Soldan Blewett High School - Reflector Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 96 of the 1953 volume:

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KW,a,,'. ,.L. rf 1 E . - K n i'U ' X' -. 4 .' 'L Akggy. .W,.,,., . N . . '.4. . .g ff 14,.,,... -WW -Q V , ,,,,m..M-W TIIE REFLECTUR Published by the Students of SOLDAN-BLEWETT HIGH SCHOOL St. Louis, Missouri 1953 Three IIEDIUAT Four ITH the highest admiration for his leader- ship and friendship, We dedicate this issue of the REFLECTOR to Ben H. Barr, prin- cipal of our beloved alma-mater, Soldan- Blewett. He has rendered invaluable service to us and to countless others who have previously attended this school. His administrative qualities, sense of humor, and ability to get along with teachers and students alike is greatly appreciated by all of us. Under his leadership two fine schools were merged into one great one, Soldan- Blewett. The greatness oi our school and the men and women it has produced make it the great tradition, to strive for and to achieve. Towards this end, Mr. Barr has worked unceasingly dur- ing the many years he has been associated with our school. Thus, it is fitting that We dedicate this yearbook to our respected and revered principal, Mr. Barr. Five F011 Wllltll Six The last few months have been busy ones for the REFLECTOR staff. We have been preparing many articles and pictures and organizing them into an interesting and informative yearbook ready for publi- cation. We think that the articles, pictures, and other features in this edition will call to mind in later years the many cherished memories of the school year 19524- 1953 at Soldan-Blewett. C0 TET enioro lanuary Officers anol Sponsors lanuary Seniors lune Officers and Sponsors lune anol August Seniors .f42cfiuifie5 Service Organizations Publications Social Organizations Musical Organizations Sa o r fa Football Basketball Baseball Track Minor Sports .fdclminidfra fion Egh ZZMJJ ZZ, PRINCIPAL gfallble W 3406011 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL minidfrafion M1 IQ 4,z:.,e, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL N F CLCM, ADMINISTRATION Ben H. Barr, Principal W. R. Layer, Assistant Principal COUNSELORS Blanche G. Higgins Allie N. Rasmusson ENGLISH Ten Ruth Beck Emma Coultas Mathilde Creimeyer A. I. Gummersheimer Marguerite Mott Imelda Carmody Iules Biegelsen Lois Bogle Adolph V. Baluka Louis A. Bell Louis Deall Beulah H. Chambers Otis W. Eaton Thomas I. Allen Lawrence I. Mantese Marie A. Ernst Helen Constance Koch Gertrude Lucas HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Grace Mulholland MATHEMATICS Hazel L. Forsythe Saidee E. Nelson FOREIGN LANGUAGES Guy C. Forsrnan Madeleine R. Rothman ART SCIENCE Henry I. Free Alvina R. Gumbrill HOUSEHOLD ARTS Margaret Kirkpatrick INDUSTRIAL ARTS COMMERCIAL Louise W. Brown C. D. Frankenberger DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION Sadie F. McCoy DRIVER EDUCATION Harry R. White MUSIC Claude N. Skelton, Assistant Principal Katherine P. Chambers Elizabeth K. Maus Lillian I. Randall Myrtle Smith Dorothy I. Pauls Helen T. Rowan Martin C. Wilson Frederick S. Spurr Ralph C. Willhauk Philip A. Gronemeyer Ralph A. Lenig Ioseph Walka Amy Dail Nunn Fred C. McEachron Florence McDermott Adele Thym Anthony F, DeFilio lean A. Mueller Lloyd L. Heid, M.D. Dorothy Caplan Raymond L. Griesbach, Head Custodian Iohn M. Casey Iames Fairbairn Ethel M. Leahy Iohn G. Conlon Herman Cislaghi 'Leu fy PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH A. H. Plag Eugene Seitz Charlotte Roos Evelyn F. Ulery LIBRARIAN Louise Boerjesson BOOKS AND SUPPLIES Tipton A. Crockett HYGIENE Lonnie M. Laird OFFICE ASSISTANTS Bessie M. Carney Mary Ann Zinis LUNCH ROOM Doris M. Layman CUSTODIANS Iacob Kinkaid Charles McDowell Ioseph E. Murray MATRONS ENGINEERS FIREMEN William I. Kurtz Albert Sheehan Ioseph L. Stone Richard Sullivan Rudolph Young Dorothy Wessel Iohn I. Bortkiewicz Oscar Miner 0 an' ellie 0 eff, u 5' L! f ff fl. ' Cf A OFFICERS President . . .. .... . Mrs, Oliver L. Dyer Hospitality Chairman .Mrs. L. A. Zimmermann lst Vice-President. ..... ,... . ..Mrs. Carter Lewis Program Chairman. . . . .. .... ..Mrs. Berney Harris 2nd Vice-President. .. .... . . .Mrs. A. Rothman Ways and Means Chairman Mrs. Hazel Wilson Recording Secretary ...,. .. . Mrs. Wm, Iones Advisory Committee . .. Mrs. Clyde Sells Corresponding Secretary ,.,. .. . .,..,. .... M rs, D. R. Bain Advisory Committee Co-Chairman... .Mrs. lack Fainticli Treasurer ..........,,........................ ......... M rs. W. Hartzog Q s o 550ClClffl0l'l OFFICERS Presldent .. .... . .... .I. Harry Pohlman Corresponding Secretary .. ...Mrs. M. Bell lst Vice-President Milton Schliesser Treasurer... . . . . Edward Brauch Znd Vice-President.. . ...Hugh S. Wilson Sergeant-at-Arms. .... . . ...Iack Rubin Recording Secretary. . . .. . .Mrs. D. R. Bain Eleven Twelve Illll As the Seniors step forth into the World and take on responsibility and face the realities of life, they look back upon their years in high school as the happiest years of their lives. They remember the eagerness they felt as they Watched the many classes before them and how proud they felt when finally they were enjoying their last year at school. Some of them are now ready to go on with their educa- tion in college, others have decided to meet the busi- ness World and its challenges. Whichever it be - Good luck to the new alumni of Soldan-Blewett. Q 12? wwf xi. 'Z x Qi K , Q I' 5. . 31335: mm ff 4 . E., Y M f Q K ,J is A Q 5' K .U ,. finf' 9 Q 5 5 pigs 5-RX? A QM ,f X. 41 f-- 1 I 'Q .. . XRQ K fix fm. -Q.. sf swf -QA F K QQ Q 9 B ' 5 64155 anllel' This class goes forth with open mind and heart To seek a place where each may do his part, To work and strive and ultimately gain The pillar of success, that is our aim. With integrity of character to guide our way We can attain our high ideals and never go astray, We now go out into the world with faith and trust, And know that we will Win and honor what is just. Our success and happiness are yet a distant goal. We must make the world a better place, strong in mind and soul, Fourteen llnuafy I 3 Guided by Truth, Honor, Freedom, Courtesy, We shall do our best, And have faith in God to help us guard our efforts in this quest. A desire and inspiration, a need for work and pleasure, On this foundation our thoughts are moulded, our plans in every measure, In our pilgrimage along lite's path, may all our deeds profess, Integrity of Character, the Pillar of Success. .ITV-. r...,vU.., . Uf icero Stanford Iarnes Zerrnan Senior Class President B Basketball '50-'Sly Varsity Basketball '51-'53g Choir '52 and '53. ' Nancy C. Elbaum Senior Class Secretary Editor of Spotlight '52p Proiectionist Service '50-'52p Student Council 'Sly Choir '52p Dra- matic Guild '49-'5l. Robert Arthur Mercer Senior Class Treasurer Swimming Team '49-'52g Magic Club '52g Choir '50-'52. Lillie Margaret Payeur Senior Class Vice-President Senior Chaminade '49g Choir '50-'52g G.A.A. '49-'52g Dramatic Guild '50-'5lg Agora '50-'51g Pep Club '49 and 'S2. Zerman Miss Smith Elbaum Mercer Mr. Eaton Payeur POIEJOIU Miss Myrtle .Smith Mr. Otis W. Eaton r t Fifteen Diploma Happy Melroy Santord Auslander Dramatic Guild '49, Class Day Committeeg Band '49- '5lg Spotlight '52. Nathan Barg Social Committee, Dramatic Guild '49-'5O. Charlotte Ann Bass G.A,A. '49. Iames Gordan Becker Baseball '5lg Golf '52, Basketball '5l-'52. Lois Adene Brasch GAA. '49-'51, Dramatic Guild '50-'51, Agora '50, French Club '5l-'52, lrvin Zalmanoft Bremler enior Cfarki Samuel C. Burton Track 'SO-'52g Letter '51-'52, Football '49-'52, Letter '5l-'52g Student Council '52, Social Committee. William G. Burton Agora '49-'5Up Gym Club '51-'52, Gym Team '52, Letter '52. Theodore G. Carr B Fogfbqii '49, Baseball Manager '51, Track '50, Agskmdef Burg Bass ecker Brasch Bremler Social Committee. Burton, S. Burton, W. Carr Sixteen Luis Cei udo-Alva Gym Clubg Gym Team 'SU-'52g Letter '51-'52g Base- ball '50-'5lg Letter '5lg Service Club 'SU-'52g Ice Skating Club '51-'52g Color Committeeg Football '52g Letter Men's Club '52. Charlotte Class Senior Chamiriade '49-'52g Choir '52g Shreds and Patches 'Sly Pep Club '50g Social Committee. Ierome Dubin Service Club '50-'53g Social Committeeg Cards and Announcements Committee. Edward U. Duke Football '49-'52g Letter '50-'52g Baseball '50-'52g Letter '51-'52g Basketball '50-'5lg Sports Editor Spotlight '52g Banquet Committee. Richard Fagin Band '49-'5lg Orchestra '50g Agora '52-'53g Distribu- tive Education '52-'53g Cards and Announcements Committee. Barbara B. Farber Pep Club '49g G.A.A. '49g Art Club '50g Poster Com- mitteeg Alternate Cheerleader. I Cejudo-Alva Class Dubin dlluafy 1 Nadine Lee Feldberg Pep Club '49g Service Club '49-'52g Distributive Edu- cation '52p Vocal Ensemble '5Og Cards and Announce- ments Committee. Richard A. Fisher Swimming Team '49-'52g Golf Team '51-'52g Dramatic Guild '49-'52g Reflector Stall '52g Science Fair '49-'52, Elizabeth Ioanne Fletcher Cheerleader '51-'52g Ice Skating Club '51-'53g Choir 'Sl-'53g Pep Club '50-'53g Banner Committee. Richard A. Fogelman Motto Committee. Arthur Friedman Football '49-'52g Track '50g Banquet Committeeg Glee Club '50-'5l. Harvey Stanford Gerstein Dramatic Guild '51-'52g Projectionist Service '50-'52g Student Council 'Sly Missouri Boys' State '52g Reflector Staff '51-'52. Duke Fagin Farber Feldberg Fisher Fletcher Fogelman Friedman Gerstein Seventeen The Gal of Gaucho A. Ward Gillespie Iunior Chorus '49g Boys' Glee '49g Choir '50-'5lg Motto Committee. Walter Glaenzer Vocal Ensemble '49-'50g Banquet Committee. lane Marie Glover G.A,A. '50g Vocal Ensemble '50-'53g Student Council '52-'53g Pep Club '51-'52g Banquet Committee. Shirley Lee Glover G.A,A. 