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

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FUNK:-iousea I ewsxe ' GALLIE + GRATERVT 1 .T HARPER Jones msc SLEIGHTT ' SWAIN UDE WATERS I WEINGARTNER SNYDER ASCHENBACFI- . QATON EVANS Liu. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT I AlThough no maThemaTics courses are required Tor high school graduaTion, Two years of maTh are advised Tor all. New Trier sTudenTs and Their parenTs are realizing The necessiTy oT a sTrong ToundaTion in maThemaTics as preparaTion Tor eiTher college or business. This year Mr. Snyder. head oT The MaThemaTics DeparTmenT, and his sTaTT oTfered all oT The courses which were offered lasT year. A course in Special MaThemaTics was oTFered in summer school Tor incoming Treshmen who had been weak in maThemaTics. During The regular school year Tresh- men could Talce General MaTh IA and IB, or Algebra IA and IB, Plane GeomeTry 2A and 2B, and General MaTh ZA and 2B were oflered Tor sTudenTs in Their so ho- more year. Juniors who wished To go on wiTh maThemaTics Took Algebra 3A anj3B. Those sTudenTs whose Tinal average in Treshman algebra was A or B wiTh no grades below C Took Algebra Ill, an acceleraTed course which eliminaTes much of The review. The more advanced courses which were oTFered This year are Solid GeomeTr , TrigonomeTry. and College Algebra IV. Ali oT These are one-semesTer courses. Slicie Rule was oiiiered as a minor The second semesTer. and The classes meT once a week. Mr. Snyder Tells us ThaT This year mosT sTudenTs who are going To aTTend college have planned To Take aT leasT Three years oT maThemaTics. Those who besT appreciaTe iTs greaT im'porTance go on Through The more advanced courses. We are happy To say ThaT New Trier hasn'T losT any of The compeTenT maTh in- sTrucTors who were wiTh us lasT year. This year, as usual, The sTaTT members disTin- guished Themselves in many exTra-curricular acTiviTies. Mr. Aschenbach, Mr. CaTon, Mr. Gadslce, Mr. Funlchouser, and Mr. WeingarTner coached our Teams Through a successTul TooTball season. Mr. WaTers has been oT greaT service in s onsoring The ECI-IOES. Miss SleighT sponsored The MaTh Club. Miss Evans had charge of pre- paring sTudenTs for S. A. T. examinaTions. Miss Kelso was secreTary oT Women's FaculTy Club. Mrs. Gallie sponsored The popular KniTTing Club. Mr. Gadske has charge oT The evening school. Mr. GraTer is coordinaTor Tor baskeTball. Railroad sTaTion sTudenT supervision is under Mr. Swain's direcTion. Mr. SmiTh sponsored Lens Club and MoTion PicTure OperaTors' Club. Mr. Ude sponsored TheoreTical Science Club. Mr. Jones sponsored The LighT Crew. Mr. Harper sponsored STage Crew and ProperTies Crew. All maThemaTics Teachers. excepT The deparTmenT head. are regular sTudenT advisers. New Trier maThemaTics sTuclenTs are opular wiTh college and universiTy supervisors because oT Their excellenT preparaTion Ear college maThemaTics. MATHEMATICS

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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

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NAY SHEARER SIMONDS TATHAM WALTZ V WATERS WEHR ' WEILER SCCIAL STUDIES THE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT C The main aim oT The Social STudies deparTmenT is To give The sTudenTs in New Trier a beTTer knowledge of our world from iTs beginnings up To The Time in which we are living. This year The Social STuclies deparTmenT under The able direcTion of Miss Ullrich has given The sTudenTs oT New Trier a wealTh oT knowl- edge in AncienT I-IisTory, Civics, Economics, LaTin, American I-IisTory, Medieval I-IisTory, Modern I-IisTory, Sociology, Far EasTern T-lisTory, and UniTed STaTes I-IisTory. These courses give us a background of our worlcl. yesTerday and Today. To make The courses more inTeresTing, Mrs. Kidd oT The Music lnTegraTion deparTmenT shows sTudenTs ancienT insTrumenTs and sings The songs oT The period which They are sTudying. Mr. Holland gives lecTures on archiTecTure compleTe wiTh slides To make his Talks more inTeresTing and inTormaTive. MosT classes Took a clay OTF To sTudy currenT evenTs in The various publicaTions covering The news of The clay, Thereby learning hisTory in The making as well as knowing whaT happened in The pasT. The Simpson Award discussions oT currenT problems were held several Times This year, ancl produced some very heaTed debaTes. The Social STudies cleparTmenT is indeed TorTunaTe in having a museum Tilled wiTh inTeresTing relics. This museum helps The sTudenT visualize whaT They are s+udying. During This year one oT The big evenTs was The Republican NominaTing Con- venTion. IT was very inTeresTing To see who was nominaTed, especially in This year of The naTion-wide elecTion. Also This year The deparTmenT received The honor of being asked by The American Legion To send one OT iTs Teachers To help The Legion selecT worThy Tilms Tor high school sTudenTs. UnTorTunaTely none oT The Teachers goT To go abroad lasT summer because OT The Terrible condiTions in Europe, buT some oT Them are hoping To geT abroad This coming summer. Page 14