East Leyden High School - Eagle Yearbook (Franklin Park, IL)

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MAROON AND WHITE ACTIVITIES n thu orroxx nothing., xx: s tlllxlllg ol' In I 5 rl I t thc lul tl ermfn 0 le re n 1. xc lx III quen n rom 4 Ulu ketc 4 r THE JUNIOR SENIOR PROM Of course xxe ll nexcr forget rt as rf we exen needel a rnemorx book to ard us ln refallrng, to our mrnds th gala nrght What mghf ll ell you lxnoxx on the ex enrn of vlay the thrrfx frrst the semors the faculty, and the board members w ere entertarned most rox allx bv the run lor class and therr sponsor, MISS Mrller, at the annual Junror Senror Prom ll hat .1 party' As xxe approached the hurldmg and xxe xx ere alreadx experrenung a festrxe feelrng due to our sprc and span party clothes-the lrghts blrnkrng out rnto the darkness promrsed us that here was merrrment And as we stood rn the doorxx ay we could see the blue loxxered cerlrng and the brg, xellow, romantrc moon Then we entered, gazlng about us wrth narxe delrght and found ourselves rn an Lnglrsh frarden Oxer the garden xvalls quarnt whrte lattlced xx alls lrollyhocks f everx known color peeped at each end of the garden, daffodils showed therr yelloxv faces from green xx rndow boxes One corner wa separated from the dance floor by a bower of ferns and palms Here the guests played cards, rf thev lrked That musrcl It sent lrttle, peppy shrvers up and down our holrday sprnes' 'Ihe Parrots ' from the Northwestern Umversrty can play Just the type of music to make one enjoy a dance 1n an Lnglrsh garden, under a xellow moon, so we found and they seemed to blend rn wrth the whole scene rn therr lrttle lattrced pergola Here and there were lrttle benches and rustrc seats where we could srt and admrre the moonlrght and the dancers, and our Leyden boys, wrth therr harr sllcked down so becomrngly, and we drd so admrre the grrls rn lnerr dresses of pastel shades most surtable to an Eng lrsh garden Well, we danced' And xve drank the punch It was very good punch And We threw confettr and had ,1 gorgeous trme bloxvrng up balloons, and admrrmg the grrl frrend Gee, but we had a good trmel' tue 1 ball you know hoxx tln queen loxes uanclnl., l-ronr Thr I'hree 'xlusletur-. SCHOOL PARTIES In accordance wrth the custom of Lex den Hrgh School the three upper classes haxe sponsored a serres of socral hours, and the Post Grads have also served as hosts The musrc at all these partres was furmshed by our own orches tra, famrlrarly knoxxn as Pants and Hrs Suspenders The Semors started off our socral season by a party rn honor of the Freshmen Nedless to sax the Frosh were responslble for a good share of the entertarnment -Xfter a carefully executed program, dancrng was the feature of the evenrng Not to be outdone by the Senrors, the Junrors enter tamed at a. delrghtful Chrrstmas party There xx ere pre sents and food, Santa Claus and more presents -'tfter enjoyrng the grfts, and danclng, every one attested to the success of the ex enrng Then Valentrne s day came, and our Sophs sponsored a real party It xvas a partxl Valentrnes were drstrrbut ed some of them were attractrve, and some furnrshed a lot o good laughs Exery one enjoyed the partv good eats good muslc good entertarnment why shouldnt xxe enyox rt Frnally the Po t Grads announced therr rntentron of entertarnrng, and so xxe celebrated St Patr1ck's day There was a capacrtv crowd and ex eryone enjox ed the last dance of the year Hoxx the green decoratrons and the green ree cream helped them to enjox rt' All of these partres xx ere of such a nature that we antrcrpate next year's socral exents wrth enthusrasm Ihex nt4r1 ll the fommon hall nf the Inn and seated them s x tlhl lrom 1he 'lhrw Nlu ke-tear THE FOOTBALL BANQUET On Xl0XQI1IlJ9l 71 the day of the Harvest dance a ban luct was grxen for the football team And what a bar qcet rt xxas' The menu was as follows Frurt Cocktail Roas' Lorn of Pork 'llashed Potatoe Green Beans Prckles and Olryes Parker House Rolls Iumpkrn Pre xxrth Vvhrpped Cream 'lhen there were the nut cups rn the form of lrttre footballs 'lhe team would haxe taken on another season rrght 'rw