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NILES EAST HIGH SCHOOL, SKOKIE, ILLINOIS
In the Spring ...
Flower Power Blooms at East
F LO W E R C H IL D R E N are not
completely obsolete, at least not
at Niles East. One senior has
been making and selling flowers
to anyone who wishes to buy
them.
Barbara Lazar said that one
I day she brought two flowers to
I school to give to one of her
teachers. “ Kids in school saw
the flowers and asked me to
make them some, too.”
The flowers come in all col-
lors,
multi-colored or solid.
There are three sizes, large,
medium, and small, selling for
$1, 50c, and 25c. “ I have to
charge these minimal fees,”
Barb explained, “ because it
costs me money to buy all of
the materials with which to
make the flow ers.”
TH E FLO W E R S A R E QUITE
D E C O R A TIV E and can really
brighten up a room. One student
stated that she thought that ev
ery classroom at East should be
decorated with at least one flow
er.
Barb said that she would con
sider making flow er centerpieces and decorations for any
parties, such as sweet sixteens
or birthday parties.
To order flowers from Barb,
just contact her or any of her
friends, telling them the size
and color of your choice. It
might take a few days for your
order because her orders are
multiplying very quickly. “ When
people see me carrying the
flowers, they stop and ask me
where I got them,” Barb said.
B ARB HAS BEG U N E X P E R I
M E N T IN G with different ways
of making the flowers. “ I love
trying all sorts o f different collors together. I have been think
ing about spraying perfume on
the flowers to create a pleasing
scent, but this is still only in
the experimental stage.”
Although flow er making takes
up much o f her time, Barb feels
that it is w ell worth it. “ I en
joy making flowers because it
makes me happy, and I think
that these flowers make other
people happy, too.”
Receive Academic Awards
for
Leslie Pliskin has been award
ed a scholarship from the Searle
foundation. It covers tuition,
room, board, books, lab fees, and
$400 a year fo r incidentals. This
scholarship m ay be used at any
college fo r a four year period
and m ay possibly be renewed
for graduate school.
Leslie was one o f the three
Niles Township recipients sel
ected fo r this award. Originally,
nine students from this area
were competing fo r the scholar
ship.
B EFO RE B E IN G CHOSEN for
this scholarship, Leslie was in
terviewed tw ice and spent a
full day in testing for personal
ity, Ig , and memorization.
NILES E A S T C U R R E N T L Y
has a program geared for both
college-bound students and those
who do not have their sights set
on college. It is the cooperative
Work-Study program. The pro
gram utilizes business and in
dustrial resources available in
the community.
Coordinators are responsible
I for placing students in school
approved jobs that meet indi
vidual needs.
To be eligible for the program,
Visiting students on the job
for Retarded Children. Just recently Miss Marysue Urbanus, who
is a special education teacher, started a Skokie chapter of YouthN ARC , youth organized and united to help. She has planned many
activities for the retarded children of the Skokie area.
What is Youth? Youth is a group of young people who wish to
be friends with the retarded. Their purpose is to raise money and
use it for parties and supplies for needy retarded children in in
stitutions. One Youth group has actually instituted some changes
in their state institutions.
Youth is always looking for more people to help. It needs
support in order to succeed. Some of the upcoming projects are
an Easter egg roll, a prom for older children, a car wash to raise
funds and donations to the Dixon state mental institution. F or
more information, contact the Youth steering committee, Beth
Halper, ’70, Laura Rosset, ’70, Andy Goldstein, ’71, and Debbie
Halperin, ’70, or Miss Marysue Urbanus.
AFS Sponsors Gandy Sale
The Am erican Field Service is sponsoring their annual fund
raising candy drive for the foreign exchange student program
this month.
The traditional almond bars, and new pecan meltaways have
been added to the chocolate variety. The almond bars sell for 50
cents each, while the individual meltaways are selling for a
nickel. “ The individual pieces are selling much faster than the
bars,” explained junior Michele Wachovsky. AFS members began
the candy sale March 13.
Project 70 Plans Hunger Walks
On M ay 3 the Am erican Freedom from Hunger Foundation
will launch another attack by its Young World Development pro
gram, P roject 70. F ive Hunger Walks are planned in the Chicagoland area and various speakers w ill be lecturing to the community
to get people involved in the fight against poverty and environ
mental abuse.
R IC K AC C U M U LATE D 115%
on the test; contestants Paul
Epton and J eff Alexander scored
98 and 74 respectively. The
team ’s total was 288V2 .
A STU D E N T M A Y W O RK no
less than 15 and no more than
25 hours a week, although he
m ay work additional hours on
weekends if he chooses.
N.A.R.C.—is it a drug detection agency? No, as a m atter of
fact it has nothing to do with drugs. What it does deal with is
children, special children. N A R C stands for National Association
The program is concerned mainly with bringing the Niles
students and foreign exchange students together. “ The AFS motto
is, ‘Walk together, talk together.’ ” Candy is still available and
w ill be until after spring vacation,” explained Miss Rochotte.
