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

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mem, ,mf . , 454' ' ff KXQ 7 f . W-A-,,,,,..1,.,,, , K -4' -f-. 1 'fr 4 f 'X aff Q President llflarc Gordon, Coin Chairman Gene Berken- stadt, and Stamp Chairman Jean Kantor involved the Stamp and Coin Club in more activity than was seen the last few years. llleetings held every two weeks consisted of trading sessions, during which stamps and coins were traded with greater interest than ever before, several auc- tions were held and door prizes were given to club mem- bers. Sponsor lX'Ir. Neuman said, This year the coin trad- ers detiinitely outnumbered the stamp collectors. The trend has changed decisively in the past several years. Concentration and strategy-vital .elements of Dave Sillars chess game. C.l,6llIlI'lClZJ gt us. - v - sms.mnsmrl n 1-4-i . -1 lug.,- Not so sure 'Sa spade is a spade, sponsor Mr. Bosshart has Bridge Club members watch and listen intently to opposition bids. cCUI'SOI1J The Bridge Club began a year of rebuilding after losing almost all of its tournament bridge players through gradu- ation last spring. Players of varying skills attended the weekly meetings, and classes in beginning and advanced bridge were offered by club sponsor lVIr. Bosshart. The club was led by John Bickel, President, Dan Mass, Vice- president-Treasurerg and Janeen Woliii, Secretary. The goals of the club were to provide students with the oppor- tunity to play bridge and to play better bridge. An in- novation this year was the use of large bridge cards as a visual aid, enabling the group to play and discuss a hand. Though not taking part in any tournaments during the first semester, club members participated in a number of them second semester. Stamp and Coin members carefully appraise coin values according to current market trends, KCUFSOII5 Qn the theory that chess develops analytical habits of thought, patience, and concentration, Chess Club offered members the opportunity to play tournament-scheduled, tour- nament-intense chess matches throughout the year. With the organization of Sponsor llflr. Hart, President Dave Sillars, and Vice-President Larry Rosenwald, the Chess Tourna- ment included schools from Evanston, Highland Park, Lal Forest, Niles East, Niles VVest, Loyola Academy, and Deerfield. Various kinds of chess-including Round Robin, Swiss System, Ten Second, Five lllinutes, and Lightning- were played at these meets, in the well-founded hope th these varied, formats would provide the proper opportuniti for developing the analytical habits wanted.

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Acquainting the members with dillerent forms of in- vesting, and the best way to be successful at each were the goals of Finnancial Club, as stated by oliicers ,lim liib- bey, hlike Levine, Paul Arvites, and Lee llruenuner. Club events, under the leadership of sponsor lllr, Hart, includ- ed guest speakers representing local banks and brokerage 'HSN I Ed Stickgold points out the features of a computer in the IBM office to fellow Computer Club members. CCarsonJ Increased participation, more star parties Cstar gazingj, and more workshops highlighted the activities of Alpha Trieri, the astronomy club under the sponsorship of lblr. Applebaum. The club's most important Inroject, that of building a new telescope, proved successful. By purchas- ing, then grinding an eight inch mirror, a telescope three hundred and Hfty times as powerful as their previous tele- scope was built. Other activities planned by llrad Senden, president, and lllike Lee, treasurer, included: field trips to Northwestern University, to the Yerkes Observatory at Lake Geneva, meetings, held once every two weeks, featur- ing discussions of different fields in astonomy, and reports on other items of interest. 47 5 ,-, , , i, , Q ..,, 38 Financial Club members are full of bull and bear, as they con- template Wall Street data. Uennrichj firms, hlms on the New York Stock Exchange and the an- nual meeting of a corporation, and frequent discussions about common stocks and the companies which issue them. The most worthwhile activity of the club was a stock market game which lasted all year long, each member giv- en an imaginary 315,000 to invest, the object of the game was to see how much money they could make through stock trades. This provided the members a medium for actual expression of the stocking processes they had learned, and an example of the stocking problems to be encountered in real exchange. 'lFortran,' was the code language spoken in Computer Club, the club provided the opportunity for interested stu- dents to learn about the new field of high-speed electron computation. Each quarter when new members were ac- cepted, they were instructed in l'fortran.H Under the spon- sorship of lvlr. Smith, President Ed Stockgold and Vice- President Dan Koolish supervised the meetings which in- cluded practice in programming computers, as well as view- ing various government and IBNI Elms. Advanced stu- dents did outside research projects for junior theme topics and reports for science and math classes. To see com- puters at work, the club took a field trip to the Illinois In- stitute ol Technology. As Brad Senden looks on, Mike Lee reads plans for future activities to the members of the Astronomy Club. fCars0nj we nam... , f---mu- a - ff

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The Radio Club began its forty-first year last fall under sponsor Klr. Rockey and ollicers Norm Nexon, Presidentg Dave Deford, Yicefljresidentg glean liantor, Secretary, Dave lfdge, Treasurer: and Bob Slater, Chief Operator. The biweekly meetings featured lively discussions about radio design and current problems of communication. The club, by offering three amateur radio stations, was successful in bringing together students interested in amateur radio and serious electronics. A picnic was planned for the spring, including a fox hunt - a hunt for a hidden transmitter. The club is aliiliated with the American Radio Relay League. Bill Eaton envisions some classic photographic masterpiece amidst the confusion of a Lens Club meeting. tMni5 s. H ' 1 K1 Under the concerned gaze of Ron Steinhorn, Joe Roekey sends his scale model locomotive on its maiden voyage. fBllll17ZgClI'fC'lZD w ,uw--v - .gr asf xg f 3 Qz,5gj,rf.,'g,ig,, f ff My f- With assistance from Chuck Franz, Norm Nexon auctions off an electrical component at a Radio Club program. CEa1o1zJ Lens Club gave experienced and talented photographers a chance to work in the laboratories creatively, and to do work other than their photography class assignments. Under the sponsorship of lXIrs. Crane, the activities were few but unlimited in scope, due to the relatively simple function of the club. President Gordon lllaller, and Secretary-Treas- urer Douglas Booth presided over the biweekly meetings. At the Halloween Party, the club had a booth in which members took and sold pictures of the students. A contest was also held among members: two student models were invited to sit for the photographers, and the best pictures won in the competition. To give the members a chance to talk to fellow model- ers, to gain something in the exchange of methods and ideas, to learn about their hobbies, and to have fun, were the goals of lylodel Clubfl stated Secretary-Treasurer llflar- ty Cahill. Together with President Ron Steinhorn and hir. lioser and lylr, lflliott, the oliicers and sponsors planned meetings consisting of discussions of various hobbies, and showed, several movies primarily about railroads. The meet- ings, held every three weeks, featured demonstrations by club members and a lecture by a math teacher. ln addition to the regular meetings, members worked on independent projects all year long. The club year began and ended with picnics for members, at which model plane flying was the predominant activity. 49