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

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ers completely revamped their courses to emphasize basic science instead of the tech- nological applications that had in the past cluttered textbooks and courses throughout the country. The new courses and the new methods of teaching follow the pioneering work of physicists led by Professor Zacha- rias of the blassachusetts lnstitute of Tech- nology. The mathematics curriculum introduced a new course in freshman algebra to several sections to test new materials developed by the School Mathematics Study Group of which blr. Swain of the New Trier faculty is a member. Development continued in higher level courses in the theory of sets, statistical probability, Boolean algebra, modern algebra, and symbolic logic. Ag.-. -n...... , 4 The social studies curriculum introduced two one-semester courses at the 2 subject level in the senior year. Labeled 20th Cen- tury l'.S. and 20th Century VVorld, they attracted large enrollments for new courses. They were written during the preceding summer by Klr. Shearer and llr. Knupfer of the New Trier faculty. A second year of special vocational edu- cation was offered this year for several New Trier students and for a few others from neighboring communities by contractual arrangement. The music courses were expanded to pro- vide work in musical composition and ad- vanced harmony and appreciation in addi- tion to the numerous performing groups at various levels of artistic development. School brass ZC'1'f4'0llll'5 xfmlcni body. H.NY07l' boys . . . lflectives were also increased. by the es- tablishment of a course in advertising in the business education program. Speech therapy became available for larger numbers of students, and every fresh- man was given a hearing test. Audio-visual supplements came into wider use to enrich instruction in estab- lished or developing courses. Closed-circuit television was again studied carefully but deemed not yet suitable for adoption at New Trier. A reading center was established with the employment of a new teacher to work with individual students, small classes, and, more importantly, with teachers in various departments for the improvement of read- ing in all areas of instruction. Rff. dom' his hi! for ll.l . 25

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A Look Back Cfontinued from Page 75 supervision which the adroit students tried to evade by frantic note passing. The con- fusing maze of permits and red tape is also relatively new to New Trier. Happily, oral permission to leave the room was 'suffi- cicnt, and New 'liricr-ites did not have to worry about pink permits, lounge cards and inquisitive hall guards. The 19-l0's also marked the real beginning of the honor sys- tem. And Lagniappe started in l939. The primary Lagniappes bore no trace of the recent extravaganzas but were rather small amateur -shows. liven then, however, Lag- niappe was the most important thing in the world. ln 1060, the New Trier-ite spends most of his four years working toward one goal -college acceptance. Similarly, the admin- istration has faced the increasingly difficult problem of admission by accelerating New 'l'rier's whole educational machine. Before 3:35 in 322 26 -wt- the pressure for college acceptance began to tighten, however, the quantity of assigned homework was markedly less, especially when compared to the loads of homework given todayls students. As a result, past students had more time to themselves, time which they could devote to extra-curricular activities or to just enjoying themselves. Classes, were not as hard or as comprehen- sive as at present, yet New Trier graduates have always managed to get through col- lege, and most have done well. Because of today's preoccupation with college, both as a stimulus and as a goal, students nowadays would feel out of place in one of New Trierls wartime classes. Graduates of classes during both world wars knew that they would step from high school graduation into active military serv- ice. College education, therefore, was com- pletely out of the picture, at least until a much later date. Although they knew that that their country was at war, New Trier- ites were reportedly not as cynical as their counterparts of 1960. They did, however, display the same apathy toward their sur-