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

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I I MR. FREDERICK A. KAI-ILER Dean of Boysg Direclor of College Guidance Mr. I-lenry Swain replaced Dr. Gadske as head ol lhe Malhemalics Deparlmenl, when lhe laller as- sumed his new dulies. In lhe mosl recenl adminislralion shills, Miss Virginia Kral look over lhe dulies ol Mrs. Elizabelh Cavanaugh, who lell in February lor a leave ol absence, and Mr. Loris I-loyl assumed lhe du- lies ol lreshman boys' adviser chair- man during lhe absence ol Mr. Roberl Ream. Over lhirly leachers joined lhe New Trier slall lhis year. New lo lhe English Deparlmenl are Mr. Carllon Buerger, Mrs. Dorolhy Childs, Mr. Louis Gallo, Miss Palri- cia I.aVezzorio, Mrs. Kalherine Ma- P ' 911-vw 222 MISS HELEN MALONEY I Dean of Girls keig, Mr. David Mcliendall, Mrs. Dorolhy Pallon, Miss Margarel Ro- mani, and Mrs. Evelyn Roler. The new malh leachers are Mr. Roy Elnyre, Mr. Ronald Gabel, Mr. John Jensen, Mr. Calvin l.iIl, and Miss Lois Moriarly. Mr. William Bullel, Miss Grace Carrick, Mrs. Kay Forck, Miss Palricia Fuller, Mr. James Marran, Miss Sara Nelson, and Miss Geraldine Wasylowsky are new on lhe social sludies slall. Lan- guage leachers Mrs. Dorolhy Gwynn, Lalin, Mr. James Labadie, French: Dr. I-lenry Manahan, Lalin: and Mr. Waller Zukowski, Spanish, were newcomers on lhe lacully in lhe lall ol I956. DR. RICHARD E. GADSKE Dean of Sludenlsg Coordinator ofAc?ivi1ie5 Miss Vivian Frazier ioined lhe Girls' Physical Educalion Deparl- menl, and Miss I-lelen Voelz relurned lo lhe slall aller a leave ol absence. Mrs. Doris Berkemeir is a girl's gym ollice assislanl. The Boys' Physical Educalion Deparlmenl was also in- creased in size wilh lhe addilion ol Mr. Frederick Barney lo head lhe reorganized inlramural program, and Mr. Cornelius I-larlbarger. Mr. Wil- liam Chapman is a new music leach- er and Mrs. Margarel Wilkening is lhe new secrelary in lhe Music De- parlmenl. The driver educalion slall was enlarged by lhe addilion ol Mr. Melvin Esarey and Mr. Leo Neuman. lConlinuecl on page l4l BOARD OF EDUCATION: Mr. Leonard Spacek, Wilrnelle: Mrs. William I-I. Doughly, Winnelkag Mr. Arno R. Myers, Glencoeg Mr. George Bogarl lPresidenll, Kenilworlhg Mr. Charles Kaulman, Winnelkap Mr. Roberl W. Rogers, Wilmelleg Mr. John F. Arnold, Glencoe.

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xf i.r. rlirliui ,T F-noli:,i'Tn 4-i i'--- .. -i f-li-.1-luis lm--1,1 ini ii l lm, 1. ,,.i ..: ,1i,.,l,-A Led Tor The second year by Super- inTendenT William l-I. Cornog, The New Trier TaculTy and adminisTraTion conTinued To add To iTs impressive achievemenTs. Dr. Cornog direcTed a number oT adminisTraTive and cur- ricular adiusTmenTs as he meT prob- lems oi increased enrollmenr and a- new building, and sTrengThened New Trier's academic sTandards. There were several changes in The adminisTraTion This year. Mr. Fred- erick Kahler, long Dean of Boys, was given The special duTy oT counseling boys in college choices. Dr. Richard Gadslce was appoinTed Dean oT STu- denTs, a posiTion creaTed This year To supervise discipline, scholarships, guidance, and TesTing. To coordi- naTe The eTTorTs oT New Trier's nu- merous sTudenT groups, he Tormed The Welfare CommiTTee. This group, composed oT The heads oT major sTu- denT organizaTions and TaculTy spon- sors and represenTaTives, discussed meThods oT correcTing problems aT New Trier and conducTed a series of adviser-room Talks bearing upon Those problems. Upon The reTiremenT oT Dr. Russel Small, head oT The Language DeparT- menT, lvlr. Philip lvlcDowell became acTing head. lvlr. Frank Holland as- sumed The duTies oT lvliss CaTherine lvlurphy, who reTired in February Trom The posiTion of ArT Deparl-memL head, which she held Tor many years,