'Sly Vocal Ensemble '5l-'52g Iunior Chorus '49g Agora '5Og Pep Club '51-'52g Cards and Announce- ments Committee. Harvey Lee Goldenberg Vocal Ensemble '5Og Boys' Glee '50-'53g Distributive Education Clubg Cards and Announcements Committee. Philip L. Goodwilling Motto Committee. Eighteen enior Cfarid Andrew lay Greenhut French Club '49g Banner Committee. Alan Lee Grimsky Band '49-'52g Service Club '5l-'52g Cards and An- nouncements Committeeg Ha Ivria '5l. lanet Gutgesell Dramatic Guild '49-'53g Iunior Chorus '49g Vocal En- semble '5lg Pep Club '5lg Class Day Committee. Gillespie Glaenzer Glover, I. Glover, S. Goldenberg Goodwilling Greenhut Grimsky Gutgesell Phillip Handelman Vocal Ensemble '49-'53g Poster Committee. William Don Hayes Magic Club '52, Carol Ellen Heins Choir '50-'52g Art Club '52-'53. Harold Sidney Hirsch Service Club '50-'53. Elaine lacquelyn Holtzman Pep Club '49-'50p Distributive Education '52g Senior Chaminade '50-'5lg Iunior Chaminade '51 '52g Color Committee. Iudith Esther Hyngstrom Senior Chaminade '50-'52g Pep Club '50-'52 French Club '49-'5Ug G.A.A. '5lg Social Committee Hcmdelman Hayes Heins I anuafy I Ioseph Dean Kemp Baseball '5Ug Letter 'Sly Swimming '49g Class Day Committeeg Cards and Announcements Committee. Bernard Martin Kessler Motto Committeeg Service Club '50-'53. William Alterd Key Color Committee. Ermalynn Kirk Student Council '51-'53g Executive Board '52- '53g GAA. '49-'53g Pep Club '49-'53g Ice Skating '52-'53g Dramatic Guild '49-'53g President '53. Service Club '52-'53. lerry Martin Kravitz B Football Manager '49, B Basketball Man- ager '49-'5Ug Poster Committee. Hanford Loy Krummenacher Football '52g Banquet Committee. Hirsch Holtzman Hyngstrom Kemp Kessler Key Kirk Kravitz Krurnmenacher Nineteen Bigger than Bows of us X Rochelle Land Senior Chaminadeg Poster Committee. Diane Lazerwitz News Editor Spotlight g Committeeg G.A.A. '49. Senior Reporterg Motto Adele Maxine Linder Agora '49g Senior Chaminade '49-'5Og GAA, '49-'SUQ Service Club '49-'52g Banquet Committee. Harry N. Markley, lr. Student Council '52-'53g Treasurer '52g Social Committee. lean Carol Martin GAA. '49g Pep Club '49g Iunior Chorus '49g Banquet Committee. lean Elizabeth Menke GAA. '49 and '5Zg Choir '50-'52g Hockey Club '52g Pep Club '52g Banquet Committee. Twenty enior Cfazia Karli Maxine Miller Iunior Chorus '5Ug Iunior Chaminade '52g Banquet Committee '52-'53. Roberta Minkes Dramatic Guild '49g Iunior Chorus '49g Iunior Cham- inade, '49-'5lg Senior Typist. William D. F. Monaghan Football '49-'52g Letter '51-'52g Track '49-'52g Banner Committeeg Second Place in Latham Foundation Inter- national Poster Contestg Scholastic Awards. Land Lazerwitz Linder Markley Martin Menke Miller Minkes Monaghan anuafy 1 Marjorie Marilyn Mutchler Roberta Marilyn Roberts Banquet Committee. G.A.A. '49-'52g Officials Club '51-'52g Class Day Showg Service Club '52, Patricia Ann Nicholas Barbara Mae Rosa Cheerleader '51-'52p Student Council 'Sl-'52g Ice G.A.A. '49p Distributive Education Club '5l'52g Skating Club '52g Pep Club '51-'52g Banner Banner Committeeg Red Cross '5l. Committee. Fay Ann Rosen Senior Chaminade '50-'53p Operetta Shreds Robert E. Patten and Patches '5lg Color Committeeg Banquet Color Committee- Committee: G.A.A. '49. . ' R Bernard pessm Iacqueline Ioan osen , , , , Art Club '49-'50g Student Council '52g Red Ccgynlttclub 49-517 Gahleo Chapter 507 Poster Cross '5lg Distributive Education Club '52g Ban- omml ee' ner Committee '52. Stanford Rich Philip Rosenblum Boys' Glee '49-'Sly Choir '5Zg Gym Club '51- '52p Cards and Announcements Committee. Vocal Ensemble '49g Boys' Glee Club '50g Stu- dent Council '52g Class Day Show Committee. Gary Neil Rosenthal ShiI'19Y Carole RObbi1'1-S Vocal Ensembleg Class Day Show Committee. Mutchler Nicholas Patten Pessin Rich Robbins Roberts Rosa Rosen, F. Rosen, I. Rosenblum Rosenthal Twenty-one l Halloween Cut-ups Kenneth Ioel Rothman Class Day Committeeg Swimming Team '50-'Slg Band '49-'Sly Tennis Team '52. Marlene Rubanowitz Dramatic Guild '49-'51, Service Club '49-'51, Pep Club '49, Class Day Show Committee. Robert Leo Ruesing Gymnastics '50-'52g Letter '50-'52, Boys' Glee '52, Vocal Ensemble '52, Class Day Show Committee. Aleene Kay Schneider G.A.A. '49-'53, Letters and Pin, Reflector Statfg Serv- ice Club '50-'52, Sophomore Pilgrimage '50, Motto Committee, Allan Eugene Schwartz Gym Club '49-'51, Choir '52, Operetta Shreds and Patches '49, Spring Festival '51, lce Skating Club '5l-'52, Class Day Committee. Sanford Ierry Schwartz Craft Club '49-'5Ug Art Club 'SU-'5l, Banner Committee. Twenty-two enior Kfadd Sylvia Schwartz Pep Club '49g G.A.A, '49, Class Day Committee. Allen H. Schwartzburt Orchestra '49g Service Club '49-'51, Motto Committee. lerold Monroe Suffian Track '50, Baseball '51, Iunior Chorus '49g Vocal En- semble '50g Social Committee. Rothman Rubanowitz Ruesing Schneider Schwartz, A. Schwartz, S Schwartz, S. Schwartzburt Suftian W C 'C 'C' -f -- Ianet Ruth Summers Student Council '50g Dramatic Guild '50-'52p Lead in Cyrano De Bergerac '5lg Choir '52-'53g Class Day Show Committeeg French Club '5l. Harvey Tash Social Committeeg Boys' Glee '50-'5lg Choir '5l. Doris Carol Tobolowsky Dramatic Guild '49-'5lg Service Club '50-'52g Distrib- utive Education Club '52g Cards and Announcements Committee. Gloria Pearl Wallace French Club '49-'50g Senior Chaminade '49-'5lg A Cappella Choir '51-'52p Spring Festivalg Class Day Show Committee. Alvin Weinman C Vocal Ensemble '49-'5Og Color Committee: Baseball '51-'52. Summers Tash Tobolowsky cw, Y , .,K,,,:,. , anuary I Eleanor C. Weiss Dramatic Guild '49-'5Og Bowling Club '5lg Iunior Chaminade '50p Pep Club '49g Cards and Announce- ments Committee. Margaret M. Windsor Senior Chaminade '50p Choir '51-'53g Bowling Club '51-'52p Poster Committee. Iune Edith Wolff Radio Production '5l-'52g Agora '52g Social Commit- teep Class Day Show Committee. Ioan Carole Zeller G.A.A. '49-'5lg Pep Club '51-'52g Skating Club '52p Banner Committee. Wallace Weinman Weiss Windsor Wolff Zeller Twenty-three enior Cfariri une 1953 K aaa anner - une 1953 We are the youth-the hope of our country and the world. But, what is this hope? What are we to do To justify the faith And fulfill the hope? We have been taught The many subjects in the curriculum of youth. We have received the knowledge and absorbed it, We have delved into the wonders, The wisdom, the sciences, and the culture of the ages. All has been given to us And given freely. We have learned to love freedom, our fellow man, the Arts, sciences, and history. We have learned to learn. And in attaining this, Have entered the portals of wisdom. Twenty-four What shall be do with our knowledge? Shall we keep it to ourselves and say, We have learned all? Shall we remain in our towers of ivory- Smug and self-satisfied? No! This we shall not do. We have not been made into monuments of knowledge That are to become engulfed in selfish minds, For this wisdom must be used for the benefit of all mankind. We must come forth with utmost effort, To bring to all brotherly love, The joy of happiness in freedom, Of freedom in life, Of freedom everlasting, Thus, Youth of today, shall be the Guardian of peace -W,-J -,qP,,y.Y, - Uf icerri une 1953 Iohn William Holt, Ir. Senior Class President Football '51-'52, Letterp Golf '52-'53, Letterp Lettermans Club: Service Clubp Choirg Track. Nancy Beatrice Harris Senior Class Secretary G.A.A. '50-'53, President '52-'53g Bowling Club '50-'53p Student Council '51-'52p Execu- tive Board '52p Pep Club '51-'53, President '52g Football Homecoming Special Maid '52p Banner Committee. Robert Schliesser Senior Class Treasurer Student Council '52, President '52g Gym Club '52g Reflector Staff '52-'53g Missouri Boys' State '52. Betty Iean Duncan Senior Class Vice-President GJ-LA. '497'52g Homecoming Queen '52g Pep Club 'Sly Ice Skating Club '5Op Tennis '52-'53. Holt Miss Smith Harris Schliesser Mr. Eaton Duncan 1 P0n'50l'5 Miss Myrtle .Smith Mr. Otis W. Eaton Twenty-live Pin-up Girls Frank loseph Adams Cards and Announcements Committeeg Senior Band '49-'53g French Club '5l-'52g Service Club '52-'53g Dis- tributive Education Club '52-'53g Band Treasurer. Warren H. Altman Social Committeeg Spotlight '52-'53g News Editor '53g Service Club '5U. Marvin Sidney Andrew Lettermen's Club '52-'53g Secretary ot Clubp Basket- ball '5l-'53g Captain '53, Letter '52-'53g Football '50-'5lp Service Club '51-'52g Student Council '52. Richard Lawrence Arsht Service Club '50-'Sly Vocal Ensemble '50-'5lg Shreds and Patches '50g Track '50-'52. William Ashley Clanuary l954l Sanford Astor Tennis-3 Lettersg Agorag Social Committee. Twenty-six enior Cfadd Barbara Louise Bach Color Committeeg Senior Chaminade '51-'5Zg Choir '52-'53g Tutoring Club '51-'53p Sgiotlight '52-'53. Richard Wynn Baizer N.C.C.I. Steering Committee '53g Dramatic Guild '49-'53g Service Club '49-'53g Projectionist Service '5l- '53g A Basketball '52g B Basketball '5l. Daisy Rose Lee Bank G.A.A. '5Ug Vocal Ensemble '5O. Adams Altman Andrew Arsht Ashley Astor Bach Baizer Bank une 1953 Edward S. Berkow Iim Bothe Robert Ioseph Brewer Band '49-'5O. Frank lay Bermack Student Council '53. Barbara Anne Browne Irvlng Chlom Bernhcudt Co-Chairman Social Committeeg Banner Committeeg Agora '50g Radio Production '53. Student Council '51-'53g Secretary '52g Executive Board '52-'53g G.A.A. '50-'53p Service Club '50-'53. Mary Marie Iosephine Berryhill Carolyn Moo Bruno Distributive Education Clubg Service Clubg Cards rumor Red Crosg '5U-'51: junior Chominode '51-'53: Und Announcements Committee- Distributive Education Club '52-'53g Shreds and Patches. Helen Elayne Bidnick Vocal Ensemble '49-'50. Sibyl Anne Cain Poster Comrnitteeg G.A.A. '49-'53g Large Letter '53g Bowling '51-'53g Treasurer '53g Shreds and Patches Frances Barbara Bixhorn '50' Band '49-'53g Pep Club '51-'53g Agora '5Zg 'Skating Club '52-'53g National Poetry AntholOgYi Class Day William Canada Show Committee. CWithdrawnl Berkow Bermack Bernhardt Berryhill Bidnick Bixliorn Bothe Brewer Browne Bruno Cain Canada Twenty-seven TS. The ldes of March Marvin Stanford Chait Service Club '50-'5lg B Football '5Ug B Basketball '5Ug Baseball '5lg United Nations Day Program '52g Banner Committee. Martha Lorene Clewis G.A.A. '49g Candidate for Queen '52g Senior Cham- inade '52g Student Councilg Cards and Announcements Committee. Rosalie Cohen Service Club '50-'52g Iunior Red Cross '5Ug Distrib- utive Education Club '52-'53g Presidentg Student Coun- cil '52-'53. Samuel Edward Colburn Track '51-'53g Letter, Boys' Glee '51-'52g Choir '53g Student Council '52p l..ettermen's Club '52-'53g Constitu- tion Committee. Shirley Mae Cook Senior Chaminade '51-'53, Letterg French Club '52p Student Registrar 'Sl-'53g Cards and Announcements Committee. lanice Dorothy Cooper Cheerleader '50-'53, Captain, Letterg Choir '53g Stu- dent Council '5l-'53g Corresponding Secretaryg Pep Club '50-'53p Reflector Staff '53. Twenty-eight enior Cfariri loan Carole Cullom Vocal Ensemble '5Ug Senior Chaminade '52. Shirley Dalyrimple tWithdrawnl Marjorie Davis GAA. '50-'53g Service Club '50-'53g Senior Chamin- ade '50-'52g Choir '53g Agora '50-'Sly Student Council '53. Chait Clewis Cohen Colburn Cook Cooper Cullorn Dalyrimple Davis lohn Edward Downing Galileo '49-'50, Service Club '52-'53, Co-Chairman Color Committee. Marcella Loretta Downs Senior Chaminade '52, Color Committee. Alan Harvey Edelman Art Appreciation Club '52-'53, Reflector Staff '53, Ice Skating Club '53g Co-Chairman oi Banner Committee. Anna Lee Feder Art Appreciation Club '53, Vice-President '52, Pres- ident '52, Secretary Treasurer '53g Time Magazine Current Events Bronze Medal, Senior Band '52-'53, Service Club '52-'53, Co-Chairman of Banner Committee. Miriam S. Feldman Color Committee. lean Frederick Spotlight-Co-Editor '53g Ice Skating Club '52g Re- flector '53g Registrar '50-'53g G.A.A. '50-'53, Downing Downs Edelman une 1953 Charles Stuart Eurfine Agora '50-'5lg Registrar '51-'52, lce Skating Club '52, Co-Chairman oi Cards and Announcements Commit- teeg Reflector Photographer '53, Student Council '5l. Patricia Marie Gail Iudith R. Gellman Dramatic Guild '50-'53g Student Council '52-'53g K.S.L,H. Radio '52-'53g Iunior Town Meeting '52, Service Club '50-'5l. M. Barbara Goldberg Student Council '52-'53g Choir '51-'53 CLetterD, Dra- matic Guild '50-'52g Shreds and Patches '50, Cyrano De Bergerac '52. Sharon loy Goldberg Vocal Ensemble '49-'50, Color Committeeg Senior Chaminade '51-'53. Ruth Goldstein Iunior Chorus '49, Service Club '50-'51, Distributive Education '52-'53, Iunior Chaminade. Feder Feldman Frederick Furfine Gail Gellman Goldberg, M. Goldberg, S. Goldstein Twenty-nine enior arid Ted Hattori Dramatic Guild '5Ug Motto Committeeg Class Day Show Committee. Viola Lucille Hicks Constance Mae Hills G.A.A. '50-'53g Music Festival '52g Senior Chaminade .... '5l-'53g Service Club '52-'53. A Good Trimming ferry Ronald Goodman Varsity