Rick Schubert was the highest
scorer on the National Math con
test given Tuesday, March 10, at
Niles East.
a student must be 16 or older
and must have both his parent’s
and counselor’s consent. Stu
dents are graded on the pass-fail
system and receive two credits
per semester, one for classroom
work and one fo r actual em
ployment.
1 T R Aids Mentally Handicapped
NAC
Junior Carol Tarantur, AFS treasurer, is chairman of the
candy sale. Juniors Gayla Kosh and Denise Karhoff, are president
and vice-president respectively of AFS.
Leslie will attend Northwest
ern University next year with
plans of going into medicine.
When asked about his reaction
upon first hearing the news that
he was selected, Leslie com
mented, “ I was am azed.”
Niles East is predicted to have
a good chance of placing first
in the state. The official results
w ill be known at the end of this
month. Niles East holds the
highest score known at this time.
Niles North scored 238 and Niles
West scored 218.
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AFS Sponsor Miss Judy Rochotte stated, “ Generally, this year
has been more successful than the last three years. More kids buy
the individual pieces, mostly because everyone carries loose
change.”
Four Niles East Seniors
FOUR N IL E S E A S T SENIORS
Thurs., Mar. 26, 1970
The AFS candy drive money pays for the cost of bringing the
foreign exchange student to East and sending our exchange stu
dents to other countries. Jim Simon, last y e a r’s foreign exchange
student, studied Spanish and was sent to Chile where his Spanish
was helpful.
Flower child Barbara Lazar, sits in her blooming garden.
have received recognition
academic achievement.
!
Leslie Pliskin (above) and Rick
Schubert (below) have shown
academic achievement in their
recent endeavors.
at least once every other week,
discussing their progress with
employers, and counseling those
who are having difficulty with
some aspect of their job or
schoolwork are important parts
of the coordinator’s work.
Many changes are foreseen for
the program in the near future.
There w ill be a moving away
from
the form al
classroom
structure and more separation
of students in terms of interest
areas.
E very Sunday the C.O.R.E. committee heads of the north
suburban walk meet at St. P e te r’s Church on Oakton Street in
Skokie. Its committees are Health, Energy and W elfare, Com
munication and Transportation, Publicity, Community Involve
ment, Schools (walkers and school recruits), Administrative, and
Finance. P roject 70 needs sponsored walkers, people to work on
committees, and organizations to donate time and money for its
inner city problems (Open Pantry, breadbasket, daycare centers),
national, and international projects.
Over 27 high schools are expected to participate in the 30 mile
walk, and all interested parties should call the office, 967-8450,
weekdays between 3 and 5 p.m. or get in touch with their school
representatives. The office is open seven days a week. Walkers
should find their own sponsors and w ill be issued walk cards and
registration form s on A pril 13.
S u m m e r ^Uacation C^omeâ é^arii
Niles East students will be happy to know that summer vacation
will be a week longer this year. Instead of school letting out on
June 18 as planned, school for underclassmen will end on June 12
because of snow days that were not used during the year.
Summer school, as a result, will begin June 17 and end July 29.
Students may register for summer school from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, May 1 through June 15 in the summer school
office portable unit at Niles West. Niles East students may register
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 11, 12, and 13 in Room 108.
�Thursday, Mar. 26, 1970
NILEHILITE
Page Two
Opinions of the People
Dear Editor,
For the past four years we
might have left an impression
of being two apathetic students
of Niles East. This is because
we were silent; which doesn’t
necessarily
mean we didn’t
care. We did care and we still
do. And that is why we feel
it is now im perative for us to
express our feelings and give
you an insight of another side
of the recent incidents occurring
at our school.
John Palm , Judith Pildes, and
Nancy Tripp commenced all
this turmoil. Yes, we feel they
instigated the entire situation.
They are three radical teachers
who were hired to teach Eng
lish. And once hired, they were
expected to do their job AC-
CORDING TO THE RULES,
just as any other job anticipates
of its employees. How many
employees can disregard their
standard codes without some
sort of questioning involved? If
this at all would jeopardize
their job or reflect on others,
they would im m ediately be dis
missed and expected to go
where they can be accepted.
Why should these three very
intelligent
teachers
overlook
such a very important factor
as this?
John, Judy, and Nancy are
the answer to Niles East’s Pied
Pipers. We use their first names
so loosely because that is how
they wish to be referred to.
This to us, is F A K E . This
“ buddy” relationship is insin
cere. Are they friends because
Personal Essay
by Les Pliskin
MUCH C O N TRO VERSY HAS
developed over the recent crisis
at Niles East. Students, teach
ers, and administrators from
the entire Midwest, ranging as
fa r north as the University of
Wisconsin and as far south as
the University of Illinois, will
be closely watching the results
of this conflict. Basically John
Palm , Judy Pildes, and Nancy
Tripp have been charged with
these four offenses: 1) Not tak
ing attendance; 2) N ot issuing
grades; 3) N ot following curric
ulum; and, 4) a lack o f good
judgment on their parts. How
ever, each of the three teachers
since directed, has records prov
ing that he or she has taken at
tendance and has referred any
student missing three consecu
tive days or ten days in a mark
ing period to that student’ s
class-level administrator.
