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

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i , . I I I TRIG IV OFF ON A TANGENT IN MINORS IIS THEY'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT HE PICKED UP HIS HAMMER AND SAW PLANE GEOMETRY REQUIRES CONCENTRATION I I ' I I I I , -O 'n -E. W . . I RX.. Y Il-i TIT'- I I I IiiV.' ',AfI I- sa, 'T J -ix V I i ' I I '1 i I I I If mn in I I si, I I I I Tffxy V I I ff, 1 ff I I I I 1 I I y I 1 I I I , , W I I denTs who, Toward The end oT The TirsT semesTer, respecTTully reguesTed ThaT They be given more exacTing worlc. Seminars in English, maThe- maTics, Toreign languages, and chem- isTry were ThereTore organized Tor The second semesTer. The worlc in each oT The areas was sTepped up. Bloclc scheduling oT cerTain periods on cerTain days was esTabIished. The sTudenTs concerned were given some IaTiTude in using Their Time in eiTher LA I I I I, I , M . ,I L--W .sr JJ' . WI ,Y The library or a special room seT up Tor Their sTudy, and They were re- quired To aTTend class less Than The Tive days a week ascribed Tor mosT courses. The evaluaTion OT The worlc oT The people in These Seminars was carried on in cooperaTion wiTh a Team OT TesTing experTs Trom The UniversiTy oT Chicago. The whole proiecT gives promise oT possible new arrangemenTs OT sTudenTs' Time as well as exciTing and demanding if-7 ,iljgfxiw , . new courses Tor especially able high school sTudenTs. All oT These innovaTions reTIecT The conTinuing inTeresT oT The school in sTrengThening iTs curriculum aT all levels. IT has been The experience oT all deparTmenTs ThaT new courses in- Troduced Tor The more capable peo- ple Tend To inTIuence The oTher courses in each deparTmenT so as To become a sTimuIaTing experience Tor Teachers and sTudenTs alike.

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MR. VERNON POINTS OUT THE SOURCE OF SINUS TROUBLE , - ,fx 1 ,X i A , X, ENGLISH CLASS FIELD TRIP Ii q, it , 'iii l.'f' L ii I . l V-A -J I-A .- -.J XM,-. ,.. -. ,. Q, O , augmenTed by worlc in hisTOriogra- phy, bibliography, and Topical re- search. To The lisT OT courses avail- able Tor upperclass sTudenTs has been added a course in Advanced BriTish l-lisTOry, OTTered This year Tor The TirsT Time. ln The English DeparTmenT The TesTs given aT The end OT The Treshman and sophomore years have been cOnTin- ued. and The TesT in The iunior year has been made even more demand- ing in essay TesT wriTing. AT The end OT The senior year, a combined TesT OT essay wriTing and ObiecTive maTe- rials on grammar in usage has been given wiTh very sTricT grading OT The papers and The requiremenT ThaT any sTudenT who does poorly musT Talce anoTher course OT English in summer school. ln The Toreign languages TenTaTive plans have been made Tor pupils To begin eiTher French or German in The Treshman year so ThaT sTudenTs who wish To Take Tour years OT a Tor- eign language may choose any one OT The Tour languages ThaT New Trier OTTers. This posiTion is in line wiTh The increasing emphasis among col- leges upon The desirabiliTy OT Tour years OT one language as The besT preparaTion Tor college language worlc. One OT The mOsT inTeresTing de- velOpmenTs OT The year has been The esTablishmenT OT Junior Seminars Tor a group OT unusually capable sTu- ii ,xx ,. Lx fL.J iff- TX,,- i 'X-.ff '-N-,' fi- ... NL , Y X- ,,.. X-gy, FOURTH YEAR CLASS TRANSCRIBES READINGS IN LATIN AUTOMOTIVES PROVIDES PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE X fffx .,... L, .c.c ..,..-.L 5:

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