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THE NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL BULLETIN North Shore's Newest Alumni Celebrate at 78th commencement O n June 10, the 27 members of the Class of 1998 gathered in the Diller Street Theatre with family, Min Ji Woo '99, Carolina de Miguel '98, Marion Lelu '99, Rachel Abarbanell '98, Hiroko Kuhara '99, friends, and faculty for North Nikki Mash '99, and Erika Kondo '99 Shore's seventy-eighth commencement. Head of Schools Message ..2 Alumni Volunteers Give Back to North Shore 3 Alumni Senior Class Hits the Road 4 Regional Gatherings Reunite Alumni & Friends Nationwide 4 Alumni Gilbert & Sullivan MEX Links Alumni Drs. Beatriz and Roberto Levi with Students 5 celebrate with son, Ari. Did You Know? 6-7 Graduate Maisie Rinne, who delivered a senior Meet North Shore's class message imbued with deep respect for both New Trustees 8 her classmates and the School, looked toward Herman Lackner '30, the past and the future in her address. As she Francis Stanton Recipient 9 recalled the past, she thanked faculty for the Alumni Board Welcomes immeasurable effect they have had on the lives Class of '98 to Alumni of the graduates, she thanked parents for their "Lifer" Michelle Butler rings the bell following Association 10 the Commencement Ceremony. patience, love, and support, and she encouraged Seventh Graders Seek Justice in Mock Trial 10 her classmates to cherish NORTH SHORE the close friendships An O.K. Story 11 they have made Class Notes 13-19 during their time COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Homecoming/Alumni at North Shore. Reunion Weekend 20 Editor's Note ....Back Cover Continued on page 12 E V E R Y B O D Y ' S S O M E B O D Y A T N O R T H S H O R E 21 Message from the Head of School BY JULIE HALL W hile always a college-preparatory As I happily added Peter's school, North Shore has never book to our alumni collec been one that is satisfied with its tion in the Library, I could success as measured by a list of n't help thinking of Franny college acceptances. College is only a beginning. Stanton '27, an architect We can measure our success more meaningfully by himself, who spoke of studying our alumni. What a fascinating range of architecture as "frozen individuality they represent; what rich examples music!' of life-long learning; what scintillating stories they Music reminds me of the tell! After 20 years at North Shore, Phoenix gathering, which j i Hall, u ia L I'm still learning from them. included all members of Hec*d of School Sometimes information comes in the Marshall family, Irl and Barbara Favill Marshall the mail - like the photo of John '46, Carol Marshall Allen '74, Alice Marshall Vogler Frank '94 meeting Motorola's '69 and Bucky '71. While their togetherness was Bob Galvin at the Yale Research caused by sadness - the death of Barbara's mother Lab. Sometimes it comes by - memories of her include a new music story for phone - like Franny Moore '31 our history: When Barbara was in seventh or calling to remind me that we are eighth grade and heard Ramsey Duff bemoaning John Frank '94(R) and Bob Galvin(L), Chairman of the Executive Committee at nearing our 80th year, which he the School's lack Motorola, meet at the Yale Research Lab is well-aware of, because he began of an organ, she piped up, "I'll get you one." Of first grade at North Shore in 1919. He has many course the music director took her comment for school stories still fresh in his mind in addition to bravado - until the next day, when she appeared all the interesting medical stories of his career. with her mother's organ, North Shore's first. And Sometimes information just walks in the door - this June, after years of being buried under the like Bashir Muhammad '93 a few weeks ago. After stage extension, the School's latest organ was graduating from Wesleyan, he spent a year teaching uncovered to bring graduates down the aisle to the English as a second language in the Sudan, with resounding chords of "Pomp and Circumstance." no books, no materials, and sometimes classes of In January of this year, the New York Times cited 100 students. Or Charlie Newman '56 who, after an American Council on Education survey of some many years as a professor of English at top colleges 349,000 college students, which concluded that and universities across the country and many pages they are increasingly less engaged with college as listing his published fiction and non-fiction, spent a place for learning than students in the past, and a week at North Shore doing research for his less committed to social issues like promoting forthcoming book, "The Great American Thinker." racial understanding or improving