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Title
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Skokie Map Detail, circa 1964
Contributor
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Buisseret, David
Publisher
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Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Hand-drawn detail from an aerial photograph of Skokie, Illinois from around 1964 from the collection of the Chicago Historical Society.
From Chapters 15 and 16, "Skokie Aerial Photographs, c. 1938 and 1964," in Skokie: A Community History Using Old Maps by David Buisseret (Chicago Neighborhood History Project, and the Skokie Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1985).
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.) -- Maps; Skokie (Ill.) -- History
Language
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English
Date
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1964
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969)
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Type
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Image
Format
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JPG
Medium
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aerial photographs
Rights
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Is Part Of
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David Buisseret, Skokie, a Community History Using Old Maps
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Source
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Identifier
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SHS-Buisseret-chapter_16.jpg
1930s (1930-1939)
Skokie-A Community History Using Old Maps-Buisseret
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Title
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Niles Center Map Detail, circa 1938
Creator
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Buisseret, David
Publisher
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Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Hand-drawn map detail taken from an aerial photograph of Niles Center (Skokie), Illinois, circa 1938. Areas labeled include: Gross Point Road, Oakton Street; Greenhouses to the west of St. Peter Catholic Church; new schools on Lincoln Avenue [Lincoln School and Niles East High School], bridges; expressway, Howard Street, Skokie Boulevard, Touhy Avenue, and orchards south of Touhy Avenue.
From <a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-historical-society/buisseret-skokie-maps-00/buisseret-skokie-maps-15">Chapter 14, "Niles Township: From the Geological Quadrangles, 1926,"</a> in Skokie: A Community History Using Old Maps by David Buisseret (Chicago Neighborhood History Project, and the Skokie Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1985).
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.) -- Maps; Skokie (Ill.) -- History
Language
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English
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1938
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1930s (1930-1939)
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
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JPG
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
maps
Rights
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Is Part Of
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David Buisseret, Skokie, a Community History Using Old Maps
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Source
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Identifier
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SHS-Buisseret-chapter_15.jpg
1930s (1930-1939)
Skokie-A Community History Using Old Maps-Buisseret
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Title
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Surficial Geology of the Evanston and Park Ridge Area, Map Detail, 1932
Creator
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United States Geological Survey; Chicago History Fair
Contributor
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Buisseret, David
Publisher
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Skokie Historical Society, Skokie, Illinois (original web version); Chicago Neighborhood History Project
Description
An account of the resource
Reproduction of detail from a map adapted from "Surficial Geology of the Evanston Quadrangle" (1932) and Surficial Geology of the Park Ridge Quadrangle" (1932) which use the 1926 U.S. Geological Survey from the Curriculum Library of the Chicago History Fair. Full-color scans of the original quadrangle maps of <a href="https://files.isgs.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/maps/isgs-quads/evanston-sg.pdf">Evanston (PDF download)</a> and <a href="https://files.isgs.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/maps/isgs-quads/park-ridge-sg.pdf">Park Ridge (PDF download)</a> are available in the digital collections of the Illinois State Geological Survey.
From <a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-historical-society/buisseret-skokie-maps-00/buisseret-skokie-maps-14">Chapter 14, "Niles Township: From the Geological Quadrangles, 1926,"</a> in Skokie: A Community History Using Old Maps by David Buisseret (Chicago Neighborhood History Project, and the Skokie Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1985).
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.) -- Maps; Skokie (Ill.) -- History
Language
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English
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1932
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1930s (1930-1939)
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Type
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Image
Format
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JPG
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
maps
Rights
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Is Part Of
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David Buisseret, Skokie, a Community History Using Old Maps
Provenance
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Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Identifier
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SHS-Buisseret-chapter_14.1.jpg
1930s (1930-1939)
Skokie-A Community History Using Old Maps-Buisseret
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Title
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Map of Niles Center Village, 1937
Creator
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Turpin, U.F.
Publisher
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Village of Skokie, Skokie, Illinois
Description
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Map of Niles Center from 1937 drawn by the Village Engineer, U.F. Turpin.
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.) -- Maps
Language
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English
Date
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1937
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1930s (1930-1939)
Spatial Coverage
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Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Type
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Image
Format
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TIF
Medium
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maps
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Is Part Of
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Joseph C. Beaver, The Geographical Growth of Skokie, Illinois
Provenance
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Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Identifier
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1997022023.tif
1930s (1930-1939)
Niles Center Maps-Beaver
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Title
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Map "E" (Disannexations of 1928 and 1933)
Creator
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Beaver, Joseph C.
Publisher
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Village of Skokie, Skokie, Illinois
Description
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Hand-drawn map on graph paper of the areas of Niles Center that were disannexed on May 16, 1928 and September 19, 1933 with the following streets marked: Central Avenue, Crawford Avenue, Golf Road, Emerson Street, and East Line, Township 41. Referenced in "The First Disannexations" in The Geographical Growth of Skokie Illinois by Joseph C. Beaver (1983).
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.) -- Maps
Language
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English
Date
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1928-05-16
1933-09-19
Temporal Coverage
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1920s (1920-1929); 1930s (1930-1939)
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Type
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Image
Format
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JPG
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
maps
Rights
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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Is Part Of
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Joseph C. Beaver, The Geographical Growth of Skokie, Illinois
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Identifier
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SHS_Beaver_Map_e.jpg
1920s (1920-1929)
1930s (1930-1939)
Niles Center Maps-Beaver
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Still Image
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Title
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Map "D" (Annexations of 1928 and 1930)
Creator
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Beaver, Joseph C.
Publisher
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Village of Skokie, Skokie, Illinois
Description
An account of the resource
Hand-drawn map on graph paper of the areas of Niles Center that were annexed on May 8, 1928, May 24, 1928, July 31, 1928, and January 7, 1930 with the following streets marked: Central Avenue, Oakton Street, Lehigh Street, Howard Street, Central Avenue, Laramie Street, and Pratt Avenue. Referenced in "The Annexations of 1928 and 1930" and "The Problem of the "Western Arm" Annexation" in The Geographical Growth of Skokie Illinois by Joseph C. Beaver (1983).
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.) -- Maps
Language
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English
Date
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1928-05-08
1928-05-24
1928-07-31
1930-01-07
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1920s (1920-1929); 1930s (1930-1939)
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Niles Center, Illinois; Skokie, Illinois
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Image
Format
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JPG
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
maps
Rights
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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
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Joseph C. Beaver, The Geographical Growth of Skokie, Illinois
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Skokie Historical Society, Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Source
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Identifier
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SHS_Beaver_Map_d.jpg
1920s (1920-1929)
1930s (1930-1939)
Niles Center Maps-Beaver
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Title
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At Home in Skokie
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Modern Residence Architectural Drawing
Description
An account of the resource
Architectural drawing for Modern two-story house. The pages include the front of the house and the interior floor plans. The scale of the drawings is 14 inch is equal to 1 foot. The builder and contractor was Joseph J. Hansen.
<a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/71">View the full record</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938 circa
prior to 1940
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
architectural drawings
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
This item is part of the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/search/searchterm/AHIS*"><b>At Home in Skokie</b></a> digital collection in the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/">Illinois Digital Archive</a>.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Skokie--Illinois--United States
Rights
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Copyright Undetermined https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Access Rights
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If you would like a reproduction or a high-resolution image of this item, submit a <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/imagerequest.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Historical Archive Image Usage Request</a> to the <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/skokie-heritage-museum" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Heritage Museum</a>.
1930s (1930-1939)
AHIS-Between the Wars
AHISdraw
architectural drawings
At Home in Skokie Digital Collection
Developers-Joseph J. Hansen
houses
Niles Center History
real estate development
skokie history
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Title
A name given to the resource
At Home in Skokie
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Colonial Bungalow Residence Architectural Drawing, before 1940
Description
An account of the resource
Architectural drawing for Colonial Bungalow house. The two pages include the front of the house and the interior floor plan. Joseph J. Hansen was the builder and contractor.
<a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/47">View the full record</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1937 circa; prior to 1940
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
architectural drawings
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
This item is part of the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/search/searchterm/AHIS*"><b>At Home in Skokie</b></a> digital collection in the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/">Illinois Digital Archive</a>.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Skokie--Illinois--United States
Rights
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Copyright Undetermined https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Access Rights
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If you would like a reproduction or a high-resolution image of this item, submit a <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/imagerequest.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Historical Archive Image Usage Request</a> to the <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/skokie-heritage-museum" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Heritage Museum</a>.
1930s (1930-1939)
AHIS-bungalows
AHISdraw
architectural drawings
At Home in Skokie Digital Collection
Developers-Joseph J. Hansen
houses
Niles Center History
real estate development
skokie history
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Title
A name given to the resource
At Home in Skokie
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tudor Style Home under construction at 5300 Galitz Street, 1932
Description
An account of the resource
Tudor-style home under construction at 5300 Galitz Street on the Northwest corner of Park Avenue and Galitz Street in Skokie, which was then known as Niles Center. The construction was completed in 1932. The house belonged to the Langfeld family.
<a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/2433">View the full record</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1932
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
black and white photographs
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
This item is part of the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/search/searchterm/AHIS*"><b>At Home in Skokie</b></a> digital collection in the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/">Illinois Digital Archive</a>.
Spatial Coverage
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Skokie--Illinois--United States
Rights
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Copyright Undetermined https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Access Rights
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If you would like a reproduction or a high-resolution image of this item, submit a <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/imagerequest.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Historical Archive Image Usage Request</a> to the <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/skokie-heritage-museum" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Heritage Museum</a>.
1930s (1930-1939)
AHIS-After World War II
AHISphot
At Home in Skokie Digital Collection
houses
real estate development
skokie history
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Title
A name given to the resource
At Home in Skokie
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Tudor Style Home at 5300 Galitz Street, 1932
Description
An account of the resource
Tudor-style home at 5300 Galitz Street on the Northwest corner of Park Avenue and Galitz Street in Skokie. The construction was completed in 1932. The house belonged to the Langfeld family.
<a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/1948">View the full record</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1932; photo taken 1987
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
black and white photographs
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
This item is part of the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/search/searchterm/AHIS*"><b>At Home in Skokie</b></a> digital collection in the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/">Illinois Digital Archive</a>.
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Skokie--Illinois--United States
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Copyright Undetermined https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
If you would like a reproduction or a high-resolution image of this item, submit a <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/imagerequest.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Historical Archive Image Usage Request</a> to the <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/skokie-heritage-museum" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Heritage Museum</a>.
1930s (1930-1939)
AHIS-Between the Wars
AHISphot
At Home in Skokie Digital Collection
houses
real estate development
skokie history
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
At Home in Skokie
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
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Map of Niles Center (Skokie), Illinois, 1939
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This map, which was part of a W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) project in June of 1939, was an Index to an Atlas of Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). The street map identifies all of the streets in Skokie in 1939, as well as the Chicago and Northwest Railway and the Skokie Swift L Line. However the Edens Expressway is not yet present. Also indicated is Oakton Park, the Evanston Golf Club, Memorial Park Cemetery and property owned by a public service company.
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At Home in Skokie
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An account of the resource
<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
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Real estate listing for brick two-story house at 7937 Lowell Avenue
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Real estate listing for brick 2 story house at 7937 Lowell Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. Has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom and a half bathrooms. The house was probably built in the 1920s or 1930s. The price was $65,000 and was part of an estate sale.
<a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/83">View the full record</a>.
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1976-05-18
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advertisements
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
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At Home in Skokie
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An account of the resource
<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
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Handwritten copy of contract between Foreman-State Trust and Savings Bank and Eugene L. Swenson and Esther Swenson, circa 1929
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The contract is in regards to land owned by the Foreman-State Trust and Savings Bank in the Swenson Brothers' College Hill Subdivision in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie).
The contract contains a Caucasian clause, stating that no one who is not Caucasian is allowed to lease or occupy the premise in question. Other restrictions include that the buildings to be built cost no less than $10,000 and that they follow a particular front property line.
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1929-12 to 1930-02
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contract documents
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
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At Home in Skokie
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An account of the resource
<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
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Correspondence to John Anderson from the Swenson Brothers, 1930
Description
An account of the resource
Letter regarding the possible construction of an apartment building on Mr. Andersons College Hill Subdivision lot in Niles Center, Illinois (Skokie). The letter addresses the construction and contractor to be used; the cost of a two flat ($15,000 or $150.00 per month) or a three flat ($23,000 or $230 per month); and the demand for apartments in College Hill. Handwritten note on top of the letter is not used.
<a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/2414">View the full record</a>.
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1930-08-29
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��The 1939
NILEHI REFLECTIONS
��NILES TOWNSH IP HIGH SCHOOL
Souveni r
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MORTAR,
CONCRETE, STEEL,
OF
THEN,
WALLS.
FOUNDATION
MASSIVE
THE
LAY
TO
WATER
ENCROACHING
AND
CLAY
HEAVY
FOUGHT
MEN
SPRING,
LAST
ONLY
AND BRICK, ROSE ORGANIZATION OF FORM AND
OF
CUNNING
INTO
B LU E PR I NT.
TH E
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THE
UNFOLDING
THERE
PRIDE
MUNITY
NOW
OF
THE
WHAT
THE
1 NG
WINGS
DESIGN
OF
A
ONCE
OF
THOUGHTFULLY
A
WAVE
OF
INTENT,
AND
IS
MARSHY
OF
SPACIOUS,
PLANNED
CHALLENGE
HIGHEST
IN
SCHOOL
DONE.
WOOD
HANDSOME
AND
MANENT
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WAKE
COM-
INTEREST.
AND
TOWER
LEGEND
AND
TH E
I N
METAMORPHOSIS
WAS
FLUTED
A N D,
MOUNTING
A
CAME
TRANSFORMED
SCHEME
THE
SUBSTANCE
RAPIDLY
MIND
AND
HAND
THE
SEE.
TO
ALL
FOR
PURPOSE
OUT
RISE
FLANK-
MODERN,
BUILDING-A
PER-
ACHIEVE
THE
TO
DESTINY.
��new
home
Community
of
a
wide
skill.
range
Into
research
within
High
its
into
the
the maximum
of
the
School
of
realization
the
limits
in quality,
in
of
given
functionality
the
severa I commun ities
product
talent
went
problem
of
Township
the
is
applied
all,
[7]
Niles
and
intricate
finding ,
resources ,
beauty, and, above
terms
of
of
the needs of
the
to w n s h i p .
�TYPING:
DORIS NORDMARK
STENOGRAPHY:
BETTY KRISOR
CHEMISTRY:
MERWYN BECKER
PHYSICS:
GLENN LENZEN
MUSIC :
MARGARET DAHM
BIOLOGY:
BETTY KELLY
SEWING :
LUCILLE LANGE
DRAMATICS :
CAROL LEE ROUSE
ALLAN BRAUCH
ATHLETICS :
DUANE FORD
SHOP :
EDWARD HARMS
�To
SKILFULNESS
OF
SOCIALIZED ,
PERSONALITY ,
NESS.
NEW
A.ND
THESE
THE
SCHOOL
A.RE
WAS
A.
TOTAL
REFINED ,
CONSTRUCTION
HOME
BUILD
SCHOOL ' S
A
AN
A.ND
STAUNCH-
NURTURE
HEART . . . . TO
TOLERANT:
TO
AND
BODY ,
OF
MIND ,
..
HAND
OF
STALWARTNESS
NESS
OF
STRENGTH
CULTIVATE
OF
BUSI-
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UNDERTAKING
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DESIGNED
THIS
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A.ND
BUSINESS
FULFILLED
THE
SOLELY
MORE
TO
MAKE
EFFECTIVE
..
�IN DEDICATIONThe new high school building is, in very great measure, the culmination
of the years of strategic planning and inspiring leadership of our superintendent. The choice of Mr. Cotanche as dedicatory subject for the
1939 yearbook was by acclamation of the staff.
�The new
high school building
eloquently bespeaks
the zeal
NILE
TOWNSHIP
CO MM UN ITYHIGH SCH
FED ERA L EME RGE NCY ADM INIS TRA Ti
and efficiency
OF PUB LIC WOR KS
of the
PRO JECT
Board of Education
NO. ILL. 1803 -D
which directed
its realization.
BO AR D OF ED UC AT ION
SC HO OL DIS TR ICT NO. 219
COO K COU NTY ILLIN OIS
M IL D R E D E T TESS
SS
IVAN
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PRESID ENT,
RAYM OND C K KLEH M SECRE TARY
PARO UBEK CHAIR MAN BUILDING
COMM ITTEE
FRAN K
AMBL ER
MACK
PETE R
ROY
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FALK NOR
KLUE SING
WHIT ESIDE
ATTOR NEY
BUI LDIN G ERE CTE D 1938
ROYE R
AND DANE LY
ARCH ITECT S
JOHN MELD RUM
ASSO CIATE
ARCH ITECT
THOS
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J
HIGG INS
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N.T.H.S.
DEAN W. FLAGG
Assistant Principal; Vocations, Civics
JOHN C. BENETTE
General Science, Biology
LINDA BERNHART
English
CLIFFORD W. COLLINS
Instrumental Music
RUTH ESCH
Dramatics
LESTER E. GALITZ
Mathematics, Boys' Athletics
MARIE GREEN
Bookkeeping, Typing, Geography
GRACE G. HARBERT
Social Science
HAROLD ISAACSON
Shop, Boys' Athletics
MILDRED B. JOHNSON
Typing, Shorthand
[ 12 }
�FACULTY
CLARA A. KLAUS
English, Music
ALICE LINE
Home Management,
Foods, Clothing
CAROLYN LUMPP
Social Science
LOUISE MYERS
Librarian
H. R. OHLSON
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
LUCILLE RONALDS
English
MARJORY RONALDS
English, French, Latin
MILDRED A. SCHAEFER
German, Hygiene, Girls' Athletics
JOHN GILBERT WILKINS
Art, Mechanical Drawing
LAURA ROSS
Office Secretary
[ 13]
�FINALE
S +range, this parting of the ways, this
E nding of four rushing years!
N ow
the busy cycle closes. Yet
I n the rich, broad compass of its days,
0
ur memories will often search,
Reach
S urely,
some magic rendezvous.
we shall meet again!
�DOROTHY JEANNE AGNEW
CHARLES W. AHRENS
LEONARD C. AHRENS
LORRAINE ANN BAUMANN
ROBERT BAUMHARDT
LOUISE ANN BENEDICT
LORRAINE BERTONCINI
WILLIAM JACK BIEGERT
EMIL J. BIRKENHEIER
CHARLES CARROLL
VINCENT WILLIAM DUDICK, JR.
ROBERT DUGUID
JOHN RICHARD EBY
GRACE M. ENDRE
ROBERT G. ENDRE
ROY M. GALLIPO
ROBERT GEERDTS
HAZEL MAE GRIFFIN
MYRTLE C. F. GROSSE
ALVIN T. GUENTHER
ROY M. GUENTHER
[ 15 }
�PAT HERD
BERNARD JAMES HOHS
GEORGE A . HORVATH
THEODORE C. ISERMAN
MARGARET JORGENSEN
JEAN BARNES JUNIAC
HARRY A. KETTER
ARDELLE A. KITTLESON
MARILYN D. KLUESING
MILDRED L. KLUESING
MILDRED E. KOSECK
BETTY ANN KRISOR
JOHN EDWARD KRUPA
TED LINDSTROM
MEREDITH M. MADSEN
JOHN FRANCIS MARGALSKI
LILLIAN E. MEYER
RUTH MITTELSTAEDT
KATHERINE L. MURRAY
KATHERINE NEUMANN
ROBERT T. NOESEN
[ 16 ]
�MILTON E. REMKE
ALVIN J. RUESCH
HARRIET M. SHIELDS
HERMAN E. SCHUETT
BETTE THLIMMENOS
WITHOUT PICTURES :
CHARLES L. GOHL
SOLON C . JENSEN
URSULA C. MOCKSCH
NICHOLAS W . WEBER
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TENA P. SCHULTZ
FRANK WHITTINGTON
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♦
•
BIRKENHEIER, EMIL
Junior Play Cast , See Chicago Club, Family Nigh t
Program.
CARROLL, CHARLES
Latin Club, Newstaff, See Chicago Club, Nileh i
Broadcasting and Camera Club , Junior Prom
Committee, Annual Staff, Ring and Pin Committee, Student Council , Boys' State.
DUDICK, VINCENT
Newstaff (Lane), Student Council (Lane).
DUGUID, ROBERT
French Club, Golf, See Chicago Club , Band , O rchestra , Junior Prom Committee.
EBY, RICHARD
Letterman's Club.
ENDRE, GRACE
Dramatics Club, Bowling, G . A. A. , Glee Club ,
Junior Play Cast, Senior Play Cast, Newstaff, See
Chicago Club, Junior Prom Committee, Ring and
Pin Committee, Freshman-Sophomore Plays.
ENDRE, ROBERT
Glee Club, Golf, See Chicago Club , Junior Prom
Committee.
AGNEW, DOROTHY
Cheerleader, Dramatics Club, G . A. A., Glee
Club, Monitor's Club, Newstaff, See Chicago
Club, Tennis, Junior Prom Committee, Annua l
Staff.
GEERDTS, ROBERT
See Chicago Club, Publicity Artist.
GOHL, CHARLES
See Chicago Club.
GRIFFIN, HAZEL
G. A. A., Glee Club, See Chicago Club , Junio r
Prom Committee.
AHRENS, CHARLES
Glee Club, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom
Committee.
GROSSE, MYRTLE
G. A. A. , Glee Club.
AHRENS , LEONARD
Glee Club, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom Committee, Student Council.
GUENTHER, ALVIN
See Chicago Club, Bowling, Annual Staff, Band ,
Orchestra, Student Council.
BAUMANN, LORRAINE
GUENTHER, ROY
Glee Club, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom Com mittee.
Latin Club, Bowling , G. A. A., See Chicag-o Club,
Tennis, Junior Prom Committee , Student Council.
BAUMHARDT, ROBERT
See Chicago Club, Bowling .
BENEDICT, LOUISE
Dramatics Club , G . A. A. , Glee Club , See Chicago Club, Bowling.
BERTONCINI, LORRAINE
French Club, G . A. A., Glee Club, Monitor's
Club, Newstaff, See Chicago Club, Junior Pro m
Committee, Student Council.
BIEGERT, WILLIAM
See Chicago Club, Family Night Program , Bowling .
]
HERD, PATRICIA
G. A. A. , French Club, Glee Club , See Chicago
Club, Tennis.
HOHS, BERNARD
Bowling, Glee Club, See Chicago Club, Band ,
Orchestra, Nilehi Broadcasting and Camera Club ,
Junior Prom Committee.
HORVATH, GEORGE
Glee Club, Bowling, Dramatics Club , German
Club, Golf, Junior Play Cast, See Chicago Club ,
Nilehi Broadcasting and Camera Club , Junior
Prom Committee, Student Council.
( 22 }
�Archive
of
Graduates ' Activity Records
ISERMAN, THEODORE
Dramatics Club , Bowling , Latin Club , German
Club, Junior Play Cast, Senior Play Cast, See
Chicago Club.
MEYER , LILLIAN
Glee Club , Monitor 's Club, See Chicago Club ,
Junior Social Committee , Family Night Social
Committee.
JORGENSEN, MARGARET
Dramatics Club, Bowling , G. A. A. , Glee Club,
Newstaff, See Chicago Club , Tennis, Junior Prom
Committee , Senior Play Cast.
MI TTELSTAEDT, RUTH
Dramatics Club , G. A. A., Glee Club , Newstaff,
See Chicago Club.
JUNIAC, JEAN
Dramatics Club , G. A. A. , Glee Club, Golf, Junior Play Cast, See Chicago Club, Senior Play
Cast, Junior Prom Committee , Annual Staff, Ring
and Pin Committee , Student Council.
KETTER, HARRY
Glee Club, See Chicago Club, Bowling.
KITTELSON, ARDELLE
Dramatics Club , Bowling, French Club, G . A. A. ,
Glee Glub, Junior Play Cast, Senior Play Cast,
See Chicago Club , Tennis , Junior Prom Committee, Mixed Chorus.
KLUESING, MARILYN
G. A. A., Bowling Club, French Club, Monitor 's
Club , See Chicago Club , Junior Prom Committee.
MOCKSCH , URSULA
German Club , Monitor's Club, See Chicago Club,
Science Club.
MURRAY, KATHERINE
French Club , G. A. A., Monitor 's Club , See Chicago Club.
NEUMANN, KATHERINE
German Club, Glee Club , Monitor's Club , See
Chicago Club , Junior Prom Committee, Science
Club.
NOESEN, ROBERT
Glee Club, Golf, See Chicago Club, Nilehi Broadcasting and Camera Club, Mixed Chorus, Family Night Program.
REMKE, MILTON
German Club, Letterman's Club, Band , Orchestra , Nilehi Broadcasting and Camera Club.
KLUESING, MILDRED
Glee Club, See Chicago Club.
RUESCH, ALVIN
See Chicago Club.
KOSECK, MILDRED
G. A. A., Glee Club, Bowling .
SCHUETT, HERMAN
Latin Club, Glee Club, Monitor's Club, See Chicago Club , Mixed Chorus.
KRISOR, BETTY
Latin Club, Bowling, G. A. A., Monitor's Club,
Newstaff, See Chicago Club, Tennis, Junior Prom
Committee, Ring and Pin Committee, Annual
Staff, Science Club.
SCHULTZ, TENA
Dramatics Club, Bowling , Glee Club, Junior Play
Cast, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom Committee.
KRUPA, JOHN
Letterman's Club , Junior Prom Committee.
LINDSTROM, TED
French Club, Junior Play Cast, Newstaff, See
Chicago Club, Band, Junior Prom Committee ,
Annual Staff, Science Club.
MADSEN, MEREDITH
Dramatics Club, Latin Club, G. A. A., Junior Play
Cast, Senior Play Cast, Monitor's Club, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom Committee, Annual Staff,
Student Council, Family Night Program, Freshman-Sophomore Plays.
MARGALSKI , JOHN
See Chicago Club, Science Club.
[ 23 ]
SHIELDS, HARRIET
French Club , Glee Club, Monitor's Club , See
Chicago Club, Student Council.
THLIMMENOS , BETTE
Freshman-Sophomore Plays, Cheerleader, Dramatics Club, French Club, Glee Club, Golf,
Senior Play Cast, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom
Committee.
W EBER , NICHOLAS
Dramatics Club, Bowling, French Club, Glee Club,
Junior Play Cast, See Chicago Club , Science
Club.
W HITTINGTON, FRANK
Dramatics Club, Bowling , Latin Club , Glee Club ,
Golf, Jun ior Play Cast , See Chicago Club.
D. A.
�DETER MINAT O
♦
♦
•
♦
•
•
•
DOROTHY AGNEW is going to start life's path with a year of work in her Dad's
office. She hopes to attend Purdue later.
CHARLES AH RENS will report back at Nile hi for post-graduate work.
LEONARD AHRENS has set some college as his goal.
LORRAINE BAUMANN, we see, hopes ultimately to be someone's idea of a perfect
secretary.
ROBERT BAUMHARDT will take up a trade at one of Chicago's trade schools.
LOUISE BENEDICT'S next move will be enrollment in a nearby business college.
LORRAINE BERTONCINI still racks her brain about plans for the future.
WILLIAM BIEGERT steps into his father's shoes as soon as a diploma is handed him.
EMIL BIRKENHEIER will be able to fix up any electric socket and probably a lot more
when he finishes a course in electricity.
CHARLES CARROLL heads for either Northwestern or Illinois to study aeronautical
engineering.
VINCENT DUDICK has a deep, dark and secret passion for airplanes, and, after attending Armour Tech, may take up aviation.
ROBERT DUGUID plans to attend Lake Forest College. This summer you will find
him busily engaged on the Evanston Golf Course. But, whoa, there is his musical
ability to think about.
RICHARD EBY will continue into the greater things of life in some nearby university.
GRACE ENDRE is interested in comptometry.
ROBERT ENDRE may develop into a burly policeman after passing his examination.
ROBERT GEERDTS will draw himself up the ladder of fame as a commercial artist. May
return to Niles Township and continue study under Mr. Wilkins next Fall.
CHARLES GOHL. We wonder!
HAZEL GRIFFIN aspires to devote her life to shorthand hieroglyphics and typing
clatter.
MYRTLE GROSSE may, after dressmaking school, be the maker of famous people's
clothes.
ALVIN GUENTHER is deep in a quandary. He is blessed with a surplus of talents, and
doesn't know whether to pursue art or music.
ROY GUENTHER is going to let the future look out for itself.
PATRICIA HERD plans to go to college.
BERNARD HOHS has an eye on Bradley. Good luck, Bud.
GEORGE HORVATH hopes to find an employer looking for a bright young man.
That is all he asks right now.
THEODORE ISERMAN will go on to school to study air-conditioning.
MARGARET JORGENSEN is going to continue having fun while she attends a small
college.
[ 24 }
�The
Seniors
Plan
♦
♦
JEAN JUNIAC hopes to attend a specializing school either in Chicago or New York.
