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

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SUBIAL STUDIES MUSIBULUGY CAUSE OF FAILURE TO GRADUATE DISCLOSED! Long term students here today presented a reason for their prolonged education. It's the Social Studies Department, complained a panicky overadue graduate. 'Tve been in here eight years, and still haven't taken all their courses! Others supported his complaint. One student, en- countered on the steps of the high school, advanced the theory that some pupils stayed on because they couldn't make up their minds which courses out of the many to take, This particular student added, as he wandered off into the shrubbery, that he was one 'of these and he should know. In defense of the Social Studies Department, it must be said that they insist on only two social studies courses-U. S. History and one other-for each stu- dent. But all other history courses are made so inter- esting by current events discussions, talks by mem- bers of the faculty, and such devices, that students cannot resist them. Although no new courses have been added this year, the wide selection has certainly not been lessened, and if anything, the desirability has increased. Page 15 STIEARER COBURN C'RITC'lIETT FLEMINGTON V FRISBIE GANNAVVAY HENDERSON IIURST M. A NAY SIMONDS TATHAM VVALTZ XVEIIR XVEILER KIDD HINES Interviews with the people responsible, especially Mr, Shearer, their head, disclosed that they had no sympathy with this problem, and furthermore, they were hoping to make it even harder to solve. FLASH! -DEWEY WINS! The results of the New Trier Presidential Election were overwhelmingly in favor of New Yorks Gover- nor Dewey. Unfortunately, the country at large seems to disagree with New Trier's staunch Republi- cans. However, the mock election gave the students a practical taste of voting, and in 1952 they will be well prepared to exert their influence in a real national election, MUSICOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONTINUES WORK The Musicology Department is still going strong in its campaign to join the cultural and academic aspects of various courses. The students all look forward to the periods devoted to this break in the class rountine. Mrs. Kidd, head of the department, has a large col- lection of musical instruments. This department also sponsors the Concert Series,

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FGREIGN LANGUAGE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT EXPOSE! A diabolical plot has been uncovered by the authorities. Ap- parently the plot originates from the desire of certain dangerous foreign agents to convert as many New Trier students as pos- sible into foreigners, The countries which the agents represent are Old Rome, Spain, France, and Germany, Reluctantly Dr. C. Russell Small confessed to the leadership of this group. Dr. Small answered the accusations by flauting the fact that much progress had already been made, notably this year. He ex- plained, under pressure, the plans for action employed by the mob, Lists Plan of Attack The general plan of attack was to begin with concentrated grammar drills, followed up by reading and conversation prac- tice. To keep the victims from becoming suspicious, the leaders plied them with occasional movies and folk songs, Throughout the operations, they carried on mass infiltration of culture. Discovery Accidental The first signs of the gang's success came when intimates of the victims noticed that their friends were speaking with a strange accent. Alarm grew as it became apparent that the students' mannerisms had a definite foreign flavor. Finally the victims' friends took the matter to the authorities, who began in- vestigation. Investigators shrewdly traced the affair back to the Language Office. When the detectives burst into the room they found the teachers complacently enjoying tea and triscuits. Except for one attempt on the part of Dr. Small to escape by leaping from the window, the group surrendered quietly. SMALL BRADY , BREDIN BREIDENBACH COLLINS DONHAM EISLER , FLENTYE JOHNSON g E. KAHLER LOVVREY McDOVVEI.L ' MOELLER MORRIS MUDGETT PAVL SIIAXV ,rm Page 14

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SCIENCE cgmmtncf SX THE WINDOES REPORT Scientific Behavior in the New Trier Student ' The importance of science in everyday life is becoming more and more evident. The modern New Trier student realizes this fact and often takes more than the one required year of science. Even those who take only one year serve their term cheerfully. Mr. Windoes, as head of the Science Department, has done extensive research on the behavior of science students and has this to report: l. New Trier chemistry students break, blow up, or in any other way demolish more apparatus than the students of any other school. 2. New Trier biology students know more about the love life of a moth than the moths themselves. 3, New Trier physics students spend at least 75? of their time in the physics lab trying to grasp the principles of simple machines. By the end of the year a few students can actually work their yo-yos. Mr. Windoes concludes that such scientific skill is largely responsible for the high percentage of students who are accept- ed by colleges. Science IV Attracts Students Science IV, youngest of the science courses, continues to attract a great proportion of the seniors. Mr. Hoyt and Mrs. Stewart predict that every one of the students who gets mar- ried will have a successful marriage and at least five children. COMMERCE COURSES REALLY PAY Up-to-date New Trier students have found that the Com- merce Department courses pay real dividends in college and career life. Alumni of these courses will vouch for their useful- ness. This reporter got the following responses from interviews with former students. Tallulah Schwartz fclass of BIMI said, The typing and shorthand training I received at New Trier was directly re- sponsible for my becoming secretary to the president of the Nabisco Shredded Meat Company. Clarence V. Poconoh Y fclass of thirty-'levenl answered. Thanks to the typing courses I took under the Commerce De- partment, my instructors were able to read what I had written for the first time in my life. Mr. Rau says his department will continue to offer such chances for success to all ambitious New Trier students. RAU I DOCKSTADER ' GRINNELL HADDEN ' HERRON REINHARDT J. R. SMITH Page 16