a meet on May 20. Before it was half way finished though, it was rained out. In the events that were fin­ ished, East placed first in the long jump for the first time when Sue Stahlberg jumped LJ 14’1” . Paula Marks placed sec­ ond. Jamie Borovitz and Karen Behr both broke records at this meet. Jamie threw 112’2” in the discus, and Karen put 35’3” in the shot. IN HURDLING, Ellen Good­ man broke her record in the 80-yard hurdles with a time of 13.8 seconds. “They’ve done a relatively good job. This has been a learn­ ing season, because we’ve had many young girls and two new coaches on the team ,” said Coach Nona Piorkowski. THEIR CONFERENCE rec­ ord is very good for a young team, 2-1-1. “The girls have really im­ proved. They are finding out what potential they have,” add­ ed Coach Anne Winston. Nikki Odlivak Greg Saltarelli �t Page Eleven — News in brief P a r e n t ; b r e a k s re c o rd T ro u p e to au dition Students presently enrolled in Iany public, parochial, or pri­ vate school are encouraged to r I audition for the first Chicagolland high school theatrical Itroupe production, “Hello Dol­ by,” June 14-15 at Josephinum h «High School, 1501 N. Oakley I Boulevard in Chicago. TRYOUTS FOR ACTING, w [singing, dancing, orchestra, [stage crew and publicity-promo|tion staff will begin 10 a.m. ¡Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday, fc I Director Nick Jason, a police officer, professional staff mem­ bers Errol Pearlman and J. J. Slam, both music teachers at 1 Taft High School, were among the same staff members who were responsible for “Carousel” and “West Side Story,” which were performed two years ago at the Civic theater in downtown Chicago. Ms. Geraldine Johnf son, principal of Pershing ele­ mentary school, will act as chor­ eographer with technical direc­ to r William Rankin, principal of p rMurphy elementary school, and Lorraine and Irving Stein in charge of handling ward^ robes, publicity and make-up. “This concept of a metropoli­ tan high school theatrical [troupe, we believe, is unique in l [the United States. Our teachers are dedicated to the idea of bringing youngsters from all soI Lcial and economic backgrounds [together to work harmoniously in a cooperative enterprise,” Islam said. A w a r d s o ffe re d Educational Service Region (, [of Cook County Scholarships for [Potential Teachers in Special Education will be offered to [graduates of high ability who * [wish to study in special ed. AWARDS INCLUDE tuition land specific fees in a program K [of professional training in spe­ cial ed. at Chicago State Col­ lege, Eastern Illinois U., Gov, jernors State U., Illinois State U., Northeastern Illinois Uni­ versity, Northern Illinois U., Western Illinois U., Sangamon iState U., Southern Illinois U. [(Carbondale), Southern Illinois jU. (Edwardsville), University [of Illinois (Chicago), or Univer­ sity of Illinois (Urbana). I Students are eligible for this [scholarship if they have graduX ated from an Illinois high school [by July 1, rank in the top half lof their graduating class, and c Lare accepted by one of the afore* mentioned institutions. Scholar­ ships will be awarded on the [basis of ACT scores. X I APPLICATIONS AND affida­ v it forms should be forwarded [to Educational Service Regions ^ lof Cook County by June 2. [S h o o te rs ta k e fo u r t h . L Rod Lopez and Steve Kornick, * representatives of Niles East at [the Plymouth Trouble Shooting [Contest, placed fourth in the reX gi°n with a total of 70 points. «I x X ( X j \ The cutoff point was 51. The top 35 teams in the state competed in the practical part of the contest in which they raced the clock to repair inten­ tionally damaged cars. Steve and Rod took 38 minutes to find the several malfunctions, which included two crossed secondary ignition wires, an open electron­ ic module in the primary igni­ tion circuit, one defective spark plug, a burned out turn signal bulb, and a stuck carburetor needle. East’s team was the seventh car with the hood closed, signal­ ing a car ready to be judged. Two teams who finished earlier were disqualified for not find­ ing all of the malfunctions. One of the remaining teams scored lower than Steve and Rod on the written test, thus allow­ ing Niles East to move into fourth place. This is the best East has ever done in this con­ test and Glenn Jurek, auto me­ chanics instructor, said he is very proud of the boys’ per­ formance. H e a lth tests n eeded Students entering Niles Town­ ship High Schools for the first time, freshmen as well as upper classmen, are required by Illi­ nois state law to submit a com­ pleted medical and dental examination report before en­ trance into school. Complete and satisfactory records must be presented before the student is admitted. DATES OF IMMUNIZATIONS must be recorded. Students with incomplete records will not be allowed to attend classes. The requirements include im­ munizations for: measles, ru­ bella (with the exception of girls over 