Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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Seniors Scan School Events Top to bottom: Daisy Mae party Senior Class Council. Snowflake Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae. T.B. Tests Preparation for Tests.

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to serve and select meals, utilize rationed 'and unrationed foods, use new products, practice short cuts, and contribute to Red Cross clothing projects. Industrial Arts offer an educational field in which pupils develop a proper under- standing of manufacturing industry and the relationship of manufacturer, Worker, and consumer. These courses serve as try- out courses to discover students Who are capable of following industrial pursuits. Throughout high school the agriculture student is supervised in farm practice. ln this the boy develops those skills and capacities for making judgments essential in farming. Vocational Agriculture tries, therefore, to evolve an integrated indi- vidual capable of carrying on farming as a whole. ln the English Department, students are aided in perfecting their ability to com- municate more effectively. Development of a better appreciation of good literature through an extensive reading program and emphasis in the junior year on speech, dramatics, journalism, and literature add variety and interest. The Foreign Language Department of- fers as electives during any year of high school French, German, Latin, and Span- ish. Class room instruction includes read- ing, Writing, and speaking the language, in the case of modern languages, as Well as background work regarding the coun- tries using the languages. The Art Department endeavors to lead the student into the appreciation of beau- ty in living and good taste in the selection of the essentials of everyday life. lt also affords a means of expression and gives experience in the handling of the mediums through which art results are obtained. The Music Department offers instruction in vocal music as Well as in Wind and string instruments. The vocal Work con- sists of students in four organizations, so registered according to class and ability. Band and orchestra are offered to further instrumental instruction, perfection, and playing technique. No school can function Without effi- cient handling of business routine. Miss Boettcher and Miss Carlson in the office and Mrs. Lundeen, attendance director, have successfully carried on this part of the school. Administrative Council 18 Physics Experiment

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Senior' Story IM L IR.. IJ 1 , -2? Class officers and adviser The Class of 1945, numbering 360, en- tered into the school activities soon after their arrival in 1941. Mr. Shelby was the adviser. About thirty students entered the class from Abbott in the- sophomore year. At that time, too, Mr. Waggoner, better known as Wag, became class sponsor. The class officers were Ioe Ladd, presi- dent, Pat Dougherty, vice-president, Bar- bara Anderson, secretary, and Chuck Becker, treasurer. The Snowflakes, with their purple and white class sweaters, began their third year resolving to help get the war over, and so aided in the Bond Drive and the Scrap Drive, some even left to fight for our country. Their class play, Hlunior Miss, fresh from Broadway, was a smash- ing hit and a sellout both nights. Snow- flake Flurry was the name of the junior party. The class officers were Howie Foell, president, Ed Franzen, vice-president, Connie Bendewald, treasurer, and Eleanor Davis, secretary. During the all-important senior year the if ' sk class was led by Ed Franzen, president, Ioe Konitzki, vice-president, Pat Dougher- ty, secretary, and Connie Bendewald, treasurer. The new upper classrnen par- ticipated in the Sixth War Loan Drive and managed the selling of refreshments at the football games. Sadie Hawkins Day was the theme of their class party, with a contest for Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae won by Ioe Ladd and Peg Miller. Skyroad, another Broadway hit, was the class play of the year. The Snowflakes topped all other attendance records by scoring a complete sellout the day the tickets came out. The senior class is truly a war class. lt entered in September, 1941, with the threat of war, and then in three short months found itself in the midst of a global war. Many of the class upon reaching 17 left school for the service. The honor roll of '45 numbered about 30 before the last semester. Soon after graduation the ma- jority of the boys will leave for service or for the short-time advanced education allowed them.