Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 102 of the 1950 volume:

A TODNEM OF 7950 P bl h d by lhe Seniors of l'l1e MENDCTA HIGH SCHOOL M d 1' , Illinois Ml-IS, STUDENTS fholmn io efcafufz in view of+I1e crossroad 'I'o come, SCHOOL BOARD ofcajzn io Chyna OFFICE CLASSES as I'I1e crossroad draws near, FACULTY BROADCASTING COUNCIL BUILDING TRADES FOOTBALL D. O. FESTIVALS STAFF STUDENT COUNCIL GAA DEBATE and NFL BASKETBALL CHORUS TRACK r 9 9, the wmade press, Mendm, In Ph 9 ph by an k I. 9 K k I. In Sp :ph 9 ph by C urfesy of the Mendota Reporter' C d B d g by Pf' G I b g III E g g by R kf d III g, Rockford, Illinois. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN' Two roads diverged in Cl yellow wood, And, sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowthp Then took the other, as iust as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I marked the first for another day! Yet, knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. and aa jmiom of 795Q choose their road of the 'Future SENIOR HISTORY SENIORS FHA FFA and VO-AG SPEECH ATODNEM HI-LIGHT SENIOR PLAY BAND -k From COMPLETE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST, 1949. C py gh! 1916, 1949, by Henry Holt and Company, Inc. C py gh! 1943, by Robert Frost. Z becomes very familiar 'ro her many s'l'uclen+s cluring l'l'1eir four years here. Our school 1'ries 'lo provide l'l1e lraining necessary +o our 'fu+ures. ln her classrooms anol lalooralories, bookworlc and praclical experience are inferwoven +o give maximum resulls. jz ? K 3 'LW if T W4 . , . .gqagagy-51:1-.g.5-:iw V V 0242120014 nf lwno Dispensers of fhe Hersheys and ihe Nesfles. Elsie and Marvin were familiar fo all MHS'ers wifh a sweef foofh. Reading malcefh a full man: conference a ready man: and wrifing an exacf man .--Bacon This way, please. The ushers helped avoid confusion in fhe crowded gymnasium. They weren'+ always smiling! And you couldn'f blame fhem when magazine covers were forn off and books misplaced. Their help was appreciafed by fhe ieachers. REGULAR NOON CANDY SALESMEN E. Bunnell, M. Ehlers MONDAY NIGHT ENGLISH IV CLASS Standing: B, Ebbinghaus, J. King, Miss Payne Seated: .I. Finley, N. Blotch, E. Eunnell, C. Holimun, M. Ehlers Not Pictured: B. Rave USHERS FOR BASKETBALL GAMES Back: B. Phalen, D. Nelson, N. Hoover Fronh B. Shoemaker, L. Svendsen, M. Emerick STUDENT LIBRARIANS Standing: S. Schmitt, M. Spunier, D. Bumbu, S. Gorman Seated: M. Brewbnker, B. Ough Uwz n ' han Q HE BOARD of Educa'I'ion, which de- cides all school policies, consis+s of seven very capable men. H' is led by Harold F. Dean, presidenf, wi1'h B. Harry Reck as secrerary. The ofher members are Alvin Truclcenbrod, Lawrence Wafson, James Dubbs, Samuel G. Beefz and George L. Koerper. Some evidences of Ihe board's efforfs in our behalf are our capably managed school, compe'I'en+ faculiy, aH'rac+ive campus, and 'Fleer of five buses. They have expanded The curriculum +o afford many more choices and chances for individual developmenf. Enough credil' never has been nor ever will be given 'ro 'rhese men for fheir work, bu'r we, as seniors, wish +o express our deepesf and mosf sincere Ihanlcs +o fhem in guiding us fhrough our four years of high school. STANDING: S. Beeiz, I.. Wafson, G. Koerper, J. Dubbs. SITTING: A. Truckenbrod, H. Dean, B. Reck +uden+s CHOOSE 7 0 LEARN Z Yr v . X H , 1 'T ' V , V ,-- ' X 9 Tfifff' 'i:1--- Y-, V , 2 VN V ' 5 X i - ff 'fx ,WY fi-: X , V ' ' , '- i X-Q-----Xjmgax Y f , A lwxmg S-Y K4--------x,,,x1Q'22fi,g 1 'V Q -ggQ+r wg--K!-,,,, X f,,, 'Y'-Vfxx 1' TT--I f .. f TWH--R-N...i ' R X, W-f--fY,,,' Y, -V 7-ilfij 'Hifi X 'N---w5...K ' Pg?-x, K f ' 3 f--XA: . f ,, ----Y,,,,4:--- YR 'R-Q 1--Y- -f.--n4r--nf-1,,,.ia''fn ., W 2 w- '.'L1,,::11,.fx--,.-iffgiglign ---SQ V'-NgiiQf X fiv-,lfjL::.2gii V, Yuljf' f L., '-fi., S-,-,1,Rf:f..L,fY f Ki:- u . X---f--, '- 'NiV..,.,..,.Lf-ff---ff 1--f-VY- - , ,Y 3,1 T -ff--...Num-x-X 1 ,--, 'H-lip -ff -V ,- X . S-,- A I x--, , K I Pkmning MY HIGH SCHOOL CQURSE Who! shall Y consider? , INTEREST? mrncuuv? Ns y , ussrumsss? gm Him FUTURE PLANs?AT'1v nazi 5 N W j fi A 4 Q ysiifwi EQ' ,L fs Mx ' M' fix ECISIONS of +he pasr have made you wha+ you are 'roday ..... +he choices of foday will defermine whai' you will be in fhe fufure ..... imporfani among 'rhese decisions is choosing +o learn ..... fhroughoul' your life you will be required fo know all sor+s of lhings ..... 'rhings 'rhar you--fhrough wise seleciion of courses in high school-will have already learned ..... for 'rhis reason, you musf selecf your subiecls wisely wi+h your fufure always in mind ..... whaf is a wise choice? . . . . . if will no+ be 'l'he same for all . . . . . wha+'s besl' 'For someone else may be all wrong 'For you ..... you will be helped by +he guidance pro- grams ..... you may have council irom fhe Dean of Men or Women . . . . . maybe Mom or Dad will help you . . . . . however you deiermine your course, make sure i+ is ihe righf one for you ..... fhen en+er if wi+h 'rhe fhoughl' of geHing 1'he mos+ 'From i+ ..... prepare yourself for fomorrow ..... choose +o learn. STUDENTSH1' WHS ' .ev WU!-4 Sweet queen of corn What do you think of overtime parking? I know a new ioke Another Joe Hey, wait up, Bob and Charley Coming or going? DiMaggio Bill Uones, that is, S unnnn ? So what? Ever-lovin' ladies Dungaree duo I' fuk 'oung America bravely faces Pin-up girls Mmm . . . nice the future M. E. STEELE Principal UR senior year of high school was fo us one of fhe mosf imporfanf in our life. We owe much of fhis success fo fhe feachers who have helped us. Even fhough fhis year may be iusf anofher year fo fhem, fhey have never lef us feel fhaf way. In every way fhey have helped fo fheir ufmosf, working wifh us as if fhis year, foo, was fheir mosf imporfanf. If seemed almosf impossible for fhe faculfy fo find enough fime for 'reaching and parficipafing in fheir exfra-curricular dufies. Wifh fhe combined efforfs of fhe faculfy, a success- ful plan of procedure was made even be- fore we, fhe sfudenfs, had finished lolling under fhe sun. Our principal, Mr. Sfeele, was an impor- fanf facfor in making school acfivifies fhis year run smoofhly. For fhe pasf 23 years, Mr. Sfeele has successfully handled fhe af- fairs of fhe Mendofa schools. Known far and wide as a progressive and efficienf ad- minisfrafor he is largely responsible for fhe high repufafion which our school holds among fhe schools of fhe sfafe. Working wifh fhe Board, he has been insfrumenfal in developing and exfending fhe curriculum fo meef fhe needs of all sfudenfs. Mosf recenf examples of fhis are fhe diversified occupafions course and fhe building frades proiecf. Mr. lvlaunfel, dean of boys and assisfanf principal, and Miss Payne, dean of girls, were kepf very busy in fheir adminisfrafive and counseling posifions. Mr. Maunfel was on call af all fimes as his sfudenfs soon realized, for if seemed someone was always inferrupfing in fhe middle of class fo ask for informafion, help, or advice. To him fell fhe unenviable fask of supervising fhe eighfh hour defenfion period. Along wifh his dufies in adminisfrafion and guidance, Mr. Maunfel had fwo sfudy halls and faughf classes in Unifed Sfafes hisfory and eco- nomics. As advisor fo fhe seniors he kepf a wafchful eye on fheir acfivifies and aided fhem in solving fheir problems. Miss Payne had charge of checking af- fendance each day, and all absenfee and fardy excuses had fo pass her crifical exam- OFFICE fxfwlf helem ua shame PERSONNEL Lowzaplzhq iv lrzann 7 HARRY W. MAUNTEI. HAZEI. PAYNE Assistant Principal Dean of Boys inafion. She adminisfered fhe iesiing pro- gram given lhe freshmen and 'rhe vocafion- al guidance given all iuniors and seniors. Guidance +es+s and a vocafional uni+ laughl as an infegral parl' of +he English lll classes, formed lhe basis 'For fhe individ- ual conlerences which Miss Payne held wilh each sludeni. As advisor lo lhe Siudenl' Laura Theurer, Thelma Hutchinson Dean of Girls Council, Miss Payne supervised +he many all-school ac+ivi'I'ies lhe Council sponsored. These large scale 'funciions look innumer- able hours of planning and preparalion. Three classes in English lll rounded our her day a+ school. ln addilion Miss Payne vol- unfarily organized an evening class in Eng- lish IV lhe second semesfer. OFFICE SECRETARIES Jusf as every business has fo have secrelaries 'ro keep 'rhings running smoofhly, so does MHS. In fheir work lhey, Miss Theurer and Mrs. Huichinson, were never loo busy 'ro slop and help some s+uden'r whose problems were loo big 'For him. Any lime a bandaid or aspirin was needed by one of rhe sludenls, lhey could depend upon ihe office girls fo help fhem. ,ww Um 2.41 ffzawzlazm - FRESHMEN- OU ARRIVE af MHS a liH'le 'irighiened - bu'l' soon you discover +ha'r olhers are noi sure of ihemselves, eiiher ..... you gradually selecl' a group of friends 'From all ihe sirange 'faces ..... you waich for +he firsl appearance of your name in 'rhe Hi-Lighl' ..... you earn ihe iiile, Gig- gling Girls, ihal' is passed from class io class ..... you gel sliclced up for your firsl' high school dance ..... you go all oul' 'For ihe magazine drive - and, as usual, you excel in ii ..... you play baslceiball or go io l'he games and cheer like mad ..... you begin 'lo wonder if 'lhere ever will be a freshman pariy ..... you siruggle 'lhrough facioring and hic, haec, hoc ..... you have your chance fo be humble as you suffer fhrough GAA iniiiafion ..... you learn l'he liH'le lhings ihal' make you belong ..... you buy your lunch al' 'lhe cafeieria because i'l s somelhing dililereni ..... you decoraie ihe gym for l'he all-school pariy ..... you bring new pep and spiril' inio MHS ..... because - you are 'lhe fresh- men of l95O. HOMEROOMS BACK ROW: M. Ehlers, J. Brown, R. Anderson, W. Castle, B. Boykin, B. Cudaback, B. Austin, D. Bumba 3rd ROW: L. Eicharn, H. Brunner, B. Bromenschenkel, R. Budach, B. Durham, E. Faber, J. Cummings, Miss Pottinger 2nd. ROW: B. Campbell, L. Dewey, P. Corcoran, M. Bruckner, S. Davis, D. Amfahr SEATED: M. Cork, B. Crandall, B. Bialas, H. Bunton, D. Beets, W. Brown, M. Ebbinghaus BACK ROW: R. Geil, J. Hochstatter, B. Fitzsimmons, A. Frey, M. Hanson, R. Garrity, B. Gehler 3rd. ROW: M. Harvey, J. Kessinger, R. Gillette, H. Johnson, B. Joerger, E. Henry, M. Kidd, Mr. Lewis 2nd. ROW: P. Heininger, S. Hoadley, B. Geil, J. Kidd, R. Harris, B. Gardner SEATED: J. Gray, D. Jordon, G. Funfsinn, E. Herbert, M. Glaser, K. Juuch, S. Kilburn BACK ROW: J. Roach, E. Nance, C. Rohr, H. Sauer, E. Peasley, K E M'll . Ryan, . I er 3rd. ROW: R. Montavon, J. Lambert, H. Shed, D. Martin, N. Lucas, A. McManus, L. Roach, Mr. Morris 2nd. ROW: D. Lewis, E. Salamone, D. McConville, D. Klein, J. Rave, G. Olson, J. Longbein, G. Politsch, D. Rad SEATED: D. McConville, D. Mclauglllin, M. Schwemlein, P. Roth, M. Sheridan, C. Loach, V. Novak BACK ROW: J. Sloter, S. Spenader, J. Vogelsang, D. Van Etten, J. Wixom, J. Wilhelm, D. Ward 3rd. ROW: J. Wood, G. Schmidt, D. Waller, D. Sterchi, C. Sondgeroth, L. Shetter, J. Sibigtroth, Miss Brown 2nd. ROW: J. Zimmerman, N. Steele, R. Younglove, L. Van Dorn, A. Spenader, J. Sonntag, C. Smith SEATED: K. Weiss, W. Wood, B. Zimmerlein, B. Stulzer, M. Walter, A. Truckenbrod, V. Smith FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS E. Peasley, Vice-Pres.: B. Gehler, Pres.: M. Bruckner, Sec.