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Friday, December 17, 1976
East closing committee p lan s fo r fu ture
Two committees created by the Board
of Education in February of 1976 are
meeting regularly to solve the problems
involved in Easthi’s closing.
includes Niles West and Niles North ad
m in istrato rs, a d istrict business
manager, two teachers, four Boardappointed citizens from districts 69, 72, 73
and 73V2, student representatives from
Lincoln and Oakview Junior High, and
E asthi senate president Howard
Steirman.
ACCORDING TO PRINCIPAL Galen
Hosier, “ the first closing committee was
a committee that the Board of Education
gave life to by providing it with a charge
of responsibilities and in that charge I
The first closing committee is charged
was appointed chairman ... there was a with receiving suggestions from the staff,
broad spectrum membership including students, individuals, and organizations,
representatives from the underlying forming at least two plans for E ast’s clos
Boards of Education, student bodies from ing, listing problems that arose as a
our feeder schools, faculty representation guideline for other plans, forming other
and administration from our own school.”
necessary committees, and reporting
The Board of Education formed the regularly to the Board.
closing committee in keeping with its
seven fundamental positions which were
The second committee, which focuses
announced in a public statement in June on the disposition of property, is charged
of 1975: 1. to maintain or to improve a with planning for alternate uses of the
quality high school program for all stu land from the East building and the
dents in Niles Township. 2. to house the Central building, being guided by the
total school enrollment in two buildings, Board’s desire to keep the East building
due to economic pressure. 3. to strive to for possible future use as a high school,
retain all tenured faculty members. 4. to soliciting proposals for the use of Easthi
phase out the District Central Building. 5. property from the junior college, park
to maintain control of the current districts, governmental agencies, and
property (with the possible exception of other community organizations, reporting
the Central building) in order to ensure to the Board, planning for E ast’s con
enough space for future enrollment. 6. to tinued use at a minimal cost, and
vacate Easthi by September of 1980. 7. to examining options 9 (rent, lease or sell)
insure a quality program for students for the Central building.
through the last day of the 1979-80
Under the chairmanship of Mr. John
academic year.
Nix, the Director of Building and Grounds
the second committee includes two
HEADED BY PRINCIPAL GALEN administrators, a commercial real estate
HOSLER, the first closing committee representative, a Village of Skokie
Committee
Topic
Chairman
Committee I
closing committee
Mr. Hosier
Subcommittee I
student articulation
Area committee 1
inter-school articulation
Dr. Richter
Area committee 2
student organizations
Dr. Hawkins
Subcommittee II
certificated staff articulation
Mr. Tyler
Subcommittee III
classified staff articulation
Mr. Tyler
Subcommittee IV
distribution of equipment
District Business Manager
Area committee 1
building
building managers
Area committee 2
language arts
department directors
Area committee 3
physical welfare
department directors
Area committee 4
practical arts
department directors
Area committee 5
social studies and fine arts
department directors
Area committee 6
student services
department directors
Area committee 7
theoretical sciences
department directors
Area committee 8
awards
student service director
Area committee 9
food services
food service director
Committee II
building
Mr. Nix
Seniors attain scholar status
81 Easthi seniors achieved Illinois state
scholar status by performing well in the
1976 American College Testing Program
(ACT).
THE STUDENTS INCLUDE: Michael
Bass, Mindy Bass, Roger Beck, Gregory
Beljaeff, Robert Blinick, Stuart Bressler,
Ellen Brin, Karen Chamerlik, Laurence
Cohen, Murray Cohn, Dana Colucci,
George Curtiss, Brian David, William
Deitch, Barbara Deutsch, Gregg Dorman,
Benjamin Dubin, Lauran Factor, Sharyl
Fischman, Arlene Fisher, Dawn Flakne,
Lisa Frank, Vicki Gebavi, Janet
Ginsburg, Debbra Glienke, Brad Goldenberg, Andrew Goldstein, Richard Gordon,
Lori Graff, Evalyn Grant, Sheila Hamer,
Brian Harris, Carla Hasegawa, Alan
Herbach, Cathy Horwitz, Louis Kanter,
Lisa Kuntz, Pamela Landau, Joanne
Lange, Aileen Leung, Anne Marie Levan,
Richard Levin, Dennis Liu, Dennis Lutz,
Beth Malekow, Carol Malina, Scott
Malina Elaine Masover, Amy Matsuda,
James Matz, Fern Medor, David Miller,
Sandra Mohr, Ann Morton, Steven Nelson,
David Pevsner, Hal Pos, Mary Postel,
Gloria Price, Eric Robin, Laura Sable,
Eileen Saltzman, Barry Schmetter, Julei
Schmidt, Alan Schneider, Pam ela
Schnell, Janet Seyller, Howard Shapiro,
Norman Siegal, Steven Steib, Howard
Steirman, Robert Stevens, Michael
Stiefel, Patricia Sudendorf, Paula
Sugarman, Allan Tish, Caryn Vale,
Sharon Veis, David Weinstein, Diane
Wurl, and Irwin Ziedman.
