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Farewell
Mrs. 7hie
See pages 2, 3
Volume 30 — No. 8
NILEHILITE
Niles Township High School East — Skokie, Illinois
CAST AND CREW positions for
Soprano chorus members in
the spring musical “My Fair clude Carolyn Anderson, Rebecca
Lady” have been announced by Bianchir, Carol Glaberson, Laurie
drama director Jerry Proffit.
Gold, Nancy Holland, Susan Kam
mer, Bonnie Kaplan, Kristine Kie
The cast in order of appearance sel, Susan Klein, Donna Klein
includes:
schmidt, Karen Swartout, Karen
VanCleave, Kathy Wolters, Ceena
Mrs. Eynsford Hill ....E lle n Miner
Eliza Doolittle ....D e b bie Gurwitz
Wortman, and Patricia Young.
Freddy Eynsford-Hill. .Ernie Miller
Alto chorus members include
Colonel Pickering ....L e o n Natker
Letvia Arza, Debbie Berkson, SuHenry H iggin s........ Bob Beazley
Bartender .............. Mitch Darin
zy Bobrov, Donna Donile, Marcela
Alfred P. Doolittle ..M yron Sonkin
Feldman, Debbie Friedman, Carol
Mrs. Pearce ......... Nancy Becker
Johnson, Kris Johnson, Helaine
Mrs. H o p k in s ........Babette Black
Kleiman, Ellen Render, Maria
Mrs. Higgins ........... Sue Lipner
Sobol, Chris Strom, Renee Vlad,
Lady Boxington ..........Bena Buzil
Flower Girl ....E ilee n Weintraub
littering of the Senior Lounge, such as shown here, will reand Valerie Ward.
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EXCESSIVE
suit in stricter enforcement of rules when the lounge reopens
Tuesday.
Zoltán K a rp a th y ........Jack Silver
M a i d ................ Susan Freedman
Senior Lounge To Reopen
semester,” Sam pointed out. “The
students were abusing their priviledge.. This semester we are be
ginning with a clean slate. Our
rules will be stricter and the dis
cipline more severe. However,
these measures are merely to in
sure that the lounge remains open
One of the major reasons for the full year.”
closing the lounge was to assign
new monitors and to train them
See ‘Forum’ Editorial, Page 2
for taking attendance and keeping
order. Attendance procedures will
remain the same; however, all
Although eating is permitted, no
regulations will be enforced more card playing, excessive littering or
rigidly.
vandalism will be allowed. All
AFTER REVIEWING the condi
tion of last semester’s Senior
Lounge, Senior Cabinet will re
open the lounge Tuesday, Febru
ary 13, President Sam Warshawer
has stated.
rings and are not allowed to leave
the lounge at any time during the
period. Moreover, students with
early dismissal programs may
not enter the lounge during per
iods for which they have no class
es.
“VIOLATION of any of these
regulations will result in perma
nent exclusion from the lounge,”
continue Sam. “Last semester,
three week suspensions were used
for punishment; however, this
method proved ineffective.
“The operation of Senior Lounge
“WE DON’T want the lounge to students must be in their assigned
| be run as loosely as it was first study hall area before the bell involves no faculty members,”
Sam concluded. “If it fails, the
fault will lie entirely with the
Senior Class.”
Westinghouse Science Contest
See Page 3
Friday, February 9, 1968
SENIOR ALAN Goldman has
been selected as one of the 300
Imembers of the Honors Group
Icategory in the nationwide Westlinghouse Talent Search, according
Ito the Niles East Science Depart-
Bnent.
Al, selected from 24,000 partici
pants throughout the nation, spent
[approximately two and a half
■years doing the necessary re| search and actual experientation
■necessary to enter the contest.
■Al’s project, “Biomagnetic Phe
n o m en a ,” demonstrated that unW er certain conditions, plants
■growing in magnetic fields have a
■ aster growth rate than those
■grown under normal conditions.
Conducted 1,000 Experiments
K A winner of last year’s Illinois
■State Science Fair, Al estimates
nthat he conducted approximately
1,000 experiments, both at school
iand at home, under the supervi
s i o n of Mr. Alan Kent and other
■members of the Science DepartJment.
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I Despite the quantity of the ex
perim ents, however, Al explained
■that the cost of conducting his
I project was extremely low. “This
experiment provided a maximum
famount of results at a minimum
[of cost.”
Entry Carefully Judged
“However,” Al related, “The
project itself is certainly not the
hardest part of winning this hon
orary award. There is also a
lengthy personal data sheet and
an extremely difficult exam cov
ering the full range of advanced
sciences and mathematics. After
this, each entry is carefully anal
yzed and judged by the founda
tion’s professors and research
ers.”
The honors science student hopes
that his award, although not mon
etary, will increase his chances
of obtaining admission and schol
arships to one of the colleges he
hopes to attend, namely California
Institute of Technology or Massa
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chusetts Institute of Technology.
