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Mies East graduation set
Graduation ceremonies, previously
planned for June 13, will now be held
on June 6.
The graduation date was changed be
cause of, “an interest expressed by the
students, and commitments of many sen
iors who must leave school earlier,” ac
cording to Principal Galen Hosier.
Although Hosier made the decision to
change the graduation date, he is not
pleased with it. “I think it is senseless
to change dates once they have been
established. Some people are going to
be inconvenienced,” he stated.
Graduation dates were first changed
at Niles West and North. Hosier ex-
plained that the interest expressed at
East was not a strong one, and that he
approached the Senior Cabinet with the
idea of changing the date, rather than
vice-versa. Senior Cabinet is presently
working on the details of the ceremony.
One of the reasons given earlier in
the year for not changing the date, was
the need for seniors to stay in school
the extra days for added revenue. How
ever, graduating students will spend only
for June 6
three or four fewer days in school, and
now Hosier feels that the loss of money
to the school, “probably won’t be very
significant.”
Approximately 500 seniors will gradu
ate June 6. Ceremonies will be held on
the football field if the weather is clear.
Rehearsals will be performed either
Thursday or Friday before graduation.
Seniors’ last day of school is June 1 or 2
depending on finals commitments.
Students will have the opportunity to
“stop and shop” on February 26, period
9 and on February 27, period 2-3.
During this time students can get in
formation about courses they are inter
ested in taking in future years. Students
also will have the chance to discuss
course requirements and learn what con
cepts are covered in the course.
Counselors also will visit homerooms
to review the program planning guide
lines and to answer any questions about
scheduling for next year.
DECA holds
name contest
DEÇA (Distributive Education Club of
America) members are having a con
test to name the school store which is
opening this semester in Room 2B.
The members in DEÇA are sponsoring
the contest in order to let students ex
press themselves by naming the school
store. A $25 savings bond will be given
to the winner.
Elects pass-fail
Board adopts credit-audit
A new credit-audit option and pass/
fail system was adopted at the January
26 Board of Education meeting.
Entry blanks which were distributed
in homeroom must be submitted to a
designated box in the Main Office by
February 20. The winner of the contest
will be announced on February 27.
The audit option allows students to sit
in a class and do no work if he declared
this intent by the first two weeks of the
semester.
Students will be able to purchase
school supplies, clothing, greeting cards,
and hardware from the store when it
opens.
The Board members passed the new
pass/fail system by a 4-3 vote. Students
must declare their intent to take a course
pass/fail when he receives his six weeks
grade.
If the student decides to take a class
pass/fail, the 17th week of the semester
he will be given the option to change the
pass to a letter grade. This is only if the
student will still try in the course after
the declared date; if the student does get
a good grade he will be able to put it in
his record, and his declaration in the
eighth week g**ade point manipulation
will be more difficult.
Freshmen can not exercise the pass/
fail option. Other students must take at
least four classes for a grade, and re
quired courses, which include the first
six semesters of English, Non-Western
Civilization, United States History and
two additional semesters of social
studies, first two semesters of math and
science, health, and consumer education.
Principal Galen Hosier said he was
against pass/fail, “when students use it
only to manipulate their grade point
averages arid to disguise their perform
ance.”
Student Senate at East passed recom
mendations about the pass/fail option
and weighted grades by a 14-13 vote
where Gordon Hirsch, President, made
the final decision.
(Photo by Barry Schmetter)
Gordon Hirsch, Student Senate president, discussed credit-audit, weighted grades, and the
student survey with members oi senate.
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Senate announces
results of survey
The Student Senate recently circulated
a survey to Easthi students, and have
tallied the results.
About one third of the student body
knows what the District 219 board is,
and even less know who the superin
tendent is. However, approximately 90
per cent know the principal of East,
and 75 per cent know the Student Senate
President.
Only 31 per cent of the students ap
prove of the change of administrators
since last year, and 38 per cent con
sider the principal effective. Students in
favor of homeroom are in the minority,
and those in favor of study halls are
even fewer. Few students favor teacher
supervison, and pass/fail is favored by
most.