10 years old) polio, diph­ theria, pertussis, tetanus, and mumps, which is recommended but not required. Further infor­ mation is available through East’s nurses, Barbara Scar­ brough and Dorothy Taylor, at 986-380, extension 303 and 331. G ra d u a te h o n o re d Pam Favish, seventh semes­ ter graduate this year, recently was named recipient of a Be­ loit College Presidential Schol­ arship. This scholarship is awarded on the basis of out­ standing achievement in high school and promise of accom­ plishment and service in the future. While at East, Pam was a member of the National Honor Society, involved in student gov­ ernment and drama, active in Temple Beth Israel youth group, a cheerleader, and she worked as a volunteer at Skokie Valley Hospital. A student must rank in the top 10 per cent of her graduat­ ing class, have strong recom­ mendations from her teachers and counselors, and show sig­ nificant achievement in at least two extra-curricular activities to be eligible for this scholar­ ship. Winners are chosen by the Beloit College Faculty Scholar­ ship Committee. R e s e a rc h e rs needed Fifty students who have com­ pleted their junior year will be selected by the Paper Technol­ ogy Foundation to explore the interrelationships of science and engineering in the pulp, paper, and forest product industries and how they relate to environ­ mental problems at Western Michigan University in Kalama­ zoo during the weeks of June 15-20 and June 22-27. CRITERIA FOR THE selec­ tion of the students include: intention to major in science or engineering, high academic av­ erage with a strong background in math and science, high test scores, two written recommen­ dations from teachers and coun­ selors, and a one-page hand­ written essay based on the theme, “What I expect to gain from my college experience.” Applications must be received by June 2. A r t G u ild h o ld s F a i r The Skokie Art Fair, spon­ sored by the Skokie Art Guild, will be held Saturday and Sun­ day, June 14 and 15, on the Village Green from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. TO QUALIFY FOR the fine arts show, one must be asked by invitation and be at least 18 years old. A jury reviews three slides submitted by the artist and then decides whether to accept or reject the artwork. Paintings, photography, jewel­ ry, and certain types of ceram­ ics may be exhibited by artists from all over the United States. Awards and honorable men­ tions will be given in four cate­ gories, including oil and acrylic paints, water colors, graphics, and mixed media. Mixed media consists of ceramics, jewelry, and photography (the second year this has been allowed by the Guild). M e d ita tio n o ffe r The Himalayan Institute is holding a series of spring class­ es at their newly opened Na­ tional Headquarters in Glen­ view. Included are a series of lectures on “Love, Marriage, and Meditation,” “Diet and Nu­ trition,” “Meditation in Chris­ tianity,” and “Comparative East-West Psychology.” A sixweek course on “Superconscious Meditation” also will be fea­ tured. All courses are open to the public, and are held at the In­ stitute, 1505 Greenwood Road, Glenview, (724-0300). D isap p o in tin g season ends; Evanston captures districts [ Very disappointing can be the [only words to describe the basepall picture at Niles East this season. At the outset the scene [was very optimistic. But, East lost a pitcher who played well [during the summer leagues but [was unable to participate dur­ ing the regular season. This left ■the pitching staff with only one polid starter, Scott Slutsky. I ONCE THE SEASON got unIderway, the bottom fell out of kvhat was thought to be a sound defense. East fielding gave away a few games early in the season which took away any momentum East could have had. Offense was a special problem. It was not that they weren’t hitting, it was when they got the hits. They could fill the bases with runners, but the big hits were not there to get the runs across the plate. That explains a 3-10 record in a nutshell. In post season play the Tro­ jans gained one of their three victories by beating Quigley South in the opening round of the Trojan District. Then East faced powerful Evanston in the semi-finals. In the early innings East maintained a slim lead, but in the end they yielded to the Wildkits 11-6, in a game where the score was not a real indicator of the closeness of the game, as the Trojans were in the contest until the last out. NEXT YEAR WILL be a questionable season. But we can only wait and see what coach George Galla can develop. H ead s d o w n stair Sal Parenti hurdled his way to second place in the district championship held on May 17. His time tied the school record for the 120 yard hurdles, 14.4 Earlier Sal had qualified for the finals by winning a preliminary match edging out his opponent by just a stride. IN THE DISTRICT finals Pa­ renti got off to a good start and at the 50 yard mark was past everyone in