Dupo Community High School - El Tigre Yearbook (Dupo, IL)

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I6 Features and Highlights On Monday October 21, 1936, the DCHS Drum and Bugle Corps performed in the Pageant ot Progress Parade at East St. Louis led by drum majors Margaret Francis and Eugene Goley. Six students from DCHS were in Champaign during High School Conference Week in November, 1935. Raymond Arvin and Ruth Siel- ert played in the all-state orchestra, Dorothy Dashner and Tom Dulla- han attended the Illinois State High School Press Association, Mary Winterhott sang in the all-state chorus, and Virgil Gaines visited Ray- mond Fischer, graduate of DCHS. On April 4, 1940 DCHS won the sub-district speech meet. Carolyn Closser won a first place award in Extemporaneous Speaking, Harry Mossiman in Original Oratory, Marlyn Stanhope in Oratorical Decla- mation and our one-act play was ranked On December 1, 1944 the senior class held the Hickville Wiggle. During the party a cake walk, a Virginia Reel and a square dance were held. Jesse Skipper was crowned king and Donna May Koch was crowned queen. s X xx K. 1 ,'i , .A f tv It B. Scene from Rough and Ready During the later years of our history the freshman class sponsored a St. Patricks Day Partyf the sophomores a St. Valentine's Day Party, the seniors a party usually with a western or country theme and the juniors sponsored the prom. Many outstanding plays and operettas have been presented including Mrs, Miniver, Pickles, At the End of the Rainbow, 'lMother Was a Freshman, Dairy ot Anne Frank, So This is Paris, Rough and Ready, and Best Foot Forwa rd. Do you remember when DCHS held an annual picnic in Forest Park? Cn Feb. 9, 1949 three members ot the Echo Staff, Betty Ripplinger, Mildred Schmitt and Donna Adams had the privilege of interviewing Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, widow ot one ot America's most notable presidents. The inter- view took place in the Adelphi Room ot the Chase Hotel in St. Louis, Grand March at the 1968 Junior-Senior Prom .F . W

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ill' r Features Show Social Aspect of School Life The social activity involved in high school life is equally as im- portant as education in its own way. Homecoming, sock-hops, plays, concerts, and athletic contests all offer opportunities for so- cial pleasure. But the most important social event of the year is the Junior-Senior Prom, which involves long hours of anticipation, preparation, and enjoyment. During the early history of DCHS students enioyed class parties, picnics, hay-rides, concerts, banquets, trips to the American Thea- ter in St. Louis, and dances. ,,,,,,4 Annabel Mayhew was crowned athletic queen in 1932 and Anna Francis Duncan in 1933. The first annual football dance was given by the High School Athletic Association in honor of the ' DCHS football team in the high school auditorium November 11, 1932. Music was furnished by Mr. Smoot's Blue and Gold Orches- tra. Faculty members playing in the orchestra were Mr. J. J. Keys, Mr. C. Kipfer, and Mr. P. L. Smoot. Scene from a paid assembly. On December 14, 1934 the Latin class directed by Miss Hartman presented a Christmas program in Latin. Dupo's first Prom Queen, Betty Lou Boules was crowned in 1943. The first DCHS Homecoming Queen, Miss Joy Levin, was crowned on Saturday, November 4, 1944 by Ralph Hotto representing the football team. One of our outstanding features was Youth Speaks, a radioprogram of DCHS which won national recogni- tion by placing first in class 6 at a nation-wide contest sponsored by the Ohio State University. The group was sponsored by Miss Henrietta Smith. On March 20, 1934 the DCHS speech team won second place in the speech tournament conducted by the National Forensic League. Five schools were represented including Webster Groves, winner of first place, Mas- coutah, East St. Louis, Carlyle, and New Athens. DCHS Band presents formal spring con cert. I 3 V .r V A - - - . . . . . 0 'K 4, f J 1' V! I it ' 1 ' ...L 1 L l i iff: 1 I L V 'i Q 'I A ,mmm '- imfmir ' 9

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Alumni Notes Do you remember when - The iunior class had to postpone their playin T933 due to the banking situation in the United States. I In March T932 the general assembly of X l DCHS voted 190 to 40 in favor ot a Student Council to oversee matters regarding all student activities. The vote ofthe assembly included the framing of a constitution, for which two members of each class was elect- ed by their respective classes. El Tigre was selected as the name forthe DCHS annual in l932. The name was suggested by Amy May and Mabel Fischer. ln T934 DCHS won the district speech and music championship in class B which was held at Carbondale under the sponsorship of the Illinois State High School Music and Literary Association. July 24, T935 was set aside as Dupo Day at Sportsman's Park. The DCHS band under the direction of R. W. Murfin was seated directly behind home plate in the grandstand. Jean Louvier represented the freshman girls of Illinois at the FHA sectional meeting held at Wesleyan College in Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Maas worked as a Quality Control Analyst for Monsanto Chemical Company during the summers H943- l948l. During this time he trained high school graduates to become Quality Control chemists for Monsanto. Several of our alumni, were chosen for this special accelerated training. Among them were James Charles, Marvin McClen- ahan, Walter Arcynski, Leroy Darnell, Don Mayer, and Dale Eugea. Joe Hunter, student of DCHS, was signed up by the St. Louis Cardinal National Baseball Club in the spring of l 932. Lt. August F. Weinel was the first DCHS graduate to be decorated for gallantry in war service in World War ll. Lt. Weinel graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, class of l936. Later Lt. Weinel was reported missing in action. No exams or Baccalaureate exercises were held in T943 because of the flood. Library scene in I947. . f mxvs. L Homecoming Coronation Scene I7