Auburn High School - Trojan / Oracle Yearbook (Auburn, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 94 of the 1948 volume:

THE TROJAM VOLUTES II 1%B . .U' UIu' HIGH SCHOOL HI'ITY EJTIT DISTRICT 10 AXJBURM, ILLINOIS We wish to dt'dic' te this yearbook to Ilr. Hadley, under v hosa guidance., interest in the ye rbook vi;s renewed . nd its publicat ion was made possible. Betty Drake Attendod--Illinois Stato Normal University Bachelor of Science in Education Teaching--English III. and IV Spanish II Advisor--Senior Class Yearbook-1948 Cheerloading Coach Betty Gresham Attended—Eastern Illinois State Teachers Collcg Bachelor of Science in Education Teaching—.orId History American History Civics Advisor--Sophomore Class Coach in Dramatics C. M. Hadley Attended—University of Illinois Bachelor of Science Master of Science Principal Morris V. Uoiderscheid Attended—University of Illinois Bachelor of Science Teaching--General Shop Animal Husbandry Harm Mechanics Advisor---Future Farmers of America Carl F. Rolando Attended—Southern Illinois Normal University Bachelor of science of Education Teaching--English I English II Economics Advisor--Junior Class Library Charlotto 5. Riomor attended—Colorado University Gregg Collogo Illinois State Normal University Bachelor of Education Teaching--Bookkeeping Shorthandl Typowriting I Stenography Advisor--Student Council Commercial Club American Girl Scout - Troop I Frances Stevens Attended—Eastern Illinois State Teachers College Bachelor of Science in Education Teaching--Homomaking I Homemaking III soys Honemaking Advisor--Junior Class Future Homemakers os .-unorioa' Mary E. Biel Attonded--3astern Illinois otate-Teachers College Bachelor of Science Teaching--General Science 3iology Advisor---Freshman Class L.rs. Lucille Davis Attendcd--Illinois esleyan University at Eloomingt i-achelor of llusic Teaching--Band Vocal Girls physical Education Advisor--Eusic Club Girl's athletic Association Florence Sice Attended--eastern Illinois State Teachers College Bachelor of Science in Education Teaching--!ractical Mathematics Algebra Geometry Advanced Mathematics Donald Milt Attended--Millikin University Northwestern University Bachelor of Science in Education Bachelor of Arts Teaching--3oys Physical Education Coach 1 Faculty First Row, Seated Miss Florence Rice, Miss Charlotte Riemer, Mrs. Clarence Davis, Hiss Mary Diel, Miss Frances Stevens, Miss Betty Drake, Miss Barbara Ping, Miss Betty -alien Gresham. Second Row, Standing Mr. Don '.’ilt, Mr. Morris Heiderscheid, Mr. C. M. Hadley, Mr. Carl Rolando. School Boa rd First Row, Seated Mr. Sam Snell, Mr. Chester Bing, Mr. Ray Nuckols, Mr. Robert Mac Tfurdo, Hr. Roger House. Second Row, Standing Mr. Tony Dolenc, Mr. ...rthur Able Student Council Seated, left to right Mari or ie Min-., Joe Lucek, Bob Nac'alini, Pauline Bernesj Miss Charlotte Riemer, advisor, Pima Fobs, Geraldine Harris, Phil --.mold, mncy Basley, Mr. C. H. Hadley, Prin. T TTHD, TRIED, WD TRUE In ot hr, 1944, -auburn. ;r t £ w class .. t h- p fuls, i'r shn.n, . nd ft .r grid s c. n. .ut w bid cl cs n tin;-. . 1 ct d: Hr.sid nt, J: v.n I in-';, Vic -?r ..sid nt, I r.tt t rk, oer.tirf nd Trcusur r, Nanci L v;., Student Council, P-org «rch er .:id Car lyn I dd. I'rs. 'olch s rv d ;s cl so ‘.dvisor jar-, vv hid Tun that y.;.ir. ..r— students forgot clans, the Cr .n-r -1 Busin, ss Class l .„rn-d b tt r business net had s, nd Jack I'archotti astounded the General Science class with his .experiments. Tiu Soph onera cl .«s:. tr ut d us to a p .rty, and v;a ttended th- school p.rti.s, --iso to c rry on th- old school spirit, lots oT th boys proved a shining light on th - f.. . tball, b .sk.tb 11, nd tar .cic teams. K.mci w s t • . ad. .r t to the F.„u. a. Thori with . sigh or r.Ii.f, . la ft school f: r th. sunn, r to eerie b ck ..s Sophomores. -.ftor on ..11 too short vacation, th whoi. ; ng got toga th or ,nd with Hr, Page as our advi r, looted-th.. following officers: Fr.-nid .nt, ' ;ck H..r- chatti, Vica-Prcsidcnt, Ain y LeFovro. 3 .-cr .t .ry- Tr :,asur..r, At Kazan, Student Council, Nanci Lov; and James How . Th t r. 11 v; had w.inor ro st .nd hay- ride . t Fop or51 irchor s. Every on- .t . 1: t nd 1 .ter on the evening got plenty corn-;;, hone fun! gay, when did you t hone? Th-n du. to our class losin • t rclio-ss c..np ig: , ; . sponsor .d :.n .11- school rdy rty, v-’-yhody had a sv ell ti- . Cur rust exciting cl ss vr s .‘orid History, .nd remember the .'ro s .nd 1.1 the bon-s in the body from Biology class? Hon is r, t: Ti Id trip, too? .s pt. r, 194 , rolled aroinc, lection time rolled .ro 3 too. t-rvillo .rn.: u. a elect-d Presi- dent, Vic,,-I'r : id nt, Jim Howe, Becrctary -Treasurer, -Bittyr 't: ric, '’ludent Council, Jo, Lud-h, .nd Elm... Fhha ■ . a r' rsphuid and Hies Pbcbl s were bur ..dvisors, i£.tor, we had r: invit rty, h n came the Junior cl ,sc play, .oftor much consider. tion, v e produced b’r. ..unt Lucrati.:..- Hov n r . .lly enjoyed using th . t -uji .nd thbs- costum s—ne u I say more. Pdy, didn’t Hock n Hv .n ideal v I t. • aaci .nd _tta were t: .antic i itarasts, th t’a v: at the book sajd. Jack was really bounc during that .play; tbo?. Hencmb r th do-nuts! Tiun, to incr-oso th.; bonk account, we sponsored donkey-b ..sketb ll g. tie -nd several of us helped the donkeys. Then we h..d penny pitch, cr .zy house, . n c- d ncii1'' t the c rniv 1. e also sole ice-cre.n s ndwiches . t hone basketb.il gones. Our classm: te, • nci, v;..s chosen s F.a.A. (pisen. A- long with sorin'- cone the -I'oonlight Ceren;de: ?ron. Th t gave all the fellows cha.nce to invite their favorite dream g.l. 'e had real fish -nd • sk Orville if the punch and the thumbt. cics bothered hin. o, with music, fun, gaiety, and semester, the curt in hell on our Junior year. That fall, v o came back as aniors .t last. Cur advisor is Hiss Crake and the balloting at the polls showed these results: President, dime Pahs, vice- president, Joe Ludek, and lee.-Treasurer, Orville Barnes. As in previous years, the fellov s participated in their Cavorite sports. e had mother hv.y-r ide and winer ro.st. -’or some of the results sk iso Drake nd la. Palis, ns seniors, we chose th-■ st if which is editing this ye. rbook and got our pictures -took. In the sprina, we produced the annual Senior Play, which was -Dirty ..or’: :.t the Crosswords. ■’ 'e attended the prom given by the juniors in our honor. Then we donned our caps and gowns and .gr dusted, leaving te.rs of sadness from the underclassmen i.ncl shouts of joy from the faculty. SENIOR CLASS ’ 'ILL ae, the Senior Class of ,J48:' being of wandering minds and questionable I.Q,., do will tiie fallowing to a chosen few underclassmen, who we feel may need them. To the faculty, we have many unusual rnd plea- sant experiences to leave. We, the Bookkeeping class of 1946� will our com- munity ink bottle to the Bookkeeping class of '49. ’e y the monographic Class of 48-, will our ef- ficient-methods to next year's class. “e, the English IV students, will oar well-worn -Tale of Two Cities- to Piss Drake so that someone else will be- able to enjoy it. re, tiie Americ n History class will our genius for getting activity points to the poor, innocent members of ntxt year's .mericon History, I, Emily Brinquet, will ray athletic abilities to rieile Butler. I, Joe Ludek, do bequeath ny sparklin': blue ey-s to Bob Knight. x, Jade Karchetti, will my ’.avy hair to Janes Gill. I, Henry Hock, ;;ivc all ary extra inches to Lillie Hlacnik. I, James Hove, leave ny ability to play t.ie trumpet, loud and Ion;;, to Bob Heaton. I, Loretta Stark, leave all my bobby-pins to Heidi and Hr. Hadley, because after they wash their hair, they can’t do a thing with it. I, Orville Barnes, leave all my Treasury books to Johnny Dautol. I, Hary Hamilton, bequeath my cheerleading voice to Helen Grider. I, Russell Harris, will my love of arguin, to Bale Harris. I, ml Kazan, will ny quiet way to Bred CHiti. I, James Barrov, bequeath my Southern accent to Louj.se Barnes. I, Bob Buchanan, leave my brains in English to anyone who ants thorn. I, Aimey LoEevre, vill ny love of fudge to Haul L'cLurdo. 1, George Archer, leave my working excuses to Herman Renken. I, Lima Eahs, will my ability to get caught when I met into mischief to Carole Lovely. I, Etta Dodd, vill ray ability to control my temper to I.ary Lou .. otley. 