-Treas um lwai OPI-IOMOPES HIS YEAR you are a lillle more poised and confident ..... you wonder if you were ever as nervous and silly as 'rhe freshmen ..... you fight with Caesar's legions in Gaul ..... you divide your time between diagrams in English and parallelograms in geometry ..... you learn 'lo drive 'lhe driver's training car ..... you discover that teachers are here to guide and help you, not scare you ..... you have your own 'reams this year, the Jay Tees ..... you pick and choose and argue and compare and finally selecl' your class rings ..... you slarl having more dates ..... you enler the Kitch wilhoui' lhal self-conscious feeling you used 'ro have ..... you come to be known as dislincl' personalities by the other classes ..... you 'fry out 'lor the all-school play and speech conlesls ..... you learn to dance during the noon hour or 'From your older sisler or brother ..... you serve al' the prom banquet and long for nexl year when you can go too ..... you are belwixi' and between ..... because -- you are the sophomores of l950. HOMEROOMS BACK ROW: N. Anderson, N. Carr, D. Baird, J. Eichorn, B. Dewey, D. Biers, N. Pholen, Mrs. Doenier SECOND ROW: M. Fuyen, D. Danekas, L. Dunn, C. Bussing, R. Childers, G. Eich SEATED: E. Bumbu, R. Auchstetter, T. Auchstetler, C. Cotton, E. Baird, M. Biers, J. Dougherty BACK ROW: R. Klinefelter, D. Kuehl, J. Gehler, R. Gibson, J. Klein, D. Jones THIRD ROW: Mr. Doenier, D. Hoelzer, L. Kinney, N. Inman, D. McCollum, P. Lambert, E. Jewel, C. Joerger SECOND ROW: B. Mathesius, D. Karl, J. Keefe, R. Leiser, R. Hosta, V. Heinzeroth SEATED: D. Goubeaux, C. Mann, M. Larabee, C. Hoover, C. Groper, M. Harris, P. Kessler BACK ROW: D. McNally, S. Morton, D. Olson, K. Ough, K. Nowlin, D. Preston, M. Rempfer, V. Meyer, B. Pohl, Mr. P rch t ou o SECOND ROW: W. Prescott, K. McLaughlin, W. Meyer, C. Rich, W. Norwick, B. Ough, P, Pholen, J. Pierce SEATED: D. Ohlinger, P. Mealey, J. Pohl, D. Rider, D. Morsch, P. McLaughlin, H. Oherholz BACK ROW: V. Young, E. Schweiger, A. Steele, B, Sibigtroth, H. Schmidt, J. Tower, Miss Brown THIRD ROW: J. Woods, L. Thompson, E. Wood, O. Spenader, E. Sollitt, B. Schwingle SECOND ROW: A. Williams, L. Schlesinger, N. Worsley, J. Rob- inson, S. Scherger, J. Roach SEATED: P. Wood, M. Truckenbrod, J. Waller, J. Truckenbrod, J. McLaughlin, B. Spanier, S. Scott SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS J. Roach, Vice-Pres.: P. Phalen, Pres.: L. Schlesinger, Sec.-Treas. -M, 'mffifffrfaw ,Q pig., PM .lwwoles T LAST you have reached a goal ..... now you can be a wheel insfead of iusf .anofher cog ..... you've looked forward fo being an upper- classman - buf if doesn'f feel much differenf from being a lower class- man ..... you work for fhe broadcasfing council ..... you gef fo play on fhe varsify feams ..... you learn fo fype and make chlorine ..... you reach back info fhe dim dark pasf fo wrife your aufobiography . . . . . you sfudy vocafions and fry fo pick ouf fhe righf one for yourself . . . . . you play hockey, you sing, you are offered D.O. . . . . you acl' ouf Emily and George of Our Town ..... you work hard, and presenf a wonderful play, Sevenfeenfh Summer ..... you believe fhaf fhe suc- cess of your prom depends on affendance and parficipafion by all iun- iors and seniors ..... fo fhaf end, you pracfice dancing and fhe social graces ..... you prove yourselves fhe perfecf hosfs ..... you prepare for your place of leadership nexf year . .... because - you are fhe iun- iors of I95O. HOMEROOMS BACK ROW: L. Edwards, J. Buduch, M. Bankes, G. Ehlers, J Co d I J. A h t tter L. B ettner M' Pa n g a , uc s e , u , Iss y e SECOND ROW: B. Durand, D. Bialas, R. Childers, J. Dougherty, D. Abbott, D. Barnickle, N. Bauer SEATED: A. Crane, C, Bryson, N. Cotton, V. Drees, M. Brew- baker, M. Dalton, J. Brunner, R. Bunton BACK ROW: D. Kofoed, D. Kofoid, J. Herbert, G. Johnson, N Hoover, R. Koerper, G. Hochstatter, Mr. Norton SECOND ROW: F. Ethridge, W. Kratz, J. Harmon, R. Elsesser M. Jackson, G. Foote, J. Halbmuier SEATED: C. Jackson, M. Greenwood, N. Kaufmann, M. Emerick J. Klein, B. Hull, F. Grothen, M. Gorman BACK ROW: Mrs. Elsesser, J. McCormick, A. Rod, B. Mzlntyre D. Nelson, D. Mosher, B. Patrick SECOND ROW: D. Newell, L. Lau, A. Richard, A. Reppin, R Parsons, K. Morehouse, H. Phalen SEATED: B. Preston, R. Munson, J. Olsen, P. Morehouse, G Novok, C. Roehm, S. Rudtke, J. Reid BACK ROW: Mr. Rollins, B. Phalen, K. Stremlau, B. Schmidt, B Stremlau D Ta I r E Z' k . , . yo , . in e THIRD ROW: J. Sonntog, P. Smith, J. Schmidt, D. Simpson, S. Yost, M. Sulomone, J. Shannon SECOND ROW: B. Small, M. Sponier, L. Truckenbrod, B. Wilhelm, D. Schlesinger, A. Widmer SEATED: N. Wolfe, M. Wolfe, S. Schmitt, 5. Windham, C. Truckenbrod, T. Ward, M. Zolper JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS H. Phalen, Pres.: R. Elsesser, Sec.-Trees., R. Childers, Vice-Pres. Jian bella bninqa FA CUZ TY EARNEST SCHLICK ROSS HARRENGTON ALICE UIDING STARS of MHS fhe pasi' year, as always, were 1'he facul+y. Men- do'l'a's music deparlmenf coniinued +o grow and expand during 1'he pas+ year. Mr. Harringlon, grade school music reacher and chorus direc+or of MHS, subsfiiufed as band direcfor a'H'er Mr. Pierce's resigna+ion and unfil 'Phe arrival of Mr. Schlick af+er Chirslmas. Mr. Schlick assumed fhe du'l'ies of direcling lhe band, 'reaching +hird-hour chorus, and preparing 'lhe band for con'I'es+ work. ll ll MISS POPE, school nurse, was always ready and willing +o help any of 'lhe s+uden+s who jusi' couldn'f s'l'and 'rhe wear and fear of +he vigorous school life. Under her guidance fhe iunior and senior girls learned +he fundamenlals of hygiene. Mrs. Breni' could be found almosf any nighi' affer school working wi+h 'l'he GAA. During fhe affer- noon she was kepl' busy ai' high school wifh girls' physical educa+ion classes. Examples of ihe ex- celleni' work done in Mr. Wedemeyer's arl' classes were frequenrly exhibi+ed in 'Phe library. They showed clearly +ha+ his s+uden+s no+ only under- s+ood 'lhe principles of arf, buf had developed a high degree of skill in applying fhem. MARYLAND POPE VICTOR WEDEMEYER MARY BRENT EULALIA BREESEl 9 A ,Q B, wmv' X N-S 'iw 'di mv New gpnpzmnwmidgqmw fhfwuqh Mia.: NANCY BROWN LEONARD POURCHOT RUTH DOENIER If ll LARGEST of fhe deparfmenfs in school is fhe English, foreign language, and speech. Speech and grammar are necessary fo everyone, no maffer which field of life he enfers affer graduafion. The picfures showing an English I class lMiss Poffingerl, an English Ill class lMiss Paynel, and a Lafin l class IMiss Breesel are fypical. As her picfure shows, Miss Poffinger kepf her class- room cheerful and fragranf wifh flowers. Besides 'reaching English I, she faughf pracfical mafhemafics and commercial arifhmefic. She will, perhaps, be besf remembered by fhe freshmen as she acfed as one of fheir advisors. Miss Breese faughf Eng- lish I and III, Lafin I and II, and was an advisor for fhe senior class and fhe Afodnem--enough said. Because of fhe imporfance of speech and Eng- Iish, courses in fhese subiecfs are offered all four years. They help fhe sfudenfs fo overcome fhe faulfs in fheir speech and grammar. A good ex- ample of a speech class in session is fhe dramafics class lMr. Pourchofl, picfured af leff. Sophomore English was faughf by Mr. Pourchof and Mrs. Doenier. Parf of fhe year's work was sef aside for feaching fhe fundamenfals of speech. Mr. Pourchof faughf dramafics and speech. He also was fhe debafe coach and direcfed all school plays. Mrs. Doenier had classes in journalism and advanced speech. She was head librarian and fhe indispensable advisor of fhe school paper, fhe Hi-Lighf. Bofh guided fhe sophomores in fhe prob- Iems which confronfed fhaf class, by acfing as fheir advisors. Wifh fheir help, fhe sophomores chose fheir class ring. ll If STUDIES in social science wenf hand in hand wifh fhe English, foreign language, and speech deparfmenf. The social sciences gave sfu- denfs a beffer undersfanding of fhe problems in fhe world in which fhey live. Af leff are pic- fured an economics class lMr. Maunfell and a social science class lMiss Nancy Brownl. Miss Nancy Brown, besides social science, faughf English I. She shared fhe seniors wifh Mr. Maun- fel by 'reaching Unifed Sfafes hisfory. She was. inifiafed info school life, so fo speak, when she advised fhe freshmen in decorafing fhe gymnasium for fhe all-school parfy. ln case you haven'f guessed, she was a freshman advisor. If If COMMERCIAL subiecfs gave fhe fufure secrefaries a background for fheir work. They learned shorfhand, fyping, and fhe arf of book- keeping in fhis field. The office pracfice class lMiss Mabel Brown and Miss Swansonl is a good example. Miss Mabel Brown and Miss Swanson were fhe fyping insfrucfors. Near fhe end of fhe school year, fhe fyping room was usually open every nighf affer school, and fairly crowded wifh sfu- denfs frying fo gef fheir fhirfy-five words. Miss Brown faughf shorfhand, handled fhe money affairs of MHS as school freasurer, and was a sophomore class advisor. Miss Swanson's class dufies re- volved around office pracfice, bookkeeping, and business fraining. She was a senior and Afodnem advisor. Much of her fime was spenf in making: fhe ends meef in fhe senior class freasury. f, eff' ll' inf-A bydozhq... wp leafm MABEL BROWN JOSEPH ROLLINS GILBERT GEHLER lf If WORK in ihe fields of home economics and agriculfure was opened for many s+uden'is of MHS. A home economics class lMrs. Elsesserl is shown in +he newly decorafed kilchen making prac- fical applicalion of +he ihings ihey have learned, while an ag class lMr. Morrisl is shown receiving firsi'-hand informa+ion 'From +he man who knows. Af+er several years as a housewife, Mrs. Elsesser refurned 'io her previous posiiion as home econom- ics feacher. Her ou'l'side aciivifies included being bofh a junior and +he FHA advisor. The delicious cafeferia meals were fhe resulf of her planning. Mr. Morris speni' much of his iime advising fhe FFA. ,Under his direc'l'ion many projecfs, bofh recreafional and educaiional, were under+aken. Along wi+h 'leaching agriculfure, he was a freshman advisor. VERNA MAE ELSESSER FRED MORRIS HIRREL SWANSON If If MANUAL ARTS give boys a chance +o develop +heir +alen+s in 'ihe line of skilled +rades. A new course in building irades was iniroduced +his year 'io give ihe iunior and senior boys a chance 'I'o learn carpen+ry on 'rhe iob. Mr. Rollins and Mr. Gehler head ihis deparfmenf. Mr. Rollins is in charge of +he diversified occupa- lions course. Under his supervision many s+uden+s received 'I'heir drivers' license Through 'I'he drivers' iraining course. He also acfed as a iunior advisor wiih much of his 'lime speni' in 'I'he preparafion of 'rhe prom. The iask of seHing up 'The scenery for class plays fell upon +he manual iraining classes under ihe direciion of Mr. Gehler. Under his guidance, a winning TroieHe baskeiball feam was developed. ......