the field ex­ cept for the eventual winner, Nat Page of Evanston, who fin­ ished with a time of 13.8, best in the state. Sal beat the third place runner by one-tenth of a second. This runner was Mike Kiepura who had earlier beaten out Sal for the conference cham­ pionship. This was the first time Sal had beaten Kiepura, going all the way back to freshman year. Coach Tom Ristow said, “Sal’s goal all year was to run a 14.5, and when he ran a 14.4 it was a very pleasant sur­ prise. ’*#• i h ED SANTACRUZ, a freshman who ran in the slow heat of the two-mile run, turned a fan­ tastic time for a freshman, 10:04. In the final meet run at Niles West, the Paul Gains Invita­ tional, there were a number of very good performances. On the varsity level Mark Lichten­ stein won the half-mile in a time of 2:04.6 and Larry Bower ran his best time in the twomile, 10:05, and took second place. ON THE SOPHOMORE level Kenny Golub ran to a pair of second place finishes in the mile and half-mile with times of 4:53 and 2:07. The season was not particu­ larly a bright one for the team because of lack of participation. But for individuals it was a great season. Sal Parenti, Mark Lichtenstein, Larry Bow­ er, Steve Apollo, Ed Santacruz, Kenny Golub, Ron Stein, Joe Heinz, Bruce Bower, and Mark Stone at one time during the season had put in super efforts. All these runners will be back next year, and will provide a strong nucleus for future track teams at East. N et m en lo o k h igh er After the first day of the state tennis meet Jeff Epstein had won his first two rounds of the state singles championship, and is one of sixteen remaining. The doubles team won their first round, but lost the second, mak­ ing their best finish a very re­ spectable sixth place. In the past two years East has fin­ ished twelfth and seventh. This year they are trying to get that number a little closer to the coveted number one spot. With the teams that are wait­ ing in the wings, that goal doesn’t seem as unrealistic as it looks. EARLIER IN THE season Epstein captured his second consecutive district champion­ ship. While the doubles team took second behind the strong Evanston team. The meet prior to the state competition was the Central Suburban League meet. East finished an unexpected fourth. The Trojans were ex­ pected to finish higher than they did. This meet was the warm­ up to the state matches. East finished behind winners Deer­ field, New Trier West, and Highland Park. Even though East finished fourth this did not change the league standings, as East finished second behind Deerfield who is one of the fav­ orites to capture the state com­ petition behind Hinsdale Cen­ tral. Coach Winans hopes that his squad won’t be as disappoint­ ing as past teams have been. NO MATTER WHAT the out­ come, this will still go down as another successful season for Niles East tennis. From the looks of the lower level teams things will stay rosey at East for a while to come. NOW ATHLETIC SHOES on Shoes 'til June 30 with your Niles East ID Tiger — Canada S p oke'n Ski 4650 Oakton Skokie, Illinois Daily 'til 9 677-7678 Open Saturday and Sunday �Page Twelve M ay 29, 1975 SENI OR SURVEY MOST INTELLIGENT Gene Guerrero BEST LOOKING Marsie Hass Mark Klancic BEST SMILE MOST POLITICAL Phil Adelman Maureen Sullivan Robert Miller MOST TALENTED Maureen Sullivan Cindy Payne FRIENDLIEST MOST ATHLETIC Greg Saltarelli Nikki Odlivak MOST INDIYIDUALISC Stan Pressner Cindy Trawinski Mark Flitman Ellen Pollack Rich Berkowitz MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED WITTIEST Gene Guerrero Marsie Hass MOST VERSATILE Mark Flitman Audrey Wu Davi Hirsch FAVORITE TEACHER i&Æ Ê Ê Ê * ft Gene Guerrero Cheryl Esken Dick Miya WÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊmÊÊÊÊÊË Betty Quinn � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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NILEHILITE, May 29, 1975 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Niles Township High School, Skokie, Illinois Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Payne, Cynthia, Editor Saltzman, Paul, Feature Editor, Weinstein, Jeff, Sports Editor Goode, Rochelle, Persons, Places, Things Editor Soltan, Michele, Persons, Places, Things Editor Gerber, Wendy, Coming Attractions Editor Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Niles Township High School, Skokie, Illinois Description An account of the resource 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. Last issue of the 1974-1975 school year. 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Niles East NileHiLite Collection Relation A related resource <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> Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Skokie Public Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived From the collection of the Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Nilehilite197505129 1970s (1970-1979) 1974-1975 school year high schools Niles East