Secondly, each of the teachers
involved has a record showing
that, since directed, they them
selves have issued grades to
their students. As fa r as follow
ing the curriculum goes, few, if
any, teachers in the English de
partment follow a curriculum
written in 1962. F or finely struc
tured subjects such as math,
science, foreign language, and,
for the most part, history, a
curriculum written in 1962 may
suffice; however, I believe, that
the works covered in an English
class should include not only
the classics, but also the con
temporary. I ’ m not knocking the
classics, but I am knocking an
English curriculum that lists
The Saturday Evening Post as
suggested reading, when it is
no longer even being published !
The English teachers realize
that this 1962 curriculum is al
most useless; as a result, they
have planned the Apex program
fo r next year. If the school
board believes in this 1962 Eng
lish curriculum so highly, why
did they vote to abolish it for
Play Praised
The Nilehilite would like to
thank the sponsors, crews, direc
tors, actors, and all involved
with the production of Brigadoon
for putting on a truly superb
musical.
Vacation Comes
It has been a long time since
our last vacation, and many
things have happened since then.
Finally vacation has come and
it is a good thing, too. A t least
we all w ill have rested enough
so that when we come back we
w ill have enough strength to go
on. The Nilehilite would like to
wish everyone a most enjoyable
spring vacation.
next year? Finally, there had
never been any written allega
tion of a lack of judgment on
the part of John, Judy, or Nan
cy until March 17 (sound fam il
ia r?). On this day Nancy Tripp
received a letter:
“ It has been reported that
you wore slacks on March
11 and 13. This shows a lack
of judgment on your part.
A. C. Colver.”
Why did this administrator wait
until the day of Nancy’ s hear
ing to send her this notice of
disapproval when she and sever
al other teachers have worn
slacks several times before?
DON’T T A K E M Y WORD that
the three teachers have followed
the directives which they were
sent. Mr. John Golata, chairman
of the English department at
East, has sent each of the three
teachers a letter telling them he
is happy that they are now com
plying with the rules. I f anyone
wishes, I w ill be glad to show
him these letters.
I maintain that these teachers
are being criticized by the
school board and this adminis
tration because of their beliefs
. . . not their actions. I believe
anyone, regardless of his politi
cal, social, or economic beliefs,
has the right to teach as long
as he follows the rules set forth
. . . and these teachers are fol
lowing the rules. I f these three
teachers are fired, they don’t
lose out, we do.
an “ A ” has been distributed so
rapidly to a student who hasn’t
shown his face in class all
semester? We were taught that
in the stable institution know
as SCHOOL, teachers are to be
given a little more respect than
m erely a “ John” , “ Judy” or
“ Nancy” . Where is this true
respect?
The firing of Miss Tripp and
probation of the two others also
brought forth the question of
students’ rights. Some students
feel they are not given enough
freedom. But then again some
students expect too much. If
they think this school is the
four letter word they keep refer
ring to it as, then maybe we
have a misconception of what
makes a liberal school. No one
can deny that the privileges we
have been granted these past
four years have made Niles
East one of the most liberal
schools in the country. Dr.
Colver has proved his dedica
tion by enforcing late arrivals,
early dismissals, unsupervised
study halls, Junior and Senior
lounge privileges, a pass-fail
system, dress code and now the
recent passing of apex. Open
campus would have been the
next move, but a group of
about 300 spoiled suburban kids
weren’t satisfied with what they
had. It’s really too bad how
often people don’t know when
they have a good thing going.
One more unfortunate thing
about what has been happening
are the number of followers who
are protesting just to be “ I N ” .
They are being stirred up by
the three teachers’ antics just
for a little action. The day of
the walk-out, the students who
stayed in school were the ones
who were either against the
three teachers or honest enough
to admit they didn’t know
enough about it. We salute
them. And we further salute the
administration
for
fulfilling
their job by suspending 300 stu
dents because they weren’t com
plying with their rules.
A system is always in need
of change. But change should
only occur when all of the
society can readily adopt it.
And until then, we are going
to have to accept the constitu
tion of a damn good school . . .
N ILE S EAST. We all have
every right to be proud of it.
Two
Seniors
Class of ’70
Dear Editor,
Today in one of my classes
we were discussing just what
effect the school has on changes
in our society. Many students
felt
the
school
encourages
change but slowly. I for one
do not believe this is true. I
would like to see changes occur
before la m too old to appreciate
them. This school encourages
change provided that the change
agrees with preceding policies.
It seems the school systems en
courage students to try to
change things in our society but
when one tries, suspensions re
sult.
