Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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Varsity Football iki' luirroli. hipt. Nlcnilt-ll Pnrkins. lim- ljmirli 'tCliiick Morrill. HT is for touchdown, at least it was for the Maroon Varsity in their first season's experience with the famous UT formation. linxed by the weather, Elgin fin- ished in third place when play- ing conditions made double handling in the T treacherous. Coach Mike Farroh called the varsity the best team in six years, adding, our line was speedy, which helped the T a great deal. To perfect the forma- tion there must be a quick- thinking, fast-acting line com- bined with a speedy, wide- awalce hackfield. This year El- gin had both. Best news of the year came when Maroon guard, Gordy Surber, was named on the As- sociated Press All-State football team. Surber was the first El- ginite ever to receive this honor. Gordy said about his good for- tune, 'lThe other fellows deserve iust as much recognition. Many other varsity men re- ceived praise for fine playing: Captain Perkins, Denk, Hage- man, Michael, Flaherty, Palmer,

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'I -X I.nrxcn Yyllic M.Drysclt1lc Atldh X Ir R .-X. Oliut C llcgt' H. A. XVhcxtor1 Culltgc It. X X inf 1 Co sismnr l'rim'ip.1l giml Boys lktin of Girls Stuctnt C un I .Mli iwr Elgin High School is fortunate in having a staff of men and women who possess executive ability and a tine spirit ot co- operation. Mr. Patterson, our superintendent ot schools, and Mr. Stephan, our principal, are constantly striving to improve the school tor both the students and the faculty, T. A. Larsen is assistant prin- cipal and also the boys adviser. Well-liked among the students, he is always willing to give ad- vice to those boys seeking it, Mrs. Drysdale, director of pupil adjustment, assists the students in solving ditticult problems in personal confer- ences With them. Board of Education H941-l942j Rui Ihiiighcrty, Prwimlmt Hurt Phillips C. ll. .Xpplc Roy I, NIAW1 Ltigirlu Hom IJun.ililN1t-lim Fmnk IJ. Crit- S. Mills firm l'.iul C. l'.lllL'l'xiiIl XVill.ml ltrrhc. Sugritiry

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H1 nmlrll l':'r' I onli III . l'f7K H Itlhfl l Dunk 9 Schroeder, Bosynak, Kilburn, Funk, and lohnson, Maroons might well have punned that these must be nights our 'mudders' warned us about, ln four out of seven conference battles they flound- ered through rain and mud which bogged down the assem- bly line precision with which the T must necessarily function. The Elgin line, although out- weighed in almost every game showed the training it had re- ceived by overwhelming their opponents with few exceptions. The Varsity Team