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NILE HI LITE
Vol. IX, No. 14
Skokie, Illinois
Nìlehì Trojans Bow
In Semi-Finals^ 7-2
Tuesday, June 1, 1948
In the semi-final round of the
Ninth Annual Illinois H igh School
Association Baseball Tournament
played at Tom Connor field in East
Peoria, Friday afternoon, M ay 28,tiie exhausted Nilehi Trojans fell
The senior barn dance at the Skokie Youth Club a few weeks ago before Granite City 7 to 2. The Tro
led the way for a senior picnic to be held on Saturday, June 5.
Jans edged out Downers Grove 6 to
The picnic, which will be held, at Sherwood Park, near Lake Villa, 5 in an 11 - inning night battle on
will last from 9:80 in the morning until 6:30 in the evening. Chartered Thursday.
buses will be used for transportation. The total cost will be $1.25 plus
lunches packed by the students. The recreation will include, dancing, D ’ers G. 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 5 4
Seniors Plan All-Dag Picnic for June 5;
Use Chartered Buses for Trip to Sherwood Park Site
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baseball, swimming, and golf.
Niles
The planning was done by six committees, each under the super
Niles
vision of a senior homeroom teacher. I
Miss Florence Butler headed the Grounds
Committee, with Lyle Dye, Margaret
Kylen, Nona Barfcolini, Polly Wettengel,
A rt Miller, Howard Siegel, and Jackie
Keesey as members.
The Fees Committee, with Jeannette
Oehring, George Blameuser, Leslie Mey
er, Farilyn Engert, Cathie Gerich, Don
Baier, and Bill Kella as members was
suprevised by Miss Marie Green.
Transportation, directed by Mr. Carl
Burgener, was carried out by Ed Kutz.
W ally Krysher, Florence Miethke, Jo
Ann Eberhardt, Marcy Connell, Marilyn
Pearson, and Louie Nachbauer.
Activities, by Mr. Arthur Ryden, with
Herb Jones, Laura Lamb, Sally Nissenj
Lee Garner, Bill Permer, Pat Carlson,
Nancy Larson, and Shirley Schmidt.
Invitations, by Mrs. Priscilla Baker,
with Beverly McClaskey, Lois Mertes,
Louie Hilfer, Harriet Wenzel, Pat Garrity, Bill Fotsch, and Eva Lou Michel.
Publicity, by Mr. Paul M. Eberhardt;
wbh Jack Nixon, Rudy Schmid, Don
Brown, Bil Wokoun, Gertrude Brua,
Bonnie Webster, and Phil La Veau.
Induct 19 From Nilehi
Into Honor Society
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Twelve juniors and seven seniors were
recently inducted into the National Hon
or Society in a special ceremony held
in the Nilehi gymnasium. Election to the
National Honor Society is the highest
honor that can be accorded to a high
school student.
The seniors were
Don Brown, Ida
Franson, Barbara Kennedy, Nancy Lamberg, La Verne Lutgen, Margie Philippy,
and Shirley Schmidt. The juniors were
Ed Archibald, Ed Beebe, Marilyn Birkemeier, Ted Eckert, Elaine Esch, William
Graefen, Judy Larson, Ann Morrison,
Audrey Nordlof, Kathleen Russakov, Patiicia Sommer, and Dean Whitton.
Selection for membership into the
society is made by the faculty, and is
baled on four factors: scholarship, char
acter, service, and leadership.
The induction ceremony was headed
by the eleven seniors who were elected
into the National Honor Society last
year.
Skokie Legion Post
Sponsors Contest
An oratorical contest will be spon
sored again this year by the American
Legion Skokie Post. The contest, to be
presented June 4 at 8:15 p.m. in the
Nilehi assembly room, is the second
American Oratorical Contest given by
the American Legion. It will present
about 13 students and their original
speeches dealing with some phase of pa
triotism.
The speakers are Rudy Schmid, Ger
trude Brua, Jim McKimmon, Lyle Dye,
Sam Boznos, Beverly Doetsch, Bill Cornstock, Don Biehn, Ed Archibald, Leah
Falknor, Carol Schular, Bill Sanke, and
Jeannelee Eckardt. A ll are coached by
Mr. Ronald VanArsdale.
Since most of the contestants are Mr.
Van Arsdale’s Public Speaking students,
the contest is also to be something of
a final exam.
The three prizes to be awarded to
first, second, and third places are in
three parts each: a gold, silver, or bronze
medal; a certificate; and a “ mystery”
prize to be awarded by the American
Legion.
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Several Nilehi Seniors
Receive Scholarships
Many Nilehi seniors have applied for
and taken tests for scholarships to var
ious Universities and Colleges through
out the United States. Several o f these
students have been awarded the scholar
ships for which they applied.
Mary McNamara received a scholarsh'p to St. Mary o f the Woods College
in Indiana.
Bernice Johnson has been awarded a
scholarship to Northwestern University
in Evanston.
Don Christensen was awarded a schol
arship to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Barbara Kennedy was awarded a schol
arship to the University of Utah.
Bill Comstock received a scholarship
for the University o f Wisconsin.
Phil La Veau and Jim Deily received
word from the Navy Bureau that they
have been chosen as principal candidates
for the Naval Reserve Officers' Training
•Program.
2 02 Seniors Eat Last Nilehi Meal Thursday;
Annual Senior Breakfast Climaxes Month of Preparation
Seniors, 202 of them, will have to mind
their table manners when they are as
sembled at Nilehi on Thursday morning,
June 10, for the annual senior breakfast.
! this the theme of the breakfast. Th
members of the committee have been
working for more than a month on the
unusual place cards, programs, flower
The purpose of the breakfast will be arrangements, and the “ Carousel” itself.
Those on the committee are Gloria
to get all the seniors together fo r their
last informal gathering before gradua-! Baumann, Don Biehn, Marcia Connell,
Shirley Schmidt, Bill Permer, LaVeme
tion that night.
Many of the students seeing the mu Lutgen, Jo Eberhardt, W illie Hardin,
sical production “ Carousel” last year E s a Tamminga, and Cathie Gerich.
The other important factor o f the
were so impressed with the graduation
scene that the committee decided to make j breakfast is the distribution of awards
to be given out by the heads of the
Barbara Johnson, senior, is leaving various departments. Awards will be
for Europe with her parents on July 16 given for music, scholarship, debate,
They plan to go to Sweden first, and athletics, mathematics, dramatics, and
then as many other countries as they Hi-y. There will also be a closing address
by Dr. A . L. Biehn.
can before they return in November.
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Tuesday, June 1,1948
Mock Convention Delegates Nominate Stassen
Harold Stassen, Governor Earl W arren, and Senator Robert T aft
were the most popular names on the lips o f practically every student
last M ay 12 when the seniors, under the direction of problems teachers
Miss Grace H arbert and Mr. John Betts, put on their model Republican
Nominating Convention to choose the man they thought best suited
for the presidency of the United States.
C lub tylu éJt
‘ State of the Union” , the
Pulitzer
prize play, was viewed by the “ Spot-
.igluers” Wednesday night, May 19. The
play was a rehearsal by the Glenview
Players. Officers o f the Spotlighters for
• ex; year will be chosen at the next
Mr. Stassen won the nomination by a plurality vote, though no meeting of the Club.
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majority was reached, and Governor W arren followed closely, with T aft
running third. The convention, a result
of weeks of hard work and preparation,
would undoubtedly have given some of
the Republican big-wigs in charge of
the G.O.P. convention this June in Phil
adelphia quite a boost and many good
ideas. The scene of the convention, the
gym, was set up like a regular Presi
dential nomination convention hall, and
was bedecked by signs and banners de
claring the outstanding merits of all
six candidates that ran.
Following closely an authentic outline
of a national convention, the address of
welcome was given, the keynote speech,
temporary and permanent officers ap
pointed, reports made by the various
committees, and much other prelimin
ary work before the secretary started
the roll call of states, first fo r nomina
tions and then fo r voting.
A total of 551 students participated
as delegates and represented the 48 sta
tes and 5 territories. Vandenberg, Dew
ey, and MacArthur also ran, but were
dropped after the first ballot, as their
supporters yielded to some fast political
talking, and backed one of the remaining
“ big three” . The second ballot was taken
as a unit ballot so that a decision could
be reached more quickly. The students
who did not take part as delegates acted
as spectators, along with the teachers.
Final results were: Stassen, 224; W ar
ren, 193; Taft, 124.
Madrigals, Ensemble
Sing for 8th Graders
For powtibly the last time this season
the Nilehi Madrigal Singers, who have
participated in a number o f extra-cur
ricular programs throughout the year,
provided entertainment outside of school.
This group, plus the Boys’ Ensemble,
presented a program for the ParentTeacher Association dinner at Sharp
Corner School in honor of the eighth
grade class, their parents, and teachers.
These groups have provided entertain
ment for the Sharp Comer PTA , several
times in the past.
Highlights of the evening were the
Madrigal Singers’ version o f “ Pop! Goes
the Weasel” and Fred Waring’s arrange
ment o f “ A ll The Things You Are.” The
Boy’s Ensemble sang “ Ole Man River”
and “ Old Aunt Jemima” as their out
standing features.
Lyle Dye, senior, won the approval
of M audience with a monologue enti
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tled “ Rest Cure” by Patricia Collinge.
officers Monday, May 17. Elected were
Ed Beebe, president; Ann Morrison, vicepresident; Judy Larson, secretary-treas
urer; and Bill Graefen, club reporter.
Senior to get H i-Y A w ard
A t the previous meeting, the consti
The Niles H i-Y 50-dollar Citizenship tution was adopted and the infant club
Award will be granted to some out eceived a name— the “ N i Hi Sci” .
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standing senior at the Senior Break
fast, June 10.
Officers o f the Ushers’ Club— Kaye
Leadership ability, high standards of Jaeger, Judy Larson, Mari Cysewski
o f Christian character, scholastic record, md 1 at Scheuerman— are busy writing
and outstanding student citizenship will up rules and regulations fo r next year’s
be the basis fo r choosing the senior girl program.
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or boy fo r the annual award.
Miss Harbert announces a tentative
A committee composed o f Dr. A. L.
Biehn, Mr. Harold Ohlson, Miss Mar program for the See Chicago Clubbers
garet deBooy, and four other teachers next year, as follows:
September— Chicago Tribune
are already at work choosing the recip
October 16— Brookfield Zoo
ient o f the award.
November 14— Chicago Historical
The four teachers who were chosen by
Society
a vote of the H i-Y club are Mrs. Priscilla
December 5— Maxwell Street, China
Baker, Miss Grace Harbert, Mr. Harold
town
Isaacson, and Mr. Paul M. Eberhardt.
January 15— Museum of Science and
Mr. George Roth, H i-Y adviser, will
Industry
act as temporary chairman of the com
February 19— County jail
mittee.
March 19— Chicago Board of Trade
Harvard A w a rd Goes to Beebe
April 11, 12, 13— Historical tour of
Illinois
Thirty-seven honor pins, thirty-five
May 21— Starved Rock
certificates tnd the Harvard Award were
A ll seniors are eligible for member
given to students in the Nilehi Junior
awards assembly Friday, May 14. Six ship in this club.
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teen of the pins awarded were for the
The French Club went to Chicago
highest number o f honor points for
scholarship obtainable. Honor points are Sunday, May 23, to see “ Les Perles de
awarded to students for being on the la Couronne,” a film made in France
and distributed by the Chicago French
honor roll.
Each year the Harvard Club of Chi Film Society.
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cago, as a member of the associated
The Nilehi H i-Y put on aa all-division
Harvard Clubs throughout the United
States, awards the Harvard Prize Book j meet in Evanston May 25, with Norman
to the outstanding boy in the junior j R o3s, Jr. as guest speaker. Nilehi played
class o f leading high schools in th e ! host to five other H i-Y clubs in their
country. This year Mr. J. Gorman, the j division.
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vice-president o f Searle and Company,!
presented the award to Ed Beebe as the j and rates have gone up so much since
outstanding junior boy. Scholarship, Jthen that the figures specified are unre
personality, character, and citizenship i liable now. Many o f the bulletins to be
are the basis of the choice. Ed’s prize ■. received are up-to-date copies o f bul
was an anthology, “ The Practical Cog- j letins already found at Nilehi.
itator.”
Summer School Date Set
College Bulletins in Library
The 1948 summer school session will
The doors of learning are being opened begin June 14 and will last fo r six weeks.
by Miss Kate Bicanich, librarian, who The classes to be offered had not yet
is at present sending to over 300 colleges been decided upon when this went to
and universities for bulletins and infor press.
mation concerning their location, cost, I The class session will be two hours
and the studies offered.
long with a five-minute recess. There
The conference rooms of the library will be two classes a day.
already contain more than 700 bulletins, i Nilehi students will have an extra
but many of them date back as fa r as long summer vacation, as school does
1943. Miss Bicanich feels that the tuition not start until September 8.
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Inquiring Reporter Gets Loose - Runs W ild !
The Inquiring Reporter this week ran
.»lightly wild. Instead of asking various
students one question, we asked many
seniors, and teachers who’ve dealt with
seniors, a variety of questions concern
ing their years at Nilehi and their feel
ings about graduation.
The first question was addressed to
teachers. They were asked what they
thought of this year's seniors and why
they 1 be sorry to see them go.
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Mr. Kiviluoma: They’re just my grown
up freshmen leaving.
M iss Johanns: There could only be
one 121.
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Miss Green: I won’t even ta’ k about
it because I just don’t like goodbyes.
Miss Higgins: I don’t know what I ’ll
do without them, because I always rely
.o:v my seniors.
M iss Ilicanich: I think as far as some
©f them go it’s a loss for the school, bul;
we can’t deny them the opportunity tcfi
go on and make even better.
Miss Butler: I just think I ’ll miss theni
quite a bit.
Miss M. Ronalds: I feel the same way
about them leaving as I do about myself
leaving. W e’ll miss all o f our friends.
Miss Montgomery: W e’ll miss all the
seniors.
Miss Pendleton: It doesn’t seem like
any time sines they were sophomores.
Miss Harte: By this time they are all
my friends and I hate to see them leave.
Mr. Phipps:' There will be quite a few
good athletes leaving.
Mr. Roth: I ’ve dealt with very few of
♦hem, but the ones I do know, I ’ll miss. ;
Lots of Ideas and Energy
Exemplify Graduates
A1 Ambitious, fresh out o f high school;
thinks he’s one o f those magnificent
fellows who’s just oozing with extra en•rgy and progressiveness. Oh yes, dear
Allen is definitely a solid ball of fire;
One of the first things A. A. is goings
to do is to revolutionize the world, now
that he’s out of school, is make bigger
and better circles for people to ruri
around in.
The next question, asked of seniors
was, ' What did you like best and what
will you remember the longest about
your four years at Nilehi?”
Barbara Balantine: "Everything, es
pecially Reflections!”
Other seniors were asked, “ Who is the
most unforgettable teacher ; you’ve had
at Nilehi, and why do you remember
him or her?”
Lucy Ivluesing: “ Mrs. Ilind, because
she had a hard time getting along with
Carol Schuler: “ My freshman year and me in math.”
Louie H ilferr "M r. Mackey, because
G. A. A. initiation!”
he’s one of the fairest teachers in the
Phil La Veau: “ The convention”
school and lie’s got a good sense of
Rudy Schmid: “ Everything! Dances,
humor.”
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sports events, Proms, studies, all stages
Dan Liveros: “ Mr. Meier, because
of high-school life. It ’s pleasant to re
print shop was the most interesting
member and hard to forget.”
course I ’ve taken and will be the most
Howie Korsmo:
“ The first
snake
useful in later years.” |
dance.”
Marilyn Smith: "M r. Eberhardt, be
"Mugsie” Ritter: “ My freshman Prom
cause he is prominent in the journalistic
and the fellow I went with.”
field and that’s what I ’m interested in.
Barbara Baldwin: “ The
basketball He combined journalism with English
games my sophomore year.”
and made it more interesting.”
Seniors and Memories
Are Steady Couples
These are the days that try the souls
of the 1948 graduating class. Their faces,
except when lit with sudden moments
of ecstatic joy, are decidedly glum. Yes,
it seems after four years of griping
abeat echo el and homework and swim
ming, the seniors have now discovered
that they’re going to miss the old place!
One o f the senior girls’ pet peeves
was the little blue “ garment” they had
to wear fo r gym. Now you can see these
same girls down in the locker room
weeping tenderly over these little hor
rors.
This is just one example of the gen
eral trend throughout the senior class.
For the first time in four years they
lavish the loving care on their school
books that they did the first week of
their freshman year.
Another sign o f the impending end
is the turnout at the baseball games.
The park is crowded with dewy-eyed
seniors.
But that’s all changed now. Suddenly
they are flooded with appreciation, mem
ories, and even the most crusty char
acters are dripping with sentiment.
Yes, another group o f seniors are go
A fter coming up with this ingenious ing to graduate, and are leaving their
idea poor little A1 was almost positive dear old school to go into the cruel,
that he’d been gifted. To prove this he harsh world and their groans are monu
points to the fact that at one time people; mental !
that is everyone except him, said that
the electric motor would never work; has changed this for the better also.
now the motor works fine but the peoplq To him it consists of rum, radio and
rackets.
neyer do.
Some definite feats of progress, ac
Luscious A1 has many other superior
qualities that always make a big hit with cording to Mr. A., are marrying a girl
himself. For instance, he has one o f the who is too proud to let her husband work,
finest capacities in the world for evading and loafing in order to beat the in
work, and he can do almost anything come tax. Oh brother, what did high
except make a reasonable wage. To school ever do for this guy? He ought
o’ d timers, fun consisted o f wine, wom to be forced to go back and repeat— six
en and song, but alluring A1 is sure he years, that is., -
Bill Permer: “ Experience—it's more
fun.”
Eileen Rodley: "Mrs. Baker, because
she’s so charming and intelligent.'* ,
Bill Windmeierj “ Mr. Betts, because
he’s a regular guy and one of the best
teachers in the school.. He’s also a Re
publican.”
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Pat Carlson: “ Mr. Ohlson, because of
his control over the class ana his abil
ity to teach so well.”
Outstanding Students Cited
For Extra-Curricular W ork
A conference with the heads o f sev
eral of the various Nilehi departments
that are usually busy working on some
extra-curricular activity,. disclosed the
fact that certain seniors have worked
diligently and steadily and have accom
plished a lot in these certain fields.
The dramatics department, under the
direction of Miss Muriel Higgins, boasts
two renowned actors, Lyle Dye and Clay
Merrill.
In the art department, under the guid
ance of Mr. John Wilkins, Eleanor Bomaik and Stewart Russell hold high hon
ors.
Mr. Harold Isaacson and Mr. Anton
Schubert at the controls of the athletic
department announced that Jim Héiniger
excells in football, Howard Siegel in bas
ketball, and Herb Jones in swimming.
The speech department, under the di
rection o f Mr. Ronald VanArsdale, has
three outstanding students. They are
Lyle Dye, Bill Comstock, and Don Biehn.
According to Miss Clara Klaus, head
of the music department, Evelyn Mahnke and Elmer <Werhane have gained
themselves a reputation for being hard
woi*kers.
The commercial department, under the
guidance o f Miss Helen Johanns, has
Elsa Tamminga and Pat Hartung who
have gained eminence, through active
participation in this work.
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In Tribute to Teachers
This is one o f the last chances for
N 1 L E H I L I T E
Active Members of Convention, Phil and Jeannette,
Plan to Continue Education in College This Fall
A sportsman in the true sense o f the
word is black-haired, brown-eyed Phil
La Veau, active Nilehi senior, who re
the graduating class o f 1948 to express
cently acted as permanent chairman in
its thoughts. Some o f their final words
in Nilehi now fall into the form of a our mock convention. He’s in his glory
tribute to their teachers.
when he’s out fishing or hunting some
First, to the senior homeroom teach where, miles from the nearest town.
ers, Miss Marie Green, Miss Helen
One o f the biggest thrills he ever had
Johanns, Mrs. Priscilla Baker, Miss
in hunting was to bag three deer in one
Florence Butler, Mr. Paul Eberhardt,
Mr. Arthur Rydcn, and Mr. Carl Burg- season. He laughlingly says that his
ener, the senior class extends their most unusual experience was being shot
thanks fo r your help and encourage at several times by some near-sightec
ment. The first fifteen minutes of every
deer hunter, who wanted Phil for hif
school day remain one of our all-time
trophy room. A fter all this, his favorite
favorite classes.
food is still venison!
Although there is not space to men
tion here, as we would like to, the name
Avid as he is about his hobby, Phil
o f every person at Nilehi that has goes in fo r other things too. Along with
worked with and helped us, we would working in the convention and being a
like especially to recognize the follow member o f the Nilehilite staff, he is
ing fo r their efforts on our behalf.
an active member of Nilehi’s newly fo r
Miss Grace Harbert fo r organizing med Science Club.
and running the See Chicago Club.
Chemistry, poetry, springer spaniels
Mr. Harold Isaacson fo r heading our and “ colorful” ties rate high on his hit
outstanding athletic department and parade o f interests, while conceited peo
ple are down very near the bottom.
coaches.
Miss Muriel Higgins, Miss Clara
Klaus, Mr. Clifford Collins, Miss Alice
Line, Mr. Anton Schubert, and Mr.
Ronald Van Arsdale for giving us
excellent shows of every kind.
' Miss Marjorie Ronalds, Mr. Marvin
Ihne, Miss Margaret de Booy, Mr. Har
old Ohlson, and Dr. Biehn for giving
us guidance and advice when we need
ed it.
“ Katie” ’ and the kitchen staff for
the many good meals.
The office staff fo r answering our
unending flow of questions.
These are just a few of the flowers
that could be thrown honoring our tea
chers, but at any rate the whole senior
class sends the teachers and helpers at
Nilehi their whole-hearted thanks fo r
making these last four years unforget
table ones for us.
Snags and Snarls Are Fun
In Orderly Convention
I f what went on Wednesday, May 12,
in our gym happens at the Republican
convention in Philadelphia, heaven help
the poor delegates!
Clay Merrill of California started the
iriusual by insisting that a Vandenberg
sign held by Arne Carlson be taken
away. The sign read “ Warren says Van
denberg for President!”
Tuesday, June 1, 1948
One of the most active students in
the recent model Republican Nominat
ing Convention was Jeanette Oehring,
senior, and secretary of the Convention.
Upon being interviewed, Jeannette told
us she p’ ans to attend Drake University
in Des. Moines, Iowa, next year, and
wants to major in radio or possibly play
directing. Her one desire is to be suc
cessful in her chosen career.
When asked about her favorite teach
er and subject Jeannette replied, “ A ll
my favorite teachers teach my favorite
subjects.”
Heading Jeannette’s hit parade is the
song ‘ My Buddy.” Her favorite sports
are bowling, golfing, and fishing.
.She likes boys who can take praise
in a pleasing way. Past memories of
the Nominating Convention at Niles
and the Kalamazoo Convention which
she recently attended are some o f her
most pleasing ones.
Her pet peeves are cliques, gum-snap
pers and gum-pullers, and at the present
the thought o f graduation.
Jeannette belongs to the G.A.A., the
Bowling Club, the See Chicago Club,
and the Dramatic Club. She plans to
Phil’s idea o f a perfect life is to own take a very active part in college life
a hunting and fishing lodge in the North this coming fall.
Woods. Before then, however, he har.
many more ambitions to fulfill. The fore
most of these is a fishing trip to Alaska
Class Ends Stay at Nilehi
but at the present it is very far away.
In the nearer future, September to With a Sniff and Sigh be exact, Phil hopes to be sworn into
When the night o f June 10 comes,
the Navy as a midshipman, and then
202 seniors will be sitting on the stage
go to Northwestern University to major
o f the Nilehi gymnasium, some of them
in Commerce.
fo r the last time in their life. Watching
them will be many people: their class
mates, their parents, and their brothers
the demonstration. It went “ Stassen, Sta and sisters.
ssen; he’s our man, at Niles he’s in de
There, too, will be eighth graders
mand.”
waiting to fill those 202 vacated class
Ed Kadlec, Lesicr Febrow, Bill Neuroom seats, waiting and anticipating
son, and A rt Miller started another up
four years of studies, sports, and dances.
roar when they came up to the foot of
Yes, it was over. Four years of homethe rostrum and started singing “ Hail at Nilehi, the seniors think. Why it was
to the Victor,” accompanied by two ac- only last week that we first boarded the
cordians in honor of Vandenberg.
school bus and joined the throngs of
Then, there was the upset on the laughing, chatting Nilehiers, waiting for
first ballot when the California State school to begin.
Chairman screamed, “ Twenty-five votes
A part o f them, and yet not a part.
fo r Earl Warren,” only to be interrupted For you didn’t feel that you belonged
by the roaring voice of Bill Mickey dis yet. But in the rush of the next few
claiming this statement by yelling, “ 1 weeks, you knew you belonged.
voted for Stassen. Change that ballot!”
You didn’t think about it, o f course,
The secretaries changed it.
you’d been too busy then with your pro
Bob Burke created quite a commotion gram. And after that it was something
when he was pulled around in a little else you were busy with. A never end
car. He held a panda and the baby bon ing chain it had seemed like. And yet,
net, several sizes too small, topping his here you were, waiting to receive your
cranium, added enormously to the effect. your diploma and it had ended.
The little sign over the car helped too
Yees, it was over. Four years o f home
saying, “ Baby says ‘Vote for Stassen!’ ” comings, football and basketball games,
Then the Michigan delegation caused
an uproar by having A rt Miller escorted
We all know that as a whole the
to the rostrum by Bill Trapp, dressed convention was run in an orderly fash
as an Indian and Arne Carlson, arrayed ion but, as the saying goes, “ A little fun
in tux and a hat trailing a balloon.
never hurt anybody,” and certainly no
The delegates fo r Stassen thought up body at Niles will ever be mortally
a cute ditty, which they sang during wounded from it!
Reflections, assemblies, plays, the Wau
kegan tournaments, the Music Festivals,
the W ater Carnivals, the Washington
trip, the various Club meetings, the
Proms, the Christmas Vespers, the Con
vention,......... all over.
�Tuesday, June 1, 1948
Page
N I B E II I L I T E
Trojans7 18 and 3 Mark
Best in School History
Niles 6, Highland Park 4
N ew T. 4, Niles 2
Niles 4, W arren 0
Niles 4, Tatt 3
N ew T. 6/Niles 3
Niles 4, Leyden 0
Niles 12, Woodstock 4
Niles 5, Arlington 2
Niles 11, Oak Park 4
Niles 10, Steinmetz 1
Evanston 4, Niles 0
N iles 9, W arren 1
Niles 8, Highland Park 6
N iles 1, Arlington 0
Niles 7, Northbrook 2
Niles 10, W oodstock 7
District Tournament
Niles 6, Bensenville 1
Niles 10, Maine 0
Niles 3, N e w Trier 1
Sectional Tournament
Niles 3, Oak Park 0
Niles 3, Rockford East 2
The Nilehi Junior Varsity baseball
team -ended the 1948 season against
Leyden. Before this game, the Trojans
had compiled the best JayVee record in
its history by winning five and losing
three.
B y D anna Barbour and Doris Bernges
The last issue of the year. Well, let’s
try not to be sentimental about the
senior Glamazons that will soon leave
to return no more, but we feel that we
might devote a little extra space to
these gals.
According to Miss Montgomery, Do
lores Paulson, Marilyn Pearson, Mary
Ann Ritter, and Leslie Meyer, are the
outstanding - Glamazons of this senior
class. Delores is the super bowler with
the highest average (130). Marilyn is
the outstanding cheerleader. She had
been on the squad for three ..years, and
was this year’s captain. In the gym-class
sports and the leaders club Mary Ann is
the tops, and as everybody who saw this
year’s water-carnival knows, in the pool
nobody is better than Leslie.
These facts should be no surprise to
the teammates, because these girls have
had that little extra charge of energy
or enthusiasm or whatever it is since
they were freshmen.
As for the gym class final weeks, it
seems that at last the softball tourn
aments will be able to get under way.
The newly formed Badminton club is
getting its tournaments started. Pity the
Biggest Thrills in Nilehi Athletic Contest
Are Revealed by Respective Trojan Coaches
As most of you remember, in a pre of the floor in the closing seconds ot
vious edition o f the Nilehilite we printed the game to snatch victory from defeat.
Thirdly, when the Trojan football team
a story about the most thrilling moments
o f some of the school’s foremost athletes. beat Lake Forest in 1943, Mr. Isaacson
To top this oif somewhat, the sports was very pleased. His boys scored fo u
staff has decided to run an article con touchdowns in the first 11 minutes of
cerning the most thrilling moments of the game.
Anton Schubert, Swimming — MrJ
some o f the school coaches. Ws regret
that we were unable to cover all of the Schubert, called “ Tony” by his asso
coaches; however, they will be given ciates, received his biggest coaching
thrill in his first year as the varsity
in the next issue.
The question was, “ In your coaching swimming coach. The team successfully
ays at Niles, what have you found to beat Waukegan, coached by Mr. Norman
be te most exciting experience?” Some Rickard, who had left the same position
at Niles the year before to go to Wau
of the answers are as follows:
kegan. This success over the former
Harold Isaacson, athletic director —
swimming coach was the cause for a
Since Ike has been at Nilehi longer than
little bit o f gloating on the part of Mr.
any other coach, it took him a little lon
Schubert.
ger to pick any one incident out o f many
L. R. Mackey, Basketball: Mae’s big
thrilling ones; in fact, he finally came
gest thrill came this year when his Tro
out with three answers. Back in 1932, jan basketball team upset the Waukegan
Niles had its first basketball team. They Bulldogs. Before the game, the boys
were entered in the Regional Tourna from Waukegan were one o f the most
ment, held at that time in Libertyville. outstanding quintets in the state, being
They weren’t expected to do anything, rated number 6 by the sportwriters of
but nevertheless they beat Warren by Illinois. “ We got more publicity from
a few points. Bud Kenning, the center, that victory,” says Mac, “ than when we
tipped in a jump ball from the free- won the tournament in 1944-45.”
throw lin« during the course of the
T. J. Kiviluoma, Golf: “ Taking Bob
game. A victory over Warren at this Dombrowski downstate was my biggest
time was considered a big upset.
thrill,” said Mr. Kiviluoma. Bob took
Ike also got a big kick out o f one second place, and “ T.J.” thinks i f he
particu'ar regional game held at Wau didn’t have so many three-putt greens,
kegan. In this contest, Ed Boyk sunk a Bob would have come back to Nilehi
one-handed push shot from the middle with top honors.
poor little “ birdies” . They’re in fo r a bad
time now.
Bowling
Just, as each activity is being chalkedup for one more year, so goes the ten-pin
story. Congratulations must go to Jean
nette Oehring, Doris Peterson, and Mau
rice Ray, seniors, fo r as a team they
ranked highest in this year’s bowling
league. Their team— team number six,
which played on Thursdays — won 53
games and lost 16. Jeanette has an
average of 111-, Doris 110, and Maurice
111:
High-game honors go to Mary McNa
mara, Senior, with top score 212.
As a climax to the bowler’s year of
“ knocking the pins down,” the annual
Bowler’s Banquet will be held at the
Tally Ho restaurant in Park Ridge on
June 1. Money prizes will be awarded at
that time, according to highest averages.
M s. Charlotte Ehemes, manager o f the
Hartnett Bowling Alley, and Mr. “ Gab
by” Hartnett, owner, will be guests o f
the league. The league would especially
like to thank Jeannette Oehring and
Beverly McClaskey, who did such a fin«
job- with bowling statistics.
G.
A . News
Awards for G.A.A. achievements were
given out at the banquet held May 19,
at Sally’s restaurant.
Miss Mary Evelyn Thurman, sponsor,
presented the awards o f Nilehi letters,
medals and certificates. Awards number
or-e were presented to Jeannette Oehr
ing, Ellen Patzke, Jo Quesnell, Leslie
Meyer, Elaine Esch, Alice darkens,
Ruth Munsterman, Mary Ann Ritter,
Emma Copeland, Delores Ide, Nancy
Newton, Barbara Baldwin, and Pat Hartung. Awards number two were presen
ted to Mary Lynn Herring, Marie Hslbrendt, and Joan Ash; third award win
ners were Joyce Bruening, Dorothy
B 'wles> Joyce Bauman, Evelyn Steward,
and Astrid Halbrendt.
Twirling major letters were received
by Dottie Bowles and Delores Ide; minor
letters by Arlene Hoffman, Barbara
Schmidt, Joyce Bruening, Betty Renis
and Marilyn Long.
Trojan Golfers Take Eighth
In Mount Prospect District
In
the District
Golf meet held at
Mount Prospect on Saturday, May 8,
the Nilehi Trojans took eighth in a field
of twelve, with a score o f 365.
Highland Park took first with 309.
Other teams and their scores: Waukegan
314; New Trier, 322; Maine, S28; Evan
ston, 326; Arlington, 827; Northbrook,
3C0;
Niles,
365;McHenry, 368;
Elgin,
369; Crystal Lake, 395; Grant, 412.
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E
June 1, X948
Phipps Leads Trojans Against Downers Grove in State Finals at Peoria
Cards C op Final
Double In Ninth Frame
N.E. Track Title
Wins Sectional Tourney
Thanks to the booming bat o f Arne
By gathering 66 points, the Arlington
Cardinal tracksters won the last annual Carlson, Nilehi catcher, there’s no joy
Northeast Conference Track and Field in East Rockford this weekend.
The recent success of the Trojan base
With two outs in the first half of the
meet, held at Arlington on Wednesday,
ball team is the best record that any May 19, before a large crowd.
ninth inning, and men on first and sec
Nilehi athletic team has ever established.
Nilehi, who was the defending champ ond, Arne lined one into left field, there
The farthest any pther team has got is
ion, placed second with 55 points. Ley by driving in the two runs needed to tie
to the first game o f the sectional tour
den and Libertyville tied for third with the ball game Thursday night, May 20.
nament in basketball. This was done by
35 points each. Crystal Lake was fourth The left fielder let the ball bounce
the 1944-45 quintet, which took the re
with 17 % points, and Lake Forest fifth through him, and Carlson slid head-first
gional title at Waukegan. The baseball
into home plate giving Niles a 3 to 2
with 16ty points.
team, coached by Jim Phipps, has now
victory. The game was played at WoodJim Heiniger led the scoring fo r the
gone through the district and the sec
stock.
tional tournaments and are downstate Trojans with 15 points. Jim took firsts
This story-book ending kept the Troas one of the eight best teams in Illinois. in the 120-yard high hurdles, 200-yard jans’ state-title hopes alive and enabled
low hurdles, and fifth in the pole vault.
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them to go to Peoria in the state, finals,
The only other first scored by Niles which were being held yesterday and to
Mr. Lester E. Galitz, former coach
was the 880-yard run, won by Carl day.
at Nilehi, was recently blessed with
Schrimpf.
Dick Eichelberg, lanky southpaw who
another baby girl.This makes number
Howard “ Red” Siegel set a new school started for the Trojans had a little
record in the broad jump by leaping trouble with his control, and Don Biehn
three for Galitz, who has now three20’, 10
came in from center field, to take over the
fifths o f a girls basketball team. He
Nilehi took all the seconds in the mound duties in the fourth frame. Lee
left Niles to go to California to work
three relays. They were the 440-yard Gamer moved into center field and Don*
to work in a frozen - foods locker
frosh-soph relay, the medley relay, and Brown went out to right.
business. We hear, however, that he
Biehn put out the fire that “ Ike” had
the 880-yard relay.
kindled and sailed along easily until
can’t keep away from sports and is
the seventh when a hit, an error, and a
helping out at the local high school.
hit batter gave the Rockford boys
*
*
*
two runs. These two tallies looked very
Mr. Jim Phipps, Nilehi’s varsity base
big up until the final frame.
ball coach and former minor league ball
Don Brown led off the ninth with a
It isn’t at every school that the head
player, is continuing his playing career
walk and aroused a little hope. Gene
of the mathematics department also
by playing second base fo r the Benton
doubles as go lf coach; however, here at Tarabilda, who pitched a beautiful game
Hai'bor, Michigan, semipro team. The
Nilehi, Mr. Thomas J. Kiviluoma, alge for East, tightened up. He fanned Ed
team is entered in one o f the toughest
bra and geometry instructor, does just Soergel and Ed Linskey, and most o f the
semipro leagues in the midwest and
fans headed for their cars. A fte r Bill
that.
there is plenty of keen competition,
Mr.: Kiviluoma has always been an Comtsock had watched two strikes go by,
Phipps is playing only on weekends
admirer of the Scottish sport, namely, everybody started to leave. On the next
during the school year and has to drive
golf. Born March (not Friday the) 13, pitch, however, Bill drove a sharp single
back and forth between Skokie and Ben
1913 in DeKalb, Illinois, he was “ prac through the box, sending Brown to sec
ton Harbor. He says, however, that tically brought up on a g o lf course.”
ond.
should he play all season with this team,
Chuck Bonney ran fo r Brown, and
A t the age of eleven he started cad
he would live in Benton Harbor.
“ Casey” Carlson stepped into the box.
dying and then progressed on to the
“ pro shop” . A ll his free time he devoted He promptly greeted Tarabilda as an
to golf, even playing once a month dur old friend and sent a hot liner over
the third baseman’s head. Bonney and
Cage^ Diamond Titles Give
ing the winter.
This constant practice won him a golf Comstock sped across the plate, and
Trojans Most N .E. Crowns
bag when: he placed first in a caddy Carlson’s “ do or die” slide was success
ful.'
With the ending of the Northeast Con tournament. His best score to date is
Don Biehn then set down the Rock
a 69.
ference at Nilehi, Trojans have taken the
ford batters in the last o f the ninth, al
His golfing career was broken up
most crowns, 11 since 1939, when the
when he attended Northern Illinois Sta though one man reached second base
conference began.
te Teachers College. A year o f graduate on an error.
Although the “ Men of Troy” have
work at the University of Illinois brought
never won a conference title in football,
him his M. A.
they have won titles in basketball 5
Soergel Wins Volleyball
Mr. Kiviluoma worked summers in the
times, baseball 4 times and track twice.
Ed Soergel’s eighth period volleybalDel Monte canning factory as a seam
Nilehi, who was tied with Crystal tester, a precision job, and as a filler. lers crushed all opposition in blasting
Lake fo r conference crowns with nine During one of these he entered the their way to the intramural title on Mon
each before this year, pulled away from Western Junior Open.
day, May 11.
the Tigers when they copped honors in
Captain Soergel, along with Howard
He taught at Creston, Illinois, for 3
basketball and baseball.
years where he was superintendent of Siegel and Bill Windmeier, pace the
Following Nilehi and Crystal Lake in the combined grade and high schools. team to three one-sided victories over
number of Crowns won in the Northeast Before coming to Niles Township High Don Biehn’s team, 5— 6 period; Louie
Conference are: Arlington, 7; Lake For School in 1944, Mr. Kiviluoma taught Nachbauer’s second period champs, and
es!:, 6; L ’b^rtyville, 3; Warren, 2; Wood- math in the Arm y Specialized Training Bill Comstock’s third period champs in
stock and Leyden, one.
the final game.
Program at Lake Forest College.
%
by Doit Brown
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Mr. Kiviluoma Teaches
Mathematics and Golf
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NILE H I LITE
Vol. IX, No. 13
Skokie, Illinois
Twelfth M usic Festival
Is Held in Gym Tonight
The twelfth a n n u a l Spring Music
Friday, May 7, 1948 Festival of Niles Township High School
will take place tonight in the gym
nasium at 8:15. The themè song of the
Ju n iors, S e n io r s A c t a s D e le g a t e s
concert to be sung by the choir, is
I Hear America Singing.
In N ile h i's N o m in a tin g C o n v e n t io n
Highlights of the program will be the
Parading, beating drums, and shouting will be the order of the day lighter works of American composers
when demonstrations for Presidential nominations take place at the
Model Republican Nominating Convention next Wednesday, May 12,
in the boys’ gymnasium. The convention, which will include the parti
cipation of all four classes, will begin at 8:40 and will last through
the morning until the first lunch period a t 11:40.
The problems classes, under the direction of Miss Grace Harbert and
Mr. John Betts, faculty sponsors, are holding the convention to show
the process by which the President of the United States is nominated.
The sponsors feel confident th at the convention will give the younger
students a true example of what a democratic government is like, and
th at it will stimulate them toward thinking about the issues and plat
forms of the major political parties.
Delegates to the convention have been
picked by the sta te ' chairmen from the
junior and senior classes to represent
the 48 states and four territories. The
number of delegates to the states and
territories is alloted on the basis of the
number of Electoral College votes that
each state receives.
The 11 Nilehi seniors who attended
the Kalamazoo College Convention and
have formed the National Committee
are Lyle Dye, Phil LaVeau, Roger
Coverley, Clay Merrill, P at Carlson,
Jeannette Oehring, Ida Franson, Ger
aldine Novack, D o r o t h y Steek, Ed
Soergel, and Bill Comstock. These stu
dents, with the aid of the sponsors,
have chosen the various officers, chair
men, and committeemen and have drawn
up a script of the program.
The program will begin when the pre
siding officer, Marilyn Pearson, senior,
calls for presentation of the colors and
the singing of the national anthem.
Mari yn Pearson will i n t r o d u c e a
speaker to give the address of welcome
and another speaker to give a report
from the committee of credentials. The
keynote speech will be given by tempo
rary chairman Bill Comstock, senior,
who will then introduce the permanent
chairman, Phil Le Veau, senior.
Phil will introduce several committee
chairmen for their reports and will re
main in charge during the presentation
of the party platform, nominating and
seconding speeches, and balloting. After
the secretary, Jeannette Oehring, senior,
calls roll, the balloting will begin.
A Nilehi student and a former
student were killed, and four others
were injured in an auto accident
early this week. Howard "Red” Ry
an, sophomore, and Sam Christofano, former student, both died from
injuries, while Geri Bernard and
Carole Ruesch, seniors, Bob Ruescb
and Richard Merk were also in
jured.
Seven Seniors lo p
Nilehi Honor Roll
The scholastic honor roll was released
at Nilehi last week and the top positions
were filled by seven seniors: Bill Bierbaum, Patricia Carlson, Donald Christ
ensen, Ida Franson, Mary M-cNamarra,
Howard Siegel, and Elsa Tamminga,
ranking high with 14 points. Don Biehn,
Hilda Bonaguro and Bernice Johnson
followed closely with 13 and 12 points.
Th§ honor roll system at Nilehi is
based on points acquired through
achievement in studies. For A, four
points; B, three points; C, two points.
To be eligible for the semester honor
roll, 13 points are necessary and the
award is two honor points. Honorable
M otion requires 11 or 12 points and
awards one honor point. Therefore at
the end of four years of high school, 16
honor points is the most a senior can
such as Pred Waring,B arrangement of
All the Things You Are, and The Wood
chuck Song. A new song,, composed by
Mrs. Philip Maxwell of Evanston, en
titled Toast to Music will be introduced
by the singers.
All the songs featured by the Nilehi
musical groups will be songs composed
by American composers. The concert
will open with the Choir’s singing of
Pledge to the Flag and a special flag
display. The theme song will be the
next selection. The final number, to be
sung by all choral groups and accom
panied by the band, will be Flag of the
Free byyForrest L. Buchtel.
Ticket proceeds will be turned over
to the student activity fund.
have.
According to the tradition of awards,
an honor certificate is given for three
honor points, a bronze key for four, a
silver key for 11, and for 15 honor
ppints, a gold key.
In ' the junior class members with 10
points are Robert Dickens, Ted Eckert, *
Elaine Esch, Fred Gatter, Bill Graefen,
Ann Morrison, Audrey Nordlof, Kath
leen Russakov, Pat Sommer, and Donald
Verlenden.
High 6-point sophomores are Beatrice
Bornemeier, Albert Buthman, Georgia
Coleman, Ashley Craig, Julia Dean, Joe
Donoyon, Mary Herring, Eleanor Kelly,
John Krupka, Helen Nachbauer, James
Nock, Barbara Olson, Marita Robinson,
Pauline Sefick, Richard Swanson, and
John Young.
Annual Night of One Act Plays Is Next Friday;
Plan Three Plays tor Assembly Presentation
One week from tonight at 8 p.m., the Ga<* have one. Sixteen, a radio presenthouse lights will dim and the curtain ■
ation by Maureen Daley, featuring Barin the Assembly room will go up on the I bara Banghart and Bil Wokoun in the
first of three one-act plays to be given leads, is being done by a combination
in conjunction with Nilehi’s a n n u a l of all classes. Thursdays at Home starginners, while in the dramatics majors’
Night of One-Act Plays.
The school’s dramatics classes have in Geri Dodge is sponsored by the bebeen working on five one-act plays, but play Murder Is Fun, all parts are about
only three of them are to be given equal, according to Miss Higgins. The
during the shour Friday night. These two plays by the advanced classes are
three will be chosen by Miss Muriel Our Dearest Possession, and Bessie the
Higgins, Nilehi dramatics teacher. Miss Bandit’s Beautiful Lady, or Curses on
Higgins says that the plays not given My Favorite Beauty. Angel Vosnos and
next week will be presented at class Kaye Jaeger, and Mary Morse and Bjll
assemblies, sometime before the end Graefin wil be featured in these plays
respectively.
of school.
Tickets for the Night of One - Act
Two of the one-act plays are being
done by the advanced dramatics class, J Plays will go on sale in the cafeteria
while the beginning and major classes next week.
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N I L E H I L I T fi
Friday, May 7, 1948
Nilehi Students Favor Military Training
In Institute of Student Opinion Poll
Two Go to State Latin Final
More than 65% of the high school boys and 62% of the girls through
out the United States are in favor of compulsory military training for
all boys between the ages of 16 and 21, according to results of the latest
Institute of Student Opinion poll conducted by Scholastic Magazines,
in which Nilehi participated.
Staff members of approximately 1,500
high school newspapers assisted the
Scholastic Magazines by sampling the
opinion of students in all sections of the
United States. Niles Township High
With the return of John Young, who School, accounted for 200 of the 84,531
recently recuperated from a bout with ballots tabulated for the final results.
the mumps, the Forensic Club is hard
When asked the question, “Are you for
of against the United States having a
at work again.
Last Tuesday, April 27, eight mem plan of compulsory military training
bers journeyed to New Trier where they for all boys at some time between the
took part in four non-decision debates. ages of 16 and 21,” the answers received
Following the debates, a critique, or ¡were:
criticism, was held by the New Trier
No
debaters. Tomorrow, May 8, the debaters
No Opinion
Yes
will enter an invitational inter-school
Niles (boys)
8%
57% 35%
tournament at New Trier.
National (boys) 65% 27%
8%
68%
Niles (girls)
25%
7%
The Hi-Y baseball team beat the Lin
National (girls) 62%
27% 11%
coln Club of the .Evanston “Y,” 17-11
The students of both the National
Tuesday, April 27, at Evanston. The
poll and the Niles poll, by a great
Hi-Y also went to Evanston on May 4
majority, thought that the training
for an all-division meet.
should be given after high school.
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Also asked on this poll were questions
To Saddle Clubbers, the important concerning the reading of comic books
thing about spring is the annual Spring and it was found that more than 85%
Horse Show, to be given the last of May. of today's high-school students either
All riding classes at the School of Horse do not read comic books at all or do so
manship will be represented and N.T. only occasionally. The survey reveals
H.S.will have two orthree girls entered. that present-day high-school students
were most interested in comic books
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A movie onatomic energy will be when they were in fifth and sixth grades,
shown to the Science Club in connection and that the reading of comic books
with its forthcoming trip to the mu decreases each successive year there
after.
seum of Science and Industry.
The tabulations compared with those
taken at Niles when asked “Do you read
Lyle Dye Places Third comic books?” are:
Glub
N ot E ver e r
In Oratorical Contest
Lyle Dye, Nilehi senior, cable in third
last week, in one of the district contests
of the Hearst National Oratorical Con
test which is conducted every year by
the Hearst newspapers.
Lyle was chosen to represent Nilehi
after he had competed with Bill Com
stock and Sam Bosnos. Each one of the
tfe::ee gave a speech on “Benjamin
iranklin, Patriot and Statesman” before
Mr. John L. Bett’s eighth-period history
class. Mr. Betts' class then voted that
Lyle's speech was most satisfactory.
Mr. Ronald VanArsdale, public speak
ing and English teacher, who coached
Lyle for the contest, accompanied him
to the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, where
he gave his speech.
Mr. VanArsdale was also chosen by
the Chicago Herald-American as one of
the judges for the National Finals of
the Hearst Oratorical contest on May
14.
P ractically
Never
V iles (b a y s )
N a tio n a l (*>Ovs)
V iles ( j i r l s )
N a tio n a l ( g ir ls )
Occasionally
31 %
59 %
2®%
50%
«1%
45%
57%
*1%.
Frequently
6%
17 %
4%
12%
Answers to the other questions made
it apparent that comic books are less and
less popular with students as they progress from grade to grade in school.
More than half of the students related
that they had read no comic books in
the past week, about 29% said that they
had read either one or two; about 13%
had read three to five; and 6% had read
six or more. Many of these students nad
read anywhere from four to ten comic
books a week while they were in grade
school.
More than 90% of the students stated
that their greatest interest in comic
books was from the third to eighth
grade. This seems to indicate that if a
great number of boys and girls of highschool ages are reading comic books,
they are not attending high school.
Tomorrow Barbara Olson, sophomore,
and Joan Searing, freshman, will travel
to Champaign to participate in the State
Latin Contest a t t h e University of
Illinois.
At the sectional contest held recently
in Banington, Barbara won first place
in the second year division contest and
Joan placed second in the first year
division.
Last year Mary Musson, a Nilehi stu
dent, took first place honors in the
state contest. She will not participate
this year, however, because she recently
transferred to a school in New York.
Language Material Is Displayed
During the month of April, the Fore
ign Language Department of Nilehi
decorated the various bulletin boards
and showcases on the first and second
floor of the building.
The Spanish classes under the direc
tion of Miss Jean Small, Spanish teacher,
used a series of class projects to deco
rate the two large showcases. A Mayan
Temple from Chichen-Itza made by Bill
Poehlman, and a Mexican Village by
Julia Dean and Ann Brown, added a
colorful touch to the second floor.
On some o f t h e Spanish bulletin
boards are found special posters by Jim
Kennedy and two Panamanian dolls by
Pat Scheuerman a n d Dorothy Ham
merman.
There were also two bulletin board
displays by the French and German de
partments showing different posters and
other modern language material.
Plan Picnic for Seniors
Seniors! Keep Sunday, June 6 free!
Homeroom in the library is sponsoring
an all-day picnic for seniors only, on
that day.
They plan to charter buses to take
the students somewhere where there is
swimming, places to play baseball, and
perhaps golf.
The exact place has not been decided
upon yet. Each senior will be expected
to ride the buses and carry his own
lunch. No private cars are to be used,
according to Mr. Ohlson.
The fee per person has not been
decided upon yet.
Advisers Honor Ronalds
On Thursday evening, April 22, the
class advisers, Mr. Harold Ohlson, Miss
Margaret deBooy, and Mr. Marvin Ihne,
held a dinner at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ohlson in honor of Miss Marjory
Ronalds' coming marriage.
Others who attended the dinner were
Mrs. Marvin Ihne, Miss Lucille Ronalds,
and Dr. A. L. Biehn.
After the dinner Miss Ronalds re
ceived a present of two figurines from
the faculty.
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Fancies and Fashions
Tgpih) High School
N I L E H 1 L 1 T E
Page 3
T h i s ’ n T h a Nilehiers Are Enthusiasts
t-
When Nilehiliters go out for someNilehi representatives of the Chicago
Most oldsters think high-school life Daily News Keen Teen column have I thing, they go all out. For instance, Nanis one big round of fads, and perhaps been quite busy lately. Two members !cy Thiell recently tore a ligament in her
they’re not too far off. Webster says a of the journalism class attended the world j leg during cheer-leading. That’s really
fad is a passing fancy or fashion, and premier of the movie “Casbah” and also school spirit!
on interview called “Movie Is My Bus j Then there are those baseball addicts
certainly Nilehi is loaded with both!
During the Nilehi lifetime of “Kind iness” two weeks ago, and last week ¡ like Don Brown and Ellen Patzke. Both
Lady” English and Cockney accents were Jan Sterling, star of the play “John j wjre laid up for days as a result of slid*ing back to second base, and sliding into
quite the thing. So much so, that now Loves Mary” was also interviewed.
Val Lauder, editor of the Keen Teens, (home, respectively:
both Angie Vosnos and Nancy Thiell
sometimes can’t escape it while reading ran an incident in her column concern
The roller-skating party which the
ing Nilehi students that was related
out loud.
Then there are those eager beavers who to her by Lee Harrer when she was in- Washington D.C. club had at the Ar
have to steal a jump on the rest of us teiviewed in the journalism class here cadia April 23, turned out to be a big
uccess. Afterwards, the group went to
by plunges under the sun lamp. Among a few weeks ago.
Nott’s where Art Wuest, president of the
these “natives” are Kaye Haeful, who
Don Stolteben, Nilehi senior, had a club ate two “Challenges.” These are
insists she’s never tan enough, Kaye
little argument recently with an axe. the specialties of Nòtt’s and include
Jaeger, Ellen Patzke, erol Kent, Jean
Goodrich, Jackie Spencer, Carol Stocken- The result was two very damaged fin over a pint of ice cream, sauces, cake,
gers for Don and no mis-hap what etc.
berg, and Betty Loefgren,
Twitching was quite a fascinating fad soever for the axe! However, Don is now
Jeanne Lee Eckart, Nilehi senior, ap
few versions, but no one ever equaled well on the mend.
or even came near Ronald Le Ganger’s
When Mrs. Curl takes squirt guns peared on Ruben’s “Stars of Tomorrow”
eye twitch which he used on the Wash away from her students she doesn’t radio program Sunday, April 25. Jeanne
ington trip.
waste the water. She simply gives all Lee auditioned with WGN a couple of
weeks before and was accepted immedi
Rivalry among car owners, especially the plants in the room a drink!
ately. The song that she sang was “But
proud papas of “hot rods” is still going
Many things can be found in the Beautiful.”
strong. The object, evently, is in seeing
who can boast the most peculiar whis swimming pool, but the most recent
tles,, horns, and lights. Active conten entry was a literature book thrown in
ders for the title include Tom Reed, by some junior girls. One girl was sup Is Your Homeroom Dull?
Louis Hilfer, Noel Keifer, Don Stolteben, posed to catch it while treading water,
but she missed it. The story invented Well, Brighten It Up!
and Clay Merrill.
What does homeroom period mean to
The petticoat parade and short hair for her English teacher to explain its
swollen state was that it got dirty and you? Do you sit for a dull 15 minutes
craze have caught many Nilehiers. Dona
Korsmo is the chief advocate of the wanted a bath! It’s a cinch the fine on and wish that you had stayed in bed
peeking petticoat, while Barbara Kau- the mistreated book will be swollen too! a little longer, or do you have a lot of
fun and brighten things up a bit?
pert heads the list of short-sheared Sals.
Mr. Robert Mackey, chief Nilehi en
One of the best examples of the lat
But right behind Barbara comes Nancy gineer, was once in an automobile acci
Adams, Pat Hartung, “Mugsie” Ritter, dent involving a fast-moving freight ter is Miss Johanns’ homeroom, 121.
Doris Bemges, Mari Cysewski, Betty train. “Mac” , considered himself lucky They were the ones that gave the senior
Joeckels, Sona Baptist, and Marez Cor- as he escaped with a cut head that only tea and sponsored the “Hay Hop” at the
Youth Center not so long ago. Also, last
duan.
required 50 stitches to patch up.
fall they had a splash party for the
It was recently “discovered” that Varsity football team, complete with
hamburgers and cokes!
Betty Riggs, junior, is engaged.
Here are just a few things that a
roving Nilehilite reporter saw lately
Barbara and Bill
in some of the homerooms.
Are Popular Names
Room 121 was at it again! One of
The 1948 Nilehi graduating class is
Love is funny, and quite frequently it
composed of 202 boys and girls with the students had given Miss Johanns
has its problems. We don’t want any of
a bunch of flowers for the faculty party.
these problems (with prom time so varied and numerous names. Let’s see,
Rog La Plant, 221, was seen busily
now—there are Mary, Ed, and Bill, but
close) so we’ve decided to venture on
combing his crew-cut. >
just how many of each name are there?
to a love-lorn question.
Miss Tillmann, 219, had put a couple
A look into the file-cards in Mr. Paul
This week’s puzzler is: John loves
M. Eberhardt’s journalism room will re of freshman boys up in front of the
Mary, but John won’t marry Maty.
room for talking, and was setting them
What should Mary do? Answer below veal that out of a class of 202 seniors, as an example for the rest of the class.
there are 108 different first names.
may be tested if this situation ever ac
A sophomore homeroom teacher was
The most popular names are Barbara,
tually prevails.
of which there are nine, and Bill number dutifully reading a story to the class.
Bill Wokoun, senior. She should com
Don Verlenden, 102, was standing out
ing 13. The Dons run a close second to
mit suicide.
Bill with 11. The closest to Barbara are side his homeroom door listening in
Donna Groll, sophomore: Join the For
four Marilyns and one Maralyn. There tently. Upon being asked what he was
eign Legion.
are also two Jeanettes and one Jean doing, he replied, “you can’t hear the
Mari Cysewski, junior: Mary Harry.
P.A. system in there.”
Ardie Ball, sophomore. She should take nette. Mary may be “as plain as any name
Most of the students in the other
can be” but there are only four in the
the “Charles Atlas” course.
senior class. Out of the five Bobs, four homerooms were either yawning, or just
Dick O’Brien, senior: Call Mr. Anthony
sitting and staring into space, not hear
Ken Gregor, senior: Call Northside are satisfied wit htheir given names, but ing a word of what was being said and
one likes to be called “Hot Rod Seltzer.”
777.
Some of the name sthat appear only too sleepy to care.
Frank Devitto: Drop the sap and get
Anyone know where you can get a
once are Charlene, Ellen, Jack, Laurence,
another one.
Willard, Rosemary, Harriet, Elmer, and few regular Wheatie-eaters to pep up
Mr. Paul M. Eberhardt, teacher: Go to
930 little Nilehiliters every moring?
work on another male—it’s leap year! Polly.
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Flay Practice Pranks
Precede Presentation
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___________________ Friday, Maÿ 7/ '1948
Joan and Barb, Latin Contest Champs,
Are Both Pert Brunettes, 5’ 5” Tall
“Sheddup”. This is what greeted a
“Oh, I hate to do dishes,” remarked
little reporter who entered the assem pretty, brown haired, Joan Searing when
bly one bright sunny afternoon. Joyce asked what she disliked to do most.
Matthews was having troubles. Ted Eck
Joan is five feet*, five inches tall, has
ert and Mary Morse were insisting on blue eyes, and is a freshman. She re
studying their lines in the back of the cently won second place in the first-year
assembly on one of the wasterpieces Latin examinations held at Barrington.
which are to be presented on the night
Her favorite movie actors are Alan
of one-act plays, May 14, “Bessie, The Ladd and Marshall Thompson.
Bandit’s Beautiful Baby.”
Joan enjoys all sports and she be
Joyce was trying to direct “Our longs to the G.A.A. and Saddle Club.
Dearest Possession.” Slightly confusing! According to Joan, the Cihcago Cubs
Another little uproar caused in “Bes are her favorite Major League baseball
sie” was conducted by Bill Graefen team, and she thinks Andy Pafko is
(Bessie’s hero) when he decided Bessie wonderful.
needed to be saved from Kenneth GengJoan’s well-liked food is a hambur
ler, the villain, and went roaring in.
ger wi.h all the trimmings. She likes
Lyle Dye, co-director of “Our Dearest to buy new clothes, and she approves
Possession” has decided that brutality of the new stylés. Her favorite recording
and force are needed in directing. Those is *Now is the Hour” by Bing Crosby.
poor gals in the play suffered, but any
Her favorite subject is algebra.
thing for the sake of art!
When Joan graduates from high school
Ellen Patzke of “Our Dearest Pos
session” is certain to- steal the show she plans to attend Beloit College.
Her lines are related below:
“The car is ready.” Her interpreta
Glimpse into Future Unveils
tion is startling, to say the least.
But some of the most unusual re
hearsals are in the major dramatics ] Strange Statistics of 1973
class. They practice “Murder is Fun”
Many high school students are con
ninth period every day. “Thursdays at vinced that the coming modem age is
Home.” and a radio script are also under going to be a thoroughly enjoyable per
way, and the best three will be chosen iod. Let’s jump ahead of time about 25
for production.
years or so, and get a preview of this
wonderful age.
Zoom! Well, we’re here, but things
Song Titles Hit Home
don’t appear very different. During every
enjoyable minute
born, two
With Student Additions husbands get shot,one baby is break out,
three fires
Song titles often seem incomplete to four girls leave home, five come back,
us, somehow, and we can’t resist adding six au. os are wrecked, seven people are
a word or two, to complete the meaning. hurt by them, eight people now need in
surance, and nine agents are after them.
F ’rinstanqe:
The girls seem to be wearing less on
“You Do” all the homework and I
the streets than their grandmothers wore
will copy it, ■
“Beg Your Pardon,” teacher, my in bed. Mut the modern girl has other
problems. For instance, she has to dechair’s out of line again.
“Manana” is when I’ll do my algebra. ciie whether she wants a career or just
“The Best Things In Life Are Free,” one husband. And brother, what she
doesn’t know could fill a cook book!
but only at the Public Library.
Looking over the male, we find that
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Saber Dance.” Prom given by mar
he hasn’t improved much either. He’s
ines.
“Now Is The Hour” that daylight sav still the same old schmoe who’ll stand
a few weeks ago. There were quite a
ing can never save lunch period.
“If I Only Had a Match,” I would for anything except a girl on a street
car.
have a match! (So what?)
In school they’re still teaching the.
“How Soon” will it, be 3:11.
‘‘The Stars Will Remember.” Anyone three R’s—rah, rah, rah, and at any mod
could if he followed their shining ex ern party there’s always rum for more.
The same love stories are told with a
ample.
“Slap Her Down Again.” After all, slightly new twist. Now the couples get
she was late for the detention she got married and live happily on their par
ents.
for being late!
Good heavens! what’s this modern gin“Make Believe” that June 11 is here.
Well, you get the idea. I just got one, eration coming to? Pretty soon the
I world will be so unsanitary it’ll become
too, by the by:
“Temptation” to give in to Spring streptococci’d. Quick let’s get back to
the good old days!
fever and stay home!
In the recent Sectional Second Year
Latin Contest, held at Barington, a
cute, green eyed Nilehi girl came out
victorious, winning first place.
She is Barbara Olson, sophomore, who
has dark brown hair, stands five feet
five inches tall and will be 16 come
June.
Barb has few dislikes but many likes,
including movies, chicken, convertibles
of any make, and dreamy music, “Stella
by Starlight” is her favorite song, while
Dinah Shore and Tony Martin are her
favorite vocalists.
Her ideal man would be tall, blond,
and lively, with nice manners, but she
declines to say whether she has found
him or not.
Barbara plans to go to a small college
for two years and then on to North
western to major in journalism. Her am
bition is to go into newspaper work.
Village Green Scuffling
To Jive Is Long Step
Ever since the days of the cave man,
people have shuffled their feet rythmically and called it dancing. In the past
few centuries, this popular group ac
tivity has been greatly advanced and re
fined.
Dancing, up to the middle of the
past century, consisted mostly of a
hop, skip, and jump on the village green,
and stately toddlings to the minuet in
a chandelier-lit. ballroom.
Then, when the, hoops got dpwn to the
almost indecent width where people could
get within four fe e t. of each other,
somebody thought up the “scandalizing”
waltz where two people could dance
alone if they had a fiddler present. So
much for ancient history.
Now, it seems, if a person isn’t able
to at least hobble around the dance floor,
he’s a social flop. Logically, to be a
roaring success, one must also possess
the gentle art of “jiving” which finds
its sources in the Belgian Congo, and in
the Charleston, with some Amazonian
and Sioux Indian overtones.
For this phase of foot flopping each
school has its own special technique,
which has developed very far. It makes
it as hard for a poor schmoe from an
other school to dance at Niles, as it
would be for a Ubangi to read a French
menue!
In spite of this handicap, however, we
like our dancing, but now we’re becom
ing a little worried. If this trend for
long skirts continues to progress, we’ll
be reduced again to hopping around on
lawns within the next ten years!
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N I L EHI L ITE
Page 5
Mj- Y Softball Tearn
ms First
■^e , Nil ehi Hi-Y softball team 'won
By Danna Barbour and Doris Bernges
its first game in the 12-inch, fast pitch
ing Hi-Y league on April 27 by a score
Spring is here, according to the calen
Miss Montgomery is starting a badof 17-11. This game, played on the dar, but the girls’ softball tournament,
Evanston High School Field against at the present writing, is still awaiting minton club, which is to be limited to 20
Lincoln Club of the Evanston ‘ Y”, was a the entrance of warm, sunny, days so members They will meet twice a week,
‘ knock-down, drag-em-out” as the score that théy can play outside, says Miss if everything goes as planned. The^cheerleading class had their semi
indicates. The -score was knotted at five Gertrude Montgomery, girls’ physical
a iace at the end of Ihe fourth inning education instructor. The warrp clays final tryouts May 3. This reduced the
of the five inning game.
will - also bring the new. track work in class from 80 to. 20 members. I„ June,
✓ In the fifth and last frame, Niles Miss' Thurman’s classes.
w ill
i a l t r y ° U t’ n e x t y e a r ’s s q u a d
will be chosen from these girls. A few
s arted to roll and racked up twelvé
The life-saving course is completed openings will remain for freshmen in
runs. Dean Whitton banged out a hohfe
and the 15 girls who “saw. it through”
run while Don Brod and Fred Gactter have passed their, junior and senior terested in cheering activities, and for
new girls coming in from other schools
lie ped the cause with two triples. Lee
tie;sts;' These girls are Barbara Martin
L arrer was thè winning pitcher. ’ ■
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son, Ann Morrinson, Jo Quesnen, Alice
The Hi-Y will play one round against?
Elame Esch and Alice Clarkins are the
Clarkens, R u t h Munsterman, Lillian
all five Jteams of the Evanston “Y”
twg m c k y -g a ls w h o will represent
Forbes, Ann Brown, Georgia, Coleman.
Don Biehn and Dean tVhitton were Carole Proesel, Ruth Waehner, Bernell Nilehi at the G.A.A. Camp this year.
chosen for the All-Star basketball team Coleman, Dorothy Hartigan, Joan Ash, They were chosen by the faculty from
a pool of nine girls, which was made up
and played in the- game which the
Jacqueline Greenwood, and Joanne Niel
All-Stars won, 33-31.
oy an informal nomination at the last
son.
Af-er the final basketball game, the r The member^ of the bowling club mass meeting.
Niles JJi-Y team ended up in- third
had ; th^ir final meet April 29. Money tl.T hef G-A-A‘ Board is having a hard
Place against teams that had' more prizes will bef given. The maximum for
f fli i ng a plaCe for the skating
•practice.
par y. Miss Thurman, sponsor, would
each girl will be seven-dollars and all
appreciate any suggestions that might
*he girls will at least receive four. The solve the problem.
ten high girls taken from both leagues
Cindermen Second at Palatine are scheduled for the seven - dollar
Twirling
NimMe fingers have certainly paid
Arlington's. Cardinals edged out the bracket.
Nilehi Traeksters *60-52 1/7 to capture
off for Delores Ide and Dottie Bowles,
lor they have each won scholarships, to
the Class-A title of the sixteenth annual
Pa atine Relays held on Saturday, April Parkers Get Two Hits;
M« u
AIma^ C°llege of Twirling and
.•i^vatrQ st Field-in Palatine.'
Defeat Freshmen, 16-15 Marching .Clime from June 13-19. The
; Due to a poor showing in the field
Cne of the oddest baseball games f in school .is- run on a camp basis, so it really
..events the Trojans got off; to a slow the history of -N.T.H.S. was. played last sounds like fun. The girls were selected
start and were down in fourth place Thursday afternoon when the freshmen because of their number of points.
gnidway through the meet.Vf
Whiie. a t camp, they will enter the
team, coached by L. R. Mackey, traveled
Michigan State Twirling Contest. Good
tQ-ach Charles- Hussey’s- relay . teams to Highland Park. ,
Luck, gals!
brought Niles into the thick of the fight
The frosh lost the game, 16 to 15, but
when.they took first in the Frosh-Soph they beat the Parkers in every‘ other
Mile Medlay, and 432-yard low hurdle department except runs.
Triangular M eet Taken
s’ uttle relays. Niles also got firsts'in
Just to give you an idea of . what
the .two-mile relay (Schrimpf, Davis, a wild and wooly battle it was, here By Cards;Trojans Second
R rg, Grafke), -the mile m e d l a y are the sum totals.
In a triangular track meet held at
I , \ 4 -,A
(Tchrimpf, De Stories, Permer, H. SieHighland Park got 16 runs on only Nilehi on Wednesday, April 28, the
g 'l). and the 432-yard low-hurdle shut two hits. They had six errors and 13 Arlington Cardinals defeated the Tro
tle ..relay. (Walter, Davis, D, Siegel, J. stolen bases. *,
jans and the Leyden Eagles by a score
Heiniger).
The Trojans had 15 runs on nine hits, of 60 to 50 to 30.
Jim Heiniger led the scoring, for the
with 14 errors and 23 stolen bases. The
game tobk so long that the ]team didi#t Trojans with 20 points. Jim took firsts
in the 200-yard low hurdles,; 120-yard
get back to Niles until 7:20 p.m.!
high hurdles, pole yault,. and second in
Trojan Traeksters Swamp
the' high jump and third in the broad
v „ P ' f Nilehlllte Is w ritten, printed and pubjump.
Ushed b y- th e students of th e Niles Township Palatine Thinclads
H sh School, Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A. I* Biehn.
Ryron Clark of Leyden, who took
superintendent - p rincipal..
The Nilehi cindermen sprinted home firsts in the 100-yard dash, 220-yard
" STAPF MEMBERS
to an easy victory over Palatine High dash, and broad jump, placed near ^the
E ditor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
Feature Editor: Lyle Dye
School on Tuesday, April 20, ,by an over tpp in the 100-yard dash at the stqle
Sports Editor: Don Brown
Sports Writers?--'-Don-'Brown,- Bill Neüson Ed whelming score of 86 1/3 to 31 2/3.
meet last year,
Linskey, and Jack Nixon
Jim , Heiniger again paced the Tro L -Other men who earned points; for the
G ir's’ Sports:! Doris Bernges
jans by scoring firsts in the high grid Trojahs ' were Carl Schrimp, 10 points;
Circulation M anager; G ertrude B rua
Exchange Editor: {Ju n e Sprungm an
low hurdles,; pole vault, and by grabbing
Photographer: Jim Schilling
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Ward Nipper, 5 points; Bill Permer* •6%
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Trojans Beat Redbirds
On Comstock's Homer
Undefeated in conference play!
That is the record the Trojan baseballers maintained last Friday after
noon as they defeated the Arlington
Cardinals, 1 to 0, at Arlington.
Don Biehn turned in his usual brilliant
pitching job as he allowed the Redbirds
only one scratch hit. The opposing pitch
er, Bil Robinson, also did a fine job in al
lowing only three safe blows.
One of these hits, however, was a
home run by Bill Comstock, third baseman, in the sixth inning.
Both teams played heads-up ball in
tvis typical pitchers’ dual. Biehn and
Robinson never let up for a minute, and
this was proved by the 13 strikeouts
that Biehn had and 12 whiffs for Robin
son.
N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, May 7, 1948
Nilehi Golfers Win
Over Crystal Lake
On their home course, Green Acres, in
Nor hbrook, the Trojan golfers, coached
by Thomas Kiviluoipa stroked their way
to an easy victory over Crystal Lake on
Monday, April 26, 14^£ to Vz. It was
the first golf match of the season for
Nilehi, and the team displayed mid
season strength by winning 14*6 out of
a possible 15 points.
Sophomore Ken La Plant paced his
team with an eighteen-hole round of 79
for which he received 3 points. Bill Bierbaum, Ted Eckart and Dick Baumann
also received 3 points apiece for ham
mering out scores of 82, 89 and 96 res
pectively. Dick Kessler took 2Vz points
with a 97, losing V point' by tying his
z
opponent on the first nine. •
It doesn’t take a big man to be a
golfer. Ben Hogan, the little Texan,
proved this fact by becoming one of
the best men in the game. This same
fact is also true of this year’s Nilehi
golf team. Kenny La Plant, sophomore,
who has so far proved to be the lowest
scorer on the team, is only five feet, five
inches tall and weighs 124 pounds. The
other boys and their dimensions are as
follows: Dick Baumann, junior, five feet,
two inches tall, 110 pounds; Bill Bierbaum, five feet, two inches tall, 118
pounds; Ted Eckert, junior, five feet,
six inches tall, 135 pounds. The only
skyscraper on the team is Dick Kessler,
sophomore, who is six feet tall and
weighs 165 pounds. Oddly enough,
Blessing Tops Basketball
though, Dick had the highest score in
Ike Hears Famous Grid the meet with Crystal Lake. And you Scorers With 183 Points
that Bob Dombrowski,
Coaches While at Purdue may remember himself, was one of the Official statistics confirmed the fact
no Paul Bunyan
that the Northeast Coference basketball
Harold Isaacson, who recently re best golfers in the state last year.
turned from the Purdue University foot
champs, the Nilehi Trojans, scored a total
ball ^clinic, plans to attend two more
of 914 points in 22 games while they
Within the space of three weeks
grid sessions before the start of the
veld their opponents to 839 points.
now, three Nilehi hurlers have turn
1948-1949 school year.
Forward Jim Blessing, who played on
ed in no-hit-run mound performan
While at Purdue, Ike heard many re
the second string the first part of the
ces. Don Biehn, seinor was the first
nowned football coaches speak, such as
season was high scorer on the squad
Stuart Holcomb, head coach at Purdue.
to turn the trick against Leyden on
with a total of 183 points in 22 games
Henry Fyrnka of Tulane University, and
April 16. Dave Boening then turned
for an average of 8.3 points per game.
Jeff Cravath of Southern California. In
in a no-hitter against Evanston on
Tim placed eighth in the individual con
his opinion, Henry Frynka, whose sub
April 23, as the frosh team beat the
ference scoring with 125 points. He was
ject was pass protection, was the best
the “hottest” scorer in the conference,
Wildkits, 7 to 2. Jim Hosfield pitched
of the talkers.
and in his last five conference games
a no-hit game against the Arlington
On June 14,15, and 16, Ike will attend
he averaged 16.9 points per game.
Cardinals last Thursday, but lost the
the Paul Brown football clinic, which
The most points the Trojans scored
game by a 1 to 0 score. Two errors
will be held at Kalamazoo. Mr. Brown
against an oponent last season was 56
in the last inning gave the Redbirds
is the head coach of the professional
against Highland Park while the most
their only tally. Dick Hughes got
Cleveland Browns of the All-America
the only hit for the Trojans in this points scored against the Trojans was
Conference.
49 points made by Libertyville and New
contest.
The last session that Mr. Isaacson
Trier. In the final conference game at
will attend will be at Champaign during
Ti^y^en the Tro'ians scored their largest
the third'week in August. This is the
Snring football practice, the first of amount of points in one quarter, 25
Illinois State Clinic, and it is attended its kind at Niles, will end in a few weeks. points in the second period. At East
by high school and college coaches Mr. Isaacson, football coach and athlet Aurora the ‘Men of Troy’ made the high
throughout the state.
ic director, says that this early session est percentage of the shots, sinking 16
accomplished its purpose, which was to shots out of 35 attempted for .457 aver
b^ush the boys up on their fundamentals. age.
Ike savs that the blocking of the line | Going back to the individual scoring,
Hosfield Hurls No-Hitter,
men has improved very much, and al I Jim Blessing attempted the most basBut Loses to Cards, I to 0
though the line is still somewhat slow, ! Vets 244 and sank the most baskets 70.
j he expects this handicap to be overcome Out of the starting five, Gordon Ander
The Nilehi Junior Varsity baseball
team was defeated by Arlington by the bv the return of other gridmen who are son, center, had the best pecentage of
Cardinals on Thursday, April 29, by a out for baseball or track at the present his attempted baskets making 46 baskets
time. The first fall practice will be held on 126 attempted shots for an average
score of one to nothing.
Jim Hosfield, Trojan hurler, pitched on August 25. This also is the earliest of .365 and also highest percentage of
a no-hit game against the opponents, date that a fall practice was ever called, free throws. He sank 37 charity throws
and there will be two practices each day. out of 56 attempts averaging .661. But
but the Trojans lost, nevertheless.
