Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1948 volume:

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We do noT boasT oT being able To Toresee The TuTure, buT more likely The sTudenT ThaT puT in a Ii++le exTra work, sTudied diligenTly, and sacriTiced a liTTle Tun Tor his or her educaTion will be one oT The TirsT To achieve success. We oTTer you This volume oT The ATodnem To commemoraTe our progress during The pasT year and as a record oT Tour enioyable and proTiTable years aT MendoTa High School. The I948 ATodnem has been compiled in as accuraTe and inTeresTing manner as possible. In TuTure years you may look back upon This ATodnem, leaT Through These pages and recall The many pleasanT memories oT your high school days. - EdiTors ,Q Q il-'I is lecbcafion This yearboo Hecriona Norma Moses ed January 24, and Worsley I I g I 9 si dd d I 9 CLASSES -4.1, X 3 '0 f - W ' ' v s My W few, Q. if ,M 7 W -,::r:.f- 3 - f xi . . - 1,1 1' 155 frmrA1-.Q wal 7f'Ys'LlM , W- ' i... EF':: X , f, A ' M . :M ' Q - - . 'mqrvf 1 ONAID AYERS ROBERT AYERS RUTH BARR LAMAR BREWBAKER LRJEAN BROWN DALE DENAULT ROBERT COTTON ROBERT DAVIS l-lavinq reached our senior year, we loolc back on our four years as Trond memories. We remember slarlinq oul as bashlul, qreen, unexperienced fresh- men, Now loolc at us: bashlul seniors! Eiqhly-lwo ol us answered lhe lirsl roll call for the iob of a freshman. Our freshman parly qor us oil on rhe riqhf fool, even il lhe qirls did grand in one Corner loolrinq af lhe boys, wondering wha? lhey were. Our lirsf biq iob was lo find our leaders, We chose Lamar Brewbalrer, presidenf: Jean Van Ellen, vice presi- deni: and Louise Maqnusson, secrelaryr lreasurer. To represenf us in sludenr council were Dave Wesferman, Penny Faber, Russell Krenz, and Paula Sfenqer. Even lhouqh we were new if didnif lalce us lonq lo qef sfarled in The ac- fivilies in which we laler became slars. Lamar Brewbalrer made The foolball var- sity, and Al Leach was chosen for bas- lrelball varsily. Hiqh honors for fresh- men! Olhers of us were inleresled in music, speech, and various orqanizalions. So, as lhe freshman year ended, we were in fhe lull swinq ol hiqh school life, A swim in lhe pond, a hilce, a dance: fhen band, our sophomore year was ready to qo, We elecfed Belly Gehler. prrrsidenlz Russell Kienz, vice presidenl' and Al Loach, secrefaryvrreasurer. Added lo lhe list of our sfudenl counril repro senlafivrzs were Joe Brady and Jean Van Ellen. bil CLASS OFFICERS H. Maunfel Adviser H. Swanson Adviser P. Faber Vice President E. Breese Adviser J. Jackson Presidenl' T. Wefson Secrerary Treasurer enior ear JOE BRADY PATSY BUNTON NORMAN DEWEY MARY DURHAM JAMES EDWARDS I.OI.A EDWARDS PENNY FABER MARJORIE FITZGERALD WAYNE FRANK ROSEMARY GALLAGHER EDWARD GEHANT DONITA HANSEN JOHN HARRIS BETTY GEHLER JAMES HICKOK EUNICE HOCHSTATTER LEE HOFFMAN RITA HENKEL JOHN JACKSON JOANNE HOOVER RUFUS JOERGER DOLORES JONES RRY JOHNSON RUSSELL KRENZ KENNETH KREISER WILLIAM KUEHL ALBERT LOACH we fradf lap in 52 00 As sophomores we were aqain active in all sporrs, adiviiies, and orqanizafions and won special recoqniiion in several. Charlie Wilhelm was elecfed capiain of fhe lrosh-soph foorball and baslcelball learns. ln debale, speech, and music we sophomores helped MHS win hiqh con- res' rafinqs. l SENIORS CAUGHT AT REHEARSAL To lead our class in i+s'all-important iunior year were Joe Brady, president: Penny Faber, vice president: and Bar- bara Sauer, secrelary-Treasurer. John Harris was eleded To sfudenl council, Emerqinq as music conlesfanfs and winners were iuniors Joe Brady, Bob Colton, John Jackson, The Maqnussen iwins, Rurh Rapp, Barbara Sauer, Paul Shanylelr, Paula Slenqer, Jim Van Meier, and Dorofhy Wilhelm. Thelma Wafson made rhe debaie vai- sily while Rosemary Gallagher, Lamar Brewbalmer, Jean Van Ellen, and Rufh Rapp were fhe second learn, FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION LOST HORlZON BEVERLY LUCAS LOUISE MAGNUSSON MARGUERITE MAGNUSSON INA MANN WAYNE NIANN ROBERT MICHAEL MARJORIE MEYER SHIRLEY MUNSON JOHN McCONVILLE CAROL MCMAHON GLORIA ANN NELSON FRANK NOVAK HESTER NOWLIN ALBERTA OLSEN ,BETTY POHL Maior money-making aclivily of fhe senior class ourneg 0 oaarning Paula Slenqer wen? fo Slale wifh her readinq, as did Jim l-lickok, Penny Faber, Lamar Brewbaker, John Jackson, Jerry Johnson, and Al Loach, members ol lhe one arf play cas? ol Afraid ol lhe Dark . ln sporfs, Lamar Brewbaker piled up 138 poinfs in nine loofball qarnes, Al Loach was high poinl man on lhe bas- kefball varsily, and Dave Weslerman. and Don Serup wenf lo Slale in lrack. The iunior produclion, January Thaw , a comedy, brouqhl honors nor only lo lhe casl bu! To all lhe class members. Climax ol lhe year was the iunior prom our biqgesl class proiecl. Jim l-lickok was qeneral chairman. All com- rnillees cooperaled lo pu? on The besl prom ever. Qur lasl year slarled with lols ol ideas on how we were qoinq lo befler the school before we left. John Jackson was elecled presiclenlt Penny Faber, vice presidenl: and Thelma Walson, secrelary-lreasurer, Lamar Brew- loaker was elecfed fo lhe sludenl council. Homecoming Queen Jean Van Ellen rode wilh her affendanls, Rosemary Gallagher and Eunice l-lochslaller, on a beaulifully decoraled floar. This year's achievemenfs of lhe Class of '48 are recorded in 'rhe paqes of This book. Our accomplishmenrs have been many and varied. We feel lhal we can be iuslly proud, All lhe seniors worked like lillle de- mons lryinq lo qef rhe money for lhis years annual. We puf on a dramalic play, Losf Horizon . We cur ice cream sandwiches and popped corn lor The qames until we could do if in our sleep. Our class also sold so many magazines lhe company considered pulling our pic- lare on ils adverlisinq folder, lJoke.l Bur Lee Hoffman did show fha? we had some senior names in rhe box by win- ninq a radio. So lhe senior year passes wifh our loves and disagreements. Now we re- qrellully look back al 'the wonderful limes we had and hope lhal fhe lufure will be as much lun and success as our hiqh school days. DNNA PRESCOTT RUTH RAPP NANCY REESER LOIS REMPFER BARBARA SAUER AUI. SHANYFELT JOYCE SPAULDING DON SERUP MARY GRACE SPENADER DON SIBIGTROTH PAULA STENGER MARY CATHERINE STREMLAU C. RICHARD TAYLOR JEAN VAN ETTEN JAMES VAN METER MARION FAYE VINCENT VIOLET VINCENT THELMA WATSON DAVID WESTERMAN JEAN WIDMER CHARLES WILHELM DOROTHY WILHELM STANLEY YENERICH KEITH LAWS IDEXO enior .xdcfiuifiezi AYERS, DONALD W. FFA 1. 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3, 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 AYERS, ROBERT Football 1, 2, Varsity 2: FFA 1, 2, 3, 4, President 2, Vice President 3: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 BARR, RUTH Class Vice President 2, Atodnem Copy 81 Finance Committee 4 BREWBAKER, LAMAR I Contest Play 3: Class Play 3. 4: Class Play Committee 3, 4: Debate 2, 3. Varsity 3: Class President 1: Hi-Light Stalt 4: Prom Committee Chairman 3: Basketball 1. 2. 3, Varsity 3: Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 1, 2, 3. 4. Captain 3: Student Council 4: Atodnem Business Editor, Finance 6: Copy Committee 4: Conference Play 4 BRADY, JOE Band 2. 3, 4: Sexlet 2. 3: Instrumental Soloist 2. 3, 4: Class Plat' Committee 4: Class President 3: Ring Committee 3: Basketball 1, 2. 3. 4. Varsity 2, 3. 4: Football 1. 2: Student Council 2. 3, 4: Band Vice President 3, President 4: Atodnem Art Editor, Finance 81 Copy Committee 4 BROWN. MARJEAN Class Play Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3: Cheerleader 4: GAA 3, 4, Board 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Photography, Finance Sc Copy Committee 4 BUNTON, PATSY Band 1: Glee Club 2, 3: Class Play Committee 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2. 3: GAA 2, 3, 4, Boards 3: Atodnem Photography Q Finance Committee 4 COTTON. ROBERT Band 1. 2. 3. 4: Glee Club 1, 2, 4: Boys Chorus 1, 2, 4: Uctet 1. 2, 4: Mired Octet 1, 2: Instrumental S'-loist 3. 4: Class Play 3, 41 Class Play Committee 4: Prom Committee 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4: Contest Play 4 DAVIS, ROBERT Compton 1, 2, 3: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 DENAULT, DALE I Prom Committee 3: FFA 2, 3, Reporter 2: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 DEWEY, NORMAN Band 1, 2: Class Play Committee 4: Football 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Atod- nem Finance Committee 4 DURHAM, MARY Class Play Committee 3: Speech Contestant 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Cadets 3. 4: Glee Club 1, 2, 3: Atodnem Photography, Copy, Sc Finance Com- mittee 4 EDWARDS, JAMES U. S. N.: Basketball 1, 2. Varsity 2: Football 1, 2: Track 2: Atodnem Finance Committee 4: Senior Homecoming Float Chrm. 4 EDWARDS, LOLA Class Play Committee 3, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2. 3: GAA 1, 2. 3, 4, Vice President 4, Boards 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Photography, Copy, 81 Finance Committee 4 FABER, PENNY Contest Play 3, 4: Class Play 3, 4: Class Play Committee 3, 4: De- bate 1, 2. Varsity 2: Class Vice President 3, 4: Hi-Light Stalf 4. Editor 4: Prom Committee Chairman 3: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3. 4, Co-Capt. 4: Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3. 4: Track 1, 2. 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4: Atodnem Copy 8: Finance Committee 4: Contest Play 4 FITZGERALD, MARJORIE Class Play Committee 4: Cadets 1, 2: FHA 3: Atodnem Photography Bt Finance Committee 4 FRANK, WAYNE Paw Paw Community High 1: Class Play Committee 4: FFA 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 GALLAGHER, ROSEMARY Mount St. Mary 1: Class Play Committee 4: Class Play 3: Debate 2. 3. Varsity 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prrm Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3: GAA 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Copy Editor, Photrg'aphy 8: Finance Committee 4: Conference Play 4 GEHANT. EDWARD West Brooklyn 1, 2. 3: Football 4, Varsity 4: Basketball 4, Varsity 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 GEHLER, BETTY Class Play Committee 3, 4: Debate 1: Class President 2: Hi-Light Stafl 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Board 4, President 4: Atodnem Business Staff, Copy 84 Finance Committee 4 HANSEN, DONITA West High, Rockford, 2: Class Play Committee 3, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 3: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Photog- raphy, Copy, tt: Finance Committee 4 HARRIS, JOHN Basketball 4, Varsity 4: Student Council 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 HICKOK, JAMES Banning High. Banning. California 1: Contest Play 3: Class Play 3, 4: Hi-Light Stalt 4: Prom General Chairman 3: Basketball 2, 3. 4, Varsity 3. 4: Football 2. 3. 4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 2, 3, 4, Varsity 2, 3, 4: Atodneig Editor-in-Chief 4: Atodnem Finance, Photography, 6: Copy Com- mittee HENKEL, RITA Class Play Committee 3: Prom Committee 3: Ring Committee 3: Cadets 3: GAA 2, 3. 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 HOCHSTATTER, EUNICE St. Xaviers Academy, Ottawa, Ill, 1: Glee Club 2: Class Play Committee 3, 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3: Cheerleader 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Business Staff, Finance Committee 4 HOFFMAN, LEE Basketball 2. 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Cross Country 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 HOOVER, JOANNE Class Play Committee 3, 4: Atodnem Photography 81 Finance Committee 4 JACKSON, JOHN S. Umaha North, Omaha. Nebraska 1: Band 2, 3, 4: Boys' Octet 4: Sexlet 3: Instrumental Soloist 4: Instrumental Ensemble 2, 3, 4: Contest Play 3, 4: Class President 4: Prom Committee 3: Ring Committee 3: Class Play Committee 4: Basketball 2, 3. 4, Varsity 3, 4: Football 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 2: FFA 2, 3, 4, President 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2: gi-Ligat Staff 4: Atodnem Business Staff. Photography, Copy, 84 Finance ommi ee JOERGER, RUFUS Class Play Committee 3, 4: Prom Committee 3: Basketball 3. Varsity 3: Atodnem Typing Q Finance Committee 4 JOHNSON. JERRY Contest Play 3: Class Play 3, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Ring Committee 3: Football 1, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Atodnem Copy 84 Finance Committee 4 JONES, DOLORES Class Play Committee 3, 4: Atodnem Photography Ga Finance Committee 4 Knenz, nusseu. Class Vire President 2: Football 1. 2, 3, 4, Varsity. 3, 4: Basketball 1, 2: Student Council 1, 2: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 KREISER, KENNETH Cross Country 4: FFA 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4: Atodnem Finance Com- mi ee KUEHL, WILLIAM Football 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 LAWS, KEITH H. U.S.N.: Football 1, 2, 3, Varsity 2, 3: Track 1, 2 LOACH, ALBERT Contest Play 3: Class Play 4: Class Play Committee 3: Class Secretary Treasurer 2: Hi-Light Stall' 4: Prom Committee 3: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 1. 2, 3, 4, Co-Capt. 4: Football 1. 2, 3, 4, Varsity 2. 3, 4: Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 1. 3, 4: Atodnem Business Statt, Copy Sc Finance Committee 4 LUCAS, BEVERLY Class Play Committee 3. 4: Hi-Light Stall 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 1. 2. 3: GAA 1, 2. 3: Glee Club 1. 2, 3: FHA 4: Atodnem Photography, Copy, le Finance Committee 4 MAGNUSSON, LOUISE Band 1, 2: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Sextel 3: Octet 3. 4: Instrumental Soloist 1. 2: Class Play 4: Class Secretary Treasurer 1: Cheerleader 2. YE: Ring Coammittee 3: FHA 4: Atodnem Typing, Finance, Us Photography ommi ee MAGNUSSON. MARGUERITE Band 1, 2: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Octet 3. 4: Sextet 1: Instrumental Ensemble 2: Instrumental Soloist 1: Class Play 4: Class Play Committee 3: Prom Committee 3: GAA 1, 2, 3: Atodnem Photography Co-Editor, Typing Q Finance Committee 4 MANN, INA Glee Club 2: Cadets 2: Class Play Committee 3, 4: GAA 3: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 MANN, WAYNE FFA 2: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 MEYER, MARJORIE JUNE Band 3: Glee Club 1, 2: Class Play Committee 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 MICHAEL, ROBERT Hi-Light 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 MUNSON, SHIRLEY Hi-Light Statt 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3: Atodnem Copy 84 Finance Committee 4 McCONVILLE, JOHN Football 4, Varsity 4: FFA 1, 2, 3, 4: Class Play Committee 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 McMAHON, CAROL Class Play Committee 3, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2. 3: GAA 1, 2, 3. 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Photography, Ccpy, Q Finance Committee 4 NELSON, GLORIA ANN Freeport High School 1, 2: Class Play Committee 3, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Typing Co-Editzr. Copy. Q Finance Committee 4 NOWLIN, HESTER - Class Play 3: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 3: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4: Assistant Librarian 3: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 NOVAK, FRANK Football 1: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 OLSEN, ALBERTA Class Play Committee 3, 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 POHL, BETTY JEAN Class Play 4: Class Play Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3: GAA 3, 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Typing Kc Finance Committee 4 PRESCOTT, DONNA Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4: Octet 4: Sextet 1: Class Play Committee 3, 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 3, 4: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Photography Co-Editor, Finance Committee 4: Conference Play 4 RAPP. RUTH Amboy 1, 2: Band 3. 4: Octet 3, 4: Instrumental Soloist 2. 3: Sextet 3: Glee Club 4: FHA 4: Prom Committee 3: Debate 3: Class Play Committee 3: Atodnem Typing Co-Editor, Finance Sz Copy Committee 4: Conference Play 4: Speech Contestant 4 REESER NANCY Class Play 3, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prom Committee 3: Ring Committee 3: Cadets 2. 3: GAA 1. 2, 3, 4, Board 2, 3: Atodnem Photography, Copy. 8: Finance Committee 4 REMPFER, LOIS VIVIAN . Glee Club 2: Class Play Committee 3, 4: GAA 3: Atodnem Photography 8: Finance Committee 4 SAUER, BARBARA MARIE Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 1. 4: Octet 3, 4: Sextet 3: Instrumental Soloist 1, 2, 3, 4: Instrumental Ensemble 2: Band Vice President 37 Class Secretary Treasuier 3: Prom Committee 3: Atodnem Typing Br Finance Committee 4 SERUP, DON Class Play Committee 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Football 1. 2, 3, 4. Varsity 3, 4: Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Business Staff, Finance Committee 4 SHANYFELT, PAUL Class Play Committee 3: Speech Contestant 4: Prom Committee 3: Band 1, 2. 