- wlzaffhzqplmarh SAMUEL LeMARR denfs fhe abilify fo fhinlc and reason clearly. The wonders of fhe universe were opened before fheir eyes and fhey soon learned fhere was more fo arifhmefic fhan adding one plus one and more fo science fhan cuffing up insecfs. Af righf are picfured classes in algebra lMr. Lelvlarrl, biology llvlr. Doenierl, and physics lMr. Norfonl. Mr. LeMarr faughf algebra I and plane geomefry. When fhe seniors needed advice, if was his iob fo help sfraighfen fhem ouf by acfing as fheir advisor. He could usually be found affer school in fhe gymnasium checking fhe afhlefic equipmenf. When- ever movies were shown fo fhe sfudenf body, Mr. Norfon could be found behind fhe proiecfor. He faughf chemisfry and physics. The fechnical division of fhe broadcasfing sysfem was under his guidance. He was also a iunior class advisor. Mr. Doenier faughf biology and Mr. Lewis faughf general science. However, science classes were nof fhe only dufies of Coaches Doenier and Lewis. They are well-known in fhe com- munify as a resulf of fheir dufies on fhe foofball field, baskefball floor, and fhe cinder fraclc. They also were in charge of fhe boys' physical educafion classes. To round ouf fheir dufies af MHS, Mr. Doenier was a sophomore advisor and Mr. Lewis a freshman advisor. If ll AFTER a full day of feaching, plus all of fheir exfra- curricular acfivifies, fhe faculfy sfill found pep and vifalify enough leff fo enfer info fhe swing of school life. For insfance, fhey showed unsuspecfed dramafic falenfs when fhey gave a skif for a pep session fhe day of fhe Princefon baslcefball game. The male members of fhe faculfy also fried fheir hand af playing baskefball. Alfhough losing fhe annual game wifh fhe Old- fimers and having more aches and pains fhan poinfs, fhey agreed if was worfh fhe fun had. The faculfy of MHS has given each and every sfudenf guid- ance and help of some sorf during fhe year. If may have been in exfra-curricular acfivifies or in fhe classroom, buf fhey have always been behind fhe sfudenf body and helped fhem fo be beffer cifizens affer fhey have passed fhe crossroads. REEVE NORTON LLOYD DOENIER TED LEWIS If ll COURSES in science and mafhemafics gave fhe sfu-1 gumwamlmafhzqadfvgawwlfmmyw... 3 7-pfwudlq wxzwaichlfiqhowatapbyaiep THIRD ROW: H. Schwemlein, Mendota Appliance: J. Truckenlarod, Reeser's Implement: D. Kuehl, Beitsch's Greenhouse: W. Munson, Carpentry School Proiect: J. Halbmaier, Schmitz Implement: D. Taylor, Carpentry School Proiect SECOND ROW: .l. Fitzgerald, Bowl-Air 8. Airport: J. Rod, Stephenitch's Implement: B. Roach, R. C. Service: B. Durand, Purity Ice Cream Company: K. Nowlin, Mendota Food Market: L, McCollum, Barr's Shoe Store: B. Mclntyre, Carpentry School Proiect FIRST ROW: M. Jauch, Widmer's Garage: D. Marcum, Foster's Upholstery: Mr. Rollins, Instructor: L. Wixom, Harris Hospital: D. Worsley, Seig-I.a Salle Company: D. Gordon, Miller-Jones Shoe Store: H. Phalen, Carpentry School Proiec! NOT PICTURED: L. Gray, CosteIlo's Creamery: D. Fitzsimmons, Conco Engineering Company: P. Smith, Kaiser Bros. Implement: M. Wagner, Harris Hospital I, O O O HIS is the third year tor the D. O. program at Mendota High School. Since its inception three years ago, 0 industry and business have co-operated to provide training tacilities tor our high school students. 1 The student learner is required to have Jw , tive hours ot class work and a minimum ot titteen hours ot on-the-job training. ln class the students are required to study technical material related to their occupa- tions. Once each week the students study general related information on subjects that will benefit the entire group. Besides this the student carries two other high school subiects. It is impressed upon the student that he should conduct himselt properly in the places ot business so that he may become a better worlcman. D. O. not only helps the student, but during his training period he contributes to the wel- tare ot the community. Co-ordinator-Mr. J. S. Rollins President-Duane Marcum Vice-President-Max Jauch Secretary-Treasurer-Marilee W.agner The students have taken it upon them- selves to sponsor a banquet tor their employers, co-ordinator and the State Su- pervisor at the end ot each year. Um will NTO every life some rain musl fall ..... fhe coal slrike worried 'lhe ianifors as 'lhey saw our fuel supply dwindle ..... 'I'he cooks freH'ed frying +o please 380 difierenl appelifes ..... lhe bus drivers gol' mired down in 'rhe ferrible roads from January un'l'il April ..... +he Easler ice slorm wrecked fhe campus leav- ing a mass of debris and more work for +he sfafl. Bul' as always, 'lhere is some sun- shine ..... Hue cooks had lhe salis- faclion of working in a brand new modernized kifchen ..... +he roads dried up and Hue buses once more made 'lheir roules ..... 'rhe coal s+rike ended and Hue branches gol cleaned up ..... once more +he slaff of MHS will have lime for a li+He while of relaxarion. COOKS L. Kehm, M. Truckenbrod CUSTODIANS C. Cross, G. Miller, 5. Miller BUS DRIVERS R. Davis, A. Dudgeon, J. Boisdorf, M. Skaggs, R. Robeson DRIVER TRAINING - - - SAFER DRIVING Shown wdh OPEN HOUSE - - - CLOSER RELATIONS BETWEEN SCHOOL AND HOME S+uden+s a+ MHS Choose +o Learn in View of +he Crossroad +o Come and LEARN 70 CHOOSE As Hne Crossroad Draws Near V 4 XX X 3 X X ---+ X ,XX , K X1 - 1 V - x Aw., ,-f--f 'i,7,--Q'-f ,XM ,f Jr-'f'- y ,.q,,:3-ff M , -x WF.. ,,,. ,W----A ' , , i,-,-T-777 - W 7-1- ':i,.xl', . X- ,WQL ,hd ,, - E T .,,,,.., 417, ,.,L ' , 7,-Y,,,,,... W'-14, rf Y ,,, .-., . ,...-..--- Y,,..,.--v V Y X i-A-N-QLQQLLLL--ji xx ff li J .4-. , 'Lg-, S. gs! 1 E No ALSTY GRQWS R giiuga fxpemsufss iff' EARNING +o choose will open new in'reres+s +o all of you ..... +he years spenf in high school will offer many chances +o do This ..... by +rial and error lif necessaryl you can find which aclivifies and organi- zafions inieresl you mosl' ..... your firsf clues in selecfing fhese may come from a hobby you already have ..... you may gel hinls 'From absorbing classes ..... fhrough ac1'ivi+ies you can fry many new fhings . . . . . fhings which you oiherwise mighl never +ry . . . . . you can become a well-rounded person by pariicipafing in all sor1's of organizalions . . . . . if you don'l' like one-fry somefhing else . . . . . you have many opporluniiies +o discover your lalenls and abilifies ..... 'rhis is +he Time +0 experimenl' wiih choosing ..... fhere are days ahead when you mus+ know how +o choose wifhoul hesi+a+ion ..... limes when you may no'r have a second chance ..... freedom 'I'o make up your own mind is your righl' ..... be able +o do if infelligenfly ..... pre- pare now ..... learn +o choose. dfnwfiplmfzf nfqhid VEN before fhe beginning of school in fhe fall, many of fhe boys of MHS had already been hi+ by school spirif. ln lafe Augusf fhe boys be- gan infensive pracfice fo foughen up, buf nof wifhouf gripes and groans of, Oh, my achin' back. During fhe hof days, fhey exercised and had fhe summer's ac- cumulafion of excess calories sweafed ouf of fhem, and boys were heard saying, l losf five pounds ouf fhere foday. Their girls were abandoned as fhe boys kepf fhe be home by I0:00 rule. Downfown and af home, people asked, How's fhe feam going fo be fhis year? They were proudly an- swered, lf looks good. The Mabs and sfudenfs found a demand for se.ason fickefs, as fhe communify backed fhe Troians. The dog house had ifs face liffed and awaifed fhe firsf game all brighf and shiny. The bleachers were sef up and fhe score board cleaned up ready for, we hoped, lofs of poinfs for fhe Trojans ,and few for fheir opponenfs. The sound equipmenf was again insfalled af fhe field, and fhe sfudenf announcers began clearing fheir fhroafs. As fhe seniors learned fhe femperamen- fal quirks of fhe popcorn machine, fhe popcorn changed from slighfly burnf, fo puffy, fluffy whife. n L Finally affer weeks of preparafion, flue firsf game came. The floodlighfs were furned on, flue people sfreamed in, cars were parked for blocks around, flue smell of brewing coffee began fo permeafe flue crisp, fall air, flue band funed up, and flue Pl-'ZAG RAISING PPEP BAND PSOUND SYSTEM PBREWING 6'0Fl-'EE feams ran down from flue school fo exer- cise on flue ends of flue field. Tluen, flue flag raising brougluf a momenf of respecfful silence before fluaf long wluisfle gave way fo flue clueers, flurills, and excifed anficipafion fluaf flue firsf kick off brings fo anofluer foofball season. BROADCASTING COUNCIL TOP ROW: Mr. Pourchol, B. Buck, T. Faber, Mr. Norton, M. Ehlers, G. Ehlers, R. DuBois THIRD ROW: B. Rave, D. Morsch, C. Jackson, S. Scherger, M. Bruck, J S g N BI h, G. Larson, J. K' g- SECOND ROW: Miss Swanson, J. Dunn, C. Truck nbrod, N. Cummings, L S d B Sh uker, Miss Bree FIRST ROW: S. Yost, C. Hoffman, M. Wolfe, S. S hmi GAIN fluis year flue Broad- casfing Council fook cluarge of flue public address sysfem for games and audiforium programs. Tlue announcing sfaff, under Mr. Pourcluof's clirecfion, was quife large dur- ing flue foofball season, buf during flue bas- kefball season, only flue boys reporfed af games. Mr. Norfon's feclunicians funcfioned flue enfire year, seffing up flue equipmenf for games, programs, and dances. Tlue copy commiffee collecfed and prepared flue adverfisemenfs for broadcasfing under flue guidance of Miss Breese and Miss Swanson. Tluis underfaking luas proved fo be an assef fo flue scluool, sfudenfs, and communify. COACH LEWIS PLAN STRATEGY HEN fhe smoke and haze cleared from fhe I949 gridiron bafflefields, fhe Mendofa Trojans were fied wifh Prince- fon and Geneseo for firsf place in fhe Soufhwesf Division of fhe Norfh Cenfral Conference. Each feam won 3 games and losf I. The Trojans dumped Geneseo, who in furn knocked off Princefon. This leff fhe Trojans undefeafed when fhey encounfered fhe Tigers. A vicfory would have given fhe Purple and God sole possession of firsf place, buf fhe Tigers furned fhe fables on fhe Trojans, and fhe championship wenf fo all fhree schools. Each feam received a frophy. Thirfy-seven boys showed up when prac- fice began in lafe Augusf. Of fhese, I0 were major leffermen, 5 were minor leffer- men, and I2 were leffermen from fhe I948 frosh-soph conference champs. Coach Lewis worked hard fo find fhe righf com- binafion of players, and affer a few games he formulafed fhe following offensive line- up: Ends: Curf Van Effen and Al Wood, Tackles: Bernie and Kenny Sfremlaug Guards: Don Worsley and Don Bialasg Cenfer: Dick Fifzsimmonsg Backs: Larry Lau, LaVere Gray, Harry and Bill Phalen. On defense he senf in Bob Mealey af end, Kenny Nowlin af cenfer, and Jim Mc- Cormick in fhe backfield. Benny Durand began fhe season as regular fullback buf FOOTBAU ,lldfldlllj honofm in rv was injured early in fhe season and saw limifed acfion in fhe lasf 'rwo games. LaVere Gray and Don Worsley were elecfed co-capfains of fhe feam for fhe en- fire season. Larry Lau was fhe offensive sfandouf of fhe Trojans as he scored I0 fouchdowns and racked up over 800 yards rushing. He was given honorable menfion on fhe All-Sfafe feam. Bernie Sfremlau and Harry Phalen added many a conver- sion by fheir excepfional place kicking. The whole line was sfrong and offen paved fhe way for long runs and fouchdowns. The gridiron season gof off fo a good sfarf by handing fhe Amboy Clippers a I3-O sefback on fhe home field. AND BACKFIELD FOR GAME BACK ROW: A. Reppin, M. Jackson, J. Dougherty, C. Van Etfen, B. Mealey, A. Richard, M. Ehlers, D. Bialas THIRD ROW: Manager D. Mosher, N B R EI K. Stremlau, Coach T. Lewis SECOND ROW: D. Abbott, G. Foo D B E FIRST ROW: J. McCormick, L. L H Ph I G The nexf Friday fhe Lewis men didn'f fare so well when fhey fackled fhe powerful Morris Redmen. The Trojans played good ball buf couldn'f gef fhe ball over fhe goal, and fhe Redmen won I9-0. The Rochelle game was selecfed as fhe homecoming game. The Trojans made sure fhis year's homecoming would be a success when fhey whipped fhe Hubs I3-0. The Trojans really furned on fhe heaf as fhey rolled up 340 yards fo fhe Hub's 40. Geneseo was fhe nexf vicfim of fhe Pur- ple ,and Gold as fhey fell I9-I3. The game was very closely confesfed, buf an immov- able line and fasf backfield were foo much for fhe Leafs. The nexf Friday fhe Trojans journeyed fo Rock Falls and frounced fhe Rockefs 33-7. Af fhe end of fhree quarfers fhe Rockefs led 7-6, buf fhe Trojans wenf fo work and scored four fouchdowns in fhe final period fo win 33-7. Rain and mud hampered bofh fhe Trojans and fhe Dixon Dukes in fheir clash on fhe B D and, J. Finley, B. McConviIIe, B. S mlau, W. Munson, J g L. Gray, D. McConviIIe, G. Johnson R. Childers, D. Nelso GI D. Fi immons, R. Harbold B Ph I n, A. Wood Dixon gridiron fhe following week. The Dukes pushed over fwo TD's fo fhe Trojans' one, handing fhe Trojans a I3-6 defeaf. Then came Princefon. The game was fighfly played wifh no long runs or much goal pressing. The Trojans led af fhe half 6-0, buf fhe Tigers came back fo score in bofh fhe fhird and fourfh quarfers fo fake fhe game I4-6. The final game againsf Sandwich was a real fhriller wifh fhe Trojans winning 7-6. Mendofa scored firsf and led 7-0 unfil fhe final minufes when Sandwich scored fheir fouchdown. The vicfory gave fhe Trojans a 5 and 3 won-losf record for fhe season. Wifh a large number of junior leffermen refurning nexf year, fhe prospecfs for a suc- cessful season seem good. VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE We They We They I4 Amboy 0 33 Rock Falls 7 0 Morris 19 6 Dixon I3 13 Rochelle 0 1 9 Geneseo 13 6 Princeton I4 7 Sandwich 6 First downs ....... Yards gained rushing Yards gained passing Total yards gained . Passes attempted . . Passes completed .. Number of punts . . Av. distance of punts Number of penalties Yards lost on penalties .. . 