Designing is the subject Jean has chosen to study.
HARRY KETTER has no definite plans for the future.
[
ARDELLE KITTELSON plans to work a year before going on to business college.
MARILYN KLUESING will become one of North Park Junior College's fair coeds. Her
major will be home economics.
[
MILDRED KLUESING doesn't have any definite plans-or, maybe Cupid pierced her
heart?
BETTY KRISOR hasn't worried about her future yet. Hopes to travel this summer.
JOHN KRUPA doesn't know if he will continue school or not, but in the meantime
will be a bell hop or an elevator boy in a Chicago Club. Going up-p-p!
TED LINDSTROM plans to study engineering at the University of Illinois.
MEREDITH MADSEN, who is scientifically minded, hopes to attend college and further
her knowledge in the technical laboratory work.
JOHN MARGALSKI will probably work hard in one of Niles business stores before
further schooling. Electrical engineering will be his field.
RUTH MITTELSTAEDT is going to make a cute secretary.
URSULA MOCKSCH after covering every inch of New York's World Fair will take
to the white cap and uniform of a nurse.
KATHERINE MURRAY will juggle figures galore in her bookkeeping and clerical work
after business school.
[
KATHERINE NEUMANN doesn't know where or when yet, but she will go into nurse's
training. Maybe a second Florence Nightingale.
MILTON REMKE will light up the town through the neon sign business he has already
started. This will help pay his way through North Park College and Illinois Medical.
ALVIN RUESCH reports he hopes to help Uncle Sam get the mail through as a Post
Office employee.
HERMAN SCHUETT says he will return to Nilehi for a postgraduate course.
he likes the new building.
Guess
TENA SCHULTZ wants to become a comptometrist. She will attend Gregg College
for the proper instruction.
HARRIET SHIELDS will look over New York City this summer as well as the World's
Fair. Later she will go into nurse's training.
BETTE THLIMMENOS is going to represent Niles Township at either the Art Institute
or the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. Bette will continue her fine art work in
fashion and dress designing.
NICHOLAS WEBER hopes to fly through the air with the greatest of ease as a commercial pilot. Happy Landings.
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�BATONS, BARS, AND BEATS
Probably no department of the school suffered such inadequacy of facilities while in Lincoln School as did the
department of instrumental music.
A beautiful new music room, new instruments, and workable rehearsal schedules have resulted in excellent advancement.
Director, Mr. Collins.
J
ORCHESTRA MEMBERS
G. Arndt, P. Bugera, R. Buthman, R. Carl, D. Cotanche, M. Dahm, B.
Domas, R. Duguid, J. Ellis, R. Fisher, W. Flagg, A. Guenther, D. Gutman,
R. Harms, W. Heidtke, B. Hohs, A. Johantgen, V. Kadlac, H. Kiehm,
W. Lauth, D. Mueller, E. Muto, D. Nordmark, I. Pawlowski, G. Proesel,
V. Reuter, S. Schaefer, J. Shervington, M. Throop, R. Throop, I. Turski,
E. Westerlund, R. Wilson, C. Whittington, N. Whitworth.
BAND MEMBERS
M. Becker,
Flannagan,
V. Kadlac,
Nordmark,
R. Throop,
C. Blaumeuser, R. Carl, B. Domas,
A. Guenther, D. Gutman, R. Harms,
H. Kiehm, W. Lauth, H. Maier, R.
V. Reuter, H. Silicani, S. Schaefer,
E. Westerlund, C. Whittington, N.
R. Duguid, J. Ellis, W.
B. Hohs, A. Johantgen,
Moore, D. Mueller, D.
D. Smyser, M. Throop,
Whitworth, R. Wilson.
J
�POWD ER, PAINT , ANU PROP S
GROWING PAINS
A delightful three-act comedy, "Growing Pains", was the initial production of the
Dramatics Department for presentation in the new Community Theater.
The play, which was offered on the successive evenings of April 27th and 28th,
presented the predicament of the Mclntyres who see their young boy and girl tossing
about in the pandemonium of adolescence. They give frantic directions for steering
the turbulent course of youth-advice which the egocentric youngsters blithely ignore,
of course.
This is the second year that the Senior class has sponsored an all-school production.
�DOWNS AND DRIBBLES
ON THE GRIDIRON
The Trojan Gridders completed the 1938 season with three victories and five defeats. "Beany" Field's shoulder injury and Orin Van
Cleve's ankle fracture added to the early setbacks. Next year's possibilities look promising despite the loss of four seniors: Dick Eby, "Goober"
Kennedy, "Chuck" Carroll, and Bud Dudick.
This year's most valuable player award went to Dick Eby, and his
name will be engraved on the Nilehi gold football. He was also presented
with a permanent trophy.
c.c.
ON THE MAPLE
Winning twelve out of fourteen encounters and holding second place
in the Northwest Conference, the Nilehi five completed its most successful cage season to date. The Trojan quintet was captained by the
versatile all-conference athlete, Dick Eby. Dick showed outstanding ability
on the hardwood for four years, and was selected by his teammates as
the most valuable player of the year.
Ed Boyk, leading conference scorer, compiled a season's total of
218 points.
Willard Baumann displayed exceptional scoring and offensive ability.
"Red" Williams, drafted from the lightweight squad in mid-season to fill
the gap at center, showed flashes of real ability. Bud Hohs and Bob
Harms alternated at the guard position. John Krupa, "Chuck" Carroll,
"Beany" Field and Duane Ford formed a battery of high powered reserves.
T. L.
THE SCOREBOARD
FOOTBALL
BASKETBALL
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
*Mar.
*Mar.
2
9
16
13
20
27
3
10
17
18
24
2
3
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
Nilehi
27
31
29
44
35
46
49
48
48
41
43
48
25
Leyden 29
Arlington 18
Barrington 21
Lake Forest 25
Leyden 26
Libertyville 35
Barrington 26
Bensenville 40
Lake Forest 28
Antioch 29
Alumni 33
Highland Park 43
New Trier 37
*Waukegan Regional Tournament
Sept. 24
Nilehi 19
Evanston 0
Sept. 30
Nilehi 6
Lake Forest 12
Oct. 8
Nilehi 12
Nilehi 6
Warren 25
Oct. 21
Nilehi 7
Arlington 26
Oct. 28
Nilehi 0
Grant 6
Nov. 4
Nilehi 6
Libertyville 19
Nov. 10
Nilehi 25
Leyden 0
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�GALLIVANTIN' GALS
G. A. A.
In and about the school, the Girls' Athletic Association strives to promote good
sportsmanship and superior athletics. With these ideals in mind, the organization sponsors such activities as bowling, golfing, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, and participation in a variety of social activities.
A charter membership of seventy-five girls has grown to over a total of one hundred twenty-five members in, this, its second year of organized existence.
A. J.
IT TAKES A LEVEL HEAD TO WIN
A LEVEL HAND A LEVEL EYE
BUT SOMETIMES
EVEN WHEN YOU TRY YOUR LEVEL BEST
THINGS GO AWRY
YOU DROP THE BALL YOU MISS YOUR AIM
YOU SLIP A COG AND QUEER A GAME
THEN COMES THE TEST
DON'T MAKE EXCUSE; DON'T CRUMPLE
STAND UP IN YOUR SHOES: REMEMBER
IN A CERTAIN SENSE
IT TAKES A LEVEL HEAD TO LOSE!
(From the G. A. A. Handbook)
EXECUTIVE
BOARD
W. Flagg
M. Throop
A. Carroll
G. Endre
D. Anderson
Director:
Miss Schaefer
S. Greiner
A. Jurasitz
P. Braeseke
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�NILEHI NOMADS
Wandering nomads are the members of the See Chicago Club,
now boasting an enrollment of over one hundred. Their purpose:-not
just to roam, but to acquire a knowledge of the interesting points in
the industrial and the cultural life of Chicago.
Maxwell Street, with all the merchandise at sliding prices, proved
an amusing variation in the school routine. The county courts, the jail,
and the dog-pound showed the guests what goes on in the realm of
the law. Sweetmeats held the attention of the visitors on the Mars
Candy Company trip, which was taken chiefly to see an example of
local industry. An opera trip gave the boys an opportunity to don dress
suits; but, for some strange reason, no boy appeared in "soup and fish."
On Junior-Senior day the juniors went to the Field Museum, the
Planetarium, and the History Institute, where Mrs. Thorne's carefully
furnished miniature rooms of various periods attracted the interest of
both girls and boys. Seniors journeyed south to the region of the Stockyards, where they learned about meat-packing, and in the afternoon
stopped at the more inviting Rosenwald Museum of Science and Industry.
Most of the students experimented in the Whispering Gallery, where the
faintest whisper carries from one end of a room to the other.
The active year of the See Chicago Club was closed with a trip
to Springfield where the General Assembly was visited. Lincoln's home
and resting place, and New Salem were interesting side trips that finished
a perfect day.
Members are anticipating next year's program which will include a
tour to Washington, D. C.
M. D.
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�MEETINGS, MOTIONS, AND MINUTES
NEWSTAFF
The pulse of Nilehi beats through the inky arteries and throbs in the whirling presses of the
bi-weekly "Nilehi News".
Under the supervision of Mr. Cotanche, the newstaff compiles, composes, and edits the news
spreads appearing in The News.
Dinners followed by talks on journalism have helped fill the year's social calendar, while a visit
to the Chicago Tribune Plant, through the courtesy of THE NEWS, proved to be the outstanding event
of the year.
Filler, ear, pix, banner, morgue , deadline, slug, and kill-these are now part and parcel of the
A. J.
vocabularies of the staff members.
STANDING: W. Lauth, M. Jorgensen, A. Jurasitz, C. Carroll, M. Dahm, R. Mittelstaedt, T. Lindstrom,
S. Greiner. SEATED: L. Bertoncini, M. Krajchovich, B. Krisor, G. Endre, M. Nordby, D. Anderson .
LE CERCLE FRANCAIS
The aims of this new club are two-fold and to the point: to become better acquainted with the
customs of the French people; and, to provide more opportunity to practice speaking in French.
Miss Marjorie Ronalds is the sponsor.
Retiring officers are: Robert Shure, Le President; Betty Kelly, La Vice-Presidente; Virginia Mehren ,
and Robert Troop, Les Secretaires; Martha Krajchovich, and John Nelson, Les Tresoriers.
STANDING, LAST ROW: J. Juniac, B. Meuer, M. Riser, I. Turski, K. Murray, J. Nelson, B. Glatz,
M. Nordby, J. Comstock, R. Throop, E. Jorgensen, E. Westerlund, D. Jacobs, J. Birong, E. Garner.
STANDING, FIRST ROW: A. Bonaguro, B. Thlimmenos, E. Celmer, I. Swanson, W. Flagg, Supervisor;
Miss M. Ronalds, J. Leclercq, V. Kadlec, E. Pearson. SEATED: V. Baity, M. Kluesing, L. Bertoncini,
B. Williams, M. Krajchovich, V. Mehren, B. Kelly, R. Shure, R. Duguid, N. J. Van Wormer, W. O'Connell.
LATIN CLUB
"Ad astra per aspera."
Pledged to pass on the torch of classical knowledge, the Latin Club members demonstrate the
relation of ancient Latin to the everyday affairs of today.
The officers elected are as follows:
Counsels, or chairmen: Phyllis Schlotterbeck, and Herman Schuett. Quaestors, or secretary and
treasurer: Ruby Bowser, and Phyllis Braeske. Aedile, or entertainment chairman: Edith Luxem.
REAR: H. Schuett, C. Lindhoy, E. Snyder, E. Luxem, R. Bowser, C. Nelson, Director: Miss M. Ronalds.
THIRD ROW: G. Becker, G. Regan, M. L. Shilling, J. Shervington, M. Winger, N. Delfino, P. Schlotterbeck, R. Balfour, W. Stevens. SECOND ROW: G. Siemsen, H. Shields, R. Fisher, D. Kranz, P. Braeseke ,
G. Good, P. Anderson, M. Becker, H. Krisor, V. Baptist, S. Rizzo. FIRST ROW: J. Huemmer, D. Gehrs,
H. Miller, D. Cecconi, G. Bartz, L. Baumhardt, S. Greiner.
GERMAN CLUB
If one happens to meet a group of enthusiastic young Klassenkameraden in Old Heidelberg, or the
Kino, it will most likely be the German Club of Nilehi. To be a member, one must belong to the
adva need German Class.
These up and coming socialites meet and plan such adventures for the purpose of finding out
how their customs and dress compare with the Germans of yesteryear. Great pleasure is found in
putting their classroom German to use by talking to waiters in the restaurants which they visit.
Gruesse von der deutschen Klasse.
LEFT TO RIGHT AROUND TABLE: H. Hynes, R. Carl, G. Horvath, A. Mayer, J. Hegarty, M. Hermes ,
D. Gutman, E. Harmes, R. Krueger, J. Winklhofer, U. Mocksch, J. Campbell, G. Kartheau, A. Rogers,
T. Iserman, R. Harms, B. Kristof, A. Jurasitz, S. Greiner, R. Campbell, E. Boyk, R. Eby. STANDING:
K. Neumann, Director: Miss Schaefer.
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��STUDENT FA CULTY FORUM
Hear ye! Hear ye! The Student Faculty Forum of the Niles Township High School
will now come to order!
With these words, and a whack of the gavel, this new organization takes up business at hand at its weekly meetings. The group is composed of one representative
from each home room, and several f acuity members. It meets to deliberate on problems of school and campus, to formulate suggestions for improvement, and, to engineer procedure for adoption of recommended action. Sponsor: Mr. Benette.
REAR: S. Rizzo, Mr. Flagg, Director ; Mr. Benette, Miss Green, Mr. Cotanche , R. Podraza. SECOND
ROW: Miss M. Ronalds, B. Hegarty, D. Petty , P. Braeseke. FIRST ROW : K. Nelson , L. Baumann, S.
Dilg , N. Asmussen, R. Duguid, H. Hynes, D. Anderson , M. Throop.
P. B.
MONITORS CLUB
"May I see your pass?" is the query most frequently heard from members of the
Monitors Club. Just as Mercury of old was messenger to the Gods, these versatile
persons carry the dispatches of administration and teachers. The services rendered
by the members make them greatly appreciated as adjuncts to the office staff.
REAR: S. Schaefer, A. Bonaguro, D. Kranz, S. Dilg , P. Braeseke, L. Meyer, E. Celmer, M. Hogarty,
L. Bertoncini , G. Moorad , F. Cervenka . FIRST ROW: J. Jones, C. Lindhoy, J. Winklhofer, A. Stachon ,
M. Nordby, M. Madsen , H. Schuett, E. Luxem , K. Sutter , V. Pearson , K. Murray, A. Brauch, W. Struck.
LEFT STAIRS: Supervisor: Miss Ross, B. Kriser, H. Shields, A. Jurasitz, J. Leclercq . RIGHT STAIRS:
M. Jorgensen, D. Anderson , M . Hermes, B. Thlimmenos, M. Desmond.
P. B.
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�CHEERLEA DERS
Orange and blue! Roaring crowds! Wild applause! Here come the Nilehi cheerleaders. In victory and in defeat, these well-drilled pep-rousers have steadfastly helped
to build a school spirit that makes every student a keen Trojan sports fan. Sponsor:
Miss Schaefer.
P. B.
CHEERLEADERS
LEFT TO RIGHT: M. Throop, A. Carroll, H. Hynes, P. Braeseke, P. Reiland.
LEFT TO RIGHT: H. Schuett, V. Kadlec, E. Herman, S. Greiner, H. Hynes.
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Mezzo sopranos, agitated altos, lyric tenors, and
basso profundos join to set the atmosphere of room
IO I vibrating to lovely lullabies, briny sea chanties
and the traditional ballads. This year the freshmen
and sophomores form an independent glee club
while the juniors and seniors strive to set the musical
pace. Improved facilities and adequate time help to
keep the glee clubs among the most popular organizations at Nilehi.
G. A.
ADVANCED GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
REAR: V. Nelson, M. Dahm, K. Viani, M. Kluesing, R. Einhaus,
M. Loutsch, K. Murray, I. Turski, M. Jorgensen, B. Kristof, P.
Herd, V. Baity. THIRD ROW: L. Meyer, L. Bertoncini, E. Gohl,
G. Brock, R. Mittelstaedt, L. Bartz, D. Gehrs, A. Bonaguro, G.
Moorad. SECOND ROW: R. Werdell, M. Kluesing, D. Van
Cleave, M. Hermes, M. Nordby, M. Kalmes, L. Krueger, A. Kittelson, M. Winger. FIRST ROW: J. Campbell, T. Schultz, E. Snyder,
F. Dolan, G. Regan, G. Endre, G. Siemsen, B. Thlimmenos, L.
Lange.
ADVANCED BOYS' GLEE CLUB
REAR: H. Maier, J. Birong, R. Shure, R. Harms, W. O'Connell,
R. Endre, W. Brunke, R. Noesen, D. Ford, J. Losand, W. Baumann.
MIDDLE: R. Guenther, B. Hohs, J. Margalski, L. Ahrens, W.
Strange, E. Boyk, G. Razkow, E. Garner, R. Eby, I. Paroubek.
FRONT: J. Kelly, B. Glatz, A. Brauch, B. Throop, C. Ahrens, R.
Schoenberger, C. Carroll, G. Arndt, J. Kennedy.
FRESH-SOPH GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
REAR: M. Heiniger, D. Kranz, G. Bartz, H. Miller, P. Reiland ,
J. Inman, W. Dudick, M. Sesterhenn, P. Bailey, W. Flagg, A.
Thlimmenos, M. Dolon, M. Hohs, E. Konowich, M. Cote, A.
Bertoncini. THIRD ROW: K. Sutter, E. Luxem, J. Brei, S. Harms,
A. Stachon, L. Meidtke, V. Pearson, M. Boyd, J. Berg, M. Throop,
H. Schuett, H. Van Kampen, M. Curtis, I. Pawlowski, W. Wojtkiewicz, J. Shervington, R. Fisher. SECOND ROW: L. Baptist,
J. Florus, M. Green, C. Thomas, D. Nelson, G. Dahm, I. Betlinski,
A. Weber, L. Becker, M. Risinger, L. Betlinski, E. Sidlo, 0. Krajchovich, D. Nordmark, M. McKeever. FIRST ROW: M. Hegarty,
B. Meuer, E. Herman, P. Braeseke, A. Carroll, J. Pike, R. Buthman, L. Baumhardt, J. Huemmer, Director: Miss Klaus.
FRESH-SOPH BOYS' GLEE CLUB
THIRD ROW: R. Krier, M. Nosal, C. Clark, F. Keegan, C. Febrow,
H. Harrington, D. Smyser, C. Koller, R. Sidlow, W. Schnur, C.
Whittington, W. Struck, D. Baumann, D. Nelson, E. Krupa, A.
Grover, P. Perlman, R. Krier. SECOND ROW: E. Gatzke, M.
Becker, J. Heiniger, P. Mikota, R. Flynn, S. Rizzo, W. King, H.
Baumann, E. Witte, R. Edwards, J. Dechambre, E. Springer, H.
Dahm, H. Anderson, T. Lindstrom. FIRST ROW: G. Smith,
H. Kiehm, E. Breitenbach, J. Fisher, B. Raimer, C. Lindhoy, W.
Ross, R. Freres, B. Jarrett, R. Reiland, E. Westerlund, S. Schuett,
E. Miner. FRONT: Director: Miss Klaus, R. Wilson.
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�PROGR AMME
DEAR DIARY:
Sept. 6-School opens.
Once again I dust off my brains {and a few chairs)
and work out my sentence of hard { 7) labor.
Sept. 23-See Chicago Club trip to Post Office.
I don't see how our letters ever find their way out of
that mad rush.
Sept. 24-Evanston vs. Nilehi. {Football)
19 to 0! Nilehi gloats! What happened to our
cheering section?
Sept. 30-Lake Forest vs. Nilehi. {Football)
The first loss of the season, but we still have time to
make a comeback. Maybe the sun was in somebody's
eyes.
Oct. 4-Assembly.
P's and Q's of hall traffic aired by teachers. Awful
dry!
Oct. 8-Barrington vs. Nilehi. {Football)
Packed the bus full and went to Barrington. Came
home cheering! We won-12 to 6.
Oct. 12-Holiday.
Thanks Columbus! G. A. A. sponsored splash party.
Oct. 15-Warren vs. Nilehi. (Football)
I hate to write this. We lost 26 to 6.
Oct. 21-Arlington vs. Nilehi. (Football)
"Beanie's" broken collar bone slowed us up and
caused our downfall, although I think somebody forgot his rabbit's foot. Score: 26 to 7.
Oct. 21-Football Dance.
Our traditional Football Dance. Oh! Could those
huskies truck!
Oct. 28-Grant vs. Nilehi. (Football)
The streak of bad luck is still with us. We lost
6 to 0.
Oct. 31-Holiday.
Halloween! The Ghosts celebrated and so did we.
Nov. 2-See Chicago Club trip to "Blossom Time."
The name of the operetta didn 't tie in with our
gloomy fall weather.
Nov. 4-Libertyville vs. Nilehi. {Football)
The boys can't seem to find their stride. Score:
19 to 6.
Nov. 5-See Chicago Club trip to the Opera .
"Lucia di Lammermoor" with Lily Pons.
Nov. I I-Holiday.
Time off to watch the stars and stripes go by.
Nov. 18-G. A. A. Party.
G. A. A. girls disguised as tykes and toddlers enjoyed themselves by engaging in childish amusements.
Nov. 24, 25-Holidays.
Time in which to jam our brains in preparation for
the period tests and also in which to eat turkey.
Nov. 25-See Chicago Club trip to Opera.
"Madame Butterfly." I wonder if I just don't like
operas?
Nov. 30-G. A. A. sponsored Splash Party.
Dec. 2-Leyden vs. Nilehi. {Basketball)
Freak game! Even though we lost it we received a
letter from the head of the Conference commending
our sportsmanship because the tying point was in the
basket and we acknowledged having heard the bell.
Leyden 29; Nilehi 27.
Dec. 3-See Chicago Club trip to County Jail.
all decided not to break the laws because a jail
1s decidedly not the pleasantest place to reside. Some
of the inmates didn't seem to mind, however.
Dec. 9-Arlington vs. Nilehi. (Basketball)
A victory! Hurrah! I hope the boys keep us happy
by repeating this score often. Arlington 18; Nilehi 31.
Dec. IO-Family Nite Dance.
Program, play, people. Papas and Mammas came too!
Dec. I I-See Chicago Club trip to Maxwell Street.
I never saw such a place. We all had fun bargaining
with the storekeepers.
Dec. 16-Barrington vs. Nilehi. (Basketball)
I knew they could do it! What a team! Score:
Nilehi 29 ; Barrington 21.
Dec. 17-Alumni Dance.
Alumni all rushed the Freshmen girls. My! My!
Dec. 22-Christmas Vacation.
Three days to do my Christmas shopping and eight
days to enjoy my gifts, but I don't think it was long
enough.
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Jan. 3-School reopens.
Back to my studies. Heavy is man 's lot in this vale
of tears.
Jan. 13-Lake Forest vs. Nilehi. {Basketball)
The Nilehi Hot Five won this battle from the Lake
Forest team to the tune of 44 to 25.
Jan. 18-G. A. A. Swim Party.
The girls threw a party and everyone came. The boys
appeared just for one reason-to see our beautiful
girls in bathing suits.
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Jan. 20-Leyden vs. Nilehi. (Basketball)
We're at it again! You just can't beat this Trojan
team. I overhead the coach from Leyden say that it
gave him the creeps just to see "Red" Williams come
into the game. By the way-Score: 35 to 26.
Jan. 23, 24, 25-Semester Exams.
I didn't think I could forget so much in one short
semester.
Jan. 26-Holiday.
Time off to recuperate. From what?-just look back
at the 23, 24, and 25.
Jan. 27-Holiday-Libertyville vs. Nilehi.
Ditto in regard to respite from school-but, say, have
we a powerful team! Another victory. Miss Schaefer's
white sweater and Mr. Ike's special outfit must have
held up the team's spirit.
Feb. 3-Barrington vs. Nilehi. (Basketball)
Just as we expected. This winning streak is lots of
fun. Score: 49 to 26.
Feb. 4-Snowball Dance.
The Snowball fight and the punch were the main attractions. Sophomores did a good job of sponsoring
dance.
Feb. 10-Bensenville vs. Nilehi. (Basketball)
Oh, did we whitewash those Bensenville cagers. Score:
48 to 40.
Feb. 17-Lake Forest vs. Nilehi. (Basketball)
Dedication of the gym and the first game there.
Largest crowd in the history of the school. We won:
48 to 28. Oh! what cheering.
Feb .. 18-Antioch vs. Nilehi. (Basketball)
Our team can't be beaten. Score: 41 to 29.
Feb. 22-Holiday.
It's a nice thought that someone chopped down a
cherry tree.
Feb. 24-Alumni vs. Nilehi. (Basketball)
We certainly deflated their ego. Won-as usual43 to 33. I guess they're getting old! G. A. A. sponsored a dance for the Alumni after the game. Good
idea-lots of fun.
Mar 2.-Regional basketball tournament at Waukegan.
Triumphed over Highland Park 48 to 43. The big
crowd helped, no doubt.
Mar. 3-Tournament again.
New Trier beat us 37 to 35. The team was awfully
tired. The cheering section came home in tears.
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Mar. 4-See Chicago Club trip.
The Mars Candy Company furnished us with material
for our sweet tooth.
Mar. 24-Junior-Senior Assembly.
John S. Sloan demonstrated the oddities of liquid
air. Very interesting, although I didn't know what to
expect next.
April 15-Spring Frolic.
Freshmen did a fine job of sponsoring this dance.
Music by the Aristocrats.
April lb-Dedication.
Interesting program. A flag was presented by the
American Legion Posts of Niles Center and Morton
Grove. A framed copy of the Constitution was presented by the Niles Center Auxiliary of the American
Legion.
I never saw such excitement in all my life. It really
was a grand success.
May I-Spring Vacation begins.
What a relief. The beautiful weather made school
work all the more uninviting.
May 3-See Chicago Club trip to Springfield.
After seeing the General Assembly in action maybe
some of our number would like to go into politics.
May 8-School reopens.
It's not so bad if you consider the fact that June is
not very far off.
May 12-Entertainment-R. Hoogerhyde.
What else is there to say?
May 30-Holiday.
Decoration day-time off to honor soldiers. Nice
parades.
June 2-Junior Prom.
The event of the year. Formals and flowers in great
prominence.
June 9-Senior exams.
Sometimes it's nice to be a senior-you get all exams
in one day.
June 12, 13, 14-Final exams.
Days of reckoning of the less fortunate under-classmen. Good luck to you!
June 15-Commencement.
Grand affair-caps and gowns were awfully warm.
Long speeches very impressive. I hope these diplomas
do some good.
'Nough said-M. Dahm, B. Krisor, M. Madsen, Inc.
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FOOTBALL CAPTAl N _____________________________ _
_________________________________ TWO YEARS: 1937-1938
BASKETBALL CAPTAl N _____ _ _
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VOTED MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALL PLA YER
ONE YEAR: 1938
VOTED MOST VALUABLE BASKETBALL PLAYER
TWO YEARS: 1938-1939
THE FIRST AND ONLY TROJAN TO EARN TWELVE MAJOR LETTERS
WILL THIS RECORD EVER BE EXCELLED AT NILEHI?
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�FOUND IN THE VACUUM SWEEPER
I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
SEEN AND HEARD
Hazel (Giggles) Griffin with a growl
Mr. Harold (Shiek) Isaacson with his hair
mussed up . . . Bud Fawcett in a hurry . . .
Pat Herd without an escort . . . Virginia
Mehren dancing with Corky Harrington .••
Alvin Guenther without "swing" on the brain
. . . A school play minus Will Stevens . . .
Allan Brauch in Clerical Garb . . . Pat Reiland with the gout . . . (Irish?) Kenneth
Shrambeck without his green sweater . • •
"Benny" Shure with a real shirt on ... Harry
Ketter editing an "Advice to the Lovelorn"
column . . . Margaret Dahm's folks receiving
a failure report . . . Winklhofer with a
"Heine" . . . Roy Gallipo playing on the
House of David sandlot team . . . Burton
Glatz with laryngitis ... Roland Moore doing
a ballet dance on an Evanston golf course
green.
A sign posted in the study hall on St.
Patrick's Day read: "Freshmen, in case of
fire, don't run. Green things won't burn!"
Mr. Flagg on seeing this immediately
screamed, "Take it down! They might take it
seriously!"
REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN
We used to get out of school at one
o'clock?
It was a simple matter to "ditch" school?
We couldn't open a locker without killing
a few freshmen?
You could walk from one end of the school
to the other without getting sore feet?
The kindergarten serenaded us every morning during "Problems"?
The bells were never out of order?
The swimming pool was just a vague dream
{it still is, April I I, 1939)?
DEFINITIONS
BOARD OF EDUCATION . . . that which
most of us are by June.
