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In This Issue
Niblets
Platter Chatter
Honor Roll
Inquiring Reporter
Horse Show
Concert Program
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Skokie, Illinois
April 25, 1941
Don't Take Mg Penng"
Is Delightful Comedg
Once again, clean-up week is here.
Clean-up Campaign
Starts Next Week
Spring Concert
The
Mag 4 in Ggmnasium beginannual clean-up campaign will
on Monday, under the super
With the lifting of his baton on
Sunday afternoon, May 4 at three
o’clock, in the gymnasium Mr. Col
lins will open the annual Spring
Concert with the brisk, snappy mu
sic of —"American Youth.”
Mr. Collins and Miss Klaus have
collaborated for many hours to try
to make this concert the biggest
and best this school has ever given
. . . and to all appearances they are
going to succeed in that aspect!
Not only will the orchestra and the
band play several well-known num
bers, but the boys’ and girls’ chor
uses and the choir will add to the
atmosphere by vocalizing on many
popular numbers; thus the whole
music department of NTHS is gor
ing to participate in this festival.
Not only will the program itself
attract attention but also one mem
ber of the audience should be given
special notice. Mrs. Elliott, com
poser of the piece “ Three Little
Maids” which she dedicated to the
students in Niles Township’s music
department, plans to be present
When you look at the fine pro
gram, see the many varieties of
types of music and then notice that
about 200 students will participate,
you must surely agree that this is
one event at our school that you
shouldn’t miss. The program is
given on page 4.
Prom King Elecion
Next W eek
Prom king election for the Junior
Prom is going to be held May 1.
Juniors and seniors must give all
nominations to Miss Harbert before
i\pril 29. Only a senior boy bringng a junior or senior girl is eligible.
vision of Mr. Galitz. A new and orig
inal postercontest will be held. Post
ers will be submitted by homerooms
and not by individuduals, therefore
everyone in the winning home
room will be entitled to share in
the prize. Posters are due not later
than 9 o’clock Tuesday morning,
and turned in to Isabell Hoth in
the library. It is the hope of Mr.
Galitz that every home room will
submit at least one poster.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the
posters will be displayed in the
cafeteria and judged sometime
Thursday. Homeroomers may sub
mit any number of posters. The
winning homeroom will be treated
to a party on Friday.
Shop Classes
Tour Harvester Plant
On Tuesday, April 22nd, the boys
in Mr. Lindley’s Advanced Shop,
W ood Shop, and Electric-Auto
Shop classes visited the Inter
national Harvester Tractor Works
in Chicago. A tour of the plant
demonstrated the steps in industrail production beginning with
the manufacture o f machine parts
and ending with the assembled
products. Both gasoline and Diesel
tractors are built.
The students visited the foundry,
drop forging, machine shop, assem
bly, painting and testing depart
ments. Visitors are barred from
the pattern, tool, die and experi
mental departments.
Items of particular interest were:
multiple drills which drill 96 holes
at one time, newest type of temper
ing machines electrically heated
and huge Diesel "caterpillars”labeled "For U. S. ARMY, paint olive
drab” .
All NileHi is rocking with laugh
ter at the “ screwball” antics of the
Pringle family who made their de
but last night in “ Don’t Take My
Penny.” The 400 little theater go
ers, who turned out for the open
ing of our Spring play, filled every
seat in the Assembly.
First nighters saw Pat Reiland
under the magic spell of Hollywood
stardom; Grant Kuhn, the boy
friend, on the brink of retiring to a
hermitage; Jane Cecil and Bill
Stevens building a farm right be
fore their eyes; and Paul Mikota
modeling a $150 spring suit from
Paris— complete with coiffure.
The cast for both evenings, Thursday’s
fisted first, is: Sally, Jane Cecil, Shirley
Dilg; Norman, Don Smyser; Penny, Pat
Reiland, Helen Miller; Caleb, Chris Lindhoy; Mark, Bill Stevens; Mavis, Donna
Cotanche, Marilyn McKeever; Lydia,
Betty Kelly, Marie Throop; Joanna, Mary
Lou Leonard, Patricia Donnell; Kerry,
Grant Kuhn, Gordon Davis; Greg, Paul
Mikota; Harrison Day, Lawrence Miller,
Joseph Fisher; Gram, Mary Baumhardt,
Lois Anderson; Monsieur Henri, Calvin
Koller; Claire, Jane Comstock, Connie
Kohtz; Elsie, Evelyn Meyers, Cherie
Neutz; Lucille, Elizabeth Krysher, Jo
Ann McKeown; Yvette, Pat Dickinson,
Mary Lou Leonard; and Red, Jack Price,
James Holmes.
Members of the various committees
include: Irene Guenther, Jane Permer,
Peggy McNeill, Lillian Baptist, Helen
Reeder, Marie Stritch, Barbara Ashley,
Catherine Ann Nelson, Jane Ohlson,
Betty Farr, Betty Kelly, Delores Chap
man, Mervyn Becker, Buell Brown, Marilynn Hynes, Jane Kadlec, Joan Blameuser, K a th le e n
S m ith , F lo r e n c e
Schramm, and Virginia Nordin.
Mrs. Esch may well feel that this
1941 Spring play can go in the
archives with the best of them. The
play is to be given again tonight to
an expected capacity crowd, and if
you miss it it’s your own fault be
cause we warned you against stay
ing away.
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NIBLETS
W H O 'S W H O
A t NileHi
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n ile HIl it e
Dear Readers:
Do you know people at NileHi i The NileHIlite is edited, published and
Please do not ask the Nilehilite
who do interesting things outside printed biweekly by the students of Niles
Box further questions about Ben
Domas. WE know no more than of school? No? Then we’ll intro Township High School of Skokie, Illinois.
duce a few people whose activities Mr. R. E. Cotanche, Principal.
you do.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Paul Perlman who has been rib are deserving of notice.
Editor
Collen Thomas
First, there’s Howard Wertz. Assistant Editors
ClarkBarton
bed unmercifully for blowing “ an”
Phyllis Braeske
fuse in the physics lab, hereby “ Howie” is the fellow who has
_ §® l Stevens
posts legal notice that he will as snread his talents over a wide field. Feature Editors
Grace Langen
He is one of our school’s outstand Sports Editor
sume responsibility for his own
Bob Reiland
ing Boy Scouts, being a Life Scout Activities Editors
AnnetteCarroll
fuses only.
Florance Gable
Phyliss Braeseke had to take the well on the way to Eagle Scout. Be
Wm.Sehnur
blame for the condition of her sides working for his own awards, Production Managers
mW . Koss
Howie has coached his troop’s first
Mr. Clement Meier, Advisor
brother Johnny’s locker. Pardon j
aid team who have given a first aid
Reporters
us, our error. (See last issue of |
Nancy Allen, Henry Barkow, Wayne Barton,
demonstration to a freshman as June Berg, Mildred Bergmark, Jane Comstock,
Nilehilite.)
Has anyone noticed, perchance, sembly. Two other sidelines with Jane Deatrick, Norma Delfino, Bernice Franson,
Richard Hartney, Lois Jaycox, Betty Kelly,
Frman
Rizzo, Ruth
the ponderous list of subjects offer him are working with the syn Roberts, Kraemer. Pat Reiland, SalWillard Stock
Dick Solon, Bettv Stielow,
ed in summer school? Well, what chronized swimming team and de- j fish, Viola Stoll, Toni Thlimmenos, Robert Tolare we waiting fo r ; where did w e ; veloping and printing pictures. (Re- j zein, Howard Weldon, Betty Westerlund, Maralyn
member him as Water Carnival’s j W ood w orth.Susanne Ostergren, Advisor
Mis«
put those books?
mightv hunter?)
Springfield Notes
Next we present Eileen Heinz.
Wish we could print the results
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of indoor photography done in the Eileen doesn’t build toothpick pal (Member!^ EST jktfmi < J I94 0 -4l)
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aces or collect soap wrappers. She — -— - — VR Tf d O
Ac-on
hotel.
flies. Lessons that began with Ed
Dorothy Lutz and Ginny McClure
kept us confused by frequently ex Hedler last September started
changing hats on the trip. Which Eileen on her glorious adventure.
was which? . . . We’ll never know. She is now flying a Great Lake’s
Please inform us as to why Eddie training ship at Pauwaukee airport.
Breitenbach was able to buy a ! Eight hours of dual flying and
Well spring is here??? And so
pair of shoes in Springfield and still thirty-five hours of solo flying are are some hot and sweet new plat
figure that the trip cost him exactly the requirements Eileen is working
; to meet for her private license. ters. Harry James has been going
30 cents.
Charles Williams has found it an Audrey Brown is our final presen- to town on his record making, most
easy matter to relax on the lawns Itation. (She’s the girl who won the of his new disks are written in
of our fair campus with the aid of Latin contest.) Eight years of les Music Maker’s style, such as “ Eli
a pillow. Is it possible that the sons lie behind Audrey’s piano Eli,” and “ Flatbush Flannigan.”
marks on it are those of the St. playing. Practice with Winnie It seems that the records with the
Flagg’s orchestra keeps Audrey
Nicholas Hotel, Chas?
Placid Clark Barton, when ques busy on Saturday mornings. Fre craziest titles are best sellers:
tioned about the trip home said quent recitals take up more time. “ When the Quail Come Back to San
Add saxophone and oboe playing to Quentin” by Artie Shaw’s Gramplaintively, “ Nothin’ happened.”
the piano work and you know why
The Turnabout:
ercy 5, “Ambercrombie Had a Zom
Wasn’t it a thrill to see our ath Audrey is busy. To her summer va bie” by Larry Clinton, Shaw’s “ Dr.
letic “ he-men” parading the latest cation means attending the Univer Livingston, I Presume ?” , and “ Beau
styles and our lovely ladies tack sity of Wisconsin Music Clinic. Night in Hotchkiss Corners” by
There’s no need to wonder why
ling each other?
Les Brown. For slow and easy
See Cherie Neutz for explanation Audrey has chosen music as her rhythm try “ The Spirit is Willin’ ”
of the fact that Gordon Davis and j future profession.
dished out by Miller. The amature
Jane Cecil entered the doors with
songwriters have gone to town on
Language Club Party
an abundance o f tickets.
“ Oh Look at Me Now,” and “You
The annual party of the Foreign Might Have Belonged to Another”
There is a great deal of debate
as to why the stag line retained its Language Club will be held on both by Tommy Dorsey. Miller has
length at this, the dance of dances. Monday, May i2th, at 7:30 P.M. in two smoothies: “ Ring Telephone
Seen tripping gaily across the the assembly room.
Ring,” and “ It Was Wonderful
All language groups are to par Then.” He has, of course, the two
floor was “ lil” Eddie Breitenbach
wearing one pair of “ Springfield ticipate in the evening’s entertain standbys of “ Song of the Volga
ment, the last half of which is to Boatman” and “ I Dreampt I Dwelt
shoes.”
Tell us why some “ genius” had be dancing.
In Harlem.” T. Dorsey and the Pied
Students may come in costumes, Pipers with Frank Sonatra shine on
to bring a water-laden baloon onto
the most original receiving prizes. “ I Tried,” and “ Delores.”
the dance floor and step on it.
Charles Artner developed a sud Refreshments may be purchased
Last but not least listen to Brad
den yearning for cokes . . . could for a small sum at booths typifying ley’s “ Strange Cargo.” For the
it be that he doesn’t dance? 480 eating places of different countries. scoops of the week we suggest T.
cokes were bought for the Spinster Members of the club will be able Dorsey’s “ Everything Happens to
to bring guests for ten cents.
Skip.
Me” and Gene Krupa’s “ Who.”
PLATTER
CHATTER
�April 25. 1941
Third Quai *er
Honor Roll
NileHi is proud to report that 96
students have attained the distinc
tion of being on the Honor Roll
and 53 on the Honorable Mention
for the third quarter.
The school is equally proud oi
the 12 seniors who are eligible to
receive Gold Honor pins at the
end of the semester.
The students are listed according
to their rank. The number follow
ing the name gives the total honor
points.
NILEHILITE
Yearbook Subscriptions
Staiting May 5 th
The Annual Staff proudly an
nounces that the 1941 yearbook
is practically complete — save for
a few finishing touches.
This year’s annual will contain,
in additiomto the more formal pic
tures of seniors and the adminis
tration, several “ shots” of the
building, school life, and outstand
ing events of the year.
Each senior will be presented
with a yearbook on commencement
evening as a parting gift from
NileHi.
Subscriptions will be taken for
the yearbook the week of May 5th,
At this time a deposit of 50c is re
quired. The cost of the yearbook
is $1.25 to Nilehilite subscribers
and $1,50 to non-subscribers.
Blue suede covers lettered in gold
will inclose approximately one hundv^d pages. A complete set of Nilehilites will be incorporated in the
back of the annual so you’ll have
the complete school year in pictures
and words.
SENIORS
Dorothy Kranz (30), June Berg (31),
Phyliss Braeseke (31), Don Fisher (30),
Jeannette Huemmer (31), Don Rhodes
(9), Rita Jane Fisher (20), Lloyd Friend
(30), Irene Guenther (4), Isabelle Hoth
(24), Edith Luxem (17), Laura Nunemacher (25), Marjorie Riser (19), Phyllis
" hlotterbeck (31).
JUNIORS
Mildred Bergmark (22), Norma Heidtke
NTHS girls Synchronized Swim
(22) Virginia Reuter (20) Florence Ochs
Team captured 5th place honors at
(20) , Paul Perlman (15), Gertrude Dahm
(22), Doris Mussil (10), Dorothy Nel the Shawnee Country Club Water
son (12), Dan Petty (14), Janice Yates Carnival and Swim meet on April
(6), Barbara Anderson (2), Lillian Bap 17th.
tist (11), Donald Baumann (18), Mar
The girls presented a water ballet
garet Dolan (9), Bernice Franson (14),
Richard Hartney (8), Olga Krajchovich to the tune of “Jealousy” , a tango
(16), Mary Lou Leonard (2), Dorothy rhythm.
Lutz (8), Virginia McClure (10). Marilyn
Miss Schaefer was extremely
McKeever (4), Virginia Nordin (13), pleased with their accomplishment.
Beatrice Rossman (12), Marie Throop (7).
SOPHOMORES
Adele Bartz (14), Lucille Lindemann
s e n io r s
(1 2) , Tom Sheridan (14), Betty Stielow
Jane Comstock (3), Ben Domas (27),
(14), James Watkins (11), Peter Conrad
(8), Dagmar Franson (14), Virginia Mildred Risinger (8), Edward Springer
Lenzne (14), Willard Stockfisch (14), (28), Gloria Bartz (27), Genevieve Con
Harold Anderson (8), Richard Boyd (14), rad (3), Mary Hegarty (9), Betty Kelly
Audrey Brown (10), Danny Dever (14), (8), Paul Mikota (1), Sue Schaefer (11),
Ruth Hennig (10), Rosanna King (13) La-^eme Schuler (12), William Stevens
Janet Lutkehaus (13), Ernest Nordquist ( 20).
SOPHOMORES
(2 1) , Ralph Rentzch (7), Dorothy Rings
(1 3) , Lois Ruthenbeck (13), Viola Stoll Patricia Galitz (11), Dolores Grembecki (7), Marion Hacker (9), Katherine,
(14) .
Kretsch (8), Carl Mueller (13), Kay
FRESHMAN
Joan Cutsler (6 ), Doris Hampton (6), Winger (3), Doris Burklund (6), Agnes
Leota Harper (6), Jack Harrer (6), Nona Heinz (4 ), Dorothy Lund (5), Robert
Jayne Holoppa (6), James Lannert (6), Tolzien (3), Harvev Tohien (3).
FRESHMEN
Barbara Mason (6), Margaret McNeill
Patricia Bennett (1), Frank Boufford
(4), Robert Pasek (6), Jack Price (6),
Lorraine Splett (6), Barbara Ashley (3), (4 ) , John Braeske (1), Jane BreckenBetty Bray (6). Tom Davidson (6), Har ridge (2). Joseph Byron (1), Thomas
riet Hart (5 ), William Moorad (6 ), Marie Cook (4), Patricia Cole (1), Robert HarsStritch (6), Ted Carlyle (3), Richard Cut ton (5), Robert Humburg (3 ), Wilford
ler (5), Marion Conrad (6), Mary Kay Johnson (5), Howard Langan (3), Anna
DeWitt (5), George Dorsey (3), Marion Nachbauer ( l ) , Rose Marie Norum (4),
Eichelkraut (4 ), Charlotte Einhaus (3), Cecelia Rizzo (4), Helen Roberts (5),
Betty Farr (7), Alma Gatzke (6 ), James Milan Voyvodich (1 ), John Warakomski
Keating (6), Beverly Kramer (6), W il (5 ) , Lawrence Welcho (3), Gloria Westliam Marson (3), Eileen Molitor (3), erberg (3), Lucille Anderson (1), Quen
James Moore (2), Gordon Peschke (5), tin Blewitt (1), Richard Hazen (3), Jerry
Jean M. Peterson (5), Ted Roess (6), Heinz (2), James Holmes (2), Nancy
Larsen (1), Grace Nelson (3), Charlotte
Roegene Scholow (4), Frances Smith (6),
Quincy (1). Carol Remus (1), Dorothy
Patricia Tracy (3).
Steward (1), Bernice Tolzien (1).
Synchronized Swimmers
Honorable Mention
Page 3
UPSTAIRS
AND DOWN
What do you think about in your
spare time?
Betty Kelly— Senior— “ Otto!”
Bill Ross— Senior— “ THE Woman.”
Merle Iverson— Junior— “ Summer.”
Leo Mueller: Junior — “ Sports.”
Mary Lou Heiniger: Junior —
“ Oh, a lot of things.”
Burt Pearson— Sophomore— “ Vaca
tion time.”
nny Wyatt — S o p h o m o r e —
“ Whether or not Mr. Lienhard
is going to pass me in geometry.”
Battle Braueh: Sophomore —
“ Knitting.”
Zenon Turski: Sophomore —
“ That’s a personal question.”
Dolores Bobowski: Freshman —
“ The mystery story I’m writing.”
Robert Denley: Freshman —
“ Nuthin’.”
James Freres: Freshman —
“ Horseback riding.”
Helen Roberts— Freshman— “ Con
vertibles.”
Ted Carlyle— Freshman— “ Oh just
girls!!”
Miss Johnson— “ School and other
little things.”
"Bush League"
Swings into Action
NileHi’s “ bush league” swung in
to action last week, along with the
Cubs and Sox. Practically every
class has decided upon the 12" ball,
four teams to a class, three bases,
and a variety of screwy names.
Some of the novel names are: Bingers, Bongers and Bangers, captain
ed by Peterson, Jarrett and
liams, respectively. The members
of the varsity baseball team will
act as umpires.
Other teams and their captains
are: Knockers, Davis; Yonkers,
Hallberg; Yankers, Huscher; Daub
ers, Schmitt; Rhumbas, Dahm;
Morons, Carroll; Wangers, Krier;
Maniacs, Stockfisch; Jerks, Heinz;
Errors, Wise; Bats, Rodgers; Zip
pers, Anderson; Drippers, Baumhardt; Droopers, Cecconi; Flubbers, N. May; Ringers, Roll;
Wolves, Harrer; Peppers, Rizzo;
Jagons, Leibrandt; Putlets, Har
rington; Baggers, Fieck; Fairies,
Hezner; Socks, Mueller; U. S., Podraza; and Wackers, Reiland.
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NILEHILITE
Track Squads
Lose Meets
The Frosh-Soph track squad
bowed to Palatine, 64 V to 44V?, in
z
their first meet of the year. The
young Trojan team proved to be
especially strong in the field events
and dashes.
Biegert was high scorer with 12
points, capturing first in the broad
jump, seconds in the 110 and 220
yard dashes, and a third in the 50yard dash. Other scorers were: L.
Kuhn, 8 V ; Rau, 6; G. Kuhn, 5*/a,
2
Langan, 4; Coursey, 3; Alecson, 1;
and Wareham, 1.
On April 18, the Trojan varsity
track squad was defeated very decisevely by Crystal Lake, last year’s
champions. The squad was com
posed of 12 varsity men and 12
Frosh-Soph squad members.
George Schmitt took second in
the 440 yard dash. Other points
were accounted for by Ted Canty,
who placed second in the half-mile,
and Ray Nitch, who captured sec
ond in the shot put.
Tomorrow the NileHi team will
travel to Palatine to compete in the
Palatine Relays.
April 25, 1941
T
rojans O C
pen onference
B Season T
all
odaij
The Novelty Amateur Horse
Trojans travel to Leyden this
Show to be held at the Flying V.F.
afternoon to play their first Con
Riding Academy is open to all
ference baseball game. They have
riders of NTHS. The Horse Show
is snonsored by the NileHi Riders*
played t vo practicegames, although
Friday, May 9, at 8:00 p.m. Those
loosing both they are confident of a
interested in entering should make
thnr reservations with Virginia
good game at Leyden.
Nordin, Beverley Kramer, or Joan
The team has Leen under handi
Cutsler not later than May 5.
cap through injuries and a few
The object of the demonstration
ineligibilities. Everybody was sorry
is to re-create and further interest
to hear that Ben Domas was
in the^out-of-door by means of out
through for the year. Doctor’s
door snert, and to acquaint parents
with the stables, and to see the
orders.
progress our horseback riders have
The first game at Waukegan end
made.
ed 5-0 and New Trier won hereby
The tickets to see the show will
a 6-0 score in the second game.
go on sale starting May 5, at 25c
Victory hopes now rest in the pitch
each. The program for the eve
ing of Frank Thulstrup.
ning will include several novelty
rides (dipper ride— stall ride, some
thing like musical chairs on horse
Nilehilite Contributions
back) , and formation riding by the
I want clean “ utinsuls” to eat off
entire group. Mr. Casey will have
of, Please.
a ten year old boy jump his cham
Distressed
pion horse. This horse is shown at
Rodeos, and it jumps over cars.
Movies will also be shown on the
CONCERT PROGRAM
various paces of horses. Refresh
ments, doughnuts and coffee, will Orchestra
be served. To complete the evening
1. March — “ American Youth” ........................................F. Cauer
there will be dancing to the music
2. Overture — “ Mosaic” ..............................Arr. by J. S. Seredy
of a iute box.
3. “ Dancing Moonbeam Caprice” .......................................... Ward
All students entering the show
4. Ballet Suite from “ Rosamunde” ......................Franz Schubert
must be present Monday night,
5. Waltz — “ Remembrances of Waldteufel” ...................... Seredy
May 5 to practice.
Combined Choruses
1. Cornfield Melodies — Negro Folk Songs........ Arr. by Riegger
Golf T eam 2. Beautiful D ream er............................................................ Foster
Girls’ Chorus
Five boys will represent NileHi
1. My Lover is a Fisherman...........................................Strickland
in the first golf match of the sea
2. The C lo u d ........................................................................ Fletcher
son against Evanston today.
3. Chanson de Marie Antoinette.......................................Jacobson
Last Tuesday and Wednesday
4. Three Little Maids.............................................................. Elliott
the members of the squad were de Boys’ Chorus
termined by an elimination tourna
1. Song of the Road.........................................
Potter
ment.
2. Sing Me A Chanty With A Yo-Heave-Ho. .O’Keefe-Wellesley
The five players are:
3. Stout-Hearted Men .......................................................Romberg
Ray Keegan, Bob Podraza, Nick
Choir
May, Henry Dahm, John Braeseke*
1. In These Delightful Groves.............................................. Purcell
Charles Leibrandt.
2. When Children P r a y ........................................................ Fenner
3. Rain and River .......................................................................Fox
Girl Champs 4. Gold and Blue — School Song..............................C. W. Collins
Schramm’s Hams captured the Twirling Number............................................. Drum Majorette Sextette
Elva Johnson, Bernice Franson, Annalise Nachbauer,
Girl’s intramural volley ball champ
Olga Raskow, Arlene Rechterman, Pat Reiland
ionship, defeating Nannie’s Nit
Band
Wits.
1. March — “ His Honor” ...................................................Fillmore
The winning team members are:
2. Overture — “ Mantilla” ............................................Paul Yoder
Florence Schramm, captain, Pat
3. Novelty — “ Clarinet Polka” ......................................... .Echtner
Dickins
Irene Neumann, Cecelia
4. Overture — “ Crusaders” ...........................................
Buchtel
Rizzo, June Mack, Dorothy Nelson,
Combined Choruses
Florence Ochs, Kay Reasland, Ger
5. March Song — “ I Am an American” ...........................Schuster
maine Moenning, Leone Becker,
Combined Choruses
and Dorothy Kranz.
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Braeske, Phyllis, Assistant Editor
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Langen, Grace, Feature Editor
Reiland, Bob, Sports Editor
Carroll, Annette, Activities Editor
Gable, Florance, Activities Editor
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Skokie, Illinois
May 16, 194
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3 CALENDAR
f 3 May 16— Eighth Grade Night
23— Northeast Conference
y 6'
Track Meet
The annual Junior field trip taken
30— No School; Memorial Day on May 14, to Fort Sheridan and
June 1, 6— Review Week
The United States Naval Training
7— Junior Prom; Gym at Station, added much to the student
8:30 p.m.
comprehension of national defense.
9, 10, 11 — Final Examina
A brief, but informative tour was
tions
taken through the Hawthorne Mel
The soft lights dim and through
11— Senior Breakfast
ody Dairy Farms, where each stu
the still night comes the rhyth
12— Commencement; Gym atdent received a bottle of chocolate
8:15 p.m.
mical beat of a tom-tom. As the
milk free.
13— Senior Picnic
Although the students were con
king and queen slowly emerge from
fined to the buses at Fort Sheridan
opposite ends of the brightly light International Night
because of military reasons, the
ed anchored steamer, the drum be
Juniors iyvére able to view and comgins to beat gayer and gayer. The Pleases Crowd
Last Monday night the Assembly prehe&d many interesting sights.
royal pair slowly approach the tiny Room was the scene of festive
Aftei*spending about 45 minutes
island, where they meet and then gaiety, as Spanish señoritas and, at Fort^Sheridan, the group chen
glide to the colorfully decorated dashing caballeros, peasants from continued to the Naval Training
altar, where their attendants ex the Rhineland, gay Parisians and Station, where the students were al
lowed to leave the buses. Escorted
citedly await their arrival.
“ betogged” Romans danced the
To the strains of a Hawaiian mel evening away to the lilting strains by several petty officers of the navy,
the pupils were shown the interiors
ody, the leis of red carnations are of Artie Shaw’s “ Stardust.”
of several buildings; the swimming
dropped to the shoulders of Irwin
International Night, the annual pool, the armory, the new “mess
Witte, prom king, and Helen Foreign Language Club party, is
Schuettt, his queen. Robert Rei- the only costume party of the hall,” and old armory were a huge
regimental parade took place.
land, runnerup, and his partner, school’s social program.
The Hostess House was turned
Barbara Williams and members of
The bright, canopied sidewalk over to the navy’s guests, and many
the Junior Council aet as attend cafe featured French pastries;
hours sped away hurriedly in play
ants.
cokes at the German “ Bierstube” ing checkers, drinking “ cokes” ,buy
Palm trees with real cocoanuts, quenched many a thirst; little ing candy bars and ice-cream and
brilliant colored flowers, ferns, Latin ladies sold litters of lilacs and talking to the sailors.
Hawaiian figures, and an anchored Tlies-of-the-valley to the lads and
Misses Kranz and Lant and Mr.
ship in the harbor create for you lassies; many were attracted by Ohlson accompanied the students.
rn atmosphere of enchantment.
the vividly decorated Spanish lot
One hundred Seniors partici
This is just a preview of what tery booth—-prizes were won by' pated in a tour of the Hull House
will actually take place June 7, at Phyllis Schlotterbeck, Robert Ger- in Chicago last Wednesday, May 14.
Niles Township’s South Sea Island hardt and Wayne Kunkel.
Guides from the Free Education
Prom.
The entertainment featured a al Tours Bureau conducted the trip
galaxy of stars: Bob Reiland and through the Jane Addams Housing
Bob Krier in a German comedy; Project. The students visit Hull
"June M ad"
Betty Kelly whistled; JoAnn Mc- House and churches and stores in
Curtain! Curtain going up on Keown gave another of her novel the vicinity.
“ June Mad!” This hilarious three readings; Marie Throop sang and
They attended a movie on the
act comedy which played so long Bernice Franson danced; Roberto Hull House activities and later had
on Broadway, will be presented at Barton translating for Bill (to luncheon there.
NileHi in our Assembly Room, May mucho) Stevens, Mildred Bergmark
Tuesday the freshman class spent
29 at 8:30 p. m. by the Chicago as flower girl and Paul Perlman as the entire day viewing some of the
School of Expression.
the comic station master were fea wonders in Chicago. Broken down
The play is directed by Ruth tured in the play given by the into five groups, each group visited
Rossiter and features Bob Harms Spanish group. Mexican street two of the following places: Shedd
and Barney Brauch, two former dancing wound up the program led Aquarium, Field Museum, I.C. Sta
NileHi actors. Also in the act will by the Razkows, Olga and Gene, tion, Rosenwald M u s e u m a nd
be Bill Stevens of NileHi.
and songs by the Spanish group. Northwestern Station.
Tickets can be purchased for 35c
The advisers, Miss M. Ronalds,
The groups were under the guid
from Helen Miller, Katie Nelson, Miss Bronson, Miss Berry, and Miss ance of the following teachers: Miss
Cherie Neutz, Pat Harms or Mrs. Kranz, must certainly be thanked Stone, Mr. Galitz, Miss L. Ronalds,
Esch.
for the festive occasion.
Mr. Kent and Miss Johanns.
See Chicago Club
Summer School
Tennis
Baseball
Track
Reunion of 1961
Niblets
Inquiring Reporter
Ideal Couple
Soft Music, Dim Lights
Junior Prom
Students Visit Hull House,
Fort Sheridan, Great Lakes
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NILEHILITE
A Senior Comments Class Reunion
O n The Draft
Of 1961
Every boy, sooner or later, must
serve one year in military training.
That time will soon arrive for many
of our seniors. The age limit, 21
years, seemingly places the present
g r a d u a t e s at a disadvantage.
Wouldn’t it be better for the young
men to spend their year immediate
ly after completing high school and
then return, going to work or col
lege. Numerous advantages may
be seen in having youths enter be
fore they are 21 years of age.
Many promising jobs and posi
tions will be filled by high school
graduates this summer. Most of
these youths will progress for two
or three years, at which time their
advanced position will be inter
rupted or lost by the law.
Life in the army is a great physi
cal builder—as attested by many
local youths who have spent some
time in that life. Along with physi
cal development, there is great
character development through the
rigid exactness and qualifications
of army life. These would undoubtably aid the youths in leading a
better life as a citizen of this coun
try.
There is the slight possibility
that war situations will necessitate
remaining in service longer than
one year, but in that event the
draft age would also be lowered and
selection would follow.
“ Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen, this is your society
newscaster, Isabel Hoth, bringing
you the season’s big event: the
twentieth reunion of the class of
’41 of Niles Township High School.
This year the event is being held
in the new Super Elite Country
Club of Skokie. As you know, the
club was built in honor of the ’41
class and is open only to them and
their families.
“ The alumni are beginning to
arrive. Here comes one of our
prominent citizens, Sal Rizzo, in
his chauffer-driven hearse. He an
nually attends this banquet in
hopes of bringing more customers
to his Morte de Salon Funeral
Shoppe. Riding with him is Bob
Freres who has spent his years
stuffing hot bread in his chain of
bakeries. Following in this great
procession is the newly elected
mayoress, Carol Blameuser, who
has carried on the tradition of the
Blameuser family. . . We now have
several famous personages arriv
ing in Charles Williams’ armored
car. Mr. Williams, now owner of
a large chain of “ restaurants,” is
accompanied by his most efficient
connoisseurs, Ralph Krier, William
Stevens, and Dorothy Kranz. As
guest of honor we have Kermit
Faust, president of the Ajax Tool
arid Die Company. Mr. Faust has
never let success go to his head.
He still keeps his first job of
putting nuts and bolts in hammer
heads. Coming next are Dr. How
ard Harrington and newspaperman
Kuhn. Mr. Kuhn still occupies his
spare time by throwing papers
through second story windows.
“ Oh! Here comes Lorraine Fullhardt and her “ Swing Crew”
truckin’ down the avenue. The
“ Swing Crew” is one of the more
famous bands of the year. Such
notable musicians as Winnie Flagg
and Irene Haefal playing the hot
fiddle, Irwin Witte and Nick May
playing accordian, Jeanette Huemmer playing bass viol, Sue Schaefer
playing clarinet, and Phyllis Braeseke playing tuba are included.
With the group are soloists Mat
thew Nosal, whistler, and Clyde
Henning, bird call imitator. Direct
ing this parade are mounted police
women Katherine Pewett, Jeanne
Lee Hester, and Barbara Williams.
Starved Rock
Next See Chicago Trip
Starved Rock State Park will be
host to the annual outing of the
See-Chicago Club on Saturday,
May 24th. School buses will take
club members to the park to spend
the day. Those who are interested
may take a boat trip along the
scenic river on which the grounds
are situated. Starved Rock has
long been a mecca for students of
Indian lore as it was there that
one of the great Indian battles of
Illinois took place. The trip should
prove of wide interest to the club
members as it embodies both plea
sure and historical background.
May T6, 1941
lust Imagine
Rita Miller with a heine
Arm in Beirbaum without a blue
sweater
Phyllis Braeseke without a smile
Pat Reiland without Dick Wasley
Jane Kadelac not looking cute
Paul Doremus leading a swing band
Rita Jane Fisher without a ques
tion
Phyllis Schlotterbeck with curls
Ben Domas without a girl
Jeanette Huemmer dancing with
Frank Thulstrup
A Problems workbook without
nursery rhymes
We would also like to announce
that this year’s Bob Hope is Don
Rhodes. His two stooges are Armie
Bierbaum and Don Fisher.
“ As feature attractions we have
Gloria Bartz and Chris Lindhoy,
the world famous dance team, who
came direct from Hollywood by
truck. We aire still waiting for
Miss Bartz to name the day she
will become Mrs. Paul Mikota. Mr.
Mikota is now assistant onion
grower at Richard Wasley’s Maison
de Produce. And here comes June
Vincent who took a night off from
Producer Merwyn Becker’s “ Gay
40’s Review” where she is now
making a great success as head
Can Can girl.
“ Coming up the walk is Frank
Thulstrup who is Skokie High’s
History teacher. Oh, just a min
ute! We now have another cele
brity, William Peterson, now known
as Rene, the famous designer who
runs the Chic Gown Palace. Some
of his models are Eva Herman,
Jeanne Armstrong, Grace Good,
and La Verne Schuler. And there’s
Helen Miller, the feature dancer
of the Ballet de Wolf, followed by
Roger Trimble who, incidentally,
supplies the community with goats’
milk. Another use for this product
was found by Kenneth Schrambeck
who owns the Salon de Bath. Mr.
Schrambeck says, “ A goat’s milk
bath a day keeps . . .” (Oh, no,
that’s Lifebouy. soap!)
Continued on page 6
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May 16, 1941
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nile HI lite
The NileHIlite is ed;ted, published and
I r'nted biweekly by the students of Niles
T~$yn&iip High School of Skokie, Illinois.
i M: R. E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor
Bob Reiland
Assistant Editors
Grace Langen
Feature Editors
Phyllis Braeske
Annette Carroll
Activities Editors
Bill Stevens
Collen Thomas
Sports Editor
Florance Gable
Clark Barton
Wm. Ross
Production Managers
Wm. Schnur
Mr. Clement Meier, Advisor
Reporters
Nanny Allen, Henry Barkow, Wayne Barton,
June Bersr, Mildred Bercmark, Jane Comstock,
Tane Deatrick, Norma Delfino, Bernice Franson,
Rickard Ilartney, T.ois Taycox, Betty Kelly,
r rmnn Kraemer, Pat Reiland, Sal Rizzo, Ruth
Roberts, Dick Solon, Bettv St'elow, ^Villard Stock
fish, Viola Stoll, Toni Thlimmenos, Robert Tolzein, Howard Weldon, Betty Westerlund, Maralyn
Y.’o ~dworth.
Mis« Susanne Ostergren, Advisor
| | | ] { $ f io * i * ) |9 4 (
Upstairs
and Down
“ What is your favorite
expression?”
Betty Meuer, Senior— That’s tough.
David Jacobs,Senior— Strike three!
Adell Sell, Junior— For “ Pete’s”
sake.
Mary Abbink, Junior— Oh to be on
the honor roll.
John May, Sophomore— A h ! Shaw!
Virginia Lenzen, Sophomore— Hi
Kid.
James Kozak, Sophomore— Too Bad.
Lorraine Betlinski, Freshman—
Monkey.
Patrick Bennett, Freshman— Nuts.
Carrie— Be sure and turn in your
suit and towel. Don’t forget
to use soap.
"Don't Take My Penny"
A combined cast of “ Don’t Take
My Penny” entertained the Ar
lington Heights student body Mon
day, May 5, with an exchange as
sembly.
The complete cast with Mrs. Esch
and Mr. Cotanche were guests at
a luncheon which preceded the
entertainment.
NIBLETS
Well, well, here we are again all
ready to get the latest lowdown on
Miss and Mr. NILE-HI. Whistle
for the Gestapo reports and let’s
g o : Davey Jones has been consider
ing joining the Canadian Expedi
tionary Force (we’re not kidding)
. . . Next time Lois Jaycox gives a
party she ought to pull the shades
all the way down. . . Harvey Jensen
and Jack Heiniger were seen last
Sunday night and they weren’t
alone, da da. .. Sniff! Ginny Nordin
is going to move to Pittsburgh next
July. Oh “ ca-ruel” fate . . . the
Kadlac party was enjoyed by both
the invited and the uninvited guest
. . . we of the latter wish to extend
our gratitude for Jane’s hospitality.
Admiral Williams likes splash part
ies so much he tried to make one
out of a lawn party. . . Ask Jean
Holmes or Joe Fisher if it worked
or not. Glub, glub. . . Home room
210 should be congratulated for
their Chewing Gum Parking Spaces
and their backboards for wastepaper baskets with the words “ in
it not at it” written on them. . .
Jean Nelson was seen by agent No.
48 V2 wearing Bob Shure’s class
pin. . . Pat Reiland, not to be out
done, was wearing Dick Wasley’s
ring. . . Chuck Liebrant led the
list of people who owed money to
the library last week. Total $1.43.
. . Irv (Prom King) Witte is going
to take Helen Schuett as his Prom
Queen next June.. . Jean Bates has
been running away from “ Muscels”
Jones. . . At the Cheer Leader’s
Party there were more people tak
ing walks than there were at the
party. I wonder why?. . . And at
Betty Parrin’s, Margy Berklund
and Tom McClerry established a
new record. They were outside for
four hours straight. . . Jane Cecil
is very obliging to people on scavanger hunts. . . Claire Juniac
couldn’t make up her mind whether
to use the Brake or the Gas on her
car. So she used both. The out
come wasn’t the best A number of
Leyden Assembly
Thrills NileHi
The first of a new type assembly
was witnessed by NileHi students
when Leyden Community High
School presented a novel musical,
Wednesday, May 7th. Our guests
from Leyden were really a little
dubious about their ability when
comparing it to the acting that a
group from NileHi demonstrated
a few weeks ago at Leyden. Des
pite their fears, the ninety-four
piece band and the originality of
their program really made this
assembly one of the best we’ve had
all year.
The assembly was sponsored by
Miss Ostergren’s Home Room, No.
214.
This exchange assembly pleased
the faculty and students so much
that programs of this type will
probably be carried on with several
schools next year under the spon
sorship of the Forum.
H, R. 206
Wins Poster Contest
Home Room 206, Miss Kranz’s
room, carried off top honors in this
year’s poster contest. The winning
poster was made by Lillian Meithke, Ruth darkens, Norma Heidke,
and Merle Iverson. Honorable men
tion went to Ann Oden of Miss
Line’s room, home room 315, to
Genevieve Becker of room 209, Miss
Harbert’s home room and Clark
Barton of 313, Mr. Ohlson’s room.
Everyone who has seen the mag
nificent display of posters in the
cafeteria will agree that the home
rooms of NileHi shower very com
mendable participation in this
year’s contest.
people have suggested that Niles
put on a show like the one Leyden
put on for us instead of plays . . .
the German Club fooled a lot of
people by selling coke at their Bier
Stube. International N ight... Ques
tion of the Week? Why do Bobby
Rasmussen and Mardy McKeever
watch the track team practice
every night ? What Sophomore has
what Senior’s Major letter?
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NILEHILITE
What are your vacation plans?
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Travel?
A Job?
Play?
Not Sure?
No doubt, when SPRING FEVER was epidemic, you vowed, along with most
of the rest of us, to spend the vacation days at the luxurious business of catching up
on your sleep.
But, by now, you are busy scheming schemes and planning plans for the good
old summertime.
W hy not budget your time so as to include one or two courses
in the Niles Township Summer School o f 1941?
THERE ARE REAL ADVANTAGES!
Summer school attendance will enable you to
a. cover required courses to allow more electives
during the regular school year;
b. learn to swim, or impove your swimming, dur
ing the^season when swimming is most enjoy
able;
make up lost credits;
graduate with a June Class if you are a mid
year student;
e. learn typing for personal use, or improve your
typing speed in a review course;
f. enjoy the benefits of individualized instruction.
A ll of these advantages are available to you at low cost.
. . . and, you w ill still have thirty eight days o f vacation time after
the summer term closes !
1941
N T H S SUMMER SCHOOL
5th Year
June 16 to July 25
Ask A t The Office
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Golf Team
M eets Evanston
This afternoon the Trojan golf
team will be matched against New
Trier’s very strong team in a six
man 18 hole match on the Mission
Hills Course. The Trajan squad
is particularly good this year and
the future should be better with
five of the eight boys on this year’s
team returning next year.
In two matches the Nilehi team
has defeated Evanston (12-8) and
Leyden (11-1). Besides tonight’s
match, Mr. Galitz announces more
meets have been scheduled with
Evanston, Main, New Trier and
finally, the Conference Meet. The
top-flight Trojan Knksmen are:
Bob Podraza, Ray Keegan, Nick
May, Chuck Leibrandt, Heitny
Dahm and John Braeseke.
Nilehi’s tennis squad, in its first
year, has dropped two meets to
Barrington while taking one from
Leyden. Only one more event re
mains, the Conference meet on May
24th. Members of the team are:
Red Williams, Bill Peterson, Bill
Stevens, Chris Lindhoy, Lennie
Christiansen and Dick Hartney.
Most of these boys will graduate
this year and with no underclass
men out for tennis the outlook for
next year’s squad is pretty dark.
Reunion-Continued
“ And here comes Bob Reiland,
the man to consult if you have
patent leather hair shine. Bob now
works for Norma Delfino in her
House of Delfino hair tonic con
cern.
“ We are very sorry to have to
leave you now, but our broadcast
ing time is up. Don’t forget to tune
in to hear “ Night Owl’s Platter
Club” with Betty Kelly, another
distinguished alumni, in her natur
al element. Until this time next
year, this is your Skokie broad
caster, Isabel Hoth, signing off.”
NILEHILITE
Ideal Couple
Of NileHi
'After seeing the same old faces
of Nilehi day after day, our slight
ly unbalanced minds began running
over the different faces and figures
of the student body and from them
we assembled the following ideal
specimen with:
Gene Bergmark’s hair,
Kenny Schrambeck’s eyes,
Bobby Brunson’s smile,
Frank Thulstrup’s teeth,
Ray Nitch’s physique,
Dwain Kuhn’s posture,
Ted Canty’s sense of humor,
Don Fischer courtesy,
“ Red” Williams’ line,
Kermit Faust’s charm,
Bill Stevens’ speaking voice,
Ben Domas’ athletic ability,
Jerry Jarrett’s dancing,
Paul Mikota’s clothing,
Dick Wasley’s grooming,
Then have you got? Why, Nile
hi’s “ supermale” !! Now let’s see
how the feminine angle figures in
with:
Jane Cecil’s hair,
Mardy McKeever’s eyes,
Cherie Neutz’s smile,
Claire Juniac’s complexion,
Nancy Allen’s nose,
Jean Armstrong’s teeth,
Caryl Jay cox’s hands,
Carol Blaumauser’s figure,
Barbara Williams’ posture,
Betty Kelly’s sense of humor,
Katherine Ann Nelson’s courtesy,
Mary Lou Leonard’s sweetness,
Joan Briggs’ “ come hither” quality,
Doris Burklund’s charm,
Shirley Dilg’s speaking voice,
Gerry Deily’s athletic ability,
Ginny Nordin’s clothes,
Janice Moore’s grooming,
Don’t you agree that these quali
ties would make up the Nilehi
“ supergal” to go with the “ super
male?” She would also be some
competition to our Phebe at the
same time!
Horse Show
No causualties were reported as
hoofs flew at the Flying VF Riding
Stables last Friday evening. The
participants in formation and novel
ty rides were: V. Berry, C. Blameuser, B. Brach, B. Kraemer, G.
Langan, J. Custler, B. Luckett, L.
Holbeck, F. Schramm, E. Krysher,
B. Kelly, P. Dolan, B. Williams, D.
Kolen, E. Breitenbach, A. Mayer,
R. Harms, R. Freres and D. Rod
gers.
May 16, 1941
Trojan Nine Seeks
Fifth Victory
This afternoon the Trojan nine
will travel to Arlington seeking
their fifth consecutive conference
victory. The NileHi squad leads
Warren in the conference race by
one game.
Frank Thulstrup’s 3-hit pitching
featured the Trojan victory over
Leyden by a 13-1 score.
Moore, Reiland and Faust are
leading the onslaught against en
emy pitchers. Today’s starting line
up, besides the aforementioned
three, will include: Druecke, Friend,
Hegerty, Jensen^ Gockenbach and
Thulstrup.
Northeast Conterence
Track Meet - May 23
The Northeast Conference Track
Meet will be held at Crystal Lake
on Friday, May 23, at 1:30 P. M. Stu
dent Tickets may be purchased in
advance at the office at reduced
rates.
Nilehi will be represented by a
stronger squad than last year . Ex
pected point makers are:
Nitch, Kramer, Canty, Kendall,
Clarke, Eichelkraut, Biegert, Bair,
Miller, Dever, Aleckson, Kitteridge
Dahm, Nelson. Rau, and Coursey.
The First Place Club [boys who
have won a first place in competi
tion] has now increased to 7. They
are:
Miller,mile; Nitch, shot; Aleckson,
low hurdles; Kitteridge,low hurdles;
Kramer, % mile; Biegert, [Pole
Vault; Coursey,
mile.
Play Day
Ten members of the G.A.A. re
presented our school Saturday,
May 10, from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. at
Elgin High at the Annual Play Day.
Each G.A.A. class elected two
representatives. These girls were:
Carol Jaycox, Bettie Perrin, Bever
ly Kramer, Patricia Bennett, Mari
lyn Bennett, Ruth Hennig, Dorothy
Neumann, Pat Harms, Doris Burklund, and Arlein Madsen.
The theme of this years Play
Day was “ Hit Parade.” The girls
raced to the number, “ Beat Me
Daddy” and played volly ball to the
tune of “ I’m Putting all My Eggs
(balls) In One Basket.” “ Little
Red Riding Hood and The Wolf,”
as a modern comedy, was presented
by the girls of this school. Skits
were presented by representatives
from each school.
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NILEHILITE, May 16, 1941
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Langen, Grace, Assistant Editor
Braeske, Phyllis, Feature Editor
Carroll, Annette, Feature Editor
Stevens, Bill, Activities Editor
Thomas, Collen, Activities Editor
Gable, Florance, Sports Editor
Barton, Clark, Sports Editor
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C O N G R A T U L A T IO N S ! CLASS O F
nileHIlite
Volume II No. 15
Skokie, Illinois
June 12, 1941
FIFTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
Selections.............................................................................................. Orchestra
C. W. Collins, Director
Processional ........................................................................................ Orchestra
Star Spangled B a n n e r.. .................................................................. Orchestra
Presentation of Student Chairman..................................... Harold Ohlson
Senior Adviser
A cceptance........................................................................................ Ben Domas
President, Senior Cabinet
Reflections ......................................................................................... June Berg
Class of 1941
“Our Part in School Administration” ............................ Richard Paroubek
President, Student Forum
Selections ..................................................................................................... Choir
Clara Klaus, Director — Audrey Brown, Accompanist
D. A. R. Citizenship Award............................................Mrs. G. E. Harbert
District Representative D. A. R.
Senior Awards.................................................... ....................... Harold Ohlson
To the Graduates....................................................................Mildred E. Tess
President, Board of Education
The Class of 1941.......................................................................... D. W. Flagg
Assistant Superintendent
Presentation of Diplomas........................ Superintendent R. E. Cotanche
Recessional ......................................................................................... Orchestra
Outstanding Senior Boy and Girl
The Niles Township High School
presents at Senior graduation these
awards for outstanding achieve
ment.
The 1941 Scholarship medal will
be presented to Jeannette Huemmer, who averaged the highest
grade for four years of work.
The various coaches named Ben
Domas for the 1941 Athletics
medal. Ben has not only been an
excellent student, but he is the
only senior to earn m ajor letters
in three sports.
Congratulations, Jeannette, and
Ben.
Appreciation
Thanks:
To the Senior Faculty Commit
tee, Mrs. Esch who assisted us at
Commencement rehearsals, Miss
Klaus and the choir, Mr. Collins
and the orchestra, the office, the
administration, the Board of Edu
cation, our fathers and mothers,
Juniors, and all others who
have assisted to make our years
of high school profitable and en
joyable, we wish to express our
sincere appreciation.
The Class of 1941.
1941
116 Seniors s
Receive D
iplom
as
This year’s graduating class, the
largest in the history of the school,
numbers 116 pupils. Three mem
bers of the class completed their
credits in January with the close
of the first semester. Three more
expect to finish at the close of sum
mer school.
Next year’s class will approxi
mate 150 pupils. The 1943 class
will number over 180 pupils. The
1944 graduating class — this year’s
Freshmen group — will be well
over 200 students.
When the 1944 class joins the
ranks of the alumni, the “old grads”
will then number nearly 1000, and
graduates of N.T.H.S. will be found
far and wide, enrolled in all walks
of life.
NTHS Rates High With
State Department
Following his visit to our school
early in May, Dr. P. E. Belting,
Assistant Superintendent of Public
Instruction of the State of Illinois,
submitted a letter to Supt. R. E.
Cotanche, in part, as follows : “The
School Board, the Superintendent,
and the teachers are to be congrat
ulated on the great improvement
that has been made in the Niles
Township High School”.
NTHS Receives
North Central Award
The Niles Township High School,
under date of April 25, 1941, has
again been placed on the list of
secondary schools approved by the
North Central Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools.
This recognition, the highest
recognition granted to any high
school, permits all pupils, accepted
by any college or university, to en
roll without entrance examinations.
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G R A D U A T IN G
JO U R N A L IS T S
Final remnants of the Nilehilite’s
original staff graduate. Conclud
ing a brief career of journalistic
work.
Clark Barton: Staff’s No. 1.
means of sports coverage. The
most legible hand writing found
anywhere in Room 108.
Phyliss Braeseke: Most often
misspelled name. Leads staff on
poetry. Always seems to want a
committee for something.
Annette Carroll: Staff typist.
Only editor who goes around look
ing for work. Sticks strictly to
G.A.A.— her old stamping grounds.
Florence Gable: Only editor who
gets her work in promptly, and we
mean on time.
Bob Reiland: Is a good feature
writer. Usually takes care of the
bowling news.
Bill Stevens: Feature writer.
Most original speller; most original
at excuses— excuses for anything.
This year the beginning Journal
ism Class is losing several efficient
members of its staff. These are:
Sal Rizzo, who contributed to
“Printers’ Devils,” Jane Comstock
and Norma Delfino, who wrote
“The Cat’s Meow,” and feature
stories; and Betty Kelly who wrote
“Platter Chatter” and poetry. Who
knows, perhaps some of these
pupils will be great Journalists
someday ?
Senior Cabinet
There was really a story behind
the minutes of the Senior Cabinet
meetings. You don’t think the
meetings went off as smoothly as
those minutes read, do you? Oh,
n o! It took the Cabinet three meet
ings to decide on the graduation
exercises. Remarks flew so fast
and furiously that Ben Domas,
president, has a hard time keeping
the meeting in order; and Sue
Schaeffer, secretary, an even more
difficult time jotting down the
minutes.
Each senior Home Room was
represented in the Cabinet by four
members. Other officers w ere: Bob
Reiland, vice president, and Betty
Kelly, treasurer. The cabinet plan
ned many important activities this
year for the seniors, such as: the
senior picnic, graduation announce
ments, and the senior breakfast.
NILEHILITE
To Mother From Daughter
Dear Mom and Dad,
I ’m all alone now in my room.
I t ’s very quiet out; the sun is ju st
sinking behind the trees. You are
downstairs rushing around a little
excited at having your daughter
graduate ,and you are very happy
and proud. I can see it in your eyes.
Dad. will be home in a few min
utes; we’ll eat, and then— . The
reason I ’m writing this is because
I was ju st a little bit restless and
a little afraid. But now, as I pour
my thoughts out to you, I lose that
restlessness and that funny feeling
in the bottom of my stomach, be
cause I think of you two to whom
I have always been able to turn.
I think of you as people who have
fed me, clothed me, brought me up
to be something in your eyes that
you always wanted me to be. And
most of all you’ve given me every
bit of love you have ever possessed.
And now, — I ’m not a baby any
more. I ’ve grown up and I hope
I’m half of what you wanted me
to be, because you’ve worked so
hard. And I have tried, you know
that. I haven’t been on the honor
roll ,and I won’t be the most out
standing graduate this evening,
but I have tried, and that’s what
I want you to know.
I ju st heard dad come in and
you called me to come down to
dinner. I love that tinge of excite
ment in your voice, Mom dear. Now
that funny feeling is coming back,
but before I close, I want you to
know, you and dad, that I ’ll al
ways think of you as the grandest
people in the world. It was you
two who made sacrifices for me so
that I could have the best. Now’
it’s my turn to help you — and I
will. W ait and see — .
Your loving daughter— ,
Seniors Sponsor
Study Hall
This year Nilehi inaugurated a
study hall under student supervis
ion. A group of seniors set up rules
and regulations governing the
study hall.
The eight seniors who worked in
shifts throughout the week are to
be highly complimented on their
success. The Senior Committee
was: Phyliss Braeseke, Chairman;
Leone Becker, Merwyn Becker,
Kermit Faust, Florence Marglaski,
Emma Schmelzer, Edward Spring
er, and Adaline Stachon.
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_______________June 12, 1941
Seniors Head
Student Faculty Forum
The Student Faculty Forum of
Nilehi, came to a close after a very
successful year concerning school
government. The purpose of the
forum is to encourage students to I
take a part in the governing of the I
school. Students are appointed I
from various homerooms to part- I
take in the forum. A representa- I
tive and an alternate are chosen I
from the homerooms, the rep re-1
sentative having the privilege to I
vote on all matters brought up I
during the meetings. Dick P a r-1
oubek presided as president, with I
Frank Thulstrup as parliam entar-1
ian, and Phyliss Braeseke as secre- I
tary. Other seniors who were m em -1
bers of the forum w ere: Perry A n -1
derson, Paul Mikota, June V in ce n t,!
Clyde Henning, Betty Meuer, Bill I
Peterson, Kermit Faust, Art H a n -!
neman, Clark Barton, and D o ro -!
thy Kranz. We hope that n e x t !
year we may have as active a n d !
successful a forum as this year’s !
organization.
Seniors Instruct
Science Classes
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Seniors Wm. Ross and E d w ard ! C
Hienz have been assisting M issH i c
Stone by instructing the girls’ g e n -!
eral science classes. While b e v ie s! C
of the fair sex hovered about t h e !
motors in the auto shop, “Bill” a n d ! G
“Eppie” explained the parts of a n !
automobile, their purpose a n d !
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operation, after which the g ir l s ! Ip
asked questions— “wise and o th e r-!
wise.” The young ladies appeared!
to be most interested in the C adillac! p
V-8 motor and its roaring e x h a u s t! |B
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Art Scholarships
IV
Jeanette Blameuser and E d ith !
Luxem have been given a six-w eek!
free Saturday scholarship to t h e ! J<
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, a ! D
qualifying class for a full two y e a r j
J<
free scholarship valued at $350.00.
We are rooting for these girls, and
hope that they both win this valu M
able two-year scholarship.
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�Seniors Reveal PlansHalf to College, Others to Work
Fifty percent of this year’s grad
uating case have indicated their in
tention of continuing their educa
tion next September. The others
will enter various fields of work.
To each of these groups we wish
success in whatever field they enter.
Following is a list of the gradu
ates and what they intend to be
doing next September.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Virginia Baity
Edith Luxem
Armin Bierbaum M arjorie Riser
William Feich
Frank Thulstrup
Don Fisher
Phyllis Schlotterbeck
David Jacobs
Barbara Williams
BUSINESS COLLEGE
Leone Becker
June Berg
Adeline Stachon
GREGG COLLEGE
Phyliss Braeseke
Dorothy Kranz
Gloria Bartz
Nick May
WALTON COLLEGE
Richard Paroubek
Lavergne Schuler
CENTRAL COLLEGE
Merwyn Becker
Paul Doremus
Norma Delfino Edward Springer
MUNDELINE COLLEGE
Virginia Berry
Carol Blameuser
Irene Haefel
CHICAGO SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION
Shirley Mae Dilg
Grace Good
Paul Mikota
ST. FRANCIS NURSING SCHOOL
Genevieve Becker R ita Jane Fisher
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
I1q|M Irene Guenther William Peterson
»
r ^«Howard Harrington
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TECHNICAL SCHOOL
ac^BPerry Anderson. . . . . Armour Tech
st.^BBen Domas........... ..
Flint Tech
■ Don Rhodes....111. Institute of Tech
■ Matthew Nosal
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POST GRADUATE COURSE
AT NILEHI
he
Jeanne Armstrong Winifred Flagg
Donald Cecconi
Robert Evans
)0 .| J eannette Huemmer
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NIGHT SCHOOL
lu-H Mary Lou Boyd
Page 3
NILEHÌLITE
June 12,1941
Kenneth Pearson
University Scholarships
Awarded to Seniors
Phyllis Schlotterbeck, senior, was
Clark Barton. .Maine Jun. College
notified last week that she has been
Jane Comstock.........Ripon College
granted a one hundred and fifty dol
Clyde Henning. . Columbia College
lar scholarship by Northwestern
Betty K elly.........Stephen’s College
University. Miss Schlotterbeck will
Christian Lindhoy....................
.......................Goodman Theatre apply the grant on her freshman
tuition at the University next fall.
Florence M argalski...........College
Helen M iller............. Carnegie Tech |Northwestern Uuiversity also an
nounced a grant of fifty dollars to
Genevieve Proesel....................
; William Fiech, senior, for tuition at
North Park Junior College
Sue Schaefer.........Grinnell College the NorthwesternUniversitjUollege
William Stevens. .Uni. of Michigan IEvening School.
Richard W ilson...........Music School I Donald Rhodes was honored by’
Richard W asley................. DePauw
Laura Nunemacher. .DeKalb State the announcement just released by
j the Illinois Institute of Technology
WESTERN ELECTRIC CO.
Richard Harms
Dwain Kuhn that he had won an alernate scholar
ship of three hundred dollars to the
Kenneth Schrambeck
Armour College of Engineering by
TELEPHONE CO.
Ruth Leach
Betty Pfister placing among the first twenty aHelen Schuett
mong three hundred Chicago area
Annette Carroll........... A. I. Nielson j high school seniors who competed
Edward F ra n k ........................... Navy in a recent examination in science
Arthur Hannamann. . .P rin t Shop and mathematics.
Edward Heinz. . . Heinz Motor Co.
Laura Nunemacher and WinniRalph K rie r....................P rint Shop
Betty Meuer.....................Dennison’s ¡ fred Flagg have been named for the
Catherine Ann Nelson..................
State Normal college scholarships
Radio Recording and Office Work
which will be honored next year at
Viola Sm ith............... Insurance Co.
Northern Illinois StateTeachers col
Betty Van Arsdale. .. .Radio Work
lege at De Kalb. These are tuition
Charles W illiams....................
Tool and Die Industry scholarships and can be applied for
Irvin W itte...................... Fred Witte each of four years of attendance.
The following Seniors have not
decided what field they will enter
following graduation.
Lorraine Baumhardt
Norman Baumhardt
Bernice Boyk
Irene Betlinski
Robert Carl
Pearl Bugera
Kermit Faust
Genevieve Conrad
Lloyd Friend
Carl Febrow
Lorraine Fullhard Florence Gabel
Shirley Harms
Edward Gatzke
Eva Herman
Mary Hegarty
Isabelle Hoth
Ray Hohs
John Jones
Harvey Jensen
Clara Ketter
Audrey Keating
Carol Pearson
Jeanette LeClercq
Katherine Pewitt
Viola Pearson
William Ross
Sal Rizzo
Emma Schmelzer George Schmith
Kathryn Sutter Florence Tomczak
Roger Trimble Theresa Ventrella
Violet Yehl
June Vincent
Raymond Baumhardt
Louise Baily
Violet Eifler
Robert Flynn
Jean n Lee Hester
Vernon Permer Mildred Risinger
Robert Reiland
TO THE SENIORS!
Four years pass in tribulation,
Striving for an education.
A fter first day registration,
Which includes all information,
Came those long examinations.
Teachers harped on demonstra
tions ,
Calculations and equations,
Estimations and translations,
Organizations, presentations,
Illustrations, applications,
Exploration, explanation,
All these things called education.
Four years pass in desperation.
This year is the termination
Of your mental cultivation.
Pictures, friends, and relations!
Baccalaureate! Graduation!
You’ve made the grade!
Congratulations!
by Phyliss Braeseke
�N1LEHILITE
Page 4
June 12, 1941
Seniors, Do You Remember
Breakfast Closes
as the Years Pass in Review? Senior Activities
Do you remember, Senior, how
terrified we were our first day at
high school? And how we waded
through hoards of grade school
kids to find our new classes at Lin
coln School? Remember our com
munity lockers ? Of course you
couldn’t have forgotten the infan
tile paralysis epidemic that gave us
a week’s vacation so soon after
school began.
In our first year the new school
was still in the blueprint stage. But
we didn’t mind that because we had
such diversions as the first Hobo
Day and the spring play, “Another
Spring,” to keep us happy. As
freshmen we girls became charter
members of the G.A.A. Freshmansophomore shift, twelve o’clock to
four-thirty, was a great temptation
to our keeping late hours. G.A.A.
rules suffered more than once!
Then do you remember how the
excitement of moving into the new
building completely overshadowed
the worry and gloom of mid-year
exams ? With the new location
came those new hours, nine to twofifteen, that were so super. Anoth
er innovation of our sophomore
year was the new Student Faculty
Forum which had much to say in
school affairs. Then we had our
first big chance to sponsor a social
activity— the Sophomore Snowball
Dance.
But, you remember, it was our
junior year that really found us in
the swing of things. We joined the
See Chicago Club and saw China
town, Maxwell Street, and the Tri
bune Building. We extended Chi
cago a little and took in Washing
ton, D. C. We also gave our atten
tion to the Spanish Fiesta, the
school’s first international night,
and to the Egyptian W ater Carni
val, and to “What a Life.”
And girls, will you ever forget
La Femme Hop which gave us our
first chance to escort the man of
our dreams? We even had our
Bonnie pictured in the NileHiLite,
our paper then ju st five issues old,
dragging off Jonnie as unwilling
(?) quarry.
Then you remember that all-im
portant event of any year, the Jun
ior Prom. We girls put aside our
saddle shoes and sloppy Joes to
blossom forth in billowy gowns.
You boys splashed on extra doses
of hair tonic in vain efforts to make
your heinies sprout. It was our
glamour evening, for sure!
We all felt pretty big being Sen
iors last fall. Preparations for col
lege and job hunting were serious
problems. Memories from the light
er side include that melodrama at
the Senior Party which was funny
enough to make Plitler forget Hess.
Then the football skit at the Spin
sters’ Skip with the girls decked
out in the football team’s fall en
sembles was pure panic. Trips to
the County Jail, the Garfield Park
Conservatory, Springfield, and Hull
House were events on the See Chi
cago calendar. 'Water Carnival
went Aztec. With “Don’t Take my
Penny” the curtain fell on the final
performance of many seniors.
Forgetting some of the social
whirl for a moment, think back
over the innovations of this year.
(You don’t want to think tonight?
Well, all right, since it’s graduation
we’ll think for you.) This year
saw : a new size for the NileHiLite,
chimes to introduce announce
ments, the new Pep Club, the be
ginning of the All Girl Orchestra,
new uniforms for the band, twirlers
and twirling coming to the fore,
synchronized swimming, and an ex
change assembly. See? Really a
lot when you think about it.
And now, if we may do so with
out seeming sentimental, we would
like to wish that our future will
have as many happy memories and
bring as many good friends as these
four years of high school did.
The cafeteria was the scene on
Wednesday morning, June 11, of
the last meeting of the Senior class
before Commencement. The occa
sion was the Senior Breakfast.
Over their last cups of coffee,
(or was it cocoa) these near-alumni listened to various members of
their class give their final words
of encouragement in prophecy of
better days to come. The Class
W ill also had its place in the pro
gram. Then, too, there were ath
letic awards, not previously pre
sented, honorable mention awards,
and also certificates for both schol
arship and attendance.
A fter the breakfast came the is
suance of the ea,ps and gowns which
was followed by the first of the
two Commencement Tèhèarsals, one
also scheduled for Thursday morn
ing.
Commencement days-- are busy
days.
Mother, Your Daughter
CAN Cook !
“Good cooks can be made,” says
Miss Line, Home Economics in
structor.
Outstanding Senior cooks, she
announces to all concerned, are
Virginia Baity, Bernice Boyk, Jane
Comstock, Helen Miller, Genevieve
Becker, Clara Ketter, Virginia
Berry, Carol Blameuser, and Mil
dred Risinger.
“Mothers can also pay particular
notice,” she says.
�June 12, 1941
Senior
Scholarship Awards
NILEHILITE
Six Seniors
To Attend Boys State
On June 28 the following Seniors,
Richard Paroubek, Robert Freres,
Robert Reiland, Richard Wilson,
Perry Anderson, and William Pe
terson will board the Special Boy’s
State Express at the Union Station
which will speed them to the Illi
nois state Fair Ground’s at Springfield for the 1941 session of Premeir Boy’s State. Other represen
tatives from N. T. H. S. are: Rich
ard Solon, Francis Keegan, William
Dickinson, and Robert Moore.
Boy’s State is a junior organiza
tion modeled after our state and
local governments. The State is
divided into cities, counties, and
Judicial Districts. The officers of
the government are boys elected by
popular vote. While the fellows are
attending this session they will go
to special schools, according to their
positions. There are four of these
schools: Peace Officers, Law, Civil
Service, and one for Political Office
Holders.
Boy’s State in Illinois is a rather
new idea as this is only the fifth
year of operation. Thirty-six other
states in the Union also have a
Boy’s State. The American Legion
J. Huemmer Receives
is the sponsor of this instrument to
Reader's Digest Award teach American boys the American
Jeanette Huemmer in earning form of government.
the high scholastic honors for the
Class of 1941, is receiving an en
grossed certificate and a year’s sub- Attendance Awards,
Ucription from the Reader’s Digest.
Presented to Nine Seniors
Each year the Reader’s Digest
presents this award to young men
Virginia Baity,Mary Louise Boyd,
Jand women throughout the country Phyliss Braeseke, Annette Carroll,
■who, as graduates of these many
Isabelle Hoth and Clara Ketter will
■high schools, have shown by their
■efforts promise of attaining leader- receive Honor Certificates for four
years of perfect attendance in high
Jship.
Congratulations, Jeanette!
school. Honorable Mention certifi
cates will be given to Nick May,
D.A.R. Citizenship Award Shirley Dilg, and Leone Becker for
Phyllis Braeseke is receiving on an attendance record of two days or
Commencement Night, the D.A.R. less abscence.
award for citizenship. Mrs. G. E.
[Harbert of Park Ridge, representa Seniors wipe your tears away
tive of the D. A. R., will make the You’ll soon forget us anyway
presentation.
W ith college life and all its flings
Phyllis was selected by a vote of
the faculty for her outstanding Or the paycheck that your slaving
brings.
[efforts in promoting school activi
ties.
The winning of a scholarship
award is an achievement at Niles
Township High School, where com
petition is live and keen. To win
a gold pin, it is necessary for a
student to earn 28 points, each
point representing placements on
the quarterly Honor Roll. A silver
pin indicates 21 points; a bronze
pin 14 points.
Seniors who will receive gold
pins at Commencement a re :
Gloria Bartz
June Berg
Phyliss Braeseke
Ben Domas
Don Fisher
Lloyd Friend
Jeannette Huemmer
Dorothy Kranz
Phyllis Schlotterbeck
Edward Springer
Silver and bronze pins were pre
sented at the Senior Breakfast to
the following:
Silver
Rita Jane Fisher
Isabelle Hoth
Laura Nunemacher
Marjorie Riser
William Stevens
Bronze
Florence Gabel
Edith Luxem
LaVerne Schuler
Page 5
Thanks Edith
The 1941 yearbook, differing con
siderably from the annual produc
tions of past years, has received
much praise from its subscribers.
To Edith Luxem, chairman of the
Committee composed of members
of the Senior English classes, must
go much of this favorable com
mendation. It was Edith who su
pervised the work of thé group,
under the direction and guidance of
Miss Berry. I t was her particular
task to not only plan the contents
of each page in the year book, but
to review the written materials of
each member of the group, and
later to proofread the printed copy.
We say to you, Edith, “Well
done.”
NTHS Students
Win Dramatic Awards
Six talented members of Niles
Townships Dramatics classes proved
their ability in competition with
other students from this area
when they took more than their
share of dramatic scholarships of
fered by several schools.
Those who won scholarships a re :
Chris Lindhoy, 1 year scholarship
to the Goodman th eater; Grace
Good, 1 year scholarship at the Chi
cago School of Expression; Shirley
Dilg, partial scholarship at the Chi
cago School of Expression; Helen
Miller, Summer scholarship to the
Chicago School of Expression; Irene
Guenther, partial summer scholar
ship at the Chicago School of E x
pression ; and Clyde Henning, 1
year scholarship at the Columbia
College.
Senior winners of maj or dramatic
awards a re : Bill Stevens, Helen
Miller, Paul Mikota, Chris Londhoy
and Catherine Nelson.
Minor awards were presented t o :
Irene Guenther, Shirley Dilg and
Clyde Henning.
�Page 6.
Senior
Athletic Awards
Anderson, Perry, Basketball—
1941.
Becker, Merwyn, Football— 1939’40-’41.
Bierbaum, Armin, Baseball —
1941.
Carl, Robert, Track— 1940.
Cecconi, Donald, Basketball—
1941.
Domas, Ben, Football — 1941.
Basketball — 1940-’41. Baseball —
1939-’40.
Faust, Kermit, Football— 1937’39-’40. Baseball— 1939-’40-’41.
Evans, Bob, Swimming— 1941.
Friend, Lloyd, Baseball— 1941.
Harrington, Howard, Basketball
— 1941.
Jacobs, Dave, Baseball— 1941.
Jensen, Harvey, Baseball— 1940’41.
Lindhoy, Chris, Tennis (Minor)
— 1941.
May, Nick, Golf (Minor)— 1941.
Permer, Vern, Football— 1937’38-’39-’40.
Peterson, Bill, Basketball— 1941.
Springer, Edward, Football— 1940.
Thulstrup, Frank, Basketball—
1941. Baseball— 1940-’41.
Wasley, Dick, Swimming— 1941.
Williams, Charles, Football— 1939. Basketball— 1939-’40-’41.
Stevens, Bill, Tennis (Minor) —
1941.
Three Girls To Attend
Girls State
W in n ifre d F la g g , Genevieve
Becker, and Violet Eifler will carry
the banners of N.T.H.S. to the
Illini Girl’s State this year. The
Conference will be held at Jack
sonville from June 21 to June 28.
Winnifred and Genevieve were
selected by the American Legion
Auxiliary of Skokie. Violet was
named by the Morton Grove Auxili
ary.