“But more importantly,” Al con
fides, “this award is a gratifying
reflection on myself, the students,
j u|«
USE
of the equipment in the Science Seminar room is Senteachers, and parents in this com r n M M I X U U J C ;or Alan Goldman, recent recipient of an Honors
Group rating in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search.
munity.”
Forensics Club Trains Speakers;
Prepares for District State M eet
TO PROVIDE students with the
opportunity of becoming better
trained in public speaking is the
aim of Forensics Ciub.
With this purpose in mind, For
ensic speakers prepare to com
pete against 29 other high schools
in the District State Meet, to be
held February 17, at Niles West.
THE AUDITORS, under the dir
ection of Sponsors Gary Borich
and Jerry Proffit, include Jan
Arnopolin, ’69, Joel Feldman ’70,
Natalie Iglitz ’68, Sue Klein ’71,
Richard Marcus ’70, Steve Schnei
der ’70, Norm Silber ’69, and Jer
ry Rosen ’69.
“Both Sue, who competes in
poetry reading, and Jan, who per
forms in the area of serious read
ing, have received consistently
high ratings in the past,” Mr.
Borich commented, “and I expect
them to do quite well in the com
ing meet.”
The club already has attended
two preliminary meets at DeLasalle Institute and Deerfield-High
land Park High School.
COMPETITION is limited to 10
basic categories, explained Mr.
Borich: extempore speaking, or
iginal oration, serious and comedy
Marlene Loochtan, Linda Zook,
and Fraya Morris. Properties cochairmen are Jill Mise and Paulene Tselekis. The property crew
includes Jacki Brittan, Sandy Abeles, Betsy Tselekis, Jean Cattell,
and Phyllis Goldman.
Nancy Holland and Jeanne Jungwirth are in charge of ticket sales.
Luann Witt is prompter.
Musical and vocal direction is
under Mr. Earle Auge. Mr. Rich
ard Tendick and Mr. Alan Kent
are technical directors.
TENOR CHORUS members in
clude Stephan Berenson, Nancy
Dunn, Carol Greenwald, Linda
Mandell, Marla Rapoport, Dennis
Rothman, Joan Syaller, Merle
Shapera, Arthur Tyska, Randy
Witt, Cass Diamond, and James
Simon.
Bass chorus members include
Joe Capezio, Jim Conix, Emil
Dworianyn, Steve Fisher, Tony
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Grandinetti, George Joslyn, Stew
art Karge, Roger Kimball, Har
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vey Koelner, Glenn Kruse, Gary
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Minkus, Ross Shimberg, Paul Un
WÈÈÊÈÈlÊÊÈËÈm
derwood, and Jeff Johnson.
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Make-up crew chairmen include
Laurie Gold and Sue Kempton.
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Make-up crew members are Rob
erta Naftulin, Jan Kantro, Carol
Ooker, Liz Neidorf, Marcia Wein
er, Michelle Ogman, Denise Vlad, "JUST YOU wait, 'enry 'big
gins," shouts Sen
Miriam Kaleko, Becky Anderson
ior Debby Gurwitz, playing Eliza Doo
and Mary Even.
little in the musical " M y Fair Lady."
COSTUME MISTRESSES a r e
Nancy Gilmore and Connie Por
ter. Their crew icludes Elise Roth,
Places Goldman in Top 300
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M ania
Beazley, Gurwitz W in Lead Roles
In Lerner, Loewe's 'Fair Lady'
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4ft
Ivy-League
reading, after-dinner speaking,
verse reading, original mono
logue, radio speaking, prose read
ing, and oratorical declamation.
Students are judged on the basis
of command and knowledge of the
part and voice inflextion.
The contest in each field con
sists of three rounds after which
the top five students are ranked.
Speakers also are graded on a
scale froih one to ten, one being
the lowest and ten the highest.
Winners are determined by rank,
whereas the points are used only
to break ties.
Five Accept
New Positions
A s Teachers
FOUR NEW teachers and one
staff alumna have joined the Niles
East faculty as the second semes
ter of the 1967-68 school year be
gins, according to Dr. Merton
Haynes, assistant superintendent.
Miss Renee Sherer will fill a
gap in the English department left
vacant by the departure of Mrs.
Fran Thie. Miss Sherer, who stu
dent-taught at Niles West before
coming to Niles East, will teach
Senior English and Journalism
and will sponsor the NILEHILITE.
She earned her teaching credits at
North Park in Chicago, having
graduated from Miami University
in Ohio.
Miss Susan Blank, a recent
graduate of the Chicago Circle
campus of the University of Illi
nois, will be a part-time addition
to the mathematics department.
Miss Blank, a native Chicagoan,
student-taught at Mather before
joining East’s faculty.
A half-time annexation to East’s
physical education staff will be
Miss Carol Ann Vavrinek. She has
her degree from Eastern Illinois
University and has had a year’s
experience with the Peace Corps.
The Home Economics department
will be enlarged by the addition
of Mrs. Grace Nyvall. Mrs. Nyvall
taught in Evanston before coming
to Niles.