DANCE . . . that which you go to so you
may.
ATTENTION . . . that which Laura Ross
hopes to get when she says "please."
GONG . . . that by which you are saved
just as the teacher is giving you the •••
PICK HERE:
Shirley Dilg ________________ The Soldier's Sweetheart
Josephine Murray ____________________________ _ Delilah
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Helen Miller __________ _
___________________________ Daisy Mae
Kate Neumann __________________________________ Cleopatra
Chris Lindhoy _ ____ _ _
_ ___ ______________ _ _ Me and My
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Annette Carroll ______ _
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___ ___________________ Ju no
Marie Nordby ____________________________ The Girlfriend
Ardelle Kittelson __________________________________ Maggie
"Ginger" Kadlec ____________________ Carole Lombard
NILEHI MUSIC COUNTER
"She's a Latin from Manhattan"
Miss M. Ronalds
"Shortnin' Bread"
Miss Line
"Red Sails in the Sunset"
Mr. Wilkins
"Marie"
Carol Lee Rouse
Diana
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Louise Benedict -------------------------- -·------------Juliet
Dorothy Ag new ----··---------------------·-·-- Evangeline
MATCH HERE:
Willard Baumann The
Hunter
Vincent Dudick _Romeo
Wallace Brunke ----··-·--·····--------·----------Sampson
Roy Guenther . ---------····--------·-·-·--------·--·-Jiggs
Bud Lauth ______ ·----------·-------------------··· Clark Gable
Miss Green
"Blow, Gabriel, Blow!"
Mr. Collins
"In My Little Red Notebook"
Miss Bernhart
"You're a Sweet Little Headache"
Miss Myers
"Without My Walking Stick"
Miss Harbert
"Empty Saddles"
Miss Johnson
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off!"
Miss Lumpp
"The Scene Changes"
Mrs. Esch
"When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby"
Mr. Benette
"The Kid in the Three-cornered Pants"
Mr. Galitz
"Tain't Right!"
Kenneth Kellen
John Krupa ·-··------·--·-----· _____________________ Anthony
Mr. Ohlson
"Study in Brown"
Miss Klaus
"I don't care."
Mr. Isaacson
"Bend Down Sister!"
Miss Schaefer
"Sing You Sinners!"
Miss Klaus
"Deep In A Dream"
Miss L. Ronalds
"Small Fry"
H. R. Ohlson
"Take a scattered seating arrangement."
Mr. Flagg
Bud Hohs _ ------------------····-------···------··----Gabriel
Glenn Lenzen
The Soldier
Harold Hynes ____________________________________ L'il Abner
John Jon es ---··--------------------- Shadow
Armin Mayer
Fritz Parou bek
Bill O'Connell..
Jack Kelly
The
Whirling Dervishes
Roger Schoen berger -------------·----------···---Ju pit er
COPYRIGHT NO. 1234-4321
"Goober" Kennedy
"Oh boy! Is she a honey!"
Ted Lindstrom
"Now down in Granville. . "
Chuck Carroll
"I guess I'll get a Model A."
Lennie
"I'm
Harold
"It's
Ahrens
going to be a bachelor!"
Riske
a Betsy Lu-Lu.''
Mr. Lohrman
"You're supposed to be studying."
Miss Green
"Time-."
"01' King Cole"
No, thanks-no coffee and no teaJust water and milk for me;
Eight glasses of it I must consume
If an "N" girl I'm to be.
Sorry! no, thanks-no sweets for me today.
Less "swing"-more out-door play,
Eight hours of sleep for eight long weeks
May bring their sighs;
But oh, the prize
Is an "N" from the G. A. A.!
MATCHING TEST
Mr. Cotanche
"Little Sir Echo"
Miss Ross
SOCIAL
A goldfish gulping contest will be held on
the school lawn next Friday. For entries see
Mr. Benette. Favorites are Stanley Widinski,
Marie Throop, and "Goober" Kennedy.
Carol Lee Rouse
"Have you heard about Herman?"
Mr. Roach
"Still please-still one, still two, still three,
thank you."
Allan Brauch
"Gimme a fur instance."
Paul Mikota
"Whatsa matter baby?"
Laura Ross
"That is all."
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�MISS MILDRED TESS
Nothing in the preparation of this yearbook has
given us more pleasure than its dedication to a
pioneer in the organization, building, and d3velopment of our school. It is inspiring to know her.
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First interest in a high school for Niles Township came to light in 1914. A survey,
however, failed to convince the residents that the time for constructing a building was
opportune. The 1928 survey, instigated by the Niles Township Post of the American
Legion, again set people to thinking, but failed to bring materialization of the project.
Again a Township High School District was postponed into the future.
With the creation of the Lincoln High School by the Board of Education of School
District 69 came the nucleus of the present four year institution. Early maintenance
funds were derived from tuition received from the Non-High School District of Cook
County. The initial enrollment was 49. In 1932 the third year was added, and the
school was renamed the Niles Center High School, with the thought in mind that
the next venture would be the organization of a Community High School District
for Niles Center.
The next and concluding step, however, was the creation of a Community High
School District for Niles Township, comprising the Villages of Morton Grove, Niles
Center, Lincolnwood, Golf, and Niles. Official approval was given by the citizenry
on June 6, 1936.
With the aid of a Federal grant from the Public Works Administration for construction and equipment purposes, together with a large labor grant from the Works
Progress Administration for landscaping, the Niles Township High School building is
fast becoming an actuality.
It now remains for the community, the Board of Education, the Faculty, and the
pupils so to live and enrich their lives that this heritage shall not have been in vainthat today's foresight will prove tomorrow's worth.
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�Woe unto the weaklings! Humanity surges. Individuals press to hard won destinations. Is this the intersection of State and Madison streets at five-thirty? No indeed!
Merely the students of Niles Township Community High School passing to their classes.
Unyielding walls hem in the traffic closely. To scan a bulletin board means elbowing
juniors, sehiors, teachers, veritable squads of freshmen, and grade school children of
assorted sizes. Rumor hath it that one of the seniors of greater stature recently found
his fine stride impeded by a sixth grade hitch-hiker.
To pause in these corridors for, say, a discussion of the Russian situation would be
rude, if not disastrous. March steadily, in a tight file. It is a self-imposed rule born
of necessity.
The staircases function to capacity. The stairway landings offer oases of brie-f
respite. The use of the gym is scheduled with unbelievable care. The cafeteria daily
undergoes the violent metamorphoses from study hall to lunching place, and then
back to study hall. Groups prowl about searching with undying hope: Can we find
a conference room? A place for a club meeting? A spot for the deliberations of a
committee?
But here also is a miracle. The press of numbers has forced us to impose on othershas forced others to impose on us. Patience has been taxed; nerves have been frayed.
Yet, good humor has prevailed and the art of give-and-take has been learned. In a
building taxed well beyond designed capacity, we have had a school in the best sense
of the word. The handicaps brought us challenge, taught us tolerance. Already we
have sensed that herein have been built four years of experience that we shall keep
and cherish.
The new high school building, they say, will be spacious. In it, one can breathe
deeply without disturbing the social order. That luxury was denied us. Still, we are eaten
by no envy; and, we profess no regrets. For us, Lincoln Building will always stir the
kindliest remembrances.
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rapidly expanding high school and successful development of the intricate plans for a new building
have established the incumbent Board of Education
high in esteem of the patrons of Nilehi. The members, Mildred E. Tess, Ivan M. Paroubek, Frank
Ambler, Mack D. Falknor, and Peter J. Kluesing,
representing the several communities of Niles, Golf,
Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, and Niles Center, have
served since the inception of the high school district .
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Leader, counsellor, friend.
Our
PRINCIPAL
�DEAN W. FLAGG
JOHN C. BENETTE
CLIFFORD W. COLLINS
RUTH ESCH
LESTER E. GALITZ
MARIE GREEN
GRACE G. HARBERT
HAROLD ISAACSON
MILDRED B. JOHNSON
�CLARA A. KLAUS
CAROLYN LUMPP
. H. R. OHLSON
LUCILLE RONALDS
MARJORY RONALDS
MILDRED A. SCHAEFER
JOHN GILBERT WILKINS
FRANCES WINTON
VIRGINIA BUTHMAN
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Your race is run, oh Senior,
Yet your task has just begun.
You have reached forth for the prize
And it is yours.
The laurel of victory rests upon your head,
And the fruit of success tastes sweet in your mouth.
Yet rest not on conquests, oh Senior,
For the waters of stagnation will engulf you,
And the swirling pools reach up
To grasp its fair young prey,
To sweep away your mighty torch,
The torch to which all look for light.
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LAWRENCE P. CONRAD
VIOLET A. DENLEY
WALTER A. ERLER
MARY ELLEN ETHERTON
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HELEN J. FLOYD
MARY ANN FUERST
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KENNETH HAMPTON
EDWARD J. HARMS
DOROTHY M. HAUPT
LORRAINE HENNIG
ANNA J. HERMES
LUCILLE L. HEZNER
KATHERINE HILDEBRANDT
MATT F. HORVATH
ROBERT F. HOTH
KEN J. HUELS
!RENE E. HUSCHER
TAYLOR IVES
M. JANE JARRETT
LEONARD E. JORGENSON
LORETT A 0. KA WELL '
RUTH E. KELLER
EVELYN F. KOS ECK
HELEN H. KOTTKE
GEORGE H. KRAJCHOVICH
ROBERT W. KUHN
�MARGARET J. LANDL
ROY L. LEWIS
LORRAINE L. MAIER
HENRY J. MEINDL
SAMUEL MEYER
ROSEMARY A. MILLER
ROY D. MOORE
HARRY J. MUELLER
WILBERT E. R. MUELLER
MARGARET M. MURRAY
GENE V. NITCH -RITA S. NITCH
JEANNETTE L. PAROUBEK
KAYE I. PATENAUDE
JOYCE B. PETTY
LOUISE PUFAHL
WALTER B. RAU
LOUISE J. REI MAN
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ROSALIE C. RIZZO
HAROLD A . RUESCH
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DOROTHY H. TAYLOR
FRANCES THLIMMENOS
MIDDLE ROW
CAROLYN R. THROOP
BETTY J. TIERNEY
HELEN A. TILGES
WITHOUT PICTURES
AGNES F. WEIS
JAMES K. VINCENT
JOHN RICHARD MUTTI (February Graduate)
BOTTOM ROW
PAUL L. WERTZ
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CHARLES 0. ZERDAVAS
ALVIN M. KLUESING
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School Opened.
13
School Closed. Infantile Paralysis Epidemic.
20
School Reopened.
22
Freshman Picnic.
24
Football: Barrington vs. NTHS.
30
See Chicago Club visited Tribune Tower.
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Football: Libertyville vs. NTHS.
8
Football: Leyden vs. NTHS.
11
Junior Card and Bunco Party.
13
Lecture on South America.
15
Football: Lake Forest vs. NTHS.
22
Football: Warren vs. NTHS.
Football Dance.
29
Lecture on Illumination.
OVEMBER
2
Seniors visited Courts and Board of
Trade.
Football: Arlington vs. NTHS.
6
11
Football: McHenry vs. NTHS.
12
Junior-Senior Party.
15
Hanscom Players.
17
Juniors visited WGN Studios and Historical Museum.
20
See Chicago Club attended "Carmen".
25
Thanksgiving Recess.
ECEMBER
3
Hobo Day.
Basketball: Leyden vs. NTHS.
7
German Classes visited Old Heidelberg
and German Film.
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Basketball: Arlington vs. NTHS.
11
Junior Play: "Here Comes the Prince".
14
Basketball: Alumni vs. NTHS.
16
French Classes attended French Movie.
17
Basketball: Barrington vs. NTHS.
18
First Annual Alumni Dance.
22
Basketball: Antioch vs. NTHS.
24
Christmas Holidays Began.
~NUARY
3
School Reopened.
14
Basketball: Lake Forest vs. NTHS.
15
Family Night.
21
Basketball: Leyden vs. NTHS.
25-28 Final Examinations.
28
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FEBRUARY
4
8
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15
16
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23
25
26
MARCH
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7
9
10-11
18
22
25
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29
MAY
10
30
JUNE
4
13-17
13-15
16
17
Basketball: Libertyville vs. NTHS.
Lecture on South America.
See Chicago Club attended "Victoria
Regina".
Basketball: Barrington vs. NTHS.
Chemistry Class visited Steel and Cement Mills.
NTHS Sponsored Movie: "Victoria the
Great".
Lecture on National Parks.
Mississippian Singers.
See Chicago Club visited Chinatown.
Basketball: Lake Forest vs. NTHS.
Basketball: Wauconda Tournament.
Warren vs. NTHS.
Basketball: Wauconda Tournament.
Richmond vs. NTHS.
Basketball: Wauconda Tournament.
Palatine vs. NTHS.
Basketball: Waukegan Tournament.
Highland Park vs. NTHS.
Teachers Institute. No School.
Geography Class visited Stockyards.
Seniors Photographed for Yearbook.
S~phomore Party.
See Chicago Club visited NBC Studio.
Freshman Party.
Junior-Senior Party.
Washington Tour.
Spring Vacatio_.
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School Reopened.
Easter Dance.
Senior Sponsored Play" Another Spring".
Senior Sponsored Play. Second Cast.
Oratorical Contest.
Memorial Day Holiday.
Junior-Senior Prom.
Senior Week.
Final Examinations.
Commencement.
Annual School Picnic.
�ALECKSON, WILLIAM-Band, Golf, Junior Business Committees, Junior Play Ticket Committee ,
Latin Club, Monitors Club, Orchestra, See Chicago Club, Senior Seminar, Tennis Club, Junior
Prom Committee, Oratory '37 . . . BARCLAY,
HARRY-Bowling Club , Dramatics Club , Glee
Club , Junior Play Stage Hand, Letterman's Club ,
See Chicago Club, Senior Seminar, Tennis Club,
Senior Play . . . BAUMHARDT, JACK-Letterman's Club, Monitors Club , See Chicago Club ,
Junior Prom Committee . . . BETLINSKI, WALTER
-Letterman's Club , Monitors Club, See Chicago
Club , Junior Prom Committee . . . BISCHOF,
GLADYS-Bowling Club, Dramatics Club, G.A.A.,
German Club , Glee Club, Junior Play Dance Team,
Monitors Club , Operetta, See Chicago Club, Student Council, Tennis Club, Junior Prom Committee, Oratory '38 . . . BLOETHNER, WALTER
-Bowling Club, Dramatics Club, German Club ,
Glee Club, Golf, Junior Business Committees,
Mixed Chorus, Operetta . . . BREITENBACH,
MARY-Band, Bowling Club, Cheer-Leader , Dramatics Club, French Club, G.A.A., Glee Club,
Golf, Junior Play Cast, Mixed Chorus, Orchestra,
See Chicago Club , Senior Play ... BREITENBACH,
JOHN-Dramatics Club , Glee Club , Latin Club ,
Letterman's Club , See Chicago Club, Ring and
Pin Committee, Junior Prom Committee, Senior
Play ... BRUNKE, GLADYS-French Club, G.A.A.,
Glee Club, Honor Student Council, Junior Business Committee, Operetta, See Chicago Club,
Year Book Committee, Junior Prom Committee
CARL, BARBARA ANN-Band , Junior Business Committee, Monitors Club, Orchestra, See
Chicago Club . . . CHALUPNIK, MARY-German Club . .. CIOLAC , JOHN-Glee Club, Letterman 's Club, Monitors Club ... COBB, JANEBowling Club , Cheer-Leader, Dramatics Club ,
G.A.A., Glee Club , Golf, Honor Student Council,
Junior Business Committee, Latin Club, Monitors
Club, Operetta, See Chicago Club , Senior Seminar, Student Council, Junior Play Dance Team,
Senior Play . . . COLEMAN, JEAN-Bowling
Club , French Club, G.A.A., Glee Club, Junior Business Committee, Latin Club , Newspaper Staff, See
Chicago Club, Year Book Committee, Senior Seminar, Tennis Club , Junior Prom Committee . . •
CONRAD, LAWRENCE-Band, Bowling Club,
Camera Club, Glee Club, Monitors Club , Orchestra , See Chicago Club . . . DENLEY, VOLET
-Glee Club, Monitors Club , See Chicago Club
. . . ERLER, WALTER-German Club, See Chicago Club . . . ETHERTON , MARY ELLENDramatics Club, Freshman-Sophomore Plays, G .A.A.,
Glee Club, Junior Play Cast, Latin Club, Mixed
Chorus, Operetta , Junior Prom Committee, Senior
Play . . . FIELD, EVELYN-Bowling , Golf, Junior
Business Committees . . . FLOYD, HELEN-Bowling Club , G.A.A., See Chicago Club .. . FUERST,
MARY ANN-Dramatics C lub , G.A.A., German
Club , Junior Business Committees, See Chicago
Club . . . GUTMAN, VIRGINIA-Bowling Club ,
G.A.A., Glee Club, Junior Business Committees,
Junior Play Usher, Latin Club , Monitors Club , See
Chicago Club , Ring and Pin Committee, Year
Book Committee . . . HAMPTON , KENNETHFrench Club, Honor Student Council, Letterman 's
Club, Monitors Club , See Chicago Club , Ring and
Pin Committee , Year Book Committee , Student
Council . . . HARMS, EDWARD-Camera Club ,
German Club , Golf, Junior Play Ticket Committee, See Chicago Club, Senior Seminar, Junio r
Prom Committee ... HAUPT, DOROTHY-Bowling
Club , French Club , G.A.A., Glee Club , Junior
Business Committees, Junior Play Usher , Monitors
Club , See Chicago Club, Ring and Pin Committee, Tennis Club , Junior Prom Committee . . .
HENNIG , LORRAINE- Bowling Club, G.A.A. ,
See Chicago Club .. . HERMES , ANNA-G.A.A.,
German Club , Glee Club , Honor Student Council ,
Junior Business Committees, Junior Play Ticket
Committee , Mixed Chorus, Operetta , See Chicago
Club, Senior Play, Property Girl . . . HEZNER ,
LUCILLE-Bowling Club , G.A.A., Junior Play Property Girl, Monitors Club , See Chicago Club , Tennis Club, Junior Prom Committee . . . HILDEBRANDT, KATHERINE-G.A.A., Glee Club, See
Chicago Club . . . HORVATH, MATHIASGerman Club, Glee Club , Letterman's Club , Mixed Chorus, Monitors Club , Operetta . . . HOTH,
ROBERT-Bowling Club, Dramatics Club, Fresh man-Sophomore Plays, German Club, Junior Business Committees, Junior Play Cast, See Chicago
Club, Junior Prom Committee, Senior Play . . .
HUELS, KENNETH-Junior Play Stage Hand , Letterman's Club, Monitors Club, Newspaper Staff,
See Chicago Club, Year Book Committee, Junior
Prom Committee , Senior Play Stage Hand . . .
HUSCHER, !RENE-Bowling Club, G.A.A., Latin
Club, Monitors Club , Operetta, See Chicago
Club, Junior Prom Committee, Glee Club, Tennis
. . . IVES , TAYLOR-Camera Club, Glee Club ,
Boys Quartet ... JARRETT, JANE-Bowling Club ,
Dramatics Club , French Club , G.A.A., Glee Club ,
Golf, Junior Business Committees, Latin Club ,
Monitors Club, Newspaper Staff, Operetta , See
Chicago Club, Year Book Committee, Junior Prom
Committee, Oratory '37, Senior Play Cast . . .
JORGENSEN, LEONARD-Bowling Club, French
Club, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom Committee
. . . KAWELL, LORETTA-G.A.A., Glee Club ,
Operetta, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom Committee . . . KELLER, RUTH-Dramatics, Club ,
Freshman-Sophomore Plays, Glee Club , Honor Student Council, Junior Business Committees, Junio r
Play Cast, Latin Club , Monitors Club, Operetta ,
See Chicago Club, Year Book Committee , Senior
Seminar, Junior Prom Committee , Senior Play Cast,
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Oratory '38 ... KLUESING, ALVIN-Junior Prom
Committee . . KOSECK , EVELYN-Bowling Club,
G.A.A., Glee Club, Junior Business Committees,
Junior Play Ticket Committee, Newspaper Staff,
Operetta, Year Book Committee, Junior Prom Committee . . . KOTTKE, HELEN-G.A.A., Glee Club,
Year Book Committee. Senior Seminar . . . KRAJCHOVICH, GEORGE-Monitors Club, See Chicago Club . . . KUHN, ROBERT-Bowling Club,
Letterman's Club, Junior Prom Committee . . .
LANDL, MARGARET-Bowling Club, ,Dramatics
Club, G.A.A., German Club, G. ee Club, See
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Chicago Club, Senior Seminar, Senior Play Cast
. . . LEWIS, ROY-Dramatics Club, FreshmanSophomore Plays, Junior Business Committees,
Junior Play Stage Hand and Ticket Committee,
Latin Club, See Chicago Club, Year Book Committee, Senior Seminar, Tennis Club , Junior Prom
Committee, Senior Play Cast . . . MAIER, LORRAINE-Bowling Club, Dramatics Club, G.A.A.,
German Club, Honor Student Council, Junior Business Committees, Latin Club, See Chicago Club,
Junior Prom Committee, Senior Play, Property Girl,
Monitors Club . . . MEINDL, HENRY-Bowling
Club, Dramatics Club, German Club , Glee Club,
Junior Play Cast, Letterman's Club, Mixed Chorus,
Operetta, See Chicago Club, Senior Play Cast
. . . MEYER, SAM-Bowling Club, German Club,
See Chicago Club, Ring and Pin Committee,
Junior Prom Committee ... MILLER, ROSEMARY
-Bowling Club, G.A.A., German Club, Honor Student Council, Junior Business Committees, See
Chicago Club, Ring and Pin Committee, Junior
Prom Committee, Dramatics Club . . . MOORE,
ROY-Bowling Club, German Club, Golf, Junior
Business Committees, See Chicaqo Club, Senior
Seminar, NBC Club . . . MUELLER, HARRY-Letterman's Club, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom
Committee, Senior Play Stage Hand . . . MU ELLER, WILBERT-Dramatics Club, Freshman-Sophomore Plays, Glee Club, Mixed Chorus, Operetta,
See Chicago Club . . . MURRAY, MARGARETBand, Dramatics Club, French Club, G.A.A., Junior
Business Committees, Monitors Club, Orchestra,
See Chicago Club, Senior Play Cast . . . NITCH,
GENE-French Club, G.A.A., Latin Club, Orchestra, Junior Prom ComMittee, Oratory '38 . . .
NITCH, RITA-Dramatics Club, G.A.A., Glee Club,
Orchestra, Junior Prom Committee, Oratory '38 ...
PAROUBEK, JEANNETTE-Dramatics Club, G.A.A.,
Glee Club, Operetta, Junior Play Ticket Committee, See Chicago Club, Junior Prnm Committee, Senior Play Cast . . . PATENAUDE, KATHERINE-Junior Business Committees, See Chicago
Club . . . PETTY, JOYCE-French Club, G.A.A.,
Glee Club, Golf, Junior Business Committees, Junior Play Ticket Committee, Operetta, Orchestra,
See Chicaqo Club , Year Book Committee, Senior
Seminar, Tennis Club, Junior Prom Committee
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. . . PUFAHL, LOUISE-Bowling Club, Cheerleader, Dramatics Club, French Club, FreshmanSophomore Plays, G.A.A., Glee Club, Golf, Junior
Business Committees, Junior Play Cast, Mixed
Chorus, Monitors Club, Newspaper Staff, See
Chicago Club, Student Council, Tennis Club, Oratory '37, Senior Play . . . RAU, WALTER-Bowling Club, Dramatics Club, Glee Club, Letterman's
Club, Mixed Chorus, See Chicago Club, German
Club, Oratory '38 . . . REIMANN, LOUISEG.A.A., German Club, Glee Club, Monitors Club,
See Chicago Club . . . RISINGER, MERIALBand, Glee Club, Junior Play Ticket Committee, Orchestra , See Chicago Club . . . RIZZO, ROSALIE
-Dramatics CI u b, Freshman-Sophomore Play,
G.A.A., Glee Club, Operetta, See Chicago Club
. . . RUESCH, HAROLD-Camera Club, Golf,
Junior Business Committees, See Chicago Club,
Senior Play ... RUNNFELDT, WARREN-Bowling
Club, See Chicago Club, Senior Seminar, Senior
Play Stage Hand . . . SCHULTZ, RAYMONDBand, Dramatics Club, Orchestra, Junior Prom Committee ... SORENSEN, CLIFFORD-Bowling Club,
Letterman's Club, Junior Prom Committee . . .
SWANSON, WILLIAM-Dramatics Club, Freshman-Sophomore Plays, Junior Play Cast, Letterman's Club, Operetta, See Chicago Club, Year
Book Committee, Junior Prom Committee, Senior
Play . . . TAYLOR, DOROTHY-Bowling Club,
G.A.A., Glee Club, Operetta, See Chicago Club
. . . THLIMMENOS, FRANCES-Dramatics Club,
French Club, G.A.A., Glee Club, Honor Student
Council, Latin Club, Monitors Club, Operetta, See
Chicago Club, Year Book Committee, Senior Seminar, Junior Play Usher, Junior Prom Committee
. . . THROOP, CAROLYN-Bowling Club, Dramatics Club, French Club, G.A.A., Glee Club,
Golf, Honor Student Council, Junior Business Committees, Newspaper Staff, Operetta, Orchestra, See
Chicago Club, Ring and Pin Committee, Year
Book Committee, Senior Seminar, Junior Prom Committee, Oratory '37 and '38 ... TIERNEY, BETTYBowling Club, G.A.A., Glee Club, Honor Student Council, Latin Club, Mixed Chorus, Operetta,
See Chicago Club, Oratory '38, Senior Play Property Girl . . . TILGES, HELEN-Bowling Club,
Dramatics Club, G.A.A., Monitors Club, See Chicago Club, Junior Prom Committee . . . WEIS,
AGNES-Dramatics Club, Glee Club, Junior Play
Cast, Latin Club, See Chicago Club, Senior Play
Cast . . . WERTZ, PAUL-Bowling Club, French
Club, Golf, Junior Business Committees, Junior
Play Ticket Committee, See Chicago Club, Year
Book Committee, Senior Seminar, NBC Club, Junior
Prom Committee . . . ZERDAVAS, CHARLESBowling Club, Glee Club, Golf, Operetta, See
Chicago Club, Junior Prom Committee, Junior
Play Stage Hand . Senior Play Stage Hand.
�FROZEN ACTION AT NILEHI
�Neither the wizardry of lens and
shutter nor the art of the engraver
can truly capture the life coursing
through all the myriad activities of
school and campus that lie quite
beyond the pale of the classroom
door. But, within the limitations of
the still camera's eye, here, in best
pose and array, is pictorial record
of many of our extracurricular organizations ... from halfbacks to addicts
of public address system manipulation. This portfolio of today is tomorrow's testimonial of personal history.
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The Nilehi Trojans fought a difficult season in 1937, but gave good promise for next year. Two
casualties offered early set-backs: Bob Hoffman's leg fracture and Wally Strange's arm injury. The
McHenry game saw the close of the Nilehi gridiron careers of seniors Bob Kuhn, Cliff Sorenson,
Hank Meindl, Walter Rau, Harry Mueller, Ken Hampton, Red Vinc3nt, Matt Horvath, Harry Barclay,
Chuck Zerdavas, and Ed Harms.
An innovation this year was the gift of a gold football by Mr. W. J. Parker of Niles Center.
On this permanent trophy will be engraved, annually, ·lhe name of the p!ayer voted the season's
most valuable by his team-mates. Ken Hampton was honored by the first recognition.
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The FOOTBALL
SCOREBOARD
1937
Sept. 24. Barrington ________ 0
Niles Township 0
Oct. I. Libertyville ______ 19
Niles Township 6
Oct. 8. Leyden ____________ 19
Niles Township 6
Oct. 15. Lake Forest ______ 43
Niles Township 13
Oct. 22 . Warren ____________ 25
Niles Township 0
Nov. 6. Arlington ________ 33
Niles Township 13
Nov. 11. McHenry __________ 9
Niles Township 6
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with fourth place conference laurels to reward their season's efforts, the Nilehi quintet brought its schedule to u
close when it met Lake Forest on February 18th. Winning
most of its victories on the local hardwood, the Trojans
nevertheless carried themselves most creditably at the W auconda tourney, defeating Warren and Richmond, only to
yield first place to Palatine in a 37-38 tilt.
A silver basketball, the complement of the golden football,
and a gift of Mr. R. N. Pohlmann of Niles Center, will grace
the Nilehi trophy case hereafter. Doubly honored by being
first to have his name engraved upon its fresh surface and
by the significance that this engraving bears, was versatiie
athlete, Dick Eby, chosen the outstanding player of the season
by his fellow basketeers.
