Niles Township High School East - Reflections Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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Girls in sewing classes work in the ultra-mod¬ ern setting of the new wing. ... JtoJetn School facilities... In 1937, when ground was broken for a new high school for Niles Township, few present foresaw that the school would expand to in¬ clude two new wings. At the time the doors of the school first opened, citizens of the town¬ ship doubted that the many rooms would ever be put to use. Today, however, not only is every room in the school occupied every hour of the day, but the cafeteria and library are used as study halls. The wing opened for use last fall, the first of two planned additions on the present site, pro¬ vides us, the students of Nilehi, with the most modern facilities and equipment for applying the theory gained through textbooks. Girls en¬ rolled in the home economics courses no longer find themselves slaving over a hot stove or struggling with old-fashioned sewing machines as their mothers once did. The latest equip¬ ment, including a new valve grinding machine, metal lathe, and a camera for offset printing are available to those who have classes in the auto shop, metal shop, and print shop. Because of the ever rising enrollment, how¬ ever, this wing is but the first step in a long range building program. The third floor of this addition, which will include classrooms and a study hall to be ready for occupancy in Sep¬ tember, 1955, was begun ni December. In the spring of this year, contracts were let for a wing to extend north and east, which will pro¬ vide facilities for print shop, wood shop, elec¬ tric shop, mechanical drawing, social studies, and business-education classes. Since the completion of these two additions will provide for only 2,000 students and since the enrollment is expected to reach 1,900 by next fall, even these facilities will be inade¬ quate. Therefore, the next step in our school ' s expansion program will be a new high-school building for Niles Township. Steel beams, cement blocks, and construction equipment are a familiar sight as the school builds to provide for its increasing enrollment. Modern equipment helps boys enrolled in auto shop to learn through experience.