East Lansing High School - Ceniad Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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2. sam- exe.. .,1xaz....,- The class of '44 have been in the limelight ever since they entered these portals in the fall of 1938. The first great accomplishment was the winning of a dues drive by a 932, average. Their able leaders were lack Otto, Craig Britton, Ioann Dodge, and Richard Iohnson. The CENIAD of '39 mentioned the great pep and cooperation of this class. The eighth grade year continued the headlines with the party, Winter, as the big event. Six members of our class took part in the All Hi Review. Under the direction of Merritt Hill, Burt Edelson, Mary Taylor, and Bill Atchison, we prepared for the freshman year. For our freshman year we selected Bill Iones, Tom O'Rourke, Ioann Dodge, and Ioan Barrow to be our guides. This year we placed third with a dues drive and first in the annual paper sale. Although we were classed in the junior high, we outranked all the senior high. The annual Frosh Frolic terminated another successful and enjoyable year. As our first year in senior high progressed we placed second in the dues drive, had representatives on the varsity teams and many members in clubs. Fay Ola Foltz placed first in the regional declama- tion contests. The soph party, Bankrupt Ball, was put on with a limited number of funds, as the name implied, but was a great success. Head man for this year was Dick Howell, assistants were Bill Dunn, Cynthia Cotes, and Merritt Hill. With the coming year the class looked forward to a junior play and a I-Hop. Under the leader- ship of Iohn Hunt, Eugenia Libby, Barbara Curtiss, and Dick Iohnson, the juniors took the prize for the dues drive and launched into the junior play. Iune Mad had many fine actors and actresses, and netted the largest receipts in the history of the school. The I-Hop under the able leadership of lack Otto chose April Fantasy for its theme. It proved itself worthy of the class of '44 by its novel decorations. The junior class proceeded to be the largest in the history of East Lansing with one hundred twenty members. The class also had Craig Britton and Pat Reid, winners of the citizenship cups, to top off a successful year. The last event, the annual Iunior-Senior Banquet, was held under difficult conditions, but proved to be the impressive event it was in years before. The final year rolled around with Richard Iohnson at the hub and DeVere Ruhl, Sue Coleman, and Bill Atchison as helpers. The annual Senior Mixer opened the year's festivities and was followed by other similar affairs. The year's play, You and I, was another success to be chalked up for the class of '44. The next big evenf was the Senior Prom, The Tropics. With DeVere Ruhl as general chairman, the gym was decorated like a night club. It was staged on February 19 to beat the fatal day of March 1, I X , I when many of our classmen left for the armed services. The ' . I Senior Skip Day, Iunior-Senior Banquet, and the arrival of CK the CENIAD passed in quick succession as we entered the last C gy days of our high school career. Bacculaureate and finally, xv on Iune 14, Commencement arrived. ii' ' Thus ended the high school career of one of the finest X classes in the history of E. L. H. S. .

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