!besides this remarkable shooting ‘Andy’
In the last of the Seventh inning with
I committed the most fouls, 63.
one out, an Arlington batter hit a ground
The senior swimming teams are
ball to Hosfield, but he threw low to
pace in the eighth period. Below are
still going strong in the second
first base, and the runner was safe. After
the points up to April 20.
and eighth period classes on Thurs
stealing second he scored on an error
Second Period
Eighth Period
days and Fridays. In the second
The Cardinal pitcher was equally
Kiefer . . . . . 166 Hilfer . . . . . 82
period, Noel Kiefer’s water - chunt
tough, and Dick Hughes, Trojan catcher,
Brown .. x. . . . 98 Bierbaum .. 121
ers are still way out in front of the
got credit for the only hit of the game,
Gregor .......... 86 Fitzgerald . 118
other three teams, while Bill Bjeron the Trojan second baseman, thereby
Paollel .......... 67 Ross ............ 52
baum’s team continues to set the
scoring the only run of the game.
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Vol. IX, No. 12
Skokie, Illinois
Friday, April 23,1948
Nominating Convention Plan Four Courses for Next Year;
This Year's New Courses Are Success
Blanned by Students
JM
Liss «Grace G. Harbert, problems in
structor, .plans to conduct a model ¿Re
publican Nominating Convention ¿in the
assembly sometime after May 7. Miss
Harbert has always held a nominating
convention in her problems classes, but
.in 1940, for the first time, lit ’
«was ¿made
school-wide.
The problems 7 and 8 Classes '.will plan
aand run the nominating convention, un
der the supervision of Miss Harbert. The
¿juniors and seniors will be delegates,
iwhile the sophomores, freshmen, ¿and the
if acuity will be the .guests.
The doors of learning at Nilehi are
being opened wider as the years go by.
This year the courses of psychology
and driver education were added to the
school curriculum, thereby enabling more
students to exercise their ambitions.
The course of driver education has
especially been beneficial to the reputa
tion, safety, and individual well-being
of the school. Local and police complaints
about speeding and reckless driving on
or .about the school grounds have all
but disappeared. Doctor A. L. Biehn,
superintendent, says that the attitude
of Nilehi drivers has improved 100 per
Isaacson Takes a Chance
cent.
The credit for these complimentary
remarks goes to Mr. L. P. Babcock, the
instructor that the school was fortunate
enough to get from the University of
Illinois.
For the year of 1948-49, the addition
rf four classes has been approved by
he school board. These courses are sales
manship, retailing, advertising, and mer
chandising. They will all be one semes
ter classes, and they will be taught by
one instructor.
It is also planned that another driver
¿education teacher will be added to the
faculty. This addition will enable more
students to receive the benefits of the
course. This year it was hard for Mr.
Babcock to cover any more than the
junior and senior classes.
“With another teacher, however,” says
Dr. Biehn, “we will have everyone in the
school driving by the end of the year.”
70 See Chicago Clubbers
Visit Experimental Farm
Approximately 70 students of Nilehi
visited the Tribune Experimental Farm
in Wheaton, Illinois, last Sunday.
This was the first time the “See
Chicago Club” had visited the farm, but
it proved to be one of the most inter
esting excursions. The students toured
the modernly equipped farm for two
hours viewing the newest devices in
the agricultural industry.
Miss Grace Harbert, Nilehi problems
teacher, was surprised at the numerous
participants because many of those going
were on the bus headed for the Musuem
of Science and Industry which broke
Coach Harold “Ike” Isaacson takes life into his own hands. (His down in 18-below-zero weather. This
car’s life, that isJA bove, Gordon Anderson and Norman Schilf look un being the only accident the “See Chicago
Club” has ever had, Miss Harbert hopes
der hood of car which was in auto shop for repairs.
it is the first and last.
The “See Chicago Club” has already
been on seven excursions, and the next
one planned is an all-day trip to Starved
Rock.
Bids for Junior Prom Go on Sale in Homerooms;
No Bids Will Be Sold at The Door
If your calendar has May 29 circled,
no doubt it is to mark Nilehi’s biggest
social event of the year, the Junior
Prom, to be given in the Michigan
Room of the Edgewater Beach Hotel.
Jack Cavan and his orchestra will lend
the background music to the beauty and
meaning of the prom.
Bids for the prom went on sale April
13. The full pi’ice of the bid is $3.90, but
a part payment of $1.90 may be made
until May 14. After that date full pay
ment must be made at the time the bid
is purchased. There will be a maximum
of 140 bids. Salesmen will be available
anytime, but tickets were sold in the
homerooms on April 15 and 22. They
will now be sold during lunch periods.
There will be no bids sold at the door.
Prom leaders, Polly Wettengel and
Tim Heiniger, will lead the Grand March
at about 10:30 and will be in the receiv
ing line with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ohlson
and representatives of the junior class
to greet each guest.
M u s ic S h o w S e t fo r M a y 7
Nilehi’s annual Spring Music Festi
val will take place on Friday evening,
May 7, at 8:15, in the gymnasium. Ther
theme will be “I Hear America Singing”.
According to Miss Clara Klaus, di
rector of the music festival, all of
Nilehi’s musical groups will participate,
including the Band, the Choir, the Girls*
Glee Club, the Boy’s Ensemble and the
Madrigal Singers. There will also be a
violin solo by Armin Watkins.
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SHORT CUTS
N IL E H I L I T E
S tu d e n t In te rv ie w e rs
F in d M a n y S ujbects
Hold Senior Barn Dance At Y. C.
As part of his work this semester,
Wednesday, April 21, at the Skokie every journalism student is supposed to
Youth Center, the “Hay Hop” was conduct an interview.
given for the Nilehi seniors by Home
On Monday, April 12, Skokie Chief
room 121. This dance was the first barn of Police Morris kindly consented to
dance that has been held at the Youth come to Nilehi and he was interviewed
Center.
in front of the journalism class by Phil
The students came dressed in. jeans La Veau.
and danced the Virginia Reel. For the
George Petty, commercial artist, who
students who didn’t care to dance, movies lives in Northbrook, Illinois, was inter
were shown of the trip to Washington viewed by Dick O’Brien. Dick reported
D. C. in which many Nilehi students that in the living room of Mr. Petty’s
participated last month.
home is an elephant foot which is used
The music for the dance was supplied | as a wastepaper basket. Mrs. Petty
by Juke Box and his Twenty Records. j completed this unusual article, by putting
a shade of red nail polish on the toe
Three W in Legion Award
In the recent contest on “Our Amer I nails of the elephant foot,
ican Heritage, Liberty,” sponsored by j Nancy Borneman and June Sprungthe Skokie American Legion and Auxil j man conducted an interview with Val
iary Post, three Nilehi students placed j Lauder on Thurday, April 15. Miss LauIder is author of the Keen Teen column
out of the many who entered.
They are Betty Jaeckels, who entered Iwhich appears in The Chicago Dailythrough her U. S. history class and won News. Whenever possible Miss Lauder
first prize; Bill Comstock, who entered j arranges interviews with prominent peothrough his English class and was I pie for the members of the Keen Teens.
Jim Schilling and E i l e e n Rodley
placed second; and Betty Jane Sherman,
third prize winner, who also entered j visited the county morgue. Among the
j many dead people they saw was a
through her American history class.
Medals will be awarded to these stu “floater” who had been in the lake
dents at the annual oratorical contest, i practically all winter.
There were many other interesting and
also sponsored by the American Legion,
unusual interviews by the remainder
sometime in May.
of the journalism class.
- Friday, April 23, 1948
Glub fyludb
The “Spotlighters” under the direction
of Miss Muriel Higgins are planning a
gala meeting with speaker Smoky Rog
ers. Rogers, a professional stage actor,
resides in Skokie.
Officers for the newly-formed Science
Club were elected Monday, April 12,
and include Don Christenson, president,
Mary MacNamarra vice president, Pat
Carlson, secretary-treasurer and Phil
La Veau, club reporter.
Ashley Craig and Joe Donavan recent
ly had articles, reprinted from the Latin
Club paper “Tuba Troiana,” appearing
in the state Latin paper the “Acta.”
The latest edition of the monthly “Tuba
Ti’oiana” appeared April 16.
A paper drive was recently launched
by the Nilehi Senior Hi-Y Club. This
drive was held to collect money for the
Wo’Jd Service Fund, an organization to
provide food for the European needy.
The club is planning a May jaunt to
the Rosenwald Museum. The trip will
be held on Saturday, according to Mr.
Carl Burgener, sponsor.
April has certainly been a busy month
for the Ushers’ Club, what with Re
flections Revelry, Eighth Grade Night
and Dramatics Night and the Style
N ilehi Alum nus Receives Award
The University of Illinois has announ- ious boys’ and girls’ swimming classes Show coming up.
ed that recently Danny Dever, a Nilehi' in order to acquaint the incoming fresh
The Tribune Experimental Farm at
alumnus, will be honored during the men with the present gym schedules.
University’s Honors; Day Program on This was directed by Mr. Anton Schu Wheaton. Illinois, was the scene of a
April 30. The university takes this oc bert, and Miss Gertrude Montgomery, “See Chicago Club” excursion recently.
Th's tour was guided by the head of
casion to give public recognition to those swimming teachers.
students whose scholarship ranks them
A discussion was conducted by Miss the farm.
in the first ten per cent of their class. i Marjory Ronalds, freshman adviser, in
Dever is a sophomore.
order for the freshman to become ac
quainted with the work done in the
freshman year.
Dr. A. L. Biehn, superintendent, wel
When the cavped and gowned pros
comes the students and asked them back,
pective graduates of Nilehi assemble
the afternoon of May 6th to go through
to receive their diplomas on the evening
Approximately 700 eighth-grade stu an every day schedule.
dents and their parents were present at
of June 10, their guest speaker will be
the annual Eighth -Grade Night of Niles
Dr. Karl Langdon Adams, president of
Township High School last Friday, Ap
the Northern Illinois State Teachers
ril 16th.
,
College, De Kalb, Illinois.
The students were divided into three
The subject of Dr. Adams’ talk is not
groups according to the school they
The Nilehllite it written, printed and pub yet known, but if his achievements as
attend and the groups were shown, in lished by the students of the Niles Township listed in “Who’s Who” are an indication,
alternating periods, the various activi High School, Skokie, Illinois. ‘Dr. A. L. Biehn, his remarks should prove most interest
superintendent - principal.
ties of a Nilehi student.
STAFF MEMBERS
ing.
Editor-in-chief: Bill Ootnstock
A play entitled, “The Trials and Trib Feature Editor: Lyle Dye
Dr. Adams has been president of the
ulations of a Freshman” was presented Sports Editor: Don Brown
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
Sports Writers: Don Brown, Bill Neuson, Ed
by the freshman dramatics classes, un
; Linskey, and Jack Nixon
since 1929, has been the assistant presi
der the direction of Miss Muriel Higgins, Girls’ Sports: Doris Bernges
dent of Moline High School, Moline,
Circulation Manager: Gertruda Brua
Nilehi dramatics and radio teacher.
Exchange Editor: June Sprungman
Illinois and was at one time the science
The music department presented a Photographer: Jim Schilling Bill Heveran, Lee teacher and athletic coach in Sidney,
Reporters: Marcia Connell.
series of songs and orchestral arrange
Harrer Sandra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour.
•ORO
Bill Neuson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Dona
ment under the direction of Miss Clara
He is very active in fraternities and
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger
Klaus and Mr, Clifford Collins, Nilehi
Coyerly, Gertrude Brua, Nanoy Borneman, belongs to the Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Doris Bernges, Jim Schilling, Phil LaVeau,
Music instructors, while in the back of
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixen, Mary Morse, Patty Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha
the gym was an art exhibit by the var • • Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol Phi Omega, Pi Kappa Delta, and Beta
Schuler. June Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, Ken
ious art classes given by Mr. John Wil
neth Gregor, and Joanne Day.
Theta Pi. Dr. Adams is, by virtue of his
Production Managers: E. Ross, A, Wuest, D.
kins, Nilehi art teacher..
M’ner, B. Neuson, C. Welder, C. Brunke, J. position, prominently active in the af
In the Natatorium, swimming demon
Wilgus.
fairs of public eductation in Illinois and
FACULTY ADVISERS
strations were being given by the var- Paul Sberhardt
Clement Meier in the midwest.
College Head Named
As Graduation Speaker
700 Are Present
A t Eighth Grade Night
jm jH iu fi
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Students C
hoose Polly W
ettengel and Jim Heiniger
To Lead G M at This Year's Junior Prom
rand arch
G raduation Is Finale
Of Four H appy Years
Frid ay, April 23, 1948___________
Spring is finally here, so we’re told,
bringing not only grass and birdies, but
graduation plans for the departing sen
iors. As the big day comes nearer and
nearer, the senior starts to reminisce
about his four happy years in high
school.
Does he wish he had studied harder?
Maybe, especially when that much de
sired college sends back his application
blank with a little note on it, saying,
‘Your grades aren’t what they should
be. Sorry.”
The senior also starts thinking about
the freshman party, ’way back in the
fall of 1944; the four Reflections Revelry
shows which he saw and maybe partici
pated in; the Junior Proms, with memo
ries of music, dancing, soft-lights and
perhaps a brand new formal or tux;
happy thoughts of the beautiful music
heard at Christmas Vespers and the
Spring Concerts; good times had at the
G.A.A. hayrides and Turnabouts; and,
best of all, the spring, summer, and
Christmas vacations.
But, hey, wait a minute! Haven’t we
forgotten something ? Yes, you guessed
it, the semester exams. How could you
forget those sleepless nights, hours of
cramming, and chewed-off finger-nails?
Yes, high school life has both its bitter
and sweet sides, but try to find a senior
who wouldn’t want to do the whole thing
over again.
As Jim Heiniger and Polly Wettengel stood clutching their freshman science
books and listening to the 4ohs” and “ahs” about Betty Weldon and Ed Dean, little
t i l they know that three years later they would also share the honor of leading
the Grand March at the Junior Prom of their senior year.
Jim, who was chosen Most Valuable Player in football, has participated in
football, basketball and track for four
years and is one of the few Nilehi ath
letes to win a major award in his fresh
man year. This was in track. Jim has
A very important question that con at present received seven major letters
fronts the inhabitants of the temperate and will receive another one this spring
zones once every year is, 4When is for track. His escort for. the prom is at
4
spring, really here?” Some of us rely
present unknown, but we can all hope,
on our little feathered friend, the robin,
for the answer, but it has almost become can’t we, girls?
Polly, well known as “The Girl With
a proverb that the sight of this bird in
the early part of the year is one of the a Smile,” has also participated heavily
most accurate indications of perfect in school activities and is at present a
sleighing and ice-skating weather.
young woman’s fancies may turn to
cheerleader, a member of the bowling
A much more reliable prognosticator
thoughts of love, but where do their
is your local dentist. A trip to his office team, and a gym leader. The boy to thoughts and plans for dates turn ?
with open ears will supply you with an share the limelight with Polly will be When asked where they like to go on
answer rather quickly. When you hear Harry Kaufman, a former Nilehi stu dates, certain students gave the follow
ing answers:
his absent-minded call for his niblick dent.
or putter instead of his trusty drill, you
Pat McCabe, sophomore: Down to the
The two couples will lead the Grand
loop to a show and out to dinner.
ran surmise that spring has finally
March, and afterward will dance a
Andrea Maheras, freshman: What a
rolled around.
Another usually accurate answer can waltz while the other guests look on, silly question!
Jo© Donavan, sophomore: The Drivebe obtained from the innermost feelings the seniors envying and the underclass
In is interesting.
of a person's physical being. This method men hoping!
Ed Soergel, senior: To my greatest
is frequently used by resort owners who
Last year Jim McNeely and Carol
interest in Glencoe.
say they always know when a dry season
Ed Archibald, junior: The balcony of
is approaching because they can feel it Holmberg, with their escorts, led the
in their joints. If you try this method Grand March, while in 1946 Marilyn the Skokie Theatre.
Pat Carlson, senior: To one of the
and get that old wonderful feeling to Burns and Kenny Stezskal together
go out and plant an acorn and then sit danced “the” waltz. While the seniors Pier dances.
Ros;e Denk, junior: To a Grant Park
down bn the Spot to wait for it to were mere fresh, a few of them might
supply you more acorns to plant, you have > watched Betty Weldon and Ed Concert.
Jane Arnold, senior: For a ride in the
can be fairly sure that spring is here Dean share the fun of the evening, and
or at least parked right around the in 1944 Jack Harrer and Mary Ann country.
Wenzel were crowned 4 The King and
4
Mary Ann Ritter, senior: It depends
corner.
on thé fellow I’m with.
The methods mentioned a b o v e are Queen of Neptune.”
If we want to really dig into the files,
accurate in most cases, but there is one
Betty Anderson, sophomore: I like to
method d hat always has positive results. we will find that the 1941 couple, Irwin go swimming on dates.
When a young man's thoughts finally Witte and Helen Schuett are now happily
Bill Permer, senior: You mean out
turn to what a girl has been thinking married. At that time the students side of Wilmette Harbor?
about all winter, brother, you can be were chosen in couples contrary to the
Jack Harvey, junior: Anywhere where
1 1 can have fun.
method used now.
sure it’s spring!
Spring Has Arrived—
Or His It? Who Knows?
�Page 4
Host of Various Things
Are Wanted, Lost, and Sold
N 1 L E H 1 L I T E
This ’n That-
Friday, April 23, 1948
Unknown Student Is Poet
The Nilehilite first appeared, on Nov
ember 22, 1939. The name was suggested
Want ads pain you,
Lost ads are sad,
; h
i
by a student, the design was drawn by
Found ads bore you,
the mechanical drawing classes, the office
And alL are bad.
- '
handled the circulation, the journalism
But these aren’t awful;
and printing . classés : took care of
They don’t fib;
* :
editing and publishing. The Nilehilite
. Might as well read them,
was one of the few papers in the Chi-Other folks did.
cagp area, to be both edited and printed
WANTED: Passing g r a d e s for all by the students exclusively.
seniors.
i
LOST: This year’s dances, games and
All students interested in teaching
last summer’s earnings. Reward if
*have recently been contacted by Mr.
returned!
WANTED: Reliable parties to take.ovei Arthur Ryden, Nilehi history and civics
senior homerooms. Occupancy to begin teacher. It is Mr. Ryden’s hope to organ
September, 1948. Apply to Dr/ A. L ize these students somehow to help them
along in their chosen profession.
Biehn for information.
CLEARANCE SALE: All Prom posters
campaign posters and notices from
this year’s election will be* sold at
reduced rates since new stock will be
used next year.
TO BE SOLD AT ONCE: Bids to the
1948 Junior Prom to be held May 29
at the Edgewater Beach hotel. Limit
ed supply.
WANTED: For suffering students, a few
soft pillows to be put on bleachers
during assemblies.
WANTED: Do-ray-me to fill the girls’
purses since the Turnabout emptied
them!
FOUND: Plenty of unclaimed books
collected during t h e recent locker
inspection.
WANTED: Bats to replace the many
that were broken in the first baseball
game of the season.
WANTED: More track records like the
ones our fellows have been making.
WANTED: A few steps to replace those
that always seem to be missing from
the ladders in the swimming pool.
Yearbook of Reflections
Comes with June, Work
June brings lots of things: summers,
the end of school, and yearbooks. Our
yearbook is 64 pages of Reflections, copy
and pictures. This is the result of a
year’s hard work on the part of a com
paratively few individuals.
Hard wofk in this field comes in
bunches. Take, for instance, the work on
the college extension students’ picture.
This picture caused the general staff
of Reflections quite a few gray hairs.
The first picture of the “studes” sym
bolized the below - ;
average Nilehilite
mind, a blank. The second picture repre
sented the average Nilehi mind, a blur.
D-Day (deadline day) came closer and
closer and still the college pupils were
a blur. There leered a white expanse on
the pasted-up cards ready for the print
ers where the college picture should
have been.
So, the editor-in-chief, Bonnie Web
ster, w i t h staff photographers, Jim
As we were walking down the hall
last week we came across a scrap of
paper.- Our curiousity was aroused and
we picked it up. It contained the follow
ing verse:.,
,/ .
The little girl was crying,
Her dollie she was gone,
She lost her in a dice game ; v }
And now her, she couldn’if pawn. .
* ; • / ..
/
■'r:- ‘?f/ ., • .., ./ .rV^v/V’-»
•
In December, 1947, the studentjsdn the
junior English classes wrote letters ‘-'to
various schools in the United Rtatqs.
Last week Charlotte Dressel received ^an
answer from a girl at La Salle High
School in Niagara Falls, New York.
| The girl explained that her teacher
had just read Charlotte’s letter to the
class. The mail ,must' have been very
According to Dorig Monahan, boy’s slow, for Charlotte/mailed her letter
work -secretary at the Evanston YMGA, more than three months ago! £ {/
all students at Niles Township are éligi
ble to ’go to the Plantation room in the
“Y”! There are week-end dances, and
refreshments served.
Etiquette
for Nileh
Is Easy, Rather Evident
During the last basketball season, the
Trojans changed uniforms three times.
Next year, the' squad will again change
their game togs. Fancy three-tone warm
up jackets and pants will be worn.
Mr. Kiviluoma, Nilehi math instructor
is seriously considering the starting of
an after - school math class for the
fundamentals in counting up to ten.
Mr. Schaal is the new janitor at Nilehi,
taking the place of Mr. Charles Brunke
who left at the beginning of this month.
Schilling, Sam Boznos, and Don Racine,
and general staff members, Kathy Russakov, Joan Harrer, Barbara Yotava,
Phillis Yates. Mari Cysewski/ and Ade
line Bonagura sprang into action.
They got the picture but there wasn’t
time to have a teacher identify the faces,
so an unknown student was stopped in
the hall, the faces were identified, and
the cards were finally taken to the
printers. The staff could breathe again.
Now they could think back on their
preliminary work, t h e photography,
planning, pasting and deciphering. It
took the staff quite a while to decipher
some of the names on the photograph
envelopes. It s e e m s . Nilehi students
either couldn’t, or wouldn’t, sign their
names legibly.
'
This year’s staff didn’t have much
leeway because they started with a
debt on their backs, left by their prede
cessors. The keynote this year was
economy!
But the staff had a lot of fun working
on its masterpiece, and they hope you’ll
enjoy reading it, after you stop con
centrating on the literature on the fly
leaves and turn to the inside of “Re
flections.”
*. The one really big dance of the whole
school year! The only date when Dad
adds a few extra hours to the curfew
and gives the car without any trouble.
Flowers, and tuxes, and long dresses,
and big hotels. Yes, the Prom is com
ing up! /
.. h ‘
:■ It won’t be long now before you and
your one-and-only will go strolling into
the Edgewater Beach Hotel and will im
mediately feel at home as you see
familiar faces and hear strains of music
from Jack Cavan’s band in the Michigan
Room.
However, even though the night and
your date may be perfect, mistakes can
happen! To clear up whatever misunder
standings there may be concerning eti
quette at a formal high school prom,
we have just recently talked to a certain
Mrs. Emily Post, whoever she is. This
lady assured us that she knew a little
about such details and gave us a lot
of things not to do on the big night.
DON’T
1. Wear loafers or saddle shoes with
formal clothes. It just doesn’t look right,
somehow.
. 2. Take it for granted that some
body else is getting the car and end up
on the “L”.
3. Try such strenuous things in danc
ing as throwing your partner over your
shoulder. Those long dresses and white
coats get soiled so easily! •
4. Yell from table to table or stand
on the -chairs when you go out to eat
later. Such behavior marks you as defi
nitely immature!
5. (These are details, we know, but
still important) Smash up the car, spend
the complete family bank account, come
in four hours late, or leave your money
in' your other pants.
f
�Friday, April 23, 1948
Glamazons
By Danna Barbour
N I L E H I L I T E
Don Bielm Pitches No-Bit,
No-Run Game Against Legden
Page 5
C in d e rm e n W in F irs t
T w o C o n fe re n c e M e e ts
The Nilehi trackmen won their second
If Nilehi had a hall of fame, Don
As dreary days l i n g e r on, Nilehi
Biehn, senior southpaw, would certainly conference meet of the season by a score
Glamazons wonder if they’ll ever have
of 67 to 46 oyer the Arlington Cardinals
a, chance to go outside to continue their be one of its foremost members.
Last Friday afternoon at Franklin on the Nilehi, track, Wednesday, April
baseball tourney, which started last
Park, Don faced 24 Leyden batters and 14.
Monday.
Jim Heiniger led the scoring by tally
Competition is keep between the four refused to give up one hit. He walked
"teams in each class. The inter-class two men and another reached first base ing 20 joints. He took firsts in the high
tourney, which really arouses excite on an error. Meanwhile, the Trojan jump, 220-yard low hurdles, and a tie
batters racked up four runs on nine for first with Bill Graefen in the pole
ment, will not start for a few weeks.
vault event. Jim grabbed second place
Volleyball had a victorious ending for 1hits.
The Trojans scored their runs one at in the 120-yard high hurdles and the
Delores Paulson’s team. In the final
game played on April 7, her team de a time, in the first, second, third, and broad jump.
Other main point getters for the Tro
feated that of Marian Carlson’s by a fifth innings. Bill Comstock and Ed
Soergel each collected two hits, while jan thinclads were Bill Permer, 11%;
score of 41-24.
It seems girls have really ventured Jack Heurlin, Don Biehn, Don Brown. Carl Schrimpf, 10; and Howard Siegel,
into the man’s world of sports, for also Don Carlson, and Lee Garner accounted 9%. This was Siegel’s first meet of the
season. He missed the previous meet
in the lime-light are Nilehi track gals. for the other five blows.
Biehn struck out 13 men and threw because of a hip injury.
Panting and puffing is their “battle
out four himself, which proves that he
For the major part of the meet, it
cry” but nary a one gives up.
bad things under control during most looked as though the Cardinals might
of the game. A walk and an error in the win. This possibility became apparent
G. A. A. NEWS
On Friday, April 9, ten girls were third inning allowed two Leydenites to when they place'd first and second in the
elected by members of the G. A. A. at a reach second and third base, but this ¡shot put and took all three places in the
mass meeting. Two of the ten will repre- was the only time that the capable discus.
seent Niles at Conference Point Camp, southpaw was in any serious trouble.
The Trojans were only ten points
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. They will be
ahead when the board jump, high jump,
noted for by the faculty.
and 880-yard relay came up.
Girls are being asked now to sign up
for archery, which will be practiced on
By winning the last event," the 880Tuesdays after school, and soft ball on
yard relay in 1.38 seconds, the Nilehi
Errors were frequent and costly in
Thursdays. G. A. A. points will be given
tracksters nosed out Libertyville, 58 to
for these activities toward a G. A. A. the Niles-New Trier baseball game at 55, at Libertyville last Friday after
letter. This year’s letter winner will be New Trier on Wednesday, April 14, as noon, April 9. It was the first conference
the Terriers again beat the Trojans, six
announced in our next issue.
meet for the Trojans. Bill Permer, Jack
With turnabout time over, definite to three.
DeStories, Don Siegel and Jim Heiniger
The Green Wave collected its six made up the winning relay team.
plans are being made for the skating
party. It will be a G. A. A. affair with runs on only five hits, and the Trojans
Nilehi’s Jim Heiniger was outstanding
the gals bidding the fellas once again. made three runs on only two hits, both scorer with 19% points on firsts in the
of them by shortstop Ed Soergel.
70-yard high hurdles, 100-yard low hurd
When Soergel stole home in the first les, and the pole vault event. He placed
BOWLING CLUB
Bowling, as a school activity, will end inning, the ‘Men of Troy’ took a one second in the board jump. Jim’s time on
on April 27. Committees are being chosen run lead which was good until the fourth the high hurdles was 9.5 seconds and
for the planning of the banquet an inning. Then three hits off Ed Beebe, 11.2 seconds in the low hurdles.
nually held in May, at which time prizes plus two errors, gifted the Terriers with
Bill Permer, sprinting ace, captured
will be awarded to the top “ten-pinners.” five runs. Leeming then replaced Beebe second place in scoring honors for the
on the mound.
Tiojans with 14% points. Bill placed
CHEERLEADING
Soergel doubled in the sixth, driving first in the 100-yard dash and the broad
Eighty girls almost raised the roof in two runs and making the score five
jump while taking a second in the 220of the gym last Monday as they practiced to three in favor of New Trier.
yard dash.
cheers. Mare Pearson and Nona Bartolini
Jim Hosfield pitched for the Trojans
Other point getters were: Carl Sch
have undertaken the job of instructing, in the last of the sixth and gave up thé
which is a rather loud and strenuous one. final New Trier run, made on hits by rimpf, 8; John Bozhos, 5; Bill Grafke,
Next year’s squad will be well sea Cams and Moore.
4; Lawrence Hall, 3; Don Siegel, 1%;
Burnside and Mackinna performed the Jack DeStories, 1%; Jim Kennedy, 1;
soned after eight weeks training, and
Bill Graefen, 1.
judging finalists in June will be a tough mound duties for the Terriers.
job, according to this year’s captain,
Marilyn Pearson, who will be the chair teben, and Anderson.
The girls’ meet was close right up to Trojans Err but A lso Hit;
man of the judges.
the last events with the seniors winning
with 13 points, juniors, 12, and sopho D efeat H igh land Park, 6-4
mores, nine.
S e n io r Boys and G irls
Although committing seven errors, the
The water basketball game between Nilehi Trojans won their third straight
W in In tram u ral S w im C ro w n s the two senior champs, Ken Gregor - ball game on Monday afternoon, April
Over 400 grammar school students of second period, and Tom Fitzgerald - 12, when they defected Highland Park
the surrounding area and their parents eighth period, was the highlight of the 6 to 4 in a non-conference game played
witnessed Nilehi’s annual eighth-grade evening.In an overtime period, Jim Bless- ; on the Trojans’ diamond.
Southpaw D i c k Eichelberg, Trojan
ing of the eighth period, made a goal
night intramural swimming meet.
hurler, gave up two hits and four runs,
In the boys’ events the seniors clinched to break up the hotly contested game.
the meet by winning the final relay in
Many intramural records were broken; all of them unearned, while Pitcher
record-breaking time. The relay team two by Jim Heiniger, and one in the Plummer of Highland Park was tagged
for six runs and eight hits.
was composed of Baier, Fitzgerald, Stol- backs ¿roke by Don Baier.
Terriers Take Advantage
Of Trojan Errors
�Page 6
,
N I LEHI LI TE
,
Trojan Thinclads Down
Lake Forest, 75-38
T Paced By Jim Heiniger’s 22 points,
the Nilehi Trojans won their third
straight conference track mèet as they
swamped the Scouts of Lake Forest 75
to 38 .on the Scout’s .track, Thursday
afternoon, April 15.
The Trojan thinclads, coached by
Charles Hussey, captured firsts in all
the track events, while in the field evnts
they edged out the Scouts by a point.
Because of the strong winds the times
were slow.
Jim Heiniger collected his points on
firsts in the high and low hurdles,
broad jump. He tied for first with
Spruth of Lake Forest in the high jump.
He also tied with his brother Pete and
teammate Bill Graefen in the pole-vault
event.
Trojan distance runner, Carl Schrimpf,
scored two firsts in the ' 440 and half
mile. Another Nilehi trackster, Bill
Grafke, placed first in the mile ‘ run
and third in the half mile.
Sprinter Bill Permer of Nilehi wa?
first to cross the finish line in the 100
and 220-yard dashes, besides running
anchor position. on the winning relay
team.
Other “Men of Troy” who earned
points were Howard Siegel, 6; Don Sie
gel. 314; Jim Kennedy, 2%; Jack De
Stories, *3141; John Boznos, 3; and Bill
Bruce, 1.
Heiniger's Najorts Take
Intramural Title
Jim Heiniger’s intramural basketball
team brought another championship to
the eighth period gym class, instructed
by James Phipps. ■
Jim. along with ’ Louie Hilfer, Dick
E'cholberg. Bill Kella, Rick Tamburino,
and Joe Wilgus, beat Oscar Fransoh’s
ninth period team, 18 to 13, to win the
title on'April 13.
The eighth period Najorts had pre
viously beaten Louie Nachbauer’s second
period team, 23 to 15, and Frank!Me
Neid’s 5-6 period squad, 16 to 5. The only
other team entered was captained by
Di cfc Sh iley, from the fourth përiod.
The winners will have their names
placed on a plaque, which will be placed
in the trophy case in the east wing.'’
T hree T eam s in H artnett
Pin L eague Tied for First
The race for first place in the Hart
nett’s Boys Bowling League became a
wide open affair after the results -on
April 14, on Hartnett’s alleys. •
Teams Eight, Seven and Three » are
tied for first place, with the sixth placé
team only three games behind.
Team Seven—Hank Traüsch, Bill Ndusoh and Roger La Plant - is the “hottest”
team at the present time, for they have j
Friday, April 23, 1948
ISpring Grid Practice
Turns Out 50 Boys
by Ed Linskey and Don Brown
Don Biehn’s no l it, no run ball game
against the Leyden Eagles last Friday
was the first remarkable feat of this
kind since Herb Jaehnke blanked, the
Arlington Cardinals in 1946.. If anybody
deserves credit for saving the south
paw’s game, it is Coach Jim Phipps. In
the first inning, Phipps saw that his
outfielders were playing too deep for
such a wind. He waved the right fielder,
Don Brown, in about 20 yards, and
thus enabled him to make a very low
catch of a line drive hit by the leadoff
man.
Shortstop Ed Soergel, incidentally, is
leading the team in batting with a .477
average. Ed has been up 19 times and
collected nine hits.
*
# .*
On Wednesday, April 7, movies of the
1946 Chicago Bear-Philadelphia Eagle
football game were shown by Alf Baumann, former All-American tackle at
Northwestern University and now a
m e m b e r of the Philadelphia Eagles!
After the movies* Baumann met some of
the players of the Nilehi -varsity foot
ball squad. The movies were shown at
the -¡Skokie Youth Club.
*
,
* *
Harold“Ike” Isaacson
left
school
last Friday to attend the football clinic
held at Purdue University in West La
fayette, Indiana. Each’ year Ike travels
to his clinic to get ideas for new plays!
formations, or defense combinations}
Coaches far and wide attend this clinic
and express. their gridiron. ideas. This
activity also gives* Ike a brief vacation
from, the duties of athletic director and
gives him a chance to meet and ex
change,strategies with , his coaching
acquaintances. ,
i.v; *
The first spring football practice in
the history of the school is now in pro
gress. according to Coach Harold “Ike”
Isaacson, athletic, director. About, 5ft
boys reported for opening-day practice
a few weeks ago.
Before this year, when Nilehi was a
member of the Northeast Conference,
it was against conference rules to play
before September Ï, but because of the
conference break-up, Coach Isaacson de
cided to take advantage of the new op
portunity to prepare for next year’s
tough grid schedule.
Ike says that the boys have been
brush’ng up on blocking, tackling, and
other fundamentals so far. A few new
plays have been run which show promise
for the coming season, but it’s a little
too early to tell how things are going
to shape up. Some heavy scrimmages are
expected to be held in the coming weeks.
Thre will be nine major, 32 minor, 19
frosh-soph, and 26 frosh letter-winners
returning to the gridiron next fall, but
many of thèse’ boys - are not participat
ing >in spring practice ■
because they are
out for track, baseball, or golf.
Warren Is Beal en,
Not Easily, 4 to 2
The Trojan baseball nine won
their third conference game in a
row last Monday when they beat
the Arlington Cardinals 5 to 2 at
Oak ton P a ^ .D ic k Eichelberg was
the winning pitcher.
On Tuesday they beat Woodstock, 12 to 2, behind the pitching
of Ed Beebe, and they followed
through with an 11 to 4 victory
Athletes invariably swear that they over Oak Park on W ednesday, Don
are no i superstitious in the least. The Biehn w ent all the way.
whole Trojan baseball team, however,
has one superstition that is easily and
gladly enforced. When the team is vie-;
'orious, all members wear their hats
backwards. Anybody that doesn’t join
in this, ceremony is ,soundly beaten over'
he noodle with gloves, hats, shirts, or
anything the other boys can. get their,
hands on.
won their last 18 out of 20 games.
Besides the standings, members of
Team Five, who are Dick Baumann,
Frank Thennis and Ken La Plant, es
tablished a new high in a three-game
total of 1,753 and a single-game high of
805. This includes handicap.
Frank Thennis, who is one of; two
members that attends a different high
school other than Nilehi, took high
three-game total with 590, on games of
163. 200; and 227. His last game was
’ igh single game for the league.
The Trojan varsity baseball squad
opened their 1948 Northeast Conference
schedule by edging out Warren, 4-2, on
April 9,. at Warren.
VThe Trojans, .had a tough time yyith
the lightly regarded Blue Devils and
only did manage to squeeze through with
four runs after two were out in the final
inning.
Don Biehn,'the Trojan’s ace southpaw,
was nipped for two runs and only one
hit by the Blue Devils.
The ‘Men of Troy’ had three hits up
until the last inning, and they were
singles by,Soergel, Linskey, and Brown,.
In the final frame, with the score 2-p,
and with two outs and a man on second,
the Trojans took advantage of every
Warren, mistake. They combined a walk,
three errors, and the fourth and final
hit by Jim Blessing together to produce
the four winning runs.
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NILEHILITE, April 23, 1948
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Comstock, Bill, Editor-in-chief
Dye, Lyle, Feature Editor
Brown, Don, Sports Editor
Sprungman, June, Exchange Editor
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nile HI lite
Vol. IX, No. 11
Skokie, Illinois
Friday, April 9,1948
Congratulations to the
Prom K ing and Queen
POLLY WETTENGEL
and JIM HEINIGER
Washington to W illiamsburg
15 Schools to See
8 th Grade Night
Two of the many picture«? turned in are shown here. The photo on the left,
by Francis Tomszak, rhows Nilehi students approaching the Capital Building
in Washington, D.C. Miss Grace Harbert can be seen in the center. Picture on
right was taken at Williamsburg, Va. Shown testing the stocks are Jeannette
Oehring, (left) and Shirlee Hall. In the background are Lucy Kluesing, Nancy
Adams, and Gloria O’Dens, Photo by Jeannette Oehring.
Washington Trip Students V isit Famous Places;
Also See Virginia a n i Maryland in Travels
By Ken Gregor
The spring vacation trip to Washing
ton, sponsored by Miss Grace Harbert,
is now past, b u t pleasant memories
linger on in the minds of all those stu
dents and adults who experienced the
excitement, the laughs, the pleasures,
and the education that were connected
with the trip.
Leaving Chicago’s Grand Central Sta
tion on the Baltimore and Ohio’s dieselpowered Columbian late Sunday after
noon, the group landed in Washington
early Monday morning. Although the
ride was rough in spots and a saddle
would have been more appropriate than
a coach chair, and sleeping in a sitting
position was new to most of us, the
good fun and splendid diner outweighed
any inconveniences.
In Washington, a brief tour was made
through the important sections of the
ci'y, and primary legislative buildings
were pointed out by three of the six
guides encountered on the trip. All the
guides w e r e exceptionally learned in
their work, and friendly and courteous
to everyone. One guide had the extra
ordinary name of “Gardenia,” and was
ribbed unmercifully about it. Two other
guides, probably to stimulate trade,
ao ed the parts of southern belles. They
had the cutest accent “you all” ever
did hear.
Among scores of places visited in
Washington, those that were most im
pressive were; the House of Representtives, the Senate, the Supreme Court,
White House, the Lincoln. Washington
and Jefferson Memorials, and the F.B.I.
building. We listened to a debate on the
Marshall Plan held on the floor of the
House of Representatives.
Few places o f importance in Wash
ington and surrounding areas were mis
sed. Outside of Washington, we visited
such places as Mount Vernon, Williams
burg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Norfolk
Navy Yard, and Annapolis Naval Acad
emy.. A boat trip down the Potomac
River and through Chesapeake Bay into.
Norfolk, Virginia, will be a mile-stone
in the memories of everyone. The trip
j back through wind, rain and fog created
an exciting nautical atmosphere.
Ju st before the group left Washington,
the cherry blossoms on the tidal basin
began opening into full bloom. This is
the first time a group from Niles has
ever witnessed this beautiful sight.
According to Miss Harbert, m a n y
people complimented her on the orderly
conduct of the group, and one admirer
believed the students had been selected
by behavior standards, The chaperons
themselves said they had as much fun
as the students.
Once a year, Nilehi holds an Eighth
Grade Night to familiarize future stu
dents and their parents with the school.
This year, the annual affair will be held
on April 16.
The evening will be divided into three
parts, according to Miss Marjory Ron
alds, freshman advisor. One group of
visitors will be entertained in the boys’
gymnasium, by an art exhibit, and also
by the music department, under the
direction of Mr. Clifford Collins and Miss
Clara Klaus.
A second group will watch a swim
ming exhibition in the natatorium, under
Mr. Anton Schubert’s and Miss Gertrude
Montgomery’s direction,, while a third
group will meet in the assembly room for
a dramatic skit on high school life, and
also for a discussion of freshman prob
lems. The skit is being produced by Miss
Muriel Higgins’ Senior Dramatic class.
The three groups will alternate between
the 25 minute classes.
Fifteen schools are being invited to
attend this year. They are Lincoln, Golf,
Rugen, Glenview Public, Niles Public,
Morton Grove, Cleveland, Glenview Luth
eran, N i l e s Lutheran, Lincolnwood,
Sharp Corner, Saint Peter’s, E ast Prairie
and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, plus
the students that live in Lincolnwoodand attend Queen of All Saints in
Chicago, and the tuition students.
Reflections Revelry
Plays Before 1,000
Bill Van Horne received quite a birth
day surprise last Friday, April 2, when
he and Sam Boznos walked off with the
first prize of $10 at “Reflections Rev
elry.”
Bill,' alias Professor Mefobikovious,
played piano selections, while Sam, alias
Chief Pot-O’-Coffee, acted as his mana
ge*.
Evelyn Mahnke’s singing of “The Stars
Will Remember” won her the second ■
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With the announcement of candidates prize of $8.
Three maids captured the $5 third
last week, the campaign to elect Prom
prize with their dialogue, dancing and
Leaders got into high gear.
The girl candidates for Prom Leader dramatics. The maids: Edie Walther,
included Jackie Keesey, Laura Lamb, Mari Cysewski and Rosie Denk.
Over 1,000 people viewed this year’s
Joyce Matthews, Melaine Mickow, Eva
Lou Michel, Marilyn Pearson, and Polly Revelry, “Behind The Scenes” in the
Nilehi gymnasium. Among those 1,000
Wettengel.
Boys in the race for Prom Leader were the four judges, Mrs. Ruth Esch,
were Don Biehn, Don Brown, Bill Com- i Mr. Louis Didier, Mr. Joseph Dorio and
stock, Roger Coverley, Lyle Dye, Lee Mrs. Thorsen, who selected the winners
Garner, Jim Heiniger, Louis Nachbauer, according to ability, stage presence, and
and Edwin Soergel.
|audience appeal.
Prom Leaders Named
By Juniors, Seniors
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Graduation Time Near;
Committees at Work
When you’re a freshman, four years
seem like eternity, but seniors claim
they go like a flash. Nevertheless, even
seniors don’t realize how close gradu
ation is until they begin working on
commencement committees.
The graduation committee members
were chosen before spring vacation by
the leaders of the five committees— Miss
Helen Johanns, Mr. P a u 1 Eberhardt,
Mrs. Priscilla Baker, Miss Marie Green,
and Mr.' Arthur Ryden.
According to Miss Johanns, leader of
the Breakfast Committee, their plans
include the writing of the Will and
Prophecy, the giving out of the awards
not given at commencement, the plan
ning of the menu and the table decora
tions. The students on her committee are:
Gloria Baumann, Don Biehn, Marcy Connell,
JaAnn Eberhardt, Catherine Gerich, Willard
Hardin, LaVerne Lutgen, Bill Permer, Shirley
Schmid; and Elsa Tamminga.
N I
L K H I L I T E
Verbal Battles Held
With New Trier
Friday, April 9,
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Six Music Groups
Await Spring Concert
Songs by American composers will be
Two teams from the Nilehi Forensic featured in the annual Nilehi Spring
Club, consisting of Don Verlenden, B ar Concert to be held May 7 in the school
ba a Kennedy, Ed Archibald and John gymnasium. The theme song of the
Young, participated in a debate with concert will be “I Hear America Sing
two teams from New Trier on Thurs- ing,” and will be sung by the choir.
'ay. March 18.
According to Miss Clara Klaus, Nilehi
Although these debates, held during singing director, the singing groups will
ninth period, were not judged, it would I be composed of N.T.H.S. vocalists and
seem that the debaters from Nilehi did instrumentalists, and will include the
quite well compared to New Trier’s more Choir, Girls’ Glee Club, Boys’ Glee Club,
oxpeiienced teams.
Madrigal singers, the band and the
, So fa r this year, the teams from New orchestra. All the songs featured will be
Trier have won over 300 debates, six or the lighter works of American com
seven tournaments, and their sectional posers.
tournament, while our contestants were
Highlights of the program will be
’ebating for only the second time.
Fred Waring’s arrangement of “All the
In the near future Mr. Betts plans a Things You Are,” “The Woodchuck
"e' urn visit to New Trier with all four Song.” and a violin solo by Armin
teams from Niles competing.
Watkins.
The duties of the Program Committee,
according to Mr. Eberhardt, Nilehi Eng
lish and Journalism teacher, will be
divided into two separate parts. The
first part will be the planning and
»rganization of the commencement pro
Thirteen delegates and two teachers |
ature of the real conventions held by
gram, and the second will be the writing from Nilehi have been chosen to partici the political parties. Although each elec
and editing of the program leaflets. The pate in the model National Republican tion year the students alternate be
students on this committee will be:
Convention held in Kalamazoo, Michigan, tween the two major political parties,
Hilda Bm aguro, Gertrude Brua, Lyle Dye, Ken Saturday and Sunday, April 24 and 25.
this year’s convention will be Republican
Gregor, L .e H arrer, Florence Miethke, Marilyn
Smi h and Bill Wokoun.
H'gh school students from five states because none was held during the war
T h e Decoration Committee, led by have been asked by the Kalamazoo col years. The convention, which is expected
Mrs. Baker, will have complete charge lege student senate to join the conven to draw an estimated 1,200 high school
of planning the decorations of the com tion to help make it a success.
and college students, closely follows all
mencement stage.
The Kalamazoo Convention is a min- phases of actual National convention
Those on the committee are:
procedure. Delegates will represent all
Louie Hilfer, Jackie Keesey, Phil LaVeau, Eva
of the states and territories.
L u Michel, Louie Nachbauer, Jeannette Oehring,
Bill Sanke and Polly Wettengel.
The thirteen delegates from Nilehi,
Miss Green, with the Accounting Com
all seniors, are: Bill Comstock, Dorothy
mittee, will be responsible for collection
Steek, Ed Soergel, Geraldine Novack,
of all money fees, distribution of caps
Franson, Phil La .Veau, Jeannette
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and growns, checking in all caps and
Candidates from Nilehi for the Latin Oehring, Don Brown, Pat Carlson, Roger
gowns, distribution of tickets and mainl
District test on Saturday, March 20, i Coverly, Ed Peterson, Louie Nachbauer,
taining complete records. The 12 mem.returned to N.T.H.S. triumphant. The and Beverly Ann Doetsch. Two of the
bers are:
tests took place at Lyons Township chaperones are: Miss Grace Harbert,
Gordon Anderson, Arlene Barg, Ray Batz, Pat
Carlson, Bernice darken s, Ida Franson, Bernice high school at LaGrange, Illinois.
faculty sponsor, and Mr. John Betts.
Jo nson, Mary McNamara, Sally Nissen, Geral
The contestants were Joan Searing, j
dine Novak, B arbara Perrett, Don Racine, Mary
Ann R itter and Jim Wead.
'reshman, who tied for third in the
The Staging Committee under the superior group, and Barbara Pergande,
directior of Mr. Ryden, will have charge also a freshman, who won first in the
of all planning, organization and coach excellent group. Both girls are in Latin
ing of class traffic and seating as in I. Latin II contestants were Barbara
The Nilehllite is written, printed and pubcorporated in the commencement pro Ohlson, sophomore, who received third li hed by the students of the Niles Township
High School, Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A. L. Biehn,
gram. The committee will also arrange place in fre superior group, and John o-peri ritendent - principal.
STAFF MEMBERS
of the processional, recessional and the Young, sophomore, ranking seventh.
EdU 'r-in-chief: Bill Comstock
usherettes. Those working on this com
Feature E iito r: Lyle Dye
Barbara Ohlson and Joan Searing will Sports Editor: Don Brown
mit':ee will be:
compete in the Sectional test on April Sports W riters: Don Brown, . Bill Neuson, Ed
Je n s Arno’d, Lee G am er. Bll Kella, Art Miller,
Linskey, and Jack Nixon
Jack N x in . Ed Soergel, Rose Mary Thomas, and 17.
Gir's’ Sports: Doris Borages
Thirteen Students Travel to Kalamazoo;
Attend Model o f N ational Conventions
Latin District Winners
Try for Sectional Honors
.m .
hileHIlite
Bonnie Webster.
Wokoun’s Essay Wins
Free Trip to Washington
Bil Wokoun, senior, has earned a trip
to Washington, D. C., by writing a win
ning essay for the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin history contest.
This contest was sponsored by “The
American Past.” which is running seri
ally in the “Philadelphia E v e n i n g
B u llein .”
The topic of the essay was the writer’s
opinion of one of the installments which
was printed in the newspaper.
B il’s essay was chosen with about 65
others as being the best out of 800.
Besides winning the trip, Bil also had
a selection from his essay printed on the
fj* n t page of the March 27 issue of the
Bulletin.
Circulation Manager: Gertrud* Brua
Exchange Editor: June Sprungman
- hotographer: Jim Schilling
Reporters: Marcia Connell, Bill Heveran, Lee
H arrer Sandra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour,
Bill Neuson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Dona
Korsmo, Mleen Rodley, Bill Fortm an, Roger
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Borne-man,
Doris Bernges, Jim Schilling, Phil LaVeau,
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixen, Mary Morse, Patty
. nffoyer Deane Uesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol
. S hul“r. June Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, Ken
neth Gregor, and Joanne Day.
Production M anagers: E. Ross, A. Wuest, D.
M'ner, B. Neison, C. Welder, C. Brunke, J.
WilgU;.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul Eberhardt
Clement Meier
�Friday, April 9, 1948
Gone But Not Forgotten
Is Washington D. C. Trip
By Lyle Dye
As their last years in Nilehi roll,
somehow a little too quickly on, the
junior and senior students can chalk off
another experience which is definitely
gone but not forgotten. Yes, the Wash
ington, D. C. trip, sponsored by Miss
Grace Harbert, taken during spring va
cation by over a hundred Nilehi students
will probably always reign high on their
list of unforgetable and happy memories
of their high school days.
Fun seemed to be the general theme
of the trip and the Nilehiers took ad
vantage of every minute of it! The
evenings on the boat, train, and at the
hotel were high-lighted by games of
“Rhythm”, much singing of the favorite
song “Lepsory”, many games of pinochle,
bridge and occasionally some sleep!
The whole-day sight-seeing tours
which took the students through many
interesting a n d impressive places in
Washington, D. C., plus the states of
Maryland and Virginia, seemed to have
very little effect on anyone’s energy.
To prove this, many climbed up and
down the hundreds of stairs in the
Washington Monument plus the many
more leading up to the dome of the
capitol of our country. Also on the long
tour of Annapolis in Maryland, there
were very few (especially girls) who
missed a single detail. This can naturally
be attributed only to their longing for
knowledge.
In the beautiful rooms in the White
House and in those of Mount Vernon
many skeptical glances w e r e darted
around so th at' accurate comparisons
could be made of Martha Washington’s
housekeeping against that of Mrs. Mar
tha Truman’s! A fair judging never was
made.
However, when a hundred pairs of
eyes of Nilehi students were brouht to
rest on the beautiful memorials of Lin
coln and Jefferson, or, on the tomb of the
Uuknown Soldier, all laughter stopped
while deep appreciation and emotion
transfigured e v e r y face. Silence and
understanding were also conspiciously
present when the group sat in the
gallery of the Senate and the House.
To every student that went on the
trip, it seemed as if it had ended much
too s o o n but almost everyone came
home happy in t h e knowledge that
everything wasn’t over for they would
at least keep the picture - developing
service in business for quite a while!
The annual convention of the Illinois
Business Education Association was held
at the Morrison Hotel in Chicago on
April 1, 2 and 3. Miss Helen Johanns,
Miss Marie Green, and Miss Ada Immel
represented Nilehi at this convention.
Class demonstration and panel dis
cussion relative to the latest techniques
in business education was given.
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This ’n That - New Spotlights Adorn Gym
It looks as though Ward Nipper has
a very brilliant future ahead of him!
Ward, according to Mr. Heiby, is one of
the few people to solve Mr. Heiby’s
“pole” problem.
Mr. Heiby has given this problem to
different students for about 20 years
and only a dozen or so have ever
answered it. Of these, one is now a
m e m b e r of Princeton’s faculty and
another is a member of the faculty of
the University of Michigan.
The 100% club had charge of the
'•heck room during the water carnival.
The purpose was to obtain funds for
pins and certificates earned by students
in business education departments.
The Nilehi gym can now boast a new
set of floodlights which was installed
right before spring vacation. They were
first used for Reflections Revelry on
April 2.
On April 3, 11 members of the Nilehi
lite staff went to Wieboldt Hall to par
ticipate in the Annual Chicago Press
Guild W riters’ Tournament.
Each of the 11 was enrolled in one
of the eight different writing classes—
news, feature, sports, speech reporting,
etc.
Last year, the city-wide sports story
winner was Paul Reiland, former Nilehi
lite sports editor.
Ed Beebe, junior, was chosen by N.T.
H.S. to represent the Lincolnwood chap
The efficiency of the Nilehi cafeteria ter of the American Legion this sum
has been improved by the new coin mer at All-State, the Illinois Legion
return machines which arrived recently. Convention.
Katie Kestenholz, cafeteria manager,
expects that the lunch lines will move
Phil LaVeau, senior, probably would
along much faster when the students
not make “Believe It or Not by Ripley,”
get used to the new system.
but it’s a safe bet that he has one of
the youngest uncles of anyone at Niles.
“Uncle” is Ronald Eastman, 16-years-old,
a Nilehi sophomore.
Illness is Main Cause
Of Nilehi Absences
“Doctor, I need an excuse”, is prob
ably a common wail heard by the physi
cians of Nilehi students. Because ac
cording to a Nilehilite survey of home
room teachers, the majority of absences
are due to illness.
Turnabout Dance Apr. 17
Is G. A. A .‘Daffodil D ipy
The “Daffodil Dip”, 1948’s G .A .A .
turnabout dance is certainly appropri
Of course, an illness excuse is not
ately titled, according to most of the
always used. On the contrary, we have
Nilehiliters p l a n n i n g to attend. The
unearthed some very unusual tales.
dance has been driving quite a few
Overscaling the chuckle meter of ex
“daffodils” dippy!
cuses was the one given by a young man
The reasons? F irst of all, although
who nonchalantly walked into eighth
period study a trifle late. His excuse: they’re not the shy, clinging vine type,
“The bus was late!”
Nilehi daffodils aren’t very bold. I t takes
Those jalopies that never break down quite a bit of courage to gulp down
have given some of our local fellas that lump in the stem and swing the
quite a jolt. Two of Mr. Eberhardt’s question to that certain Jack-in-thesenior boys dashed into home room this
pulpit.
winter, puffing and panting and ex
A fter that, there’s the suspense that
plained that it was hard work pushing
comes with seeing whether he’ll go with
their car out of a snowdrift.
Mr. Phipps gets a kick out of the you or that shocking pink rose hussy!
And when he finally does signal “yes”,
excuses he receives, as the m ajority of
the next worry is what petal to appear
them have his name spelled “Fips.”
in. Of course, it will have to be yellow,
“April Showers” m a y b r i n g May
with perhaps white accessories. This is
flowers to some, but for Tom Ten Eyck,
how the assembly room will be dressed
freshman, they recently brought lots of
when the G.A.A. board finishes deco
hard work.
rating it.
Looks like that’s about the last worry
Tom lives in a trailer camp at Niles
and when spring rains flooded the camp, you daffodils have except for the $1.85
he was called upon to help build a dam. you’ll have to dig up for the bids.
Other than that, you’re all set for
His home room teacher figured school
probably would have looked better to April 17 when you’ll drift into the
Tom than dam building so the excuse assembly room at 8:30 p.m. to the music
of Roger Allen’s band.
was valid.
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N I L E HI L I T É
Friday, April 9, 1948
Records and Chemistry Rate NearTop The Apple Is Ju st a Fruit,
OfChristensen, Me Namara Hit Parade Eut Polishing It Is an Art
When the scholastic rating of seniors! Mary MacNamara, who won the first
By Ken Gregor
was recently announced, a king-sized ¡ scholarship given to a Nilehi student
An apple is just a fruit but polishing
boy took the honors for the fellas.
this year, ranks number one in the senior
Don Christensen, a tall girls’ dream class. The scholarship was for St. Mary it is an art. Many hasty thinkers believe
man, for he is six feet, three and one- of the Woods College, in Indiana, where this art has no place in this world, even
half inches tall, has blond hair and green Mary plans to attend and major in though must business transactions would
peel off if it weren’t for this protective
eyes, which he prefers to call hazel, and chemistry.
coat of flattery.
ar liking for vocalists Bunny Berigan
“Mac” rates science and math as her
The cynics say apple polishing is
and Sarah Vaughn.
“likes” second only to dancing. As one
His only definite dislike is girls who of the six Nilehi delegates to a recent nothing but soft soaping and soft soap
smoke and his special likes are jazz science convention in Chicago, she was is ninety per cent lye; but if you want
records, rabbit pie, and Buicks, while one of the founders of the new school friends, the kind of people you vow to
his ideal girl would be about five feet Science Club. Mary is also a member of stick with ’till debt do you part, make
eight inches tall with a nice personality. Forensic Club. French Club, See Chicago sure you flatter them in some way.
' Flattery can reveal many secrets. For
Don is a member of the Senior Cabi Club, and G.A.A.
instance, you tell your friend a new joke
n et, Science Club, National Honor Soci
As a junior last year, Mary received
ety, and in his junior year he was the high honor of becoming a member and he laughs himself sick. Brother!
Either you’ve told a mighty good joke
the winner of the Harvard Award for of the National Honor Society.
or vou’ve got a mighty good friend,
the outstanding junior boy. He regrets
“My hobbies”, says Mary, “are col-1
that his only dramatic experience came lecting records and playing the piano.” i Some people cannot stand to see you
when he played in “The Shooting of Dan Asked about the origin of her solid apple polish. These people are not with
out love, for they always manage to
VicGrew” in English last year. :
south accent, Mary just smiled and
A fter yraduation he plans to go to said, “I was born in Savannah, Georgia!” have a passionate love affair with them
selves at some time or other. They’re
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
happier this way—-no rivals.
nology to study Chemical Engineering.
Most humans are catty and if their
His life ambition is to make $100,000
fur is rubbed the wrong way, sparks fly.
a-, year.
It takes skill to rub their fur to make
them purr.
Teachers Prove Axiom,
'Variety is Spice of Life'
After many years of teaching at
Nilehi, Miss Marjory Ronalds, freshman
adviser is leaving at the close of this
school year. Miss Ronalds wore an en
gagement ring to school on March 31
for the first time. The event was made
known at a dinner given by the Nielhi
Board of Education on March 30.
The lucky man is A. A. Schwab, of
Woodruff, Wisconsin. Miss Ronalds plans
to end her 14 years of teaching at Nilehi
this year. The couple plan to live in Mr.
Schwab’s home town.
■A ' prominent men’s clothes designer
'
has predicted that men will soon be
wearing knickers to counteract the “New
Look.” To find out how Nilehiliters
would react to this new style, we asked:
“What do you think of men wearing
knickers?”
Barbara Maeder, junior—“It will never
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last! There are too few male Betty
Grables.”
When Coach Harold ‘Ike’ Isaacson
David Carlson, junior—“They gotta be
was a little shaver, his taste for pets
on a baseball team.”
was to say the least! Ike lived in Arizona
Bernie Linnig, junior—“Gee, I think
at the time and for a summer pastime
it would give them the ‘New Look!’ ” '
he trapped tarantula spiders the size of
Alice d arkens, junior — “Now’s our
a man’s fist, slipped a loop of cord
chance to whistle at their legs, and see
around the body of the spider and led
i f they like it !”
it around much like a small boy.
Nancy Lamberg, senior—“The ‘Neyr
Scorpions were another phase of col
Look’ can go too fa r!”
lecting Ike went in for, and, to his
Diane Matthews, senior—“Oh, I ’d be
knowledge, no one was ever bitten by
embarrassed!” (
his peculiar little pets.'
Don Verlenden, junior — “They are
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cool. That’s about the only thing I can
say that’s £ood about them. Other than
Mr. Jam es Michael, Nilehi geography
that they’re ridiculous, especially if long and world history instructor, became
underwear is worn with them.”
the proud father of a six pound, nine
Diane Leach, junior—“On their le g s?” ounce baby boy on March 18, 1948. Mrs.
Sandy Ravencroft, junior—“It would Michael, the former Miss Louise Shennot bee too bad, but just wait until they aut, and Mr. Michael named the boy
start to wear shorts!” ,
Stephen Charles Michael.
Tom Shields, junior— “Takes too long
Mrs. Michael, who was Nilehi’s librar
to put them on.”
ian in 1946 and 1947, returned home
Kaye Jaeger, junior—“No! I thought from Chicago’s Memorial Hospital with
only! Englishmen wore those.”
Stephen on Easter Sunday, March 28.
Teachers Watch Time Fly
With Business Calendars
Have you ever w o n d e r e d where
teachers got the calendars that hang in
their school rooms?
Insurance companies and the office
furnish the majority of them, while some
of the teachers cut out the colored
calendars f o u n d in newspapers and
bring them to school.
The calendar in Miss Marie Green’s
room formerly belonged to Mr. Clement
Meier. It seems, however, t h a t Mr.
Meier did not like his, so they decided
to exchange.
Miss Alice Line is the owner of a
girl s c o u t calendar, and Miss Doris
Tillmann’s came from her father’s com
pany.
The big calendar in Miss Grace Harbert’s room was obtained from the office,
but the small one on her desk came
from one Of the missions she contributes
to. She also carries a calendar from
church in her purse.
Book companies send quite a collection
of calendars to school, too.
What’s this we hear about electing
M r. Betts president (O f an expedition
to Siberia, that is ? )
Petitions , sent a r o u n d his eighthperiod history class urging his election
w e r e enthusiastically. signed by such
notables as: Horace Schlitz, Jpe Pis- .
qualli, Abacrombe Capoffnek, T o m .
Twintmicho, and Bill Hubargodasgiaphio.
�Friday, April 9,1948
N I L E H I L I T E
Cagemen and Swimmers Receive N's
At All-School Athletic Assembly
Page 5
like Com plete’s 48-49
Cage Card - It’s Tough
The basketball Trojans of 1948-49
Joe Donovan, Richard Erickson, A1 Hartig, Bill Leeming, Don Siegel, Harold will have one of the best and one of the
Siemson, Richard Shiley, Martin Seidler, toughest schedules in Nilehi history to
face next year.
and Robert Witte.
The frosh team, coached by Mr. James Phipps,
Harold Isaacson, athletic director, has
had a 3-7 won-lost record. The ten who re- scheduled 19 games, and 15 of them are
eived frosh shields were Richard Baker, Elmo
B a r r o w , Larry Britenstine, Ronald Gawrys, with different schools. In arranging a
Buddy Hi '.debrand. Dick Holappa, Elliot Kenny, game with DeKalb High School, Mr.
Russel O’Grady, Robert Raveret, and Don Wal
Ike received an invitation to play in the
ter.
The Manager’s awards were given in this order: DeKalb Invitational Tournament from
Robert Burke - Major “N” , William Neusoii - December 27-30. This is a sixteen team
Minor “N", Robert Peterson - Minor “N” , Dick tournament, and it includes some of the
Swanson - Minor “N” , William C attem - first
year shield, and Laurence Hall - first year best teams in Illinois.
Here is the 1948-49 schedule.
shield.
The Varsity, Frosh Soph, and Frosh swimming
Nov. 12
Evanston
Here
teams all under the supervision of Coach Anton
Nov. 19
Waukegan
There.
T. Schubert also received their awards. The
Dec. 3
Arlington
Here
varsity record was five wins, six loses, and one
tie. The 11 major letter-winners were Peter
Dec. 4
East Rockford
There
Devries, Don Ebert, Louis Hilfer, Herb Jones,
Dec. 10
LaGrange
There
Dennis Joyce, Bob Lindahl, Glen Meyer, Dick
Dec. 17
Taft
Here
Provost, Bill Sanke, Rudy Schmid, and Charles
Dec. 27-30 Dekalb Invitational Tourney
Wagstaff.
The Frosh - Soph team won six, while losing
Jan. 7
Arlington
There
six. The minor letters were awarded to Don
Jan. 8
East Aurora
Here
Brock, John Brod, Ralph Bruck, George Davis,
Jan. 14
Leyden
Here
Mike Henry, Roy Nelson, Bill Nickel, Arnold
Jan. 15
Highland Park
There
Nordquist, Gordon Smale, Paul Waldin, and
Delbert Whitney.
Jan. 21
Belvidere
Here
Four members of the frosh-soph team re
Jan. 28
Mooseheart
Here
ceived frosh-soph Shields: Nick Jostock, James
Jan. 29
DeKalb
There
Schell, Dave Tegtman, and Fred Yocum.
Feb. 4
Marmion
Here *
The Freshman team, also coached by A. T.
S hubert, won one, lost four, and tied one. The
Feb. 8
Maine
There
Frosh Shields were awarded to Gary Abbott,
Feb. 11
Leyden
There
John Day, John Gerrich, Bob Richter, and
Feb. 12
Crystal Lake
Here
As spring comes slowly into view, Bill Stolberg.
Feb. 18
York
Here
the minds of millions of Americans turn
Feb. 25
Marmion
There
to golf, a game which is annually be
La Grange and E ast Rockford are two
coming more popular with young and old
of the four teams in Illinois who made
alike.
the semi-finals in the state tournament at
Mr. Thomas Kiviluoma will once again
The Nilehi baseball team got off to a Champaign. That might give you some
lead the Trojan golfers out on the links,
where they will meet three teams from bad start last Friday afternoon as they idea of the caliber of teams that next
the Northeast Conference and one from were whipped by the New Trier Terriers, year’s Trojans will encounter. The holi
day tournament at DeKalb will be the
the West Suburban League. Also this four to two.
year, for the first time, a conference
The two New Trier pitchers, Huebner first one that Niles has ever entered.
golf meet will be held at Arlington on and Burnside, struck out 16 Niles batters
and limited the Trojans to one hit, a
May 27.
Here is the schedule:
single by Don Brown in the sixth inApril 26
Crystal Lake
Here ring. While doing this, the Terriers col
April 29
Arlington
There lected four runs and six hits off south
May 3
Maine
There paws Don Biehn and Dick Eichelberg.
With five letter-winners returning to
May 6
Leyden
There
The cold weather was no hazard to the
the baseball nine this year, the prospects
May 8
State District
Green Wave. Pitcher Huebner helped his
May 10
Arlington
Here own cause by driving in shortstop Trom for another conference championship
May 17
Leyden
Here from second base in the opening frame. look pretty good to Trojan rooters. Also,
May 20
Crystal Lake
There
Biehn then held them hitless until the the addition of James Phipps, the young
May 27
Conference Meet
Arl. fifth, when the same combination of
and experienced baseball coach, to the
June 2
Maine
Here Huebner and Trom accounted for the
faculty puts things on the optomistic
For golf lovers, team members or second run of the game.
side. The pitching staff, which is bol
otherwise, an Intramural Tournament
The bats of Trom, Nash, and Tannotta
will get underway as soon as the weather
were responsible for the last New Trier stered by Don Biehn and Dick Eichel
permits. This tournament is sponsored
runs in the first half of the sixth inning. berg, appears to be the bright star of
by the National Golf Foundation fo r the
The change from Huebner to Pete the team. But with the return of Bill
purpose of prompting the sport of golf
Burnside in the last of the sixth proved Comstock, Arne Carlson, and Ed Soergel,
throughout the country. The winner of
to be the only Trojan break of the
the hitting power cannot be overlooked
this match play tournament will receive
game.
a certificate and a medal.
Wayne Piehler opened the inning with either. It looks as though Arlington and
With the absence of graduates Bob
a walk and moved to second on another Leyden will once again offer the most
Dumbrowski, Henry Bobowski, Gene Hecompetition.
_________
garty, and P e t e Reiland, the prospects pass, this one to Bill Comstock. A stolen
base and a wild throw permitted Piehler and third, driving in Comstock.
for this year’s team might not be quite
Neither team was able to score in the
as bright as they were last year. The to score and Comstock to move to third.
After Carlson fanned, Brown broke the seventh, although Moore tripled to left
only returnee from the 1947 squad is
ice with a sharp single between short for the Terriers.
Kenny LaPlant, sophomore.
Yesterday, April 8, at an all-school as
sembly, 13 Nilehi Varsity basketball
players received their awards. Coach L.
Robert Mackey again did an outstanding
coaching job in molding a mediocre Tro
jan squad into the Northeast Conference
Champs for the fifth time in nine years.
To top this off, tHe Trojans pulled the
number one upset of the state in regional
play by knocking off the vaunted Wau
kegan Bulldogs.
This year’s Trojan squad record was
14 wins and 8 losses, the best record for
a Nilehi quintet in four years. The
Major letter-winners were Gordon An
derson, Ed Beebe, Jim Blessing, Don
Brown, Don Carlson, Bill Comstock,
Roger Coverley, Lee Garner, Jim Heiniger, Ed Kutz, Wayne Piehler, Howard
Siegel, and Ed Soergel.
Coach Charles Hussey’s Junior Var
sity taem which put on a brilliant come
back after a slow start, also won the
Conference Crown. The Ja y Vees had
the best record of all this year’s Nilehi
teams with 14-6. The 11 minor letterwinners were Tom Black, Fred Brei,
Tournament Announced
For Intramural Golfers
Trojan Nine Defeated
In First Tilt, 4 to 2
Five Returnees Give
Lift to Phipps’ Hopes
�Page 6
N I L E H I L I T E
7 rack and Baseball
SchedulesCompleted
TRACK SCHEDULE
VARSITY
April 3
Oak Park Relays
April 7
Libertyville
There
April 14
Arlington
Here
April 16
, ■
Lake Forest
There
April 20
Palatine
There
April 28
Leyden & Arlington
Here
May 1
Mooseheart Relay
May 4 Crystal Lake & Niles
Leyden
May 7-8
J.‘istrict Meet
Evanston
May 14-15
State Meet
Champaign
May 19 Con. Meet (night)
Arlington
Niles defeated Taft, 4 to 3 lastTuesfor their first win of the season.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr,
May
May
May
BA SEBA LL SCHEDULE
9
Warren
12
Highland Park
13
Arlington
14
New Trier
16
Leyden
20
Woodstock
21
Oak Park
22
Steinmetz
26
Evanston
27
Waren
2S
Highland Park
30
Arlington
4
Leyden
7
Woodstock
17
Evanston
There
Here
Here
There
There
Here
There
Here
There
Here
There
There
Here
There
Here
The high man on the Nilehi Frosh
was Don Walter with 55 points. Larry
Britenstine fan a close second with 45
points.
Frosh Cagers Win Two
Out of Ten Contests
Niles
Niles,
N les
Niles
N'les
Niles
NilesNiles
Nil :s
Niles
To al
27
27
19
26
20
27
22
17
11
G
202
Leyden
Leyden
Palatine
Palatine
Highland Pk.
Arlington
Arlington
New Trier
New Trier
New Trier
Friday, April 9,
GLAMAZONS
■ ;L -
By Danna Barbour
The volleyball tourney has had spec
Swimming
tators and participants, all engulfed in
On Eighth Grade Night, April 16, the
a whirlwind of excitement. Delores Paul
girl’s intramural swim meet will be run
son’s team overtook Jane Schewe’s team off. Eliminations have been held in swim
in the scoring department, thus winning
ming classes. Competition has been tried
the championship of Miss Thurman’s
to keep freshmen competing against only
classes. With only a two point difference, olher freshmen. Sophomores, juniors and
43-41, Marion Carlson’s team snatched seniors will be mixed.
the championship of Miss Montgomery’s
MisS Thurman is passing girls on
classes, from the Carol Ruesch team.
special skill tests for points toward
To keep this championship, Marian G.A.A. credit. Points will also be given
Carlson’s team must defeat a team made for those in junior and senior life sav
up of selected seniors from the gym ing classes under direction of Miss Jones
classes. Delores Paulsen’s team will then of the American Red Cross, which started
bid for the all school championship.
April 5.
Cheerleading
On Monday, March 29, the first cheer
leading class of the year was held. Ac
cording to Marilyn Pearson, captain of
this year’s squad, there was a big turn
out, 35 in number, and even more plan
The first track meet in this country,
to attend. There will be eight classes was held in New York City On October
and if an individual has more than two 2, 1871. Many of the events were foot
misses they will be dropped from the re racing. It was neither amateur nor pro
maining classes, Mare, Nona Bartolini fessional, and anyone who wanted to
and Mary Ann Ritter are acting as in could compete.
structors, although all seniors on this
At this time, students at many colleges
year’s squad will act as judges at the
tryouts to be held in June to determine were competing in running and jumping
contests. A fter a while, the best per
next year’s cheer leaders.
formers at each school were meeting
G. A. A. News
each other in dual and triangular meets.
A mass meeting was held last week
Two governing bodies for the sport
for the election of two members to be
formed in 1876. Thef were the Intercol
sent to Conference Point Camp, Lake
legiate Association of Ameateur Athletes
Geneva, Wisconsin from June 13 to June
20. The faculty will now vote on the of America and the National Collegiate
Athletic Association.
girls elected at the mass meeting, which
will decide who will represent Nilehi.
The indoor track meets in the winter
Bowling
and the outdoor meets in the late spring
The 1948 bowling tournament will start and summer sponsored by the Ameateur
at the end of April. Prizes for the year’s
best bowlers will be given at the ban Athletic Union are open to all amateurs
quet held in May. The prizes will be mon and the winners are the greatest in their
ey taken from the fees, collected of class.
students.
Many colleges sponsor meets of their
own, in addition to conference meets.
Pennsylvania and Drake sponsor relays,
their own meets, and are attended by
athletes throughout the country.
New YorkfCity, 1871,
W as Beginning of Track
42
42
18
29
17
32
29
32
37
The intramural swimming champion
9 ships will be decided in Nilehi’s pool on
287 April 16. These events, in which sopho
mores, juniors and seniors will compete
against each other, are part of the enter
tainment to be provided for the annual
Eight Grade night, April 16.
Mr. Anton Schubert, swimming coach
Athletic teams are invariably hurt by and gym instructor, will direct the meet.
graduations, mut this year’s track team According to Mr. Schubert, the regular
seems to have been hit the hardest of all swimming meet events will be run off.
the 1947-48 teams. With the graduation of These include backstroke, breaststroke
Phil Brice, Bob Farr, Bud Horton, George and free-style races and relays. The
Pasek, and Joe Wettengel, three-fourths freshmen will also compete against each
of the 880 relay team was through. All other in these events.
of these boys except Wettengel were
An added attraction will be a water
good enough to go downstate to the state basketball contest between two senior
meet In Champaign.
teams.
Tiojan Cindermen Hurt
By Last Year's Graduation
1948
Intramural Swimming Champs
Will Be Crowned on April 16
The 100-meter and 200-meter sprint
races, comparable to the 100 and 220
yard dashes, are on. the Olympic pro
gram. A little shorter than the mile race
is the 1500-meter run, an Olympic event.
Also included is the 3000-meter run.
the 440 yard hurdle event is also on
the program.
The 100 and 200 yard dashes are on
almost all track meet programs. One
finds sprints of 40 and 50, and 70 and
80 yards on indoor programs. The length
is determined by the amount of space.
The number of participants and the
length of the event of relays are usually
at the time of the meet,
decided upon by the games committee
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nile H I lite
Vol. IX, No. 10
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Reflections Revelry
Scheduled for April 2
When the Nilehi Trojans surprisingly
tumbled the Waukegan Bulldogs March
2, Mr. Robert Mackey, Varsity basket
ball coach, wasn’t the only teacher at
Nilehi who had to make unexpected
plans.
end. All the decorations were made by
Mr. Ronald Van Arsdale, Nilehi Eng
Stan Anderson, Willy Hardin, and Bill
lish and speech teacher, immediately had
Kella.
The costumes were made by “Carey.” to postpone Reflections Revelry until
a further date in order that it would
the school matron.
not coincide with the Regional Tourney.
He fait that all the students who would
ordinarily come to Reflections Revelry
Two Typical Seniors
would miss it in order to attend the finals
at Waukegan.
Upon checking with the school calen
dar and Dr. Biehn, Mr. Van Arsdale
found that the first open date was
Friday, April 2.
IS
The show will go on exactly as pre
viously planned and the cast will remain
the same. The price of the tickets will
be 30 and 50 cents and they will be on
sale the week before the performance.
Skokie, Illinois
Friday, March 19, 1948
Capacity Crowd Expected This Evening
For Second Night of Water Carnival
Another capacity crowd is expected
to fill the Nilehi swimming pool tonight
to view the third preformance of “The
Mel'.ing Pot” or “AWater Carnival of
the Nations.”