Mrs. Sylvia Bush, a social stud
ies teacher, will return to Niles
East, where she has taught before
both as a permanent teacher and
as a substitute. Mrs. Bush has
both her bachelor and master of
arts degrees from Northwestern
University.
�NILEHILITE
Page Two
Friday, February 9, 1968
Credit Cards M a y M ean
'Charge It' Privileges
by I. M . Bankrupt
IN THE last issue of the NILEHILITE, an editorial was pub
lished supporting t h e possible
adoption of a student activities
passbook. The editorial stated that
under such an arrangement, a
student would be able to buy the
book at the beginning of the year
and could then attend numerous
school activities at discount rates.
ing change. It could prove a ma expenditures. This could either be
jor safety factor for freshmen, paid all at once by the end of the
too.
six-week period, or else in install
WITH A special attachment on ments, with a slight carrying
the machines, students could get charge added.
potato chips just by inserting their
In connection with the program,
cards. Since they wouldn’t have and again following the great exto wait until they had the neces a m p l e of American industry,
sary fine, students would return “Gold and Blue Trading Stamps”
late library books sooner and might also be issued. For one
quickly pay for lost textbooks and book, a student could get a copy
gym equipment.
of “The Scarlet Letter.” You
I feel that this plan has definite
Installment Plan
could cash in 15 books for a pad
drawbacks, most important of all,
Every month, e a c h student of signed library passes, or may
the basic idea of “pay now—buy would receive a statement of his be . . .
later” is contrary to all the con
cepts of modern America. Anoth
er system, however, could prove
to be a great convenience for all
students. That system would be a
school version of that great Amer
ican institution, the credit card.
Committees Formed To Find
Solutions to S S O Problems
‘Charge It’
A students’ “Spend-It Card,”
would enable him to buy anything
sold in the school, and he wouldn’t
SE N IO R CABINET secured student lounge privileges for seniors last
have to carry around bothersome
semester, but was very disappointed in the way the lounge was run
ning at the semester's close. The NILEHILITE editorial staff shares this cash.
Urge Student Respect
disappointment and is appalled
that many seniors have shown.
at the total lack of responsibility
By just saying “charge it,” he
could get tickets to the Junior
When the student lounge was opened last semester for use by sen Cabinet Concert, lunch in the cafe
iors during their free periods, it was assumed that the seniors had the teria, a copy of “Walden” in the
maturity to appreciate this added recreational privilege and to treat school store, or a bus ticket to an
away game.
it as such.
“Spent-It” would also make it
much easier for English teachers
to take orders for “Golden Gal
leon,” and it could be an excellent
way of improving relations be
tween students and SSO study
Nevertheless, the senior lounge is being reopened this semester once hall supervisors, because most up
again, but any continued vandalism or violation of its rules will force perclassmen would not be carryHowever, students, particularly seniors, have overturned chairs, strewn
paper and potato chips all over the floor, kicked in walls and potato
chip machines, and have shown total disregard for the lounge. Seniors
have cut classes and school and have used the senior lounge as an excuse.
THE EXECUTIVE board of the Student Service Organization has
recognized “a general feeling among students, administrators, and
teachers that SSO is not doing a very good job,” according to Senior
Tony Novak, SSO coordinator.
Therefore, SSO is now moving
along with the cooperation of Mr.
Arthur Colver, assistant principal,
toward finding some solution to
many serious problems.
When interviewed recently, Tony
made the following observation: “It
seems to me that the fault with
SSO lies in the basic philosophy of
our study hall system. SSO was
set up in the belief that a selected
group of students could maintain
discipline over their fellow students
in a compulsory study hall.
“It was taken for granted that
the students needed these compul
sory study halls. I, as well as many
its closing immediately, the NILEHILITE has learned. In addition, students
who abuse the privilege of the senior lounge by cutting classes and
school will not be allowed in the lounge for the remainder of the sem
ester rather than for just a few weeks.
Letters to the Editor
The NILEHILITE along with senior cabinet urges the seniors to have
more respect for themselves and to therefore have more respect for the
privilege of the lounge.
'S tu d y ' Halls Questioned
others, no longer take this for grant
ed. I feel that the student should
be able to determine for himself
what he wants to do with his free
time.”
TO HELP to alleviate these prob
lems, the SSO Executive Board,
composed of coordinator Tody No
vak, Seniors Mark Bishop, SSM
head supervisor; Larry Halperin,
SSD head supervisor; and Scott
Glickson, SSSH head supervisor has
realized that other opinions should
be heard and expressed.
For this purpose they have or
ganized a student committee to fur
ther look into these problems. The
members of the committee aside
from the executive board are Sen
iors Hal Brody, Jane Lerner,
Curt Rodin, and Sam Warshawer;
Juniors Tom Carneal, Andi Cohen,
and Kevin Kreitman; and Fresh
men Bob Kaufman and Merle Sie
gel. This committee contains SSO
members, student leaders, and
students picked at random from
the student body.