3, 4: Boys Chorus 1, 2: Octet 1, 3: Sextet 2: Vocal Soloist 1. 2, 4: Instrumental Ensemble 2: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 SIBIGTROTH. DON Basketball 1, 2: Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 SPAULDING, JOYCE Class Play Promoter 3, 4: Speech Contestant 3: GAA 1: Band 1. 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Photography Sc Finance Committee 4 SPENADER, MARY GRACE Contest Play 4: Class Play 3. 4: Class Play Committee 4: Speech Con- testant 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3: Glee Club 1, 2, 3: GAA 1, 2, 3. 4. Secretary 4: Atodnem Business Statt, Photog- raphy, Ga Finance Committee 4 STENGER, PAULA Band 1, 2, 3: Class Play Committee 3, 4: Debate 2: Speech Contestant 2, 3, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prom Committee 3: Baton Twirler 1: GAA 1. 2, 3. 4: FHA 4: Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Feature Edi- tor, Finance, Photography, 81 Copy Committee 4 STREMLAU, MARY CATHERINE Class Play Committee 3, 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Finance Committee 4: Conference Play 4 TAYLOR, C. RICHARD Football 1: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 VAN ETTEN, JEAN Band 1: Glee Club 1, 3: Class Play 3, 4: Debate 1, 2, 3: Speech Contestant 1, 2: Class Vice President 1: Hi-Light Statt 4, Assistant Edi- tor 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2, 3: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Board 1, 2: FHA 4: Student Council 2, 3, 4, Vice President 4: Atodnem Assistant Editor, Finance Sr Copy Committee 4: Contest Play 4 VAN METER, JAMES Hi-Light Staff 4: Basketball 2: Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Instrumental Soloist 3: Atodnem, Copy 8: Finance Committee 4 VINCENT, MARION FAYE West Brooklyn 1. 2, 3: Band 4: Instrumental Ensemble 4: Atodnem Typing 81 Finance Committee 4 VINCENT, VIOLET West Brooklyn 1, 2, 3: Atodnem Typing 81 Finance Committee 4 WATSON, TH ELMA Class Play 3, 4: Debate 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Speech Contestant 1. 2. 3, 4: Class Secretary Treasufer 4: Hi-Light Stan 4: Prom Com- mittee 3: Cadets 2. 3: GPA 1: Assistant Librarian 3, 4: Auditorium Committee 3: Atodnem Business Staff, Photography, Finance, Q Copy Com- mittee 4 WESTERMAN, DAVID Class Play 3, 4: Debate 1, 2: Hi-Light Staff 4: Prom Committee 3: Ring Committee 3: Fottball 2. 3, 4, Varsity 2, 3, 4: Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Varsity 3, 4: Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Sport Editor, Business Staff, Copy, Photography, Rr Finance Committee 4 WIDMER, JEAN Cadets 2, 3: GAA 3, 4: FHA 4: Atodnem Typing 81 Finance Committee 4 WILHELM, CHARLES Class Play Committee 4: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. Varsity 3. 4, Captain 2: Footb'lI 1. 2. 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4, Captain 2: Track 1, 2: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 WILHELM, DOROTHY Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Baton Twirler 1: Atodnem Finance Committee 4 YENERICH, STANLEY Football 1. 2, 3, Varsity 3: FFA 1,1 2, 3: Atodnem Finance Q Typing Csmmittee 4 .fdfoclnem inance ommiffee Sixt Row: B. Cotton, D. Sibigtroth, J. Fifth Row: J. Spaulding, D. Wilhelm, B. Fourth Row: B. Michael, D. Denault, B Edwards, J. Hiclrolt, A. Loach, J. Van Lucas. R. Gallagher, C. McMahon, M. Davis, S. Yenerich, J. Johnson, B. Ayers Meter, N. Dewey, E. Gehant, W. Mann, Meyer, J. Van Etten, R. Henkel, P. J, Brady, C. Wilhelm, L. Hoffman, W J Harris, P. Shanytelt. Stenger, A. Olsen. Frank, R. Taylor. ter, M. Brown, B. Pohl, M. Durham, J Widmer, M. C. Stremlau, P. Bunton, M Magnusson, J. Hoover, G. Nelson, M Vincent. nusson, V. Vincent, N. Reeser. Mr. Mauntel. Third Row: D. Prescott, R. Rapp, L. Remp- Second Row: R. Barr, M. Fitzgerald, D. Hansen, C. Rod, l. Mann, D. Jones, S. Munson, L. Edwards, B. Sauer, L. Mag- First Row: E. Hochstatter, M. G. Spen- ader, D, Serup, D. Westerman, L. Brew- baker, P. Faber, Miss Breese, Miss Swan- son, J. Jackson, T. Watson, B. Gehler, .5 L9 we C 0 HOME ROOMS Adviser-Mr. Richmond Top Row: V. Anderson, K. Gallo way, G. Frosf, E. Bassing, D Fischer. Second Row: M. Ashley, M Carr, S. Boolh, R. Brunner, D Harfford, L. Durham, J. Fuller B. Brown, M. Bowne, M. Ehlers J. Henllel. Firsf Row: T. Frifz, D. Dinges W. Hcchs+aHer, N. Doermann W. Budach, D, Carroll, J. Hei- man, V. Gromann, Mr. Rich- mend. Adviser-M r. Morris Top Row: L. Kramer, R. Maun fel, G. Karl, R. Holler, J Noble, D. Pedersen, K. Hol1 ner, C. O'Sadnick, R. Magnus son, Mr. Morris. Second Row: O, Meyer, R Losee, K. Jauch, J. Oesfer, W Horn, M. Jauch, M. Olsen, D Mafhesius. Firsf Row: F. Joerger, D. Morsch M. Myers, P. Meyer, D. Mor ris, J. Jackson, J. Massey, J Laws. Adviser-Miss Salzman Top Row: J. Schwemlein, D Truclcenbrod, R. Polifsch, J Tower, K. Sferchi, R. Waller Miss Salzman, M. Worsley, C Vincenf. Second Row: D. Sfevenson, M Sfevenson, M. Slein, R. Thomp- son, C. Simpson. Firsf Row: J. Schaller, G. Weiss J. Schnuclcel, l.. Schaver, W Riffer, R. ScoH', D. Ryan, M Worsley. 7 8 PQ Olfl lfll' The class oT '49 sTarTed Their junior year wiThin The porTals OT MHS wiTh sevenTy-Tive members. ln SepTember, The balloTs were casT Tor Their class oTTicers. The compeTenT leaders who were chosen were JaneT Schaller, presidenT: Joanne OesTer, vice presidenT: and Bob Holler, secreTary-Treasurer. Bob Magnusson was chosen To join Bob Holler, LesTer Kramer, Maralyn Ashley, Joan Massey, and JaneT Schaller To represenT Their class in sTudenT council. Maralyn was elecTed vice presidenT oT This organizaTion. The juniors were in The spoTlighT in The Tield OT sporTs This year as in Their Two previous years. ThirTeen boys were acTive on The varsiTy Team. They show promise OT having a successful season in TooTball again nexT year. AT The homecoming TooTball game, Jo Ann Fuller had The honor of being chosen queen oT The junior class. Joan Massey and JaneT Schaller were elecTed To be her aTTendanTs. Five junior boys played on The varsiTy baske+ball Team and helped To make iT a successTul season. Juniors were also acTive in cross counTry and Track. Ronnie Losee was The varsiTy Team manager and Bob Brunner was The junior varsiTy manager. Jane Laws was chosen To be one oT The varsiTy cheerleaders To give supporT To our Team in aThleTic evenTs. The juniors parTicipaTed in The music Tield, as well. NineTeen members oT Their class played in- sTrumenTs in The band. They Took parT in The insTru- menTal ensembles, insTrumenTal solos, girls' ocTeT and chorus, boys' ocTeT and chorus, and in The cadeTs. Shirley BooTh led The band Through Their maneuvers during The TooTball season. She also a O O O O Twirled during The baskeTball season and perTormed superbly aT boTh. FiTTeen junior girls are members OT The GAA This year. JaneT Schaller is Treasurer and is on The board along wiTh Maralyn Ashley, Joanne OesTer, CynThia Simpson and Genevieve Weiss. The FuTure Farmers OT The junior class were Frank Joerger and KeiTh STerchi. KeiTh was elecTed re- porTer oT This organizaTion. MosT oT The oTTicers oT FuTure Homemakers This year were junior girls: Jane Laws, presidenT: Doro- Thy STevenson, vice presidenT: Miriam OTTerbach, Treasurer: JoAnn Jackson, degree chairman: and Barbara Brown, scrapbook chairman. The speech conTesTanTs Trom This class who came Through The eliminaTion conTesT were Nancy Doer- mann, Joanne OesTer, LesTer Kramer and Bob Holler. The juniors also presenTed Their play, The Apple oT His Eye , in The spring, under The direc- Tion oT Mr. Bryson. Three oT The Tour members OT The varsiTy Team in debaTe were juniors. These were Nancy Doer- mann, l.esTer Kramer, and Bob Waller. Joan Mas- sey, Genevieve Weiss, Jane Laws and Bob Holler were also in debaTe work. As The junior year came near To an end, The long awaiTed class rings arrived, and The juniors began making plans Tor The junior-senior prom. The chair- men oT The prom commiTTees were: Don Pedersen and Nancy Doermann, decoraTions: Jane laws and Jo Ann Jackson, Tood: Nancy YosT, Tables: Maralyn Ashley and LesTer Kramer, enTerTainmenT. The members oT The class oT '49 will always re- member Their junior year because oT The Tun They had and The accomplishmenTs They made. jf.. ct Ass .f I9 o HOME ROOMS Adviser-M rs. Doenier Top Row: J. Coonen, N. Blofch, N. Cummings, J. Finley, Mrs. Doenier, M. Ehlers, B. Brown, D. Didier, M. Goubeeux, J. Dunn, Second Row: D. Bauer, L. Gray, R. Fifzsimmons, R. Du Bois, D. Gordon, T. Faber, W. Engels brechf. Firsi Row: E. Ausfin, E. Eichorn, L. BoHs, M. Brucln, S. Gorman, C. Amfahr, E. Bunnell. Adviser-M r. Doenier Top Row: D. Momeny, G. Lar- son, E. Joerger, R. McCon- ville, M. Jauch, Mr. Doenier, J. Keller, D. Marcum, M. Hoel- zer, J. Nelson, N. Kelflebor- ough. Munson, D. Hilchins, R. Mealey, King, D. Mcconville. son, C. HoFfman. Adviser-Mr. Bryson fell. Second Row: D. Worsley, C Prescofl, R. Roach, P. Smiih R. Waller, J. Truclrenbrod, K , Piller, J. Rod, A. Wood, First Row: L. Svendsen, E. Slain B. Roach, D. Opsal, L. Wixom M. Wagner, A. Rohs, D. Opsal Second Row: G. Leonard, W. W. Haynes, D. Mahaffey, J. Firsl Row: N. Malhesius, C. Mann, M. Johnson, L. Hoadley, P. Marlin, M. Kreiser, B. John- Top Row: B, Rave, C. Pohl, D. Zimmerman, C. Van Ellen, Mr. Bryson, W. Pedersen, B. Shoe- maker, M. Whifmore, J. Shany- Ml CL K KOIWLQ .... The '47-'48 school Term began lasT SepTember wiTh sevenTy-Two eager sTudenTs answering The roll call as The sophomore class. ATTer geTTing OTT To a good sTarT, La Vere Gray was elecTed To acT capably as sophomore class presidenT, wiTh Marvin Ehlers Tilling The oTTice oT vice presidenT, and BeTTy Rave To Talce care OT pe- cuniary aTTairs as secreTary-Treasurer. To The sTudenT council Carol Pohl was newly elecTed This year To help WalTer EngelbrechT, George Leonard, Nancy Cummings, and Nancy BloTch in discussion OT class aTTairs. The sophomore class helped To swell Their Treas- ury by acTively parTicipaTing in The annual maga- zine sales, wiTh Marvin Ehlers Taking well-earned honors as high salesman This year. AnoTher money- making proiecT was The concession sTand during TooTball season, aT which The sophs Took Their Turn. When each class elecTed a queen lasT Tall aT The close of The TooTloall season, The sweeThearT of The sophomores proved To be preTTy, peTiTe, Lillian Svendsen. Her maids oT honor were aH'racTive Marie Kreiser and vivacious BeTTy Brown. Nine oT The girls wenT ouT Tor cadeTs, and added much To The Tine halT-Time parades during The TooT- ball season. The sophomores seemed To be musically inclined and were well represenTed in The music deparTmenT, noT only in The band, buT also in insTrumenTal and vocal groups. BeTTy Brown and Elsie Bunnell did such a Tine job as Treshmancheerleaders ThaT They were eIecTed again To lceep up class pep and morale, and This was done wiTh greaT enThusiasm. FiTTeen sophomore boys wenT ouT Tor TooTball, wiTh La Vere Gray as Their capTain. They showed Tine aThleTic abiliTy and sporTsmanship. NoT only in TooTball, buT in baskeTball and Traclc as well, The sophomores made a Tine showing. They show much promise Tor Their remaining years aT MHS. The FFA aTTracTed quiTe a number of The boys, and Jack Truckenbrod was elecTed vice presidenT oT The organizaTion. Also, This year 'Found Ten girls in The class inTer- esTed in The FHA. They added Their names To The ever growing membership OT This Tairly new or- ganizaTion oT MHS. AT The beginning oT The school Term The class welcomed Dean Gordon, TransTer from PrinceTon, and Alan Wood, Trom L-P. AT The beginning of The second semesTer, Two sophomores said good- bye To MHS, ETTie AusTin and George Leonard. This year Tound Roger Du Bois, Bill Pedersen, and Carol Pohl ouT To deTend Their righTs in debaTe. Carol was also a speech conTesTanT along wiTh BeTTy Rave and Bill Pedersen. The class did well under The Tine supervision of Mrs. Doenier, Mr. Doenier, and Mr. Le Marr. 1. C ASS of I9 V s.'fau1s-15 D J Y'f-wo -H-mx- ll- mu- Q, 1 fb!! HOME RCOMS Miss Poffinger-Adviser Third Row: J. Cogdal, G. Foote. R. Elsesser, R. Bunfon, A. Crane, M. Emericlx, Miss PoHinger, M. Dalion, M. Brewbaker, C. Bry- son, D. Bauer, R. Childers. Second Row: N. CoHon, L. Ed- wards, J. Barule, J. Budach, M. Fox, R. Fiizgerald, L. Buefiner J. Auchsfeffer, J. Brunner, M Gorman, B. Galloway. Firsf Row: B. Durand, F, Efhridge, J. Dougherfy, G. Ehlers, D. Abboff, B. Edgcomb, D. Edg- comb, M. Didier, G. Delhofal. Mr. Madden-Adviser Third Row: G. Hochsfafier, R. Mclnfyre, M, Jackson, D. Nel- son, K. Morehouse. D. Newell R. Parsons, N. Hoover, W Krafz, D. Koerper, D. Mosher Mr. Madden. Second Row: P. Morehouse, B Hall, D. Kofoid. J. Olsen, J Klein, D. Kofoed, W. Mahar R. Munson, M. Greenwood, J Herberf, N. Kaufman, G. No- va L. Firsi' Row: L. McCollum, J Halbmaier, G. Johnson, L. Lau J. Harmon, H. Peasley, K Nowlin, H. Phalen, T. Kessel B. Ough, B. La Shonse, D Kuehl, Mr. Lewis-Adviser Third Row: D. Simpson, B. Wil- helm. L. Truckenbrod, H Schwemlein, P. Waller, A. Rep- pin, R. Roach, A. Richard, D Taylor, Jr. Worsley, Mr. Lewis Second Row: M. Zolper, D Schlesinger, J. Reid. C, Roehm B. Presfon, M. Wolfe, M. Span- ier, D. Wheelock, A. Rod, D Thorne, E. Zinhe. Firsf Row: C. Truckenbrod, A Widmer, N. Wolfe, T. Ward J. Sonniag, S. Yosf, S. Radfke B, Small, J. Schmidt, S. SchmiH J. Shannon. n .gf wad do Confuziing .... . . . . Mi 'ML Cimgkf on 570.gif ln SepTember, I947, more Than one hundred brighT-eyed freshmen enTered MHS. Quickly They adapTed Themselves To The hum OT school acTiviTies. FighTing Treshman Trojans num- bered around TwenTy on The TooTloall squad. When baskeTball season rolled around a large number oT boys wenT ouT, and The freshman Team and The Jay- Tee Team had Tull schedules. Don Simpson was a very capable manager Tor The Treshman squad. FirsT year sTudenTs also parTicipaTed in The cross counTry. Marna Brewbaker oTTered her lusTy lungs To The Trosh-soph cheerleading squad. l-ler pep and en- Thusiasm cheered The Team on To many vicTories. A large number OT girls marched as cadeTs during TooTball season. RuTh BunTon was elecTed Treshman homecoming queen and rode in a cleverly decoraTed TloaT wiTh her aTTendanTs, RuTh Ann Munson and Shirley RadTke. NoT To be ouTdone by The upper classmen, The Treshies wenT inTo The Tield OT music. Many par- TicipaTed in The band and girls' chorus while oThers were in The boys' ocTeT, brass quarTeT, insTrumenTal ensemble, or were vocal soloisTs. IT looks as iT There mighT be a brighT TuTure in sTore Tor These lads and lassies in music. Who knows: Maybe a Bach or a Crosby! The TalenT in This class iusT doesn'T seem To be limiTedl Marna Brewbaker, The sole Treshman speech conTesTanT, survived The eliminaTion conTesT and did her class crediT. Meanwhile Thais Ward wenT ouT To make The debaTe Team. NOT only The boys, buT ever so many of The girls in This class are aThleTically inclined. A large num- ber braved The iniTiaTion and were admiTTed inTo GAA This year. These lanky, energeTic girls gave The oTher members quiTe a sTruggle in The class TournamenTs. Carole Truckenbrod was chosen as The Treshman represenTaTive To The board. Ten Treshman girls ioined The Fl-IA while a num- ber oT The boys Took an acTive inTeresT in The FFA. AlThough The annual Treshman parTy was held aT a laTer daTe Than usual, a wonderTul evening was had by su. Busy wiTh The class oT '51 were The oTFicers: Suzann SchmiTT, presidenT: Beverly PresTon, vice presidenTg and Carol Roehm, secreTary-Treasurer. .lean Ann l-TerberT, Carol Roehm, Melvin Jackson, and l-lenry Peasley were elecTed To represenT Their class in The sTudenT council. The sponsors oT This group, who deserve a greaT deal oT crediT, were Miss PoTTinger, Mr. Madden, and Mr. Lewis. ADMINISTRATIDN Q at 1 Q .l:Lf5ifiif5 i35 A,-1, 'Q:. a9.f' 3 2, ' A in I 5? .- .M x f ., , 7 w f ' gem 9 ' ' mJ .'N -T ,5a+'f' M' 131- xx V .-gh. QE.: mga' ,ar:'E.,. , HQLXAL' , 1 M55 my ,. ww -I . 1 4,.,.,.,.,,,. . 'ff Q '3 ?5R3wwi,,+wi'wf- .uf ,vamgpvsr aww- -. 0 - ,M5Xww ,1 w:Awf:99:2isy 1 f - ,VA 4 , :.., . V,-,ik H' 'T ..,. ,. ' VWWJQE ' - - 4, ,.,wwow0', , .W 1 ' Ja, Q ' 3 sw ,.,..d... 1, ., 1 Ll - by 'A' 4 gg, ' l L -.ur 1-. My , .,,. + A TRIBUTE TO BERNARD KATZWINKEL A member oT The school board since I9I5, and deeply loved and respecTed by The sTudenTs and communiTy. Re- Tiring This year aTTer ThirTy-Three years oT loyal and devoTed service, he will be greaTly missed by boTh his colleagues on The board and The school. IT is TiTTing, ThereTore, ThaT we should aT This Time express our graTiTude and Thanks To him. A picTure oT Ml-lS appears on This page because we someTimes Talce our beauTiTul school and campus Tor granTed, noT realizing The work and careTul planning someone has done Tor our beneTiT. Mr. KaTzwinlcel, in addiTion To oTher duTies on The board, has Tor many years acTed as chairman of The commiTTee on buildings and grounds. l-las he given us someThing To shouT abouT7 JusT Take a loolc aT our school! 