According to the survey, school spirit
has increased by nearly 50 per cent.
“With East supposedly closing in 1980,
the great rise in school spirit was un
expected by most outsiders. The spirit
in this school accounts for student be
havior toward others and their attitudes
toward the school,” explained Gordon
Hirsch, Student Senate President.
53 students chosen
for spring musical
A cast of 53 students were selected to
perform in the musical, Fiorello, -which
will be presented in the beginning of
April.
Auditions were held February 2-4. The
students read dialogues, sang a song
from the show, and danced the charles
ton, the waltz, and tap.
Donna Kulwin was chosen as assistant
director to Jerry Proffit. Michael Guer
rero and Paula Jeremias will assist Ms.
Shari Kouba, choreographer.
The leads in the order of appearance
include Barry Kramer, Fiorello; Mark
Blackman, Neil; David Pevsner, Mor
ris; Patti Sucherman, Dora; Susi
Fleischman, Marie; Jerry Lavin, Ben;
Phil Auerbach, first card player; Bill
Elliot, second card player; Andy Gold
stein, third card player; Michael Guer
rero, fourth card player; Mitchell Wil
lens, fifth card player; Phil Heftel, Deal
er; Bill Daitchman, Floyd; Gail Norris,
Thea; and Sharyl Miller as Mitzi. In
addition, 24 students will sing in the
chorus, including 13 girls and 11 boys.
point averages. Therefore an Easthi hon
or student is at a disadvantage to an
honor student from a school with a
weighted grades system.
A weighted grades system does not
place the basic student at a disadvantage
because he doesn’t apply to highly com
petitive colleges which require a high
grade point average, according to Sen
ate research. The regular student also
would benefit since competition is re
moved from regular classes.
The committee said, “The system
would only work if the weighting cor
responds to the relative difficulty of
courses.” The weighting also must be
applied to regular versus basic classes
as well.
At the Board meeting, the only action
that was passed concerning weighted
grades was a recommendation. This
statement said, “To adopt a position of
support of a weighted grading system
and direct the administration to de
velop and recommend a grade weighing
policy.”
A possible proposal had two systems,
one on rank and the other based on the
academic difficulty of the course.
Brian Davidson and Karen Shrifter dis
cussed the pass/fail option which was
originally designed for students to be
able to explore courses in subjects that
they normally would not take for fear of
doing poorly and therefore harming their
grade point average. In addition students
would broaden their learning by being
exposed to new areas.
Children in District 73V must attend
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Niles North in 1980. Galen Hosier and
Dr. Gilbert Weldy, Niles North principal,
discussed the effects of East’s closing
with the citizens.
Steve Leon, with the help of Richard
Cope, interviewed both college admission
officers and high school counselors about
weighted grades. The information shows
that none of the colleges evaluate grade
“I thought the meeting was worth
while. I got some interesting insights
and some ideas that we may be asked to
use to manipulate students to North and
West in a better way,” Hosier concluded.
Since the District 219 school board
decided to close East, a meeting also
was held on January 15.
Centers open daily
Easthi students are frequently using
the five resource rooms, which were in
stalled this year.
The Foreign Language Resource Cen
ter in Room 240 has been handling about
150 students a day. The room offers stu
dents the use of foreign tapes, maga
zines, games, and books in German,
French, Spanish, Hebrew, and Russian.
In the English Resource Center, Room
140, an average of 75 students come each
day during their free periods, either to
study, to improve their English, or to
read magazines or paperback books.
Books, periodicals, and pamphlets are
available for student use in the Social
Studies Resource Center, Room 226. Ap
proximately 50-75 students visit the cen
ter to study and use the necessary ma
terials for history assignments each day.
Approximately 60 students use the
services offered at the Math Resource
Center in Room 217. Books and a com
puter are available in this room.
The Business Resource Center, Room
328, materials include typewriters, a
computer, books, and pamphlets on dif
ferent business firms. Approximately 45
students a day visit this room.
All the centers are open during school
hours, and the Foreign Language Room
is always available to use before and
after school. In addition, each center of
fers students teacher assistance.