Date
Dec. 3
Dec. 10
Dec. 14
Dec. 17
Dec. 22
Jan. 14
Jan. 21
Jan. 28
Feb. 4
Feb. 18
Feb. 23
Feb. 25
Feb. 26
The BASKETBALL
SCOREBOARD
1937-1938
Opponent's
Opponent
Score
Leyden ____________________________ 30
Arlington ______________________ 25
Alumni ____________________________ 27
Darrington ________________________ 15
Antioch __________________________ 19
Lake Forest ____________________ 38
Leyden __________________________ 38
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Libertyville _________________ _ 30
Barrington ______________________ 36 ·
Lake Forest ____________________ 36
*Warren ________________________ 35
*Richmond ____ _
_______________ 30
tHighland Park ____________ 45
Nilehi's
Score
38
31
32
35
26
36
36
42
32
32
36
33
31
*Indicates Wauconda Tournament.
tlndicates Waukegan Tournament.
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FOOTBALL-Harry Barclay: Minor 1936, Major
1937; John Brietenbach; Major 1935, Major 1936;
Kenneth Hampton: Minor 1936, Major 1937, Most
Valuable Player 1937; Edward Harms: Minor 1936 ,
Major 1937; Mathias Horvath: Major 1933, Major
1937; Robed Hoth: Minor 1937; Kenneth Huels:
Minor 1936; Le~nard Jorgensen: Manager 1937 ;
Robert Kuhn: Minor 1936, Major 1937; Henry
Meindl: Major 1935, Minor 1936, Major 1937;
Harry Mueller: Minor 1936, Major 1937; Walter
Rau: Major 1937; Clifford Sorenson: Major 1936,
Major 1937; William Swanson: Minor 1937; Charles
Zerdavas: Minor 1936, Minor 1937; James Vincent:
Minor 1936, Major 1937; Jack Mutti: Major 1934,
Major 1935, Major 1936.
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BASEBALL-Walter Betlinski: Major 1935, Major
1936, Ma jor 1937; John Ciolac: Major 1935, Major
1936, Major 1937; Kenneth Huels: Major 1936;
Henry Meindl: Major 1936; Harry Mueller: Major
1936; Jack Mutti: Major 1934, Major 1935, Major
1936, Major 1937.
BASKETBALL-Kenneth Hampton: Minor 19351936, Minor 1936-1937, Major 1937-1938; Kenneth
Huels: Minor 1935-1936, Minor 1936-1937, Major
1937-1938; Taylor Ives: Major 1937-1938; Leonard
Jorgensen: Major 1937-1938; Alvin Kluesing: Minor
1935-1936, Minor 1936-1937, Major 1937-1938 ;
James Vincent: Manager 1937-1938; Jack Mutti:
Minor 1933-1934, Minor 1934-1935, Major 1935-1936,
Major 1936-1937, Manager 1937-1938.
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��ADVANCED GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
Through the corridors of Nilehi echo the melodious strains of the latest achievements
of the Advanced Girls' Glee Club. Its thirty-five members, made up of Sophomores,
Juniors, and Seniors, have a loyalty that never wavers despite the awkward rehearsal
conditions. Highlights of the year: appearances at the Christmas Meeting of the
Women's Club and at the Silver Tea of the Parent-Teachers Association, and holiday
carolling in the high school hallways.
D.A.
REAR: F. Sietman, M. Nordby, A. Anderson, M. Jorgenson, V. Nelson, D. VanCleave, M. Hermes ,
G. Becker, G. Endre , M. Ka!mes, M. Breitenbach. MIDDLE: M. Loutch , L. Bartz, L. Meyer, D. Bugera,
D. Agnew, F. Dolan, R. Mittlestaedt, F. Thlimmenos, L. Bertoncini, L. Kawell , K. Hildebrandt, A. Kittleson. FRONT: F. Cervenka, B. Tierney, D. Gehrs, A. Bonagura , E. Gohl , M. Landi, J. Paroubek, K.
Murray, A Hermes. Director: Miss Klaus.
FRESHMEN GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
With the aim of developing a trained voice and participating in three-part music,
the Freshman Girls' Glee Club is preparatory for the activities of the advanced group.
But, of its own right, this club can easily lay claim to honors in singing.
D. A.
REAR: S.
D. Kranz.
B. Meuer,
C. Luxem.
Schaefer, F. Etherton, L. Baumhardt, I. Hoth, M. Adams, P. Braeske , A. Carroll, G. Good,
MIDDLE: V. Pearson , M. Boyd, H. Schuett, F. Gabel, J. Shervington, M. Hegarty, V. Baity,
G. Bartz. FRONT: A. Stachon, G. Mehring, J. Berg , H. Miller, W. Flagg, I. Guenther,
Director: Miss Klaus.
BOYS' GLEE CLUB
Late in the first semester, the Boys' Glee Club was organized, after the difficulty
of finding a place to meet was overcome. Demand rose to such a pitch that a thirty
minute period each week was allowed for rehearsal. Sixty boys learn unison as well
as four-part singing. The budding tenors, baritones, and bases have reached a stage
of enthusiasm that promises the launching of a fine group next fall.
D. A.
REAR: W. Bloethner, H . Meindl, R. Guenther, J. Kennedy, E. Scheffler, J. Roman, R. Throop, R. Harms, T. Ives,
R. Endre, R. Kerley, W. O'Connell, W. Ritzman. MIDDLE: 0 . VanCleave, R. Noesen, E. Garner R. Shure, J. Krupa,
R. Quid, R. Flynn, G. Huson, E. Springer, J. Heineger, R. Krier, H . Hynes, R. Freres, D. Kuhn. FRONT: E. Gatzke ,
W. Rau , J. Ciolac, A. Brauch, R. Eby, J. Vincent, H . Barclay, E. Miner, L. Ahrens, B. Michelau, G. Horvath, H .
Harrington , J. Breitenbach. Director : Miss Klaus.
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BAND
ORCHESTRA
Bracing brasses ... Wooing woodwinds . . .
Singing strings ...
Stellar organizations: the Band and
the Orchestra ...
Director: Mr. Collins.
Curtain, first curtain!
The Dramatics Club is under way with productions of plays, classes in radio, and,
occasionally, a lively party. Next year, when Nilehi enters its new domicile, this
organization will probably develop into one of the most popular and important clubs
of the school.
REAR: L. Benedict, A. Weis, D. Anderson, J. Jarrett, J. Roman, R. Keller, L. Maier, G. Endre, C. Throop ,
C. Kennedy, M. Jorgenson, A. Kittleson. MIDDLE: M. Etherton, D. Agnew, H. Hynes, R. Mittlestaedt,
F. Thlimmenos, T. Iserman, M. Murray, B. Thlimmenos, W. Rau , W. Swanson, R. Miller. FRONT: H.
Barclay, M. Fuerst, R. Lewis, J. Paroubek, J. Breitenbach, J. Cobb , L. Pufahl, M. Breitenbach , M. Landi ,
H. Meindl, M. Madsen, F. Whittington. Sponsor: Mrs. Esch.
Lively farce exploiting the ardent aches and petulant pains of adolescent love
enveloped the Nilehi Family Night patrons in mellow mood last January.
LEFT TO RIGHT: E. Harms, M. Landi, H. Miller, H. Hynes, W. Stevens, R. Harms,
A. Carroll. Director: Mrs. Esch.
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��As the babble and laughter of the representatives of the classes of Niles Township High School dies down, another meeting of the Student Council is called to order,
to discuss the events of the year: Hobo Day; Freshman and Sophomore parties; and
Amateur Night ...
L. P.
STANDING: G . Horvath, L. Ahrens, D. Anderson , C . Carroll , L. Pufahl, P. Braeske, L. Jorgenson .
SEATED : S. Dilg , H. Krisor, A. Guenther , D. VanC leave , G. Bischof, R. Throop, J. Juniac , J. Cobb ,
K. Hampton. Advisor: Mr. Benette.
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The Nilehi Broadcasting and Camera Club is the smaHest but loudest club in the
school. As a matter of fact, some people have said its sole purpose is to make noise.
It does this without a doubt, but its aim is to promote school use of radio, public
address system, camera, and motion pictures. In the new school, this club's opportu.
nity to serve will no doubt be greatly expanded.
STANDING: R. Moore, P. Wertz, M. Smith, R. Noesen , E. Harms. SEATED : R. Throop, H. Ruesch,
G. Horvath , G. Huson , B. Hohs. Sponsor: Mr. Benette.
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A group of capable, industrious, and reliable students comprises the indispensable
staff organized last Spring as the Monitor's Club. Each and every member, unlike
other club members, is needed in guarding halls and lockers for the good of the student
body, acting as pages to the teachers, and carrying out innumerable routine matters
for the office. These accomplishments are more than appreciated by all concerned.
All members are equally honored for their integrity and cooperation.
L. R.
REAR: H. Tilges , R. Einhaus, M. Murray, A. Weis, B. Pfister, M. Riser, R. Keller, E. Pearson, G. Regan ,
A. Rogers, J . Jarrett, M. Kluesing. MIDDLE: A. Brauch, E. Mow, W. Runnfeldt, L. Hezner, G. Bischof,
V. Denley, K. Hampton , K. Huels, R. Hoth, F. Seitman , M. Madsen. FRONT: B. A. Carl , D. Anderson ,
L. Bailey, I. Huscher, L. Pufah l, J . Cobb , L. Meyer, F. Th limmenos , D. Gutman, D. Haupt, V. Gutman ,
D. Agnew. Sponsor: Miss Ross.
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LEFT TO RIGHT: B. Thlimmenos, L. Pufahl, J. Cobb, M. Breitenbach, D. Agnew.
Sponsor: Mr. Benette.
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��Girls join the G.A.A. with these objectives in mind: to stimulate interest in athletics
and to standardize and promote ideals of health and sportsmanship. Since this is the
first year of the G.A.A. at the N.T.H.S., we are proud of a membership of eighty-one
girls.
The club, based entirely upon the honor system and initiative of the girls who are
members, sponsors many sports, including: bicycling, bowling, dancing, golf, hiking,
horse-back riding, swimming, and volley ball. For the many hours spent in these
sports, the girls are rewarded with pins, school letters, and state awards.
A. J.
Director: Miss Schaefer.
G A A OFFICERS
ST ANDING: D. Haupt, F. Thlimmenos. SEATED: A. Carroll, S. Greiner, G. Bischof,
J. Cobb, M. Breitenbach, A. Jurasitz. Director: Miss Schaefer.
Organized two years ago with a charter membership of fifty, this club now enjoys
a membership more than double this number. As the name signifies, the aim of the
organization is, briefly, to "see Chicago"-with emphasis on the spots of educational
interest.
This year the club visited the Tribune Tower, "did" Chinatown, attended the Opera,
and audited a radio broadcast at the studio. The Junior Section journeyed to the
American History Institute and to the WGN studios; while the Senior Section spent
a day at the Board of Trade and one of the city courts. Places still in prospect: the
Hull House, a large bank, and the Morton Arboretum.
No trip is repeated from year to year except in special cases. These excursions
are most popular for the knowledge and amusement they offer.
G. B.
Director: Miss Harbert.
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��Chewed pencils, crushed paper, inky fingers, paste smeared faces, and tousled
heads characterize the members of the Nilehi newspaper staff. Under the supervision
of Miss MacDonald, affiliated with the Niles Center News, the staff has learned many
phases of work in journalism. This staff prepares bi-weekly school scoops for the
publication in the News.
SEATED: C. Throop, L. Pufahl, J. Coleman, J. Jarrett, A. Jurasitz, M. Krajchovich , Ted Lindstrom .
STANDING: C. Carroll, J. Roman. Supervisor: Miss MacDonald.
The Senior Seminar, an organization new this year, is composed of Seniors interested in studying the problems normally encountered in planning and executing a
college career. Group discussions, guest speakers, university tours, and social functions have filled its activity calendar.
SEATED: C. Throop, M. Landi, H. Kottke, J. Petty, J. Jarrett, J. Cobb , R. Keller, F. Thlimmenos, Mr.
Flagg, J. Coleman, B. Aleckson. STANDING: R. Lewis, P. Wertz, W. Swanson, Mr. Ohlson, H. Barclay,
E. Harms, R. Moore.
As the chimes of the church around the corner are heard, the little toy shop comes
to life, and holiday is declared so all can attend the Wedding of the Painted Doll.
The little toy shop was actually the Crysta! Ball Room of the Great Northern Hotel,
and the toys, members of the G.A.A.
A. Kittleson, L. Pufahl, I. Betlinski, R. Miller, M. Fuerst, P. Braescke, P. Bugera, M. Adams,
E. Anderson, L. Maier, H. Miller. Director: Miss Schaefer.
On April I 0th, thirty-two students, dressed in the latest traveling attire and madly
dutching their luggage, shuffled off to Buffalo, the first stop enroute to Washington.
With their vocal chords strained from oh-ing and ah-ing the grandeur of Niagara,
with their feet sore, and with their spirits waning, the group climbed aboard the train
to wend their way toward the nation's capitol. Eager to do all and to see all in three
days and two nights, they rushed about on sight-seeing tours, thrill seeking excursions,
delectable dinner-dances, and souvenir sorties. They returned April 15th, with circles
under their eyes, clothes wrinkled, spirits gone, nerves frayed, purses empty, but
nevertheless happy.
R. K.
REAR: D. Haupt, T. Schultz, K. Neumann, V. Gutman, I. Huscher, M. Landi, M. Chalupnik, L. Maier,
M. Murray, M. Breitenbach. MIDDLE: J. Baumhardt, I. M. Frances, M. Kluesing, R. Keller, R. Miller,
J. Paroubek, P. Herd, V. Buthman, Miss Harbert, Supervisor. FRONT: B. Aleckson, E. Harms, W. Runnfeldt, R. Moore, F. Whittington , R. Lewis, H. Barclay.
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STAGNANT WATER
GreenGhastly green moss covers it.
Lily leaves lie motionless on its surface;
And a frog suns silently on its banks.
Yet no reflections are painted on its face.
Putrid, pungent odors of rotting weeds
Hover o'er it.
No rippling water mars its deathly silence.
And no one comes to dream by
Stagnant water.
Meredith Madsen
TALES OF OLD
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Strange tales are told
Along the waters of the Rhine,
As, high above its shores
Stand old and stately ruins,
The calendars of ages past.
As in times of old,
The green slopes are still adorned by growing vines,
Sending the sweet fragrance of delicate blossoms
into the night.
When the moon casts its rays upon the scented
slopes,
And the wind murmurs across the flowing waters,
A strange, tall figure wanders in the vineyards.
Enveloped in a large and purple mantle,
A gold crown upon his head,
King of the Franks, Emperor Charlemagne blesses
the grapes;
Slowly disappearing into the shadows of darkness,
Not to return until another spring.
Ursula Mocksch
CROWDED HALLWAYS
The bell rings.
Muffled murmurs-doors fly open.
The halls are filled with rushing students,
Laughing, chatting, pushing.
Clever repartee, exchange of quiz questions,
Hurried farewells.
The bell rings;
Doors close;
Silence descends.
Kecineth Hampton
THE SPECTER
There stood a figure, its long cloak, a distinct
creamy whiteness against the dew-drenched, murky
shadows of the moon. The figure stood silently,
watching through invisible eyes; for, truly, where the
head should have been, there appeared only a vast,
lonely, tragic emptiness. I saw this weird fancy of
the mind as I crossed the moon-lit roadway, while
the clock in the tower with its face gleaming like a
pearl, struck once, twice, and thrice.
With every breath of the cool, refreshing wind,
the snow clad creature thrust itself forward, its long
awkward arms, like snakes uncoiled, reaching with
eagerness for me. I stood and watched the ghostly
specter for a full five minutes, on shaking, knocking
legs. Then with a laugh I started on again, for the
fact had penetrated my brain that it was only a long
white coat hanging on a line.
Harold Ruesch
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THE WATER LILY
Peaceful, still and glorious you lie upon the water,
The sweet perfume that you give off fills my nostrils.
Your lovely form, your handsome color
Reflects only what you are, a stately flower.
Edward Pearson
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The tower clock slowly and solemnly boomed out
the strokes of midnight. Trees were fitfully tossing
their leaves and branches wildly about in the night.
Clouds scudded across the sky, blotting out the
moon. It was a night of mystery.
And mystery there was! In another part of town,
protected from light and wind by walls and roof, a
man, slowly and quietly, stalked toward the place
where he knew the money was hidden. Caution was
in his manner-the manner of many men such as he.
He cast a furtive glance over his shoulder. It wouldn't
do to be caught at this stage of the game. Fortune
would be snatched, right from under his fingers. As
he paused for a moment, he thought of what would
be said when they found what had happened. But
after all, he had to eat and food isn't given away.
His nerves were on edge as he stole forward. Ex1·ending his shaking hands, he groped for obstacles.
A sinister shadow floated across the floor and the
man jumped. He then stood quiet, scarcely daring
to breathe. Then he again edged forward, his hands
out stretched.
Suddenly he touched something, something hard
and cold. Was this what he was after? Fortune was
his, when the light flashed on and a child's angry
vo1cc demanded:
"Daddy, are you at my pig-bank again?"
Dwain Kuhn
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�UNE LETTRE FRAN<;AISE
Niles, le IO mars 1938
Ma chere Marie,
Notre classe regrette que vous soyez absente.
Nous esperons que vous soyez en parfaite sante et
que vous alliez revenir bientot.
J'espere que vous pouviez lire cette lettre. Je
ne peux pas ecrire tres bien.
A la classe nous avons appris dire les jours de la
semaine et des nombres. Nous avons appris dire
l'heure. II est huit heures au moment ou je vous
ecris cette lettre.
Jeudi nous avons ecrit une composition en
fran<iais sur un repas
la maison.
Mademoiselle Ronalds nous a achete des dictionnaires fran(iais pour nous aider quand nous
ecrirons des compositions.
Je terminerai maintenant, en vous presentant
!'expression de mes sentiments les plus sinceres.
Je YOUS prie de m'ecrire, s'il YOUS plait.
Amicalemente,
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SMOKIN' AN' DREAMIN'
As the warmth of the poppin' fire comforted
my feet, and the smoke circled from my stubby pipe,
a-wispin' upwards into the darkness, my memories
wandered back to the winter o' '98 •• • •
I was trappin' up in Ontario that year, and
doin, fine, too. One day, an lnjun stopped by my
base camp-a half-breed he was-and warned me
of a large wolf in the woods, a couple o' miles north.
I laughed then, but next mornin', as I was breakin'
trail along Long Carry, I came upon some trackswolf's, they were-that were so big that I could put
my hand in them, and so far apart that they didn't
seem possible. That night I camped up at Two Forks,
and I hung some meat about nine feet up in a tree
out of reach of any wolf. I wasn't countin' on the
"big fella". Next mornin' the meat was gone.
Then I forgot all about it till I went into town a
few weeks later. It seems that the "big fella" had
been seen thereabouts, and people were a-gettin'
scared about their children. Somebody offered a
big reward for the wolf. And then an lnjun told me
a belief of his tribe. They thought Mike Lenard's
squaw was a werewolf: that she could change herself into a wolf any time. And, will you believe it?
The next few times I saw the tracks, they seemed to
come from and lead to old Mike's cabin up the trail!
And then one day a fortnight later, a deputy
stopped by and said he had shot the huge wolf the
night before. That worried me, and to satisfy myself, I headed north to old Mike's cabin. When I
saw Mike, and hailed him, and asked after his wife,
he said: "Woman, she go last night. Me no see
her again!" ...
Suddenly, Pud, my dog, went after a flea, and
once again I was aware of the heat of the fire. I had
been dreamin' again.
Will Stevens
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BLUMEN IM SCHULHOF
Hinter einem kleinem roten Schulhause ist ein
kleiner Garten mi+ vielen Blumen. Als ich durch den
Garten lief, erinnerten mich so manche Bli.iten an
meine verschiedenen Klassenkameraden aus der
deutschen Klasse.
lch kam auf ein kleines Vergiss-mein-nicht welches
so zahrt und schi.ichtern neben einen Schneeglockchen stand. lch wollte zuerst vorbei gehen, aber
als ich beim zweiten Blick die kleinen Gesichter
anschaute, sah ich dass es doch meine liebe Kate
Neumann und der kleine George Hovath sei. Da
blieb ich doch stehen denn sie hatten die Kopfe so
nahe an einander, ganz wie in der Klasse. Es war
die erste liebes Geschichte unserer Klasse.
Als ich noch ein sti.ickchen weiter lief, kam ich
an eine Tulpe wessen Gesicht mir Alvin Ruesch in's
Gedachtnis brachte. Hier stand er ganz allein wie
auch in der Klasse. lmmer hat er die Zeit allein
verbracht bis es zum Schulaufgaben kam.
Nun ging ich noch weiter denn ich sah schonwieder zwei sehr hi.ibsche Blumen zusammen stehen.
Als ich heranschritt sah ich dass diese Beiden doch
auch die Kopfe zusammen hielten. Na, wer is+ denn
das? Ach ja, es sind Margery Landi und Marianna
Fuerst bei einem typischen Kaffee-Klatsch.
Gleich daneben stand eine Lilie ganz hoflich und
gerade, und wer kann das sein? Ei, nati.irlich, die
Ursula Mocksch, unsere beste deutsche Schi.ilerin.
Sie hat immer den anderen Schi.ilern mit den Aufgaben geholfen. Mi+ der Lilie stand eine Bartnelke
und eine Kornblume, welche Walter Rau and Walter
Bloethner darstellten. Wie die beiden die Madchen
plagten, vergess ich nie!
Hier steht ja noch eine Blume vor allen anderen.
Das Gesicht kenn ich doch! Ach na klar! Es ist
Fraulein Schafer, das Stiefmi.i~terchen! Sie stand so
da, wie in der Schule vor der Klasse. Den Unterricht
fi.ihrte sie mit Takt: erst lesen, und dann, i.ibersetzen.
Ach welche Plag! Aber trotz der Arbeit haben wir
doch so viele gute Zeiten verlebt!
Diese Tage sind jetzt vorbei. Wer weiss ob wir
uns wieder sehen, aber die Deutsche Klasse vergessen wir nie!
Composed by Walter Bloethner
Trans. by Adv. German Class
TROJAN! (TROJANS)
Troja, urbs magna et praeclara, era+ in Asia .
Homines qui in Troja habitabant Trojani appellaban+ur. Viri Fortissimi et clarissimi erant; Priamus, rex
Trojae, Paris et Hector et Aeneas, pugnatores fortes
et filii Priami.
Olim Graeci cum Trojanis decem annos pugnabant quod Paris Helenam mulierem regis Menelai
Spartae raptaverat. Diu et acriter pugnatum est.
Denique per dolum equi ligni Graeci Trojanos
superaverunt et Trojam incenderunt.
Aeneas cum multis sociis ad ltaliam navigavit.
Multos post annos eius nepotes, Romulus et Remus,
Romam aedificaverunt.
The Latin Class
�Underclassmen view graduation as a remote, dimly conceived experience of tomorrow, and often meet neglect in yearbooks-but undeservedly so. Our underclassmen
have comported themselves most creditably, and hold forth rich promise for strong
leadership and intelligent followship in the coming affairs at NILEHI.
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VOL. XYZ, No.
JUNE 37, 1945
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ARIAS AIRED BY MOORE
Gutman-Erler
Nuptials Solemnized
In a church beautifully adorned
with clover and goldenrod, Walter
Erler, scion of a first family of Niles ,
today took as his bride demure Virginia Gutman, Morton Grove belle.
The ceremony was read by Doctor
Franklin Whittington, marrying/arson of Niles T9wnship, precede by
touching renditions of "O Promise
Me " and "I Love You Tru ly" by
Taylor Ives , basso profundo.
As her maid of honor, the former
Miss Gutman chose beautiful Dorothy Haupt, first-string pitcher of the
Chicago Cubs. Dorothy was gowned
in an orange satin creation and carried a bouquet of buttercups, as did
the matron of honor, Mrs. J. William Aleckson (the former Bette
Thlimmenos) and the bridesmaids
Irene Huscher, owner of "Prince
Barney" recent winner of the Kentucky Derby, and Jane Cobb, noted
toothpaste-ad model.
Mr. Erler had as his best man
John Roman of Vladivostok.
His
ushers were Theodore Lindstrom, editor of Needlec,-af t, Jack Mutt i, Good-
,
MAD S C I E N T I S T
LEGALITE
DOES IT A G A I N
In a recent issue of the ''Inventor's Index", Pau l L. Wertz, noted
forestry expert and papa of the P. A.
system at Niles Township, described
his latest gadget. Says Mr. Wertz,
"It's the greatest thing since the
telephone - a combination alarm
clock, barometer, orange-squeezer,
and movie projector.
It can be
easi ly converted from one to another
of these conveniences with a mere
flick of the switch .''
M r. Wertz thought up this little
device in one of his many spare
momen ts in his secluded ranger's
cabin on Starved Rock. He is now
working on an invention which will
be used as a can-opener, cornremover, or cold-shou lder defroster.
SOCIETY SCOOPS
Miss Anne Hermes entertained at
~utf/ar~l~{ '·stfe1}~eR~~sc1n~?~it!; tea for Mr. Nelson Eddy, noted
Center.
bachelor baritone, on Friday last.
During the ensuing hilarity of the Amidst a bevy of adoring admirers,
reception, the newlyweds made a Mr. Eddy was found to seek at all
successful get-away. Mr. Erler was
heard to remark as the couple dashed ~~~~~r!~tio~n~}lt;\i~~ss'.nteresting
out the back door, "Come, come, my
Miss Hermes prevai led upon him
dear! We simply must make that
slow freight to Niagara in ten min- to sing several of his best known
numbers.
Among the delighted
utes!"
listeners were Betty Tierny, Katherine Hildebrandt, Evelyn Koseck, all
KUHN LE AVES
FOR MOON residents of Morton Grove, Rose mary Mi ller and Lorraine Maier of
Robert Kuhn, daring stratosfhere Lincolnwood, Rita and Genevieve
pioneer, will make another o his Ni tch and Mary Chalupnick of Ni les ,
numerous attempts to reach the moon Jeanette Paroubek, Joyce Petty, Marie
tomorrow night.
Loutsch, and Miss Hermes ' three
In his newly perfected aluminum sisters, of Niles Center.
bullet, Kµhn has compartments for
Fo llowing his short recital, Mr.
hot coffee and doughnuts, ice-skates
and hockey stick, and, in addition, Eddy gave a short discourse on the
purple and orange plaid ear muffs. subject "What the Women of
Said Kuhn: "The main reason I'm America Mean to Me .''
going to the moon , is to get in
some good skating. It's too crowded
ADVICE TO THE
in these parts."
In previous attempts Kuhn was
LOVELORN
hampered by too heavy a load. For
the present one, the flyer has deci ded to forfeit his lunch.
By "GOOBER" KENNEDY
WANT ADS
BARTER AND EXCHANGE- Will
exchange one pr. cream-colored
trousers for collapsible baby
grand piano.-R. Duguid.
LOST- One brief-case; empty, but
makes a good impression. Return to R. Lederle c / o Niles Center Theatre.
FOR SALE- Ten five-year volumes
of leading movie magazines. All
pictures of Shirley Temple missing.
Otherwise complete.
E.
Pearson.
LOST-One pr. beige spats. Last
seen on feet. Feet last seen en
desk in high school office. If
you hnd spats throw lh?m
away-D. W.-Flagg.
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My Dear Miss Goober :
Last night I proposed to my girl
and she turned me down. She said
that I was too flirtatious. I can't
help it if I enjoy the attentions of
the fairer sex. What shall I do ?
Anxious ly,
Dick Eby.
My Dear Richard :
From my past experience I would
say, if your girl friend doesn ' t like
your actions, forget her. Flirt with
'em all like T did in my youth, and
may the best woman win. That was
my motto. Look at me now.
Mr. Goober Kennedy.
U.re in caJe of ft,-e !
SW ANSON
BLOWS A
FUSE
Attorney William Carp Swanson
was today jailed for con tempt of
court while defending a client. Attorney Swanson, usua ll y of a calm,
benign nature, became undu ly excited when proceedings in his client's
case took a turn for the worse.
Tearing out a fistful of his strawcolored hair and masticating it
mad ly, he shook his fist at Presiding Justice Edward Harms, and
hurled mouthfuls of epithets and
hair in the general direction of the
Bench.
Then, with a smi le of dup licity
encircling his calculating countenance, Attorney Swanson leaned one
elbow on the Bench and hissed in
his most dulcet, but dead ly tone:
"My dear Judge Harms, you are an
incontrovertable iconoclast!''
The
Judge jailed Swanson without bail.
In an exclusive statement to Sob
Sister Jean Coleman of this sheet,
the prisoner, while dining avid ly on
bread and water, said, "I don ' t care;
I needed a good rest anyway. But
the grub's lousy! "
KRAJCHOVICH
RELINQUISHES
LOFTY PERCH
George Krajchovich, recorcl-s'llashing flag-pole sitter, descended last
night. Thus was broken a siege of
perching that began in June, 1938,
at the time of Mr. Krajchovich 's
graduation from the Niles Township
High School.