911011 VARSITY FOOTBALL STATISTICS VARSITY FOOTBALL AWARDS MENDOTA OPPONENTS 90 1931 415 2346 82 35 22 33 58 420 15 .0 54 1042 233 1275 44 13 29 31 23 185 14 Ed Joerger Jim McCormick Jim Finley Bill Phalen Don Bialas Kenny Stremlau Bernie Stremlau Larry Lau Harry Phalen Bob Mealey Bob McConviIIe Don Abbott Bob Harboldt Dean Bauer Joe Dougherty Norman Bauer Duane Nelson gh.. MAJOR LETTERS Dick Fitzsimmons Alan Wood LaVere Gray Don Worsley Kenny Nowlin Ronnie Childers Curt Van Etten Gib Glaser Benny Durand MINOR LETTERS George Johnson Marvin Ehlers Dale McConvilIe Melvin Jackson Richard Elsesser Dean Kuehl 'WYZLSL4 wall-Jmpfz ' FESTIVAZS at Rochelle BY-LINE FOR Sl. Luke was lhe one-acl play prepared by the clramalics class for the dramatic 'festival in Rochelle on December I7, I949. The Mendota cast, clireclecl by Mr. Pourchol, com- pelecl with casls from 4 other schools. From all of lhese, an all- slar and an allernale casl were selected. Jerry Coonen's excel- Ienl characlerizalion won him a place on lhe allernale casl. Many of lhe schools in l'he North Central Conference senl' both vocalisls and inslrumenlalisls lo Rochelle on November I9 'For the annual music feslival. Mr. Harrington worked hard rehears- ing bolh groups 'lor the lrip. Mr. George Howerlon direclecl lhe festival chorus and Mr. Russell Harvey, 'lhe band. courenzucs PLAY STANDING: Mr. Pourchot, D. Morris, J. Coonen, K. Piller, J. King SEATED: C. Holfman, J. Dunn, A. Rohs INSTRUMENTAL FESTIVAL GROUP THIRD ROW: D. Preston, S. Yost, J. Sonn- tag, E. Sollitt, J. Vogelsang, N. Lucas, P. Heininger, B. Preston, D. Kofoed, B. Wilhelm SECOND ROW: C. HolTman, C. Pohl, B. Roach, B. Rave, C. Amfahr, J. Finley, Mr. Harrington FIRST ROW: J. Waller, J. Truckenbrod, D. Rider, N. Cotton, V. Drees VOCAL FESTIVAL GROUP 'THIRD ROW: J. Klein, B. Ough, R. Elsesser, B. McConville, M. Jones, A. Steele SECOND ROW: M. Greenwood, E. Jewel, O. Spenncler, L. Svendsen, J. Dunn, D. Ohlinger, B. Bialus .FIRST ROW: M. Spanier, N. Wolfe, Mr. Harrington, C. Roehm, J. Klein i TOP ROW: J. Keefe, R. Childers, M. Fayen, R. Fiizsimmons, C. Rohr, A. Frey, M. Hanson, E. Nance, W. Castle, D. Biers, Coach Doenier SECOND ROW: D. Dunekas J Gehler, C Rich B Gehler, D. Karl, D. Kuehl D Van E K. Nowlin, G. Eirh, R. Gibson, B. D wey FIRST ROW: J. Hochsta K Ry n, J I. gb N. Inman, J. Wood, B. G dner E P al y, K. Mclaughlin, D. McConvill H. cl JA YTEES gfwsh-.mph m Magid. ' Q Johnson, H. Schmi t HE MENDOTA Jayfees successfully de- ' fended fhe frosh-soph championship in fhe Soufhwesl' Division of fhe Norfh Cenfral Conference during fhe I949 foofball season as fhey again came 'rhrough conference play undefeafed. Coach Doenier led his boys fhrough fhe complefe season wifh a record of 6 wins and I loss. Coach Doenier began pracfice wifh only 4 leffermen. He had an aggressive group of boys and molded fhem info a championship ouffif. The opening game of fhe season found Marqueffe of Offawa fhe firsl' vicfim of fhe mighfy Jayfees. Max Fayen's fouchclown on his re- verse play was fhe deciding facfor in fhe game as fhe Jayfees won 6-0. Morris was nexf fo be overpowered by fhe Jayfees as 'fhey fell 32-0. Four of fhe feam gof info fhe scoring column. Rochelle was frounced I9-0 in 'rhe homecoming game. Wifh one conference win already fo fheir credif, fhe Jayfees fhen proceeded fo whip Genesee I8-6. This was fhe firsf fime fhe Jayfees were scored upon in fhe season. Traveling 'ro Rock Falls, fhe Jayfees fook a I9-6 vicfory from 'l'he Roclcef underclassmen. This gave fhe Jayfees a sfring of I3 sfraighf vic- fories over a span of fwo years. Playing in 'rhe mud and rain in a cross-conference game aI' Dixon, The JayI'ees fell for Ihe firs+ I'ime in 'Iwo years, I4-I3. Time ran oui' 'for I'he Jay+ees. As Ihe game ended I'he ball was resling on Dixon's one yard line. Like I'he Varsi+y I'he Jay'I'ees had a I'ie for firs'r place cinched, buf, unlike Ihe Varsi+y, I'hey bear Princefon 27-0 'Io be sole leader in 'Ihe Nor'rh Cenfral Conference for I'he second s+raigh'I year. Glen Eich and Ralph Gibson proved 'ro be Coach Doenier's mosl' de- pendable offensive +hreaI's, as +hey crossed I'he goal six limes. Jack Kee'Fe was nexi' wiI'h four while Fayen and Rich each had +wo. There will be five IeH'ermen back nex+ year, and Ihey are seH'ing 'Iheir goal 'For Ihe Ihird sI'raighI +i'IIe. ieam thfwuqh ,U,l:Cf0!li0,llA Aaaaon FRESH-SOPH LETTER WINNERS FRESH-SOPH RECORD FOR I949 SEASON Ralph Gibson Bob SibigI'ro+h We They Glen Eich Don Kuehl 6 MarqueI I'e 0 Jack Keele Andy Frey 32 Morris 0 Max Fayen Ed Peasley I9 Rochelle 0 Dale Danelcas Dave Karl I8 Geneseo 6 Jim Gehler Jerry Wood I9 Rock Falls 6 Bill Gehler Clarence Rich I3 Dixon I4 Keifh Nowlin 27 Princeion 0 Chosen by lheir sophomore classmales lo share in lhe glory ol homecoming were Orrie Spenader as queen, Max Fayen as king, and Ralph Gibson and Celia Hoover as allendanls. The royal courl rode in a swank converlible gaily deco- raled in lheir class colors, yellow and green. When lhe linal ballols were counled in lhe senior class eleclion il was lound Marlha Jones had been chosen queen, Dick Filzsim- mons, king: Delberl Didier, page, and Belly Rave, queen's allend- anl. The lheme ol lheir lloal, Peg ol Our Hearls, was carried oul in red and while wilh a huge hearl in lhe background. The iuniors' royal courl was composed ol Sue Yosl, lheir queen: Harry Phalen, lheir king, and allendanls, Kenny Slremlau and Arlene Crane. The class car- ried oul lhe lheme ol l'm Jusl Wild Aboul Harry and Sweel Sue in a mosl decoralive manner. Elecfed fo posi'l'ions of honor among 'I'l1e freshman class were Bernice Bialas, queen: Eddie Peas- ley, king: Bill Gelwler, page: and Margo Wal+ers, queen's aHend- anf. One could almosi' hear +l1e no+es of l'm Forever Blowing Bubbles floal' lhrough fhe air as ihe courl' blew large soap bubbles. HUMECUMING mania 011,011 and wlcto O lui ww: COUNCIL TOP ROW: E. Solliit, D. Preston, B. Gardner, J. Pohl, B. Boykin, J. Gehler, D. Rider, N. Lucas, J S g SECOND ROW: S. Yosr, J. Herbert, C. Roehm, B. Stremlau, W. Engelhrecht, D. Fifzsimmons, N C M P y SEATED: N. Blokh C Pohl, D. McConviIle L. Gray, iss a ne AST SPRING fhe firsf formal inifiafion of officers and new members of fhe sfudenf council was held. The officers who had been elecfed were Carol Pohl, presidenfg Dale McConville, vice-presidenfg Nancy Blofch, secrefary-freasurerg and LaVere Gray, parliamenfarian. Miss Hazel Payne acfed as fhe advisor. The firsf big proiecf fo gel' under way for fhe council was fhe spon soring of fhe annual homecoming. This was fhe 'rhird homecoming for Mendofa and fhe council wanfed fo make if fhe besf ever If was de cided fo have a king as well as a queen, and an affendanf for each from every class. Ocfober 7 was fhe day chosen for fhe annual evenf The nighf before fhe big game fhe sfudenfs gafhered on fhe pracfice field for a bonfire, pep session, and snake dance. This fogefher wifh fhe colorful badges sold by fhe council, added greafly fo fhe pep and en fhusiasm of fhe game. On fhe affernoon of fhe imporfanf day fhe parade was held wifh a variefy of floafs. ' Affer The game ihai' evening wifh Rochelle, 'The alumni, s+uden+ body, and fhe Rochelle sfudenis were invifed fo 'The dance. The gym- nasium was decorafed enfirely wifh colorful balloons. A large crowd saw +he kings and queens crowned by Coaches Doenier and Lewis. Each year homecoming has increased in s'ruden+ cooper.al'ion, alumni parfici- palion, and communiiy inieresf. For +he firsf fime, +he s'ruden+ council fhis year made gains financially, due +o ihe increased in'reres'I' in home- coming. Buf homecoming was iusl' one of +he many acfivifies which lhe coun- cil underlook. As lhe holiday season approached, plans goi' under way +o bring 1'he Chrisimas spiril' +o MHS. A large free was decorafed and placed in fhe cafeferia, and Chrisimas records were played belween classes. A par'I'y was planned 'For +he lasi' day before Chrisfmas vaca- lion. Mr. Sleele surprised ihe sfudenf body wi+h a very appropriafe 'Full lenglh movie, The Miracle of 34'rh S+ree+. Following lhe audilorium program lhere was dancing in fhe gym: punch and homemade cookies were served by fhe 'Feminine council members who acfed as hosfesses ai' The aHrac+ively decorafed refreshmenl' fables. Oiher services The council performed 'rhis year include: providing sfudenls +0 infroduce assembly programs, mainiaining a checkroom ai' +he baskefball games: revising 'I'he blue s'ruden+ handbook, sponsoring an all-school parry on March 24. Bernie S1'reml.au and Sue Yosf were selecfed 'lo be delegales io fhe s+a+e convenlion in Peoria on April 2l and 22. There 'rhey learned of fhe services and dulies of siudeni councils in schools wiih aboui' our en- rollmenf. FORMAL INITIATION AND INSTALLATION GAA pfwnwiaa Apnmfa A Zffffiwffwdlvff J HE Girls' Afhlefic Associ- afion is an organizafion for girls under fhe guidance of fhe physical educafion insfruc- for, Mrs. Brenf. Requirements for member- ship are: one hundred hours of sporf ac- fivifyg physical exam: paymenf of clues: one hundred healfh poinfs. Af fhe beginning of school, fhe firsf acfivify was hockey. The hockey fourna- menf, a hard foughf one, ended wifh sopho- mores, iuniors, and seniors fied for first place. Familiar cries fhen were: sficks! . . . . . you'll gel' fiffy lashes for fhaf . . . . . l wasn'f obsfrucfing, she was charging ..... ouch! she aimed righf af me ..... wing if . . . . . we'll have no profanify on fhis field . . . . . the seniors will sfand everybody else ..... oh ioy, fhe foofball feam's com- ing down fo the afhlefic field ..... Mrs. Brenf's famous lasf words - Lef's all run back fo school! STANDING: Mrs. Brent, W. Brown N. Cummings B. Pohl, N. Blotch, J. Dunn The GAA had fhe dog house af one of fhe games. They enfered a floaf in fhe homecoming parade represenfing fhe var- ious sporfs in which the GAA members par- ficipafed. December 2I was fhe dafe of fhe Chrisf- mas parfy. Affer a scramble supper, Chrisfmas carols were sung and giffs were disfribufed from fhe grab bag. lnifiafion of new members was held on February 7. During fhe day, fhere was an informal inifiafion, buf fhaf evening a formal admission ceremony was held. A candle lighfing service signified fhe frans- fer of responsibilify from old members fo fhe new members. The new members re- peated fhe pledge and received fhe GAA pm. Tumbling and baskefball were carried on simulfaneously. These were fhe fhings heard mosf often fhen: in fumbling - af B own, C. SITTING: M. Spanier, B. Johnson, S. Yost, G. Larson, J. Sonntag, L. Edwards GAA BOARD Carol Pohl ................ President Betty Brown . . . ..... Vice President Nancy Cummings . . . ..... Treasurer Nancy Blotch ..... ..... S ecretary Jeannine Dunn . ..... Social Chrm. Lita Edwards .... ..... H ockey Mgr. Sue Yost . . . .... Volleyball Mgr. Greta Larson ......... Basketball Mgr. Janis Sonntag . . . Individual Sports Mgr. Beverly Johnson ........ Baseball Mgr. Marilyn Spanier ........ Archery Mgr. Wilma Brown . Freshman Representative BACK ROW: P. Roth, E. Herbert, C. Hoffman, J. Vogelsang, M. Brewbaker, B. Brown, J. Pohl, C. Truckenhrod, B. Rove, P. Morehouse FIFTH ROW: N. Cummings, S. Scherger, S. Scott, J. Brown, S. Schmitt, C. Pohl, S. Spenocler, D. Mclcughlin, P. Mealey, G, Larson FOURTH ROW: P. McLoughlin, M. Harris, M. Walter, B. Spanier, N. Blotch, M. Spanier, B. Johnson, A. Widmer, D. Goubeoux, J, Sonntag THIRD ROW: W. Brown, A. Truckenbrod, S. Radtke, M. Ebbinghaus, C. Jackson, J. Herbert, A. Crane, M. Greenwood SECOND ROW: M. Cork, P. Heininger, J. Dunn, S. Yost, B. Shoemaker, B. Pohl, V. Novak, Mrs. Brent SEATED: S. Hoadley, N. Lucas, D. Martin, M. Bruckner, J. Sonntog, H. Shed, L. Edwards, S. Kilburn least you should be able to turn a sommer- sault ..... arch your back ..... why do l always have to be in the bottom row ot a pyramid? ..... see it you can do a one- handed handspring ..... then in basketball - steps? who took steps? ..... there must be a rule to cover this ..... quit hog- ging the ball ..... I wasn't very tar over the line ..... l had it First ..... Mrs. Brent's advice - Don't torget to take your shower. The constitution was altered this year to require participation in at least 501, ot all activities to retain membership. Numerals and awards are given on a point basis tor participation in these intramural athletics. GAA INITIATION IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL MOMENTS STANDING: B. Ebbinghaus, Mr. Pourchol SEATED: B. Gardner, B. Rove, C. Pohl, K. Weiss, D. Olson, J. Vogelsang, H. Shed, H. Oberholz Wnfzihq npponania, wr T NDER I'he very capable guidance of Mr. PourchoI', MendoIa's de- bale squad again upheld ils fine Iradilion. The squad, consisling of Carol Pohl, Be'Hy Rave, Doris Olson, Bill Ebbinghaus, Helen Oberholz, Harriell Shed, Bill Gardner, Jane Vogelsang, Kalhleen Weiss, Roger DuBois, and Marvin Ehlers, was greally lacking in experience aI' Ihe beginning of I'he season. This year, debale was made ia full credil subiecl and lhe squad members were given more lime in which +o do Iheir Er.r. research. Afler doing some acI'uaI prac- Iice debaling, I'he 'I'eam improved by leaps and bounds. The season go'r off Io a good sl'-arl' wiI'h a debafe al Genesee on December 3 which was followed on December 7 by a pracI'ice debale a+ Sandwich. The annual Normal inviI'a'rionaI Iournamenl' was held on De- cember I0. The squad, af'I'er Iaking i'r easy during Chrislmas vacalion, journeyed Io Easl Rockford on January 7. Three weeks Ialer I'he high poin'r of I'he season was reached when 'rhe firsl' +e.am Iraveled Io Auguslana a+ Rock Island on January 27 and 28 'for Ihe season's biggesl' debaI'e. AH- er an invi+aI'ionaI debale a+ Elgin on Febru- ary 4, Ihe squad began preparalion for Ihe NCIC conlesl al' Geneseo on February I8. Mendola placed Ihird al Ihis evenl. The nexl' baffle was foughl' March 4 when Men- dola played hosl 'ro an invilalional Iourna- menI'. A full season of v.arsi+y debaling was broughl Io a close on March I I a+ 'rhe secfional confesl' ai' Ponfiac. The iunior varsify affended +he las? fournamenl of fhe season al' Easf Aurora. Debafe, +o fhose who know nofhing aboul' if, seems 'ro be a very dull and uninferesf- ing way fo spend one's Safurdays during +he win1'er mon+hs, bul' fhose who aclually par+icipa're in if know 'rha+ almosl' anyfhing can happen. When we sfop +o lhink abouf fhis pasl' debafe season, we remember our ioys and our disappoin+men1's. One fhing 1'ha1' will remain in +he memories o'F1'he de- bafers is Mr. Pourcho1 s iolces. Even when 'rhey weren'+ 'Funny fhey fook up fime on a long 1'rip. Nor will any one forgel his af- lempls fo gef sfarfed fo a fournamenl' in fhe cool gray dawn despife 'rhe icy high- ways. H will be a long 'rime before 'rhe squad will forgel' fheir 1'rip 'ro Augustana and +he excellenf room and lelephone service. Carol Pohl's mispronunciafion of a cerfain word was 'rhe winning facfor in one round of debale. We came back wil'h a beffer educalion, as a resulf of our bridge lessons. HarrieH' Shed will remember fhe Sandwich debale when she unexpecledly .added sound eFFec+s +o her speech by +urning on a wafer faucet Was she +rying fo drown oul' 'rhe opposifion? All will remember fhe rafher clumsy manipulalion of perfecfly good quofes by some members of 'rhe squad. Were 1'hey unschooled or unscru- pulous? Furfhermore, we'll remember de- bafe 'For if has been a good year and has given valuable experience. 'nn dum dectzbn wifh only 'Five members, +he Nalional Forensic League increased ifs membership during fhe year. Officers elecfed +he pre- vious spring were Carol Pohl, president Doris Olson, vice-presidenfg and Helen HOUGH sfarfing 'Phe year Oberholz, secrefary-lreasurer. The organ- izalion gol' off +0 a good sl'ar'r by 1'aking in bolh regular and associafe members and by l'he end of 'rhe year membership had more fhan doubled. Awards are presenfed on fhe basis of poinfs earned in speech. STANDING: K. Weiss, B. Gardner, R. DuBois, M. Ehlers, B. Buck, B. Ebbinghaus, B. Rave SEATED: J. Vogelsang, H. Oberholz, C. Pohl, D. Olson, H. Shed, Mr. Pourchof Y 7 A VARSITY BASKETBAZZ ' m thy Qnfhzuufaahlc STANDING: D. Mosher, G. Johnson, D. Fiizsimmons, T. Faber, L. Lau, L. Gray, H. Phnlen, Couch Doenier KNEELING: B. Durand, R. Elsesser, B. Stremluu, C. Von Ellen, B. Meoley, J. Keller, K. Siremlauf Absent: A. Wood, R. Childers, D. Abbott UR l950 Trojans finished fheir baslcefball schedule wifh a record of ll wins and I2 losses. A revised schedule of only 20 regular games and 3 fournamenf games gave fhe Trojans a fough season. Coach Doenier used I0 differenf boys in his sfarfing lineups, so didn'f have 5 boys +ha+ could be called 'Ihe season's regulars. The Trojans sfarfed ouf well in conference play buf soon losf ouf and finished wifh a 2 and 7 record. One conference vicfory was over Hall, a feam fhaf had proved fo be a jinx fo Mendofa for many years. A Chrisfmas fourney was held in Mendofa fhis year, and fhe Trojans copped fhird place while Rochelle won firsf place honors. Mendofa's firsf conference game was wifh Sfer- ling, a member of fhe Swee'I' Sixfeen fhis year. The game proved fo be a wide open shoofing af- fair wifh fhe Golden Warriors winning 5l-4l. The Trojans dumped Geneseo 48-44 in fheir nexf conference encounfer. Dick Fifzsimmons counfed I5 poinfs for fhe Trojans. Mendofa raised ifs conference record fo 2-I wifh a 4l-3l friumph over Hall. Bob Mealey led 'lhe way wifh I I poinfs. Then came fhe powerful Offawa Pirafes, who were rafed No. 7 in sfafe af fhe fime. The Trojans absorbed a 66-46 loss mosfly because fhey could nof penefrafe Offawa's fighf zone defense. The DeKalb game was fhe firsf in a 5 game los- ing sfrealx in conference compefion. The Trojans led af halffime, buf fhe final score was 42-34. Affer losing fwo non-conference games 'Ihe Trojans almosf beaf Ro-chelle wifh a revised second half lineup. The rally fell shorf, however, and Rochelle won 53-47. The nexf defeaf was af Rock Falls where ' eww who fallow fha Ihe Rockers look a 55-44 decision lo give lhe Tro- jans a 9-9 record for lhe season. The Dixon game proved lo be I'he mosi' exciling of 'Ihe year as lhe Trojans played fine ball bul were nosed oul, 49-45. Larry Lau and George Johnson led I'l1e Trojans wilh I2 and I I poin'I's respecfively. The final game al Princelon was a real lhriller and il' looked for awhile as if lhe Trojans would win. ln 'Ihe I'hird quar'I'er fhe Trojans were oul'-scored I6-I0 and Princelon never relinquished I'heir lead as I'hey won 45-39. AI Wood was lhe big gun 'For 'Ihe Tro- jans, scoring II poin'I's and playing a fine all-around game. The Regional lournamenl' was al LaSalle and afler a very lense baffle Ihe Trojans were eliminaled, 42-40 by WalnuI s Blue Raiders. ln non-conference games, some high spols were 'Ihe Trojans' lhree vicfories over Amboy and lheir record-breaking 85-40 walloping of Soulh Beloil. The Trojans copped 42-40 and 47-43 viclories 'From Earlville and a 47-42 conlesl' from Granville. DePue dumped Ihe Purple and Gold 45-4I and 66-43, and Moosehearl beal lhem 55-38. ln lhe Moosehearl game, Harry Childress poured in 34 poinls for I'he Red Ramblers from I'he Child Ci'I'y . The Trojans also defealed Sandwich and Soulh Beloil' and losl' 'lo Rock Falls in lhe Chrislmas lournamenl. Dick Filzsimmons was high scorer for lhe Trojans wiI'h 200 poinlsg Curl' Van Ellen was nexl' wilh I64. Larry Lau look single game high scoring honors wilh I9 rallies againsl' Soulh Beloif. The six leI I'ermen who are gradualing lhis year will leave 4 leH'ermen around which nexl' year's leam will be buill. The senior boys are co-caplains, LaVere Gray and Curl' Van Ellen: Dick Filzsimmonsg Bob Mealey: AI Wood: and Tom Faber. The leH'er- men relurning are Larry Lau, Harry Phalen, George Johnson, and Benny Durand. Wilh 'rhese four boys back I'he Trojans should have anolher fine leam. VARS 'Y CHEERLEADERS LOADS OF ZAZZLE THAT HELP THE TEAM GET RAZZLE-DAZZLE B. Brown, M. Greenwood, S. Gorman, B. Mathesius, M. Brewbaker THEY'VE GOT PEP AND Hzbuupnfu VARSITY INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Player Fifzsimmons . . . Van Ehen ..... Lau ...... . . . Johnson . . . . . Phulen . . . . . Mealey . . . . . Gray . . . . . Faber . . . . Durand . . . . . Wood . . . . . . Abbott . . . . Elsesser .... . K. Stremluu . . . B. Stremlau .... Childers . . . Keller ........ FT FTM PT M, 40 28 sasfx, 32 21 603 fy. 27 38 41501. 40 38 51217. 28 18 eos V., 22 27 4ss'f, 25 18 5811, 12 6 6667. 7 15 3137. 9 10 4731, 3 4 428 fy. 1 o 10002, 1 1 soon 3 2 ooo 7. 2 1 6661, 1 1 soo fy. TP 200 164 147 134 1 12 78 63 40 39 29 13 7 5 3 2 1 Free ihrows made: FTM-Free throws missed: PTY,-Perceniuge of free throws made: PF-Personal fouls: TP-Total points. FG-Field goals: CO-CAPTAIN LAVERE GRAY guard-maior senior JOHN KELLER forwe1rd1minor senior LARRY LAU HARRY PHALEN GEORGE JOHNSON BERNIE STREMLAU forward-maior guard-maior forward-maior center-minor iunior iunior iunior iunior 7 V V 2 ? 