Footballg Lettermen's Club. Celeste Gordon GAA. '49-'53g Service Club 'Sl-'53g National Con- ference of Christians and Iews '5l-'53g United Nations Day Program 'Sl and '53g Reflector Staff '53. Richard Ioseph Graft Senior Band '49-'53g Cards and Announcements Committee. Myra Ann Greenspan Pep Club '49. Barbara Ann Greenwood Service Club. Ellen Minna Gutman Projectionist Club '50-'53g Service Clulo 'SU-'53g Stu- Cgggilspixnn Grigfgsgod Giaqgn dent Council '52g G.A.A. '49g Motto Committee. Hattori Hicks Hills Thirty Melvin Hitt Tutoring Club. Mary Frances Hobie Service Club '5l-'53g Senior Band 'Sl-'52g Pep Club '52-'53g G.A.A. '52-'53g Social Committee. Patricia Ioan Huffman Service Club '49-'53g G.A.A. '49g Vocal Ensemble '49- '5Ug Motto Committee-5 Co-Chairman of Poster Com- mitteep Banner Committee. Edward Fabio lndelicato Gym Team '49-'53g Letter '50-'53g Student Council '52-'53g Lettermen's Club '52-'53g Track Team '5lg Co- Chairman of Social Committee. Herbert Marshall lnglove Gym Club 5l-X535 Letter '52g Projectionist Service '51- '53g Dramatic Guild '53g Lettermen's Club '52-'53. Sharon Lynn lsselhardt G.A.A. '50g Agora '52g Service Club '5l-'53g Spotlight Staff '52-'53g Feature Editor '53. Hitt Hobie Huffman une I Richard L. ladwin Football '51-'53g Lettermen's Club '52-'53g Baseball '52-'53. Antonio Iames Swimming Team '49g Baseball '49-'53g Football '50- '52g Letter '51-'52, Thomas Lee Tones Gym Team '49-'53g Gym Club '49-'53g Choir '52-'53p Lettermen's Clubg Social Committee. Gloria Sally Karfeld Senior Band '49-'53g Ha Ivria '53g Art Club '53g Bowl- ing Club '52-'53g Service Club '53, Dolores Elaine Kassofl Ice Skating Club '52-'53g Art Appreciation '52g Iun- ior Chaminade 'Sl-'SZ Senior Chaminade '53, Service Club '52-'53. David L. Katz lndelicato lnglove Isselhardt Iadwin Iames Iones Karteld Kassotl Katz Thirty-one l l Corridor Cardinals Marjory Lee Katz Co-Editor of Spotlight '53g Ha Ivria '52-'53, President '53g French Club '50-'52g Thirteen '53p Class Day Show Committee. William Katz Tutoring Club '5lg Treasurer of Distributive Educa- tion '53g Color Committee. Norman H. Keller, lr. Track '52-'53g Basketball '52-'53g Lettermen's Club '52-'53g Baseball '52, G. Sandra Kidder GAA. '49-'SOQ Pep Club '49-'5lg Agora '50-'5l. Nedra L. Kolchinsky G.A.A. '5Ug Vocal Ensemble '52g Iunior Chaminade 53. lerry Alan Korn enior 66465 Barbara Kreisman Pep Club '49-'5Og Bowling Club '52g United Nations Program '5Og Motto Committee. Marcia Eileen Kress lunior Chorus '5Ug lunior Chaminade '5Og Senior Chcrminade '5lg United Nations Show '50g Distributive Education Club '52. Mary Carol Krueger Choir '52-'53g G.A.A. '51-'53g Service Club '52g Of- ficials Club '51-'52g Social Committee. d -1 '52 p ' I Katz, M. Katz, W. Keller Ir Stu ent Counci , oster Committee Kidder Kolchinsky Korn Kreisman Kress Krueger Thirty-two William Thomas Lackey HI Football '52g Gym Team 'Sl-'5Zg Band '49-505 Swim- ming '5l. lanet Phyllis Laslcy Motto Committeeg Alternate- Iunior Town Meeting '52g Service Club '50-'53g G.A.A. '49-'505 Agora '49-'5lg Registration Committee '49-'53, Robert Paul Lees Chairman Motto Committeeg Science Fair 'Slg Gali- leo Chapter '49-'5Ug Radio Production '53g Senior Ad- visory '53. Roberta- Levin H Motto Comrnitteeg Vocal Ensemble Vice-President 'Sl Letterg lunior Chaminade '5l-'S2g Senior Chaminade '53g Service Club '53g Student Council Alternate '52 David Lee Londe ' Class Day Show Cornmitteeg Gym Team '49-'53g Co- Captain '53g Letter '50-'53g Student Council '53, '52g Lettermen's Club '52-'53, Treasurer '53, Reflector Staff '52-'53g Sports Editor. Darrell Long CWithdraWnl Lackey, Ill Lasky Lees uw 1953 .e Rosa Carolyn McBride Agora '53. Saundra Sue McClintock Co-Chairman ol Poster Committeep Banner Com- mitteeg Art Club '5l-'52g Shreds and Patches '5Ug Vocal Ensemble '50. . ' Kathleen Ann McDermott Spotlight '53g French AClub '51-'53g Dramatic Guild '50-'53g Cyrano De Bergerac '5lg Service Club '52-'53g Senior Band '5l-'53. Alice Lucille McGhee Cards and Announcements Committee-5 lunior Chorus '49g Vocal Ensemble '50p Service Club 'Sl. Gerald Richard Maginn Swimming Team '50-'5l. Carl Louis Mariz Class Day Show Committeeg Science Club '5Ug Stu- dent Council '53g Tutoring Club '50-'5l. Levin Londe Long McBride McClintock McDermott McGhee Maginn Mariz Thirty-three Senior Enthusiasm Hans Mayer Agora '5Ug Motto Committee. Adele Miller Ianet Rae Mary Millerbaugh tAugust '53D Bowling Club '51-'535 G.A.A. '49-'53g Pep Club '49g Ice Skating '51-'53g Band '49-'53. Betsy Louise Moore Vocal Ensembleg Iunior Chaminadeg Bowling Clubg Skating Clubg G.A.A. Bonnie Anne Morgan G.A.A. '49-'53g Large Letterg Ping Pep Club '50-'53p Vice-President '53g Bowling Club '50-'53g Student Coun- cil '50-'5lg Co-Chairman ol Color Committee. Deborah Moss G.A.A. '5Ug French '5l-'52g Service Club '52-'53g Choir Accompanist '50-'53g Bowling Club '52g Social Committee. Thirty-four enior Cfadd Robert Lee Mullen Football '52 Letterg Swimming '52, Letter '52g Captain '52g Track 'Sl-'53g Lettermen's Club '52-'53g Student Council '53. Margaret Virginia Nichols Ice Skating Club '52-'53g Tennis Club '52g Poster Committee. Victoria Lee Novack Mayer Miller Millerbaugh Moore Moracrn Moss Mullen Nichols Novack Maryanna Parato Darwin Lee Portman Inter-Group Youth Conference, '53g Motto Committee '53. Elaine Lois Portnoy Student Council Representative '53g Service Club Club '50-51g Distributive Education Club '52-'53p Shreds and Patches '5Ug Iunior Red Cross '5Ug Class Day Show Committee '53. George William Poulos Baseball '5l-'52g Agora '5lg Senior Band '50-'53g Color Committee '53. Irvin Pretsky Gym Club '5l-'52g Band '50-'51-'52-'53g Dance Band '51-'52-'53g Cards and Announcements Committee '53. Miriam N. Prinz Service Club '51-'52-'53g Pep Club '51g Iunior Chorus '50g Poster Committee '53g Banner Committee '53. Parato Portman Portnoy une I 953 Iune E. Quinn Spotlight '52-'53g Color Committee '53. Beverly Ioan Rench Senior Chaminade '51-'52g Iunior Chaminade '50g Pep Club '5lg Shreds cmd Patches '50g Class Day Show Committee '53. Dorla Ann Ripley Service Club '52-'53g Ice Skating Club '52-'53g Bowl- ing Club. Willis Rose tWithdrawnl Phillip G. Rosenblum Iunior Chorus '49g Boys' Glee Club '5Ug A Cappella Choir 'Sip Social Committee '53. Bernard Roth Ha lvria '52-'53g Bowling Club '52-'53. Poulos Pretsky Prinz Quinn Rench Ripley Rose Rosenblum Roth Thirty-tive enior Kfaaa Ianet Carole Schulte Senior Chaminade '50-'52g Pep Club '5lg Shreds and Patches '49g Vocal Ensemble '5Og Class Day Show Committee. Barbara lean Schwartz Vocal Ensemble '49-'53. Arline Sherlin Iunior Chorus '5Ug Vocal Ensemble '5Og Senior Cham- inade '53g Agora '5l. The Artistic Touch Donald Martin Rubin Agora '5lg Glee Club '50-'5lg Ice Skating Club '52- '53g Art Appreciation Club '52-'53g Service Club '50. Patsy Ieanne Rucker A Cappella Choir '50-'53p Senior Chaminade '49-'5Ug G.A.A. '49-'5Og Service Club 'Sl-'53g Shreds and Patch- es '49g Let There Be Music '52. Robert lay Schaap Swimming Team '49-'53, Letter '53, Co-Captain '53g Track Team '51-'53, Letter '5lg Reflector Assistant Editor '53g Lettermen's Club '53g Social Committee. Cheri Ann Schear Choir '50-'53g Shreds and Patchesug Dramatic Guild '50-'53g G.A.A. '5Ui'53, Large Letterg French Club '50- '5l. Stanley L. Schneiderrnan lunior Chorus '5Og Vocal Ensemble '5lg Gym Club '5l- '52g Ha Ivria '53g Motto Committeeg Cards and An- nouncements Committee. Ethel schmier ' f ' - ' . ' ' A R 19' R 14 ' L S'h Vocal Ensemble '49g Shreds and Patches '49g Pep Sclilelgr U Schngiiieegnan Sshrcgggr Club '49-'53g Iunior Chaminade '53. ' Schulte Schwartz Sherlin .Ki Thirty-six I-larry Richard Simon Tennis Teamg Motto Committee. Richard Eugene Slawski Baseball Team '5l. Carmen Rosalie Smith G.A.A. '50. Phyllis Iean Soffer Iunior Chaminade '49g Reflector Staff '52-'53g Regis- trar '52-'53g Student Council '52-'53g Service Club 'Sl- '53 A Sandra Fay Sokol , G.A.A, '52g Agora '52g Service Club '53g Dramatics '52g Poster Committee. - lack Bernard Solomon Choir '51-'53g Gym Club '50-'5lg The l3 Club '53g Boys' Glee Club '5lp Class Day Show Committee. Simon Slawski Smith W 1953 Wayne Gary Spence Gym Club '49g, 'B Football Team '50-'5lg Varsity Football '51g Track 'Sl-'52p Letter '51-'52. Stephen Bruce Spiegelglass Service Club J50-'5lg Social 'Committee Bonnie Iune Stantill G.A.A, '49-'5Up Pep Club '5lf Bowling Club '5lg Serv- ice Club '52-'53g Student Council Alternateg Co-Chair- man ol Class Show Committee. Gerald Francis Staub Student Council '52-'53g Track '52-'52 Letterp Base- ball Team '5l. loseph Chick Stein, Ir. CAugust 19531 Catherine Marie Stoops Pep Club '5lg American Red Cross '5Ug G.A.A. '49- '53g Student Council Alternate '52p Art Club '49g Poster Committee. S offer Sokol Solomon Spence Spiegelglass Stantill Staub Stein Stoops Thirty-seven Sponsors at the Rink Side Barbara Mason Sturgis Cards and Announcements Committee. Carole lean Thomas G.A.A. '50-'53g Dramatic Club '50-'53g Band '50-'53p Choir '53g lce Skating Club '52-'53g Co-Chairman of Cards and Announcements Committee. Delores Mae Travis Vocal Ensemble '52g Choir '53. Dorothy Mae Webb G.A.A. 7195505 Pep Club '49-'50. Harvey Herbert Weiner Service Club '5Ug Agora '5lg Track '51-'Slip Color Committee. lean Carol Wenneker Junior Chorus '49g Iunior Chaminade '5Og Art Club enior C4155 Carolyn Ann Williams Iunior Chaminade '49-152. Senior Chaminade '53g G.A.A. '49. Don Allen Williams Basketball 'Sl-'53, Letter '53p Track '5l-'53, Letter '51- '53, Captain '53g l..ettermen's Club '52-'53g Student Council '52-'53. Paul Willick Spotlight Staff '52-'53g Sports Editor '53g Choir '5l- '53g Boys' Glee Club '50-'5lg Baseball '5lg Class Day Show Committee. S ' Th T President '53g Ha Ivria '5Zg Cards and Announcements Megs Wggllgf Weiiillgier Committee. Williams, C. Williams, D. Willick Thirty-eight Harold Paul Wolff Inter Youth Group, Spotlight '52g Golf '52-'53g Steer- ing Committee, Service Club '50. Leslie E. Wood Basketball '52-'53g Baseball '52. Helen Elizabeth Woods Student Council '52-'53g Pep Club '50-'53g Majorette Squad '52-'53g Ice Skating Club 'Sl-'53g G.A.A. '49-'53, Harold Stanley Zarkowsky Editor of Reflector '53g Projectionist Service '51-'53g Ha Ivria '49-'Sly Sophomore Pilgrimage '5lg Missouri Boys' State '5Zp Agora '49-'5U. Arlene Zigler Service Club '52-'53. Lynne Barbara Zimmerman Senior Chaminade 'SU-'53g Choir '53g Operetta '5U: Concerts '50-'52p Service Club '49-'5l. une I Patricia Ianelle Ball Robert Ioseph Flamer Helen Ioyce Green Patsy Anna Lee Layne Dramatics Clubg Social Committee. Miriam Ella Lipkind Choir '52-'53p G.A.A. '50-'53p Service Club '50-'53g Ha Ivria '52-'53p Officials' Club '51-'52. Angeles C. Dominguez Mendez French Club '52, Iohn I. Stein Wolff Wood Woods Zarkowsky Zigler Zimmerman Thirty-nine Thomas Iames Bauer Baseball '5l-'5Zg Basketball '52-'53g Swimming '52. Norma Lee Boyles G.A.A, '50-'5lg Vocal Ensemble '50-'5lg Service Club '5l4'53g Skating Club '51-'52, Estelle Cohen Pep Club '49-'50g Vocal Ensemble '50-'52g Spring Festival '52. Robert Crownover Uanuary l954l Nathan Goldberg B Basketball '50-'Sly A Basketball '52-'53g Track '52g Vocal Ensemble '50. Berkley Kalin Ha Ivria 505535 French Club '5l-'53g Vice-President '53g Boys' Glee '52g Iunior Chorus '5lg Music Concert '5l. Bauer Boyles Cohen enior C add uguaf 1953 Marlene Padratzik - Bowling Club '5Zg Art Club '52. Melvin Lee Roman ' Orchestra '50-'53 Letterg Band '52-'53g All City Orches- tra '5Z-'53g Shreds and Patches '5Up Tennis '52, Letter '52. Robert Emmett Russell Band '48-'49g Basketball 'Sl-'52g Baseball '52. Diana Rae Snider Vocal Ensemble '49g Shreds and Patchesf' '49g Pep Club '49-'53g Service Club '53. Marlene Thaler Iunior Chorus '49g Vocal Ensemble Letterg Pep Club '49-'5Ug Color Committee. Iohan Sylvia Phillips Ina pictufrej Crownover Goldberg Kalin Forty Padratzik Roman Russell Snider Thaler Service Club '50-'53g G.A,A. '50-'5lg Agora '51-'52g 4 N52 I I I 4 .I v ITS IIIIALLY NOT HARD HATS WITH PERSONALITY STATIRY-IIYIID OH, THOSE CALOIIIIQS T O. TRIO USE TWO HANDS 2:59 3,01 DANCING FIIITT IS TIAT SO? A HELPING HANI5 POLITICKING MAHSTHO ANI? THII BAND PLAYED ON GET HEI: WHFRHS CHIVALHY7 ARGYLES? Forty-one Forty-two We at Soldan-Blewett are proud of the variety and strength of our student activity program. While the regular curriculum provides the backbone of our learn- ing for our practical and scholastic future, activities teach us the invaluable lessons of getting along with our fellow students in work and play. ln some instances these activities approach the problems and solutions of future pursuits. Above all they make the school alive and have importance away from the classroom. So, school activities are those extra-curricular abilities which are creative and make us the balanced and normal individuals that We hope to be. if if Winn' mm Ns00mv Qiwvw Mil '55u,.