THE ILLINOIS STATE SCHOLARSHIP
COMMISSION mailed certificates of
merit to the Illinois state scholars late
November.
Over 30,000 students from most Illinois
high schools competed in the 1977-78
program; approximately 12,000 students
qualified as state scholars.
The commission offers the ISSC
Monetary Award, based on financial need,
usuable at more than 200 Illinois public
and private universities. Applications are
available in the guidance resource room.
Senate discusses
smoking area
Early December, the Student Senate led
a half hour discussion with Mr. Hosier and
Mr. Lamb on a student smoking area.
The committee on school affairs
(COSA) made two proposals: to have a
smoking area on Lincoln Avenue, or in a
section of the courtyard. Plans for a new
smoking location are being discussed,
because the local community has com
plained about the present smoking area on
Mulford Street.
The Senate plans to ask the student body
and the community for suggestions.
representative, a business person, and a
representative from Maine Crawford
Property Owners Association.
At the June 1976 meeting of the first
committee, five proposals for the closing
of Niles East were offered to the Board,
but the community representatives
indicated a desire for a full four year high
school through 1980. At that meeting, the
representatives
formed
five
subcommittees.
SUBCOMMITTEE I, THE STUDENT
ARTICULATION committee is divided
into two area committees. Headed by Dr.
Richter, the first area committee holds
department articulation with feeder
schools, special education programs,
class registration and testing, student
assignment to counselors, and graduates’
records. The second area committee,
under the chairmanship of Dr. Lee
Hawkins, the director of the English
department, study problems relating to
extracurricular activities and student
organizations — the senate, clubs, boys
and girls athletics, music, drama, speech
and school publication organizations.
When the second area committee met on
October 28 and Dec. 2, each of the eight
categories gave reports. The second area
committee will meet again on January 13.
Subcommittee II, the certificated staff
articulation committee, headed by
Personnel Director Mr. Tyler is com-,
posed of administrators and teachers
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from East, North, and West including fij
English teacher Mrs. Jeane Derichs. The L
second subcommittee discusses staff I
reductions, building departmental and 2
extra-curricular activity assignments.
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under the chairmanship of Mr. Tyler, dis- [I
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classified staff members.
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Subcommittee IV, will discuss dis
tribution or disposal of the furniture,
equipment and awards at Niles East. I
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independently
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physical welfare, practical arts, social |
studies and fine arts, student services, *
theoretical sciences, awards, and food
services.
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Subcommittee V, chaired by head
librarian Mrs. Polanski will discuss the
disposition of the library. Some '
alternatives include retaining the portion 1
worthwhile for the community and the n
district, selling the collection, dividing v).
the entire collection between North and
West, giving North and West only what J
they deem useful, or donating some or all |
of the collection to taxing bodies within
Niles Township.
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This information will be published I
formally next spring in a booklet for |
secondary school principals prepared in
part by Mr. Hosier.
�Friday, December 17, 1976
Page Three
Teachers & students
study character traits
The holidays are upon us and most
people are forming a written or mental
list of New Year’s resolutions. The
resolutions include habits to break or per
sonality flaws to improve upon.
A recent survey asked students what
general characteristics many teachers
need to improve for the New Year.
Several students claimed that teachers
give too much busy work, and don’t
realize that students have homework in
other classes. They felt that teachers
expect too much in a short time. Another
student felt that teachers don’t
understand students problems. In addition
students felt that some teachers are
unfair when grading, because they don’t
consider the time involved in a project,
and that some teachers put too much
importance on grades. Other comments
included teachers who “pick on” certain
students, and threaten the class. Most
students interviewed added that their
comments only referred to some
teachers, and that all East teachers had
many positive character traits.
Among the traits that students felt
teachers should continue in the coming
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year are the willingness to help students
on their free time, showing their human
side, and watching for improvement.
Students also said that they admire
teachers who reconsider and admit when
they are wrong.
THE TEACHERS WERE ALSO
GIVEN the opportunity to suggest some
improvements the students could make
for the New Year. These include being too
concerned with grades, being too
materialistic, and not being concerned
with the natural environment. One
teacher commented that many students
become upset with a grade that the
teacher “gives” them, when they didn’t
“ earn” it. Another teacher felt that
students are not strongly academically
motivated, due to outside influences.
