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

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, g,, SCIENCE and COMMERCE Everyone has observed a number of young biologisTs dashing over The hockey Tield in search of rare dragonflies, or Telling The nauseaTing deTails of Trog dissecTion. Or iT mighT be ThaT you've chanced upon physics enThusiasTs sweaTing over plans Tor aTomic- power hoT rods. You may have poked your inquisiTive nose inTo The depThs of Science IV, where innocenT seniors learn whaT They don'T know already. UndoubTedly, you've smelled The unrnisTak- able 'fumes oT sulphur produced by our own budding chemisTs. lNoTe: all chemisTry sTudenTs are advised To geT sTudenT insurance policy.l Some oT us may dread The compulsory course in science, buT once They've enTered The deparTmenT, Tew leave volunTarily. There's never a dull momenT in This car. and iT Takes a skillTul engi- neer like Mr. Windoes To keep iT on The righT Track. IT you wanT To break down your moTher's sales resisTance, or secreTly aspire To be Mr. 6aTFney's privaTe secreTary, your place is in our Commerce DeparTmenT. The world's TasTesT TypisTs lIO words a minuTe, someTimesll and Tamed shorThand whizzes also geT Their Training here. Everybody will evenTually require a knowledge oT Typing, bookkeeping, salesmanship, or shorThand, and There's no beTTer place To learn Than in Mr. Rau's deparT- menT. -- rv WINDOES CH RISTENSEN CLADER CONDON EDWARDS HOYT REAM REYNOLDS SMITH Ui' G STEWART VAN DEURSEN VERNON RAU DOCKSTADER HADDEN HERRON REINHARDT I SMITH Page I5

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WEILER LIGHTER Page I4 SOWERSBY BOND SOCIAL STUDIES Our Social STudies deparTmenT aimed Tor sTudenTs To be in- Tormed on The hisTorical background oT The world as well as on The heriTage OT Their counTry and communiTy. This year The em- phasis was shiTTed Trom memorizaTion work To an aTTempT Tor everybody To undersTand and careTully consider The maTerial. Movies, Tilm sTrips. and records were used oTTen To provide addi- Tional inTeresT. Even The reTiring people had ample oppOrTuniTy To express Their opinions Through panel and group discussions. WiTh The exTensive varieTy oT courses oTTered, and The careTul leadership oT Mr. Shearer and The insTrucTors, This year's work in Social STudies has been more Tun Than ever. HOME ECONOMICS WheTher she hopes To concenTraTe on Tull or parT Time home- making in The TuTure, any New Trier girl can equip herselT wiTh a solid domesTic backing by Taking our Home Economics courses. BoasTing an enTire secTion oT The TourTh Tloor. The deparTmenT's TaciliTies include an up-To-daTe Toods laboraTory, compleTe sew- ing and cooking accessories, and a TasTeTully decoraTed small aparTmenT. The laTTer. a viTal parT oT The deparTmenT, noT only serves as a class laboraTory, buT is used Tor TaculTy Teas and oTher social aTTairs. Foods classes someTimes provide reTreshmenTs Tor These parTies, and They also cook a wide varieTy oT dishes as They learn To appreciaTe The imporTance OT viTamins and nuTriTional values. Across The hall, CloThing sTudenTs can be seen sewing anyThing Trom simple aprons To graduaTion dresses. Also very popular are The courses in lnTerior DecoraTion and in Consumers' EducaTion.

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. ,W Page I6 FCREIG LANGLI GES PARLEZ-VOUS ANYTHING? IT you don'T, you've missed ouT on one oT The happiesT experi- ences New Trier has To oTTer. The Language DeparTmenT, again under Dr. Small's smiling direcTion, has had an unusually educa- Tional I952. FirsT-year suTTerers have discovered The Tun oT mysTi- Tying Their parenTs wiTh such quainTly suggesTive expressions as Puella Romana esT, and Fermez la bouchel Second and Third year sTudenTs have, as usual, seTTled down To prepare Tor college boards and The more immediaTe semesTer TesTs. The greaT nurn- ber OT sTudenTs who express Their enThusiasTic desires To learn anoTher Tongue, and Their laTe success in language Tields show ThaT our Language DeparTmenT gives more oT The school's ouT- sTanding opporTuniTies. MUSICOLOGY The climb To Room 4-I I is breaThTaking, buT The reward is even more so. l-lere, surrounded by hundreds oT musical insTrumenTs which she has collecTed Trom all over The world, Mrs. Kidd dir'ecTs her many aTTairs as our I-lead MusicologisT. We all appreciaTe The work she does To inTegraTe music inTo so many oTher courses, and also To make Musicale's ConcerT Series The success iT always is. THE DINER Everyone has sampled and enjoyed The wares oT Mrs. ReclciTT's lciTchen sTaTT. This Tireless group spends long hours behind The scenes in The caTeTeria, cuTTing, slicing, Tlavoring, boiling-making iT harder Than ever Tor us To lceep our dieTs. No banqueT could succeed wiThouT Them, nor could any lunch period. Why noT Talce a Trip To The lciTchen To see Tor yourselT how imporTanT The cooli- ing crew is? g MR. SCHUMACHER A viTal parT oT New Trier Tor 33 years, Mr. Schumacher con- Tinues Today To help us all as The AdminisTraTive AssisTanT. NOT only does he aTTend To many business deTails oT The main oTTices, buT he is The sponsor oT The Chess Club, and as such has helped many members To improve Their sTraTegies in ThaT game.