Niles Township High School West - Spectrum Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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Mr. Kettleborough miraculously finds a few moments to do some quiet reading of his own. Mr. James Kettleborough Mr. George Earl Mr. Donald Huff Mr. Richard Hedstrom Dr. Ed. Offers Various Options to Students The addition of a Volkswagen to the Niles West Driver Education cars offered students a chance to develop skill with a stick shift, if so desired, for the first time. Also, extra time was available for students who had missed classes or needed more practice behind the wheel. Fur¬ ther plans for the Driver Education Department include the hope of installing a new simulator system to replace the ten year old trainers. 22

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Business Ed. Adds New Equipment The Business Ed Department entered 1 970-71 school year with several new department offerings. Two retail market¬ ing and office occupation labs were set up as training sta¬ tions for students planning careers in these fields. More modern keypunch and duplicating machines were in¬ stalled so that students could train on the newest equip¬ ment. Remedial typing labs were opened for students dur¬ ing their free time. Mr. Drum casually listens to his students relate their ideas.

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Mr. Richard Antes Mr. Kenneth Reiter Nine New Courses Initiated by English Department Nine new courses were added by the English Department this year. Among the nine were six elective courses — including Black Lit, Mass Media, and Film Study, and three experimental courses at the freshman and sophomore levels. Speech and drama offerings were re-named and added as semester cours¬ es, as teachers and students experimented and evaluated the department’s fields of study. The difficulties of technically producing a good Pow Wow requires deep concen¬ tration out of teachers Mr. Fett and Mr. Engle. Miss Ellen Magee Mr. Richard Turner Mr. Thomas Engle 23