Elgin Academy - Hilltop Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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yu EULUII Bartlett, Illinois Secretary Musart Club Mrs, Mc'l'hing Vice-President Aeichlorians Trial By Iury Black Club Pullman Car Hiawatha Thespians Chorus National Honor Society Hilltop Staff Masque and Gavel Merit Status KID This young and sophisticated miss has charmed us all with her rare wit and friendliness. Dressed smartly every day. Iudy has appeared at E.A. for her four years of high school. Her wide artistic tastes have been shown in the various costumes that she helped design for the school plays, the planning of stage acts. and dance decorations. Holding her own scholastically, Iudy is a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club. and Masque and Gavel. Iudy also has a fondness for dancing: we seem to remem- ber a most unusual interpretation of a planet in the Christmas play. Iudy's future plans include Valparaiso University. C'0I'g0 I'l1 I1 I1 an Geneva, Illinois Vice-President Black Club Sergeant-at-Arms E Club President Athletic Scholarship Society National Honor Society Quill and Scroll Cum Laude Masque and Gavel Football C23 Basketball f2l Tennis C21 Associate Sports Editor O 6, B Merit Status C65 George's joviality and unimitated antics have been as much a part of the Senior class as Old Main is of Elgin Academy. For four years we have been blessed with his humor and good nature. However, George was lar from all fun. One of the most outstanding athletes, despite his seem- ingly frail frame, George has been quarter back on the football team, guard on the basketball team, and a doubles man on the tennis squad, giving an enduring and earnest performance in each. It was no surprise that George was elected President of the National Athletic Scholarship Society. A top student academically, George won Merit Status several times and held membership in the many honorary societies. The next stop on George's agenda will be Dartmouth College.

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With a startling jolt. we suddenly realize that after three fleeting years, we're seniors. As we browse through the college catalogues in Mr. Thompson's office, sit tensely in prepar- ation for the College Board Exams, and wait eagerly for those letters from colleges, we are finally aware that our last year in high school has fled by, leaving us only fond mementos and memories . . . The students returning from summer vaca- tion, and the happy rejoicing as friends meet once more . . . the autumn season and the festive Homecoming, its brightly colored chry- santhemums, the Aeich Tea, the thrilling foot- ball game, cheering students waving stream- ers, the cheerleaders bedecked in orange and black . . . Moonlight Magic, that night, in the Art Gallery, the Homecoming Dance . . . three happy hours, Diane crowned with roses, the happy smiles of Anne, Bunny, and Iudy, tears, couples fading away into the night . . . October whisking away its gaudy leaves . . . November's frost ascending . . . our seniors, slightly nervous, delivering their chapel talks . . . the closing of the football season, and the beginning of the basketball season . . . November leaving a thin, white blanket of snow and succumbing to the charms of December . . . the beautiful Christmas pro- gram, the amusing play, harmonious voices ringing from the chorus, the inspired cantata, the air filled with joyous carols, vacation, the finale of a semester . . . returning again, and the mingling of friends . . . continuous vic- tories of the swimming team . . . Saturday enior arm 0 1958 Senior Class Officers: Iill Edwards, Secretary: Dan Iessup, Treasurer: Dan Deeds, President: Harry Lehr, Vice-President. dances sprinkled throughout the months, to be followed by the Aeichlorian Dance . . Heart's Holiday, crimson valentines. Iohn honored with the title of King of the Dance the Senior girls' skit, a room full of fox-trotting couples, the notes of the trumpet slowly dying away, farewell, parting is such sweet sor row . . . Private School League Swimming Championship won by our Hilltoppers . . Mrs. McThing with its humor and mystery . . . Trial by jury and its lilting musical sounds . . . and then a whirlpool of transi tory events . . . the Senior Holiday, Senior tables, pre-graduation tears, the Headmaster s Supper, and the beauty of the Iunior Prom Sayonara, Iapanese good-bye, good-bye good-bye . . . dazzling Chinese lantems, Ori ental scenery, wistful, melancholy expressions adoming the Seniors faces, the sentimental dreamy music, I'll See You In My Dreams, Sayonara . . . the Baccalaureate with its in spirational message . . . final exams . . Awards Day . . . and then . . . Commencement, a parade of blue and white robes walking to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance, valedictorian, salutatorian Cum Laude, Diane and Dan giving their opening speeches, the Ora L Pelton Award the Mother-Daughter Award, and diplomas . . . final farewells as the seniors prepare for a new future . . . From far away, a voice drones out and then is drowned by the wind. It seems to say We will have these moments to remember

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K K U Ulla U0 5 Bogota, Colombia, South America President Senior Class Masque and Gavel President Black Club National Honor Society Camera Club Beta Club Musart Club Quill and Scroll Major E Club Pullman Car Hiawatha Golf ID Football Basketball Merit Status Q32 We hailed the arrival of our Colombian senior two years ago. During that time, Dan has been in the Student Council, the Beta Club, and the National Honor Society and was elected senior class president. In basketball, Dan also excelled, giving outstanding per- formances. An enthusiastic golfer, Dan placed high in the Private School League Golf Toumament both his junior and senior years. After returning to the land of the cacao bean for the sum- mer, Dan will come back to the United States and attend Cornell University. 26l'IClCl Milf am Gary, Indiana Black Club Chorus Musart Club Mrs, McThing Thespians Pullman Car Hiawatha National Honor Society Trial by Iury Aeichlorian Society Merit Status C51 Melinda was certainly a pleasant addition to the class oi '58. lust nine short months have witnessed her eager and avid participation in dramatics Kespecially that sweet, en- dearing nurse rolel for which she won a Thespian award, and in other areas gaining Merit Status regularly. She entered the post-prandial smokers' clique in the lounge every evening after dinner and could be found almost always dealing a hand of rummy or I doubt it. Melinda possesses a certain charm that made her a favorite among the students at the Academy. She plans to continue her fine work at Hillsdale College.