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N ovem ber 2 2 , 1 9 3 9
Niles Center, Illinois
THANK YOU
“ The publication o f a paper from
start to finish--from mere idea to
the printed words promises to be
both an exciting venture and a tre
mendous responsibility. However,
the originality o f thought and expres
sion shown by the products o f the
new print shop make certain the suc
cess o f this 'latest creation.’
Congratulations!”
MILDRED E. TESS
Pres, of the School Board
"I wish to congratulate the jour
nalism club and printing classes for
a successful beginning o f anew ven
ture in the life o f the Niles T ow n
ship High School. The NileHIlite
should prove a very commendable
contribution.”
R. E. Cotanche
Principal
THANKSGIVING DAY
As tomorrow is Thanksgiving
Day, it is appropriate for us to look
back upon the previous Thanksgiv
ings.
Thanksgiving meant to the Pil
grims that God had blessed them.
Their crops were safely gathered.
They were in a land o f freedom
where they could worship as they
pleased. They felt assured o f a hap
pier winter than previous ones. T o
our forefathers who moved west
ward and became farmers it meant
the *md o f season’s work. N ow was
the time for rejoicing and the gath
ering o f friends and relatives.
T o you and me it means a day
when we pause to thank God for
our many advantages, our homes,
our free educational system and
our constitutional rights.
Volum e 1
No. 1
HERE IT IS
Introducing the NileHIlite—N.T.
H.S.’s free,bi-weekly paper will be
presented to all students and teach
ers with the compliments o f the
printing and journalism classes.
This pocket-sized newspaper is
intended for the enjoyment o f its
readers.lt will attempt to stimulate
pride in our school and its activities
by commending good scholarship
and honoring the achievements o f
the many departments o f the school.
Pastevents will be summarized and
coming ones, publicized. This paper
is to represent the voice o f the stud
ents and always to maintain the
good will and high standards o f the
school.
The staffs appreciate the assist
ance o f the art department in the
preparation o f the name design for
this paper.
If the students o f the school are
interested in this venture, NileHIlite
will grow with Nilehi.
Rooms Have Flags
Our rooms have been improved
by the arrival o f the United States
flags. One o f these has been hung
in every room o f the building.
Vocation Group Meets
Mr. Gene Rouse, announcer for
the National Broadcasting Comany, will be the guest speaker at the
vocational assembly this afternoon.
His subject will be "Radio” .
�otsooos
November 22, 1939
NILEHILITE
The Nile HI lite
The NileHIlite is published biw eekly
by the students o f Niles Township High
School o f Niles Center, Illinois. M r. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
A n n Jurasitz, Editor o f this issue
Journalism Class
Miss Esther Fledderjobn, adviser
PUBLICATION-PRINTING CLASS
Dahm, Henry
Baumann, Willard
Krier, Ralph
Keegan, Raymond
Thill, Joseph
Sullivan, Richard
Warner, Russell
Warner, George
Zech, Raymond
Wunderle, Ted
Mr. Clement Meier, adviser
EDITORIAL
It is rather embarrassing es well
as humorous at times to have one’s
name mispronounced or misspelled.
Often this is very displeasing to the
individual concerned.
Like every other high school, ours
has a distinct name o f its own; how
ever, recent observations in the Chi
cago newspapers and others, referr
ing to our school have used the
name incorrectly.
Incorrect names used in reference
to the Niles Township High School
can be very confusing.
For example the name, Niles
High School; this would lead read
ers to believe that the school is lo
cated in the town o f Niles; Niles
Center High School would assumably influence people to think that
the school was erected by the towns
people o f Niles Center instead o f
the entire population of this town
ship.
Every student and teacher should
help make clear to everyone that the
correct name o f our school is Niles
Township High School. The legal
name is Niles Township Commun
ity High School. Often the iitle has
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FAMILY NIGHT
On December 16, Niles Township
High School will hold its fifth annual Family Night. The doors will
open at eight o ’clock on one o f the
brightest social events o f the year.
There will be an eight-piece dance
orchestra, five vaudeville acts, cards
and bunco. Tickets will be thirty
five cents. Bring your father, mother
brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles!
Bring everybody. The more the mer
rier.
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a! a! a!
W ith peppy new yells, the cheer
leaders helped the students to back
our successful football teams. The
same group will lead cheers for the
basketball season.
Miss M. Schaefer has organized
two squads: varsity and junior var
sity. Members o f the varsity team
are Sonja Greiner, Ginger Kadlec,
Harold Hynes, and Barney Brauch,
senoirs; Phyliss Braeske, Annette
Carroll, Eva Herman, and Helen
Schuett, juniors; Marie Throop, and
Pat Reiland, sophomores. Those on
the junior varsity are: Rose Marie
Meyer, Nancy Allen, Connie Kohtz
Doris Burkland, and Jean Peterson,
all freshmen; and Leone Becker jun
ior snd Angie Weber, sophomore.
"Nilehi Booster” pencil pennants
are being sold by the cheerleaders
to raise funds for satin outfits nec
essary for the basketball season.
These will be royal blue slacks with
orange blouses.
been shortened to Nilehi. W ith the
cooperation o f the student body and
faculty members fewer mistakes
will be made when our school is
mentioned.
Let it be known from Canada to
M exico, California to Maine that
there is one, and only one, Niles
Township High School.
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November 22, 1939
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NILEHILITE
WHOZIT?
He’s a nut so they say,
But he’s not always that way
I’ve Known him to be quite sincere:
He owns 39 shirts
W ith the gals he never flirts
But is friendly with folks far and
near.
He knows all by their names,
The wildest teachers he tames.
I do so hope this is clear!
WHATZIT?
Through the heart o f the Skokie
Runs a thoroughfare to Milwaukee;
It shortens the time.
(Does this rhyme?)
Where is it?
I’ll tell you next time.
Miss Schoenbahm, the geometric
whizz, is a sharp shooter and seldom
misses. She won the archery cham
pionship when she was a coed.
A girl cast a personal note instead
o f a (ballot) vote-w as her face red!
Eugene Garner corresponded with
Fred Snite Jr. while he was on his
trip in France.
The alumni began their basket
ball practice recently in preparation
for the varsity - alumni game which
will be held in February
Members o f the various English
classes are corresponding with high
school students o f foreign countries,
among which are Australia, South
Africa, Sweden, Holland, Hawaii
Mexico, and Java.
The boys in the cooking class
were hosts to certain faculty mem
bers recently. Delicious muffins
(without bluberries) were served.
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Q UESTION:
“ W liat is y o u r p et p e e v e ?”
C hris L in d h o y —Junior
“ Matchmakers.”
Lulu D e a trick —Freshman
“ Hitler!”
G ene R a s k o w —Senior
“ Women! ! ! ! ”
J u n e E v es—Sophomore
“ Jitterbugs! ”
M iss M eyers—Librarian
“ Getting up early! ”
R em em b er W h en Werner Heidke;
rolled his eyes in Television Assem
bly....Rooms 306 and 214 had their
reward party.......The Navy Band
Played to a full house.......The See
Chicago Club went to watch the
Tribune roll o ff the press...... The
freshmen and sophomores had a
scavenger hunt......W e had that heat
wave............ "Curly” Taylor turned
cheer leader.......Ted Canty used lip
stick.
Oscar gobbled over the add
ress system........The International
Club sponsored Miss Imogene W ar
der.......Nilehi cheerleaders served
tea to visiting pepsters.......The up
per classmen took flight with Stew
ardess Gilroy......."Beany” Field was
official bouncer.................................
Boyk’s team won the touch football
tournament....Trojans’ first victory,
winning from Leyden....Libertyville
lost to Nilehi on their homecoming
day....The tune changed when Prin
cipal R. E. Cotanche brough apples
for the students instead o f “ an apple
for the teacher” .....Galitz joked at
the bonfire.....The b oy’s swimming
class couldn’t co-operate with the
fire drill exercises.....Halloween eve
the students were innocent Saints
.... See Chicago Club members tour
ed through the stockyards.......Dick
Sullivan won the turkey.....W e had
the award assembly....The matinee
dances.
�November
22, 1939
NILEHILITE
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Trojan Basketball News
GRIDIRON NEWS
The Trojan’s basketball season
will open this evening at New Trier.
"Flip” Boyk, star basketball player,
hopes to chalk up a new record this
season. W ith Boyk on the Varsity,
the maple five will promise a hearty
fight to the finish in the Northeast
Conference.
Basketball practice started M on
day ,Nov.6,with a turnout o f 75 boys.
Only four boys were lost from last
year’s squad,and two o f the four were
on the first string. There will be three
teams: Varsity, Junior Varsity, and
Freshman.The first conference game
will be held here, at Nilehi, on Dec.
1, against Arlington.
There is also an intramural bas
ketball tournament which began
Nov. 8. Thirty-six teams will play
three rounds. The winner o f each
gym period will enter into a school
championship play-off.
After reviewing the current foot
ball season, Nilehi students may
sit back and feel comfortably satis
fied with a fairly successful cam
paign.
Coach Isaacson’s Varsity started
o ff in a very shaky manner, losing
games to Lake Forest and Crystal
Lake.
Both o f these losses were due main
ly to slow development o f players.
The team came back after this to
win consecutive games from Leyden
and Libertyville.
In the first annual Homecoming
game, which was a success, the
Trojans played good ball until the
last quarterwhen Arlington Heights
put over seven points to tie the score.
This game was probably the hard
est for the Nilehi students to accept.
It was undoubtedly the most ex
citing game o f the year. In the last
game o f season against W oodstock,
the Trojans w on 12—0. The Varsity
had anticipated a small line and
generally weak team. Instead, this
team fought them to a standstill
until the third quarrer when Nilehi
scored the winning points.
“ Beany” Field, the Trojan star
kicker, was voted the M ost Valuable
Player Award by the rest o f his team
mates. The Nilehi team ended the
season in a tie for fourth place with
Leyden.The three leaders were Crys
tal Lake, Lake Forest, and Arling
ton Heights in their respective or
der.
See the game tonight at New Trier.
Following the initiation o f the
freshmen, the membership o f the
Girls’ AthleticAssociation increased
greatly. The total roll is 175.
Ten members o f the group at
tended the Play Day at the Leyden
School recently.
At the Award Assembly on N ov
ember 14, the upperclassmen receiv
ed their letters earned last year.
Doris Anderson, a senior, obtained
h er'T ’which is the second highest
award given.
One aim o f the G. A. A. is to have
the Spring Play Day for this area.
Another is to send four members
to the official camp at Lake Geneva,
W isconsin next summer.
SWIMMING
Twenty boys reported for the
swimming team November 6th, and
more were expected to enroll. The
Northwestern A. A. U. team, under
the direction o f T om Robinson, will
open the season here with an exhiition swimming meet, the w eek
end o f December 9th. This perform
ance is given to help raise funds
for the United States Olympic team
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nileHIlite
Volume I
No. 10
Niles Center, Illinois
April 12,
1940
COMING UP
April 12,-Junior Senior Girls’ As
sembly 2:00 P.M.
Father and Son’s Program 8:P.M.
April 18-19-All- School Play,"What
a Life” 8:15 P. M.
April 23-Foreign Language Club
7:30 P. M.
April 24-Mother and Daughters
Tea 4:00 P. M.
April 26-Vacation begins
“What A Life” Is Coming
Mrs. Ruth Esch, director o f the
all-school play, ‘‘What a L ifh j to
be presented here next Thursday
and Friday, Anril 18 and 19, at
8:15 in the school assembly, has
given us these comments on the
play, which is to have two casts
(see Nilehilite of March 1 ):
The principal characters are
Henry Aldrich, a youth who just
can’t memorize the dates in Roman
history, who tries to sell anything
he owns in order to raise two dol
lars to take his girl to the spring
dahce, and who finally in desperaContimied on p*»«*e 3 Column i
Dad And Sons To Have Fun Tonight
For tonight, April 12, a program
has been arranged for Nilehi boys
and their fathers. The following
events have been planned to begin
it 8:00 P.M. in the school gym
nasium : an archery exhibition by
Mr. Russell Hoogerhyde, National
Archery Champion; one threeround boxing match; five to ten
minutes of wrestling; and a volley
ball game between a team of Nilehi
boys and a team of dads. Refresh
ments will be served. There is no
admission charge.
Track Is Here
The " thin clads ” who will reppresent Nilehi this year seem very
promising in quality, if not in num
bers. The track boys have promised
that at least forty eight will get to
compete ili every meet this season.
So far not enough cadidates have
presented themselves to fill all the
assignments. The plan is to have
two boys for every event, both var
sity and frosh-soph: two one-half
milers for varsity, two one-half
milers for frosh-soph, and so forth
for each event. Much equipment
has arrived, pits are being construct
ed, and the track has been reconditioned-all this for a few boys.
Don’t let your school down. Come
out to try your skill.
Notice to Our Travelers
Those who plan to go to Washing,
ton D.C. during spring vacation
and who have not as yet made their
"down payment” should see Miss
Grace Harbert at once.
�NILEHILITE
Page 2
HONOR ROLL
Third Quarter 1940
SENIORS
Willard Baumann
Doris Anderson
Wallace Brunke
Ruby Bowser
Lillian Bartz
Harriet Bus
Margaret Dahm
Josephine Brodtke
Dolores Gehrs
Duane Ford
Mathilda Hermes
Werner Heidtke
Virginia Kadlec
Harold Hynes
Harriet Schroeder
Viola Nelson
Norene Whitworth
Dorthy Van Cleave
Mary Winger
James Winklehofer
JUNIORS
Gloria Bartz
Clark Barton
Armin Bierbaum
June Berg
Shirley Dilg
Phyliss Braeseke
Rita Jane Fisher
Ben Domas
Mary Hegarty
Don Fisher
Isabelle Hoth
Jeanette Huemmer
Florence Margalski
Dorothy Kranz
Marjorie Riser
Laura Nunemacher
Sue Schaefer
Mildred Risinger
Edward Springer
Phyllis Schlotterbeck
LaVerne Schuler
SOPHOMORES
Mildred Bergmark
Donald Baumann
Gertrude Dahm
Ruth darkens
Bernice Franson
Margaret Dolan
Norma Heidtke
Richard Hartney
Olga Krajchovich
Merle Iverson
Doris Mussil
Dorthy Lutz
Raymond Nitch
Dorthy Nelson
Paul Perlman
Florence Ochs
Colleen Thomas
Pat Reiland
Betty Wetmore
FRESHMEN
Jean Bates
Adele Bartz
Richard Boyd
Audrey Brown
Peter Conrad
Doris Burklund
Helen Evett
Danny Dever
Dagmar Franson
Betty Farr
Rosana King
Pat Galitz
Virginia Lenzen
Catherine Kretsch
Janet Lutkehaus
Lucille Lindeman
Ernest Nordquist
Carl Mueller
Tom Sheridan
Dorothy Rings
Bill Stockfisch
Betty Stielow
Betty Westerlund
Gerry Thulstrup
Ted Wojtkiewicz
Viola Stoll
NILEHILITE
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students of Niles Township High
School o f Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Clark Barton Editor
Journalism Class
Miss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
April 12, 1940
Unfettered Thoughts
Representatives of mid-western
high school publications recently
attended the Medill Press Confer
ence held at Northwestern Univer
sity. At this annual convention for
high school delegates noted educa
tors and writers delivered talks on
the journalistic profession. Perhaps
most significant of these talks was
the one given by Dr. Curtis D. MacDougal entitled "Propaganda and
the War.”
This talk, undoubtedly made many
delegates realize the advantage of
living in a country where the free
dom of the dress is guaranteed. Sev
eral nations of Europe-dictator pow
ers as we know them-do not guaran
tee the right of their country. Only
"democratic” nations of Europe
allow freedom of the press. Even
this freedom, however, is limited.
A meeting of this type, therefore,
is characteristic of America, in that
it is not held to acclaim a new ruler,
a new dictator, or a newwar. Rather,
it convened for the purpose of en
couraging and nurturing freedom of
speech. This condition of free speech
characterizes democracy and Am er-.
ican democracy in particular.
These Medill Press delegates are
some o f the future journalists of
America. In ten years time, some of
them will be holding positions on
our leading dailies, others will be on
our weeklies, others, on magazine
staffs. Only in this cotintrymay such
a meeting as last week’s be held only in the country where freedom
of speech is allowed. Only in this
way can the American form of de
mocracy be upheld.
PRINTING PUBLICATION CLASS
Baumann, Willard
Keegan, Raymond
Wunderle, Ted
Matchen, Henry
Dahm, Henry
Krier, Ralph
Sullivan, Richard
Nosal, Matthew
�April 12, 1940
NILEHILITE
Page 3
WHATZIT??
From The “ Little Brown Box”
Two hands but no arms,
And it sets off alarms.
Two hands, not a finger,
While they move, people linger.
Dear Students,
So, the Octopus has you fright
ened, huh? Well, you ain’t seen
nothin’- yet.
Wait’ll I grab off a few of you
"guys” and "gals” .too.
Now, this Bart Hegarty is nothing
to "sneeze” at. Ho, ho and wait’ll I
get little Lulu Deatrick in my arms,
oh, boy!
G’bye for now- but you’ll be
hearin’ more from me and the Oc
topus too.
Respectfully yours,
THE LITTLE MAN
WHO ISN’T HERE
It has a round face,
a Upon which two hands race.
They’re uneven, these hands,
On which mighty time stands.
Last week’s: The Flag
His hair is dark,
His lashes long,
He’s the tallest boy in school.
He swims like a sharkHe cannot go wrong
When he’s on his back in the pool.
His car is a Buick
And a big one, too!
Come on kidsYou know who!
Last week: “ Ginger” Kadlec
“ What a Life” - - ■ con i
tion “ borrows” answers fo r use in his
examination, only to be found out in the
end; Barbara Pearson who is gloriously
happy and desperately unhappy over the
prospect of her first formal dance;
George Biglow, Henry’s enemy, who al
most gets him into serious trouble; sev
eral teachers, including Miss Pike, Miss
Johnson, and Miss Wheeler with their
worries about spring vacation, the heat
ing plant that doesn’t work, and no
towels in the washroom; Mr. Nelson, the
assistant principal, who in the end
straightens out Henry’s problem and sets
him on the right path; not to mention
Henry’s mother who insists that the boy
go to Princeton though his real talent is
for drawing and not fo r the winning of
Phi Beta Kappa keys — these are some
of the human ingredients in a play which
further treats the universal problem of
adjustment in the lives of boys and girls.
Cat Chat
Greetings all! And especially you,
Octopus! I know who you are. Sur
prised? While you’ve been watching
the students I’ve been watching
you. And I’m going to get you. So
beware, take care, dear enemy; your
days are numbered. Do not dare to
coil your tentacles around any of
my beloved friends. I will protect
the students of N. T. H. S. with my
lives! -and I have nine of them.
Hasta la vista
El Gato
Mother - Daughter Tea
After school, Wednesday, April
24, Nilehi will be hostess to a Mo
ther-Daughter tea. This will be the
first event of its kind in the history
of our school. A gymnastic program
has been planned for the occasion.
Every girl is urged to invite her mo
ther and to see to it that she is here.
Don’t forget - April 24 - after school.
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
April 12,1940
the Fads
MICKEY IN THE MAKING Fanning say the girls have"freakThe boys
On his trip to Hollywood last
summer, Mr. Wilkins, our art
teacher, and his wife had the honor
of visiting with WT Disney at his
alt
studios. The Wilkinses were shown
how the cartoons are drawn and
produced. Mr. Wilkins received
twelve original Snow White draw
ings; Mrs. Wilkins was given a
model of Baby Ferdinand which
was used for the making of “Fer
dinand the Bull” . They received also
a piece of pottery which was used
in this picture.
Three of Mr. Wilkins’s former
students are now working in
the Disney Studios. Two are heads
o f departments there.
Dear Students,
Pan came from the hillside; I,
from my lair, my watery home, last
Sunday afternoon to attend the
music concert. My tentacles itched
to coil around that silvery baton of
Mr. Collins. Didn’t you like his
orchestra and band selections? I
liked the singing too. That Brunke
boy is a good looking fellow, isn’t
he? Nick May’s little brother would
certainly make a good little Eva if
you ever did “ Uncle Tom ’s Cabin”
around here. He kept his eyes con
tinually on heaven. That Bear boy
looked interesting to me.
Do you think that even my many
arms could ruffle the “unruffable”
efficient Miss Ross in the office?
Hats off to her any day. Maybe I’ll
sleep now until I see"What a Life,”
butwon’tlrollinclover there? I won
der if clover is good for the diges
tive tract of an octopus.
signed,
THE OCTOPUS
ish” fads. Did they ever look at
themselves? Those "Heinie” hair
cuts are anything but beautiful.
One “ cute little diddy” the boys
do have is their type of shirts.
Some of them have been taken from
the horses, while on others we see
everything from the World’s Fair to
Honolulu. Some even wear their
pajama tops, my, oh, my!
I will admit, however, that the
girls do go in for more elaborate
fads. Saddle shoes, moccasins,
"Sloppy Joes” , every girl has at
least one of each. "Wedgies” are the
latest spring "step-ons” . The belts
are "catchy” and novel little things
these days too. You know-the Mex
ican ones-with all those "purty”
pictures. Stripes help the "new crea
tions” along, especially with those
"accordian” skirts.
You see, boys, the girls at least
have sensible fads. Of course, I’ll
admit "kiddie” hair bows are a little
childish for us "big-folks” ,and when
the girls start having "towel” socks,
that is going rather far.
Anyhow - they’re “ cute” . Now con
fess, aren’t they?
AIRING OUR VIEWS
Did you know that most of the
Nilehi pupilsprefer comedy to infor
mation? In the recent poll taken by
the Nilehilite, it was discovered
that a majority of the students pre
ferred Bob Hope’s program. It re
ceived twice as many votes as the
runner-up, the Lux Radio Theatre.
Other current favorites are the
Aldrich family, "Blondie” , and Bing
Crosby’s program.
�April 12, 1940
NILEHILITE
ALUMNI
Page 5
NILEHI NIBLETS
W ho writes to Dorothy Gutman
addressing her as "funny face” and
Roy Moore, a graduate of Niles signing himself as “screwball”? We
Township in ’38, is attending the wonder..... Upon leaving the senior
a
Northern Illinois College o f Optom party, one of our alumni of the in
etry in Chicago. His ranking was dustrious seniors three years ago,
so high in chemistry that he was said,“ W e never had so much fun at
asked to be an assistant to his pro our parties. W hy didn’t we have par
ties like this?” ....Who’s this myste
fessor.
He is also director of the first-aid rious Lady Esther that sends Mr. Be
team of the Boy Scouts of Niles nette her magic fingernails?....A se
nior, upon being asked if he was go
Center.
ing to Washington, answered bright
THE LIL’ BIRDIE ASKS ly, “I’m pretty sure,” -- and then in
a low tone -- “ I’m not going. ”... Ca
What do you think of
role Lee Rouse has started rehear
our new marking system?
sals with the Abbot dancers for the
May show at the Palmer House. She
Fred Huscher, senior, ” I don’t
will be a steady member o f the
think it’s the best.”
“line.” ... Paul Mikota had on Gin
Sue Schaefer, junior “I like this
ger Kadlec’s suspenders at the
system better than last year’s, be
Spring Frolic.... W ho was the girl
cause it’s easier to get good grades.”
whom Jack Kelly had at the Spring
Bart Hegarty, sophomore, "It’s
all right with me, as long as I get Frolic?....A sophomore states that
Silas Mamer was engaged to Sahara
A’s”
Evanne Thomas, freshman, "I (poor Sarah).."But he became hand
icapped, when he died at at early
don’t think it’s so hot.”
age,” says a senior writing about
Miss Lumpp,"I like it. We teachers
don’t have to make out grades so John Keats........................ ...............
Did you know LaVerne Witte is an
often.”
autograph hunter? She has the per
sonal autographs of Bob Young,
PAGING PAPERS
Errol Flynn, Dick Powell, and many
more. She also has all the Cub stars’
autographs, including the great
"Dizzy” Dean....What’s this about
Ted Canty saying the Octopus can
have all tne pretty girls in school
except Ruth Johantgen?..Mary Des
mond and Jo Ann Pike provide the
necessary background when an esp
ecially emotional part is being play
ed in dramatic art. They weep!....
A sign posted near an electrical In geography, when Mr. Taylor was
discussing architecture,he mention
powerhouse:
"Beware! to touch these wires ed “ little Gothic nitches ” in the
means instant death. Anyone found buildings of Rome. Was Ray’s face
doing so will be prosecuted.”
from The Shoreline red!
�Page 6
NILEHILITE
Looking Back
On The Spring Frolic
Under soft lights, with cherry
blossoms banked on the stage giv
ing springtime atmosphere, Nilehi’s
third annual Spring Frolic drew a
large crowd of eager students and
alumni to an evening of gayety and
unforgettable enjoyment.
The event was held on Friday
evening, March 29, in the school
gymnasium. Valuble comments
were heard about the smooth sty
ling ofOzzieGyllin’s orchestra-why
haven’t we seen them here before?
Ozzie has a very new and different
way of playing songs in the partic
ular style of famous orchestras.
Devotees of Glenn Mil er, Artie
Shaw, Dick Jurgens, Tommy and
Jimmy Dorsey and others, found
great enjoyment in the way O^zie
played their favorites. Marjory
Burklund, who won the nickname
contest with her "Chatterbox” un
cannily seemed to sense the vocal
ist’s personality—or did she? Any
way, Marge won a free bid to the
prom, lucky girl! W e’d like to know
what weird contortions the girls
and boys on the stage were doing?
It looked silly, but cute! Some of
these jitterbugs ought to go into
vaudeville; they were really “in the
groove” . And who were the two
stags that dashed around madly
getting dances, and incurred the un
dying hatred of a few local escorts?
The report is that the two “lone
wolves” even had the first and last
dances engaged. Tsk, tsk, boys, is
that the way to be? W e saw lots ol
new faces, too. It seemed as if every
one was there. On the whole, the
social committee can be highly
complimented on a thoroughly suc
cessful affair. Here’s hoping for
i rr*fc!!!
April 12, 1940
CONTEST WINNERS
Best wishes to our winners in the
March 29 Contest.
MARY ABBINK
WAYNE BARTON
ANN MARIE BERTONCINNI
NORMA DELFINO
RUTH HENNIG
MARILYN HOHS
CAROLYN HUEMMER
ELEANOR SCHON
These are the correct answers to
the questions of that contest:
1. June Vincent
v 2. 12
3. 9%
4. Bill O’Connell
'5. Bonnie and Johnnie
6. Don Fisher
7. Wally Strange
8. Richard Boyd reviewed "Up
the Mazaruni for Diamonds.”
9. November 22, 1939
10. Yes. A stick of candy.
Dorothy Kranz
Receives High Place
The Latin classes of Nilehi were
represented at the district meet of
the statewide Latin contest, held at
New Trier High School, March 30,
1940, by Margaret Dolan and Norma
Heidtke from Latin I. And by Gloria
Bartz and Dorothy Kranz from Latin
II. Dorothy tied for fifth place, com
peting with students from Oak Park,
Evanston, and Highland Park High
School.
Miss M. Ronalds graded papers
after the luncheon while the con
testants went onatour of the NorthwestemUniversity Campus.
�April 12, 1940____________________
NILEHIILTE
Page 7
Those Unusual Spanish
Sport Splatter
On el dia de 23 de abril, el Club
Espanol is presenting a Spanish
Fiesta, instead o f the usual Foreign
Language Club program. All the
atmosphere of gay Latin America
and Spain will be captured by the
<?roup. The forces o f the entire Spansh class, the decorations, a bull, un
burre, y un matador - mostly Bill
Stevens - these are the chief boasts
that will guarantee las dos horas to
be crammed with surprises and fun.
To predict just what is going to
happen is impossible; for only at
the fiesta will impish Spanish stu
dents!?] reveal their plans. “Una
noche de abril” is the theme song
ol the students - since this to be la
primera meeting: of the club ever
held at night. From 7:30 to 9:30 that
night, los Espanoles will climax
months of discussion and work in
THE Spanish Fiesta.
Foreign Language Club members
are urged to come, and bring a
guest for the small sum of ten cents
Oh! by the way, a costume is desir
able - profitable too - dos prizes will
be given for the two best costumes.
Tambien, there will be dancing
during the evening, and do bring
f°r more fun.
The Trojan baseball team opened
its season April 2. Its opponent
was Waukegan. The score was tied,
5-5, at the end of the seventh inn
ing.
Great’ Convention Here
The Problems of Democracy and
the U.S. History classes of Niles
Township High School helda model
democratic convention in the boys’
gymn asium on W ednesday,April 10,
at 9:00. All classes were dismissed
for two periods. The object of this
convention was to acquaint the stu
dents with the procedure used in
nominating presidential candidates.
Ann Jurasitz, Grace Langan, and
Merrie O’ Sullivan represented the
Nilehilite in the press box.
If you’d like to have a banging
time, try to play volley ball on a
waxed gym floor . . .
The vicinity of the girls’ locker
room is literally a photo album;
photographs, illustrating diving,
and reducing exercises, are pasted
everywhere.
“ Curly” Taylor starred in the
1924 Olympics in Paris. He special
ized in hurdling and other track
events . . . Incidentally, have you
seen the radio the boys’ swimming
team presented him?
LOST BUT NOT TO BE FOUND
Latin One Book. No Reward.
(She doesn’t want it that badly!) If
anyone finds it please return it to
Merrie O’Sullivan, and you will
make her very unhappy.
JOIN THE BAND!
Mr. C. W. Collins announces that
there are places for people of Nilehi in the school’s band and orches
tra. If you heard the excellent Sun
day afternoon concert on March 31
you know that to belong to Nilehi’s
Music organization is a distinction.
You can’t play? Well,don’t let a mere
trifle like that stop you! Lessons
and instruments are available, too,
for the spring and summer months.
Be ready to play in a peppy band
next fall.
�NILEHILITE
Page 8
Track Schedule
Bowling
Tournaments for singles and
doubles this week ended the bowl
ing for this year. The doublés were
bowled on April 3 after school. All
ten alleys were filled, and much
excitement developed after the
third game when the pins were be
ing counted. Bob Reiland and Mona
Mailander were the winners with a
total count of 1038 pins. Bob Freres
and Carol Blameuser took second
place trailing by only three pins.
The singles werebowled yesterday
after school. Perry Anderson was
the winner of the boy's singles with
613 pins. Ginger Kadlec was high
among the girls with 559 pins.
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Varsity
Crystal Lake
Libertyville
Palatine Relays
Lake Forest
Leyden
Palatine
Arlington
N. E. Conference
Meet
Frosh-Soph
Palatine
Libertyville
Palatine Relays
Lake Forest
Leyden
Arlington
N. E. Conference
Meet
Here
There
There
Here
There
There
Here
Here
Here
There
There
Here
There
Here
Here
Dates for the New Trier, Waukegan,
and W oodstock meets have not been
set as yet.
Baseball Begins
Baseball Schedule
Apr. 12
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April 12,1940
there
there
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Here
there
there
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there
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Track Meet here with Crystal Lake
Tuesday, April 16.
In a practice game last Friday, the
varsity baseball team was defeated
by Von Stuenben 7 - 2. Boyk allow
ed one hit in the first four innings
that he pitched. No score was made
until the fifth inning. The Trojans
scored two runs on errors. Von
Steuben also scored two runs on
errors making it a tied score at the
beginning of the sixth inning. In
the next two innings Von Steuben
over powered the Trojan varsity and
won the game.
Pick-ups from the Convention
Art Baumhardt’s bicycle carrying
the mail for Farley . . Clyde Henn
ing shouting for Tom Dewey . . .
stiff-looking pages .. Johantgen try
ing to keep up with his fellow bandsters . . Duane Kuhn bowing in
three directions . . Red Williams
chewing gum as usual . . Johnny
Nelson’s calm attitude . . . . Dick
Sullivan shooting a cap gu n , . Jean
Campell’s singing of "Mr. F. D.
Roosevelt Jones” ... Mardy Me Keever’s slip-horn-accompaniment.
�
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n ile HI lite
Volume I
No. 11
Niles Center, Illinois
Sincere Congratulations
Tonight at the headquarters of
Troop 31, Niles Center, Ernest Mi
ner will receive the Boy Scout
Heroism Award for his quick
thinking one day in May, 1939.
"Asia” was returning home from
baseball practice when he saw an
oddly-weaving car bearing down
upon Dick Nelson and Joseph
Byron, both ofLincolnwood. Mi
ner, at risk of bothTife and limb
dashed into the street, pushed
the two unaware boys to safety,
then jumped to safety himself.
The car, operated by a drunken
driver, then proceeded to pile
into a tree.
NILEHI WILL JOIN
CHILDREN’S CRUSADE
The week after vacation, the stubents of Nilehi will join the great
national movement in which near
ly thirty million children and young
people of America are expressing
their sympathy and friendship for
Continued on page 2 column 2
HERE’S WHAT
April 26 - SpringVacation begins at
at 3:36.
April 26 - First conference baseball
game. Warren-here.
April 28, May 2 Washington trip for
juniors and seniors.
May 6- School resumes; 8:50.
May 6-All School Assembly 12:40pm.
May 7- Matinee dance, Frosh - soph.
April 26,
1940
Sights They’ll See
Nilehi students and teachers
who are planning to go to Washing
ton D.C. during springvacation are
packing such valuables as tooth
brushes, cameras, diaries, and those
little things that, if forgotten, take
the joy out of traveling.
Since we are very curious to know
what they want to see most on their
trip to Washington, we have ques
tioned the following Nilehiers and
have been answered thus:
Louise Kruger- "The President.”
Howard Harrington-"Congress in
session.”
Norma Delfino-'Lincoln Memorial’
Miss Carolyn Lumpp "The White
House.”
Marie Nordby-"Naval Academy—
Annapolis”
Jane Comstock - "Washington’s
Monument.”
Allen Brauch-"Mount Vernon”
Irene Guenther - - "The Home of
Robert E. Lee.”
Miss Grace Harbert-"The Cathe
dral of Sts. Peter and Paul, built in
honor of Woodrow Wilson.”
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
PROPAGANDA
The most insidious menace to the
peace and happiness of United
States citizens today is propa
ganda! Blaring radios and staring
headlines leave false impressions
and misunderstandings and formu
late public opinion. Much depends
upon your ability to recognize the
truth, your reactions to foreign up
risings, and your reasoning behind
statements you advance.
The question arises: Is it legiti
mate for a belligerent nation to
publish misleading statements to
win the sympathy of a neutral na
tion ? Should foreign censorship be
able to menace our lives and distort
our conceptions ? Is the sound
thinking of democratic America to
be undermined by rotten fallacies?
Everyone to whom you speak has
taken sides in the latest European
explosion. Many are prejudiced be
cause of World War happenings
and allow others to confuse them.
Don’t let this happen to you. An
alyze your opinions and have defi
nite reasons for holding them to be
logically correct! Be willing to ad
mit yourself to be wrong if you are
now harboring a decided miscon
ception.
America’s greatest safeguard
against being included in this war
is her group of citizens who are in
tellectually stable and who have
foresight enough to recognize cer
tain propaganda — composed of
deliberate lies — which come to us
via radio, press and screen. Dread
it as you would leprosy — for its
effect can be far more devastating!
April 26, 1940
Kiddie Kare Kadettes
Marie Throop, sophomore,is head
of a unique service called the“Kiddie
Kare Kadettes.” It isabureau design
ed to care for small children. Com
prised of twenty four high school
girl’s, this service promises respon
sible care of children for a small
charge. To obtaina girl to care for
children, all one has to do is call
Marie, and she will send a Kadette
to the home. Rates are fifty cents
for four hours before midnight, and
twenty-five cents per hour after
twelve. A ten per cent service fee is
also charged. This organization is
extremely successful so far, and is
widely known. It was begumn Jan
uary of this year with ten girls.
CLOG HOP
Members of the Niles Center Jun
ior Women’s Club will sponsor a
"cl og hop” dance tomorrow evening,
April 27, in the assembly room .
Dancing will begin at nine to the
music of Lee Arnold’s orchestra and
continue until one. Bids are $1.10
and may be purchased from Mae
Schoeneberger.___________________
Children’s Crusade - cont. from page 1
children of other lands who have
been driven from their homes by
the miseries of war. The Children’s
Crusade is to be led in our school
by the Student - Faculty - Forum.
Winnifred Flagg will act as the
chairman of the committee for re
receiving contributions.
Tole HIu t e "
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students of Niles Township High
School of Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
ED ITO R IA L STAFF
Phyliss Braeseke Editor
Journalism Class
M iss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
PRINTING PUBLICATION CLASS
Boyk, Ed
Brown, Buell
Freres, Robt.
Lauth, Bud
Minx, Adolph
Mueller, Herbert
Ross, W m .
Schnur, W m .
Sullivan, Dick
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
�April 26, 1940
NILEHILITE
Page 3
“ W hat,’ ’the little birdie asks,“ areAh! News We’ve Been Waiting For
you going to do duringProm King Election Coming!
spring vacation?”
JEAN PETERSON, freshman, "Do
a good job of loafing.”
BOB EICHELKRANT, sophomore,
"Fix my motor scooter.”
JEAN ARMSTRONG, junior, "Go
to Iowa.”
JACK KELLY, senior, "I’m going
to Rod’s cottage.”
BUD LAUTH, post grad, "Sleep!
Sweet Sleep!
COACH GALITZ, coach,"Drill my
boys on my baseball team.”
THE WINNAHS
Nilehi’s favorite actress is no less
than the Queen of the Movies - Miss
Bette Davis. She was an almost
unanimous choice and far ahead of
"runner-up,” Priscilla Lane, who was
fifty-seven votes behind her.
Twenty votes behind the leaders
came Ann "Oomph” Sheridan. Judy
Garland, Deanna Durbin, and Ginger
Rogers tied for fourth place, one
point behind Miss Sheridan. Jean
Arthur placed fifth.
Nilehi’s favorite actor is that
dashing hero - Errol Flynn. Only
four votes behind him was none
other than tall, handsome Jimmy
Stewart. King Mickey Rooney
placed third in Nilehi’s poll, twenty
votes behind Stewart. Spencer Tracy
two points behind Mickey, came
fourth, and Richard Greene tied
with Clark Gable for fifth place.
Now you have the results. Niles
Township High School’s favorite
actors: W e give you Miss Bette
Davis and Mr. Errol Flynn.
This year the Junior-Senior
Promenade will be on Saturday
night, June 8. Bids for the sum
mer formal affair will cost one dol
lar and fifty cents, as in previous
years. Instead of having outside
decorators, the juniors are taking
charge themselves and are keeping
their plans secret. If you see some
one duck into a room hiding some
thing, be assured he’s a junior
working on the Prom. The orches
tra’s name is another secret; that
will be announced soon after spring
vacation.
The Junior Council, consisting of
two juniors from each home room,
has been the steering committee of
the junior class for the entire year
This group will lead the juniors
through their plans for the Prom.
The members of the council are Bill
Stevens, president; Bill Taylor and
Sonny Rizzo, publicity men; Edith
Luxem and Phyllis Braeseke, pro
gram-makers ; Catherine Nelson,
decorator; Bill Ross and Sue Schae
fer, in charge o f Prom King elec
tion.
The Prom King election will be
made the week o f May 6. All senior
boys bringing junior or senior girls
are eligible for this honor. Get your
dates, boys, and hand your name to
the Junior Council which meets
every Wednesday in Room 110. Re
member, the Prom King and his
Queen lead the Grand March!
FOR SALE
Larceny is a Nuisance
For sale, one green pet parrot
named Larceny; no longer wanted
by owners; at low price; will trade
Larceny for a cute bulldog.
Phone X-203
�NILEHILITE
Page 4
BONNIE SUGGESTS -
ForGirls Only
Today vacation begins. (As if
I needed to tell you !) I’m going on
the Washington trip Sunday, but if
I weren’t I’d probably be doing
some of these things I’d like to sug
gest for you during your vacation
— unless you’re going traveling
too:
April 27 go to see “ Swiss Family
Robinson” or some other good
movie.
April 28 — see the spring flowers
down at the Garfield Park Con
servatory in Chicago (Free!)
April 29 — take a tour through
Marshall Field’s store at 11:00
A.M. or 2:00 P.M. (Free)
April 80 — the weather should be
“ tops” for roller skating.
May 1 — Wash your face in the
dew — you know why !
May 2 — It’s time to go bowling.
May 3 — Go places and see things
on your bicycle.
May 4 — Catch up on the news
papers and your favorite maga
zine stories.
May 5 — Find someone whose car
has a top that goes down, and
enjoy a long, breezy ride along
Lake Michigan. Ah— !
?May 6 — (Oh, never mind.)
Sincerely,
Your Bonnie
Night For Coming Freshmen
Mr. R. E. Cotanche, principal,
announces that for the evening of
May 17, at eight o’clock a program
has been planned to inform next
year’s freshmen of Niles Township
about the high school and its cur
riculum. All eighth graders and
their parents are invited to this
meeting. Special guide books are
being prepared for the guests of
that evening.
April 26,1940
“ What A Life”
Clifford Goldsmith’s gay comedy
of high school life, "What a Life,”
was given in full color by the Nilehi dramatics groups under the su
pervision of Mrs. Ruth Esch on
Thursday and Friday nights, April
18 and 19, and again last night,
April 25. This third showing was
intended to accommodate those who
were not able to get tickets for the first
performances; however, many who
saw the first casts came to enjoy
the third: a cast selected by Mrs.
Esch as the best. Those chosen for
this honor were as follows: Pat Reiland, June Vincent, Helen Miller,
Paul Mikota, Wayne Barton, Ruth
Werdell, William Taylor, Allen
Brauch, Virginia
Kadlac, Bob
Harms, Florence Gabel, Louise
Kreuger, Katherine Nelson, Ann
Jurasitz, Walter Lauth, Will Stev
ens, Doris Burklund, Pat Kelly,
Connie Kohtz, Norene Whitworth,
Tom Sheridan, George Struck,
Zenon Turski, Robert Flynn, and
Robert Fawcett.
Vocational Assembly For Girls
The sixth vocational assembly,
“Jobs in the Home Economics
Field,” was presented Thursday,
April 25, during the third period.
Miss Griffith, a specialist in this
field, offered her advice to ninth
grade girls and students of Miss
Line’s classes.
Shop Students Enjoy Trip
Fifty-eight students of Mr. Lindley’s electric, wood, and auto shop
classes took a trip through the Ford
assembly plant on April 15. They
were particularly amazed at the
speed with which automobiles are
put together. Three hundred and
seventy-five cars are finished there
every day.
�A pril 26, 1940
NILEHIILTE
NILEHI NIBLETS
■
Mardy McKeever has made her
clothes closet into a dark room.
Want any pictures developed? . . .
Ever notice how polite Bart Hegarty is ? . . . The members of Latin
group of the Foreign Language
Club plan to have a Roman ban
quet. They’re going to have a re
cline on couches and eat with their
fingers, just as the Romans did . . .
Was Roy Moore surprised when he
heard he was an assistant to a pro
fessor! (See the last Nilehilite).
He does rank high in his subjects,
but he says he isn’t an assistant as
yet . . . The journalism class re
ceived information that stated Mrs.
Esch adjusts her face to the emo
tions of “ What a Life.” While di
recting play practice. Jean Dudick,
a reporter, sat through a whole re
hearsal, but didn’t get her story.
The very next rehearsal, however,
saw the director almost weeping,
then laughing, etc. . . . It seems
that Nilehi students read the
“ Wake of the News” ; we always
find some little “ expressions” taken
from there in our “ Little Brown
Box.” Unfortunately, we cannot
use them — it’s against the law . . .
One young lady was very much per
plexed, when, after looking for all
of ten minutes at the encyclopedia
in the library, she couldn’t find any
thing but definitions of words. She
asked at the desk, only to learn that
that was not an encyclopedia, but
a dictionary. Was her “ mug mulberry!” . . . For a split-second
Laura was worried when she got
this note: “ Laura — The speaker
in the men teachers’ room is dead—
D.W.F.” . . .
A very strange incident occurred
in Miss Bernhart’s room on a cer
tain day not long ago. A map of
Norway was fastened to the wall
with scotch tape. Suddenly it fell
Page 5
From The “ Little Brown Box”
Niles Township High
Niles Center, III.
April 16, 1940
Gentlemen:
In regard to the story told by William C.
White on page forty-three of the April 1
SCHOLASTIC, may I present the follow
ing solution: The hero, upon finding a
weak, rusting link, snaps his chains and
grabs the octopus. Using the octopus for a
shield, he advances upon the villain whose
bullets im-bed themselves in the octopus.
When the villain’s ammunition runs out,
the hero flings the mortally wounded octo
pus upon him and leaves just as the villian
rises from the dead monster’s tentacles.
Sincerely,
Paul Perlman
(We hope Paul doesn’t mean our
NILEHILITE Octopus!)
Junior Girls Visited University
In Ida Noyes Hall, on Chicago
University’s campus, the Chicago
Alumnae Club played hostess to
junior girls and teachers at a tea
last Sunday afternoon at threethirty. Niles Township was repre
sented by the following girls,
Gloria Bartz, Phyliss Braeseke,
Genevieve Conrad, Frances Etherton, Rita Jane Fisher, Florence
Gabel, Mary Hegarty, Edith Luxem,
Mildred Risinger, Majorie Riser,
and Sue Shaefer. Miss Ruth Lant
accompanied the group.
Nilehi Niblets Cont.
to the floor. On that same day,
Norway was overrun by Germany.
. . . Why has a group of senior boys
been going up to Highland Park
several times a week? They cer
tainly don’t go for the ride . . . Two
Nilehi students, Margaret Dahm
and Meredith Madsen, have won
scholarships to Grinnell College.
�Page 6
NILEHILITE
April 26, 1940
Behind The Footlights
She’s small and she’s quick
And her hair’s almost black.
She has it cut short
With curls, front and back.
She dances and prances,
And never is quiet.
Say, don’t give up yetCome on, now, and try it!
Answer to last week’s: Jack Kristof
WHATZIT?
There is a room that’s large and
light,
Calm and quiet, very bright
With beaming faces.
There are some shelves, all in a
row,
And it’s not difficult to know
just what this place is.
Answer to last week’s - the class
room clock
Applied Education
Week before last Miss Ruth
Lant’s junior English classes con
sidered the essentials of debating.
Then, last week, Miss Theresa
Kranz’s United States history stu
dents gathered material on a varie
ty of subjects from the reference
books in our library; they were pre
paring for the debates which they
gave later in the week. Certainly
Nilehi is showing applied education.
Our Printers Watch The Paper
Roll Off The Press
Members of the printing classes,
under the supervision of Mr. Meier
had the privilege of an interesting
tour through the Daily Times news
paper plant on April 12. 15 boys
made the trip.
Speaking of our Alumni, we tind
Russell Larson, of the class of ’37,
doing well as an actor. The summer
before last he appeared with the
Clair Powell Stock Company in
Benton Harbor, Michigan. Last year
he was with the Theater Guild in
Woodstock. W e might have known
he would be in the lights - remem
ber his record in high school drama
tics?
Reflections
Upon “ Reflections”
The dummy is gone; long live
the dummy. Out of the old rises the
new, for the new annual which great
presses unveil with each thundering
roll, will be larger and more beau
tiful than ever. More pages, with
more and greater pictures to fill the
pages, will give many sparkling
reflections of 1940 at Nilehi. Noth
ing in N. T. H. S. ’s history has even
rivaled this year’s annual, the staff
tells us. Your picture is in this booklook for it.
Hurry! Time is short now- the
supply is limited. Make your res
ervation before the yearbooks are
sold out. This, year as in years gone
by, the down-payment plan will ease
the cost. Arrange for your first pay
ment now and be sure of a book in
June.
Play Day
Ten girls will represent Nilehi at
the Proviso High School Play Day
which will be held May 11. The re
presentatives are Ann Oden, Kather
ine Sutter, Ann Todd, Lulu Deatrick,
Gerrie Thulstrup, Arlene Lalashis,
Mary Lou Leonard, June Berg, Le
one Becker, and Carol Blameuser.
�April 26, 1940
NILEHILITE
THE OCTOPUS
Did you see me crawl in last Thurs
day and Friday evenings? I think I
may have been on the northeast
corner of the stage, just behind the
curtain Thursday night, and maybe
I was swinging from the ceiling
lights Friday evening. Anyway you
were all spotted and applauded.
My tentacles wove frantically into
the air. Do you suppose Ruby Bow
ser will really look like that some
day? Shades o f ------ if she does.
Maybe Scotland Yards will cable
Bill Stevens for a personal inter
view. r ll have to see him about
making his reservations with me
I’d like to float him across. Didn’t
you think it was a tossup between
Gloria Bartz and Florence Gabel ?
I like gals like that.
Maybe that cute little Helen Miller
should have had some glycerine
tears. Pat Reiland was good, but
then, how could she be anything
but good, particularly since she has
that good looking brother of hers
to back her up all the time. Wonder
if Jane Comstock had gum in her
mouth last night? It seems I’ve
heard she really likes her gum. Do
you suppose Mrs.Esch would let me
wear her red hat sometime? Think
I’ll wind myself up into a ball and
sleep though your spring vacation.
Heavens! Maybe anOctopus sprawls
out when it sleeps. Cheerio.
Signed,
The Octopus
SCIENTIST SPOKE HERE
During the third period, Thurs
day, April 25, Dr. J. Speer from the
Searle Pharmacentic Company of
Chicago addressed the chemistry
classes here. His subject was"Chemical Research.”
T ra c k ste rs C on t.
Carl 7, E. Fields 6, C. William 4, R.
Becker 3, P. Anderson 3. D. Kuhn 2,
L. Miller, B. Flynn, C. Barton, R.
Fanning, 1 each. Nilehi captured
seven seconds in this meet, whereas
against Crystal Lake they had taken
only three.
Page 7
Un Gran Noche
A really grand evening was en
joyed in the soft continental at
mosphere of the warmly decorated
community room last Tuesday. The
dusty spreading palms, soft lights,
gay little tables surrounded by
laughing Mexican senors y senores,
clicking castonets and undulating
tangos-all blended into a mellowly
romantic Spanish Fiesta. Costumes
were bright and thrilling. The som
breros, flashing sarape, and jing
ling spurs made Meredith Madsen &
Chris Lindhoy, the best dressed fel
low and girl, feel quite proud of their
honor. El torro turned the tables
and chased the frightened matador
from the arena.Then a quieter mood
was assumed as the swaying coup
les dipped and spun to the sultry
songs. Finally, complete silence fell
after the sound of the laughing
"adios” and slamming car doors
had faded, and young Spain was
left a silent and peaceful sleep.
Tracksters Show Improvement
On April 12, the first meet on
Nilehi's new track was held with
the Crystal Lake Varsity. The Niles
Township "thinclads” garnered
only 18points against the 1939Northeast Conference Champs. P. Ander
son took second in the mile but has
since bettered the time made by the
Crystal Lake man. E. Fields cap
tured second in the shot put and
discus, losing the latter by only V
2
inch. He has since beaten the mark
set in this meet. Those who made
points were E. Fields 6, P. Ander
son 3, R. Eichelkrant 2, L. Miller 1,
C. Barton 1, D. Dever 1, B. Carl
Bob Eichelkrant opened theLibertyville meet on April 19, there, with
the frosh - soph’s initial first, a vic
tory in the 120 low hurdles. This was
the frosh - soph’s first meet; they
lost 85 - 10. The varsity squad, al
though losing this meet,84-29,show
ed more speedjand experience than
in their previous meet, as was evi
denced by an increase of 19 points.
Point getters for Nilehi were B.
�Page 8
NILEHILITE
Sport Splatter
Last week the Trojan nine tied
with Highland Park at the end of
the fifth with a score of 4-4.
April 26, 1940
Baseball Highlights
First Conference Game Here Today
Today, Friday, April 26, Nilehi
will play Warren here in the
first conference baseball game of
“ Beany” Field placed second in the season. Plan to cheer your team
the shot-put event in our first track to victory.
meet with Crystal Lake.
On April 16, the Trojans played
All new members of the G. A. A. Highland Park; Boyk was pitching
received their belated formal in and Westerlund and Moore catch
itiation at the mother-daughter tea. ing. The game ended in a 5 - 5 tie.
The candle lighting ceremony was Other games were played with New
Trier, April 22, the Trojans were on
very impressive.
the short end of a 5 - 2, and April
Nilehi’s first conference baseball
24, losing 15 - 2.
game will be played against Warren
Coach Galitz hopes that the
this afternoon at Oakton Park.
weather will continue to be good
After the volley ball tournament so that the team can get in some
is completed the girl’s gym classes much needed practice.
will form a soft-ball baseball league.
Henceforth selected girls from the
G. A. A. will tabulate the score
sheets of all the home track meets.
Winners of the Tuesday third pe
riod shuffleboard tournament are
Maralyn Woodworth and Estelle
Thomas; they are both freshmen.
Olga Krajchovich took the ping
pong honors in the same class.
Volley ball critics of the girl’s tour
nament state that the Termites will
win.
Did you know that Violet Eifler
boasts o f 97 autographs of base ball
players? She also has autographs
of Max and Buddy Baer, Senator
Scott Lucas and the late Wiley Post.
Start Training For Olympics
Coach Taylor announces that
there are still places for would-be
track stars. Nilehi boys are urged
to take this chance for building up
to future Olympic fame.Who knows ?
we may have some future "toppers”
among our "thin clads” of 1940.
Volley Ball Results
The final game of the lengthy
volleyball tournament will be play
ed to day between O’Connell’s Little
Angels and Domas’s Dum bells.
Interesting results before the
finals were as follows:
2nd period- Ben Domas’s Dumbells
defeated Kristoff s Jumpin’Jacks.
3rd period- Bill O’Connell’s Little
Angels defeated Hartney’s 50
Fingers.
4th and 5th periods - Randquist’s
Dippy Dupes defeated Fiech’s
Blossoms.
7th Period - Bob Harm’s Wishbone
Boneheads beat Aliprandi’s Jump
in 5.
8th Period - Podraza’s Pansies beat
Hegarty’s Lillies.
Intramural Championship
Game Today
The last period today, April 26,
was used for the play-off of the fi
nals in intramural volley ball and
ping pong. An all-school assembly
was called.
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nile HIlite
Volume 1 No.12
Niles Center, Illinois
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May 17 - Jim Wilson, All-school
assembly.
Track Meet, Arlington
Here.
Freshman Night 8:00 P.M.
21 - Foreign Language Club
Picnic 3:40.
Baseball Game, Arlington
there.
24 - Conference Track M eet,
here.
Plans Made For Prom
Tickets for the junior-senior
prom June, 8, are now on sale. Sue
Schaefer is chairman of the twelve
juniors selling tickets which are
$1.50 a couple. Buy them during
homeroom period or at lunch time.
Dick Carlton and his well known
orchestra will furnish the music for
that evening.
The annual election for Prom
King was held Friday, May 10. Jack
Kristof is to be the King, Ruby
Bowser the Queen. Roger Schoenberger, who was second, will act as
the attendant.
Conference Track Meet Coming
Seven schools, all the schools of
the Northeast Conference except
Warren, will be represented at the
First Annual Northeast Conference
Track Meet to be held here on May
24 at 2:00 P. M. These will all be
Varsity events except one, which
will be a relay for the Frosh-Sophs.
This will probably be the largest
event held at Nilehi this year and
WÍU not be here for another six
years.
May 17, 1940
NILEHI HOST
TO COMING FRESHMEN
This evening, May 17, 1940, Nilehi’s annual Freshman Night Pro
gram for eighth grade pupils and
their parents will be presented in
the assembly room. The program
will include music by the orchestra,
led by Mr. Collins, the vocal group,
under the leadership of Miss Clara
Klaus, and some dramatic material
directed by Mrs. Ruth Esch. The
parents and students will then be
invited to go to the natatorium to
watch three events from the Water
Carnival.Freshman Guidebooks will
be given to the guests in order that
they may more fully understand the
courses to be offered in high school,
particularly in the freshman year.
Auditions For Nilehi Students
The Columbia College of Drama
and Radio of Chicago, Illinois is
offering an audition for scholarships
in the near future to students of
Nilehi, according to word received
by Mrs. Ruth Esch, the head of the
dramatics department.
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
Did You Know-— ?
Did you know that there are more
than ten sports offered at N.T.H.S.
to boys and girls of this school? Six
of these are major sports in which
letters can be earned. Yet we find
three-quarters ofour boys not taking
part in any one of these major ac
tivities. Some athletes will say, "Well
I’m too light for football,” but they
do not mention other sports in
which they would probably excel.
Boys will make up excuses for
not going out for sports, but in most
cases one will find that rhey are too
lazy to stay after school to practice.
Why don’t they have more interest?
The school offers a remarkable pro
gram for athletics and has the finest
equipment. It has beautiful and well
kept playfields. Every boy or girl
should have some sports interest
and find himself a place in the large
variety offered to him.
A great man once said:
“ Health is the vital principle of bliss,
And exercise, of health.”
Help yourselves, Nilehisters.
May 17, 1940
TWO SENIORS HONORED
Mary Winger and Eugene (Beany)
Field, two members of this year’s
graduating class, are being congrat
ulated this week by the faculty and
student body of Niles Township
High School.
Word has been received from
Heidelberg College that Mary has
been awarded an entire semester’s
scholarship. She was one of a large
number of applicants for this non
competitive scholarship. The selec
tion was based on scholastic recordcharacter, and probable future use
fulness to society.
Mr. O. F. Field, in a letter to
Superintendent Cotanche, advises
that Eugene has been offered a full
scholarship at the University of
Tennessee. Following a recent trip
to the University o f Georgia and
University of Tennessee taken dur
ing spring vacation, Eugene was
offered a scholarship at Tennessee
and also at the University of Geor
gia, Mr. Field states. This senior
has been an outstanding athlete at
the local school, having participated
in football, swimming, and track.
GOOD LUCK
Eight Niles Township dramatics
students are going to the Chicago
School of Expression and Dramatic
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students of Niles Township High
Art to compete for one full and two
School of Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
partial scholarships. Several other
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
high schools will be competing at
Bob Reiland Editor
the same time, May 22 at 5:00 P.M.
Journalism Class
Those representing our school are
Miss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
as follows: Bud Lauth, Bob Harms,
PRINTING PUBLICATION CLASS
Eugene Razkow,RubyBowser, Helen
Rizzo, Sal
Hohs,Ray
Miller, Virginia Kadlec, Allan
Hannemann, Art
Nitch,Ray
Permer, Vernon
Taylor,Bill
Brauch, and Paul Mikota. Several
others may be named later by Mrs.
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
Ruth Esch.
�May 17, 1940
NILEHIILTE
Page 3
WHATZIT?
What always takes us by surprise
Wherever we may be?
A reddish fiend upon the wall,
Now do you follow me?
W hy do we then so quickly go?
And, woe be unto him who’s slow.
Answer to last week’s -the library
In “What a Life”
This boy was sensational.
He can’t be hurried
In things educational.
Is behind in his SpanishOf his 'heinie’ is proud.
Why Counselors Need A Vacation As the 'tail-end of the bull’
He drew quite a crowd.
Excuses that enter 107
Blue eyes, blond hair,
Dick Wilson “I was resting my leg.”
He’s five feet two.
Robert O’Connell “I couldn’t get out Come on, people!
in time.”
Can’t you GUESS WHO?
Clark Barton “The clock was slow.”
Last week: Helen Miller
LaVerne Efflandt “I was fixing my
MISSED - CHRIS
bandages.”
Vecchito was forgotten in the
Joe DeChambre “I didn’t know it
was skipping if I just left school.’’ listing o f the cast in last Nilehilite,
just as he was in Mr. Bradley’s of
Harry Donahoo- "Stummick ache.”
fice; but we’ve found him, Chris
Betty Pfister - "Our alarm clock Lindhoy. He just "a sit an’ a look.
stopped.”
He’s a wait for see Meester Brad.”
Robert Harms - "Overslept.”
Leone Becker. "I modeled for my OUR SHOP INSTRUCTOR
Mr. Calvin Lindley, our jhop in’
cousin for her beauty culture
structor, possesses a Bachelors
examine.”
George Schmitt - "I went to Mil Degree from the University of Il
linois and expects to secure a Mas
waukee.”
ter’s Degree from Northwestern
Will Stevens - "I was trying to University at the close of this
summer.
find my pen.”
Mr. Lindley was first a teacher in
Phyliss Ahrens - "I just didn’t get
a rural school; then he became
here.”
principal of a grade school in the
Helen Schuett - "The alarm clock northern part of Illinois. He follow
didn’t ring.”
ed that by being coach and teacher
of industrial arts in a junior high
school in Blue Island. Previous to
Seen on an English history book: his employment here at Nilehi, he
seven days of this make one weak. was a woodshoop and mechanical
drawing instructor in the Blue Is
The Forester land Community High School.
I think, you think, he thinks all
Seward, Illinois, a small town in
the western part of Illinois, approx
thunk,
I copy, you copy, he copies, all imately one hundred and fifty miles
from Niles Center, was the birth
flunk.
place of Mr. Lindley. At present he
Litton Blast and his wife are living near Niles
Highland Park High sponsored Center. His hobbies are hunting and
a senior baby picture contest!
fishing, when he has time for them.
Paging the Papers
�Page 4
NILEHÎLITE
DEAR STUDENTS:
Almost didn’t come back to you
because I found a grand patch of
dandelions to stretch in. Sort of
wish I was a centipede instead of
an old fish, then I would have just
stayed in that patch and lived on
greens. Wish those teachers would
n’t be so hard on all of you “guys”
about playing hooky, and then may
be, even if Clark Barton’s feet were
sore he would skip school. I’d bum
a ride on his back to my patch. Glad
I came back, though, because I
watched the election last Thursday.
Miss Harbert made a good Dewey
at the ballot box, didn’t she ? I’ve
heard that the tall broad-shouldered
handsome JackKristof has set more
than one girl’s heart aflutter. Ruby
Bowser is’nt goingto take any back
seat,though,when it comes to looks.
I’ll see you floating around prom
night. Keep your eyes peeled.
THE OCTOPUS
The Lil’ Birdie Says
Who do yov think the
Octopus is,
or do you think?
RUBY BOWSER, senior; “What
do you think they want to do,
serve him with a subpoena? If
you ask me, El Gato’s the only
one that seems to know!”
CLYDE HENNING, junior;"I think
the Octopus is none other than
our old friend "Yehudi!”
RUTH ROBERTS, sophomore; "I
think the Octopus is four inquir
ing reporters with writer’s cramp”
LOIS JAYCOX, freshman; "I think
it’s one of the teachers.”
MISS LU CILLE RONALDS,teacher,
"Can’t imagine but I’m mighty
curious”
May 17, 1910
i Versatile Mary
Vivacious and attractive Mary
Breitenbach scored again when she
contributed several vocal solos at
the annual Water Carnival of Mun
delein College.This is Mary’s sopho
more year in college, and she is an
active member of the Terrapin
Swimming Club. In addition to
swimming and singing Mary can
play the piano, saxaphone, clarinet,
and French Horn. While attending
Nilehi, Maty belonged to the cheer
leading squad, Girls’ Glee Club,
band, orchestra, and G.A.A. She
was graduated in 1938.
GOING TO SEE MEI-MEI
On May 25, the See Chicago Club
will have its first annual picnic.
The members will pack their
lunches and spend the day at the
Brookfield Zoo.
They will see all sights, and it is
rumored that some senior members
are anxious to see everyone’s heartthrob W ho’s that? Why, MeiMei,the
giant baby panda, of course.
Faculty History
Some o f our faculty have given
the following as their favorite pas
times before they entered grade
school.
Miss Harbert- I rode my bicycle
played baseball, flew kites-anything
that boys did.”
Miss Lumpp- "I had a mania for
pestering my older brothers and
sisters.”
Continued on page 6 column 2
�May 17, 1940
NILEHILITE
A Traveler’s Diary
Sunday, April 28
With eager hearts and bursting
valises, seventeen Nilehi students
boarded the train today enroute to
the nation’s capitol. Crossing six
states, the train wended its way
through the Allegheny Mountains
and will arrive in Washington at
8:00 in the morning,
Monday, April 29.
Going directly to the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving, we watch
ed, with eyes popping, the nonchal
ant way those employees tossed
around $1000 bills. What tempta
tion! From there we went to the
Washington M o n u m e n t , where
some of us climbed the 898 steps
to the top and staggered over to a
window to view the panorama of
the city. After deciding that see
ing that alone was worth the trip,
we went down to the Pan-American
Building, where the diplomats of
the South American countries meet.
The White House, although we
didn’t see the President, was a
source of much interest to every
one. Ask any girl where we went
after lunch — you’ll find out: To
Annapolis, the U.S. Naval Acad
emy; oh, those Midshipmen! Some
of our boys have about made up
their minds to join the Navy. Oh,
by the way, ask Miss Schaeffer
about “ Joe.” Tonight we went on
a spree — our free night. We all
got in at twelve, and will sleep like
logs.
Tuesday, April 30
Today we went to the National
Cathedral and Franciscan Monas
tery. They are both very beautiful.
Then we saw the Smithsonian In
stitute. After lunch we visited the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
We’re bringing home a target for
room 209. The G-Men are very
good shots. After the FBI, we saw
the Folger Shakespearean Library
and the Supreme Court in session.
Page 5
Miss Grace Harbert’s “ Problems
of Democracy” Classes have decid
ed to have a theme song while
studying their characters and per
sonalities. They think an appropri
ate one would be “ What’s the Mat
ter with Me?”
A Traveler’s Diary, continued.
The Capitol and the Legislative De
partment were next in order.
Barney Brauch wasn’t allowed in
the visitors’ gallery, because he
wasn’t wearing a coat, so he had a
secluded side-seat all to himself.
Some of the Representatives must
have sore throat after all the shout
ing. The Lincoln Memorial after
dinner tonight was a highlight in
the trip. The sight of the monu
ment reflected in Mirror Lake was
one never to be forgotten by any
of us. We next viewed the famous
Congressional Library.
Wednesday, May 1
Arlington Cemetery was our first
stop today. The Tomb of the Un
known Soldier with its perpetual
guard and the National Amphi
theater were high points of inter
est. Washington’s dignified home
at Mount Vernon and his tomb
were next. We came back to the
hotel, packed our bags and said
good-bye to the beautiful city,
Washington. On the way home,
Hank Maier, after seeing the blonde
stewardess, suddenly developed a
strained ankle. Hmmm . . .
Thursday, May 2
Arrived home in the midst of a
snowstorm. For months to come,
no one will ever grow tired of talk
ing about the wonderful time we
had.
�Page 6
NILEHILITE
NILEHI NIBLETS
Greetings, gates! let’s swing!
Spring is really here. With summer
vacation due in three weeks, can’t
you just picture the North Woods,
Canada, or Maine? Reminder: Are
the Krajchoviches still planning for
Florida? . . . Since our school play
is over it is safe to mention that
Lake Forest is producing “ What a
Life,” at a dollar a ticket ! . . . And
now, the senior boys that are said
to go to Highland Park regularly
have extended an invitation to each
and any persons who wish to ac
company them— her name is Winnifred . . . Paul Perlman saw the
finish at the Kentucky Derby — do
those boys get around! . . . Miss
Schoenbaum seemingly accepted
Howard Klehm’s terms. You see,
she insisted on a turn at bouncing
Howard’s ball, even though Mr.
Klehm relinquished it only on
terms of a good grade . . . Dear
Dan Petty: quote — how did you
know about that dream house
Grace Good was planning ? unquote
. . . Helen Miller must have felt
very much alone when, in assembly,
she was completely deserted by the
seniors . . . Did you see Keith Pike
with that skinless snake? . . . Who
is this “Joe” that Martha Adams is
always talking about? . . . Mr.
Collins can’t be blamed for being
jumpy while the instrument cases
were kicked about in Friday’s bangup performance of “ What a Life.”
. . . And at the fiesta, Wayne Bar
ton created a sensation equal to
that of his performance in “ What
a Life” when he followed Jack
Kelly to help in Stevens’s bull
fight . . . Johnny Nelson is probably
May 17, 1940
Musical Notes
The glee clubs and chorus have
been taking the new Drake Music
Memory Test. This is a rather dif
ficult examination, and Miss Clara
Klaus, the director, has found the
results extremely interesting. The
glee clubs are beginning trio sing
ing now also.
Miss Klaus wants to announce
that beginning next year, music awards will be given to students par
ticipating in glee club and choral
work.
Faculty History continued
Mr. Taylor- "I played tiddleywinks.”
Miss Schaeffer- "I used to climb
fences.”
Mr. Bennett- "I played ball.”
Miss M. Ronalds - ”1 collected dolls
and pencils.”
Miss Bemhart - "I used to take my
mother’s knives and build roads,
bridges, tunnels, etc. in the dirt,
using the knives to dig.”
Mr. Galitz - ”1 played cards with
my grandfather.”_________________
Niblets continued - - -
still wondering about the balloon
that stuck to the back wall-how it
got there and who held it up . . .
yehudi! . . . Oh, by the way, maybe
he knows the answer to the Octo
pus — or is it the Octopus who
knows all the answers? . . . I’ll bet
Merrie Madsen could give even the
Octopus information since she was
fortune teller . . . After the Span
ish Fiesta people had fun too, we
know. Who lost his pants in Ev
anston — and why did you, Bob
Reiland ? . . . What is happening to
the annual Hobo Day tradition at
Nilehi ? Let’s have some action,
home rooms.
�May 17, 1940
NILEHIILTE
Page 7
Seeing Chinatown
While peeping from betwixt pin
nacling props, and dodging labor
ing stagehands, I must have had a
scratch pad within easy reach, for
when I issued from the din I found
I possessed a permanent record of
those three "house rockers” in the
form of some "scrubblely”penciled
notes. Largely“ Helen Miller, our Thursday night
Barbara, found a beautiful bouquet
in her dressing room about five min
utes before 'curtain time.’ She won
dered from stage to dressing room
with the flowers clasped fondly in
her arms and tears of joy trickling
down her powdered checks, wonder
ing if she was going 'to deserve
them.’
“ Bob Harms not only tore off the
stage [in Act II.], but also his pants.
With his left hand striving to hold
up his reputation, he yanked the
laughing Duke Hezner from the
stage and the blushing property
girls. It was a joy to all concerned
to find Duke’s trousers were just
the right size.
"During one of many trips be
tween dressing room and stage door
I saw a tall silhouette standing in
the moonlight with a Canadian
penny clutched tightly in his hand
raised to the stars.
“The extras played ping pong in
the hall with a golf ball between en
trances. Almost everyone else play
ed with ‘that’ game.
"After curtain call the make up
room’s washroom was packed with
perspiring Thespians
diligently
wielding the cold cream and Kleenex
"On Friday night the Thursday
cast members sitting in the audi
ence looked bored and sour at in-
1Approximately one hundred wide
¿yed See Chicago Club members
saw Chinatown at its best,Friday
evening, May 10.
They strolled down Chinese
streets eyeing strange things in
store windows and suspiciously
watching the many dark alleys.
They saw the Chinese museum and
the large Chinese mart. A guide
showed them through the famous
En Eeen Tong building. As they
passed the many Chinese signs,
the general thought was, “It's all
Greek to me.”
UNCOVERED FACTS
Bob Campell’s favorite cereal corn flakes; Jack Kelly’s birthplace
- Billings, Montana; Carl Reed’s
favorite meat - whale; Ed Jettman’s
middle name - William; Jack El
lis’s exact age- 17 years, 11 months,
17 days; Alvin Kleusing’s number
of ties- baker’s dozen.
Greasepaint Gossip Continued
tervals and turned eyes twinkling
with victory and arched eyebrows
on their cast mates when the cur
tain went down and the lights came
up. Then they hurried back stage
to say "how good everyone was.”
Grace Good made quite an im
pression when she kissed Harold
Hynes, in fact it was still there
the next day.