When interviewed, however, the
teachers also found many favorable
characteristics present in most East
students. They believed that students
have good attitudes about learning,
willingness to accept responsibility,
enthusiasm, knowledge about the world
they live in, and well developed senses of
humour.
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Reflections considered satisfying
Dear Editor,
To the Students involved in Reflections:
My congratulations and thanks to you
for a really satisfying production! I ’ve
come to expect Reflections to be a good
show, but each year it seems to get better.
What impressed me about this year’s
Reflections?
1. High standards of writing, a selection
of material with both coherence and
variety, and a second act that continued
the excellence of the first.
2. A band that played with such fine
intonation, balance, and precision that I
almost forgot the players were there as
the music poured forth.
3. Thorough work behind the scenes by
committees and crews, especially the
speedy set changes and the spectacular
designs for "One” and “Celebrate” .
4. And, above all, the many persons on
stage who— whether speaking, singing, or
dancing — exhibited a masterful sense of
timing and physical movements that were
natural, graceful, and beautifully
integrated.
“ Free To Be You and Me” was
unmitigated joy.
Reflections Upon a Lifetime was a truly
outstanding evening of entertainment.
Richard A. Livingston
English Teacher
Cast appreciates
Dear Editor,
We would like to express our apprecia
tion to the staff and students of Niles East
High School for their efforts and kindness
in sponsoring a cast of “ Up With People.”
We certainly enjoyed the opportunity to
meet with and learn from the people of
Niles East, and the entire Skokie
Community.
Susan Swain, Ray Wane, and Dave Lipson
Winning photographer
explains his hobby
ALAN SCHOEN ’79 recently took the photography.
winning photograph of the winter scene satisfied to
which is located on the front page.
newspaper.”
ALAN FIRST BEGAN PHOTOG
RAPHY in the fifth grade. “One of my
friends was interested in it and he
influenced me to join a class at the JCC,”
said Alan. He participated in the program
for eighteen months.
As an eighth grader, Alan took pictures
for the Oakview yearbook.
He prefers to capture objects than
people because, “ It’s not as restrictive
and it involves more variables.”
HIS OTHER HOBBIES INCLUDE
filming movies, playing golf, and collect
ing stamps. Alan plays the trombone in
the Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band,
Marching Band, and Pep Band. He often
works as a stage crew member for drama
productions.
Alan wants to take film study, learn
m ore about color and creative
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Alan concluded, “I ’m
take pictures for the
Editors Note:
The Nilehilite would like to apologize
for the Right Ear on page 1, which stated
that the Woody Herman concert was held
on November 30, while the newspaper was
distributed on December 1. The dis
tribution date was postponed, due to a
disaster drill on November 30, therefore,
the date on the Nilehilite was changed to
December 1 but the Right Ear couldn’t be
changed at such short notice.
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What is the Rotary Club’s purpose
What is the Purpose of the Rotary Club?
The Rotary Club is an association of
businessmen and professionals, who are
committed to community programs. They
meet at Pyrenees weekly on Tuesdays.
One student is chosen each month to
represent East at the Rotary Club. The
students are chosen by the administration
based on participation in Deca, Student
Senate, sports, theater, and The
Nilehilite.
Past student representatives include
Brian David, Jerry Lavin, David Pevsner,
Lori Piper, and Howard Steirman.
What are the words to Niles East’s Pep
Song?
The lyrics to “ NILEHI,” written in 1941
are:
Nilehi, Nilehi,
Go out and win this game,
We’ll help you try,
The Trojans were a mighty race,
They fought with lots of vim,
So keep the fighting spirit, and we’ll win
Let’s go now gold and blue,
We’re true to you
We’ll stand behind you always to a man
Let’s keep our colors flying high
Our motto is to do or die!
Let’s win this game, Nilehi!
When will ‘‘Witness For the Prosecution”
be presented?
The winter play, “ Witness For the
Prosecution,” directed by Mr. Jerry
Proffit, and assisted by Rena Zaid ’77 will
be presented on January 20-22, in the.
auditorium at 8 p.m.
What is the purpose of the Student
Appeals Board?
The student Appeals Board is a com
mittee who hold hearings for students who
received referrals that they believe are
unfair. The Appeals Board members
include John Diviak ’77, Scott Friedman
’77, Lauren Pitalis ’78, and Alan Portnoy
’78.