1, Joan Bing, leave ray shorthand abilities to Dorotny Hawk. I, Carolyn Head, vill my ability to keep my man to Kathleen Burtle. I, Uanci Love, ill my love of Dodges and Old Spice' Nancy Easley. I, Betty Butler, will my seamstress abilities to Josephine Day. I, Hary _.nn Holenich, vill ray double joints to the girls 7.E. class. I Gloria Ibison, vill ny figure to the geometry class. i’ John Butler, leave my farming abilities to ny fellow F.7.A. ...ember, Darrell Skelton. I. Louis Leroh, vill ill my speed to Bill Hall. I, James Mann, will my quick thinking on the gridiron to Ronald Nardi. I, Charles Leskovisek, bequeath my mischievious eyes to Paul Colburn. I, Everette ’’oodside, will my square dancing ability to Charles Dodd. I, Henry Coet, leave Betty Hadley, to anyone who can think of more nicknames for her. I, Vernon Hemberger, leave my ping-pong technique to La Verne Eliason. I, Grover Rakes, bequeath by romantic nature to Bill Leskovisek. I, Billie Jean Sergeant, leave my historical knowledge to albert Jones. I, James Carter, bequeath by ability to dance to Charles Ming. Ve of the above do hereby solemnly swear that this is our last will and testament for the .any years that v;e were in Auburn High School. Nov; It Can Be Told George Archer threw Mrs. Higdon's .grade book in the waste basket. That the basketball boys were the guilty ones who ate Hiss Plori's donuts — it wasn't the junior lay cast That Etta Mae became quite a ooet in her sophomore year, dedicating all her poetry to Lrs. Higdon. Th3t Henry Coet finally learned that there isn't such a thing as pigeon milk. That Bitty knows which drawers i.rs. Welch was talking about—the ones in the Home 2c. Room. That Buchanan takes dares--especially on hay rides. That the senior iris had a pair of binoculrrs on their field trip when they were sophomores. That A1 Idi7.cn was the guilty nsn ho blew snuff in Eng- lish class. PROPHECY Time: prine of 1958 . Scene: A home in Cimic, u suburb of auburn. It is bouse cleaning tine and the two small daughters drugged OSH book f oni the trunk in the attic. They took it to Joan, their mother, and--- June and Mary: Mommy, what is this? Joan: A book: ,?hy that’s my old yearbook. Jt’s the yerr of '48. Boy that was some class. 11 oi our pictures were in that, edition. Jane and IT ry: here is your picture, .. m.? Tn n' Ob it’s in here some place. rhy, there's Everett oodside. Ho used to be quite a uare dancer. You know him, he is a heir oresser now. we c Us self Monsieur la :ue ’oodside. And here’s '’loria Ibison. 3he really made a hit in Hollywood. Her movie name is -loriou,. Glor 1 of her exquisite costumes are designed by -ett} -utler. This is Aett. Here’s Oeor-e Archer, a farm lad, who enjoyed Agri- culture so much he ip now a Professor of - U. of I. .nd that next picture is John But:Ler.. oY°u rsiw-ber fh. r rmnr out ’jest of town, he refuses to t hi“ cAA'unt'l the prices no up. I remember in ungllsh ci%“ hov, he used to t: Ik .bout the farmers selling their ghin too cheaply, and he said he wouldn't, g gue3S he meant it. This wavy—haired character is J-mes -iann. ® ° the f ous baLball Ployir.. Kis ba ttins ver=Ce is 1.000. Jim got his exper nee playing on -hucx . team. .-p„t i- Fahs. You've heard of her. he used to be one of my best pals at high BohooU e used to go down to o� itty s with y 0er. lima broadcasts forget the roses in Bl«y s wullp«per. - took over the Purple Network at 7-30 ev ry Louella Persons pi .ce when Louella had laryngitis. The public liked her so well she now h„s her own program. This picture to the right is Vernon Hemberger. I read in the p1 per the other d y that he was now a CPA (Certified Public Accountant). I remember when we used to work those old bookkeeping problems in high school. This is James Carter. I was reading in the Cilver cre'n Ha azine and T saw that since Fred Astaire has rheumatism. Carter is taking his rl-.ce. I remember the iris used to stand in line to d.nce with him. He could really take you for a spin. This t. 11 lad here is Henry Hock. After being in that Junior PI y, he realized his life ambition was to be a c terer. I.'e is now arranging house p rties for the J. Pierpoint .organ family. Here is i...nci Lowe. Che h_s progressed ;ro. tly since her high school days. .he is now concert pia- nist for Spike Jones, who is currently showing ...t the Lake Club. L .st weak, I.I.ry .inn Kolenich was featured for u one ni liter ' a her way back to Lew York, he always liked to sin • :nd wanted to see her name in lights. This fellow is Aimey LeFevre. The kids used to call him ::the beard,!t but he took it to heart. He is now president of the Gillette Razor Blade Company. 'e had a lon tell: the other day and he told me that Henry Coet was now playing for the rairie Pioneers. Here’s Henry’s picture. Let’s nee in this row, this fellow is Jim Howe. ne’s a photographer. Jin was ruite : whiz at photography in high school. He spent his evenings arking at Coble's on the yearbook p g s, and is now doing special assignments for Life magazine. Jack ILrchetti is the artist who is having his art showing in --ew York this week, '’ever 1 of his pictures have been hung in Metropolitan luseum of art. ind in the line of art, this fellow, trville Barnes, nut this knowled e of figures to good use ..md he's run- ning his own model gency. Here’s part of th.t old gang, Joe, Sonny, and .- .1. Let’s see, Joe is sports report r for Chicago Daily News and A1 is a famous detective story writer for the big- gest magazine in New York. He used to love to read them in high school. Sonny has turned into ruite a football coach. Hie services have been in demand ever since his team won the wash bowl game last ye-r. a .y, Louis Lerch is an ; utomobile racer nd Russ Harris is his private mechanic. I remember Russ always did like to tear his c .r motor apart, and Louis was a demon on a bicycle. ;;ut the boys haven’t found all the fame nd. fortune. Lilli - ?er ••••; ;nt is - typist and last month she broke the • orId’s record :nC got her picture in the Gregg riter. This i Htta Dodd. he te .chec at the Yl'C.-i. 'hut: does she teach? hy, wrestling, of course, good start in high school. Truly Bringuet is the ’Oman's Bowling Champion in Americ . “ore’s her picture. Here is ' .rolyn lledd. The now is the cashier of the State Bank of auburn. die always did want to work in a bank. Oh, I -.lmost forgot James Barrow, the inventor. His latest invention is an unbreakable tractor seat and -nob Buchanan is still a combination butcher and delivery boy. This sictare in the corner is Uary Hamilton. She settled down and married a farmer, and is quite active in F rm Bureau work. -.nd ther e ’ s Cr ov ■ r R-: ke 3. a e job in the . . .. seriously and he Police do s on his farm near town, took his watch dog now is raising German and vh t a farm! Here is :Bitty! Stark. She is nowthe manager of the Try It Inc. : which h males all radio contests for the tobacco nd so . p companies. J-,oretta is considered one of the top executives in this field. 'he is noted for her ability to organize efficiently. ell, girls, th t’s the class of ’AS. DIRTY 'YORK -HI THE CROSS ROhDS On April 15 and 16, the Senior Class presented its grand company of superlative players in the great dramatic spectacle, Dirty York at the Bross Roads or Tempted, Tried. and-True. This te r-jerking drama dealt with the plight of the sweat, innocent country lass, Nellie Lovelace (Bitty Stark) and her betrothed-the stalwart black- smith's son, Adam Oakh,.rt (Sonny Leskov is eh). Nellie fell into the clutches of the villain, Munro Kurrv.troyd (Jack Karchotti) na his v ife, the belle of the New Haven music halls, Id.. Rhine gold (H ry Ann IColenich) The fact th t Munro had . wife did not prevent him from oursuirthe innocent Nellie _nd te_rir.-: her from the arms of h r dying 7 other, idow Lovel-_.ce (Zina Fo.hs), whom ho has poisoned. In the course of the play, Munro tempted Fleurettc, (Gloria Ibison), the French Maid; drove the wealthy Mrs. Upson .-.strrbilt (Billie Jea.n Jer ea.nt) of Newport nd Brooklyn to drink; be- witched Leonie, her daughter (Etta Dodd) nd then spurned her. Mookie, the faithfull hired man (i.l Z .zen), became sheriff . nd s. ved Adam from disaster when d_;m is nearly killed by Munro who has brought f_.lse ch .r-es of murder against him, dam is at last united with his beloved Nellie and their son. Little .-.d .m ( Jim C_rtor ). 