Undecided what course to pursue
in the future, and loath to leave his
Alma Mater, Mr. Krajchovich turned
immediately after graduation, and as
natura ll y as does the sunflower to
the sun, to the nob le profession of
flag-po le sitting.
In subsequent
months came the removal of the
Nilehi students and their effects to
the new building. So a pulley system was strung from the old flagpole to the new, and Mr. Krajchovich was gently drawn across the
voi<l to his new resting place.
There he remained as the years
wore on. Now, inexplicab ly. he has
backed down. He remains silent and
unresponsive on the subject. The
public can only guess the reason .
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Sneezes Start
Panic Among
First Nighters
Roy Moore, optician, while attending t he opera last night, was
sudden ly seized with a sneezing fit.
He was the only one in the entire
audience of thousands, and the huge
cast, who remained undamaged in
any way.
During the exceptionally bri lliant
performance of the opera "Barber of
Sevi lle, " starring Wilbert Mueller as
the barber, the tremendous b last
which Mr. Moore loosed encompassed the aud ience of first nighters.
Panic-stricken, clothes in shreds, hair
awry, they fought their way inch by
inch to the nearest exits.
Because of the huge crowds which
the sixty-mile ga le endangered, it was
necessary to call out the National
Guard with General "K. P. " Zerdavas at the head. In the ensuing
confusion, hundreds were injured.
To the scene were rushed corps of
ambulances manned by skilled surgeons from the nearest hospitals.
Doctors Roy Lewis and Clifford Sorenson of the Bide-A-Wee Animal
She lter No. 17 were among the first
on the scene.
Mr. Mueller, always a man of re sourcefu lness and quick thinking, escaped the debris unscathed , carrying
his barber-pole and shears. Setting
them up outside the theatre, he was
able to make a little pin-money on
the side. Many spectators took advantage of his "cut-rntes," among
them Eugene Raskow, famous nerve
specialist. Mr. Raskow stated that
Mr. Mueller's p•ices on Heinie haircuts were the cheapest he has ever
found.
Jarrett Model
Home Opened
To an eagerly awaiting public,
Miss Jane Jarrett, interior decorator
for the elite, threw wide the doors
of her annual model home yesterday
at the Pell Mell Polo Park Plaisance.
On all sides were heard "oh's"
and "ah's" of wonder and amazement as her guests sighted her many
and unique touches in wallpaper,
furniture , and bric-a-brac.
Among
the features of the exhibit was an
u ltra-swank living room, the walls
HUEL ' S HANDY
of which were pink he lices on orange
The ceilings clashed
FLY - SWATTERS background.
stirringly with the walls, being a.
FOR HARASSED HOUSEWIVES
royal purple with yellow swan motif.
Make swatting flies a privilege and Dr nres an-1 rug of black plush with
a pleasure! These marvelous mech- gold g ladioli completed this chic
anisms of engineering in genuity are room.
The master bedroom , papered in
collal'sible, canny, capable 1
MEN! Surprise the little woman white with cerise, brown , and laven on birthdays, anniversarys, holidays! der turtles , was a delight to behold.
Bring her a Huel's Handy Fly-Swat- The bed was a quaint iron model
ter to while away the hours in an with adorable marble turtles at head
educational manner. She ' 11 love you and foot. The dressing table was
also in the shape of a turtle, with a
more than ever!
If there's a Av in the ointment get mouth which opened to rlisclose cosrid of it with
Huel's Handy Fly- metics and everything else my lady
desires.
Swatter !
Miss Jarrett said to her many admirers, as they clustered about with
EDITORIAL STAFF
congratulations trembling on their
lips: "My dear friends , the aim of
Editors-C. RICHARDS THROOP
my heart is to fulfill that old ideal
K. R. HAMPTON
' The House Beautiful '.
I think I
Third class mail posi ng as first class. have succeeded ! ''
a
�English accent, colored dialect, and quaint colonial
Howling out of the West , a freak blizzard of
traffic-smothering dimensions forced postponement
of "Another Spring" from April 8th and 9th to
h and 29th, respectively.
April
costume-all contributed to a well-rounded and
successful presentation.
This play represented a pioneering attempt at
Ultimate ~ the long-awaited opening night did
urtains parted to disclose a dimly
come. Th
lighted~ pinni~·g room of a stately Southern manor.
Beginning with a prologue touching a tragedy of
olden days, the first senior sponsored play quickly
threaded its way into the principal theme: a
modern romance. High comedy, Southern drawl,
the presentation of an all-school double cast production
offered
on two successive
widened interest and
nights.
The
patronage led the seniors
to hope that they have set a precedent that will
abolish for all time the
restraints imposed
on
school dramatics by "Class Plays".
THE CASTS
Extras-Edward Harms, Merial Risinger , Dorothy
Agnew, Rosemary Miller, Meredith Madsen ,
Frances Thlimmenos, Theodore Iserman, Kate
Neuman, Lorraine Maier.
Nancy Carlisle ............ Jean Juniac, Ardelle Kittelson
Mrs. Carlisle ............ Mary Ellen Etherton, Jane Cobb
David Lee .................................................. Robert Hoth
Benjamin Lee ............ William Stevens, Henry Meindl
Washington Crawford .. Harry Barclay, Harold Hynes
Sugar Johnson .......... Mary Breitenbach , Gloria Bartz
Miss Pendergast .................................................. .
.............. Jeannette Pa rou be k, Margaret Murray
Quartette-John Roman, Robert Noesen, Taylor
Ives, Wilbert Mueller (Friday), Robert Flynn
(Thursday) .
Nancy Allen ................ Louise Pufahl, Margaret Landi
Mrs. Allen ........................... Ruth Keller, Agnes Weis
Nelson Browning .... William Swanson, Harold Ruesch
David Madison ........ Robert Harms, Nicholas Weber
Soloist-Dorothy Van Cleave.
Specialties - Mary Breitenbach, Ted
Richard Wilspn, Howard Kiehm.
Gay Stevens .......... Constance Kennedy, Jane Jarrett
Doctor Morden .................. Harold Ruesch, Roy Lewis
Lindstrom ,
Ruth Esch , Director.
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Fred Halliday ................................... ................................................... Theodore Iserman
Joan, his niece ....................................................................................... Ardelle Kittelson
Carol Halliday .................................................................................. Con sta nee Kennedy
Grandmother Halliday .................................................................................. Agnes Weis
Professor Chipper ....................................................................................Walter Strange
Terry Donovan .............................................................................................. Nick Weber
Prince Rudolf ......................................................................................... Emil Birkenheier
Winks ....................................................................................................... George Horvath
Sonja ................................................................................................................ Ten a Schultz
Mrs. Lovejoy ................................................................................................. Grace End re
Wand a :........................................................................................................ Jean Ju niac
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the cook all did their part in making a play that
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romance, and rich comedy all helped to make
the play different and most exciting. The heroine
was lovely as a young girl and fascinating as the
faked prince. The modern grandmother, the bird-
Royalty paid a visit to the high school when
the Juniors presented their play "Here Comes
the Prince." Up until the visit by a titled prince ,
the Hallidays were the usual title-hunting stage
family. But when the royal personage was ushered
in, hilarity broke loose.
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�"ANOTHER SPRING"
THURSDAY PROLOGUE
LEFT TO RIGHT
M. E. Etherton
R. Hoth
W. Stevens
J. Juniac
THURSDAY PRINCIPALS
LEFT TO RIGHT
W. Swanson
J. Jarrett
J. Paroubek
H. Ruesch
M. Breitenbach
H. Barclay
R. Harms
L. Pufahl
R. Keller
FRIDAY PRINCIPALS
LEFT TO RIGHT
H. Heinz
G. Bartz
M. Murray
R. Lewis
J. Jarrett
H. Ruesch
N. Weber
M. Landi
A. Weis
FRIDAY PROLOGUE
LEFT TO RIGHT
J. Cobb
R. Hoth
A. Kittelson
H. Meindl
NOVELTY ACT
LEFT TO RIGHT
R. Wilson
H. Kiehm
M. Breitenbach
T. Lindstrom
"HERE COMES
THE PRINCE"
LEFT TO RIGHT
T. Schultz
E. Birkenheier
W. Strange
C. Kennedy
G. Horvath
N. Weber
A. Kittelson
J. Juniac
G. Endre
T. Iserman
A. Weis
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�The
SENIORS
BEQUEATH
IN FUN
We, the graduating class of June, nineteen thirty-eight, Niles Township High School,
County · Cook, State of Illinois, being of sound mind and in the full possession of our
of
faculties, do hereby bestow upon deserving underclassmen friends our most prized
holdings, to-wit:
To Bill Peterson: Alvin Kluesing's stratospheric stature.
To Dolores Ge hrs: Lawrence Conrad's cherry cheeks.
To Jean Juniac: Roy Lewis' resounding voice.
To Ed Mow: Gladys Bischof's Terpsichorean Talent.
To Dick Eby: Virginia Gutman's come-hither look.
To Bud Fawcett: Jeannette Paroubek's perpendicularity.
To Winnifred Flagg: Harry Barclay's class cutting complex.
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To Bill O'Connell: Henry _ eindl's German accent.
To Betty Srnanek: Helen Kottke's contempt for the trousered sex.
To Jack Jones: Rosalie Rizzo's glamorous name.
To Helen Miller: Gladys Brunke's imperturbability.
To Oscar: Barbara Ann Carl's Oxford glasses.
To Corky Harrington: Snorky Sorensen's precious Shirley Temple autograph.
To La Verne Schuler: Mary Breitenbach's burnt cork.
To Bud Lauth: Frances Thlimmenos' studiousness.
To Meredith Madsen: Walter Erler's booming bellow.
To "Dan'I Boone" Lindstrom: Harry Mueller's rabbit gun.
To Jean Lee Hester: Taylor Ives' Ozarkian Mule.
To the Nilehi Library: Carolyn Throop's divulgent diary, volume four.
To Marvin Smith: Louise Pufahl's merriment.
To Jerome Kennedy: Loretta Kawell's demureness.
To James Winklhofer: Ken Hampton's buck-private uniform.
To "Beau Brummel" Benette: Bill Aleckson's red flannel shirt.
To Art Johnson: Margaret Murray's hustle.
To Roy Guenther: Ed Harms' dark-room.
To Allan Brauch: Ruth Keller's logarithms.
To All Underclassmen: Ken Huels' Lucy.
To Dean "Seek-a-Tee" Flagg: William Carp Swanson's collection of clover-bearing
divots.
To H. R. "Prove It" Ohlson: Violet Denley's Buick.
To Marie Loutsch: Margaret Landl's Dixie Drawl.
To Everyone: Mary Ellen Etherton's "Pop".
We, the undersigned, have subscribed our names as witnesses to this, the LAST
WILL AND TEST AMENT of the CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-EIGHT OF THE NILES
TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.
Laura Ross
John Tolzein
H. Isaacson
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AND PLAN
IN
EARNEST
William Aleckson will attend Northwestern to study accounting. Harry Barclay
plans to be an aviator. Jack Baumhardt reports that he will work days and study at
some business school evenings. Walter Betlinski would like to work this summer and
travel later on. Secretarial work for Gladys Bischof. Walter Blothner intends to do som-3
evening study at Carl Schurz High. Mary Breitenbach wants to work her way through the
Federal Art School to study dress design and commercial art. Gladys Brunke wil, work
this summer and enroll in a business college next fall. Barbara Ann Carl has no definite
plans. Mary Chalupnick will seek work immediately. John Ciolac would like to take
up work in television. Jane Cobb wants to be a dress buyer-professional, of course.
Jean Coleman plans to attend the Northern Illinois State Teachers College to prepare
for kindergarten teaching. Lawrence Conrad will work with his father. Violet Denley
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plans to take up a beauty culture course. Walter Erler would like to go to Detroit ·
study automotive engineering. Mary Ellen Etherton hopes to go to a teacher's
college in Southern Illinois to prepare for first grade teaching. Evelyn Field wants
work as a bookkeeper and hopes to attend college soon. Helen Floyd has decided
to take a secretarial course next fall. Mary Ann Fuerst intends to be a secretary after
further training. Virginia Gutman will attend college. Kenneth Hampton is going
to the Utah State Agricultural College to study forestry and soil conservation. Edward Harms plans to return to Nilehi next fall for a post-graduate course of study.
Dorothy Haupt wants to take a six-month secretarial course of training. Lorraine
Hennig would like to enroll in some business college. Anna Hermes may go to
Northwestern's School of Business this summer. Lucille Hezner may return for postgraduate work next fall. Mathias Horvath will follow the building insulation business.
Robert Hoth plans to work immediately after graduation. Kenneth Huels will probably return for post-graduate work. Irene Huscher has a secret ambition to go ·
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college. Any phase of the aviation industry appeals to Taylor Ives. Jane Jarrett
plans to go to college next fall and wants to become an interior decorator. Leonard
Jorgensen has decided upon no particular line of work. Loretta Kawell plans a
business school training. Research chemistry interests Ruth Keller. Alvin Kluesing
has a job in a publishing house. Enrollment in a business school is Evelyn Koseck's next
step. Helen Kottke wants as broad an educational background as possible. She
plans to start with a nurse's training. George Krajchovich has no definite plans.
Robert Kuhn is interested in aviation. Margaret Landi says she will probably pound
. away at a typewriter until the right man comes along. Roy Lewis is arranging to study
medicine at Northwestern. Lorraine Maier is interested in the study of foreign
languages and the teachi~g of dancing. Henry Meindl wants to find an employer.
Rosemary Miller will miriculate in some downtown business college. Roy Moore
plans to attend the~orthern Illinois College of Optometry. Harry Mueller may
attend the t.ltal,State College of Agriculture to study forestry. Wilbert Mueller
is already established in the upholstery trade. Margaret Murray would like to tour
the world but fears she must first earn the wherewithal. Gene Nitch is too young ·
ro
enroll in a nursing school, so she will return to Nilehi in the fall. Rita Nitch plans ·
l'o
work her way through a dress designing school. Jeannette Paroubek will do saleswork
and Katherine Patenaude would like to be a doctor's or dentist's assistant. Joyce
Petty may go to an art school to specialize in commercial art. Louise Pufahl is going
to Europe with her parents. Louise would like to take up secretarial work upon her
return. Walter Rau has no definite plans, but he yearns to travel. Louise Reimann
hopes to earn enough to see her through a business school. Merial Risinger hopes
the same. Rosalie Rizzo has nothing unusual in prospect: she plans to go to work
immediately. Harold Ruesch is planning to travel extensively this summer in the
East. In the future, Harold plans to study some branch of engineering. The study
of medicine appeals to Warren Runnfeldt, and he will probably attend Northwestern.
Ray Schultz wants to attend college some day, but for the present he is going ·
l'o
work. Clifford Sorensen plans to attend Wright Junior College. The legal profession
beckons William Swanson. Dorothy Taylor would like to be a journalist. Frances
Thlimmenos wants to teach foreign languages, English, and art. Carolyn Throop will
attend a business college, work a year or two, and eventually attend Northwestern
University or Beloit College. A business college is on the schedule for Elizabeth
Tierney. Helen Tilges may become a telephone operator. Agnes Weis plans to
enter a nursing school in the fall. Paul Wertz plans to attend the Colorado College
of Agriculture to studv forestry. And the whole problem of bread-winning beclouds
the future of Charles Zerdavas.
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����Tomorrow beckons to us, a Circe garbed in mist,
Fertile with joy and promise for some,
Sorrow and despair for others.
Life's lottery soon begins
With Fate the only croupier.
Before the lots are drawnBefore the curtain veiling the unfathomable future
Rises before our enchanted eyesLet us relive the happy past.
Our fleeting infancy,
Our carefree childhood blending into busy adolescence,
These building years are all beyond recall.
And though they make for pleasant memories,
Our present age is not the reminiscing one.
Thus eagerly we buckle on the armor which is Youth.
Have no offense at our unseemly haste
To quit these walls;
The adventure that is Life is not to be denied.
Carolyn Throop
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Ruth Keller
Carolyn Throop
Gladys Brunke
Jean Coleman
Louise Puf ahl
Jane Jarrett
William Swanson
Ken Hampton
Ken Huels
Joyce Petty
COVER DESIGN
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Volume II No. 3
Skokie, Illinois
The Band
November 1, 1940
East is East; West is West
Our U. S. A. is Best!
Calendar
In ’14 the troops of Germany
swept into the kingdoms of Europe,
bringing ruin and destruction with
them. Such peaceful places as
Chateau Thierry, the Marne and
St. Michiel became flaming hells
with men, women and children,
dead or wounded, lying there with
out assistance. And then in March
1917, the United States declared
war and sent millions of men (your
fathers and mine) to “ Save the
World for Democracy.”
At the eleventh hour of the
eleventh day of the eleventh month,
the bugle was sounded, and the
great war ceased. The war to end
all wars was over, and thousands of
Americans thanked God.
Today we will be doing the same
— thanking Him that we are 3,000
miles from bullet-torn Europe and
are not waiting for a second bugle
call to be sounded.
Problems Classes Select
Oratorical Contestants
The annual oratorical contest
sponsored by the American Legion,
is well under way. The contestants,
members of the senior problems
classes and juniors who wish to
participate, will submit their writ
ten orations November 8, 1940, and
hope for the best!
After the eliminations in the local
contest, the best orators will take
part in the zone contest. The win
ner and his alternate will then en
ter the state finals.
The five prizes to be awarded are:
1st, a gold medal and a four year
scholarship to the University of
Illinois; 2nd, a silver medal and a
two-year scholarship; 3rd, a bronze
medal and a one-year scholarship;
4th and 5th, bronze medals.
The dates and places of these con
tests are as yet unknown.
Nov.
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Harmonies from Dixie"
1—J. V. vs. Arlington— here
2— Varsity vs. Arlington — To be Presented Nov. 13
there
8— Freshman Evening Party
11— Armistice Day — No
School
13— Entertainment— 8 :30 p.m.
“ Harmonies from Dixie”
|.
Two NileHi Girls
Sing in All-State Chorus
Proceeds to be Used
For Band Uniforms
On Wednesday evening, Novem
ber 13th,the Student Faculty Forum
will present the first in a series of
all-school assemblies to be held for
the benefit of our band. These pro
grams will be open to students, par
ents, and the public for the admis
sion of 25 cents.
The first of these asemblies will
bring to you a negro quartet of
Southern singers. The “ Plantation
Singers” will present their own
unique arrangements of folk songs,
Negro spirituals, and modern melo
dies. Harmonies from Dixie will
combine with Southern swing to
make a delightful evening of truly
American music.
Tickets to this performance will
be on sale Thursday. Get yours
early — be sure of a seat, and back
the band!
For the first time NileHi had
representatives in the Illinois AllState High School Chorus. Marie
Throop and Phyllis Brooks, after
learning ten songs in the odd mo
ments snatched from homework,
sang in this chorus of picked voices
under the direction of Mr. Olaf
Christianson of Oberlin Conserva
tory. The concert, given by the
chorus, was a feature of the Thirtysixth Annual High School Confer
ence held at the University of Illi
nois, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, inclusive.
Mr. Cotanche and Miss Klaus at
tended.
After three rehearsals with Mr.
Christianson, the chorus gave its
concert in conjunction with that of
the All-State High School Orches
Next Monday, November 4, the
tra on Friday evening, Nov. 1.
In the name of the school we con See Chicago Club will visit the
gratulate Miss Klaus and the girls WGN Broadcasting Studios. They
will be guests of the “ Play Broad
for this musical achievement.
cast” program.
The participants of this program
are selected from the audience. In
pitifj J^mupalitg
teresting questions are then asked
The faculty and students extend the various contenders.
About 100 pupils will attend the
their sympathy to Mr. Meier, upon
broadcast. Miss Harbert and Miss
the death of his father.
Lumpp will accompany the group.
See Chicago Club
To Visit WGN Studios
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NILEHILITE
Nil e H I l it e
NIBLETS
You people have been quite dull
in the past two weeks— the only
real news was made by a dog that
walked into school with a dead rab
bit in its mouth— quick, Mr. Benotte*— also by Miss Johnson who
played with a jumping bean all
period.
My, my, will Jim Rau never grow
up.
The NileHIlite is edited, published and
printed biweekly by the students of Niles
Tcwnship High School of Skokie, Illinois.
Mr. R. E. Cotanche, Principal.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Clark Barton
Editor
Phyllis Braeske
Assistant Editors
Bill Stevens
Feature Editors
Annette Carroll
Florance Gable
Activities Editors
Collen Thomas
Bob Reiland
Sports Editor
Grace Langen
Buell Brown One mirxte left before the bell
Production Managers
Henry Dahm
Would ring and end the class.
Mr. Clement Meier, Advisor
A sophomore boy snatched up his books
Reporters
Nancy Allen, Henry Barkow, Wayne Barton, And went right through the glass.
June Berg, Mildred Bergmark, Jane Comstock,
Tane Deatrick, Norma Delfino, Bernice Franson,
Richard Hartney, Lois Jaycox, Betty Kelly,
Erman Kraemer, Pat Reiland, Sal Rizzo, Ruth
Roberts, Dick Solon, Betty Stielow, Willard Stock
fish, Viola Stoll, Toni Thlimmenos, Robert Tolzein, Howard Weldon, Betty Westerlund, Maralyn
Woodworth.
Mis« Susanne Ostergren, Advisor
(M em ber
jjifm i
est.
)l9 4 O -4 0
Are You a Critic?
Every student has a critical mind.
He judges justly and unjustly. Ev
erything is criticized, ranging from
the curriculum to student activi
ties. The instructors, the school
board, the janitors.; none are ex
empt from his criticism. Every
thing is criticized but himself!
The fault does not lie in the stu
dent’s critical attitude. It is his
privilege to make inquiries, sug
gestions and criticisms. However,
the privilege is sometimes abused.
Criticisms are often made without
a thought given to the effect. Un
intelligent criticism warps one’s
personality and severs friendships.
Unless you have sufficient reason,
do not make any criticism. On the
other hand, some criticism is just,
and must be recognized as such.
The average student is sincere
and wishes to learn. Although he
is critical, his attitude is usually
justified due to his ardent desire to
learn. The student must, however,
bear in mind his position as a stu
dent.
Were it not for criticism, life
would be dull. In our years at
school we pass through an impor
tant stage in our life. In this period
criticism is truly needed. Criticism
and taken. We, as students, should
— just criticism — must be gven
strive to benefit from such criti
cisms.
November 1, 1940
Moral: Take your time!
— from a reporter.
On the side: Editor receives
Black Eye. Colleen Thomas, a
friend of mine— after next Tuesday
—received that bruised optic from
an enemy Republican — so she
claims . . .
Evidently when the bug bites,
it bites quite hard — look at “ star
ry-eyed” Frank Thulstrup, for in
stance . . . Or Ray “ Dynamo” Nitch
who seems to have fallen hard for
a certain Shirley in spite of him
self . . .
One of the high lights of Science
Night, although not viewed by the
audience, was the role of fireman
played by Mr. Kent during the
chemistry exhibition. The idea was
to wrap a blanket around the per
son whose clothes happened to
catch fire and smother the flames.
He was hoping for a blond. Shucks.
. . Add Science Night: A fresh
man girl found the label reading,
“ Live Bear.” — abbreviation for the
Jive bearing’ type of fish— and in
nocently began to look for a live
bear . . .
Cagey: Frances Hamilton is seen
w e a r i n g lipstick conspicuously
about school but immediately sheds
it upon arrival at home.
Back to the Dogs: It seems Merwyn Becker’s 110 pound, 7 month
old puppy (?) Bernadine— it’s a St.
Bernard — playfully pulled Dick
Nelson’s $7.00 football helmet apart
for his lunch.
P.S. It’s school property.
“ What beautiful Rings”
UPSTAISR
AND DOWN
Our Inquiring Reporter collected
the following answers to the ques
tion, “What do you object to most
m our school?”
Johnny Henning (senior) : “ Not
having a good swing orchestra in
the school !”
Madonna Wettengel (junior):
“We don’t have enough pep assem
blies.”
George Ruesch (sophomore) : “I
object to the boys’ gym being set
up for night assemblies during the
day. We fellows will lose too many
gym periods.”
Anonymous Freshman : “ There
are too many upperclassmen!”
Nick May (senior) : "There’s too
much time for classes and not
enough time for lunch.”
Arline Madson (sophomore) :
“ There aren’t enough lights in the
corridors for these dark afternoons.
It’s too hard to see the numbers on
the combination locks.”
Niblets continued
And then there’s the freshman
who wondered what the abbr. for
abbr. was until someone told him
that abbr. is the abbr. for abbr.
Reading from left to right:
Those stage - door - johnnies who
hung around Miss Ellen Hogue’s
dressing room door after “ Prologue
to Glory” to get her autograph and
mayhap a word and a smile were
“ Flash” Swardstad, Gene Berg
mark and Keith Pike. ------ They
succeeded ! !
When Chris Lindhoy saw Miss
Hogue he fell off the stage and all
he said when he got up and limped
away was: “ Wonderful.”
�November 1, 1940
NILEHILITE
Biology Students
Wage Blitzkrieg
N ileH i ChefsSuper Cooks
Page 3
Floriculturists?
Yes, W e Have Them
For the past few weeks Nature’s
wonders have found the vicinity of
Super-snooping
around
Miss |
Do you know that we have one
Line’s food classes for boys has NilrHi most dangerous enemy ter hundred eighty-five p l a n t s in
brought to light some plenty fine ritory. First, Mr. Bennette and his school, not counting Miss Meyer’s
cooking. Starting with cereal, cocoa, famed biology class tore apart the dying Sedum, which is probably
and apple compote, our boys have ; pitiful grasshopper. Now these dead now ? Mr. Bennette is our
rapidly advanced to the muffin merciless biology youngsters are l e a d i n g floriculturist. He has
and cup cake stage of fine cookery. charging upon the helpless butter eighty-three plants in his solarium.
About the only casualty so far was fly. Where this blitzkrieg will end It seems that any teacher having
Bob Paroubek’s muffins, For some j is a question only the deep recesses a sick plant takes it to Mr. Ben
reason or other, Bob found that j of Mr. Bennette’s mind can answer. nette who nurses the invalid back
baking soda doesn’t have the same
to health.
effect on muffins as baking pow W H O ZIT?
Miss Green’s room has a green
der has!
house atmosphere with its twentyJ Some people think it’s smart to be one plants on the window sills. Miss
Charles Williams and Frank
thin,
Thulstrup are really going places.
Margie Ronalds’ beginning Latin
But not this lad, he is husky with |
Miss Line is just waiting for a
classes always find her plants to be
lots of vim.
want-ad so she can recommend
something else green in the room
At football he shoulders his way
two good chefs. William Carrol,
besides jhemselves. Miss Johanns
through,
Lawrence Miller, John Anderson,
waters her plants regularly every
Which takes lots of brawn or no
and John May have all started
severxh period. Miss Berry’s plant
can do.
to practice their cooking at
looks a bit peaked. Perhaps it’s
When you ask for gum to his pock
home. Reports of fine baking have
lonesome. Miss Schaefer isn’t tak
et he sails-—
already come back. Bob Brunson
ing any chances on her plants long
And he likes a certain girl with
and Peter Conrad have been ac
ing for company. She has ten
dark pigtails.
claimed the neatest cooks in the lab.
Imother-in-law’s tongues in one pot.
His friends call him “ Herman” ;
The men have always claimed
Senior year he’s in.
Five NTHS Graduates
that the world’s greatest cooks are
With his dark hair and blue eyes
Attending N.U.
men. Our boys’ food classes seem
any heart he would win.
bent on proving the claim. You girls
Five graduates of Niles Township
Answer on Page U
had better look to your laurels!
High School were admitted to
PLEA !
Northwestern University this fall.
Science Classes Present Whether Artie Shaw or Mr. Miller, Dolores Gehrs, Roy Lewis Jr., Ted
Lindstrom, Paul Wertz, and James
To us they both are killer dillers,
Interesting Progam
Winklhofer are the former students
But whenever they come on at
Spectacular displays amazed the
who are now “ hitting the. books”
night
parents and friends of NileHi’s
|
for old N.U.
We have to study, OH what a
science students Thursday night,
plight!
D. Lund Leads
October 24th.
So here is our wish both loud and
The scientific-minded freshmen
Girl Bowlers
long,
staged a “ quiz kids” program with
Hats off to Dottie Lund who has
Let us hear those super songs,
Mr, Kent as the humor-lending pro
been the leading individual bowler
And so we don’t our duties shirk,
fessor. A movie on sound and fuels
for four consecutive weeks! Her
Please make the teachers stop
followed by the advanced science
average is 138. Doris Mussil is a
homework.
department’s chemistry demon
close second with a 132 average.
stration awed looker’s-on.
Could Be?
Carol Blameuser’s 121 look very
The evening was concluded with
Teacher: Who can tell me what good too.
an inspection of the various dis the former ruler of Russia was
The leading team of the Girls’
plays throughout the room.
called ?
Wednesday Bowling League is the
Class (in unison): Czar.
White Kats. Following them are
Teacher: Correct, and what was the Lucky Strikers and No Blows
W H A TZIT?
his wife called?
in close succession.
