New Trier Township High School - Echoes Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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Willing and enthusiastic talentrn Burch's life with cruel, heartless Ste Thelma Eldredge desperately pleads for Brian ve Fleisher in High BL ltton Shoesf' fSclza1:j ally around on the pier at Elder Lane beach, Cefiltniappe members momentarily discussion of the war situation in Zanzibar to greet a luckless passing photographer. , as they were trudging slowly back to work at New Trier, their reverie was again a giant white mollusk which was being washed up on the shore. Gefiltniappe, New Trier's newest dramatic organization, presented shows May 4 and 5 in the Lagniappe style. fScl1af:J ' Standing casu pause in their Moments later interrupted by

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The opera leads and chorus follow Bill Burrowls enthusiastic de- l scription of the Model T. Gteivzbergj Between opera acts, well dressed card sharks play a quick hand. fSteinbergJ 5 f la li 2 lf li E. o S , i is 5 Lf 6

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rw?sg 's 3 ,,f,4,,,z,,. 4 An enthusiastic football crowd punctuates its cheers with pompoms. My teachers in Germany . . . would have faintedfa said Anne-Marie Spath. fSfeinbergJ 6'To know mericans, join a team At an AFS reunion of foreign students living in Illinois, held at New Trier during the winter, a :student from the Netherlands made the comment that one of the best ways for an outsider to get to know Americans is to join an athletic team. Two of New Trier's exchange students, Hans and Sefik, played this year as the stars of the school intenscholas- tic soccer team. They tremendously enjoyed it, besides Sophomore Dave Bell transports the ellipsoid against Morton. fSf6i'llb6TgJ showing many American students how the game is really played and leading the team to a state championship. As is the case with all other extra-curricular activities, a sports program in the European schools is considered optional while here it is considered essential. Hans said that in Aus- tria they played two or three soccer games a year and a cou- ple of basketball games, but that was all. This condition resulted not only from a general lack of interest but also from the important factor that very few upperclassmen had time to practice. Since interscholastic competition is one of the most im- portant bases of what we call 'fschool spirit, and since European schools do not organize interscholastic sports, it follows that spirit as we know it in the form of cheer- leaders, crowds waving pompoms, and pep bands is unheard of outside our boundaries. Hans said the closest thing to spirit in Austrian secondary schools is the pride of a stu- dent in the academic quality of his school versus that of another. The foreign visitors were startled by the more than abundant energy of New Trier students at football and basketball games, and all thoroughly enjoyed the excitement. Sefik felt that this enthusiasm was responsible for a better performance on the part of the teams and remarked that if such a game were staged at his Turkish school, the students, apathy would be noticeable. As Anne-lWarie said after the first all-school pep rally of the year, held in the bleachers of the football field, I wish my teachers in Germany could have seen it. They would have faintedf'