Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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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

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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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The Executive Council Miss Pratt Conlers with Mr. Benner and Dave Kilburn OFFICERS Dave Kilburn ,,,,,,,, A,,, . ,. . ,,,,,, President Bill Rovelstad ,,,,,, ,,,,,, V ice President Shirley Barnwell ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. .Secretary Bob Cartwright .. . . ...Treasurer Student llnuncil Do you know where Nigeria is? Can you pull a rabbit out of your hat? Would you like to take ping pong lessons from experts? Answers to these intriguing questions and many others have been solved at the lyceum programs sponsored by the council. The Student Council for the past year has again, as many times before, led our school in successful activities. This year we have again a near 100 72, subscription for the Student Activity Ticket sponsored jointly by the Student Council and the Mirror. During the Curtis Drive in October, E. H. S. students proved their ability as junior salesmen under the leadership of the council. Kay Kyser, Harry lames, Wayne King, Gene Krupa, Glenn Millerethese names remind E. H. S, students of the Student Council dances.