Elgin Academy - Hilltop Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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THE SEVENTH HND EIGHTII GRADES Roy Anderson Hugh McVey Phyllis Rogers Harold Sweet Carl Droste Ionathan Hamill Iames Hall Richard Howe Nancy Iacobsen Iudy Kerber Dennis McNeill Mr. Spaulding. advisor Mr. Matamoros. advisor 'Absent from picture 14 ' :fha ' of ERESHMRN CLASS Charlotte Bopp Nancy Chase Robert Crawford Donna Dickey Sue Dow Gale Edwards Patricia Faust Patricia Hays Susan Irwin Linda Lewis Edwina Lindberg Edward Martens Harry Malcolm Andrew Martin William Miller Bonnie Orr Elinor Ripley Morris Sachar Kathleen Sargent Ion Schurmeier Iacqueline Williams Iohn Yelton Mr. Iohnson, advisor Mr. Morris, advisor I J WW A ,-Yi 1 ,V 5 rluzlt' ably, 'I NQLLJ, fr? f' ,ef ' kg, .J 'i 1,1 1 . ff' ' 1, ' ' C O . . O 0 Q Q . 0 Q

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THE UNDERGRHDUHTES Th1s year the class of 1953 really came mto 1ts own and IS ga1ly lookmg forward to next year when they w1ll become senxors The 1un1or class of wh1ch there are twenty mem bers has just flnxshed one of the most won derful years of the1r l1ves They began the school year by electmg Francls DeSalvo as pres1dent Lee Ward as v1ce presldent and Holly Edwards as secretary treasurer and ended xt wlth the1r annual Iumor promenade the Hawa11an Hollday The next year s top of the totem pole have thus fmxshed a very successful year The members of the 1un1or class were well d1v1ded among the var1ous extra curr1cular QCl1V1l18S They have part1c1pated ln both plays thxs year sung 111 the chorus and done solo work parnted and sculpted and were represented on every athlet1c team The 1un1ors were advlsed by Mr Loomls ard they were grateful to hlm for h1s help on the prom We are sure that next year s semor class w1ll become a competent one In the sprmg a young man s fancy turns to thoughts of the sophomore dance whlle the loyal sophomores tum to thoughts of ment status par and the Rotary club awards Electmg Ann Stuhler as presldent Paul May er v1ce presldent and Terry Dye as secretary treasurer the class of 54 raced through the school year w1th only a few qualms and those rn the general d1rect1on of the teachers Among the top m every category the sopho mores have part1c1pated 1n all of the act1v1t1es around the campus and vled for honors wlth the rest of the school 1n the two plays Twelfth Nlght and Flrst Lady Under the able guldance of Mr St1llman the sophomores had a very successful year When they once again enter the portals of Old Mam next year they w1ll be a real credlt as upperclassmen to the Elgm Academy Th1s year the Academy was blessed wlth one of the most outstandmg freshman classes to adom the halls of Old Mam The class of 55 wh1ch boasts of 1ts twenty two members when ever posslble has started 1ts hxgh school career not w1th the usual na1vete but w1th all the vlm and vxgor obtamable Elect mg Ion Schurmerer as presldent at the begm rmg of the year and advlsed by Mr Iohnson the freshman have done much for E A ln cludmg the dance rn the sprmg that they gave w1th the sophomores Th1s class of beautlful women and hand some men has part1c1pated ln all the act1v1 tres outslde of school too Slx of 1lS members were 1n the sprmg play and almost all of them were 1n the chorus while seven mem bers of the clan were avld artlsts Although xt seems a long way off unt1l grad uatlon for the freshman class we know that too soon xt w1ll arnve and the Elgm Academy w1ll lose one of the fmest groups of students lt ever had . 1 1 I - , 1 -. - 11 n - 11 , . 1 1 ' ' I - . 1 1 ' 1 - . - I I 1 . .. . u 1 1 ' 1 - - I . 11 . - 1 - . . 1 I , . . . . , 1. - 1 , . -1 ' 1 1 x I , . . . . ' ' . I I 11 . . . . 1 1. I l . . . . I 1 1 I 1 . , 1 ' 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 . I - ' , . 1 1

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THE JUNIOR HIGH GHUUP HND THE ELEMENTARY SCHO0L The seventh and elghth graders began the school year w1th class electlons Hugh McVey was elected presldent of the seventh grade wxth Roy Anderson and Phyll1s Rogers as v1ce presxdent and secretary treasurer respec t1vely Ion Hamlll held the pos1t1on of e1ghth grade presldent w1th the help of vlce presx dent Carl Droste and secretary treasurer Iames Hall Members of th1s group who eamed Merlt Status for at least one gradmg penod were Roy Anderson Phyll1s Rogers Ion Ham1ll Ixm Hall Carl Droste and Iudy Kerber Dlck Howe and Ion Ham1ll were members of the sw1mm1ng team and the Major E Club wh1le Iudy Kerber retamed her pos1t1on as number one table tenn1s champlon throughout the year Mr Spauldmg elghth grade class ad v1sor and Mr Matamoros had the1r hands full gu1d1ng th1s energet1c group but we look forward to great thmgs from them 1n the future The nursery school and kmdergarten com posed the youngest hllltoppers and met for the hfth year on the hrst floor of Lovell Hall The nursery school met 1n the mommg from 9 00 o clock to ll 30 and the kmdergarten met from 1 00 o clock unt1l 3 30 The nursery chll dren aged two and a half to four had an average dally attendance of twenty wh1le the advanced group aged four and a halt to hve averaged about twenty fave dally The chll dren leamed to play together to share and to do many thmgs wxth the1r mmds and hands In Raymond House the elementary grades began the1r th1rd year under the superv1s1on of Mr H T Orsbom and wlth Mrs Harrrson Mrs Brockenbrough Mrs Aylward and Mrs MOYYIS as teachers of the srx grades The chlldren assembled at 9 00 o clock and stayed unt1l 3 30 p m At noon they yolned the upper grades for lunch at Sears Hall The Llttle H1lltoppers the name g1ven to the sectlon of the school newspaper IS wrltten by the chmldren I1ll Edwards was the ed1tor A student councrl was created w1th Charles Sansone as presldent and Bob Clark as sec classes 1n art and mus1c as the older students dld Mr Chlpman SupeIV1S9d them as they modeled H1 clay pa1nted and deslgned trles They met w1th Mrs Avant twlce a week for mus1c One of the favorlte events of the week was the swlmmmg lesson Wllh Coach Ors born All 1n all these chlldren have dehmtely made a place for themselves on the academy campus ' I ' lf l retary. The children had the privilege ot lllffllllfflllll OIOCIOQOOI