NILEHILITE________ _____________________June
G.A.A. Charter Members
Graduate
Senior
Cheerleaders
12, 1941
Among this year’s graduates are
Nilehi will lose four snappy pepthe charter members of Nilehi’s
sters with the graduating of the
G.A.A. Three seniors holding of
class of “41.” They have done a
fice a re : Annette Carroll, presi
grand job and have been staunch
dent; Phyliss Braeseke, secretary,
Trojan supporters on the floor and
and Winnifred Flagg, treasurer.
field. The four are Leone Becker,
They are to be especially congratu- j
Phyliss Braeseke, Eva Herman,
lated upon their cooperative spirit
and Helen Schuett.
which enabled the G.A.A. to make
One year’s service on the Junior
such rapid progress.
Varsity squad is a prerequiste for
Each year, for the past three
Varsity work. Eva and Phyliss
years, the G.A.A. has sent girls to
have been varsity cheerleaders for
camp. These girls are elected by
three years. Helen and Leone have
fellow members and byv
the faculty,
served on the varsity squad the
on the following points: sportsman-1
past two years. Three cheers for
ship, scholarship, citizenship, co
these lassies.
operative spirit, personal appear
ance, extra curricular activity, and
Tennis Doubles
leadership.
There are three girls graduating i Take Second
Chris Lindhoy and Bill Stevens,
this year who have been so hon
ored: Phyliss Braeseke (summer Nilehi’s doubles team, captured
second place this year in the North
of 1939 at Lake Geneva) Annette
east Conference tennis meet at Ley
Carroll and Lorraine Baumhardt den on May 25. Lake Forest de
(summer of 1940 at Lake Villa). feated Niles for first place.
No seniors are sent to camp be
cause camp opens during Gradu Juniois Serve
ation Week.
As Ushers
G.A.A. Awards
The G.A.A. awards letters and
Junior boys and girls who have
emblems according to a point sys
been selected to usher on Com
tem endorsed by the Illinois Lea
gue. The first award is a blue and mencement evening are: Robert
orange emblem “G. A. A.” (600 Krier, Dorothy Lutz, W illiam King, I
points). The second award is the Frances Hamilton, Doris Mussil,|
blue and orange “N” granted after Virginia Reuter, Carol Jaycox, Joan I
1200 points have been accumulated. Pike, Betty Holmes, Jeanette Huem.|
These are local awards. The Illin mer, Stanley Kendall, Charles, Artois League awards the third letter ner, and Grace Langan.
a blue and white “I” for 1600
points. The highest award is a
Play Day Delegates
“Map of Illinois,” awarded for a
Upon occasion the G.A.A. sends!
grand total of 2,000 points.
Two proud young ladies who re delegates to Play Days at otherl
ceived the “Map of Illinois” are schools so called because the girls!
Lorraine Baumhardt and Phyliss do not compete against, but playi
Braeseke.
with students of other schools!
Those girls who received the
Delegates are elected by their fel-l
prized “I ” are as follows: Leone
Becker, Irene Gunther, and Viola low G.A.A. members. The follow-l
Pearson.
ing seniors have attended Play Dayl
The “N” is being awarded to: at some time during their highl
Carol Blameuser, Annette Carroll, school careers: Lorraine Baumj
and Winnifred Flagg.
The letters G.A.A. are presented hardt, and Phyliss Braeseke (Bar-1
to Wanda D'udick, Helen Miller and ington 1939) Leone Becker, JuneT
Berg, Carol Blameuser and Kayf
Lavergne Schuler.
Sutter (Elgin 1940).
Congratulations all of you!
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Stilts for Seniors?
nileH
Volumne III No. 1
I lite
Skokie, Illinois
October 3, 1941
Football, Floats, Fun, Frolic
Begins Oct. 10 for NTHS
Scrimmage Line Bows
Trojans to Com bat
To N ew 'La C onga Line' Crystal Lake Oct. 11
Either the seniors are shrinking or
the freshies are growing, but Bob
Krier (right) ’42 doesn’t seem to mind
as he welcomes Ray Nelson (left) to
four years at Niles Township which
has an enrolment of 801.
NBC M oves Mikes
To Nilehi for Radio
Talent Auditions
As part of a county-wide search for
talent, NBC and the Radio Council of
Chicago public schools is sponsoring
a radio audition at NTHS next Friday
at 10:10 a.m. In a self-styled amateur
hour, student genius will be given
mike trials for the opportunity to ap
pear in the popular broadcast feature
“ The High School Studio Party.”
Nearly all types o f entertainment
are invited to this audition in which
anyone may participate. Producers
are especially seeking impersonators,
whistlers, tap dancers, reciters, small
singing groups (no solos), novelty in
strumental groups, original five-min
ute talks on interesting hobbies, and
other novelties of this sort.
Students desiring to enter the audi
tions must register with Mrs. Ruth
Esch, who will preview the acts before
their big test. The people taking part
in the tryouts will be called out of
class Friday to report to the assembly
room for auditions.
The acts chosen by the producer as
good broadcasting material may be
used on any program in the year’s
series broadcast every Saturday over
WMAQ.
Climax of the homecoming activities
is the Football dance to be held at
8:30 p.m. in the hall of champions on
October 11, the occasion being Nilehi’s
conquest over Crystal Lake. Saddle
shoes and sweaters will be appropriate
since all /dress will be informal.
Miss Adelaide Berry and a senior
committee are in charge of the floor
show which promises to be unique and
entertaining with an all-student cast.
Miss Mildred Johnson, chairman of
the ticket sales, said that tickets will
be sold today and October 10 in all
homerooms. The price is 80 cents per
couple and 55 cents for stags, guests,
and alumni.
Homerooms Prepare Floats
P. T. Bamum himself would prob
ably be dazzled a week from tomorrow,
when each homeroom will unveil its
float in the annual parade, preceding
the homecoming football game. The
procession will start at 10 a.m. at
Nilehi.
Admission is ‘Box’
Admission to the annual bonfire and
snake dance on the football field Octo
ber 10 at 7:30 p.m. will be at least one
wooden box.
A preliminary “ bonfire of pep” is
planned for 3:10 a week from today.
Seniors Start Primping
Tuesday for Camera
“ Watch the birdie!” will be the pass
word beginning next Tuesday, Wednes
day, and Thursday for the seniors
whose yearbook pictures will be taken
on the assembly stage at the rate of
40 portraits a day. The Toloff studio,
518 Davis street, Evanston, will take
the pictures, according to Richard
Hartney, yearbook staff editor.
The seniors will pay $1 at the time
his picture is taken. This fee pays
for the glossy print which will be used
in the annual.
By Erman Kramer
At 2:30 October 11 the kickoff of
the homecoming game will throw an
experienced Crystal Lake team and a
speedy Nilehi eleven into battle, the
result of which might determine the
champion of the Northeast conference.
The invading Lakers are rated by
some as the toughest team in the con
ference but 800 students and 22 fight
ing Trojans can’t be wrong.
Crystal Lake makes its second ap
pearance at Nilehi’s homecoming with
nine members of last year’s team
starting, as compared to six veterans
on ours; but the gaps in our line and
backfield have been capably filled with
sophomores and juniors. Coach Harold
Isaacson states that this year’s varsity
is better all-around than last year’s
Trojans who trounced Crystal Lake
20 to O to celebrate the 1940 home
coming. Nilehi will be slightly out
weighed unless Frank Boufford gains
a few pounds but speed is Nilehi’s
offensive power this year and appears
to be Crystal Lake’s only weakness.
Don’t Forget!
Bonfire 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10
Parade 10 a.m. Oct. 11
Junior Varsity 12:30 p.m. Oct. 11
THE GAME 2:30 p.m. Oct. 11
Dance 8:30 p.m. Oct. 11
Evenly Matched
With two teams so evenly matched,
no one would want to predict the out
come; but with the student body be
hind them, eleven spirited scrappers
will fight hard to “ Beat Crystal Lake.”
Band to Play
Between halves of the game, Nilehi’s
fifty-piece, uniformed band, headed by
Drum Major Bob Wareham and a
corps of five majorettes, will dazzle
the grandstands in its debut at the
football game.
�Page 2
N ILEH ILITE
O ctober 3, 1941
Niblets
Profiles
. Four Term President
. Ex-Chorus Girl
Tank Suits Get Vogue Fashion Rate;
Breakfast Food Necklaces Star Too
HOW’S THIS for coincidence ? Miss
Cherie Neutz is president of the junior
Mister
Cabbages and Kings have nothing council; last year her fellow, Bob
Moore, was
on Nilehi’s Irish “ Mick” who has
p r e s i dent.
earned distinction as a cabbage-loving
They b o t h
president.
crowned the
Starting at 4'10", a size-and-onek i n g and
half smaller than Jimmy Holmes, the
queen at the
brown-eyed, smiling Irishman began
p r o m and
his freshman days as home room presi
will (if cus
dent and football quarterback, also
tom is car
playing basketball and baseball in
ried o u t )
their seasons. As he came into “ man
hood,” 5'8", he continued as president again have the honor this year.
NOTICE FUTURE OARSMEN!
and quarterback, and has recently been
Coxswain Rogers is having try
elected chairman o f senior H.R. 4L.
outs for his Phantom boat, “ Otio,”
Meet the man who measures in every
during the fourth lunch period.
way to the standards of the typical
Anyone interested see “ yeliudi”
president, Bart Hegarty, who for four
for further details.
years has been able to say, “ The meet
RITA MILLER received a telegram
ing is adjourned.”
from Davy. Jones, last year’s junior,
Miss
In this corner: 5 '4 V 2 " of another telling her he was going to Africa
brown-eyed charmer who is Mardy Mc- to join the B. E. F.
BEN DOMAS came to Skokie
Keever. Already an ex-chorus girl,
September 24, to see Caryol Jaylost from H.M.S. Pinafore, Mardy has
cox. Michigan is too far away
a main-spring in dramatics and radio
for people like that — know what
writing, with little wheels everywhere.
we mean? Ben lives in Michigan
This senior smoothie claims a strong
where he works for General Mo
“ accent on youth” as one of the young
tors.
est members of her class.
THE CAFETERIA made 855 sand
Mardy’s recipe for the ideal male
contains the following ingredients: a wiches within the first three days of
cowlick which will not be blitzed by school. That means approximately
water; brown eyes; a crazy, unrelated three students to a sandwich. Or if
prattle; and the ability to write inter each slice were laid end to end, we
esting and amusing letters in a horri would have one big loaf.
MISS ROSEMARY MILLER,
ble scrawl. Mellow with one toll call.
new office member and sister of
Her hobby is collecting optical illu
sions. For further details, see Mardy!
Sophomores Guide Frosh
A nd Give Helping Hand
“ Your problems are mine” might
well be the slogan which 40 sopho
mores are saying.
Last year, 40 freshmen were so im
pressed with their plight as typical
greenhorns that they decided this evil
must be eliminated. They therefore
volunteered to be freshmen “ advis
ers.” Each one has four or six ad
visees. Under the guidance of Miss
Marjorie Ronalds these 40 knowing
sophomores will make the problems of
200 freshmen their own.
Plans are being made for a freshmen-sophomore day at which time all
sophomores will introduce their ad
visees to Miss Ronalds. The sopho
mores will also help the freshmen
plan their first party.
NILEHILITE
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township High School of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing editor. . . Mildred Bergmark
News editors..........Mary Lou Leonard
Barbara Rasmussen
Feature editors............... Doris Mussil
Pat Reiland
Sports editors............Harley Anderson
Olga Krajchovich
REPORTERS
Edwin Allbright, Wayne Barton,
Jean Dudick, Bernice Franson, Rich
ard Hartney, Betty Holmes, Ermin
Kramer, Grace Langan, Dorothy Lutz,
Ruth Roberts, Marie Stritch, Toni
Thlimmenos.
Larry Miller, won a bowling pin,
but had such a handicap she
couldn’t help but win it — so
she says.
THE GALS shouldn’t run out of
pencils, rubber bands, corks, or even
a second breakfast snack if the teach
ers aren’t looking. Wonder if these
necklaces the girls create are on the
practical side. They wear anything
from soup to nuts these days.
SPEAKING OF NUTS — there
is a class on moose and nuts, so
it seems. Mr. Lienhard asked what
the longest side of a right triangle
is called. A few answers given
were — high potomoose and hipolonuts. A brain cell from the back
of the room echoed, “ hydrogen.”
Could he have, been dreaming
about his next class — chemistry?
DUE TO the school’s lack of variety
in sizes in girls swim suits, it has be
come quite common place to ask for
a 32 and get a 40 with the explanation,
“ You really don’t know how these
shrink,” or to ask for a 40 and get
a 32 with the reply, “ It seems unbe
lievable but these stretch enormously!”
FRANCIS MAY fits right in
with this changing world. Last
year he was a soprano and this
year he is a lower bass. What
will they be doing next — this
younger generation?
Emily Post Versed
In Three Easy Lessons
Dear bewildered freshmen:
Is high-school a perpetual puzzle to
you? Are you overcome by the end
less activities of the day? If so, just
overlook the insufferable conceit of
the upperclassmen and follow these
rules:
1. Never bring gum to school. We as
sure you there is always some to be
found stuck under your desk.
2. Always show up to class with your
proper books. Some of them that will
help you rate low grades are comic
books, and blood curdling mysteries.
3. Buy all the passes you can for the
elevator at the end of the Northeast
yet.
If caught in the act of attempting
to follow any of these rules, students
will be immediately disqualified in the
search for the most intelligent fresh
men.
�O ctober 3, 1941
Nilehi Enters
State Chorus
Eight students have applied for
membership in the All-State chorus
which will sing at the University of
Illinois, Friday, November 7, under the
direction of Arranger-Composer Noble
Cain. Applications will be received in
Urbana not later than today.
Those who have applied for member
ship are Muriel Beuder, Joan Blameuser, Audrey Brown, Danny Dever,
Ruth Hennig, Marilyn Hohs, Arlene
Madsen, and Zenon Turski. Since
Marie Throop and Phyllis Brooks rep
resented Niles Township last year,
their names have been withdrawn.
The 881 Illinois schools who have
received invitations may not send
more than eight applications from
each school. Rehearsals will start
Wednesday, November 5.
Seniors to Discuss
Jobs in Novem ber
The first of a series of senior assem
blies to be attended by the five senior
homerooms was held this morning for
the purpose of announcing general in
formation. The assemblies will be
held the first week of every month,
with each senior homeroom being re
sponsible for a program during the
assembly period, according to Mr. Har
old Ohlson, adviser.
The November assembly, sponsored
by Mr. Taylor, will have Mrs. David
son of the Illinois employment service
as the guest. During this month the
seniors will fill applications for regis
tering in this employment bureau.
Even if a senior does not desire to
work this summer or upon graduation,
he or she will have his first meeting
with employment forms.
Mama A n d Papa Soon
M ay Attend S ch ool Too
Plans for adult tuitional night school
courses to begin early this month are
now under way, according to Superin
tendent R. E. Cotanche. Requests for
courses are in beginning typing, ad
vanced typing, office practice, brushup
shorthand, public speaking, shop work,
and mechanical drawing.
In addition to the regular commer
cial and shop courses, indoor sports
are already being offered: women’s
group, a men’s group, and two mixed
classes. Badminton, volley ball, and
basketball are some of the sports.
Page 3
N ILEH ILITE
This
’n T | a t
h
Latins Prepare
Superintendent R. E. Cotanche, at
tends the North-Shore Men’s club, Di
vision Two of Cook county, and the
Illinois Superintendents’ Round Table.
Besides being a director of the local
Skokie Rotary club, he recently ac
cepted the chairmanship of the Lake
Shore district on student guidance.
In Miss Johann’s first year class
there are the following speedy typists:
Lorraine Holbeck, Pat Galitz, Delores
C h a p m a n , , Hildegard Shuttleutner
Carole Lee Rouse, Doris Burkland,
Olga Krajchovich, Gertrude La Queur,
and Donna Cotanche.
The junior band has twenty mem
bers and is reported to be growing
rapidly. As soon as these members
become efficient enough they will join
the marching band, and their places
will be filled by beginners who are now
taking instrumental lessons.
There are approximately one hun
dred students enrolled in these instru
mental classes and it is not yet too
late to join, according to Mr. Clifford
Collins, band master.
Gala Evening
Gay Latin atmosphere will prevail
as the Latins entertain at the first
meeting of the Foreign Language club,
7:30 p.m., October 16, in Nilehi’s as
sembly room.
“ Pandora,” a movie, and a film on
the Olympics, explained by F. M.
Taylor, former Olympic star, will pro
vide most of the lighter side of the
entertai nment.
Tending toward the more serious,
the newly-elected club officers, will be
inaugurated in an impressive candle
light ceremony. Don Fisher, ex-presi
dent of the club, will assist in the in
stallation.
In the finale, the “ furriners” will
get acquainted, and refreshments and
dancing will follow the scheduled pro
gram. According to Miss Marjory Ron
alds, club adviser, most future meet
ings are planned to be in the evening
for the convenience of members in
athletics and other extra curricular
activities.
Mr. Lienhardt Is Night Watchman;
Miss Berry Becomes Bullfight Fan
From working at jobs around the
hometown to trips through Canada
and Mexico — that’s how varied the
vacations of some of the Nilehi faculty
members were this summer.
Mr. Kent and Mr. Lienhard saved
their money and found jobs in Skokie.
Mr. Kent pumped gasoline at a local
service station and Mr. Lienhard was
night watchman at the new factory.
Among the travelers of the Nilehi
faculty were Miss Harbert, Miss Spikings, Miss Green, Miss Ostergren,
Miss Line, Mr. Wilkins, and Miss
Berry.
Miss Harbert’s trip was the longest,
covering Southwestern United States
and Mexico. Miss Spikings, a new
member o f the faculty, journeyed
through sections of the United States
and also the Canadian Rockies.
Bullfight Fan
Miss Berry, English and French in
structor, became a true bullfight fan
during a ten-week summer vacation
in Mexico. Living with a Mexico fami
ly in the sleepy capitol, she found time
every Sunday to attend the fight arena.
Then there were members of the
faculty who continued their studies,
working for degrees or doing research
work at Northwestern and other
schools of learning.
Meets Famous Persons
Dr. Alice Masaryk, daughter of the
first president of Czechoslovakia, was
one of the famous persons met this
summer by Miss Lant on her Vacation
at Evergreen Lodge on Lake Huron.
Miss Lant met several other prominent
persons, among them Mr. Papanek,
consul for Czechoslovakia.
Finally come the faculty members
who stayed here and taught summer
school. They were Mr. Flagg, Mr.
Galitz, Mr. Ohlson, Miss Johanns, Mr.
Benette and Mr. Isaacson, who also
attended the Northwestern Coaching:
school.
See C h icago C lub G oes
To Trib Plant Tonight
Tonight the second group of the 225
See Chicago' club members will take a
trip to the Chicago Tribune.
The tentative See Chicago club sched
ule includes a trip to the stockyards
sometime in October, a visit to China
town, and one to a radio broadcast.
Railroad accommodations can be se
cured for the bienni el trip to Washing
ton this year during spring vacation.
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N ILEH ILITE
O ctober 3, 1941
Girls Sports
Q ueer Beings Roam Touchball
TeenAgeTeachers
Fields in Boys' Intramurals
With wildcats, loons, tigers, lions,
hippos, pythons, fleas, crocodile^, pole
cats, reptiles, birds, and insects run
ning loose in the boys’ gym classes,
Nilehi’s intramural touch football
league got under way last September
22 .
In case the reader is confused, this
year’s league is a zoo league, with
all the teams bearing the names of
animal life. In this way, according to
Mr. Harold Isaacson, boys’ physical
education instructor, the names are all
uniform, short, and easy to remember.
Six Game Schedule
As in other years there is a six game
schedule, with two games being played
a week. The winner of each period
will play the winner in the correspond
ing period until two teams have reach
ed the finals. The championship game
will probably be played before the
whole school. The winners will then
have their names inscribed on a plaque
which is kept in the showcase just out
side the entrance to the boys’ gym.
Mice Against Lions?
Some of the stranger animals which
run around on the two touchball fields
New Rule Grants
Substitutes Wishes
Attention, football fans! At last
your worries are over. No more will
you have to sit worrying if there have
been too many substitutions.
According to the new rule just
passed by the National Football asso
ciation, a team may put in as many
substitutes as it wishes. This rule will
allow the coach to supervise his team’s
playing by simply sending in a man
who will tell the quarterback what the
coach thinks about the progress of the
game. Too, the rule gives a team that
has a big squad of players an advan
tage over a team with a smaller squad,
because the larger team can keep
sending in fresh men regardless of
numbers.
The only time the rule is not in effect
is in the last two minutes of play when
the clock is not stopped for anything.
In other words, whenever there is a
time out, unlimited substitutions may
be made.
The United States defense program
is slowing down the Trojan defense
because of the delay in shipment of
equipment!
are the mongeese, caterpillars, roaches,
sharks, flickers, termites, skunks,
cheetas, rats, worms, jackals, babboons, eels, guinea pigs, and even
‘swoose.’
Termites
In the Bench
By Harley Anderson
All reports indicate that 1941 is
the football year for the Trojans. With
three deep at almost every position
Coach Isaacson has a team that can
stand shoulder to shoulder with any
team in the conference.
Two speedster backs, Ed Krupa and
Lee Kuhn, have shown Coach Isaacson
they have what it takes. Frank Bouffard, big sophomore guard has
strengthened the forward wall with
his fine play.
In the games with Evanston, North
brook, and Lake Forest the team has
shown a tough, hard brand of football.
Although the team has come along
fast, there is plenty of room for im
provement.
This year Coach Isaacson has a
school for signal callers which meets
every morning 8:15 until 8:45 to plot
destruction for the enemy.
Although boys go out for football
to forget study from the hours of 2:30
to 5:30 under Coach Isaacson, the boys
have undergone tests on plays. Some
of the boys proved smarter than was
expected while others just hadn’t
studied.
“ If the boys don’t become self satis
fied,” said Coach Isaacson, “ chances of
NTHS ending in the driver’s seat in
the North East conference look mighty
good.”
'41 Football Schedule
Shows Four Games Here
Oct. 3
Oct. 11
Oct. 18
Oct. 24
Nov. 1
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
6
11
18
23
1
Varsity
Warren ........................There
Crystal Lake ................Here
L ey d en ......................... There
Libertyville..................There
Woodstock ................... Here
Junior Varsity
Barrington ....................Here
Crystal Lake ................Here
L eyden ......................... There
Maine ........................... Here
Woodstock ................... Here
To Help in Phy. Ed.
One of Nilehi’s new minors is a lead
ership and first-aid class, members of
which were ‘chosen by Miss Mildred
Schaefer. The group is composed of
girls active in sports who are being
trained as leaders in physical educa
tion and sports.
The class is divided into lecture and
practice periods. During the year these
girls will be permitted to conduct reg
ular physical education and swim
classes as well as to assist at swim
ming and track and field meets.
Members are Anna Bo‘ck, Myrl Callmer, Gerry Daily, Pat Harms, Betty
Lou Henrici, Lorraine Holbeck, Jane
Kadlec, Olga Krajchovich, Arlene Lalashis, Dorothy Lund, Betty Wetmore,
and Angela Weber.
G. A. A. To Hold
Mass Meeting
Formal G.A.A. candlelight initiation
will be held November 17 for new
members who have joined the G.A.A.
this year.
At the large mass meeting held Sep
tember , 19, members paid dues and
elected officers.
Two members from each class are
elected to the cabinet for their four
years in high school. Held over from
last year are Jane Kadlec, senior, and
Claire Juniac and Rosanna King, jun
iors. New members elected were Marie
Throop, senior; Beverly Kramer and
Pat Cole, sophomores; Mary Jane Nel
son and Barbara Schaefer, freshmen.
G.A.A. “ babies” were put through
their paces Monday, September 22
midst much fun and vigorous chastise
ment on part of upperclassmen. The
cutest ( ? ) babies in years became
G.A.A. members of good standing.
Forty-Four Riders
Are Little Stiffs?
Forty-four equestrians scrambled
aboard their mounts with the opening
of the second season of horseback-rid
ing at Nilehi in charge of Miss Mil
dred Schaefer. Through the courtesy
of A.B. Cameron, owner and director
of Forest View stables in Morton
Grove, the 22 advanced horsemen ride
at Forest View stables.
Beginning and intermediate riders
attend Horseshoe Ranch, Skokie.
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Forecast
Oct. 18 Varsity and Leyden. There
2:30 p.m.
Oct. 21 Music Program at 8 p.m.
Oct. 24 Libertyville. There 2 : 3 0
p.m.
Oct. 26 Mixed Chorus at WMAQ
9:30 a.m.
Oct. 27 Teachers’ M e e t i n g . No
School!
25 V oices Tune Up
On W M AQ Oct. 25
Directed by Miss Clara Klaus, the
choir will broadcast over WMAQ Sat
urday, O'ctober 25 at 10 a.m.
Free admission tickets w i l l b e
granted to all pupils and their par
ents upon request. Student “ L” tickets
at 16 cents each will be available.
Choir members are Donald Bau
mann, Muriel Beuder, Joan Blameuser,
Phyllis Brooks, Audrey Brown, Wil
liam Colman, Dan Dever, William Gohl,
Ruth Henning, Michael Hermes, Mari
lyn Hohs, Earl Jarmuth, Donald Kolen
Olga Krajchovich, Mary Lou Leonard,
Daniel Mack, Arlene Madsen, Francis
May, Rosemarie Meyer, Mardy McKeever, Charlotte Rich, Viola Stoll,
Marie Throop, Zenon Turski, and Ruth
Buthman.
Numbers to be sung are “ Verdant
Meadows” by Handel, “ I Stood by the
River of Jordan” by Smith, “ The Lord
is a Mighty God” by Mendelssohn, and
“ Mighty Land, Wondrous Land” by
Gounod. The last number will be
“ America, the Beautiful.”
This is a return engagement for the
Nilehi choir. Members sang last year
over WMAQ on the High School Stu
dio Party program.
I
nileH
V o lu m e I I I N o . 2
S k o k ie , Illin o is
O cto b e r 1 7 , 1 9 4 1
New Series of Programs to Aid
In Paying for Band Uniforms
Political Machines
Blitz Senior Class
The outcome < f a big political battle
5
will be decided this Tuesday when the
seniors go to the polls to choose their
president from the three candidates
nominated by the Senior council: Mar
dy McKeever, Bob Podraza, and Erman Kramer.
Mardy has chosen Marie Throop for
her campaign manager, and Erman
has chosen Bob Moore for his.
The polling will take place in Miss
Grace Harbert’s room during Prob
lems classes and will be conducted ex
actly like a real election. Campaign
managers and committees are being
chosen to grind out propaganda for
the campaigning to be done Monday
in Miss Harbert’s classes.
“ This election will be an interesting
project for problems classes,” said
Miss Harbert, “ because we will learn
by doing.”
The rest of the officers of the senior
class will be elected by the Senior
council, thus completing the organization of the class of ’42.
Sophs Unmask Secret Game Tonight
At First Class Party o f Year
As the first guests of the N.T.H.S.
musical department, the “ Singing
Strings,” a professional quartet con
sisting of two violins, one cello, and a
piano, will give a performance in the
gym at 8 p.m. October 21. The admis
sion will be 40 cents for adults and 30
cents for students.
More Uniforms Added
This is the first of a series of eve
ning musical programs sponsored by
the music department to obtain money
for band uniforms. This year 10 uni
forms have been added to the 40 ef
last year.
The band is led by Drum Major,
Bob Wareham, and seven majorettes:
Bernice Franson, Elva Johnson, Doris
Mussil, Analiese Nachbauer, Olga Razcow, Pat Reiland, and Natalie Schil
ling.
Band Will Play More
“ Nilehi will see much of the band
and the twirlers at football and bas
ketball games,” announced bandmas
ter, Mr. Clifford Collins, “ and our 35
piece orchestra will play at assembly
programs and pep meetings.”
Niles’ own choir of 25 members
will sing at the program to help its
fellow musicians meet the deficit. The
choir is under the direction of Miss
Clara Klaus.
Students to Get Holiday
W hile Teachers Meet
Who ? Sophomores
Time? 7:30 p.m.
Place? Assembly
When? Tonight
Price ? 10 cents
Why? Just for fun
Food? Of Course
Games, one of which is rumored to
be a mystery, and dancing will provide
suspense, fun, and laughter at the
sophomore get-together.
Those who are in charge of the pro
gram are Nancy Larsen, Margaret Mc
Neill, Mary Ann Wenzel, June L.
Ohlson, Barbara Mason, Jim Lannert,
Gordon Brown, and Eleanore Klinge.
Teachers who are lending a helping
hand are Misses Lucille Ronalds, Hel
en Johanns, Carolyn Lumpp, and Mr.
Lester Galitz.
I lite
They helped plan the party!
Nilehi’s 35 teachers will attend an
all-day teachers’ meeting at Evans
ton high on October 27. This is the
regular annual meeting of teachers of
the Lake Shore division.
According to Mr. John C. Benette,
chairman of the Public Relations com
mittee of the Lake Shore Division of
the I.E.A., the principal speaker is to
be T. V. Smith, professor at the Uni
versity of Chicago and former member
of the state legislature. Another phase
of the program will be given to actual
demonstrations, first to choric speak
ing by a group of students; and sec
ondly to an exhibition by the Skokie
school in Winnetka on how to run a
student council.
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October 17, 1941
NILEHILITE
Niblets
Tax-ey Dancing Hits Nilehi
What first made our parents readjust their budgets? Why
must Nilehi students also cut down on cokes and sweets to pay
. Oh Happy Oct 27 ! for the increase in admission prices and cafeteria sales? Answer:
Taxes.
Superintendent R. E. Cotanche has advised all organizations
. Stop-Light-Red!
in the school of the new tax admissions, beginning October 1.
CRIMSON COMPLEXIONS were Each person paying any admission must be given a ticket showing
more than skin deep when the major the price of admission and the United States tax. A stub, num
ing dramatics students related their bered to correspond, must be* retained by the school.
The new prices for all major events will be 27 cents plus a 3
most embarrassing moments in a pub
cent tax for pupils, and 36 cents plus a 4 cent tax for adults. It
lic speaking class
would be impossible for the student funds which support programs,
a few weeks ago.
the expenses of athletic contests, and general school activities to
Wanta hear a few ?
assume this tax on admission charges of 25 and 35 cents. Based on
Buck Rogers was
last year’s admissions, the student funds would have to assume this
saying good nigh t
year’s $350 or more. The school believes this cannot be done.
to his date when he
This is not the only tax applied to the school as there is a
accidentally leaned
2 per cent state tax on all sales in the cafeteria. This tax went
on the doorbell.
into effect at the beginning of the school year.
Horrors! Who should appear at the
door but her father! For further in
formation about our hero, read the
“ Loves and Troubles of Buck Rogers.”
EVELYN MEYERS escorted her 6year-old cousin to the show one Satur
day afternoon. In the extra crowded
lobby she grabbed his hand and after
feverish searching, at last found two
seats. Suddenly she thought her ears
were deceiving her for she heard John
ny crying in the lobby. Looking at the
little creature next to her, she found
him to be, not Johnny, but a li’l choco
late drop.
During the dissection of a grass
hopper in biology, Lois Jay cox found
some parts of her insect to be missing.
Imagine Mr. Benette’s surprise when
she said, “ I’m
afraid I’ve lost
my wings.”
GET - T O
GETHER S
still s e e n at
the dance were
such jivers as
Barb Rasmussen and Corky Harring
ton ’41; Jeanne Nelson and Bob Reiland ’41; and Ruth Johantgen and
Kenny Schrambeck ’41. Say, by the
look of things, the alumni aren’t let
ting the high and mighty seniors steal
their stuff.
One o f the newer couples that seemed
to be “ that way ” about each other was
Claire Juniac and Darrel Hoffman. Ray
Nitch wasn’t doing so badly on thedance
floor either; ask Flo Schram.
Caryl Jaycox, Betty Perrin, Howard
Wertz, and Richard Cutler will act as
delegates for Nilehi at the monthly
Red Cross meetings, in which other
Chicago and suburban schools partici
pate, held at the Blackstone hotel in
Chicago.
Profiles: Girl Has ‘High’ Aspirations;
Eddie Breitenbach Has Curly Sideburns
Old-Fashioned Boy
Newly adopted sideburns on senior
Eddie Brietenbach, 188 pound varsity
tackle, may well represent a new grid
iron trend. Though dignity should ac
company him as the oldest veteran
and unofficial “ daddy” to the ’41 Tro
jans, all of his 5 feet 11 inches topped
with black curly hair remind one more
of a playful St. Bernard pup.
Papa Eddie likes his football, and
gets almost as big a thrill of “ taking
out” the interference as he does in
taking out more feminine creatures.
His hobbies are hunting bobcats, eat
ing baked hams, slumming, and mak
ing up jokes.
Brietenbach peeves are silk stock
ings rolled beneath the knee; brief
skirts; and too much lipstick, espe
cially on his collar.
Lass With Wings
Moving from left to right in the
senior class, actress Jane Cecil hopes
Our Katie Makes Debut
As Home Ec Teacher
In Miss Line’s Course
Where’s Katie? Katie (Mrs. Fred.
Kestenholz) can be found third period
every Friday morning up in 315 giv
ing the finer points of institutional
management to a class of fourteen
taught by Miss Alice Line.
Besides learning the financial end
and the ordering of food, the students
will have a chance later to work in
the kitchen. Serving is also learned
by the class members who will be
expected to serye at all future school
banquets.
to move from the wings of the stages
to the wings of an airplane. Always a
lass with aspirations, winsome Jane
plans to become an air stewardess
after graduation. Recently delegated
to the senior cabinet after riotous
election, Janie finds this last year
crammed with activity.
Typical of the present mode, Janie
is another ardent supporter of the
universal dance-time favorite, Glenn
Miller. She likes dancing, and thus
her hobby, collecting programs and
menus, flourishes under the shimmer
ing lights of gay evenings.
DID YOU KNOW?
The 35 freshmen who reported to
Coach Galitz show promise of carrying
on the tradition of all Nilehi athletes.
NILEHILITE
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township High School of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
E D ITO R IA L STAFF
Managing editor
News editors
Feature editors
Sports editors
Mildred Bergmark
Mary Lou Leonard
Barbara Rasmussen
Doris Mussil
Pat Reiland
Harley Anderson
Olga Krajchovich
REPO RTERS
Edwin Allbright, Wayne Barton, Jean
Dudick, Bernice Franson, Richard
Hartney, Betty Holmes, Erman Kramer,
Grace Langan, Dorothy Lutz, Ruth
Roberts, Marie Stritch,Toni Thlimmenos
�October 17, 1941
NILEHILITE
Here Are Envied Drivers
W ho Steer Nilehi’s Clubs
Nilehi’s nine leading student organ
izations have swung into “ high gear”
with the election and appointment of
their officers and committees for the
coming year.
The G. A. A. is headed by Jane
Kadlec, president; Claire Juniac, vice
president; Rosanna King, secretary;
and Patricia Cole, treasurer. The
Cheer Leaders club of about 20 girls
is headed by Mary Lou Leonard. This
club, in addition to its regular duties,
will also sponsor the Pep club. Miss
Mildred Schaefer is the faculty ad
viser of these three organizations.
Same Captains
The See Chicago slub, sponsored by
Miss Grace Harbert, has the same
captains assigned for all excursions
this year. In former years captains
had been appointed at the start of
each trip. The captains are Alvin Hanneman, Calvin Koller, Mary Lou Schil
ling, Lillian Miethke, Collen Thomas,
Lorraine Hoth, Lorraine Holbeck, Gor
don Davis, and Dorothy Lutz.
Another of Miss Harbert’s activ
ities is the sponsorship of the Junior
council, consisting of two representa
tives from each junior home room.
The representatives are Cherie Neutz,
chairman; Claire Juniac, secretary;
Virginia Lenzen; Anna Hoth; Burt
Bloethner; Henry Barkow; Patricia
Dickinson; William Stockfish; Peter
Conrad; Marion Hacker; Dorothy
Lund; and Robert Brunsort.
Foreign Language club officers for
this year are Daniel Petty, president;
Virginia Wyatt, vice president; Doris
Burklund, secretary; and Patricia
Harms, treasurer. Miss Marjorie Ron
alds is sponsor of this group.
Krier Hears Ushers
The Monitor and Ushers club is one
of the newer organizations at Nilehi,
Mr. John Lienhard, club sponsor, start
ing it last year. Robert Krier is chair
man of the ushers. The captains of
the monitors during the fourth, fifth,
and sixth lunch periods respectively
are William Keating, Dolores Kot, and
Janice Yates. The club has 42 mem
bers.
The Senior Council, governing body
of the seniors, is under the guidance
of Mr. Harold Ohlson. There are two
representatives from each room. These
are Tom Sheridan, Stanley Kendall,
Jane Cecil, Mildred Bergmark, Law
rence Miller, Robert Podraza, Erman
Kramer, Marilyn McKeever, and Cal-vin Clark.
The Student-Faculty forum, govern
ing body of the school, has as its
officers Robert Moore, president;
Nancy Allen, vice president; Patricia
Cole, secretary; and Barbara Rasmus
sen, parliamentarian. Mr. Dean Flagg
is sponsor of this organization.
Concert Orchestra
Begins Fall Season
The Niles Township Concert orch
estra is beginning its 1941-1942 season
with Director Clifford W. Collins. The
group meets each Monday night in the
music room at the Niles Township.
Tune-up time, Mr. Collins advises, is
7:45 with rehearsals starting promptly
at 8. High school students may play
by invitation of Mr. Collins
“ Anyone who plays an instrument
and is interested in joining this adult
group for the enjoyment of its rehear
sals and several concerts, is invited to
join,” said Dean W. Flagg, president
of the organization. “ There are neither
dues nor assessments,” he added.
Rosenwald H as Nothing Attend Review Oct. 28
On Gen. Science Girls
And Earn Book Report
Coal in various and assorted sizes,
Opening the season’s scheduled
chunks of gold, (later identified as quartet of book reviews, sponsored by
fool’s gold), rocks with such impres junior and senior college-prep classes,
sive labels as mica and feldspar, ruby, Florence Bourks Ellis, prominent book
zinc, quartz, and marble. This is the reviewer, will speak here at 8 p,m.,
sight that greeted students last week October 28. Her subject will be a
when they entered room 308, the girls’ travelogue of Latin America, a topic
science room.
of particular interest to the Spanish
To those students who have not ex classes. However, the three talks fol
plored the height of the third floor, lowing on November 27, January 13,
these specimens of rocks, minerals, and February 10 will be reviews of
and other formations from the earth’s current books.
crust were brought in by the girls in
It has been announced that attend
Miss Alice Stone’s general science ance at each o f the book reviews will
classes in- connection with their study count as a book report in all English
of how the earth was formed.
courses.
Page 3
Five New Teachers
A dded to Faculty
Miss Jean Maskrey of Chicago, a
graduate of Northwestern, is the new
est addition to the faculty. She tea
ches English and Spanish classes.
The four other teachers who were
added to the Niles Township high
school’s staff this fall are Mr. Robert
Mackey, Miss Edith Lytle, Miss Lor
raine Spikings, and Miss Bernice
Palmquist. Miss Rosemary Miller is
the new clerk in the office.
Following is a thumb nail sketch of
Mr. Mackey. In following issues will
be sketches of the other new teachers.
Mr. Mackey coached and taught at
Northbrook high school, ten miles
north of Skokie, previous to his arrival
at Nilehi. Besides coaching junior var
sity teams this year, he will instruct
in the shop and art departments. He
was graduated from Lewis institute
with B. A. and B. S. degrees.
This ’n That
MISS ADELAIDE BERRY was
elected program chairman for the
coming year of the North Shore Eng
lish club. Members are a group of
English teachers from North Shore
high schools and Northwestern Uni
versity.
MR. JOHN BENETTE’S biology
classes have an alligator pet named
Oscar. Don’t be alarmed, however, for
Oscar is only a foot long and seems
quite content to spend civilized life
at Nilehi.
THE CAMERA CLUB is going to
take most of the annual pictures this
year. A pictorial history of all pic
tures is going to be kept.
ALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
owned and used by the high school
band and orchestra are insured against
theft and damage by the Board of
Education. In addition, group insur
ance can be had which will protect
all instruments owned by pupils.
THE ENROLMENT by classes this
year shows 161 seniors, 195 juniors,
233 sophomores, and 212 freshman.
THE EFFICIENCY of the Monitors
and Ushers club received recognition
recently when Maine Township high
school asked for information about
Nilehi’s organization and its functions.
Maine Township is planning to install
a similar club.
To Hold Auditions October 23
N B C auditions were postponed
last Friday, but will be held
Thursday, October 23 at 10 a.m .
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October 17,1941
NILEHILITE
Ten BowlingTeams
Plan Big 'Strike'
Trojans Pin Hopes for Title
On Leyden Game Tomorrow
Leyden will be host to Nilehi’s var
sity and junior varsity teams tomor
row afternoon «when the Trojans test
if the Eagles are as powerful as they
are rated. The games will start at
12:30 and 2:30, respectively. Tomor
row’s game will undoubtedly decide
the fate of Nilehi’s 1941 football aspi
rations. If the Trojans win, they are
still in the race; if they lose, any
hopes for a conference championship
will have dimmed considerably.
Coach Harold Isaacson is counting
heavily on the Trojan line to hold the
Termites
In the Bench
SINCE THE LAST READING of
Termites, the varsity bowed to a tough
Warren team 7 to 0. Five days with
out practice did everything but help
the men of Troy in this engagement.
Crystal Lake defeated and dimmed
hopes for the North East champion
ship 12 to 0 in the Homecoming game
last Saturday. Krupa was lost to the
team due to a foot injury received in
the parade. The Trojan J. V.’s put
down the Crystal Lake team 26 to 13.
THE 35 FRESHMEN who reported
to Coach Galitz are showing improve
ment. After dropping an 18 to 0 deci
sion to Maine, the team triumphed 6
to 0 against the Evanston greenhorns.
Northbrook’s first year squad put up a
stiff fight as it held the frosh to a
6 to 6 tie. The freshman will seek
revenge for the 18 to 0 drubbing
Maine handed them when the two meet
October 17.
SWIMMING OPENED with a
splash as the third edition of Nilehi’s
inter-school team went into practice
for a hard schedule. It is expected
that major letter winners Nitch,
Wertz, Gerhardt, and Hartney will
form the nucleus of this year’s varsity
with valuable additions from last
year’s J. V.s.
AS HIS PART in a recent indoor
signal drill, football player, track man,
and cartoonist Lawrence M i l l e r
sketched the profiles of such wellknown varsity pig skin men as Rau,
Kramer, and Keegan. From all re
ports the job was so well done, that
those profiles could never be crossed.
TOMORROW THE TROJANS take
on a high-riding Leyden team. Will
you be there?
big Leyden line in check; for if many
sizeable holes are opened, the Eagles
have two speedy backs waiting to
pour through. Leyden beat Woodstock, 26 to 0, to run up the highest
score made in the conference this year.
Leyden also beat Arlington, one of the
better teams in the conference, 6 to 0.
Victory Prospects Good
As it has never beaten Niles Town
ship, Leyden is naturally pointing to
this game as the one to break the jinx.
The Eagles lost a thriller to Nilehi
last year, 7 to 3. They had been lead
ing into the closing minutes of the
game. On a trick play Nilehi scored
the touchdown which beat the foe.
Leyden Out To Win
Prospects of a Trojan victory are
bright. There has not been an over
abundance of injuries and C o a c h
Isaacson has been drilling the varsity
hard all week. The game should be one
of the best of the season.
Conference Standings
Varsity
Warren
Leyden
Crystal Lake
Lake Forest
Niles Twp.
Arlington
Libertyville
Woodstock
Won
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Lost
0
0 •
0
1
2
2
2
3
Tied
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
Let ’em roll, is heard as Nilehi again
begins its bowling season with bigger
and better teams.
“ We will witness some stiff compe
tition!” said Dorothy Lund who is in
charge of the girls bowling teams.
The captains for each team were
elected October 3, but as yet they have
not chosen their names. Each team is
composed of five girls of which three
are regular bowlers.
Captains of the girls teams are
Joan Briggs, Pat Galitz, Pat Harms,
Ruth Henning, Jean Holmes, Connie
Kohtz, Mary Lou Leonard, Dorothy
Lund, Shirley Milz, and Helen Reeder.
Highest averages so far are held by
Dorothy Lund, 139; Ruth Henning, 132;
and Pat Harms, 124.
Some of the girl bowlers expect to
enter the American Tournament some
time in March.
Cross Country Runners
Meet Leyden Tomorrow
Tomorrow the cross country men
will encounter Leyden in the third
meet of the season. Coach Taylor an
nounced that the boys have shown im
provement since the first meet.
Nilehi is hoping that John Braeske,
Bob Glatz, Bill Randquist, Bob Podraza, and Bill Stockfish will place well
in the lead. They have shown ability
in former meets.
Other Trojan runners are Russel
Bair, Howard Langan, Dick Massey,
Howard Johnston, and Jim Lannert.
‘Please Buy a
SIs Plea
u
b
s
c
r
’
From G.A.A. to Raise Camp Funds
The magazine campaign is in full
swing. Sales started last Wednesday
and will continue until Tuesday, Oct
ober 28.
The purpose of the campaign is to
increase the camp funds of the G. A.
A. which will receive from 35 to 50
cents for each one-dollar subscription.
Miss Mildred Schaefer, adviser, has
hopes that the girls will reach their
goal which has ben set at $500.
Acting as sales captains are the fol
lowing members of the G. A. A. execu t i v e b o a r d : Jane Kadlec Marie
Throop, Claire Juniac, Rosanna King,
Pat Cole, Beverly Kramer, Mary Jane
Nelson, and Barbara Schaefer.
Prizes will be awarded to the girls
for their efforts in the form of novelty
pins, compacts, travel kits, and other
articles that catch a high school girl’s
fancy. Take a glimpse at the display
of these prizes in the trophy case.
A daily record of sales will be
posted on a chart in the lunch room.
Competition will be keenest for the
highest percentage of daily sales for
each team. The winning team in each
lunch period will be awarded a team
prize.
The four leading Curtis magazines
being sold are “ The Saturday Eve
ning Post,” “ Ladies Home Journal,”
“ Country Gentleman,” and the chil
dren’s magazine, “ Jack and Jill.” Some
of the more popular magazines on
the general list are “ Good Housekeepi n g ,” “ V o g u e,” “ Cosmopolitan,”
“ Look,” and “ Harper’s.”
Most of the schools in this area
have increased their sales of last year
by 25 per cent.
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Leonard, Mary Lou, News Editor
Rasmussen, Barbara, News Editor
Mussil, Doris, Feature Editor
Reiland, Pat, Feature Editor
Anderson, Harley, Sports Editor
Krajchovich, Olga, Sports Editor
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nile H I lite
Volume III No. 3
Skokie, Illinois
NTHS 'Brains'
Go Over Ether
Three students of Niles Township
high will be the voice when “ Young
America Speaks” November 8 at 11:30
a.m. over station WBBM in the Wrigley Building.
Sponsored by the Board of Educa
tion of Chicago and broadcast noncommercially through C.B.S. in Chi
cago, six glorified quiz kids chosen
from Nilehi and an opposing school,
the name of which has not been an
nounced, will vie for honors on the
“ Young America Speaks” broadcast.
No prizes will be awarded.
The John Kierans of Nilehi will be
Mildred Bergmark, Lillian Miethke,
and Ted Canty. Alternates will be
Grace Langan and Wayne Barton. All
contestants are members of Miss
Grace Harbert’s problems class. Free
tickets to the broadcast may be ob
tained from her.
Students were chosen by teachers
and selection was based on their schol
astic record. The questions will be
primarily on social sciences and cur
rent events.
The See Chicago club is planning to
attend the broadcast and spend all
day at places of interest after the
broadcast. Some of the members may
go to the Rosenwald museum.
October 31, 1941
Free Day Comm Up
Oct. 31. Hallowe’en Dance. Gym.
8:30 p.m.
Nov. 6 Foreign Language Club.
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 7. G.A.A. Initiation. Gym.
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 8. See Chicago Club Trip. All
Day.
Nov. 11. Armistice Day. No School!
Only Until 1:45 Today
To Name School Event
In approximately 3 hours and 45
minutes your opportunity to submit
a,name for the Harvest Festival, call
ed the carnival last year, will end.
With it will go forever your chances
of becoming immortal for having
named this traditional event and win
ning a dollar’s worth of tickets which
will more than enable you to dance,
attend a vaudeville, play games, see a
swimming exhibition, and eat. Go now
and place your entry with your “ John
Hancock” written on it in the recep
tacle in the cafeteria.
In order to have a more unbiased
selection of names, the following pro
cedure will be used: the faculty pub
licity committee will choose the ten
best entries; these will be submitted to
the Student-Faculty forum who, in
turn, will elect representatives by
whom the winning name will be
chosen.
Nilehi's Hop
Is This Eve
As little Bertha Nilehi was walking
along near State and Madison early
this morning, a witch suddenly tapped
poor, little Bertha on the shoulder.
“Tonight from 8 to 12 in Nilehi’s big
gym.” she cackled, “the unpredictable
Wayne Barton will reign as master of
ceremonies at the dance. I have also
been told by my magic cat that in the
supporting cast will be Mardy McKeever and Ed Brietenbach.
The black-clad figure, cape flying,
and a broomstick trailing behind,
gazed into a huge volume and read
thus to the astounded Bertha: “ Folks
used to believe that by jumping over
a lighted candle one would have his
future mate disclosed to him. So to
night is ripe for the Hallowe’en Hop.
“ The school is co-operating,” she
mumbled on, “ with your town’s Cham
ber of Commerce, which is to supply
the orchestra, the refreshments, and
part of the entertainment. Every stu
dent is invited free of charge.”
Continuing to gaze into her bril
liant crystal ball, she added, “ I am
informed that Grace Langan is the
publicity manager, and that her cam
paign supporters are Marie Throop,
Rita Miller, and Ruth Roberts.
Her parting words of wisdom were
a reminder that no alumni or guests
may attend, no costumes or jeans will
be permitted, and all standard party
rules must be observed.
Honors at Audition
Erman Kramer, New Senior President, Claimed b y Eleven
Seven groups which tried out at
Assumes Leadership o f Class o f ’42
the N.B.C. auditions held October 23,
“ Well-’er-you know,” constituted the record for Erman; Sullivan, two weeks; won the chance to appear at the final
only feeling Erman Kramer -could and then to — guess where?
tryouts held Wednesday at the Build
Regardless of where he has been, ers building, 228 North La Salle street.
modestly stammer when asked how he
liked being senior president. Being his three hobbies have remained the
The seven accepted scripts were
head of a-group, however; is no inno same. Being handy-man at a lodge written by Rita Miller, Cherie Neutz,
vation for Erman since he was presi for five weeks up in Minnesota this Mardy McKeever, and Evelyn Myers
summer, “ Erm” pursued one of his and monologues by Ruth Roberts,
dent of his class at Gale school .
The Arkansas Traveler would find three hobbies — fishing. Falling in Mary Baumhardt, and Evelyn Myers.
a person of his own type in “ Erm.” with “ rod-throwing” comes sports, Those who won are now eligible to
For Erman hasn’t stayed long enough chiefly football, as the second hobby appear on future broadcasts of the
in one place to even “ get the smell of which occupies Erman’s time.
“ High School Studio Party.”
Because he plans to attend Lehigh,
it.” Born in Portland, Oregon, Erman
All scripts and monologues were
has taken a hop-skip-and jump across an engineering college in Bethlehem, original and the production and cast
the continent by way of Chicago, Al Pennsylvania, Erman will have no ing were in the hands of students.
bany, N.Y., New York City, and final chance to devote either time or money Participants earned the praise of Mr.
ly Skokie. Consequently, Erman has to his third hobby — girls. Not that Everett Lande who said he had never
attended numerous high schools: Al he doesn’t want to, but when only granted final audition privileges to
bany high, one month; Baysides, N. boys attend the school, what can he such a large group of students as he
Y., one year — establishing a new do?
did at Nilehi.
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NILEHILITE
Niblets
Tonight comes that maze of fantasy
and surrealism—that crazy chaos of
gobblins and ghosts, well-mixed with
food and fun—Halloween.
But more important than Halloween
have been three hectic days of senior
presidential
campaigning.
Wayne
“ Mugwump” Barton provoked a sen
sation when he spoke Monday in class
for Erman Kramer, and Tuesday
rooted for Mardy Mckeever over the
PA system . . . Cries of “ traitor!”
rose as he returned to second period
problems class. Anyway, Erm won
—thereby proving that “ The Male
Animal” has something . . .
Music from nowhere kept popping
up in one of the second floor classes
last week. Teacher wondered if the
office had been forgetful and left the
speaker on, but perhaps Jean Holmes’
concealed portable radio was more
significant . . . And while on the sub
ject of amnesia, mention should be
made of the student waitress, who,
serving at the coaches’ banquet, blank
ly put an empty plate in front of one
of the coaches. She thought a piece of
pie was attached.. .
Three-Act “ Play.” Modern Version
S c en e : Dottie Lund’s living room
Act I: Enter Joe Weber
Act II: Enter Glenford Bremmer
Act III: Re-enter Joe
A d: Lipstick re
moved from clothing.
No extra c h a r g e .
Phone T e a T o c k
cleaners.
Memo on the hay
rack party: N e x t
time, fellas, better
remember to bring kleenex.
Puzzle of the week rests in what
the “ sink-squad” is to do with Bob
Evans. The poor boy can’t float, anc
the team feels that a pair of watei
wings would be a bit obvious . . ,
Bake or broil makes little difference,
to wit: Tom, Dick, Rich, and John
thought the rule for broiling toast
held in “ cooking” muffins! What hap
pens when muffins are broiled? See
the chefs!
Get hep, kids, for the Halloween
hop! Tonight is the one night of the
year that you can go around “ looking
like the devil” and not have any kicks
coming!
October 31, 1941
Growls from the Grandstand
Dear Editor:
I’m just an ignorant junior with
practically no knowledge of election
mechanics but it seems to me that
the senior presidential campaign was
a “ Martin and the Coys” affair. Isn’t
it ridiculing Emily Post’s standards to
print “ Joe Blow for President” across
the length of a blackboard in fourfoot letters without first getting the
teacher’s permission? Isn’t it rather
“ corny” humor to erase Prunella Pip
squeak’s name on a poster and put
Sebastian Sansknit’s in its place ?
Ed Shuns Excuse
‘M y Nose is Shiny’
“ I have to powder my nose.”
According to Eddie May this is the
most over-used alibi to gain passage
to any place but the outdoors or cafe
teria during the fifth period. Eddie
ought to know. He’s the popular moni
tor on the northeast stairway every
fifth period of the week.
Personality smile, nice tan, and gen
ial manners make Eddie a well-liked
junior around N.T.H.S. His pastime is
spent in sleeping and downing milk
shakes. He drops into dreamland with
ease if Kay Kyser, his favorite or
chestra conductor, plays something
quiet.
“ No doubt,” mused Eddie, “ certain
teachers think that I am in a sleep
most of the time. That may be so, but
I think better when relaxed.”
Eddie enjoys sports and the jingle
of money in his pocket. His ambition
is to enjoy life.
NILEHILITE
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township High School of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing editor Mildred Bergmark
News editors
Mary Lou Leonard
Barbara Rasmussen
Feature editors
Doris Mussil
Pat Reiland
Sports editors
Harley Anderson
Olga Krajchovich
REPORTERS
Edwin Allbright, Wayne Barton,
Jean Dudick, Bernice Frarison, Rich
ard Hartney, Betty Holmes, Erman
Kramer, Grace Langan, Dorothy Lutz,
Ruth Roberts, Marie Stritch, Toni
Thlimmenos
Doesn’t rushing into a quiet class
room without permission and putting
up a poster in a noisy manner show
amazing audacity on the campaigner’s
part?
If the answer to these inquiries is
“ yes,” then all I can say is—when I’m
a senior I hope these questions won’t
be asked of our class.
Yours with a growl,
Disgruntled Pestbrook Wegler.
Whozit?
She’s a junior this year
And I’ll add if I may,
She seems to like boys
By the cognomen, Ray.
These clues are enough—
They give her away.
So, come on you kids;
Now, What-do-ya-say?
uiuiujqos aouajoj^
Mr. Benette’s 312
Offers Mystery
Not even the witches of old could
brew the magic and get the results
found in Mr. Benette’s dark room; so
if you’re afraid of the dark, steer clear
of the Photography club.
Shelves bearing odd-shaped flasks
add to the mysterious atmosphere.
The room has a sink with hot and
cold running water for washing films.
Above the sink is a light that sends
out weird, greenish-yellow rays that
make the people in the room look like
Zombies.
However, there are still too many
camera-ite fans that would like to
take photography but cannot as class
numbers must be limited to ten stu
dents in each of the three different
sections that meet in the biology room
on Monday’s, Wednesday’s, and Fri
day’s during eighth periods.
Disc Dope
All aboard! “ Disc Dope express”
leaving for “ My Kentucky Home,”
Bing Crosby’s latest recording. On
the way Woody Herman’s arrange
ment of “ Hey Doc!” and Duke Elling
ton’s “ Giddybug Gallop” gives all a
chance to jitterbug.
Next stop “ A Gay Ranchero” with
songstress Connie Boswell and Tom
my Dorsey’s “ Neiani” sets a picture
of swaying grass skirts and palm
trees.
As the express pulls in on track 39
A1 Donahue’s “ Why Don’t We Do This
More Often” completes the round trip
ticket.
�October 31, 1941
NILEHILITE
Page 8
‘Forward with Books’ is National Theme
Evanston Teacher Talented Freshmen will I Reckon You'll
Observe Book Week
Have
Will Present Slides Brain experts in Miss Lucille Ron Dear Elmer:Fun Elmer
“ Kommet Alle!” is the invitation
Miss Theresa Kranz’s German group
is extending to the Foreign Language
club members at the meeting Novem
ber 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the high school.
Mr. E. L. Mothole, prominent lec
turer of the Evanston Township high
school language department, will show
colored slides that he made during
his tours through Germany and other
European countries.
“ Since Mr. Mothole is in demand as
a lecturer at many universities and
colleges, the language club is fortun
ate to arrange for his appearance
here,” said Miss Kranz.
To add to the program’s interest
will be that old substantial favorite—
food!
This ’n That
Fifteen bus trips are necessary to
transport approximately 550 of the
800 pupils to ^heir homes. Six buses
leave at 2:45 p.m., six again at 3:45
p.m., and three buses carrying parti
cipants in athletics at 5 p.m.
Only 55 days until Christmas—
that’s the theme in homeroom 206.
This far-seeing homeroom turned over
its $2 prize money won by its float
in the homecoming parade to a Christ
mas tree fund.
Mr. Kenneth Weidau, twirling in
structor, stated that there has been
an increase in enrollment in that de
partment over last year.
Fourteen
girls have just begun twirling, and the
six intermediate twirlers, Jane Breckenridge, Carolyn Huemmer, Eleanor
Jacobs, Rosemary Racine, Gladys
Rossman, and Pat Tracy will become
majorettes next year, providing that
they can meet the test.
Step close, step . . . that’s what the
eight freshman homerooms hear every
week in the girls’ gym as they learn
the principles of dancing in prepara
tion for their future “ social life at
Nilehi,” and incidentally for the frosh
party, November 18.
Exclamations of wonder changed in
to bursts of laughter when Grant
Kuhn masqueraded as a danseuse at
the sophomore party two weeks ago.
His/her escorts, were Tom Davidson,
Franx Buofford, and Eugene Paulsen.
ald’s freshman English classes will ob
serve National Book week beginning
Monday with a “ Hidden Talent” con
test. ■
The national theme, “ Forward With
Books” will be carried out by drama
tizations, posters, and maps of the
students’ favorite books.
Hungry Bookworms Eat
Solid Nutritive Material
When some authors wrote their
titles, they must have been thinking
of everyday situations at N.T.H.S.
Since book week starts Monday, we
thought we’d give you an idea of
these animated manuscripts found
loose in all the best libraries!
“ Stranger in the House.” Freshmen.
“ Great Hunger.” Just before lunch.
“ Far from the Madding Crowd.”
Escaping into a quiet room from the
study hall.
“ Forever Free.” Feelings of a sen
ior just before (not after) graduation.
“ Seats of the Mighty.” Place on the
Student-Faculty forum.
“ Come and Get It.” Katie’s call.
“ Hold Back the Dawn.” The feeling
one has on Sunday evening.
“ And the Time will Come.” Senior’s
words to a fieshman.
Become Well-Informed
By Reading New Book
If you enjoy running up the light
bill, you might read James Craig’s
“ Danger is My Business” which re
lates the life of a man who gambles
with death for a business.
There is a beauty tip to the fellows
in Dorothy Stote’s “ Men, too, Wear
Clothes” which presents the personal
appearance of the tall, short, fat, or
thin man.
Other new books are Irving Crump’s
and John Newton’s “ Our G Man,”
Irvin Cobb’s “ Exit Laughing,” and
Frederick Allen’s “ Since Yesterday.”
Here’s somethin’ I been burstin’ to
tell you ever since I first heerd about
it. I’m counting the days ’till Novem
ber 14, when there’s gonna’ be, sure
’nough, big doin’s here at Nilehi.
They’ve always called it the carnival
before but I don’t know yet what
they’re callin’ it this y’ar. If you read
the next issue of the Nilehilite, you
can find out all you need know about
it.
You fill up your wagon with all the
gals and guys you can find and hall
’em into town for the big doin’s. I
hear it ain’t gonna’ cost much, but
save all the egg money you can and
you’ll have a barrell o’ fun.
Don’t forget to bring your shoes
’cause there’s gonna’ be dancin’, an’ to
a mighty fancy orkestry, with real
honest-to-goodness instruments.
Got to go tend to the milkin’, now.
Slim.
P. S. Do you think we oughta’ ask
some purty gals?
Miss Line Is Teaching
New Clothing Course
For the first time, Niles Township
high school has an advanced clothing
class which Miss Alice Line, the in
structor, has been wanting for a num
ber of years.
The thirteen students in the class
have all had some experience in sew
ing, either at home or in one of the
school’s beginning courses.
In collaboration with Miss Line’s
other classes, the girls will give two
fashion shows this year, one for the
freshmen on October 31, and the other
at the end of the s'chool year.
'Book You Left Behind'
May Be Under Stairs
A new duty which the Monitor and
Ushers’ club has taken over is the
lost and found department. Formerly,
the office
handled all lost articles.
The new system will relieve the of
fice staff of this task.
All lost articles will be brought to
the office as usual, but will be trans
Audrey Brown, Marilyn Hohs, Danny ferred to the closet under the main
Dever, and Zenon Turski have been stairs off the cafeteria. This closet
chosen to represent NTHS in an All-State will be kept open during all lunch
sing. This chorus will meet at the Uni periods. If articles are not called for
in 30 days, they will be sold.
versity of Illinois, November 5 to7.
Four Choristers Picked
For All-State Chorus
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NILEHILITE
Something New Is Added
That s m u g
look of Bob
Podraza’s is for
the b e n e f i t of
Carl H u s c h e r
and H e n r y
Dahm who are
getting a p r e
view showing of
the new 1941-42
basketball u n i
form. All three
boys are major
lettermen. T h e
u n i f o r m s are
white satin for
home games and
blue satin f o r
“ away games.”
Trojan Bucket-eers to Start Practice;
To Meet ETHS Wildkits Novem ber 19
With but three weeks to prepare
for their first tilt, Nilehi’s varsity and
J.V. basketball squads hold their first
practice session tomorrow morning,
Both teams will meat Evanston’s Wildkits November 19 in their season open
er. and take on New Trier the following Saturday.
New uniforms, as well as last year’s
speedy J.V. conference champs, have
been added to the 1941-42 varsity
squad. As only three senior veterans
remain to form the nucleus of the Trojan varsity, the team will be chiefly
comprised of newcomers to the senior
squad.
Nilehi’s season on the maple this
year will be marked by a two-day
G.A.A. Plans Initiation
For Freshmen Nov. 7
Seventy-five G.A.A. pins will find
new owners at the formal initiation
of freshman girls November 7. This
meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in
the gymnasium.
Speakers at the initiation will be
Jane Kadlec, Claire Juniac, Rosanna
King, Pat Cole, and Beverly Kramer,
all members of the G.A.A. executive
board. Further entertainment will con
sist of dancing, singing, and a drama
tic skit performed by G.A.A. girls.
Parents of all the members are in
vited to attend this program. Refresh
ments will be served in the cafeteria
at the dòse of the entertainment.
During this time the girls will intro
duce their mothers and dads to their
friends.
i tour to southern Illinois where Tro
j jans will play two strong down-state
| squads, Watseka and Sheldon. Other
j non-conference games included in this
j year’s schedule are against Maine,
New Trier, and Evanston.
One of the high-spots of the basket
j
ball season will come when the teams
; meet the Alumni five on December 20.
j Keen rivalry will make this “ must
: see” content one of the most exciting
j games to be played.
October 31,1941
15 Trojans Say
G oodby Sat.
Tomorrow as Nilehi plays host to
Woodstock’s varsity and junior var
sity, 15 Trojans will fight their last
grid battle. The games will start at
12:30 and 2:30 p.m. In this, the last
football game of the season, Woodstock will “ shoot the works” in an
attempt to close victoriously the ’41
campaign.
Trojans Favored
Each team has fought the same con
ference opponents and so, on the basis
of past scores, the Trojans should win
by at least two touchdowns. Against
Lake Forest the Trojans won 6 to 0
while Woodstock lost to the Foresters
13 to 0. Woodstock lost to Leyden 26
to 0 while Niles Township won from
the Eagles 20 to 7. However, this was
Woodstock’s first game of the season
and since then it has been improv
ing.
Team Plans Victory
Reports from Coach Isaacson indi
cate that the Trojans have definite
plans for ending, the season with a
victory. He has put the team through
stiff drills the past week and unless
last minute injuries occur, the team
should be just about at top strength.
4 8 Cage Teams Vie
For Championship
Again intramural football is put
on the shelf for another year, and
TERM ITES----------------- out of the mothballs come the basket
balls. From out of the boys’ gym
classes come such words as cooties,
bedbugs, skunks, and rats. It’s not
Nilehi’s cross country team dropped that the boys are calling each other
|
the meet with Leyden’s runners 27 names but these titles are just a few
to 30. In this race, which was not of the monickers used by four of
the full two miles, Howard Johnston, the 48 teams in the boys’ gym classes.
sophomore prospect, ran off with first
Play Width of Floor
honors. Bob Glatz was second and
With the short 40 minute periods it
Bob Podraza finished sixth.
has been necessary to play the width
Here’s to the salesmen who helped of the floor in order to enable a team
put to death the G.A.A. debt. From to get at least 25 minutes of actual
all reports the magazine sale was an playing time.
other success.
Winners of basketball letters last
According to
Richard Hartney, year act as referees. Regular basket
plans for a lettermen’s club are well ball rules are followed and although
under way. At present a constitution the playing time is short, there is
is being formed. Members of the plan plenty of action.
ning committee, Robert Eichelkraut,
Plaque Award to Champs
Donald Hezner, Wayne Barton, and
Each team has a definite schedule
Bud Cook, will meet with Coach Isaac of games. From each class will come
son to discuss the matter further, a winner. Class champions will play
after football season.
until one team emerges undefeated.
Eddie should be an “ A ” one student To this team goes the honor of hav
in auto shop if the bump-out job ing its members and team name plac
on his car is any example of his ability? ed on a plaque and displayed in the
or haven’t you seen it?
trophy case.
j
j
j
In the Bench
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Leonard, Mary Lou, News Editor
Rasmussen, Barbara, News Editor
Mussil, Doris, Feature Editor
Reiland, Pat, Feature Editor
Anderson, Harley, Sports Editor
Krajchovich, Olga, Sports Editor
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nile H I lite
Volume III No. 4
Skokie, Illinois
Freshies H old
Fest Tuesday
17 Sophomores Help
Party Entertainment
November 14, 1941
Enjoy Your Turkey
Nov. 17 Scotch Kilties assembly 9 a.m.
Nov. 18 Freshman party
7 p.m.
Nov. 19 BasKetball. Evanston here
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 20 Thanksgiving holiday.
No school.
Nov. 21 Still a holiday! No School.
Nov. 22 Basketball. New Trier there.
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 25 P.T.A. council. Niles Township
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 27 Book Review. Florence Burke
Ellis 8 p.m.
Nov. 28 Basketball. Leyden there
7:30 p.m.
Nov. 29 Basketball. Maine here 7:30 p.m.
Making their debut, the freshmen
will hold their annual class party Nov
ember 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the as
sembly hall. The admission for an
evening of dancing, games, refresh
ments, and a “ sophomore surprise” is
10 cents.
The super-large planning committee
is composed of two members from each
of the eight freshmen homerooms:
Hester Camp, Mary Kay Clark, Helen
Dahm, Jean Faulmann, Frances Franson, Alvina Hackmeister, Don Lyon,
Roger Milz, Warren Mueller, Mary
Approximately 600 students, by at
Jane Nelson, Shirley Rohner, Barbara tending the first 10 noon-time as
Schaefer, Ann Marie Schirra, Billy semblies, proved that the silver screen
Stielow, James Tagney, and Virginia has not lost any of its appeal.
Waldin.
Apparently these students do not
The 17 sophomore advisees are wish to miss any of the “ two-reelers,”
Marjorie Barnes, Frank Boufford, Joan either, for figures show that for every
Cutsler, Tommy Davidson, Mary Kay purchase of a five-cent daily ticket
De Witt, Marion Eichelkraut, Leota there are a 100 ten-cent weekly tickets
Harper, Harriet Hart, Mae Kennedy, sold.
Beverly Kramer, Grant Kuhn, Jim
“ They’re swell. For 5 cents you get
Lannert, Nancy Larsen, B a r b a r a a dollar’s worth of entertainment,” is
Mason, Margaret McNeill, June Ohlson, the way Mae “ Moe” Kennedy, sopho
and Eugene Paulsen.
more, voiced her approval of the
movies.
Assemblies Delight
Students with Cartoons
Red Cross Girls A re Knitting Scarfs
A s Nilehi's Bit for Men in Service
“ How should I cast this o f f? ” might
be one of the queries heard from room
214, Nilehi’s Red Cross headquarters,
as the members prepare their “ stints.”
Girl members under the direction of
Miss Susanne Ostergren are knitting
scarfs for army and navy men in con
nection with the main Red Cross unit.
All Nilehi girls are asked to knit col
ored six-inch squares from scrap yarn
which will be converted into afgans as
Christmas gifts for hospitals.
With the co-operation of Mr. J. G.
Wilkins’ major art class, more than
one hundred Thanksgiving d i n n e r
menu covers were sent to the army
and navy. Richard Cutler gave a sum
mary report of the work done by Nile
hi on the menu covers at the Red
Cross council meeting held November
1 at the Congress hotel.
Although this is the end of the week,
the Red Cross drive does not end. The
contest held during the second period
classes is for the purpose of reaching
the fifty dollar goal. A student may
yet join the Red Cross and receive his
button and membership card.
Committee members conducting the
Red Cross Division under the supervis
ion of the Student-Faculty forum are
Carol Jaycox, Betty Perrin, Richard
Cutler, and Howard Wertz.
“ It is probably unnecessary to say,”
Miss Susanne Ostergren added, “ that
giving to the Red Cross is giving to
one of the most worthy organizations
which help you to help others.”
Event to Don
Circus G uise
Floorshow, Dancing
Highlight Gala Night
Assuming the guise of a circus, the
“ big night” will be presented on Dec
ember 5, instead of November 14, with
the gym as the big ring. The winning
name for the affair will be announced
soon, according to the publicity com
mittee.
Mrs. Esch promises that dramatic
interest will not be lacking.
Other
features of the night will be taxi
dancing, booths, and the proverbial
favorite — refreshments. This year,
as an added attraction, the planning
committee has in store a floor show
which will include acts by students.
Outstanding feature o f the “ big
night” is that homerooms are planning
the affair, each homeroom being re
quired to submit one idea for the pro
gram. It is the desire of the fatuity
sponsors that the student body coop
erate in the show’s organization and
presentation.
Extra Pennies Buy
7 Library Pictures
In honor of N a t i o n a l Education
Week, November 9 through 15, the
Niles Township high school library
dedicated seven pictures to the school.