'reeks before production, the seniors were busy slinging paint ..nd hunting -ll sorts of cos tunes dating back to the Gay Nineties and also a wide assort- ment of properties. i'he scenery w s painted by Jack M rchetti, ’ who was assisted by IZ.rilyn «1 .rk and members of the senior class and Hiss Drake. • Miss Betty AJlen Gresham and Hiss Betty Lee Dr .ke were directors and Miss.Ricner helped with the makeup. James Barrow and James Howe took c .re of the lighting; Joan Fin ', Emily Bringuet, nd Mary Hamilton took, care of properties. Some of the highlights were: The son'-s of Mookie th_t really made the girls swoon. The appear .nee of LitMo Adam put the audience in an uproar. The booing a.nd hiSsing ’.’hen the villain appeared. SENIOR STATISTICS Elraa Fahs Orville Barnes Our class President, optimistic tis true. Personality pius-of her kind there are few. G.A.A. 1,3,4 vice-pres. 4 Student Council 3,4 President 4. Senior Class Pres. 4 Band 1,2,3,4 Library Club 1,2 Commercial Club 4 Pep Club 1,2 Junior Play 3 Minstrel Show 4 Yearbook Staff 3,4 Music Club 4 Music Contest 1 County Speech Contest 4 Joe Ludek Genuine, dependable, joyful too. Excellent athlete, seldom blue . Track 1,2, 3, 4. Football 1,2,3,4. Basketball 1,2,3,4. Senior Vice-President 4 Vice-President Student Council Letterman s Ciub Yearbook Staff 4 Chorus 2 Treasurer Student Council 3,4 John Butler An F.F.A. member tried and true. Cheery, and happy-all day through. Courteous, reliable—a gentleman true. A little mischievous, but friendly too. Class President 3 Secretary Tres. 4 Manager Football 2 Letterman Club Commercial Club 3,4 Yearbook Staff 4, Business Manager Nanci Lowe Scnool Pianist,first class Also capable, original lass, G.A.A. 1,3,4 Sec, of G.A.A. 3,4 Freshman Sec. 1 Band 1,2,3,4. Vice-Pres. of Band 2,3 Music Club 4 Pres. Student Council 2,3 Sec, 2,3« Library Club 1,2,3. Yearbook Staff 4Aas.Editor Junior Flay Chorus Madri pal National Honor Society 3,4 Commercial Club Sec. Pep Club 1,2 Office Girl 3 Operetta Minstrel Show 4 Contest 1,3,4 Louis Lerch Different, quiet dark-eyed lad. Rod beau ties become his fad Transferred from Lgnphier 46 Chorus 4 Henry Hock Hoody, neat, a quiet sort Toll, slender, a good sport Basketbr.il-1,2,3,4. Football 2,4« Junior Play Charles Leskovisek This hr:ndsome Trojan knov s no retreat, An athletic fellow who thinks iris re'sweet. Football 1,2 3,4. Basket' .11 J.,2,3,4« Track 4 Coenaercial Club 4 Letternan Club 1,2,3,4« Senior Play Jack Llarchetti A well-groomed gentleman, handsome, too. A very good 'ianist and artist, too. Class President 2 Junior Class Play 3 Commercii: 1 Club 4 Yearbook• Staff 4 Chorus 1,2 Senior Play Russell Harris Individualist, courteous, . gentleman true. A little nischievious, but friendly too. Transferred from Harrison Tech. Chicago, Illinois R.O.T.C. Boys’ Chorus 1 Band 2 James Barrow Sleepy history student, but you need never fear. Has no trouble nor appendix but lots of friends here. Commercial • Club 3,4 F.F.A. 1, a,3 4• Chorus 1,2,3,4. Band 2,3,4. Basketball 1,2 Track 1 Minstrel Show 4 Vernon Hemberger A farner--and yes a swell guy. A wave in liis hair and my, wh: t an eye, F. F.a. 1,2,3,4 Pres, of F.F.x. 4 Etta Dodd A Loami girl, happy hearted and gay. Well liked by her friends, with something to say. Chorus 3,4 G A A. o,4 Class Play 3,4 Billie Jean Sergeant New-coner easily fitted in Friendships it seems she can easily win. Transferred from Divernon Chorus 4 Commercial Club 4 Clash Play 4 G. A.-rt-. 4 Emily Brinquet James Monn A good athlete and lots Good athlete—captain with of fun power She labors away til set He and his buddies, men of of sun. the hour. Yearbook Staff 4 Football 2,3,4 F.H.A. 3 Track 3,4 Library Club 4 Letterman Club G.A.A i,2,3 4 Band 1,2,3,4 Band 1,2 3,4. Chorus 2,3,4 Yearbook Staff 4 Music 4 Mary Hamilton Pen Club 1,2 A cheerleader, nischievious, Minstrel Show 4' Music Contest 1,3,4 but nice. Lover of good times—full of Mary Ann Xilenich spice. Transferred from Girard High A waitress there’s none to G.A.A. 3,4 • • compare Cheerleader,3,4 ■ uite an acrobat smiling and F.H.A. 1,2,3 fair. • Commercial Club 4 G.A.A. 1,3,4 Sand 2,3,4 Chorus 1,2,3,4 Music Club 4 Music Club 4 Yearbook Staff 4 F.H.A. 1,2,3,4 Commercial Club 4 Office Girl 3 Junior Class -lay 3 Operetta 2,3 James Carter Christmas Cantata 4 A very good cook and lots of fun. Gloria Ibi son. Better dancing could never be done. Sparkling, dainty little girl. Coromercial Club 3,4 Beautiful hair that tends to Chorus .,2,3,4 curl. Band 1,2,3,4 Commercial Club 4 Madrigals 2 G.A.A. 1,3,4 Ministrel Show 4 F.H.A. 1,2 Music Club 4 Pep Club 1,2,3 Cheer Leading 4 Chorus 2,3,4 Class Play 4 Joan ring A bookkeeper is she, who works hard all day. A student and scholar v ho often makes a s. Freshman, resident G.A.A. 3,4 Sophomore, Vice-President Chorus, 3,4 Music Club 4 Tr as. Library 3,4 Commercial Club 3,4 Pres.4 Pen Club 1,2' F.L.A. 1,; ,3,4 historian 4 Cl-.ss Play 3 Yearbook Staff 3, 4 Office Girl 3 Sec. of Veterans Voc. Ag. Dept. Aimey LoFevre He’s the class clown, joker by trade. vrith a three da 's beard .,nd a so oh o.more • nn id, Foot a 11 1,2,3,4 Mar. Basketball 3,4 Commercial Club 4 V.-Pres. Lett ©man Club Jun ior Cla sc Play Chorus 1,2 Aloysius Kazenske He's not selling peanuts, he's not the village fireman. But he is in'for a lot of fun. Football 2,3,4 Sophomore Seo-Treas. Junior Pl.y Yearbook Staff 4 Letterman Club Track Basketball Senior Play Loretta Stark Jack of all trades, cheer- ful and neat. Very nice girl, and awful- ly sweet. G.A.n. 1,3 Class, V.-Pres. 1 Secretarv-Tre..surer 3 F.K.--1.. 1,2,3,4 V.-Pres.3 President 4 Class PIuy 3,4 Chorus 1,2,3. Comraerci 1 Club 3,4 National Honor Society 3,4 Yearbook Staff 3,4 Editor 4 Associate Editor 3 Library Club 3 Pen Club 1,2,3. Office Girl 3 Operetta 3 D. A. R . Robert Buchanan An English student that’s swell. V.’ith the students he marks well. Football 3,4 Track 3,4 Letterman Club Commercial 4 Everette ’'oodside A first-rate square dancer, tall and slim But you can always depend on him. • F.F.A. 1,2,3,4 Chorus 3,4 C cm: ere i. 1 4 James Howe Future photographer, musican too. Students like him are very- few. Class V.-Pres.3 Student Council 2,3 Band 1,2,3,4 Yearbook Staff 4 Minstrel Show 4 Carolyn Modd Tall, slender, the best gal In the land She has her Rakes well in hand. Student Council 2,3 Band 1,2 Chorus 1 G.A.A. 1,3 F.K.A. 1,2,3,4 Sec. F.H.. . 4 Grover Rakes Bashful and blushing, But not a bit rushing. Transferred from Chatham F. F.A 2 Basketball 2,4 Betty Butler Reserved, demure, graceful, neat. A personality that is sweet. G. A.A 1,3 F.H.A. 1,2,3 Pep Club 1,2 Minstrel Show 4 Operetta 3 Chorus 1,2,3,4 Henry Coet A dark eyed student but fun ne’er the less. And a good sax player, we all must confess. Football 1,2,3,4 Track 1,2,3 Junior Play Minstrel Show U Music Club 1,2,3,4 Commercial Club 4 Lctterman Club 1,2,3,4 Madrigal 2 Boy's Chorus 1,2,3,4 President 2 George Archer A farmer, and yes, mischievious But his friends are many, nevertheless. Track 1,2 F.F.A. 1,2,3,4 F.F.A. Treasurer 3 Class Flay 3 Senior Class First Page George Archer Orville Barnes James Barrow Robert Buchanan Emily Bringuet Betty Butler J ohn Butler J ames Carter Henry Coet Etta Mae Dodd Elma Fahs Mary Hamilton Russell Harris Henry Hock Vernon Hemberger James Howe Senior Class Second Page Gloria Ibison A1oysius Kazenske wary Ann Kolenich Hanc i Lowe Aimey LeFevre Louis Lerch Charles Leskov is ek Joseph Ludek James Uann Jack Marche uti Carolyn Head J oan Ping Grover Rakes Billie Jean Sergeant Loretta Stark Everette ,'oodside ONLY ONE LORE RUNG This year, jubilant Juniors burst through the doors of Auburn High School, Having c st off the title of diligent Sophomores, we assumed the role of Juniors with swelling pride—and heads. I still think thut, th_t is why “Beanie lie bonald couldn't get his hat on. Two of our members, Belva Jean Hac I.undo and Joan Harris failed to join our ranks at the beginning of the year. Both of the girls decided that marriage was their future. Cur members elected the following officers: President-------------Robert Nodal ini Vice-President--------Nancy Easley acre tary-Trea surer-Marilyn Jlork Due to n new system, the president and vice-president of the c r.ss served on the 'tudent Council. Under the suoervision of our class advisor, Mr. url Rolando, we had Hay-Ride and weiner roast. Everyone stuffed themselves. Mr. Rol. ndo burned h s pot black; wonder, can he still make coffee in it ? In anticipation of a wonderful From, we sold ice cream and candy t all our home basketball games, sponsored a Donkey Basketball -one, rave the play, Huckleberry Jinn , .nd had enny-pitch, crazy house, - nd bake sale at the carnival, in or?'er to r ise money. Because of our t reloss Junior Trojans, we were able to have a sheet, Ei-Citizen in the weekly . uburn Citizen Mr. Rolando, our ccvisor, E .rba.ra Hawk, editor, ..arilyn Clark, assistant editor, and the rest of the stall have all done a good job. ’e all f el that the sheet will be beneficial in arousing public interest and hope that next veer's Junior Class will continue the work we iw-ve started Cur class chose a very beautiful ring, which ’..ill be tradition in old --uburn Hi. .m'tEr this year, the class rings will bear the same crest as that of the class of L9 During the first six weeks of the second semesterJack Baggerly and Roy Grider decicled to join the N vy. 