The production, directed by Mr. Anton
T. Schubert, will be in its second run
tonight and will terminate tomorow
n’ght. Two shows are given each night;
one at 7:45 p. m. and one at 9:15 p. m.
All the tickets have been on sale in
the cafeteria this week and are 50 cents
for adults and 30 for students. If any
are left over, they will be sold at the
door. The money that is collected will
go into the Special Activity Fund for
the school.
The following are the eight numbers
on the program and the order in which
they appear. Americana, Fiesta, Dutch
Windmill, Virginia Reel, An Irish Jig,
A Bit of Vienna, Hawaiian Nights, and
Parade of the Nations.
A 30 by 14 foot American Flag covers
the East wall, with six flags of different
nations on either side of it. A stage
covers the south end, while Palm trees
and Hawaiian settings adorn the north
Graduating Committees
Active with Preparations
I
I
Ë11ÉÉ
Exemplifying the average senior boy
and girl in height and weight, according
to statistics and averages gained from
the Nilehilite file cards, Louie Hilfer and
Shirley Schmidt are shown above. Louie
is five feet ten inches tall and tips the
scale at 160 pounds, while Shirley is five
feet four inches tall and weighs 123
pounds. How near average are you?
Also, according to the figures gained
of heights and weights, Miss Lucille
Ronalds and Mr. James Phipps are the
average Nilehi teachers in this respect.
Miss Ronalds is five feet four inches tall
and weighs 130 pounds. Five feet eleven
inches tall and 165 pounds are the
measurements of Mr. Phipps. (This is a
Ron Racine photo.)
The goundwork for the commence
ment exercises of 1948 has been laid
and, according to Mr. Harold Ohlson,
senior adviser, the different committees
are in various stages of development 101 Students Begin Washington Pilgrimage Sunday;
and organization. These committees will
1 a.idle the details of the commencement New Features Are Added to This Year’s Trip
On the day after tomorrow, Sunday, March 21, 101 students will enter the
exorcises inducing the senior breakfast.
Grand Central Station in Chicago to begin Nilehi’s fourth bi-annual pilgrimage
The Senior breakfast committee, co- to the nation’s capital.
mencement committee, staging and pro
It all started 10 years ago, says Miss Grace Harbert, school sponsor of the
cessional and recessional rehearsals com trip, and we’ve gone every other year since, except for a short interruption during
.
.
,, „ .
mittee, decorations committee, and cap the war.
Actually there will be 111 people going on the trip, which leaves on the Bal
and gown and admissions committee timore and Ohio railroad at 4 p.m. The ten besides the students from Nilehi will
will be supervised by Miss Johanns, Mr. be made up of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kivilouma, Miss Marie Green, and Miss Helen
E berhardt, Mr. Ryden, Mrs. Baker and Johanns, and Miss Harbert, conductor, along with five other teachers as paying
Mbs Green respectively. These super guests. These are Miss Muriel Higgins from Nilehi, and Miss Mabel Meyer, Miss
visors will act as chairmen over a group Adelade Ide, Miss Edith Maas, and Miss Florence Williamson from Lincoln grade
of from six to ten seniors chosen to
According to Miss Harbert, many new features are being added to this Year’s
serve on each committee out of a pool excursion. Among these will be an all-night boat ride down the Potomac River,
and visits to Norfolk, Williamsburg, Fortress Monroe, and Hampton Roads.
of selected students.
The main topic of conversation around school recently has been
Each of the seven senior homerooms
Washington. Here is what some of the 101 students, who are casting
was asked to delegate 10 members to a
an eye in the future, have been saying:
Dick Shileyr—
“I’ve always wanted to see them change the guard at the Tomb
pool from which the committees, would
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|
be chosen. These students were to be of the Unknown Soldier.” the view from the top of the __ \ . .
Lolly Lamb—“I think
Washington Monument
picked on the basis of their school will be wonderful.”
...
._ .
.
,
ci izenship, quality of work, and de
Don Christensen—“A night on the Potomac will be something to remember
for a long time.”
.
. ,.
pendability.
Mary Morse—“I’m looking forward to seeing the House of Representatives
The faculty supervisers will choose
in action.”
the members of their committees from
Don Brown—“I’d like to see what kind of life George and Martha led at Mt.
Vernon.”
this pool.
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N I L E H I L I T E
New Wire Recorder
To Be Used by Many
G iu li tylu àh
A new wire recorder has been pur
chased for the use of the office, music
classes, dramatic and speech depart
ments. The recorder will be used by
Dr. Biehn to dictate letters, and by the
music, dramatic, and speech depart
ments so that they may give audience
to. their own performances.
A wire recorder was chosen instead
of a dictaphone because a wire recorder
is easier and more economical to use.
The wire, in the recorder, may be used
over and over again. A re-fill for it
costs 14 dollars.
Latin Students Contest
For District Honors
Friday, March 19, 1948
Committees Organized;
Begin Work on Prom
A new club has been formed for
response has been so enthusiatic that
membership has already been closed.
The founders, (who asked that their
names he withheld), organized the club
because of a firm , convictibn that the
rue na ure of the man for whom the
lub was named is not recognized.
The principal activity of the Junior
Council is to arrange and sponsor the
Junior Promenade Dance honoring the
Senior Class.
The Prom Committees have been or
ganized and the different branches have
already begun to function. The following
is a list of the committees and their
chairmen; Bids, Elaine Esch; Invitations,
The Spitfires are going to celebrate
Joyce Creaves; Prom Information and
St. Patrick’s Day at Carolyn Pence’s
Code, Marilyn Birkemeire; Publicity,
ome tonight. Each girl is inviting the
Mary Morse; Election of Prom Leaders,
fellow of her choice to an evening of
Dean Whitten; Finance, Bob Cook. Tom
ancing and eating. Altogether there
i Cleary, and Ed Archibald, general man
vill be 20 kids.
ager.
The Michigan room in the Edgewater
The Sigma O girls are trying to decide
m a club pin. This is the second time the Beach Hotel has been chosen as the
roject has been brought up. It was location for the dance. The Junior
lropped last time because of the class Council is working under the direction
I of Miss de Booy.
rings being ordered.
Two students -each frcm La .in I and
Latin II are busily stufing for the
Latin District test to be given tomorrow, Six Organize First Nilehi Science Club;
March 20. They are, Joan Searing,
Barbara Pergande, John Young and Projects and Tours to be Main Activities
Barbara Ohlson.
‘‘How would you like to start a science . discussion, which was held before Nilehi’s
If they are able to pass this first club here at Nilehi?” the science teachers i science teachers, the point was brought
hurdle, they will then take the Sectional asked Don Christensen, Mary Me out that most of the science research
test and the State finals.
Namara, Bernice Johnson, Ed Beebe, winders had had the advantage of a
Last year Mary Musson, a former Ed, Archibald, and Ann Morrison last science club in their schools. Thus it
student of Nilehi, won the State finals. January.
was that the teachers asked their quesFifteen students from Latin II, and
These six Nilehi ‘scientists’ had just I tion.
twenty students from Latin I, took the finished a round-table discussion of the
The results of this question and the
Latin tests published by Auxiiium science research winners’ talks given at reply to it were shown last Monday,
La inum given here be
March 8 the Junior Academy of Science con- March 15, when Nilehi’s first science
and 13.
!vention on December 27. During this club held its initial meeting. The students
who attended were those who had in
dicated, through a questionnaire sent to
Coach Ryden Overcomes Physical Handicap in Youth;
all science classes, that they wished to
work in a science club and could come
Becomes Star in College Cross Country, Track
to Monday meetings.
This is the story of a man who, as ! count ry s^ar ib college.
Each club member will work on an
Because of a bad deformation in his
an infant, was faced with the possibility
after-school project. These projects will
of never walking or running because legs, it was feared he would never walk. either be in the form of a practical
of a bone deformation in his legs. It Braces and treatments cleared this con application of some scientfic principle
is also the sloy of how this man, Mr. dition before he was three years old, or research .work on a subject the student
Arthur Ryden, now cross-country and but left his legs in a weakened condition. is interested in.
track coach at Nilehi, overcame this He became interested in playing the viThe club hopes to make monthly tours
handicap and went on to become a cross- >lin and also in singing with several on Saturday to see spots of scientific
'•horal groups while in grade and high
interest in and around Chicago, said
school.
Because his legs were weak he ran Mr. Carl Burgener, faculty sponsor.
to strengthen them. It was this contin
Nilehi Club Presidents
ual self-enforced running which strengliened his legs and enabled him to win
Tell Likes, Pet Peeves
six letters three each in track and cross
country while attending De Pauw Uni
N am e: K ay e J a e g e r
The Nilehllite is written, printed
L ikes: C no, clo th es, a n d e a tin g .
versity in Greencastle, Indiana. He also lished by the students of the Niles and pub
Township
P e t Peeves: G irls w ho sm oke a n d d irty k itc h e n s.
High School, Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A. L. Biehn,
F a v o rite Food: S te a k w ith m ushroom s.
received the honor of captaining the
superintendent - principal.
F a v o rite P a stim e : B ask e tb a ll g am es a n d s ittin g
cross-country squad during his senior
STAFF MEMBERS
in th e p a rlo r w ith Uno.
Editor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
P re s id e n t of U sh ers Club
year.
Feature Editor: Lyle Dye
N am e: S tu a rt R ussell
The war interfered with his plans to Sports Editor: Don Brown
U : e s : Hobbies, p a in tin g p ic tu re s, a n d p h o to g ra
Sports Writers: Don Brown, Bill Neuson, Ed
p h y — D eveloping p ic tu re s.
teach at Evanston High School. He re
Linskey, and Jack Nixon
P e t Peeve: G irls t h a t sm oke.
ceived midshipman training in a Navy Girls’ Sports: Doris Borages
F a v o rite Food: T u rk ey
Circulation Manager: Gertrude Brua
F a v o rite P a s tim e : E lain e S c h u ster
program on the Northwestern campus Exchange Editor: June Sprungman
P re s id e n t of V isual Aids Club
ia Chicago. Upon being commissioned as F hotographer: Jim Schilling Bill Heveran, Lee
N am e: M ary M cN am ara
Reporters: Marcia Connell,
Likes: W eekends
un Ensign, he( put in a tour of duty on
Harrer Sandra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour,
P e t Peeves: People w ho ru n fin g e rn a ils u p an d
Bill Neuson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Dona
a patrol ship along the West Coast and
dow n b lack b o ard s.
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger
F a v o rite F ood: S teak
among the Aleutian Islands.
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Borneman,
F a v o rite P a stim e : D a n cin g
Doris Bemges, Jim Schilling, Phil LaVeau,
P re s id e n t o f F re n c h d u b
Mr. Ryden was discharged from the
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixon, Mary Morse, Patty
N am e; Lyle Dye
Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol
Navy in 1945 arid taught for a year at
tik e s : A cting, th in g s p e c u lia r a n d u n u su a l, to
Schuler, June Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, Ken
Shnwood Pa .k, Illinois. He then came to
g et h o m e occasionally.
neth Gregor, and Joanne Day.
P e t Peeves: Sm oking girls, people w ho c a n ’t be on Nilehi wh< rc he now téaches civics and Production Managers: E. Ross, A. Wuest, D.
Ira e .
M ner, B, Neuson, (?;, Weider, C. Brunke, J.
F a v o rite Food: M o th er’s ch o co alte cake, ice cream world history and is coach of cross
Wilgus.
F a v o rite P a s tim e : D a tin g , sleeping, being in plays.
FACULTY ADVISERS
coun'ry, track and football.
P re s id e n t of th e S p o tlig h ters
Paul Eberhardt
Clement Meier
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Save the Pedestrian
Is Author's Plea
N I L E H I L I T E
This ’n That -
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Leyden Sees 'Kind Lady3
The Nilehi Trojan’s surprising victory j At the final dress rehearsal of “Kind
ver Wa. ksgan was the second ‘really j Lady,” the cast played host to visiting
jig’ upset in recent years. The Trojans I Leyden high school’s dramatics club.
knocked off Maine Township High School | The Leyden students arrived at the time
in 194G when Maine was rated as the of a regular audience and the dress re
fourth best team in the state. Waukegan hearsal proceeded like a regular per
formance. Later the cast and Leyden stu
was rated in the number seven spot.
The Trojans apparently had enough dents conferred as to corrections and im
support from the student body to go provements of the production. This is the
downstate. Pep assemblies were ‘thrown’ first time such a project has been under
in the study halls, the roar in the Wau taken by the dramatics department.
kegan gymnasium was deafening, and
even Miss Grace Harbert, problems
Eagle scout Phil Nymark, junior, was
teacher, got into the swing of things by recently chosen as a member of the com
starting cheers in the cafeteria.
mittee which accepted Governor Green’s
contribution to the Boy Scout Fund
Campaign. A picture of Phil and the
Governor appeared in a recent issue of
the Edgebrook Events.
By Ken Gregor
This is an important message to any
one who can read. One of your duties
as a citizen is to protect the schmos of
your country. Therefore it is undeniably
your responsibility to save that vanish
ing American, the pedestrian.
These poor fellows are always high
on the list of those who have fallen by
the wayside.
A large portion of the blame for this
deplorable condition can be attributed
to taxicab drivers. The next time you
come face to face with one, or, face to
back is safer, reprimand him for his
thoughtlessness. However, don’t let him
change the subject by telling you about
all the interesting people he “runs into.”
School’s out for mom and dad! Monday
If an argument results, proceed with
caution for other cabbies are highly to night, March 8, the Adult Evening
Claasses held at Nilehi came to an end
*horn in.”
Another major cause of the plight of after a twenty-week session.
Mr. Marvin Ihne, director of this
the pedestrian is women drivers (they
can be defined as drivers) don’t let their program, said that the course had been
right hands know what their left hands been very successful and expressed a
desire to continue these classes in future
are signaling.
Liquor is another definite hazard to years.
No grades or credits were given at
the pedestrian. There are many people
who think it is a good form of “wreck- the classes because they were merely
reation,” and proceed, to drive anyway. refresher courses.
Last week Mr. Ihne sent out questionIn closing we wish good luck to the
pedestrian, the man who by law and aires to the members of these classes
courtesy has the right of way, but whose I asking for suggestions for the program
| of next year.
heirs usually benefit from it.
School Bells Stop Ringing
For Nilehi Moms and Pops
Talented Artists Pose as Nilehi Teachers
Maestro Clifford Collins, famous Nile cordant note.
hi conductor, was rehearsing his allMaestro Collins threw up his hands
Nilehi faculty orchestra. He came to a and asked the French Horn player what
quiet passage. The French Horn at this was the matter.
George Roth looked at his music over
time came out with a very loud dishis. glasses and said, “Oh! I’m on the
wrong page!”
Maestro Collins
Juniors Go Country Style man, so they beganwas a very patient
again.
Suddenly he noticed a commotion in
At *
Hayseed Hop,3
April 9 the Clarinet section. Kathleen Atkinson
and Clara Klaus were having trouble
Nilehi’s Junior Class is in store with their music. It seems Miss Atkinson
for something new in the way of school was hoarding the music so Miss Klaus
sponsored activities.
couldn’t see it.
A class party, appropuately called
They started everything again and
the “Hayseed Hop,” since it will be in everything was coming along nicely
the form of a barn dance, has been when the most horrid noise came out
scheduled for Friday, April 9 in the of the violin section. Mr. Collins banged
his ba.on and motioned to Ronald Van
boy’s gym.
Among the activities planned by the Arsdale, at the piano, to play a note for
six committee heads, Charlotte Dressel, the violin section. The first three vio
310, Rick Tamburino, 314, Marilyn Birk- linists, Leo Babcock, Anton Schubert,
emeier, 314, Joyce Creaves, 310, Barbara and Paul Eberhardt were well on pitch.
Stehle, 314, and Tom Brice, 106, are The trouble was found when Arthur
square dancing, with fiddlers and a Ryden played another squeaky note.
caller, refreshments of cider, cokes,
Just then there was a racket over in
and doughnuts, and contests, for which a far corner. The rehearsal was stopped
prizes will be given.
agd it was discovered that a mouse had
According to the sponsors, Miss Bic- run over Miss Alice Line’s music causing
anich and Miss de Booy, the idea for her to faint.
the party was presented to them by a
Mr. Collins was heard to mutter, “If
f aw Juniors who thought that it was you don’t practice more, I’m going to
a good idea to have a class get-together. flunk you all.”
Bob Dickens, junior, recently won
second place- in the National CrowCalling contest at the Sportsman’s Show
at Navy Pier. His prize: a hunting coat.
Bob came in first in the state contest
several weeks earlier.
Ellen Patzke and Jo Quesnell evident
ly didn’t like the bluish ink spot on the
back of Ralph Walberg’s neck in Mrs.
Curl’s English class recently. For it
so annoyed them that they immediately
sent around a petition urging that Ralph
be given a pass so that he could wash
it off.
After the entire class had signed it,
(with one exception, Ralph) the petition
was given to Mrs. Curl. Her prompt
reply: “No, it matches his sweater!”
Just because everyone is still wan
dering around the halls muttering, “I
’aven’t bean in this country long,” don’t
be worried! It’s just the cast of “Kind
Lady” with a hang-over from the play.
Cockney accents will probably be prom
inent in Nilehi halls for quite a while.
Bill Neuson, sports writer for the
Nilehilite, really went wild over the
Waukegan victory. In fact, Bill was
so overjoyed he pranced fully-clothed
through the showers pounding the bas
ketball players on the back while his
shoes and socks were thoroughly satur
ated.
Ken Gregor, senior, amazed his fel
low ninth-period algebra classmates re
cently by handing out free tickets for
“Kind Lady.”
Lee Harrer had jokingly offered Ken
a stack of the tickets which had been
left on Lee’s desk and Ken obligingly
took half of them. These he passed
freely around and, until he learned the
tickets were genuine and had to beg
them all back, quite a number of people
agreed that Ken was a “great guy.”
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N I L E H I LITE
GLAMAZONS
By Danna Barbour
________________________________ ; ___________________________
If March goes out like a lamb, as we
would like it to, it is predicted that our
gals’ fancies will turn to the All Amer
ican sport—baseball. In past years here
at Nilehi, girls have been overly en
thusiastic about this spring sport.
The interclass volleyball tournament
is due to start within the next weeks.
There are four teams in each class, and
the winning team of each , class tenters
the contest. Marian Carlson’s team,
made up of seniors, has been undefeated
so far.
The juniors in the eighth period gym
class have been practicing American
pioneer dances, and according to ‘Monty’
(Miss Montgomery), some of the gals
are quite old hands at it.
Freshman and sophomore swimming
life - saving tests, while juniors and
classes are passing Junior Red Cross
seniors have turned to something lighter
—water polo. The game is played like
soccer, but the holder of the ball may
be ‘‘ducked.” (the ball usually keeps
.
moving.)
Dolores Paulson, senior, is the high
bowler in the Tuesday league with an
average of 130.
‘"Monty” says that her girls have been
practicing balleta techniques petty vig
orously. which gives her a slight pre
view of the 1948 Water amival, di
rected by Mr. Schubert.
As we go to press plans for the G.A.A.
Turnabout dance are in full swing, and
April 17 sounds like a date to remember.
Miss Thurman plans to go home for
spring vacation in Missouri and Miss
Montgomery intends to visit Houston,
Texas.
.
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O nly Three N .E. Tearns
O n 1948 G rid Schedule
Now that-N iles is no longer in the
Northeast Conference, the problem of
making a football schedule for the 1948
season has -really been a headache for
Harold Isaccson, athletic director.
Through many telephone calls and let
ters, Mr. Isaccson has finally completed
this job, and barring any unexpected
mishaps, «this will-be ■the schedule for
>
next, year’s gridmen.
September 17—-Steinmetz—Here
September 24—West Aurora—There
Nilehi Coaches Visit
October 1—Belvidere—Here
State Cage Tourney
October 8—Fa^ragut—Here
October 15—Blue Island—There
Four Nilehi coaches, Mr. Robert MacOctober "22—
Arlington—There
key, Mr. Charles Hussey, Mr. James
October 29—Leyden—There
Phipps, and Mr. Harold Isaacson will
November 5—Woodstock—Here
attend the Illinois State basketball finals
Steinmetz and Farragut represent the
at Champaign, Illinois, on March 18, 19,
and 20.
Chicago Public School League. Blue Is
Mr. Mackey and Mr. Hussey will leave land is a member of the South Suburban
for Champaign on Wednesday, March League. Belvidere, who was undefeated
17, and Mr. Phipps and Mr. Isaacson will in the 1947 football season, is another
leave the following day.
team who is in no organized league.
Mr. Mackey predicts Pinckneyville will West Aurora is a member of the Big
be State champions. Murphygboro. Eight Conference. The other three
‘ Marie’s” home town, has suffered two teams, Arlington, Leyden, and Wooddefeats this season, both dealt by Pinek- stock, are all former members of the
neyville.
Northeast Conference.
_____
Friday, March 19, 1948
Baseball Comes With
Entrance of Spring
Spring is coming to Nilehi, and with
it come thoughts of baseball.
Mr. James Phipps, varsity coach, will
be out to win the fourth straight North
east Conference baseball crown for the
Trojans in his first year at Nilehi.
The 1948 season will be opened on
April 1 with the Oak Park game at
Nilehi. Besides the usual Conference
foes, Coach Phipps has scheduled games
with Evanston, Highland Park, Oak
Park, and New Trier of the Suburban
League, and Taft, Steinmetz, and Amund
sen of Chicago’s Public School League.
The backbone of this year’s team will
be made up of 14 JayVee letter-winners
from last year and the varsity return
ees, who are Don Biehn, Don Carlson,
Bill Comstock, Dick Eichelberg, Dick
Norman, and Ed Soergel.
At the present time, it is believed that
Anton Schubert will again coach the
head the Freshman team.
1948 Swimming Results
VAR SHY
won lost tied
6
6 1
JAYVEE
won lost
4 8
VARSITY
Morton
24
42
Highland Pk. 50
25
Steinmetz
33
41
Waukegan
44
31
Taft
37
37
Maine
32
34
‘Proviso
24
51
Steinmetz
32
42
Waukegan
44
31
14
Amundsen
52
Proviso
50
25
Taft
30
45
JUNIOR VARSITY
Morton
32
31
Highland Pk
31
35
34
31
Steinmetz
Waukegan
45
21
Taft
• 20
45
Maine
42
33
16
Proviso
50
Steinmetz
31
34
Waukegan
45
21
23
Amundsen
34
Proviso
41
25
Taft
39
26
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The Freshman gym classes are underJayVee squad, while L. R. Mackey will
going a testing program, according to
Mr. A. T. Schubert, gym instructor. The
boys are tested on calisthenics, thereby
telling how many push--ups, set-ups,
knee-behds, etc., each boy can do. They
are also tested on right and left hand
lay-up shots with a basketball, and free*throws.
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n il e H I lite
Vol. IX, No. 9
Skokie, Illinois
Drama Classes Present
Two New Productions
The
Frosh Hold Talent Show
The Freshmen certainly had no lack
of music at their Talent Assembly, held
last February 27 in the Assembly hall.
Miss Marjory Ronalds, Freshman ad
viser, reported that the Freshman
Board of Advisers were responsible for
the program. John Day acted as Master
of Ceremonies.
classes
are
at
Nilehi, recently said farewell to our ( The curtain for the play "Kind
school and left for Cobleskill, New York, Lady” is scheduled to rise at 8:15
in the Catskill Mountains, where she p.m. tonight in the assembly. A
full house is expected to be on hand
will now live with her parents.
Mrs. Hind, Latin teacher at Nilehi both tonight and tomorrow night,
who was an intimate friend of Mary’s, according to Miss Muriel Higgins,
said the girl was sorry to leave and director.
would have liked to stay until her grad* who is taken advantage of. The other
uation but she was eager to be with her members of the cast are Ted Eckert,
mother a n i father again.
Mary Morse, Don Biehn, Clay Merrill,
According to Mrs. Hind, Mary left be- Lyle Dye, Ken Gengler, Jo Quesnell,
hi id her a Latin record that will be dif- Anne Juul, Bil Wokoun, Joan Edwards,
icult to surpass or even equal. Last and Nancy Thiell.
May she won the State Latin Meet
“Brother Goose” features Lyle Dye in
sponsored by the Junior Classical League the title role as Jeff, a brother' who
of Illinois. For this accomplishment she .cares for two younger sisters and a
received a gold medal, but had she been brother. His trials and tribulations make
a senior she would have been eligible the play. Marilyn Pearson, Evelyn Cole,
for a university scholarship.
and Clay Merrill portray the two sisters
Mary’s father was an army doctor and brother.
stationed with the Chinese Health Ser
The cast also includes Shirley Hawkvice in China during the war, holding inson, Eva Lou Michel, Nona Bartolini,
the rank of Colonel. A fter six years Gertrude Brua, Barbara Ballantine,
he has returned to the States.
1Jeannette Oehring, and Dick O’Brien.
’Tis Spring
Nilehi Singers Perform
On Evanston Station
Monday, March 1 the Nilehi Madrigal
Singers sang over the air through the
courtesy of station WEAW in Evan
ston. The 15 minute program began
at 4:15 in the afternoon and ended at
4:30.
According to Miss Clara Klaus, Nilehi
music director, this musical program
took the place of the usual dramatics
skit presented by the Nilehi radio class
under the direction of Miss Muriel Higgens.
Station WEAW allots time over the
air to several high schools in this area
besides Niles Township. They are: New
Trier, Evanston, and Arlington.
According to Miss Higgens the stu
dents of the radio class present a skit
every other Monday. These skits are
usually written, produced, and directed
by one of the radio class students. The
cast, usually from 8 to 10 people, is
chosen from the rest of the class.
dramatics
in production. They are “Kind Lady,”
to be presented on March 12 and 13, and
“Brother Goose” on April 17.
In “Kind Lady” Angie Vosnos por
trays Mary Heries, a rich old lady
W ater Cast Chooses Latin Winner Bids
Nilehi
Performers for Duet Adieu to who was a junior
Mary Musson,
Leslie Meyer and Louis Hilfer were
recently chosen by the cast for duet
parts in this year’s water carnival, “The
Melting Pot,” a carnival of nations, to
be held March 18, 19, and 20 in the
Natatorium.
The 80 students taking part in Nilehi’s annual water show this year will
be under the direction of Mr. Anton
Schubert, school swimming instructor.
This is the third water carnival Mr.
Schubert has produced here. Last year’s
production was “Arctic Extravaganza.”
Included in the eight scenes of the
‘ Melting Pot” will be:
I Americana
II A Bit of Vienna
III The Dutch Windmill
IV The Virginia Reel
V An Irish Jig
VI; Fiesta
V II Hawaiian Nights
V III Parade of the Nations (finale and
duet) ...........
Nilehi
Friday, March 12,1948 again in full swing with two new plays
P
8:15 a.m.
’
M'ï:
3:15 p.m.
175 at Nilehi Take Tuberculin Patch Test;
New Test Has Many Advantages, Says Nurse
A group of Nilehi students stood in
line outside of room 123 awaiting a
pa ehing. We are speaking, of course,
about the recent tuberculin patch test
that was administered by Miss Kath
leen Atkinson, school nurse, to 175 will
ing students.
The patch test was given instead of
the usual Mantoux test because of the
shortage of time available in notifying
county doctors.
The advantages of the patch test .are
that it is painless, it avoids the use of
instruments, it eliminates the use of a
needle, and may be applied by a nurse,
acting under the direction of a physician.
Thin filter paper is saturated with tu
berculin. This is cut into small squares
and placed on adhesive tape.
Those students who have a positive
reaction will be given, with parental
consent, a free x-ray by the Cook County
mobile x-ray unit March 15, 16 or 17 at
the Skokié Village hall.
�Pagre 2
Let Thoughts Run Wild
And Imagine These Things
N I L E H I L I T E
This ’n That - Nilehi Names A re Poetic
Bill Neuson, Nilehilite sports writer,
recently received free tickets for ring
In and around Nilehi you come to
associate certain things with certain side seats at one of the Golden Gloves
people and so we ask you to push aside Boxing Matches.
The donor was Mr. G. McElroy, sports
all material thoughts and try to imagine:
editor of the Cook County Herald, for
The Heinigers without crew cuts.
Classrooms without clock watchers. I which Bill writes sport stories.
Bill Comstock with anyone other than
Marilyn Pearson.
Mr. Paul Eberhardt without his brief
case.
Nilehi without detentions.
Don and Howie Siegel without red
hair.
Mr. Betts without his now famous
quips.
Mr. Heiby with a long flowing mane.
Marilyn Reiland without a smile.
Reflection Revelry without Barb BaT
lentine.
Patty Meyer with her shoes on foY
once.
Lyle Dye not rehearsing for any
thing
Phil La Veau and Jim Deily in sailor
suits;'
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The Nilhehilite without Willie Hardin’s cartoons f
N. T. H. S. girls with short skirts
once again?
Dr. Biehn in blue jeans and a sweater ?
Frank DeVitto’s left eye seeing the
light of day instead of a mop of hair
blocking the view?
Bob Magden without a girl ?
Barbara Kaupert with a shoulder
length bob?
Angie Yosnos wearing bobby sox ?
Nilehi without the Nilehilite?
Mom’s Occupation Poll
Shows 767 Housewives
‘ What is your mother’s occupation?”
the Nilehilite file cards asked, and out of
904 responses, 767 came back with the
answers, “housewife.”
But what of the other 137? Here is
where doubt and misunderstanding crept
into our minds. Of course we could
understand the 107 that listed their
mothers’ , occupations as saleswomen,
clerks, telephone operators, secretaries,
receptionists, office workers, beauty op
erators, accountants, storekeepers, buy
ers, and other things.
But when we unearthed the fact that
some Nilehi mothers are posing as news
papers, taverns, wirings, laundries, and
props we became rather disturbed.
Eight Nilehi students insisted their
mothers were laborers.
There is one biller, one village collec
tor. checker, engraver, organist, coilwinder, proofreader, artist, and cashier
in the ranks of Nilehi mothers.
Four Nilehiers used other names to
denote housewifery. They were, “raising
a family,” “mother housewife,” “mana
ger” and ju st plain “mother.”
One maternal occupation that’s still
puzzling us is the one written by a
freshman saying simply, “miller.”
Friday, March 12,1948
A couple of weeks ago found Charlotte
Dressel and Nancy Newton in their se
cond childhood. It was such a nice day
the: two were flying kites on Devon
Avenue when Charlotte’s kite came
down and hit a 1947 Studebaker.
Because of a new ruling, which went
into effect February 24, it seems as if
Nilehi will have a tremendously increased
iaundfy bill.
Every girl who takes gym is re
quired to take a shower after the gym
work-out. Something new?
Bill not quarter
Bill not dime
Bill Nickel
Joyce burned tip
Joyce cooled off
Joyce Ash
Ray crazy
Ray nuts
Ray Batz
Jim not rowboat
Jim not swim
Jim Wead
Students in Nilehi Driver Education
classes are now learning how to park
a car, turn it around, and get it into a
garage. The gara'ge walls are simulated
by six red poles. Says Mr. Babcock, in
structor: “No casualties y et!”
A number of the students who visited
the County Ja il, Saturday, February 21,
stayed on with Miss G. Harbert, chap
eron of the “See Chicago Club,” to
attend the afternoon session of the
Howard Lang trial.
Tiie W ater Carnival, Reflections Rev
elry, the presentation of the Dramatics
The Seltzer brothers, Bob, a senior,
C-ub play “Kind Lady,” and the juniorand Jerry, a junior, have bought a model
senior trip to ■Washington, are ju st a
“A” Ford that they intend to use this
few of the numerous activities around
summer for a trip to California.
Nilehi during the month of March. Be
cause it is such a busy month, the In
quiring Reporter decided to ask: “What
are you looking forward to most during
M arch?”
Jeanette Oehring, senior: “All the
weekends, and especially the last week
because of the Washington trip. Also,
I ’d be able to add two more states to
Ihe list of those I ’ve visited.”
Pat Hartung, senior: “I ’m looking for
ward to the trip to Washington because
o f the boat trip, as I ’ve never been on
a boat before. I only hope they won’t
have to carry me off!”
Inquiry of '47 Graduates
Shows Half in College
Every year approximately 200 seniors
gradaute from Nilehi, and go out to
make their way in the world. Most of
them lose all contact with their former
classmates, and have no idea what their
old friends do after graduation.
The Nilehite staff “came, saw, , and
conquered” this problem. Several mem
bers of the staff conducted a poll among
Joan Andrews, freshman: “I ’m looking the 1947 graduates, concerning their
forward to the play although I am present whereabouts and recorded the
scared. I have just a small role, but it’s results on mimeographed sheets. Each
member of the class was sent a copy of
the first play I ’ve ever been in.”
the survey results. „
Jean Goodrich, sophomore: “Reflec
Here are some facts that came to
tions Revelry and seeing all the cute light in the survey:
acts in the show.
Nearly one-half of last year’s seniors
Miss Montgomery, gym instructor: are now going to college, while the other
4The W ater Carnival, of course. I t ’s the half are working in Chicago and vicinity.
best thing on‘ the calendar.”
The grads attending college are situa
“Mousie” Cole, senior: “I ’m not es ted from New York to California, and
pecially looking forward to it. There’s from Minnesota to Texas.
Shirley Baumhardt, Nancy Burge, and
too much to worry about being in Re
flections. Also, basketball season will be Evie Windmeier are taking nurse’s train
ing at St. Francis Hospital, and Carolyn
over.”
Harnden is training at Wesley Memorial
Ellie Bomark, senior: “I ’m not looking
Hospital, Chicago.
forward to it very much because every
Out of the entire class of 201, Jan et
one and their Dutch uncle in our family
Hayes, June Pence, Carolyn Gylden,
has a birthday. Too much money will
Diane Baker, and Bill Abbink are the
have to be spent.”
only ones married, and Joe Wettengel,
Bob West, sophomore: “Spring vaca |a private in the Army Air Corps, is the
tion because I plan to go to Florida.”
I only one in the service.
�N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, March 12,1948___________ _
Hussey Tries for Third Track;
Title in Three Years
In baseball, it’s three ■
strikes and you’re
out; in bowling, thre.e strikes in a row
is known as a “turkey” ; in hockey, when
a player scores three goals in one game,
he is said to h ’a y e pulled “the hat trick” ;
but what is it whei^ .a track team wins
three undisputed conference champion
ships in succession?,,
Whatever it may be called, it is ex
actly what Charles Husseyr Nilehi biolo
gy teacher and head track coach, will be
trying to do this spring when he leads
the Trojan thinclads into the last year
of Northeast Conference competition.
In his last two years at Nilehi, “Mr.
Huss” has,brought home two conference,
croons; one from Leyden in 1946 (won
by a half point), and one last year from
the m^et °n our home field. .
Although the squad was hit hard by
last year’s graduation, .there seems to
be good prospects for this spring. The
following are b o y s th a t Coach Hussey
expects J;o. be on the team: this .year,
and the. position, in which he expects
to us^ them..I
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Dashmen — Jack Destories, Conrad
Cornell, Pete Pasek, Jim Kennedy, Don
and Howard Siegel, Jack Harvey, and
Bill Permer.
j . j, .
. «. .. (. :> ,.r
Distance Runners — Bill Gyafke, Dill
Bruce, and Ed Hutchings, f
Weightmen — Jim Kennedy,’ Ralph
Walberg, John Boznos, Don Carlson, and
Gil Kleusing.
Hurdlers i— Jjuh payis*- Jim Heiniger,
Lenny Lange, and Don Siegel.
Pole Vaulters ,-f- Bill Qraeiim, Jim and
Pete Heiniger.
Jumpers «-^- Dick Ferriss, Jim Heiniger,
Howard Siegel, Bill Permer, Conrad Cor
nell, Lenny- Lange, Roy Nelson, and
Ward Nipperv -
The Nilehi cagemen were elimi
nated from the Waukegan tour
nament by New Trier, 49r37. New
Trier won it the next night.
hìleHÌu te
Page. 3
Spotlighters Perform Tonight
Pictured above, with the exception of
Bil Wokoun, is the entire cast of the
second majftr dramatic production of
the year, “Kind Lady.” The play will be
^enented-*cmrght and tomorrow night,'
March 12 and 13.
Shown from left to right in the front
row are Joan Andrews, Jo Quesnell,
Mary Morse, Angela Vosnos, Nancy
Thiell, Anne Juul, and Barbara Olson.
Lyle Dye, Clayfon Merrill, Ted Eckert,
Kenneth Genger, and Don Biehn are in
the second row. (Photo by Jim Schilling)
JayVces Alsu Win;
Trojans Upset Bulldogs;
Name All-Opponent Team
Grab Title at Leyden
The Nilehi JayVees defeated the Ley
' The .highly-rated Waukegan Bulldogs, j den Eagles, 45-30, last Friday night,
favored to win their own Regional, w a s' February 27, in Franklin Park. With this
the :fir§t team eliminated in the taurna- victory and with Libertyville’s logs tq
ment when they were upset 47 to 43 by Woodstock, the J^y Vee’s became champs
a fast-moving Nilehi quintet on March of the Northeast Conference.
2, at Waukegan.
Each year the All-Conference teams
The Bulldogs, who were fated seventh
are picked by the coaches of the, various
best in the State by the 10th Associated
schools. This year’s Trojan , squad has
Press poll of sport writers, had a re
picked their “All-opponent*’ team on the
m a’liable record of 17 victories and one
basis of each player picking his toughest
lefeat. They were also'Suburban League
conference opponent. Her© is - the Tro
c!- amps. ,
jans’ All-opponent team, their positions,
A small,'scrappy Nilehi qúintet wón
and the locals who selected them.
the Northeast Conference title on Feb
ruary 27. by seoring a 54 to 42 win over G Bornell - Libty. — F . Howard Siegel
Leyden, their ‘cousin’ rivals, before a G Pingry - Cry. Lk: — F Jim Blessing
'“apacity. crowd at Franklin Park. The C Heimsoth - Arl. — C Gordon Anderson
.
Trójans. haven’t last to the Eagles since F Fanter - Cry. Lk. — G Bill Comstock
1944, .v;
. 'V
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..
• . .,iv' F Helm - Woodstock — G Jim Heiniger
-
Bowlers With Highest Averages Interviewed
Hobbies: Music
N me,: .F a! Sivertsen
Name: Louie Nachbauer ,
Cl s ":, Senior
The Nilehilite is written;, .printed., and pubC a s s: Senior*
L k es: Give, all women
li hed by the^. students of the Niles Township
likps: Women, good athletic contests, music
D sfikes: , Gold . diggers, know-it-alls.
High School, Skokie^ Illinois.
Dr. A. L. Biehn,
and golf.
'
“
.
Ambitions: Co lege, doctor.
c- perintehdent •- principal.
*
Dislikes: New Look on women, and women that
' v'ibbies: Medal planes, hot rods.
STAFF MEMBERS
.
.
think they know it all.
JjTr’f e : Shirley Ttmberg
Ambticn: Business of some kind, college ath
Edit Dr-in-chief: Bill Comstock r r
C a s: Sophomore
Feature Editor:- trylo Dye
Ui es: Sleeping, sunamer.. vacation, dancing and letics.
Hobbies: Collecting pictures of his travels and
Sports Editor:.,Don Brown
I V i -1
'owl.ihg.^
Sports W riters: Don Brown,. Bill Neu^p;), Ed ■
.playing the trumpet.
!!®islikfis;,-Homework■ ’ > - > ••. "hi, i• /
Linskey, and Jack <Nixon
•
'
.,Hobb;e j:;. Collecting miniature shoes.
Name: Bill Van Horne
a i r s’ Sports: Doris Bernges .oxs-LcuI & 1
5Name: Dolores ' Paulson
Class: Junior
Circulation Manager: Gertrude B ina
Likes: Music, girls, golf, bowling and m ath.
r cla s s - Senipr
,
.. .
Fxc Dange ’ Editóri Juné-Sprabgníán 1
Dislikes: Girls who sihoke, cliques.L k es: Good radio programs, swimming, bowl
Thotograpbpr: Jim Schilling
,
Am hi’ ions: To sing in Carnegie Hall, and to
ing' •nd baseball.
Reporters: Marcia, Öonnell, Bill ' Reverán, Lee,
D'slikes: Girls who smoke and primp in public. win “Tam” open.
Harrer Sandía . Ravericroft, Danna Bafrbour.
Hobbies: Coin collecting, and playing the' tiom 'Hobbies: Record collecting and dancing. •
Bill Nèuson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Dona
-Name: Sally Lutkehaus
bone. ■
,„ ■
,. , , *
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortm an.j Roger
C’ass: Sophomore.
N me: Art Wuest
Coverly,. Gejrtrude ... B ru a; Haney Borneman, 1 'Tik^s: Bowlin'?, swimming» and dancing;
fo
Class: Senior
Dl likes: Homework and Mondays
Doris Bernges, ^ Jim ^ohilltóg. Phil LaVeau,
Likes: All sports, girls, bowling, popular music.
H i b i s : Co lecting movie stars’ pictures.
Dick G’Brifen, Jack Nixon, Mary Morse, Patty
Dislikes: To fail ih tests.
- • Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol [’ 1 Name: Barbara Baldwin
Ambitions: To go to college, play pro basket
c ia -s - S ’n i'r
S-huPr. June .^rungpian. Bill .Wok.oun, Ren-.i
L'keS: Bowling, volleyball, swimming and chem ball and football.
nelh G ré g o r.à n d Joanne Day- J Hobbies: Eating, sleeping, and sometimes doing
.-v-Viv''
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FACULTY ADVISERS
•«. * istry; i
seme work.
Dislikes: En::I'sh and, conceited people.
P ul Eborharàt
Clement Meier
�Page 4
N 1 L E H I L 1 T E
Friday, March 12,1948
Spring G rid Practice
Will Begin at Nilehi
Our N. T. H. S. Glamazons have been
very much occupied by their volleyball
tournaments. The competition is; at a
fever pitch, and the captains have a
fanatical look in their eyes.
Speaking of volleyball, on February
14, a group of our G. A: A. gals went
over to Evanston Township High School
for “volley day” — a volleyball tourna
ment. The girls seemed to have enjoyed
themselves very much, as well as seeing
some different plays in practice, ac
cording to Miss Mary Evelyn Thurman
sponsor. They all seemed to be * wcwjd”
by the Evanstonians’ skill.
G. A. A. News
As this column went to press, the
G; A. A. formal intiation was .postponed
until March 1. There were 84 girls initi
ated. Their parents were invitedto attend
and refreshments were served in the
cafeteria.
The new date for the annual turn
about dance has been set for April 17 by
a vote of the G. A. A. board. The sleighride, held on February 7, is reported to
Niles Mermen Down Taft
In Final Swimming Meet
In their last meet of the season, the
Nilehi Varsity tankmen downed -tb,&
Taft Swim team in an easy meet by a
score of 45 to 30 in the Nilehi pool on
Tuesday, February 24. The JayVee squad
lost to the Chicago Junior Champs by
a score of 39 to 26.
The Varsity won firsts in the free
style, 200-yards, won by Don Ebert; the
200-yard relay, and the 100-yari crawl:
won'by Bob Lindahl. Bob broke his own
record of 59.7 by swimming the distance
in 59.2 seconds.
In the diving, Dick Provost took first
with 62.2 points. Herb Jones was second
with 53.9 points.
A fter the meet, Adolph Kiefer, world
champion back-stroker, gave an exhi
bition.
Intramural Finalists May
Play for Eighth Graders
The Intramural basketball champs
have been crowned. Thèy are: period 2Louie Nachbauer’s Bobcats; period 4Dick Shiley’s Badgers; period 5-6- Frank
McNeill’s Bulldogs; Peiod 8 - Jim Heiniger’s Najorts (that’s Troian spelled
backwards); period 9- Oscar Franson’s
Buckets.
The exact date for the playoffs has
not been set, but it will be sometime
after the Trojans are eliminated from
the Waukegan Tournament.
“Ike” says the two finalists of the in
tramural tournament may play Eighth
Grade Night, along with the-two volley
ball champs.
\
have been a great, but chilly5 success.
Bowling Club News
Sally Lutkehaus, high-score bowler
in the girls’ league, is really terrific
when it comes to the ten pins. Her
high score is 209 and she has an aver
age of 157.8.
This year, for the first time in his
tory, the girls’ leagues have been sancioned by the Junior Bowling Congress.
This means that the high score bowlers
will receive awards for their prowess.
Cheerleading
With the close of the basketball seaeon, Nile i cheerleaders will complete
their job of leading the student body in
cheers. According to Marilyn Pearson,
captain of the cheerleaders, a class will
be started for fellas and gals desiring
to try out for the squad next fall.
r Faying L»ays K J v e r —
Phipps 1 urns to Coach
O.fstage from Nilehi’s basketball
court or baseball diamond, Coach Jim
Phipps is just plain Mr. Jam es Phipps,
vho resides in Skokie with his wife
Virginia. Aside from coaching the fresh
man basketball squad and getting ready
for the coming baseball season, Mr.
Phipps is' the senior boys’ physical edu
cation instructor.
Born on October 7, 1919, and reared
in Ashmore, Illinois, Mr. Phipps has al
ways had a taste for baseball. Besides
playing basketball in high school he
letLered four times in baseball. While
at Eastern State College in Charleston.
Illinois, he was the varsity club presi
dent and lettered three times in base
ball, besides playing football and basket
ball.
Mr. Phipps' first played professional
ball when he broke in with Wisconsin
Rapids of the Wisconsin State League in
1941. While working toward his M. A.
degree at Indiana -University, he liter
ally roamed the outfield, playing all
hree outfield positions for the Lafeyette, Indiana, Red Sox.
He was drafted by the Chicago White
Sox, but stronger federal draft rights
ushered him into the Navy Air Corps
in 1942. As a lieutenant (senior grade)
Mr. Phipps served as an instructor at
Corpus Christi, Texas, for two years and
then went on active duty flying navy
transports to the MiddleEast from Hono
lulu. Even in the service he did not give
up baseball and played for the Iowa City
Pre-Flights, Corpus Christi, and Hono
lulu baseball teams.
It was at ■
Corpus - Christi, that he was
signed for the New York Yankees by
Frank Lane who was athletic director at
the base and also in charge of the W est
ern division of the Yankee’s farm teams.
After receiving his discharge in May
It was announced last week by Harold
“Ike” Isaacson, athletic director, that
Nilehi will participate in spring football
practice for the first time this spring.
Previous to this year our school has
had to abide by conference rules which
outlawed spring practice, but with the
break-up of the Northeast Conference,
the school is able to formulate their own
policy in this matter.
Weather permitting, practice will start
the first week after spring vacation, ac
cording to Coach Ike. Any freshman,
sophomore, or junior bpy may partici
pate.
During the four or five weeks of
practice, fundamentals will be stressed.
Lihemen will brush up on line blocking,
while the backs will probably devote
much time to running plays and per
fecting the offense. Scrimmages will be
held the last two weeks of practice.
Ike expects the number of boys to be
about 50, made up of the nine major, 32
minor, 19 frosh-soph, and 26 frosh letterwinners returning to the school. The
major letter - winners are: Ed Beebe,
Tom Black, Pete Heiniger, Jim Kennedy,
Lenny Lange, Ward Nipper, Dick Nor
man, Don Siegel, and Ralph Walberg.
A JB C Makes Bowling
(AM ore Organized Sport'
The Nilehi boy and girl bowlers who
have formed themselves into leagues
have been sanctioned by the American
Bowling Congress.
The American Junior Bowling Con
gress (formerly American High School
Bowling Congress) was founded in 1941.
The purpose of the A JBC, as stated
in the charter, is “To develop, by nation
al organization, the sport of bowling
among elementary and secondary school
students; to exercise supervision and
control over bowling teams affiliated
with this corporation; to develop our
school youth of today into better men
and women socially, academially and
physically-bowling being the focus about
which a well organized program will
revolve.”
Every member of the A JB C has inembership cards and it permits holders
thereof to bowl whenever alleys are
available, at the..same special rate ex
tended to their local Junior bowlers
during the league bowling sessions.
1946, he played ball for Augusta of the
class A Sally League and Quincy of the
Three-Eye League.
When the Yankees sent him his 1947
contract they wanted Phipps to return
to Quincy. Because he thought he de
served a chance in a higher league he
returned the cbnttract unsigned and has
recently severed all connections with the
Yankees.
Last fall he initiated the first fall prac
tices ever to be held here and is now
launching spring training.
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Sportsman sb ip
Takes Effort
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N I L E lilL I T E
Kenneth Gregor-------------
Voi. IX No.8
A humorous story that exempli
fies the importance and value of
sportsmanship is that of a golfer
who was playing in an amateur
tournament. He swung three times
at a ball on the first tee and
missed. Instead of cussing and
smashing his club to the ground,
thereby giving the impression of
being a poor loser, he undiscouragingly looked up at the crowd and
with a big smile observed: “tough
course.”
Friday, February 20, 1948
¡Tkokie, 1 1
1.
If George Could Only See
The crowd was pleased by this hum
ble display of sportsmanship and the
golfer, although he was a loser, was
in the long run a winner. ,
This point of winning in the long run
is sneer-ed at by a few cynics who argue:
it doesn’t adhere to reason that losing
should not disturb a player who gives
his all to win.
To be merely disturbed by losing is
in i;self unharmful, but to let it gnaw
at you and disrupt your attitude to
ward people and other aspects of
living i# to let yourself be destroyed
by something, the purpose of which
is just the opposite.
Losing, if accepted gracefully, is char
acter building, and a strong character, j
one of the raw materials o f leadership,
is desired everywhere.
To lose with the proper attitude is
an accomplishment that is derived
from a keen sense of values. A t Nilehi this sense of values seems to be
present in more than average abun
dance and the school has made a
reputation for good clean sportsman
ship.
A wholesome envirinment, exceptional
school facilities, and an earnest desire
on the part of the students and coaches
make Nilehi students look toward sports
contests as truly worthwhile games that
uplift the spirit and encourage clean,
exci ing, honest competition.
In the January 22 edition of the
N IL E H IL IT E , sportsmanship w a s
compared to courtesy as being tech
nically the same. One slight difference
should be pointed out. Courtesy is a
frame of mind and the practice of it
doesn’t require any S PE C IA L effort.
Sportsmanship on the other hand does
require SPE C IA L effort. To win and
yet humble yourself to pat your op
ponent on the back and say, “ nice
game” , takes special effort. To lose
J
Visual Club Has Party
Tonight at 8 p.m. in the assembly, the
Visual Aids Club is giving a party for
i s members and their girls friends.
Stewart Russell, the president, who
made the invitations, announces that
there will be dancing, films, refresh
ments, and several surprises.
'I Can’t Tell a Lie, Sis; I D id It.’*
Announce Final Cast
U
pper C
lassm A
en ttend
O f Reflections Revelry 'A D a N U
ag t . .'
The 1948 Reflections Revelry is now
under way! A fter two days of registrat
ion and three days o f try-outs, the final
cast was announced last Monday.
The acts were choosen by Mr. Van
Arsdale, Nilehi English and speech
teacher, with the help o f Barbara
Ballantine, author of the show.
Out of the 35 acts registered, approxi
mately 20 were chosen bo compete for
the three prizes to be awarded at the
end of the program by unknown judges
who will be in the audience. The win
ners will be picked on ability, stage
presentation, and audience appeal.
Those appearing in thè show will be James
D lly, Clay Merrill, Lyle Dye, Barbara Ballantine,
Eyelj n Mahnke, Dan Winger, Dorothy Barnett,
Bob Hicks, Bill Bruce, Dolores Paulsen, Beattie
Bornemeier, Jcyce Bruening, Pat Hartung, Shirley
Hail, Fat Garrity, Evie Cole, Perol Kent, Pat
Hoffman, Carol Stcckenberg, Kaye Jaeger, Kayo
Haefel, Jackie Seeley,^ Jeannelee Eckardt, Jean
Votava, Kenneth Gehgler,Eleanor Mary Dyressen,
Mari Cyswski, Rose Marie Denk, Edith Walter,
B rare Linrrg, Margie Lind, Marilyn Cordvan,
Ehirley Bailey, Theresa Margalski, Betty Reuther1
Karyl Marholz, Elsa Stromberg, Esther Schaal,
Dorothy Hartigan, Tom Brice, and Pete Pasini.
Juniors and seniors o f Nilehi
and
several other high schools in this area
have been invited to attend “ A Day at
Northwestern”
sponsored
by
North
western University, Saturday, February
21
.
The entire program will last from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be held in the
Northwestern Technological Institute
building, Sheridan Road at Noyes Street,.
Evanston campus.
This program, o f which Dr. William
K.
Selden, director of admissions, is
chairman, is to give the students of
neighboring high schools an opportunity
to see what university life is like, and
also to give them a chance to find out
more about Northwestern. University.
Members of the Wildcat council, an or
ganization of undergraduate students
interested in the educational aims o f the
and go up to your master and con university, will act as special hosts.
gratulate him, is even harder. These The high school students will be able to
commendable virtues, if adhered to, have group meetings with the deans of
however, can not fail to leave their the Undergraduate schools or their
representatives.
impression on character.
The program which will include a
When in the midst of a heated battle,
it is sometimes hard to visualize this lecture, a dramatic and musical program,
long-run victory, but from the perspect and an organized tour o f the Evanston
ive of mature and sober afterthought, campus is entirely free. The students
he rportsman often wishes that he had j and teachers will be guests of the
University for luncheon.
practiced more sportsmanship.
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n t l e h i l i t e
14 New
Students Start Semester at Nilehi;
All but Two Hail from State of III inois
The
beginning
of
second
semester freshmen. Six of the freshmen are mid
year students.
brought 14 new students to Nilehi.
Of these students two are seniors:
three juniors, one sophomore, and eight
SH O RT
CUTS
Students Choose Assemblies
For the third consecutive year Nilehi
student representatives have chosen the
all-school assemblies for the following
year.
Last Wednesday, February 18, the
Freshmen Board o f Advisers, Sopho
more Senate, Junior Council, and Senioi
Cabinet all met to pick them out.
The representatives looked through
the various pamphlets that are put out
advertising speakers and entertainers
Each class then picked out the ones they
liked best. The top few that each class
picks out will be presented next year
to the student body.
Three Tie in Spelling Test
Home-rooms 206, 106, and 112, were
the top three in the spelling contest held
on February 5. Room 206 had eight
perfect papers, while the other two
runners-up had six and five respectively.
Five other home-rooms were tied for
fourth with four; six had three correct
papers; three had two; five had one;
and four— 214, 219, 316, and 108 finished
with none.
14 Attend Conference at N. U.
On Tuesday, February 3, 14 students
from Nilehi attended a business confer
ence in Thorne Hall at Northwestern
University. The students were accom
panied by Miss Ada Immel, business
instructor, and member of the program
committee.
A fter hearing a panel discussion on
getting a job by five former students
o f Northwestern University, the repre
sentatives from the schools were fu r
nished transportation to the Stevens
hotel, where they viewed a business ma
chine exhibit.
Boys Vacation at Mardi Gras
Jim Wieder and Louis Roseman, stu
dents at Nilehi, returned last Sunday
from a week’s vacation in New Orleans.
While there, the two boys witnessed the
famous Mardi Gras celebration.
Among other things, the boys saw the
first submarine ever built, NapOleahV
death mask, the French Quarters, and
President Truman’s w ife and daughter.
When asked about the condition o f the
town, Jim remarked, ‘ It ’s the wildest
place I ever saw.”
Friday, February 20,1948
See Chicago Club Members
To Visit Couutg Jail
Cook County Jail, which w ill be
The new students are Beverly Doetsch visited by way of a chartered bus to
and Willard Maier, seniors; Sharon
morrow, is next on the list of attrac
Campbell, Claire Heflin, and Ester
tions for the “See Chicago Club”
Schaal, juniors; Lee Corbin, sophomore;
and Gerald Hoerber, Lawrence Mallek, members The early start is neces
Ira Colhoff, Dolores Malz, Stanley Pet- sary, because there is no fixed time
roff, LaVerne Piianowski, Carole See- for tours; they are conducted at the
kamp, and Donald Wanland, freshmen convenience of the warden and
The six mid-year students graduated guards.
from Illinois schools. Of the remaining
eight students, all but two transferred
The county jail is located on 28th
from Illinois schools. Beverly Doetsch Street and California Avenue. The
transferred from Redlands Union Jun
students w ill have the privilege of
ior High School, Redlands, California
viewing almost the entire building,
and Sharon Campbell transferred from
Bishop Hogan High School, Kansas City. from the guard turret at the en
trance, to the electric chair in the
Missouri.
O f the 14 new students, all but two death house at the end, and also
were bom in Illinois. The two students kitchens,
laundry, dining-room,
bom outside of the state are Sharon Iwhere the prisoners eat with spoons
Campbell, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Ionly, the chapel and other depart
and Ira Colhoff, born in Rapid City,
ments.
South Dakota.
Dickens Is State s First Crow-Calling Champion ;
Gets Gold Cup fo r W inning Finals at Coliseum
NLehi Has An Illinois State Champion!
He is Bob Dickens, junior, whose
ability to “ get the bird” recently made
him the first champion crow-caller of
the Prairie state.
A t the Chicago Coliseum on January
25, Bob out-mimicked two other finalists
in the contest put on by the Illinois
Federation of Sportsman’s Clubs. By
winning his preliminary on the 18th,
Bob received a bronze plaque, eight
inches high, and a 15-inch gold cup was
the prize for winning the finals, along
with an imported Finnish hunting knife.
Bob first started calling crows about
two years ago as a hobby. Then he joined
the Lake County Crow Club, an organi
zation formed for the fight against these
destructive birds. The club sponsors one
big crow hunt every year, and Bob keeps
in shape by averaging one hunt every
two weeks.
Apparently not satisfied with the state
title, Bob will make his bid fo r the
national championship on February 27
at Navy Pier. This contest lasts nine
days. The winner of each night will get
$25, and the final champion will receive
a silver cup, a hundred - dollar duck
blind, and various other prizes.
Latin Pupils Distribute
Year’s First Paper
The second year Latin class, headed
by Mrs. Dorothy Hind, has revived the
Latin newspaper, the TU B A T R O IA N A
M l eW
Tl i t e
The Nilehilite is written, printed and pub
lished by the students of the Niles Township
Higli School, Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A. r. Biehn,
- - perintendent - principal.
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
Feature Eiitor: Lyle Dye
Sports Editor: Don Brown
Sports Writers: Don Brown, Bill Neuson, Ed
Linskey, and Jack Nixon
Girls’ Sports: Doris Bernges
Circulation Manager: Gertrude Brua
Exchange Editor: June Sprungman
1 hotographer: Jim Schilling
Reporters: Marcia Connell, Bill Heveran, Lee
Harrer Sandra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour.
Bill Neuscn, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Dona
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Borneman,
D -ris Bernges, Jim Schilling, Phil LaVeau,’
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixon, M ary Morse, Patty
• • Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol
S'h uT r. June Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, Kenne h Gregor, and Joanne Day.
Production Managers: Art Wuest, Dick Miner
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul Eberhardt
Clement Meier
which was started last year, when Jerry
Seltzer was editor.
The paper, which came out last F ri
day, is written by the students and
contains anecdotes, stories, puzzles, and
jokes, all written in Latin. The editor
this year is Richard Swanson. The as
sistant editors are Faith Rosche and
Joe Donovan.
The first edition contained a story
about the Olympic games of olden times
and now; St. Valentine; a puzzle by Joe
Donovan and a column o f brief notes
containing the saying of the week:
“ Quid dicis?” or “ What do ya say?” and
the song of the week, “ Salta, Ballerina,
Salta” .
The first edition was distributed on
Friday, February 13.
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N I L E H I L I T £
Jim, Marilyn and Beverly are Winners
In Sophomore Group of Nilehilite Poll
Voted by his classmates most hand
some, the boy with the best personality
and most likely to succeed Jim Kennedy
ran away with most of the sophomore
honors in a recent poll taken by the
Nilehilite.
Jim, a sophomore, is six feet tal
has black hair, and brown eyes.
He likes sports very much and show
it by playing varsity football and bein'
a member of last year’s Frosh-Soph 880
relay team in track.
Jim likes to do the natural thingr
which include eating and sleeping, and
he looks forward to weekends with great
gusto. He also likes gangster movies
and to listen to the radio.
His dislikes include reading books
writing letters, and Dixie-land music.
He has no special hobbies except col
lecting records. His preferences are pop
ular songs.
Jim has done quite a bit o f traveling
in his life. He was born in New York
city 15 years ago. For the next few years
he lived in various parts o f New York,
then in Michigan, Ohio, and now in
Skokie.
The past three summers Jim has gone
west on trips with other boys.
Teim Papers and Projects
A re English Class Work
Perhaps you’ve seen and wondered a
the many woe-begone looking seniors
who have been pussy-footing around the
library, snooping into the card catalogu:
and the Reader’s Guide. These curiou:
goings-on (studying, that is) are not
necessarily because o f some urge fo*
knowledge but possibly because of a
form of torture known as the term pa
per, with all the trimmings.
These term papers, assigned by Mrs.
Priscilla Baker, are a sure cure for
insomnia. Just ask some seniors: they’.:
tell you. Take Pat Carlson for instance.
She’s taking a subject which might ex
cite the U.N. Whoever reads her paper
on “ Making an Atom Bomb” will wade
through exciting equations and formu
las by the leading scientists. Other sub
jects o f these term papers range from
Higher Mathematics” by Don Christen
sen to “ Alcoholics” by Barbara Baldwin
The Juniors in Mr. Eberhardt’s Eng
lish classes also whipped up some dainty
offerings when they gave their contri
butions on the “ Use of the Library.’
These contributions ranged from ski s
and talks to drawings and camera shots
o f libraries.
Some o f these contributions were so
good that a Junior Assembly has been
scheduled at which the best contributions
will be presented.
Friday, February 20,1948
Songs'Send' Teen-Agers
Of Yesterday and Todag
She’s five feet, four inches tall, has
Remember way uad: when (at least
brown hair, green eyes, and is “ plenty i four or five years ago) you used to
cute.” That’s Marilyn Reiland, the only gaze at almost any high-school students
sophomore girl on the Nilehi cheerlead- j and hopelessly wonder why they seemed
ing squad. In the student poll, Marilyn to be in a daze just because they were
received the honor of being elected the listening to some records ?
girl with the most outstanding person
You heard “ Serenade In Blue” and
ality in her class.
‘ I Don’t Want To Set The World On
Last summer, “ Mare” was a member Fire” too, but somehow it didn’t affect
of a dancing troupe that made a tour you. Now when “ Three Little Fishies”
of the Midwestern states. She is not was played you could see some sense to
sure of what she will do after she gets that! “ Elmer’s Tune” and “ Playmates”
out of high school, but she says it will Were also rather pretty, but that was
be either work or college.
all, as far as you were concerned. You
“ Mare” likes the New Look (what girl just weren’t at that impressionable
doesn’t ?) and is very fond of horseback stage. Now you are!
Teen-agers have for many years fo l
riding. Her dislikes include girls that
smoke, homework, and getting up in lowed the same general trend of sighing
and screaming when they hear their fa
the morning..
Also in the recent Nilehilite poll, Bev vorite crooner squeeze out a love song.
erly Dilley was voted the prettiest girl The ever-popular “ Stardust” and “ Temtation” (not by Red Engle!) still visibly
in the sophomore class.
When asked what her main interest affect any group of high-school students.
Last year we passed through the age
was, Bev thought deeply fo r one-tenth
o f “ To Each His Own” and “ The Girl
of a second and replied, “ Boys.”
She also likes good jokes, the radio, That I Marry” and slid easily into 1948
with “ Civilization” and “ Serenade of
and flying (airplanes, that is).
Her pet peeves are, like Marilyn’s, the Bells.” Something lovely and intelli
girls that smoke, homework in any shape gent like “ I ’m My Own Grandpa” seems
or form, and people who call her Dilley. always to ring the bell o f popularity!
However, some of the tunes our folks
danced and sighed to are again going
strong. When you hear “ I ’m Looking
Over a Four Leaf Clover” or “ You Do”
and you see girls with the new look hug
I ’m a very strange looking creature,
ging the radio to hear better, it’s some
really. My mouth is the dispair of my
times a little confusing as to whether
masters. They think it’s my fault that
you’re seeing a scene o f today or one
I don’t yawn when they want me to.
of 20 years ago!
I ’m very abused! They stuff me so full
my mouth won’t close, and then they
kick and slap me for not closing my
mouth. Believe me, I would i f I could!
You know, my diet is supposed. to
consist only of books and outdoor wear
ing apparel and even at that it’s a pretty
strong diet to digest. But my masters
With tne coming of Leap Year came
think a more varied diet is better for the Chicago curfew. Since it affects most
us. And so they gorge us with magazines, of Nilehi we decided to ask: “ What do
socks, scissors, tape measures, gym you think o f the curfew?”
shoes and suits, bathing suits and caps,
Barbara Kaupert, senior: “ I don’t
shorts,, skirts, newspapers (one of my like it !”
third-floor friends had to digest a musty
Howie Korsmo, senior: “ It doesn’t
1861 edition!) hankies, scrapbooks, nail affect me.”
ing kits, sweatshirts, ink bottles, nail
Ed Buerk, sophomore: “ It ’s lousy.”
Walter Green, senior: “ I t ’s not so good
polish, old Nilehilites (o f course they're
awfully easy to digest!) and all sorts if you go out with a girl under 18.” •
of odds and ends.
Dick Noffz, senior: “ How do I know?
In fact, we. receive even worse tidbits I don’t go to Chicago at night.”
Paul Rugen, senior: “ I ain’t talkin’.”
than those I have mentioned. F ’instance
my first-floor friends have been stuffed
Mr. John Betts: “ I ’m slightly above
with moldy lunches their masters, re that age.”
fused to eat, and one o f them had to
Nancy Adams, junior: “ It’s very un
choke down Shakespeare’s Five Great fair.”
Tragedies.
June Sprungman, junior: “ I think it’s
Our miseries don’t end with our diets horrible. They should have left it buried.”
though, because they plaster signs, mir
Paul Jorgesen, freshman: “ I think its
rors, pictures, . and calendars on our simple, and I don’t think it w ill work.”
bosoms.
Margot Cazel, freshman: “ I was never
But as for the rest of us, we enjoy caught.”
only one day in the school year. Locker
Dick Minor, senior: “ I don’t believe
inspection day!
I like it very much at all.”
If Lockers Came Alive
Their Tales Would Be Sad!
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NI L E S t t î T E
Mutual Euvg Is Shared
By Freshmen and Seniors
As she entered the second semester,
many a senior girl has looked longingly
back at her high-school days and wished
feivently that she were a little freshie
again and could re-live those past four
years.
About 8:05, 15 minutes before that
fateful bell is to ring, the freshie
girl jumps out o f bed, pulls on her
clothes, combs her hair, grabs her home
work, and dashes off to school just in
time to slip into homeroom unnoticed.
Meanwhile, the senior girl piles out
o f bed about 7 o’clock, carefully dresses
in clothes made ready the night before.,
eats no breakfast 'cuz it’s fattening, and
saunters off to class. Books? She doesn’t
use ’em. Maybe she’s late; maybe she
isn’t. What’s an hour or so in detention?
During the day Miss Freshman slips
quietly through the halls, gazing dream
ily at that senior basketball star while
Miss Senior chats happily between class
es with him and holds the hand o f the
freshie’s dream man.
' Come 3:11,. Freshie grabs her coat
and books and runs fo r the bus so she
can get home and study. However, the
senior walks with her steady and stays
This ’n That-
Friday, February 20, 1948
Club News Wanted!
Several Nilehi students are competing
with movie stars for picture coverage
in the Chicago papers. Last February 7,
Lyle Dye, Gertrude Brua, and Doris
Bernges, appeared in a picture on the
front o f the second section o f the Chicago
Daily News. They had interviewed Kay
Thompson and the Williams Brothers
with other Keen Teeners and were
snapped while standing near them.
Also in the Daily News Keen Teen col
umn recently was a print o f the cartoon
drawn by W illie Hardin that appeared
on the front of the Nilehilite two issues
ago.
‘ Second prize goes to Bill Van Horne
of Niles Township High School,” you
might have heard i f you had tuned in
on W GN at 9 p.m. on Sunday, February
8. The program was Reuben’s “ Stars
of Tomorow” and the selection which
won Bill the second prize o f a Clinton
watch was Chopin’s “ Fantasy Impromp
tu” fo r piano.
Surprising enough, Edith Walther and
Rosa Denk have found a substitute for
ink. While doing their shorthand home
work the girls ran out o f ink and they
used grape juice instead. From what
they say, it works fine.
There are many social clubs in Nilehi.
The “ Nilehilite” would appreciate any
news on these clubs that you may have.
Such news as name o f club, membership,
and what happens during meetings.
Some of the clubs we now know about
are the Spitfires, freshmen; Hubba Hubba Six, freshmen; Sigma O, juniors; Phi
Betcha Can’ts, juniors and seniors; and
the S.H.A’s, juniors.
From now on we’ll try to have a
column on clubs. Give us news on your
club!
By the time that all o f Eddy Kutz’s
friends were in Room 242 at St. Francis
Hospital in Evanston, there was little
room left for the nurses (who aren’t
bad, says Eddy) to come in or out. “ The
line forms to the rear” was the advice
given to the visitors who wanted to
autograph his cast. Ed hurt his foot
while ice-skating.
Past Lives of Teachers
Are Surprising and Varied
Teachers, teachers, everywhere, and
each with a different story to tell. A ll
you’ve got to do is ask them and then
a while.
hope fo r the best! Persuasion usually
On the way home her thoughts are
isn’t needed but whatever you have to
filled with that evening’s special date;
do to get some unknown facts out o f a
while her friend, the freshie, dreams of
teacher the results are usually worth
the way “ he” almost bumped into her.
And so it goes.
it. Here are some examples:
I f some of the students at Nilehi.
You freshmen may think that a day in
Miss Margaret de Booy has belonged
the life o f your senior sister is some particularly the seniors, have been no to the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Delta
thing pretty special, and it is, but don’t ticing that although they are receiving Epsilon. She also used to teach physical
let it fool you. She’d just as soon trade the same allowance as a few years ago, education and specialized in coaching
their money seems to be disappearing basketball as did Mrs. Hind. Mrs. Hind
places with you as you would with her!
more rapidly, it could be that the rising also wrote a Latin play which has been
prices are affecting them as well as published and produced.
tljeir parents.
Miss Jean Small studied in Tours and
According to Katie Kestenholz, Nilehi Paris, France, immediately before World
cafeteria manager, the price of hot W ar two.
What’s your hobby? Do you prefer lunches has risen from 18 cents in 1939
Mr. Albert Heiby has won numerous
sports or stamps; skating or sewing; to 32 cents today. Other prices were 22 pash and merchandise prizes in contests
riding or reading; or are you the pool cents in 1943 and 27 cents in 1945.
and says that he used to teach classes
hobbyless type? I f you are, you’re miss
The price of sandwiches has risen from that were quite different from these
ing a lot of fun! Help yourself to a hob seven to 13 cents while milk has risen at Nilehi. They listened when he ex
by and let your hobby help you.
two cents. According to Katie, 10 more plained the lesson!
Here at Nilehi the hobbies are many cases o f milk, on the average, are sold
Mr. Anton Schubert was basketball
and varied. Sports come first among the now than in 1940. One reason for this captain in high school and was an honor
masculine set with fishing, hunting, considerable increase is the enrollment man in the Navy where he taught swim
swimming, camping, trapping, and golf of 229 additional students over 1941. ming.
heading the list. Outside o f the sport With the increase o f students came an
The School Executive magazine and
world some o f the hobbies followed by increase in the consumption of choco the Daily Northwestern have carried
the fellows are photography, dramatics late miik. In 1940 four cases of white articles written by Miss Ada Immel and
stamp collecting, woodwork, cars, flying milk and three cases o f chocolate milk Miss Grace Pendleton, respectively.
and guns.
were sold a day, while seven cases of
In Louisville, Illinois, the county su
The girls of Nilehi prefer active sports, white and 10 cases of chocolate milk are perintendent o f schools fo r eight years
with music o f all kinds running a close now sold.
I was Mr. Leo Babcock.
second. Included in the sports list are
Katie used to plan menus about a j When asked what honors he’d re
riding, skating, and tennis.
week in advance, but it is impossible ceived, Mr. John Betts replied, “ Well,
Collecting perfume bottles or minia to do this now, as it is difficult to know my w ife married me, didn’t she? Out
tures, dancing, singing, modeling, knot what will be available.
side o f that I seem to be a man without
ting, sewing, and dramatics are also
The cafeteria staff indeed has an im honor.” He also cites his eighth period
represented.
j portant job, for as Katies says, “ Besides U. S. history class as one o f his most
Just pick out what appeals to yoy being cooks, bakers, and dishwashers, interesting experiences!
hobby helps brighten many dull hours, j we have to worry about the rising
Miss Alice Line, while in college, wrote
Remember, the more interesting the prices and the menus fo r the always- a hit song that was adopted by the
hobby, the more interested you become.
hungry Nilehi students.”
college while she was there.
Increased Lunch Prices
Make Hole In Allowances
Hobbies A re Enjoyed
!
By Most N ilehi Students
�Friday, February 20,1948
Cagers Whip 'Cats, 54-49;
JagVees Win Eight in Row
Page 5
N I L E H I L I T E
GLAMAZONS
B y D anna Barbour
The Nilehi Trojans moved back into
first place in the Northeast Conference
New game, new enthusiasm is the ci meu tor tne remainder of the semester.
by downing the Libertyville Wildcats
notto cf Nilehi Glamazons, it seems, as Mrs. Graham, a representative o f the
54-49 last Friday, February 13, on the
;hey move toward the climax of the American Red Cross, conducts the class
Nilehi floor.
basketball season and into volley ball. and is instructing the girls on how to
Starting off with a rush, the Trojans
Volley ball teams have been chosen in act in a common emergency, in care of
held a 7-0 lead after two minutes of
both Miss Thurman’s and Miss Mont the sickroom, and food for the invalids.
play. Then the Wildcats ace marksman.
Miss Montgomery is the new sponsor
gomery’s classes. The teams are getting
Tom Herr, went to work with some un
in trim right now with great antici of the Saddle Club, which meets every
canny shooting bounced his team rig h t1
pation of the tournament, and the girls Tuesday. There are still a few openings
back in the game.
really seem to have their hearts in the for girls interested in joining the club
In the second quarter Herr was even
tl i3 semester, according to Miss Mont
■;ame, according to gym teachers.
more effective, scoring ten points, while
Red Cross swlmiming tests are being gomery.
the lead changed hands several times.
G.A.A. NEW S
siven to girls, according to their ability
The score was 27-26 in favor of the Tro
Plans are underway fo r the G.A.A.
in being able to pass them. While I was
jans at halftime.
alking to Miss Montgomery, she was Annual Turnabout Dance to be held
Herr’s great shooting made him
telling me about how much she has been March 6. It will be sponsored by Miss
high man fo r the night with 18, while
enjoying the pool. As she was talking Mary Evelyn Thurman.
Bornell’s 15 copped second for Liberty
Formal initiation for new members
to me she was busily “ drying her hair” .
ville. Blessing paced the Trojans with
The Home Nursing course has been into the G.A.A. will be held on February
17, followed closely behind by Heiniger
smarted for senior girls. It is held periods 16, and only those girls who have earned
with 16.
3, 7 and 9 on Monday and will be con- at least 50 points in club activities will
By defeating the first place JayVees
o f Libertyville, 33 to 30, the JayVees of
o f Nilehi extended their winning streak
to eight straight games here, Friday,
February 13.
The last time this Trojan squad was
defeated was on January 9, to those
same Wildcats.
Fred Brei was high scorer o f the Tro
jans with 17 points, while Center Wells
of Libertyville took honors for his team
with 15 points.
Trojan Heroes Reveal
Their Greatest Thrills
Since the Chicago Daily News ran a
series o f articles entitled “ My Greatest
Day in Baseball” , and because o f numer
ous requests, we have decided to
question a few prominent members of
The Nilehi Teams as to their greatest day.
Here are their answers:
JIM HEINIG ER, FO O TBALL — “ In
my last football game at home, I made
three touchdowns and kicked two extra
points fo r a total of 20 points against
Libertyville.”
B IL L COMSTOCK, B A S K E TB A LL—
“ In my sophomore year I made the
opening basket of the game in my first
varsity game against Libertyville in the
Waukegan Tournament.”
HERB JONES, SW IM M ING— “ I broke
the school record for the 50-yard free
style in my first varsity meet as a
sophomore.”
DON BIEH N, B A S E B A LL — “ Last
year at Woodstock I had a no-hitter up
to the last inning when our right fielder
tripped and fell going after an easy
fly ball. It went fo r the only hit o f the
game.”
HOW ARD SIEGEL, TRAC K— “ My
greatest thrill was being a member of
our 1946 track team that won the con
ference track meet by half a point.”
Hussey Was Recognized
In Sports and Studies
By Lee Harrer
Besides teaching such classes as auto
shop, biology, civics or algrebra, some
of Nilehi’s men teachers double after
school as coaches of seasonal athletics. ’
Oiie of thèse meti who discards the
teacher’s pencil to take up the coaches’
whistle is Mr. Charles Hussey, biology
instructor and coach of the Junior Var
sity basketball squad.