ry for one more drnner lrke that The speaker for the nrht was 'Vlr H E Mrller or Ork Park an engrneer studyrng at Illrnors, where he also specralrlcd rn athletrcs I-lc gave a verx fme talk on sports rn rnshrp 1 talk whrch was lrked by exeryone Mr B rker, as master of ceremonres, next called 01 D1 Dodge donor of the football trophy to say a few words Doc reluctantly tomplled and then as rt was gettrng xery near trme for the dance to start, the meetrny, broke up Lxerx body happy Yesrree' 1 nh 1-ulnilned SI de Iraxilln- 1 IW lt ls lhllltxll 1 roxn gem worth tlrom1umI DI mls-r- If it in xxorth n nent Iix xxhom Q een sc nt ll the Irlll 1 e ATHLETIC TROPHIES GIVEN IN 1928 1929 L yden s collectron of trophles was notably rncreased rn 1928 '19 Three more beautrful cup awards were added and now a total of frve grace our trophy case 'Hrs Ada Dodge presented a tall graceful trophy on whrch wrll be engraved the name of the most valuabl baseball player each xear The honored one wrll also be awarded a gold watch charm, rn the shape of a mrnlaturc baseball Our great basketball team, as we all know won the Northwest Conference trtle for whrch they recelved a beautrful srlxer cup The followrng names appear on rt Capt Rell Gtullard Brekke Coppage Wortkewrcz, Carlson Bork Moeller bpaldrng and Rodgers The Bank of Franklrn Park also presented a srlver trophv to the basketeers Thrs one IS rn the shape of a basketball of regulatron srze The student body of Leyden hrgh school IS very proud of the trophres and xery appreclatrve of the communrtf' sprrrt and cooperatron shown by the donors Nothing makes tame pau-s more quncltlx than n thought xxhu r lb orh-. all the faculties of the one xxho ls doing the thinking The Three Nlur-keteers VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE PROGRAM Durrng the past school year a very defrnrte vocatronal gurdance program has been planned and executed The Frshmen and Sophomores have attended an assembll exery Wednesdav, held durmg the thrrd hour At th conx ocatron the faculty members haxe spoken to the un der classmen concermng the future of varrous xocatrons The upper classmen haxe folloxxed a slrghtly drfler ent program The Junrors have written long papers deal rng xxrth therr chosen xocatrons These papers are then worked ox er, and renox ated rn the Senror year Thus Ley den does ex erx thrng possrble to ard the 1nd1x rdual student rn chooslng hrs vocatxon JUNE 1929 T1 0 nl ' ' ' l.' : ' 'I 's nu - lnxll H , 1- ' ' - ' ' G . - xx'I ' - 1 ln- nhl ' - t' ll Oily we t ri '- to the 'INK 2 ll s 'l va Ili 2! 1 . - ' ' ' ' ' A is ' ' H- - 'I'h - Three , s - f s. -- . -A Y ' v , 1 . , ' -Q, I ' , . 1 V ' A 1 v 4 l ' - ' . . 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MAROON AND WHITE SCHOOL CALENDAR llc-re were renllezvnus mul-lu more iPl'i0llS. ' It was the best of yearsll' We won the Champion- ship and-but let's stop a moment and brouse through the pages of our l.eyden diary. September 37-On this date we started our most ex'ent- ful and progressive year', with all our hopes centered on a wrnmng football team. l October 25-The Seniors took their turn at entertain- 1112. by SIVIUE 21 H21ll0w'G'er1 party. Trust the Seniors to satisfy everyone. November Z1 Our second annual Harxest Dance rn honor of a losrng but nexer say die team Nuthrn too bi to tackle Wrsnt rt a scramptrous party November 29 20- 'lhanksgrxmg vacation A chance to relax for two days and get sick happrlx wrthout a fear of Iallrng behind in our work December '1 Ianuarx 2 Christmas vacation brought the chance to 1 loat oxer our gifts think of our pasts and l r0m The Three Nllrnke-tw-rs. March 12-The Dad's Banquet sponsored by the L club turned out a huge success. A larger crowd couldn't have been accommodated. March 15-Six Post-Grads cooperated and gave one of the best parties of the year for St. Patrick's Day. Every- body happy. March 27-The Seniors came off victorious in the lntra-Mural basketball tournament. Everyone got the morning off to watch the game and get rid of all that stored up pep Aprrl lo lhe Music Ifestrx rl grven to show what the band or hestra and xocal choruses had