Evanston Township High School - Key Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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The Football Dance The Football Dance is a tradition which has held sway since way back when Evanston started to win championships, to cheer her teams to victory, and to honor the men who so proudly wore her colors. The Dance of 1931 was a htting tribute to the members of the team. The music was furnished by Carlson Donnelly, the albino bandmaster, and his orchestra. They played against a background of soft lights and a huge goal post entwined with Evansto'n's victorious colors. Orange and blue streamers, joining the chandeliers, led to uprights of the goals. Large footballs hung at each end of the hall. These were set off by E's made of brilliant orange. One by one the couples arrived until at nine-thirty the floor was comfortably crowded. The chaperones chatted and looked about the floor. Who is that pretty girl? Mm, I don't know her, but isn't that Janice Hall and Ben Handwork?,' Oh, there's Jack NValworth with Jane Rogers. Isn't he handsome-so clean and fresh? An old custom which has been discarded for a year was the-n revived, the football which was used in the New Trier game was raflled off to the senior members of the squad. It had been autographed by all the players. At eleven o'clock everyone gathered around the stage where Mr. Vance, Evanston's popular and respected coach, conducted the raffle. jean Sanders, the former vice-president of the class, was called upon the platform to draw the lucky number which Arno Hoffman held. Arno proudly received the coveted ball and promptly removed it from the envious eyes of Keet Minto. Dancing was then resumed until twelve o'clock, when, in accorda-nce with the school ruling, one of the best school dances of the year came to a close.

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Basketball The 1931-32 basketball team of Evanston High School had a fairly successful year. They ended the season tied for third place in the Suburban League with Morton, the state champions. Evanston had a season's record of ten games won and five lost. There were four seniors on the squad who played regularly. They were: Gil Cook, whose clever dribbling and shooting made him .1 real star, Stretch Stewart, who was always dangerous around the basket, Verne Rogers and Hank Brinker who alternated at the right guard post. The team was handicapped after the midyear by the loss of two valuable players, Stan Everhart and jim Rapp. Other seniors on the squad were: Sievers, Hayes, Wallace, France, and Minto. The season was marked by many very close games. In the Stagg Tournament the Evanston-Morton game was very closely contested, with Evanston leading almost to the final whistle only to lose in the last few seconds by two points. The Morton game at Evanston was another thriller. The regular playing time ended with the score tied twenty-four to twenty-four. Evanston handed New Trier their Hrst defeat in a good game on the latter's floor. Evanston, the underdogs, went out and snatched an early lead and held it by the narrowest of margins until the end of the game. The prospects for next year's team are good. Captain Frank, Greenslade, and Wood will form the leadership of the team. Other juniors from this year's squad who will probably see lots of playing are: Peters, Crawford, Deck, and McCarthy. The lightweights had a very successful season until they lost some star players at the midyear, Captain Chuck Franklin, Wally Rardin, Phil Barry, Bill Roesing, and Male White graduating at that time. The seniors who played the full season on the first team were: Johnny Swaim, Clack Barker, Johnny Kassel, and Smoky Evans. Other seniors on the squad were: Anderson, Halman, and Hanover. The lights won ten games and lost four. BASKETBALL SQUAD Second Row-Sampson, France, Rapp, Wallace, McCarthy, Sievers, Hayes, Crawford, Everhart Front Row--Wood, Peters, Stewart, Greenslade, Frank, Brinker, Rogers, Cook 413 It.

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Seniors in the M. T. C. Twenty-tive seniors leaving the Military Training Corps are doing so with mingled emotions. lour years. packed full of real comrade- ship. achievements-both by individuals and the corps-camping trips. sham battles. drill competitions. and minor incidents reyiew themselves in the minds of these graduates. Your years ago. in the fall of 1927. a group of awkward freshmen stood in room 572 in a formation dimly resembling a straight line. This awkward squad was facing the man who was later to be known more or less personally by each individual as a leader and a friend. Armistice Day. approximately two months later. told a slightly different story. These former members of the awkward squad escaped being raw recruits by a small margin. At least, they had a badge of unity in their uniforms. As sophomores. new corporals and lance-corporals rejoiced in their superiority over the next class of freshmen. They went through the first qualms of commanding and came out unscathed. The armory was now open with its big drill floor and efhcient rifle range, and many of these sophomores made the drill platoon or rifle team. Sergeants and section guides were the ranks of most of these juniors. With such weighty responsibility, a wealth of dignity was required, and this latter was valiantly maintai-ned by the third year. Probably the high-point of that year was the competition among the juniors for the D. A. R. saber, given the one outstanding in drill and command. The seniors graduating this year are the present ollicers of the corps. As each one steps up to receive his diploma, he will undoubtedly think of many events which have occurred during the past four years. Among these, experiences in the corps will probably stand out as being worth while in every respect. OFFICERS Oli THE CORPS Tbirtl Ron-johnson. Nitv, Lutnieki, Stewart, DeSale, Siddal, Thorsness Second Rou'-Ream, Gray, Fox, Wuring, Coolidge. Miller. Vfigginton Prarzt Ron'-Davidson, Poole. Glenning. Goodhue. Barry, Gedeborg. Spencer