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�Friday, December 17,1965
N ILEHILITE
Candy-Stripers Bring
Christmas Spirit to Others
“GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN” may very well be the policy of
those teen-age girls working as volunteer candy-stripers in hospitals
throughout the nation. Dressed in pink and white striped uniforms, they
give their time each week to assist nurses and patients in hospitals.
Candy-stripers’ various duties include distributing glasses of water,
running errands, answering phones, helping to feed patients, serving
dinner, making beds, and performing other miscellaneous jobs. They
average about four hours of work weekly.
For convenience, most Niles East
candy-stripers work at Skokie Val
ley Hospital where they must be
at least 15V years old and in the
2
second semester of their sophomore
year. After filing an application
with the hospital, the aspiring can
dy-striper will be notified of a twoday training class to attend when
ever a need for more candy-strip
ers arises.
Patience, Understanding Needed
Age, however, is only one of many
qualifications required of the fu
ture hospital aid. “A candy-striper
must be patient, tolerant, and un
derstanding towards the sick,”
says Mrs. Barbara Scarbrough,
school nurse and sponsor of the
Future Nurses Club.
A RECENT NILEHILITE SURVEY has indicated that approxi
mately one-half of Nilehi juniors and seniors hold part-time jobs. The
Niles East candy-stripers agree
students work from between 5 and 25 hours a week, with most working with Mrs. Scarbrough that patience
about 15 hours. The average junior or senior earns $1.42 an hour.
and cooperation are essential in
dealing with sick patients. Senior
Nilehi students work for various reasons. A few want to assist their
Terri Boyer stresses the importance
families financially. However, most students work to earn spending
of being devoted to the work since
money or to save for college.
a candy-striper is not paid, while
Independence is the key to the purpose of part-time jobs. Teen Junior Reva Bilton maintains that
agers no longer want to be dependent on their parents for all their a “candy-striper has to give of herneeds. High school boys especially feel more mature if they can pay for
most of their own expenses.
A i n 't It Revofting .
self to the work she is doing.”
Provides Excellent Experience
“Working as a candy-striper is
very excellent training for girls
who want to be nurses,” comment
ed Mrs. Scarbrough. “It teaches
the girls how to get along with peo-
pie of different personalities. If a
girl has any desire ot be a teacher,
a social worker, a guidance coun
selor, or to do any work with the
public,” she added, “being a can
dy-striper is an excellent exper
ience.”
Although the girls are not paid,
they receive pins or certificates,
awarded on the basis of the num
ber of working hours accumulated.
They also receive the thanks of
many grateful patients. “It’s thrill
ing to know I’ve helped someone,”
explained Terri, “and to see the
patients say ‘thank you’ in their
eyes.”
Forum
Value of Student Jobs
Students also work for experience. Many colleges prefer students
who have held part-time or summer jobs. The colleges feel that working
helps to mature the individual as well as to impress on him a sense of
responsibility.
SURVEYS AND CASE STUDIES by the Guidance Department
have also indicated that holding a part-time job will have little ill effect
on a student’s academic performance. Only 10 per cent of current'working juniors and seniors feel that their studies suffer because of
their jobs. Students and many counselors believe, moreover, that holding
a part-time job can actually improve one’s study habits. Working stu
dents have less time for study, and are thus virtually forced to budget
their time more wisely. They learn how to accomplish more work in
less time.
Holding a job has little effect on a student’s participation in extra
curricular activities. A survey taken in 1964 showed that while 67 per
cent of the Senior Class participated in extra-curricular activities, 60
per cent of the working seniors participated, indicating only a slight
difference.
THERE IS A REVOLUTION go
ing on at my house. My parents
are getting set for their next of
fensive, and my survival is quite
doubtful. It is the next phase of
the Cultural Revolution.
These minor outbursts have oc
curred sporadically during the past
year. Every so often my parents
somehow get the idea that I do not
appreciate the finer points of our
culture, and they decide to do somehing about my apparent ignorance.
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Potsdorf U., Here I Come
m m m m m m by Jeff Bonner
m m m m m m
Much to my disappointment, however, I’ve
learned that colleges accept you; you don’t accept
them. But, before one can even be considered for
admittance, the college application must first be
filled out.
In order to prepare you for this task, I’ve select
ed the most thought-provoking questions from var
ious applications and created my own little mon
strosity.
THE NAME of the institution (no, not that kind)
is Potsdorf U., located in Soyouwantogettin, Wyo
ming. P.U.’s admission policy is quite unique; there
isn’t one. Just fill out the “application” and you’re
in. Anyway, it goes something like this:
Print first name last, middle name second, last name
first
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Valley Hospital.
. .
Fine Arts Stage Coup
Most students work because of desire rather than necessity. They
Phase one of the movement oc
are, for the most part, able to maintain their job, a C average, and ac
curred last summer when they de
tivities without having either one suffer greatly. Through their jobs,
they gather experience, maturity, responsibility, and perhaps most im cided it was time I understood art.
portant, independence. Part-time employment aids in the education
After several tours of the Art In
and development of the high school student.
stitute, from which all I learned
YEARS AGO. when I was a naive freshman, I
always thought that one was accepted to the college
of his choice merely by writing the admission office
and declaring, “Hey man, I think I’ll give Harvard
a twirl next year. See ya’ in September.”
CANDY-STRIPER REVA BILTON .¡fi
Sex?: Yes____ No______
Marital Status: (check one) ------- married _____di
vorced ------ going steady-------- are you kidding?
Do you plan to graduate this June, next June, the
June after next June?