Last results on Barney’s party
for the cast;
Consumed2 cases of root beer
10 packages of popato chips
10 lbs. of meat
5 loaves o f bread
5 lbs. of sweets
the toll - one dented pool table
one floor washed with root beer
50 very happy kids.”
"Signed, S
�Page 8
NILEHILITE
May 17, 1940
Behind the Plate
BOYK PITCHES NO-HIT GAME
April 26 - Niles Township 9
Warren 4. Easy does it.
April 30 - Niles Township 16
Woodstock 4. Four home
runs - Sullivan, Faust, Reiland,
and Boyk. Murderers Row!
May 1 - Called on account of snow
and cold. Some Spring!
May 4 - Zion 5 Niles Township 4
Two extra innings. Tough one to
lose.
May 7 - Arlington 1 Niles Township
0. Boyk gave one hit but still lost.
May 10 - Niles Township 8 Leyden
4. Taken in stride!
May 14- Niles Township 13 Woodstock 5. Three home runs were
hit: Domas,Huscher,and Sullivan
collecting them. Sullivan’s was
hit with the bases loaded. Power
house.
Yesterday afternoon Ed Boyk,
Nilehi pitching ace, blanked Taft of
Chicago with no-hits, no runs in
seven innings. The score was Nile
hi 10, Taft 0. Faust led the Nilehi
barrage with 3 hits.
ON THE UP
The Niles Township track teams
engaged in three meets since the
last report, the first of which was
here, on May 7, with Lake Forest.
The Foresters have one of the best
teams in the conference, largely due
to having the only indoor track in
the conference.
Ralph Becker, the best of the 100
and 440 men on the Nilhehi team,
captured first in the 100 yd. dash
and the quarter-mile for 15 points
in the track meet with Leyden on
May 10. Williams also took a first
as Nilehi Varsity lost 58-53. The
«Junior Varsity lost by a very close
score.
Against Palatine, the Trojan Var
sity made a very good showing.Bob
Carl tied for first in the high jump
at 5’7” which is a 1 lower than
/4”
the Palatine, record. Fields took
first in the shot, and Carl in the
high hurdles.
SPORT SPLATTER
Speaking of splatter, we ask, have
you seen "Corky” Harrington’s
baseball shoes?
Washington “goers” tell us that
Annapolis has a pool 150 x 150.
W e recommend it to the Octopus!
Baton twirlers furnish a lawn show
for study hall members Monday
afternoons. Quite flashy!
Incidentally, spectators don’t
bother the baseball team at all.
How about supporting your team.
Incoming freshmen at the pro
gram tonight will witness the fol
lowing acts from the water carnival:
Lotus Blossom Ballet, synchronized
swimming, slave races, and exhibi
tion diving.
Proceeds of the Mother-Daughter
Tea are to be donated to the church
represented by the guest speaker
of that day. Dr. Sattau.
Girls’ swimming classes have a
male app’ icant. The initials? F. M.
T.
Hot Dogs!
Have you had a“genuine” hot dog
lately, gals? Whether you have or
not, we know you’ll have dozens at
the G.A.A. hike and supper on May
29.
W e’ll tire our “tootsies” by hik
ing to Harms Woods at 3:45. (But
don’t worry about walking homebuses will take care of the return trip).
Then, we’ll roast beautiful weiners,
and marshmallows. W e’ll start for
home at six P. M. to be in time for
dinner- if any o f us will be able to
eat any after all those hot[yum,yum]
dogs.
You know, ths G.A.A. has at least
one party or hike a semester- so,
G.A.A. girls, if you don’t want to
miss real fun, come.
�
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n il e H I l it e
Volume 1 No.13
Niles Center, Illinois
May 29, 1940
Hearts and Flowers
Nilehi’s annual summer formal
has been planned to the n’th degree,
and it looks, from where we stand,
to be even more florid than those in
the past. Many interested people
have askd permission to see the
charming and novel decorations.
The Junior Council is very sorry,
but this is to be a student dance.
No spectators will be admitted. The
very regal and impressive corona
tion ceremony is to be as interest
ing as it is beautiful.
With Dick Carlton’s staccato
rhythm furnishing inspiration for
the swaying and dipping couples,
flowery formals, and beautiful deco
rations, and with their lordly
majesties reigning over all, the
Junior Prom promises to be a
“ must” of the season.
Summer School Plans Made
Summer school at Nilehi will
begin June 17, and will continue for
six weeks, ending July 26. The sub
jects to be taught for credit are as
follows: world history, geography,
typing, social studies, and various
mathematics. In addition to these,
there will be swimming for grade
school pupils three times a week.
DAILY EVENTS
May 30- Memorial Day-no school
June 3-7 Review week
June 6-7 Senior Exams
June 8- Prom
June 10-12 Semester exams
June 12 Senior Breakfast
June 13 Graduation Exercises
June 14 Close of second semester
School closes
“ Well, the Prom can start now, ’cause
we’re here!”
HOBO DAY
Hobo Day will be on Friday, May
31. Mr. Benette is faculty adviser,
and the committee in charge of ac
tivities in Jean Bates, Howard
Wertz, and Doris Anderson.
There are a few rules for dress
on Hobo Day.
DO’S
1. Girls may wear slacks, over
alls, or house dresses.
2. Girls may wear hair ribbons
or flowers in their hair.
3. Boys may wear overalls,
slacks, or old suits.
4. Costumes representing char
acters in fiction, comic strips, etc.,
are very good.
DONT’S
1. Do not be late to school or to
any class. Regular school routine
is to be followed on this day.
2. No shorts will be permitted.
3. Clothes usually worn only in
the house such as pajamas, etc. are
not to be worn.
4. Pipes, cigars, liquor bottles,
and things of that type are not to
be brought to school on this day.
Continued on page 8
�NILEHILITE
Page 2
FAREWELL SENIORS
After four long years of class
work, cramming, and homework,
our seniors at Nilehi are going to
leave us. Some of them are perhaps
planning to enter college in Septem
ber, after long talks with their par
ents and advisers and careful inves
tigation of different schools. Others
are going out into the world to look
for immediate jobs, while several we
know of have jobs already promised
to them. In any case, we wish them
success, and we hope they will use
some of the knowledge they have
obtained in high school. By that
we don’t mean book knowledge
only, but the ability to get along
with others, to be able to under
stand others’ interests, and to be
able to cooperate. Always remember,
the little things in life count.
Tm JEliiufE"
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students of Niles Township High
School of Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Annette Carroll, Editor
Journalism Class
Miss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
PRINTING PUBLICATION CLASS
Baumann, AVillard
Keegan, Raymond
Wunderle, Ted
Matchen, Henry
Dahm, Henry
Krier, Ralph
Sullivan, Richard
Nosal, Matthew
Conference Baseball standing
FINAL
N. T. H. S.
Arlington
Leyden
Warren
Woodstock
Won
5
5
3
2
0
Lost
1
1
3
4
6
May 29, 1940
Nilehi
Receives Recognition
Word has been received by Super
intendent R. E. Contanche from the
Secretary of the North Central As
sociation of Collegesa nd Second
ary Schools that the NilesTownship
has been approved as a member
school for the 1940-41 school year.
This recognition is granted to
schools whose policies, administra
tion and faculty bear a highrating,
and it entitles all graduates to enter
college and university without writ
ing entrance examination. The,
Niles Township High School, Mr.
Cotanche advises, was approved by
the Association last April following
the completion of the new building
without the customary year of
probation which is required of prac
tically all schools. This honor was
bestowed upon the local school, he
said, because of its very fine facili
ties, and the high qualifications of
its faculty, most o f whom hold
Master’s Degrees with many years
of experience.
POPPY DAY
Eighty girls sold poppies last
Monday in all of the main places
of Niles Township. Mrs. Bruce
Harris of the Niles Center American
Legion Auxiliary and Mrs. Siewert
Bus o f the Morton Grove American
Legion Auxiliary were in charge of
the helpful students. The benefic
iaries, Mrs.Bus said, arethehospitals
and community in general; some of
the money will be used for service
work. Three of the hospitals that re
ceive part of this are the Hines
Hospital, Veterans Tubercular, and
the North Chicago Hospital.
�& ay 29, 1940
NILEHILITE
Ex-am-i-na-tion
The senior examinations will be
written on Thursday and Friday,
June 6 and 7. Exams in English 8,
office practice, and shorthand will
be given in regular class periods on
each of these days.
Seniors writing in other subjects
will write with the freshmen, soph
omores, and juniors on Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 10,
11, 12, at the time scheduled(See the
bulletin boards. Exams on those
three day will be written from 9:00
o’clock to 2:30 in one and one-half
hour periods. Conflicts will be taken
care of after 2: 30.
Page 3
It’s Almost Time to Travel
Traveling has been contemplated
for those who seek minor credit this
summer. One major, and from ten
to twelve local trips may be arranged.
Such places as Wisconsin Dells and
Starved Rock have been suggested
as destinations. All Nilehiers seek
ing further information should see
Mr. Flagg or Mr. Cotanche imme
diately.
H 0 B 0 DAY"
Con’t from Page 1
5. Costumes must follow the
rules of decency, being in length be
low the knees. Any teacher may re
fuse admission to class to any pupil
not obeying these rules.
Exactly 1997 years ago, Belgium
6. No blacking of. faces and
was invaded. At that time it was by hands.
one of the greatest figures in history.
7. Hats if worn, must be re
Julius Caesar led his Roman troops moved in all class rooms.
into the tiny country with much of
8. No neck ties should be worn
the same strategy that A dolf Hitler on this day.
is using today. Caesar’s policy,
During the last period, every
“ Divide and conquer” is being prac one will go to his homeroom and
ticed by the Nazi leader wherever choose two representatives, a boy
he goes. The sites of many of the and a girl, for the king and queen
ancient battles are being used again election. The thirty-four chosen
for bloody purpores. What was then (two from each of the seventeen
known as the “world” is again afire homerooms) will report to the
as it was in 57 B.C. when the Roman girls’ gym. The rest of the student
general spread terror in the hearts body will go to the boys’ gym^
of the people as Hitler is doing to nasium for the final selection of
day. Yes, history repeats itself.
Hobo King and Queen.
Foreign Language Club Meeting to The committee wishes all pupils
have good clean fun on this day,
The Foreign Language Club had so that this may be an annual
its last meeting of the year in the
form of a picnic at Harms’ Woods, affair. Do your part to make this
Tuesday, May 28, at four-thirty day one to be remembered.
P. M. The four branches of the
club: French, Spanish, Latin, and
LEST W E FORGET
German, prepared games, typical of
Tomorrow we honor those who gavetheir
the country they represented, to be
played at the picnic. Members lives in wars. Let us hope andpray that their
numbers will not be increased in the future.
brought their own lunches.
History Repeats Itself
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
May 29, 1940
Our Country
Scoop! "D oc” Brauch, Nilehi’s Jerry
Colonna, is our "suspect” for the un
known "Octopus” ..with Chris Lindhoy as El Gato!! Now that Bob Hope
has visited Chicago, some o f our
bewildered students are still in a
fog about Yehudi--One of our soph
omore screwballs borrows mon
ey in small amounts, and issues
certificates for the absent money....
Boner Department: from Junior
English is heard the following,
"Sandburg drove a milk wagon
between the ages of 15 and 17.”
"Amy Lowell was not a dainty
person; she smoked black cigars
and stayed up all night writing on
fifteen pillows” ...."Katie” from our
cafeteria has a special order every
day,a "BILL STEVENS’ SPECIAL”,
containing peanut butter, mayon
naise, sugar and lettuce, all this piled
very carefully on two slices of
bread and slit down the middle...
WE SALUTE: Ruby Bowser for
her creation o f Bonnie and Johnie,
and their subsequent adventures..
Speaking of boners- oh, these soph
omores- "Queen Gullivere was mar
ried to King Author” ! .... Perhaps
before September rolls around some
o f the sophomores and juniors had
better take lessons on how to spell
their class names. The following
spellings were turned in on the mi
nor enrollment blanks:"sophamor” ,
and "sophmore” were just as popu
lar as the correct spelling, "sopho
more.” Others were "southmore,”
"sophomr,” and "sopthmore.” For
"junior” the following spellings
were noted: "gunior,” "jenior,” and
"junier.”
Don’t forget the Prom
America, the BeautifulExtending in broad expansion
from sea to seaThe land of golden forests, for
ests of stately timbers,
A panorama of majestic beauty
beyond the power o f art.
Here, surely, man may find a
home for his spirit.
America, the Land o f Plenty, blue
waters, fertile valleys against a
background of lofty mountainsWith wealth of fruitful harvests
and unlimited resources,
Whose unstrained bounty and
blessings afford opportunity for
all.
A country where men may re
ceive peace and abundance.
America, the Land o f FreedomOur fathers who believedcommon
wealth could be made of wilder
ness,
A country of courage, optimism,
and progressiveness,
A strong nation made democratic
by the blood of many people.
Surely, a place where man bears
no ancient hatreds.
America, the Mighty Union
A continent of cities, industries,
and countrysidesWhere all people live in security
and brotherhood
May she be the cradle of liberty
and the light o f democracy.
And we shall thank God that this
nation is our own.
By Olga Krajchovicfy
See Our Yellow Tulips?
�May 29, 1940
NILEHILITE
W HAT TO BE A MAJORETTE?
The twelve drum majorettes are
making progress. According to Mr.
C.W. Collins, there will be a sum
mer class for majorettes, in connec
tion with band and orchestra classes
In his own words, Mr. Collins warns
that, "Now is the time for beginners
to enroll for instruction in twirling
and for the instrumental classes.”
Premier Boy’s State
Nine boys of Niles Township
will attend Premier Boys State in
the New Youth Building State Fair
Grounds in Springfield,Illinios from
June 22 to June 29. The purpose of
Boys State is “ to educate our youth
in duties, privileges, rights, and
responsibilities of American citizen
ship.”
The following nine boys will at
tend: Victor Baptist, Merwyn Beck
er, Robert Harms, Werner Heitdke,
Fred Huscher, Richard Paroubeck,
Edward Westerlund, Richard W il
son, James Winklhofer.
From Prom Cupid’ s Mailbox
The Prom Cupidis working again.
Last week Cupid received this let
ter:
Dear Cupid:
Would you help me out of a des
perate situation? I am going to the
Junior Prom on June 8. A few of
my absolute necessities are as fol
lows:
1. white flannels
2. my dad’s car
3. a good looking corsage for a
good looking girl
4. plenty of romance and a full
moon.
Continued on next column
Page 7
The LiP Birdie asies(^ay
*>ught
“ What are your plariress
for the summer?” ttle
old
ag
DOROTHY VAN CLEAVE, senio t
"I may go to business college.”
FRANK THULSTRUP’ junior, "I’ll
play baseball and basketball.”
JEAN FLORUS, sophomore, "I’m
going to New Jersey to be the
Maid of Honor at a wedding.”
ERWIN DOMBROWSKI,freshman
"I’ll go caddying and play base
ball.”
MR. MEIER, printing teacher, “If
work at shop permits, I’ll attend
National Graphic Arts Educa
tional Guild Conference.”
Prom Cupids Mailbox Continued
How can I obtain all these on my
allowance?
Yours for hearty cooperation,
A Prom Goer
P. S. My income rarely exceeds
$2.00 a week. P.G.
Cupid sat down immediately and
answered our troubled Prom Goer
with this letter;
Dear Prom Goer:
I hope cooperation is hearty enough. My advice to you is:
1. Dye your Dad’s red flannels
white.
2. Push Bob Fawcett’s car.
3. A dandelion corsage would no
doubt be a novelty.
4. You will have to hope for a full
moon but as far as romance,
you are on your own.
Yours for a good time,
CUPID
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
May 29, 1940
WHATZiT?
he’s taken up modelingAh, yes, ’tis true!
From long, dark lashes
She looks out at you.
She’s slender and tall,
Her hair’s almost black.
Her brother’s in school
And his name is- - well,
Her eyes are blue,
Her hairs naturally curly.
She laughs thru her noseYou know who ’tis, surely! !
Last week: Wayne Barton
Last Vocational Talk This Year
"Insurance” was the topic of the
very interesting Vocational Assem
bly given on May 21, at 9:30. The spea
ker was Mr. Robert S. Throop of
the Boyk, Flagg, and Seaman Insu
rance Company.
Just Imagine
“Red” Williams with black hair.
Bart Hegarty in Beanie Fields’s
trousers.
Jack Kristof riding in an Austin.
OlgaRazkow inFrankThulstrup’s
shoes.
Bud Lauth with Katherine Pewitt’s
fingernails.
Marie Loutsch dancing with
George Struck.
Mr. Isaacson with his hair parted
on the side.
Ruby Bowser without her dog,
“Teddie.”
Eva Herman learning to dance.
RuthRoberts without her“ Stinky”
Betty Brauch with a Roman nose.
Reaching the sky
In the midst of Nilehi;
Stately, serene, and tallIt never will fall.
Concealed within it are
A dark room and foyer.
Whatzit?
Asnwer to last week’s:
Fire Alarm
AlillMNI
Byron Kluesing, a graduate of
’37, is in his junior year at Bradley
Tech in Peoria, and he is very ac
tive in athletics. He' was known as
the super salesman at Nilehi because
he always sold the largest number
of tickets. Byron was a member of
the lettermen’s club, baseball, bas
ketball, and football teams.
Our Speedy Typists
On May 6, eight pupils of Miss
Mildred Johnson’s second year ty
ping class received awards for accu
rate typing in a ten-minute run. Two
of them received gold pins for ty
ping over fifty words a minute. They
were Nick May and Mary Hegarty.
The other six who were awarded
Progress Certificates were Gloria
Bartz, Josephine Brodtke, Ruth
darkens, Eleanor Schon, Evelyn
Such, and Bernice Zika.
NICE WORK, BOYS!
Congratulations to the Baseball
Squad and Coach Lester Galitz for
winning a share ot the Northeast
Conference Baseball Championship.
This is the first championship held
by any Nilehi team.
�May 29, 1940
NILEHIILTE
More Fun Than A Picnic
Rumor has it that Nilehi students
have been "slackening” lately, and
it has it right if last Saturday was
any indication, when we packed our
lunches and cameras and set
out for Brookfield Zoo via Bus 4.
W e spent a very busy day tramping
through buildings, feeding the giraf
fes and monkeys, stopping at every
third step to trip the shutters of our
cameras. Gerry and Martha got
more shots than anyone else - up
in the thirties. Did you ever see
Martha’s camera? It takes pictures
indoors, in the rain, and on cloudy
days. There are no dials or levers.
You just push the button.
The gorillas threw sand in our
faces in disgust and every animal in
the zoo turned its back on us as we
leveled our weapons. The leopards
proved amusing as they chased
each other about their cages before
feeding time, biting each other’s
tails. Helen Miller was riding on the
back of one of the lions. What
beautiful statues! W e ate our lunch
es lolling on virgin terraces shaded
by stately oaks. We didn’t see the
signs. The rainy afternoon found
us returning home with empty cam
eras and a weary but happy look in
our eyes.
Teachers Entertained
Miss Linda Bemhart, Miss Es
ther Fledderjohn, and Miss Ruth
Lant entertained the women of the
faculty and Miss Irene Tess and
Miss Laura Ross at a buffet supper,
Sunday evening, May 26, at the
Stevens Hotel. The group presented
to Miss Ethel Schoenbaum a wed
ding shower gift.
Page 7
Dear Students:
Was my face red last Wednesday
morning ? To hide myself, I thought
of sprawling in the public address
system. Then when that cute little
boy, Carl Mueller, came in and told
D. W. F. that no sound was coming
into many homerooms, you can just
bet that I did some tall scrambling.
Do you know where I landed? My
gracious, when I unwound myself,
believe it or not, I was right in
front of D. W. F., so there I had
to stay. If I had a mind (I’m not
sure that I have) I wish that it
would click as Miss Bemart’s does.
Do you suppose Miss Line would
give me a manicure * and tell me
what to do with my figure? There
doesn’t seem to be much the matter
with her on all counts mentioned.
Don’t you think Frank Thulstrop’s
one of the grandest boys ? I do hear
that his little sister thinks he’s
pretty fine. Some day some gal is
going to notice that handsome
young Ed Krupa. My, my, that de
vastating smile of his! Do you
think I could snitch Maralyn Wood
worth’s pretty new white raincoat ?
Speaking of brothers and sis
ters, Mildred Bergmark’s brother,
Eugene is going to be— or is— one
of Nilehi’s coming men. Don’t you
think so? Have you heard whether
or not Bill Stockfish is going to
make four A ’s this semester?
So long, I’ll be seeing you at the
Prom.
The Octopus
BASEBALL RESUME
Another baseball season has been
completed at Nilehi with the Tro
jans tied for the conference champ
ionship: 5 games won, 1 lost. This
loss was against Arlington in the
most heart-breaking game of the
year, Ed Boyk allowing but one hit.
Ed was the head man of the team,
leading the pitchers with 6 wins
against 2 losses and leading the
batters with .515 in 33 times at bat.
Ben Domas, who started the sea
son as a pitcher with a 1-1 record,
w ish ed with a .381 average. Frank
Continued on Page 8.
�Page 8
NILEHILITE
_______________________________May
NORTHEAST CONFERENCE TRACK
AND FIELD MEET
The Conference Track'Meet was
run off May 24 at Niles Township
before a crowd of about 500 people.
The day was bright and sunny but
a trifle cool. As predicted, Crystal
Lake finished first with a score of
72%, Arlington was second with
44%, Lake Forest, third with 43,
Leyden fourth with 26%, Libertyville fifth with 22%, Woodstock
sixth with 8, and last Niles Town
ship seventh with 7% points. Al
though the Trojans came in last, we
should remember that this was
Nilehi’s first year of track, whereas
other schools have had track teams
in other years. Anyway, the confer
ence officials selected our field for
the first conference championship
meet, because we have the most
modernly epuipped and best ath
letic layout in the conference.
Record-holders in the first
Northeast Conference Track Meet
Event
Name and School
Time
1. Mile Run
Wilson, C. L.
4:51.2
2. 120 H. Hurdles Schneider C. L.
:16.9
3. 100 yd. Dasn
Bacon L. F.
:10.9
4. Frosh-Soph
Lake Forest
:49.6
440 Relay
5. 440 yd. Run
Bell
Libvl.
:57.2
6. 220 L, Hurdles Vynalek C. L.
:24.1
7. 220 yd. dash
Bacon L. F.
:24.2
8. Medley Relay Lake Forest
4:02.8
9. 880 yd. Run
W ilson C. L.
2:09.6
10. 880 yd Relay Crystal Lake
1:37.0
11. Shot Put
Milligan Arlgt.
44’1%
12. Pole Vault
Ross,J. C. L.
11>
13. Discus
Milligan Arlgt* 122’8’,
14. High Jump
Tarte L. F.
5’8’,
15. Broad Jump Joorfetz W oodstk 20’8 1-2’,
Baseball Resume cont.
Thulstrup, who’ll probably be in
Boyk’s shoes next year, suffered one
loss against no wins but gained ex
perience byfinishingup many games
Faust who was at bat the most times
finished third with .316; E. Miner
.294; E. Springer .286; B. Harms .273;
F. Huscher .273; D. Sullivan .214;
Drueke .214; B. Reiland .167; H.
Jensen .150; and D. Nelson .125;
follow in that order; Boyk got 17
hits, Faust, 14 hits. The entire team
gathered 78 hits in 284 times at
bat for an average of .285.
29, 1940
Keeping Up With The G.A.A.
Up to Monday Afternoon
Much last-minute activity has car
ried the buzz ot the G. A. A. far be
yond my deadline. Dorothy Gut
man, Doris Anderson, and Ann Jurasitz will be awarded the Illinois
map for having earned 2,000 or more
points in the G. A. A. Congratula
tions.
Ping-Pong and Shuffleboard Finals
After defeating many skillful
opponents with seeming ease Bar
bara Williams paddled herself to
the girls’ ping-pong championship
of the school. Similarly Jean Peter
son and Lillian Krupa won the
shuffleboard championship.
To Camp They Go
Special mention should be given
to those six girls who were elected
by their fellow members to repre
sent N.T.H.S. at camp. They were,
as you all must know by now, An
nette Carroll, Dolly Baumhart, jun
iors; Marilyn Bennett and Angie
Weber, sophomores; Rosanna King
Arlene Madsen, freshmen.
W hat’s Left
This afternoon the G.A.A. hike
will conclude the organization’s
activities for the school year.
Seniors, this is your last chance to
turn out for a G.A.A. activity! Next
Wednesday afternoon Ann Jurasitz
will have a tea for the G.A.A. exec
utive board.
And Next Year
Already plans are being made for
next year. The junior and senior
girls interested in physical educa
tion leadership as a future vocation,
will be able to partake in leadership
of G.A.A. classes. Girls, see Miss
Schaefer for further details as soon
as possible.
G.L.
�
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n ile HI lite
Volume 1
No.2______________ Niles Center, Illinois
FAMILY NIGHT
On Saturday evening, December
16,N.T.H.S. will hold its fifth anj nual Family Night. The events of the
evening will take place in the boy’s
gym and the cafeteria. Everyone is
urged to be prompt as the program
will begin at 8:15. Doors will be open
at 7:45.
Miss M. Scheafer’s G. A. A. classI es will put on five dance numbers
and a tumbling act. The stage props
and scenery, under the supervision
of Mr. J. G. Wilkins, will be some
thing new and novel. Miss C. Klaus’s
glee clubs will give several numbers.
The school orchestra under the di
rection of Mr. C. W . Collins will fur
nish the music. A fashion show will
be given by Miss Line’s sewing
classes.
Immediately following the floor
show there will be dancing in the
boys gym to the music of Art Edgren’s orchestra. Miss G. Harbert
has arranged for cards and bunco
to be played in the cafeteria.
A prize will be given to the two
home rooms that sell the most tic
kets. This prize will be a ten per
cent comission of their ticket money
Senior News
The Seniors are scheduled to have
their pictures taken before Christ\ mas. Miss Tess reported that the
Senior rings will also be here before that time.
m
December 8 , 1939
KER-SPLASH!
Coach Tom Robinson of North
western’s A. A. U. champion swim
ming team and head of Olympic
Swimming Committee of this dis
trict will bring his team of thirty
boys here tonight to stage an exhi
bition in our pool. Receipts go to the
United States Olympic fund. Coach
Morgan Taylor (Curly) will have
his twelve best swimmers,and Miss
Schaefer has twelve girls ready to
participate in the events.
Superintendent Mr. R.E.Cotanche
will open the session with a greet
ing,after which,the entire group will
sing"The Star Spangled Banner”.
There will be two sessions: one be
ginning at 7:30 o’clock for the stu
dents and another at approximately
8:45 o'clock for adults.
After the A.A.U . team and our
proud beauties indulge in the crawl,
back-stroke, and breast-stroke, the
Wildcats will stage relays and a
good game o f water polo. Diving ex
hibition will also be given.
Freshmen Party
Tonight is the big night for fresh
men. The party will start at 8:00 and
end at 11:00. Games and dancing,
and refreshments are to be the big
attractions of the evening. Miss
Lumpp, Miss Klaus, and Mr. Kent
are in charge of the games and
dancing committee. Miss Line, Miss
Schoenbaum, and Mr. Wilkins are
in charge of the refreshments.
�N IL E H IL IT E
Page 2
Honor Roll - First Quarter
The Nile HI lite
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students o f Niles Township High
School of Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
E D ITO R IA L STAFF
Roger Schoneberger, Editor
Journalism Class
M iss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
PU B LIC ATIO N -PR IN TIN G CLASS
Boyk, Edward
Bold, Edwin
Brown, Buell
Freres, Robert
Minx, Adolph
Lauth, W alter
Ross, W illiam
Mueller, Herbert
. Zech, Raymond
Schnur, W illiam
Mr. Clement
eier, adviser u ‘
iiioj sisiri. syocf ;
■MJ W O i l l IDKiiiiicf '
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December 8, 1939
’
One of tHolfiialitiSk df vital iniportance^ior a^ilCCessful high school
is school: spirit . This may,: be de
fined as the amount of|nierest tak
en by the students in afl scholastic
activities, and the full support of
them. This spirit is greatly reflect
ed by the attendance at all schol
astic functions.
There, i s ^ o excuse for small at
tendance, atj(.yarious activities. A l
most every student has at his dis
posal amaiftiVity card which enti
tles him to admittance to all sport
events and many social gatherings.
Out, cheerleaders have been rath
er discouraged in the past,due to
your indifference. They are giving
their time to perform the functions
of'leading the cheering section,and
you have not cooperated as you
should have. Allow them to enjoy
their work by responding to all
their requests. Make them feel as if
you appreciate what they are doing
by responding with a cheer.
The winter season is now in progress, and each student should give
his loyal support in all future events,
whether .it be a basketball game,
swimming meet, or otherwise. Come
out and help your school teams to
victory by your invigorating spirit.
They need your assistance; don’t fail
them. Let’s feel as if we did our ut
most to lead them to victory.
SENIORS
Doris Anderson
Margaret Dahm
Viola Nelson
Harriet Bus
James Winkelhofer
Victor Baptist
W erner Heidtke
Josephine Brodtke
Mary W inger
Armeda Bonagura
Virginia Kadlec
Mathilda Hermes
JU N IO R S
Dorothy Kranz
Phyllis Schlotterbeck
June Berg
Jeannette Huemmer
Don Fisher
Gloria Bartz
Phyllis Braeseke
Ben Domas
Norma Delfino
Marjorie Riser
Isabelle Hoth
Gertrude Mehring
Laura Nunemacher
Ed Springer
SOPHOM ORES
Mildred Bergmark
' Richard Hartney
Gertrude Dahm
Norma Heid
Olga Krajdnovich
Lillian Mieth
Ruth Buthmam
Donna Jean Cotanche
Bernice Franson
Virginia Reuter
Ruth Roberts
Colleen Thom
Betty W etm ore
FRESH M EN
Tom Sheridan
Bill Stockfisch
Virginia Lenzen
Ted Canty
Adele Bartz
Dagmar Franson
Carl Mueller
James W atkins
Nancy Allen
Richard Boyd
Ann Hoth
Jeanne Nelson
Viola Stoll
Maralyn W oodworth
Virginia W yatt
Harold Anderson
Danny Dever
Muriel Beuder
Helen Evett
Richard Fan rin g
Patsy Galitz
Rosarna King
Ted Wojtkiewicz
Betty Westerlund
Betty Stielow
Dorothy Rings
Jaunet Lutkehaus
Lucille Lindemann
Foreign Language Club Meets
The third meeting of the Foreign
Language Club was held on Nov. 21
with the French Club in charge of
the program. The meeting was pre
sided over by Jack Birong of the
French group. The program con
sisted of several French skits, cha
rades of English derived fromFrench
songs played on the victrola, and
finally, "Deep Purple” and"M y Rev
erie” sung by the entire group in
French. The meeting was adjourned
by Henry Maier, who is president
of the Foreign Language Club. After
wards refreshments were served in
the cafeteria.
�December 8, 1939
N IIE H IL IT E
Victory School Song
If you want to go to high school
Then you surely want the best,
Our school is the right one
For it meets your every test.
If you want to see good basketball
Or you like to play the game;
Come to old Niles Township High
School
And you will sing her fame:
(Chorus
Hail to the Gold and Blue
W e ’re here to cheer for you
W e ’ll try with all our might
To win that victory.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Hail to our school so grand
Finest in the land.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
For old Niles Township High
School
W e will win that game!
INQUIRING REPORTER
QUESTION:
W h a t do you think of NileHIlite?’
M r. F lagg - Assistant Principal:
"I like everything about it!”
Ginnie Nordin - Sophomore:
"I think it’s swell!!”
"B e a n y ” Field - Senior:
" I think it was pretty good for the
first issue.”
B etty Brauch - Freshman:
"It’s all right!!!”
Paul M ikota - Junior:
"I think it’s a grand idea hope it lasts!”
See the
Swimming Meet Tonite
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Nilehi Niblets
Mr. Bennette’s "raising honey. ”
Ask him about his bee ’ s n est.
Have you seen Ginny Mehren’s
invisible hose ?
Fellows, if you want to be rug
ged , see Jack E llis.
Jack Birong thinks those girl’s
knee length socks are just too-too-!!
Have you heard Evelyn Jorgen
sen’s superb "French accent”?
W ho is Dwain Kuhn’s " Maizie”?
Burton Glatz’s m otto-"W h o’s the
cutest boy in school and why am
I? ”
Miss Harbert dined with Robert
Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck aft
er the Notre Dame-Southern Calif
ornia game.
NileHi’s latest fad is girls wear
ing riding boots— I wonder what
next?
W ho knows, before long Miss
Lump may not have a ninth period
class, because of her blacklist.
WHOZIT?
Where, oh where has my Suzie Q
gone?
Oh, where, oh where can she be?
She’s slender and tall,
And still that’s not all,
She’s really a pleasure to see.
She’s a blonde with blue eyes,
And she floors all the guys,
W ith her dagger-like nails growing
long.
She’s a senior this year,
V. Mehren’s always near,
So now boys you shouldn’t guess
wrong!
Answer to last week’s:
Allan [Barney] Brauch.
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N IL E H IL IT E
December 8, 1939
BASKETBALL NEWS SWIMMING
Tonight the Trojans are" going
to play Warren at Warren. Let’s
have tiie same sized crowd go out
to Warren that was at the last game.
Support your team!
Friday, December 1, saw Niles
Township’s Trojans play and win
their first home basketball game of
the season. Arlington Heights was
the unlucky opponent. Although
The Arlington basketeers put up a
galent fight, it was to no avail; the
mighty men of Troy could not be
stopped! The Trepan attack wasn’t
so devastating in tKe first half, but
in the Second, tile ¿¡great machine
started to move. Boyk and Williams
played fine games and were the leadiiig*' scorers, Williams having 16
points and Boyk, having 15. Fields,
•Ford,, apd Shbeheberger flayed fine
defensive game as guard. Bauman
and FEuscher played well at the for
ward ¿position they shared. Some
very capable reserve work was done
by Shure, Baumhart, and Domas.
Oh yes, the score; 47 to 26, in favor
of Niles Township. The junior var
sity had a more difficult time in their
contest. Of course they ended up on
the long end of the score too, but
they had to fight off attack after att
ack that, if they wouldn’t have been
good, might have tied the score. Jarret, Padraza, and Taylor played well
Niles Township 28; Arlington 22
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
Last week end marked the com
pletion of the first round of intra
mural basketball. Of the thirty-six
teams in the tournament seven re
main undefeated while the same
number have yet to win their first
game. The undefeated teams are the
BloomerBoys,Basketeers,Mermaids
Raiders, Hungry Five, Screw Balls,
Kerley’s Kids. Perhaps this report
will encourage teams that are at the
bottom to go out there and fight
during the second round.
The twelve best girl swimmers
will compete in a girl’s intra-mural
swiming meet to be held tonight.
Those chosen were, S. Greiner,A.
Becker, V. Pearson, C. Heinz, V
Nordin, C. Blameuser, A. Weber,
U, Mohren, C. Jauniah, P. Galitz,
and J. Blameuser.
Others that will perform this eve
ning are; P. Harms, L. Schoeneberger and A. Jurasitz.
The Stock Show
Astride their mounts this evening
at the International Exposition and
Horse Show, will be two girls from
Nilehi’s junior class- Jeanne Lee
Hester and Kathryn Pewitt. Jeanne
is riding "Beauty” in jumping class
es while Kathryn is going to put
"Dark Victory” through his paces
in the five gaited class.
Jeanne has been riding in the
show since 1936 and has been awarded numerous trophies and
ribbons. Perhaps the largest is the
one obtained at the Lake Forest
show this summer, for the best all
around contestant.
Kathryn made her first entrance
into the show this summer and has
had a very successful start.
Trojan Basketball Schedule
H O M E G AM ES
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
15 Woodstock
5 Crystal Lake
19 Leyden
2 Lake Forest
16 Warren
A W A Y G AM ES
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Eeb.
Feb.
8 Warren
22 Lake Forest
12 Libertyville
26 Crystal Lake
9 Woodstock
23 Arlington
28 Division tourament
starts.
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Volume 1
No.3_____________ Niles Center, Illinois
JANUARY SCHEDULE
Tues. Jan. 2 - Beginning 1940 term
Fri. Jan. 5- Basketball; Crystal Lake
Here - 7:30
Mon. Jan. 8- Senior photography
week
Fri. Jan. 12 - Basketball at Libertyville - 7:30
Mon. Jan. 15 to 19 - Review Week
Tues. Jan. 16 - Foriegn Language
meeting.
Fri. Jan. 19 - G. A. A. dinner-6:30
Basketball; Leyden - Here - 7:30
LIBRARY IS GAY
For the past three weeks, the li
brary has been gayly decorated in
keeping with the Xmas spirit, thro
ugh the efforts of Miss Meyers, li
brarian. Included in these unusual
decorations are wreaths, evergreens
a Christmas tree, poinsettia, and
many candles.
Congratulations on your work,
Miss Meyers! W e all appreciate it.
BUY SEALS
Have you bought your Christmas
seals yet? Do you know why you are
asked to buy them?
Christmas seals are sold for the
prevention of tuberculosis. Your
support is wanted and needed for
this worthy cause.
The state helps protect you from
this dreaded disease by enforcing
a law requiring the pasteurization
of milk. You can do your part in
the fight, against tuberculosis by
buying Christmas seals.
So if you haven’t bought yours,
do so now!
i
December 20 , 1 9 3 9
^fficrnr Christmas
In
In
In
In
Spanish.."Felices Pascuas”
Latin..‘‘To Saturnalia”
French.. "Joyeux N oel”
German.."Froechlice
Weichnachten. ”
ALUMNI DANCE
On Friday, December 29, in the
high school assembly, the Nilehi
Alumni are holding their annual
Christmas dance. This year it is
semi-formal, and is featuring "Art
Edgren and his music o f the hour.”
Tickets may be obtained at $1.00
per couple either at the school office
or from members of the Alumni
association, reported its sponsor,
Mr. Flagg. This event is going to
surpass last year’s affair, so if you
don’t want to miss fun, come to the
Nilehi Alumni Dance.
Everyone is invited!
Clean-up Week is Coming
January 8 to 13 will be Nilehi
Clean Up Week under the chairman
ship o f Ruby Bowser, a member of
the Student Forum. Prior to this
week, the winners in the slogan con
test will be selected. The winning
poster will be printed in the Annu
al; the winning slogan will be adop
ted as the school motto for the week,
and its contributor will be awarded
an activity card for next semester.
The purpose of this campaign is
to promote the cleanliness of our
building. What say you? How about
lending your efforts with a poster
or slogan? Well, all right!
Come on "chilluns” . Clean up!
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
T H L E liiu T E ^
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students of Niles Township High
School of Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Mona Fay Mailander, Editor
Journalism Class
Miss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
PUBLICATION-PRINTING CLASS
Hanneman, Art
Hohs, Ray
Kreider, David
Nitch, Raymond
Nosal, Mathew
Permer, Vernon
Rizzo, Sal
Schladt, James
Taylor, Bill
Matchen, Henry
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
Who S aid Jams on the Stairway!
Why should our student body
have traffic jams on the stairways?
Just suppose George Warner,
Fritz Parobek, and Kenneth Kellen
are late to class and are running
down the stairs to report to 107 for
an excuse slip. They meet Corny
Blameuser Jack Ellis, Richard Kerley and Dick Sullivan storming
their way up to room 213; they
collide! Wouldn’t it be a catastrophe
if Warner broke his leg trying to
dodge out of Corny’s way!Just think
of our bowling man with a broken
leg!
This accident could be avoided in
the following ways:
1. People going from 1st floor
to second, use south stairs.
2. People going from second,to
first floor use the north stairs.
Since our school is not equipped
with stop and go lights our students
are asked to cooperate, to keep our
traffic out of danger by following
the rules listed above.
DID YOU SAY MERRY?
Xmas.
Make_______________
, :_
_
go. round.
;
^
me.
_ _________
O’ Sullivan.
December 20, 1939
THE YULE LOG
The Yule log was formerly put on
the hearth on Christmas Eve as a
foundation for the fire, and in some
places in Europe it is still brought
in from the woods with much cer
emony. It is the custom that as long
as the log burns, the feasting and
merriment continue. You may be
sure that the largest and roughest
log is brought in.
FAMILY NITE
Family nite was a huge success!
The main event was in the boy’s
gym, where a local talent program
was given by the students.
The Christmas tree and Christmas
carols, combined with the dancing
and card playing, showed that the
Christmas spirit had entered Nilehi.
Cake and sandwiches were served
in the cafeteria to the hungrypeople.
The teachers who helped plan Fa
mily night are to be highly congra
tulated.
Club Has Xmas Meeting
The Foreign Language Club had
its fourth meeting on Tuesday, Dec
ember 19, in the assembly room.
Reports on Christmas customs in
other lands were followed by the
singing of carols in French, Latin,
Spanish, and German.
The meeting was concluded with
"Silent Night” sung in the foreign
languages by the group.
Miss Kranz and Miss Ronalds are
the sponsors of this club.
Boys! Watch that mistletoe.
Girls! Leap Year is coming.
\
�NILEHILITE
December 20, 1939
LET’S TRIM THE TREE
1839
The pine tree is cut,
The pop corn and cranberries are
ready to string.
Trim the tree!
While joyous bells of yule ring!
1939
Let's trim the tree
With glittering stars and many a
bright ball
With a Merry Christmas to all!
WHOZIT?
Blond hair blue eyes,a smile sincere,
W hy you play football is certainly
clear,
Weight 195, in height 6feet plus.
You tower above the rest of us.
You also play basketball and ice
skate, too,
So come on kids, and try to guess
who!
Answer to last week’s:
Eleanor Schramm
“ CHRISTMAS BABIES”
Yes, we have a list of those unfor
tunates whose birthdates fall on ei
ther December 24, 25, or 26, CON
GRATULATIONS!
Richard Boyd '24
William Mehring '24
Virginia Conrad '25
Grace Moorad ’25
Agnes Sliva '25
Jane Baumhardt’26
Bernice Mueller ’26
Uh—hu, Looks as if the freshies
have it this time 'cause all but Grace
are freshmen.
4 .
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’Tis the Day before Xmas Vacation
’Tis the day before Xmas vacation
at Nilehi,
Three long months of school have
already gone by.
The holiday spirit pervades the
whole place,
And has its reflection on every
one’s face.
No homework is given, as is always
the rule,
Whenever we have a vacation from
this school,
The trimmings are festive, the
boughs hung with care,
A strong smell of balsam and fir
fills the air.
At the end of the long-awaited last
day,
The students and teachers rush out
feeling gay,
As the busses roll off, they send up
a cheer"Merry Xmas to all, and a Happy
New Year.”
THE LIL’ BIRDIE ASKS
"What do you want for
Christmas?”
Dave Jacobs"A kiddie-car!”
Katie"A Stick.”
Pat Reiland—
“Raggedy Ann doll.”
Miss M. Ronalds—
“A phonograph for my classes.”
Joan Blameuser—
"Evening in Paris Perfume”
(iljristmas
PARTY FOR TEACHERS
Miss Lumpp had a Christmas party
for the women teachers at her home
Friday evening, December 15.
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
Trojans Score Third Victory
Off To Good Start
N.T.H.S.’s fighting five trampled
over Woodstock last Friday in a
basketball game played here. Ed
(Flip) Boyk and Willard Baumann
led the scoring parade which ended
55 to 28. Boyk scored 31 points set
ting a record for this season. Bau
mann chalked up 13 counts.
Charles [Red] Williams was not
expected to play in Friday night’s
game because he injured his finger
a week before,but he surprised every
one by appearing at his old post as
center.
The Nile-Hi quintet won its sec
ond victory from Warren two weeks
ago by a'shore of 52 to 29.
The scores of our three confer
ence games have been up and around fifty which assures us that
our bucketman can handle that in
flated sphere o f leather well enough
to make our student body the
proudest one in the northeast con
ference. RIGHT??
A game will be played tonight
against Lake Forest on their floor
so let’s all show up to cheer our
school team on to its fourth vic
tory.
We’re Sorry
The staff regrets the omission of
Anna Bock’s name from published
list of “Twelve best girl swimmers” .
American Legion
Oratorical Contest
Fifteen students have submitted
their names to Miss Harbert, the
director of the American Legion
Oratorical contest. She has met with
them, helped to select their subjects,
and given counsel.
Miss Bernhart will check the
essays closely when they have been
turned in. The deadline is January
15, 1940. •
December 8, 1939
TROJANS LOSE
FIRST HOME SWIM MEET
On Dec. 12, the Niles Township
Swimming Team under the direc
tion of Mr. Taylor, met the Proviso
High School team and the outcome
was all but favorable for our mer
men. The Varsity lost 50-13 while
the Fresh-Soph lost 48-15. Jack
Ellis, the man with the formula for
ruggedness, was high man for the
Varsity; Ellis and Hegarty per
formed the iron man acts of the
day, participating in five of the
seven events .This afternoon at 4:00
o’clock MaineTownship comes here
for a swimming meet.
NOTICE TO SANTA
W e’re warning you Sir: The fol
lowing are the sizes of socks our
basketeers will hang on Christmas
Eve:
Baumann.... siie IOV2
Boyk............ size 12
W iliam s....size IIV2
Fields.......... size 6^/2
Harms........ size 10
Ford .........size 9%
Huscher.....size 11
Schoenburger....size 7
MAY WE SUGGESTFor Vacation Pleasure, see your
daily newspapers about these:
The Winter Circus
Sonja Henie Revues
Ballet Russe
Italian Art Exhibit
"Private Lives of Elizabeth and
Essex” (movie)
The advanced girl’s glee club will
add to the Chistmas spirit this after
noon by singing Christmas Carols
in the corridors. This group is under
the direction of Miss C. Klaus.
Æwc]) (Kljnslmas atti» a ^¡fapjrg Nhu 1|ear
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NILEHILITE, December 20, 1939
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Mailander, Mona Fay, Editor
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eng
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1939-12-20
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Volume 1
No. 4
Niles Center, Illinois
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Mon. Jan. 22-Beginning o f first se
mester exams.
Fri. Jan. 26-Close first semester.
Basketball at Crystal Lake at
7:30 P. M.
Swim meet with Evanston here
at 4:00 P. M.
Mon. Jan. 29-Open second semester.
Fri. Feb. 2 Baketball game at Lake
Forest at 7:30 P. M.
Sat. Feb. 3 All School Winter Dance
Thurs. Feb. 8 Dramatics program at
8:00 P. M.
ORATORICAL CONTEST
Twelve students of Niles Town
ship High School are writing ora
tions for the American Legion Or
atorical Contest to be held Jan. 23,
1940, in the school assembly hall.
The written speeches were handed
in Tuesday, Jan. 9, and were judged
by three teachers from the social
science and English departments.
The six best orations are to be
memorized and given before the
American Legion the night of Jan.
23. Three medals will be awarded
and the winner of the gold medal
will enter the zone contest. Good
luck to whomever it will be!
SAVE YOUR NILEHILITES
January 12, 1940
YESSIREE - it’ s a Bargain!
Mr. Cotanche has announced the
sale of next semester’s activity cards.
The seventy five you pay now saves
you 1. 25c apiece for 2 home basketdall games.
50c
2. Reduced transportation cost to
away games by 10 a game 30c
3. 10 issues o f the Nilehilite at 5c
apiece.
50c
4. 2 swimming meets at 15c each
30c
5. 1 cover for all of yout copies
of the Nilehilite
25c
Hmm!
$1.85
The activity fund supports sports:
it pays all officials and contributes
transportation costs togames. It he
lps support the activities o f our
G. A. A. It furnishes four major en
tertainments o f the year and cuts the
price of the Annual twenty-five per
ce n t. If admission is to be charged
for baseball games, your activity
card will entitle you to admittance
to three games. Buy an activity
card!
“ Cleanliness Brings Friendliness”
Nilehi students and teachers co
operated this week in a drive to
clean up our school. Every person
helped by picking up loose papers
and other articles lying upon the
floors, desks, etc.
Slogans and posters were made
by enthusiastic pupils to aid the
clean up drive. Prizes were offered
for the best slogan and best poster
made.
The winner o f the slogan contest
Ruby Bowser, received an Activity
Card for next semester. The winner
of the poster contest, Collen
Thomas, will have her poster and
picture in the High School Annual.
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
January 12,1940
NILEHI PHILATELISTS
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students of Niles Township High
School o f Niles Center, Illinois. M r. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Jack K elly, Editor
Journalism Class
Miss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
PUBLICATION-PRINTING CLASS
Baumann, Willard
Dahm, Henry
Keegan, Raymond
Krier, Ralph
Sullivan, Richard
Thill, Joseph
Warner, George
Warner, Russell
Wunderle, Ted
Zech, Raymond
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
A GOOD RESOLUTION
Now that we have come upon the
last two weeks of the first semester,
can you look back at the school
year and say to yourself, "I have
accomplished something; I have
something to be proud of”? Or are
you among those who got just under
"the wire” or who failed one or more
studies? Are you afraid of the semes
ter exams? Or can you face them
with the spirit of just another day’s
work?
In our school there is no excuse
for any student to obtain poor marks
with all the facilities and advantages
offered us. W e should make use of
our library and study periods, and
do our best in each day’s work.
W e are not hurting anyone but
ourselves by sliding through, for
avoiding hard work and responsi
bility in our high school days will
only make us less able to face the
future.
Since this is the beginning of the
new year, let’s resolve that we will
not be satisfied with a quality of
work below our capacity.
D. A. R. WINNER
Out of the four girls nominated
for the D. A. R. award, Ruby Bowser,
senior, was voted the winner by stud
ents and teachers. Doris Anderson,
Margaret Dahm,andMonaFayeMai1
* received honorable mention
•
According to a recent survey,
Nilehi has many stamp collectors.
Attention, Philatelists! Do you
know one another?
Doris Burklund
Donald Muelle
Norbert Conrade
Constance Kuhtz
Reginald Denley
BillDickin
Pat Galitz
DagmarFranso
Howard Sonderman
James Kozak
Warren Gockenback
Josephine Bradtke
John Handler
Clifton Whittington
Maralyn W oodworth
Bill King
John Dinelli
Fred Nachbaum
Gladys Schewe
Howard W eldo
Evelyn Such
MichaelHerme
Perry Anderson
Willard Stockfisch
Clark Barton
Bradley Fredericks
Jeannette Huemmer
Carl Dormos
Dolores Gehrs
Ernest Nordquist
Paul Perlman
MargaretSchuet
Violet Siliconi
Marion Sesterhenn
Joseph W ebber
Laura Nunemacher
William Mehring
Harold Schewe
Henry Barkon
Mary Rau
REFLECTIONS
On A Vacation
The Christmas Vacation witness
ed the enterprising and unselfish
yearbooksters with sharpened wits
and pencils, and reams of paper, brav
ing the wintery gales to start work
in earnest on our 1940 publication.
Typewriters clattered as nimble fin
gers flashed across the keys; pens
scraped their message across the
pages as laboring hands and minds
strove to be witty and creative; the
shuffling of papers and feet, muffled
whispers, and an occasional burst of
laughter showed that the annual
staff was at work. Then silence once
again reigned on the third floor.
The 1940 term found many stu
dents borrowing paper and striving
to write with scrubby, eraserless
pencils, and, teachers, that fagged
out look wasn't the result of New
Year’s Eve.
The present goal of the Annual
Staff is a sixty-four page Year Book
with some three hundred pictures
including every activity, department,
and person in the school.
�January 12, 1940
NILEHILITE
Page 3
WHAT I F -
REMEMBER?
Bob Reiland..........Bob Wheatland
Bill Carroll................... .....Bill Song
Ruby Bowser................ Ruby Fido
Mona Mailander..Mona Yourlander
Phyliss Braeske Phyliss Copperkey
Virginia Baity........Virginia Gulfty
Harriet Bus..........Harriet Streetcar
Evelyn Gohl..... Evelyn T ouchdown
Agnes Sliwa.................Agnes Cuffa
Richard Fanning....Richard Blowing
Nicholas May. ..Nicholas December
Laurence Stachon..Laurence Depot
Joseph Fischer........ Joseph Angler
William King........ William Queen
Phyllis Brooks.......... Phyllis Rivers
Bernice Gehrs.......... Bernice Clutch
"Beany” Field...... "Beany” Pastures
Irwin Witte.............Irwin Humorty
Pat Herd............................ Pat Flock
Earl Jarmith
Earl Bottlemith
Wayne Adams W ayne Subtractams
Mr. Harold Ohlson....
...... Mr. Harold Youngson
Burton Glatz...............Burton Blatz
Miss Alice Line.... Miss Alice Rope
Miss Linda Bemhart......
...... Miss Linda Heartburn
Miss Marie Green..Miss Marie Red
Mr. M. F. Taylor......
.......Mr. M. F. Seamstress
The peppy home-coming with the
band playing "An Apple For The
Teacher“ , (nobody knew the words)
and that hot-and I do mean- h otbonfire?....Ed Boyk’s record of 31
points, the highest number made by
any one player in the conference?....
Those boisterous Northwestern
men at the swim meet? (Just a bunch
of seals at heart....All those sprin
ters that turned up at the JuniorSenior party while playing "Twodeep?” .... Dickie Sullivan playing
master o f ceremonies at the pep
meeting and Bill O’Connell acting
as the "Man in the Bleachers”? ....
Ed Breitenbach’s startling outfit at
the Alumni Dance [riding pants,
high tops, and a loud plaid shirt]?
And, of course, nobody will forget
Christmas Vacation!
THE LIL’ BIRDIE ASKS
''What is your New Year’s
Resolution?”
WHOZIT?
Hair a dark brown,
And wavy, too.
His eyebrows are black,
And his eyes a light blue.
He always wears glasses,
And sometimes a vest.
I’ve told you a lot,
Now you guess the rest!
Last Week: Beany Field.
NILEHI NIBLETS
Paul Mikota, junior, will play
Charles [Red] W illiam s, ju n io r—
"Wildcat Willie” in a future short
"Not to chew gum in English class.” drama.
M errie O’ Sullivan,sophom ore—
Have you seen Roger Shoeneberg
"To do my homework every day.”
er’s fireman suspenders?
Fritz Paroubek, senior—
The word "brunch” has been
coined for consuming breakfast and
“To eat more doughnuts!”
lunch at the same time.
M iss Lant—
"Duke” Hezner likes sweaters so
“To get my papers corrected more
well that he pronounces the word
quickly.”
"sweeters”
Phyliss Braeske, ju n io r Huntsman Ed Breitenbach, soph
“To consider the feelings of others.”
omore, shot down two deer in W is
Arm in M ayer, se n io rconsin during the holidays.
“ To speak louder in class.”
It was nice to see Louise Pufahl,
Patty Todd, fresh m an Ken Hampton, and Jack Miller at
“To get up earlier in the morning.” the Alumni Ball.
�NILEHILITE
Page 4
J anuary 12, 1940
SEE NILEHI WIN TONIGHT
Northeast Conference Standings
1.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
5.
6.
WON
5
Crystal Lake
4
Libertyville
3
Niles Township
3
Leyden
2
Lake Forest
Arlington Heights 2
1
Woodstock
0
Warren
LOST
0
1
2
2
3
3
4
2
Aquatic News
Wednesday, January 3, along aquatic ways,we saw Maine Twp. vs.
Nilehi in the Trojan pool. Some of
the events were the 200 yd. free sty
le relay, 50 yd. free style, 50 yd.
breaststroke, 50 yd. backstroke, 100
yd. free style, 150 yd. medley relay,
and diving. Outstanding among the
Trojan swimmers were J. Hegarty
and W. Kunkle. Maine has a champ
ionship team this year and the Tro
jans gained much needed experi
ence in this encounter. Spectators
witnessed excellent swimming style
and form. Armin Mayer was unable
to compete in the diving events due
to a back injury.
G. A . A . W ill Entertain
The G.A.A. is sponsoring a spe
cial program for representatives of
eleven neighboring schools. This
event will be January 19 at four
o’clock.
Following the round table dis
cussion and scheduled program,din
ner will be served. The visitors will
also be the guests of the G.A.A. to
attend the Leyden-Nilehi basket
ball game played the same evening.
The schools represented will be
Arlington Heights, Leyden, Libertyville,New Trier,Woodstock, Warren
Evanston, Maine Township, North
brook, Crystal Lake, and Lake
Forest.
Tonight the trojan shave an even
chance of getting their revenge for
the sccessive defeats when they go
to Libertyville for two games.
On Dec. 20, the Niles Township
teams and a large contingent of root
ers journeyed to Lake Forest where
the Trojan teams suffered defeat.
In the Junior-Varsity game Podraza was high point man with ten
points. The Junior-Trojans put on
a thrilling rally in the final minutes
but it fell short by three points.
Lake Forest won 24-21, overcoming
a Niles Township lead of 15-12 at
the half.
TheVarsity game was close, even
though Lake Forest lead led at the
half 23-20, until the third period
when our opponents began to roll
up the points. “ Flip” Boyk was high
man for the Trojans again, gamer
ing 23 points, but despite this num
ber, the game ended 45-35, Lake For
est’s favor. The Varsity might have
won its game if Boyk’s teamates had
given him some help. Bauman roll
ed up a nice tenpoints but the usu
ally reliable Williams was held to
two, and Ford and Field drew noth
ing for their efforts.
Friday night, Jan. 5, the Crys
tal Lake five played on our floor and
added insult to injury by defeating
our basketeers in both games. The
Crystal Lake Varsity is at the top
of the conference and, as you prob
ably observed if you were there, is
a really good team. Toward the end
of the game[when our quintet seem
ed to slow down, the Lakesters
speeded up. Boyk was high man
with 9 points, although far from his
usual form. The final score was
42 - 30, Crystal Lake’s favor. Our
team had been in the lead at the
half 16 - 13.
The Junior-Varsity also lost its
game 38 - 28.
“ South of the Border”
Jane and "Ginger” Kadlec are
spending several weeks "South of
the Border” in Mexico. They left
last Fiday and plan to tour through
various towns and cities in Mexico.
�
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nileHIlite
Volume 1
No. 5
Niles Center, Illinois
February 2, 1940
FEBRUARY CALENDER
Sat. Feb. 3 - La Femme Hop
Thurs. Feb. 8-Dramatic Program
Fri. Feb. 9 Basketball at Woodstock
at 7:30 P. M.
Mon. Feb. 11 - Lincoln’s Birthday
NO SCHOOL
Fri. Feb. 16 - Basketball here at 7:30
P. M. Niles versus Warren
DRAMATICS NIGHT
On Thursday, February 8th, at
8:00 P.M., the members of the Dram
atics and radio classes, under direc
tion of Mrs. R. Esch, will present the
first in a series o f programs to ac
quaint the parents with the different
departments in the school. This
program will consist o f two plays,
and a radio play. It will be a closed
affair, open only to members of the
dramatics and radio classes and
their parents. It will be held in the
I assembly room. The casts o f the
two plays are as follows:
" Wildcat W illie”
Willie
Gladys
Joe
Vernon
Cathie
Celia
Paul Mikota
Catherine Ann Nelson
Clyde Henning
Bill Dickinson
June Vincent
Patrica Dickinson
“ Grandpa Goes Hunting”
Grandpa
Margret
Rosalie
Johnny
Sheriff
Allan Brauch
Evelyn Jorgenson
Marie Nordby
Bud Lauth
Pill Stevens
The cast of the radio drama,
1
Paradise” is as follows:
Station Master
She
He
Announcer
Chris Lindhoy
Marilyn McKee ver
John Henning
Bill Stevens
The Oratorical Contest
Robert Harms, the winner o f the
Oratorical Contest, sponsored by
I the American Legion, won the gold
1 medal for his oration, "The Making
I of the Constitution.“ Ruby Bowser
I received the silver medal and Isa\ belle Hoth was awarded the bronze.
LA FEMME HOP
Come on all you “femmes” ! Break
open those “piggy banks” for tomor
row is your night! If you haven’t
caught a man yet, there‘s still time
and they’re not running very fast
now. Do they ever. Tomorrow
night’s dance will go down in Nilehi’s history as its first "femmehop.”
Art Edgren‘s orchestra will furnish
music, and during the intermissic n
a big surprise is in store for every
one. Miss G. Harbert requests that
everybody remain in the gym dur
ing the intermission. Don’t miss it.
So, grab your partners, "femmes” ,
and start hoppin’ to "la femme hop.”
Don’t disappoint those fellows; they
are just waiting to be asked.
Aside from the regular dances
there will be novelty dances and
according to hints dropped here
and there by the committees, they
are going to be novelties.
This entire dance is being arrang
ed by the following committees un
der the direction of Miss. Harbert.
Social Committee Chairman
Catherine Ann Nelson
Printing - Salvadore Rizzo
Program Planning Jane Comstock,
Virginia Nordin,
Barbara Rassmussen
Program Printing - Gerry Regan
Advertising - Carol Rouse
Please turn to page 2
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
nileHIute
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students o f Niles Township High
School of Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Ruby Bowser, Editor
Journalism Class
Miss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
PUBLICATION-PRINTING CLASS
Schnur, W illiam
Boyk, Edward
Brown, Buell
Freres, Robert
Lauth, Walter
Minx, Adolph
Mueller, Herbert
Ross, William
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
EDITORIAL
Since we, the students of Niles
Township High School, like to be
considered original, we are trying
something new in the way of car
toons. It is our plan to have two
fictitious but typical characters of
Niles Township High School-any
similarity to persons living or dead
is purely coincidental-play the
leading parts, as their lives slowly
unfold before the readers of the Nilehilite. W e shall witness their trials
and tribulations,' as well as their
happy moments as they go on their
merry w ay-or as the case may be!
throughout the school year. If any
of you, Dear Readers, have any ideas
as to what we should have our lit
tle protegees doing, all suggestions
will be accepted with open arms.
See if your little brain-storm cannot
materialize into black and white.
It is the policy of the Nilhilite to
please all its readers so if there are
any kind that can be made we
would like to have you get in touch
with us. Don’t forget to let us know
how you like our little kiddies, and
remember those contributions and
suggestions!
NAME US!
"Please give us names; you know,
names are pretty important, and,
well, as long as were going to be
among you from now on as your
friends, you’ll have to have some
thing to call us by- and anyway,we’d
like to know who we are.
Give your suggestions to Miss
Fledderjohn or Ruby Bowser and
the verdict will be decided by the
journalisam class in the near future*
Do not name us, however, after any
N. T. H. S. students- our names are
are to be purely imaginary.
COME AHEAD
The journalism class extends a
sincere invitation to you to contrib
ute to this, your school paper. When
you feel you have a squib or when
you know that you’ve hit a scoop,
deposit your contribution in the
'News Box” in room 214, or hand
it to any member of the journalism
class. Those enrolled in the group
this semester are the following:
Barbara Anderson
Ruby Bowser
Annette Carroll
Jean Dudick
Burton Glatz
Merle Iverson
Jack Kelly
Grace Langan
Mary O’Sullivan
Bob Rieland
Bill Stevens
Clark Barton
Phyllis Braeske
Paul Doremus
Florence Gabel
Clyde Hennings
Ann Jurasitz
Martha Krajchovich
Marie Nordby
Edward Pearson
Roger Schoenberger
Colleen Thomas
La Femme hop continued
Decorations - Olga Krajchovich
Tickets - Carl Mueller, Sal Rizzo,
Gloria Bartz, Gerry Regan,Eva Her
man, Marilyn McKeever, Colleen
Thomas, Patsy Harms, Robert Brun
son, Dorothy Lund, Bert Bloethner,
Virginia Lenzen, Jane Comstock,
Virginia Nordin, Barbara Rasmus
sen, and Olga Krajchovich.
�February 2, 1940
NILEHILITE
A Mathematical
Romance
One day in spring a girl named
Betty and a boy named Bill were
I walking down the street. They de
cided to have something to eat so
they went into a drugstore which
was 15 feet high, 60 feet wide, and
72 feet long. IHow many cubic feet
of space?! Betty’s soda cost 20 cents,
and Bill’s cost half as much. [How
much change should he have receiv
ed from a half dollar?] On the way,
Bill told Betty he loved her and ask
ed her to marry him. She agreed, and
they decided to elope the next night.
Bill said he would bring a ladder to
Betty’s window at 12 o’clock mid
night. [If her window was 30 feet
from the ground, how long a ladder
must he bring to place at a 45 angle?)
The next night was bright moon
light. At 12 o’clock Bill stole softly
up to Betty’s window with his
ladder. Just as he was about to as
cend, Betty’s 225 pound mother apI peared at her window, grabbed him
by the scruff o f the neck, and threw
him out into the yard. (If he flew 30
m.p.h. for 12 seconds, how far from
the the house did he land? How
much energy was released by Betty’s
mother?) However, another attempt
was made, which was successful.
They eloped the next week on a
streamliner which went 600 miles.
If they went 100 m.p.h. and Betty’s
mother followed on a train which
I went 60 m .p.h., how much before
I her train did the streamliner reach
I the destination? 1 They eluded her,
I however, and settled in a small town
I [ population 4,0001. They had five
children. -If the first one, was three
times as old as the third one, and
2
the third one was V as old as the
j second one, who was 6 years oldL how old was the first one?
Page 3
MATCHING
1. Ed. Gatske 1. Yellow eversharp
2. Alvin Klusing
2. Benrus Watch
3. Phyllis Braeske
3. Hudson
4. Frank Thulstrup
4. 6’, 3”
5. Ed. Springer
5. Green sweater on
which is inscribed
'M G R ’.
6. Miss Schoenbaum
6. Red hair 6’ 2” ,
THE NEW “ Pep Song”
W ords and M usic by Clifford W . Collins
Nile High ! Nile High !
Go out and win this game,
W e’ll help you try.
The Trojans were a mighty race!
They fought with lots of vim,
Let’s hold their fighting spirit,
And we’ll win.
Let’s go now!
Gold and Blue, W e’re true to you
W e’ll stand behind you always to
a man.
Let’s keep our colors flying high,
Our motto is to do or die!
Let’s win this game, Nile High!
The question has arisen as to
whether or not we should stand
when we hear this song or the oth
er songs. The answer is yes! Defin
itely, yes! So remember when you
hear this song, stand,and show your
loyalty to a school well deserving
praise. By the way, how about a
name for this song? Give your sug
gestion to the editor in Room 214.
A Mathematical Romance, cont.
In spite o f an epidemic which
wiped out 40 percent of the popula
tion-how manywere left?-they lived
happily ever after.
M.N
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
REMEMBER,
Four Years Ago W hen-Kenny Kuels wore his bathrobe
and carried a fish pole for his initia
tion into the Lettermen’s Club.
Mr. Flagg was Dean of Men.
Miss. Klaus was editor of the
newspaper.
There were 327 pupils in the high
school.
We had small playlets at our Pep
Meetings.
Miss Marjorie Ronalds lost her
voice during an extremely cold
wave.
Harold Schuett was the Inquiring
Reporter.
Mr. Olson was the tallest teacher.
(He still is!)
âli .
OF MICE AND MEN
A mouse is small and weak.
His loudest call’s a squeak. .
He eats cheese in small pieces,
And sneaks up the stair
Gray, scrawny, and dirty,
With filth for his lair.
A man is bold and strong.
His favorite noise, a song.
He eats cheese in large pieces,
And sneaks up the stair.
I guess after fifty
*
He has no more hair.
And so a description
Of Jimmy and Ben,
Funny, those creatures,
Of mice and of men.
C.H.
February 2, 1940
UNUSUAL HOBBIES
Some of our students do unusual
things for hobbies. For instance
Doris Bates collects skulls...... Vir
ginia Kopp collects dogs,Bruce Jarrett says his hobby is night life [not
too late]...... Roger Trimble seems
to spend his leisure time raising
goats...... Richard Paroubek bakes
pies-not too strange...Phyllis Schlotterbeck gathers facts about the
World War...Adeline Stachon saves
leathers, -wonder how she does it
-rips pillows apart?-.....Ruby Bow
ser runs around collecting flies for
Mr. Benette...... Alvin Hannemann
collects wishbones.,Betty Stielow’s
hobby is collecting corn....and Fred
Huscher seems to prefer to try to
get his assignments in at the last
minute. Maybe you,pan get an ink
ling of these people’s characters by
their hobbies.
Transcription Tests
Miss Johnson announces that in
the Gregg Transcription Tests, on
the basis of accuracy and efficiency,
Certificates of Progress have been
awarded for transcribing in short
hand sixty, éighty, and ofte hundred
words a minute; and' fhen having
typed them put neatly. \*
Sixty words a minuté was achiev
ed by Bárbara. Kristof, while Louise
Niielii Helps Foundation
Kruger, Mióla Nelson, Lillian Bartz
The students of Nilehi com
tributed during the week of January Harriet Bus, Gertrude Becker, Dor
15, to thé Infantile Paralysis Found-* othy? Van Cleave, Frances Dolan,
ation. Mr. W. K. Lyon who rep Ruth Elhftause, and Grace Moorad
resents the Cook County chapter were awarded certificates for eighty
in this locality was in charge of the words a minute. Doris Anderson
banks. Eleven dollars and sixtyseven cents was collected. The tops the class with having trans
seniors, home room 213, had the cribed one hundred words a mi
highest contribution,
nute
1
�February 2, 1940
? MATCH?
NILEHILITE
Page 5
I Did You Know?
a. Armeda S. Boneguo
Beanie
Trees and shrubbery have winter
b. Ruby Dean Bowser
Mo
buds.
c. Ed Boyk
Chubby
All photographs are taken upside
d. Mary Desmond
Gardenia
e. Eugene Field
Web down.
f. Marie Throop
Sonny
A potato is a stem.
g. Irene Turski
Army L, The word NEWS is an abbrevi
h. Merrie O’Sullivan
Duke ation oftuthe four points of the com
i. Gordon Davis
Wiener
j. Anita Schaub
Chee-chee pass North, East, West, and South.
A tangerine and an orange have
k. Joseph Webber
. Flip
l. Shirley Kluesing
Pudgy ten Sections.
m. Donald Hezner
¿ r - Sully
There are mbte girls than boys
n. Doris, Burklund
Kentucky
in our school.
o. Werner Heidtke
Bow-wow
p. Sonja Griener
Sandy
q. Lois Ruttenbeck
Taffy CLASSIFIED ADS
r. Carolyn Huemmer
Dessy* LOST! - One address book with a
s. Sanford Jensen
Dodo
t. Wanda Dudick
Tinks list o f phone numbers. Liberal re
u. Ruth Hart
Nedie ward when returned. Very valuable
to owner.
See answers in next issue.
FOR SALE One portable radio. Price
reasonable. Small - sized. No tubes
2 Ground Hog Day
or aerial necessary* picks up police
4 Lindbergh (1902)
calls, and some phone calls. Phone
7 Ash Wednesday
N. T. C. H. S. Tower for further in8 General Sherman (1820)
forihation.
9 William H. Harrison (1773)
11 Edison [1847] FOR RENT - A mirror in the girl’s
12 Lincoln [1809]
locker room. Can be used any time
14 Saint Valentine’s Day
after the tardy bell has rung. Very
22 Washington (1732)
reasonable. See the lady who isn’t
27 Longfellow(1807)
there for full particulars. Z. Y. X.
29 Extra!
EXCHANGE - Will exchange a saxGerman Group Entertains
aphone for a copy of How to Win
This group of Foreign Language Friends and Influence People. —
Club sponsored a progam given in X. Y. Z.
German, January 17, 1940. Schubert’s"Serbnade”was played on the
violin by Irene Haefel, accompanied SOPHOMORE SUCCESSES
by Werner Heidtke at the piano.
Have you examined the group of
Points from Shubert’s life were giv world history projects in the north
en by Gertrude Mehring. “ Rotcaeppchen” -Little Red Riding Hood- was corrider display case? It’s right
dramatized by M.Dahm, I. Guenther, outside the library door and well
Henry Maier andL. Meithke. Reci worth your pausing. The Italian
tations by Bernice Boyk and Bar garden,the catapults,the castle of
bara Anderson followed. The group toothpicks,and the dozens of othc r
then sang German songs, and last
but never least-refreshments were interesting artistic pieces show
served. Miss Kranz is the sponsor great care and understanding of the
of the German group.
subject handled by the sophomores.