23 S ' Jmcondzx n the and glam 0-CAPTAIN CURT VAN ETTEN KENNY STREMLAU BENNY DURAND center-muior guard-minor guard-maior senior iunior iunior RICH ELSESSER TOM FABER DICK FITZSIMMONS guard-minor forward-muior guard-maior iunior senior senior BOB MEALEY center-muior senior DEAN MOSHER team manager gm, 'H ' STANDING: Coach Lewis, K. Nowlin, H. Johnson, D. Karl, M. Fayen, D. Sterchi, J. Keefe, J. Dougherty, B. Prescott KNEELING: E. Peasley, H. Schmidt, J. Gehler, D Van Etten, L. Dunn, D. Danekas, B. Gehler IGHT, deferminafion, and con- fidence, says Coach Lewis, were fhe fhree qualifies which led 'lo a successful Jay Tee feam. This hard working group of boys developed a smoofh co- operafing unif wifh emphasis on feam play. Al- fhough fhis year's squad .did nof approach 'lhe amazing I7-5 record of lasf year, fhey proved fhem- selves a fough ball club as fhey racked up a I2-8 season's record. The sfarfing lineup usually consisfed of Johnson and Fayen af forwards, Dunn al' cenfer, and Sferchi and Peasley af guards. Coach Lewis also had a good supply of reserves af his disposal. They were Bill Gehler, Jack Keefe, Jim Gehler, Keifh Nowlin, Dan Van Effen, Jaclc Dougherfy, Dale Danelcas, Howard Schmidf, and Bill Prescoff. The Jay Tees sfarfed fhe season off righf by win- ning fheir firsf four confesfs. ln fhe inifial game of fhe season, fhey eked oul' a vicfory in a I4-ll low scoring fill' wifh Soufh Beloif. They wenf on fo defeaf Earlville, 26-l8g Sandwich, 24-23, and Am- boy, 26-I6. They fhen mel' Sferling in fheir firsl' conference game. The Golden Warriors proved foo much for fhe Jay Tees as fhey rolled over fhe Mendofa feam 24-I I. Two more losses followed. The Liffle Gianfs of Depue pounded oul' a 43-26 vicfory over fhe Jr. Troians. Geneseo fhen gave fhe Jay Tees fheir second conference defeaf. Score: 25-2l. The Jr. Troians jumped back fo fhe winning col- umn by hammering a 22-I5 score over Granville. Hall fell fo fhe Jay Tees, 26-23, for fheir firsf con- ference vicfory. The underclassmen venfured fo Offawa nexf, where fhe Pirafes handed fhem fheir fhird confer- ence loss, 44-30. The high lighl' of an excifing sea- son was fhe DeKalb game. The Barbs were unde- feafed when fhey mef Mendofa. The scrappy Jay JAY TEES wina Tees, however, plunged info fhis much larger feam and came fhrough wifh a 34-30 vicfory. Affer fhis rousing vicfory fhe Jay Tees iourneyed fo Moosehearf where fhey were manhandled 50 fo 29. Depue again lceelhauled fhe frosh soph feam by a 4I-24 score. Rochelle gave Mendofa fheir fourfh conference loss by a 23-I7 margin. The Jay Tees recovered from fhis series of losses and wenf on fo win four sfraighf. The firsf was a 38-33 conference win over fhe Rock Falls Roclcefs. Nexf fhey romped over Earlville, 37-I9. The Jr. Troians fhen swepf over Amboy, 42-3I. The Jay Tees scored fheir fwelffh win of fhe season by polishing off Dixon in a conference filf, 26-I9. ln fheir final game of fhe season, fhe Jay Tees were puf on fhe run by fhe Princefon Tigers and were defeafed 37-23. Alfhough winning only 4 ouf of 9 conference con- fesfs, fhe Jay Tees showed fhe spirif and willingness fo win fhaf is needed in fhe game of baslcefball. There is much good maferial in fhis feam for fhe years fo come. . U Harry Johnson was llhe hofshof of fhe Jay Tees. He proved himself deadly on sef shofs, as ofher feams soon discovered. Leonard Dunn, spirifed cenfer, had a friclry way abouf him fhaf fooled ofher feams. He made many a basllef wifh his iump shof. Doug Sferchi proved himself deadly on free fhrow fosses He was a good defensive man also. Max Fayen, forward, made many poinfs wifh his se'f shofs. He was a hard man fo gef fhe ball by on defense. Ed Peasley and Bill Gehler broughf fhe ball down for fhe Jay Tees. Bofh were sharpshoofers. Jacl: Keefe was an aggressive ballplayer. He could falte fhe ball away from opponenfs when if was needed. Jim Gehler, Keifh Nowlin, and Dan Van Effen saw much acfion and gained valuable experience. Dale Danelcas, Jack Dougherfy. Howard Schmidf, and Bill Prescoff gof in many quarfers and proved 'themselves aggressive boys. l FROSH-SOPH CHEERLEADERS F. Heininger, D. Martin, N. Lucas URGE THE JAY TEES T0 F-I-G-H-T FROSH-SOPH INDIVIDUAL RECORDS FROSH-SOPH MINOR LETTER AWARDS Name FG FT FTM PF TTL Max Fayen Harry Johnson Johnson .. 35 31 32 45 101 '-evnafd DUN' D009 5'e 'i Dunn 8 . . b . 28 25 20 33 81 Bill Geltler Dan Van Etten seerchi . . . . 18 25 15 39 61 Jufk Keefe fd Pe 5'eY Fayen . . . . . 20 20 19 26 60 Peasley . . . . .. 20 14 21 28 54 Keefe -' 17 12 19 50 46 mos:-1-som-1 SEASON Rccoko B. Gehler . . . . . 16 12 21 28 44 J. Geltlel' . . . 3 13 17 19 19 WE Nowlin . 6 2 11 11 14 5 2 Behi' -' '4 Earlville . . . . . 26 Von Etten . . . 4 5 9 14 15 Sandwich , . U 24 nqnekus . . . 4 4 6 6 s A '?Y - - - - - 26 Sterling . . . . . 11 Dougherty . . . 2 3 3 11 7 pepue ...I , . 26 Schmidt . . . . o 2 2 1 2 Geneseo - - - - 2' Granville . . . . . 22 Prescott ...... . . . 0 0 0 1 0 Hall ,.,,.,. . , 25 FG-Field goals: FT-Free throws missed: FTM-Free gxxrcseiaig ' ' ' throws made: PF1Personal fouls: TTL1Total points. DeKalb I I i ' ' ' ' 34 Mooseheart . . , 29 DePue .... . . 24 Rochelle . . . . . 17 Rock Falls . . . . 38 Earlville . . - - 37 Amboy . - - 42 Dixon .... . . . 26 Princeton . . - - - 23 VARSITY SCHEDULE WE South Beloit . . . . . 35 Earlville . . . . . 43 Sandwich . . . . . 54 Amboy ........ Sterling ......... Rock Falls lXmasj Amboy lXmasj . .. DePue ......... Geneseo ...... Granville .. Hall ....... Ottawa ..... South Beloit . .. DeKalb ..... Mooseheart . DePue ..... Rochelle .. Rock Falls . . Earlville .. Amboy . Dlxon .... ....... Princeton .......... Walnut fkegionull ...37 ...41 ...28 ...49 ...41 ...48 ...47 ...44 ...46 ...85 ...34 ...38 ...43 ...47 ...44 ...47 ...61 ...45 ...39 ...40 ll THEY 11 18 23 16 24 43 25 15 23 44 21 30 50 41 23 33 19 31 19 37 THEY 25 40 35 30 51 31 40 45 44 42 34 66 40 42 55 66 53 55 43 45 49 45 42 STANDING: Mr. Gehler, B. Bromenschenkel, J. Wood, E. Politsch, C. Rohr, J. Rave, B. Gardner, G. Schmidt, J. Cummings KNEELING: K. Ryan, J. Hochstatter, W. Castle, B. Fitzsimmons, B. Boykin, M. Hanson, R. Garrity, E. Nance TRUJETTFS pmt 0 ,Qutuh.QA,tzoJziA'4lv HE THRILL of competing in lheir firsl' sea- son of high school basketball was experi- enced by 'rhirleen 'freshman boys. Being on lhe TroieH'e leam was nol' all play. Much work and praclice were needed to change the in- experienced group inlo a smoolhly working unil'. Afler juggling lhe slarling line-up around the 'firsl' 'Few games, Coach Gilberl' Gehler decided o-n Kenny Ryan, Jerry Hochslaller, Bob Filzsimmons, Jerry Woods, and Eugene Polilsch 'lo lead lhe ieam's slralegy. Ryan led the scoring aH'ack for lhe Troielles wil'h Hochslaller and Polilsch close behind. The Troielles broke even in 'rhe win and loss column, winning five and losing live. The team learned lhe 'lhrill of being on lhe long end of 'lhe score and 'lhe delerminalion lo do be'Her nexl lime afler coming oul' on the losing side. Few of lhe team will forgel' 'lhe feeling of accom- plishmenl' from beating Hall and Paw Paw a'F'l'er losing 'lo 'lhem previously in 'lhe season. Marquelrle fell +o the Troielles twice while lhe team was over- powered by LaSalle-Peru twice during lhe season. The leam was also defealed by Ollawa, bul' Earl- ville could nol' overcome lhe lead piled up by 'lhe Troielrles. The 'leam is composed solely of freshmen 'lo give more boys an aclive parl in sports. Varsily players musl' gel' lheir beginning somewhere, and 'lhe Tro- ieH'e leam is lhal' beginning. FRESHMAN SCHEDULE We They We They 28 Earlville 6 14 Ottawa 32 1 1 Marquette 10 28 PawPaw 23 23 PawPaw 34 18 Hall 19 16 LaSalle-Peru 44 33 Hall 6 19 LaSalle-Peru 50 17 Marquette 10 BACK RQW: 5. Spenoder, P. Roth, B. Cudoback, J. Waller, D. Morsch, C. Truckenbrod, V. Drees, M. Jones, J. Klein, N. Wolfe, D. Rider, C. Hoffman, E. Herbert, D. Jordon FIFTH ROW: H. Bunton, J. Sibigtroth, D. Bumba, D. McLaughlin, M. Ehlers, M. Spanier, C. Roehm, J. Brown, J. Sloter, K. Jauch, C. Loazh, C. Amfahr, J. Gray FOURTH ROW: M. Greenwood, V. Smith, D. Ohlinger, D. Preston, A. Williams, M. Biers, M. Walter, J. Williams, V. Heinzeroth, W. Brown, L. Schlesinger, M. Sheridan, J. Sonntag, D. McConville THIRD ROW: L. Dewey, L. Svendsen, S. Radtke, S. Hoaclley, 5. Kilburn, C. Jackson, J. Dunn, M. Ebbinghaus, E. Wood, V. Novak, S. Yost, B. Geil, B. Preston SECOND ROW: 0. Spenader, P. Corcoran, A. McManus, M. Cork, L. Eichorn, B. Bialas, M. Bruckner, D. Martin, N. Lucas, P. Heininger, D. Hoelzer S Davis E. Henr , . y SEATED: J. Lambert, N. 'Steele, J. Zimmerman, M. Kidd, J. Sonntag, H. Shed, J. Reid, B. Campbell, E. Jewel, Mr. Harrington 1 ' fha dh melmlq HORUS this year had scheduled periods during the school day. Many more people participated in choral worlc and worked into a large number ot solos and ensembles. Mr. Ross Harrington, Mr. William Pierce, and, atter Mr. Pierce lett, Mr. Earnest Schlick directed the vocal groups. The training started with It the 'Fundamentals ot good singing and voices were developed through use ot exercises. Girls' chorus and boys' glee club participated in a North Central lllinois Music Festival at Rochelle. Some ot the vocal groups appeared on programs tor civic and school organizations. At the district music contest solos were sung by Beverly Preston, who received tirst, Joyce Waller, Joan Klein, Carol Roehm, James 1 Finley, who all received second and Robert McConville who received third. The girls sextet and the boys quartet received second division L ratings. 1949 TRACK VARSITY TRACK RECORDS EVENT NAME RECORD 100 yd dash L. Reeder 10.2 D. Westerman 10.2 A. Richard 10.2 220 yd dash J. Buck 23.0 440 yd dash D. Serup 51.0 880 yd run R. Larkin 2:02.0 1 mile run R. Larkin 4240.0 120 yd H. H. P. Faber 15.6 200 yd L. H. D. Westerman 22.4 Pole Vault W. Hawke 12' 3 High Jump G. Hessenberger 5' 10V2 Shot Put E. Olson 45' 8 Broad Jump G. Hessenberger 21' 3 Discus W. Hawke 136' 10 f1 880 yd Relay L. Brewbaker 1:34.2 P. Faber D. Serup D. Westerman Javelin D. Whitmore 200' FROSH SOPH TRACK RECORDS EVENT NAME RECORD 100 Yd. Dash A. Richard 10.2 220 Yd. Dash A. Richard 23.9 440 Yd. Dash A. Wood 55.0 880 Yd. Run A. Loach 2:16.5 Mile Run R. Waller 5:13.4 70 Yd. H. H. P. Faber 10.1 K. Stremlau 110 Yd. L. H. D. Westerman 13.0 Relay 1440 Yd., Eckert, Westerman,47 Brewbaker, Serup Shot Put K. Stremlau 40' 1112 Discus M. Ehlers 110' 1 Pole Vault J. Hickock 10' 5 High Jump J. Hickock 5' 5 C. Wilhelm Broad Jump L. Brewbaker 18' 9 YEAR 1938 1948 1949 1921 1948 1941 1941 1948 1947 1947 1935 1930 1935 1947 1948 1939 YEAR 1949 1949 1948 1947 1947 1946 1949 1949 1946 1949 1948 1946 1946 1946 1946 ENDOTA'S I949 track season had its bright spots in spite ot the gloom due to a disappointing record in competition. Some ot the bright spots were AI Richard's I0.2 time in the I00 yd. dash and Gib Glaser's convincing victories in the 440. Al's dash equalled the school record. Gib copped 5 tirst and 3 second places, and his best time was 53.8. Bob Mealey came through in tine style as he posted 5 victories in the high iump. Jim Schwemlein, one ot two seniors on the squad, proved to be the most consistent scorer. He grabbed 8 tirst places in his specialties, the shot and disc, and these points, combined with many others he col- lected, gave him a grand total ot 78 points 'For the season. The Stremlau boys were the lronmen ot the squad as they could do almost anything. Their specialties were the clashes and hurdles. The Troians took meets trom Lalvloille and Sandwich only, while losing 7 engage- ments. Most ot these were triangular at- tairs with such teams as Hall, L-P, Ottaw.a, Princeton, Genesee, and Streator. Gib Glaser won a third place in the district. The Trojans were shut out in the conference meet at Sterling. Although the season was not too success- tul so tar as wins and losses are concerned it did give many boys experience tor this year's squad. Ten ot the twelve boys on the squad are back this year and are ex- pected to compete in the I950 track sea- son. 17949 JJIHIA' , Varsity Jim Schwemlein Bill Budach Marvin Ehlers Al Wood Gib Glaser Bob Mealey Curt Van Etten Tom Faber Bernie Stremlau Kenny Stremlau AI Richard Norman Hoover Frosh-Soph Don Abbott Delbert Edgcomb Jim McCormick Benny Durand Glen Eich Bill Prescott Jim Eichorn Wmpla you i thatwm I. How undignified! GAA iniI'ia+ion was 'rhe bugbear of many new members . . . . . 2. Dance of 'rhe hour. Noonhour dancing led Io more parlicipalion af school dances ..... 3. Purely pIaI'onic, a'I' Ieas+ we fhink i'I s 'rha+ way now ..... 