Yes------- No------- Maybe______
William Shakespeare (circle one): a. discovered the
frugal hop; b. draws cartoons for Playboy;
c. shook beer; d. writes plays in unintelligible
language.
time to fill the Colorado River
with paint. The last straw came
when I accidentally spilled a whole
bottle of Cerusian Cerise over the
surface of the clouds. Fortunately,
by the time I had tired of this pro
So I bought some equipment and ject, my parents had turned their
began to paint a scene of the Colo thoughts to another topic.
rado River. At first it was fun. I
My luck did not continue, how
gleefully painted as though I were
another Rembrandt, and the can ever. The latest uprising occurred
when my father announced he had
vas began to fill with color.
tickets to a concert at Orchestra
Then my enthusiasm began to
Hall for a performance by some
lag; it was taking a good deal of
one named Gould. I casually re
marked that I didn’t remember
Student Questions
whether he belonged to the Ani
mals or the Kinks, and that was
Demonstrations' Cause the spark that ignited the torch.
They immediately embarked upon
Dear Editor,
phase two, which I refer to as
In the November 19 edition of “Brahms or Bust.”
Forum you stated that “too often
Now in addition to Saturday ev
youths are disillusioned with move
ening concerts, every night we
ments because they do not atemtpt
to analyze the situation before be dine to the strains of Wagner, lis
ten to FM radio, and watch “Mu
coming involved.”
sic of the Masters.”
Perhaps our desire for analysis
My only hope now is. that my
and governmental action is the rea
son for seemingly irresponsible de parents will tire of this plan. But
then again I may begin to like the
monstrations.
classics. After all — Brahms and
For example, people on both sides the Beatles are both longhairs.
of the Viet Nam issue have ad
mitted that the public should be
given more information about the
n i l e H I lite
war. To quote William J. Lederer’s “A Nation of Sheep,” “an un Voi. 28 — No. 6 Friday, Dec. 17, 1985
informed people must, in the end, Editor-in-Chiei
Jeff Bonner
become a misinformed people, and Page 2 Editors ..................Danae Prousls
Gail Seeskin
a misinformed people . . . are not Pago 4 Editors ............... Karen Waysdorf
a free people.”
David Urman
was that the modern exhibits are
in the west wing, they concluded
that maybe I would appreciate art
more if I did some painting of my
own.
Although I feel that the student
Did you read “The Scarlet Letter” ?:_____ Wasn’t
demonstrators have gone too far
it terrif?_____
with their action, they do represent
Which of the following is spelled right?: a. hypo- youth’s desire to be given answers
potomoose; b. ipipitimis; c. hippy-hippo; d. gee, and to analyze problems provided
how do you spell it?
the government gives them the
Enclose two pictures of yourself. One, before braces, needed information.
nose-job, pierced ears, and hair dye. One after.
Rebecca Ruben ’67
Page 5 Editor
News Editors ...............
Rhona Berkowitz
Ellen Shapera
Sports Editor
Al Sutton
General Staff Bobbi Meyers, Sue Schatzman,
Ed Sucherman, Barbara Baren,
Bob Cooper, Mike Dissen, Marc
Ellenby, Ellen Fabian, Terry Hlrsch,
Carol Horvitz, Linda Lorence,
Laura Migdow, Chris Spores
Exchange Editor
..
Sue Schatzman
Business Manager
.
M arc Ellenby
Artists
Sue Swartwout, Bruce Meyer
Photographers Dennis Ryan, Jim Rathmann
Advisor ..................... M iss Fran M orris
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Friday, December 17, 1965
Page Three
Reflections Dials
Television Channels
"COME A LITTLE
Bit Closer" beckons Jay of the Americans. The group
will perform in concert at Niles East on January 29.
'O n ly in America
Jay and Americans to Visit Niles
FOR THOSE WHO are s till pa
triotic to the American sound in
spite of the overwhelming influence
of the British groups, Niles East
will present Brooklyn’s Jay and
the Americans in concert, accordto Junior Cabinet President Dave
Kroon. The auditorium will once
again reverberate with the rockand-roll beat at 8:00 p.m. on Sat
urday, January 29, 1966.
Jay and the four Americans —
Marty, Sandy, Howie, and Kenny
—will entertain for the entire two
hour show. Their repertoire includ
es an original comedy act as well
as their most successful songs:
“She Cried,” “Only in America,”
“Come Dance With Me,” “Come
A Little Bit Closer,” “Let’s Lock
The Door,” “Cara Mia,” and “Some
Enchanted Evening.”
The group has been engaged in
night clubs all over the country,
and have appeared on television
and the mvoie “Wild, Wild Winter.”
They appeared in “Bye Bye Birdie”
at Tenthouse Theater in Highland
Park and have performed in over
50 two-hour concerts at colleges
Language Clubs
Celebrate Season
and universities.
Like many young groups Jay and
the Americans faced stardom when
their first record, “She Cried,” was
an immediate smash, but soon their
success faltered, and they had to
struggle to keep their name, ac
cording to their manager. How
ever, since that date in 1961, Jay
and the Americans have broaden
ed their scope and worked hard for
their climbing success. Today,
they’re well on their way to es
tablishing themselves as one of
America’s most exciting acts.
“The concert is given annually
to raise funds for the Junior-Senior
Prom,” explained Dave. “Tickets
are $3.00 and will be sold at West
as well as at East.”
FRENCH GO-GO GIRLS, a Spanish pinata, and Russian folk danc
ers will reflect the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Niles East, as the three
language clubs celebrate Christmas and New Year seasons in the for
eign customs.
Spanish club held its annual Christmas party yesterday after school.
Flora and Helen Dragon entertained with Mexican dances, and Spanish
games were played for special prizes. Tobey Benas, Iris Paul, Sue
Baigelman, and Vicki Dunn, Spanish Club officers, organized the fiesta.
