J Sterling Morton East High School - Mortonian Yearbook (Cicero, IL)

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Class Advisers: R. J. DEAL M. R. Sr-nsrtwoon Rosemary Purvis as secretary, and Richard Novotny as treasurer. Now that I've confessed all my weaker moments, I can rise again to some degree of respectability in my own eyes while I tell you about my second year at Morton. The only trouble was caused by people who hadn't the perception to see that I was no frosh,' and was learning as quickly as I could how to become an old hand at the gamef' Beyond that, however, everything was rosy. It was in this era of good feeling that Seymour Hirschberg took the governmental reins. I strutted around proudly at his success, for he came from the same grammar school that I did. Helping him was Ray Friedl in the executive department, Jean Pletcher who kept the books, and Tom Callahan who was the seducer of public funds. Being a junior was not as thrilling as I expected. I began to realize that high school companionship was more than half over, and I began to find myself wishing for the good old days that hadnit seemed any too good at the time. It was in the third year of school that I began to make plans for that distant future that had seemed so very distant the year before, and to take my life a bit more seriously. Some people call it sophistication, but of course I wouldn't be free to say, and then too, being juniors, we were able to hobnob with the seniors and go to their parties. We had the honor of giving them their farewell memory of Morton in the Spring Prom. All in all We were quite the elite! Ray Friedl came up again, like the good man Page 23 J. H. BOLTON M. PARIZEK he is, as class president. William VVinser took the position of vice-president. Just knowing Virginia Allen would not lead you to believe that she is a politician, but there must be some strange power about her that got the secretaryis job for her that year. lvlarcelle Ernst handled the finances. Now, Josie, this year is nearly through. The seniors have been very busy getting ready to graduate, under the able leadership of Bob Dean as class president and his guiding stars, Paul Teeter, vice-president, Jean Pletcher, secretary, and Tom Callahan, treasurer. The officers organized the class into various committees. The Senior Play was under the able supervision of Virginia Allen. Robert Dean as president took charge of the Commencement. Donna Claire Rehkopf of the IW. S. G. A. directed the event of the Little Commencement. The job of notifying the February graduates of class activities was undertaken by Vera Vosatka. You know, Josie, I had lots of fun working on the Class- night committee, under Seymour I-Iirschberg as chairman. The swell caps and gowns we wore were obtained by Fred Wright's commit- tee. The group under Robert Nelson planned the program for our Baccalaureate services. Before you leave, Josie, I want you to meet our four class advisers Miss Sherwood, Miss Pari- zek, Nlr. Deal, and Mr. Bolton, who have given a great deal of time to directing our many activities and are grand persons, all of them. Now come along and I'll introduce you to our officers and the members of our gradu- ating class.

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FRED RACH LIN Vice-Presidenl PAUL TEE'I'ER Vim-President JEAN PLETCH ER Sefretary 1'oM CA LLAHA N Treafurer President ROBE RT DEAN 7ke Gm of wr Here I am about to launch you into our senior class, Josie. First, however, let me give you a brief resume of our class history. I can't ever forget that 2nd of September when someone thrust a pink card in my hand and told me to go to my classes and, don't be latelw I grew thin and pale with worry about getting that tin box they call a locker open to put my coat in and take my books out. During the first week it became a religion with me to stay away from that locker just as it told me to on my guide card, and with my arm liking to break and a patient smile upon my lips, I saw four long years of the same thing stretching out before me. It is enough to say that others who could take it better than I elected Virginia Allen as class president, Bill Goding as vice-president, Page 22

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S . GERTRUDE I. ABELT PAUL A. ABRAHAMSON IXITILDRED L. ABRAM KENNETH G. ACKERNIANN JACK VV. AHRENDT JOHN AIELLO EDMUND ARS.-XMIT VIRGINIA L. ALLEN DOROTHY H. ANDERSON PEARL E. ANDERSON RAYMOND VV. ANDERSON EDWARD R. ANDRLIK ADAM F. ANDRYAUSKAS CHARLES F. ANKIEL GEORGE ANTALEK RAY E. ARNDT FRANK J. ASHLEY VVILLIAM H. BAAR NIILDRED BABIRAK CHARLES U. BACHELLI ALVIRA BAGDAN P. BAILEY EDNA BALATY JULIA BANAS Page 24.