Coming
Attractions
FEB. 16 Registration for ACT testing begins
FEB. 17 College Representative, Columbia
College In Missouri Room 108 8:45 a.m.
FEB. 19 Film, "To be or not to be"
Skokie Public Library 8:00 p.m.
FEB. 20 Picasso Lecture Kaplan JCC 7:30 p.m.
Contemporary Arts Dramatic
readings
Skokie Public Library 8:00 p.m.
FEB. 21 Winter Play
Niles North 8:00 p.m.
FEB. 19-21 One Act Plays
East
FEB. 22 Choir Concert
Niles West
FEB. 23 Board of Education Meeting
Creative Writers Lecture
Skokie Public Library 8:00 p.m.
FEB. 25 Incoming Freshman
Parents' Night
East
FEB. 26 Film, "Dead of Night"
Skokie Public Library 8:00 p.m.
FEB. 28-29 Art Fair
Kaplan JCC
MARCH 1 Directors' Meeting
Counselor Meetings with
Freshman homeroom teachers
MARCH 2 Freshman special registration,
homeroom
MARCH 3 PTSA board meeting
College Representative,
Lincoln College Room 108 10:30 a.m.
Band Concert
Niles North 8:00 p.m.
�Monday, February 16, 1976
Page Two
— Feedback
Poznansky criticizes Nilehilite attitude
Dear Editor,
This letter is in reference to the car
toon “Wise Guy” in the Christmas issue
of your paper. I would like to ask Gary
Byron, the member of your staff who is
responsible for this cartoon, just who is
pictured in the drawing, and what
purpose or message the drawing is sup
posed to convey to your readers? I think
you are making a drastic error when
you make any school official look like a
fool. Give me a few inches of space in
your paper and I could do the same to
any member of your staff. I know that
Mrs. Panos does an excellent job of
sponsoring your paper and I see a vast
improvement of the Nilehilite over last
year, especially in your sports section.
However, I cannot continue to read your
paper knowing that you are not 100 per
cent for Niles East.
If you can’t print positive material,
the kind of material that will help make
Niles East High School a better place
in which to gain an education; well then
dissolve your paper and rid East of the
grossly incompetent coverage of news,
some of which I have attached here
with.
Mr. A. Poznansky
Hosier commends paper
Dear Editor,
I want to take this opportunity to con
gratulate you and members of the Nile
hilite staff for the outstanding job you
have done this school year in producing
our school paper. Although any one of
the five issues so far is a prize winner,
I was particularly impressed with the
Homecoming and Winter Holiday edi
tions for their remarkable coverage and
interest to all members of our school,
coupled with such excellent technical per
fection and photographic displays.
In the last few weeks you have had
to carry on without the direct support
of your sponsor, Mrs. Panos, who is re
covering from serious surgery. Your ef
forts in this regard have been most com
mendable and a tribute to the talents
of your staff.
On behalf of the Niles East admin
istrators and staff, I wish you contin
ued success as we look forward to anoth
er semester of first rate newspaper pro
duction.
Galen Hosier, Principal
Pass/fail option questioned
Dear Editor,
Pass/fail is intended to allow students
to experiment in courses they normally
would not take. On Monday, January 26,
the Board of Education approved a
pass/fail system that virtually elimi
nates the experimental usage of the
pass/fail option. One point of the Board
policy says that four courses must be
taken for a grade. There are two things
basically wrong with this. 1) Pass/fail
was originally intended for the “weaker
students. “These students cannot handle
five courses; therefore the Board has
taken the pass/fail option away from
a large number of the students of the
school. 2) Many seniors will take ex
ploratory courses and use the pass/
fail option. They also normally take no
more than four courses their last year.
Seniors, thus, will not be able to use
the pass/fail option; therefore they will
be forced to take only those courses in
which they know they can get a good
grade. The Board also declared that no
required course can be taken pass/fail.
It is saying that for example, even
though there are 45 English courses, no
student experiments in their choice of
an English course. The Board feels there
is no experimentation within the require
ments. Furthermore, the Board believes
that freshmen are unable to effectively
use the pass/fail option. However,
freshmen are able to take courses with
upper-classmen and can take explora
tory courses. They are high school stu
dents and should be able to have the
same things other high school students
have. In short, the Board gave the stu
dents a pass/fail option with one hand
and took it away with the other.