Two juniors Named
By Local AFS Board
JUNIORS DAVE Kalin and Linda
Lorence have been chosen as Niles
East’s representatives in the Amer
ican Field Service Program by the
Niles Township AFS Board, an
nounced Miss Jane Burnham,
field service faculty advisor.
The decision of the local board,
which consists of parents who have
housed foreign students or have
children who participated in the
program, is subject to the final ap
proval of the National AFS Board
in March.
Kitty/ Wanaski, ’66, president of
the Niles East AFS student com
mittee informed that AFS members
will be selling candy after vacation
to raise part of the $750 needed to
bring an exchange student to Niles
next year.
The French Club’s party will be
highlighted with French music
and dancing on Thursday after
school, January 6, in the assembly
room. Seniors Sue Dine, Inger
Hauland, and Linda Nelson, and
Junior Ellen Robins have been sel
ected as the go-go girls.
The entire student body is invit
ed to the French A-Go-Go, accord
ing to President Jim Heinsimer.
Admission is 25 cents for everyone
except French club members.
Russian Club plans to celebrate
the Russian New Year on January
14, stated President Ken Schub
ert. Special Russian foods will be
served while students join in sing
ing and dancing to the rhythm of
Russian folk music.
Also adding to the flavor of the
language, Spanish Club made an
excursion to the La Margarita
Restaurant on Rush Street one af
ternoon a few weeks ago. Mexican
food was served, and the group la
ter saw a local Mexican movie.
“THE WHEELS HAVE begun to turn for this year’s Reflections
Revelries to be presented on February 25 and 26,” stated Director Alvin
Schwartz. “However,” he continued, ‘‘the bulk of preparation for the
show will not be made until the tryouts are held in mid-January.
“Reflections will be based on a television format,” explained Mr.
Schwartz. “Because the talent has not yet been scouted, we haven’t
been able to pinpoint an exact title for the show.”
Featured in the revue are two chorus lines choreographed by Sen
ior Linda Brown and Junior Trudy Galnick. “No Business Like Show
Business” will echo through the auditorium as the 12 girls in the in
troductory chorus line glide through their routine. Sandy Arnstein, Bet
ty Beer, Eileen Glutzer, Gail Henich, Diana Johnson, Debby Rebham,
Ellen Robins, Betty Romanek, Jan
Schectman, Sandy Silverstone, Gail
Nancy Represents
Solomon, and Linda Zabore have
been selected for the number.
Niles in NCTE,
Nilehi’s own “Ray Tyler Danc
ers” will perform a percussion and D A R Competitions
tap dance to “Everything’s Coming
Up Roses.” Another group of 12 SENIOR NANCY Shonkwiler has
girls was chosen last week to par been chosen as a state finalist in
the National Council of Teachers
ticipate in this number.
of English annual achievement
Black light and colorful irides
cent costumes will highlight the awards competition. She has also
jazz routine choreographed by Sen been named as nominee from Niles
ior Iris Paul, according to Mr. East in the Daughters of the Amer
Schwartz. Five girls will be chosen ican Revolution award contest.
Nancy, Joe Gordon, and Ken
to dance to the beat of “Alley Cat.”
Schubert were nominated last
“The Stage Band will accompany
the entire revue,” said the enthusi spring by a committee of Nilehi
astic director. “The band set a English teachers. They w e r e
precedent at Niles two years ago among the 8,500 students across the
when they played for the first time nation nominated for the award.
Of that number 837 were chosen as
at Reflections.
state finalists.
“Jugglers, musicians, singers,
Mr. James R. Squire, executive
and actors—we’d like anyone and
everyone who can organize a fin secretary of the Council an
ished act to try out,” he conclud nounced that the names of the fi
nalists are sent to every college
ed.
and university admissions office in
the nation as recommendation for
scholarships.
Senior Cabinet voted last week to
select Nancy as Niles East’s candi
date for the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution Good Citizen’s
award.
She was chosen on the basis of
her school service, leadership, de
pendability and patriotism.
Team Triumphs
performance in
Sunday’s Winter
Music Festival are Seniors Nancy Shonlcwiler, Gary Brown, and Roger Malitz. They played a trio for the piano, clarinet,
and cello by Vincent d ’lndy.
PRACTICING FOR THEIR
NILEHI’S “It’s Academic” team,
consisting of Seniors Captain Lee
Schlesinger and Gregory Arenson,
and Junior Gary Kurc, came from
behind to triumph over Joliet Cath
olic and Wheaton Central High
Schools by 40 points.
Cindy Takes Third in Skating Regionals
‘‘ROCKERS, back-change - loops,
and other paragraph figures are
the hardest to execute,” explained
Sophomore Cindy Watson, who took
third place in the senior division of
the Upper Great Lakes Regional
Skating Championships.
Cindy’s finishing in third place
at Minneapolis, Minnesota, on No
vember 19 and 20, now qualifies
her to compete in the Midwestern
Championships at the Broadmore
Hotel in Colorado Springs on Jan
uary 6, 7, and 8. From there, if
she takes first, second, or third
place, she will go on to the United
Cindy is presently working to
States finals in California scheduled wards a Gold Medal, sponsored by
for some time at the end of Jan the United States Figure Skating
uary.
Association.
“I’ve participated in these con
tests for five years,” Cindy de
clared. “I’ve reached the U. S.
competitions twice and took fourth
place last year. There are four di
visions according to ability — Ju
venile, Novice, Junior, and Senior.
I’ve struggled through all four, and
finally reached the highest this
year.”
“I must pass eight figure tests
to receive a medal. I’ve already
passed six, but the last two are
real challenge,” she exclaimed.
Cindy’s dreams include partici
pating in the ’68 Olympics. To pre
pare for them she spends three
week-nights and every weekend at
th skating rink in Wagon Wheel re
sort in Rockford, Illinois.