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BeaTTie, Miss Bryan, Mrs. Cochrane, was comprised of Mr. RoberT Malin- J MR. R. S, PETERSON MR. B. W. SHEARER Head of English Head of Social Studies Deparimenf Deparfmenf AW MR W. J. PETERMAN MISS C. M. MURPHY Head of Music ' Head of Ar? Depadmenf DeparTmenT llsl' Semeslerl VFW MISS E. R. LIBBEY MR. D. SHOWLEY Head Librarian Head of Boys' Physical Educafion Deparfmenf lConTinued from page I3l Several deparTmenTs acquired only one new Teacher: business, Mr. Hugh Brown: drama, Mr. Roland Rude: arT, Miss EsTelle Obarag home economics, Miss Jane Purdumg sci- ence, Mrs. Sarah Ward. Mr. H. Frank Brull is new on The adiusTmenT counseling sTaTT. Mrs. Carol Gill joined The drama TaculTy as direcTor oT The new audiTorium. RecenT members oi The oiaiice sTaTi are Mrs. Ann Jordan, Miss Sandra Nivling, Mrs. ElizabeTh Doscher, Miss PaTricia Niggemeyer, Mrs. Frieda STeTlens, and Mrs. Mignon Esarey. Those TaculTy members leaving New Trier were Mrs. l:ausT, Mrs. Q MR. H. G. SWAIN MR. F. C. WINDOES MR. P. McDOWELL MISS W. N. GAHAGAN Head of Malhemalics Head of Science Head of Foreign Head of Dramaiics and Deparlmenf DeparlmenT Languages Deparfmenf Speech Deparfmenl MR. F. A. HOLLAND MR. J. W. RAU MR. H. F. McKEE MRS. J. W. MULHOLAND Head of Art DeparTmenT Head of Business Head of Induslrial Arls Head of Home Economics Ilnd Semeslerl Deparfmenf Deparfmenl' Deparfmenf MISS I. BOULTON MR. C. O. G-RATER MRS. K, W. MR. J, L. KELLEY Head of Girls' Physical Afhlefic Direcfor SCHOENENBERGER Head of Adiusfmenl Educalion Department Head of Healfh DepT. Counselor Service Mrs. Wehr, Mrs. Shearer, Mr. Kyle, Mrs. Salyard, Mrs. PeTerson, Mrs. Schreiner, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Richardson, and Miss BranT. Mr. Childs reTired Trom The posiiion oT Head EmeriTus OT The Boys' Phys- ical EducaTion DeparTmenT, and Mrs. Eisler Trom The Foreign Lan- guage DeparTmenT. Six Teachers Took a leave oi ab- sence in I956-l957: Mrs. Barbara Johnson, girls' physical educaTion: Mrs. Joan Korman, Mr. RoberT SweeT, and Miss Mary Lou Rude, English, and Mrs. Joanne Frake, oT- Tice sTaTi. The l:aculTy Council oT I956-I957 sky, Mrs. MargareT James, Mr. Ro- land Wehr, Mrs. Karol Greeson, Mr. Carl Clader, Miss Virginia Donham, Mr. Bailey Shearer, and Mr. RoberT Harper. Miss Norma SleighT pre- sided over The Council which repre- senTs The TaculTy in making recom- mendaTions To The adminisTraTion. I956-I957 was a year marked by The expansion oi The adminisTraTion and TaculTy as parT oT The whole pic- Ture oi a school in The progress oT growTh. Thanks To Them, New Trier was run eTTicienTly and well, main- Taining iTs posiTion as a highly re- specTed educaTional insTiTuTion among American high schools.