'u-obs of luck to these “Gobs' from all of us. Junior Play Plays come and plays go; some are good, some are bad-- Huckleberry Finn was presented by the Class of '49. Based on the famous novel by Samuel Clemens, Mark Twain to you, Roy F. Lewis fashioned the play with the same decidedly American humor nd ch-.rm depicted by Twain. The three act oroduction was given on October 29 nd 30, 1947. The entire action of the pl y took pl:.ce in the living room of M.riah (Aunt Polly) Mtson. The play dealt with Buck's problems both during childhood nd ft ? nd portrayed 11 of his boyish pranks, -.s well .s his stru- le to aid his de .r Aunt Pol?y and Aunt Rut! . The udience howled ;t aunt oily who was so nervous , thrilled when they saw Huck fightin for his ide .Is, nd doubled uo with mirth when they saw h.ndsorac ?red Raymond trying to “repose to Aunt Rut! . Pn r. Aunt Polly--------------------------Marilyn Clark (Buck's Aunt) Ruth A tson------------------------Nancy L .sely (Polly’s sister) Mary Jane---------------------------Rosem-ry Bur tie (their niece) Fred Raymond------------------------Jack Baggerly (in love with Ruth) Melba 'hite-------------------------Barbara Hawk (colored maid) Clara A’oppinger--------------------Mary Lou Motley (deaconess of church) -amy ,Toppinger---------------------Dorothy Hawk (Clara’s niece) Huckleberry Finn--------------------Tom ICarhliker John Finn---------------------------Charles King (Huck’s father) Tom Sawyer--------------------------Pugene Me Don.old (Muck’s Pal) Director----------------------------Miss Betty Gresham Prompter---------------------------- ul Mac Murdo Stage I' n .ger---------------------Don Yukus SOPHGl'GRTS The class of 1950 entered Auburn High with forty- seven members. The following officers were elected: President: Bill Hall Vice-President: Geraldine Harris Secretary-Treasurer: ilyrtle Turpin Student Council: u'arjorie King Delmar Ladage Under the direction of Kiss B etty Allen Gresham, the class advisor, the first party, an Old Clothes arty, was held. The class, in connection with the music groups, put on a Christmas pageant for the public. The Treshman year ended with a dance, which everyone enjoyed very uch. Now, the same class, although minus v few, can claim the title of oophonores, or educated Freshmen. Lis- Betty Allen Gresham is class advisor and the class officers are: President: Geraldine Harris Vice-President: arjorie ing Secretary-Treasurer: John Dautel This year, through a new system being used by the Student Council, the president and the vice-president are the two representative members on the student Council In the early pert of October, a hayride-weiner roast was held at ..roller's tenant farm. This year, the Sophomores presented, the Christ- mas assembly, with •Jim hopp as Santa laus and rred Chiti as Santa's elf. The year ended with another party and everyone was ready to start another year with the title of Juniors. •70 enjoyed this all-school party, although the class had to furnish the refreshments for the whole school. GREEN BUT GEG'.' IKG 're, so called '’Green Freshies’--38 of us regis- tered at Auburn “igh on September 1, 1947. Since then, argaret Baggerly left and got married and soon after that Tommy Halford entered our class. e elected the following officers: President---------Phil ..mold Vice-President----Pauline Barnes Gec.-Treas.-------Shirley Pearson fter the six weeks grades came out, Phil Arnold and rauline Jarnos were made permanent members of the Student Council. Our first party was a hayride and weiner roast. :je all rod: in , hayfrane to Laks Springfield and roast our anors or rather burned them to a golden brown or black, 1 don't know which. Needless to say, we all enjoyed the weiner roast. Especially the trip home. The ,1uoic Club put on a ock Hop and our own class- mate, Helen Grider, was elected fueen of Sox. The Student Council put on a carnival the 8th of February, e were quite proud of ourselves for winning the prize of the evening for the best stunt. June Nuckols gave the reading— The Gathering of the Nuts. And didn't you think I-r. -.olando made a good wolf. ’'a also had a concession for men cnly and one for women only vhich proved to be quite a success. Our classmate, Juanita Edmiston, went out for humorous re .ding and put the whole student body in hysterics in assembly when she rove it. Our . tudent Council members happenod to draw the clean-up job out of the hat for the all-school party, which was fiven 7. e don't know whether it was fate or the upper-classmen that made them draw, thut one. NATIONAL HONOR 30CIETY To be eligible for the National Honor Society a student must have had during all the time in school and prior to the time of election a 3.25 average based on a system where a C equals throe points and a B equals four points. This rating must also place the student in the upper third of his class. Five percent of the Junior class may be elected in the second semester and a total of fifteen percent may be elected by graduation time. A committee of four teachers is selected by the principal to review independently the personal qualititos of those candidates who are eligible for consideration. No consideration is given to schol- arship in the ranking that these teachers make since the student must have been a good scholar to have been a candidate. Each of these four teachers ranks the candidates according to character, leadership, and service. These rankings are then combined into a com- posite rating and those of the highest five percent of the Junior class and fifteen percent of the oenior class and not already elected are elected to membership. Members of the National Honor Society in this high school are as follows: Loretta Stark and Nanci Lowe who were elected in 1947 and Joan ling, Elma Eahs, and Orville Barnes elected in 1945 from the Senior class. Nancy Easley who was elected in 1946 from the Junior class. Recognition will be given to these people by presenting them at commencement and by a special gold seal placed on the diploma. Junior Class Left to Right—First Row. Mr. Rolando, advisor, B. Lesk'o- visek, M. Miller, E. Money, L. Rupnik, D. Hawk, II, Easley D. Mylder, F. aua, T. Karhlikar. Second .t-ow—J. Harms, L. Barnes, R. urtlo, o. Hawk, It, Motley, J. Hoard, E. Ming, B, Halford, Miss Stevens, acvisor. Third Row--C. king 1. M;.ci «rdo, R. Dixon, L. Eliason, R. n.night, R. Hadalini, j. Skelton, E. MacDonald. Sophomore Cl-.33 First Row—k. turtle, L. Thielan, J. Dautel, F. Chiti, S. ird, B. Paisley, R. Hardi, C. Harms, D. Dautel, B. Presker, D. Dautel, D. Harris, J. Markwei.1. Second .tow—L. Bertoux, J. Day, D. Miller, M. Hoard, N. Dozier, G. Harris, C. i_ovciy, o. Ibison, L.Cesta, L. onodgrass, B. sutler, J. n-opp, «. archer. Third Row—H. Mrazier, Ivi, Turpin, D. Eldridge, J. Gill, B. Fahs, D. Ladage, A. Jones, iM xomarelli, k. Szerk- nis, I.I. king, -a, ac -urdo, B, Rakes, J. Chambers, C. O’Polka, B. Hall. Freshman Class First Row— . Mlachnik, D. Blliott, N. Stratton, MM Edmiston, C. Hamilton, J. Muckols, H. Grider, P. 3arnes, S. Gardner, K. Large, 'M .tevens, 1. Arnold� Second Row—H. Renken, P. Colburn, D. Taylor, F. Gen- try, B. Barrow, MM Thielan, B-. Townsend, M. Dixon, N. Ackerman, D. king, J. Sergeant. Third Row—C. Johnson, D. Lull, E. Turpin, B. Vole, C. Dodd, R. Hughes, j. Hall, B. Hadley, R. Dodd, P. Kern, T. Halford, a, nock. STUD5IIT COUNCIL The Student Council organization is an