the environment. He wrote me that his visit here reminded him that North Shore alumni, no matter when they graduated, "all the things I have come to love most in life, I don't fit this description. In true North Shore was introduced to at North Shore." tradition, where awards and honors are few, but While special events, such as Homecoming or everyone is expected to do his or her best, most of Editor: Cheryl Grauberger the Gilbert & Sullivan Morning Ex, bring many our alumni eschew pomp once they graduate, but Photographers: Claudia alumni to the campus, I love alumni gatherings they continue to be interested in learning and to Lockhart, Becky Vietzen, Molly McDowell, Tom Doar around the country, where there's a chance to visit be interesting people doing interesting things that The North Shore Country Day with people in their own territory. At the New York matter in the world. School is a coeducational, college preparatory school City gathering in March, there was Carol Cuncannan of 400 students in grades '78, who has just returned from Tokyo as Tiffany's junior kindergarten through twelve in Winnetka, Illinois. Director of Merchandising. There was also Peter North Shore does not discriminate on the basis of Reed '73 who entrusted me with the latest book he race, nationality, ethnic origin or gender in any of its policies has edited, "Alvar Aalto, Between Humanism and or practices. Materialism." As Curator for architecture and 847.446.0674 design at the Museum of Modern Art, he put the 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093 book together for the newest exhibit he arranged. www.nscds.pvt.kl2.il.us Alumni Board Volunteers Give Back to North Shore BY MOLLY INGRAM MCDOWELL '80. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS G enerations of alumni are united in spirit by common North Shore experiences that have shaped their lives. The Alumni Board of the Alumni Association serves to further unify eight decades of alumni by making North Shore an important part of the lives of alumni today. The Alumni Board is made up of 24 alumni from across the decades who volunteer their time to the School for the benefit of all North Shore alumni. The Alumni Board meets regularly to discuss ways to involve alumni in School events and issues and to offer perspectives and insights that represent previous generations of North Shore students and parents. The Board is led by current President Molly Shotwell '87, who also serves Alumni Committee for the Campaign L-R: Harley Hutchins '60, Chris Avery '87, Molly Shotwell '87, on the School's Board of Trustees as Secretary as well as on Bill Hinchliff '64, Onnie Darrow '38, Molly Ingram McDowell '80 two board committees, the Education Committee and the Thanks to the time and commitment of the Alumni Board, we Development Committee. have more alumni returning to campus every year and more The Alumni Board coordinates and alumni contributions to the School in both dollars and time. plans all alumni activities with the Hats off to our loyal and involved Alumni Board! Alumni/Development Office Staff, Jane Dettmers Bakey '83 Elizabeth Ingram '82 including Homecoming/Alumni Danny Beider '91 Mac McCarty Reunion Weekend in the fall, the Ginny Clark Blair '45 Molly Ingram McDowell '80 Alumni Gilbert & Sullivan Morning Ex Dan Bloedorn '87 Cyrus Oelerich '89 this past Spring, and several alumni Chris Charnas '83 Ray Olson '51 athletic events throughout the year. Edrita Ford Crocker '48 Kate O'Malley Patke '85 Bill Hinchcliff '64 works the phones at the Phonathon In addition to all the work they do to Jill Witte Dillon '69 Lauri Reagan '87 organize events, Board members are also effective fund-raisers Judy Mason Drake '35 Josie Saltoun '84 for the School's Annual Fund through their volunteer efforts with Mim and Dick Golden '44 Molly Shotwell '87 other local alumni at the Fall and Spring Phonathons. We have Bill Hinchliff '64 Lucy Sievers '80 also recently formed an Alumni Committee for the Campaign Mary Pick Hines '49 Bob Vieregg '82 for Tradition & Innovation. Liz Price Hunt '42 Nancy Green Whiteman '71 ALUMNI BASEBALL DRAWS GUYS OF ALL ACES During the Country Day Fair on Saturday May 16th, guys from the current North Shore baseball team joined alumni from across the decades in the annual Alumni Baseball Game. Alumni who played included: Bill Ake '88, Bill Bach '87, Dan Bloedorn '87, Chris Charnas '83, Rob Dehlinger '71, Jim Deuble '76, Andy Heytow '78, Art Jessen '70, Cy Oelerich '89, Bob Peters '77, Mitch Tyson '84, T.C. Whiting '92, and of course Mac and Jay Bach! The current students who played included: Teddy Heinz, Kevin Sexton, Alex Moffet, Jon Gilbert, Scott McClenahan, Steve McNelley and Frank