0 .fglalalf-eciafion fo flee W WQ ,wx Harold Dean B, Harry Reck Presidenl Secrefary Lawrence Walson James Dubbs leAinc! fke .gzenefm af W .H .SJ For 'rheir de+ermina+ion 'ro make our school +ops in The sfafeg For fheir unfailing eFForl's in providing efficienl' ins'l'ruc+ors io guide us in our work: For keeping our campus and building looking beau+iful +he whole year around: And, especially, for fheir inferesl' in our progress and pride in our achievemenfs. Harold Goebel Alvin Truckenbrod BOARD CF EDUCATION On Hs working relalionship wifh +he adminisfrafor, pends. ' Q . leachers, pupils, and communify, +he school de- M. E. STEELE l Principal lfllf' .lac 8725 IAQ 80,0 Q Believe iT or noT! This amazing TacT has been discovered aT MT-TS in The school monThs oT 47 and 'l48l'. This was discovered by The sTudenTs and noT by Ripley and is here being released Tor publicaTion Tor The TirsT Time. In This school year There has been a closer and more inTimaTe undersTanding beTween The TaculTy and sTudenTs. The duTies OT The TaculTy weren'T enTirely devoTed To assignmenTs, TesTs, and home- work. ln The long hours spenT on exTra-curricular acTiviTies, Tor insTance, a sTudenT oTTen geTs To know The Teacher as a person and To see him ouT oT The classroom siTuaTion. The Teachers ioined in The assembly programs wiTh The sTudenTs To produce some Tine perTorm- ances. The TaculTy men parTicipaTed in Two hilarious beneTiT games, one wiTh The all-girl Team, The Red- heads, and The oTher, The annual Old-Timers game. One oT The mosT enjoyable evenTs oT The year was The assembly The TaculTy puT on as a pep session be- Tore The PrinceTon game. lT was a skiT OT a mock Tuneral Tor The PrinceTon sguad, wiTh Owen Madden giving The oraTion lall apologies To Mark AnThonyl. An eTTigy oT The opponenT was carried To The sTage by Tour oT The TaculTy llmuscle men in a - and you'll pardon The expression - reTrigeraTor box. Dressed in appropriaTe gowns oT black, The enTire TaculTy mourned The Terrible loss. Every member oT The TaculTy Took parT in This serious aTTair and played The parTs wonderTully. They kepT The sTudenT body in laughs all The way Through and iT will al- ways be an occasion ThaT The graduaTing class will look back To wiTh Tond memories. Mr. Bryson added a Touch oT The Service To sTudy hall wiTh his Army slang such as Hknock iT oTT . Many oT The TaculTy members ThaT were in The Service enTerTained Their classes wiTh TirsT hand in- TormaTion on The war. Mr. MaunTel relaTed quiTe a Tew oT his experiences To The U.S. l-lisTory classes while Mr. Morris Thrilled The agriculTure sTudenTs wiTh his Tales. Coach Lewis also broughT back his liTTle biT Trom The Service - Army calisThenics. The Teachers' humor in class and Their abiliTy To Take a joke, even if iT is on Them: All These Things add up To The TacT ThaT Teachers are really human and are people, iusT like us aTTer all. IT is These Things ThaT all seniors will remember aTTer gradua- Tion besides The knowledge ThaT The Teachers have imparTed To Them. They will recall noT only whaT They have TauqhT buT Their personaliTies as well. Ml-TS has one OT The TinesT school sysTems and TaculTies in The sTaTe. One musT Tind Time To give Miss Payne and Mr. MaunTel crediT Tor Their reducTion oT absenTeeism and Their Tine iobs as deans. The sTudenTs ap- preciaTe The counseling and guidance given Them by These Two TaculTy members. Mr. STeele, our eTTicienT principal, musT be congraTulaTed Tor his Tine iob in improving Ml-TS in The 47 and H4-8 school year. FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION HARRY W. MAUNTEL Assisfanf PrincipaI Dean of Boys U. S. His+ory Senior Adviser HAZEL PAYNE Dean of Girls EngIIsI1 III, IV Guidance MRS. RICHMOND Secre+ary LAU RA THEURER Secre+ary I Q 1 g fi Nuff ' W Q -A Hi 2 Q5 f N S f K 'gl it 5 1 + K 5 -1. Q ., fr - ..... : . , A ss X J I x , :::::i M- X 1 -':::2b'ff'f'..':.2QI::: A 'E' ' J V5 Qs. DAISY G. SALZMAN Home Economics Junior Adviser FHA Adviser FRED H. MORRIS Agricuifure FFA Adviser Freshman Baskeibali Junior Adviser J. OWEN MADDEN Direcfor of 66 'W uedfionri HIRREL SWANSON EngIisI1 II Bookkeeping Office Pracfice Business Training Senior Adviser Aiodnern Adviser MABEL BROWN Tvpinq I, ll SI1orII'iand I, II School Treasurer Diversified Occupations QILBERT GEHLER h Bu, Manage, Manual Training - Mechanical Drawing e igiouzi glcluca fion SpiriI'ual Guidance Characfer Developmeni' The religious educafion classes were again held every Tuesday under 'rhe capable supervision of our local priesls and minislers. Besides Ihe regular classroom work a few movies were also shown Io Ihe groups. The groups and 'rheir inslrucfors are as follows: Mon- signor L. J. Wissing, Calholic iuniors and seniors: Rev. W. E. I-lare, Five Church Group juniors and seniors: Mrs. J. E. Schaller, Lufheran freshman and sophomore boys: Rev. G. l-l. Doermann, Lulheran juniors and seniors: Rev. W. A. Giese, Five Church Group freshmen: Mrs. Walson Barflelr, Lufheran freshman and sophomore girls: Rev. Truman PoHer, Five Church Group sophomores: and Rev. I-leflinger, Caiholic freshmen and sophomores. KCLLFLLICLI' of gllfelfliff Fl-IA Molher and Daughier Tea ...... ,, .... Sepi. Disrricl Music Confesl lsolol ., , . April Senior Phoios Taken , .,,. , ., , , , ,,,,,. Oci. George Campbell-song leader lprograml April Dislricl Cross Couniry Meer AI Olriawa ,, Nov. Disiricl Music Coniesl lorganizalionl .. April Norfh Cenfral Music Feslival al Dixon .. Nov. Deep River Quarlef lprograml ,, , April Losi I-lorizon-senior play . ..,.. .. . Nov. Srale Speech Confesf ..., , , , April Debaie Tournamenl al DeKalb . ..... Dec. Senior Spring Frolic April FFA Banquel ,, ,,,.,,. . ,,,,,, ,,,, ,.,, D e c. Courageous Mr. Penn lmovie programl April Red I-lead vs. Faculiy ,, .,,,,,, ,,,,, J an. All School Parry ......... .. ...... ,. . April Lorin Campbell lprograml .. Jan. Hear? Sisler Banquei ......,,,,., ..... F eb. Johnson lLincoln programl ,,....,... ,,,. , ,. ,, Feb. Edgar C. Rain-Alaska lprograml ............ Feb. Faculfy vs. Old Timers .. .... . Feb. Dislricl Speech Coniesl , ,.,, . Feb. Donkey Baskeiball Game .,.,. ..,....... . . .. March Mr. Ramsdown lmusical programl ...,....,,,, March N. C. l. C. Drama Feslival ,,....... ..... M arch G.A.A. Play Day-Slerling ,,.,.. ,. ,.,. . March John Sloan-Liquid Air lprograml .,.,.,,..,,. March Slale Music Confesl .,.,,, Apple of His Eye-Jr. play . I-ligh School Band Concerl , . Srale Track Meer .......... .. Duke of Wesl Poinl lmoviel ..... D. O. Banquel , . Conf. Track Meer .............. , Golf-Tennis Conf. Meer . Baccalaureare .... ..... . , , .. Proms... ,,,., Commencemenlr ,, April 30-May May May May , .May May May ,, May May . .June . June 3 6 I2 I6 I7 20 23 30 I 4 I4 I4 I9 20 28 29 30 2 3 CUSTODIANS Mr. Brown, Mr. Miller, Mr. Bohy W my ' Efficiency ' Dependabili+y ' lngenuiry These fhree words sum up very well our definihon of +he sfaff. Through Their hard work and cofoperahon MHS is kepf 'rhe smoofh-running place if appears. BUS DRIVERS F. Chrisfman N. Neighbor M. Lamberi J. Edwards J. O. Madden, Mgr. Nor picfured: J. E. Bolsdorf Andrew Frey Mrs Mrs Mrs. Mrs. COOKS Hansen Kehm Truckenbrod Holdren WJJ5' Com fo Oli Q Too o'F+en neglecred is flue very core of our sys- fem of educafionz rhe classroom. ln class room and labora'I'ory fhe s+uden+s absorb facfs, learn mefhods and develop crearive inrelli- gence. We have in fhe following pages recorded 'Phe warclming, lisfening, ancl learning in fhe classrooms of MHS. 7 0'CLOCK ALL'S WELL . , 9 O'CLOCK BUSY AS THE DICKENS 8 O'Cl.OCK PELL MELI. 8 I 8l06Ll 8 Ol' The hammering and The odor oT varnish and painT which someTimes peneTraTe To The upper Tloors oT MI-IS all come Trom The manual Training room which is waTched over by Mr. Gehler. The boys in This class build many Things, boTh Tor Themselves and Tor The school. They did a Tine iob in making scenery and props Tor boTh oT The class plays and The one acT plays. WiTh all oT This Training we should have guiTe a Tew good carpenTers in The communiTy in several years. The social science deparTmenT, consisTing oT social science sTudies, world hisTory, economics, and UniTed STaTes hisTory, conTribuTe a greaT deal To The all around educaTion oT The sTudenT. Since knowledge oT The hisTory oT ones counTry is es- senTiaI in developing a good ciTizen, every senior aT MI-IS is required To sTudy iT. Perhaps iT is grueling aT Times, buT Mr. IvIaunTeI, The insTrucTor in U. S. I-IisTory, Iivens Things up wiTh some inTeresTing Tales. The social problems course helps To make The boys and girls beTTer ciTizens oT Tomorrow and insures beTTer living wiTh Their neighbors. Everyone is Tamiliar wiTh English classes. Some enioy The sTudy OT grammar while oThers like To sTudy IiTeraTure. Freshmen recall The advenTures oT Ivanhoe , sophomores reTIecT back on The Tale oT Two CiTies , iuniors sTudied all oT Americas besT IiTeraTure, and Those who eIecTed English IV remember Shakespeares IvIacbeTh . In reTrospecT, everyone remembers nouns, verbs, adiecTives, and adverbs. I-low could you TorgeT? Did you know ThaT over sixTy per cenT oT English words can be Traced To Those used around ancienT Rome? The LaTin I and II sTudenTs are learning, or raTher, supposed To be learning TasT. In LaTin I you read nice IiTTIe, shorT sToriesI however in I.aTin II you advance To more diTTicuIT reading From Caesar. LaTin sTudenTs: Beware The Ides oT March. IT you haven'T learned To coniugaTe a verb or decline a noun by ThaT Time, Then you had probably beTTer sTarT over or else choose some oTher subiecT. 0l'l'l0l l 0lfU . . . . MendoTa High Schools commercial deparTmenT is ex- cellenT Training Tor TuTure presidenTs and secreTaries. The Typing room is open very early and sTays open guiTe laTe. IT is Tilled wiTh sTudenTs who Type a line, muTTer under Their breaTh, and inserT Two new sheeTs oT paper. IT you're going To be a secreTary, Then Typing is only The TirsT sTep. ShorT- hand comes nexT and is also useTul in wriTing noTes To buddies in class. ShorThand sTudenTs sTudy characTers The TirsT year, shorThand characTers ThaT is, and Then advance To dicTaTion sTudies. OTTice pracTice gives The Tinishing Touches To a would- be sTenographer. Through This class, sTudenTs learn To oper- aTe any machine They mighT meeT in an oTTice. You can'T overlook The course in bookkeeping ThaT makes Tidy wives and husbands ouT oT The sloppiesT people and is used in all business oTTices. Then, Too, There is business ariThmeTic ThaT is subiecT Tree Trom algebra, geomeTry or any higher maTh. ThaT's abouT all-and aTTer all This The graduaTes are senT ouT To shiTT and punch lon a TypewriTerj Tor Themselves. The arT classes had a new Teacher This year, Miss Doermann, and progressed greaTly under her supervision. The various Torms oT painTing, oil, waTer colors, eTc. were sTudied. They also helped by making posTers Tor many oT The evenTs oT The school year. RighT nexT door To sTudy hall is The library, careTully waTched over by Mrs. Doenier. Many new books, boTh TicTion and reTerence, have been added during The pasT year and our library is becoming guiTe compleTe. MaTerial Tor any subiecT needed by The sTudenTs can be Tound here. The new card caTalog helped make This job much simpler- giTT oT The class OT '47. Room I3 is one oT The busiesT places in The school and also one OT The quieTesT. STudenTs can be seen There any period oT The day, indusTriously sTudying Tor ThaT TesT ThaT comes nexT period or iusT caTching up on The reading. No maTTer whaT They are doing, no one is idle, aT leasT noT Tor long. The sTudy hall Teachers see To ThaT. 1' X nw Q 86LI lfl tAI 0lfLg Visual educaTion is one oT The newer addiTions To our edu- caTional program, buT iT has progressed greaTly during The lasT Tew years. The subiecTs oT The Tilms shown This year varied greaTly, Trom square dancing Tor The girls' physical educaTion classes To The consTrucTion and operaTion oT The caThode ray Tube Tor The physics class. Mr, Richmond was in charge oT The eguipmenT and ordering The Tilms reguesTed by The various de- parTmenTs. T-le very capably supervised The running oT The proiecTor, wiTh The help oT some OT The boys in his classes. The physics and chemisTry classes, under The experT guid- ance oTTv1r. Richmond, managed To pull Through unscaThed This year. ln physics The various simple machines and combinaTions oT These were sTudied. ElecTriciTy, magneTism, and various oTher pracTical and mechanical subiecTs were delved inTo. The sTudy oT chemisTry has opened The sTudenTs' eyes To The wonders oT chemisTry and The universe, and as school closes They will leave This class wiTh Tears sTreaming down Their Taces. WheTher These are Trom sorrow or The chlorine gas They manu- TacTure in chemisTry class They won'T say. Biology can'T go unmenTioned. WhaT sophomore can TorgeT The dissecTing oT Trogs and crawTish in Mr. Doenier's room? Every Treshman in general science under The direc- Tion OT Tvlr. Lewis emerges wiTh a compleTe knowledge oT The operaTion oT an auTomobile noT To menTion various simple Tools. WhaT is more TempTing To a young man Than a well- dressed young woman seaTed across Trom him aT a well- appoinTed Table laden wiTh a delicious and aTTracTively prepared meal? The girls in MHS home economics classes are learning iusT Those imporTanT Things. They also sTudied abouT marriage and divorce and considered The sorT oT parTner They would wanT siTTing across The Table and appreciaTing Their domesTic TalenTs. BuT Tood isn'T all imporTanT in home ec class. The girls progressed rapidly in cloThing class, alThough some oT Their TirsT garmenTs were a liTTle diTTiculT. They learned elemenTary sewing and a Tew oT The more diTTiculT sTiTches. IT is Ten To Twelve and sTudy hall begins The mad rush To The caTeTeria. The paTTer oT Tiny TeeT, size 8 and IS, go echoing down The corridors. Tvlr. Madden Tries To keep a single line unTil The second rush comes aT Two minuTes To Twelve and The Tinal rush aT Twelve olcloclc. The caTeTeria is The hang-ouT aT noon, excepT, oT course, Tor The boys or girls who may be play- ing baslceTball in The gym. SomeTimes iT is only a couple you X erience . . . . ee TogeTher, buT The kids are usually in larger groups. A Tew TevoTe The Time To inTerrupTed sTudy, buT mosT OT Them iusT alk over The day's labors. Three noons a week, one corner oT he caTeTeria is devoTed To ballroom dancing. The schools ecord player and The sTudenTs' records provide The music. T Tommy Dorsey isn'T hoT enough, Then we can always call on Buddy Clark or any OT The oTher big name bands. WiTh a soda ounTain insTalled as a side line and regular hours esTablished, he caTeTeria could run compeTiTion wiTh The KiTch or The Kan- een. Baseball Tor The girls and Track Tor The boys are only Two :T The sporTs acTiviTies oTTered To The sTudenTs in The physical :ducaTion and healTh program aT MT-TS. The girls had a Tull program, sTarTing The season, as usual, viTh hockey. The girls ThaT survived This wenT on Through The vinTer and spring wiTh baskeTball, volleyball, and baseball. :ive weeks OT square dancing and social dancing were also en- oyed. AlThough caIisThenics weren'T sTressed as much This fear as They have been in The pasT, a Tew were worked in here and There-iusT enough To cause some aches and creaking oinTs. The boys' physical educaTion classes have been very busy his year. Besides having a Tew movies on sporTs, The boys rave had a varied program OT sporTs under The direcTion OT :oaches Lewis and Doenier. Among These were boxing, volley- zall, baskeTball, scrimmage TooTball, baseball, Track, and, oT :ourse, Two oT The TavoriTes, calisThenics and seven laps :round The gym-and run! Can you plow a sTraighT Turrow? Can you TesT milk Tor buTTerTaT conTenT? WhaT, you can'T even milk a cow? Then you cerTainly aren'T a member oT Mr. Morris's ag class. Aside Trom The regular class work which includes sTudy- ing and, animals and crops, each sTudenT has a proiecT aT home and keeps his record books up-To-daTe on Them. This usually is proTiTable Tor The boys, buT once in a while They lose a valuable animal. OT course, iT is no TaulT oT The boys! Mr. Morris makes The rounds To inspecT These home proiecTs. The Tarmer boys also enioy Trips To local Tairs To show Their prize animals, and some venTure even To The STaTe Fair aT SpringTield. You should see some OT The collecTions oT blue and purple ribbons. Wg 551415 .H-M weve f-wi 'Tf.s,,s.mr ff 'f 1 x . ww A I f A . ,, 1-'I' g ff 1 isicx 1+ s 4' ' f ,ML 0 oaarn cz .iran e in A course of on-fhe-iob +raining in vocalional ar+s. Three hours a day are spenl' under +he direclion and guidance of local employees learning skills and lechniques involved in cerfain frades. One and one-half hours each day is spenl' in a high school class devofed +o +he basic fheories and principles of lhe occupa- lions and +o a s'rudy of relaled informalion designed +o malce a beller worlcman cilizen. J- ' As lhe doors of MHS were closing Iasl year, leachers as well as sludenls were lossing boolcs, problems, pencils, and olher school work lo lhe winds. Everyone was lorgelling school and everylhing concerned wilh school, anyway every- one excepl Mr. Sleele and Mr. Madden. These men were busy slriving lo inlroduce info our school a new course, Diversified Occupalions. This is a new venlure ol public educalion wilh MHS pioneering The field in Illinois. D. O. is a course ol vocalional arls where a sludenl can learn a lrade. Slalislics show ZOOXO ol sludenls go lo college, and 2070 gel a vocalional educalion. This course will help lhe remaining 6070, as Diversified Qccupalions is inlended lo provide lhe sludenl wilh a large enough vocalional educa- lion lor lhe sludenl lo find a iob easily in his field when he or she is gradualed. MENDOTA HIGH SCHOOL IS FORERUNNER IN THIS FIELD Mendola High School is being observed by lhe edu- calors ol Illinois and olher slales wilh greal inleresl. This high school is lhe only school in lhe slale which is ollering such a complele educalion program as lo include a Diversi- lied Occupalions course ol 'rhis sorl lor sludenls. Much publicily has already been given lo our school, and, accord- ing lo Mr. Sleele, numerous requesls have come inlo his ollice from superinlendenls and principals who desire lo visil our school and see lhe course in operalion. N Q, W SQ 4 f . s I g N3 ,-, sph vw ar ...X-3 vi 9 9 9 qv, vw 3 9 9 l , ,:,,,:,:, 1 , A.., . N ...,:., b gt. 1 R. ug, at WWE-W xwxm.. if W NW MKS 3 -' an A NW! x Q Y fl V -14: V'- '-l-- .