“ Our new pictures,” said Miss Louise
Meyers librarian, “ were purchased
with about two and a half years of fine
money from overdue books.”
Dedication ceremonies took .place all
day Wednesday in the library as each
English class became acquainted with
the pictures. The program was under
the supervision of Miss Ruth Lant.
Names of the pictures are “ The Bell’s
First Note,” a picture of the Liberty
Bell; “ Call of the Sea,” showing Wash
ington as a young boy; “ The Rail
Splitter,” depicting Lincoln’s youth;
and “ Writing the Declaration of Inde
pendence” another historical picture.
The remaining three p i c t u r e s are
scenes in the West known as “ Smoky
Mountain Road,” “ Pioneers,” and “ The
Wagon Boss.”
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NILEHILITE
X '0 our house comes but once a year
T T ilarity in the form of Thanksgiv-
ing cheer.
Au our friends and kin are there
othing is missing — common or
^ rare.
J ^ in g s ne’er had more fun than we
inging and praising our Lord al
mighty.
ravy and potatoes, turkey and
stuffin’
S
G
j[ce cream and cake, even a muffin
ie for special and flattering praise
from
nfant and grandfather to father
and son.
o one is sad or even remorseful
for
V
I
N
Q
od gives us enough plus even more'.
'57 Varieties’ Come
To Niles Township
Florida, Washington, California,
Rhode Island, Louisiana, and Wyo
ming!
“ What’s this!” you ask. Well these
are just a few of the states that are
represented at Nilehi. Also represent
ed are 22 other states, Canada, Chile,
and four foreign countries.
Wisconsin seems to have a lead with
18; Indiana and Iowa, each 10; Min
nesota and Michigan, each 8; Ohio and
Missouri, each 6; and New York and
Nebraska, 5.
William Marson and Carol Ellis
hailed from Canada and Nancy Larson
from Chile.
Helmut Biegert and Annaliese Nachbauer came from Germany. Peter and
Bart Hegarty, and Mary and Joseph
Creaney may well have kissed the
Blarney Stone because they came from
auld Ireland.
Christiane de Caro arrived from the
land of perfume and romance —
Fran’ce. And Gustaf Wagner came
here from Austria.
Out of the 801 students only 156
were bom and reared as “ true sons of
Niles Township.” Most of the others
came from Chicago and Evanston.
Going My Way!
Novem oer 14, 1941
Kurrent Keyhole Komments Kover
Kuhrazy Kampus Kapers — Niblets
November finds Nilehi paddling well into mid-stream. Marking
time for the opening of the hunting season, J. C. Benette already
has one live quack in a fugitive Wood duck. Game laws threaten a
permanent residence in 314 — but who wants to spend all his life
in one class, anyway ?
Betty Birkenheier, locker No. B-15, is evidently either adver
tising for a man or bragging that she has one. Traces are to be seen
on the outside of her first floor catch-all . . . Wolverine Joan Pike
with a Michigan Wolverine already tagged is beating out other gals
in snaring newcomer Gene Lebbin.
Seen . . . Bill Dickinson splurging
students. It has reading material,
wildly on Loop entertainment in an
lounge chairs, ‘couches, table lamps
effort to “ convince” Gloria . . .
etc. During studies a senior could
Maybe it isn’t the weather, but the
sign out and spend the periods here.”
season seems to have been opened for
Did you hide it, Ginny?
a topsy-turvy “ anything goes.” The
only impression after watching Butch
“ I won’t dance” Glauner trucking out
with Margie Burklund at the Hal
lowe’en Hop, was “ Now we’ve seen This answer should come
everything/ ” P.S. Butch get ready With a snap of the brain ( ? )
She has large brown eyes
to pay off your bets . . .
Students took note, one fourth pe And a lovely dark mane.
riod lunch, of a car filled with taffy She’s a freshie in Fourm,
apples. Owner returned. Found an A baby in G.A.A.
The kids call her, “ Katie”
empty car.
Also rans: Bettie Braujh actually And the boys say O.K!
got caught ditching library . . . Miss
Berry has already bought her Christ
mas presents . . . Carole Lee Rouse’s
expression when Buck Rogers said he
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
did not believe in marriage right after
graduation . . . Ray Krier’s “ shocking” and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township High School of
third floor locker.
Perplexing Predicaments . . . Ted Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Canty’s sore thumb was rather in Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
criminating evidence that he had rung
Mr. Kent’s doorbell on Hallowe’en. Managing editor Mildred Bergmark
Mary Lou Leonard
The scientist had attached acid to his News editors
Barbara Rasmussen
buzzer . . . Blond, blue-eyed Fred Wil
Doris Mussil
cox conducted a discussion of men in Feature editors
Pat Reiland
French one day — anguish swept him
Harley Anderson
as every feminine creature claimed a Sports editors
Olga Krajchovich
preference for brunette males . . .
Betty Farr seemed doomed during a Production Managers Melvin Schultz
Donald Tiedt
church prayer when a case of hiccups
Whozit?
NILEHILITE
suddenly developed . . .
Question of the week: We quote
from an interview with Ginny Nordin,
ex-Nilehi gal, as it appeared in a Pitts
burgh high school paper: “ We had
(in NTHS) a neat furnished room —
reserved for the use of senior honor
Refreshments!
Hey bud!
How
about a lift to the
freshman party ?
Just wait till next
year when I can
get the car!
REPORTERS
Edwin Allbright, Wayne Barton,
Kramer, Grace Langan, Dorothy Lutz,
Jean Dudick, Bernice Franson, Rich
ard Hartney, Betty Holmes, Erman
Ruth Roberts, Marie Stritch, Toni
Thlimmenos
Jumping Jive!
These records are
s u p e r deluxe.
Whoever picked
them out surely
knew his stuff.
Oh boy! Food at last. Katie can
make the best cocoa this side of heaven.
�November 14,1941
Five
‘Kilt
Here Monday
NILEHILITE
Page 3
Here Are Kilties Dressed In Plaids
Nilehi will be treated next Monday
morning at 9 to an all-school assembly
which features the “ Scotch Kilties,” a
unique Caledonian male quartet and
pianist under the direction of Chief
William L. Nimmo.
The quartet sings, both solo and as
a group, lusty choruses, gay tunes
sweet old melodies, classics, opera, and
popular ballads. Members also play
bag pipes. They also bring the char
acteristic songs, dialects, humor, and
impersonations of the Scottish people.
Chief Nimmo earned the title of
Chief in World War days as special
investigator for the treasury depart
ment and as Chief of Detectives at
Cincinnati, his home town. Mr. Nimmo
is a Scot who will play a group of
numbers on the great Highland War
Pipes as a special feature.
Literary Freshmen
Form Writing Club
Mary Jane Nelson, Chairman; Ann
Marie Schirra, vice chairman; Dorothy
Gustafson, secretary; and Marilee
Thomas, treasurer were the officers
elected at the first meeting of the
Freshman Literary club, organized by
Miss Lucille Ronalds.
Thirty-seven freshmen are members
of the club which held its first meet
ing October 29. Freshmen wishing
to join the club must write a poem,
short story, or other literary work.
A mimeographed, illustrated sheet
containing accepted stories and poems
will be printed.
'Love Off the Record'
Merits Radio Acclaim
First o f the Nilehi winners to ap
pear on the High School Studio Party
broadcast over W.M.A.Q. November 8
at the Merchandise Mart was Mardy
McKeever who wrote and starred in
“ Love off the Record.”
Mardy shared honors with Chris
Lindhoy *41, former stage and radio
favorite at Nilehi. Chris played the
part of David, a Beethoven victim,
whose views on the finer points of
music did not coincide with those of
a girl whose heart belonged to Glenn
Miller.
Correction: In the last issue of the
Nilehilite Eleanor Jacobs was listed
as an intermediate twirler. Her classi
fication is that o f advanced standing.
This ’n That
S U P E R I N T E N D E N T R. E.
COTANCHE, Miss Clara Klaus, and
Miss Edith Lytle were members of
the Nilehi faculty who attended the
recent Illinois State high school con
ference at the University of Illinois
in Urbana November 6 and 7. While
there they heard the four Nilehi stu
dents who were chosen to sing in the
All-State Chorus at the convention.
WHERE’S THAT BOOK? were the
cries of Miss Lant’s book-minded jun
ior English classes as they searched
for titles of books. The “ Hidden Title”
contest was part of Book week observ
ance, November 3 to 7.
MRS. GEORGE FURNER, the form
er Miss Esther Fledderjohn, now liv
ing in Akron, Ohio taught sophomore
English to the present seniors.
“ I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE . . . ”
a familiar phrase in grammar school,
will start out the next all-school as
sembly to be followed by the singing
of the National anthem by all Nilehi
students. Although this procedure of
respect to the flag is a common one in
grammar schools, very few high
schools use it; however, the student
forum decided that in these times we
should be more flag conscious. I f the
forum thinks this first experiment is
successful, the procedure will become
traditional.
BRILLIANCE RUNS HIGH in Miss
Marjorie Ronalds’ Latin II class. “ It’s
the best I’ve ever had,” praised Miss
Ronalds. Among other activities the
class is reading modern news in Latin
and giving plays.
Artists Make Menu
Covers for Service
It’s modern design that makes the
big difference — on land — on sea —
and in the art room. More than one
hundred Thanksgiving menu covers
for the army and navy have just been
completed by the students in the ma
jor art class directed by Mr. J. G.
Wilkens.
The colored 6 by 9 inch folders were
made in the dry or wet brush stroke
with all folder designs being original
and no two alike. Some of them are
caricatures of hungry sailors and
rushing privates.
First year art students have been
creating Hallowe’en compositions in
value and color. Some of the subjects
used were pumpkins, children, witches,
and cats.
Art minor pupils are experimenting
in color values and forms. Various
problems o f creative landscape in na
ture’s varying moods serve as a basis
to stimulate creative imaginations.
A rm y L ife Furnishes
Popular Song M aterial
“ Time Was” when “Jim” and “ Mick
ey” “Kiss the Boys Goodbye” for
“ $21 a Day — Once a Month” to go to
a “ City Called Heaven;” and “ Under
the Blue Canadian Skies” they met
“ Dolores” and “ Maria Elena” with the
“ Green Eyes.” They told' the girls
“ Me and Uncle Sam” got together, be
cause “ My Old Man was an Army
Man” and “ Oh! They’re Making Me
all Over in the Army” for “ Nothin.”
�Page 4
Swim Squads
Meet Morton
Introducing Nilehi’s 1941-42
Team s In Their First Duel
Today the third edition of the Tro
jan tank squad travels to Morton in
its first meet of the season and the
first suburban league teams that the
tank squad has on the 41-42 schedule.
For the first time this season the
swim team will meet all suburban
tank teams ex’cept Oak Park and New
Trier.
According to Coach Morgan Taylor,
the material out for this year’s team
is larger and better than any of the
previous seasons.
Varsity breast stroke will be handled
by Alfred Wittorf and Wayne Barton.
Frosh-soph breast stroke will be handleb by Jack Ritter and Tom Cook. Bob
Gerhardt and Dick Hartney will again
swim back stroke with Bob Wright
and Bill Clynes swimming frosh-soph
in this event. Ray Nitch and Jack
Ritter are the probable divers for the
varsity.
Competition in frosh-soph diving is
stiff. Among those fighting for the
positions are Joe Creaney, Don Christ
enson, Jim Tagney, and Bob Hartney.
NILEHILITE
November 14,1941
TERMITES-----------------
In the Ben ch
By now you’ve probably become
used to the first barrage of ’41 letter
winners, you good looking girls. Those
N’s certainly add expansion to the
chests of more than a few athletes.
Basketball, track, swimming, golf,
tennis, and baseball should put many
more N’s in circulation.
WELCOME BACK CLARK . . .
It’s good to see Calvin Clark back
in school again. As you know Cal was
injured in the Lake Forest game and
was unable to attend s'chool until the
first part of this month.
CONGRATULATIONS . . .
Hats off to Eddie Breitenbach and
Ray Nitch, chosen most valuable foot
ball player and captain respectively
as you can see by a glance at the cut.
HOW THEY STAND
Behold the football results:
Varsity
Won
Lost
Warren
6
0
4
Crystal Lake
1
Niles Twp.
3
2
Leyden
3
2
Lake Forest
3
3
1
Libertyville
3
1
Arlington
4
Woodstock
06
Tied
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
0
Ed Breitenbach Voted Most Valuable;
Ray Nitch Elected Honorary Captain
As if to further prove the statement,
“ It’s the blockers that count,” the
members of the varsity football team
honored
t w o linein e n , Ed
B r e i t e nbach a n d
Ray Nitch,
w i t h the
most valu
able player
award go
ing to Ed
and honorary captaincy to Ray. The
spark behind this year’s fine line play
was 188 pound tackle Ed Breitenbach
whose fine defensive stands, spirit, and
offensive blocking prove him deserv
ing of the most valuable player trophy.
Eddie has played varsity ball for four
years, winning three major letters.
Any opponent stopped by Eddie’s
side of the line would try the other
side only to run into another stalwart
senior, Ray Nitch. Ray is 192 pounds
of solid muscle who plays as though
each of his tackles is a game in it
self. And for such a spirit it is not
surprising that he was elected honor
ary captain. Ray is also a veteran of
the gridiron having played three years
on the varsity and having won two
majors. Being captain elect of the
swimming team, he also has won
majors in swiming and track.
The unhappy fact about these two
awards is that the winners have play
ed their last year of football for N.T.
H.S., so regrets and Congratulations
are in order for these two “ champs.”
Fun, Fantasy, Frolic
Featured at Festival
Splash! The synchronized team will
again display its aquatic talent at the
Harvest festival on December 4 when
experienced fish will perform.
Diving, relays, and unsynchronized
swimming will be demonstrated with
fun, fantasy, and frolic. Something to
watch for is “ Ztrew” the famous diver
and Jerry Heinz with his newly ac
quired yacht.
M aple Runners
Begin Season
Trojan Fives Out to Better
1940-41 ‘Games W o n ’ Record
Bouncing in with a 21-game sched
ule, two Nilehi teams will meet Evan
ston here next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
This season the coaches are taking
advantage of the 110 boys out by sel
ecting more boys for each squad.
A week from tomorrow the teams
will take on New Trier there. New
Trier will be out to avenge the 28 to
25 defeat it took at the hands of the
Trojans last year. Ten home games
feature this year’s hard wood series.
Will the boys better last year’s record
of 14 wins and four losses ?
Coaches for the teams are Lester
Galitz, varsity; Robert Mackey, jun
ior varsity consisting of juniors who
will play all non-conference games;
Norman Kent, junior varsity consist
ing of freshmen and sophomores who
will play all-conference games; and
Harold Isaacson, freshmen.
16 Cheerful Gals
At Your Service!
Follow the leader! Plans are being
made by the cheer leaders under the
spell of perky Captain Mary Lou Leon
ard to reorganize the pep club this
season.
Varsity cheerleaders are Doris Burklund, Jane Deatrick, Marilyn Hynes,
Lillian Krupa, Connie Kohtz, June
Ohlson, and Pat Reiland. The begin
ning junior varsity, which looks prom
ising, are Joan Briggs, Betty Bums,
Pat Canty, Nancy Cates, Betty Farr,
Grace Nelson, Barb Schaefer, and
Natalie Schilling.
Baby Bowlers Blame
Score on Alley Detours
“ We can’t even get behind the eight
ball, because we’re the baby bowlers,”
chorused some Nilehi girl athletes.
Barbara Schaefer, who averages 52,
believes the shortcut to bowling suc
cess is by the use of alley detours.
Averages of others who support her
ideas are as follows: Roegene Scholow 62, Christian de Caro 63, Shirley
Lawrence 63, June M. Olson 66, Phylis
Fribourg 71, Patty Dean 77, Shirley
Nellessen 78, Claire Juniac 78, and
Nancy Cates 79.
“ We’ll be dark horses until the tour
naments, and then we’ll show ’em with
our high handicaps!” they predicted.
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Mussil, Doris, Feature Editor
Reiland, Pat, Feature Editor
Anderson, Harley, Sports Editor
Krajchovich, Olga, Sports Editor
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Giant Round-Up to Attract Fun Lovers
nile H I lite
V olum e III N o. 5
Skokie, Illinois
Decem ber 5 , 1 9 41
December 12
Opening Night
Junior, Fran May, Receives
Award For Winning Entry
Here’s Looking Down at You
The gals on the flying
trapeze are Connie Khotz
on the extreme left and nex’
to her is Joanne Nelson
Florence Schramm is stand
ing in the center; Cherie
Neutz is next in line and or
the extreme right is Pal
Galitz.
• These five girls have beer
hard at work on a gymnas
tic event which is to be used
for Roundup night, Decem
ber 12.
'Stardust’ Featured Song on Marimba
In Assembly Starring Burton Jackson
Chicago bom Burton Lynn Jackson, virtuoso of the marimba, yester
day at assembly, showed Niles Town
ship how Hoagy Carmicheal’s “ Star
dust” should be played.
Mr. Jackson started his career back
wards. He never studied a scale nor
instructor, Claire Omar Musser. In
less than six years Mr. Jackson had
drawn attention to his flying hands
and speeding invisible mallets and had
starter a career of his own.
Choruses Sing Carols
At Christmas Concert
Burton Lynn Jackson
touched a musical instrument until
his eighteenth birthday. While most
beginners start with teachers of less
renown, he enrolled with the eminent
Yule Tide greetings from Niles
Township high school choral groups
will be in the form of a Christmas
concert on Thursday, December 18 at
8 p.m. in the gym. The Niles Town
ship concert orchestra will also pro
vide entertainment.
There is no
admission charge.
Choir members will sing Cain’s
“ Carol of the Birds,” Gevaert’s “ The
Sleep of the Child Jesus,” Bizet’s
“ The Three Kings,” and Atherton’s
“ Eight-fold Alleluia.”
The boys’ chorus will lend melody
to English ballads of “ To Shorten
Winter’s Sadness,” “ Good King Wenceslas,” and “ A Carol for Everyman.”
to Kramer’s “ Before the Paling of the
The girl’s chorus will provide spirit
Stars,” Kountz’s “ Carol of the Sheep
Bells,” and an old English carol, “ The
Holly and the Ivy.”
Treble choir, a newly organized all
girl group will sing Christmas carols.
Greeting the public for the first
time, Nilehi’s Round-Up promises to
make a permanent niche for itself in
entertainment’s hall of fame. And
small wonder. Singularizing itself by
new booths, a giant stage show, and
music by the band, the Round-Up will
steal s'cenes next Friday night.
Mr. Taylor To “ Bark”
Emcee F. M. Taylor will bark out
the merits of the widely varied fea
tures. New on the list of booths is the
record booth, a product of Rita Miller’s
ingenuity, at which popular recordings
will be sold. Also new is the basket
ball booth which promises to attract
would-be maple runners. A booth sell
ing corsages is the result of a student
suggestion. On the stage will be the
musical farce, “ Ragtime Wedding.”
In the cast are Wayne Barton, Ed
Kretsch, Calvin Koller, Betty Farr,
and Dick Boyd. Musical support is to
be offered by the band.
Also on the stage will be a mono
logue by Ruth Roberts entitled “ Smor
gasbord Surrealism.” Adding color
to the stage show will be, a swinging
ladder circus stunt, a tap-dan’ce group,
and the six uniformed twirlers. Kay
Smith, Charlotte Rich, and Barbara
Pearson as “ Three Little Maids” will
participate in an added surprise fea
ture.
New Name
“ Round-Up Night” was the winning
entry in the carnival naming contest
and Francis May, winner, will receive
the $1 bonus.
I Last Minute Flashes
The six students selected for the
finals in the American Legion Ora
torical contest are Tom Sheridan,
Merle Iverson, Joe Fisher, Mary Lou
Leonard, Harley Anderson, and Doris
Mussil. During the next month, these
finalists will rehearse their orations
with Mrs. Ruth Esch in preparation
for their delivery at an American
Legion dinner.
Olga Krajchovich was selected Wed
nesday to receive the D. A. R. hiedal
for outstanding citizenship.
�NILEHILITE
Page 2
N iblets
December 5, 1941
Looks N ot Important But Brains
Rate High with Girl Dramatists
“ Red flannel” time is finally here
L isten children and you shall user exclaimed she would rather have
again — although OV Man Winter
hear, no not the midnight ride of a boy agree on politics so they would
postponed it almost as often as NilPaul Revere, but a few pointers on have a common interest and Marie
ehi’s “ Round-up” But in spite of
what the Don Juans and Coquettes of Throop revealed that she likes a boy
frigid weather conditions—inside and
dramatics major class think about to have different thoughts so they
out— Cupid still seems capable of
may exchange viewpoints.
the o p p o
cookin' up romance . . .
Here’s another opposite for you:
s i t e sex.
“ Three’s a crowd” in locker No.
Don Smyser wants a blond. Betty
The b o y s’
B - 1 the scene of many battles and
,
Grable would do nicely, thank you;
talks really
sullen squables between Bill Dick
but California is too far away. Cal
annoyed
inson and Joe Fisher. It is definitely
vin Kohler wants a girl with long,
some of the
large enough for Gloria and only one
black hair. He added that he was
girls and a
fellow . . . And speaking of cats and
looking for a date four and a half or
few of the
d o g s , apparently
five feet tall.
boys’ e y e s
animals are gun
opened a
ning for a “ highlittle wider
e r” education i n at some of the girls’ exclamations. It
this modem world.
was really a “ Take-Your-Hair-DownMrs. Esch was host
Session” but we’ll pass it on to you
to a scrawny gray
anyway.
Dashing through the hall I passed
cat in dramatics,
Dick Rogers wants a pal, someone many students. As I flashed by, my
while a curbstone to be a companion when he horse
ears caught scraps of conversation
setter f o l l o w e d
back rides or hunts.
here and there. Believe it or not here
Marilyn Tilton —
“ None of this lovey dovey stuff,” is what I heard:
even into Miss Ronalds’ Latin studies.
said Dick.
She went to the Panther room last
The latter problem, however, gave
Many of the ideas conflicted. Donna night and saw the cutest—baked ham
grateful (?) Russ Hallberg a break
Cotanche likes boys three or four with sweet potatoes lying—flat with
while he voluntarily convoyed the
years older than she, but Pat Reiland a—long distance from Chicago to—
hound to better hunting grounds . . .
likes boys her own age. Joan Blame- lady next door. By the way I— sang
Current laughs: Helen Handler was
“ Where is My Wandering Boy”—
faced with disaster when Miss Klaus
who should be there but—greasy faces
discovered “ Music D#-preciation” on
without powder or— oodles of noodles
a Music AP-preciation paper . . . Paul
— (crooning) “ When the Blue of the
Perlman, being reprimanded for slid
“ But I’ m not a celebrity,” pro Night Meets”— Rita Hayworth and
ing on Nilehi’s freshly waxed floors, tested Zenon Turski, a well-known
her red hair are simply—positively
was asked “ Do you do that at home?” junior when asked for a few facts
tasteless without mayonnaise. Boy !
“ No, sir—at home our floors are car about himself.
is she the cute little— dill pickle with
peted” . . . Or the boy’s expression
After explaining to him that the ham salad and-mud splashed all over
in cookin’ class when he first tasted paper wanted, not celebrities, but
my shoes as I— sure crammed for
the biscuits he had accidentally made rather students who were provoca
that exam.
with Bon Ami instead of flour . . . tive and spirited, he obliged with a
Gong! The bell rang.
Or the bewilderment of the gypsy, smile and said,
who, trying to read Janice Yate’s
“ CT.K., but I’m especially interested
future from her features, finally ask in music.”
ed Janny, “ Have you ever broken
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
So we asked Zenon how he obtained
your nose?”
these musical assets and this is what and printed biweekly by the students
Our spies are standing ready to we found out.
of Niles Township High School of
report on: Buddy Cooke’s final deci
It seems Zenon is not the only per Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
sion as to which it’ll be— Bettie Per son musically inclined in his family. Principal.
rin or Katie Clark . . . Caryl Jaycox’s Upon entering the Turski living room
EDITORIAL STAFF
technique
on
you see a madness for music exem Managing editor Mildred Bergmark
Howie
Wertz.
Mary Lou Leonard
plified in every conceivable nook and News editors
Romance start
Barbara Rasmussen
corner. Drums, a piano, trumpet,
ed with a com
Doris Mussil
baritone horn, and uncountable sheets Feature editors
mon i n t e r e s t
Pat Reiland
of music all hold the highly revered
in photography.
Harley Anderson
place where one usually expects to Sports editors
Followed by one
Olga Krajchovich
find such things as chairs, desks, and
date, two pins.
brie a brae. And those instruments
REPORTERS
Comedy in clothes: After borrow
are not there for decoration— every
Edwin Allbright, Wayne Barton,
ing some clothes from a chum, Lizzy one is played by some member of
Jean Dudick, Bernice Franson, Rich
Krysher made the mistake of leaving Zenon’s family! Besides playing sev
ard Hartney, Betty Holmes, Erman
her own garb in Joan Briggs’ locker. eral instruments, one of Zenon’s
Kramer, Grace Langan, Dorothy Lutz,
When the owner returned, clothes brothers writes popular music and
Ruth Roberts, Marie Stritch, Toni
were promptly dumped in the hall. recently had some of his pieces played
Thlimmenos.
To our knowledge, one plaid skirt is by Dick Jurgens and his lyrics sung
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
still in the possession of the finders, by Harry Coole.
Raymond Keegan
William Dahm
Chuck Leibrant and Ed Breitenbach.
Boy! Is She a Cute
Little Dill Pickle?
Turski Household
Filled with Music
NILEHILITE
�December 5, 1941
Page 3
NDLEHILITE
Club N ew s
This’n That
TWO
CLASS
REPRESENTA
TIVES of the Northwestern Univer
sity School of Education visited
N.T.H.S. recently to study the home
room and guidan'ce program. A mem
ber of the faculty of Zion-Benton
Township high school also visited
Nilehi.
LAST CHANCE! That is the warn
ing given by the Lost and Found de
partment before selling all articles
which have not been called for by
their owners.
THE WARNING is given to all stu
dents who have lost a book, coat, or
other articles and have not claimed
them to report to the lost and found
room. Among the lost articles are
small sums of money. If a student
can give reasonable proof that he or
she lost a sum of money, it will be
returned to him. A list of the articles
to be sold, with their prices, is posted
by the lost and found room door.
So if you have lost a book or any
other article, better hurry before it is
sold.
KATIE IS GETTING ANGRY
about the silverware being damaged
in the lunchroom. From now on there
will be a one dollar reward given to
any person Who can give definite in
formation about those who have been
damaging the silverware. Remember,
if it were your own silverware at
home, you would not think of damag
ing it; so don’t damage property here
at school either.
ANY OLD BOOKS TO GIVE? Miss
Susanne Ostergren, faculty sponsor of
the Red Cross organization at Nilehi,
reports that about a week before
Christmas vacation there will be a
drive by the Red Cross for books for
the men in service. Students are asked
to bring from home any books which
they can. Mystery, detective, or west
ern books are desired but any book will
be appreciated. So come on students,
surely one of those books which has
been collecting dust on your book
shelf would be appreciated by our sol
diers.
MR. FORREST LEWIS, well known
radio actor will come to Nilehi in the
near-future. A definite date has not yet
been set, but he will talk at a senior
assembly on “ Radio as a Career.”
Miss Adelaide Berry’s home room in
collaboration with the Radio land Dra
matics departments, will sponsor the
program.
MISS BERRY’S COLLEGE PREP
English classes are compiling a list of
good books in a Christmas scrapbook
for people of all ages.
E leven M em bers W ill H andle
Trips of Junior-See-C hicago
Club Leaders Chosen
Christmas Meeting
Group leaders of the Junior See
Chicago club, sponsored by Miss Caro
lyn Lumpp, have been selected. Those
who will be leaders for the coming
year are Nancy Allen, Adele Bartz,
Audrey Brown, Pat Dickinson, Ros
anna King, Virginia Lenzen, Betty
Stielow, Dan- Dever, Bradley Fred
ericks, Ed Krupa, and James Wat
kins.
The film “ Christmas Around the
World” , will be shown at the Christ
mas meeting of the Foreign Language
club, December 11, according to Miss
Marjorie Ronalds, sponsor. Each
group will sing Christmas carols in
the language it is studying. The cab
inet will be in charge and refresh
ments will be served.
These eleven leaders with Miss
Lumpp will be the governing body
of the club and will act as a “ gobetween” for the members and spon
sor. All suggestions by members will
be made to their leaders who will also
handle the signing up for trips, selling
of tickets, and checking attendance
on trips.
Dramatize U tile W om en'
A dramatization of a scene from
Louisa May Alcott’s “ Little Women”
featured the November twenty-seventh
meeting of Miss Lu'cille Ronalds’
newly formed freshmen literary club.
Betty Burns, Marion Jennetten, Mary
Jane Nelson, and Nancy Perrin par
ticipated in the play. Ann Marie
Schirra and Marilee Thomas gave
book reviews. Hester Camp, Frances
Franson, and Helen Flieger read
poems.
Horses' Popularity Up
Despite Mechanization
Horses, even in this modern mech
anized age, are weekly burdened with
young Nilehi equestriennes. Each week
40 riders leave up-to-date Cadillac
convertibles to mount more rustic
transportation. In an enclosed arena,
at Forest View riding stables the girls
learn elementary and advanced for
mations in preparation for a spring
horse show.
“ Roll call” now reveals six members
are in the ranks of the “ Dust-biters”
club. Marion Eichelkraut, probable
honorary president of the sextet, has
tome down off her high-horse four
times, toppling twice from Buzz.
Popeye has dumped two riders. His
first victim was Miss Alice Stone.
The reluctant .instructor only offered,
“He got scared” in explanation. Betty
Holmes was victim no. 2, because “ the
stirrups were neglected.”
Miss Mildred Johnson, although a
shorthand expert, was not looking for
any shortcuts when an unidentified
animal balked, causing the season’s
first fall. Barb Rasmussen later went
off when Ruby “ slammed on the
brakes too fast while cantering.”
Grate Langan was aboard Piccolo
Pete in a close, fast trot when sud
denly horse and all went down. She
admitted, “ I was really frightened—
I thought it was going to be a horse
on me!”
Projects Convert
206 into Museum
Miss Theresa Kranz’ room 206 looks
like a museum with its log cabins,
historical booklets, costumes, handi
craft work, and other objects of his
torical interest. The projects are
based on the period in American his
tory from the Revolutionary war up
to the Civil war.
A few of the projects which catch
the eye are a furnished log Cabin by
Rosanna King and Dorothy Miethke,
a weaving loom by Bill Randquist,
old log cabin by Paul Zeller, a book
let portraying the flags of the Revol
utionary period by Florence Schramm,
a carved printing set by Melvin
Schultz, colonial sampler by Viola
Stoll, and perhaps the most unusual
of all, a cemetery by Dick Boyd.
“ These are perhaps the most origin
al projects of my three years of
teaching at Nilehi,” Miss Kranz
stated.
Treble Choir Entertains
With Christmas Carols
Christmas spirit was ushered in
when a group of girls, the Treble
choir sang Christmas carols before the
Niles Center Women’s club in the
municipal building last Wednesday.
“Treble choir” members are Joan
Blameuser, Muriel Beuder, Audrey
Brown, Ruth Hennig, Marilyn Hohs,
Olga Kraj'chovich, Mary Lou Leonard,
Marilyn McKeever, Arline Madsen,
Rosemarie Meyer, and Marie Throop.
�NILEHILITE
Page 4
December 5,1941
T roj ans Meet Blue Devils There Tonight
Nilehi Seeks Revenge
|For Trimming Handed
Them on November 22
I
-----------------TERM ITES------------------ 1
I In the Ben ch
This afternoon the Trojan swim
squads take on the Evanston tank
teams here. Despite recent defeats by
Morton and Proviso the teams are
improving. The boys have been work
ing hard and would like your support.
After all the natatorium is a warm
place to spend an afternoon.
The freshman basketballers, 19 in
number, are smaller than the squad
of 40. However, according to Coach
Isaccson, the boys make up for this
in aggressiveness and spirit. Although
the team is not so smooth as it might
be, it is expected to take its share of
victories.
Boys out for the team include John
Aliprandi, Norman Bailey, David
Berg, Gilmore Catanzara, Frank Cor
so, Jack Fredericks, Joe Gagliardo,
David Hawkinson, Ed Heartstedt,
Walter Herman, Jessie Hollifield,
William Kunkel, Joe Pennacchia,
Authur Anderson, Earnest Reiman,
Jim Shepherd, and Bob Wedel. Man
agers are Winger and Paul Jacobs.
Excluding last Wednesday’s results,
bowling reports have the Chemistry
team on the top of the boys league
with nine victories and one defeat.
Members of the team in'clude Henry
Matchen, Jack Allen, Joe Weber, and
Herb Mueller. Henry Matchen is high
naan with an average of about 175.
“ Fish duck fish” might easily be
the name given to the game of Water
Basketball as played in the boys swim
classes. Two three minute halves of
ducking, swimming, and shooting a
ball through two foot hoops give the
teams plenty of exercise. The game
takes place at the deep end of the
pool. The teams are identified by their
fishy names.
Vernon Drueke, four year varsity
baseball man and now on the varsity
basketball team, won the Evanston
Golf club caddy tournament last sum
mer. He defeated alumnus Perry An
derson by one stroke.
Floyd Hunziker, a new edition to
the Nile Hi sports world this year,
has a collection of between 3,000 and
4,000 stamps which came from all
parts of the world.
Tonight the Trojans meet the Blue
Devils of Warren on the latter’s floor
in the second conference game. The
Devils will try to better the s'core o '
last season when they lost by five
points, but according to Coach Galitz,
will have a tough time doing it.
A new addition to the team is Floyd
Hunziker, who hails from Loraine,
Illinois, and has shown his ability in
former games. Bob Podraza and Bill
Carroll share honors as high point
man in previous games.
Tomorrow night the Trojans will
play host to New Trier when they will
again clash for 32 minutes. This is
our second game with New Trier, the
first being a loss. Resulting scores:
varsity 30 to 41 and junior varsity
9 to 34.
Coach Galitz predicts an exciting
game when the Nilehi Trojans meet
the Libertyville Wildcats on Satur
day, December 13. This game was
originally scheduled for Friday, De
cember 12.
The schedule of future varsity
games is as follows:
December 5 Warren ................ There
December 6 New Trier .......... Here
December 13 Liberty ville ..........Here
December 19 Lake Forest ....T h e re
December 20 Alumni .................. Here
December 29 W a tsek a ........... ..There
December 30 Sheldon .............. There
Basketball In H2
0
Offers Novel Game
Water basketball will make its de
but on an intramural swim team. Jt’s
an exciting game resembling basket
ball and water polo and is played with
a five-man team.
To start the game both teams line
up on the side of the pool and dive
in for the ball which is thrown by the
referee to the center of the pool. No
player may hold to the side of the
pool while the ball is in his hands.
Ducking a player without the ball
constitutes a foul and the man ducked
is awarded a free throw. However,
the player with the ball may be duck
ed. Each game has two three-minute
halves.
There are 48 teams taking part in
this tournament which is under the
direction of Coach Galitz and Coach
Isaacson.
I---------------------B E E S -----------------------1
In the Bleachers
ORCHIDS TO THE girls in the
Leadership class for their splendid
work in conducting the gym and
swim classes. At this time about 65
per cent of the girls taking swimming
have passed the blue cap test due to
the instruction of these girls.
EXERCISES AND RELAYS are
going on in the gym classes which
accounts for some of the limping,
groaning, and the stiffness exhibited
by some of the girls. Isn’t that right
Marie Throop? Volley-ball, ping-pong,
and shuffleboard will be introduced
shortly. Intramural teams will again
be formed and tournaments run off.
ANOTHER ATTRACTION this
year is a tumbling fclass under the
direction of Miss Lorraine Spikings.
The debut will be Roundr-up Night.
The leader in charge of the tumbling
is Arlene Lalashis.
DID YOU KNOW that we have
new equipment in the gym which ap
peals to the “ animal” side. It’s a
trapeze on which five monkeys can
be seen practicing. The chimps are
Pat Galitz, Connie Kohtz, Jeanne
Nelson, Cherie Neutz, and Florence
Schramm. This group will also per
form Round-up Night under the di
rection of “Gargantua the Great”
alias Mr. Norman Kent.
THE WATER CARNIVAL commit
tee of Anna Bock, Eileen Heinz, Angie
Weber, Bob Evans, Dick Hartney, Ray
Nitteh, and Howard Wertz, has had
several meetings to plan and decide
on a theme which will be Arabian,
but as yet the plans and details have
not been announced. The date has
been set for April 16, 17, and 18. A
full house is expected for all three
nights.
IT SEEMS THAT Connie Kohtz
has been having some trouble at the
bowling alley. Connie, after carrying
the ball half-way down the alley,
kneels to pray that a few of the pins
will go down.
RECENTLY THE WATER in the
pool has gone down quite a bit re
sulting from Doris Mussil’s attempts
to dive. Hope you’re not black and
blue, Doris!
ONE GIRL WHO is getting to be
a problem to the Leaders conducting
swim classes is Bernadette Creany.
Gan she really stand in the shallow
end?
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
nile H I lite
Volume III No. 6
Skokie, Illinois
December 19, 1941
Give
‘T ou tfu ess’ Gifts
h gh ln
To Friends Throughout Year
I f you ever hear anyone say he thing he’ll remember long after
doesn’t have enough money to your compact is broken and is
buy Christmas gifts, you can thrown away.
You are the youth of today.
smile to yourself knowing that
there are a hundred little things Let age look through your young
he could give, things which do eyes for age may have forgotten
to see ripe wheat dancing in the
not cost a cent.
A smile to a lonely stranger field or wild daisies winking at
may light up his morning. Re the sun. These scenes are some
member the day the pretty girl of the most beautiful paintings
smiled at you when your team in all the world, nature’s paint
had just lost the game? It help ings which can’t be purchased
ed to brighten things, didn’t it? for a million dollars.
Let others enjoy your vitality
And a willing, helping hand with
the Christmas cleaning does a lot and modern ideas, you youth of
toward making Mother’s Christ America. Your laughs, jokes,
and dancing feet will do much to
mas a happier one.
Life’s too short to miss all the lift dreary hearts and worried
opportunities for making it a minds during our period of war.
Your spirit and hopeful out
merry Christmas every day of
the year, and sincere friendship look must fill the gap in our
is one of the loveliest gifts you gloomy world. So give a g ift of
can give. One kind word to a thoughtfulness this year. How
disheartened friend will be some- about it?
Round Up Lassoes Holiday FunBegins
W ith Alumni Hop
$325.91 for Band
Nilehi’s newly acquired juke box
Nilehi’s annual Round-Up lassoed
$325.91 last Friday night for the band will make fts second appearance at the
uniform fund, according to office re Alumni dance, sponsored by the cheerports.
Fcdl in!
The finale in which the whole cast
participated in singing the school song, i We’ll see you at the Alumni game
tomorrow evening, 7:30.
did not end but marked the halfway
point in the evening’s entertainment. leaders, tomorrow night after the
There was dan'cing in the gym to the game in tne assembly .room.
music of the new juke-box.
Some added attractions will be a
Acts not before publicized in the specialty turnabout dance, and all the
paper included Bernice Franson and latest reebrds tto dance to. The price of
her group of dancers who did a mili admission is 15 cents ahead.
Those already sending R.S.V.P.’s
tary version of the “ Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy” ; Natalie Schilling whose are Ben Domas returning from Mich
acrobatic number was done with pro igan; Kermit Faust and Charlie Wil
fessional finesse; and the tumblers, liams from Iowa Wesleyan to play in
who with pyramids and formations put the game and afterwards to attend the
the “ Up” in Round-Up, included, Ruth dance; Corky “ Happy’’ Harrington from
Henning, Charlotte Einhause, Barbara Illinois University; and Bill Fiech, who
Schaeffer, Dolores Chapman, Caryl is attending night school at North
Jaycox, Arlene Lalashis, Virginia Len- western and working during the day.
zen, Doris Mussil, Grace Nelson, and It is rumored that Buzz Barton, Henry
June Ohlson. They were trained by Maier, Bill Peterson, and Bud Cecconi
will probably be on the stag lineup.
Miss Lorraine Spikings.
Awards Given
Today at 1p.m.
Yuletide Songs by Chorus
Plus Community Singing
An all-school assembly awarding
scholarship certificates and pins, and
presenting as a new feature at Nilehi,
an all-sChool sing, will be held at 1
p.m. today.
Miss Clara Klaus will direct the
choir and choruses in several intricate
carols and then the audience will sing
Christmas carols.
Certificates, bronze pins, and silver
pins will be awarded according to
scholastic rating. S e n i o r s Mildred
Bergmark, Norma Heidtke, Florence
Ochs, and Virginia Reuter have earned
silver pins. Approximately 27 bronze
pins and 22 certificates are to be
awarded at the assembly today.
Ea'ch quarter honorable mention is
equal to one point while honor roll
is equal to two points. Certificates
and pins are awarded at the close of
each year. The minimum number of
points required for a certificate are
seven; 14 points are needed for a
bronze pin. The minimum for a silver
pin is 21 points, and the coveted gold
award demands 28 points.
Men in Service Receive
Old Books from Pupils
Santa Claus found that he had some
co-operation in his search for gifts
this Christmas because the Red Cross
committee and forum members took
charge of a “ book for men in service”
drive which ends today. The Red
Cross motor corps will pick up the
books and deliver them to the camp
libraries.
Miss Susanne Ostergren has urged
pupils to bring western, mystery, or
detective stories for the men who are
defending their country on land, on
the sea, and in the air.
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NILEHILITE
Niblets
Bit by bit, much like a Burma shave
sign, 1941 has come in, taken shape,
and is now “ drifting” out. Reminders
of the year gone by are many — re
minders printed into history by the
Nilehilite, or scribbled on scraps that
constantly fall from the pages of your
English books, or just the things that
you recall-once-in-a-while with a smile.
REMEMBER?
M’Lou Leonard’s
face when she was told that Bill
Roman might compete against her in
the January ora
torical contest . . .
That while the gov
ernment ordered a
two-ocean n a v y ,
“ sailors” A* ng i e
Weber, Anna Bock,
Gra'ce Langan, Kay
Smith, and Doris
Mussil raised their own fleet, uniform
and all. Perhaps prompted by the
trend of world affairs, the question
now is: Was this a tactical defense, or
the result of someone else’s offense?
WE’RE S T I L L WONDERING
ABOUT the series of signs that have
been seen around. One in a certain
classroom claims that the new paper
cutter is not a toy, even if Dick Hartney did appear with a fresh haircut a
day after its arrival!
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
often range anywhere from giving up
candy, to getting better marks. We
hope that Lois Anderson fails just
once to bring a pear for lunch next,
year, and that some day Gerry Deily
will eat the apple she brings each day
instead of presenting it regularly to
Pat Reiland.
WITH EVERY YULETIDE COMES
CHRISTMAS trees, Santa Claus, and
mistletoe — especially mistletoe, and
more especially, hanging from Miss
Lant’s doorway. We expect it from
experience. But one thing we’ve puz
zled o v e r .
Why does
M i s s Lant
stand in her
doorway by
the hour?
Now an
other year
of Niblets
goes to bed, closing its doors on the
personal, behind-the-scenes life and
history of Nilehi. The year 1941 has
brought more than 200 names into
the Niblets, touching every field of
activity at NTHS. We had a “ bangup time.” Hope you enjoyed them.
R.I.P.
December 19, 1941
Hints on Holding Hands at Christmas;
It Can Be N ot Only A rt But Also Fun
Well here it is again, Christmas.
Most of us are once more greeting old
friends and relations. If you want to
shake their hands, here are some ways
to do it. I have included four: an irri
tating type, a kid type, a painful type,
and the serious but sincere type.
Dead Fish Clasp
One of the most irritating types is
the “ dead fish” manner of greeting
in which the person hands you a limp,
cold piece of flesh which is supposed
to represent a hand and which one is
supposed to wring and get enthusias
tic about. The reason for this lack
adaisical clasp is not apparent but I
find that usually the person is as lazy
and dull as the grip which he “ rep
resents.”
Kids Handshake
Then there is the kid’s type of hand
shake or “ just-for-fun” variety. He
has -seen his elders do it and out of
a merely mischievious act, he shakes
hands. The wind-up of this “ friendly”
greeting is usually a playfully at
tempted jui-jitsu with one of the
participants on the floor. In this class,
without the scrimmage of course,
might be included the mqoning freshman boy who has been dying to hold
hands with that cute senior girl and
this is as close as he’ll ever cottie.
Football Special
A third type is the “ football play
er’s special,” a strangle hold in which
the guilty person grabs the unsuspect
ing victim’s hand, and proceeds to
“ tighten the screws.” While you stand
there with your knuckles cracking like
chestnuts in a fire, he proceeds to
N ilehilite
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township High School of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing editor Mildred Bergmark
News editors
Mary Lou Leonard
Barbara Rasmussen
Feature editors
Doris Mussil
Pat Reiland
Sports editors
Harley Andersoii
Olga Krajchovich
REPORTERS
Edwin Allbright, Wayne Barton,
Jean Dudick, Bernice Franson, Rich
ard Hartney, Betty Holmes, Erman
Kramer, Grace Langan, Dorothy Lutz,
Ruth Roberts, Marie Stritch, Toni
Thlimmenos
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Leo Mueller
Robert Tolzien
wish you good luck on a forthcoming
test. Your right hand (if you’re right
handed) feels as if it won’t be in fit
condition to do anything, much less
write, for several days. As he releases
your mangled member, you sneak a
side glance at it to view the horrible
pulp. Wonder of wonders, it seems
to retain the same shape. After con
gratulating yourself on your good for
tune you probably go around the rest
of the day patting yourself on the
back for being so tough and being in
such good Condition. This concludes
this division of “ knuckle-kneaders” al
though I might add that you don’t
have to “ make the varsity” to be eligi
ble for this class.
Sincere Crip
The fourth type of handshake, the
sincere greeting, speaks for itself. It
is a gentlemanly, friendly greeting be
tween friends or new acquaintances.
The grip is a normal one, firm but
gentle, and much can be told of a per
son’s disposition in the normal hand
shake which might be called an art.
Whczit ?
This character is big and strong
With twinkling eyes and a merry
song.
His mouse-like actions and mighty
shouts
Are heard from roof tops all about.
He knows when you’ve been good or
bad,
Stingy or selfish, happy or sad,
He only comes but once a year
And when he does we all should cheer,
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
snujo u^uug
Christmas '42
Under Nilehi’s Christmas tree
A lovely maiden stands.
The blond a thoughtful girl is she
With small and dainty hands.
She stands below with just one friend
Her eyes are filled with tears;
She knows how lucky she has been
Through all these four grand years.
Yes, Mary is a senior now
And next year will not see
This tree and lots of friends and how
The good times used to be.
So, while looking at our Christmas
tree
A silent thought she'll pray:
That our next Christmas will not see
The world in such dismay.
�December 19, 1941
NILEHILITE
Santas!
This ’n That
Pictured here
a r e t h e mem
bers of the Red
Cross committee
who a r e n o w
promoting t h e
“ Books for Sol
diers” d r i v e .
They are Richar d C u t l e r ,
Caryl
Jaycox,
Betty
Perrin,
and H o w a r d
Wertz. They are
shown here look
ing over the col
lection of books
from the stu
dents. Miss Su
sanne Ostergren
is faculty spon
sor.
Future Writers, Inc.
By attending the Midwest Writers’
conference, November 29 to Decem
ber 2, five Nilehi girls, Ruth Roberts,
Jane Cecil, Marie Throop, Lois An
derson, and Mardy McKeever returned
to their English classes with practical
ideas for creative writing.
Give a Girl a Horse She Can Ride?
Though a bit unusual, A. B. Cam
eron, owner and director of Forest
View, recently gave report cards to
Nilehi’s 40 horsewomen, grading them
on their horsemanship. Grades of ex
cellent, good, fair, and poor were
determined by performance: walking,
trotting, cantering, and general con
trol of the horse.
Bad News for Skippers
That old system of skipping on
Thursday and going after the mail on
Saturday just won’t work any longer.
The attendance offices have a scheme
all their own which will not be dis
closed to the student body.
Home Room 212 Wins
Home room 212 recently defeated
home room 114 in a bowling match.
Both the winners and the losers agreed
that it was a lot of fun.
Looking For Luck?
Jean Florus, senior, has gained a
reputation for her four leaf clover
collection. Jean started the collection
several years ago while on vacation
in New Jersey. Recently her picture
and a short article about her hobby
appeared in the Milwaukee magazine
of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
and Pacific railroad.
N ilehi’s Juke Box
Brought by Santa
A committee from the Forum,
Nancy Allen, Bill Roman, Pat Galitz
and Barb Rasmussen, has sponsored
the purchase of a juke box for the
school. It can be rented by outside or
ganizations for $2.
All money taken in from the first
rentals will be put into the band
uniform fund. From then on, all
“ green lettuce” received will pay for
new records in order to keep up to
date with the latest hits. A variety
of records will be bought in order to
suit all the students.
“ There will be,” said Mrs. Ingaborg Fjurkland, character of Ruth
Robert’s “ Smorgasbord Surrealism,”
“ more yelly sessions in this school
now than there are in the stores.”
Page 8
Once Again K ing Christmas Reigns
Supreme over Subjects o f Nilehi
Dear Students:
You know I love the Christmas sea
son best of all because I feel so warm
inside. It’s kind of a storm before
the lull. When you students go on
your vacation, everything is so quiet
but perhaps by that time I need the
rest.
I feel I should give special thanks
to the juniors for giving me two
beautiful Christmas trees. Their spot
light idea was really clever. I know
they collected $12 in their homerooms
to buy more tree decorations.
I wish I could name all the persons
who helped put Christmas spirit in
the air. But I’ll just take time to
thank a few:
Miss Louise Meyers and the library
staff for transforming the library into
an “ Evergreen Wonderland.”
Miss Lee Maskrey and Miss Ade
laide Berry’s classes for their “ Books
for Christmas” campaign. Miss Mask
rey and her senior English class for
building “ Ye Olde Book Shoppe” op
posite the library.
Miss Clara Klaus’ glee clubs and
their melodious Christmas carols. Also
their Christmas concert and other
Christmas activities.
The language classes for their work
on Christmas carols and the Christ
mas customs of other countries.
Boys in the woodshop classes for
their projects which some used as
gifts.
Miss Marie Green’s business train
ing classes who are learning how to
budget their money!
The typing classes for typing de
signs for Christmas cards.
Miss Lucille Ronalds’ English class
es and Miss Carolyn Lumpp’s world
history classes for their study of
Christines in foreign lands.
Miss Ruth Lant’s junior presenta
tion of “ Dust of the Road.” It added a
serious touch.
Oh, I could go on and on for I’m
sure that everyone did something to
build our real Christmas atmosphere.
‘Dust o f the Road’
Given by Juniors
A play, “ The Dust of the Road,”
written by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
for whom the Goodman theater was
named, was given yesterday, seventh
and eighth periods in school assembly,
by a cast of juniors chosen and di
rected by Miss Ruth Lant.
The cast was as follows: the tramp,
Dick Boyd; Peter Steele, Fred Epson;
old man, Melvin Schultz; and Prud
ence Steele, Helen Reeder. T?ie play
told the story of a man w’ho tried to
Cheat the son of a deceased friend out
of some money that was to be paid
to the boy on Christmas day. But a
mysterious stranger showed Peter
Steele how to celebrate Christmas the
right way. Cherie Neutz announced
the play and Viola Stoll told the story.
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
December 19, 1941
Hung By N ilehi’s Furnaces, Crew-soxs Trojans M eet
Aw ait Gifts From ‘Santa’ Mercatoris
Scouts Tonight
This morning, upon arriving at his
post at the engineer’s room, Mr. Mer
catoris, demonstrated his patience
when he was greeted by rows of over
grown crew-sox, stalwart and wellmended, lining the front of the furna'ces.
If the sox
r e mai ne d,
t h e school
w ou ld ne
cessarily go
without
heat for the
day. But he
c e r ta in ly c o u ld n ’ttear them down
dreams embodied in the custom of
hanging stockings at the exit of the
portal through which Santa makes his
and shatter all of those innocent
annual appearance. No. There was
only one thing to be done. He must
Volley Ball, Ping Pong
Begin 1942 Calendar
Headlining the girls’ sports cal
endar are the annual intramural play
offs. Volley ball and ping pong are
required of every girl this year in
order to acquaint each girl with some
form of individual sport.
Volley ball will begin the last week
in January which will be used as a
practice week.. The following week,
February 2 to 6, captains will be
chosen by members of each class.
These captains will choose the players
for their teams the following week.
11 Point Game
This year an 11 point game will be
played in volley ball with the winning
team playing two out of three games
in ea’ch period. All girls taking double
gym must choose the team on which
they will play before the first tourna
ment game.
Ping pong will be divided into two
classes. All non-players will be placed
in one class and the girls who have
played before in the other class. Every
girl must play in one of the two
groups.
Shuffleboard Optional
Shuffleboard will be optional as all
games must be played after school.
Any girl wishing to play should regis
ter with Miss Mildred Schaefer or
Miss Lorraine Spikings on February
2 or 3.
The winning teams of each intra
mural sport will have their names
placed on the plaques which are now
in the trophy case.
fulfill the desires of the stocking own
ers and never let them know that it
wasn’t the bearded donor, but he, who
carried out their requests.
Tucked down into the toe of each
sock was a neatly penned note, ad
dressed clearly to “ Dear Santa” and
signed by the desirous young man.
Prominent on the sagging rope was
the size 15 sock of varsity basketeer,
Larry Miller. Mr. Mercatoris was sur
prised indeed to read the lone in
scription: “ Please bring me a basket
with a four foot diameter”
Scanning hurriedly the pendant ar
ray, he smiled as he saw a wilted wool,
sock hanging boldly among the more
noble speciments. Folded into the heel
was the note saying, “ Please bring us
a carpeted gym floor. I don’t mind
an occasional hot-foot but when I
start getting one on my knees that’s
going too far!” This missive was
signed by Bill Stockfisch, the lad who^s
had so many floor-burns he thinks
Artie Shaw’s ‘clarinet blows icicles.
Through the slightly ventilated sole
of Jack Reiland’s sock showed this
message to Santa: “ Gee pal, couldn’t
you bring ba'ck Eby and Boyk to our
varsity eleven ? ”
And then a plaintiff appeal: “ Make
the girls quit saying I look like Super
man . . . Prince Valient’s my ideal!”
Of course, this was Ray Nitch’s plea
to Santa. And then there was Bob
Gerhardt who demanded some water
in the pool for the next time he dives.
Tomorrow Former Stars
Return For Alumni Game
Tonight the Trojan cagers will don
their blue satin suits and travel to
meet the Lake Forest Scouts, a team
which nearly upset the Nile Hi quin
tet last year.
The Varsity defeated Libertyville
by a score of 32 to 30 last Saturday,
and will be seeking their fourth con
ference victory of the season against
Lake Forest tonight.
Tomorrow night, the basketball fans
will see the ’42 varsity in competition
with Nilehi’s previous top team mem
bers. Although the alumni will use
Eby and Boyk, the larger part of the
team will . be composed of the ’41
squad, members of which are Red
Williams, Frank Thulstrup, Kermit
Faust, Bill Peterson, Perry Anderson,
Ben Domas, Bud Cecconi, and Corky
Harrington. This “ return” engage
ment promises to be a battle with
height as an asset of the alumni and
speed as an asset of the ’42 team.
Then, while Nilehi vacations, the
Trojans will play at Watseka and
Sheldon on December 29 and 30,
respectively, where Coach Galitz was
ex-coa'ch. This trip will introduce the
Watseka and Sheldon five to Nilehi
for the first time. This will be the
longest trip any Trojan team has
made to play basketball. These two
games should put the squad in the
best of condition for the battle with
Crystal Lake here, January 11.
Facts and Figures Show Trojans
Outpoint Opponents in Early Games
Here are a few facts and figures on
the varsity basketball team in its first
six games. The team has scored an
average of 41 points per game as
compared to the 38 rung up by the
opposition.
There was some talk after the 66
to 40 win over New Trier that the
boys had developed an offense. Accord
ing to Coach Galitz the team started
meeting passes, getting the jump, and
controlling the ball all of which is
just good defensive play.
In this game 89 shots, most of them
under the basket, were taken and 24
were made for 26% per cent.
This average is slightly better than
the 23 per cent made against Leyden
or the 23.6 per cent against Warren,
but there is still plenty of room for
improvement.
Making 54 per cent of the shots
from the free throw line, Trojan basketeers have shown a definite weak
ness in this department. The 19 mis
sed against Maine, the 15 against
Warren, and the 11 which escaped the
hoop in the New Trier game did not
help to. bring the 54 per cent up to
the desired 75 to 85 per cent. There
fore, the boys spend a half hour in
free throw practice each day.
Sinking 24 out of the 98 shots at
tempted in this game, the boys were
26% per cent efficient.
Podraza paces the team in scoring
with Sto’ckfisch, Carroll, and Hunziker
tying for second. Krewer has made
7 out of 10 free throw attempts or
70 per cent and is top man in this
deparmtent.
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nile H I lite
Volume III No. 7
Theme o f Hop
Is Toddle Trot
Jan. 27 Dressed-Up Girls
Appear at School Dance
Weather forecast for Saturday,
January 31, reads hot and hotter. It
is not the weather man’s day, but
Turnabout day when the gals put on
their best bib and tucker and ask the
fellas to creep along to the all school
nursery Toddle Trot dance sponsored
by the G. A. A.
From 8:30 p. m. till 12, the tots
will rock to the lullabies of Howard
Klehm’s orchestra. All the girls will
wear their dress-up outfits to show
the latest fashion apparel.
Baby chairman for decorations is
Mary Lou Leopard; band chairman
is Cherie Neutz.
Fluffy dogs, balloons, baby blocks
and bibs will elaborate the gym’s
decorations. Admission is 40 pennies
for each tot, and alumni 55 pennies.
Dramatics Group
T o Raise Funds
Skokie, Illinois
Januaryl6, 1942
Let's Go Nilehi
The Heat Is on
By Erman Kramer
TONIGHT our undefeated basket
ball team travels to Arlington Heights
to shoot it out with the third place
Cardinals. Yes indeed, undefeated
and at the top of the standing of the
Northeast conference is our school’s
name, Niles Township high school.
Heading another standing by a good
forty points, we find our name again,
the highest scoring team in the con
ference. Unerring shooting by our un
tiring team has netted 242 points, an
average of 48.4 points a game. The
only other team coming close to this
enviable record was Crystal Lake,
which we knocked out of second place
by a score that our score-board could
not record because it stops at 70. Our
red hot cagers totaled 76 points to
beat Crystal Lake’s 53.
NILEHI has had a championship
team developed by Coach Galitz, and
so far the boys have come through,
but let’s look at the whole conference
standings and see why they have to
come through. One defeat and we'
will be tied for first which would be
contested by three teams tied for
second, a mighty uncomfortable posi
tion when we are looking for a trophy.
Such close competition is unpredict
able and unhealthy unless the school
lends its support. The word “ spirit”
has really been kicked around in this
school. The last time our team played
away from home, we had one bus
load of cheering supporters, thanks
to the browbeating unleashed by Bob
Moore about our negligence in getting
behind our hard-working team. To
night we should have at least four
buses to Arlington.
WAKE UP NILEHI! Get behind
that team of yours. They’re fighting
for our first undisputable champion
ship with an undefeated season. You
help.
Today Nilehi is moving swiftly into
an “ all-out” defense effort. Students
and teachers alike are participating
in widely varied activities aimed to
aid America win the war.
On February 6 and 7, Mrs. Ruth
Esch and company will present “ That
Crazy Smith Family” to raise funds
for the Defenders’ council. In this
play Mrs. Lawrence Westerberg, Mrs.
Charles Butler, Mr. Robert Throop,
Mr. Kenneth Kuhl, Miss Virginia
Mehren, Grant Kuhn, Edward Kritch,
Pat Reiland, Hildegarde Schottleutner, Pat Canty, Bob Harms, and Bud
Lauth will depict a comedy of family
life.
Many other prominent defense ef
forts are being made. Homerooms
will soon be racing for top honors in
a contest to buy the most defense
stamps. Rumor has it that the Forum Jan. 16 — Arlington there 7:30 p. m.
is planning a spring dance at which Jan.- 20 — Semester Exams.
defense stamps will be used to pay Jan. 21 — More headaches.
part of the admission. Hundreds of Jan. 22 — Ah! Sweet rest! No school.
individual students are doing their Jan. 23 — School’s still out.
share by sewing, typing, and kniting Jan. 23 — Woodstock here 7:30 p. m.
for the Red Cross. Do your bit — Jan. 27 — American Legion Oratorical
buy defense stamps!
contest 8 p. m.
Cram Session Comm’
Exam Mystery
Solved at Last
Puzzled by New System?
This Clears up Confusion
Because of the inability to seat
large groups of pupils except in the
library and the study hall, and the
added inconvenience and probable
extra cost of running buses to and
from school at noon, semester exami
nations this year will be held during
regular class periods on next Tues
day and Wednesday. Monday, Janu
ary 19, will be a day of final review.
There will be no school Thursday and
Friday next week.
Exams in Classes
Minor subject examinations, if
given, will be during the regular class
period in which the minor subject
meets unless otherwise specified.
A ’s or B’s Equal Freedom
Pupils need only report for exami
nations which they are not exempted
from taking. Even though minor
classes, including physical education
and study hall will meet on these two
days, pupils with grades of B or
better for each quarter in one or more
subjects are exempted from attending
these classes. All others, those not
exempted in any subject, will attend
minor classes and study hall accord
ing to their regular programs. Pupils
who are exempt from an examination
may remain home until they have an
examination to take. If they are al
ready at school, pupils are privileged
to report to the library. Any of these
pupils may forfeit their rights for
exemptions if they are found in the
corridors during any period.
Exemptions Announced Monday
Exemptions will be announced at
the close of the regular class periods
on Monday January 19, except seventh
and eighth periods when the exemp
tions will be announced at the begin
ning. Exempted pupils may get libr
ary passes to go to the library. They
must not stay in the halls. Pupils
exempted in all subjects will be called
to the office during seventh or eighth
periods Monday to arrange to take one
examination, as they are required to
write on one subject.
�NILEHILITE
P a 2
Profiles
. These Clever Janes
. Sonja the Second
Five-foot four and brown-eyed sen
ior Jane Kadlec is president of the
G. A. A. and her home room. Her
hobby, obviously, is sewing, and her
favorite band is Howard Klehm’s. Her
friends all know that she has a mania
for hick towns, and olive and nut sand
wiches. Jane likes antiques and her
queer ambition is to go to China when
she’s 89. Her favorite song is “ Penny
Serenade” and just for the novelty of
it, some day she wants to have some
one say to her “ Stick to me, baby, and
I’ll put your name in lights.”
“ Figure skating is just like fallingupstairs, only more fascinating,”
mused Virginia Reuter.
Embarking on her third season of
“ figure-eighting,” Ginny related the
details of her summer vacation which
—you guessed it—were spent in skat
ing. Only this time she traveled up to
Rochester, Minnesota to try the rinks
up there. Among her acquaintances
in the skating world are such notables
as the Shipstads and Evelyn Chandler.
Besides practicing many times a
week, she finds time to design and
sew all her own clothes and skating
costumes. As for her plans after
graduation, she simply stated that she
would like to go to William and Mary
college. Then the bell rang and our
chat ended as we hurried on to our
next class.
R ed is Usually B rig h t!
Have you wondered why all of your
teachers were looking at you with a
glance that embodied evil pleasure?
Have you been enmeshed in too hor
rible nightmares without apparent
causes ? The answer to all this is
simple. It is here. The big week when
the learned circle of Nilehi instructors
will sit in judgment of us po’ chickens
Although our holiday has ended,
theirs is just beginning. But -who
can tell; we may pass our exams with
flying colors. Flying colors meaning
the teacher’s red pencil will fly all
over the page.
We are told that we should studyhard for at least a week before the
test, with a friend if we want to, and
then, we are told to have a good time
on the day prior to the test and to
relax completely. But who can have
a good time knowing of the massacre
next day. Fort Dearborn had nothing
en us.
January 16, 19.12
Fifth Column D odges FBI; Pre-War
Habits Indicate a Spy Ring Loose
Since weather reports have been officially banned, only Nilehi’s
empty seats and student’s chattering teeth will reveal that the mer
cury in the thermometer has “ dug-in” for the duration. Yet by the
rings and pins evidenced around school on the first day back, Cupid
is one fella who did not go into hibernation!
Nothing can match : The speed of Messrs. Kent and Benette
who ran to find Miss Lant after reading the Niblets last month.
Disheartened, they trod slowly away — someone had removed the
mistletoe . . . Or the rapid exit of Niles Townships Trojan’s from
the Tick Tock upon the entrance of their master, “ Simon Legree”
Galitz . . .
___________________________________
Or have we been noticing a shift corner is only the much sought liter
to “ Ben’s” by Jean H., Grace L., Gene Lebbin, suffering from the
de’ rge. . . Millie B., Mo, ad etc.?
It’s June in January when, accord
ing to the old superstition, we find:
Something old found Ray Nitch and
Herman Aliprani working off demerits
by the grace of Kitchen Klenzer and
a few blackened pots in 313 . . . Some
thing new in the addition of a swell
“ line” by Lois and Caryl Jaycox.
Fellas will have to wait their turn for
Skokie 4130 — the new phone . . .
Something borrowed brings the gals
to don that certain
“ aggressive” l o o k
and ask for the fam
ily jalopy — oh hap
py turnabout! Some
thing BLUE — just
everybody’s Christ
mas sweater!
Culled from last year: The surprise
of Hczzie Weldon’s pin on Doris Burkland when it rapidly became entangled
in Bill Moorad’s sweater, dragging a
good yam everywhere . . . The Christ
mas present of peanuts to Mifes John
son met with no shock, no surprise,
though every pupil had brought some.
Tables were turned when she hinted
for more. 9 * • • . . . Don Baumann
caught in the. spirit of pin hanging,
is giving pins to all the girls. With
the metal coming from a bottle neck,
Nilehi’s males may soon find a short
age of girls . . .
Laugh, good anytime, goes to un
identified sophomore, who, about to
receive a perfect attendance award
was absent the day of presentation.
Confusing conditions may arise i;
a stranger goes unenlightened into
the Rasmussen home,
and meets the pup
C o r k y Harrington
gave Barb. Named
“ Honey,” i t m a y
cause romantic in
clinations . . . Defi
nitely in the class of Ripley’s Believe
It or Not, we have discovered a boy
chasing a girl. Boy Eugene Wise is
stepin’ fast after Doris Mussil, a
steady . . . That crippled fellow in the
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Between brother Bob’s squabbles
with sister Sue as to who will un-trim
the Christmas tree, and NTIIS’s air
raid alerts, comes the mad rush for
exams. I have to quit now and study
for them. Recommend you do the
same. Goodbye.
Freshmen Relish
Sue Barton Epics
Helen Bolyston’s “ Sue Barton” stor
ies won first place recently in the poll,
sponsored by the Freshman Literary
Society, to determine the most popu
lar book among freshmen.
Votes were cast by all the students
in the freshmen English classes and
after they had been counted by Mary
Louise Kendall and Marylin Wahlborg,it was discovered tl^t the Sue
Barton books had received the high
est number of votes. In second and
third places were “ T-Model Tommy,”
by Stephen Meader and “ Silver Chief:
Dog of the North,” by Jack O’Brien.
Nilehilite
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township High School of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Mildred BeTgmark
Managing editor
Mary Lou Leonard
News editors
Barbara Rasmussen
Doris Mussil
Feature editors
Pat Reiland
Harley Anderson
Sports editors
Olga Krajchovich
REPORTERS
Jean Dudick, Bernice Franson, Rich
ard Hartney, Betty Holmes, Erman
Kramer, Grace Langan, Dorothy Lutz,
Ruth Roberts, Marie Stritch, Toni
Thlimmenos Wayne Barton, James
Watkins
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
John May
Helmut Biegert
�.JLn l ary 16, 1942
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NILEHILITE
Page 3
Eighty-two Local Scholars On Neutz Opus Airs
Expose on Youth
Final Honor Roll of 1940-41
In the following listing, the Honor
Roll for the year 1940-41 is brought
to its conclusion. These returns in
clude the name and total number of
scholarship points earned by the stu
dent during his entire high school
“ career,” and give his standing as of
the fourth quarter of last year.
Scholarship presentations of gold,
silver, and bronze pins were given
these students at the award assembly
in December.
Juniors
Mildred Bergmark 24
Norma Heidtke 24
Virginia Reuter 23
Florence Ochs 22
Donald Baumann 20
Grace Langan 20
Olga Krajchovich 18
Paul Perlman 17
Bernice Franson 16
Daniel Petty 16
Virginia Nordin 15
Lois Anderson 15
Wayne Kunkel 14
Dorothy Nelson 14
Beatrice Rossman 14
Lillian Baptist 13
Marilyn McKeever 12
Doris Mussil 12
Gloria Alterini 11
Richard Hartney 10
Dorothy Lutz 10
Marie Throop 9
Lorraine Hoth 8
Virginia McClure 6
Robert Gerhardt 4
Mary Lou Leonard 4
Robert Podraza 4
Tom MacCleary 2
Elvira Zust 2
Nilehi Students
Prepare for Raid
Although chances of an air raid on
midwestern United States are seem
ingly remote, Supt. R. E. Cotanche re
cently planned and executed an au
thentic air raid drill at NTHS. Fol
lowing exacting details, students and
teachers co-operated fully with this
wartime measure.
On the basement, first, and second
floors, the scene of the mock alarm,
teachers, as wardens, were stationed
at both ends of the halls. The top
floor, which would be dangerously ex
posed in case of bombing, was cleared
completely as janitors patrolled the
roof, armed with pails of sand to ex
tinguish fires that might be set by in
cendiary bombs.
Sophomores
Adele Bartz 16
Richard Boyd 16
Daniel Dever 16
Dagmar Franson 16
Virginia Lenzen 16
Tom Sheridan 16
Betty Stielow 16
Viola Stoll 16
William Stockfish 16
Janet Lutkehaus 15
Carl Mueller 15
Dorothy Rings 15
Lucille Lindeman 14
Ernest Nordquist 14
Patricia Galitz 13
James Watkins 13
Audrey Brown 12
Ruth Hennig 12
Harold Anderson 10
Lois Ruthenbeck .6
[Freshmen Listed Next Issue]
This ’n That
Mr. Robert Mackey’s mechanical
drawing classes that have been study
ing machine drawing during the last
semester will soon have their work
rated by experts. As a semester finale,
each student will submit his 20 plates
to the office, where the best are to be
selected and sent to defense board
officials. If this board gives its nod of
approval, the lucky student stands el
igible for a defense post as a drafts
man after graduation.
Now on exhibit in the showcase
opposite the assembly room are gar
ments made by Miss Line’s advanced
clothing class. Featured this week
is a coat and dress, both by Jane Kad
lec. More projects of the clothing
class will follow in the near future.
Girls seem to have IT! At a junior
assembly Friday, January 9, the win
ners of the speech contest held in Miss
Ruth Lant’s English classes competed
against each other for the honor of
acquiring a book of the winner’s
choice. The six finalists all turned out
to be girls! They were Viola Stoll,
Marie Stritch, Adele Bartz, Jean Neuson, Bettie Stielow, and Audrey Brown.
Their speech topics were selected from
a variety of subjects specified by Miss
Lant.
Orchids to Miss Lee Maskrey who
has so successfully taken Miss Edith
Bronson’s place for the past semester.
Miss Bronson has spent the last six
months in Costa Rica. She will return
to Nilehi on Monday, January 26.
Just what does go on at these girls’
summer cottages? What kind of food
do they favor? Do they get lonesome
for the male element? Not much is
known about this subject and profes
sors won’t get together and spend a
lifetime in an exposé on this subject,
but Cherie Neutz has compiled, pro
duced, and performed on this topic.
“ And the Stars Fell Down,” the
Cherie Neutz opus reveals in none too
uncertain terms just what thoughts
penetrate the brain of the typical sad
dle-shoe girl. Incidentally the inspira
tion for the script can be traced to a
lake cottage vacation last summer
which is very similar to the script.
