East Aurora High School - Speculum Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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plunged into activities, cheered football champs The Romantic Agef'-Playing the leading parts in the fall school play are lbackgroundl Mike Lindenmeyer, Lillian Purkyt, Mickey Gross, Robert Roehrigg fforegroundl Ellen Parish, Patti Reiland. Two days in November were definitely rigorous for the juniors as they worried and fretted over their Scholastic Aptitude tests, but they were not alone, since many of us seniors were sweating out College Entrance Board Examinations and scholar- ship tests for which cramming was im- possible. The night of our fall school play, The Romantic Age, found us facing sud- den and mysterious losses of memory and butterflies in our stomachs, but we scored a hit. Unrehearsed scenes of a different type of romantic age could be viewed free-of-charge in the corridors every day in the year. The beautiful fall air was en- ioyed by many of us as we waited in line for our T.B. X-rays. Even the teachers got in on this. The P.T.A.'s spectacular Aurorarama gave our parents and teachers an opportunity to display their hidden talents. Big Eight Champs-As Captain Bill Glenn struggles to free himself from an Elgin tackler, three Tomcat blockers help by cutting off any other Maroons. va 5. his

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we rrowclecl east's corridors and classrooms ,s ef- -1 :MW vga l ' f If T : J' off , , , l rs' , 1 l fills After choosing Harvest Holiday for the theme of our Homecoming, we threw ourselves into preparations with gusto. On that night we honored our alumni, crowned our queen, and rounded off our evening with the Victory dance. As the season advanced, we yelled ourselves hoarse week after week as we cheered our football heroes. Our buttons were bursting the night we beat our cross-town rival, West High, by a score of 27-6, and our lives were complete when our Varsity squad took the Big Eight Championship! Of course, part of the fun was decking ourselves out from head to toe in the latest fads: Bermuda shorts and knee socks for the girls and the lvy League outfits for the fellows. Those of us in the choir, glee clubs, and orchestra practiced diligently for a month and a half to perfect our parts in the Fall Concert. The results were gratifying and we must admit, it was fun! Sports Dress-Girls display the latest fads in sportswear: Bermudas, knee socks, slacks, and the popular footgeor, bubbles, khaki pants are tops among the boys.

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A 'X LS... By ihe light of the Silvery Moon - Touring the field on the 1956 Homecoming float are K. Dolan, S. Sherwood, B. Christian, queen, C. Donley. 'T ,MEM wi., ,.r,,eVA P Passing Parade-Circling ihe gym are Homecoming Queen Barbara Christian, escorled by Bill Glenn, and her attendants. Harvest Moon -The Queen and her court dance wiih iheir escorfs af the Homecoming Dance.