+ .a , f ' ' mim i' RLS? A 13 SM as lk .x X, 'X 'X 4 VW 4 ,K W 53 ul ' fm? an :MM . fx M K Q M , 9. .ZH- gy l1 , , i XG ,E W, ,,,, Mx W, xx X , sig Wm X- W M n xx .M N b 1 fxiAi,.Q ::a:g,:.,, ,EW K , 8 R 'g we fx X Ei is mi , ,. W ' X -. rm x W Q .. 'ima . , 55 K E an James Filzgerald, Airplane, Filzgerald Air Serv- ice Dale Fischer, lmplemenl Mainfenance llarml, Schmilz lmplemenf Service Ken Galloway, Appliance Repairing, Hari Ap- pliance Co. Ken Holzner, Aulo Paris, Sieg-LaSalle Co., lnc. Rufus Joerger, Cornposilor, Wayside Press Ken Jauch, lgnilion Service, Jauch's Baffery and lqnilion Service Russell Krenz, Machinisf, Tower 8: Waller Bill Kuehl, Greenhouse, Beilsch Greenhouse Frank Novak, Groceryman, Narional Tea Co. Hesler Nowlin, Banking, Nalional Bank Clelus O'Sadnicll, Radio Repairman, Mendola Appliance Lois Rempfer, Beauly Operalor, Randall's Beauly Salon Ronald Scoll, Aulo Body 8: Fender Repairman, Johnny's Body Repair Don Sibiglrolh, Upholsfery, Fosler's Upholsfery Shop Richard Taylor, Law Enforcemenl, Cily of Men- dola Jacl: Tower, Pharmacy, Wend+'s Pharmacy Slanley Yenerich, Mechanic, Faber Molor Co. NOT PICTURED Melvin Worsley, Body and Fender, Prescoll Brofhers Delmar Dinges, lmplemenl Mainlenance, Sleph- enilch's Implemeni Co. Mariorie Fifzgerald, Reporier, Mendola Re' por'I'er John Noble, Refrigeralion, Cusfom Buill, lnc. 'MA darn ilfljlzilg 'MA olearn .... Vocafional ag sfudenfs find fheir course profifable as well as ins+ruc+ive. I Rod Brolhers Grand Cham ion and Reserve of 3 shows 2 . - p g . Kenne+I1 Piller-Grand Champion Angus Iaeifer af Mendofag 3. Keiih SIercI1i's purebred Duroc giI+g 4. G.I. Mai? SuIIivan's Minnesofa No. I Boar: 5. Roberf McConviIIe-Champion Ram lamb: 6. Dale McCon- ville-Angus sfeerg 7. Melvin Jackson-Holsfein Iweiferg 8. Kennelh PiIIer's fa? sfeer, 2 Angus Iieifersg 9. Marlin Hoelzer-2d prize Angus heiferg I0. James CogdaI's Iwo Corriedale ewes: II. Norman Bauer- Two Purebred Duroc gilfsg I2. Four FFA boys wiflw home signs: I3. Keifh Sferclui-and his FFA signg I4. Don Ayers-Grand Champion FFA Slworflworn Ixeifer. llQF',..:4'Ii, Y, , I ff , ,Q . MW Stn , , S .5 Ag 3, i4, if I .,.iM,,g..- Q.. Q A I '::v'f5s::agse Y , - - P- . f 'if'-if 'A ACTIVITIES 72 L i fiiffi , .- gym-iffjli 523 ' Kali we Y , .f X if im, Hup, I wo, three, and Looch tosses ----- oingri on roun Looking Up . , ., , ' ., ME' 1-fiazzsx 5 3 x XYWBQQ w'5s,g Yufzizx , Q at 2 . -' H ' , , 1:s:::,. .1 JS I 1 Av ,ff 5553, VQi.Yg,v gi 'Y K I 1 gi .. Z Q- ,::.' -A 4 x ,',. ig X K fx 6 V . 252555. 1 , ',, , I 39 y A I5 s,: E- ' . 'X -- If ', 5' , ' E, N35-.N fy .',': ,' 'Q 25' if fQ. ' H W' az, , 5 I af? J .. - i Q .. ::::::I2 A:: Qi . . fll ' .,,,g's4f17x 'Q' 'iff Ziii . L A ' ' ' E 5322? if Q 3574 54 .... sv. - Q :V V: ' 6 E3 is xii '.., 3 ., - K 5 ,:'::'q' 'Q 45 i fx, ' f il , , ' ,ak-51 5 . Heart Sister Banquet - Climax of Heart Sister Week Who's to Blame for the Teacher Shortage? Miss Merry Xmas 'ff'Y 71pf: we W an The Mayor and Merry Xmas MABS Honor Troians with Banquet TUDENT ACCUNCIL oice of file .gzzclenf Mc! Organized in l938, lhe sludenl' council of MHS has grown 'From a small-funcfioning organizalion lo one which has gained a prominenl place in +he school. ll' is fhe s+udenl s organizalion, being +he agenl' of expression of lhe enlire body. The council members are chosen by +his group wilh lhe aim of crea+ing beHer condilions and relalions belween lhe sfudenl' body and lhe school adminisfralion and aclively assisfing in promofing exfra- curricular acfivifies 'For school improvemen'I'. This year's council, in celebraling lhe lenlh anni- versary ol ils organizalion, successfully underloolc numerous proiecls for lhe welfare of The school. Wilh Miss Hazel Payne serving as lacully ad- viser, an enlhusiaslic council mel al her home al fhe beginning ol lhe school year for lhe purpose of or- ganizalion and lhe eleclion of officers. Those elecled lo serve in office for The year included Pen- lield Faber, presidenl: Jean Van Ellen, vice presi- dent and Maralyn Ashley, secrelary-Treasurer. Fourlh Row: J. Herberl, C. Roehm, M. Jackson. The audilorium commillee composed of Bob Magnusson, chrm., Lesler Kramer, Carol Pohl, and Joan Massey did a line piece of work in planning and scheduling a variely of assembly programs for lhe enlerlainmenl' ol 'the lacully and lhe sludenl body. These programs included movies, music, and a lalenl show. As has been cuslomary in lhe pasl, 'rhe council again sold pencils engraved wilh lhe loolball sched- ule and laler lhe same fype ol pencil for lhe baslcef- ball season. Anolher means ol raising funds for Third Row: N. Blolch, N. Cummings, J. Schaller, L. Kramer, H. Peasley, R. Magnusson, R. Holler. Second Row: W. Engelbrechl, C. Pohl, L. Brewbalrer, P. Slenger, J. Brady, J. Harris. Firsl' Row: D. Weslerman, J. Van Ellen, M. Ashley, Miss Payne. Slanding: P. Faber. if WW-MM., in go 5 'R Q. aw, .N A Q f an r K Y w 1 b ., g gh ffn 12, 1. 1 , 'sw X68 I lm A 1 K pw f -I '-':- ':'. g., Q' GAA 3 1 jimf Annum! .Homecoming Al' Hs firs+ meefing, fhe council, wifh considerable apprehension, formulaled plans lo sponsor fhe lirsf real homecoming of MHS. Ocfober 3I, lhe dare of fhe Mendofa-Geneseo game, was decided upon as The Time. Much inleresl was manifesfed in 'rhe balloling held 'ro defermine lhe queen of each class. In fhe final voling Jean Van Ellen was chosen queen of lhe senior class, JoAnn Fuller, queen of lhe junior class, Lillian Svendsen, queen of fhe sopho- more class, and Ru+h Bunlon, queen of fhe freshman lfleelfl OI GL class. Each class worlced hard in The preparalion of lhe gaily decorafed floal on which fheir queen and her alfendanls rode in 'rhe affernoons parade. Or- ganizalions in lhe school as well as The alumni as- sociafion helped +0 make lhe parade a success by fheir acfive parficipalion and co-operafion. l-lun- dreds ol specfalors 'rhronged 'rhe business s+ree+s lo wilness fhe parade of floafs which was led by bolh 'rhe grade and lhe MHS band, resplendenl in fheir new uniforms. Grade school children in colorful l-lalloween coslurnes added fo lhe gaiely and in- Ulg .... +eres+ of The procession. Conlribuling greally +o The success of fhe aFFair was lhe viclory over Gene- seo fhal evening, lhe crowning ol 'rhe class queens on lhe field, and l'he band exhibifion during half- Time. The gala feslivilies of 'rhe day were con- cluded wifh a Sock l-lop held in lhe gymnasium afler lhe game. The sludenl body, alumni mem- bers, and Genesee sfudenls were all invifed 'ro af- fend. If is hoped +he council has sfarfed a lradifion Thal will be yearly from now on af MHS. e fke Querifion Resolved: Thai' The Federal GovernmenT should require com- pulsory arbiTraTion of labor dispuTes in all basic American indus- Tries. FourTeen sTudenTs worked under The direcTion OT Mr. Bryson To compleTe The season oT debaTe work. Only Tour OT These sTudenTs had any previous de- baTing experience. They were Genevieve Weiss, Thelma WaTson, RoberT l-Toller, and LesTer Kramer. RoberT Waller sTarTed debaTe in The second Tive weeks and won a place on The Team, working wiTh LesTer on The negaTive. Nancy Doermann was TirsT aTTirmaTive speaker, wiTh Thelma as second speaker. Genevieve and Joan Massey worked TogeTher as a negaTive Team. Jane Laws and Bob Holler boTh worked as TirsT negaTive speakers. Marianne Bowne debaTed boTh as TirsT aTTirmaTive, and second aT- TirmaTive speaker. Two compleTe squads opened The season aT The La Grange nondecision TournamenT on November I5. This gave The Teams a preview oT The compeTi- Tion which They could expecT To meeT ThaT season. The second pracTice TournamenT was a non- decision debaTe aT DeKalb. On December I3, The Team parTicipaTed in The annual TournamenT aT Normal and reTurned wiTh Tive wins and Three losses. The aTTirmaTive Team was ranked superior in debaTe. Several debaTe sTudenTs also parTicipaTed in The discussion Tourna- menT held in connecTion wiTh The debaTe Tourney. T. WaTson, N. Doermann, L. Kramer, R. Waller, G. Weiss, J. Massey. Second Row: R, Ough, N. Doermann, Mr. Bryson, T. Wafson, R. Holler, L. Kramer, R. Waller. Firs'T Row: C. Pohl, D. Morris, T. Ward, M. Bowne, G. Weiss, J. Laws. EighT debaTers parTicipaTed in The EasT RockTord TournamenT on January I7. They reTurned wiTh eleven wins and Tive losses. The TirsT and second Teams each placed Third in Their respecTive groups. Genevieve and Joan, debaTing as Tv1endoTa ll negaTive, wenT undeTeaTed and were The only Team aT The TournamenT To deTeaT an Elgin Team. The nexT TournamenT was aT Elgin on January 24. Two Teams debaTed. TogeTher They won Tive and losT eleven. This was The pooresT record oT The season. One OT The big evenTs OT The year was The Au- gusTana debaTe Tourney. Genevieve and Joan, as one Team and Bob Waller and LesTer, alTernaTed on The negaTive. Nancy and Thelma upheld The aTTirmaTive. The Team won eighT debaTes and losT Tour. Genevieve and Joan were The only negaTive aT The TournamenT To deTeaT The winner OT The Trophy, La Grange. lvlendoTa was hosT To The NorTh CenTral Conifer- ence TournamenT on February 7. MendoTa and Geneseo Tied Tor TirsT place, each having won seven and losT one. An exTra round oT debaTe was held To break The Tie. The MendoTa negaTive bowed To The Geneseo aTTirmaTive in a close debaTe beTore Three judges. The debaTe secTional was held aT WesT RockTord on March I3. Nancy and Thelma upheld The aT- TirmaTive, and Bob Waller and LesTer composed The negaTive Team. The squad meT such compeTi- Tion as Rochelle, Byron, ArlingTon T-leighTs, New Trier, WesT and EasT Rockford. The lasT Three Teams Tied Tor TirsT place, and, aTTer anoTher round oT debaTe, The decision wenT To New Trier. Men- doTa Tied Tor sixTh place wiTh Two wins and Tour losses: however, Their individual raTings were high. AlThough The Team had no perTecT record, They did very well considering Their lack oT experience. The large number OT iuniors who have shown Their inTeresT in Torensic work should prove an asseT To The Team in The '48-'49 season. FROSH-SOPH DEBATE Five sTudenTs parTicipaTed in Trosh-soph debaTe The second semesTer. The aT'TirrnaTive consisTed OT Carol Pohl and Bill Pedersen alTernaTing as TirsT and Thais Ward as second speaker. Roger Du Bois and Marvin Ehlers upheld The negaTive views. Carol and Thais received some experience by de- baTing in Two non-decision TournamenTs The TirsT semesTer. The resT OT The members were wiThouT experience. The Trosh-soph group parTicipaTed in several prac- Tice debaTes and proved ThaT They had debaTing abiliTy. The experience gained This year will be an asseT To Them in The nexT season when They advance To more diTTiculT compeTiTion. PEE H CQNTE TANTS gxcef in Ompefzfion Because of an enfluusiasfic inferesf in speeclu work, Mendofa was well represenfed af confesfs and flue Rocluelle dramafic fesfival fluis year. Early in flue second semesfer flue speeclu direcfor, Kenneflu Bryson, began choosing flue oufsfanding sfudenfs in flue field of voice fraining. l-le luad very good luck wiflu flue furnouf as if was one of flue largesf in MHS luisfory. ln flue field of verse speaking Beffy Rave, Roberf l-loller, and Marna Brewbaker were enfranfs. Ricluard Walfer, Genevieve Weiss, Jo Ann Jackson, Paula Sfenger, and Joyce Spaulding were inferesfed in luumorous speaking wluile Jane Laws, Tluelma Wafson, and Nancy Doermann wenf in for serious reading. ln flue deparfnuenf of oraforical declanna- fion boflu Joanne Oesfer and Ruflu Rapp sougluf friumplu. Joan Massey and Paul Sluanyfelf were ready fo brave flue perils of original orafory. Lesfer Kramer was flue only one fo fryouf for exfernpo- raneous speaking yef lue proved capable of flue job. Kenneflu Bryson, flue speeclu direcfor, wiflu flue luelp of Miss Payne and Mrs. Doenier frained fluese sfudenfs for flue eliminafion confesf on February IO. Tlue winners of fluis advanced fo DeKalb for flue Conference meef. Af flue Conference Speeclu Confesf lueld in DeKalb on February Zl, flue Mendofa confesfanfs faired very well. Bob l-loller and Joan Massey boflu placed firsf in verse and original orafory respec- fively. Tlue sfudenfs fluaf placed luiglu enouglu fo Sfanding: K. Bryson, J. Jackson, R, Holler, J. Laws, C. Pohl, R. Waller, L. Kramer, N. Doermann, D. Walfer, G. Weiss, W. Pedersen. Second Row: H. Payne, R. Rapp, J. Spaulding, T. Wafson, P. Sfenger, P. Sluanyfelf, R. Doenie Firsf Row: J. Massey, B. Rave, J, Oesfer, M. Brewbaker. advance lo lhe Dislricl al Rock Falls were: Nancy CONTEST PLAY CONFERENCE PLAY Lasl Flighl Over New School of Wives Sairy V,eee , ee.. ..,, . Mary Grace Spenader John Dunlap .,Vv....voe.e,.,,,oVo,,,ooo,....oo Lamar Brewbaker Benny . H ...,,,oo,,,,Y,,,,, .Jesse King Miriam Dunlap s,,.. ,,,. Mary Calherine Slremlau Mallie ., , ,,,,ss.,,Y..., Jean Van Ellen Laura ..,ss,,,,e,,,,e , ,. ,, ,,e,, , ,.,e, Donna Prescoll Pa .,,..s,,, L ...,.,,., Bob Collon Ellen Dunlap .,e.,..... .V,.,,s........,..ee,,,,e, J ane Laws Dave ....,..,s, . ,, .,,ee,,.. Penny Faber Roberla Vance .,vv,,.,e,,, , .. ,,,esY Jo Ann Jackson Direclor .s,,7,s,,,,ss....,,...i, .. , ss,,., Kennelh Bryson Cecile Pendlelon . ,cs,.. ., . Rosemary Gallagher Slage Manager ,s,eec,V,e,,..,c, , ,,,,es,. Don Serup Harriel Schofeld ,ee,,,, . Rulh Rapp Assislanl Slage Manager , ., ,,,.,, Dick Waller Warren Price ..,....,.,c H Dick Waller Make-up .cc,,. L e.,,, e,,,,ee,.,.es, , , ,, Hazel Payne Direclor ..e,..,..,.,.. . L ,, Kennelh Bryson Doermann, serious reading: Joan Massey, original oralory: Joanne Oesler, oralorical declamaliong Bob l-loller, verse: Lesler Kramer, exlemporaneous speaking: and Paula Slenger, humorous reading. Al lhe Dislricl, Mendola again scored as lhey won lhe meel, wilh lhe one acl play and Joanne Oesler gelling ribbons lor lirsl place. Olhers galh- ering poinls were Nancy Doermann, Joan Massey, and Thelma Walson. Thelma look Lesler's place in exlemporaneous speaking when Lesler became lhe viclim ol a severe cold and was unable lo lalk. Wilh only lwo days' preparalion Thelma wenl in and won second place. Bob l-loller gol lourlh in lhe meel, bul lhe second place winner was dis- qualilied and Bob moved up lo lhird place. The casl ol lhe one acl play Lasl Flighl Over was as lollows: Dave, Penny Faber: Mallie, Jean Van Ellen: Sairy, Mary Grace Spenader: Pa, Bob Collong Benny, Jesse King. Don Serup and Dick Wallers were slage managers, and Miss Payne helped oul in lhe make-up deparlmenl. The excellenl acling in lhis play enabled lhe group lo advance lo lhe Seclional al Rocklord, along wilh, lhe olhers lhal placed lhird or higher al Dislricl. Slage Manager . ., ,,,. Don Serup ln lhe Seclional meel al Rocklord, Mendola as a group placed second in lhe A school division. Second place honors were won by bolh lhe play, Lasl Flighl Over , and Bob Holler, and bolh were lhus allowed lo advance lo Slale. The olhers, allhough lhey did nol qualily lor Slale, came oul very well. Joan Massey placed lhird, barely missing lhe opporlunily lo go lo Slale. Joanne Oesler and Nancy Doermann placed lourlh. Thelma Walson ran inlo slill compelilion and gol sixlh place. ln lhe slale conlesl held al Champaign on April I6-I7, Lasl Flighl Over look sevenlh place, one place beller lhan lasl year. Bob l-loller placed elevenlh in Illinois in high school verse speaking. The compelilion was ol lhe highesl caliber, and Men- dola can be proud ol ils showing in lhe conlesl. Al lhe annual dramalic leslival al Rochelle, Jane Laws demonslraled her acling abilily by placing on lhe All Slar casl. The olher members ol New School ol Wives , allhough lhey were nol as lorlunale as Jane, are lo be complimenled on lheir abilily and delerminalion. All ol lhe sludenls who enlered speech work lhis year worked very hard and upheld lhe good name Mendola has earned lhrough lhe ellorls ol her former speech sludenls. ,X,, .,,., gt .. in 35555532 1512512lk!r:,Ei5EEEi:5ErEEEEEE5E:Z :EE5E5?ErErEiE'Er f ' . v- - ,+V--'-,.:.g ,.,fas5::-:5:.