Cerro Gordo High School - Gordian Yearbook (Cerro Gordo, IL)

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FOOTBALL BANQUET On lhe evening ol November 23, our loolball leam was elaboralely enlerlained by lhe local Lions Club. Minus lhe masculine louch ol lool- ball logs lhe leam appeared as well-dressed genllemen-bul hungry ones neverlheless. The German band conlribuled lheir bil during lulls in lhe program. Irving Nelson, filling lhe capacily ol loaslmasler, plundered his inexhauslable supply ol gags. An inspiring speech was given by Ray Eliol, well-known coach ol lhe lighling Illini. I-lis lheme, Il's lhe Menlal Allilude Thal Counls. was perlinenl and well broughl oul. Fourleen boys were awarded lellers lor lhe pasl loolball season. Mr. Nelson as- lounded lhe group wilh his bil ol poelry aboul Caplain Elmer Morgan: WHERE'S ELMER? Il opened up wilh a bang, And everybody yelled and sang To honor lhe I937 Fighling, loolball eleven. The coach grew sad, lhe guesls were blue, Where's Elmer? wenl lhe cry and hue, Someone said he'd hurl his loes Bul il proved lo be lhal parlicular nose ' They lhoughl il was a big red rose Bul 'lwas only lhal parlicular nose. The caplain said, Il didn'l hurl a bil. And kepl on lighling in lhe lhiclc ol il. Bul science in lhe end prevailed And called lhe doc lo see whal ailed. I-le said when lhe season ended, Thal parlicular nose 'd have lo be mended. Where's Elmer now? I-le's back in school, Again lo learn by role and rule, And all lhe sludenls sil in rows And marvel al lhal parlicular nose OKAW VALLEY BANQUET On March 2I, our baskelball leam and lhe olher len leams ol lhe Okaw Valley Conference were honored al lhe annual banquel al Villa Grove. The evening was a gay one, and you can be sure lhe Cerro Gordo boys didn'l neglecl lhe inner man. Doug Mills, head baskelball coach ol lhe Universily ol Illinois, was lhe principal speaker ol lhe eve- ning. All ol you boys should leel greally honored lhal you were able lo make your respeclive leams, Mr. Mills broughl oul as his main poinl. Monlicello won lhe sporlsmanship lrophy: Charles Sullivan ol Villa Grove. lhe exemplary player award lor lhe pasl season. 35

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O09 avi son, erf, Adv. X -6 F yd g Merrih, VuIgamoTT, Chapman, M. Troxel. - i My ss, INTRAMURALS Qxfisefih The inTense muTTled air of a big varsiTy game. The jolly air a inTormal TaculTy conTlicT-The aTmosphere oT an inTramural scramble s boTh oT These and more. The crowd reacTs as sponTaneously To The no game as To an inTer-school baTTle. To The casual observer iT's iusT a 4. game. buT To The parTiciponTs winning means proud elaTion Tor +ha+ Team. The husTle before The game is characTerisTic of such an irresponsible 9 group. Socks and shoes and Torbidden lunch remains are scaTTered oveih The loclcer room which resounds wiTh youThTul laughTer and idle chaTTer. . , Swallow ThaT sandwich and come on. iT's aTTer l2:O5 now. Well, l goTTa have my daily raTions. And we goTTa win +ha+ game. Too. And so The opposing Teams malce Their sTraggling debuT, noT greeTed by a band or The roar oT a hilarious crowd, buT wiTh Talse modesTy veiling a sudden swell oT imporTance. ProTessionals and omaTeurs mingle in a democraTic manner: This player's roTundiTy and ThaT player's myopia are TorgoTTen. lnTromurals boosT ThaT Teeling oT selT-conTidence, makes Those long awaiTed TwenTy minuTes oT play happy, heedless momenTs. 34

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THEIR DIVERSICJNS Of course we go To The movies Tor serious dromo ond To school Tor knowledge, buT we wouldn'T skip The onimoTed cc1rToon ony more Thon we'd skip our diversions. Do wiThouT Home- coming? Pop Eye? The Junior-Senior BolnqueT? NoT wel So our nexT reel is oT color, music, Tun. FirsT in o series oT oll-sTor producTions is l-lomecoming, +ho+ golo, vivocious Two doys oT wine, women, ond song-Tor us, The inToxicoTion oT TooTboll Tever, o glomorous Homecoming queen, ond o pep meeTing. The compus smiles oT Tomilior Toces in oi sposm oT popcorn ond hoT- dog odors, sogging groindsTond, ond The spiriT oT Old Long Syne. And There's +ho+ They lived hop- pily ever oTTer Teeling creoTed by The iunior ploy os o Tinishing Touch. l-lomecoming is our besT producTion. On second ThoughT, Though, we produce on- oTher Tour-sTor TeoTure, Junior-Senior BonqueT, o color corToon os becluTiTully posTel, os lilTing in iTs melody. os goy cmd glomorous os ony Silly Symphony. Besides These speciol producTions we hove our doily releoses which obound in The demure liTTle flowers of everydoy pleasures. The wee, smoll roindrops oT everydoy disoppoinTmenTs, ond The loughing li++le laumblebees oT everydoy quips ond jokes. So oTTer This voluble Teoser we presenT Tor your reloxoTion our goloxy oT onimoTion, color, Tun.