1)EAR EDITOR:
transformed the responsibilities of
..
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,
the position in an SSO study hall
At the start of the second se- t0 exploited privi,eges.
mester of this school year, there
The NILEHILITE editorial staff wishes to thank Mrs. Fran Thie, ad- were in existence approximately
-,An SSO _
.
,_“study”. hall has become
.u
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visor to the NILEHILITE for the past three years, for her understanding, 22 student supervised study halls such a faroe that there now are
patience, and dedication to this newspaper.
These study halls are composed ?<>veral committees studying var^
^
of students of all four grade lev- 10US proposals on how to improve
Starting Tuesday, February 20,
Mrs. Thie, who resigned last month, will accompany her husband on els and are generally supervised these study halls or to eliminate
his new assignment as a nuclear physicist in Bombay, India.
by seniors. Throughout the year, them. The major complaint of the meetings of this committee will
thev have been noted for their students in SSO study halls seems be open to the entire student body.
The editors and staff of the NILEHILITE will long remember the nights aln^ st ^
k ck of discipline and to be the supposed favoritism
The first meeting will be after
Mrs. Thie spent helping us meet our overdue deadlines. Mrs. Thie truly flexibmty with the non-existence shown in the selection of officers,
served the role of "advisor" and not "censor" to our newspaper.
of standard attendance proce- I have received suggestions offer- school in room 120, and anyone who
wishes to voice his opinion con
She always encouraged us to exercise editorial judgment and to ap- dures.
Students as a whole,
remedies to this problem that
cerning SSO will be welcome.
predate the responsibilities accorded to a free press. Once again, thank whether pupil, chairman, assis- range ^ om, „e^ lon.
° ^ c® hy
rs
you very much Mrs. Thie.
tant Chairman, or secretary, have the study hall to the selection of
Another committee is also being
officers by faculty members. At
formed to look into the study hall
the present time, the study hall
problem. This committee will be a
Your W rite to Say It
officers are selected by me with
joint effort of SSO and Student
the assistance and approval of the
Council and will attempt to pro
period supervisor. We try to se
vide some unity of purpose.
lect students as fairly and objec
tively as time and conditions al
low. We look for students that
by Pat Lustman, English 82 seem to possess a leadership qual
ity and command respect from
FOR YEARS people’s lives revolved around the prisingly enough, very few admitted atheists. Many fellow classmates,
Published 16 times during the school
activities of and duties to their respective churches.
today will admit to being agnostic but society genPROBLEMS arise when these year by the students of Niles Township
It is my belief that the church’s role as a social erally tends to frown on the completely areligious classmates take advantage of High School East, Lincoln and Nile*
center has dwindled to almost nil and that RELIGION person. I feel many of us would like to know the re- friendships to break the rules set Avenues, Skokie, Illinois. Printed by j
IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE ligious satisfaction that our parents did. Let us hope up by
ggQ Executive Board Lawndale Lithographing Co., Skokie,
YOUNG, HAS BECOME AN EXPRESSION OF that it isn’t plain laziness that keeps us from having and tbe school. It is the general
WANT IN TIME OF NEED.
First-Class Honor Rating
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failure of students in student suI feel I should recognize the fact that my opin
A VETERAN, who by some great accident might pervised study halls to show the Columbia Scholastic Press Assn.
ions are, to an extent, influenced by the hazards of read this paper, could possibly and very indignantly respect due the officers of the National Scholastic Press Assn.
affluence; a life of economic ease tends to make the
1966-67
seek me out. He would in no uncertain terms re- study hall as their peers. When
individual take for granted the basic necessities
mind me that “There are no atheists in foxholes.” each student realizes the responFriday, Feb. »,
which so many people “pray to God for.” However,
A1though I would not be able to change this response sibility he owes to his fellow stu- Vol. 30 — No. •
by saying that God exists to some only in an ecoMarc Ellenbf
of emotion, I feel I could use it to prove my state- dent, study halls will serve for Editor-in-Chief
Joyce Fechttr
nomic-give-me relationship we have exposed the hy ment. Soldiers, known throughout history for their studying — not for parties, riots, News Editor
Feature Editors ..........
Robert Cooper,I
pocritical religiousity of these people.
Carol Horvltz j
loose moral attitudes, have turned to God in a situa- and exits from school. I urge each Sports Editor .......
Steve
Vetzner1
Young people today are proven to be more tion in life and death, A TIME OF NEED.