Cherie and a cast of young Nilehi
Thespians will go “ on the air” over
NBC mikes at 11:00 tomorrow morn
ing. Nearly 300 tickets to this broad
cast at the Merchandise Mart are
available to NTHS students. Those
who wish free tickets to see the pro
gram may obtain them from Mrs.
Ruth Esch.
Cherie Neutz and the entire cast,
including Wayne Barton, Barbara
Rasmussen, Mardy McKeever, Joe
Fisher, and Bill Dickinson will brave
ly face that thrilling mike in a repre
sentation of “ typical” high school
youth. It is expected that some 300 of
their classmates will be on hand root
ing for them.
Oratorical Contest
Coming Jan. 27
Finals in the American Legion ora
torical contest will be held in the
assembly room Tuesday, January 27,
at 8 p.m. Everyone is invited to at
tend this contest and hear youth give
its views of America, its democracy
and its future.
The six finalists and the topics of
their orations are as follows: Merle
Iverson, “ The Future of America;”
Joe Fisher, “ What Our Democracy Of
fers;” Mary Lou Leonard, “ America
Moves Ahead;” Harley Anderson,
“ Having a Free Press;” Doris Mussil,
“ Youth and the Future;” and Tom
Sheridan, "Democracy Will Not Perish”.
These orations, chosen from among
nearly 150, were selected as best for
oral delivery. At the finals, gold, sil
ver, and bronze medals will be award
ed respectively to first, second, and
third place winners. Honorable men
tion will be given the others.
�NILEHILITE
Page 4
Trojans Lead Conference
Meet Cardinals at Arlington
Sport fans! Would you like to see
a thrilling, exciting, speedy game ?
Then don’t miss the game tonight at
7:30 when the Trojans meet the Card
inals at Arlington Heights. It prom
ises to be a tough battle, because the
Cardinals are out seeking vengeance
of last season when the Troys won
in an overtime game. Arlington is
now tied for third place with Woodstock and Crystal Lake in the North
east Conference.
Last Friday night the Trojans show
ed their ability when they chalked
up 76 points against Crystal Lake’s
53 which is the highest score made
by the Troys this season. But 53
points is the highest score made by
any opponent which fact shows that
Trojans defense lines need improve
ment. Outstanding scorers were Bob
Podraza with 29 points and Bill Stock
fish with 24 points.
TERMITES
In the Ben ch
WATER BASKETBALL continues
to feature the Monday and Tuesday
boys’ swimming periods.
Largest
score to date was a 40 to 7 victory
by Glatze’s Polywogs over the Smelts.
Some of the boys shot a\ the wrong
board but, as far as it is known, none
of these attempts went through the
hoop.
“ BUD” TRACY, varsity swim
mer and football man, has two
ambitions in life, one is to play on
a college football team and the
other is aviation. His hobbies are
“ Amazing Mystery” stories and
his own type of art.
HOWARD WERTZ plans to join the
Marines as soon as he is graduated.
His hobbies include photography, as
if you didn’t know, Boy Scouts, and
travel.
AS THIS ISSUE goes to press,
the freshman team has won two
of three games played, winning
from Maine and Libertyville and
losing to Leyden. According to
Coach Isaacson Leyden’s fresh
man team looks very good.
THE LACK of height on our
freshman team is one of the big
gest handicaps. In the Leyden
game the boys were not able to
rebound. However, Coach Isaac
son says “ the boys are working
hard.”
BART HEGARTY has a collec
tion of more than a thousand
stamps. It’s a hobby with him.
Team members will lapse into a
battle for grades when they struggle
to pass their exams. Following this
exhausting process they will play host
on January 23 to the Blue Streaks of
Woodstock, ’40 and ’41 champions of
the Northeast conference.
Saturday, January 24, the Nilehi
quintet will play Palatine in a non
conference game. Palatine is leading
the Northwest conference at present
and is out to win.
NORTHEAST STANDINGS
Varsity
L.
W.
Niles ............... .............5
0
Libertyville . . . .............4
1
Arlington .....................3
2
Woodstock . . . .............3
2
Crystal Lake ...............3
2
W a rre n .......... .............2
3
Lake Forest .. .............0
5
5
Leyden ........... ............. 0
Junior Varsity
L.
w.
Libertyville . . , .............5
0
Crystal Lake . .............4
1
Lake Forest .. .............4
1
Niles .............. .............2
3
Leyden .................... .2
3
Woodstock . . . ............. 2
3
4
Arlington . . . . , ............. 1
Warren .......... ............. 0
5
January 16, 1942
Basketball Playoff
Begins W ednesday
Winning Teams Play for
Intramural Championship
Next Wednesday play-offs start in
the boys’ intramural basketball. Win
ners of Wednesday gym classes will
meet the winners of the Thursday
gym classes. Play-offs will continue
until one team remains undefeated.
To this quintet will go the honor of
having their names placed on a plaque
in the trophy case.
The boys’ gym quintets have just
completed their third and final round.
As this issue went to press the follow
ing teams were out in front and ap
peared to have won in their respective
classes. In the first period Wednesday
class the Butterflies have flown over
the opposition, and the Antelopes seem
to have won in the second period. The
Lizzards were ahead in the third per
iod classes and the Silver Bugs had
outshone the teams of the fourth per
iod Wednesday class. The Pole Cats
and the Termites were neck and neck
in the fifth. The Snipes and Wolves
lead the pack in the sixth and seventh
period classes respectively.
In the Thursday gym classes the
Cooties held the lead in the first per
iod with the Coons on top in the sec
ond. The Buzzards, Mosquitoes, and
Beavers were out in front in the third,
fourth, and seventh period classes.
Swimmers to Meet Maine Township
January 27 as Season Nears Close
In two weeks, Nilehi’s varsity and
frosh-soph swimmers will be fished
out of the pool, officially ending their
competitive season. Many old speed
records have been broken and many
new ones established this year by
Trojan fish, despite the fact that the
squads swam against teams from
larger schools.
The past week has been marked by
meets with two teams from the sub
urban league: Evanston and Proviso.
On January 27 NTHS will duel with
Maine Township in Main’s tank. To
round out the season, plans are being
made for the squads to meet Steinmetz and Lakeview, both Chicago
schools.
Pacemakers
Among the varsity pacemakers are
Gene Lebbin, Bob Gerhardt, and the
relay team of Ray Nitch, Bradley
Fredricks, Bud Tracy, and Bob Ger
hardt. Gene Lebbin, winner of a
double crown, holds the 50 and 100
yard crawl titles with times of 2S.2
seconds and 1:07.1 respectively. Bob
Gerhardt’s time of one minute 20 sec
onds netted him the record in the
100 yard back stroke, while the relay
team set a new low with 2:01.1 sec
onds.
Frosh-Soph Winners
Frosh-soph winners include Jimmy
Holmes; A1 W ittorf; the relay team of
Jerry Heinz, Stan Kendler, Jim Hol
mes, and Peter Hegarty; and the med
ley team of Tom Davidson, Tom Cook,
and Peter Hegarty.
Promise for Next Year
As three months of racing against
schools from the suburban and west
suburban leagues draw to a close,
the Trojan fish can point to a success
ful season. The team’s power is grow
ing, as evidenced by broken records,
more wins, and closer scores. Though
most of the" varsity squad will be
graduated, the “ younger generation”
shows promise of an even more suc
cessful season next year.
One of the inovations this season
has been the addition of the “ Record
Board” to Nilehi’s natatorium.
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Skokie, Illinois
Volume III No. 7
Theme of Hop
Is Toddle Trot
Jan. 27 Dressed-Up Girls
Appear at School Dance
Weather forecast for Saturday,
January 31, reads hot and hotter. It
is not the weather man’s day, but
Turnabout day when the gals put on
their best bib and tucker and ask the
fellas to creep along to the all school
nursery Toddle Trot dance sponsored
by the G. A. A.
From 8:30 p. m. till 12, the tots
will rock to the lullabies of Howard
Klehm’s orchestra. All the girls will
wear their dress-up outfits to show
the latest fashion apparel.
Baby chairman for decorations is
Mary Lou Leonard; band chairman
is Cherie Neutz.
Fluffy dogs, balloons, baby blocks
and bibs will elaborate the gym’s
decorations. Admission is 40 pennies
for each tot, and alumni 55 pennies.
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To Raise Funds
Today Nilehi is moving swiftly into
an ‘‘all-out” defense effort. Students
and teachers alike are participating
in widely varied activities aimed to
aid America win the war.
On February 6 and 7, Mrs, Ruth
I Esch and company will present “That
j Crazy Smith Family” to raise funds
for the Defenders’ council. In this
[play Mrs. Lawrence Westerberg, Mrs.
| Charles Butler, Mr. Robert Throop,
I Mr. Kenneth Kuhl, Miss Virginia
¡ Mehren, Grant Kuhn, Edward Kritch,
I Pat Reiland, Hildegarde Schottleutjner, Pat Canty, Bob Harms, and Bud
ILauth will depict a comedy of family
[life.
Many other prominent defense efI forts are being made. Homerooms
■ will soon be racing for top honors in
l a contest to buy the most defense
■stamps. Rumor has it that the Forum
■ is planning a spring dance at which
■ defense stamps will be used to pay
■ part of the admission. Hundreds of
■ individual students are doing their
■ share by sewing, typing, and kniting
■ for the Red Cross. Do your bit —
■ buy defense stamps!
Januaryl6, 1942
| Let’s Go Nilehi
I The Heat Is on
By Erman Kramer
TONIGHT our undefeated basket
ball team travels to Arlington Heights
to shoot it out with the third place
Cardinals. Yes indeed, undefeated
and at the top of the standing of the
Northeast conference is our school’s
name, Niles Township high school.
Heading another standing by a good
forty points, we find our name again,
the highest scoring team in the con
ference. Unerring shooting by our un
tiring team has netted 242 points, an
average of 48.4 points a game. The
only other team coming close to this
enviable record was Crystal Lake,
which we knocked out of second place
by a score that our score-board could
not record because it stops at 70. Our
red hot cagers totaled 76 points to
beat Crystal Lake’s 53.
NILEHI has had a championship
team developed by Coach Galitz, and
so far the boys have come through,
but let’s look at the whole conference
standings and see why they have to
come through. One defeat and we
will be tied for first which would be
contested by three teams tied for
second, a mighty uncomfortable posi
tion when we are looking for a trophy.
Such close competition is unpredict
able and unhealthy unless the school
lends its support. The word “spirit”
has really been kicked around in this
school. The last time our team played
away from home, we had one bus
load of cheering supporters, thanks
to the browbeating unleashed by Bob
Moore about our negligence in getting
behind our hard-working team. To
night we should have at least four
buses to Arlington.
WAKE UP NILEHI! Get behind
that team of yours. They’re fighting
for our first undisputable champion
ship with an undefeated season. You
help.
Cram Session Cornin’
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
16 — Arlington there 7:30 p. m.
20 — Semester Exams.
21 — More headaches.
22 — Ah! Sweet rest! No school.
23 — School’s still out.
23 — Woodstock here 7:30 p. m.
27 — American Legion Oratorical
contest 8 p. m.
Exam Mystery
Solved at Last
Puzzled by New System?
This Clears up Confusion
Because of the inability to seat
large groups of pupils except in the
library and the study hall, and the
added inconvenience and probable
extra cost of running buses to and
from school at noon, semester exami
nations this year will be held during
regular class periods on next Tues
day and Wednesday. Monday, Janu
ary 19, will be a day of final review.
There will be no school Thursday and
Friday next week.
Exams in Classes
Minor subject examinations, if
given, will be during the regular class
period in which the minor subject
meets unless otherwise specified,
A’s or B’s Equal Freedom
Pupils need only report for exami
nations which they are not exempted
from taking. Even though minor
classes, including physical education
and study hall will meet bn these two
days, pupils with grades of B or
better for each quarter in one or more
subjects are exempted from attending
these classes. All others, those not
exempted in any subject, will attend
minor classes and study hall accord
ing to their regular programs. Pupils
who are exempt from an examination
may remain home until they have an
examination to take. If they are al
ready at school, pupils are privileged
to report to the library. Any of these
pupils may forfeit their rights for
exemptions if they are found in the
corridors during any period.
Exemptions Announced Monday
Exemptions will be announced at
the close of the regular class periods
on Monday January 19, except seventh
and eighth periods when the exemp
tions will be announced at the begin
ning. Exempted pupils may get libr
ary passes to go to the library. They
must not stay in the halls. Pupils
exempted in all subjects will be called
to the office during seventh or eighth
periods Monday to arrange to take one
examination, as they are required to
write on one subject.
�NILEHILITE
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Profiles
. These Clever Janes
• Sonja the Second
Five-foot four and brown-eyed sen
ior Jane Kadlec is president of the
G. A. A. and her home room. Her
hobby, obviously, is sewing, and her
favorite band is Howard Klehm’s. Her
friends all know that she has a mania
for hick towns, and olive and nut sand
wiches. Jane likes antiques and her
queer ambition is to go to China when
she’s 89. Her favorite song is “Penny
Serenade” and just for the novelty of
it, some day she wants to have some
one say to her “Stick to me, baby, and
I’ll put your name in lights.”
“Figure skating is just like falling
upstairs, only more fascinating,”
mused Virginia Reuter.
Embarking on her third season of
“figure-eighting,” Ginny related the
details of her summer vacation which
—you guessed it—were spent in skat
ing. Only this time she traveled up to
Rochester, Minnesota to try the rinks
up there. Among her acquaintances
in the skating world are such notables
as the Shipstads and Evelyn Chandler.
Besides practicing many times a
week, she finds time to design and
sew all her own clothes and skating
costumes. As for her plans after
graduation, she simply stated that she
would like to go to William and Mary
college. Then the bell rang and our
chat ended as we hurried on to our
next class.
January 16, 1942
Fifth Column D odges FBI; Pre-War
Habits Indicate a Spy Ring Loose
Since weather reports have been officially banned, only Nilehi’s
empty seats and student's chattering teeth will reveal that the mer
cury in the thermometer has “dug-in" for the duration. Yet by the
rings and pins evidenced around school on the first day back, Cupid
is one fella who did not go into hibernation!
Nothing can match: The speed of Messrs. Kent and Benette
who ran to find Miss Lant after reading the Niblets last month.
Disheartened, they trod slowly away — someone had removed the
mistletoe . . . Or the rapid exit of Niles Townships Trojan’s from
the Tick Tock upon the entrance of their master, “Simon Legree"
Galitz . . .
_____________________________
Or have we been noticing a shift corner is only the much sought after
to “Ben’s” by Jean H., Grace L., Gene Lebbin, suffering from the
deluge. . .
Millie B., Mo, ad etc.?
It’s June in January when, accord
ing to the old superstition, we find:
S om ething old found Ray Nitch and
Herman Aliprani working off demerits
by the grace of Kitchen Klenzer and
a few blackened pots in 313 . . . S ome
t h in g n ew in the addition of a swell
“line” by Lois and Caryl Jaycox.
Fellas will have to wait their turn for
Skokie 4130 — the new phone . . .
S om ething borrowed b rin g s the gals
II
to don that certain
“aggressive” l o o k
and ask for the fam
ily jalopy — oh happy turnabout! S ome-
Between brother Bob’s squabbles
with sister Sue as to who will un-trim
the Christmas tree, and NTHS’s air
raid alerts, comes the mad rush for
exams. I have to quit now and study
for them. Recommend you do the
same. Goodbye.
Freshmen Relish
Sue Barton Epics
Helen Bolyston’s “Sue Barton” stor
ies won first place recently in the poll,
sponsored by the Freshman Literary
Society, to determine the most popu
lar book among freshmen.
THING BLUE — ju s t
Votes were cast by all the students
everybody’s Christin the freshmen English classes and
mas sweater!
Culled from last year: The surprise after they had been counted by Mary
of Hezzie Weldon’s pin on Doris Burk- Louise Kendall and Marylin Wahlland when it rapidly became entangled borg,it was discovered that the Sue
in Bill Moorad’s sweater, dragging a Barton boojcs had received the high
good yarn everywhere . . . The Christ est number of votes. In second and
mas present of peanuts to Miss John third places were “T-Model Tommy,”
son met with no shock, no surprise, by Stephen Meader and “Silver Chief:
though every pupil had brought some. Dog of the North,” by Jack O’Brien.
Tables were
Red is Usually B right! for more. turned . when she hinted
Don Baumann.
Nilehilite
9• • • . .
Have you wondered why all of your
caught in the spirit of pin hanging,
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
teachers were looking at you with a
glance that embodied evil pleasure? is giving pins to all the girls. With and printed biweekly by the students
Have you been enmeshed in too hor the metal coming from a bottle neck, of Niles Township High School of
rible nightmares without apparent Nilehi’s males may soon find a short Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
causes ? The answer to all this is age of girls . . .
Laugh, good anytime, goes to un
EDITORIAL STAFF
simple. It is here. The big week when
Mildred Bergmark
the learned circle of Nilehi instructors identified sophomore, who, about to Managing editor
Mary Lou Leonard
will sit in judgment of us po’ chickens. receive a perfect attendance award, News editors
Barbara Rasmussen
Although our holiday has ended, was absent the day of presentation.
Confusing conditions may arise if Feature editors
Doris Mussil
theirs is just beginning. But who
Pat Reiland
can tell; we may pass our exams with a stranger goes unenlightened into
the Rasmussen home, Sports editors
Harley Anderson
flying colors. Flying colors meaning
and meets the pup
the teacher’s red pencil will fly all
Olga Krajchovich
C o r k y Harrington
over the page.
REPORTERS
gave Barb. Named Jean Dudick, Bernice Franson, Rich
We are told that we should study
“Honey,” i t m a y ard Hartney, Betty Holmes, Erman
hard for at least a week before the
cause romantic in Kramer, Grace Langan, Dorothy Lutz,
test, with a friend if we want to, and
clinations . . . Defi Ruth Roberts, Marie Stritch, Toni
then, we are told to have a good time
on the day prior to the test and to nitely in the class of Ripley’s Believe Thlimmenos Wayne Barton, James
relax completely. But who can have It or Not, we have discovered a boy Watkins
a good time knowing of the massacre chasing a girl. Boy Eugene Wise is
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
next day. Fort Dearborn had nothing stepin’ fast after Doris Mussil, a John May
Helmut Biegert
steady . . . That crippled fellow in the
on us.
�January 16, 1942
NILEHILITE
Page 3
Eighty-two Local Scholars On
Final Honor Roll of 1940-41
Neutz Opus Airs
Expose on Youth
In the following listing, the Honor
Roll for the year 1940-41 is brought
to its conclusion. These returns in
clude the name and total number of
scholarship points earned by the stu
dent during his entire high school
“career,” and give his standing as of
the fourth quarter of last year.
Scholarship presentations of gold,
silver, and bronze pins were given
these students at the award assembly
in December.
Juniors
Mildred Bergmark 24
Norma Heidtke 24
Virginia Reuter 23
Florence Ochs 22
Donald Baumann 20
Grace Langan 20
Olga Krajchovich 18
Paul Perlman 17
Bernice Franson 16
Daniel Petty 16
Virginia Nordin 15
Lois Anderson 15
Wayne Kunkel 14
Dorothy Nelson 14
Beatrice Rossman 14
Lillian Baptist 13
Marilyn McKeever 12
Doris Mussil 12
Gloria Alterini 11
Richard Hartney 10
Dorothy Lutz 10
Marie Throop 9
Lorraine Hoth 8
Virginia McClure 6
Robert Gerhardt 4
Mary Lou Leonard 4
Robert Podraza 4
Tom MacCleary 2
Elvira Zust 2
Oratorical Contest
Coming Jan. 27
Nilehi Students
Prepare for Raid
Although chances of an air raid on
midwestern United States are seemingly remote, Supt. R. E. Cotanche re
cently planned and executed an au
thentic air raid drill at NTHS. Fol
lowing exacting details, students and
teachers co-operated fully with this
wartime measure.
On the basement, first, and second
floors, the scene of the mock alarm,
teachers, as wardens, were stationed
at both ends of the halls. The top
floor, which would be dangerously ex
posed in case of bombing, was cleared
completely as janitors patrolled the
roof, armed with pails of sand to ex
tinguish fires that might be set by in
cendiary bombs.
Just what does go on at these girls’
summer cottages ? What kind of food
do they favor? Do they get lonesome
for the male element? Not much is
known about this subject and profes
sors won’t get together and spend a
lifetime in an exposé on this subject,
but Cherie Neutz has compiled, pro
duced, and performed on this topic.
“And the Stars Fell Down,” the
Cherie Neutz opus reveals in none too
uncertain terms just what thoughts
penetrate the brain of the typical sad
dle-shoe girl. Incidentally the inspira
tion for the script can be traced to a
lake cottage vacation last summer
which is very similar to the script.
Cherie and a cast of young Nilehi
Thespians will go “on the air” over
NBC mikes at 11:00 tomorrow morn
ing. Nearly 300 tickets to this broad
cast at the Merchandise Mart are
available to NTHS students. Those
who wish free tickets to see the pro
gram may obtain them from Mrs.
Ruth Esch.
Mr. Robert Mackey’s mechanical
Cherie Neutz and the entire cast,
drawing classes that have been study including Wayne Barton, Barbara
ing machine drawing during the last Rasmussen, Mardy McKeever, Joe
semester will soon have their work Fisher, and Bill Dickinson will brave
rated by experts. As a semester finale, ly face that thrilling mike in a repre
each student will submit his 20 plates sentation of “typical” high school
to the office, where the best are to be youth. It is expected that some 300 of
selected and sent to defense board their classmates will be on hand root
officials. If this board gives its nod of ing for them.
approval, the lucky student stands el
igible for a defense post as a drafts
man after graduation.
Sophomores
Adele Bartz 16
Richard Boyd 16
Daniel Dever 16
Dagmar Franson 16
Virginia Lenzen 16
Tom Sheridan 16
Betty Stielow 16
Viola Stoll 16
William Stockfish 16
Janet Lutkehaus 15
Carl Mueller 15
Dorothy Rings 15
Lucille Lindeman 14
Ernest Nordquist 14
Patricia Galitz 13
James Watkins 13
Audrey Brown 12
Ruth Hennig 12
Harold Anderson 10
Lois Ruthenbeck 6
[Freshmen Listed Next Issue]
This ’n That
Now on exhibit in the showcase
opposite the assembly room are gar
ments made by Miss Line’s advanced
clothing class. Featured this week
is a coat and dress, both by Jane Kad
lec. More projects of the clothing
class will follow in the near future.
Girls seem to have IT! At a junior
assembly Friday, January 9, the win
ners of the speech contest held in Miss
Ruth Lant’s English classes competed
against each other for the honor of
acquiring a book of the winner’s
choice. The six finalists all turned out
to be girls! They were Viola Stoll,
Marie Stritch, Adele Bartz, Jean Neuson, Bettie Stielow, and Audrey Brown.
Their speech topics were selected from
a variety of subjects specified by Miss
Lant.
Orchids to Miss Lee Maskrey who
has so successfully taken Miss Edith
Bronson’s place for the past semester.
Miss Bronson has spent the last six
months in Costa Rica. She will return
to Nilehi on Monday, January 26.
Finals in the American Legion ora
torical contest will be held in the
assembly room Tuesday, January 27,
at 8 p.m. Everyone is invited to at
tend this contest and hear youth give
its views of America, its democracy
and its future.
The six finalists and the topics of
their orations are as follows: Merle
Iverson, “The Future of America;”
Joe Fisher, “What Our Democracy Of
fers;” Mary Lou Leonard, “America
Moves Ahead;” Harley Anderson,
“Having a Free Press;” Doris Mussil,
“Youth and the Future;” and Tom
Sheridan, "Democracy Will Not Perish”.
These orations, chosen from among
nearly 150, were selected as best for
oral delivery. At the finals, gold, sil
ver, and bronze medals will be award
ed respectively to first, second, and
third place winners. Honorable men
tion will be given the others.
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January 16, 1942
NILEHILITE
Trojans Lead Conference
Meet Cardinals at Arlington
Sport fans! Would you like to see
a thrilling, exciting, speedy game?
Then don’t miss the game tonight at
7:30 when the Trojans meet the Card
inals at Arlington Heights. It prom
ises to be a tough battle, because the
Cardinals are out seeking vengeance
of last season when the Troys won
in an •overtime game. Arlington is
now tidd 'for third place with WoodT
stock and Crystal Lake in the North
east Conference.
Last Friday night the Trojans show
ed their ability when they chalked
up 76 points against Crystal Lake’s
53 which is the highest score made
by the Troys this season. But 53
points is the highest score made by
any opponent which fact shows that
Trojans defense lines need improve
ment. Outstanding scorers were Bob
Podraza with 29 points and Bill Stock
fish with 24 points.
----------------TERMITES
In the Ben ch
WATER BASKETBALL continues
to feature the Monday and Tuesday
boys’ swimming periods. Largest
score to date was a 40 to 7 victory
by Glatze’s Polywogs over the Smelts.
Some of the boys shot at the wrong
board but, as far as it is known, none
of these attempts went through the
hoop.
“BUD” TRACY, varsity swim
mer and football man, has two
ambitions in life, one is to play on
a college football team and the
other is aviation. His hobbies are
“Amazing Mystery” stories and
his own type of art.
HOWARD WERTZ plans to join the
Marines as soon as he is graduated.
His hobbies include photography, as
if you didn’t know, Boy Scouts, and
travel.
AS THIS ISSUE goes to press,
the freshman team has won two
of three games played, winning
from Maine and Libertyville and
losing to Leyden. According to
Coach Isaacson Leyden’s fresh
man team looks very good.
THE LACK of height on our
freshman team is one of the big
gest handicaps. In the Leyden
game the boys were not able to
rebound. However, Coach Isaac
son says “the boys are working
hard.”
BART HEGARTY has a collec
tion of more than a thousand
stamps. It’s a hobby with him.
Basketball Playoff
Begins W ednesday
Team members will lapse into a
battle for grades when they struggle
to pass their exams. Following this
exhausting process they will play host
on January 23 to the Blue Streaks of
Woodstock, ’40 and ’41 champions of
the Northeast conference.
Saturday, January 24, the Nilehi
quintet will play Palatine in a nonconference game. Palatine is leading
the Northwest conference at present
and is out to win.
NORTHEAST STANDINGS
Varsity
W.
Niles ............... ...........5
Libertyville . .............. 4
Arlington ........ ...........3
Woodstock . . . . ............ 3
Crystal Lake .............. 3
Warren .......... ............ 2
Lake Forest . .,. ........... 0
Leyden ........... .............0
Junior Varsity
W.
Libertyville .. .............5
Crystal Lake . .............4
Lake Forest .. .............4
Niles .............. .............2
Leyden ......... .............2
Woodstock . . . .............2
Arlington . . . . .............1
Warren .......... .............0
L.
0
1
2
2
2
3
. 5
5
L.
0
1
1
3
3
3
4
5
Winning Teams Play for
Intramural Championship
Next Wednesday play-offs start in
the boys’ intramural basketball. Win
ners of Wednesday gym classes will
meet the winners of the Thursday
gym classes. Play-offs will continue
until one team remains undefeated.
To this quintet will go the honor of
having their names placed on a plaque
in the trophy case.
The boys’ gym quintets have just
completed their third and final round.
As this issue went to press the follow
ing teams were out in front and ap
peared to have won in their respective
classes. In the first period Wednesday
class the Butterflies have flown over
the opposition, and the Antelopes seem
to have won in the second period. The
Lizzards were ahead in the third per
iod classes and the Silver Bugs had
outshone the teams of the fourth per
iod Wednesday class. The Pole Cats
and the Termites were neck and neck
in the fifth. The Snipes and Wolves
lead the pack in the sixth and seventh
period classes respectively.
In the Thursday gym classes the
Cooties held the lead in the first per
iod with the Coons on top in the sec
ond. The Buzzards, Mosquitoes, and
Beavers were out in front in the third,
fourth, and seventh period classes.
Swimmers to Meet Maine Township
January 27 as Season Nears Close
In two weeks, Nilehi’s varsity and
frosh-soph swimmers will be fished
out of the pool, officially ending their
competitive season. Many old speed
records have been broken and mahy
new ones established this year by
Trojan fish, despite the fact that the
squads swam against teams from
larger schools.
The past week has been marked by
meets with two teams from the sub
urban league: Evanston and Proviso.
On January 27 NTHS will duel with
Maine Township in Main’s tank. To
round out the season, plans are being
made for the squads to meet Steinmetz and Lakeview, both Chicago
schools.
Pacemakers
Among the varsity pacemakers are
Gene Lebbin, Bob Gerhardt, and the
relay team of Ray Nitch, Bradley
Fredricks, Bud Tracy, and Bob Ger
hardt. Gene Lebbin, winner of a
double crown, holds the 50 and 100
yard crawl titles with times of 28.2
seconds and 1:07.1 respectively. Bob
Gerhardt’s time of one minute 20 sec
onds netted him the record in the
100 yard back stroke, while the relay
team set a new low with 2:01.1 sec
onds.
Frosh-Soph Winners
Frosh-soph winners include Jimmy
Holmes; A1 Wittorf; the relay team of
Jerry Heinz, Stan Kendler, Jim Hol
mes, and Peter Hegarty; and the med
ley team of Tom Davidson, Tom Cook,
and Peter Hegarty.
Promise for Next Year
As three months of racing against
schools from the suburban and west
suburban leagues draw to a close,
the Trojan fish can point to a success
ful season. The team’s power is grow
ing, as evidenced by broken records,
more wins, and closer scores. Though
most of the varsity squad will be
graduated, the “younger generation”
shows promise of an even more suc
cessful season next year.
One of the inovations this season
has been the addition of the “Record
Board” to Nilehi’s natatorium.
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To 801 NilehitesFeb. 6— Lake Forest here 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 6-7-American Legion play 8:15 p.m.
Feb. 10—All-school asembly — Gym
9 a.m.
Feb. 10—Book review assembly 7:30
p.m.
Feb. 11—rLeyden here 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 12—Lincoln’s birthday. Holiday.
Feb. 13—Libertyville there 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 14—Donkey basketball — Gym
7:30 p.m.
Feb. 20—Warren here 7:30 p.m.
School Play Shows
Trials o f Draftee
Behind the footlights this March,
an all-school cast of 32 will relive the
troubles of a draftee in a brand new
spring play “ My Heart Beats for You.”
This three-act drama, written by Anne
Coulter Martens, will have its world’s
premiere at Nilehi. The play, still in
manuscript form, may bear the names
of those in the original fcast when pub
lished.
As announced last Monday, the
double cast for the “ first night” in
cludes L. Anderson, A. Madsen, B.
Dickinson, D. Boyd, G. Davis, C. Neutz,
G. Euhn, L. Miller, M. McKeever, J.
Blameuser, B. Rasmussen, J. Price, P.
Dickinson, J. Ohlson, J. Holmes, D.
Cotanche, D. Smyser, P. Reiland, P.
Canty, M. Leonard, B. Moore, M.
Throop, R. Miller, J. Florus, D. Deever,
C. Roller, and J. Fisher.
Undergoing its first rehearsal early
next week, the play pictures a versatile
American family “ enduring” life near
an army camp. Steady, dependable
grandmom has her troubles as young
Kip Larkin’s multitude of girl friends
tangle. The Larkin living room, dur
ing the play, is host to a wolf, a ghost,
a glamorous movieland star, and part
of Uncle Sam’s army. Class 1A for
comedy, a three-night run is scheduled
for this play.
Miss Bronson Returns
From Foreign Voyage
“ I had a grand time, but I’m glad to
be back and see everyone,” remarked
Miss Edith Bronson, Spanish and
sophomore English teacher upon her
return to school from a trip to Costa
Rica, Central America. Miss Bronson
was one of two persons sent to Costa
Rica by the government on a fellow
ship to study.
The highlights of her trip consisted
of a journey to a volcano and the wit
nessing of an earthquake.
nileH
Volume III No. 8
I lite
Skokie, Illinois
February 6, 1942
Faculty and Seniors W ill Ride
In Donkey Basketball Fracas
A ssem bly Tuesday
Illustrates Science
Demonstrations showing “ The Magic
of Scien'ce” will be presented by Glenn
L. Morris, well known science lecturer,
next Tuesday during the first period.
Mr. Morris specializes in telling
scientific facts clearly and amusingly
with the aid of his elaborate equip
ment. Demonstrations of electricty at
pressures as high as 100,000 volt flash
es of lightning, will give a closeup of
one of nature’s most spectactular
phenomena. Mr. Morris’ stroboscopic
illusions show things which do not
happen. The possibilities of the elec
tric eye as a tool will also be demon
strated.
Mary Lou Leonard
‘Talks W a y to Top’
In the final round of the American
Legion Oratorical contest, Mary Lou
Leonard talked her way to the top
with her prize-winning o r a t i o n
“ America Moves Ahead.” Finishing
second and third, respectively, were
Tom Sheridan and Doris Mussil. Med
als will be presented this trio in the
near future at a joint meeting of the
Legion and its auxiliary.
Joe Fisher, Merle Iverson, and Har
ley Anderson won honorable mention
atop nearly 150 entries that were
eliminated earlier.
As NTHS will not enter the district
semi-finals, Nilehi’s competition for
the year is closed.
Noted Lecturer to Close
Season Here Tuesday
Florence Burke Ellis, noted lectur
er, will speak here next Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. in her fourth and final book
review this season. The book to be
reviewed had not been announced' at
this writing.
Although all season passes have
been sold, tickets to this program may
be obtained at the door for 50 cents.
Triple-Header Basketball
Begins 7:30, February 14
Give a man a donkey he can ride
will be the Valentine wish at a double
header donkey basket ball game to be
played by the faculty versus the
seniors, and the Skokie Rotary club
versus the Morton Grove Lions club
at Nilehi, Saturday evening, February
14 at 7 :30 p.m.
A third game of regular basketball
will be played by two all-star teams
from the Niles Township Basket ball
league.
Donkey basket ball is played on
donkeys equipped with rubber shoes
to protect the gym floor. The first two
games promise to be both amusing
and exciting. For instance, if a player
were to tell his donkey to “ giddyap,”
more than likely that stubborn ani
mal would just stand still.
If a ball is dropped while it is being
shot, or if the animal sits down and
the rider slides off while shooting, it
will be necesary for the player to get
his ball and climb back on before pro
ceeding to shoot.
“ There is just one reminder,” said
Superintendent R. E. Cotanche, “ ac
tivity teards can not be used.”
Prices will be 30 cents for students,
40 cents for adults, and 15 cents for
children. Proceeds will go into the
band uniform fund.
Mom, Pop, Plus 4 Kids
Star in Comedy Tonight
From over in the house next door,
“ That Crazy Smith Family” will be
here on Nilehi’s stage tonight and to
morrow night at 8:15 p.m. A comedy
depicting the “ just average” Ameri
can family, Mom and Pop have their
little problems — in fact four of them.
Add a maiden aunt and a love-shy
professor plus a sophisticated vamp
and a male “ menace,” and the scenes
pack plenty of action!
The play, sponsored by the Ameri
can Legion and directed by Mrs. Ruth
Esch, will raise funds for the Ameri
can Defenders’ Council of Skokie.
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N1LEHILITE
Niblets :
1 9 4 2 Sees M any N ew Twos
Romancing A s Gals A sk Rom eos to Hop
With aspirins in one hand and a
glass of water in the other we
managed to notice through sleepy
eyes the semester’s newest finds:
Couple of the week: Darrell
Hoffman and Joan Briggs.
Song of the Week: “ Blues in
the Night.”
Saying of the Week: We’d bet
ter park and save tires: priorities,
of course.
As the Toddle Tots trucked off to
the Japanese (censored) sandman (In
cidentally, stolen from Red Skelton)
we find the old steadies fainting at the
new combinations. Take for instance
. . . Ted Canty and Florence Schramm,
Nancy Allen and Jim Rasmussen,
Marion Robertson and Gene Lebbin,
plus Caryl Jaycox and Clif Whitting
ton.
As the last number was being play
ed who did we find but Claire Juniac
and
Joe
Fisher,
Gloria Malchrist and
J a c k 0 ’Connell
( f r o m
Qui g l e y ) ,
Bill Carroll
and P at
,,
Canty, Bart Hegarty and Katie Clark,
Betty Burns and Dan Petty, Pat Dean
and Floyd Hunziker: and for enter
tainment after the dance see the cou
ple at the right, at least it’s inexpen
sive on your pocketbooks, girls.
Scene in the pool: Pat Reiland go
ing slightly mad when she was finally
awarded her blue cap with Virginia
McClure looking on and saying, “ I can
dream, can't I ? ” Just then Dolores
Mertes shot past clutching her suit
in her hands . . . P.S. the front and
back half of the suit had decided to
part company . . .
NILEHILITE
_______ ___________________
(Mem b e r f ^ ESTJ ^ f1 2 j 19-41-42)
91
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township high school of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
Editors Wayne Barton, Pat Reiland,
Ruth Roberts, Bernice Franson,
Erman Kramer.
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Erwin Dombrowski
Robert Krier
Speaking of dreams — which
we weren’t — have you heard Ed
ith Muto telling about the time
she dreamt she was Emily of the
Dionne quintuplets? Strong stuff
this water, Edith. Lillian Baptist
dreamt she was in Africa with
Marilyn Bennett. The cannibals
were chasing them and put Lil
lian into a pot of boiling water.
Do you think you left a heating
pad in your bed, Lil ?
Well, fellows, it seems that if St.
Nick doesn’t drain you of your money
for the best
gal’s present,
St. Valentine
w i l l , and
next Satur
day is Val
entine’s day.
Gee!
Whit
man’s choco
lates are good, aren’t they girl’s? And
think of all the money you spent on
Jim for the Turnabout.
Profiles
From Rock, Minerals
To Skulls of Birds
Lepidopera, butterflies and moths
to you, are Stanley Kendall’s chief in
terest. When he’s not busy with trig
or 'chemestry, he’s r e l a x i n g and
mounting some of the most beautiful
specimens ever seen.
Stan, a senior, is about six foot one,
brown hair, and a mind for remember
ing scientific data concerning Dame
Nature’s children.
“ My interest in entomology has car
ried me through many fields,” he said,
“ It all started with leaves and twigs,
I guess. Then, it sort of got out of my
hands and the next thing I knew I
was collecting everything from rocks
and minerals to skulls and the feet of
birds.”
•
Stan’s collection of butterflies and
moths numbers more than 150. Some
come from India, Australia, and
South America as well as from the
states.
The National Biological association
has, asked that his Collection be in
cluded in its display at the Stevens
hotel. His collection was here last
spring with many additions such as
the Owl butterfly whose underside
looks exactly like an owl’s face.
In scouting Stan holds the distinc
tion of being an Eagle Scout working
for his Silver Palm.
February 6,1942
A Day in ‘Asylum ’
Spent by Cobina
Dear Brenda,
Last week I went to N.T.H.S. You
know, that bee-u-ti-ful high school in
Skokie. Well, I was wanderin’ ’round
the halls looking for a man, when all
of a sudden I found myself in room
314. Don’t ask me what made me go
in there — must have been my wo
manly institution.
You should have heard the kids in
that room saying things like, “ Who
took my leg — where’s my three eyes
— who stole my wings?” Well, I was
so embearussed, I thought I'd swoon;
how was I to know that they had a
room for the mentally unballanced at
N.T.H.S. ?
But that ain’t all. Just to satisfy
my womanly cureiosittee, I turned
around to get just one look — and you
know what — all o f the wacks in that
rooms were guuestulating (I added
that word to my vocabyaulary last
week) and pointing to some indivisibull object. They even talked funny—
I guess they’ve got their own lingo—
I copied some of the words from a
scrap of paper laying loose on the
table. Here’s a few of ’em:
metamorphosis, lepidoptera, hydro
tropism, gryllus assimilus— and they
all understand it!
And, you should have seen the krazy
way they deckorated the room— dried
up roots, framed insects, stuffed an
imals, and even Hie “ gooey” insides of
some frogs and stuff. Mr. Benette,
he’s the head keeper, tried to explain
something and so did some inmates by
the names of Fred Wilcox, Lois An
derson, Lillian Miethke and — but,
gee, they talked tfyat awful lingo!
Well, I didn’t stay very long. I
didn’t even bother to look at the men.
(Well, not very much).
Bye Now,
Yours till we get caught,
(by a man I hope)
Cobina
W hozit
He's a junior this year with eyes of
green.
His sauntering walk can always be
seen
As he goes down the hall with Bill,
his pal.
And no one knows just who is his gal.
He'8 known for pitching ball a* he is
quite handy.
Also as prexy o f 101 he’s dandy.
Richard is his real name
But for his nickname he is famed.
aeunuio
pam piji
�February 6, 1942
NILEHILITE
Sophomores Head All Classes
By Leading Quarter Honor Roll
Sophomores lead all other classes
Freshmen
with 28 students on the honor-roll for
W. Clynes, S. Grosse, M. Kendall, R.
the first quarter.
King, E. Koch, E. Kraus, P. Lannert,
Seniors
R. Lumpp, D. Lyon, E. Miethke, M.
M. Bergmark, V. Rueter, L. Mietke, Nelson, E. Reimann, A. Schmitt, W.
G. Langan, W. Kunkel, R. Gerhardt, N.
Stielow, D. Swanson, M. Trausch, P.
Heidtke, D. Cotanche, D. Nelson, B. Winger.
Wetmore, R. Podraza, F. Ochs, D.
Freshman Honor Students
Lutz, J. Kadlec, R. Hartney, A. Grov
»40—.’41
er, L. Anderson, E. Johnson.
Eight points: B. Bray, J. Cutsler,
Juniors
D. Hampton, J. Harrer, J. Keating, J.
J. Watkins, V. Stoll, J. Lutkehaus, Lannert, W. Moorad, J. Price", F.
B. Stielow, D. Franson, D. Dever, W. Smith, L. Splett, M. Conrad, A. Gat
Stockfisch, E. Nordquist, V. Lenzen, zke, L. Harper, N. Holoppa, B. Kram
R. Boyd, M. Woodworth, K. Winger, er, B. Mason, R. Pasek, T. Roess, M.
R. Tolzien, Pat Galitz, A. Bartz.
Stritch.
Sophomores
Seven points: H. Hart, M. DeWT
itt,
J. Price, H. Hart, D. Hampton, J. R. Cutler, R. Harston, J. Warokomski.
Cutsler, M. M'cNiell, L. Splett, B. Ma
Six points: F. Boufford, M. McNeill.
son, R. Pasek, B. Kramer, N. Holoppa,
Five points: B. Ashley, R. HumL. Harper, M. Conrad, J. Lannert, M. burg, C. Einhaus, E. Molitor.
Voyvodich, E. Smith, G. Peschke, B.
Farr, M. DeWitt, B. Bray, J. Warokomski, T. Roess, C. Rizzo, J. Holmes,
R. Harston, H. Harles, A. Gatzke, T.
Davidson, F. Boufford.
Freshmen
H.
Jarasch, T. Wetmore, R. Olson,
G u i l l o t i n e s , stonehenges, clay
D. Wolcott, A. Schmitt, D. Sandberg,
knights on chargers,* tapestries, wea
J. Gagliardo, R. Dammann, A. Schirpons of early warfare, maps, minia
ra, S. Rohner, S. Lawrence, M. Jenture rooms, printing presses, flags,
netten, H. Flieger, V. Didier, J. Detand mummy cases are only a few of
weiler, P. Canty, H. Camp, N. Bogner,
the objects “ d’art” which greet the
M. Bishop.
visitor of room 211.
Honorable Mention
For the last semester Miss Carolyn
Seniors
Lumpp’s World History groups have
H. Anderson, D. Mussil, R. Buthbeen making projects for display in
man, P. Donnell, 0. Krajchovich, M.
their classroom. A few of the out
Leonard, J. Murray, P. Perlman, B.
standing projects turned in are a soap
Rasmussen, P. Reiland, H. Wertz, J.
model of the Holy Sepulcher of Jeru
Yates, D. Baumann.
salem by Winifred Stowe; clothespin
Juniors
dolls dressed in period costumes by
N. Allen, D. Burklund, L. Christen
Nona Jane Holappa; a cave man and
son, P. Conrad, J. Deatrick, G. Deily,
knight on a horse out of clay by Bob
D. Grembecki, R. Hennig, R. Rentzsch,
Wareham; a Mohammedan Tower,
M. Schultz, G. Thulstrup, V. Wyatt.
which called Mohammedans to pray
Sophomores
ers, of wood and cardboard by Richard
J. Breckenridge, J. Byron, H. Lang
Cutler; maps embroidered by Alma
an, W. Marson, G. Nelson, G. Rossman,
Gatzke and Pat Cole; a tapestry of
H. Ruesch, C. Valkenaar.
William the Conqueror at the Battle
of Hastings drawn by Elizabeth Anne
Krysher; especially fine drawings by
Jim Lannert, Jane Breckenridge, Bar
bara Mason, and LaVerne Maeder.
Here’s one case where a lack of rub
ber tires won’t stop an increase in
cars at Nilehi. Due to the large en
rolment in Mr. Robert Mackey’s auto
shop course, it has been necessary to
If you happened to glanCe in room
obtain more used cars than are on
hand. Mr. Mackey has written to 308 last week and saw a lot of impres
Alderman Allman in Chicago and at sive invalids suffering from broken
present the wished-for cars are wait legs and arms, we hope you didn’t get
ing down on Navy Pier at the Chicago excited; because the scene was a part
of Miss Alice Stone’s study in first aid.
Stowe and Auto Police garage.
j Room211 Shows
M edieval History
Alderman Gets Cars
For Auto Shop Boys
Students Get Chance
To Practice First Aid
Page 3
This ’n That
Vassar Offers Scholarship
This year the Chicago and North
Shore Vassar clubs are offering a Vas
sal’ scholarship of $600 to a student
in the Chicago area who will enter col
lege as a freshman in the fall of 1942.
Application must be made in writ
ing before March 15, 1942, to Mrs.
Eugene S. Talbot, chairman of the
Scholarship committee, 62 East Div
ision street, Chicago.
From N.T.H.S. to U.S.N.
A letter, just received from “ Bill”
Taylor, former Nilehi student, by Mr.
Cotanche, gives the information that
Bill enlisted in the Navy last March,
and is now on the U.S.S. Philadelphia.
Attends Band Clinic
Mr. Clifford Collins attended the
Band and Orchestra clinic for region
III on Friday and Saturday, January
16 and 17.
Twirlers to Perform Tonight
Tonight five twirlers, performing
with lighted batons, will “ glamourize”
the half as the Trojans entertain the
Lake Forest bucketeers.
Something New Has Been Added
New additions to the choir this sem
ester are sophomores Pearl Pasek,
Irwin Thomas, James King, Robert
Pasek, Grace Nelson; and senior Christiane de Caro.
Gleeful Singing
At the freshmen musical assembly
last Friday the freshmen glee club
sang and conducted a community
sing.
Notes From Art Department
The advanced art class is planning
advertising layouts for magazines and
newspapers. This includes lettering
and fashion designing. . . . The other
Classes are working on calendars. For
each month of the calendar, a block
print of a school department is shown
. . . Mr. John G. Wilkins is in charge
of the new drafting department at
Northwestern university.
Ah, Poetic Youth!
Two of ye moderne English stanzas
that resulted in Miss Lucille Ronalds’
freshmen English classes after study
ing old English ballads are as follows:
Dramatics, dramatics, dramatics, dra
matics.
English, English, English, English.
Mathematics, mathematics, mathema
tics, mathematics.
Monotonous, isn't it?
By Jim Tagney
Some days 1 have one study hall,
And others I have two,
But usually in most of them
I have too much to do.
By Tom Wetmore
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
February 6, 1942
Trojan Cagers Aim For Ninth Victory
-----------------TERMITES
In the Ben ch
Last F r i d a y senior boys went
through their first class of 'condition
ing. This class which was created to
put the boys a step ahead in the war
emergency, includes marching, chin
ning, running, and tumbling, as well
as other forms of exercise. It is being
well received by the senior fellows.
The boys aren’t the only ones
going in for conditioning these
days. Moans and groans accom
pany six hard minutes of calis
thenics which precede each volley
ball game in the girls’ gym class
es. By the way, have you noticed
the cute new uniforms the lead
ers have been wearing? Don’t
they look snazzy!
Ted Canty is running the mile every
morning in preparation for the varsity
track team. According to Ted the
ankle he broke playing football is as
strong as ever.
Girls, be sure to practice ping
pong during volley ball season.
When that season draws to a close
the ping pong tournament will
begin. The first eight rounds will
be played after school. Entering
the tournament is optional, but
every girl must play sometime
during the spring semester.
Babushkas, too numerous to men
tion, seemed to fill the halls at the
close of last semester. If you noticed,
most of them had water logged ex
pressions underneath. They were the
girls who belong to the society of late
swim make-ups.
Pins flew for Jean Holmes and
“ Duke” Hezener as they won the
annual mixed doubles bowling
tournament with a total of 627
pins. Second place went to Pat
Dean and Bill Dahm with a total
of 610 pins. To the winners went
medals emblematic of victory.
High game went to Norris Mullendore with a 206 game.
As this copy goes to press the fresh
man basketball team has played six
games, winning four and losing two.
Scores are as follows.
Niles
42
Libertyville 21
Niles
26
Maine
18
36
Niles
Lake Forest 35
Niles
19
Arlington
18
Niles
8
Leyden
20
Niles
25
Lake Forest 41
Girls’ swim deprrtment by-lines“ Who took my soap?” — “ Gosh, there
goes my towel, right in the water,” —
“ Is my hair soaked!”
Vital Game on Feb. 13 Closing Swim Meet
Championship at Stake
With only three more conference
games left to the season, the varsity
quintet girds itself for a finishing spurt
to hold the conference lead. Tonight,
the Lake Forest Scouts, who have a
record of wins and defeats exactly
opposite to ours, invade our court to
attempt to live up to their traditional
jinx.
The Trojan cagers go into battle
with the Scouts, to gain their ninth
victory in the conference having won
eight by defeating Crystal Lake 41 to
36. The J.V. also were victorious,
beating the Tiger’s second place J.V.
41 to 31.
Even the schedule seems to be on
our side this year. Our return match
with Libertyville will be our next to
the last game, enabling us another
chance to an untied championship
should we lose to Leyden who comes
here Wednesday night or Warren,
whom we meet February 20, here.
' The Trojan five travels to Liberty
ville to determine the championship
of the Northeast conference, on that
unlucky day, Friday the thirteenth.
The only defeat that Libertyville has
suffered so far was our victory by two
points at the beginning of the season,
so they will be out for revenge as well
as the championship.
Should that day and game prove un
lucky for Libertyville, a team of ex
uberant Trojans will present Niles
Township High School with their first
untied undefeated championship.
STILL TOPS!
Team
Niles ..................
Libertyville . . . .
Arlington ..........
Woodstock ........
Warren ..............
Crystal Lake . . .
Leyden ..............
Lake F o r e s t-----
VARSITY
Won
... 8
... 7
... 5
... 4
... 4
... 4
... 1
... 0
Lost
0
1
3
4
4
5
7
9
JUNIOR VARSITY
Won
Team
Libertyville . . . . . . . 8
Crystal Lake . . . . . . 6
Lake Forest . . . . . . 6
Niles .................. . . . 5
Woodstock ........ . . . 4
Leyden .............. . . . 2
Warren . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Arlington .......... . . . 1
Lost
0
3
3
3
4
6
7
7
Sees Records Fall
Shattering all previous school rec
ords, two of Nilehi’s “ water boys”
plowed the waves at Maine Township
in record-breaking time. Though both
varsity and frosh-soph swimming
squads were defeated by Maine’s welleStablished tanksters, NTHS gained
an aquatic victory when Gene Lebbin
and'Al Wittorf broke their own rec
ords.
Lebbin, in the 100 yard crawl, fell
ed his old mark of 1.07.1, recording
1.04.2 in this event. Similarly, sopho
more Wittorf erased his former 50
yard breast-stroke mark of 39.5 sec
onds, chalking up a new low with 36.5.
As the season closed on Nilehi’s
third tank team, final statistics point
to Lebbin, Gerhardt, and Nitch as the
’41 Trojan pacemakers in crawl, and
diving, respectively. As in past years,
the squad’s chief setback has been a
weakness in number of swimmers,
especially in breast and backstroke.
Next year the varsity will probably
count heavily on the support of
Holmes, Wittorf, Cook, Christensen,
and Heinz, since most of the varsity
leaves in June.
Seniors Challenge
Tall Faculty Team
The five seniors who will mount ,
their noble steeds to battle the faculty
as well as their long-eared means of
transportation in the donkey basket
ball game next Saturday, have not yet
been chosen. A ruling that all seniors
out for basketball cannot play, will
limit the field of choice to seniors on
intramural teams.
The starting positions on the faculty
quintet are hotly contested, but a de
cided height advantage will probably
be the determining factor. Coaches
Taylor and Galitz will flash as for
wards while senior adviser, Mr. Harold
Ohlson will battle it out with his mule
at the center’s position. Staunch guard
material in Messrs Kent, Flagg, Mackey, and Isaatson will probably prove
to be a defensive advantage. Mr.
Clement Meier, Mr. J. C. Benette and
Mr. John Lienhard will undoubtedly
relieve exasperated players.
Sharp-shooting Superintendent R. E.
Cotanche will not appear with the
faculty members but will appear, in
stead, with the Skokie Rotary club in
the second game of the triple header.
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nileH I lite
“ To be prepared, for war is
one of the most effectual means
of preserving peace ”
—
Volum e III No. 9
Skokie, Illinois
G eorge W a s h i n g t o n
February 20, 1942
Nilehi Goes ‘All Out’ for Defense W ork
Friddy Is Payment Deadline
For Instalment’ on Annual
‘
What has forty pages, a black and
white cover, and is full of picture
after picture of you and your friends
in a certain midwestern high school
of some 800 students?
You guesed it, the Nilehi Reflections
for 1942 is hot “ on the press” and is
due to be ready for delivery some time
around June 1.
Rumor has it that Editor Dick Hartney and the journalism class, Mr. John
Benette and his photography class,
the engraver, and the printer are col
laborating mightily in order to make
this the finest Nilehi Reflections ever.
Naturally, our financially strug
gling seniors will receive their copies
of the yearbook free, this being a cus
tom at Nilehi (and something you
freshmen will appreciate in ’45). To
the rest of the students the price is a
meager 50-cent down payment in the
cafeteria next Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, or Friday. The second in
stallment of 75 cents will be paid at
time of delivery.
A few ice cream cones forsaken now
and then, a date at home some Sat
urday night instead of going out,
bowling a few lines less than usual,
and you’ve got your $1.25. You still
don’t see how it’s done? Okay, here’s
an itemized self-budget list for you —
(1) Ten sticks of gum (sounds
like a lot of gum to do with
out but it really isn’t ) ............. 10
(2) Candy (save on sugar you
know) ................... .................... 15
(3) Two forsaken ice cream cones .10
(4) Saturday evening at hom e... .60
(5) Less bowling (That adage
about practice making per
fect doesn’t work in this
sport anyway) ............'............30
Surprisingly simple, isn’t it. Now
let’s see you do it.
Is it worth it? Who said that? Of
course it is, upwards to 150 pictures,
a striking white on black cover, our
athletic teams in action, all this year’s
Nilehilites in the back at no extra cost,
a pictorial review of this year’s school
events, and, most of all, a book which
you will look upon in coming years as
an increasingly valued possession.
Save Your Pennies
Reading, from right to left, are Pat
Canty and James Tagney, two farseeing freshmen who are looking
ahead to the day when they will be
owners of their first yearbook, the
Nilehi Reflections of 1942. Jim, as the
picture shows, is saving his money so
that he can make the 50-cent down
payment Tuesday.
This Makes It Official;
Forum Has a President
Bob Moore is now officially the
president of the Student Faculty
forum. At an election held on Febru
ary 10 Bob was reelected by one vote
over Bob Eichelkraut, the only other
nominee.
If the reader is confused, it’s like
this: Bob always was president, but it
was recently discovered that, being an
alternate, he was not actually entitled
to hold office
Three actions could be taken to
remedy this situation: 1, That alter
nates be made equal with represent
atives; 2, That the office be declared
open and a reelection held; 3, That all
representatives and alternates from
Bob’s home room resign, making it
possible for him to be a representative
and eligible for office. The third choice
was taken.
Model Aeroplanes,
Stamp Sales Help
War industry has invaded Nilehi.
Since the navy has requested the
youth of the nation to build 500,000
model aeroplanes, Mr. L. R. Mackey’s
woodshop classes have taken on
Skokie's quota of 50, to be built upon
arrival of the government plans.
Ordinary materials and methods
cannot be used and this is why the
job is so difficult. As much care must
be taken in the model’s construction
as in the construction of the model’s
prototype. It must be carved out of
wood, to a perfect scale, and must be
in three dimensions.
These little ships will be used to
train fliers and anti-aircraft crews.
At 35 feet, for instance, one of these
models will show up in the gun sight
exactly as a real aeroplane would ap
pear at just under half a mile.
On Monday the United States Of
fice of Education will distribute work
ing blueprints for 20 types of ships.
But That’s Not All:
On the cash side of Nilehi’s defense
effort the sale of Defense Stamps in
the home rooms continued in high gear
with “ history repeating itself” as the
seniors of Miss Adelaide Berry’s home
room led for the third consecutive
week.
However, last week, the f o u r t h
week, it was a different story with
two home rooms, Mr. Harold Isaac
son’s sophomores in 213 and Miss
Louise Myers’ seniors in the library,
both reporting 100% returns for the
first time. The library had finished
high in the standings for three weeks
and last Friday Ruth Oppice, chair
man of stamp sales in the library,
finally inveigled her senior colleagues
to “ come through” and beat their class
rivals in Miss Berry’s room.
Sales Reach $ 8 0 1 .2 0
Total sales to date have reached
$801.20, a figure far beyond the origi
nal hopes of Miss Marie Green, faculty
chairmain of the drive, and the Stu
dent Faculty forum Defense Stamp
committee. The highest figure yet
reached was during the week ending
January 23 when a total of $295 worth
of stamps was sold.
�February 20,1942
NILEHILITE
Page 2
W H O Z IT
Tall and lanky with red-brown hair,
His pleasing half-grin is always there.
His constant drawing in class all day
Angers his teachers beyond dismay.
As he walks down the hall on size 13
“ pegs,”
The kids fondly call him,
“ Pretzel-legs.”
M atch’em
Eugene Lebbin
Jack Harrer
Francis Keegan
Bill Harris
Herbert Mueller
Herman Aliprandi
Wayne Barton
Cliif Whittington
Tom MacCleary
Floyd Hunziker
Bob Moore
Bob Freres
Charles Artner
Chubby
Bellylaugh
Lemon Juice
Birdbrain
Duckfoot
Porky
Hair-bow
Apple Brandy
Doc
Buster
Skinhead
Big Stoop
Jelly Roll
Profile
Long and Short of it
H ave Influence on Rita
Skokie 3133. Yes that’s her phone
number but chances are the line will
be busy. That’s toJ)e expected from
a person with as varied interests as
Rita Miller, Nilehi senior. Tops on
her list of diversions is Davey Jones
who is somewhat of a glorious hobby
with Rita and from the feminine view
point that’s not hard to understand.
In spite of her many interests the
bronzed belle has managed to main
tain a C average in her scholastic en
deavours and still finds time for danc
ing and knitting.
Eccentricities singularize Rita who
blends her own lipstick from scattered
remnants of used tubes which anyone
would have long since discarded. Short
skirts, 99 44/100 percent obliterated
by overgrown sweaters, comprise her
favorite garb, and a station wagon
coat protects the beloved ensemble
from snow and rain. Speaking of rain,
Rita is one of those fortunate indivi
duals who doesn’t fear for her hair
when rain threatens. Her ebony locks
possess a much-envied natural wave.
Allergy causes Rita a great deal of
trouble and it takes anything from
Guy Lombardo to permanents and long
skirts to bring on violent spasms of
disapproval.
“ My life is now an open book,” re
vealed Rita in closing her interview.
“ The only trouble is the royalties
aren’t high enough!”
Special Inside Story of a Rat;
Starting 'Blitz' Electrifies Lunch Period
Trudging through February we find
many things to be thankful for. Just
remember, you weren’t the poor gym
floor at the Donkey Basketball game.
Did it take a beating! Lincoln, bless
his heart, arranged his birthday on a
Thursday this year. No priorities on
wood were also a great aid on Monday,
February 9, because toothpicks were
in demand to keep tired eyes open to
see:
Couple of the Week: Norris Mullendore and Phyllis Fribourg.
Was there a sale on white wool, or
have the girls been deciding to be
nurses? Something must have hap
pened, judging from the number of
girls in vanilla wool; lately, there
were Mary Kay DeWitt, Irene Neu
mann, Joan Blameuser, and Gloria
Westerberg.
Song of the Week: “ Deep in the
Heart of Texas.”
“ Now you see ’em, now you don’t”
was the motto for the oratorical con
test. First they handed out certifi
cates; then immediately asked for
them back because they weren’t prop
erly signed. Then the medals came but
they weren’t the real ones — ahem!
At this point we got suspicious and
left!
Saying of thè Week: “ Darn that
daylight saving!”
Talking about “ Blitzes” fourth per
iod lunch, was wondering what kind óf
an a i r r a i d
warning sound
ed when all of a
sudden w h i t e
bombs began to
fly in the direct
ion of L a r r y
Miller, Dick Nelson, Tom MacCleary,
Cliif Whittington, Erm Kramer, How
ard Wertz, Ed Theobald; and they,
with about 49 others, sailed out of the
lunch room.
George Washington wduld probably
turn over in his grave if he were
watching people sign their absence re
ports; but then I guess you could go
to the dentist three days a week,
couldn’t you!
Bob Eichelkraut just lost a pin and
guess who it was found on — Elva
“Johnnie” Johnson. Cupid’s doing all
right. Have you seen the soldier’s
picture in Marilyn Hoh’s locket —when does he get a furlough, Marilyn?
It seems people have had trouble
getting home lately! Carol Ellis’ key
wouldn’t work and Bettie Brauch’s
door was frozen. Russell Bair, Phyllis
Brooks, Danny Dever, and Audrey
Brown had to practically get on their
knees for a cab— we know, you people
just don’t want to go home! On the
other hand Gloria Malchrist got home
sooner than she expected; she fell
when waiting for the bus and chipped
her elbow bone. Hope it’s O.K. soon,
Gloria.
Rosanna King saw right through a
rat. No, not a gangster, but somebody
was experiment
ing with a mouse
and p u t cello
phane in place of
his stomach. She
saw his most in
timate secrets; I
guess that’s what
you’d call having no privacy at all.
Exam s Recur as Band
Tests for Promotions
And they thought they were through
with exams! However, the band mem
bers are still experiencing B.B. (bitter
band) tests to determine which ones
will remain in the concert band and
which will be demoted to the junior
band.
Included in the tests are scale drills
and sight-reading of new material.
These examinations are judged by
Miss Clara Klaus, Miss Helen Johanns,
and Mr. Clifford Collins.
Mr. Collins explained that the plan
will give N.T.H.S. a concert band of
the best players. He also hopes that
the marching band which plays at all
home basketball and football games
will be a larger organization as a re
sult of such tests.
Six of Nilehi’s fastest beginning
typists are Marie Throop, leading with
41 words per minute, Doris Burklund,
Audrey Brown, Pat Galitz, Donna Cotanche, and Beatrice Rossman.
NILEHILITE
______
(Member {*
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The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township high school of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanehe,
Principal.
Editors Wayne Barton, Pat Reiland,
Ruth Roberts, Bernice Franson,
Erman Kramer.
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Robert Paroubek
Burton Pearson
�February 20, 1942
Latin Wedding
Next Tuesday
“ Ab ovo ad mala” means “ from
eggs to apples” in Latin, “ from soup
to nuts” in English, and “ a good time
next Tuesday afternoon at 4:15” to
Latin students.
Planned in detail by the three Latin
classes, the Roman banquet will re
create, for those attending, a typical
wedding ceremony and feast. Cast in
Mr. and Mrs. Publius Flaccus
invite the Romans to attend the
Nuptials of their daughter, Cor
nelia, and her fiance, Marcellus,
Tuesday next.
the speaking parts are Audrey Brown,
Doris Burklund, Cleo Thlimennos,
Dagmar Franson, Catherine Winger,
Russel Halberg, Edwin Albright, Bill
Stockfish, and Danny Dever. This cast
will be supported by several other stu
dents as spectators and friends.
Servile duties claim Jack Price, tricliniarch (head-waiter), and his staff
of first year Latin boys who will serve
the meal. Barbara Mason, chairman
of the menu committee, and Katy are
planning a menu of Roman foods
which will be eaten sans knives and
forks.
Peggy McNeil, Lillian Krupa, and
their respective committees are re
sponsible for the decorations and the
program. Following the banquet Mary
Louise Kendall and her clean-up com
mittee will assume their duties.
The banquet, which has been plan
ned by and for .the Latin students is
their group entertainment for the
month of February, since each depart
ment of the club plans to meet by
itself.
NILEHILITE
Minute Portraits:
Forrest Lew is, Radio's
One-man M ob Scene, H as 5 0 0 Part Record
The next time you turn on your
radio and hear a heated argument be
tween an old man, his grandson, and
a Chinese cook, don’t be too sure the
scene is being played by a studio full
of performers. Chances are you would
see a man holding a script in one hand
and violently gesticulating with the
other.
and Skokie resident, has done just
Forrest Lewis, Chicago radio actor
such scenes during his ten years in
radio and estimates that during this
time he has played at least 500 differ
ent characters.
Joins Traveling Stock Company
At 12, as a boy soprano, Mr. Lewis
entered his colorful career in kneepants, singing such contemporaneous
ballads as “ Get Out and Get Under”
and “ Wonderful One” to the theater
goers of Knightstown, Indiana, his
home-town.
In 1925 he joined a traveling stock
company and for three years toured
the United States and Canada.
In 1928, when radio was cutting its
milk-teeth, Mr. Lewis applied for and
was awarded a part in a WLS drama
tic presentation.
Stage Experience Important
Four years later “ soap-show” ad
dicts heard him regularly for the first
time when he started work on WGN.
Since then “ Maw Perkins,” “ Step
mother,” “ Right to Happiness,” and
nearly all of the children’s shows in
addition to many evening shows have
presented him in a host of widely
varying parts.
“ The stage establishes in one’s mind
a sense of showmanship,” he com
mented in citing theater .experience
United States History Classes Draft
Projects to Fortify Soldiers’ Morale
Checkerboards, afghans, and place
cards may not have won the Civil War
but students in Miss Theresa Kranz’s
history classes will use the aforemen
tioned articles to build up the morale
in this war.
Prizes to be Awarded
One outstanding contribution to date
has been a quiz exam which is under
the direction of Betty Steilow and
Viola Stoll. Prizes are: first, 30 cents
worth of Defense stamps; second, a
five cent ticket good in our cafeteria;
and third, candy suckers to the win
ning team so members may store up
energy for the work to be done on
their projects.
Page 3
Betty Westerland is contributing the
1941 issues of the Reader’s Digest.
Booklets, both historical and literary,
are being made by Virginia Lenzen
and Dolores Kot. Checkerboards with
borders dealing with historical sub
jects have been made by Dick Boyd
and Russel Bair. An original idea of
making place cards was presented by
Florence Schramm and Connie Kohtz.
Projects Due Next Week
All projects will be turned in at the
end of this month. They will be given
over to the Red Cross in the name of
Nilehi. And they in turn will be sent
to convalescents in various hospitals.
as a prerequisite to good radio acting.
“ Radio changes every day. That’s
why it’s so much fun.” It was not
surprising to hear Mr. Lewis say this
since he is known in radio for his
reportoire of characters and dialects.
Commercial movies found him sev
eral years ago and since then he has
appeared in a movie for International
Harvester and another for the Ameri
can College o f Surgeons entitled
“ White Battalions” which will be re
leased soon to be shown nationally in
moving picture theaters.
Aside from appearing currently on
“ First Nighter,” “ Knickerbocker Play
house,” and four daily shows, he finds
time to attend Civilian Defense meet
ings in the capacity of a police re
serve.
To aspiring radio actors: “ Radio
needs new talent and pounding pave
ment from one agency to the other
is part o f the game.”
Editor’s Note: This is the first in
a series of vocational interviews. Next
issue: Hal Foster, cartoonist.
This ’n That
Cancel Washington Trip Plans
“ There will be no Washington trip
this year because of the present emer
gency which means we are having
no Spring vacation but end school a
week earlier in June.” Thus advised
Miss Grace Harbert on the greatly
discussed question.
Olga Razkow Released From
Hospital
Junior Olga Razkow, who has been
in the Evanston hospital since early
this fall is now expected to be walk
ing again in four months. Olga, an
experienced dancer, will probably re
turn to school next fall.
Prom To Side With Defense
Efforts
The Junior council, presided over by
Cherie Neutz is planning, in collabor
ation with junior homerooms, this
year’s Prom which is expected to be
designed around a defense motif.
Dozen Contribute Services
Twelve Niles Township high school
girls, knitting sweaters, afghans,
scarves and socks for the Red Cross,
met February 6 at the home of Ruth
Oppice.
Nilehilites To Army Camps
Complimentary copies of the Nilehilite go to the more than a dozen
Nilehi grads now serving in Uncle
Sam’s armed forces.
�Page 4____________________________________ NILEHILITE
February 20, 1942
Proud Boys Bring Home Championship
Girls Volleying for
Intramural Honors
Zoops, Boops, Jeeps, Beeps, Lil’s
Pils, Dot’s Dashes, Rosie’s Posies,
Kracky’s Krumbs, Jean’s Beams,
Doris’s Dillies, Daggies’s Daggers,
Lou’s Lice, Pat’s Gals, Barb’s Net
Nuts, Hattie’s Hags, Bea’s Fleas,
Hildie’s Hill Billies, Mary’s Little
Lambs, Carol’s Barrels.
These are 19 of the 85 volley ball
team names that have been chosen in
the girls’ gym classes for the tourna
ment which has just begun and will
continue for four weeks. The playoff
between the finalists will take place
March 25 at the Mother and Daughter
tea. The names of the winning team
will be engraved on the volley ball
plaque.
The rest of the team names are
Jay cox’s Foxes, Chap’s Japs, Lashe’s
Chassies, Luckett’s Bucketts, Kuehne’s
Teens, Rizzie’s Whizzies, Wettemore’s
Worms, and the No Names.
Intram ural Team s
To Reach P la yoff
The intramural basketball play-offs,
have been extending over a long period
of time, but as we go to press it is a
fight between three teams J Bob Brun
son’s Snipes, I/arry Miller’s Wolves
and Erm Kramer’s Butterflies. The
Snipes drew the by, so this team is
known to be in the play-offs. Miller’s
Wolves played the Butterflies Monday,
but the results did not reach us in
time to print. The winner of this cru
cial game will engage the Snipes in
the final battle.
UNDEFEATED CHAMPS
Varsity
Team
Niles Twp.
Libertyville
Arlington
Woodstock
Warren
Crystal Lake
Leyden
Lake Forest
Won
11
7
6
6
5
5
2
0
Lost
0
3
4
4
5
6
9
11
Junior Varsitv
Team
Libertyville
Crystal Lake
Niles Twp.
Lake Forest
Woodstock
Leyden
Arlington
Warren
Won
10
8
7
6
5
3
2
1
Lost
0
3
4
5
5
8
8
9
--------- TERMITES---------1 Cagers
Rated to W in
W aukegan T oum am ent
I In theBench |
We asked Dan Petty, varsity base
ball pitching prospect, what he
thought of being a human guinea pig
during the recent science assembly.
He replied, “ See, this scar on my nose.
Shocking wasn’t it ? ”
Speaking of baseball, Mr. Kent, var
sity coach, announced that practice
will start about March 15, with all
pitchers and catchers reporting at
that time. Coach Kent expects to have
a fair infield, and able pitchers and
catchers; but the outfield is one big
question mark. According to Mr. Kent,
all varsity positions are wide open.
A note to underclassmen: Baseball
at Niles Hi depends on you. All fel
lows out for baseball are on the var
sity. There is no J. V. team. Come
on, fellows. Follow the lead of Char
ley Gcckenhach, freshman last year
who earned his major N and the reg
ular third base.