Fortunately, this policy has not been
finalized. It will be presented to the
Board again on February 23. If the
Board approves it then, this so-called
pass/fail option will go into effect next
year. So, attend this meeting and voice
your opinion to the Board.
Richard Cope ’76
Student Board Representative
Editor's note: Due to a lack of funds and
space, we regret that all letters could not be
printed in this issue of the Nilehilite. If still
applicable, these letters will be printed in the
following issue. Please keep writing, we wel
come student opion.
(Photo by Steve Feldman)
Niles East or Niles Least? (This photo
appeared in the November 14 issue oi
the Nilehilite to display the band uni
form to students who had not yet
seen it).
Reflections ’76 performed well
The Nilehilite staff would like to congratulate the directors, cast, crews,
and band of Reflections ’76 for a job well done. The acts properly portrayed
human emotions, including sorrow, fear, jealousy, joy, love, and anger.
STUDENT DIRECTORS Susi Fleishman and Mark Blackman, along with
choreographers, Susi Soltan and Sally Saber; music directors, Celeste Ashley,
Debbie Feldman, Linda Pastron, and Leslie Aiment; and set designer, Paul
Scherfling, did an excellent job in creating and arranging a fine performance.
Editor replies to letter
Nilehilite clarifies goals, restates editorial policy
Included with the letter from Mr. A1
Poznansky printed in column one were
several clippings attached to articles
from previous issues of the Nilehilite.
Poznansky wrote his comments about
each article, and the Nilehilite staff
would like to explain our purposes for
writing each of these articles.
IN THE OCTOBER 3, 1975 issue, the
Nilehilite stated its editorial policy in an
article entitled “Nilehilite views goals,
invites student opinion.” The article
stated that the Nilehilite intends to
strictly follow the rules of good journ
alism, “including responsibility, accura
cy, fair play, impartiality, truthfulness,
and decency.” In addition, the staff
stated, “We must not be judged as stu
dents creating a school paper, but as re
sponsible individuals informing the pub
lic.”
With specific attention directed on the
aforementioned statements, Poznansky
wrote, “When you use the name of a
teacher or other staff member in your
paper, use a Mr. or Mrs. in front of it.
Show respect, not a lack of respect. You
ask to be judged as responsible indi
viduals, and not as students. Therefore
I judge you as individuals who are sup
posed to be responsible.”
According to the Nilehilite style book
which dictates the rules of punctuation,
capitalization, and labeling of students
and faculty, female teachers should be
named in full with Miss or Mrs., and
male teachers should be named in full
with no title except one denoting a pro
fession such as Doctor, or Reverend. We
feel that the way we name a faculty
member does not denote a lack of re
spect, but a desire for consistancy in
our journalistic style. Furthermore, the
Nilehilite has been using this same
method for naming faculty members
for many years, and have never before
received a complaint.
IN AN ARTICLE ENTITLED “Teach
ers need more school spirit,” in the
October 27 issue of the Nilehilite, it was
stated that although students frequently
tend to be apathetic, teachers, too, dis
played a lack of school spirit.
Poznansky wrote, “Yes, attitudes must
be changed, but there are only 60 or 70
teachers at East, and 2300 students (all
of whom read your paper). Where must
the change of attitude first take place?”
In writing this article, the reporter
felt that students were too often criti
cized for a problem which plagued the
entire school, and not students alone.
The reporter believed (and still believes)
that the only way to improve the situ
ation was for students and faculty alike
to become more involved. It also must
be mentioned that this article was coupl
ed with another editorial on the same
page regarding student apathy.
In the November 14 issue of the
Nilehilite was a picture of a band lead
er, shown in his uniform, from the back
(see photo in top right hand corner).