After receiving a referral which a
student feels is unfair, the student should
talk to his dean. If he still is not satisfied,
he may request a form for a hearing at the
S.A.B. The form then will be transferred
to Scott Friedman, Judge Advocate, and
the student will be notified of his hearing.
Every student at East has the right to a
hearing with witnesses.
The Voice of the Niles E ast Students
Published during the school year by the students of Niles Township High School East, Lamon and
Mulford Streets, Skokie, Illinois 60076. Printed by Des Plaines Publishing Company, Des Plaines, HI.
Volume 39, Number 5
Editor-in-Chief ........................................ Caryn Lason
News Editor ..................................... . Murray Cohn
Feature Editor .................................. Wendy Gerber
Sports Editor ............................................. Mike Bass
Reporters ........................................... Phil Rappoport
Dave Kaplan
Janet Peterson
Judy Lee
Friday, December 17, 1976
Barry Schwartz
Eric Robin
David Fogel
Photographers ........................................... Alan Cohn
Alan Schoen
Steve Suslick
Cartoonist ......................................... Ralph Fujiwara
Typist ............................................................ Greg Blix
Sponsor ......................................... Mrs. Angie Panos
�Friday, December 17, 1976
Page Four
S tu d en ts e n jo y J u p u n e s e va ca tio n
by Wendy Gerber
Beryl and Ellen Schwartz,
traveled in Tokyo, Kyoto, and
Shima in Japan during the sum
mer.
“Tokyo is divided into sections
and is confusing. It’s easy to get
lost,” commented Ellen. In
Tokyo, they visited their rela
tives and the Army Hospital at
Camp Zama where Ellen was
born. When their parents met,
their father was in the army and
their mother worked at a
theater.
FOE BREAKFAST THE
FAMILY would either eat
Japanese or American food, Dur
ing the day they visited shrines
and temples. “They are beauti
ful,” expressed Beryl. Other
days they would shop or go sight
seeing.
' For an American lunch they
would eat at McDonalds or have
Kentucky Fried Chicken. "Most
of the prices are reasonable but
at McDonalds they charged
double the normal price,” Ellen
added.
In Japan they eat a lot of sea
food. One fried shrimp dish was
called “Tempura.” "When you
have soup, the Japanese will be
offended if you do not make
noise. They think you don’t like
it,” said Ellen.
“I THINK THE BEST PART
of the trip was the food and
g am ero o m s,”
com m ented
B eryl. Ever y block had
gamerooms and gambling. As a
student, one can’t gamble.
School begins for the Japanese in
August and ends in May,
according to Ellen.
At night they would play
pachinko in the gamerooms
while they were entertained by
their cousin, Akio. The girls
would go to sleep late at night.
THEY WOULD ATTEND
sports events, such as baseball,
volleyball, or football on some
evenings. “ In Japan they support
their high school sports very well
and the players never argue with
Persons, places, and things
LISA COHN ’78 has been
chosen by “The Experiment in
International Living” to live
with a family in France this
summer. This private non-profit
education institution was
founded in 1932 and is involved in
cultural learning and under
standing between people.
THE SKOKIE PUBLIC LI
BRARY is presently showing 52
minute episodes of the “World at
War” on Mondays at 8 p.m. in
the Petty Auditorium for free.
ALUMNI SCOTT WINKLER
’76 visited East during his
Thanksgiving vacation. Scott is
attending the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor where he
majors in Liberal Arts. Scott
was involved in the Golf team at
East and college.
FRENCH CLUB sponsored by
Miss Dorann Klein visited a
French restaurant on December
8. Approximately 18 members
dined at " L ’Escargot” in
Chicago on Halsted.
AN AMERICAN JEWISH BI
CENTENNIAL DISPLAY was
done by the Students for Israel
Club in the show-case by room
317. Presently, they have a Chan
ukah display. The club plans to
show at least three more show
case designs by the end of the
year.
(Photo by Alan Schoen)
Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd performing at the Jazz concert on
November 30 at East auditorium.
U n i c o m sig n ifies
section in l i b r a r y
by Dan Sawislak
By looking towards the
southeast corner of the fiction
room at the Skokie Public
Library, a student will see a
picture of a unicorn which
signifies the uni-corner.
THIS AREA OF THE
LIBRARY houses the Young
Adult Collection. "A big prob
lem with the uni-corner is
that it’s awfully hard to find,”
said Young Adult Librarian
Barbara Doherty.
Once the reader has located
the unicorner he might find it
very interesting. The uni
corner is a collection of about
1,100 books at full capacity. It
consists of fiction and non
fiction wich all have some
interest to high school stu
dents.