“ Heigh-ho-Silver” was the cry
heard last Thursday afternoon as the
five charter members, Gene Lebbin,
Ray Nitch, Ed Stelzer, Bob Wagner,
and Bob Whitemiller, rode their steeds
in the new boys’ riding class.
This class meets every Thursday
afternoon and transportation to and
from school is provided for. There
has been some talk of a junior cavalry
being organized if there are enough
members.
By completely outplaying the sec
ond place Libertyville team on their
own floor, our basketball team clinch
ed the championship of the Northeast
conference last Friday. The taller
Tigers registered the lowest score
recorded in the Trojans* scorebook this
year by losing 51 to 25.
Our J.V. squad bowed to its first
defeat in six games, to the undefeated
orange and black J.V. with a low score
of 29 to 22.
The goal now is to finish the season
with an undefeated conference record,
ih e only game left is one with War
ren on our own floor on February 20.
Warren has also beaten Libertyville
but lost to Leyden last week.
The last scheduled game is with
Maine, at Maine, February 27.
The evening of March 3, our team
will make its appearance in the Wau
kegan high school gym to compete in
the regional tournament. The teams
which will enter this elimination be
sides ours are Waukegan, Maine, Lib
ertyville, Zion-Benton, Lake Forest
and the winner and runner up of the
Wauconda District tournament. New
Trier’s failure to enter left a place to
be filled by Lake Forest.
Northeast conference coaches have
honored Nilehi v
this year by choosing
our team as the number one team of
the tournament. They pick Waukegan
as the second best team.
Girl B ow lers' Boasts
To B e Tested M onday
Lighted Batons
To B e Featured
Challenge:
We girl bowlers, Delores Chapman,
Dolores Jaehnke, Pat Harms, Dorothy
Lund, Rosemary Racine, hereby chal
lenge the women faculty to a bowling
match February twenty-third, in the
year nineteen hundred and forty-two.
To give the faculty women a fighting
chance we are giving them a handi
cap, as prescribed by the bowling reg
ulations. Confidentially, they haven’t
a chance!
Reply:
We, the women faculty, sound in
mind and body, do hereby accept the
bowling challenge to meet at the alleys
February twenty-third, the day after
Washington’s birthday. We can not
tell a lie — we’re pretty good, none
of us ever having missed a bowling
gutter and there being no record of
our ever having a strike recorded for
us or against us.
Sixteen of Niles Township high
school’s twirlers will participate in
the entertainment between halves of
the second game with Warren here
tonight.
They will present a twirling exhi
bition featuring lighted batons. With
the band accompanying them, they
will go through .many routines, both
separately and as an ensemble.
Those participating in this spectac
ular event will be the advanced and
beginning classes. Members of the ad
vanced class are Bernice Franson,
Carolyn Huemmer, Elva Johnson, Annalise Nachbauer, and Natalie Schill
ing.
The beginners include Lorraine
Betlinski, Jane Breckenridge, Bettie Burns, Frances Franson, Helen
Kuehne, Gladys Rossmann, Frances
Smith, Kay Smith, Arlene Rechterman, Marilyn Tilton, and Pat Tracy.
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Volume III No. 10
Skokie, Illinois
J.Moyer Assembly
Set for March 16
At an all-school assembly on Mon
day March 16, Mr. John W. Moyer,
staff taxidermist of the Field Museum
of Natural History in Chicago, will
tell how animals, birds, and reptiles
are mounted and how expeditions are
planned and sent to all corners of the
globe.
Colored motion pictures on paint
ing and sculpturing taken in the Field
Museum will be shown.
Mr. Moyer’s lecture will be studded
with “ Believe it or Not” sort of state
ments such as “ Sugar is used as snow”
and “ It takes 18,000 leaves, individual
ly made of wax, to make one tree top.”
“ Maybe museums haven’t been in
teresting to you before, but you’ll
want to visit one after listening to
this talk,” predict museum authorities.
Demand Performance
By Smiths Acclaimed
“ That Crazy Smith Family” popped
up in the Morton Grove school last
Tuesday evening, reliving the lively
comedy of their troubles.
Performing by popular demand, the
cast, directed by Mrs. Ruth Esch, help
ed to raise funds for the Morton Grove
PALS, a serviceman’s organization.
The Skokie Defenders’ council, play
sponsor, profited $300 in the first two
showings of the play. While plans for
future performances are not definitely
arranged, rumor has it that the casts
may travel to Fort Sheridan to en
tertain the soldiers:
March 6, 1942
Seven Faculty Members Plan
Five Committees for Defense
Arabian Myth
Carnival Theme
Behind the front, behind the frills
and decorations, old man work is lurk
ing. At present he is haunting the
six committee members of Nilehi’s
synchronized swim team who, under
the direction of Miss Mildred Schaef
er, are preparing for an Arabian
water carnival to be held April 16,
17, and 18.
Captains Anna Bock and Dick Hartney, assisted by Angie Weber, Eileen
Heinz, Ray Nitch, and Bob Evans,
began working on the carnival in De
cember.
As a matter of fact, work actually
began last June, when the committee
as well as many others, were enrolled
in the synchronized swim classes.
Since then they have been spending
time practicing for the climax of their
work, the water carnival of 1942.
Last year’s participants in the pro
gram numbered over fifty; this year’s
program will have even more. Of this
group the fairer sex will be- in the
majority.
The Arabian fantasy is divided into
five numbers plus a comedy. As in
preceding years, the carnival is built
around an historical episode or myth.
Last year’s background was Lolita,
an Aztec maiden. This year the wa
ter carnival will be based upon a back
ground of Arabia.
Biologists Taught A rt o f Architecture
To Build Miniature Homes for Contest
General - contractor John Benette
and his crew of carpenters, architects
and landscapers have entered the Na
tional Flower and Garden Show con
test for miniature homes.
Biology classes have undertaken the
job of reproducing, to the minutest
details, typical suburban homes, com
plete with floor, elevation, and land
scape plans. The second period class,
supervised by Mildred Bergmark, as
sisted by Lorraine Weller, Doris Willney, Lillian Miethke, Jim Moore and
Gene Bergmark, is the only class
No School Monday!
working independent of teacher di
rection.
Models are under construction in
the three classes. Built on a scale of
one inch to four feet, they are made
of balsam wood and will be surround
ed by simulated trees and bushes of
steel wool and sponge.
Presentation of awards is scheduled
for the week between March 15 and 22
at the International Amphitheatre.
Models submitted by these classes will
be judged as amateur entries in the
suburban homes classification.
“ Fall in for defense” will be the
keynote at Nilehi for the duration.
The summons for more defense-con
sciousness has come and the students
are to be drafted for defense — de
fense of health, safety, morale, vo
cations, and public relations.
The plans will be stressed in the
drive begun by Superintendent R. E.
Cotanche and seven of the faculty
members who organized, on February
23, five committees to help work out
plans for the school’s “ role in these
times.” The committees will inform
the student body as soon as definite
ideas are established.
Mr. John Lienhard and his monitors
are working out a scheme for pro
tection of the students. They are to
solve the question, “ What shall we
do in an air raid?” by following di
rections stated by authorities in the
township.
Morale will be bolstered by Miss
Ruth Lant and her group. The key
note will be to preserve faith in the
government and to build for the fu
ture.
Defense o f health will be under the
supervision of Mr. Harold Isaacson
and Miss Mildred Schaefer. Already
special classes for keeping the stu
dents physically fit have begun. Fur
ther plans will be announced later.
Miss Alice Line and Mr. Robert
Mackey have charge of vocational de
fense. The boys in the shops are con
structing model planes and will prob
ably be assigned other duties. A
similar program for the girls is being
formulated.
Foreign Language Club
To Hear French Pupils
A French girl, Nancy Wright, and
a French boy, John Vickers, from New
Trier high school will speak about
life in France at the Foreign Lan
guage club on March 10, in the assem
bly room at 3:45 p.m. The French
classes taught by Miss Adelaide Berry
have made all arrangements.
Nancy is a sophomore and has lived
two and a half years in France and
one and a half years in Brussels, Bel
gium. John is a junior and has lived
ten years in Brussels.
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Mr. and Mrs. Nilehi
We present to you for your approval
Mr. and Miss Nilehi. Upon doing a
little investigating we have compiled
the following list of attributes that
a super couple of Nilehi would possess.
Boy:
Gordon D a v is ................................hair
“ Chuck” A rtn e r.................
eyes
Bill C a rroll................................... smile
“ Heinie” D a h m ............................. teeth
Ray N itc h ............................... physique
Jack Fredericks........................posture
Eddie Breitenbach .................... humor
Fred W ilc o x ___ ____ . ____courtesy
Bart Hegarty
................................hne
Ted C a n ty ...................
charm
Tom Sheridan............. speaking voice
Bob P od ra za ..............athletic ability
“ Duke” H ezn er........................ dancing
Gene Lebbin ......................... clothing
Edwin A lb rig h t.................... grooming
Girl:
Barbara Horton ......................... hair
Joan Blaumeuser .......................... eyes
Joan T rietsch ................................smile
Phyllis F rib ou rg ................ complexion
Nancy Allen ............................... nose
Virginia R e u te r............................teeth
Lois J a y c o x ................................. hands
Peggy Kansteiner...................... figure
Doris W illn ey ........................... posture
Beverly Kramer .................. courtesy
Betty Kuehne .................... sweetness
Doris B urkland....................... charm
Mardy M cK eever___ speaking voice
Pat H a rm s..................athletic ability
Gloria W esterberg................. clothes
Betty Wetmore .................. grooming
‘Stitch in Time’
Is M odem Design
Whirr . . . whirr . . . “ Modem De
sign” in sewing machines enables the
girls of Miss Alice Line’s advanced
sewing class to turn out well-made
professional-looking garments in spite
of varied difficulties.
Here are a few typical situations:
Frances Hamilton disgustedly tried
to thread a needle. Finally it dawned
on her that the hole was at the wrong
end.
Theresa “ Skippy” Sutter woefully
ripped out her third basting thread.
She had been sewing on the wrong
side of the material.
Janet Lutkehaus spilled her box of
pins so she sticks around the janitor
because he sweeps them up by the
dozen.
All laughed at Mary Abbink when
the bell rang before she could be fit
ted — a slam of the door and Mary
disappeared into the fitting room.
NILEHILITE
March 6, 3942
Niblets: Bounce Play Started at Game;
Campaign for Assem bly Lounge Chairs
Between the lulls of groans about
no spring vacation, we’ll try to re
member some of the funny things that
have happened lately. If they don’t
make you laug'h, you get double your
money back. On second thought, at
least we’ll apologize.
Couple of the Week: Jeanne Nelson
and Jack Allen.
Saying of the Week: “ I can’t have
the car; I’m being punished for ditch
ing.”
Did you see: Dick Boyd at the Libertyville game ? His new cheer re
sembles a Negro spiritual with laryn
gitis.
Did you also see: Ed Krupa and
“ Heine” Dahm looking everywhere for
a comfortable chair Tuesday after
school and Bettie Perrin, Eleanore
Klinge, and Joan Briggs not being able
to look a chair in the eye. You can’t
please everyone. Tuesday, classes were
vaguely empty it seemed. But the
missing occupants were spending a
day “ on the house” in the assembly
room. They each got one chair but
that’s all and “ Lucky” Luckman ex
pected to catch up on some back sleep
but found out those assembly chairs
don’t make very good beds.
Didja know Mr. Ohlson won a lolli
pop from a senior
at the d o n k e y
game? Those dam
animals
made
everyone selfcon
scious b e c a u s e
they’d come to the
edge of the stage
and look at the
audience as though it were in a zoo.
Isn’t it awful? You’d think a cer
tain teacher would put on weight the
way she craves food. She was in such
a hurry to get down to lunch that she
was locking her door when Ruth Rob
erts saw a little girl sitting in the
room.
Plea from a gal losing her mind.
If anyone finds out what the other
side of Downwind’s face looks like in
“ Smiling Jack” please notify at once.
Signed, Worried.
Fred Wilcox’s new name is Buck
Rogers and Dan Petty’s monicker is
Flash Gordon. And were the boys
shocked when Arlene Rechtermann
came in on the beam! O.K. So it’s
corny.
Bob Podraza thought up a new play
February 20 when he bounced the ball
off Bill Stockfish’s head — very origi
nal to say the least, Bob, but the
victim ought to get am aspirin . . .
\
“ Rich” Baumhardt wondered why he
wasn’t guarding anybody when he
looked down and saw No. 42 of War
ren. He’s about 4% ft.
“ Buck” Rogers has discarded his
Tom Mix out
fit for a sailor
s u i t and is
now the latest
addition to the
Great L a k e s
Naval Train
in g
station.
He wants to
get back his football helmet, however,
because his first night there he fell
out of his hammock three times on
his head.
Song of the Week: “ Moonlight Cock
tail.”
Have you been wondering if Betty
Riser has started a dog kennel the
way she runs around with chow dogs
on each hand ? Don’t get excited
they’re mittens.
Green Genius
Today the sun is shining bright,
To some the world is gay;
But here I sit, two lines to get,
And don’t know what to say.
Shirley Gregor
I have a little brother;
He makes a lot of noise.
But I’d rather have a brother.
Because girls are worse than boys.
Ralph Nettland
Our English book is full of things —
Stories, poems, and plays.
But I’m getting sort of tired of these,
’Cause I’ve read them for days and
days.
Ralph Nettland
Some people have atrocious taste,
Their mixtures are a crime;
Pink and red, stripes and plaids
Make shivers go down my spine.
Hester Camp
NILEHILITE
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township high school of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
Editors Wayne Barton, Pat Reiland,
Bernice Franson.
Erman Kramer.
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Melvin Schultz
Raymond Keegan
�Matcch 6
1942
NILEHILITE
Page 3
Upper Fourth This Wacky World; Dramatists Thrive
In Honor Roll On Gum Wrappers, Apple Tarts, Work
Oh, Happy day! All borderline
geniuses of NTHS will be given a
chance to obtain honorable mention
this year. Going by the standard A-4,
B-3, C-2, and D -l, these students will
have to obtain only 11 points per quar
ter to get on the honorable mention
list.
Freshmen are Joseph Bailey, Ed
ward Ballantine, Charles Bryan, Mary
Dietsch, Dorothy Gustafson, Betty
Hoggie, Wayne Hansen, Nancy Haynie, Rosmary Lutz, Shirley Nellessen,
Ray Nelson, John Ohlson, Marjory
Plummer, Barbara Roberts, Rupert
Roegner, Barbara Schaefer, Juanita
Shoenig, Betty Sparkman, Virginia
Waldin, and Robert Wright.
Sophomores are Patricia Bennett,
Patrick Bennett, Pat Cole, Tom Cook,
Marion Eichelkraut, Betty Grosse,
Jack Harrer, Robert Humburg, Eliza
beth Krysher, Marjorie Lange, Nancy
Larsen, Olga Makarski, Rita Meyer,
Eileen Molitor, William Moorad,
James Moore, Harriet Murray, Annaliese Nachbauer, Dorothy Neumann,
Rose Marie Norum, June M. Olson,
Melvin Pieper, Helen Roberts, Roegene Scholow, Betty Strum, Robert
Weidenmiller, and Gloria Westerberg.
Juniors are Catherine Kretsch, Lu
cille Lindeman, Dorothy Lund, Arline
Madsen, Gloria Malchrist, Connie An
derson, Harold Anderson, George
Ruesch, Fred Epson, Howard Sonderman, Harvey Tolzien, Betty Westerlund, Ted Wojtkiewicz.
Seniors are Wayne Barton, Ruth
darkens, Jean Floras, Alvin Hanneman, Mary Lou Heiniger, Eileen
Heinz, Betty Holmes, Lawrence Mil
ler, Josephine Murray, Dan Petty,
Eleanor Schon, Evelyn Such.
W oodshop Boys To Get
Honorary Certificates
Here comes the Navy — ranks and
all. Soon certain members of Mr.
Robert Mackey’s woodshop classes
Will hold the positions of cadet, en
sign, lieutenant, lieutenant command
er, commander, or captain aircrafts
men. These ranks will be awards for
careful attendance to duty in building
the 50 model airplanes,
To become an ensign aircraftsman,
for instance, three models of any
specified type will be built, including
a scout bomber and an observation
plane. Of course, each rank is harder
to attain and for the highest rank it
is necessary to build ten different
planes of various types.
Paint and props adorning the re
hearsal set of “ My Heart Beats for
You,” 'two young casts straggle daily
with lines and cues in preparation for
this season’s spring play. Gathering
momentum, the comedy has already
reached the second “ stage” of produc
tion.
Walking in on the set, the actors
are found to be most diligent — about
eating. While teacher eats that apple
Year’sBigW edd ing
W ill Tie V al-A leta
It is doubtful whether many Skokians know that Hal Foster, creator of
the comic strip, “ The Adventures of
Prince Valiant,” once lived in Skokie
and now resides in Evanston.
It was without a doubt, his versa
tility and yearning for excitement that
led him to be a gold prospector, North
Woods guide, and Canadian fur-trap
per.
It is easy to see that his own life
deigns it possible for him to create
such a colorful character as Prince
Val. However it is years of experience
and a natural talent for art that has
put him on the pinnacle of success
where he now sits — and draws.
Nineteen thirty-three saw the break
ing of a new era for Mr. Foster. It
was then that he was signed by a
syndicate to draw “ Tarzan.”
“ I thought Tarzan was silly so I
was glad for the change,” sums up
Foster’s feeling about being contract
ed by King Artists syndicate to create
his own cartoon, Prince Valiant.
Two Years for First Page
“ It tooK me two years to finish the
first page,” he said. This may seem
incredible but it is true. For when
Foster sat down to draw Val’s adven
tures for the first time he realized he
didn’t have an inkling of the Arthur
ian period — their dress, manner, or
speech. So two long years were spent
in extensive research.
Held in Esteem
“ I am not satisfied with the way I
draw women,” may be his own esti
mation of his work but Foster is held
in esteem by fellow craftsmen. His
pages are complete in every detail,
for he spends 30 to 50 hours a week
on each individual page which is done
three to four months ahead of actual
publication.
And now disappointment for the
girls, and the fellows too — Val will
eventually marry the Queen of the
Misty Isles.
But then there’s always Sir Gawain!
between scenes, the dramatists hun
grily devour potato chips, fish sand
wiches, pop corn, ice cream, cokes,
cherry pie, or anything edible. Ran
dom impressions exposed Grant Kuhn
deep in siesta as Bill and Pat Dickin
son waged war for the use of the fam
ily rubber supply.
Hard at work, Mardy McKeever
was seen clutching dearly a lone piece
of Dentyne, afraid to chew it during
lines . . . Or Danny Dever “ bearing
down” while setting the stage, carry
ing more than Mr. Meek does during
a Christmas shopping tour with his
wife! . . . June Ohlson struggling with
“ ten easy” typing lessons for her role
as a “ ghost” . . . Dick Boyd learning
( ? ) to be a wolf . . .
Through all these off-the-scenes
candids, a note of earnestness reigns
as Mrs. Ruth Esch and the casts care
fully groom their production of “ My
Heart Beats for You,” which will have
its world’s premiere at Nilehi.
This ’n That
Architects Build Pyramids
Mathematical notes . . . Tom Wetmore and Shirley Gross, students of
Miss Edith Lytle’s algebra class, are
the only ones who have proved that,
a pyramid can be made from four
pieces o f wood.
Teachers Offer Scholarship
Advice
Are you wandering around in a
daze looking for scholarships? Steer
yourself right into the conference
room at the rear of the Library.
On the bulletin board can be found
the requirements of numerous colleges
awarding scholarships this year. On
the shelves can be found catalogues.
For general scholarships, Miss Berry
is the authority. But if you’re con
sidering a scientific scholarship, see
Mr. Ohlson.
Friday 13 Not Feared;
Freshie Party Planned
Friday, March 13, may mean bad
luck to most persons but to the fresh
men it means a P-A-R-T-Y which is
to be held in the assembly from 7:30
p.m. to 10 p.m. The admission is ten
cents.
There will be games, dancing, and
refreshments. Miss Alice Line’s home
room will have charge of the refresh
ments; Miss Mildred Schaefer’s home
room will have charge of the dancing;
and Mr. Norman Kent’s group will
have charge of the games.
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NILEHILITE
March 6, 1942
Track Begins
Spring Season
With snow still on the ground, last
Monday the 1942 Trojan tracksters
opened their rigorous spring cam
paign. Both veterans and rookies an
swered the call in a sizable turnout
which indicated Nilehi’s determination
to be “ in the running.”
During the next month, the track
sters will go through intensive train
ing in preparation for their first meet
early in April. Later in the season
the Trojan varsity and frosh-soph
squads will attend the . district compe
tition at Evanston High, which is
part of the state tourney.
Interest in track at Nilehi has
reached a new peak, according to
coach Morgan Taylor, who credits this
stimulus to the fact that NTHS holds
the conference record for the medley
relay.
Coaches of the various track and
baseball teams in the Northeast con
ference met recently in an effort to
co-ordinate the schedules and thus
minimize the transportation problems.
Due to the seriousness of the rubber
shortage, it may be necessary to limit
Trojan competition to near-by schools.
---------------- TE R M ITE S-----------------
In the Bench
LAWRENCE
MILLER’S
wolves sent Erman Kramer’s
Butterflies into a spin, defeating
them 31 to 20 in last of the semi
finals basketball games. The fin
als will feature Bob Brunson’s
snipes against Miller’s wolves and
will be played Fathers and Sons’
Night April 10.
WE TIP THE HAT to those unsung
heroes of the past basketball season,
the team managers, namely, Allan
Nelson and Michel Hermes of the var
sity. Besides sending Ye Hudi to the
boys during a breathing spell in a
game, the managers take care of
equipment, keep track of shots and
points, send letters to other schools,
and give out towels. Each ball you
see the varsity practicing with before
games has been vigorously rubbed
down. Yet with all these tasks, Mike
and Allan find time to sharpen their
shooting eyes.
NAMES OF BOYS’ volley ball
teams: Ugandis, Orogutanuger,
Wycondas, and Obujuwebes. Mean
Mastodoms, Jinkers, Yard Birds,
anything to you?
BUD TRACY’S latest report:
“ I’m going in for poetry in a big
way.” Is it possible, Bud ?
Standing left to right are Coach Galitz, Manager Mike Hermes,
Dick Krewer, Bob Glatz, Bill Randquist, Bill Stockfisch, Richard
Glauner, and Coach Mackey.
Seated left to right are Howard Weldon, Vernon Drueke, Floyd
Hunziker, Bob Podraza, Lawrence Miller, Bart Hegarty, and Carl
Huscher.
Basketball Awards to be Presented
To Boys at A ll-School Assembly,April 2
The varsity team will receive spec
ial awards along with their letters for
winning the Northeast championship
of ’41 and ’42 on April 2.
Varsity members who will receive
major letters are Bob Podraza, Bob
Glatz, Bill Stockfisch, Howard Weldon,
Floyd Hunziker, Carl Huscher, Dick
Krewer, Larry Miller, and Vernon
Drueke. Bart Hegarty will receive a
minor award.
The Trojans proved themselves to
be champions by totaling 580 points
this season while a smooth defense
Teachers Bowled Over;
Lose Match by 178 Pins
“ Did you notice that Miss Mildred
Schaefer uses a straight ball —
straight down the gutter!”
This was one of the comments heard
at school on February 24, the day
after Miss Helen Johanns, Miss Caro
lyn Lumpp, Miss Lucille Ronalds, Miss
Schaefer, and Miss Alice Stone took
their bowling defeat like soldiers when
they bowled against Pat Harms, Dot
Lund, Dolores Jaehnke, Doris Mussil,
and Rosemary , Racine. Though the
teachers had an 86 pin handicap the
girls beat them by 178 pins.
“ The teachers put up a good fight
and were swell sports. We’d just love
to beat them again,” the girls com
mented.
“ We really enjoyed bowling against
the girls,” the teachers answered, “ and
to prove it, we intend to challenge
them to another match some time this
spring. If we can squeeze in a little
seci'et practice, we assure you that
we won’t get taken for a ride again.”
held opposing teams to 403 points.
These 580 points placed us in the sea
son records as the highest scoring
team in the conference.
The individual point standings of
our team are:
Podraza . . . . 192 Hunziker .. .. 39
Glatz .......... 113 Huscher . . . .. 20
Stockfisch .. 111 Krewer . . . . .. 14
W eld on ........ . 43 M ille r........ . . . 8
The junior varsity which won five
of its ten games boasts seven minor
awards winners: Helmet Biegert,
Richard Glauner, Bill Randquist, Rus
sel Hallberg, Jack Kittredge, Ed Krupa, and Eugene Bergmark.
Letter winners on the frosh-soph
team are Chuck Gockenbach, Jack
Harrer, Grant Kuhn, John Warokomski, Fred Tolzien, Bill Meyer, Eu
gene Putman, Roland Poehlman, Jim
Whalen, and Dick Cutler.
This year’s freshman won seven of
its ten games. Letter winners are John
Aliprandi, Norman Bailey, David
Berg, Gilmore Cantanzaro, Jack Fred
ricks, David Hawkinson, Walter Her
man, Jesse Hollifield, Joseph Pennacchia, Jim Shephard, William Kunkel,
waiter Zust, Dick Wilton, Bob Wedel,
Ernest Reiman and Ed Hearstedt.
Manager awards will go to Allan
Nelson, Mike Hermes, Paul Winger,
and Paul Jacobs.
THE DATE is set. It’s April 16, 17,
and 18. Yes, that’s the date of the
annual Water Carnival. With an Ara
bian theme and more than 60 persons
participating, and the eighth period
synchronized swim class working like
mad, it’s going to be the best ever.
If you've seen the previous ones you
know what to expect!
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nile H I lite
Volume III No. 11
Couples W illMarch
T o Victory Dance
From 8:30 to 12 p.m., the doors of
NTHS will be thrown open to all loyal
fans of the team that brought home
the first Northeast Conference champ
ionship to Nilehi.
Swaying to the s c i n t i l l a t i n g
rhythym of Dick Brahms and his or
chestra, the students will dedicate the
dance to Coach Galitz and the team in
appreciation for the determination
that made the victory.
Admission is 80 cents a couple and
55 cents for alumni and guests. Tick
ets are on sale in the cafeteria.
According to Barbara Rasmussen,
decorations chairman, the basketball
motif will be used. Pennants and
scores will adorn the walls of the gym.
Pat Galitz and her committee are
responsible for the dance programs.
Band chairman is “ Duke” Hezner;
publicity chairman is Wayne Barton.
“ Put this dance on your 'must’ list,”
urged Wayne. “Even if you haven't
attended any of the other dances, you
can’t afford to miss this opportunity
of coming out and congratulating the
team,” he said.
Skokie, Illinois
March 20, 1942
Tw o Drama and Radio Nights
Are Open T o A ll for First Tim e
Buy Those Defense
Stamps - Today
March 20 — All-School Dance 8 p.m.
March 23 — Mom, Daughter Night
7:30 p.m.
March 26 and 27 — Dramatics 7:30
p.m.
April 3 — Good Friday. No School.
Celebrate M a y D ay
A t Spring Concert
Why not celebrate May Day in the
Niles Township High School gym ?
There you can settle back to a variety
of songs and music heralding the ar
rival of spring.
One hundred and seventy students
of Nilehi will attend night rehearsal
in preparation for the year’s main
musical event, the May Day concert.
Admission to the event is free and
details will be released by the joint
directors, Miss Clara Klaus and Mr.
Clifford Collins.
'Defense Business' Includes
Things You Like To Eat Too
Help keep up the home front with
good health!
Miss Alice Line, home economics
instructor at N.T.H.S., recently dis
closed some facts concerning the mat
ter of foods for health in the high
school.
Four of the most essential elements
of diet for each student are a quart of
milk, one egg, fresh fruit, and at least
two vegetables, all of which should be
a part of every day’s menu. At every
meal at least one hot dish should be
served.
Chocolate, it seems, should be avoid
ed as much as possible by high school
students because it irritates the skin.
Miss Line advised that whenever a
person feels the call to eat candy, he
might try an appetizing fruit instead.
“ Fresh fruit and green vegetables,”
stated Miss Line, “furnish vitamins
and minerals which are necessary for
growth and prevention o f disease.”
“ Dairy products,” continued Miss
Line, “ and under-ground vegetables
are essential to prevent decay in
teeth.”
For the student who has a hard
time making the bus each morning
and consequently has gone without
breakfast, here is a morning breakfast
which will fit into a “ hurry-up” pro
gram and yet furnish the necessary
energy; fruit, breakfast cereal or but
tered toast (or both), and a beverage
of milk or cocoa.
Luncheon may include any number
of foods, some of which are listed
here: soups, vegetables, whole wheat
bread, sandwiches, meat or meat sub
stitutes, fruits, custards, wholesome
puddings, milk or cocoa.
At dinner, a suitable meal would
include meat or fish, bread and but
ter, vegetables, salad, dessert, and a
beverage.
“ If this menu, or one similar to it,
were followed, we would really be
‘all out for defense’,” quoted Miss Line.
Promising to one of the year’s best
bets for outstanding variety and fastmoving entertainment are the 1942
dramatics and radio nights, March 26
and 27.
This top entertainment had, until
this year, been offered as a free view
of the inner working of the school’s
drama department but was restricted
to parents and relatives of cast mem
bers who were admitted by free
tickets. Non-dramatics students and
their friends, who until this year were
not admitted to the program, will now
have an equal opportunity to see the
show when tickets go on sale at 15
cents for everyone.
Week in Dramatics
Thursday night: A typical week in
the majoring dramatics class with the
group applying what it has learned
about make-up, speech delivery, and
impromptu acting. Following this,
Larry Miller’s satire on the soap-opera
starring Grant Kuhn, Cherie Neutz,
Bill Dickinson, and the author. Then
a characterization will be given by
Ruth Roberts. Mildred Bergmark’s
excerpt from the New York stageshow “ Good Morning” will precede
the curtain call.
Different Type Show
Friday night audiences will view
another cast in a different type of
show. Rita Miller does an about-face
on army life with her radio-fantasy of
a woman’s army. The cast includes
Rita, Bill Dickinson, Ruth Roberts,
and Shirley Kluesing. Complementing
the performers are Grace Langan
switching platters; Wayne Barton,
producing; and Pat Dickinson, direct
ing.
Mardy McKeever represents the
major dramatics class in her playreport and Larry Miller, M’Lou Leon
ard, Merle Iverson, and Joan Blaumeuser offer their varied character im
pressions. A scene from “ Stage Door”
will be Elizabeth Krysher’s contribu
tion to the evening. Grant Kuhn and
Danny Dever collaborate in a fiveminute skit.
Their on-the-spot demonstration o f
radio writing will be the advanced
radio classes’ last contribution and the
final act of the evening.
�NÌLEHILITE
Page 2
Niblets
That sigh of relief you’ ve heard is
only the girls’ finding out that the
dance on the twentieth is not to be
turnabout. Don’t frown, fellas, maybe
you can collect enough empty tooth
paste tubes to make ends meet.
Guess who!
Couple of the Week: Florence
Schramm and Ray Nitch.
Song of the Week: “ Mandy is Two.”
Saying of the Week: “ Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star.”
The reason you couldn’t see the
price tags on furniture in Wieboldt’s
two weeks ago, was that some tired
girls were sick of standing up looking
for records. Among the disc seekers
were “ Mickey” Kalmer and Mary Ann
Wenzel on the sofa, Helen Roberts
and Lucille Anderson on the love seat,
and Lorraine Weller patiently pulling
Pat Bennett away from the counter.
Kay Smith wasn’t economizing on
lipstick for national defense. She,
Beverly Kramer, and Gloria Westerberg were the charming gals having
pig tails, plaids, and pale faces for
initiation into Aowaukia club.
When the first fire drill was called,
Joan Pike hated to leave her cherry
pie, but she
did — only
to c o m e
b a c k and
find it half
eaten a n d
tattle - tale
red on Jim
Rasmus
sen’s face. He really must like pie.
The other day his lunch consisted of
chocolate pie, cherry pie, and butter
scotch pie. Have you ever been in a
contest, Jim?
When the second fire drill was set
off and the culprit was expected to
report within five minutes, 213 was
very quiet. Then amid gasps and pop
ping eyes, Joe Webber got up and . . .
sharpened his pencil!
Ah yes, more initiation! After all
the commotion at R. M.’s house, why
did Gene Bergmark tell the gentlemen
in the blue uniforms that he was wait
ing for a shipment of bombs? Hum,
that’s the 64 dollar-question . . . and
we all wish we had a picture of Ted
Canty and Gene Lebbin taking their
new shampoos of honey and bird seed
. . . hear tell Bill Meyer and Jack Rit
ter were a w f u l l y nervous: they
couldn’t sit still.
Wasn’t that knee-action of the heads
wonderful at the badminton game?
First, Charles Schurecht, Leo Mueller,
and Francis Keegan watched the game
and laughed; then they watched the
people watching the game and laughed.
March 20, 1942
Nilehi, Keep the Ball Rolling
Profile:
Fred Epson is Air-m inded;
M aybe H e Has 'Date W ith an A n gel'
Here’s one person who enjoys being
left up in the air. Fred Epson, junior,
would like to spend all his time with
an airplane in thi'e clouds. Maybe he
meets an angel up there! Who knows?
Before you boys start getting any
ideas .about finding angels for your
selves, let me tell you that it takes a
lot of hard work. Profit by Fred’s
experience. It all began when Fred
was six. His father took him for an
Music Notes
O THE NILES TOWNSHIP high
school mixed choir and the girls’
Treble choir directed by Miss Clara
Klaus will sing at a luncheon meeting
of Pi Lambda Theta, honorary educa
tional sorority for women of which
Miss Klaus is a member, tomorrow,
March 21, at the Women’s University
club in Chicago.
• AS A RESULT of the recent
band try-outs, Howard Klehm was re
tained as solo clarinetist and Gordon
Brown as solo coronetist. Eight of the
band members were placed in the jun
ior band until, after further instruc
tion, they will again try-out for first:
band positions. There are now about
40 students in the concert or first
band. The junior band has about 50
members.
airplane ride over Salt Lake City.
Ever since then he has been interest
ed in aviation. In the spring of 1940
he took a C.P.T. non-competitive stu
dent 72 hour ground-school course in
aeronautics, followed by eight hours
of dual instruction. Now he has his
license and can fly anything from a
cub to a Stimson 105.
Far second to flying, Fred’s hobbies
are traveling and music. He has been
to 41 o f the United States and also
to Canada and Cuba. Still he had to
go up in the air to complete his yen
for adventure.
Don’t think that everything Fred
likes has got to do with planes, clouds,
and angels. He also likes down-toearth things like T-bone steaks smoth
ered in onions, German shepherds,
Fred Waring, and eighth period be
cause he gets out seventh.
NILEHILITE
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township high school o f
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
Editors Wayne Barton, Pat Reiland,
Mildred Bergmark, Harley Anderson.
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Robert Tolzien
Leo Mueller
�March 20, 1942
NILEHILITE
Page 3
Sophomores Lead H onor Roll
This
In Second Quarter’s Report
For the third consecutive time, the
sophomores lead last quarter’s honor
roll. Perhaps it is due to their large
enrollment, but on the whole, the sec
ond year class is known to have a
high I.Q.
High Honor
Seniors are L..Miethke, F. Wilcox,
V. Reuter, L. Miller, G. Langan, E.
Anderson, E. Zust, B. Wetmore, D.
Nelson, M. L. Leonard, S. Kendall, N.
Heidtke, M. Throop, C. Thomas, E.
Such, B. Rossman, P. Reiland, P. Perl
man, J. Murray, M. McKeever, T.
Mac Cleary, D. Lutz, W. Kunkel, J.
Kadlec, M. L. Heiniger, L. Anderson,
R. Gerhardt.
Juniors are J. Watkins, V. Stoll,
M. Woodworth, W. Stockfisch, E.
Nordquist, D. Franson, D. Dever, A.
Bartz, R. Boyd, P. Galitz, R, King,
C. Kretsch, B. Stielow, R. Tolzien, V.
Wyatt, J. Lutkehaus, K. Winger, M.
Schultz, R. Hennig, P. Conrad, A.
Brown.
Sophomores are B. Mason, J. Price,
E. Southworth, B. Gifford, G. Westerberg, L. Splett, T. Roess, C. Rizzo,
R. Pasek, M. McNeill, B. Kramer, N.
J. Holappa, H. Hart, L. Harper, D.
Hampton, B. Farr, G. Peschke, A.
Gatzke, T. Davidson, R. Cutler, B.
Bray, F. Boufford, M. Voyvodich, H.
Ruesch, G. Rossman, B. Nosser, M.
Noesges, G. Nelson, J. Lannert, R.
Humburg, M. K. Dewitt, J. Cutsler,
M. Conrad, Patricia Bennett.
Freshmen are R. Dammann, V. Did
ier, H. Jarasch, D. Sandberg, R. Ellis,
R. R. Olson, D. Wolcott, M. Bishop,
Helen Flieger, F. Gaines, S. Gregor,
M. L. Kendall, E. Koch, Shirley Lawr
ence, E. Reimann, A. Schirra, A.
Schmidt, M. A. Trausch, T. Wetmore,
Wm. Stielow, A. M. Schmitt, M. J.
Nelson, S. Nellessen, D. Lyon, R. Lutz,
Pat Lannert, M. Jennetten, J. A.
Detweiler.
Honorable Mention
Seniors are W. Barton, R. Buthman, A. Grover, B. Hegarty, E. Heinz,
W. Keating, S. Kluesing, E. Kramer,
D. Mussil, J. Pike, R. Podraza, B. Ras
mussen, B. Riser, M. Schuett, E. Wise,
H. Anderson, C. Artner, L. Baptist,
D. Baumann, J. Blameuser, D. Cotanche, R. Eickelkraut, A. Hanneman,
R. Hartney, B. Holmes, V. McClure,
F. Ochs, D. Petty, E. Schon, J. Yates.
Juniors are Nancy Allen, C. Ander
son, D. Burklund, L. J. Deatrick, P.
Dickinson, F. Epson, R. Glatz, D.
Grembecki, A. Heinz, D. Lund, A.
Madsen, D. Rings, L. Ruthenbeck, H.
Sonderman, P. Todd, H. Tolzien, B.
Westerlund, E. Alright, L. Chirsten-
sen, V. Lenzen, L. Lindeman, D.
Miethke, R. Rentzsch, G. Thulstrup.
Sophomores are B. Abbott, L. An
derson, Patrick Bennett, Robt. Ben
nett, Joe Byron, Francis Didier, Betty
Grosse, M. Hoffman, Paul Hoppe, G.
Kerstann, G. Lutz, Wm. Moorad, J.
Moore, V. Mueller, A. Nachbauer,
June M. Olson, R. Poehlman, C.
Quincy, B. Strum, R. Weidenmiller,
Irene darkens, Pat Cole, M. L. Coul
ter, J. Holmes, H. Langan, N. Larson,
E. Molitor, R. M. Norum, J. Permer,
M. Pieper, J. Ransdall, H. Roberts,
F. Smith, C. Valkenaar, M. A. Wen
zel.
Freshmen are Frances Dietsch,
Nicli Bogner, Betty Haggie, Nancy
Hayne, Wm. Jones, C. Matheson, H.
Meinke, T. Podraza, J. Schoenig, R.
Skallerup, B.' Sparkman, D. Swanson,
J. Tugney, I. Weis, P. Winger, W.
Hansen, Ed. Ballantine, Charles
Bryan,, Pat Canty, Ann Erickson, Jo.
Gag'iardo, La Verne Grover, D. Gus
tafson, Ester Kraus, Roy Lumpp, E.
Miethke, R. Nelson, E. Risinger, John
Ohlson, N. Perrin, M. Plummer, S.
Rohrer, B. Schafer, M. Wahlborg, V.
Wal din, E. Wolgast.
’nThat
Dads, Sons Meet
April 10 has finally been decided
upon as the date for the annual Dad
and Son night held by the boys’ physi
cal education department. The final
playoffs in intramural basketball, vol
leyball, and ping pong will highlight
the evening. Between these games the
senior boys will demonstrate the con
ditioning exercises which they experi
ence every Friday.
Members of the football, basketball,
cross country, and swimming teams
will be introduced to show the dif
ferent inter-scholastic teams repre
senting Nilehi.
Month of Trips
This month seems to be infested
with trips to different places by class
es representing different phases of
learning. Five trips: senior English
classes to see Macbeth, journalism
classes to visit the Tribune tower,
freshmen girls’ science classes to see
the flower show, two See-Chicago club
trips: one to tire flower show and the
other to WBBM in the Merchandise
mart to see a program in progress.
Students’ finances will probably be
at a new all-time low.
Patriotism Offers Lucrative Awards
In Essay Contests for Students
Contest Number One
Wor k' c ither the chance of winning
a $ 100 defense bond, or $5 or $10
worth of defense stamps be enough
to induce you to write an essay stat
ing the various plans you have formu
late! in your mind as how high school
students can help win this war? The
latter two awards are being offered
in each high school that enters the
contest and the defense bond is being
given .as the grand prize for all com
petitors.
“ How High School Youth Can Help
Achieve Victory” is the general ques
tion to answer in order to be eligible
for a prize. By covering one of the
following three phases:
a. What a high school student can
do now in his community and school.
b. How a high school student can
prove his patriotism to his country
now.
c. How a high school student can
keep up the morale of his family and
friends.
By following the simple rules set up
by Marshall Field and company’s sub
urban stores, sponsors of this contest,
any student may submit an essay. For
further information see Miss Adelaide
Berry.
Contest Number Two
Could juniors use $25? $15? or
$10? Miss Ruth Lant’s pupils will
enter the essay contest the Illinois
Federation of Women’s Club is spon
soring. The subject is “ The World
of the Future: My Ideal.” No essay
shall contain more than 500 words,
and Miss Lant will mail entries to th?-.
district president before midnight,
April 1, 1942.
‘42 Annual Drive Ends;
Tim e Left to Get Copy
The 1942 annual drive is finished.
Since the yearbook will be at the
printer’s within ten days, it is import
ant that any student who has not or
dered a copy but wishes to, should
drop into room 219 and reserve his
book now. Freshmen, don’t waste pre
cious time! Buy yours now for a fouryear series, a collection which one
day, will become a priceless memory.
Total sales of the yearbook number
six more than the minimum o f 300.
Upon graduation, 146 seniors will re
ceive yearbooks, a gift from the
school, in commemoration of the years
spent at NileHi.
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In the Ben ch
• VARSITY B A S K E T B A L L
PLAYERS, coaches, and managers
have been honored with banquets by
two of Skokie's leading Civic organi
zations, the Rotary Club and Cham
ber of Commerce. The team was pre
sented with a trophy by Mr. Asa B.
Chapman of the Chamber of Com
merce. The trophy, emblematic of the
Northeast Conference championship,
is inscribed with the names of both
players and managers. Plenty of food
and good entertainment featured both
banquets. The Trojans finished the
season with a record of 17 wins and
7 defeats. Much of the credit for this
fine record goes to Coach Galitz.
• YOURS TRULY INVADED the
boys’ locker room to find the lowdown on the track situation from Tro
jan trackmen. Results follow: Howard
Johnston was the first to return from
the afternoon jog. After a quick
shower Howie exclaimed, “ I’d like to
run the mile but probably I’ll be doing
the half. I ’m training on plenty of
citrus fruits and sleep.”
Peace and quiet was then broken
with a barage of boys including Biegert, Langan, Hollifield, Bollows, and
others all slightly on the sweaty side.
“ Jeep” Paulson strutted up, cocked
his arm, and exclaimed, “ Put me down
for the shot and discus.”
Helmet Biegert broke in, saying
jokingly, “ I’m planning to pole vault
15 feet.”
At which Hollifield shouted, “ You
do 15 and I'll do 16.”
Lee Bollow put in, “ I’m training on
pork chops.”
Russel Bair, “ Steaks and steaks for
me.”
“ Gerry” Gafford shot past saying,
“ I come in like Crosby’s horses. That’s
why I’m out for shot put.”
Leroy Kuhn, flying groundhog,
said, “ The 220 will do for me.”
At which “ loud cheer” Boyd said,
“ Two miles would be easy if I didn’t
have to carry Epson the last mile.”
Epson’s retort was deleted.
Words of wisdom were flying from
everywherei It was too much.
We left, glad to know the morale
of the track squad was in top notch
condition even if legs aren’t.
• PAT HARM’S 202 GAME has
been high game in the girl’s bowling
league.
•
Change Course Now!
To juniors, sophomores, and fresh
men only: Check and double check on
your next year’s curriculum. This will
be your last chance.
NILEHILITE
March 20, 1942
Hunzicker Chosen Captain,
Podraza 'Most Valuable'
Trophy Gazing
Left to right: Robert Podraza,
Coach Galitz, and Floyd Hunzicker.
Podraza holds “ most valuable” trophy.
Hunzicker holds Chamber of Com
merce trophy, emblematic of confer
ence championship.
Six Veterans Return
For Cinder Practice
Taking advantage of the early
spring, Nilehi’s track team has been
getting soft legs and poor lungs into
shape by a two mile jaunt every day.
Forty-eight hopeful boys brave chilly
winds to get into condition to earn a
place on the Frosh-Soph and Varsity
teams.
For the first time, the cinder eaters
have six returning major letter win
ners bolstering their ranks. Ray Nitch
will pace shot put candidates and
Larry Miler the milers. Ted Canty will
be the veteran in the half mile event;
Stan Kendall will return to the low
hurdles; Bob Eichelkraut and Erm
Kramer will present prospective quarter-milers trouble.
Tryouts for the coveted positions
will be held the latter part of this
month in order that a well-conditioned
team will face Crystal Lake, here, on
April 10.
The rest of the schedule is as fol
lows:
April 21 — Lake Forest, here.
April 25 — Palatine Relays.
May 2 — Leyden, Libertyville at Ley
den.
May 5 — Palatine, here.
May 9 — State District meet at Ev
anston.
Bob Podraza and Floyd Hunzicker
have been voted most valuable and
honorary captain respectively, by
members of this year’s varsity bas
ketball team. Both seniors, Bob and
Floyd were stalwarts in the Trojan
drive to their first and undefeated con
ference championship.
Having led Trojan sharpshooters for
the last two seasons, “ Moose,” as Bob
is known to his friends, came through
this year with 192 points in 12 con
ference games for an average of 16
points per tilt. The 192 points enabled
Podraza to finish on top in conference
scoring. Not only was his shooting
ability of high caliber, but his floor
game and team co-operation stood out.
What Podraza was on offense, Floyd
Hunzicker was on defense. This could
easily be said without even so much as
bragging. One of the best guards in
the conference, quiet and unassuming
Floyd went through each game liter
ally stealing points from Trojan op
ponents. Through his fine floor play,
Hunzicker, in his first and last year
on the Trojan varsity, has earned the
honor of being chosen honorary cap •
tain.
To these boys, as well as the rest of
the championship basketball team and
coaches, go the thanks of the school
for the best season yet.
Com ing -Out Party
For Girls' Mothers
Girls, here’s your chance to intro
duce your mother to Nilehi. Next
Tuesday evening at eight in the large
gymnasium, the girls physical edu
cation department is sponsoring a pro
gram for mothers and daughters, so
that Janie’s mother may meet Sue’s
and vice versa.
A swell program has been planned
featuring the Novelty Trio: Evelyn
Harrell, Stephen Markham, and Nel
son Thomason, three professional
musicians. Mr. Markham is national
baton twirling champion and Mr.
Thomason performs physical control
feats that seem unbelievable. Miss
Harrell will present a new musical in
strument called the Solovox.
After the program tea, or coffee if
preferred will be served in the cafe
teria.
The price of admission for the pro
gram and the refreshments is 25 cents
and a mother, or any other feminine
reasonable facsimile.
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Notice: In or
der that the
fifteenth a n d
last issue o f
the Nilehilite
will be distrib
uted on graduation day, the next is
sue of the paper will appear April 24,
a week later than usual.
April 3 Good Friday, no school
April 10 All-School Dance, 8:30 p.m.
April 14 Language Club, 7:30 p.m.
April 16, 17, 18 Water Carnival
8 p.m.
To Pick Notebook
Pan-American Day
The Foreign Language club will
celebrate Pan-American day April 14
at 7:30 p.m. in the assembly.
Entertainment will be provided by
the Spanish classes under Miss Edith
Bronson. The program consists of an
exhibition, slides, Spanish songs, a
play entitled “ Sunday Costs Five
Pesos,” a movie, “ Americans All,” and
a radio skit.
Barbara Rasmussen is in charge of
the play “ Sunday Costs Five Pesos.”
Nancy Allen, Gloria Malchrist, Janice
Yates and Fred Epson are the partici
pants. Betty Westerlund is the chair
man of the costumes committee. In
charge of properties and lighting are
Dan Petty, Robert Gerhardt, and Jer
ry Gafford.
Mr. C. J. Maloney will show slides
on Guatamala. Ted Canty, Mary Lou
Leonard, Dolores Grembecki and Nor
ris Mullendore will present a radio
skit, “ Tit for Tat.”
All the Spanish classes will sing in
Spanish, national hymns, folk songs,
and “ God Bless America.”
nile H I lite
Volume III No. 12
Skokie, Illinois
Tulips, Picket Fences, Windmill
Landscape ‘Dutch Treat’ Clog
Dutch in every detail, the G.A.A.
sponsored “ Tulip Twirl” will, on April
10, bring springtime to Nilehi in spite
of the weather. A newcomer among
the dances at NTHS, the Tulip Twirl
W ant to r
Toot Own
H orn’? H ere’s H ow
Do you want to toot your own horn
for a change?
Students who are interested in either
the band or orchestra should see Mr.
Clifford W. Collins, band and orches
tra director, in room 101 immediately.
Because of the number of students
either being/ graduated or moving this
year, there will be several instruments
available for use next year. Mr. Col
lins stated that no knowledge of music
is necessary; however, a musical back
ground would make the advancement
much quicker.
The list of instruments available for
the coming year includes violin, viola,
’cello, string bass, oboe, bassoon, clar
inet, flute, trombone, French horn,
baritone, bass horn, and drums.
Any student who is in either of
these organizations and who has study
periods which coincide with the music
schedule will take one lesson each
week during his study period.
Miss
Kranz’sHistory Classes Send
‘Bundles’ to Red X for Distribution
Bundles for the Red Cross contrib
uted by Miss Theresa Kranz’s U.S.
history classes left the school on
March 26. The bundles consisted of
a- variety of games, assorted puzzles,
illustrated booklets, work books for
children, and enough knitted squares
for an afghan.
The games included all kinds, rang
ing from jigsaw and bean bags to
travel and bowling.
Girls who contributed enough knit
ted squares for an afghan were Doris
Burklund, Bernadette Spiczka, Peggy
Kansteiner, and Nancy Allen.
Some of the outstanding projects
are Paul Zellar’s fully equipped hand
made portable lamp with a historical
shade; Francis May’s and Agnes
Heinz’s historical travel game; Betty
Lannert’s “ Child’s Garden of Fun”
April 2, 1942
equipped with cut-outs, things to
paint, and articles to play with; Betty
Perrin’s “ Famous ABC of Historical
Men” ; Mary Kay DeWitt’s sewing
book on the history of the United
States flag, supplied with yam and
needle; Arline Madsen’s hand painted
illustrated story of Jenny Lind; Phyl
lis Brooks’ bowling game; Virginia
Wyatt’s yam dolls; Betty Stielow’s
dolls representing different historical
ages; and Warren Donarslci’s bean
bag game decorated with laughing
clowns and blocks.
“ All of the 100 projects were at
tractive, clever and showed hours of
labor well spent,” complimented Miss
Kranz. “ They certainly will provide
a lot of pleasure in soldiers’ recrea
tional centers and hospitals for adults
and children,” she added.
offers a novelty budget plan — Dutch
treat!
Picket-fences, windmills, and April
flowers will adorn the gym, where
from 8:30 to 12 p.m., everything will
be on a strictly fifty-fifty basis. Cu
pid’s role has been lent to the gals
for the evening as the “ Daisy Maes”
drag their reluctant “ Li’l Abners” off
to the trot at the turnpike. And more
—the fairer sex do the pickin’ on
every other downbeat.
Many plans for decorations have al
ready been “ blueprinted” by Jane
Kadlec and the committee including
Cherie Neutz, M’Lou Leonard, Nancy
Allen, Claire Juniac, Mary Jane Nel
son, Barbara Schaefer, Olga Krajchovich, and Barb Rasmussen.
At this writing, the jury for the
band was still out, pondering a choice
of rhythm-makers for the ball. Head
ed by Marie Throop, the committee
numbers Connie Kohtz, Joan Blameuser, Gloria Malchrist, and Pat Can
ty. Publicity will be managed by Pat
Reiland and M’Lou Leonard; refresh
ments by Pat Bennett; and the booth
by Rosanna King. Tickets are on sale
at 40 cents per student.
Apirl 16, 17,18 Set
For Swim Carnival
An Arabian princess is attending
Nilehi. Queen for three nights, she
will reign over the 1942 Arabian Water
carnival, at 8 p.m., April 16' 17, and
18 in the natatorium.
The synchronized swim committee,
who has chosen the princess, is also
planning the swimming numbers, all
under the direction of Miss Mildred
Schaefer.
Each swimming group has a leader,
as follows: all girl floating group,
Olga Krajchovich; the general group,
Harriet Hart; comedy, Dick Boyd and
Ed Breitenbach; mixed group, Bever
ly Kramer; finale, Jerry Deily and
Mickey Callmer; decorations, Betty
Wetmore; synchronized swim group
under the direction of the swimming
committee, Anna Bock, Eileen Heinz,
Angie Weber, Bob Evans, Richard
Hartney, and Ray Nitch.
Ticket sales for the six perform
ances will start in one week.
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NILEHILITE
Scribblers, Sirens, Drips Lend Bit
To Provide Janitors with Extra Work
DO YOU know any of these per
sons?
•
First of all, there are the Scribblers,
who write things anywhere and every
where. Their favorite place of busi
ness, according to the janitor staif,
seems to be the stairs, although the
Scribblers are not particular. They
march up and down the stairs with
the tips of their pencils placed against
the wall, making perfectly beautiful
lines along the route. There seems to
be no reason for doing this except,
perhaps, to blaze a trail. There is
certainly no artistic value in a thing
of this sort, and it takes the janitors
an hour or more to erase such mark
ings.
Then there are the Sirens. These
are the girls who apparently are out
to REALLY get their men; for after
putting on their lipstick, usually in
the privacy of the washroom, they
kiss the walls and mirrors, practicing,
no doubt. But if they could see the
effect that these rows of used mouths
have on a male, especially the jani
tors, they might be more careful
where they practice. The washrooms
are not the only places where this
occurs; lipstick has been found on the
cafeteria walls also. There is quite a
lot of work connected with getting
this stuff off, as almost any boy can
tell you; so, girls, please take note
Spring Buds Early
As Hearts Bloom
and keep the lipstick on you where it
looks best.
Next we present, but not proudly,
the Drips, people who cannot keep-ink
in their pens, and allow the ink to
drop on the floor. The gum-throwerabout-ers belong in this class too. We
have tried to figure out whether it is
a faulty pen that causes this or the
carelessness of the pen-wielder; and
have come to the conclusion that we
have some careless people in our
school. We have also concluded that
ink does not harmonize with the pat
tern of our floors.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
Square, Purple Eggs
A re Easter Surprise
JUNIORS study Ogden Nash,
Seniors are all through
With his literary hash,
But his style I now continue
As the bard of old Niles Township.
EASTER comes but once a year
And when it comes it brings good
cheer,
And sometimes a new spring outfit.
YOU say you're seventeen
Too old for Easter bunny —
Gave that up when you're between
Five and six . . . huh, sonny?
DON'T be so sure that's just for
youth
Why be so darned uncouth?
There's got to be an Easter haré.
What else'd lay eggs that are
Purple and pink . . . and square?
I'VE never seen the rabbit,
Nor had a chance to grab it,
So don't ask me how I know him,
How I know he makes those baskets,
How I. know he “ comes on cat-feet,"
How he hides those candy gifts.
I repeat . . .
I've never seen the rabbit,
But I know he's there, I swear it,
'Cause he ate the green-topped carrot,
That Mommy left for him.
A girl gets up quietly from her
lunch table, slips into her coat, and
glides past the candy counter, up the
stairs, and out-of-doors. Just as her
friends discover her gone, another
person rises from a table at the other
end of the room. This time its a male.
He sneaks stealthily down the lunch
room, but not unnoticed for soon
shouts of “ sucker” ring in loud mas
culine tones through-out the room.
One boy says to another, “ Looks
NILEHILITE
like he’s caught, too bad, he was a
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
good guy.”
Girls look from one to another and and printed biweekly by the students
whisper, “ Ah, a romance is budding,” of Niles Township high school of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
or “ Don’t they make a nice pair?”
But all this seems to bother the Principal.
pair not at all. They go for their walk
Editors
and talk about, well, any number of Harley Anderson, Wayne Barton, Mil
things including the weather and ex dred Bergmark, Bernice Franson,
cluding romance.
Olga Krajchovich, Barb Rasmussen,
On the return trip their hands are Pat Reiland.
joined and
ther girls looking on,
Production Managers
kind of wi;
were walking too.
John May
Helmut Biegert
April 2, 1942
Niblets
Isn’t it wonderful! Just think, there
are' three weeks for vacation in May!
The weather will be swell too. Are
you surprised? So am I — April Fool
— or is it too late?
This is no foolin’, though:
Couple of the Week: Carl Huscher
and Pat Donnell.
Song of the Week: Somebody Else
Is Taking My Place.
Saying of the Week: Please don’t
get a Heine like John Braeseke’s!
Seen or Heard Hither and Yon . . .
Herb Mueller’s sad face — Nancy
Larkson moved to Dayton, Ohio . . .
Katie Clark singing at the Aragon
. . . men at the Tribune whistling in
the press room, my, how futile . . .
Norma Heidtke’s eyes growing two
and a half inches when she saw Ed
Brietenbach’s $150 for defense . . .
Bob Podraza actually at the dance . . .
two doorstops in sixth period study
hall to regulate traffic . . . Jim Moore
building a house — a model one . . .
Don Baumann’s smooth tweed jacket
for the choir picture . . . Ted Roess
waiting all evening to say his part in
the play . . .
John Braeseke has been dodging the
bunny and is deathly afraid he’ll mis
take him for an egg—imagine having
stripes and plaids on your head. HeT
look like a surrealistic painting.
“ Pinkish gold hair” is the way Mrs.
Ruth Esch described Janet Gaynor’s
short bob in tiny little ringlets all
over her head . . . Mrs. Esch saw her
at Field’s with Adrian . . . this sounds
like a fashion column.
The mural at the dance was really
a masterpiece, especially Krewer’s
position and Hezzie’s tongue hangin’
out. It was fun comparing the hand
some Trojans with their portraits,
even if they didn’t think so.
Easter shade of the season is RED
according to Chuck Leibrandt and
Billy Meyer’s faces as they crawled
track-style into Miss Stone’s fourth
period study hall.
Watching Evy Anderson, Calvin
Roller, Don Smyser, and the rest of
dramatics major class dropping to the
floor looking as though they had
ptomaine poisoning, but it was just
their performance for Dramatics
Night.
Bright Remarks
Jack Fredericks: I’m hoarding my
sugar!
Teacher: Don’t you think clothing
is a necessity?
Student: No, if we didn’t have it
we’d have fur as the animals do.
(Think of it, girls, a permanent fur
coat.)
�April 2, 1942
NILEHILITE
New Book in Library Gives Out
Low-Down on Personalities
Personal life stories, of 991 persons
who are part of today’s news are now
available to students in “ Current
Biography 1941,” a new 947-paged
book just received at the library, ac
cording to Miss Louise Myers, librar
ian.
More than 1G0 important interna
tional and domestic government fig
ures, 26 military leaders including
This ’n That
SKITS SHOWING how personali
ties may be improved will be present
ed at a junior assembly by homeroom
219 the second week in May. The pro
gram is under the direction of Dor
othy Cowie, James Rau, and Russell
Bair. Gordon Davis is president of
the homeroom.
NEWS from the shorthand classes
. . . Lillian Baptist and Florence Ochs
have received Gregg certificates for
taking shorthand at the rate of 80
words per minute for five minutes,
and then accurately transcribing their
notes. Ruth Buthman has also re
ceived a complete theory certificate
for writing and transcribing 100
words accurately;
ANY BOY OR GIRL interested in
becoming an accompanist for a choral
group next year, see Miss Clara Klaus
at his earliest convenience. The ac
companist will earn a minor credit.
THERE HAS BEEN a rush of stu
dents to join the Boys’ Glee club. It’s
rather late in the year, but maybe the
plea could be traced to the new ac
companist. Here’s a clue: she’s short
and dark.
CONSERVATION IS the by-word
in Miss Alice Line’s boys’ food class.
When assigned to make cookies for
St. Patrick’s Day, David Von Gillem
cut his cookies out with an old tin
can. How’s that for being patriotic?
ON APRIL 21, Miss Edith Bronson
will give an account of her South
American trip for the East Prairie
School P. T. A. Her Spanish students
will give a few selections in Spanish,
and there will be other folk music by
our choral groups.
ON MARCH 26, Miss Grace Harbert
and several students attended the fifth
in a series of lectures at a job clinic
in the Merchandise Mart. Career op
portunities for girls in the radio field
—from glamour jobs to an assembly
job in the factory production line —
were analyzed and -interpreted by
prominent wov en in the radio field.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, and 26 dip
lomats are included among the per
sonages of 24 professions whose bi
ographies and photographs appear in
the publication.
Among the little - known facts
brought to light in this second annual
volume of “ Current Biography” are
such items as: Yosuke Matsuoka, Jap
anese Foreign minister, was graduat
ed from the University of Oregon in
1900; “ Cowboy” Gary Cooper is actu
ally the son of a former English
l a w y e r ; Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
sued two leading Washington column
ists for libel several years ago; Lilly
Dache, French-born hat designer,
daily closes hei New York establish
ment for an hour so she can lunch
undisturbed with her husband; Cosmo
Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canter
bury, became converted to the Church
the night before taking his Bar ex
aminations; United States Senator
Wagner from New York, said to have
placed in the books “ legislation more
important and more far reaching than
any American in history,” was born
in Germany; before Carmen Miranda,
South American “ ambassador of good
will,” was “ discovered” in America,
she had already toured the South
American continent nine times.
Page 3
'Carry On' Theme
For Spring Victory
With spring and war first in the
hearts of NTHS students, this ques
tion arises, “ How does the war affect
our school life ?”
As yet the noticeable changes are
the rising prices of swim suits, gym
suits, and food.
The teachers, cooks, and janitors
have greater troubles. Chlorine for
swimming pools is scarce; the price
of towels has doubled; grocery deliv
eries have been cut to the minimum;
and sofne types of athletic equipment
are hard to obtain. The future holds
s” gar rationing,, more walking, and a
possible paper shortage.
What can you do?
1. Carry on!
2. Keep your chin up!
3. Take education seriously.
4. Keep physically fit.
5 Practice thrift.
6. Invest in America.
7. Keep informed.
8. Know — and obey — civilian
defense rules.
9. Be fair, tolerant, and consid
erate.
10. Be loyal.
Mary bought a little bond,
She also bought some stamps,
You say you want to whip the Japs!
Well-come on now, here’s your
chance!
Do A ir Raid Warnings Bewilder
Here are Some Clarifying Suggestions
Skokie may soon participate in a
general air raid drill in cooperation
with Chicago and other neighboring
communities. Until more definite instructiops are issued, students and
teachers are to be guided by the fol
lowing tentative directions.
1. AIR RAID WARNING.
The warning for a school air raid
drill shall be a series of intermittent
notes on the regular fire alarm sys
tem.
2. WHERE TO GO.
Corridors on floors other than top
floors are the best air raid refuge cen
ters for schools. In a drill, therefore,
proceed as follows:
a. First and third floors and Assem
bly room. All students on these floors
shall proceed to the first floor corri
dor in the main part o f the building.
Students in rooms 306, 308, 310, phys
ics and chemistry will use the south
stairs to the first floor." Students in
rooms 312, 314 and home economics
shall use the north stairs to the sec
ond floor.
b. Second floor. All students on this
floor shall remain in the second floor
corridor.
c. East wing. Everyone in the
shops, gymnasium, music; art, draw
ing, and locker rooms shall congregate
in the east basement corridor. Those
in the gymnasium will go to the base
ment by way of the west stairs; those
in the other rooms may use the east
stairs.
Note: Students and teachers in the
pool may reniain in the pool when the
alarm sounds.
d. Cafeteria. All of those in the
cafeteria shall pass to the first floor.
This may be done by either the center
or north east stairs.
REMEMBER
WALK. DO NOT RUN.
DO NOT GET EXCITED.
DO NOT PUSH.
COOPERATE. OBEY.
3. ALL CLEAR SIGNAL.
This shall be by announcement over
the P. A. system. Remain in corri
dors until signal is given.
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
April 2, 1942
Trojans Meet ---------- C h atter------------ BaseballDraws
Tigers April 10 From Room 13 55 Candidates
Arlington Cardinals
Here Friday, April 17
Trojan tracksters will be but for
revenge when they engage Crystal
Lake here in the first conference meet
of the season, April 10. In an effort
to repay the Tigers for the defeat of
last season, Coach Morgan Taylor will
put on the cinders a squad that is set
on winning.
Led by returning varsity trackmen
Nitch, Kramer, Eichelkraut, Canty,
Kittredge, and Miller, the team shows
promise for a good season.
Promising frosh prospects will go
into track competition for their first
time when they will engage the Tiger
lightweights.
Friday, April 17, will fifid the Tro
jans hosts to the Cardinals of Arling
ton. April 28 Nilehi will meet High
land Park o f the suburban league
here. This should be one of the major
tests of the season. Many a mile will
be run before it’s time to put the
spikes away and as Coach Taylor
says, “ Let’s hope many of them will
run to victory.”
Last Saturday the varsity entered
the Oak Park relays. This indoor
event was the first of its kind in
which Nilehi has participated.
By Berniece Franson
Volley Controversy
With the tournament drawing to a
close, your guess is as good as ours
as to which team will be the champs.
Champion teams in the periods that
have completed their tourney are:
Monday IV “ Luckett’s Bucketts”
Monday VI “ Jean’s Beams”
Tuesday I “ Carol’s Barrels”
Tuesday II “ Kracky’s Krumbs”
Eight more classes have yet to find
their victors and then on to the play
offs.
Aquatic News
About one week ago, fourth period,
the door to the girls’ locker room
opened, a wild western yell rang
through the air, and there stood Bob
bie Luckett, dripping with excitement;
she had received her blue cap!
Rosemary Lutz has returned home
every Wednesday for the past three
weeks looking like a lobster. Those
( ? ) plunges!
Mother and Daughter Tea Tidbits
About 160 mothers and daughters
witnessed a unique program featuring
the novelty trio.
Miss Evelyn Harrell, 23 year-old
Two badminton classes meet on
pianist, who so beautifully played
Thursday evenings from 7 to 8 and
“ White Cliffs of Dover” on the solofrom 8 to 9. Mr.' F. Morgan Taylor
vox, carries a bottle of dill pickles
has charge o f the instruction.
around to eat between performances.
After the badminton exhibition that
Mr. Stephen Markham, the 19 yearwas presented at the school a few
old former national baton twirling
weeks ago, enthusiasm was worked up
among the student body and enough champion, has been twirling only four
of these enthusiasts came to the first years. With flying batons, he held the
class to warrant continuing weekly audience spellbound and with his flow
classes. The badminton rackets are ing locks and sparkling witticisms he
furnished by the school free of charge kept the audience in giggles — im
but if a student has his own he may agine 160 ladies’ giggling.
Mr. Nelson Thomason, the Texan
bring it. The shuttlecocks or “ birds”
can be bought at school for 30 cents who used to be with Ringling brothers
each. The charge to play is 20 cents circus, trains horses as a hobby. He
an hour and the price of a bird can had everyone holding her breath and
be split among four players, so the crossing her fingers as the Texan’
cost of an evening’s play is only 30 stood on his thumbs on top o f two
gallon jugs which were on top of a
cents.
Plans for a badminton club are be table.
ing formulated. If the club is formed,
The trio has been traveling since
the cost of playing will be reduced. last September. In the past three
Anyone who is interested in playing weeks it has traveled 20,000 miles,
badminton or in joining the club covering 10 states. The tour closes
should see Mr. Taylor.
April 10.
Badminton Classes
Meet Thursday's
First Conference Game
Here with Woodstock
It’s a hit! Baseball for ’42 proved
to be just that at Nilehi as 55 can
didates, the largest in school history,
turned out for varsity positions.
Returning letter winners, whom
Coach Kent will rely on to form the
nucleous o f the team, include Glenford Bremner, Vernon Drueke, Rich
ard Glauner, Charley Gockenbach,
Bart Hegarty, Bob Moore, Dick Nel
son, and Dan Petty.
Before leading his stalwarts into
their first game April 20 with Woodstock, Coach Kent is faced with the
problem of finding a pitcher, short
stop, outfielder, and reserve strength,
as well as hitters.
From his observation in early scrimages Coach Kent has drawn the con
clusion that the boys need plenty of
hard practice. Putting it in his own
words Coach Kent says, “ The boys
look pretty green.”
The tentative baseball schedule for
’42 includes eight conference games
which are as follows:
Baseball Schedule
Date
Place
April 20
Here
Woodstock
April 23
Arlington
There
April 30
Here
Warren
May
2
Leyden
There
May
9
Woodstock
There
May 11
Here
Arlington
May 16
Warren
There
May 20
Leyden
There
Priorities may change present plans
but until they do, the boys will be out
to regain the conference crown which
Warren won last season.
To Receive Letters
Some 65 members of both the swim
ming and basketball teams will re
ceive their letters today in the second
award assembly of the year.
Virgel Van Cleave ’35 who is now
coaching at Evanston high will be the
guest speaker.
Varsity swimmers who will receive
major letters include Howard Wertz,
Bob Gerhardt, Gene Lebbin, Bradley
Fredericks, Ray Nitch, and Bud Tracy.
Frosh-soph award winners are Jack
Kendler, Jerry Heinz, Don Christian
son, Jimmy Holmes, Tom Cook, Bill
Clynes, Jim Tagney, and A1 Wittorf.
For a list o f basketball letter win
ners, refer to the March 6 issue of the
Nilehilite.
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Only thirty days left!
Not even
that m a n y
for the class
of ’42. Yes
sir, our grad
uating seniors
have only 25
''NTHS days/
Today Happy birthday, Mr. Cotanche
April 24 Physical Ed. night 8 p.m.
April 27 Sophomore party 7:30 p.m.
April 28-29 Sugar rationing. Yes,
there’s school.
April 30 Prom King election, also
baseball, Warren here 4 p.m.
May 2 Track, Libertyville, Niles at
Leyden. Baseball, Leyden 10
a.m.
May 5 Track, Palatine, Maine here
May 7 All-school assembly 9 a.m.
May 8 International night
May 9 Baseball at Woodstock 10 a.m.
District track meet at Evans
ton.
May 11 Baseball, Arlington here
Do you want it?
Hobo D ay is an undecided is
sue. There have been pros and
cons as to the merits o f such a
day, but homerooms will be
asked for a vote before the issue
can be decided.
Some homerooms have already
reported and are in favor o f a
real Hobo D ay instead o f Char
acter Day. The general opinion,
so far, seems to be that a Char
acter Day would involve buying
a costume and dressing up, but
a Hobo D ay would allow pupils
to come in practically anything
they had, the worse the better.
This latter idea is the reason
the faculty is opposed to a Hobo
Day. The students feel they can
wear anything — and do. Cigar
butts and liquor bottles appear;
clothes are torn; and “ hazing”
is carried on. These practices
are not only dangerous and
wasteful but they bring a bad
reputation on the school.
A Character Day, such as was
held last year, can be more easily
controlled than a Hobo Day, but
there is not as much student
participation.
The faculty is
willing to try another Hobo Day
if that is the desire o f the stu
dents ; but if Hobo D ay is want
ed, the Forum, which will spon
sor it, will be asked to lay down
rules and regulations that will
effectively guard against occurances such as have been men
tioned.
nile H I lite
i _________________________________
Volume III No. 13
Skokie, Illinois_________ April 24, 1942
A ll musical groups in concert
Last minute flash . . . .