Robert Shapiro j
student to live up to his responsi Make-up Editor
General Staff
Gall Caplan.3
knowledgeable than their counterparts of forty or
bility to himself and his school so
Greg Kovaciny, Jane Lerner,
fifty years ago. They have increased to a great ex
In essence, one miight think that most of the that s s o can continue to give the
Laura Migdow, Mark Nemerovskl. ;
Caryn Nudelman, Eric Palie»<
tent the amount of education wheich they receive.
ideas of religion are not real. A religion that is or- students the opportunity to exhibit
Trudy Schaffner, Joel Schatz, |
Linda Wankovsky, Susan Wavsdorj
The product of this education has been taught to ganized would ideally be unethical. To me it seems
leadership qualities
Business Manager
Mark Nemerovikl j
doubt and question the mysterious. It is this teach that while religion is priding itself of its stress on the
Exchange Editor
Joel Schat*
Artists
Barbara Kruglick, Robert Roth |
sincerely,
ing which will cause great doubts about religion and individuals knowing God personally, it masses him
“hotographers
Larry Auerbach.
Bruce Brown, Ron Gould,
together in a generalized worship of that God. ReScott Glickson ’68
the seemingly mystic atmosphere it possesses.
Ernie Schweit, Richard Waysdon
ligion should be as unique as the individual.
SSSH Head Supervisor Advisor
This questioning of God has brought about, surM iss Renee SherF
Editorial Staff Offers Thanks
7 7
The God of Youth
NI LEHI LI TE
�NILEHILITE
Friday, February 9, 1968
Pare Three
W ork Experience Offers
Diversified Employment
THERE IS A COURSE at Niles East whose prerequisites are few, whose supplies man include mon
key wrenches and telephones, whose classroom”gym be the Midas Muffler ,shop, and.. that pays up to 40
»*...<■«—
,
.
may
dollars a week. The course
the Work Experience program.
This program, now in its fourth year, consists of 24 juniors and
seniors who spend the morning going to school and work in the after
noon in Skokie, Evanston, and surrounding areas. Students work as
secretaries, automotive mechanics, shipping and receiving clerks, gen
eral office personnel, bank personnel, and in various other positions,
explained Mr. Stuart Olney, faculty supervisor of the program. Students
work at such firms as the First National Bank, Skil Tool Corporation,
Illinois Bell Telephone Company, and Midas Muffler.
Campagna is pictured here with her work-ex
perience employer and Nilehi graduate W illiam Fischer, former work-study student.
SENIOR CHARLOTTE
'Go
Responsibility Increased
-------"
To get into the program, Mr. Ol either a junior or senior, must be
ney explained, a student must be taking three other major subjects
and physical education, and must
be able to find his own job. The
program, then, tries to help the
student achieve certain goals.
EastYoung Man
THERE ARE MANY different
“Leagues” in the English language,
There is the American “League,”
the National “League,” “Twenty
Thousand ‘Leagues’ Under the
Sea,” and of course the Ivy
“League.”
ting into the Ivy League are not
reserved for males only; co-eds are
able to join the fun by applying to
one or more of the Seven Sister
Schools. Last year Barnard, Bryn
Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe,
Smith, Vassar, Wellesley accepted
3,756 girls while turning away 9,178
What is the Ivy League? It’s hopefuls.
many things. It’s a group of fel
lows who play football together for
One of the most interesting bits
the sport and not for the fringe of information is the admission cribenefits. It’s a suit with thin lapels
teria that these “Ivy” colleges desand tapered trousers (definitely
‘out of it’ for those who play the cribe in their college catalogues.
include personal recommendations
by principals, headmasters, and
teachers as well as superior College
Board scores. “Princeton seeks to
admit those who show the clearest
promise of profitting by their experience as scholars and as human
beings, thereby pnhanping their capacity to serve.”
mod scene). The Ivy League is also h™ aWii!! i l i S ! i S
a group of eight American colleges sensitivity, courage, l o y a l t y ,
noted for their age, power, leader warmth, enthusiasm and energy.”
ship, and prestige. Who become the
members of the Ivy League? — an
Yale writes that in addition to
elite few.
academic promise, the Admissions
Last year, 45,611 applications Office looks for “something extra.”
were mailed to Brown, Columbia,
Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn ■Great weight is given to demonsylvania, Princeton and Yale. Of strated talent of a high order, whethat number 12,364 students receiv ther it be in service or writing,
ed “we are pleased to inform you” athletics or art, leadership or mu
acceptance letters; the rest re sic, dramatic ability or experimen
ceived “due to lack of space” re
tal ingenuity.”
jection slips.
formed of the action k *en by our
Admissions Office.” They are wait
ing, hoping, and anticipating . . .
. . . waiting . . . hoping . . . an. . . wataing . . . hoping
anticipating. . . .
H arvarH look«: for “ f*harartpr n r& a
Co-Ed Counterpart
The tensions and turmoils of get-
Approximately 60,000 students
have sent in their applications to
their favorite Ivy League schools,
Around April 15 they will be in,
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fromN ilehi
to Maharashtra
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Nuclear A ge Takes Teacher To India
Their departure has been postponed several times because the
building in which Dr. Thie, a nuclear physicist, will test nuclear
reactors, has not yet been completed. The test center is 40 miles from
Bombay, in Maharashtra, India,
by Carol Horvitz
Dr. Thie has been engaged to run
I HAVE BEEN doing a lot of deep thinking and feeling about the tests at the Tarapur (nuclear test
American problem, termed by some the Negro Problem or the Civil center) for six weeks or more, in
jRights Movement.
conjunction with a project sponv.
