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

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471 'M R A . lfrizlgirzg ilu' gap. roundings, an attitude characteristic of most teens. The H360 New Trier student is subject to one of the eountry's most successful edu- eational and administrative systems. Such a system has taken years to form and is eon- stantly adjusting to meet the needs of the thousands of students now living in the township. New 'lirier has through the years kept its line faculty-student ratio. The adviser system, introduced around 1025 preserves the personal link between students and the administration. The per- sonal elements is further preserved by the many exeellent teaeher-student relationships which eontinue to exist despite increasing enrollment. VVhile the New Trier of today strides ahead of the New Trier of 60 years ago, past tradition plays a large part in the operation of the sehool. The ideas of su- perior edueational opportunities, student as- sumption of responsibility, and the encour- agement of individual development are rooted in New 'l'rier's past, upheld at the present and will Certainly continue in the future. ef I 1711, :lu firgxt mir in: llerzenf' :hi 27

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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-

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