The committee selecting the sen
ior class song announced today
its choice of “ Gold and Blue,
We Sing to You.” Seniors will
sing it at commencement, June 5.
Spring play billed
for tri-night stand
Representatives of the Dramatics
Publishing company and theater crit
ics will be in the audience when the
spring play cast presents “ My Heart
Beats For You,” under the direction of
Mrs. Ruth Esch, May 14 and 15 in the
assembly.
May 14 and 15 have been set as
opening nights, but a third perform
ance on May 16 will be presented if
the demand is great enough.
This premiere performance of the
new play stars the persons whose
names and pictures will be printed
when the play is released later, in
book form.
Working with the original script for
two months, the company is producing
a play within a play; a male version
of “ Little Red Riding Hood.” Bob
Moore plays the grandmother and
Jack Price is cherub-cheeked Red Rid
ing Hood with Jim Holmes as his al
ternate. Larry Miller and Dick Boyd
are the grandsires who pen the re
vamped fairy-tale and cast themselves
in the wolf role.
Marilyn Noesges dressed in the cos
tume she wore as Water Carnival
queen.
Miss Klaus, Mr.
Collins in charge
o f program May 1
Ah, the music that “ blooms” in the
spring tra-la! The annual Spring Con
cert will be held in the gym on Friday
evening, May 1, beginning at 8 p.m.
A charge of 15 cents will be made, ac
cording to co-directors, Miss Clara
Klaus and Mr. Clifford W. Collins.
About 250 students will participate
in the program. All of the choral
groups, including the mixed choir, the
Treble choir and the girls’ and boys’
choruses, will appear with the twirlers
and the band and orchestra.
‘There is music to fit everyone’s
taste,” promises Mr. Collins.
The program: Presentation of col
ors and the Star-Spangled Banner.
Orchestra — U. S. Field Artillery
(march) by John Philip Sousa, The
Golden Sceptre by R. Schlepegrell,
Passacaglia and Fughetta by Harold
M. Johnson, A Vision of Salome by J.
Bodenalt Tampes.
Girls’ chorus — Singing to My Love
by Walter Justis, The Night Has a
Thousand Eyes by Noble Cain, The
Year’s at the Spring by Cain.
Boys’ chorus — Outward Bound by
Don Malin, Passing By by PurcellMalin, Highland Laddie arr. by Malin,
Anchors Aweigh by Charles A. Zimmermann.
Choir — Kye Song of Saint Bride
by Joseph W. Clokey, Welcome Sweet
Pleasure by Thomas Walkes, Way
Over Jordan arr. by Cain, America
My Own by Cain.
Treble choir — The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, O! arr. by Leslie Woodgate, What Saith My Dainty Darling?
by Thomas Morley, When I Bring to
You Colored Toys by John Allen Car
penter.
Band—El Capitan by Sousa, Twirl
ing Number “ Washington Post March”
by Sousa, Overture Militaire by Joseph
Skomicka, Intermezzo by Heinz Pro
vost, Suite “ Espagnole” by James M.
Fulton.
Band and choruses—A Mighty For
tune is Our God by Martin Luther,
We’re All Americans by James T.
Mangan.
�Page 2
N ILEH ILITE
Niblets: Spring invades in bunches
as Mr. Benette leads in hurdling the rope
Tis spring, tis spring,
The boid is on da wing;
My woid, how absoid!
I thought the wing was
on the boid.
Couple of the Week: Mardy McKeever and Dick Barber.
Song of the Week: “ I’m Breathless”
(In honor of the track team.)
Saying of the Week: “ Howzit by
you ?”
Around and about:
Ed Theobald and Mr. Benette jump
ing rope instead of using sulpher and
molasses for spring; they gave the
east rooms some fourth period enter
tainment . . . Phyllis Brooks and Betty
Stielow getting ready to give Miss
Berry a gorgeous chocolate marshmellow cake; but when they looked in
the bottom of the box, everything but
the cake and frosting was there, . . .
Gertrude Dahm wears a “ T” on her
lapel, very confusing, but it’s for
Trudy . . . Harold Nelson and Rose
Marie Norum still at her locker; you
have to pry them lose for the 8:50
bell . . . the girls seem to be blotting
their lipstick on the boys’ arms and on
their own or else they’re blushing all
over . . .
Forum pres
ident h a s
l o s t his
ring, Cherie! . . . Toni
Thlimmen os gradually g o i n g
nuts from seeing the grasshopper sus
pended high above the middle stairs;
he’s been there since Sept. . . . Bob
Podraza looking at engagement rings
on the bus . . . Betty Bray stopping
traffic with her bowl of French fried
onions . . . best idea in a month of
Sundays — food demonstrations in
class . . . everybody anxious to see
Zenon Turski’s basket full of 0 2 +
N 2+ H 2o+ C 0 2 . . . a model girl is Pat
N IL E H IL IT E
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed biweekly by the students
of Niles Township high school of
Skokie, Illinois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
Principal.
Editors
Harley Anderson, Wayne Barton, Mil
dred Bergmark, Bernice Franson,
Olga Krajchovich, Barb Rasmussen,
Pat Reiland.
Production Managers
Erwin Dombrowski
Robert Krier
Canty; did you see her in the Trib
une? . . . Helen Reeder’s planning on
Bromo-Selzer’s by the dozen — says
coke doesn’t agree with her . . . oh
what we wouldn’t give for just one
coat of Marilyn Davis’s tan.
Nilehi reporting
Question: What are you doing for
defense?
Maddonna Wettingel: “ I’m writing
long letters to short people. Cyril
6” 3’.”
Kay Reasland: “ I’m boycotting the
silk worm.”
Violet Kottke: “ No more hot-feet for
people with rubber heels.”
Pearl Bailey: “ I study First Aid but
side of school.”
John Dinelli: “ My victory garden will
save money for defense.”
Bill King: “ Keep the car home nights
voluntarily.”
Genevieve Anderson: “ I’m taking a
double First Aid course.”
Gladys Schewe: “ Save bubble-gum to
retread girdles.”
Bernice Zika: “ Correspond with Jack
of the Navy Air Corps.”
Ann Marie Bertoncini: “ Treat the
typewriters gentler now that
sales have been frozen.”
T o m odem males
we tell these tales
By Cassandra and Amanda
They're traitors; they'll leave you,
They're bound to deceive you.
Their ten-cent allowances don't go
very fa r;
These cheapskates: Jake, Will, and
Omar.
He'll race you for an assembly seat,
Then guffaw you when he's won the
feat.
Superman's his idol; Mandrake he'll
hail —
This spaghetti-muscled male.
His voice is loud and coarse,
And he wins his quarrels by force.
And you tell him that he needs a shave
And he thinks you mean his head, the
knave.
He'll whistle when you pass,
As you go from class to class,
Cause he hopes you'll turn and look,
A t this hero from a book.
We think this is quite snappy,
A t least it makes us happy,
But we really like you kids
When it'8 time for our Prom bids.
April 24, 1942
M onkey business
trims locker c-27
Nilehi students seem to have priori
ties when it comes to getting lockers
with all the trimmings. At any rate
a superficial survey exposed a number
of things — wise and otherwise.
Jo Anne Detweiler and Mary Fran
ces Dietsch have an appetizing and
colorful dextrose advertisement at the
top of their collection. Jo Anne ex
plained, “ It’s to make us hungry.”
The increasing cost of eating hasn’t
affected them yet.
When asked if she had any pictures
in her locker, Marion Sesterhenn re
plied, “ Yes, but not for the paper.”
Could they be p-etty — whoops, fhe
printer must have forgotten an “ r” .
Sterling Hayden graces the locker
of Ann Erickson and Mary Lou Ken
dall — in fact, he graces a number of
locker doors. He seems to be quite a
popular fellow with Nilehi’s gals.
Anna Hoth has pictures and pictures
of Ronald Reagan and then there’s
Jean Dudick with the cutest monkey—
his legs flop up and down.
Roegene Scholow has an amusing
collection of jokes. They must have
been good “ cheerer uppers” during
finals.
Elva “ Johnny” Johnson practically
lives with the Navy between classes;
her locker is plastered with pictures
o f boats, gobs, and more boats, and
more gobs. Only thing is, she has
competition; Bunny Franson special
izes in the Army. Not to mention the
rumor that Hitler inhabits one of our
“ coat-keepers” somewhere in Nilehi’s
south wing.
Virginia Kopp has all sorts o f pen
nants tacked up. Annaliese Nachbauer, a twirler, has — you guessed it
—pictures of drum majors and major
ettes. Then there’s Trudy Dahm who
revels in Jon Whitcomb drawings; ask
her to show you. They’re “ sumpin.”
Best of all though is Muriel Milke
who doesn’t have any wallpaper, her
explanation, “ I’m just a neat girl.”
W hozit!
Tall and dark with raven hair,
And sparkling eyes that shine.
Her voice is really more than fair,
As is her dive sublime.
Behind the footlights she’s okay,
As will be plainly seen;
For she is Paula in the play,
With beauty in each scene.
With all these clues you surely tell
Just who this senior is;
And if you do we’ll ring a bell,
For you are quite a whiz,
jasnaunsjg uuof
�April 24, 1942
NILEH ILITE
Teachers 'go to bat’ for U. S. A.
Civilian Defense, First A id
Although Nilehi’s faculty isn’t on
a school team, some of its members
are players on Uncle Sam’s great war
squad. Going to bat for their country
to help win that relay, the school’s
teachers, like other patriotic Ameri
cans, are donating their services for
victory.
Teachers taking first-aid or Red
Cross courses are Miss Susanne Ostergren, Miss Lucille Ronalds, Superin
tendent R. E. Cotanche, Miss Marjory
Ronalds, Miss Grace Harbert, Miss
Theresa Kranz, Miss Louise Myers,
Miss Mildred Schaefer, Miss Lorraine
Spikings, Mr. John I ienhard, Mrs.
Ruth Esch, Miss Ruth Lant, and Mr.
Lester Galitz.
Any Saturday evening you’ll see
Mrs. Evelyn Meiners hostessing at the
Highland Park U.S.O. Miss Kranz is
spending two hours working for the
Red Cross on that day also.
Mr. John Benette is an air-raid war-
Home ec. sponsors
‘war style’ contest
den, a block captain, and a member of
a rationing board, whereas Mr. Galitz
is an emergency policeman and Miss
Ostergren is secretary to a block cap
tain.
Mr. Lienhard is not only a member
of the Skokie auxiliary police, but he
is also enrolled in a defense course at
the Northwestern School of Tech
nology.
Summer vacation holds a detailed
study of “ The Effect of The War on
the Textile Industry” at the Univer
sity of Nebraska for Miss Alice Line.
Mrs. Esch donated her services to
the play “ That Crazy Smith Family,”
whose proceeds went to the Defenders
Council of Skokie and “ The Pals” of
Morton Grove.
W hat d ’you know
about pastry art ?
Film notables, Shirley Temple, Jane
Withers and Adolpe Menjou were just
“ extras” when pastry producer, Mr.
All the world loves a contest and Conrad Springer, of the Edgewater
the results of this one bid fair to be Beach hotel, pointed out the actors,
“ loves” according to Miss Alice Line, actresses and props that are essential
to the kitchen scene.
home economic instructor.
Mr. Springer received his start in
The girls in her home economics
his father’s pastry shop in Germany.
minor classes are working on “ make
over” projects using material from old After three to four years of being an
dresses, suits, and coats which are out apprentice to his father, he was ready
dated, too small, or vice versa. Rea to start a shop of his own. Right then,
son? To get a new dress, to practice the war came and he laid down his
sewing, and to save material since the pastry gun to take up arms in the war
War Production board censored manu of ’17.
The date of his arrival in America
facture of full skirts, cuffs, and puf
and the beginning of his long stay at
fed sleeves.
For prizes, the six or eight girls the Edgewater Beach was 1924.
Attention would-be pastry chefs:
making the best dresses will model
“ Most of the pastry chefs in the
them in the spring fashion show to be
large hotels learned their trade either
held May 28.
in Germany, France, Italy, or Bel
gium. The only provision for learning
the trade in Chicago is at the Washburne Trade school where the pastry
chef of the Drake hotel holds classes,”
Niles Township high school was host Mr. Springer said.
last Tuesday to a group of high school
A $100 wedding cake, with exact re
principals and superintendents from productions of the outfits worn by the
Northern Indiana.
bride and bridegroom, at the top, is
A tour of the building, a luncheon one of his supreme accomplishments.
prepared by the home economics de
“ I don’t believe in prizes for such
partment, an explanation of Nilehi’s work, for every chef has his own ideas
guidance program for freshmen and and there are certain points to be con
upper classmen, skits and impressions sidered. As president of the Pastry
by the radio and dramatic classes, fac Cooks' association, I never allow any
ing the cameras of photography stu prize contest, as I feel it only tends to
dents, and being interviewed by a cause a disturbance in the organi
Nilehilite reporter completed the all zation,” is Mr. Springer’s attitude to
day program for the visitors.
ward pastry awards.
Indiana school officials
study setup at Nilehi
Page 3
This ’n that
Twentieth century military tactics
were recently applied during an in
formal debate on Caesar’s Gallic wars
as Russel Hallberg, James Watkins,
Dagmar Franson, Mary Kay DeWitt,
Danny Dever, and Ed Albright disput
ed Caesar’s strategy. Miss Marjory
Ronald’s advanced Latin scholars sat
in judgment of Caesar’s policies —
and found them wrong!
Mr. J. C. Benette, chairman of
Public Relations for the Lake Shore
division of the I.E.A., gave a speech
last week at a teachers’ banquet in
Calumet City. In his talk Mr. Benette
reviewed the work of the Public Re
lations committee during the past
year.
Due to America’s present rubber
shortage, it has been necessary to
cancel all plans to present an ex
change assembly at Leyden. Earlier
in the season Leyden brought an orig
inal musical show to NTHS, but since
then school buses have been prohibited
chartered trips. Supt. R. E. Cotanche
indicated that this ban would also
prohibit Trojan fans from following
the teams next year.
I need a name. I’m tired of being
referr
to as "he,” "it,” cr "cute
mousie.” Being penned up in a cage
all day isn’t bad, and the food is good
up here in room 314. But being called
“ cute little mousie” is absolutely re
volting. So please take pity on a poor,
nameless creature and hand your sug
gestions to Mr. J. C. Benette. You
see, I’m a very special mouse — I’m
a twirling mouse — that’s what I am.
Master Benette’s second period bi
ology class will choose my name
shortly after the contest closes April
30, and reward the winner with a
piece of cheese.
Decorated in a patriotic mood, “ Na
tions’ Nocturne,” the annual Foreign
Language club invitational party, will
entertain members and guests May 8
at 8 p.m. in Nilehi’s assembly. Club
members may bring a guest for 10
cents.
Responsibility for “ putting the pa
per to bed” will be handed to journal
ism minor students for the next issue,
published May 15. During this strik
ing innovation in Nilehilite tradition,
Helen Reeder, as first page editor, will
also manage the staff. Second, third
and fourth page editors are to be Ros
anna King, Phyllis Brooks, and James
Watkins, respectively. Ed Albright
will take over Niblet chores, and Dick
Hawkinson will handle Termites.
Marilyn Woodworth has been appoint
ed copyreader; Virginia Wyatt, head
reporter; and Cleo Tlilimmenos, man
ager of girls’ sports.
�31 Sluggers?
Front row : M gr. J. Desmond, G. Bremner, R. Krier, B. Hegarty, C. Gockenbach, R. Nelson, B. Krier, D. Petty, R. Poehlman,
G. Bolek. Second row: B. Gifford, B. Blothner, W . Johnson, C. Valk"
enaar, M. Dinelli, T. MacCleary, R. Berkow, D. Smyser, B. Engert, R*
Hobs. Third row : Coach N . Kent, J. W uerth, P. Hoppe, E . Theo
bald, T. Sheridan, V . Drueke, R. Glauner, R. Kirscht, G. W agner,
E. M ay, R. Moore.
-------:----------------------------------TE R M IT E S------------------
In the bench
HERE WE GO dealing you latest
diamond chatter. Bob Moore, varsity
catcher, appears to have lost none of
the power he possessed last season
when he led Trojan sluggers with a
.425 average. Maybe it’s that Joe Dimaggo bat he’s usirtg or has he brok
en it? Bob is champion bat breaker.
Butch “hit ’em one” Glauner,
varsity pitcher, seems to have
Charley- Gockenbach’s batting av
erage down to the size of his hat
but his head’s-up work at short
stop has assured him the position.
SPRING FEVER SEEMS to have
“ Dreamer” Drueke around the neck
and as a result the three-year veteran
has had to assume the role of sub
stitute.
Bart Hegarty has found hits in
his bat this spring and from all
reports is pounding that ball.
R ollie Poehlman and Bolek
are two outfielders who have made
favorable impressions on Coach
Kent. For a look at the varsity
heroes, take a good look at above
picture. For a better look, get
out and see the boys play Warren,
last year’s conference champions,
here, next Friday.
BOYS’ GYM CLASSES have aban
doned the indoors and have taken to
the track and diamond. One of the
first inter class ball games of the
schedule featured “ Jeep” Paulson hit
ting a homerun with the bases full.
Paren ts invited
to gym tonight
Tonight is Gym Night. At 8 p.m.
in the gymnasium the girls and boys
physical education classes will show
their parents what is being done in
the weekly gym classes. All parents
and friends are invited to attend this
program. The admission is 15 cents.
Girls and boys intramural volley
ball teams and ping pong singles will
have their final playoffs to decide the
high school champs. The rest of the
program will include the introduction
of the letter winners, a display of
the boys’ callisthenics, and the girls’
gym exercises. Miss Lorraine Spikings’ ten tumblers will wear their new
uniforms to do their latest tricks and
Miss Mildred Schaefer’s exhibition
dancing class will present a tap dance
novelty, “ Plant a Victory Garden.”
Gym Night, under the direction of
Miss Schaefer and Mr. Harold Isaac
son, is replacing Dad and Son night.
M erm aids dazzle crowd
at third water carnival
Weird strains of haunting music,
an enchanting myth filled with wind
and mystery, brilliant coloring, more
than half ta hundred Arabians, and
Princess Scheherazade, alias Marilyn
Noesges, in her wine velvet cape and
flowing white chiffon, carried the spec
tators back to tenth century Arabia
for three successive nights at the
third annual water carnival April 16,
17, and 18.
Tomorrow Trojans
run Palatine relays
Tomorrow the track team reaches
the half-way mark in its season, as it
leaves the Nilehi cinder path for the
first time to participate in the Pala
tine Relays at Palatine. The boys hope
to return this year with a groat many
more points and medals than the
pointless team that invaded Palatine
in 1941. Coach Taylor states that he
will try to enter as many boys as pos
sible including the Two-mile relay
team which placed at the Oak Park
Relays. Floyd Hunziker and Ray
Nitch will throw the Shot Put and
Discus and will probably be our only
individual entrants.
The next Saturday. May 2, the an
nual triangular meet between our Tro
jans, Leyden and Libertyville will take
place at Leyden. This meet ends the
season with conference teams but the
schedule has been filled by non-con
ference teams such as Palatine whose
maroon clad team will be seen on our
track May 5.
Last Friday the Varsity and FroshSoph engaged the Arlington cardinals
to attempt to win their first confer
ence victory. The Frosh-Soph lads
paced by L. Kuhn, Berg, Coursey,
Massey, Langan, G. Kuhn and Hollifield, who all took firsts, scored an
easy victory by a score of 71 to 23.
|The Varsity lost a close decision, 62
to 51.
Events and winners in the order in
which they finished for the Varsity
are:
Mile run: Johnston (N ), Miller (N ),
Niemeyer (A ). Time 4:57.4
120 yd. High Hurdles: Bolte (A ),
Kurtz (A ), Kittredge (N ), Kamps
(A ) tie for 3rd. Time :19.4
100 yd. Dash: Kramer (N ), Nebel
(A ), Leibrandt (N ). Time :11.2
880 Run: Johnston (N ), Miller (N ),
Canty (N ). Time 2:09.5
440 Yd. Dash: Kramer (N ), Rohlwing (A ) Rohlwing (A ). Time :58.5
- 200 yd. Low Hurdles: Kurtz (A ),
Windheim (A ), Kamps (A ). Time
:27.5
220 yd. Dash: Green (A ), Biegert
(N ), Leibrandt (N ). Time :25.9
Shot Put: Nitch (N ), Hunziker (N ),
Morici (A ). Distance 45' 4" *
Pole Vault: Kamps (A ), Maloney
(A ), Biegert (N ). Height 9' 0"
High Jump: Geutner (A ), Wind
heim (A ), Kay (A ), Hollifield (N ),
tie for 3rd. Height 5' 0"
Discus: Nitch (N ), Hunzicker (N ),
Morici (A ). Distance 123' 10"
Broad Jump: Busse (A ), Buetner
(A ), Biegert (N ). Distance 18' 10"
* This distance betters the confer
ence record by one foot.
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Skokie, Illinois
Volume III No. 15
Nilehisays goodby
to Supt. Cotanche
With echoes still resounding from
the cheers given him by the student
body at assembly May 26, Superinten
dent R. E. Cotanche prepared to close
an eleven-year term as the head and
guiding influence of Nilehi. Under his
direction the school has grown from
a two-year high school of- ¡45 pupils to
a fully accredited four-year high
school with a present enrollment of
770.
“I feel sure the students of NTHS
are going to miss Mr. Cotanche next
year,” commented Bob Moore, presi
dent of the Student-Faculty forum,
when asked for a statement on Mr.
Cotanche’s resignation. “I am only
thankful that I was able to complete
my high school education under his di
rection, and I know that many other
seniors feel the same way.”
Faculty members, in an expression
of appreciation, presented Mr. Co
tanche with a pen and pencil set at a
birthday dinner, April 24.
It is probable that Mr. Cotanche
will return t h i s fall to assume
teacher’s duties while studying for his
Ph.D. at Northwestern university.
June 5, 1942
'Tonight7 th© night for Nilehi's
s
sixth class to be graduated
H is pur diplom j -1
ere
a
CONGRATU
LATIONS!
J u s t like t h a t
w e ’r e grownup.
With those few
words our lives
change, and in
the eyes of the world we become men
and women.
Tonight, as we leave Nilehi, we
enter a troubled world — a world too
busy to stop and ask us what we’d
like to do or what would please us.
America itself is engaged in battle to
defend its heritage of freedom and
democracy — indeed, a fight to main
tain truth in a world ruled by oppres
sion.
The world we are to meet will need
everyone of us — and we must give
to the best of our ability. Some of us
are talented, some of us are not; some
have ambition, some have not; some
will climb high to fame and glory,
others will struggle only to fall again
and again.
Commencement Program
146 seniors receive their
sheepskins at 8:30 in gym
Members of the sixth graduating
class of Niles Township Community
high school will make their last ap
pearance in the role of seniors at the
exercises to be held in the school gym
at 8:30 tonight.
Growing proportionately to the ex
panse of the school and township, this
year’s senior class of 146 is the larg
est one in the history of the school.
Boys are in the minority of this class
of ’42, being outnumbered 85 to 61.
Two senior speakers will be on this
evening’s program. Erman Kramer,
president of the class will act as mas
ter of ceremonies; and Mary Lou Leon
ard has been elected by the students
from the 15 highest ranking seniors
in scholarship to tell their memories
and thoughts during their four years
spent at Nilehi.
The stage decorations are under the
supervision of the junior class. Junior
girls who will usher are Claire Juniac,
Margie Burkland, Lois Jaycox, Rosan
na King, Betty Westerlund, Elsie
Kraft, Carol Ellis, Doris Burkland,
Gerry Deily, Betty Perrin, Ann Hoth,
Mary Baumhardt, Jeanne Nelson, Lois
Rutherbeck, and Bernice Gehrs.
Enjoy going to school?
Attend summer session
Chairman, Erman Kramer
Senior Class President
SELECTIONS ............................
ORCHESTRA
KING COTTON, MARCH______________________________ SOUSA
PASSACAGLIA AND FUGHETTA..........................
JOHNSON
AMERICAN P A T R O L _____________________________ MEACHAM
PROCESSIONAL ............................................................................... ORCHESTRA
CLIFFORD COLLINS, DIRECTOR
PRESENTATION OF COLORS ................................................COLOR GUARD
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
STAR SPANGLED BA N N ER.......................................................... ORCHESTRA
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATING
GREETINGS .............................................................................ERMAN KRAMER
REFLECTIONS............................................................... MARY LOU LEONARD
CLASS OF 1942
SELECTIONS ......................................................................................... ...CHOIR
LIEBESTRAUM (LOVE’S DREAM)______
LISZT-BOURDON
IN HEAVEN ABOVE_________________________ CHRISTIANSEN
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.___________________________MALOTTE
MISS CLARA KLAUS, DIRECTOR — AUDREY BROWN, ACCOMPANIST
THE CLASS OF 1942........................................................................D. W. FLAGG
ASSISTANT-PRINCIPAL
CLASS SO N G ................................................................................ CLASS OF 1942
WORDS AND MUSIC BY CLIFFORD COLLINS
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.......................................... R. E. COTANCHE
SUPERINTENDENT-PRINCIPAL
RECESSIONAL........................................................................ .
.ORCHESTRA
Three days after the formal closing
of school on June 5, classes will again
convene, this time for Summer School
students who will attend two and a
quarter hour classes for a six weeks
session terminating July 17.
The Niles Township high school
again received full recognition by the
North Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools, the highest
honors that can be given to any high
school. Graduates from Nilehi, pro
viding they have earned acceptable
grades, may enroll in any college or
university without entrance examina
tions.
Clyde M. Campbell, high school
visitor from the University of Illinois
and representative of the North Cen
tral association advised the Board of
Education in his report to Supt. R.
E. Cotanche, “This is a good school.”
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%ILEHILITE
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V |
__________________ June 5, 1942
T•
Aged senior recalls Last editorial finished
mirth of lost vouth
in 219
as joumliasts close own story
Jest about milkin ’ t i m e f o r e
yeres ago, paw
Behind the doors of the “Pub” room
got a note in th’
and 219 this year, 15 issues of news,
male sayin’ as to
features, and fun have evolved, some
how I’d have ta
how managing to escape unharmed
come up to hifrom the din of counting, correcting,
skool to git some
book-larnin’. Maw and paw hitched and typing.
Glancing back at fellas and gals
up th ’ team an’ brung me into Niles
Center, where I boughten some a them who wrote the paper, we see their typ
store-pants for th’ opinin’ day — real ical troubles . . . Over in the corner
tall, blond Harley “I won’t date” An
slick, th at’s me.
’Course I hadta ask Mr. Galitz (old derson, complacent sports editor,
thundercloud) ta help me opin my writes — just writes all period. That
locker th at fatell day — but I missed fellow running around the table is
gettin’ hazed on accountta they didn’ Erm Kramer, keeping fit for track,
take me t ’be more than a seventh and counting papers at the same time.
As Erm reaches number 899, in comes
grader!!
Fer my sophmoar yeer, the skool
hours were moved bak so’s they didn’t
no longer interfeer with my gettin’
to bed. Maw use ta be awful put-out
about my stayin’ up till 5:30 . . . And
then I met Mabel — my first real As I sit dreaming, thoughts drift
gal — right here on th’ stairs — ’fact
through my mind,
I nearly fell down myself wen I Of people and places— things that
bumped in to her. Come spring and
have happened—memories both
I got romantikle, so me and her went
cruel and kind.
down an’ saw Bob Hope on one of Once again I live those hours of quiet
them “skool toors” — ’least that’s
happiness past . . . And wish that
wat I think it was, but room 107
all
shure was crowded the next day . . . The darker moments might be over
Maw was always a-worryin’ about
cast.
me durin’ thet junyer yeer — but But if we lived our one life full,
could I help it if all them gals didn’t
with happiness complete,
have enough fellas to go ’round? I We soon would yearn and look ahead
reckon Ascap warn’t a-relizing how
for some strange unknown feat
much joy they took outa life — and To happen — to change our steady
jest when I was a-leaming how ta
ways— to make life
waltz! An’ then paw added mor trouble More lively . . . to excite those same
by a-sayin’ I’d halfta be in earlier
dreary days.
cause I was wakin’ the roosters.
We must accept our way of life. The
Senior days went pritty quick, only
plans are varied,
I wisht I’d learnt ta understand th’ Each differs from mine. Don’t try
Hutsut Song . . . Paw — he’s awful To change . . . to be like another.
patriotic — got kinda scotch with the
Life goes on . . .
family jalopy aftur December 7, Not one can beat . . . the TIME
makin’ it hard ta keep up with th’
Trojan basketeers — but nobodie else
could either . . . And now commenseNILEHILITE
ment. Gee those skool-books were in NILES TWP. HIGH SKOKIE, ILL.
trusting!
Published and printed bi-weekly by
journalism and printing classes.
Senior's thoughts
before graduation
Journalism class names
news staff for next fall
On the basis of last month’s tryouts,
Phillis Brooks, junior, has been named
to head the Nilehilite’s staff for the
first issue next September.
Chosen for other staff posts were
Rosanna King, second page editor;
Edwin Albright, columnist; James
Watkins, sports editor; Cleo Thlimmenos, third page editor; and Marlyn
Woodworth, copy reader.
Editorial Staff
Managing editor............Grace Langan
Associate editor..........M’Lou Leonard
News editors................. Wayne Barton
Doris Mussil
Feature editor ............. Pat Reiland
Sports editor............Harley Anderson
Miss Bernice Palmquist, adviser
Production Managers
Ray Keegan, Bob Krier, Leo Mueller
Mr. Clement Meier, adviser
Doris Mussil, screaming to the public
at large that she has a four inch hole
on her page that must be filled.
Pat Reiland, busy cutting long
strings of paper-dolls, is unmoved by
Doris’s pleas and threats. Ruth Rob
erts hears the commotion and rushes
to ask the aspiring scribes, “Didja
hear Duffey’s Tavern?”
Toni Thlimmenos and Bunny Franson walk on the set, their fingers mov
ing up and down. (You’d be surprised
how many typists we lose that way!)
Kracky comes in only to get the keys
to the “Pub” office, where she heads
with homing-pigeon precision.
Millie Bergmark is found continual
ly switching pictures in. a mad rush
to finish her annual copy. Jean Dudick,
sitting almost hidden behind towers of
papers, displays a frown over the fold
ing to be done — but just then Betty
Holmes arrives, and the twosome
promptly “blitz” all 1200 papers.
Dottie Lutz and M’Lou Leonard are
discovered deep in conference trying
to determine who to crown “couple of
the week,” when Barb Rasmussen and
Wayne “Professor” Barton finally
straggle in — but naturally Wayne
forgot something and must go back.
Barb gasps a sigh of relief to find
that her annual pictures turned out
O.K. — after three retakes!
Professor Wayne again enters the
scene, this time to draft headline
writers. Grace Langan trots in late
— not at all phazed by Nilehi’s bells
—and nearly half the class pounces on
her for stories long over-due. In the
midst of this farce, Dick Hartney sits
calmly at the paper-cutter or braids
the shade cord while La Palmquist
patiently initials pass after pass.
All the bedlam, the wild chase after
hot scoops that have turned cold, the
mad race to beat “der deadline” is
over now. This year’s staff extends
its sincerest appreciation to Miss Ber
nice Palmquist, adviser, who has help
ed make the Nilehilite a paper we’re
proud of. We’re sorry to leave, we’ve
had a grand year. G’bye now, Nilehi.
The Staff
It took four years, but
In gown of black
He slowly walks
As in the deepest coma.
With shaking hands,
He grabs the thing —
It is! It’s his diploma.
�•June 5, 1942
TNT.. this 'n that
WANTED — the thief who
stole the cookies, on display in the
first floor show case, because someone
forgot to lock the door. BEWARE.
The ones that are now “taking their
place” are not HOMEMADE!!
Among the many s e n i o r s
whose future was still patternless,
several members of Mrs. Ruth Esch’s
dramatics and radio squads recently
entered the tryouts for dramatics
scholarships offered by the Goodman
theater and the Chicago School of
Expression. Results from these audi
tions have not yet been announced at
this writing.
Muriel Milke and Mildred Bergmark are the two senior girls select
ed to go to the iffim Girls’ State which
is to be held at MacMurray college at
Jacksonville, Illinois, June 24 to
July 1.
Girls’ State, an annual event, is
sponsored by the American Legion
auxiliary. Mildred was selected by the
Skokie unit 320 and Muriel by the
Morton Grove unit.
Establishing a c e l e b r a t i o n
which is expected to become a tradi
tion, the Student-Faculty forum spon
sored Autograph day last Friday. As
the Nilehi Reflections were delivered
on that day, classes were shortened
and students given the opportunity to
have their yearbooks “endorsed” at
informal class assemblies. Following
individual class meetings, the entire
student body congregated in the gym
to complete their collection of John
Hancocks. Dancing concluded the pro
gram.
NILEHILITE
146 seniors will climb ladder of success
by using rungs of education and exertion
With diploma
in hand, the 1942
graduate leaves
NTHS to make
his way on one of
three roads to suc
cess: the super
highway of col
lege; the avenue
of work; or the
boulevard of education plus exertion.
N. U., Illini harvest Trojans
Those taking the superhighway by
way of Northwestern university are
J. Allen, W. Barton, M. Bergmark, J.
Dudick, R. Gerhardt, S. Kluesing, E.
Kramer, W. Kunkel, T. MacCleary, L.
Miethke, P. Perlman, J. Pike, B. Ris
er, M. L. Schilling, D. von Gillem, and
F. Wilcox.
Those who will make an indefinite
stop at Urbana, Illinois are J. Cecil,
D. Hartney, B. Holmes, R. Johantgen,
G. Langan, and R. Oppice.
Traveling the paths of shorthand
and bookkeeping in the fall will be G.
Alterini, A. Bock, E. Heinz, D.
Jaehnke, W. King, B. Luckett, D. Mussil, E. Muto, L. Witte, J. Yates, and
B. Zika.
Learning how to teach others the
way to success, besides other things,
will be J. Florus, M. Iverson, and O.
Krajchovich.
Colleges scatter class of ’42
Colleges of small magnitude will
welcome L. Anderson, C. Jaycox, M.
Leonard, R. Moore, V. McClure, D.
Nelson, R. Nitch, V. Reuter, W. Roseman, E. Theobald, B. Wetmore, and
Midshipmen of 1 942 answer last call
to mess before 'shipping out' of Niles
At two bells (9 a.m. to you land
lubbers) yesterday morning, 146 sen
iors entered the mess hall of NTHS
to enjoy a hearty, sea-faring break
fast. The program was launched by
Chief Petty Officer Erman Kramer,
senior president.
Heading the program was a Rogue’s
Gallery of senior baby pictures, after
which came breakfast. Marie Throop
sang “Miss You” and “I Threw a Kiss
into the Ocean.”
Superintendent R. E. Cotanche, Mrs.
Ruth Esch, and Miss Clara Klaus
then presented the seniors with attend
ance certificates, dramatics awards,
and music honors, respectively.
The seniors again partook of chow
before the class sang a parody to the
song, “Somebody Else is Taking My
Place.” Coach Isaacson and Mr. Dean
Page 3
W. Flagg honored the “gobs” with
awards for brawn and brain.
The class will was read by Lois An
derson and was followed by a trio,
supposedly from the USO, which sang
“Indian Summer” and “Skylark.”
Last visitor off the good ship “Class
of ’42” was Mr. Harold Ohlson, who
gave a farewell address to the seniors.
Decorations and place cards were
planned by committees headed by Olga
Krajchovich and Bob Friese under the
supervision of Miss Marie Green and
Miss Louise Meyers. Table arrange
ments were under the direction of
Miss Alice Line. Miss Adelaide Berry
and her program committee, captained
by Grace Langan and Lois Anderson,
provided the seniors with the theme
for the morning.
E. Zust.
Those who intend to further their
education, but are undecided as to
what school shall have the honor are
E. Breitenbach, F. Hamilton, N.
Heidtke, J. Kadlec, R. Krier, M. McKeever, R. Miller, D. Mueller, P. Reiland, M. Schuett, T. Sheridan, and T.
Thlimmenos.
With indomitable spirit, these few
students will traverse the boulevard
of education (school) plus exertion
(work): M. Abbink, H. Aliprandi, C.
Artner, D. Baumann, C. Clark, C. de
Caro, B. Dickinson, J. Fisher, A. Grov
er, M. Heiniger, L. Holbeck, S. Ken
dall, V. Kottke, G. Lebbin, F. Ochs,
D. Petty, M. Reagan, and E. Such.
Many to help Uncle Sam
In order to do their utmost for
Uncle Sam, the following boys will
don one of three colors: the brown of
the army, the blue of the navy, or the
olive green of the marine: H. Dahm,
R. Eichelkraut, F. Hunziker, D. Smyser, H. Wertz, and E. Wise.
Leaving the superhighway of edu
cation, we turn off on the avenue of
work only to find the following seniors
already there: G. Anderson, J. Ander
son, L. Baptist, M. Bennett, A. Bertoncini, L. Betlinski, J. Blameuser, G.
Bremer, R. Buthman, R. darkens, J.
Dinelli, P. Donnell, V. Drueke, B.
Franson, R. Friese, A. Hannemann,
C. Huscher, E. Jarmuth, E. Johnson,
W. Keating, F. Keegan, R. Keegan,
C. Roller, E. Konowich, R. Krier, B.
Kuehne, L. Miller, H. Mueller, L. Muel
ler, J. Murray, D. Nelson, H. Nelson,
R. Podraza, K. Reasland, R. Roberts,
B. Rossmann, G. Schewe, W. Schnur,
E. Schon, M. Sesterhem, A. Weber,
M. Wettengel, and C. Whittington.
Not to be outdone in doing their bit
for defense, several girls will go into
training so that they may put on
nurses’ white: E. Anderson, D. Co
tanche, M. Curtis, G. Dahm, M. Hohs,
L. Hoth, D. Lutz, M. Milke, B. Ras
mussen, C. Thomas, and E. Zavrel.
Future vague for five
Undecided as to their future plans
are H. Anderson, B. Hegarty, B. Ro
man, A. Sell, and M. Throop.
Misses Lant and Stone
to leave NTHS for Chile
The Misses Ruth Lant and Alice
Stone are soon to leave NTHS for
Santiago, Chile, where they will teach
English and biology, respectively, at
the Santiago Girls’ college. They in
tend to leave on or about June 15, and
stay for three years.
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
June 5, 1942
28 senior boys earn honors
in interscholastic athletics
Spring sports close
with added honors
Twenty-eight of the 62 boys in this
year’s graduating class have received
major or minor awards in interscho
lastic athletics.
In the following list, (M) means a
major award; (m) a minor award.
Wayne Barton, Football (M) 41.
Swimming (m) 40-41.
Ed Breitenbach, Football (m) 38.
(M) 39, 40, 41.
Glenford Bremner, Baseball (m) 41;
(M) 42.
Calvin Clark, Football (m) 39, 40;
(M) 41. Track (M) 41.
Henry Dahm, Football (m) 39; (M)
40, 41. Basketball (m) 40-41.
Vernon Drueke, Basketball (M) 4142. Baseball (M) 39, 40, 41, 42.
Bob Eichelkraut, Football (m) 40;
(M) 41. Track (m) 40, (M) 41, 42.
Robert Gerhardt, Swimming (M)
40-41, 41-42.
Bart Hagerty, Football (m) 39;
(M) 40, 41. Basketball (M) 41-42.
Baseball (M) 41, 42.
Dick Hartney, Football (m) 40.
Swimming (M) 40-41, 41-42.
Bend and bandage
for youth build-up
“All out for defense” is the motto
of the senior class of 1942. Now more
than ever before, each one should do
his part in this great forge for victory.
Not to be caught napping are the sen
ior girls who have been regularly at
tending first aid classes conducted by
Miss Mildred Schaefer and Miss Lor
raine Spikings of the athletic depart
ment.
Coming right along, the senior boys
are building up their bodies in a class
of calisthenics conducted by Coach
Harold Isaacson.
Twelve Nilehi girls win
vacation at G.A. A. camp
Twelve Nilehi girls will be off for
a week at Conference Point camp,
Lake" Geneva starting June 14. Nom
inated at a mass meeting of the
G.A.A. May 18, the girls were ap
proved by the executive board and
Miss Mildred Schaefer, faculty ad
viser, and voted upon by the club.
Going are Nancy Allen, Doris Burklund, Florence Schramm, and Jean
Nelson, juniors; Beverly Kramer,
sophomore; and Nancy Haynie, Doro
thy Gustafson, Mary Jane Nelson, and
Barbara Schaefer, freshmen.
Floyd Hunziker, Football (M) 41.
Basketball (M) 41-42. Track (M) 42.
Carl Huscher, Basketball (m) 38-39,
39-40, 40-41; (M) 41-42.
Earl Jarmuth, Football (m) 39;
(M) 40.
Francis Keegan, Football (m) 38,
39; (M) 40, 41.
Ray Keegan, Golf (m) 41.
Stanley Kendall, Football (m) 40.
Track (M) 41.
Howard Klehm, Swimming (m) 3940.
Erman Kramer, Football (M) 40, 41.
Track (M) 41, 42.
Bob Krier, Football (m) 39, 40.
Ray Krier, Baseball (m) 41; (M)
42.
Eugene Lebbin, Football (M) 41.
Swimming (M) 41-42.
Tom MacCleary, Football (M) 41.
Baseball (m) 41; (M) 42.
Larry Miller, Football (M) 41. Bas
ketball (M) 41-42. Track (m) 40; (M)
41, 42.
Bob Moore, Baseball (M) 41, 42.
Dick Nelson, Football (m) 39, 40;
(M) 41. Baseball (m) 41; (M) 42.
Ray Nitch, Football (m) 38, 39;
(M) 40, 41. Basketball (m) 39-40.
Track (m) 40; (M) 41, 42. Swimming
(M) 40-41, 41-42.
Dan Petty, Football (m) 38, 39.
Baseball (M) 41, 42.
Bob Podraza, Basketball (m) 38-39,
39-40; (M) 40-41, 41-42. Golf (m) 41.
Howard Wertz, Swimming (M) 4041, 41-42.
After dropping early games to Ar
lington, Zion, and Northbrook, the
Trojan baseball boys bounced back
with victories over Warren, Leyden,
and Arlington, in return engagements.
Seniors who have played their last
game for NTHS include infielders B.
Hegarty, R. Krier, G. Bremner, T.
Sheridan, D. Petty, R. Nelson, and E.
Theobald. Outfielders are T. Mac
Cleary, V. Drueke, and R. Moore.
Trojan track reached new heights
this year as it sent its first delegate,
Howard Johnston, sophomore miler,
to the state meet where he finished
sixth.
Other events on the track calendar
included the team’s entry in the Oak
Park relays, in which it placed well
ahead of many Chicago schools.
The Trojan track squad ended their
season taking third place in the North
East conference track meet after total
ing 45 points.
At this meet, Howard Johnston broke
the conference record while taking first
in the mile. Larry Miller placed third
in this event, making the total eight
points. Ray Nitch and Floyd Hun
ziker took second and third, respect
ively, in the shot put scoring seven
points. Ted Canty broke the tape in
the half mile, while Johnston placed
fourth. Total: seven more points. An
other point getter, Leroy Kuhn captur
ed third in the broad jump and tied
for fourth in the pole vault.
Nilehi’s medley team of Bob Eichel
kraut, Wayne Barton, Ed Krupa, and
James Berg, placed second.
Intramural swimming champions '4/
gain honors before next year's frosh
After eighth-grade night, the fol
lowing fish were declared intramural
swim champs for ’42.
Three girls, D. Chapman, G. Deily,
and M. Callmer, dominated the mer
maids’ contests. Chapman took hon
ors in the 25 yd. back stroke and div
ing. Deily, next year’s synchronized
swimming leader, swam to victory in
the breast and 50 yd. back stroke.
Callmer won both the 25 and 50 yd.
free style events. The winning girls’
relay team was composed of A. Bock,
G. Deily, E. Heinz, and A. Weber.
Intramural honors in the boys’ jun
ior-senior swim division went to W.
Kunkel, back stroke; F. Keegan,
breast stroke; T. MacCleary, side
stroke; and E. Lebbin, free style
swim.
In the frosh-soph division J. Fredtricks took the side stroke; D. Hawkinson, breast stroke; D. Christensen,
free style; and B. Kirscht, back stroke.
A. Grover won the novice.
The winning boys’ relay team, the
Minnows, was made up of R. Wag
ner, J. Webber, J. Lannert, R. H art
ney, and R. Mussil. Winning mem
bers of the boys’ water basketball
team were W. Herman, E. Kramer, T.
MacCleary, J. Fredericks, and W.
Maier.
Top cheerleaders leave
after successful season
Mention of the successful year of
Trojan athletics would not be com
plete without a salute to the cheer
leaders
Although the ranks of these pepsters
will not be drastically thinned, to
night finds Capt. M’ Lou Leonard and
ex-Capt. Pat Reiland leaving the field.
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Barton, Wayne, News Editor
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Volume IV No. 1
Skokie, Illinois
October 2, 1942
New Choir to
Go to WMAQ
Keeping up the custom of the last
years, the school choir has had an in
vitation to perform on the High School
Studio Party early this year.
The representative from Station
WMAQ has asked the choir to appear
on the program early in November.
In past years, the choir has been
asked to perform for various organiza
tions in the community, and for al
most all school programs. The high
points of the year for the choir are
the Christmas and Spring Concerts,
and the commencement exercises.
The students who will sing in the
chior this year are:
Audrey Brown, Leota Harper, Joan
Cutsler, Peggy McNeill, Dorothy Gustafsen, Arline Madsen, Laura Breckenridge, Grace Nelson, Evanne Thomas,
Marie Stritch, Patty Todd, Gerry Thulstrup, Hildegarde Jarosch, and Rose
mary Meyer.
Zenon Turski, Bill Gohl, Mike
Hermes, Paul Hoppe, Daniel Mack,
Bill Nissen, and Gordon Peterson.
Freshmen Class Lead
By Girls in Frosh Test
Home Room 308 won the Freshmen
Room contest to determine the highest
percentage of knowledge of the stu
dent bulletin. They had the score of
77.8% which is not bad for Freshmen.
The second highest Home Room 108
had 77.7% and Home Room 106 rolled
up a percentage of 71.8%. The scores
w ere all equally distributed; the
lowest percentage was Home Room
110 with 67%.
There were seven of the pupils with
perfect scores. They were: Marion
Shubert 212, Marion McClaim 212,
Ethedred Girten 214, Dolores Mohrbacher 108, Arlene Chastain 308, Lorelie Milicke 308, and Alison Ash 211.
Variety was given the tests by the
Freshman illustrating 54 different ways
to spell courtesy. In their tests the word
was spelled all the way from courtsecy
to certloscy. The upper classman think
the Freshmen were courteous to even
attempt courtescy? Cortsey? ? ? ?
Freshmen Class
Tops Enrollment
Nilehi Freshmen again lead the stu
dent enrollment with a total of 263,
followed by 238 juniors, 227 sopho
mores, 168 seniors, which is an in
crease of 18 over the 1942 graduating
class, and 3 post graduates. This
brings the total enrollment to a new
mark of 889, a 97 increase of last year.
The long and short of the freshmen
this season is Jim Ehmer who stands
six feet two and one half inches and
tips the scale a t 240.
Dick Buchen reaches four feet eight
inches, barely tipping the scale at 76
pounds.
Marjorie Lange, junior, tops the
girls at six feet and down the line is
Bernadette Creaney, a tot of four feet
three and one-fourth inches.
pittif jigmpatljg
The school extends its sympathy to
Dr. and Mrs. Biehn on the loss of Mr.
T. A. Wilmore, Mrs. Biehn’s father.
New Principal
Wants to Know
All Students
Students, take notice: Dr. A. L.
Biehn, the new principal at Nilehi,
recently declared that he was anxious
to meet the high school students. “I
want them to speak to me wherever
we meet,” he said. However, “students
should remember that there is just
one of me, but many of them,” he con
tinued. So, if he should not call every
student by name, this fact should be
recalled.
Dr. Biehn received his Ph. D. at the
University of Nebraska. He has also
studied at the University of Wiscon
sin, the Kansas State College, and the
Peru State Teachers College.
He was principal at the high school
in Fairbury, Nebraska for six years
before coming to Niles Township high
school. Previous to obtaining the
principalship he was the high school
athletic coach. He also taught history
and physical education.
The fact that he was an athletic
coach brings up the matter of his hob
bies. These, as does his last name, all
begin with “b.” He classifies them as
“the four b’s.” They include balls,
which, in this case, is any game played
with a ball; boys; beauty; and books,
especially biography (another b).
The new “beacon” of Nilehi was
president of both the Kiwanis Club in
Fairbury, and the Nebraska State
Teachers Association, which includes
teachers of the entire state.
His family is composed of but two:
his wife and his twelve year old son,
who is now in seventh grade. His boy
accounts for the fact that the younger
members of the masculine sex rate his
hobby list.
Dr. Biehn also pointed out that he
is “not going to be the kind of princi
pal who shuts himself in the office.”
He wants to know and like Nilehi.
NTHS Alumni Direct
Summer Drama Group
This summer a few Thespians more
diligent than the rest in Niles Town
ship continued their study of drama
by attending the Little Theater Group.
This group was divided into several
smaller groups under the direction of
the more experienced actors from
years gone by.
Two of these groups, of high school
age, were supervised by Bill Stevens
and Bob Harms. A third group com
posed of younger people was directed
by “Mardy” McKeever.
�Faculty Corner
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed bi-weekly by the students
of Skokie, Illinois. Dr. A. L. Biehn,
Principal.
EDITORIAL STA FF
Managing editor...........Phyllis Brooks
News editor.............Edward Albright
Feature ed itor................ Rosanna King
Sports editor..................James Watkins
Girls’ sports............... Cleo Thlimmenos
Copy reader.........Maralyn Woodworth
Reporters
Carol Anderson, Mary Lou Kendel,
Alison Ash, Danny Dever, Phyllis McEver, Ada Fredericks, Margaret Mc
Neil, Barbara Hall, Dolores Mohrobacker, Leona Harper, Jane Permer,
Harriet Hart, Winnifred Stowe, Lois
Heiniger, Marie Stritch, James Hol
mes, John Wuerth.
Mr. Wilbur Blanke, Adviser
Production Managers
Donald Stuehler
Richard Glauner
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
Editorial
It seems that women are not the
only members of the human race cap
able of changing their minds in a split
second. Freshmen here at Nilehi, both
male and female, have found that it is
extremely interesting not only to
change their minds, but their classes
as well. But I must remind the “kind
ergarten” of this fact: a freshman can
not merely step into a senior class and
call it square. Nor can he rearrange
his program without reporting said
intention to the office.
However, many of you freshmen
have apparently incorrectly under
stood that this was the accepted pro
cedure at Nilehi. Many of the lowly
creatures have been seen, some calmly
and some wildly, stalking into sopho
more, and even senior classes just as
the tardy bell rings. Freshmen, that
is no way to behave! “It will only lead
to bloodshed.”
To tell the truth, I must confess,
you have improved. Yes—you at least
know where your lockers are and that
the stairs do not work as escalators
do. We, the upper classmen, now ac
cept and welcome you as our col
leagues, though in most respects, you
are still lost.
You have truly been grand, and we
hope you will enjoy your “internment”
at Nilehi as much as we have. And,
in your moments of distress, always
remember one more fact: seniors are
always willing to direct you to the
nearest elevator.
This is to introduce a brand new
feature, a gossip column. Never hav
ing had such a column before — (ha
ha) we shall hereby state our policy:
No one dealt with unwillingly, unjust
ly, or unknowingly. Most important:
no one’s feelings will be considered.
Doesn’t that make you happy? We
thought it would. Our.motto: LOOK —
LISTEN — W RITE — PUBLISH .
Look out, here we go.
In this secluded
little corner we
meet the cringi n g freshman
and ask “How
do you like high
school?”
Isn’t
that original? No it isn’t, but the re
plies are:
PAT PRICE, Lincoln (Brunette)
‘Oh boy!’ (We think she probably
means ‘Wow, boys!’)
JOHN KOKUM, also Lincoln.
‘I t ’s O.K. The work? All right.
Athletics? Fine. The building? Big.
The a— (ahem) girls? Now you’re
talking.’ (P.S. Better keep your eye
on Sandra, John. Competition you
know.)
ANN M cKEEVER, Cleveland.
‘Oh, just fine. Locker on third floor.
No classes on third floor. Up— down,
up—down. Ju st fine.’ (Ju st between
the three of us, she surely is a fast
worker, or is it Hegarty? Ask Pete,
he knows.)
DICK SWANSON, Lincoln.
(Puff -i- Puff) ‘Very good’ (puff)
‘F irst period third floor’ (puff) ‘Sec
ond period, basement’ (puff) ‘Third
period, second floor’ (puff) and so we
leave little Richard — puffing into
the night. Will he recover? Tune in
tomorrow and find out . . .
ODE TO A CLOCK
The periods our clocks do regulate.
I f you’re not on time, you’re counted
late.
But, so far this year, they do not
work.
So take your time, you little jerk.
Looks like we have another ‘Ray
Nelson - Tommy Davidson’ act this
year in big Jim Ehmer, six foot, in
finity inches, and little Jerry Burke,
three feet, minus inches.
Who will it be next year? . . . Some
one told us that a good way to make
“Tootsie” Nachbauer mad is to call
her “freshie.” That’s alright “Toots,”
we were all like that . . .
Seen Here and There. Strange, new
animals, called freshman, trying to
find lockers, room numbers, etc. Clar
ence Hacker, did you find the elevator
yet?
A Challenge To Youth
On the battlefronts, in the factories
and in the schools of America, patri
otism demands personal sacrifice and
suffering to guarantee our freedom of
mind, body, and conscience. High
school boys and girls can do their part
by directing their energy toward
worthwhile goals; getting pleasure out
of aiding in the cause for which our
fighting men are giving their lives.
Seriousness toward school work by
high school pupils is expected, just as
it is of those who are in our armed
forces or in our factories. Youth of
America, this is your opportunity to
accept the challenge and to prove that
the youth of this great land are ready
and willing to forgo the fancies of
your age and to get pleasure from
playing the part of more mature citi
zens. “Seriousness toward our daily
tasks” could well become the watch
words of high school youth for the
duration.
— A.L.B.
Freshmen Lament
Everyone is asking every freshman
they know,
How’d you like high school?
How’d your first day go ?
Well here’s my answer where every
one can see;
It includes too much walking to ever
suit me.
You walk to school — no bus trans
portation.
You walk to classes — no escalator.
You walk at lunch time — there are
no waiters;
They don’t even provide an elevator.
Now I don’t mind walking if it’s the
time and the place.
But going to high school is one long
race.
Ju st cut down on walking and this
would be
The world’s best high school
And the high school for me.
Anne Nonymous
After hearing Dr. Biehn speak of
gallantry to the “little ones,” we heard
of this: Every day at the beginning
of 4th period, four or five girls come
into Trig. 17, room 310, and borrow
chairs. Well, with 93% boys in that
class, one would think the girls
wouldn’t have to carry the chairs. But
no. What do the boys do? They sit
back and whistle and watch! Shame
Mr. Lienhard — Dick Boyd — W ar
ren Donarski — Danny Dever —- and
of all people Edwin (Emily Post) Allbright! . . .
Tank You.
�October 3, 1942
New teachers here
like NileHi spirit
Nilehi students welcomed eight new
teachers for the 1942-43 y e a r.. They
are Mr., Wilbur Blanke, English and
journalism; Miss Florence Harrison,
general science; Mr. Ardin Larson,
work shop and general math; Miss
Frieda Ellerbrake, E n g l i s h ; Miss
Doris Sayre, English; Miss Ada Immel, shorthand and business training;
Miss Margaret de Booy, algebra and
general math; and Mr. Jesse Dees,
geography and United States history.
Mr. Blanke said, when asked his
opinion of the school, “It is the best
organized and equipped of any school
in which I have ever taught.” Mr.
Blanke got his A.M. at the University
of Chicago.
Miss Harrison hails from Milbank,
South Dakota. She says that the co
operation between teachers and stu
dents is wonderful. The University of
Wisconsin granted her a master’s de
gree.
The Great Lakes Naval Training
Station lost their general math teacher
when N. T. H. S. got Mr. Larson. His
B.S. came from Stout Institute, he
went to Northwestern University, and
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy. He allows that Nilehi compares
most favorably with any place he has
ever taught.
The University of Southern Califor
nia awarded Miss Ellerbrake her A.M.
degree. She likes the school very much
and thinks that the students are
grand.
“I like it fine,” is what Miss Sayre,
who has an A.M. from the University
of Illinois, said when asked her honest
impression.
“Very favorably impressed,” stated
Miss Immel, who has an M.A. from
the University of Iowa. She also did
graduate work at the University of
Wisconsin,
tfMiss de Booy, who has a B.S. from
Northwestern University and an M.A.
from Columbia University, foretold of
the school’s students the following:
“Surely they will play a major role in
the solution of the world’s great
problems both today and tomorrow.”
“I think anyone who has the privi
lege of going to N. T. H. S. is just
plain lucky! Anyway, I ’m glad to be
here.!” exclaimed Mr. Dees, 1937 high
point man in his school. Coach Dees
got an A.B. from Illinois Wesleyan
University and an M.A. from North
western University. He got letters in
track and participated in other sports.
He also attended the University of
Illinois and the University of Indiana.
NÏLEHILITE
Page 3
Aviation Course Interests
Future Flyers: Enroll 26
Freshies Read Dog
Gone Good Yarns
No, the Misses Lucille and Marjorie
Ronalds are not twins. Although we
all I guess were guilty of mistaking
them so at one time, but regardless
we are certain of one thing they are
«very much alike, and after you hear
this you will be more than certain.
Both of the sisters are teaching
freshmen English, and since the be
ginning of school have had their Eng
lish “prodigy’s” reading dog stories.
Both also have bulletin boards con
taining the covers of books about dogs.
(You dog lovers mosey over and take
a gander.)
(All this and pictures TOO!)
The next thing they will sink their
teeth into is the short story and the
short story writer. Well, it’s a dog’s
life, freshmen. I know! DOG-GONE
IT !!
School Year Over
But Band Plays On
Last June when examinations were
completed and students awakened to
the happy realization that another
school year had worn itself away, most
of them turned their backs on school
activities to seek new diversions and
to rest their weary brains. By June
oth dear old Nilehi was seemingly de
serted. Its rooms were empty and a
melancholy silence crept through its
corridors. But suddenly there was —
music!
The band alone"' had remained to
keep alive the spirit of the gold and
blue. For the first time in the history
of this organization summer rehears
als were held and public appearances
were also made on two occasions.
On the evening of July 4th the band
made its second summer appearance
playing a concert at the Skokie Day
celebration where twirling exhibitions
were given by Annaliese Nachbauer
and Bernice Franson. The concert was
well received and the band was re
warded with a donation from the
Chamber of Commerce and the Ameri
can Legion. This money has been put
in a special fund to provide music,
uniforms, or other necessary equip
ment for the band.
With a busy summer completed,
playing membership now numbers
fifty-seven of which only fifty will be
used until more uniforms are obtained.
N.T.H.S. is now helping to produce
the future aviators and mechanics of
our armed forces. Through the newly
inaugurated aeronautics class, under
the direction of Mr. Dean W. Flagg,
Junior and Senior boys are learning
basic information which will reduce
the time necessary for Army or Navy
instruction of a prospective flyer.
Not only is the type of class new but
the method of instruction is also dif
ferent. The class is conducted as a
lecture with each student making a
report on the assigned subject. While
the discussion is in progress, notes are
taken by the class for later references.
As yet the nearest thing to an air
plane which has been submitted for
class study is air-minded Fred Epson’s
gas model. This may be all right for
study of the fundamental parts, but
beyond that the resemblance ends, so
at a later date the class plans to visit
airports where airplanes might be
studied more readily. Mr. Harry Hienz
of Skokie has agreed to let the class
examine his private plane, and also
tell something about the highly com
plex airplane motor.
Wright Begins Work
As New Head Janitor
Man wanted on the first floor; want
ed on the second floor; wanted in the
wing. Height 5 ft. 8 in. Weight 175
lbs. Eyes brown. Hair dark. Was last
seen heading North with murder in his
eyes and a screw driver in his hip poc
ket. Have you seen a man answering
this description? Well, of course you
have, for he’s none other than our
chief engineer, Mr. Wright. The new
custodian of Nilehi is the successor to
Mr. Mereatoris, and he hails from the
University of Chicago where six build
ings were his responsibility.
; At the present time, however, Mr.
Wright is centering all his attention
on one building, and he is asking for
the help and cooperation of every stu
dent to keep things running smoothly.
His opinion of the school as a whole
is very favorable, but he says he has
already discovered that Nilehi has an
exuberant number of gum fanciers
who lack the proper knowledge of
where to discard the object of their af
fection, as well as a host of fresh air
fiends who go about propping all the
doors open. What could he possibly
mean?
�October 3, '942
NILEHILITE
Page 4
Veni, vidi, vici
■
with Leyden
This afternoon, the Leyden Town
ship high school football team will be
out for Trojan scalps, due to the beat
ing they received from us last year.
They were tough last year and to all
reports are tougher this year than
ever. According to Coach Isaacson’s
report the probable lineup for this
game will be: Paulsen or Dean at cen
ter, Boufford and Kitteredge at guard,
Rieland and Kuhn at tackle, Carroll
and Glauner at ends, Weldon at quar
terback, Biegert and Harrer at half
back, and Gagliardo at fullback.
Friday before last saw Nilehi's Var
sity football team pitted against the
Evanston team who seemed to have
trouble getting their hands on the ball.
The final score was 26 to 6.
However, the prospects for this sea
son are unpredictable, according to
Coach Isaacson. On the deficit side of
the ledger we find that two tried and
true veterans, both major letter win
ners, Jim Rau and Ed Krupa, have
been forced to give up football.
Coaches Isaacson and Kent had been
counting heavily on them to help sup
port a new formation, for which the
Evanston game furnished a tryout.
One major difficulty this year has
been to get enough practice time.
Most of the players held down jobs
until school began and were thus un
able to show up for pre-school train
ing. The team as a whole therefore,
has had less than three weeks to train.
The point of all this explanation is
that our team will need all the help
you fans can give them, so com’on
out. We’ll be seeing you there.
Front row, left to right: Carroll, Rieland, Kuhn, Boufford, Dean, Denley, Canty.
Back row: Weldon, Krupa, Harrer, Kuhn.
Coaches see cadets
train for air force
“They certainly are tough. Yessir.
As a matter of fact, after what we
saw, we feel confident that the Japs
and Germans will be facing the best,
toughest, and cagiest aviators in the
world.”
That’s the way Mr. Isaacson and Mr.
Galitz feel, having just completed a
trip this summer to the Naval pre
flight school at Iowa City, Iowa. At
this pre-flight school there are 14,000
naval cadets and 150 officers.
I f any of you fellows think that the
Physical Ed training here in high
school is tough, just look at what these
cadets have to do every day.
Besides their regular pre-flight
training — that is, trigonometry,
flight theories, geography, navigation,
etc. — they are required to spend 8
hours a day of programatic physical
work. Included in this program are
drills, calesthetics, and sports such as
football, basketball, boxing, wrestling,
soccer, touch-football, military track,
and hand to hand fighting. After sev
eral months of swim training, all
cadets are also required to swim five
miles without rest.
After three months of this, the
cadets are moved to a primary flying
base, like Curtis Airport. Here they
are given flying experience for three
months and then moved on to a sec
ondary base like Pensacola. From
these bases, of course, they are sent
to the battle arenas of the globe.
“The whole program s t r e s s e s
strength, endurance, agility, and com-
Girls Sports
Splash! There goes senior Gerry
Deily, girls’ synchronized swimming
captain, getting the 1942-43 swimming
season off to a good start. Represent
ing the boys is James Moore, sopho
more. Making up this year’s teams
we find: Carole Ellis, Dagmar Franson,
Pat Harms, Jeanne Nelson, Evanne
Thomas, G e r r y Thulstrup, Connie
Kohtz, Marion McClain, Betty Bray,
Joan Briggs, Myrl Callmer, Dolores
Chapman, Charlotte Einhaus, Betty
Farr, Beverly Kramer, Lorraine Wel
ler, Sally Fjellman, Helen Kuehne,
Dorthea Wolcott, Mae Kennedy, Don
Lyon, Thomas Davidson, and Joe
Weber. Miss Mildred Schaefer, girls’
athletic instructor, announces enroll
ment in these classes is still open and
any upperclassman wishing to belong
to either the Wednesday or Friday
class should see her immediately.
4c
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Rah! Rah! Rah! With this year’s
cheer-leading squad we should have a
one hundred per cent turn out at the
games. The girls chosen to lead the
Trojans to another year of victory are:
Betty Burns, Betty Farr, Marilyn
Hynes, Lois Jaycox, Nancy Cutes,
June Ohlson, Captain and Grace Nel
son for the varsity squad. Marilyn
Burns, Barbara H o r t o n , Ann McKeever, C h a r m a y n e Neutz. Ann
Schirra, and Betty Weldon will be the
junior varsity leaders.
bative spirit,” says Mr. Isaacson.
“This year’s physical education pro
gram has been designed to prepare
our boys for this type of training.”
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Volume IV No. 2
Skokie, Illinois
October 21, 1942
Honor Key Award "Old Doc" Revealed As Double Cast Works
Charactor Play
Winners Total 3 6 A Finesynopsis of the story is
brief
Each year a number of Nilehi stu as follows: Doc, a country doctor, Hard On'.'Old Doc"
dents are duly rewarded for their aca
demic efforts of the previous term.
The scholastic rating of each pupil is
determined by the number of honor
points he or she has accumulated since
entrance into high school. These honor
points may be obtained by being on
the honor roll, for which two points
are given, or by receiving honorable
mention, with a reward of one point.
Students have the opportunity of
earning eight honor points a year.
Requirements for a certificate are
seven points; for a bronze key four
teen; for a silver key twenty one; and
for a gold key twenty-eight.
Those who have earned silver or
bronze keys are:
Silver Keys
Jam es Watkins, Viola Stoll, Ernest
Nordquist, Virginia Lenzen, Danny
Dever, Willard Stockfish, Betty Steilow, Dorothy Rings, Pat Galitz, Dagmar Franson, Adel Bartz, Dick Boyd.
Bronze Keys
Betty Westerlund, James Lannert,
Jack Price, Barbara Mason, Margaret
McNeill, Nona Jane Holappa, Harriet
Hart, Betty Farr, Joan Cutsler, Mar
ion Conrad, Maralyn Woodworth, Au
drey Brown.
Gordon Peschke, Robert Pasek, Bev
erly Kramer, Leota Harper, Doris
Hampton, Alma Gatzke, Betty Bray,
Lorraine Splett, Ted Roess, Tom Dav
idson, Ruth Hennig, Peter Conrad.
G IFT TO SCHOOL
Niles Township is most fortunate in
having been presented with a set of
United States history books entitled
“Library of American History, From
the Discovery of America to Present
Time,” by Edward S. Ellis, A.M. These
books were given to the school by Mr.
J . P. Alford, 8319 Kolmar Avenue, in
the name of his nephew Lloyd Friend,
a graduate of the class of 1941.
The books consist of nine beautifully
bound and profusely illustrated vol
umes. Although other books have been
given to the school individually, this
is the first set of books, donated to
our library. They will make fine addi
tional reference material on United
States history.
Nilehi certainly wants to express its
appreciation to Mr. Alford and Lloyd
Friend
firmly believes that Bob, his son is
going to practice with him after fin
ishing m e d i c a l school.' Margaret,
Bob’s fiance, having visited Bob, learns
of his true intentions. Bob is deter
mined to stay in the city, having re
ceived an opportunity to practice with
Dr. Brand. Margaret knows Brand as
a smooth, slick talker who charges his
patients high fees for his advice. Be
cause of Bob’s choice, Margaret breaks
her engagement.
Someone sooner or later will have
to tell Doc of Bob’s intentions. How
will Doc take the news?
The love rivalry is supplied by
Helen, daughter of Brand, who has
an eye on Bob.
Besides the leading characters the
supporting cast plays an important
part in the development and final out
come.
“Old Doc” in three acts calls on our
every emotion. It has comedy, drama,
romance. This play has been called a
perfect tribute to the medical profes
sion, and a warm human story.
Forum Representatives
Chosen By Homerooms
Forum representatives have been
duly elected and are now meeting reg
ularly on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday in the home room period. The
representatives and their alternatives
are:
Home room 100 Zenon Turski, Marie
Stritch, alternate. 102 Helen Kuehne,
Ann Erickson 107 Beverly Kramer,
Joan Cutsler; 110 Ann McKeever, Don
Nepstad; 112 Jeanne Nelson, Anne
Hoth; 206 Robert Weidermiller, Bar
bara Mason; 208 Rosanna King, James
Rau.
209 Sally Fjellman, Emerson Dean;
210 Betty Bray, Hildegarde Schottleutner; 211 Louis Nachbauer, Her
bert Jarosch; 212 Marion McClain,
Nancy Guthrie; 213 Nona Jane Hol
appa, Robert Pasek; 219 Harriet Hart,
James Holmes; 221 William Stockfish,
Pat Galitz; 308 Stanley Noesen, John
Suydam; 310 Nancy Allen, Ted Canty;
315 Joe Gagliardo, Shirley Laurence;
316 Tom Wetmore, Mary Lou Kendal;
108 Eleanor Nelson Edward Fisher;
306 Joan Trietsch, Bob Hartney; and
121 Hildegarde Jarosch, Walter Zust.
Once more the Niles Township High
school dramatic department seems
headed toward a sure fire hit with the
production of Old Doc.
This year the play will be given
in the fall, due to the on-coming gas
rationing. The dates are November
21, and 22 for casts one and two re
spectively. The price is twenty-five
cents for students and forty cents for
adults.
The following make up cast one and
two respectively. Old Doc, the kindly
country doctor is portrayed by Dick
Barber. Bob, his son, by Robert Engert and Gordon Davis. Pa, Alan Nel
son; and Ma Brown, Betty F a rr and
Mary Baumhardt, are old neighbors.
Margaret Burns, Bob’s fiance, is well
done by Marilyn Davis and Hildegard
Schottleutner. Dick Burns, her kid
brother, played by Edward Fisher and
James Holmes, have a great infatua
tion for Jan et Martin, Old Doc’s niece,
who is Pat Canty and Betty Burns.
Mr. Hepple, a lawyer, is capably play
ed by Ralph Nettland. Friends of
Bob’s, Dr. Brand and his daughter
Helen Brand, will be portrayed by Joe
Fisher, Gloria Westerberg, and Flor
ence Schramm. Friends and patients
of Old Doc are Mary Selby, Elizabeth
Krysher and Helen Kuehne; Mrs. Ros
si, June Ohlson and Cherie Neutz;
Mrs. Cronin, Mary Jane Nelson and
Pat Lannert; Mrs. Mellon, Leota Har
per and Dorthea Sandberg; and Lois
Warner, Mary Ellen Racine and Delores Mohrbacher.
In the play Old Doc you’ll laugh,
cry, and feel the romance that is car
ried on throughout. Comical situa
tions arise with Jan et and Dick, and
you’ll like the scene when Bob talks
to his dad. Your every desire for en
tertainment is fulfilled in this inter
esting character play.
Appetites Falling Off ?
Black Sambo, the boy of the fabu
lous appetite, has been put to shame
by students of Niles Township* “K at
ie,” our culinary expert, reports that
during the month of September —
all seventeen days of it — folks at
Nilehi ate 3,148 sandwiches and at
least 200 pies!
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
Faculty Com er
ñ íl e H Í u t í In-cense
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed bi-monthly by the students
of Skokie, Illinois. Dr. A. L. Biehn,
principal.
EDITORIAL STA FF
Managing editor...........Phyllis Brooks
News editor...............Edward Albright
Feature editor................... Harriet Hart
Sports ed ito r.............. James Watkins
Copy reader.........Maralyn Woodworth
Reporters
Carol Anderson
Winifred Stowe
Lois Heiniger
Mary Kendall
James Holmes
Alison Ash
John Wuerth
Danny Dever
Nona Holappa
Ada Fredericks
Ted Roess
Margaret McNeil
Rosemarie Meyer
Barbara Hall
Dolores Mohrobacker Barbara Mason
Leota Harper
Marilyn Wahlborg
Jane Permer
Hortense Harles
Mr. Wilbur Blanke, Adviser
Production Managers
Eddie May
Bob Brunson
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
Our War Effort
At last, Nilehi’s chance to help the
war effort has come! What with the
Junior Red Cross work, F irst Aid
courses, and the scrap metal driven
we high school students should be
able to offer endless service to our
country.