Dachille, current teacher and coach. E V E R Y B O D Y S O V I E B O D Y A T N O R T H 5 H O K E _4j Alumni Senior Class Hits the Road (Front row) Bill Hinchliff '64, Peggy Sargent Litten '33, Judy Mason Regional Gatherings Reunite Drake '35, Margot Webbe Barber '36, Ginny Ware, (former parent & Liz Hunt's sister), Liz Price Hunt '42, Louise Nathan Bernard '38, Dorie Warner Sills '38; (back row) Jane Fenninger (former faculty), Barbara Alumni and Friends Nationwide Smith Gardener '47, Onnie Straub Darrow '38, Bill Butz '40, Leonard Fenninger (former faculty), and Carla Esch '46 H ead of School Julie Hall and members of the Alumni/ O n May 19, a group of local-area alumni from the' Development Office traveled the nation throughout Senior Class (those alumni beyond their 50th 1997/98 to meet and greet North Shore alumni in a Reunion) were led by Bill Hinchliff '64 and joined variety of locations. In Florida, Ginny Clark Blair '45 by Molly Ingram McDowell '80 from the Alumni hosted us at The Hillsboro Club; in New York, Jim Golden '70 Office on a day trip to the Rock River Valley in Oregon, Illinois, hosted us in his loft office space; and in Phoenix, Irl and Barbara approximately 80 miles west of Winnetka. The bus trip included Favill Marshall '46 hosted us in their home. While in Boston in driving through the old city of Dixon where Ronald Reagan's January, we had personal visits with Jonathan Strong '62 and boyhood home is an historic site; a view of the Rock River from Carl Koch '30. The next the lovely small town of Grand DeTour with a stop at the John scheduled gatherings are Deere Historic Site. Lunch was at the Colonial Rose Inn, an 1850s Sunday, October 11 in house, then on to Oregon to view historic buildings and Northern Washington D.C. and a Illinois University. A local gathering in Chicago stop at Chief Blackhawk for "young" alumni ('85- (left) and Stronghold, '95) on Friday, November the Strong family 27 during Thanksgiving compound, wrapped Weekend. Photos are from Jean Ekman Adams '60 & up the day the Phoenix gathering. her mother Christine Ekman Our next adventure is a trip to Washington D.C., October 10-14. We'll be hosting an alumni gathering while there in order to visit with local Washington and Virginia alumni, the evening of October 11. Chief Blackhawk towers Carol Marshall Allen 74, Bucky Marshall 71, Barbara Marshall '46 and over alumni group Alice Marshall Vogler '69 with Head of School Julie Hall (center) IJL Gilbert & Sullivan Morning Ex Links Alumni with Students A lumni Board member Lauri Reagan '87, a passionate Gilbert & Sullivan enthusiast, coordinated a highly successful alumni G&rS Morning Ex on May 18. A group of loyal alumni, led by maestro Vin Allison and accompanist Sheldon Rosenbaum, performed some favorite G&S music for today's North Shore students and faculty. Current music teachers, Linda Gibson Kiracibasi and Michael Querio, joined the group on stage. Alumni participants included: Jane Dettmers Bakey '83, Nancy Gottlieb Bauer '76, John Darrow '65, Onnie Straub Darrow '38, Jill Witte Dillon '69, Courtney Nigro Fitzgerald '82, Jean Wright Haider '60, Bill Stuart Rogers '74 and Susan Stetson 72 perform again at North Shore. Hinchliff '64, Elizabeth Ingram '82, Karen Stone Kaplan '75, John Leimert '69, Suzanne Folds McCullagh '69, Molly Ingram McDowell '80, Cy Oelerich '89, Lauri Reagan '87, Dina Healy Onnie Straub Darrow '38 Richter '89, Stuart Rogers '74, Nancy Stibolt Schultz '73, Molly Shotwell '87, Lucy Sievers '80, Susan Stetson '72 and Nancy Green Whiteman '71. A Gilbert & Sullivan musical will be performed by current North Shore students next Nancy Gottlieb Bauer '76, MEX organizer Lauri Reagan '87, Spring in March 1999. and Jill Witte Dillon '69 dressed for the part Seven generations of alumni share their enthusiasm for Gilbert & Sullivan with current students. Music Director Emeritus Vin Allison returns to the North Shore stage. E V E R Y B O D Y ' S S O M E B O D Y A T N O R T H S H O R E Did You Know? i The Winnetka Chamber of Commerce voted Fine Arts Department Chair, John Almquist, Winnetka Educator of the Fifth Grade at Lower School Closing Ceremony Year. John was honored at a luncheon sponsored by the Chamber in April, and in attendance were Julie Hall, several of John's $ In addition to senior graduation, North Shore held two North Shore colleagues, and several alumni who have been other ceremonies, Lower School closing at which fifth graders influenced by John throughout his career. said goodbye before moving on to Middle School, and eighth In her letter of nomination, Head of School Julie Hall wrote, grade graduation. "John Almquist is a legend at North Shore Country Day School, and rightfully