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WINNETKA TALK New Trier High School Anniversary Section WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, JUNE 12, 1926 HIGH SCHOOL'S GROWTH TERMED "PHENOMENAL" Motto "Not Only Biggest, But the Best" May Soon Come into Vogue at New Trier The growth oi New Trier High school, since its opening in 1901, has been phenomenal in every respect. Not only has its student body increased from 76 to 1,400 and its faculty from 7 to 76, but everything connected with it has grown. Buildings, grounds, fa- cilities, number of studies and extra curricular activities are a few of the things connected with New Trier which have been enlarged during those 25 years. In 1901, the high school had only one building, and that was not finished. The Manual Arts building was added in 1908. This contained the manual training shop, art department and gymnasium. The largest expansion took place in 1911, when the quad- rangle was completed by the addition of the auditorium, mess hall and gym- nasium, with the shops to the north. Then the East wing was attached to the main building. In 1923, the addi- tion of the mess hall was made, and this year the new heating plant is in process of construction. Have Large Library One of the most important things in the high school of today is the li- brary. In the early days of New Trier, the library consisted of shelves running around the three walls of the assemblv room. Now the school has a large and well-equipped library. : Of the extra curricular activities, the growth of dramatics is perhaps the most unusual and interesting. In the old days, when New Trier dramatics were in their infancy, there were many difficulties which do not bother the ac- tors and directors nowadavs. Only one play a vear was presented then, and re- hearsals were held whenever it hap- pened to be convenient at the time when the plays were to be rehearsed. Instead of the large auditorium which New Trier now has, with its seating capacity of 1,000, there was a small assembly room in which was a plat- form which would seat about 20 peo- ple, and this was used for the stage Because of these inadequate facilities, many plays were presented at Ra- vinia. Now at least four plays a year are put on in the auditorium as well as operas and pageants every few years. Wealth of Organizations The growth of the extracurricular activities is shown in a startling man- ner. In 1908 the clubs and oreaniza- tions were: Echoes, Glee club, Senate, orchestra, Minervian societv, Com- mercial club and Mechanical club. Now the list has grown to: Honor society, TNT, News, Echoes, orchestra, band, Glee clubs, Student council, Hi-Y, Girls' club, G. A., . Domecon, Ornithologists, Audoubon, Cercle Francais, German clubs, Los Quixotes, Model Boat club. Forestry, Commer- cial. Service. Dramatic, Debating, Rifle, Radio, Music, Stamp, Geology and Scriblerus clubs. This great growth and improvement has taken place in the last quarter of a century at New Trier High school. Tf the astonishing growth keeps on, the school will have to change its motto from "not the biegest but the best" to "not only the biggest but the best." Announce Latest Changes in Cast of Great Pageant In the aiticle published last week, the entire cast of characters in the New Trier anniversary pageant was given. However, still further changes have been made within the past week, which it is desirable to announce. Of course, in such a large cast, number- ing something over 250 people, there are sure to be such last hour changes. When these changes are made, it be- comes impossible to put into the print- ed programs the names of the new people taking part, and, as a result they do not receive the recognition due them for their work. At the same time, there will be those who are named on the program but who do not appear after all in the production. Hence, it has seemed best to announce as many such changes as possible. The role of Patriotism will be played by Anna Margaret Kennedy, instead of by Eleanor Buckman. In the Legion of Indispensable Facts, these three boys are added: Robert Burtner, Law- rence Langdon and Perry Owens. Chorus will be represented by Ruth Olson; Tardiness, by Otto Clepp; Boys' Gymnasium, by John Boddie. A larger group of boys has been ap- pointed as ushers than has been cus- tomary heretofore. This time the group includes: Frank Cornell, Ralph Johan- son, Milburn Forth, Burton Allen, David Wachsman, Grinnell Burke, Stuart Westerfield, John Robinson, Fletcher Carpenter, Phillip Cressy, Leonard Bates, Richard Houren, Harry May, Edward Riddle, Joseph Dux, Robert Denny, Everett Chambers, Terome Goodman, Robert Anderson and David Nutt. Pageant Sold Out; Seat Demand Brings Third Performance By H. E. D. The ticket sale for the pageant, "En- Yichtenment," June 14 and 15, at the' New Trier auditorium, has been stu- pendous in the amazing rapidity with which the tickets for both evening per- formances have sold out completely. All seats, both on the main floor and in the balcony. were sold early in the general campaign. As a result oi this "sell-out," and in view of the many requests for tickets, a third performance has been sched- uled, to be given Tuesday afternoon, June 15. For this matinee, the doors will open at 1:30 and the performance will begin at 2:30. This program, while it is to accommodate everyone, is of snecial benefit to grammar school children. The schools of Wilmette will dis- miss classes that afternoon in order that their pupils may attend the pageant, and it is expected that the erade schools of the other villages will do likewise. For the matinee