organiza- tion that represents all classes of the school. Its chief function is to provide for order in student activities. This year, according to the Constitution set up in 1947, the president and vice-president of e. ch class becare itudent Council members, and the president and vice-president of the senior class be- came the president and vice-president of the Council. The members of the organization are: senior class—Dima Fails, President; Joe udelc, Vice-President; Junior class—liob_rt adalini, 1,ancy Daslcy, Bocre- tary-Treasu.r ;r; Sophomore class, Geraldine Harris, Marjorie king; Freshman class--Phil .irnold, iauline Barnes. Faculty advisor is -iss Charlotte Niemer. On November 15, Dima ?ahs, Nancy Lesley, Marjorie king, Paulin Barnes, Phil .mold, ur. and Mrs. Hadley, and Miss kiemer attended the District Convention at Ma- comb. The theme for the convention was 'High school Citizenship in ..tomic ..ge. The annual etato Convention was held at Peoria, April 23-24, 194b. The Junior and Senior Student Council members, according to the Constitution were eligible to attend. The theme w s ’’Creating Respon- sible Citizens. The Student Council with the American Legion spon- sored the Armistice program in the gymnasium, the morn- ing of November 11, at 10:00. As of last year the Student Council sponsored the School Carnival, February 6, 1948. The purpose of it was to help defray expenses of those who at- tended the Conventions and to pay dues to belong to the District, State, and National organizations. It also produced funds for nil other organizations and provided fun for everyone. The. outstanding event was the Stunt show by the various organizations and faculty of Au- burn High. The ca3h prize was v on by the Freshman. COMMERCIAL CLUB A meeting was called at the beginning of the school year to organize. Miss Hiemer was chosen to be the sponsor of the club. At our first meeting a constitu- tion and publicity committee was appointed. Our next regular meeting was a Christmas i-arty held in the gymnasium, December 15« Dveryone present answered to roll call by telling what they wanted for Christmas. ..fter the report of the constitution com- mittee was read, Miss Heimer introduced rs. Zdward ‘-cCredic, '.ho presented her hand-painted pictures which illustrated each of the carols, as each picture was shown under the spotlight, the kids sang the car-Is. Following the pro; ram, we played progressive games. Mrs, Hilda ‘-'acTJurdo and Mrs. Zdward Hoard helped Miss Hiemer serve refreshments of cupcakes, jello fruit sa- lad, and hot chocolate on prettily decorated tables in the gym. The gym was simply decorated, ihe stage was sot as a homey living-room scene with a cheery fireplace and a little Christmas tree lighted with small white candles, beside the fireplace, on the gym floor at the south end was a long table covered with evergreen boughs and silver ornaments as the center-piece and two tapering white candles at each end of the table. At the next regular meeting, January 1L, the constitution was road and accepted. The objects of such an association is the advancement and benefit of its members, and to make possible social gatherings for the promoting of fellowship and ood-will among members; secondly, to raise standards of members in the commercial subjects by giving awards. At this meeting election of officers was held. ihe following officers were elected: •‘■resident, Joan xing, Vice-President, Aimey LeFevre, Secretary-treasurer, Hanoi Lowe. The concessions held at the carnival were the Telegraph Service and the movies, :Tcm and Jerry, and -’Laurel and Hardy.” xhe movies were donated by the R” Theater. In the Stunt Show, we put on the burlesque, Down Our Street”—a barber shop scene. The Club put on an assembl program, which consis- ted of typing to music. TRGJAM STAFF The following group of students make up the staff of the 1948 yearbook, The Trojan. Editor........................... Loretta Stark Assistant Editors....................Manci Lowe Marilyn Clark Business Manager...................Orville Barnes Senior Editors...............................Sima Fahs Joan Ping Class Editors _ Junior class.....................Fancy Easley Sophomore class......................Lathreen Szerknis Freshman class.................Doris Ann Ling Art Editors........................Jack marchetti Al Kazenske Sports Editors...............................Ludek Bill Leskovisek Activity Editors Joke Editor. . . Calendar Editor. Snapshop Editor. Advisor......... Photography. . . Binders......... , . . .Llary Hamilton Barbara Hawk Charles Ling. ........Fred Chiti . . .Emily Bringuet ........James Howe . .Miss Betty Drake . . . . Coble Photo Ffister Binding Co. TRCJ.O ,iTT?U.iL ACCCUTT Consistent ith our policy of putting the foots before the public, v a submit the following budget. Assets 110 subscriptions at )1.50....................'j Benefits....................................... Received for pictures.......................... Gift of faculty................................ Found in lockers left open.........••••• •••••• 46000.00 Beauty contest won by girls of Trojan 3taff... .26 Rumi. ge sale of bobby pins, di mona rings, end pens.............................. 25 TC1UL ASSISTS 146,166.29 Liabilities 165.00 .17 .69 .01 Stenciling................ ..................... Ruined ......................................... Tyoists Salaries................................ Typist' Chewin'- Gan............................ Business rana er's salary....................... Cadillac for Business manager................... Bicycle tires and nor tiro pump for editor.... Rd tor's salary................................. ''ditar's haircut............................... Business 'Manager's haircuts.................... Business in; e' sw i owed....................... Tear and tear on office fur:, .ture............ Editor's funer 1 expenses o id in advance: Hir d mourners............................ Lilies. .................................. Grave-diggers.. . .................... Landkerchiefs............................. Hush money................................ Transporting rest of staff out of .country...... 4.75 55.00 2126.00 7600.40 80030.00 65000.30 673.02 .37 .50 40.30 .25 250.90 1.00 4.98 1.25 2600.05 40000.57 30.00 TCT.-vL LL.3ILITI2- 0198,418.74 Sir EECH Hiss Betty .ilon rreoham gathered her flock of speech students, scratched up .great deal of exper- ience, and merited much honor. For each grain of ex- perience had a peck of fun. Miss Gresham coached the following people who en- tered contests; Edna Money, etty MacIIurdo, Dorothy Hawk, Charles king, Barbara Hawk, Sima Fahs, Marilyn Clark, and Juanita Edmiston. johc of the group made public appearances at I. T. A., Hotary Club, Elimina- tion Program, and Contests. Marilyn Clark was invited to speak at a dinner of the auburn Church-School '.Vo- me n. uburn High was represented in the hew Berlin Freshman Literary Contest April.1, by Juanita Edmiston in Humorous Beading, who placed in Second division. Six hopeful people, attended by their coach, went to Petersburg to com.eete in the District Speech Con- test held there February 28, 1943. serious, nu- merous, nd verse render—Betty -ac urdo, Barbara Hawk, and Dorothy Hawk respoctivol”, aid not place, as well as the entry in oratoriclo Declamation—sdna Money: Charles Ling entered Extemporaneous speaking and placed in second division among e class schools. ILrilyn Clark gave an origin..1 oration end placed in first division among 3 class schools and third divi- sion anon � . and a. schools. This qualified her for entering in the Sectional Speech Contest. Ht the Sectional speech Contest held in eincoin, i-arch 13, 1943, orilyn Cia..k enjoyed very geed com- petition and placed m second division among 3 class s chools. County Music-Literary Contest was held in Roches- ter .ipril 28, 1948. rhiru division was given to ,,orothy Hawk and Lima Fahs in Verso Reading and Ora- torical Declamation, respectively , jetty Maci.urdo placed in second division in serious Reading, -jar- bara Hawk copped a much deserved 1irst rating. Our speech department, which v,as entirely new last year, has come a long way under the coaching of our very able director, Miss Betty Gresham. Speech Group First Row—Left to Right--' dna Honey, B. Howie, D. Hawk, J. Earns, J. Edniston Second Row—Betty Kao ITurdo, G. King, Hiss Gresham, advisor, E. Szerknis. Yc rboo.k Staff First Rov --Left To Right-Kiss Dr-ke-advisor, F. Chiti, 3. Lcskovisek, H. Hamilton, 2. B inguet, L. St rk, D. King, J. Ludek, K. Lov-;c, J. ILrchctti Second Row--0. B .rnes, E. Fahs, C. King, J. King, A. IK.zen, K. Szerknis, B. Hav k, N. Easley, J. Hove. Commercial Club First Row—Left to Right—Miss Riemer, advisor, M. Kolen- ich, 2. F.,hs, I . KKimilton, G. Ibison, L. Bcrtoux, J. Ping N, Lov;e, 3. R. kes, B. Serge nt, C. Hamilton, K. .ackerman, L, St rk, B. L.