Included in the things which the
boys might participate in is the capa
city of messenger for your block cap
tain. Perhaps some of you boys are
The girls are offered many outlets
for patriotism in the line of Red Cross
work as was offered by Mrs. Lloyd at
a Junior-Senior girls’ assembly. Why
don’t you see if you can possibly put
one of the many activities into your
program.
HOLIDAY
Hurrah, kids! Holiday Monday, Oc
tober 26.
The office has announced that we
will have Monday off from school
while our teachers attend the Lake
Shore Teachers Institute meeting.
The program begins at nine thirty
a.m. and will take place at the Sterling
Morton High School, and Evanston
Township High school, morning and
afternoon respectively. The program
is under the direction of Miss Minnie
Rio of the Lake Shore Division of the
I.E.A. The chief topic to be discussed
is “The Education of Problem Child
ren,” by Mr. Edward H. Stulken.
October 21, 1942
Where Do We Go From Here?
by
Sum Punx
Due to lack of space in the last is
sue, we regretfully announce that you
missed some very luscious secrets
about the inner life of one Ted Canty
(senior?) Ha-ha, now you will never
know . . . We’ve more stuff about
“freshies” since we feel they weren’t
given enough space last issue. Heard
several of these “animals” mention
one Claude Thornhill, who as “we”
have recently found out, plays a
mighty fine piano. We recommend
“SNOWFALL” and “AUTUMN NOC
TURNE” by this worthy maestro . . .
one of the wittiest sayings contributed
on first day came from pert little
Marilyn Burns — (any relation, you
ask? — umh — could be) — upon re
ceipt of her program card. She very
excitedly exclaimed, “What is it ? Hon
est, I really didn’t mean to” . . . After
conducting a strictly on the cuff poll
of selected individuals we find that
Nilehi’s nominee for a stand-in to
“Atlas Maidenswoon,” is that hand
some, charming, passionately tender
hunk cf wavey-haired, male umph!
who travels under the name of Fred
rick Epson! . . . Personal to one Joan
Taylor — Madam, where did you get
that Colgate University sweater? And
whom, pray tell is sending all those
stickers ? Could his name be Jim ? . . .
Heard rumors of a winter-time spring
play (something new — and patriotic)
so here go some tidbits picked up in
121, the nemesis of all evil. Imagine
James Holmes retreating and blush
ing to the ceiling upon the slinky ap
proach of Pat Canty somewhere in
Act No. 1. (or what it in 121?). We’ve
heard it, confidentially, that Bob Engert and Allen Nelson could put more
umph in their love and parental
friendship scenes. Who else would
shirk a lovely kiss from Marilyn Dav
is! Whoo-oo! (P.S. Mr. Ohlson, we
dare you to ask these lads where they
do their chem. homework! Mrs. Esch
knows) . . .
. . . Miss Berry really put her foot
in it when she told 5th and 6th per.
Eng. 17 (otherwise known as the
“hungry twenty-four”) of riding on
the North Shore with a sailor! From
Kokomo, Ind. did you say, Mam ? Tsk,
Tsk. But I suppose we’d have all
been tempted, especially with a Hershey bar as bait . , . For benefit of
3rd floor freshies, we’d like to ex
plain the presence of those busy bees
buzzing around room 315 every 9th
and 10th Per. They are known as
chemistry students and, under the
To join up! That is the most fre
quent answer received from a score
or more of our junior and senior boys.
Our first reaction is to say “Fine!
And power to you.” A closer analysis,
however, reveals a dangerous, under
lying attitude. It is this. I f I am pre
paring for active service, why study?
Here today, gone tomorrow! Eat,
drink and be merry — if I live but to
fight and die! In fact, why not quit
and enlist now — as three of our boys
have already done.
Why not? I ’ll give you several rea
sons.
(1) Twenty-five years ago we sac
rificed a quarter of a million of your
uncles and cousins to win a war —
and lose a peace. Why, you ask? One
reason, at least, lay in the fact that
your parents’ generation did not have
enough education to understand and
follow our national leadership to a
successful conclusion of the peace ef
fort. This war will cost several times
as many lives and has already cost
more than three times as many dol
lars. Are you prepared to help win
this peace?
(2) Approximately 5% of the men
in. the last war were casualties. Is it
wise to endanger your entire career
of forty to fifty years in a gamble
against a few months of military ser
vice, when the odds are twenty to one
in your favor?
(3) Uncle Sam doesn’t want you
now. Today’s war machine is so tech
nical that a man with less than a high
school education is of little value. Be
prepared to give full service. Don’t
enter only half a man.
Where do we go from here ? Surely,
not to the war! Don’t let its dark
clouds blind you to the future. That
future is bright. Aviation — televis
ion — plastics — synthetic rubber —
and many other new and challenging
industries will skyrocket thousands of
your generation to high places. The
United States will accept its full re
sponsibility in the family of nations
and lead the entire world toward last
ing peace. Will you be ready to do
your part — or will you be an ostrich ?
— D. W. F.
tutelage of Mr. Ohlson are conduct
ing a spirited contest to see who can
reach experiment 1,492417 first. Come
on Christensen, some on Rentsch.
Stretch out those great legs of yours
. . . We almost threw our shoes over
the Bank Building when upon walk
ing into Kunkel’s we sighted Bob
Baumhardt! in an apron!, and work
ing!
�October 21, 1942
Sophs Top All On
Last Honor Roll
The office has released the names
of those students who made the Honor
Roll in the last quarter of the last
semester, June 1942.
Seniors
James Watkins, Viola Stoll, Janet
Lutkehaus, Virginia Wyatt, Maralyn
Woodworth, Ernest Nordquist, Vir
ginia Lenzen, Danny Dever, Robert
Tolzien, Willard Stockfish, Betty Stielow.
Dorothy Rings, Ruth Hennig, Patri
cia Galitz, Dagmar Franson, Audrey
Brown, Adele Bartz, Katherine Wing
er, Gerry Thulstrup, Melvin Schultz,
Agnes Heinz, Dick Boyd, and Peter
Conrad.
Juniors
Jack Price, Barbara Mason, Mar
garet McNeill, Nona Jane Holoppa,
Harriet Hart, Bruce Gifford, Betty
Farr, Joan Cutsler, Marion Conrad,
Gordon Peschke.
Robert Pasek, Betty Nosser, Bever
ly Kramer, Leota Harper, Doris
Hampton, Carol Graefen, Alma Gatzke, Betty Bray, Lorrain Splett, Edna
Southworth, Gladys Rossmann.
Ted Roess, Cecelia Rizzo, Tom Dav
ison, John Warakomski, Melvin Pieper, Eileen Molitor, William Marson,
Gertrude Kerstann, Jack Harrer, Rich
ard Cutler, and Patricia Bennett.
Sophomores
Dorothea W o l c o t t , Anna May
Schmidt, Eleanor Koch, Hildegarde
Jarasch, Virginia Didier, Tom Wetmore, Ernest Reimann, Rae Rita Ol
son, Celine Ingerthon, Fred Gaines.
Robert Dammann, Virginia Waldin,
Shirley Lawrence, Mary Lou Kendall,
Dorothy Gustafson, Shirley Gregor,
Helen Flieger, Paul Winger, William
Stielow, Russell Skallerup, Ann Marie
Schirra.
Dorthea Sandberg, Raymond Nel
son, Mary Jane Nelson, Shirley Nellessen, Evelyn Miethke, Donald Lyon,
Rosemary Lutz, Robert Ellis, Mars
Bishop, and Edward Ballantine.
Last Year’s Graduates
Fred Wilcox, Tom Sheridan, Lillian
Miethke, Mildred Bergmark, Virginia
Reuter, Pat Reiland, Tom MacCleary,
Mary Lou Leonard, Donna Jean Cotanche, Lois Anderson, Janice Yates,
Dorothy Nelson, Dorothy Lutz, Jane
Kadlec, Dick Hartney.
Pat Donnell, Betty Wetmore, Marie
Throop, Colleen Thomas, Ruth Rob
erts, Ruth Oppice, Florence Ochs,
Doris Mussil, Lawrence Miller, Vir
ginia McClure, Norma Heidtke, Rob
ert Gerhardt, Charles Meyer, Ruth
Buthman, and Evelyn Anderson.
NILEHILITE
Page 3
Meatless Wednesdays Hit on
War Time Cafeteria Schedule
Industrious Guatemala
Invades Spanish Room
What country can boast such pre
cious exports as sugar, coffee, ban
anas, to say nothing of timber and
hides? Guatemala, of course. Yes, this
Northernmost Central American re
public is really producing the goods.
And who can boast such beautiful pic
tures of this romantic place other than
Mrs. Edith Hepplewaithe in room 212 ?
Viola Stoll obtained these pictures
from the Glenview Public Library
through the courtesy of Mrs. Souders,
the librarian there. The pictures are
a series taken by Otto John Gaul who
makes photography his profession.
Admirably taken, they hold the inter
est of all the students who view them.
There are two very interesting pho
tographs taken in the public market
place, and another is of the native
Indians lighting candles in church.
These and many others equally as in
teresting and awe-inspiring make the
Spanish room a “scenic wonder,” so
“common chillen — let’s go to Guate
mala ! ! ! ”
251 New Books on
Library Shelves
The library has 251 new books for
circulation. Some of the interesting
ones are: “A Yank from the R. A. F .,”
by Thomas; “Biography of Lou Geh
rig,” by Graham; “The Yearling,” by
Rawlings; “Flying Fleets,” by John
ston; and “Skylark” by Raymond.
“Flying Fleets” is a review of the
history of naval aviation in the United
States. There are 124 pages of pho
tographs, showing types of aircraft
that have been, and are being used in
the navy.
“Skylark” is an appealing career
story for girls. It describes a girl
photographer’s trip by airplane over
South America. It is based upon the
author’s own experiences. This story
has thrills and romance as well as
reality and information that carry to
the reader the fact that courage, skill,
and initiative are requisites for a ca
reer in photography.
Miss Myers has stated that we have
about 3500 books in the library. Seven
per cent of this is new books which
the library has been privileged to get
this summer.
Attention students!
Did you know that —
Meatless days are here?
Nilehi is doing its bit for the war
effort by observing a meatless day
every Wednesday. According to Katie,
a meatless meal is just as nutritive
as one with meat as the dominant
factor. And too, the meatless meal is
likely to be somewhat easier on the
student’s pocketbook.
Miss Alice Line, home economics
instructor, heartily endorsed the idea
of meatless days. She stated that
Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agri
culture, was encouraging a more wide
spread consumption of cheese as an
equal to meat in nutritive value, and
as a source of the vitamins A, B, C,
and G as well as the minerals calcium
and phosphorous. Miss Line is sug
gesting an “egg a day” habit, point
ing out that eggs, even at their pres
ent skyrocketing price, are much
cheaper than most meals. Dr. Biehn
stated that a meatless day will be
observed for the duration, in order to
conserve for our fighting service men.
And what do the students themselves
think of the idea? Listen to what
these students say:
Joyce Graefen, junior, “I think it’s
a good idea to do all we can and I
don’t mind at all.”
Barbara Koeune, senior, “I f other
people can give up gas, tires and many
other things, I guess I can give up
meat once a week.”
Jack Fredericks, sophomore, “I t ’s
O. K. by me!”
First School Assembly
Has Singing Doctor
Calling all students of Niles Town
ship High School — man of medium
h e i g h t , distinguished appearance,
white hair, engaging smile, courteous
and gracious manner reported to be in
the vicinity. The man, Dr. Otto
Schacht, is a notorious singer, lec
turer, and teacher. He is suspected of
spreading rumors by word of mouth
concerning his philosophy in the art
of singing, and giving out bits of true
Americanism. Dr. Schacht is expected
to appear in the boys’ gym, Wednes
day, October 28, 10:00 a.m.
The program is the first profession
al and paid assembly of the year. The
Student Activity Fund finances assem
blies of this type. The students back
the fund with their $5.00 enrollment
fee.
�Obstacle Course
Offers Fun—
Yeah?
Scientists say we are what we eat.
According to the monkey business go
ing on in the physical education ob
stacle course, nuts must be a common
er diet than we thought. However, to
begin at the beginning.
We were innocently mosseying along,
minding somebody else’s business
when a certain unsweet something
crossed our path. Not a black cat,
mind you, not the truant officer,
(thank goodness), but 18 panting sen
iors. Now ordinarily we would pass
them by without a thought, but sen
iors -never pant without reason, (ex
cept when a pretty girl walks by). So,
to make a short story long, we dis
covered from whence they had come—
the obstacle course.
From our actions, Mr. Isaacson
must have taken us for a couple of
freshmen, for we were immediately
made to run the course from begin
ning to end. The first misery encoun
tered is the necessity of balancing,
slipping and walking on the thin side
of a two by eight, for several feet.
We were proud to have only skinned
an ankle in this process. Leaving the
board, we ran on, over a hill under
a low-branched tree. Here we were
rewarded with a smart crack across
the face by a branch.
Suddenly, before us loomed the ob
ject of nobody’s affections, a contriv
ance with three horizontal poles on
which one must swing above the
ground for about 12 feet. Gad, what
a muscle builder or muscle breaker
that is. However we passed this ob
stacle and jumped the water hole.
Don’t tell us we’re all wet. We assure
you that that applies only up to the
ears.
However we carried on. We suc
cessfully passed the parallel bars
(only one sprained wrist apiece) and
then arrived at the seven foot wall
and ladder. Being too tired to jump
the wall, we slipped and slid over the
ladder.
Whoever invented the next obstacle
fondly known as chicken coops, (there
are two of them), should have had his
head examined. The idea is to drag
yourself through without bumping
head or the other extreme.
The finishing touch (and we do
mean finishing) is to run a weaving
path thru the woods and trip, lightly
or heavily, over several logs. After
all this, needless to say, a shower is
a necessity.
Confidentially, we couldn’t say wheth
er we would rather take Mr. Ohlson’s
Physics course or run the obstacle
course.
Trojans Crush Warren For
Fourth Win In Row
Conference Rules No
More Schedule Games
No ‘buts’ about it. After the con
clusion of the ’42 football season there
just won’t be any more scheduled ath
letic contests. The ideas to conserve
all the rubber and gasoline possible
for the war effort. Therefore, from
now on, the only basketball or base
ball games, track or swimming meets
that will be held, will be with those
schools that are within walking dis
tance of the transportation lines.
These contests will be arranged by
the individual schools. While ruling
will slash our playing seasons, we can
probably arrange games and meets
with Evanston, New Trier, Waukegan,
and other north shore teams.
The cancellation announcement was
made by the North East Athletic Con
ference and applies to all the eight
teams under its jurisdiction. I t will
apply only for the duration of the war.
Girls Sports
“Water, water, everywhere,” lament
Nilehi’s aquatic minded group, who,
after several weeks of practice, have
begun to take on the aspect of a syn
chronized swimming team. The team’s
membership has been increased by
three freshmen mermaids, Marjory
Anderson, Marion McClain, and Beryle
Schwabe who earned their place at the
tryouts on September 24. Jim Tagney
and Joan Taylor, two rather late can
didates, have also gotten into the
“swim.”
With the team’s present personnel
and marked enthusiasm Nilehi can
look forward, this year, to an even
more beautiful and remarkable water
carnival.
Bowling Teams Met,
And Bowled 'em Over
On October 7, 1942, the Wednesday
night Bowling League met at the Sko
kie alleys to bowl. This was the first
meet of the year with seven teams
competing.
For the two games that they played,
Ruth Hennig led with a score of 301,
Pat Harms was next with 257, and
Betty Lou Henrisci followed with 244.
The highest team was the S.O.S’s with
a percentage of .1122. Next in line
were the Ten Pins with 926%.
Despite many gruesome forecast
ings for last Friday’s Homecoming
game, the Trojans came through in
fine style, whipping Warren Town
ship, last year’s conference champions,
by the one sided score of 19-7.
The heavy Warren team could not
seem to puzzle out the tricky man in
motion plays used by Coach Isaacson
and let backs sift through for sub
stantial gains time and again. NileHi’s touchdown march began right
after the kickoff. Before the quarter
was ended Gagliardo carried the ball
over and the extra point was good to
make the score 7-0.
Gagliardo also made a spectacular
run of about 55 yards for the second
touchdown.
Jack Fredricks made touchdown
number three. The only blot against
the team was the number of penalties
that were charged against them. This
was due to the insufficient practice
the Trojans have had, since their
training period began late.
The cross country meet that was
run off Friday at the half had one
interesting side light. Howard John
son, although sporting a broken rib,
came in first to beat the best the op
position had to offer. Nice going,
Howard!
Cross Country Revue
The triangular meet with Palatine
and Evanston resulted in Simmons of
Evanston coming in first in 12 min
utes, 4.5 seconds, Vogt of Palatine was
second, Anderson from Palatine, third,
in fourth Stewart of Evanston and
fifth place Meinke of Niles Twp.
At Crystal Lake the Trojan tracksters were defeated by Bacon of Crys
tal Lake as he finished in 12 minutes,
10 seconds. He was followed by
Meinke of Niles Twp. in second place,
and Dillon of Crystal Lake in third,
tracksters to victory against Leyden.
He ran the 2Vz mile course in 10 min
utes, 16 seconds, setting the track
record and finishing twenty yards
ahead of his nearest competitor, Bradhort, of Leyden. In spite of this splen
did feat, the team came in second as
only five of our boys competed. Bill
Randquist was absent due to illness.
Mienke of Niles Twp. and K raft of
Leyden were sprinting closely, but at
the finish K raft moved ahead to finish
third.
The team has fought loyally. Come
out and back them up in the remaining
meets.
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nile H I lite
Volume IV No. 3
Skokie, Illinois
November 6, 1942
NILEHI’S FIRST MEATLESS DAY is heralded by Mrs. Schuler, shown here
serving Vito Colano, Joe Byron, Jack Zimmerman, Tommy Wettnipre, Roger
Milz, Walter Kelting, and Gilmore Catanzaro.
Nileli Aired
Over WGN
Wednesday, November 4, was a red
letter day for Nilehi when the cast of
the “Citizens of Tomorrow” radio pro
gram, sponsored by WGN, visited the
school. They recorded the program
presented by the school and the regu
lar cast at an all-school assembly in
the gymnasium. The recording is to
be broadcast next Sunday afternoon,
November 8, at one o’clock.
Dr. Biehn gave the main address,
stating what Nilehi was doing for the
war effort. He was introduced by Mr.
Phillip Maxwell, a member of the
Chicago Tribune’s editorial staff. Mr.
Maxwell commented upon the fact
that Dr. Biehn had been voted the
most popular boy in his college.
Continuing the program, Miss Klaus
directed the school choir in two con
cert numbers, “Rain and River,” and
“I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.”
Later the choir and the entire student
body sang the school song.
Bill Stockfisch, a senior, was se
lected because of his high scholastic
record to be interviewed by Mr. Max
well. Bill’s name was then added to
the show’s Roll of Honor.
Seniors! Are Your
Photographs Made
This year seniors and the faculty
are being urged to have their pictures
for the annual taken before November
12, at Toloff’s Studio/Evanston.
A representative from the studio
will be here on November 12, 13, 14 to
take pictures of those seniors who
were not able to go to the studio. The
faculty, however, is expected to have
their pictures taken at the studio.
One proof must be selected by
each senior and teacher and turn
ed in to Mr. Blanke by December 1.
If the proof is not returned, one will
be chosen by the staff and prepared
for publication.
The staff is hopefully looking for
ward to having the pictures ready to
be put into the yearbook by Christmas.
C’mon seniors, ‘lens’ us some smile,
give them the ‘birdie’, and proof to us
you candid it.
Alumnus Joins Waves
Carolyn R. Throop has joinesKthe
Waves. A graduate of this §bhool in
1938, she was outstanding in Ihe Hon
or Student Council, bowling, the year
book committees, and G.A.A. x
Mom And Dad
Change Places
With Students
The worm has turned! Monday, No
vember 9 is Parents’ Night on which
occasion Mom and Dad will come and
take their places in Junior’s classes.
Parents are to follow the pupils’ reg
ular Monday schedules — fathers at
tending sons’ classes and mothers at
tending daughters’ classes. If both
parents attend the son’s class, the
father will be seated in his boy’s reg
ular chair, and the mother will take
any vacant seat after roll is taken.
The same applies if both parents at
tend the daughter’s classes, but in
the reverse order. Periods will be
shortened and lunch hours doubled in
length. Since all the seats in every
class room and study hall will be num
bered and parents will be given the
number of the seat in each class-room
on the card sent home, there should
be a limited amount of confusion.
After roll is called extra visitors
will be seated and teachers will out
line the course. The study hall teacher
will explain library slips, utility slips,
etc. Home room teachers will explain
excuses, and home room organization.
The steering committee composed
of Mr. Ohlson, Miss Harbert, Mr. Bennette, and Miss M. Ronalds, has made
all arrangements for the program.
Students! Here’s your opportunity
to find out the truth about those stor
ies of Dad’s scholastic ability. Get
your parents out for the parents’
night program.
Military Regime Seizes
War-Time Latin Class
Miss Margery Ronalds’ second year
Latin class has developed a novel idea
for creating a war-time atmosphere in
the class room. The spirit of friendly
competition has been aroused by di
viding the class into military ranks
according to the grades received on
major tests.
A general, Peggy McNeill; 6 col
onels, Joan Cutsler, Doris Hampton,
Leota Harper, Harriet Hart, Barbara
Mason, and Ted Roess; 6 majors,
Irene Weis, Helen Koehne, Beverly
Kramer, Jane Permer, Lois Steek and
Sally Hadston; captains and privates
constitute the division of the class.
The captains and majors vary accord
ing to the results of daily tests con
sisting of grammar drills.
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NILEHILITE
NiltHiuTE Nothing
Sacred
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed bi-monthly by the students
of Skokie, Illinois. Dr. A. L. Biehn,
principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing editor..........Phyllis Brooks
News editor.............Edward Albright
Feature editor............... . Harriet Hart
Sports editor.......... James Watkins
Copy read er.. . . .Maralyn Woodworth
Reporters
Lois Heiniger
Mary Kendall
James Holmes
Alison Ash
John Wuerth
Danny Dever
Nona Holappa
Ada Fredericks
Rosemarie Meyer
Barbara Hall
Marilyn Wahlborg
Carol Anderson
Dolores Mohrobacker
Bob Pasek
Betty Farr
Marion Eichelkraut
Joan Cutsler
Virginia Berthold
Charlotte Einhaus
Bob Ellis
Patricia Bennett
Gladys Rossmann
Roland Poehlmann
Mr. Wilbur Blanke, Adviser
Production Managers
Leslie Ahrens
Patrick Bennett
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
The Manifestation of
A Mighty Mystery.
You mystery fans will probably be
over-joyed to find that Nilehi has a
real mystery on its hands. The burn
ing question is: “Why don’t teachers
use the teachers’ lunchroom” This
lunchroom is more private, more com
fortable, and should be more enticing.
Intensive research work has been done
in many independent laboratories, and
startling c o n c l u s i o n s have been
reached.
LABORATORY No. 1
This laboratory must have been
made up mostly of sophomores, for the
logical thing to investigate seemed to
misled freshman would mistake them
be the freshman problem. It was final
ly decided that the teachers fear some
for a meatball, and spear them in
passing, TNot that we think teachers
even resemble meatballs.)
LABORATORY No. 2
Someone in the second laboratory
must have seen people entering and
departing from said lunchroom with
queer suit cases, unsheathed horns of
all descriptions, and sundry other noise
making materials. It is their unbiased
opinion that teachers like music, but
after all, we must stop somewhere.
Maybe the very memory is enough to
keep them away.
LABORATORY No. 3
These chemists spent many hours
of grueling work on the problem.
After trying all the formulas they
Greetings, dear people!
All you hep-cats probably saw Jeff
carrying Mutt around at the Home
coming dance. Maybe the poor little
fellow had been disabled in the rush
— but then, hadn’t we all And while
we’re in the comics, we might mention
the rumor that Gordon Davis is grow
ing his hair so that he can bleach it,
and the girls will call him “Atlas
Maidenswoon.”
These autumn gales certainly do
ruin one’s hair. Maybe that’s why cer
tain senior girls park in the southeast
wing to take down their hair of a
morning, eh Rosemarie?
Someone is going to mistake this
for a Nazi Youth Camp, the way we’re
forever marching. And then there are
always the dear little people that yell
“To the rear, march! in the midst of
traffic, and then proceed to do so. We
personally have lost three toes that
way. It must have affected Patricia
Bennet also, for she looked rather
flustered when caught with her shoes
off in class!
We’re wondering if it’s fashionable
to roll one’s sleeves up and down dur
ing the pledge to the flag. Note the
N.T.H.S. poster to this effect.
Before putting this column to bed,
some note should be made of the faith
ful few who did show up at the FirstAid, and similar meetings. Hats off to
them!
could think of, they finally hit on the
answer they believe to be correct.
They believe the teachers want to be
near the pupils. The cheery faces, the
quiet voices, the excellent manners
and complete consideration of the stu
dent body draws them out of their
luxurious lunchroom.
LABORATORY No. 4
This laboratory hit upon a very prob
able situation. Perhaps you have no
ticed a weird sound issuing forth from
the doors of the lunchroom. Is it a
dying cow? Is it a shade from the
world beyond? It is rumored that it
is some sort of club; a club of haunts,
no doubt.
Here you have it. Our personal opin
ion is that laziness has overcome our
teachers. What is yours? L.L.H.
November 5, 1942
Faculty Comer
Why Not Shoot the School
Many High School pupils are inter
ested in photography, but never know
what pictures to take. Why not take
pictures of the school, school activi
ties, and, incidentally, of your class
mates, especially those who are par
ticularly good as mimics?
As you know, the photography class
es take most of the pictures for the
yearbook, but there is not a reason in
the world for your not taking some of
these pictures yourselves. Get in the
habit of shooting pictures of school
activities which you attend, and sub
mit them to the committee for the
yearbook.
Here are a few tips to help you get
good pictures: (a) Do not tip the
camera sideways; (b) Keep the lens
clean; (c) Hold the camera still; (d)
Do not put your finger in front of the
lens as you are going to shoot the pic
ture; (e) Focus accurately; (if the
camera is equipped with distance
scale, step off the distance between
subject and camera) (g) Wind the film
or change the plate holds after each
picture to avoid double exposures;
(g) Watch the picture in your view
finder or you will discover that the
head or feet of your subject have been
cut off in the finished picture; (h) Use
simple backgrounds, preferably con
trasting.
By following the above simple rules,
you will get better results with your
pictures, and therefore you will derive
greater pleasure from your hobby.
Mr. Benette
Today's Armistice
November 11 and no school! A va
cation — a day when we can sleep as
long as we wish and do what we
please!
Perhaps that’s all Armistice Day
means to you. But when you stop to
think about it, does it seem logical
that millions of men gave their lives
merely to furnish posterity with an
excuse to miss school?
Twenty-four years ago the misery,
the bloodshed, and the hate of cen
turies was declared ended. The battle
fields were littered with dead, and
many fathers, brothers, and sons were
lost; but the war to end wars was
over. Tyranny had succumbed for
ever. Democracy would reign.
This year men are again fighting
each other, and unless we of today
give more thought to the mistakes of
our last peace, th ere. will be more
lives lost, more suffering, and more
war time armistices tomorrow.
�Turn Song Writers,
Students Urged
Why don’t you write a song?
High school students throughout
the country are being urged to write
new songs in connection with the sale
of War Bonds and Stamps. These
songs should emphasize the three re
lated activities of the SCHOOLS AT
WAR Program: Save, Serve, Conserve
The songs can be in one of two forms:
A. Original words and original
music.
B. Original words set to wellknown tunes that are in the
public domain.
Outstanding songs will be submitted
to the Advisory Committee on Music
Education for the Treasury Depart
ment. The best of these songs will
be submitted by the committee foot
publication in “The Schools at Wai
Teachers’ Bulletin” as well as for use
by other students in their SCHOOLS
AT WAR Program.
Miss Klaus will receive all contribu
tions and will be glad to give furtha
information.
This ’n That
As we frantically did our homework
for our third period classes the other
morning in homeroom, the voice of
our dear teacher rent the silence, giv
ing forth some startling news.
It was the announcement of Par
ent’s Night. Noting the varied ex
pressions on the bright and shining
i a c e s surrounding us, we were
prompted to get the opinions of sev
eral students.
Here are the statements given to
us:
Shirley Kutz—Freshman:
It’s a good idea.
Howie Johnston — Junior:
I don’t like it. It might make my
folks wonder why I haven’t taken any
books home all year!
Marion Eichelkraut — Junior:
It’s all right with me, but I can just
see my dad taking over my leader’s
swim class!
Evanne Thomas — Senior:
It’s a good idea. It will show our
parents our real trials and troubles.
Mike La Monica — Sophomore:
I don’t like it. My parents’ll find
cut what I should be doing.
Francis May — Senior:
I t’s a good idea as long as teachers
don’t tell the whole truth about
grades, etc.
Mr. Leinhard:
From a previous experience, I think
it should be very successful, and very
entertaining for all concerned.
Freshmen Have Big Doings;
Sophomores Hope For Same
The sophomores are giving vent to
their underclass feelings by throwing
a class party November 12, from 3:30
to 5i00 o’clock. Since the freshmen
How would you like to be in the have started the plan of having their
plight that Jimmy Holmes is in the parties in the afternoon, the sopho
play “Old Doc?” In love with the mores are following suit. The idea is
most beautiful girl in the world, he to save tires. It looks like our under
is not allowed to place even one small classmen are really all out for defense.
Miss Lyttle is in charge of the
kiss on her brow before the play
reaches its end. Pat Canty is “so near dance committee with Paul Jacobs,
Laura Breckenridge, Sally Fjellman,
but yet so far!”
Every afternoon after school in Ed Sembach, and Jo Ann Detweiler
room 121 rehearsals for the play are assisting. The game committee, head
taking place. Have you been wonder ed by Mr. Kent and Mr. Mackey, in
ing what goes on at these practices? cludes Pat Canty, Mary Lou Kendall,
Many amusing things occur at them. Ray Nelson, Pat Lanert, and Don Ly
While no one seems to know his on. Miss Line and Miss Klaus are in
own part at the present, the lines of charge of refreshments with such as
the rest of the cast seem quite famil sistants as Delores Mertes, Marilyn
iar. But by the time of the presenta Wahlberg, A1 Hubert, Dolores Brooks,
tion of the play, November 21 and 22, and Dorothy Gustafson.
On October 20 about 200 freshies
they will all be letter perfect even
though several rehearsals have been showed up at a party planned for
them by Miss Carolyn Lumpp, Miss
missed due to Mrs. Esch’s illness.
If the eating continues in the way Marjory Ronalds, Miss Lucille Ron
that it has started, the members of alds, and Miss Frances Ellerbrake.
the cast had better watch their fig Upperclassmen who lent a helping
ures. On the bill-of-fare are ice cream hand were Fred Gaines, Horace Lincones, ice cream bars, sandwiches, pie, decker, Don Lyon, Jack Fredericks,
popcorn, potato chips, candy, and any Charles Valkenaar, and Betty Bray.
A “Mock Track Meet” was the main
thing else that is edible.
feature of the party. Throwing straws,
blowing up balloons, carrying potatoes
on their feet, rolling ping pong balls
First Meeting Home
with their noses were among the
this
track meet.
Nursing Class Held events in room laughable the highest
Home
211 had
As a result of Mrs. Lloyd’s visit to number of points gained from the
Nilehi, 22 junior and senior girls at track meet. The prize given them was
tended the first Home Nursing Class a box of Hallowe’en suckers. Refresh
at the municipal building in Skokie on ments were served and the party
wound up with a half hour of dancing.
October 15, at 7:15 p.m.
The course will consist of hygiene,
public health, child care, and care for
the sick and injured. Training of this
Kluesing on Committee
kind is an excellent preparation for
girls planning to attend nursing
schools. It also is very useful now
Marilyn Kluesing, daughter of Mr.
since many nurses are with the fight and Mrs. P. J. Kluesing, 7007 Fargo
ing forces and the need for them is Avenue, Chicago was a member of the
publicity committee for the Barn
urgent here at home.
The instructress, Miss Jorgenson, Dance which was given by the Ath
had many interesting experiences as a letic Association of Mac Murray Col
nurse in World War I, and is now a lege on Saturday evening, October 24.
Miss Kluesing, a graduate of Niles
public welfare nurse in Evanston.
To acquaint the girls and 13 women Twp., in 1939 is a senior art member
with the Red Cross, Miss Jorgenson and a member of the Theta Sigma up
gave a summary of its history — par per class society. While attending
ticularly the home nursing depart Nilehi, she was active in G.A.A. activi
ties, the Chicago Club, Bowling Club,
ment.
Mrs. Burklund, the home nursing French Club, Monitor’s Club and was
chairman of Niles Township, assisted a member of the Junior Prom Com
mittee.
with enrollment and fees.
Esch Players Overwork
Preparing For'Old Doc7
�November 6, 1942
NILEHILITE
Page 4
Girls' Sports
Students of Nilehi are warned not
to be frightened by any weird sounds
heard coming from the swimming pool
on Wednesday afternoons. It’s only
the lifesaving class learning how to
save some supposedly drowning per
son from a watery grave.
The class is made up of a few brave
souls who alternately rescue or are
rescued by their classmates. After
trying the vlirious holds and ap
proaches, (no remarks, please), on the
other prospective life guards, some of
them dragged in a few innocent by
standers in their regular swimming
classes. Little dreaming what they
were getting into, these poor deluded
souls consented to be the victims.
After being partially drowned, pushed
under water, and having a kind of
drastic ju-jitsu practiçed on them,
they staggered away from their res
cuers as fast as their weakened condi
tions would permit, vowing never to
be so foolhardy again.
If anyone lives through the course
and completes it successfully, she re
ceives a badge for her suit, and a cer
tificate.
The heroines-to-be, under the direc
tion of Miss Spikings, are:
Marion Eichelkraut, Nona Jayne
Holappa, Jane Permer, Peggy Mc
Neill, Betty Heiniger, Dolores Chap
man, Gerry Deily, Rosemarie Racine,
Gerry Thulstrup, Evanne Thomas,
Marilee Thomas, Mary Lou Kendall,
Eleanor Jacobs, Shirley Lawerence and
Betty Bray.
6AMg^
The boys are not the only ones that
can run the obstacle course. The girls
can, too. There were a few minor in
juries. The victims and their reactions
were:
Peggy McNeill — junior — “It puts
you in fine shape for the undertaker.
If you live through it, you’ll make a
commando, no doubt.”
Joan Cutsler — junior — “I can tell
you but you can’t print it in the pa
per.”
Pat Galitz — senior — “I think its
swell. I’d like to try it again some
time.”
One of the other girls, sophomore
Bernadette Creaney, said: “It’s a lot
of fun, not very hard, but I couldn’t
get over the 7 foot wall.”
It is too bad the girls had so many
accidents. In the spring if they go
out they will be more careful.
Bergstron and Isaacson
Pessimistic Over Nov. 6
Termites
In the Bench
The boys’ gym classes have begun
the new game of soccer in Nilehi’s
physical “fitter upper” program. For
once, however, they won’t have to
worry about getting their clumsy
paws on the ball. One of the few rules
of the game, given attention by these
candidates for a nut house, is that one
stating that the players are not allow
ed to touch the ball with their hands
or arms. (For our critics, the excep
tion is the goalie who may pick the
ball up and throw or kick it if he stays
in the goal box.)
Anyhow we understand that several
of the bruisers were made just that
by either well or mis-placed kicks,
and we were wondering, what with the
obstacle course and all, whether the
physical education department is go
ing to turn out physically able or
physically disable men come out next
June.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Mah, Mah. So the gals heve approp
riated thet muscle massacree, Nilehi’s
own jolly obstacle coo’se. Us’uns hez
seed ever’thin now. Th’ males hed
betta be alookin tew theah lauhrels.
(Ed.—Kindly excuse Sambo’s spell
ing. He only went to Nilehi three
years and then joined the armed
forces.)
CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations — are in order for
our cross country team and in particu
lar for Howard Johston, who literally
put the school on the “cross country
map.” Johnston won the large sec
tional meet last Friday at Proviso.
Illinois, and broke the course record
with the spectacular time of 11 min
utes and 6.6 seconds. There were about
100 men running in the meet, compet
ing from nine schools, most of which
were much larger than Niles.
The team placed sixth in the meet
in spite of the fact that only four local
students out of the hundred men com
peted. Meinke finished 29 and ran a
very good race. Hall finished 46, and
Langon 59.
The season will close on Friday, No
vember 6, with Niles traveling to Ev
anston.
The most unusual game of the sea
son will be played against Libertyville, Friday, November 6, at 2 o’clock.
The unusualness is brought about by
the pessimistic note held by the
coaches.
The record shows that Libertyville
has won her first two games against
Crystal Lake and Zion, 13 to 0. The
last two games with Leyden and Lake
Forest were ties, 0 to 0. Everyone
knows that the Trojans have won 4
straight, and lost to Lake Forest.
In a letter received from Coach
Bergstrom of Libertyville the follow
ing facts were pointed out. In his
opinion they had started out with a
good team but are now handicapped
with a small line, averaging about
160. Two of their best linemen, Paul
Schaffer and A1 Kranz, have been in
jured and it is doubted whether either
will play. On the other hand rumors
have been circulating to the effect that
Coach Isaacson is equally pessimistic.
This opinion is not verified by last
year’s record when the men of Troy
marched over Libertyville in an ex
citing game.
All this seems to point to one fact—
coaches are the most pessimistic per
sons there are. In all probability the
game Friday will be better than this
attitude shows.
G .A. A. Hayride
Amid clattering hoof beats, and hay
galore, seventy-eight Nilehi students
rode gaily out to Miami Woods where
they feasted on hot puppies, apples,
and marshmallows.
The hayrack party, sponsored by
the G.A.A., set out at 7:30 with Misses
Line, Schaefer, and Johanns. They
returned to the campus at 9:30. The
55 cent charge was considered cheap.
The party was held to celebrate the
close of the recent G.A.A. magazine
campaign.
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Evanston Lights
Leyden 6
Crystal Lake 7
Warren 6
Lake Forest 21
Woodstock 12
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Skokie, Illin o is
N ovem ber 20, 1942
"Old Doc" Faces
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Standing — Elizabeth Krysher, Gloria Westerberg, Bob Engert, Ralph
Nettland, Alan Nelson, Gordon Davis, Leota Harper and Edward Fisher.
Seated — Marilyn Davis, Dick Barber, Mary Ellen Racine, Betty Farr,
Mary Jane Nelson, Pat Canty, and June Ohlson.
Standing — Helen Keuhne, Charie Neutz, Dick Barber, Ralph Nettland,
Florence Schramm, Bob Engert, Alan Nelson, Mary Baumhardt, Betty Burns,
and Jimmy Holmes.
Seated — Hildegarde Schlottneuter, Delores Mohrbacher, Dorothea Sand
berg, P: t Lannert.
Library Marks Book
Week With Display
Like hundreds of schools through
out the country, NileHi has dedicated
the week of November 15th to books,
in order to promote greater reading
The two center aisles of tables in
the library displayed valuable fiction
books of which most high school sutdents have not been truly aware. The
subjects of the books on display were;
Science, Literature, Personality-Man
ners, Youth-Vocations, History, Lan
guages, Useful Arts, and Fine Arts.
Apart from the other exhibits was
a double table at the front of the li
brary devoted to “Americana” and
"Latin America.”
Supplementary projects were con
tributed by Math, Science, Spanish,
and Home Economics classes. Anoth
er added feature was an interesting
study in the trainin'''
the armed
forces.
Miss Myers has spent a great deal
of time by making the bulletin boards
attractive. The backs of book jackets
spelled out “Forward With Books,”
the thpmn nf P^lr
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Parenfs Pleased
With Night School
Now that Parent’s Night is safely
over, students, parents, and the facul
ty can all sit back and relax. This
year’s program will probably be the
first of many similar ones in the fol
lowing years. According to Dr. Biehn,
the evening was a great success. Be
tween 700 and 800 parents were pres
ent, representing their sons and
daughters. On the whole, the event
came off very smoothly, thanks to the
committees, which were: the steering
committee, the publicity committee,
the corridor committee, the food and
serving committee, the parking commmittee, and the movie committee. It
was due largely to their efforts that
the event was such a success.
Dr. Biehn was highly satisfied with
the program, and said, when ques
tioned, “I always said that this was
the finest bunch of kids I ever met,
and after meeting their parents, I
think I know the reason whv.”
The day is approaching; the mo
ment is near, soon we shall be able to
witness the great event we’re all look
ing forward to! But there is no. need
to tell you what event; everyone
knows that on Nov. 20 and 21, the
stirring comedy-drama “Old Doc” will
be presented, here at Niles Township
High School. Not one of you will
want to miss the play that critics
have praised as a perfect tribute to
the medical profession and as a warm
human story. None other than a per
fect performance can be given by a
cast made up of Nilehi’s most talented
dramatic students.
The following constitute cast one
and two respectively:
Old Doc—Dick Barber; Bob—Robert
Engert, Gordon Davis; Pa—Alan Nel
son; Ma Brown — Betty Farr, Mary
Baumhardt; Margaret Burns—Mari
lyn Davis, Hildegarde Schlottneuter;
Dick Bums — Edward Fisher, James
Holmes; Janet Martin — Pat Canty,
Betty Bums; Mr. Hepple—Ralph Nettland; Dr. Brand—Joe Fisher; Helen
Brand—Gloria Westerberg, Florence
Schramm; Patients and Friends of
“Doc”: Mary Selby—Elizabeth Kry
sher, Helen Keuhne; Mrs. Rossi—June
Ohlson, Cherie Neutz; Mrs. Cronin—
Mary Jane Nelson; Mrs. Mellon—Leo
ta Harper, Dorothea Sandberg and
Lois Warner, Mary Ellen Racine and
Delores Mohrbacher.
If your emotions demand laughter,
tears, romance, those desires will be
fulfilled by “Old Doc.”
Allan, Nissen WinWGN
Broadcast Prizes
Nancy Allen and Bill Nissen are
five dollars richer today. The reason
—well they were the two “brains,”
who, when quizzed gave us the dope
to prove they weren’t dopes. The
event was the all school assembly on
Wednesday, November 4th at which
WGN made recordings for a Sunday
broadcast, “Citizens of Tomorrow.”
When Bill was asked how he felt
when presented with the $5.00 in
stamps, he replied, “I felt good — so
good I went out and invested $5.00
more.”
Other Nile High features were the
address by Dr. Biehn stating what
Niles Twp. was doing for the war
effort; the interview with Bill Stock
fish; and group numbers by the choir
under the direction of Miss Clara
�IDIOTORIALS
New method of approach — “Hey,
stinky! I’ll be over at eight. I’ve got
the Chewy.”
If you should see someone making
wry faces, with their hands doing a
queer tatoo in front, they are execut
ing a “double jysr.ick.”
We’re wondering how our parents
enjoyed school routine. One mothers
complaint: “Why weren’t all the seats
numbered the same way?” This brings
to mind the proud mother, who, show
ing off her prodigy to friends, re
marked, “Say something in Algebra,
Junior.”
We hope you’ve all noticed how
Niles has been appearing in all the
city papers. And small wonder! Next
we’ll turn up in the comic sections.
Can’t anyone make John Braeske
wash his hands ? Think of all the
germs! —
Have you ever wondered what the
difference is between a senior and a
freshman? Probably the freshmen
have anyway. Bob Wagner spent two
full nights on the subject, and came
out with this:
A freshman is one who knows a
great deal about a very little, and
goes along knowing more and more
about less and less until finally he
knows practically everything about
nothing; whereas a senior is one who
knows a very little about a great deal,
and keeps on knowing less and less
about more and more until he knows
practically nothing about everything.
And Bob should know, as he has
had the experience of being both a
freshman and a Senior.
Anyone caught in the east wing
these days just after third period is
endangering his life. Especially if
Miss Klause’s fifty freshmen are pour
ing out with only one minute to get
to their next class.
Anyone wishing to come by and try
the squeaky door of 216 is urged to
do so at any time, as it is a source
of great hilarity to all classes therein.
It sounds like something swiped from
“The Inner Sanctum.”
Over heard in the cafeteria;
Jack: Hey, cutie! What’s your phone
number?
Jill: Lake—123, jump!
How’s that for a snappy comeback?
O.K.! So it’s corn!
Newest Nilehi couple — Jack Harrer and Nona Jayne Holappa.
What’s this about some of our up
perclassmen spendihg a whole Hal
lowe’en party with a Ouija board? It
has been said that they were told
some secrets they had better be close
mouthed about.
r acuity corner
by Mary K. Clark
I’ve wondered why we have
Thanksgiving once a year.
Our Pilgrim fathers’ gratitude was
meant
To calm each ache, and fear.
So once a year is not enough!
But every day in prayer.
We should be thankful for each gift
God gives us, everywhere.
Thankful for our freedom, for peace
and liberty.
Thankful for dominion over all the
land and sea.
Thankful for our shelter under God’s
protecting wings.
Thankful for our neighbor’s love, and
all the joy it brings.
Thanksgiving means Thanksgiving!
Who doubts that this is true?
The smile we give, our loA for man,
ge
And the little things we do.
Today we serve democracy.
We fight for what is right.
And let us give our thanks to God
In giving, with all our might.
Thanksgiving, then, to you and me
Is more than just a day.
Thanksgiving means — Thanksgiving
In odr American way.
Gratitude for what we have,
And gratitude for what we can give,
To rid our hearts of hate and fear.
In Thanks and Giving, LET US LIVE!
This poem, by Mary K. Clark, was
the prize winning entry of the Thanks
giving literary contest sponsored by
the Nilehilite. It was a hard decision
to make, and so the staff wishes to
give honorable mention to Joan Tay
lor, who submitted the runner-up.
The Art classes had more fun carv
ing punkins! Our arms were sore for
2% days after carrying the t§||%*&”
thing home.
To top everything off was Dr.
Schacht assembly. Many were the hemen trying hard not to weep. Ever
since that people have been wander
ing along our halls taking deep
breathing exercises and relaxing their
teeth.
Hats off to Tommy Davidson, the
only citizen of our school who remem
bered who Soupy Youl At (spelling?)
was.
College visitor: I hear you lost your
commencement privileges for calling
the dean a fish — a sardine, or some
thing like that.
Freshman: I lost my privileges, all
right, but I didn’t call him a fish,
just pointed him out to someone and
said: “That’s our dean.” Only I said
it fast.
MUSIC IN WARTIME
The idea that music plays an im
portant part in wartime is an estab
lished fact. A slogan during World
War I was “A singing army is a fight
ing army.” Industry has long recog
nized that music is a powerful iorce
in speeding up efficiency.
The importance of music in war
time is being recognized by all the
departments in Washington, a n d
school music groups through the Mu
sic Educators National Conference are
being urged to do all they can in the
war effort. To quote from a telegram
sent to the Music Conference by Hen
ry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the
Treasury, “A program of war activi
ties to be known as ‘The Schools at
War’ is now being promoted by the
education section of the War Savings
staff in Washington. In this program
music will have a large place, helping
to strengthen the American spirit in
wartime and to focus attention on the
opportunity to buy war bonds ar.ft
stamps.”
Because music strengthens morale,
unity, teamwork, courage, and enthu
siasm; and because we are urged ta
help, the music department of N.T.
H.S. stands ready to serve the com
munity and the school in united war
effort. We are offering our services to
any community organizations in their
promotion of the war effort. We are
also anxious to cooperate with all de
partments of the s c h o o l in “The
Schools at War” program. Students
are being trained as song leaders, and
song sheets containing words of “war
songs” are being made. We suggest
that you call on us for assemblies,
Homeroom, or any other activities
which may help in our great cause.
Come on, let’s go!
C. Klaus
wileHI lite
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed bi-monthly by the students
of Skokie, Illinois. Dr. A. L. Biehn,
principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing editor.......... Phyllis Brooks
News editor............. Edward Albright
Feature editor.................. Harriet Hart
Sports e d ito r ........... James Watkins
Girls’ Sports............. Cleo Thilmmenos
Copy reader....... Maralyn Woodworth
Mr. Wilbur Blanke, Adviser
Production Managers
Harvey Tolzien
Charles Valkenear
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Soccer Instituted
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In order to clear up any misunder
standings in the brawn between the
ears of our sweet little trusting, rosycheeked freshmen, we have decided to
usher them into the whys and where
fores of soccer, that most ruddy sport
lately introduced into Nilehi’s “muscule”-building emporium, overseen by
Coaches Isaacson and Galitz.
Once upon a time, many years ago,
some little jerk, fishing around for a
likely amusement to torment his fel
low inmates happened upon the game
of soccer. You’ll notice we say game.
To the uninitiated, soccer appears to
be just one constant muddle with the
ball going one way and brass-knuckles
the other. Although the game has un
dergone many changes since its in
vention, it is still the shin-skinning
brawl as devised by friend jerk.
So much for the game’s beginnings.
Now we come to soccer itself. Tense
excitement is in the air. The specta
tor is cheering. And here is the kick
off, straight down the field. All the
players converge on the ball. Looking
for a needle, fellows?
The two players still standing
struggle for the ball, one of them
nursing a cracked shin. More players
join the turmoil. A fist is raised and
then forcibly lowered. Thud! Foul!
Tweet! Freekick! Oh, this just goes
on for hours.
Naturally the game as played at
Nilehi is not too rough since we can
not afford stretchers. The idea here
is to develop our flabby muscles from
Jello to pretzles. The coaches are
trying to relieve our tired minds by
running us to death.
Nilehi’s whole physical education
program stresses this principal: all
work and no play makes Jack for the
nerve specialist.
Pumpkin Faces
Win Prizes
Did you happen to notice some
weird, luring faces peering at you
from the art room? If you did, don’t
be alarmed because those faces were
the art work of some of our fellow
students.
In all there were 34 pumpkins ren
dered in masks by the 4th and 5th
period art classes. The work was ex
cellent throughout and it was with
difficulty that selections could be
made, so as to award prizes. They
were, first prize, Milan Cobb second
[LEHILITE
Page 3
Powder, Mirrors, Lipsticks,
Combs, Outlawed in Classes
NTHS Students
Inspired by Singer
Dr. Schacht, famous singer and lec
turer, was featured in first all school
assembly October 28. His wonderful
singing and impressive lecture, in
spired the students.
After his performance several stu
dents of the music and dramatics
classes went backstage to congratu
late him on his wonderful perform
ance. During his conversation the stu
dents learned that Dr. Schacht prefers
religious songs, for they can be sung
with a great amount of emotion and
deep feeling. He likes audiences that
can be converted, and enjoys coming
in contact with various types of au
diences. Dr. Schacht sincerely believes
that everyone should study voice for
it is essential to one’s future.
Due to gasoline rationing Dr.
Schacht cannot travel to various
places as he previously did and will
reside in Aurora, Illinois, where he
will have a studio. Among his plans
for the near future, he intends to
start a choir in an Aurora church.
Play Committees
The often unsung, unpublicized, but
very hard working members of the
four backstage committees have at
last been chosen. The students who
will toil faithfully at all rehearsals
and performances are as follows:
Prompters: Delores Johfison and
Ann Marie Schirra; properties: Sally
Fjellman, Marion Jennetten, and Mary
Kay DeWitt; stagehands: Tom Podraza and Charles Bailey; curtain pull
er and electrician: Edward Kretsch.
Publicity: Marie Stritch, Dorothy
Lund, Marilyn Hynes, and Marion
Robertson; makeup; Jeanne Bates, Pat
Dickinson, Marilyn Tilton, Jean Don
aldson, and Arlene Lalashis.
prize, Charles Bailey, third prize,
Doris Johnson, and honorable mention
goes to Lorraine Miller and Joan
H oddinote.
After the pumpkins made their de
buts in the art room, they were taken
home by the students and used to
decorate the homes for Hallowe’en.
Many comments of praise came to the
art department from the homes.
Have you noticed how spic and span
those freshies have been looking?
Since all the change, a reporter de
cided to look into what was going on
in Room 315.
The answer is that Miss Line has
been teaching the girls how important
cleanliness and good grooming are.
The girls had an assignment which
turned out to be very interesting.
They were to write a theme or poem
on good grooming, and two of the
best were by Jerry Rochow and Bar
bara Hall.
The theme is as follows: Hi Girls!
I can just see you. Allowance in one
hand, magazine in the other, rushing
to the nearest store to buy that strict
ly snaky shade of lipstick that you
have just seen on Hedy Lamaar, (in
a magazine of course.) You get home.
Mother looks at you and her hair
turns a few shades lighter; father
looks and loses a few hairs, (if he
has any at all); and brother won’t
help you with your homework. (Does
he ever?)
This may be exaggerated a little
but what I’m getting at is that you
should be natural. Wear clothes ac
cording to your own personality, not
what your favorite movie star is
wearing. Wear clothes and use make
up that do something for you. Be im
maculately clean all of the time. If
you do this you will be a healthier,
happier person, with a lot more
friends.
Jerry Rochow
The poem: Hair Combing In the
Classroom! by Barbara Hall.
I
No, say the teachers,
It’s out of place.
So the poor girls sit
With their hair in their face.
II
If you try and you fail
Too bad, too bad.
You’re sent to the washroom
Which is sad, so sad.
III
Miss Line is the crusader,
Who started this rule,
Now teachers are following,
All through the school
IV
You may look messy
Your hair even worse,
Take it from me,
Keep your comb in your purse.
Other answers to problems of this
sort may be seen by looking in the
showcase opposite the assembly doors.
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JN 1L EH IL ITE
November 20, 194>.
Nilehi Ends Grid Season
Deer mom;
Soree i hav not ritten two you laitlee mom, But I’ve bin awful bizzy.
always somethin hear at Niles Town
ship Hi. Specially with this hear G.
A.A. Furst we’uns girls had a magizeen c,-cam,-kampa,-drive. Then a
progrum fer da maws. That was
when da knew kids were maid mem
bers. i kin ’member wen i joined.
Gee that was fun! Now mom its
sumpin else. We’uns are plan fera
demistrayshun fer spring.
We is
marchin maw! We’uns girls like reel
soljers! Thats what kind of a pro
gram we’re planning fer. Two Hun
dred an fifty gals of Niles Township.
Imagine, maw, 249 beeootiful girls
an me all marching together and doin the same motions at da same time.
Gee mom ya jist got to com up hear
to da sitee fer a coupla daze and sea
us. Will ya mom pleeze? isle right
more about the program laiter an
let yous no.
Well so long fer now. Say hellow to
paw an freddie an all the peeple fer
me. By mom.
Luff — Yer eddicated datter,
Klemintine.
P.S.
Ma kaint ya jist sea how NTHS has
helpt yer datter! An onlee in four
years. Gee mom I catched on quick.
Still most what i like tho is this hear
swell club the G.A.A., that does so
much to keep we’uns gals bizzy.
Klemintine.
Gagliardo Predicts
Big Season Next Year
. The success of our fast speedy lit
tle full back, Joe Gagliardo, is largely
due to the pleasure he gets from the
game itself. He likes practice and
tackling all right, but his real thrill
comes from the actual contest. (In
cidentally his team mates have told
this reporter that Joe is a hard one
to tackle because he seems to remem
ber all the little tricks that “Ike” has
taught the boys.)
The best and most exciting game
of all, he says was the one with Woodstock because the Trojans played
against some real competition. He
thought that No. 32 of Woodstock
showed some keen fast football and
was the best player he encountered
during the entire season.
We did not do so well near the end
of the season, but, in his opinion Nile
High has a good chance of putting
out a winner next year, even though
the team will lose a lot of good play
ers.
Nilehi closed its football season
with a 19-25 loss to a hard charging
Libertyville eleven. The Trojans drew
first blood when Ed Krupa dropped
back and threw a touchdown pass to
Jack Fredericks. The Wildcats roared
back into the game by scoring two
touchdowns. The Trojans kept the
score keepers busy when the same
Krupa to Fredericks combination ac
counted for Nilehi’s second and third
touchdowns. Libertyville, however,
didn’t know when to quit, and in the
last few minutes of the game it scored
the tying and winning touchdowns.
Any chance the Trojans had of win
ning the conference crown died with
this disappointing defeat.
Mr. Isaacson, however, is already
looking forward to next year. And
even though such Trojan stalwarts as
Roger Bailey, Helmet Biegert, Dick
Boyd, Bill Carroll, Butch Glauner,
Duck Hezner, Jack Kitteredge, Ed
Krupa, Jim Rau, Jack Reiland, and
Hezzie Weldon won’t be with us, he
expects to have a strong team com
posed of returning regulars and_J. V.
material.
To get back to the varsity’s record
we find that they’ve won four games,
lost two, and tied one to put them in
third place for the season. The Junior
Varsity squad did not fare quite as
well, splitting a schedule of six games
with their opponents.
Star Sets
New Marks
Howie Johnston has really put his
school on the cross-country map. With
the great assistance of his coach, Mr.
Dees, Johnston set three cross country
records and went thru the season un
defeated with an average of 11!4
points per meet. His first record was
set at the Niles homecoming game
and his final record was set two weeks
ago at Evanston where he broke the
course record with the remarkable
time of 8:16.8.
Two other outstanding runners on
with the time of 7:35 for IV2 miles.
At Proviso against 8 other schools
he set the record of 11:04 for 2 miles
the team this year were Meinke who
averaged IV2 points per meet, placing
26th in the section meet and Hall who
averaged 3.83 points per meet, placing
47th in the sectional meet.
In The Bench
A basketball star named Truman
Whistled at a passing young woman
When Mr. Isaacson said
That it wasn’t well-bred,
He replied, “It ain’t nice but it’s
human.”
We understand that Gordon Davis,
one of last year’s brighter stars on
the maple, has given up basketball
to join the swim team under Mr. Dees.
Good luck to you, Gardenia, but gosh,
how we’ll miss your puss among this
year’s bucket flippers.
And then there was the freshman
who was so dumb that he thought
hardening of the arteries was a high
way project.
The Friday gym class has most
every one worried, including Frank
Boufford who has doubts about keep
ing his girlish figure. Roy Lumpp is
another trembling trainee, expecting
every second to hear “Ike” shout, “off
with his head!”
The course is supposed to build up
the biceps and rid you of blubber. In
order to illustrate, let’s take a typical
period. The fellows trot up to the
gym, take roll, go outside, trip over
the obstacle course, puff back into the
gym, pant thru their calisthenics and
then plop into the showers. Later on,
when the wintery blasts force these
future supermen indoors, the training
will be carried into the (poor fish)
pool.
The faculty is also suffering from
the extra gym period. It seems that
when “Ike’s” athletes come to class
after an hour of E-Z exercises, their
minds ? ? ? are a bit slow to react
and they spend the greater part of
the period wiping their brows, and,
when the attendance slips are col
lected, whistling also.
Well, such is life, but it seems to be
the concensus of opinion that to win
the war, the brain needs building, and
you can be sure that N. T. H. S. isn’t
going to turn out any half baked
fighting men.
Don’t worry if your grades are low
And rewards are few;
Remember that the mighty oak
Was once a nut like you.
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Volume IV No 6.
Skokie, Illinois
Nancy Allen
Forum Chief
Nilehi, meet your new Forum Presi
dent. The one who was selected by
popular vote from among the Home
Room representatives in the Forum,
she, yes, it’s a girl, was Vice-President
last year. By now you should have
guessed who it is. That’s right. Con
gratulations to Nancy Allen the new
Forum President. Other nominees for
the office were Ted Canty, Bill Stock
fish, and Pat Galitz.
Vice-President, looking very happy
and surprised, is Beverly Kramer. She,
another girl, was one of three seekers
for the .office, the other two were
James Holmes and Hildegarde Sclottleutner.
Secretary, who has been doing a
fine job as temporary Secretary, is
Betty Bray. Other nominees were
Harriet Hart and Shirley Lawrence.
This should help prove that the girls
of Nilehi are getting up in the world.
McKeever Struts Her
Stuff at Michigan
Marilyn “Mardy” McKeever, a grad
uate of Nilehi, is becoming a very
popular Miss at the University of
Michigan.
Marilyn, together with the entire
freshman class of two thousand stu
dents, was given a test which consist
ed of writing sample themes.
Thirty-five out of the two thousand
students taking the test, were chosen
for a course in creative writing in
stead of the preliminary freshman
English course.
Fortunately, Mardy came through
with flying colors, and was one of the
thirty-five chosen for the course.
Miss McKeever has also been hon
ored by having been chosen to serve
on the University’s Manpower Com
mittee. The purpose of this commit
tee is to decide what part the Univer
sity of Michigan is to play in national
defense.
Mardy is to be congratulated on her
success in this task because she is the
only freshman and also the only girl
serving on this committee.
Nilehi is proud to be able to say
that Mardy was graduated from Niles
Township.
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D ecem ber 11, 1 9 4 2
Victory Sing Held
Proves a Success
On Pearl Harbor Day, December 7,
there were two patriotic rallies. In
the morning there was a Victory Sing
held in our gym. The new school flag
was dedicated and the rest of the time
was spent in singing. Miss Spikings
and Miss Klaus directed it and the
Color Guards and the Social Science
Classes presented the assembly.
At 8:00 p.m. there was another pro
gram in the gym. It was in honor of
the relatives of men and women who
so valiently serve in our armed forces.
Dr. J . Raymond Schütz, the man who
went to school with Hitler, spoke. Mrs.
Ruth Esch starred in a short, stirring
playlet and the famous Park Ridge
Drum and Bugle Corps and the equal
ly famous Niles Township High School
Band played some special patriotic
arrangements. Everyone was invited
to witness this vast, compelling pro
gram.
Leyden Eats
Dirt As Our
Trojans Win
Nile Hi’s varsity basketeers scored
almost at will to hand the Leyden
Eagles a 44 to 17 setback. It was the
first victory in three starts for Coach
Galitz’s quintet.
Nile Hi started the scoring when
Bill Carroll dropped the ball through
the hoop. The Trojans kept on piling
up points and at the half led 24 to 8.
During the second half they contin
ued to pull away from Leyden al
though the Eagles tried desperately to
get back in the game.
Bob Qlatz and Bill Stockfish led the
blue and gold’s attack, with 14 and 12
points respectively. Others that en
tered the scoring column were Carroll
with 6 points, Glauner with the same
number, Krewer with 4, and Weldon
with 2 points.
In the preliminary game the Junior
Varsity easily beat Leyden’s Junior
Varsity 27 to 11. Now that both
squads have found the victory trail
we can expect more scalps to be add
ed to our belts.
/fTp
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r oreigners
Whoop it up
Maybe you saw the posters. At
3:30, December 8th (last Tuesday to
you calendar avoiders) in the assem
bly room, the Foreign Language club
held its- first meeting this year. Hold
ing to the spirit of the season, it was
a Christmas party, at the beginning
of which, the new officers were in
stalled. Those elected were: Bruce
Gifford, President; Roland Poelhman,
Vice President, Betty Bray, Secre
tary; Pat Lannert, Treasurer.
English was almost a taboo lan
guage, the songs being in German,
French, Spanish, Latin—and English,
by the whole club. In this and one
other way, the meeting differed from
last year’s “International” gathering.
Last year during each song, each
group — chimed in with their respec
tive languages. This year there aren’t
enough ‘German speakers (the war
again) to be heard. So each group had
to sing each song in five different
languages.
Besides the community singing, the’
club put on a Christmas Quiz contest
on Christmas in other lands (dug up
by Miss M. Ronalds) with Nancy Al
len as Quizmaster. Team one was
made up of Barbara Mason, Latin;
Harriet Hart, Latin; Peggy McNeil,
Latin; Virginia Wyatt, French; Eliza
beth Krysher, French. Team two:
Bruce Gifford, German; Lenore Peters,
German; Joyce Graefen, Spanish;
Joan Treitsch, Spanish; Nona Holappa, Spanish.
There was a Spanish Pinata, a pa
per bag crammed with candies, the
idea being to break it with a stick and
have a free-for-all.
After this refreshments were served
and to conclude a gala time there was
dancing.
Juniors "Doodit" Again
In Red Cross Drive
During the week of Nov. 20th the
Annual Red Cross drive was held here
under the direction of Miss Line.
The Red Cross displayed above the
main entrance was both attractive and
unusual in showing the increase in
contributions for each home-room.
Miss Kranz homeroom 206 was
again first in reaching 100% on the
second day. Seven others followed on
Wednesday.
The total donations were $60.70.
Juniors led with $18.75, followed by
the freshman— $16.29 and sophomores
with $14.38. SENIORS tagged along
behind with $11.88.
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IDIOTORIALS
We hope all you gals and guys had
a very nice Thanksgiving. We are
very sorry to report that one of our
teachers didn’t. I t seems that some
one swiped the hammer he has been
using as a gavel.
You’ve probably heard by now how
the English 15 J class turned their
backs to Mr. Blanke. They faced the
back during a short absence of the
teacher just to see what would hap
pen. Nothing did. Class went on as
usual, but one girl who let her curi
osity get the better of her and peeked,
found Mr. Blanke sitting with his face
to the front blackboard.
We know a few branches of the fac
ulty who had a swell time at the Juke
Box Jump — with a Ouija board no
less. F irst the students and now the
teachers! Next we’ll be having seances
instead of classes.
Nancy Haynie; we hate to disillu
sion you, but are you sure you know
who writes those mushy notes to you ?
Of course you people saw P at Cole’s
name in the Springfield High paper.
She’s ju st a popular young lady no
matter where she goes.
We thought it a pretty good joke
when Mrs. Mellon of cast I (Leota
Harper), after trying for years to
think up some illness to have, finally
did — on the night of the play. Prob
ably Leota didn’t think it was so
funny.
Dick Barber: we would delight to
inform you that cows give milk, not
vice versa.
What will the band do for variety
now that Betty F arr’s angora mit
tens are knitted? We’ve heard it’s a
bit difficult to play the baritone horn
and knit at the same time.
Now that the boys of the synchro
nized swim team are learning to dunk
the girls daintily out of the pool Don
Christianson is having the time of
his life. He jerks them out daintily
enough, high into the air. But the
way he sets them down! Oh, my spine!
You should have seen Helen Kuehne
gently stroking Bob Arnold’s cheek
the other afternoon. Does he shave
yet Helen, or were you trying to find
a wisdom tooth?
What freshman girl carries a pipe
around in her purse? Maybe she has
pipe dreams about a certain young
man in the air force.
Aren’t we proud of Buck Rogers?!
My, the celebrities Nilehi turns out!
But then, what could you expect?
What boys sit on the center stairs
after school grabbing the girls ankles
as they pass?
Phoebe.
NILEHILITE
December 11,1942
Fads And Fantasies
Faculty Corner
Aren’t our chorus girls pretty as
they prance daintily down the halls
in their silver slippers, like . . . . . . . . !
A couple of circus elephants or some
thing. (All this is the form of Ted
Canty and “Jeep” Paulson and prob
ably a few more I haven’t seen.)
Dear readers, you should have seen
the bee-oo-tiful socks Mr. Dees has
been wearing lately. Like Fourth of
July fireworks! And a face that
matched in color when Katie and the
ladies in the cafeteria oh-ed and ah-ed
over them.
And he isn’t the only one with ideas
along that line. Ju st take a peek at
the boys’ feet sometime, girls. (Don’t
make it too obvious though.)
And now we come to the bewilder
ing display of blondes, brunettes, red
heads and what have you.
Boys, have you been able to find
last year’s heart-beat yet, or if you
have, is she dee-cidedly a different
woman ?
And girls, have you suddenly found
your best beau a new man?
Oh well, I ’ll bet some of us wish
we had the nerve to give our drooping
locks a bright new color.
All kidding aside now, folks, and
let’s be serious. Here’s a fad that I
wish someone with a little good Amer
ican blood in him would start. I ’m
talking about those war stamp cor
sages and boutonnieres. They’re very
good-looking and ought to make the
wearer proud to own one. Wouldn’t it
be grand if we could make war sav
ings stamps, corsages and boutonniers
another good old Nilehi custom?
Think of the swell showing it would
make at the basketball games if every
one in the N.T.H.S. cheering section
wore one.
Come on kids, let’s see who can be
the first around school with a brand
new one.
MY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
H lLEH tufE
The Nilehilite is edited, published,
and printed bi-monthly by the students
of Skokie, Illinois. Dr. A. L. Biehn,
principal.
EDITORIAL STA FF
News editor...............Edward Albright
Feature editor................ .Harriet Hart
Sports ed ito r.............. James Watkins
Girls’ Sports . . . . . . Cleo Thilmmenos
Copy reader.........Maralyn Woodworth
Mr. Wilbur Blanke, Adviser
Production Managers
Don Stuehler
Richard Baumhardt
Mr Clement Meier, Adviser.
Last August a federal court tried
for treason, found guilty and ordered
executed six men. Two others who
stood trial with them were ordered to
serve life sentences in a Federal Pen
itentiary. Most of these men were
citizens of our country, raised within
the boundaries of its freedom and ed
ucated in its schools.
It is an abominable disgrace that
the government of these United States
should be forced to proceed against
any of its citizens. It is an infamy
because these men sought to destroy
the rights that they had pledged to
defend. Each American citizen is
bound to honor and serve his country,
yet these men sought to destroy the
very liberty that makes our beloved
country dear. They attempted to de
stroy that freedom which permits a
man to live without fear; that free
dom which gives to every individual
the right to worship as his conscience
sees fit and to write and speak his
own convictions. We call these men
traitors.
The action of such men as these
behooves each of us to think again of
our own pledge of allegiance, the one
made by us often on our school. Let
us renew this sacred pledge.
“I pledge allegiance to the F la g !”
Do not these words stir within you the
loyalty that you owe your F lag ? A
Flag that permits you to decide what
you will be: a Flag that places Godcreated man above man-created State:
a Flag that provides that you make
the State and not that the State make
you? Will you not pledge allegiance
with your whole heart and soul to a
flag which believes in the justice of
man ?
“One nation indivisible” — Do not
these words urge each of us to do his
utmost to help keep our nation one
and undivided? To keep any and all
dictators from tramping on our free
institutions, our institutions of learn
ing and religion, our institutions for
free bom and freedom loving people?
“— With liberty and justice for all.”
For all, for all people! This means
you, me, the man across the street!
It is our liberty, our justice received
and conceived by us. It is not only
our duty but it is our sacred trust to
protect and defend this liberty and
justice.
So let us live, work, and
strive in every way to see that these
freedoms shall not perish from the
earth.
Grace G. Harbert
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Lock That Locker
Girl, or Pay a Fee
“What’s happened to all my stuff?”
Who’s the brain that emptied out my
locker?” “Oh, Miss Spikings!” “Oh,
Miss Schaeffer!” Any of these or
various other similar cries heard issu
ing from the girl’s locker room on
almost any day, are perfectly under
standable when one knows the reason
for them.
Naturally, when one is used to hav
ing her books, clothes, and purse
spread around her locker when she
returns, ju st as she left them when
she dashed madly up to the gym, it’s
somewhat of a shock to find every
vestige of them gone with the wind,
to coin a phrase.
But this is exactly what’s been hap
pening for the last two weeks or so.
Any girl who foolishly leaves her
locker open during gym, or leaves her
books or purse outside her locker, is
liable to go around for days, singing
“nickel, nickel, nickel, etc.”, with a
face that looks like an advertisement
for something gruesome, because a
fee of five cents is required to get
the contents of the unlocked locker
back from Carrie, the angel ( ? ) of
the locker room.
On the whole, this new system is
all for the good, (so say those fortu
nate people who lock their lockers),
because it saves money in the long
run, and it encourages the retentive
powers, or does it?
Freshman Hold Know
Your Neighbor Contest
Do you know your neighbor? Some
of the freshmen proved that they did
during an acquaintance contest held
in all frosh home rooms November 19.
The contest lasted for three minutes,
in which time every freshman wrote
as many names of the other members
of his home room as he could remem
ber. The following students were
awarded a War Stamp for having the
longest lists.