The design on the uniform was a source
of amusement to many, and for those
who had not seen the band perform, we
thought we would show the students
what the new uniforms looked like. The
line “Niles East or Niles Least?” ap
peared underneath the picture. Poz
nansky wrote, “No comment is neces
sary on this one!!!” We feel that if the
student body and faculty do not have
the sense of humor to laugh at them
selves, Niles East will never last until
the scheduled closing in 1980.
the scheduled closing in 1980.
ANOTHER ARTICLE IN the Novem
ber 14 issue entitled, “Student break
memory lingers,” was a simple remini
scence of the days when there was no
homeroom. The reporter wrote, “For
the first time in almost a year, the
cafeteria was back to ‘normal.’ ” Poz
nansky wrote, “It depends on what you
think ‘normal’ is. There are nine 40
minute periods a day. Most students
have four majors and gym and lunch
which leaves three free periods. It is
not a great hardship to have to spend
10 minutes a day in a homeroom.”
The staff agrees that homeroom is not
a great hardship, although its necessity
is also arguable. That is not the point.
Again, this was a light-hearted article
written for entertainment. We thought
that students and faculty would be able
to read this article and enjoy the rem
iniscences of a reporter without feeling
insulted or rebellious.
In the December 19 issue was an
article entitled, “Attendance system
abuses students,” in which the reporter
described the penalties a student suffers
if his parents do not call the school at
the proper time during his absence.
Poznansky wrote, “Before this system of
attendance was introduced, there was
mass truancy from class. In order for
one to learn one must go to class. If
the student is absent from class, the
student has the responsibility of re
minding the parent of his responsibility
to call the attendance office. After all,
everyone has responsibilities, and if they
don’t live up to their responsibilities
they must suffer the consequences.”
W E AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
If some one does not “live up to” his
responsibilities, they should suffer the
consequences. However, why should a
student suffer when a parent fails to
“live up to” his responsibilities?
The cartoon mentioned in Poznansky’s
letter was also included with the afore
mentioned clippings with this statement:
“It is the job of the security officer to
keep Niles East safe for all students.
Sometimes that job entails turning away
trespassers, keeping the hallways rela
tively quiet, stopping vandalism, and su
pervising students. If you feel that the
security officers in this district do not
perform in a responsible manner, you
are invited to make public your views to
the Board of Education, District 219.”
CARTOON STRIPS ARE MEANT for
enjoyment, but one must have a sense of
humor to laugh at them. Many students
have expressed unfavorable opinions to
ward hall supervisors (commonly call
ed hall guards). The Nilehilite was mere
ly capitalizing on a difficult situation as
many newspapers throughout the coun
try do. Satire is a world renowned form
of humor which everyone should learn
to enjoy.
In his letter, Poznansky stated that he
believes that we are not 100 per cent
for Niles East and do not print, “posi
tive material, the kind of material that
will help make Niles East high school a
better place in which to gain an edu
cation.”
Our job as a newspaper staff is to in
form, not to publish propaganda for the
school, its activities, or administrators.
We inform the student body with as
much skill and coverage as we can, but
we refuse to pander to the desires of
any group, students and faculty includ
ed.
THIS DOES NOT MEAN that we have
experienced any difficulty in printing as
complete coverage as we wish. We are
grateful to the administration for their
total lack of censorship, and trust in
our responsibility as newspaper report
ers and editors, and we hope that all
our readers will treat us with the same
respect.
The Voice of the Niles East 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 38, Number 6
Editor-in-Chief .
News Editor ...
Feature Editors
Sports Editors .
Monday, February 16, 1976
. Rochelle.Goode
.. Wendy Gerber
Sandee Morrison
Caryn Lason
. Kathi Isserman
Bruce Goldberg
Reporters ........................................... Nancy Angell
Howard Simon
Photographer ............................... Barry Schmetter
Cartoonist ........................................... Gary Byron
Sponsor ..................................... Mrs. Angie Panos
�Page Three
Monday, February 16, 1976
Reflections ’76, 6 Rainbow of emotions’
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Sue Feldman gives helpful hlnti to happy homemakera.
Th* •»«*• «•* parforma In the finale.
Patti Sucherman wondera why the guy* don't want a girl like her.
Mary Postal promises Bill Elliot that she will remain true to him while he is away in
the war.