The non-fiction books,
according to Mrs. Doherty,
include books about such
topics as reports, art, and
music.
Some fiction books are writ
ten by Kurt Vonnegut, Paul
Zindel, and Ray Bradbury.
Many of these books are
duplicates of books in the
adult section that have been
placed in the uni-corner.
“THE UNI-CORNER MAY
HELP STUDENTS who must
do book reports,” said Mrs.
Doherty. " R a th e r than
searching through the whole
library a student can come to
the uni-corner to get a good
book.”
This section was started
four years ago and is in
creasing in popularity,
according to Mrs. Doherty.
On your next visit to the
library do a little exploring
and visit the uni-corner.
the umpire,” explained Beryl.
Many things were surprisingly
different in Japan from the U S.
"The firetrucks and cars are
small. The Japanese drive on the
left side and the driver sits on
the right. If a person was in the
crosswalk, all of the cars would
stop. The cabs are pretty cheap,
and in Japan you can’t tip
anybody.
“THE FOREIGNERS ARE
REAL NICE, and they will give
free samples at stores. I thought
that everyone would wear
Kimonos but only the old people
do. Everyone else wears Levi’s
rolled up, and t-shirts with
suspenders. The clothes are
inexpensive in Japan; Levi’s are
a little cheaper then here,” ex
plained Ellen.
Both of the girls are able to
understand Japanese and speak
it somewhat so communication
wasn’t a problem. The Japanese
also speak broken English.
"I would like to return to
Japan especially to see more of
Mount Fuji, and Japanese
fencing,” stated Ellen.
(Photo by Alan Cohn)
Ellen Schwartz '77 and Beryl Schwartz '78.
Student discusses homeland
ZpAara. Is r a e lit e . m a res ta Skahie
by Janice Greenberg
How would a person like to go
to school six days a week, nine
hours a day, and have the same
teacher for almost every sub
ject?
These are some of the differ
ences between Israel and the
United States, according to
Zehava Goldstein, a student at
East who moved two years ago
to the United States from Israel.
A MAJOR DIFFERENCE is
the students in Israel attend
school Sunday thru Friday. They
have no choice of courses; they
must take algebra and geometry,
home economics, Arabic, Torah,
world history, geography, and
prayers, all taught by the same
teacher. They have different
teachers for art, music, and
gym.
When students graduate from
high school, they must go direct
ly into the army. Men must stay
for three years and the women
stay for 18 months or until they
are five months pregnant. After
serving in the army, they never
have to return.
While the United States enjoys
baseball, Israel enjoys soccer. It
is not uncommon to see families
playing soccer outside their
homes, according to Zehava.
(Most families have four or five
children.)
pay the government money.
People that move to Israel re
ceive a free apartment and car,”
said Zehava.
“I INFLUENCED MY PAR
ENTS to live here,” stated
Zehava. “ We visited the U.S. two
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THE CRIME RATE IN
ISRAEL is lower than the U.S.
and the punishments are more
severe, explained Zehava. They
also don’t have any capital or
parole punishment.
When Zehava moved here from
Israel two years ago, she dis
covered that the people are more
prejudiced and unfriendly than in
Hirzilia, the town where she
lived. "Everyone knew each
other and were friendly,” stated
Zehava.
“MARRIAGES COST A LOT
OF MONEY, and most people
don’t have much, so they live to
gether. Therefore, the divorce
rate is low. People think a lot
before they get married. If they
can’t get along and they want a
divorce, most can’t afford one.
"In Israel everything is ex
pensive compared to the U.S.
One thing about Israel that I
would like to change is the
government taxes. They are too
high, and I think the entire
country would turn Communist
within three years.
"Leaving Israel is almost
impossible. To leave (even to
visit another country) one must
years before we moved. At that
time it was expensive to leave.”
"I love Israel and I would do
anything to help, but I don’t want
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Page Five
VanArsdale to impersonate Scrooge
by Caryn Lason
•
How many people are familiar
with an individual who has be
come a legend in his own time?
(Photo by Alan Schoen)
VanArsdale, a teacher in District 219
for 32 years, does impersonations.
Ronald VanArsdale, in his 32
years at Niles District 219, has
achieved this title.
VanArsdale taught for 14 years
at East division, seven years at
West, and 10 years at North. In
his duration at Niles schools, he
saw many changes, including the
addition of the new section at
East, but one thing remained
continual.
EVERY YEAR, DURING
THE HOLIDAY SEASON, Van
Arsdale would do his impersona
tion of actor Lionel Barrymore
playing the part of Scrooge in the
play, “ A Christmas Carol.”