Santa Faces Peril at 'Pole Place'
(The Nilehilite continues
its "year for a change" prec
edent by bringing to Niles
East a scoop. W"e’ve scooped
th e
Sun-Times," we've
scooped the " T r i b u n e u e've scooped "Alad Aiagazine/ '
we re scooped the "Chicago
Defender, and we've scoop
ed the bottom of the barrel
in presenting an exclusive in
terview with Santa Claus on
the eve of one of his historic
midnight rides.)
MR. SANTA CLAUS, 66, (otherwise known as Kris
Kringle, St. Nick, and Ded Moroz) of B4 Yuletime
Road, North Pole, will not have a Merry Christmas
this year. It seems that trouble has been lurking
in the rumble seat of his sleigh.
It all began last week when Claus singed his
hoary beard while smoking in the washroom. But
Claus had not seen the end of his woes. The events
which followed turned the peaceful Pole Town (pop
ulation: twelve reindeers running, seven elves a
hammering, two Clauses hoeing, three French hens,
two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree)
topsy-turvy with more problems than a half-hour
episode of Peyton Place.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Dixen, several
members of Santa's swinging combo, “Fatty Claus
and his Horney Friends,” which he leads during the
“off-season” walked off the job in a sympathy pro
test over the John Birch rumor
that Rudolph the Reindeer is a
Commie.
Misfortune was unrelenting. While
test-driving a skateboard Claus
skidded into a stock pile of surplus
hula hoops, dislocating his upper
dorsal vertebrae.
To cap a week filled with sor
row. Santa was informed that he
lost his patent suit filed against
the Jolly Green Giant for alleged
misuse of “Ho, Ho, Ho.”
“Ah well,” summarized Claus
with a low groan, “That’s the way
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the dreidle spins!”
A PERFECT WHEELIE !l “
.tt
fortunate collision with a pile of surplus hula hoops.
�Friday, December 17,1965
NILEHILITE
Page Four
Candle M agic
Miracle of Light
by Donna Blacker
English 71
OUR ATTIC is icy-cold in the winter. The clothes and the costumes scattered on the
floor with no regard for order feel cold and dry as I move through them toward the attic
window. In front of the window stand two rusty metal containers.
On one can, the word Chanukah
is printed. I pry open the lid, look
intently into the container, and see
a huge star. Beneath the star rest
plastic dreidles. I lift one out and
spin it on the dusty floor. “A great
miracle happened t h e r e,” the
dreidle says, as the Hebrew-print
ed faces whirl around. Reaching
back into the can, I pull out a gold
mesh bag with a torn red draw
string, but I have not yet found the
menorah.
I OPjEN THE OTHER can, and
my fingers grasp a cold and heavy
object. I lift our brass menorah
and look at the eight candle hold
ers. At the very top of the menor
ah stands the shamas with its star.
Closing the can, I glance out the
attic window at softly tumbling
clouds of snow. The attic is dark,
but my tarnished menorah glows
quietly beneath its dust, glows with
the knowledge of past wonders, and
with the warmth of my memories.
This is the menorah of the mir
acle. Into such a lamp, the priest
in the ancient Temple poured the
sacred oil, oil enough for one day,
but oil that lasted eight days,
blessed by a miracle and charmed
by magic. The menorah holds a
secret: the echoes of Matthias’
cries as he called the sons of Is
rael to be faithful to God, the
marching of Judah Maccabee and
the miracle of the light.
MY MENORAH holds more than
secret magic; it holds memories,
memories of my father lighting
blue and white Chanukah candles,
memories of my sister and myself
struggling through t h e Hebrew
blessing over the candle, memor
ies of my parents’ proud faces
when they heard us. I remember
the special gifis that came with
each bright new candle: a cher
ished artist easel, a doll carriage,
a huge doll named Winnie, who
walked, talked, and sang.
W ouldn't You Rather
Switch Than Fight?
THE ULTIMATE method for buy
ing holiday presents enables you
not only to please all your friends
with your thoughtfulness and insight
into their wants, but to outwit, highpressure salesmen in the process.
The secret lies in this simple
statement: Buy what the salesman
forces you to buy.
He will invariably try to sell you
something that is utterly wrong for
the person you had in mind, but
accept his advice and buy it any
way—everything will even out in
the end. This is the system’s basic
premise.
You begin by attempting to buy
a present for the first person on
your list, Aunt Hattie—old, sweet,
adorable, and wise. What could be
a more perfect gift than a nice
thick book to read on wintry eve
nings? Don’t despair when the
salesmen pushes a subscription to
“Popular Mechanics” instead; it
will fit in perfectly with all the
other presents you will be forced
into buying.
For Dad there is the inevitable
tie. But when the clerk urges you
to buy him an outdoorsman type
hunting knife, don’t let it bother
you that his outdoor activities con
I hear my mother calling me
downstairs, and I carry the men
orah down to polish it before we
light the first candle. The snow has
drifted to a halt, and I place the
menorah on the table in our bay
window. I hum softly as I lift the
two candles, a blue and a white,
out of their box and sit down to
wait for my family.
IF YOU HAVE a young sister, you will probably
consider getting her a doll for the holiday season.
But be careful—dolls have changed.
Once upon a time, dolls were simple creatures of
cloth with lovable, moronic faces. Ingenious toy man
ufacturers have changed all that. Nowadays, the
most rudimentary of dolls can walk, talk, drink, bat
her eyes, and wet her diapers. Some of the more so
phisticated models set their hair and attend proms,
and the most accomplished of them converse with
miltilingual aplomb. Apparently, there is nothing
humans can do that dolls cannot be made to imitate.
