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

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ART DEPARTMENT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT . Every New Trier sfudenf has an opporfunify fo fake up one or more courses in Science, regardless of his level or year. This deparfmenf, which is headed by Mr. F. L. Windoes, offers General Science, Physiology, and English-Science fo freshmen, Biology and Radio fo sophomores, and Biology and Chemisfry fo iun- iors. Seniors may fake Physics or Advanced Radio. This year a new course lisfed as Science IV has been faughf. This course is open fo seniors and deals wifh personal and family relafionships. The course has proved fo be so popular fhaf fhe number of classes increased from one fhe firsf semesfer fo four fhe second. WINDOES I ,CHRISTENSEN CLADER coNDoN ' Q EDWARDS HOYT WINDOES CHRISTENSEN CLADER CANDON EDWARDS HOYT REAM REYNOLDS J. R. SMITH STEWART VERNON VAN DEURSEN MURPHY CASELLA FEARHEILY HOLLAND D. SMITH STENVALL REAM REYNOLDS J. R. SMITH srswmzr VERNON VAN DEURSEN O The mosf oufsfanding proiecf of fhe Arf Deparfmenf confinues fo be fhe arf exhibifs. These exhibifions have been of such high caliber, and have proven so beneficial in promofing fine appreciafion of arf in fhe school, fhaf new Iighf- ing is being insfalled in fhe main corridor fo improve fheir display. A well equipped phofography sfudio and fhree phofography classes, as well as a flourishing phofography club, are recenf addifions fo fhe deparfmenf. Wifh fhe use of fhe fine machinery equipmenf in Mr. Fearheiley's shop, and fhe weaving looms in Mr. Sfenvall's sfudio, fhe Design Workshop classes offer ample opporfunify fo fhe sfudenf for worlc in various craffs. The splendid equip- menf in fhe Ceramic Sfudio is an added affracfion fo The deparfmenf. This year fhe Arf Deparfnnenf offered fiffeen classes, including Applied Arfs I, 2, 3, and 4, Phofography I and 2, and Design Workshop l and ll, besides fhe classes in arf appreciafion, and Mr. I-Iolland's infegrafed arf lecfures. Cafherine M. Murphy is head of fhe deparfmenf. Page 1 5

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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

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SMALL BRADY BREDIN BREIDENBACH COLLINS DONHAM EISLER FLENTYE E. KAHLER LOWREY McDOWELL MOELLER MORRIS MUDGETT PATTERSON PAUL SHAW THE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT O The Foreign Language deparlmenf of The school has iusl complefed an- olher busy year under The able leadership of Doclor Small. Las+ year Spanish was highly a'H'rac'rive 'ro +he s'ruden+s and lhis year if has conlinued in i+s popularily, and yel' wilhoul apparenl loss in +he number Jralcing lhe olher languages: Lafin, French, and German. This year. as in lhe +wo preceding ones, French has been open lo The fresh- men as a 'four-year course. ln addifion a new French course. called French Civilizalion, has been opened +o sludenis who have had al' one 'rime or anolher fhree years of French. This course consisfs of exlensive reading in French liler- al'ure and runs parallel wilh senior French sludies. A change occurred in 'rhe organizafion of Senior Spanish 'fhis year. Pre- viously 'rhe lirsl semesler was mainly concerned wi1'h grammar and 'rhe second wi+h reading. Now, however, fhe sel'-up has been changed so +ha+ lhe grammar is sludied second semesler 'ro aid +hose who are faking 'rhe college board achievemen+ +es'rs. Because ol a large increase in availabilily of visual aids, 'rhese films, when suirable. were used lrequenlly for reaching. Aboul' +wice a monfh sludenls look advanlage of Mrs. Kidds' Music ln+egra'rion course 'rhal' deals wilh +he music of +he counlries sludied. ll' has been very valuable in +he knowledge of cusfoms and has aided in 'rhe pronunciaiion of lhe languages. , SMALL BRADY BREDIN BREIDENBACH i COLLINS DONHAM EISLER I FLENTYE ' E. KAHLER LOWREY McDOWELL MOELLER moms APATTERSON ' PAUL - SHAW