I’m round and flat, and sort fat.
Class: Czarina.
A Friday bowling league is in the
You aim at me, and laugh with glee,
Teacher: Correct, and what was process of organization. Both the
When I am struck. I cannot duck. the Czar’s little children called?
leagues are to be furnished with
My legs are three. Who can I be?
Jack: (after pausing timidly): white shirts with the school’s name
(Answer on Page 4)
Czardines.
on them in black letters.
J
�Page 4
Trojans W hip
W oodstock 12-0
NILEHILITE
Intramural Basketball
Starts Next Week
Approximately three hundred
tired males tramped into the show
ers following the first practice ses
sions for intramural basketball
which were held last week. This
was the beginning of a schedule of
mne games to be played throughout
the winter by each of the teams.
Regular games will begin next
week, and will continue through the
winter months well into February,
when the winners in each class will
enter in an elimination round. The
final game will determine the school
basketball champions.
N ovember 1, 1940
Frosh Football Team
Shows Promise
Another season of football com
petition at Niles Township draws to
a close. For some of the boys it
means their last year of high-school
football. But for forty enthusiastic
freshmen, it means three more
years of good footbal. And when
we say good we mean good, as this
year’s team is by far the best frosh
we’ve had in recent years. Though
inexperienced at first, under Mr.
Galitz's coaching they developed
enough to win three of their games
while losing two and tying one.
The freshman’s first game against
Maine frosh-soph resulted in a
beating, 7-12, due to the aforesaid
inexperience. Later in the season
they gained revenge for that defeat
L. Splett Leads
by beating the same team, 13-0. In
their second game, the frosh put
GAA Magazine Sales
A freshman, Lorraine Splett,. is up a surprising battle to the big
Evanston Freshman team but suc
leading all the upper classmen in cumbed to a 7-21 score.
the individual magazine sales, up to
Tie Crystal Lake J. V.’s
At Homecoming the frosh took
the time of the paper deadline.
If the goal of two-hundred and over a game on the J. V. schedule
fifty dollars is reached today, a new with the Crystal Lake J. V.’s and
fought a far more experienced
radio will adorn the G.A.A. club- team to a stand-still, 6-6. The last
room, Miss Schaefer recently an two games of the year were “ push
overs,” although both were played
nounced.
within the space of three days,
something unusual in football. At
'41 Football Schedule
Arlington, our freshmen whipped a
Arranged
very weak frosh-soph 13-0. The
Next year’s football schedule was freshmen closed the season “ in the
Faust Scores Second Touchdown
groove” by decisively beating the
After a hard and even fought the chief topic of discussion at the Woodstock J. V.’s 19-0.
meeting of the Northwest Confer
second peroid, NTHS opened its big
Frosh Have Possibilities
In these last two games we could
guns and started rolling down the ence held recently at Libertyville.
After careful discussion, a six
field in the third quarter.
After game conference schedule was see the qualities that cause us to
several line bucks, a short pass and adopted. Each school drew one bye, predict that within at least two
years this same team will capture
some thrilling razzle dazzle, the and as a result Niles Township will a Varsity Conference championship.
referee found an Orange No. 15, not play Arlington Heights in con
This team which rolled up 65
Nitch, and the ball at the bottom of ference competition next year. The points while holding their oppon
a pile of bodies right down in front first conference games will be ents to 39 points, had many out
standing players but these fresh
of the Big Blue’s uprights. A few played on September 26 or 27.
The application of the new Zion- men have three years in which to
minutes later the players and
receive individual mention for star
coaches on the sidelines and the Benton Township High School was dom. Suffice it to say that the
shivering souls in the bleachers tabled until such a time as a va squad as a whole has great possi
were standing and clapping in sal cancy may exist. It appears un bilities.
Answer to last issue’s puzzle
ute to the happy Trojan team that wise to increase the membership of
the conference to more than eight
was trotting down the field to kick
o ff and to big Kermit Faust who schools. The present members are
Arlington Heights, Leyden, Woodhad changed the score to 12 to 0.
stock, Crystal Lake, Libertyville,
Play Arlington Tomorrow
Warren, Lake Forest, and Niles
The entire team, line and back
field, looked pretty fine from the Township.
stands and should be singing a vic
tory song on the return trip from ANSWERS:
Whozit - Kermit Faust
Arlington tomorrow afternoon.
Whatzit - Archery Target
...GO OD LUCK TROJANS!
After a heart rendering defeat to
the tune of 13 to 0 at the hands of
a hard-hitting, hard-playing Lake
Forest team, our Trojans came
back fighting and rolled over the
Big Blue team from Woodstock.
Although not very well backed
from the grandstand, our NileHi
team fought its way up and down
the gridiron and into “ pay dirt”
twice. The final score being 12 to 0.
The few who braved the chilling
gale saw a peppy and eager Orange
Eleven, by a sereis of sweeping
plays with Heiniger toting the pig
skin and line plunges by Faust,
bring the ball deep into enemy
territory. Woodstock dug in and,
after recovering a fumble, booted
out of danger. Soon another march
by the driving men of Troy, featur
ing Heiniger around the ends,
through the line and all over the
field, pushing the pigskin to the
Woodstock 15 yard line. Then, with
Keegan and Brientenbach opening
the way, Dahm wearing N o . 13,
swept over for our initial score.
The attempt conversion failed.
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Niles Township High School Nilehilite, Volume 2, No. 3
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NILEHILITE, November 1, 1940
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Niles Township High School, Skokie, Illinois
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Barton, Clark, Editor
Braeske, Phyllis, Assistant Editor
Stevens, Bill, Feature Editor
Carroll, Annette, Feature Editor
Gable, Florance, Activities Editor
Thomas, Collen, Activities Editor
Reiland, Bob, Sports Editor
Langen, Grace, Sports Editor
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Niles Township High School, Skokie, Illinois
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The NileHilite is edited, published, and printed biweekly by the students of Niles Township High School of Niles Center [Skokie], Illinois, also known as Niles East High School. The school opened in 1939 and closed in 1980. <br /><br /><em>Note: This copy of the NileHiLite was bound with the 1941 school yearbook, </em>"NileHi Reflections".
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Student newspapers and periodicals
Niles East High School (Skokie, Ill.) -- Periodicals
High school students -- Illinois -- Skokie -- Periodicals
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eng
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1940-11-01
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1940s (1940-1949)
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Skokie -- Illinois -- United States
Niles Center -- Illinois -- United States
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Nilehilite19401101
1930s (1930-1939)
1940-1941 school year
high schools
Niles Center
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Attend the Last
Home Football
Game, October 26
«ileHI litë
Volume II
No. 2
N iles Center, Illinois
Honors Course Offered
For Seniors
October 1 8 ,1 9 4 0
Science Department
Oct. 19 - Frosh vs. Main -here
Varsity vs. Lake Forest there Conducts First "Know
21 No school
22 Know Your School Pro Your School Program"
gram - Science Dept. 8:00
CALENDER
Is there any way I can go to col lege with most of my expenses paid?
Ju st what is expected of me
24 Frosh vs. Woodstock- there
when I enter college? Which coll
26 J r Varsity vs. Woodstock
ege is best for the kind of training
-here
I want? These, and many similiar
Varsity vs. W oodstock-here
questions, are being answered for
28. All school assembly - Pro
the fifteen students now enrolled in
logue to Glory
the honors course under the direc
31. Halloween Party tion of Miss Ber.y and Mr. Ohlson,
Chamber of Commerce
offered lor the first time this Nov. 1 Jr. Varsity vs. Arlington semester.
here
Twice a week these students
2 Varsity vs. Arlington - there
are being given special preparation
for college work. The students are Attention, Juniors
being helped to determine weak
spots in their high school training No Weekend Homework;
so that these can be remedied beFrom now on all teachers will be
prohibited to give Juniors any
fov the students eiiter college.
Review of high school work homework on Fridays. Such was
motion as passed
thus has become one important part the the meeting last by the Juniors
at
Friday in the
of the course. Under the direction of assembly room.
Miss Berry, English and foreign
Of course the meeting was just
language reviews are conducted. a farce, but they can dream, can’t
Mr. Ohlson supervises the review they? Another m atter which caused
of science, mathematics, ancrsocial heated discussion was th at dancers
t all school affairs be required to
studies.
dance in a conversational position.
Anothet important part of this- ' the opposition, however, cleverly
course is to train students for the shelved this discussion until the
writing of entrance, placement,and first meeting in 1941.
For the lighter side, the enter
scholarship examinations. Next
spring these students will compete tainment was a cleverly written
with students of other high schools play by Marie Throop. The char
acters were: Bill Stevens, Ginnie
for scholarship awards. Winning a Nordin and Betty Kelly. In fact the
scholarship award usually means play was so well written th at there
t Tat part, or all, -of the student’s will be an attempt made to have it
tuition fee is paid by the college published.
giving the scolarship examination.
For all the fun and entertain
Continued on page 8
ment, the Juniors can thank their
own adviser, Miss Grace Harbert.
'’Freshmen Get Bad Whiff"
Two-hundred freshman jouneyed
to the Chicago Sanitary District
last ^ionday, to view one of the lar
gest $ewage disposal plants in the
coup try.
The plant represents an investof $3475for each taxpayer and costs
an E dition al $1.38 per person for
a yehr to operate.
Three Students Attend
Classical League Meeting
Betty Cummings, Mary Kay DeT/itt. a ■d Virginia Reuter, accom
panied by Miss Marjorie Ronalds,
t Jended the Northern District of
Plinois convention of the Junior
Classical league at the Evanston
Township high school on Sat., Oct.
12.
The first of a series of “Know
Your School” programs will be pre
sented on Thurs., Oct. 24, in the
school gymnasium. The science de
partment is in charge of the eve
ning’s program.
The Physics and Chemistry class
es will combine their resources in
presenting six demonstrations con
cerned with oxidation. In as much
as oxygen is so essential to exist
ence, it is certain that these dem
onstrations will prove to be intense
ly intriguing and informative.
The use of thermite in incendiary
bombs and its use in welding pro
cesses will be demonstrated and ex
plained. Also included in the pro
gram will be the production of hy
drogen, demonstration of its uses,
and adaptability to the demands of
modern civilization.
The Biology class will exhibit
preserved animals, a large collec
tion of insects, an unusual assort
ment of biological fruits, and sev
eral scientific drawings. Lectures
and illustrations on a balanced
aquarium and a desert habitat,
microscopic slides, and fall leaves
in their new ,ensembles will be pre
sented.
Freshmen to Couduct Quiz
For the acquatic minded there
will be a collection of sea shells. A
vivarium and a chart showing the
various elements in the human
body will complete the impressive
display.
The freshman General Science
group will conduct a quiz to test the
scientific knowledge of the average
individual.
“Prologue to Glory”
Three scenes from the Broadway
hit, “Prologue to Glory,” will be
shown at an all-school assembly on
Oct. 28 at 1:15 p.m. The show is a
dramatic love story of young Abe
Lincoln and Ann Rutledge.
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nileHI lite
NILEHILITE
October 18, 1940
N I B L E T S
On last Friday night hundreds of
The N ileH Ilite is odited and published rambling wrecks drifted a hundred
biw eekly by the students o f N iles Town miles through Skokie -wildly cheer
ship High School o f N iles Center, Illi ing NTHS, Willkie, and anything
else they liked. Around and around
nois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche, Principal.
traveled the line - traveling in dizzy
EDITORIAL STAFF
Edtior
Clark Barton circles and sweeping with it things
Assistant Editor
PhyllisBraeske one would have thought ex
that no
Feature Editors
BillSiemens - even in Skokie.... The whole
isted
i Grace Langan
Sports Editors
Bob Reiland week-end was just one glorious
Annette Carroll whirl... at the "TickTock” - and you
Make-up Editors
*
Collen Thomas know when! - nobody seemed to
Jean Dudick care what time it was ... the much
Headline \Vriter
Florence Gabel
Production Manager
Buell Brown sought after JoanneBriggs attended
Henry Dahm the dancewithsophomore DickBoyd
Mr. Clement Meier, Advisor
much to the disappointment of umteen seniors . . . a pair of spirited
Reporters
“Let’s All Yell”
young couples that seemed every
where at once were Margie Burkland with Chuck Taylor; and Kay
From Our Readers
Smith with Jackie Allen . v speak
ing of peppy dancers - Josephine Dear Editor:
Murray and Fritz Paroubek won a
Where in the world can we buy
recent Jitterbug contest at the Pic- chool spirit? We certainly haven’t
.... Miss. Susanne Ostergren, Advisor
wick Country club.
too much here at Nilehi. When you
A short time ago, I discovered go to a football game and look at
that more than freshmen go around the few students in the bleachers,
(Member
esr.^fuii ^“)l940 -4 l)
in a daze — consider the 2nd period you would think our school were
Biology class th at has yet to hear only half the size it is.
an announcement. The resu lt: they
I make a motion that we get
never know what’s going on . . . some pep into us and back up our
Are You One?
rumor has it th at Mrs. Esch is at
Recently several students “cut” tempting to sell Marie Throop’s boys. Who seconds the motion ?
A Nilkhilite Reader
school in order to have a respite play “Preamble” (you Juniors saw
from studies on their own. Your it at your assembly) . . . I wonder
editor does not intend to preach if Ruth Johantgen’s ankles are as Dear Editor:
Have you ever been startled by a
an object lesson to these “way “big” as they appear in angorra
ward” students. However, these socks? . . . and I wonder if Bob sudden “Attention please!” coming ■
pupils were not fulfilling their duty Rieland hopes to realize an “A” out of the loud speaker? And does
to their school and classmates; in in German for that extra project the “That is all” make you feel a?
fact, they were disrupting the us of his -r—catching — and killing 13 though the announcement were a
ual procedure in class and School, of the flies that were bothering police call?
Well, it had that effect on me,
causing trouble and making the Miss Kranz? — The political race
and I wonder if something can be
forces which operate the school to is hot. Marilyn Woodworth’s uncle
done about it?
perform less efficient.
is traveling aboard the “Willkie I svgg st that the announcement
The case which has been men Special” as a reporter — th at ex
tioned above is not far different plains a lot of things . . . Mardy be introduced and concluded by
melodious chimes. In this way, no
from the cases of many “lack McKeever has a Wendell, too.
time would be lost. As soon as the
lustre” students here at Nilehi who
“Kracky” and Florence Schramm chimes were sounded, everyone
refuse to support their teams, eith ought to go out for track — after
er by failure to attend sports that e x h i b i t i o n demonstrating would sit up and take notice. Need
events, or by failure to partici “typical” Skokie speeding — and less to say, our announcements
pate ^ in these sports. By “cut forever ending the regime of one would sound much more profes
ting” the various sports they show fruit salad . . . just why wasn’t one sional.
Very truly yours,
that the school is not squarely be shrimp salad enough for “Bobby”
One Who Listens In
hind the teams, and the teams, in Williams the other day? Will A1
turn, play poorer. How can the Johantgen ever buy Chow Mein for
team put their heart in the game Eva Herman again?
A nagram s
when the heart of the school is not
Note: Mrs. Octopus please see
behind them? Attending school the editor.
Join the two words together and
functions is one of the most im
rearrange the letters to from an
portant elements of school life. itz, for any students to enjoy a other word.
Many students think it is necessary football game.
1. sis tar ...................”
to know the finer points of the
Athletic events and other activi
games to enjoy them. This is ro t ties were planned for your enjoy 2. sap for ............. ...............
necessary. The assembly last Fri ment, and we want you, as stu 3. see sir ...............................
day gave enough “pointers,” thanks dents, to enjoy them. You can’t
4. hit rre ............................. .
to the football teams and Mr. Gal- enjoy them at home, so come out!
5. sum love........
Henry Barkow, Bernice Franson, Richard Hartney,
Betty Kelly, Stanley Kendall, Florence Margalski,
Laura Nunemacher, Doris Mussel, Pat Reiland, Ruth
Roberts,Betty Stielow,Viola Stbll,Toni Thelmmenos,
Howard Weldon, Betty Westerlund, Jane Comstock,
Bill Roman, Norma Delfino, Wayne Barton, Erman
Kramer, Bill Stockfisch, Mildred Bergmark, Dick
Solotj, June Berg, Edith Luxem, Maralyn Woodworth
�October 18, 1940
FO RECA ST
A Look Into The Future
NILEHILITE
Senior Discuss
N ew T ype A nnual
The Senior assembly, Monday,
October 4, was devoted primarily
to the discussion of a new type of
annual. Instead of having the ex
pensive type of annual, as ours
was last year, we will have one pro
duced by the students without pro
fessional help from outside. This
new annual, Mr. Cotanche advises,
will contain more literary work,
more photograph shots, more art,
and more representation of all the
classes.
Local . . . Clyde Henning, author
of the best seller, “Away Went the
Wind,” is welcoming world corres
pondent Danny Dever back after
a year abroad.
Gossip . . . Who is that gorgeous
blond that Dwain Kuhn, millionaire
playboy, is seen with lately. The
initials on her handbag were “J.P.”
I wonder!
Theater . . . H len Miller, famed
For You W ho Claim
New York actress-dancer, is danc
ing in the Red Cross benefit spon To b e Scientists
sored by Paul Mikota, director of 1. The Illinois state tree is :
a. American elm
the stage play, “Yesterday.” Miss
b. white oak
Miller’s co-star will be William Ste
c. sugar maple
d. poplar
ven’s, the talented star of “Lulu.”
Miss Marie Throop, beautiful prirna 2. Which of the following makes the
grass green ?
donna, wore a most enticing hat to
a. water
her opening broadcast. The hat,
b. heat
designed by Connie Kohtz, the well
c. chlorophyl
known designer, is a little number
d. oxygen
trimmed with a small flower pot 3. Which of these insects can look
over its shoulder?
containing leal flowers.
a. fly
Sports . . . ibrank Thulstrup,
b. butterfly
manager of the Skokie Skyrockets,
c. ant
is in bed with a fractured skull. The
d* praying mantis
fracture occured when he bumped A. Plecoptera is
his head getting into his car. Dr. A a. a mineral
Betty Holmes, eminent bone sur
b. an insect order
c. a rock formation
geon, operated on him immediately.
' d. an element
Frank is under the care of a pretty
5. The largest planet is
young nurse, Gerry Thulstrup, his
a, ..Earth T
sister. Sanford Jensen is entering -'v? b. Neptune
three horses in the Kentucky
\ c«, Jupiter
c.' Saturn
Derby.
,, ‘ ei A jiswers on pave 4
W H A T Z IT ? ?
Fm blue and gold,
And oh so small.
I would not scold,
Nor mind at all,
I" you would place,
A joke inside.
Answer on Page 4
D ebits a n d C redits
" Banking ” was the topic of the
second Vocational Assembly of the
year, held Thursday, October 10, in
the assembly hall. Mr. Willard Galitz, of the Niles Center State Bank,
was the very interesting guest
speaker.
In teresting C ourses
O ffered iri N ight School
Did you know that our night
school, beginning Oct. 15, is going
to offer special classes in mathe
matics for men who áre subjéct to
the Selective Training Service un
der the Federal D raft Act ? Prac
tical plane and solid geometry will
be offered to help those men who
may be required for. work in the
tank, mechanized unit, and avia
tion divisions of our army and
navy. These courses are also de
signed to help men who seek advancement in private industry.
Our school is thus .taking an ac
tive part in serving the needs of
our nation as well as those of our
community.
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R u b y B o w se r '4 0
W in s F a s h io n A w a rd
In the recent American Fashion
contest, sponsored by the Chicago
Tribune, Ruby Bowser, NTHS ’40,
won honorable mention. Her prize
design, one of a fall coat, was se
lected as being among the best of
thousands of entries. The draw
ings of the coat are now on display
in WGN’s new broadcasting studio,
It will be sold later.
After graduating from high
school, Ruby was employed during
the summer by a soap company for
$16 a week — at that price we
won’t mention the c o m p a n y .
Well known to most for her
dramatic work, orations, and as “El
Gato,” Ruby entered the Chicago
Academy of Fine Arts on a full
year scholarship, which she won
competing in a large field of grad
uates from Chicago high schools.
Ruby rejected a partial scholar
ship to the Columbia School of
Radio in order to study at the
Academy of Fine Arts.
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T ro ja n s C o n fid e n t
A fte r V ic to rie s
“Is everyone happy?”
Of course we are! After seeing
our Trojans trample Crystal Lake
and our Freshman squad tie the
Visitor’s J.V.’s in the afternoon at
tractions of the Homecoming festi
vities last Saturday, how could we
be otherwise?
By the display of heads-up foot
ball shown in the last two games,
the Trojans are favored to whip
Lake Forest and Woodstock in the
games to be played tomorrow and
next Saturday, Oct. 19 and 26. The
Woodstock encounter is to be the
last home game for the Trojans.
Following is a running account
on how NTHS whipped Crystal
Lake 20-0.
Early in the first quarter, Dick
Fanning recovered a fumble on the
Crystal Lake 45-yd. line. Taking
possession of the ball the Trojans
marched to the goal. In the same
quarter the Trojans scored through
a series of running plays and
passes.
The final score was made in the
fourth quarter on a 40-yd. run by
Jack Heiniger. Ray Nitch added
the points after the first two touch
downs through kicks from place
ment.
The entire squad deserves praise
for their splended play. Heiniger
for his running, Nitch for his kick
ing, Springer’s tackling and fault
less centering, Domas and Dahm’s
pass receiving, the play of Faust,
and the work of Reiland, Jarm uth
and the other linemen and backs
deserve special praise.
Two weeks ago the Trojans de
feated Leyden, 7-3, by scoring in
the last seven minutes of the game.
Orchids and Onions
NILEHILITE
October 18, 1940
W anted:
N oisem akers
Booming down the home stretch
with a winning football team,
NTHS is more than just a threat to
win the conference. Pepped up by
the thunder from the grandstands,
the team is in there fighting. But
there is a need for new cheers! The
team, the cheerleaders, and you
yourselves have been clamoring for
new yells. Would you help the cheer
leaders out by writing down your
ideas and depositing them in the
Nilehilite box.
Girls Bowling
L eague News
With many grunts, groans aqd
shrieks, the Girls’ Wednesday
Bowling league started rolling Oct.
2. At the end of the second week,
Marjory Riser’s team, the Lucky
Strikers, are leading the league.
Jean Holmes’ team, the Gay Nine
ties, are a close second.
The leading individual bowlers
are: Dorothy Lund, 136; Carol
Blameuser, 127; and Marjory Riser,
113.
G.A.A. to D ecide
O n C am paign Today
The G.A.A. executive board and
class representatives held a meeting
Oct. 14, at which Mr. Thompson
talked to the girls about raising
money for their organization by
selling magazines The money will
be used to send G. A. A. members
to camp this year This plan will
be brought up during the G. A. A.
periods today. If the girls are in
fa v o r of the idea the sale will start
today and end on Oct. 28.
The NILEHILITE! What about it?
Bill Peterson, senior — A little
less formal and scholastic articles
and more things for the students.
I thought this was a paper for and
by the students. We demand free
dom of the press! Remember the
Constitution!
Mardy McKeever, junior — I like
the bigger size as it seems to de
note a larger and more important
school but my first impression as
I opened the paper was, “Where
are the middle pages ?”
Danny Dever, sophomore — I
prefer the smaller size. Can’t hide
these from the teacher, but then
w;hat can you hide from the
teacher ?
Grace Nelson, freshman — It’s
very good. I like it better than last
year’s paper.
J. C. Benette, professor — On the
whole I thought the paper was fine.
The only bad thing about it was
the fact that my name wasn’t on
the first page in ‘caps’.
HOLIDAY
FOR WAR
It appears as if NTHS’s faculty
is going to be strictly on the faminine side after last Wednesday.
When Congress drew up the draft
bill they didn’t exclude teachers. So
it now looks like Messers. Lindley,
Ohlson, Meier, Kent, and Galitz will
soon be wearing khaki.
Don’t get excited, “chiluns,” it’s
only a joke. But for one day at
least, all teachers, including the
fairer half of our faculty, were reg
istrars at the Village Hall.
Orchids to Ed Breitenbach who
was “knocked-out/’ but after a few
minutes was back in the game. He
was hit on the head (which may be
the reason for the quick recovery).
Onions to whoever it was who H onors C ourse - con't
brought a portable radio to the
Although it cannot be expected
game and played swing music
that all students who take the hon
throughout the afternoon.
ors course will win scholarships, it
is hoped that some of these students
A nsw ers to Science Q uestions
will bring honor to NileHi and fi
Score yourself 0-1, poor; 2-3, nancial aid to themselves by succ
average ; 4, above average ; 5 supe ess in one of these competitive ex
rior.
amination. At least, these students
1. white oak
can be confident that they will be Answer to last issue’s Whozit:
2. chlorophyl
well prepared to do college work,
Bill Stevens
3. praying mantis
and that they will have selected the
4. insect order
right school for the kind of training Answer to Whatzit:
5. Jupiter
they want.
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NIL ; i h . i r g
Volume II No. 2
Skokie, Illinois
H
onors C
ourse O
ffered
For Seniors
Attend the Last
Home Football
Game, October 26
October 18, 1940
CALENDAR
Oct. 19— Frosh vs. Main - here
Varsity vs. Lake Forest there
21—
No school
Is there any way I can go to col
22—
Know Your School Pro
lege with most of my expenses
gram - Science Dept. 8:00
paid? Just what is expected of me
p. m.
when I enter college? Which col
24— Frosh vs. WoodstockThe first of a series of “ Know
there
lege is best for the kind of training
Your School” programs will be pre
26— J.V.’s vs. WoodstockI want? These, and many similiar
sented on Thurs., Oct. 24, in the
here
questions, are being answered for
Varsity vs. Woodstock - here school gymnasium. The science de
the fifteen students now enrolled in
28— All school assembly-Pro- partment is in charge of the eve
the honors course under the direc
logue to Glory
ning’s program.
31— Halloween Party - Cham
tion of Miss Berry and Mr. Ohlson,
The Physics and Chemistry class
ber of Commerce
offered for the first time this se
es will combine their resources in
Nov. 1— J.V.’s vs. Arlington - here
mester.
2—Varsity vs. Arlington - presenting six demonstrations con
Twice a week these students are
cerned with oxidation. Inasmuch as
there
being given special preparation for
oxygen is so essential to existence,
college work. The students are be
it is certain that these demonstra
ing helped to determine weak spots
tions will be intensely intriguing
in their high school training so that
and informative.
From now on all teachers will be
these can be remedied before the
The use of thermite in incendiary
prohibited to give Juniors any
students enter college.
bombs and its use in welding pro
homework on Fridays. Such was
Review of high school work thus the motion as passed by the Juniors cesses will be demonstrated and ex
has become one important part of at the meeting last Friday in the plained. Also included in the pro
the course. Under the direction of assembly room.
gram will be the production of hy
Of course the meeting was just drogen, demonstration of its uses,
Miss Berry, English and foreign
language reviews are conducted. a farce, but they can dream, can’t and adaptability to the demands of
they ? Another matter which caused modern civilization.
Mr. Ohlson supervises the review heated discussion was that dancers
The Biology class will exhibit
of science, mathematics, and social at all school affairs be required to preserved animals, a large collec
studies.
dance in a conversational position. tion of insects, an unusual assort
Another important part of this The opposition, however, cleverly ment of biological fruits, and sev
course is to train students for the shelved this discussion until the eral scientific drawings. Lectures
first meeting in 1941.
and illustrations on a balanced
writing of entrance, placement, and
On the lighter side, the entertain aquarium and a desert habitat,
scholarship examinations. Next ment was a cleverly written play microscopic slides, and fall leaves
spring these students will compete by Marie Throop. The characters in their new ensembles will be pre
with students of other high schools were: Bill Stevens, Ginnie Nordin sented.
Freshmen to Conduct Quiz
for scholarship awards. Winning a and Betty Kelly. In fact the play
For the acquatic minded there
scholarship award usually meads was so well written that there will
be an
that part, or all, of the student’s lished.attempt made to have it pub will be a collection of sea shells. A
vivarium and a chart showing the
tuition fee is paid by the college
For all the fun and entertain various elements in the human
giving the scholarship examination.
ment, the Juniors can thank their body will complete the impressive
(Continued on page 4)
display.
Three Students Attend
The freshman General Science
group will conduct a quiz to test the
Classical League Meeting
Two-hundred freshmen journey own adviser, Miss Grace Harbert. scientific knowledge of the average
ed to the Chicago Sanitary District
Betty Cummings, Mary Kay De- individual.
last Monday, to view one of the Witt, and Virginia Reuter, accom
“Prologue to Glory”
largest sewage disposal plants in panied by Miss Marjorie Ronalds,
Three scenes from the Broadway
the country.
attended the Northern District of hit, “ Prologue to Glory,” will be
The plant represents an invest Illinois convention of the Junior shown at an all-school assembly on
ment of $34.75 for each taxpayer Classical league at the Evanston Oct. 28 at 1:15 p.m. The show is a
and costs an additional $1.38 per Township high school on Sat., Oct. dramatic love story of young Abe
person a year to operate.