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YO U N G IN H E A R T
PROMISE
DIAMOND RING
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Barry Kramer. David Pevsner, and Phil Heftel revive the greaser days at Niles East.
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�Monday, February 16, 1976
Page Four
Varsity gymnasts beat West
By Bruce Goldberg
Easthi’s varsity gymnastics
team defeated Niles West 120.31
to 115.05, Saturday, January 31.
The free exercise team was
led by Lee Grodsky with a 6.50
and all-around Matt Rosenberg
with a 7.65.
Steve Smith earned a 7.45 on
side horse followed by Craig
Gordon with a 6.25, and Rosen
berg with a 5.85. “The horse
was a crucial event for us in
the meet,” said Coach Tom
Sokalski. Dan Kessem scored
6.60 with Greg Spillar right be
hind with a 5.95 on high bar.
JOHN CARLSON (7.95) and
Tony Baque (5.90) led the Tro
jans on trampoline, while Carl
Taibl (7.05) and Spillar com
peted on the parallel bars. On
rings, Dave Abrahamson earned
an 8.1 and Brian Austin scored
7.5.
Due to an ankle injury Greg
Spillar was unable to partici
pate in the all-around sport.
Because of this, Coach Sokalski
had to develop another allaround. Rosenberg filled the po
sition and has a 4 9 average.
“MATT HAS WORKED hard
to try to fill the gap. He’s do
ing a real good job,” said So
kalski.
Spillar is presently working
high bar and parallel bars.
“With the return of Spillar, the
team will have more strength,”
commented Sokalski. Shelly Sha
piro has also been competing
as all-around. He has a 3.0 av
erage.
The Trojans have a record of
seven wins and four losses.
THE
SOPHOMORES
RE
MAINED undefeated with 11
victories, when they defeated
West 86.3-48.7.
Easthi earned the highest
score for a sonhomore team in
the conference with 92.03 against
Glenbrook North. The sopho
more all-around competitors in
clude Chris Besser, Bill Saputo,
and John Lopez. Each have an
all-around average of about 5.0.
Trampoline is led by Randy
Hertei, while Scott London and
Jim Burke compete on the
horse.
Most of the sophomore meets
were dominated by East. The
closest any other team has come
to defeating the Trojans was
Niles North, who lost by 10
points.
“THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART of any sport is to have
a winning attitude. The reason
for our success is because they
have a winning attitude, and
because they work harder than
any other team,” said Coach
Seymour Rifkind.
Girls9 gym nastics place sixth
Senior Carl Taibl displays his form on parallel bars. Taibl earned a 7.05
in recent meet against West.
West downs eagers 74-69
By Kathi Isserman
The girls’ gymnastics team
placed sixth with 73.46 in the
south division CSL meet.
“I was very surprised we
placed sixth. I expected seventh
or eighth,” Coach Marcia Berke
said. Last year the team placed
last in the meet and division.
“WE DID WELL. This is the
best we’ve ever done in the
meet itself. The judging was
good. We still need to improve
a lot if we want to get into
the 7’s and place. Everyone
has to pick up a half point,
because we’re placing in the
6’s,” Coach Berke said.
ROBIN SHORE (’77) placed
sixth all-around in the meet.
“She’s improved the most on
the beam, but she still has a
lot of work to do,” Coach Berke
said.
“Carol Greenspan ( ’76) did a
nice bar routine. She tried a
couple of new stunts which she
needs to improve on. With Carol
leaving, Robin will be our top
bar person.”
“Jeanine Battista ( ’78) is
the most consistent on floor ex
ercise. I never have to worry
Kessler places second;
qualifies for jr. Olympics
By Kathi Isserman
Steven Paul Kessler ’78, qual
ified for the junior Olympics in
16 and under epee fencing at
the New Trier West AFLA Open
on December 27.
STEVE PLACED SECOND.
He lost to the first place fencer
5-4. “I should have won,” Steve
said.
The first and second place
fencers qualify for the junior
Olympics and compete in the
Fencing National for 16 and un
der Epee Tournament on Feb
ruary 15, in Troy, Michigan. The
fencers who place first and sec
ond then qualify to compete
against adults in the AFLA Na
tional Open.