-,:1.:55:,.,-. 151535--1: . SENIOR CLASS PLAY COMMITTEES FourII1 Row: I. Mann, M. Spenader, J. Brady, W. FranIr, J. Jackson, B. Cofion, C. Wilhelm, R. Thompson, R. Rapp. Third Row: D, Hansen, P. Bunfon, B. Lucas, C. McMaI1on, M. Meyer, T. Wafson, J. SpauIding, A. Olsen, L. Edwards, J. Hoover. Second Row: Mrs. Doenier, G. Nelson, M. SIremIau, L. Rempfer, Mr. 6eI'1Ier, D. Jones, E. I IOCI'lSIdI'I9I', M. Vincenr, Miss Breese. Firsf Row: Miss Payne, P. Faber, P. Sfenger, D. Prescoff, Mr. Bryson, B. Gehler, C. Rod, D. Serup, Miss Swanson. JUNIOR PLAY aflblafg 5740111 One spring evening in I947, The houselights in The MHS audiTorium dimmed, The curTains rose, and The junior class presenTed Their play, January Thaw, beTore a packed house. For Two hours, The audiTorium shook wiTh laughTer aT The anTics oT Uncle Walter and The Rockwoods in Their sTubborn Teud wiTh The modern Gage Tamily. Jim Hickok and HesTer Nowlin, as Mr. and Mrs. Gage, move inTo an old colonial house in ConnecTi- cuT wiTh Their Three daughTers, played by Rosemary Gallagher. Nancy Reeser, and Thelma WaTson, plus Mary Grace Spenader as The domineering maid, Frieda. No sooner are They seTTled Than The Tor- mer occupanTs oT The house, an elderly couple and Their son, along wiTh Their cow and horse, move back inTo The old house, and here The Trouble and laughs begin. Peniield Faber and Jean Van ETTen, in a superb characTerization oT Mr. and Mrs. Rockwood, wiTh Their roving son MaTT, Lamar Brewbaker, soon become unbearable To The Gages and vice versa. Dave WesTerman as Uncle WalTer, The neighbor who knows all The news , deTiniTely sides wiTh The Rockwoods. Dave's Tunny lines, ThaT so irriTaTed The Gages, broughT TorTh many a laugh from The audience. The conTlicT beTween The old Tashioned Rock- woods, wiTh Their ouT-daTed meThods, and The ulTra- modern Gages reaches iTs highesT poinT when a blizzard sTrikes, leaving The Gages wiThouT heaT, lighT, plumbing, and Tood. BuT The Rockwoods are snug and warm in Their parT oT The house, wiTh loTs oT Tood, since They have no TaiTh in elecTricity. AlThough The TemperaTure in The MHS audiTorium was near The 70's The whole audience chilled and shivered wiTh The Gages in a hilarious breakTasT scene-minus The breakTasT. To make maTTers worse, The offspring oT boTh Tamilies, MaTT and Barbara. leave suddenly To help a neighbor, buT To all appearances have eloped, much To The horror oT boTh Tamilies and Barbara's suiTor, John Jackson, in The role oT George. NoT even The lawyer or The sheriTT, Jerry Johnson and Bob CoTTon, can help The siTuaTion. Luckily, The sTorm clears and so does The Teud and, as Barbara and MaTT reTurn, The Two Tamilies seTTle Their dif- ferences. Miss Payne deserves inesTimable crediTg by her superb direcTion and coaching she added another smash-hiT To her already mounTing lisT OT successTul producTions aT MHS. Moreover, The various commiTTees, Their chair- men, and The whole junior class pulled TogeTher To make January Thaw a Tinancial success as well and Thus helped to raise Tunds Tor The prom and '48 ATodnem. SENIOR PLAY loaf .Horizon The senior class oi nineTeen hundred TorTy-eighT oT MHS presenTed LosT Horizon , direcTed by K. D. Bryson and adapTed Trom James HilTon's novel by Anne CoulTer MarTin and ChrisTopher Sergel. We live in an age of speed-noT always direcTed Toward an objective, buT many Times aimless, un- guided, or misguided. RelaTively unimporTanT ac- Tions assume paramounT imporTance in our lives. Necessarily, we all build in our minds a mysTical Shangri-La in which, raTher Than hasTe and inTem- perance, reason and moderaTion are The guiding principles. The shelTer oT Shangri-La is oTTered To the charac- Ters in This play. Their various reacTions To This proferred haven indicaTe how deeply cuT are The ruTs oT TradiTional behavior. The seniors porTrayed These characTers so vividly They Took you away wiTh Them To Shangri-La. The play begins in a cockTail lounge of a BriTish club in CalcuTTa where Tour naTives oT England are discussing Conway, The only one oT The group Trom Shangri-La To reTurn, RuTherTord, Bob CoTTon, is Telling Conway's sTory To Wyland, Dave WesTer- man, Myra, Jean Van EtTen, and ElizabeTh, Thelma WaTson, as The lighTs Tade. When The lighTs come on again you are in The Lamasary oT Shangri-La wiTh all iTs ancienT gran- deur. A large window, wiTh a hanging balcony is in The cenTer. OuT oT This window The majesTic, snow capped peak oT Karakal is visible. An aspect oT compleTe moderaTion was casT on The audience by John Jackson, an elderly Chinese, and by MargueriTe and Louise Magnusson, Two girls rescued long ago Trom The Treacherous mounTains and broughT To The Lamasary. A spell OT heavy drama was projecTed by Lamar, as Mallinson, and Penny, The High Lama. Jim carried The lead oT Conway, a diTTiculT role, very well: while Jerry and Mary Grace supplied The humor in The parTs oT Mr. Barnard and Miss Brink- low. The supporTing characTers were played by Al Loach, a TibeTan: Nancy Reeser, a Chinese serving girly and BeTTy Pohl, a'TibeTan girl, Tashi. Joe Brady painTed The very beauTiTul mounTain, Kara- kal. Don Serup was sTage manager, and Donna PrescoTT was in charge oT rounding up cosTumes. KenneTh Bryson did a very Tine job oT direcTing This, his TirsT play at MHS, and all The seniors wish him luck in The TuTure. H1 :iw ga, , .-an gg, .N-..,.--clung f 'V ev - A ' . ,WM f mmnuani-ww' I ,,,,mpu-slwwrwff yn fAe gpoocll .gumlner ima gan? .gorgef jkerie MM! if in me HI-LIGHT Once upon a Time, To be exacT, SepTember 2, l947, aT 8:20 A.M., TwenTy-seven sTudenTs enTered Room 6 To probe inTo The vasT unknowns oT iour- nalism. Under The superior guidance oT Mrs. Doe- nier This class was able To ediT Their TirsT Hi-LighT wiThouT Too much diTTiculTy. Every Three weeks, unTil ChrisTmas vacaTion, all The columns were wriTTen by diTTerenT individuals. New ediTors were also selecTed This way. For The second semesTer a permanenT sTaTT was chosen, and Penny Faber was elecTed ediTor with Jean Van ETTen as assisTanT ediTor. All aThleTic acTiviTies were capably covered by eighT members OT The sTaTT. David WesTerman and Rosemary Gallagher reporTed The varsiTy games while Lamar Brewbaker covered The Trosh-soph con- TesTs. Freshman baskeTball games were reporTed by Jim Van MeTer. MaTerial Tor TorecasT games was supplied by AlberT Loach and Bob Michael. John Jackson and Jerry Johnson wroTe The Boys Locker ChaTTer. The laTesT in love liTe aT MHS was cleverly re- porTed in The dirT column by Paula STenger and Nancy Reeser. The various organizaTions around school were by no means TorgoTTen. Band acTiviTies were re- porTed in This year's Band NoTes by Bob CoTTon. Speech and debaTe news was gaThered and wriTTen by Thelma WaTson. FFA accomplishmenTs were reporTed by Bob Ayers in Plowlines. FHA com- menTs were made by diTTerenT girls belonging To The organizaTion. The TeaTure secTion was ably handled by Lola Edwards and Mary Grace Spenader. These girls showed remarkable skill in Tinding The mosT inTer- esTing Topics. Over The Hill , one OT The cleveresT novelTy columns to appear in The Hi-LighT, was wriTTen by Thelma WaTson, who was alTernaTely aided by Penny Faber and Jean Van ETTen. News oT Tormer MHS sTudenTs was gaThered by Gloria Nelson and Beverly Lucas and prinTed in MHS OldTolk. All girls sporT news, inside dope, and GAA goings-on were reporTed by DoniTa Hansen and Carol McMahon. KanTeen NoTes were supplied by BeTTy Gehler and Jim Hickok, who displayed Their iournalism Technique in wriTing This column. BirThdays and Calendar oT EvenTs were com- piled by Don Serup, who was also elecTed business manager oT The journalism class. News sTories were very nicely wriTTen by Shirley Munson and Mary Ellen Durham. Mary Ellen was also chosen Treasurer oT The class. During The year The class Took Two Tield trips - one To The ReporTer OTTice and The oTher To The Wayside Press. These Trips were oT value To The sTudenTs as They proved inTeresTing and gave The sTudenTs knowledge oT Things They had noT beTore realized. In order To build up Their Treasury and be able To pay Tor cuTs in The Hi-LighT Trom Time To Time, The class sponsored several money-making proiecTs. They Took charge OT The lunch sTand Twice aT The TooTball games, and during The basketball season several oT The sTaTT sold ads so ThaT The class was able To have programs prinTed and handed ouT aT The games. HI-LIGHT STAFF VISITS ITS PRINTER, THE MENDOTA REPORTER 1 A Vfevsslv 2- Bild '11 xml: mlb x rr ul h r 01 c Lx QW: r for ll. we Vv 5ge'm'r1 qvrxr:-al!! Lpcrnud Kwoma gcmnpu iclass I Q Adv vmmlq nada, Dun Brewb Qbal! 511 Jug ju 'were them erruol Elrr, L duLrlS,' 2 i 'mox ff.. Amp EM swf... There is probably only one class proiecl al MHS lhal can boasl ol absolulely IOO per cenl parlicipalion, and lhal is lhe Alodnem. This is really an oulslanding example ol cooperalion and class spiril, when you consider lhal of lhe 75 seniors, each one has in some way helped lo make possible lhe yearbook. You wouldn'l believe lhal an ice cream sandwich sold, or a sack ol pop corn popped, could produce a line ol prinl or a lillle color in lhe annual. You wouIdn'l lhink lhal a lew hours ol work wilh pasle and lissue paper could make a linished book. Ol course nol, bul mulliply lhase hours lo lhe lune ol 75 seniors who won'l be beal, and you will have an annual lhal can'l be beal-so we hope. Il was a green and inexperienced group lhal assembled early in Seplember lo gel lhe ball rolling. Bul belore we knew il, ideas and more ideas were lalling lhick and lasl, and lhe slall was beginning lo lunclion as such under lhe help and direclion ol our advisers, Miss Breese and Miss Swanson. EDITORIAL STAFF The respcnsibilily and dulies ol edilor lell on lhe shoulders ol Jirn I-lickok, wilh Jean Van Ellen as asf sislanl edilor. Jirn and Jean bolh unsellishly gave much lime and hard work 7 lhe kind lhal pays oll in a well-planned annual. ln choosing layauls, di, vision pages, and caplions, lhey were aided by lealuro Cdilor Paula Slenger, Joe Brady designed lho cover and arl work. Each ol lhe olher associalo edilors was chairman ol a dilleienl cornmillee and iesponsible lor lhal phase ol lhe Alodnern, whelhei il be copy lRosernaiy Gallagherl, sporls lDave Wesleimanl, business lI.a- rnar Brewbakerl, pholography lDonna Presfoll and Ivlarguerile Magnussonl, or lypino lRulh Rapp and Gloria Nelscnl. Slancling: D. Prescoll, D. Weslerman, M. Magnusson, L. Brewbaker, R. Rapp, P. Slenger, J, Brady, R. Gallagher. Sealed: Miss Breese, J. Van Ellen, Assl. Edilor, J. Hickok, Eclilor, Miss Swanson. COPY COMMITTEE The leriilic icb ol wriling and ic-wiiling, checking and measuring all copy lell lo lhis hard working cornmillee. Rosemary Gallaqhei, as chairman, made lhe assignmenls and supervised lhe work, II was her job lo sec lhal deadlines were rnel and lllal copy gel lo The prinler on lime. By lhe lirne lhe annual wenl lo press Ross-rnaiy was counlind picas in her sleep. Top Row: J. Brady, A. Loach, D. Serup, J. Hiclxok, C McMahon, J. Van Meler, P. Faber, D. Weslerman, L Brewbaker, J. Jackson lnol picluredl Second Row: G. Nelson, M. Brown, T. Walson, D. Hansen R. Barr, S. Munson, N. Reeser. Firsl Row: J. Johnson, B. Gehler, P. Slenger, R. Gallagher Chr., B. Lucas, M. Durham, J. Van Ellen. BUSINESS STAFF This sfaff direcfed flue acfivifies of flue finance commiffee wluiclu was comprised of flue enfire senior class. Tliese financial wizards managed fo keep flue budqel of flue senior class balanced wiflu amazing skili, Tlue wluole sfafl worked Ioqefluer fo gef flue funds fo puf ouf Ylve besf annual ever, Lamar, busi- ness manager, was flue muscles of flue ouflif, brinqinq flue pop and ice cream up fo flue luiglu scluool before every game. Don and Dave fook care of equipmenf. Tluelrna as class freasurer luad a full firne job in keeoinq flue financial records. Eunice, Beffy and Ma'y Grace lined up workers for flue games and carried all business announcemenfs fo flueir fellow classmen. Jolun Jackson, class presidenf, luad a Iuil fime fob as co-ordinafor of' all acfivifies. -eff fo Riglufz D. Serup, A. Loaclu, T. Wafson, E. Hoclu sfaffer, L. Brewbalrer Clur., B. Geluler, D. Wesferman, J Jackson Inof picfuredl TYPING COMMITTEE 'llue fypinq cornmiffee did a swell iob of keeping flue fypewrifers of MHS busy. Ruflu Rapp and Gloria Nelson were co-clwairmen and assigned flue maferial fo be 'typed fo flue various individuals in flue com- rnilfee. All members pafienfly fyped and refyped flue arficles submiffed, Tlueir speed and accuracy were somcfluinq fo make Miss Brown proud of fluem. ufanding: V. Vincenf, G. Nelson Co-Clur., J. Widmer, B. PoI'uI, M. Vincenf. ieafed: M. Magnusson, R. Rapp Co-Chr., L. Magnusson, B. Sauer. PHOTOGRAPHY COMMITTEE All Iasf fall, flue pluofoqrapluy commiffee was busy wi'lu flneir cameras cafcluinq various poses ol flue sfudenfs flurougluouf flue school and campus. Co- Cluairmen Donna Prescoff and Marguerife Magnusson did an admirable iob direcfinq flue work oi making fnis years snap paqes affracfive and inferesfino and spfenf lonq luours cuffinq and pasting flue picfures and Qeffinq fnem ready fo send fo flue ensiravei landing: C. McMaIuon, P. Sfenger, J. Hickok, D. Jones, M. Meyer, J. Hoover, B. Lucas, D. Wesferman, M. Sfrem- Iau, R. Gallagher. econd Row: L. Rempfer, T. Wafson, D. Prescoff Co-Clur. M, Magnusson Co-Clur., P. Bunfon, J. Spaulding. irsf Row: N. Reeser, D. Hansen, L. Magnusson, M. Fifz- gerald. j.?0l Q6! of 676!UC6LtL jlfLlfl66! MIG ki' CSA? I lfL66L 8105 Under The capable direcTion oT Mr. Pierce The music deparTmenT had anoTher very successTul season, Even lasT summer The loand was noT idle: wiTh The help oT some alumni They puT on a series OT ouTdoor concerTs which meT wiTh The enThusiasTic approval OT MendoTa ciTizens. The music room aT The high school was open eighT hours a day, and Mr. Pierce was busy wiTh a Tull schedule oT individual lessons aimed aT improving This year's band. This Tall The marching band had a Tull calendar perTorming aT The Trojan TooTball games. This band was drilled To marching precision and learned various TormaTions ThaT aided in making The halT-Time inTermissions more inTeresTing. The band also had a TronT seaT aT The l9askeTball games as They supplied The musical parT OT The enjoymenT. On one occasion Mr. Pierce was suddenly Taken ill, l:auT The band was able To carry on aT The game due To The capable direcTion oT Nancy DIRECTOR CLARINETS William Pierce Barbara Sauer Mary Stevenson .QFHCERS Marjorie Carr PresndenT, Joe Brady Sue Yosj Vice PresidenT, Maralyn Ashley -lOYFe Spaulding Janice SonnTag SecreTary-Treasurer, Delores Morsch JaneT Schaller Advisory Board Miriam OTTerl3ach Donna Momeny John Jackson DorThea KoToed Marjorie Carr Nancy Doermann BETTY Roach Mejvjn Jackson Marian VincenT Paul ShanyTelT F CORNETS Joe Brady John Jackson Carol AmTahr RuTh Rapp RoberT Roach Bruce Wilhelm Marie Kreiser RENCI-l HORNS RoberT MaunTel Nancy BloTch Carol l-loTTman BASSES RoberT CotTon Bill Pedersen UQl flfLl Q UA fAQ 60l'lCQl f 5611161 Yosl, sludenl' direclor. ll is in such limes ol need as lhis lhal lhe band proves ils value in leaching, besides music, discipline - and responsibilily - and resourceful- ness. The beginners' band ol lasl year was combined wilh lhe regular concerl band lhis year. Since lhe band losl many members wilh lhe class ol '47, lhe addilion of lhe beginners was welcomed. Some of lhese boys and girls have been playing only a year or Iwo bul are doing a fine iob and should be congralulaled. The concerl band enlered lhe music conlesls in lhe spring and gave a concerl locally. Proiecls This year, such as lag days, benelil games, elc., have been direcled 'foward lhe purchase ol an oboe and a bassoon, inslrumenls badly needed lo make ours a lully inslrumenled band. ELUTES Janel Schaller Nancy Cummings Nancy Yosl Nancy Doermann Belly Rave Joanne Oesler Grela Larson PERCUSSION Roberl I-loller Jaclc Tower Darlene lvlalhesius Dean Mosher William La Shonse Nancy Malhesius BASS CLARINET Barbara Brown ALTO CLARINET lvlarian Slein SAXOPI-IONES lvlaralyn Ashley Jerrine I-leiman Carol Roehm Carol Pohl Shirley Radlke Don Pedersen BARITONES James Finley OBOE Bonnie Gallaway TROMBONES Jim Van lvleler Dorolhy Wilhelm Roberl Polilsch Beverly Preston Ronald Childers Marilyn Ehlers Jane Henkel Jerry Coonen Norma Wolfe ay .gf Wufiic .... SomeThing new was added To The deparTmenT This year: Two men Trom The Vander Cook School oT Music in Chicago came every Monday To give lessons in brass and woodwind. AbouT nineTy-eighT per cenT oT The band members Took advanTage