perform- ance, all tickets will be reduced in price to thirty-five cents, general ad- mission. Already orders from alumni are being received by mail, telephone, or bv special visits to the school for Tuesday afternoon. The twenty-fifth anniversary pag- eant, to be given at New Trier next Monday and Tuesdav, contains special features of the artistic, literary and musical merits of the school. WHEN YOU CAME TO NEW TRIER Were skirts long or short when you came to New Trier? Did you fox-trot, or two-step, or neither? Was the ankle taboo or was it the ear? For change runs its course like a fever. Was hair long or short when you came to New Trier? Did you tennis, or golf, or croquet? Is "Always" the song that the gang loves to hear? Was "Bedelia" day? the tune of the 1] Was it motor or horse when you came to New Trier? A nag from the family stable? Or "sixty" with ease if the road were just clear, And for Father a neat little fable? Be these as they may when you came to New Trier, They're the follies, and fashions, and fads; They come like the freshmen .in hordes every year, gil But you made the school, you old grads. We want you once more, to come to New Trier To see yourselves as you were seen. The mirror of pageantry, crystal- line clear. Reflects all the full years be- tween. Winifred Wilson. (Reprinted from New Trier Pag- eant Souvenir Book.) Foster Group Activity to Augment School Work Augmenting the regular academic work at New Trier is a wealth of "ex- tra-curriculum" or group activity which enlists virtually every student in some phase of expression along the line of his own choice. This activity is found in the score or more of clubs and societies which, in the aggregate, thoroughly cover the entire field of the curriculum. : Among the more important groups are the following: Honor society, TNT, New Trier News (school paper), Echoes (year book), Ochestra, Commercial club, Glee clubs (boys and girls), Student council, Hi-Y, Girls' club, G. A. A, Domecon, Ornithologists, Audoubon, Cercle Francais, German club, Los Quixotes, Model Boats club, Forestry club, Service club, Dramatic club, Debating club, Rifle club, Radio club, Music club, Stamp club, Geology club, Scribblerus; and the various school athletic branches. CLUB HEARS CLERGY The New Trier high school Hi-Club, formerly known as the Hi-Y, has ac- quired a reputation this year for bene- ficial programs and excellent speak- ers. This year's program was excep- tional in that it included talks by churchmen of practically all denomina- tions. This furthered the purpose of the Hi-Club, which is "to create, main- tain and extend throughout the school and community a high standard of Christian living." SHOW SCHOOL GROWTH IN GIGANTIC PAGEANT "Enlightenment" Gives Graphic Story of New Trier's Development The most elaborate presentatior ever ventured by the dramatic, music and art departments at New Trier High school, will be staged Monday and Tuesday, June 14 and 15, in the production of "Enlightenment," a pageant commemorative of the twenty- fifth anniversary of the school, writ- ten by C. Russell Small of the New Trier faculty. In the accompanying paragraphs is contained a synopsis of the pageant which depicts the found- ing and amazing development of the township high school. Two high school students, a brother and sister, over their books, set them- selves to wondering about New Trier, its past, its growth, its opportunities: and in their want of knowledge call upon "Enlightenment" who forthwith appears and guides them through a dream-pageant of New Trier's history. In fancy she first brings them to | the primitive north shore of Lake Michigan where they see the embodied | spirits of the "Waves," the "Sands" and the "Trees" dancing in unre- strained delight until the prophetic voice of "Time" warns them of the coming of "Man." "Education Enters Man, in the symbolic figure of blind "Ignorance," is seen asleep before his wretched cabin. His wife, "Vision," rocks the cradle of a newborn child. This child, as "Ignorance" learns in a dream, is to be the savior of his family, albeit his own father's destruc- tion, and is to be called "Education"; for he shall lead his striving but desrondent kin ont of the darkness of futility into the light of wise and ef- fectual livine. And new the children are taken by "Fnlightenment" ta that = meeting svhere, in 1899, the decicion was made to build a school. Then with the swiftness of dream-changes. thev see the "Surveyor" already at work and. the cornerstone. (1901) alreadv await ine placement: and with the fanciful- ness of dreams, they are regaled hy the amusing confusion among the lit- "le - forest-folk, the birds and beasts, who feel a pardonable irritability at the usurping of their habitat. c hool's Growth That the children mav realize the actoniching growth of the school in the chort span of twentv-five years, "Fnlichtenment" then shows them the nrocession of the "Graduating Classes" which, vearlv, and in unbelievably in- ~reasing numbers have gone from New Trier, equipped to employ their vitality and intellicent enthusiasm in the larger business of the world. Thus the children have been made to realize the value of education. and the wise founding and remarkable growth of the school: they have not vet been made to realize the unlimited opportunities the school affords. With this purpose in mind "Enlightenment" takes them to the "Court of King Thought" in the near-environs of the school where, it so happens, the King himself, "Education," is reviewing the anplicants for entry into the school's "Curriculum." Here have gathered not * (Continued on Page 24)