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

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almosf wiIhouI peer. BUI Ihe course of sIudy, wiIh all Hs variefy, iusI doesn'I slrand sIiII. Innovafions in Ihe curricuIurn Ihis year appeared as Ihe sfudy of logic: was in- Iroduced in some English, mafh, and science Classes, IouI even more noIe- worrhy was Ihe creaIion oi Iwo invifa- IionaI courses, one in advanced maIhef mahcs Ior sophomores who had done ouIsIanding work in Ihe freshman year and Ihe ofher Ior juniors and seniors who showed uncommon aIoiIiIy in Creae Iive wririnq. The Iorrner course sIarIed in Sepwhernber and Ihe IaIIer in Febru- ary, Iaughr by Mr. Swain and Mr. IConIinued on page 22I CERAMICS BRINGS OUT THE CREATIVE ggi: I I ,Q X Wiz I W xx., ADVANCED CLASS FOR MATHEMATICS WHIZ KIDS sfql ,4Qf5I4gIsQziiw!!llu TECHNICAL DRAWING TAKES TANGIBLE FORM BY ISLIDEI RULE OF THUMB, FOR FUTURE ENGINEERS ONCE A DAY FOR FOUR YEARS STRAIGHT

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Curricular Opportunitie lConTinued Trom page I9'l graduaTion and college enTrance. Some oT The unusual oTTerings are in The so- cial-sTudies Tield-geography, LaTin American hisTory, Far EasTern hisTory, BriTish hisTory, and sociology. ln maTh- ernaTics There are exTra classes in slide rule, an elecTive subiecT, besides courses in advanced rnaThemaTics. ln The indusTrial arTs curriculum, worlc experience oTTers crediT Tor successTul compleTion oT on-Thesiob Training. This is Tor sTudenTs noT planning To go To college immediaTely Tollowing gradua- Tion. The home economics curriculum includes courses in inTerior decoraTion and consumer educaTion, while in arT, pracTice in craTTs is available Tor The hobby-minded and The sTudy oT greaT arTisTs Tor sTudenTs oT The humaniTies. In English classes There have been in- Troduced special speech uniTs and also Training in reading improvemenT. Four years oT English has been made a re- guiremenT Tor graduaTion, wiTh waivers granTed only in The case oT Three-year graduaTes. When one considers The va- rieTy oT courses in The dramaTics and speech deparTmenTs, courses such as voice and dicTion, speech correcTion and lip reading, radio acTing and an- nouncing, as well as verse-speaking Training, iT appears ThaT The varieTy oT subiecT maTTer oTTered aT New Trier is .-'s. ii ggi '-. f SHADES OF CAESAR-A SMALL ILATINJ WONDER BE-MUSED: STUDY OF THE ENGLISH CLASSICS GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING THEY SEE THE WOODS INSTEAD OF THE TREES

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Vari ty lnvit s Interest lConI'inued lrorn page Zll Sweel, respeclively. Anolher change was The eslalolishmenl ol English 2Av and 2Bv as aliernalive courses lor Ihe English-social sludies eleciive for soph- omores. Many courses had Io be expanded as a resull ol increased enrollmenl and more varied needs as well as growing inleresl. Among Ihese were aulo driv- ing, archileclural drawing, and aulomo- Iives, in addilion Io The greal varielv ol: SEI, ILE' AV' 'ili academic Courses ollered. ln many ol lhe laller lhe changes were more sublle Ihan overl as conlenl of some courses shilled lo a higher level and slandards ol achievemenl began Io Iighlen up al' all levels. THE ABCS OF PAINTING AND DESIGN I I W ,L , W H 1 1 M N I I I figiigi I I i I I W fetal? I MIGHT AS WELL TRAIN EM, SINCE WE'VE GOT 'EM JUST THE TYPE EOR SERIOUS BUSINESS AH, SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE-BUT IT'S ONLY BIOLOGY