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

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PENTANGLE Pentangle under the able leadership of Ioan Keely has had a particularly interesting year. Among the successful undertakings was the Pentangle dance, one of the most popular events on the social calendar. For this occasion the Social Hall was turned into a black and White French casino with a multitude of stars peeping thru the low ceiling. This unusual effect was due to the efforts of Avis Bailey and Betty Crosby. The Pentangle girls and their escorts danced while Bill Lytton's orchestra played music direct from Paris. The Christmas party conducted by the entertainment committee must also be mentioned as one of the highlights. To this event two hundred of the poorer children of Evanston Were invited. Besides the presentation of Santa Claus, played by Ruth Poll, and the distribution of the gifts, a puppet show was given by Gloria Bensch. All the committees have contributed to the success of the year's program. The Weekly lobby teas were given by the Projects Committee, and this group under Catherine Maloney also provided lobby hostesses and messengers. The Activities Committee headed by Catherine Mayrand managed all the financial details of the different events and, in addition, directed the dance. The Social Service Committee, under Emily Hunt, conducted a big collection for Thanks- giving and Christmas food baskets and also carried on many charitable activities throughout the year. All the monthly programs were arranged by the entertainment committee of Betty lane Daly, and Alice Bailey's Publicity Committee advertised each meeting. The Iunior and Senior Mothers' Teas were given in the spring and the annual Style Show, featuring graduation dresses, was presented. The carnival was held as the last event in this memorable year. Ioan Keeley Kevil Thomas Patricia Manley Iill Price

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lane Eastham Emily Hunt Kate Gablenz G'f.A.A In the season of 1934-35 the Girls' Ath- letic Association, according to its aims, has done much to promote sportsmanship and to arouse an interest in girls' athletics. The participation was large in all activi- ties, especially hockey. Motion pictures oi hockey were shown for the first time at the annual Play Day to which New Trier and Oak Park were invited. As usual, Evanston girls Were selected to try out for the North Shore Hockey Team. Kate Gab- lenz, Emily Hunt, Muriel Parks, Bessie Mc- Fadzean, lane Eastham, and Betty May- rand were chosen to compete. We were honored by having on the first team Bessie McFadzean and Muriel Parks, who was chosen captain. As a climax oi the hockey season a circus complete with Wild ani- mals, clowns, and trapeze artists Was presented. The Board introduced winter sports, in addition to the usual activities basketball, soccer, volleyball, dancing, and archery. With the arrival of spring, the baseball, track, and tennis season completed the year's program. Much of the success oi the year is due to the executive board on which Phyllis lvarson, Kate Gablenz, Muriel Parks, and Emily Hunt are the senior members.

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T H s PUBLICATICNS ln our school publications students have been provided with entertainment by the Evanstonian Magazine, appearing semi- annually, with a record of events and contemporary history by the Evanstonian Newspaper, weekly, and with a pictorial memory book, the Year Book. The Christmas and spring issues of the Evanstonian Maga- zine were most noteworthy for their select material and the unusual idea of basing the entire magazine's illustrations on a special theme. The newspaper, with Thomas Leahy as editor-in-chief, has ended its second year under the departmental system which has been found most effective. Classifying all departments of the school with a head for each, and many reporters under this leader, has unified and combined the news events to a high degree of accuracy. Nothing in the way of athletics, social events, or scholastic achievements has escaped the agile reporters of the staff. It is interesting to note that the staff numbered approximately one hundred and twenty-five persons. To keep this number occupied and smoothly organized required careful planning and cooperation. For this purpose the editors and the governing board met every Tuesday to prepare and discuss important news-features for the paper which appeared the next week. Executive positions, which are held in high honor, are obtained through competition. This year there were four weeks of tryouts, during which, office aspirants attempted to do the best writing they could on some assigned article. The new staff published the last three issues of the newspaper under the supervision of the old staff. f The aims of the paper are most worthy in that it is an outlet for expression T and affords an opportunity to acquire facility and actual experience for those interested in journalism as a vocation. Metropolitan standards of writing are adopted as suitable for such newspaper work. Thus, meticulously recorded in our newspaper are all the high-spots of our senior year, and it will be, in years to come, a veritable treasure-chest of happy memories ofpour last year at this school. A new feature of this year was the Ben Franklin Ball sponsored by all of the school publications, a performance that it is hoped will be given each year. It was well received and may it grow to assume a permanent part in school life! Another new innovation was enacted with the Publications Ban- quet, formerly, a newspaper affair, but this year including both the magazine and Year Book Staffs. As before, the aspirants to literary fame have selected their best material in prose and poetry to enter in The National Scholastic Contest. Members of the staff have won individual honors, and the paper for the last three years has gained First-class honors which is equivalent to excellent. Thus, we may look back with deep satisfaction upon our literary efforts. We may express appreciation of the whole-hearted cooperation of the students and the teachers in creating our school publications. Indeed, we may record our gratefulness in the publishing of the Senior Year Book, an event looked forward to by us for four long years.