February - Important Dates
�NILEHILITE
Page 6
February 2,1940
FABLE
PAGING PAPERS
The commercial law class of
Libertyville High School tried a gum
chewing case.
Ink Drops, Libertyville High School.
The student body of Lake Forest
college never exceeds 400.
Fred Waring has written a loyalty
song for Wright Junior college.
"In one day’s time, the heart
pumps enough blood to fill a tank
car.” Scientific Philosopher.
A headline in the Silver Lake
Waves read, “ Aryshire VS Dickens.’
The heading was for a girls’ basket
ball article. Silver Lake Waves;
Ayreshire, Iowa.
An advertisement in the Shoreline
read, "Flowers! Girls, send him a
corsage for the turnabout dance from
Drliske’s florist shop. Make a hit!
Highland Park; Shoreline
Jitterbuggingis dying a slow death
according to a poll taken recently
at Mac Murray College for women.
Ninety four per cent of the student
body voted for smooth dancing.
College Greetings
ALARM!
Tick—T ick—T ick
Tock—T ock--T ock
Will somebody stop it?
I hate a clock!
Around the face—
The same old tune—
Morning ’til ev’ning—
Midnight ’til noon.
I try to think.
I can, when it’s quiet,
But the tick—tick—tick—
Sounds like a riot!
I try to sleep.
It’s a terrible fight!
I roll to the left
Turn to the right!
That short quick-tick —
That follow-up tock
Will somebody stop it?
I hate that clock!
A lion met a tiger as they drank
beside a pool.
"Tell me,” said the tiger, "W hy are
you roaring like a fool?”
"That’s not foolish ,” said the lion,
with a twinkle in his eyes.
"T hey call me King of all the
Beasts because I advertise.”
A rabbit heard them talking, and
ran homeward like a streak.
He thought he’d try the lion’s plan
but his roar was just a squeak.
A fox came to investigate......had
luncheon in the woods.
Moral- -never advertise unless you
have the goods.
"The Illinois Teacher”
WHOZIT?
Has dark drown eyes,
Is tall and slim,
She takes up modeling,
To keep in trim.
Her hair is brown
Her nails are long.
With this description,
You can’t guess wrong!
Answer to last week’s: Bob Shure.
WHATZIT?
P.B.
Some people think maybe,
That Evanston’s not so “fer” .
But don’t let them fool you:
For if by public transport you must
go
And wait for what seems about an
hour,
You’ll think you’ve gone a hundred
miles or so.
Answer to first Whatzit: Skokie
Highway-41.
�February 2, 1940
NILEHILITE
NILEHI NIBLETS
Have you seen Thnlstrup’s new
hat?
Already Charles Williams has
broken his New Year’s Resolution:
’ 'Not to chew gum in class.”
Ask Bob Carl where he got the
silver shoes that he’ s wearing.
I
Howard Klehm slept in class in
spite of the tickling and the bell!
John Nelson has invented a new
■ way of carrying his books. Have you
seen it?
In English class, the sophomores
cast ’'Quentin Durward” for the
I movies. Errol Flynn was selected
almost unanimously for the role of
the hero. Olivia de Haviland was
voted the heroine,Countess Isabelle.
There was some disagreement con
cerning the person to play the partof
king’s jester. The vote was almost
I fifty-fifty for Lew Lehr and Jack
Benny, and Zasu Pitts was given
the part o f Princess Joan.
BONERS
The line was "puts forth one manly leg, to sight revealed.” The absent
I minded senior read, "puts forth one
leggy arm to height revealed.” Yes,
he’s a senior in this school!
Question: What was the first great
American short story?
Answer: "Rip Van Wrinkle.”
(That’ s a new "wrinkle” to us,
Teacher: “W ho was Kubla Khan?’
Sleeping Student: “ A member of
the Ku Klux Klan.”
Monopolize- Get a large armyready
for action.
A freshman scratched his head
and pondered this question for ten
I minutes: W ho wrote Lincoln’s
I _______ "Autobiography” ?________
I
Cramming Isn’ t Fun Cont.
Well, maybe we do for about a week
1 or so, but in the long run we go back
to our old habits, and the same thing
happens again.We don’t learn any
thing; we don’t gain anything; and
we’ve everything to lose! M. O.
H O W DO YOU, DEAR READ
ER, FEEL ABO U T THIS, N O W
I T S “ THE W EEK AFTER” ?
Page 7
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Amid semester exams and sub
zero weather it was pleasant to re
call a special date, January 23. On
this memorable day the doors of
our new high school building were
opened so that the students might
write their semester exams.
The second semester last year
began two days late due to an un
foreseen snow storm which made it
impossible for classes to convene.
However the opening of the second
semester brought forth many eager
and anxious students. The first
semester in the new million dollar
high school was indeed an adven
ture not to be forgotten.
It hardly seems possible that a
year has passed so quickly. Let us
all look forward to many, many
more birthday celebrations for the
Niles Township High School.
SENIOR INVITATIONAL
On February 17, the seniors have
their big day. At that time they will
hold their invitational dance and
party. Many features are planned.
Among them are dancing, a floor
show, and refreshments. Each sen
ior has the privilege of bringing
one guest. The dance starts at 8:30
P.M; it ends at 12:00. The charge is
very little compared to the enjoy
ment that is to be had. All it is go
ing to cost you is 25 cents apiece.
Come on, Seniors, this is your party
so make it good!
Cramming Isn’t Fun
No sir! as the “ voice of exper
ience”! say plainly, “ Cramming
isn’t fun!” All semester we just
"fiddle and foodie,’’and then along
come those dreaded pieces of paper
known as examinations. Perhaps
we have an English test the next
day; we go home and study until
late at night, hardly stopping for
a breath. Then, the next day we
take the exam and don’t breathe
safely for another week. Maybe we
flunk, or maybe we pass by a "hair” .
W e then, no doubt, resolve to do
our homework every single day.
�NILEHILITE
Page 8
Northeast Conference Standings
W ON
1.
2.
3.
3.
3.
4.
5.
5.
LOST
Crystal Lake
8
Libertyville
6
Niles Township 4
Leyden
4
Arlington Heights 4
Lake Forest
3
Woodstock
1
Warren
1
* Games postponed
0
1*
4
4
4
4*
7
7
BEAT LAKE FOREST!!!!
Tonight Nilehi hopes to obtain
revenge from Lake Forest for the
beating suffered from them earlier
in the season. This evening's game
promises to be one of the most thrill
ing of the winter. Do not miss it!
Be in our gym at seven-thirty.
Since the last issue of this paper
the Trojan Varsity has suffered
two defeats in three starts, losing to
Libertyville and Crystal Lake, but
winning from Leyden.
The Libertyville game was prob
ably the most thrilling so far this
year. It was a slam-bang game with
the Trojans losing in the last mo
ments by two points.
In the Leyden game Nilehi snap
ped out of its slump and trimmed
the Eagles.
In the Crystal Lake battle the
Tigers showed that they are truly
the Class o f the Conference by
defeating the Nilehi boys 41-28.
The Nilehi Ponies won their last
three starts, and since Friday
night, by beating Crystal Lake who
were undefeated, they have a better
than even chance to take the cham
pionship.
CONGRATUIATION!
Seniors of Nilehi graduating last
semester are Anna Aiiderson, Edwin
Bold, Donald Henderson, Robert
Hoffman, Lucille Lange, Eleanor
Schramn, and Russell Warner.
February 2, 1940
SCHOOL SPIRIT ?
"Where is all our school spirit?”
asks Mr. Isaacson.Such was the to
pic of a personal interview with our
head coach. The questions and an
swers were flying and here are the
results:
Mr. Ike - "There is a fair amount of
school spirit at N. T. H. S. but
not as much as some other
schools in the league. Everybody
wants a winner but a few losses
are showing up in the team’s
backing. I feel that the time to
show real school spirit is when
the team is not doing so well.
Thatis when the team really needs
it. It’s easy to holler when you’re
winning, but it takes real spirit
to cheer them on when they are
losing.”
X - What should our school spirit
be?
Mr. Ike- "I remember when we were
playing Warren. Every member
of the Student Body and Band
was there even though Warren
has won only one game, the en
tire team was behind them.”
X - What do you think of conduct
at games?
Mr. Ike - "As a whole, our conduct
is pretty good, however I have
noticed that at the Crystal Lake
game there was a lot of unneces
sary unsportsmanlike conductSome of it came from adults. If
they don’t know how to act, the
student body should teach them.”
X - Ways to avoid bad conduct:
Mr- Ike - "I believe that every stu
dent in the school should feel that
the opponent should be con
sidered as a guest and should be
treated accordingly. The officials
are agreed upon before the game,
and we should take their decisions
as final.
“Again everybody wants to be a
winner but we should know how
to win and how to lose too!”
Say- by the way, where is our
school spirit?
4M1
M
Y
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nileHIlite
olume 1
No. 6
Niles Center, Illinois
v\ l /
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Feb. 16- Basketball- Warren here.
Feb. 19- Foreign Language Club
Program- 3:40 P. M.
See Chicago Club Program8:00 P. M.
Feb. 22- Washington’s Birthdayno school.
Feb. 23- Basketball at Arlington.
Feb. 27- Matinee Dance- JuniorSenior 3:40 P. M.
Feb. 28- Begin District Basketball
Tournament at Waukegan.
March 2- Junior Party.
DANCE TONIGHT
Miss M. A. Schaefer announces
that there will an informal dance
held in the assembly immediately
after the basketball game with
Warren tonight, Feb. 16. The or
chestra for the dance will play from
10:30 until 12; this affair is open to
the guest students from Warren,
our alumni, and Nilehi students
only. All proceeds will go to the
cheerleaders to pay for their new
outfits. Admission will be twenty
cents per person. This dance, orig
inally planned to follow the alumni
game, was postponed because of
the conflicting American Legion
Dance scheduled for the same time
and place.
PLAN TO ATTEND
Monday, February 19, the Foreign
Language Club will sponsor a pro
gram which should be of interest
to all. It will show films with scenes
from abroad, elaborating on Italy,
Germany, France, and Spain. The
various habits and peculiarities of
these lands and their people will be
iscussed. Everyone is invited, with
small charge of ten cents. Come
ne, come all!
¡February 16, 1940
A basket gained-a feather lost!
HELLO!
W e’re back again and now we
know who we are. May we intro
duce ourselves: B O N N IE and
JOHNNIE. Merrie O’Sullivan, a
sophomore in homeroom 306 named
us. W e want to thank her and the
many others who cooperated in the
contest to get us identified. Ruby
Bowser shows you what we’re doing
and, believeus, it’s great to be part
of Nilehi. W e hope you will like us
and go with us to tonight’s game.
Sincerely yours,
Bonnie and Johnnie
Social Studies Night
At eight o’clock, Monday evening»
February 19, the third of a series of
“ Know Your School” programs will
be presented at N . T. H. S. under
the supervision of Miss G. Harbert
and Miss T. Kranz. One feature of
the evening will be a debate by Loy
ola freshmen on the question:
Should the United States remain
isolated? A film concerning Wash
ington D. C. and a talk by a repre
sentative of the Baltimore Ohio
Railroad will complete the pro
gram.
�NILEHILITE
Page 2
nileHI lite
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students of Niles Township High
School of Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Burton Glatz, Editor
Journalism Class
Miss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
PUBLICATION-PRINTING CLASS
Hannemann, Art
Hohs, Ray
Kreider, David
Nitch, Raymond
Permer, Vernon
Rizzo, Sal
Schladt, James
Taylor, Bill
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
WHAT’S WRONG WITH US?
With a student body as large as
ours, why doesn’t our school have
more people at the basketball
games? It has been said by good
authority that over 300 of our fel
low students have never seen their
school’s teams in action. Can it be
that they don’t have school spirit,
or don’t they understand and care
for basketball? There isn’t any
body in Niles Township who can be
accused of not having school spirit,
so it must be that basketball doesn’t
interest that indifferent fifty per
cent of our students. If the people
w
’ho say that basketball has no at
tractions for them would come to
ONLY ONE game, there would be
300 more Trojan followers. Cheer
ing a masterful long shot and hold
ing one’s breath during the mo
mentous wait for the free throw,
are thrills reserved for basketball
fans. Nilehi’s teams are a school
tradition for their quality, and this
year’s squads are not exceptions;
but their “ following” could be rated
in last place. Our last home game
is this evening, February 16,
against Warren. There is no ex
cuse for missing that game; show
your school spirit by coming. The
District Tournament starts at
Waukegan on February 28. Let’s
all go up there to cheer the Trojans
on to victory!
February 16, 1940
HONOR ROLL
Second Quarter
1939 1940
SENIORS
Doris Anderson
Margaret Dahm
James Winkelhofer
Josephine Brodtke
Mary Winger
Viola Nelson
Victor Baptist
Ted Wunderle
Harriet Bus
Willard Baumann
Mathilda Hermes
Werner Heidtke
JUNIORS
Jeannette Hummer
Donald Fisher
Phyllis Schlotterbeck
Dorothy Kranz
Clark Barton
Laura Nunemacher
June Berg
Gloria Bartz
Ben Domas
Phyliss Braeseke
Marjorie Riser
Isabelle Hoth
Edward Springer
SOPHOMORES
Norma Heidtke
Mildred Bergmark
Ruth darkens
Grace Langan
Donald Baumann
Richard Hartney
Olga Krajchovich
Bernice Franson
Raymond Nitch
Lillian Miethke
Beatrice Rossman
Virginia Reuter
Wayne Barton
Colleen Thomas
Ruth Buthman
William Brodtke
Gertrude Dahm
Donna Jean Cotanche
Florence Och
Wayne Kunkel
Antoinette Thlimmenos
Paul Perlman
FRESHMEN
Dagmar Franson
Richard Boyd
Bill Stockfisch
Tom Sheridan
Viola Stoll
Carl Mueller
Nancy Allen
Maralyn W oodworth
Patricia Galiz
Adele Partz
Ted Wojtkiewicz
Ernest Nordquist
Danny Dever
Muriel Beuder
Rosanna King
Helen Evett
Catherine Kretsch
Connie Kohtz
Dorothy Miethke
Virginia Lenzen
Betty Stielow
GOING TO WASHINGTON?
All aboard for Washington, D.C.!
Students who are planning to go to
the Capitol City on April 28 are al
ready making their deposits toward
the total cost, $46.00. This cost in
cludes train fare, hotel bills, and
every other necessary item. About
thirty students have announced
that they intend to see the Capitol,
Mtftfht Vernon, and the Lincoln
Memorial, along with the other
wonders of that great American
city. The trip to Washington is
made only every other year.
�February 16, 1940
NILEHILITE
Page 3
W AR
Every examination time seems to War! War! Witch of destruction,
bring forth new boners; this last With hate in her eyes and a m ock
siege was not an exception. Seniors
ing laugh
made real contributions in follow She clutches a youth in her snarled,
ing comments on their English
clawed hand,
exams(You Alumni will appreciate She tears him asunder from his
these- -and we hope we have a few
mother’s heartstrings,
Alumni Readers!):
Leaving her heart to bleed in its
Merchant of Venus
sorrows.
Cotter's Saturday Night Out
Into her boiling pot she casts this
Ode to the Week End
youth,
Bellow’s Life of Sam Johnson
Mixes in rats and lice and decay
Robinson Caruso
Blood and slime and grease and
Paradise Tost-deals with the evo
soot,
lution of man. The hero is Satin
Gases and bombs and cannons and
Pilgrim’s Progress -story of how
fuses.
the Pilgrims lived in America,
Youth after youth she hurls to his
[another says] "a poem about
doom,
the idea o f this new world.
Casts in a spell of gloom and sor
Moral of Dr. Faustus never to sell
rowful nights,
your sole.
Casts in a spell of gnawing hunger
Point o f'O f Studies” -Even though
and craving.
you don’t like a book, you should Black smoke arises from this pot,
read it and forget about it.
Forming misery, sickness,worrydesIn the Music Exam, crazy answers
pair,
appear too:
Forming horror, heartaches, death,
The band is composed of the
destruction.
following families of instruments: After many winters this witch is
woodwind, brass, and concussion.”
conquered,
"The teutonic scale is used in In But she cannot die; she is immune
dian music.”
to death;
Two boners that appeared on the She shall return to haunt and mur
general science papers are prizes:
der.
"Voices bounce just like rubber War! Destructor of mankind and
balls.”
civilization.
D.G.
“A cyclone is a wherling wing.”
In biology somebody said:
FASHION SHOW
“ Coal is organic because it is made
On February 6, the freshmen had
up of tiny things.”
an assembly with a carefully plan
In another set of papers these ap ned program to show them the pro
peared:
per clothes for school wear. A group
“I like mathematics because I like of upper classmen modeled, and
to construct angels.”
Miss A. Line lectured on the good
[Comparing a trip across the o- and bad points of their outfits. There
cean today with onein Irving’s time] was also a movie showing the beau
“You can eat when there is a ties of the out - of - doors.
storm.”
“It was cold. Ice cycles were hang
“The only amusement they had
ing on the trees.”
was to look at the stars.”
“Her had a fround on her face.”
The sophomores lived up to the
If you can’t appreciate these
true meaning of their name when
they contributed these on their Eng boners now, you will when you get
to the part of the courses which
lish papers:
called them forth. Take it from us,
"My words almost frooze.”
they’re bony!
"Everyone’s noses were red.”
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
How to Quarrel - If You Must!
February 16, 1940
THE LIL’ BIRDIE ASKS
There are seven essential rules:
"What’s your favorite
1.
Stop.Be silent until your oppon
food?”
ent asks you to speak.
2.Suggest a bargain: that each be Ralph Becker,senior- - “Ice Cream!”
given a certain time-be it 5 or 15 Annette Carroll,junior- - “ Ham sal
minutes to speak. The other person ad sandwiches.”
is not to say a single word during Evelyn Zavrul,sophomore- - “Fried
chicken and chocolate.”
that time.
3. Try to bring to the surface all Lucille (Soupy) Sou, freshman—
"Vegetable soup”
the unmentioned and fear-ridden
reasons that you could not face Mr. Benette-"Hot mince-meat pie”
while arguing.
THE HANDBOOK COMMITTEE
4. Do your utmost to keep im
The Handbook Comittee has met
personal.
three times already and work is far
5.Set a time for each to respond under way. The purpose of the hand
to the other’s statement.
book is two-fold: to familiarize all
6. Then go apart for one hour to freshmen and new students with the
think quietly. Do not brood.
school and its surruon dings, and to
7. When alone, consider the other help the freshmen select the subject
person’s points honestly.
they will enjoy and from which they
David Seaberry in f Better English”
shall receive the most benefit. The
book will be ready sometime in May
and distributed to the freshmen pu
a. Betty Riser
Daggie pils on Freshmen Night.
Miss Green is the director of the
b. John AndersonDouble Dimples
c. Phyllis Schlotterbeck
M’Lou comittee and its members are: Jean
d. Allen Cantre
Hezzie Dudick, Mathilda Hermes, Dorothy
Dill Pickle Kranz, June Berg, Edward Pearson,
e. Ruth Hennig
Kitten Daniel Deever, and Clyde Henning.
f. Dagmar Fransen
Mardy
g. Zenon Turski
Irish SPRING STYLES
h. Clara Ketter
The clothing display, which is
Bubbles
i. Fred Huscher
across from the assembly hall, con
Frenchy
j. Lorraine Baumhart
Filly sists of three outfits planned by
k. Marilyn McKeever
Alley-crow students of the home economics
l. William Ross
Penny classes under the supervision of
m. Marilyn Benett
Farmer Miss A. Line. One ensemble, by
n. Mathilda Hermes
Rickie Jean Warren, is a spun rayon, wine
o. Howard Weiden
Dolly colored dress with navy blue hat,
d. Mona Mailander
Bird purse, and gloves. Another, by Irene
p. June Eves
Turk Gwenther, is a part-wool, blue dress
r. Stanley Widinski
Stack with gold costume jewelry. Jose
s. Shirley Mae Dilg
Ike phine Brodke's dress is a gay print
t. Joe De Chambre
Moe with a wine-colored backgrond and
u. Mary Schilling
tiny shell-shaped buttons. The ac
Key to first Nickname Match:e , f,l, cessories are black. All of these
i, k, p, a, m, o, r, c, d, h, u, d, s, t, b, clothes make one feel that spring
is "just aroud the corner.”
n, g, j,.
NICKNAME ’EM
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NILEHILITE
Page 5
DOLLAR DAY
WHOZIT?
I feel it my duty, as one who has
suffered, to warn you against the
harmful effects of Dollar Day. This
atrocious day occurs semiannually,
but the only one we high school
students must beware of is the one
that occurs during our summer va
cation. These observations came
from my last Dollar Day onslaught.
“ Yesterday, I must confess, I fell
into the clutches of that most de
mon-like of thoughts, the thought
of getting something for nothing,
but I have paid and paid dearly
for my folly.
“ We left the cottage, our sum
mer home in Michigan, at eight,
and from this time until the time
we reached the metropolis where
Dollar Day was being observed, I
dodged this newspaper advertise
ment and that newspaper advertise
ment which my mother and her
friend read with great interest. If
you can imagine two, not-thin wo
men, seated in the rear seat of an
automobile, with my anatomy
squeezed between, you realize my
dilemma.
“ There were five of us. When
we reached the city our forces were
divided, one to this store and an
other to that. My objective was a
boys’ apparel shop in which I was
to fight for, not purchase, a pair
of trousers. I naturally attempted
to use some dignity and courtesy,
[but after a poke in the esophagus
and a squashing of my right foot,
the attempt was given up. I el
bowed my way to the display count
er, grabbed a pant leg, heard a
faint rip, let go, grasped another
pair which proved to be only three
inches too long, fought my way to
a salesclerk, had my booty wrapped,
and hunted the exit.
“ The rest of the day was spent
in hectic rush with time grudging
ly taken out for lunch. The only
incident in connection with this
“ struggle” which I can distinctly
The shade of his hair
I’ll not say just what,
Cause it’d give him away
As it is pretty hot!
His eyes are blue
And he’s six feet tall.
My mind’s in a blank
So I guess that is all.
Answer to last week’s:
Virginia Mehren
WHATZIT?
A board expanse of green;
Hills and vales with a purpose.
Patches of sand which are feared
By many a swinger, expert or dub.
With winter snow comes a quiet’
Not to be disturbed ’til spring.
Answer to last week’s: the "L”
NOTICE TO SENIORS
From Miss Schoenbaum, we have
just heard that there are only 29,952
minutes, 33%seconds until gradua
tion in June. Make it count!
remember was hunting for my
mouth amid the packages I held
for fear of losing them.
“ The ride home was most uncom
fortable. As I gladly raised my
bundle-burdened body from the car,
I resolved never again to play
nursemaid to a lot of unappreciat
ing packages. Home, oh, how good
it looked, a place to treat my bruises
anl newly acquired corns.”
From this account of my suffer
ings, I feel sure you will avoid this
body-ruining, disagreeable adven
ture, and will warn your future
children and grandchildren not to
beware of “ the big, bad wolf,” but
rather to beware of Dollar Day.
D. F.
�Page 6
NILE!
An Appellation
for the Teacher
Mr. Wilkins:
Mr. Taylor:
Miss Shoenbaum:
Mr. Benette:
Miss Bernhart:
Mr. Kent:
Mr. Collins:
Mr.Cotanche:
Mrs. Esch:
Mr. Flagg:
Miss Fledderjohn:
Mr. Galitz:
Miss Green:
Miss Harbert:
Mr. Isaacson:
Miss Johnson:
Miss Klaus:
Miss Kranz:
Miss Lant:
Mr. Lindley:
Miss Line:
Miss Lumpp:
Mr. Meier:
Miss Meyers:
Mr. Ohlson:
Miss Ronalds:
Miss Ronalds:
Miss Schaefer:
John
Therese
Clara
Ruth
Mildred
Harold
Linda
Calvin
Grace
Norman
Clement
Marie
Clifford
Ralph
Ruth
Dean
Esther
Alice
Carolyn
Lester
Louise
Harold
Ethel
Lucille
Mildred
Morgan
John
Marjorie
Oh, Johnny, Oh!
Jeannette Huemmer went a-hunting in the attic, and found--not mice,
but one of the oldest editions (1917 )
of “ Oh, Johnny!” See it on display
in room 214.
Nilehi has a few up-to-date John
nies. Here they are: Johnny Nelson,
Johnny Henning, Johnny Reiland,
Johnny Allen, Johnny Dinelli, and
Johnny Anderson.
NEW MINORS
Three new electives have been ad
ded to the list of minors this semes
ter. They are salesmanship, home
nursing, and the select chorus for
students that have been chosen by
Miss Klaus. Forty-seven students
have enrolled for these new subjects,
and it is hoped that more electives
will be added next year, to help us
find our vocations.
February 16,1940
Some of our people here are very
much air-minded. According to data
received recently by the Journalism
Club, the following are planning to
be aviators: Allen Coutre,Bill Keat
ing,Bob Paroubeck,Berton Bloethner,Edward May, James Krzmanski,
Don Mueller,Norbert Conrad,Dick
Hawkinson, Joe Webber, John Di
nelli, Bill Roman,and Bob Podraza.
Phyllis Breseke wants to be an aviatrix.
Then, there are the air hostesses
of tomorrow:
Jane Cecil,Bernice Zika,Barbara
Rasmussen,and Dolores Kot.
Good luck to you all as you ride
the airways! !
NILEHI NIBLETS
At the G. A. A. Banquet Mr.
Flagg remarked that his nickname
is ,'‘Slivers.” Careful now!
The seniors received proofs of
their pictures,and it is rumored
that some have exchanged proofs.
Hmm.
Ginnie Nordin went to a dance
at St. John’s Academy, Febuary 3.
Don’t forget to follow the Trojans
to the Regional Basketball Ball
Tournament.
Red and Blue pipe stem cleaners
are used for name pins now—-poor
Dad!
The new select chorus has al
ready begun practice.
Ahoy there, you land lubbers! Did
you know that both Lake Forest
and New Trier require students to
pass swimming tests prior to grad
uation?
Kracky and Babe Krajchovich
are going to Florida tomorrow.
Hurry back!
Bill Taylor is having difficulty
with a sprained ankle. W e’re sorry.
The French, Spanish and German
units of the Foreign Language Club
recently emptied their treasuries to
buy a portable phonograph.
�February 16, 1940
NILEHILITE
Page 7
PAGING THE PAPERS
MEMORIES OF LA FEMME HOP
“A scientist recently said men
are of vegetable origin. We know
that men descended from monkeys.
Monkeys descended from trees.”
— The Evanstonian
“ Alligator tails are considered
the gourmet’s latest delight. Most
of us, however, wouldn’t force our
selves to such ends.”
— Crystal Lake Herald
“ Highland Park High School has
a serial, “ The Last of the Mohi
cans,’ shown every Thursday.”
— The Shorline
“ Thanks for a wonderful eve
ning” was the comment heard on
all doorsteps last Saturday night.
That’s the usual way to end a date,
you say. Well, maybe it is, but in
these cases the boys were saying
it to their fair escorts. It was the
evening of the Nilehi “ La Femme
Hop,” to which the gals took the
men of their choice and paid all
expenses. The music of Art Edgren’s orchestra provided an en
joyable evening for all present, not
to mention the hilarious “ shoe
dance.” Maybe some new conquests
were made then,* who knows ? The
balloons floating around during the
sixth dance made the place sound
like a battlefield. Highlights of the
evening: Wally Strange and Laverne Schuler — who got the first
bite of his carrots? . . . Barbara
Rasmussen beating Bruce Jarrett
gallantly at the drinking fountain
. . . Betty Kelly struggling to hold
the door open for “ Red” Williams
. . . “ Kracky” keeping Armin’s cor
sage under cover . . . “ Jilky” gave
Klehm forget-me-nots! “ Ginger”
lost Bud Lauth’s ticket! Did you
see the “ three musketeers” at the
door who just “ wouldn’t dance?”
Miss M. Tess cutting the first piece
of the birthday cake. Who blew
out the candle? Let’s hope there
are more dances like this for Nilehi
in the near future!
developm ent
His first long pants came years ago,
He’s learned to drive a car;
He works as usher at the show,
Can boot a football far;
But now pride his path will pave,
A man at last, he’s begun to shave.
— From “ Sullivan Schedule”
“ Epilogue: If all the boarders
from all the boarding houses in the
country were placed at one long
table, they would reach.”
— New Trier News
EXECUTIVE SPEAKS
Mr. L. S. Donnel was the guest
speaker at the fourth vocational as
sembly held on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 7. He spoke chiefly about
office management, giving many de
tails concerning the duties of an
executive. The assembly, sponsored
by Mr. D. Flagg, was very interest
ing and educational. Approximate
ly three hundred students attended.
Members o f Mr. Benette’s photo
graphy class are progressing rap
idly in learning the technique of
taking pictures, developing, and
printing them. Mr. Benette stated
that they will be taking group pic
tures of the freshmen in the very
near future. These pictures will be
put on file for future use.
See This-The trophy case in the hallway ad
joining the gym contains a physics
exhibition demonstrating the elec
tric eye, stroboscopic wheel, tesla
coil, synchronous motor, and fluo
rescence. This display will be oper
ation during the lunch period next
week. Four students o f Mr. Ohlson’s
physics class were instrumental in
the preparation of this fine display.
They are James Winkelhofer, Rob
ert Faucet, Jack Ellis, and Victor
Baptist.
�Page 8
NILEHILITE
February 16,1940
See Our Last Home Game Tonight
Along th e Way
The interest in intra-mural bas
ketball has been high for the last
few weeks, and tonight it will reach
its peak with the playoff of the finals
as intermission entertainment.
Some time ago the gym classes
were divided into four teams each,
and the last three have seen some
mighty combats in the school gym
nasium. The quarter finals found
the Bloomer Boys, the Black and
Blues, the Screwballs, and Kerley’s
Kids stubbornly bowing to the more
nearly superior Mudcats, Mermaids,
Raiders,and Hungry Rive,who,with
the Basketeers, all bruised and
scarred, proudly entered the semi
finals.
Tonight we shall see our surviv
ing heroes of the semi-finals, with
a long and bloody trail behind them,
go forth into the arena. W oe unto
the weakling.
DOWN OUR A i m
The Bowling League of N.T.H.S.
got under way Monday, February
4. There are eighteen mixed teams,
eight teams bowling on Monday
and ten on Wednesday. Monday
bowlers, who are advanced, will
spend the first few weeks getting
averages. The beginners belong to
the Wednesday night teams. Of
the Monday night team, the boys
with the highest averages so far
are Allan Brauch, Bob Rieland, Har
vey Jensen, Wayne Adams, and Art
Baumhardt. The. girls who rate
best are Dorothy Gutman, Dorothy
Lund, Carole Blameuser, Virginia
Kadlec, and Joan Blameuser.
Girls’ Intra-Mural Sports
The girls of our school follow
the rules of the Women’s Division
of the American Physical Educa
tion Association and so do not spon
sor basketball tournaments play
ing boys’ rules. To take the place of
this team sport, Miss Schaefer an
nounces an intra-mural tournament
in ping pong, shuffleboard, and vol
ley ball. Every girl will participate.
Three in Row for Trojans
The evening of Feb. 2, marked a
big day for Ed Boyk and the Nilehi
teams. On this date “ Flip” set a new
record for theNortheast Conference,
smashing his previous high of 31
points with a record-making 35
points. Earlier in tne season Lake
Forest had dealt us a twin defeat
but on this occasion we gained re
venge by beating the Lakesters
twice. The Varsity ran up 57 points,
their highest this season, to the Lake
Forest Varsity’s 38. Thulstrup was
high man for the Junior Varsity as
they won 23-14.
A week later at W oodstock the
Varsity easily won 41-26 against the
conference tail-enders. Baumann
acted as high man with 19 points.
The Junior Varsity won 22-18 in a
close game to place themselves in a
three-way tie for first place.
The Nilehi team was again vic
torious in the alumni game, 36-52.
A taller and huskier Alumni bowed
to the Trojan quintet mainly because
of its lack of teamwork.
“ Hank” Carroll was high man for
the "old grads” with 6 points while
Boyk was leading the Trojans with
20. The Junior Varsity defeated
Northbrook 26-14.
Gym Class Swim-Meets
For the last two weeks Mr. Isaac
son has been conducting swimming,
diving events in the high school
pool during swim periods. In those
already held, eliminations have left
five boys for each of five events and
one novice.
Those in the five events are as
follows: 50 yd. Backstroke by B.
Jarrett, J. Heiniger, J. Weber, R.
Schoenberger, W. Carroll; 50 yd.
Breast stroke by B. Domas, M.
Becker, W. Fiech, R. Schoenberg
er, and R. Kerley; 50 yd. Side Stroke
by D. Ford, K. Pike, B. Fiech, W.
Lauth and R. Kerley, 50 yd. Free
Style by D. Ford, J. Heiniger, J.
Weber, W. Lauth, and R.Nitch; Div
ing by B. Jarret, D. Hezner, J. W eb
er, R. Harms, and R. Nitch.
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nileHIlite
Volume I
N o. 7
N ile s C en ter, Illin o is
M a rch 1 , 1 9 4 0
Trojans Eliminated By Lake Forest 39 - 34
SCHOOL CALENDAR
March 2 -- Junior Party, 8:00 P. M.
March 5 -- Matinee Dance, Fresh
man-Sophomore 3:40
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I
March 8-Sophomore Party 8:00P.M.
March 11- Cook County Teachers
Institute here.
I March 15 -- Water Carnival 8:00 P.M.
WHAT A LIFE
The all-school play» “ What a
I Life,’’which is under the supervision
Ifo Mrs. R. Esch, is to be released in
I two different casts, one on April 18
land the other on April 19 at 8:15.
The casts are as follows:
¡Cast 1.
Part
Cast II.
■Carol RouseGertie
Jane Kadlec
■Pat Reiland- M iss Johnson- June Vincent
¡H elen Miller
Barbara Virginia Nordin
I Harold Hynes Henry Aldrich PaulMikota
■Clyde Henning
Bill
W ayne Barton
■Shirley Dilg
M iss Shea
Ruth W erdell
I W illiam Taylor Mr. Nelson JackK ristoff
¡A lla n Prauch Mr. Bradley W illiam Ross
| Ruby Bowser -Miss Wheeler- Virginia Kadlec
¡G en e Razkow
George
Robert Harms
■Gloria Bartz
Mary
Florence Gabel
I LouiseKreuger MissEggleston RuthRoberts
¡Catherine Nelson Mrs. Aldrich Grace Good
¡Jane Comstock M iss Pike Ann Jurasitz
|Auther Hanneman Mr. Patterson Bud Lauth
I Chris Lindhoy Mr. Vecchito Allan Brauch
¡C ornelius Blameuser Mr. Ferguson
Bill Stevens
|Students: Doris Burklund,Pat Kelley,Connie
¡K oh tz, Norene Whitworth, Tom Sheridan,
¡G eorge Struck, Zenon Turski, Bill Dickin| son, Robert Flynn, Robert Fawcett.
Trojans Trail at Half Time
Last night at the Waukegan re
gional tournament Lake Forest
defeated the Trojans 39 - 34. It was
a fight to the finish. At the end of
the first quarter the score was tied
13-13. The Trojans were trailing as
the close of the half by four points.
Domas, Bauman and Boyk were
the high score men making 9, 8,
and 7 points respectively.
Welcome Teachers
Divisions I and II of the Cook
County Teachers’ Institute will hold
their annual spring conference here
March 11, 1940. It is estimated that
1,600 to l,800teachers will attend the
meeting. A half-hour from 9:00 to
9:30 will be devoted to inspection of
the building. Luncheon will be
served in the school.
¡Principal Attends Convention
Mr. R.E. Cotanche, principal, reI turned yesterday from the national
I convention of N.E.A. at St. Louis,
I Mo. 12,000 school principals and
|superinteneents attended.
Pie pxiettit <©ur
‘-And the teachers think they’re
The students and faculty extend having troublewiththeirincome
sympathy to the Jarrett family and tax blanks!”
■to Mrs. Edith Barkow. Word was
|received Wednesday of Mrs. Jarrett’s death.______________________
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
Th le HI u t e ^
T h e N ile H Ilite is p u b lish ed b iw e e k ly
b y th e stu d en ts o f N ile s T o w n sh ip H ig h
S c h o o l o f N ile s C en ter, Illin o is. M r. R .
E . C ota n ch e , P rin cip al.
ED ITO R IA L STAFF
M a rie N o r d b y , E d ito r
J o u r n a lism C la ss
M iss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
PU B LIC ATIO N -PR IN TIN G CLASS
Eaumann, W illard
Dahm, Henry
Keegan, Raymond
Krier, Ralph
Wunderle, Ted
Sullivan, Richard
Matchen, Henry
Nosal, Matthew
Mr. Clement M eier, Adviser
What’s The Value
Of a College Education?
I presume that all of you have
been asked that question. From the
first day of high school until you’re
handed a diploma, you’re told that
college enriches the outlook on life,
that college makes jobs easier to
secure, and so forth. You take this
all in and say,"Oh yes, I know all
that.” But do you? Do you ever
think about the facts which others
try to impress upon you?
First, the idea of getting a job.
You have been told that a man with
a college background can get farther
in any field than a man without
one. Easy to say. But do you ever
look up statistics on this, or talk to
employers or prospective job-hunt
ers?
College broadens the mind. How
much do you know about philoso
phy? Probably nothing. And I sup
pose you can carry on an intelli
gent conversation about foreign af
fairs or other things besides swing
music or dates.
You can’t just go to any col
lege your finger lands on inthe cat
alogue. And if you haven’t the remo
test idea of what you are going to
do when you get out, what’s the
sense of going?
What’s the value of college edu
cation? Nobody can tell you. You
just have to find out for yourself.
March 1, 1940
Precious Dummy
Those o f you who have been nos
ing around the Yearbook Work
Shop lately have noticed the new
arrival that is causing so much flusteration among the fairer sex of the
staff. Be calm boys! I am speaking
of the Yearbook Dummy, which is
-for those of you who are still in
the dusky shroud of uncertainty - a
model of the finished publication.
The dummy is constructed with
just as much care and precision as
is the yearbook that reaches you.
Page after page is laid out with pic
tures cut to correct size and in their
designated position.
If any twinkly-eyedyearbooksters
inform you your picture was so bad
they had to “ bleed” it and then put
it “in the gutter” just smile, look
wise, and say, “ No kiadin!” The
place where the pages go into the
binding is called the gutter, and a
bled picture is just one that has
been run to the edge of the page,
leaving no margin. Understand?
Armeda Brings
Honor to Nilehi
Armeda Bonagero placed ninth
for her essay "Re-discovery of
America” in the contest sponsored
by the Civitans of Chicago. At the
banquet in the Morrison Hotel on
February 22, Armeda was awarded
fifteen dollars in cash and an eight
dollar trade ticket for photographs.
There were 3,079 entrants from
Chicago and suburbs, a Me Kinley
High school student received first
place.
ALLUMNI
Ruth Keller graduate of Nilehi
’38, has received an internship offer
from the Michael Reese Hospital
in Chicago. Ruth is a sophomore at
St. Mary’s College in Milwuake
and is specializing in technical
laboratory research work. She has
all ways brought distinction to the
schools she has attended because
she is more than a pupil; Ruth is a
student.
�NILEHILITE
March 1, 1940
M THE LIL’
Page 3
BIRDIE ASKS“ Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds”
"What part of the Nilehilite
do you look at first?”
Ann Oden, freshman—
"Niblets”
Bill Dickinson, sophomore—
"Sport page”
Paul Doremus, junior—
"Sports”
Barbara Kristof, senior-"W hozit”
Miss Harbert"The cartoon”
THEME SONGS
“Annie Doesn’t Live Here Any
More” might but does not mean our
own Arm Oden....Surely Jack Kris
tof is our “Little Skipper” ....Miss
A. Line takes care of the “ Rhythm
of the Range” ....and Mr. C. Collins
handles “ Swingapore.” ....They tell
us Harold Hynes is “ The Little
Man That Was Not There” ....We
dedicate “Bicycle Built for Two” .to
Shirley Dilg and Glenn Lenzen and
“ Skater’s Waltz” to Virginia Reuter
....And “Jitterbug” to James Winklehofer. Guess why we’re giving
Bob Flynn "Little Red Fox” for his
theme song.....Roberta Kelly sings
"If I Knew then What I Know Now”
...."Cowboy Joe” is Ed Boyk’s own
SPECIAL. Bill O’Connell hums"I’ve
Got a Pocket Full of Dreams” in his
sleep.... Then, there’s "YodelingJive” for Jean Campelland ..“Bright
Eyes” for Florence Cervenka. Marie
Loutsch gets "Red, Red Robin.” ....
and Norene Whitworth, "They Say”
Carol Rouse says, "I like My Man .”
"Where has my Little dc g Gone?”lets
Ruby Bowser’s neighbors know that
her Teddy is gone again.... To Jack
Ellis, Jack Kelly, Bob Shure, and
Jack Birong we dedicate “ Boys
Town on Parade.” ...Mathilda Her
mes gets “You’d be Surprised.” To
avoid danger we’ll give “ Oh John
ny, Oh!” to both Mr. J. Benette and
Mr. J. Wilkins...And here is our
theme song, folks, “Holy Smoke,
Can’t You Take a Joke?”
by William La Varri
Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds
is about diamond mining in the jun
gle of South America. The most in
teresting parts of the book are the
preparations for the river traveling,
and the diamond mining itself. The
preparations include getting trink
ets and presents for the natives, se
curing necessary supplies, and hir
ing a native crew for the trip up
the Mazaruni River. There are twen
ty paddlemen, a cook, and a bow
man, who stands in the bow of the
boat, fending off rocks with a pad
dle and giving steering directions.
If you like books about exploring
and adventure, read Up the Maza
runi for Diamonds. There is some
thing happening all the time You
will like the author’s style of writing
because his descriptions are vivid,
and humor is used effectively. If you
are not acquainted with diamond mi
ning, the book will be all the more
interesting, because it will add to
your knowledge of this subject.
--Dick Boyd
? TRUE OR FALSE ?
T. F. 1. Gordon Davis’s nickname is
"Gardenia.”
T ’ F. 2. Florence Nightingale was
bom in England.
T. F. 3. John Henning’s birthday
is July 4.
T. F. 4. Grace Good does not like
to go "window shopping.”
T. F. 5. "Friend” is a town in Neb.
T. F. 6. A villa is a country seat.
T. F. 7. Melvin Schultz collects
corns.
T. F. 8. Phyllis Ahrens’s birthday is
July 4.
�NILEHILITE
Page 4
1 — Goes a Hunting. - plural
.
7. To dispose of.
8. Fuss.
9. Near.
10. "Curly” - Int.
11. A t home.
12. W ild ....... W illie.
14. Barry Township News. - Abbr.
15. Snake-like fish.
16. French coin.
17. Diminutive o f Alvin. - plural
19. Female sheep.
22. Nautical Almanac. - Abbr.
24. Fly catcher. - Int.
25. — Jurasitz.
27. A Spider’s trap.
28. Announcer in "Paradise.”
V e rtic a l
1 . The first name o f a Nilehi teacher.
2. Girl’s name.
3. Public notice.
4. Head o f the house.
5. Entrance.
6. Rizzo’s nickname.
13. Mildred H
14. Nilehi Color.
17. Anecdote [Plural]
18. Nilehi teacher.
20. A bird.
21. Flows.
26. Symbol for neon.
27. Pronoun.
March 1,1940
Did you see Howard Klehm and
his colorful striped beach robe
plunge into the pool?
Lois Jaycox wears a Pinocchio
hat with an aerial feather two feet
long in it.
Clyde Henning enjoys pacing
the campus during his lunch hour.
And the expression on his face!
What is this new play that our
basketball men have originated?
They call it the “zero hour.”
Miss M. Green recently said, “ Use
the double line for confusion--” She
meantto say"conclusion” , but "con
fusion” was not apropos (look that
one up, Freshmen!)
A sophomore very innocently ask
ed the librarian for the"Sketch Book”
by David Copperfield. - Do you get
it, Juniors?
“ Say it with Flowers” was the
slogan used by Valentine senders
of Miss L. Bernhart and Miss E.
Fledderjohn.
Bud Fawcett’s unique motor scoot
er helps him to school on time.
Have you seen Jerry Thulstrup’s
fifty cent Norwegian coin?
What’s happened to that antique
car of Artie Baumhart, Duke Hezner,
Bob Harms, and Vernon
Permer?
Miss R. Lant asked a student to
define "swain.” He replied, "An an
imal.”
Please inform: W ho is our blond
in the Rhett Butler hat?
Life’s Equations
Several students have found that
Oin regular work plus 0 in test equals
0 for semester.
A teacher is equal to anything.
Proposition: What the seniors are
up against.
�March 1, 1940
NILEHILITE
SWEATERS
In reds, blues, greens, and yellows
that indispensable article of winter
apparel, the sweater, reigns supreme
these chilly days. The girls would be
"lost” without them. The boys seem
indifferent, but after all a good swea
ter covers a multitude of shirt sins,
a missing button, or a frayed cuff.
When the leaves begin to fall, the
cautious mothers open trunks of
winter garments, and, after ridding
them of moth balls send Johnny
and Sue off to school with gay swea
ters either under or on their arms,
because, "One can never tell about
the weather.” However, as an extra
for outdoor wear, sweaters are often
Scorned, but those which are worn
indoors are lauded by all.
A Sweater used to be a sweater; at
present it serves the purpose of fill
ing closets and drawers and provid
ing some answer to the age-old ques
tion, “ What shall I wear?”
Due to a flair for rejuvinating
styles the cardigan has come back.
These cardigans are known by the
unelegant name, “ Sloppy Joe.”
Why? I’ve never been able to find
out. They are sloppy enough, it is
true, but the "Joe” part has me puz
zled. Fashion says that the sleeves
of these sweaters should be pushed
above the elbows, making large
lumps between arms and ribs.[Very
uncomforta ble.]
Of course, there are ordinary
sweaters, and a good choice oi them,
decorated with embroidery, fancy
knitting, and bright buttons; but the
ones which are really causing a"stir”
are the fuzzy ones. All I can say
about them is, "They’re a nuisance.”
In fact, anownerofoneofthemhasto
devote almost her entire interest to
combating its force, and I ought to
know. I have one.
Page 5
“ Know Your School”
Program
The junior-senior social studies
classes and members of the See
Chicago Club invited their parents
to the third in a series of “Know
Your School” programs on February
19 at eight o’clock.
The program was sponsored by
Miss G. Harbert and Miss T. Kranz.
Marie Norby was chairman. A de
bate was held by Loyola freshmen.
Later a film of Washington, D. C.
was shown.Mr.P.Snyder representa
tive of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, spoke to the people.
STUDENTS MIDDLE NAMES
Willard Baumann
Eugene Garner
Vernon Permer
Ruby Bowser
John Nelson
Eugene Field
Carole Rouse
Robert Throop
Catherine Nelson
William Stevens
Ann
Hairman
Wellington
Smythe
Harold
Dean
Francis
Leo
Lee
Ralph
Key to second "Nickname Match” :
f, h, u, o, s, a, k, m, n, t, d, c, e, s,
t, j, b, g, r, i. Key to “An Appella
tion for the Teacher” : John, Mor
gan, Ethel, John, Linda, Norman,
Clifford, Ralph, Ruth, Dean, Esther,
Lester, Marie, Grace, Harold, Mil
dred, Clara, Theresa, Ruth, Calvin,
Alice, Carolyn, Clement, Louise,
Harold, Marjorie, Lucille, Mildred.
Nevertheless,no matter what any
one says, in reds, blues, greens, and
yellows, the sweater will continue
to reign supreme on chilly days.
by Jeannete Huemmer
�Page 6
NILEHILITE
March 1, 1940
More Boners
A Cake That Made History
The geometry class contributed
the following: A cube is a solid fig
ure which is a circle at one end and
goes to a point at the other.
A curved line is a line that goes
up and down.
A broken line is a group of line
segments that follow each other.
A broken line is one that stops
and starts again; it mayor may not
be straight.
A regular polygon is a figure with
any number of sides all being at
tached to one another.
A broken line is a line which has
been cut off.
A cube is a square going down
ward.
The pupils of Miss Kranz’s U. S.
History classes were required to
make reports orprojects for Wash
ington’s birthday. Henry Maier, stu
dent of the seventh period class,
suggested having a Washington’s
Birthday cake. The class unani
mously agreed, and Wednesday,
February 21, Henry brought the cake.
It was a large sheet cake, trim
med in white, red, brown, and blue.
On the cake were a frosting flag,
an ax, and a falling cherry tree with
the scattered chips. "Happy Birth •
day, George, 208 years old,” and “He
never told a lie“ were written on the
cake.
Henry brought proof that he had
decorated the cake by bringing the
signatures of ten men employed in
the Maier-Roedel Baking Company.
The class spent an enjoyable hour
eating cake and singing "Happy
birthday, George.” Envious pupils
from other classes came in during
the day -before seventh period- to
gaze at Henry’s "history project.”
Identifying Our Past Contributors
D. F. Don Fisher--"Dollar Day”
M. N. Marie Nordby~"A Mathe
matical Romance”
C. H. Clyde Henning--"Of Mice and
Men”
D. G. Dolores Gehrs-"War”
WHATZIT?
On a plot of land,
Off a golf course green,
Never again will teein’
Be done by a caddy’s hand,
For houses soon will stand
By people to be seen.
Last week’s- Evanston Golf Course
WHOZIT?
She’s short and dark
With deep brown eyes.
In swimming I think
She could beat all the guys!
She’s fast and she’s quick
And has muscles galore.
You have enough info’,
You shouldn’t need more.
Last week-Charles “ Red” Williams
PAGING PAPERS
At a Tri-Ship Turnabout Dance,
stag tickets were not sold, but hag
tickets were available instead for
$1.50.
New Trier News
^ Reckless automobile driving arouses the suspicion that much o f
the horse sense of the good old days
was possessed by the horse.
Drops of Ink
One can talk of the sensation re
ceived in inheriting a million dol
lars or getting a movie contract,
but we still hold that for a real
thrill - it’s that bell that rings at
3:00.
The Evanstonian
�March 1, 1940
NILEHILITE
PHI DELTA KAPPA DINNER
Mr. D. W. Flagg, president of the
N. U. chapter of Phi Delta Kappa,
men’s honor fraternity in education,
invited members of the Progressive
Education Association and the wo
men’s honor, sorority Pi Lamba
Theta, to the fraternity dinner here
on February 20. Dr. Franklin Scott
of N. U. ’s Department of History
gave a very interesting and worth
while talk about the European sit
uation, principally the conditions
in Finland.
Nilehi’s new mixed chorus, un
der the direction of Miss Klaus,
gave its premiere performance for
the group. Janice Moore was solo
ist. Mrs. R. Esch’s radio class pre
sented "Paradise,” a radio play,
and Marie Throop gave a reading.
Here’s Something
Did you know that Miss Line, oar
home economics teacher, once made
costumes for Robert Taylor, Holly
wood’s "glamor boy”? She has given
us a few interesting facts about his
high school days.
Miss Line was teaching in Bentrice,
Nebraska from 1928 to 1930 when
Bob was a junior and senior there.
She said he had three hobbies:
dramatics,music -he played the cello
very well- and a collection o f sweat
ers of every shade and style. Dra
matics seemed to be his chief in
terest even then. He took the lead
ing parts in all of the plays, and in
operettas he did some singing.
Many showy costumes were ar
ranged for him by our Miss Line.
The girls were very much inter
ested in Taylor - then known as
Arlington Brugh - and literally
swooned at his glance, but show us
girl who wouldn't. Bob didn't seem
to receive much attention from the
boys. Could it be that they were
jealous?
When asked if this successful
young actor seems to have changed
much, Miss Line replied quickly,
"Not a bit!”
Page 7
Dear Students:
You are now being followed by a
creature who sees all, hears all, feels
all, yea-smells all. Already my many
arms have encircled you. You have
writhed with agony when you have
felt my tentacles squeeze you intheir
grasp, i ’ll be watching you, Winnifred Flagg, tomorrow noon. Be
ware lest you come too close to me.
Shall I see you, Merwyn Becker,
wearing Texas blue bonnets? Jean
ne Armstrong slipped out of my
grasp and got away.
Signed
THE OCTOPUS
Hungry Five Are Satisfied!
Six hundred cheering students
saw the HungryFive emerge victor
ious over the Mermaids by a score
of 19-12 in the Nilehi Intramural
basketball finals. The unfortunate
Mermaids were captained by Miner,
and Jhe Hungry Five, by Sullivan.
Sullivan’s
sharpshooting
kept
Miner’s Mermaids "in the doghouse”throughout much ofthe game.
Coming Up
One of the least known Nilehi
teams, the Freshman squad, has
just completed its schedule with
six wins and six losses. This is the
first year there has been a fresh
man team and in view of this fact,
the record is good. The team is
coached by Mr. Kent and has about
thirty boys on both squads. These
boys will compose the Junior
Varsity and Varsity of next year.
Girls’ Intra-mural Sports
Monday, February 19, marked the
beginning of the girls’ intramural
sports. These include shuffle-board,
ping pong, and volley ball. All die
gym classes are participating. Each
girl has a partner, and the teams
are playing to the finals. Both ping
pong and shuffle board have been
started;volley ball teams will be
organized shortly.
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Page 8
Bowling Tournament
Trojans Win
Last Two Conference Games
Niles
Township’s basketball
squad played its last conference
game of the year at Arlington last
Friday night to win by the score 50
-43. A week before, it trampled over
Warren, winning 69-26.
Flip Boyk tossed in 31 points dur
ing the Warren massacre and 27
points against Arlington. He ended
the season with the champions’
score of 230 points. During the last
games Willie Baumann scored 19
and 12 points respectively to be
second highest in the scoring par
ade.
The Nilehi J.V.’s felt very sad
about their loss to Arlington last
Friday, 23 -18. The week before
that they scored high over Warren,
23-17. Little Bill Peterson was high
scorer for the game with 4 baskets.
Northeast Conference
F in al Stan d in gs
W on
V A R S IT Y
Is Crystal Lake
2. NILES TWP.
3. Libertyville
3. Leyden
4. Arlington
5. Lake Forest
6. Warren
7. Woodstock
$12
8
7
7
5
4
3
J u n io r V a r sity
W on
1. Crystal Lake
2. NILES TWP.
3. Lake Forest
4. Arlington
5. Woodstock
6. Leyden
7. Warren
8. Libertyville
2
10
9
9
7
6
5
1
1
March 1, 1940
Lost
0
4
5
5
7
8
9
10
Fifteen girl bowlers will represent
Nilehi at the Heraid-American
Bowling Tournament and will
enter the singles event on Saturday
morning, March 9. A prize will be
awarded to the highest scorer rep
resenting the various schools enter
ing, plus other valuable awards.
Those representing Nilehi will be
Constance Anderson, Doris Ander
son, Lorraine Baumhardt, Mary
Baumhardt, Carol Blameuser, Joan
Blameuser, Dorothy Gutman, Ruth
Hennig, Jean Holmes, Jocelyn In
man, Virginia Kadlec, Dorothy
Lund, Arlene, Rechtermann, Betty
Riser, Ruth Roberts, and Elvira
Zust.
The starter’s signal is given and
five swimmers head as one man for
the opposite end of fhe pool. Five
novice swimmers will swim 25
yards free style m the intramural
swimming meet on March 4 at 3:36.
As yet there are nine boys in nov
ice competition. They are Johnny
Anderson, John "Schmidt, Calvin
Clark, Bill Brodtke, Ed. Westerlund
Charles Fruehe, Danny Dever, Jim
Schladt, and Jack Kelly. Other events will be the breast stroke, side
stroke, back stroke and free style.
All students and faculty members
are invited. - NO CHARGE.
BIG SPLASH PUNNED
Lost
2
3
3
5
6
7
11
11
i
Niles Townsnip’s first Water Carni
val will be held Friday evening,
March 15. Blue cap swimmers of the
girls’ swimming classes and a num
ber of the members of the varsity
swimming team will participate.
There will be two performances, the
first at 8:00P .M. and the last at9;15
P.M. Tickets are on sale at 35c
per person.
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nile HI lite
V o lu m e I
N o . 8 ________________ N ile s C en ter, Illin o is
_______ M a r c h 1 5 , 1 9 4 0
SCHOOL CALENDAR
March 15 -- G.A.A. Water Carnival
8:00 and 9:15 P.M.
March 16 Water Carnival 8:00 P.M.
March 17 St. Patrick’s Day
March 18 Assembly 1:15
March 19 Foreign Language Club
Latin Group In Charge
March 22 Good Friday. No School
March 26 Know Your Money
Program 9:10A.M.
March 29 All-School Spring Dance
Time Will Tell
March 11 at 3:30 and what hap
pened then marked the start o f what
might be a very interesting feud. No
no one was hurt except perhaps the
teachers’ standings standings in
bowling! Five Nilehi boys bowled
against five teachers in three games
and beat the faculty members by
261 pins. The high game for both
teams was bowled by George Howarth with 210 pins.
Like Snakes?
Jack Raymon will talk to the pu
pils o f Niles Township on March
18 at 1:12 P.M. about “ Our Reptile
Friends.”
Mr. Raymon will exhibit fifteen
live snakes: rattlesnakes from Tex
as, Coral snakes from Florida,
Copperheads from the Mid-West,
Cottonmonths from the South and
others. Besides giving this exhibi
tion, the speaker will give amusing
stories which he has gathered from
Main to Arizona. He will also
entertain the pupils with whip
cracking and rope-spinning.
“ Y o u sh ou ld h a v e h ad th e h an d icap
in ste a d o f m e !”
Water Carnival Tonight
Long-handled fans gently sway
ing, lotus blossoms, warm breezes,
birds of every hue, shiny, darkskinned slaves, the flash of the
slaves’ brown limbs in the blue-,
green water of the Mediterranean
beautiful Egyptian girls, and, queen
over all, Cleopatra on her stately
throne-- with these, for one brief
hour, you too can live again in the
glories o f Egypt, for “Egyptia” is
the theme of the Water Carnival
presented by the Girl’s Athletic As
sociation under the direction ofMiss
M.A. Schaefer. The original idea is
that of Mr. J. G. Wilkins. The pro
gram will be presented Friday even
ing, March 15, at 8:00 P. M. and
9:15 P. M. and on Saturday at 8 P. M.
The ticketsiare 35c per person.
The story of the program dates
back to the time of Egypt in the
height of her glory. Cleopatra ent
ertains her royal guests at her
favorite Water Carnival. None of
the pride and glory of Egypt is over
looked in the splendid array of in
terior decoration of palace and gar
den. Beyond the garden one looks
Continued on Page 7, column 1
�Page 2
NILEHILITE
March 15,1940
~ IleHTlite~ MOVIES OF MEXICO
n
T h e N ile H Ilite is p u b lish ed b iw e e k ly
b y th e stu d en ts o f N ile s T o w n sh ip H ig h
S c h o o l o f N ile s C en ter, Illin o is. M r . R .
E . C o ta n c h e , P rin cip al.
ED ITO R IA L STAFF
E d w a rd P e a rso n , E d ito r
J o u r n a lism C la ss
M iss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
P U B LIC ATIO N -PR IN TIN G CLASS
Boyk, Edward
Brown, Buell
Freres, Bob
Lauth, Bud
Minx, Adolph
Miller, Herbert
Sullivan, Dick
Ross, W illiam
Schnur, W illiam
Mr. Clement Meier,Advisor
Confucius Say!
Last week, Confucius popped in
and surveyed Niles Township with
eagle eyes. He jotted down several
things while glancing over the
building and gave them to me as
he left. Here they are:
1. Boy who swear in hall, later
sweat in office.
2. Student who shove in cafe
teria get indigestion seventh period.
3. Strong boy who no hold door
open for girl is lazy.
4. Student who leave paper on
floor miss wastebasket.
5. Boy who leave hat on head,
cover vacuum.
6. Student who does not wipe off
shoes when weather is bad have
cold feet.
7. Girl who no say thanks, later
have no one to thank.
So students, if Confucius should
pop up again, let’s see if we can’t
show him an improvement, so he’ll
have nothing to say.
J p ra tu
V p i& m
We wish to express our apprecia
tion for the notes of sympathy from
you, our friends, during our sadness.
Sincerely,
The Jarrett Family
Mrs. L. A. Westerberg o f Niles
Center presented her colored movies
of Mexico to all o f the high school
classes in three preformances.
Teacher’s Institute Here
About one thousand teachers of
divisions one and two o f the Cook
County Teachers’ Institute met in
Niles Township High School on
Monday, March 11, for an all day
session. Since this high school has
a new building, Mr. R. E. Cotanche,
the principal, had all of the rooms
open for inspection. At the morning
session, Dr. Guy T. Buswell from
the Department of Education Uni
versity of Chicago, talked on "Read
ing and Successful Learning in the
School” . Professor Dora V. Smith,
from the University of Minnesota,
then spoke about "Putting First
Things First in the Teaching of
English.”
Following the morning session, a
cafeteria luncheon was served in
the school cafeteria to several hun
dred of the visitors. Boys o f the
cooking class and girls of the home
economics department assisted
with the serving.
Noble J. Puffer, the Superintend
ent of Cook County Schools, began
the afternoon program with his
talk on "Current Problems in Cook
County Education. "Dr. Thomas
Henry Briggs of Columbia Univer
sity, concluded the session with his
comments on "Appreciation.” Mrs.
Kathleen G. Ammerman, principal
of the Central School in Glencoe
acted as the chairman of the pro
gram committee.
�March 15, 1940
NILEHILITE
Page 3
Sense Impressions
CONTEST
The sophomores have been writ
ing paragraphs on sense impress
ions in English these days. The
following are two of the most in
teresting ones:
Squeaking Leather
Ever since I can remember, my
favorite sound has been that of
squeaking leather. When I was
smaller, I would take my father’s
belt and move it a certain way; then
it would produce "the” sound. I
still can remember the many scold
ings I’d get when the other mem
bers of the family would find their
long sought leather possessions in
my room. When I started buying
my own shoes and accessories, I
always managed to come home
with a lovely, but very annoying
pair o f shoes. My latest noise maker
is a pair of Huraches from Mexico,
and do they squeak!
Jane Kadlec
A Thermometer's Touch
A cool, slim rod is placed under
my tongue. That old remembered
pressure of the thermometer is felt
again. Memories are aroused, and
they flash like slides in a project
or. There are hot feverish memories
with my parched lips around that
eternally cool, merciless rod. There
are humorous memories,too like
the time I sprouted red blotches
over night, and mother suspected
measles. I fooled her. It was chick
en pox! I stir impatiently, and the
jar o f the thermometer’s contact
with my teeth annoys me. At last
the doctor, armed with his best
bedside manner, invades my busy
thoughts. He takes the thermo
meter. That cool slim visitor is no
longer present. Ah, my month is
my own again!
Mardy McKeever
All of the following questions ex
cept number 10 have been answered
correctly in some copy of the Nilehilite. Putyonr answers in the Nilehilitemailbox in Room 214 by 12
o’clock, Tuesday, Marh 20. All win
ners will have their names printed
in capital letters in the March29issue.
1. W ho was editor of the first copy
of Nilehilite?
2. How much does the trip to Wash
ington cost?
3. What was the slogan for CleanUp Week?
4. W ho says “ sweeters” for “ sweat
ers?”
5. What three girls celebrate birth
days on Chirstmas?
6. Identify “ Dark Victory”?
7. What was the score o f the Woodstock-Nilehi football game?
8. W ho were “ south o f the border”?
9. Who makes our cartoons?
10. How many are enrolled at Nilehi?
Dear Tortured Souls:
Now that you are clutched secure
ly by my many fingers, shall I crush
you into many pieces or shall I
watch you wriggle and writhe? You
are such unsuspecting and innocent
mortals that to squash you seems
much too heartless for even so
dreadful an animal as I. My tentacles
are slowly creepingup to you Harley
Anderson. It might be only a matter
of a few days until you will no longer
be able to walk to your locker on
third floor north. And if my long
arms ever reached your flowing
locks, Colleen Thomas, what would
your shorn-self be like? Miss Tess’s
pretty blue dress with the cherries
appealed to my aesthetic sense
and my sweet tooth. Maybe I shall
snatch that some day and carry it
away to my secret cave where I
dwell with the Cyclops.
Signed
THE OCTOPUS
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
March 15,1940
NILEINIBLHETS
New Course Is Popular
We gave Evelyn Jorgensen four
bells on her beautiful performance
Dramatics Night, and they are still
ringing . . . Ginger Kadlec was
more correct than she knew in her
Mexican lecture recently when she
told of “ our bloody stock markets/’
then blushed . . . Mr. Ohlson, the
“ Monarch of the third floor,” has
had some poetry published but has
been ashamed ever since . . . Did
you know Florence Margalski’s dog
won the first prize in two classes in
a Chicago dog show recently ? Her
dog has “ the longest tail” and was
the “ largest Mutt” in the contest
. . . Mrs. Esch doodles rectangles
during rehearsals of “ What a
Life.” We didn’t know she was a
boxer . . . The girls of NTHS are
carrying on a man hunt for the
barber, if it is a barber, who is
giving the boys those “ economy
special” haircuts . . . A1 Johantgen’s breathtaking brogans are the
highlight of our hall hagglers . . .
Carl Fehrow’s third hour gum
chewing campaigns are getting on
Miss Lant’s nerves who, by the
way, was quite a hunter in her pig
tail days. She bared her dad’s barn
of all wild life . . . Danny Petty
has at last been dropped from the
bachelor list. What’s her name
Danny? . . . Mr. Benette is won
dering why he received a baker’s
dozen in that order of frogs last
week . . . One of our students was
sent a letter in which there ap
peared the following description,
“ Now I shall describe myself. I
have blue eyes, blond hair, and a
nose in the middle.” That’s strange,
isn’t it? . . . In geometry classes
recently books and papers have
been disappearing. Don Baumann,
upon finishing his work, fastened
his papers together with a nut and
bolt. It was a “ nutty” idea, but
Miss Schoenbaum sympathized
with him.
The fifteen members o f the Home
Nursing Course which began this
semester meet on Monday and W ed
nesdays during the seventh hour in
room 110. Mrs. E. Schulman, R. N.,
from the American Red Cross, is
the instructor. Her pupils are learn
ing about home hygiene, care of the
sick, and infant care.
Good Grades Or Else
The three Nilehi boys, Bob Mac
Donald, James Rau, and Charles
Freuke, who are employees of the
Downtown Shopping News will
have more than one reason for get
ting passing grades in all subjects.
In a statement issued recently to
all of their 2,000 young men em
ployees, the News emphasized the|
necessity for getting average «£',
better than average school grades. •
The statement read in part as fol
lows : “ Whereas the grades of all
Shopping News carriers is well
above the average of all students,
a few have not maintained satis
factory grades. Unless the grades
of these students show immediate
improvement they will be replaced,”
This attitude toward scholarship
is typical o f most business organ
izations. They feel that if a pros
pective employee is successful in
school and doing his school work
as well as he possibly can, he will
probably be equally successful and
conscientious in business.
Hundreds of employers in the
Chicago area specify when they are
in need of beginners within their
organizations that candidates rank
at least within the upper third of
their graduating class and prefer
ably within the upper ten per cent.
Come on, students, let’s get in that
upper bracket!
�March 15, 1940
NILEHILITE
A
Thomas O’Connell was graduat
ed from Nilehi in 1937 with the first
M
graduating class. His peppy person
ality has always made him a pop
ular person in any group. At pre
sent he is employed at the J. Wal
ler Thompson Company in Chicago
where his chances for promotion
are excellent. Tom played basket
ball while in school, and recently
did his duty in the Alumni-Varsity
game.
NONSEQUITUR
Hectic rehearsals have marked
the progress of “ What a Life” to
date. Witness this : a member of
the first cast blundered on to the
stag§t the other evening and piled
into* four chairs. Was he sitting
pretty! Then, there was the first
fight (in the play)*, between Art
Hardeman and -J^ili Taylor, in
which, the vrctiin;.: hit the floor bef ^ p ^ w a s " touched. Also, two
IwKi* in the cast are constantly
’
worrying about their diaphragms.
And on the cuff: the Nilehi char
acter actor in the role of the rud
dy Italian, Vechitto, “just sits.”
Hiss Ronalds Saw Mussolini
Miss Marjorie Ronalds tells of
this incident she experienced in
1936 during her trip to Italy. At the
time she was in Venice, a crowd
was gathering at the Grand Canal,
and out of curiosity she walked to
the shore to see for herself what
was going on. To her surprise it
was II Duce himself, dressed in a
white naval uniform, going along
in a motorboat and saluting his
subjects on the bank of the canal.
Vliss Ronalds, upon remembering,
comments, "Very impressive! ”
\
Page 5
THE LIL’ birdie asks
J t T "What do you think of the
A jW 'Heinie’ haircuts that the
boys have been getting
w
lately?” '
Bob Glatz,freshman"All right.”
Marie Throop,sophmore—
"Not the best.”
Clark Barton,junior—
"Comfort before looks.”
Marie Nordby,senior—
"Awful!”
Miss Bumhart,”
From what goes on in the heads of
students, they don’t need so much
hair.”
At Random
Nelson, Ted
Iverson, Merle
LeGoff, Lorraine
Eichelkrant, Bob
Schmelzer, Rosemary
Tomczak, Florence
^ Ochs, Florence
* Wettengel, Donna
Nosal, Florence
Struck, Wilbert
Hallberg, Russell
Inman, Jocelyn
Putman, Dorothy
Hennig, Arthur
Isaacson, Mr. H.
Gallipo, Marjory
Hamilton, Frances
Siemson, Grace
Conrad, Genevieve
Huscher, Carl
O’Connell, Bill
Ohlson, Mr. H.
LeClercq, Jeanette
--
L IK E S N A K E S ? —c on ’t.
Mr. Raymon will exhibit fifteen
live snakes: rattle snakes from Tex
as, Coral snakes from Florida,Cop
perheads from the Mid-West, Cottonmouths from the Sonth and others.
�Page 6
NILEHILITE
N IL E H ] [L IT E
WHOZIT??
Flipity-flip he goes down the floor
When he’s on the team we don’t
ask for more.
He’s quiet at times, but is full of tun.
When he’s in a hurry he sure can run.
His hair is dark brown
His eyes are too.
Come on kids,
And follow through!
Answer to last week’s:
Sonja Greiner
WHATZIT??
Brick upon brick
With many signs in front.
You can always get a seat
If you’re not afraid to hunt.
The kids all like to gather
To be among their pals.
Boys get two seats together
And bring along their gals.
Last week’s: The New Subdivision.
SPRING DANCE
The annual spring frolic will be
held in the high school gymnasium
on Friday evening, March 29. Cath
erine Ann Nelson, social chairman,
and the social committee will have
charge of this affair.lt will be an in
formal all-school dance. Tickets
will go on sale March 25.
Students Present Program
On March 6, eleven girls were ex
cused at 2:10 P. M. to sing at the
Central Church. They were: Janice
Moore, Lois Jaycox, Jean Cambell
Marie Throop, Arlene Madsen, Patty
Todd, Frances Etherton, Ruth Johantgen, Ann Oden, Arlene Lalashis, and Audrey Brown. Seven oth
er students were excused at 3:00
P.M.to repeat several of the Drama
tics Night skits. They were: Paul
Mikota, June Vincent, Patricia Dick
inson, Catherine Nelson, Clyde Hen
ning, Bill Dickinson, and Carl
Mueller. Miss Clara Klaus and Mrs.
Ruth Esch supervised these groups.