Mr. Hussey was born in Litchfield
Illinois, on October 9, 1907. He spent his
boyhood there and attended Litchfield
Community High School where he played
football and basketball and was a polevaulter on the track team. A fter high
school he received his A.B. degree from
Illinois College and a M.S. degree from
the University o f Illinois. While at the
University of Illinois he was a member
of two national honorary societies, Sigma
Xi, science, and Phi Sigma, biology. He
also won letters in track for pole vault
ing with several leaps o f twelve feet
while at Illinois College.
Mr. Hussey is well qualifed to coach
athletics, as he has coached football
basketball and track, as well as teaching
chemistry, physics, and biology, at three
Illinois high schools before coming to
Niles.
Joining the navy in 1942, Mr. Hussey
was an instructor in ex-heavyweight
champion Gene Tunney’s program of
physical fitness. During his 40 monthr
in the navy as a chief petty officer he
served as instructor in gunnery and
seamanship and spent 24 months in
training recruits.
Mr. Hussey, who lives in Chicago with
his wife and two sons, came to Nilehi
in 1945 as biology teacher and head
rack coach.
be presented with pins.
The G.A.A. now offers a variety of
activities throughout the week which
are held after school. Tuesday has been
set aside as recreation night. Volley
ball, ping pong, schuffle board and bas
ket shooting may be practiced. On
Wednesday, girls may drill fo r points,
and for Thursday a badminton club is
being started. A few Fridays w ill be
special nights for out-door sports when
spring comes. Hikes and bike hikes are
going to be introduced to Nilehi at that
time. Coming up soon will be the roller
skating party.
Conference Standing
V A R S IT Y
L
W
3
9
Niles
3
8
Woodstock
3
8
Leyden
4
8
Arlington
6
6
Lake Forest
4
7
Libertyville
4
8
Crystal Lake
13
0
Warren
JUNIOR V A R S IT Y
L
W
2
9
Libertyville
3
9
Niles
4
8
Arlington
4
8
Crystal Lake
5
6
Leyden
9
2
Woodstock
10
2
Lake Forest
12
1
Warren
Results of Trojan Wars
V A R S IT Y
Niles, 40; Crystal Lake, 39
Niles, 46; East Aurora, 47
Niles, 37; Woodstock, 39
Niles, 54; Libertyville, 49
JA YV E E
Niles, 33; Crystal Lake, 14
Niles, 46; East Aurora, 42
Niles, 36; Woodstock, 23
Niles, 33; Libertyville, 30
Pet.
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Pet.
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N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, February 20, 1948
Cleats of Male Teach ers Once Churned
Track, Gridiron, and Baseball Diamond
by Ed Linskey and Don Brown
A recent poll of the masculine mem
bers of Nilehi’s faculty revealed that
Here are the senior swimming class
most of our modest instructors were at
points up until last Friday:
one time prominent sports figures in
Second period
their own schooldays.
Kiefer
52
For example, how many of you knew
Brown
36
.hat Mr. Van Arsdale was a three-letter
Paolell
26
man in high school ? “ Mr. V.” also was
Gregor
17
a dashman and a broad jumper on the
Eighth period
Freshman track, team at Butler Uni ver
Fitzgerald 58
ity. His teammates nicknamed hinr.
Bierbaum 55
“ The Moving Van” .
H ilfer
26
Track was also the outstanding sport
Ross
22
for Mr. Ryden and Mr. Hussey. The fo r
*
*
*
mer won three letters in track and thret
Louie Nachbauer’s team is leading the in cross country. He also took home
second period basketball race, while Jim .three medals from an Indiana Intercol
Heiniger’s team is far in front in the legiate Track Meet. “ Mr. Huss” won £
major track award at Illinois College
eighth period standings.
The gym basketball games are becom along with an honor sweater.
ing more important as the teams enter
the final week.
Volleyball is the next sport on the
gym classes agenda and is looked upon
with great enthusiasm because volley
ball is rapidly becoming a very popular
sport with the boys.
The plaques are here with last year’s
gym team’s and player’s names engraved
on them, and “ Ike” reports that they
will soon be in the trophy case.
4c
4c
4s
Although the Trojans are idle tonight
in the Northeast Conference cage race,
there are other important games taking
place around the circuit. Arlington’s Car
dinals face the Woodstock Blue Streaks
in an all-important game at Woodstock.
Crystal Lake travels to Libertyville to
meet the Wildcats, a team who has buili
up an impressive record on their home
floor. Leyden plays host to the last place
Warren Blue Devils in the other con
ference tilt. Keeping our fingers crossed
we’ll pick Arlington, Libertyville, anc
Leyden to emerge victorious from to
nights battles.
*
*
*
Mac says he carried the name “ Pacer”
all through his school days, and is still
called that in his home town.
Baseball, the “ grand old American
game,” is also well represented by the
faculty members. Mr. James Phipps,
who was recently released by the New
York Yankees, began his career early.
He won four letters in high school and
three in college. He also had the honor
of being the Varsity Club president in
college. Doctor A. L. Biehn was a foureport student in high school, and he
continued football and baseball in col
lege. He was elected captain o f his high
school nine. Although he can’t remember
hitting any home runs, Mr. Paul Eberlardt was still the- first baseman on his
high school team in Ohio. Mr. John
Betts answered the questionnaire by
Mr. L. R. Mackey and Mr. Harold aying, “ Here is where I didn’t shine.
Isaacson are associated with footbak 1 turned out fo r baseball, but the coach,
mainly through their coaching dutiet who also taught algebra, practically
flunked me in both.”
at Nilehi. Both o f them were also stars
in their own playing days. “ Ike” re
ceived three flannel “ M’s” fo r being a
member of the Mattoon, Illinois, High
School in 1915, 1916, and 1917. He ap
parently hit his peak in 1917, for the
When the Nilehi Varsity quintet steps
team was undefeated that year. Ike alsc out on the floor toworrow night as host
played three years of varsity ball at to the boys from Highland Park, they
Eastern Illinois State Teachers College. will be seeking their first win of the
-,‘ Pacfcr”-: Mackey, a » -he--was -called> -won year over a non-conference team. The
six varsity letters at Murphysboro High JayVees’ only non-conference victory
School, Murphysboro, Illinois. Three of was a 46-42 decision over the Tomcats
these came from football, two from o f East Aurora.
track, and one from basketball. Mac
The varsity has lost to Evanston,
also played professional football in 1925- 46- 22; to New Trier, 47-36; to the
1926 fo r the St. Louis A ll Stars. In 1922; Alumni, 46-39; and, to East Aurora
Murphysboro copped the Southern Ill 47- 46.
inois Football Conference Championship.
Outside of Highland Park, the Trojans
only have two games remaining before
the Regional tournament begins at Wau
kegan. They travel to Leyden fo r the
last conference game next Friday, and
-hen meet Maine Township here on the
twenty-eighth.
Here are some statistics on the Nilehi
The last time the Trojans faced the
Varsity basketball team up to the LibParkers was on December 18, 1945, and
criyville game of February 13.
In 15 games played, the Trojans have the opponents were victorious by a 47-41
scored 585 points to the opponents 543 count. A 43-37 Trojan win was the re
points. The Trojans have made 228 mit of this year’s previous encounter
baskets while sinking 129 charity tosses vith the Leyden Eagles.
Highland Park Battles
Trojans Here Tomorrow
Siegel Leads Cagemen
In Points and Personals
Niles vs. Waukegan; New Trier vs
Zion; Evanston vs. Libertyville; High
land Park vs. Wauconda District win
ner. That’s the card for this year’s Re
gional Tournament to be held at Wru out o f 264 attempts.
tegan on March 2, 3, 4, and 5.
In individual scoring, Forward How
The Trojans really picked a tough ard Siegel is leading scorer for the Tro
foe in the Bulldogs, who are currently jans with a total of 108 points for a 7.3
rated among the ten best teams in the average per game. Close behind him is
state. Waukegan has won its own tour Guard Bill Comstock with a total of 104
nament for the last two years, beating points for a 6.9 average per game. Other
Niles in the finals o f 1946, 36-23. Ir scorers are Center Gordon Anderson with
1945. the Trojans beat the same team in 95 points, guard Jim Heiniger, 92 points
the last game, 41 to 33, to win its only and Forward Jim Blessing, 84 points.
Bill Comstock has attempted the most
title up to date.
baskets, 176, and has scored the most
sc
f
*
s
N
baskets, 45.
As a result o f their 39 to 37 triumph
Gordon Anderson has the best aver
over the Trojans last week, Woodstock age on free throws, 29 made out of 41
enjoyed their first victory over a Niles attempts for an average of 707.
athletic team since they won a one-point
Howard Siegel is the “ bad man” of
37-36 decision in basketball in 1941.
the team with 44 fouls.
World Champion Back-Stroker
Will Referee Niles-Taft M eet
Adolph Kiefer, world’s champion back
stroker, will give an exhibition at the
Niles Township High School Natatorium
on Tuesday, February 24, at 7:30 p.m.
A meet between the Niles and Taft
High School swimming teams will take
place just before the exhibition. Mr.
Kiefer will be the referee and judge
for this meet.
One hundred and fifty tickets will be
on sale at Nilehi during the week of
the meet. Only 50 tickets will be on sale
at the door. Thirty-five have been re
served fo r the Taft students.
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Brotherhood Is
Democratic Problem
.
by
Kenneth Gregor-------------
NILE
Vol. IX No.7
Monday, Feburary 9,1948
Fkokie, 1 1
1.
This is a plea for tolerance, in
telligence, and Americanism. I f the
United States is to lead all the
countries of the world from a des
tructive w ay of life to a construc
It was announced recently that three
tive peaceful way, it must have
The date of this ye£~’s Reflections senior boys from Nilehi passed a test
within its own boundaries, under Revelry show has been officially set for fo r the Naval Reserve Officers Training
standing, cooperation, and brother the night of March 5. On fuat Saturday Corps, which they took last December.
Roger Groenland, Phil La Veau, and
night some Nilehi students, under the
hood among its people.
Jim Deily were among the 5,000 who
Reflections Revelry
Is Set for March 5
direction of Mr. Ronald Van Arsdale,
will put on a show which promises to
be bigger and better than usual, accord
ing to inside reports.
The theme for this year’s show will
probably be built around a night club
rehearsal scene, or something along that
line, although this depends greatly upon
the type of acts which are available.
A ll proceeds from this program will
go for the Nilehi annual, Reflections.
Full student support on the night of
For many years Negroes and Jews
March 5, says Mr. Vap Arsdale, will
have suffered from hatreds and preju
mean a better yearbook come June.
dices. Some men hold them in contempt
without having a truly personal reason
February Datebook
for doing so. They do not know a single
Fri. — 6 Basketball - Crystal Lake,
individual o f either of these groups in
Here
timately. Why then do they hold preju
F ii. — 6 Frosh Basketball - A rlin g
dices against them ? In most cases it
ton, Here
is due to a personal fear of humiliation
Wed. — 11 Swim Meet - Amundson,
in front of each others of their own race
There
or long established customs that have
Wed. — 11 Swim Meet - Amundsen,
come down from generation to genera
land Park, Here
tion.
Thur. — 12 Lincoln’s Birthday Re
Promoting brotherhood and erad
icating intolerance in a democracy
are major problems; therefore this
task must be divided and localized.
The fundamental institutes o f our
country, the state, the school, the
church, and the home must accept
as theirresponsibility the furthering
of goodwill among men. Nilehi should
do its part "along with the others.
Naturally there are unworthy in
dividuals to be found everywhere in
the world, but these certainly are not
limited to the Negro, Jewish or any
other particular nationality, or race.
History teaches us that racial and
class prejudices take their most sig
nificant losses in great world move
ments. Lincoln’s emancipation of the
slaves improved the lot of the Negro
a hundred fold. Until suffrage was
granted to women they were, as a class,
inferior to the men.
Intolerance and racial prejudices
are like germs weakening the body
of a nation. They feed on fear, ha
tred, and ignorance. As individuals
and as a nation we can ill afford
to be guided by these influences.
cess
Fri. — 13 Basketball - Libertyville,
Here
Tues. — 17 Basketball - Lake Forest,
There
/
,
Tues. — 17 Frosh Basketball - Pala
tine, There
Wed. — 18 Swim meet * Proviso,
Here
Gertrude Montgomery Is
N e w P. E. Instructor
Nilehi’s new girls’ physical education
teacher is in the personage o f Miss
Gertrude Montgomery. A graduate of the
University o f Michigan, she has come to
replace Miss Mildred Schaefer, who
was recently married.
Miss Montgomery has had teaching
Competing Companies Bid for Juniors' Ring Order;
Responsibility of Placing Order Lies in Cabinet
For the first time at Nilehi, more
han one company will bid fo r the privi1
ege of selling the junior class their class
; ings, pins, and lockets.
Thus this year’s Junior Council had
n greater responsibility than any o f its
redecessors because it had to decide
among various companiees, which one
. ffered the most to their classmates in
‘ he way o f quality and cost.
Unidentified exhibits were set up by
the various companies fo r the Council’s
inspection on February 2. The Council
decided on one.
This one display will be set up for
the junior’s perusal in a few weeks and
students will make a deposit on their
selection then.
The rings are expected to arrive be
fore the end of the school year and final
payment will be made at that time.
Last year, between 150 and 200 stu
dents bought rings and their orders
brought in over $1,500, according to Miss
Margaret de Booy, junior adviser.
Choose Nilehi Boys
For Naval Training
were chosen from the whole United
States and its possessions. But this is
just the beginning o f the test. Next
comes a physical examination. Then each
one will be interviewed by a represent
ative o f the Navy. Their grades in high
school will also be checked to see if
they measure up to naval standards.
I f the boys pass all these examinations,
they will pick out their first six choices
out o f 52 specified colleges. They will
then get in the college o f their highest
choice which will accept them.
The Navy will pay: all their expenses,
and when they graduate they will enter
the Navy fo r two years with the rank
of Ensign.
Seniors Take Blood Tests
As Part of Health Program
Sore arms are the campaign badges
o f the 53 seniors and two college stu
dents who took the blood tests on
Wednesday, January 28.
Dr. Edward Piszczek, director o f the
Cook County Department of Public
Health, was in charge o f the tests this
year as he was last year.
The purpose o f the program ac
cording to Miss Kathleen Atkinson,
school nurse, is to educate the young
people to the importance o f the blood
test, to the dangers of syphilis, and to
the necessity o f its early diagnosis.
experience in the Philippine Islands,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Michigan, and
in nearby Glencoe, Illinois.
While in the Philippines, she taught
junior and senior life-saving fo r the Red
Cross.
Miss Montgomery said she was very
much surprised to find the number of
people in the Philippines who could not
swim despite their watery surroundings.
In Puerto Rico, Miss Montgomery re
lated, she had to speak to her pupils in
sign language because they couldn’t un
derstand English and she couldn’t under
stand their native tongue.
Miss Montgomery said, “ I am already
very much impressed with Nilehi’s fine
school spirit, and the students have been
very courteous to me.”
Along with her gym duties, Miss
Montgomery w ill help Miss Thurman
with the G. A . A . She plans to have
some outdoor cooking and hiking fo r the
girls this spring.
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N 1 L E H I
Two Form er Nilehi 43iris W e d
L I T E
Monday, February 9, 1948
American Indian
Sings at Assembly
When the handsome American Indian
From time to time “letters to the ed
In a small, quiet wedding, June Pence,
singer, Mr. Albert Franklin Stewart ap
itor” are placed in the Black Box in room
1947 alumna of Nilehi and last year’s
peared on the Nilehi platform in his
Nilehilite editor, was married January native costume, the interested looks 216. The editors are always glad to hear
from N IL E H IL IT E readers, and will do
24 in Lincolnwood to Nick Kosan. from his audience assured him of the
their best to answer any questions which
Chicago resident. June, recently attend complete attention he was about to they have. Kindly remember to sign all
ing college, will quit school to work. The receive.
letters, although names will be with
Mr. Steward, a Chickasaw Indian, held upon request.
Kosans will make their home in Chicago
was born in Oklahoma and received his
Here are a few letters we received re
while June works and Nick continues education at Northwestern University
cently:
college.
as well as under private voice teachers. Dear Sirs:
He is a Chicagoland Music Festival
Barbara Ann Merle, former Nilehi
I have been taking Nilehi exams for
senior, was married January 31 to Carl winner and is thought by many critics four years and it seems as if they get
Mattson. Barbara, who quit school to get to be the finest Indian singer before the bigger and longer each year with fewer
married, was given a shower January 23 public today.
exemptions. Why don’t all the teachers
Mr. Stewart was destined to be a
attended by several Nilehi girls. She
stick to the old rule o f giving just an
plans to move with her husband to singer because as a small boy, an Indian hour exam at the end o f the semester,
Medicine Man predicted: “ You will be and exempting all those that have aver
Alaska soon after their marriage.
come a famous singer who will carry aged a “ B” throughout the course?
Indian music to every part o f the land.”
H old N ational Photo Contest
C. B.
Mr. Stewart, an accomplished speaker
According to Dr. A . L. Biehn, most
From February 2 to May 7, the
as well as singer, gives his explanatory educators agree these days that exams
National High
School Photographic
material with information concerning are beneficial to high school students. It
Awards will conduct its third annual
his people and their achievements. He gives them experience for examinations
contest for high-school photographers.
brought his own unique personality to in college, in which there are no exempt
Students may use any make of camera
the Indian Love Call, Pale Moon, and ions. There never was any set rule about
or film. They may do their own devel the many other songs he sang.
examinations at our school, and as for
oping and printing, or have it done by a
the length of exams, longer exams mean
professional. A ll pictures taken after
more hours o f w o rk o f grad in g fo r the
May 15, 1947, are eligible for competi
teachers. It seems as if all and all it’s the
tion, and contestants are not limited to
students that are gaining greater know
one entry.
ledge, because of exams and that’s what
Entry blanks may be obtained from
I f you should overhear come “ teens” we’re going to school for.
local photographic dealers or by writing
discussing the finer points of spectrop- Dear Editor:
to the National High School Photograph
hatometry or thermophosphorescence,
W ill someone please tell me what is
ic Awards, 343 State Street, Rochester
it’d be a pretty safe bet that they were being done with the money that is col
4, New York.
among those who attended the Junior lected in the cafeteria fo r fines?
There is a total o f $3,500 in cash prizes
Academy of Science convention recently
W. W.
which includes a $500 Grand Prize.
held in Chicago.
Fine money collected in the cafeteria
Nilehi students Ed Beebe, Mary Me goes for many different purposes. Most
School Choir Sings at P.T.A.
Namara, Don Christensen, Bernice John of these concern the cafeteria. With it,
Once again our Nilehi Choir, which son,Ed Archibald, and Ann Morrison
flowers, vases and plants are purchased,
participates in a number o f programs went to the convention on Saturday,
along with the Christmas tree and dec
throughout the year, will provide an December 27, at the Hotel Sherman.
orations, and various displays for the
evening’s
entertainment
outside
of
Five research scientists gave resumes bulletin boards, just to mention a few
school.
of their work in highly specialized fields, of its uses. Miss Grace Harbert, faculty
This* talented group will present a pro including subjects from “ organic com
member in charge of the cafeteria, keeps
gram for the Parent-Teachers Associa pounds” to “ electronic integrator cira complete record of the money collected
tion on Wednesday, February 9, at the cuits” -slightly more complicated. No
and enters it at the office at the end of
Sharpe Comer Grammar School of stuffed shirts, the lecturers ranged from
the year. Close to thirty dollars have
Skokie.
17 to 24 in age, most o f them having been collected so far this year.
Included in the program which the been Science Talent winners.
choir, under the direction o f Miss Clara
These students, led by Ed Archibald
Klaus, will present are: “ The Swiss and Mary Me Namara, gave a panel dis
Skiing Song, Cornin’ Thru the Rye, Dry cussion report o f the meeting before the
Bones, The Blind Ploughman and The Nilehi Science teachers meeting on Jan
Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
uary 15.
Six Nilehi Students Attend
Convention in Chicago
NILEHILITE
Hold First
The Nilehilite is written, printed and pubI lished by the students of the Niles Township
' High School, Skokie, niinois.
Dr. A. L. Biehn,
superintendent - principal.
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
Feature Editor: Lyle Dye
Sports Editor: Don Brown
Sports Writers: Don Brown, Bill Neuson, and Bd
Linskey.
Girls’ Sports: Doris Bernges
Circulation Manager: Gertrude Brua
Exchange Editor: June Sprungman
Reporters: Marcia Connell, Bill Heveran, Lee
Harrer Sandra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour,
Bill Neuson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Donna
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Borneman,
Doris Bernges, Don Dadigan, Phil LaVeau,
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixon, Mary Morse, Patty
t • Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol
Schuler, June Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, Ken
neth Gregor, and Joanne Day.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul Eberhardt
Clement Meier
H iY Induction Service in Assembly,
Doug Monohan of Area Y .M .C .A . Sneaks to Group
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The first TX-I_"\7 induction service in the
H i-Y
history of Nilehi was held last Sunday.
February 1, in the assembly room, be
fore a group of the boys’ parents and
friends.
A total o f 29 boys were inducted.
First the officers were sworn in, then
the new members were sworn in by
the officers.
A fter the induction service was over,
Doug Monohan of the Area YM CA gave
a short talk.
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Those who were inducted were: Louis
Hilfer, Lee Harrer, Don Biehn, Dean
Whitton, Bill Kella, Clay Merrill, Roy
Nelson, Jack Nixon, Bill Permer, Bill
Sänke, Tracy Hill, Dick Hughes, Rick
Tamburino, Bill Grafke, Mel Halington,
Don Stolteben, Bob Seltzer, Tom GerberDon Baier, Jim Hosfield, Bill Fortman,
Don Christensen, Jack Brod, Bud Brod,
Noel Keifer, Jerry Seltzer, Fred Gatter,
Frank McNeill, and Bob Paterson.
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Although Man’s World,
N I L E H I LI TE
'Mew Look' Invades Nilehi!
Women Do Awfully W ell!
BY DORIS BERNGES
We gills may- at times come to the
somber conclusion that it’s a man’s
world, yet most of us, unlike Susan B.
Anthony, are unwilling to do anything
about it. Yet when it comes to looking
the question in the teeth, we find a lot
of li:tle things that comfort us.
Important point number one! The man
pays the check!!! This means that a girl
can go out whenever she is asked but
the poor guy can only go when he’s got
the money.
Then we always have style to turn to.
This soothes us when some male has
out-argued us. They have awfully strong
lungs, you know, and thus claim to be
our mental superiors. While we change
our styles and fads and the length of
i.ur skirts every two months, the males
go on and on with tjie same shirts, bluejeans, and haircuts.
Do we envy these gents their trousers ?
Heavens, no! When we want to wear
trousers, we have jeans, slacks, peddelpushers and shorts to turn to, to say
no'.hing of knickers which threaten to
come back “ in” every year or so.
Then, of course, girls have permanents
and make-up, while fellows have to get
by with the face and hair they were
graced with.
So even if the men do have the upper
hand occasionally, we gals get along
okay. It’s tough, but we get by — and
how!
Slang Is Here to Stay
A ccording to Conversation
Out of every language spoken— from
the primitive “ Ugh” .of an apeman to the
civilized fluency of modern man— a pop
ular mode of expression has evolved,
which we know as slang.
Among young people of today it is so
prevalent that not to accept it would be
futile. Hardly a sentence is spoken that
does not contain a word or a phrase of
p’c.uresque ( i f not grotesque) talk. By
no means are the students o f Nilehi an
exception to this phenomenon. In fact,
tney are anything but a bunch of odd
balls. I f you roam down the halls of old
Nilehi you will hear many sarcastic and
witty remarks, many boisterous replies
and innumerable casual conversations.
Let us listen in to one.
Silly Miily is drifting down to Span,
when up steams Slow Joe, who wittily
comes out with Howdy. Oh, it’s you,
Creepy, blurbs Milly, as she skillfully
edges him over for a three-minutel
quickie (conversation, that is).
Then, who strolls by but Muff-mouth
Murphy. Seeing the gruesome twosome,
hs staggers out with, Don’t you ever quit
feeding the women a line, Joe? You
know hpw it is, Murph ? Even the mata
dors in Spain have to shoot the bull once
in a while.
Monday, February 9, 1948
School History Shows
Statistics and Records
On January 23, 1939, Niles Township
High School was occupied for the first
time. Mr. Ralph Cotanchane was the first
principal.
In 1936 a four-year course was added,
when the present high school district
was organized. Prior to this a two-year
high school course had been offered at
the Lincoln school.'
The to al co,st of the building site, the
building,: and the original equipment to
taled $387,523.43.
The présent campus of Nilehi consists
of 21.186 acres. A t one time this cam
pus was all forest.
Members of the faculty who have been
Invading the halls of Nilehi, the animal at Nilehi the longest are Miss Grace
known as the “ New Look” is illustrated Harbert, problems instructor; Mr. Har
above by Betty Loefgren, junior. Evelyn old Ohlson, chemistry teacher and adCole, senior, wears a skirt with a length vier; Miss Alice Line, clothing instruc
that is rapidly disappearing but which tor; Miss Lucille Ronalds, English teach
is, according to most males, much m ore! er; and Miss Marjorie Ronalds, Latin
interesting.
instructor and adviser.
This ’n That- Keen Teen Interviews
Go Full Speed Ahead
Actors aré often just a wee bit con-1
ceited, tradition tells us. When Miss H ig
gins asked the major drama class to in
tricate the grades that they themselves
felt they deserved, all but one fe lt they
were worth A ’s! Just one single, solitary
soul thought he should have a C.
Bill Hutchings, former member of
the senior class, left for the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station on January 26
but returned home on the same day.
It seems that, according to birth records,
Bill was baptized a year before he was
born and was never born, according to
Cook County records! Something wrong
somewhere!
The Keen Teens, sponsored by the
Chicago Daily News, are really going
to town! Within the last several weeks
members of the journalism class repre
senting Nilehi have interviewed Donald
O’Conner, Joan Caulfield, Eddie Albert,
Esther Williams, and several sport cel
ebrities. Val Lauder, Keen Teen editor,
promises many more such interesting
interviews in the future.
Do you know the answer to, “ What
'musical instrument did the wedding
guest of the “ Rime o f the Ancient Mar
iner’ hear?”
Well, Dick Carver did. And his know
ledge paid off to the tune of 150 dollars
Los1 and Found Reveals jwhen he was called on the Hirsch tele
phone quiz last December 11.
Items From Soup to Nuts For her final exam in clothing, each
Looking in the lost and f o u n d girl was required to model a garment
drawer in the office you would be sur she had made in the class last semester,
prised at some of the articles found there. along with suitable accessories.
There are, o f course, loads o f pens and
Bill Fortman, senior, seems to have
pencils. Someone very considerately left
a pencil case too.. Girls lose more ar a hunger for knowledge. Every day he
ticles than boys, judging from the pur spends 10 minutes in reading a book
entitled “ Questions and Answers.”
ses and wallets found. .
I f one girl lost all the articles that
have been found she would be in quite
a mess! There are enough lipsticks to
start a cosmetic shop and even a chápstick tube. A charm bracelet, pins, com
pacts, mittens,' scarfs 'and keys are a
common sight. But only one skirt, jacket,
and compass was found.
O f course, boys lose things too. Caps
of all sizes arid colors are found. There
aré many identification bracelets there
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Mr. Hussey’s golden hamsters must
be getting tired of their regular diet
in the biology room. A t least one o f
them is, because he was recently found
trying to get into the cafeteria door
during lunch time. f '
I f any, of you have ever swum over
100 yards, you know how long it seems.
Don Biehn recently was “ compelled”
to swim 5,600 yards fo r his swimming
make-ups. Blub!
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N I L E H
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Monday, February 9, 1948
Teachers Cite Experiences Water Carnival Mermaids Gurgle
Which Are Unknown Facts With Their History and Future Plans
By Lyle Dye
Take a good look at some of our
teachers! There’s many a hidden quality
and experience lurking behind these fa
miliar faces which would never be known
except for probing Nilehilite reporters!
Some o f the answers received on a re
cent questionnaire to the teachers con
cerning their past life were, believe it
or not:
Miss Grace Harbert learned to drive
a motorcycle in the mountains in Oregon.
Her first ride ended in an irrigation
ditch, after missing the local bank. Miss
Harbert neglected the detail of learning
hoW to stop it! She also used to run a
swimming pool and once saved a girl
from drowning.
Mr. Arthur Ryden was in charge of
an island during the war inhabited by
Aleutian Indians. He has also been
sk'pper of a tug boat!
Miss Florence Harrison was president
o f a state science department.
Mr. Paul Eberhardt has hitch-hiked
about 6,000 miles on “ adventure tours”
and once slept in a cemetery with the
edge of a grave as his pillow! He has
had poetry published in the Saturday
Evening Post, Chicago Tribune, and
Dallas News.
Miss Marie Green is a charter member
and first treasurer o f the Lambd aChapter of Delta Pi Epsilon at Northwestern.
Miss Mary Thurman has had her pic
ture on the front o f L ife magazine and
the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper
and has won 75 first places in twirling
contests.
This is just a small fraction o f our
faculty so more about others will be
printed in following issues. You know,
you can’t tell a book by its cover!
Nilehi Students Make News
At Tender Age of One
‘ A local angle to a nationally impor
tant story always increases news value,”
says the journalism book.
For instance, in the journalism class
itself are two people who made news at
the tender age of less than a year.
Dick O’Brien, during the frantic hunt
for the kidnapped Lindbergh baby, was
hauled to the local jail thrice. His father
Lad been giving Dick an airing, and,
being a normal father, was justly proud
to see the wondering stares o f passersby. He was not pleased quite so much
when he learned that young Dick was
being confused with the Lindbergh baby.
Footprints, compared with those on the
birth certificate, proved that Dick was
Dick.
Also leaving footprints in the sands
of time was Roger Coverly. While still
lounging in a hospital room, he was ac
cidentally confused with Gabby Hart-
Two of the outstanding participants
in ‘ The Melting Pot,” Nilehi’s 1948 water
carnival, are Leslie Meyer and Jo Ann
Eberhardt.
Both girls are writing numbers for
the show. Les is taking the Spanish and
Dutch scenes, while Jo is working on
the Irish.
This will be the fourth water carni
val the girls have participated in at
Nilehi. Both have also had four years
of synchronized swimming.
Jo and Les, seniors, were also in a
water carnival given by Miss Mildred
Schaefer, former Nilehi gym teacher,
last year at the Sovereign Hotel.
Jo Ann also taught swimming at the
Sovereign. Leslie along with Barbara
Nelson, an alumna of Nilehi, entered
three competitive swim meets last sum
mer as a duet and placed third.
Les is 17, has green eyes and brown
hair. She plans to attend business col-
lege. Tom Drake and June Allison are
her favorite stars, and the song “ You
Do,” tops her hit-parade. Besides swim
ming, Leslie likes baseball and volley
ball.
Les has been in two water carnivals
in Glenview and also the Navy Day
Show in her sophomore year.
Jo Ann is 17 and has blonde hair and
blue eyes. She plans to go to an all
girls’ college. Monticello is the school
she hopes to enter. Jo wants to be a
floral designer. Her favorite dish is
chicken and French fries. She would
like to teach at a summer camp this
year.
Jo likes to dance and ice skate. Her
favorite dance tunes are “ Always” and
“ Stardust.” Right now, however, she is
practically killing herself trying to learn
the ballet leg in swimming.
Both gals are interested in continuing
swimming careers even after they are
through with high school.
Story of Joe Schmo Shows
That Puns Can Be hun!
Don’t you get tired o f doing things
in the same old way ? Well, Julius Caesar
did and so he introduced leap year. This
is the year when the worm turns and
tries to dodge all those feminine pro
posals. Leap year is here now and so we
asked: “ In what way do you plan to take
advantage of leap year?”
W IL L Y H ARD IN , senior: “ I ’m the
’Lil Abner type. I ’m gonna hide in a
tree.”
MISS M A R Y TH U R M A N : “ I ’ve been
brushing up on my rope spinning!”
GERI DODGE, sophomore: “ I won’t
ask questions; I ’ll just have fun!”
A N G IE VOSNOS, junior: “ I ’m gonna
do like Georgie Porgie did!”
P A T W A LN E , sophomore: “ Another
24 hours to sleep.”
A U D R E Y NORDLOF, junior: “ Gonna
look before I leap (with my eyes closed).”
M A R Y A N N R ITTER , senior: “ I ’ve
already asked him out!”
K A R Y L MARHOLZ, junior: “ I ’m
gonna find a woman-hater and make
him change his mind.”
MISS M U R IE L H IGGINS: “ I ’d love
to take advantage of it, but I ’m not
forward enough.”
“ M ARE” CORDUAN, junior: “ My mot
to for this year is: I f at first you don’t
succeed, try, try again!”
JU LIU S CAESAR: “ Si sed cognosceram!” ( I f I had but known!)
nett’s baby, born a day before Roger.
Mrs. Coverly, noting remarkable changes
in her son, protested to the supervisor
and her suspicions were borne out by
another set of footprints on another
birth certificate.
Time and again requests have been re
ceived from students earnestly and in
tently desiring to learn about the life
of a doorman. It should be made clear
before proceeding that this is an open
and shut case, but your commendable in
sistence to learn inspires us on.
We searched fa r and wide fo r a typical
doorman to interview and finally stum
bled on Rudy Schmo, combination door
man and keyhole philosopher.
Rudy is not only a typical doorman,
but a typical male also. He spent the
earlier part o f his youth looking fo r an
ideal woman and in the meantime got
married.
He’s very fond of his w ife and believes
that her character is as solid as rock.
“ Why she’s so solid,” said Rudy, “ the
only thing that makes an impression on
her is a diamond.”
Rudy doesn’t mean any harm saying
such things about his w ife fo r he’s one
of those nice people who say nasty
things straight to your face instead of
behind your back.
He thoroughly enjoys his work and
gets a tremendous thrill opening and
closing doors for those lush debutantes
with their bleaches-and-cream complex
ions.
He has seen many tight squeezes in
his day but says people that get into
this situation are usually good-natured
about it. In fact they kind of like it. Mr.
Schmo particularly likes the fat, jovial
people. He says it takes them so long
to get mad clear through that they have
plenty o f time to forget it.
The crowds are getting heavy now,
so we’ll say good-by to that second cou
sin of the cigar store Indian, Rudy
Schmo.
�M onday Feburarv 9, 1948
Arlington Cardinals Defeat
Trojans; J.V.'s Win, 45-37
G LAMAZO N S
B y Doris
Last Friday night, January 30, a hard
driving Arlington quintet dropped the
Big news, kids: new gym teacher, as
Nilehi Trojans into a half game lead in
the Northeast Conference when they you probably already know. She is Miss
edged out the Trojans 31 to 29 before Gertrude C. Montgomery, and we think
the largest crowd this year at Niles. It she’s swell.
was the Gold and Blue’s first conference
Miss Montgomery has a schedule
defeat at home.
worked out that promises to be a lot of
The Trojans now have a record of
seven wins and two defeats while the fun. Right now she is getting all her
winner of the Woodstock-Leyden game classes started at volleyball, and as
will have six victorys and two setbacks. spring comes on, baseball will be in the
Leading scorer for the night was spotlight.
Being interested in outdoor sports,
Orville Schaeffer with 13 points for
Arlington while Jim Heiniger scored Miss Montgomery plans to develop
this phase of athletics by introducing
10 points for the Trojans.
hiking. Miss Thurman also plans to take
her girls on hikes and bike trips. This
The previously undefeated Arlington also is something new fo r Nilehi.
Jay-Vee quintet was knocked off by the
The senior girls’ soccer tournaments
Nilehi quintet on Friday, January 30. have finally been finished. Here is the
by a score of 45 to 37 on the home floor. result: Lulu’s Lunatics, (Nancy Larson,
The halftime score showed the visitors captain) won over Paulson’s Punies
ahead, 17 to 14, but in the third period (Delores Paulson, captain) five to four.
the Troians pulled ahead and the quart A plaque with the girls’ names will be
er ended with Niles on top, 29 to 25.
pu^ in the trophy case.
Bill Leeming was high man fo r the
Miss Montgomery announces that a
Trojans with 18 points.
b a ’.minton club will be started if enough
Schubert Well Qualified to Teach Phys. Ed.;
Instructed Soldiers and Sailors During W ar
Niles Township High School has its
own candidate for the Arm y-Navy “ E ”
award. This person is our physical edu
cation and swimming coach, Mr. Anton
Schubert, who during the war was in
both the Arm y and the Navy. When
interviewed, Mr. Schubert revealed the
following interesting facts about his
varied life.
Mr. Schubert was born May 26, 1912.
and spent the first 8 years o f his life
on Chicago’s West Side. It was while he
lived there that Mr. Schubert had what
he has called his closest shave— with
Fate, that is. He was nonchalantly play
ing on the elevated tracks when he
tripped over a third rail. But Fate was
in a good mood that day and deposited
little “ Toky” Schubert, as his friends
called him, on a wooden crosstie which
kept him from being grounded. Mr.
Schubert still has the scar on his leg
from the resulting burn.
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N I L E H I L I T E
the Army, Mr. Schubert enlisted in the
Navy as a Chief Petty officer. He was
a swimming instructor and was stationed
successively at Great Lakes and Bainbridge, Maryland.
Mr. Schubert’s course of instruction
included jumping off 25 and 40 foot
towers in full dress, and other principles
o f survival in the water. He also taught
special classes in underwater swimming,
using specially designed flippers and
rubber suits. The men in these classes
were taught to use this equipment to
swim from P.T. boats to enemy-held is
lands in the Pacific where they could
chart and destroy underwater installa
tions.
A fter one-and-a-half years in the
Navy, Mr. Schubert was given his dis
charge as a lieutenant (j.g .). He now
lives in Skokie.
He is now coaching Frosh-Jay Vees
and Varsity swimming and he is plan
ning to coach Jay Vee baseball this
spring.
Bernges
people are interested.
The new G. A. A. activity is ping pong.
The girls have started a tournament and
things are going strong. There are 42
girls enrolled.
When it comes to troubles, the G. A.
A. has some colossal ones. The “ Turn
about” was scheduled fo r March 12, but
the Dramatics departments production
of “ Kind Lady” on that night and the
next gummed up the works.
The new date hasn’t been set yet. This
will be hard news to break to that cer
tain fellow, i f you had decided to ask
him early.
Miss Thurman’s beginning baton class
will start soon. She now has the list of
enrollees.
• The flag-swingers and the twirlers
are going to get some lovely publicity.
Their pictures have been taken fo r the
“ School Musician” magazine.
The mass meeting to pick the lucky
girls who will go to camp will be held
sometime this week, Miss Thurman,
facu lty.sponsor says.
Sally Lutkehaus was the high-scoring
bowler for the league for the first semes
ter, according to Miss Mildred Schaefer,
former gym teacher and faculty sponsor
o f the club.
Jay Vee and Varsity Teams
Are Victorious at Warren
The Nilehi Trojans took another step
toward the Northeast Conference champinonship when they trounced Warren’s
Blue Devils 46-27 Tuesday afternoon,
January 27, on the Gurnee hardwoods.
Hampered by the small playing floor
at Warren, the Trojans had a tougher
time than they expected.
The Blue Devils, employing a zone
defense that is very effective on a small
floor, couldn’t stop Jim Blessing, who
hit for six baskets from outside the cen
ter circle.
Blessing scored 15 points to pace the
Trojans while Bill Dada led Warren
scorers with ten. Jim Heiniger and Gor
don Anderson also played good ball for
the Trojans.
Mr. Schubert attended the Riverside By swamping the celler-dwelling Jay
Brookfield High and from there he went!
Vees of Waren, 58 to 12, at Gurnee,
on to the American College o f Physical
Tuesday afternoon, January 27, the JayEducation where he received his degree
as a physical education instructor. He Freshman Lose and Then W in Vees o f Niles moved into a third-place
tie with Crystal Lake in the Northeast
also received a B.S. in physical education
A fte r losing to the fast-breaking A r
from North Central College and an M.A. lington Heights Frosh on Friday, Jan Conference. It was the Trojan’s third
straight conference win.
from Northwestern.
uary 24, at Arlington by a score o f 33
Coach Hussey substituted freely after
Mr. Schubert then enlisted in the U.S. to 29, the Nilehi Frosh defeated the P a l
Army Reserve where he became a first atine Frosh on the Niles floor in a hard- his -starting five scored 19 points in the
lieutenant. He acted as a physical in fought battle by a score of 19 to 18 on first quarter. The Trojans sank 26 field
goals in 66 attempts.
structor at Western Military School in Tuesday, January 27.
Alton, Illinois, and at Morgan Park M ili
Fred Brei was high-point man with
The score of the latter game was tied
tary Academy until he received his dis at the half, 7 to 7, and the game remain six baskets, five of them in the first
charge in 1943.
ed very close until the last minute, when j quarter. Hewitt was top scorer fo r W ar
ren with six points.
Not being satisfied with a hitch in I the locals pulled ahead.
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Basketeers Meet Crystal Lake Here;
Travel to East Aurora and Woodstock
Monday, February 9, 1948
I
Tlie Varsity cagemen will be fighting Aurora was beaten by one point at the
to' stay on top in the Northeast Confer- j 1ands of Maine Township should boost
Mr. Anton Schubert, swimming in
eirce when they meet the Crystal Lake the morale of the Trojan bucketballers.. structor at Nilehi, recently announced
tigers on, their home floor tonight.
The crucial game o f the second round that 22 boys passed the Junior L ife
The Tigers, coached by, Max Brady, for both the Trojans and the Woodstock saving Tests that were given on Friday,
are apparently only a shade of last year’s Blue Streaks will be played next Wednes January 23.
championship quinet that mowed down day at Woodstock. Word has it that the
These boys are Ed Archibald, Carl
champinship quintet that mowed down Woodstock slogan these days is “ Beat
Bjorkdahl, Tom Black, Don Brod, Conrad
all conference opposition. The current Niles.” The opposition is really keyed up
Cornell, Jim Deily, Don Ebert, Bill Fishfive ha swon and lost five, and they for this game, especially after the 48
back, Bill Heveran, Tracy Hill, Jim Hosoccupy seventh place, one notch above - 37 defeat that the ‘Men of Troy’
field, Dennis Joyce, Gil Kleusing, Bob
the hapless Blue Devils o f Warren.
handed them on December 19.
Lindahl, Roy Nelson, Dick Provost, Bob
The Tiger’s chief threat will be Jim
Scholow, Don Siegel, Ralph Wallerg, Bill
Haywood, sophomore center, who is
Walter, Reine Warkenthien, and Jim
near the top o f the list in conference "L ” Stands For Leaders;
Wieder.
scoring.
Mr. Schubert was assisted by Mr.
In the previous meeting with the Th is Job Deserves Credit
Harold Jelsie, representative from the
Down in the hallows of the girl’s gym
"Orange and Black,” the Trojans were
victories by a 45-33 score. Howard Siegel nasium, there are hundreds o f girls, but Chicago Chapter of the American Red
Cross.
racked up 18 points in that game, the among those are a few girls called
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largest number of tallies that a Nilehi Leaders, who assist the gym teachers.
We; don’t think these gals are recognized
player has countered this season.
A new program has been initiated in
Tomorrow night, the Trojans will step highly enough, for their job is an im the senior swimming classes by Instruc
onto a higher class of competition when portant one and deserves credit.
tor James Phipps.
The group had its infancy 12 years
they travel to Aurora to face the East
Four squads have been chosen in the
Aurora quintet. The basketball teams ago, and since then a few girls have
second and eighth-period classes. They
from this school have consistently been fodowed the field of gymnastics, becom
will compete in relays and in a water
outstanding in state basketball circles, ing physical education teachers them
basketballl tournament. This activity is
and have been in the “ Sweet Sixteen” selves.
designed to arouse more interest in the
To be included in the club, the girl
class more than once. The fact that East
course.
must be particularly interested in sports,
The second-period gym class, much
Phipps Finally Released be able to put forth her own ability to 1to the disgust o f Ed Linskey, had to
the advantage of others, know the rules
new basketball teams
From N e w York Yankees of any game played, and be able to take choose many semester changes. Itbecause
o f the
seems
Mr. James Phipps, Nilehi baseball criticism from the teacher in order to do that Ed’s team was a winner and was
coach and physical education instructor, her job in the best manner possible. She hit hard by the re-selection.
recently ended his professional baseball must also be able to keep a group in or
*
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association with the New York Yankees. der as a teacher would.
She must be chosen by a physical ed
Mr. Phipps said he had been hoping
Tonight, while the Trojans are fight
for a contract release from the Yankees ucation teacher, who will determine ing to stay on top in the Northeast Con
whether or not she meets requirements.
for more than a year.
ference cage race, there are other im
He still intends to play semi-pro ball
portant battles around the circuit.
during the summer season when it does
Lake Forest at Arlington heads the
C O N F E R E N C E S T A N D IN G S
not interfere with his teaching and
list, while Libertyville travels to Frank
V A R S IT Y
coaching at Nilehi.
N ILE S
7
1
.825 lin Park to engage the high-flying Leyden
Woodstock
5
2
.715 Eagles. Woodstock’s rangy Blue Streaks
Wuest, Van Horny Nachbauer Leyden
5
2
.715 journey to Gurnee to play hapless W ar
Lead in Hartnett Pin League
Arlington
5
3
.625 ren.
We pick Niles, Leyden, Lake Forest,
A rt Wuest, Bill Van Horn, and Louie Lake Forest
5
3
.625
Nachbauer, members of Team Four in Libertyville
2
4
.333 and Woodstock to “ bring home the
Hartnett’s Boy’s Bowling League, un- Crystal Lake
2
.286 bacon” from tonight’s festivities.
5
d'spu.edly took over first place on Jan Warren
0
8
.000
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*
uary 28, when they won three games
L A S T F R ID A Y ’S RESULTS
By virtue of their 43-37 win over the
from the second placers, Team One
Arlington 31; Niles 29
Leyden Eagles on January 24, the Trojan
(John Ahrens, Don Stolteben, and Hal
Woodstock 46; Leyden 42
Basketeers won their fifteenth out o f 16
Siverston).
Crystal Lake 47; W arren 37
encounters with the Franklin Parkers.
The league, which is a member of
Incidentally, a Niles football team has
Libertyville 48; Lake Forest 40
the American Junior Bowling Congress,
has never lost to Leyden in eight years
consists of eight three-man teams. The
of varsity competition.
boys had bowled 39 games up to Jan Trojans Take Over Lead;
uary 28.
Red Ryan’s single game of 225 is still Win From Eagles, 4 3 -3 7
Bill Comstock is the current high
Playing before a large home crowd
in the league, while Bill Neuson’s three
Saturday night, January 24, Coach L. Scorer on the varsity with 77 points.
game total of 571 remains on top.
R. Mackey’s Nilehi Trojans took over Howard Siegel and Gordy Anderson
first place 'in the Northeast Conference follow closely behind with 75 and 69
Jay Vees Down Leyden, 33-15 when they dealt the Leyden Eagles their respectively. This rating includes non
conference games.
The Nilehi JayVees took their fourth second conference defeat, 43 to 37.
conference win of the season at the
The Trojans led almost the whole
The JayVees also are having a close
expense o f the Leyden Eagles, 33-15. game, but twice they were behind by battle fo r scoring honors. Bill Leeming
Saturday, January 24, on the- Nilehi one point in the first half. Half-time has 65, Tom Black, 57, and Dick Shiley,
hardwoods.
■score was Niles, 20; Leyden, 15.
50.
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Courtesy Pays O ff
A t Nilehi
nile H I lite
------------- by Kenneth Gregor .
Surely one thing everybody in
this world wants and needs is
friendliness. It is a human com
modity that appeals to all. A true,
sincere friendship analyzed, re
veals courtesy as its main building
block; therefore, courtesy might
be termed the lifeblood of friend
liness. Friendships cannot exist
long without it.
Vol. IX, No. 6__________ Skokie, 111.
'Golden Galleon' Is
Students' Magazine
Northwestern Student Studies Teaching
Spends Two Hours, Five Days a Week at Nilehi
Mr. Paul M. Euerhardt’s eighth and
ninth period classes were introduced to
Mr. George J. Hanke, Jr., Thursday,
January 8.
Mr. Hanke, who is a senior at North
western University’s School of Educa
tion, is studying to be a high school
teacher. As a part of his study he is
to spend two hours, five days a week,
for eleven weeks studying the methods
and various programs of the teachers at
Nilehi.
Every Thursday a Seminar is held at
’SchaeP Ends Career
Plans have been formulated for pro
duction of Nilehi’s first creative writing
magazine, the '‘Golden Galleon.”
It is designed to provide an outlet
for writing ability, and to develop writ
ing skills, while at the same time give
every student a chance to enjoy the
efforts of his classmates.
Contributions will be judged by a
student committee: Bill Comstock, Don
Christensen, and Lyle Dye, on interest,
thought, presentation, and originality.
Contributions can be made in the fol
lowing forms: Poems, ' anecdotes, short
stories, themes, and essays.
The best writing will be published
with a credit line in the “Golden Gal
leon.”
Another desire of every normal per
son is for success, either financial, po
litical, or success at some chosen career.
Whatever it may be, it has been proved
that courtesy plays a major part in
most stories of success.
In Nielhi’s classrooms, most of the
teachers agree that courtesy prevails
among the majority of students. Some,
of course, practice it more than others
and resort to what is known as “apple
polishing” for a grade. Those students
not quite so accomplished at this, often
complain about it; but the plain fact is,
it gets results. And why shouldn’t it?
If a student has the initiative, takes the
time, and puts forth the effort to de
velop his skill at bestowing extra
courtesies and means them sincerely,
compensation for these efforts should
reach him in one form or another. In
some cases it reaches him in the form of
a better grade.
We all know that Nilehi is renowned
for its sportmanship at athletic con
tests. Sportsmanship is technically the
same as courtesy and is displayed by
athlete and fan alike. When Coaches
Isaacson or Mackey praise us for our
efforts in this direction it assemblies, a
current of pride can be felt circulating
the gymnasium.
‘Next Semester it’s Gonna be Different’
We like to be praised; and we like to
know we’re good; and to be courteous is courtesy. The most successful people
.o easy that when we are praised for in the world are usually the most courte
it we’re surprised that we get all this
ous. Only thoughtless people are not.
attention for so little work.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of
Courtesy is simply a frame of mind
and to become courteous all one needs to | America’s foremost thinkers, said, “Life
have is a change of heart.
is short, but there is always time for
No one is too superior to neglect courtesy.”
Northwestern. This is a two-hour period
in which the students discuss their ex
periences and give any useful sugges
tions or criticisms they have to make on
the method of teaching they have ob
served during the week.
If any Nilehi students are interested,
some of the required subjects in the
School of Education are adolescent psy
chology, methods and materials of edu
cation, American public education, and
philosophy of education.
Thursday, January 22,1948
A s Nilehi Teacher
Marriage is a wonderful institution,
but many of the students at Nilehi feel
a slight twinge of jealousy toward it,
the reason being that it will take Miss
Mildred “Schaef” Schaefer, girls’ phys
ical education teacher, away from them.
Miss Schaefer was married December
12 to Mr. John Desmond Elliott, who
is in the restaurant business. She has
taught at Nilehi since 1937 and will
bring to a close her teaching career
at the close o f this semester.
“Schaef” will then assist her husband
in managing their new combination res
taurant, dancehall, and cocktail lounge,
the Blue Moon, at Exposition Park,
Aurora, Illinois.
When questioned as to whether or not
she has enjoyed teaching here, “Schaef”
replied, “I have enjoyed it immensely.
The students at -Nilehi are a very ex
ceptional and wonderful group to work
with and I have made a wealth of friends
whom I shall never and could never
forget. The feeling of loss will be on
both of our parts. I shall miss them os
much as I hope they will miss me. But
—you should meet Johnny!”
Dge Elected President
Of New Drama Club
The first Dramatics Club officers have
now taken office after being elected
a few weeks ago by the members
They are Lyle Dye, president; Clay
Merrill, vice-president; Joyce Mathews,
secretary; Shelby Peerman, treasurer;
and Jeanette Oehring, business manager.
The first duties of the new club will
include the Nilehi spring production,
Kind Lady, which will be given the
first part of March. The cast was chosen
not from the dramatics classes, but from
students in the new club. Those appear
ing in the play will be:
Mr. F o ste r .................................. Lyle Dye
Mary H e m e s .................. Angela Vosnos
Lucy W esto n ........................ Jo Quesnell
P °s e .....................
Mary Morse
Phyllis G lenning.................... Anne Juul
P e t e r ........................................ Don Biehn
H e n r y .................. ........... Clayton Merrill
A d a ........ ........................... Joan Andrews
Doctor ................................... Bil Wokoun
Mr. Edw ards.......................... Ted Eckert
Mrs. Edwards .................... Nancy Thiell
A g g ie ........ ..........................Barbara Olson
Gustav Rosenberg . . . . Kenneth Gengler
If you’re wondering why all the chairs
on the south side of the study hall are
facing the wall, then you may be sur
prised to find that it is because the light
comes over the student’s left shoulder,
thereby improving study conditions.
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N 1 L E H I L I T E
Thursday, January 22, 1948
Teachers Have Hectic but Enjoyable Time; i'48 Water Carnival
Ten Spend Christmas Outside Illinois
IIs Under Production
The results of a recent questionnaire
revealed that Nilehi teachers, on the
most* part, had a hectic but enjoyable
Christmas vacation.
Miss Grace G. Harbert, problems in
structor, who spent her vacation in Okla
homa, almost had company in upper 7.
The trains were very crowded and on the
•return trip, when she presented her
berth reservation, she found that two
men from Texas had presented a similar
reservation.
One evening Mr. Paul M. Eberhardt,
English and journalism teacher, unfor
tunately got stuck in heavy night traffic
in Mansfield, Ohio, with a stalled motor,
and had to thumb a driver to stop and
pu~h his car to get it started.
Mr. Arthur II. Ryden, world history
and civics teacher, who lives about thirty
feet from Lake Michigan, expected his
windows to be blown in on New Years’
Day. Hugh waves were blown up against
the windows and froze in solid sheets
of ice. A considerable amount of water
seeped into the apartment, and the Rydens spent the best part of the day
bailing water and mopping up the apart
ment. Mr. •Ryden commented, “It was
just like being back in the Navy!”
An unexpected two days were spent
in St. Louis, Missouri, by Miss Mary
Evelyn Thurman, girls’ physical educa
tion instructor. Because of the storm
New Year’s Day, she was unable to
return to her home in Clarence, Missouri,
after a New Year’s Eve party.
A farm in southern Indiana was the
vacation locale of Mr. Charles Hussey
biology instructor. He did farm work
for two weeks: cutting wood, milking,
and helping to cure country hams.
A natural occurence in most of Skokie
on New Year’s Day was the absence
of light and heat. Mr. Marvin Ihne, his
tory teacher, didn’t have any light and
heat for twenty-four hours. It happened
that the Ihne’s had four guests in their
home.
Of the thirty-three Nilehi teachers
polled, ten of them spent their vacation
outside of Illinois in beautiful, sunny,
weather.
Freshmen Hear Safety Speaker
The freshmen, in keeping with their
one hour of safety education per week,
heard a talk last Friday by Mr. Robert
S. Throop, of Boyle, Flagg, and Seaman
insurance Company. They also saw the
film on accidents, “X marks the spot”.
The talk is one of several scheduled for
the freshmen, according to Miss Mar
jorie Ronalds, the freshman adviser.
Debate Given BefoTe Assemblies
One of the most talked about ques
tions in the United States, Universal
Military Training, was discussed by the
Nilehi Forensic Cluh on January 15
and 18.
The non-decision (rebates were pre
sented before senior and junior assem
blies. Barbara Kennedy presented the
affirmative views on the plan, while
Johnny Young brought out points against
adopting it.
Students Attend Conevntion
Music students of Nilehi attended a
concert of the Chicago Symphony Or
chestra on January 14 at the Eighth
Street Theater in Chicago.
This is the third consecutive year
that the Chicago Title and Trust Com
pany, who sponsors these broadcasts;
has offered tickets to pupils of Nilehi.
“The Melting Pot” will be the theme
of Nilehi’s 1948 Water Carnival. The
show, under the direction of Mr. Anton
T. Schubert, school swimming coach, will
be presented on March 18, 19, and 20,
in the Nilehi pool.
Nilehi students will again be the per
formers at this traditional Nilehi ac
tivity.
The music and costumes for this
“Aqua Extravaganza” will represent
different nations.
The natatorium will be decorated with
flags of many nations. AH decorations
will be contributed by a committee
made up of members of the synchronized
swim squad.
See-Chicago Club Vists
South Side Museum Saturday
The See-Chicago club, under the di
rection of Miss Grace Harbert, went to
the Museum of Science and Industry,
Saturday, January 17. Accbrding to
Miss Harbert, the students took this
jaunt to the South Side mainly to see the
voting machine and the model coal mine
in action.
This model coal mine is one of the
most realistic models there is on display.
The students, who had never seen the
coal mine before, were surprised because
the model seemed so realistic.
The voting machine also caught the
eye of the students. This machine counts
votes and performs other valuable time
saving duties. This tour of the Rosenwald museum marked the fifth trip of
the year for the See Chicago Club.
Ch ina's First Nurse Addresses Nilehi Student Body;
Only Chinese Woman Graduated From London Hospital
“China’s First Nurse” is the title only Chinese woman to take nurse’s
which belongs to Colonel Elsie Chung training at Guy’s Hospital in London,
Lyon, who addressed the Nilehi student England.
body on January 13.
When she returned to China, she or
‘ Gee, was that m e?” “Look how I ’ve
Colonel Chung Lyon is the first and ganized a school for nurses at the
Peiyang Women’s Hospital in Tienstin.
c’ anged in three years.” That’s what
There were no text books, so she trans
members of homeroom 308 will be saying Dramatics Students Attend
lated the “Handbook of Nursing,” used
three years from now when, just before
Matinee of Play Today
at Guy’s Hospital, into Chinese.
graduation, they look back over the
Mrs. Lyon was the first Chinese wo
scrapbook they are now making. This
Miss Muriel Higgins, head of the dra
scrapbook is a class project in charge of matics department, will take 40 students man to fly from Shanghai to London,
John Young and Paul Slusser.
from her beginning, advanced, and ma 1936, and has crossed the Pacific 14
This book consists of pictures taken jor dramatics classes to a matinee of times and the Atlantic five times.
Mrs. Lyon married an American, Mr.
by Kenneth Scheliing and Harold Har “Lady Windermere’s Fan” on January
per. The pictures are of the fellows out 21. Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner, who Bayard Lyon, and has lived in America
for sports, group pictures of the home plays the leading role, is not a complete since 1923. In World War II she had
room. and homeroom officers. There are stranger to Nilehi students, since she two sons in the army.
also cuttings from various papers about was co-author of the book “Our Hearts
the students.
Were Young and Gay” which made such j Mr. John Betts, Nilehi history and
The class has voted that Miss Harrison a hit as a play here last year.
problems teacher, confessed to his 6-7
should receive this book when gradua
This is the first theatre party of j period problems class that in his singing
tion rolls around. According to Miss the year for the dramatics classes, al audition with Major Bowes he failed
Harrison this is the first time such a though on December 13 the radio classes to make the grade, but who knows, we
project has been undertaken in her went to see a session of “Meet the might have hidden talent right here in
Meeks,” a popular radio serial.
our faculty.
Harrison's Homeroom
Records School-Days
�Thursday. January 22, 1948
This ’n That Bill Permer, feeling artistic one day,
popped up with this “poem”:
Under the spread of teacher’s glance
Angels dwell where devils dance.
Innocent eyes watch till when
Teacher’s eyes will stray; and then
Notes will fly, spitballs speed
As each horned angel does his deed,
Till teacher as she mounts in fury
Condemns us all, sans judge and
jury.
'.
\
On the last Friday of the 1947 school
year there were 97 Nilehi students ab
sent, 62 of whom were working. Tjie
average of 35 absent per day was topped
the first school day of the 1948 year by
43 students being bedfast. The holidays
took their toll, it seems.
N I L E H I L I T E
Semester Exams Here; [Many Incidents Prove
Midnight Oil Is Burned Manners Need Mending
The time is now! Yes, now is the
time in- which everyone is sorry about
all the studying he hasn’t done in the
past months and is. trying to do it all
now. The reason for all this lost sleep
and worry ? Semester exams, of course.
At least there should be some good tries!
Barhro Martinson has for the second
time received a “competent typist” pin.
The pin is givén to the best typist of
the month.
Vvv
During Christmas vacation Bill Wokoun received a pound of coffee from
Skip Farrell while appearing at a re
hearsal of the show and singing “Jingle
Bells.”
\ Mr. Betts asked one of his history
On Tuesday, January 14, the members students what General Sherman was
of Nilehi’s 1947 football team were known for. 1
The student replied, “Tanks.”
guests of the Skokie Rotary at a dinner
held in the Rotary Room at the school.
“You’re welcome. Now let’s go on
with our lesson,” quipped Mr. Betts.
Jean Votava and Joanne Day will
dance in the opera Faust given by the
You asked to have Kitty Korner again
Chicago Civic Opera Company at G$.ry, and we answered we’d put it back in
Indiana.
if you wrote the contributions. There’s
nq Kitty Korner because there were no
contributions turned in. Instead of just
complaining, do something!
Memories of Last Year
Recall Vivid Scenes
I was sitting upon my favorite perch
on the globe of the flagpole, practicing
at my chosen vocation of flagpole sitter,
when suddenly I slipped. Reaching out
I grabbed the stem of the globe and
as I hung there, vivid scenes of the
past year flashed through my mind.
The first scene that glid'ed by was
last year’s first final exam3. What a
blow! One of my fingers slipped at
that thought. Then I thought of all the
fun I had at the play “Our Hearts Were
Young and Gay”, Reflections Revelry,
the Water Carnival, and the basketball
tournaments at Waukegan.
Next, a few of the better assemblies
shot by and then up waltzed the Junior
prom. The scene of the National Honor
Society assembly had a somber effect
upon me when suddenly I realized that
Summer Vacation was here and already
shipping by!
Before my eyes, glimpses of school
began to appear again and my eyelids
fluttered. Next I recognized the all
school assembly with James Whittaker
as speaker. Some of opr night football
games and our home-coming celebration
popped up and the play, “A Date With
Judy” was pleasantly reviewed and I
could almost hear Christmas Vesper
songs ringing in my ears. Or was it
angels’ music?
But suddenly I ran out of new scenes
and the old ones started all over again.
The first scene was the finals . . .
The last thing I remember was a blind
ing flash of light and letting loose of
my hold!
Page 3
Background Probe Reveals
History of Our Flagpole
By Kenneth Gregor
Johnny Jukes is feeling very happy
these days. He has just made sure that
the whole world knows that he feels
“That Tender Emotion” for Mable Kalikak. He wrote the fact on all the desks
and tables he occupies during the day,
in bright, eye-catching green ink. John
ny, you see, has never stopped to think
that other people, being all wrapped up
in their own “Tender Emotions”, consid
er Johnny’s green declarations of undy
ing love merely untidy doodles.
Johnny, however, isn’t the only one
whose manners need mending. The other
day, Mable was walking down the hall
with her best friend, Daisy. Mable de
cided to kick Daisy in the shin. When
she missed and gave, her class adviser
a charley-horse, she was so embarrassed
she turned and fled in the opposite direc
tion, leaving three flattened students,
and two other uprooted teachers in her
wake.
Johnny and Mable can hardly be for
given for these and many other little
flaws in etiquette, such as making love
by their lockers, cambing their hair at
the table at lunch, or happily walking
down the hall throwing candy-wrappers
and scratch-paper on the floor as they
go, ’cause after all, any kind of sloppiness' is really bad manners.
Naturally Johnny and Mable don’t go
to Niles; at least we can’t find their
names in the office records. However,
our super-sleuths have found slight
traces of both green and blue ink on
some woodwork, and various teachers
and students we’ve interviewed have un
explained bruises. Mind your manners,
we warn you, or you may find us check
ing your family tree.
The topic for student gossip at Nilehi
are practically limitless. There is, how
ever, one- object on the school grounds
that is probably seen at least once a
Jay by almost every student, and yet
this commonplace object is sadly and
disgracefully neglected by the school’s
wagging tongues.
It is the school flagpole and there are
some interesting facts on the back
ground of it.
it is the very same pole that proudly
stood at the Chicago World’s Fair, The
Century of Progress. The reason this
celebrity of flagpoles is now at Nilehi is
“Gym Teacher Becomes Bride.” “Jun
due to the W.P.A. which built our school iors' Take State Test.” “Driving Classes
and also had a lot to do with the Fair. Obtain Newj.Car.” Sounds like the NileAnyway, the boys toted the pole over hilite, doesn’t it? Well, that just goes
and stuck it up in our backyard where to prove that schools in the United
it now serves many purposes. For in States are alike. How ? Because these
stance, it perpetuates the names of the headlines were copied from other school
school board members, it serves as a papers.
model for the latest in boy’s trousers,
The Nilehilite is sent to about 60 dif
and being situated in the middle of ferent schools in the United States and
tl ings it makes the surounding area a j One in Australia, according to Mr. Paul
wonderful place for big guns to show-off. Eberhardt, journalism teacher. But, of
All in all, our slim,, sleek, Shining flag course, we. get papers from all over
pole gleaming in the January smog with the, country.
Old Glory waving on top, brings back » Most of the other papers are com
memories of early America, a magnifi posed iii much the same manner as ours.
cent period when it wasn’t the squaws That is, the first two pages are news,
who painted up and went on the warpath, next two are features, and the last two
are sports.
but the men.
Identical Events Happen
In Schools A ll Over U.S.
�Dates of Teachers
WereQuite Different
Five feet eleven, red hair, and a flair j Recently, when the new school play,
for dramatics. Sounds like Bill Graefen? ‘ Kind Lady” was cast, a pretty junior ! Gibson girl blouses, big hair bows, and
It is!
a date deadline of twelve o’clock are
girl, Angela Vosnos, learned that she
Bill, who is an amateur photographer, had been given the lead. Since her en typical of the high-school days of many
says that he enjoys movies, Spencer trance at Nilehi, Angie has been en of our own N.T.H.S. teachers.
Tracy being his favorite movie actor. thusiastic about dramatics and has ap
Now, if you were an average teen-ager
His ambition, he says, is to “teach Mr. peared in several presentations, one of of that era, a typical date would sound
Betts a good joke”, or, more seriously, them being “Smilin’ Through.”
something like this:
to go to Boulder College in Colorado.
The fella, armed with a bank roll
While she likes to listen to popular
For amusement while loafing, Bill music and especially to “Shine” by of one or two dollars, arrived about
listens to the radio. His favorite show is Frankie Laine because “it’s so cheerful,” seven and was greeted by a smiling sev
“Amos and Andy.”
she prefers to play classical music on enteen (or more) year old girl. You see,
For dinner, Bill claims his favorite the piano.
no one dated until his junior year at
food is “a three-inch steak with onions
She is very pleased with the “new least, and the occasion was usually the
and French fries and smothered in cat look” and was one of the first to ven school prom or dance.
sup.”
ture ankle-length skirts.
The couple started-----walking, and
Bill says his version of the ideal
Being a member of the Junior Coun both were perfectly willing to walk
girl is “Someone I can look up to, about cil, Red Cross Council, Dramatics club,
wherever they were going. Yes, cars
six feet eight.”
appearing on Nilehi radio programs, were unheard of except on very special
Angie is kept rather busy and after occasions.
leaving high school she hopes to be
How strange it would seem to eat
just as busy at college, for Angie be a buffet supper at our prom, but that’s
lieves life is much more fun and in exactly what took place in those days.
teresting if you’re busy.
Of course, things broke up early and a
“Who’s the character that took the
sundae at the locdl ice-cream parlor
belt to my sack dress ? Oh, my hair,
was sufficient to sustain even the chub
I can’t get this darn sack on. Awkk!_
biest girl. It cost only ten cents for
Come back here with that! Has the
home-made ice cream .. .this covered with
bell rung yet ? My hair is ruint! Where’,
cherries, nuts, and sauce. Finally, home
my belt? Gee Whiz, I can’t wear this
By Sandra Ravencroft
by midnight.
dress without a belt! Well, my hair
So you think schoolwork is hard and
Feel just a tinge of jealousy for the
didn’t get very wet.”
tiring!
days when a dime was a dime and a
Didja see George yesterday? Didja?
How would you like to deliver nearly
What did he say? Really?? (Giggle) 3,000 bottles of milk to Nielhi every dollar was ten sodas? Maybe today’s
Is it for sure about Friday night? Won week ? Sounds like work, and that’s what and yesterday’s clothes are the same,
derful! Holey Moley! The English test one milkman does 40 weeks out of the but the prices aren’t!
today!—And I didn’t even look at the year
book! Has anyone found my belt? I’m
Katie Kestenholz, Nilehi cafeteria
not pushing! I’m just trying to get a manager, says that students seem to
little glance in the mirror.
like chocolate milk best, since they man
Your hair is dripping all over my age to down 1500 bottles during one
history paper. Well, I hope Mr. Betts school week. White milk doesn’t do so
is in a good mood when he reads it. bad either, because 1400 bottles are usu
Ane Nilehi teachers, as w e l u T the
Where could that darn belt be? Oh, you ally gone in the same amount of time.
kids are so mean!
Katie also reports that milk sales are students, were affected by the New
Years day storm which was the cause
The scene of this hub-hub of confused much larger than soft drink sales.
and frantic females is, of course, the
She and her assistants dish out from of turned-off electricity in houses all
locker room after swimming. A n d three to four hundred hot lunches a day. over Niles Township.
whoops! There goes the bell! The hordes They also make 2200 sandwiches of meat,
-Answers received when the question
are descending. Clear the way!
cheese, and jelly every week, not to men “How were you affected by the electri
tion 50 dozen hot dogs and hamburgers. city cut-off?” were:
By way of dessert, Nilehi’s hungry 930
Gloria Bauman,v senior: “I had to*
gobble up thousands of ice-cream cones, spend the. day in bed to keep warm.”
malts, and sundaes in the five-day school
Mr. Kiviluoma: “I couldn’t listen to>
week.
the Rose. Bowl game.”
Serving the food is only a small part
Julia Dean, sophomore: “I wasn’t.”
P 1® Nilehilite is written, printed and pubUstaed by the students of the Niles Township of the kitchen help's day. They spend
Jo Quesnell, junior: “We had coM food
High School, Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A L Biehn four and a half hours preparing it, and
for two solid days.”
superintendent - principal.
STAFF MEMBERS
another three hours washing the dishes
Don Racine, senior: “I spent the morn
Editor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
and cleaning up the kitchen.
Feature Editor: Lyle Dye
ing knocking icycles off the chandeliers
Sports Editor: Don Brown
Neither Katie nor anyone on the cafe
and the afternoon getting warm at my'
Sports Writers: Don Brown, Bill Neuson, and Ed
teria staff will deny that teen-agers like girl's house.”
Linskey.
Oir’s’ Sports: Doris Bernges
to eat!
Circulation Manager: Gertrude Brua
Barbara Kaupert, senior: “I had to*
Exchange Editor: June Sprungm&n
Reporters: Marcia Connell, Bill Heveran, Lee
It seems that teaching runs in the take a bath in ice-col'd water.”
Harrer Sandra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour,
Carole Ruesch, senior: “We had to g e t
Bill Neuson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Donna Schubert family. Mr. Anton T. Schubert,
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger Nilehi gym teacher, has a brother who drinking water from the pump.”
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Bornemsn
Doris Bernges, Don Dadigan, Phil LaVeau! teaches music at the Michigan State drinking water from the pum.”
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixon, Mary Morse, Patty College of Mining and Technology. Mr.
Marilyn Nicklas, freshman: “I didn’t
Meyer Deane Llesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol
Schuler, June Sprungman, Bill Wofcoun, Ken Schubert insists that the family name is have any toast for breakfast.”
neth Gregor, and Joanne Day.
more appropriate for a musician than asnt Mr. Ihne: “No lights: or/ heat, for 24L
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul Eberhardt
Clement Meier athlete.
hours.”'
Girls’ Locker Room
Is Crowded and Noisy
'Who’d Have Thunk It?’
Students Eat - And How!
NÏLËHiuTÊ
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N I L E H I L I T E
Thursday, January 22, 1948
Varsity Wins Two;
Suffers First Loss
A hard-driving Libertyville team hand
ed the Nilehi Trojans their first North
east Conference loss of the season 41-35
Friday, January 9, on the Wildcat’s
court.
Libertyville, a greatly underrated
team, dropped in three baskets in a row
near the end of the first quarter to wipe
out an early Niles lead. The Wildcats
held a 13-8 edge at the end of thè first
quarter.
In the second quarter the Trojans still
could not get started, and Libertyville
led 21-14 at the intermission.
The third quarter saw the Wildcats
soar to a 36-19 lead half-way through
the period. From then on it was all Niles.
Bill Comstock, Gordy Anderson, and Ed
Kutz combined to cut the Wildcats’ lead
to 36-23 at the third-quarter mark.
In the final stanza, Trojan rooters
went wild as Coach Mackey’s charges
again and again threatened the “Orange
and Black” lead, but the Wildcats came
through with two buckets to clinch their
41-35 upset victory over the “Men of
Troy”..
Meyers and Herr led Wildcat scorers
with 13 and 12 points respectively. Bill
Comstock paced the Trojans with 12.
With the bowing in of a new year,
and Nilehi’s Glamazons have been adding
numerous black and blue marks to those
acquired during the soccer season. Now
that the basketball tournament has al
ready started, no doubt all the girls re
member that last gym period and how
both teams, winners and losers, limped
off the floor (we don’t think anyone has
been carried off).
After the water-carnival, senior girls
will be offered life-saving courses, which
will be held after school, and speaking
of swimming, “Schaef” has suggested
that ail girls complete their swims by
tomorrow at the latest. Brief remarks
heard in the halls are: “Golly, those
weeks went s o ----- fast!” or “I’ll never
_ave time to make up those swims.”
With “Schaef” having been inter
viewed for the last time for this column.
In a non-conference game played at
Niles, the Trojans’ four-game winning
streak was halted by a battling Alumni
quintet by a score of 44 to 37 on January
2.
The Trojans took a 3 to 0 lead on a
basket and a free throw by Guard Ed
Kutz, but the Alumni came back to go
ahead for the remainder of the game.
The half-time score was 20 to 10 in favor
of the graduates.
Center Frank Williams, who plays
for Iowa Wesleyan College, paced the
Alumni attack with 13 points. Center
Gordon Anderson was high-point man
for the Trojans with 11 points, closely
followed by Captain Howard Siegel with
seven points.
On Friday night, December 19, the
Nilehi Trojans extended their winning
streak to four games when they de
feated Woodstock, 47 to 38, in a con
ference game played on the Trojan
court.
Center Gordon Anderson and forward
Jim Blessing shared scoring honors with
14 points apiece for Niles. Nelson was
high-point man for Woodstock with 16
points.
After trailing 14 to 10 at the end
of the first quarter, the Trojans came
fighting back to take a 22 to 21 half
time lead in a wild second period.
In the second half, the “Men of Troy”
made the Bluestreaks come out of their
zone defense by stalling. They then broke
to the basket to score 25 points to Wood
stock’s 17, making the final score 47
to 38.
Players Receive Glory;
Managers Do Dirty Work
the Glamazons wish to bid farewell to
her and wish her lots of luck, always!
The G. A. A. has finally set a date
for the sleigh-ride - that date is—the
next time it snows! The other big event
in G. A. A. is not definite at all, but it
would be loads of fun, a skating party,
but the G. A. A. board has not made any
definite plans, so girls have been asked
not to get hopes too high.
There will be a mass meeting soon
to see what girls will attend the G.A.A.
camp this summer. The Formal Initia
tion will be in February. This is for the
members acquired this year.
Leap Year’s here and so is the Turn
about. The date is set for March 12.
Ping-Pong started January 6, and the
grand total of 42 girls attended. Girl’s
basketball has also begun. January 8'
was the first meeting.
Because of the many requests for a
beginning baton class, Miss Mary Eve
lyn Thurman, sponsor, has decided to
start the class.
When you hear the shout “managers”
by coach Mackey, the varsity managers,
three energetic senior boys, Bob Burke.
Bill Neuson, and Laurence Hall come
running' out to assist the team in any
way they can.
The jobs that these boys have are
numerous. Bob Burke takes care of all
equipment and referees scrimmages dur
ing practice. Bill Neuson is the team
statistician. He keeps track of all points,
shots, and any other necessary records.
Bill also acts as publicity manager,
sending letters to other schools and
reporting Tiojan scores to the papers.
Larry Hall takes charge of all the
towels and sees that all the players
have one before taking their showers
during practice and at home and away
games. Besides all this, these boys vig
orously rub down those shiny balls you
see the team practicing with before the
games.
There is no glory attached to the job
of manager, but it would be very diffi
cult to run a team without them.
Tire Nilehi Trojans kept up their win
ning ways in Northeast Conference com
petition by winning their third straight
game at the expense of the Crystal Lake
Tigers, 45-33. The game was played on
December 12 at Crystal Lake.
The “Orange and Black” could not
get back into the game in the final
period, which saw each score 11 points.
