Elgin Academy - Hilltop Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

Page 20 text:

WLAA .gfefalfaf Prague Czechoslovakta Lake Geneva Wtsconstn Vtce Prestdent Sentor Class Vtce Prest dent Student Counctl Vtce Prestdent Boys Chorus Asststctnt Captatn Swtm mtng Team Dormttory Counctl Orange Club Cabtnet Htlltop Staff Motor E Club Mtnstrel Show Tennts perhaps the most tnteresttng member of the sentor clo s has been lvftck y The son of a Czechoslovaktan consul he was born tn Iapan where he spent most of hts ltfe Havtng traveled throughout the world Mtckey has p ovtded a wealth of stone of the war and luctd de crtpttons of lands from Tokyo to the French Rlvtera An arduous tudent he has won only pratse for htmself tn hts two years at the Elgtn Academy A consctenttous frtend he has been the admtratton of all who were assoctated vttth htm In hts sentor year he was elected vtce pre tdent of the class vtce prestdent of the Stu dent Counctl and was a member of the dormttory counctl Hts constant destre to excel has put htm regularly on Mertt Status and has made hts room a mecca durtrtg tudy hour n the next years at M I 'I' certatnly Mtckey wtll prove htmself one of the outstandtng graduates of Elgtn Academy CLASS WILI. Pete Btelby I leave to Bob Flamtnto all my women my hat and my cars tn the hope that he has better luck than I dtd Wtth them Paul Btrthtsel leaves hts Monday moods and swtmmtng pomts to Ed Fox Itm Clansky I leave my fearless courage before snakes my charmtng pug nose and my Duchtn ltloe abtltty on the ptano to any who tn later years may need them Dtck Colltngbourne leaves hts tnnocent smtle and hts dtstnterest tn women to Btll Zuegel Steve Goodman leaves hts extra currtcular acttvtttes and heads for potnts east Ralph Horwttz leaves all the women who left htm to Bubbles Hyman and hopes he makes better progress Bruce Ltlly I would ltke to leave my votce but I need tt so I wtll leave my btrd books and hamsters of Whtch I have lots and more comtng to Bolltn Brttton Mtke Mealman leaves hts perfect attendance tn Engltsh class to Ann Rovelstad lane Ntchol leaves her gtft of gab to Sally Strothman who wtll make good use of tt lean Shtlltnglaw I wtsh to leave nothtng I want all I have and more too' Georgta Stms leaves her qualtty of always paytng debts and her cold heart to Nancy Ketderlen Art Smukler leaves hts unrequtted loves to Bob Solomon Mtlos Stetskal leaves hts teddy bear ftgure to Holly Edwards I I . . , , . I - - l - I - , f f 1 1 , - s . e . , I . A . S . s . s . ' ' . S l . . . t .. ,, , , S s. . - , , , . - H . .. . - , , . . .. . . H - , I , . .. I ' 1 , . . . . ,, 1 , - - , . - , . - . . . ,. . ,, - I

Page 19 text:

I 0 eorgza nn imd Naperville, Illinois Editor 1948 Hilltop, President Aeichlori- ans, President Girls' Chorus, Secretary- Treasurer Senior Class, Secretary-Treas- urer Student Council, Feature Editor Orange and Black, Orange Cabinet, Dormitory Council, Dramatic Club. Georgia is one of the pioneers of the senior class, She came to EA, in her freshman year and since then she has taken her place as one of our leading seniors, She has distinguished herself most prominently in the fields of dramatic and publications She participated in the spring plays in her junior and senior years and received leading parts both times She was truly honored this year when she was appointed editor of the l948 Hilltop which was one of the most successful year books the academy has published in recent years Georgia didnt take a back seat in student govern ment this y ar by any means ln the beginning of the year she was appointed to the Dorm Council and later he was voted to the Student Council positions she fulfilled with competence and responsibility Georgia was one of the prettiest and most popular girls in the school thi year With her irrpersonal and suave manner especially towards the boys she has truly been the queen of the campus A tall? sglnllgf Aurora lllinois Editor Orange and Black Business Manager 1948 Hilltop Vice Chairman Black Club Manager Football and Bas ketball Dormitory Council Boys Chor us Major E Club Dramatics Oratoncal Contest Tennis Before one er see th boy who has a new narre or everything on carrpus one heas hirn to Ar eldo goes anywhere without a song or a Nnistle Known or his quaint re ar-cs at anv hour and hi bored attitdae in sore o hi lasses Art was though alt o be a gra a ellofv A c nstant worice th O and B of which he was eftitor and a ti eles f ne boys that could eallr D9 depended upo H inte ests N re rnany ana included tne rranage o bo ao ball a .l basicetball drarratics in which he t ox YET! a tue part ara gil v of wh rn e o e l-hs tireless wo lc to .va d 1 etter 'ns rri he espect of all of ne eacner and too gained hi ar tie s in the 'udent DGCIJ We know' 'na 1 ne seeps up his go d -.orrc in the way tnat ne has tarted he will have al' the success in the wo lf' - , ' e . . ' ' E . .. . is . ' ' t s ' q I' el' , s , I - V - v I I I - , , , , . . ev , s .e , . : ' . . f , ' t , . . r. ' , r t 3 ' J ' s ' ' , ' Q' ,. . ' . f ' Q fn , .' 's ' W' '. .. ffsc 'cc ' r.. t by ' t - n' f ' . o . ' r on ..-e . . ' ., ' . . ' QQ , . 'rs fs campaigner for Hilltop funds proved that he was one o. tl ' ' .t ' ' r 1 ' . ' ' n. is '. r- ' e .. X ' ' ' .. . r f 4 , N N, . A . ' , A . 3 ' 1 c ., .' 'rs, many . c h lv d. Q' ' ' r ' r tr' in: to b- . I .nd won 1. r' . .tQ.,t 2 s . , H .y .r' nd. '. s ' ' ' . ' ' A 'J ' ' ' ' c in ' Q 1 ' I ' S ' . . .A 'i ' , r .l.

Page 21 text:

'I'I'IE SENIOR CLASS PROPIIECY There was the screech of brakes and the sound of metal rendlng metal Master Mrlos Stelskal esqurre stepped from the back seat of a 1960 model Rolls Royce and prodded hrs chauffeur cautrously on the head to see rf he was conscious and assurmg hlmself that he was walked over to the muddled mess of twrsted steel that was the remalnder of a rather old gray Plymouth coupe Thlnklng that the rather broad posterlor of the one occupant bent over what had been the englne looked rather famrlrar Mxlos tapped the berng on the shoul der To h1s aston1shment and deltght Mrlos found hlmself facmg none other than h1s old classmate Pete lK1llerD Brelby On 1nqu1r1ng Mllos found that Krller was now the dare devll of the d1rt track havlng garnered the lndranapolls speed crown 1n l958 and 1959 Leavmg the1r rather demolrshed cars IH the care of the chauffeur the tivo halled a cab to Mllos offlce He was now presldent of the mammoth Stetskal Marlne Englne Company whlch specrallzed 1n Dtesel enarnes and the newest patent The Stelskal Sea S1ck Recoverer whlch was very much rn demand After a lavrsh lunch the two unbuttoned the1r vests and Settled back to get the latest news from G handy Offlce tele-1151011 et Te the1r gurprlse they found that the afternoon s entertarn ment lncluded a story called Twelve Years Later YD Whlch they were both very lnterested because rt concerned the whereabouts of the CIGSS Ot 48 from one small school the Elgm Academy Why-h hed lugt frrushed 1tS Seventh grrls dormltory and twelfth boys dormrtory The scene frrst shrfted to Detrort where one Outstondlrlg member of the class was makrng h1s l1v1ng rn a most unusual way Chrmp Lllly was entertalnrng the chlldren at the Detrolt Zoologlcal Park by teachrng the monkeys all the latest tr1CkS The next flash concerned the world famed Wheaton Earth Trollers whrch had super Seded the Hqrlem Globe Trgtterg gg the natrons top pro basketball squad Thetr captam was the team s center known as Buckets Clansky The gr1nnmg g1ant blushlngly scratched h1s head and showed h1s bulglng blcepts on one of whrch the name Ann was 1nscr1bed The set turned to one of the observers 1n the grand stands one Bear Colllngbourne who had recently cornered the oat market and sold short for a very neat profrt In the face of the camera the Bear calmly l1t a c1gar wtth a frfty dollar btll The next place of lnterest was a cabln ln the desert of Arlzona rn whlch a lone arttst re Slded Mrss lean Shlllmglaw a foremost artrst of her t1me was palntmg a canvas entltled Catsup and Scrambled Eggs l She sa1d that she wa soon gorng to start a new 1dea whlch was tentatrvely to be called Whrte on Whlte The camera was next focused on the Chrcago area where several of the great class were to be found Paul Blrtlngel was new headmaster and a very uccessful one at that of none other than Lake Forest Academy and hrs latest project was the bu1ld1ng of a swrrnmlng pool about two blocks long L avrng Paul rn busy conference wrth eleven contractors the rovrng camera came to the Navy Club ln Elgrn where a very arnrhar votce was heard tenderly purrrng to some ratthng d ce lt was none other than Mrke Mealman and he was now the head of a prosperous syndlcate that had slot machlnes all over the state Havmg used hlS tnfluence to legalrze the one armed band1ts he was now trylng to make them a reaurrement for every place of amusement The scene next moved to Evan ton hospxtal Where the proud mother of a set of trrplets was blushmg tnto tne can era She vvas none other than the to mer Georgta S1ms who had named the drmpled darlmgs Icy Errgrd and Dee fshort for defrosterl Georgra had chosen the names smce she was the owner of a frozen food plant V-leadrng down the rtver they stopped rn Aurora fvhere they found Art Smukler who was now the head of Arthur s a large department store of natvonal repute To the1r surprrse they found Ar' was a conf rmed bachelor and that xvomen held no tnterest for htm The scene moved on to the coast Where Skmny l-lorwrtz was l VIDQ as a second Atwater Kent Ralph s lavtsh partres were the talk of Beverly Hllls lt was rumored that Ralph had amassed hrs fortune rn a brg housmg program for Eskrmos 1n Alaska He was the head of a frrm that manufactured prefabrlcated rgloos Ralph was grvmg a gay party where lane Nrchol was agam seen lane was Howard Hughes latest drscovery She was busy rnaklng a seauel to The Outlaw Movmg on to the Barbary coast they bumped mto Steve Goodman Steve was srttrng rn a broken down wharf bar rn a stupor The bartender told them Steve had been the head of a large engmeer1ng concern but had lost h1s fortune bett1ng at Santa Amta and 1n numerous crap games The scene blackened and the two men put out the smoldenng ashes of the1r crgars . Y - , I V . ' I . A . . . . - 1 , . ., , ' 1 ' I I - , , .- . . . . . . tt . H . . , . . . . . . , . 1 -. A I . , f . . . H - - 1, . v f I 1 . X . . Q . . , , A .J . V . - . ,, H- - . f 1 - . 1 . - 1 . . , . . - 1 . , . , .., . - I . . . . ,, . ,, . . . . . , . tt ,, . - ' - it VI ' ' ' - I tt H - - - - V . . . . . - tt ,, . . - mt If - I tt H . . . . . , . I - - I 1 ,, ,, . F . . . , . - 0 g , - tt . . H , . ' Q I 'J I Q ' V I I A 1, 1 . . . - , 1 . S . .., . , , . . ' 1 v 5 v- . A . A A , - 1 1 1 ' A X . , . - . , . V . . t 1 . ,, . ,, . , , 1 , . , . . . f - - T. H . A . , .