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

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MRS. ADA J. DODGE President JOSEPH P. DIDIER Secretary FRANK W. CASE W. F. C. MUELLER E. A. MUDGETT GEORGE V. DEAL Principal A MESSAGE FROM MR. DEAL True progress is measured in the lives of students that live in enlightened surroundings and partake of invigorating ideas and ideals. This progress is not measured by comparing yourself with others but by a realization within yourself that you are doing better today than yesterday. Thus, progress is possible in each one of us and life becomes a glorious challenge. 4

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FOREWORD Progress is, and always has been, the trend of the world. It is with this thought that we, the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, submit this the tenth edition of the Leydenite Annual. It is our sincere wish that its various pictures will recall memorable scenes of classes, extra curricular activities, and social functions of the foregoing school term. We hope that the recollections afforded by this issue will tend to be cherished by you for many years. In fact, our primary aim in the production of this Leydenite Annual has been to present a book that would keep forever vivid the memory, the spirit, and inspiration of Leyden Community High School. TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication...................................... 2 Foreword........................................ 3 Board of Education.............................. 4 A Message From Mr. Deal......................... 4 Leydenite Board of Control...................... 5 History of Leyden............................... 5 Faculty .......................................6-7 Biography of Class of 1938...................... 8 Graduates of Class of 1938.................8 to 11 Advertisements Class of 1939.......... Class of 1940.......... Class of 1941.......... Organizations.......... Music ................. Athletics.............. Dramatics.............. Clubs ................. Class Room Scenes.... ................24 to 28 3 ...12 ...13 ...14 .. .15 16-17 18-19 ...20 ...21 22-23 ------4

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LEYDENITE BOARD OF CONTROL CO-EDITORS—Marjorie Kaspar, Clyde Kirchhoff, Florence Hackett. ★ LITERARY BOARD—Editor, Marjorie Kaspar. ASSISTANTS—Dorothy Boyle, Anne Cullerton, Ruth Amling, Vernon Green, and Gloria Tedei. ★ ADVERTISING AND CIRCULATION BOARD—Editor, Clyde Kirchhoff. ASSISTANTS -Hal Barry, Lorraine Popp, Edith Fox, Ruth Guptill, Marian Lynch, Anthony Docimo, Ray Witort, Jack Burns, John Jackson, Ralph Jacobs, Bernice Green, and Edward Spearing. ★ PHOTOGRAPHIC BOARD- Editor, Florence Hackett. ASSISTANTS—Betty Mortensen, William Kierig, Robert Nelson, Mae Tiedemann, and Edward Warzel. ★ JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVES—Aileen Boyd, Leonard Crysler, Tullio Carnesciali. ★ FACULTY ADVISERS—Opal A. Robertson, and John M. Wadsworth. M. KASPAR C. KIRCHHOFF F. HACKETT HISTORY OF LEYDEN Higher education in Leyden Township had its birth in 1924 when by an act of special legislation high school classes were held in the portables behind the Franklin Park Grammar School. Weren't they a hopelessly struggling lot then with four teachers, seventy-five students, strictly academic courses, and a music teacher who came out from Chicago once or twice a week and instilled in them their first love for music? They were named Leyden after the township of Leyden. Proud they were of their name and its significance, for Leyden was a city in the Netherlands whose renown for zealous works in scholarship, education, and the fine arts was world-wide. In the spring of 1926 the cornerstone for a new modern building was laid, and the following fall teachers and students paraded through the streets of town and moved in glowing with pride. As time passed and more recognition was given to the advantages of the high school, the onrush of eager knowledge seekers soon increased to such an extent that they were forced to construct another building thus the addition of the portables. They were not content with mere scholastic expansion; they desired athletic acclaim. One of the finest athletic fields in the state of Illinois was added to the premises—twenty acres of beauty which were called Dodge Field in memory of Dr. H. E. Dodge, one of the most generous benefactors of the school. Our school has progressed rapidly since 1924. Our four teachers have increased to a faculty of twenty-two. Our enrollment has grown from a mere handful of seventy-five students to the considerable number of 550. Our musical organizations have known state and national renown. Our athletic department has been very active in the Northwest Conference of which it is a member. Therefore, in this, our decennial Leydenite publication, we look back proudly on the achievements and the progress stamped upon our Alma Mater by the March of Time.