The Lakers had a tough time stopping
Howard Siegel, who led the Trojan scor
ing with seven baskets and four charity
throws for 18 points. Raywood paced
Crystal Lake with 14.
Weakened Swimming Team
Submerged bg Maine, 42-33
Hampered by the loss of Rudy Schmid,
who recently underwent an appendec
tomy, the Nilehi varsity swimming team
lost to the Maine tankmen, 42 to 33, on
January 8, at Maine.
The Jay Vees won a close contest from
the same school, 34 to 32.
Herb Jones, Chuck Wagstaff, Bob Lin
dahl won “first’s” for the Trojans, and
Provost, Wagstaff, Hilfer, and Lindahl
won the free-style relay.
In the Jay Vee meet, Larry Henry
and Paul Waldin established a new
school record when they swam the 75yard free style in 47.4 and 47.5 seconds
respectively.
CAGE ODDITIES
The first basketball team had three
guards, three forwards, and three cen
ters. In 1892, either seven or nine man
basketball was within the rules. In 1894,
the uniform five-man basketball was in
troduced.
Basketball is played by more high
schools today in scholastic competition
than any other sport.
Playing time in most high-school bas
ketball contests is 32 minutes, while the
college time is forty minutes. High school
games are divided into four quarters,
whereas college ball consists of two
deaned halves.
The playing equipment used in the
first basketball game was a soccerball
and two peach baskets.
�Page 6
NI LE H I LI T E
Thursday, January 22,1948
They Have T h e New Look’ Too
Trojans Play Hosts
To Leyden Saturday
If past scores mean anything, you can
look for the varsity Trojans to be “hot”
when they play hosts to the Leydenites
of Franklin Park this Saturday night.
in the last five encounters with the
Eagles, the Nilehi bucketballers have
averaged 61.4 points per game. In 1946,
the Trojans, led by John Lane, put both
the Leyden team and scoreboard out of
commission by scoring 80 points.
Lane scored 30 points in that game,
two short of Ed. Boyk’s record of 32,
established in 1940 against Lake Forest.
The last time a varsity team lost to
Leyden was in 1944. That was the year
that the Trojans lost nine of their first
ten games, and then went on to win the
Regional Tournament at Waukegan.
At the present time, the Trojans and
Eagles seem to be very evenly matched;
therefore, the capacity crowd that is
expected should see a game every bit as
good as last month’s battle with Woodstock.
.
N &gfei Varsity basketball squad is displaying the new awaygam e
umierms which they wore for the first time Friday night, January 9, when
they played the LiSertyville Wildcats.
Roger Coverley and Wayne Piehler are wearing their old uniforms for
contrast with the new suits.
First row, left to right: Jim Blessing, Jim Heiniger, Gordon Anderson, Bill
Comstock, Ed Kutz.
’
Second row: Don Brown, Jesse Porter, Wayne Piehler, Ed Beebe
. Third row: Coach Robert Mackey, Laurence Hall, Lee Garner, Don Carlson,
Roger Coverley, Managers Bill Neuson and Bob Burke.
Trojan Mermen Tie Taft;
JayVees Beaten, 40 to 21
J-V’s Drop Four Games, First Basketbdll Game
But Beat Warren, 38-13 Played With Soccer Ball
¿The Jay Vees of Libertyville defeated
the Jay Vees of Niles 32 to 24 in a con
ference game played on the Wildcat
floor Friday night, January 9.
The “Men of Troy” could sink only 9
baskets in 55 attempts, while the Wild
cats scored 12 buckets in 33 attempts.
Center Wells of Libertyville was highpoint man for the evening with 16
points. Bill Leeming led the Trojan
scoring with nine points.
A fast-moving Alumni team handed
the Nilehi Jay Vees their fifth loss of
the season on Friday, January 2, in the
Nilehi gym.
This marked the second time in a row
the Alumni defeated its Alma Mater’s
Jay Vees.
L. R. Mackey, varsity boss, took charge
of the Jay Vees during Coach Hussey’s
absence.
The Niles Township High School tank
men tied in a swimming meet with Taft
Wednesday, December 17, at Taft high
school. The score was deadlocked at
37-27. The Jay Vee squad was beaten
40 to 26.
The varsity squad was weakened with
out the services of such key men as
Rudy Schmid, Charles Wagstaff, Roy
Holmes, and Bob Lindahl. The “Men of
Troy” lost all relays, but captured three
firsts in varsity events.
Herb Jones, George Davis, and Glenn
Meyer each won their events. Jones won
the 40-yard free style, Davis won the
100-yard breast stroke, and Meyer fin
ished out in front in the 220-yard free
style. The varsity boys also took four
seconds, but it wasn’t enough to win the
meet.
It was a slightly different story for
the Jay Vee boys. They could only col
lect one first and two seconds. Dave
Tegtman got a first in diving.
Time: December, 1891. The place: In
ternational Y.M.C.A. Training School at
Springfield, Mass. What r The world’s
first basketball game.
Young Jim Naismith was in charge
of 18 boys in a physical education class.
During the warm weather Naismith
found plenty to keep his class busy, but
in the winter it was a different picture.
Naismuth saw the need for a 'new
game that could be played inside during
cold weather. With a soccer ball and two
peach baskets suspended from the run
ning tracks in the gym the first basket
ball game was played with three guards,
three forwards, and three centers on a
team. No tackling was allowed in the
game and other forms of roughness were
forbidden.
Basketball! Soon it was played every
where until today it boasts a yearly
total attendance of more than 100,000,000
fans.
New Trier Beats Freshmen;
Through the years many of the orig
inal rules have been changed, but credit Highland Park Downed, 37-33
for the organization of the game goes
After defeating the Highland Park
to that grand old man, Dr. James Nais
Frosh on December 19 by a score of
muth of the University of Kansas.
37 to 33, the Nilehi Frosh lost two
games to New Trier on January 7, at
New Trier, by scores of 37 to 10 and
In their second conference game of 9 to 6.
the season on Saturday, December 6,
In the game with Highland Park, the
the Nilehi JayVees defeated the Warren high-point man for Niles was Don Wal
JayVees at Nilehi by a score of 38 to 13. ters, with 17 points to his credit.
After trailing by six points in the
first quarter the. unbeaten JayVees of
Crystal Lake came roaring back to de
feat the JayVees of Niles 39 to 27, in
a conference game at Crystal Lake on
December 12.
The Tigers pulled ahead and stayed
there for the remainder of the game
in the second quarter when they scored
16 points while holding the Trojans to
two points.
In the second half, the Tigers scored
In their first cage game of the
19 points to the Trojans’ 17. Parseley
was high scorer for the Tigers with 12
The Nilehi JayVees lost their open the Nilehi Frosh, coached by
points. Tom Black led the Trojans with ing conference game on December 5, at Phipps, lost to the New Trier
nine points.
Wednesday, December 10, on the
Arlington, 30-26.
floor by a score of 32 to 17.
j
season
James
Frosh.
Nilehi
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nile H I lite
Vol. IX, No. 5
Skokie, 111.
Friday, December 12, 1947
Nilehi Students Send Gift Boxes
Through Red Cross to War-Torn Lands
Snow Ball Is Theme of
to help make up the scarcity of such
items in these war devasted areas,
should be included with gifts.
The Gift Boxes include such items as
pencils, paper, tooth brushes, tooth
paste, toilet soap, rubber balls, yo-yos.,
cambs, and wash clothes. The boxes will
be packed by 25 active members of the
Junior Red Cross at Nilehi.
The school also sends five represent
atives downtown to the monthly meet
ings of the Junior Red Cross which
operates in Chicago area high schools.
The representatives are Jo Anne Eberhardt and Barbara Lange seniors, Ed
Beebe, Ted Eckert, and Angela Voznos
Juniors. Angela will also take part in the
Junior Red Cross “Citizen of Tommorrow” broadcast on December 18 at 7:00
A CANDLELIGHT PROCESSIONAL p. m.
will mark the beginning of the fourth an
nual “Christmas Vespers” of Nilehi next
Sunday afternoon, December 14, at four
p. m.
According to Miss Clara Klaus, Nilehi
music director, the choir, Glee Club, ON SUNDAY, MARCH 21, a-possible
and Madrigal Singers will be featured at 125 Nilehi students will be aboard the
the program. The song presented by the Baltimore and Ohio’s train, the “Col
Choir will be “Song of the Holy Night,” umbian,” leaving the Grand Central
a cantata based on the theme “Silent Station for points east.
Night, Holy Night.” Songs by the Glee
This train ride will begin an escorted
Club include “Christmas Snows of Swed tour of Washington and colonial Virgin
en,” with violin obbligato by Armin ia, under the direction of Miss Grace
Watkins, “The Birthday of a King,” “I Harbert, problems teacher. The , trip
Wonder as I Wander,” and “The Christ will last through the week until Friday
of the Snow.” The Madrigal Singers when the pupils arrive back in Chicago
will contribute two numbers—“Out of by the same railroad.
the East” and “Carol of the Birds.”
The cost of the tour will be 95
The cantata soloists will be Evelyn
Mahnke, Marian Mueller, Eleanor Dyrs- Nilehi Play is Financial Success
“A Date With Judy” seems to have
sen, Frances Tomszak, Nancy Thieil,
been a great financial success, according
Kenneth Gengler, and Don Verlenden.
The final number will be the “Halle to Miss Doris Tillman, head of ticket
lujah Chorus” sung by the Choir. Alum sales. Miss Tillman said the first dra
ni who have sung with the choir in pre matic show at Nilehi ever to have scenery
vious years, will be invited to again played to a full house of 350 seats both
sing the Hallelujah chorus, and the Friday and Saturday nights.
Figure son the total gain were not
audience will join in the singing of sev
yet available at the time this was written.
eral favorite carols.
SNOW BALLING will be allowed for
the first time at Nilehi on the night of
December 20, when the school’s annual
Christmas dance will be held in the as
sembly room.
The name of this dance will be the
“Snow Ball” according to Miss Mary
Thurman, head of the G.A.A., who is
sponsoring the affair.
A new twist will be added to the dance
this year as it is to be semi-formal. This
means, says Miss Thurman, that the
girls should be dressed in formals or a
dressy suit or dress, while the boys
should definitely be attired in suits.
Plans have been formulated to decor
ate the assembly in blue and white, and
the music for the evening will be furn
ished by the Shoreliners.
THE NILEHI CHAPTER of the Ameri
can Junior Red Cross, under the super
vision of Miss Alice Line, which began
its “Gift Box Project” for children in
war devastated lands on December 1,
will bring the campaign to a close today.
A treasurer was appointed in each
home room to collect the students’ con
tributions. These contributions will go
to buy gift boxes which are valued at
two dollars apiece.
Since the war, the Red Cross has em
phasized that school and health supplies.
Candlelight Processional
To Open Christmas Vespers
School's Xmas Dance
Six-Day Washington Trip Promises Experiences
To 125 Nilehi Juniors, Seniors Planning Journey
Hi-Y Discusses ‘Boy and Girl Dating’ at Meeting
With Girls From Tri Hi-Y at Evanston Y. M. C. A*
“BOY AND GIRL Dating,” was the sub
ject four students from Northwestern
University discussed before the Nilehi
boys Hi-Y Club at a recent meeting in
the Evanston Y.M.C.A.
Twenty-one boys from Nilehi and 30
girls from the Girls Tri-Hi-Y and the
Y. W. C. A. attended the meeting.
Many phases of “Boy and Girl Dating”
were discussed. While they were dis
cussing how long should a girl keep a
boy waiting, Bill Kella, Nilehi senior,
dollars, which includes every neces
sary expense, with the exception of
personal items and service. A deposit
of 30 dollars in January will insure
a reservation; payment must be made
by March 6. AH reservations are to
be made through Miss Harbert.
Highlights o f . the trip, according to
Miss Harbert, will be a visit to the
Bureau of Printing and Engraving, a
trip to the Washington Monument, and
an excursion to the tomb of the Un
known Soldier. Students also will spend
two nights on the steamer “District of
Columbia” during an excursion down the
Potamac River to visit the Mariners
Museum and then to Jamestown Island,
site of the first permanent English
settlement.
After stopping at the Smithsonian
Investigation, will precede a trip to
White House. A tour of Annapolis and
the United States Naval Academy
will set the mood for an evening visit
to the Lincoln Memorial. A tour
through the most modern of crime
laboratories, the Federal Bureau of
Investigations, will procede a trip to
the United States capital, where the
group may have a nopportunity to
see Congress in session.
The students will next visit the
Supreme Court, which will be the last
point of interest visited before the re
turn trip home.
said that sometimes he enjoyed talking
with the parents more than he enjoyed
the date with the girl. The discussants
also came to the conclusion that it was
not necessary to go on “expensive”
dates.
Mr. George V. Roth, advisor, announc
ed that the Hi-Y Club was going to man S ym pathy
age a checkcroom during the Nilehi
The staff of the Nilehilite extends
home baskerball games. According to Mr.
its sympathy to Loretta Donaldson,
Roth, the purpose of doing this is “to
senior, whose mother died recently.
raise some money for the Hi-Y Club.”
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Friday, December 12, 1947
Ten New Inhabitants in Biology Room;
Mother Hamster Bears Brood at Nilehi
Math Award to Be Given to Senior TEN TINY, hairless creatures were born is not uncommon among rodents, but is
Mr. T. J. Kiviluoma, chairman of the
math department at Nielehi, announced
recently that the math department has
decided to present a mathematics award
to the Senior student who is considered
most worthy.
Mr. Kiviluoma believes that the honor
will be bestowed at the senior breakfast
along with the other awards for school
achievements. The final judgment will
be based on the winner’s math grades
throughout his school career plus his
other scholastic accomplishments and his
extra-curricular activities.
S.C.C. Visits Maxwell Street
Last Sunday, December 7, the “See
Chicago Club” under the direction of
Miss Grace Harbert, problems teacher,
visited Chinatown and Maxwell Street.
This was the fourth in a series of trips
planned for the club this year.
According to Miss Harbert the S.C.C.’s
next trip will take place on January 17,
when an excursion is planned to the
Rosenwald Museum of Science and In
dustry.
LaVeau Shoots Three Deer
The hunting reputation of the LaVeau
family was upheld by Phil LaVeau,
senior, who has recently returned from
a two-week deer-hunting trip in Iron
River, Michigan. Phil not only got his
deer, but also shot one for his father
and brother.
Phil plans to mount the head of
the largest deer, a ten-point, 225-pound
buck, and from the hides of the three
deer, Phil will have a jacket made.
Dramatics Club Tryouts Start
Something new has been added! Yes,
in the dramatics department at Nilehi a
new club has been formed, under the dir
ection of Miss Muriel Higgins, dramatics
and radio teacher.
The dramatics club is open to any one
in the school who can pass tryouts which
are based purely on talent. Miss Higgins
hopes that the club will progress far
Thursday, NoVember 15, and formally
took their places among the inhabitants
of the biology room at Nilehi.
The new enroll ees are golden ham
sters, a type of rodent, weighing when
fully grown, from two and one half to
four ounces, measuring about five inches
in length, eating grain, bread and green
vegetables, and making a tame, clean
safe and easy-to-handle laboratory pet.
Orginally there were ten little ones,
but now only four remain, because Moth
er Hamster got into a tizzy and nipped
the heads off the other six—an act which
as yet unexplained.
The golden hamsters which live in the
biology room were purchased for the
class by students taking the course,
taught and directed by Mr. Charles
Hussey.
Among other animal life in the labor
atory are frogs, captured in nearby la
goons, a horn toad, which has the coy
habit of playing dead when visitors are
around; also many crayfish and turtles,
obtained by the students on their field
trips.
One of the strangest of the plants in
the nature nook at Niles is a tropical
enough this year to produce one major one, always thirsty and constantly stret
play and also join the National Thes ching out tendrils in search of water,
pian Society. They will meet every two which it obtains by suction from plants
weeks.
nearby or other aquatic sources, such as
the turtle tank. These tendrils have
reached a length of 8 feet.
Party Given for Gridmen
AFTER A BUSY football season, Nilehi’s gridmen were given a few hours
relaxation at the expense of Miss Jo
Driver Education Ready
hannes’ home room, 121.
The boys were invited to a swimming
party given from 3:30 to 5:00 on De For 'Old Man Winter’
cember 2. After a dip in the pool, the
gridders were escorted to the cafeteria WITH“ OLD MAN WINTER” here to
where hamburgers and cold drinks were stay, Mr. L. P. Babcock, head of Nilehi’s
served to them. The cooking and serv driver-education program, reports that
ing were handled by chefs Dick O’Brien his classes are ready for him.
When foul weather is on hand the up
and Jack Nixon, aided by Busboys Bill
Permer, Willy Hardin, Tom Fitzgerald, per-classmen will then have the pleasure
and John Heinz. Of course, Katie did her of marching to the Tower Room and re
ceiving their instruction in the 22 mock
part to help too.
up-cars made by head custodian, Charlie
Brunke. These mock-up cars are ready
Nilehi Teachers Aid Europe
for duty expect that Mr. Mackey, cheif
The teachers of Nilehi are doing their engineer, has yet to install the controls.
part in helping underprivileged teachers
Mr. Babcock, while commenting on the
in Europe.
progress of his driving course, said, “The
Reports from various sources in Europe students are showing a great improve
state that many teachers are carrying ment in handling the car. Their confi
on in spite of such hardships as scarcity dence, also, which comes from more
of working materials, crowded rooms driving, seems to be helping them to con
and unheated, poorly lighted rooms.
quer the general weakness of lack of con
Voluntary contributions from teachers, trol over the car.”
sponsored by the National Education
Movies expected to arrive soon will
Association, are to be used to rehabili add a newslant to the course, says Mr.
tate and ease the hardships of the Babcock.
European educators, according to Mr.
Anton T. Schubert, president of the
Language Clubs Hold Parties in Assembly;
Students Provide Wide Variety of Entertainment
WITHIN THE LAST four days, two of
Nilehi’s language clubs have had their
annual Christmas parties. The first, held
on December 9, was the Latin club under
Mrs. Dorothy H. Hind and Miss Marjorie
Ronalds, Latin teachers. The second was
the Spanish club on the following day,
December 10, under the direction of
Miss Jean Small, Spanish teacher. Both
were held in the Assembly room.
The Latin department was entertain
ed on Tuesday by the play “Io Saturn
alia,” given by the second year students.
According to Mrs. Hind, the main cast
members were John Krupka, Barbara
Daly, Bob West, John Young, Ronald
Peterson, Louis Keesey, Charles Jones,
and Joe Donavan, and Deane Liesveld.
Other activities at the party consisted
of two Latin contests and community
singing of Latin Songs.
The Spanish party, with Howard Sie
gel as Master of Ceremonies, was a var
ied program, with a series of acts, songs,
and dances, the songs being in Spanish.
Betty Loefgren gave a report on the orgin of Christmas customs, and Beverly
Slack entertained with a Spanish dance.
M ÎÏH JÏÏ t ï
»U U
i he stu dents Of the Niles Townshi
High School, Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A. L. Biehi
superintendent - principal.
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
Feature Editor: L y le D ye
Sports Editor: Don Brown
Sports Writers: Don Brown, Bill Neuson, and E
Linskey.
Girls’ Sports: Doris Bernges
Circulation Manager: Gertrude Brua
iixc lange Editor: June Sprungman
Reporters: Marcia Connell, Bill Heveran, Lee
Harrer Sandra Ravencroft, Dianna Barbour,
Bill Neuson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Donna
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Borneman
Doris Bsrnges, Don Dadigan, Phil LaVeau[
Dick O’Brien, jack Nixon; Mary Morse, Patty
• • Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol
Schuler, June Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, Ken
neth Gregor, and Joanne Day.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul Eberhardt
Clement Meier
�Friday. December 12, 1947
This ’n That If the students at Nilehi were asked
to give their “John Henry,” the popular
name would probably be “Schmidt”, with
variations of spelling. It seems that nine
students from Nilehi were blessed with
this last name. “Carlson” and “Peterson”
tie for second place with seven students
each.
Nilehi has surpassed its 1938 student
body enrollment by 491 pupils. In 1938,
the opening year at Nilehi, 449 students
were enrolled and now the number has
increased to 930.
Mr. Harold Isaacson, Nilehi athletic
director, is one of few people in the
world who can boast of a third set of
teeth. No, it wasn’t in Ripley’s column,
but it could be!
N I L E H I L I T E
Page 3
Vacation Is Almost Here;
Merry Christmas to All
The long-awaited period of freedom
is almost here! Yes, Christmas vacation
is right around the corner, so, as jolly
old Saint Nick would say, “Merry Christ
mas to all!”
Variety of Birthplaces
Among Nilehi Students
From Germany to Hawaii! No, it’s
not a trip offered by a travel agency.
This great distance represents the area
throughout which Nilehi junior and sen
ior students were born.
Stanley Anderson has returned from
Wilderstadt, Germany, was the birth
his cruise to Haiti and has a real tan place of Louis Nachbauer, senior. He
to show for it.
is one of three juniors and seniors born
His cruise lasted for two weeks and outside of this country. Raymond Casson,
according to all reports he enjoyed him 1a junior, was born in Winnepeg, Canada,
while Nancy Watson, another junior,
self.
Stan is a member of the Naval Re claims as her birthplace, Honolulu, Ha
serve and he went on the battleship waii.
Nilehi upper classmen were bom
“Wisconsin.”
in 20 of our 48 states. Of course, the
For the first time since 1919, Mr.
state which is the birthplace of most of
C. W. Selden, Nilehi woodshop instructor,
these students is Illinois, having a total
has sent his car to a garage for reNote: To students who have t poirs. Always before this, he has made of 381. Wisconsin runs second with 11.
Chicago is the city with the highest
signed petitions for the return of
all major and minor repairs himself.
rating, which is 224, and Evanston is the
Kitty Korner, we shall be glad to
Maybe the tired and drawn faces winner in the suburban "race with a total
revive the cat if you, the students,
around N.T.H.S. are resulting from that of 87 Nilehi students claiming this as
will give suitable contributions. The
Thanksgiving vacation. Could it be that their birthplace. Second place in cities
Black Box is still resting in room
some people didn’t stay home, rest, and went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with
216 waiting to be filled.
do their homework?
four, and Skokie was second in suburbs
with 15 students.
Even Washington D.C. was represent
ed in this student birthplace inquiry
along with such states as Oregon, Geor
gia, Pennsylvania, Utah, and many more.
By Lyle Dye
Who says it isn't a small world?
The annual reindeer, snow, pinetree,
and Santa Claus season is here, and no
So you think its a breeze to put a
matter how grown-upish we become in
our high school days, nor how many highschool newspaper, do you? Well it
major awards we’ve won or complicated, might be a breeze, but is seems more like
worldly novels we’ve read in English, a hurricane! The average non-partisan
there are still a few times, especially has little comprehension of the many
during Christmas, when the green-eyed jobs which have to be done to turn out
monster of jealousy rears his head in the 6500 words of the school’s bi-weekly
This week, victims were given the
publication, the NILEHILITE.
quite an undignified manner.
first three lines of a poem and were
Yes, during the gay holiday season
Work on a current edition begins over then asked to write a fourth. Here is
many a teen-ager finds himself gazing two full weeks before it is ready for
the poem and some of the answers your
at a four-year-old at play and definitely, distribution by the weekly report of Inquiring Reporter received:
but very secretively, reminiscing.
news beats, which the 32 members of the
“The cleanup drive is in full swing,
It’s fun now to look back on all our staff cover in order to keep up with the
Pick up the paper and that thing.
childish Christmas beliefs, and get a gig current happenings around school, and
Let’s keep our school cleanest by far,
gle from them, but why do we all heartily to give the editors tips for stories.
J>
agree with our little brother or sister
A story, after the editor reads it and
when they proclaim old Saint Nick to
Jim Wiedler, junior; “Where the heck
be the most wonderful man in the world makes any changes necessary, is then do you think you are?”
and the fir tree to be the most beautiful sent out to a professional linotypist, who
Pat Olson, senior: “And we’ll all de
tree in the world? (Especially when it’s sets the story up in type. After the serve a big gold star.”
! story is returned to school it is rechecked
got lots of bright lights on it!)
Barbara Kokum, sophomore: “For it’s
Although all these things seem long for errors, equipped with a headline, the best in the land, by far.”
ago and far away, the memory of dashing fitted into a page, and taken down to
Jane Heath, freshman: “Our lovely
into a warm house with a runny nose and the print shop for printing.
school we should not mar.”
smelling cookies baking and getting up
You may think that after the paper
Gene Coleman, freshman: “And not
after an almost sleepless, exciting night is out, the staff members can sit down
to tear downstairs to see the tree and and take it easy for a few days, but this as dirty as a junkman’s car.”
A. Halbrendt, freshman: “They’re
all the nice things Santa brought to put is a very false impression because their
under it, is still a pretty happy one.
work is never done. By that time work wastebaskets, remember, there really
It’d probably break most of our mature has already started on the next issue are.”
hearts to admit it, but as we grow older
Bruce Harris, junior: “We aren’t run
So if you have any ideas as to what’s
and more ancient (after all, seventeen
ning a circus hyar.”
is no young age in an atomic world!) wrong with the NILEHILITE and what
Mary Lou Schey, junior: “As all the
year by year, we think more and more you would like to do about it, why don’t Army barracks are.”
about how maybe it wasn’t so bad being you enroll in journalism next year, or
Al Wdowicki, junior: “And don’t
a mere youngster and not quite so grown write a letter to the editors and take it
Aup to room 216 ? The NILEHILITE is al throw away your old love letter.”
up.
Bill Kella, senior: “For the hall is
ways glad to hear any criticism or com
But no matter how old we are, every
no place to throw cigars.”
ments from its readers.
body still loves Christmas.
Seniors Slightly Sad
As Years Roll Quickly On
S
Publishing N ilehilite
Is No Easy Task
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N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, December 12, 1947
Senior Pat and Freshman Dave Interviewed; Classes Choose Pupils
Represent Classes on Cabinet and F. B. A. With Outstanding Traits
Dave Tegtman, freshman, and presi
dent of the Freshman Board of Advisers,
is slowly acquiring a “lone wolf” nick
name due to the fact that he is the
only male on the board.
After graduating from Our Lady of
Perpetual Help grammar school, Dave,
upon entering. Niles, immediately went
out for football and is looking forward
to swimming and baseball season.
Dave’s ideas of a perfect evening is
a dish of spaghetti, that “special” fresh
man girl, and Harry James’ orchestra
with Dorothy Shay as vocalist.
Little do we know how lucky we are
to have Dave with us this year because
way back in fifth grade, while on a
fall on him, almost enrolling out FBA
?arm, he had a twenty-foot load of hay
president as a permanent student in
the School of Angels.
Time Flies Back and Sees
Teachers as Teen-Agers
One of our prettiest and most active
senior girls is Pat Hartung.
Pat takes twirling and belongs to the
See Chicago Club, G.A.A. and the Senior
Cabinet. Her favorite sports are bas
ketball and bowling.
Being a dance fan, Pat puts Tex
Beneke at the top of her list of dance
bands. Pery Como is her favorite crooner.
Her likes are Kentucky and eating
sandwiches between classes. Her pet
peeves: the styles (because she hates
o lengthen skirts) and people who
don’t like to listen to hillbilly music.
Pat is taking the commercial course,
md afcer graduation she hopes to start
working for a tall, dark, and handsome
boss who is both young and single.
JournalismStudents
Interview Crooner
By Gertrude Brua
If you’ve been wondering for the last
three weeks why you filled out a certain
paper in homeroom and who won this
student opinion poll, the Nilehilite now
has the answers for you:
Bill Comstock was selected as the
best-looking boy in the senior class, and
Eva Lou Michel as the prettiest girl. The
two students with the best personality,
Biehn and Polly Wettengel. Don Chrisaccordingly to the questionnaires, are Don
tensen was chosen by the senior class as
the person most likely to succeed.
The junior class nominated Jack Heurlin and Joan Harrer as having the best
personalities. Ed Beebe was chosen as
the person most likely to succeed, while
Donna Korsmo was chosen as the pret
tiest girl and Carl Bjorkdahl as the most
handsome boy.
The sophomores nominated Jim Ken
nedy as the boy having the best person
ality, the most handsome boy of the
sophomore class, and the person most
likely to succeed. Beverly Dilly was voted
the prettiest sophomore girl and Marilyn
Reiland as having the best personality.
The freshmen followed through by
selecting Alan Weisburg as the person
most likely to succeed. Donald Walters
and Joyce Baumann have, according "to
the freshman cass, the best personalities.
Astrid Halbrendt is the prettiest girl and
Ray Spencer is the most handsome fellow.
Although you may disagree with the
results of the poll, the people chosen
were selected by the majority of the
students of the casses, and who are you
to argue with the masses ?
Mel Thorme, baby faced, blue-eyed
By Deane Liesveld
idol of the bobby soxers, gave a coke and
Turning back the dusty pages of
Father Time’s Almanac, to pages not so milk interview party November 25, ex;dusty, we checked up on the adolescent elusively for high school journalists.
This party was held in the Bamboo
years of our teachers. Here are a few
interesting facts that may help you to Room of the Hotel Sherman’s College
Inn. Those representing the “Nilehilite”
know your teachers better.
All time Hit Parade tunes then were who were there were Deane Liesveld.
“Margie”, “Whispering”, “Sleepy Time Doris Bernges, Marcia Connell, Dona
Gal”, “Red Sails in the Sunset”, My Korsmo, Carole Schuler, Lyle Dye, Rudy
Schmid, and Dick O’Brien.
Blue Heaven”, and “Harvest Moon.” The
To open the session, Mel sang his
faculty hepcats cut some pretty mean
two-steps, charlestons, and cariocas, not extremely popular composition “Christ
to mention the big apple, to those tunes. mas Song” and closed after about an
The clothes styles were about the same hour of intensive questioning with the
as today’s long skirts. As for popular song everyone begged him to sing, “Bal
lerina”.
fads, we discovered galoshes unbuckled
at the top, (the wearers were known as Laughing, clowning, and at times blush
flappers) large black taffeta hair bows, ing to the roots of his blond hair, Mel
bobbed hair or hair wore in buns on proved a very likeable and interesting
either side of the head. Model-T flivers personality to interview.
A Chicago boy, he attended Hyde Park
instead of the hot-rods were all the
High School for three-and-a-half years
rage.
Each and every bobby soxer still has
Ah yes! Then too did fair Cupil let go until he left Chicago in 1942 with Chico
Marx’s band. He was graduated from a place in her heart for the brown and
his little arrows of romance into their
white saddle shoes of the “good old
normally palpitating hearts to make high school in Los Angeles.
All along the hallway on the way out days,” but the original version is now
them flutter and quiver like little “boidseldom seen, having been taken over by
ies”. “Bunny” Ryden’s got that way to the street you could hear faint, fe
red and white or blue and white ones.
over redheads. Many other o fthe facul minine sighs,“Didn’t he look adorable
Gone too is the simple loafer, that
when he sang?”
ty sacrificed class rings and DeMolay
for many years has been a headache to
pins to the sweet song of high school in chemistry class; Mr. Schubert drove
all mothers of teen-age daughters. The
lo v e ------------sigh!
across a sidewalk and was expelled from simple reason for this isthat when
The inevitable jive talk went some school; Miss Harbert throttled her con
worn by high-school girls they sound
thing like this; “Baloney.” “What’s the science and threw bee-bee shot at the like a suction pump.
difference as long as you’re healthy?” desk in study hall (but she never con
Into the halls of our school has also
and “Shiek” (for a cute fella).
fessed); and Miss Atkinson upon dis appeared the “flat” which in former
To the question “Did you ever ditch covering a Latin “pony” got good grades
years was seldom seen on girls. Any flat
school?” most answered with an abrupt for a week and then was called on to
is acceptable so long as it has the “look”
“no” or refused to answer at all. Mr. recite.
which means heel and toe in. The balleri
Van Arsdale, however, can remember a | These high school hepcats from yester na or plain flat is very popular.
few blank days on the calendar and Mr.! day, for the majority, feel that their
However, here are some styles that
Eberhardt and a couple of buddies made charges from 8:15 to 3:11 every day are go on and on. They are the fellas’ fash
a day of it—once.
more mature, less interested in school, ions, and good old saddle shoes and
A few miscellaneous details found in and more bold than they, themselves, students of the classes, and who are you
our research: Miss Tillmann sat in acid! were at our age.
best dressed males.
Fads in Shoes Change;
Feet Now Prefer Dress-up
�Friday, December 12, 1947
N I L E H I L I T E
104 Trojan Athletes Receive Letters;
Heiniger Named Most Valuable Player
c
Coe, Bob Cook,
Bob F
One hundred and four boys received J aick a rd F e rris, F re d GBob r,D uBois, G erber,uller,
R h
a tte
C lark
Bill
athletic awards on November 26 in the G ra fk e , Bob H arw ood, W a rre n Jones, D on K etiel,
K en L a P la n t, Tom M erle, W illiam N elson, Tom
fall awards assembly at Niles Township Reed, C harles k i^ u g iT , Clyde Schultz, a n d R ic h
a rd Voss.
High School.
Twenty-six Freshman Shields were
Harold Isaacson, boys’athletic director awarded by James Phipps, new addition
and varsity football coach, gave out 27 to the Nilehi coaching staff. They were
aw
ed
ary A bbott,
B a rMajor “N’s”. Those award winners were rowardH owto G B a u m h ^ rd t, DickBB aker, Elm o Berg,
,
ard
Ed
edony, D on
K ay B atz, Ed Beebe, Tom B lack, J im B lessing,
C on C arlson, Bill C om stock, B ill F o tsch , Tom
F itzg e ra ld , Lee G a rn e r, L a u re n c e H all, Jim H einije r , P a u l H einiger, H erb Jo n es, Ed K adlec, Jim
K ennedy, N eel K iefer, Ed K u tz, L enny Lange,
Ed Linskey, A rt M iller, W ard N ipper, D ick N or
m a n , D on Siegel, H o w ard Siegel, Ed Soergel,
R a lp h W aiberg, a n d Jam e s W ead. '
The varsity team won six games while
losing to Arlington and Lake Forest. Art
Miller was named Honorary Captain,,
and Jim Heiniger was elected Most
Valuable Player.
. L. R. Mackey, school engineer and
shop teacher, awarded 29 Minor “N’s”
and 17 Frosh-Soph sheilds to his Jay
Vees, who complied a four and four re
cord for the season.
T h e m in o r le tte r w n n e rs w ere E d A rchibald,
G eorge Eussey, W illiam C am pbell, D on C arlson,
c v n r a a C ornell, J im D avis, Jo e D onovan, D ie*
E rick so n , B 11 F ru en d , B u rt G e rh a rd t, A1 H a rtig ,
Jo h n K ad lec, L o u K eesey, G il K luesing, A1
K ru eg er, J a c k L arso n , G lenn M eyer, K m M uto,
R oy N elson, P e te P asek , Jesse P o rte r, D ick P ro
vost, N ick R ollick, D ick Shiley, M a rtin Seidler,
B h r l i Sie-nsen, Al S tillm an , Lee Struebim g, D ean
W h itto n , Bob W itte, Ed B u tte rw o rth , an d C harles
Voss,
.
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Roy N elson w as n a m e d H o n o ra ry C ap tain .
'iiis F io ..h -S o p h w in n ers w ere Jam e s B rophy,
Trojans Out-classed by
Wildkits 46 to 22
The Evanston Wildkits flipped 21 bas
kets through the hoop and sank four
free throws to roll over the Nilehi Tro
jans 46 to 22 in a non-conference game
on Evanston’s floor Friday night, No
vember 21. It was the opening game of
the 1947-48 basketball season for the
Trojans.
The Trojans tried 47 shots at the
basket, but sank only six against the
tall Evanston team. The Trojans also
sank 10 free throws out of 17 tries.
Tritschler of Evanston was high
scorer of the night with 13 points, while
Gordon Anderson of Niles had five points
to be high man for his team.
Evanston scored 25 points in the first
half, while Niles could score only 13
Robinson and Tritschler led their team
in scoring with three baskets apiece.
Anderson and Jim Blessing each collect
ed four points for the Trojans.
Evanston racked up 21 more points
in the second half while the ‘Men of
Troy’ made only nine.
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L a rry B rite n s tin e , B ill C a tte rn , W alter D eStories,
Don G aw rys, B uddy H lld eb ran d c, K a rl Holzl,
D ick H a lla p p a, W arre n H olcomb, L ester Ja c o b
son, Nick Jostock, P a u l J c rg t nsen, E lliot K enny
R o n ald M eilicke, Ed M eyers, Bob R av e re t, Jam es
Schell, R ay Spencer, Jam e s Suckow, D avid T egtm an , a n d F re d Yocum .
Don Berg was named Honorary Cap
tain of this team which won two games
while losing five.
The cross-country team, coached by
Arthur Ryden, won two out of five
scheduled meets. The only major letterwinner was Carl Schrimpf. Bill and Ed
Hutchings won minor “N’s” and Gorden
McKinley and John Gerich were award
ed frosh shields.
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Cag emen Improve, But
Lose to Terriers, 47-36
New Trier’s Green Wave quintet
jumped off to a quick lead which they
never relinquished, as they conquered
the Niles’ Trojans 47 to 36 at Nilehi
on Wednesday night, November 26.
The Trojans, trailing 11 to 4 at the
end of the first quarter, played better
ball in the second period but so did the
Terriers. The score at halftime was 20
to 11.
Although L. R. Mackey’s boys showed
quite a bit of improvement over the
Evanston game, they were still unable
to consistently drive past the New
Trier defense.
Heiniger of Niles and Krantz of New
Trier were high-point men for the
night with 14 apiece. Christenson and
Moore, both of New Trier, scored 13
and 11 points respectively.
Swimmers Divide With
Mermen Outs wim Morton Highland Park, Steinmetz
Two Records Broken
The Nilehi Varsity and Jay Vee swim
teams both won their first meet of the
1947-48 season, Thursday, November 20;
by out-swimming and out-diving their
opponents from J. Sterling Morton High
School.
The Nilehi varsity lost only one race
and gave a splendid performance in its
42 to 24 victory over Morton’s varsity.
On the other hand, luck was with our
Jay Vee squad as the boys nosed out
the Jay Vees of Morton 32 to 31.
Two of the varsity lads, dissatisfied
with some old school records, went out
and put some fresh ones in the book.
Herb Jones set a new record by swim
ming the 50-yard free-style in 26.4
seconds, beating his own record by one
tenth of a second.
The other record was broken by
Charles Lindahl, who swam the 100yard free-style in 59.7 seconds, 3.2 se
conds faster than Ted Ebert’s old record
of 1:02.9
Jay Vees Drop Close
One to New Trier
In dual swimming meets with the
Highland Park and Steinmetz High
Schools, the varsity aquamen of Nilehi
broke even. They lost to a tough High
land Park squad 50 to 25 on November
26, and then outswam and outdived the
Steinmetz swimmers, 4f to 33, on De
cember 1.
Herb Jones and Dick Provost account
ed for the two firsts against the High
landers. Jones won the 50-yard free
style in 27 seconds, and Provost placed
first in diving.
The Jay Vees did much better against
this same opponent. They captured four
first places and four seconds to beat the
Highlanders, 35 to 31.
In the meet with Steinmetz, however,
it was exactly the opposite, as the Jay
Vees were defeated 34 to 31 and the
Varsity was victorious, 41 to 33.
Herb Jones, Rudy Schmid, and Bob
Lindahl took first for Niles, while Jones
and Provist tied for diving honors.
Bill Nickel and Gordon Smale shared
diving honors for the Jay Vees.
Baseball Prospects Will
Condition During Winter
In a hon-conference contest the Jay
For the first time in the history of
Vees of New Trier won a thrilling game
28 to 27 from the Jay Vees of Nilehi N.T.H.S., baseball will be practiced in
when Ronnie Samaha scored two bas the crisp of winter, not actually out in
kets in the last minute of play after the snow, but in the school gym after
Niles had led all the way. The game was school. It will be under the direction of
played at Niles Wednesday night, No Mr. James Phipps, new varsity baseball
coach who was formerly on the Chicago
vember 26.
New Scoreboard in Gym
Coach Hussey’s boys led 11 to 6 at White Sox and now under contract with
A Scoremaster Basketball timer and the end of the first quarter and 19 the New York Yankees.
scoreboard has recently taken the place to 13 at the end of the first half.
Mr. Phipps thinks that the boys who
of the old scoreboard which has been
After each team scored four points intend to play baseball in the Spring
in use since the school was built.
in the third quarter, New Trier came and who are not participating in a win
The new scoreboard, which is made back to notch up eleven points to Niles’ i ter sport need exercise—and that this
by M. D. Brown and Company, has been four points.
extracurricular class, which will con
installed on the south wall of the gym-1 Fred Brei, center for Niles, was liigh sist mostly of running and calisthenics,
nasium.
scorer for his team with nine points. Iwill do the trick .
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N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, December 12, 1947
I
Soccer is a thing of the past, these
days, and the Glamazons are slowly but
surely recovering from their bruises and
bumps.
Basketball is the new “darling” of
the junior and senior girls’ gym classes.
The captains have been elected and
things are going strong. The freshman
and sophomore gals are playing captainball.
Many girls are passing their swim
ming tests in all the classes. For junior
and senior mermaids, a life-saving
course is being planned. This course
will be held after school, according to
Miss Mildred Schaefer, girls’ phys. ed.
instructor.
Following this, a course in water
safety has been planned. This will be
of special interest to girls who intend
to teach in summer camps.
A home nursing course is planned for
the senior girls for the second semester
Everyone should find this course valu
able, no matter what their interests may
be. Who knows ? It might inspire some
girls to go farther in the field.
The cheerleading uniforms have ar
rived at last. The girls have navy blue
pleated skirts, worn with school sweat
ers. The boys are sticking to their white
'‘sailor pants” and their school sweaters.
It seems that a couple of our “pepsteam” kids have almost dislocated their
sacroiliacs during cheering practice. At
that rate they ought to develop some
thing really spectacular.
All girls who have swim make-ups
are warned to do it soon, since time is
growing short for that sort of thing.
Varsity and Junior Varsity Basketball Schedule
Friday
December 12
7:15 P.M.
Crystal Lake
Friday
December 19
7:15 P.M.
Woodstock
Friday
January 2
7:15 P.M.
Alumni
Friday
January 9
7:15 P.M.
Liberty ville
Friday
J anuary 16
7:15 P.M.
Lake Forest
7:15 P.M.
Leyden
Saturday
January 24
Tuesday
January 27
V
4:30 P.M.
Warren
Friday
January 30
7:15 P.M.
Arlington
Friday
February 6
7:15 P.M.
Crystal Lake
Wednesday
February 11
7:15 P.M.
Woodstock
Friday
February 13
7:15 P.M.
Libert yville
Tuesday
February 17
4:30 P.M.
Lake Forest
Saturday
February 21
7:15 P.M.
Highland Park
Friday
February 27
7:15 P.M.
Leyden
Saturday
February 28
7:15 P.M.
Maine
Trojans Face Tough
Crystal Lake Team
The Niles Township Varsity and
Junior Varsity basketball teams
journey to Crystal Lake on Decem
ber 12 where they‘1 meet the Tigers
1
in a game that is promised to give
the fans a good run for their money.
Of all conference opponents, the
Tigers have given the Trojans the
most competition, by succeeding in
licking our boys six times. We have
also beat them the same number of
times.
The boys from Crystal Lake are
not expected to be as tough as the
team that took the Conference
Championship last year, but it will
“still be tough,” says L. R. Mackey,
Trojan Ccach.
Cagemen Win First Two;
Get Off on Right Foot
The Nilehi cagemen, who finished in
there a two-way tie for fourth place last year
in the Northeast Conference, started
here
off on the right foot on Friday night,
here December 5, when they defeated the
there Arlington Cardinals 29 to 23 in the
1947-48 Northeast Conference opener
here at Arlington.
On the following night, the Trojans
here
overwhelmed the Warren Bluedevils 44
there
to 14 in another conference game. 'The
here game was played on the Trojans’ floor
here before a small crowd.
Tonight, Friday, December 12, Coach
there Mackey’s boys will be going after their
here third straight conference win when they
there play the Crystal Lake Tigers, who were
undefeated last yea rin the Northeast
here Conference. The game will be played at
there Crystal Lake.-The Jay Vee game will
here start at 7:15 p.m.
Jay Vees Drop Opener
To Wildkits, 35 to 23
from the Sports Section
The Nilehi Jay Vee basketball team
lost their initial game of the 1947-48
season to Evanston’s Frosh-Sophs 35
to 23 on the latter’s floor, November 21.
Bell was high point man for Evan
ston with 13, while Captain Tom Black,
Bill Leeming, and Dick Erickson led the
Trojans with five apiece.
Alum ni Can Join Choir
Resolve 1o See the
ALUMNI GAME, January 2
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By Dona Korsino
For the first time in Niles Township
High School history, the school choir is
extending an invitation to any alumni
who are former members, to sing the
“Hallelujah Chorus” with the choir at
the annual “Christmas Vespers” on Sun
day afternoon, December 14.
Anyone wishing to participate should
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nile H I lite
Vol. IX, No. 4____________ Skokie, 111.
Friday, Novem ber 21,1947
People of Whole World Hold Key
To Success of, U.N., Editor Says
By Bill Comstock
When I learned that I was going to be our school’s representative
on the Chicago Sun’s trip to the United Nations Organization at Lake
Success, New York, it was the prospect of the trip itself that thrilled
me, rather than the opportunity I would have to see the U.N. in action.
I was perfectly satisfied with my status as a citizen of the United
States of America. But when I returned a few days later a great tran
sition had taken place in me, which I hope and believe will some day
take place in every inhabitant of this earth. I had become a citizen
of the U.N.
Elect Hilfer President
Of New Nilehi Hi-Y Club
The Hi-Y Club is in full swing at
Nilehi. Several meetings have been held,
and Mr. G. Roth, general supervisor, be
lieves the club will be a success. Officers
have been chosen, and a program is
being worked out for the remainder of
the year.
Louie Hilfer has been chosen president,
Lee Harrer vice-president, Dean McNeill
sargeant-at-arms, and Don Biehn chap
lain. The Cabinet, made up of the officers,
directs the activities.
The requirements for membership are
very simple. According to Mr. Roth the
requirement to become a charter mem
ber is to attend three meetings, and to
sign the Hi-Y pledge. However, since the
program is underway, anybody wanting
to join will have to come to the meetings
with a member or see Mr. Roth for ad
mittance. Mr. Roth said this would single
out the boys who were really interested
from those who were not.
While visiting this new world or
ganization, one point above all others
was made clear to me. The U.N. be
longs to the people of the world,
and the success or failure of it lies
“A Date with Judy” is the season
in their hands. The people in the
opener for the dramatics classes of Nilefour corners of the earth have the
hi, who will make their ’47-’48 debut to Beauty of Nilehi Attracts
power to determine the policy of
night, behind the footlights of the school
their respective nations, and these
Visitors from Wide Area
assembly stage.
policies are in turn carried to the
Because of the beauty and practica
The play, a light comedy, which will
world organization by their repre
be performed both tonight and tomor bility of the high school building which
sentatives.
The greatest obstacle in the path of row night, features Joyce Mathews, Nilehi boasts, many visitors are often
U.N. progress is ignorance. Peaple don’t Lyle Dye, Shirley Hawkinson, Clayton attracted to it in order to get architec
understand all the problems of this Union Merrill and Dick Martin in the main tural ideas.
Recently Nilehi played host to a group
of Nations. Their perspective is small. parts according to Miss Murial Higgins,
Instead of considering the world as a director of the play. It concerns the trials of men headed by Mr. J. H. Cherry,
whole,when thinking of the organization, and tribulations of a typical American superintendent of the Olney Board of
Education, Olney, Illinois, and Mr. Davis,
they think in terms of their individual family.
Miss Higgins, welcomed as the new of Royer and Davis architects, Urbana,
countries. The U.N. was not established
for the benefit of any one group. It was dramatics teacher, promises a year of Illinois.
These men seemed especially inter
born with an aim for world betterment, good entertainment and the formation
of a dramatics club.
ested in the building’s layout, Dr. A. L.
through cooperation among all nations.
B'iehn, superintendent, reported.
The press of our own and foreign
Sym pathy
In the past, Nilehi has received visi
lands has not given as clear a picture
The Nilehilite staff extends its sym
of the U.N. as it might have. The
pathy to Donna Belek, freshman, whose tors not only from many parts of the
United States, but from Canada as well.
press tends to play up the sensa
father died on November 1.
tional and the colorful in stories
which have appeal to readers, telling
Complete Cooperation of Student Body and Faculty
of great dissension and bitter words
in the Security Council and the Gen
Is Helping to Make Clean-up Campaign a Success
eral Assembly. This, however, is
quite contrary to the total fact. If
Nilehi’s hall and stairway cleanup cam floor looks pretty clean, but the lockers
you were able to visit Lake Success
paign us running smoothly and efficiently, could stand a brushup.” On the third
and observe the different organs at
backed by the willing aid of the students, floor, Mr. Ohlson said: “There is less
paper dropped, but as yet not enough
work I’m sure you would agree that
which is typical of the school tradition. picked up. The halls are in better shape;
one of the most impressive things
The same spirit and will to succeed on but there is still a margin for improve
about the organization is the way
the fields of sport and to achieve in the ment.” On the first floor Mr. Betts
that men of all nations work with
halls of learning is manifesting itself observed,: “There is a big improvement
one goal in mind—“World Progres
in the drive for good housekeeping in and the outcome looks promising.”
sion.”
Taken all in all the school is definitely
Naturally they have different ideas the school building.
Freshmen, assigned to the wing and spicking up; Niles is on the simonize.
as to how to attain this end, but let us
look at our country. We never would stairways, sophomores on the first floor,
have taken our place among the nations juniors on the third, and seniors on the Two B oys Invade Library Field
If you’ve noticed the bright eyes and
of the world if pur law makers and gov second floor are working in an all-out
cheery expression of the Library Staff
ernment leaders hadn’t had different effort to keep the school clean.
The predominant feature of the cam lately it’s because the boys have invaded
views as to what was best for our own
paign is the complete cooperation of this field. Yes, two boys, Jack Coe and
welfare.
the school body—not just of one com John Young are now part of the library
Whether or not any individual
staff.
mittee.
man or nation may seek or seem to
Sorry, girls, all positions are filled,
When asked to give an opinion on the
seek, through the United Nations,
Idevelopment of the cleanup drive, Miss according to Miss Bicanich, school librar
personal or national gain at the
| Harbert on the second floor stated: “The ian.
(Continued on page 2)
Dramatics Department Makes
Debut in Assembly Tonight
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People Hold Key
To U. N. Success
(Continued from page 1)
expense of other persons or nations,
the underlying aim of the organiza
tion is sound and right. It is an ex
pression of the highest develop
ment of the mind and spirit of
man—a responsible concern for the
welfare and happiness of all men
everywhere. That fact was indelibly
impressed upon me at Lake Success.
Above all else, don’t think the U.N.
can’t be a complete success. The best way
to assure its failure would be for every
one to say it won’t work, and let it go at
that. True, this new organization is fac
ing many trying problems which will
have to be solved before it can be a suc
cess, but these are inevitable in a convo
cation of such a large scope. The U.N
was originated to keep the peace, not to
make it, and many officials at Lake Suc
cess are aware of the extreme difficulties
involved in the fact that this transition
from war to peace is not yet over. But
when it is, and when the people of the
world really fall in step behind the U.N.
there will be much smoother sailing
ahead.
In the meantime the young organi
zation may see some stormy weather,
but remember “a noisy infant is a
healthy one.”
Speedy Gals Take Tests
The shorthand students have once
again been given the Gregg shorthand
tests. In these five minute tests, which
are given at the end of every month
a student must transcribe with an accur
acy of 98 per cent according to Miss Ada
Immel, shorthand teacher.
The speedy gals with 80 words per
minute are: Hilda Bonagura, Bernice
darkens, Ida Franson, Cathy Gerich,
Norma Koch, La Verne Lutgen, Elsa
Tamminga, and Jeannette Tolzien.
Girls who have passed tests with 60
words per minute, are: Jeri Bernard,
Lauretta Donaldson, Pat Hartung, Peggy
Hedstrom, Jeannette Koch, Margaret
Kylen, Geraldine Novak, Carol Ruesch,
Nancy Scanlon, Shirley Schmidt, and
Rosemary Thomas.
rue Nilehiiite is written, printed and pubi bed by the students of the Niles Township
High School, Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A. L. Biehn,
ij .^vri.ioerident - principal.
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
Feature Editor: Lyle Dye
Sports Editor: Don Brown
Lpo. t., Writer's: Dun Brown, Bill Neuson, and Ed
Linskey.
Gir s’ Sports: Doris Bernges
Circulation Manager: Gertrude Brua
Exchange Editor: June Sprungman
Reporters: Marcia Connell, Bill Heveran, Lee
Harrer Sandra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour,
Bill Niuson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Donna
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Borneman,
Doris Bernges, Don Dadigan, Phil LaVeau,
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixon, Mary Morse, Patty
• • Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol
Schuler, June Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, Kenn e’h Gregor, anM Jeanne Day.
FACULTY ADVISERS
P al E',e:h'.rdt
' Clement Meier
N I L E H I L I T E
SHORT CUTS
Kin of Teacher Receives Award
According to Miss Klaus, it is an
unusual honor for an American to re
ceive, since this award is seldom given
to anyone except a Dutch subject.
The Reverend A. V. Klaus, missionary
and brother of Miss Clara A. Klaus,
Nilehi faculty member, was recently
awarded the decoration, “Knight of the
Order of Oranje Nassau,” by Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands on the
occasion of her birthday.
Laundry Is Built in Basem ent
No, they’re not drilling for oil at Nile
hi. But, they are drilling out a space
behind the old towel room in the base
ment.
L. R. Mackey, school engineer, reports
that this space will be used in storing
such supplies as school and office paper,
chairs, wastebaskets, building wood, jani
tor’s tools, etc.
This storage room, which is about half
the size of one of the classrooms, is
being dug directly beneath the south
west entrance to the school.
Room 24, which is also in the basement,
had originally housed the school’s sup
plies.
Mr. Mackey says they are considering
establishing a school laundry in room
24 which is much larger than the other
room. If they do it will be the first
school laundry in the history of Nilehi.
This laundry would be used to clean
towels and gym equipment.
Teachers Get 'A’ in Attendance
If graded on a report-card basis, sev
eral of the Nilehi faculty members would
getk “A” for attendance.
Most of the teachers miss an average
of two days per year, but Miss Ada Im
mel just missed her first day in five
years recently, and Mr. Thomas Kiviluoma has not missed in ten years. Two
other teachers who have a similar record
are Mr. Charles Hussey, who has missed
one day in twelve years, and Mr. Charles
Selden, who has a record of no days ab
sent ’ n 24 years. Dr. A. L. Biehn, super
i
intendent, missed his first day recently
since coming to Nilehi in 1942.
Kranz to Attend Convention
Miss Theresa Kranz, Nilehi history and
German teacher, has for the second time
been selected by the legislative assembly
of the North Shore Division of the Illi
nois Educational Association, to repre
sent Niles at the State Convention to
be held in Peoria, December 28, 29, and
30. Miss Kranz has been District repre
sentative from Niles for five successive
years.
She will also attend the National Con
vention of the Council of Social Studies,
held at Hotel Jefferson in St. Louis,
Missouri, on November 27, 28, and 29.
Friday, November 21, 1947
Juniors and Seniors Retain
Nom de Plumes of Youth
By Eileen Rodley
One would think that by the time
you’re a junior or a senior you would
lose those childish nicknames that you
acquired when you were a mere babe in
arms. But do you? No!!
Mary Carlson was blessed with the
nickname, Pee Wee, at the tender age
of six. Being unable to climb the steps
of the school bus by herself, Mary had
to ask the bus driver’s assistance. The
name he gave her then is what most of
her friends now call her.
Carole Ruesch claims she got the nick
name Bubbles from her dad because she
was forever blowing bubbles at him.
Many of the juniors have nicknames
resulting from the first initials of their
names. Marilyn Birkemeier has the name
Mibs, while Carolyn Hardin is often re
ferred to as Clee.
Florence Miethke acquired the nickname
Foo-Foo from a horse of the same name.
It seems one night there were not enough
blankets in the house so Florence had to
borrow Foo-Foo’s blanket, and after
that the name just stuck.
Mary Ann Ritter was given the name
Muggsie by one of her grade school pals
because it sounded like that of a criminal.
While still barely able to walk, Lee
Harrer was nicknamed Blitz because he
was rather speedy in getting around.
Because of his great love for the wild
woolly west, Don Brown is still called
Buck. Ed Peterson, who was always
combing his hair while in grade school
still maintains the name Slick.
Bill Frund got the moniker Peanuts
at the age of seven by standing next
to a man whose height was six feet four.
Cornin' Up!
November
Fri., 21 (tonight) Dramatics Play—
“A Date with Judy”
Sat., 22 “A Date with Judy”
Wed., 26 Basketball game—Niles
vs. New Trier - Here.
Swim
meet—Highland Park - Here.
Thurs., 27; Fri., 28; Sat., 29; Sun.,
30; Thanksgiving—no school; week
end vacation.
December
Wed., 3 Swim meet - Steinmetz —
There
Fri., 5 Niles vs. Arlington - Basket
ball — There
Sat., 6 Niles vs. Warren - Basketball
Here
Sun., 7 See Chicago Club - Maxwell
Street
Tues, 9 Christmas Party - Latin
students.
Wed., 10 Christmas Party - Spanish
students.
�age 6
Friday, November 21,1947
This ’n That -
Freshmen Show
Plenty of Spirit
The freshmen this year certainly have
Gone but not forgotten is what many
Nilehi students are thinking since th e !a lot of fight and spunk. There was
discovery that the study rooms in the I absolute proof of this a few weeks ago
library are locked this year. Too bad, | during the seventh period lunch. It seems
I ids; remember the fun We had and the for some reason one freshman boy threw
studying that was done, contrary to pop a bowl of “Katie’s” fine soup at another
fresl man boy. This student should be a
ular belief!
valuable man on the football team in
Did you know that—
future years.
There are 4,732 books in the library?
(This does not include magazines or
During a recent U. S. history test,
reference books).
Mr. Betts advised his students with this
There are 2,624 squares on the floor ditty: “Eyes that wander, eyes that
of the second floor? (Count ’em!)
peek, will win a grade that’s gosh durn
The Nilehi school and property cover weak.”
Sitting back to watch the effect of his
23 acres?
There are 41 teachers at N.T.H.S. ? jingle, Mr. Betts was nonplussed when a
rejoinder came from the back of three
(Nearly one to every 22 students.)
Twenty-nine of our teachers hold mas room: “But if you can peek and don’t
get caught, Mr. Betts will think, what
ters degrees?
The present building was ready for a lot I’ve taught!”
occupation on January 23, 1939?
It’s new, it’s different, and it’s cer
Suggestion of gift for senior class to tainly unusual! Yes, most of the senior
bequeath: just one bottle of good ink, boys and girls a couple of weeks ago
no m atter what color, for the poor souls were hardly recognizable. The reason ?
They dressed up for the year book pic
who run out of same during the day.
tures and what a change seemed to come
There is gossip in “Nicotine Alley” as over them all. It was so restful to the
usual. A lot about Mr. Babcock’s driving eyes!
tests. Miss Thurman’s tap dance class,
what happened, who, when, where and
how, is being “chawed up.” The Alley Sneak Preview of Play
is a source of constant “news.”
Is Seen at Rehearsal
Prices Have Multiplied
But Allowances Haven't!
Snap! Crack! Slap! This is the sound
of four alumni slapping their heads in
di'may. We are Nilehi students of a few
years ago and we’ve come back to
N.T.H.S. to live the life of a modern
(1947) Nilehiliter.
We’ll start at lunchtime—natch—on
bur favorite day, Friday. We quickly repi aced our fallen teeth when we saw the
increased lunch prices and realized we
were quite a few cents short. When we
started buying those essentials like ice
cream, pop, candy and pie, we hadn’t
thought that visiting the Alma Mater
was going to cost us as well as the school.
Our meager allowances were soon
stretched farther when we missed one
of those impatient school buses and had
to take the fast “Skokie Local.” Little did
we know that “L” fare was now eight
cents and we didn’t need those nickels
in our shoes anyway!
Next on our typical day came the allimportant Friday-night date. Having
learned our lesson by this time we took
along plenty of extra cash. Nevertheless
we received quite a shock to see the large
rise in prices at the box office. But that
wasn’t the only rise we got because after
the show we had the traditional snack
and were so upset at the new prices
of hot dogs that we had all we could do
to choke down our food.
Millie Milldew walked carefully down
the steps to the assembly room. She had
heard that there was supposed to be
play practice for “A Date With Judy.”
Poor Millie didn’t have enough money to
buy a ticket to see the play tonight or
tomorrow night, and she just had to see
all of Judy’s exciting adventures.
Millie walked to the back of the room
where she wouldn’t be in the way, and
settled down to watch the play. All she
could see was an empty stage except for
a few chairs.
“Maybe I’m early,” said Millie. “No,
I can hear voices. I should have brought
my glasses.”
Millie moved up closer to the front
o the wouldn’t miss a single thing.
Mi1 looked around for Miss Higgins.
lie
She found her surrounded by a group
of students. Later someone told her that
vhen they start fooling around Miss
Higgins calls them' over to sit near her.
Right then and there Millie decided to
become a dramatics teacher like Miss
Higgins.
Miss Higgins told Lyle Dye to take
the bubble gum out of his mouth while
he was talking. Millie offered to chew
it for him while he was talking, but
Lyle didn’t seem to appreciate her offer.
Millie had seen enough play practice
and she went home. Somehow she had
to get some money to see Judy’s adven
tures tonight. Maybe Jimmy Wetwash,
her special beau, had called and asked
to take her.
People Come and Go,
But Fashion Always Stays
By Rudy Schmid
Fashions! The spice of a woman’s life!
Woman! The spice of a man’s life! Spice!
The flavor in a dish of crumpets or a
piece of Arabian pie! All these added to
gether make life a pattern of versatile
and bizarre fashion.
To Adam and Eve, who evidently were
not at all bashful, the clothing problem
was no headache. In the Dark Ager’s
wardrobe a 50 lb suit of armor, with a
few shields thrown in, was a swagger
outfit and in the Rocco period frills and
furbelows, powder and perfume were no
reflection on masculinity.
Today in America there is almost as
much variety as in the rest of the world
combined—in Florida a slick bathing suit
puts you in the front row; in Texas, if
you have an expensive pair of boots,
a silver trimmed belt, a smooth ten galloner, you’re dressed fit to kill (so the
longhorns say).
Anyway, there is always a lot of
controversy over Fashion. Today, the
latest is that of the “Return of the Long
Skirt.” One thing is sure, if long skirts
get more popular the sweepers’ and street
cleaners’ squads will go out of business.
It may soon be as difficult to catch a
glimpse of a pretty ankle as it was in
the days of our grandmothers, and if you
look for one, people will think you’re
queer.
Fashions—Fashions! How they weave
their way into the swirl of human life!
How they conceal and how they reveal!
How they lure and how they repel! How
they intrigue and how they revolt!
From the sleek to the grotesque! From
the sublime to the ridiculous! Come
war, come famine, come sandstorms and
hurricanes, and come the atomic world—
Fashion goes on forever.
The new faculty members have given
their opinions of the students. Now the
students are turning the tables around
and giving their opinions of the new
teachers.
Jo Ann Eberhardt - “I think Mr. Bab
cock is wonderful.”
Louie Roseman - “They’re okay when
they’re ¿leeping.”
Lois Cliff - “Okay as far as teachers
go.”
Bill Hutchings - “What new teachers?”
Dona Korsmo - “I think Mrs. Curl is
so cute.”
Pete Heiniger - “Oh, I guess they’re
okay.”
Nancy Newton - “I don’t know because
I don’t have any of them, but oh, what
I’ve heard!”
Bob Dickens - “Mr. Phipps is a swell
guy.”
Karyl Marholz - “I’ve only got one,
and oh brother!”
�N 1 L E H I L I T E
Emotions Are Varied
When Report Cards Arrive
It happens four times every school
year. It makes some feel good and many
others bad. It brings on disappointments,
quarrels, and dateless week-ends, along
wi.h smiles, rewards, and general good
feelings. What is it?
If >uu don’t already , know what this
undefined, two-faced thing is, we’ll tell
you. It’s report cards, of course. Nothing
else could bring about such a varied
assortment of feelings or turn your hap
py home overnight into a very stormy
fort. Just four tiny little slips of paper
with a few scribbled words on them can
predict your future; for the next few
weeks at least.
If you talked your teacher into neatly
printing an A, the world’s just fine and
everyone’s so sweet. A B is okay too,
and a C doesn’t mean any trouble, but
when the letter which follows C appears,
there’s likely to be trouble. Now there’s
only one possible grade left (and we
shudder to mention it) and if this some
how slipped on your card, well—there’s
something wrong somewhere!
Yes, it’s just four times a year that
students repent past sins about studying
and.; start worrying, that everybody is
in his seat on time with clasped hands
and miiing faces, and that the cry of
“Oh, that isn’t fair,” is echoed and re
echoed up and down the halls of our fair
school.,
But the feeling of depression soon
leaves and the old cry is deserted for one
that goes, “I just know I’ll do better this
quarter. That D wasn’t my fault anyway.
You see,” etc.
Wastebaskets Are Full
A t End of Every Day
Frida}7 November 21, 1947
,
'A Date With Judy' Opens Tonight
Snapped at a rehearsal of the first <Merrill as Oogie, and Dick Martin as
dramatic production of the year which Randolph. In another scene from the
opens tonight in the Nilehi assembly PT y are Joanne Day, Dick Martin, Joyce
a
are, from left to right, Joanne Day as Matthews, Clay Merrill, and Lyle Dye
Mitzi, Joyce Matthews as Judy, Clay as Mr. Foster. Pictures by Jim Schilling.
Cheerleading LooksHard
To Innocent Bystander
Some of you think nosey people are
a nuisance, and they are, sometimes. But
not always. One such nosey person went
skipping into the gym one sunny after
noon and was startled to see a ball com
ing right toward her.
The poor little thing didn’t realize that
the boys throwing the ball around were
a part of our great basketball team. But
then you couldn’t blame her, ’cuz she had
heard that a cheerleading meeting was
supposed to be held here.
But wait! In the opposite corner her
pretty, blue, crossed eyes saw people
jumping around. Ahhh—a sigh departed
from her little pink, toothless mouth.
She ran over and was startled to see a
girl (someone called her Jeanlee Ekert)
jumping over two boys. Their names
were Clay Merrill, and Bill Kella, some
one told her.
Then a boy named Lyle Dye came
over and started to talk to her. But then
she discovered the sad truth. Lyle hadn’t
been talking to her at all. Her eyes had
gotten mixed up again and she realized
that he didn’t even know she was there.
Two fat tears ran down her withered
cheeks.
Suddenly three girls dashed out, urged
on by coach Mildred Schaefer. Marilyn
Pearson, Ellen Patski, and Kaye Jaeger,
leaping and screeching at the top of their
voices, with the rest of the squad, ap
peared on the floor. It sounded like for
eign gibberish to her. Then they sud
denly started to yell together and a
cheer finally came out. The poor dear
decided that she’d better leave and hast
ily made for the nearest exit, vowing
she’d never be nosey again.
Twins in Nilehi
Now Number Ten
Have you been seeing double lately?
Are your bifocals backfiring?
This may be a slight exaggeration but
after seeing some of the sets of twins
in school, you may think you need specs.
Altogether Nilehi has five sets of
twins..
Jane and Joan Schewe, who look very
much alike, represent the seniors. Joan
said that once during their sophomore
year the sisters switched classes and the
teachers didn’t even notice the difference!
There are two sets of twins in the
junior year.
Charlotte and Dorothy Campbell who
look nothing alike, but repeatedly other
people are confusing their names. Char
found this to be her benfit when during
her freshman year Miss Harrison gave
her the credit due Dorothy on a science
project. But the mixup was soon straight
ened out. '
Next on our junior list are Barb and
Burton Gerhardt, the only brother and
sister twins at Nilehi. Barb says the only
thing they have in common is the same
home and the same parents.
In the sophomore year are the Forbes
twins, Marge and Lillian. They look
somewhat alike but aren’t by any means
identical. In interviewing Lillian the only
thing she would say was that their per
sonalities are entirely different.
Now we are down to the Freshmen.
Here we have a pair of twins who are
identical, the Van Paris girls Jean and
Joyce.
These girls look so much alike that
if you want to call, to one, when they
are walking together, the only way it
is possible is to call either name, and see
who turns around first.
Have you ever penetrated the deep,
dark depths of one of Nilehi’s waste
baskets at the end of the day? Gum,
candy wrappers, and old scraps of paper
aren’t the only things you’ll find.
Once you’ve gathered up enough cour
age to plunge your hands all the way
into a basket you might bring up some
thing like this:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
When I think of you—
Did you like the show Tarzan?
Pretty, huh? It was written by one
of our bright little study-hall poets.
Here’s a note by some poor, love-sick
basketball player:
Mye deerling,
Eye wyp knot be abl too sea yew
toonite beecause eye hav bassketbal
praktis. Dew knot disspear—yow ar stil
thee gurl of mye dreems.
Luv andd tincanns
Mee
Digging down deeper, you’ll probably
discover bobbypins, stubby pencils, old G.A.A. Joins Illinois Group
wads of gum, week-old detention slips,
The Girls’ Athletic Association has means that a few lucky girls will be
scribbled on scratch paper, a bread crust, joined the Illinois G.A.A. League again able to go to the G.A.A. camp in Wis
and the sad remains of an apple core.
after an absence of three years. This consin next summer.
�N I L E H I L I T E ,
Friday, November 21,1947
Scouts Too Powerful;
Chill Trojans 14 to 0
Glamazons
Page 5
Mackey Shines as
Basketball Coach
________ By Doris Bernges ________
A powerful Lake Forest Scout eleven
The soccer tournaments are heading
prevented a two-way tie for first place
in the Northeast Conference, when they toward the climax. Anyone can tell how
defeated the Nilehi Trojans 14 to 0 on high the competition is running by
tle ir own field. The game was played watching our Trojanettes limp down the
in driving winds and near freezing tem halls and hobble into their classes. Most
peratures on Friday afternoon, November
classes (junior and senior) have played
7. It was the final game of the 1947
at least one round.
football season for both schools.
Swimming for all classes is going
The triumph also was Lake Forest’s
strong. Many girls are passing their
nineteenth consecutive football win and
it ended their second straight undefeated tests.
Fifth and sixth period senior girls are
season.
being taken out of regular gym classes
Because of the loss, the Trojans ended
once a week for driver education.
up in third place with 5 wins and two
Marilyn Pearson, Polly Wettengel and
losses for the season.
Edith Walther are planning the new
In the first quarter Left Half Back
cheer-leading uniforms. They will defin
Chuck Schárrer intercepted a pass
itely have skirts, and the skirts will be
thrown by Quarterback and Captain Ed
short to allow maximum freedom of
Kutz of Niles on the Scouts’ 35 yard
movement.
l ne. He then raced 65 yards for a touch
Miss Thurman reports that a group
down. Left End Dick Moley’s place kick
of flag twirlers have again been or
was good for the extra point.
ganized. They will perform at basketball
In the second quarter Fullback Bob
game intermissions along with a group
Haake scored around left end from the
of gun spinners who are now being
4 yard line after the Scouts had driven
developed and who will perform later in
56 yards. Dick Moley’s place kick was
the basketball season.
good again for the extra point. The first
half ended 14 to 0 in favor of the Scouts.
In the second half the ‘Men of Troy’ Heiniger Scores Three
were held scoreless again, but they play Times in Wildkit Rout
ed much better ball as they held the
Playing one of the best games of his
Scouts scoreless also. The Trojans gained
three years on the varsity football team,
71 yards on 18 running plays while Lake
Forest gained 50 yards on 18 running Jim Heiniger sparked the Trojans to
plays in the second half.
a convincing victory in the last home
game of the season on October 31.
Harriers Have Small Team
Jim made three touchdowns and set
Win One out of Tour Meets
up another as the Nilehi team romped
The Nilehi cross-country team has to a 50 to 0 win over the hapless Libertydone fairly well so far this season in ville Wildkits.
Lenny Lange, defensive left half-back,
winning one out of four meets against
set up the first score when he intercep
such tough opposition as Leyden, Maine,
ted a Libertyville pass on the 50-yard
Evanston, and Zion.
Coach Arthur Rlden’s charges number line and returned it to the 15. The Wild
only seven while the opposing schools kits were penalized to the seven. Heiniger
have as many as 30 men out for cross then bulled his way over for the only
necessary touchdown.
country.
Other touchdowns came on the fol
Because of the lack of upper-classmen
lowing plays:
on the team, Niles will not be represented
A 12-yard off-tackle dash by Heiniger.
in the district meet.
The extra point was made by “Heinie.”
Among these seven are two seniors,
A one-yard plunge by Jim Blessing.
one junior, and four freshmen. Bill Hut
chings is the only returning letterman Heiniger made the point.
Heiniger intercepted a pass and raced
from last season. Carl Schrimpf has
5
run the one and three-fourths in 9:49.6 G yards for the score.
Lawrence Hall recovered a fumble on
at Maine for the best time since the
revival of cdoss country at Nilehi. Carl the 20-yard line and Lee Garner went
is considered the most valuable team over from the three.
A pass from Ed Soergel to Bill Com
man because of his consistency.
Ed Hutchings (frosh) is taking after stock, good for 14 yards and a touch
his brother Bill in that he has never down.
Another pass from Soergel to Com
been beaten by another freshman in
stock—this time for 43 yards.
any of the meets.
With Ed Kutz throwing and “Arne”
Because cross-country is one of the
Carlson receiving, the Trojans made the
most strenuous of all sports, it is not
a", popular as the ball games. Being car- final score 50 to 0 on a 24-yard pitch.
The linemen, paced by Art Miller,
i ied on in the same season as football,
probably the most popular of all high also played a superb game, holding the
school sports, also takes away many Wildkits to a measly 37-yard rushing
I total.
possible candidates.
;
Since he has come to Nilehi in 1941,
L. Robert Mackey, varsity basketball
coach, has compiled a very impressive
record.
Mac’s JayVee football teams have won
30, lost 15, and tied 2 over a span of
seven years.
But the “Man from Murphysboro”
really stands out as a cage coach. In
1944 and ’45, his teams won 30, lost 15,
and copped 2 Northeast Conference
crowns.
In 1945, Mac was “man of the hour”
when his boys brought home the trophy
from the Waukegan Regional Tourna
ment.
In ’42, ’43, ’46, and ’47 L. R.’s JayVee
basketball teams won 33 and lost 34
while winning the conference champion
ship in 1946.
Mac has coached at Croatian Grade
School in Des Plaines, Cleveland school
here in Skokie, and at Northbrook High
School where two of his varsity football
teams won Northeast Conference crowns.
Born 42 years ago in Murphysboro,
Illinois, which is right in the heart of
real basketball country, Mac won five
major letters at M.T.H.S. (Murphysboro
Township High School). Two were in
football, two in track, and one in basket
ball.
Besides being a salesman, engineer,
and a professional football player, Mac
also studied at Chicago and Illinois Nor
mal colleges.
Trojans Impressive in
Conference Basketball
From 1939 up to the present time, the
Niles Township Varsity basketball teams
have shown an impressive record of 67
wins to 19 losses against their opposition
in the Northeast Conference.
The Crystal Lake Tigers have given
the most trouble to the Trojans by main
taining an even six-and-six record.
The Warren Bluedevils are the only
team that has never defeated the Trojans. They have tried no less than ten
times.
Here are the records:
Opponent
Won
Lost
Crystal Lake
6
6
Niles
Lake Forest
3
9
Niles
Leyden
1
14
Niles
Libertyville
4
11
Niles
Woodstock
2
7
Niles
Warren
0
10
Niles
Arlington
3
10
Niles
19
67
Frosh Lose under Lights
To Arlington Frosh 14-6
,
In their first game under the arc
lights, the. Nilehi Frosh lost their second
game to Arlington this year 14 to 6 on
October 31.
The game was played at Niles and
preceded the Varsity game with Liber
tyville.
�Page 6
ike Fought Polio
A t A g e of Eleven
To see Harold Isaacson, who is head t
of the physical education department for
boys, demonstrate callisthenics in the
gym classes today, ypu would never be
lieve he once had infantile paralysis.
At the age of eleven the right side of
his body was paralyzed and he was un
able to speak.
However, he fought
against this dreaded disease and was able
to speak within a few weeks and walk in
a matter of months.
He was unable to attend school for
one year.
“Ike” was born in Mattoon, Illinois,
February 13, 1900. After living in Tuc
son, Arizona, for two years, where his
father was teacher of mechanical engin
eering in the University of Arizona, his
parents moved back to Mattoon.
After graduation from Mattoon high
school he entered Eastern Illinois Teach
ers' college where he studied Manual
Arts. While he was attending the college
he played on the Varsity football team
three years.
In 1925 “Ike” decided to become a
physical education instructor so he trans
ferred to Western Michigan State Col
lege in Kalamazoo. Upon graduating
from there he taught and coached three
years at Lawton High school in south
ern Michigan.