12.
Lincoln and Ann Rutledge.
Attention, Juniors
N W
o eekend H ew
om ork!
"Freshmen Get Bad Whiff"
�NILEHILITE
Page 2
IQLEHiLITE"
October 18, 1940
NIBLETS
Last Friday night hundreds of
The NileHIlite is ed'ted, published and rambling wrecks drifted a hundred
printed biweekly by the students of Niles miles through Skokie-wildly cheer
Township High School of Skokie, Illinois. ing NTHS, Willkie, and anything
Mr. R. E. Cotanche, Principal.
else they liked. Around and around
EDITORIAL STAFF
traveled the line — traveling in
Editor
ClarkBarton
dizzy
Assistant Editors
PhyllisBraeske circles and sweeping with it
things that no one would have
Feature Editors
Activities Editors
Sports Editor'
thought existed — even in Skokie
Florance Gable . . . The whole week-end was iust
Collen Thomas
one glorious whirl. . . at the “ Tick
BobReiland
Grace Langen Tock” — and you know when! —
— nobody seemed to care what time
it was. . . the much sought after
Mr. Clement Meier, Advisor
Joanne Briggs attended the dance
Reporters
Nanrv Allen. Henry Barkow, Wayne Barton. with sophomore Dick Bovd much
June Berg, Mildred Bergmark, Jane Comstock.
Tane Deatrick, Norma Delfino, Bernice Franson, to the disappointment of umteen
Richard Martney, Lois Jaycox, Betty Kelly. seniors . . . a pair of spirited young
Elman Sraem er, Pat Reiland, Sal Rizzo, Ruth
R^ShtateJSick Solon, Bettv Stielow, Willard Stock- couples that seemed everywhere at From Our Readers
Stfill, Toni Thlimmenos, Robert Tolzein,H ow ard Weldon, Betty Westerlund, Maralyn once were: Margie Burkland with
Woodworth.
Chuck Taylor, and Kay Smith with Dear Editor:
Mis* Susanne Ostergren, Advisor
Where in the world can we buy
Jackie Allen . . . speaking of peppy
dancers — Josephine Murrav and school spirit? We certainly haven’t
Fritz Paroubek won a recent Jitter too much here at Nilehi. When you
_______ ___________________
bug contest at the Pickwick Coun go to a football game and look at
(M e m b e rf^ est Jjffii9 2 i c )l9 4 Q -4 l)
the few students in the bleachers,
try club.
A short time ago, I discovered you would think our school were
that more than freshmen go around only half the size it is.
I make a motion that we get
Are You One?
in a daze — consider the 2nd period
Biology class that has yet to hear some pep into us and back up our
Recently several students “ cut”
boys. Who seconds the motion?
school in order to have a respite an announcement. The result: they
A Nilehilite Reader
never know what’s going on . . .
from studies on their own. Your
Dear Editor:
editor does not intend to preach rumor has it that Mrs. Esch it at
Have you ever been startled by a
an object lesson to these “ way tempting to sell Marie Throop’s sudden “ Attention please!” coming
play “ Preamble” (you Juniors saw
ward” students. However, these
out of the loud speaker? And does
pupils were not fulfilling their duty it, at your assembly) . . . I wonder the “ That is all” make you feel as
if Ruth Johantgen’s ankles are as
to their school and classmates; in
though the announcement were a
fact, they were disrupting the us “ big” as they appear in angorra
socks ? . . . and I wonder if Bob police call?
ual procedure in class and school,
Well, it had that effect on me,
causing trouble, and making the Riel and hopes to realize an “ A ” and I wonder if something can bo
in German for that extra nroject
forces which operate the school to
of his — catching — and killing 13 done about it?
perform less efficiently.
of the flies that were bothering
I suggest that the announcement
The case which has been men Miss Kranz? — The political race
be introduced and concluded by
tioned above is not far different
hot. Marilynn Woodworth’s
„
from the cases. of many “ lack is ___ traveling aboard the “ Will melodious chimes. In this way, no
uncle is
lustre” students here at NileHi who kie Special” as a reporter — that time would be lost. As soon as the
refuse to support their teams, eith exnlains a lot of things . . . Mardy chimes were sounded, everyone
er by failure to attend sports McKeever has a Wendell, too.
would sit up and take notice. Need
events, or by failure to partici
“ Kracky” and Florence Schramm less to say, our announcements
pate in these sports. By “ cut
ting” the various sports they show ought to go out for track — after would sound much more profes
that the school is not squarely be that exhibition d em on stra tin g sional.
hind the teams, and the teams, in “typical” Skokie speeding — and
Very truly yours,
turn, play more poorly. How can forever ending the regime of one
One Who Listens In
the team put their heart in the fruit salad . . . just why wasn’t one
shrimp salad enough for “ Bobby”
game when the heart of the school
is not behind them? Attending Williams the other day? Will A1 Anagrams
school functions is one of the most Johantgen ever buy Chow Mein for
Join the two words together and
important elements of school life Eva Herman again?
Note: Mrs. Octopus please see rearrange the letters to form an
Many students think it is necessary
other word.
to know the finer points of the the editor
If sis
tar ..........................
games to enjoy them. This is not
Athletic events and other activi
necessary. The assembly last Fri
2. cap
for ..........................
day gave enough “ pointers,” thanks ties were planned for your enjoy
3. see
sir ..........................
to the football teams and Mr. Gal ment, and we want you, as stu
4. hit
ere ..........................
dents, to enjov them. You can’t
itz, for any student to enjoy a foot
5. sum love ..........................
enjoy them at home, so come out'
ball game.
Production Managers
�October 18, 1940
FO RCAST
A Look Into The Future
Local . . . Clyde Henning, author
of the best seller, “Away Went the
Wind,” is welcoming world corre
spondent Danny Dever back after
a year abroad.
Gossip . . . Who is that gorgeous
blond that Dwain Kuhn, millionaire
playboy, is seen with lately. The
initials on her handbag were “ J. P.”
I wonder!
Theater . . . Helen Miller, famed
New York actress-dancer, is danc
ing in the Red Cross benefit spon
sored by Paul Mikota, director of
the stage play, “ Yesterday.” Miss
Miller’s so-star will be William Ste
ven’s, the talented star of “ Lulu.”
Miss Marie Throop, beautiful prima
donna, wore a most enticing hat to
her opening broadcast. The hat,
designed by Connie Kohtz, the well
known designer, is a little number
trimmed with a small fllower pot
containing real flowers.
Sports . . . Frank Thulstrup,
manager of the Skokie Skyrockets,
is in bed with a fractured skull. The
fracture occured when he bumped
his head getting into his car. Dr.
Betty Holmes, eminent bone sur
geon, operated on him immediately.
Frank is under the care of a pretty
young nurse, Gerry Thulstrup, his
sister. Sanford Jensen is entering
three horses in the Kentucky berby.
W HATZIT ??
I'm blue and gold,
And oh so small.
I would not scold,
Nor mind at all,
If you would place,
A joke inside.
Answer on Page 4
_________NILEHILITE________
jSenior Discuss
New Type Annual
The Senior assembly, Monday,
October 4, was devoted primarily
to the discussion of a new type of
annual. Instead of having the ex
pensive type of annual, as ours war
last year, we will have one produced
bv the students without profession
al help from outside. This new an
nual. Mr. Cotanche advises, will
contain more literary work, more
photograph shots, more art, and
more representation of all the
classes.
Page 3
R uby Bowser '4 0
W ins Fashion Aw ard
In the recent American Fashion
contest, sponsored by the Chicago
Tribune, Ruby Bowser, NTHS '40,
won honorable mention. Her prize
design, one of a fall coat, was
selected as being among the best of
thousands of entries. The draw
ings of the coat are now on display
in WGN’s new broadcasting studio,
the sketches will be sold later.
After graduating from high
For You W ho Claim
school, Ruby was employed during
the summer by a soap company for
To be Scientists
$16 a week— at that price we won’t
1. The Illinois state tree is:
mention the company.
a. American elm
Though well known to most for
b. white oak
c. sugar maple
her dramatic work, orations, and
d. poplar
as “ El Gato,” Ruby entered the
2. Which of the following makes
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on
the grass green?
a full year scholarship, which she
a. water
b. heat
won competing in a large field of
c. chlorophyl
graduates from Chicago high
d. oxygen
schools.
8. Which of these insects can look
Ruby rejected a partial scholar
over its shoulder?
ship to the Columbia School of
a. fly
b. butterfly
Radio in order to study at the Acad
c. ant
emy of Fine Arts.
d. praying mantis
4. Plecoptera is
a. a mineral
b. an insect order
c. a rock formation
d. an element
5. The largest planet is
a. Earth
b. Neptune
c. Jupiter
d. Saturn
Interesting Courses
Offered in Night School
Did you know that our night
school, beginning Oct. 15, is going
to offer special classes in mathe
matics for men who are subject to
the Selective Training Service un
der the Federal Draft Act? Prac
tical plane and solid geometry will
be offered to help those men who
may be required for work in the
Debits and Credits
tank, mechanized unit, and avia
“ Banking” was the topic of the tion divisions of our army and 1.
second Vocational Assembly of the navy. These courses are also de 2.
year, held Thursday, October 10, in signed to help men who seek ad 3.
5.
the assembly hall. Mr. Willard Gal- vancement in private industry.
Our school is this taking an ac 15.
itz, of the Niles Center State Bank, tive part in serving the needs of
18.
was the very interesting guest ! our nation as well as those of our j 19.
speaker.
community.
T2.
Vertical
Pertaining to certain tribes
Blue
limited
Hour
(Abbr)
America
(Abbr)
Decay
Hawaiian herb
Route
(Abbr)
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N'LEHIL’ T^
October 18, 1940
Wanted:
Noisemakers
¡Trojans Confident
Booming down the home stretch After Victories
with a winning football team,
“ Is everyone happy?”
NTHS is more than just a threat to
Of course we are! After seeing
win the conference. Pepped up by our Trojans trample Crystal Lake
the thunder from the grandstands, and our Freshman squad tie the
the team is in there fighting. But Visitor’s J.V.’s in the afternoon at
there is a need for new cheers! The tractions of the Homecoming festi
team, the cheerleaders, and you vities last Saturday, how could we
The NILEHILITE! What about it? iyourselves have been clamoring for
be otherwise?
Bill Peterson, senior — A little |
new yells. Would you help the
By the display of heads-up foot
less formal and scholastic articles i cheerleaders out by writing down
ball shown in the last two games,
and more things for the students. your ideas and depositing them in
the Trojans are favored to whip
I thought this was a paper for and |
the Nilehilite box.
Lake Forest and Woodstock in the
bv the students. We demand free
gcmes to be played tomorrow and
dom of the press! Remember thej Girls Bowlinq
|
next Saturday, Oct. 19 and 26. The
Constitution!
League News
IV/oodstock encounter is to be the
Mardy McKeever, junior — I like
With many grunts, groans and last home game for the Trojans.
the bigger size as it seems to de shrieks, the Girls’ Wednesday Bowl
Following is a running account
note a larger and more important ing league started rolling Oct. 2.
! on how NTHS whipped Crystal
school but my first impression as At the end of the second week,
|
Lake 20-0.
I opened the paper was, “ Where Marjory Riser’s team, the Lucky
Early in the first quarter, Dick
are the middle pages?”
Strikers, are leading the league. Fanning recovered a fumble on the
Danny Dever, sophomore — I Jean Holmes’ team, the Gay Nine Crystal Lake 45-yd. line. Taking
prefer the smaller size. Can’t hide ties, are a close second.
possession of the ball the Trojans
these from the teacher, but then
The leading individual bowlers marched to the goal. In the same
what can you hide from the are: Dorothy Lund, 136; Carol quarter the Trojans scored through
teacher ?
Blameuser, 127; and Marjory Riser, a series of running plays and
Grace Nelson, freshman — It’s 113.
passes.
very good. I like it better than last
The final score was made in the
G .A .A . to Decide
year’s paper.
fourth quarter on a 40-yd. run by
J. C. Benette, professor — On the On Campaign, Today
Jack Heiniger. Ray Nitch added
whole I thought the paper was fine,
The G. A. A. executive board and the points after the first two touch
The only bad thing about it was Iclass representatives held a meet downs through kicks from place
the fact that my name wasn’t on ing Oct. 14, at which Mr. Thompson
ment.
the first page in ‘caps.’
talked to the girls about raising
The entire squad deserves praise
Imoney for their organization by for their splendid play. Heiniger
selling magazines. The money will for his running, Nitch for his kick
H O LID A Y
| used to send G. A. A. members ing, Springer’s tackling and fault
be
FOR W A R
to camp this year. This plan will less centering, Domas and Dahm’s
It appears as if NTHS’s faculty, be brought up during the G. A. A. pass receiving, the play of Faust,
is going to be strictly on the femi periods today. If the girls are in and the efforts of Reiland, Jarmuth
nine side after last Wednesday. favor of the idea the sale will start and the other linemen and backs
deserve special praise.
When Congress drew up the draft today and end on Oct. 28.
Two weeks ago the Trojans de
bill they didn’t exclude teachers. Honors Course - cont'
feated Leyden, 7-3, by scoring in
So it now looks like Messers. LindAlthough it cannot be expected
ley, Ohlson, Meier, Kent, and Galitz that all students who take the hon the last seven minutes of the game.
Orchids and Onions
will soon be wearing khaki.
ors course will win scholarships, it
Orchids to Ed Breitenbach who
Don’t get excited, “ chiluns,” it’s | hoped that some of these stuis
only a joke. But for one day at j dents will bring honor to NileHi was “ knocked-out,” but after a few
least, all teachers, including the and financial aid to themselves by minutes was back in the game. He
fairer half o f our faculty, were success in one of these competitive was hit on the head (which may be
examination. At least, these stu the reason for the quick recovery.)
registrars at the Village Hall.
dents can be confident that they
Onions to whoever it was who
Answer to last issue’s Whozit:
will be well prepared to do college
Bill Stevens
work, and that they will have brought a portable radio to the
selected the right school for the game and played swing music
Answer to Whatzit:
kind of training they want.
throughout the afternoon.
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Barton, Clark, Editor
Braeske, Phyllis, Assistant Editor
Stevens, Bill, Feature Editor
Langan, Grace, Feature Editor
Reiland, Bob, Sports Editor
Carroll, Annette, Sports Editor
Thomas, Collen, Make-up Editor
Dudick, Jean, Make-up Editor
Barton, Clark, Editor
Braeske, Phyllis, Assistant Editor
Stevens, Bill, Feature Editor
Carroll, Annette, Feature Editor
Gable, Florance, Activities Editor
Thomas, Collen, Activities Editor
Reiland, Bob, Sports Editor
Langen, Grace, Sports Editor
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Homecoming Plans
Completed
Mr. Cotanche Cites
Need of Cooperation
Superintendent Cotanche in his
remarks before the student body
at the first all school assembly ex
pressed the feeling which we, who
think, must have deep within us.
Mr. Cotanche said, “ In a school,
which is growing as fast as our
school, many problems arise which
do not confront a school where a
stability of enrollment has been
reached. We, faculty and students
alike, must grow with the institu
tion. We must build within our
selves a responsibility for our own
growth as individuals. We need to
learn to be more and more consid
erate of others. We need politeness
and courtesy at all times: in the
class room, in the corridors, on the
school grounds, in the school buss
es. We need fo be loyal to the pur
poses and traditions of our school.
We need to have.good students.
We need to act at all times in
such manner that we continue to
show our community that such loy
alty exists. It is only when these
goals are reached that we can say
that we have really achieved.”
And so another day, and still an
other. We sow. We reap. We
harvest. Our harvest, Mr. Cotanche
beleives, will depend upon the ef
fort each o f us extends toward the
goals he has outlined for us.
CALENDAR
October 4
5
5
7
Football - Leyden there
J. V. vs. Leyden there
Frosh vs.Evanston there
Vocational Assembly Banking
8 Frosh - Soph Matinee
Dance
11 Annual Bonfire
12 Football Home Coming
Game
12 Home Coming Dance
14 Foreign Language Club
Dance
Freshmen Embark
On Four- Year Voyage
A young army of freshmen start
ed their four year trip through the
mighty halls of NTHS. That is to
say, we hope it only takes them
four years, but taking all things
into consideration, as one must do
with a Freshman, it looks as
though it will be an outstanding
class.
The class as a whole started its
high school career with a bang. In
the music room Mr. Collins had vis
ions of a better orchestra. He
mopped his forehead and welcomed
Doris Hampton at the piano, Nona
Jane Haloppa and Bob Humburg in
the clarinet section, Anna Nachbauer playing trombone, and Billy
Meyer beating time on a drum. In
the gym some of the freshmen try
ing out for cheerleading and pray
ing that they would get “ in” were:
Jane Breckenridge, Delores Chap
man, Marilyn Hynes, and June Ohlson.
Out on the football field Grant
Kuhn, Bob Dahm, and several other
freshmen are showing up all the
upperclassmen.
All in all, it looks as if the fresh
men might lose the title of “ Green
horns,” before the year is up and
prove competition even for the so
phisticated older students.”
A t Nilehi’s annual Homecoming
celebrated next weekend, Oct. 11
and 12, alumni return to the scene
of their former conquests and fresh
men get their first taste of high
school social life. As this is the
most important fall school activity
the entire student body is urged to
participate. Indications are that the
alumni w ill be strongly represented.
Things start rollings Friday night
at 7:30 with a bonfire on the cinder
track, east o f the school, followed
by a snake dance through town.
Saturday morning an automobile
parade has been planned, starting
at the school at 10:30. Every student
who can get a car - loud horns are
a help - is invited to join.After tour
ing the township, the parade will
return to the school.
The kickoff of the first game of
an afternoon of football w ill be at
12:30 when our J. V.’s duel Crystal
Lake J. V .’s. A t three o’clock, the
Trojan Varsity w ill attempt to
avenge last year’s defeat by Crystal
Lake.
Nilehi will round out a perfect
weekend with what promises to be
a perfect dance.
Jack Ketter and his orchestra
will be featured at the annual foot
ball dance on Saturday evening at
8:30 in the gymnasium. A unique
door prize,in keeping with the week
end, w ill be given away at 11 P.M.
Language Club to Hold
Meeting Oct. 14
Refugees of the numerous lang
uage classes w ill be herded into
the Assembly room on October 14
for the first meeting of the Foreign
Language Club. A t a recent elect
ion new officers were elected and
w ill be installed at the informal pro
gram planned by the nominating
and program committee with Miss
Marjorie Ronalds in charge.
Those in whose hands our future
is intrusted are Don Fisher, presi
dent, Bill Stockfisch, vice presi
dent, Jeanne Nelson, secretary, and
Barbara Williams, treasurer. Good
luck to them!
�NILEHILITE
October 4, 1940
NILEHILITE
Page 2
NILEHI NIBLETS
Your Editor— I insist on capital
The NileHIlite is edited and published izing that word— has been too busy
biweekly by the students of Niles Town doing homework, trying to find out
ship High School of Niles Center, Illi
who the “ it” was that “ caused”
nois. Mr. R. E. Cotanche, Principal.
Miss Schaefer to lose a Bass— in
E D ITO R IA L STAFF
Edtior
Clark Barton attempting to dig up a date for the
Assistant Editor
Phyllis Braeske dance, to do much.
Feature Editors
Bill Stevens
But then I ’ve had fun back at
Grace I.angan
Sports Editors
Bob Reiland school — watching Miss Berry’s
Annette Carroll
Make-up Editors
Collen Thomas pumps precariously dangle on the
Jean Dudick tip of her toe — waiting feverishly
Headline Writer
Florence Gabel
Production Manager
Buell Brown for them to be lost in the shuffle
Henry Dahm . . . looking with delight at Corky
Reporters
Harrington’s rainbow shoes . . .
Henry Barkow, Bernice Franson, Richard Hartney,
Betty Kelly, Stanley Kendall, Florence Margalski, and just looking at Miss Bronson.
Laura Nunemacher, Doris Mussel, Pat Reiland, Ruth
Miss Lumpp had a wonderful
Roberts,Betty Stielow,Viola Stoll,Toni Thelmmenos,
Howard Weldon, Betty Westerlund, Jane Comstock, summer divided between the soft
Bill Roman, Norma Delfino, Wayne Barton, Erman
Kramer, Bill Stockfisch, Mildred Bergmark, Dick music and guiet breezes of Hawaii;
Solon, June Berg, Edith Luxem, Maralyn Woodworth and gay sparkling Hollywood par
ties . . . The staff wishes Helen
OUR SECOND YEAR
“ Pee Wee” Miller happy birthday
This issue marks the beginning but a bit late . . . Katie Ann Nel
of another year in the existance of
the NILE H ILITE , N T H S ’s young son had a “ coming-out” party at
est publication. On this, our first the Blackhawk recently — the par
anniversary, we feel it is rather ap ty, we regret was one tentative to
propriate to acknowledge the favor an appendectomy . . . Crutches are
able manner in which /our paper
quite the fad now — but I seem to
and ours was received here atNilehave “ misplaced” mine.
hi. W e wish also to express our
Bill Stevens is going out with
desire to serve you with the news
and high-lights o f all schools activ who again? I ’ll offer 5 to 1 odds
ities during the coming year.
that “ he” takes “ her” to the foot
The N ILE H ILITE first appeared
on Nov. 22,1939 after weeks o f pre ball dance . . . Ted Canty takes his
paration by the j oumalism and print football — among other things —
ing classes. Incidentally, the NILE very seriously. He calls up Mr.
H ILITE is one of the few paper in Kent — among other people — in
the Chicago area to be both edited the middle of the night to ask his
and printed by the students exclus
ively. Examining a front page art way about the — (Censored) —
icle o f that first issue we find this play — etc. . . . Miss Kranz has her
prophesy
and the N ILE H ILITE classes chewing bubble gum that
will grow with Nilehi. ” W e believe she can save five hundred wrappers
this prophesy has been fully realized for a set of historical pictures . . .
during the past year.
I was excused from class to pick
The NILEH ILITE, we feel, has some grass . . . a freshman, natur
become a real student project. The ally, took a shower with her shoes
name was suggested by a student, on . .. Bill King had a “ tasty” meal
the design was drawn by the mech in Foods after someone had scat
anical drawing classes, the office tered soap chips in it — he ate it
has handled the circulation, the — for a while, unknowingly — and
journalism and printing classes, as then he knew! . . . an explosion
mentioned previously, have taken on the frontier of the third floor
care of editing and publishin g. There — Room 316 — found frightened
are other cases where students have freshies watching the “ mad scien
helped and speeded up production tist” experimenting in explosions.
o f this publication, too lengthy Need we mention that he is a Finn?
u> mention. W ith this thought of
As I put this column to bed, I
student co-operation in mind, we rest assured that its territory shall
again invite you to submityour orig never be invaded by that “ demon”
inal poems and stories, (they will radio; nor by any bigoted biped
be by-lined), and any news or gos who has been reading dime novels
sip that will be acceptab e.
about tough reporters.
I
61 R e c e iv e
S c h o la s t ic A w a r d s
The scholarship assembly was
held Thursday, Sept. 19. This assem
bly, which traditionally is the first
all-school assembly o f this year,
was presided over by Mr. Flagg
who presented scholarship certifi
cates to 39 pupils.Bronze Keys were
awarded to 13 and Silver Keys to 9.
Students who received Scholarship
Certificates are:
Adele Bartz, Richard C. Boyd, Danny
Dever, Dagmar Franson, Patricia Galitz,
JoAnn McKeown, Rosanna King, V ir
ginia Lenzen, Janet Lutkehaus, Carl
Mueller, Dorothy Rings, Tom Sheridan,
Betty Stielow, Willard Stockfisch, Viola
Stoll, Betty Westerlund, Maralyn Woodworth, Gloria Alterini, Donald Baumann,
Ruth Buthman, Donna Jean Cotanche,
Bernice Franson, Wayne Kunekl, Grace
Langan, Virginia Nordin, Paul Perlman,
Daniel Petty, Beatrice Rossman, Armin
Bierbaum, Bernice Boyk, Norma Delfino,
Shirley Dilg, William Fiech, Winnifred
Glagg, Florence Gabel, Mary Hegarty,
Edith Luxem, Sue Schaefer, La Verne
Schuler.
Bronze Keys were presented to
Mildred Bergmark, Ruth darkens, Ger
trude Dahm, Rita Jang Fisher, Marjorie
Riser, Norma Heidtke, Olga Krajchovich,
Lillian Miethke, Isabelle Hoth, Florence
Ochs, Virginia Reuter* Colleen Thomas,
Laura Nunemacher.
Those who received Silver Keys,
and eligible for Gold Keys at the
Senior Commencement are:
Gloria Bartz, Ben Domas, Dorothy Kranz,
June Berg, Don Fisher, Edward Springer,
Phyliss Braeske, Jeanette Huemmer,
Phyllis Schlotterbeck.
The third all-school assembly will
be held in the gymnasium at 2 : 00
P.M. on Oct. 17. Mr. George F. Morse
of the University of Chicago Biolog
ical Department will speak on birds,
wild animals, and animals in cap
tivity. Mr. Morse is a recognized
authority, being associated with
Shedd Aquarium, Boston Zoo, and
and Chicago Zoo.
? ? ? ? ? ?
Climate..... the way to get up a tree
Prism......where prisoners stay.
V itam in......if someone comes toyour house vit am-in.
Copy right......what students should
when peeking at someone’s
paper.
�October 4, 1940
H o lly w o o d
and
R etu rn
A rather familiar figure on the
Paramount lot, gadding with the
stars, and dancing before the grind
ing cameras and glaring lights this
summer, ¿vas Miss Carole Lee of
NTHS.
One of the famous Abbot danc
ers, Carole spent some six weeks
in the Movie Colony during the
shooting of the new Jack BennyFred Allen smash hit, “ Love Thy
Neighbor.” Working at the studios
from 7 :30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily,
there was no fear of boredom. The
maze and panorama that spells
Paramount is just like a little vil
lage with hordes of people scurry
ing about the streets; the stars on
bicycles, and huge sound sets jam
med to overflowing with hungry
but eager extras, make-up and cos
tume directors, beautiful scenery
and noise and excitement reigning
supreme.
The luncheon rendezvous of the
stars is the studio commissary
where Carole lunched with Johnny
Mercer, Hoagy Carmeichal, and the
Merrie Macs, all of the musical
world. Bing Crosby, after eating
his own, borrowed Carole’s dill
pickle and smiled his thanks. Bound
for rehearsal one day, on sound
stage 8, she got into “ 10” by mis
take and walked right in on the
filming of “ Virginia,” starring
Madeline Carrol.
Carole, a very busy girl, still
found time to visit the Cocoanut
Grove, where Eddie Duchin dedi
cated some songs to her birthday.
A t the Wilshire Bowl, Frankie
Thomas, the young star, stepped
all over Carole’s new pumps to the
accompaniment of Phil Harris’ or
chestra; but she got even, spilling
her drink — coke, I ’m sure — on
Frankie another night at Ciros.
While out driving with Jackie
Cooper, Carole saw Peter Lorre and
found he was as weird off the
screen as on.
Hollywood is a movie, a book, a
play, and a bicarbonate all mixed
together.
Now Carole is home rehearsing
for the new show at the famed
Palmer House with big ambitions,
a huge scrap book, and wonderful
memories.
Page 3
NILEHILITE
Majorettes on Parade;
Request for Drum Major
The marching o f feet--the flash of
twirling batons — and everyone
knows that the drum majorettes are
again on parade under the direction
o f Mr. Weidal. Seven new major
ettes have enlisted in the class in
addition to the eight twirlers of
last year. An after school class is
also being organized.
According to Mr. Collins, it is
planned to have the drum major
ettes twirl at one or two of the foot
ball games. Group twirling exhibi
tions will be given at home basket
ball games.
A special request has been sent
out to have boys who are interested
in leading the band report to Mr.
Collins. The one selected w ill be giv
en strutting lessons and thereafter
lead the band on parade in a hand
some uniform.
WHOZIT?
There’s a fellow, tan and tall,
And when he goes through the hall
Anxious glances can be seen
For competition is quite keen.
His is the voice you always hear
Advertising throughout the year,
For party, picnics, dance, or plays,
The latter in which he portrays
Begger, hero, or the detective,
As in last year’s play, effective
When he called with voice of
thunder,
"Give me Oxford 0100!”
Kelly On Underclassmen
Freshman whither commest thou
W ith thy solemn scholarly brow?
Tred these halls with trembling feet,
Lest some seniors thou shall meet.
Sophomore’s you are up a step,
Don’t let that give you too much pep.
Tw o more years you have to go,
Before you’ve really seen the show.
Juniors step ahead with glee,
But do not lose your dignity,
A ll traditions you uphold,
When you become a senior bold.
Seniors what have you to gain
W ith your look of great distain?
