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

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4 THIRD ROW: Krone, D. Doolen, B. Kropschot, B. hdonfort, D. DeWitt, D. Smith. SECOND Row: Mr. Michelson, I. Pocock, C. Napoli, D. Davidson, D. Hicks, I. Richardson, H. Marshall, Miss Stophlet. FIRST Row: F. Hicks, C. Sander, N. Burhans, I. Wheeler, A. Severance, D. Thomson, P. Mendelsohn. Student Enuntzil If we look far ahead we will see, as always, East Lansing High School and its fine student govern- ment. The foundation of this good government was laid many years ago, but in 1950 we can recall that there seemed to be a little extra pep and enthu- siasm in the Student Councils activities. Dyrck DeVVitt, as president of the 1950 Student Council, put on an outstanding campaign which consisted of a series of speeches during the noon hour. His motto was to do what the students wanted done, for the benefit of the entire school. This motto has been and will be followed as long as East Lansing High Schools exists. Among the several money making projects of our council was the annual magazine sale. Wonderful prizes were given to high salesmen, and numerous sales enthusiasts flooded the city. The same universal spirit came over the school, when once again the carnival plans were being made. The gymnasium hummed with the groups of happy students, and once again the council had fulfilled its goal-to please the student body by doing something it had requested. Every few weeks, representatives were sent to the city-wide Youth Forum discussion. The council elected the representatives to be sent, and often classes or entire student bodies were present at the discussions. lt was good to see all the old familiar faces of the grads returning to the Student Council sponsored Alumni Ball. Several new projects were started this year, such as a cloak room as an added convenience for basket- ball fans. During the football season there was a very nice concessions stand, built by the council, for hungry spectators. The council helped finance the annual. Our auditorium was given a complete new out- fit in 1950. Long needed lights were installed in the ceiling and curtains were cleaned. New 1-lags, contributed by the council, are now flying on our stage. The students of 1949-50 thank the council offi- cers and their sponsors for a good year: Dyrck DeWitt, president, john Richardson, vice president, Janice Wheeler, secretary, Mr. Michelson and Miss Stophlet, advisers. Page 10

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Seniors The Class of '50 that has now completed its preparatory course for the New Age, was once spoken of as those little seventh graders. That was way hack in 1944. The class soon became known as a staunch supporter of school activities. By the eighth grade we are going in top speed and managed to be the lirst to place eighth graders in the Senior Band. By our freshman year we were becoming inter- ested in what the outside world was doing and it in turn was beginning to notice us. The ofhcers that year were Fen llieks, hlarilyn Byram, Elaine XVright, and Dean Stoppel. ln football Adams Atoms won three of the four games playedl Our class party, lNlake-Believe, held a grown-up air, a freshman dance with a bandl Yes, we were on our way to fame. As sophomores, three of our heemen made the Varsity football team-john Bach- man, Bob Campbell, and Bon Eckert. To lead us on our way, Dave Thomson, Donine Stark, Susan Klaver and janet Matteson were elected to oliices. This was the year we made our party debut in high school by presenting l'El Borrachof' We were certainly earning a good name in old E. L. H. S. Not being satisfied, we strove onward in our junior year. This was the year to go really all out in making money for the senior trip. john Bachman took over as top man with Chuck Sand- ers assisting him. jerry Ketchum and Lucia Sca- varda completed the quartet of officers. The boys busicd themselves with football practice and many were awarded Varsity letters for their prowess. The junior girls busicd themselves in the band, chorus, and various clubs. The second semester got under way with the unforgettable -I-Hop, Flamingo, which was rated the best junior prom ever to have been given. Next we presented our junior play, lt's Spring Again. The cast and their director, Wir. Bichard, were proud of the results. This year was also the first time for a class play to have a two-night stand and with the biggest profit ever. We finished off the year by holding the annual junior-senior banquet. The years have slipped by rapidly and we now iind ourselves seniors preparing to graduate. VVe were lired with ambition to make this year one that we will always remember. Dyrck DeWitt supervised the Student Council as a very capable president. Chuck Sanders led the seniors as class president, Dean Stoppel was vice president, Lucia Scavarda recorded the business as secretary, Peggy Martin kept track of our money. We were also very fortunate in having Miss Stophlet and hir. Pulley for class sponsors. Work was started on the Ceniad early in the year, with Dorothy Branaman as editor in chief. Sales zoomed with all the seniors selling. We were really exceptionally good in sports our last year. We came through to win the Twin Valley Championship for the third consecutive year. Five of these iron-clad seniors earned a place on the all-conference team. We had an equally fine bas- ketball team, with ten seniors composing the Var- sity squad. This was really a year to remember. The rest of the class was by no means resting during this time. Our class play, The Great Big Doorstepfl was presented on the l8th and 19th of November. The talented cast again gave it two nights with equal success. Qui' dances were truly extravagant. The Turkey Trample was complete with chocolate turkeys and appropriate decorations. The senior prom in the true spirit of the Class of ,50 was the best ever to be given. The remainder of the year was lilled with many more social events. These events were brought to a climax by the objective of our money-making projects, the senior tripl Every minute of the trip was well-worth the hard work. It was an exciting experience and everyone returned tired but thor- oughly happy. The old age has now come to a close. We look back with pride at the last six years, and with a twinge of regret, we hnd graduation no longer around the corner, but right here ahead of us. QXEJ Page 12