New Trier West High School - Vestiges Yearbook (Northfield, IL)

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Betty Weiner, secretary-treasurer, National Forensic League Marty Kahn, president, National Forensic League lf. 'W NOVICE Front: B. Wolfson, M. Allweiss, L. Edwards, M. Brody. Rear: L. Kahn, L. Weinstein, S. Merley, M. Shepard, P. Chaffetz. 41 d e b at e Mr. Sanders, sponsor Being on the debate team requires not only logic, reasoning, and research, but also the ability to convince a panel of judges that the debater sincerely believes in his case whether he does or not. This year, debate analysis centered around the topic, Resolved: That Congress shall pass uniform regulations to control criminal investigation procedures. Varsity team members were sometimes required to take opposite stands in a single tourna- ment. An Oxford-style iinformall debate given only for West students and a weekly pro- gram on WNTH were introduced to acquaint the student body with debate activities. VARSITY Front: B. Weiner, S. Sluizer, M. Wilson, D. Phinney. Rear: S. Mayer, H. - Hognestad, L. Edelman, M. Croft, A. Lifshitz, H. Kalen- sky, J. Handelsman, G. Smedile, D. Morris, B. Alex- ander, M. Kahn, M. Peskin.

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soundtracks Marji Black, editor-in-chief Mr. Mages, sponsor Soundtracks was designed to capture the spirit and sounds of the school year on tape. Keeping this objective in mind, the Soundtracks staff listened to more than ten miles of tape, finally cutting this down to a 30-minute record. This year's record differed from all others in Sound- tracks' 3-year history, because for the first time, the record was one continuous band. As Editor Marji Black noted, The students were our cast and the narrator kept things flowing. To produce the record, three committees worked separately for the first half of the year, unifying their efforts in the spring. Jon Finson and the technical staff appeared at all major school events with their little tape recorders, co-heads of script Bruce Sweet and Bill Kroeger wrote dialogue for the record, and Debbie Gold and the publicity committee printed posters and sold the records. Moral support was lent by sponsor Mr. Samuel Mages. The result: an audio history of a memorable school year. BOARD Front: Joy Fisher, office managerf Debby Gold, head of publicity. Rear: Tom Laney, iunior head of technicalp Bill Kroeger, co-head of scriptg Bruce Sweet, co-head of script: Jon Finson, technical head. 80

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A typical American, said Julia Mitchell, Britisher and NT-W's first AFS exchange student, wears sun- glasses, smokes cigars, and carries a Polaroid camera -or so I thought before coming to the United States under AFS. And it was this bringing of international under- standing that Jane Coleman, president of West's chapter of the AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE, referred to when she said, AFS is an organization with a purpose. To help Julia not only learn the ways of America but also explain the customs of her native country--and to raise money for future exchange students-AFS sponsored a Guy Fawkes day cele- bration, candle, candy and Christmas tree sales, and an AFS weekend. Formed last year, the AESCULAPIANS are dedicated, like the Hippocrites, to science. This year the club sponsored, among other things, an excursion to the University of Illinois Medical Center Complex, the largest in the world. There, participants toured the facilities and listened to famous doctors. All 15 members of the club were deeply in- terested in the field of medicine. Presi- dent this year was Stuart ltking Mr. George Wagner was sponsor. , To climax INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISlON's second full season, the station presented an en- tirely student-written, produced, and directed special which was telecast to the township this spring. Under the direction of West ITV Student Co- ordinator Kathy Lemon, West crews helped in the production of many of the educational station's shows this year.