so. He is in his 35th year as an art teacher here, and this year, as in the last 34, many students consider their work with him as the most memorable in their high school years. He takes students' work seriously, has high expectations of even those who claim to have no talent, and in many cases has changed their lives." $ North Shore showcased the talent of the fine arts faculty with a special exhibition and recital in May. The exhibit featured the watercolor landscapes of John Almquist, the landscape and portrait oil paintings and monoprints of Thomas Chin, the Raku- fired ceramics of Jackie Melissas, the collage and assemblage work of Linda Semel, and the pastel drawings and paintings of Mary Wagner, all fine arts teachers as well as working artists who have exhibited their work widely both locally and internationally. The same evening that the exhibit opened, Choral Music Director Brian Jessen, Billy Goldstein, Lauren Segal and Robert Rex-Waller Michael Querio, tenor, performed a recital in the Diller Street at their 8th Grade graduation Theatre, featuring seventeenth century Venetian folk songs as well as works by Poulenc, Tosti, Sondheim, and Bernstein. In $ Students in Senior Seminar, a year-long course that investi addition to serving on the faculty at North Shore, Michael is a gates current topics in foreign affairs; government; and law, professional member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and justice and society, participated in a mock trial that focused Music Director at Rocky Mountain Summer Theatre in Grand on the issue of gender discrimination. Senior seminar teacher Lake, Colorado. Susan Theiss designed the mock trial project complete with dual plaintiffs (the School and a teacher), witnesses, jurors ^ Spring was active with on-going community service efforts (parents) and actual judges. The suit, a civil case centered school-wide. The Upper School sponsored a Community around Title VII, was filed by a teacher who alleged she had Service Drive throughout the month of April to benefit been discriminated against based on her gender and that she Maryville Center. Students collected supplies for the Center's children - babies addicted to crack and long-term disabled had been forced into a hostile work environment. Students children - including baby clothes, youth clothing, mobiles, played the roles of prosecuting and defense attorneys in the bright posters, and other items. In addition to collecting supplies two separate trials. for the Center, students volunteered at Maryville on a regular Leading up to the trial, senior seminar students interviewed basis to work with the children. witnesses, took depositions and actively engaged in fact finding Other efforts included seniors serving meals at the Inspiration in preparation for the courtroom. Theiss found that students Cafe, a restaurant for the homeless; Middle School students took their preparation for the trial very seriously and produced collecting 2,000 books to be donated to Youngman School some of the best writing of the year for their courtroom presen in the Pilsen Community; second graders continuing their tations. The result of one trial was acquittal for the school and relationship with the North Shore Senior Citizens Center; and the department chair. In the other trial, however, both the an Upper School sponsored all-school Blood Drive on May 13. school and the department chair were found liable. LZ Did You Know? G randparents from around the globe visited the school on May 15 for North Shore's annual Grandparents' Day. Welcomed by their grandchildren in the afternoon, grandparents had an opportunity to meet with Head of School Julie Hall and the division heads to hear about exciting things happening Kenny Kaplan '98 with his The New Executive Board of the Woman's Board grandmother, Zollie Frank Rear l-r: President, Ingrid Szymanski; 2nd VP (Membership), Pam Conant; Office Manager, Janet Rogers; 3rd VP (Publicity), Claudia Lockhart; throughout the School. Office Manager, Diane Jessen; Auction Chair, Sandra Plowden; Children then escorted their Front l-r: Auction Co-Chair, Aixa Chen; Secretary, Ellen Barreto; Treasurer, Kay Gurtin; 1st VP (Appropriations), Susan Gaud special guests to classrooms, followed by a photo session and musical revue in the Diller Street Theatre. This event provides a wonderful chance for students to connect Mr. & Mrs. William Stone with grandparents and to share with grandsons, C.W. '01 & with them some of what they Gibs '06 McCullagh do and learn at the School. wfi The Woman's Board, a fundraising group that supports and enriches the School community through dedication and hard New members: L-R, Karen Strauss, Cindy Gaskill, May