Jacksonville High School - Crimson J Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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As freshmen, we entered JHS eager and happily an- ticipant of the varied and exciting future life of school. Earlyhindividual talents, representative of the versatility of our class as a whole, began to shine in various fields-sports, activities, studies, and leader- ship. Leadership emerged as the chief characteristic of our freshman year. We elected our first leaders, the officers of the class of '65. When called upon to work together on our first class project, the Home- coming float, everyone co-operated with fresh ideas and freely-given time and labor. We worked hard . . . and won first place. Our sophomore year was one of accordance with the chief purpose of a school-we studied, and we learned. We found what it meant to organize our time and to concentrate on the job at hand. We stayed up until late at night, writing themes and cramming vocabulary words into our heads. We were rewarded when a record number of our classmates were inducted 'into the National Honor Society as sophomores. So high was our academic achievement that, at the beginning of our senior year, ten stu- dents were qualified for the high honor of valedic- torian of our class.

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BUS DRIVERS First Row: George Stice, Gene Graham, Cecil Strubbe, Ben Beerup. Second Row: Eithel Smith, Maylon Baldwin, Everette Williams, Stanley Tendick, Bob Prather, Leo Flynn. COOKS First Row: Lois Mather, Virginia DeGroot, Leila Martin. Thelma Powell, Hazel Swearingen, Ellen Black, Doris Wilson, Mildred Smith, Martha Finch, Wilma Suttles. Second Row: Mar- Evelyn Reynolds. guerite Vonnier, Louise Johnson, Delmo Burger, Margaret Young, I9

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C Our iunior year caught us up in the swirl of many activities. Hours were spent practicing for the Crim- son Frolics and the Christmas Vespers. Honors were won in music and speech contests and at science fairs. For the first time in the history of JHS, two representa- tive iuniors were selected to live abroad as AFS stu- dents. We sold Homecoming mums and Crimson pens to help pay for the T964 Junior-Senior Prom. The suc- cess of the prom, the theme of which was A Summer Place, was due to the many juniors who put their hearts and minds into its creation. s ss I-S Mn The 1964-65 varsity football squad introduced a year of athletic excellence by turning in an undefeated slate, winning all nine games played. The magnih- cent decorations of the senior girls, the bonfire, and the coronation of the queen highlighted Homecom- ing week. The year quickly flew by amid hectic com- pletion of high school activities and frantic prepara- tion for the next year-whether it would be filled with a career, home life, or college. No matter what paths we take, our lives will always be influenced by our four years at JHS.