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

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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.

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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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reliance in each student. At the year the boys had a monopoly on fusion, but toward the end the girls could understand for what the miittee N«rs 5t iving. The Committee organized lirteen study halls under student supervision, nine boys ' and four girls. ' In addition to organization of the study halls the committee debated the advis- ability of having student supervision and tried to get the student body as a whole to accept the idea of student supervision and what it stands for. The council feels that student supervision is one of its most important projects, and sincerely believes that the feasibility of such a project has been proved this year, and will become a tradition at New Trier. Treasurer Marg Walker and her Financial Com- mittee sponsored the Activities Ticket, as usual. In this connection the Committee was of great assistance to students in working out their activities tickets. The Financial Committee was also in charge of the Council expenses, budgeting, bookkeeping, contingency fund, and other things of this nature. Too much praise cannot be given to Miss Hadden and Mr. VanDeursen, the Council sponsors. They have both worked cheerfully and untiringly to help the Council. Credit must be given to the advisor representatives for their constructive cooperation. The year, 1938-1939, has been one of the best for the Council since it was organized. BOYS ' STUDENT SUPERVISORS OF STUDENT STUDY HALLS First Row — Lippincott, Holland, Small, Horak, Petersen, Leggitt, McNitt. Second Row — Buttner, Baptista, Howell, Bennett, Scheibel, Hoefer. GIRLS ' STUDENT SUPERVISORS OF STUDENT STUDY HALLS First Row — Small, Raymond, Bruce, Bonnett, Baker, Macalister. Second Row — Scheibel, Meinig, Smith, Fleming, Adams, Lidecker, Pittman.