I feel schools hinder change
and any attempt to change them
is not allowed. Students say
changes will come, but I wonder
if they will be among those who
try to attain them or w ill just
sit back and say things take
time, be patient. I think this
entire Am erican life is running
out of time and change must
take place. Schools are not
meeting a person’s needs. I
deeply regret teachers who pro
mote change will not be allowed
to continue to teach here. I
would hate to picture a life
where everyone just accepts
what’s there and are content to
let hypocrisy continue.
Denise Dorn ’71
Dear Editor,
I am sure that you have heard
the Beatles song, “ Come To
gether.” Those two words really
show what’s lacking in this
school. Togetherness. Of course
the students are all united. Of
course the administration is all
united. Of course the faculty
is united. . .well most of it.
But when you have three sep
arate forces working against
one another, you will never get
anywhere. What this school
needs, what this country needs,
and what the whole world needs
is a little unity.
If you pose a question be
tween two men, you are most
likely to get two answers. But
a problem never can be solved
with two answers. Not that one
answer is better than the other,
but at least a compromise can
be reached. Wars would never
be settled if one foe insisted
that his solution were the only
way.
Opposing forces
must
come
together
and
discuss
peacefully a compromise. No
one is going to be completely
happy. But it seems that no
body is ever happy.
We have strife in our school
today. There is no peaceful
talk. Whose fault this is, no one
can say. But there is no com
promise. Maybe it is the fault
of all who won’t listen to their
foes, who have their minds
made up all too soon about how
things must be done and that
they must be done. Maybe it’s
ignorance.
Come together.
Debbie Deitch ’72
D ear Editor,
There has become ar arising
alarm due to the ever increas
ing pollution that threatens to
choke mankind out of existence.
The contamination has reached
the point where many experty
maintain that it is almost if
not already irreversible.
Recently, at Deerfield High
School, we have undertaken the
task of establishing a student
coalition whose main objective
is to do something about the
senseless pollution of our envir
onment. We are called Youth
for
Environmental
Salvation
(Y E S ). Our main concern has
dealt with the North Shore
Sanitary District and their in
adequate facilities. Yours may
differ depending upon your lo
cality.
As of now our objectives have
been fourfold. 1) To acquaint
ourselves with the reasons and
persons behind these atrocities;
2) to inform the public by
means of literature, news med
ia, and resource centers; 3) to
arouse public interest, and 4)
to undergo a comprehensive let
ter writing campaign urging
and attacking public officials on
the local, state, and national
levels.
Our dreams can only become
realities through your help. As
a small contained group we can
only hope to scratch the sur
face, but with hundreds we may
make quite a dent. We need
and we want your help. This
is too great a problem to per
mit apathy to intercede.
Your student council has been
fully informed o f our group.
I f the frightening consequences
of pollution motivate you to do
your part, urge your student
council to act with us. I f no
significant action is taken and
you would still like to help, feel
free to contact us:
Youth
for
Environmental
Salvation
c/o Deerfield High School
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
Something Can Now Be Done
DISSENT AG A IN S T the school
board’s actions and decisions
has been quite obvious these
past several weeks, and now the
tim e has come when people can
take steps to remedy their dis
satisfactions in a completely
legal way.
On April 11, elections for new
school board positions will be
held. That is the tim e to vote
for people who you feel w ill best
represent the school and com
munity.
Two independent people, Mr.
Morris Wolin and Mrs. Carmen
Pappas, have chosen to run for
school board positions. They
both have children who have or
had attended schools in the
Niles district, and are aware of
the needs of the students. These
two people are not aiming to
increase their political advan
tages as others might.
Their
sole concern is in helping the
students and in creating a bet
ter school system.
As it stands now, it is nearly
impossible for the students to
have any real say in the work
ings of their educational system.
The three students who sit in on
the school board meetings are
representing pure tokenism at
its best. They have no power to
actively participate in any de
cisions pertinent to themselves.
If people who are aware of the
issues and of the actual needs
of the students are voted to the
school board, then for once a
true understanding between not
only the community and the
schools, but also the schools and
the students can occur.
E V E R Y O N E W A N T S pro
gress, but very few people seem
to accept new innovations and
reforms. A new progressive edu
cational system is sweeping the
world at this very moment, and
inevitably, w ill one day be the
educational system fo r every
existing school. But our school
board has not yet been able to
break away from many outdated
concepts. In order for genuine
progress to reach Niles East,
we must have school board
members such as Mr. Wolin
and Mrs. Pappas representing
us.
Something must be done now.
With all the rebellion that the
students have shown, it is ob
vious that the administration
and school board no longer can
ignore the cries of the students,
because if changes are not made
soon, the students’ cries will
turn into shouts and actions. The
situation at Niles has been very
tense these last few weeks, and
if something doesn’ t give, or if
some concessions are not made,
then Niles East may very well
blow sky high.