In 1931, “Ike” came over from Mich
igan and became physical director at
Niles Center high school which later de
veloped into our own Nilehi. In 1939 Har
old Isaacson became head of the physical
education department and is now in his
seventeenth year at Niles.
Friday, November 21, 1947
N 1 L E H I L I T E
Frosh Swim Team
Begins at Nilehi
Football Record
VARSITY
H. Isaacson, Coach
Niles
46
30
33
25
6
28
50
0
218
West Chicago
Leyden
Warren
Crystal Lake
Arlington
Woodstock
Libertyville
Lake Forest
0
0
0
6
13
8
0 '
14
41
JUNIOR VARSITY
L. R. Mackey, Coach
Niles
19
12
12
19
12
0
6
13
93
West Chicago
Proviso
Leyden
Crystal Lake
Arlington
Maine
Maine
Leyden
0
20
0
6
0
21
21
18
86
FRESHMEN
J. Phipps, Coach
Niles
6
18
0
20
6
6
0
56
Leyden
Maine
Arlington
Libertyville
Crystal Lake
Arlington
Maine
Varsity
Junior Varsity
Freshmen
Total
W
6
4
2
12
26
7
25
14
61
13
20
166
L
2
4
5
11
T
0
0
0
0
‘Lake Forest Will JayVees Lose Finale
Leyden,
Be Tough’- Cagemen Totheir last game of18 to 13
In
the season, the
The inquiring sports reporter asked
this question of some of the varsity
baketball players and one of the coaches:
“In your own opinion, what team or
teams do you think will present the
most opposition to the Nilehi quintet
this season?”
Some of the answers were as follows:
Lee Garner: “Arlington and Lake For
est always give us a tough battle, no
matter what kind of a team we have.”
Jim Heiniger: “Lake Forest will be a
good game and Leyden looks good too.”
Don Brown: “There should be enough
competition to make Nilehi a strong
team. Lake Forest will most likely be a
tough game.”
Bill Comstock: “Probably Lake Forest,
Crystal Lake and Aldington will give us
the most competition this season.”
Coach Isaacson: “Lake Forest, most
likely; they had a good strong Junior
varsity squad last year and Should prove
to be our biggest opponent.”
B’ll Neuson, Manager: “Lake Forest,
probably; they have four star players
from last year’s team.”
The glory of sport fame and the credit ,
of athletic achievement have always been
given to Varsity squads and coaches.
But think where they would be if the
freshmen, frosh-soph and Jay-Vee teams
didn’t sweat and strain to become big
heroes like the Varsity. And the coaches
don’t get as much credit as they should.
The above paragraph, a group of pre
sent day hieroglyphics, however, per
tains not to the oncoming creation of
tediously designed sentences in the form
of truthful facts and eloquent bushwah,
but should be taken for granite by any
intelligent rebob character who has taken
upon himself to struggle through this
bewildering mess of modern symbols
which have been woven together with
such accuracy and finesse.
Of course, this is all beside the point,
and the point (Ouch) is that Niles this
year will be blessed with a freshman
swimming team, accompanied by the
J.V.’s. In the past, the swim squad was
composed of the Frosh-Soph and Varsity
but now the Freshmen and J.V.’s, as in
football and basketball, have been
formed.
The first day of practice eight freshies
sauntered eagerly out to participate in
the training (by no means a snap) that
will eventually pay off in the proud feel
ing of having entered into official com
petition.
Anton Schubert is the coach of this
rapidy improving and progressing branch
of athletic activity.
First Swimming Meet
Scheduled With Morton
The opening of the swim season at
Nilehi took place on November 10 when
the largest squad ever assembled began
official practice.
Fifteen freshmen, 34 sophomores and
juniors, and seven seniors have ten days
to get in shape for their first meet with
Morton High School, which takes place
in the Niles pool on November 20.
Three members of this year’s tank
team are returning major letter-winners:
Herb Jones, free style; Rudy Schmid,
backstroke; and Chuch Wagstaff, back
stroke.
Anton Schubert, Coach of the squad,
says that the competition outcome is
hard to predict.
Nilehi JayVees lost to the Leyden Eagles
at Leyden by a score of 18 to 13.
Leyden scored first when Bill Lilly
carried the ball on a double reverse
around right end from the 30-yard line.
In the second quarter, Dean Whitton
of Niles punted and the ball was recov
ered by the Trojans when the Eagles
fumbled. From here the Trojans marched
Jown the field on a series of end runs.
With three minutes left in the quarter
Whitton threw a pass to Don Siegel who
went to the two—
yard line. On the next
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for the extra point. This ended the half
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In the third quarter, Swenson of Ley Niles
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extra point was no good.
Late in the quarter, after marching the extra point was no good.
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Parents, Students
Will Shift Places
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Eight-par-old Northeast Conference Gasps Last Breath
At the ripe old age of eight years th e , . Lion of new members, or by soliciting
Northeast Conference is reeling on its | games at random with schools which
Again, as in past years, parents of feet ready to gasp its. last breath and j ^ave °Pen dates for suen “fill-ins.” The
Nilehi students will be given an oppor
present schedule of the Northeast Con
tunity to change places with their sons fade into oblivion.
ference will extend throughout this
The conference was staggered by the sehool year.
and daughters at annual Parents’ Night
to be held this year on Thursday, Novem formal withdrawal of three components,
Harold Isaaacson, head coach and ath
ber 13.
Lake Forest, Libertyville, and Warren, letic director of Nilehi, says: “This is a
A feature of the program, according
who have combined forces with Zion serious situation and we must endeavor
to Miss Ada Immel, head of the Parents’
to correct it immediately.” Niles has al
Night committee, will be a music pro Benton and Grays Lake to start a new ready petitioned the West Suburban
gram at 7:15 p.m., supervised by Miss league. Crystal Lake and Woodstock seven-team conference, and is investi
Clara Klaus, Nilehi Choir director. The dealt the final blow by notifying the re gating down-state possibilities in an allactual classes will begin at 8 o’clock.
maining participants that they also will out effort to procure an adequate number
The usual hour of class will be con probably drop out, because they have of opponents to shape a satisfactory 1948
densed slightly to ten minutes per sub been invited to join the new combine.
athletic schedule.
ject. Parents will follow program cards
Niles, Leyden and Arlington, the
mads out by their son or daughter.
three remaining members of the North
To top off what the teachers hope east Conference, are up against the pro
will be an enjoyable evening, ice-cream blem of securing sports competition for
and cake will be served to the parents in ’48-’49, by joining another league, by
the school cafeteria.
forming their room league with the adIf you’ve ever been on a merry-goround you can understand exactly how
this year’s Junior Council members feel.
Besides helping to get the “Clean-Up”
campaign organized and started, these
members have been making plans for
Vol. IX, No. 3
Skokie, 111.
Friday, November 7,1947
the most important social event of the
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Prom.
friend; Dick
A Date with Judy ’to Be Ooogie, isher harrassed boy little brother; year, the annual Junior committee, con
Martin Randolph, Judy’s
So far a ballroom
Confusing in Nilehi Play and Mr. and Mrs. Foster, Judy’s parents, sisting of Elaine Esch, 315; Tom Cleary,
are played by Shirley Hawkinson and 306; Ed Archibald, 316; and Marilyn
If you had “A Date with Judy,” you’d Lyle Dye.
Blrkmeier, 314, has been selected, and
The play will be presented two weeks its members are inspecting ballrooms in
probably end up being just as confused
as Judy’s family and boy friend usually from tonight and tomorrow night, No 'he Chicago area. In previous years the
are. Just because Judy wants to be queen vember 21 and 22, in the Nilehi Assem Prom has been held in many places
bly room. Plans have been made to use throughout Chicago, and it is hoped that
of her club dance, and therefore enters
new scenery and lights but at the time this year it will be closer to school.
herself and her parents in all sorts of this story was written no other definite
contests to earn money, it seems to her information could be given by Miss Mur Miss deBooy stated in a late anouncement that the Junior Prom will be held
to be only an innocent little task. But iel Higgins, dramatic teacher and direct in the Michigan Shores Room of the
the consequences and the prizes that or of the play.
Edge water Beach Hotel.
come rolling in from the various con
N ilehi Extends Sympathy
No orchestra has as yet been selected
tests are far from little or innocent!
Joyce Matthews plays the part of
The Nilehi Staff wishes to extend but several are being considered.
Miss Margaret deBooy, Junior Adviser,
scatterbrained Judy; Clayton Merrill is sympathy on behalf of the student body
and faculty to Miss Grace Harbert, Nilehi has high hopes for the forthcoming
teacher, whose mother passed away re event. She says, “This Junior Council
cently, and to Marilyn and Paul Reiland, is one of the grandest councils I have
Nilehi Student Exhibits
sophomore and first-year college stu ever worked with, and junior homerooms
Talents at Orchestra Hall dents, respectively, who are mourning should be congratulated on their wise
choice of representatives.”
the recent death of their father.
Nilehi has been honored and thrilled in
the past by the achievements of athletes
Words Lacking for Mr. Collins3New School Song;
and scholars. Now Nilehi is honored and
thrilled to have an accomplished musi Melody Presented on Nilehi Program over F.M.
cian, 16-year-old Armin Watkins, a jun
ior at Nilehi.
Listen, my children, and you shall
“Oh, there is a high school that really
Most of his classmates have heard hear of the midnight work of Mr. Clif
is quite great,
him finger “boogie woogie,” at the Skokie ford Collins, Nilehi band director.
And that is a statement that no one
Youth Club, but Armin’s musical talents
Mr. Collins, composer of many songs,
will debate.
go much farther than this. He will soon has written a new theme for Niles. This
It sure is the one school that’s best
demonstrate these talents at Orchestra song has no title as yet, but Mr. Collins
in the land.
Hall in Chicago where he shall play a feels that “this song may be even better
We know it is really most grand.
piano solo, a movement from a Grieg received than ‘Nilehi’ and ‘Gold and
‘And what is the name?’ you’re al
Concerto, accompanied by the Chicago Blue’ (Niles’ original school song).”
ways sure to ask.
Symphony Orchestra. Armin will make
Mr. Collins’ latest version of the song
To find out it should not be any
two matinee performances on October 21 was heard Monday, October 20, on
great task.
and November 4.
“N.T.H.S. Presents,” Nilehi’s radio pro
To see this great high school most
Armin doesn’t believe he’ll be scared gram broadcast every week over FM
folks will travel miles.
playing for such a large audience but station WEAW. At that time, students
The name of it is just our good old
to keep his spirits high, all the students were asked to write words and suggest
Niles. Hey!”
that are majoring in music at Nilehi a name for the song.
If you’d like to write words, Mr. Colace going to be at Orchestra Hall to see
Here are some words written by Tom line will be glad to provide the tune for
and hear him play.
Madden and Jay Dahm:
you, he says.
J. C. Works Hard on
Clean-up and Prom
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Pressure Gauge
N I LE H I L I T E
Action Is Plotted
For Nilehi Clean-up
Friday, November 7, 1947
SHORT CUTS
From time to time the editors of the
Fall is here and the sidewalks are Cafeteria Saves Meat, Poultry
Nilehilite get letters from student readGiving up meat on Tuesday
ersi, either criticizing, complimenting, cluttered up with leaves from the trees,
Isn't too hard to bear,
or just commenting in general on things but that’s no reason why the halls of
'Cause it makes us very proud to say,
pertaining to school. Below are some of Nilehi should be littered with paper
and debris.
“We are doing our share"
the letters we received recently.
This could well be the motto of the
The homeroom representatives got to
The Nilehilite is always glad to hear
from its readers, so if you have any gether with the advisers and mapped Nilehi cafeteria as it falls in step with
ideas which you feel concern the school out a campaign to rid Nilehi halls of the rest of the nation in the food-saving
and its students the editors will be happy these articles which distract from the program. Meatless Tuesdays and eggless
beauty of the building.
and poultryless Thursdays became an
to consider them for publication.
The seniors, headed by Polly Wetten- important part of the lunchline schedule
Letters to the Editor may be placed
in the “Black Box” in room 216. AH con gel and Sam Boznos, will have charge of when President Truman asked us to
tributions must be signed by the author, clean-up campaign assemblies; the jun save food for the needy countries in
iors, headed by Elaine Esch and Tom Europe. Katie Kestenholz, Nilehi cafe
but names will be withheld on request.
Cleary will handle all printed publicity; teria manager, reports that fish and
Dear Editor:
Why do we here at Nilehi charge the the sophomores under Irene Holtman and macaroni dishes are being featured as
students from visiting high schools more Jim Kennedy will take care of publicity substitues on these days.
to get into the games than students over the P.A. system; and the freshmen
students get a chance to buy their ticket«? are handling the posters in the halls.
Russell Elected President
Sam Boznos was elected chairman oi
from our own school? Here at Nilehi our
The forty members of the Student
the group and he feels confident that if
for 30 cents, but the visiting students
Operators Club at Nilehi elected two
who come to the game that night must the students will back the campaign it officers for the year recently while Mrs.
will be a huge success.
pay twice as much for them.
Dorothy H. Hind, director of the club,
According to Miss deBooy, junior ad
For the game at Woodstock we re
appointed the third.
ceived 100 tickets at 30 cents each. This viser, and Miss M. Ronalds, freshman
The officers, Stuart Russell, president;
:s what I call good sportsmanship. Why adviser, the campaign is already show Don Kettel, secretary-treasurer;, both
ing definite signs of progress.
can’t our school do something similar?
elected; and John Ahrens, the appointed
—P.L.V.
Ch ef Operator, have swung into their
Editors note: Last year Nilehi’s office
G.A.A. Magazine Sale jobs for the school year with great zeal,
fr-vt -tudev.t tickets (30 cents') to all
according to Mrs. Hind.
opposition for our home games. Most of Is Most Successful Drive
Almost every morning before home
them just sent the tickets hack unsold,
“All G. A. A. members should feel room period they can be seen preparing
so the service was discontinued this sea pretty proud of themselves,” announced projectors and screens for the class
son. Student tickets will still he sent Miss Mary Evelyn Thurman, sponsor, rooms where films are to be used that
upon request.
“since this year’s magazine subscription day as part of the teachers’ visual edu
campaign has been more successful than cation program.
Sir:
. Why doesn’t our school cafeteria get any other year with a total of $1,728.85,
state aid to help bring the cost of lunches of which the G. A. A. receive approxi
New Hi-Y Club Organized
down? Several other schools in the area mately 30 per cent.”
The Hi-Y Club, a function of the
The first prize for selling $74.50 worth
have cheaper lunches than we do under
of magazines was a red portable radio Y.M.C.A., is in full swing at Nilehi.
our system.
The first meeting was held Tuesday,
won by Doiis Starzynskis, a freshman
—J. N.
Editors note: This is all very true, of room 101. The second prize, a Bobby October 21, and a Northwestern football
but when state aid is given, the students Sox doll, was given to Pat Clemens, movie was shown. Mr. G. V. Roth, su
can have no choice in food. They must another freshman of room 108 for selling pervise^ believes the program will be
a success.
take just what is prescribed for them. subscriptions totaling $64.50.
Most of the activities will be held at
Nilehi considered this system during
Nilehi and some at the Evanston Y.M.C.
the ’b5-46 school year. Lunches which Parents in Night School
A. All jun'ior and senior boys are eligible
would he served under the state system
were shown for all students to view, Desire Practical Courses to belong. Sports, social events, trips
The 80 parents taking part in Nilehi’s and many other activities will be held
and a poll was taken to see which they
during the year.
preferred. Over three-fourths of the adult evening education program show
students wanted the kind of food that a definite desire for practical courses,
and a lack of interest in general educa
is served in our cafeteria today.
tion, according to Mr. Marvin Ihne, in Todd Joins Wig and Masque
Among the sixteen chosen to join the
in charge of
Wig and Masque dramatic society recent
Debate Club Under Way structorLine’s sewing the program.
Miss
class rates highest
The Forensic Club of Nilehi is once in enrollment with 25 women, all of ly at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, was
again under way. The club, now en whom want to make their own dresses Jim Todd, a Nilehi graduate of last
tering its second year, is a debate organi and suits because of the high cost of year. Jim was the only freshman chosen
^arnpng the 45 candidates for membership.
zation whose aims, according to Mr. John clothing.
L. Betts, faculty adviser of the group,
Other popular courses that poipt out
are: to develop skill in public speaking, a solid trend toward practicability are Parent Visits Civics Class
efficiency in thinking, and intelligence Mr. Selden’s wood-working class, Miss
Mrs. Francis Ellis, Golf, was a guest
in citizenship.
Johanns’ typing class, Mr. Fox’s account-; of Mr. A. H. Ryden’s fourth-period civics
Mr. Betts says that no outside debates ing, and bookkeeping class, and Mr. ,class last October 7.
have as yet been planned because few Phipps’ recreational exercising class.
tJpon the request of the students, Mrs.
of the schools near Nilehi have debate
Mr. Ihne thinks the night classes haye ^Ellis' participated in a discussion on home
groups. However, later in the year Mr. a solid foundation and that they have life in order that a parent’s views, along
Betts plans to enter the club in the thus far proved to be a source of en with those of the class would be pre
Illinois State High School Debate Con lightenment and practical, value to the sented. Her son, David, freshman, was a
test.
grown-up students.
member of the class.
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This ’n That -
N I L E H I L I T E
Name of Trojans Chosen
Many Long Years Ago
* Ooh, aren’t they cute!” “Golly, is
With a T, with a T,
t.' at Jim Heiniger?” “Gee, here’s Ed
With a T, R, O—
Kadlec, too.”
With a J, with a J
These and many other remarks were
With a J, A, N,
heard from girls who looked over the
T—R—O—J—A—N—S—
bulletin board in the library. The objects
Trojans, Trojans, Yeah!
of interest were the baby pictures of
You probably have heard this cheer
every member of the Varsity football many times, but have you ever stopped
squad. It just goes to show that time to think of how our teams got the
doesn’t change them too much.
name of Trojans ? It all began quite a
few years ago when the school held a
Another step toward making new contest to see who could think up the
friends at Nilehi for the Frosh was best name for the N.T.H.S. teams. The
taken October 24 in the form of the “Get- winner of the contest was Bernard Hohs,
Acquainted Party.” It featured an after who turned in the name — yes, you
noon of contests, dancing, and refresh guessed it — Trojans.
ments. The party was planned by the
Freshman Board of Advisers and man
aged by two freshmen, Bill Perrin and
Roszika Carroll, under the supervision
of Miss Ronalds.
Virginia Hogan, homeroom 208, is
dong her good deed by collecting the
sealing bands on the wrappers of cigar
ettes for a blind girl.
The 13-year-old girl lives in southern
Illinois, and when she has collected 5,000
sealing bands, she will get a Seeing Eye
dog free. She will also be sent to a
school, and get advice on how to train
the dog.
Biology Proves
Fun for Students
Even though the biology class seems
gruesome at times, according to some of
the students around Nilehi, it really is
interesting.
One of the most unusual specimens
studied in the class is the flat worm. It
can be cut into three sections, and the
head will grow a new tail, the tail will
grow a new head, and the middle section
wil grow both a new head and a new
tail. Now that’s cooperation!
Also, the water in the balanced aquar
ium hasn’t been changed for about four
or five years, according to Mr. Charles
Hussey, biology instructor.
If you’ve never seen an octopus, the
biology class has a miniature one, called
the hydra. It has from five to ten arms
and is one-fourth inch long. Really, you
can see it.
An interesting thing that happened
last year was that a bull frog ate one
of the smaller frogs and died a couple
of days later of indigestion. There’s a
moral for you. Always cook a frog be
fore you eat it.
Among the animals that are experi
mented on are frogs, rats, worms, grass
hoppers, perch, and crayfish. There are
also experiments on blood typing to de
termine the heomoglobin percentages in
various animals.
After School Is Fun
But It's U to You
p
‘W illie’ Shakespeare Is
Still Alive and Kicking
Shakespeare has once again been
brought to life in the Senior English 17
classes, which have *>een studying
Shakespeare and his plays.
Jeanette Oehring translated current
commercials into the way Shakespeare
would have said them, while Roger Coverly translated Shakespeare quotations
into modern advertisements.
From Jeanette Oehring’s paper, “Duz
makes good all those garments,” means
‘ Duz does everything,” while “Root-beer
ere of the father the ale of old,” means
“Dad’s old-fashioned root beer.”
It was found on Roger’s paper that
O'hello said, “This hand is moist, my
lady.” Desdemona answered, “It is be
cause I have forgotten to use Jergens,
the new improved anti-clammy hand lo
tion.” Macbeth asked Banquo, “Do you
not hope your children shall be kings?”
The prophecy came true because Banquo’s great, great, great grandson was
bubble-gum king.
Marilyn Pearson used the popular quo
tation, “0 Romeo, Romeo! wherefore
art thou, Romeo?” as the closing line of
a soap-opera—“Will Juliet find where
Romeo has gone ? Is he out with another
woman ? Be sure to listen again tomor
row to ‘Juliet Faces Life/ ”
The remaining students brought out
their artistic (? ) inclinations by tran
slating Shakespeare through drawings.
The results were put on the bulletin
b ard in room 221.
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By W illie Hardin
Seems like stag parties and hag par
ties are becoming a lot more popular.
‘Buck’ Brown threw a quiet little gettogether a few weeks ago as did Joyce
Matthews, and the Phi Betcha Cants
rented a room in the Edgewater Beach
Hotel for a ‘celebration.’ However, just
plain dates or mixed parties are still
running an easy first in popularity!
Is Your Date Rating
Quite Up to Standard?
If you think that just because you take
a bath once a week and occasionally put
on shoes you’re definite date-bait, you’re
wrong! Let’s see just how your date
rating is. If you can answer the quali
fications given by Mrs. Curl’s sopho
more English class, you can be pretty
certain to fill the requirements for that
certain someone any boy, or girl, would
like to spend an evening with.
The girls first said good looks but
hurried to add that this is really of very
little importance. What’s more necessary
than broad shoulders and curly hair ?
Good grooming, say the girls. Next
in line came personality. Good manners
are essential but shouldn’t be obvious.
The girls also prefer boys that are wellliked and careful with money, but gen
erous on dates.
The fellows insist that “blue jeans are
If we could conceal ourselves within
a locker after the 3:11 bell we might
hear, “I’m sorry, Jim, no coke today—
synchronized swimming —”or“— Gosh,
Jane, I ’d like to, but I’ve got football
practice until after five.”
If being rejected sends a pang of
anger through you, don’t feel bad be
cause you too can find a way to spend
you:' lonely afternoons.
Miss Higgins, the dramatics teacher
of Nilehi, is now organizing a dramatics
club which welcomes new members with
talent and willingness to work. “A Date
with Judy” is also in production and
will be given November 20 and 21.
If you are interested in sports, there
are always football and cross-country
for boys, and archery along with twirl
ing for girls.
Being a second Cicero can also be
achieved by joining the Forensic club
under the direction of Mr. Betts, Nilehi
history teacher. There are also the lang
uage clubs which will soon be organized
along with the Hi-Y club.
With all these organizations and out
side activities which make your highschool years your most memorable ones,
if you’re not busy after school, just
blame the one who is behind your grin!
never approved on a date.” They dislike
girls that are all painted up with cos
metics and girls that talk about other
fellows and other dates all the time.
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N I L E H I LI T E
Members of Senate and Council
Tell Prominent Facts of Their Lives
One of the most active members on
the Junior Council is a gal with big
brown eyes who answers to the name of
Marilyn Birkmeier. Trying to find a
room for the Junior Prom is her main
activity now and it has her on the go
from morning till night.
When asked how she liked the new
length of skirts, Marilyn didn’t seem too
enthusiastic. She also hates to rake
leaves and has no use for conceited boys.
Dick Haymes and Perry Como rate the
highest on Marilyn’s hit parade with
Como’s “Surrender” as her favorite song.
She has a great fascination for Lake
Geneva (His name is Ed).
Marilyn thinks that the football team
would greatly improve if they had a
mascot (blonde or brunette?), but says
it’s entirely up to the team.
A Few Rooms in Nilehi
Are Still a Mystery
by Doris Bernges
No, Nilehi doesn’t have any cata
combs, but we do have, among other
things, a tunnel under our swimming
pool. How many of you Jacks and Jills
knew that?
That’s just one of the “little known
comers” in a well-known place; prob
ably the most mysterious, though. We’re
sorry to spoil your gory little day
dreams, but we can’t show you anything
in torture chambers either. Not even
behind those ponderous wooden doors
in the basement.
By this time everybody, including the
freshmen, should know about the Rotary
room, at the north end of the cafeteria,
but how many of you, including upper
classmen know about the passage from
there to the assembly? Yep, there is
one. It comes out “back stage.”
Even that fascinating little passage
at the foot of the stairs leads only to
the custodians’ lounge, Mr. Mackey, the
Jay Vee coach’s office a receiving room,
a walk-in ice box that would take a
landing party to raid, and last, but not
least, “Katy’s” domain, the kitchen.
That door at the foot of the center
stairs just before you dash madly into
the cafeteria has intrigued many people.
It conceals nothing but some pillars
that hold up the entrance and those
little white fences which are used for
so many different things all over school.
The “secluded nooks” on the first and
second floor are awfully hard to find.
The third floor is much more interesting,
from our point of view, with one heavy
door concealing the photographers’ dark
room, the tower room, containing prac
tically nothing but air, and the biology
department growing room “peopled” by
any animals Mr. Hussey and company
may collect, along with many interesting
plants.
1
The president of the Sophomore Sen
ate is a tall, six-foot, red-haired boy
who will answer to the name of “Red.”
His real name is Ashley Craig, and his
main interest in school is the basket
ball team.
One of his pet peeves is girls who
'moke. He also voiced a distaste for the
new style of long skirts.
There is nothing that he likes to do
better than go on hikes during the week
ends or to go on a long bicycle ride
out in the country. He does this during
' is summer vacation.
His ambition in life is to be able to
settle down on a farm and be able to
raise everything he will need during
his lifetime.
Tomorrow Often Comes
Too Soon After Today
Friday, November 7, 1947
Students Reminisce
About G. A. A. Haqrack
by Joanne Day
“Oh, boy, a hayrack, you say? Golly!
You bet I’ll go. Oh, you mean with you?
Well, now, I don’t know, something aw
ful might happen at home and I wouldn’t
be there.”
Such was heard from one of Nilehi’s
young heroes. But it all turned out all
right, didn’t it, Myrtle ? He finally said
yes, and just because you had to per
suade him at the end of a pistol has
nothing to do with it.
Myrtle and Butch must have had a
lot of fun becouse she turned in her
report and it sounded like this:
‘Butch was so cute and nice. He cer
tainly was a gentleman for he told me
that if I’d walk over to his house, which
is only about four miles away from mine,
hs’d think about using his car, and of
course I had to pay for the gas. But he
was so wonderful about evrything I
didn't mind. When we got to the hayaek it was already moving, so he jumped
:nto the space left and let me run beside
him. He made me so happy. Finally he
decided to let his feet hang so there was
enough room for me.
After the hayrack we went to Cooley’s
and I had a sundae and Butch had a
steak. After I paid the bill, Butch kindly
put me on the “L” and drove home.”
Who says chivalry is dead ?
by Lyle Dye
“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomor
row,” wrote some author called Shake
speare and this word “tomorrow” seems
to have become one of the most famous
ind most used words in all teenagers’
vocabulary. For instance, let’s look in
on Joe Mudwunk, a typical boy.
Joe had just finished a hard day at
school and is drowning his sorrows at the
Youth Center when he hears of a big
party being thrown tonight at which
all are invited. Being included in the
general term of “all,” Joe takes this
as a personal invitation and decides to
by Danna Barbour
go.
Are you of a sentimental nature?
The facts that Joe has an English
As a contributor to the discussion re
theme due in two days, a problems test cently in one of Mr. Eberhardt’s English
tomorrow, and 234 more pages left to iclasses, one of the students added his
read in a book by next week fazes him own comments to pharses, ordinarily
not at all. “Tomorrow,” mutters Joe. taken as pleasingly descriptive but bor
“Tomorrow night I’ll do it!”
dering on the sentimental side.
As all nights seem to do, this one also
A few of those that got the highest
passes and poor Joe finds the party laugh-meter rating were: “A warm
isn’t so good after aH. He seems to be smile on a cold night” (Keep both hands
the only stag there, and before he can on the wheel); “Bubbling laugh of a
get to the table all the food is gone.
clean spring” (boil it first, its got germs
These things alone don’t bother Mr. in it); “The cotton puffs of clouds”
Mudwunk as much as the thoughts-of (vain cornin’ ‘Maw, take in yer wash’);
all the work he hasn’t done.
“Smell of fresh linens” (I smell bleach);
Coming home to piles of books isn’t “Sweet odor of a bouquet” (Ouch, a bee
exectly pleasant for Joe and he finds in the lunch); “The hushed expectancy
himself wishing that some author had just before a concert” (Usher! This guy’s
written a phrase something like, “Today sitting in my seat); “Long, silken
and today and today.” The power of strands of hair” (Aw! yer father’s mus
suggestion, you know!
tache!).
Sentimental Sayings
Are Sometimes Dull
‘Short Skirts’ Are Theme of Poem
But from us men folks’ point of view,
by Bill Heveran
“Down with long skirts; they’ll never
(with apologies to Joyce Kilmer)
do.”
I think that I shall never see
Those exorbitant prices for something
A skirt that’s “Kttle-below-the-knee.”
crummy,
The skirts they seem to trail the
Girls pay out for that “something
ground;
yummy.”
You can’t see a leg for miles around.
Skirts are made by a fool designer.
They used to be short; they used to
But God gave legs which are a darn
be nice;
sight finer!
Now nothing but long ones will suffice. I
�Friday, November 7,1947
Trojans Defeated;
Beat Woodstock
NI L E HI L I T E
Glamazons
_
An alert Arlington Cardinal eleven ________ By Doris Bernges _____ _
handed the Nilehi Trojans their first de
New quarter, new game — seems to
feat of the season here Friday night. be the motto for Miss Schaefer’s and
October 17, when they scored a 13 to 6 Miss Thurman’ gym classes. Both in
victory. It was the Trojans' annual home structors have started soccer tournacoming game.
nents in their classes.
However, Nilehi out-gained Arlington
There have been some gorgeous black
in rushing 100 yards to 63, and on for and blue bruises, but no fatal injuries.
ward passes, 125 yards to 110. Five
The bowlers are doing very good work,
costly fumbles and two intercepted according to “Schaef”, the faculty spon
passes led directly to the Trojan defeat. sor. Handicaps have been established to
keep the teams evenly matched. Thus,
Trojan Rally Beats Woodstock
teams with high scores will have fiercer
It took the Niles Trojans one whole ’ompetition.
The girls with swimming excuses are
quarter before they started rolling Fri
day night, October 24, up at Woodstock. finished with archery and are now learn
However, from then on, they poured it on ing various types of dancing, including
and the result was a 28 to 8 victory over tan. folk, and modem.
There have been definite plans for
the Woodstock Blue Streaks.
Bill Comstock, Jim Heiniger, Ed Soer- home nursing courses for the senior
gel, and Herb Jones scored for the Tro girls during the second semester.
jans, with Heiniger making four extra
points.
Jim Nelson and Amie Miller accounted After School Activities
for Woodstock’s eight points.
Make Points for G.A.A.
Three Alumni Resume
Football in College
i
Perhaps a few of you are wondering
what the boys who made the football
headlines at Nilehi last year are doing
now.
Here are some of the present positions
of some of the big cogs of last year’s
Trojan grid machine:
Jim McNeely — attending college at
the extension branch of the University
of Illinois here at Nilehi.
A1 Miller — working at his dad’s
greenhouse.
Bob F air — earhed a four-year schol
arship to Washington University. Was
first string freshman halfback there
until injured.
Ollie Berens — working at Baxter lab
oratories. Also is taking a course in
Chemistry at the night school at North
Park College.
Ray Carlson — working at Baxter’s.
Bob Pearson — attending Augustana
College. First string halfback on the
B-team.
Phil Horton — working in his grand
father’s pickle factory.
1
A
4
Bill Witte — star quarterback of the
Frosh football team at Cornell College
in Iowa.
Mr. Leo. Babcock has been testing his
psychology students’ mental ability with
riddles.
Here is an example: The man who
made it sold it. The man who bought it
never used it. The man who used it never
saw it. What is it ? .............a coffin.
Girls, are your muscles sagging? Do
your feet feel tired and listless? If so,
out down that knife, because we have
just the solution for you.
According to Miss Mary Evelyn Thurnan, sponsor, new after-school activi
ties are now under way for those mem
bers wishing to earn points toward
getting their G.A.A. letters.
Each gal will receive four points for
'‘very hour of participation in one of the
current activities, or a total of 25 for
the entire event.
If a member has from 600 to 1200
ooints, she is entitled to a local award,
but if she has a total of from 1600 to
2000 points, she will receive a state
award.
Sophomore, junior, and senior gals
will receive a certain number of begin
ning points depending on their year in
-chool, but the freshmen must start at
the bottom.
Current activities are tap dancing on
Tuesdays after school, and tumbling on
Thursdays.
Dates have been set for the three
most important dances sponsored by
Miss Thurman and the G.A.A. board.
The Jean Jump will be held tonight at
^:15 in the school gym. Saturday night,
December 20, is the date of the semiformal Christmas Dance, and March 12
has been set aside for the annual Turn
about Dance.
Frosh Swamped by Tigers
A 55-yard pass from Paul Jorgenson
to Don Berg gave the Nilehi Frosh six
ooints in their struggle against Crystal
Lake.
However, the Tigers had the ball most
of the time and crossed the Trojan goal
line no less than nine times to give them
a 61 to 6 victory over our hapless Frosh.
Page 5
Six Seniors Make
All-Girl Team
Reports from the girls’ gym classes
are that the girls should have an excel
lent football team with all the AllAmerican material on hand. Here is their
lineup which should rank with the best
in the country.
ALL-FEMS
Left End — JOYCE ASH
Left Tackle — LAURA LAMB
Left Guard — NANCY LANE
Center — DOLORES PAULSEN
Right Guard — JACKIE SEELEY
Right Tackle — FLORENCE MIETHKE
Right End — JOYCE OLSON
Quarterback — MARY MUSSON
Left Halfback — MARILYN PEARSON
Right Halfback — JOYCE MATTHEWS
Fullback — EILEEN RODLEY
Co-water Girls — DONNA KORSMO and
MARY MORSE
Coach — MILDRED SCHAEFER
Strong JayVee Mermen
Foreseen by chubert
The Nilehi Frosh-Soph Swimmers,
minus swimmers out for football, had
fheir first meet October 22. This was a
practice meet with Evanston’s FroshSoph and Junior swimmers. The battle
ended with a 29 to 29 deadlock.
According to Mr. Anton Schubert,
Nilehi swimming coach, the Jay Vee
"Men of Troy” will have the strongest
squad the school has ever witnessed. Al
though the Trojans have had one prac
tice meet, regular swimming practice
doesn’t start until November 10.
At this time the Varsity and Jay Vee
"pigskin warriors” going out for swim
ming will shed their grid equipment and
slip on their swimming trunks.
The first two meets are scheduled with
Morton and Highland Park high schools
on November 20 and November 26 re
spectively.
Maine Stages Comeback
To W hip JayVees 21-6
The Nilehi Jay Vee football squad was
unsuccessful in their final home game of
the 1947 football season. They were de
feated 21 to 6 by Maine Township. The
game was played at Nilehi Thursday
afternoon, October 30.
After a scoreless first period, Keesey
plunged over from the 2-yard line for
the Trojans’ only touchdown of the game.
However, Maine came right back when
Right End McFarland caught a 30-yard
pass for Maine’s first score. Dick Irving’s
extra point put Maine ahead for the re
mainder of the game.
In the second half Niles was held
scoreless while Maine registered 14 more
points. Touchdowns were made by McFarand and Irving, while Tom Ziemek
booted two extra points.
�Page 6
N I L E H I L I T E
Brothers are all H alfbacks
For the first time in the history of Niles Township High School, two sets of
brothers are on the same varsity football team. They are, left to right, Howard
Siegel, Don Siegel, Pete Heiniger, and Jim Ileiniger. They are looking at the
b iby pictures of the football players on the bulletin board in the school library.
. Howard and Jim are seniors; Don a junior, and Pete a sophomore. Pete is one
three sophomores on the Varsity team.
Trojans Will Bid for
Jay Vees Lose to Maine;
First Grid Crown Today Defeat Cardinals 12-0
Football is the only sport in which
Nilehi has never won a Northeast Con
ference Championship.
This, along with the fact that 1947-48
will probably be out last in the confer
ence, should give some of you more of
an incentive to back our boys when they
meet the Lake Forest Scouts this after
noon at Lake Forest.
The Trojans came closest' to this cov
eted position last year when they dropped
only one game. That one was lost to the
Scouts, a team we haven’t beaten since
1943.
However, the “Men of Troy” have
done very well in other sports and are
tied with Crystal Lake for conference
crowns. Each school has nine to its
credit.
The past champs have been:
Football
basketball
La fa Ftp *S '* "
Crystal Lake
1947
1946
Lake Forest
Arlington
1945
Crystal L.
Niles & Crystal L
1944
Lake Forest
Niles
1943
Libertyville
Niles
1942
Liberty. & L. Forest
Niles
1941
Warren
Woodstock
1940
Crystal Lake
Libertyville
1939
Crystal Lake
The hard running Jay Vees of Maine
overpowered the Nilehi Jay Vees 21 to
0 on Maine’s field on October 23.
Rod Lonsinger scored two of the three
touchdowns. The first one was an 8-yard
dash early in the second quarter, and the
other touchdown came on a 36-yard run
in the fourth quarter.
Left Half Duke Lowery scored his
touchdown on a 20-yard reverse play in
the third quarter. Tom Ziemek booted
all three place kicks for the extra points.
A pass and a pass interception were
all that the Junior Varsity needed to
whip the Arlington Cardinals 12 to 0 last
Friday night on the Nilehi field. How
ever, the red-shirted lads proved to be
a much stronger opponent than the score
might indicate.
Seven Senior Boys
Will ‘See the World*
Siegel Wins Touchball
“Join the navy and see the world.”
Nine Nilehi senior boys have joined
the United States Navy Reserve, and will
see part of the world before the school
year ends. The boys scheduled to make
a two-week cruise in the near future are
Stan Anderson, Bill Kelly, Tom Coleman,
Dick Minor, Louie Henning, Danny Liveris, and Dick O’Brien.
Baseball
Niles & Arlington
Niles
Niles & Arlington
Arlington
Leyden
Arlington
Warren
Arlington
Track
Niles
Niles
Crystal Lake
Lake Forest
Lake Forest
Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake
The 1947 Intramural Touch Football
champs have been crowned. Howard
Siegel’s “Cardinals,” eighth-period win
ners, captured the crown by defeating
Frank DeVito’s “Rockets” (ninth period)
13-0 in the championship game.
Sparked by Captain Siegel, the “Car
dinals” took control of the situation
quickly and triumphed twice, having
beaten Don Biehn’s (5-6 period) Bull-]
Friday, November 7, 1947
Spotlight Shifts
From Grid to C age
As the mercury begins its annual de
cline, the sports spotlight at Nilehi be
gins to shift from the gridiron to the
cage, where the Trojans will begin their
eighth and last year of competitive bas
ketball in the Northeast Conference.
The varsity coaching duties will be
handled this year by L. R. Mackey, school
engineer. “Mac” coached the varsity in
1944 and 1945. He had conference champs
both times and in 1945 Niles won its
first and only Regional Tournament at
Waukegan.
Mr. Charles Hussey will pilot the Jun
ior Varsity squad, while Mr. James
Phipps and Mr. Harold Isaacson will
coach the Freshman team.
“If someone can be found to manage
the equipment rooms,” says Mr. Mackey,
‘practice for those not out for football
will begin on Monday, November 3.
Otherwise, official practice will begin on
the tenth.”
The first practice scrimmage is
scheduled with Proviso on the afternoon
of November 18.
The season will open on November 21
when the Trojans meet Evanston on the
Wildkits’ floor. New Trier will provide
the opposition for the first home game
on Thanksgiving Eve, November 26.
New uniforms are expected to come
in about the middle of this month. The
Jay Vees will inherit the old varsity
uniforms and the JayVee garments will
be passed on to the Frosh.
Gordon Anderson, Bill Comstock, and
Ed Soergel are the only returning lettermen, However, a lot of action will prob
ably be seen by minor letter-winners Ed
Kutz, Howard and Don Siegel, Lee
Garner, Jim Blessing, Don Brown, Dick
Norman, Wayne Piehler, Tom Black, Bob
Witte, and Ed Beebe.
It is also more than likely that Jim
Heiniger and Don Carlson, varsity ma
terial at the beginning of last year’s
season, will see considerable service.
After the Game
by Bill Comstock
The lights go out on a cleat-marked
field;
The crowds go on their way.
The football thrills of the gridiron
Are gone till some future day.
The coach can feel at ease again;
The players can heave a sigh,
’Cause they’ve done their work—done
it well,
And will remember in years gone by.
The fans will forget the stars of the
game
In a year or a month or less,
But the player who’ll remember the
game till the end
Is the one who just played his best.
dogs in the semifinals and De Vito’s
Rockets in the playoff game.
Other teams in the tournament were
Don Brown’s “Dodgers”(second period)
and Jesse Porter’s “Illini” (fourth per
iod).
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Voi. IX, No. 2
Skokie, III.
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Friday, October 17, 1947
Hall Clean-up Drive
Don’ t throw that paper on the floor.
Last Night s Snake Dunce and Bonfire
Open festivities of Homecoming Week
L ast night, under the lights of the
N.T.H.S. field, the 1947 Nilehi Home
coming week-end was officially opened. 1
Tonight a t 8 o’clock, the Trojans will
meet the Arlington Cardinals on our
field, in the annual Homecoming foot
ball game, and Saturday night the Home
coming dance will be held in the school
gymnasium
m&eMkmtm
Of cluthered halls, we’ll have no
more.
If everyone would do his bit,
entertainment committee, announced that
one dance will be held in the school gym
No work would be involved in it.
Many students and faculty members
have a t long last awakened themselves
nasium tomorrow night from 8:00 to
to take notice of the condition of our
11:30.
school corridors.
Hie Shorekners, made up of eight
Dr. A. L. Biehn, school superinten
pieces and a singer, will^provide the dent, sums up the feeling of many pu
music for the evening.
pils and teachers when he says, “One of
The decorations committee headed by the few weak points, and perhaps the
Miss Helen Johanns, announced th at the weakest in our fine school is the condi
According to Dr. A. L. Biehn, Nilehi
iecorations for the gym are to be kept tion of our halls.”
superintendent, Nilehi students will have
in secrecy until 8 o’clock Saturday night
an extra day of rest after the Home
Mr. Charles Ahrens, school caretaker,
coming week-end.
has noticed a slight improvement in the
On Monday, October 20, there will b<
waste-paper situation this year. This
no school, because the North Shore Di
small change, however, is not enough
vision of the Illinois Education Asso
if Nilehi is to keep its fine reputation
ciation will .hold a teachers’ meeting
of being one of the neatest, cleanest, and
a t Evanston High School.
most beautiful high school in the area.
Now and then in high-school journal
Never before has a great deal of a t
The snake dance, under the direction ism, opportunity knocks hard.
tention been focused on the state of our
of Mr. A rthur Ryden and Jim Heiniger
Bill Comstock, Nilehilite editor-in1 halls, but Nilehi has started to take ac
student chairman, showed the school
chief, was recently assigned to cover tion!
spirit of the students and the will to
two meetings of the General Assembly
A t a recent meeting, the class ad
win of the players. Although the team
of the United Nations a t Lake Success
visers discussed a plan to divide the
was not able to participate in the actual
New York. Bill, along with 74 other edi
school into four sections with one class
dance, they were present a t the rally
tors of high-school papers in Cook Coun
n charge of each. Under this plan the
and bonfire.
ty, will enjoy a four-day trip with all
juniors would supervise basement and
Coach Harold Isaacson issued orders
ixpenses paid by the Chicago Sun.
entrances; the seniors, the second floor;
fo r the players not to enter into the
A special train on the Pennsylvania
freshmen, the third floor; and sopho
dance, but rath er to conserve their en
R. R. will take the students on Novem mores, the third floor.
ergy for the contest tonight with the
ber S to New York where they will be
Cardinals. When “Ike” issued these or
Although no definite steps have been
put up at the Paramount Hotel. Enterders he was remembering an accident
taken, it is apparent th at the time for
ainmentt along with room and board,
th at occurred several years ago involving are all provided.
action has arrived. A meeting was held
one of his star players.
in the assembly on October 8, attended
The player, Ed Krupa, had been riding
Up to this year, the staff members by the homeroom representatives and
on the outside of a car during the parade rad never got out of Metropolitan Chi- their alternates. Ed Archibald, junior
Suddenly the car stopped, throwing Ed ,ago on their Nilehilite assignments. epresentative, led the discussion on the
to the ground. The fall had torn his ..ast year, however, such famous person corridor maintenance situation.
leg wide open and that finished the sea alities as President Truman, General
son for Ed.
Eisenhower, Milt Caniff, and Jack BenThe 6:15 kick-off of the J a y Vee game ay, along with many others, were introwill start the evening’s activities rolling. viewed in Chicago by June Pence, then
he Varsity game, number one eveni editor-in-chief.
of the evening, will be further brightened
June was the Nilehi representative
Hear ye! Hear ye! All Nilehi students!
by entertainment between the halves
to the Keen Teens, a weekly column
provided by Miss Mary Evelyn ThurAre your parents wasting time and
in the Chicago Daily News conducted
man, girls’ P. E . instructor, and a group
getting under foot? Now you can stop
by Val Lauder. Lyle Dye, feature editor,
of her advanced baton twirlers.
this condition by sending them to school.
is this year’s Nilehi representative to
That’s right, night school a t Nilehi be
According to “Ike” we have played
this column for teen-agers. Jim Schilling
Arlington at two Homecoming games
ginning October 20. Evening classes
will be the photography representative,
previously. We weren’t victorious in
will be offered to your parents and any
and Bill Comstock will handle the sports
either of these games although the last
other adult who wishes to attend, Ac
department. Doris Bernges and Gertrude
one, played in 1939, ended in a 7-7 tie.
cording to M r Martin Ihne, Nilehi facui
Brua are the alternate news representa
ty member in charge of the program.
Miss Marie Green, chairman of the tives.
Opportunity Knocks on Door
Of Journalism Classroom
New Night Classes to B e
Held for Nilehi Parents
Instructor Builds House
The Downtown Shopping News is
again sponsoring a high-school section
entitled the “Hi-Shopper.” Phil L a Veau
will be Nilehi’s representative to this
column, succeeding Dolores Wells, last
year’s Nilehilite feature editor.
The housing situation is a universal
problem and Mr. C. W. Selden, Nilehi
woodshop instructor, is one man who
has done something about it. Mr. Selden,
with the help of his wife, has made all
the window and door frames in their
The moral for this story, if there were
new house now being constructed in such a thing, might be: “If you study
Skokie, three quarters of a mile south of
journalism a t Nilehi, don’t think you
school.
won’t go places and see people!”
Classes will be held once a week and
will be two hours in length. Courses will
be offered in mathematics, foreign lan
guages, history, business education,
sciences, home mechanics, physical fitr
ness, and recreational sports.
Some of the same teachers th at en
lighten Nilehi students from day to day
will teach a t the night sessions along
with others imported from neighboring
schools.
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Office Tells Total
Nilehi Enrollment
The total enrollment a t Niles Township
High School this year, according to
Miss Agnes E. Harte, office manager, is
929. Of these there are 207 seniors, 241
juniors, 257 sophomores, and 224 fresh
men.
Although the tuition this year a t Nile
hi is $228, $38 more than last year, there
are 97 tuition students over last year’s
80 tuition students, Miss H arte says.
In the ten years since Niles Township
High School has opened, the number of
tuition students has been, successively: 1,
1, 5, 0, 9, 11, 25, 51, 80, and this year 97.
Most of these students come from Chicago.
The number of Nilehi students from
the newly formed Northfield Township
High School district, formerly non-high
students, total 102 as compared with
last year's non-high total of 92.
In the past ten years the number of
non-high students a t Nilehi has been
successively: 1, 9, 18, 35, 52, 69, 85, 92,
and this year 102.
The number of students enrolled in the
University of Illinois cooperative ex
tension program at Nilehi is 35 compared
with last year’s 62.
N I L E H I L I T E
First Dramatic Production
Planned for Nov. 21 and 22
A fter many weeks of wondering and
suspence on the p art of the dramatic
students, Miss Muriel Higgins, dramatics
and radio teacher, has announced the
cast and the name of the first dramatic
production of the year to be presented
November 21 and 22. The play is “A
Date With Judy” which is a new comedy
play and the Characters are well known
because of the weekly radio program
of the same name.
The cast includes:
Judy Faster
.
»
Melvin Foster
.
Dora Foster
Randolph Foster
Hannah
.
Barbara
.
Oog-'e
.
.
Mil zi Hof "man
Mr. Martin dale
Sirs. Hotchk'ss
Elouise Hotchkiss
Mrs. Shlutzhammer
Rex O’ Conner
.
Susie
.
.
.
Announcer
,
.
.
»
.
t
Joyce Matthews
.
Lyle Dye
Shirley Hawkinson
.
Dick Martin
.
Kaye Haefel
.
Doris Bernges
.
Clay Merrill
. Joanne Day
Bill Graefen
Marilyn Corduan
.
Evelyn Cole
Nancy Lane
.
Ted Eckert
.
Lois Lenberg
.
Bil Wokoun
Rehearsals for the play have already
started and the various committees
under the headship of Gertrude Brua,
Jeannette Oehring, Dick O’ Brien, E va
Lou Michel, Bil Wokoun, and Nona Bartoiini are organized and working. Mar
ilyn Pearson and Nancy Thiell are the
Eleven girls from homeroom 121 play assistant directors.
ed hostess to the entire class of senior
girls on October 10 in the assembly
room of N.T.H.S.
“This action was prompted,” announ
ced Miss Helen M. Johanns, homeroom
teacher of the hostesses, “when these
If you happened to be awake early
girls decided that they wished to have enough to tune in station W .J.J.D . last
the experience of a tea to prepare them Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m., you
for college and social activities after heard the premier of a program on which
graduation and to provide for a get-to many fam iliar Nilehi voices are sched
gether of all senior girls.”
uled to be heard.
“Women faculty members, Dr. and
It was called “Teen Problem Board”
Mrs. Biehn, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold and the fam iliar voice heard on the first
Oh Ison also attended.
of the series was th at of Dolores Wells,
The hostesses served tea, sandwiches 1947 graduate of Nilehi and last year’s
and cake, and) took charge of the games feautre editor of the Nilehilite.
.
which were played, later in the a fter
Along with four others, Dolores dis
noon.
cussed current teen problems on the
half-hour ad-lib show and gave out with
some good advice. Dolores was asked to
appear on the program because of her
position last year as the guest editor for
one edition of the Hi-Shopper section
The Nilehilite Is written, printed and pub of the Downtown Shopping News.
lished by the students of the Niles Township
Asked to recommend' some active
High School, Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A. L. Biehn,
superintendent - principal.
students from Nilehi to be put on a list
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
which will make them eligible to be
Feature Erlitor: Lyle Dye
called to serve as members of the “Prob
Sports Editor: Jim Schilling
Sports Writers: Don Brown, Bill Neuson, and Ed lem Board,” Dolores named Lyle Dye,
. Linskey.
Bill Comstock, Bill Wokoun, Marilyn
Gir’s’ Sports: Doris Bernges
Circulation Manager: Gertrude Brua
Pearson, Lee Garner, Bill Fortm an, Dick
Exchange Editor: June Sprungman
Reporters: Marcia Connell, Bill Heveran, Lee O’Brien, Clay Merrill, Don Biehn, B a r
Harrer Saudra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour, bara Ballantine, Marcia Connell, Marilyn
Bill Neuson. Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Donna
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger E ngert, Jo Ann Eberhardt, Shirlee Hall,
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Borneman, Shirley Hawkinson, Mary Ann R itter,
Doris Bernges, Don Dadigan, Phil LaVeau,
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixon, Mary Morse, Patty Rudy Schmid, Howie and Don Siegel,
•• Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol Joan H arrer, Marlys Lawrence, Nick Rol
Schuler, June Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, and
lick, Pete Heiniger, Chuck W agstaff, Car
Joanne Day.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul Eberhardt
Clement Meier ole Stockenberg, and Kaye Jaeger.
Senior Girls Hold Tea
Familiar Voices
To Be Heard on Radio
Friday, October 17, 1947
SH O RT
CU TS
The monkeys a t Brookfield zoo are
going to get a big thrill when the “See
Chicago Clubers” visit them soon.
Members of the “See Chicago Club,”
sponsored by. Miss Grace H arbert, prob
lems teacher a t Nilehi, will visit the zoo
Saturday, October 18. This, the second
in a series of trips planned for the club,
will begin at 9:30 a.m. and be over at
4 p.m.
A Pictorial History of the Second
World W ar in four volumes was present
ed to Nilehi recently by the Skokie Val
ley Post No. 3854, Veterans of Foreign
W ars.
The four books each contain approxi
mately 500 pages of illustrations and
maps which cover the period of time
from September 3, 1939, to September
2, 1945.
The books, now in the Nilehi library,
were given to the school by the V .F.W .
so that students present and future may
have a better idea of the causes and
campaigns of World W ar II.
The boys of the senior class have again
taken over the control of the school’s
traffic problem, according to Miss Grace
Harbert, senior problems teacher.
Chairman of the traffic committe*,
Jam es Deily, hopes his group will be
able to carry on where last year’s grads
left off. He also expects the parking
plan to operate smoothly as it was
drawn up by a traffic engineer who is
an authority on parking problems.
Miss Harbert said she was grateful
to the boys, who took over the job with
out any help from herself.
If you hear some singing from Room
101 th at seems to go “way back when,”
you haven’t wandered into a gay nineties
review but chanced upon a rehearsal
of the newly organized Barber Shop
Singing group of N.T.H.S.
These 12 boys meet every Tuesday
and Thursday and they are advancing
at such a rate, according to Miss Clara
A. Klaus, music director, that they soon
will be able to compete with the S .P.E.B .
In case you haven’t heard, this means:
“Society fo r the Preservation and Encouragment of Barber Shop Quartet
Singing in America.
Nilehi now has a weekly radio pro
gram , each Monday afternoon a t 4:15
o’clock. The show, heard over station
W EA W , broadcasting on frequency mod
ulation (FM ) a t 104.3 megacycles, chan
nel 282, had its first airing last Monday,
October 6.
Some of the features of the series,
according to Miss Muriel K. Higgins,
radio instructor and supervisor of the
new show, include an interview of one
Nilehi student each week, a comedy
skit, and the playing of a popular
“Record of the Week,” selected by a poll
of N.T.H.S. students.
�Friday, October 17, 1947
This ’n That You can tell a freshman by the way
he walks,
You can tell a sophomore by the way
he talks
You can tell a junior by hie dignified
touch,
You can tell a senior, but you can’t
tell him much.
The cheerleaders are more than a
little troubled about the lack of school
spirit concerned with cheering a t the
games. Other schools have it; so can
we! L et’s follow our cheerleaders and
yell. Come on, Nilehi, let’s go!
Don’t you think the seniors ought to
know their teachers b etter? Well, any
way, at least the monitors, for one sen
ior boy down in the cafeteria mistook
Miss Higgens for one of our high-school
gals and told her to “get in line with
the rest of the kids”. Nice going, Miss
Higgens!
Shakespeare may be 500 years old,
but we have a senior at Nilehi who was
117 years old last September 18.
Jean ette Oehring’s birth certificate
states that she was bom in 1830. Due
to old age, “Grandma” Oehring forgot
to mention it in time for the last issue.
It seems Kay Jaeger, Joanne Day.
Marilyn Reiland and Jean Yotava were
three days late for school! Well, they had
a good eycuse since they’ve been oh a
month’s dancing tour fo rM argot Koche
this summer.
A u er wearing the soles oft one pair
f shoes, your inquiring reporter came
ip with these bright answers from eight
eniors as to what year they liked best
a Nilehi and why.
Jeanette Tolzien: I liked my junior
ear best because of the fun we had in
lr . B ett’s history class, and of course
here were the senior fellows.
Carole Medlin; I liked my junior year
lecause then yau had something to look
up to.
Bill Bierbaum: I like my senior year
best because I know everybody.
Marice R ay : I like my senior year be
cause I am looking forward to my col
lege “daze.”
Marian Mueller: I liked my freshman
year because it was so much fun to join
the G.A.A. and to meet all the new kids.
Laurence H all: I like my senior year
because I ’m getting out.
Nancy Lamberg : I liked my junior
year because of the fun we had in fourthperiod study.
Sam Roznos: I like my senior year be
cause you can sit back and look a t all
the freshman, sophomore, and junior
girls and take your pick.
N I L E H I L I T E
Fires A re Used
At Cold Football Game
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Cafeteria is Famous;
Parking Lot is Safe
A t the Leyden game quite a few of
The N.T.H.S. cafeteria system is fast
the spectators seemed cold and showed
it when they built fires on the walks becoming world famous— well, a t least
district famous— ! With such finesse has
near the stands.
the system been worked out th at sur
W ere you a t the first dance? Y e-ah ? rounding schools want to know how
Did you like it? Y e-ah ? Good. Our fel we are so capable of maintaining it.
icitations to the sponsors. L et’s have Leyden H. S. appealed to us for an ex
planation, and a few of the head buns on
another before the prom.
the lunch line, under the direction of
Miss Harbert, went over to offer advice
Good news! Jean Goodrich is back with recently.
us this year and seems as spry as ever,
Who will be next to ask ? Maybe a few
after so many months in the hospital
of the restaurant greats. But just think,
resulting from an accident last year.
we don’t have to wory about eating at
a table covered with yesterday’s gravy
anymore, (not insinuating th at we ever
did) and we don’t have to anticipate a
bashed in skull from a misplaced scoop
of mashed potatoes, or an odd piece of
This isn’t a nursery tale, but let’s wiener. Also the freshmen don’t have th«
pretend anyway. W e’ll pretend th at all burden of carrying 100 trays to the rack
the beginning boy typers are in the same anymore; this law is now called pee-wee
class (Miss Green and Miss Johanns protection.
are very thankful th at they’re n o t!),
All this Safety F irst in the Niles din
and th at we’re all standing outside room ing lounge is insured by a definite set
114 watching the 32 little darlings “do of rules which should be followed faith
their stuff!”
fully: (a , don’t sling trays at your neigh
F irst the bell rings— th at blow always bor; (b) refrain from targ et practice
has to come— and our eyes fall upon a t the wastepaper basket; (c ) do not
Don Baier, Gene Suckow, Roger Green whistle or sing unless asked to entertain;
land, and Tom Fitzgerald, all running (d) speak kindly to and respect the cafe
back and forth and into each other try officers; (e) suppress instantaneous com
ing to get their folders out of the drawer bustion of the lower lung and do not
and get to their seats without being seen. trip an innocent passer-by; (f) do not
Oh, look— poor little Bob Hogan almost pay in checks and stage-coach money,
got trampled in the rush.
and always observe the code of the cafe:
Finally all is quiet except for the “A clean meal goes a long way.”
loud, famous giggle of Jack Nixon which
A close competition to the Niles Cafe
was prompted by a wise-crack from Ed system is run by the fabulous new Park
Soergel. Now the boys are settled com ing Patrol, also under the capable direc
fortably in their seats and are eagerly tion of Miss Harbert. The new Park
awaiting the turn of events when what Patrol is coming along in a fine manner.
do their wandering ears hear but music! We must give credit to the students th at
We spectators in the hall glance at participate in the duties, who maintain
each other wonderingly as we hear the constant vigilance and make it safe for
little record give out with, “Click, click, old and young alike to walk across the
click, the keys are tapping,” and then the lot without fear of losing limb or life,
dawn comes! The boys are supposed to or just being terroized by one of
type in rhythm with the music. It looks N.T.H.S.’s safe drivers. “Merciful Heav
like, fun but Ronald Schultz, Paul Rugan, ens,” quavered a woman pedestrian the
Bill Fortm an, and Louis Triebold are other day, “th at daredevil just put a run
in my brand new nylon!”
finding how easy it is to be off-beat!
The motto of the P.P. is: take it slow,
Suddenly the little man quits and
guy. H ats off to Caf and Parky!
orders are quickly passed to s ta rt speed
Masculine Typers
Have Tough Work-out
drills. Reconversion is accomplished easi
ly but not before Wayne Piehler is blind
folded to keep him from looking a t the
keys. However, everyone isn’t hard a t
work as we see Wally Krysher turn
around to ask Ken Gengler how he keeps
his mustache trimmed so neatly. Then,
believe it or not, all is as it should be
for the remaining few minutes of the
period.
Now the bell has rung and we all
quickly leave the halls so the boys won’t
know we’ve been spying on them and
make them become self-conscious. As
the door swings open and the class pours
out, we hear Jim Wead mutter, “This
is worse than football practice.”
Teachers' Picnic
Is Strenuous Affair
~ We walked up to the double doors,
and barely managed to dodge a disheleled
Nilehiette as she draged herself out
the door. As the door slammed and the
noise was toned down to an uproar, she
was heard to mutter, before collapsing,
“Oooooh! Never again will I try to
crash a teacher’s picnic!”
“The old faculty members and the ten
new teachers were getting acquainted, it
seems, under the spreading assembly
room roof last September 30.
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W S rp s Hs
ar u lu a
NwHm at N h
e oe
ile i
If the pupils of Nilehi haven't bought
any war surplus m aterials themselves,
they may unknowingly be served by some
of these arm y leftovers right here in
school.
Here’s why.
Mr. Charles Selden, wood shop in
structor at Nilehi, on a request from
the school office last July, went down to
Alton, Illinois, where there is a big arm y
surplus depot, to do a little shopping
that was eventually to benefit the auto
shop “hot rods” of our school.
The sole purpose of the trip was to
purchase some extra supplies for the
school auto shop, but what he came back
with made Santa Claus look like a piker
and what he found would have made a
junk man think he had passed into the
great beyond— a heavenly junk man’s
paradise where iron and steel and rags
were not picked up from door to door
but were stacked in immense heaps in
great warehouses.
Mr. Selden, not being a junk man, was
not thrilled. He was bewildered! “Take
your pick,” he was told. “All you pay
for is the handling costs.”
It was like setting a mouse loose in
a cheese factory, and with bargains like
this starring at him, Mr. Selden com
pletely forgot his original assignment.
Instead of just a few supplies for the
auto shop, he managed to untangle about
50 different items from the hugh pile—
everything from monkey wrenches to
dunce caps.
He also picked out an oversized pho
tographic tray which some members of
the faculty mistook for a new swimming
pool.
Departments benefiting from »Mr. Selden’s pilgrimage are home economics,
photography, art, all the shops, science,
and the school maintenance department.
Student Spelling
Is Teachers’ Woe!
As Nilehi teachers look through stu
dent theme papers, sometimes they come
upon amusing quirks that bring a chuckle
or two, but these are really mistakes
th at should be avoided, the teachers
think. Misspelling of simple words is
a fault in most classes, the instructors
report.
According to a recent Nilehilite
survey, the m ajority of the teachers
believe students do have faulty spelling.
It has been agreed th at most mistakes
take place in words such as there and
th eir; w rite and rig h t ; to, too, and two;
and words th at contain “ie” or “ei”.
Also confused are words of possessive
forms with plural forms.
Mr. Harold Ohlson, like his chemistry
students (not to mention others on the
third floor during laboratory periods),
has to put up with strong odor on oc
casion. But the smell is even worse, it
seems, when so many students persist
in spelling it “oder.”
N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, October 17, 1947
Cheerleader and Football Player
Hit Spotlight This Week
By Don Dadigan
By Carole Schuler
The cheerleading squad this year has
A fter runnning around in circles for
among its bright new faces Polly W etthe last two days, we were finally able
tengel. Polly stands a normal five-feet
four inches tall with stunning green eyes to corner Ed Kedlec.
Ed is five feet, eleven inches in alti
and blonde hair.
tude, weighs 180 pounds, and has black
Her warm personality Is as outstand
hair. Besides his interest in football,
ing as her pretty green eyes. Polly’s
Ed has some very definite likes and
willingness to work and her zest of
dislikes.
natural energy should give a big lift
His dislikes include the current trend
to the cheerleading and to the Spirit of
of longer skirts which he considers a
the school. Polly’s main ambition right
waste of material.
now is to be a good cheerleader.
Ed is really a congenial fellow, for his
She takes an active interest in that
favorite pastime is playing the accordian.
new one-semester course, psychology,
Although Ed hates to admit things,
taught by Mr. L. P. Babcock, who is
also Polly’s favorite teacher. When it we’ll venture to admit th at he’s a val
comes to meal time, Polly will eat any uable unit of our Varsity football team.
thing as long as it’s food.
Ed’s ambition after he graduates is
Her pet peeves are conceited boys uncertain, but he’s thinking highly of
and girls and people who talk when going into the electrical trade.
other people are trying to talk (espec
ially in psychology). She likes 1937
Fords, but it’s probably not the car she
likes, but the driver.
Finance Dance
Is Happy Memory
Popular songs are her favorite diet
of music, with “Near You” a t the top
by Marcia Connell
of her personal hit parade. Polly has her
With the Finance Follies ahead, I was
own opinion about the shoe-duster skirts.
She says, “The styles are swell, espec putting on my Red Silk Stockings and
Green Perfume when the doorbell rang.
ially if you haven’t got nice legs.”
Mother, I Believe there is someone
The thing th at discourages Polly most
Knocking at my Door. Could it be that
in school is having to walk from the
Solid Old Man, My Bill? I yelled “Dear
second floor to the first floor and then
ly Beloved, Hold Tight! Ju st Five Min
to the third floor.
utes More and I ’ll be Sweet and Lovely.”
A fter A While, I entered the 18th Cen
tury Drawing Room in my Alice Blue
Gown, ready to raise Whoopie with My
Man.
Snake Dance Is Over;
'Hangover Is Here!
Whispering he said, “Isn’t this a Lovely
Way to Spend an Evening, Love of my
Life? Those Dark Eyes are Temptation
and My H eart Tells me I’m In Love With
You, Honey.” I thought to myself Maybe
I t’s a Sin to Tell a Lie, but th at’s The
You may be suffering now, but re Sweetest Story Ever Told and I guess
member the good time you had last I ’m just a Prisoner of Love.
night. F irst you met all the kids and
A fter the Ball was Over, being Sweet
went to the Pep Rally. That was loads Sixteen, there was no Rum and Coca Cola
of fun, and then the big moment came! or Moonlight Cocktails but just One
Someone grabbed your hand and' before Meat Ball and Tea for Two. We couldn’t
you knew it you frantically snatched the stay until Daybreak so Flying High down
nearest person’s hand and you were off. Willow Road a t 11:60 P.M., with My
Okay, you can stop moaning now.
I t’s been practically 24 hours since the
snake dance , and just think, you’ve got
a whole year to rest before you go
through the whole thing again.
You were sure you were doing all the
pulling, at least it felt like it, so you
turned around and screamed to those
back of you to help a little. While you
were turned around, there just hap
pened to be a curb in the way, so you
were dragged for a couplé of blocks.
But wait, the night still wasn’t over.
The wise guy who was leading decided
to do some tricky turns and all of a
sudden, snap! Yep, that was your arm,
but you’re not quite sure if you’ll ever
be able to claim it again. And so, you
trudged home tired and weary but still
happy, for what on earth is more fun
than a little harmless snake dance?
Head on His Shoulder and Stardust in
my eyes I whispered, “You’ll always be
the One I Love.” When we finally got
Home he said, “Don’t be a Chatterbox,
Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Y a H uh?”
I answered, “No, No, a Thousand Times
No. Remember Me, I’m Yours My Hero,
but Once In a While, I Ain’t Misbehayen
so Touch Me Not.” But Fools Walk
Where Angels F e a r to Tread and I soon
Surrendered to a Kiss in the Dark and
a Little Huggin and a Chaikin. I m u r
mured, “Goodnight Sweetheart, I’ll See
You in My Dreams” and being a S catter
brain I went in singing the Victory
Polka.
�Friday, October 17, 1947
Trojans Win Again;
Leyden Loses 3 3 -0
N I L E H I L I T E
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G LAMAZONS
by Doris Bernges
From the starting whistle to the final
he girls gym four-week
gun, the Niles Township Varsity foot plans is in full swing. The Indian clubs
ball squad showed power through the are also under way, being manipulated
rythemically, ?) by both junior and senior
air and on the ground as they whipped
girls. Maybe this explains some of the
the Leyden Eagles 30 to 0 on Friday, lumps and bruises on the heads of our
September 26. The game was played un fa ir damsels.
der lights on the Niles football field. It
The senior girls have also been playing
was the Trojans’ second straight shutout group and individual games. Lots of fun
they are, too, while subtly exercising varand their first conference win.
oius obscure muscles. Therefore many
The Trojans kicked off, and after an
gals can attribute their slim waists to
exchange of fumbles, Ed Soergel, quar
playing “drop the handkerchief” or “pom
terback, intercepted a Leyden pass to
pom pullaway.”
set up the first of five touchdowns. On
The girls with medical excuses from
fourth down with four yards to go,
Soergel passed to Bill Comstock, captain swimming who have gym during the fifth
and left end, who stepped over the goal and sixth, and ninth periods are moaning
line for the score. The play covered a because there are only three more weeks
total of 19 yards. Jim Heiniger missed of archery. Some of these kids are get
the extra point, which marked the first ting pretty good with their bows and
of five failures in extra-point attempts. arrows, Miss Mary Thurman, archery
The first quarter saw another touchdown
by the Nilehi team— this one coming on
a pass from Soergel to Heiniger, who
raced 11 yards into the endzone.
Babcock Believes Human Frosh Bow to Arlington,
Element Affects Driving Season's Second Defeat
Aided by a Leyden penalty in the
According to “E ssex,” in the last
second stanza, the Trojans drove to the
issue of the Nilehilite, driving education
E agles’ eight-yard stripe. Soergel sprint
was a lot of fun. Well, it can be fun,
ed: between right tackle and right end to
but it is also a very serious m atter, as
make the score 18 to 0 a t half time.
Mr. L. P. Babcock, psychology and
The third quarter was extremely hard- driver-education instructor, pointed out
fought and neither team was able to in a recent interview.
score. In the last period, however, it was
It is not something new, but a pro
all Niles again. A long drive sparked by
gram that has been developed over a
Jim Blessing and Lee G am er was cli
period of years. Its originator was Dr.
maxed when Garner plunged over from
Amos E . Neyhart, consultant on road
the two-yard line.
training, American Automobile Associa
The final touchdown was made by tion, who instructed Mr. Babcock while
Howard Siegel, right half, who streaked he was an instructor in Independence
48 yards around right end for the tally, Junior College, Independence, Kansas.
making the final score Niles 30, Leyden Mr. Neyhart taught driving at P itts
0.
burg, Kansas
Second Quarter Gives
JayVees 18 to 6 Win
A fter a scoreless first period, the
Niles Township Junior Varsity football
team struck twice in the second period
and once in the fourth to defeat Crystal
Lake 18 to 6 last Friday night on the
Nilehi field.
The visiting Tigers managed to score
once in the last quarter, which marked
the first time th at a conference Junior
Varsity team has scored on the Trojans
this year.
With time running out on them, Crys
tal Lake successfully took to the air.
From the 2-yard line, Franz passed to
Jenner for their only tally. They also
missed the conversion and the game
ended with the Nilehi team on the long
end of an 18 to 6 score.
The Ja y Vees will play Arlington to
night in the annual homecoming event,
the game starting at 6:15.
teacher, says, One of the students lost an
arrow and lots of the girls started to
help her look for it. Finally they gave up
and called Miss Thurman who promptly
found it back of the “bulls-eye.” It had
gone all the way through.
Miss Mildred Schaefer, girls’ physical
education instructor, tells us th at she
has the best group of freshmen swim
mers she’s had in years. Fifteen of them
have passed all their beginner’s tests
in their third swim.
“The frosh are showing g reat enthus
iasm and wonderful cooperation in all
gym work,” says “Schaef.”
The freshman leaders are supervised
by Maryanne R itter, a senior, and include
Bernice d ark en s, Donna Groll, Shirley
Meyer, Emma LouCopeland, Helen Nachbauer, and B eatte Bomemeier.
Mr. Babcock believes th at there are
ceratin basic elements th at influence the
quality of our driving. The main influence
is the human element.
A person who has some mental barrier
is more likely to cause an accident than
one who is concentrating on his driving
rather than some other problem.
The weather, bad roads, reckless driv
ers, and many other things also make
driving hazardous, Mr. Babcock related.
In view of these things, Mr. Babcock
believes the 120 Nilehi students he has
i
tested have not done too badly. -How
ever, he said, the boys hold a natural
edge over the girls. This, he stated, was
probably due to the fact th at boys are
more mechanically inclined, and have
had more driving experience than girls.
The test consists of five main p arts:
parallel parking with five feet to spare,
driving forward and backward for 100
feet, zig-zag forward and backward
through standards, braking exercise,
and turning around on a two-lane road.
While the students are taking the
test, Mr. Babcock points out precautions
and maneuvers th at will aid their driv-
The Nilehi frosh dropped the third
game on their current schedule 25 to 0
when they played against the Arlington .
Cardinals a t their home field on October
9.
On the first play Arlington fumbled
and the Trojans recovered. On the next
play the opponents intercepted a pass
and marched down the field to score. The
try for the extra point was good.
In the second quarter neither team
scored. A t the half Arlington led 7 to 0.
In the third period the Arlington Car
dinals scored three touchdowns in the
first five minutes of play but the conver
sion after each goal was no good. A r
lington remained on top till the end o±
I the game and won over the Nilehi frosh
25-0.
Nilehi Frosh at Maine
A fter losing their first game to Ley
den three weeks ago the Nilehi Frosh,
coached by Mr. Jam es Phipps, beat the
Maine Frosh by a score of 18 to 7, on
the Nilehi gridiron.
A fter marching
down the field, Guenther of Niles re
ceived a pass from W alter on the 12-yard
line and went over for the touchdown,
the conversion, however, was no good.
In the second period W alter threw a
pass to left end Gawrys, who went over
to score once again for the Trojans.
The try for the extra point was in
complete.
A pass from W alters to Gawrys in the
third period' netted Nilehi another touch
down. The conversion failed. The Maine
team threatened the Nilehi Frosh but
their line held and stopped the thrust.
ing. He is trying to teach defensive
driving for the other’s mistakes. He also
believes any driver should know the
mechanics and care of his car, and not
just be able to step on the gas.
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N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, October 17, 1947
Trojans Face Arlington Cardinals in Homecoming Contest Tonight
First row: Howard Siegel, Tom Black, Don Siegel, Ed Linskey, Bill Nenson (Manager) Bay Batz,
Lee Garner, Ed. Kntz, Jim Wead. Second row: Roger LaPlant (Manager), Pete Heiniger, Jim
Heiniger, Ed. Kadlac, Ralph Walberg, Herb Jones, Jim Kennedy, Jim Blessing, Tom Fitzgerald,
Ed. Soergel, Dick Horndasch, manager. Third row: Harold Isaacson, coach, Bill Fotsch, Lawrence
Hall, Ed. Peterson, Dick Norman, Bill Comstock, Noel Kiefer, Ed. Beebe, Art Miller, Ward Nipper,
an 1 Charles Hussey, coach.
Gridder Tells of Ordeals
Met by hootball Players
by Ed Linskey
To the few of you who don’t know
what a football player a t N.T.H.S. goes
through from 3:11 until 6:Q0, here is a
little example.
Well, after a hard day with the 3R’s,
we journey; to the locker room. We hear
the friendly i boyish pranks of fellows
snapping vfench other with towels and
talking on their subject (football? of
course!).
A fter putting our clean and fresh
smelling uniforms on, we are ready for
a nice soft practice. A fter stepping out
side we notice it has got a bit w arm er;
it is now 15 degrees above. But we drink
three gallons of anti-freeze and are
ready to begin.
But before regular practice begins,
everyone jumps a t the best liked as
signment of the day, calisthenics. A fter
everyone has dropped from exhaustion,
calisthenics are stopped and practice
begins.
A fter a short scrimmage of three or
Tour hours is over, we return to the
locker room. Then the few (about ninetenths of the squad) who have not re
ceived clean towels calmly race to the
towel room to find th at all the towels
are gone. But th at is the first of many
surprises.
As they are ready fo r a nice, hot
shower, they are met by an icy blast
th at freezes them in their tracks. That
just means th at the H 2 0 was not as
warm as they expected. Then they give
themselves a going over with an ice
pick and are all thawed out.
A fter we finish dressing, we trot
home to find we are just in time to
hear the “ Supper Club.” We eat, do our
homework, and then grab about two
hours sleep and are fresh as a daisy
in the morning. But don’t let anybody
fool you, the “Men of Troy” love-football
practice.
JayVees Nose Out Leyden
In Hard-fought Contest
Two bullet-like passes thrown by Len
ny Lange, Nilehi quarterback, to Bob
j W itte, cinched the game for coach Robert
Mackey’s junior varsity 12 to 0 when
they played against the Leyden Eagles
on the Nilehi gridiron September 26.