-.utel. Second Row--D. Dautel, rt. Burtle, 2. Money, Harris, I'. Motley, M. Killer, K. Tom..relli, B. Vole, R. Hughes, J. Bay, N. Dozier, K. Ho rd, D. Hawk, D. Taylor, F. Gentr Third Row—J. liarlcwell, K. archer, L. Thiolan, IT, Strat- ton, J. Hoard, X. Burtle, K. Grider, J. Kuckols. Back Row--Tom Karhliksr, J. Carter, R. Dixon, H, Coet, C. King, 2. o'dside, J. K. rchetti, 2. Eli .son, 3. Lesko- visek, A. IC zenski, J. Barrov , G. Barnes, B. Buchan-n, A. L ' Fevre. GIRL 3 .-i TELL TIC ..SSCCIaTION The Girls athletic association organized in oep- tember under the sponsorship of L'rs. Lucille Davis. The following people were elected: President----------Rate Szerknis Vice-President-----Dima Fahs Secretary----------Nanci Lowe Treasurer----------Betty UacMurdo The nev. members were initiated into the club, many freshmen were embarrassed with their dresses on backwards, but they took it cheerfully. The G. , sponsored class tournaments at noon in volleyball and basketball. ihe results in volley- ball were: (1) Seniors (2) Sophomores (3) Juniors and (4) Freshman. In basketball, the Sophomores showed their ability taking the title of champions with (2) Seniors (3) Freshman and (4) Juniors. This year, the school organization was invited to two Play-Days. In the fall, it was held at New Berlin and was attended by mary kolenich, Parian Hoard, Doris Daut.;l, j olores Deu tel, Ear gar et Archer, Ge- raldine Large, and Nanci Lowe, •‘■his spring, another Play-Day was held at Jacksonville. The G. sponsored an all-school party. ■‘•hey also sponsored the 'ueen and King of the Carnival, who wore Btta Dodd and Grover Rakes. There was an impressive crowning b mate Szerknis. xhe crown- bearers were Eartha Ileiderscheid and Sammy Strang. The A. A. sold sweat shirts and T.shirts with the Trojan emblem and the name of the high school im- printed on them. This spring, several girls received awards having att iaed 500 points for the first award, 1000 for the second award, and 1500 for the third award. The election of next years officers was held and Helen Grider was elected resident for the coming year, Kate Szerknis, Vice-President, and Gerry Harris, Secretary. F. F. A. Tha F. F. . is an organization of farm. boys. There are 23'members, 8 of which are groenhunds, or are in the F. . for the first tine this year. The following officers were elected for 1917-48. fresident---------Janes Gill Vice-President----Darrell akelton Secretary---------Charles ing Treasurer---------Delciar Ladage Reporter----------Eugene n'cDonald •'atchdog---------Grover .lakes One of the first raj or activities of the . F. a. was a trip to Chicago in November, sponsored by the International Harvester Company. Ticket money was taken out of the treasury for the seniors who went. Then on ±- arch 12, the Fourteenth .nnual rather and Don Banquet was held at the -ethodist Church. i'he main speaker was Dr. L. ... Card, noud of the ani- mal icience Department at the University of Illinois. Some very interesting safety displays were exhibited. In . pril, an all-school part.'- was held end Cueen of the school was crowned and given a gift, who ueen was Geraldine Harris, and the attendants were gloria Ibis on, Hanoi Lowe, --ancy Jasley, and Barbara LawK. in F. The annual F. F. H. •«. pnrty was hold ,iay and delightful refreshments were served by F. boys. the On June 17-18, fourteen representatives from uburn‘5 F. i. -. attended the a-tate Judging contest and State F. F. . convention. Plans were set up to send members, probably seniors, to the f. F. camp for a week’s vacation during the summer. fter this full year of action, the boys went back to their farms and spent another summer raising food for a starving worlu. Llr. i-igiderscneid, who is the agriculture teacher, vjjs the .r« A. advisor. The officers of the veer were: Loretta 3t. rk-rresi- dent, Nancy iil.s ley-Vice-President, Carolyn Hedd-Secre- t.ary, and Barbara Hawk-Treasurer. The first party was held on November 26 in the Auburn Hi Gym. he freshman • ere initi-ted -t this arty� One of the f. vorite g mes v -s puchin peanuts '.cross the gym floor, rtefreshnents consisted of oumokin pie and soda pan. The nnual Ghristm s Lance w.,s given by the F. H. xi. December 18. The gym v -s decorated in red . .nd green, v ith be utiful Christm-s tree -t tho aide of the stage The st ge was decorated to look like .. home, s a gift from the faculty, we were presented v ith refreshments of Christnas Slush nd little Christmas c Pcs, The biggest moment of the evening uas the arrival of Santa Claus (Bob cherd). He treated Hr. olando the best of .11 of us. The F. K. A. h .d . very busy month in Febru ry. On the February 14, ve: had - chili supper. •‘■ho money th..t was made from thi.s su per will hel pay for the Senior trip v ith the helo of the Christa s 7 rds. On the 6th of -February.the F. H. ... h d several concessions .t the carnival. They had ... restaurant, which v as in the music room nd c lied it th Dr-gon Cafe. a ..Iso sold fudge, dn mop corn on the first floor of the school. ”e intort ned tho F. � , on Febru ry 20, On Jl:y 6, • e had a. tea for I'others. style show was given by tho Home Ac. • st, r'entc. i'h' no--; officers ere nstailod into the club: Rosen ry 3urtle-:resident, Gerry Harris-Vice- resident, June Nuckols-Socret-ry, Hetty Withers-?ra surer, Shirley G-rdner-Historian. e went to the F. Ti. «. R..lly in Springfield and really enjoyed ourselv ;s. One.of the highlights of the rally v as style show from Rolands. The F. H. A. was under the supervision of Hiss Frances Stevens, newcomer to the faculty this year v ho v .s a very capable advisor. G. A. A First Row-Left to Right--’!. Hamilton, G. ■ Ibison, B. Ib'ison, N. Stratton, B. Butler, G. Harris,- J. Harkwell, II. Archer, rK. Burtle, N. Easley, K. Grider P« Barnes, S. Gardner Second Row—D. Dautel, D. King, N. Ackerman, M. Kolenich, F. II. Love, 1C. Szerknis, Mrs. Davis, advisor, 3. Mac Murdo, E. Fahs, C. Hamilton, 3. Sergeant, Etta Dodd, D. D-utcl. Third Row—Myrtle Turpin, M. King, J. Harms, IM% Hoard, B. Barrow, N, Tomarelli, L. Bertoux, E. King, Gentry, J. Day, JM ing, E. Bringuet. F. F. A. First row—Mr. Ksiaerscheid, ..dvisor, P. Colburn, Stevens, C. King, a. L..dage, Me Donald, J. Gill, D. Skelton, K. Large, K. Renken, • . Theila.n, E. Mood- side. Second Rov--D. Lull, C. add, G. Rakes, R. odd, J. Borrow, J. Butler, a. Kern, G. archer, T. Halford, B. Fa hs f V. H emb erg er. F. H. A. First Row--K. Str .tton, J. Edmiston, D. Kyluer, G. Harris, J. Markv ell, II. .-.rcher, J. Nuckols, N. Easley, X. Burtle, K. Grider, P. E ,rnes, S. G: rdnar. Second Row--II. Kolenich, J. Hoard, C. iledd, B. P owns end B. Halford, F. Ackerman, J. Ping, B. Hadley, D. King, C. Hamilton, L. Stark, Miss Stevens Third Row—-M. Miller, J. Harris, R. Hughes, B. Barrow, D. T'.ylor, D. Dautel, D. Dautel, M. Hoard, L. Barnes, B. Hawk, R. Burtle, M. Motley, 3. -d.kes, 3. Vole. BAND The Auburn High Bui this ear is under the le;dership of Mrs. Lucille Davis. The band marched at all the home football gurries. Betty :.ac nurdo, majorette, Gloria Ibison, Beverly Ibison, Jo Hoard and I!ari n Ho..rd, twirlers, maice an impressive showing t the he c of our band. On Armistice Day, the band played several patriot- ic numbers. Although the band was rather small this ye r it v; s based more on quality than quantity. The b nd furnished entertainment t the hone basketb 11 ■ mas, il ving between games and halves. This dea was cuite popular with the spectators -na v is i tinc' schools. henever possible, '.ere helped by Glenn Osaorne, Harceau Oriouelion, Gv enda L.ne, Dons Landers, Dolores L riders, Larry Rene as ky, 01 rence Carter, Gloria ’Corn, nd .Arthur Deschomps. ,'Ome of the b.nd's favorite numbers were ’Hoe Down •, Step am Out'’, 'Victory .' rclv, nd United Nations . J..mes Love, Betty Hadley, an N_ne i Lov;e took o rt in the I . as County Bund in Springfield, which clayed at