Sincerely yours,
Mike Sweony
Jack Leslie
Jim Shayman
NHSbims
Published bi-weekly during the school
year by the students of Niles Township
High School East, Lincoln and Niles
Avenues, Skokie, illinois 60076. Printed
by Des Plaines Publishing Company, Des
Plaines, Illinois.
A ll Am erican Rating
National Scholastic Press Assn.
Gold Medalist
Columbia Scholastic Press Assn.
1969-70
Vol. 32, No. 10
Thursday, M a rch 26, 1970
Editor-in-chief ............... ’. .Lisa Grossman
News E d it o r ................ Sharon Mittelman
Feature Editor .................. Janet Migdow
Sports Editor .......................... Bruce Wolf
Photography Editor ...........Diane LaZaar
Associate P age Editors ..........Les Färber
Claudia Harris
P am Wallis
Reporters
.............................
B a rb Levin
Doug Propp
Photographers ................... Gene Sherman
Bill Grutzmacher
Artists ................................ John Hervatin
Advisor .......................M rs. M ary Scherb
�Thursday, Mar. 26, 1970
NILEHILITE
Page Three
Political Trials at East?
by Rona Bass
THE SE V E N TE E N TH C E N T U R Y PHILOSOPHER, Benedict
Spinoza, held the idea that there are certain rights that a man
cannot relinquish. One of these rights was the human ability to
interact with other humans on a political level. E very man always
is involved in the- struggle to gain power and influence over others;
no one can hide from this “ right” . In effect, Spinoza said that there
is no such thing as an apolitical man.
In Bernard Malamud’s novel, “ The F ix e r,” Yakov Bok (the
fixer’s name in the movie version), is a Jew disconnected from his
religion, but nonetheless, a victim of the anti-Semitic wave that
occurred in Russia’s early 1900’s. Bok professed to be an apolitical
man. He kept his mind on his trade, fixing, and rarely involved
himself in in government, political affairs, or power struggles.
Bok Retains Apolitical Front
Something Bok failed to realize was that when a man is not
political, he is isolated from other people. Bok was estranged from
his wife, who left him. He finally left his village to live in K ie v ’s
restricted Jewish quarter. It was in this area that Bok was first
i confronted with his political allies. Despite all those around him,
he remained honest and forthright, but never political.
Ironically, Bok became the psychological and physical victim
of politics. He was imprisoned on a charge of murdering a Chris
tian boy and using the child’s blood for a religious observance.
Bok’s human (political) fortitude demanded that he be tried in a
court. While the F ixer was in prison, political and religious leaders
throughout the world were demanding that the Czar release Bok or
give him a fa ir trial, which he eventually received.
Spinoza’s philosophy can be extended to any corporate body,
such as the Mafia, General Motors, or Niles East. In the case of
the public school a great deal of hidden politics is involved. The
mandatory Constitution Test, the Pledge of Allegiance before as
semblies, the D A R scholarship, Am erican history and American
literature course, the now un-Constitutional Loyalty Oath all indi
cate the highly political nature of a public school.
i
Schools are Political
Many school officials deny that school is political at all. Schools
i keep away from the election endorsements and speeches by politi
cal candidates. However, the Am erican public school professes to
teach and promote to its students the “ Am erican W ay of L ife ,”
and every public school has its hand in the preservation o f the
government in power.
When a school opens itself to the public through an incident
|of a political nature, such as the dismissal of a progressive teacher,
or a student walkout or a Viet Nam teach-in, that school is allow
ing its hidden politics to show, and, through mass media coverage,
the American public school finds itself the object of the chant “ The
Whole World is W atching!”
Just as in the case of Yakov Bok, every man comes to trial
for his politics, and so does every school. It is m erely a matter of
time before a political trial occurs; it happened in Greece, in K iev,
in Chicago. It w ill happen at Niles East, and it w ill happen soon.
MR. MORRIE W OLIN AND MRS. CAR M EN PAPPAS are candidates from the New Niles Town
ship People’s Caucus for District 219’s school board election.
“ CHANGES ARE N E E D E D
NOW! We must begin to build
a Board of Education that is
aware of student and commun
ity needs. We must begin to
build a Board of Education that
will have an in-depth concept
of academic freedom for stu
dents and faculty.”
The above statement is a
quote from a flyer now being
distributed to the community
concerning why Mrs. Carmen
Pappas and Mr. M orrie Wolin
are candidates for election to
the Niles Township High School
District 219 Board of Education.
MRS. PAPPA S has been a
Lincolnwood resident for
12
years. She and her husband Jim
have a daughter attending Niles
West and a son at Johnston
College. Mrs. Pappas attended
the University of Minnesota and
Northwestern University and is
a nationally acclaimed profes
sional musician. H er commun
ity activities include the P T A
executive board and teachin
executive board and teaching
a Sunday School class on the
high school level.
