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

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Oh Well, They Tried- FACULTY MARGARET PAXTON History Enlarge upon the subject. VIRGINIA SLIKER Physical Education Don't forget to shower. IANE RATHIE Physical Education Line up. girls. ELIZABETH SNOW ARTHUR REPKE Sociology Take these movies or little more seriously. MARY SWINNEY French and English English Yes, uh huh, I see. You'I1 get 35 demerits for that. HELEN WENDLING RACHEL WHITFIELD Geography and History Dramatics and Speech People should come to class Well, for pete sake. on time. ,.-XTEL5 V-ljrjfzjf J .. :ff s r I MARIE SHUCK Spanish Buenos clias, close. HELEN TROWBRIDGE Biology You pronounce it zoooo1ogy.

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They've Earned Their Parole- SE IUH5 ii L n SENIOR CLASS OFFICER Bonnie Thayer, secretary- treasurer Don Russell. vice-president Ike Ellison. president As the 242 members of the class of 1950 make their last trip down the aisles of the Glenbard audito rium, a variety of thoughts will pass through their pain-racked minds. Who was the Democratic candidat for president in 1884? What is the formula for sodium thiosulfate-? What are the principal parts of t swirn ? But from the past, through this artificial haze comes a flood of memories. Remember our first impressions of this institution? We thought it looked like a huge, impregnable prison lnow we know this forafactl. We gazed upward at towering upperclassmen and mighty G-men. That year we actively sup- ported frosh-soph and lightweight athletes and joined many clubs. Then that spring when buds bloomed into flowers, we bloomed into sophomores. Sophomores . . . men of the world . . . no longer the lowest form of life at Glenbard. That year our opinions changed considerably. Glen Ellynites learned that Itaska wasn't really an Indian outpost and Itaskans learned that Lombard and Glen Ellyn people use electricity to light their homes. To kill time and to add lines to our future PINNACLE biographies, we joined a variety of clubs. We also competed in frosh-soph athletics. While the football and basketball seasons were something less than a roaring success, Gronie's gladiators and Kietz's cagers showed promise. Bill Robbins won the class honor medal and served as class president. He was assisted by Bob Dunham, vice-president, and Barbera Iensen, secretary- treasurer. The realization that at last we were big wheels Cwell, anyway, Iuniorsl eased the shock of having to return to Glenbard for the third year in a row. We had our ups and downs-dances were on the upgrade, but speech class proved to be the downfall of a lot of us. Our athletes helped the Hilltoppers win third place in football, second in track, and the championship in golf. We also competed in other conference sports. The junior play, A Date With Indy and the Kits and Skits play, You Can't Take It With You put a number of promising actors and actresses in the spotlight lContinued on page 172 I6