Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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Prnjulzlinn There was recently a construction project under way in room 222. lf you have dropped in there lately, you certainly must have noticed the beautiful new booth which the Projection Club has built to house their films and equipment. The club is not big, in fact the whole mem- bership consists of eight boys, but it cer- tainly gets around. Some of its projects this year Were: setting up and controlling the sound system for assembly programs, show- ing movies to grade schools, helping make it possible for the student body to hear the Champaign Basketball Tournaments in the gym, and last but not least playing records for all-school dances. Slide Hula 'll-ley, that's no fair. Wahl can do these problems in half the time with his slide rule. Well, if you weren't so lazy you could learn how to use one of these things too. Yes, every Tuesday noon in room 339 Miss Mary Peters, Miss I-lortense Wilson, and about tifteen seekers of knowledge delve into the mysteries of the slide rule, while chewing their peanut butter sandwiches. The club was organized last semester at the request of several interested students. Knowledge of the slide rule can be very helpful and is required in many technical jobs. Slide Rulers know this. They will be ready. I-iern Cluh All model airplane builders and students interested in aviation have had a chance to use their skill and gain more knowledge of flying in the Aero club. Their sponsor is Newell Vonckx, teacher of aeronautics. Methods ot building and flying models have been discussed at meetings. Records of na- tional flying contests have been studied closely. Climax ot the year came at the model plane contest lanuary 23 in which solid scales, flying cabin models and stick models were shown. OFFICERS President .. .......... .Robert Groneman Vice President.. .... ...... E lmer Heinitz Secretary-Treasurer .... .... H elen Pata

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Forensics You've heard of people who talk a lot and still don't say much or get any- where. But the Elgin High School debaters did. They tied for second place in the state tournament and the Big Eight Con- ference and Won the Conference championship for original speech. ln the Augustana College Speech Tournament they won fifth place out of twenty-four schools entered. To become a good debater one must have a quick thinking mind and must have the ability to reason. These are two important things a debater must possess. VARSITY DEBATERS Francis Dunbar Charles Petersen Carolyn Bennorth Keith Montgomery Iune Szosz Iames Waggener Sponsors: Roscoe Cartwright, Homer Shelby

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lap Heading The purpose of this club is to familiarize students with navigation over land, sea, and in the air. The students are being taught how to read maps accurately, identify the topography of the land and its elevation at any point. At the present time the club has fourteen active members which meet every Monday noon. They are now plotting aerial courses allowing for magnetic declination and drift. Many are determining distances between two points on the arc of a great width. Sec- tional and regional charts mercatur and cinic projections are the type of maps that are being studied. The members are now capable of determining the exact latitude and longitude of any particular position or building. Mr. Beckner is the adviser. F.F.A. The Future Farmers of America serve to- day as much as they will tomorrow. During the past year, many things have been done by the F. F. A. to help the war effort. Among their many participating activities were: field trips to help better their knowl- edge, test soil and milk for the individuals of the community, raise animals to help the food shortage. Every year, ribbons have been won by the participating members who entered the Grain and Poultry show. The club adviser is Harry Raplus. Their motto is: Learning to do Doing to learn Earning to live Living to serve. OFFICERS President.. , ..... .... , , .Walter Kroeger Vice President. .Norman Fraas Secretary .... .... . .. Lowell Hill Treasurer. .. ...... . Peter Pratt Izaal-Q Walton There's nothing fishy about what this club is doing, but they are doing a very good job of keeping our streams well sup- plied with fish. They hardly ever shoot the bull, be- cause it is their policy to preserve animals and wildlife. They do their level best to keep plant life preserved and there isn't a bit of corn in the things they are doing in the conserva- tion program. Know what club this is? You guessed it. lt's the lzaak Walton Club headed by Mr. Adams. President .... ..... . . ..Ioe Cronenberg Vice President .... .. .... ..Iohn Kramer Secretary ...., ............ . .Palmer Brown Treasurer .... .............. I ames Kramer