4. Favorile subiecl' - noonfime, favor- i+e recrea'I'ion - iusl dinlcing ..... 5. Trio from Echo : Pefe, Repeaf, and Say-il' again ..... 6. Charlie, my boyi you +hriII me. ..... 7. Glamor Gal Mershon and Mr. X of I'he converfed con- veriible ..... 8. If I had Ihe wings of an angel - nuff' said ..... 9. Rogerius rides again! - and behind such a spirifed charger ..... IO. Refurning 'ro piglails and Iollipops for I'he Ihrill of a birfhday parly ..... II. Parlners in crime ..... I2. Jolly Time supersales- men, or, Who ale up all 'rhe profils? . . . . . I3. Lonesome? Make applica- lions here ..... I4. Are you coming in, loo? Who could refuse I'haI invi+aI'ion? . . . . . I5. Co-operafe a IiH'Ie, Tom . . . . . I6. Overlime on her hands. -ii mpg: .lim S+uden1's a+ MHS Choose +o Learn in View of 'rhe Crossroacl +o Come, Learn +o Choose as +he Crossroacl Draws Near, and, as SENIOPS OF 7950, Choose Their Road of +he Fufure K x 7, Y W nn f A xf'4 5M?, - 'A' V-,,4, ..,v.Z,,.,,,, Q, ,,,, L 5,,,,, .,,, ,,i,Y 1f21-fffwd-Aiffy' WHL YEAH- Win .,,, ,,,,,.,.,,,, ,.Y, .,,.,-..,fff-W-H - - - , . L1 ' ,, ,A - . 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H -,-' - - - ' 4 , H , , X,15,g1-,ff'f2'b'ig-6L:ffv1fff 55ff?'12 ::f 'mg - eff --1' V'i'f1f'77 fl'T'7Q1 L'? f,,k' 'f11.,ffiL212f? f Y, ' -'f'f.',,f' 4 nf.-fin W2-f f 4 'fQQl1 ,,f,Z, K ,g' ,,,- Xgfip , .A W :NYY WY ,H W, F 1 w L JRST. ES, WE as seniors have finally reached fhe crossroads ..... whaf's nexf depends on us ..... daily we are asked, Whaf are you going fo do nexf year? ..... some of us have prepared ourselves for college ..... ofh- ers have frained for business ..... many will enfer skilled fracles ..... a few will go direcfly info homemaking ..... among us fhere will be farmers, mechanics, and grocers ..... fhere will be nurses, sfenogra- phers, and feachers ..... fhere may even be a clocfor and a lawyer and an aufhor among us. We've sef our course and followed if, alfhough our obiecfive may have changed fwo or fhree fimes ..... we've received vocafional guid- ance conferences, advice, warnings, and encouragemenf ..... now we feel fhaf we are ready fo make our mosf crucial decision - fhe choice of our life work and career ..... fhe road fo fornorrow lies open loe- fore us. UMM a zmtaaspmfivn fha mind - Dante S THE CLASS of I950 donned fheir grad- uafing caps and gowns, prepared fo enfer fhe aucliforium for fhe lasf fime as sfudenfs, fhe memories of fhe few shorf buf successful years spenf af MHS passed fhrough fheir minds as fhey will many fimes in fhe fufure. Looking back over fhe years, few will ever forgef fhe frials and rewards of fheir high school days. On a brighf, crisp Sepfember morning in fhe fall of '46, eighfy-fwo young and innocenf freshmen enfered fhe halls of MHS for fhe firsf fime. How can we ever forgef fhe high lighfs of our year as freshies ? The flrsf bug evenf - fhe an- nual freshman parfy ..... Miss Poffinger and Winkum . . . . . friendships sfarfed fhaf may lasf forever ..... fhe big clean-up commiffee ..... oh, fhose sfacks of dirfy dishes . . . . . Then fhe All-School parfy ..... we fried our hand af adverfising if ..... our chance fo gef acquainfed wifh Les fhe OTi'1eI' classes. FOUR YEARS AGO THE MIGHTY TROJANS LOOKED LIKE THIS The nexf evenf on our agenda was fhe class elecfion. Wi+h some confusion and a lof of enfhusiasm, fhe class officers were elecfed. Cur- fiss Van Effen was chosen presidenfg Dick Fifzsimmons, vice-presidenfg and Carol Pohl, secrefary-freasurer. Nancy Blofch, Nancy Cummings, George Leonard, and Walfer Engelbrechf were elecfed fo represenf our class on fhe sfudenf council. This was fhe lasf year of fhe Old Time GAA inifiafions ..... fhe boys couldn'f believe if, buf fhe girls knew if was all foo frue ..... counfing floor boards ..... eafing under fhe fable ..... leading a cheer before fhe assembly ..... proposing fo randomly selecfed men ..... lipsfick and spagheffi all over ..... af lasf we were GAA members. The boys cenfered fheir inferesfs around foofball and baskefball. ln foofball fhe freshman squad was small buf much valuable experience was gained from many hours of hard pracfice wifh a powerful sophomore feam. Muscles were developed in fhe process, foo. In baskefball fhe frosh feam, coached by Mr. Morris, upheld fhe honor of fhe class by winning I5 games and losing only 5. ln fhe firsf annual homecoming fhe sophomore class selecfed Lillian Svendsen fo be queen and ride on fhe floaf Beffy Brown and Marie Kreiser were her affracfive affendanfs Our class s firsf venfure info floaf-making furned ouf one of fhe sleekesf looking floafs In fhe parade Two new fhings were added fo MHS new band uniforms and fhe FHA ..... years of fag days finally paid off we felf so millfary in our blue uniforms ..... even more so when people salufed us Our pofenfial housekeepers organized lrfo fhe Fufure Homemakers of America ..... bringing cheer af Chrlsfmas by carolmg enioymg a ioinf picnic wifh fhe FFA . PROM PLANNING COMMITTEE FOURTH ROW: D. Worsley, J. Finley, C. Van Ewen, T, Faber, M. Ehfers THIRD ROW: P. Martin, L. S dsen, M. Bruck, B. Shoemaker, A. Rohs, C M P F SECOND ROW: J. Truckenb d B. Rove, Mr. Lewis, iss nyne, D. i imm FIRST ROW: B. Brown, G. Lu N. Cummings, N. Blotch THOUGH only fhree monfhs elapsed from fhe end of fhe freshman year fo fhe beginning of fhe sophomore year fhe once flmld freshmen had changed fo confldenf sophomores Once again fhe compeflflon In class elecflon was keen: we chose fo lead our class LaVere Gray as presidenf Marvin Ehlers as vice presldenf and Beffy Rave as secrefary freasurer Carol Pohl was elecfed fo help represenf fhe sophomore class on fhe sfudenf council The boys fhaf year worked hard fo secure and hold fheir posiflons on fhe foofball and baskefball squads. How fhey remember LaVere s capfam ing bofh feams fhrough successful seasons fhe fough DeKalb game fhe O O fue in fhe Rock Falls dusf bowl fhe Prlncefon game OUR OEEEEERE WHEN WE - fhe clock ran ouf ln baskefball I6 wins WERE SOPHOMORES in 23 sfarfs fhe dlspufed DePue game fhe DeKalb fhrlller we won 22 ZI Uwzpfwmlh CANE YW KAND AT lasl', now we were upper- classmen ..... we pounded +he rainy sidewalks wil'h +he seniors +o secure broadcasfing con'l'rac1's ..... finally fhe grear decision - we chose our class rings ..... our homecom- ing queen, Arlene Rohs, wenl' swinging on a s'rar ..... her a'Hendan1's, Jeannine Dunn and Nancy Marhesius. To lead our class, Marvin Ehlers was chosen as presidenl, Tom Faber as vice-presidenl, and Nancy Blolch as secreiary- lreasurer. LaVere Gray and Dale McConville were selecred +o help represenl' fhe class on +he s+uden+ council. A number of juniors achieved posilions on +he firsf slring of fhe foolball squad. Alfhough +he season wasn'+ very success- ful, a sound basis was formed for '!'he following foofball sea- son. The baslcelball season was more rewarding, showing I6 wins and 9 losses. A+ lasf prom fime came . . . . . crepe paper, 'lil we +hough+ we'd go mad ..... our firsi 'Formal dance ..... and rhen i'r had lo rain ..... +he ban- quel ..... Marvin's welcome +o +he seniors ..... +he pep- perminl' enrrance +o Candy- land ..... dancing under a gumdrop slcy and a milky way ..... +he swee'I' music from lhe candy band box ..... we lefl' +o dream of lollipops and candy canes. CAST OF CHARACTERS STANDING: N. Blotch, student director: M. Ehlers, Macintosh: C. Van Etten, Arthur Hale: R. DuBois, Oswald Kerins: J. Coonen, Thompson: J. Finley, Yami: Mr. Pourchot, director SEATED: B. Rave, Erma Lawrie: M. Wagner, Mystery Woman: M. Arnette, Aunt Sophia: J. Dunn, Peg VanNess: C. Pohl, Mrs. Murdock F K 'el' ouse Shivery, shakey, spine-tin gling story of horrendous doings in an iso lated house hahited hy a horrible man mauling tiger. Our first experience in dra- matics was a mystery-comedy. We learned that producing a play had more to it than act- ing. The stage crews ancl com- mittees did many of the less glamorous tasks which are es- sential to a production. How many of these do you remember: Mr. Pourchot's pa- tience ..... Roger's sweet lit- tle nightie ..... the letter that tell from the picture frame! ..... the tiger claws that appeared from the book- case ..... the diurnal lepi- dopterous insect ..... the quick revision of script during the performance ..... our lovely portrait of dear Aunt Sylvia ..... the screeching when her painted eyes and the lamp Ii+ up ..... the myste- rious woman from the sinking boat ..... Carol's dour Mrs. Murdock. JUNIOR PLAY COMMITTEES TOP ROW: C. Hoffman, D. McConville, T. Faber, J. Keller, C. Van Eften, B. McCon- ill J K' K P'lI v e, . mg, . I er THIRD ROW: M. Goubeaux, L. Betts, E. Stein, B. Johnson, B. Shoemaker, E. Bunnell, P. Martin SECOND ROW: B. Rave, Mr. Pourchot, Mrs. Doenier, Mr, Gehler, Miss Payne, Mr. Wedemeyer, Mr. Lewis, G. Larson FIRST ROW: M. Johnson, N. Blotch, C. Pres- cott, D. Bauer, B. Brown, N. Cummings SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS STANDING: D. Worsley, Vice-Pres., Mr. Muuniel, Mr. LeMarr, J. Finley, Pres. SEATED: Miss Swanson, Miss Breese, B. Shoemaker, Sec T HOSEN lo guide us lhrough lhe many problems lhal conlronlecl us as seniors, was Jim Finley, our presidenl. We selecled Don Worsley as vice-presidenl and Belly Shoemaker as secrelary-lreasurer lo help Jim: Dick Filzsimmons was elecled lo help represenl us on lhe sludenl council. Sporls, as always, held a prominenl place in lhe eyes ol many ol lhe boys. Don Worsley and LaVere Gray caplained lhe loolball leamg Curl Van Ellen and LaVere led lhe baskel- ball squad. Belly Brown also showed her inleresl in sporls as varsily cheerleader all lour years. The class elecled Marlha Jones and Dick Filzsimmons lo reign as queen and king ol our hearls on our homecoming lloal. Their allendanls were Belly Rave and Delberl Didier. As we reminisce over our senior year, we remember ..... our prepared-al-lhe-lasl-minule pep session ..... lhe pop corn machine, pop cooler, and deep lreeze ..... Meel Me in Sl. Louis ..... our lasl loolball game ..... lhe exchange ol senior pholos ..... lhe feeling we had when lhe olher classes regislered lor nexl year and we didn'l ..... ordering our gradualion invilalions ..... our lasl high school prom . . . . . lhe final llurry ol excilemenl as solemn Baccalaureale passed, preparalion was made lor class day, and linally we heard lhe opening slrains ol Pomp and Circumslancef' As lhe class ol i950 donned lheir gradualing caps, lhese memories ol lhe lour shorl years al MHS undoubledly passed lhrough lheir minds. Bul lhere isn'l much lime lo reminisce. We're al lhe crossroads ol lhe 'Fulure now. We've lraveled one road lo lhe end bul olhers lie open before us. df lan!! JAMES FINLEY College Preparatory BETTY SHOEMAKER College Preparatory DON WORSLEY Diversified Occupations ,,.,..,,. , H ,,,,,,, j , .,.,.,.,, , ir zyq W , f r ' :T1 .,.. -..., usuiu CAROL .IEAN AMFAHR Business Course DEAN L. BAUER Agriculture NANCY M. BLOTCH College Preparatory WILLIAM D. BUCK College Preparatory LOLA BOTTS Business Course JERRY COONEN College Preparatory BETTY BROWN Home Economics DELBERT DIDIER Agriculture ELSIE BUNNELL College Preparatory TOM FABER Business Course GILBERT GLASER Agriculture NANCY KETTLEBOROUGH Home Economics JAMES FITZGERALD Diversified Occupations I MARJQARIAE GOUBEAUX Nursing MAX JAUCH JR. Diversified Occupations MA'RY LOU JOHNSON Business Course DALE McCONVILLE Agriculture PATRICIA MARTIN College Preparatory WESLEY MUNSON Diversified Occupations JOANNE MERSHON Business Course CAROL POHL College Preparatory EDWARD JOERGER Agriculture MARTHA JONES College Preparatory ROBERT MEALEY Business