-4 N9 ... Nui uf 'la 4 A .-., SAE 53 im mu Wann: ,mu- 1 wk X vt' .J 'X si X 3- F . ony Nm 'N FIRST ROW: Frank, Hawkins, lndelicato, Browne, Schliesser, Cooper, Markley, Nicholas, Kirk, Harris, SECOND ROW Soffer, Goldberg, O'Dell, Woods, Paskal, Gellman, Kaplan, Berger, Kisslinger, Ketcher. THIRD ROW: Londe, Mori Rosen, O'Neal, Andrew, Kanetielcl, Iarrett, Rothman, Miss Mulholland. FOURTH ROW: Bowen, Monteith, Schneider Staub, Rosenblurn, Heliqman, Tecklin. Takes Two To Tango AY , Q . OFHCERS FALL TERM President Bob Schliesser Vice-President Ed lndelicaio Recording Secretary Barbara Browne Corresponding Secretary lanice Cooper Treasurer Harry Markley F orty-four sgjfuclenf Counci The Soldan-Blewett Student Council was formed in the fall term, 1950, after repeated requests by the students were approved by our princi- pal. The first president was Robert Dieckman, who has been followed by five excellent successors. The formation of the Student Council was the culmination of a long-time desire for a student representative body in which the wishes of the students could be expressed. One of the first accomplishments of the Student Council was the combination of the lunch rooms. For years, there had been a girls' and a boys' separate lunchroorn. Now, we are able to eat in either lunchroom. Another of the first works of the Student Council was our school appearance in Prom, the teen-agers magazine. This had been .gzwlenf Counci opposed until the Council's hard work gave us a chance to appear. Then followed a series of dances, drives for sports' ticket sales, and spe- cial aud. sessions. The formation of Good Cite izenship Week, during which Student Council elections are held and good citizenship is espee cially observed, is now one of our nicest tra- ditions. This past term, a new Soldan-Blewett tradition was begun. For the first time, we played a Homecoming Game, sponsored a lfomecoming rally and dance and crowned our first this The and and football queen, Betty Duncan. We hope will be a lasting tradition, result of the Student Councils formation work has been an increase in friendliness spirit throughout the school. And after all, that is really the most important aim to accomplish. ln the Limelight OFFICERS SPRING TERM President, Cornell Bowen Vice-President Betty Woods Recording Secretary Barbara Goldberg Corresponding Secretary Bettie lo l-lawkinw Treasurer Harry Monteith FIRST BOW: Feinstein, O'Neal, Hawkins, Goldberg, Bowen, Woods, lvionteith, Frank, Rosen, Gelhiian, Mullen, Ellgaiim SECOND BOW: Cohen, Rothman, Thomas, O'Dell, Puskar, Keller, Berger, Davis, Kiortses, Miller, Stolar. THIRD ROW Kaskowitz, Lonae, Enger, Axelrod, Schneider, Mariz, Flamer, Williams, Shelton, Cohen, Heirnan, Tecklin, Feldman. I Forty-five g0l'a Agora, Greek for meeting place, meets every day in room 317, second period under the sponsorship of Mr. Gummersheimer. Agora consists of one member from each advisory in Soldan-Blewett. Their chief duties are to sell the school newspaper Spotlight, the school yearbook, REFLECTOR, and passes for football, basketball, and other athletic activities. There are seven teams this year under their own individual team captains. At the beginning of each second period the members of these teams deposit the money they have collected from their advisories with their team captains, who in turn write out a receipt for each depositor. They then deposit all the money they have collected with the teller. When this has been completed the teller then turns the money over to the file clerk to finish the business of the day. The organization Agora enables every day pu- pils to achieve a sense of reliability and responsibiln ity while doing the school a great service. TELLERS FILE CLERKS Simon Londe Ivan Rothman Annette Ziglen Gloria Kaplan TEAM CAPTAINS Irwin Rosen Carol Wood Benjamin Cooperman Mable Lum lean Samples Hubert Hoffman Alice Friedman Forty-seven The Service Club provides the helping hand . A needed for the performance of many special epygge M, jobs Within the school. These extra services are of the utmost importance and help in a jaffjrm great many ways toward the more efficient functioning of the school. FIRST ROW: Katz, B., Kaskowitz, Katz, C., Chervitz, P., Boyd, Foster, Browne, Cejudo-Alva, Gordon, Gerstein, Cherv N., Klearman. SECOND ROW: Edwards, Kirkbride, Heyrnann, Fire, Cohen, Harris, R., Iackoway, Cooper, Harris, Kottler, Beilenson. THIRD ROW: Finkelstein, Feder, Galansky, Greenberg, Hills, Isselhardt, Kessler, B., Krueger, Gar- Hudson, Hobie, Kessler, C, FOURTH ROW: Aschentrop, Cohen, Stanfill, Duncan, Hawkins, Bain, Consiglio, Hirs Adams, Baizer, DeSimone, Downing. FIFTH ROW: Avirom, Hartzog, Goldman, Davis, Kirk, Grimsky, Boeckstieg Rich, Iones, Gardner, Kessler, B. FIRST ROW: Roberts, Gutman, Peromsik, Weisman, Linder, Padratzik, Schneider, I., Prinz, Mestman,.Rucker. ROW: Moss, Zigler, Williams, Phinney, McDermott, Lipkind, Solin, Schneider, A., Spector, Wood. THIRD Zarkowsky, Inglove, Ripley, Smuckler, Lasky, Roberts, Sita, Waldman, Sappol. FOURTH ROW: Lehmann Picker, Rosenberg, Shepard, Rogul, Starr, Zimmermann, Wolf. . Several students are on duty each period of the day in the office where they are available - A for messenger service and other tasks. When erulce u an important message is received for a stu- ' dent, within a few minutes that student can be jaffjerm contacted and the message delivered. This helps to illustrate one of the many ways in Forty-eight 'which the Service Club gives help when eeded. I Dther services performed include assistance in gfyicg ug he library, the doctors office, the lunch room, he girlsi gymnasium and hall and locker room Sjring jam supervision. FIRST ROW. Carrran, Davis, Boyd, Foster, Chervitz, Gutman, Krueger, Browne, Harris, Consiglio, Garon, Eichelberger. SECOND ROW: Horwitz, Klearrnan, Cohen, Froehlich, Beilenson, Greenberg, Kirkbride, Hobie, Goldman, Fire, Kottler, Kessler THIRD ROW: Crawford, Komen, Hills, Davis, Harber, Cook, Feder, Hudson, Hartzog, Hamber, Kravitz, Houston. FOURTH ROW lenninas, tones, Inalove, Bishop, Berryill, Gordon, Klawinq, DeHaven, Bach, Boyles, Finkelstein, Feldman, Downing, Katz. FIFTH ROW. Bernstein, Adams, DeSimone, DePaul, Webb, Gardner, Baizer, Boeclcstieael, Baker, Ferdman, Bermaclc, Kaskowitz, Epstein. FIRST ROW: Weisman, Peromsik, Spector, McDermott, Levin, Gordon, Lasky, Prinz, Neuman, Scheiner, Meyer, Wishnufl SECOND ROW: Phillips, Sugerman, Missler, Moss, Winesuff, Ripley, Sokol, Shartsis, Spector, Iackoway, Rucker, Schneider. THIRD ROW: Solin, Pevnick, Lipkind, Platt, Zigler, Snider, Shamsky, Leonard, Roberts, Smuckler, Weinstein, Tecklin. FOURTH ROW' Zarkowsky, Levine, Mori, Starr, Seubert, Wood, Puskar, Rosenfeld, Avirom, Zimmermann, Morgan. FIFTH ROW: McGuire, Lehmann, Rosenberg, Shepard, Picker, Roaul, Waldman, Wolf. the Servioe Club has long been. one of the eruice dost prominent o. the school organizations and , with the Projectionist Service Club, continues 3 . 3 D be an active and growing club. l y Wm Forty-nine FIRST ROW: Kaskowitz, Picker, Kirk, E., Gordon, Zarkowsky, Frederick, Cooper, Londe, Schaap. SECOND ROW: Mr. Forsman Katz Schneider, Gerstein, Kirk, L., Frank, Soffer, Kanefield, Miss Brown. me IQ eCf0I Captain and First Mate QS. Y' Y 3 i -U 4 7' Fifty -uin- Realizing that publishing a yearbook of which the students will be proud has its trying mo- ments, the REFLECTOR Staff believes it has succeeded in bringing the student body a good picture of your 1952-1953 school life. The head staff member and foreman of the production is our sponsor, Mr. Forsman. The steps of production, though able to be stated in a small space, take the full school year to complete. The first evidence of our work is the fall picture schedule, These pic- tures are taken, sent to the engraver, and iden- tifications sent to the printer. We must now select layouts that will be new and attractive, Always in the back of our thoughts is the idea of some innovation in the general layout of the book. Also we must keep in mind the purpose of a yearbook -to bring the students the schools major events told mostly in pictures. Spring must stimulate work because then the staff members realize that the deadline is near- ing and the work not yet nearly completed. Another picture schedule is posted and the same procedure is gone through again as was done in the tall. By now irost articles are in and the dummy is shaping into a completed yearbook. A came paign for subscriptions is held and hopes are high for a record breaking response. The student body now anticipates the coming ot the yearbook just as much as the staff. When it does arrive in the nineteenth week, it is a matter ot custom that each one exchange his REFLECTOR with another to Write some catchy saying in it, The statt sincerely hopes that you enjoy your copy ot the l953 REFLECTOR. Editor ,,,,,,,,,.,,,.,i,.,,, 7A,,,,, Assistant Editor .,..., Activity Editors ,,,,,i. Senior Editorsn, Sports Editor .,.., Literary Editor., Publicity i,.,w,, ,, ,. Photographers. .. Typists tt,.,,t. auf HAROLD ZARKOWSKY .W----ROBERT SCI-IAAF V-DONALD KANEFIELD LILLIAN KIRK HARVEY GERSTEIN ERMALYN KIRK IANICE COOPER ROBERT SCHLIESSER .-.-..