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

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Senior Class The class of '47 climbed aboard the merry-go-round in the year l940 when we 'were accepted into the hallowed halls of E. L. H. S. as seventh graders. It did not take us long to mount our horses and get underway. On the first round we were led by Henry Baccus. It was an exciting year, for we rated 100 per cent in the dues drive and highest in activity ticket sales. But this was only the beginning, for as eighth graders we fairly sparkled. Full of patriotic fervor, our class topped the war bond sales, and we liberally supported all school functions. We began to pick up speed in our freshman year. Twenty-six of our mighty boys were on the football field for practice and did well. Cary Bachman sported a major letter in basketball and in baseball at the end of the year. We were noticed socially. Then, very shortly we got into full swing when, in our soph- omore year, the music struck up. johnny Meyer and Cary Bachman suffered for the golden E pin of the Varsity club after receiving major letters in football. The class gave Dave Jarred, jack Roden, Virginia Bauer, and Ellen Dixon the sign to lead us for this round. We sponsored the home-coming dance and proved that we could really throw a party. To help top off our social calendar, we threw a sensational soph prom with the novel theme of a candy land. Ken Marshall headed Candy . Ahl it was great fun! Our steeds were going up and down now, and we entered the junior class full of excitement. John Meyer stepped in as guide and Don Lorenz assisted as vice president. Gary Beery was money-grabber and Carolyn Robbins scribbled notes of it all. The boys spent many rough hours on the football squad and a flock of them were initiated into Varsity Club. We repeated the home-coming dance and organized the election of king and queen. The second semester was filled with successful accomplishments also. First came the outstanding performance of our junior play, Lady Be Good . With a talented cast, long hours of work, and an excellent director, Mrs. Chaney, it turned out to be a whopping success. Did we ever sell the tickets tool Next was our J-Hop. Not quite enough can be said about it. Don Lorenz directed and everyone put forth his all in work. Spellbound hit an all high record in attendance. It was the largest formal ever given. It was crowded but it was fun, really fun! We finished off this big year by having a huge paper drive. The proceeds of this drive set another record, but of course . . . we needed the money slightly too. The girls helped too. The merry-go-round kept getting faster on our last lap. We were tingling with ambition. As president of the student council, Cary Bachman sparked it up. Bill Hendricks was chief executive of the class. Ken Marshall was vice president, Arlan Greenberg kept us in money, and Mary Musselman took the notes as secretary. We started off with another very profitable paper drive. Of course work was also started on the Ceniad with Henry Baccus as editor-in-chief and a staff of able assistants. We topped all sales with our six hundred copies. In the meantime, Mrs. VValker directed a cast of talented actors and actresses in the presentation Girl Shy , which, incidently, turned out to be another prof- itable and entertaining success. We had to turn them away at the door. The rest of the year was packed with social events and an education, every now and then, that is. VVe worked hard making money for the senior trip but every minute we worked was returned in the end by a wonderful voyage to the Soo and Mackinac Island. It was a whirl of fun and we returned tired but happy. It didn't take us long to regain our strength to throw one of the most sensa- tional senior proms E. L. H. S. has ever seen - one really to be remembered. We proved our ability right up to the last. But now the music is fading and the merry-go-round is slowing down. Vie are all a little dizzy but content as we look back over six all to short years of fun, frolic - yes, and work, too. It's been a ride none of us will ever forget. All our effort was repaid with the successful attainment of that once dim goal - graduation. Hendrick and Musselman 2 7

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