Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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Busy People-The Willkie Way At precisely 8:00 a.m., Monday, September 9, the two front doors of the Wendell Willkie High School were once again opened to 741 students, which was an increase over last year by 19. Almost every one of these 741, although nota one would admit it, had been anxiously awaiting this moment since 3:31 p.m., Friday, June 1,--three hot, humid, months ago. Of this total there were 226 bright and shining freshmen who tried desperately to keep out of the path of any one of the 160 seniors who just happened to be around every comer, eager to greet them with a hardy, Well look, another one. The other 355 was made up of 166 juniors, who were not to be classified as upperclassmen, and 189 new sophomores who were no longer the little green freshmen. All were quite busy either trying to re- member the combination to their locker, or if they did remember, cleaning out the mess which they just did not have time to do the last day of school. But the excitement of this year had just begun, for there were still 180 busy school days ahead of them Here we see a few of the 741 students after they have entered the doors of the school eager to begin their first busy day at Will lue I-hgh 3 :fi t 3 I s. A L A A

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This Book Is Dedicated to the Staff of 06 07 fpg- I ? as Qi-ya f ,Q ,,.,,,, 7? nz, TI' N ,O 9- f XQ 3- kk NQQX B Mxss Lmda K Hocker, Edrtor rn chlef of 1957 Mlss Eva Hocker Edrtor m ch1e:f of 1906 1907 Thrs year, 1956 57, marks the Golden Annrversary of our school annual Fmfty years ago a volume entrtled WIT AND WISDOM was prmted for the graduamng clax of 1906 Thus httle book, qmte drfferent from our modern, up to date CRESCENT , has set a pat tern for the many yearbooks whrch have followed at Elwood fllgh.. Then, the school boasted only 283 students w1t:h a staff of 11 mstructors, and there were 29 members rn the graduatmg class 7boys and 22 g1r1s The book wh1ch was about the srze of a small note book, contamed a joke, brogra phy poem, and prophecy about each graduanng semor The preface labeled Greet 1ng , was addressed to OUR GENTLE READER. The semors had class colors bottle green and old gold and a yell Waukeshaw, Kazoo Kazan! Hrpety Hapety Hrxl Boomerang, Ch wang Chr ban' Rah for nmeteen s1x ' There were only a few prctures, but there were numerous advertrsements rn both the front and back of the book. The Opera House Drug Store, The Lwery and Feed Stable L1lly'sDye House Records and Faust Clothmg Store, and Hmshaw and Hughes Crty Drug Store were only a few of the busmess establrshments adverusmg F zfty years ago Eva T-locker was the edrtor of the first annual, and now her mece Lmda Hocker, IS the 1957 CRESCENT edrtor -L O O , , ' Q ,il V, ' , X I W. X. . .lk fffvni 5:17.51 juli' ' '- 14 5 'I7 1'-le , Jil! w .:' f'-2' f.5'll 1 ' K' ' Z ssffg' If 'glqrgfxi ' Mal 93117 - R ' - ,. -. , ,,, f rl. I ' ,NV J f, J' L K T-Z! 43' ll 'AR f ' , it , I X W ity?-71 1 . X X .f -4 f X1 'f ---- as Q 1 I - -?. , it K 'fl f 5 ' ' '- , H 1,1 I, , .3 E f 1 , ,z ' 1 .f l -ff. if V 4 Y if-C A' 5 Sl .ff 5-12,5 31,55- JXB ,I , X E:,p- X , U , fy,-7. ,X -. iq, X . , V 1 x X 'X ' f 'T pf' 1.2150 1 k . ' 'Se' Vg :Zig I ' msji-. ' Q if '-:ee K- -tie rl.: --xg- -' -pgs, xy . X 'T 1 X ' -. - . . , . -. - . - , . . U . . . -I u 1 - 1 I v o , I 7 ' D I . . . , .