Swan, work, welcomed 10 new members this spring and announced a Mouse Doar, Cindy Alexander, Nancy Parker, Suzu Neithercut, Paula Jessen, Carlisle Rex-Waller newly elected Executive board. J oseph P Coulson joins North Shore as the Interim Middle School Head after Todd Nelson's move to Maine in July. Most recently Joe has been an adjunct professor of English at the College of Lake County. Prior to his move to Chicago last year, he served as Interim Assistant Head of School at Marin Academy in San Rafael, California, where he had also been English Department Chair for several years. Joe earned his undergraduate degree at Wayne State University and his master's and Ph.D. degrees at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has also studied literature and poetics at Oxford University. Joe was first introduced to the North Shore community at a Morning Ex. last spring in which he read from his poetry. In addition to teaching, Joe has spent much of his career writing. His full- length play, A Saloon at the Edge of the World, was produced in the San Francisco Bay area in 1996. He has also published three books of poetry and has been the recipient of a Gray Chair Fellowship and the Tompkins Award in Poetry. His essays, short fiction, and reviews have appeared in several journals and anthologies, including The Critical Survey of Poetry. A new Joe Coulson, collection of poems, Jigsaw, will be published later this year. New Interim Middle School Head Joe is excited about joining the North Shore Community, "It's a great privilege to join the faculty at North Shore Country Day and continue the fine work in the Middle School. I'm impressed by the sophistication of the program, particularly its emphasis on integrated study. This mode of learning is essential for our children." u Meet North Shore's New Trustees Pamela Rahmann Conant '75 University. The Formolo's daughters, Hayley and Cassi, attend received a B.A. from Stephen's North Shore's first grade and junior kindergarten. College. After working as a buyer for retail stores, she implemented Carolyn O. Lowe is currently Vice and managed the accounting President with DHR International, department for the East Bank Club Inc., an executive search firm in in Chicago. After leaving East Bank, Chicago. She has a B.A. from Pam went to work with her future Fairleigh Dickinson University, a husband, Howard, in his real estate J.D. from New York University, and development company. She has is a member of the Pennsylvania been active with the Glencoe Union Pamela Rahmann Conant '75 Bar. She is also a member of Church and The Chicago Foundation for Women. The Conant's Lambda Alpha International and three children, Louis, Sophie and Rachel, attend North Shore's serves on the board of the Chicago kindergarten, second and sixth grades. Chapter of the American Civil Carolyn O. Lowe Liberties Union. The Lowe's son, Kristina Escamilla received a B.A., Ian, attends North Shores fifth grade. cum laude, from the University of Michigan and an M.A. from the Ingrid Gebavi Szymanski received Harvard Graduate School of a B.A. in German from Loyola Business Administration. She is University, Chicago, and an M.B.A. the President and founder of in Finance from DePaul University. Clothworks, Inc, which manufactures She worked as a Statistical Analyst juvenile products. She and her in Long Range Planning at People's husband, Bill, have three children, Energy Corporation before having Marshall '98, Alex, a North Shore her children, when she became a Kristina (Tina ) Escamilla sophomore, and Ellie. stay-at-home mom. She and her Ingrid Gebavi Szymanski husband, Bob, are the proud parents Thomas J. Formolo is a partner of daughter Katie, in seventh grade, and son John, in sixth with Code, Hennessy and Simmons grade. Active as a volunteer in community and school groups, LLC. Other board memberships Ingrid has also continued to pursue a lifelong interest in music. include: KB Alloys, Inc, Whitney Design, Inc., J. Richard Industries, L.P, DocuSystems, Inc. and Temple, Inc. Tom received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and M.