If the present trend continues, dolls will become
increasingly human. They will no longer merely
walk; they will ride bicycles, maneuver skateboards,
and hitch rides from one another. Instead of re
stricting their speech to short, simple phrases, they
will engage in lengthy gossip fests by telephone, and
hum “Satisfaction” and “Mrs. Barbie, You’ve Got
a Lovely Daughter.”
FEMALE DOLLS will not only set their hair; they
will rat it, douse it with hair spray, and complain
about its appearance. (They won’t really be dissatis
fied, though—just fishing for complaints.) Their
wardrobes, extensive even today, will include items
“lifted” from Lilliputian department stores by ju
venile dollinquents.
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Toys Pose Threat
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Already there are mechanical dolls who can
“learn” simple facts. Dolls of the future will attend
school and will behave just like human students:
They will sleep in study halls, fidget in lunch lines,
smoke in washrooms, and serve detentions issued by
DSO (Doll Service Organization) monitors.
FINALLY TOY COMPANIES will take the ulti
mate step, and manufacture dolls capable of marry
ing and raising doll families. When dolls reach this
stage of development, the position of the human race
will become precarious. Most dolls are not very well
treated, and we humans may suddenly find ourselves
faced with a worldwide doll rebellion. The doll troops
will equip themselves with miniature, but lethal,
weapons—weapons which even now are being cas
ually .distributed by the same ingenious toy manu
facturers who will soon be creating dolls capable of
using them. If this battle for world dominance were
to be escalated to nuclear warfare, all terrestrial
life might well be annihilated.
THE ONLY WAY to prevent such a disastrous
turn of events is to nip it in the bud. Buy your sis
ter that doll—but not the walking, talking, eating,
sleeping, diaper-wetting kind. Probably all she real
ly wants is a simple creature of cloth with a lov
able, moronic face.
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can. Contact me immed.
HAVE REPORTS and other papers piled up so high by the semes
ter end that you’ve been tempted to put a want ad in the paper for a
typist to come to your aid? The student who doesn’t type has a problem
on his pen weary hands.
THESE HARMLESS
looking boxes may hold toys that are
potentially dangerous.
C^liridtmaA cjCiahtd
by Rhona Berkowitz
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symbolizes Chanukah, holiday of lights.
by David Urman
From the Ivory Tower
sist entirely of golf and lawn mow
ing. Go ahead. Buy it.
The same principle holds true for
Mother. Buy her that antique sew
ing box even if she hasn’t sewn
anything in the past five years.
Maybe she will take the hobby up
again sometime.
If you have an older sister, the
problem of selecting a gift will not
be difficult if she is a lover of pop
ular music. Go into the record
store with the idea of buying a
Beatles album and come out with S 3 »
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has never wanted.
Now your shopping is done. It is
time to collect your presents into
one big pile and employ what is
undoubtedly the most unique part
of the plan: the technique known
as “switch.” Give Auntie’s sub
scription to Father, Father’s knife
to Brother, Brother’s ski cap to
Sister, Sister’s record to Mother,
and Mother’s basket to old Aunt
Hattie.
All will be delighted with their
presents, and you will h a v e
emerged victorious in your fight
with high-pressure salesmanship.
A GLOWING MENORAH
Thousands of infinitesimal
lights
tangle about the trees
imbedded in the
Michigan Avenue
cement
People scurry and
plod
packages piled high
above their eyes:
toddlers in lumpy ski suits
old women bent and wadd
ling
sophisticates— high heels
clicking
Salvation Santas noisly
clanging bells
But all too busy to notice
one tiny light flicker and
die
in the rush of christmas
A writer takes down about 25
words a minute, while a good typ
ist can type as much in a third the
time. Besides, typing looks neater
than most writing.
The scribe who labors over his
letters and who wants to finish
quicker is faced with three possi
bilities. First, he can type himself.
But somehow either the amateur
typist’s ribbon wears out halfway
through the second page, or the
e key jams whenever it is pressed.
Second, he can call up the paper
and place an ad like the one above,
even though it will cost about $10
a week.
BUT BEFORE he lugs the type
writer from the hall closet or be
gins dialing, the student or even
the teacher can try one more pos
sibility — the Future Secretaries
Club’s new Typing Service.
“We’ll type up anything people
at Niles East want; we may even
expand to the rest of the commu
nity,” explained Club President
Elaine Nachman. “The price for
the work will depend on how com
plex the material is, but it will
probably be about 25 cents a page,
and a nickel extra for carbon
sheets.”
Senior Donna Blacker, another
Club member, told the girls’ moti
vation for starting the Service.
“WE’RE SPONSORED by the
National Secretaries, an adult or
ganization that arranges tours and
jobs for us and picks a scholarship
winner. For these benefits, we
have to pay a fee which has been
increased this year.”
The girls decided that a Typing
Service would be a helpful way to
obtain money. If a student is inter
ested in having work typed, he
should see Miss Immel, club ad
visor, in Room 326. This experi
ment may prove that the type
writer is mightier than even the
pen.
�Friday, December 17,1965
N ILEHILITE
5
The Problem Is A ll Wrapped Up . . .
GiftReturns Flow In
IN JUST EIGHT days, Americans across the country will reach under their Christmas
trees for their gaily wrapped presents and o:en them with hearty “thank you’s.” Then,
when the novelty of the gift and holiday has worn off, the once pleased receiver will take
that “beautiful” gift right back to the store at which it was originally purchased.
