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

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Trier Student Council Student Supervised Study Halls College Exhibit • Hobby Show STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS John Davis — President Gordon Laughead — Vice-President Lois Pittman — Secretary Margaret Walker — Treasurer John Rodger — Social Mary Wilder — Social Pete Oliver — Inter-School Relations Polly Neeves- Inter-School Relations Rose Mary McKeighan — Publications John Barnett — Publications Robert Bennett — Building Grounds James Lang — Building Grounds George Terzakes — Assembly MR. VAN DEURSEN • The chief objectives of the Student Council are: To develop in the individual student the ability to accept his share of responsibility, give the student a chance to take part in the workings of a democratic organization, and to promote greater interest among the students in extra-curricular activities. This year the Student Council under president Jack Davis has striven to accomplish these things through the activ- ities of the various committees. A Social Committee under Mary Wilder and John Rodger was formed this year. This committee de- cided to investigate the statements, made by people outside the school, that there was a social problem at New Trier. The committee sponsored a census concerning participation in extra-curricular activities, and a thought-provoking student-faculty conference on the same subject. (The idea of having student faculty conferences has grown in popularity this year, and, by virtue of this, is sure to be continued.) Through these movements the Social Committee gath- ered enough enlightening information to formulate a plan to overcome these deficiencies. They did this by sponsoring various types of entertainment to en- courage better acquaintance among students. Another way in which social activities were encouraged, was the expansion of the club program. The committee helped interested students to form new clubs, and helped the old clubs with parties and various types

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TRAFFIC SQUAD First Row — Richards, Starrett, Porter, Morrison, Winterbotham, Fontham. Second Row — Lucas, Benson, Barrett, Cush man, Long. USHER CORPS First Row — Redding, Morrison. Risk. Reebie. Younglove. Welborn. Lawson. Farley, Lang, McFadzean. Carlson, Terzakes. McNitt. Second Row — Garretson, Benson, Tunnicliff. Cooter, Wilson, Drucker, Condit, Leichsenring, Stillman, Holland, Hill. Landis, Frei. Dewey. Third Row — Farwell, Brittain, Davis, J. Wiese, B. Wiese, Clark. Ben- nett, Watts, Knoop, Krause, Risk, Starrett, Buenger. Wilson. INFORMATION DESK First Row — Finney, Cooter. Dewey. Oliver. Leichsenring. Second Row — Moore. Millard. Gaffney, Bloom. Thomas, Oatis. teams in the Tri-Ship Club Room. This proved to he mutually beneficial to the teams, and afforded a chance for the members of each team to get acquaint- ed. The committee also successfully managed, in cooperation with the athletic department, another annual intramural sports carnival, which was held on March 24. A cheer contest sponsored by the committee in the fall resulted in a few new cheers for the cheerleaders, who are under the direction of this committee. The club room, which is maintained by Frank Knoop ' s Club Room committee, is furnished with modern furniture, a radio, and tables for playing checkers. This room is for the use of the boys of the school and any organization which might want to use it for their meeting. This year the committee sponsored a number of free afternoon movies in the club room in order to acquaint underclassmen with the room and to encourage them to make use of it. One of these movies was Lew Fonseca ' s American Jke C iL League baseball picture which was shown free of charge in the auditorium for every boy in school. The annual checker tournament was also directed by this committee, and it created its usual interest. Each year the Tri-Ship Club makes an award to the boy, who by the vote of all the boys in school, best exemplifies the club ' s ideals of citizenship, sportsmanship and fellowship. This year the award went to Bud Stillman. A great deal of credit for the successful adminis- tration of the Club ' s activities goes to the sponsors, Mr. Frisbie and Mr. Gannaway. Mr. Gannaway was a new addition to the organization assisted with the responsibility of and the traffic squad. It is only tf, and experience of its sponsor club can change hands each yes any bad effects in the transition, anc the ardent labors of these men that the cj to exist. ins vear oei

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of projects. The Committee also sponsored an excel- lent Hobby Show which gave students, clubs, and members of the community an opportunity to exhibit some extremely interesting hobbies. This Committee, too, was responsible for the charters of the different clubs and organizations throughout the school. George Terzakes ' Assembly Committee brought several worth-while speakers before the student body. Some of these were Dr. Hugh Elmer Brown of Evans- ton, and Mr. George Getgood, Director of Community House, Winnetka, who spoke on Armistice Day. Dr. Luccock of Evanston also presented a very interest- ing and clear account of the war in China. This Committee presented an assembly to the freshmen at the beginning of the year, the purpose of which was to acquaint the incoming students with the clubs and organizations available to them. They also pre- sented a concert by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. The Inter-School Relations Committee, with Pete Oliver and Polly Neeves as co-chairmen, concen- trated chiefly, this year, on a survey of clubs in other schools throughout the United States. They wrote to various high schools, asking for lists of their successful clubs, and filed the replies for future reference. Representatives from this committee at- tended the District Conference at Maine High School and reported back to the Council. They conducted an investigation on the point system question, which was also filed for future reference. The Com- mittee sponsored the delegation which was sent to the State Convention at Peoria. This Convention was found extremely interesting by the delegation. The Publications Committee organized and man- aged the extremely popular second annual College Exhibit with great success. The aim of this exhibit was to furnish information and assistance to seniors and juniors in the selection of their colleges. Approxi- mately seventy colleges sent representatives, armed with literature and information, to talk with those interested. The Publications Committee under Jack Barnett and Rose Mary McKeighan further developed the existing policies of the publications of the school, such as the Inklings, New Trier News, and the Echoes. They also edited the Freshman Handbook. The Building and Grounds Committee ' s main work this year has been on the Mess Hall situation. The acquisition of the new radio enabled the Committee to furnish swing recordings during the lunch periods — which the students seem to welcome as an agree- able supplement to luncheon. With further reference to the dining hall situation — at the beginning of the year the Committee found that there was a minority of students, who were not cooperating with their ruling that no food was to be taken into the audi- torium, while listening to the music. They evolved a plan which eliminated this minority by the use of little cards, which were needed to gain entrance to the auditorium. The Building and Grounds Com- mittee also worked in cooperation with the Regis- trar ' s Office concerning the bulletin boards. They 0. K. ' d everything that went on the boards, thus tending to eliminate messy bulletins. Another committee organized this year was the Study Hall Committee under vice-president. Gordon Laughead, and secretary, Ducky Pittman. The aim of this committee was to improve the system of student supervision in the study halls, and to develop V «2 STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES First Row — Pierson, Baker, Neilson, Rosenheim, Watson. VanArsdale. Lukens, Sipp, Roemer, Thompson, Royal, Hathaway, Kaempfer, Munson, Andreae, M. Bowen, Hoffman, Crawford, Melchior, Hirsch, Harkness, Hazelet, Mcllraith. Second Row — IVIacLeish, Meyers, Hill, Nelson, Koch, Rogers, Starbuck, Lodwick, A. Bowen, Oatis, Smith, Kletzien, Janicki, Lidecker, Hagan, P. Nielsen, Wolff, Siefkin, Hahn, Burge, Thorp, Kritzer. Williams, Mitten, Bryson, Miller, Hanna. Third Row — Boyle Mestjian, Dodds, Sosna, Cushman, Leeman, Macomber, Hughes, McNitt. Raggio, B. Wiese, Condit, Magner, Templeton, Lippincott, Osterstrom, Michael, Collier, Whitting- ton, Gordon, J. Wiese, Kriebel, Kinnear, Wells, Buck, Booth.