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

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X etfih Htj . . . IS EXCITING, TOO . . . STUDIES HELP US DISCOVER NEW WORLDS Chemistry, American lit, world his¬ tory, Spanish, Algebra — homework piles up as we pass from class to class. We delve into new fields of knowledge and become experts in specialized sub¬ jects by taking notes in class, conduct¬ ing experiments, doing daily assign¬ ments, and writing research papers, projects, and term papers. Because the work is never ending, week nights are packed with hours of study. Going over assignments on the telephone, using a dictionary to check the meaning of a word, and listening to Eddie Hubbard as we read about the Revolutionary War fill the hours from dinner to bed time. The unknown challenges Frank Saunders, Dave Karas, Bette Halvorsen, and Lois Adelman who experiment with hydrochloric acid in the chemistry lab.

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. . . FILL HALLS AND CLASS ROOMS Crowds and confusion are a problem in a school with an ever-increasing population. We fill the halls, creating traffic jams outside the library and at the third floor entrance to the new wing. More students produce a need for more classrooms, a need which is met by having English classes in the art room, sociology in the Assembly Room, and classes all through the day in Rooms 322 and 222, which will be hallways when the new addition is completed in September of 1956. More students travel up and down the stairways than ever before as enrollment continues to increase. ) Sidewalk superintendents Joyce Olson, Ted Pristash, and Bruce Peterson look over the foundation of the new wing started in September. With only a twenty-six minute lunch period, students impatiently wait in the long lines in the cafeteria.

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Bill DiGilio, Barb McKaig, Rosemary Nitsche, and Jack Hagman tell Adrienne Falcon We ' re from Niles, couldn ' t be prouder ' as they explain student activities when Niheli was featured on the television show, Hi Time For Coke , on November 12. School isn ' t just studies—to most of us it is our world, a world created by using our talents and interests in working and playing together. Our combined efforts produce the Nile- hilite, Golden Galleon, and yearbook. The thrill of seeing our story in print is equaled only by our satisfaction as we cooper¬ ate in running the Student Supervised Study Halls, or the lift of heart we feel in singing with the choir in Christmas Vespers. Through the class cabinets, Student Council, and Student Court, we make rules, conduct contests, give dances, and enforce laws—increasing our leadership abilities while adding to the fun of school life. THOUGHTS STRAY FROM ASSIGNMENTS 11