Elgin Academy - Hilltop Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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The Senior Class of I957 The frrst day back on campus after a long va canon 1S always an excrtmg one especrally for semors and lt seems th1s year s f1rst day at E A was no exceptron The new students met w1th the old and 1n no t1me flat eleryone was mto the swlng of thmgs In the course of th1s years actrv1t1es many thmgs happened whrch w1ll not be easrly for gotten by the members of the semor class Some were b1g events some small but all can be con s1dered rmportant Early October brought the Aerchlonan 1n1t1 atxon How could we forget the amus1ng ex pressrons on the faces of the Aerch ofhcers and the frrghtened expressrons on those of the 1n1t1 ales? Also 1n October was the Horneromrng Dance Mouhn Rouge presented by the sen1or class whrch IS always looked forward to not only by them but by the rest of the school as well As the homecommg royalty was an nounced Claudlas happy tears Marks ear o ear grm and Vonn1es 1ub1lant expressron all helped the even1ng to be a success Senror chapel talks football games pep ses srons and freld trrps made the fxrst semester l1t erally fly by and soon 1t was t1me for term exams whlch brought the usual crammrng By th1s t1me sen1ors could be heard saymg Four more months and we re out' Lrttle d1d they know just how fast those months would go' The Aerchlorxan Dance One Touch of Venus w1ll certarnly hold memorres for many of us par t1cularly for the Cottage Cut1es Remember that skrt you put on g11'lS7 Of course no one w1ll forget Vonnre s crown1ng Hugh1e Ae1ch k1ng Then there was Sen1or V1s1tat1on Day when all semors from the Elgln Dundee Area v1s1ted van ous busrnesses The w1nn1ng of the P S L swrm mrng champronshrp the extra day granted to the semors by the Honor Day system the sen1or play Trrfles sen1or holrday at Whlte Plnes State Park the Headmasters Supper and the last srx weeks sen1or tables all kept remmdmg the members of the class of 57 that commence ment t1me was approachmg Soon rt was t1me for the Iumor Prom appro prrately entltled lamaxcan Farewell and all the wonderful happy nostalg1c thmgs that go w1th 1t None of us w1ll ever forget th1s our last E A dance The next mornmg the beautrful and 1n spmng Baccalaureate serv1ce was held at the Method1st Church wlth our own cholr partxcx pat1ng After f1nal exams came the awaras cere mony and fmally Commencement the most wonderful event of all A t1me for 1oy ct trme for tears a t1me we ll treasure through the years well remember always Graduat1on Day

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ELG! ACADEMY '7-55?.r-1 I 6 'diff -hz Q V ln! , 57 HILLT P We, the Senior Clcxss of 1957, of the Elgin Academy dedicate this edition of the Hilltop to the memory of the lcxte Wilbur L. Ogden.

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Senior Class Offlcers Hoy Becker Presmdent Vonnell Mastn Vxce Pres Paul Gush1ken Secretary Phylhs Rogers Treasurer MX? 'ws Roy Anderson Elgm I111no1s Football Black Club Vxce Presxdent Track Mcnor E Club Roy better known to all as Randy Bear was one of our ever popular day students this year He was charactenzed by a sparklmg wrt whxch often kept the seruor grrls m hystencs To be noted especxally were hrs cartoons whxch decorated the blackboards of the fourth penod Enghsh class Another of Randy's personalxty traxts was hrs deep mterest xn automobxles He was about the most learned auto mechanic that the Academy had this year' Randy's plans for the future mclude attendmg Purdue Umversxty and studymg enqmeenng Best of luck to the best ot the Bears m any and all of your endeavors ! I A N, . ,X W Q, A ,. I5 1 A , v- T ,. I ,, . x 34-S- -.-.au.....a...- V f . . W, 'V '4 , T - N , 7 I ,. 1, I ' I , . . .