Eastern State High School - Porthole Yearbook (Charleston, IL)

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Possibly not the most sedate and dignified but quite industrious, versatile, and successful was our rather large class of '37, In the fall our Senior Class picnic was held after lusty yells had been rending Schahrer Field to inspire to greater victories such football men of our class as Day, Mirus, Finley, Hall, MacGregor, Myers, Thomas, Ingram, and Swann. The memory will linger long in the minds of some who sustained deep scratches from yowling cats., munched burnt steaks, and afterwards enjoyed hill-billy songs around a glowing iire. So quickly the weeks rolled by and on. November 19th, His Majesty, King Wilson, and good Queen Betty were royally entertained by their court. One of the things which pleased their royal highnesses right merrily was the Seniors' skit, Youth at the Helm, which received first place. Time marches on. Leaden skies and zero weather didn't keep the basketball fans from crowding the old Cracker Box for a last time. Co-captains Day and Mirus, assisted by others of '37, such as Brown, Childress, and Finley, led a splendid basketball season. Then came that eventful day, April 15, of the Senior Class Play, Fly Away Home -a light comedy with an exceedingly large cast of thirteen. Now, I wonder, is Buff, alias Ellen Huckleberry, still practicing her Johnny Weissmuller chocolate marshmallow nut special stroke ? And did good old Penny, otherwise Martha Anderson, get herself a parrot and six cats to worry over after johnny fjohn MacGregorj and Linda Clda McNuttJ finally broke down and decided to take each other for better or for worse ? Ah, yes, and is James Masters CWilson Dayj still trying to assert his parental authority, or is Nan fMargaret Chamberlinj in between her dashes about the countryside, keeping him subdued? Whether this bit of wondering can be answered, we do not know, but thanks to the skilful direction and patience of Miss Poos, it went over with a bang! What, May the first? Again there was a hurried rush for spring formals and a jesting discussion of which of the six tuxes it would be. That absent-minded stare, harassed look, and nervous twitch of the mouth, all typi- fying the Junior Class, were well understood by us Seniors and made us appreciate all the more that lovely junior-Senior banquet at Pem Hall. How was it done? Some people still wonder, but sometime between the day of the Senior dance and gradu- ation in the last quarter, the Senior spring picnic was sandwiched in. .Thus, the Senior Class has stood out not only for having been the center of attraction on a number of dates of the T. C. calendar, but it also has had a goodly Ihr Erninr Gllami sprinkling in such organizations as Footlights, Art Club, Science Club, National Forensic League, Nation- al Honor Society, and the G.A.A. Propitious, full, and gay has been this year, but much credit for its being so should be extended to our class advisers, Miss Poos and Mr. Van Horn, to whom we are quite indebted. Now tell me-who would have had that ticket board for the Senior Class Play? How would our assembly have been planned, picnics been organized, and the class play put over if it hadn't have been for their support and interest? 'Tis with a feeling of regret that we take our leave- yet we wish for the incoming class of Seniors a large measure of the joy and success which has been ours. President Wilson Day Vice-President William Thomas Secretary- Treasurer Martha Anderson Sergeant-at-A rms Russell Myers is Rag

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ART: Miss Alice McKinney, A.M COMMERCE: Mr. Earl S. Dickerson, M.S ENGLISH: Miss Ruth Carman, A.M. Miss Winnie Davis Neely M.A. Miss Roberta Poos, A.M. HOME ECONOMICS: Mrs. Vivla Russell, A.M. Miss Ruth Schmalhausen M.A. INDUSTRIAL ARTS: Mr. Lawrence F. Ashley, Ph.D. Mr. Wayne P. Hughes, A.M Mr. Russell H. Landis, M.S LANGUAGES: Miss Ruth Carman, A.M. Miss Elizabeth Michael A.M. LIBRARY USE: Miss Mary J. Booth, B.L.S 9 Glmrhing Staff MATHEMATICS: Miss Gertrude Hendrix, M.S., A.M. Miss Ruth Hostetler, S.B. MUSIC: Mr. Eugene K. Asbury, M.Mus. Miss Ethel Hanson, A.M. PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Miss Mabel Hupprich, M.S. Mr. Charles P. Lantz, M.A. Mr. Paris J. Van Horn, M.S. SCIENCES: Miss Ica Marks, M.S. Mr. Ora L. Railsback, Ph.D. Mr. Paris J. Van Horn, M.S. Miss Rose Zeller, A.M. SOCIAL SCIENCES: Mr. Donald R. Alter, Ph.D. Miss Lena B. Ellington, A.M.

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