the Te .cner’s Institute. There were about a hundred people from all over Sangamon County. hey thought it'quite an experience. It impressed James Howe so much that he 2 eft his co-t in the pr-ctice room and didn't remember it until some fifteen min- utes nd as many blocks later. Frail y Bringuet, Betty Hadley, and Nanci Lowe reoresented Auburh High -t the district contest this year with their cl.rinet trio nd placed in the first division. On Friday, April 30, they played at the_ state contest at Macomb and placed in second aivision. The band took part in the annual spring concert. Juanita Bdmiston, Pauline Barnes, Norma Ackerman, Carolyn Hamilton, Noma Str .tton, nd Darrel lliott, v,h= beeinnors this ye. r in band «ill take part m the spring concert. T J V..33LE3S OF A.. H. 3. The musicians and so; oirds entered the prrtal of Auburn High to fallow ':’i, direction of wrs, Lucille Davis. a music club was organized, with Nanci Lowe and Joan Ping voted as president and secretary-trea- surer , respectively. The music department or some selected numbers have nude a groat number of public appearances in the past year. Thu talci as appeared several times at P. f. A.; presented a Uinstimi Show, Christmas Cantata, an Elimination Frogram, and a opting Concert; entered sectional, stat.. and county contests; sang at the Union Easier Sunrise Pervice. Thu first contest was the Sectional Contest held on April 3 .'’0, ISIS, at Petersburg. The results were very good. First division was given to the Choruses—Mix-rt. Bov. , am Girl a T--James Carter in boy's low vo . , air e fust division. Second divi- sion was rat-.a by nanci I aA Nancy Easily in their piano solos, i.drjorie . :ng--g. I’s high voic.j solo, Kate Szerknis in girl's low voio. solo, Girls' Bnsera- ble—comprised of Kariiyn C.U.rK, Betty Macilurdo, Edith King, Nancy Easley, Betty Hadluy, Eiatricc Halford, Norma Ackerman, -nd Fra; as £b.i---Charlor Cpolka and Henry Coot in b: y' s nac Bum voice solo. A railing of third was given to Belt n.idle in girls medium and to the mixed Ensemble--ocmpricod of voice solo, Eigone McDonald, .j-bert. Heaton, Frances Bua, Larjoric jring, Betty Macilurdo, kathveen Szerknis, Jaraos Carter, and James Howe. First place innings at the contest wore qualifiid for State Contuse. County Contest bold ..pril 28 at Rochester resulted with first division given to . rjorie ning—soloist, and all three choruses—uuys' Chorus, Girls' Chorus, and i'ixed Chorus. See nd divisior, was g von to James Car ter--boys ■ soloist, _Bcy’s uartor.te--Eugene Mc- Donald, Junes Carter, i iraos Mann, and James Howe, Mixed Quartette--Eugene McDonald, Marjorie .ing, athreen Szer- knis, and aitus Howe. As a group; I .lioxoiis copped first division with 34 points and Auburn tied with ow Berlin for second division with a score of 32. The sane first rate choruses who placed first in the previous contests board.d school busses for I.'acomb on hoy 1, and pi ced in third division. James Carter placed third, end ti e cl- rinct trio nlaced in second division, on the previous day. cvcrul judw conm.nted on Mrs. Davis' confident smile. The Husic Club felt that her tireless efforts nd confidence in her rroup merited special a ipreciation and Presented her '1th r gift in n ssembly held on 4- ’Ti TTI. Y:crr .mny ', Lore Comes th Showboat , ■ iosie , You i- do: i.e love You ,--yes, these and a crest many other songs •.•ora hea d .t the minstrel show, which was pros a: t d to a cans city crowd on t'ovember 21. This v t a the first of what is hoped will become an annual affair, ever seventh people participated in this year's production, ’’Showboat -1 etr ls.;: The follov in people participated in the drama: James 3„rro , Dorm- .cherra-n, Eatty ucL'urdo, -ud Harms, I argarot Be.ggcrly, Henry Coot, Charles xing, Soger Dixon, -nc Dotty Hadley. The foliosiny p ople •. ore the minstrels: Carry E rris, Elm: Pahs, Emily Bringuet, Helen Crider, James Chambers, James hop ), Fred Chiti, and Bob Heaton. Bill Fresher v s the interlocutor. Hanoi Lowe vs. s the .ccompanist and Hiss C-resham and Mrs. Davis 'wor : the directors. Hiss Hicmer, L'iss Stevens, and Kiss Siol helped with the almost insur- mountable t :sk of make-up. Hiss Drake had charge of publicity and tickets. The mi:: d chorus furnished the musical background for the show end the -iris ensemble presented several nurab:-r . Ph g Iris in the ensemble were: Hariorio min'-’, '’’ranees Juc, Betty Hadley, Margaret Beggarly, Betty cl'urdo, and Date Szerknis. i-ate and Margie san a duet between ct , and Fred Chiti go v a reading. BAND Left to Alight-First Row—L. Bringuet, M. Loy e, B. Hadley, Henry Coet, M. King, S. Mac Murdo, D. Landers,j. Mann, a, Fahs, I. Kov e Second Row—B. Mac Murdo, B. Ibis on, J. Nuckols, M. Hamilton, 0. C-rter, L. Renetsky, J. G'.rter, J. Borrow, Tr. Basely, I.. Hoard, G. Ibison, ’Trs. Davis, director CHORUS Left to Right--First Row—5. Vole, K. King, JS. Money, M. Dixon, B. Hadley, b. King, N, Ackerm n, F. Rua, B. Serge.nt, -J. Zdniston, Kolenich, J. Ping. Second Rav--i , Love, B. H lford, R. Bur tie, 0. Ibison, B. Mac Murdo, M. Hatley, J. Haras, G. H.rris, N. Easley, B. Hawk, K. Szerknis, M. Kin;;, M. Hoi rd, L. Hawk, 2. Bringuet, Mrs. Davis. Third Row-- 7. Markwell, M. Archer, J. Nuckols, K. Burtle, H. Grider, S. Gardner. Fourth Row--T. lford S. Bird, J. Howe, J. Barrow, D. Lull, 53. Hall, 2. .’oodside, H. Coet, E. Lie Donald, R. Dixon, J. Carte , J. Sergeant, F. Chiti, C. Harms, P. Colburn. SEXTET Left to Right—IC. Szerknis, F. Ru , N. Saslev, K. King, B. Hadley, 3. M e Murdo, K, Lov e. The Football Season of 1947 For the first time in four years. Auburn has had a good footb .11 team. e finished the season v ith a record of four wins . g inst five loses, •‘■ho starting line-up for .-.uburn was as follows: Right End: Jim llann Right Tackle: Jack Baggerly Right Gu.rd: Bob Knight Center: Joe Ludek Left Guard: Paul liac ilurdo Left Tackle: Darrel Skelton Loft End: Henry Hock Quarterback: Aimey Le Fevre Rirht Halfback: Al Kazen Left Halfback: Sonny Leskovisek Fullback: Bob Buchanan c hod two boys th t made tha all-conference first team and two raking the all-conference second team. Henry Hock made 2nd -nd Sonny Leskovisek mace Half- Back on the first team, Jim llann made 2nd on the Second Te rn and Paul liac . urdo m—do Second iearn -'Uord, Our games ere ... s follows: ILLICPC1I3 ■ ro bc..t Illiopolis in the first game of the season 18-6. -'e scored once in the first quarter nd once in the socond quarter, 3. Leskovisek went over on the first one nd H. Hock caught a pass on the second one. Our 1-st touchdown came in the third cu-rter with Lesko- visek going over again. VIRDEN Virden beat us 13-6. 30th of Virden’s touchdowns c .me bv the ass route. One came in the 1st quarter ;nd one in the 2nd qu.rter. Our only touchdown came on the sleeper pass from kazen to Leskovisek in the closing minutes of the game. ’.AVERLY The Huverly-Auburn game came as an upset to Auburn. Auburn had four different scoring chances but failed to make them. overly had their lone chance in the closing minutes of the gome no they made it good. 6-0. ST. Jrf.iLS Auburn had f airly easy tine with St. James Vo Beat thorn 33 to 6. The scorin': was distributed evenly. Buch nan scoring twice, Leskovisek, Lazen, nd Landers once apiece. 'e n:do 3 out of 5 extra points. 