March 15,1940
&
Radio Skit
by June Berg
Once upon a time there lived a
little worm by the name of Elsie,
Elsie wasn’t like all the other glow
wormswhodanced,played,andworked. Poor Elsie would just sit and
glow. She would glow all sorts of
colors, red, blue, green, yellow, pur- 1
pie, and orange. On special occasions she would glow polkadot and
on the Fourth of July it would be
red, white, and blue. One day she
met Roger. Roger was a grasshopper. They fell in love and got
married. Elsie had a home where
she could, clean, and bake. But Elsie
didn’t. She just sat and glowed.
One day Elsie saw a girl’s plaid
skirt. She said to herself she said,
"I must glow plaid. I just must glow
plaid.” For several days after that
Elsie didn’t glow. Now Roger start
ed to worry. He thought she wasn’t
happy so she wouldn’t glow, so he
asked her what was the matter.
Elsie said, "Roger just wait, I have
a big surprise for you.” Two weeks
passed. Then Elsie called Roger to
her side and said, "Roger, I am go
ing to glow plaid.” Well, of course,
Roger was awfully impressed. Elsie
had been able to glow every shade
o f the rainbow. But here she was
going to glow plaid. What an
achievement!
Well, Elsie glowed and glowed,
but she couldn’t glow plaid. In fact
she glowed so hard she got a stroke.
Roger quickly called the doctor. Af
ter examining Elsie, he said, "Elsie,
if you glow once more you will die.”
Now, just think what this meant to
little Elsie. Her whole life had been
devoted to glowing and now she
couldn’t. All of a sudden she glow
ed. As she lay there dying, Roger
said, "Elsie dear, didn’t you hear
what the doctor said? If you glowed
once more you would die.” Elsie
replied, "Yes Roger, but when you’ve
gotta glow you’ve gotta glow.”
Key to matching in last issue:
Middle names, Harold, Francis,
Ralph, Dean, Leo, Hairman, Lee,
Smythe, Ann, Wellington.
Key to True-False: T,F,F,F,T,T,F,T.
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Not much has been said about the
Junior Varsity o f Nilehi. Always
taking a back seat for thier big
brothers, the men on the Varsity,
they seem to have been lost in the
scuffle.
This year Nilehi had one of the
best pony squads in the school’s
history, winning nine games and
losing three. The J. V.’s finished in
second place in the Conference,
just behind Crystal Lake._________
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out over the blue Mediterannean
where the ships, laden with spices
and jewels from the Orient, come
to port.
Cleopatra’s colorful pageant consists of:
Lotus Blossom Ballet
Race of the Sea Horses
Dancing Girls
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Slave Race
Synchronized Swimming
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Diving
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Finale
The participants o f the program
» are:
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Cleopatra : Virginia Mehren
Lotus Blossom Ballet -P Bailey, J. Bates,
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P. Braeske, D. Cotanche, N . Delfino, P.
Donnell, B. Farr, D. Franson,P. Galitz, E.
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Gohl, F. Harms, C. Jaycox, C. Juniac, O.
Krajchovich, E. Muto, V . Pearson, G.
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Regan, K . Sutter, B. Wetm ore.
► Slave Race - E. Fields, J. Hegarty,A. Mayer,
K.Kellen, J. Kristof, D. Mueller.
Synchronized swimming: L. Becker, C.
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Blameuser, J. Blameuser, A . Bock, G.
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Deily, J. Eves, S. Greiner, A . W eber, B.
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William s.
Sea Horse Races: A . Celmer, C. Kohtz, L.
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Krupa, G. Langan, V . Lenzen, J. Peter1
son, D. Rings, L. Ruthenbeck.
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Slaves: R. Bowser, J. Ellis, H. Evett, A .
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J urasitz, F. Keegan, J. Moore, F.Schramm,
E. Zarvel.
Cleopatra’s guests: B. Birkenheir, L. Cunf
ningham, R. Johantgen, J.Pike, V . Wyatt.
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I Diving: X . Becker, C. Blameuser, A . Bock
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H. Grant, S. Greiner, J. Hegarty, A . Mayer,
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D. Mueller, R. Nitch, A . W eber.
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Orchestra: J. Allen, A . Brown, A . Guenther,
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A . J ohantgen, E. Johnson, F. May, K . Pike
H. Klehm, H . Maier, E. Miner, S. Schaefer
R. Throop, E. Westerland, R. W ilson.
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Acknowledgements: Stage settings, murals
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and costume design: John W ilkins.
Produced by students in the Art Dept.
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Orchestra • Mr. Clifford Collins
Page 7
Boys’ Intra-murals
The boys’ physical education
classes have been divided into forty
volley ball teams. These will par
ticipate in a two-round play-off,
with three games to a round. The
winners of the playoff will compete
in an elimination tournament.
Every boy in the physical educa
tion classes will also play in a ping
pong tournament.
Intramural
Swimming Results
50 yd. back stroke
Roger Schoenenberger
Jack Heineger
William Carroll
Tim e
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40. 8 sec.
50 yd. side stroke
Duane Ford
Bud Lauth
Keith Pike
Tim e
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1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
38.5 sec.
50 yd. breast stroke
Richard Kerley
1st
Roger Shoenenberger
2nd
Ben Domas
3rd
Tim e
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31.7 sec.
50 yd. free style
Duane Ford
Bud Lauth
Ray Nitch
Tim e
-
1st
2nd
3rd
31. 7 sec.
25 yd. Novice free style
Boys who could not swim upon entering
school in September.
Ed Westerlund
Calvin Clarke
Wm. Brodtke
1st
2nd
3rd
Time-20.1 sec.
Diving
Ray Nitch
Robert Harms
Don Hezner
1st
2nd
3rd
W a t e r C a rin a l - c o n ’t
Lighting - W erner Heidtke
Public address system - J. Winkelhofer
Ticket Sales - Olga Krajchovich
Ticket taker - Ed Boyk
Printing - N.T.H.S. Printing department
Appreciation is expressed to all faculty
members who permitted students to prac
tice during the school day and who assisted
in the locker rooms.
�Page 8
NILEHILITE
March 15, 1940
“After The Games Are Over” Bowlers’ Results
Now that basketball has com
pleted its reign on the sports’ parade
at Nilehi and the equipment has
been put into the mothballs for an
other year, the followers of the Tro
jans have many pleasant memories.
How can we forget the one man
scoring race of Ed Boyk, Nilehi’s
ace, with the amazing total of 230
points in 15 games, giving an aver
age of 19 points a game, a record
that will stand for many years to
come, perhaps; or the startling floor
play of little "Ikie” Huscher who
cut the big fellows down to his size!
Yes, the followers of Nilehi have
much to be proud of in all the mem
bers of their 1939-1940 quintet.
Nilehi came to be the most feared
team in the Conference, save for
Crystal Lake, the champs of the
Conference; The Trojans won eight
games and lost four for second
place. The only teams to beat these
“Men of Troy” were Crystal Lake
(who whipped us twice),Libertyville
and Lake Forest. Libertyville de
feated us by two points in the most
exciting game of the year. Lake
Forest’s men proved to be our jinx
team; they beat us early in the year
in their gym, but we trounced them
here later on in the season, scoring
57 points. Our highest total of the
year was the 69 against Warren’s
26. At the regional tournament in
Waukegan the Foresters were hot,
beating us by five points and elim
inating us from the tournament.
BOYK RECEIVES HONOR
Ed Boyk was unanimously
voted "the most valuable player”
award by the members of the
Nilehi basketball team. For the
last three years, Flip has been the
highest scorer in the Conference.
One-handed push shots are his
specialty.
Eighteen girls of the Niles Town
ship Bowling League competed in
the Herald-American Bowling Tour
nament, March 2, and were among
the first to open the bowling classic.
The girls entered the high school
singles event. Dorothy Lund’s total
of 429 gave her the highest score of
the group, and she will be awarded
a pair of bowling shoes. Dorothy
Gutman placed second with her
total of 408; Doris Anderson third
and Virginia Kadlec fourth.
G.A.A. Skating Party
The GA.A. is sponsoring a roller
skating party at the Broadway Armiory, Wednesday, March 27.Tickets will be given to each G. A. A.
girl Friday, March 22; Two hundred
tickets are available. Any girl who
wants to bring a guest should come
to the G.A.A. office, March 25. Tic
kets obtained at the school will be
FREE; at the armory, 30c!
Mermaids’ Meet
Advanced girl swimmers held
their first intra-mural meet March 4.
Competition was keen in all events
Norma Delfino took first place in
the side stroke event. Mary Baumhardt placed firstin the novice swim.
Winner of the breast strok race was
Sonja Greiner. Joan Blameuser out
distanced her sister, Carol, who
came in second in the free style re
lay. Greiner took the diving honors
receiving 25.5 points. Angela Weber
placed second and Leone Becker
third.
See The Water Carnival
Tonight Or Tomorrow
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nile HI lite
Volume I
I
No. 9
Niles Center, Illinois
March 2 9. 1940
COMING UP
March 29 - All-School Spring Dance
March 31 - Music Festival
April 1 - All Fool’s Day
April 5 - Freshman Evening Party
April 12 - Track Meet Crystal Lake
Here
BROKEN MIRRORS
Our proud seniors will haVe the
first “crack” at the .Nilehi Reflec
tions o f 1940. when subscriptions
come out soon. After the . seniors
have bled their purses and pockets
for the 50c down payment, the re
maining;, subscriptions, pfobably
very few, will go to the lucky un
derclassmen who, apply first. When
the book i‘S delivered, near the first
of June, the remaining dollar will
be paid.
Better buy your copy early so you
can show, all parents and friends
what Junior looked like the day
he wore his suit to school.
School Concert
and A rt Display
Next Sunday, March 31, in the
school gymnasium at 3:30 P. M. the
annual music, concert under the
direction of Miss Clara Klaus and
Mr. C. W. Collins will be given as
apart of the "Know Your School
Program” for this year. The band,
orchestra, boys’ chorus, girls’ cho
rus, and choir wijl contribute to the
program. Precedihg the concert, ^cT
,,
cording to Mr. R. E: Cotanche, the
art ropms will be open for inspec-,
tion of the exhibition of art work
done by Nilehi students under the
supervision of Mr. J. G. Wilkins.
There is no paid admission- for
the concert or exhibition.
“ Gee, Bonnie, I could go on like this
foreveri” ,,
Spring Frolic Tonight
Tonight, March 2 > 8:30 P.M. , the
S,
doors of the gymnasium will
open to the third annual spring
dance. It is an informal, all-school
affair. W e are glad to welcome a
new orchestra, led by Ozzie Gyllin
w h o . has been. '.acclaimed'-‘for his *
performance at several Chicago
Park Recreational Centers. We can’t,
wait £9 see the .outcome of the con
test to nickname the vocalist. Is he
tall, shorL blond, dark, fat,'' thin?
No body knows.
; The social committee, with Cath
erine :,A>.nn- Nelson as chairman,
sponsors this dance, and student
Please turn to page 7 column 2
�NILEHILITE
Page 2
Im E H h jT i"
The NileHIlite is published biweekly
by the students of Niles Township High
School of Niles Center, Illinois. Mr. R.
E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Martha Krajchovich Editor
Journalism Class
Miss Esther Fledderjohn, adviser
Hohs, Ray
Rizzo, Sal
Kreider, David
Schladt, James
Nitch, Raymond
Taylor, Bill
Hanamann, Art
Permer, Vernone
Mr. Clement Meier, Adviser
G
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P
S
Ah me--Spring! The season when
a young man’s fancy lightly turns
to--? (what] Bugs? Bees? Birds? It
couldn’t be love? If you see the boys
wandering around with dazed looks,
moody dispositions, glassy eyes,
you can be sure that it’s not just
love but more likely a case of "spring
fever.”
More seriously, spring is the sign
of budding flowers, trees, and grass,
and warm weather. I doubt whether
most of the student, epsecially the
under-classmen,realize what a beau
tiful “campus” we actually have.
Not only will an array of yellow
tulips bloom around the front of
the building, but the trees and
shrubs have taken good rootage and
will be greener and fuller than be
fore.
All of you snapsters can’t begin
to realize what good pictures you
can get right here on your own
school grounds
Spring is here and it’s time for
all biology classes to go on field
trips and art students to take their
easels outdoors.
March 29,1940
Dear Readers:
Your Nilehi swimming pool is not
like my home in the briny deep, but
I did feel more at home last Friday
night than I do when my tentacles
are coiling around you in the class
rooms. You made quite a splash,
Armin Mayer, when you hit the
water the other night. That Henry
Patrick Hegarty must be almost as
nice as his sister, Mary- Are they
Irish? You’re really quite a pretty
mermaid as is, Donna Jeanne Co
tanche, but I suppose mirror work
never hurt anyone. I’m a homely
sea-dweller, but it might improve
even me.
If I get my tentacles on the right
person, I may see you at the dance.
THE OCTOPUS
BONNIE and JOHNNIE
Since Bonnie and Johnnie are
musically minded their conversa
tion tended to lead toward the topic
of music as they loitered in the hall.
“ You know, Johnnie,” said Bon
nie, “ there are a lot of good bands,
but my favorite is Dick Jurgens’.”
“ Sure,” replied Johnnie, “ the
Nilehilite’s last poll proved it.”
“ Boy, he should have won by a
large margin,” laughed Bonnie. “ I
voted for him.”
“ He did not,” snapped Johnny,
“My favorite, Kay Keyser, trailed
him by only eight votes. Close be
hind him were Orrin Tucker and
Glenn Miller,” added Johnnie with
a look of knowledge. “ I ought to
know. I counted the votes.
“ Well, since when are you work
ing for the paper ?” asked Bonnie.
“ Oh, I help a little here apd
there. You know, Bonnie, I know
the favorite songs of the students
of our school too.”
Please turn to page 8 Column 2
�March 29, 1940
NILEHILITE
NILEHI NIBLETS
Is there a "feud” starting between
the juniors and seniors? Annette
Carroll seems to think so, because
she tried to shoot Gene Razkow at
the senior party.... Carole Lee Rouse,
)ur "dancing slave” ofwater carnival
fame, is in a dancing class in which
"the” Raymond Massey is also en
rolled..Ruby Bowser went to get a
license for her dog. The gentleman
in charge asked her name.“ Bowser”
she replied. "Say, I want your name,
not your dog’s,” ....A group of senior
went to Kalamazoo College for a
“model Democratic Convention.”
/V dinner our people had no knives.
t
Maybe Kalamazoozers thought that
:he group from N.T.H.S. was “sou
venir hungry.”
Which sophomore
nsists upon spelling “somersault”
‘summer sale” ? Ask any senior
low he’d have spelled the word. Ha,
ia .... Evelyn Kreutter does exhib
ition square dancing .... Octopus
Is the new mystery of Nilehi
BVho is he? .... Phyllis Ahrens
■clayed double solitaire with the in
visible man .... Nick May has his
liations mixed. He asked at the off
ice for French instead o f Scotch tape.
■Vhat became of Merrie O’Sullivan’s
Ihoe?....Merle Iverson has Jeanette
llacD onald’s signature..Mr. Taylor
lecom es an artist in the sixth hour
Itudy hall....The new song outside
■chool seems to be" Go Fly A K ite”
|.Grace Langan tries to get candid
lamera shots of Nilehi teachers....
Remember the look on Zenon Turjki’s face when Mr. Raymon crack
Id the whip over his head?.... We
r worried too....Ask Elva Johnere
to spell'dichlorotetraflorothine.
he can do it!
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Page 3
WHATZIT?
It’s weather worn from flying true
The pole beneath has history too.
When we see it we follow through,
With good applause for the Red,
White and Blue.
Last Week’s: LOCAL CINEMA
She’s blond and she’s small
And of course that’s not allShe can make funny faces galore.
With travel a hobby
She need never lobby
For excitement from shore to shore
She’s a cheerleader, too
And it now must be true
That you’ve got all the info’ you
need.
To guess who she is,
I hope, if you pliz,
These numerous facts you will heed!
Last Week: Ed "Flip” Boyk.
Answer to puzzle of March 1
�Page 4
NILEHILITE
Mr. Kent
And Circus Life
Ah! Spring! Yes, our thoughts now
turn to spring. Spring flowers, rain,
fever, and the circus. But--when we
think of the circus, do we think of
Mr. Norman C. Kent? We should.
Did you know that Mr. Kent was
a circus director last year? Did you
know that he taught high school
pupils of our own age to perform
feats that only professional circus
people attempt, with perfect self
assuredness?
One of the;most daring numbers
was an outstanding adagio dance
designed to bring even the most
phlegmatic to their feet in admira
tion of this high thro wing,fast-catch
ing group. Two boys used a girl
as a jumping rope while another
boy jumped over her. Another star
tling performance was by a “girl
with an iron jaw” far above the
floor. Some of the other acts direct
ed by Mr. Kent were ballet dancing,
clowns, aerial ballet, and the only
high school tight-wire acts, and
slack-wire acts in the United States.
When asked about this, Mr. Kent
merely replied,"It wasn’t anything.”
Capitol Bound
The fever to go to Washington is
growing greatly among the juniors
and seniors. About twenty-five peo
ple were present at a meeting called
by Miss Grace Harbert on March
19, to learn just who were interes
ted in going to see the Capitol City.
All seemed enthusiastic and eager
to learn various things that will oc
cur on the trip.
The date for leaving is Sunday,
April28. The cost of the trip is $46.00
which includes everything except
incidentals and souvenirs.
March 29,1940
Paging the Papers
Daffy Definitions
Pessimists - people who go places
and boo things.
Sleeping - what, when you come in
at two o’clock, your parents aint.
Student “ W ” World
Drilling Drama
In a Massachusetts graveyard
there is a tombstone with the fol
lowing inscription:“Here lies Den
tist Smith, filling his last cavity.”
The Shoreline
Caesar Died Twice
The meeting of the Foreign Langage club was held on Tuesday,
March 19, in the assembly room.
The program, which was in honor
of Julius Caesar, was sponsored by
the Latin group. Bill Dickinson
gave the first report on the deriva
tion of the name o f March. Then
Helen Miller made an explanation
on the "Ides of March.” Phyllis
Braseke talked about "The Life of
Caesar.” Julius Caesar, a play,
(with apologies to Wm. Shakespear)
was enacted by the togaed boys of
Latin II and IV. The title role was
played by Dwain Kuhn. The girls
gave a muscial version of the same
play, Gloria Bartz taking the part
of Caesar. Last on the program was
Merrie O’Sullivan’s explanation of
the name, "Trojans” . For refresh
ments, grape juice was served
to represent wine and oatmeal cook
ies to represent Roman wafers.
DRUM FOR SALE
Small field drum; Good condition
$10.00 Call Morton Grove 1866
�M arch 29, 1940
NILEHILITE
Page 5
RAH SOPHOMORES!
Alumni
When it comes to real co-oper
ation we give our cheers to the four
sophomores who answered correct
ly the questions of the Contest in
the last NileHiLite:
WAYNE BARTON
ANN MARIE BERTONCINI
BEATRICE ROSSMAN
ELEANOR SCHON
A graduate o f 37,Adeline Ideis now
a junior at the Chicago Teachers’
College. Adeline received the first
D. A. R. award presented at Nilehi
and was among the top ranking stu
dents on the honor roll. At present
she is teaching at the Armstrong
Grade School in Chicago as a re
quirement of her college curriculum.
Some of you people don't seem
to know yet that there is a little
brown box, marked Nilehilite, in
room 214. That box is intended for
your contributions: jokes, crazy in
cidents that happen in the class
rooms, suitable material for Nilehi
Niblets, and comments for a “Voice
of the People” column. If you will
talk, we’ll print.
Now, there’s another list o f ques
tions for Nilehi readers this week.
(See page 6). If you answer these
correctly and place your answers in
the Nilehilite Box by 12 o’clock on
Tuesday, April 2, we’ll publish your
name in caps in the April 12 issue.
Will the sophs take the honors
again?
Soup’s On
Answers To Contest
1. Ann Jurasitz
2. $46.00
3. “Cleanliness Brings Friendli
ness”
4. “ Duke” Hezner
5. Virginia Conrad, Grace Moorad,
Agnes Sliva
6. Kathryn Pewitt’s horse
7. 12-0 in favor of Trojans
8. Jiky and Ginger Kadlec
9. Ruby Bowser
10. 600
The girls in Miss Alice Line’s
foods class served themselves some
delightful and, at times, exasperat
ing luncheons Wednesday and
Thursday of last week and Tues
day of this week. After carefully
studying the “ why’s” and “ where
fore’s” of serving luncheons and
suppers, the class was divided into
three groups: the “ Russian” girls,
the “ English” girls, and the “ com
promise” girls. Constance Ander
son, Lillian Bettlinski, and Lillian
Kreuger were at the head of each
group respectively.
The Russian luncheon is strictly
formal and requires a maid, while
the English style, also known as
the family style, has the host or
hostess serve the food while seated
at the table. The Compromise is a
combination of the two. In the last
style the daughter, if there is a
daughter in the family, otherwise,
the hostess, is left the unpleasant
task of serving and removing the
plates.
Mary Abbink, who was a mem
ber of the “ Russian” group, re
quired much persuasion before she
kindly consented to act as the maid.
She gave the luncheon a Russian
atmosphere by continually “ rushin’ ” from the foods kitchen to the
dining room across the hall, where
the luncheon was served.
�NILEHILITE
Page 6
Contest II
1. W ho played '’Cathie” in "W ild
cat Willie” ?
2. How many seniors were on the
honor roll first quarter?
3. What is the size of Ford’s socks,
according to Nilehilite?
4. W ho has been called "Man in
the Bleachers”?
5. What are the names of our car
toon characters?
6. W ho wrote "Dollar Day” ?
7. W ho wore carrots at La Femme
Hop?
8. What adventure book was re
viewed by what freshman?
9. On what date did the first issue
of Nilehilite appear?
10. Did Katie get what she asked
for for Christmas?
How well do you read your pa
per? Can you answer the above ques
tions?
All but number 10 have been an
swered in previous issues of this
paper. Put your answers in "the
little brown box” in Room 214 by
12 o’clock on Tuesday, April 12.
Get your name in caps in the next
issue- have the right answers.
College Concert Coming
The Kalamazoo College Glee Club
will sing here on Tuesday morning,
April 2. It will give one in a series
of performances here in Illinois. An
instrumental trio and a main choir
of fifty-five voices will appear. Mr.
Henry Overly, director of the Coll
ege Singers and Men’s Glee Club
and Mrs. Mabel Overly, director of
the women’s Gaynor Club, will ac
company them.
World’s Amateur Champion Typist
Chester Soucek, world’s amateur
champion typist, has reached the
following accomplishments:
1. 134 five-stroke words a minute
for an hour.
Continued on next column
March 29,1940
Twirlers
Twelve girls of Nilehi are pur
suing the art of baton twirling.
This new class meets every Monday
and is under the supervision of Mr.
Kenneth Wiedau, a drum teacher
and renowned drum major. The
twelve majorettes are Jean Bates,
Helen Miller, Jean Donaldson, Elva
Johnson, Pat Reiland, Phyliss
Braeseke, Martha Adams, JoAnn
Pike, Joy Inman, Olga Raskow,
Bernice Franson, and Virginia
Kadlec.
For those interested, new classes
are being formed. More freshman
and sophomore boys and girls are
in.ited to enroll in these classes.
“ What a Life” Say All
“ What a Life” is commencing to
be the slogan used by all the mem
bers of the cast. A frigid teacher,
ambitious students, plus spring
fever — all these sub-plots add to
the main one in contributing hilaroius jokes and tense moments. Any
clubs or organizations desiring to
sell tickets should employ Gertie;
she gets rid of tickets rapidly. Mr.
Ferguson tries in vain to get Ox
ford 0100; Miss Johnson, the gym
teacher, certainly is effervescent.
On the whole, the All School Play
to be sponsored by the seniors on
April 18 and 19 is rapidly progress
ing and developing a degree of per
fection.
(Incidentally, Sullivan H i g h
School of Chicago is giving the
same play. Evelyn Jorgensen, who
transferred there plays the part of
Miss Eggleston.)
2. 120 actual words in thirty sec
onds.
3. 240 words a minute from me
mory.
�March 29, 1940
NILEHILITE
Guess Who?
As in all institutions, there are always
forces at work which, though little heard
of, are constantly doing good fo r those
whom they represent. One such institu
tion in our school is the Student-Faculty
Forum. As we all know, through the
Forum, students and teachers as well,
may express their grievances, and have
them discussed in open forum. The
Forum meets twice a week, and through
your home room representative your
problems are discussed and in turn these
discussions bring about all necessary
legislation.
Accordingly then, let us briefly discuss
some of the things which the Forum has
done for your benefit. The traffic jams
on one of the stairways were eliminated
by a unique plan devised by the Forum.
The Blackouts died down simultaneously
with those of England when the Forum
saw to it that the corridors were welllighted. The teachers also got in their
bit of legislation, in as much as the
meddling with their cars was stopped by
the speedy action o f the Forum. These
were practical improvements. We also
have the Forum to thank fo r some notso-practical measures, namely the Bonfire
before the Arlington game. Remember
it? They gave us more and better pep
meetings too. We thank them fo r our
Hobo Day last spring. It was the Forum
that backed Family Night; and, of course,
none of us will forget the memorable
Femme Hop. Things o f a more serious
nature sponsored by the Forum were the
Red, Cross Campaign and the recently
waged Easter Seal Campaign. (You all
did quite well on that yourselves.)
This article is not meant to throw
bouquets to the Forum, but merely to
remind us of what it has done, and that
its representatives are always ready to
take your problems there for discussion.
fa ste r Seal Campaign
Mr. J. C. Benette announces that
our school sold its 1,000 Easter
seals. Home Room 214 again top
ped the list for high sales and will
receive a special certificate. Pat
Reiland, a member of the Student
Faculty Forum took charge of the
collection.
Page 7
THE LIL’ BIRDIE WONDERS
How do you study?
Florence Schramm, freshman,
attractive slave of the Water Carn
ival: "I rove about the house and
ask everybody questions about my
work while sipping on cool,thought
provoking cokes. I usually skip from
one subject to another-never comp
leting anything.” Wayne Bartonsophomore acting enthusiast, "As
progress in study halls is impossi
ble, I can study best about five
o’clock in the morning in the com
forting depths of my bedclotheswihout the radio.” Carol Blameuser,
Junior-Neptune’s Daughter, "I find
I can study best on the kitchen floor
with pickles and orange juice at my
elbow and the radio blaring "The
Lone Ranger.” Usually little brother
is playing "Cowboys and Injuns.”
Barney Brauch, senior,
(You guessed it.)
Mr. H. R. Ohlson, math and sci
ence teacher, "While shaving, with
the radio as accompaniment, I find
I can accomplish wonders perusing
a book precariously propped be
twixt medicine cabinet and towel
rack.”
Spring Frolic Tonight - cont.
tickets are available at thirty-five
cents apiece; guests tickets are fif
ty cents. Each guest must be accom
panied by an alumnus or student.
Tonight all tickets sold at the door
will be $1.00 per couple. Hurry to
get your tickets before the close of
the day.
�Page 8
NILEHILITE
Batter Up
A baseball meeting was held a
week ago Wednesday in the assem
bly room during the home room
period. All boys going out for base
ball were present when Mr. Galitz
announced the opening of the sea
son. There are more boys out for
baseball than there have ever been
before.
Pin Downers
Attention, all you bowlers o f Nilehi! In less than a week, on the third
and fourth o f A pfilf there will be a
tournament- for you at the alleys,
w it^nanditap matches for singles
and doubles. This means that every
body has £ ¿dual chance o f Win
ah
ning. If you want to bowl in the
doubles,- ^remembefTto ■ e f yourself
g
a partner: &W ^ to
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w ui a
March 29,1940
On the Cinders
Only seventeen boys heard the
crack o f the gun which signified
the opening of the track season at
Nilehi on March 18. By the end of
the first week this group had swell
ed to thirty boys which is nearer
Mr. Taylor’s goal of forty boys for
the two teams, Varsity and FroshSoph. Meets will be held with six
of the teams of the Northeast Con
ference. The first meet will be held
on April 12, with Crystal Lake at
Nilehi. The season will close with
the Northeast Conference Relays
on May 24, also at Nilehi. Although
this is is one of the youngest of the
Nilehi teams, these tracksters ask
for the same interest yoü haye given
the older Nilehi t e a m s . ,
Bonnie and Johnnie - con’t
“ \Vhat are they ?” coaxed Borime.
| «“ Well, I really shouldn’t fell, be-;
cause it% rather confidential,’’ .an
swered Jo]ininy?Thp tease, $ --“ Oh, please tell,’7 pleaded Bonnie.
Wednesday, March>20, w asagriact* “ I \ypn’f4ell a soul.’7
day Tor the girls^who- showed the
“Well, okay. The favorites are
women teachers just how vdlley hall ‘Careless’ arid ,‘Indian Summer’;.’’
should be played. The - fir&t game
“Ish’t ’ my old piemory song,
was close, but thegirh-w bn/ lS -15^
and the second tussle was 11- 15 lri~
favor ofth e girls.
The teachers who participated in
the great* eyent^weisc Miss3 Eirie,
Miss Schoenbaum, Miss Schaefer,
Miss Lant,- Miss Lumpp/MiSs Bern-"
hart,% and Miss Fledderjohn. The
girls were Olga Krajchdvieh^Dpttsl
Burklund, Nancy-Allen, Gohiiie'1
Kohtz, Barbara WilliumsV^Marthd
Krajchovich, Dorothy Lund, Pat
Harms, Lois Cummings* and Ann
Jurasitz.
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nile HI lite
Yol. X, No. 1
Skokie, Illinois
Friday, October 1, 1948
Students Find New Big Plans M ade
Teachers, Courses Fo r H i-Y: Roth
Among the new faces around school
A full and interesting program is
this fall are a few new members o f the being lined up for the Niles “ H i-Y ” Club
faculty.
this year, according to Mr. Roth, boys’
Missing members of the teaching staff general science teacher, and sponsor of
from last year are Miss Muriel Higgins, this club, which is open to junior and
dramatics teacher, and Mr. Arthur Ry- senior boys. A preliminary meeting of
den, history, both of whom are attending last year’s members was held last Tue
Northwestern University attaining ad sday, September 28. The next meeting,
vanced degrees, and Mr. Herbert Heiby, on Tuesday, October 5, will be open to
mathematics teacher. Marriage has kept all junior and senior boys who wish to
M i s s Marjory Ronalds, freshman ad join.
viser, and Miss Mary Evelyn Thurman,
One o f the first activities on the aphysical education teacher, from re genda is a touch-football league. Niles
turning.
expects to enter junior and senior teams.
Taking Mr. Ryden’s place, Miss Doro A n y b o y who wishes to participate
thy Lungmus is teaching world history should be present at the meeting next
and civics. In case you may notice a Tuesday.
slight accent in Miss Lungmus’ speech,
The “ H i-Y” , which is affiliated with
it can be attributed to the fact that she the Y.M.C.A., plans on entering into bas
taught for a year on Mt. Berry, Georgia. ketball and swimming leagues later.
This past summer she spent at North Meetings planned to help members in
western earning her master’s degree.
choosing a vocation should be of special
Another new teacher is Miss Helen interest also.
Heitman, a graduate of the College of
Two officers have been chosen so far;
Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, who is instruct
Dean Whitton, president, and Bob Peter
ing girl’s physical education.
son, secretary. The remaining offices will
Miss Virginia Stemp was graduated be filled by new junior members.
from Milwaukee - Downer College with
Mr. Roth announced that Elsa Tamher B.A. in the field o f speech and dra minga, who was the recipient o f a $50
matics. A fte r teaching fo r sometime at scholarship through “ H i-Y ” last year, is
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, she spent a now enrolled at the School of Commerce
year teaching at Baret College in Lake at Northwestern University.
Forest. Now at Niles, Miss Stemp has
charge of dramatics and radio, and is
the sponsor of the “ Spotlighters,” the
school dramatics club.
Back at school this year is Mr. George
Adams, returning after a year at Co
lumbia University getting his master’s
Although the University of Illinois ex
degree in English. He reports that no tension program at Nilehi was success
school he had occasion to visit in the ful in the two years that it was in
New York area compares with Niles. operation, this year the program has
Helping Mr. Babcock in his driver ed been discontinued, according to Dr. A .
ucation program is Mr. Charles Suy- L. Biehn.
dam, who intends to help teach everyone
Dr. Biehn says: “ The extension was
here at Niles to drive or “ know the planned as a temporary service to those
reason why.” He has taught at the students who wished to remain near
National College of Education and more home during their first year o f college,
recently at Evanston Township High and to those who were unable to get
School. Mr. Suydam received his M.A. into the colleges of their choice. The
degree from Northwestern University. need fo r this service apparently no
Illin o is Extension
Closes at N ile h i
Advertising and salesmanship, new
courses opened to seniors this year are
being taught by Mr. Eugene Napier, who
formerly taught at Leo High School,
Chicago, before coming to Niles.
Another new course will be a Hom§
Management course given by Miss Flor
ence Butler. It is open to all sophomore,
junior, and senior girls.. Thirteen students
have enrolled so far.
The idea of the course is to develop
and teach home responsibility, kitchen
planning, care and specific use of all
equipment, and timesavers that will help
do a better job, according to Miss Butler.
Riverside Leaders See
Cafe Monitor System
The Nilehi cafeteria is running smooth
ly under the able management o f 205
seniors who have stepped into their new
jobs like veterans, according to Miss
Harbert, supervisor o f monitors, and
‘ Katie” Kestenholz, head o f the kitchen
staff. There has been no running or
pushing, which is an improvement over
previous years, “ Katie” remarked, and
she especially conpliments the freshmen
for adapting themselves so quickly to
the rules.
There has been no change from last
year’s food prices, but if the cost o f
living continues to increase, prices on
some foods may have to be raised, par
ticularly on meat, “ Katie” says.
Miss Harbert announced that the man
agers for the fifth period lunch are Diane
Leach and Barbro Martinson, assisted
by Ed Beebe and Bill Leeming; sixth
period, Mel Halinton and Lester Febrow;
seventh period, Judy Larson and Char
lotte Dressel. Donita Yost and Joyce
Ash are responsible fo r the posters and
bulletins on school spirit brightening
the cafeteria walls.
Three board members o f the Student
Council of Riverside-Brookfield High
School visited our cafeteria Wednesday,
September 22, to see how our senior
monitor system runs in the cafeteria.
These students, Dave Guintali, senior
and president o f the board; Carol Seibert,
junior and chairman of the cafeteria
committee; and Bard Turner, sophomore
representative, unanimously agreed that
Nilehi’s system is tops.
Latin Students Know
Hungarian, Greek Too
They’re speaking Greek and Hungar
ian in the Latin classes! Many of the
first and second year Latin students
speak other languages besides Latin and
English, according to Miss Grace Pend
leton, Nilehi Latin teacher.
Harry Verras, sophomore, who reads
and speaks Greek fluently, gave an il
lustrated talk on modern Greek in Latin
I I I class recently.
Among other Latin students who can
speak unusual languages are John Budai,
freshman, who learned Hungarian from
his mother; Joan and Joyce Van Parys,
longer exists.”
sophomores, who speak Belgian; and
Less than 20 inquiries were received Paul Grasch, freshman, who speaks Po
concerning college classes fo r the ’48-’49 lish almost as well as they do in Poland.
school year. Dr. Biehn added that i f the
need again arises, the Nilehi Board of next few days, copies will be distributed
Education will be glad to co-operate with to all those who ordered them.
Although it has always been the
the University in establishing the ex
custom to have the school yearbook in
tension once more.
June, the printers’ strike o f last spring
held up publication and delayed it through
the summer.
Arrangements will be made whereby
last year’s seniors will have an oppor
A fte r long anticipation the 1948 Re tunity to get their Reflections, Mr. Van
flections is ready fo r issue. Within the Arsdale said.
’48 Reflections Printed;
Ready for Delivery
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N I L E H I L I T E
G l& lk ¿ rite à it
S p o tlig h te r's C lu b -
Slicked-Up School Vacations Poll Finds
Pleads for Mercy Few N ilehi Loafers
There are 52 weeks in a year and al
most all of them are dedicated to some
thing as ‘Clean-up Week,” “ Baby Week,”
“ Fire Prevention Week,” a n d “ Polite
Week.” This next week we name and
give to you, the students of Nilehi, a
“ Be Kind to School Week.”
The first meeting o f the Spotlighter's
C l u b was held Friday, September 17.
The new board, all seniors, was chosen
at the close o f last year« They are:
president, Angela Vosnos; vice president,
Mary Morse; secretary, Nancy Thiell;
treasurer, Jo Quesnell; and business ad
Now that you’ve got a whiff o f what’s
ministrator, Kaye Jaeger.
coming, let’s start at the bottom. No
The dues for each person, which was one likes to walk on a floor that’s lit
one dollar last year, has been lowered tered with paper wads, old lunches, and
gum. I f you don’t want to push your
to fift y cents.
w a y through debris between classes,
The club plans to have guest speakers,
give theater parties, and produce some throw your waste paper in the recepta
outstanding plays during the school cles at the end o f every hall.
year.
Everyone is invited to join. Boys in
terested in building scenery, making
properties, taking care o f lighting, as
well as performing, are especially wel
comed, according to Miss Stemp.
F o re n s ic C lu b The Forensic Club has high hopes for
the 1948-1949 season after a practice
season last year, according to Mr. Betts,
adviser o f the club.
Next on the list come the walls and
desks. The janitors worked hard all last
summer putting them back into shape
again. Let’s try to give the janitors a
little less work this year by using an
old piece of paper to doodle on during
teacher’s lecture and dull moments.
STAFF MEMBERS
Ed’tor-in.-chief: Bill Heveran
Co-Feature Editors: Mary Morse and Sandra R avencroft
Sports Editor: Ed Beebe
Sports Writers: Ed Beebe, Bill Bruce, Pete Heiniger, and Bill Graefen
Girls’ Sports Editor: Danna Barbour
Staff Photographer: Rick Tamburino
News Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo
Assistants: June Sprungman, Kathy Russakov,
Bill Graefen, and Audrey Nordlof
Circulation Manager: Judy Larson
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and
Phyllis Yates
Exchange Editor: Betty Loefgren
Assistant: Marilyn Lee
Typists: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey
Nordlof, and Joyce Swartz
Reporters: Danna Barbour, Ed Beebe, Carole
Briggs, Bill Bruce, Bill Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Barbara Kokum, Dona Korsmo, Judy
Larson, Marilyn Lee, Lois Lenberg, Betty
Loefgren, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey Nordlof,
Kathy Russakov, Joyce Swartz, Ken Steele,
June Sprungman, Rick Tamburino, Angela
Vosnos, Phyllis Yates, and John Young.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul M. Eberhardt
Clement Meier
I f you just loafed this summer you
belong in a category with very few other
Nilehiers, fo r the majority of Nilehi stu
dents were very busy people. According
to a Nilehilite poll, the most common
occupation of the fellows was caddying,
while the plurality of the girls spent
their time baby - sitting. G a s station
’tending and clerking in various stores
ran a close third and fourth to these
jobs.
Some students, such as Barbara Heim,
freshman, went off on their own doing
unusual jobs. Barbara played baseball
in a girls’ minor league, the “ Northtown Coeds.” A fellow freshman, W ar
ren Erickson, sold worms during his
vacation. He says the business is very
profitable the morning after a rain.
James Dilley put in the summer as a
chef at a summer camp. Delbert ( “ Hon
est Abe” ) Whitney followed in the foot
steps of a famous American by splitting
fence posts. Beattie Bomemeier gave a
boost to the sick and ailing by working
as a nurses’ aid at Wesley Memorial
Hospital.
The lockers have been washed and
sprayed and all the marks have been
taken off. Did anyone notice how slick
the halls looked the first day o f school?
Especially the lockers! Last year they
Ralph Smith attempted to earn a liveli
were black from being kicked closed
when there was something interfering. hood working at the County Morgue. One
This year, think twice before you haul day was enough fo r Ralph.
away and bang your locker!
Last year many non-decision debates
were held with Arlington and New Trier.
The plans fo r this year include the
possible formation of a debate league
Let’s make E V E R Y week “ Be Kind
of nearby schools and entry in the Illi
nois High School Association tourna to School W eek!”
ment.
Also, the club members hope to win day, September 21.
enough debates to gain a charter fo r a
Nilehi chapter of the National Forensic U s h e rs C lu b A t a meeting held by the Ushers
League.
Club Tuesday, September 14, it was de
Returning debaters w i t h interscholastic competition experience are Ed cided that the club’s meetings will be
Archibald, John Young, Don Verlenden, held regularly on the fourth Wednesday
Ashley Craig, Jim Arthur, and Nancy of each month. The board meetings will
take place on t h e second Wednesday
Gerhardt.
monthly.
Their first meeting took place TuesMrs. Curl, faculty adviser to the club,
announced the officers chosen at the
meeting: president, Joyce Creaves; vicepresident, Anne Juul; secretary, Pat
Scheuerman; treasurer, Sandra Ravencrcft; s e n i o r representative, Diane
The Nilehilite Is written, printed, and pub Leach;
junior representative, Phyllis
lished by the students of Niles Township High
School, Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. I>. Biehn, super Milazzo; and sophomore represntative
intendent-principal.
Donna Belik.
Mb Iu b
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Friday, October 1, 1948
Cuban Student Likes Nilehi;
Reporter Needs Interpreter
William Santos, a new member of this
year’s freshman class, has something
more to talk about than the rest o f us.
Of course, when he tells you, he will have
to speak Spanish, for Bill was bom in
Havana, Cuba, and has lived there all
his life until he came to America this
summer.
Bill is a handsome 13-year-old boy,
with brown hair and brown eyes. He is
about five feet tall and weighs 90
pounds.
When asked, through Miss Small, the
Spanish teacher who acted as interpre
ter, how he liked the students at Nilehi,
he just grinned and nodded his head.
“ Nilehi is a pretty school,” he said, “ and
The freshmen will have a different re I am very impressed by it. Almost all
presentative appointed fo r each function. the schools in Cuba are private and much
smaller than this.”
'S e e C h ic a g o ' C lu b -
Bill is taking the same subjects as
most other freshmen. His schedule in
cludes algebra, English, science, and, o f
course, Spanish. He seems to be getting
along quite well in his studies, even
though he lacks a formal knowledge o f
According to Miss Harbert, a trip to the English language.
the Chicago Post Office on September
Bill is not going out fo r any sports
27 is the first in the series, which inclu this year, but he wants to continue his
des the Brookfield Zoo, Maxwell Street, high school education here at N.T.H.S.,
China Town, County Jail, Board of Trade, so you may see him out on the baseball
and Starved Rock, while the week of diamond or basketball court next year.
spring vacation will be spent at Spring- He has many hobbies, but believes read
field, New Salem, and other points of ing, baseball, and horseback riding lead
interest in Illinois.
the list.
NilehiTi See Chicago Club, under the
direction of Miss Grace Harbert, has
once again begun plans fo r tours and
excursions in and around the Chicago
area.
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N I L E H I L I T E
Practice is Keg Ward
I e Gridiron Vocabulary
Goldflinch, Gal/ Trig
Form Eternal Triangle
By Bill Graefen
By Pete Heiniger
As Herman Goldflinch, star athlete and
What is the first thing you think of
Have you noticed the lost and oh-so“ A ” student, sat at the seashore’s edge
with his feet dangling and the cool clear bewildered look o n t h e faces o f the :whsn the word “ football” is mentioned?
w a t e r rushing between his toes, he freshmen ? Here’s a little sage advice A brightly-lighted field? Cool, crisp air?
thought of his return to school in the from the upperclassmen and sophomores. A cheering crowd? S ure..-. .that’s what
most people would say. But ask a player
fall. Yes, already Herman’s fingers were We hope it will help all frosh.
Question: What is your advice to this the same question. You’d ge t the an
itching to get hold of a pencil and start
... =
swer in one word. P R A C T IC E !!
writing term papers and just oodles of year’s freshmen?
A fter a grueling six hours in school,
Joan Harrer, senior: Obey a ll. seniors
nice little daily exams.
and try to keep the cafeteria tables the fellas journey down to the locker
Herman was waiting for his seashore
.• . ,,
1 ; .i.
;.
, > >r ■ room. This lively place always bears a
sweetheart, but were his thoughts on clean.
Norma Seigel, sophomore:. Don’t let faint resemblance to an insane asylum,
her new two - piece bathing suit ? O f
.because there are usually dozens o f sad
course not! Herman was thinking what the upperclassmen scare you.
Bill Rummei, junior: Be sure to study cases searching for lost pieces of their
fun it would be to get. back into the. old
football quipment. Bill Mickey is nearly
swing of things. Chemistry, Latin, trig in study halls.
Angela Yosnos, senior: Just be friend always one of these, and he, still can t
onometry, and biology. What a schedule!,
understand how his pants manage to
To sit down and go through a long in ly and you’ll get along swell.
Kaye Jaeger, senior: Remember—
-only escape from his locked locker. It, is ru
volved history exam. Oh Boy!
mored among the boys that Little Ike’ ,
two in a locker.
Question; Give the history of man
Barbara Daly, junior: Try to be on the adventurous mouse that wandered
from Adam and Eve until 9:30 this
time to all of your classes. This sets a into the locker room- a few weeks ago,
morning. Be brief! This is not an
is the guilty party. Lucky fo r “ Ike” no
good example to your teachers.
essay question.
Geri Dodge, junior: Keep admiring the evidence has yet been found to prove this
And then too, there will be football
practice until 5:30 every day, swimming juniors and seniors. Remember you’ll be theory.
Everyone finaly gets on all his clothes
in the old tank on a frosty,, tingling, up there some day too.
Bev Dilley, junior: Don’t let the sen and gallops out on the field, eager to
below-zero morning, and homework...
start calisthenics. When there isn’t a
iors worry you.
Gee, what.fun it’s going to be!
Chuck Wagstaff, senior: Y o u don’t man le ft standing to carry on these lim
Oh well, Herman said that he could
wait, and so he ran down to the boat know what you’re missing, but three bering-up exercises, practice begins. Now
comes the real work! The team has to
house where his girl was waiting. It was years go fast.
Nancy Mohlar, sophomore: Be sure to brush up on running, go over plays, and
a quiet night and everything but the
rushing in of the tide seemed Still and come to all the games at school and as practice tackling. Little “ Red” Siegel-,
lifeless. Herman moved closer and closer many away games as possible. School the powerhouse from the center of town,
recently did the latter a little too enerto her until finally his -hand touched spirit means a lot.
geieally and broke 222 lb. Don Kettel’s
hers, and as chills ran up and down his
nose.
.
spine and his finger tips tingled with
Football isn’t all work and no play,
the sensation, he said in a low whisper,
though, because many, fanny things hap
“ I ’ll see ya later; I ’m going in now and
pen on the playing field. John Hall, a
work a few trig problems,”
Pete Heiniger winning a rhumba con- member of the St. George’s-squad last
year, came to practice one day with his
f est?
Miss Harbert whistling in the cafe helmet on backwards; Things seemed
teria.
pretty black to John for a while, but the
Kaye Haefel with a lily - white com cause o f his ailment was discovered, and
: 7
■
he was immediately cured.
The halls this year seem to be swarm plexion?
Any senior girl not dieting?'
When- the .coach, finally calls time
ing with new faces, most of them fresh
Bob W itte with a 1949 convertible?
for the day, the boys make 7$ .dash for
men. Getting acquainted with those new'
“ Freshies” knowing where to go?
the locker and a hot shower. Hot shower,
people has been fun for everyone here
Miss Kranz chewing bubble gum in j i i I say ? I meant “ cool” shower, which
at Nilehi and we’ve discovered manÿ o f
is really very nice after you learn how
their opinions and ambitions, such as school?
What they say in a football huddle ? to get the icicles off with, an ice-pick.
the following:
Lou Keesey walking to school?
Richard LaVeau from Ragen School — Likes:
A fter dressing, we gather our books
the sports at Niles and the chance to. get into
Karen Southworth without B r u c e and start homeward to a delicious, cold
them easily; the nice classrooms and teachers
here. Dislikes: b'gger fellows trying to pick on Harris?
supper. Then two or three hours o f home
little guys. Hobby: Mechanics,
Paul Jorgesen center on the Varsity work and off to bed. What dp we dream
Vrginia Wead from Cleveland School — Likes :
the classes here, the kids and watching the basketball team ?
of? Ask me another one, brother!
fellows play foothill and basketball. Dislikes: hav
Angie Vosnos with platinum blonde
ing lunch seventh period, and climbing .all the
stairs. Ambition: to be a housewife.
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hair?
Can You Imagine...
Interviews With Freshmen
Reveal Various Personalities
Fred Bussey from Sauganash School---- Likes:
football, the friendly teachers at Niles. Dislikes;
none so far. Ambition: to be a doctor.
Carol Rossmann from Niles Public School —
Likes: the prettiness of our building, reading,
drawing, movies, and horses. Dislikes: studyhaU,
nervous teachers. Ambition: fashion designer.
Fred Rummei from Glenview School — Likes:
this big school and all sports. Dislikes: going
to school. Ambition: joining thé Coast Guard
Academy.
'
,,,
Ellen Coleman from St. Peter School — Likes:
Harcld, watching football games, cheer-leading,
playing the piano. Dislikes: noisy gum-chewers,
conceited people. Hobby: photography, pets.
Allan Spethman from Edgebrook School —
Likes: the.swell teachers, the good food in the
cafeteria. Dislkes: lots of home-work. Ambition:
to be a fermer.
U ' i 1*
Sally Brewbaker from Ejgst Prairie School —
Likes: some teachers, sports, the outdoors,’ cheerleading. Dislikes: people who throw things. Hob
by: co lecting cards and stamps.
The Van Parys twins not looking
Evidently N.T.H.S. is fast becoming
alike?
\ : . : : «it- * .
known in all circles as a center o f learn
Your reporter’s identity?
ing. Recently a small brown kitten deci
Paul Byrd from Lincoln School — Likes: Nilehi
and the swell kids. Dislikes: the too crowded at ded to take up U.S. history and entered
mosphere at school. Hobby: stamp collecting, Mr. Betts’ class through a window. Not
woodshop. ; y >H >''.
'
Bonnie Kelly from Lincolnwood School — Likes: discouraged by his cool reception and im
Don Pierce, her civics teacher, chewing gum.
mediate dismissal, the kitten re-entered
Dislikes: people who say “yes, ma’am” to her.
Hobby: horse-back riding, pfcino playing.
twice, and finally was allowed to follow
..Harold Kruger from Sharp Comer School —
Likes: the cleanliness of Niles, the nice kids, the the path o f learning by quietly curling
swell sports. Dislikes: study-hall.. Hobby: playing up in a sunny corner and going to sleep.
the accordian.
Joanne Van Hom e from Morton Grove School —
Likes: swimming, music, shows, the subjects here
at Niles. Dislikes: detention. Ambition: concert
pianist.
Roger Oslund from Golf School — Likes: base-
bar. basketball. Dislikes: anything that has to
do with science. Hobby: photography.
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N I L E H I L I T E
Trojans Victorious Over Steinmetz;
Varsity and Sophs Lo sa to West Aurora
Friday, October 1, 1948
Sport
b y Ed Beebe
The Nilehi varsity gridmen opened
Three touchdowns in the first half
Mr. Phipps, freshman football
their 1948 season on Friday, September and one in the second by the West
and varsity baseball coach, spent
17, by defeating Steinmetz, a Chicago Auroro eleven were enough to defeat the
Nilehi varsity 25 - 13 on West Aurora’s o f the summer playing baseball
school of nearly 4,000 students, 12-0.
field Friday, September 24.
the Benton Harbor Buds. He hit
The Trojans opened the scoring in the
first quarter when Ed Beebe intercepted
a lateral near the midfield stripe and ran
49 yards for a touchdown. Pete Heiniger
missed the point after touchdown.
The Trojans racked up the final score
late in the fourth quarter when quarter
back Lenny Lange passed 10 yards to
Ward Nipper who ran five yards for the
score. Don Siegel missed the conversion.
The Nilehi sophomore football team
defeated Steinmetz on Friday night,
September 17, by a score of 18-14 on the
Nilehi field.
Don Walters, Trojan quarterback, tos
sed two touchdown passes to end “ White y ” Garwsh in the first half, and H alf
back Don Burg raced 55 yards for a
tally in the second half, to complete the
scoring fo r Niles.
Coulter o f Steinmetz scored in the
second quarter. A touchdown later in
the game by Steinmetz made the final
score 18-14.
GlamazoBs
By Danna Barbour
coach
most
with
at a
A much harder tackling, harder run scorching .389 clip. Nice goin’, coach!
Incidently, Mr. Phipps and Mr. Hussey
ning West Aurora team outrushed and
are building an apartment house at 4832
outpassed the Trojans throughout the
Hull Street. A picture o f the building
game. The Trojans picked up a total appeared recently in the real estate sec
yardage gained of 152 to 249 fo r West tion of the Chicago Tribune.
H
:
$
H
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Aurora.
Mr. Mackey, coach o f the sophomore
The Trojan gridmen gained five first
football team, reports that his team is
downs while West Aurora picked up
rather “ small,” but not only in stature.
12.
Recently, he had only 19 boys out for
practice.
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Last Friday night, September 24, the
T h e sophomore, junior, and varsity
Nilehi sophomore Trojans suffered their football teams have been practicing since
first defeat this season on the Aurora August 25!
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field by a score of 19 - 14.
Mr. Schubert said that as he watched
the freshman boys work out on their
first day o f football practice, he was
Isaacson Sees G rid C lin ic impressed with their spirit and pep.
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Harold Isaccson, head athletic director
The powerful football machine o f the
and varsity football coach at Nilehi, at
tended a four-day football clinic at Kala University o f Michigan is well-known
mazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to most o f us today, but maybe you
didn’t know that in the early days of
late last June.
Paul Brown, coach o f the famous football at that great school, the foot
Cleveland Browns football team, was ball field had to be cleared o f weeds
the director of the affair, which was fo r the games to be played on it! Also,
attended by more than 150 coaches from the players had to furnish all their own
all over the country. Brown was assisted equipment!
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by Fritz Heisler and Blanton Collyer,
Jim Kennedy, center:
“ I wish we were
who are also coaches of the Cleveland
back in. the old conference.”
team.
Marty Seidler, back: “ I ’d rather play
The group saw movies and demonstra
tions and listened to lectures on football. in a conference, but it’s better than not
playing at all.”
“ It was very interesting and worthwhile,”
Dick
Norman,
tackle: “ You
play
said Coach Isaacson.
harder in a conference, and you have the
#
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will to win that conference.”
Mr. Phipps recently had some trouble
Ward Nipper, end: “ Conference play
■with his car. Returning from Benton
makes it more interesting.”
Harbor, his car broke down ten miles
Lenny Lange, back: “ I don’t like play
from the nearest town. Result: Mr.
ing against strange teams, because you
Phipps was a day late to school!
don’t understand their tactics” .
Welcome back, Glamazons, and a spec
ial hello to our new additions (freshies,
that is). As suntans fade away, the gals
of Nilehi don their old faithful gym
garb and get in the swing of things.
Swing, did we say? Why sure— baseball
is still in the air. With weather permit
ting, the girls in all gym classes have
been swatting them into center or at
least attempting to.
Miss Montgomery (Monty) returns to
Nilehi with expectations of a year filled
with new games and lots of fun. By this
time all the girls should have met Miss Reiland, Ellen Patzke, Mari Cysewski,
Heitmann, this year’s new gym instruc Jane Nymark, Joan Andrews, Edith
tor. She will sponsor the Girls’ Athletic Walther, and Kaye Jaeger.
Association as well as regular classes.
G.A.A. News
The first new activity in the depart
“ New year, new activities” is the
ment will be field hockey, i f equipment motto of the G.A.A. This year’s board
can be gathered before Old Man Winter will be: president, Joan Harrer; vicesets in!
president, Carol Stockenberg; treasurer,
Swimming
Beverly Dilly; secretary, Jean Votava,
Swimming classes are well under way with assistants, Astrid Halbrendt and
and tests are being passed. In addition, Joyce Bauman; and publicity chairman,
a swimmer’s club is being started fo r Danna Barbour.
both boys and girls. Synchronized skills
The folowing program has been set
will be accented in the club.
up for after-school activities: swimming
Cheering
or soccer on Monday and Thursday;
The new cheering squad, chosen last square dancing or badminton on Wed
spring, has been holding tryouts for the nesday. This year each sport will be
freshmen and new girls. There will be I handled individually. Those girls partici
three more girls added to the squad. pating in a particular sport will elect a
Those already on the squad are Marilyn leader, who will act as manager.
Mackey Addresses Sophs
Mr. Bob Mackey, addressing the soph
omore class on September 16, urged
more sophomore boys to come out fo r
football. Only 19 boys were out fo r that
team. He also asked the members of the
class to back up the team with spirit
and cheering at the games.
The sophomore team went out to de
feat Steinmetz High School 18-14 on
September 17.
Tonight the Nilehi gridmen meet Belvidere on the home field. A sophomore
game will precede the varsity tilt. The
games start at 6:15 and 8:15 respec
tively*
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Ravencroft, Sandra, Co-feature Editor
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Loefgren, Betty, Exchange Editor
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nile H I lite
Vol. X, No. 10
Skokie. 111.______________ Friday, March 4, H49
Six Nilehi Students
In Keen Teen Week
“Keen Teen Week” came to the Chicago
area on February 28, according to a pro
clamation by Mayor Martin Kennelly.
Because of Nilehi’s participation in
the Daily News Keen Teen Press Club,
six students and two teachers were chos
en to represent Nilehi in the week’s pro
gram.
James Kennedy, chairman of the Jun
ior Council, and Bob Richter, chairman
of the Sophomore Senate, met with May
or Kennelly, Superintendent of Schools
Hunt, and Police Commissioner Prendergast earlier this week. In this meeting
the Teens were asked to express their
views on topics of interest to both par
ties.
Bill Graefen, president of the Senior
Cabinet, along with other senior-class
presidents in the area, exchanged views
on government with Governor Adlai
Stevenson early this week .
Nilehi’s Keen Teen representatives,
Mary Morse, Sandra Ravencroft, and
Rick Tamburino, seniors, with Mr. George
Roth, Hi-Y sponsor, and Miss Helen Heitmann, G.A.A. sponsor, and parents of
the representatives met to discuss pet
peeves, problems and such in order that
a better understanding might be brought
about through such a discussion.
The last program of the week will be
similar to former Keen Teen interviews,
with James Stewart a probable candidate
for the questions.
Boys', Girls' State
Story Told Juniors
“Go if you get the chance.”
That was the advice given by Ed Bee
be and Elaine Esch, two seniors who
spoke before a junior assembly on Fri
day, Februai’y 18, about their experi
ences in Illinois Boys’ and Girls’ State
last summer.
“Besides learning about our govern
ment and its functions,” said Ed, ”we
learned how to get along with other
people.”
While in Washington attending Girls'
State, Elaine met such famous people as
President Truman, General Bradley, and
Senator Taft.
The purpose of the assembly was to
acquaint the juniors who may some day
go to Boys’ or Girls’ State with its activ
ities and functions.
Niles Hi-Y Discusses
Dating With Evanston Y
‘Reflections’
Show Tonight
“Though April showers may come
your way, They bring the flowers that
bloom in May.—”
No, you may not hear this exact tune;
it’s just a way to attract your attention
to Reflections Revelry—so here goes!
It’s going to be in the theatrical set
ting this year of old-time vaudeville in
stead of the previous plan of a booking
agent’s office, according to Mr. Ronald
Van Arsdale, director. The audience at
this school talent show will be greeted
on performance night by a huge oldfashioned proscenium drop, showing a
street scene with ancient advertisement.
The acts, which were announced Mon
day, February 14, are many and varied.
They include singers, monologists, tap
dancers, magicians, instrumentalists, barbership quartets, and blacked faced
comedians.
“Reflections Revelry” is scheduled
for tonight, Friday, March 4. Proceeds
are to be used to help finance the Nilehi
yearbook.
The list of performers include: There
sa Margalski, Lenny Maier, Bea Bomemeier, Ken Gengler, Jim Dilly, Bill Van
Home, Nancy Thiell, Joanne Day, Mary
Morse, Ellen Patzke, Mari Cysewski,
Edith Walther, Rose Marie Denk, Joan
Willert, Rosemary Shuman, Shirley Ostrom, Barbara Paulson, Dorothy Hartigan, Eleanor Dyrssen, Frances Tomezak,
Mary Jane Netwig, Patty Meyer, Bill
Perrin, Howie Baumhardt, John Haut,
Bob Hicks, Conrad Cornell, Roy Nelson,
Ward Nipper, Jean Votava, Dan Win
ger, Junarden Williams, Jerry Heflin,
Evelyn Hartis, Paulette Minx, and Bill
Fishback.
The Nilehi Hi-Y organization met for
a panel discussion with the girls Blackwell Club of the Evanston Y. M. C. A.
on February 15. The discussion was cen
tered on the topic “Dating and Mating.”
Father Alderson from Evanston acted
as moderator.
The Hi-Y has elected new officers:
Ward Nipper, president; Roy Nelson,
vice-président; Bob Hicks, secretary;
Mike Henry, sergeant-at-arms; and Bob N ilehi R e d Cross Drive
Science Club Experiments
Peterson, chaplain.
E n d In Burst o f Flames
Planned from March 7-H
New membei's were inducted on Sun
“Chemical Magic” came to Room 315 day, February 27. After the ceremony, the national Red Cross Drive for funds.
This year more money than usual is
in a series of experiments exhibiting tea was served.
needed because of the terrific storms in
oxidation reactions presented by Ed
the west, according to Miss Alice Line,
Archibald and Fred Gatter to the Science
sponsor of the drive.
Club of Niles Township High School, Lay PI ms for Junior Prom;
Nilehi is again asked to do its part
on Friday, February 18.
Ed explained, “The purpose of these Council Sets Date for June 4 in this campaign by giving up that extra
soda money. Contributions will be col
experiments is to show how oxidation
Less than five months from now and
reactions are developed and used in in the main topic around Nilehi will be lected in the home rooms during the
week of March 7-11, Miss Line says.
dustry.”
the Junior Prom, the annual sproing
The drive is in charge of Judy Larson.
The experiments with combustion were
formal dance sponsored by the junior Others on the committee are Elaine
of a more violent nature resulting in a class in honor of the seniors.
Loeding, Jean Kelly, Elaine Lange, and
great deal of smoke and bursts of flames.
According to Miss Margaret deBooy,
This was another of several education class adviser, and Jim Kennedy, student Angela Vosnos.
al meetings of the Ni Hi Sci club planned chairman, the junior council has plans
throughout the year.
under way.
The four one-act plays to be held in
Although the committees have not
been organized, the time and the place the assembly at Nilehi the evenings of
English Teacher Takes Part
have been set. The prom will be held on March 18 and 19 are cast through the
In Three Panel Groups
June 4, in the Crystal Ballroom of the drama and radio classes and “SpotMr. Paul M. Eberhardt, Nilehi jour
lighters” dramatic club this year, ac
Edgewater Beach Hotel.
nalism and English teacher, took part
cording to Miss Virginia Stemp, drama
in two panel discussions on February 23 on March 31 at the sectional meeting of teacher and director.
and 24 in Park Ridge and Evanston re the North Central Association of Col
Most of the tryouts held after school
spectively. These meetings were spon leges and Secondary Schools to be held were those for the act put oxv by the
sored by the Lake Shore Division of the in the Palmer House. “Incentives for In- Spotlighters. Practice for the next three
Illinois Education Association.
service Training of Teachers” will be weesk is worked out in similar arrange
Mr. Eberhardt will also be on a panel discussed.
ment as the tryout schedule..
‘Nights of One-acts’ M 18-19
arch
�N I L E H I L I T E
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Friday, March 4, 1949
Meet This Semester’s Line of New Students!
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SHORT CUTS
and horse-back riding. (Saddle club
By Audrey Nordlof
One of the inmates pfLthe Cook Cpunty
.Sqmetjiing a new has been ^ added aat J-...Jake,,uotel)
a t r*
Nilehi Has one thing that Roycemore, Jail tried to return to . society via the
Nilehi! We’ve noticed many new faces
in the halls, and thought you’d like an i a private girls’ school in Evanston, Nilehi See Chicago clqb when th e, club
doesn’t have, according to Lesley Huett- visited there recently.. The prisoner tried
introduction J. , ■ ;*
If you’ve noticed a hew student with man, sophomore—“Boys” ! She also says. to enter an elevator with the group, when
that “far-away” look in her eyes, it’s N.T.H.S.: seems very big in comparison, an open-eyed guard, asked, him where
probably Carol Ann Piastrelli, sopho j Lesley likes horses too—could be ’ca\f§e he was. going. He replied, “To the laun
more, who has returned to Nilehi after ;she spends her summers on ranches out dry,” apparently forgetting he still had
three doors to pass! But the guard stop-?
spending a year in Glendale, California. West!
The school in Glendale, a suburb of Los I; Foreman High School in Chicago gave ped him, and the Nilehiers, left without
Angeles, is much larger than Nilehi, and us, two new students this semester— any additions to their party.
built in Spanish style* “It’s nice to be Winifred Bodinus, sophomore, and Nancy
back,” Carol says, “but—I miss Califor Grand, freshman There isn’t much dif
With graduation coming up soon,, the
férence between the two : schools, ex office is busy making up the academic
nia! The weather, too.”
cept that Foreman is somewhat larger, rank list of the senior class. When com
“It’s terrific!” That’s what Lois
Lasher, sophomore^ thinks of Nilehi; ! but they have one thing in com m on- pleted, each senior will be shown his own
nice swimming pools!
rank, which is based solely on his scho
Lois, who Was transferred, from St.
“Join the Navy and see the world”
Scholastica High School, in Chicago,
lastic achievements. Lucky . the senior
might be revised just a bit to read
particularly likes her biology class.
ranked first in the class! — > - ! .
•
“Have your dad join the Navy, and
She answers to the name “Red.”
see the world” for Betsy Ashford,
To find their personality ratings, the
If you see somponé/trying to run a
Plymouth up a tree, it ;v
might be Janet ij freshman. She came to Nilehi after
seniors were asked to write down as
Sandberg, junior—she says its a favorite, j living in -California, Rhode Island,
references, their, homerroom teacher’s
Georgia, Virginia, and Evanston.
but painful, habit of hers. Janet comes
name, a teacher, who teaches a major
(She was born in Panama!) Her
from Maine Township High School, and
sequence,. and a teacher who teaches a
father is a Navy captain. Betsy likes
minor sequence.
brought: with her plenty of that “Glen
to play the piano,, and also likes ice
view personality]”-.-,*, ...*r
,
These confidential ratings will be kept
cream, the kids at N.T.H.S., and,
Have you seen two slightly bewildered
in the school office for the use of future
in particular, shy boys!
freshies roaming the halls? Very likely
employers and college administrators
it’s Gilbert Bonebrake and Bruce Bar- ; New in the junior ranks is Art Mar who may request personality estimates
tleson, who graduated from Saugartash | shall, who came from St. John’s Military of graduates of this school.
and Gale schools in Chicago in- January.-j Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin. ,>.-he
They say high school is.perplexing but shouldn’t be hard to identify with his
Dean Whitton, Fred Gatter, and Bill
fun! So far they’ve had little trouble ex dark curly hair! He likes the kids at Campbell have^ passed the mental and
cept for getting into wrong classes, and N.T.H.S. very much. Other likes are physical tests for the N.R.O.T.C. They
they find it’s not. so rugged being a> mid- indoor sports, “Temptation,” by Fred are being recommended for the albstate
year’ treshie! ;t .' ;,av, Y
’
rw 7 ■¿ . '¿¿citaz Waring, big cars, steaks, and short girls list, and will know later in the semester
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with dark hair, blue eÿés, and person if they are finally accepted.
It’s quite a life, having your pro
gram changed five times in two:, ality. When he first came here he was
rather lost and walked into the wrong
days, especially when it’s your first
Colleges wliich have seniors at Niles
class five minutes late. The teacher, Who interested in them are sending repre
two days^at Nilehi!.That’s what hap
was substituting, didn’t know he didn’t sentatives to the school,- Colleges repre
pened to Judie Gunnarson, freshman,belong there, and when Art explained sented so far have ’included Harvard
also a January graduate fróm Saui
that he was a new student, the teacher University, Lake Forest College, Nation
ganash school, but now that she’s
getting settled she r e a 11 y likes;; said, “Don’t give me that old line!”
al College of Education, Beloit College,
If you track down that Southern ac Illinois College, apd many others. Per
N.T.H.S. Her hobbies are drawing
cent you’ve been hèaring, it might be sonal appointments with, the,college rep
long to Barbara Waite, sophomore, who resentative of your choice may be made
hails from Millington, Tennessee. Bar with your homerroom teacher.
bara has done some moving around too—
There’s á defiriité “New Loóle” to the1
The Nilehilite is written, printed, and published her father is a Naval Comander-and she
by the students of Niles Township High School, says schools here are much harder than French Club this semester. The mem
Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, superintendentpl-ihcipal. ‘
in Tennessee. Her ,pet peeve is that there bers of the club elected new officers, who
. jSTAPF MEMBERS ;
if
' are never any lights on by her locker, plan to hold all meetings “en Fraricais.”
Editor-in-chief: Bill Heveran.
A>sro<?iate~ News Editor: Barbara -Kokum.-;< r/-r I and she also dîslikés gossiping girls.
•;
The officers, according to Mrs. Anné
- Co-Feature Editors: Sandra Ravencroft and Mary
Morse; " Z
, Sports and horseback riding rank high Curl, faculty adviser, are Joan Harrér,
Associate. Feature -Editor: -Joyce Swart»; .„ i -jii -I Iwith her since she owned a horse in Ten- president; Marilyn Martin, vke-presiSports' Editor: Ed Beebe.
. Associate Sports .Editorr F ete ' Heini]|er.f!i I! nessee. Her dream man? Tall, brown dent; Faith Rosche, secretary; and Phyl
Sports Writers: Ed Beebe, Bill Bruce, Bill Graefen,
lis Elliot, treasurer.
hair, two eyes, a nose, and a mouth!
Pete Hpiniger,. and - Rick Tamburino.
Girls’ Sports Editor: Danna Barbour.
But Waite—here’s another! It’s B a r Mrs; Virginia- Tefft, of the office staff,
Staff Photographer: Rick Tambtirino.
News Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo.
bara's brother Larry, a junior, better left- Nilehi last Monday after working
Associate News Bureau.Chief: Lois Lenberg.
'
Assistants: Bill Graefen, Audrey Nordlof, and known as “Woman-hater.!’ (Give-him one' year as registrar;
June Sprungman.
| time—he hasn’t been at Nilehi long yet!)
Mrs. Florence Keppeler" recently began
Circulation Manager: Judy LarSon.
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vesnos, and Larry likes sports, and played football part-time work at Nilehi as assistant
Phyllis Yates.
Iand basketball back down near the “Ma- bookkeeper and chasier in the cafeteria.
Exchange Editor. Betty Loefgren.
Asistant: Marilyn Lae.
! son-Dixon Line.” He also likes classical Frank Keppeler, her son, is a freshman
Typists: *Marilyh Lee,' Ruth Murtstefman, Audrey
Imusic, but his hidden talent as a vo át-íNilehi.
Nordlof, and Joyce Swart*.
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Reporters: Danna Barbour, Carole Briggs, Bill calist has been unearthed only once. In
Bruce, Bill Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Barbara
Mr. Van Arsdale, Nilehi English tea
Kokum, Dona Korsmo, Judy Larson, Marilyn an English class in Tennessee, his teacher
Lee, Lois Lenberg, Betty Loefgren, Ruth Mun- said that if he’d sing a solo, she’d let cher, appeared in the Glenview Players’
rsterman, Audrey Nordlof, .Joyce Swarts, Ken
Steele, June Sprungman, Rick Tamburino, the class out early for lunch. (P.S.—He production of “Our Tpwn,” by Thorn->-i Angela Vosnos, and PhyMis Yates.
sang—and they got out early. Will all tpn Wilder, Friday a,nd Saturday nights
.. . ,,
FACULTY ADVISERS,
Pkul M. EbeVhardt
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' ’ ’’Clement Meier J .Lé-ii teachers please-take .note ? ) ■ •» .* at thg. .Glenview JunitMv,High School... ( ,
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�Friday, March 4, 1949
The Schnook Book
By Bill Graefen
Holiday, Schmoliday—Who Cares!