Both team s fought hard and much
of the game was played a t mid-field, as
both teams showed th at they possessed
strong lines.
The Trojans lost some yardage dur
ing the first quarter but showed th at they
could give as well as take, and they
proceeded to let the Eagles know of
their intentions.
Frank W agner of the Eagles proved
somewhat of a th reat to the Ja y Vees
when he made a sprint fo r the Trojans’
goal line. During the second period of
the game, his efforts were brought to
a stand-still when the Jay-V ee players
brought him to an abrupt stop.
The last period found the J.V .’s play
ing hard, stopping the Eagles cold. The
game ended: Nilehi 12, Leyden 0, thus
making the second win on the schedule
and the first conference win this year.
Tigers Fall Third Victim
To Nilehi Onslaught
Playing on the Nilehi field last Friday
night, the unbeaten Trojan Varsity team
scored their third straight conference
victory when they downed the Crystal
Lake Tigers 25 to 6.
Tonight, the Trojans will be hosts to
the Arlington Cardinals in the annual
homecoming game. The Cardinals have
a record of two wins and one loss.
Niles scored three times in the first
Ihalf on runs by Jim Heiniger, Jim Bless
ing, and Lee Garner. Heiniger made the
only ex tra point of the game on a 2yard plunge.
The second half was evenly played,
both team s managing to score once. Mur
phy sped by five would-be Trojan tacklers for 55 yards and the Tigers’ only
touchdown.
Ed Soergel passed 25 yards to Jim
Heiniger for the Trojans’ last touch
down, to make the final score: Niles,
25; Crystal Lake, 6.
Frosh Lose First Tilt
The Nilehi Frosh-football team lost
the first tilt on their fail schedule when
they bowed to the Leyden Eagles 26 to
6 on the Leyden field Thursday, Septem
ber 25.
Mascia of Leyden proved to be the
top asset to his team because of his run
ning ability.
REMAINDER OF NILEHI’S FOOTBALL GAMES
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
VARSITY FO O TBALL SCH ED U LE
October 17
8 :0 0 p.m.
Arlington
October 24
* 8:0 0 p.m.
Woodstock
October 31
8 :0 0 p.m.
Libertyville
November 7
2 :3 0 p.m.
Lake Forest
Friday
Thursday
Friday
October 17
October 23
November 7
Thursday
Friday
Thursday
October 23
October 31
November 6
JU N IO R VARSITY
6:1 5 p.m.
Arlington
3 :3 0 p.m.
Maine
6 :15 p.m.
Leyden
FROSH SCH ED U LE
3 :3 0 p.m.
Crystal Lake
6 :1 5 p.m.
Arlington
3 :3 0 p.m.
Maine
Here
There
Here
There
Here
Here
There
There
Here
There
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NILE
Yol. IX, No. 1
Skokie, Illinois
LITE
Friday, September 26, 1947
'Finance Follies' to Be Held Saturday
To Raise Funds for New Yearbook
Do you want to show your visiting
friends a yearbook that you can be proud
of, or do you want to be forced to “con
veniently” misplace it when they come
visiting you? Your answer would of
course be that you want a book you can
be proud of, but you won’t be, unless
you, too are willing to put yourself out
ju st a little bit.
Mr. Paul Eberhardt met with the
“Reflections” finance committee a couple
of weeks ago and told them of a situa
tion that will take work and school spirit
to remedy. The general staff, because
of high pi ices, went above their budget
the last two years, which left a big job
not only for the finance committee but
for the students.
Mr. Eberhardt tells us that if we don’t
raise quite a bit of money then he will
be forced to make a choice between the
following: no yearbook at all, one with
ju st a few pages, or a poor substitution,
with a flimsy paper cover.
A fter a long discussion he suggested
various ways of raising money and three
girls from the group took on the res
ponsibility of giving the first dance of
the year, “The Finance Follies.” The
money raised at the dance will go entire
ly toward the making of the 1948 year
book. The dance will be held on Satur
day, September 27 in the gym and will
be strictly a mixer.
Asking you to attend this dance
shouldn’t be like pulling teeth, because
who knows, you may meet someone you
never knew was so nice before. When
things don’t go entirely on schedule,
many students make a fuss, but we usu
ally find that these are the ones who
never participate in school activities.
Everyone from freshmen to seniors
should be there because you certainly
wouldn’t want an “F ” for the first
school dance. In coming to this dance you
will not only be enjoying yourself, but
you will also be helping your school to
have a better yearbook in ’48.
Three Faculty Members
Meet Stork This Summer
“Old Mister Stork” certainly didn’t
have much rest this summer! No, sir, it
was his job to deliver three small junior
faculty members during the summer
months.
The arrival of little Donna Mae Schu
bert, daughter of Mr. Anton Schubert,
Nilehi swimming coach, started this
chain of events on June 3, 1947. Sixteen
days later, the birth of Ida Lynne Kiviluoma, was announced by her dad, Mr.
Thomas Kiviluoma, who teaches math
at N.T.H.S.
The last link on the chain was de
livered August 9 to the home of Arthur
Ryden, history instructor at Niles. Her
name is Jo Anne and she was recently
Whatever it cost to put lightning rods named the “Baby of the Year” by the
on the Nilehi building paid dividends National P.T.A, Congratulations, Jo
last week when a bolt of lightning struck Anne!
one of the rods on the chimney.
According to several students in Mr.
Jam es Michaels’ preiod 8 history class,
the bolt seemed to explode on the top of
the rods like a bomb.
While Niilehi students sat racking
Miss Mildred Schaefer, girls’ P. E. in
structor, said th at her gym class was their brains in hot summer-school class
rudely interrupted when the electrons rooms and unfamiliar offices and fac
came dancing down the water pipes in tories, it seems that many of the faculty
the girl's gym.
were enjoying themselves in cities all
According to Mr. L. R. Mackey, the
over the United States.
school engineer, students need not worry
Miss Kranz tells us that after teach
about the school being demolished by
lightning. It is adequately protected ing six weeks of summer school she
from the forces of nature by having spent a week in Minnesota. From there
lightning rods on the highest points of she traveled three weeks in the moun
the building, the tower and the smoke tains of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
stack, Mr. Mackey also said that this is She also tells us that while the heat was
only the second time that the school has soaring to 96 and 98 degrees in Chicago
had such an occurence, as far as he she was playing in snow and had a fire
in her cabin at Grand Teton National
knows.
Park.
The students and faculty of Nilehi
But on the other hand, Mr. Eberhardt
extend their sympathy to Donald Carl must have been even warmer than we
son, senior, whose father passed away were because he was traveling in Ken
recently.
tucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and
Lightning Strikes School
Second Time in History
Skokie Youth Club Opens
New Term This Evening
The official opening of the Skokie
Youth Club for the 1947-48 term will
take place tonight according to Mr.
Clement Meier, the new director of the
club, who is replacing Mr. Lester Galitz.
A fter the official opening all active
members will be assigned to a committee
and be required to work at least four or
five times during the year. New cards
will be issued this month requiring the
usual 10 cents a month dues.
Mr. Meier announced that the new
hours for the club would be:
Tuesday— 3:30-5:30, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Wednesday— 3:30-5:30, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Friday— 7:30-11:30 p.m.
Saturday—7 :3 0 -ll :30 p.m.
Sunday— 3:30-5:30 p.m.
More Credits Needed
For Graduation in 1951
Attention! Especially you freshmen
who will be the future class of 1951.
According to Mr. Harold Ohlson, sen
ior adviser and chemistry instructor,
more credits will be needed for grad
uation. Also a new grade-point system
has been approved and will affect this
year’s freshmen.
Instead of the usual 30, the new sys
tem will require 32 credits for gradu
ation. This, however, does not include
physical education or other minor credits.
They must come extra. The total will
then be boosted to about 34.2.
In addition to this at least 40 grade
points will be necessary. The grade
points are A-4 points, B-3 points, C-2
points, and D -l point. This new system
will raise our school standards, Mr.
Ohlson said.
Nilehi Teachers See the Country First Hand;
Travel to Points East, West, North, and South
Virginia.
Miss Green spent her summer at her
beach home in Delaven, Wisconsin, while
at the same time Miss Schaefer was just
a few miles away in Green Lake at her
mother’s home. Miss Schaefer also claims
that she made 15 trips of 400 miles each
during the summer.
Miss Klaus was in the '“same shoes”
as many Nilehi students because she
spent five weeks studying music at
Boulder, Colorado.
You may have seen Mr Hussey, for
he was the summer recreational director
at Oakton Park right here in Skokie,
except for a week which was spent in
Missouri on a fishing trip. Dr. Biehn
made several trips between Geneva,
Nebraska, and Skokie, but, devoted a
great deal of his summer preparing for
this year’s school term.
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M L EH ILIT E
Friday, September 26, 1947
Ten Teachers Added Faculty Notices Marked Improvement
To School Faculty In Attitude of Nilehi Students
Among the ten new members of the
1947-48 Nilehi faculty are a formerarmy nurse who served in the Philip
pines, a professional ball player under
contract with the New York Yankees,
two former superintendents of public
schools, and a former instructor at Chanute Field.
Miss Muriel Higgins, the new dram
atics teacher, received he A.B. degree
from the University of Indiana. Prev
iously, she held the position of dramatics
teacher at the University high school.
The new school nurse, Miss Kathleen
Atkinson, served with thé army near
Manila in the Philippines and as head
nurse in the Michael Reese hospital. Miss
Atkinson received her nurse’s training
at the Methodist hospital in Indianap
olis and at Michael Reese.
Miss Kate Bicanich, librarian, received
a B. S. degree from the College of St.
Catherine in Minnesota. She has served
as assistant librarian in libraries in
Chisholm, Minnesota, and South Bend,
Indiana.
Mrs. Anne Curl, teacher of English,
French, and Spanish, has taught at the
Junior College at Muskogee, Oklahoma.
She received a B.S. in Education degree
from the University of Oklahoma, and
an M.A. in French at Middleburg college
in Vermont.
The new foods teacher, Miss Florence
Butler, has served at Lincoln and Roose
velt schools in Cicero and at Garfield in
Maywood. Miss Butler received her
bachelor’s degree from the Illinois Ins
titute of Technology.
Mr. James Phipps will be coach of the
varsity baseball team and the freshman
football
and basketball teams;. Mr.
Phipps received a B.Ed. degree from the
Eastern Illinois State Teachers’ College
and an M.A. degree from the University
of Indiana. Mr. Phipps played with the
White Sox before the war and now his
contract belongs to the New York Yank
ees. He is taking the place vacated by
Mr. Lester Galitz, who left his position
as coach and instructor to go into the
frozen foods business in California.
Mr. Carl E. Burgener, teacher of phys
ics, received his B. S. degree at the Ill
inois Wesleyan University and an M.A.
degree at Columbia University. He ser
ved as an (instructor at Chanute Field
and as aerial navigator with the Navy.
The Driver Education program will be
headed by Mr. L. P. Babcock who will
also teach the new course in psychology.
Mr. Babcock received an M.S. degree
from the University of Illinois after
having been graduated from Southern
Illinois State Teachers College. He was
formerly superintendent of schools at
Breese and Louisville, 111.
Mr. Albert Heiby, teacher of math
ematics, has previously taught at the
University of Illinois and at Austin High
becoming more established.
MR. CHARLES SELDEN accounts for
an improvement in attitude by the
fact that we are farther from the war
hysteria, and the attitude of, “what’s
the use— I ’ll be in the army soon. Let’s
have fun now.”
M ISS HELEN JOHANNS says stu
dents attitude is definitely better be
cause returning veterans are impressed
wiith the importance of a good education,
and they are passing on this attitude.
What difference, you might ask, will
this improved attitude make to the av
erage student?
According to DR. A. L. BIEHN, school
superintendent, (improvement in attitude
on the part of the pupil should make
work better with less effort. This would
MR. MARVIN IHNE thinks student give a student more free time and una
attitude toward school has improved in ble him to take part in a greater variety
the last year because young people are of extra-curricular activities.
getting a better understanding of the
purpose of school and education; the
traditions of our young school are also
Has your attitude toward school
changed in the last year? The teachers
of Nilehi think it has.
Of 19 faculty members questioned
recently by the Nilehilite, nine sadd they
had detected a definite upward trend in
the attitude of students. Six had no
ticed no improvement, and only one
thought the attitude of pupils was on
the down grade.
Reasons for the turn of mind varied,
but most common among the teacher’s
opinions was that pupils are feeling more
security in their home and school after
the unsure days bf the war years.
Here is how some of the teachers ac
count for the students’ change of atti
tude:
SHORT CUTS
See Chicago Club Makes
First Trip to Tribune
“The blood, sweat, and tears of a
thousand men make the paper and the
articles of the Chicago Tribune possible.”
This idea was driven home forcibly to
the members of Nilehi’s See Chicago
Club who visited the Chicago Tribune on
Friday noghts,' September 5 and 12.
The tour through the Tribune began
with a movie made especially for the
Tribune Centennial. The movie followed
the manufacture of the Tribune from,
the cutting of the trees to the delivery
of the completed paper. The movie was
followed by a tour through the editor
ial room, pressroom, linotype and mail
ing rooms.
According to members of the club, one
of the most enjoyable parts of the trip
was seeing the Sunday comics two weeks
ahead of time.
The trip to the Tribune was the first
of eight scheduled for the club. The
next trip, which will be to Brookfield
Zoo, is scheduled for October 18.
A magazine subscription contest will
be held at Nilehi from October 1 to
about October 15. The purpose is to raise
money for the 1948 Reflections, the
school’s annual.
Mr. Max Reynolds, of the C'rowellCollier Publishing Company, will come
to N. T. H. S. soon to talk to the
English classes about the contest.
Some of the magazines to be sold are
Women’s Home Companion, Colliers,
National Weekly, and American. The
students who sell the most magazines
will receive a prize.
Forty people entered the Nilehi halls
to attend the University of Illinois ex
tension school here on Wednesday, Sep
tember 17. Messrs. Harold Ohlson, Anton
Schubert, Charles Hussey, Albert Heiby,
Samuel Fox and Mrs. Robert Rice will
be the teachers.
Twenty-six of the 40 collegiates will
be newcomers at Nilehi, although all are
residents of the state.
It looks as though Nilehi is getting
school in Chicago. Mr. Heiby received ! an exceptionally well-behaved freshman
a Ph.B. from the College of Wooster, class this year.
No Einsteins are expected to come
an LL.B. from the Washington College
out of the freshman class, say the eight
of Law and an M.S. from DePaul.
Mr. George Roth, the new general freshman teachers polled, but the stu
dents have been doing very well consider
science teacher, has served as principal
ing the hot weather and the fact that
in the Rockton grade school and as high school is a new experience for all
science teacher at the junior high school of them.
“The freshmen have been very alert
in Beloit, Wisconsin. He received his
in class and love to do homework,” says
bachelor’s degree from the Milwaukee
Miss Florence Harrison, girls’ general
State Teachers’ College and an M.S.
j science teacher. From all reports the
from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. ' other teachers also expect the freshmen
Roth will organize and sponsor a Hi-Y to keep this
cooperative attitude
throughout their four years at Niles.
Chapter for N.T.H.S. boys.
�Friday, September 26, 1947
This ’n That -
N I L E H I L I T E
New Column Is H ere
Contributions W anted
A fter having such a gay ,time last
Are you tired, worn out, stiff and j
October at Tom Black’s cottage, the
sore ? Do you feel as if your legs can no |
whole crowd are going back for another
longer support your feeble body? Then
weekend this year. His guests include
you, like many other Nilehii fellows and
Gloria Baumann, Jo Ann Eberhardt,
girls, are suffering from the strange
Shirley Schmidt, Lyle Dye, and Clay
malady known as cheerleaderitis.
Merrill.
This is a seasonable disease usually
brought on by watching football prac
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tice. The Junior girls seem to be the
most highly susceptible. The tragic side
F irst it was gasoline that was hard
of this disease is that there is no known to get, then meat, silk hose, even marsh
cure. Those victims who don’t make the
mallows, and now there is a shortage
squad are temporarily cured—the dis
of lumber for projects down in the Nile
ease merely lies dormant until the next
hi woodshops. Mr. Charles Seldon is
fall. And those who make it? Well, you
practically at his wits’ end, he says.
were at the game— you saw them stum
Seems that most of the fellows enrolled
ble out on the field and rasp hoarsely:
in the woodshop want to make something
“L et’s have a cheer!”
which would require large pieces of the
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elusive lumber, and if the situation per
sists—who knows, the shop may be
Ju st a minute! Haven’t you forgotten overflowing with an assortment of book
something? Why, certainly! You forgot ends, small boxes and other miscell
to take the straws out of your milk bot aneous items of all sizes and shapes.
tle and you left a napkin on your plate.
From now on everthing should be taken
off the plates before they are put on
the carts, say the students of the sen
ior problems classes. A neat, clean caf
eteria is again their goal.
Eager Nilehi Spectator
Finds Football Confusing
By Doris Bernges
Legs Are Still There Ju st Harder to Find
The football seasop is here again and
all the ardent Niles fans welcomed it
back last Friday night in their very
best style.
I stayed up ’til way past midnight the
night before the game, washing out my
yellow (gold to you) sweater and shaking
last summer’s sand out of my bluejeans.
I arrived at the game simply brim
ming with school spirit, and when the
game started, I cheered for our team
like mad. I was awfully surprised when
I looked around -to see everybody nearby
glaring at me. That is, I was surprised
until I discovered I was sitting in the
West Chicago section!
When I finally got seated with the
gang the second quarter was just begin
ning, but that was the quarter I missed.
You see I had been doing daring things
with my bubble gum and when my
prize bubble of the evening popped I
had my eyes closed and when I finally
got them open again the half was over.
The second half was swell. The new
uniforms looked positively drooly (to
say thè least). I did think they could
have been more careful of them though.
All that falling down must have got
them awfully dirty, and simply full of
grass stains.
Maybe some of you grid heroes will
tane a hint after reading this article
and be more careful next week. You
must look neat and pretty, you Know!
“Yippe!” “Ugh!” “What is i t ? ” There
are a few of the printable opinions ex
pressed by Nilehi students concerning
the new dress lengths. At any rate the
poor suffering males of Troy are not
alone in their grief as the whole nation
seems to be mourning, or in very few
cases, enjoying, these styles.
The girls ask: “What do the fellows
dislike about these styles?” Howard
Korsmo, homeroom 208, summed up the
male opinions when he said, “These
dresses make the girls look like a bean
pole in a burlap bag.”
Contrary to popular belief, some girls
are not slaves to style and are protesting
against these styles by forming “Little
Below the Knee” clubs.
However, variety is the spice of life
and this change is quite drastic com
pared to last year’s styles. When skirt
lengths zoomed up above the knees this
was taken very much for granted by
the males who were pleased as well as
Calm.
Now that something new has been
added (mainly several inches of cloth
to every hem line) the fellas turn many
quick glances in the direction of a re
treating gal in hopes of seeing the
top of her shoes! This may be a slight
exaggeration, but ankles are slowly, but
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surely being brought under cover.
But cheer up, fellows, for these new
styles are like prohibition in that the
Schaef and the G. A. A. promise a
old joints are still there, but they’re number of dances this year, so sharpen
harder to find.
your shoes, kids!
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Song Titles Form Basis
Of Pete McSw ines Plight
Frankie Carle may have Ms girl
friends but N.T.H.S. students have their
songs. These seemed to strike the right
note.
Freshmen “Everything Happens to
Me.”
Sophomores: “Remember When.”
Juniors: “As Time Goes By.”
Seniors: “Where Do We Go From
H ere?”
“Or Would You Rather Be A P ig ? ”
If so, you might run into someone like
our hero, “Pig Foot Pete.”
“I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now?”
sighed Pete McSwine, hero of Porkville.
“W ho?” demanded a “Passerby”, his
father.
“Ivy”, my “Sweetheart”, the “Pig I ’
My Heart”. She left me for a Parisian
Pig who wooed her with his “Jous Vouz
Aime”, “Mamselle” and they eloped!”
groaned Pete.“That gal was poison, you were “Al
ways” “Feudin’ and Fightin”. “This
Can’t Be Love” ! I ’ll admit, “I t ’s Almost
Like Being In Love”, but you were
smarter “When You Were Sweet Six
teen”. “Ask Anyone Who Knows” ! re
plied papa.
“Papa, Don’t Preach To Me”! moaned
Pete, “I Have But One Heart” and “I ’m
Feelin’ Mighty Low”. “I Want a Sunday
Kind of Love”, “The Things We Did
Last Summer”, “Eating Chocolate Sun
daes On A Saturday Night” and “Celery
Stalks At Midinight”. But now this
“Jealousy” is killing me. Oh well, I
guess “I ’ll Get By.”
How about it? “Would You Rather
Be A P ig ?”
happened to you during the sum m er?..
Bill Permer, senior: “I worked.”
Marice Ray, senior: “I went up in a
plane over Lake Tomahawk and saw all
the beautiful scenery.”
Ray Olson, freshman: “I went and saw
the National Air Races at Cleveland.
I saw one plane crash in which the pilot
was killed.”
John Krupka, sophomore: “I caught a
two-and-one-half pound bass this sum
mer. This was really something for me!”
Marge Peterson, junior: “I did nothing
which would interest anybody.”
Leslie Meyer, senior: “I won a medal
at Blue Island, Illinois, for synchron
ized swimming. We came in third.”
Tom Fitzgerald, senior: “It happened
on the first day of school. I brought my
car to school. Never again!”
Ida Franson, senior: “ I had to walk
home from downtown in my bare feet,
because my high-heel shoes were killing
me.”
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Liz and Essex
Go Separate Ways
Elizabeth and Essex were walking
arm in arm ((steadies, you know,) down
one of N.T.H.S.’s dimly lighted corridors
to their next class, when Essex, being
quite a woman-hater, piped up with: “I t’s
too bad more girls aren’t taking that
new driving course.” Elizabeth, faintly
detecting the playboy in Essex, came
back with: “Isn’t that a shame! But at
least there are some; in our food class
we haven’t even got a man! Even the
teacher is a woman.”
Why is this so ? Let us journey to the
psychology class and discover the secret.
But first we must witness the melan
choly farewell of -the two lovers. It is
so sad to part for one hour! There is a
firm handshake as they gaze into each
other’s eyes, a few encouraging words
from Essex, “Buck up, k i d ...”, a trace
of tears, mixed with the pathos in Eliza
beth’s wistful orbs. Sniff!
So, on to psychology!
In psychology it is explained. I f you
were your father and your father were
your mother and vice versa with you
and your sister, then maybe, you, being
like your mother, but actually your fath
er, and vice versa with your sister, would
like to cook and she would like to drive.
Crystal clear! Taking the majority, we
find that the idea of patiently standing
over a hot stove, whipping up some mess
to satisfy the appetites of your family
does not appeal to most men, and most
women do not enjoy speeding along a
highway, lugging the family to a picnic,
or some such razz-ma-tazz. There we
have the whole thing in a nut shell, with
the nut still inside.
Now, back to Liz and Ess, who have
just come out of their Food and Driving
classes. There is a firm handshake, an
eager, “How are you, kid ?” a radiant
smile, as the two burst into conversation.
“Wow, did we have the fun driving
today,” said Essex, “we learned how
to play tag with other cars and run over
people without hurting them!”
“And we learned how to bake Mexican
jumping beans,” cried Liz happily.
in LE H lLlfE
T n , ..iithi.ite is written, printed and publi bed by the students of the Niles Township
High School,' Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. A. L. Biehn,
superintendent - principal.
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor-in-chief: Bill Comstock
Feature E litor: Lyle Dye
Sports Ed tor: Jim Schilling
Sports Writers: Don Brown, Bill Neuson, and Ed
Linskey.
Gir's’ Sports: Doris Bernges
Circulation Manager: Gertrude Brua
Exchange Editor: June Sprungman
Reporters: Marcia Connell, Bill Heveran, Lee
Karrer Said ra Ravencroft, Danna Barbour,
Bill N.uson, Don Brown, Ed Linskey, Donna
Korsmo, Eileen Rodley, Bill Fortman, Roger
Coverly, Gertrude Brua, Nancy Borneman,
Doris Bernges, Don Dadigan, Phil LaVeau,
Dick O’Brien, Jack Nixon, Mary Morse, Patty
•• Meyer Deane Liesveld, Rudy Schmid, Carol
Schuler, J me Sprungman, Bill Wokoun, and
Joanne Day.
FACULTY ADVISERS
Paul Eberhardt
Clement Meier
N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, September 26, 1947
Thumbnail Ske1cbes of Frosh
Although everyone looks about the same right
now in the freshman class, here is a little in
formation about a few Nilehi newcomers who
Miss Lucille Ronalds’ Latin class think are set
ting a good pace this early in the year.
NOEL CHURCH—Haven school.
Dislikes: I hate to do things around the house.
Like wiping dishes.
Pet Peeves: I can’t stand people that are short
and fat, or who talk too much.
How do you loaf? Playing records or listening
to the radio.
Nickname: None.
Ambitions: To be a good rider so I can jump
over 4’ &” jump.
JOAN PETERSON—St. Peter School.
Dislikes: I hate to do supper dishes or hang
out clothes.
Pet F'eives: Big fat, noisy people.
How do you loaf? Lay around and eat.
Nickkname: Pete.
Ambitions: “To be assistant photograher or
something in that order.
NANCY LOU MOHLAR—Rugen School
Dislikes: I hate having to obey Shire and Slim
at the lunch table.
Pet Peeves: People who are conceited and for
ward. (
How do you loaf? Lying on the floor reading
love stories.
Nickname: Moldy
Ambitions: “To be a stenographer.”
DON WALTER—Lincoln School
Pet Peeves: Girls who try to dress like boys.
How do you loaf? Lay down on my back.
Nickname: Walt
Ambition: “Play football for Army.”
ALLAN WEISSBURG — East Prairie
pet Peeves: People who don’t get directions
straight.
How do you loaf? Read a book and listen to
the radio.
Nckname: Al. /
Ambition: “I have no ambition”
BUDDY HILDEBRAND—Cleveland
Pet Peeves: People who stand in front of the
juke box when it’s playing.
How do you loaf? Playing football!!
Nickname: Buddy.
.
Ambition: “I wanta own a grocery store.
JOANNE KENDLER—Sharp Corner
Dislikes: I hate to get up in the morning.
Pet Peeves: Egotistical people.
How do you loaf? Riding horseback.
Ambitions: “Journal'st.”
BILL PERRIN—Sharp Corner
Pet Peeves: People that tell me I don’t feed
my dog enough.
. . .
How do you loaf? I like to read good books.
Nickname: Bill.
Ambition: “To be a flyer.”
Couples Are HereTodtij,
Maqbe Gone Tomorrow First Year Students
“Couples, couples everywhere, but how
many will stay together ? ” seems to be
the much worn-out echo through the
halls of Nilehi. After a long, hard sum
mer, let’s see what still is what or better
still what’s new, for one never knows
how long we’ll see these ardent two
somes strolling down the halls hand in
hand.
We hope we can be fairly safe in men
tioning Bill Comstock, Marilyn Pearson,
Gloria Bauman and Tom Black, because
rumors have it that they are all near
ing their second year of “captivity.” We
might also mention the names of Lyle
Dye, Jo Eberhardt, Marcy Connell and
Don Biehn, who still have that happy
“almost a year” look on their faces.
If we were to stand in the hall viewing
the passing students, we’d probably see
Bill Permer in front of 313 before home
room with Marilyn Long, Eva Lou Michel
and Lee Garner standing by the water
fountain, Pat Olson and Don Brown
walking down the hall together and
Clay Merrill standing at Shirey Sch
midt’s locker.
If we stood long enough, we might
even see Don Racine in front of the
typing room with Betty Sherman, Nick
Rollick and Joyce Mathews standing at
the end of the hall talking, or Bruce
Harris and Karen Southworth entering
the school together, followed by Bill
Hutchings and Patty Meyer.
Then we have those cosmopolitan
gals who can’t find a satisfactory boy
at Nilehi so go elsewhere. Among those
we’ll find Polly Wettengel, Kay Jaeger,
Mary MacNamara, Carol Schuler and
Dolores Mattson. The names that we’ve
mentioned are considered “established”
couples but you never can tell in this
fast moving world!
Are Happily Growing T'p
They’re back like a bad penny, only
please, mighty seniors, don’t fool your
selves! The freshmen, who somehow pop
up every year at the same time, usually
amazed the school by the end of the year.
By the time they’ve made good in a great
many surprising ways and have man
aged to grow several inches, too. (This
is always accredited to the healthy Nile
hi atmosphere!)
The bewildered little things who run
around the ball asking, “Which way is
up?” or “I ’m a big boy now, aren’t I ? ”
are, contrary to all rumors, normal,
healthy children who are simply going
through a stage called ‘growing up.’
(To the sophomores, juniors, and seniors
who are now laughing, many teachers
agree that this unfortunate stage often
lasts several years!)
Along with this stage usually comes
the eye-opening experience of having
your first date, going around and getting
acquainted with a new crowd, learning
“o ‘jive’ and ‘walk’ Niles style, wading
through piles of homework to tear to
a football game or a school mixer, trying
out for choir, cheerleading, basketball,
plays, besides joining every club you
have the time for and—but this could
go on indefinitely. For the upperclass
men it’s simply a preview, and for the
frosh it’s a preview of a few of the many
things that’ll happen before the year is
out.
However, if we’re not mistaken it
won’t be the freshmen who’ll be green
after reading this, but the upperclass
men— green with envy remembering how
just a couple of years ago all this hap
pened to them and how it was kinda fun
and how the old saying, “Mighty trees
from little acorns,” seemed after all to
come true with them. At any rate, have
a good time, frosh!
�Friday, September 26, 1947
N I L E H I L I T E
Page 5
Yankee Farm Club
Trojans Smash
West Chicago, 46-0 Plager Is Nilehi Coach
New Activities
Offered by G A A.
Last Friday night the Nilehi Trojans
proved that they will be a strong con
tender for the Northeast Conference
when they whipped West Chicago 46 to
0 in their 1947 debut. The Trojans
showed power thru the air, on the
ground, and on defense when they reeled
off seven touchdowns and four extra
points. The game was played on the
home field.
The Junior Varsity and Varsity will
play their Conference opener here to
night against the Leyden Eagles. Junior
Varsity game will start at 6:15 and the
Varsity at 8:00.
After a scoreless first period, the Tro
jans scored three times in the second
quarter. The first touchdown was set up
by right end Don Carlson when he inter
cepted a West Chicago pass. On the next
play left halfback Jim Blessing raced
48 yards for the score. Jim Heiniger
added the extra point.
Minutes later Quarterback Ed Sorgel pitched a 19-yard pass to Don Carl
son, who galloped 50 yards for the sec
ond _ touchdown. Jim Heiniger again
booted the extra point. Ju st before the
firs t half ended, Ed Soergel threw a 20yard pass to left end Bill Comstock, who
went 30 yards for a touchdown. The
extra point was no good.
In the third quarter Ed Soergel com
pleted' a 20-yard pass to. Comstock, who
lateraled to Jim Blessing. Jim raced
down the left side of the gridiron to the
two-yard line where he fumbled the ball
and it landed out of bounds. After being
stopped twice by West Chicago Ed Soer
gel plunged over for the score.
The final touchdown in the third per
iod came when .Comstock took a short
pass from Soergel and sprinted 78 yards.
Fullback Lee Garner tossed a pass to
Comstock for the extra point.
In the final period Don Siegel scooted
50 yards around left end for the sixth
touchdown. The conversion was no good.
Howard Siegel scored the final touch
down when he circled left end for 74
yards. Fullback Tom Black passed to left
end Ward Nipper for the extra point.
The Girls’ Athletic Association after
three years has again joined thelllinois
G.A.A. league.
There are to be after school activities
for those girls interested in winning a
letter. Since the previous records of in
dividual points has been destroyed, a
new plan for a credit system is being
made. Sophomore, junior, and senior
girls will be awarded a certain number
of points according to their year in
school.
A former professional baseball player,
Jam es Phipps is the new addition to the
coaching staff of N.T.H.S. Mr. Phipps
will take charge of the Frosh football
and basketball teams, and will be the
boss of the Varsity baseball squad.
Mr. Phipps has shown that he is
going after that diamond championship
in his initial year here at Nilehi, by call
ing the first autumn baseball practice
in the history of the school. This first
drill was held on Saturday, September
13, at Oakton Park. His purpose in doing
this was to acquaint himself with the
boys, and to see what kind of material
he had on hand for the 1948 season.
Phipps was born 28 short summers
ago in the town of Kansas, Illinois, where
he was raised. It was here that he first
acquired his taste for the horsehide
covered sphere. But he really didn’t play
professionally until he* broke in as an
outfielder with Wisconsin Rapids in the
Wisconsin State League in 1941.
He then served four years in the Naval
A.ir Corps, where he also played base
ball. Then in 1946 he was moved to Class
D baseball with Augusta, Georgia, a
New York Yankee farm club.
When the Yanks sent him his 1947 con
tract, they stated that they wanted him
to return to Augusta. Thinking he de
served a chance in a higher league,
Phipps sent back his contract unsigned'.
When questioned as to whether he would
return to professional baseball, Phipps
stated that it was “very doubtful.”
19 to 0 last Friday night on the Niles
football field.
L. R. Mackey, Nilehi coach, split the
team in half, dressing only the sopho
mores to combat the visiting frosh-soph
team.
Paced by quarterback Lenny Lange,
the Trojans scored on the first play of
the second quarter, when Lange re
turned a West Chicago punt 65 yards for
Lineup
Nilehi (46)
West Chicago (O')
a touchdown. Lange’s try for the extra
J. Kautz
L.E.
Comstock
Glasshagel
L.T.
Hall point was no good.
M°rziani
Batz
L.G.
Erickson, center, recovered a fumble
Kaylor
C.
Kadlec
R.G.
Dalton
Linskey on the next kickoff to set up another
R.T.
Katsoolias
Miller
R.E.
Carlson score. Lange immediately passed 15
R. Kautz
Pe" r*on
Q.B.
Soergel
Blearing yards to Jim Davis, right end, who
L.H.
De'tman
R.H.
Deutsch
J. Heiniger sprinted 20 more for the tally. Lange
F.B.
See’ey
Garner
0 0 0 0
0 converted to make the score 13 to 0.
W e i Chicago
0 20 13 13
46
Niles
Midway through the third period, Lou
Tou-hlcwns — Comstock 2, Blessing, Carlson,
Keesey, right half, exploded through left
Sostgel, D. Siegel, H. Siegel.
P'in*:s after tou "hdowns — J. Heiniger 2, Com- tackle and raced 55 yards for the Tro
stock, Nipper.
jans’ final touchdown. Lange’s conver
sion was no good.
The third period also saw West Chi
cago’s only real threat, when they pene
Two long runs and a pass gave the trated to the Niles’ .10-yard line. The
Niles Township Junior Varsity football I two teams battled to a standstill in the
team, (minus the Juniors), more than I last quarter, and the score at the final
enough points to whip West Chicago gun was Niles 19, West Chicago 0.
Frosh-Sophs Defeat
West Chicago, 19-0
The present activities now offered are
archery and tumbling. Tuesday has been
set aside as a day of archery and Thurs
day for tumbling. Miss Mary Evelyn
Thurman, sponsor, is also thinking of
starting a tap dancing class, so if anyone
is interested, please see her about details.
This year the G.AA. plans to .sponsor
a lot more dances than in previous years.
For the Christmas Dance this year, plans
are being made for the girls to wear
formals while the fellows will be dressed
in their best suits.
Besides the hay-rack party this year
there will be a sleigh-ride outing, ac
cording to present plans.
2nd Half Proviso Drive
Defeats Nilehi J,V7s
On the morning of September 20, the
Proviso Pirates scored three touchdowns
in the third and fourth quarters to de
feat Nilehi Junior Varsity 20 to 12 in a
non-conference contest at Proviso.
With three minutes left to play in the
first half, left end Ward Nipper recov
ered a Proviso fumble on the Proviso
16-yard line. A fter two plays RightHalf Lou Keesey took a 7-yard pass
from Quarterback Lennie Lange and
then plunged over from there to score
the first touchdown of the game. The
conversion was no good. The half ended
with Niles ahead 6 to 0.
In the third and fourth quarters, the
Pirates had the ball most o f the time.
Jim Wilson, left halfback, dashed over
from the 9-yard line to tie up the game.
Wilson plunged over center for the extra
point to put Proviso ahead' for the re
mainder of the game. Niles was held
scoreless in the third period.
In the fourth period Proviso scored
twice when Eddie Bevans. ran over from
the 19-yard line and he set up the final
touchdown for Proviso also when he re
turned a punt from the 50 to Niles 23yard line. Three plays later Fullback
Paulik plunged over from the 3-yard
line. Tom Rhode plunged over for the
conversion.
Niles scored its final touchdown when
Lennie Lange raced over from the 6yard line. The extra point was no good.
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Rugged Ggm
Program Planned
Here’s your gym program, boys:
A strenunous program in physical ed
ucation is being planned for all four
classes, says Mr. Harold Isaacson, boys’
athletic director. The freshmen and soph
omore classes will concentrate on cal
isthenics, marching, tumbling, and ap
paratus work. They will also be taught
the fundamentals of the competitive
games.
The juniors and seniors are in the
midst of an intramural touch football
tournament. Soccer will follow football,
and then the boys will go inside where
they’ll participate in tumbling, apparatus
work, boxing, and intramural basket
ball and volleyball.
Softball will take up most of the
schedule in the spring. These compet
itive sports are designed to teach com
petitive games to the boys so that they
may continue to be physically active
after they finish school.
The swimming classes, with the ex
ception of the seniors, will be handled
by Mr. Anton T. Schubert, boys’ phys
ical education instructor. The under
class non-swimmers will be taught to
swim, and the swimmers will start work
on the beginner and intermediate tests.
The sophomores and juniors will work
on the swimmer and advanced swim
mers’ tests.
The seniors, under the direction of
Mr J . Phipps, new addition to the Nilehi
coaching staff, will work mainly on the
life-saving tests.
Gridders Comment
On Conference
Question asked of Varsity football
players: “What is your opinion of our
chances of winning the conference this
y ear?”
Laurence Hall — “We should be good
if the boys work hard.”
Ed Soergel — “Excellent chance for
the conference if our line begins to work
as it should.”
Jim Blessing — “I f our line starts
working hard we will have a good
chance.”
Lee Garner — “I t ’s hard to tell, but
I think we should have an exceptional
chance to end up on top.”
Ray Batz — “We should win if the
line and the backs work hard.”
Ed Linskey — “If all the fellows work
hard, the team should win.”
Beat Leyden
N I L E H I L I T E
Friday, September 26, 1947
GLAMAZONS
A week ago Tuesday a number of the
enterprising and cooperative students
at N.T.H.S. flocked gymward right after
school, to try out or watch the try outs
for the cheerleading squad. All students
were urged to attend to indicate by
their applause — or lack of it — their
opinion of each candidate. According to
Miss Mildred Schaefer, faculty sponsor,
who was judging the “tryouts”, it was
very hard to choose the squad because
all those who turned out were so good.
After much pondering “Schaef” finally
picked an A -l team. The members are
seniors: Marilyn Pearson, Polly Wettengel, Mary Ann Ritter, Joyce Mathews,
Nona Bartolini, Lyle Dye, Bill Kella, and
Clay Merrill. Juniors were Jeanne Lee
Eckhardt (who specializes in acrobatics),
Edith Walther, Ellen Patzke, Kay Ja e
ger, Carol Stockenberg, and Nancy New
ton. There was one sophomore, Marilyn
Reiland, who was on last year’s squad.
With these cheer leaders we ought to be
able to yell our team to victory at every
game. Marilyn Pearson, who is now
entering her thjrd season as cheer lead
er, was unanimously chosen cheer leader
capt. by the squad.
Sport Club News
The Saddle Club will hold an organi
zation meeting soon and various stables
are being investigated, Miss Schaefer
announces. She also reports that the
Bowling Club will meet Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons. The starting dates
for both leagues are October 7, and
October 9, at Gabby Hartnett’s Alleys.
Leagues will start at approximately 3:30
and should be finished by 5:30.
Teams will bowl on a handicap basis,
so that the poor bowlers will have as.
much opportunity to win medals or
awards as the good bowlers.
An attempt is being made to make
arrangements for bus service between
here and the alleys. Our school has again
been invited to belong to the American
High School Bowling Congress.
For further information about these
clubs, listen to the P.A. announcements.
Leaders Class News
Miss Schaefer says that the leaders
class has grown considerably in mem
bership and the interest and enthusiasm
runs high.
“I have the finest group of leaders
Synchronized Swimmers
and the finest gang of cheer leaders I
Tuesday, September 16, was also a have ever had in this high school,” said
busy day for Nilehi’s swimmers, when “Schaef”, and added “I expect great
the first meeting of the “sync.” class things of them.”
was held. Mr. Anton Schubert, instruc
tor, reports that 22 swimmers turned out.
Gym Classes
The whole program for the girls’ gym
classes sounds like more fun (and exer
cise) than ever before. The senior girls
have a super interesting schedule, in
cluding home nursing, first aid, and
driver education courses to be held dur
ing the regular gym periods.
During the winter season, the junior
and senior girls will play basketball on
gym days. The freshman and sophomore
girls will play captainball.
Miss Schaefer reports that there will
be intramural tournaments in basketball,
volleyball, softball and captainball.
The first nine weeks of the first sem
ester are to be spent in taking tests and
measurements and posture evaluation,
also general calisthenics and group
games for all classes.
Something new has been added for
senior girls with medical excuses from
swimming. Instead of dropping the class
they now will have nine weeks of out
side archery under the tutelege of Miss
Mary Evelyn Thurman, girls’ gym
teacher. So if in the near future you
should be “punctured” or merely poked
by an arrow, it probably isn’t cupid after
all.
Intramural Program
Launched at N.T.H.S.
Nothing to do after school? Mr. Schu
bert, boys' physical education instructor,
has launched a program of intramural
activities that will solve this problem.
On Mondays and Wednesdays, the
swimming pool will be open to any boy
who cares to go in. A ten-mile marathon
swim has just started, in which first and
second place ribbons will be awarded
in each class.
Tuesday afternoons will be devoted
to a synchronized swimming class. Both
boys and girls may participate in this
activity.
To satisfy the weight lifters, appara
tus men, and those who would like in
struction in boxing and wrestling, the
gymnasium will be open at 3:15 p.m. on
Thursdays and Fridays.
These activities will be continued as
long as there is an active interest shown
on the part of the student body, Mr.
Schubert says.
All the glory that is football has not
yet reached N.T.H.S., for the “gold and
blue warriors” have been having a tough
time in preparation for the first confer
ence game on September 26 with Leyden
This year our football heroes will be I under the lights. The mighty Trojans
clad in new uniforms. The junior varsity |have been practicing with full equipment
I
will inherit last year’s varsity togs, while three hours a day in this terrific 80 and
the big wheel varsity lads will have 90 degree weather. That’s a tough as
brand new equipment.
signment in anybody’s book!
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NILEHILITE, September 26, 1947
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Sprungman, June, Exchange Editor
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Niles Township High
President
Peter Kluesing
Mildred E. Tess
Secretary
Niles
President
Skokie
Mack D. Falknor
Morton Grove
Charles N. Miller
Linc9lnwood
I van Paroubek
Skokie
�~ Our Superintendent
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A. L. Biehn, A.B .. A.M., Ph.D.
:Jo Ike Senior~ o/ 1948:
The pleasure which comes from four years of associating with you is equalled only
by the satisfaction which results from witnessing your ascent up life's ladder of
success. If you have developed some confidence, acquired the problem-solving technique. and discovered your personal aptitudes, your foundation stones have been
well laid. Let me hasten to remind yon that even the most rugged foundation will
soon deteriorate if exposed and unused. It therefore behuoves you to develop the
skills and abilities which you have discovered, and to exercise your problem-solving
technique, lest it become a lost art. Thus by planning wisely and acting quickly,
your success is inevitable.
A. L. Biehn
Superintendent
7700384
�Fatuity
Kate Bicanich
Leo P. Babcock
Priscilla Baker
John L. Betts
Psychology, Driver Educa·
tion, European History
English
U. S. History, Problems
Librarian
A.B., Rockford College
A.B., M.A., Norlhwcslcr"
B.S., College of St. Calheri,.t,
Ed. B., S 0111~er" llli.wis
Univer•il:y; !rf.S., Univer1ily
of Jllinoi1
U•u've-rsity; M.A., Unii:ersity
SI. Paul
of Chicago
Carl E. Burgener
Florence M. Butler
Clifford W . Collins
Anne Curl
Algebra, Physics,
Photography
Foods, Home Economics
Band, Orchestra
French, Spanish, English
B.S., Norlhtrn l/11Hois S tale
Teachers' College; A .S., lllinoi•
lnsiit•I• of Technology
B. Mu•., Conn National S(/iool
of Music
B.S., University of Oklalrom• ·
B.~"
Illinois Wcsle)•an College;
M.A., ColKmbia Ut1ivtrsily
M.A., Middleburg, Vtrmont
ColleQt
Margaret de Booy
Paul M. Eberhardt
Marie Green
Grace G. Harbert
Mathematics,
Junior Adviser
English, ] ournalism
Business Training, Typing,
Chairman of Commerce
Department
B.S., Unit'ersity of llli,.,,;s;
M.A., Uniursity of Minnesota
B.S., NonlltMsi"" Uniwrsily;
M.A., Cc>l1<ml>ia V•itJermy
A.B., Universily of Mic~igar1;
M.A., Ohio S1a11 U11iver1ity
B.S., M .A., Nonhwtsterrc
Umversily
Problems
�Fatuity
Albert H. Heiby
Muriel Higgins
Dorothy Hinman Hind
General Science, Chairman
o[ Science Dept.
Algebra,
General Mathematics
Dramatics, Radio
Latin, Plane Geometry,
Visual Education
B.S., SoKth Dakota State
Collage; Plr.M., University of
Ph.B., College of Wooster;
L.L.B., Washington College of
Low; M.S., DePaul Ufliucrsify
Florence Harrison
Wisco•uin
A.B., Indiana University
A .D.. M.A., Unit'Crsity
of Chicago
Charles W. Hussey
Marvin H, Ihne
Ada Immel
Harold Isaacson
Biology
U.S. History, World
History, Occupations,
Sophomore Adviser
Shorthand, Bookkeeping,
Business Law
Director of Boys' Physical
Education, Athletics
A.B., Lau.'f'ence College;
M.A., Univtrsily of Joma
B.S., Wuurn Mkhigan State
Teachers' Colltge
A.B., Jlli,.ou College;
M.S.,. University of Illinois
A.B., Illinois College;
M.A., Uni'IJersity of Illinois
Helen ] ohanns
Typing, Business Machines
B.E., Whiteumter Statt
Teiul.,rs' College;
M.A., J\'orthUJestern
u.. ive,.sity
Thomas
J. Kiviluoma
Plane Geometry, Advanced
Algebra, Chairman of
Mathematics Dept.
B.E., Norther" Illinois Slate
Ttiuhtrs' Colkge;
M.A. , Univer,ity of Illinois
Clara Klaus
Theresa Kranz
Vocal 1fosic, Chairman of
Fine Arts Dept.
U. S. History, German,
Chairivan of Social Studies
Dept.
B.S., M.S. , Ntwthwesttr"
U"iverrity
A.B., M.A.1 Uni'IJersity of
Minnesota
�Faculty
Alice Line
L . Robert Mackey
Clement Meier
James A. Michael
Home Economics,
Chairman of Home
Economics Dept.
Electric Shop, Mechanics
Printing
Geography, World History
A.B., B.S.. Lewi• lutitute
Ph.B., DePaKI Unive rsity
8.Ed., Easle.r1 /llinoi.r Stal•
Teacher•' College;
M.A., Univtrsit;y of Illinois
A.A .• StefJhtn• College;
B.S., UHiver.ity of Nebraska
Harold R. Ohlson
Grace Pendleton
James H. Phipps
Chemistry, Solid Geometry,
Senior Adviser
English
Physical Education
English
B.Ed.• Easurn Illinois Stau
Ttache"' Collept;
M .S., Indiana University
A.B., Ml. Hol)loke College;
M .A.. Univer.rtty of Illinois
Mildred Schaefer
Elliott
B.E., Norlhen> Illinois State
T eacher3' College;
l;;niversity of Chicago
A.B .• Univerrity of lllinois;
M.A..
Ntwthwe1ter1t.
Un•t'"sit;11
Lucille Ronalds
M.A.,
Marjory Ronalds
George V. Roth
Arthur H. Ryden
Latin, Occupations,
Freshman Adviser
General Science
World History, Civics,
Athletics
A.B., Vassar College;
M.A., ColN•bia U1tiwrsity
B .Ed., MilwaMkee State
T taclierr College;
M.S., University of WiscD11S11'
A .B ., DePat<I University
Director of Girls' Physical
Education
B.P.E., Normal College of the
A"'erica11 G;ynu1astk UHio11 ;
B.S. Ed., M.S .. D•PaMI
University
�Faculty and Off ice Staff
Anton T. Schubert
Charles W. Selden
Jean F. Small
Mary E. Thurman
Physical Education,
Athletics
Woodshop, Chaim1an of
Industrial Arts Dept.
Spanish, Chairman of
Foreign Language Dept.
Physical Education,
Baton Twirling
B.P.E., A"'eri<:a,. College of
Piiysical Educatio";
B.S. , North Central College;
B.S., M.A., U•iversity of
A .B., Bryn. Mauw College;
M.A., Ncrll:western University;
Diplame, La S orbtmne, Paris
B.S., Northeastern Miss01<ri
College
Kathleen Atkinson,
R.N.
MitUU!SOIQ.
M.A.J Ncrtltwe.Jtern. UnitJersity
Doris Tillmann
Ronald Van Arsdale
John G. Wilkins
Art, Mechanical Drawing,
Chairman of Art Dept.
English
English, Public Speaking
B.S., lllinois State Nannal
Sclwol;
M .A., Teachers' College
Columbia Univtrsity
A.B ., ButleY Uni!lersity;
M.A. , U"iversity of Iowa
Agnes E. Harte
Jessie M. N ettland
Dorothy M. Ruesch
Virginia S . Phipps
Office Secretary
Attendance: Clerk
Bookkeeper
Office Manager
School K urse
B.S., Ka,.sas State
Teachers' College;
B .A .E., School of Art InstitMte
Cr1slodia11.s and Cafeteria Staff to be found on page 63
�SENIORS
Gordon Anderson
Stanley Anderson
Ca[eteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Basketball 1,2,3,4. Life Saving 3,4. Tumbling 3,4. Photography Club 2.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Football 1. Golf 2,3. Synchronized Swimming 2,3,4. Water Carnival 2,3,4.
Foreign Language Club 2.
· Jane Arnold
Maralyn Arndt
Style Show 4. Choir 3,4. Girls' Glee
Club 2. Minor :Music Award 3. Major
).fosic A ward 4. Freshman Choir 1.
Spring Coocert 1,2,3,4. Christmas
Vespers 2,3,4. Parents' Night 3,4.
G.A.A. 1,4. Library Staff 3. Foreign
Language Club 2,3. Citizens of Tomorrow 3.
Style Show 4. Choir 3,4. Girls' Glee
Club 1,2. Double Quartet 4. ).fajor
Music Award 3. Freshman Choir 1.
Spring Concert 1,2,3,4. Cafeteria 4.
Sec Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night
2,3,4. Track 2. Life Saving 3. Equestrian Club 2,3. Synchronized Swimming 2,3. Water Carnival 2,3,4. Pep
Qub 4. G.A.A. 2,3. Play Day 2. Home
Nursing 4. Reflections Revelry 4.
Yearbook Staff 4. Foreign Language
Club 1,2. Ushers' Club 4. Home Room
Vice-President 1. Bronze Pin 3.
Christmas Vespers 1,2,3,4. Eighth
Grade Night 1. Home Room Secretary 2.
Don Baier
Barbara Baldwin
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Football 1,3. Foreign
Language Qub 2,3. Phok>graphy Oub
1,2. Baseball 1,2.
Freshman Choir I. Spring Concert 1.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 3. Track 2. Bowling 3,4.
Life Saving 3. Synchronized Swimming 4. Water Carnival 4. Twii-ling
3,4. Leaders' 4. Pep Club 3,4. G.A.A.
1.2,3,4. G.A.A. Social Board 1,2,3,4.
G.A.A. Executive Board 3,4. Drill
Group 3,4. Home Nursing 4. Reflections Revelry 3,4. Yearbook Staff 1,2,
3,4. Foreign Language Club 1,2. Ushers' Club 2,3,4. 100 Per Cent Club 4.
Dramatics Night 2. P .A. Announcer
3. Plays: "Who Say Can't" 2. Eighth
Grade Night 2.
Barbara Ballantine
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Bowling 4. Pep Club
4. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. G.A.A. Social 1,2,3,
4. Play Day 4. Reflections Revelry 3,4.
Foreign Language Club 1,2. Dramatics Night 1,2,3,4. Dramatics Club 4.
P.A. Announcer 4. Declamation Contest 2. School Radio Show 4. Plays :
"House of Greed", 3.
Sona Baptist
Style Show 4. Choir 1. Freshman
Choir 1. Track 2. Bowling 3. Twirling 3. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. G.A.A. Social
1,2,3,4. Drill Group I. Reflections
Revelry 1,2.
Arlene Barg
Girls' Glee Club 2,3,4. Minor Music
Award 3. Major Music Award 4.
Freshman 'Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 2. Bowling 3. Home ~urs
ing 4. Library Staff 2,3. German Club
2,3.
Charles Barrett
Cafeteria 4. Football 3. Basketball 3.
Track 1. Home Room President 1.
Nona Bartolini
Transferred from St. Scholastica, 2.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents Night 4. Cheer Leader 4. G.A.A.
2,3,4. Dramatics Night 3. Dramatics
Club 4.
Ray Batz
Cafeteria 4. Baseball 2. Football 2,3,4.
�OF 1948
Gloria Baumann
Red Cross Council 4. Freshman Choir
I. See Chicago Club 4. Bowling 3.
Tumbling 2. Pep Oub 4. G.A.A. 1,2,
3,4. Home Nursing 4. Yearbook Staff
4. Library Staff 3,4. Sophomore Senate 2. Ushers' Club 3,4.
Ralph Bennett
Cafeteria 4. Tumbling 3.
Geraldine Bernard
Doris Bernges
Style Show 2. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Bowling 3. Pep Club 3.
Archery 4. G.A.A. l,2,3,4. Health
Council 4. 100 Per Cent Club 3,4.
Bronze Pin 3.
Red Cross Council 1. Freshman Choir
1. G.A.A. 1,2,3. Foreign Language
Club 1,2. :Nilehilite Staff 4. Bronze
Pin 3. Dramatics Club 4. Plays:
"Double Exposure" 2. "Date \Vith
Judy" 4.
Don Biehn
Mary Biederer
Style Show 3. Girls' Glee Club 3.
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 2.
Bowling 4. G.A.A. 1,2. Health Council 2. Home Nursing 4. Freshman
Board of Advisors 1. Foreign Language Club 1,2.
Red Cross Council 1. Band 1,2,3. Minor ~fosic Award 3. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' .:fight 1,2.
Baseball l,2,3,4. Basketball I. Reflections Revelry 3,4. Yearbook Staff
2. National Honor Society 3,4. Home
Room President 1. Silver Pin 3.
Bronze Pin 3. Dramatics Night 3.
Plays: " Message From Bataan" 1.
"House of Greed" 3.
"Smilin'
Through" 3. "Our Hearts Were
Young and Gay" 3. Chaplain in Ht-Y
4.
Bill Bierbaum
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Baseball l,2,3. Senior Cabinet 4. National
Honor Society 3,4. Home Room VicePresident 3. Silver Pin 3. Bronze
Pin 2.
Eugene Bitter
Band 2,3. Minor Music Award 3
Cafeteria 4. Foreign Language Oub 2.
German Club 2,3.
Jim Blessing
Marian Boemmel
See Chicago Club 4. Football 2,3,4.
Basketball 1,2,3,4.
Style Show 2,3. Freshman Qioir 1.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Home Nursing 4.
Hilda Bonaguro
Sam Boznos
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. Bowling 3,4. G.A.A. 2,3,4. Reflections
Revelry 2. Yearbook Staff 2. Foreign
Language Club 2,3. National Honor
Society 3,4. 100 Per Cent Club 3 4.
Silver Pin 3. Bronze Pin 2. Spri~g
Concert I.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Qub 4. Parents' Night 2,3,4. Basketball 1. Life
Saving 3. Tumbling 3,4. Yearbook
Staff 3,4. Senior Cabinet 4. Foreign
Language Club 1,2. Photography
Oub 1,2,3. Nilchilite Staff 3. Home
Room President 2. Baseball 1,2,3,4.
�Don Brown
John Brod
Cafeteria 4. German Club 2,3. Foreign
Language Club 2.
Boys' Glee Club I. Band I. See Chicago Club 4. Football Manager 3.
Basketball 1,2,3,4. Nilehilite Staff 4.
Home Room President 4. Home
Room Vice-President I. Bronze Pin
3. Rasehall 2,3,4.
Gertrude Brua
Bob Burke
Transferred from Interlaken, New
York 2. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club
4. Home Nursing 4. Yearbook Staff 4.
100 Per Cent Club 3,4. Photography
Club 4. Bronze Pin 3. Declamation
Contest 3. Archery 4.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Parents' Night 4. Football 1,3. Basketball Manager 2,3,4. Tumbling 3.
Home Room President 2. Home
Room Vice-President 3.
Geraldine Calkins
Donald Carlson
Style Show 1. Choir 3. Girls' Glee
Club 2. Minor Music Award 3. Freshman Choir 1. Spring Concert I. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 3,4. G.A.A.
1.2. Reflections Revelry 2. Christmas
Vespers 2,3,4.
Cafeteria 4. Football 1,3.4. Basketball
4. Tumbling 3. Dramatics Night 1.
Baseball 1,3,4. Plays: Army Skit 1.
"Double Exposure" 2. "Editors Play"
Mary Louise Carlson
Transferred from Fremont H.S. 2.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Parents' Night 4. G.A.A. 4. Home
Nursing 4. Foreign Language Club
2.3. National Honor Society 3,4.
Home Room Treasurer 4. Silver Pin
3.
2.
Pat Carlson
Red Cross Council 4. Style Show 2,3.
Choir 4. Double Quartet 4. See Chicago Oub 4. Parents Night 4. G.A.A.
1,2,3,4.
Don Christensen
Transferred from Senn H. S. I. Orchestra 1,2,3. Rand 1,2,3. Freshman
Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club
4. Hearst History Contest 4. Parents'
Night 1,2,3. Track 3. Yearbook Staff
3. Senior Cabinet 4. Foreign Language Club 2. National Honor Society
3,4. Harvard Award 3. Home Room
President 3. Gold Pin 4. Silver Pin
3. Bronze Pin 2. "Citizens of Tomorrow" 3.
Bernice Clarkens
Style Show 2. G.A.A. 2,3,4. 100 Per
Cent Club 3,4.
Evelyn Cole
Bill Comstock
Red Cross Council 4. Style Show 4.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Parents' Night 4. Pep Club 4. G.A.A.
1,2,3,4. Home Nursing 4. Yearbook
Staff 3,4. Ushers' Club 3,4. Dramatics
Night 2,3,4. Dramatics Club 4. P. A.
Announcer 3,4. Home Room Secretary I. Plays: "Date With Judy" 4.
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 4: Football 1.2,3,4. Leaders 3,4. Junior Council 3. Basketball
1,2,3,4. Senior Cabinet 4. Foreign
Language Club 1,2. Nilehilite Staff 3,
4. Home Room President 2. Home
Room Vice-President I. Baseball 1,2,
3.4. "Citizens of Tomorrow".
Marcia Connell
Transferred from McHenry H.S. 3.
Red Cross Council 4. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Oub 4. Parents' Night 3,4.
Bowling 3. Pep Oub 4. G.A.A . 3,4.
Home Nursing 4. Reflections Revelry
3. Yearbook Staff 3,4. Ushers' Club
3,4. Forum 4. Nilehilite Staff 4. Dramatics Night 3. Dramatics Club 4.
Plays : "House of Greed" 3.
Roger Coverley
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria, 4. See
Chicago Oub 4. Baseball 2,3,4. Football 1,3. Basketball 1,2,3,4. Foreign
Language Club 3,4. Photography Ouh
3., ~ ilehilite Staff 4.
�Don Dadigan
Choir 2,3,4. Double Quartet 3,4. Minor Music Award 3. :M:ajor Music
Award 4. Parents' Night 2,3,4. Reflections Revelry 3. Photography Club 4.
"Citizens of Tomorrow" 3,4.
Patricia Darbyshire
Tramferred from Steinmetz H.S. 3.
C:.ee Chicaj?o Club 4. Yearbook Staff
4. Forum 4. Declamation Contest 3.
James Deily
Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 2. Swimming Team 1,3. Equestrian Club I.
Water Carnival I. Foreign Language
Club 1,2,3. German Club 2,3. Operators' Club 2,3.4. Photography Club 2.
Bronze Pin 3.
Lauretta Donaldson
Red Cross Council 1.2. Sty.le Show 2.
R~nd
2.3. Bowlinir 3.4. Tw-irlin~ 1.2,
:l.4. G.A.A . 1.2.3.4. Drill Group 3.4.
F.i~hth Grade Night 2.
Lyle Dye
Red Cross Council 2. Style Show 3.
Roys' Glee Club 4. Freshman Choir 1.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Hearst History Contest 2. Parents'
Night 2,3,4. Football 1,2,3. Life Saving 3. Bowling 3. Cheer Leader 4.
Reflections Revelry 3.4. Sophomore
Senate 2. Junior Council 3. Foreign
Language Club 1,2. Nilehilite Staff
3.4. Home Room Vice-President 1.
Dramatics Night · 1,2,3,4. Dramatics
Cluh 4. P.A. Announcer 2,3,4. Declamation Contest 3. V.F. W. station proi!"ram 4. "Teen Problem Board" 4.
Christmas play for school 3. Plavs :
"Double
Exposure"
2.
"Smilin'
Through" J. "Our Hearts Were
Young and Gay" 3. "Date With
Judy" 4. Eighth Grade Night 2.3.
Speech Contest 3.
Richard Ei_
chelberg
Baseball 1.2.3,4.
Jessie Farr
Transferred from Sullivan H.S. ~
r:~feteria 4. Life Saving 3. G.A.A . ~
I ihrarv Staff 3.4. Red Cross .t4.
Equesfrian Qub 3.
J oAnne Eberhardt
Red Cross Council 4. Style Show 3,4.
Freshman Choir 1. See Chicago Club
4. Parents' Night 1,2. Life Saving 3.
Tumbling 2. Synchronized Swimming
1,2,3,4. Water Carnival 1,2,3,4. Leaders' 3,4. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. G.A.A . Social
2,3,4. Home Nursing 4. Reflections
Revelry 4. Junior Council 3. Ushers'
Club 1,2,3,4. Home Room President 4.
Dramatics ~ight 2.
Marilyn Engert
Choir 4. Minor Music Award 4.
Freshman Choir I. Christmas Vespers 4. Spring Concert 4. Cafeteria 4.
See Chicago Club. Parents' Night 4.
Leaders' 4. G.A.A. 1,2. Reflections
Revelry 4. Dramatics Night 2. Dramatics Club 4. P .A. Announcer 2,3.
Declamation 3. Plays : "Ever Since
Eve" 2. "One Heart $4.SO" 2.
Tom Fitzgerald
Football 1,3,4. Track 1. Synchronized
Swimming 2.
Bill Fotsch
Bill Fortman
Cafeteria 4. Nilehilite Staff 4. Hi-Y 4.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Football 2.3,4. Track 1,2,3,4. Life Saving
3,4. Tumbling 3. Home Room President 3.
Ida Franson
Jim Garland
Girls' Glee Club J .2.3. Freshman
Choir 1. Parents' Ni~ht 3. G.A.A.
1.2.3. 100 Per Cent Club 3,4. Silver
Pin 3. Bronze Pin 2.
Transferred from ~orth Park Academy 3. See Chicago Club 4. Cafeteria
4.
�Lee Garner
Pat Garrity
Freshman Choir I. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Football 1,2,3,4. Basketball 1,2,3,4. Track 1,2. Baseball
3,4. Sophomore Senate 2. Forum 1,2.
Pholography Oub 2. )lilehilite Staff
3.
Style Show 2,3. Band 2,3. Freshman
Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago
Club 4. Parents' · Night 4. Twirling
1,2,3,4. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Drill Group 3,4.
Home Nursing 4. Ushers' Club 4.
Eighlh Grade Night I.
Catherine Gerich
Style Show 2. Choir 4. Girls' Glee
Club 2,3. Double Quartet 4. Spring
Concert 2,3,4. Christmas Vespers 2,3,
4. Miiior Music Award 3. :M ajor Music Award 4. Freshman Choir 1.
Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 3,4. Bowling 4. G.A.A. 1.2.4. Yearbook Staff 4.
Junior Council 3. Home Room Secretary I. Ho:iie Room Vice-President 2.
Rronze Pin 2.
Walter Green
Transferred from Amundsen H.S. 4.
Kenneth Gregor
See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night
2. Baseball 2,3. Basketball 3. Foreign
Language Club 1,2. Nilehilite Staff 4.
Bronze Pin 3. Dramatics Night 2.
P.A. Announcer 2. Plays: "Double
Exposure" 2.
Roger Groenland
Cafeteria 4. Foreign Language Club.
Swimming Team 1. Synchronized
Swimming I. Football 1. Baseball 1.
Melvin Halinton
Laurence Hall
Transferred from St. Johns' :Military
Academy 2. Cafeteria 4. Hi-Y Club 4.
Baseball I. Football 1,2,3. Golf 1.
Cafeteria 4. Footbal.l 1,2,3,4. Basketball, Manager, 4. Track 2,3,4. Foreign
·
Language Club 2.
Shirlee Hall
Transferred from Senn High School
3. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Bowling 4. Twirling 3,4. G.A.A. 3,4.
Drill Groun 3,4. Reflections Revelry
3. Yearbook Staff 4.
Ruth Hames
Transferr~ from )lorth Park Academy 4. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club
4. G.A.A. 4.
Willard Hardin
Lee Harrer
Choir 4. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago
Club 4. Parent~' Nil{ht 4. Major Art
Award 3.. Synchronized Swimming 2.
4. Water Carnival 2,4.
Freshman Choir I. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Eighth Grade Night
I. Football 1. Baseball 1,2. Foreign
Language Club 1,2. Nilehilite Staff 4.
Home Room Vice-President and
Treasurer 4. Vice Pres. Hi-Y Club 4.
Pat Hartung
Style Show 2. Freshman Choir 1. Sec
Chicago Club 4. Bow.ling 3,4. Twirling 1,3,4. G.A.A. 1,3,4. Drill Group
3,4. Senior Cabinet 4. National Honor
Society 3. Home Room President 2.
Silver Pin 3. Bronze Pin 2. Eighth
Grade Night 1.
Roy Hattendorf
Freshman Choir I. Spring Concert !.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 4.
�Shirley Hawkinson
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 1,4.
G.A.A. 1,2. Yearbook Staff 2,3. Foreign Language Club 2.3. Home Room
President 1. Dramatics )light 2,3,4.
Dramatics Club 4. P .A. Announcer
2,3. Plays: "Ever Since Eve" 2.
"Smilin' Through" 3. "A Date With
Judy" 4. ''Our Hearts Were Young
and Gay" 3.
Jim Heiniger
Parents' Night 4. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Football 1,2,3.4. Basketball 1,2.3,4. Most Valuable Player
Award: Football 4. Senior Cabinet 4.
Margaret Hedstrom
Choir 4. Girls Glee Oub 2,3. Minor
Music Award 3. Major Music Award
4. Freshman Choir I. Parents' Night
4. Bowling 4. Yearbook Staff 2,4. 100
Per Cent Club 3,4.
John Heinz
Cafeteria 4. Photograpq.y Club 2,3.
Louis Hilfer
Louis Hennig
C'..afeteria 4. See Chicago
Tumbling 3. Leaders 4.
Cluh
4.
Transferred from St. John's. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 2,4. Hi-Y
Club 4. Football 3. Swimming Team
2,3,4. Life Saving 3,4. Tumbling 3.
Synchronized Swimming 3. Baseball
2.4. Eighth Grade Night 2,4.
Bill Homer
. Virginia Hogan
Transferred from Mallinckrodt H .S.
Transferred from Maine Twp. H.S.
Band 1.2.3.4. Minor Music Award 2.
~fajor Music Award 3. Cafeteria 4.
Charlene Jacobson
Style Show 3. Girls' Glee Club 1.
Freshman Choir 1. Spring Concert 1.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 2. Track I. Life Saving 3.
Bowling 3. Synchronized Swimming
1,2,4. Water Carnival 1,2,4. Leaders'
4. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Health Council 4.
Yearbook Staff 2,3.4. Foreign Language Club 1,2. Ushers' Club 3,4. Dramatics ~ight 2.3. "Who Says Can't".
"/\ Night at Home".
Bernice Johnson
Style Show 4. Freshman Choir 1.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Bowling 3,4. G.A.A. 1,2.3,4. Play Day
2. Home Nursing 4. Yearbook Staff 2.
Library Staff 3. Foreign Language
Club 1,2,3. Bronze Pin 2.
Herb Jones
Band 1. Cafeteria 4. Football 1,2,3,4.
Swimming Team 1,2,3.4. Leaders' 3.
Baseball 1,2,3,4. Foreign Language
Club 2. Home Room President 3.
Barbara Johnson
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 4. P ep Club 3. Foreign
I .anguage Cluh 2,3.
Janet Johnson
Reel Cross Council 4. Style Show 3.
Girl~' Glee Club 3. Cafeteria 4. Pep
Cluh 4. G.A.A. 1.2.3,4. Home Nursing- 4. Foreign Language Club 1.2.
Ushers' Club 3.4. National H onor Society 3. Bronze Pin 3. P.A. Announcer
3. Yearbook Staff 3,4.
Ed Kadlec
Cafeteria 4. Baseball 1. Football 1.2,
3.4.
�LeRoy Kante
Basketball Manager I. Nilehilite Production 1fanager 3.
Jacqueline Keesey
Transferred from North Park Academy. See Chicago Club 4. Bowling 3,4.
Water Carnival 4. G.A.A. 2,3.4. Home
Nursing 4. Yearbook Staff 4. Junior
Council 3. Foreign Language Oub
2,3. Ushers' Oub 3. National Honor
Society 3,4. Bronze Pin 3. Cafeteria 4.
Barbara Kennedy
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 4. G.A.A. 4. Foreign
Language Club 1,2,3. National -Honor
Society 3. Photography Club 2. Home
Room President 1,2. Forensii Club 4.
Barbara Kaupert
Transferred from Evanston Twp.
H.S. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
G.A.A. 3,4. Home Room Vice-President 4.
Bill Keila
Freshman Choir I. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 4.
Track 3. Water Carnival 4. Cheer
Leaders 4. Freshman Board of Advisers I. Sophomore Senate 2. Hi-Y
Club.
Noel Kiefer
Band 1,2,3. Minor and Major Music
Awards 2,3. Cafeteria 4. Football
1.3,4. Operators 1,2.3,4. Photography
Club 3. Home Room President I.
Phil Knapp
Lucy Kluesing
Girls' Glee Club 3,4. Minor Music
A ward 4. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago
Club 4. Parents' Night 2. Pep Club 4.
G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Eighth Grade Night I.
Parents' Night 2,3. Football 2,3.
Track 2.3. Swimming Team 3. Tumbling 2.3,4. Synchronized Swimming
1. Foreign Language Club 2,3. German Club 2.3. Operators' Club. Photography Club. Nilehilite Staff 3.
Home Room Vice-President 3,4.
Home Room Treasurer 2. Cafeteria 4.
~ec Chicago Club 4.
Norma Koch
Jeanette Koch
Freshman Choir I. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Life Saving 3. G.A.A.
1,2,3,4. Home Nursing 4. 100 Per
Cent Club.
Style Show 2.4. Freshman Choir t.
Cafeteria 4. Bowling 3. G.A.A: I.
Yearbook Staff 2. Senior Cabinet 4.
Eighth Grade Night 1.
Gwen Kufeldt
John Kohl
Style Show 2,3. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Yearbook Staff 3.
Ti"ansferred from Maine Twp. H.S.
J. Swimming Team 2. Cafeteria 4.
Hall 1fonitor 2. Photography Club 2.
Alfred Kohler
Transferred from Palon Springs Union H.S. See Chicago Oub 4. Parents' Night 2. Life Saving 3,4. Tumbling 4. Synchronized Swimming 1,2.
Yearbook Staff 3. Foreign Language
Club 3,4. German Club 3,4. Nilehilite
Staff 3. "Message From Bataan."
Walter Krysher
Baseball 4. Tumbling 3. Cafeteria 4.
Photography Club 3.
�Margaret Kylen
Ed Kutz
Football 4. Basketball 4. Track 2.
~ilehilite Production Manager I.
Transferred from ~faine Twp. H.S.
Reel Cross Council 4. Style Show 4.
See Chicago Club 4. Bowl ing 3.
G.A.A. 4. Yearbook Staff 4. 100 Per
Cent Club 3,4.
Laura Lamb
Transferred from ).Jorth Park Academy. Style Show 4. Cafeteria 4. Sec
Chicago Oub 4. Parents' Night 4.
Track 2. Bowling 3,4. Synchronize<I
Swimming 2. Leaders 4. Pep Club 4.
G.A.A. 2.3.4. Home Nursing 4. Yearbook Staff 4. Foreign Language Club
2,3. Ushers Club 3. Water Carnival 4.
Nancy Lamberg
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Bowli n!.\" 3. G.A.A.
1. Lihrary Staff 2,3.4. Bronze Pin 3.
Home Room Secretary 3.
Barbara Ann Lange
Red Cross Council 4. Style Show 4.
Girls' Glee Club 2.3. Minor ).fosic
award 3. Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria
4. See Chicago Oub 4. Bowling 4.
Tumbling Z. G.A.A. 1.2,3,4. Home
Nursing 4. Ushers' Club 4. 100 P er
Cent Club 3,4. Eighth Grade Night l.
Roger La Plant
Football Manager 2.3.4. Basketball
ManaR:er 2,3. Life Saving 4. Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago
Club 4.
Nancy Larson
Joan Larsen
Transferred from Taft. See Chicago
Club 4. G.A.A. 4.
Phil La Veau
See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night
2. Swimming Team 1,2. Life Saving
3. Synchronized Swimming 2. Operators' Club 1,2,3,4. Nilehilite Staff 4.
Junior Assembly 3. Cafeteria 3,4.
Baseball I. Play : "A Scrap a Day."
Transferred from Schurz H.S. 3.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Parents' :;..Jight 4. BowlinR: 3. G.A.A.
1.2,4. Senior Cabinet 4. Foreign Language Club 1,2.
Deane Liesveld
Girls' Glee Club 2,3. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Reflections Revelry
2,3. Foreign Language Club 2. Nilehilite Staff 4.
Ed Lirtskey
Marilyn Long
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeter ia 4. See
Chicago Cluh 4. Football l.2,3,4.
Baseball 1,2.3,4. Foreign Language
Club 3. Kilehilite Staff 4.
Style Show 3,4. Freshman Choir I.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Twirling 1,2.3.4. G.A.A. 1.2,3.4. Drill
Group 3,4. Eighth Grade Night I.
Laverne Lutgen
Don Lumpp
Band 4. Orchestra 4. Brass Sextet
2,3.
Freshman Choir 1. Girls' Glee Club
3. Cafeteria 4. Bowling 4. G.A.A. 1,2.
Yearbook Staff 4. Operators' Club 4.
100 Per Cent Club 4. Home Room
Vice-President I. Home Room Secretary 2. Bronze Pin I.
�Evelyn Mahnke
Style Show 4. Choir 2,3,4. Double
Quartet 3,4. Major Music Award 3.
Freshman Choir I. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 3,4. G.A.A. 1,2. Reflections Revelry 1,3,4. Dramatics Kight
3. P .A. Announcer 3. Radio Programs: · ·~forder of Midnight" 3.
Spring Concert 2,3,4.
Diane Matthews
Style Show 2,3. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Bowling 3,4. Twirlinl!
2,3. Transferred from Senn 2.
] oyce Matthews
Style Show 3. Girls' Glee Club 1.
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Track 2. Life Saving
3. Bowling 4. Equestrian Club 3. Synchronized Swimming . 1,3,4. Water
Carnival 1.3,4. Cheer Leader 4. Pep
Cluh 4. G.A.A. l,2. Home i\ursing 4.
Reflections Revelry 4. Ushers' Club 3
Dramatics Club 4. Declamation Conte~t 2. Eighth Grade Night 1. Foreign
Language Club 1,2. Spring Concert l.
Plays: "\Vho Says Can't", "The
House of Greed". "A Date with
Judy."
Dolores Mattson
Girls' Glee Club 2. Freshman Choir 1.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Track 2. Parents' Night 3. Bowling 3.