--.A.,,A,,, DAVE LONDE HUWWELLIS LEVINE ,,,,,,,ALAN EDELMAN CHARLES FURFINE ROBERT SCI-IAAP ,HWIEAN FREDERICK CELESTE GORDON IANET LASKY ALEENE SCHNEIDER PI-IYLLIS SOFFER Faculty Sponsor ..ll.....LLllLLlLLL MRI GUY c. roiismzim Faculty Business Mgr ,,,, MISS LOUISE W, BROWN jk? M 2Cf0l' Looking tor Ideas Our Speedy Typist Fiftyvone Fifty-tw O 6.45 f,1,,ff3e,,,, arren Altman Barbara Bach lean Frederick Nancy Harris Sharon lsselharalt Marjory Katz lune Quinn Barbara Sturgis Paul Willlck Miriam Woods G64 .sparing germ Larry Gross Marlene lngber Robert Lerner Kay McDermott Kazuo Mori STAFF f FALL TERM Nancy Elbaum Ed Duke Melroy Auslancle lim Becker Diane Lazerwitz STAFF-SPRING TERM Marjory Katz lean Frederick Paul Willick Warren Altman Barbara Bach Sharon lsselhardt Barbara Sturgis ourna iam The Iournalism Class under the sponsorship of Miss Helen C, Koch is one of the English courses offered to students of terms seven and eight who have the required grade average. Its main object is to instill in its members the feeling that they are actually reporters work- ing in a real newspaper office, publishing the school paper, SPOTLIGHT. The Iournalism Class is divided into two groups, the staff members and the cubs. The staff members have had one term of journalism ex- perience, among whose duties is to gather news, write editorials, proof read, type, make headlines, and endeavor to help the cubs with the responsibilities of a newspaper. Near the end of the term, the cubs receive the opportunity to show what newspaper knowl- edge they have gained by putting out their own edition. The course provides valuable training for stu- dents who plan to make journalism their life's work. lt is also an asset for its English training. Miss Helen C. Koch .Sifmfbgkf The Soldan-Blewett newspaper, Spotlight, is the product of the Journalism Class, This news- paper has received a rating of Superior by many universities. Through Spotlight, the Iournalism Class en' deavors to cover as many social and academic phases of school life as possible. lt helps Freshman and new students from other schools to become acquainted with the prominent ac- tivities of their new school. The paper, itself, resembles the average news paper. Like the standard paper, Spotlight in, cludes editorials, humor, sports, and news arti' cles of interest to students. Ready for the Press Fifty-three FIRST ROW: Levine, Katz, Goldberg, Gardner, Callaway, Kirk, Iones, Schear, McDermott Rosen SECOND ROW' Schneider Pevnick Hartzog, Gellman, Klearman, Kottler, Hinsky, Goldstein, Rothman, Sirot. THIRD ROW: Climie, Butz, Wood, Simmons, Dien, liirkbride Spector, R,, Cohen, Zurit, French. FOURTH ROW: Sugerman, Wishnutf, Miss Lucas, Baizer, Epstein, Nodiit, Iarrett, Rogul, Mabry Spector, I. I CCl'l'lClf lC Ml jefln Miss Tish and Associates Fifty-four The Dramatic Guild, under the able guidance of Miss Gertrude Lucas, is one ot the largest clubs at Soldan-Blewett. Membership is open to students interested in any phase ot the theater, Cacting, directing, makeup, lighting, and soundl. At the meetings the members take part in skits and various other activities. An annual picnic climaxes the Guilds yearly program. This year the Guild was honored by being asked to prepare a skit for the Annual St. Louis Public School Patrons' Alliance Dinner at the DeSoto Hotel in February. The skit Girls Must Talk proved to be an entertaining pro- gram and was very Well received by a large audience. This play was repeated for the Mothers' Club in April. As this book goes to press, the Guild, renowned for its annual full-length production, is dili-- gently preparing the delightful comedy Tish which we expect to add to our long list of successful plays. E us v I I FIRST ROW: Epstein, Callaway, Thomas, Levine, Gellrnan, Gardner, Climie, Goldberg, Rogul, Schear. SECOND ROW: lone Pevnick, Trueblood, Butz, Iarrett, McDermott, Rothman, Watson, Koch, Hartzog. THIRD ROW: Cohen, Minsky, M., Klearman, Spector Sirot, Bonla, Mellnvan, Molbry, Minsky, B, FALL OFFICERS President , ....,.,,,,w,,v H ,,,, ,, N .,., ., ,,,,, ,Ermcllyn Kirk Vice-President , .Jane Callaway Secretary ,,.,,, , ,,.,,,,, .,,....,,,, B en lones Treasurer . . . . ,Barbara Goldberg Sergeant-at'Arms, .,,,,,,,, ,rr, L arry Rogul SPRING OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary , Treasurer , Sergeant-at-Arms ,Judy Gellman Hugh Gardner , , Sheila Clirnie , , Ellis Levine , Larry Rogul ramafic guifal Spring germ A Little Gun Shy v Fifty-five Mako pfoducfion jaff flfm FIRST ROW: Webb, Class, Kassolf, Mercer, Gordon, Sokol, Farber, Schear. SECOND ROW1 Gutman, Altman, Gellman, Wolff, Weiss, Minkes, Roberts, Gail. THIRD ROW: Chait, Rosenthal, Rosenblum, Schwartz, Weintrop, DeSimone, Gardner. FOURTH ROW: Citerman, Iadwin, Kemp, Travis, Miss Lucas. Sorfng germ FIRST ROW: Abbott, Webb, Schear, Citerman, Gordon, Gutman, Hobie, Cohen, Hiclcs. SECOND ROW: Kottler, Chervitz, Corrington, Kaplan, Altman, Gellrnan, Magnus, Karleld, THIRD ROW: Schneider, Lees, Bernhardt, Lerner, Spence, Roth, Watson, Kile. FOURTH ROW: Arsht, ladwin, Andrew, Gardner, Crownover, Koch, DeSimone, Miss Lucas, Trueblood. The Radio Production Class ot Soldan-Blewett is one ot the most interesting and beneficial classes in school. lt is not only a preparation lor students who Want to go into the field ol radio, but gives one a knowledge of writing of scripts as well as the correct speech. Under the leadership of Miss Gertrude Lucas, Filty-six the Class has given a number of programs on the Board ot Education Station KSLH, pro- grams for the Mothers Club and has particif pated in auditorium sessions for the school. We are sure that the Radio Production Class will continue to give line programs as it has in the past and will rise to even greater heights in the future. ella .gvria Ha Ivria, one of the oldest organizations in Soldan-Blewett High School, is devoted to the advancement ot Hebrew culture. This group gives its members a chance to broaden their knowledge and their viewpoints by becoming acquainted with the customs and history of the Near East. Ha Ivria meets every other Friday after school. The group under the able sponsorship of Mr. lules Biegelsen, has carried out an active pro- gram during the past year. Discussions were held which touched upon imminent problems facing the world today. Each member taking part in these discussions was given the oppor- tunity to express his views besides being given valuable practice in the art of debating. Quiz programs with catchy answers were thoroughly enjoyed. All these programs were prepared throughout by members oi the various commit- tees. During the term Mr. Biegelsen taught the organization folk songs and folk dances. Ha Ivria was given permission to use films from a television serial for use during club meetings. These films portrayed certain well-known incie dents from the Bible. Each term was climaxed with a party. There were refreshments, folk dances, singing, social dances, and a few games. HA IVRIA FIRST ROW: Burstein, Sharon, Katz, Rogul, Starr, Goldstein, Spector, Rothman. SECOND ROW: Galler. Wenneker, Lipkind, Fligstein, Kaplan, Iackoway, Rouia, Schneider. THIRD ROW: Fraehlich, Smuckler, Avirom, Kalin, Rosenberg, Cooperman, Buxbaum, Schneider, Dien, Mr. Biegelsen. HA IVRIA FIRST ROW: Cohen, Seltzer, Iackoway, Fligstein, Rosenberg, Rogul, Dien, Schneider, Friedman, H., Friedman, A. SECOND ROW: Goldstein, Millstone, B., Schneider, Cohen, Kravitz, Roula, Elbaum, Goldman, Kaplan, Millstone, S. THIRD ROW: Rothman, Hitt, Schneiderrnan, Farer, Bell, Sher, Roth, Avirom. FOURTH ROW: Buxbaum, Kalin, Schwartz, Cooperrnann, Friedland, Mr. Biegelsen. Fifty-seven FIRST ROW: Peters, Feder, Wenneker, Oehler, Schneider, Bixhorn, McCoy, Gellman Dreyfus, SECOND ROW: White, A., White, C., Rubin, Kalin, Kirk, Edelman, Mr. Gronemeyer .Aff .fglolarecia fion The Art Appreciation Club, under the sponsor- ship of Mr, Gronemeyer, is designed to bring about a better appreciation and enjoyment oi art. The members are kept busy and interested in such projects as soap carving, the making of a scrapbook, linoleum cuts, and numerous contests in painting, Outside activities of the group include visits to the Artists' Guild and to the City Art Museum. Some of the highlights of the past year included two picnics at Mr. Gronemeyer's farm, a membership party, and a Christmas party. This group is open to any student interested in art. Meetings are held each Friday. FIRST ROW: McGuire, Callaway, Rosen, Kalin, Friedman, Levine, Friedland. SECOND ROW: Wilensky, Feinstein, Mellman, Scheiner, Stone, Friedman, H. THIRD ROW: eur-ale-clad The Fleur-de-Lis Club meets every other Tues- day at the close of school in room ZI8. It is composed ot approximately SU girls and boys interested in adding to their knowledge of French civilization. The activities ot the club include games, rece ordings, group singing, French films and trips to the Art Museum. The piece de resistance ot the year is the spring picnic which is al- ways well attended, All students interested in French are invited to join the Club. President , ,,,, , . , , Alice Friedman Vice-President Berkley Kalin Secretary , Arline Rosen Treasurer , , , Paul Packman A., Packman, McDermott, Ziglin, Lisak, Iennings, Raskas, Routa, Kiortses, Feldman, Scott, Little, Murray, Hartzog, Tulumbas, Friedman, S., Katzman. FOURTH ROW: Castile, Rondberg, Adler, Kunin, Raskas, Fifty-eight FIRST ROW: De Haven, Consiglio, Cohen, Gutman, Kottler, Chervitz, N., Chervitz, P., Elbaum. SECOND ROW: Iones, Picker, Finkelstein, Baizer, Zarkowsky, Katz, Walt. THIRD ROW: lnglave, Shepard, Edwards, Rosenleld, Waldman, Kaskowitz, Mori, Gerstein. FOURTH ROW: Gardner, Miss Rowan, Mr. Deall, Rogul. rojecfionidf All audioevisual equipment is operated by the Projectionist Service. This service includes the operation ot the public address system, phono' graph, tape recorders, and projectors. All members are first trained to run the projectors and later master the other equipment. ln ci special advisory, the schedule tor the day is worked out under the supervision of Mr. Deall and also regular advisory work is carried on by Miss Rowan. The projectionists must main' tain a C average so that giving up study halls will not work a hardship on their studies. Our equipment and manpower is used in adf dition to teacher requests, at the Washington University lectures and were used at the recent science convention. juforing The Tutoring Club is an organization de signed to help students who need aid in cer- tain subjects. The tutors are honor roll stue dents who voluntarily give their time to help others. The tutors give aid in any subjects in which they are adept, such as languages, scie ences, mathematics, and social studies. The Tutoring Club also helps new students who have transferred from other high schools to make out programs and to orient themselves generally. Under the leadership of Mrs. K. Chambers, the Tutoring Club has been able to render a great deal of service to the school and the members of the Tutoring Club are anx- ious to help anyone who has a problem. FIRST ROW' Harris, Bell, Iackoway, Avirom, Klearman. SECOND ROW: Hirsch, Greene Chipman, Schneider, Polishuk, THIRD ROW: lvlutchler, Packman, Shapiro, Davis, Mrs. K Chambers CSponsort. Filty-nine Sixty FIRST ROW: Milonas, Sita, F., Harris, Hartzog, Browne, Kirk, E., Woods, Bain, Kirk, L., Roberts, Butch. SECOND ROW Zurif, Cusanelli, Snider, Sita, R., Morgan, Menke, I., Fletcher, Spector, Goggin, Tumbarello, Pearson, L. THIRD ROW Weise, B., Greenfield, Wilson, Davis, Eichelberger, Rosen, I., Menke, C., Cooper, Frank, Gill, Lamb. FOURTH ROW Rosen, I, Coffee, Puskar, I., Iones, Williams, Land, Cook, Walls, Pearson, R., Noell, Beilenson. FIFTH ROW: Boyles Puskar, P., Wood, Simmons, Presley, Weise, I., Le Page, Tucker, Hawkins, l-Iyngstrom. fx, cm Star Salesgirls The Pep Club of Soldan-Blewett is a club com- posed of girls from all terms. The main pur- pose of this club is to promote school spirit. This organization is sponsored by Mrs. Sadie McCoy, the officers and club members plan and carry out the activities. Different committees meet throughout the term to decorate for parties and to sell pom poms and pencils. Each term a party is given to welcome the freshmen. The object of this party is to help the freshmen girls become acquainted with the other girls of the school and to learn about the activities of the club. This term a special invitation was extended to the cheerleaders in order to combine the main promoters of school spirit. The members of the Pep Club are glad to serve the school in any Way possible and welcome all new members. Q, cm C FALL OFFICERS I, President H, Betty Woods L, . X Vice-Preident Ermalynn Kirk Secreory , Pat Bain ? Treasurer Lillian Kirk SPRING OFFICERS President , Lillian Kirk Vice'Prerident Bonnie Morgan X Secretary Frances Sitfr M Treasurer lane l-lartzoa Rail Rooters Q 5 FIRST ROW Fcwkins, Rislfier, Mathews, Woods, Sita, R, Morgan, Sita F, l-lartzoa, Kirk, Feinstein, Friedman, Snider SECOND ROW Wilson, Cooper, Frank, Simmons, Wood, lones, Williams, Bain, Davis, Harris, Kilo, Weise Tl-llRlZ ROW: Wallace, Rosen, E, Allen, Rosen, I., Beal, Gill, Pearsan, Peeples, Milonas, Noell, Walls, Lamb, FOURTH ROW Snider, Schraier, Weise, Tucker. Sixty-one stein, Handelman, Crownover. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUB FIRST ROW: Canada. Portnoy, Holtzman, Fagin, Tobolowsky, Feldberg, Goldenberg. SEC- OND ROW: Katz, Cohen, Bruno, Zigler, Berryhill, lssel- hardt, Thaler, Adams. THIRD ROW1 Mrs. McCoy, Goldberg, Bermack, Kress, Be-rkow, Gold- izbiafridufiue 6,6!llC6llLOI'l The Distributive Education Club, being in exis- tence for six years, is managed under the splendid sponsorship of Mrs. McCoy. The purposes of the club are to aid students in the field of retailing, to provide activities which will develop self-confidence in eacli member, to create proper co-operation between the members and their fellow employees as well as employer, and to help with the devel- opment of an understanding of the various re- Cgce .szafuzg The Skating Club, now in its second year, was organized in September 1951 under the able sponsorship of Mr, Eaton, our present sponsor. It was designed to benefit those who enjoy skating and those interested in learning to skate. The club meets regularly during the winter months at the Winter Garden after school from 3:00 until 5:UU. Special meetings are often held to plan parties or to submit new ideas to fur- ther the progress of the club. Anyone who enjoys skating or is interested in TCYUIUQ lobe Umeflg The members- learning to skate is invited to join our club and Included among the many outside activities of help Us make it Cm even larger and better Club the Distributive Education Club was their at- this Year' tendance at the annual State Retail Conven- OFFICERS tion which was held in St. Louis on March 3 President ------v-..------ v-.-.-----...,,f-f----- .--.--Y-f- 1 . Hurry Monteith Gnd Vice-President.. ..,,,,, . . .Ermalynn Kirk Secretary ,,....,,,.,,.,.. . .Lillian Kirk Treasurer .,,,,,,.,. . .. . Ioanne Fletcher FIRST ROW: Pearson, Bain, Harris, Browne, Kirk, E., Monteith, Kirk, L., Fletcher, Oehler, Spector, Kitcher. SECOND ROW Williams, Zausch, Raskas, Beitch, Risher, Woods, Roufa, Goldman, Ripley, Weise, Iones. THIRD ROW: Littmann, Foster, Wilson Kassoff, Winesufi, Moss, Frank, Kessler, Davis, Gill, Walls, Stepenoff, Goldberg FOURTH ROW' Frank Rubin Thomas Kramer Glassberg, Callaway, Simmons, Wood, Nichols, Puskar, Starr, Avirom. FIFTH Row: Schwartz! Rosenberg, Akelbaumf Cejudo Alva, Lewis, Rogul, Siegel, Benassi, Toliver, Gahen, Stone. BOWLING CLUB FIRST ROW: Quermann, Mor- gan, Stone, McLain, Cain, Tecklin, Goldman. SECOND ROW: Ziglin, Abert, Harris, Bassler, B o n f a, Manoogion, Platt. THIRD ROW: Bass, Packman, Blair, Green, White, Capps, Miller. FOURTH ROW: Neely, Kirk, Willmore, Stien- hemeyer, Preston, Avirom, t I I owgng olzffermen A The Bowling Club is one of the many activities The Lettermens Club is a group organized for Offered bY the GAAAV HOWSVGTI this YGCIT f0T the benefit of the boys who participate in sports he first time if WGS Offered fo boys GS Well cts and also for the benefit of the school, At this QMS- The 1HCfi1'1 UCUVUY Of the Club is bOW1iHQ time a constitution is being prepared and will every Thursday at Nelson Burton Lanes. be pfegemed to Mr- Barr for approval some time in the future. The present plan is for all The highlight this year was our invitational the Coaches to be the Sponsors. tournament with McKinley High, Although Th . h . . . . ere is an onor committee which is conside losing bY O Slight 85 pins' the experience WGS ering all the things which may be included under disciplinary procedures and honor for awards. well worth the time. Other meets are planned for the future. Everyone who is interested in bowling as a A historical committee will keep a record of sport is always welcome to take part in the athletic alumni. We have in mind a Father and club's activities. Our Sponsors are Miss Ulery Son banquet which we would like to make an and Miss Mueller, annual affair. FIRST ROW: Spence, Herman, Monteith, Duke, Monaghan, Burton, S, Bowen, Londe, Holt, Schaap, Stein, Funkhouser. SECOND ROW: lndelicato, Zerman, Burton, B., Hicks, Lackey, Stein, Friedman, Mori, Astor, ladwin, Frank, Mullen. THIRD ROW: Becker, Griffin, Ruesing, Cejudo-Alva, Benkelman, Schwarze, Kellar, lones, Gahen, Carafiol, Brand, lames. FOURTH ROW: Averbuch, Pappademos, Rogul, O'Neal, Bach, Broccard, Richey, Coffman, Colburn, Grossman, Sells, Christ, Mr. De Filio. FlFTH ROW: English, Goodman, Yancey, Rothman, Wilson, Lewis, Heiman, Kanefield, Edwards, Rosenbloom, Lahay, Benassi, Hart. I I E E E i,..., ,. FIRST ROW: Willick, Solomon, I., Schear, Mercer, Hawkins, Iones, Fletcher, Manoli, Moss, Payeur, Rucker, Kidwell, Rogul. SECOND ROW1 Raslcas, Goldman, Altman, Bain, Menke, Williams, Summers, Elbaum, Mistachkin, Zerman, Cooper, Goldstein, McClary. THIRD ROW: Smith, Wood, Class, Winesutt, Wallace, Krueger, Lipkind, Davis, Bach, Kravin, Barker, Goldberg, Windsor, Iones, FOURTH Ceiudo-Alva, Gross, Fisher, Solomon, I., Mori, Duke, Holt, Blumenthal, Truebloocl, Morgan, Burstein, Williams, Richey, Faintich. FIFTH ROW: Schwartz, Zimmermann, Rich, Gardner, Baker, McGuire. 14 Calalaeffa 6400 .,,i, ge, cm FIRST ROW: Wilson, Bryer, Nicozisin, Pappademos, Katz, Evans, Morgan, White. SECOND ROW' Henderson Adler Richey Ulman, Borofoio, Goodwin, Axelrod, crook. THIRD ROW: Shelton, Bourne, Nodiff, Goioiooboro, Brenner, Colburn, r1ohor,'FoURTH Row- Weintrop, Axelbaum, Christ. ll M Sixty-four Miss Adele Thyrn Eascinatin' Rhythm Makers urea! Wudic Music is the key that opens the door to a happy life. lt is the ultimate goal of the musical student body of Soldan-Blewett to become well-versed in music appreciation and performance. This goal is a reality of most of these students be- cause of the able leadership of Miss Thym. Each year more than 300 students are placed in various groups and become part of the music family. The ambition of all these students is to reach the A Cappella Choir, which now has seventy members. The Choir is the senior music group and represents the student body throughout the city. An example of this would be the fine caroling done over the Christmas holidays and television programs as well as programs for civic groups such as college club and Womens Club of Richmond Heights. Charninade, named after Madame Chaminade C1861-l944l because of her recognition as the first woman composer, is divided into two groups of girls. The most advanced is called Senior Chaminade which has sixty-eight mem- bers. These girls work diligently and particif pate in many school programs, Also there is lunior Chaminade which strives to teach nec' essities in correct singing. After they achieved this they may advance into more experienced groups. Another music group which is considered outt- standing is the Boys' Glee Club with twenty seven members. These boys have fine voices which have been developed after a few terms. Vocal Ensemble is a mixed group composed of students who wish to become more profi cient in tone blending and parts Not only is singing done but records are played. Well known alumni often visit and perform for them. lunior Chorus is strictly for freshmen, Here students come three times a week in order to qualify later for more advanced groups. The members become acquainted with Soldan Blewett's Music Department. The students feel that it is auite an honor to belong to the music family, They believe that each member is an honest, straight forward person able to set an example for the rest of the school, Everyone is invited to try out with Miss Thym, and become a member of our music family. Sixty-five SENIOR CHAMINADE 0 ' 0FFlCERS 3 FALL TERM enwr amzna e President ,,,, . .. .. . .. . .. Iudy Hynstrom Vice-President . . . lanet Schulte Secretary-Treasurer .Carole Thomas Librarian ,,,,,, ,,,,, . ,. .. .. . Sandra Kotler Librarian .. .. ,,,,, .. . . ...Nancy Lum Accompanist . ,,,,,,. . ...Barbara Goldman FIRST ROW: Land, R., Rosen, Robbins, Goldman, Lum, N., Hyngstrom, Schulte, Thomas, Kottler. SECOND ROW: Silverman Rench, Brady, Kaplan, lngber, Lively, Kellar, Little, Berger. THIRD ROW: Shahon, Lum, M., Cook, Davis, Bolman, Ross, Land I., Milster, Rucker, Oehler. FOURTH ROW: Zimmerman, Littman, Kile, Gamblin, Climie, Page, Davenport, Simmons, Wood Harris, Schneider. FIRST ROW! Lasky, Kassoff, Williams, Chervitz, Consiglio, Levin, Rosen, Risher, loseph, Spector. SECOND ROW: Lam, Smuckler, Kirkbride, Cotler, Millstone, Butz, Weintrop, Roberts, Davis, Zwibelman. THlRD ROW: Gable, Harris, Parsons, Hoffman, Kravitz, Toibb, Bosman, Hills, Shorner. FOURTH ROW: Solomon, Adams, Wilson, Zeller, Arrner. IUNIOR CHAMINADE OFFICERS - FALL TERM President . . .... . .. .. . Roberta Levin Vice-President .. . Catherine Consiglio Secretary-Treasurer . . . Roberta loseph 0 4 A I Librarian .. .... . . . . .Carol Risher unlor amlna e Librarian .... ..... .... . . . Helene Rosen Accompanist . Carol Mistachkin Sixty-six f 1 I mmf g...,..,.. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF VOCAL GROUPS Axelbaum, Larry. Altman, Ivan. Allen, Erlene. Bastunos, Evangeline. Bruno, Carolyn. Bidnick, Shelia Bullock, Peggy. Beal, Mary Ann. Benton, Doris. Bonla, Martha. Bosman, Florence. Bournstein, Brenda. Cohen, Iordan. Chronister, Carolyn. Coffee, Carolee. Carmen, Doris. Chandler, Ianet, Chappel, Iackie. Dougherty, Robert. Dominguez, Angeles. Duff, Diana. Dorrin, Art. Elbaum, Leah. Favignano, Ioan. Feldman, Sandra Feldman, Rosalie. Foster, Ierry. Feinstein, Dina Friedman, Susan. Goldberg, Sharon. Gordan, Suzanne Going, Imogene. Goldstein, Ruth. Goldstein, Suzanne Galler, Anne. Gilbert, Iudith. Gordan, Iudy. Grossman Sandra. I-Ierren, Frank. Head, Carolyn. Harris Maxine. Iohnson, Doris. Iennings, Beverly. Kellar Marjorie. Koch, Walter. Kunitz, Bernard. Lisak, Eileen Lumetta, Sam. Lisak, Sheila. Martinez, Brenda. Mathews, Mary. McDermott, Kathleen. Medcalt, Florence. Miller, Iosephine. Missler, Elaine. Moon Catherine. Mabry, Mary. Manoogian, Marion Marchbein, Ierome. Novack, Vicki. O'Dell, Helen Portnoy, Elaine. Ripley, Dorla. Risley, Marie. Ross, lean. Roberts, Dorothy. Rosen, Iudy. Sandmel, Zelda Sherlin, Arlene, Siegel, Bob. Stein, Ioe. Sutton, Ronald Schwartz, Barbara. Schneider, Helen. Schraier, Ethel Smith, Norma. Stocklas, Ann. Sells, Clyde. Tamsky Lois. Travis, Delores. Trueblood, Iohn. Thorp, Susan Tavenner, Wanda. Wilson, Hugh. Wallace, Susie Werner, Shirley. Wilensky, Iudy. Whitehead, Pat Yakubawski, Iean. 1 SENIOR CHAMINADE OFFICERS - SPRING TERM President. .... . . Paula Chervitz Vice-President .... .. .. Phyllis Beilenrson Secretary-Treasurer .Lorraine Littman Librarian ................... .. . Carol Risher Librarian ....... . .... .Helene Rosen Accompanist .Barbara Goldman Full of Glee Piano Sextet IUNIOR Cl-IAMINADE OFFICERS - SPRING TERM President .............................................................. Margaret Kile Vice-President .........,...... . ........ Elaine Cottler Secretary-Treasurer ........ . ...... Rosalie Pearson Librarian ......................... ................ A nita Arnoll Librarian .............. ........ N edra Kolchinsky Accompanist. ..... .. ...,.... Carol Mistachkin Sixty-seven 'MMM EWMAL VOCAL ENSEMBLE OFFICERS - FALL TERM President ,,,., ,,,, ,,,, , B ob Rue-sing Vice-Presidents , , , Bill Canada Secretary-Treasurer N , lane Glover Librarian , , , , lim Andrews Librarian ,,,, ,,,, , ,, Rhea Arbeitman VOCAL ENSEMBLE OFFICERS - SPRING TERM Presidentm, ,, , Catherine Consiglio Vice-President lim Andrews ' Secretary-Treasurer Angelia Consiglio Librarian Melbourne Saunders Librarian lerry Rothman CHOIR OFFICERS -FALL TERM President, ,, , , I Robert Mercer Vice-President , , Thomas Iones Secretary-Treasurer Bettie Hawkins Librarian, , , Iames Manoli Librarian ,, ,, Io Ann Fletcher Accompanist Deborah Moss CHOIR OFFICERS-SPRING TERM President, ,, ,, Thomas loner: Vice-President , , Bettie Hawkins Secretary-Treasurer Kazuo Mori Librarian ,,,, , , Paul Willick I I Librarian ,,,,,, , ,,,, ,lack Soloman G01Ug OV91' Todays Tllfle Accompanist, , Deborah Moss FIRST ROW: Subovitz, Franzel, Ruesing, Arbeitman, Andrews, Glover, Canada, Thaler, Schneider, Feldberg. SECOND ROW: Tettlebaum, Fire, Horwitz, Cusanelli, Rosen, Gerstein, Snider, Milonas, Sita, Menke. THIRD ROW: Chervitz, Harris, Zausch, Samples, Iones, Litzelfelner, Katz, Lam, Boyles, Weinrab. FOURTH ROW: Saunders, Schutt, Kaly, Nelson, Klatch, Creason, Kozlotf, Caratiol, Brand. FIFTH ROW: Dawson, Schneider, Hahn, Crownover, Goldman, Handleman. Sixty-eight FIRST ROW1 Lasley, Allen, Weinstein, Eichelberger, Consiglio, Greenspan, Feldman, Shartsis, Millstone, Rothman, Mollofl, Roula, Paskal, Froehlich, Wishnuff. SECOND ROW: Schaefer, Pevnick, Kisslinger, Bradley, Borowiak, Pearson, L., Pearson, R., Lamb, Beitch, Minsky, Cohen, Moyn, Spector, Sugerman, Brownstein, Foster, THIRD ROW: Murray, Muschamp, Reid, Brewer, Farer, Klatch, Greber, Pancer, Schuner, Zurif, Dennis, Dobbs, Rothman, Sirot, Dien, Pierson. FOURTH ROW: Adams, Weinstein, Kottler, Chait, Puskar, Lithle, Pitchlord, Marwell, Noell, Wilson, Greenfeild, Meyers, Fixler, Stepenott, Altman, Thomas. FIFTH ROW: Runett, Abert, Stief, Hoops, Glaser, Shamsky, Glaser, Adams, Sullivan, Ketcher, Davis, Byrd, Steinteld, Gerecht, Harber, Miller, Gilbert unior Ckorua M IUNIOR CHORUS OFFICERS M FALL TERM President , ,, , , ,,,, , ,, Martin Platt Vice-President ,,,, .. Brenda Millstone Secretary-Treasurer ,,,,, Hannah Shartis Lilirarian ,, Ierry Rothman Librarian ,,,,, ,, Stanley Feldman IUNIOR CHORUS OFFICERS -- SPRING TERM Pre-side-nt ,.,,, , Eddie Oldani Vice-President , Matthew Kinner Secretary-Treasurer Linda Stephens Librarian , Richard Sells Librarian ,, lack Eggman BOYS' GLEE OFFICERS-FALL TERM President Gus Pappadernag: Vice-President Allen Weintrop Secretary-Treasurer Alex Niccozisin L.brarian , Ed Katz Llzrarian Dave Evans Amistant Librarian , , , lerome Nodiit BOYS' GLEE OF A IN T . FICERS SPR G EBM Wait for the Downbeat President , ,, Allen Weintrop Vice-President . lack Axelrod Secretary I'reasurer, , . , Barry White Librarian ,, ,, ,,,, , Martin Platt Librarian , Bob Shelton Sixty-nine FIRST ROW: Kirk, E., Bixhorn, Feder, Wallace, Hartzog, Karteld, Purcell, Keel, Millerbaugh, McDermott. SECOND ROW: Walsh, Pretsky, Kraus, Kunin, Finkelstein, McClary, Stein, Spiegelglass, Scott. THIRD ROW: Shepard, DeS1mone Grimsky, letters, Runett, Schneider, Ashley, Roman. FOURTH ROW: Kirk, T., Tate, Bays, Smith, Preston, Yancey Bartlett. FIFTH ROW: Mr, Mantese, Rothman, Adams, Nipper, Rowden, Hobie. Seventy Toot Your Horn 0I'lC0l f guna! The Concert Band is an organization which has a great part in contributing to the school spirit ot Soldan-Blewett. The band is present at every football game. It not only plays marches dur- ing the game, but it puts on a special show during halves. The band plays at special pep sessions, and also during other auditorium sessions. With the cooperation of the vocal groups it presents a fall and spring concert. Members of the band often entertain at the Mothers' Club meetings. The band also par- ticipates in many civic parades. Anyone with an interest in music can become a member of the Concert Band. Membership can be achieved by progression through Iunior and Intermediate Band. It can also be achieved by an examination. unior ana! ana! Orchedfra Members of the band receive letters based on the length and amount of service which each has contributed. After the letter is re- ceived, he may receive arm bands, signifying additional service. The Concert Band meets daily during the A period in roorn B24, and is under the able dis rection of Mr. ls. Mantese. Not only does the whole band rehearse together, but there are :sectional rehearsals. The lead members of each section may aid the other members by :special instruction or by helping them during rehearsals. The Board of Education furnishes the large instruments, uniforms, and music, Students tiirmsli the smaller instruments. I U A H 7 ' I y A l ll String Along The band is making a continuous effort to inf crease its membership, and great progress has been made through this effort. FIRST ROW, McDermott, Willis, Bixhorn, Purcell, Hartzog, Wallaze, Keel, Kirk, E., Kirk, L, Platt, Mr. Mantese SECOND ROW, Kirk, T, Spiegelglass, Gail, Stein, Baynes, Bixhorn, Evans, letters, Ashley, Grirrisky. THIRD ROW Walsh, Ward, Palazolla, Kraus Runett, Sharp, Rowden, Nipper, Adams FQURTH RCW' Iones, Seubert, Re-ss, Pretsky, Hapner, Kidder, De Simone, Pickrell, Schneider. FIFTH RCW: Roman, Shepard, Rothman, Yancey, Bartlett, Kramer, Preston, Anderson, Scott. Seventy-one Seventy-two P0ll'l That group of students, the athletes, who so unselfishly devote their time and energy to the honor of the school, are represented in this section of the yearbook. No one but an athlete can appreciate the hard Work and number of injuries suffered in playing football, the long endurance sessions of the track-man and swim- mer, the many hours spent in learning and perfecting gymnastic exercises, and the constant striving for im- provement of play on the basketball court, baseball dia- mond, tennis court, and golf links. But in the final analysis, as it is said in the Olympics, The important thing is not in Winning but in taking part. , A QM E1 K ,hw A .,wV I Q X 8 f?.4fi,,ueb ' 1 i 2 an E. . Y 'f ff: ., Y if QA 1 f Q ' ug JI NNN T X 9 Dx . I A f ', I E . 4 ' W' .r , Q 1-1 .F 1 Q w A 'xx n ' .nv N lv Q X ' L,. X K . , V Lakai, . Kal Q lbw! . - 'Raimi S QQ 15 5 ' l 5 fl O' A A. i--s Q 6- Seventy-four gooflaf We would like to thank the coaching staff, Mr. Deljilio, assisted by Mr. Hatfield and Mr. McEachron, for the fine spirit which the team showed this year. Although we didn't win a single game all year and scored only two touchdowns, the team played in such a way as to make everyone proud of them. We lost our first game on September 19, be- fore an enthusiastic crowd, as the U. City Indians won 19-0. We then journeyed to East St. Louis and lost by an overwhelming score, 53-U. But the line played very creditably as East Side had to score all but one of their touchdowns through passing. Entering league play, the team lost a close one to Cleveland 12-U. We were often deep in their territory, due to fine passing of Duke and Holt, but weren't able to cross the final stripe. The following week we were badly beaten by Beaumont, and it was only due to the fine playing of Tony larnes, that the score wasn't larger than 39-O. Then followed a non-league game which was lost to Kirkwood 26-U. We then met powerful McKinley and played very encouragingly but lost 21-U. The Tiger offense was good due to fine running by Cor- nell Bowen. In the Roosevelt game which followed, Ed Stein, helped by the fine playing of his brother loe, kept us from another shutout as we lost 466, The high score indicated the injuries of such f..i. s rs Q players as Mullen, Becker, lames, and English : X j N 55 ,Joey , ss ,. 'Eng' N n We lost our big homecoming game to Central X1 H l9e6, but Bowen set up a score by a long run ' Q '-Q sf E and Ed Stein carried it over to help lessen the I F X 6 F defeat. Q ' 1 xx' : 5 ln our last game several of the boys, Benkle 5' man, Hicks, and especially Mori showed signs l . 'W of improvement but fumbles costs us a 19-C defeat at the hands of Southwest. - Mr. McEachron Mr. De Filio ff'U1ll'1lt'Sl flmfdaf FIRST BOW: Stein, I., Mori, Lahay, Duke, Burton, Holt, Bowen, lames, SECOND BOW: English, Stein, E, Benkolman Hicks, Mullen, Becker, Friedman, Benassi. THIRD BOW: Richey, Bach, Iadwin, Sells, Coffman, Carafiol, Grossman, Pappademos, Lackey, Broccard. FOURTH BOW: Averbuch, Cejudo-Alva, Monaghan, O'NeaI, Ball, Christ, Kodner, Wilson, Bosenbloom, Kanefield, Heiman, Mr. De Filio. l Scvcntyefivo gaifgetgaf With almost all of last year's fine basketball players graduated, Coach Frankenberger had a tough job on his hands when the season started. lt was apparent from the opening of the season that the Tigers would not win too many games, but this did not keep the team from trying. With quite a few lower term boys on the squad, Coach Frank had to sacrifice the use of sen- A.- 1 1 Q . v a one game, that a league game with Central, 65-41. The team lost quite a few close games which Coach l'Frank could have won had he decided to use seniors Andrews and injured Williams, but he wisely chose to give the soph- omore team as much experience as possible. With flashes of brilliance from Carafiol, Fisher, and Stein, indications are that the team should make a good showing next year. FIRST ROW: Funkhauser, Stein, E., Andrew, Bowen, Carafiol, Goldberg. SECOND ROVJ: Benkelman, Becker, Williams Fisher, Lohay, Lewis, Stein, I., Yancey, Shelton, Mr. Frankenberger. iors Don Williams, Nate Goldberg, and Captain Marv Andrews, all of whom played very cred- itably when they were in, so that he could give the lower termers needed experience for next year. The starting team composed mostly of sophomores was made up of Fisher, Carafiol, Funkhouser, Stein and Lahay. The team ended the season with a far from an impressive over-all record, winning only Seventy-six Carafiol and Fisher started the season strongly but Stein was more consistent and finished the season in fifth place in the Public High League, which is not bad for a sophomore. So, with the basketball season over, all that we can do now is hope for the best for next year's team: Benkleman, Bowan, Carafiol, Fisher, Funkhouser, Lahay, Lewis, Shelton, Stein, and Yancey. Hua Lefgaf Soldcm-Btewett ,,, ..,,,, 42 De-Andreis ..,. ..Y..A,, 6 9 Soldcri-Blewett .A,,.,,,,. 