We certainly have been celebrating
quite a few holidays around here lately
—two few, to be exact. Yes sir, Wash
ington, Lincoln—have you ever noticed
that all famous men have had their birth
days on holidays?
Watching at the Keyhole
You know, I have a feeling that we
are not trusted. Yes, you and I, Number
108158. Everywhere we go, we are
watched. It's almost impossible to get
into the girls’ locker room any more.
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You
Rascal, You
English teachers travel in pairs,
And sometimes carry a gun.
It’s not because they’re buddy-buddy,
It’s for their own protecshun.
Someone Open a Window
Where I come from, people are so
bashful that when someone says “Hello,”
they just can’t seem to think of an
answer.
You Bet!
Gee, things are certainly dull around
here. I think I’ll go over to the barber
shop and watch a few haircuts!
This ’n’ That SONG OF THE WEEK: “All Right,
Louie, Drop That Gun!”
SAYING OF THE WEEK: Only 35
days until spring vacation!
SIGHT OF THE WEEK: The Wau
kegan Regionals.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: “Who
are you taking to the Gold Rush?”
n i l e h i l i t e
Page 3
Seniors in Cast of Tonight s Reflections Revelry
A re Interesting Subjects o f Microscopic Profiles
Name: Mary Morse.
Pet Peeves: the way the Navy handles leaves,
die-hard-Republicans.
Likes: majoi uramatics class, Sigma O., sum
mer.
Favorite iood: shrimp, zucchini squash.
Ambition: to work on “Time'’ magazine, to
beat Mr. Betts in a political argument.
Name: Patty Meyer.
Pet Peeves: “hen-pecked” boys, mustaches,
pickled herring.
Likes: Bill, new clothes, ice cream sodas, and
Mrs. Korsmo’s cookies.
Favorite food: chop suey, chili, club sandwiches.
Ambit on: to pass a test in problems, drive a
car, and get married.
Name: Rosie Denk.
Pet Peeves: people who smooth by bangs, the
name “Rose.”
Likes: all extra activities.
Favorite food: sauerkraut and barbecued spareribs.
Ambition: to be away from my little brother
and sister for about a week.
Name: Mari Cysewski.
Pet Peeves: people who mispronounce my name.
Likes: cheerleading, working on committees,
long- telephone conversations.
Favorite food: pork roast and applesauce.
Ambition: to type 70 words a minute, to travel.
Name: Joanne Day.
Pet peeves: people who cheat, term papers.
Likes: John, steak, Sigma O.’s pajama parties.
Favorite Food: anything edible, except turnips,
squash, and sauerkraut.
Ambition: to be a kindergarten teaiher.
Name: Nancy Thiell.
Pet peeves, nosey neighbors, people that play
nstruments off-tune hominy, hill-billy music.
Likes: buying new clothes, dramatics, and
sleeping all day.
Favorite food: chili.
Ambition: to be a good nurse.
Name: Kaye Jaeger.
Pet Peeves: snails and puppydog tails.
Likes: sugar and spice and everything nice.
Favorite food: shrimp.
Ambition: to get married.
Name Frances Tomczak.
Pet Peeves: catty people.
Likes: to knit, people, music.
Favorite food: french fries, bacon and to
mato sandwiches.
Ambition: to have a million dollars and a new
Oldsmobile.
Name: Ellen Patzke.
Pet peeves: corny jokes, poor sports.
Likes: sports, spring and summer, Touhy beach,
funny people.
Fa orite food: spaghetti.
Ambition: do a double flip off the diving board,
pass my N.U. entrance exam.
Name: Edith Walther.
Pet peeves: people who brag, poor sports.
Likes: Boys who smoke pipes, funny people,
cheerleading.
Favorite food: steak and mushrooms.
Ambition: to have 20-20 eye-sight.
Name: Eleanor Dyrssen.
Pet Peeves: Flowers (ha-ha)
Like:;: Good classical music.
Favorite food: chop suey from Hosai Gai.
Ambition: to be an organist and have a choir
of 100 voices including Kay Haefel, Kay Jaeger,
Ferol Kent. Carol Stockenberg, and Joan Harrer.
Astonishing as it may seem, Caryl
Story, Nilehi freshman, has been skat
ing only three years. A long line of
achievements follows her short period of
practice. Caryl was one of the nine mem*
bers of the Figure Skating Club of Chi
cago who were selected to perform at
the La Grange Ice Carnival held recently N ilelo/ The Nilehi Mouse
at Gilbert Park, La Grange. She also has
skated in an exhibition at Indian Bound G ets Sneak Preview of Show
ary Park, and as a member of the Fig
I’m a small, grey mouse named Nilelo
ure Skating Club, in the Times Charity
and my home is in Nilehi.
Show in Chicago.
Not long ago, as I was chewing on
an apple core near the cafeteria steps,
When Miss Stemp recently bought I saw some students coming down the
a ’37 Ford, she proudly told the faculty hall. When they came closer I noticed
members who drive her to school that Rosemary Shuman riding in a wheel
she would be getting to Nilehi in her barrow. I hopped on with her and soon
own car from then on! They told her found myself in the assembly. I like this
they’d come by just in case. Miss Stemp room and it wasn’t long until I’d found
laughed. But, you know the old proverb, a half-eaten candy bar to munch on.
and on a snowy morning just as Miss However, I son lost interest in the canStemp was about to drive off, the wind ry as the activity on the stage became
shield wiper fell off and the waiting mroe and more interesting.
faculty had its laugh!
Jin Dilley (the “My Old Flame” boy)
dressed in a turban and fancy red cos
Just a thought: The world is full of tume was waving colored scarves. Joan
human beings, but why don’t some of Willert in overalls and “Lil’ Abner”
them try being humans?
shoes was pushing Rosemary Shuman
Name: Tom Madden.
Pet peeves: girls who laugh a t nothing, people
who complain, and the song “Lavender Blue."
Likes: Jeanie, skating, sleeping, making cocoa,
and working on radio programs.
Favorite food, cocoa, cake made by Jeanie,
french-fried shrimp, and “Prukafinka.”
Ambition: to make good cocoa, and be on ra
dio and television.
Name: Lenny M aler...
Pet peeves: girls who smoke, Chevvies, crabby
teachers.
Likes: television, movies, singing, and Fords.
Favorite food: fried chicken.
Amb.tion: to see a car of my own design
on the road.
Name: Roy Nelson.
Pet peeves: boys who say they don’t like girls.
Likes: being a life-guard, camping, all outdoor
sports.
Favorite foods: “Smorgarbord."
Ambition: to be a carpenter, and go to Alaska
to trap the fish.
Name: Ward Nipper.
Pet Peeves: girls that smoke, pests th at toss
paper airplanes on the gym floor.
Likes: girls, athletics, camping, canoeing, fish
ing, and the Ozarks.
Favorite food: fried chicken, mashed potatoes
and gravy, cherry pie.
Ambition: to take up engineering a t the Uni
versity of Illinois, and go down-state in the
high-jump.
Name: Bill Van Horne.
Pet peevss: girls who smoke, Jive, gossip.
Likes: people, chemistry, golf, bowling, music,
Niles, and working on the yearbook.
Favorite food: roast beef.
Ambitiin: to see Mr. Ohlson take off his vest
without taking off his coat.
Name: Conrad Cornell.
Pet peeves: girls who smoke, nosey people.
Likes: all sports, eating, sleeping.
Favorite food: french fries and steak smoth
ered with onions.
Ambition: to be a chemical engineer.
Name: Bill Fischback
Pet peeves: snobbish girls.
Likes: taming wild birds and animals, art, and
dark-haired girls.
Favorite food: Italian spaghetti.
Ambition: to sail to the Cocos and Galapagos
plands, and be on the radio with my harmonica
trio.
Name:Ken Gengler.
Pet Peeves: girls that are bossy.
Likes: to sing, travel, play cards, see musical
comedies, and read the latest novels.
Favorite food: shrimp and potato salad.
Ambiion: to star in a musical comedy some day.
Name: AI Haut.
Pet peeves: the “New Look”, gold diggers fel
lows who take my seat a t lunch.
Likes: the “Big Stare”, short girls, all sports.
Favorite food: steaks with plenty of mashed
potatoes, lots of milk.
Ambition: to be a shop teacher.
Name: Bob Hicks.
Pet peeves: girls who smoke or drink, winter
weather.
Like: women, Seltzer’s parties.
Favorite food: ice cream and pickles.
Ambition: to play with the Harlem Globe
Trotters.
in a wheelbarrow. Mary Morse, Ellen
Patzke, Joanne Day, and Nancy Thiell
were running around two in a coat. Bob
Hicks was playing the piano with gloves
on. Edie Walther and Rosie Denk, look
ing very sophisticated and glamorous
in bathing caps, were singing “I’ve
Got a Crush on You.”
This all seems different from the us
ual activities that go on around Nilehi
but I gathered from the conversation
that this was a rehearsal for “Reflections
Revelry” under the direction of Mr. Ron
ald Van Arsdale.
Several of the seniors would
to know why Mr. Betts never got to
with the barber shop quartet at
Senior Valentine Party. Seems he
anxious to get up there and sing!
like
sing
the
was
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N I L E HI L I T E
Trojan Tankers Close Season with Morton
Friday, March 4, 1949
York Falls to Niles;
Sophs Falter, 25-17
Ending their 1948-49 home-game sched
ule the Trojan varsity cagers crushed
their second opponent from the West
Suburban Conference. York High of
Elmhurst found themselves on the short
end of a 48-23 score on Friday, Feb
ruary 18, in the Nilehi gym.
In the team’s third victory in four
games, Coach Robert Mackey used 18
Trojans in the contest. The first-string
boys completely smothered York for
three periods and held a 40-15 lead at
the close of the third quarter.
Jesse Porter scored 15 points, Fred
Brei 11, and Ed Beebe 10 before they
left the game. Trojan subs finished out
the game to win 48-23.
The sophomore basketball team from
Niles Township High School fell to York
High School, 25-17, on Friday, Febru
ary 18, at Niles.
First row, left to right: Phillip Smiley, Bill Waters, Bill Nickel, Gordon
Smale, Dick Provost, Dennis Joyce.
Second row: Coach Anton Schubert, Bob Lindahl, Don Brod, Don Brock,
Delbert Whitney, Roy Holmes, Peter DeVries, Elmer Wagner, mgr.
Cadets Down Varsity, Sophs
Marmion Military Academy defeated
the Nilehi varsity cagers for the second
time this season, 53-47, Friday, Febru
ary 25, at the Academy. Ed Beebe scored
22 points for the Trojans, while Fred
Brei followed with 14.
The Nilehi sophomore cagers dropped
their final game of the season to the
Capturing four first places, the Nile Marmion Cadets, 35-21, the same eve
hi frosh-soph tankmen swam to another ning.
victory, 34-32, in a meet held in the
Waukegan pool, February 15.
The frosh-soph swimmers came back
to swamp Morton High School, 46-16, in
in the final meet of the season, Febru
By Danna Barbour
ary 21, in the Nilehi pool.
Swimming
Something new has been added to the
r
Ihe Nilehi varsity basketball girls’ swimming classes in the form of
team fell to the W aukegan Bull a musical background.
Water carnival scenes are well under
dogs, 47-39, in the regional tourney
at W aukegan High School, Wed way. While the cast was doing some
‘land practice,’ one freshman girl thought
nesday, M arch 2.
^ The Trojans trailed by 10 points she was doing a dry swim. When cor
rected she asked, “Is it dry dock then?”
at the half. Nilehi could gain only
Cheerleading
one point on the Bulldogs in the
The 1948-49 cheering squad will cheer
last quarter of play.
for the last time this year at the Wau
kegan Regionals. A new class for pros
pective cheerleaders will be started soon.
Lettermen Form "N ” Club
The class will be conducted about the
Niles Township High School now has same as last year with competitive elim
a Letterman’s Club called the “N ” Club, inations.
made up of all the boys who have won
G.A.A. Tidbits
varsity letters in athletics at Nilehi.
Congratulations, junior girls, for win
The purpose of the organization is to
increase and maintain school spirit, in ning the basketball tournament. They
crease interest in all extra-curricular (won 5 out of 5 games. The senior one
activities at Nilehi, and to work in co team came in second with a 4-1 record;
ordination with the athletic department. sophomore one team, 3-2; freshmen, 2-3;
Mr. James Phipps, Nilehi coach and senior two team, 1-4; and the sophomore
two team, 0-5.
instructor, and Mr. Harold Isaacson,
Barbara Heim, freshman, was the
athletic director, will serve as faculty
high scorer with 49 points to her credit.
advisers for the “N” 'Club.
At a meeting held Friday, February Helen Nachbauer and Pat Walne, jun
11, for the purpose of electing club offi iors, racked up 38 and 26 points, res
pectively.
cers, Ed Beebe, senior, was. elected presi
dent; Jim Kennedy, junior, vice-presi committees, made up of club members.
dent; and Bill Graefen, senior, secretary. These committees will meet with the
, One of the important functions of the various coaches at the end of each ath“N” Club will be the formation of special ! letic season to choose letter-winners.
Varsitq Swimmers Whip Waukegan, 36-35;
Frosh - Sophs Drown Waukegan and Morton
One point seems to be the favorite
margin of victory or defeat in Nilehi’s
winter sports program. As an example,
the varsity swimming team defeated
Waukegan High School, 36-35, on Feb
ruary 15, at Waukegan. The Trojan
tankers, then, fell to Morton, 38-37, on
February 21, in their last meet of the
season.
At Waukegan, Bob Lindahl set a new
school record in the 200-yard free
style in the time of 2:24.8 minutes. Bob
also took a first in the 50-yard free.
In the Morton meet, Lindahl swept the
50 and 100-yard free-style events. The
medley team of Don Brod, Dennis Joyce,
and Dick Provost, received first place
honors.
Provost swept the competitive diving
in both meets.
Nilehi Sixth in State Meet
In the Illinois State Prep Swimming
Meet, held at New Trier .High School
in Winnetka on Saturday, February 26,
Niles Township High School finished
sixth in a field of 32, with a total of
seven points.
Out of the ten boys from Niles that
went to New Trier, Dick Provost, Del
bert Whitney, Bob Lindahl, Jim Rugen,
Dennis Joyce, Don Brod, Bill Nickel,
C h a r l e s Lind, Don Ebert, and Roy
Holmes, only two qualified on Friday
and placed on Saturday.
Bob Lindahl, Nilehi’s fastest crawlstroker, placed third in the 50-yard free,
after qualifying second, and fifth in 100yard free style.
Dick Provost, Nilehi’s ace diver, quali
fied third and on Saturday fought to
hold this position to be rated third best
prep diver in the State \
v
Glamazons
Waukegan Downs Niles, 47-39
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Morse, Mary, Co-Feature Editor
Swarz, Joyce, Associate Feature Editor
Beebe, Ed, Sports Editor
Heiniger, Pete, Associate Sports Editor
Barbour, Danna, Girls' Sports Editor
Betty Loefgren, Exchange Editor
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See the
‘N ight of
One-Acts*
nile H I lite
Voi. X, No. 11
S kokie, 111.
March 18, 19
Assembly
8:15 p.m.
Friday, M arch IS, 1949
'Night of O n e -A ct Plays* Curtain G oes up
W ater Carnival Ready
Tonight in Assembly; Four Plays Planned
For 'Big Top' Showing
Where ’ya goin’ tonight ? If you have-' by Leland Price, will be presented by the- “L-a-d-i-e-s and g-e-n-t-l-e-m-e-n and
n’t made any plans, here’s a suggestion.. major dramatics class with Phyllis Yates, children from six to sixty, presenting
In case you have forgotten, tonight and Barbara Maeder, Marilyn Corduan, Mary now in ring number one Freddie Burgtomorrow night there will be “entertain- Morse, Angela Vosnos, Bob Jaeger, Ar- hard arid his death-defying tumblirig
ment plus” taking place in our Nilehi min Watkins, Phil Nymark, and Ken feats directed by Mr. Anton Schubert and
assembly room. The curtain will be going Gengler in the cast,
Miss Gertrude Montgomery.
up on the annual “Night of One A c t! “The Summons of Sariel,” by Magda“Yes, here we are under the ‘Big Top.’
Pays” at 8:15. Will we see you there? lene Kessie, will be presented by the ad- Clowns, acrobats, animals, pop-corn,
Swell!
jvanced dramatics class. The cast: Doris cracker-jack.. .Get away, boy, you both
There will be three one-acts, and one Jean Lyde, Dorothy Hartigan, Geri er me. Step up! Who wants to buy a
original script by Tom Madden presented. Dodge, Joyce Swartz, Sonya Mackintosh, ticket? Let the gentleman through, son.
“The evening should prove to be one of Margie Kirscht, Marjorie Forbes, Dick Who’s next here?
variety to suit all tastes,” says Miss Martin and Don Baumann.
“You can’t miss
ex
Virginia Stemp, director.
j Tom Madden’s original radio script is travaganza! It’s got this spectacularmore
gals, gals, and
“Sisters Under the Skin,” by Mae How- entitled “Into the Future,” and will be gals.
ley Barry, will be presented by the dra- presented by the advanced radio class1 “It’s the only circus of this era ever
matic club. The cast: Sally Kimpler, Nan- with Joan Hamlet, Elizabeth Elkin, Mar- to be aqua-ized. Yes, it’s all in eight and
cy Thiell, Mary Winter, June Burgeson, jorie Forbes, Nancy Lane, Angela Vos- one-half feet of water.
aad Joan Andrews.
Inos, Ken Gengler,^ Dick Martin, Tom
“The Nilehi carnival of fun presents
/ ‘Bessie^ the Bandit’s Beautiful Baby,” Robb, and Tom Madden in the cast.
their annual water aqua-cade—the ‘Big
Top.’
MadrigalSingersPerform Nilehi Students Donate $184 “There he goes, gents. That’s Dick
Provost on the spring board, and look
March Red Cross Drive
Over WEA W on Mar^hl7 InNiles Township High School’s recent at Bob Lindahl race those four freshman
The Madrigal Singers have been quite Junior Red Cross Drive, lasting from boys all by him self...
busy lately, according to Miss Klaus, mu March 7 to 11, netted $184.50, according
“Now who’s going to buy a ticket ? Re
sic instructor.
member the show is only running three
to Miss Alice Line, faculty adviser.
The group sang Irish songs on Saint
Red Cross emblem , stickers went to nights—March 31, April 1, and April 2.
Patrick’s Day over station WEAW: those homerooms in which every student
“What did ya say, lady ? Why sure, it’s
Thursday, March 17 on the “Nilehi Pre contributed.
going on now. That’s right, through that
sents” program, according to Miss Clara
The drive was conducted by a com- door to see Jim Dilley display magic at
K’aus, director.
mittee consisting of Junior Red Cross I which Houdini would marvel,
On February 1, they gave a perfor members. Those on the committee: An- ! “No, I’m sorry, sir, the clown divers
mance before the Lincolnwood P.T.A. Tela Vosnos, June Sprungman, Joyce’ just finished, but stick around for the
Then, they transcribed a program over A.sh, and Judy Larson — seniors; Jean text show. Boy, they’re terrific!
WEAW, on February 3. This program Kelly — junior; Elaine Lange — soph “You’ve seen Barnum and Bailey's
was broadcast on Sunday, February 6. omore; and Elaine Loeding, freshman.
stuff, now come in and see Schubert and
Mary Jane Netwig, junior, played a pi headed by Carol Coning and Evelyn Stew Montgomery aqua-ize it. Ten complete
ano solo, and Leonard Maier, senior, sang ard, and the program committee, under acts under the ‘Big Top.’
a solo.
“Step up now! Here you are, buddy;
Pat Newman and Joyce Creaves, are
The members of the Madrigal Singers, working hard with Mrs. Weigand and ^he show i s j u s t about to start. Hey!
chosen from the choir, include Pete Hein(C o n tin u ed p a g e 2, C olum n 3.)
Hey! Who’s next? Step U p . . . ”
ige**, Sandra Ravencroft, Mary Jane Netwig, Louise Ewing, Don Verlenden, Dan S e e Chicago Club* to Visit Board of Trade Tomorrow;
Winger, Bob Peterson, Frank McNeill, Schedule Is S e t for Spring Vacation Tour o f Illinois
Esther Schaal, Nancy Thiell, Eleanor
The “See Chicago” club will visit the | provide chartered busses.
DyTssen, Frances Tomczak, and Audrey
Chicago Board of Trade building to-1 Some of the places which will be visNordlof.
morrow, Saturday, March 19. After view- ited are the Dickinson Mounds stafe
the New galem gtate
Niles Enters Four in State mg the trading for about an hour, th e jPark near Ha
group will divide m half. One section j Park, near Petersburg, and Springfield,
Latin Meet Here Tomorrow will proceed to the Illinois Continental:The ^ o u p will visit the State LegislaNilehi will play host to the district Bank while the other goes to the Fed- ture wMe it
in sessi
and our sen.
meet of the State Latin Contest on Sat eral Reserve Bank of Chicago.
lator and representatives will meet and
The 70 seniors will leave school a t 8.-30 jintroduce them
both the Senate and
urday, March 19. Representatives of all
g ouse
four years of Latin from the schools in Saturday morning and return at approx- J
this district will compete, according to imately 12 noon.
Mrs. Joy Weigand, new Nilehi Latin ’ The next tour will be to Starved Rock . On April 13, the group will be the
teacher.
State Park on May 21. In the meantime, guests of the Sahara Coal Company, one
Entering the first year competition for during our spring vacation this year, a of the largest and most modern coal
N.T.H.S. are Gail Westgate and Sandra tour through Illinois is planned for all mining organizations in the world. Be
Moberg, while Barbara Pergande and Nilehi juniors and seniors interested, ac- sides visiting all the company’s mining
Toan Searing will participate in the sec- Icording to Miss Grace Harbert, who is operations, the group will be their guests
ond year contest.
sponsoring the program.
j for a, barbecue lunch and dinner at the
r
,
Following the contest, which will be j The complete trip, which is from April > arr s ur& oun ry
u .
held in the morning, a luncheon and 11 to 14, will cost $34.50 per person. All I
rrv,Ase students who
are interested ir
entc ‘ainment will be provided for the ^accomodations are arranged through the j
trip should seeMiss Harbert nof
competitors. The decorations committee, National Trailways Bus System, who will ' later than March 26.
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The Schnook Book
N I L E H I L I T E
Friday .March 18, J949
It's Lucky for Irish Every March 17;
Three Nilehi Students Celebrate Birthdays
By Bill Graefen
He likes March not only because of
Maybe you never thought there was
The New Hampshire farmer was riled.
That was why he wrote so scathingly his birthday, but because it’s the only a reason for being named “Pat,” but in
to the manufacturers of patent home- month he’s not broke. The rest of the Pat Schmidt’s case there is one! Pat,
months, he’s busy buying presents for along with Fred Wachter and Danny
comfort devices.
his relatives’ birthdays.
Winger, was born on St. Patrick’s Day.
“Gentlemen,” he wrote, “I’m durned
Junior Danny Winger says the nicest
Fred was also blessed with the name
sore about this last letter I got from
you. Now, here was the way it was. Along thing that ever happened to him in high of “Pat” at an early age, but, he assured
us, “I had to shake it off!”
in the spring last year your agent come school was passing second-year Latin.
How Danny expects to accomplish his
Danny is the only one of the three
around in our neighborhood taking or
ders for them new fangled rubber bath ambitions, which include making $1,000 who does not have any Irish ancestry.
tubs, and nothin’ would do my wife but for a one-night stand or playing the And it looks as though St. Pat really
we must get one. So I give your man my trombone like Tommy Dorsey, when his got mixed up when he gave his birthday
order and told him to send us one of your favorite pastime is sleeping, is pretty to an avowed Orangeman like Fred.
hard to figure out.
Fred hasn’t derived any tastes from
tubs.
You can’t talk to Pat Schmidt long the Irish, though, because his favorite
“That was along the latter part of last
March. Well, April came and went, and without learning that the main interest foods are Spanish rice and German po
the bathtub didn’t come. In May I wrote in her life is Warren. (He’s from Deer tato salad. Other likes of this six feetto you saying that I wisht you would field.) Her favorite food is cabbage- two inches tall, dark-haired senior are
hurry up and deliver that there tub! But pineapple-marshmallow salad, which is home movies, girls who cooperate, dates,
and the month of March.
May passed and likewise June and July, quite a mouthful!
Pat has brown hair and dark brown
and yet no sign of a bathtub from you.
eyes, and her ambition is, first of all, Here are Some Reasons Why
August passed and so did September.
“And now here it is the middle of to graduate. Then she wants to work for Students Take These Courses
October, and you people are writing to a while, and finally get married.
When you were a bewildered freshie,
me trying to make me take that durned Gil Dodds to Be Speaker if you weren’t learning about the “grand
tub when the bathing season is prac
eur that was Rome” or some other for
At HUY Tuesday
tically over for thé year.”
eign language, you took business train
Gil Dodds, world holder of the Banker ing. This course is designed to introduce
Off Day
Anyhow, I ’m holdin’ my own. I didn't Mile and the Indoor Mile Run, will speak freshmen to the business education de
have a joke when I come here, and I to the boys Hi-Y, on Tuesday, March 22, partment and to give them general busi
at 7:30 p.m. His talk is entitled, “Can ness information.
ain’t got one now!
Toward the end of the fourth quarter •in Athlete be a Christian?”
During the next three years, you prob
Mr. George Roth, faculty sponsor of ably took typing—some take it so they
there will be a scholarship given to an
outstanding senior boy or girl by the the Hi-Y, said “I have known Gil Dodds can go to work after they graduate
for a number of years, and I think that from high school, others—well, take
Nilehi Hi-Y club.
This scholarship will consist of 60 he has something to offer the boys.”
Betty Loefgren, senior—she says, " I
“
The meeting will be held in room 101 can’t read my own handwriting.”
dollars for furthering the recipient’s
education. The award will be based on and will be limited to 150 boys. All up
If you plan to be a secretary, short
leadership, scholarship, citizenship, and perclassmen will be given first choice hand will be a required skill. Georgia
to obtain their tickets from Mr. Roth
character, according to Mr. Goerge Roth,
Coleman, junior, says that she’s taking
or any Hi-Y member. Although tickets
Hi-Y sponsor.
it because “I want to be a sportswriter—
The method of choosing the recipient will be used, there will be no admission it will be a lot easier to take down my
is decided by a faculty committee and charge.
notes in shorthand.”
Dr. Biehn.
Advertising and salesmanship are new
Junior Council Selects Rings
Last year the scholarship was awarded
Members of the Nilehi Junior Coun subjects for Nilehiers this year. Says
to Elsa Tamminga.
cil met with representatives from two Sonya MacKintosh, junior, “I took ad
companies on February 23 to select a vertising because 1 thought it would be
arm who would supply the 1950 class interesting.” Geri Dodge, another junior,
rings.
took salesmanship because “Someday I
After meeting with the representa want to own the Laur-El & Shop.
The Nilehllite is written, printed, and published
Business Law introduces the business
by the students of Niles Township High School, tives, Morgan Inc., of Chicago, repre
Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, superintendent- sented by Mr. Roland Poehlman, father student to everyday law, and other legal
principal.
of Bill Poehlman, Nilehi senior, was cho aspects of the business world. Chuck
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor-in-chief: Bill Heveran.
Serum, junior, did not take it for that
sen to supply the rings.
Associate News Editor: Barbara Kokum.
Co-Feature Editors: Sandra Ravencroft and Mary
Members of the Junior Council who de reason, however. “I took it because I
K m
cided upon the firm are Ted Dolan, Tom heard the homework was easy!”
Associate Feature Editor: Joyce Swartz.
Sports Editor: Ed Beebe.
Merle, Delbert Whitney, Jane Nymark,
When they get to be big seniors, busi
Associate Sports Editor: Pete Heiniger.
Sports Writers: Ed Beebe, Bill Bruce, Bill Gnefen. Jim Nock, Allan Hartig, and Jim Ken ness education students usually take
Pete Heiniger, and Rick Tamburino.
nedy, chairman.
bookkeeping and business machines. “I
Girls’ Sports Editor: Danna Barbour.
Staff Photographer: Rick Tamburino.
took business machines so I can get a
Nilehi Debaters Place Fifth
News Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo.
Associate News Bureau Chief: Lois Lenberg.
Last Saturday, March 12, the Nilehi job working them after I graduate,”
Assistants: Bill Graefen, Audrey Nordlof, and
debaters, under the direction of Mr. says Gloria Giles, senior, and Pat Sch
June Sprungman.
Circulation Manager: Judy Larson.
John L. Betts, traveled to Rockford, midt says that she’s taking bookkeeping
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and
Illinois to participate in the state tour so that “I can keep my husband’s books.”
Phyllis Yates.
Exchange Editor, Bettv Loe^gren.
nament. Niles tied for fifth place out Latin C ontest - continued from p a g e 1
A'ist" t: Marily i Lee.
Typists: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey of 12, while first place was held by Mrs. Dorothy Hind of the Nilehi faculty
Noid’of, and Joyce Swartz.
Reporters: Drnna Barbour, Carole Briggs, Bill Freeport High School of Freeport, Illi to make the time a success.
Bruce, Bill Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Barbara nois. The affirmative team of John Young
Two winners from each year in Latin
Kokum, Dona Korsmo. Judy Larson, Marilyn
Lee, Lois Lenberg, Betty L efgren, Ruth Mun and Ashley Craig, juniors, won two will be sent to the sectional contest, and
sterman, Audrey Nordlof, Joyce Swartz, Ken
Steele, June Sprungman, Rick Tamburino, out of three debates, and the negative ¡from there the two highest will go on to
Angela Vosnos, and Phyl is Yates.
team of Ed Archibald and Don Verlen- the State finals to be held at Knox Col
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul M. Eberhardt
Clement Meier den won one out of the three.
lege in Galesburg, Illinois.
hile HI iite
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This
’n ’
N I L G H I L I T E
Page 3
Personalities Around School
That - Make Interesting Equations
Bob Hicks, senior, really “flew” down j Height plus basketball minus a steady
the runway to the auto shop on Valen ' girl equals Fred Brei.
tine’s Day. If you remember how slick
Red hair plus a “live” personality plus
it was that day, you can see how Bob , “sorry” equals Bill Graefen.
unexpectedly took off.
Giggles minus height plus dark eyes
Bob didn’t mind going down so much, equals Nancy Duncan.
but trying to get up! After much crawl
Laugh plus “her sailor” plus all sorts
ing, human chains, etc., Bob, Jack Har of devilment equals Nancy Anderson.
vey, Bill Bruce, and George Bussey
Loud shirts plus football minus idle
(these last three also slid down in their chatter equals Pete Heiniger.
attempts to help Bob) finally made it up
“Freshie” plus baskets plus bashful
the icy incline. Now they’re probably the ness equals Kenny Howard.
only people at Nilehi who know how
Black wavy hair plus parties plus his
to go “up” a “down” escalator!
gang equals Jerry Seltzer.
Long blonde hair plus figure plus “KerWhen an announcement came over the chity Choo” equals Ferol Kent.
P.A. for the boys to get on the ball and
Cheering plus Don’s major minus
ask a girl to the “Gold Rush,” maybe height equals Violet Kubany.
even the girls sitting next to them, Bill
New Look plus bashful grin minus
“Peanuts” Freund, senior, responded eag long locks equals Marilyn Cleary.
erly. He then got a date with blond, blue
Grin plus “crazy legs” plus sense of
eyed. . .Warren Jones.
humor equals “Whitey” Gawrys.
When Mr. Eberhardt was absent re
cently, substitute teacher Miss Theresa
Kranz moved his ninth period English
class to her room—206.
Fifteen minutes after class had be
gun, Bob Fuller walked in. When Miss
Kranz asked him why he was so late
he replied, “I couldn’t find the class.”
Johnny Marlowe, who played for the
Junior Prom two years ago, will make
the dancing smooth again this year.
His orchestra will also give a small act,
accoi’ding to Miss de Booy, junior ad
viser.
Betty Anderson, Carol Enke, and Joan
Turnquist, juniors, have a novel but
nasty way of getting their names in the
paper. When an unsuspecting member
of the “weaker sex” approaches these
three, they claim they have an exciting
news tip for the paper, and urge the re
porter to follow them.
Then Joan opens the door, and Carol
and Betty shove. And there’s the wouldbe-Val Lauder stuck in the boys’ gym
with an active basketball practice going
on. N i l e h i l i t e reporters are warned to
be on the alert!
Tnere's no question as to what you’d
do if you encountered a cootie, but what
would you do if you found a “koodoo”
in your bed? Listen to what some Nilehiers s a y ...
Armin Watkins, senior: I’d smell it,
shake it to see if it rattles, and then
eat it.
,
Bill Nickel, senior: I’d stick it under
my pillow.
Jim Barrett, sophomore: Get up and
leave.
Doris Smith, freshman: Call the police.
Ann Morrison, senior: Have my head
examined,
Elmer Wegener, junior: Take it out
on a blind date.
George Mueller, junior; Take it out
and put it in a bird cage.
Gwen Middleton, freshman: Get its
phone number.
Miss Gertrude Montgomery, teacher:
Hit it over the head with a baseball bat.
Marilyn Walz, senior: Squish it!
Bill Blessing, junior: Shoot it.
Tony Rizzo, sophomore: Cover it up.
Chuck Risinger, junior: If it was good
looking, I ’d probably keep it.
Miss Helen Heitmann, teacher: I’d
tell it to move over.
A1 Hartig, junior: I wouldn’t let it
bother me.
Jackie Green, junior: I’d kill it.
Betsy Buell, freshman: Get out of bed.
Ed Beebe, senior: Hold it under water
until the bubbles stop coming up.
Mary Lou Schey, senior: Give it a big
hug and kiss.
Adeline Bonaguro, senior: Tie it up
and save it for the “Turnabout”.
In case you want to know, a “koodoo”
is a large South African antelope.
Five Nilehi senior girls recently went
A raisin is just a worried grape.
downtown to see a movie.
—Milton Berle
Upon arriving at the theater, the girls
girls purchased a ticket and went in.
Been to the movies lately? Well, you
A couple hours later they emerged with
can tell Hollywood producers were think very red faces.
ing of Niles when they named the fol
The “movie” was a burlesque revue.
lowing pictures:
The Accused .............. Nilehilite Editors
Music Man ...........................Mr. Collins
The Unknown ........College Acceptances Chemistry Laboratory Confuses Wandering Frosh
‘"'ne Sunday Afternoon . . . . Homework ?
“Oooooo, it burns in air—what is it? ” chloride sprinkling from two crucibles,
Step by S te p ..................... To the Tower
“Is this solution supposed to turn red ?” and two other crucibles with broken
That Wonderful Urge .................
“Open the window—
-quick!”
covers.
“Strike Glass First—”
These are the facinating sounds that
At the front of the room is Mr, Ohlson,
Cross Fire ................. Dr. Biehn’s office
greet Willie, a roving freshie, as he
Dark Passage ........... Wilmette Harbor browses around on the third floor looking balancing a redox equation for Jack
Heurlin and Dick Shiley. “One electron
“Fall In f’ ...................
for the elevator. Holding his nose, he seems to be missing,” puzzles Mr. Ohl
Famous Words of Miss Montgomery
pushes open a door, muttering, “Wonder son. A terrified voice says, “Don’t let
Enchantment .....................An Assembly
where they got hold of all the eggs.”
anyone leave this room!” But the situa
Every Girl Should Be Married ........
A dense cloud of purple fumes greets tion is saved—Ann Morrison has found
Senior Girls’ Point of View
Whispering Smith . .“300 Words, Ralph” Willie. As it clears away, he sees two the error.
people dashing for the windows. Bill Van
Willie edges closer as the talk turns
So Dear to My H e a r t ..............
Niles, as June draws near Home gasping, “Air, air!” As Pat Som to Nitrogen compounds. Mr. Ohlson is
mer moans, “I thought it said inhale, telling about an explosive compound
Four Steps in the Clouds ..........
which British women chewed like chew
“I got A’s in all my subjects” not exhale.”
On the other side of the room, Tom ing gum during the war. Dean Whitton
Three Musketeers ..............
Bill Bruce, Bill Campbell, George Bussey Robb is blissfully generating and sniffing has a question: “Could that be where the
The Thin Man \ ..........“Bones” Leeming hydrogen culfide, while those around him expression ‘(shooting off her month)’
comes from ?”
try valiantly not to breathe.
Words and M usic...............
Mr. Betts and Miss Klaus Leach, and Bob Peterson are noisily
At this point, Willie, afraid of missing
Charlotte Dressel, Jo Quesnell, Diane the elevator, hurries to his next period
Gone With The W in d .............
February Graduates weeping near the balances. Willie can’t class after taking one last bewildered
Ecstasy ............................................ 3:11 figure it out. All he sees is a little barium glance at the chem lab.
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N I L B H I L I T E
Sport Slants
I Baseball Takes Over
Spring 'Sporfclight*
Friday March 18, 1949
Cage, Swim Teams
Close Schedules
“Take me out to the ball game,
The 1948-49 athletic program for Nile
Take me out to the crowd. . . ”
Nilehi will be represented at the State
Yes, the old baseball season is coming hi is having its first breather during the
High School Coaches Clinic on April up fast. Within a month, ball parks all month of March with no scheduled con
29-30 at Champaign, Illinois. Football over the nation will rock with the cheers tests. The basketball and swimming
will be the main subject of the clinic.
of fans. The professional ball teams are schedules are complete, and the spring
Elgin, rated the Number One highalready in the midst of spring training program has not yet begun. So, perhaps
school quintet in the state, had a
in the warmer sections of the country. this is a good time to review the wintertough time winning the Woodstock
But, right here at Nilehi, baseball has sports scene.
Regional Basketball Tournament. Ar
Few Cage Conquests
begun. April 4 will mark the opening
lington Heights fell to the Elgin five
Victories were few and far between
day of the baseball season for the Tro
by only one point. The Watchmen
ians, but even now the gym is filled for the varsity basketball team. The boys
then won a close one from Dundee,
with all sounds of the game. The boys fashioned their first victory at the ex
47-45, in the final.
are keeping in shape with exercises and pense of Taft just before the Christmas
The Letterman’s “N” Club is going throwing, with a bit of running and vol vacation, but they could do nothing in
to help with the Grade School Basketball leyball as conditioners.
the De Kalb Holiday Toumey, falling
Tournament coming us soon. It will be
There are only four returning varsity to Arlington Heights. The Trojans’ other
the first official time the “N” Club has 'ettermen from the 1948 squad: Bill wins were over Belvidere, Maine, Crystal
functioned in an event at Nilehi.
Leeming and Ed Beebe, pitchers; Jack Lake, and York.
Heurlin, outfielder; and Chuck Bonney,
According to Coach Robert Mackey,
Niles, this year, had the toughest cage
infielder.
Cindermen Condition for 19 4 9
This year’s varsity nine will have quite schedule of its history.
Swimmers Look Better
r reputation to maintain. In 1948, the
O p en er With Waukeg an
Nilehi took sixth place in the State
Trojans advanced to the semi-finals of
The 1948-49 track season got under ^he state tournament before losing to Swimming Meet on points collected by
way at Nilehi last week, according to Granite City. The varsity also won the Bob Lindahl and Dick Provost. All will
Coach Charles Hussey. Equipment was 1948 Northeast Conference B a s e b a l l agree that Lindahl and Provost did an
outstanding job for the tankers through
handed out to the thinclads on Wednes '’hampionship.
So, stand by, because that season is out the season. Provost continually pla
day, March 9. The time beipg spent in
the gyro preparing the boys physically lust around the comer when the cry of ced first in the competitive diving, while
“Play Ball!” will ring from the diamond. Bob captured the 50 and 100-yard free
with exercises and swimming.
style events, setting several records.
Returning from the 1948 varsity track
1948 - 49 BASEBALL*”SCHEDULE
team are Don Berg, John Boznos, Jack April 4
Maine
There
De Stories, Bill Graefen, Bill Grafke, April 6
Evanston
There
Jim Kennedy, Ward Nipper, Don Siegel, April
_Senn
There
and Don Walter.
April $
Oak Park ^ A • Here
From this nucleus, along with three April 19
By Danna Barbour
Letyden
There
minor letter winners: Jim Davis, Pete April 20
Evanston
Here
Next on the agenda of sports for the
Heiniger, and Marve Johnson, Coach April 22
Highland Park
Here
Glamazons will be baseball. However, it
Hussey plans to build his 1949 squad.
April 25
New Trier
Here will not start until the weather permits.
The Trojan trackmen will open their April 28
Waukegan
Here
Sally Lutkehaus, junior at Arlington
season on April 22, in a varsity and soph May 3
Arlington
Here
Heights High School and former student
omore meet with Waukegan at Niles.
May 5
Senn
Here
of Nilehi is “rolling” herself a fine repu
Last season the thinclads won six meets May 6
Leyden
Here
tation in bowling. In the Arlington High
and placed second in the conference May 9
.New Trier
There
School League recently, she bowled the
meet a t Arlington.
May 11
Steinmetz
Here
series of 546. This score put Sally on
May 12
Oak Park
There
the bowling honor roll of The Chicago
1948-49 VARSITY TRACK
May 23
Arlington
There
D a il y N e w s .
April 22 Waukegan
Here May 31
Highland Park
There
A new schedule has been up for after
April 25 Highland Park
Here
school G.A.A. activities, according to
April 30 Palatine Relays
There Nilehi to Sponsor *Grade
Miss Helen Heitmann, sponsor. There
May 3 Leyden
There
will be volley ball on Monday and Wed
May 6 Amundsen
Here School Cage Tournament
Niles Township High School will spon nesday; . tumbling on Tuesday; F.A.A.
May 9 Arlington
There
sor an Elementary School Basketball Board meeting on Thursday.
May 13- 14
District
Tournament during the week of March
Turnabout time is coming up April 23.
May 16 Arlington, Leyden Arlington
May 18 Leyden
Here 21-25 in the high school gym, according This year’s theme will be the “Wishing
May 23 Libertyville
Here to Mr. Robert Mackey, sponsor of the Well Whirl.”
toumey and Trojan varsity basketball
May 24 N.R, N.W.,
the desire to actively participate in
Conference Meet
Palatine coach.
Invitations to participate in the cage sports, and brings a great deal of actual
May 26 Conference Meet
Leyden
tourney have been extended to the fol experience.
Before the war, Niles Township High
lowing schools: Cleveland, East Prairie,
Five Years Ago This Month
Golf, Lincoln, Lincolnwood, M o r t o n School sponsored a basketball tourna
The Nilehi Trojans, during the week Grove, Niles, Niles Township Lutheran, ment each spring. It is felt that a revival
end of February 28 through March 2, Saint Martha, Saint Peters, and Sharp of this tournament will act as a stimu
lus to all the sports in the various ele
defeated the three toughest opponents Comer.
possible, Evanston, Libertyville, a n d
According to Mr. Mackey, the coaches mentary schools, as well as at Nilehi.
Waukegan, to win the Waukegan Re at Nilehi appreciate the organization of The tournament also allows the grade
gional Basketball Championship.
the Athletic Conference among the Ele school students to become better ac
The varsity cagers, under Coach Robert mentary schools. From previous experi quainted with their high school.
A meeting was held on March 7, in
Mackey, won nine straight contests to ence, it has been noted that this type of
share the Northeast Conference Basket conference aids the athletic program at the Nilehi gym office, for representatives
ball Championship with Crystal Lake. Nilehi, since it lays the foundation for j of the schools participating.
B y E d B eebe
Glamazons
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WaterCarnival
April 1 and 2
7:15 and 9:15
nile H I lite
Vol. X, No. 12________________Skokie, 111.
Sport
By Ed Beebe
Special physical education classes
have been set up at Nilehi for the boys
unable to attend the regular classes
for medical reasons, according to Mr.
Harold Isaacson, athletic director. The
classes feature shuffleboard and other
forms of non-strenuous exercise.
By the look of some of those gradeschool basketball players that played
in the tournament held at Niles last
week, the opponents of future Trojan
cage teams had better beware! There is
undoubtedly a great lift to high-school
basketball given by these young cagers.
The experience and practice they are
getting now should be beneficial in the
future.
The boys’ physical education classes
are playing volley-ball now. Softball will
be next on the agenda as soon as the
weather permits.
G o lf Team Swings
Into 19^9 Schedule
Friday, April 1, 194S
The cry of “fore” will soon be heard
on the Nilehi athletic fields as the golf
team practices for its 1949 season.
Including the ten regular season mat
ches, the Trojan golfers will compete in
a Northeast Conference meet. Arlington,
Leyden, and Niles will compete in the
second annual conference match won last
year by Arlington. Nilehi linksmen will
also compete in the state district match.
Returning this year are three varsity
golfers. Ken LaPlant, leading the re
turnees with an 83.9 average, along with
Ted Eckert (88.8) and Dick Baumann
(92.5) will carry most of the Nilehi hopes
for victory, according to Mr. Thomas
Kiviluoma, coach.
This year’s schedule includes meets
with Arlington, Leyden, Evanston, and
Maine.
Baseball
Maine, There
April 4
Glamazons
By Danna Barbour
The round-robin basketball tourney
being held in Miss Montgomery’s gym
classes is really at a fever pitch. The
teams in “Monty’s” classes will play
each other twice.
As soon as spring puts a dent in the
winter weather, the senior girls will try
their hands at some field hockey. This
is a fall sport, but “Monty” thinks the
girls will like to try out the new equip
ment that arrived too late for use last
fall.
G.A.A. Bits
The G.A.A. Board and Miss Heitmann
are busy planning the “Wishing Well
Whirl,” 1949’s turnabout dance, which
is sponsored annually by the Club. The
date to remember is Saturday, April 23.
One other thing to remember is that
this is the dance to which the girls squire
Coaches Agree on Best
the fellows. Harry Barry will provide
the “wishing” music in the gym from
Cagers in H;
State Tourney
G il Dodds Talks to
i
Y
Four of Nilehi’s coaches, Mr. Harold 8.30 p.m. until 12:00.
Tells Track Experiences
Isaacson, head of the athletic depart
When Gil Dodds was guest speaker ment, Mr. Charles Hussey, Mr. Robert Morton Grove Wins 1949
at the Niles Township High School Hi-Y Ma?kev, and Mr. James Phipps attended
club on March 22, one of the country’s j the Illinois State High. School Basket- Invitational Cage Tourney
Morton Grove Grade School defeated
most well-known track stars was on the ball Tournament at Champaign, over
Cleveland by a score of 31-18, on Friday,
the week-end beginning March 18.
premises.
Mount Vernon won the tournament in March 25, to win the Niles Township
Dc Ids, known as the “Flying Parson”
becav.se of his firm religious beliefs plus a close final game on March 19 with Elementary School Invitational Basket
track prowess, holds the record for the Hillsboro by the score of 45-39, before ball Tournament held at Niles Township
Banker’s Mile held in the Chicago Sta a crowd of 7,000 in the Huff gymnasium. High School on March 23, 24, 25.
Paced by Dick Rosenberg and Riha,
It was Mount Vernon’s first state vic
dium.
Morton Grove led 10-3, 16-8, 20-15, and
On March 11, 1944, Gil Dodds ran in tory since 1920.
All four coaches agreed on the same 31-18 at the end of the respective per
the annual Knights of Columbus track
meet held in Madison Square Garden and men as their choice for the three out iods. Rosenberg scored 15 points for the
set a new record of 4:07.3 minutes for standing ball players — Max Hooper, victorious Warriors. Butterworth paced
the one-mile run. One week later Dodds, Mount Vernon’s six foot, six inch center; Cleveland with six points.
Reviewing the tournament: On Wed
paced by Bill Hulse, set the Banker rec John Biever, guard on the third place
ord—a World’s record for the indoor West Aurora five; and Le Roy Ott, a nesday, March 23, Morton Grove downed
guard on the number two team—Hills Sharp Comer in a close contest, 25-21.
mile—4:0G.4 minutes!
Riha scored nine points for the victors.
In setting these impressive records boro.
Coaches Hussey and Isaacson com St. Peter’s defeated Niles Township
Dodds ran for the amateur Boston Ath
letic Association. Today, he has turned mented on the larQe number of small Lutheran, 38-13; Niles whipped Golf,
professional and has an offer to tour guards that were dead shots at quarter 19-16; Cleveland drew the bye. Thus,
England with Gundar Hagg, the Swed floor, and that there was a higher per Morton Grove, St. Peter’s and Cleveland
centage of good shots made than they entered Thursday’s semi-finals.
ish miler.
Morton Grove advanced to the finals
Dodds has many beliefs concerning his had ever seen in any previous tourna
by downing St. Peter’s, 34-21, on March
track work. For religious reasons he re ment.
Hooper was rated as number one be 24, Riha again leading in the scoring
fuses to run on Sundays. Because of his
conviction, four nationwide track meets cause of his accurate pivot shot and his with 15 points for the Warriors from
rebounding ability. In the final game Morton Grove. Cleveland thrashed Niles,
have been postponed!
Gil Dodds believes the four-minute with Hillsboro, Hooper dropped in a 18-8, in the second game.
mile is coming, and he thinks possibly total of 21 points.
that Don Gehrman, Wisconsin, might
Mr. Mackey, varsity basketball coach, McNeil’s Teams Wins Title
be the miler to set the record!
thought that the only team that showed
In the playoffs for the Niles Town
real team work was Johnston City. All
ship High School intramural basketball
the coaches agreed that play was mainly
facilities Opensd U Graders
set up for the individual stars of each championship, the five captained by
The athletic facilities at Nilehi have
team, playing a two out, three in, offense. Frank McNeil, senior, swept through to
teen opened to grade-school athletes
victory.
his year to increase interest in sports proved through encouragement of such
The team, consisting of McNeil, Geo
,mong the pre-high-school-age boys and programs. A basketball tournament has rge Bussey, Dave Carlson, Conrad Cor
;irls.
already been held and a swimming meet nell, Warren Jones, and Jerry Seltzer,
According to the athletic department, and perhaps a track meet are being plan defeated Bill “Red” Graefen’s squad in
sTilehi sports activities should be im- ned for later in the spring.
the final game, 26-14.
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n i l e h i l i t e
Immigration Survey Tells
Why Our Ancestors Sailed
“My grandparents met on the boat
while they were on the way to the Uni
ted States, and were married when it
docked.”
“My great-grandfather on his way
from Ireland to the U. S. passed by his
mother and father in another boat going
from the U.S. to Ireland to get him!”
“My grandfather was born aboard ship
and was named after the ship.”
These were some of the many ans
wers to the survey on immigration which
was recently taken by some of the sen
iors in Miss Grace Harbert’s problems
classes. Questions such as: “Where did
your ancestors come from? When? and
W hy?” were asked.
The majority of ancestors came from
Germany, Scandinavia, and the British
Isles, and the main reasons for immi
gration were economic.
Many of the ancestors of Nilehiers
were very much bewildered in the
strange new country of the United Sta
tes. Such things as eating bananas with
the skin on, and being surprised at see
ing wooden houses were not uncommon.
Illinois was the state in which most of
the ancestors settled.
Sherrill Rudd McDonald, who was gra
duated from Nilehi in 1945, was gradua
ted in February from Purdue University
in Aeronautical Engineering “with dis
tinction,” according to Miss Margaret
deBooy, junior adviser.
Sherrill was the Harvard award re
cipient when he was a junior at Nilehi,
and was elected to membership in the
National Honor Society in his junior
year.
In college he was elected to the Tau
Beta Pi, the national engineering hon
orary fraternity, and also the Gamma
Alpha Rho, the aeronautical honorary
fraternity.
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The Nilehilite is written, printed, and published
by the students of Niles Township High School,
Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, superintendentprincipal.
STAFF MEMBERS
Eiitor-in-chiei: Bill Heveran.
As ociate News Editor: Barbara Kokum.
Co-Feature Editors: Sandra Ravencroft and Mary
Msrse.
Associate Feature Edit r: Joyce Swartz.
Sports Editor: Ed Beebe.
Associate Sports Editor: Pete Heiniger.
Sports WrMaro: Ed Beebe, Bill Bruce, Bill Graefen,
Pet« MMttper, and Rick Tamburino.
Girls’ Sports Editor: Danna Barbour.
Staff Photographer: Rick Tamburino.
News Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo.
Associate News Bureau Chief: Lois Lenberg.
Assistants: Bill Graefen, Audrey Nordlof, and
June Sprungman. Circulation Manager: Judy Larson.
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and
Phyllis Yates.
Exchange Editor. Betty Loefgren.
A istant: Marilyn Lee.
Typists: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey
Nordlof, and Joyce Swartz.
Reporters: Danna Barbour, Carole Briggs, Bill
Bruce, B.ll Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Barbara
Kokum, Dona Korsmo, Judy Larson, Marilyn
Lee, Lois Lenberg, Betty Loefgren, Ruth Mun
sterman, Audrey Nordlof, Joyce Swartz, Ken
Steele, June Sprungman, Rick Tamburino,
Angela Vosnos, and Phvl is Yates.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul M. Eterhardt
Clement Meier
SHORT CUTS
Seven, Yes, lucky seven! These are
presumably the healthiest seniors at
Nilehi, who have never been absent from
school during their entire four-year car
eers: Eleanor Dyresson, 102; Ted Eckert,
102; Fred Gatter, 310; Marge Peterson,
316; Dick Provost, 316; Don Verlenden,
102; and Elaine Wolitski, 209.
Even though Home-room 102 has the
lowest attendance record, it has the lar
gest number of seniors with perfect at
tendance. Mr. Charles Selden, 102’s advi
ser, has never missed a day since he
began teaching at N.T.H.S. in February
of ’43.
Mr. Thomas Kiviluoma, who had pre
viously shared the record with Mr. Sel
den, fell from the ranks on March 1
when he wa,', forced to take the Dick
test fce^a^se of his daughter's case of
scarlet fever. Mr. Kiviluoma joined the
faculty in September, 1944.
Friday, Abril 1,1S49
Attention, Seniors!
This is Your Column
She didn’t get it! Yes, she did! No!
What s all this confusion ? Seems six
senior girls, Pat Sommer, Joyce Creaves,
Ann Morrison, Mary Morse, lEaine Esch,
and Audrey Nordlof, took a scholarship
exam for Knox College in Galesburg,
Illinois, last February 12.
All received notice shortly thereafter
that they had not qualived for scholar
ships. A few days later, however, Ann
Morrison had word that one of the stu
dents who had received a scholarship
was not accepting it, and Ann was next
in line.
Now Ann has decided she would rather
go to Northwestern University, and has
applied for an entrance exam to be given
next month.
*
*
*
Bill Campbell just won’t be able to
make it to his graduation in June: The
reason: he’ll be very busy taking en
trance exams at West Point Military
Academy in New York.
*
*
*
Various members of the faculty are
planning to operate in association with
Seniors, take note! Do you lucky peo
correspondinfg senior committees in pre ple know you have only 45 school days
paration for the commencement exer more to slave over your textbooks till
cises of the class of '49, according to that great day, June 10? What then?
Mr. Harold Ohlson, senior adviser. These Senior exams!
committees are now being selected from
a pool of senior.
Nilehi traveled to Waukegan March
The committees include the breakfast 19. Not a basketball or baseball game,
committee, under the supervision of Miss but a run to the outskirts of Waukegan
Grace Harbert; the program committee, —26 miles from Skokie.
under the supervision of Mr. George
Eight boys entered the marathon race,
Adams; the staging committee, super but only three finished. Bill Grafke took
vised by Mr. Thomas Kiviluoma; the cap j first-place honors, with Dennis Joyce and
and gown committee, with Mr. Roth as Don Berg tying for second.
chairman; tickets and announcements,
Falling by the wayside during the
under Miss Harbert’s snpervision; and grueling run were Ward Nipper, Mike
the decoration and ushering committee, Henry, Bill Nickel, Ralph Bennett, and
under the supervision of Miss Alice Line. Harold Harper.
Betty and Karyl, Mermaids in Water Carnival\
Swim Into the Nilehilite Profile Spotlight
She’s the 17-year-old senior girl with
brown hair and eyes who organized “cupid’s comer” for the senior dance, the
“Gold Rush” this year.
Her name is Betty Loefgren. She
likes just about everything including
Nilehi, people, swimming, dancing, and
tennis. Her favorite vovalists are Frankie
Laine and Doris Day while Guy Lom
T
bardo’s band rates tops.
Spaghetti, french-fried shrimp, steak,
and chicken are her favorites when' it
comes to eating.
Betty loves to knit argyle socks in her
spare time, but never knows who they
are going to until they’re done.
Among her activities at N.T.H.S. are
Reflections Revelry, Nilehilite staff, and
three years in the water carnival.
This coming summer Betty will spend
at Lake Geneva or on a dancing tour for
Margot Koche. Next winter she plans to
go to college, but hasn’t been decided as
yet.
As water carnival time comes ‘round,
one of the people that the N.T.H.S.
spotlight will focus on will be a cute,
brown-haired girl who has been active in
synchronized swimming for the past
three years.
She’s Karyl Marholz, senior, w h o
stannds 5 feet 1X inches tall, has snap
A
py brown eyes, and will be 17 come May
5.
Karyl’s likes are many, including her
senior year “because it’s fun to be looked
up to,” strawberries, steak, the kids at
Nilehi, and chemistry “even if it is hard.”
As for dislikes, people who can’t spell
her name at the top of the list.
Her future plans include study at
Lawrence ollege in Appleton, Wiscon
sin, where her majors will either be dra
matics, interior decorating, or chemistry.
According to Karyl, who ranked in
the upper fourth of her graduating class,
her only ambition in life is” to be able
to water-ski backwards.
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NI L E HI L I T E
Did Seniors Think Differently as Frosh?
Nilehilites of Three Years Ago Give Answer
Can you remember back when “Chickery-Chick” was number 7 on the hit
parade? Or better still, when the sen
iors were freshmen ? They probably
thought quite differently about things
but we’ll see after looking through the
old Nilehilites.
What’s the matter with girls?
Tom Black, freshman: They cause you
so much trouble, but they’ll do.
Senior: A marvelous invention made
to solve all problems of man’s freedom.
Should be kept on a leash.
What three things would you want
if you were alone on a desert island?
Dave Carlson, freshman: A girl, tooth
brush, and a bathing suit.
Senior: Touhy Beach, the Drive-in,
the fun in Miss Tillman’s 8th period
English class last year.
Dick Norman, freshman: Betty Grable,
Lana Turner, Betty Hutton.
Senior: Three tootpicks.
Charlotte Campbell, freshman: Dana
Andrews, Van Johnson, Robert Walker.
Senior: Pete, a horse, and a bathing
suit. What restrictions would you put on
kissing?
Hank Trausch, freshman: Be sure to
let the girl breath!
Senior: No restrictions at all!
Jim Hosfield, freshman: Time limit,
two minutes.
Senior: Eternity.
Carl Bjorkdahl, freshman: To begin
with—don’t go around with girls.
Senior: I don’t know—I haven’t kissed
anyone yet.
What do you think of N.T.H.S.?
Tracy Hill, freshman: Fine! Haven’t
met any girls that interest me, but give
me time.
Senior: Give me more time!
Angela Vosnos, freshman: Everyone is
friendly, but the classes—up and down.
Oh mah legs!
Senior: Love it! Nothing to complain
about with only two months ’til gradu
ation.
Tom Cleary, freshman: Everything’s
okay. Wow, some dishes!
Senior: Everything about it is so beau
tiful.
Bob Peterson, freshman: This school
really believes in giving a lot of home
work.
Senior: Did I say that there was too
much when I was a freshman?
Don Carlson, freshman: I’xn like every
body else, I think school is quite the
thing.
Senior: I think it’s swell and I ’m still
having fun.
Friday, April 1,1949
Nilehi Ned Thinks of
New Twist to Lunch
Why is Nilehi Ned dreaming so,
His teacher wants to know.
He eyes the clock, he’s got a hunch,
His thoughts have turned to lunch:
H ash.. .the fellas after Mr. Schubert’s
swim classes.
Kix. . . what we need in football season.
Good E gg...B ob Witte.
S p ry ...o u r N.T.H.S. cheerleaders.
Sunkist. . . the kids back from Florida
vacations.
Dole. . . out that money, the Prom’s com
ing up.
S w ift...th e last months before gradua
tion.
D uz...you have a date for the Turna
bout?
Spic ‘N’ Span. . . Nilehi lockers.
Pep. . . Mari Cysewski.
N u ts...th e kids that ran 26 miles to
Waukegan.
Airwick. . . what the chemistry room
needs.
K raft. . . you need it to pass quarter
exams.
Beef. . . What Mrs. Baker’s period three
class does.
Peaches.. .the Miss Safety Slogan can
didates.
Relish. . . that spring vacation!
This ’n’ That - Found: Classified Ads
Since April is “All-Fools Month,” this
week we concentrated on Nilehiers bora
in April when we asked:
What have you ever done that makes
you think you’re an April Fool?. . .
Dona Korsmo, senior: I constantly for
get people’s names—even if they’re my
oldest friends. When I go to introduce
them to someone, my mind goes blank
and I can’t remember who they are.
Bill Van Horne, senior: Somehow I
just can’t catch buses on time. One day
I made what I think is a record and
missed seven of them.
Pete Heiniger, junior: I always get
spring fever in April and never want
to come to school.
Fran Tomczak, senior: The night of
“Reflections” when I told Mr. Van Arsdale that I didn’t want a mustache for
our cowgirl act—so 1 got the bigest
and bushiest of them all.
Kathleen McCabe, senior: I once went
swimming in Lake Michigan on the first
day of April.
Dotty Bowles, sophomore: I started
going steady with Pete Heiniger.
Frank DeVitto, senior: I was bora.
Joe Donavan, junior: My parents drove
me around on my first date when I was
a freshman.
Joanne Nielsen, junior: Try to beat up
For Sale . . . '29 Chewie—$40.00.
Inquire-Mechanics Inc., Room 10. Pro
prietor—L. R. Mackey.
FOR SALE: Two heads, 25 cents, sligh
tly wilted. Lettuce, that is.
WANTED: Portable mint. $5 and $10
size preferred. B. O. B.
FOUND: An Eskimo’s diary:
Morning: Got up and ate breakfast
—Mush!
Afternoon: Took dog-sled to trading
post—Mush!
Evening: Date with girl friend—
Mush!
LOST: Yellow Cadillac convertible with
Spanish book in back seat.
Please return book, keep convertible.
Bewildered.
FOUND: A barber who really gives a
“good” haircut. See Bill Mickey.
PERSONAL: Locker D-72: Meet me in
front of Kunkel’s, Friday, at 3:30.
Locker C-31.
PERSONAL: Young woman with garlic
desires to meet young man with SenSen. Object: Romance.
WANTED: A trim figure. Consult geom
etry class.
my twin brother.
Donna “Slim” Groll, junior: Riding
around on my motor scooter... .especi
ally in Skokie.
George Boatright, freshman: I once
came to school on a Saturday.
Paul Grasch, freshman: I came to
school a day ahead of time last Sep
tember and couldn’t understand why the
school was so empty.
Clyde Schultz, junior, recently dropped
a book of Ted Eckert’s into one of the
hall Avastebaskets.
Ted, a prominent member of the Sen
ior Cabinet, became very disturbed. He
thought the little swinging door on the
wastebasket was a gateway for a chute
which led to the basement.
How long does it take to get to know
N.T.H.S., anyway?
There are always food-fiends who
try to steal the jump on the rest of us
by devising quick and unusual ways to
get down to the cafeteria before the mob.
Dona “Slim” Groll is one of these. Slim’s
plan involved sliding down the bannister
between floor two and floor one.
About half-way down, her foot got
caught. Completely unnoticed by all the
hungry devils on their way to the Nilehi
food center, Slim began to wail loudly
for held. After five minutes of agony,
Bev “At-a-girl” Dilley, pried her loose.
It doesn’t pay to speak good English
—at least, not if you eat at Mrs. Curl’s
fifth period French table in the lunch
room. These second-year French stu
dents are fined a penny for every word
of English they speak during their lunch
period!
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Nilehi Varieties
Nilehiers strike the “Blue Notes.” Al
though the real name of this band is
“Rollin Oliver and His Blue Notes,” they
are all members of the N.T.H.S. band
and orchestra, conducted by Mr. Clifford
Collins, Nilehi instrumental director.
Rollin Oliver, whose real name is Rollin Glazer, has led his band in several
performances, two of them being at the
Glenview Youth Center.
The “Blue Notes” also were starlighted
at the Nilehi “Reflections Revelry”
show.
Members of the band are Ted Dolan,
Jeane Artelt, Gerald Dryer, Dan Winger,
Jay Dahm, Bill Van Horne, Tom Mad
den, and Rollin Glazer.
Freshmen Science classes have a ther
mometer shelter patterned after the
United States weather shelter from
which they record temperature readings
f a i r l y accurately, according to Mr.
George Roth, science instructor.
This weather shelter was made by
Paul Byrd. The readings are taken by
the freshmen weather bureau committee,
Anne Odegard acting as chairman. Re
cord is in a graph in room 316.
Richard LeVeau, freshman, is working
on a weather vane to be installed on the
roof. Bruno Del Corobbo is working on
an electrical annemometer to show the
wind velocity.
“What country did you or your an
cestors come from? What type of em
ployment did you take when you ar
rived in the United States? What state
did you settle in first?”
These are just a few of the questions
being asked in various surveys by stu
dents of Miss Grace Harbert’s problems
classes. They are studying sociology
problems of quality and quantity of pop
ulation, as well as theoretical relations
between census statistics and food supply.
N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, April 1,1949
Contest for w
Miss Safety Slogan o f 19 4 9 ” Closes;
Top Safety Writers to Receive Cash Prizes Soon
Did you cast a vote for “Miss Safety
Slogan of 1949” in the safety slogan
contest that ended today ? There was
plenty of time to, because the contest
has been running since March 14.
Just who “Miss Safety Slogan of
1949” is, is not known at the time we go
to press, but there were eight candidates,
two from each class, in the running. Sen
iors were represented by Kaye Jaeger
and Dona Korsmo, Geri Dodge and Bev
Dilley represented the juniors, Astrid
Hallbrendt and Violet Kubany were the
sophomore candidates, and the fresh
men had Marilyn Mattes and Doris
Smith. Miss Grace Harbert was in charge
of the Miss Safety Slogan contest.
Who won the $20 set up as prizes for
the four top slogans written during the
contest is not known either. The contest
was held in cooperation with the Niles
Township Safety Council, who donated
the money for the prizes.
The contest was supervised by mem
bers of the faculty along with two stu
dent co-managers. Faculty members were
Mr. Charles Suydam, Mr. L. P. Babcock,
Dr. A. L. Biehn, Miss Grace Harbert, Mr.
John Wilkins, and Mr. Paul M. Eberhardt. Student co-managers were Bill
Heveran, senior, and Bob Jaeger, jun
ior.
Class Ranks of '4 9 Grads
Public Speaking Class Enters
Tell Audrey Nordlof Highest
The class ranks for the c’ass of 1949
were released Tuesday, March 15, after
being compiled by the Nilehi office staff.
The list is based solely on the aca
demic standing through the first seven
semesters of school, according to Mr.
Harold Ohlson, senior class adviser.
Audrey Nordlof is first with 30 A’s
and 2 B’s. Rose Marie Denk follows
closely behind with 28 A’s and two B’s.
Audrey has the greater number of gra
des because she carried five majors in
her sophomore year.
Close behind are Joyce Creaves, third,
and Ed Beebe, fourth. Ann Morrison and
Ted Eckert are tied for fifth.
Elaine Esch, Conrad Cornell, and Bill
Graefen placed sixth, and Ed Archibald,
Pat Sommer, and Don Verlenden tied
for seventh.
Debaters Join Honor League
The debaters recently received notice
that they had been unanimously admit
ted to the National High School Honor
Forensic League for Speech Students,
and membership in it is one of the high
est awards a debater can receive.
Junior Council Starts Plans for 49 Junior Prom
Committees, Faculty Advisers, Student Chairmen Chvsen
It’s not too far away. No sir! In fact march is in Mr. John L. Betts’ depart
it’s only 65 days away. What, you ask? ment with Jim Nock and Jim Kennedy
Why the biggest social event of the as co-student chairmen.
All publicity is under the supervision
school year, the junior prom!
of Miss Lucille Ronalds. The public ad
Work has already been started on the | dress announcements are under stu
affair as committees have been organ dent chairmanship of Barbara Bangized under the supervision of Miss Mar hart. Posters, under the guidance of
garet deBooy, junior class adviser.
Mrs. Joy Weigand will be organized by
The sale of tickets will be under fac her committee of Jean Goodrich, Joan
ulty supervision of Miss Florence Har Hamlet, Jeanine Jacobs, and Carol
rison with Jim Kennedy and Ted Dolan Smith. Publicity through the newspa
as co-student chairmen. Choice of bids pers will be under faculty supervision
will be under faculty guidance of Miss of Mr. James Michaelfi with Molly AsAda Immel with Beattie Bornemeier as mussen as student chairman.
the student chairman. Mr. Clement Meier
Miss deBooy and Miss Ronalds are in
will be in charge of invitations with charge of all codes for the dance with
Jean Kelly as student chairman. The Jane Nymark assisting as student chair
election of senior leaders for the grand man.
National Oratorical Contest
Highlights of the activities of the pub
lic speaking class this month will be the
Herald-American oratorical contest. Tak
ing place late in April and May, this
contest is of national scope, some three
or four hundred high schools all over
the country taking part. The subject
of each six-minute oratation this year
is Alexander Hamilton.
Mr. Ronald Van Arsdale will choose
one representative from Nilehi from the
following: Joyce Creaves, Pat Sommer,
Tom Shields, Don Hartigan, Don Ver
lenden, Ted Eckert, Jerald Seltzer, Her
bert Veit, and Bill Graefen.
rG ’ Man to Relate Cases
7o Nilehi at Assembly
The F. B. I. and adventures of a “G”
man will be the subject of an all-school
assembly on Monday, April 25, at 9:15
a.m.
Mr. Sam Grathwell will give Nilehi
students accounts of the F. B. I. war on
crime and sabotage, with case histories
of the fall of notorious criminals.
Mr. Grathwell has spoken to audi
ences throughout the United States, in
most of Canada, and in Alaska and Ja
pan. Mr. Grathwell also worked directly
with J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the
F. B. I., in securing information for his
newest subject.
Spring Tour Starts April II
A week from Monday marks the big
day for the 70 juniors and seniors going
on the Spring vacation tour to southern
Illinois.
The trip will leave early Monday mor
ning, April 11, and will return Thursday
morning after visiting Springfield, Vandalia, Harrisburg, and New Salem vil
lage. The groups will return on April
14.
Of the 25 students who took the driv
er’s license examinations at Nilehi re
cently, approximately 50 per cent passed.
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Candidates For 'A 9 Prom Leaders
Prom Leader Campaigns
Draw Student Attention
“ Which two seniors are going to be
voted the most outstanding to lead the
Grand March at our Junior Prom on
June 4?” This question is undoubtedly
the current thought in the minds of
most Nilehiers at this time. The ballot
ing was held yesterday under the direc
tion of John L. Betts and his student cochairmen, Jim Nock and Jim Kennedy.
A t the time of this writing the results
were unknown.
Yes, as Junior Prom time rolls around,
all the girls’ thoughts turn to dreaming
of what kind of formal they will get.
Of course the minor detail of being asked
is taken into consideration too.
Boys generally look at the affair from
a little different point of view— that of
money, using the family car, and of
course, which Nilehi beauty he will ask.
