Morton High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Morton, IL)

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THECAULDRON1946 ,e l Three years ago, sixty students en- tered M. T. H. S., and started on their long, but pleasant journey. The path- way was not always clear, but the juniors toiled, sweat, and accomplish- ed many things. No phase of school activities has been left unexplored by the busy jun- iors. Numerous successes have been scored in athletics, G. A. A., band, chorus, and debate. The class is well represented on the Student Council, in official positions, as well as by lay First Row, left to right: Don Reilly, Henry Grimm, Dor- etta Yentes, Shirley Rocke, Miss Jewell, Jo Ann Burger, Sally Ackerman, Wanda Hager, and Darlene Darst. Second Row: Ken Rein, Roy Bentley, Eileen Huber, Peggy Davis, Helen Pfeifer, Mabel Bauman, Della Bartelmay, JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS . President , .cc...ccc... ..c.,..c,...ccc..,.cc,.,.,.,c...,ccc., D on Reilly Vice President .............. c..., W illiam Dausmann Secretary-Treasurer ccc,.. ..c..,ccc,.,oc.,,,, S hirley Rocke Advisors .............. ....., Miss Jewell, Mr. Black members. Members of the class have served capably and dependably in Home EC. Club, and in other school organizations. The class may proudly claim as its own, three of the school's four cheerleaders. The girls have been faithful and efficient in this capacity. Some of the junior responsibilities for this year have been keeping: part of their number on the honor roll, and the rest out of mischief, publishing the monthly school paper, the Philo- Doris Bielema, and Glenn Roecker. Third Row: George Stimeliug, Robert Reinken, John Hom- er, Bill Diggs, Miles Hauter, Gene Witzlg, and Eugene Huette. 1 l o Page 24

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THECAULD SENICB WILL We, the class of 1946, having ac- complished as much as possible f?J, during our four years of high school, proclaim this our last will and testa- ment, and do hereby bequeath our outstanding characteristics to our col- leagues. To our Alma Mater, we will a com- pletely new set of students that will get to their classes on time, To Sam Huette, our janitor, we will a group of students that will not miss the waste basket and mark the walls, To Mr. Hatcher, we will a set of trousers without pockets so that he will not attract so much attention jingling his money. To our advisor, Miss Smith, we will a nice, padded cell in some mad-house. She has often been hear to long for one, To Mr. Zwanzig, also our advisor, we will another refrigerator to re- place the hole in the wall where he keeps his strong cheese, To Mr. Gould, we will a portable cot so that he may sleep more comfort- ably in assemblies, To Mr. Black, we will a booklet on safe driving instructions, To Miss Brown, we will a wedding, with all the trimmings, to Bob , To Miss Jones, we will a volume of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Macbeth, and a pair of shoes with lead soles, so the March winds won't blow her away, To Miss Neeley, we will a Home Ec. class consisting of boys only-just to vary the monotony, To Miss Jewell, we will the ability to use her voice more frequently, To Miss Knussman, we will a biol- ogy class that does not care for eat- RON1946 ing potato chips and drinking soda POP? To Miss Melvin, we will a sound- proof typing room C George S. is therel, To the student teachers, we will success in their future positions as Home Economics teachers, To the juniors, we will our top row of bleacher seats and our drag f?J with the faculty, To the sophomores, we will our scholastic ability Cequipped with this, what more can they need ?l, To the freshmen, we will the ambi- tion to surpass the achievements of our class. We, as individual members of the '46 class, make the following be- quests: Lanora Ackerman wills her ability to catch every boy she meets to Elea- nor Getz, Ruth Belsley wills her husky voice to Laurel Rich, Dolores Beyer wills her secretarial position for the Student Council to Peggy Davis, Ann Brandt wills her dancing feet to Rose Buswink, Julie Bringard wills her earrings to Phyllis Curry, Elmer Crager wills his Model T and his drums to Bob Schieber, William Dallinger wills himself to any good-looking babe interested, v Doris Dausmann wills her A's in English to Harold Yordy,l Virginia Getz and Bill Sanders will their ability to get along with each other to Doris Bielema and Fritz Rapp: Howard Goodyear wills his roman- tic tastes to Glenn Roecker, Continued on Page 99 Page 23 0

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THECAULDRON1946 You are wise, Reverend Junior, The Freshman said Your speech is more learned than ever. And yet you're incessantly turning your head- Do you think, at your age, it is clever? ln my youth, haughty Junior Replied to the child, ... I looked straight ahead without blinking. But now that my brain has grown heavy and riled, H I find it an aid to my thinking. sopherg the annual class playg and the Junior-.Senior Banquet and Prom. There was also a social hour of a dif- ferent type, with a variety of acts! Losses incurred during the year were: Neil Lang, who enlisted in the Army Air Corps, John Homer, Sadie Hunziker, who moved to Washington, and Marian Holmes, who returned to her home in Oak Park at the close of the first semester. Under its capable advisors, Miss First Row, left to right: Imogene Keidel, Eleanor Getz, Marian Holmes, Vilas Birkey Velma Schrock Mr. Black Reva Madacey, June Grimm, Virginia Thompsdn and Sadioi Hunziker. Second Row: Manuel Hohstadt, Herbert Roth, Jean Wil- ggi? f Z il fi Q Q lv 4 i 5 55:-4 'Q x ! iE'E wa ff' IE it 'ri Xl 11 ' Jewell and Mr. Black, the projects of the class have been successfully car- ried out, and a contribution has been made to the improvements which are becoming more apparent in our school. It is with regret that the class leaves the gay and carefree existence of juniors to take up the burden of being seniors. However, there are new fields to enter, and new tasks to per- form, which hold a promise of fresh interests and achievements for anoth- er year. son, Wilma Zimmerman, Marie Ellen Strunk, Roy Fort, Robert Smith, Don Kaufman, and Gordon Seibold. Third Row: William Dausmann, James Anderson, Harold Yordy, Alvin Schwarzeutraub, Neil Lang, Clifford Kauf- man, Robert Schieber, Frederick Rapp, and Ray Fort. Page 25