Pep Club 2,3. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Foreign
Language Cluh 1. Ushers' Club 3.
Eighth Grade Night I. Christmas
Vespers.
Beverly McClaskey
George McCormick
Girls' Glee Club l. Freshman Choir 1.
See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 1.
Bowling 3,4. Ushers' Club 2. Forum
1. P.A. Announcer 3.
Transferred from Elgin Academy 3.
Cafeteria 4. Swimming Team 2,3,4.
Tumbling 3. Synchronized Swimming
l ,2,3,4. Water Carnival 1,2,3,4. Nilehilite Staff 3.
Ronald McKinley
Cafeteria 4. Swimming Team 1. Tumbling 4. Synchronized Swimming 2.
'Nater Carnival 2. Dramatics 1.
Mary McNamara
See Chicago Club 4. Bowling 4.
G.A.A. 4. Senior Cabinet 4. German
Club 3,4. National Honor Society 3,4.
Gold Pin 4. Silver Pin 3. Forensic
Cluh 3.
Clayton Merrill
Carol Medlin
Style Show 3.4. Freshman Choir 1.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Pen
Cluh 4. G.A.A .. 1,2,4. Play Day 2.
Home Nursing 4. Ushers' Club 4.
Style Show 3. Boys' Glee Club I. See
Chicago Club 4. Cheer Leader 4. ReAections Revelry 3. Yearbook Staff 2.
Junior Council 3. Form 1. Home
Room President 4. Dramatics Night
2,3,4. Dramatics Club 4. Declamation
Contest 2,3. Radio Programs: Safety
Program, Christmas Skit: "Monkeys
Paw". P lays: "Double Exposure"
"Smilin' Through", "Our Hearts \Ver~
Young and Gay", and "A Date with
Judy".
Lois Mertes
Style Show 2.3. Choir 3,4. Girls' Glee
Club l.2. Minor Music Award 3.
Freshman Choir l. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' N'i1a-ht 3,4.
Bowling 3. G.A.A. 1,2,3. Library
Staff 2,3. Ushers' Club 4. Home Room
President 3. H ome Room Vice-President 2.
George Messner
Transferred from Senn 2.
Leslie Meyer
Eva Lou Michel
Girls' Glee Club 1,2,3. Minor Music
Award 2. Major Music Award 3.
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 3.4.
Track 3. Bowlin~ 4. Synchronized
Swimming 1,2,3.4. Water Carnival
1.2.3,4. Leaders 2.3,4. Pep Club 3,4.
G.A.A. 1.2,3.4. G.A.A. Camp 1. Play
Day 1.2,3. Freshman Board of Advisers l.
Girls' Glee Club 1,2. Freshman Choir
1. Spring Concert 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 1.
Bowling 4. Water Carnival 4. Pep
Cluh 4. G.A.A. 1,2. Home Nursing 4.
Reflections Revelry 4. Yearboo~ Staff
3,4. Library Staff 2. Foreign Laniruagc Cluh 1.2. Ushers' Club 3,4.
Dramatics Niirht 2,3. Dramatics Club
4. Plays: "Smilin' Through", "Troubles of an Editor", "A Night at Home."
�Melaine Mickow
Red Cross Co•mcil 4. Stvle Show 4.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Track 2. Life Saving 3. Bowling 4.
Equestrian Club 3. Synchronized
Swimming 1,2. Water Carnival 1,2,4.
Pep Oub 4. G.A.A. 1.Z,3,4. Home
Nursing 4. Yearhook Staff 4. Foreign
Langua,ge Club 3. Home President 2.
Dramatics Night 1. Plays: "Troubles
of an Editor".
Art
~iller
Freshman Choir I. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Ni~ht 4. Football ·1,2,3,4. Lite
Saving 3,4. Leaders' 4. Pep Club 4.
Marian Mueller
Style Show 3,4. Choir 3,4. Girls' Glee
Club 1,2. Double Quartet 3,4. Minor
Music Award 2. Major Music Award
3. Freshman Choir 1. See · Chicago
Club 4. Parents' Night 3,4. Pep Club
4. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Play Day 3. Yearbook Staff 2,3. Ushers' Club 4. 100
Per Cent Club 3,4.
Florence Miethke
Style Show 4. Choir 4. Girls' Glee
Club 2,3. Minor Music Award 3. Major Music Award 4. Freshman Choir
1. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Parents' Night 3,4. Bow.ling 3. Pep
Club 3,4. G.A.A . 1,2,3,4. Yearbook
Staff 3. Foreign Language Club 2,3.
German 2,3.
Dick Miner
Red Cross Council 1. Track 1,2,3.
Bowling 3. Nilehilite Production
Manager 4.
Louis Nachbauer
Orchestra 1,2,3. Band 1,2,3. Minor
Music Award 2. Major :Music Award
3. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Football 1,2,3. Basketball 1,2,3. Track
I. Golf 2,3. Pep Club 1,2. Freshman
Board of Advisers 1. Senior Cabinet
4. Foreign Language Oub 2,3. German Club 2,3. Forum I. Home Room
President 1,4. Home Room VicePresident 2. Assistant Coach 4.
Sally Nissen
Bill Neuson
Cafeteria 4. Football Manager 2,3,4.
Basketball 1,3,4. Life Saving 4. Bowling 4. Nilehilite Production Manager
4.
Red Cross Council 4. Girls' Glee Club
3. Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4.
See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night
3,4. Twirling 2. Pep Club 4. G.A.A.
1,2,3,4. Home Nursing 4. Foreign
Language Club 2,3. Ushers' Club 3,4.
Plays: "Our Hearts Were Young and
Gay". Eighth Grade Night 1.
Jack Nixon
Boys' Glee Club 4. Band 2,3. Minor
Music Award 3. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 3,4.
Reflections Revelry 3,4. Yearbook
Staff 3. Foreign Language Club 2.
Operators' Club 2,3,4. Nilehilite- Staff
4. Spring Concert 2,3,4.
Don Noll
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Foreign Language Club 1,2. Operalors Club 1,2,3,4.
Walter Nordquist
Parents' Night 2,3. Foreign Language
Club 1,2.
Richard Noffz
Photography Club 3. Cafeteria 4.
Freshman Board of Advisers 1. Home
Room Secretary 1.
Darlene Nordlund
Bowling 1. G.A.A. I.
Geraldine Novak
Style Show 2. Girls' Glee Club 3.
Freshman Choir I. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 3. G.A.A. 1,2,3. Spring
Concert 1,2. Christmas Vespers 3.
�Richard O'Brien
Jeannette Oehring
Transferred from Campion High
School 2. See Chicago Club 4. Reflections Revelry 3. Nilehilite Staff · 4.
Dramatics Club 4. Dramatics ~ight
3. "Our Hearts Were Young and
Gay" 3. "Green Envelopes" 3. "Date
with Judy" 4. Minor Dramatic Award
3.
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicag:o Club 4. Parents' Night 4.
Rowling 3,4. Equestrian Oub 2.
Twirline; .l Pep Club 2. G.A .A. 1,2,3.
4. Drill Group 3. Home Nursing 4.
Yl'~rbook Staff 2.3,4. Library Staff
3. Foreie;n Language Club 1,2. Ushers' Oub 3. Home Room Vice-President 1. Dramatics Night 2,3,4. Dramat;cs Club 4. Declamation Contest
.l "Douhle Exoosure" 2. "A Night
at Home" 3. Eighth Grade Nigfa I.
Joyce Olson
Pat Olson
Style Show 3. Cafeteria 4. Bowling
3. Equesterian Club 2. Leaders' 3.
Pep Club 4. G.A .A. 1,2,3,4. Health
Council 2.
Stvle Show 3.4. Freshman Choir I.
Parents' Ni11:ht :l. Equestrian Club 3.
G.A.A. 1,2,3.4. G.A.A. Social 1.2.3.
G.A.A. Board 1.2,3. P.1ay Day 1. Drill
Group 3. Yearbook Staff 3. SophoIT'Ore Senate 2. Foreign Lami:uage
r.Jnb 2.3. Ushers' Oub 3. Home Room
·
President 3.
Dolores Paulson
Cateteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Kight 4. Track 2. Life Saving
4. Bowling 2,3,4. Tumbling 2. Equesterian Club 3. Synchronized Swimming 1,2,3,4. Water Carnival 1,2,3,4.
Twirling 1,2,3. Leaders' 2,3,4. G.A.A.
Camp 1. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Play Day
1,2,3. Drill Group 3. German Club 4.
Foreign Language Club 4. ~ilehilite
Staff 3. Bronze Pin 3. Eighth Grade
Night 1,2,3.
Shelby Peerman
Transferred from Arkansas 2. Minor
Dramatics Award 3. Dramatics Night
3. Treasurer Spotlighter Club 4.
Plays: "Our Hearts \Vere Young and
Gay". "Murder at Midnight".
Barbara Perrett
See Chicago Club 4. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 4. Life Saving 3. Bowling
<f. Water Carnival 1. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4.
Yearbook Staff 2,3. Junior Classical
League 3. Ushers' Club 3,4. Home
Room Treasurer 3. Bronze Pin 3.
Marilyn Pearson
Frl'~hman
Choir I. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Oub 4. Parents' Nie;ht 4.
Cheer Leader 2.3,4. Pen Cluh 4.
\..A.A. 12.3. Health Council 3.
Home Nursine; 4. Home Room VicePn·~idPnt 4. Dramatics Club 4. Dram~tics Nie;ht 2.3. "A Ni11:ht at Home".
School Broadcast over WEAW.
Bill Permer
See Chicago Qub 4. Track 1,2,3,4.
\Valer Carnival 2. Reflections Revelry 3. Nilehilite Production Manager
3. Home Room President 2.
Joanne Peters
Style Show 3,4. Choir 3,4. Girls' Glee
Club 1,2. Minor Music Award 2.
Major Music Award 3. Freshman
Choir I. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago
Club 4. Parents' Night 4. G.A.A.
1,2,3,4. Home Nursing 4. Yearbook
Staff 3. Ushers' Club 4.
Doris Peterson
Edward Peterson
Transferred from Von Steuben High
School 2. Football 3.
Style Show 3. Choi! 3. Girls' Glee
Club 1,2. Minor Music Award 3.
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Bowling 3,4. G.A.A.
1.2,3,4. Foreign Language Club 1,2.
Marjorie Philippy
Red Cross Council I. Girls' Glee Club
3. Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Bowling · 3. G.A.A.
1.2. Home Nursing 4. 100 Per Cent
Club 3.4. Home Room Vice-President
J. Bronze Pin 3.
Wayne Piehler
Baseball 1,2,3,4. Basketball 3,4. Dramatics I. Cafeteria 4. Foreign Language Club 2.
�Don Paolell
Cafeteria 4. Football 1,2,3. Track 1 2.
Life Saving 3. Tumbling 3,4. Qpe°rators Club 1. Home Room Vice-President I.
Carrie Przepiorski
Style Show I. Girls' Glee Club 1.
Cafeteria 4.
Marice Ray
Donald Racine
Cafeteria 4. Golf 3,4. Yearbook 4.
Photography Club 2,3.
Style Show 4. Girls' Glee Club.
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 4.
Track 2. Life Saving 4. Bowling 3,4.
Pep Club 4. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Health
Council 4. Home :Nursing 4. Yearbook
Staff 4. Foreign Language Club 1,2,3.
Ushers' Club.
Mary Ann Ritter
Lois Redemann
Style Show 4. Girls' Glee Club 2. See
Chicago Club 4. Bowling 3. G.A.A.
1,2. Library Staff 3,4.
Margie Rochow
Style Show 4. Freshman Choir 1.
Parents' :Night 1. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4.
Horne Nursing 4. Yearbook Staff 2.
Foreign Language Club 1,2,3. Ushers'
Club 3. Drivers Education 4.
Carole Ruesch
Style Show 2. See Chicago Club 4.
G.A.A. 1. Library Staff 3.
Donna Runnels
Girls' Glee Club 2,3,4. Minor Music
Award 3. Major Music Award 4.
Freshman Choir · 1. See Chicago Club
4. Basketball 3. G.A.A. 1,2,3.4. Junior
Classical League I. Foreign Language
Club 1,2. Home Room Treasurer 3.
Style Show 3. Freshman Choir 1.
Spring Choir I. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 1,2,3,4.
Track 2. Twirling 3. Cheer Leader 4.
Leaders' 3. Pep Club 3,4. G.A.A.
1,2,3,4. Play Day 1,2. Drill Group 3.
Home Nursing 4. Reflections Revelry
3. Junior Council 3. Foreign Language Club 1,2. Ushers' Club 2,3.
Home Room President 1. Dramatics
Club 2. Dramatics Club Night 1,2.
Plays: "Troubles of an Editor" 2.
Captain ball 2. Volleyball 2·.
Eileen Rodley
Style Show 4. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 4. Basketball I. Track 2. Life Saving 4.
Synchronized Swimming 2,3,4. Water
Carnival 2,3,4. Pep Club 4. Leaders'
3,4. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Home Nursing 4.
Foreign Language Club 1,2. Forum 2.
Nilehilite Staff 4.
Paul Rugen
Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 4. Tumbling 3. Home Room Vice-President
I.
Stuart Russell
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 1,2,3,4. Bowling 4. Water
Carnival 2,3,4. Operators' Oub 1,2,3,4.
Photography Club 3. Minor Art
Award 3.
Regina Sandburg
Choir 3,4. Girls' Glee Club 1,2. Minor
Music Award 2. Major Music Award
3. See Chicago Club 4. Parents'
Night 3.4. Pep Oub 3. G.A.A. 2,3.
Home Nursing 3. Library Staff 2,3,4.
ushers' Club 4. Drivers' Education 4.
Spring Quartet 1,2,3,4. Christmas
Vespers 1,2,3,4.
William Sanke
Parents' Night 1. Swimming Team
2,3,4. Water Carnival 1,2. Sophomore
Senate 2.
�Nancy Scanlon
Girls' Glee Club 2,3. Minor Music
Award 3. Freshman Choir 1. Parents'
Night 3. Twirling 1,2.3,4. G.A.A.
1.2,3,4. Drill Group 3,4. Home Nursing 3,4. Library Staff 4. Christmas
Vespers 2,3. Spring Concert 3,4.
Norman Schilf
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Photography Club J.
Rudy Schmid
Jim Schilling
Spring Concert 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Yearbook Staff 4.
Photography 2,3. Nilehilite Staff 3,4.
Florence Schmidt
Band I. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club
4. Swimming Team 1,2,3,4. Junior
Council 3. Foreign Language Club
2,3. Gennan Club 2,3. Forum 1. Nilehilite Staff 4. Bronze Pin 3.
Shirley Schmidt
Style Show 3,4. Girls' Glee Cluh 4.
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. G.A.A.
2,3,4.
Style Show 3. Freshman Choir 1. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night I.
G.A.A. 1,3,4. Library Staff 4. Ushers'
Club 3,4.
Dave Schmitz
Girls' Glee Club 3. Freshman Choir
I. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Twirling 1,2. Pep Club 4. G.A.A.
1,2.3,4, Home Nursing 4. Foreign
Language Club 2,3. Ushers' Club 3.
Nilehilite Staff 4. Home Room President 1.
Carol Schuler
Bob Seltzer
Howard Siegel
Freshman Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 4. Football 2,3. Track 1,2.
Foreign Language Club. 1,2. Photography Oub 3. Hi-Y 4.
F ootl)all 1,3,4. Basketball 1.2.3,4.
Track 1,2,3,4. Foreign Language Club
1,2. Home Room President 4. Silver
Pin 3. .
Marilyn Smith
Transferred from York H.S. 3. Choir
4. Girls' Glee Club 3. Minor Music
Award 4. Cafeteria •4. See Chicago
Club 4. Parents' Night S,4. Bowling
3. G.A.A. 3. Yearbook Staff 3. Ushers' Club 4. Forensic Oub 4. Spring
Concert 3,4.
Dorothy Steek
Style Show 2,3. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Tumbling 2. G.A.A.
1.2.3.4. Home Nursing 4. Yearbook
Staff 2. Library Staff 3. Ushers' Oub
4. Eighth Grade Night 1.
Edwin Soergel
Freshman Choir 1. Football 1.2,3,4.
Basketball 1,2,3,4. H ome Room
Treasurer 2.
Donald Stolteben
Transferred from Northwestern Military Academy 3. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Bowling 4. Hi-Y 4.
�Robert Stowe
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Photography Club 3.
Eugene Suckow
Cafeteria 4.
Staff 3.
Bowling 3.
Nilehilite
Elsa Tamminga
Choir 3. Girls' Glee Club 1,2. Orchestra 1,2,3. Minor and Major Music
Awards 2,3. Spring Concert 1,2.3.
Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Parents' Night 1,2,3. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4.
Reflections 1,2. Foreign Language
Club 2.3. German Club 2,3. Forum 1.
Nat'! Honor Society 3.4. 100 Per
Cent Club 3,4. Bronze Pin 3. Gold
Pin 4. ·"Citizens of Tomorrow" 3.
Chicago Youth Conference 3,4.
Jeanette Tolzien
See Chicago Club 4. 100 Per Cent
Clnh 3.4. Style Show 2,4. Orchestra
3. Freshman Choir 1. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4.
Rosemary Thomas
G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Style- Show 2,4. 100
Per Cent Club 4. Freshman Choir I.
Girls' Glee Oub 2. Choir 3,4. Spring
Concert 1,2,3,4. Minor and Major
Music Awards 3,4. Christmas Vespers
2,3,4. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 3,4.
Horne Room Secretary 2,3. "Citizens
of Tomorrow" 2,3.
Bill Trapp
Spring Concert 1,2,J,4. Choir 1. Cafeteria 4. Parents' Night 2. Home Room
Treasurer 2. Junior Classica.I League
1,2.
Barbara Votava
Louis Triebold
Baseball 1.2,3. Basketball 2. Photography Club 3,4. Pep Club 1,2,3.
G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Freshman Chorus I.
Spring Concert 1,2,3. Glee Club 2,3.
Christmas Vespers 2,3. Parents'
Night 3,4. Minor Music Award 3.
Reflections Revelry 3,4. Financial
Staff 3,4. General Staff 4. Ping Pong
3. Bronze Pin 3. Prom Committee 3.
Senior Cabinet 4. Photography 4.
Cafeteria 4. Foreign Language Club
2. Spanish Club 3. Photography Editor 4. Maior Music Award 4.
Bonnie Webster
James Wead
Band 1,2,3,4. Orchestra 1,2,3,4. Brass
Sextet 2,3. Minor and Major Music
Awards. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago
Club 4. Parents' Night 2,3. Football
1.2.3.4. Track 3. Swimming 1. Water
Carnival I. Financial Staff 2.
Senior Cabinet 4. Homecoming Publicity Committee 4. Girls' Glee Club
2,3,4. Spring Concert 1,2,3,4. Christmas Vespers 2,3,4. Freshman Chorus
1. Saddle Club 3. Ushers' Club 3,4.
Yearboo~ Staff 2,3,4. Ass't Editor 3.
Editor-in-Chief 4. Braton Twirling
1.2. Minor and Major Music Awards
3,4. Foreign Language Club 2. Spanish Club 3. Lihrary Staff 2,3,4.
Harriett Wenzel
Harold Weigt
Choir 2,3. Boys' Glee Club 2. Football Manal(er 1.2. Freshman Board of
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Advisers 1.
G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Eighth Grade Night 1.
Home Room Secretary 1. Foreign
Language Club 2,3. Home Room
Vice-President 2. Ushers' Club 2.
Twirling 2. Life Saying 2. Pep Club
Z. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4.
Style Show 4. Yearbook Staff 4.
Home I\ursing 4. Football Dance
Committee 4.
Elmer Werhane
Pauline Wettengel
Choir 2,3,4. Boys' Glee Club 1,2.
Double Quartet 3. Major Music
Award 3. Freshman Choir I. Spring
Concert 1,2,3,4. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 3,4.
Eighth Grade Night 4. Basketball 1.
Style Show 2.3 . Cafeteria 4. Bow)ipg
2.3,4. See CRicago Club 4. Parents'
Night 1. Twirling 2,3. Cheerleader 4.
Pep Club 2. G.A.A. 1,2,3,4. Play Day
4. Dri.11 Group 3. Home Nursing 4.
Home Room President 1.
�Donna Wilton
Style Show 4. Bowling 4. Synchronized Swimming 3. Pep Oub 2.
G.A.A. Executive Board 1,2,3,4. Play
Day 1,2. Home Nursing 4.
Clayton Wieder
Football 1. P ep Club 2,3,4. Cafeteria 4.
Bill Wokoun
Orchestra I. Band 1,2,3,4. Minor Music Award 3. Cafeteria 4. See Chicago
Club 4. Parents' Night 3,4. Water
Carnival 4. Reflections Revelry 2,4.
Junior Classical League 1,2. Foreign
Language Club 1,2,3. National Honor
Society 3. Nilehilite Staff 4. Bronze
Pin 3. Dramatics Night 2,3. Dramatics Club 4. P.A. Announcer 2,3,4.
Declamation Contest 2. Radio Program: "Nilehi Presents". Plays :
"Double Exposure", "Smilin'
Through", "They Tried Him with
Pie", "A Date with Judy", "Kind
Lady", "Brother Goose."
Bill Windemeier
Boys' Glee Club 1. Cafeteria 4. See
Chicago Club 4. Track 3,4. Foreign
Langua11;e Club 3. German Club 3,4.
Home Room Vice-President 2. Home
Room President 3. Eighth Grade
Night 1. Intramural Football Championship Team 4.
Art Wuest
George Wolitski
Choir 2,3. Boys' Glee Oub 1,2. Minor
and Major Music Awards 3,4. See
Chicago Club 4. Parents' Night 2,3.
Life Saving 3. Bowling 3,4. Tumbling
3,4. Pep Club 3,4. Nilehilite Production Mgr. 2,4. Home Room Treasurer
1. "Citizens of Tomorrow" 3. Cafeteria 4. Leaders 3. Spring Concert 1,
2,3. Christmas Vespers 2,3.
Orchestra 2,3. Band 2,3. Minor Music
Award. Parents' Night 4. Football 3.
Baseball 1,2,3. Foreign Language
Club 1,2,4. Spring Concert 2,3.
Charles Zuber
Cafeteria 4. Track 4. Tumbling 3.
STANDING L to R: Ed
Soergel, }ea1111ette Oehri11g, Mr.uhlso11, Jeauette
Koch, Mary McNamara,
Eo11nie IVebster, Louis
Nachbmier.
SEATED L to R: Bill
Bierbaum, Jim Hei11iyer,
Barbara Votava, Soni
Bo::nos, Pat Hartung,
Don Christe11sen, Bill
Comstock.
Senior Cabinet
�in Ju n.e and January
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Adams, Nancy
Ahrens, John
Archibald, Edward
Artelt, Jeanevine
Art.bur, James
Ash Joyce
Barl.our ,. Danna
l:faurtJGnn, Gilbert
ROW 2
Beebe, Edward
Biederer, Virginia
Birkemeier, Marilyn
Bjorkdabl, Carl
Black, Tom
Blake, Nancie
Bonaguro, Adeline
Bonney, Charles
ROW 3
Borg, Ennis
Borneman, Kancy
Briggs, Carol
Bruce, Bill
Bussey, George
Campbell, Charlotte
Campbel~ Dorothy
Campbell, William
ROW 4
Carlson, David
Carlson, Don
Casson, Raymond
Clarkens, Alice
Clearmlln, Ann
Cleary, Thomas
Coleman, Bernelle
Coleman, Tom
ROW 5
Conrad, Joan
Cook, Robert
Copeland, Emma.
Copeland, Mary
Corduan, :.\farilyn
Cornell, Conrad
Coy, Gene
Creaves, Joyce
ROW 6
CyRwski, :.\fari
Daibcrl, Lois
Day, Joanne
Denk. Rose Marie
DeVitto, Frank
De:Vrics, Peter
Dickens, Robert
Dressel, Charlotte
ROW 7
Duchay, Rojeanne
Dyruen, Eleanor
Ebenrotb, Diane
Ebert, Donald
Eckardt, Jeannelee
Eckert, Ted
Eicbling, Bill
End ru lat, Roy
ROW 8
Esch, Elaine
Falk, Joan
Falknor, Leah
Febrow, Lester
Fischback, William
Franson, Oscar
Frcre.s, GJenn
Freund, Bill
ROW 9
Gaiter, Fred
Geng, Joan
Gengler, Kenneth
Gerber, Clark
Gerhardt, Barbara
Gerhardt, Burton
Giles, Gloria
Glennie, Helen.
ROW 10
Graef<n, William
Grafkc, William
I-Iachmeister. Anna
Haefel, Kaye
Hannemann, Dorothy
Hardin, Carolyn
· Harrer, Joan
Harris, Bruce
ROW 11
Harvey, Jack
Heidelbauer, Marion
Heineman, Alice
Heurlin, Robert Jack
Heveran, William
Hicks, Robert
Hill, Tracy
. Hogan, Robert
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Hoppe, Carlyle
Homdasch.,1 Richard
Hosfield, J amcs
Hughes, Richard
Ide Dolores
Jaclcobaon , Alyse
J accl<els, Betty
Jaeger, Kathryn
ROW 2
Jones, Warren
Jostock, Henry
Joyce, Dennis
Juul, Anne
Keegan, Mary Ann
Kelley, Bill
Kettel. Donald
Kluesing, Carolyn
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Kloesing. Gilliert
Klump, Pat
Korsmo, Dona
Kozak, Geraldine
KraMe, Doris
Krejsa, Jean
Krueger, Eleanor
Lange, Shirley
ROW 4
Larsen, Jack
Larson, Judith
Lawrence, Marlys
Leach, Diane
Lee, Marilyn
Leeming, Bill
Le1tangcr, Ronald
Lind, Marjorie
ROWS
Linnig, Bernadette
Loefgren, Betty
Madden, Tom
Maeder, Barbara
Magden, Robert
Maif"r, LeD11ard
Mallgum, Dorothy
Marholz, Karyl
ROW 6
~artinson, Barbra
ClfcCabe, Kathleen
McCracken, Patricia
;\fcKenna, Pat
~cKimmon, James
McNciU, Frank
Mickey, WiUiam
Miller, Norbert
ROW 7
'Morrison, Ann
Morse, Mary Ann
Moser, Lauretta
Musson, Mary
Muto, Ken
:.felson, H arold
N"elson, Roy
::\'clson, Wilbur
ROW 8
Newton, Nancy
l\ickel, Bill
Nipper, Ward
Nordlof, Audrey
Norman, Dick
Nymark, Philip
Odegaard, Elsie
Patzke, Ellen
ROW 9
Perdue, Dorothy
Pctenon Margaret
Peterson, Robert
Philif,py, Mary
Poch man, Bill
Porter, Jesse
Proesel, Carole
Provost, Richard
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ROW 10
Quesnell, JoAnne
Rasmussen, Richard
Ravencraft, Sandra
Reed , Tom
Reuther, Betty
Robb , Thomas
Roehm, Charles
Russakov, Kathleen
ROW 11
Scheuerman, Patricia
Schey, Mary
Schmidt, Barbara
Schmidt, Patricia
Schnur, Anna
Schub, Dorothy
Schulz, Bartella
Seeley, Jacqueline
�Junior Council
BACK ROW
Cook, Bob
Bir.kemeier, Marilyn
Cleary, T<>m
Whitton, Dean
Esch, Elaine
FRONT ROW
Dickens, Bob
Cysewski, Mari
Harrer, Joan
Vosnos, Angela
Keegai;. Mary Ann
STANDING
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Anderson, Betty
Anderson, Nancy
Ash, Joan
Asmussen, M. Louise
Babcndererde, Bernice
Baity, Melvin
Ball, Ardyth
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Banghart, Barbara
Baroet, Dorothy
Bastow, Jane
Becker, Frank
Becker, Ray
Bej; Nancy
Bi nase. Marianne
Blessing, William
ROW J
llockenbauer, Janice
lloemmel, Doris
Bornemeier, Beatrice
Bo<nos, John
Braun. Donna
Brei, Fredrick
Brice, Thomas
Broclc, Don
ROW 4
Brophy, James
Browder, Myrtle
Browne, Anne
Bruck, Ralph
Bucalo, Jack
Buerk, Edward
Buthman. A11"'rt
Rutterwohh . Ed
ROW 5
Cardno, Richard
Carver, Richard
Cha rland, Nancy
Clancy, James .
Cliff, Lois
Coe, Jack
Colman, Georgia
Conrad, Lona
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Craig, Ashley
Cummings, Pat
Dahm, Jay
Daly, Barbara
Davis, George
Davis, Jim
Dean, Julia
Destories, Jack
ROW 7
Dilley, Beverly
Dodge, Geraldine
Dolan, Ted
Donavan, Joe
Duchay, John
Dudick, Joy
Eastman, Ronald
Elkin, Eli<abeth
ROW 8
Enke, Carol
Epper, Elsie
Erickson, Dick
Ferris, Dick
Forbes, Lillian
Forbes Marjorie
Froeschle, Florence
Fuller, Robert
ROW 9.
Garpow, James
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Gerhardt, Nancy
Gille, Geraldine
Goodrich, Jean
Gree11, Patricia
Greenwood, Jacque line
Grosse, Lily
Grow, Conrad
ROW 10
Haddow, Thomas
Halbrandt, Marie
Hallwaclis, Robert
Hamlet, Joan ·
Hansen, Charles
Harper, Harold
Hartig, Allen
Hartig, Evelyn
ROW 11
Hartigan, Dorothy
Harwood, Robert
Heiniger, Pete
Hennig, Doris
Henry, Larry
Henry , Michael
Herling, uslie
Herring, Mary
�ROW 1
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Hoffmann, Carol
Holmes, Roy
Holtman, Irene
Hutchings, Char!""
Tacobs, Jeanine
Jeter, Ja""'s
Jettmana, Betty
Jettman, Ethel
ROW 2
Johnsen, Marvin
Johnson, Jimmie
~bnson, Ronald
ones, Charles
adlec, John
Karsten, Fred
Kathe, :Sill
Kaufman, Dick
ROW 3
Keesey Louis
Kelly, Eleanor
Kessler, Richard
Kicnzler, Evdyn
Kirscht, Margie
Koch, Lorraine
Kolmt, Ed
Koknm, Barbara
ROW 4
Krueger, Albert
Krueger, Julia
Krupa, j.ohn
Lacey, oan
T..amh, Jane
Landt, Cbarles
Lane. Nancy
Lange, Paul
ROW 5
Lange, Richard
LaPlant, Kenneth
Larson, Harriet
Laurent, Joan
Lenberg, Lois
Lind, Robert
Loftus, Gerald
Lobrbcrg, Edward
ROW 6
Lutkehaus, Sally
Lyde, Doris
:\fackintosb, Soda
:llaihack, Donal
:\fartin, Marilyn
:\fartin, Richard
McCabe, Patricia
Merle, Thoma•
ROW 7
~I ertes, 1oan
:\I eyer, Glenn
:\feyer, Robert
l\Ieyer, Shirley
:\I ilazzo, Phyllis
:\filler, Anne
.\tiller, S~lvia
M istarz,
o~rt
ROW 8
Moldenhauer, Edward
Monahan, Dorothy
Morse, Robert
Mueller, George
Nachhauer, Helen
Nellessen, Dolores
N etwig, Mary
Nielsen, Joanne
ROW 9
Nielsen, Robert
Nock, James
Nordquist, Arnold
Nymark, Jane
O'Hara, Mary
Olson, Barbara
Olson, Reuben
Paulson, Barbara
ROW JO
Pasini, Pete.
Pepper, Leona
Pergande, Carol
Peschke, Georgiana
Peterson, Ronald
Phillips, James
Popp, Waller
Powers, Robert
ROW 11
Reid, Robert
Reiland, Marilyn
Riggs, Betty
Rinaldi, Lois
Risinger, Charles
Robb, Ian
Robinson, Marita
Rogginger, Ronald
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RoscheJ. Faith
Ross, vladys
Rossman. Betty
Ruesch, Raymond
RusseU, Calvin
Schelling, Kenneth
Scheuerman, Edmund
ROW 2
Schilling, Harold
Schmiegelt, Fritz
Schmidt, Joan
Schmitz, Dorolhy
Schrambeck, Joyce
Schrimpf, Fred
Schultz, Clyde
Schultz, Ronald
ROW 3
Schusler, Elaine
Schweger, Roger
Sefick, Pauline
Seidler, Martin
Serum, Charles
Sherman, Jacqueline
Shuman, Rosemary
Siemsen, Harold
ROW 4
Silicani, Marian
Slack, Beverly
Slusser, Paul
Smale, Gordon
Smith. Carol
Strand, Oonald
Strange,. Herbert
Stansfield, David
ROW 5
Straw, Bill
Struebing, Lee
Swanson, Richard
Swartz, Joyce
Tait, Robert
Taylor, Robert
Ten Eyck, Tom
Tessien , Betty
ROW 6
T himios, John
Thi ry , Jeanette
Timberg, Shirley
T urnquist, Joan
Voss, Richard
Vota'Va, Jean
Wailand, Dorothy
Waldin, Pau.1
ROW 7
Walnc, Patricia
Walsh, James
Wdowicki, Paul
Weber, Sandra
Wegener, Elmer
Weigl, Irene
Wesl, Bob
Western, Rex
ROW 8
Whitney, Delbert
Wilgus, Joseph
Willert, Joan
Winger, 'Daniel
Witte, Phyllis
Wolter , Clifford
Young, John
Ziehll<e, Dolores
ROW 9
Ziehlke, Marg;iret
Sophomore11
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Bishop, David
Ortit, Gerald
Schclow, Bob
Sophomore Senate
TOP ROW L·R: Dfrlt Bowma>1n, Bill
Straw, Pete Heiniger, Ashl.ry Craig,., Har-
o/ti Siemsen, Ted Do/l:.fl, Gordan -'Jmale,
Mr. Ihiu
BOTTOM ROW L-R: Joan Scltmidt,
Mariil'" Rei'4nd, Ireiu Ho/Ima,., Jaiu
Bastou•, Joan Twr11qlfist, lane Nymark
�ROW I
(left to
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Abblnk, Bernice
Abbott, Gary
Ahlberg, Ann
Albach, Eugene
Albrecht, Richard
Andrews, Joan
Bailey, Shirley
Balcer, Dick
ROW 2
Barkow, Rodney
Barrett, Joseph
:Barrow, E1mo
Baumgartner, Walter
11aumann, Daniel
Baumann, Joy«.
Baumltardt, George
Baumhardt. Haward
ROW J
Bedony, Edwin
Belik, Donna
Berg, Donald
Berg, Richard
Beyer, \ViUiam
Bicknase, Nelville
Birgerson, June
Boening, David
ROW 4
Borchert, Earl
Bowles, Dorothy
Braeseke, Floyd
Braun. Diane
Bray, Jobn
Britcnstine, Larry
Brown, Jack
Buerklund, Carl
ROW 5
Burghard, Fred
Bruening, Joyce
Carl.on, James
Carlson, LaVerne
Carroll, Jacquelyn
Carroll, Rozsika
Carson, Lynn
Caltern, William
ROW 6
Cazel, Margot
Christensen, Doris
Christensen, Maren
Church, ~oel
Clemens, Pat
Coleman, Gene
Coninx, Caryl
Conrad, Ralph
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ROW 7
Coppens, Coralie
Corduan, Lee Bette
Daeschler, Fred
Day, John
DeStories, Walter
Dilley, James
Dobroth, Carol
Dolder, Richard
ROW 8
Dreyer, Gerald
Eifler, Charlene
El<cer, Carol
Elliott. Phyllis
Ellis, David
Ewing, Louise
Falknor, Mary
Fiech, Joette
ROW 9
Frank, Lois
Frederick, Virginia
Freeman, Kenneth
Frische, Leota
Gathercoa l, Kenneth
Gawrys, Ronald
Gea rlta rt, Daisy
Gerccz, Elaine
Gerich, John
Gertenrich, Jack
Gill, Dorothy
Glauner, Edwin
Godemann, Marian
Graham, Wayne
Guenther. Marvin
Halbrendt, Astrid
ROW 11
Hank, Janet
Hauger, Brent
Heath, Jane
Heinz, Jean
Heinze, Ruth
Hennion, Rex
Henrici, Virginia
Hicks, Jacqueline
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Hildebrand, Rudolpb
Hines, Robert
Hoffman, Arlene
Hoffman, Bob
Hogan, Richard
Holappa, Dick
Holcomb, Warren
Holz!, KaTl
ROW 2
Hutchings, Edward
Ivboe£er, Patricia
Jacobson, uster
Jauss, Charles
Jeffries, Patricia
Johnson, Robert
Johnson. Yvonn~
Joiner, Harold
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ROW 3
rgesen, Paul
ostoclc, N iclc
uul, Lois
asper, Robert
Kendler, Joanne
Keniclc, Gerrie
Kimpler, Sally
Kortopates, Billie
ROW 4
Kreutter, Dorothy
Krier, Ann Carol
Krueger, Kenneth
Kriese Richard
Kutz, Phyllis
Kylen, Steve
Lange, Ebine
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Lar90nJ Richard
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ROW 5
Lcbbin, Nancy
Loeding, Eleanor
Maheras, Andrea
Male, Frank
Margalski, Theresa
Mchmes, Mary
McKinley, Gordon
McLeod, Ronald
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ROW 6
Mcilicke, Ronald
Meyer, Edward
Michaels, l\ficbael
Middaugh, Betty
Minnick, Earl
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N cttland, John
Newberg, Violet
Newman, P a t
Nicklas, Marilynn
N"ock, Dick
Oates, Leonard
O'Grady, Russell
Olsen, Clyde
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Moberg, Francine
Mohlar, Nancy
Mueller, Don
ROW 8
Olson, Raymond
Olunrl, Betty
Ott, Bin
Owen, Charles
Palmer, Mary
Patek, Walter
Pence, Caroline
Pergande, Barbara
ROW 9
Perrin, William
Peters, Richard
Peterson, Joan
PiastrcUi, Carol
Pickford, Diane
Plath, William
Procscl, Jack
Provost, William
ROW 10
Ra veret. Robert
Renis, Betty
Richter, Robert
Roden, Jeanne
Roseman, Lewis
Rugen, James
Rz.asa, Frank
Saar, Marsha
ROW 11
Sbertoli, Jack
Schell, James
Scherer, Carol
Schey, Larry
Schi It, Alice
Scbladt, Elaine
Schmeiuer, Herbert
Schmidt, Barbara
�ROW 1
(left to righl)
Schnur, Pat
Schofield, Carole
Schrimpf, Margaret
Schroeder, Jean
Searing, Joan
Shade, Beverly
Shepit, Rosalie
Shields, Barbara
ROW 2
Siegel, Norma
Smith, Eleanor
Snyder, Ronald
Spencer, Raymond
Starzynskis, Doris
Sterner, Jay
Steward, Evelyn
Stolberg, William
ROW 3
Strand, Clair
Stromberg, Elsa
Suckow, James
Tagtmeier, Donald
Tamburino, Jane
Tammina-a, Katharina
Tegtman, David
Thompson, Sharon
ROW '4
Tolzien, Shirley
Van Parys,
Van Parys, oyce
Verros, Harry
Waehncr, Ruth
WaiJlcr, Lucila
\Valkcr, Joyce
Joan
ROWS
Walter, Donald
Watters, Robert
Watson, Gerald
Weinberg, Gene•icve
Weissburg, Allan
Wisc, James
Witte, Charles
Williams, Junardcn
ROW 6
Yocum, Fred
Youngberg, Don
Zichlkc, Charlotte
Zielinski, Edwina
Tompkins, Ste•cn
Freahmen
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Arnold, Hubert
Colho6, Ira
Malick, Lawrence
Maly, Dolores
Petroff, Stanley
Piganowski, LaVerne
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Wanland, Donald
Freahman
Board of
Ad,,iaera
FIRST ltOW
Nancy Lebbin-219
Rozaika Carroll-2~
Carole Scherer-IOI
Joyce Bauman-108
SECOND ROW
Don Walter-210
Miss Ranalds
David Tegtman-107
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genera/ Sta//
Senior-:J.acuftg Sta//
Since the beginning of the school year, the
General Staff, under Mr. Eberhardt's supervision,
has spent several periods a week and many hours
outside of school to complete this yearbook. A
list of the many obstacles to be overcome by the
staff would take more space than the reader would
want us to use.
Under the direction of Miss Grace Pendleton.
adviser, and Charlene Jacobson, chairman, the
Senior-Faculty Staff of the yearbook took a big
job upon themselves in scheduling the senior and
faculty picture sittings, in arranging the pictures
for the yearbook paste-ups, and in preparing the
senior activity lists.
STANDING: Sam Boznos, Don Raci11e, Jim Schilling,
Mr. Eberhardt.
SITTING: Adeline Bonaguro, Joaii Harrer, Phyllis
}'ates, Kathy Russakov, Bonnie Webster, Barbara Votava~ Mari Cysewski.
FRONT ROW (left to right): Ja11e Arnold, Don Ver le11den, Charlene Jacobso11 a11d Melaine Mickow.
BACK ROW: Ba.rbara Baldwill, Eva Lou Michel, Laura
Lamb, Barbara Daly, and Miss Pe11dleton.
:J.inancia/ Sta//
Journafi.Jm
Much credit should be given to the Financial
Staff under the supervision of Mr. Van Arsdale.
It was their endless job to raise funds to make
your yearbook possible.
The 1\ilehilite was published by this group,
which also wrote the stories about school activities
appearing in the five local newspapers.
ROW 1 (left to right): Jane Arn-Old, Evelyn Cole, Barbara Gerhardt, Mr. Van Arsdale, Marcy Corniel/, lean
Votava, and Catherine Gerich.
ROW 2: Carol Schuler, June Sprungman, Sandra Rave11croft, Sally Nissen, Marilyn Birkerneier, Judy Larson, Shirlee Hall, Gertrude Bnuz, Margaret Kylen, Jean11ettt Gehring, Regina Sandberg.
At table: Lyle Dye, Don Broum, Bill Com.stock.
ROW ONE, left to right: Jack Ni.ro11, Gertrude Br11a,
~Marcy Com1ell, lime Sj1rungman.
ROW TWO: Damia Barbo11r, Doris Ber119es, Nancy
Bomeman, Phil La Vea1~, Ke.; Gregor, Lee Harrer, R11dy
Schmid.
ROW TH REE: Bill Fortn1a11, Dea11e Lieweld, Patty
Meyer, Mary Morse, Dick O'Brien, Bill Neuso11, Ed
Li11skey . Roger Coverley.
ROW FOUR : Don Dadigan, Carol Schuler, Bill Wokorrn, Jim Schilli119, Eilee11 Rodley, Joanne Day, Sandra
Ra;:encroft.
ST ANDING: Mr. Eberhardt.
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Top to bottom-right: Lois Lenl!erg, Lttey Kluesing, Mrs. Curl.
Liusa Lenberg, Liusa Kluesing,
Senora Curl.
Top to botloin- left: Miss S11111l/,
Betty Loefgren, Marilyn Reiland.
Senorita Small, Betty Loefgren,
Marilyn Reiland.
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Rm.t.J three, left to right: George
Woli'tski, Barbara Maeder, Mary
Jane Netwig, Mary McNamara.
Row two, left to right: Elaine
Wolitski, Kaye Jaeger, Kay Haefel, Mari Cysewski, Donita Y o,rt.
Row one, (seated): Joyce Swartz,
Rosemary Shuman, Joan Turnquist, Teacher-Mrs. Curl.
Standing : Bernelle Coleman,
Doris Lyde
Dernier rang : Gorges W olitski,
Barbara Maeder, Marie l r!anne
N etwig, Marie McNamara
Deuxieme rang: Helene W olitski,
Catherine Jaeger, Catherine Haefel, Marie Cysewski, Donita Yost.
Debout: Bernelle Coleman, Doris
Lyde
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Top to bottom to right: Ted Dolan, Richard Swanson, Rodney
Barkow, Faith Rasche, Marjcry
Ronalds, Dorothy Hind, Joyce
Bauniann, Dorothy Hartigan, Albert Buth1nan, Bill Perrin
Socit1la6 ofalina
Ab sunamo ad inferiorem et ad
de:rtrum: Theodorus Dolan, Ricardus Swanson, Rodnei1lS Barlzow, Fides Rasche, M arioria
Ronalds, Dorothea Hind, Iovcia
Baumann, Dorothea Hartigan,
Albertus Buthman, Guilielnius
Perrin
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Right to left : Theresa E. Kran::,
Faithe Rosche, Beatrice Bornemeier, Eleanor Dyrssen, Dolores
Paulson, Elsa Stromberg, Jim
Davis, El-mer Wegerner, Melvin
Baity, Brent Hauger, Joyce
Breuning, Glenn Freres, Anne
Morrison, Edward M oldenhaucr,
Helen Nachbauer, Georgia1ia
Peschke, Bernice Babendererde,
Anne Miller, Marsha Saar, 'Dorothy Weiland, Charlene Eifler,
Carol Elger.
Von rechts zu links: Theresa E .
Kranz, f aithe Rnsche, Beatrice
Bornemeier, Eleanor Dyrssen,
Dolores Paulson, Elsa Stromberg, Jim Davis, Elmer Wegerner, Melvin Baity, Brent Haug er,
Joyce Breuning, Glenn Freres,
Anne Morrison, Edward M oldenhauer, Helen Nachbaue r ,
Georgiana Peschke, Bernice Babenderede, Anne Miller, M (Jrsha
Saar, Dorothy Weiland, Cliarlet:e
Eifler, Carol Elger;
�TOP TO BOTTOM, left sida: Don Biehn, Hilda
Bonag11ro, Janet Johnso11, Pat Carlson
TOP TO BOTTOM, r.ight side: Don Christensen, Bill Wokoun, Pat Hartrmg, Bill Bierbamn
CENTER, left to right: Mary McNamara, Elsa
T atnminga
NOT PICTURED: Jacqueline Keesey
FRUNT ROW, left to right: Bonnie Webster. Joyce
Schrambeck, Jolrn Kohl, John Yo1111g, Jeanette Thiry,
Lona Conrad
ROW TWO: Nancy Borneman, Joyce Creaves, Lois
Redemann, Betty Riggs, Beverly Slack, Barbara Paulson, Ethel J ettmann
ROW THREE: Miss Bicanich (Librarian) , Lois
Vick, Gloria Giles, Sandra Ravencraft, Marilyn Birkeineier, Irene W eigt, Gladys Ross, Elaine Schuster
ROW FOUR: Paidine Sefick, Marion Heidelbauer,
Nancy Lamberg, Shirley Schmidt, Anna Hachmeister,
Harriet Larson, Dorothy Wailand, Dolores Zielke,
Doris B oem-mel
Missing from the pictitre are Karen Saitthworth,
Virginia Biederer, Frances Tomczak
�CHOIR
FRONT ROW, left to right: Caroly11 Hardin, Margaret Hedstrom, Charlotte Dressel, Dona
Korsuro, Frank McNeil!, Willard Hardin, Marilyn Arndt, Nai1cy Cluwlmad, Edith Walter
ROW TWO: Mary Carlso11, loa1111e Peters, Catherine G£rich, Bob Peterson, El111er W erhane,
S andra Ravencraft, Regina S andburg, Audre~,' Nord/oft, Jane Arnold.
ROW THREE : Lois Merles, Marilyn Smith, Joa11 Ash, Leo1UJrd Maier, Joe Dmiavan, Pete
H ei11iger, fleanor Dyrsse111 Barbro M art111son, Rosemary Thomas.
ROW FOUR: Marian M11eller, Rojeaime D!'chey, Tom Rob, Dick Ferris, Ashley Craig,
Do,. V erle11de11, Lenny L ange, Marilyn Engert. Florence Miethke.
FRONT ROW, left to right: Pat Newman, Pat S chmidt, Violet Neu:berg, loan Senick, Lucy
Kl1tesing, Sally Lu.tlzehaus, Doris Hemiig, Bonnie Webster, Lilian Forbes, Donna Runnels,
Miss Clara Klaus, Sharo11 Thompson, Marsha Saar, Eleanor Kr1iger, lime Sprungman,
Dorothy Campbell, Dorothy W eillmd, Eleanor Smith, Theresa Margalski
ROW TWO: Nancy Bor11eman, Elea11or Dyrsstm, Maril~>n Wal!:, Carol Dobroth, Charlotte
Campbell, Arlene Barg, Daisy Gerhardt, Barbara Stehle, Na11cy Bell, Margaret Schrimpf,
Pat McCabe, Pat Jeffries, R11th Hei11:;;e, Noel Church, Joan Turnquist, Mary Philippy
ROW THREE: !rime Holtma11, Dolores Nelles.rm, Ann Juul, COTol Smith, l11lia Kruger,
Ann Ahlberg, Carol Coninx, Joyce Ba1111ia1m, Jm1e Heath, Carrie Pr::piorski, Joette Piech,
Mary Netwig, June Birgerso11, Evely1i Kienzler, Joy D11.dicll
ROW FOUR: Leota Frische, Louise Ewi11g, Elsie Od'egaard, loan Mertes, Betty Loefgrm,
Nancy Molzlar, Nancy Gerhardt, .Mary O'Hara, Carol Enke, loan Hamlet, Nancy Lane
ROW FIVE : Pat Hoffma11, leanlee Eckhardt, Doris Starzynski, Jeanine Jacobs, Jackie
Greenwood, Ann Brown
ROW SIX: Belly Youngberg , Carol Hoff111an, Shirley Toleien
GIRLS' GLEE CLUB
�Orchejlra
ROW ONE, left to right: Donita Yost, Sylvia
Miller
ROW TWO, left to right : Fred Burghard, Faith
Rosche, Marilyn Martain, John Gerich, Elaine
Wolitshi, Jeanevine Artelt, Don Lumpp
ROW THREE, standing : Mr. Collins, Tom Madden, Jay Dahm, Don Baumann.
ROW ONE, left to right: Tom Maclden,
Donna Belik, Jeanevine Artelt, Robert
Harwood, Doris Kruse, Carol Elger
ROW TWO, left to right: Jay Dahm,
Jack H eur!in, Elaine W olitski, Lois Rinaldi, Ted Dolan, Robert Johnson, C. W.
Collins
ROW THREE, left to right: Ann MorrisQn, Eleanor Dyrssen, Rona{d.Peterso11,
Robert HaUwachs, Bill Wokoun, Bill
Homer, Don Ltimpp
�BOYS' INSIMBLE
W. Baumgartner
]. Bray
B . Perrin
L . Mait:t
H.Speer
H. Baumhardt
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D. Dadigan
E. Werha.r.re
B. Peterson
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M.Mueller
A.Nordlof
P . Heiniger
D . Verlenden
C. Gerich
Not pictured: Evelyn Mahnke, Dan
Winger, Mary Jane Netwig
�College Class
(Fifth and sixth period Rhetoric, University
of Illinois · Cooperative Extension Center)
FRONT ROW, left to right :
Lois Doetsch, Charles
elt,
Catherine Tasker
ROW TWO: Jack Grotthuss,
!er01ne Parker, Tom Rogers,
Victor Schrock, Dan Kunkel
ROW THREE: Don Mattes;
Bob Klump, Paul Reiland, James
Amos
ROW FOUR: Bill Muno
Not in picture: Jolin Buchlill,
Philip Hoss, Lloyd Lasher, Richard Lebbin
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College Class
(Eighth period Rhetoric, University of
Illinois Cooperative Extension Center)
FRONT ROW, left to right:
Jack Rogers, Don Boudreau,
H o'ward Speer, H o·ward Linstrom
ROW TWO: Pat Brophy, Jim
McNeely, Al Heim, Harold
Kownick
ROW THREE: Dick Smill,
Roger Racine, Mrs. Rice (instructor)
ROW FOUR: Jim Kaferly,
Harold Engebretson
During February and March
of 1948, adult evening classes
were held in Niles Township
High School. In this, the first
program of its kind to be held
in our school, the subjects ranged
from those of commercial value
to those of value in the home.
The classes were held from 7 :30
to 9 :30 every Monday evening.
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�CAST, left to right: Dick Martin, Bill Wokotm,
Joanne Day, Kaye Haefel, Bill Grafen, Joyce Matthews, Clay M errill, Lyle Dye, Nancy Lane, Shirley Hawkinson, Ted Eckert, Marilyn Corduan,
Evelyn Cole, Lois Lenberg
Complicated, yet hilarious, was the play, "A Date With Judy,"
presented by Nilehi dramatists on November 21 and 22 in the
Assembly Room. Coached by Miss Muriel Higgins, the play,
adapted from the radio show of the same name, delighted capacity crowds at both performances with the adventures of the
Foster family: Dora, Melvin, Randolph, and Judy.
Early in the play, complications entangled the plot when
Judy and her girl friend, Mitzi H offman, decided to enter a contest to sell subscriptions to the Community Relief Fund. However, other neighborhood girls soon proved tough competition,
for the prize was an intriguing one-the winner to reign as
queen of a dance.
Judy and Mitzi decided that their chances of v.~nning would
be. increased if they themselves contributed generously to the
fund. With the hope of winning the money necessary for this
contest, they entered numerous other contests.
Complications and hilarity together shared the plot as Judy's
true confession story, "I am a Bigamist," was confused with
Mrs. Foster·s address to the P . T. A . Judy's other attempts to
MO various contests resulted in situations equal!y as funnyand as embarrassing I
Mr. Foster received honorable mention for having "kissable
lips." :Mrs. Foster wa'S duly favored with an award from Glints,
"The Hair Dye for Lively Ladies."
Complication faded away and hilarity took over completely,
as the conclusion found Queen Judy happily occupying the much
coveted throne.
�Cast, left to right, Row One: Mary Morse, Barbara Olson, N anC'}' Thiel/, Angela Vosnos.
Row Two: Sam Boznos, C!,ayton Merrill, Miss
Higgins, L'}•le Dye, Bill W okoun.
··s recently- rmed dramatics club,
The
production-the drama,
has scored a triumph with 1
"Kind Lady," presented on March 12 and 13 in the Nilehi
Assembly Room. Miss Muriel Higgins, dramatics teacher,
sponsors the infant organization, which, after its first time in
the "spotlight," shows definite possibilities of growing up fast!
Mary Herries, the "Kind Lady," was portrayed by Angela
Vosnos.
At· the beginning of the play, Mary pennitted her generosity
and Christmas spirit to overrule her common sense. She allowed
a suspicious-looking stranger, Henry Abbott, to enter her house
for the purpose of drinking a Christmas cup of tea, or so she
was led to believe by the crafty intruder.
Abbott realized that he could easily move his family and his
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and their daughter, Aggie, into.
Mary's house by imposing upon her kind nature. With this
observance in mind, he told Mary the tragic story of his sick
wife and baby who were homeless and without money.
As Abbott planned, Mary opened her home to his supposedly
ailing dependents. When the Edwards family also arrived, the
house was taken over completely, and Mary was held prisoner
by Abbott, who hoped he could force her to sign her property
over to him.
Although Mary's first attempts to notify the police resulted in
heartbreaking failure, she eventually succeeded ; and the wealthy
old lady, whose kindliness nearly cost her her life, was rescued.
��\FOOTBALL
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BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Dick Swanson,
Mgr.; Tom Blach, Bob Witte, Ed Kutz, Ed Linskey,
Bob Peterson, Mgr.
SECOND ROW: Bill Ne11son, Mgr.; Dick Norman, Laurence Hall, Noel Kiefer, Ed Beebe, A1·t
Miller, Bill Comstoc~·, Do~i Carlson
THIRD ROW: Harold Isaacson, Coach; Don Siegel, Ray Batz, Len11y Lange, Jim Wead, Tom Fit::gerald, Lee Garner, H o·ward Siegel, Charles Hussey,
Coach
TOP ROW: Ward Nipper, Bill Fotsch, Ralph Walberg, Jim Kennedy, Herb Jones, Ed Soergel, Jim
Blessing, Jim Heiniger; Pete Heiniger
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Art Miller's dependable consistency won him the title of
Honorary Captain for the 1947
season. His fighting spirit and
play was a big asset to the
morale of the Trojan eleven.
There was little doubt among
Jim Heiniger's teammates concerning who should be elected
Most Valuable Player. This
honor climaxed Jim's three years
as the first string, varsity right
halfback.
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a big asset to the cemer of the
marks the end of a two-year varsity
'dable ball player.
of four excellent ends, Ed will probably see a lot
ehi gridiron 11ext fall. He is one of the nine letter·
a.fl/ retum next year.
Tom Black, back, junior
Oppo11ents found that Tommy's small size 'W£IS not lo be
1t11derestimaled. The hard-hitting line backer played mostly
011 defe11se, but also proved to be a11 offensive sparkplug.
Jim Blessing, back, senior
When the Troja11s were shy of a first down, Jim could
always be depe11ded 011 to pick up the necessary yardage.
His flashing cleats will be missed next year by Nilehi rooters.
Don Carlson. end, senior
Whe11 the going was tough, Arne's aggressive spirit decidedly bolstered the Trojan morale. Injuries sidelined him ill
mid-seaso11. Anti! will always be a credit to a11y team.
Bill Comstock, end, senior
The Soergel-to-Comstock passing combination was a familiar touchdown-maker for the Trojan eleven. Also a great
defensive e11d, Bill was named to the All-Conference team and
was given honorable mentio11 in the All-State ratings.
Tom Fitzgerald, guard, senior
Tom was ju.rt develofri1i,g into an outstanding lineman when
injuries be11ched him for the remainder of the seasoii.
Bill Fotsch, tackle, senior
The coaches could alwa)•s depe11d 011 Bill to give his best
when it was 11eeded. Bill is one of the .reventun graduates
who will be abseni from 11ext year's grid season.
Lee Garner, back, senior
Lee's mgged tackling proved to be a menace to opposing
players. His superior offe11sive play also contributed to his
status as a sixty-minute man.
Laurence Hall, tackle, senior
One of the biggest me11 in a Trojm1 uniform, Laure11ct's
dependable play WCJS much feared by opposing linemen. Many
OH'S and AR'S tt:ere draw11 from the crowd by his ferociou.s
lack/es.
Jim Heiniger, back, senior
Any school that is Jortu11ate to get Jim's talent next year
tl'ill truly have the services of a potential All-American. HiJ
selection to the All-Co11fert11Ce team and his All-State honorable mention proved lo his teammates that they had made
110 mistake iii electing Jim "Most Valuable Player."
�WARRIORS
Ed Kutz, back, senior
Art Miller, tackle, senior
Eddy's speed a11d ability to think quickly made 1ip for what
he lacked i11 size. Northeast Conference competitio11 never
km?'W wlrat play u.>as coming nest when, he U!aS in at quarterback.
Altho11gh his brother Al was 1111Ssing this year, the consistently 011tstrmding play of this tackle was every bit as
good, if 1101 better. Art's teammates elected him Honorary
Captai11 for the seaso11.
Lenny Lange, back, sophomore
Ward Nipper, end, junior
Being promoted from the Jmiior Varsity in mid-season,
Lem1y fillr:d in well when Soergel was injured. His passing
arm will spell t--r-o-u-b-l-e for opp01i.ents in the nut ~o
seasons.
Ward's size a11d def1e11dability will be Jmt to good use next
year when the Trojans take the field against new opposition.
Ed Linskey, guard, senior
Dick Norman, tackle, junior
Ed- carried his fighti11g Irish spirit to the gridiron where it
decidedly helped the Troians out of many tough spots.
M11ch of the credit for yardage gaim?d this year should go
to Dick, who paved the 'l.1.Kly for Trojan ball carriers by
rippi11g big holes i>i the opposing line. A lot is expected from
Dick 11ext year.
Pete Heiniger, back, sophomore
Don Siegel, back, junior
Pete represe11's the last of the Heinigers, and his alert play
this seaso1i lived up to family standat'ds. He wa..r one of the
three sop/(0111ores who ma.de the varsity squad.
"Little Red" composed one-half of the speedy brother combination that was always a scoring threat. This versatile halfback is another returning letterman.
Herb Jones, end, senior
Howard Siegel, back, junior
This power/141 end uw of te1i seen crashing th~ough the
opposition's interference to spill ball carriers for considerable
losses: Herb worked into a starting position in the latter
part of the season.
"Big Red's" amasfog speed a11d dodging ability co11tribt.ded
mitch to the scoring column. Once he mt loose from the
opposing line, he was as good as go11e.
Ed Kadlec, center, senior
Ed Soergel, back, senior
Ed switched from guard to center this year, but the change
had no effect on the superior quality of his play. His fierce
fi,,e-backing was a me11ace to opposing quarterbacks:
Ed's loss was deeply felt i11 the Lake Forest game. Ht
was put out of commissio11 late in the season, but "Cru.syli!gs" Kill lo11g be remembered by the Northeast Co11ference
coaches.
Jim Kennedy, tackle, sophomore
Ralph Walberg, center, junior
Along with size, Jim had speed, which was sometimes used
/Jy moving him to the halfback spot. He shows plenty of
promise for the nest two years at Niles.
The size and power of this tow-headed iunior will be very
'1:a!11able to the 19411 eleven. He was one of the most dependable players on the field.
Noel Kiefer, tackle, senior
Jim Wead, center, senior
A11other big man, Noel's eq1wlly big spirit was decidedly
11dvm1tage01es to the 11wrale of the team.
A high-spirited sub, Jim was always eager to lake over
the football chores whm he got the chance.
�Returning linemen Nick Rollick, Jim Kennedy,
Dick Norman
Varsity ends Herb Jones, Bill Comstock,
Don Carlson, Ed Beebe, Ward Nipper
Second backfield: Don Siegel, Tom Black, Ed
Kutz, Jim Wead, Pete Heiniger, Howard Siegel
Boy! If I were only in there!
First backfield:Jim Heiniger, Lee Garner,
Ed Soergel, Ralph Walberg, Jim Blessing
Pre-game pep talk
�liaier Trojatl
Ja, Vee f<eco,.J
NILES
OPPONENTS
12
Pro\'iso
20
19
West Chicago
0
12
Leyden
0
l8
Crystal Lake
6
12
Arlington
0
0
Maine
21
6
Maine
21
13
Leyden
18
•
BOTTOM ROW, ltft to right: Bob Harwood, Clark Gerber, Warren /oms, Don
"Kettel, Jack Coe, Bob Cook, Bob Fuller
SECOND ROW: Bill N elso11, Jack Larso11, Clyde Sch11lts, Totn Reed, Burt Gerhardt, Alla1~ Hartig, Dick Shiley, Dick Voss, Gil Kfoesing, Bill Ne11son., Mgr.
THIRD ROW: Dick Provost, Joe Donavan, Ed Archibald, Jim Brof!hy, Roy Nelson,
Fred Gatter, Lou Keesey, Ed Butterworth, Chuck Risinger, L. R. Mackey, Coach
FOURTH ROW: John Kadlec, Al Knuger, Jim Davis, Jesse Porter, Lu Struebing, George B1~se, Dick Ferris, Dean Whitton, Martin Seil!ler
FIFTH ROW: Dick Erickson, Glenn Meyer, Bob Merrill, Conrad Cornell, Don
Carlson. Nick Rollick, Chuck Voss, Km Muto, Bob Du Bois, Bill Grafke, Bill Campbell, Allen Stillman
NILES
6
18
0
20
6
6
0
BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Jim Dilley, Mgr.; Bill Calleni., Walter De Stories,
Don Berg, Paul Jorgenson, Dave Tegtman, Elmo Ban-ow, Ke11 Krueger, Fred Yokum
SECOND ROW: Buddy Hildebrand, Nick !ostock, Les Jacobsen, Ed Meyer, Karl
Hoisl, Bob Raveret, Gary Abbott, Dick Holappa, Larry Britell.rli11e
TOP ROW,: lames Phif!Ps, coach; Warren Holcomb, Ronald GIJU!r'ys, Dick Baker,
Jim Siu;kt1W, Jim Sch,ill, Ray Sf!encer, Elliot Kenney, Ed Bedony, Arthur Ryden,
Coach
OPPONENTS
Leyden
26
Maine
6
Arlington
25
Libertyvill~
14
Crystal Lake
61
Arlington
13
Maine
20
�Niles Jay Vee, 33; Lake Forest, 22
January 16, 1948
January 30, 1948
Niles, 29; Arlington, 31
Niles, 49; Lake Forest, 37
January 16, 1948
March 2, 1948
Niles, 47; Waukegan, 43
�Conf ere nee Champs
Var.1ilv RecorJ
NILES
22
36
29
44
45
47
37
35
49
43
4Q
29
41
46
37
54
50
56
54
31
OPPONENTS
Evanston
New Trier
Arlington
\11/arren
Crystal Lake
Woodstock
Alumni
Libertyville
Lake Forest
Leyden
Warren
Arlington
Crystal Lake
East Aurora
Woodstock
Libertyville
Lake Forest
Highland Park
Leyden
Maine
BOTTOM RO\\i, left to right: Roger Coverley, Howard Siegel, Ed Kutz, Lee
Garner
SECOND ROW: Jim Heiniger, Bill Comstock, Gordon Anderson, Ed Beebe,
Wayne Piehler, Bob Burke, Mgr.
TOP ROW: L. R. Mackey, Coach; Bill Neuson. Mgr.; Jim Blessing, Don Carlson,
Don Brown, Jesse Porter, Laurence Hall, Mgr.
46
47
23
14
33
38
44
41
37
37
27
31
40
47
39
49
44
43
42
26
�¥AlllTf llt 1111
Gordon Anderson, center, senior
Don Carlson, guard, senior
One of the coolest players on the team, Gordy had to play
most of the season against men who were much taller than
he. His dead eye was also a great asset to the Trojan quintet.
Whe11 the Trojan five needed a steadying hand and some
points. Arne was a welcom.e sight on the floor.
Lee Garner, guard, senior
Ed Beebe, center, junior
Ed's excellent reboimding ability pulled more than ane game
011t of the fire for the Trojans.
Wherever cooler heads prevailed, Lee was Oil the spot.
He was a valuable man, both on offense and -on defense.
Jim Heiniger, guard, senior
Jim Blessing, forward, senior
Jim reached his peak in the all-important Leyden game,
in which he tallied 24 points. His ama::ing shots will be
greatly missed next year.
Doo. Brown, forward, senior
Staying out for four years, Don was always ready to lift
the spirit of the team whe'! the chance came.
Bill Comstock, guard, senior
Bill was switched to the guard position this year, and performed eq11ally well iii this position. He was a imammous
choice for the All-Conference team.
Jim'.s competitive .spirit carried over from the gridiron to the
basketball court. Jim was a very steady player, and wvally
could be counted on ta score from eight to twelw points a
game.
Ed Kutz, guard, senior
Ed's speed and clever ball ha11dling were greatly mi.rsed
after Fei.JrMry 1, when he broke his ankle.
Wayne Piehler, center, senior
One of the ta/le.st t11ei1 on the squad, Wayne was always
ready to take over the pivot spot when ht wa.r given the
chance.
Howard Siegel, forward, senior
Roger Coverley, guard, senior
Another good .rub, Rog had the ability to pour in poims ju.rt
when they were needed.
Red's amazing speed was put to good use on the fast-bf'eaking offense. He al.so stood out on defense, and was the second
Trojan named 011 the All-Conference team.
�Jay Vee Squad
BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Jacli
He11r/in, Don Siegel, Tom Blad, Bob
U7itte, Oscar Franson
SECOND ROW: Bill Leeming, Bob
Nelson, lack Coe, Ted Dolan, Diel~
Erickson, Diel~ Swanson, Mgr.
TOP ROW: Charles Hussey, Coach;
Harold Siemsen, Lenny Lange, Al
Hardig, Pete Heiniger, Martin Seidler,
Dicll Shiley, Bob Peterson, Mgr.
Ja!I
42
28
24
33
33
58
45
'33
46
36
33
39
44
45
35
Evanston
New Trier
Arlington
\Varren
Crystal Lake
Woodstock
Alumni
Libertyville
Lake Forest
Leyden
Warren
Arlington
Crystal Lake
East Aurora
Woodstock
Libertyville
Lake Forest
Highland Park
Leyden
Maine
NILES
17
37
11
27
26
19
22
20
26
27
J<.co,.J
OPPONENTS
NILES
23
27
26
38
27
1J..
35
28
30
13
39
19 54
32
22
15
•
12
37
14
42
23
30
26
29
30
31
OPPONENTS
New Trier
Highland Park
New Trier
Leyden
Arlington
Palatine
Arlington
Highland Park
Palatine
Leyden
32
33
37
42
33
18
29
17
29
42
BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Paul Jorgensoti, Rex
H ennion, I ack Gertenrich, Howard Baumhardt, I ack
N eltland, Elmo Barrow, Karl H olzl
SECOND ROW: Bob Raveret, Dick Holappa, Don
Walters, Ed Meyer, Les Jacobson, Jack Brown, Bill
Perrin, Russell O'Grady
TOP ROW: BiU Cattern, Mgr.; John .fJray, Bu.ddy Hildebrand, Diel.· Nock, Elliot Kenney, Jim Suckow, Ronald
Gawrys, Did Baker, Larr'}' Brittenstine, Jack Proesel,
Charles Owens
After losing six of the first eight games, the Nilehi Jay
Vees, under the leadership of Charles Hussey, won the
next and last twelve games of the season, thereby annexing the conference c:rown. The Freshman squad, coached
by James Phipps, wasn't.quite as impressive as they managed to win three out of the ten scheduled games.
�TROJAN
•
CHEERLEADERS
~
�This year's Water Carnival, again under the direction of Anton Schubert, was
the usual success. Sellout crowds attended the six performances, two each night, on
March 18, 19, 20. Louis Hilfer and Leslie Meyer were elected by the rest of the cast
to do the duet number, the climax of the show. It was a Water· Carnival of the
~ations, and it included the customs of Ireland, America, Holland, Hawaii, Spain,
Austria (Vienna), and also a number entitled "The Virginia Reel." If a better show
is eventually produced, it will be a notable year in Nilehi productions.
�VAISlff llftlMH
~
KNEELING: Elmer Wegener, Mgr.
BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Rudy Schmid, Tracy Hill, Don Ebert, Louis Hilfer, Roy Holmes, Bob Lindahl, Don Brock, Anton Schubert, coach
SECOND ROW: Peter DeVries, Bill Sanke, Glenn Meyer, Herb Jones, Dick
Provost, Roy Nelson, Charles Wagstaff, Dennis Joyce
Var~il!I
N.T.H.S.
42
25
41
27
37
33
24
42
31
.
54
25
45
J<.corJ
OPPONENTS
Morton
Highland Park
Steinmetz
Waukegan
Taft
Maine
Proviso
Steinmetz
Waukegan
Amundsen
Proviso
Taft
24
50
33
48
37
42
51
32
44
21
50
30
The Nilehi swimming team, coached by Anton
Schubert, completed a good season by winning five
meets, losing six, and tying one. Herb Jones, Bob
Lindahl, and Dick Provost were the pace-setters during mos·t of the season, and Provost placed sixth in
the state diving finals . .The loss of Rudy Schmid, who
underwent an appendeetomy, handicapped the team
before the season was half over. Also this year, for
the first time, a Junior Varsity swimming team was
organized.
�Ja'I
Ve~ f<ecorJ
N.T.H.S.
Morton
Highland Park
Steinmetz
Waukegan
Taft
Maine
Proviso
Steinmetz
Waukegan
Amundsen
Proviso
Taft
4-0
32
35
31
43
26
32
34
40
26
34
21
43
24
31
31
34
23
32
32
45
42
39
.
?l
BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Gordon Smale, Ed Hutchings,
Bill Nickel, Arnold Nordquist, Delbert Whitney, Fred ScJirimp
TOP ROW: Anton Schubert, coach; Paul Waldin, Conrad Grow,
George Da•vis, Ralph Bruck, loltn Boznos, Bill Fishback, Mgr.
J<"corJ
N.T.H.S.
Evanston
Highland Park
Evanston
Proviso
Waukegan
Proviso
33
33
36~
29~
36
30
34
28
43
29
23
32
BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Fred Yokum, Dick Larson, John
Gerich, Dave Tegtman
TOP ROW: Anton SchMbert, coach; Nick lostock, Bob Casper,
li1n Rugen, John Day
�Left to right: Harold Isaacson, James Pltipps, L. Robert Mackey, Charles Hussey,
Tho_mas Kiviluoma, Arthur Ryden, Anton Schubert
Harold Isaacson, Football
The oldest man on the coaching staff, Ike also takes
care of the athletic duties. He has been a favorite of
Nilehi boys for sixteen years and has shown this from
the caliber of the boys he has turned out in athletics.
Arthur Ryden, Cross-Country
This is Mr. Ryden's second year at Niles and already he has proved himself to be one of the most
energetic of all the coaches. He also coached Freshman
football and track this year.
L. R. Mackey, Basketball
Once again Mac proved his excellent coaching ability by molding a not-highly-rated Trojan team into
the conference champions. That made three out of
three for Mac who coached the '{3.rsity only two other
times before 1948.
Anton Schubert, Swimming
If you were asked what figure was seen most often
in the Nilehi swimming pool, there would only be one
answer: Mr. Schubert. He coached the team, directed
the Water Carnival, and had charge of the underclass
swim periods, besides .being the lifeguard on the recreational swimming nights.
Thomas Kiviluoma, Golf
Mr. Kiviluoma, who is more popularly referred to
as "T. J .," only coached in this one sport, but he did
a very commendable job, if you'll remember the star
he turned out last year, Bob Dombrowski, who averaged 72 for the season.
Charles Hussey, Track
In his third year here, Mr. "Huss" was trying for
his third Northeast Conference championship. After
his Jay Vee basketball team had dropped six of their
first eight games, they won the next twelve and the
conference crown.
James Phipps, Baseball
A former member of the New York Vankees, Mr.
Phipps is the only freshman of the coaching staff. He
became popular with the students very rapidly, and
it looks as though he will want to remain at Niles for
quite a while.
�BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Ed Soergel, Ed Linskey, Chuck Bonney, Bill
Glenn Meyer, Al Haut
SECOND ROW: Don Carlson, Bob Mistarz, Sam Bomos, Louis Triebold, Oscar
Franson, Tom Nelson, Le.e Garner, Don Biehn
THIRD ROW : Bill Leeming, Bill Comstock, Wayne Piehler, Dick Hughes, Dick
Eichelberg, Jim Hosfield, Don Brown, Jim Blessing, Ed Beebe
Nicl~el,
April 9
April 12
April 13
April 14
April 16
April 20
April 21
April 22
April 26
April 27
April 28
April 30
May 4
May 7
May 17
This year's Baseba11 nine, with the return of
five lettermen, \•1;as given a good chance to repeat
as Northeast Conference champions. Coach Jim
Phipps, newest addition to the coaching staff,
welcomed the return of the two capable left handers, Don Biehn and Dick Eichelberg, and also the
return of Bill Comstock, Don Carlson, and Ed
Soergel. After the first two games had been completed, the Trojans had a .500 average, losing to
New Trier, 4 to 2, and beating Taft High School,
4 to 3. The remainder of the schedule is printed
at the right.
I
Warren
Highland Park
Arlington
New Trier
Leyden
Woodstock
Oak Park
Steinmetz
Evanston
Warren
Highland Park
Arlington
Leyden
Woodstock
Evanston
There
Here
Here
There
There
Here
There
There
There
Here
There
There
Here
There
Here
�Last Conference Year
The Trojan athletic teams were keyed up for
almost every conference game this year because
it was the last year of the Northeast Conference.
Lake Forest, Warren, \i\'oodstock, Crystal
Lake, and Libertyville withdrew and became
members of the new North Suburban League,
while Niles, Arlington, and Leyden were leit
holding the bag. Up until spring, basketball
had the best record. Both teams won the conference championship, under the leadership of
Mr. Mackey and Mr. Hussey. Harold Isaacson 's football team started ont with a string of
shutouts, but then they were upset by Arlington, 13 to 6, and beaten by Lake Forest in the
final game, 14 to 0.
�Carrie Schoening
Left to right: Mrs. Frances Garner, Mrs. Esther
Foiinlaine, Mrs. Alice Suo, Mrs. Marian Koch,
Mrs. Katie Kestenholz, Mrs. Harriett Fie.ch, Mrs.
Carolyn Borchert
Left lo right: Mr. Charles J. Ahrens, Mr. Ha,.,.y
Boyd, Mr. Charles J. Ide, Mr. Charles Brunke.
Not in f>ict11re: Mr . Peter Kirscht, Mr. Herman
Mwll,,.
�,
For their help and guidance we wish to express our deep gratitude to the following faculty members: Mr. Paul M. Eberhardt,
sponsor of the book ; Mr. Ronald A. Van Arsdale, head of the
Financial Staff; Miss Grace Pendleton, head of the Senior-Faculty
Section Staff. Vile also ...,.-fsh to thank Sam Boznos for his photography work. The printing was done hy ~ eely Printing Company,
Inc., with special photography by Root Studio.
Bonnie Webster__ ______________ Editor in Chief
Kathy Russakov ____________ Assistant Editor
Barbara Votava_______ Photography Editor
_
Phyllis Yates_______________________copy Editor
Typing
Adeline Bonaguro__________
_
Sam Boznos_____________________p hotography
Mari Cysewski
Joan Harrer
Barbara Baldwin
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