Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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Editorial Board Left-Editorial Staff Right-Mr. Morrill's Salesmanship Class HI'lllJIl Yearbooks are hard Work, nice to look at and ah over but very hard to plan and complete. Write-ups, make-up, mountings, engravings, headlines- these with a generous portion of elbow grease, all mixed Well and brought to a boil at deadline tirne, resulted in the 1943 Maroon. Betty Bickler and Barbara Schaat worked as co-editors. Betty Cochrane was underclassrnen editor, and Edgar Backus sports editor. Bernard Wahl and Dick Leitner Worked together on photography. Gordon Coxe produced the sketches which have enlivened the pages. Carl Swanson, Marjorie Sandberg, Carol Rhoades, Kathryn Seyller, Shirley Torling, Richard Damisch, Ruby Carlson, Mary Lund, Margaret Danielek, Grace Szosz, Shirley Hotilander, Blanche Saxe, loan Silliman and Carliss Carlson were editorial assistants. Under direction ot Bill Richardson, the business management was taken care of by Mr. Morrill's salesrnanship class, which successfully sold over one hundred patrons tor the book. lames E. Baxter was editorial and business adviser. 24

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WB. . Prnqram Gfizenfi 0 jomorrow Under the direction of Phillip Maxwell, genial master of ceremonies, The Citizens of Tomorrow came to Elgin High School this year. After a practice session in which students surprised even themselves by getting up and sitting down noiselessly, a final recording was made. The following Sunday all Elgin listened to the result as broad- cast over radio station WGN. Mr. Maxwell and Principal Dixon briefly reviewed the history and life of the high school. Students cheered themselves hoarse and applauded loudly for the come edians, limmy and ferry, and groaned or cheered as the quiz contest brought defeat or glory to six students. The A Cappella choir sang two numbers which brought high praise from the radio officials present and radio listeners. Carolyn Bennorth was named Elgin l-ligh Schools honor citizen. The future destiny of America depends upon its 'Citi- zens of Tomorrow, we high school students, for we will play a major part in deciding our country's policies in the hectic years ahead. The Chicago Tribune reemphae sized that fact for all of Elgin as it visited our school. 23 Iimmy and Ierry

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irrur Operating successfully on a closely figured budget and striving to publish interesting weekly newspapers has been the difficult task faced by the Mirror statt this year. The total number of issues was cut to twenty-four from last year's thirty when Student Activity receipts fell below what had been expected. Adver- tising receipts dropped slightly. Engravings were cut by government order, Aided by special feature material and spiced by gossip, the Mirror struggled on under the direction of Patt Dreyer and lim Howard, co-editors. Charlotte Churchill edited the second page during the entire year. Helen Pata became third page editor the second semester, succeeding Eileen Klinger. Charles lacobs succeeded Robert Bailey, who became a sports writer for the Elgin Courier-News. Shirley Lawrence and Edgar Backus enlivened the general atmosphere with their columns ot tid-bits and juicy gossip. Staff writers were Walter Grisham, lack Pauly, Len Wahl, Marilyn Moore, and Gene Thompson. Mitchell Weisner and Beginia Eitzsimmons were reporters. Walter Grisham became business manager after Ray Kenyon quit at semester time. Bill Roberts worked as circulation manager the entire year. fs. .UPN 1 J ff The Fourth Estate 25