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

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Left to Rifjjht:—J. Emigh, . Greeley 1. Fiori, M. J. Nielsen. 12 SENIORS OF 19 4 1

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History Expansion Cont. a new wing containing a modern cafeteria and equipment for wood shop, metal shop, and drawing. These new developments caine as a fulfillment of a necessity for more skilled workers and trained mechanics in the outside world. Leyden is now better prepared to serve and lead its students into an honest workers path of endeavor. There are. beside those already mentioned, other new branches added to the curriculum: Speech and Consumer Science. A new Club Program has also been initiated to afford a diversion in amusements for every student. In this you will find clubs of dramatics, cooking for boys, shop for girls, jitterbug dancing, radio, and even chess. We Leydenites still have the same spirit of loyalty that was imbedded in 1921. With all our powers we strive to understand more fully the sportsmanship needed in athletics; the judgment needed in student government: and the receptiveness necessary to broaden education. We look forward and upward for the future of Leyden, for its natural trend must ever be outlying. Our enlivened desires reach farther to see our school bigger and better than ever. We want to see, along with this growth in material environment, an increase in universal appreciation of true co-operation, companionship, and education. ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING OF LEYDEN APPROVED RY NOTE APRIL 19. 1911 Present Huilwlin«r New Classroom Section New Gymnasium

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SENIOR OFFICERS William Greele Mary Jane Nielsen .... Mary Fiori ...... Jay Kinigli ..... President I ice-President Secretary Treasurer Class of 41 The Class of ’41 again joins hands, but this time we say goodbye” to a pleasant high school career. We have been a good-natured class and have tried our best to build Leyden into a still better school. Now we pause to glance at ourselves in relation to school and the school’s relationship to us. We see several peaks on the road, but mostly we feel a keen spirit of unity within the class and a consistent, thoughtful broadening for the total good. Oh! We have individual leaders, too. but ours is the class most remembered for its willingness to sacrifice the individual for the general good. The boys have been the more aggressive-—why. as sophomores our class officers were entirely made up of boys; Ja Fmigh, John and Dick Doss, anti Bill Greeley. As juniors, with the thoughts of the prom and play and with the boys still holding the control of numbers. we elected Ethel Kotlow treasurer, to assist Edwin Malenius president. Hill Greeley, vice-president, and Dick Dess secretary. Friendlv rivalrv in salesmanship has awarded the girls two parties—the first, last year, after the very successful junior pla , American. Very Early”, and the other, following the diflicult costume play of the 1860's, Mignonette”. These showings again prompted us to do our best, for all hands joined to make a successful prom. Ours was the thrill of playing host at the first prom ever to be staged away from the campus and of being the first class to afford the privilege of bringing underclassmen to the affair. Vi llen the local chapter of the National Honor Society was given a charter in 1940, four of our class made up the junior membership. Additional members were selected in the succeeding vear. As seniors we assumed leadership and co-operated in the establishment of the new framework for a student council. We hope that this council will he of lasting value to the future generations of Leyden. We felt the school growth and with it the danger of losing that close contact of the older and younger students. So we co-operated again in the establishment of the Older Girls' Council. Hill Greeley , Mary Jane Nielsen, Jay Fmigh, and Mary Fiori served as senior officers to the largest graduation class to date—56 girls and 64 boys. As we approach June 19. graduation day, we wish to express awareness of and thanks for that deep bond of understanding evident in our able class sponsors. Miss Maloney and Mr. Wadsworth. SENIOR SPONSORS Miss II. Maloney; Mr. J. V. Wadsworth. 3