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

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Down The field . While we as Seniors had To accusTom our- selves This year To The novel sensaTion oT seeing our heavyweighT TooTball Team lose an occasional game, yeT There were several redeeming TeaTures oT The season's play which more Than made upTorourdisappoinT- menT aT experiencing deTeaT. For in vicTory The VarsiTy was indomiTable, in deTeaT iT was game, and The Freshman-Sophomore squad broughT glory To The school by winning every game on iTs diTTiculT schedule To emerge un- dispuTed champion oT The Suburban League. The VarsiTy goT oTi To a promising sTarT by regisTering an I8-O win over lvlishawaka, a heavier Team Trom lndiana. The Tollowing week Waukegan Turned The Tables wiTh a I3-O vicTory over EvansTon in The laTTer's TirsT Suburban League encounTer. Digging Their cleaTs inTo ,home soil The Tollowing SaT- urday, The Orange and Blue encounTered liTTle opposiTion while They rolled up a score oT 76-O over Lake View l-ligh oT Chicago. This score sTood as The mosT one-sided Tally made in This disTricT during The season. Proviso came To EvansTon Tor The nexT game and wenT home wiTh a lO-7 vicTory under iTs belT, aTTer a well-placed Tield goal had broken up a beauTiTully played deadlock. The Tollowing week-end, EvansTon's speedy Team held a Tield day aT The expense oT STer- Back row: Anderson, SmiTh, C5uriTz, Kidd, STronach, Hanrahan CenTer: WhiTTemore, GresT, SwiTT, Norman, Fish, Coach Cameron, Eppers FronT: Wilcox, GilberT

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lvl.T.C. had The biggesT enrollmenT in iTs hisTory This year. l-leaded by lvlaior Joseph Meyers, iTs various uniTs were again well commanded by a sTaTT oT able oTTicers, which included These seniors: Lucado, Kieling, Blackman, SmiTh, l-loTsTeTTer, I-lochschild, lvlcGuigan, WadingTon, Thurman. A new drum and bugle corps was added To The baTTalion, and Jean Bicks was placed in charge oT iT. The members oT The riTle Team sTarTed anoTher successTul year by winning wiTh ease Their TirsT meeT and sTarTing Training Tor oThers, wiTh Their eyes on The I-learsT Trophy. Plans were laid, even in The Tall, Tor The Corps DemonsTraTion To be held laTer in The year. All during The auTumn The back yard oT The campus Teemed wiTh acTiviTy. Track sTars, anTicipaTing by several monThs The sTarT oT The season, dashed up and down The cinder paTh. Various TooTball Teams were scaTTered over The Terrain. NorT,h oT The gym The girls kicked TranTically aT soccer balls and hiT each oTher in The shins wiTh hockey canes. - The concreTe Tennis courTs boTh on The norTh and souTh oT The building were kepT busy Trom The sTarT oT school unTil laTe in The Tall, buT as The leaves began To drop-along wiTh The TemperaTure- ouTdoor E.T.l-l.S. began To deserT iTs habiTaT Tor The winTer.

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. the Blue and Orange ling MorTon and Turned in a score oT 54-O. The TradiTional Oak Park baTTle, played in The Villagers' sTadium This year, Turned ouT disasTrously Tor The Orange. Unable To geT going, The local squad was Torced To pack up and leave aT The shorT end oT a 35-O score. The season's Tinal game, played aT Evans- Ton againsT The pace-seTTing New Trier Green Wave, proved The real calibre oT Coach Rocky l-lampTon's charges. Playing againsT a Tar heavier and more experienced eleven, The Orange dazed Their conTidenT visiTors by sTepping inTo The lead in The TirsT minuTes oT play, buT Tell gradually behind, To lose by a score oT 2 l-6. The Green and Gray evenTually were winners oT The League TiTle. Thus ended an evenTTul season during which EvansTon's heavyweighTs scored over Twice as many poinTs as Their opponenTs while losing halT Their games. OuTsTanding in The backTield as Seniors were Elmer Wood, George Williams, Virge VanCleave, Jerry lvlersch, Ed Frank, Bud Carver, Skippy BriTT, and Louis Beach. LeTTer-winners play- ing Their lasT year in The Torward wall were John Anderson, Eloyde BeasTon, Dave Fish. Ed Gayles, Bill GilberT, Richard GresT, Elmer GuriTz, Edward l-lanrahan, Bob Kieling, Doug SmiTh, Dean SwiTT, Bob WhiTe, STan WhiTTe- more, and Russ Wilcox. Back row: BriTT, Carver, lvlersch, Beach, Kieling, JeweTT CenTer: Gayles, RaTcliTTe, WorThingTon, BeasTon. Coach l-lampTon, WhiTe, Frank, Williams EronT: VanCleave, Wood