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

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Relying on the maxim that two heads are better than one, Honors Physics students Amelia W right and Renee Sells combine their efforts to understand the significance of the data they have gathered. The contents of the test tube is of the greatest impor¬ tance to these Biology students. Investigating complex ideas of physics are the officers of Physics Club: standing Mark Chaitkin, (1st vice president), David Messner, (secretary-treasurer), seated, Evan Rumack (vice president), Jim Withall (president) and Jerry Bernstein (2nd vice president).

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Senior Bill Grunow evinces a look of surpise as he discovers that boiling water exerts an upward force on the flask immersed in it. Science stimulates individual discovery. Constantly changing, continually expand¬ ing, the world of science opens each day with new vocational opportunities for qualified people. Niles East students have an excellent opportunity to obtain a well-rounded science education by taking Biology, Physiology, Chemistry, and Physics. The honors program offers college level APP courses in Biology and Chemistry. Each of the department courses emphasizes the use of the scientific method, the universal procedure in science research. In Biology the scientific method was used to study and explore living organisms. Chemistry students were able to gather a greater understanding of the composition of both natural and man-made substances. In Physics the scientific method paved the way to the discovery of truths about the natural world by starting with simple foundations and building logically upon sound conclusions. The Physics and Astronomy clubs provided the extra scientific experiences which could not be covered in the classroom. The Physics Club ' s main project was the construction of an electronic accelerator and the study of its applications in modern science. In the Astro¬ nomy Club, students gained insight into the make-up of the universe and the movement of the heavenly bodies. 28

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Fred Nelson is learning the vehicular mechanics of the motorcycle. The industrial arts courses at Niles stress competence and manual dexterity in pre¬ paring students for vocations after high school graduation. The boys participating in the industrial arts program are given the oppor¬ tunity to probe into technical comparatively new worlds of Electronics and Automobile Mechanics. Courses are also offered in Archi¬ tecture and Industrial Drawing, Metals, Print¬ ing and Woods. Students receive extremely competent instruction inthefundamentalsand are then encouraged to work creatively with their hands. These skilled craftsmen can then use their practical knowledge for the betterment of their future lives and the technological world. These student lithographers concentrate on the complex workings of the printing press.