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sored jointly by the American and
na
, HC l Segregned T . T ' ? ' ’
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un a very protected way of life: segregated economically andTattitudepise. By the design of our parents we have been brought up facing as
Uittle hardship as possible. Living in the suburbs, we have “safer”
fctreets, more open sky, more space between our houses and apartments,
|and “better” schools. Most of us don’t have to worry too much about
Ivhere the next meal is coming from. We are insulated from the major
problems of the world, of America, of Chicago.
I THROUGH OUR four years of high school, many of us have grown
PP to an awareness of the world which extends somewhat beyond our
■yeryday experience. It consists of finding out that we are a part of a
world in which crazy, irrational, hurtful things happen. But still we live
■ery comfortably; our concern, no matter how deep intellectually or
■motionally, remains largely viicarious. It has not come from consistent,
Hirect confrontation with violence or hunger.
■ I worked in an overnight camp this summer with a fully integrated
B a ff and camper body. The campers came from various backgrounds
Bonomically, racially, religiously, socially, and geographically; slum,
y d ale-class, upper-class; of white, black, and mixed parentage; CathoProtestant, Jewish, atheist; Dutch, Canadian, Californian, LouisianNew Yorker, Chicagoan, New Jerseyite. The important thing is that
Bmehow we all lived together. You see, it can be done.
H THERE WERE MANY PROBLEMS; there are always problems in
■ rge groups of people. And there was a great deal of hostility and mis■Ust whenever a new group arrived. But these mistrusts gradually
■ ded out as camp became more and more a common experience, a
common meeting-ground. They never disappeared — you cannot make
B a r s of prejudice and fears disappear in four or eight weeks. But there
■R s one thing that I did notice; the younger the kids, the easier the
B etmg- the quicker the fading-out of mistrust.
I
So what can I say back here in Skokie, Illinois? What can I do? I
B o w that I tasted something very deep and very full last summer and
■ * hard tor me to say where my summer has left me now. But I just
wanted to tell you a little about it, anyway. Because the real question
is — where has it left us?
Employers ‘Grade’ Students
According to Mr. Olney, many of
the students retain positions obtain
ed during the school year in the
summer and the following years.
“Employers are generally favorab> the program and are quite
Pleased with the work participating
students are doing- Students can
continue as long as they want in
the Pr°gram> as many colleges of
fer similar work programs for students.”
“First, the student is given the
opportunity to get experience in
fields he is considering as a career.
THE COURSE, a full credit subSecondly, the participant is given 3ect. is graded on a pass-fail basis,
the opportunity to make and to stated Mr. Olney. “At the end of
save money for college or other ex- each six-week period the employpenses he may have. More import- ers evaluate each student both in
antly, however, the student gets writing and orally, and it is on this
experience necessary to become basis that the supervisor decides
more responsible and adapt to a whether the student’s work has
work situation,” explained Mr. 01- been satisfactory or unsatisfactorney.
y.” Students are graded on their
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1
attitude towards work, their abiliOne of the students participating ty to get along wilh ’otherSi and
in the program, Senior Karen See- other personality traits
dorf, “ telephone u p cid tu i <u im a wicj/uwic operator at Illinois Bell, agrees, and feels that the
The diversity of students in the
program “enables the student to program is great,” explained Karbe more responsible in school. The en. “There are college-bound stunecessity of being at the job on dents, students who seek permanent
time every day, with much demand- employment, and those who stay in
ed of you, also brings similar atti- school almost entirely to stay in
tudes towards school. Schoolwork the p rogra m ,”
MRS. FRAN THIE, former advisor of the NILEHILITE, is eagerly
waiting for a “crack in the wall” to be fixed so that she and her hus
Applicants Must Wait
At Princeton admission criteria band, Dr. Joseph Thie can leave for India.
karoleidescope
improves in quality, and attendance
tardiness, and behavior all improve
as well.”
■
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m
m
“We’re planning on traveling to
as many places in India as possible
during weekends. We’ll be close to
Bombay, we expect to visit New
Delhi, and a new city that is being
built by the government, similar to
Brazilia.”
■■
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Mrs. Thie mentioned that she is
also looking forward to contacting
the friends and relatives of Indian
Ir:dian. g°vernments' and Ga“ ral graduate ..
students that she knows
Electric.
here. Besides meeting Indians, she
THE THIES expect to leave any- and Dr. Thie will become acquainttime between now and the end of e(j with other American scientists
February, depending upon when at the test center.
the crack is fixed They will fly to
“AFTER LEAVING INDIA,” she MRS. FRAN THJE, nilehilite
New York then to LondoIli and
continued, “we will spend a week advisor, will be traveling^ to India this
then to Bombay.
in Europe, visiting friends and rela month when her husband goes there
tives in Spain and Germany, and to help test out a nuclear reactor.
possibly making side trips to
France and Switzerland.”
