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

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,Q i . ,l' KAHLER MALONEY BROWN ,W HERRON BIESEMHER ADVISER CHAIRMEN AND DEANS O The Adviser Chairmen supervise lhe aclivilies ol lhe adviser rooms lhroughoul lhe school year. The boys' chairman and girls' chairman lor each class have charge ol eleclions, class dues, parlies and assemblies. Any scholaslic or disciplinary maller may be relerred lo lhe adviser chairman who is lhe link belween lhe adviser and lhe dean. The lreshman adviser chairman helps lreshmen sludenls make lhe adiuslmenls belween grade and high school. Miss Maloney and Mr. Kahler, lhe Deans, spend a greal parl ol lheir lime in college planning wilh lhe slu- denls. Filling oul blanks lor admission, and recommend- ing sludenls lo colleges are a parl ol lheir yearly lasks. All issues, social, academic or disciplinary, which can- nol be handled lhrough lhe Adviser Chairman, may be relerred lo lhe Dean. DEPARTMENT HEADS C ln addilion lo leaching his regular sched- uled classes, lhe head ol each deparlmenl has many olher responsibililies. Meeling wilh lhe olher leachers ol his deparlmenl, he discusses lhe year's curriculum and makes recommenda- lions. Togelher, lhey may make suggeslions lo lhe adminislralion regarding lexlbooks. ln professional mallers he is lhe leader ol his de- parlmenl. KAHLER MALONEY VERNON BREDIN CARPENTER HURST REAM HAMILTON Page MURPHY RAU HUTCHENS SMALL SCHOENBERGER LIGHTER BIESEMEIR Arl Commerce English Foreign Language Healfh Home Economics lnduslrial Arls LIBBEY SNYDER COTTON CHILDS BOULTON WINDOES ULLRICK Library Malhemelics ' Music Boys' Physical Girls' Physical Science Social Sluclles Educalion Educalion

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MR. ANDERSON MR. CUTLER MR. HINNERS M R. GAFFN EY ADMINISTR TIO ADMINlSTRATION C New Trier is considered one of +he foremosr high schools in fhe Unifed Sfaies. This fine repu'ra+ion is due, for fhe mos? parr, io Marfhew P. Gaffney, our principal for sevenfeen years, who is aided by 'rhe following: Mr. F. A. Kahler, Dean of Boys: Miss Helen H. Maloney, Dean of Girls: Mr. W. L. Brown, Busi- ness Manager and Assisranf Su eriniendeni: Mr. R. F. L. Biese- meier, Su erinfendenf of Buildings and Grounds: and all 'rhe adviser chairmen, depar'l'men+ heads and sponsors of Girls' Club, Tri-Ship and Council. Also credi+ is due 'lo fhe Board of Educalion. The Presidenl isl-larold H. Anderson and members are Chrisfian E. Jarchow, Ralph G. Hinners. Paul W. Curler, and Berl' M. Kohler. Someihing new has been added +o 'rhe adminisfralion 'rhis year: if is a general council made up of fhirfy-rwo parenfs from lhe adviser rooms. This is a small enough group so Thai' if makes if possible for bolh parenfs and s+uden+s +o come To- gerher +o discuss problems. Mr. Gaffney and rhe board haveybeen planning 'lor The fufure of New Trier. The are conferrin wi+h a school archi- gf' XI. MR. JARCHOW .MR. KOHLER lecl abouFbuil'Gnng plansfelans lo replacigfhe olE'bullE'ing and improve fhe building and grounds generally. The aim of 'rhe adminis+ra+ion of New Trier is +o creale a school 'ro develop cifizenship and characrer, 'ro provide oppor- +uni+ies for developmeni of in+eres+. Since eighfy per cenl: of 'rhe sfudenis go 'ro college, one main obiecfive is fo provide +he necessary college preparalion. Page 10

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HUTCHENS CARPENTER COOK DEAMES M. DEAN HAMILTON LEHMAN LIGHTNER MacLEAN McKINNIE PETERSON PIFER SHIRLEY K. SMITH VAN KIRK VLASTO WALKUP WHITE WHITFIELD WILSON WRIGHT CAVANAUGH S. DEAN GAHAGAN KRAL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT O During The pasT year, The English DeparTmenT, under The capable direcTion oT Mr. l luTchens, has oTFered The same 'Fine curriculum as ThaT of I946-47. The populariTy of The greaT books course lfor seniorsl conTinued ThroughouT boTh semesTers, alThough iT is a solid subiecT, and so are The books. Everyone has missed Miss Durgin This year, while she is Teaching in Sale, England. on an ex- change basis. Our Teacher from Sale is Miss Dean who has won The aTFecTionaTe regard of everybody. AnoTher addiTion To The English TaculTy is Mr. Shirley, a ColgaTe man, who Took over sponsorship of The News lMr. CarpenTer was The previous sponsorl second semesTer. The Treshman and sophomore English TesTs, as usual, showed everyone iusT whaT he didn'T know in Time Tor semesTer grades, buT The TesTs were really quiTe easy-ask any upper classman. BuT don'T men- Tion Themes and Tiling cards To The juniors, please! Much as we all love The subiecT, everyone is Thankful ThaT The English review classes don'T sTarT unTil June TourTeenTh. NeverTheless, we're glad ThaT There are some brave souls, namely English Teachers, who will puT up wiTh dangling parTiciples and spliT infin- iTives long enough To Teach us To undersTand and wriTe The good, correcT sorT of English. DRAMA DEPARTMENT O The Drama DeparTmenT, consisTing oT Mr. Van Kirk, Mrs. Cavanaugh, Miss Gahagan, Miss Kral, and Miss Shirley Dean, has once again This year oflered an excellenT varieTy oT courses. They are Voice and DicTion, Radio AcTing and Announcing, Choric Speaking, Verse Speaking Choir, DramaTics, Oral Reading, and Public Speaking. ExTra-curricular drama acTiviTies have been produced wiTh The help oT Mr. Coburn, Mr. Harper. Mr: Jones, Mrs. LighTer, Mrs, CoTTon, Mr. Lehman, and Mr. Holland. The plays This year have been STage Door , The Prince and The Pauper, and You Can'T Take IT wiTh You . The opera, The Mikado, was produced in'collaboraTion wiTh The Music DeparTmenT. HUTCHENS CARPENTER COOK DEAMES M. DEAN A HAMILTON LEHMAN NER M VAN KIRK VLASTO 'WALKUP WHITE ' WHITFIELD WILSON VVRIGHT .MCKINNIE . PETERSON PIPER SHIRLEY 'K. SMITH CAVANAUGH S. DEAN GAHAGAN T KRAL