M Ml
Add 22 New Members
Congratulations to Kaye Jaeger and Tom Black - Leaders of the
1949 Junior Prom. Candidates were, sitting left to right: K. Jaeger, A. To N ileh i H onor Society
Vosnos, K. South worth, B. Loefgren, D. Leach, B. Reuther. Standing^
During an impressive candle-light cer
T. Black, R. W alberg, B. Graefen, J. Porter, E. Beebe, A. W atkins, ana
D. Provost.
emony held Wednesday, April 20, in the
boys’ gym, the National Honor Society
welcomed 23 new members of Nilehi, 11
juniors and 12 seniors, into the Nilehi
Chapter.
Edward Beebe, Elaine Esch, Ted Eck
ert, Marilyn Birkemeier, and Edward
Vo]. X, No. 13
Skokie; III.
f-riday, April 29, 194*
Archibald, c
were the speakers selected
Com ing Freshies’ t o Glimpse
from the group elected to the society last
"N ile h i - P ast and P re se n t” year. This group also includes William
School Life Preview Tonight
Graefen, Judy Larson, Ann Morrison,
Everyone is interested in what the B ro a d ca st by R a d io C la sse s
Audrey Nordlof, Kathleen Russokov,
Any relatives or friends of yours in
“ Freshies” will look like, come Septem
Patricia Sommer, and Dean Whitton.
ber, and you may catch a glimpse of De Kalb, I.linois, or thereabouts, prob
The newly elected members from the
then at the annual Eighth Grade Night, ably know more about Nilehi than you
’49 senior class are Barbro Martinson,
•Friday, April 29. A ll eighth grade pupils do!
Mary Ann Morse, Joyce Creaves, Annin
They do if they were tuned in to Station
and their parents are cordially invited
Watkins, Rose Marie Denk, Frances Tomto visit the school that evening to see W LBK last Tuesday, April 26, when the
czak, Ruth Munsterman, Charlotte Dresa preview of what’s in store for them advanced radio class of NTHS presented
sel, Joan Conrad, Jeanevine Artelt, Don
at Niles.
a half-hour radio program at De Kalb.
Verlenden, and Conrad Cornell.
Tom Madden wrote the script for the
In, order that all visitors may fully
| The members of the junior class who
enjoy the evening, the program has been production which was titled “ Nilehi—
j have been elected are Barbara Banghardt,
divided into three sections. A t 8:00 p.m. Past and Present.” The story of how
j Beatrice Bornemeier, Albert Buthman,
one group will go directly to the boy’s Nilehi came to be, and a composite pic
|Ashley Craig, Joseph Donavan, Jim Kengymnasium for a musical presentation ture of what is happening now were in
' nedy, Barbara Kokum, John Krupka,
and an art exhibit; another will watch cluded in the broadcast, according to
|Helen Nachbauer, Barbara Olson, and
a swimming exhibition in the natatorium, Miss Virginia Stemp, dramatics and ra
|John Young.
while a third group will go to the as dio instructor.
The radio drama was given at the in Barbara Banghart, Elizabeth Elkin, Marsembly for a dramatic skit on high school
life.
vitation of Northern Illinois State Teach ■gie Forbes, Joan Hamlet, Nancy Lane,
ers College. Nilehiers Angie Vosnos, Tom j and Dick Martin were guests of the
S t y le S h o w S e t for M a y 13 Madden, Kenneth Gengler, Tom Robb, college for the day.
Plans have been made for the annual
style show given by Nilehi girls in the O n 3 -third of Student Body Help *’ Water W ays,” M a y 6
clothing department under the direction
Remember the day— the sixth of May. in some way.
of Miss Alice Line, clothing instructor.
Remember it— ’cause that’s the day that
“ Cool Water,” with a solo by Leonard
This year the show will be called
everyoile will paddle their way to “ Water Maier, senior; “ High Barbary,” “ Deep
“ a ashion Steps,” the theme portraying
.
Ways,” Nilehi’s annual Spring Concert. River,” and “ 01’ Man River” are just
the steps in the completion of the gar
As is suggested by the title, this a few of the selections to be directed by
ment during designing, construction, and
year’s program will contain many songs Miss Clara Klaus, music director, in the
finishing details, and finally the finished
about water. They’ll all be played or ’49 festival.
wardrobe for travel.
sung by the NTH S Band, Choir, Madri
Square dancers will also be featured,
All ages will be modeling in this show
gal Singers, Girls’ Glee Club, and Boys’ with the Madrigal Singers singing their
to be given May 13 in the boys’ gym.
Glee Club. Nearly one third of Nilehi’s accompaniment to the time of “ Skip to
The adult evening clothing class will
student body will participate in the show My Lou.”
modeled along with the high-school girls.
nileHI lite
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�S E N IO R C O L U M N
By Marilyn Lee and June Sprungman
Friday, Apri' 29, 1949
N I L E H I L I T JE
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Jerry Burke, *46, Gomes
To N T H S Every Day
I f you saw and heard a lot of people
having a good time at Nilehi April 26
we hope you didn’t get excited. It wasn’t
the school falling apart— it was just the
annual faculty dinner given for the
School Board.
Entertainment was providet by Mr.
Ronald Van Arsdale, who gave a read
ing from Shakespeare. Mr. Anton Schu
bert, Mr. Leo Bobcock, Mr. Charles Selden, and Mr. Marvin Ihne composed a
singing quartet.
A professional entertainer, Mr. Charles
Ulrich, ventriloquist, gave the group
many laughs with his two dummies,
Sarah and Jerry. Mr. Ulrich was at one
time Edgar Bergen’s teacher.
With graduation drawing near, seniors
Jerry Burke, graduate of 1946, still
look back to their first year at Nilehi comes to Nilehi every day. Sometimes he
brings along with him white mice or
and remember occasions such as. ..
March 18, the date of our first Turn perhaps lizards, safely secured in boxes
about called the “ Toddle Trot,” or De with tiny holes for air. But apparently
animals aren’t his only interest, because
cember 21, the “ Yuletide Yump.”
When Don Verlenden, Mary Musson frequently he comes with books stacked
and Ed Beebe were chosen as outstand high, looking very studious!
Occasionaly he has tucked under his
ing first-year Latin students. Honor cer
arm boxes labeled “ sodium chloride” or
tificates were given to them.
The frosh party on November 16. Ep “ zinc.” Then again, he often has sheet
tertainment was provided by Don Ebert music, newspapers from many high
who played the piano, and Don’s brothei schools, or t-shirts, shorts and othei
Ted and Bill Bruce who performed sev sports equipment.
Even stranger, though, is to see Jerry
eral magic tricks. Maybe you were the
one who carried the egg on the spoor stroll into loaded down with movie films.
afcross the stage without “ scrambling’ Quite an armful!
The points committee of the “ SpotNo, there’s nothing queer about Jerry!
the egg.
lighters” Dramatic Club, under the direc
The time the champion frosh girls’ You see, he’s the man who totes the ole
tion of Miss Virginia Stemp, dramatics
captainball team played captainball dur mail bag to N:T.H.S. every day. And in
addition to the many unusual items he teacher, has organized entirely new dra
ing the halves of the basketball game
brings, there is always the routine mail, matic and radio award requirements.
one night.
Under the new rules, any student who
Our first Snake Dance where the up such as records, bills, and teachers’ mail
has participated in any radio or dramatic
perclassmen really initiated us p o o l It really keeps both our mailman and
production at Nilehi, including plays, Re
freshies. Oh, the smell of that perfume! i Miss Harte going to keep up with Nile
flections Revelry, radio programs, 8th
hi’s daily mail!
The Frosh Hobby Assembly held Janu
I f you’re planning to attend North ;rade night, and Parents’ Night is eli
ary 18, 1946. Those who presented their
western next year, you’ll have plenty of gible for these awards.
hobbies were Marilyn Lee, Bill Graefen,
The requirements for a major award
Norbert Miller, Bill Van Horne, Mary company from Nilehi. According to a
are four major and three minor points,
Musson, Teid Eckert, Armin Watkins, N i l e h i l i t e senior survey, 16 students
or three major and seven minor points.
Ralph Smith, Bill Nickel, Gloria Garday, have been accepted at N. U. so far. They
Minor award requirements are two ma
Dean Whitton, and Bill Eichling. Later are Judy Larson, Tracy Hill, Fred Gatter.
Gray Watters, Phil Nymark, Marilyn jor and four minor points, or one major
the hobbies were displayed in the show
Zohm, Armin Watkins, Ann Clearman, and eight minor points.
cases.
Tom Reed being given the title “ Typical Ann Morrison, Carole Briggs, Ellen PatzOn Wednesday, April 6, Nilehi busi
L i’l Abner of 1945.” Tom answered cor ke, Don Verlenden, Ed Archibald, Audrey
ness education teachers, MissHelen Jo
rectly the jackpot question on the radio Nordlof, Dean Whitton, and Ralph
hanns, Miss Ada. Im m d, Miss Marie
Smith.
program “ Quiz Commentator.”
Green, and M r .' Eugene Napier, were
Other nearby colleges which will wel
The time the N i l e h i l i t e chose 12 stu
come Nilehiers next fall are Lake For hosts to the North Shore Business Edu
dents who closely resembled movie stars
cation Teachers’ “ Idea Exchange,” which
Three you ought to remember: Carl est: Nancy Newton and Bartella Schulz;
was originated by the Nilehi businessBjorkdahl, alias Alan Ladd; Nick Rollick North Park: Ken Steele and Carl Bjork
dahl; Mundelien: Kaye Haefel; Evan education teachers.
as John Garfield; and Barb Martinson,
Teachers from Evanston, New Trier,
ston Community College: Tom Schields;
Sonja Henie.
and Evanston Collegiate Institute: Bill Leyden, Maine, Zion, and Waukegan at
tended. ¡gSy
Eichling.
A fter the- general discussion, the teach
Phil Nymark must want to travel, for
he has been accepted at the Virginia ers were served refreshments by Barbro
Military Institute. Other travelers are Martinson, Joan Conrad, Edith Walther,
Rosie Denk, and Jeannevine Artelt, all
The Nilehilite is written, printed, and published Nancy Watson to Stephens, Jo Quesnell
by the students of Niles Township High School,
members of the 100 Per Cent club.
Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, superintendent- to Iowa Wesleyan, and Pat Scheuerman
principal.
to Southern Seminary and Junior College
STAFF MEMBERS
The first annual “ Dads and Lads”
Editor-in-chief: Bill Heveran.
in Virginia.
Associate News Editor: Barbara Kokum.
From those seniors who are not plan banquet was given by the NTH S H i-Y
Co-Feature Editors: Sandra Ravencroft and Mary
Morse.
ning to continue their schooling and will on April 6. Twenty-eight dads and lads
Associate Feature Editor: Joyce Swartz.
work, the telephone companies seem to attended.
Sports Editor: Ed Beebe.
Associate Sports Editor: Pete Heiniger.
The guest of honor was Mr. Cliff Max
be claiming the most near-graduates,
Sports Writers: Ed Beebe, BUI Bruce, Bill Graefen.
especially the Glenview office. By this well, supervisor of the Evanston Hi-Y.
Pete Heiniger, and Rick Tamburino. v , Girls’ Sports Editor: Danna Barbour.
time next year some of the fellows may Toastmaster was Mr. George Roth, facul
Staff Photographer: Rick Tamburino.
News Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo.
he doing a stretch in the navy, while ty sponsor of the Nilehi Hi-Y. Mr. John
Associate News Bureau Chief: Lois Lenberg.
Assistants: Bill Graefen, Audrey Nordlof, and several ■girls will be doing secretarial Guyton of Skokie presented a magic
June Sprungman.
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show, and Joe Donavan, junior, led the
work in offices.
Circulation Manager: Judy Larson.
group in singing.
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and
WILE HI L IT !
Phyllis Yates.
Exchange Editor. Betty Loefgren.
4X: '-4
Asistant: Marilyn Lee.
Typists: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey
Nordlof, and Joyce Swartz.
Reporters: Danna Barbeur, Carole Briggs, BiU
Bruce, BUI Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Barbara
Kokum, Dona Korsmo, Judy Larson, Marilyn
Lae, Lois Lenberg, Betty Loefgren, Ruth Mun
sterman, Audrey Nordlof, Joyce Swartz, Ken
Steele, June Sprungman, Rick Tamburino,
Angela Vosnos, and Phyl is Yates.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul M. Eberhardt
Clement Meier
Pat Sommer, Mary Morse, and Elaine
E ich left' This afternoon to go down td
DePauw University fo r the scholarship
exam.’. The exam will be given Saturday
morning, :,hut each girl will be a guest
of a diifFerent sorority for the entire
weekend, qn$ will experience a bit of
the social life,.that'goes on at the college.
“ Coal dust in my eyes” was the theme
of the group attending the spring vaca
tion trip in southern Illinois. When they
finally came up from the mines of the
Sahara Coal Company in Harrisburg,
Illinois, the Nilehi sightseers were a
little on the black side.
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NI L E H I LI T I
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Coal - Busses - Songs
This ’n’ That - Equaled Fun
A ll Nilehiers who were on the Spring
Tour know all about Lovie and Phyllis,
but for the benefit of those who didn’t
go on the trip, here is an explanation of
the 'following poem. It seems that during
the trip the boys encountered two girls
whose names are Lovie and Phyllis. Phyl
lis is a girl they met at the hotel in
Hamsburg, and Lovie is a waitress
at the country club where the banquet
was held. They both are reported to have
had very interesting personalities.
Here’s the poem, written by Lois Lenberg:
T h e Sp ring T o u r was a m em orable one,
A n d if you want to hear,
on Trip
“ It’s Howdy Doody Time. I t ’s Howdy
Doody Time. Jerry Seltzer and Howdy
¡too, say Howdy Doo to you.”
This was only one of the many songs
sung by Nilehiers on their annual spring
tour; A gay time was had by all as ex
pressed by Fred Wachter: “ It was one
continuous picnic, besides being educa
tional,”
f Monday morning the buses weren’t
able to find NTH S at first, so everyone
had to w a it.. ¿and w a it.. .and wait. Mr.
Kiviluoma was starting to bite his last
fingernail when they finally showed up
an hour late !
Boys Meet Senator
I t seems there were two interesting girls
Joe Donavan and Dick Erickson made
T h e boys wished to be near.
quite a hit with Senator Thompson, presi
Phyllis was in H arrisburg
dent pro-temp of the Illinois Senate.
A n d she and our wandering boys
When they saw him standing in the lobby
Sat on the porch o f the old h otel
of the hotel with some o f his friends,
Discussing games and toys.
they rushed up, vigorously took hold of
W h ile eating dinner they saw L ovie
his hand and shook it. Then they pro
W h o was a waitress slick;
ceeded to introduce themselves explain
She served the meal with fancy ways—
ing where they were from and why. No
T h e boys thought "W h a t a ch ic k !"
wonder he specifically noticed them the
L o v ie cast a spell on them
next day when the group visited the
’cause when the meal was through,
capitol.
T h e boys were in the kitchen
Who said girls talk more than boys?
As "L o v ie ’s Dishwashing Crew.”
There are no actual statistics, but from
H om ew ard bound the boys a ll sang
the telephone calls that poured into the
O f gir.s that they had met,
room of Diane Leach, Betty Loefgren,
But P .jy l and L ovie head the list
Rarbro Martinson, and Lois Vick, boys
O f those they w on’t forget.
certainly love to talk. The girls, though,
were not worried that important calls
couldn’t be made, because they had an
Motorists' now proceed with caution
additional phone whose number they
when they see our driver-education auto
would not disclose to anyone.
mobiles. New signs have been placed
It Was Refreshing
on the back of the cars warning others
that the driver is just learning!
Last week, for the first time in the
history of Nilehi, the swimming pool
was empty. The reason was general
housecleaning, and workmen were tuckpointinj, cleaning, and replacing cracked
tile all last week.
This is an expensive operation because
the cost of filling the pool is $40. It is
usua.ly cleaned by a vacuum, and thé
waler is being changed continuously.
Richard Rattray* ’47 graduate at Nile
hi, received public recognition April 22
at the University of Illinois. This recog
nition is given to students whose schol
arship ranks them in the first ten per
cent of their class. Dick received fresh
man class honors.
Pat Neal, Hollywood starlet, was inter
viewed by the Keen Teens, April 15, at
the Ambassador East Hotel. L i f e Maga
zine photographers were present, cover
ing “ A Day in the L ife of a Movie Star
let” for a coming issue.
Miss Neal was a student at North
western when she was discovered in a
beauty contest.
•
Ron Leganger, Ralph Smith, Fred
Gatter, and Glen Freres caused quite a
commotion when they called down to the
room below where Rick Tamburino, Ed
Beebe, Ralph Walberg, and Jack Heurlin were staying. They told Rick to look
out the window for a moment. He did.
Splash! Oh, well, at least it was re
freshing.
Rick would have appreciated that
shower a couple of days later when the
group was the guest of the Sahara Coal
Company. The mine the boys visited was
a mere four-feet high and after crawling
around in it fo r several hours they
found it was hard to detect which were
the miners and which the visitors under
neath all the coal dust.
Girls, Boys Separated
On the all-night trip from Harrisburg
to Skokie, the cigar-and-pipe-smoking
fellows on the second bus had quite a
time singing some original verses to old
tunes such as “ Daisy, Daisy.” The chap
erones had settled in the center of things
with all the girls seated in the front of
the bus and all the boys in the back.
Many juniors and seniors will recall that
fun-filled night by reminiscing over a
few of the “ milder” verses:
“ Girlies, girlies, give us your answer
Nilehi life left to the seniors, this week
we asked them: “ What are you looking
forward to most next year?”
Joyce Ash: Blackburn and the college
life.
. . Marilyn Birkemeier: Going to Deni
son, I guess.
Mari Cysewski: Coming back to see
all the games.
Nancy Newton: Lake Forest, running
around, and having fun.
Leonard Maier: No more school.
Marilyn Zohm: School work?
Barbara Gerhardt: Christmas vaca
tion.
Dean Whitton: Doing what I want.
Leah Falknor: Getting married.
Tom Black: Going to Beloit.
Kaye Jaeger : Uno and marriage.
Kaye Haefel: No more of Mrs. Baker’s
English tests.
Tracy H ill: Getting out of college.
Frank McNeill: Going to Colgate.
Pat Schmidt: A happy life. What more
could I want?
Pat Sommer: Coming home from De
Pauw on weekends.
Tom Robb: Going to Arizona.
Jerry Seltzer: Coming into a fortune.
Oscar Franson: Getting out of school
so I can go to school.
Marlys Lawrence: Living in Arizona.
Lois Daiberl: Getting a job.
Bill Van Horne: Summer vacations
every year.
John Zallar: Being a lumber salesman
for my dad.
Dick Horndasch: Loafing in the sun
with my easel.
Stuart Russell: Trip out west.
Pete DeVries: Receiving an education.
When the members of Mrs. Priscilla
Baber’s third period English class were
studying Alexander Pope, they got into
a discussion of the card game in one
of the poems. The problem the class could
not figure out was how the three play
ers each had nine cards but yet they
thought all the cards in the deck had
been dealt.
“ Oh, well, nine goes into 54 three
L
imes” chimed Bill Graefen.
Mrs. Baker absent-mindedly looked up
from her reading and said “ Yes, that’s
right, Bill.”
Why is an Italian’s wife different from
anybody else’s w ife?
She has the “ Toni.”
dear.
Fellas, fellas, here is our answer dear.
, We can’t come back; why don’t you
come up here ?
Girlies, girlies, we know its ‘more the
merrier.’
But you know that there’s an impassa
ble barrier.”
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Nilehi to H old Annual
Track Event June 3
“ . . . An Annual Pentathlon, held at
the close of each season to determine an
individual grand champion in track,
would create a lot of interest. It would
tend to stimulate track at each individ
ual school.”
The preceeding excerpt was taken
from a letter written by Charles W.
Hussey, Nilehi varsity track coach, to
53 coaches of other high school track
teams in the surrounding area.
“ The Annual Niles Pentathlon is to be
modeled after the great Olympic allaround event,” according to Coach Hus
sey.
The Pentathlon is to be held on the
Nilehi track June 3. The meet will take
place during the evening with prelimin
aries in the afternoon. It is felt that if
25 schools enter a participant, the ven
ture will be worth while.
Each contestant is required to partic
ipate in five events as set up by an
qnnual pentathlon in one of the larger
scate universities.
There are eight listed events— running
high jump, running broad jump, pole
vault, 12 pound shot put, discus, 220
yard dash, 880 yard run, and 120 yard
high hurdles. Three requirements, how
ever, have to be met by each trackster;
he must participate in one of the first
three events, and in one of the next
two, and in one of the latter three listed.
The scoring for each event is based
on a point system which ranges from
0 to 1000. In the field events, points are
graduated according to distance; and in
the running events, the scores are grad
uated to match the timings.
The individual man representing each
school will not have to be named until
a week before the meet, according to
Mr. Hussey.
. Sport
Slants
By Ed Beebe
Niles will compete in the Palatine
Relays on Saturday, April 30. The Tro
jan trackmen did not enter the Oak
Park Relays.
The only game scheduled for the Tro
jan varsity baseball team durihg vaca
tion was called because of wet grounds
on Saturday, April 16. The contest was
scheduled with Waukegan High School,
on the Bulldogs home field.
Thinclads Down Waukegan;
Win First Meet, 56.6-56.4.
Friday, A p ril 29, 1949
Glamazons
By Danna Barbour
The Nilehi varsity track team won one
Cheering classes are now being con
of the closest home meets on record by ducted by Captain Kaye Jaeger, and sen
defeating the Waukegan Bulldogs, 56.6 - ior cheerleaders, Ellen Patzke, Mari Cy56.4, Thursday, April 21.
sewski, Eddie Walther, and Mary Morse
Two new school records were chalked for freshman, sophomore, and juniors.
up for the Nilehi tracksters— one in the
There will be six lessons, the final
high jump and one in the discus. Martie one being tryouts, at which time six
Seidler bettered the high jump record cheerleaders will be chosen. One opening
of five feet eight inches by two inches, will be left fo r an incoming freshman
making the new record five feet ten who will be chosen next fall.
inches, while John Boznos threw the
“ So Tired”
Discus two feet further than the pre
The Glamazons will have a heavy
vious record, setting a new mark at 131 schedule, according to the spring pro
gram set up by Miss Montgomery and
feet 7 inches.
High point man fo r Niles was Bill Miss Heitmann. Here’s what the gals of
Graefen with a total of 15.05 points, Nilehi may come out for after school:
Heitmann
Montgomery
closely followed by Jack DeStories, who
Mon.
Softball
Badminton
scored 14.25 points.
Tue.
Track
Cheering Classes
TRACK MEETS IN THE FUTURE
Varsity
Frosh-Soph
Wed.
Softball
Make up swims
May S Leyden - There
Leyden - There
G.A.A. Board
Golf
May 6 Amundsen - Here
Amundsen - Here Thurs. .
May 10
Invitational at Evanston
Fri.
Track
May' 11 Arlington - There
May 13 <& 14 State District at Evanston
G.A.A. News
A re-organization has taken place in
the Girl’s Athletic Association of Nilehi.
A new constitution composed by present
Varsity Whips Senn, 4 - 3 ;
G.A.A. Board members and Miss Heitmann, sponsor, was presented and ac
Schedule 3 N e xt Week
cepted by the club members. A new
The Trojan varsity baseball team method of electing officers to the board
coached by Mr. James Phipps, captured is being initiated. A letter of applica
one victory out of the first four con tion must be given to the board by girls
tests, defeating Senn High School, 4-3, who desire nominations for office. It must
on Thursday, April 7 at Niles. Jim Hos- be signed by a teacher of a major sub
field was the winning Nilehi pitcher. ject, and be presented by May 18. Girls
Frank McNeil’s home run late in the who will be seniors next year may apply
game brought in the winning run.
for president or vice-president; juniors
Maine Township downed the Trojans may apply for secretary or treasure.
3-1 on April 4, despite the two-hit pitch Each girl is to state her quaLlifications and
ing of Hosfield and Bill Leeming. Niles her reasons for wanting a board posi
fell to Evanston, 12-7, in a comedy of tion.
errors April 6 at Evanston. Ten runs in
the first inning brought victory to the
E v a n sto n D o w n s G o lfe rs
Evanston Wildkits. The game was called
The Niles Township High School Golf
after five innings because o f darkness.
team coached by Mr. Thomas Kiviluoma,
A1 Haut was the losing pitcher for the
swung into action Thursday, April 21.
Trojans.
losing by a score of 14 and one-half to
Oak Park defeated Niles, 6-5, on Fri Nilehi’s one-half a point.
day, April 8 at Niles.
This match was held at the North
Following spring vacation, the Trojans western University Golf Course.
dropped two non-conference games to
Ken LaPlant and Floyd Braeske took
Leyden, 4-1, and Evanston, 5-0.
honors for Niles, bof^h with a score of
COM ING SCHEDULE
83 for 18 holes.
Evanston, there; Frosh: Evanston, there
Other members of the team were Ted
May 3 — Varsity: Arlington, here; Jr. Varsity:
May 4 — Varsity: Senth, here; Jr. Varslity: W au Eckert, Dick Baumann, Bruna DolCorkegan, there; Frosh: Waukegan, there.
May 6 — Varsity: Leyden, here.
robbo.
May 9 — Varsity: New Trier, there; Frosh: A r
The teams schedule for the next two
lington, there.
May 10 — Varsity: Morgan Park, there; Jr. V ar weeks will be:
sity:: Arlington, here
May 5
Northbrook
Here
May l l — Varsity: Steinmetz, here.
May 13 — Varsity: Oak Park, there.
May 12
Evanston
Here
May 13 — Jr. Varsity: Evanston, here.
May 14
State district
Prospective Nilehiers will see interclass
When you look around upon entering
swimming in the high-school natatorium a Nilehi gym class, don’t think that
on Eighth Grade Night, Friday, April. you’re in the local jail — those names
19.
across the front of the gym uniforms
The freshmen, sophomores, juniors, were made by the new stenciling device.
“ I f you lose your equipment now it’s
and seniors will swim against each other
as classes. Both boys and girls will be because you can’t read,” said Athletic
on the teams for their respective classes. Director Harold Isaacson.
Navy Pier Holds Sport Show
Tuesday, April 26, Open House was
held at the Navy Pier division of the
University of Illinois for high-school
students and their parents. The program
consisted of exhibits and demonstrations
in the laboratories and classrooms, stu
dent displays, and a sports cavalcade.
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NILEHILITE, April 29, 1949
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Heveran, Bill, Editor-in-chief
Kokum, Barbara, Associate News Editor
Ravencroft, Sandra, Co-Feature Editor
Morse, Mary, Co-Feature Editor
Swarz, Joyce, Associate Feature Editor
Beebe, Ed, Sports Editor
Heiniger, Pete, Associate Sports Editor
Barbour, Danna, Girls' Sports Editor
Loefgren, Betty, Exchange Editor
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‘Fashion Steps’
May 13,
8 p.m.
N IL E
Vol. 2L Ko.
14
Clothing Class in Step
For Style Show Tonight
Friday the thirteenth will prove to be
a lucky day for those who attend “ Fash
ion Steps,” the 1949 style show, to be
held in the boys’ gym tonight at 8 o’clock.
This annual show, under the direction
of Miss Alice Line, instructor, is the
f.nal exam for the girls of the clothing
class. The script was written by the girls
themselves.
Those on the committees are: scene
1— Charlotte Dressel, Marilyn Birkemeier, Dona Korsmo; scene 2— Ardyth
Ball, Marilyn Carlson, Jane Nymark;
scene 3—Marie Halbrendt, Joan Mer
les, Dorothy Campbell; scene 4— Lois
Juul, Shirley Timberg, Jean Kelly. Beattie Bornemeier wSR aet as narrator.
HI L IT E
-.^ . Skokie, 1 1
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"Green Vine”
M ay 21, 22
8 p.m.
Friday, May 13,1§49
Nilehi Joins Suburban League
Plans Laid for Graduating
Exercises of 220 Seniors
Once again Niles Township High
School is going to lose something that
has been with her fo r four years— the
senior class.
Yes, on June 16, approximately 220
students will graduate from Nilehi, leav
ing behind a record o f achievement, ad
vancement, and good citizenship.
According to Dr. A. L. Biehn, super
intendent, the speaker at the commence
ment exercises' will be Bergen Evans,
author and professor of English at
Northwestern University.
Another .outstanding feature o f the
'Green Vine1 Cast Is Ready 1949 graduation exercises lies in the
For May 2 1,22 Presentation fact that Armin Watkins, Nilehi senior
The new all-school play, “ The Green who is now a professional pianist and
Vine,” will be given on May 21 and 22 violinist, is going to play on the piano
in Nilehi’s assembly room. The play is the First Movement o f the “ Sonata in
one seldom attempted by high-school stu D Minor” by Beethoven. .
The exercises will begin at 8 p.m.,
dents, according to Miss Virginia Stemp,
and the seating on the main floor will
dramatics teacher and play director.
|be reserved until this time. Each gradu
The stage set is to be built by the stu
ate has been limited to the number of
dents of the dramatics elapses. The play
tickets to which he is entitled, prob
is an emotional study which will require
ably four. Seating in the balcony o f the
much of the hard work and talents of
I gymnasium will not be reserved at any
the participating students, according to
time.
Miss Stemp. Although it is highly dra- j
One of the most awaited events of the
matic there are some characters which
day will take place in the morning at
add high-lights of satirical humor.
3:30; the senior breakfast. A t this break
The cast of characters, in order of
fast, awards of high honor are given,
their appearance: Cousin George, played
such as the Phi Beta Kappa key to the
by Annin Watkins; Myrtle Brand Ken
scholastically outstanding boy and girl,
an by Payllis Yates; Tom Brand Powers..
he H i-Y Scholarship Award, and the
T iomas ltobb; Peter Brand, Jack Brown;
lonor pins and certificates.
Mary Brand Tennant, Angie Vosnosr
Peggy Brand Mason, Nancy Thiell; Geof
frey Cannon, Philip Nymark; Mrs. Bir Plan Annual '60’ Banquet
die Fuller, Kaye Jaeger; Massalina,
Marilyn Corduan; and Japhet Twilliger, For Seniors on June 2
Thomas Madden.
Approximately 60 Niles Township High
School seniors will be honored next
month, June 2, at a banquet sponsored
Six Schools Organized
by the Board of Education of Niles
First Suburban League
Township.
Historically speaking, the Suburban
This banquet has been a regular an
League was organized in 1928. The nual affair with the board fo r the past
schools participating in the new league few years.
were Deerfield-Shields, Evanston, Mor
The problem of selecting the limited
ton, New Trier, Oak Park, River For lumber of seniors to be invited has been
est, and Proviso.
bhe task of three school bodies.
J. Sterling Morton High School drop
Number one basis fo r selection of the
ped from the league in March, 1933; but recommended candidates was made on
was re-admitted in December of 1934.
the number and quality of the activities
Waukegan became a member of the participated in by each member of the
league in . 1934. Deerfield - Shields senior class. These activities lists were
changed its name to Highland Park put to the judgment of the Senior Cabi
High School in 1936. Highland Park net, and then were turned over to a com
dropped from the league in 1943 only mittee composed of the class advisers
to be re-admitted in 1946.
and the superintendent— Miss Marie
Tnomton Township High School was Green, Mr. Marvin H. Ihne, Miss Mar
the next member to join in 1946. She garet deBooy, Mr. Harold Ohlson, and
remained a member until this year.
Dr. A. L. Biehn.
Vacancy When Thornton Quits;
League Play Begins in ’50
By Ed Beebe
Ten years is not a very long time,
but Niles Township High School, in its
tenth full year of existence, has been
accepted officially as a member o f the
Suburban League, according to D r .'A .
L. Biehn, superintendent.
The league consists o f some of the
most outstanding high schools in the
country:
New
Trier,
Highland
Park,
Evanston, Proviso, Oak Park, Morton,
Waukegan, and now, Niles.
According to Dr. Biehn, there is a
great deal more to the entrance and
participation in this league than ath
letics. The member schools meet fre
quently and exchange ideas on school
policy. The various departments of thé
schools, such as sciences or English,
hold meetings and discuss new ideas or
changes. The advantages to be gained in
all fields in the new league are tremen
dous, he points out.
The league was reduced to seven mem
bers when Thornton Township High
School of Harvey withdrew because o f
its geographical location, though the
school immediately applied to be rein
stated. This left the number-eight spot
open and Nilehi was accepted.
In athletics, Nilehi will probably play
its first full league schedule in baseball
in 1950. The schedule w ill be opened to
the Trojans that year. The Nilehi ath
letic program will be bolstered decided
ly. The hiring of additional coaches has
been approved by the Board of Educa
tion.
Dr. Biehn feels that many of the
elementary schools in the area will
go seriously into competitive sports
because of Nilehi’s new conference
affiliations. This effort should re
flect greatly on future. high school
athletics, for the competition will
be keener, in the Suburban League.
“ To be accepted with equal status by
the members of the Suburban League is
an honor of the highest rank. It is a
tribute to the community fo r its willing
ness to support a high school such as
Niles Township Community High School.
It is complimentary to the sportsman
ship and character of our students. It is
evidence of the esteem fo r our faculty
and coaches. I am confident that those
who have helped N.T.H.S. achieve this
distinction will be the source o f what
ever it takes to make our school worthy
of its selection,” says Dr. Biehn.
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P age 2
Friday, May 13, 1949
S E N IO R C O LU M N Nilehi Students Inspect State Institutions;
By M arilyn Lee and June Sprungman
Ed Archibald and Bill Van Horne have
been awarded scholarships to De Paul
University's College o f Liberal Arts and
Sciences.
These scholarships were earned by
their work- in the cbmpetitive examina
tion held at De Paul on April 9. Ed
received first place honors and Bill took
second plaee honors.
Another winner is Audrey Nordlof,
who received a scholarship to the School
of Liberal Arts at Northwestern Uni
versity. Audrey took her exam on Ap
ril 16 at the university.
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Dean Whitton and Fred Gatter, who
were recently selected as candidates for
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
scholarships, received letters of con
gratulations from Senator Paul H. Doug
las of Illinois..
In his letter Senator Douglas said,
“ It is a splendid achievement, and I am
sure that this educational opportunity
will mean much both to you and to our
country."
Report Varying Conditions and Improvements
Have you ever wondered what the in
stitutions in our state are doing to solve
social problems ? Some of the seniors in
Miss Grace Harbert’s problems 8 classes
have, and for special projects they re
cently visited many social institutions
in and around Chicago.
Dunning
Nancy Thiell and Charlotte Dressel
went on a tour through the Chicago
State Hospital, formerly known as Dun
ning, and found it to be very well kept
and equipped, with nice grounds. There
-ire over 5000 patients there, a great
many of them victims of syphilis, who
are cared for and treated by electric
jhoek or insulin shock.
Many of them improve; some are
;ve,i cured. Those who are able help
vith work, such as in their bakery or
on their 116-acre farm. They have li
brary and music facilities, a band, and
what surprised the girls even more is
;he beautiful needlepoint, embroidery,
ind weaving that the patients turnout.
Old People’s Home and Orphanages
Rosie Denk, Mari Cysewski, and NanThe song “ Far Away Places” would
y Newton started off on the wrong foot
seem to apply to senior Roy Nelson. The
.vL.en they entered the Angel Guardian
whole Nelson family will leave for Swe
Jrphanage by the boys' dorm, where
den on June 4 where they will spend the
prls are never allowed — no wonder
summer. Roy says that he may decide
he boys stared at them!
to stay next winter as well, if he likes
They also visited the Presbyterian Old
it.
People’s Home and. the Cradle in Evan*
Although Roy will not be able to par
3ton. They were very welcome at the
ticipate in commencement exercises on
,1'ormer — because they were so young,
June 16, he will take his exams on Fri
accoi'ding to Rosie. The people there
day, June 3, and will be sent his grades
seemed very- happy and contented.
and diploma, according to Mr. Ohlson.
The girls found the Cradle especially
n
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Interesting. This beautiful home is for
Sen'ors Charlotte, Bill, Dorothy, and
oabies under six weeks of age who are
Sharon all have at least one thing in
Jlor adoption. The nurses are like moth
common: the last name, Campbell.
ers to them and the surroundings are
very pleasant.. Well-known people such
•j Boo Hope and A1 Jolson have adopted
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WILE H I LITE
The Nilehilite is written, printed, and published
by the students of Niles Township High School,
5kok e, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, superintendentvrincipal.
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STAFF MEMBERS
Editor-in-chief: Bill Heveran.
As oc ate News Editor: Barbara Kokum.
Cj-Feature Editors: Sandra Ravencroft and Mary
M r e.
Associate Feature Editor: Joyce Swartz.
Sports Editor: Ed Beebe.
Associate Sports Editor: Pete Heiniger..
Sports Writers: Ed Beebe, Bill Bruce, Bill Graefen,
Pete Heiniger, and Rick Tamburino.
G irT Sports E 'itor: Danna Barbour.
s’
S tiff Photographer: Rick Tamburino.
News Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo. .
Associate News Bureau Chief: Lois Lenberg.
Assistants: Bill Graefen, Audrey Nordlof, and
Jure Sprungman.
Circulation Manager: Judy Larson.
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and
Phyllis Yates.
E-change Editor. Betty Loefgren.
A istant: Marilyn Lee.
Typists: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey
Nordlof, and Joyce Swa'rtz.
Reporters: Danna Barbour, Carole Briggs, Bill
Bruce, B 1 Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Barbara
1
Kokum, Dona Korsmo, Judy Larson, Marilyn
Loe, Lois Lenberg. Betty Loefgren, Ruth Mun
sterman, Audrey Nordlof, Joyce Swartz, Ken
Steele, June Sprungman, Rick Tamburino,
Angela Vosnos, and Phyl’is Yates.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul M. Eoerhardt
Clement Meier
Jnusual Science Projects
P.oduced by Freshman G a ls
children from here.
Yahn School
Nancy Watson and Pat Scheuerman
visited the Yahn School for handicapped
children. It was depressing to see these
children, deformed by epilepsy, polio,
or heart conditions. The school has spec
ial classes conducted by physiothera
pists. Pat thought they could have bet
ter facilities there.
Evanston Receiving Home
The Evanston Receiving Home was a
point of interest for Dorothy and Char
lotte Campbell and Joyce Ash. This home
is for orphans or children from unsuit
able homes who have emotional disturb
ances. They thought the atmosphere was
very homelike and the director pleasant.
Hull House
Shifting to Chicago's south side, wé
find the Mexican Youth Center at Roose
velt and Halsted. June Sprungman, Jo
anne Day, Pat Meyer, and Sharon Camp
bell were well received by Mexican teen
agers, and a volleyball team from Niles
was invited down for a game! The cen
ter boasts a large gym, a juke box, and
one of the four largest television screens
in Chicago.
Just a few blocks from here is Hull
House. The girls said, “ The thing that
struck us most was the surrounding
area, which was very dirty. Hull House
is very clean and neat, however. Many
stay there just as in a hotel. Clubs and
recreation are provided fo r all ages, an
art gallery for aspiring artists, and stu
dios where any may work as long as he
wishes.”
West Madison Street
West Madison Street, visited by Nick
Rollick, is largely populated by alco
holics and drug-addicts, catered to by
flop houses and tavern dives which only
increase the depravity of these people.
Nick said that the Salvation Arm y is
doing a great job there in helping many
o f the men find faith in themselves and
in God.
May 21 Is Last Club Trip
‘ The girls’ science projects are quite
May 21 marks the last trip for See
/aried this year,” said Miss Florence Chicago Club members. The trip will be
larrison,. science teacher. And a look an all-day affair at Starved Rock State
nto room 303 says she’s right. Every Park.
thing from -a working crystal set ao a diThe group will leave the school at
losaur panorama is present.
7 a.m. arriving at the park at 10:30.
Marilyn Plath, with the guidance of Those taking the trip will take their
her brother, made a working crystal set lunch. This trip is open only to members
with an earpiece no larger that a quarter. who have attended four preceding trips,
A booklet giving th e . history of radio according to Miss Grace Harbert, club
sponsor.
accompanied the set.
As you go in, staring at you from the work was just as outstanding.
corner of the room is a coconut carved
Pat Peterson’s dinosaur panorama
>y Sandra Moberg to resemble the hu seemed real enough to come to life. The
man head. She used it to point out the background was painted in, while crepe
parts ;
of the brain .mentioned. in. her paper trees and five clay dinosaurs were
written report.
under the spotlight in front.
Mr. Wilkins may be interested in Pat
The rest of the projects are mostly
Buller, as a prospective art student., Pat posters and booklets. Donna Becker’s
penned and painted many bird-sketches. ! poster showed 33 kinds of cotton in a
1Miss Harrison added that the written wheel.
�Friday, May 13, 1949
N I L E H I L I T E
Page 3
You've Seen These Feet Many Times; Now Try to Identify Them
Whose feet are these? I f you think that you can identify them, enter the
Mystery Quiz contest. The winner will receive a ticket to the play “ The Green
Vine,” which will be given May 20 and 21. Identify each pair of feet from left
to right on a sheet of paper with your name and homeroom, and drop it in the
black box in 216 before ninth period Tuesday, May 17. Winner will be announced
on Wednesday. All students of Nilehi are eligible, except the journalism class,
and persons appearing in the picture.
This ’n’ That -
More Homework Is Cure
For Spring Fever Cases
By Bill Graefen
As one lies moodily and hears the
lapping of the waves against the edge
SONG OF THE W E E K — “ Once In of the bathtub, his thoughts turn instant
Love With Amy.”
ly to the seashore, the girls, the flowers,
SAYN G OF TH E W E E K — “ Oh fe e t!” ; the girls, the trees, the g ir ls .. . Yes, when
QUESTION OF TH E W E E K — “ Are ¡even your best friends won’t tell you,
you goin’ to the prom?”
you’ve got it bad.
SIGHT OF THE W E E K — The beau
In some cases it resembles the Black
ties in the style show.
i Plague; in others it corresponds to Lep
Tests are usually very morbid things
— especially algebra tests. But Miss Mar
garet deBooy has the right slant. Re
cently her third-period algebra class was
told to substitute a letter fo r the an
swer to every problem they got. The
Ronald Leganger, senior, recently came
result of the word substitution was a
welcome invitation: “ Let’s eat!” They into his ninth-period typing class with
his hands smelling of butyric acid from
did.
..is eighth-period class— chemistry. A f
ter he had washed his hands numerous
The art of women’s self-sufficiency
ames and the odor still hadn’t subsided,
se ms to be becoming more popular every
Miss Marie Green decided there was
day, as illustrated by Miss Virginia
only one thing to do. She took out her
Slemp, Nilehi’s dramatic teacher.
sweetest-smelling hand lotion and poured
While we were loafing over our spring
it all over his little patties.
vacation, our ambitious faculty member
Ronald now has “ the skin you love
was busy making her own bookcases,
to touch.”
coffee-table, and buffet. And the only
tools Miss Stemp used were a hammer,
a saw, and a screw-driver!
Kay, Tom Tell Plans
The “ eyes had it” when freshman
“ I was shocked, surprised, and awJohn Damman donated 62 steers’ eyes ■fully happy!” These were the words
to the boy’s freshman science classes. Kaye Jaeger used to describe her reBecause of the close resemblance to j action to the news that she had been
the human eye, and because they were voted the outstanding senior girl to lead
large enough to work with the steers’ I the Grand March at the 1949 Junior
eyes were dissected by the freshmen un Prom.
der the direction of Mr. George Roth,
The day of the election, Kaye was
freshman science instructor.
home in bed with a bad cold. She credits
most of her success to her campaign
Dorothy Hartigan, junior, won second managers, Shirley Timberg, Jean Voplace in the Cook County finals of the tava, and Joan Tumquist, juniors..
Hearst Newspaper’s annual oratorical
As yet, Kaye’s partner fo r the Prom
contest held May 2 at Morton High is indefinite as Uno Larson, ’47 graduSchool in Cicero.
j ate of Nilehi, is in training with the
Dorothy’s six-minute speech on A lex Chicago Cubs’ Farm team in Centralia,
ander Hamilton was the first Nilehi Illinois, and might be unable to attend
speech to place in the County finals the Prom on June 4.
since the contest started seven years | The masculine half of the Grand
ar~o, said Mr. Ronald Van Arsdale, Nile March leaders is Tom Black. Tom con
hi English and speech instructor.
siders his being elected Junior Promr
Dorothy will compete in the state fi leader the greatest honor he has re
nals in Chicago on May 12 along with ceived besides his athleti* awards. Noth
three other district finalists in the state. ing could compare with his being elec-
rosy, but the more common medical
term for this disease is Spring Fever.
It has been said that in the spring a
iyoung man’s fancy turns to what a
■
young woman has been thinking all year,
but in most cases even love cannot re
vive the slowly dying interest and ini
tia tive in the human mind.
“ Darling! I love you, I love you!”
“ Aw, quit your naggin’ !”
There is really only one way to rid
the body of this horrible fever—a heav
ier schedule. You must fill your brain
with new ideas and new thoughts.
Do you realize that the average Nilehi
student wastes 187 minutes o f precious
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room takes up 20 minutes, study hall 55
minutes, gym practically demolishes an
other 55 minutes, 25 minutes go into
fillin g the stomach, and then you waste
ful people spend 32 minutes in passing
from class to class.
My system is to just stay in one room
all day— no study hall, no lunch, no gym,
no homeroom, no passing—just plain
class. Shall we say seven and one-half
English classes a day? Hmmmmmmmm!
ted “ Most Valuable Player” in football,
according to Tom.
Tom’s campaign managers were Ed
mund Scheurman and Nancy Anderson,
juniors.
Tom’s partner for the Prom is senior
Kathleen Russakov.
Kaye and Tom will greet all guests
in the receiving line and have the first
waltz together.
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N I L E H I L I T E
Nilehi Places Second
In Palatine Relays
Friday, May 13, 1949
Niles Hears Plans for Athletics in League;
Full Schedule o f Spring Sports in ig50
In the annual Palatine Relays held
A t a meeting held at Highland Park season, the Trojans will not compete
Saturday, A pril 30, the Nilehi track
team ranked second in a field o f 11 High School on Monday, May 2, Mr. next season in the League in these two
Harold Isaacson, athletic director and sports. However, Niles will compete in
Class A teams.
Niles scored 42% points, falling just varsity football coach at Nilehi, learned cross-country next fall and swimming
three points short of Naperville’s win something of the future of Nilehi ath next winter.
Next spring the baseball, track, and
ning score of 45% points. Mooseheart letic programs in the new Suburban
golf teams will play a regular schedule
captured the title in the Class B comp League which Nilehi has entered.
Since the schedules fo r football and in the Suburban League, according to
etition with a total of 46 points.
The field events were run off in the basketball are complete fo r the 1949-50 Mr. Isaacson.
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Then by the fall of 1950, Niles Townmorning; at the close o f the morning
ship High School will swing into the new
competition Niles had a total of 6% Varsity Whips Northbrook
f
r\
r
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] League in all its schedules. The football
points to Naperville’s 20% points.
|teams will play most of the League
A fte r a win by the two-mile relay I rojans L/OW n O G n n , o ■ 5
Bill Leeming, Trojan right-hander, schools except those with special cornteam, however, Niles came back into
pitched a no-hit, no-run ball game on mitments. Proviso and Waukegan play
the race with a total of 16% points.
The
four
top teams— Naperville, Wednesday, April 27, as the Nilehi var night football. Nilehi will probably play
Niles, Crystal Lake, and Arlington— sity baseball team crushed Northbrook, them under the floodlights early in the
remained fairly even from this point 15-0. The varsity scored nine runs in the ( season. The other games will probably
on until the Naperville 880-yard relay first inning and six more in the third be played on Saturday afternoons as is
the League custom.
team overcame Niles by approximately to clinch the contest.
The Trojans then promptly dropped
Mr. Isaacson is well pleased with the
one foot to take the number four pos
ition, leaving Nilehi number five. This three straight games to Waukegan, New new athletic setup of the Suburban
Trier, and Arlington by respective League and he feels that Nilehi has
proved the margin of victory
The varsity tracksters received their scores of 13-1, 7-3, and 4-3. A1 Haut, Jim made a great stride forward by enter
first loss of the season at the hands of Hosfield, and Bill Leeming hurled for ing.
The hiring of additional coaches has
Highland Park on the Nilehi cinders, the Trojans. Niles hit Arlington pitcher
Tuesday, April 26. The final score found Bill Robinson for nine safeties, but lost been approved by the Board of Educa
the Trojans trailing by a score of 61-51. :he game in an extra inning. Bill Leem tion, according to Dr. A. L. Biehn, Nilehi
ing pitched good ball, allowing only a superintendent.
High-point man fo r Niles was Jim
handful of hits to the Cardinals, accor
These coaches will probably be us d
Kennedy with a total of 7% points. He
with the juniors who will play in the
was closely followed by Jack De Stories ding to varsity coach James Phipps.
Two runs in the first inning, one in ; Suburban League in the fa ll o f 1950 as
who racked up 6% points.
were; thfj^ Troian varsity football team, acr
The varsity squad sweptHfcfee «field at
Leyden, May 3, defeating the Eagles by enough to whip Senn High School o f cording to Mr. Isaacson. Also, any ada score o f 76%-34%. Jack De Stories Chicago, 8-5, on Thursday, May 5, additional coaches will probably be used
Oakton Park, Skokie. The winning pit- j with other underclass teams to prepare
was high scorer fo r the Trojans.
The track team, coached by Charles cher fo r Niles was Jim Hosfield, who them fo r the keen competition the League affords.
Hussey, has done well this spring by won the previous game from Senn.
The junior-varsity baseball t e a m
defeating Waukegan by a narrow mar
gin o f .2 of a point, and Leyden by a dropped a 12-6 decision to Evanston,
wide margin, besides taking a second in Tuesday, May 3, at Evanston.
Glamazons
the Class A o f the Palatine Relays.
Golfers Outpoint T w o Foss
Seniors W in In Volleyball
The playoffs for the boys’ intramural
volleyball championship were held Mon
day, April 25, in the boys' gym.
In the semi-finals the eighth-period
seniors defeated the second-period sen
ior squad, 14-6. The ninth-period jun
iors whipped the fifth-sixth juniors team
in a close contest, 15-14. Each contest
was 10 minutes in length.
In the 20-minute finals, the eighthperiod senior team smashed the juniors
by a score of 20-7, winning the 1949
intramural championship. The winning
squad is made up of Bob Hicks, George
Bussey, Pete Pasek, Jerry Seltzer, Con
rad Cornell, and Frank McNeill.
,
The Nilehi linksmen, coached by Mr.
Thomas Kiviluoma, showed good form
as they won two matches recently. The
golfers won 14 to 1 over Leyden on
April 25 at Bunker Hill Golf Course.
Ken La Plant won low medal honors
with a 77, followed by Floyd Braeseke
with a 78.
In the second match of the week, Niles
defeated Amundsen o f Chicago by a
score of 12 to 3 fo r their second straight
victory. Again Ken La Plant showed
his ability by shooting a 76 fo r 18 holes,
followed by Floyd Braeseke and Dick
Baumann shooting in the 80’s.
The Trojans will compete in the State
District tourney tomorrow, Saturday.
May 14.
Glauner, Charles Jennetten, and Ralph
Wenk all pitched fo r Niles. A last in
The Nilehi freshman baseball team ning rally by the Trojans failed to score
opened their season with a victory over enough runs.
Leyden, 9-2, according to Coach Robert
Undaunted, the frosh came back to
Mackey. Ronald Juem was the winning swamp Evanston by a score o f 8-0 on
pitcher fo r the Trojans.
May 3, in a contest played at Evanston.
In their second game of the year,
Ronald Juern again was the winning
the frosh dropped an 18-14 decision pitcher limiting the Wildkits to one
to New Trier in a wild contest. Leroy single in the last inning.
Erosh Whip Leyden Evanston
By Danna Barbour
Congratulations, seniors, fo r winning
the volleyball tourney! Girls on the sen
ior team were Sharon Campbell, Alice
darkens, Emma Copeland, Ruth Munsterman, Elsie Odegaard, Claire Heflin.
Elaine Esch, and Charlotte Campbell.
The defeated sophomores put up a strong
fight. Evelyn Steward of the sophomore
team was really working fo r points.
Next on the tournament agenda is softball.
G.A.A. Tidbits
Joyce Baumann, sophomore, and Pat
Walne, junior, have been chosen to re
present Nilehi at the G.A.A. Camp at
Conference Point, Lake Geneva, W is
consin. Two girls are chosen every year
from the active G.A.A. membership.
The girls are sent to the camp for one
week with expenses paid. Character,
scholarship, cooperation, sportsmanship.
and athletic ability were considered in
the selection by Miss Heitmann and Miss
Montgomery. The group was then voted
upon by the faculty.
A Play Day will be held fo r Nilehi
G.A..4 . members in June at which time
awards for achievement in the organi
zation will be presented.
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Junior Prom
June 4
n il e
Vol. X, N o. 15
H I
lite
Skokie, 111.
Legion Contest
June 3
Friday, May 27, 1949
Forensic League Installs, Skokie Legion Post to Hold Oratorical Contest June 3;
Initiates Charter Members Nilehi Orators to Give Speeches of Patriotic Nature
The National Forensic League of.
Nilehi, under the direction of Mr. John
L. Betts, debate coach, initiated and
installed its charter members last Sun
day afternoon, May 22 in the assembly
room.
Charter members are Ed Archibald,
Don Verlenden, Jim Arthur, and Tom
Shields, seniors, and Nancy Gerhardt,
John Young, and Ashley Craig, juniors.
Nancy Gerhardt was in charge of prep
arations. Mr. Chester MacLean, debate
coach at New Trier, and several of his
varsity debaters participated in the pro
gram. Invited guests included the par
ents of the charter members, Dr. and
Mrs. Biehn, and Mr. and Mrs. Betts.
Barbara Shields, Eleanor Smith, Jack
Nettland, and Allan Weissberg, sopho
mores, are four new members of the
debate club. These members will be in
itiated into the Forensic League next
fall.
Guidance Service Offered
Mr. Arthur H. Oestreich of North
western University, along with 20 or
more counselors, will conduct a guidance
clinic at Nilehi for the third straight
year on July 11 and 15, according to Mr.
Marvin H. Ihne, sophomore adviser.
The guidance clinic service will cost
from three to five dollars and will in
clude personal conferences and the tak
ing of standardized tests in vocational
interest, personality, mental ability, and
clerical and mechanical aptitudes.
Last year about 50 students partici
pated in the counseling service. At this
time 70 students have signed up.
The American Legion Oratorical Con
test sponsored by the Skokie Legion
Post is well under way, according to
Mr. Ronald Van Arsdale, public speaking
teacher.
All juniors and seniors who are now
taking, or have taken public speaking,
were eligible to submit speeches for this
contest. They were to be of a patriotic
nature and could not be submitted after
May 16.
Ten to fifteen orators were chosen for
the contest.
Each student in public speaking will
receive extra credit upon submitting a
speech for the contest. Those chosen for
the contest, and the eventual winners
of first, second, and third place will re
ceive additional credit points. The tradi
tional gold, silver, and bronze medals,
Assemblies in May, June plus an additional award by the local
American Legion post will be presented,
Spot School Calendar Mr. Van Arsdale said.
The contest will be held Friday, June
The awarding of bronze pins and hon 3.
or certificates was made at a junior as
sembly this morning, May 27.
All juniors who had earned seven hon
or points were eligible for the bronze Bookkeeping Class Gets
pin, and all juniors who had earned three
to six points received certificates, ac Blue Seal of Achievement
cording to Miss Margaret deBooy, jun
The advanced bookkeeping class under
ior adviser.
Miss Ada Immel has been awarded the
Also at that time Mr. James Eaton, Blue Seal of superior achievement in
a Harvard graduate, presented the Har bookkeeping in a nationwide contest
vard award.
conducted by the Business Education
Recipient of the award was unknown World magazine. A certificate was sent
at the time this was written.
to the class by the magazine.
The class competed with more than
15,000 students from schools through
On Monday, June 6, at 2:20 an all out the United States, her possessions,
school assembly will be given to present and Canada. The Blue Seal, contest au
the awards earned in Fine Arts, ac thorities said, indicates superior work
cording to Miss Clara Klaus.
on the part of the entire class.
The different departments which will
present awards are dramatics, choral
and instrumental music, debate, oratory,
mathematics, and Latin.
Golden Galleon Reaches Shore;
The music department will entertain
during the assembly.
Ready for Distribution Soon
Nilehi Teacher Cast in Play|
A “command performance” was the
Mr. Ronald Van Arsdale, Nilehi teach
er, was behind the footlights once again feature of the last freshman assembly,
last Friday and Saturday nights with held Thursday, May 26.
the Glenview Players. They produced
After seeing Jack Kirkby, freshman,
the play, “You Can’t Take It With You.” and his tap-dancing puppet “Tizzy,” at
Mr. Van Arsdale was cast as Grandpa I the Freshman Talent Assembly last win
Vanderhof. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Mar ter, the frosh asked for a repeat per
tin, parents of Dick Martin, Nilehi Jun- formance. They got it yesterday, when
ior, were in the cast.
Jack presented his one-man show.
Nilehi Students Break Into Television on "Under 21" Show
Nilehi has broken into television!
Beattie Bornemeier, junior, had a crea
tive brainstorm. She decided that some
of the acts in Reflections Revelry were
so good that they should be given a little
more publicity.
According to Beattie, the acts she
picked were taken down to station
WBKB, March 26, for an audition. The
acts went over in a big way and all were
The ship has docked—yes, the Golden
Galleon is here. This year will mark
the second edition of the Nilehi creative
magazine.
The idea of the magazine was initiated
by Bill Comstock, Lyle Dye, and Don
Christensen, '48 graduates. The whole
idea met with enough success to be car
ried on this year.
According to Danna Barbour, this
year's editor, contributions were judged
on content, originality, theme, and pres
entation.
Subscriptions were taken earlier in the
year in English classes, but the Golden
Galleon may also be purchased in the
cafeteria.
accepted. They appeared on the “Under
21 Show,” Friday, May 20. The whole
program was devoted to these Nilehiers.
Students who appeared on the show
were Eleanor Dyrssen, Frances Tomczak, Nancy Thiell, Lenny Maier, sen
iors; Mary Jane Netwig, Beattie Bor
nemeier, Bob Jaeger, juniors; Bill Per
Those anxious students who are count
rin, Howard Baumhardt, Jack Brown, ing the days until summer vacation can
Jim Dilley, sophomores; John Bray, Les keep this in mind: today will be yes
ley Klevay, freshman.
terday tomorrow!
�N I L E H I L I T E
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!Seniors Not to Graduate,
Honors were conferred recently by the Or Can't You Imagine?
S E N IO R C O L U M N
University of Illinois upon three Nilehi
graduates. Roger Loefgren, ’47, was
awarded the sophomore class honors, and
Maurice Ross, ’46, the junior class hon
ors. These awards are given to students
working in the upper ten percent of
their class.
Gordon Peschke, ’47, received the soph
omore college honors, presented to stu
dents ranking in the upper three percent
of their class.
Ed Beebe and Ann Morrison are two
seniors to be proud of. Ann won a schol
arship to Knox College, Galesburg, Illi
nois, and Ed has been awarded a fouryear scholarship from the Edward Rec
tor Scholarship Foundation to De Pauw
University in Greencastle, Indiana. Ann
does not expect to go to Knox, however,
and has been accepted at Northwestern.
White is white and Black is Prom
King, but can you imagine . . .
Detention with a juke box and coke
bar?
Audrey Nordlof or Ed Beebe getting
a warning notice?
Jay Vee’s baseball team undefeated?
Nancie Blake with plain, dowdy
clothes ?
Dick Ferris without a “new twist” to
that joke ?
Ken Schilling without a new car?
Mrs. Baker’s English class without
Sir James Hosfield?
Bill Leeming short and fat?
Nilehi with a smoking lounge?
Ken Steele without a hot-rod ?
Kaye Jaeger without a problem?
Mike Henry without a crew cut?
Freshmen not having trouble opening
their lockers the first day of school?
Ralph Smith with a normal stomach?
An .NTHS. dance featuring Harry
James' orchestra?
Joanne Day not in love?
Linda Larson, ’47 graduate, now a
sophomore at Northwestern University,
has been elected to Pi Mu Epsilon, the
mathematics honorary fraternity. Linda
is the sister of Judy Larson, Nilehi sen
To conclude their Dramatic club ac
ior.
tivities for the year, the Spotlighters
will stage a banquet June 1. It will be
The members of the See Chicago Club held at the Tally Ho and senior members
took their last trip of the year on Sat Kaye Jaeger, Joanne Day, and Nancy
urday, May 21. This trip to Starved Thiell will entertain.
Rock state park concluded a long list of
eventful trips in and around Chicago.
Mr. Arthur Ryden, former Nilehi his
The membership to the club will be tory teacher, will return next year after
open next fall to all seniors, according
a year’s work at Northwestern Univer
to Miss Grace Harbert, organizer of the
sity for his Doctor’s degree, says Mrs.
club.
Z. Miller, secretary to Dr. Biehn.
Counting the days until
night of June 16? When
rings today, you seniors
days, 485 hours or 29,040
graduation!
that eventful
the 3:11 bell
will have 20
minutes until
Friday, May 27, 1949
SHORT CU TS
Nilehi debaters met for the first time
on home ground Saturday, April 30,
according to their sponsor, Mr. John L.
Betts. Two frosh-soph teams competed
against Marmion Military Academy and
New Trier High School.
Nilehi’s first sophomore team—Bar
bara Shields, Eleanor Smith, negative;
and Jack Nettland, Allan Weissburg,
affirmative—won the tournament with
five wins and one loss. Marmion placed
second, New Trier third, and Niles’
second sophomore team of Alice Schilt.
Marsha Saar, affirmative, and Junearden
Williams, Mary Palmer, negative, came
in last with one win and five losses.
John Young, Don Verlenden, and Ed
Archibald, varsity debaters, served as
judges for the tourney.
An added attraction to the Nilehi gym
nasium for stage presentations will be
the new rust velour act curtain recently
purchased by the Niles Township High
School Board of Education.
The new curtain was used at the re
cent Style Show at Nilehi and will be
used at the annual Nilehi commence
ment program on June 16, «ecording to
Dr. A. L. Biehn.
Dorothy Hartigan, junior, has proved
herself the seventh best high school
speaker in the state.
Dorothy talked six minutes on Alexan
der Hamilton in front of judges and
visitors at Wells High School. Her prize
was a 50-dollar savings bond.
Two Outstanding Nilehi Artists of 1949 Interviewed;
Both Turn Thumbs Down’ on imolcing Women
He’s six feet, two inches tall and has \ “What about the art work? We’ve got
dark hair and brown eyes. He is best to have something that will really click!”
known around NTHS for his ability to j What the author of the above ques
play the piano and violin, and he made tion needs is—senior Stuie Russell!
his professional debut on both instru- j Stuart Russell has been a busy lad these
ments on last February 13, at Kimball past four years. He has done most of
the work on the printed program covers
Hall.
T h e N ileh llite is w ritte n , p rin te d , a n d p u b lish ed
Guessed who it is yet ? That’s right— for the basketball games, plays, Christ
by th e s tu d e n ts o f N iles T o w n sh ip H ig h School,
Skokie, Illin o is, D r. A. L. B iehn, s u p e rin te n d e n t- Armin Watkins, Nilehi senior!
mas Vespers, Spring Music Festivals,
p rin c ip a l.
Armin has quite a few likes, including and Water Carnivals.
ST A FF M EM BERS
E i ito r - in - c h ie f : B ill H ev eran .
His most recent art endeavors are
horseback riding (jumping in particular),
A ssociate News E d ito r: B a r b a r a K okum .
C o -F e a tu re E d ito rs: S a n d ra R a v e n c ro ft a n d M ary basketball, anything American—Repub directed toward the covers for this
M orse.
lican, that is; Dixiecrats, people, and year’s Golden Galleon, Commencement
A ssociate F e a tu re E d ito r: Jo y ce S w artz.
S p o rts E d ito r: Ed Beebe.
program, and the Senior Breakfast pro
angel-food cake.
A sso ciate S p o rts E d ito r: P e te H einiger.
S p o rts W rite rs : Ed Beebe, B ill B ruce, B ill G raefen ,
Sauerkraut, girls who smoke, the new gram. “Stuie” has taken art at Nilehi
P e te H ein ig er, a n d R ick T am b u rin o .
Plymouth, and people who insist that the j for four years under the direction of Mr.
G irls ’ S p o rts E d ito r: D a n n a B arb o u r.
S ta ff P h o to g ra p h e r: R ick T am b u rin o .
Yankees won the Civil War are about John Wilkins.
News B u re a u C h ief: D o n a K orsm o.
During the past summer, Russell work
at the bottom of the list with Armin.
A ssociate News B u re au C h ief: Lois Lenberg.
A ss is ta n ts: B ill G raefen , A udrey N ordlof, an d
He thinks that the nicest thing that j ed for an advertising agency doing com
J u n e S p ru n g m an .
C irc u la tio n M an a g e r: Ju d y L arso n .
ever happened to him in high school was i mercial art work. Next year Stuie plans
A ss is ta n ts: Lois Lenberg, A ngela V osnos, a n d
being elected to the National Honor to attend the American Academy of Fine
P h y llis Y ates.
E x ch an g e E d ito r. B e tty L oefgren.
Arts in Chicago.
Society.
A sista n t: M arily n Lee.
Armin has played twice with the Chi- j Stuie’s likes and dislikes are both con
T y p ists: M arily n Lee, R u th M u n ste rm a n , A udrey
N ordlof, a n d Jo y ce S w artz.
centrated on one thing—women! His
R e p o rte rs: D a n n a B arb o u r, C aro le B riggs, Bill cago Symphony Orchestra and he re
B ruce, B ill G ra e fe n , P e te H ein ig er, B a rb a ra cently gave a concert on the piano and likes: pretty women; his dislikes: smok
K okum , D ona K orsm o, Ju d y L arso n , M arily n
Lee, Lois Lenberg, B etty L oefgren, R u th M u n violin for all Nilehi students in an all-: ing women.
s te rm a n , A udrey N ordlof, Joyce S w artz, K en school assembly. He has also been asked:
Steele, J u n e S p ru n g m an , R ick T a m b u rin o ,
Sign on a fence: Drive Carefully, we
A ngela Vosnos, a n d P h y l'is Y ates.
to play for his own graduation on June
FACULTY ADVISERS
can wait—Elmwood Cemetery.
P a u l M. E b e rh a rd t
C lem en t M eier .
M LiHUTfl
�NILIHILITl
Friday, May 27,1949
This
’i i 5
That
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Remarks on Prom Found
There must have been Junior Proms
When Phyllis Yates, senior, went
down to. lunch recently, she remembered m Shakespeare’s time! A N ilehilite re
that she had left her lunch bag in 209 porter found these Shakespearean com
4th period, so she dashed into Mr. John ments on the Prom:
“Come, will you go with m e?”
Bett’s G-7 problems Class looking for it.
M uch Ado A bout N o th in g - A ct 2, Scene 1
Afler interrupting the class and final
“Pursue her!”
ly realizing that it wasn’t there, she
A M id su m m er-n ig h t’s D ream - A ct 1, S cene 1
wailed, “But, Pm sooo hungry!” To her
“Come, Come, Come.”
astonishment the entire class began toss
M erry W ives of W indsor - A ct 4, Scene 2
“Find a man.”
ing pennies to the front of the room,
M erry W ives of W in d so r - A ct 5, Scene 2
and Phyllis, after picking them up,
“Invite me.”
counted 75c. This was more than enough
T he Com edy of E rro rs - A ct 4, Scene 3
for one of Katie’s marvelous meals.
“Hath he a sister?”
M easure fo r M easure - A ct 1, Scene 3
Phyllis was tempted to drop in the
“She can persuade.”
class the following day, but decided
M easure fo r M easure - A ct 1, S cene 3
Ml’. Betts might have a different idea.
“What will you say?”
Sixteen senior girls were a living ex
ample of a rugged week-end when they
held their annual club birthday celebra
tion on April 30 and May 1.
They took in an all-day beach party
at Tuohy Beach where Clee Hardin and
Jean Goodrich braved the water. Then
everyone trouped to an all-night slumber
party at Jo Quesnell’s.
Mrs. Anne Curl had a brief rest from
teaching a few weeks ago. Her little
son came down with scarlet fever, and
since she had never had it, Mrs. Curl
spent a week’s incubation period at
home.
inis week the Inquiring Reporter, in
a reminiscent mood, asked Nilehi senirs: “Who was your first date at N.T.H.S.
with, and where did you go ?
Bob Cook: I went with Dorothy Mona
han to a dance at St. George High
School.
Elly Krueger: Went to a football game
with Tom Reed and waited for him to
finish playing.
B 1 Eicaling: I went to the “Passion
1
P it” with a “chick” from Evanston High.
Kathy Russakov: To the Jean Jump
with Rick Tamburino our freshman year
and was I scared of all those upper
classmen!
Boo Hicks: The first one I really en
joyed was when I took Betty Loefgren
to the Senior Dance.
Tom Reed: I took Mary Killian to the
Football Dance, freshman year.
Clee Ilardin: The first time I ever
went out with a fella from Nilehi was
in my freshman year. I went to the
Football Dance with Bill Freund.
Roy Nelson: I took a girl from Sen» to
a basketball game.
Jack Harvey: I went with Nancy Thiell
to a movie at the Granada.
Doris Krause: My first date with a
fellow from N.T.H.S. was George Wolitski when I came here as a junior. We
went to the Lake.
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Superstitious? N ot Frosh
A fter Friday, Thirteenth
Friday the thirteenth—that was the
day many strange and weird things oc
curred in Mr. George Roth’s boys’ science
classes. Superstition reports were the
order of the day as representatives from
each of the four science periods were
put in charge of a particular period’s
“superstition report.” The four chair
men were Bruno Dal Corobbo, period
two; John Thompson, period four; Dean
Winkler, period eight; and Gary Krue
ger, period nine.
We looked in on period 2. Red-headed
Bruno began his report by calling the
class to order with a smashing of a
All’s W ell T h a t E n d s W ell mirror with a hammer. He then went
“God match me with a good dancer!”
giving the class a brief history of
M uch Ado A bout N o th in g - A ct 2, S cene 1 superstitions followed with a few illus
“What, will our mother come?”
trations of the same. Bruno spilled salt
R ic h a rd I I I - A ct 2, S cene 1
with his left hand and the class was
“I hear sweet music.”
M e rch a n t of V enice - A ct 3, S cene 2 asked to look over their left shoulders
‘ You lead.”
to gaze upon a colored moon being held
M erry W ives of W indsor - A ct 1, Scene 1
“Spend it, spend it, spend more, spend up in the rear of the room by Pete
Toth.
all I have.”
To get everyone in the mood of things,
T h e W in te r’s T ale - A ct 1, Scene 1
black paper cats were attached to the
“Too late to go to bed now.”
T w e lfth -n ig h t - Act 2, Scene 3 buttonholes of each boys’ shirt by Den
“Oh wonderful, wonderful, and most nis Harrod and Don Byrd.
wonderful wonderful!”
We don’t want to say that any of
As You L ike I t - A ct 3, Scene 2
the boys are superstitious, but Eddy
“Saw you my daughter?”
M e rc h a n t of V enice - A ct 5, S cene 2 Trausch and Roger Oslund were wor
ried about the freshman baseball game
Casual parties seem to be the rage. held that day after school and they
When Ralph Smith’s recent beach party told Mr. Roth they were holding him
was rained out, the party adjourned to •esponsible. They lost the game.
To bring the report to a close, all
Jerry Seltzer’s house where muddy shoes
the boys played Junior Prom and held
and socks were banned. When it came
time to leave, the shoes were missing. a Grand March which took a path under
The hiding place: the deep freeze. Won a ladder, over a broom, and under an
umbrella, which when opened by Greg
der if the kids had cold feet?
