Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY ----o+o--- -- 50-51 On August 28, 1950, 27 freshmen, 15 girls and 12 boys, walked in the doors of Manlius High School to begin their career of high school educa- tion. The members of the faculty there to greet us were Mr. Keist, Mr. Rice, Mr. Zuege, Mr. Scholle, Mr. Kinnamon, Mr. Davidson, Mrs. Yates, Miss Code, Mrs. Small, Miss Ropp, and Mrs. Johnson. Our first activity of our school year was initiation in which we were all very active. Gur officers chosen for the year were as follows: president, Margaret Lind, vice president, Mary Kirkpatrick, secretary, Virginia Bollnowg treasurer, Marilyn Ringenberg. Our sponsor was Mr. Rice. Beginning the second semester we were joined by two more new. classmates, Kay Rumbold and Bob Pyse both from Rock Falls. We lost Phyllis Abrams and Lawrence Allen. 51-52 In the fall of 51 we entered the high school as sophomores. This year we found we had four new members-Bill Carrell from Indiana, Bill Doty and Marlene Thomas from Mineral, and Delbert Clayton from Moline. Members on the faculty this year were Mr. Keist, Mrs. Yates, Miss Code, Mrs. Small, Miss Hensel, Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Vasen, Mr. Kinne, Mr. Gleich, and Mr. Rice, who was later replaced by Mr. Rus-- sell. Officers chosen for this year were president, Bill Dotyg vice presi- dent, Bob Schaefer, secretary, Margaret Lind, treasurer, Marilyn Ring- enberg. Mr. Vasen was our class sponsor. This year our main event was the sophomore dance. This dance wasn'f too successful, but everyone enjoyed making plans for it. Spin Lawrence and his orchestra furnished the music. During this year, the class lost Delbert Clayton, Robert Jensen, and Judy Schmitt. i 52-53 This year we entered the school as jolly juniors . We had 28 members returned. The faculty changed very little and was as follows, Mr. Keist, Mr. Davidson, Miss Code, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Small, Mr. Vasen, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Gleich, Mr. Bushell, Mrs. johnson, and Mr. Russell. Continued

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY ..--............4',,..av,,,......-. Officers chosen for the year were president, Bill Dotyg vice president, Mary Kirkpatrickg secretary, Marilyn Ringenbergg treasurer, Virginia Bollnow. Our class sponsor was Mr. Hamilton. On November 11 our class was greatly saddened by the death of three of our classmates-Margaret Lind, Kay Rumbold, and David Van Ormer. Their presence was greatly missed around school as all three were well- liked. We all looked forward to getting our class rings and we received them on November 24. Our junior play was March 27. The Dlav given was Grandad Steps Out . We enjoyed producing it and think it was a great success. 53-54 For the last year 22 seniors walked up the steps and in the door to finish their high school career. The class lost two more members, Marlene Thomas and Polly Schuneman. Faculty members for this year were Mr. Keist, Mr. Davidson, Miss Decker, Mrs. Yates. Mrs. Small. Mr. Vasen, Mr. Gleich, Mr. Bushell, Mrs. johnson, Mr. Russell, and Mr. Vroman who was later replaced by Mr. Hamilton. Officers chosen were president, Bill Dotyg vice president, Marilyn Ring- enbergg secretary, Virginia Bollnowg treasurer, Judy Allen. Our class sponsors were Miss Decker and Mr. Vroman replaced by Mr. Hamilton. We were in charge of the concessions at both the football and basket- ball games. Many of the alumni returned home for our homecoming dance on October 16, following the Manlius vs. Wyanet game. Again we had George Nicholos for our orchestra. To raise money for our seniors trip to Chicago, the seniors gave chili dinners at noon once a month. They also sold magazines and bracelets. Our senior play, given April 9, proved to be a success. Many of the seniors took part. Two big projects this year were publishing a school paper once a month and putting out the school annual. Our year was climaxed by taking a class trip to Chicago the first of june. Mary Kirkpatrick Judy Allen