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timated at over $40 million dollars) the nation’s stores can look for a main ones being that they are
record number of gift returns. If past experience is any indication of either unwanted or don’t fit. Cloth
what is to be expected, one out of every ten presents under the yuletide ing leads the list of returns. The
blame for 90 per cent of clothing
will be back on the merchant’s shelf after January first.
returns can be attributed to our
Competitive Reasons
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parents. Our mothers seem to
Accepting and exchanging re
returns will start in three weeks, think that dad is much more musturned gifts can be an expensive
and sometimes, notes a Detroit cular than he actually is, ¿nd thus,
proposition, (one store puts the
merchant, “for the oddest rea- buy clothing two or three sizes too
average cost at $1.25 to $1.50 per
sons.” One Detroit woman, for ex- l a r g e . Similarly, fathers are
item), but shopkeepers are re
ample, tried unsuccessfully to re- constantly underestimating their
signed to the practice.
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merchant put
turn an 11 year old mirror which H ate’s figure. One ------ |figf BW
SOME, like the Chicago business
it, “When it comes to selecting
man who was picketed for five she claimed was as good as new clothing, all husbands think their
hours by a woman who wanted to “because nobody ever looked into wives are cute and petite—but that
return a gift before he agreed to it.” A Los Angeles mother marched was years ago.”
accept it, have given ground reluc into a department store carrying
the nicest people on a honda.” And who could he nicer
✓/
YOU MEET than old Kris Kringle delivering our Christmas goodies.
Mister, try and tell them that
tantly. Others, like New York’s a $30 doll, minus its hair and eyes.
Wallachs clothing stores, actually Her child, she insisted fruitlessly,
.......................
run advertisements inviting the ex- was an an8e^ an(* couldn t possibly
F o r Those Who Think New
change of not-just-right gifts. But, have broken the doll unless it was
defective to begin with.
most merchants fall in middle
ground, accepting returns for pure
Clothing Leads Returns
ly competitive reasons.
Odd Reasons
Most gifts, however, come back
FOR ALL you gadget buffs there opener, and the T.V. space comInvited or uninvited, the flow of for more sensible reasons. Two
is something new that you might mand control, is man’s latest marwant to add to your collection of vel, the push-button telephone,
revolutionary and obviously func
The “antique” dial phone, once
tional articles.
considered a luxury by many, must
“DOCTOR, LAWYER, or Indian of approximately $13,200. Partners
p or a mere fjve dollar installa- now be regarded as a pauper’s neChief,” children used to chant. Now in long-established law firms earn ^ on fee an(j one dollar and fifty cessity. For the push-button phone,
however, no little cherub dreams a median salary of $36,100 an- cents extra per month, you can be Bell Telephone’s newest wonder
of becoming Sitting Bull; instead, nually.
the proud owner of the most unique toy, makes “yesterday’s” phone obJames Bond is his idol, and the The aspiring secret agent can adult toy since the invention of the solete.
modern version is: Doctor, law- anticipate an adventurous life as James Bond Aston-Martin. Now
Now, you can press your girl
yer, or secret agent.” These three an p g j agent. As an FBI agent competing with the electric toothfriend’s number in one-fourth the
are exciting and profitable profesmust meet rigorous physical re- brush, the electric garage door
time it previously took you to dial,
s*
onsquirements, and be a graduate from
or a little less than three seconds.
The aspiring doctor must attend an accouunting or law school, beThis means that you can talk for
college for 8 years, customarily fore Spending 13 weeks in training
one hour and nine seconds instead
four years of pre-med and four with the Bureau. A beginning field
of the usual hour. Also, your par
years of medical school. Subse agent is paid approximately $6,505
ents can’t hear the zzzz click zzzz
quent to his graduation from medi annually, but the more experienced
click of the noisy “old-fashioned” , ,
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cal school, the future M.D. must agent can earn as much as $11,090.
model when you make calls after greet you
serve a minimum of one year’s
THE SALARY of an FBI agent
internship before he becomes eli
^ours'
However, if you tend to be the
may not be outstanding, but the
gible to receive a physyician’s li
WHILE ON THE subject of noise rather conservative, practical indicense. According to the “Occupa action is. A doctor may need the
you must consider the musical vidual who believes that teeth
tional Outlook Handbook,” a gen most years of schooling, but he
beep this marvel emits each time shoul dbe brushed by hand, teleeral practitioner in a metropolitan reaps the greatest financial re
you press a button — a different vision knobs are made to be turned,
area can expect to net over $15,000 wards. A lawyer has a difficult
note for each button. Throw away and cars do quite well without ejecclimb to the top, but the personal
annually.
your little black book and remem- tor seats, then, perhaps, the touchAN ASPIRING lawyer needs to satisfaction afforded him is limit
ber girls’ numbers by the song the phone is not for you. But, if money
complete six years of formal less. The question, however, re
phone plays. Or, if you’re in need is no object, and you feel a craving
schooling following high school, be mains — “Doctor, lawyer, secret
of a date, try pot-luck, press your for the newest status symbol, then
fore he can take the Bar examina agent . . . ?”
favorite tune and see who answers. ask for Beil Telephone’s marvel
tion. An attorney with less than
Play “Hey - You - Get - Off - Of - for this year’s Christmas present.
five years’ experience can expect
to earn $4,980 annually; one with
15 to 19 years can expect to earn
$11,700; and one with 25 to 29
years can expect an annual income H e ’S 3’ 1” and he’s 90 pounds.
Touch-Phone Hits Home
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Looking Towards the Future...
Frosh of M any Lands
He fights with spit balls and rubber bands.
He’s all of 14 and his beard has not yet grown.
He’s been a freshman in a 1000 lands.
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to
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e ’s
a grease, a collegiate, a scapegoat for jeers.
mimic, a puppy, and a clown*
knows there’s no elevator and still he buys a pass
decorate his briefcase which is brown.
A .ND he’s failing in Non-Western,
And he’s failing in algebra,
In gym he can barely reach the rings.