Steve started fencing last year
on the Frosh-Soph team. “I
Via tmen win
By Howard Simon
The varsity wrestlers defeated
both Niles West and Gordon
Tech on January 31.
The Trojans started the day
by wrestling West while Tech
looked on.
East took seven of the eleven
matches with one match ending
in a tie. The team won the
meet 26-17 and immediately op
posed powerful Gordon Tech.
Coach Richardi set up the
meet with Tech to prepare his
team for the upcoming state
meet.
“I expected our wrestlers to
lose, but I wanted them to learn
by their mistakes,” said Richar
di, but East won convincingly,
28-13.
Tech, ranked sixth in the
state, went into the meet with
only one loss in the last two
years. East is now ranked fifth
in the state.
THE
VARSITY,
JUNIOR
VARSITY, and sophomores con
tinue to lead their divisions.
The wrestlers are now get
ting ready for the state tourna
ment which began with districts
on February 13.
didn’t make the freshman bas
ketball team, and I like sports,
so I tried out for fencing. I
had never fenced before,” Steve
said.
He switched to epee after his
freshman year. “I was lucky,
because I was able to qualify
for varsity. Not a lot of fencers
compete in epee.”
ACCORDING TO STEVE, the
IHSA competition is tough, be
cause he mainly fences the more
experienced juniors and seniors.
He likes fencing, “because it’s
a challenge. It’s a team and
individual sport at the same
time. There’s a challenge of
out-guessing what your opponent
will do and having the coordin
ation to do it.”
STEVE WILL CONTINUE to
compete as an adult, although
he wants to get a degree in ac
counting and specialize in tax
laws.
i
about her forgetting her rou
tine,” Coach Berke said.
According to Coach Berke, the
team is extremely weak on op
tional vaulting, but the team
performs good layouts, the com
pulsory vault.
“The team has not done well
in meets, because some girls
don’t show up to the meets. I
don’t have substitutes so I have
to scratch and leave the spot
empty,” Coach Berke said.
“THE TEAM ON A WHOLE
does better on optionals. The
league meet is all optionals and
the division meets are compul
sory.”
Maine East finished first in
the division, and Niles West
placed second.
By Howard Simon
the third quarter and led 59-46
entering the final quarter.
The Trojans fought back in
the fourth quarter, and cut the
lead to 65-59 before free throws
by Marty Fabian and Zyburt
iced the game for West.
East came home to play Main
South on January 30. Unfortun
ately for East, Maine South shot
exceptionally well to win 95-78.
COACH CAPITANI was not
bitter in defeat. “We didn’t play
badly. Maine South just played
well,” concluded Capitani.
The varsity basketball team
was defeated by arch rival Niles
West 74-69, Friday, January 16.
The Indians were led in scor
ing by John Bruner and Bob
Zyburt with 24 and 23 points res
pectively. The Trojans put four
men in double figures. Art
Isaacs led with 19, Neal Schreiber had 16, Terry Greenberg 15,
and Mark Brines, 13.
West quickly jumped out to a
9-2 lead by stealing two inbound
passes, and converting them
into baskets.
THE TROJANS CALLED time
out to regroup, then played the
Indians on even terms for the
remainder of the half as West
led 41-36.
West steadily built its lead in
Editor's note: Due to lack of space
and funds, the Nilehilito staff regrets
we cannot cover all sports in every
issue. If we do not include a partic
ular sport in one issue, we will try
to make room for it in the next.
Spikers lose in district semi’s
By Kathi Isserman
The girls’ Varsity Volleyball
team lost to first seed New Trier
East (1975 state champs) 20-12
and 20-6 in the semi-final round
of districts at New Trier East
Thursday, January 15.
“NTE had extremely hard
serves, and it made it hard for
us to set up good spiking plays.
Their team’s performance was
the best I’ve seen in high school
volleyball this year,” Niles East
Coach, Chris Woodard, said.