Van Arsdale first heard Barry
more doing Scrooge on the radio,
and he tried to impersonate him.
His friends were impressed by
his impersonation, and they en
couraged him to shorten it to five
minutes. In 1946 he performed
for an audience of East students
in their Christmas program. It
was so successful that he con
tinued doing Scrooge every year
at East. At that time they held
assemblies in the gym. When he
transferred to West, he did his
yearly impersonation, only in the
auditorium, and after he went to
North, he still performed
Scrooge, only less people were
familiar with the Actor Barry
more. By the last two years of
his teaching career he per
formed for a limited audience of
interested students.
VANARSDALE HAS PER
F O R ME D
many
other
i m p e r s o n a t i o n s i ncl udi ng
President Roosevelt, Bergin and
McCarthy, and German, French,
Chinese, and Italian dialects. He
did an impersonation of Charles
Laughton playing Captain Bligh
in “ Mutiny on the Bounty,” and
once when Charles Laughton was
in Niles Township, his students
dared him to go backstage and do
his impersonation. “I accepted
the dare, and after I finished the
impersonation, Laughton cor
rected me by telling me that I
had forgotten the words
“unchartered, when referring to
the seas,” explained Van
Arsdale.
This year, a former student of a: so copy facial expression, the
VanArsdale’s from North is way a person uses his mouth,
taping his impersonation of stature, dialect, and eccentric
Scrooge, to play on a Des Plaines gestures.” Follow all these
radio station, where the student directions, and hope the
program
director.
is
audience can recognize the
VanArsdale’s two twin nephews,
individual being impersonated.
Tom and Dick Arsdale, are pro
fessional basketball players on
the Phoenix Suns, and they have
al so t a pe d t he Scr ooge
impersonation to play on
Phoenix stations.
VANARSDALE STUDIED
AND MAJORED IN ENGLISH
by Wendy Gerber
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a portion of the amount for all
minorities.
The Indians are furthering
their education beyond grade
school and high school. Some of
them even earn doctor’s and
lawyer’s degrees, according to
Redcloud.
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SONS THE INDIANS have cere
monial drums and they are in
touch with spirits that are omni
present. A ceremony makes the
medicine work which are de
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and bark on trees, according to
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The Indians change their loca
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religion and government which
is typical of most tribes.
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�Friday, December 17, 1976
Page Six
Sophs lose
2 cage games
Cagers take seventh
by Mike Bass
The week of Nov. 23 was a very
busy one for the Trojan varsity
basketball team.
First, Niles East finished
seventh in the Streator tourna
ment, then lost on consecutive
nights to Maine East and Notre
Dame.
NILES EAST CAPTURED
SEVENTH PLACE in the Strea
tor tournament by defeating
Sterling Newman 90-86, after los
ing their first two games. Those
two losses were to home team
Streator, 96-72, and to Morris, 6866.
The defeats by Maine East and
Notre Dame were by scores of
88-77 and 78-55 respectively. That
these two games were played on
consecutive nights (Friday and
Saturday) upset Trojan Head
Coach, Emil Capitani.
“ As long as I am with the Niles
East basketball team, I will
never try to schedule double
weekend games again,” ex-
claimed Capitani. “The bad part
about the two game weekend is
that we were up for the first
game against a good team
(Maine East), but were flat
against Notre Dame. Notre
Dame is a good team, though.”
EVEN THOUGH THE TRO
JANS lost to Maine East, Coach
Capitani was pleased with his
club’s play. “ We played a good
game against a good club. We
were able to break their press,”
added Capitani.
One of the big reasons Niles
East lost to Maine was explained
by Coach Capitani. “ We were
down by six with three minutes
left, when we didn’t cash in on
our offensive opportunities.”
Capitani made a similar com
ment about the Notre Dame
game, when he pointed out one of
the reasons for their loss. “ We
were losing by 12 points when we
had five offensive opportunities
where we didn’t score.”
IN
THE
S TREATOR
TOURNAMENT, Trojan for
ward Jeff Frankel led all scorers
with 71 points for a 23.7 point per
game average, including 37
points against Sterling Newman.
Frankel was chosen to the all
tournament team, his second all
tournament placing this year.
Frankel leads the Trojans in
scoring this year with 161 points,
an average of 20.1 points per
game.
Chuck Wisniewski was the top
scorer for Niles East against
Maine East with 20 points. Other
high scorers in that game for
Niles were Frankel with 16, Bill
Andrea with 15, and Marc
Bercoon with 12.