Of course, in accordance with the
tourist tradition, they will be tak
ing pictures during all their travels.
Mrs. Thie confided that Mr. Everett
Colton, history teacher, gave her
the rest of his unused film, and
she will take slides which he was
not able to take when his vacation
last summer was interrupted by
his accident.
“I was awful sorry to leave school
and the newspaper,” Mrs. Thie con
cluded, “but naturally I’m terribly
excited.”
Mrs. Thie, who was just married
over Christmas vacation, came to
Niles East three years ago from
the staff of the English depart
„ .
counselors
ment as English teacher, journal
CAMPERS A N D congregate
ism teacher, and newspaper ad
in front of the Oblong Friends Meeting
visor.
House, Pawling, New York.
Coming Up
Monday, February 12
N o School
Thursday, February 22
Junior Cabinet Conceit,
8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 23
N o School, Institute
Day
Saturday, February 24
NM SQ T, 8:30
a.m
.
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Page Four
Friday, \February 9, 1968
Gymnasts Soar to New Heights
UP, UP, AND AWAY must be
where the Varsity gymnasts are
headed this season, because it
doesn’t look like they will stop
trampling opponents until they
get there.
The record book clearly tells the
story, with nine wins offsetting
just one loss. In the Suburban
League standings, Troy’s 3-0 puts
them right at the top of the list,
alongside Evanston. And tonight’s
clash with New Trier East could
very well make each of those win
columns one greater.
Outlook Looks Good
Probably even more important
than the record, though, is the
outlook. There are three contests
left, then the Suburban League
meet, and state districts and fin
als. Coach Tom Sokalski is fore
casting very favorable results,
barring, of course, the unfore
seen. “At the present time,” he
stated, “the chances of our taking
the SL championship don’t look
that dim.”
Examining the possibilities of
another team state finish like last
year’s fifth, Coach Sokalski again
predicts success. Eight boys now
look state-bound. These are Lee
Sandler and Hector Mandel on
trampoline, Mike Zissman, Rich
Nagel, and Seymour Rifkind on
still rings, and Rifkind, Jeff Lev
in, and Bob Quintanales on parallel
Thindads Suffer Loss;
Look to District M eet
TOMORROW AFTERNOON the
Trojan trackmen will seek to
avenge their first loss of the sea
son when they take on Niles North
and West in the township trian
gular.
Last Wednesday, the tracksters
lost their opening meet of the
season to Maine West, 59-50 in a
closely contested match-up.
The Trojans recorded several
first place finishes, but failure to
capture many second places lost
the meet for them.
W i n n i n g performances were
made by Mike Rich in the 50-yard
dash, Arnie Rotkin in the halfmile, Nate Sahlke in the shot put,
high jumper Bryan Green, and
quarter-miler Bill Gardiner. All
are seniors.
A handicap for the team has
been the injury list which includes
dash man Mike Mogill and miler
Jerry Letzkus. Both were out for
the Maine West meet; otherwise,
East might have won.
According to Coach Oatley a
first-place finish in the Blue De
mon Relays and first division
placing in the Suburban League
Meet are the goals for the team.
bars. Rifkind should also be a top
contender in all-around.
“With a nucleus of these boys,”
explain^ Mr. Sokalski, “the team’s
chances of placing in the top five,
and possibly the number one state
spot, are very good.”
New Moves
Adding major new moves and
constantly improving routines are
vital to a gymnast, especially
when he is preparing for a contest
as important as state. Many of
these changes have become quite
apparent in the past few meets.
Sandler’s new mount on tram
poline is a triple front somersault
with a half twist, and his recent
awards of 8.7 and 8.9 reflect its
success.
On r i n g s , Nagel’s Olympic
change and Rifkind’s newly added
double back somersault dismount
are helping to raise the scores of
both.
Rifkind’s one arm handstand on
parallel bars, which he has used
all season, shows its value in his
undefeated meet record and in a
recent 8.6 score.
TROY’S VARSITY CAGERS will cure a fifth-place tie in the Sub
try to get back on a winning trail urban League.
as they play host to Highland
East currently sports a 3-6
Park’s Little Giants tonight.
league record (9-7 overall) and is
a game behind the fifth-place (4In an effort to rebound from a
5) Giants. Troy’s ’67-’68 course is
72-50 loss to Proviso East, the running parallel to that of last
Trojans will duel the men from year’s team which finished fifth
the North Shore in an effort to se- with a record of 6-8.
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Bl A C U
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handle Lind as well as his two
able colleagues, Center Art Elliot
and Forward Kim Hammerberg.
East will also need scoring gem
Mark Bishop to make a sufficient
comeback from the ankle injury
he sustained against Evanston.
The injury has cut Bishop’s scor
ing output in half, but his hustling
and defensive play still makes him
one of the league’s finest compet
itors.