Mrs. Pappas feels there is
a “ dehumanization” of youth in
our schools. She disagrees vehe
mently with the old adage
“ They’re just kids what do they
know.” “ It seems that youth
are old enough to fight war at
18 but not be listened to at
17,” says Mrs. Pappas. She also
feels that “ the educational sys
tem has been neglected as far
Who Does The School Belong To?
by Janet Migdow
NILES EAST has been a very quiet place
recently. There hasn’t been a walk-out in several
weeks. The halls have been quieter; five alarms
are becoming a rarity, and the noise level is
diminishing fast. A ll the teachers take attendance
and the school system seems to be operating as
well as any perfectly oiled machine.
j
For all those who never wanted to under
stand the root problems in the school, there no
longer are any problems. To all these foolish
blind people I bequeath my last ounce of sympathy; your way of running the machine is dead.
The machine is no longer in operating condition.
THE STUDENT ACTIVISM that has grown at
East this year is just a seed. The seed has not
yet sprouted, but I assure you its flow er will
I blossom.
Students have for the first time realized that
■ they are entitled to certain rights. These rights
I fall neither from the arms o f God or the hands of
I the benevolent dictator; these are rights that
■ they possess simply because they are human.
People w ill have to realize that a legal minor
I is not a slave. Minors and adults are entitled to
I equal treatment. One only remains a slave as
I tong as he allows himself to be used.
THE STUDENTS OF N ILE S EAST have de
clared their freedom. They have stood up and
walked out o f a school system that refuses to
adjust itself to the needs of its pupils. Heads are
held high; they w ill bow down no longer.
The first step into freedom is always the
hardest to take. There are always many against
you; one never has sufficient support. The stu
dents of Niles East have already taken the step;
they w ill be silent no more.
W ARNINGS SHOULD BE ISSUED to all
those who either originated or have perpetuated
our slave-like educational system. The architects
who thought it would be easier to design an ugly
prison than to create an original design that frees
rather than binds the imagination, better re
evaluate their values. They are going to have to
be creative or they are going to be jobless.
A ll the professors who originated curriculum
for efficiency rather than learning better seek a
new profession. Mass produced canned knowl
edge doesn’t mean anything any more. We are
ready to ship the cans back to the factories and
re orient our brains to the lost art of thinking.
A ll the administrators and teachers who have
been perpetuating the same school system that
was rotten twenty years ago and is rotten today
need a break to rediscover the reason for educa
tion. The idealistic dreams that usually accomany new teachers are too often founded on false
premises. It is tim e to re-discover your pupils,
then maybe you will be able to re-define your
self.
STUDENTS W ANT CHANGE NOW, radical
change. The long wait is over. Either East
changes or Skokie w ill just have an em pty build
ing to donate to the factories.
as reform and has lost sight
of what its true goals should
be. “ The School Board has ne
gated its interest in students
and spent much time on admin
istration and budgets,” she be
lieves.
Mrs. Pappas also speaks of
the fear and “ emotional brutal
ization” involved in our schools.
“ Our youth, adminstrators can’t
comprehend and are their sen
sitivities so dulled or their
minds so inflexible they can’t
seek understanding,” said Mrs.
Pappas.
Pappas and Wolin
Run for Board
by Les Färber
MORRIS W OLIN has been a
Skokie resident for 15 years. He
and his wife, Gloria, have four
children attending Niles East
and a son at Southern Illinois
University. Mr. Wolin served as
a commissioned officer in the
N avy during World W ar II.
Upon the completion of his m ili
tary service he re-entered the
University of Illinois and grad
uated with a Bachelor of Science
degree in M etallurgical Engin
eering. For the past fourteen
years he has been employed by
Alpha Metals, Inc., in a man
agement position.
According
to
Mr.
Wolin,
“ There is a need for changes
to be affected so that the stu
dent can have an atmosphere
that can allow their education
and improve the quality level
of the education. The students
do not have the C ivil Liberties
and freedoms that rightfully be
long to them. Without due rights,
and with their feelings suppress
ed, I don’t think they are in a
position to utilize all their abili
ties and encouragement to think
for themselves without fear of
negative repercussions. Policies
have to be changed so that the
prime concern, the students, will
be able to fulfill their respon
sibility to themselves to their
fullest advantage.”
ONE ID E A that both Mrs.
Pappas and Mr. Wolin stressed
was the importance o f the
School Board since it is sup
posed to represent the students,
faculty, and parents of the com
munity. It is tim e that the
School Board realizes they are
here to serve the people. Vote
for Mrs. Carmen Pappas and
Mr. Morrie Wolin on April 11.
Draft Counseling
O pens
by Barbara Greenspan
E V E R Y EIG H TEEN-YEAR -O LD male is required by law to
be registered with his local draft board. Registration is only the
first step in the long promenade he w ill have with the draft between
his eighteenth and twenty-sixth birthdays. Most people are ignorant
of their rights under our draft system and, therefore, consider
their situations hopeless. They believe that the only two alterna
tives available to them if they do not wish to break the law are
student deferments or service in the armed forces.
