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

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ASSISTANTS tltey serve, help us Performance of school services has been the objective of the cafeteria, high school office, health department, and the custodians. The preparation of student records, atten- dance sheets, transcripts of credits to colleges, plus the daily bulletin constitutes the work of the high school office staff. An ever-increasing number of students has found the cafeteria's food delicious as well as nutritious, uver 400 are provided food daily through two hot food lines by seven women and fifteen student assistants. Through eye, hearing, T.B., and dental tests, the health department has made it possible for students to be in good physical condition. Six janitors and one engineer maintain the long hallways and various rooms which make up the interior of our four-story, brick and granite building. ls That The Most Expensive? -Selecting the china for the new high school are Mrs. E. Anderson, cafeteria manager, Mrs. R. Brandl, Mrs O. Teske, Mrs. K. Sheldahl, Mrs. A. Stallmann, Mrs. V. Rowcliffe, Mrs. E. Rebenstorf. It Looks Straight-As Miss Matteson records the results, Sharon Plant and Erlinda Moreno assist her in retesting Mickey Gross's eyes. More Absence Sheets!-Jim Tannenbaum hands Marilyn Metzger the attendance blanks he has collected. Mrs, Divine, office assistant, is checking names For the daily record. 2. we BUILDING CUSTODIANS-Back row: Harry Weber, Merle R. Ransom. Front row: Clarence Herman, Mrs. Ruth l.. Poss, lee Rhyne. Absent when the picture was taken are Matt Phillips, Walter Neitzel, engineer.

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High Court-Acting as judges for cheerleading competition Blueprint Blues -Singing the blues in the P.T.A. Aurora- during o pep convo are Kstandingl Mr. Mouw, Mr. Jennings, rama are these East High teachers: Mr. Hollenbecll, Mr. Mr. O'Neil, Cseatedj Mr. Schaub, Mr. Simcox, and Mr. Matasar. Manessier, Mr. Wiemer, and Mr. Schaub. FAC U LTY parent , teachers honor o'neil, runninger East High's faculty has more than tripled in the last 45 years. The first faculty to teach in the present building in l9'l2 numbered 21, the present faculty numbers 72. East High's two retiring teachers, Miss Veronica O'Neil and Guy Runninger were enter- tained at a party given in their honor in the spring. Miss O'Neil began her career as a typing and penmanship teacher. She was the organizer and adviser of Student Council and is at present the Girls' Counselor, adviser to the Girls' Club, and head of the Commercial Department. Mr. Runninger began teaching algebra, trigonometry, and surveying at East in 1922. The teachers at East find that teaching is not all work and no fun. Many of them partici- pated in the various social functions at school. Among these were pep convos, the Christmas Party, and P.T.A. Variety Show, Aurorarama. E.A.T.A. Christmas Party-Arranging the centerpiece at their annual Christmas party are Miss Brigham, Miss Limbaugh, Mrs. Cofey, and Mr. Manessier.

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Now we have all heard of rolling plains, rolling pins, and rolling waves, but few of you have heard of the Rolling Class. In 1915 one of the girls' physical education classes here at East was given a peculiar name and had a picture cap- tioned the Rolling Class. Every girl in the class was what we now term pleasingly plump. ..... . . xnxx Q ,x ll ,.,, . 1 gk-LS C 3 You think we're crowded now! Well, this is nothing compared to the yarn the oldtimers spin. The year 1939 saw an enrollment of over 1900 students here at East. One typing class had 74 students, and a loudspeaker was used to convey directions. Classes were taught before school and during the noon hour. That was the year, you might say, that East was bustin' out all over. . . . . . 1955 H1 mx fr mx- Can you imagine a time when boys couldn't wear ieans or levis to school and girls were sent home for wearing bobby socks? When pep convos were held in the gym on Friday afternoons, however, the boys had the privilege of rushing home to don their ieans and levis for the event. One boy gave the occa- sion the appropriate title of A man's paradise. ......... . j QQ? f Q, gpg-f 0999 'll Wilt'