He copies his brother’s papers
his tests and all his themes
and he thinks he’ll pass English with all these things.
B U T without him how could seniors always seem to
look so big?
Without him who would there be to push around ?
He’s the one who gives his body as a weapon of the lunch line
And picks up seniors’ books ’cause he’s so near the ground.
H E ’S the universal freshman and his pants are much
too big.
His spirit for ’ole Nilehi abounds.
He’s eager to shout “freshman” although his voice has not
yet changed,
And he dreams of days when like a man he’ll sound.
Back
The Good Old Days
TIME WAITS for no one.
Revolution so I could take knit
ting lessons from Madame DeFarge.”
Eras of fascinating adventures
can not be repeated, but if there is
a possibility of a fourth demension, Linda Witcher, ’66: “1935 — so I
could see what went on between
then there is the possibility of re
my parents before they got mar
living periods of history.
ried! ! !”
When given the chance to travel Jim Rathmann, ’66: “The turn of
into their own “twilight zone”
the century before women got
Nilehi students answered diversely
any rights.”
to the question, “If you were Fath
er Time and could turn the clock Inger Hauland, ’66: “The Roaring
20’s when people took champagne
back to any period in history, when
baths.”
would you like to live?”
Ron Rabin, *66: “ 1938 to see if my Wally Lazar, ’66: “I want to be in
California—NOW!”
dad really had to walk 20 miles
through the snow to school.”
Ellen Shapera, ’66: “The time of
Lady Godiva so I wouldn’t have
Marcia Levitan, ’66: “I’d like to
to worry so much about clothes.”
live in the Civil War period so I
could wear long granny dresses Sue Goldberg, ’67: “The 1700’s beto school.”
cause men w e r e gentlemen
then.”
Mike Gerber, ’66: “The 17th cen
And now as the New Year ap
tury so I could see what Mr.
proaches there will be those who
Welch looked like as a kid.”
will want to relive 1965—but time
Rhona Berkowitz, ’66: “The French marches on!
�N ILEHILITE
Page Six
Friday, December 17,1965
Proviso Powerhouse Faces Cagers
Sophomores Find Winning W ay
PROVISO EAST, last year’s SL cage champs who stunned New
Trier last week 50-48, will be the Trojan’s opponent tonight as East
takes on the Pirates at 8:30 at home.
The Trojans, 0-2 in SL play, hope Dan Nielsen scored 24. Junior
to have the servcies of their 6-3 Steve Plotkin tallied 18 for Troy.
center, Dennis Bailen, who was
Sophs Look Good
sorely missed last week against
While the varsity has found their
Waukegan. Waukegan, with three schedule pretty rough the sopho
players over 6-4, easily defeated mores have looked exceedingly
good with an overall record of 4-1.
the Trojans 74-46.
Evanston Game Close
In their first league contest of the
year against Evanston, the Men
of Troy lost 64-46, but were in the
game until the last two minutes of
play. It was during this time that
Evanston, with Roy Houston, cen
ter, leading the way, poured in 13
consecutvie points to pull away
from a 51-46 lead.
and Steve Plotkin (right) battle for the ball
with their Niles North opponent. The Trojans
tried hard but could not hold their lead and fell to the Vikings 50-47.
DENNIS BAILEN (34)
(Photo by Rathmann)
The bright spot in the season has
been the annual East-West game.
The Trojans, having lost three
times in a row to West, broke the
Indian’s jinx by winning 82-69. Co
captain Jeff Gendelman led all
scorers with 29 points while Senior
the ’65-’66 state crown, as Cech and
Pontecore, both of whom finished in
the top four in the state last winter are back. They are adequately
supported by Pauss, Upin and Mittelberg, who also should have a
chance to pick up all the marbles,
However, the three minute over
time period found the Trojans un
able to pull out a win and lost 4945.
Tomrorow night both teams face
West Leyden at home, and during
the Winter Recess, the varsity will
compete in the Grayslake holiday
tournament.
of the finest teams in the state,”
maintains Senior Scott Siegel, “and
after that discouraging loss to Waukegan, we are really looking forward to the Waukegan Tournament.”
JEFF GENDELMAN
calmly sets himself before attempting
free throw against Evanston. The game
was close until the final two minutes
when the Kits pulled away to a 64-46
win.
Gymnasts Split; At Home Tonight
The Niles
year, and the
face a double
and Thornton.
“WE THINK THAT we have one
Pirates Next for Matm en
NILES EAST varsity wrestling
team, expected to give Nilehi one
of its best possibilities at a state
championship, faces Proviso East
tonight 7:30, at Proviso.
The Trojan varsity grapplers, af
ter fighting their way to consecu
tive victories over Niles West,
Niles North, and Ridgewood in a
quadrangular meet, as well as
Wheeling and Glenbrook South, fi
nally dropped their first match of
the season, 23-17, to perennial pow
erhouse Waukegan.
Against Glenbrook Saturday night
the Men of Troy managed to win
eight out of 12 matches, with Jun
ior Tim Cech getting the only pin
of the meet.
As of today, only Seniors Ira
Upin, Bill Pauss, Ron Pontecore,
and Cech remain undefeated, as
the squad boasts a 3-1 slate.
FRIDAY NIGHT, the Trojans lost
one of the most highly contested
meets of this or any season, as
Cech, Upin, Pauss, Pontecore, and
Junior Heavyweight Vic Mittelberg
managed to defeat their Waukegan
opponents. Pauss earned the only
Niles pin of the evening in the los
ing cause.
Actually, the Nilesmen must be
considered a genuine contender for
Last week the soph cagers met
a much taller Waukegan squad,
but kept right in the game till af
ter the last second! With no time
remaining on the clock, Mark
Bishop, guard, sunk two free
throws to tie the game at 43 all.