There are five basic alternatives open after an individual has
registered with a draft board:
1)
2)
2)
4)
5)
M ilitary Service
Deferment or Exemption
Conscientious Objection
Immigration
Prison
Unknown to many people, conscientious objection, although still a
difficult status to obtain, is no longer given solely to religious ob
jectors. There is also the non-religious CO status known as selec
tive conscientious objection, a highly real and available alternative.
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION of the lottery system, the al
ready complex draft system has become even more confusing.
There is draft counseling available at many places throughout the
Chicago area. The most readily available counseling for Niles East
students is at the Niles Township Draft Information Center located
at Temple Judea, Room 10, 8610 Niles Center Road, in Skokie. Call
679-3475 oir alternate number 743-3579 for an appointment with a
counselor. There w ill always be counselors present at the center
between 12 and 4:30 Saturdays and between 12 and 3:30 on Sundays.
Although the center runs solely on contributions, the counseling is
available /free to anyone who wants to understand his legal rights
and privileges under the draft.
“ C H A N N E LIN G ,” one of ten documents form erly in the
“ Orientation K it” prepared by the Selective Service, states “ One
of the m ajor products of the Selective Service classification pro
cess is the channeling of manpower into many endeavors, occupa
tions, and activities that are in the national interest . . .” I f you
wish to understand how you are being channeled, do not like the
idea of being channeled, or want to direct your channeling into
some specific direction, take advantage of the counseling center
and start making some decisions before they are made for you.
�NILEHILITE
Page Four
Thursday, Mar. 26, 1970
Acker, Fencers Capture State Championship
N IL E S E A S T HAS N O T F A IL E D to bring home a state cham
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pion for the past three years. And this year the string was kept
alive when the Trojan fencers won the state championship up
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setting Maine South and Notre Dame who were the favorites.
A1 Acker, Tom Fillip, Rich Waysdorf, Glen Dash, Lonny
Fleischer, and Scott Blanke brought home the first place trophy
from Champaign two weeks ago when they won the eleven team
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state meet with 66 points to Maine South’s second place total of
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54 points.
ski!
Winning the championship came as an upset for the Trojans
since they had troubles with both Maine South and Notre Dame in
dual meets this season, losing to Maine South, 11-7, only the week
before the state meet.
But when it counted, the Trojans came through as A1 Acker
took first in state individually and Tom Fillip and Rich W aysdorf
took fifth and sixth respectively in state.
A C K E R B E A T N A T H A N IE L HAYW OOD OF Marshall in the
finals to win the championship. A1 lost only three bouts during the
whole day of competition, but up until the championship bout,
Haywood had not lost a single bout.
Dave L ittell and his Maine South team were eliminated
relatively early in the competition. Littell him self was the only
Maine South fencer to make it through quarterfinals, but he lost
out in semifinals partially because Rich W aysdorf beat him.
Last year, L ittell was number one in the state, and he
figured to repeat this season, but he and his Maine South team
ran out o f gas in the long grueling day at Champaign which had the
fencers competing in as many as 25 bouts in one day.
F or Coach Robert Keen, it was his second state title at Niles
East. In 1966, the team led by state champ H arvey Harris won the
title, but this y e a r’s victory had to be so much sweeter because
the team never expected to do it.
Last year was supposed to be the peak year for the team with
four top seniors and several underclassmen leading the way for a
second in state finish.
This year was meant to be a rebuilding season, but the team
caught fire when it beat Marshall, last y e a r’s state champs, early
in the season.
The fencers also won the Notre Dame Invitational which fea
tured all the teams in the state in January.
That win was a preview of the state meet which gave Niles
East a state champion. Ironically, the fencers held their meets on
the same floor that the basketball team used to lose all its games
to end up last in state.
TH E 1970 S TA TE C H AM PIO N SH IP F E N C IN G SQUAD. Top row (le ft to right) Coach Robert Keen,
Scott Blanke, Glen Dash, Lonny Fleischer, Dr. Colver. Bottom row, A1 Acker, Rich Waysdorf, Tom
Fillip.
Batmen, Golfers Rely on Experience
N IL E S E A S T’S GO LF AND
BASEB ALL TE A M S are present
ly working out in preparation
for their upcoming seasons.
The baseball team w ill play
Glenbrook North on A pril 4 for
its first game, and the golfers
A l Weiner Places in State
TH E N IL E S EAST G YM N AS
TICS T E A M ended its season
two weeks ago when senior A1
Weiner took second place on the
trampoline at the state finals
at Mount Prospect High School.
Gary Michael and David A p
ple also made it to the state
competition each taking 20th
place on the trampoline and free
exercise respectively.
Niles East didn’t have a spec
tacular Suburban League record
this year, but this season was
considered a rebuilding year
with the varsity squad com
posed mainly of juniors and a
few sophomores.