oT This opporTuniTy To geT specialized Training. The band as a whole has bene-TiTed greaTly Trom This emphasis on The improvemenT oT individual excellence, Tor, as Mr. Pierce has paraphrased iT, No band is sTronger Than iTs weakesT insTrumenT. Due To The Tine ouTward drive on The parT oT Mr. Pierce To improve The band deparTmenT, many ouTsTanding en- sembles have resulTed. WorThy oT noTice were The TluTe quarTeT, TrumpeT Trio, brass guarTeT, saxophone quarTeT, and numerous oThers. ThroughouT The year The various ensembles were called upon To perTorm Tor many civic organizaTions. Two ocTeTs were Tormed aT The beginning oT The year as a branch oT The mass girls' chorus. DespiTe The lack oT Time necessary Tor superior work, They puT TorTh ThaT much exTra To produce Two well-harmonized groups. The regular girls' chorus was a greaT asseT To Those who were laTer chosen To Take parT in The Two ocTeTs. Though The chorus made no public appearances, iT aided The girls in improving The gualiTy oT Their singing by hours oT prac- Tice. All pracTices were conducTed aTTer school or during The noon hour. Much crediT is due To all Those who sac- rificed bus rides aTTer school or rides downTown. l-lave you ever heard a boy sing wiTh such melodious Tones ThaT your whole body seemed To be seT vibraTingf7 Come now girls, surely you musT realize The TacT ThaT we have some Dick T-Taymes, Prank SinaTra, and Perry Como's circulaTing around Ml-IS who have yeT To be heard. Such was The case when Mr. Pierce sTarTed organizing a boys' ocTeT This year. ATTer many hours OT hard pracTice The boys Tried Their TaTe in compeTiTion wiTh oTher schools and believe iT or noT They goT TirsT aT disTricT. BuT in all sinceriTy They have done a very Tine iob This year in pro- viding The Tenor, bariTone, and bass Tones in The music deparTmenT. A noTeworThy evenT oT The year was The annual disTricT music TesTival held aT Dixon, on November QI, I947. BoTh vocalisTs and insTrumenTalisTs represenTed our school aT The evenT. SAXOPHONE QUARTET D. Pedersen, C. Pohl, C. Roehm, M. Ashley. TROMBONE QUARTET J. Van MeTer, B. PoliTsch, M. Ehlers, B. PresTon, FLUTE QUARTET N. Doermann, N. YosT, N. Cummings, J. Schaller. TRUMPET TRIO Bruce Wilhelm, Joe Brady, John Jackson lNoT piduredl eaufiffzf Wudic D GIRLS' OCTET Baci: Row: M. Magnusson, J. Fuller, R. Rapp. FronT Row: D. PrescoTT, B. PresTon, L. Magnusson, B. Sauer, M. Ashley, accompanist, L. Bieschke lnoT picTuredl. BOYS' ENSEMBLE Baclx Row: B, CoTTon, B. McConviIIe, B. Pedersen, R. Childers. Fronr Row: R. Elsesser, D. Pedersen, D. Kofoed, accom- panisT, P. Shany'leIT, B. Holler, J. Jackson lnoT picfuredl. GIRLS' CHORUS FourTh Row: N. Wolfe, C, Pohl, M. Brewbalrer, J. Schaller, B. Brown, J. OesTer, C. HoFlman, M. OTTerbach, M. John- son, S. Schmiff. Third Row: N. MaThesius, J. Fuller, N. Doermann, C. Roehm, C. Truclrenbrod, M. Ehlers, N. BIoTch, R, Rapp, L. BoTTs. Second Row: D. Mafhesius, D. PrescoTT, B. Sauer, P. Meyer, J. SchmidT, M. Magnusson, N. YosT, L. Magnusson, M. Ashley, B. PresTon. Firsf Row: L. Bieschlre, S. YosT, J. Herbert P. SmiTh, S. RadTI:e, P. Mar+in, M. Greenwood, J. SonnTag, L. Edwards. DISTRICT CONTEST RESULTS lvlendoTa's music deparTmenT made a very good show- ing aT The DisTricT lvlusic ConTesT. On The 3rd oT April The soloisTs and ensemble groups iourneyed by bus To OTTawa where They capTured Ten TirsT division and six second division raTings. When The band reTurned Trom OTTawa on April IO, They were The proud winners OT a TirsT division raTing. All soIoisTs and groups ThaT received TirsT division raTings are eligible To aTTend The sTaTe con- TesT held aT Taylorville, April 30 and May I. However, due To The disTance involved in Traveling To Taylorville The band was unable To Talce advanTage of The oppor- TuniTy because oT The expense connecTed in TransporTing Two bus loads oT sTudenTs who were in general Tilled wiTh plenTy oT vim, vigor, and viTaIiTy. FIRST DIVISION RATINGS James Van lvleTer-Trombone Beverly PresTon-Trombone Bill Pedersen-bass horn Bob I-loller-vocal Lois Bieschlqe-vocal Girls' OcTeT Boys' OcTeT CorneT Trio I3luTe QuarTeTTe JaneT Schaller-TluTe SECOND DIVISION RATINGS RuTh Rapp-piano Nancy Cummings-TluTe lvlaralyn Ashley-alTo sax Shirley BooTh-baTon Paul ShanyTelT-vocal Louise Magnusson-vocal iijvlai! fo fiee If urla e .... ,Nuff CADETS AND MARCHING BAND A greaT crediT To MHS are The MendoTa cadeTs and marching band wiTh Their ouTsTanding per- formances under The lighTs aT TooTball games. This Tully uniformed group, The cadeTs in white slcirTs and blouses and The band in new navy uni- Torms, consisTed oT almosT TiTTy girls and as many band members and displayed a glorious specTacle ThaT will long be remembered by all The '47-'48 MendoTa TooTball Tans. Before each varsiTy game The cadeTs, togeTher wiTh The band, welcomed The visiTing Team and Then moved norTh on The aThleTic Tield Tor a very impressive Tlag raising ceremony. BeTween halves of The home games The cadeTs and band showed Their excellenT marching abiliTy in Their precision marching drills and TormaTions. Orchids To Mr. Pierce Tor wiThouT The eTTorTs puT TorTh by him These complicaTecl perTormances would noT have been possible. Fourfh Row: E. STein, M. C. Sfremlau, B. Johnson, M. Wolfe, L. Durham, N. CoTTon, J. Klein. Third Row: B. Shoemaker, D, HarTford, J. Nelson, D. Opsal, D. Opsal, S. Gorman, J. Shannon. Second Row: L. Schaver, P. SmiTh, J. Dunn, A. Widmer, L. Wixom, C. Truckenbrod, T. Ward. FirsT Row: Mr. Pierce, M. Greenwood, L. Bieschke, D, Prescoff, R. Bunfon, J. Jackson, G. Nelson. fo iA8 QOAZD ...nn .. . MAJORETTE Twirl - Spin - Elipl Our maiorelle, Shirley Boolh was very aclive lhis year in giving many line demonslralions ol loalon lwirling. Many hours ol praclice wenl inlo her line and inleresling roulines for lhe speclalors. Al' every loolball and baslcel- ball game, as well as leading lhe loand in parades, Shirley is always on lhe job. She gol her slarl in balon twirling when she was a freshman. This was her iunior year al MHS so everyone will be looking forward lo anolher year ol her fine and experl lwirling. Shirley Boolh -- Drum Maiorelle ,J-'J' CHEERLEADERS Energy and enlhusiasm, lhals whal' il lalcesl The four varsily cheerleaders, Eunice l-lochslaller, Jane Laws, Marjean Brown, and Berry Brown, had plenly ol bolh and helped The leam 'ro many a viclory. They planned pep sessions and inlroduced new yells. New uniforms, purple slcirrs and gold swealers wilh Pep Squad on The baclc, were purchased lhis year. Two gals who really lcepl up lhe lrosh-soph leam spiril are Elsie Bunnell and lvlarna Brewbalcer. They followed 'rhe Jay-Tees lo all 'rhe games and gave our wilh rhe cheers. This year somefhing new was added lo lhe cheer- ing squad: lwo lillle girls, Karen Doenier and Judy Pry. They picked up lhe cheers by walching lhe older girls and did a marvelous job. A . gigs aww ll ll mS ISS E21 QQQ QQQ .- I Wg. SACD! LIZ? . . MOU! 361,28 gmf Off! gofvfw, m may, Fourfh Row: M. G. Spenader, J. Schaller, J. Oes+er, C. McMahon, J. Henkel, J, Van Ellen, R. Gallagher, M. Offerbach Third Row: N. Doermann, B. Gehler, M. Ehlers, L. Durham, R. Henlrel, P. Slenger, M. Brown, B. Pohl Second Row: D. Morris, M. Ashley, D. Hansen, P. Bun+on, L. Edwards, J.Widmer, N, Yosf, D. Mafhesius J K D P H, N. Reeser, l.. Bieschle, D. Hariford, C. Simpson Firsf Row: M. Bowne, J. ac son, . resco AA Al' lfllfl UND! . . . l promise +0 uphold fhe ideals of fhe Girls' A1'hle+ic Associa'l'ion: By promoling in+eres+s in a+hle+ics and fhe oul'-of-doors: By living so +ha'r l may be healfhy and sfrongg By making good sporfsmanship a conslani' faclor in my con- duct The GAA was well represenled by The four classes wilh lhe lolal number ol members reaching lhe sixiy mark. This year broughf aboul' many changes in lhe club. Firsl' was a change in The meefings. Previously +wo iilleen minule sessions were held each monlh ai' which business was discussed. This old mefhod was abolished, and if was decided io have one meefing a mon+h which would lasl approximalely one hour. A+ lhis lime business would lirsl be falcen care ol, and lhen a program and relreshmenls would follow. This proved very safisfacfory, and more members allended 'rhe me-eiings. GAA BOARD lpiciured aT righTl Second Row: M. Ashley, social chairman: G. Weiss, volley-ball manager: C. Truckenbrod, Tresh- man represenTa'I'ive: C. Simpson, baskeTball manager: B. Brown, baseball manager: C. Pohl, Track manager, M. Brown, individual sporTs manager. i FlrsT Row: J. Schaller, Treasurer: M. G. Spenader, secreTaryg B. Gehler, president Lola Edwards, vice presidenT. On November I3, The second change Took place. This was a Tormal iniTiaTion oT The new mem- bers. During The day, as beTore, The prospecTive members were clad in weird cosTumes oT many descripTions, buT in The evening The Tormal iniTiaTion Took place. Board members gave speeches, and each member Took The club oaTh. Then The new members were escorTed by old members To The vice presidenT, who gave each an insignia pin. ln February, l-learT SisTer week was held. During This week each girl in school had a hearT sisTer whom she besTowed wiTh a liTTle giTT each day. As a grand Tinale a banqueT was held, which was sponsored by The GAA. The annual alumnae hockey and baskeTball games were held in OcTober and December respec- Tively. The alumnae were The vic- Tors in boTh games, buT a grand Time was had by all. The GAA also had a place in The homecoming parade. The TloaT had as iTs Theme Feudin' an' FighTin' RepresenTaTives Trom all classes were aboard wiTh Their beards, jugs, and shoTguns. This is anoTher example OT The GAA's parTicipaTion in school acTiviTies. B, Rave, C. Hoffman, N. Wolfe. FourTh Row: S. SchmiTT, M. Johnson, C. Pohl, W. Mahar, B. Brown, M. Brewbaker, Third Row: S. RadTke, B. Johnson, M. Spanier, C. Truclrenbrod, D. Momeny, G. Larso Second Row: A. Widmer, B. Shoemaker, A. Crane, B. Galloway, N, Keflfleboroug , . unn, Mafhesius. FirsT Row: L. Edwards, D. Opsal, J. Brunner, M. Fox, J. SonnTag, S. YosT, M. Greenwood, J. HerberT, D. Opsal. n, N. BloTch, M. Wagner, N. Cummings. h J D L. Wixom, E. Ausiin, N. Bauer, D. McConville. G. Foofe, M. Hoelzer. brod, G. Hochshffer. son, J. Truckenbrod Ayers. we ive A .7Aeir Gee : I believe in The TuTure of farming, wiTh a Taifh born noT of words buT of deeds - achievemenTs won by The preseni' and pasT generaTions of farmers: in The promise of beT'Ter days, Through beHer ways, even as The beHer Things we now enioy have come up To us 'From The sTruggles of Tormer years. The MendoTa chapTer oi FuTure Farmers dT America has been a very acTive organizaTion during The I947-48 school year. ThirTy-Tive vocaTional agriculTure boys were members during The year. FourTeen boys were iniTiaTed inTo The chapTer in SepTember. OTTicers Tor The year were John S. Jackson, president Jack Truckenbrod, vice presidenT: Ken- neTh Kreiser. secreTary: Donald Ayers, Treasurer: KeiTh STerchi, reporTer: and 'Fred Morris, adviser. Those showing aT The Sandwich and MendoTa Tairs were very successTul. MendoTa won The cham- pionship banners Tor The beef group. Many TirsTs and seconds were Taken by MendoTa boys in These fairs. The Rod broThers again were exhibiTors aT The lnTernaTional held in Chicago. Thanks To Mr. STepheniTch oT MendoTa, The FFA members were conducTed on a Tour oT The lnTer- naTional Harvester ExposiTion held in Chicago. Also, some boys and Their TaThers visiTed The lnTernaTional show and The SwiTT and Co. packing house in December. Many demonsTraTions and Tours were conducTed by Mr. Morris. The combined agriculTure classes visiTed Bauers oT MendoTa To wiTness a demonsTra- Tion of TiTTing and showing purebred livesTock. KeiTh STerchi won The counTy division of The con- TesT sponsored by The STaTe Wild LiTe PreservaTion Bureau. KeiTh was enTiTled To a week's Tree aTTend- ance aT The Illinois sTaTe camp Tor wild liTe preserva- Tion. KeiTh also won second prize OT Tive dollars on his sTory of supervised Tarming in The NaTional Farm YouTh Magazine. The Mendota chapTer sponsored a donkey baskeT- ball game To raise Tunds Tor The organizaTion. The FFA boys played Their TaThers in The TeaTure game. The ParenT and Son banqueT was held December II, wiTh Dr. Deyoe of The UniversiTy oT Illinois as The main speaker. Many acTiviTies were carried ouT in The chapTer program of work. Some OT These were: improving poulTry, pesT conTesT, conservaTion oT soil, pruning Trees, saTeTy posTers, planTing Trees, bulleTin board, Teeding sTaTions, library, FFA meTal signs, Trips, recreaTion, chapTer conTesTs, soTTball, baskeTball, parTies, Turkey raffle, honorary member. class dem- onsTraTions, and donkey baskeTball game. Top Row: E. Joerger, J. Rod W. Frank, R. McConvnlle D. Hifchins, D. Didier D Third Row: K. Pillar, M. Jack son, D. Edgcomb. N. Bauer Second Row: T, Efhridge R Worsley, G. Ehlers, A. Rod D. Mehaffey. L. Truclen FirsT Row: W. Munson M Morris, J. Finley, J. Jack FiT+h Row: N. Wolfe, S. SchmiTT, M, Johnson, D. Morsch, J. Van ETTen, C. McMahon, M. Eddy, M. STevenson, P. STenger, J. Heiman. FourTh Row: M. Myers, P. Meyer, B. Johnson, L. Ed- wards, B. Pohl, B. Lucas, B. Gehler, N. CoTTon, J. Wid- mer, M. Brown. Third Row: D. Opsal, R. Bun- Ton, L. Wixom, L. Magnus- son, G. Nelson, D. Hansen, R. Rapp, D. Prescoff, E. HochsTaTTer, M. Kreiser, A. Crane. Second Row: L, Edwards, J. Barufe, D. Opsal, L. Svend- sen, M. Fox, L. Shaver, L. Headley, A. Rohs, J. Her- berT, J. Brunner, C. Simp- son. Firsf Row: Mrs. Doenier, J. Jackson, G. Larson, D. Sfevenson, J. Laws, B. Brown, M. OTTerbach, B. Brown, Miss Salxman. Aff... F H l 0lfLl0 l g6l.l'llZQ5 To promoTe a growing appreciaTion of The joys and saTis'FacTion of homemakingg To emphasize The imporTance of worThy home membership: To TosTer The developmenT of creaTive leadership in home and communiTy life: To provide wholesome individual and group recreaTion: To TurTher inTeresT in home economics. The local chapTer oT FuTure Homemalcers oT America, a naTional socieTy Tor girls majoring in home economics, is a new organization aT MHS and was sTarTed The second semesTer oT The '46-'47 school year under The direcTion OT Miss Salzman. ApproximaTely TiTTy-Tive aTTended The TirsT meeT- ing oT The FHA lasT SepTember, proving Trom The sTarT ThaT This would be an acTive organizaTion dur- ing The coming year. The Tollowing oTTicers were insTalled: Jane Laws, presidenT: DoroThy STevenson, vice presidenT: GreTa Larson, secreTary: Miriam OTTerbach, Treasurer: BeTTy Brown, program chair- man: Barbara Brown, scrapbook chairman: Jo Ann Jaclcson, degree chairman: and Mrs. Doenier, chap- Ter moTher. The meeTings were held Twice a monTh. The busi- ness meeTing is The TirsT Wednesday OT The monTh and The business-social The Third Wednesday oT The monTh, The laTTer being an evening meeTing. A Tormal iniTiaTion was held on SepTember 24 Tor The new members, wiTh PresidenT Jane Laws presiding. Several old members gave Tallcs on The ideals and sTandards oT The FHA. Then, aT a candle-lighT ceremony, The iniTiaTed, wiTh Their in- dividual candles, read The FHA pledge. Lunch was served by The reTreshmenT commiTTee. The mothers were inviTed To aTTend This impressive meeTing. The FHA and FFA TogeTher sponsored a Sadie Hawkins parTy November I4. The girls had The privilege oT inviTing The boys. The main evenT oT The evening was The crowning oT Daisy Mae and LiTTle Abner. Norma CoTTon was chosen as Daisy Mae and Wayne RiTTer as LiTTle Abner. Darlene MaThesius and George Leonard were The runners up. These Tour were chosen because Their cosTumes were the Typical dog-paTch sTyle. Everyone had an enjoyable Time aT The parTy, which was The TirsT oT iTs lcind aT MHS Tor some Time. During The '47-'48 school year This group OT FHA girls have had many enioyable Times Toc1eTher aT such Things as picnics, hayrides, going ChrisTmas caroling, and The monThly social parTies. ATHLETICS xy. cf 1 X x M X XR 41 .fi S.