accomplished Everybody went home satrsfred so we can imagine what had been done May 9 Roughneck day brought a chance to come to chool rn old clothes and work off our surplus steam No' THF JUNIOR CL-XSS rn rke some rstonrshrng resolutions January Pl The lunror class presented therr pl rx was xx ell worth the xxeeks of hard work Januarv 31 Ifebruary 1 7 Levdens then 1000 per cent team went to the Conference tournament but suc ceeded rn xxrnnrng only the frrst game Drsheartemng, but the boxs et therr teeth and went 'rfter more Conference games February 14 Games Valent1nes,danc1ng etc Exery thing that makes a good partx the Qophomores had Ex ery one had r good time February 21 The grrls gaxe thelr mothers a tea Of course exelybodx had a good trmr Our girls know how to handle these affairs March 48 0 The basketball team traxeled to La Grange to take part rn the tournament Thev failed to make any shoxxrng there, but what of lt They already had the Conference Championship JUNE 1929 rowdyrsn but rust plain fun 'Nlav Pl Ihr Seniors presented their class plax en exer grxen at Lexden and we know vou enjoyed rt 'Vlay '31 Junior Senior Prom and the Junrors scored a success 1. gavly decorated hall, and a splendld orches tra made It a long to be remembered night for everybody there June 1 Another annual ex ent the Carnival Dance Streamers horns confettr laughter good mu a night of wholc ome frm 'lhe crowd xx hollx enjoyed them selxes didnt they now June 6- Class dax exercises with the Senior class farewell and the drstrrbutron of all honorary rewards and letters Juno r The end of r perfect year The speaker of the ex enrng was Dr Lexx rs Dean at LEWIS Instrtute The final send off of the Scnrors ard the goodbyes until the next y ar On xour mark, Seniors, get set, go V ' -. - 1 . V . ' ' S. Y' - ' . L . , .Uh ,' - , , - P. I 2 9 - I , D I - S ' . ,,T, , 4. I , . 'Z . v I 1 -I - 1 1 A . 7. ' . I t , C M. . v -- L- ' . ' . . . v . . ' ' , ,' V L ' . . ' , , .' ' v 1 y l . 1 ' A l 1 I , - , . I . . . . ' t ,z ' r ., ' . s ' .' ' ' . , . . '-- L--' .. ' - p ' r L-- -.7 ' ' g - Peg O' My Heart, which was a tremendous success. It titled, Nothing But The Truth. One of the best plays v x v v v K v -. v A v if z v ' . ' y I ' ' . . .. -.- ., 1 4, . ' . - ' '-Q ' ' ' Y -I - L n 1 f ' - .. T . , ' . ' ' , 1 . D . 1 '- ., , . , -, ' - . ., ., J , uszc, crvi' ' S . . a L . . Y . y H -Y . ' ' ' 2 . - , - , H Y . I . V' , , , ' U.: .- 3 ' ' , x ' F- -- i k I 1 v 1 A' Fi- 2 I ' ' I . - . ' ' I . '.f, ' '. . . . '

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Then Ylllarly UOIIIIIIIIFII h r smgmg with rneycpre sable feryor and fueling lrrum The l'h ec- Musketeers MUSIC FESTIVAL On Tuesday evenrng Aprrl 16 1929 the yarrous branches of the musrc department at Leyden combmed to put over thc frnest musrcal concert grven at the school Tlrrs yyas known as the Frrst Annual Musrc Festrval and now that thc precedent ha been e tablrshed rt wrll be an annual affarr The band under Wir Hannah s drrectron opened thc program Next the Boys Glee Club sang and then the Boys Quartet composed of Eugene Donahue Dale Rogers Howard Kenaga and Donald Hendrrcksen rendered two numbers Phe Grrls Glee Club was the next on the program The Grrls Trro consrstrng of Grayce Kolze Josephrne Rrehl and Flora Gorsch sang two numbers Then the Grrls Glce club rendered the Southern Medley by Prke rn costume a beautrful productron Proceedrng thrs num ber four grrls danced the Mrnuette rn costume After thc Grrls Glee club had performed so notably Mr Stark drrected the orchestra through frve numbers In Th Trumpeter by Engelmann the trumpet solo was played by Nathan Turner As a concludrng number Goln Home by Dvorak was beautrfullv rendered bv the mryred chorus accompanred by part of the orchestra The credrt for thrs wonderful program goes to Mrss Florencc Bredermann rn charge of the vocal musrc o Mr l A Stark 1n charge of the orchestra and to Mr VN H Hannah rn charge of the band COMMERCIAL CONTEST I'he Conrmercral Contest held at Palatrne May 4 was not as successful for Leyden as for some schools but we trust our students drd all rn thelr