Work will have to go quite fast,
Else a senior you will last—and last
S e e C h ic a g o C lu b
P la n s T o u r s
The See Chicago Club has again
started its year of tours. This club,
made up of Juniors and Seniors,
takes six to eight trips in and about
Chicago during the school year. The
final trip of the year is either to
Washington, D.C. or Springfield,
Illinois. This year a two-day trip to
Springfield and New Salem will be
planned.
• The first jaunt was an all day bus
trip taken Sept. 4. During the
morning the group visited the
Oriental Museum, which is a part
of the University of Chicago, and
the Museum of Science in Jackson
Park. This building houses many
exhibits formerly seen at the Chi
cago World’s Fair. In the afternoon
the group visited the Field Museum
nnd Shedd Aquarium. A fte r a
strenuous seven hour day the
weary sight-seers returned to Niles
Center.
The club this year has on its cal
endar trips to the Historical So
ciety, the Chicago Civic Opera, the
Post Office, a broadcast, and of
course the members will go to Max
well Street to do their Christmas
shopping. Plans are also being
made for a trip to Chinatown which
will include dinner.
Trips are not made two years in
succession unless requested. Other
nfcns will include visits to places of
b sivess such as a telephone station
or a candy company. And effort will
be made to take at least a small
group to the Northwestern Observ
atory.
All trips are made on Friday
evening, Saturday or Sunday. By
request there will be at least two
Sunday trips. Shore trips may be
made after school.
This club, which has a member
ship of over one hundred twenty,
is sponsored by Miss Harbert, Miss
Lumpp, and Miss Kranz.
Lost And Found
Found: Coach Isaacson wearing
a green hat; oh well, nothing like
breaking old traditions.
Found: One Freshman in search
of room 308 at the corner of Cicero
and Dempster.
Lost: 225 Freshmen.
�Page 4
In ju r ie s T a k e
T h re e R e g u la r s
The Trojans, bound for Leyden
this afternoon, will fight their heart
out despite the fact that three good
nien Hegarty, Permer, Krier, will be
unable to play due to injuries.
Permer and Krier’s foot injuries
were sustained during practice while
Hegarty’s rib injury happened dur
ing the Northbrook game. W e hope
that these three pluggers will be
back with us soon.
The powerful Libertyville eleven
weren’t as tough as we expected
them to be or is it that we are bet
ter than we thought. Their hefty
line provided excellent blocking for
their hard running backs to beat
Niheli.
Early in the game the Wildcats
recovered a Trojan fumble which
started the Libertyville march to a
13 to 0 victory.
Our game against Northbrook
three weeks ago was a sorrowful
event to everyone that was watch
ing. We got off to a good start with
Jack Heiniger running the first
play of the game 58 yards to a
touchdown and in the same quarter
Niheli scored again with little Bart
Herarty plunging through the line
after a long march down the field.
Barrel chested Vernon Permer was
a charging demon in line plunges.
In the second quarter North
brook scored seven points after a
punt went offsides in Trojan terri
tory. The last quarter was our
Waterloo when Northbrook blocked
a kick and recovered on our two
yard line. They plunged over and
won the game 14 to 12.
M O AN ! M OAN!
Karl Klein scored both touchdowns
for Northbrook.
NTHS gained 138 yards through
scrimmage and completed 3 passes
for 37 yards. Northbrook gained
149 yards through scrimmage and
completed 3 passes for 44 yards.
Niles lost 70 yards through penal
ties while Northbrook lost only 40.
The Trojan frosh this year are
the bulkiest and most promising in
the history of the school. In their
first game against Maine Township
they lost 12 to 7.
The freshmen played a good
game, but they have to improve on
their passing defence and blocking.
They have a heavy line, outweigh
ing the varsity.
NILEHILITE
G.A.A.
Start Activity
The G. A. A. is initiating the new
members of their organization to
day. After opening doors, carrying
books and buying lunches for the
older G.A.A. girls, they will have
completed the first step in becoming
a G.A.A. member. A hike to Oakton
woods has been planned for all the
G.A.A. girls after school. This is
the first event of the G.A.A.program
for this year.
Annette Carroll was elected Presi
dent of the G. A. A. at a meeting
here Sept. 23. Virginia Nordin is
the new Vice Chairman and Social
Chairman.
Phyliss Braeseke is
Secretary, and Winnifred Flagg is
Treasurer. They were elected by
the Fxecutive Board which consists
of nine members. They are Annette
Carrol,Phyliss Braeseke,Claire Juniac,Winnifred Flagg, Virginia Nor
din, Jane Kadlec, Rosanna King,
Jean M. Peterson, and Ginny Martell. The seven class representati vres
of the G. A. A. are Shirely Kluesing,Eva Herman, Flore ice Schramn
Joan Briggs, Betty Bray, Lorraine
Splatt, and Barbara Rassmussen.
The schedule for the coming sport
events in Physical Education classes
iucludes tournaments inarchery,ten
nis, ping-pong, shuffle-board, vol
ley-ball, and soft ball. The winning
teams from each class will compete
for the school championship G. A.
A. members will receive points to
ward their letters for participation
in G. A. A. classes which meet
every Friday.
October 4, 1940
42
R espon d
to C a ll
fo r C h e e r le a d e r s
Attention all freshmen, new stu
dents, guests and everybody!! We
have it on first-hand information
that most of Nilehi noise doesn’t
originate in the boy’s Locker Room
or 213 but, strange as it seems,
from behind the door marked
“ Girl’s Gymnasium.” Some 42 en
thusiastic stagers answered the call
for cheerleaders sounded by Miss
Schaefer, who this year is organ
izing a regular club. NTH S’s
bouncing pepsters will have to
watch their N ’s and T ’s this season
in order to earn a letter. They
must tread the straight and narrow
path of rules and regulations.
Phyliss Breaske, Eva Herman
and Helen Schuett, our veterans,
are captained by Pat Reiland to
make up this year’s Varsity squad,
which welcomed Doris Burkland,
Connie Kohtz, Rosemary Meyer
and Jean Peterson.
Junior Varsity includes June Alson, Phyliss Brooks, Lulu Deatrick,
Joe Fisher, Nona Holappa, Marilyn
Hynes, Lois Jaycox, Lillian Krupa,
Lawrence Miller.
Sound good? All right, let’s see
if we can y ell!! huh ?!
UPSTAIRS
and DOWN
As fcotball player, “What Does
Homecoming Mean To You”?
Mr. Kent, J. V. Coach-it all de
pends upon how late I come home.
I f I get home late my wife is dis
pleased. I f I get home early I ’m dis
Freshman Impressions
pleased or broke. But if your refer
Some of our scampering freshmen ring to N. T. H. S.’s Homecoming,
have slowed down enough to gulp it means we’re all displeased if we
out|their|impressions o f N TH S and don’t get one hundred per cent stu
so we find they think......"T oo big dent support at the game.
and too much o f it.” ...... "They
Ben Domas, Senior - It means
don’t treat you like infants here.” we wear ourselves out in the game in
......"W ould like to have Mr. Kent the afternoon and then finish the
give me a piece of gum.” ......"Sort job at the dance Sat. night. But we
o f big and I get pushed around a have a lot of fun doing it.
lot.” ...... " A grand place to receive
Ted Canty, junior - means a good
an education and plenty o f it.”
football game. Hope I get to play.
Duke
- it’s
Don’t Forget Your Box the gameHezner, sophomore more
we want to win
for <r
the Bonfire.
/than any other in the season.
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[ans
Icmpleted
At Nilehi’s annual Homecoming
elebrated next weedend, Oct. 11
Volume II No. 1
Niles Center, Illinois
October 4, 1940 and 12, alumni return to the secene
of their former conquests and fresh
men get their first taste of high
school social life. As this is the
"TJ
most important fall school activity
the entire student body is urged to
participate. Indications are that the
Superintendent Cotanche in his
alumni will be strongly represented.
remarks before the student body
Things start rolling Friday night
rt the first all school assembly ex
at 7:30 with a bonfire on the cinder
pressed the feeling which we, who
track, east of the school, followed
v s.
a
think, must have deep within us.
by a snake dance through town.
4
Mr. Cotanche said, “ In a school,
Saturday morning an automobile
which is growing as fast as our
parade has been planned, starting
at the school at 10:30. Every stu
school, many problems arise which
dent who can get a car - loud horns
do not confront a school where a
are a help - is invited to join. After
stability of enrollment has been
touring the township, the parade
reached. We, faculty and students
will return to the school.
alike, must grow with the institu
The kickoff of the first game of
tion. We must build within our
an afternoon of football will be at
12:30 when our J. V.’s duel Crystal
selves a responsibility for our own
A young army of freshmen start Lake J. V.’s. At three o’clock, the
growth as individuals. We need to
learn to be more and more consid ed their four year trip through the Trojan Varsity will attempt to
avenge last year’s defeat by Crystal
erate of others. We need politeness mighty halls of NTHS. That is to Lake.
and courtesy at all times: in the say, we hope it only takes them
NileHi will round out a perfect
class room, in the corridors, on the four years, but taking all things weekend with what promises to be
school grounds, in the school buss into consideration, as one must do a perfect dance.
es. We need to be loyal to the pur with a Freshman, it looks as though
jack Ketter and his orchestra
will be featured at the annual foot
poses and traditions of our school. it will be an outstanding class.
We need to have good students.
The class as a whole started its ball dance on Saturday evening at
8:30 in the gymnasium. A unique
We need to act at all times in such high school career with a bang. In door prize, in keeping with the
manner that we continue to show the music room Mr. Collins had vis weekend, will be given away at 11
our community that such loyalty ions of a better orchestra. He P. M.
exists. It is only when these goals mopped his forehead and welcomed
are reached that we can say that Doris Hampton at the piano, Nona Language Club to H old
we have really achieved.”
Jane Haloppa and Bob Humburg in
And so another day, and still an the clarinet section, Anna Nach- Meeting Oct. 14
other. We sow.- We reap. We bauer playing trombone, and Billy
Refugees of the numerous lang
harvest. Our harvest, Mr. Cotanche Meyer beating time on a drum. In uage classes will be herded into
beleives, will depend upon the ef the gym some of the freshmen try the Assembly room on October 14,
fort each of us extends toward the ing out for cheerleading and pray for the first meeting of the Foreign
goals he has outlined for us.
ing that they would get “ in” were: Language Club. At a recent election
Jane Breckenridge, Dolores Chap new officers were elected and will
CALEN D AR
man, Marilyn Hynes, and June Ohl- be installed at the informal pro
October 4 Football - Leyden, there
son.
gram planned by the nominating
5 J. V ’s. Leyden, there
Out on the football field Grant and program committee with Miss
5 Frosh vs. Evanston, there
Kuhn, Bob Dahm, and several other
7 Vocational Assembly-Banking freshmen are showing up all the Marjorie ^onalds in charge.
Those in whose hands our future
8 Frosh - Soph Matinee Dance upperclassmen.
All in all, it looks as if the fresh is intrusted are Don Fisher, presi
11 Annual Bonfire
men might lose the title of “ Green
12 Football Home Coming Game horns,” before the year is up and dent, Bill Stockfish, vice president,
Jeanne Nelson, secretary, and Bar
12 Hopie Coming Dance
prove competition even for the so
bara Williams, treasurer. Good luck
14 Foreign Language Club Dance phisticated older students.”
to them!
Mr. Cotenche Cites
Need of Cooperation
Freshmen Embark
On Four- Year Voyage
�October 4 , 1941
ÑISHIute
Page 2
NILEHILITE
NILEHI NIBLETS
Your Editor — I insist on capital
izing that word — has been too
The NileHIlite is ed'ted, published and
busy doing homework, trying to
{Tinted biweekly by the students of Niles
T' wnship High S .T.ool of Skokie, Illinois. find out who the “ it” was that
M . R. E. Cotanche, Principal.
“ caused” Miss Schaefer to lose a
Bass — in attempting to dig up a
EDITORIAL STAFF
Clark Barton date for the dance, to do much.
Editor
Phyllis Braeske
Assistant Editors
But then I’ve had fun back at
Bill Stevens
Grace Langen school — Watching Miss Berry’s
Feature Editors
Bob Reiland
pumps precariously dangle on the
Sports Editor
Annette Carroll
Collen Thomas tip of her toe — waiting feverishly
Activities Editors
Florance Gable
Buell Brown for them to be lost in the shuffle
Production Managers
H°irie DaAm . . . looking with delight at Corky
Mr. Clement Meier, Advisor
Harrington’s rainbow shoes . . .
Reporters
N ;n''y Allen. Henry Barkow, Wayne Barton. ;and just looking at Miss Bronson.
June Berg, Mildred Bergmark, Jane Comstock.
Miss Lumpp had a wonderful
Tane Dcatr'ck, Norma Delfino, Bernice Franson,
Richard Hartney, I.ois Jaycox, Betty Kelly,
summer divided between the soft
^rmnn Kraem'er. Pat Reiland, Sal Rizzo, Ruth
Robert'-, Dick Solon, Bettv Stielow, Willard Stock
fish, Viola Stoll, Toni Thlimmenos, Robert Tol- music and quiet breezes of Hawaii;
zein. Howard Weldon, Betty Westerlund, Maralyn and gay sparkling Hollywood par
Wo'-'-hvorth.
Mis« Susanne Ostergren, Advisor
ties . . . The staff wishes Helen
“ Pee Wee” Miller happy birthday,
but a bit late . . . Katie Ann Nel
OUR SECOND Y E A R
son had a “ coming-out” party at
This issue marks the beginning the Blackhawk recently — the par
of another year in the existance of
the NILEHILITE, NTHS’s young ty, we regret was one tentative to
est publication. On this, our first an appendectomy . . . Crutches are
anniversary, we feel it is rather ap quite the fad now — but I seem to
propriate to acknowledge the favor have “ misplaced” mine.
able manner in which your paper
Bill Stevens is going out with
and ours was received here at Nilewho again? I’ll offer 5 to 1 odds
Hi. We wish also to express our
desire to serve you with the news that “he” takes “ her” to the foot
and high-lights of all schools activ ball dance . . . Ted Canty takes his
ities during the coming year.
football — among other things —
The NILEHILITE first appeared very seriously. He calls up Mr.
on Nov. 22,1939 after weeks of pre Kent — among other people — in
paration by the journalism and the middle of the night to ask his
printing classes. Incidentally, the way about the — (Censored) —
NILEHILITE is one of the few
papers in the Chicago area to be .play — etc. . . Miss Kranz has her
both edited and printed by the stu classes chewing bubble gum that
dents exclusively. Examining a she can save five hundred wrappers
front page article of that first issue -for a set of historical pictures . . .
we find this prophesy, — “ and the I was excused from class to pick
NILEHILITE will grow with Nile- some grass . . . a freshman, natur
Hi.” We believe this prophesy has ally, took a shower with her shoes
been fully realized during the past on . . . Bill King had a “ tasty” meal
in Foods after someone had scat
year.
tered, soap chips in it — he ate it
The NILEHILITE, we feel, has — for a while, unknowingly — and
become a real student project. The then he knew! . . . an explosion
name was suggested by a student, on the frontier of the third floor
the design was drawn by the mech — Room 316 — found frightened
anical drawing classes, the office freshies watching the “ mad scienhas handled the circulation, the tiest” experimenting in explosions.
journalism and printing classes, as Need we mention that he is a Finn ?
As I put this column to bed, I
mentioned previously, have taken
care of editing and publishing. rest assured that its territory shall
There are other cases where stu never be invaded by that “ demon”
dents have helped and speeded up radio; nor by any bigoted biped
/production of this publication, too who has been reading dime novels
lengthy to mention.
about tough reporters.
61 Receive
Scholastic Awards
The scholarship assembly was
held Thursday, Sept. 19. This as
sembly, which traditionally is the
first all-school assembly of this
vear, was presided over by Mr.
Flagg, who presented scholarship
certificates to 39 pupils.
Bronze
Keys were awarded to 13 and Silver
Keys to 9. Students v/ho received
Scholarship Certificates are:
Adele Bartz, Richard C. Boyd,
Danny Dever, Dagmar Franson,
Patricia Galitz, JoAnn McKeown,
Rosanna King, Virginia Lenzen,
Janet Lutkehaus, Carl Mueller,
Dorothv Rings, Tom Sheridan,
Betty Stielow, Willard Stockfisch,
Viola Stoll, Betty Westerlund,
Maralyn Woodworth, Gloria Alter
ing Donald Baumann, Ruth Buthman, Donna Jean Cotanche, Bernice
Franson, Wayne Kunekl, Grace
Langan, Virginia Nordin, Paul Perl
man, Daniel Petty, Beatrice Rossman, Armin Bierbaum, Bernice
Bovk, Norma Delfino, Shirley Dilg,
William Fiech, Winnifred Glagg,
Florence Gabel, Mary Hegarty,
Edith Luxem, Sue Schaefer, La
Verne Schuler.
Bronze Keys were presented to:
Mildred Bergmark, Ruth darkens,
Gertrude Dahm, Rita Jane Fisher,
Marjorie Riser, Norma Heidtke,
Olga Krajchovich, Lillian Miethke,
Isabelle Hoth, Florence Ochs, Vir
ginia Reuter, Colleen Thom as,
Laura Nunemacher.
Those who received Silver Keys,
and eligible for Gold Keys at the
Senior Commencement are:
Gloria Bartz, Ben Domas, Doro
thy Kranz, June Berg, Don Fisher,
Edward Springer, Phyliss Braeske,
Jeanette Huemmer, Phylliss Schlotterbeck,
The third all-school assembly will
be held in the gymnasium at 2:00
P. M. on Oct. 17. Mr. George F.
Morse of the University of Chicago
Biological Department will speak on
birds, wild animals, and animals in
captivity. Mr. Morse is a recog
nized authority, being associated
with Shedd Aquarium, Boston Zoo,
and the Chicago Zoo.
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Ckmate — the v/ay to get up a tree
Prism — where prisoners stay.
Vitamin — if someone comes to
your house vit-am-in.
Copyright — what students should
when peeking at someone’s pa
per.
�October 4, 1940
Hollywood
and Return
________ NILEEFLITE_________ _______ ____________________ Page 3
Majorettes on Parade;
Request for Drum Major
See Chicago Club
Tiie marching of feet — the flash Plans Tours
A rather familiar figure on the of twirling batons — and everyone
The See Chicago Club has again
Paramount lot, gadding with the knows that the drum majorettes started its year of tours. This club,
stars, and dancing before the grind are again on parade under the di made up of Juniors and Seniors,
ing cameras and glaring lights this rection of Mr. Weidal. Seven new takes six to eight trips in and about
summer, was Miss Carole Lee of majorettes have enlisted in the Chicago during the school year. The
class in addition to the eight twirl- final trip of the year is either to
NTHS.
One of the famous Abbot danc j ers of last year. An after school Washington, D. C. or Springfield,
Illinois. This year a two-day trip to
ers, Carole spent some six weeks i class is also being organized.
According to Mr. Collins, it is Springfield and New Salem will be
in the Movie Colony during the
shooting of the New Jack Benny- planned to have the drum major planned.
Fred Allen smash hit, “ Love Thy ettes twirl at one or two of the foot
The first jaunt was an all day bus
Neighbor.” Working at the studios ball games. Group twirling exhibi trip taken Sept. 4. During the
from 7 :30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, tions will be given at home basket- morning the group visited the
ball games.
there was no fear of boredom. The S
Oriental Museum, which is a part
A special request has been sent of the University of Chicago, and
maze and panorama that spells
Paramount is just like a little vil out to have boys who are interested the Museum of Science in Jackson
lage with hordes of people scurry in leading the band report to Mr. Park. This building houses many
ing about the streets; the stars on Collins. The one selected will be exhibits formerly seen at the Chi
bicycles, and huge sound sets jam given strutting lessons and there cago World’s Fair. In the afternoon
med to overflowing with hungry after lead the band on parade in a the group visited the Field Museum
but eager extras, make-up and cos handsome uniform.
and Shedd Aquarium. After a
tume directors, beautiful scenery
strenuous seven hour day the
and noise and excitement reigning W H OZIT?
weary sight-seers returned to Niles
There’s a fellow, tan and tall,
supreme.
Center.
The luncheon rendezvous of the And when he goes through the hall
The club this year has on its cal
stars is the studio commissary Anxious glances can be seen,
endar trips to the Historical So
v/here Carole lunched with Johnny For competition is quite keen.
ciety, the Chicago Civic Opera, the
Mercer, Hoagy Carmeichal, and the
Post Office, a broadcast, and of
Merrie Macs, all of the musical His is the voice you always hear
Advertising throughout the year, course the members will go to Max
world. Bing Crosby, after eating
his own, borrowed Carole’s dill For party, picnics, dance, or plays, well Street to do their Christmas
shopping. Plans are also being
pickle and smiled his thanks. Bound The latter in which he portrays
made for a trip to Chinatown which
for rehearsal one day, on sound Begger, hero, or the detective.
will include dinner.
stage 8, she got into “ 10” by mis
Trips are not made two years in
take and walked right in on the As in last year’s play, effective
succession unless requested. Other
filming of “ Virginia,” starring When he called with voice of
plans will include visits to places of
thunder,
Madeline Carrol.
business such as a telephone station
Carole, a very busy girl, still “ Give me Oxford 0100!”
or a candy company. And effort
found time to visit the Cocoanut
Grove, where Eddie Duchin dedi Kelly On Underclassmen will be made to take at least a small
group to the Northwestern Observ
cated some songs to her birthday.
At the Wilshire Bowl, Frankie Freshman whither commest thou atory.
All trips are made on Friday eve
Thomas, the young star, stepped With thy solemn scholarly brow?
all over Carole’s new pumps to the Tred these halls with trembling feet, ning, Saturday or Sunday. By reouest there will be at least two Sun
accompaniment of Phil. Harris’ or
Lest some seniors thou shall meet. day trips. Shore trips may be made
chestra; but she got even, spilling
after school.
her drink — coke, Pm sure — on Sophomore’s you are up a step,
This club, which has a member
Frankie another night at Ciros. Don’t let that give you too much pep.
ship of over one hundred twenty,
While out driving with Jackie Two more years you have to go,
Cooper, Carole saw Peter Lorre and Before you’ve really seen the show. is sponsored by Miss Harbert, Miss
Lumpp, and Miss Kranz.
found he was as weird off the Juniors step ahead with glee,
screen as on.
Lost A nd Found
Hollywood is a movie, a book, a But do not lose your dignity,
play, and a bicarbonate all mixed All traditions you uphold,
Found: Coach Isaacson wearing
together.
When you become a senior bold.
a green hat; oh well, nothing like
Now Carole is home rehearsing Seniors what have you to gain
breaking old traditions.
for the new show at the famed With your look of great distain?
Found: One Freshman in search
Palmer House with big ambitions,
of room 308 at the comer of Cicero
Work will have to go quite fast,
a huge scrap book, and wonderful
md Dempster.
Else a senior you will last— and last.
memories.
Lost: 225 Freshmen.
�October 4. 1941
Injuries Take
Three Regulars
NILEHILITE
G .A .A .
Start Activity
Page 4
4 2 Respond to Call
for Cheerleaders
Attention all freshmen, new stu
The G. A. A. is initiating the new
The Trojans, bound for Leyden
members of their organization to dents, guests and everybody!! We
this afternoon, will fight their heart
out despite the fact that three good day. After opening doors, carrying have it on first-hand information
men, Hegarty, Permer, Krier, will books and buying lunches for the that most of NileHi noise doesn’t
be unable to play due to injuries. cider G. A. A. girls, they will have originate in the boy’s Locker Room
Permer and Krier’s foot injuries completed the first step in becom or 213 but, strange as it seems,
were sustained during practice ing a G. A. A. member. A hike to from behind the door marked
while Hegarty’s rib injury happen Oakton woods has been planned for “ Girl’s Gymnasium.” Some 42 en
ed during the Northbrook game. all the G. A. A. girls after school. thusiastic stagers answered the call
We hope that these three pluggers This is the first event of the G. A. for cheerleaders sounded by Miss
Schaefer, who this year is organ
A. program for this year.
will be back with us soon.
izing a regular club. NTHS’s bounc
A n n ette Carroll was elected
The powerful Libertyville eleven
weren’t as tough as we expected President of the G. A. A. at a meet ing pepsters will have to watch
them to be or is it that we are bet ing held Sept. 23. Virginia Nordin their N’s and T’s this season in
ter than we thought. Their hefty is the new Vice Chairman and So order to earn a letter. They must
line provided excellent blocking for cial Chairman. Phyliss Braeseke is tread the straight and narrow path
their hard running backs to beat Secretary, and Winnifred Flagg is of rules and regulations.
Phyliss Braeseke, Eva Herman
Treasurer. They were elected by
NileHi.
Early in the game the Wildcats the Executive Board which consists and Helen Schuett, our veterans,
recovered a Trojan fumble which of nine members. They are Annette are captained by Pat Reiland to
started the Libertyville march to a Carroll, Phyliss Braeseke, Claire make up this year’s Varsity squad,
Jr.niac, Winnifred Flagg, Virginia which welcomed Doris Burkland,
13 to 0 victory.
Our game against Northbrook Nordm, Jane Kadlec, Rosanna King, Connie Kohtz, Rosemary Meyer
three weeks ago was a sorrowful Jean M. Peterson, and Ginny Mar- and Jean Peterson.
event to everyone that was watch tell. The seven class representa
Junior Varsity includes June Aling. We got off to a good start with
son, Phyliss Brooks, Lulu Deatrick,
Jack Heiniger running the first tives of the G. A. A. are: Shirely
play of the game 58 yards to a Kluesing, Eva Herman, Florence Joe Fisher, Nona Holappa, Marilyn
touchdown and in the same quarter Schramn, Joan Briggs, Betty Bray, Hynes, Lois Jay cox, Lillian Krupa,
NileHi scored again with little Bart Lorraine Splatt, and Barbara Rass- Lawrence Miller.
Herarty plunging through the line
Sound good? All right, let’s see
after a long march down the field. rnussen.
if we can yell!! huh ?!
The schedule for the coming
Barrel chested Vernon Permer was
a charging demon in line plunges. sport events in Physical Education
In the second quarter North classes includes tournaments in
brook scored seven points after a archery, tennis, ping-pong, shuffle- UPSTAIRS
punt went offsides in Trojan terri
board, volley-ball, and soft ball. and D O W N
tory. The last quarter was our
TL e winning teams from each class
Waterloo when Northbrook blocked
As fooball player, ’’What Does
a kick and recovered on our two will compete for the school champ
yard line. They plunged over and ionship. G. A. A. members will re Homecoming Mean To You” ?
Mr. Kent, J. V. Coach—It all de
won the game 14 to 12.
ceive points toward their letters for
Karl Klein scored both touch participation in G. A. A. classes pends upon how late I come home.
If I get home late my wife is dis
downs for Northbrook.
pleased. If I get home early I’m dis
NTHS gained 138 yards through which meet every Friday.
pleased or broke. But if your refer
scrimmage and completed 3 passes
ring to N. T. H. S.’s Homecoming,
for 37 yards. Northbrook gained Freshman Impressions
it means we’re all displeased if we
149 yards through scrimmage and
Some of our scampering fresh don’t get one hundred per cent stu
completed 3 passes for 44 yards.
Niles lost 70 yards through penal men have slowed down enough to dent support at the game.
Ben Domas, Senior — It means
ties while Northbrook lost only 40. gulp out their impressions of NTHS
we wear ourselves out in the game
The Trojan frosh this year are
the bulkiest and most promising in and so we find they think. . . “ Too in the afternoon and then finish the
the history of the school. In their big and too much of it.” . . “ They job at the dance Saturday night.
first game against Maine Township don’t treat you like infants here.” But we have a lot of fun doing it.
Ted Canty, junior — Means a
they lost 12 to 7.
. . . “ Would like to have Mr. Kent
The freshmen played a good give me a piece of gum.” . . “ Sort good football game. Hope I get to
play.
game, but they have to improve on
Duke Hezner, sophomore — It’s
their passing defense and blocking. of big and I get pushed around a
They have a heavy line, outweigh lot.” . . “ A grand place to receive the game we want to win more
than any other in the season.
l and education and plenty of it.”
ing the varsity.
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Dudick, Jean, Make-up Editor
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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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nile HIlite
Volume 1 No.12
Niles Center, Illinois
Q ran
vñ ^
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 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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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.
April
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May
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18
20
29
2
15
23
25
Varsity
Taft
Highland Park
New Trier
u
u
Warren
W oodstock
Waukegan
Arlington
Leyden
W oodstock
Taft
Arlington
Frosh-Soph
New Trier
Waukegan
Evanston .
New Trier
Taft
Evanston
Waukegan ;
Apr. 16
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May 7
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Apr. 16
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May 7
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1
I,
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
” 16
% 22
” 24
i 26
” 30
May 1
”
7
” 10
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_ ”• 21 ■
April 12,1940
there
there
here
here
here
there
here
here
there
here
Here
there
there
here
there
here
here
here
there
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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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
N
I
R
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!
(
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
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
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Thomas O’Connell was graduat
ed from Nilehi in 1937 with the first
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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
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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! ”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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