“OUR TEAM’S STRENGTH
was defense. We covered the
court well, and we weren’t
afraid to hit the floor in order to
save a ball. Our serving also
was more consistent. Although
we lost, we know that we played
a good game.”
“The fact that we made it to
the semi-finals shows we’ve im
proved over last year. I hope
it gives my players some pride
and confidence that will carry
over to next year,” Coach Wood
ard said.
EARLIER THAT WEEK the
team eliminated Niles West 29-18
and 20-17 in the quarter-finals.
Niles North was also beaten in
the quarter-finals by New Trier
West, 8-20, 20-14, and 20-6. North
was seeded third behind Glen
brook South, West was seeded
fifth, and East was seeded
fourth out of 10 teams.
S p o rts S h o rts
According to Coach Woodard,
the team accomplished their
goal of working and feeling like
a team. “Of all sports, the true
essence of volleyball is team
work. Everyone has to think and
move together in order to make
the team work,” Coach Woodard
explained.
“WE PLAYED A TOUGH
schedule this year, and I’m very
pleased with our 7-5 record. The
south division of the CSL is very
strong in volleyball, and we had
some very good competition.
We gained valuable experience.
Since we only have two graduat
ing seniors, we hope to do even
better next year,” Coach Wood
ard concluded.
■
Fencers eaptnre third in tournament
THE VARSITY HOCKEY
team gained a 3-3 tie with Steinmetz on January 28, giving them
a record of two wins, one tie,
and 18 losses.
Steinmetz opened the scoring
in the first period, but East
hi came right back when Dave
Gutfreund slapped in a rebound.
Stu Pollack’s goal gave the Tro
jans the lead, but Steinmetz tied
it up at 2-2. Mark Rudd gave
East the lead late in the second
period, but Steinmetz tied the
score at 3-3 midway through the
third period.
Steinmetz outshot the Trojans
22-16. Coach Levin felt that this
was one of Easthi’s biggest
problems this season. “We don’t
take enough shots. For a team
to win hockey games you need
the guys who know how to play
the game, and who can set up
plays. If you don’t have those
guys it hurts,” said Coach Marc
Levin. Because of this, Easthi’s
coaches started using the “dump
and run offense.” This basical
ly consists of dumping the puck
into the opponents zone so a
winger can set up a play.
“When they use the ‘dump and
run,’ they play good hockey, but
when they start using their own
style, we start losing,” said
Levin.
EASTHI’S VARSITY FENCING team finished third in a
field of eight in the Inter-sub
urban varsity tournament.
“They fenced very well. It
was the first time they fenced to
their full capabalities,” said
Coach Ron Gralewski.
The varsity squad has a 3-4
record. East gained their three
victories against West, New
Trier East, and Marshall. Lar
ry Labow has the team’s best
record (11-5), followed by Jim
Osness (11-8).
Gralewski feels the teams ma
jor problems are a lack of bal
ance and consistency. “The
teams we lost to we could have
beaten if we were consistent.
You have to have a total team
effort.”
The junior varsity team has
a record of six wins and one
loss. They lost their only meet
to Gordon Tech. The squad, led
by Bill Samuak with a 13-2 rec
ord, has won about 75 per cent
of their individual bouts this
season. “The JV team is prob
ably ranked first in our divi
sion,” concluded Coach Gralew
ski.
EAST’S VARSITY SWIM
MING team defeated sister
school Niles West 93-62, but lost
to Libertyville 124-35 on January
30 and 31.
The Trojans set three new
school records. On the varsity
level, Bob Torstennson set a
record in the 500 yard free style
with a time of 5:27. On the low
er levels Bruce Brownstein
broke the 50 yard free style
record in 25.5 seconds, and Scott
Kleiman, Mike Boravik, Bruce
Brownstein, and Dan Galliger
earned another record in the
400 yard free style relay with a
3:51 time.
The swimmers have a 4-9 rec
ord. “I thought we’d be doing
better but we only have three
seniors, and two juniors on the
team,” said Coach Romayne
Baker.
There are 10 sophomores on
the varsity squad. “The sopho
mores are doing a great job, but
they lack the skill and ability
the older swimmers have,” con
cluded Baker.
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