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern Thomas J. Farmolo Herman Lackner '30, Francis Stanton Recipient H erman Lackner '30 was honored at Commencement with the Francis R. Stanton Alumni Recognition, which is presented each year to an alumnus or alumna whose contributions to society, to his or her profession, or to the School, exemplify The North Shore Country Day School motto "Live and Serve. A widely respected architect, Herman practiced architecture in his own Winnetka firm for 53 years, working on a range of projects throughout the Chicago area. Annemarie van Roessel of the Chicago Society of Architectural Historians called him, ".. .one of those living treasures," in a recent profile of Herman in the Winnetka Talk. Bill Hinchliff '64, who presented the Francis R. Stanton Recognition to Herman, said, "For many people in need of a first-rate architect to remodel, or add on to, an important house, or to build an entirely new one, the first choice has been, for many years, Herman Lackner. With his eye for detail, his impeccable taste, and his sensitivity to historical context, Herman could be trusted to work on buildings by masters like Herman Lackner '30 David Adler and Howard Van Doren Shaw. .. .At the same time, Herman's work reveals an unshakable adherence to some of the In addition to his distinguished career, Herman found time to basic principles of Modernism, which he imbibed from Ludwig serve North Shore in a number of capacities. He has served as Mies van der Rohe, one of his teachers in the late 1930s - president of the Alumni Association, as planner of the School's simplicity; clean lines; a respect for materials; and an elegant first 50th Reunion, as a faithful member of the Senior Class understatedness." (50th Reunion and older), and he served as a great and vocal fan of the School for almost 70 years. His commitment to Bill went on to remark, "It is a measure of his significance in North Shore and his significance to the profession of architecture the world of Chicago architecture that the Art Institute has on the North Shore make Herman a truly worthy recipient of included Herman in its oral history project, which involves the Francis Stanton recognition. extensive interviews with leading architects of the region." Herman was so sought after, in fact, that the Winnetka Talk Editor's Note: On June 24, 1998, two weeks after he was presented reported he continued to receive calls from clients for advice with the Francis R. Stanton Recognition, Mr. Lackner died at King as recently as January. Home in Evanston. At his funeral at Winnetka Congregational Church, many men wore bow ties and red socks, Mr. Lackner's Herman had some advice for North Shore's Class of '98 as well, trademarks. "Join everything, try everything, get involved in everything. Or almost everything. You do have to exercise some judgement." To] Alumni Board Welcomes Class of '98 to Alumni Association O n a beautiful sunny June day, just two days before Commencement, members of the Alumni Board, led by President Molly Shotwell '87, welcomed the graduating senior class as the newest members of the Alumni Association. Board members mingling with seniors included Edrita Ford Crocker '48, Dick Golden '44, Seniors Rachel Abarbanell, Maisie Rinnie, Rashad White, Marshall Escamilla & Caroline Burgess Jill Witte Dillon '69, Ginny Clark Blair '45, Kate O'Malley Patke '85 with daughters Lucy and Grace, Molly Ingram McDowell '80 and of course Mac! Also announced were the newest Class Representatives for the Class of 1998: Alissa Gorelick and Maisie Rinne. Ginny Clark Blair '45, Julie Hall and Kate Patke '85 Seventh Graders Seek Justice in Mock Trial eventh graders worked with criminal defense attorney, law professor and seventh grade parent Richard Kling for several weeks preparing a criminal and civil trial held in the courtroom at Chicago Kent Law School in March. Social Studies teacher Pete Nelson decided to use two real court cases, with students playing all of the roles, to make his study of constitutional law come alive. The class, under Professor Kling's guidance, used actual affidavits of two cases to prepare to prosecute and defend the issues. Students also served in the jury, while Professor Kling's law students acted as judge and legal coaches. Richard Kling and Seventh Grade Social Studies Teacher Pete Nelson discuss the trial with student jurors. Students learned that new fingerprint evidence, brought to light by Kling and a law student, had overturned the conviction. Mr. Newsome now works in a Chicago law firm and is applying to law school. He spoke with the seventh graders about the strengths and vulnera bilities of our justice A Chicago-area cable T.V. reporter interviews system and encouraged North Shore students about the trial them to vote, serve Students did not know the outcome of the real life trial. faithfully on juries and Following their mock trial, however, the actual defendant, take their rights and James Newsome, who had been falsely convicted of murder and armed robbery, discussed with students what it had been responsibilities as Seventh Graders Henry Gaud & Charlie citizens seriously Doar talk to real-life defendant James like to spend 18 years of a "natural life" sentence in prison. Newsome following the mock trial.