- 'I as Q t , -4, if X 5 A ,ef F' CU!! 2 X Em f .. . E glut? QQ, 5 ,,,M' I ,121 . E VARSITY FQQTBALL ljmi. le e ife of flue pep, e Tie VARSITY FOOTBALL The MendoTa Trojans began Their '47 season under The supervision oT a new coach. George E. Lewis, Tormer UniversiTy oT Iowa TooTball sTar and war veTeran, was selecTed as The new squad menTor. FourTeen reTurning leTTermen and eleven good pros- pecTs Trom The Trosh-sophomore Team were among The TwenTy-nine boys who Turned ouT Tor The open- ing pracTice. The previous year leTTer winners were: backs, CapTain Lamar Brewbaker, Dave WesTerman, Al Loach, Jim l-lickok, Charlie Wilhelm, and Wayne EckerT: ends, Penny Faber, Don Serup, and John Jackson: Tackles, Bill Kuehl, Norman Dewey, and Jim Van MeTer: guards, Jerry Johnson and Don SibigTroTh: Those on The varsiTy Tor Their TirsT year were: RusTy Krenz, Ed GehanT, Don Ryan, Bob Magnusson, LesTer Kramer, Bill l-TochsTaTTer, Jim Schwemlein, Melvin Worsley, Vernon Anderson, John McConville, Glen Karl, Don Pedersen, KeiTh STerchi, Dale Fischer, and Bob PoliTsch. Bob and Don Ayers were squad members Tor a shorT Time buT had To quiT because oT TransporTaTion problems. The preliminary pracTices wenT quickly, and soon a small, Tough, and TasT moving ouTTiT was awaiTing iTs TirsT opposiTion. The Trojans' hard charging Tor- ward wall and quick hiTTing backTield showed perTecT co-ordinaTion when They scalped The Morris Indians 32-O in The season opener. The Team proved pre- season predicTions, and The prospecTs oT a good year arose. The Tollowing week The orange and black were hosT To Their TradiTional rivals, The Amboy Milkmen. The game provided a hard TighT, an even conTesT beTween Two deTermined Teams, buT The home Team repulsed The norThern invaders wiTh a I4-6 vicTory. The conquering gridders Then lay idle a week be- cause oT an open daTe. Gridiron acTiviTy com- menced The nexT Friday when They Traveled to Rock Falls To play Their iniTial conTerence game. BoTh Teams scored The TirsT halT and MendoTa's Tailure To make The exTra poinT handed them a one poinT loss. NeiTher Team was able To cross The oTher's goal The second halT, and a TourTh-quarTer Tield goal ThaT was wide oT The uprighTs was The Trojan's lasT chance OT vicTory, and They Tell To The shorT end oT a 7-6 score. The Team's luck proved no beTTer when They dropped Their TourTh sTarT To The DeKalb Barbs l8-O. The squad ToughT hard and valianTly, buT numerous Tumbles shaTTered Their scoring chances. The TalTering Trojan deTense was unable To check The rampaging Barb oTTense. The jinx conTinued as The PrinceTon Tigers roared over The Trojans I9-IZ. The Team gave a Tine ex- hibiTion OT TooTball buT could never seem able To push across a winning TD. EveryThing Turned Trom bad To worse The Tollow- ing week when The Rochelle l-Tubs came To Town. The l-lubs handed MendoTa Their worsT beaTing OT The year as They clinched The SouThwesT Division oT The NorTh CenTral ConTerence wiTh a 34-7 win. of flw VARSITY LETTER WINNERS Major Awards: Jerry Johnson Donald SibigTroTh Lamar Brewbalcer David WesTerman Donald Serup Penny Faber AlberT Loach William Kuehl James l-liclcolc Norman Dewey John Jaclcson Edward GehanT Russell Krenz Charles Wilhelm James Van MeTer William l-lochsTaTTer LesTer Kramer RoberT Magnusson Donald Pedersen James Schwemlein Melvin Worsley Minor Awards: John McConville Donald Ryan Vernon Anderson Glen Karl RoberT PoliTsch KeiTh STerchi Dale Fischer fQ6LIfl'l .... The MendoTa homecoming game wiTh Genesee arrived. The vicTory-hungry Trojans could noT be lcepT sTarving Torever. They grabbed Their TirsT comference win from The Maple Leafs To The score oT 26-I4. The Torward wall ripped large holes Tor The scampering backs as They Tore Tor The oppo- nenTs' goal. The Trojans Then meT The OTTawa PiraTes, undis- puTed winner oT The NorTh CenTral ConTerence. The Team played sTubbornly againsT The PiraTes' aTTack buT a superior Team dropped The Trojans To The small side oT a 27-6 Tinish. A brieT resume oT The season shows The Trojans won Three jMorris, Amboy, Geneseoj and losT Tive jRoclc Falls, DeKalb, PrinceTon, Rochelle, and OT- Tawaj. The sTaTisTics show ThaT MendoTa played a fair brand oT ball alThough Their losses exceeded Their wins. They were ouTscored by Their opponenTs I25-IO3 and Tell behind in ToTal yards gained 2353 To 2l35. They made 84 TirsT downs To The opposi- Tion's 68 and comple+ed 36 oT 79 aTTempTed passes. The games were never dull Trom laclc oT exciTemenT, as The TighTing Trojans played good TooTball and always showed up wiTh plenTy oT TighT againsT The Toughest opposiTion. Third Row: Coach Lewis, A. Loach, J, Jackson, J. Hiclzok, E. GehanT, P. Faber, J. Van MeTer, W. Kuehl, N. Dewey, W. Hochsfaf-Ter D. Seru p. Second Row: D. Sibigfrofh, V. Anderson, D. Fischer, R. Magnusson, R. Polifsch, R. Krenz, D. Pedersen, J, Schwemlein, M. Worsley L. Kramer, R. Losee - Mgr. Firsi Row: L. Brewbaker, W. Eckert D. Wesferman, J. Johnson, C. Wilhelm, D. Ryan, K. STerchi, J. McConville, G. Karl, 1 1 I I 1 1 ! I 1 1 2 5 f E E Wed fke gigAfing roland .... John Jackson-4l. A consisfenf sfarfer af righf end, John was a sfrong defensive player and a sure cafch pass receiver. Senior. Penny Faber-26. A regular end, Penny received a hand injury, buf he was sfill able fo snag plenfy of passes fo move fhe ball down fhe field. Senior. Norman Dewey-37. One of fhe bigger boys on rhe squad, Norman played fackle. l-le knew how fo use his weighf and how fo sfeal fhe ball from fhe opposing backs. Senior. William Kuehl-32. Anofher of fhe big fackles, Bill was a real fighfer and a reliable man on eifher offense or defense. Senior. Donald Sibigfrofh-33. One of fhe Liffle Ones . Don held down fhe righf guard posifion. f-le was well known by all opponenfs for his fighr and ag- gressiveness. Senior. Jerry Johnson-23. The ofher Li'rfle One , Jerry saw plenfy of acfion af leff guard. A leg injury kepf him from seeing buf limifed fime in several of fhe games. Senior. Russell Krenz-45. lf was around Rusfy fhaf mosf of fhe acfion sfarfed. Playing offensive cenfer he upheld fhe spof well. Senior jnof picfuredl. Vernon Anderson-l8. A reserve cenfer and line backer, Andy saw plenfy of acfion on defense. A sure fackler and showed promise for nexf year. Junior. Alberf Loach-40. A versafile player, quarfer- backing fhe varsify for his fhird year. AI was a good passer, kicker, and ground gainer. l-lonorable Menfion on All-Sfafe Team, Senior. Don-Serup-24. A capable end. Don changed fo fullback in fhe midseason and proved fo be a willing man for a fough posifion. Senior. Dave Wesferman-IS. Probably fhe smallesf and fasfesf man on fhe feam. lf was Dave's speed around ends or for cafching goal-bound opponenfs fhaf saved many a day for fhe Trojans. Senior. Lamar Brewbaker-I2. Capfain of fhe squad and for his fourfh year a varsify sfarfer, Lamar was fhe sguad's leading ground gainer and scorer. Re- ceived Honorable lvlenfion on fhe All-Sfafe Team. Senior. Wayne Eckerf-I I. A sfarfing fullback who was a consisfenf ground gainer and fine blocker, Wayne leff school af midseason and joined fhe navy. l-lis loss from fhe feam was deeply felf. Sophomore. John lvlcConville-34. A small guard, John saw limifed acfion because of his size buf he was always in fhe middle of fhe play. Senior. Glen Karl-25. A craffy and smarf guarferback, if was Junior's small size fhaf kepf him from seeing more varsify acfion. Junior. A f..4kL.il.ma, vi ff 5: in 1 ' x 5 .1' 4 W W! Nw N , r .3 1? K N Sig ill- '-anv 9 . 1 gf Ms, se' I I! n I m 1 X Q31 ,gxm -J CY. ,, Y s 2 Av ore rofan grin! Mizrriora RoberT Magnusson-46. A small end who always made his presence TelT. Bob was a hard charger, good Tackler and had sTicky fingers Tor caTching passes. Junior. RoberT PoliTsch-28. AnoTher end who was small, Bob was a consisTenT player whenever in The line-up. Junior. Jim Van lvleTer-38. The gianl' OT The squad, Jim proved his worTh whenever called upon. l-le was a good Tackler and sure blocker. Senior. William l-lochsTaTTer-35. A parT Time sTarTer, Bill was one oi The ToughesT and hardesT hiTTing Tackles on The squad. l-le will be a valuable man To nexT year's Team. Junior. LesTer Kramer-I3. A reserve guard who played To The besT oT his abiliTy in spiTe oi his leg injury. LesTer showed promise in The several games he sTarTed. Junior. Donald Pedersen-39. A slashing inexperienced fullback, Don gives promise of being a line plunger on nexT year's squad. Junior. Melvin Worsley-22. A Tierce Tackler, Melvin spe- cialized in causing and recovering fumbles whene ever he was in The game. Junior. RoberT and Donald Ayres-lnoT picTuredl. Two broThers who were on The squad buT a week. They were capable of being developed inTo good players and would have helped The Team a loT. is. f.. 1 .f QQ. 'la- Donald Ryan-27. A willing guard, Don did re- markably well aT The posiTion and will be a valuable asseT To The Team nexT year. Junior. KeiTh STerchi-47. A good pivoT man, KeiTh showed up well in The games he played. Junior. James l-lickok-42. A TasT and Tricky passer, Jim was in The game a loT aT The quarTerback spoT. l-le played The game hard and always To win. Senior. Charles Wilhelm-2l. A reliable deiensive and olzlensive haliback, Charlie was a good kicker and pass receiver. Senior. Edward GehanT-20. A senior Transfer from WesT Brooklyn, Ed developed inTo a TasT running hallback in The TirsT year he played TooTball. Senior. James Schwemlein-29. An alTernaTe halfback and fullback, Jim could be called on any Time To give a good performance. WaTch Jim nexT year. Junior. Dale Fischer-lnoT picTuredl. A large boy on The Team, Dale was inexperienced buT willing To learn and showed possibiliTies OT developing inTo a good lineman. Junior. MINOR LETTER Tom Faber Bob Mealey Joe DougherTy Dick FiTzsimmons CurT Van ETTen Alan Wood Laurence Lau Alan Richard Edward Joerger Marvin Ehlers Duane Marcum Benny Durand Don Worsley Dean Bauer Jim Finley j Jack Truckenbrod FourTh Row: D. Simpson, D. Thorne, D. Bauer, R, Elsesser, R. Childers, P. Walzer, P. Roach, K. Schwemlein. L. McCollum. Third Row: R. Brunner, Mgr., T. Faber, H. Peasley, J. Truckenbrod, R. McConville, D. McConville, G. Delhofal, M, Jackson, Mr. Doenier. Second Row: D. Taylor, B. Durand, L. Gray, E. Joerger, A. Wood, D. Marcum, L. Law, H. Phalen, A. Richard, G. Johnson. FirsT Row: C. Van ETTen, D. Bauer, J. DougherTy, R. Fifzsimmons, D, Worsley. J. Finley, R. Mealey. ay 886 olalfle When The TooTball season rolled around This year iT Tound Coach Doenier being greeTed by TorTy eager TooTball players. WiTh only one reTurning IeTTerman, Coach Lloyd Doenier had a real job OT Torming Them inTo a grid machine. Gaining in TighT whaT They lacked in speed and size They worked hard and soon began To look like a uniT. ATTer learning plays Tor The single wing as well as The T- TormaTion They were ready Tor The TirsT game. Morris was The TirsT opponenT. STarTing aT The kickoTT, The Jay Tees marched To an early Touch- down on a pass Trom Marcum To Van ETTen. ln The second half Morris Tound The MendoTa weak spoTs and made Three Touchdowns and a saTeTy and wenT on To win, 20-6. The Tollowing Friday The Jay Tees again appeared on The home Tield, This Time playing The La Moille varsiTy. The La Moille Team proved Too big and experienced Tor The Jr. Trojans who wenT down in deTeaT 3l-O. Going away Tor The TirsT Time, The Jay Tees Traveled To Rock Falls Tor Their TirsT conTerence game. BoTh Teams showed power on oTTense and deTense, and The game ended wiTh neiTher Team crossing The opponenT's goal. AT DeKalb The Jay Tees played Their second conTerence game. DeKalb, having a larger and TasTer Team, showed Too much power Tor The Jr. Trojans and wenT on To a I9-6 vicTory. Traveling To PrinceTon The Tollowing Friday, The .lay Tees played perhaps one oT Their besT games oT The season. PrinceTon was able To score early in The game and held oTT The MendoTa drivers The remainder OT The game To win, 6-O. The Tinal gun Tound The hard TighTing Jay Tees on Their opponenTs' Two-yard line. The nexT game Tound The Jay Tees looking Tor Their TirsT win. FighTing hard, The Jay Tees came ouT The vicTor in an upseT vicTory over The Rochelle Jr. Hubs. WiTh CapTain LaVere Gray and Duane Marcum leading The way The Jr. Trojans rolled To a I9-O score. On The home Tield again The Jay Tees played Geneseo beTore The huge homecoming crowd. The Team was driven To iTs highesT spiriT by The home- coming aTmosphere buT were unable To overcome The superior sTrengTh oT The Geneseo eleven, and The Jr. Maple Leaves deTeaTed The Jr. Trojans 20- O. The lasT game oT The season Tound The Jay Tees playing hosT To a very sTrong Team Trom OTTawa who had noT been deTeaTed in The lasT Three years. The OTTawa Team scored in every period and wenT on To a 34-O vicTory. They did noT Tind the Jay Tees an easy opponenT and had To TighT Tor every- Thing They gained. AlThough The Jr. Trojans won only one game, They showed whaT iT Takes To make a good Team in The TuTure. None OT The opponenTs Tound The Jay Tees an easy Team To beaT, as They soon Tound ouT. The experience They gained This year will be a greaT Telp To nexT year's Team. MEN La Vere Gray lCapl me snuff .... PM WMM A new sporl was inilialed inlo lhe school's alh- lelic program lhls year. This sporl has been infro- duced in surrounding schools and has proven guile successful. An enlhusiaslic response lo Coach Doenier's call for boys inleresled in a cross counlry leam was given by Roberl Waller, Lee l-lolfman, Kennelh Kreizer, Theodore Frilz, Franlc Joerger, Richard Parsons, Donald Truclcenbrod, Joe Brady, and Roberf lvlaunlel. The boys underwenl a rigid 'training program. They did condilioning exercises and calislhenics and also ran llf2 lo ZV2 miles a day. A cross counlry race depends largely on lhe boys' physical condi- lion and endurance. The course, which is over a mile and a half in lenglh, is full of obslacles and rough ground. The winning ol lhe race, lherelore, depends on daily condilioning. Varsily baslcelball boys who were nol oul for loolball were required lo prepare lhemselves wilh lhis condilioning. This sporl is also basic in build- ing good long dislance runners for lraclc. Lellers were awarded on 'rhe basis of poinls earned, de- pendabilily, and hard worlc. The lirsl mee-'r was held al Genesee on Oclober second. The leam placed sixlh in lhe B division wilh a lolal ol 62 poinls. On lhe elevenlh ol Oclober The leam lraveled lo Slerling lo parlicipale in a lriangular meel wilh from lhe lwo schools mel. Princelon nosed our lvlendola 26-29. ln cross counlry The lowesl score delermines 'rhe winner. lvlendola was hos? lo Ollawa on Oclober lwenli- elh and Earlville on Oclober lwenly-iourlh. The lwenly-liflh of lhe same monlh lhe conference mee? was run oil al Slerling. Mendola did nol enler a lull leam of five boys, buf Roberl Waller placed eighlh, Theodore Frilz, 'rwenly-lhird, and Richard Parsons, lwenly-Tiflh. Slerling won lhe meel. The dislance run was I.9 miles and lhe besl lime was 9:57.4O. The dislricl cross counlry meer was held al Ollawa on lhe lirsl of November. Kennelh Kreizer placed lenlh in lhis meel. The len faslesl boys were awarded medals while lhe firsl live places and five winning 'reams advanced lo slale. The lenglh of lhe course was l.8 miles. Coach Lloyd Doenier insligaled lhis sporl' and should be complimenled on his eflorl lo enlarge The schools sporls program. LETTER WINNERS MAJOR MINOR Roberl Waller Richard Parsons Lee l-lolrlman Kennelh Kreizer Theodore Frilz Frank Joerger Princelon, Slerling, and Mendola. Team slandings CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE were nol delermined, bul Roberl Waller placed 0+ 2 G I -+ 0+ 24 E 'IH H ' C . 