Wold, showered Greg and the floor with
wads of paper. So ended the period 2
When Mr. Thomas Kiviluoma handed report on superstition.
out assignments recently, he told his
These reports were planned with the
students to do the odd problems—so hope of helping the students to determine
some of the students did all of them I \ scientific attitude toward such things
because they were all odd.
I is superstition,” said Mr. Roth.
For an Unusually Eventful Night at the Junior Prom
Just Follow Joe Schnook and Ivy Poison’s Example
Joe Schnook and Ivy Poison are doub
ling with Penny Petite and Mike Mas
culine to the Prom on June 4. What
say we go along for the ride?
They’re taking Mike’s car because at
8 p.m. when Joe asked for the car, his
folks said they were taking it. How did
Mike get the car at such short notice?
Just lucky, I guess.
Well, here we are at Ivy’s house.
Honk, Honk! Joe’s too tired to go to
the door. He’s been working at the gas
station all day. You can tell by the axel
grease behind his ears. And here comes
Ivy looking lovely in her shocking fuschia gunny sack. Open the door, that’s
right, pull harder. Rip! Oh well you can
fix it with scotch tape, Ivy.
Joe’s going to console her by giving
her the flowers. Violets, and with her
fuschia dress! Don’t fret. She can put
hem in her hair- -it’s red.
Joe, why
you stopping
You’re three miles from the dance. Don’t
want to pay a parking fee, huh? That’s
all right. Ivy’s wearing her gold kid
walking shoes.
Here we are! How nice everyone looks.
Joe looks a little out of place with his
argyle socks but it’s OK ’cause the
stripes match the stripes in his tie.
The dance was just wonderful. Joe
and Ivy would have had more fun if they
had danced but Joe’s glad he found time
to figure out his trig problems.
Now for a quick snack at the Lunch
Box. Joe has to get up early tomorrow
so he doesn’t want to stay out later
than 11 p.m.
Almost home now. Ivy, you don’t mind
walking from the corner do you? Good.
Oh that’s all right. I was glad to let you
use the violets tonight. Good Night!
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Glamazons
By Danna Barbour
Friday, May 27, 1949
Varsity Thinclads Lose to Arlington;
Sophomores Defeat Arlington, Leyden
Neither Arlington or Leyden was any
The Nilehi Trojan track men lost a
Hear ye! Hear ye! G.A.A. members! close meet to the Arlington Cardinals, match for the Trojan sophomore track
I t’s the Awards season. As Nilehi is Wednesday, May 11, by a score of 58-55 men on Monday, May 17, when the Nile
now a chapter in the Illinois League of in a night affair held on the Cardinal hi thinclads came out on top with scores:
Niles 6 8 ^ ; Arlington, 64; Leyden, 3214.
Girls' Athletic Associations, points and cinders.
awards will be distributed according to
A new school record was set by John In a frosh meet held the same afternoon,
the League rules. According to Miss Boznos in the discuss with a throw of Nilehi lost to Arlington and Leyden.
Walter DeStories, Ronny Gawrys, and
Heitmann, sponsor, 500 activity and 100 134 feet. John is also the holder of the
health points are needed for a minor previous discus record at 131 feet, 7 Don Walter captured eight first places
for the Trojans. Gawyrs won the 220letter; 1000 (accumulated) activity and inches.
The Trojans were ahead going into yard low hurdles, the 110-yard high hur
200 (accumulated) health points for a
major letter; 1300 activity and 300 health the last event, the 880-yard relay, by dles, the broad jump, and the high jump
for the first state award; 1600 activity three points—55-53. Don Siegel, lead-off (tie). DeStories won the 440 and 880and 400 health for the second state man for Niles, came out on top at the yard runs, while Walter captured the
award. All points are cumulative from first baton exchange to Jim Kennedy. 100 and 220-yard dashes. Russell O’
Augie Krause of Arlington, however, Grady took a second place in the shot
award to award.
Girls may earn 4 points on hour for accidentally knocked the baton from Ken put.
organized sports and 2 points an hour nedy’s hand and before Jim could re
cover it, Niles found themselves half a
for unorganized sports.
This year, attendance awards will be lap behind; consequently, Arlington bet Niles Visits Football Meet
presented. For each sport there will be tered Nilehi’s total score by three points.
Nilehi was represented in the Illinois
Niles took first places in the mile run,
bronze, silver, or gold bars, on which
State High School Association Football
the sport in engraved, given according Bill Grafke; the 120-yard high hurdles,
Don Siegel; the 440-yard dash, DeStor- Clinic held at the University of Ilinois,
to merit.
Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30.
The names of the-girls who have been ¡ies; the 880-yard run, Grafke; and the
Mr. Harold Isaacson, Nilehi athletic
on the winning teams of the various discus, Boznos.
At the annual State District track director, attended the meeting and said
tourneys will be engraved on plaques
and field meet held Saturday, May 14, it was very worthwhile. The entire ath
and placed in the trophy case.
at Evanston Township High School, Bill letic staff of the University of Illinois
Something New
was also in attendance.
Two new sports have been added to Grafke and Jack DeStories just missed
Bob Higgins, Pennsylvania State,
the girls’ activities—golf and tennis. the qualification times for going down
state in their respective outstanding talked, on feotlall defense. Sid Luckman,
Miss Montgomery sponsors golf .which
quarterback of the Chicago Bears talked
is held at the Stop and Sock on Oakton events.
Grafke’s time for the mile run was ! on quarterbacking and gave demonstra
and McCormick. The girls have been re
tions. According to Mr. Isaacson, Luckceiving instructions for driving and the two seconds over the required mark at
man is very deceptive in his handling
fundamentals of the sport. Miss Heit 4:47. DeStories, however, came even ?
closer, just missing qualification in the of the ball.
mann conducts tennis on Thursday on
In the high-school, field, Chuck Ben
440-yard run by two tenths of a second
the Nilehi courts.
nett, LaGrange High School, talked on
at :53.6.
conditioning the team, while Bill HeilLmksman Top Leyden, 8-7; The freshman baseball team from and, Austin, discussed the T-formation.
Niles Township High School continued
Medal Honors to LaPlant
its winning way by swamping Leyden,
The Niles Township High School Golf 23-3, on May 16 in Franklin Park, ac
team again proved their ability as links- cording to Mr. Robert Mackey, frosh
By Ed Beebe
men, by upsetting Leyden for the second coach,
Mr. Anton Schubert, Nilehi swimming
Ed Trausch and Dick LaVeau hit home
time this season by a score of 8 to 7,
runs for the Trojans. Ronald Juem was coach and athletic instructor, has been
on the Old Orchard Golf Course.
Ken LaPlant again held low medal the winning pitcher, going all the way. appointed by the Recreation Board of
The frosh dropped their first game Skokie, headed by Mr. Howard Welden,
honors for Niles with a 75 for 18 holes.
Ken has consistently shot in the middle of the season to Evanston on May 13, to the directorship of Skokie Park Re
seventies this season, while Dick Bau by a score of 10-1. Leroy Glauner, Jack creation. Recreation programs are being
mann, Ted Eckert, Bruno Dal Corobbo, Thiry, and Ralph Wenk hurled for the set up at Oakton, Wright, Lorel, and
Central parks in Skokie. One man and
and Floyd Braescke all have shot in the Trojans.
The team has a record of six wins and one woman is to be appointed to direct
low eighties, says Coach Thomas Kivthe recreation at each park under Mr.
one loss.
iluoma.
Schubert. Two of the male supervisors
The Trojan varsity baseball team whip on Monday, May 16, as the Arlington already decided upon are Mr. Charles
ped Steinmetz High School of Chicago, Cardinals outlasted the Trojans, 4-3.
Hussey, Nilehi track coach and biology
Niles had nine hits to Arlington’s teacher, and Mr. Marvin H. Ihne, sopho
10-8, on May 11 at Oakton Park.
Chuck Bonney, normally a short-stop six, but the Trojans could tally only more supervisor and history teacher.
for Nilehi, pitched the entire game, three runs.
The recreation program will officially'
The big inning for Niles was the begin June 20.
striking out seven, and allowing nine
Seniors at Nilehi will have fewer phy
hits. Bonney helped his own cause by sixth when Frank McNeill singled, and
hitting a double and a triple and scoring Bonney tripled. Harold Siemsen ground sical education classes next year, while
ed out, but Jack Heurlin, Ed Beebe, and the sophomores will have an additional
two runs.
Steinmetz scored one run in the second, Fred Brei singled consecutively, two period. The present schedule of two
but the Trojans bounced back with six more runs scoring. The inning ended on freshman, two sophomore, three junior,
and five senior periods a week will be
runs. Steinmetz was unable to match a fielder’s choice, and an infield fly.
The winning pitcher was Bill Robinson changed to two frosh, three soph, three
the Trojan pace, despite a seventh-in
of Arlington. The loser was Jim Hosfield, junior, and three senior periods a week,
ning rally, and bowed, 10-8.
according to the athletic department.
Nilehi’s chances for state honors failed Trojan right-hander.
Sport Slants
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Happy vacation
from
Nilehilite Staff
nile H I lite
Vol. X, Na.16
Skokie, 111.
Friday, J u n e 10, 19*§
Answers:
1. Harbert
2. Green
3. Ihne
4. deBooy
Seniors Busy Planning Fine Arts Department Makes Awards
June
Graduation June 16 To lOONilehiStudents in Assembly seniors. 6
czak, and Don Verlenden,
Nilehi held a Fine Arts assembly last
The 223 seniors of Niles Township
High School are finding the last two
weeks of school a busy time.
Next week the seniors will have the
Commencement Exercises and the Sen
ior Breakfast.
The breakfast will be held at 8:30 a.m.
on June 16, in the cafeteria. The theme
as yet is secret. There will be singing
under the direction of Miss Clara Klaus,
and scholastic awards will be given un
der supervision of Harold Ohlson, senior
class adviser.
The commencement exercises start at
8:30 p.m. in the gym on June 16.
The speaker at the exercises will be
Bergen Evans, professor of English at
Northwestern University.
Last week the Board of Education
of Niles Township honored 67 outstand
ing seniors at an annual banquet. This
is limited to approximately 60 seniors,
and some deserving students had to be
left out, according to Mr. Ohlson.
Those that earned major pins were
Monday, June 6, with more than 100
N. T. H. S. students receiving awards Joan Ash, Nancy Charland, Pete Heiniin Latin, debate, speech, mathematics, ger, Lenny Lange, and Mary Jane Netart, dramatics, and choral and instru wig, juniors; Eleanor Dryssen, Sandra
mental music. The Girls’ Glee Club, Ravencroft, Betty Loefgren, Pat Sch
Boys’ Glee Club, Freshman Boys, and midt, Elsie Odegaard, Carolyn Hardin,
Dorothy Schuh, and Edith Walther, sen
Choir sang a few numbers.
Mrs. Joy Weigand, Latin instructor, iors.
Minor certificates went to Louise
presented awards to Sandra Moberg Ewing, Theresa Margalski, Pat Newman,
and Gail Westgate, freshmen; Barbara and Eleanor Smith, sophomores; Anne
Pergande, Joan Searing, and Don Wal Brown, Joy Dudick, Lillian Forbes, Jack
ter, sophomores.
ie Greenwood, Joan Hamlet, Evelyn KienDebate honors were given to the fol zler, Julia Krueger, Nancy Lane, Joan
lowing students by their coach, Mr. John Mertes, Jane Nymark, Joan Seniok, Joan
L. Betts: Ed Archibald, Don Verlenden, Turnquist, Ashley Craig, Dan Winger,
Jim Arthur, and Tom Shields, seniors; Joe Donavan, and Dick Ferris, juniors;
John Young, Ashley Craig, and Nancy Esther Schaal and Tom Robb, seniors.
Gerhard t, juniors; Allan Weissberg,
The members of Nilehi’s band received
Jack Nettland, Barbara Shields, Eleanor their awards from Mr. Clifford Collins,
Smith, Junarden Williams, Mary Pal director. Those that got senior awards
mer, Alice Schilt, and Marsha Saar, were Elmo Barrow, Donna Belik, and
sophomores.
Gerald Dreyer, sophomores; Jay Dahm
Many future actors and actresses and Ted Dolan, juniors; Jean Artelt,
were handed major and minor certifi senior.
‘Reflections' Distributed; cates by Miss Virginia Stemp, dramatics Second-year awards were given to
Brent Hauger, Richard Hogan,
Next Year’s Editor Chosen teacher. The major award winners were Johnson, Steve Tompkins, James Robert
Dick Martin, junior; Marilyn Corduan,
Wise,
Sign my book ? This is the question Mary Morse, Joanne Day, Angie Vos- and Dan Baumann, sophomores; Doris
of the week since the yearbooks were nos, Jo Quesnell, Glen Freres, Judy Krause, senior.
distributed yesterday. The “Reflections” Larson, Kenneth Gengler, Nancy Thiell,
Third-year awards went to Ronald
have the same number of pages as last Karyl Marholz, and Tom Madden, sen Peterson and Sylvia Miller, juniors;
year’s yearbook: 64.
Eleanor Dyrssen, senior. The students
iors.
With the arrival of the “Reflections,”
Minors went to Doris Jean Lyde, Mar that got fourth-year awards were Elaine
Mr. Paul Eberhardt, yearbook adviser,
Wolitski, Tom Madden, Bill Van Horne,
announced two of next year’s officers: jorie Forbes, Joan Hamlet, Beattie Bor- and Donita Yost, seniors.nemeier, Elizabeth Elkin, and Barbara
Joyce Swartz, editor-in-chief, and Jean
Mr. John Wilkins, art instructor,
Votava, photogaphy editor. This year’s Banghart, juniors; Bill Graefen, Ar- handed six of Nilehi’s artists t h e i r
min Watkins, Kaye Jaeger, Barbara
editor-in-chief was Kathy Russakov.
awards. Majors went to Bob Dicken^ and
Yearbooks were sold for $3.00 each Maeder, and Tom Robb, seniors.
Angie Vosnos, senior, received a spec Stuie Russell, seniors. Minors Were
before June 3 and now are being sold for
awarded to Joan Ash, Joan Hamlet, and
$3.50, according to Mr. Ronald Van Ars- ial gold honor pin for the largest amount Jeanine Jacobs, juniors; Dick Horndale, financial adviser. 765 sales have of honor points and extra activity.
In the choral music department, Miss :’ash, senior.
been made up to June 3.
Ann Morrison, senior, was presented
Clara Klaus, director, presented major onors in mathematics by Mr. Thomas
music awards with honors to Eleanor Kiviluoma, instructor.
Dyrssen, Joan Falk, Dona Korsmo, Leo
Choose Officers for Fall
The spotlight has shifted to the 1949- nard Maier, Frank McNeill, Patty Slay Oratorical Contest Prizes
50 officers of the Dramatics club elected er, Audrey Norlof, Bob Peterson, Sandra
at the last meeting of the year. They Ravencroft, Nancy Thiell, Frances Tom- Awarded to 3 in Speech Class
The American Legion Oratorical Con
are Barbara Banghart, president; Roztest, held June 3 in the assembly room
sika Carroll, vice-president; Elsa Stromat Nilehi, and the Skokie Legion Post,
berg, secretary; Joan Lacey, treasurer,
Typists Show Their Skill
was a success from the oratorical stand
and Edith Brunt, business manager.
point, according to Mr. Ronald Van ArsThe new officers were announced at
The students in the beginning typing dale, public speaking instructor.
the banquet held by the Spotlighters
class at Nilehi who have a degree of
The orators were Dorothy Hartigan,
June 1 at Weller’s, according to Miss
typing skill have recently been awarded Joyce Creaves, Joan Geng, Bill Graefen,
Virginia Stemp, sponsor.
their Competent Typist cards.
Pat Schnur, Tom Shields, Pat Sommer,
The ‘‘Senior Salute,” a senior These awards are given to first-year Herbert Veit, Don Verlenden, John
dance and the last get-together of typing students who completed a ten- Young, Armin Watkins, Jim Arthur,
the class before the graduation minute typing test with no fewer than and Jim McKimmon, all of the public
breakfast, will be given tonight at 30 correct words per minute and no more speaking class.
than five errors.
The winners chosen from this group
8:15 in the assembly. There will be Champion typist is Barbara Stehle, were Don Verlenden, senior, first place;
music by the Blue Notes; refresh who reached the speed of 449 words per John Young, junior, second place; and
ments will be served.
Jim McKimmon, senior, third place.
minute with no errors.
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N I L S HI L I T E
/ wo Girls Rank O n e and Two in Scholarship
In Senior Class; Activities Rank High, Too
Know who the valedictorian of this
year’s senior class is? Aurdey Nordlof!
Audrey said she had the biggest shock
of her life when Mr. Ohlson, senior ad
viser, told her she ranked first in the
senior class—she hadn’t even thought of
it.
Some of the activities that have kept
Audrey busy at school are the W ater
Carnival, Reflections Revelry, all the
music programs, G o l d e n G a l l e o n staff,
yearbook financial staff, and the N il e h i l i t e staff. She is also president of the
Hi-C Club this year. Being in the Na
tional Honor Society and invited to the
60 Banquet are two more honors bes
towed upon this pretty blonde, blue-eyed
girl.
Audrey, who just came “of age” June
2, has plenty of interests to keep her
going. Among them is her piano playing,
mostly for her own amusement, she says,
although she is the pianist at the Skokie
B'ble Church. Other interests are taffy
puds (memories), dark haired men, in
teresting personalities, and California—
the weather maybe?
Audrey will enter Northwestern’s
School of Liberal Arts, to which she
won a scholarship, next September, but
her p an s for this summer are indefinite.
Just “work and have fun” is what she
is planning now.
Some of Audrey’s dislikes include
jealous people and teachers who in
crease the amount of homework at the
first sign of spring!
On May 25 members of the Visual Aids
Club went to the Ampro Assembly Plant
to watch demonstrations on the machines.
The boys saw how projectors are as
sembled and learned short cuts in thread
ing the machines, according to Mrs. Doro
thy Hind, club sponsor.
The Nilehilite Is written, printed, and published
by the students of Niles Township High School,
Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, superintendentprincipal.
STAFF MEMBERS
A iitor-in-chief: Bill Heveran.
As oc:ate News Editor: Barbara Kokum.
C i-Feature Editors: Sandra Ravencroft and Mary
M r e.
Associate Feature Editor: Joyce Swarts.
Sports Editor: Ed Beebe.
Associate Sports Editor: Pete Heiniger.
Sports Writers: Ed Beebe, Bill Bruce, Bill Graefen,
Pete Heiniger, and Rick Tamburino.
Gir'.s’ Spirts Editor: Danna Barbour.
S t-ff Photographer: Rick Tamburino.
News Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo.
Associate News Bureau Chief: Lois Lenberg.
Assistants: Bill Graefen, Audrey Nordlof, and
June Sprungman.
C'rcuiation Manager: Judy Larson.
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and
Phyllis Yates.
E: change Editor. Betty Loefgren.
A istant: Marilyn Lee.
Typ sts: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey
Nordlof, and Joyce Swarts.
Reporters: Danna Barbour, Carole Briggs, Bill
Bruce, Bill Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Barbara
Kokum, Dona Korsmo, Judy Larson, Marilyn.
Lee, Lois Lenberg, Betty Loefgren, Ruth Mun
sterman, Audrey Nordlof, Joyce Swart*, Ken
Steele, June Sprungman, Rick Tsmkuilnu,
Angela Voenos, and Phyllis Yates.
F A C U L T Y AD TUBERS
P a u l M. K b e rh a m k
C t a M s t M e te r
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but
if it happens to be coming from the
typing room, fourth period, it might
be Rose Marie Denk typing a ten-minute
test. Rosie is not only salutatorian of
this year’s graduating class, but she
is also secretary of the 100 Per Cent
Club and has really piled up shares for
those perfect papers.
This five-foot one-inch blonde, “sweet
sixteen” until next September, gradu
ated from Lincolnwood Grade School
and later transferred to Nilehi from St.
Scholastica.
Homeroom 306 is one of Rosie’s fa
vorite “classes” (so many characters!)
and phys. ed. is another. She was cap
tain of a volleyball team in the ninth
period class, and led her team on to a
beautiful record o f. . . all losses but one!
Rosie’s choice “man” would be blonde,
athletic, preferably a “manual laborer!”
She likes to knit, and “enjoys” taking
care of her sister and brother, aged one
and three respectively.
Rosie’s blue eyes light up at the men
tion of barbecued spare ribs, shrimps,
picnics, dancing, shows, the Sigma O’s,
and semi-classical music—“Shangri-La”
is her current favorite.
Fast drivers and stingy people are
pet peeves, as well as warm weather
and errors in speed timings.
Next fall will find our salutatorian
working in the Loop (she hopes) as
someone’s secretary—a manual laborer’s,
perhaps ?
Tense Drama Is Enacted
Inside Yellow Prison Walls
Night settled over the yellow prison
building, but the two men, writing madl;
in the warden’s office, took no notice
There was much work to be done, and
the brass-plated clock on the banana
colored wall showed that there was all
too little time left.
At 8:10 a serge-suited guard pranced
into the room.
“Hu-Hump,” he gasped.
“Well, what do you w ant?” said tinwarden as he laid his Parker “51” down
“All prisoners are present and account
ed for,” and with those words the guard
left the room.
The warden reached into his pocket
and pulled forth a purple and yellow
polka-dot handkerchief.
“Frankly speaking,” said the warder
as he mopped his brow, “the idea oi
letting loose 220 prisoners, all at one
time, worries me.”
“They’re all eligible for parole, aren’t
they?” said the aid as he gazed longlj
out of the window at a red Chewy con
vertible.
The warden nodded glumly, then ris
ing out of his genuine artificial leather
chair, “Well,” he said, “let’s go.”
Then they both walked into the gym
to watch the class of 1949 graduate from
Nilehi.
____________ Friday, June 10, 1949
Girl Scares Snake
in Pshchology Class
S-N-A-K-E—just the sound of this
word is enough to make most people—
boys and girls, alike—squirm uncom
fortably! The word, however, is more
frightening than the reptile itself, and
perhaps you’d agree if you took psy
chology with Mr. Leo Babcock this year.
If you should ever see a slimy object
slithering through the grass, don’t think
;hat it is a snake. Snakes are not slimy,
according to Jack Brown and Chuck
5wen, sophomores and “snake lovers.”
Jack’s “snake farm” in the back of his
louse has taught him that most fears
pertaining to snakes are absolutely
senseless. To relieve others of the hys
teria they feel on seeing these “cute
ittle fellows” slithering through the
;rass, Jack brought two garter snakes
;o psychology class, gave a talk, and
nvited class members to come up and
andle the snakes.
One of the girls, who still wasn’t quite
onvinced, shivered and shook so much
;hat she nearly scared the snake to
leath. Other members of the class, in:luding Mr. Babcock, became quite
friendly with them, and have finally
earned to leave their fears behind.
| SHORT CUTS
Nilehi’s school band, directed by Mr.
Clifford Collins, led the annual Memorial
Day parade in Morton Grove on Monday,
lay 31.
Following a program at the Morton
Trove School, the parade formed and was
ed through the town and to the park
by band members and four twirlers:
Dottie Bowles, Arlene Hoffman, Char.ene Eifler, and Ruth Whaener.
According to Mr. Collins, an invitation
to lead the procession was offered by Mr.
Carl Eckhart, commander of the Mor
ton Grove Legion Post that sponsors
the ceremony each year.
The result of the Chess Club tourna
ment, held on Wednesday, June 1, was
a tie betwee» Leslie Klevay and Jack
Brown.
A final play-off between Leslie and
Jack was held Tuesday, June 6. The re
sults are not known at the time of this
writing.
Jack Brown had won from Ted Eckert
in the semi-finals, and Les Klevay had
won from Floyd Braeske.
Jean Kelly, junior, was selected by
Miss Alice Line, clothing instructor, to
represent Nilehi at the Junior Red Cross
Training Center to be held at the Lake
Forest Academy from July 6 to July 14.
The purpose of this Training Center
is to develop an ability in students to
interpret J.R.C. and its program within
their respective schools, according to
Miss Li»e.
�Friday, June 10, 1949
Sport Slants
m
Km
The Niles Township High School
golfers had their ups and downs, as they
lost one match, won another, and took
second place in the Northeast Confer
ence meet, all in one week.
The Northeast Conference match, held
at Leyden on May 26, was won by Ar
lington with a group score of 310. Niles
a. as second, and Leyden third. The in
ri’vidual scores for the Trojan linksmien
were Floyd Braeseke, 77; Ken LaPlant,
83; Dick Bauman, 84; Ted Eckert, 86.
In a dual match with Arlington, Nile
hi was defeated by a score of 12-3, on
May 23 at the Bunker Hill Golf Course.
The Trojans had previously beaten the
Cardinals on the Arlington home course.
T ie varsity linksmen defeated North
brook on a default. The score was Niles
8%; Northbrook, 6%. The default was
caused by the absence of Northbrook’s
fifth man.
Seniors Win Tournament
tS !
Trackmen Win Last Hoag Sweeps Field
Conferance Crown In 1 rack Pentathlon
By Ed Beebe
A very excited and a very happy track
On June 8 and 10, junior and senior team was welcomed back to Niles Town
life-saving tests were given to all Nilehi ship High School Thursday evening, May
boys qualifying for the swimming exams. 26, when they carried home the last of
Instructions in the art of canoe-handling the Northeast Conference trophies.
were also given.
Because of the break-up of the North
Since the school year is quickly draw east Conference in 1948, only three
ing to a close, yours truly thought maybe j schools were entered in the last confer
a few of the senior athletes who will ence athletic event of the Northeast
graduate next week might have some area—Leyden, Arlington, and Niles.
thing to say on why they participated
Niles, however, was the victor only
in athletics at Nilehi. So, Bill Bruce by the slim margin of one and one half
of the sports staff went out and dug points—64-62%, of which Arlington was
up these answers:
on the shorter end. Leyden came in at
Tom Black: “Athletics give me a goal to work
the show position with a total of 32%
towa* d. ’
Jack Larsen: “I really like football a lot.’*
Di.k Provost: “It makes school more enjoyable, points.
r n j it gives you some.hing to work for.'*
The meet, held under the lights of
Bob Lindahl: “I decided to go ont for swimm nr bcc .use I had just learned how to swim and Leyden Township, was cited to end in a
o
it was something new to me.”
victory for Arlington. The Nilehi conder
Don Siegel: “It’s got me stumped.”
Tne names of the spring sports award- men, however, were determined to bring
winners can be found in the local Skokie back that trophy for their coach Charles
papers, as they were not available for W. Hussey, who was ill at home. Harold
Isaacson, had of the athletic department
this printing.
Coach James Phipp’s varsity baseball at Niles and assistant track coach, filled
team will compete in the Suburban Lea in for Mr. Hussey during his absence.
The track was unusually fast, pro
gue next spring.
It’s time to close up the old column ducing a 10-second hundred-yard dash
for this year. It has been a lot of fun by Busse of Arlington.
Trojan placing
a~
llows: 120 yard high
writing it, and here is a wish for better hurdles—Gawrys went 10« f yard dash—DeStories
(4);
(S), Walter (4'; mile run—Buerk (1>, GraJke
athletics at Nilehi in years to come!
Golfers Down Northbrook
For the first time an inter-class base
ball tourney was held at Niles on June
1 and 2. In the first games the seniors
p’ayed the juniors, while the sophomores
faced the frosh. The seniors won handily,
12-1. The sophs took a close one from
the frosh, 6-5.
In the finals, Mr. Phipps’ seniors de
feated the sophomores, 10-0, and the
freshmen downed the juniors for third
p’a^e. The tourney ended the 1949 base
ball season.
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N I L E H I L I T E
(»).
yara. dash—DeS'ories (1), Cornell (2);
440 frosh-soph relay—Niles (1) (O’Grady, Gaw
rys, W. DeStories, W alter': 200 yard low hurdies—Siegel (4); Mile medley relay— Niles (1)
(Butterworth, Pasek, Walter, Bruce); 22« yard
dash—DeStories (3), Kennedy (4); 88« yard run—
Grafke (1), W. DeStories (2); shot put—Kennedy
(2) tie; discus—Boznos (3); pole vault—Heiniger
(*), Graefen (4); high jump—Nipper (1) tie,
Seidler (3) three way tie; broad jump—Nipper
(1), Graefen (3).
The records show that the Trojan
tracksters had a very good season, fin
ishing with six wins and twro losses and
a second in the Palatine Relays, there
they were defeated by Arlington by
three points.
Lincoln, Cleveland Win
In Grade Track Tourney
The annual Niles Township Grade
School track meet was held Tuesday,
May 24 on the Nilehi Athletic Field.
Both boys and girls competed, according
to Mr. Charles Hussey, Nilehi track
coach.
Boys and girls in the fifth and sixth
grades comprised the light-weight di
vision. Boys and girls in the seventh and
eighth grade made up the heavy-weight
division.
Victory in the boys’ division went to
Lincoln School with a total of 63 %
points. Morton Grove was second with
43% points; Cleveland third, 41%; Sharp
Corner, 34; Niles 14; Golf, 13%; Lincolnwood, 13; Niles Twp. Lutheran, 9; East
Prairie, 4.
In the girls’ division, Cleveland dom
inated the scene taking first place with
38% points. Niles was second with 22%
points; Sharp Comer, 22; Niles Twp.
Lutheran, 18; Lincoln, 16; Morton Grove
14; East Prairie, 11%; Golf, 10%.
Nilehi held its First Annual Pentath
lon track and field meet on Friday, June
3 at 7:30 p.m.
Charles Hoag of Oak Park High
School dominated the field of 13 by
sweeping first-place honors with 5219
points. Kenton Peters of Glenbard was
second with 4629; Steve Behr, Highland
Park, 4333; William Frederick, Thorn
ton Township, 4275; and Ed Roth, Evan
ston, 4176.
Ward Nipper, competed for Nilehi.
Ward competed in the 120-yard high
hurdles, 220-yard dash, discus, broad
/amp, and high jump.
Hoag took four first places out of the
five events in which he competed. His
times and distances: 220-yard dash, 23.1
seconds; high jump, 5 ft. 10 in.; broad
jump, 20 ft. 5% in.; discus, 153 ft. 7 in.;
[hot, 48 ft. 8% in.
Glamazons
By Danna Barbour
The cheering-squad for 1949-50 has
been selected, according to Miss Mont
gomery, sponsor. Girls who made the
squad are Marilyn Reiland, Shirley Timberg, Jane Bastow, Doris Lyde, Joan
\ndrews, and Violet Kubany. One more
will be added next fall to be chosen from
the incoming freshmen and new students.
Badminton
Ruth Munsterman and Bev Shade came
out at the top of the list for badminton
players. In the final game of the tourney,
Ruth and Bev defeated Julia Dean and
Sandra Weber, who put up a very tough
fight, according to “Monty.”
G.A.A. Doings
Top point honors for G.A.A. this year
jo to Elaine Esch, senior, with 2000
uoin’s, which entitles her to the second
state award. Fist state awards go to
Ruth Munsterman, Alice darkens, and
Emma Copeland with 1600 points. All
awards will be presented tomorrow at a
Nilehi play day for G.A.A. members,
according to Miss Heitmann.
Officers elected to the G.A.A. Board
for the next term are Pat Walne, presi
dent; Bev Dilly, vice-president; Evelyn
Steward, secretary; Joyce Baumann,
treasurer.
As this is my last column for the
N il e h il it e , it’s time to say so-long to
the Glamazons. It’s been fun writing
for you. r •
N.T.H.S
Summer Swimming
Schedule
High School Students
- Monday, 8 - 9 p.m.
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N I L B K I L I T E
Friday, June 10, 1SM
9
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby . . .
Along about graduation time, seniors
look back upon their past four years
and all seem -to agree that they will
miss everything about Nilehi. Here are
a few remembrances of some of our out
going graduates:
Bill Campbell: Graduation, but only
because I’ll not be here.
Karyl Marholz: All the new words I
learned in Mrs. Baker’s English Class..
Bernie L'nnig: I enjoyed the ’48 Prom
better than anything else. I’ll always
miss it.
Gil Kluesing: I’ll miss all the nice
girls I ’ve taken out these past four
years.
Pat Schmidt: P. E. Class the Style
Shows, and lunch.
Ken Sccele: The last game of the ’45
football season when we had a fight
with Crystal Lake.
Dorolhy Hannemann:~January < 1949.
7,
Pictured above are four people that most seniors have seen around Nilehi But de: nitely!
for four years. „Can you recognize them as babies? Answers are in the ears at | Helen Glennie: The spring tour, I ’ll
the top of. page one.
never forget it.
Bill Van Horne: The ’48 Reflections
Revel: y, “Behind The Scenes."
Carol Briggs: The state finals for the
baseball team last spring at Peoria.
Henry Jostock: The Chemistry Lab.
We all know hat beauty plus brains equals Donna Barbour.
Need I say more?
equals any Nilehi girl, but did you know
All the above names plus journalism
Bui Bruce: May 26, when we won the
that:
equals the seniors on the N ileh ilite
’49 conference track meet, and Ruthin.
Hot rods plus “huh?" minus steady staff.
Barb Martinson: The Springfield trip
girl equals Ken Steele?
Class of ’49 memories:
be- ause the phone was so handy.
Motto — It pays to be ignorant.
Keen Teen plus baby face plus “oh
Bill Heveran: A “certain" sophomore
Song — “I’m Sittin’ on Top of the
no!" equals Sandy Ravencroft?
rirl and the swell attitude of the kids
World."
Cute plus boyfriends plus personality
at Niles compared to another high
Colors — Black and blue.
equals June Sprungman?
Flowers — Bachelor Buttons and 3-chool.
Photos plus “oh brother!" plus Braun
Nancy Thiell: Dramatics, Music, and
Bleeding Hearts.
girls equals Rick Tamburino?
he kids.
Dramatics plus petite plus speaking
Dennis Joyce: The “aroma” in the
voice equals Angie Yosnos?
‘Schnook Book* Breathes Last toys’ locker room second period.
“Now, d d ar.. ." plus slow drawl minus
Elsie Odegaard: All the fun I’ve had
feather cilt equals Phyllis Yates?
With O ld Nileh ilite Review
with all the kids.
ideas plus prom leader candidate plus
By Bill Graefen
Tom Reed: Homework!!
“Cupid’s Comer” equals Betty Loefgreri?
The volume ten, number ofie issue of
Scholarship minus girls plus sports this, you, N il e h il it e , welcomed six new
Issue seven came out on Friday, Janu
equals Ed Beebe.
teachers to Nilehi—Miss Dorothy Lun ; ary 21.
Bewildered expression plus Nancy fnus, Miss Helen Heitmann, Miss Vir
Number nine welcomed Victor Griffin
minus Caddy' convertible equals Bill ginia Stemp, Mr. George Adams, Mr. irom Morocco; waved farewell to the
Bruce?
Charles Suydam, and Mr. Eugene Na 19ers who climed in and out of different
Finger-nails plus dark eyes minus eye- pier—three men and three women.-— nouths looking for gold.
equals Bill Graefen?
hmmm!
issue eleven was all wet - water al
Feature stories plus sarcasm plus Lois
Issue two stated that Nilehi enroll by going to “Reflections Revelry.” Some
equals Bill Grtefen?
ment dropped for the first time in the perfect date started a “Schnook” column.
Editor-it-chief plus steady girl plus history of the school.
Issue eleven wa sail wet—water all
deadlines equals Bill Heveran?
In number three we took the places over the front page.
Clothes minus dateless weekends plus of our parents at home—each student
The Prom leaders were chosen in issue
wink equals Dona- Korsmo?
with the aid of his mother’s bridge thirteen—and those freshmen who say
National Honor Society plus grin plus schedule and racing form got the chance there’s nothing to that old superstition—
efficiency equals Judy Larson.
to visit many of the touts and card “I’ll give ’em a shot in the head!”
Basketball plus character parts plus fiends that he had not formerly known.
Several issues had the two middle
“weird" equals Mary Morse?
Dewey came out on top in number pages printed upside down. There was
Valedictorian plus California plus four...S kip it! Some schnook started a a rumor going around that this was
piano equals Audrey Nordlof?
“Perfect Date" column.
just an attempt on the part of the gym
Senior column plus artistic ability
I didn’t have many stories in issue instructors to get each reader to stand
equals Marilyn Lee?
five.
on his head to keep in shape for track.
“Her car" plus Wheaton plus chemis
Issue six found capacity crowds' at
And here we are in this the last and
try equals Ruth Munsterman.
“June Mad" and the two people that' came final issue of the 1948-1949 school year—
Glamazons plus red hair plus Marty each night said it was wonderful.
aw, I ’m tired. You read this one!
This V That -
Senior Memories of '49
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Next Home
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N I L E H I LITE
Vol, X, No 2
Skokie, Illinois
Woodstock
November 5
Friday, October 15, 1948
Nilehi Chooses Student Reoresentatives; Homecoming Committees
Blacks A.re on Senior andFrosh Boards Get Set ForareSales made for the
Preparations
being
During the week of September 20-24, NileFi held its annual elections -for 1948 Homecoming pep rally, game, and
representatives to the four school boards. These people w~re elected by nomina dance, according to Mr. Harold Ohlson,
tions of students in their individual homerooms.
___________
' , . senior adviser.
The rally, to be held , on the Nilehi
Representatives for the Senior Cabi- '
____
football field, and followed by the tra- *
net are Tom Black, 210; Dean Whitton,
ditional snake dance through town, i s ,f
314; Bill Graefen, 209; Diane Leach,
A s We Se e It. . .
set for November 4. Mr. Charles Hussey
316; Ted Eckert, 102; Ralph Walberg,
is in charge of the committee organizing *
306; and Ward Nipper, 315.
By Daivna Barbour
* *... it...^1, ’ .
*
.
v
J u n i o r Council representatives are
Charles Serum, 106; Jane Nymark, 110;
, The homecoming game, on the. follow
Most Nilehi students will agree that ing evening, November 5, is scheduled
Allan Hartig, 211; Jim Kennedy, 212;
Molly Asmussen, 213; Dolores Nellessen, the library is important to their success with Woodstock at the Nilehi jfield. The
214; and Ted Dolan, 308.
in high school.
• Trojan Sophs will kick otf to the WoodT h o s e representing the Sophomore
stock. J. V. at 6:15, while the Varsity
Nilehi is especially fortunate in
teams clash at 8:30.
Senate are Bob Richter, 101; Caryle Cohaving a modern and well-equipped
minx, 206; Karl Holzl, 107; Jack Hett..Last-year Niles beat Woodstock 28-8.
library. We have a budget adequate
lane, 210; Dick Baker, 219; Violet NewThe Junior Varsity teams didn’t play.
to our needs, and a co-operative ad
berg, 108.
The homecoming game last year was
ministration.
Those on the Freshman Board of Ad
played with Arlington here. The Varsity
The staff, under supervision of Miss lost, 13-6, while the, J. V.’s triumphed
visers are Juanita Flores, 208; Jack
Kirkby, 216; Barbara Black, Library; Kate Bicanich, is trained to help any 12- 0 .
Theresa Waldin, 221; Charles Thompson, student,
- - The dance on November 6 is to be
121; Bob Alexander, 112;“ and Lawrine
This year, new magazines haVe
under the direction of Miss Grace HarJohnson, 313.
been added to the magazine collect
bert. The dance committees have been
The Black family has double repre
ion and new celluloid covers have. selected, and haye .begun work this past
sentation in the school government with
been- purchased to add to the attrac- • 3veok.
. . y • •.
* f* Tom in the senior Cabinet, and his
tiveness of the section. New refer
Mr. Charles Selden and -Mr. John
younger sister Barbara on the Freshman
ence books, best-seller fiction books,
Wilkins are in charge of the decorations
Board of Advisers.
and historical novels have also been
for the dance. Miss Alice Line.has charge
added. Most college bulletins are up
of the bids. .
to date, and permission to look at
them is always granted. Conference
rooms are available for committee
Nilehi Enrollment Drops
work at, the request of the teacher '
For First Time in History
involved in the assignment.
Two new commercial courses, in adNilehi student enrollment has nearly
But all this means absolutely nothing,
vrr'ising and salesmanship, under Mr.
if it is not appreciated on the part of tripled since the establishment of the
Eugene Nap’er, are being given to Nilehi
the students. Each and every student township district in 1936, according to
juniors and seniors this semester.
has an individual responsibility for the Mrs. Dorothy Ruesch, attendance clerk.
The salesmanship classes are learning cere and treatment of the library. Each
As of September 17, this year’s en
the art of “systemized scientific persua year the library is improved, but a few rollment totaled 926, or 3 under last
sion,” or in other words, the art of mak thoughtless students mark up tables, year’s enrollment. It is the first time in
ing other people want what you have mistreat books, or needlessly create com the school’s history that enrollment has
to sell them.
dropped. Totals by classes are: seniors
motion during study hours.
The advertising classes have started
225, juniors 227, sophomores 233, and
If we students, here at Nilehi,
with the history of advertising away
freshmen 241.
individually concentrated on estab
back when the Egyptians advertised for
Of the 926 enrolled, 109 are tuition
lishing habits of courtesy and con
slaves. They are studying it from a
students from neighboring districts, a
sideration for others and recognized
buyer’s point of view as well as a
majority from Chicago. This is the larg-"
the library’s importance, to us all, we
selling point of view.
est number of tuition students ever to
could gain a desirable atmosphere
These courses are based on the under
enter Niles.
in which to study. Miss Bicanich be
standing of the functions and practical
Ninety-eight Northfield Township stu
lieves that a library as architectualuses^ of advertising and selling. The
dents are also included. Northfield Town
ly attractive as ours should appeal
ship pays these tuitions as there is no
courses are offered one semester and are
to the best behavior of the students.
high school in that immediate district.
not only for commercial students but
Pupils at Nilehi can take advantage of
for those who plan to enter the pro
the 4.802 books on hand at the Nilehi
Last summer many teachers traveled
fessions as well.
library.
far and wide during their vacations, but
There are also 237 bound volumes of only one went to Alaska, to our knowl
Driving Classes Get Ford; magazines and 286 unclassified reference edge. Miss Alice Line started the trip
books, besides new covers for all the from Seattle, Washington, and included
Classes Begun Sept. 21 older magazines. Miss Bicanich, librar in her tour Ketchikan, Juneau, Kodiak,
Driver Education students are driving ian, believes that this will keep them in Seldovia, Seward, Yakutat, a n d then
back to Ketchikan, and by train to Seat
in style this year. A new blue 1949 Ford better condition than last year.
arrived September 20, and the regular
This fall the students will have access tle. Miss Line says that she had a very
enjoyable time.
driving classes began September 21.
to a total of 172 new books.
Advertising, Sales
Are 2 New Courses
�N I L E H I L I T E
Pare 2
Friday, October 15, 1943
Senior Cabinet Chairmen Verq Active;
The Skokie Youth Center had its big Dean Whitton, Bill Graefen Tell Likes,,Dislikes
grand opening Friday, October 1, just
Skokie Youth Club
Holds Grand Opening
Few boys have been in the girl’s locker | President of the Hi-Y, vice-chairman
after the Belvidere-Niles game.
1room but that’s where Bill Graefen, of the Senior Cabinet, chairman of the
The Center, located in the basement
president1 of this year’s Senior Cabinet Election of Prom Leaders committee,
of the Municipal Hall, had been cleaned
wandered one day while still an innocent Junior Council representative, a mem
and painted in orange and blue by about
ber of the Visual Aids club, National
freshman.
25 students working Tuesday, Wednes
This is Bill’s first year as a class Honor Society and Junior Varsity foot
day, and Thursday evenings. Supervising
officer and he claims the senior year ball, basketball, and baseball teams, is
were Mr. Charles Hussey and Mr. John
is the best because of all the activities. quite a list of activities for only one
Betts, Nilehi teachers.
Mr. Chairman names basketball as his person. But there’s one Nilehier who can
Features of the Center-are the Coke favorite sport, but those who know him claim this list—senior Dean Whitton.
Bar, Juke box, and the ping-pong and will vouch for his skill as a pole vaulter
Dean, who is six feet tall, has blue
pool tables. A television set, a movie on the track team.
eyes and blond hair. His pet peeves are
screen, and a piano are among the pos
“Red,” as his friends call him for people who hold up traffic in the halls
sible additions later this year, according some, obscure reason, is five feet, eleven by walking too slowly. Girls, food, sleep
to Mr. Betts. These will be paid for in inches tall.
ing, and building cars are the Hi-Y’s
part by the $1.50 dues paid by each
He spent last summer working in a president’s special likes.
member for the coming year................... printing factory in Chicago and loafing
Dean’s ambition is to be a mechanical
. The Youth Center will be open Sun at Lake Geneva.
engineer for General Motors Corporation
day from 2-5; Tuesday - and Thursday
and he plans to further his education at
from 3:30 - 5; Wednesday from 3:30-5
Northwestern University under the N.R.
•and 7:30-9;30; and Friday-and Saturday
O. T.C. program there.
from 7;30- 11:30.
This year’s officers are Bob Witte,
Choral Group
president; Allen Stillman, vice - presi
dent; Beverly Dilley, membership; Ed
The Nilehi 100 Per Cent club held its Entertains P .T .A .
Beebe, treasurer; Jacky•Sherman, secre first meeting Friday, September 24, in
The Madrigal singers, under the di
tary; Lester Febrow,-har; Richard Yoss, room 110.
house; and DicK 'Norman and Marilyn
The purpose of this meeting was to rect" on of Miss Clara Klaus, gave their
Reiland, program.
.
elect officers and a board óf directors. first performance of the year before the
Joan Conrad is the new chairman of the East Prairie P.T.A. last Monday even
board of directors, while Rose Marie ing, October 11. They entertained the
Denk is secretary and Barbro Martinson P. T.A. by singing “Kye Song,” “In These
Delightful Pleasant Groves,” “Little
treasurer.
Ì?he dui? is^afi. Organized corporation. | David, Play on Your Harp,” “Limericks,”
The Nilehi chapter of the Junior Red Members /o f the shorthand and typing and “The Lilac Tree.”
Miss Klaus chooses members of the
Cross, which is sponsored by Miss Alice classes who pass at 100 per cent perfect
Line, had its first meeting Monday, tìbie regular monthly tests sent out by choir to sing in this group. The mem
October 4. The J. R. C. council, which Gfegg ^Publishing Company are eligible bers this year include Sandra Ravenconsists of one student from each of the to# membership. Shorthand papers buy croft, Pete Heiniger, Nancy Thiell, Mary
four classes, met with the major J. R. C. :common stock which have voting power. Jane Netwig, Audrey Nordlof, Eleanor
officers in Chicago at the YMCA, Satur ’Typing papers buy preferred stock with Dyrssen, Don Verlenden, Dan Winger,
day, October 2', where activities for the* no voting power^ Voting in the club is Frank McNeil, Esther Schaal, Bob Peter
son, Frances Tomczak, and Louise Ew
by shares.
coming year were discussed.
At the present time, Barbro Martin ing, accompanist.
The council reported what they learn
ed to our organization and many varied son ig'the “wealthiest” member, with 85
Pat Klump, Bemie Linnig, and Betty
and useful projects are getting under shares of stdek. The number of shares
Loefgren, seniors, enjoyed tidbits off
way. Other Nilehi students are cordinally issued for each 100 per cent test depends
invited to join and participate in the fu% upop the speed of the test. The higher the trays coming back from the Rotary
Room during 7th period lunch recently.
thf speed the more the shares.
Miss Ada^ Immel, sponsor, founded One criticism heard—the radishes needed
Yearbook Goup
the „dub in 1944. Plans are being made salt.
for an Alumni -100 per cent club dinner
Begins Work
Melvin Baity, junior, has a unique way
in November. Miss Immel and Miss
The Reflections Senior-Faculty-Section
of getting to school. After driving his
Helen Johanns direct the club.
under the supervision of Miss Grace
friends to Nilehi in his car, he returns
Pendleton will open its program of re*
home so that his dad can use the car the
sponsihility this year with the taking
The German Club, under the direction rest of the day. How does he get back
of senior pictures on the week of October of Miss Theresa Kranz, had its first to school? By bike!
25 to 29.
,
meeting Friday, October 1, at which they
This group, as you may .know,, is an elected officers and made plans for the foods. (2)- to learn to speak German on
organ’zation made, up of students who coming year.
everyday affairs.
The officers are Betty Reuther, presi
will supervise the make-up of the senior
and faculty sections of the yearbook.
dent; Helen Nachbauer, vice-president;
Reports on the plays currently run
This year’s members are Don Ver- Jack Harvey, secretary-treasurer; Beatning in Chicago were given Friday, Octo
lenden, chairman; Barbara Daly, Bill tie Bomemeier, social secretary.
The objectives of the German Club, ber 8, at a meeting of the Spotlighters,
Heveran, and Lois Lenberg.
according to Miss Kranz, are: (1) to Nilehi dramatic club.
The committee which reported on the
A new, light-weight projector has been gain a deeper insight into German cul
added to the Visual Aids equipment. The ture by visiting the Art Institute for plays is composed of Kay Haefel, Mary
new projector was bought to replace the the study of that country’s artists and Winters, Dona Korsmo, and John Youngs
On the basis of these reports, the club
one taken to the tower room to help in paintings, attending German operas,
the teaching of the Driver Tlducation learning folk songs and folk dancing, will decide to which play they are going
c’asses.
and becoming connoissieurs of German on their next theater party.
G iuli tf-luiU
100 Percent
Nilehi Red Cross
Reids First Meeting
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.
German Club
SpotHghter’s Club
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Sonq Titles Fit in
With Nilehi Scene
N I L E H I L I T E
Page 3
T h i s ’ n T h a t - Hot Rod Situation
In Pathetic Shape
The hot rod situation is in pretty sad
During the summer three Nilehi grad
Ever reminded ,,of a certain person,
uates gave up the single life and were shape this year at Nilehi as evidenced
place, or thing when you heard a song?
by the fact that very few students are
Well, we have been, and herewith we .na ried. The first involved the marriage driving anything othfr than stock -cars.
give you our musical impressions of the of the Prom leaders of 1942, William Even those cars with dual exhausts are
Nilehi scene:
Carroll and Jean Pearson. These two ’42 few and far between. *
Sweet and Lovely — Connie Kluesing.
This sad situation may be due to the
graduâtes répeàted the vows on August
Elmer’s Tune — Elmer Wegener.
fact.-that “Wild Bill” Kelly is, missing.
3 in- California. Bill, at present, is work
Hip Hip Hooray — Ellerfc Patzke.
To take his. place, however, we have
’ Seems Like Old Times — That “new” ing with Mr. Pearson, who is a California “Wild Bill’ Fruend, alias “Peanuts the
lo'ok.
builder.
•kl&J Whilip’er?’*'.'*'' That Soldier Of Mine — Joanne Day.
The- third graduate was Miss • Sona
“Peanuts” , and other Nilehi motorists
Lover
Bob Witte.
Baptist, who was a member of the 1948 can tell you that Fuzzie’s hunting season
Home On thé Range —; Katie, our -lass. She was married 'on August 8 to opened early this year. Fuzzie has al
cook. *
Mr. Ralph Smith of Chicago.
ready nabbed a couple ', of speed kings
Dark' Eyes — Ardyth Ball.
racing from schooL Every “rod boy”
A Love Like This — Kathie McCabe
Have you heard any especially loud should know by. now that that’s a speed
and Don Carlson.
laughing, clapping and general disorder trap—from the parking lot to Oakton
You Call Everybody Darling — Lenny
'
,
’
coming from the parking lot every 'Street.
Lange.
Some Thing's Will Never Change — seventh period lunch? If you have, you
“Bell-bottom trousers, coat of navy
are undoubtedly wondering what it’s all
Detentions.
blue.” This’is getting to be. 'a . verjympu_
about.
>
Hair Of Gold — Edith Walther.
lar theme at Nilehi. Reason ? Quite a
It seems that Phyl Milazzo, Bea Bor-t few members of our male 'population
How Cute Can You Be? — Doris
nemeier, Nan Anderson, Lois Lenberg, have enlisted in the' lojeaL branch of the
Christensen.
That Five O’clock Feeling — The Barb Daly, Barb BangMrt, Bev Dilley, Naval Reserve!
Mare Reiland, and Geri Dodge have been
football team.
vigorously dancing the Virginia Reel and
Take It Away — Homework.
I’ve Got A Way With Women — Curly other popular square dances. Though
hardly professional, they have lots of
Tait.
fun!
Strike Up The Band — Mr. Collins.
I Wonder Who’s Kissing Hed Now —
Vacation Romance.
Nilehi has a beautiful, building, fine
Dance Ballerina — Jean Votava.
Long 'n Shoit Of It
faculty, and artgpod^sport^],2i,0i%, to
Isn’t It Romantic — The Drive-In.
mention just a few of, her -assets, so
Baby-Face — Sandy Ravencroft.
school spirit should reaH ^b ^h i^ii. With
One Of These Days — The freshies
this thought -in mind Nilehi students
will be upper classmen. .
were asked this week: “Do you think
Freckles — Don Siegel.
school spirit is lacking this year, and if
Little Girls — Doris Jean Lyde.
Cool Water — N.T.H.S. swimmingso, how do you think we can remedy it? ”
Beattie Bornemeier, junior: I think it
pool (especially in winter(.
is lacking at games. It’s not entirely the
Easy To Love — Carl Bjorkdahl.
fault of the cheerleaders either. The kids
Just My Bill — Donna Braun.
don’t watch them and cheer with them.
Somewhere A Voice Is Calling —
They give stupid cheers of their own.
Asleep in class again.
Harold Thielke, senior:" Yes. We need
I’ve Got Rhythm — Bill Bruce.
more pep assemblies to stir up spirit.
Stay As Sweet As You Are — Phyllis
Nancy Watson, senior: Yes. A little
Milazzo.
more “yea team” from the bleachers
People Will Say We’re In Love —
would help.
Astrid Halbrendt and Jim Kennedy.
Lois Lenberg, junior: I think spirit
Danny Boy — Dan Winger.
is swell this year. Everyone is very en
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles — Don
thusiastic.
na Groll.
Leah Falknor, senior: We meed more
You’.ve Changed — Football players’
spirit for our Youth center and dances.
hari (new helmets).
Ronald Meilieke, sophomore: If more
Lovely To Look At — Molfie Asmusstudents would attend the games there
sen.
wouM be more school spirit. ...
Huggin’ and A’Chalkin’ — Don Kettel.
Mari Cysewski, senior: There defin
You Are Free — 1948 Graduates.
Chatter-Box — Alice darkens.
Maybe the smile on Judy Larson’s face itely should be niore spirit, especially
Jolly Good Fellow — Jess Porter.
(left) has something to do with the fact in the cheering at the games.
Ardyth Ball, junior: A poster in the
Strictly Instrumental — Nilehi Or that Judy can rise as late at 8 a.m. and
chestra.
still get to school on time, since she lives lunch room has the idea: “Smart Bart
right across from N.T.H.S. And Joyce get up and cheer it, you’ll nqt get an
Apprenticeship without pay s e e m s Creaves, (right) on the other hand, “A” for your school spirit !’!'
Don Carlson, senior: Yes, there should
quite satisfactory—though painful—to shows us how early she has to rise in
Emma Copeland, senior. Her first lesson order to meet the tardy bell. Joyce’s be more school spirit, because even
in bareback bronc training at Orchard father drives her 31% miles to school though you do not play on the team
Tables ended with her nursing a bruised every day, and they usually make it by you are a part of it.
Jim Schell, sophomore: Yes, the kids
shoulder and Duffy, the unbroken colt, 8:15. In bad weather, though, Joyce is
lucky to see ¿the first part of second in the bleachers pay too much attention
still stepping high.
However, according to Emma, those period because they have to wait for the to each other instead of watching the
game and cheering for the team.
snow plow to clear the way!
first 10 seconds won’t be the last!
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Fi iday, Oct^ber-15,-19{48
T ro ja n s F
a d ia m o ti s
'ojoü ,vt>1 i
'n
By Danna B arbour
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The-Hiflly’ winds'fofve th'e Glhmdzons
^ iy e rjn g during gypn classes. Seeeer is
stril at the , top jqf*' the ^sports list,-and
the.giyls^haye g o t a thrill^out pf playing
o^ the footbair grid. Nowfthey’re able to
ssjy^. “I. played, on. thV ji^ la , th a t .holds
‘historicaL’ memories.” .
P ' l ’K
F r o n t ra w , le f t to r i g h t : H a ro ld T h ie lk e , A lle n S tillm a n , P e te H e in ig e r , E d A r c h ib a ld , J a c k
L a rs e n , T o m C le a ry , K e n L a P l a n t, B o b Cook'.
S eco n d ro w : B ob P e te r s o n , M g r., B ill C a m p b e ll, N ick R o llic k , T o m B a c k , D o n S ieg e l, B ill
M ickev, B ob W itte , L e n n y L a n g e , B ill G ra f k e , D ic k S w a n s o n , M g r.
I b r f l row :- H a ro ld Is a a c s o n , C o a c h , W a lte r P o p p , G il K lu e s in g , G le n n M e y e r, B o y N elson.,
M a r t 'n S e id le r, A l H a r tig , B u r t G e r h a r d t; D o n C a r ls o n , C h u c k V oss, C . W . H u ss e y , C o a c h .
B a c k ro w : W . B e e k e r, D ick S h ile y , C o n r a d C o rn e ll, G e o rg e ^ B u s s e y , J im K e n n e d y , E d B ee b e,
J e s s e P o r te r , D ic k N o rm a n , W a rd N ip p e r, R a lp h W a ib e rg , Al K r u e g e r .
Trojans Whip Belvidere
The Nilehi varsity gridmen defeated
Belvidere, 27-7 on Friday, October 1 at
Niles.
Halfback “Red” Seigel scored twice
for the Trojans on a 55-yard off-tackle
sprint and a 3-yard plunge.
Fullback Tom Black scored from the
3-yard line in the fourth quarter. End
Ed Beebe caught a pass good for 35
yarts a^d the final Trojan touchdown.
Belviaere’s only touchdown came on
an intercepted pass early in the game.-
Sport Slants
by Ed Beebe
With signs of autumn all around us,
we note that the senior boys’ physical
education classes are once" more in the
midst of their annual battle for the
intra-mural touch football championship.
From all reports the pigskin is really
flying!
West Aurora High School has a very
fine athletic setup. Their beautiful foot
ball field is-well-lighted and has* a: large
capacity. The West High home football
games are broadcast over an Aurora
station.
It is with a touch of nostalgia that we
look at the Northeast conference troph
ies residing in the case on the first floor.
Many memories of games won and lost,
thrilling plays, and all-around good
times waft Jback .fEom .Nilehi conference
history.
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Frosh Down Cardinals
Varsity, Froski Win
Over Farragut, Leyden
, Victory over Farragut High School of
Chicagb was an easy task for the Nilehi
Varsity Trojans as they defeated the
visitors ,42-0 on Friday night, October
8, on the Nilehi field.
On the first play, Tom Black carried
the ball 50 yards over the center to
the Farragut 10, and three plays later,
Pete Heiniger went four yards over
center. for the score. Lange passed to
Black fay the extra point.
Heiniger scored twice more in the
first quarter on an interception and pass
from Lange.
Bob Witte went around right end for
10 yards and a touchdown in the second
quarter.
In the second half, Lange carried the
ball for the fifth Trojan tally, and Pete
Heiniger added the final touchdown in
the fourth quarter on a one-yard plunge
over center.
The Nilehi Varsity dominated the play
in all departments. They racked up 204
yards running and 89 yards passing for
a total of 293 yards gained from scrim
mage. Farragut ran up 79 yards running
and- 10 yards passing for a total of 89
yards. The Trojans also' held a com
manding edge in first downs, rolling up
10,. against " five for Farragut.
The Nilehi ‘ freshmen ¡football team
had their second- victory of the season
by defeating Leyden High on •■
October
8, at the. Nilehi field, by a score of 18-6.
Touchdowns for Niles were scored by
Bob Stoothoff^ right halfback/ and Dick
La Veau, the left hàlfbadc. Stbothoff
went over for the first touchdown
in the first quarter; and La Veau scored
thé next two for Niles in the second é
thivd quarters. respectively. \ . , .. I
Leydten scored only once. and thisrwas
in the second quarter of play^f
ra a
M
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script jon, r-f T h
^ was .near.d „all. Over
oi
rT r
school last week when the annual 'fh'ajfra, v ^lOfTn Pi ^' fiWjbrf;
o
zme sal<§ for G.A.A., was held. .
Initiation' of ‘ ew . mem by^ ihto the
n
Q.A.A. brought law n s .to the ppper
classmen last i ’rid^y. <^fiiteBa ij^w em
barrassing situations apole^ihe emp poor
freshman pushing a piece oi paper dOwn
the second floor corridor with 'her nose
and another crawling u p t h e stairs,
balancing a book on her head with her
arms loaded with other books. But all
kidding aside, the girls were good sports
(now that it’s over, it wasn’t too bad,
was it Freshies?).
The date’s been set. Nov. 13 will be
the night of the “Jean Jump.” Come
'stag or hag’ prppared for lots of fun.
Cheering
Competition was stiff, and choosing the
three additional cheerleaders for the
year was a tough job. Mary Morse,
Myra Wokoun, and Violet Kubany were
the lucky winners. Also added to the
squad was Freddie Burghard, who does
acrpbatics (just watch him at the
games).
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New Conference for Few
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Conference football is [go¡ne, jyut.- not
forgotten. Eight teams madfe -up rfthe old
Northeast conference -^Ñ ilés^fL ejlden,
Lake Forest, Arlingáénj'ñ Libertyville,
Crystal Lake. W ari^nP ándvWoodstbck.
Of these eig h t te a m s -btilé I^il^sp^Ar
lington, and LeMélfd hiávsv ltote.entered
an o th er c o n f e re c e .' T h‘ ' íem áinirigvfive
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team s have íjói'Ki'édlí Zdbh h Bfentdnr. 'and
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I NiW'-Will °]j)lii^'fboth wAHfhgtoh? and
Leyden on their respective fields later
in the season. Both of these teams are
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The Trojan freshman football team
got off to an impressive start by defeat
ing a strong Arlington squad, 7-0 oh
Thursday, September 30, on the rain
The sophomore; football teapv swampg^
swept Nilehi field.
^eain dost
Edward Trausch, quarterback of Niles, Belvidere, 37-0, on Friday^ Octgber| 1, IS^Thl" foileln junior^ jKoiî)^l v r^r h
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received the ball on the opening kickoff at Niles. Halfback Don Berg scored three to Leyden,* 25-13 in a game Wednesday,
September 29, at Leyden.
touchdowns.
and raced for the only score.
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The Kickoff
Nor. 6
nile H I lite
Voi. X, No. 3
Five-day M ock Session
O f Congress Adjourns
The five-day session of Congress held
in Mr. John L. Betts’ problems 7 class
adjourned last week. The purpose of
the Congress was to give an actual ex
ample o f how Congress really works.
A ll the states of the Union were re
presented by the students in each of
the classes. Each class was divided into
two groups— Republicans and Demo
cratic. The majority and minority groups
each elected a leader, the majority lead
er being the Speaker o f the House.
Each student was required to write
one or more bills. The following day,
the bills were read by the clerk, a mem
ber of the majority party. A fter the
bils were read they were given to these
special committees: Housing, Veterans
Affairs, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs,
Appropriations, Education and Labor,
Ways and Means, and Armed Forces to
either be approved of rewritten.
The bills were then again read by the
clerk, and were either passed by the
Congress or thrown out. The bills that
were approved then were discussed by
Congress.
The period 3 class had some additional
fun when Dick Shiley started to fili
buster. He read to the class about early
colonization in Virginia out o f the en
cyclopedia.
Skokie, 1 1
1.
Tickets Now
On Sale
Friday, October 29, 1948
Parents Take Places
O f Nilehi Students
Nilehi Students Will
Vote November 2 too
By Sandra Ravencroft
This year the Problems classes o f N ile
Remember the day— the 16th of No hi, under the direction o f Miss Grace
vember! What’s going to happen then? Harbert and Mr. John Betts, are again
Why, that’s the date o f Nilehi’s eighth busy with preparations fo r the model
annual Parent’s Night, which is our own election to be held at N.T.H.S. on No
observance o f American Education Week. vember 2.
On this special evening, the faculty will
A class committee spoke to all social
have new students— the parents. Moms Studies, business law, and business train
and dads, with the aid o f their children’s ing classes on October 25, explaining the
program cards, carry through the typical method o f registration and election, the
student’s day by attending their son’s marking o f ballots, and the use of the
or daughter’s regular classes. This will voting machine. On Tuesday, October
give them a chance to meet the teachers 26, another committee registered stu
and leam as much as possible about dents in these classes fo r the actual
each subject in 10 minutes, which is the voting, and on the two following days
length o f each period. They even get a all pupils who had not been registered
taste o f everyone’s favorite class— lunch! on Tuesday, did so in the cafeteria.
The Music and Speech departments,
When the voting actually takes place,
under the direction of Miss Clara Klaus the above classes will go into the Prob
and Miss Virginia Stemp, are preparing lems room, 209, and go through the
first-class entertainment fo r those par exact process of voting in a Presidential
ents who can come as early as 7:15 p.m.; election, according to the law. A ll stu
which is 45 minutes before the first- dents will vote.
period class. The Speech department is
This election is a follow-up o f the
planning to give a radio skit, while the mock National Convention which was
N.T.H.S. Choir and Madrigal Group are put on by Problems classes last spring.
going to sing several numbers.
The parents themselves will later be
given a chance to sing some old favorites
such as “ School Days” and ‘ Let Me Call
‘See Chicago’ Club Members
You Sweetheart” during. the assembly
period after homeroom. These will be Visit Famed Brookfield Zoo
led by the Madrigal Singers over the
P.A. system.
Many new friends were made by mem
Many students and members o f the bers o f the See Chicago Club when they
Hi-Y Needs Members;
faculty are working hard to make the brought back younger days and visited
Magic Show Presented
1948 Parent’s Night a big success. The the Brookfield Zoo, on Saturday, Octo
I f you’re a junior or senior boy who foremost committee on the project con ber 16. About 80 o f the club’s 150 mem
likes to keep busy, and you have a few sists o f Miss Ada Immel, Miss Helen bers went.
nights free, the Niles “ H i-Y” club still Johanns, Mr. Paul Eberhardt, and Mr.
F o r five hours, according to Miss
Eugene Napier.
has room for a few more members.
Grace Harbert, sponsor o f the club, the
Variety has been particularly key
group gaped at the slithering creatures
noted in the “ H i-Y ” meetings. On Thurs
o f the Reptile House, and eyed appreci
Lynch, Expert Archer,
day. October 21, a magic show presented
atively the prospective rugs of the “ big
by Mr. John Guyton was featured along Shows Archery Is an Art
pussy cats.” Feeding peanuts to the
“ Interesting” only begins to describe, lively monkeys seemed to be a popular
with a basketball game with the Mitchell
“ H i-Y ” club of Evanston, and last Tues the life of J. J. Lynch, our last assembly pastime, too, and it was difficult to tell
day, October 26, the boys saw colored speaker. His ‘bow and arrow’ perfor who stared at the other the most, the
slides of a canoe trip to Canada by Mr. mance on October 21 proved to be a ones behind the cage or their rumored
Roth Holtz o f the Evanston Y.M.C.A. lot o f fun, as well as beneficial to those descendants.
The trip, second in the series, left
Athletics, too, are well under way, with who have experienced the art of archery.
Indeed it is an art, too, as two seniors, school at 9:30 a.m. and returned at 3:45
several touch-football games having been
Diane Leach and Dean Whitton, who p.m.
p’ayed already.
The next trip will be November 14 to
A future highlight is a “ splash” party assisted him, will verify. Although it
for “ H i-Y” members, according to Dean took Diane eleven shots to break the the Chicago Historical Society in Lin
Whitton, president of the club. He also balloon target, she didn’t give up and coln Park.
Safety was the theme of the play
reports that “ H i-Y ” T-shirts will soon finally succeeded.
For the past three years Mr. Lynch given by Niles Township High School
be appearing.
On Sunday, October 17, a “ H i-Y ” has been touring the country, perform at the Hotel Sherman fo r the National
leadership conference held at Evanston ing in many Sportsman shows and more Safety Congress held in. Chicago last
Y.M.C.A. was attended by Dean, along recently fo r school assemblies. His fa week.
Mrs. Virginia Hackett, the director o f
with Bob Peterson, secretary-treasurer, vorite audience is that o f high-school
programs for the convention, asked that
Roy Nelson, and Mr. George Roth, spon age, because they are so enthusiastic.
During the war Mr. Lynch taught Nilehi’s dramatics department present a
sor. A recreation time was held in ad
dition to special sessions, and a free soldiers how to shoot arrows as a silent short dramatization expressing teen
agers’ view-point on safety.
way to get snipers.
dinner was served.
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Nsfehiiite Guinea Pig
Meets No Sympathy
A battered and be - bandaged figure
staggered down the Nilehi halls. He was
the picture of distress, and many a kind
soul stopped him to sympathetically ask,
“ What in the heck happened to you?”
This whole thing was just an experi
ment conducted by the Nilehilite staff, in
which a member went around school for
one whole day looking as though’ he had
had a head-on-collision with the crack
‘ Hiawatha.” The idea was to see how
many students would say something
about the injuries and what their re
actions would be once they found out.
About 75 per cent of the people our
“ guinea pig” met asked what had hap
pened to him. O f these 20 per cent
couldn’t stop long enough to find outy
The remaining 55 per cent took it foif
granted that there had been a fight, and
immediately asked, “ Who hit you?” and
“ Who won?” One bright character was
sure that the victim had shoved his face
into a sharp meat grinder.
Those who waited f o r an answer
heard, “ I ran into an old friend last
night.” This little statement brought out
a wealth of wisecracks ranging from
“ You must have run in kind of hard!”
and “ It sure must have been an old
friend!” to “ Looks like you got the
worse of it!” and “ How does the other
guy look?”
One guy couldn’t say anything— he
was laughing too hard!
N I L E H I L I T E
SH O R T CUTS
The Visual Aid Operators Club rolls
into high speed this year with an esti
mated 181 films spread over 19 subjects.
Don Kettel, senior, is the president of
the club and John Ahrens, senior, is the
chief operator. Seventeen freshmen have
been admitted to the club and are now
working toward membership cards.
With another week of school gone
swiftly by, much has been accomplished.
Today, October 29, after feverish pre
paration, the last of the senior pictures
have been taken. Forty - eight seniors
had their pictures taken each day from
9 to 12 each morning and from 1 to 3:15
each afternoon since last Monday, Octo
ber 25. Some teachers also had their
pictures retaken.
I f you haven’t recognized the girls who
pick up the attendance slips each period,
it is because we have some new faces in
the office this year.
Mrs. Frank Miller is secretary to Dr.
Biehn, and Mrs. Norman Miller (no re
lation) is replacing Mrs. Dorothy Ruesch
as the receptionist and attendance clerk.
Mrs. Ruesch, a Nilehi graduate, left on
October 6 after working in the office
since 1944, and Mary Jane Nelson, also
a graduate of Niles, left on September
23 after working since July 1, 1948. She
Have you noticed the excitement in went south with her parents because of
freshman homeroom 216 lately? Hobby ill health.
Lobby talks are the current attraction.
Foremost among the talks were those
given by Jerry Betts, who has a oneEDITORIAL DIFFICULTIES
track mind when it comes to model Getting out this paper is no picnic.
railroading, a n d Jack Kirkby whose I f we print jokes, people say we are too
hobby is puppets.
silly.
Though not quite a second Joe Louis I f we don’t, they say we are too serious.
Bob Biederer, another 216’er, has fought Tf we stick close to the office all day,
in the Golden Gloves tournament m We ought to be around hunting material.
Terre Haute, Indiana, and hunts for ar I f we go out and try to hustle,
rowheads in Glenview on the side!
We ought to be on the job in the office.
