Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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a ang the iracfiliona path---cla.4.4 meeiinga, c 41.4.4 to the prom. Tuff , 'nuff said , and super were big Words in our vocabu- lary. Moron jokes travelled down the second floor hall, the main drag of E. H. S. We were susceptible to any fad that came our way. Although We admired the seniors, We were somewhat critical. Everything the upperclassmen did Was hashed over by the juniors and We came to the conclusion that our senicr year Would be much better than theirs had been: We were going to put E. H. S. on the map, Our basketball, football, tennis, track, music, and publications would give Elkhart something to be proud of. We were going to have more student planned assemblies and pep sessions that would really keep up school spirit. In fact, we were so absorbed in our activities and dreams for the future that we hardly realized that school Was out and we were officially seniors. At last the senior year . . . doing chemistry charts . . . dashing from school to a war job . . . ordering announcements . . . seeing our varsity play football in rain, snow and mud . . . Weiner roasts . . . hay rides . . . big autumn moons . . . the first snow flurry . . . the start of a thrilling basketball season . . . planning the annual Christmas assembly . . . ice-skating . . . source themes . . . dancing . . Writing copy for the Annual . . . watching lames Ebersole, Eugene Ellis, Bessie Peterson, Dick Lang, Nancy Holloway All joed up for the holiday dance. Calling all senior girls . . . just a bunch of senior wolves. 11? --Y

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io Jerioua Jeniord, flue Cfadd of '44 had 0 owe features and good news-stories. We also learned early in our class activities which people We could depend on. In our sophomore year, we not only found our place in Elkhart High School, but each found his place in the class. Next year, as juniors, we tried to outdo every other junior class We tried to choose th tt' . e pre iest class rings. We tried to make Ever Since Eve , with Beverly Miller and Bill Copenhaver playing the leadin r l th ' ' g o es, e cutest junior class play yet presented. We earned our money for the prom not only by selling tickets to the play, but also by handling the concessions at games so we could have the most outstanding junior prom in the history of E. H. S. Nearly three hundred juniors and seniors jived to the music of Charlie Rogers in the Athenian Ballroom of the Hotel Elkhart. W h h e c ose t e theme Arabian N1ghts in order to make our decorations more unusual. To l d th ' ' ' ' ' ' ea us rough the first semester junior activities we elected Iohn Longfellow Ir resident: I 1 -I P Iames Ebersole, vice-president: Eileen Simons, secretary: Carrol Simmons, treasurer: Virginia Miceli and Thomas Iuda , soci 1 h ' ' y a c airmen. Since Mr. Boyle had left the faculty, Mr. Iordan was chosen as our new sponsor. For the second and most important semester the followin officers l , g were e ected: Iohn Longfellow, Ir., president: Thomas Iuday, vice-president: Carrol Simmons, secretary: Richard Hill, t ' E' ' ' ' reasurer, ileen Simons and Iames Ebersole, social chairmen. As juniors we indulged in all the fads of the year. The girls Wore club jackets and the boys had butch hair-cuts. We wore sweat socks to the Sock Hop , jeans to the Hayloft Hop , and formals O e o1 1 th gas shortage. D gg q in on source themes. 11 0 9 ,4l W f .J ,- X M v .gr Q- .A- 1?-

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embfema, c!a4J pariiert, claA.4 pfayaf to gra uaiion and lohn Longfellow, Ir., lead the lanuary seniors down the aisle and realizing that graduation was near . . . reading the dirt column in the Pennant Weekly . . . saying, I dropped those natural cookies on the floor . . . seeing the first robin . . . moccasins and loafers . . . over-night blondes blooming out like flowers . . . being ourselves at the treasure hunt . . . buying clothes for senior activities . . . dancing at the Triple-L party . . . trying out for parts in The Young in Heart . . . practicing for Senior Day . . . worrying about speeches for the Senior Banquet . . . trying on our gowns and adjusting the tassels on our caps . . . jiving at the prom and the Alumni Dance . . . plans . . . plans . . , plans . . . In the fall, when we elected the Iune officers, Thomas Iuday, Willa Allen, Eileen Simons, Barbara Shelley, Ioan Denton and Thomas Artley, we realized that many of our class members would go into the service before graduation. Now, as We line up for the last time as a class to receive our diplomas, we miss those fellows who are now in the Air Corps, the V-12, the Marines, the Army and the Navy. The class of '44, once young and unsophisticated, be- comes the alumni of E. H. S.: college students, housewives, office girls, soldiers, sailors, workers--citizens of Your Town and Mine. Senior Play Tryouts Reading the play. Miss Agnew and Himebauqh plan the Sets. Tryouts before judges. Page Twenty-five