Shirley Hoddinott . . . .home room 211
Barbara H a l l ..................home room 110
Jacqueline P e r r in ..........home room 108
Muriel Hendrickson . . .home room 106
Joan Mathien ................home room 214
Dorothy Howe ..............home room 212
Jean Kirscht ................home room 308
Since all the winners were girls,
many people were wondering whether
the girls have better memories than
the boys have, or is it just that they
write faster?
NILEHILITE
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Vases, Wall Paper, Ail Do Part
In Adorning Students' Lockers
Some morning when you arrive in
the general rush, take a look at the
locker decorations. Many people are
Miss Berry has been elected to th e . still holding to the idea of movie
honorable position of president of stars and Petty girls, but it seems
the Radcliffe Club of Chicago. The that this is slightly old-hat.
Orchestra leaders are gaining in
members are graduates of Radcliffe
popularity, as are vivid green silhou
College.
Miss Berry is also a member of the ettes. But many of our inmates have
gone original, and obtained varying
French Club of Evanston.
results. One girl has plastered pic
Miss Kranz’s junior home room, tures from her favorite magazine sto
206, is showing an overwhelming spirit ries all over her locker, also a slightly
of patriotism and 100% co-operation rickety baby with one tooth and a
in all school drives. In the collection brilliant red bottle.
of money for the flag, room 206 was
A pottery vase gives an air to one
the first room to reach 100% and was locker. What kind of an air, I ’m still
the only junior room to be 100% in trying to decide. Anyway, it must be
the Red Cross drive.
very handy for odds and ends. And
On Monday, November 30, a skit, for all I know, it may be artistic.
“Boy Wanted” adorns one locker.
“War Stamps for Victory,” written
But maybe that shouldn’t be included,
by Kay Smith was presented by her
and Eileen Malitor, over the P. A. as the idea isn’t so very original after
system. An enthusiastic rally follow all.
One of the cutest things is the waist
ed which promised to bring room 206
100% “Behind the Guns” in the pur high mirror in Bernadette Creany’s
locker. She has lots of her own baby
chase of defense stamps.
pictures, too, and my, how she has
Miss Lumpp's history class com grown! ( ? )
The family skeleton resides in a
memorated Thanksgiving day by pre
senting an article written by Doris first floor locker. The closet at home
Hampton and given by Hildegarde evidently got too crowded.
One locker has gone decidedly
Schattleutner
homey, and is neatly papered with
knotty pine wall paper. It must do
wonders for the ventilation, but then
anything for the sake of art.
Lots of people have rows and rows
of their friends’ pictures on the in
“Did you see the play?” “Ooh, side of the door. Very nice, but how
wasn’t it grand?” Such are the re do you manage to collect them?
marks to be heard issuing from any
A good way to scare away burglars
and every chummy gathering.
is to hang an immense stuffed spider
The play Old Doc, given by Nilehi’s from the top of your locker. At least
own dramatic department, was a tre that’s someone’s reasoning. And ex
mendous success. It was sold out on tremely effective I might add.
both nights even to the standing room
and requests for another performance
have been tossing about. No official
information as to the possibilities of
a third performance has been issued,
Dick Rogers from Skokie, 18 year
however.
old son of Mr. Harry K. Rogers and
Dick Barber’s characterization of former student at Nile High arrived
the title role was praised highly. Each home Monday, November 23. He was
of the supporting roles was handled on a six day furlough after taking
well and lack of space alone prevents part in the invasion of the North
the lauding of each and everyone of African coast.
them.
He gave the students of Nile High
The audience laughed joyously at a first hand account of the invasion.
times and many a tear was furtively
Dick saw plenty of action, as he was
brushed aside in tense moments of sky lookout on one of the .first United
sadness.
States destroyers to attack a French
Yes, Nilehi may well be proud of port.
Mrs. Esch and her dramatic depart
He spent Thanksgiving at home and
ment.
then had to report back for duty.
This
’n
Old Doc Receives
Praise From All
Buck Rogers Returns
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NILEHILITE
Termites
In the Bench
Heard in the locker room —
“What this team needs is life !”
“Oh, no, thirty days is enough.”
Ju st like Yo-Yoes, wolves and gumchewing femmes, a new sport fad has
captured many fans from the ranks
of Nilehi-goers. This sport is roller
skating. Altho fun, skating has tre
mendous dangers for the novice.
For an excellent description and a
clearcut idea of the fun involved, let’s
peek into Enoch Ipswitch’s diary dated
December 8, 1942; St. Cranfis hos
pital :
“Dear Diary: Went roller skating
after school today. The nurse is writ
ing this.”
Upon entering the roller skating
rink, you pay the ticket girl your
long-saved fortune and receive in re
turn a ticket to paradise (so you
think). After giving said ticket to
the care taker and being handed an
identification tag, (here you need one),
you dodge and fight your way over to
the roller skate rental booth, plunk
down another coin, and get your roll
ers. Before evening is over you’ll
wish they were wings. However, con
tinue.
There are two types of skaters, ad
vanced and beginner. The experienced
skater need read no further. This
cheering word is for the newcomer.
I f you and your skates seem ready
to part and you are about to be billed
for a sudden letdown, make for the
nearest post, or else.
Before entering the whirl of things,
be sure you know where the nearest
first aid station holds out.
When the lights and music go low,
and couples make their appearance —
well, all we can say is, that that is
definitely not the time to crawl across
the rink squinting for a long lost
nickel.
If you must hold hands, or moreso,
and we don’t mean your right with
your left, kindly retreat to a less
obvious nook.
I f you are a first timer and have
trouble with curves (no cracks please)
try balancing yourself on one foot
and crossing the other foot over. Now
pick yourself up.
Be sure to use plenty of spring and
push yourself out with your pins, don’t
mince your steps. I f you overdo it,
you’ll simply split.
One last word of advice — don’t.
December 11, 1942
Predictions for 42-43
Nilehi Basketball Season
Probably the chief question that has
arisen concerning basketball this sea
son is “What are the chances of this
year’s team equaling the great record
made by last year’s championship
team ? ”
Here are the opinions of a coach
and a few members of the student
body.
Coach Galitz:
I don’t think this year’s record will
be as good as last year’s because we
are not playing in our regular confer
ence but against larger and more ex
perienced schools.
Roland Poelhman: Junior Varsity
The schedule for this year’s team is
much tougher than last year’s and in
order to equal it the team will have
to have a more agressive attitude.
Jack Price: Junior Varsity:
Because we are playing larger
schools and thus stronger teams, I
don’t expect this year’s team to win
as many games as last year’s champ
ionship team. Our team, however, will
win a good share of victories.
SOGGY SAGA OF SAM
Sam held her hand and she held
hiz’n.
And they hugged and went to kiz’n.
They did not know her dad had
riz’n,
Madder than hops and simply siz’n;
And really, tiz’n right to liz’n,
But Sam got hiz’n and went out
whiz’n.
T-ed Canty: Senior:
I believe that this year’s team has
a bunch of fellows that are willing to
work hard in order to make up a
good team comparable to last year’s
team.
Jim Lannert: Junior:
I think that the team will be just
as good because it is made up of al
most all of last year’s team.
Bill Randequist: Varsity:
Considering that we will have to
play against larger schools we will
probably have a smaller change of
equalling last year’s record but if the
fellows become more aggressive there
is no reason why we couldn’t bring
home the bacon.
Bob Humberg: Sophomore:
In my opinion the team hasn’t much
of a chance judging from the way
they played in their first two games.
Girls' Sports
The girls’ intramural volleyball
tournament is due to begin any week
now, when Miss Spikings and ' Miss
Schaeffer have drilled the fundament
als of serving and volleying into the
somewhat foggy brains of the poor
victims, so that they can at least look
like a volley ball team.
While the girls learn to serve by
hitting the ball away over to the other
side of the gym, no one is allowed
even to bend her finger nails, so red
wrists are coming into style again( ?).
As for volleying, that’s an entirely
different matter. The idea is to keep
hitting the ball back to where the op
position isn’t, and any one foolish
enough not to keep her eye on the
ball, is liable to get the ball in the
eye! (We know!) Nice work, if you
can do it, and slowly if, not so surely,
the girls are learning to do it.
Before the tournaments are played,
teams will be chosen from each class,
and they will play intra-class games,
and so on until one team is “the winnah!”
And we thought the obstacle course
was tough! Gad, how we were misled.
The boy’s swim classes have really
been put through the cement mixer
lately. Required to swim an average
of twenty (count ’em) lengths per pe
riod, most of the weaker wrecks
(meaning us) have really been press
ed for breath.
Off we go into the — blub, blub.
We flop into the water; gasp, stroke,
swallow, gasp stroke, swallow, etc.
Interviewing one prominent swim pe
When the first period, Tuesday and
riod ditcher, Warren Donarski in the Thursday boys’ gym class trotted into
middle of his 19th length, we caught the gym Thursday before last, they
his famous last words, quote. “Con noticed two painters apparently dec
fidentially, I blub, sink,” Unquote.
orating the loftier reaches of the gym
COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT
wall. One was balancing precariously
The gum-chewing girl
on a 20 foot ladder while the other
And the cud-chewing cow
was steadying it at the foot. Worthy
Are somewhat alike,
of mention here is the quip lipt by one
Y et different somehow.
of Coach Isaacson’s dearly beloved.
And what the difference?
Walking over to the two men he
We think we know now —
quoth: “Hope you’ve got a firm hold
I t’s the clear, thoughtful look
on that paint brush. I want to borrow
On the face of the cow.
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Watkins, James, Sports Editor
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Nilehi’s Board of Education starts another year of faithful
leadership with a smile. Left to right are: Dr. A. L. Biehn, supt., Mr.
Mack D. Falknor, Mr. Peter J . Kluesing, secretary, Miss Mildred E.
Tess, president, Mr. Ivan M. Paroubek, and Mr. Charles N. Miller
31n JHemurictnt
The following paper was read by
Danny Dever at a Junior-Senior As
sembly at the Niles Township High
School on January 8, 1943:
" It seems like yesterday that James
Watkins, my good friend and class
mate, was here with us. He was al
ways vying for class supremacy in
chemistry like the rest of us, always
stopping to answer someone’s question
up in lab, always getting his home
work in on time. Of course you all
know of his scholastic achievements.
He had an A average in all his sub
jects throughout high school. He just
recently won his silver honor pin and
was to be given a gold one at gradua
tion. He also was on the staff of the
Nilehilite, where he was a very cap
able sports editor. He was a brilliant
student; there were not many who
could top him scholastically. He was
a good athlete, too. In last year’s
softball championship he hit four con
secutive home runs that all traveled
farther than those hit by any one else.
He played a good game of basketball,
too.
This all seems futile, trying to
praise him and knowing very well you
can’t find words which are worthy
enough. I can just say that I am sure
that you admired him and wished that
you could have accomplished all the
things that he did.* I know that if I
can do as much scholastically or other
wise, I will feel ever so proud.
I ’d like to read a tribute to James
Watkins, written by one of his teach
ers.
‘Death took James Watkins from us
almost three weeks ago. His chair in
class is empty; he no longer stops at
the desk to ask for more information
about his favorite topic or to add one
more point to the discussion we had
in class. We miss James. We grieve
that one so young and so fine had to
be taken from us. We wonder why he
had to die. Were the ancients right in
saying that “those whom the gods
love best, die young” ? Perhaps those
so blessed are able to accomplish in a
shorter time, than the rest of us, their
purpose in life. James accomplished
so much in the time he was with us.
His eagerness to learn and his fine
scholarship have inspired many of you
to greater effort in study. You liked
his quiet friendliness; you admired his
seriousness. You felt his influence
in many ways when he was here with
you, but his death made you realize
for the first time what a great leader
he was, what a fine intelligent young
man he had become, what a good
friend he was to all. You will be bet
ter men and women because he lived
and showed you the way to a good
and useful life’.”
The war has affected the lives of
everyone in many ways, but perhaps
the most important effect in Niles
Township High School is the number
of students who would like to leave
school before completing their edu
cation, to join the armed forces or to
do some kind of work for the war
effort. Quite a few former Nilehi stu
dents are now in some branch of the
service, and many are engaged in
actual combat at present; among them
some who were graduated and some
who left school before graduation.
In letters to Miss Kranz, Miss Line
and Mr. Kent, Jack Heiniger, who was
elected the most valuable football
player in 1941, and who is now in the
Solomon Islands as a private in the
Marine Corps, expressed his opinion
by saying that he hoped every boy
now in High School would take ad
vantage of all the opportunities of
fered by the school. He also stated
that the only men ever put up foi
promotions were those with good edu
cations, and he wished he had known
at the time he quit school how much
use a high school education would be
to him. Jack hoped that other stu
dents could hear his views, and profit
by his mistakes.
Athletics also play an important
part in Marine life, according to Dick
Ely, now in the Paratroops and who
won twelve major letters while he at
tended Nilehi. Stiff calisthenics, com
mando training, running, and games
occupy most of his time, and the
“Commando training” now given to
all students of Nilehi should prove
very helpful to anyone who wants to
join any branch of the service after
he is graduated.
All of the advice given by these
boys has been said to students be
fore, but when heard from the boys
themselves, they mean ju st a little
more, and should make high school
students get down to business and pay
more attention to all school subjects.
So come on, kids, don’t let them down,
but let’s give it a try.
Follow the Team
Jan. 29 ...................................A t Leyden
Jan. 22 .......................... At Libertyville
Jan. 15 ........................................A t Zion
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
IDIOTORIALS - New Year Brings
Advice To Lovelorn.
With the deadline staring us in one
eye and exams in the other, we begin.
New Year’s Eve certainly affected
some of us strangely. One very calm,
normal looking student came out with
this:
“The other day I saw a red ribbon
in the shop window. Don’t you think
red ribbons are longer than black ones ?
Especially if you use snowballs for
insulators. So finding that extentioners were to be adjusted for further
use on the radiophone, I put the aces
away and re-shuffled the deck. After
all, you can’t depend on the ashes
from cigars to be clearly separated
from every clock, so resort to gas sta
tions.”
Well, we can’t all be sane.
Here it comes — what you’ve all
been waiting for:
Song of the week: As Long as
You’re Not in Love With Anyone
Else.
Saying of the week: “Back to the
old routine.”
Couple of the week:
This little epistle was received in
the mail:
Dear Phoebe;
I have written to you before, but
you took no pity on my plight. I have
lost my man.
And I have reason to suspect that
it was all on account of a stick of
gum. Joe had taken me to the Greasy
Spoon for dinner, and not knowing
what to do with my bubble gum, I
N ÎL Ë H lM fE
The NileHilite is edited, published,
and printed bi-monthly by the stu
dents of Niles Township High School,
Skokie, Illinois. Dr. A. L. Biehn,
principal.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Edwin Albright, Harriet Hart,
Maralyn Woodsworth
Reportorial Staff
Students in English 15J
Production Managers
Eddie May
Rodert Brunson
Faculty Advisers
Mr. Wilbur Blanke
Mr. Clement Meier
stuck it on my place mat. This was
later the cause of the waitress spilling
my soup all over Jo e’s lap. Joe used
some pretty strong language, and I
w>ent to call mother, and took my gum
with me. After I had finished talking
to mother, I decided that I didn’t
want to see the old gum anymore,
so I stuck it on the seat. It just hap
pened that Joe came in right after
me to call the cleaners, and I guess
he didn’t notice. I had no other way
to get home, so I took his car. He
seemed very angry the next day, and
I thought maybe it was because of
the gum. What shall I do?
Tizzie.
Dear Tizzie;
We think maybe if you bought
enough gum to retread Jo e’s tires he
might forgive you.
Phoebe.
Note—What sophomore boy, when
caught with a mouthful of peanuts
in class, remarked blandly that he
would like to go and get a drink?
REFORMATION
Are you making any resolutions for
1943 ? Some of the students of N.T.
H.S. are and they say they will dili
gently keep them throughout the
whole year. We wonder!!
Jack Kittredge, senior — “I ’m not
going to ditch school any more.”
Delores Chapman, junior — “From
now on I ’m going to wear my skirts
longer, at least half an inch.”
Miss Johanns, typing — “Bigger
and better budgets.”
Bill Meyer, junior — “I ’m going
to give up Bette for the new year.”
Joan Triesch, sophomore — “I ’m
going to keep all the girls away from
the new bus driver.”
Roegene Scholow, junior — “I don’t
believe in resolutions.”
WHATZIT
The whole country has heard of me,
I’m what’s known as a celebrity,
And here at school I ’m well liked too,
Of course it may be ’cause I ’m new,
But at least to everyone it’s clear
That all the kids come running here.
And now that you’ve discovered my
fame,
Go right ahead and guess my name.
osjno3 apujsqo
January 15,1943
Faculty Corner
A Word to the Freshm an
Freshman year is a very important
time in a student’s high school life.
A freshman must become adjusted to
a new type of school life. He must
become adjusted to new surroundings,
new teachers, new subjects, and new
classmates. He must also, by the end
of the first semester, have made plans
for his future career in high school
and later life. Since the kind of im
pression he makes during the first
year will follow him throughout his
whole high school career, it is very
important that he make the best start
possible. Most of the freshmen have
already shown evidence of having ad
justed themselves to their new life.
These are the ones who have learned
to move quickly and quietly in the
corridors, to eat properly in the cafe
teria, to behave properly in the assem
blies, and to spend their study periods
to advantage. These students will
have no future regrets in having made
the most of their first opportunities
to prove themselves worthy of mem
bership in the freshman class. They
are the ones who will lead their Class
in making this the outstanding fresh
man year in Niles Township High
School.
Marjory Ronalds
PROFILE
Since Nancy Allen has been elected
to the office of president of the Forum
and is the first girl ever to have this
honor, we decided to find the secret
of her success.
When asked how she liked being
president, she replied: “I really enjoy
being president of the Forum. I ’ve
wanted to have the office ever since I
was a junior. It really is more fun
than work.”
We then ventured, “What are your
plans for the Forum ?”
She thought carefully over this. “I
would like to have the Forum succeed
in its purpose of a student-governing
body. I wish the homeroom would co
operate more.”
“Who do you think is better for the
job, boys or girls.”
“I do not think this is a m atter of
sex, but more of ability.”
“What do you think the qualities of
a good president a re ?”
“I believe that a willingness to co
operate and work with people, and
ability to be a good leader are neces
sary to succeed in this office.”
�January 15, 1943
Freshmen's Lives
Invaded by F.B.A.
The freshmen are really doing things
F ’rinstance, there’s the F.B.A. (Fresh
man Board of Advisors). It is com
posed of the vice-chairmen of the
freshman home-rooms. I t ’s main pur
pose in life is to guide the activities
of the freshman class. The members
are: Don Ransdell 106, Leroy Lehman
108, Paul Even 110, Billy Guenther
211, Marvin Struck 212, Pattie Price
214, and Louise Robinson 308. These
people, who meet every Wednesday
with Miss M. Ronalds, freshman ad
visor, are now discussing plans for
homeroom committee work on man
ners.
Freshmen have been holding recog
nition and acquaintance contests. The
most recent one was held Thursday,
December 10. It was an acquaintance
contest in which each student was
asked to list as many freshmen as
possible outside his homeroom. Once
more the girls led with the following
winners: Jackie Perrin 108, Barbara
Hall 110, Charmaine Neutz 211, Ellen
Anderson 106, Gerry Rockow 212,
Elaine Hoppe 214, and Evelyn Plath
308.
The last, but far from least, thing
the freshmen are concerned with at
this time is the rather painful task of
Curriculum choices. Before the end
of the semester the boys and girls
must have chosen their subjects for
the remainder of their stay at Nilehi.
These are, however, subject to change.
Girls Sextette Formed
The newest organization in the mu
sic department is a girls’ sextette
composed of Arline Madsen, Peggy
McNeill, Audrey Brown, Dorothy Gus
tafson, Rosemarie Meyer, and Patty
Todd. This group has made several
appearances recently. On the evening
of Nov. 17, three of the girls — Arline
Madsen, Patty Todd, and Rosemarie
Meyer with Dorothy Gustafson as ac
companist sang for a Book Review of
the Cosmos Club at the home of Mrs.
Paul Allen. The entire group sang
for The Woman’s Club Christmas
meeting on Dec. 2, and again for The
Woman’s Society of Central Church
on Dec. 3. They have done their bit
carol singing in the corridors during
the week preceding Christmas.
Carol singing is becoming a tradi
tion. It was a thrill to the singers
to see classroom doors open, and to
peep in on most appreciative audi
ences. In some instances enthusiasm
was so great that the classes joined
heartily in the singing.
NILEHÏLÎTE
Page 3
Humorous Features Make
Chemistry Interesting Course
Freshmen! Do you know what ele
ments make up water? Do you know
what happens when a brain cell (not
you) mixes an active metal, say zinc,
with sulfuric acid ? If not, you’d bet
ter plan to take a course in chemistry.
The word should be hyphenated to
read chem-mystery. Not to say that
the subject is tough. Oh, No.
However, between stints of home
work, chemistry pupils have a good
time, often at the expense of the in
structor, Mr. Ohlson. For instance
take a somewhat typical period sev
eral days ago. The scene is the class
room during the fifth period Mr. Ohl
son is hurriedly arranging a long row
of bottles on the lecture table. Each
is numbered and each contains a dis
solved salt. Mr. Ohlson, intending to
illustrate a point to his pack of seri
ous faced “kids,” mixes two of them
together (not the kids), saying mean
while “notice the velvety jet-black
color to be produced here, due to the
ionic form of each solution.” Sudden
ly the class bursts out laughing with
Junior Council Electees
Perhaps everyone doesn’t know just
what the Junior Council is or what it
does. It is a group of juniors who are
elected by the junior homerooms to
represent their class as a whole. Its
meetings are held every Wednesday
and special meetings are called when
ever necessary.
There are seventeen members on the
junior council. They are: 206, Mary
Kay DeWitt, Norris Mullendore, and
Charles Gockenbock, alternate; 210,
Jack Harrer, Mary Ann Wenzel, and
Betty Farr, alternate; 216, Mickey
Callmar and Tom Davidson; 213, Lu
cille Anderson, Pete Hegarty, and
Marion Robertson, alternate; 219, Dor
is Hampton, James King, and Gordon
Peshke, alternate; 107, Robert Arnold,
Harriet Murray, and Rose Marie Nor
um, alternate.
President of the council this year
is Jack Harrer; vice-president, Mary
Ann Wenzel; secretary - treasurer,
Harriet Murray. The council is spon
sored by Miss Harbert.
The juniors did their share in the
flag drive this year and sponsored the
Juke-Box-Jump. They are also in
charge of the Christmas Program and
decorations of the tree.
The juniors should realize that the
Junior Council is important and
should strive to help it in every pos
sible way.
a vengeance, for instead of black, the
solution is bright yellow. The expres
sion on Mr. Ohlson’s face is worthy of
a prize. “Er-ahem,” says he. “I seem
to have mixed the wrong bottles.”
Then there is the case of Edwin Al
bright, eighth period student. One of
the hustlers, Ed leads the class with
experiments completed, having finish
ed over twenty. However, the point
is that being so far ahead, he is often
on his own and sometimes does the
wrong thing with disastrous results.
In order to be ahead of the times we
have written an epitaph for his tomb
stone :
Alas for thirsty little Eddie
We’ll ne’er see Eddie more;
For what he thought was H 20
Was H2S04
Awards for misinformation should
go to John Wuerth. In one of the
r e q u i r e d experiments, Potassium
chlorate, a chemical that can’t be
bought for love nor money these days
thanks to Hirohito and Adolph, is
used, Mr. Ohlson having a limited sup
ply on hand. Tediously told not to
throw it away after the experiment
but to return it to the instructor (it
had already been used twelve times
by other students), Johnny dumped
it down the drain, and then remem
bered.
Dear to the hearts of some chemis
try pupils are 9th and 10th periods
after school, during which the lab is
open for puttering, etc. Altho it has
not made an appearance this year,
chess, of all things, was a great fav
orite with the chem slaves last year.
Altho the fellows and gals go up there
with the best intentions most every
afternoon, the work often degenerates
into a bull session in which everything
from the next dance and the latest
styles, to the future of the earth is
discussed.
Of course this article could not be
complete without a bit of Mr. Ohlson’s
well-known humor. Naturally, much
is lacking without the teller but here
is one joke that went over big. “A
man, crossing a bridge, noticed an
other man, a salesman, about to com
mit suicide by jumping in. Going up
to him, the first man said, ‘look old
man, let’s not be so drastic. What
say we walk around the block and
talk things over. If after that, I
haven’t convinced you that life is
worth living, I ’ll let you jump.’ Well,
they both took the turn around, came
back, and both jumped in.”
�Impressive Christmas
Play Scores Hit
History Enlivened
By Pupil's Slides
On Thursday, December 17, as is
the custom, the junior class again
sponsored the annual Christmas play.
This year the dramatic portion of the
play was headed by Mrs. Esch, while
Miss Klaus took charge of the sing
ing, which was heard in the back
ground.
A miracle that occurs in front of a
church provides the plot for play. The
cast was ably handled by such people
as: Narrator, Mary Ellen Racine,
Good Boy, Jam es Holmes; Tough Boy,
Edward Kretsch; Jean, Shirley Greg
or; Bob, Dick Barber; Ann, Charmaine
Neutz; Betty, Sally Fjellm an; Alice,
Marilyn Hynes; Pastor, Danny Dever;
Tom, Tom Podraza; Mr. Ellsworth,
Charles Bailey; Mrs. Ellsworth, Char
lotte Quincy; Beggar, Allan Nelson;
and Wanda, Audrey Brown.
Everyone who has ever taken U. S.
history knows well what a project is.
(Too well?) Projects are required in
order to widen the scope of material
covered, and are often of much value.
Anyway, they came around again,
and two of Miss Kranz’s students de
cided on a very original idea. Among
other different and interesting pro
jects, probably the most enjoyable was
the “original idea” of Leota Harper
and Barbara Mason to picture the
Exploration and Colonization Era on
glass slides, with an accompanying
script. They were shown on Novem
ber 25th to the history classes, for the
first time. Other showings may be
given later.
Bulletin Boards Hit
In History Rooms
Our Christmas Tree
By Dorothy Howe
Miss Harrison’s fiifth and sixth
period science class has been making
a mineral and vitamin Christmas tree.
Perhaps you’ve been walking by
room 308 and glanced in. You prob
ably stared in amazement, for the
whole class was running around with
scissors, scotch tape and paste. You
see we have been studying foods and
thought that decorating a Christmas
tree with foods containing minerals
and vitamins would be helpful to us
and different.
We have a Santa Claus made out of
apples and carrots, a Mrs. Santa
Claus face from an onion, cloves and
an apple peel. A Horn O’Plenty with
fruits coming out of it represents the
need for an abundance of food con
taining minerals and vitamins. A bot
tle of cod liver oil has vitamin D. A
bottle of milk with practically all the
vitamins, contains the minerals cal
cium, phosphorus, and salt. A string
of popcorn and cranberries were add
ed for decoration and a little vitamin
c, and raisins for your iron. Grapes
containing vitamin A and C and the
mineral iron form attractive pen
dants. We used peanuts for phos
phorus and citrus fruits for calcium
and vitamin C.
If your mother has ever told you
not to forget your vitamin pills just
remind her that you can get those
same vitamins from fruits and vege
tables.
History rooms breathe a historical
atmosphere through their interesting
bulletin boards. Room 206 — Miss
Kranz, and room 211 — Miss Lumpp,
are two examples of what an artis
tic interesting board may do for a
room. Most of the work is a display
of student’s talents and therefore
changes with the subject studied. Cur
rent events and holidays are observed
and displayed in these two rooms also.
A statement made by a student when
the board was being changed and the
room seemed bare was “Gee, what
did you do to this room, does it look
dreary!” This proves what a differ
ence the bulletin board can make
Christmas Decorations
Beautify Library
Miss Louise Myers has again orig
inated a plan for making the library
an interesting place for the student
body. The library was beautifully dec
orated during the Christmas season,
and very educational, too. The front
bulletin board was decorated with
book suggestions for boys and girls.
The Christmas tree was hung with
cutouts of book covers, and the back
board had a very interesting display
of Christmas cards and pictures of
Christmas in other lands. The whole
library was festooned with evergreen
that smelled simply wonderful. Thank
you very much Miss Myers. Keep up
the good work.
Lienhart Quits School
For Navy Teaching
Mr. John Lienhard, instructor of
mathematics at Niles Township High
School, regretfully left his teaching
position last Tuesday to accept a posi
tion as civilian instructor of naviga
tion in the navy ground school at
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware,
Ohio.
Mr. Lienhard had taught at Niles
for three years, coming to the local
school from South Beloit, Illinois.
Both faculty and students recognized
him as an outstanding teacher, and
his presence will be greatly missed at
the high school.
Mr. Lienhard stated that he hoped
to return to NileHi after the war. He
also left a message to the boys of the
school. He said that the average high
school boy should be more serious, and
should endeavor to be prepared more
thoroughly in mathematics, science,
the manual arts, and physical educa
tion, in order to render a greater ser
vice to the country when called upon.
Three Nilehi Birds
Try Their Wings
On Nov. 27, three boys from Nile
High, Joe Webber, Jerry Gafford, and
Dick Hawkinson went to the Evanston
High School to try their luck in the
U. S. Army Air Corps examination.
All three are decidedly air minded
and are taking Mr. Flagg’s new aero
nautics course this winter.
The test which lasted three hours
covered mathematics, current events,
and practical problems in mechanics
and aeronautics.
82 correct answers out of 150 con
stituted a passing grade.
Dick thought the test was pretty
stiff but here’s hoping that all three
boys will pass with “flying” colors.
Sophomore Class Low
On War Stamp Sale
Ju st think of it! To date N.T.H.S.
has sold $686.40 worth of stamps. But
attention, sophomores. Did you know
that you have been the lowest each
week since we started to sell stamps?
Come on, sophomores, let’s do some
thing about this.
Miss Green wants to thank the boys
of the print shop classes who volun
tarily prepared a series of posters for
display throughout the building. Watch
for the timely messages, each week.
�
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Volume IV No. 7
Pep Club Backs
February Fling
The first week end of the new se
mester is certainly to be one of the
biggest.
Friday night the Pep Club comes
into its own, offering the “February
Fling.” This super attraction offers
the music of Dick Lewis and his 14
piece band, a big favorite with schools
and colleges along the North shore.
Dick Boyd and June Ohlsen, in charge
of the affair, promise that there will
be special decorations to add to the
charm of the dance.
All Pep Club members will be ad
mitted free, merely upon asking for
their tickets at the gymnasium door.
Others will pay a nominal fee of $1.00
a couple, or 75c for stags. Since this
is one of the very few dances with a.
real orchestra, a large crowd is ex
pected to turn out from 8 until 12.
The first home ball game in over a
month will be played against New
Trier Saturday night. This is the one
the Trojans really want, as New Trier
humbled them at the beginning of the
season by a decisive margin. Since
then both teams have beaten Evans
ton, and New Trier lost to Waukegan,
the team that beat Nilehi by one point
only. Last year’s home encounter was
won by the Trojans, 66-40.
The teams have broken even in the
last two games, winning two at Ley
den in easy fashion, and losing at Libertyville. With every player on both
squads who made the trip getting in
the games, the varsity won over Ley
den 53-37 and the reserves 25-20.
Junior Senior Girls
Pass Home Nursing
On Thurs., Jan. 28, eight junior and
senior girls received certificates in
Red Cross Home Nursing for complet
ing a course which began early this
fall.
Senior girls receiving certificates
were: Marie Stritch, Catherine Kretch,
and Germaine Monnig. Juniors: Ber
nice Tolzien, Lorraine Splett, RoseMarie Norum, Eileen Molitor, and
Marion Eichelkraut.
The class, which included women
from Niles Township, planned for re
freshments after class, and presented
Miss Jorgenson, the instructor, with
a plant and a box of candy.
Skokie, Illinois
February 3, 1943
Nilehi's Gold and Blue
The Girls Auxiliary Corps, or the
GACS, as they are called, had their
first meeting Monday, January 18, in
the Girl’s gym. Membership is open
to all girls in the high school. The pur
pose is to inform the girls as to
preparation and requirements for en
trance and advancement in the
Women’s Auxiliaries of the Armed
Forces.
The meetings will consist of a 15
minute lecture, a 15 minute drill
period, and 30 minutes of organized
community service, such as assisting
with Red Cross activities, Girls
Auxiliary Corps, community health
services, Poppy Day sales, etc.
The uniform will be a dark skirt
and a light blouse or sweater. A blue
armband with G.A.C. on it in orange
thread will be worn at all times. Of
ficers will receive insignia according
to their ranks. Standards for advance
ment in rank are based on length of
service, manner of handling respon
sibility, method of commanding com
panies, or conduct in them.
Victory Corps
Niles Township’s students are now
organizing a Victory Corps to aid in
the war effort. The Corps is sponsored
by the Forum and will consist of stu
dents who qualify by participating in
various activities. Among these activi
ties are: first aid and life-saving
courses, air-raid service, messenger
service, bandage rolling, Red Cross
work, and others.
Anyone who enrolls will receive a
general insignia. If they enroll for
special service, they may receive a
special insignia, such as air service,
land service, etc.
One of the suggestions from book
lets on the Victory Corps is to hold
military drills. This has already been
started in the Physical Education
classes.
Pre-Induction Courses
Something new has been added. The
something new is the pre-induction
courses that will be added to the cur
riculum next semester, if enough stu
dents are interested. This applies only
to junior and senior boys and girls.
You may drop minor courses to enroll
in pre-induction courses, but it’s im
possible to change your major pro
gram. No minor credit will be given
for pre-induction courses.
Basic radio code, if completed suc
cessfully, should develop a speed of
ten words per minute. All students
who enroll will enroll with the under
standing that they will contribute half
the cost of the equipment. The kit
cost thirty-five dollars. The more stu
dents enrolling the less the cost per
student. The course will be offered on
Mondays the ninth period.
In review mathematics, offered on
Wednesday the ninth period in room
306 by Miss Lytle, and Friday the first
period in room 108 by Mr. Meier or
Miss Ellerbrake. The teacher will help
the student find his individual weak
nesses and recommend exercises to
them.
Mr. Kent will instruct pupils in
simple laboratory * tests commonly
used in army and navy physical exam
inations. Instructions will be given
Wednesday during the third period
in room 316.
Mr. Larson’s blueprint reading, of
fered on Friday the eighth period in
room 100, will be the same as the one
he taught at Great Lakes Naval Train
ing Station.
Hardy Trojans Are
Beaten by Cold
Nothing can stop the Trojans! —
Except Jack Frost. All the Johnny
Weissmuellers and Maureen O’Sulli
vans really showed their colors —
blue! — during the cold wave of last
Tuesday and Wednesday. After an
entire semester of tough physical
build-up in the gym classes, along
comes a mere trifle like 15° below
zero, and 500 of Niles Township’s
hardy students pull the blankets over
their noses and forget that it’s a
weekday. Such is physical endurance.
The few sturdy souls who did brave
the snows and Arctic winds to attend
their beloved school looked lost in the
three-quarters empty class-rooms. But
Anyway, never let it be said that
none of our students are Trojans.
There are the 300!
�February 3, 1943
Page 2
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Around
Bettie Perrir^cl
Hey Spike! is a call that is heard
get to the bottom of Bill Meyer’s New
up and down the hall incessantly. Of
Year’s resolution.
course, it doesn’t have to be Spike —
Things we like to hear:
it could be Butch or Shorty. Ju st to
dismissal bell
be on the safe side here’s a list of
Dr. Biehn making an announcement
nicknames and originals for you to
a dish breaking in the cafeteria
match. So next time an alias is called
a teacher laughing
out in the hall you’ll know who is
“Songs by Sinatra”
being paged. You hope!
The Owl — Bill Stockfiish
K. P. — Marilyn Tilton
Doc — Mary Ann Wenzel
By Joan Trietseh
Legs — Joan Taylor
Don’t make just a shining house
Tillie — Bob Farrell
Your only springtime goal,
4’ 9% " — Carol Ellis
Remember there’s a time as well
Sleepy — Bob Kunsy
For house cleaning the soul.
Hilda — Pat Bennett
Sammy — Jack Ritter
I t was too cold to go to school but The mouldy dust of apathy
not too cold for several girls to go Scatters to the breeze,
downtown. Oh well, they did their Dig down deep into your heart
good deed by singing for the mile of Unto the very lees.
dimes on State street.
Eileen Molitor has been inconspicu Rout those musty cob-webs
ously seen carrying a pipe in her Of selfishness and spite,
Poke into each corner
purse.
And see that things are right.
Couples of the week:
Robert Farrell and Mae Kennedy.
Cast off all that rubbish
Helen Kuehne and Dick Boyd.
That’s been cluttering up your mind,
What two seniors were seen playing
Hate and wear and bickerings
“pie tag” from twelve to one o’clock
Leave them all behind.
after the Alumni Dance.
What girl with the initials M. C.
Scrub and scour your conscience
made things very involved down in
Until it shines and gleams,
the office by looking for her girl
Then you’ll know and not till then,
friend who wasn’t in school that
What a “House In Order” means.
d ay !!??
Question of the week: Who tore the Don’t make just a shining house
picture of Glenn Miller out of the new Your only springtime goal,
Metronome ?
Remember there’s no time like now
Sight of any week: Miss Meyers
For house cleaning your soul.
stalking prey in the lib ra ry -------Or, then there’s always Miss Kranz,
very embarrassed, trying desperately
to explain to one of her classes what
she does with her evenings.
In case you’re hungry (and who
isn’t) drop in at locker B-243 — open
The NileHilite is edited, published,
with can opener — reach into cookie and printed bi-monthly by the stu
ja r which will be hanging on the hook dents of Niles Township High School,
and if you get your big hand mached Skokie, Illinois. Dr. A. L. Biehn,
in a rat trap it will serve you right. principal.
Those cookies are for steady custom
EDITORIAL BOARD
ers only!
Edwin Albright, Harriet Hart,
What teacher was it that rushed up Leota Harper
Margaret McNeill
to Miss Sayre in an assembly and de
Maralyn Woodsworth
manded to know what home room she
Reportorial Staff
was in! Was it for talking, Miss
Students in English 15J
Sayre?
Production Managers
We also admire Miss Johanns and
Richard Glauner Patrick Bennett
Faculty Advisers
Mr. Isaacson for waiting patiently in
Mr. Wilbur Blanke
line in the cafeteria along with the
Mr. Clement Meier
rest of the hungry clan.
House Cleaning
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ever, these are mere iri^ranties^i§inl
as long as you only have t o t f f r e
thermometer from the warm incRftfift}
the weather really isn’t bad.
A fter all, no one could be expected
to go to school on a zero day, or at
least that seems to be the general
consensus of opinion in this locality.
It couldn’t be that any of us are afraid
of the cold, its just that we’re practi
cal. Of course the schools in the north
ern states such as Minn, and North
Dakota don’t find it necessary to close
down during cold sieges and the stu
dents and faculty usually manage to
arrive. However, maybe those Eski
mos are accustomed to it.
But, the next time the mercury
drops below the zero mark, try to pur
sue your education anyway. Face the
wind and gale to arrive at this institu
tion of learning; and when your ears
turn blue and those numb fingers start
to drop off, be consoled. At least
you’re not a cold weather “sissy.” Afe
you ?
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teachers braved
to school. But
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�January 28, 1943
Profiles
Not quite five feet tall, but certain
ly easy to see is one of Nilehi’s redhaired seniors, Adele Bartz. Her fa
vorite sports are swimming and volley
ball. Being a dance fan, Harry James
is tops on her list of dance-bands. She
is strictly thumbs down on super
length sweaters plus microscopic
skirts, — to say the least about how
she despises bleached or dyed hair—
(and people who call her, “Red.” )
Adele has shown a great deal of
ability and enthusiasm in her commer
cial course at Nilehi, and has hopes of
attending a business college after
graduation.
“Hey mom, come here to the phone
and help me on this interview, will
y a ? ” — Such was the first quote we
receive (unintentionally) from Bob
Engert another carrot-topped senior
who claims to have a hot temper to
match. Bob does a pretty good job of
releasing the heat thru his clarinet,
and his success in music can readily
be seen by an organization of his
called the “Ensemble.” Beside labor
ing furiously over this and that chemi
cal mystery, Bob found time to take
part in the school play. “Dramatics is
a great subject. I like it a lot, — but
what I ’m really interested in is chem
istry.” A fter graduation he would
like to continue studying at Notre
Dame.
His most recent peeve is girls in
slacks because, “well, they don’t fit
right.”
Nile Hi Has Own
Dr. I. Q. With Puzzlers
“Pardon me, Mr. Ohlson, I have a
little puzzle here that has me stumped.
I wonder if you could work it out for
me.”
Mr. Ohlson has, from time to time,
been confronted by youngsters, old
sters, men, women, boys and girls ask
ing him for results of puzzles.
There seems to be some mysterious
inner yearning within many individ
uals to see that our professor is well
supplied with perplexities. Below is
one of his collections of “brain-teas
ers.”
A man traveled five miles South,
then five miles W est; and here he shot
a bear. He was now exactly five miles
from his original point of departure.
Question: What was the color of the
bear ?
The answer to this puzzle and an
other puzzle will appear in the next
issue of the NileHilite.
NILEHILITE
Page 3
Christmas Is Quiet
Mechanical Drawing
For Teachers, Students Has Promising Students
Upon speaking with a couple of
members of the faculty, and by pick
ing up a few stray pieces of gossip
we were able to find out what a few
people did with their vacations.
Miss Kranz, being the first one in
terviewed, had rather a busy and quiet
but not very exciting vacation.
A. F irst few days graded History
test papers and made out semester
finals.
B. Went to see Porgy and Bess.
C. Attended a House Party on
Christmas including the week end.
D. Did some shopping.
E. And to bring her vacation to an
end she spent 3 days including New
Years Day in bed with a chest cold.
Another teacher interviewed was
Miss Johanns. She said “I did nothing
but sleep.”
A few of the students that we heard
talking in the halls were.
Marie Sternberg, junior: “Went to
8 shows.”
Ned Stowe, junior: “Worked half
the time and slept the other half.”
Color Guard Deserves
Better Cooperation
All the students of Nilehi are aware
of the fact that they have an appoint
ed color guard, who are trained in the
correct presentation, and retirement
of the colors; but the student body as
a whole does not seem to realize that
they too have an importance in the
ritual of the presentation of the flag.
Most of the students stand at atten
tion looking bored, or letting their
eyes wander over the other people, or
at the stage, when they should be fac
ing straight ahead, reciting the pledge
of allegiance, and joining in the sing
ing of “The Star Spangled Banner.”
The members of the color-guard,
who are: Jerry Gafford, captain, John
May, lieutenant, Herbert Jarosch,
Fred Borneman, Robert Dittman, Jack
Ohlsen, James Koyat, Erwin Dombrowski, Bert Bloethner, Warren
Gockenbank, Jean Kelly, Nancy Per
rin, Dorothea Wolcott, Shirley Gregor,
Doris Hampton, Barbara Abbot, Fran
ces Dutsch and Lenore Peters, under
the direction of Miss Harbert, do their
part well in the assemblies.
Why do they build back rows any
how? As headkeeper for the fourth
period Mechanical Drawing class, Mr.
Galitz has reason to wonder. For
there sit a solid row of future archi
tects — maybe — among them Bill
Keiser, Jack Kitteredge, Dick Krewer,
Leo Kuhn and Allen Nelson. Little
angels at heart, they often find that
temptation is mighty powerful. W it
ness one of their favorite little jokes
directed at “Butch” Glauner. The win
dows are often frosted, and so, many
is the time that the brunt of their
joke has walked into the room to find
etched upon the window pane—“Butch
loves M.B.”
The “A” student is Pete Conrad.
Why? Because he sits in the front
row. Two other “wise guys” are Bob
Taylor and, marvel of marvels con
sidering where he sits, Allen Nelson.
The class joker is Pete Yeger. So
much for them.
The class is studying machine draw
ings and designing their own one
room huts (log cabins to you). One
glaring mistake was made. John
Handler, being told to design an ideal
summer cottage for himself, drew up
a view of a palatial mansion and then
had to junk it. Don’t worry Johnny,
we know you had lofty principles.
Speaking of lofty principles, two
other students, Jim Ferris and Bill
Keiser, were caught in the act of —
ah — shall we say, trading informa
tion. Were their faces red! Actually
tho, we can’t blame them. Figuring
out some of those machine drawings
is no cinch.
With such a class it’s a wonder Mr.
Galitz isn’t an old fossil ( ? ? ? ) , but
of course, this little group of horned
angels isn’t as bad as we’ve painted
it. Actually most oi them have passed
Mr. Galitz’s inspections with flying
colors. By flying colors we mean that
Mr. Galitz’s colored pencil flew all
over the page.
Bartz First To Hit 8 0
Words In Shorthand
The girl of the month, as fa r as
shorthand is concerned, is Adele Bartz.
Monthly tests are now being given to
second year shorthand students under
the direction of The Gregg Writer. In
order to receive a certificate, the stu
dents must take dictation for five con
secutive minutes and then transcribe
their work 98% accurately. Adele
wrote 80 words a minute for five min
utes and transcribed her notes 98.5%
accurately! She is the first student to
receive the certificate. Congratula
tions, Adele!
�Page 4
This TT That
Intramural Basketball HD
Intramural quintets are turning on
the steam with hope of becoming this
year’s basketball champs. As a result
the leading teams are finding it hard
to stay on top.
At the present the Wednesday sec
tion pacesetters are the Broncos (1st
period), the Wolves (5th-6th period),
and the Citadel (8th period). Leaders
in the Thursday section are the Illini
(1st period), the Wolverines and the
Gophers (4th period-tie), the Badgers
(5th-6th period), and the Braves (8th
period).
On January 7 the Leader’s Club of
Niles Township High School held a
party in the cafeteria.
The party was held in honor of
Nancy Allen and Dottie Lund’s birth
day.
At 2:30 the club went to the cafe
teria for refreshments and then they
proceeded downtown to attend a show
at the Chicago theater.
Students of home room 213 have
been attempting to boost their sale of
defense stamps by not eating candy
during their lunch period on Wednes
day, and using the money thus saved
to buy stamps on Thursday. During
the first three weeks that this plan
was followed the stamp sale went up
ten per cent. The students have de
cided to have their representative
bring the idea up in the forum and
suggest that it be made into an all
school affair.
There are many students in school
who would like to play a musical in
strument but feel they cannot because
they do not own the desired horn. At
this time, however the music depart
ment has a number of instruments
which will be loaned to students who
wish to enroll this semester. All those
interested see Mr. Collins at once.
The music major and appreciation
classes, under Miss Klaus, have taken
over the showcase across from the as
sembly hall for the month of Janu
ary. Each week the exhibit shall be
based on a different phase of music,
including symphony, opera, patriotic
and classical composers. Projects dis
played were made by members of the
class. Books displayed are from the
school library and available to all in
terested in reading material on varied
phases of the world of music.
NILEHÏLITE
Febuary 3, 1943
Music Department Girls Becoming
Prepares Concert Tracksters in Gym
The band and orchestra has already
begun preparation for their spring
concert. Some new music, including
overtures, rhapsodies, novelty num
bers, and a trombone and piccolo duet,
has recently been purchased for pre
sentation at this performance.
In the very near future tryouts for
places will also be held and those in
strumentalists who best p r e f o r m
scales, the concert music, and sight
reading will be attributed first chair
positions. It is felt that in this way
more enthusiasm and effort will be
aroused, resulting in an even better
and more successful spring concert.
Scrap Drive Asks
"Give Your All"
All those keys, lipstick cases, pa
pers, rubber bands, etc., that have
been lying around for §o long just
taking up space, can now be put to a
good use. The Scrap Drive Commit
tee, headed by Beverly Kramer, re
ports that great plans are being made
for the future.
A January drive for old pennies has
been held, when anyone who receives
pennies in change, in the cafeteria,
etc., will, if he’s really patriotic, drop
them in a little box especially provid
ed for them.
In following weeks drives will be
held for rubber bands, old paper, keys,
and other small articles, which will
be placed in a contribution box in the
front hall.
All the students should cooperate
with the committee. After all, you
don’t need those old keys and things,
you can even do without those pen
nies — only for a week at a time. The
government can do a lot more with
them than you can!
Noontime Boredom
Finally Remedied
In order to lessen the crowds in the
cafeteria and to provide entertain
ment for students during the lunch
periods, the assembly room has been
turned into a game room. The spon
sors of this transformation are Mr.
Flagg, Miss Schafer, Miss Spikings,
and Miss Klaus.
The room has been equipped with
ping pong tables, a juke box, and will
The boys aren’t the only ones
acquiring super-physiques. Many of
Nilehi’s damsels are planning on being
girl commandos. The obstacle course
was used diligently during milder
weather, and with ice and snow came
"basic stunts” — simple little things
like holding one foot in the air and
jumping over it with the other one.
And also jumping suddenly into the
air, turning completely around, and
landing squarely in your footprints
without losing your balance.
And now the femmes must dash
wildly around the gym ten times or
more without even pausing for a
breath. Dolores Chapman went around
sixty-seven times and then fell into
a deep slumber.
Perhaps it’s wise to toughen up the
girls as well as the boys, but all we
can say is, "Boys! Watch out for Leap
year!”
Slacks — To Be
Or Not To Be
Wednesday morning, during home
room period, an all-girl assembly was
held in the assembly room, on the
matter of girls wearing slacks in
school.
The purpose of the assembly was
to inform the girls that it is permissable to wear slacks in school, depend
ing upon whether they are warm or
not.
This idea on the kind of slacks to
wear, and how to wear them was con
veyed to the girls by means of models.
Some girls wearing their slacks rolled
up, and leaving their blouses outside,
illustrated how sloppy you can look
in slacks if they’re not worn right.
Other girls modeled very neat and
trim slacks, and helped their other
classmates to see how nicely dressed
girls can look in slacks if they are
worn neatly, carefully, and properly
fitted.
soon have a few dart games. If stu
dents would like to dance they are re
quested to bring their own records to
supply the juke box.
A new plan to be put in effect soon
will be the dividing of the lunch
period into two shifts. At one time,
then, the boys will play off their ping
pong tournament in one shift and the
girls will do the same in the next
shift. The winners of these tourna
ments will have their names inscribed
on the athletic plaques.
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Woodsworth, Maralyn, Editor
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Volume IV No. 8__________________ Skokie, Illinois____________________ February 19, 1934
Bundle Day Helps
Needy Children
The “Bundle Day” campaign that
was carried on Feb. 9, 10, 11 was
sponsored by the Junior Red Cross
and Miss Line.
These bundles went to Winchester,
Kentucky and enabled boys and girls
to attend school during bad weather.
Many underprivileged children were
unable to trudge over muddy moun
tain roads due to the lack of proper
clothing. In other parts of the coun
try clothing was collected to send to
Britain where the urgent need for
clothing is increasing with the pro
lo n g ation of the war.
This is the first time a drive of this
kind has been sponsored in Nile High.
In former years we have had a book
drive and this will be featured again
in the near future. Thanks to the
students and congratulations to the
Junior Red Cross, for their fine work
are in order.
Freshmen Learning
About Manners
This week we take our hats off to
the freshmen. They have decided
knowing what to do and how to do it
is something every freshman should
know. Upper classmen might take
note too.
The freshman class has been divided
into 53 different committees all bent
on securing information on manners.
They have completed their research
and have begun reporting the news
back to their home rooms. They don’t
just give their reports in the usual
manner but present them in different
and novel ways. Some of them are
presented by radio skits, plays, quiz
programs, questionnaires, discussions,
and showing the right and wrong way
to act in your social life.
Recently, the home rooms had their
first reports. The best one was a
radio skit presented over the P. A.
system to home room 108.
All committees are under the guid
ance of the Freshman Board of Ad
visers and Miss Margery Ronalds,
Freshman Adviser.
I f there’s a social problem bother
ing you, why don’t you ask a fresh
man for the solution? By now, they
are all authorities and all we can say
is “More power to you!”
Forum Representatives
Elected for Semester
The Forum representatives have
been elected for the second semester.
They are:
Seniors: Nancy Allen, Ted Canty,
Florence Schramm 310; Zenon Turski,
Marie Strich, 100; Rosanna King, Jim
Rau 208; Bill Stockfisch, Pat Galitz
221; Lucille Anderson, Jack Reiland
112 .
J u n i o r s : Harriet Hart, James
Holmes 219; Jam es Moore, Eugene
Putnam 216; Robert Weidenmiller,
Barbara Mason 206; Betty Bray, Hildegarde Schottleutner 210; Nona
Jayne Holappa, Robert Pasek 213;
Beverly Kramer, Joan Cutsler 107.
Sophomores: Ed Dean, Sally Fiellman 209, Shirley Lawrence, Don
Christenson 315; Joan Trietsch, Bob
Hartney 306; Tommy Wetmore, Mary
Lou Kendall 316; Hildegarde Jarosch
121; Walter Zust, Ann Erickson 102.
Freshmen: Marian McClain, Nancy
Guthrie 212; David Wilkenson, Sandra
Goss 110; Louis Nachbauer, Jerome
Burke 211; Stanley Noeson, John
Suydam 308, Eleanor Nelson, John
Kokum 108; Harry Jensen, Muriel
Farrell 214; Joe Paolell, Pat Byron
106.
Trojans Win Decisive
Game Against Zion
Last Thursday night Zion made a
valiant but futile effort to end the
Trojans string of homefloor victories.
The Trojans started slowly and it
wasn’t until midway in the second
half that they managed to overcome
a large first half disadvantage to pull
the game out of the fire.
The game proved to be an uphill
battle all the way for the Trojans who
were on the short end of a 17-10 score
at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter the Trojans
abandoned the Rhode Island State
style of attack but the score at the
half was still 34-23 against them.
The team looked much smoother the
second half and it came through with
the punch which marks a good ballclub. The gap was soon closed when
the Trojans finally got rolling. They
managed to secure a one point ad
vantage and kept it till the final
whistle blew. Final score 49-48.
The other game found the juniors,
sophomores and freshmen forces com
bined to trounce the Zion reserves.
The victory was more decisive than
the 40-31 score indicates.
Art Dept. Shows
Posters At Club
At a general meeting of the Cosmos
Clubs of this area, held on Monday,
February 15 in the Assembly room,
a number of posters made by Nilehi
art students were displayed, along
with one painting from each of sev
eral Skokie a rtists.’
The posters covered a variety of
fields, among them fashions, costume
design, advertisements, still life, and
patriotic posters. Slogans such as
“Join the WAAC’s,” “Food for Nutri
tion,” and “Youth of America” were
samples of some of the patriotic
posters.
The art students have worked on
the posters since the beginning of the
second quarter and according to Mr.
Wilkins, they would rank very high
among posters done by any high
school art class.
Although students were not admit
ted to the meeting, many of them saw
the posters on Tuesday during the
lunch periods, when they were dis
played on the assembly room stage.
Juniors and Seniors
Enjoy Joint Assembly
The juniors and seniors had their
second joint assembly of the year
today. The group was divided; the
college preparatory students going to
the library and the others to the as
sembly.
The college prep, students listened
to a very interesting talk given by
Dean Heidbrink of the College of Lib
eral Arts of Northwestern, assisted by
Jean Kellogg Reid, director of new
students.
The group in the assembly saw a
timely film on the Factory Front, and
participated in community singing.
Both groups presented the colors.
The programs were arranged for
by Mr. Ohlson and Miss Harbert, re
spectively.
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Fighting Spirit
February is upon us again and with
it come the birthdays of two of this
country's most honored sons. But as
usual the debaters and everyday con
versationalists have dug down into
this month’s bag of topics and brought
forth that time enduring question,
“Who was greater, Washington or
Lincoln?”
Some may argue for Washington
who as a boy took advantage of the
education and training, afforded him
by position, to later become a brave
general, a famous statesman, and a
great president. Others will staunch
ly defend Lincoln: for it was he, selfeducated and self-made, who gained
the strength and power to mend a
broken union.
But regardless of our own preju
dices we must remember that both of
these men courageously faced over
whelming odds in the fight to gain
that which they believed in. Today,
Americans everywhere are remember
ing the conquering ideals of Washing
ton and Lincoln; and by so doing are
gaining renewed faith and courage in
the cause for which we fight.
An Intercepted Note
D e a r -----Who told you I was going steady
with Grant? Not that it isn’t true
but more people have told me and
I ’ve only told a few. You knew Fri.
when I told you in the library. I ’m
mad. I haven’t seen “The Big Goof”
since last Sunday — not yesterday.
Dear — —
He came over yesterday with Ken
Somebody to play ping pong. He told
me that you were going steady. And
here I was blowing cause you hadn’t
told me.
I gotta go —
For obvious reasons names in the
above article were omitted.___________
M lH Ïu fë
The NileHilite is edited, published,
and printed bi-monthly by the stu
dents of Niles Township High School,
Skokie, Illinois. Dr. A. L. Biehn,
principal.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Edwin Albright, Harriet Hart,
Leota Harper
Margaret McNeill
Maralyn Woodsworth
Reportorial Staff
Students in English 15J
Production Managers
Jim Rau
Charles Valkenaar
Faculty Advisers
Mr. Wilbur Blanke
Mr. Clement Meier
NILEHILITE
February 19, 1943
DISA & DATA - Pretty Man
Captures Ferns' Hearts
Question of the week: Why hasn’t
something been done about lessening
homework ?
Congratulations, to Jack Kitteredge
for doing so well in the Golden Glove
Tournament.
When journalism student Jimmy
Holmes was assigned to write a story
on the outcome of the ping pong
tournament, Jim modestly explained
that he could not accept the assign
ment as he is going to win the tourn
ament and it would look funny if he
was to write about himself.
Who said Nilehi’s boys aren’t courte
ous? Recently Harriet Hart stalked
into homeroom 107 in search of some
boys to push her car out of a snow
drift. When Mr. Collins named sev
eral boys to help her out, they hardly
protested at all.
Couple of the week: Mickey Callmer and Dan Mack.
Song of the week: “I ’ve Heard That
Song Before.”
Saying of the week: Don’t you just
love Paul Henreid!
The laugh of the week goes to
Roegene Scholow. She is one of the
selected few who has found it neces
sary to obtain a tardy slip in order
to pass through the sacred portals of
the Detention Room.
Pat Bennett decided it was slightly
obvious when Miss Immel changed the
seating arrangement. Ask Pat where
she sits now. Have you heard Ed
Podolinski’s description of an ideal
teacher? Well here it is: 5' 2 "; blonde
hair; and blue eyes. Pretty good de
scription of P. C. don’t you think ?
(She says her eyes are hazel though.)
The new man, pictured in all the
girl’s lockers, is Paul Henried. That
explains all the tardies recently, for
the girls just can’t leave those pic
tures.
Is it because she’s a “Swede” that
Lucille Anderson ( ’44) insists that
Paul Henreid is a Swedish Baron?
Some people are beginning to won
der what happened to that Lieutenant
that was coming home about January
30. Was he a pipe dream Carol?
Things we like to hear:
The crowd yelling WITH the cheer
leaders.
Dick Lewis’ Band playing “Trumpet
Blues.”
Mr. Blanke knocking his ink well
for order, (we’re only kidding.)
Things we like to see:
Mr. Galitz smiling at a basketball
game.
Somebody should be careful about
implicating people by saying they
were somewhere in Evanston, when
they were actually at home that night.
Shame on you Lorn!
Now why do you suppose Helen
Louise (alias Mushie) didn’t get
measles after all?
Imagine Lizzy Kryshers’ embarrass
ment when upon looking up, she found
herself leering into Miss de Booy’s
face, upon learning there was no
tomato soup after tearing into the
line in the cafeteria! Gee!
I t is also vitally important that Ed
Podolinski keep his feet out the win
dows of his classes. The reason? We
don’t know — ask Ed.
Miss Lyttle was a trifle startled
when she asked Bruce Gifford his
home room number and heard it
shouted back in German. The fitting
answer this column has is “Heil!”
Of course, you know that Gladys
Rossman possesses the only A in ad
vanced typing?
Ed May is now attempting to talk
the office into allowing him to “take”
lunch 6-7 periods. That’s some mighty
fast talking, Ed!
Flowers are in order again. This
time the invalid is Pat Harms who is
suffering from an appendectomy.
How about that new hairdo Juanita
M. has just created lately?
We always thought Bill Shay had
an honest face. But this fact has been
disproved. I t seems every time some
thing happens in a certain U. S. His
tory class Bill is the accused culprit.
Tsk, tsk.
A very cute sight is Jack Harrer
surrounded by Peggy Kansteiner, Bev
Kramer, Jean Nelson, and Claire
Juniac.
What was Jack saying, girls?
Miss Johanns was rather taken
aback when after sending a girl from
her typing class to study hall for dis
cipline she discovered there was no
study hall that period. But that didn’t
stop her for she decided the culprit
would depart to the Library. We be
lieve that’s what you would call “a
will to win.”
P. S. Good-bye and good luck, Mrs..
Hebblethwaite.
�NILEHILITE
February 19, 1943
Display Exibits
Attract Attention
1)
Miss Line was appointed in Decem
ber, chairman in charge of the display
cases and bulletin boards. A plan was
derived whereby each department is
put in charge of a case or a board for
one month. Some very unusual and
interesting exhibits have been the
result. Miss Klaus and her class
should be given recognition for the
variety of exhibits on the diiferent
phases of music.
Dr. Biehn has said:
I cannot refrain from commenting
about the excellent use that the teach
ers of Nile High are making of these
media of education. Pupils, patrons,
and teachers have commented about
the attractiveness of these educational
devices. Everyone is urged to con
tinue to make full use of them when
the opportunity presents itself.
The “Calendar” for February is as
follows:
1st Floor—M. Ronalds Dept.
Bulletin Board—Latin in the World
Today
1st Floor—Mrs. Hebblethwaite’s Dept.
Display Case — Know the Ameri
cas
2nd Floor— Social Science Dept.
Display Case — Patriotic Exhibit
Display Case — U. S. History
Bulletin Board — U. S. History
Bulletin Board — Civics and Voca
tions
3rd Floor—Mathematics Dept.
Bulletin Board — Graphs
Bulletin Board — Geometrical Fig
ures
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Song of the Week — Moonlight Be
comes You.
Couples of the Week — Bev Kramer
and Howie Johnston; Danny Dever
and Audrey Brown.
Some of Nilehi’s students(?) are
determined to get a D this time. At
night they lug home every book they
own, and the next day lug them back
— untouched by human hands.
No, Jack Kittredge did not run into
a door. But gee! those black eyes
certainly are beauts, aren’t they?
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This’ll That
Miss Kranz has had P at Bennett on
maneuvers in Period 6-7 History
class ( ? ) for several days. She final
ly planted her where she can see all
of P at’s 4' 9% ".
That book “How To Torture Your
Friends,” hasn’t stayed in the library
over five minutes at a time. Wonder
why?
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Steam Heat Features as 'Must'
When Selling Fresine Locker
Members oi Junior Red
Cross Attend Luncheon
Nilehi’s newly appointed members
of the Junior Red Cross Council at
tended the annual Junior Red Cross
luncheon at the Palmer house on Feb
ruary sixth.
Two boys and two girls are appoint
ed from each high school in Chicago
and suburbs. Their duty is to attend
the council meetings, to report to the
council meetings the Red Cross activi
ties of the school, and to bring back
suggestions to the school.
Joan Cutsler, Leota Harper, Jim
Lannert, and Bruce Gifford were the
students appointed by Miss Line, the
Junior Red Cross sponsor.
Teachers Welcome
Mrs. Hind to Ranks
At the beginning of the second se
mester, Mrs. Dorothy Hind began
teaching at Nilehi, taking Mrs. Lienhard’s place. Mrs. Hind lives in Ev
anston and formerly taught at Roycemore High School. She has traveled
extensively in Europe, all over the
United States and in Canada. Mrs.
Hind received a Bachelor of Arts and
a Master’s Degree from the Univer
sity of Chicago.
As for Nilehi, Mrs. Hind has this
to say: “I just LOVE it! I t ’s a grand
school, and I ’m very happy to be
here.”
Nilehi’s students extend their best
wishes to Mrs. Hind, and welcome her
as the newest addition to the faculty.
Mr. Ohlsons 2nd I. Q.
Put on the thinking caps, students,
for here is the second puzzle in Mr.
Ohlson’s collection.
Here is an example of what Mr.
Ohlson calls a “code” type of puzzle.
The letters stand for digits (1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0), and the operation is
addition. Question: What digits do
the letters represent?
SEND
(add)
MORE
Answer
WHITE.
to
last
MONEY
week’s puzzle:
A locker is a thing having two
sides, a front and back, and a top and
bottom. The first time a freshman
saw one he thought they were cells
where they put students when they
did something they weren’t supposed
to.
On the front of the locker are sev
eral slits near the top and several near
the bottom. This is so the people in
side can see out.
Near the center of the locker is a
dial, used to open the locker. One
upper classman glued another dial on
his locker and sold a freshman a lock
er with a built-in radio. I f you can’t
open your locker, even if you bang or
pray, you might try “Open Sesame.”
The front of the locker is loose
on three sides so that it can open and
close. On the back of the front is a
space, where you can put pictures ? ? ?
One freshman wanted to put some pic
tures in his locker. Someone told him
to get them from Esquire. The next
day the student passed by the fresh
mans locker and saw, “Buy your suits
and top coats at Sam’s Shoppe.” So
he went over and sold him a pass on
the elevator.
Take good care of your locker be
cause it has to last four years. Then
you can sell it to a freshman, steam
heat and all.
Faculty Corner
Orchids to the Defense Stamp Sales
men of Nilehi for a job well done. Ja n
uary sales amounted to $296.55, an
average of thirty-five cents for each
student.
Let’s double our efforts and double
sales, too.
One ten-cent stamp will pay for
oxygen — enough oxygen to keep a
bomber pilot high above most enemy
pursuit planes for 40 minutes.
One completely filled stamp book
will pay for one “Walkie-Talkie.”
“Walkie-Talkie” is the name given the
two-way radio th at a man can carry
on his chest and through which he can
talk to headquarters.
What have you done for freedom
today ? Insure your tomorrows by
buying at least one stamp each Tues
day. Let’s join the crusade to get
all those unfilled stamp books out of
hiding!
Marie Green
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NILEHILITE
Profiles
June Ohlson
Among the lusty lunged juniors of
Nilehi is June Ohlson, captain of the
cheerleader’s squad and a very active
member of the Pep Club. June likes
all sports, radio class, biology, and
to everyone’s surprise, is serious about
playing bridge. A great admiration
for domestic arts has induced her to
learn how to cook eggs and make
toasted cheese sandwiches, and to sew
her own clothes . . . this coming sum
mer. At the present she would swoon
if someone offered her an after-school
job. June’s well nourished peeve is
to be greeted by a deafening silence
when she leads a cheer.
Jack ( “Jocko”) Harrer
Windsor knotted ties (ala Canty
style) represent a recent trend in
styles for the Junior Council Presi
dent, Jack Harrer. He is a g rea t(?)
advocate of health rules, — namely,
4 meals a day, staying up late, and
sleeping late. He has an extreme
fondness for football, and rolls up a
good score in bowling. Chompin’ on
“po’k chops,” playing pinocle, and
jiving to the tunes of Glenn Miller
are his tops in entertainment. Like
most war-conscious lads, Jack would
like to join the Navy or the Marines.
The emphatic Harrer peeve is peo
ple who incessantly discuss politics.
Mr. Dees Holds
Honors In Track
Jesse W. Dees, our newest coach at
Nilehi, has made a record that would
be hard to equal.
Dees was high point man of the
varsity track team at Illinois Wes
leyan University in 1935 competing
in the high jump, broad jump, pole
vault, high hurdles, mile run and two
mile run. Later he made the Olympic
try-outs by a record set at Stagg field.
After his college career was over
Dees began coaching at Calumet City
in the Lincoln School and won three
successive city championships. From
Calumet City Dees came to Nilehi to
coach a team which is pretty weak
from the lack of good material, but
coach Dees seems confident that the
Trojans will be able to come out on
top and with what he did at Calumet
City one can be pretty sure he is cap
able of seeing that they do.
______________ February 19, 1943
Awards Given To New Trier Falls
Nilehi Swimmers To Trojans Here
The swimming team has just closed
another very encouraging season un
der the watchful eyes of Mr. Dees, the
new coach. Every year the swimmers
have used the teams of Maine and
Highland Park as sort of a standard
to work up to. Each year they have
compared the difference in scores. The
difference this season was much smalller than last year. Although the team
lost all six of its meets there was
plenty of opposition put up against
the opposing teams. The only thing
lacking was some moral support.
During the season W ittorf broke
an Evanston Pool record in the one
hundred yard breast stroke. He swam
it in one minute, eighteen and six
tenths seconds.
A new combination of Didier, Lyon,
and Ohlson set a record one minute
fifty-five and two tenths seconds.
The divers from Nilehi were Jim
Tagney and Don Christenson who did
splendidly, winning several times.
Watch for them next year.
The following received major let
ters: Wittorf, Tagney, Kirscht, Fred
ericks, and Gafford.
Minor awards went to Cook, Rey
nolds, and Clynes.
Fresh-Soph shields: Jaap, Lyon,
Ohlson, and Didier.
Frosh shields: Massman, Dobroth,
and Bornaman.
Track Season Begins
With End Of Winter
As soon as the snow is off the
ground, the 1943 Trojan tracksters
will open their usual rigorous spring
campaign. Both veterans and rookies
are expected to answer the call in a
sizable turnout.
Prospects are fairly bright for a
successful season despite huge losses
by graduation.
Among the most promising track
sters who will wear the Trojan colors
are Howard Johnston sectional and
district champion for the mile, Leroy
Kuhn who doubles in the sprints and
field events, and Jack Kitteridge,
hurdler and high jumper.
This year due to gas rationing and
war demands there will be just one
track team meeting other schools.
That team will be the varsity consist
ing of 20 boys. The other boys will be
divided into four teams which will
compete against each other and in
this way earn points for their minor
credits.
The Trojan varsity beat New Trier
Saturday night 44 to 28 after losing
a close junior varsity game 24 to 22.
The starting lineup for the varsity
was Bill Carroll, Bob Glatz, Dick
Krewer, Bill Stockfish and Howard
Weldon. New Trier was leading by
3 points at the end of the first quar
ter but thanks to the rally by Carroll
Weldon, and Butch, the Trojans found
themselves leading by 19 to 11 at the
end of the half. New Trier never
caught up and a second rally in the
last quarter sewed it up. This win
revenged the Trojans who had lost to
New Trier earlier in the season by
only six points.
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Nilehi Boy Fights
In Golden Gloves
Jack Kittredge, who is very well
known at Nilehi, was one of the lead
ing contestants in the North Side
Golden Gloves tournament held at
Loyola gymnasium on February 3, 4,
and 5. Jack won his first two fights
and went into the semifinals only to
lose a close decision thus eliminating
him from the tournament.
Kittredge has always been interest
ed in sports, especially boxing. Some
time ago Jack joined the C. Y. 0 .
where he trained and fought. Boxing
hasn’t hit Jack as hard as football,
you might say, at which Jack broke
his collar bone. Lately Jack has been
taking up weight lifting as a sideline.
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Niles Township High School Nilehilite, Volume 4, No. 8
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NILEHILITE, February 19, 1943
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Niles Township High School, Skokie, Illinois
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Albright, Edwin, Editor
Hart, Harriet, Editor
Harper, Leota, Editor
McNeill, Margaret, Editor
Woodsworth, Maralyn, Editor
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Niles Township High School, Skokie, Illinois
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The NileHilite is edited, published, and printed biweekly by the students of Niles Township High School of Skokie, Illinois, also known as Niles East High School. The school opened in 1939 and closed in 1980. This copy of the NileHiLite was bound with the 1943 school yearbook, "NileHi Reflections".
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1943-02-19
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Skokie -- Illinois -- United States
Type
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Text
Format
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PDF
Medium
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newspapers
Extent
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4 pages
Rights
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No Copyright -- United States <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/</a>
Is Part Of
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Niles East NileHiLite Collection
Relation
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/nilehilite">NileHiLite Digital Collection</a>
Skokie High School Yearbooks Collection --<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/yearbooks/reflections">Niles East Reflections</a>
Provenance
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Skokie Public Library
Source
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From the collection of the Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois
Identifier
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Nilehilite19430219
Skokie Historical Society 1983.18.8
1940s (1940-1949)
1942-1943 school year
high schools
Niles East