3t, J nos only touchdown cane in the last cuurter against the second team. v-TT-TP ' tt) Although Vinca id beat us 34 to 19 vo scored an upset eg ainst then. On the v ry first play of the gone wc scored. It was Leskovisek off our right tackle for $3 yards. The 'tto ended 54-19 in f.ver of Line: id. GIIARD The first h. If of the Qir. rd gene va.s nip : nd tuck b.ttle with neither team scoring, -J-'hen in the 3rd cuar- ter, Jin II,nn blocked a. Girard punt nd picked it up on the 20 yard line nd wont over, n little while L.ter, Leskovisek skirtared our left end ..nd not 2 minutes later, Jin Lk.nn blocked nothor kick ana Leskovisek wont round right end from the 3 ■ ,.;rd line. LITCKFIBLD e h d .;n easy tine bo..ting Litchfield 25-6. The scoring was very evenly divided gein by Bueh.nan, zen, Leskovisek, ..nd Ilann. BZNLD Bcnld wasn't even football game. e pi yed that g no in mud and water un to our nklcs. I'hcy beat us 34-0. VIRD3N The game .gainst Virden on Armistice Day w..s for the .S. ‘ . conference. e really ployed in the second cu rter but Virden was just too much for us. The game ended 27-6. The letter winners are: Jim Mann, Henry Coet, Jack Baggerly, Don Yakus, Bob Knight, Tom Karhliker, Jim Kopp, Paul MacMurdo, Darrell Skalton, Henry Hock, Joe Ludek, Aimey LeFevre, Roger Dixon, ax i uaen, Sonny Leskovisek, Bob Landers, Bob Buchanan, Jim Gill, Ronnie Nardi. Football Banquet The Rotarians sponsored the annual football banquet held at the Methodist Church on November IS. About two hundred people were present to fete the football boys at this annual event. Coach Howard Hancock of Illinois State Normal University was guest speaker. The FHA Girls sorvd the banquet under the direction of Miss Frances Stevens. Track The first track meet of the year was at Virden. It was a + school meet with Virden, Maverly, Auburn, and 3cnld. Chambers took the 220 yard dash and got second in the 100 yard dash. Skelton got 5th in the discus and Ludok got 5th in the shot put. Buchanan got 3rd in the high jump and 4th in low hurdles, ho also tied for the pole vault. The meet ran, Virden, V averlv, uburn, and Ben Id. In the county meet our boys just couldn't get going. Chambers got 4th in the 220, Buchanan got 3rd in the low hurdles and he was in a four way tie for first in pole vault. Although Beanie McDonald ran his fastest mile,he only got third. Me placed 7th in the meet. In the meet at New Berlin, Chambers took the 220 and got 4th in the 100. uck won the pole vault, Sonny got 2nd in the 100, 3rd in the broad jump and 3rd in the high jump. Sonny also got 3rd in the shot put. Al Lazen won the discus and got 4th in the broad jump. MacMurdo got in fourth place in shot put and 2nd in discus. Beanie won the mile. Our relay also won. We took a five school meet. - II.3.M. - Sonny Leskovisek-3rd in 100 yard dash. 220 yard dash- onn Leskovisuk-first, Chambers 4th. Foie Vault-Buchanan tied for 2nd. Shot Put-Ludek 4th. Discus-kazen 3rd, Mile McDonald-2nd, Low Hurdles- .ouck tied for 4th, High H.-Buck 4th. Relay team- 4th-Sonny, Buchanan, Kazan, and Chambers. Me placed 3rd in the meet. BASKET BALL SLA SOI; OF 1947-1943 Auburnagain was name! the hard-luck tear; ol' the year. It wa the repeat of the last two years. It took us the first three games to get started and even the first three were close ones. In the County Tourn- ament, we got bumpei off by Tri-City in one of the hard- est fought games of the year. But it just seemed we couldn't get to hitting. Our poorest game of the year came against Lrnphier in the Regional Tournament. Just when we had an even chance of beating them, no one could find the basket and the whole team felt sluggish. Out of 20 games, wo won only 7. Most of our losses were by 2 or 3 points. The second team did a .little better th n the first team by winning 10 and losing 8. THE BTARTTKr- LINE-UP R.F.-C. Leskovisek, L.F.-J. Laiok, C.-H. Hock, R.G.- F. MacLurdo, L.G.-L. Eiiason, or 3. Leskcvisek Our free-throw percentage feu the year wasn't too bad, but it couli have been better, 'ie slot a 56% at the free throw line. BY Rochester 34 Auburn 24 Ball Twp. 36 Auburn 55 (overtime) Virden 50 Auburn 32 New 3erlin 34 ubura Ao Morrisonville 32 Auburn 30 Divcrnon 35 Auburn 30 (overtime) Girard 36 Auburn 39 Riverton 43 ..uburn 41 Chatham 35 Auburn i Tri-City 46 Auburn 36 Girard 33 .uiburn 33 Nokomis 23 Auluin 40 Di vernon r 4 Auburn 51 Morrisonvilie 33 Auburn 40 County Tournament--Tri-City 34Auburn 29 averly 42 Auburn 36 Franklin 28 Auburn 63 St. James 34 ..uburn 37 Virden 51 Auburn 44 Regional Tournament Lanphier 57 Auburn 41 chyurluadtrs The varsity cheerleaders this year wore Gloria Tbison, .eate Szorknis, Jo Hoard, and nary Hamilton. The reserve cheerleaders were Helen Grider, Carolyn Hamilton, and Doris Dautel. They led the cheers for the seccn team at all the home games. The following cheerleaders were awarded letters: Gloria Ibison, senior, Mary Hamilton, senior, Kate ozerknis, sophomore, and Jo Hoard, junior. The cheerleaders had new outfits this year, blue slcirts, white long-sleeved biouses, and blue boleros. They did a very good job of leading the yells to which everyone agrees. Two of them even practiced theii good will on the boys overtime. (How about that, Gloria and Hate?) ome of the favorite yells ’..ere: Lnds, tackles, centers, guards Get your man and hit him herd, Hit him high’. Hit him low’. Cmon team, lot’s goi A-U-B-U-R-N a-u-b-u-r-n A-U-U —U -R—N .,-0-B-U-R-N A-U-B-U-R-N ChooChoo, Auburn Blue and V hite , fight, fight, Blue and hite, fight, fight Yeah, Blue’. Yeah, ' hite ’. Craon team, let’s fight . Rah Rah RahRahRah Rah Rah RahR.hRah Rah Rah RahRahRah Team Team Team ho? Team ho? Team ‘ho? Team Team Team Basketball Team First Row, left to right J. Dautel, I. ««acMurdo, C. Loskovisok, H. Hock, J. Lu- dek, L. Tliason, B. Lcskovisak, Mlachnik. lecond Row, left to right . LeFavre, manager, R. A-night, H. Renken, rreskor, A. Hock, . Kail, C. O'Polka, F. Chiti, R. Lardi, C. Johnson, D. .kolton, Hr. Don 'lilt, Coach. Cheerleaders Left to right Gloria Ibison, Carolyn Hamilton, «athrecn ozerknis, Dolores Oaut-l, ‘-ary Hamilton, Helen Grider, Jo Hoard. Football Team First row, left to right D. ikelton, J. ‘.arm, H. Hock, J. Baggoriy, 3. knight, J. Ludek, R. Buchanan, ... LeFovre, C. Leskovisek, A. ka zen. Second row, left to right J. Dautel, manager, H. Coot, ?. !:ci'..urdo, R. Crider, J. hopp, a. DeHove, D. Yakus, J. Gill, F. Chiti, C. O'Folka, “r. Don ilt, Coach. Third row, left to right R. Landers, J. Chambers, T. karhlik.r, i. .-mold, r. Presker, C. Johnson, R. Cixon, 3. HcDonald, C. Ling, D. fjilior , B. Laskov is el:, R. ardi m m mu JOKES Where is your mother? !,She went for a five minute visit with Miss Brown two hours ago. '•Mother, are fleas white? No dear, they are bloc!:. •• Hov; can they be? You know Mary’s little lamb? The ooen says It’s fleas was white as snov;.’ 3. Nardi: What is the smallest roon in the world? Miss lice: I don’t know, what is? N rdi: A mushroom. A man cane runnirw dov n the platform .just in tine to mi3s the train, a nan as :ed, Mi s the tr-in? Oh, not much. ■ was the reply. I nav r got to no-, it .very well.- Harms: Why are you standing on your head? Heaton: I’m turning things over in my mind. IMss Drake: h„t is cult? Barbara Jo: .a young horse. Nr. Rolando: C-ivc us sentence with camphor. It. Archer: I went to camphor a. week last summer. 'illie, watching a concert, ■'‘hy is that nan shaking that stick at that woman? Mrs. Davis: He is net doing that. illie: •‘■’hen, what's she screaming about? Hiss Brake: hx. t u. Oc c it mean to fall prucipitiously? 3uck: To drip. Judge: lid you steal this man's saw? Con: No, Jud , I took it as a joke. Judge: How fur did you take it? Con: His house to mine, four miles. Tud : Ten days in jail l'or carrying a joke too fur. rise .rake: 'hat is a kernel? .-.1 He?an: horn they r ice dogs. Hiss 'rasram: TJ e the word justice in sentence. J. Borrow: I c.n cpc.H ju-tico well as anyone. ’’cdalir.i: I t 6 3a- s for reakfast. : i s s t “ v e n s: Y u me an . t a. Hrd lini: ell, m:.� -he it vac ci it I et. Hiss ‘-rosham iho butcher she s id, entered a butch- 1 s shop to buy a chicken, 'bee, -lo you nt pullet? -No, '11 cur y it.:: Paul iicHurdo: 1 • v; the smartest Bill Lcsko: hv .• a you a ;y that? Paul: I asked v;hc t 2 minus 2 was, dog. and he said nothing. Hiss !Uce: lo you lulls all the . imc. -hiti: ibo, sometime somebody interrupts me. Hiss uiol: 'h t happened on Oct. 12, 1492? J. B. -itel: I dcr.'t know, I'm only 10 years old. ,?faitro 3s: .'ill you h.:ve pie, sir? Coach ’ 'ilt: Is it customary? aitross: Lo, it's apple. Ijs, Les.-ovisok: -id you than!: Miss Stevens for the party? Bill: The boy ..heed of ne said Thanks -, and she said not to mention it, so I didn't. Coach: hy is it important not to lose your he-d in a game? ICazea: I'd heve no pine to put my helmet. neanio: h t is ; theatro Ton: It's a place to see a movie, 'c.rt'3: I’d, it’s 0 rt of the body. Ton: Thy do you say that? “eanio: hoard a men shot in the theatre. Coct, swimming: .re you sure that there are no alli- gators here? Lock, on shore: ’’uro, the sharks soared then av r.y. Barbara Jo: ..hy are those holes in your umbrella? ; .ry Lou: So I can sea when it stops raining. B. Fahs: Your nev co. t is very loud. Gill: Ygs, but I intend to wear - muffler with it. Loris: Loos your brother wash his clothes Crider: !'o, they throw them overboard and washed ashore. on shipboard? they're � orfV’U.