WiUnfiufE
The Nilehilite is written, printed, and pub
lished by the students of Niles Township High
School, Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, superin' endent -principal
STAFF MEMBERS
Ed't«r-in-chief: Bill Heveran
Co-Psatuire Editors: Mary Morse and Sandra R avencroft
Sports Editor: Ed Beebe
Sports Writers: Ed Beebe, Bill Bruce, Pete Heiniger, and Bill Graefen
Girls’ Shorts Editor: Danna Barbour
Staff Photographer: Rick Tamburino
News Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo
Assistants: June Sprungman, Kathy Russakov,
Bill Graefen, and Audrey Nordlof
Circulation Manager: Judy Larson
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and
Phyllis Yates
Exchange Editor: Betty Loefgren
Assistant Mari'yn Lee
Typists: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey
Nordlof, and Joyce Swartz
Reporters: Danna Barbour, Ed Beebe, Carole
Eriggs, Bill Bruce, Bill Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Barbara Kokum, Dona Korsmo, Judy
Larson, Marilyn Lee, Lois Lenberg, Betty
Loefgren, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey Nordlof,
Kathy Russakov, Joyce Swartz, Ken Steele,
June Sprungman, Rick Tamburino, Angela
Vosnos, Phyllis Yates, and John Young.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul M. Eberhardt
Clement Meier
I f we don’t print contributions,
We don’t appreciate genius,
And i f we do print them, the paper is
filled with junk!
I f we edit the other fellow’s write-up,
W e’re too critical;
I f we don’t we’re asleep.
I f we clip things from other papers,
We are too lacy to write them ourselves.
I f we don’t we are stuck on our own stuff.
Now, like as not, some guy will say
We swiped this from some other paper.
We did!
From The Park Beacon
Washington Park High School
Racine, Wisconsin
Friday, October 29, 1948
Homework for Once
Proves Lots of Fun
Wouldn’t it be nice if the only home
work you ever had was self-assigned ?
That is just what Mr. Paul Eberhardt’s
Junior English classes did the week of
October 4-8.
But what these students turned out
seems to have taken a lot more time
than the usual assignment o f “ Read the
next chapter and write questions two,
three, and eight.”
Results such as stage and radio plays,
recorded dramatizations, original short
stories, research talks, quiz shows, and
interview reports and actual interviews
in front of the class showed the initia
tive of most of Mr. Eberhardt’s students.
Joe Donavan did an entire radio broad
cast with himself as soundeffects man,
announcer, and all the characters of
“ Sixteen,” by Maureen Daly. He even
had the conventional pitcher and glass
of water.
Beattie Bornemeier and Helen Nachbauer were curious about Daniel Web
ster’s speech to the Devil’s jury in “ The
Devil and Daniel Webster,” by Stephen
Vincent Benet. They wondered what the
actual words might have been, since Mr.
Benet only summarized the speech in
his famous story.
Helen Nachbauer wrote the speech in
her own way and quite successfully, ac
cording to Mr. Eberhardt. RKO, Holly
wood, in the mqvie version, “ A ll That
Money Can Buy,” had a completely d if
ferent version, which was presented from
memory by Beattie Bornemeier, after
writing to Hollywood fo r the script.
In one class, Edgar Allan Poe was
interviewed on the Nilehi assembly
s^tage. The medium, John Young, con
tacted Poe, Paul Slusser, who actually
’ ooked like a spirit, thanks to lighting
by John Krupka, electrician.
Two other authors, Jesse Stuart and
Sheila John Daly, were interviewed by
mail.
Margie Forbes played “ the man” in
Jack London’s “ To Build A Fire.” As
she said her part she showed lantern
slides depicting her part in the tragedy
of the Arctic snow.
Mr. William Glaser helped his son
Rollin, together with Bob Jaeger and
Ronnie Peterson, to record their own
production of “ Locomotive 38, the Ojibway,” by William Saroyan.
Can you picture a girl with perfect
height, lovely face, beautiful hair, flirty
e^yes, cute nose, and a sweet smile plus
vim, vigor, and a sense o f humor? A c
cording to Nilehilite poll, the junior boys
have set ideas as to who would go to
constitute such a person and their ideas
run like this:
Hair — Geri Dodge
A doctor fell into a well
Nose — Mollie Asmussen
And broke his collarbone.
Smile —- Joan Mertes
A doctor should attend the sick
Eyes — Lois Lenberg
And leave the well alone.
Personality — Marilyn Reiland
— The Catalyst
Sense of humor — Donna Groll
Melbourne Technical College
Height — Jean Votava
Melbourne, Australia
�Friday, October 29, 1948
N I L E H I L I T E
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Homecoming Whirl T I l l S *12* T J l c i t * Kluesing Piays Hero
Just 1 Week Away! Rounding up cattle fo r five hours is It looks as if Nilehi is going to
all in a day’s work to Mary Lynn Herr
ing, who was a sophomore at Nilehi
last year. She moved to Colorado recent
ly, lives on a mountain, and is going to
school “ via mail” !
Come the night of November fourth
and all loyal Nilehi supporters, including
dazed-looking freshies and knowing sen
iors, wid gather in the football bleachers
for. a Pep Rally royale! It will be the
cheering send - off to all Homecoming includes a Pep Rally and Snake Dance
on Thursday, the fourth, and a football
activities during the following days.
Each year N. T. H. S. celebrates its game against Woodstock on our home
Homecoming game and honors its Trojan field on the fifth. A traditional dance,
the "Kick-Off,” will be held on the fo l
Warriors with a weekend of events. This
lowing night to celebrate what we hope
will be a victory.
Though that little freshie may not
understand what it’s all about, he’ll
soon discover that the Pep Rally is only
the beginning and is very mild compared
to what’s going to follow!
Cheers, yells, and speeches by a few
of our Varsity Warriors, and the whole
school population of 926 students are off
to a weaving Snake Dance. It goes thru,
in and out, and around Skokie and then
back to school where a huge bonfire is
burned to symbolize a Trojan homecom
ing victory.
That next evening they’re still up to
it. Everyone attends the big game and
the following night, from 9 to 12, they’ll
dance to the smooth music of Buddy
Mars’ orchestra. To put everyone in the
right mood will be a huge football stand
ing four feet high in the center o f the
gymnasium, and a goal post decorated
in blue and gold at each end of the room.
To top the whole thing off, a perfect
reminder of the 1948 Homecoming will
|be the gold and blue bids, dedicating each
dance to an individual member o f the
Varsity crew.
"K ic k -O ff" - N ov . 6 Style
the
birds. This doesn’t mean that Nilehi is
a birdie school— it’s just that some birds
would rather go t0 N.T.H.S. than go
south, as proved by a recent event in the
library.
A small bird ventured into that realm
of study where it lay on a high shelf,
presumably injured, fo r a long while.
Finally it was rescued by Gil "Galahad”
Kluesing and immediately rushed to Mr.
Hussey’s biology department where it
was treated fo r wounds and then re
leased.
Freshmen are still in a daze it seems!
Bob Gamer, a graduate of Cleveland
School, didn’t know till recently who his
algebra teacher was. Seems he’s been
thinking all along that Mr. Thomas Kiviluoma was the name o f h is math
teacher while all the time it’s been Mr.
Carl Burgener.
Halloween is the Eve of A ll Saints.
Although they have all grown older,
Nilehi students still have the same thing'
in mind as Halloween eomes around.
Parties, costumes, tricks or treating, and
pranks.
This is how some Nilehiers and mem
bers of the faculty plan to spend this
ancient holiday.
Chuck Lind, freshman: I ’m going to
make up fo r some o f the time I ’ve lost
during the rest of the year.
Mr. Bob Mackey, «coach: I ’m going to
Single Male, Single Fresh on Cheerleading Squad spend Halloween at a party, so you see
it isn’t just for youngsters.
Interviewed; M any Talents, H obbies A re ¿Jiscovered Sharon Campbell, senior: Go out and
" I t ’s a bird, it’s a plane, — no, it’s
Yeah team! Yeah team! Rah, rah, rah have as good a time as possible without
Freddie!” Superman himself has nothing i • • •Everytime this cheer and others are getting into trouble, of course!
on Freddie Burghard, sophomore, when heard at the Nilehi games, you can scan
Jane Bastow, junior: I ’m going to sit
it comes to performing cartwheels and down the line of cheerleaders and come home and d0 my History. (Miss Kranz
somersaults, because Freddie has added across blonde, green-eyed, five-foot two take note.)
a new spark to our cheering squad with Myra Wokoun.
Jesse Porter, senior: It’s a good time
his acrobatics. He likes being the only
Myra, the only freshman cheerleader, to have “ some fun” . •
ffa 'e on the team, and who can blame has a very full high school future plan
Ward Nipper, senior: Go to a party,
him ?
ned fo r herself. She plans to join the “ natch” .
Freddie is five feet, seven and one- debate team, the saddle club, the dra
Joyce Bruening, sophomore: I ’m not
half inches in height, has dark brown matics club, and later practice a little planning to do anything dangerous.
hair and blue eyes, hails from Lincoln- badminton and tumbling.
Mr;. Jim Michael, 'history teacher:
wood, and, like most of us, likes school
Myra likes to travel and collect fash Chase pranksters that try to cause trou
but disikes work and study. (Or is there ion designs; and plans to go into fashion ble around my house.
any difference?) High on his list of designing as a career, or into the field of
Edie Walther, senior: I ’m going to
hobbies is playing the piano, and his psychiatry.
play tricks or treats with the rest o f the
current favorite is "Malagueña.” He
Her ability to cheer probably lies in youngsters” .
likes popular and classical music as w ell' the fact that she was a cheerleader at
Bill Freund, senior: I ’m traveling to
as boogie-woogie (particularly "Bumble- the Cleveland Public School f o r t w o Bradley University fo r their Homecom
Boogie” ) and, like most pianists, the years. A t Cleveland she also won two ing.
only part about it he dislikes is the essay contests, one third place and one
Mr. John Wilkins, art instructor: Put
practicing!
first place.
B a mask and some old clothes. The
Model airplanes and boats, and gaso
The sister of a former Nilehi student Mrs. and I are going to ring some door
line motors also take up much of his — Bil Wokoun, Myra gets good marks in bells.
spare hime. But the hobby which we school and likes Niles very much. She
Jane Nymark, junir: Go out and ride
know him best for is, of course, acro hopes that cheerleading will be a part with the witches— I have a new ’49
batics. He has been at it for only a year of her life for the next four years.
broomstick.
and a half, but we hope that in the next
Jim Kennedy, junior: I don’t need a
three years we’ll see a lot more of Mr.
Did you know that there are 2300 mask to scare people, so I ’ll stay home
Freddie’s tumbling!
squares on the third floor hall?
and read a book, (ha ha)
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H I L I T E
Sophs Whip
Trojans Lose
2 Games in Row Arlington 18-14
12-0 was the final score as the Nilehi ' Th Nilehi sophomore Trojans came
varsity lost to the Arlington Cardinals away from the Arlington Heights field
with an 18*14 victory Friday night, Oc
at Arlington on October 22 for their
tober 22. The Arlington team, reported
third defeat in as many games away to be very strong, just couldn’t keep
from home.
the Niles boys down suffering their first
Midway in the second quarter A rlin g defeat of the season. Arlington led the
ton intercepted a pass on the Trojan scoring at the half by one point— 7*6,
40 and after a series of running plays the touchdown fo r Niles being made by
and a 30-yard pass, Ragland, left half Don Berg, halfback. The ball was handed
for the Cardinals, plunged over from the off to Berg, who again crossed the goal
line for N.T.H.S.
one.
“ Whitey” Gawrys intercepted an A r
In the fourth quarter, Bill Robinson,
lington forward pass in the third quar
Arlington quarterback, gathered in a
ter and after running 25-yards, went
Nilehi punt on the Trojan 45 and.raced
over for Niles’ third touchdown, clinch
all the way fo r the final tally.
ing the ball game fo r Niles
The Trojans held a slight edge in
Arlington came fighting back hard in
yards gained running, with 99 to 68 for the last quarter but could only gain
Arlington. The Cardinals, however, held seven points, their touchdown being made
the upper hand in the air with a total on the last play of the game.
of 83 yards to 25 for Niles. This gave
Arlington a total yardage o f 151 and
The Nilehi sophomore Trojans were
Niles 124. Arlington piiea up seven first def Bated Friday night, October 15, by
downs to three for Nilehi.
the Blue Island sophomores, on their
A strong Leyden team, which has lost field, by a score of 38-20.
The Blue Island team led 25-0 at the
only one game, will be the next oppnent
for the Nilehi varsity when they meet half. However, Niles came back strong
the Eagles at Leyden on October 29 at and scored three touchdowns on passes
to Don Berg, halfback, a n d Russell
8 p.m.
Trying for their first victory in two O’Grady, fullback, with Walters, quar
games away from home this season, on terback, doing the pitching.
Friday, October 15, Nilehi Varsity was
defeated by Blue Island 21-0.
The Nilehi Trojans led Blue Island in
passing with a total o f 42 yards to 12
fo r Blue Island. The two teams were all
By Danna Barb our
even in running with 117 yards gained.
This gave the Trojans a yards-gained
‘ Ouch! that hurt.” Have you noticed
how many of the local gals are limping
total o f 159 to 129 fo r Blue Island.
The Nilehi boys also held the edge in these days? A s soccer enters its last
first downs, having eight to four for stages here at Nilehi, it seems as though
fhe casualty list gets longer and longer.
their opponents.
The Blue Island punts kept the Tro Ellen Patzke, senior, and Beatrice Bornejans deep in their own territory, but meier, junior, headed the sprained ankles’
costly fumbles and a snap from center department for quite a while. Yes, socthat went over Heiniger’s head on the ser’s getting a wee bit rough.
G. A . A . Tidbits
fourth down, gave Blue Island its scor
Seeing as the hayride is a thing of the
ing breaks.
Blue Island scored in the first, second past, we’ll just mention that it was a big
and third quarters on plunges over the success and lots o f fun. Still in the fu t
center for four, three, and one yards re ure is the “ Jean Jump” to be held Nov
ember 13.
spectively.
The succer club has had some bad
luck with old man weather this season.
Frosh Beat Arlington - ; It seems to rain every day the club plans
an outing. Miss Heitmann says the girls
Lose to M aine
are still hoping, though.
The G.A.A. would like more freshmen
The Nilehi frosh gridmen suffered
their first defeat of the season at the out for badminton. I f anyone is inter
hands of Maine Township High School ested in joining, you may sign up on Fri
on Thursday, October 14, at Maine, by days after school in the gym office.
Bowling
a score o f 19-6.
The “ ten - pin girls” haven’t started
Chuck Lind scored the only touch
down for the Trojans on a four-yard this year due to the need o f a sponsor.
Miss Montgomery says she will be glad
off-tackle play in the fourth quarter.
to help any adult get started, who is in
The Nilehi freshman football team
terested in reviving the club.
defeated Arlington Heights by a score
of 7-0 on Friday, October 22, on the
Arlington field.
Glamazous
7 0
19-6
BEAT LEYDEN!
Friday, October 29, 1948
Sport Slants
by Ed Beebe
Cross-country running is a little pub
licized sport in high schools mainly be
cause its season coincides with the foot
ball season. However, a great deal of
credit must be given those fellows who
compete in this grueling sport for it
takes a lot o f conditioning a n d hard
work.
Don’t look now, but that old basket
ball season is just around the corner.
Plans for the coming season have been
laid by many a college and high school
team while some professional clubs have
already begun the season.
The Trojan Varsity football team
seems to be jinxed when it plays away
from home. So far the team has won
three games and lost two, both of which
were played on enemy fields.
Lake Forest High School, a one
time member o f the Northeast con
ference, lost its first game in several
seasons a few weeks ago. They had
previously 'been tied.
Hockey's Thrills, Spills
Bring New Fans
Wham! A defenseman is checked into
the boards! The opposing forward fakes
to the right, dodges the other defenseman and fires the puck toward the goal,
as the crowd roars!
Now, maybe this sounds like unintelli
gible gibberish, but to the true fan o f
the world’s fastest, roughest sport, ice
hockey, it is a thrill never to be for
gotten.
Ice hockey is played in a few high
schools and colleges in this country, but
the professional teams draw the great
est interest. More schools probably do
not have hockey as a competitive sport
because of the nature of the local cli
mate.
The idea o f hockey had its beginnings
in Europe, but fo r hockey in its present
form, Canada must be given the honor
of being the originator. The game is to
day the Canadian national winter sport.
Also, the Canadian teams, the Montrel Canadians and the Toronto Mapleleafs, together with the Detroit Red
wings, Chicago Blackhawks, B o s t o n
Bruins, and New York Rangers make up
the professional National Hockey league.
Because of its fast pace and roughness,
hockey is thrilling to the spectator, but
grueling on the athlete. Fast action,
spills, a n d flaring tempers mark any
hockey contest. The referees really have
their hands full in maintaining order
when that puck starts flying!
Bigger crowds are attending hockey
games every year. The sport is really
getting popular, fo r its fans realize that
nowhere can they see so much action in
such a short space o f time!
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NILEHILITE, October 29, 1948
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Morse, Mary, Co-feature Editor
Ravencroft, Sandra, Co-feature Editor
Beebe, Ed, Sports Editor
Barbour, Danna, Girls' Sports Editor
Loefgren, Betty, Exchange Editor
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Parents*
Night
nile H I lite
Vol. X, No. 4
Skokie, 111.
16
Friday, November 12, 1948
As We See I t . . . .
New Radio Programs
Offer Opportunities
By Bill Heveran
Rah! Rah! Rah! Sis-boom-bah! Tro'ans! Trojans! Rah! Rah! R ah!”
Have you heard that cheer so often
at games or at pep rallys that
you’re sick of it? Do you get dis
gusted at seeing the cheerleaders
running put so often beseeching you
to give “just one more cheer” when
you’re already hoarse from yelling?
In brief, do you cheer?
If you go so far as not to cheer when
cheers are called for at the games, then
your school spirit has taken quite a
slump. If you have no school spirit, then
all you go to school for is the book learn
ing that you’re made to take, and you
don’t like that, so you don’t get any
fun out of school.
‘School spirit’ may be defined as
the enthusiasm of the students back
ing something pertaining to the
school, whether it be a football game,
dan-ce, play, or anything else. With
out school spirit, a school cannot
properly function to the students’
own good.
A sophomore, newly transferred from
a school nearby, was very enthusiastic
upon entering Niles, and he felt that
the school spirit was better by far than
at the school where he had attended
before. This thought was further devel
oped during the pep rally held before
1he first game, but was rudely shattered
the night of the game when the sopho
more noted the turnout.
Why is it that the school spirit
at Niles has been dropping year by
year? Even some of the students are
beginning to realize that now, and
the football team has known it all
along.
Why is it that visiting teams have
cheering sections coming from long dis
tances when Nilehi students, just a short
d;stance away, don’t bother to come?
Why is it that those same visiting cheer
ing sections make louder cheers than
we do ? Our cheerleaders certainly aren’t
to blame.
Finally, why is it that Niles does
not always pitch in wholeheartedly
at the projects undertaken, such as
the cheering of the team to victory,
or the developing of a bigger and
better band, or the attending of a
student-produced play or group of
acts?
Perhaps you don’t agree with some
of the accusations put forth. I f not, then
you’ll have to prove that they are wrong.
Support Niles in all her activities, and
you’ll find yourself getting prouder ev
ery day. What’s more, you’ll be helping
both yourself and the school.
November
*
Signing for a ballot on November 2
for Nilehi’s mock election held by the
Problems classes in Room 209 are, left
to right: Seated— Dick Hughes, Dorothy
Hannemann, Bill Poehlman; Standing—
Chuck Lind, Nancy Lundberg, Richard
Krohn, John L. Betts (with back to cam
era) Vernon Jennetten, and John Hall.
Dewey Is Choice, Nilehi
Election Results Show
It wouldn’t take a straight “A” alge
bra student to determine that the votes
of the students at Niles were not a re
flection of the nation’s choice for presi
dent. Proof of this was the poll conducted
about six weeks ago, and also the results
of the mock election last week.
The poll was part of a nationwide sur
vey of high-school students conducted by
the Institute of Student Opinion, which
is sponsored by Scholastic Magazines.
The question they asked was “If you
were of voting age today, which condidate would you vote for in the coming
presidential election.”
A total of 193 students from all four
classes was polled and the results were;
Dewey, 169 votes; Thomas, 1; Thurmond,
2; Truman, 15; Wallace, 10; and 6 were
of no opinion.
In the tabulations from the cross-sec
tion of the United States, Dewey and
Truman were the leading candidates in
thè Student Opinion poll with 46.29 per
cent and 38.76 percent respectively.
In the mock election in which the en
tire school participated, the Republican
candidate again scored a hit with 621
votes compared to the Democratic can
didate’s 158. Claudé A. Watson, presi
dential candidate of the Prohibitionist
party, claimed 14 votes and five votes
were cast for the Socialist party’s Nor
man Thomas.
In the runnings for senator, governor,
and representative in Congress, the Re
publicans had it over the Democrats
nearly three to one.
“Plantation Party,” a new weekly rav
dio program, will be heard from the
Evanston Y.M.C.A. Plantation Room
youth center on station WNMP starting
Saturday, November 27, from 3:30 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. This program, for and by
high-school students, will be produced
and directed by the station staff and the
youth center director.
Admission to the broadcasts requires
membership in the youth center, and
payment of its regular admission fees. It
is not necessary to be a member of the
Y.M.C.A. to join the youth center.
“Plantation Party” strives to offer an
outlet for teen-age talent for north
shore high-school students.
Almost every type of talent will be
used on these prograrhs. Students may
submit samples of dialogue writing, con
tinuity, and programming. Vocalists,
muscians, actors, impersonators, modera
tors, bands, announcers, and sound e f
fects men will be auditioned weekly. All
Nilehi students are eligible to participate.
F irst auditions will be held each Tues
day in the Plantation Room. Anyone in
terested in an audition should look at
the notice on the bulletin board in Room
216.
Another project for Nilehiers inter
ested in radio is the semi-weekly pro
gram ‘ Nilehi Presents.” This program
will be transcribed and presented Thurs
day nights at 7:45 p.m. on the Evanston
radio station WE AW— FM.
'June M ad 1 Rehearsals
Going in Full Swing
“The play’s the thing!” This is the
opinion of many Nilehi students who
are now busily engaged in rehearsals for
this year’s first dramatic production,
“June Mad.”
“June Mad” is a sparkling comedy in
three acts concerning other teen agers
and their activities. According to Miss
Virginia Stemp, dramatics teacher, the
play appeals to all ages and audiences.
The curtain will go up at 8 p.m. on
December 3 and 4. The cast: Joan An
drews, Richard Martin, Beattie Bomemeier, Robert Jaeger, Tom Robb, Sonja
Macintosh, Doris Lyde, Jack Brown, Bill
Graefen, Tom Madden, Sharon Thomp
son, and Geri Dodge.
The Hallowe’en celebration at the Sko
kie Youth Center went over in a big
way Saturday, October 30.
The room was all decked out in com
stalks and pumpkins. Free cider—five
gallons of it!—was given to all mem
bers attending.
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Page 2____________________ __________________ ______________________ _________
Friday, November 12, 1948
Naval Reserve Again Offers Scholarships;
Covers Full Four-Year College Course
Know who’s sitting next to you in
homeroom ? Sure, you say. But think
back to when you were a freshman. How
could you ever forget! Did you know
all of your homeroom classmates then?
If you did you probably came through
with flying colors in the contest. What
contest ? you ask. Why the “Know
your homeroom - classmates contest”
which is given every year to the new
freshmen to get acquainted with each
other.
According to Miss Marie Green, fresh
man class adviser, these are the fresh
man winners of the November contest:
Joanne Van Horne, Mary Ann Frownfelter, 121; Denise Kessel, 112; Myra Wokoun, 313; Juanita Flores, Audrey Henrici, 208; Patsy Paddock, 221; Carol
Tessien, 216; and Dorothy Kuehn, library.
“The United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps again take
pleasure in presenting their College Training Program. The program is designed
to supplement the Naval Academy in producing career officers for the Navy and
Marine Corps, and to provide a continuous supply of well-trained officers for
the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve. The response to this program, offered for
the first time to students entering college in the fall of 1947, is gratifying and
indicates a widespread interest in all parts of the United States and its Terri
tories.”
The above quotation, taken from
the NROTC Bulletin of Information,
is an invitation appealing to all male
Tomorrow night is the night all Nilehigh-school students about to gradu- ( hiers will rally to the gymnasium for
ate. Candidates for NROTC scholar
an old-fashioned Jean Jump.
ships and commissions are selected
“Rio Rancho” music will greet you at
on a basis of intelligence and physi
the door, and this and the decorations
cal fitness. Successful candidates are
will help to put you in the “cowhand”
given the rank of Midshipmen and
mood!
become regular members of the
For the frosh this will be a different
U.S Naval Reserve. The scholar
kind of dance. Anyone can come, stag or
ships received cover the major por
hag, but be sure to be decked out for
tion of expenses during a four-year
“All Hail to the Trojans” is the title
the occasion, which means blue jeans and
college course.
of the new school song introduced to
bright plaid shirts, or a reasonable fa c
It is expected that about 2360 students
Nilehi last year by Barbara Ballantine,
simile thereof.
will be selected from all of the appli
To suit everyone’s mood there’ll be ’48 Nilehi graduate. Written by B a r
cants taking the Navy College Aptitude
some dreamy sentimental music, aside bara and set to music by Mr. Clifford
Test on December 11, 1948, for entry
from the western tunes. Se ya at the Collins, band instructor, the song seemed
in the fall term of the academic year
to be quite a success last year.
Jean Jump, pahdner!
1949-50.
During the summer Mr. Edward B al
If you are planning to become a
The council of the Nilehi chapter of lantine, Barb’s father, and also the di
doctor, dentist or a veterinary it is
the Junior Red Cross met in Chicago, rector of the orchestra on Don McNeil’s
advised that you do not oven consid
Saturday, November 6, with the major Breakfast Club, made a special arrange
er application for the NROTC, due
Red Cross group. The Nilehi J . R. C. is ment of the song for our band, and it
to the fact that the work load of
under the direction of Miss Alice Line, will be introduced again this year and
these majors is practically impossi
clothng instructor, and has a member played at the basketball games, Mr. Col
ble when carried in addition to the
lins says.
ship of about 25 students.
courses required by the NROTC
The council members, consisting of one
Program.
Katie Kestenholz, Nilehi cafeteria
student from each of the four classes,
A candidate has to agree in writing
are Angela Vosnos, senior; Jean Votava, manager, and her husband celebrated
that he is willing to accept a commission
junior; Jack Nettland, sophomore; and their 25th wedding nniversary, Satur
upon completion of his training, and to
day, October 15.
Albert Mather, freshman.
serve not less than two years on active
duty after receiving the commission.
Two Talented Senior Musicians Stalk Nilehi Halls;
This does, however, defer a candidate
from the draft.
Interviews Uncover Likes, Dislikes, and Ambitions
For further information on the
Talent stalks the halls of Nilehi in
She’s six feet six inches tall, has
NROTC there is a NROTC Bulletin
the shape of Bill Van Home, senior, blonde hair and green eyes, and has
of Information posted in the library
promising young pianist. Bill feels his sung on the radio in Chicago, Evanston,
under the senior section.
“
greatest accomplishment in the field of ’ Aurora and Joliet. You guessed it —
music was when he played with the Chi Jeannelee Eckhardt.
_______ ■ .......
Jeannelee began her career at the age
cago Piano Symphony, in Orchestra Hall
of eight, both singing and doing acrobat
in 1946.
He also appeared on three radio pro ics. Lee sang in Reflections Revelry last
The Nilehi’ite is written, printed, and Pu b
grams: “Reubens Stars of Tomorrow” year, when she was a junior.
lished by the strdents of Niles Township High
Singing just comes naturally to me,”
School, Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, super twice, CXI l v l “Sach’s Amateur Hour” v
once, t
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intendent-principal.
winning a watch each of the three l says Jeannelee. To help it along she
STAFF MEMBERS
studied at the New E ra Professional
Editor-in-chief: Bill Heveran
times!
Co-Feature Editors: Mary Morse and Sandra RaCollege. She has appeared on “Rueben’s
Last year Bill won first prize in Re
vencroft
Stars of Tomorrow” and the “Teens and
Snorts Editor: Ed Beebe
Sports Writers: Ed Beebe, Bill Bruce, Pete Heini- flections Revelry (not a watch!) and
Tunes” program.
ger, and Bill Graefen
played for the National Honor Society
Girls’ Snorts Editor: Danna Barbour
Lee’s ambition is to be a singer with
Staff Photoxrapher: Rick Tamburino
inauguration.
a dance band. Her special likes ificlade
'iews Bureau Chief: Dona Korsmo
Nilehi’s watch-winner is six feet two, Touhy Beach, fried chicken, animals, and
Assistants: June Sprungman, Kathy Russakov,
Bill Graefen, and Audrey Nordlof
has blue eyes and light brown hair. His the “Schmoe’s” team in gym class.
irculaticn Manager: Judy Larson
Assistants: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and hobbies are hunting, fishing, bowling,
Phyllis Yates
and golf.
r-.change Editor: Betty Loefgren
Assistant: Mariyn Lee
Bill must be an individualist because
' pists: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey
If you happen to recognize some of
Nordlof, and Joyce Swartz
he says he likes doing trigonometry your friends in a photograph in the Chi
4 porters: Danna Barbour, Ed Beebe, Carole
Briggs, Bill Bruce, Bill Graefen, Pete Heini- which takes up most of his time. His cago Tribune, don’t be surprised. Uast
ger, Barbara Kokum, Dona Korsmo, Judy
Larson, Marilyn Lee, Lois Lenberg, Betty only dislike is old jokes.
Friday, the Tribune took pictures of the
Loefgren, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey Nordlof,
Kathy Russakov, Joyce Swartz, Ken Steele,
For the future Bill would like to have new mock cars with Mr. Suydam’s third-June Sprungman, Rick Tamburino, Angela
a career in music playing with a dance period driver-education class at the
Vosnos, Phyllis Yates, and John Young.
FACULTY ADVISERS
hand
wheels.
Jean Jump Tomorrow
nilgHIlitj
1 M. Eberhardt
Clement lister Udnu
�Friday, November 12, 1948
N I L E fl i t
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Page 3
Life of a Reporter Is
Hard, Trying, but Fun
This V That - Saturday Night Romeo
Tells Romantic Story
By Lois Lenberg
How many of you have ever stopped
to think of how much a'N ilehilite re
porter goes through to get a story? I
don’t imagine very many of you have.
Here, in print, are the trials and tribu
lations of every member of the staff—
at one time or another.
F irst of all the source must be located.
This is rather difficult at times, because
usually when you are out looking for a
certain teacher,, they are having a free
period and are nothing short of impossi
ble to find.
If you should glance out of a window
overlooking the parking lot and see
Phyllis Yates crouched on the bumper
of the driving education car, don’t be
alarmed. She is merely trying to cover
her beat with Mr. Babcock, driver edu
cation teacher.
Once you find your teacher, your next
job is to try to obtain some really in
teresting news frm them. It is a little
discouraging to follow a person up and
down the halls all day, wait for him out
side of rooms where faculty meetings are
going on, and then catch up with him,
to have him tell you that he’s sorry, but
he just doesn’t have any news this week.
With a weak smile you thank him and
trudge wearily to Journalism class to
try to dig up a brilliant item for the
paper.
Finally, you get an idea, you have it!
The perfect story for the good old Nile
hilite. You rush home, dash to your
trusty typewriter and being careful to
follow all the instructions on double
spacing, style, etc., y o u finish your
story. Three or four hours are gone—
but you have a proud, happy, feeling!
Next day, with a kind of parental
pride, you hand your story over to the
editor. He commences to knock out some
words, put in others, cut out unneces
sary cracks and make a general mess of
your once neat copy. From an original
story of six paragraphs you may be
fortunate to have one or two le ft by
the time this is cut out and that is cut
out because “it just doesn’t sound right.”
Then immediately after your story has
been accepted and you see your name in
print, you discover that it is time to
start chasing the teachers all over again.
Oh, for the life of a reporter!
Calvin Russell, junior, caused quite a
commotion in Mr. Eberhardt’s secondperiod English class. While he was stand
ing at the board, the class; noticed these
words on the back of his jacket. “Illinois
State Prison 76781345.” When asked
what he had done, he: said, -“I painted
it on myself.”
I t ’s generally agreed that it would be
hard to find anyone that’s perfect in
every way. Ju st the same, the junior
girls have got together and decided that
if any junior boy were perfect, he’d look
like this:
Hair— Gordon Smale
Eyes— Delbert Whitney
Height— Larry Henry
Personality—Jim Kennedy
Sense of humor—-Martin Seidler
Smile—Bob Tait
Voice— Charles Hale
Best Dressed—Paul Lange
Prosaic Shakespeare quotations are
suddenly transformed when applied to
modem ads, as you will discover if you
browse around in 221. •
One example o f these contributions by
Mrs. Baker’s senior English classes was
an ad for “Evening in Paris” perfume
headed by the quotation “It smells to
heaven!”
>
By Bill Graefen
Ho, hum. ..Saturday night. Let me see
n o w ...Is fit Carol, Mary? Oh, that’s
right, Doris. That lucky girl! I t’s about
time to pick her up. So long, Ma, I ’ll
oe back early; she’s sort of a drip.
Oh, why the heck doesn’t she come
out ? I ’ve been honking this horn for
the last thirty: seconds. Well, at last.
Zounds! She’s wearing that same old
sweater.
Hi, hop in. Yea, you can sit in front.
Where would you like to go ? It doesn't
maitq much difference; we're going to
a show anyhow. Boy, what an evening
this is going to be!
i want to pull in here a second and
get some gas. Fill ’er up, will ya, bud?
Oh, no thanks, Doris, here’s a dollar
oack. I ’ll pay my half this week. Save
it for next time.
What do you mean, park in the lot?
We’re only seven blocks from the show.
No, I don’t want to keep ya warm! Now
get away, somebody might see us.
Candy! Boy, are you going to get fa t!
That’s right, Miss, the large box of
carrnel-corn, for me and, here’s a nickel
for you, Doris, get whatever you want.
I ’m going over and get a coke.
Well, hurry up and decide, don’t take
all day-1 at least want to see the news
reel.
As I walked up the stairway with
Doris, a gorgeous, curvacious blonde
came floating down before me. I stopped
a n d . . . . (to be continued in the De
cember 3 Nilehilite.)
Information gathered from “The Elm
Bark,” student publication of Elmhurst
College, reveals that Harold Renis, class Typical Tutored Typists
of 1947, was elected president of the
sophomore class, is a member of the Tell Turbulent Troubles
Student Union Electrical Committee, is
Behind the scenes in Room 114! Some
a head of the homecoming dance com
thing unusual talways seems to be hap
mittee, and is in the homecoming revue
pening in the beginning typing classes
“No Reservations.”
and so the other day we peeked around
the corner. and observed the junior ^typ
ists for ourselves.
When Nick Jo sto ck 1came to school
Everything was status quo in 114.
a couple of weeks ago he had a good Ronald Leganger, the champion rester
excuse for not bringing' his world his of period 9, was resting. Beverly Dilley
tory book with him. The book was in Ed was bunting madly for the letter “Q."
Bedony’s car and the car had caught on James Nock was calling “Hold it !” ju st
fire the night before with the book still as the class began a timed writing.
inside. It looks as if Nick is living up to
Irene Holtman had just found out
the saying in many school books: “In what makes the bell ring and was grin
case of fire, throw this in !”
ning happily. Miss Green was busy look
ing for new members' of the “Peeker’s
Club.”
Senior Homeroom 310 has done its
In another period, Mike Henry and
share in supplying warriors for the Dick Martin were passing notes. A little
Trojans this year. Eight of the fellows unusual; Miss Green., thought so too.
in Mr. Adams’ group are members of
A lew typical remarks after typing
the Varsity.
are:
Carl Bjorkdahl — That machine is more
involved than my car.
I sent my boy to college
Jack Heurlin — Nuts!
With a pat upon the back?,
Carol Enke — Amen.
I spent ten thousand dollars,
On October 23, twelve members of the
Nilehilite staff went to the Medill School
of Journalism on the downtown North
western campus to attend the first meet
ing of the Chicago Scholastic Press Guild.
This year Nilehi is able to Say it plays a
big part in these Guild meetings as Mr.
Paul M. Eberhardt, journalism instruc
tor, is president.
The two speakers for that session
were Professor Elmo Scott Watson, who
talked ©n “Let’s Write It Right,” and
And I got a quarterback.
Clarence Hach, journalism instructor at
A bad habit is like a soft bed;
The Catalyst
Evanston Township, who gave as his i
Melbourne Technical College Easy to get into and hard to get out of.
subject “High School Editorials.”
Melbourne, Australia
— Paul Gibson
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Page 4
Glamazous
By Danna Barbour
Ready, set, go! The Glamazons are
venturing into a new game. I t ’s called
field hockey. The hockey sticks and balls
are here, but we’re still waiting for the
all-important shin guards. The gals are
very enthusiastic over the new game,
and competition is rugged.
Saddle Club
Pat McMannus, a representative from
the School of Horsemanship, talked to
the girls interested in riding, at a gath
ering held last week.
Bits from G.A.A*
Diane Leach and Marilyn Lee were
victors of the final game in the recent
badmington tourney. Julia Dean and
Sandra Weber were the runners-up in
the close match.
Don’t forget the “Jean Jump” tomor
row night in the gym from 8:30 to
12:00. Ju st for fun, bring a Texan drawl
along—you all!
Cheering
A round of applause is due the cheer
leaders, who helped make homecoming
such an exciting event. They planned
the pep rally with that extra side-split
ting skit and decked the goal posts with
streamers for both Niles and Woodstock.
Leyden Trounces Trojans
A fter nine consecutive victories over
Leyden, the string was broken as the
Nilehi varsity lost to the Leyden Eagles
41-0 Friday, October 29, on the Leyden
field.
With the game just three minutes old,
Leyden carried oyer left guard for the
first touchdown. The Eagles scored twice
in the second quarter, the latter of which
was set up by a 70-yard punt return byl
Jim Sperra, Leyden’s ace halfback. The
final tallies were added in the fourth
quarter on a one-foot plunge over center
and a 70-yard pass. .
Maine Whips Juniors 20-7
The Trojan junior football team was
routed by Maine Township High School
on Wednesday, October 27, by a score
of 20-7. Nilehi’s points were scored by
A1 Hartig, left end.
Frosh Lose to Maine
The Nilehi freshman football team suf
fered its first home defeat by losing to
Maine Township, Wednesday, October
27, by a score of 43-13.
Although the football game September
17 was the first of the 1948 season it
was the very first game for little John
Curl. Johnny, who is four years old, is
the son of Mrs. Anne Curl, Nilehi Eng
lish and Spanish teacher.
He liked the game but couldn’t un
derstand why it wasn’t possible for him
to play with the Trojans.
Friday, November 12, 1948
Trojans Win Homecoming Tilt;
Sophs Down Woodstock, 6-0
A fighting and determined Nilehi var
sity team gave the shivering homecoming
crowd the sweet taste of victory oyer
Woodstock, 13-6, on Friday, November
5, a t Nilehi field.
With the score 6-0 in favor of the
Woodstock Bluestreaks, the T r o j a n s
started to roll near the close of the third
period. A long pass put the Trojans on
the Woodstock nine-yard line. A fumble
on the next play ended that threat.
In the fourth quarter, a Nilehi drive
carried from their own 35 to the nineyard line of Woodstock. From there Pete
Heiniger skirted right end for a touch
down. Lange passed to Nipper for the
extra point.
With one minute and 17 seconds re
maining, Pete Heiniger gathered in a
Woodstock desperation pass and raced
80 yards for the touchdown, making the
final score, Niles-13, Woodstock-6.
Brei's Bombers Win
Intramural Playoff
The boys’ gym classes at Nilehi fin
ished up their touch-football season with
the championship playoffs on Friday,
October 29. Fred B rei’s ninth-period
team is the intramural champion.
Five finalists lined up for the tourna
ment: Chuck Bonney’s second-period
team, Bill Bruce’s fourth-period squad,
Ted Dolan’s outfit from fifth-sixth per
iod, A1 Haut’s eighth-period team, and
Fred Brei’s boys from ninth period.
The final game matched Bonny against
Brei. The score was 20-7, with Fred
Brei’s “Bombers” on top.
1948-9 Basketball Schedule
A homecoming victory came to the
Nilehi sophomore gridmen last Friday
night, November 5, when the Trojans
defeated Woodstock high by a score of
6 - 0.
Scoring was hampered by a wet and
muddy field which held up play for al
most an hour. Don Berg, Nilehi halfback,
fought through this mud, however, in an
exciting second quarter; racing 30 yards
around right end he racked up the only
touchdown scored in the game.
luuiors Bow to Arlington
The Nilehi junior gridmen lost their
last game of the season to Arlington
Heights high school by a score of 9 - 0 .
The game was played on the Nilehi field
November 3.
The Arlington boys trapped the Nilehi
Trojans in the third quarter behind their
own goal line for a safety; they racked
up another seven points in the last quar
ter by making a touchdown and com
pleting the conversion.
Harriers L o se Two M e e ts
The Nilehi cross-country team was
defeated by Evanston and Arlington on
October 22 and 26 by respective scores
of 35-20 and 32-23. Ed Buerk of Niles
took first place in both meets.
Cross-country consists of running
about two miles over a rugged course
without a cheering crowd to urge you
on. Then, to place in the scoring you
must be one of the first five to finish*
If the runner comes in first, he receives
one point; second, two points, and so
on. The team with the lowest score wins.
Home Games
Evanston
Fri., Nov. 12
Arlington
Fri., Dec. 3
Taft
Fri., Dec. 17
East Aurora
Sat., Jan. 8
Leyden
Fri., Jan. 14
Mooseheart
Fri., Jan. 28
Marmion
Fri., Feb. 4
Sat., Feb. 12 Crystal Lake
York
Fri., Feb. 18
Away Games
Fri., Nov. 19
Waukegan
Sat., Dec. 4 East Rockford
La Grange
Sat., Dec. 11
Dec. 27-30 DeKalb Tourney
Arlington
Fri., Jan.7
Sat., Jan. 15 Highland Park
Fri., Jan.21
Belvidere
DeKalb
Sat., Jan. I'd
Tues ., Feb. 8
Maine
Leyden
Fri.. Feb. 11
Marmion
Fri., Feb. 25
Sport Slants
by Ed Beebe
The Nilehi football gridiron is used
by both North Park College and North
Park Academy for many of their games.
Recently, the college team tied Wilson
College 6-6, in North Park’s homecoming
game.
The homecoming battle began for
many of the Nilehi Trojans long be
fore the football game on Friday, No
vember 5. It was a battle of boards,
planks, chates, and assorted wood, and
the victory was accomplished only after
a fine start had been made on the home
coming bonfire. The wood which had
been previously gathered on the Satur
day preceding homecoming was burned
by some thoughtless person.
Chuck Kranz, once a student a t Niles,
is doing a fine job as fullback on the
Barrington High School football team.
Barrington is leading the Northwest
Conference.
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"June Mad’
nile HI lite
Voi. X, No.5
Skokie Rotary Honors
Nilehi Football Heroes
Football was definitely the topic of
conversation at the annual football din
ner given by the Skokie Rotary Club, on
Tuesday, November 16, in the Rotary
room at Nilehi.
In this way the Rotary Club honored
all major-letter-winners in football for
the recently closed season, and Mr. W ar
ren Meyer, president of the Rotary, pre
sented the team’s choice of their most
valuable player, Tom Black, Trojan full
back and third-year varsity player, with
a gold trophy.
Highlighting the event was a short
speech given by Mr. Harold Isaacson,
varsity football coach, thanking the Ro
tary on behalf o f the 24 boys present.
Movies o f the Chicago Bears were then
presented by Mr. William De Correvont,
former Austin High School and North
western University football star, n o w
playing with the Bears.
The 24 boys to earn major letters this
season:
Ed Beebe, Tom Black, George Bussey, Don Carl
son, Conrad Cornell, Burton Gerhardt, Bill Grafke, Gil Kluesing, Jack Larson, Bill Mickey, Roy
Nelscn, Ward Nipper, Dick Norman, Jesse Porter,
Nick Rollick, Don Siegel, Allen Stillman, Charles
Voss, Ralph Walberg, Bob Witte, seniors; Pete
Heiniger, Jim Kennedy, Lenny Lange, and Martin
Seidler, juniors. Also present were the two team
managers, Bob Peterson and Dick Swanson, and
Mr. Charles Hussey, second varsity coach.
Skokie, 1 1
1.
Decem ber
10, 11
Friday, December 3,1948
'June M ad' Curtain
In Christmas Vespers To Rise December 10
2 0 0 Students to Sing
The traditional Christmas Vespers
with its robed processional will be held
on Sunday, December 12 at 4 p.m. in
the Nilehi gymnasium. A total of 200
students will participate.
The Glee Club, consisting of 116 girls,
will sing “ As It Fell Upon a Night,” “ The
Virgin’s Slumber Song,” and “ What Can
This Mean?”
The Choir will sing a cantata enti
tled “ The Rose o f Christmas.” Soloists
are Mary Jane Netwig, Esther Schaal,
Kenneth Gengler, Leonard Maier, Bill
Perrin, and Dan Winger.
“ A Joyous Carol,” “ Praise The Lord,”
and “ A Joyous Christmas Song” will be
sung by the Madrigal singers.
The “ Hallelujah Chorus” will be sung
by the entire group, along with the
choir alumni who have sung this Chorus
before, and who will be invited to par
ticipate in this, the last number on the
program.
On December 10 and 11, the curtain
will rise on the first Nilehi play o f the
year, “ June Mad,” a comedy in three
acts. The play starts at 8 p.m. both
nights, in the assembly.
In the play, Penny, played by Joan
Andrews, buys a red formal that’s a
three-alarm fire in order to captivate
her heart’s desire. This has little effect,
however, on Chuck Harris, played by
Dick Martin.
Bill Graefen, as Roger, stretches his
vocal chords in some love songs and
charms all the women of the Wood
household. These are many o f the ex
citing events, according to Miss Stemp.
The cast: Joan Andrews, Dick Martin,
Bea Bornemeier, Bob Jaeger, Tom Robb,
Sonya Macintosh, Doris Lyde, Jack
Brown, Bill Graefen, Don Kettel, Shar
on Thompson, Ted Eckert, and Geri
Dodge.
Tom Black, Most Valuable, and Ed Beebe, Honorary
Captain of Football Squad, Tell of Future Plans
He’s 5‘ 8” , 17 years old, weighs 160 , One o f the main questions asked by
pounds, and has blue eyes and light
I everyone during the past week was,
brown hair. This is the description of
Tom Black, senior, who recently re “ Who was chosen by the football squad
ceived the Most Valuable Player award as the honorary captain o f the 1948 foot
Spanish and Latin Classes
in football from his fellow team mates. ball season?”
Tom, who played, on the varsity foot
This person is a 17 year-old senior
To H old Christmas Parties
ball team fo r three years, has also been with blue eyes and brown hair. He’s six
The Spanish-speaking señores and on the basketball squad fo r four years.
feet, one and a half inches tall, and
señoritas are all in a dither these days
He thinks this award is the most im weighs 190 pounds.
preparing fo r the Spanish party to be portant thing that has ever happened
His pet peeves are girls that smoke,
held in the assembly room on December to him and describes it as “ a dream that
while sports, music, and good books are
14 at 3:15.
came true.”
his likes. Steak with mushrooms and on
The highlight of the affair is a play
He was a very prominent man in the ions comes first on his food hit parade.
to be presented in Spanish by the sec sports world back in Cleveland Grade
Fishing and athletics are his favorite
ond-year Spanish class under the guid School. That could be called his starting
hobbies.
ance o f Miss Jean Small, Spanish in point in sports.
He has won four major letters, two
structor.
Tom is very fond o f all kinds o f food,
The student chairman fo r this play but his favorite dish is leg o f lamb with in football, one in basketball, and one
is Geri Dodge, and the students with mint sauce and mashed potatoes. He in baseball. He has been on the football
major parts are Dorothy Gill, Tom Had- likes to listen to semi-classical music, and basketball teams for four years, and
dow, Jean Heath, Claire Strand, and and his hobbies are sailing, and of baseball fo r three.
He plans to attend college, but his
Robert Taylor.
course, football.
choice is unknown. During his freshman
The Latin classes are also planning
During his freshman year Tom was
a party under the guidance of Miss an active member of the Freshman year he was a member of the Freshman
Grace Pendleton, Latin instructor, on Board of Advisers, and is now serving Board o f Advisers, and is now an alter
nate on the Senior Cabinet. Last year
December 16 at 3:15 in the assembly in the Senior Cabinet.
room.
He is planning to finish his education he received the Harvard Award and was
According to Miss Pendleton, the stu at Beloit College, Wisconsin, where he elected to the National Honor Society.
dents are going to sing songs in Latin, will take up advertising, and major in He is now president o f the Niles Town
ship High School Science Club.
and then a program of short plays and economics.
skits will follow with a group from each
You have probably guessed by now
Asking Tom what he was going to do
class contributing.
with his football trophy, he answered, that this person described is Edward
Those in charge o f the groups are Don T i l probably put it away in moth balls, Beebe.
Baumann, Myra Wokoun, B a r b a r a to make sure I ’ll have it all my life.
Ed thinks his being awarded honorary
Shields, Joan Searing, Jack Kirby, and ji *I ’ll never forget , it, though, the o c c lll v ? j v a p c a m w i the lfootball team was u x x c v .
same captain of vi.iv? v / u t D a i i t c d i x x w a o one of
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w iv u g u j
i/ iiu
Charles Owen, who is president o f the as I ’ll never forget the help I received i the very finest honors he has receive«
Latin Club.
in football from Coach Harold Isaacson.” I during his high-school career.
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N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, December 3, 1948
| SHORT CUTS
Two Blue Eyed, Brow n-Haired Thespians
According to Miss Grace Harbert, pro
blems teacher, something new is going to
be added to the long list of activities of
her problems classes.
Voting in the recent election was
very much simplified by the use o f a
tricky device called a voting machine. In
order to acquaint the students of Nilehi
with the operation of this gadget, Miss
Harbert arranged fo r one of the ma
chines used in the election to be brought
to our school recently for examination
by the students.
Miss Harbert would also like to in
vite interested citizens from the com
munity in to view the machine.
Take Leading Roles in New Production
The next trip scheduled fo r Nilehi’s
“ See Chicago Club” is Maxwell Street
and Chinatown, on Sunday,' December
5, according to Miss Grace Harbert, so
cial science teacher who sponsors the
club.
Maxwell street has always been of
great interest to the club for its open
market with the various displays of stalls
and wares, Miss Harbert says. Adding
more color to the trip is the milling
about of almost every race and nation
ality living in the area.
From there, the club will travel to
Chinatown to visit the quaint Chinese
shops and to note their many unusual
customs. Winding up the day’s activities
will be a typical Chinese dinner served
at one of the restaurants there.
The previous trip of the club was on
November 14 to the Chicago Historical
Society.
Those who attend “ June Mad” will
see a familiar face in the leading role.
Familiar, because she is also a cheer
leader. Think! You guessed it! Joan An
drews!
This isn’t her first performance on
the Nilehi stage. You may remember her
as Ada in “ Kind Lady” last year. I f not,
to give you a brief description, she is
five feet five inches tall, has blue eyes
and brown hair. She has dimples when
she smiles and is as active as a Mex
ican jumping bean.
Joan likes spare-ribs and sauerkraut
but dislikes alarm clocks.
Her ambition is to be a commercial
artist; naturally, her hobby is drawing.
Acting is a natural ability fo r Joan
fo r she has never had any training out
side of minor dramatics here in school.
Nilehi can expect to see a lot more
of Joan in the future, as she is only in
her sophomore year.
The 100 Per Cent Club held its sec
ond annual banquet last Wednesday,
November 10. The banquet was given
by the club fo r its alumnae.
A fter a turkey dinner, Joan Conrad
made the welcoming speech. She then
joined her sisters Helen and Lona in
entertaining with some songs. They were
followed by interviews with the alumnae
who told the club about their first jobs.
The banquet ended with a community
sing.
The 100 Per Cent Club also put out a
small Business Education pamphlet
Miss Marie Green, of the Nilehi busi written by the students, with Barbro
ness education department, traveled to Martinson as editor.
Peoria, Illinois, November 5, to assist
in the preparation of the program for
The Niles H i-Y Club is now recruiting
the annual convention which will be held
players fo r its basketball league. The
in Peoria next March 24, 25, and 26. Miss club, coming in fourth in touch-football,
Green is a member of the Executive which they just finished, hopes to do even
Board of the Illinois Business Education better in basketball. Any fellow may play
Association.
on the team if he has attended three Hi-
M iH iu T i
Thu Nilehi ite -(s written, D-lnfed, and pub
lish e i by tv e students of N’ l°s Township High
School, Skokie, Illinois, Dr. A. L. Biehn, super
in ender.t prin'ioal.
STAFF MEMBERS
Ed't-T in-c' i~f: Bill Heveran
Co-F aluir* Editors: Mary Morse and Sandra Ravenrroft
S o'ts Editor: Ed B”ebe
Spo’ ts Writer : Ed F e ^ e Bill Bruce, Pete Heinig^r, and Bi:l G ia fen
G ris ’ S or s Editor: Danra Bar’ our
Eta'f Photo raph r: Rick Tamburino
'■Jew Bureau Chief: Dona Korsrro
s
A sista ts: June Sp~ungmf n Kathy Russakov,
Bill Craefen, and Audrey N orilcf
ire la ti'n Manager: Judy Larson
A s'stan s: Lois Lenberg, Angela Vosnos, and
Phyllis Yates
change Editor: Bet'y Loefgren
Vs i 't n : Mari yn Lee
psts: Marilyn Lee, Ruth Munsterman, Audrey
Nardlof, and Joyce Swartz
• jor ers: Danna Barbour, Ed Beebe, Carole
Brings, Bill Bruce, Bill Graefen, Pete Heiniger, Ba ba-a Kokum,' Dona Korsmo, Judy
Larson, Marilyn Lee, Lois Lenberg, Betty
L (pfgren, Ru h Munsterman, Audrey Nordiof,
Kathy Russakov, Joyce Swartz, Ken Steele,
June Spru'gman, Rick Tamburino, Angela
Vosnos, Phyl is Yates, and John Young.
FACULTY ADVISERS
l M. Eberharut
Clement Uxizr
Y meetings, according to Mr. Roth, H i-Y
leader, and there is still room fo r a few
more members.
Dean Whitton, H i-Y president, reports
that the club is now raising money for
the annual H i-Y scholarship, by operat
ing the checkroom fo r the Sunday Eve
ning Club.
The Forensic Club, Nilehi’s debating
society, entered its first tournament No
vember 6 at New Trier High School. A l
though the debates were not judged fo r
mally, Niles did make a good showing,
according to Mr. John L. Betts, debate
instructor.
Participating in the debate for Niles
were Ed Archibald, Don Verlenden, John
Young, Ashley Craig, Jim Arthur, Tom
Shields, Nancy Gerhardt, and Elsie Eppler.
Niles may be invited to the Hammond,
Indiana, tournament December 11, Mr.
Betts hopes.
He walks, he talks, he kisses girls.
Yes, Dick Martin, a thespian taking
part in the forthcoming play “ June
Mad,” goes all out fo r airplane gliders,
fencing, and a little bit of romance in
the role of Chuck Harris. Chuck is a
clumsy teen-ager who has almost as
many troubles as Henry Aldrich.
In real life, however, Dick hasn’t any
gliders.
The brown-haired and blue
eyed actor has a special love fo r cars
and a special dislike fo r silly girls.
Dick, as you remember, had a major
role in last year’s production, “ A Date
With Judy” . He appeared as Randolph,
Judy’s bratty younger brother.
He would like to continue in drama
tics after he gets out o f high school, and
is very interested in radio work. His
choice of college is as yet undecided.
Assemblies, So Far, Include
Travel, Music, and A ir
The wonders of liquid air were pre
sented at an all-school assembly by
Walter Everman on November 15. Mr.
Everman demonstrated the freezing and
burning powers of liquid air.
A t 2:30 p.m. today, December 3, the
student body will troup to the gym to
hear fine old Southern tunes presented
by the Deep River quartette.
The next assembly, scheduled fo r Feb
ruary 8, will be “ Romance in Morocco,”
presented by Victor R. Griffin.
Armin Watkins, senior, played both
the violin and piano in his concert on
November 24 for the Nilehi student
body. Annin’s violin selections were
“ Rondo Capriccioso” by Saints - Saens
and “ Zapateado” by Sarasate. Miss
Betty Arenberg, his music teacher in
Chicago, accompanied him.
The piano arrangements A r m i n
played were “ Prelude and Fuga” by
Bach, “ Rhapsody in B Minor” by Brahms
and “ Prelude in C Sharp Minor” by Cho
pin.
On Frebruary 13, 1949, Armin will
make his professional debut at Kimball
Hall in Chicago on both piano and vio
lin.
Election of officers of the Nilehi chap
ter of the Junior Red Cross took place
at a meeting on November 17, under the
direction of Miss Alice Line, clothing in
structor. Those elected are: president,
Kay Jaeger; vice president, June Sprungman; secretary, Rose Marie Denk; and
treasurer, Doris Krause.
The members present at the meeting
decided that a Christmas activity com
mittee be formed to collect gifts fo r ser
vice men. This committee is made up of
one girl from each of the four classes:
Sally Lundin, freshman; Joyce Schrambeck, sophomore; Shirley Timberg, jun
ior; and Mari Cysewski, senior.
�Friday, December 3, 1948
This ’n’ That SONG OF THE W E E K ...........“ Slow
Boat to China” .
SIGHT OF THE W E E K ...B ill Graefen rehearsing his love scenes for “ June
Mad.”
QUESTION OF THE W E E K ...“ Are
you going to the Christmas Dance?”
S A Y IN G OF TH E W E E K ....... Beat
Arlington!
Page
N I L E H I L I T E
3
Horn or Siren Needed! Many Unusual Objects
Wanted: An automobile horn or siren
fo r “ June Mad.” Contact Miss Stemp or
one of the cast immediately if you know
where one can be obtained.
Leah Falknor, senior, blithely an
nounced to Miss Harbert recently that
she would be glad to go down and “ pick
up” the voting machine. She was talk
ing about the machine now being used in
the Problems classes for demonstration.
Leah overestimated her ability slightly,
since the voting machine weighs over
2,000 pounds!
Seems all the feminine population of
Nilehi are knitting fo r Christmas. Argyle socks rank foremost on the knitting
needles. The most original pair we’ve
come across are those being knit by
Several peroxide blondes were seen
Rosemary Shuman, junior. Rosemary is
knitting a miniature job with thread, making quite a fuss at the Niles-Evanston basketball game. Would you say
and on toothpicks!
the “ bleachers” went wild?
If, when glancing through the pages
Nilehi’s ’Perfect Date*
of the November “ Ladies’ Home Jour
nal,” you pause to gaze at the mouth Continues Romantic Tale
watering advertisement on page 180, it
by Bill Graefen
might interest you to know that these
As you remember, we were walking
delicious-looking baking powder biscuits
were made by our home economics tea up the stairway, in the last installment
cher, Miss Florence Butler. During her of this thrilling serial. A . gorgeous cursummer vacation, Miss Butler prepared vacious blonde came floating down be
various dishes of foods to be used for fore m e.. She paused, dropped her hand
photographs which have appeared in kerchief. . . I moved quickly toward it,
“ Woman’s Home Companion” and “ Life,” reached down, and. . . I saw a man’s trou
ser leg. Damit, she was out with her
besides the “ Journal.”
father. *
Doris and I proceeded on our way. We
Every day for the past few months,
reached the first balcony and there was
a strange face has been poked into Mr.
a man in a little blue uniform, as there
Napier’s advertising class. The face has
are in all theaters, saying, “ Stairway to
a mouth, which it opens every morning
the right, stairway to the right.” We
to say “ Hello.” Mr. Napier has no idea
finally reached somebody’s blue heaven
of the face’s identity, except that it be
and went into the darkness of the
longs to a girl. A new “ Miss Hush” ?
theater.
I heard a bloodcurdling screech. I
Magazine Parallels Found
turned around and saw my date lying
Nilehi has quite a few literary tie-ups flat on her back. She had bumped into
an usher and fallen over a cuspidor.
in the magazine field. For instance:
Woman’s Home Companion....
We came across two seats, three rows
Lenny Lange from the ceiling. The only trouble was
American G irl............ Nancy Watson that they were separated by an elderly
Look .......................I f only he would gentleman. Doris told me to ask him to
E s q u ire ............................ Paul Lange move over, but I thought it would be
G lam ou r....................... .Carol Briggs silly to disturb him. So she sat on one
Liberty .................. Friday, 3:11 p.m. side and I sat on the other. Guess who
Tim e.............. For a vacation— almost kept the carmel-corn! It wasn’t too good
Boy’s L ife .........Jerry Seltzer’s parties though, and I gave most of it to the
Downbeat............................ Bob Hicks lady on the other side of me.
Fortune .........................G.A.A. funds
The movie dragged on and on— finally
Holiday ...Ju st 22 more days to go! it was over. Once, however, Doris leaned
L ife .........Without homework it would over and asked me fo r some carmelbe bliss com. I laughed and said that was fin
Calling A ll Girls....... 7 p.m. Saturday ished during the news-reel:
night!
I left my seat and went down to the
Outdoor L ife. .It ’s so healthful playing head of the stairway and waited for
soccer— ask Anne Juul Doris. She came down in about five min
Child L ife ............. Freshman Parties utes struggling with her coat. A ll of
Jack and J ill......... A1 Haut and June a sudden....... (to be continued in the
Sprungman December 17 N il e h il it e .)
Good Housekeeping. .Boys’ ninth period
Doris Christensen, sophomore: To be
foods class
True Confessions.........Girls’ slumber a Good-Humor man and ring the bells.
Mr. Schubert, swimming instructor:
parties
Plain T a lk ... .Coach Mackey between Win the State swimming championship.
Ronald Gawrys, sophomore: To be
halves
This W e e k ... .Thanksgiving hangover President of the United States.
Ed Bedony, sophomore: To earn a
Future. . . I wonder if he’ll ask me to
the Christmas dance ? million dollars.
Spotted in Office
By John Young
While browsing in that small but
crouched section of the office called the
lost and found, you are apt to run
across some very unusual objects.
“ Aqua Vues” , underwater glasses ob
viously misplaced in the swimming pool,
one slightly used bicycle seat cover, a
girl’s gym suit, and a key purse marked
“ Vancouver, B. C.” — are just a few
of the items.
You could also find about 100 house
k ey s.. .maybe this is a sign that people
don’t lock their doors anymore. Could the
world be getting more honest?
Wallets, both empty and full, have
been left unclaimed fo r as long as
three years. Their contents range from
French franc notes and Japanese money
to just plain American bills. Some of
them even have library cards and
chances on cars.
In the line o f bracelets, the field is
endless. Identification bracelets are lost
more frequently than any other kind of
jewelry. “ Billie and Joyce,” “ D. M. B.”
and “ Herbert” are just a few of the
students who have misplaced their iden
tification.
Pens, glasses, and compacts a l s o
abound in large numbers. One pair of
specs has the little inscription “ Karen
and Bruce” entwined with hearts and
arrows.
A t this point you may be wondering
just where all these articles finally go
to rest. Hats, scarfs, mittens, and other
types o f clothes are turned over to the
Good W ill after a period of time. How
ever, all items such as keys, pens, and
glasses just remain in the office, building
up an enormous pile, much to the dismay
o f the office staff.
I f you’ve recognized some o f the
items listed or have lost something re
cently, why not take a look in our Lost
and Found? Nine times out of ten you’ll
find what you’ve been looking for!
Within the depths of your being, do
you harbor secret ambitions known to
no man ?
Most everyone does, so we decided to
reveal some o f these ambitions to the
public. When asked the question “ What
is your secret ambition?” we were giv
en these answers:
Ralph Walberg, senior: To overcome
my bashfulness around certain girls.
Kay Haefel, senior: To go to Alaska
and be an Eskimo.
Ferol Kent, senior: Climb to the top
of the gas tank on Oakton street.
“ Butch” Thompson, freshman: See the
Cubs win the World Series.
Joan Hamlet, junior: To have a super
deluxe custom-built hot-rod o f my very
own.
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N IL
E H I L I T E
Trojan Cagers Lose Two Games;
Evanston, W aukegan Beat Varsity, Sophs
A tall, hard-driving Evanston basket
ball team handed the Trojans their first
defeat of the season, 48-22, Friday night,
November 12, on the Nilehi home court.
Niles dropped in three baskets in a
row near the end o f the first quarter,
that period ending with the Trojans lead
ing 10-8.
Niles slowed down considerably in the
next period and at the intermission
Evanston led 26-13, a lead which they
never relinquished.
The Trojans looked weary as the th irl
period ended with Fred Brei scoring
their only basket. Evanston was leading
a decisive victory march to the tune of
36-16.
A brief flurry by Niles was insuffi
cient in the fourth and final frame, and
Evanston won 48-22.
The Waukegan Bulldogs beat the Nile
hi Trojans 65 to 23 for their first victory
o f the year Friday night, November 19,
at Waukegan.
The Trojans just didn’t have the pow
er to overtake this fast Bulldog team.
Minus two would-be first-stringers, the
Trojans had trouble in putting the ball
in the basket. Jesse Porter led the Tr*.<jans with 12 tallies, while Mertes led
the Bulldogs with 18.
Sport Slants
b y Ed Beebe
Nilehi has four basketball teams this
season just at it had four grid squads.
The freshman cagers are under the di
rection of Charles Hussey, the sopho
mores are directed by James Phipps,
the juniors are under Harold Isaacson,
and the varsity is coached by Robert
Mackey.
The defeat of the powerful Austin
football team by Lindblom High School,
13-0, for the City league football champ
ionship, ended a 26-game winning streak
by the Austin eleven. Fengér, who tied
Lindblom, 13-13, in the semi-final play
off, and lost the right to play Austin
only by a flip of a coin, has a right to
share any laurels Lindblom received
from their victory.
Trojan Tankers Lose
In the third swimming meet of the
year the Nilehi tankers were defeated
by Highland Park 46-29 at the High
land Park pool on November 23.
The Trojans dominated the diving
event with Dick Provost placing first
a n d Bill Nickel second. Bob Lindahl
captured the 100-yard free-style and
placed second in the 40-yard free-style
race. Dennis Joyce also took second in
the 100-yard breaststroke event.
The Frosh-Soph team also lost to
Highland Park 48-18. Bill Provost won
the diving event and Dave Ellis placed
second in the 40-yard breaststroke.
The Nilehi sophomore cagemen were
hopelessly outclassed by a fast, tricky
Evanston team, as the local five lost
their opening basketball contest, 38-9,
at Niles, Friday, Noyember 12.
Don Walters grabbed high scoring
honors fo r the Trojans with six points.
The Nilehi sophomore bucket-men
were vanquished at Waukegan by a score
of 31-21, Friday night, November 19.
The Trojans were behind at the enas
of the first and second quarters but
worked their way up during the third to
lead by four points— 16-12.
The Bulldogs came fighting back to
ward the end o f the third period to lead
Niles by a score of 18-16.
In the fourth quarter Waukegan rack
ed up 10 points more than the Trojans
could gather.
Seven Alumni Play Football
A t Midwest Colleg es
Throughout the football season a per
son sitting in the stands at a game would
often hear, “ I f only Joe was playing this
year. I wonder what he’s doing this
year?”
Perhaps that sets you to wondering
what last year’s Nilehi varsity players
have done since their graduation in June.
Are they going to school. Where? Are
they playing football? Here’s the dope
on the 18 varsity gridmen who were
graduated last spring.
O f the 18, six of the boys are working:
Laurence Hall, Noel Kiefer, A rt Miller,
tackles on last year’s squad; Don Carl
son, end; Ed Kutz, quarterback; and Ed
Kadlec, center.
The other 12 boys are all attending
college or university. Five of them are
not continuing in their football careers.
They are Howard Siegel, back, attending
Northwestern; Jim Wead, center, Mon
mouth; Herb Jones, end, Augustana; Lee
Gamer, back, Illinois; and Bill Fotscn,
tackle, Notre Dame.
Seven o f last year’s varsity Trojans
are adding to their laurels on the grid
iron at college. They are Jim Blessing,
oack, playing for Lake Forest; Tom Fitz
gerald, guard, at Iowa; Jim Heiniger,
back, Bradley;. Bill Comstock, end, W is
consin; Ed Linskey, guard, Detroit; Ray
Batz, guard, at Bradley; and Ed Soergel, quarterback, on the gridiron at Illi
nois State Teachers College.
Friday, December 3, 1948
Glamazons
By Danna Barbour
With the changing o f seasons comes
the changing of games fo r the Nilehi
Glamazons. The basketball whirl is in
all gym classes, as new teams have been
chosen. Competition is already very keen,
according to Miss Montgomery.
Saddle Club
The following Saddle Club officers were
elected at a recent meeting: Noel
Church, president; Diane Leach, vicepresident; Billie-Joyce Kortopates, sec
retary; Barbro Martinson, treasurer.
G. A . A. Tidbits
Coming up on the G. A. A. agenda
is the annual Christmas dance to be
held December 18. A new twist will be
added this year, as the theme is Toyland Trot, and decorations will resemble
Santa’s workshop.
A new schedule has been set up for
after-school activities. There will be bas
ketball for upper classmen on Monday
and Wednesday, square dancing on Tues
day, G.A.A. Board meeting on Thursday,
freshmen basketball on Friday.
Nilehi Football Records-1948
Varsity, Coach H. Isaacson
N .T .H .S »
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N .T .H .S .
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N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
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T o tal
1«
13
27
43
0
0
0
13
107
S tein m etz
W e st A u ro ra
R e lv id e re
F a rra g u t
B lu e I s l a n d
A r lin g t o n
Leyden
W o o d s to c k
T o tal
A
25
7
0
21
12
41
6
112
Juniors, Coach C. Hussey
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
T otal
13
0
7
0
20
Leyden
M a in e
M a in e
A r lin g t o n
T otal
25
33
20
9
87
Sophomores, Coach R. Mackey
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
T otal
18
14
37
20
18
6
113
S teinm etz
W est A u ro ra
B e lv id e re
B lu e Is la n d
A r lin g t o n
W o o d sto c k
T o tal
14
18
0
38
14
0
84
Freshmen Coaches, J. Phipps,
A. Schubert
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
N .T .H .S .
T otal
7
18
6
7
13
O
51
A r lin g t o n
Leyden
M a in e
A r lin g t o n
M a in e
Leyden
T otal
0
6
18
0
43
6
73
Cross-country-1948
Record
(Low score is winner)
N ile s
N ile «
N ile s
N ile s
No
p la ce s
33
35
33
R iv e r s id e I n v it a t io n a l
22
A r lin g t o n
20
E v a n s to n ( F - S )
17
Leyden
N ilehi Swimmers Lxse, 42-33
T h e Trojan mermen were “ drowned
out” at Evanston, Illinois, Thursday, No
Mermen Second in Tri-M eet vember 18, by a strong Evanston swim
In opening the 1948-1949 season, the ming team. The score: Varsity-42 to 33;
Nilehi varsity swimming team placed Frosh-52 to 14.
Despite the defeat, several Trojan
second in a triangular meet with New
Trier and Schurz at the New Trier pool, swimmers showed their ability. The med
ley team composed o f Delbert Whitney,
Saturday, November 13.
Totals fo r the meet: New Trier-52; Dick Provost, and Don Brod, placed
Niles-21; Schurz-14. In the frosh-soph first. Bob Lindahl placed first in both
events N e w T r i e r had a total of 49 the 100-yard and 50-yard free-style
' events.
points; Schurz, 16; Niles, 14.
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NILEHILITE, December 3, 1948
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Loefgren, Betty, Exchange Editor
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