La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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SENIORS BID GOOD-BYE AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE

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 SENIOR SERVICE ROLL '7 pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all Some of the members of the class of 1945 have entered the ser- vices of our country. They have gone to help build a better United States for us in the future. To them we are indebted. Allen, Glen Biernacki, Walter Barker, Robert Boswell, Wayne Bornacchi, Harold Bennitt, Harold Clark, Sidney Klement, Albert Hatfield, Alvin Holt, Kenneth Hioso, Jim Hieso, Ralph Hootman, Tom Joschko, Melvin Landis, Jim Leets, Charles Luber, Walter MacMurray, Jack Morotti, Albert Mahoney, Dick Mullinax, Charles Malone, William Newton, James Place, Willard Rapp, Gary Ray, Molvin Ross, Bradford Sampson, Merlin Schultz, Vernon Schoff, Eugene Shaw, Harold Short, Gene Spevak, Alexander Stienfelt, Dick Suroweic, Robert Swanson, Robert Szawara, Stanley Thode, Arthur Urszulak, John Williamson, Donald Wilson, Robert Werner, Raymond Wright, Jack Zirzow, Leo

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SENIORS Rogor Borgquist Miss Ruth Kelly Jim Chase Mr. EL P. Beabout Dorothy Pruden Worth McCarthy Well, here we are seniors; but first let us turn back four years. Mixed feelings of doubt and elation befuddled our brains as, bug collections in hand, we became a part of La Porte High School on that sunny Tuesday in September, 1941. We were not sure whether we be- longed or not. Our skins, which for fourteen years had supposedly been perfectly normal, suddenly in the eyes of the other members of this institution of higher learning, took on a de- cided greenish hue. Also, as if worrying about schedules and rooms were not enough, we were plagued with the upperclassmen's cut-rate offers on elevator tickets (pending the con- struction of an escalator) and reserved seats in assembly (the more you pay, the better seat). Some of us scoffed; some bought; but all were genuinely awed by the seniors; and, in emu- lating them, we tried to be as blase as possible with the result that our homework efficiency dropped alarmingly. Truly ours was a tough row to hoe. To aid, guide, and represent us we elected Elizabeth Matthews as president, Pat Essling- er as vice-president, and Mary Robison as secretary-treasurer. Harold Hargrave, our counselor, ironed out our program irregularities with astonishing ease. This done, we began to get into the swing of things by attending the Mixer, the football and basketball games, and the after- game dances in droves. Also, new class activities of football and hardwood competitions and the Red Cross made us feel more at home. But it was not until the second year that we really were settled. Then, having chosen Douglas Parker for president, Elmer Martinsen for vice-president, and Tom Osborne for secre- tary-treasurer, we began to achieve. Endeavoring to forget that we had emerged from the ranks scant months before, we could now look down upon those pitiable, first-year pupils with great gusto. Those of us who had to undergo the Girl Reserve and Hi-Y initiations almost, for a moment, wished we were freshies again. However, we could now attend the big” dances, wear formals (this applies only to girls), run up florists bills with the best of the upperclass- men, and wonder if the corsages ordered would reach the houses of our femmes on time. The big social event of the year for us was the Sophomore Hop on which no trouble was spared, for a new band was created especially for the affair. Then came fail, 1943; and we were, in a word, upperclassmen, a title to be preferred to juniors. Showing that wisdom accompanied our new-found prestige, we elected John Carter as class president, Elmer Martinsen as vice-president, Wesley Kipp as secretary, and Mar- garet Boardman as treasurer; and settled downafter this step forward to considering our first fete of the year, the Thanksgiving Dance. By dint of hard work, the Rhythm Warriors, and