64 McBride , , H71 Soldcm-Biewett ..,.....,, 41 CBC. .,.., ,,,..AA, 6 6 SoldolrifBlewett ....Y,,.,, 46 Southwest , ,. Y, 6 So1dc1r14B1ewett .,A....,,, 41 University City .,,t,,,,,, 45 SoIdcm4Blewett .,,.,,,, 55 Hadley , ,. , 89 Cldegdf The l953 Soldan-Blewett baseball team, unlike most of the other schools teams, has quite a few experienced players from last season and the results are already showing. Vilith Mr. Walka's hard work and such players as Mark Herman, Marv Andrews, Don Carafiol, Chuck Lahay, Bill Funkhouser, Ed Stein, Charlie Yancey, Clyde Sells, Dave Grossman, and Cor- nell Bowen, returning from last year's team, the boys should really go places, lf the first few games are any criterion, the team will have an abundance of hitting power and if the pitching is kept up by Herman and Yancey, the team will be very hard to beat. At present the boys are in second place in the public league. We hope the team will con- tinue its fine play and bring us home a trophy by finishing the season on top. FIRST ROW: Yancey, C., Caraliol, Stein, Bowen, Funkhouser, Herman, Shelton, Grossman, Lahay. SECOND ROW Mr, Walka, Ashby, Sells, Andrew, Coffman, Benassi, Waldman, Averbuch, Long, Baker. THIRD ROW: Carnaghi, Eaton Richey, Keathley, Slayden, Rosenbloom, Yancey, F., Hoffman, Knowles, Goldman. Seventy-eight SoldanfBlewett, once a power in city athletics, but now only a shadow of its past glory seems to be making a comeback in many of the fields of athletic endeavors. One of the most striking examples is its young and powerful track team which most likely will contend for top honors in city wide competition. l-lugh Wilson and Max Schwartz, returning lettermen, have both shown excellent time in the sprints. Ouarter milers Mullens, Benkelman, and Schaap all seem to be up around their peak in condition and per- HTLC will be adequately taken care of by veterans Mayer, Fitzgerald, Huffman, and l-licks. ln the hurdles Soldan4Blewett is fortunate to be rep' resented by Weber, Kellar, and Bach as they should add many points to the team's record this year. Coach Delfilio deserves a big hand for the diligent work he has performed on be half of the track team. The highlights of this year's competition as usual will be the main event, the field day meet. SoldanfBlewett, we are sure, will hold f d l th ct ' . . . 4 . Ormgnce Cm me G SO among 6 rp ummg its head high on this important night. lettermen of last season. The 880 and mile FIRST ROW: Bach, Schaap, Benkelman, Kellar, Hicks, Mullen, Staub, G., Williams, Schwarze, Colburn, Wilson, Broccard, SECOND ROW1 Morgan, Schneider, Chu, Stone, Weber, Goodman, Waldman, Bosman, Faintich, Bugg, Finley, Thomas. THIRD ROWi Oldani, Simon, Kanefield, Lever, Offstein, Schoenfeld, Fitzgerald, Huffman, Eggmann, Adams, Staub, D., Shapiro. FOURTH ROW: Mr. Del-'ilio, Minkes, lndelicato, English, Weiner, Becker, Gallagher, McGuire, Tecklin, Mayer, Mr. McEachron. - t, jesse- f--- s , ,u Seventy-nine FIRST ROW: Londe, Leonard, Saunders, Dunham, Bryer. SECOND ROW: Mr. Seitz, Monteith, lndelicato, Iones, Siegel, Feldman, Kodner. gin Bah! The 1953 Soldan-Blewett gymnastic team had a tough job on its hands, trying to equal the performance of last year's city, state and ln- vitational Champions. But the season opened successfully as the first team, Cejudo-Alva, Indelicato, Iones, Kodner, and Londe easily Won the Invitational meet which Was held De- cember 28, at the North Side Y.M.C.A. The meet saw Londe, who had recovered from last year's injury, successfully defend his all- round title, closely followed by lndelicato, who placed second in the all-round and Iones Eighty who was third - Kodner and Cejudo-Alva also performed creditably, Kodner placing seventh. The team Won the first place trophy followed by Hadley and Sumner. The city meet was next on the schedule and Mr. Seitz's boys were picked to win easily. But with the loss of several regulars the team placed third, the only bright spot being lndeli- cato's win of first place title and Iones' eighth place. The team is now Working out for the Ozark A. A. U. meet and is hoping for better luck. . The purpose of the gym club is to prepare its members for participation on the school's gym- nastic team and to develop its members under the motto, A strong mind in a strong body. ludging from the teams performance in past years, we would say that the club has success- fully realized its goal. The club was originated in l9l3 by Dr. Otto Koenig. Then in 1939, the club's direction was taken over by Mr. Plag and since 1951 has been under the supervision of Mr. Seitz. The members of the club practice many hours on the parallel bars, horizontal bar, side horse, long horse, and rings. The club practices every morning before school and twice a Week after school. Here's hoping the club continues to function successfully in the future years and continues to produce championship gymnastic teams. Happy Landing yn! ug FIRST ROW: Shickman, Herren, Atwood, Starr, Renner, Evans, lnglove, Sentner, Clark, Reid. SECOND ROW: Rosenberg, Kessler, Kidwell, Rowden, Leuchtman, Lackey, Schneiderman, Ashby, Frank, Oldani. THIRD ROW: Mr. Seitz, Monteith, lndelicato, lones, Siegel, Feldman, Kodner, Londe, Leonard, Saunders, Dunham, Bryer. Eighty-one QU! Paced by last year's lettermen, Gahen, Wolff, and O'Neal, this year's Soldan-Blewett golf team swung into action against Beaumont. The early form of this year's team composed of I-lolt, Lewis, Gahen, O'Neal, Spence, Litzman, Gilbert, Spiegelglass, and Wolff, showed many hours of diligent driving and putting practice. The schedule this year shows the boys meeting the public high school teams as well as many county teams. They are, however, without any league organization this year. Coach Plaq, who keeps a watchful eye on his hill and dale men, feels confident of a successful season. The entire school will look forward to the golf team adding its usual number of laurels to the name of Soldan-Blewett. Eighty-two FIRST ROW: Holt, Lewis, Gahen O'Nea1. SECOND ROW: Spense Litzinan, Gilbert, Spiegelglass, Wolff, Mr. Plag. A few weeks after the beginning of the new semester, on September l5 that group of racket swingers who make up our tennis team started practicing on the beautiful Forest Park tennis courts. lnstructed by Coach Plag and their able captain, Sanford Astor, the only returning ennid letterman, the team really worked hard but without the success of the teams in the pre- vious years. The netmen playing seven meets in all won only one against McKinley by a score of 3-2, thus ending the season in fifth place. The team consisted of Sanford Astor, who played first singles, Lloyd Goldman, the assis- tant captain, who played second singles, and Neal Goodwin who played third singles. First doubles were played by Richard Edwards and Larry Rogul. Mel Roman and Ken Rothman bles. Their faithful alter- Richard Simon. Sanford Astor placed second in the finals at the State High School Tennis Tournament at Columbia, Missouri. played second dou nate was For their hard Work the entire team were awarded letters. FIRST ROW: Simon, Goodwin, Gold- man, Astor. SECOND ROW: Roth- man, Roman, Rogul, Edwards, Mr. Plag. Eighty-three w e ,.i. . FIRST ROW: Barban, Bennett, Migdall, Cohen, Kodner, Schaap. SECOND ROW: Feeney, Shapiro, Heiman, Richey Brand, Breen, Carnaghi. THIRD ROW: Gallagher, Goodman, Rothman, Rosenblum, Mullen, Axelbaum, Wilson, Ceyudo Alva, Mr. De Filio. Eighty-four Go Man, Go wimming Starting the 1953 season the potential aquatic- stars under their new coach, Tony De Filio, began their swimming practice. Veterans Stanley Rosenbloom and Marty Migdal, the distance men, Bob Schaap, individual medly swimmer, and Ken Rothman and Hugh Wilson, the backstrokers, formed the nucleus ot an ex- perienced and well-balanced team. Up and coming freshman Al Lever appeared to give the team the necessary strength for a successful season. The team dropped its opener to St. Louis U. High but came back to beat McKinley in its inaugural league meet and looked forward to constant improvement as the season prog- ressed. The fellows eagerly awaited to com- pete in the annual state meet at Wilson Pool, Washington University. The competition was extremely rugged inasmuch as some of the best swimmers throughout the state were pres- ent. While many came close to placing, no firsts were taken. Lettermen this year are: Breen, Heiman, Migdall, Kodner, Schaap, and Gallagher. dew' 0126612125 This is a group of peppy girls chosen each term by the former cheerleaders and their sponsor, Mr. Walka. Each year they do a splendid job on the field and in the school to perk up the students and get some school spirit. Guy and Dolls FALL TERM Captain Ioanne Fletcher Members Pat Nichols Rose Sita Betty lo Hawkins Rae Frank Ianice Cooper Alternates Phyllis Bielenson Patsy Bain SPRING TERM f Captain Ianice Cooper Merrlzers Betty Io Hawkinf F' Rae Frank Dot lones Rose Sita Mildred Tucker Patsy Bain Mary Matthews . Pat Risher Angy Consiglio After The B19 Game FIRST ROW: Sita, Cooper, Hawkin, Fletcher, Nicholas, Frank. SECOND ROW1 Bain, Beilenson Eighty-live UA , .fdfddfic driocia fion The Girls' Athletic Association is the principal sports organization for girls at Soldan-Blewett. The club teaches good sportsmanship, co-ordi- nation, knowledge, and skill in the various sports. ln the organization, the girls have the opportunity to earn a letter. lt is done by the point system. The girls earn points by partici- pating in the various activities. Service points nament was held and good fun and competi- tion was had by all. A Modern Dance Class was started and many of the girls joined and showed their talents. The spring brought track and field, softball, and tennis. During the year the G.A.A. had the Officials' Club where girls learn to referee and umpire in the different sports. Point your toes are also necessary and these may be earned by helping the G.A.A. in extra activities. The girls may earn a small letter, large letter and a pin if they participate in the organization four years. ln the fall the girls began by playing volley- ball and field hockey. Field hockey is a new sport, but it seemed to be enjoyed by many girls. Basketball began in December. A tour- Eighty-six Limber Ladies The G.A.A. had several special events during the year: a Cake CS: Coke Sale, an Award Party, entertaining other schools and enter- tained by them. The G.A.A. would like to thank the two spon- sors, Miss Ulery and Miss Mueller who make these many activities possible. FIRST ROW: Dameron, Harris, R., Kellar, Hills, Klasing, Kile, Harris, N., Davis, Gallaber, Huskey, Foster, Boyd SECOND ROW: Corrington, Abbott, Beilenson, Browne, Abert, Kirk, Davis, Graft, llobie, Brooks, Bonta, Wilson. THIRD ROW' Innes, Dobbs, Byrd, Dennis, Krueger, Goldman, Bassler, Blair, Foreman, Beal. FOURTH ROW: Bonla, Miss Mueller, Miss Ulery, Green, Capps. g,4.,4. O lCel 1f O ICQP5 jerm .sparing arm President Nancy Harris President Betty lo Hawkins Vice-President Ermalynn Kirk Vice-President .. Lorraine Littmann Secretary Ann Klasing Secretary . Margaret Kile Treasurer Betty Io Hawkins Treasurer Violet MCClary FIRST ROW: Sher, Weisrnan, Weintraub, Mathews, Sita, Milonas, Littrnann, Hawkins, Lipkind, Gordon, Tecklin, Scliear Otto. SECOND ROW: Morgan, Ziglin, Querrnann, Risher, Woods, Meyer, Sutherlin, McLain, Lively, Williams, Simmons Snider, Sita. 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