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

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Srlfn H Miss Pavkti J r. KahUr THE ADMINISTRATION Tht members of the School Board of New Trier High School together with tlie Superintendent have as their most important function the responsi- bilit)- for determining the policies of the school. In the exercise of this function all possible points of view are considered where they are pertinent. The tax-payer at the polls, the student in the Student Council, and the teacher in the faculty meeting all have contribued in a measure to determine the fundamental policies under which New Trier is now operating. The educational policies of the school have been most effectively and beautifully portrayed by the Senior .Art students through the mural paint- ings over our main stairway. The figures in this painting symbolize the following main educational objectives of New Trier. Health, Command of the Fundamental Processes of Learning, Worthy Home Membership. Intelligent Vocational Selection, Worthy Use of Leisure Time, Responsiliilities of Citizenship. Ethical Character. These objectives represent the fundamental aims of this school. In the attempt to realize these major objectives, the administration of the school has established a number of subsidiary or minor objectives. Among these, perhaps the most noticeable at present is the policy with respect to athletics. Some athletic activity for every student in the school as a means of developing Health, Ethical Character and Worthy Use of Leisure Time is a concise statement of this policy. It is responsible for our new gymnasium and our considerable investment in athletic fields. .Another illustration of applied minor olijectives for the purpose of realizing our major purposes is the administrati e policy with respect to the adviser system. This system has a bearing upon all our major objectives. A concise statement of this minor objective would be as follows : The school should adapt itself to meet the needs of individual ])upils . To adapt itself to these needs, the school must first know what the needs of the individual pupils are. The only practical way to do this is to employ those teachers who have the ability and training to understand and interpret the needs of individual pupils. The result of this policy is a corps of teachers interested in. and capable of advising and leading students in the process of educating them- selves to the highest iJegrec of thoroughness and completeness of which they individually are capable. F. E. Clerk, Sui erintendent. Nineteen

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i£cl|n jS ■7 11 Dinir UiiiuV FACULTY PLAY A. A. Alilne ' s. The Do er Koad. a very interestinsj; and immensely humorous i)lay, was presented at New Trier, Friday and Saturday evenings, Decenil)er 9 and 10, respectively, liy the Women ' s Faculty Club. ]Mr. Latimer, a broad-minded, self-possessed gentleman in his later years, was played by Mr. Kahler, Dean of boys. His servant, and right- hand man, Dominic, was portrayed very well by Mr. Wehr. Anne, a sens- ible yet captivating young English woman, was played by Miss Bell. Leon- ard, the irritated and impossible hero, was none other than Mr, Yzn Kirk, our well-known dramatic coach. Miss Biesmeier and Mr. Persing played opposite each other in the roles of the fussy and extremely thoughtful Eustasia, and the brutal-he-man Nicholas. Dominic ' s staff, consisting of Misses Bredin, Brown and Walker, and Messrs. Caton. Frisbie and Funkhauser completed the cast. This pleasing and frivolous production was coached and directed by Miss Stanwood. One ul the Vilildi lillr .lc « TiccntiiOne