The Trojan scoring in the
Notre Dame game was led by
Frankel with 14 points. Other
Niles East players who were in
double figures were Robert
Rubenstein with 13, and Andrea
with 11.
V o lle y b a ll team beats M a in e
by Judy Lee
The Niles East varsity volley
ball team won their second con
ference meet and extended their
overall record to 4-1 by defeating
Maine East by the score of 20-16,
20- 11.
VARSITY COACH JERRY
RICHARDSON is enjoying his
first year of coaching girls’
volleyball. He says, “The girls
are doing everything I ask them
to, and I ’m having a great time
working with them.”
The girls have a rigorous
workout two hours every day
which includes running drills to
improve basic and advanced
skills and occasional scrim
mages. In past years, much of
the team’s strategy revolved
around its defensive ability to
keep the ball in play. This year,
however, the team is using a
multiple offense with a much
greater emphasis on aggressive
ball-playing. This seems to have
proven successful so far.
According to Coach Richard
son, the girls’ best advantage
over other teams they’ve played
has been their ability to handle
the ball. “ We can accurately
return serves and spikes while
other teams can’t,” explained
Richardson.
AGAINST MAINE EAST,
Coach Richardson commented,
“The team played a good mental
game — we were moving on the
court.” He was very pleased
with the team ’s performance,
especially since they had a 10
day lay-off between games.
"Our main weaknesses right
now are our poor blocking, skills
and our lack of communication,”
said Coach Richardson. The girls
will be working on these skills in
upcoming practices. Their next
game is against New Trier West
at New Trier on January 6.
The varsity squad consists of
ten players. They include seniors
Karen Behr, Jamie Borkovitz;
Jody
Coninx,
Beth
DeFranceschi, Kathy Ewing,
Elaine Masover, and Nan
Odlivak, and juniors Andrea
Slowik, Jenise Vassilatos, and
Judy Lee.
B oys9 gymnastics lo o k s good
by Barry Schwartz
"Just like in the past. Trojan
gymnastic teams have always
had a winning tradition, and this
year will be no exception,” said
Boys Gy mn a s t i c s Coach
Seymour Rifkind.
“ The varsity squad will
include the returning sophomore
conference champs and a well
bal anced senior gr oup. ”
declared Coach Rifkind.
The team will be led by allaround gymnasts Chris Besser.
Bill Saputo, and John Lopez.
Individual contenders include
Brian Austin on rings and Jim
Burke on the sidehorse.
Coach Rifkind admits that
East swims
for future
victory will not come easy for
the Trojans this year. Four key
performers couldn’t come out
for the team because of personal
reasons. Also, the team must
face st rong compet i t i on,
including the top five teams in
the state.
Coach Rifkind added that with
extra hard work and determina
tion the team will have a winning
season.
On the sophomore level, the
squad is predicted to finish in the
upper half of the conference.
Leading this team will be two
trampolinists Jeremy Willens
and Larry Cohan.
The freshmen team will try to
by Dave Kaplan
"We hope we can win the con
ference, but this year’s main
goal is to build a conference
winning team for the future,”
commented assistant swimming
Coach Skip Petrzelka.
“The varsity swim team is
very inexperienced. We have
only 7 upperclassmen (5 juniors
and 2 seniors) swimming for
us,” Petrzelka commented.
Captain Dan Projansky swims
the 100-yard butterfly and the
butterfly in the medley relay. He
is trying to set a Niles East
school record by swimming the
100-yard butterfly under one
minute. “ Right now, he is
swimming it in 1:05,” added
Petrzelka.
Besides Projansky, Brad
Goldenberg, the other senior,
swims the 100-yard backstroke
and the backstroke in the
medley, Mike Borovik in the
breast stroke, and Scott Kleiman
in the freestyle.
hold its own with all-around
gymnasts Richard Tripp and
Steve Fishman.
by Mike Bass
(Photo by Alan Schoen)
Troians make Notre Dame sandwich.
Berke sees
girl gymnast
success
by Laurie Dubin
The girls’ gymnastic team
could be headed for a successful
season, despite their 0-4 record,
according to Coach Marcia
Berke.
“OUR LOSSES ARE NOT
REALLY an indication of how
well we’re doing and what we
are going to do. We have a lot of
potential, and we can win. After
all, we came very close in the
meets we lost,” commented
Berke.
The Maine West gymnastic
team beat our varsity gymnasts
by 5 points, and the J.V. team by
two points on November 2.. The
meet against Niles North on
December 2, ended in the defeat
of the J.V. team by 3 points,
while the varsity team lost by 7
points.