8065601 f'lVl G- C . GTVI ST efe sixlh and Frank Joerger sevenlh for Mendola. Mona'-There Od' 25 SyerHnq-COn+,- . . . ' - h Preceding lhe Princelon-lvlendola loolball game glfnrllginjirsre NOV-i Te Dismdkomwa on Ocfober sevenleenlh, lhe cross counlry leams QU, 20 O++aWa-he,e Lell lo iiqhl - Bob Waller Hepburn lOl, Franlc Joerger Bowermasler Joe B adv llvll, Reilley Ken Kreizer Leipold lOl, Theodore Frilz Andrews Lee l-lollman iw. OTTAWA- MENDOTA CROSS COUNTRY MEET araifg Cagerfi .... Mu offa Coach Lloyd Doenier's mighTy lv1endoTa Trojans ended up The '47-'48 season wiTh one of The besT records The school has seen for some Time. A ToTal of I6 wins and 8 losses placed Them sixTh in The con- ference. The season as a whole was filled wiTh unusually close games and, from The specTaTor's poinT of view, many Thrill packed conTesTs. The Trojans only lost Two home games and each was a Thriller. Two of The home conference games, DeKalb and 5Terling, were won wiTh less Than I5 seconds lefT To play, by some long Swisher, All The Trojans' defeaTs came in conference com- peTiTion excepT The Amboy games which, alThough losT, were Two of The Trojans mosT hoTly conTesTed baTTles. The MendoTa cagers won 4 and losT 5 conference games for a .444 percenfage. Spring Valley was Their firsT conference game and was one of The Two games losT on The home floor. The Doeniermen were jusT one jump behind The Redmen all The way buT losT in The lasT cjuarTer despiTe Al Loach's seTTing a school record in scoring wiTh 27 poinTs. Score: 66-56. A lasT period rally fell shorT by 7 poinTs as The OTTawa PiraTes downed The Trojans 46-38 in Their second conference game. BuT The defermined Mendofans Toughf baclc and defeaTed a highly favored DeKalb cjuinTeT by one poinT 43-42. Ed GehanT sank a 20-fooTer wiTh 8 seconds lefT, To cinch The firsT conference vicTory. The Rochelle game also proved To be one of Those games as a lasT period rally pulled The game ouT of The fire 5l-46. A sTrong Roclc Falls ouTfiT had To really pour on The sTeam To hand The Trojans Their Third conference loss as The Roclcefs won 47-42. Dixon fell vicTim To The rampaging Trojans 47-28 as The Trail Crossersn compleTeIy dominaTed The Floor. In a spiriTed and desperaTe conflicT The mighTy PrinceTon Tigers barely crepT ouT of The jaws of defeaf in The lasT period by sfopping The Trojans 54-49. ln The lasT home game of The season The Trojans whipped The Golden Warriors of STerling in a game ThaT was a specTaTor's dream. WiTh ll seconds remaining and MendoTa one poinT behind, Wilhelm leT one go, from way ouT, ThaT marlced anoTher vic- Tory for The MendoTans 45-44. In a very ragged game, MendoTa losT To Geneseo in The lasT conference game 56-53. ln The Regional TournamenT The Trojans again played l-lall of Spring Valley. This game found The Trojans aT Their besT. ln The firsT 3 quarTers The game was Tied up, buT Two of The Trojans' regulars fouled ouT, and The Redmen in a final quarTer rally edged ouT The Trojans 57-48. The line-up ThaT was in effecf mosT of The Time was Al Loach and Ed GehanT, forwards: Pen Faber and Charlie Wilhelm, guards: and John Jackson, cenTer. Joe Brady and Jim l-lickok saw pIenTy OT acTion aT The guard spoTs. RiTTer and Ryan, Two juniors, were in The game repeaTedly. To sTarT The season, Coach Doenier had Three reTurning leTTer- men, Loach, Wilhelm and Faber, regulars lasT year, and Ed GehanT, a TransTer. Pen Faber and AI Loach were chosen co-capTains Tor The season. ln scoring, Al Loach led The Team wiTh 3 IO poinTs, and The Team as a whole averaged 48 poinTs a game To Their opponenTs' 40. The Trojans broke Their record in ToTal scoring wiTh l I53 poinTs. AI Loach ended his TourTh year in varsiTy compe- TiTion and was The spark OT The Trojan ouTTiT. T-le had a keen eye Tor long shoTs and was high poinT man in scoring. Al was on The TirsT sTring All ConTerence Team. Pen Faber, lanky guard, dazzled his opponenTs wiTh his Tricky ball handling in geTTing The Trojan oTTense sTarTed. l-le also had a line drive-in shoT ThaT piled up The score. l-le won ConTerence hon- orable menTion. Charlie Wilhelm was also anoTher sharp shooTer and pulled more Than one game ouT oT The Tire. I-Te received ConTerence honorable menTion also. Ed GehanT's Tricky jump soT made his a poe TenTiaI poinT gaTherer aT all Times, and his heighT made him an excellenT rebounder. l-le was a Trans- Ter Trom WesT Brooklyn. Mu offa mn. Joe Brady was one oT The mosT aggressive play- ers on The squad. His speed and ball sTealing abiliTy broughT home many a vicTory. Don Serup's heighT and scrappy TighT made him a valuable reserve. Jim Hickok was a Team bolsTerer wiTh his Tine rebound abiliTy. John Jackson, Tall cenTer, was an excelIenT re- bounder and possessed a Tine TighTing spiriT. Wayne RiTTer saw plenTy oT acTion under The baskeT and will be back Tor nexT year's Team. Don Ryan, a junior, proved himselT OT deTiniTe value wiTh his long shoTs. l-le will be an asseT To nexT year's squad. OTher juniors To bolsTer nexT year's squad, who proved Themselves This season, were: MaunTel, Torward, and Magnusson and Truckenbrod, guards. Lee T-ToTTrnan and John l-larris, when called upon, amazed The crowd wiTh Their percenTage OT shoTs. Second Row: Coach L. Doenier, B. Magnusson, J. Harris, D. Truckenbrod, D. Serup, B. Maunfel, L. HoHman, R. Losee, Mgr Farsi Row: J. Brady, D. Ryan, E. Gehanf, P. Faber, A. Loach, C. Wilhelm, J, Hickolz, W. Riifer. 8 .v.-M :-z .- ft' ef. .CW 42,m.,,-,, I7 ...D ,agp 452' ' if 1 3 ax. ,A-ff' - ' . f 1 N , B ,. fl va A 5 l .av is .151 1 Q' z H Q Second Row: B, Brunner, Mgr., A. Wood, L. Gray, C. Van ETTen, R. Mealey, L. Lau, H. Phalen, Coach Lewis. Firsf Row: K. Pillar, T. Faber, G. Johnson, D. Fiflsimmons, B. Durand. .Sblali Z?aaLefeem .... The Tv1endoTa Jay Tee cagers under Their new coach, Ted Lewis, Turned ouT a season long To be remembered in Ml-TS. A ToTal oT nineTeen boys reporTed Tor duTy, and There were no reTurning Ieffermen. YeT Coach Lewis molded These inex- perienced boys inTo a Tlashy bunch OT deTermined baslceTball players. They can bOasT OT a record in wins and losses ThaT Tar exceeds many a previous squad. WiTh sixTeen wins in TwenTy-Three sTarTs These Junior Trojans made Themselves The blaclc horse OT The COnTerence. They sTarTed ouT The season by losing only Three games in Their TirsT sevenTeen sTarTs. The end OT The season The squad Tound Themselves in a losing sTreak, buT The score was always very close. They won Tour cOnTerence games and losT Tive. Four OT These losses were in The lasT six games. PrinceTon beaT Them by Two baslceTs, STerling by Two baslceTs, and Geneseo by Three poinTs. They losT To OTTawa 25 To I8 and Dixon 4l To 35. Spring Valley Tell vicTim To The Jay Tees 29 To 23, while DeKalb was nosed OUT in a sensaTional game 22 To 2l. Rochelle wenT down 25 To 2l, and Roclc Falls was beaTen 27 To IS. OTTawa CaTholic T-ligh and Depue were The only Teams ouTside OT The cOnTerence cOmpeTiTion To have The disTincTiOn OT beaTing The Trosh-soph squad. The Depue game was dispuTed because OT inaccuraTe Time keeping, buT Their score was al- lowed TO sTand, and They won 28 TO 25. The squad played some OuTsTanding games Tor which They are To be commended. Their vicTory over DeKalb in The Tinal seconds was a Thriller, and alThough They losT To OTTawa CaTholic High, They played good ball. The Hall game Tound The Jay Tees aT Their besT, and MendoTa deTeaTed The Jr. Redmen 29 To 23. LaVere Gray was chosen capTain and led his Team down The winning column. T-le was a Triclcy ball handler, and his leTT handed shoT was deadly. Diclc FiTzsimmOns led The Team in scoring and This sharpshOoTer will deTiniTely aid nexT year's varsiTy. T-Te played Torward. Alan Wood, a TransTer, was TasT on his TeeT and an aggressive deTense TighTer aT The guard spoT. CurT Van ETTen and Bob Mealey worked Trom The pivoT spoT where Their opponenTs Tound The lanlcy Jay Tees Tough cusTomers. Tom Faber's lceen eye made him anoTher sharp- shoOTer ThaT will bolsTer nexT year's varsiTy. Durand, Peasley, Phalen, Lau, and Johnson were The Treshmen on The squad and saw plenTy OT acTiOn. They will Talce Over again nexT year TO bring home many a vicTOry. Piller was The smallesT member OT The squad, buT his spiriT and aggressiveness made him a Tine re- serve. Second Row: Coach Morris, E. Zinlre, J. Harmon, R. Childers, R. Parsons, R. Elsesser, D, AbboTT FirsT Row: D. Simpson, Mgr., B. Wilhelm, R. Mclnflyre, D. Thorne, J. DougherTy, W. La Shonse A Reppin. Simi. WMM, Wie. .... The Treshman Team is composed oT boys whose abiliTies or capaciTies are capable of winning Them a posiTion on The Treshman-sophomore squad. The purpose oT This Team is To build players Tor use The Tollowing year on The sophomore Team. This Team, coached by Fred Morris, is opened only To Tresh- man boys. The Team is composed oT Two groups. Six boys Trom The Tresh-soph squad consTiTuTe parT OT The Team. Members from ThaT Team are Henry Peasley, Harry Phalen, Benny Durand, KenneTh Piller, George Johnson, and Lawrence Lau. OTher Treshman boys who played on This Team were Donald AbboTT, Joseph DougherTy, Ronald Childers, Richard Elsesser, Bruce Wilhelm, Elmer Zinlce, Donald Thorne, Gaylon Ehlers, Richard Par- sons, RoberT MclnTyre, James Harmon, William La Shonse, and ArThur Reppin. The Team had no seT schedule buT played opposi- Tion whenever iT could be Tound. They played TourTeen games wiTh schools Trom oTher Towns. They won Ten oT These games and losT Tour. They won The Freshman TournamenT held aT PrinceTon on February 28. They showed plenTy oT baskeTball abiliTy, and several players were developed and given experience Tor TuTure use on MendoTa varsi- Ties. They won one and losT one game To The WesT Brooklyn High School Team. They spliT wiTh The Earlville 'Freshmen wiTh one win each. They Took Two vicTories Trom The Hall Township High School freshmen. They beaT The PrinceTon Treshman Team on The PrinceTon Tloor beTore The varsiTy game. The LaMoille Treshmen were vicTims Tor Two oT The Teams wins. They capTured a single game Trom The CompTon High School Team. The Amboy Team con- TribuTed Two oT Their losses. ln The TournamenT They Trimmed The Hall Team 49-I4 and Then beaT PrinceTon 20-I4 Tor The championship. Coach Morris should receive much praise and crediT Tor developing These TuTure players. IOO yd. Dash Westerman taking District low hurdles Don Serup wins District 440 Pen Faber, high hurdler ju fare gmlaic amlaiond .... The Mendota Troians' I947 thinly clad track team proved to be one of the best track squads in the history of MHS. The team was small in number but went at their training enthusiastically and it paid ott in dividends. Twelve boys reported tor the squad at the beginning of the season. Four MHS records were broken by the '47 cindermen, they were beat out by one point in the District, collected 4'fg points at the State Meet, and wound up fourth in the Conference. Because of the small number of boys on the squad the Troians didn't show so well in the smaller meets. ln larger meets, outstanding individual performance paid good dividends. The high light of the season was the State Meet at Cham- paign where Wallace Spike Hawke tied for first place with a record-breaking I2 ft. 3 in. vault. This gave the Trojans 4'f2 points and made them the 13th best team in the state. At the Mendota District three other boys qualified for the State Meet. Don Serup circled the 440 in the pre- Don Serup, 440 yd. run liminaries ot the State Meet in a record breaking 5I.7 which put him in the finals where he failed to place. The lanky Troian will be back again this year to continue his winning performances. Dave Westerman reached the semi-finals in the 200 yd. low hurdles with the time of 22.4 seconds, which is three-tenths of a second otif the National lnterscholastic High School record. He had the second fastest time in the preliminary meets but nicked the last hurdle in the semi- finals and was out of the money. Dave is also back this year and will be trying to clear that last hurdle which stood be' tween him and the state finals. Roger Butler also qualified tor state by taking second in the District, but in so doing iniured his ankle and thus was eliminated from participating at Champaign. Last year the District Meet was held at Mendota and the fighting Trojans came within one point of making the biggest upset in the District meets held that day. With the Troians ahead 26-25, the balance of victory was held in the final event, the relay, but the Mendota tracksters were defeated in a thrilling race and lost the meet 30-29 to La Salle-Peru. Mendota's points were compiled as follows: Hawke, lst in pole vault, 2nd in discus and relay, 9M points: Wester- man, lst in low hurdles, 3rd in IOO, relay, 83A points: Serup. Ist in 440, relay, 5M points: Butler, 2nd in pole vault, 4 points: Eckert, relay, M point: Total: 29 points. Had the Troians not been handicapped by iniuries earlier in the season the results of the above contest could have been altered. Lamar Brewbaker was unable to participate during the season, Faber, capable high hurdler, pulled a muscle in the first meet, and Loach, potential high iumper and half- miler, was unable to participate in these events and was transfered to the discus and high hurdles in the middle of the season. The Mendota District registered some of the best times in the state. Serup's 5l.9 was second tastest time clocked in the District meets and Westermans 23.3 was 5th fastest District time clocked in the state for the state meet. Hawkes ll ft. 8 in, leap was the third highest. Wayne Eckert proved himself a valuable dash man and ran 2nd in the relay team. He was beat out by inches in the semi-finals of the District 220. Roger Butler was a con- sistent point gatherer in the pole vault and broad iump. Loach and Hiclcok brought in points in the high iump. Hickok was also in the pole vault. As The ATodnem goes To press beTore The I948 Track sea- son is compleTed, a summary oT This season will appear in The '49 annual. A biieT TorecasT OT The ouTlook Tor nexT year can be presenTed. This year The squad will miss The services oT Coach Spud Owen who is now coaching aT Culver STockTon College in Missouri. Lloyd Doenier is back on The iob and, TogeTher wiTh Coach Ted Lewis, The Troians' prospecTs are very good Tor a successTul season again This year, Don Serup. sTaTe TinalisT in The '47 season, is back in The 440 yard run and will be ouT To beTTer The 5I.7 mark he made aT Champaign. Don will also run The 220 yard dash. Dave WesTerman, also a conTesTanT aT The STaTe Meer lasT year, will be ouT To crack The 22.4 seconds record he esTablished in The semi-Tinals in The 200 yard low hurdles. He also runs The IOO. Lamar Brewbaker, who was unable To parTicipaTe lasT year, will be a valuable dash man. ln his sophomore year he was varsiTy maTerial and was consisTenT winner in The cenTury and 220. Pen Faber, also on The iniured lisT oT lasT year, proved him- selT a high-Tlyer in The ConTerence meeT aT STerling by being edged ouT oT TirsT place in The high hurdles. He should be a deTiniTe point gaTherer in The '48 season. He also runs The lows. The Trojans have a capable young miler in RoberT Waller, one of The Tew iuniors on The squad. Jim Hickok's ll TT. 2 in. vaulT aT The ConTerence meeT lasT year makes his chances good oT being a leading vaulTer in The localiTy. Jim also is a high iumper. Al Loach will be back in The high iump, broad iump and discus. Don Pedersen will run in The halT-mile and The Troian relay Team will probably be Brewbaker, Serup, Faber and WesTerman. MendoTa's relay Team suTTered a seT back in The absence oT Lamar Brewbaker buT iT worked hard and goT Third in The DisTricT and 4Th in The ConTerence. The Team was com- posed oT Serup, EckerT, Hawke, and WesTerman. The Troians placed 4Th in The ConTerence MeeT aT STerling. Faber Took 2nd in The high hurdles, Serup won The 440, Hawke Tied Tor TirsT in The pole vaulT and broke The ConTerence record in The discus wiTh a T36 TT. IOV2 in. heave. Brewbakens only appearance oT The season was a 5Tln place in The broad lump. WesTerman ran 2nd in The low hurdles and Third in The IOO, Hickok Tied Tor 4Th in The pole vaulT. The relay Team came in TourTh. One oT The greaTesT reasons Tor a highly successTul sea- son was The Time coaching oT Lloyd Doenier and Spud Owen. BoTh worked hard in geTTing The boys in shape and helping Them masTer Their evenTs. A Tremendous iob was accomplished by Them in running oTT The DisTricT meeT ThaT was held aT MendoTa on May I8Th, The '47 squad owes much To These Two men Tor The successTul season. i away' . 4 .. Spike Hawke, sTaTe champ Dave Wesferman, 200 yd. low hurdles wkes sTaTe-winning vaulT - I2 TT. 3 in. .X Ric . , fi Third in DisTricT IOO yd. dash finals by Wesferman, exfreme leTT I947 TRACK SEASON MENDOTA TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL l VARSITY SQUAD . F.S. -SQUAD loorffi Lgzkeclu ancl .gafidficd FROSH-SOPH TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS EVENT NAME RECORD IOO yard dash Dave Wes+erman IO.7 220 yard dash Wayne Eckerf 24.5 440 yard dash Don Serup 56. 880 yard run Albert Loach 2:I6.5 Mile run Robert Waller 5:I3,4 70 yd. high hurdles Penny Faber I0.l I I0 yd. low hurdles Dave Weslerman I3. 440 yd. relay IL. Brewbalcer I 47 ID. Serup I IW, Eclrerl I ID. Wesl'ermanI Slfol P'-ll Wayne Eclrerl 38' 6 D'5CU5 Alberl Loach I06' l0 Pqle VPUll James Hiclcolc IO' 5 l'l'Ql'1 lump IJames Hiclrolr I 5' 5 ICharles WiIhelmI Broad iump L. Brewbalrer I8' 9 SCHEDULES AND STATISTICS VARSITY BASKETBALL We La Moille ..... 52 Earlville W . , 5l Ohio , 4l Amboy ..,. , . 33 Granville . .. , , , 42 Soulh Beloif , ,, 52 Spring Valley ,. ,. 56 I-loplrins , .. .. 42 Sandwich . ..,. ,, 48 Depue . ,. ...... . 48 Olfawa . .. .. 38 De Kalb . 43 Ohio ..,,.,,.. .. .... 49 Rochelle . . . 5I La Moille .... ......, 6 7 Rock Falls . 42 Depue .. ,. .. 40 Dixon .. 47 Princefon . ,...... 49 Earlville ..... 54 Amboy ,,,,, , ..,.... 62 Slerling .,,... .. .. . . , 45 Geneseo .,., ,, 53 Hall IReqional Tournarnen+I . ., 48 Ls YEAR I946 I946 I946 I946 I947 I946 I946 I946 I946 I946 I946 I946 I946 They 22 47 22 34 30 24 66 2l 27 46 46 42 38 46 30 47 30 28 54 33 64 44 56 57 Mayor lellers. Minor lellers. Brewbalrer Gray Hawke Faber, T. Buller Fifzsirnmons Weslerr-nan Karl Faber, P. Joeqer Loach Buellner I-liclrolx Maunfel Serup Ryan Eclrerf Waller Minor lelleri Schwemlein Schimmer I-lochslaller Pedersen Ehlers Magnusson MENDOTA VARSITY SCHOOL RECORDS EVENT NAME RECORD IO0 yard dash L. Reeder I0.2 220 yard dash Buck 23. 440 yard dash D. Serup 5I.7 880 yard run R. Larlcin 2:O2.0 I mile run R. Larkin 4:40.0 I20 high hurdles E. Pralher I6. 220 low hurdles D. Wes+erman 22.4 Pole vaull' W. I-lawlxe l2'3 IS'r.Champ-'47I ' H Shof pu+ Olson 458 B f?'0d-lump G. Hessenberger 2,ll3H H l'l'9l IUWIP G. Hessenberger 5 IOV2 I Discus w. Hawke '36' '0V2' 880 yard relay IL. Brewbaked I:35.6 IJ. Sfremlau I IA Arlhurs IE. Pralher Javelin D, Whifmore 200' SCHEDULES AND STATISTICS SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL La Moille ..... Earlville .,,,, Ohio ..,., Amboy ............. Granville ,,,,,.,..... Offawa Cafholic Spring Valley ,..., Hopluns ..,.,.,, ,, Sandwich ...,,,, Depue ......, Offawa .,..,.,,. De Kalb ....... Ohio ......,,. Rochelle ..... La Moille ..,..... 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