Picking up the slack, though,
has been Scott Glickson, who ex
cels in defense and rebounding,
and is up to par with his SL adver
saries.
Gymnasts, Swimmers Star
-
READY
with a blast to the boards, Senior Scott
Glickson tries to avert a defender.
Tanksters Drop Close One
AT
Highland Park may prove to be
tough competition. Led by super
star Brad Lind, the league’s top
scorer, they bowed to East, 65-64,
in a December contest.
GETTING OFF to a slow start,
Troy trailed the Little Giants 3619 in the second quarter. Mark
Bishop netted 22 points and a
stingy defense held Lind to only
18.
Mike “The Preacher” Cummings
proved to be the hero as he stole
the ball and layed up two points
in the final second of play.
In order to beat Highland Park,
the Trojan defense must again
Penetrations
Lose on Last Event
GOING INTO the last event in
last Saturday’s swimming meet
against Proviso East, the Trojans
were hanging onto a slim lead.
The event was the 400 yard Free
style Relay.
But alas, East lost that event,
and as a result, the meet. The
*69, performs a 'sfutz' hand, which should be
a major part of his state routine.
SEYM OUR RIFKfND,
Cagers Eager to Host H P Foes
Quick-Kicks
MARCH will be a challenging
month for Trojan cagers as they
plunge into rough competition in
the State Regionals. In the first
round groupings, published this
week, East drew Notre Dame, un
defeated in the Suburban Catholic
League.
Other first round contests will
find Evanston meeting St. George,
Niles North against New Trier
West, and Niles West against New
Trier East.
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tanksters have had several close
meets which they have lost by
way of a disqualification or tenths
of a second.
Another problem for the team
has been the absence of Senior
Steve Wolfinson, who has been out
for the past six weeks with a
of the gun, David Jansen, '68, and Jim
Hawkins .69 dar+ ¡nto act!on.
broken wrist. Wolfinson is due to
return to action tomorrow.
Despite this, the tanksters have
been steadily improving and per
formances by certain swimmers
give cause for optimism.
JIM HAWKINS, a junipr, holds
the best time in state for the 100
yard breaststroke with a 1:03.9
clocking. Hawkins placed first in
the Proviso meet.
Paul Katz in the 50 yard free
style has oeen another consistent
performer. Other first place fin
ishes in the Proviso meet were
the 200 yard medley relay, Jim
Simon in the 200 yard freestyle,
Scott Solberg in the 200 Individual
Medley, Lee Bollow in the 100 yard
backstroke, and Wayne Thomas
in the 100 yard butterfly. All are
juniors.
Looking ahead, the swimmers
have a meet against Evanston to
night, and face Lake Forest on
Saturday.
.i. ,
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K t...
by Steve Vetzner
WHILE NILES EAST FANS have been focusing their main atten
tion on the trials and tribulations of the basketball team, the present
and future success of two other winter sports should not go unnoticed.
Led by two superb junior athletes, the gymnastic and swimming
teams (although not capturing many headlines) have been performing
extremely well. With state competition just around the corner, both
sports seem headed for high finishes.
In recent years, swimming has been low man on the totem pole
as far as winter sports is concerned. Although this year’s record is
just mediocre several individuals have brought the team up to respectibility and greater success may be forthcoming.
Hawkins Sets Records
One of these individuals is junior Jim Hawkins, who holds the best
time in the state this year in 100 yard breaststroke with a 1:03.9 clock
ing. Hawkins could be the first East swimmer to capture a state cham
pionship.
IF HE DOES, it would at the same time Niles a shot at placing
high, possibly as high as fifth. To do this however, at least three other
individuals would have to qualify for state.
Niles has always had a tradition for fine gymnastic teams and this
year is no exception. In fact a member of the team will gladly ex
pound on how the Trojans will finally gain a state gymnastic cham
pionship. And well they might, too. But a lot of things must go right.
Rifkind Sure Thing
One of the things that is sure to go right is the performance of
junior Seymour Rifkiiid. Last year Rifkind placed fifth in state on the
parallel bars is a strong favorite to take this year’s crown. He is also
strong on the high-bar and all-around competition.
Although he is small, Rifkind’s size helps him and has a great
deal of strength. Being only a junior, Seymour has the potential to be
one of the great gymnasts at East.
Three senior performers give Coach Tom Solkalski reason to be
optimistic about the state meet. They are seniors Lee Sandler, Jeff
Levin, and Rich Nagle.
Sandler is a contender for the trampoline championship while Lev
in, a parallel bar performer overshadowed by Rifkind, could show
his ability by placing among the top five in a state.
But a lot of things have to go right. A fall cost Niles one state
championship. Perhaps the pendelum will swing the other way this
time.
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NILEHILITE, February 9, 1968
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Ellenby, Marc, Editor-in-chief
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Cooper, Robert, Feature Editor
Horvitz, Carol, Feature Editor
Vetzner, Steve, Sports Editor
Shapiro, Robert, Make-up Editor
Schatz, Joel, Exchange Editor
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