“ We have a team where every
body turns in solid scores consistantly. As an overall team,
we’re better than the teams who
beat us. The problem is that even
though most of the competitors
on the other teams aren’t as good
as us, there are always one or
two superstars who pull the
score way up. We can really win
if everybody brings up their
scores by a point,” Berke
explained.
Hockey team is 0-7
The Niles East hockey team is
0-7 after suffering crushing
defeats against such league
powerhouses as Loyola, Notre
Dame, and Prospect.
The
seems
which
goals,
Pfau.
team’s main problem
to be a weak defense
thus far has permitted 66
according to Coach Bill
The Tr oj an sophomore
basketball team lost its first two
games of the year to Maine East
and Notre Dame.
The final scores of the games
were 68-57 against Maine East,
and 57-54 against Notre Dame.
The Maine East game was
actually closer than the score in
dicates. It was a one or two point
game until the last four minutes,
when Maine went into a stall,
and the Trojans were forced to
foul.
THE CONTEST WITH
NOTRE DAME looked like it
might have ended differently
than it did, when the Trojans
jumped out to a 30-21 half time
lead. The lead, however, was cut
to one point at the end of the
third quarter, and Notre Dame
went on to win, 57-54.
Trojan Head Coach, Bill
Langston, said that "It was hard
to open with the first game on
the road, plus Maine East is a
very good club.”
COACH LANGSTON COM
MENTED on the Notre Dame
game, explaining, “ The kids
played real well for 24 minutes.
Unfortunately, there are 28
minutes in a game.”
“The turning point in the game
was when we had a seven point
lead, and lost it in 40 seconds,”
added Langston.
Coach Langston feels that the
team ’s strong points are its pivot
and forward men. He thinks that
the weak points are the lack of
guard scoring, the need for more
hustle on defense, and the lack of
an adequate back-up play
making guard.
Trojans
Triumph
The Trojan basketball team
pulled victory out of the hands
of defeat last Tuesday, by
defeating Niles North on a
last second shot by Marc
Bercoon.
The final score of the game
was 54-53 in favor of the
Trojans.
What was rem arkable
about the game, was the great
comeback made by Niles
East. They were down 53-40
with only 4:13 left to play,
when they scored 14 straight
points to win the game.
The day was a sweep in
basketball for the Trojans.
G ra p p le rs defeat Evanston
by David Fogel
The Niles East wrestling team
traveled to Evanston to take on
the Wildkits Friday, December
3. All four teams won by very im
pressive scores.
The freshmen won by an over
whelming score of 78-3. The
sophomore and J.V. teams also
won by wide margins to continue
their winning ways. The com
bined scores for all four levels
was 229-26.
Easthi varsity w restlers
remained undefeated by posting
a 50-3 victory. Pins for the
varsity came from Bill Stein,
Rick Yale, Bud Blumenthal, and
Mark Sonshine, who needed only
26 seconds to defeat his
opponent.
The wins boosted the Trojans’
four team combined record to 120.
“T rib u n e 9 h on ors K a re n B e h r
9
by Mari Ivener
(Photo by Alan Schoen)
Karen Behr — prep athlete oi the
week.
Karen Behr, 77, was recently
honored by the Chicago Tribune
as a prep athlete of the week for
the week of November 22.
Karen, who was recognized for
her excellent play on the volley
ball team, felt she was not the
only team member worthy of the
honor.
“There are other girls on the
team who played just as well. I
really don’t know why they chose
me,” Karen explained.
BESIDES VOLLEYBALL,
KAREN is involved with the
school’s tennis, and track teams.
She’s been captain of the tennis
team for two years and was
voted most valuable girls'
basketball player for three
years. She also went downstate
last year for track and field
where she threw the shotput.
Of all sports, Karen enjoys
participating in softball the
most. Although she’s not on the
school’s team, she plays for the
Skokie Girls’ Traveling Team.
The traveling team consists of
the area’s best players which
play similar teams in neigh
boring suburbs. Last year her
team finished first in the Park
District tournament and second
in in the Chicago Metro
tournament.
“GIRL’S SPORTS AT EAST is
getting better all the time,”
Karen stated. “ Girl’s sports are
pulling bigger crowds, and we’re
getting more gym time for
practice.”
Although she has no definite
plans for college, Karen is
looking into some state colleges,
and she definitely will continue
to participate in athletics.
“There's a problem with
scholarships for girls. Guys are
scouted for scholarships, while
girls have to go looking for the
s chol ar shi ps t h e ms e l v e s , ”
asserted Karen.
Karen's chief gripe is the way
girl athletes are looked down
upon. She feels they are thought
upon as being unfeminine.
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