power whrch rs all we could expect from them Barrrngton won frrst thrs year an. honor whrch has gone to Palatrne for three years rn successron Palatvne won second place rn thrs year s event Among our own students the results were as follows Senror Fyprng Gwendolyn Srebold 1st Florence O Connell n Flora Gohrsch 3rd Irene Grerta 4th Senror Shorthand Flora Gohrsch 1st Gwendolyn Srebold 2nd Irene Grertv 3rd Junror Typrnv Florence Rodrek lst Margaret Korosv Znd Henry Moeller 3rd Edna Herzberg 4th. Junror Shorthand Margaret Korosy 1st Mabel Houser 2nd Florence Rodrek 3rd Bookkeeprng Gust Karabetsos 1st Edward Pmerson 2nd MAROON AND WHITE yas Imycy r I1 cv ary to affect yyea nr und pain ne a yer slrffuult tn It for so frm herl an mire ylllau Iron I' Q Ihru- Ylll eh JUNIOR CLASS PLAY Peg O My Heart On the ey emng of Thursday January 74 the Junrors under the drrectorshrp ot Mrss Nlrller and Mrs Cooper presented rdelrghtiul comedy Pe O My Heart was rncleed a charmmg play and our Junrors gave a sym pathetrc rntcrpretatron of J Hartley Manners character Thc play deals wrth the adyentures of Peg a poor Irrsh grrl lryrng rn New York who rs made an herress by tht death of her uncle md rs called to England to be reared by an arrstocratrc aunt -Xnrl what adyentures she drd haye' But frnally she won her way rnto the hearts of her rcratryes and rnto the heart of Jerrv Gale Spaldrng as -Xlarrc made a tremendous hrt a this eyceedrngly blase and stuprd young arrstocrat Jean C1212 made a most appea mf, Peg of my Heart Robert Schutt Interpreted Jerry most adequatcly In fact the whole c lst gaye us a treat worth rememberrng The cast was as follows Mrs Chrchcster JZIVIS Alarrc Chrchester Ethel Chrclrester Chrrst Brent Peg O Connell Hawkes 'Vlable Houser Charles Slebold Gale Spaldrn Edna Herzber Ralph Crysler Jean Cram Howard Coppage Hard yrolet Hanthorn Jerry Robert Schutt SENIOR PLAY Nothrng But The Truth On I-rrday evenrn May 24 the Senror presented thr rollrckrng comedy Nothrng, But Thc Truth rn the Ley den lrrgh school ymnrsrum The plav was a mrrth pro yokrng one de rlrn wrth the trrals and trrbulatrons or young gentleman who rashly bets that he can tell the ab solute truth for twenty four hours Every part ya unrtormly well portrayed Mrs Fhomas spon or rf the Scnror class and Mrss Swrnehart publrc speakrng rnstructor drrected the productron The cast of characters rn the order of therr appearance was Llarcnce Van Dusen Raymond Sapp -Xcton McNett George Egnatchek Eugene Gurllard Dale Roger Flora Gorsclr Gw endolpn Srebold Pnrd Phrllrps Irene Grert E M Ralston Brshop Dorm Rrchard Donnelly Robert Bennett Mrs E M Ralston Ethel Clark Gwendolyn Ral ton 'lflablc Jackson Nl alter 'lalaga Std ye all lung yo ualrr I nr mn m llllil ny It I nr r u long time Irnm The Three Illl Iwhwr ROUGH NECK DAY On Frrday Nlay 10 Leyden Hrgh School celebrated Lough Neck Day as rt was also termed The student bodv came to school dressed rn costume of all yarretres marvelous and amusrng to behold' We had yyrth us eyervthrng from W hee7er to demure lrttle grrls rn rompers -X pep program was staged rn the afternoon and the baseball team was grven a roval send off And speakrng of royalty Jean Crarg yy as elected Queen of Rough Nec Dry 'rnl Jrmmre Ixyrrazopulos was elected Krng They were crowned by Mr Hannah who was Master of Cere monres JUNE 1929 on 2ll'Ill unl I 1-nu I0lI ll In r r ln The 'Ihr ylu k te-er EIGHTH HOUR CLASS Some of the playful boys and grrls at Leyden haye calmed down to studrous chrldren srnce the erhth hour has been added to the school day If Johny acts too frrsky rn cla s or Jane persrst rn cheyyrng gum the teacher krndly hands them yellow slrp detarnrn them untrl four thrrty n the burldrng Each evenrng a teacher has charge of thrs detentron perrod yy here these lry ely youngsters must study therr lessons f01 the followrng day Irkeyyrse any student yyho rs belnnd rn hrs yyork 1 thus grycn the opportunrty to crtch up rn hrs subjects un der superyrsron Hence some people haye suggested thc name of Opportunrty Hour, for the erghth hour class .r A . . . 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