Next year, Coach Sokalski is
looking forward to a good year
with Dave Cech, Ken Schiffman,
A1 Weinberg, Sandy Gallai, L a r
ry Krause, Bruce Epstein, Tom
Tripp, and a few sophomores
form ing a solid nucleus for per
haps a championship team.
TH E T E A M W IL L SO R E LY
MISS A1 Weiner, who for four
years at Niles East did a most
spectacular job. He captured
the Suburban League crown on
trampoline as a sophomore and
senior.
As a junior, A1 placed fifth in
state and this year he took sec
ond. A l’s numerous first place
finishes on trampoline and free
exercise greatly helped the team
to league victories this year.
This year, the team lost Sey
mour Rifkind and Bob Quintinales, and could not make up for
that great loss. But next year,
the experience the juniors got
this year, will pay off for the
team.
will begin their season shortly
after that.
Coach N ick Odlivak’s baseball
team seems to be full of talent
this year and could easily im
prove on its .500 record last
year.
Returning to the starting line
up are seniors Rich Rothstein,
Gary Oher, Jim Tedeschi, and
Steve Fine.
JUNIORS M IK E K O R TA, Rob
Rand, and Mike Saltarelli will
give the team a strong starting
lineup along with seniors Bob
Woolf, Steve Orloff, and Scott
Farber.
Last year, the baseball team ’s
strength was daring baserun
ning. They didn’t get too many
hits but did win the Evanston
districts. This year they could
be the powerhouse of the Sub
urban League.
The golfers w ill be playing
once again at the beautiful Ar
lington Country Club, but mak
ing it there won’t be the easiest
thing for the golfers.
This year Coach Oswald has
instituted a tough training pro
gram consisting of r u n n i n g
around the track and lifting
weights and of course, taking
practice swings.
Dave Chaiken and Tim Melas
are gone now, so the team will
have to rely on Bruce Horvitz,
Bruce Endres, Jim Kuester, and
A l Kost.
Netmen Face Seniorless Season
COM ING O FF A F A IR SE A
SON last year, the Niles East
L e a d i n g sophomores include
M ark Cooper and Steve Mayor.
tennis team will have it no eas
ier this year with some very
tough meets facing it.
Obviously absent from the
team are seniors, none of whom
came out for the team this year.
There
are
qualified
seniors
whom the team could use sore
ly, and their absence will hurt.
This year the team w ill play
in the La Grange Invitational for
the first tim e and w ill face a
good Deerfield team in a dual
meet.
Coach Morrison’ s team con
sists of juniors Mike Gutman,
Jim Sulzer, Mark Jacobson,
E arl Jacobson (no relation to
M ark), and Steve Benedum.
H O W EVER, the team does
have some great hopes for its
future in Pete Stearns, a fresh
man, who could be the best
player on the team this year.
The a m a z i n g thing about
Stearns, besides being a fresh
man on the varsity team, is
that Pete stands under five feet
tall which could be a drawback
but it hasn’t made much differ
ence in his play so far.
Steams could be the nucleus
of a strong team in the future.
“ We may not be good this year,
but next year w e’ll be tough,”
said Jim Sulzer.
These same words were ech
oed last year, but because three
seniors did not come out for
tennis, it’s going to be tough
going on the team this year.
“ We
cause
which
year,”
don’t need them now be
w e ’ll just try harder
will prepare us for next
said E arl Jacobson.
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Sports Highlight Vacation
S P R IN G V A C A TIO N begins to
m orrow and while school work
is interrupted for a brief rest,
sports w ill continue to ramble
on with a great deal of activity
during vacation.
The hockey season w ill end
and the baseball season w ill be
gin, and both hockey and bas
A L KOST demonstrates the correct backswing for a golfer.
ketball playoffs w ill start as
w ill the spring sports fo r the
Niles East teams.
The Chicago Cubbies w ill be
gin their season and w ill try
to make W rigley Field the home
of a winning team instead of a
disaster area (try to rem em ber
the kind of September).
King Carlos, Little Sir W alter
Williams, and the rest of the
hapless White Sox will be back
this year. And guess what? No
games in Milwaukee this year.
So you can see all 81 glorious
Sox home games or listen to
Red Rush and Commander Rap
id Robert Elson or watch the
games on your fuzzy, snowy Ch.
32 picture.
And at the same tim e all this
is happening, the Black Hawks
could or could not be in the
playoffs. And if they are, look
forward to Lou Boudreau’s ex
pert commentary with words
like “ uh course, yes indeedy,”
and up to the minute times on
the goals.
Vai
por
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NILEHILITE, March 26, 1970
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Grossman, Lisa, Editor-in-chief
Mittleman, Sharon, News Editor
Migdow, Janet, Feature Editor
Wolf, Bruce, Sports Editor
LaZarr, Diane, Photography Editor
Farber, Les, Associate Page Editor
Harris, Claudia, Associate Page Editor
Walls, Pam, Associate Page Editor
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