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Interview with Pete Henderson '47

Pete Henderson, class of 1947 discusses the Toy Shop, Live & Serve, mindfulness, Nat French, individual teaching attention, Ramsay Duff, participation, Perry Dunlap Smith, theater, Joyce Lopas, Murph Henderson ’83, Lunch in the Loop, and college…

Tags: Class of 1947, Joyce Lopas, Lunch in the Loop, Maine camp, Murph Henderson '83, Nathaniel French, participation, Perry Dunlap Smith, Pete Henderson '47, Ramsay Duff, toy shop

Interview with Knight Aldrich - part two

Kevin Randolph interviews Dr. Knight Aldrich, Class of 1931. Dr. Aldrich remembers life at North Shore during the Great Depression, Perry Dunlap Smith, and being a scholarship student.

Interview with Bud and Chuck Goodrich, Class of 1938

[Explicit language] Students in Frank Dachille's Upper School history course interviewed alumni in preparation for a Morning Ex about Memorial Day and the wall of names of fallen NSCDS veterans in the Auditorium. In this interview, Chuck (standing)…

Architectural history of North Shore Country Day School

Bill Hinchliff talks through the history of the North Shore Country Day School campus architecture

Tags: architecture, audio, Bill Hinchliff, campus architecture, Class of 1964, tour, William Hinchliff

Interview with Alice Graff Childs '37

Alice Graff Childs, Class of 1937, discusses her experiences attending North Shore Country Day School with Frank Dachille.

Interview with Jenny Hill Vincent '30

Kevin Randolph interviews social activist and folk musician Jenny Hill Vincent, Class of 1930

Tags: 1920s America, 1930s America, Adolf Hitler, American Folk Music, Carleton Washburne, Education, Family life, Great Depression, Heidelberg, music, Performing arts, Perry Dunlap Smith, Pete Seeger, Progressive education, Singing, Woody Guthrie

Interview with Richard P. Hall, former headmaster

Kevin Randolph interviews Richard P. "Dick" Hall, former Head of School at North Shore from 1979-1989. North Shore was his first headmastership. He looks back on his time at the school fondly and as an important time his life and career. He discusses…

Interview with Tom Doar, former Headmaster

Former Head of School Tom Doar looks back on his time at North Shore with interviewer and faculty member Frank Dachille. He discusses what sets North Shore apart from other schools, and the different ways that manifests both inside and outside of the…

Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Administration, admissions, ASSIST program, Dick Hall, Family school, Former faculty, Headmaster, Julie Hall, Mac McCarty, Perry Dunlap Smith, Progressive education, School culture, School size, Tom Doar

Interview with Susie Brew Schreiber '58

Susie Brew Schreiber, a North Shore Country Day School graduate of the Class of 1958 and a "lifer" (a student who attended North Shore continuously from junior kindergarten through twelfth grade) recalls her years at the school and how North Shore…

Interview with Alice Pirie Wirtz '49 - part one

Part one of Melissa D'Lando's interview with NSCDS Class of 1949 alumni Alice Pirie Wirtz. Great-granddaughter of Carson Pirie Scott founders, worked at The Art Institute of Chicago, cleaning the Thorne rooms. Married Bill Wirtz, former owner of the…

Tags: 1940s America, community, Education, music, Performing arts, Progressive education, World War II

Interview with Alice Pirie Wirtz '49 - part two

Part two of Melissa D'Lando's interview with North Shore Country Day School Class of 1949 alumni Alice Pirie Wirtz. Great-granddaughter of Carson Pirie Scott founders, worked at The Art Institute of Chicago, cleaning the Thorne rooms. Married Bill…

Tags: 1920s America, 1930s America, 1940s America, 1950s America, Art, Education, Recreation, Social Customs

Interview with Fisher Howe '31 - part two

Part 2 of an oral history interview with Fisher Howe.

Tags: Academics, David Corkran, Julia Childs, Live and Serve, Mr. Bollinger, Mr. Taylor, Perry Dunlap Smith, Progressive education, Purple and White

Interview with Knight Aldrich '31 - part one

Kevin Randolph interviews Dr. Knight Aldrich, Class of 1931. Dr. Aldrich came to North Shore after being homeschooled and one year of public school in Winnetka, Illinois. He remembers teachers that impacted his life, such as David Corkran, and…

Tags: 1920s Ameria, 1929, 1930s America, Class of 1931, Illinois, scholarship, The Great Depression, Winnetka

Interview with Fisher Howe '31 - part one

Fisher Howe started school as member of the first, first grade class at North Shore Country Day School in the 1919-1920 school year. His family was part of the founding parents group that brought Perry Dunlap Smith to Winnetka to run the new school. …

Tags: buddies, Charles Haas '31, community, Eleanor Cheney '31, founding families, Frances Moore '31, George Hale '31, Howe family, Lucy Trumbull '31, Morning Ex, Mrs. Keys, music, Perry Dunlap Smith, sex education, sixth grade, student government, Tom Dammann '31, Winnetka

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