Glenbard High School - Pinnacle Yearbook (Glen Ellyn, IL)

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2 8l'lLOl 5 . . . RAY MATTSON Vice-President B U D LePAGE President Commencement, we are herev are the words running through the minds of the majority of Clenbard's seniors. Deep down in our book- weary little hearts though, there is a sense of regret at leaving Clenbard, and a sense of remorse if, perhaps, we havenit made the best of the op- portunities offered us. Even though we seniors had to suffer through the terrors of an Atomic Energy Unit, looking back one realizes that as the movie title goes these have been, The Best Years of Our Livesf' As freshmen we nervously and fearfully entered Biester,s Bastilev, and to coin a phrase, We came, we saw, and we were conqueredv, by the upperclassmen. As penalties for trying to soak up higher learning at Clenbard, some of us were thrown into the lockeroom showers with our clothes on, while others of us were forced to seranade the seniors from the top of a locker. At this time our athletic heroes began to show their stuff by helping our basketball teams win four championships in one year. Our girls got into the swing of things by joining GAA, Y-Teens, and other organizations. After making sure we had been promoted, we 49,ers went to work with a vengence on the incoming freshmen by helping to think up mean club initiations. just about this time we began to know each other, and fraternization between Glen Ellyn and Lombard started. It was during our sophomore year that we showed the seniors who was boss by having the greatest number on the honor roll. Many of us were elected to the infant Student Council or chosen for various offices in other clubs. When our junior year rolled around, we considered ourselves big guns. We, Mr. Biester, and Hans ran the school, and we wanted no back talk from anyone. Speaking of talk, all of us had to experience the knee- knocking and nerve-shattering ordeal of speech class, but after it was all over we were forced to admit that it had made us more capable and poised individuals. During the school elections some of our members were chosen to lead the Student Council, others to lead various clubs, others made the Glen Bard, and some of us reached the top by making Page is BARBARA REYNOLDS Secretary-Treasurer

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the PINNACLE. Our junior play, Stardust, was a roaring success, and undoubtedly the careers of many future greats of the theater were launched here. Our final gesture of the year was to give the junior-Senior Prom at Medinab Country Club, and under our management the affair was a huge success. Our senior year opened with our placing third in conference football. Due to their outstanding performances several of our football players were named to the various all-conference teams. The high spot of the pig- skin season was undoubtedly the La Grange game in which we almost upset one of the state's strongest teams. Life was just one gay, mad social whirl with the Sweater Hop and the Football Dance here at Glen- bard and the All-Conference Dance at La Grange. Some of the other social high spots of the year were the Heart Hop, the Holly Hop, the Big Top Trot, and of course the junior-Senior Prom. QWhich should be called Sunrise Seranadej We also had several excellent convos this year: the exchange convo with La Grange, the Kits and Skits' triumph You Can't Take lt With You , and the Deep River Quartets excellent program of Negro spirituals. While we werenit blessed with a championship team in basketball, we saw many thrill-packed games which werenit decided until the final whistle had blown. Our senior play, Little W07716H,,, differed from the ordinary class play in that it wasnit strictly for laughs but rather it tried to challenge both the actors and the audience. All in all our class can look back on its sojurn at Glenbard with a great deal of pride and sense of achievements. In a sense it has been a two way proposition: Weive helped to mold Glenbard, and Glenbard has helped to mold us. HONOR STUDENTS JOANNE GILLESPIE IOHN GHIMES BARBARA GARRETT Page 17