East varsity gymnastics team, 3 and 2 this
Trojaji sophomore team, 4 and 1 this year,
duel meet tonight against Glenbrook South
The meet will start at 7 :30 in the Girl’s Gym.
Last week the Trojan v a r s it y -----------------gymnasts split two meets. They but has more strength in parallel
lost to Prospect on Friday night, bars, tumbling, and trampoline,”
68 to 64, but beat Forest View the said Head Coach Thomas Sokalski.
following afternoon, 82-50.
The sophs, coached by Mr. Carlo
Steadily improving with each Traficano, is a comparatively small
meet are Senior Mark Lazar, Jun- squad, composed of nine gymnasts:
ior Barry Slotten, and Sophomore five freshmen and four sophomores.
Mike Zissman and Steve Kite.
Freshmen Seymour Rifkin, Mark
Shachtman, and Ernie Miller are
At the Forest View meet, one of eXpected to be strong contenders
the judges, Evanston’s coach Ron £or state honors when competing
Walden, commented, Slotten s last £or
varsity. Sophomore Jerry
trip down the mat (tumbling) Rajher also has shown fine skill on
would have given him a place in the side horsG) as has sophomore
state last year.
Hector Mandel who is improving
“As a whole, this year’s team is steadily on the trampoline with
comparable to last year’s team, every practice.
Bleacher Beat
by A L S U T T O N
Sports
LITERALLY USING
his head, Junior Barry Kife tries to avoid
being pinned by his opponent.
Tankmen Aim for 2nd SL Win
THE TROJAN VARSITY tankmen, 1-0 in Subur
ban League competition after upsetting Waukegan
last week 51-44, will meet Proviso East at Proviso
tonight at 7:30 looking for their second SL win.
However, the varsity tankmen stand 1-4 for the
season thus far, losing to North, West, Maine South,
and Glenbrook South in non-league competition. The
Northi Vikings easily swam over the Trojans 65-30;
however, the Indians of West defeated the tankmen
in the last event, and handed the disappointed Tro
jans a one point defeat, winning 48-47.
The varsity tankmen are led by Senior Don WiT
chert, swimming the 200 and 400 yard freestyle
events; Senior Rich Liebman, swimming the 100
yard butterfly; Senior A1 Greene, swimming the
100 yard backstroke; Junior Bob Simon, swimming
the 50 yard freestyle; Junior Rich Miller, swimming
the 400 yard freestyle, and Sophomore Tom Harring
ton, swimming the 200 yard individual medley.
New School Record
AGAINST WAUKEGAN, Wichert posted first
place finishes in both his events, and Greene set a
new school record with his first place time of 1:01.1.
Senior Ed Chalfie, Juniors Bob Simon and Ken Stone,
and Sophomore Tom Harrington finished first in the
last event, the 400 yard free relay, breaking a 44-44
tie and winning the meet.
The sophomore swimmers, who also will face Pro
viso tonight, post an overall record of 2-3, after both
Niles West and Maine South in exciting 48-47 vic
tories.
Sophs Promising
THE SOPHOMORE TANKMEN are led by Tom
Nigut in the 150 yard freestyle and 50 yard butterfly
events, Steve Wolfinsohn in the 50 yard freestyle,
and Robbie Stiegel in the 300 yard freestyle. Other
promising sophomore swimmers include Victor Mor
ris, Marc Ellenby, Dick Saffro, Sam Warshawer, and
Dick Peterson.
The sophs were aided by four skilled frosh swim
mers in their victory over Maine South. The winning
200 yard free relay team was composed of Fresh
men Ed Thiry, Wayne Thomas, Scott Solberg, and
Paul Katz.
Editor
THIS YEAR’S BASKETBALL season seems to be one of the most
unusual ever. It is not the year of the great varsity team, but rather
the year of the underclass team.
First, UCLA and their star-studded freshman team appeared on
the national scene. Headed by 7 foot 1 inch center Lew Alcindor, the
Uclan freshmen defeated thoir varsity, ranked number one in the coun
try at the beginning of the collegiate season, 75 to 60.
Now, here at Niles East it is the sophomore team which draws
greatest praise from Trojan hardcourt fans. While it may not be strong
enough to beat our varsity, the sophs could probably give the Trojan
veteran cagers a good battle.
STRANGLY ENOUGH, the sophomores do not have a really big
man on their team. Tallest soph eager is husky Gary Minkus at about
6-2. Scott Glickson, a real jumping jack at 6 feet, is the sophs’ most
consistent scorer at his forward position.
Supporting this talented front line are guards Earl Wolf and Mark
Bishop and forwards Glenn Krause and Larry Rudd.
Bishop, a spectacular Trojan tennis star last year as a freshman,
is the sophs’ best piaymaker and a fine ball handler. Mark also has a
line outside shot and is quite a ball hawk. Wolf also has a fine shot and
can drive for the basket. Krause and Rudd give the sophs that needed
scoring punch up front. Both are fine hustlers.
OF COURSE, a great deal of the credit has to go to Coach Bill Osr.ess. A varsity eager commented that Mr. Osness was excellent at
leaching basketball fundamentals. Mr. Osness has molded his team into
a fine working unit where each player is a team man.
The sophs are now 4-1, the loss coming last week against Waukegan
in overtime. If they continue to hold their poise, the sophs should find
.nemseives in the first division of the Suburban League by the end of
this basketball season.
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Seeskin, Gail, Page Two Editor
Waysdorf, Karen, Page Four Editor
Urman, David, Page Four Editor, Page Five Editor
Berkowitz, Rhona, News Editor
Shapera, Ellen, News Editor
Sutton, Al, Sports Editor
Schatzman, Sue, Exchange Editor
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