Course DARLENE OPSAL Home Economics DUANE MARCUM Diversified Occupations DELPHINE OPSAL Home Economics DON MAHAFFEY Agriculture BETTY RAVE College Preparatory MARLIN HOELZER Agriculture KENNETH PILLER Agriculture CHARLES PRESCOTT College Preparatory BOB ROACH Diversified Occupations DONNA MOMENY College Preparatory CURTISS VAN ETTEN College Preparatory DOROTHY MORRIS Business Course ALAN WOOD College Preparatory ARLENE ROHS College Preparatory JAMES WITTMAN College Preparatory ELAINE STEIN Business Course MARILEE WAGNER Nursing JAMES ROD Agriculture DOROTHY ZIMMERMAN Business Course BETTY ROACH Business Course LlLI.lAN SVENDSEN College Preparatory ROBERT J. McCONVlLLE Agriculture MARJORIE WHITMORE Business Course JACK TRUCKENBROD Diversified Occupations LOIS WIXOM Diversified Occupations PATRICK E. SMITH JR. Diversified Occupations S NIO? DA TA I I CAROL JEAN AMFAHR Class Play Usher 4, Ticket Committee 4, Publicity 81 Program 4: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 2, 3, 4: Sextet 4: Instrumental Soloist 3, 4: Prom Committees 3: Latin Club 3: Atodnem Finance 84 Service 4 DEAN L. BAUER Class Play property Committee 3, Stage Committee 3: FFA 1, 2, 3, 4: Football 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 2: Prom Committee 3: Home- coming Committee 3: Atodnem Finance 4 NANCY M. BLOTCH Suretary Treasurer 3: Class Play 4, Student Director 3, Prompter 3, Costume Committee 3, 4: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Gl.ee.CIub 1, 2, 3: Octet 1: Speech Contestant 3: Prom Committees 3: Hi-Light Staff 4, Asst. Editor 4: Latin Club 3, Vice-President 3: Homecoming Committee 2, 3, 4: Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary Treasurer 4: Broadcasting Council Announcing Statf 4, Sales Committee 3: Atodnem Co-Editor, Finance, Production 8: Copy 4 LOLA BOTTS Class Play Usher 3, 4: Glee Club 2: Atodnem Finance Re Typing 4 BETTY BROWN Class Play Make Up Committee 3, 4: Conference Play Student Director 8: Make Up 4: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 4, Baseball Manager I3: Prom Committees 3: Ring Committee 3: Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 1, 2, 3, 4: Homecoming Committee 2, 3, 4: FHA 1, 2, Program Chrm. 2: Hi-Light Staff 4: Atodnem Finance, Service, Maintenance 84 Copy 4 MARY JANE BRUCK Class Play 4, Stage Committee 4: Prom Committees 3: Cadets .1, 2: Homecoming Committee 2, 3, 4: FHA 1, 2: Broadcasting Council An- nouncing Staff 4: Atodnem Finance, Servi:e, Typing 84 Copy 4 WILLIAM D. BUCK Freeport High School V2 year: Class Play Stage Committee. 2, 3. 4: Football 2: Cross Country 3: Prom Committees 3: Broadcasting Council Announcing Staff 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4: Contest Play Stage Mgr. 4 ELSIE BUNNELL Class Play Usher 3, Prompter 4, Publicity 8: Program Committee 42 Band 1: Prom Committees 3: Cadets 1: Hi-Light Staff 4: Latin Club 3: Cheerleader 1, 2, Fresh-Soph. 1. 2: Homecoming Committee 4: Atodnem Finance, Service, Maintenance 81 Copy 4 JERRY COONEN Class Play 3, 4: Conference Play 4: Contest Play 4: Band 1, 2, 3. 42 Atodnem Finance St Copy 4: Band Sec. Treas. 4 NANCY CUMMINGS Class Play 4, Costume Committee 4, Make Up 3: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 4: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Instrumental Soloist 1, 2: Instrumental Ensemble 1, 2, 3, 4: Band Sec. Treas. 3: Prom Committee 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Latin Club 3: Homecoming Committee 2, 3, 4: Student Coun- cil 1, 2, 3, 4, Sec. Treas. 3: Broadcasting Council Copy Committee 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 84 Production 4 DELBERT DIDIER FFA 1, 2, 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Atodnem Finance 4 JON DINGES Sycamore High School 2 years: FFA 3, 4, Reporter 3: Atodnem Finance 4 ROGER DUBOIS Class Play 3, 4: Band 1, 2: Debate 2: Speech Contestant 4: NFL As- sociate xlember 4: Broadcasting Council Technicians 3, 4: Atodnem mance JEANNINE DUNN Class Play 3. 4, Malte Up 4: Conference Play 4: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Social Chrm. 4: Glee Club 3, 4: Prom Committees 3: Ring Committee 3: Ca- dets 1: Latin Club 3: Homecoming Committee 4: Broadcasting Council Copy 81 Announcing Staff 4: Atodnem Finance 84 Typing 4 WILLIAM H. EBBINGHAUS J. C. Donnell High School, Findlay, Ohio 1, Rochelle Twp. High School 2, 3: Debate 4, Varsity 4: Speech Contestant 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: NFL Active Member 4: Atodnem Finance, Copy Ge Production Staff 4 ,U .. MARVIN EHLERS President 3, Vice President 2, Class Play 3, 4: Football 2, 3, 4, Var- sity 3, 4: Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Debate 2, 3, Varsity-4: Speech Contestant 4: Prom Committees 3: Ring Committee 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: NFL Active Member 2, 4: Broadcasting Council Technicians 3, 4. Announcing Staff 4, Sales Committee 3: Atodnem Business Manager, Finance, Copy, 84 Production Staff 4 ELAINE EICHORN Class Play Usher 4: GAA 1: Prom Committee 3: FHA 3. 4: Atodnem Finance 84 Typing 4 TOM FABER Vice President 3, Class Play 4, Ticket Committee 3, 4, Costume Commit- tee 4, Property Committee 3, 4, Stage Committee 3: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Football 1. 2: Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Prom Committees 3: Hi-Light Stalt 4: Broadcasting Coun:iI Announcing Staff 4: Atodnem Finance 4 JAMES FINLEY President 4, Class Play 3: Football 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 2: Band 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4: Glee Club 3, 4: Boys Chorus 3, 4: Octet 3: Vocal Soloist 3, 4: Instrumental Soloist 3, 4: Prcm Committee 33 Ring Committee 3: Homecoming Committee 4: Atodnem Finance, Copy, 8: Production Staff 4 JAMES FITZGERALD D. U. Clllb 4 DICK FITZSIMMONS Vice President 1, Class Play Ticket Committee 3, 4: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Football 1. 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 1, 2, 4, Varsity 4: Prom Committee 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Homecoming King 4: Student Council 4: Broadcasting Council Sales Committee 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4: D. 0. Club 4 GILBERT GLASER Lee Center 2V2 years: Class Play Stage Committee 3: FFA 4: Football 'I, Varsity 4: Track 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4 DEAN GORDON Princeton Twp. High School 1: Band 2, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Atodnem Finance 84 Copy 4: D. O. Club 4 SALLY ANN GORMAN Class Play Usher 4: Make Up 4, Prom Committee 3: Cadets 1, 2: Cheer- leader 4, Varsity 4: Atodnem Finance, Maintenance 81 Typing 4 MARJORIE GOUBEAUX Class Play Usher 3, 4: Band 1: Latin Club 3: Atodnem Finance 4 - LAVERE GRAY President 2, Class Play Stage Committee 4: Basketball 1, 2. 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4, Captain 2, Co-Captain 4: Football 1, 2, 3. 4, Varsity 3, 4, Cap- tain 2, Co-Captain 4: Track 2, 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Homecoming Com- mittee 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4: Student Council 3, 4: D. 0. Club 4 ROBERT HARBOLDT Taft Jr. High School 1, Central High School 2, 3, Oklahoma City, Ok- lahoma: Football 4, Varsity 4: Atodnem Finance 4 DONALD HITCHINS FFA 1, 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4 MARLIN HOELZER FFA 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice President 4: Homecoming Committee 4: Atodnem Finance 4 CAROL HOFFMAN Class Play 4, Stage Committee 4, Make Up 3: Conference Play 4: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4: Band 1. 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Speech Contestant 4: Prom Committee 3: Ring Committee 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Latin Club 3: Atodnem Finance, Production 84 Typing 4: Broadcasting Council Copy Committee Chrm. 3, 4 MAX JAUCH JR. D. 0. Club 4, Vice President 4: Atodnem Finan:e 4 EDWARD JOERGER FFA 1, 2. 3, 4. Wat'h Dog 2: Football 2. 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 2: Prom Committee 3: Homecoming Committee 3: Atodnem Finance 4 BEVERLY JOHNSON Class Play Usher 3, 4, Publicity 84 Program 4: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Base- ball Manager 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 1, 2: Homecoming Committee 3, 4: FHA 2: Atodnem Finance, Service, Maintenance 8: Typing 4 MARY LOU JOHNSON Class Play Usher 3, Ticket Committee 4, Publicity 81 Program 4: GAA 1, 2: Glee Club 2, 3: Homecoming Committee 4: FHA 2, 3, 4, Re- porter 4: Atodnem Finance, Service, Copy 81 Typing 4 MARTHA JEAN JONES Joliet High School 1, 2, 3: Glee Club 4, President 4: Sextet 4: Home- coming Queen 4: Atodnem Finance 4 JOHN KELLER Class Play 4, Property Committee 3, 4: Basketball 1, 4, Varsity 4: Football 2: Team Manager 3: Prom Committees 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Sports Editor 4: Atodnem Finance 64 Copy 4 NANCY KETTLEBOROUGH Class Play 4: GAA 1, 2: Hi-Light Staff 4: Atodnem Finance 4 JESS KING Class Play Property Committee 3, 4, Stage Committee 3, 4: Conference Play 3, 4: Contest Play 2: Team Manager 1: Broadcasting Council An- nouncing Staff 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4 GRETA LARSON Class Play Usher 3, Property Committee 3: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball Manager 4, Freshman Rep. 1: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 3: Prom Com- mittee 3: Ring Committee 3: Homecoming Committee 3, 4: FHA 1, 2, 3. 4, President 3, Secretary 2: Broadcasting Council Traffic Committee 3, 4, Announcing Staff 4: Atodnem Finance, Copy 8: Typing 4 DALE McCONVILLE Class Play Usher 3, Ticket Committee 3, Publicity 81 Program 3, 4: FFA 1, 2, 3, Vice President 3, Reporter 2: Football 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Prom Committee 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Homecoming Committee 2, 3, 4: Student Council 3, 4, Vice President 4: Atodnem Finance 4 ROBERT J. MCCONVILLE Class Play Usher 3: FFA 1, 2, 3, Secretary 3, Watch Dog 3: Football 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Boys Chorus 2. 3, 4: Octet 2, 3, 4: Vocal Soloist 4: Prom Committees 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Atod- nem Finance 4 DON MAHAFFEY FFA 2, 3, 4, Reporter 3: Basketball 1: Band 1: Prom Committees 3: Atodnem Finance 4 DUANE MARCUM Dixon High' School V2 year: Class Play Stage Committee 2: Football 2: Prom Committees 3: Atodnem Finance 4: D. 0. Club 4, President 4 PATRICIA MARTIN Class Play Usher 3, 4, Publicity 81 Program 4: Glee Club 2: Prom Com- mittee 3: Latin Club 3: FHA 1, 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4 NANCY MATHESIUS Class Play 4, Costume Committee 4: GAA 1, 2: Band 2: Glee Club 1: Prom Committee 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Atodnem Finance 4 ROBERT MEALEY Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4 JOANNE MERSHON Rochelle High School 1, 2, 3: Class Play Usher 4: Ticket Committee 4, Publicity 8: Program 4: Atodnem Finance, Typing 8: Maintenance 4 DONNA MOMENY Class Play Property Committee 3: GAA 1, 2: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Glee glub 2, Zi: Latin Club 3: Homecoming Committee 3: FHA 3, 4: Atodnem mance DOROTHY MORRIS Depue High School 1, 2: Class Play Publicity 84 Program 4: Conference Play 4: Atodnem Finance 4 WESLEY MUNSON ill, 2, 3: Football 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4: D. D. u DARLENE OPSAL ' Class Play Usher 3. Ticket Committee 3, Publicity 84 Program 4: GAA 1l, 2: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 1, 2: FHA 1. 2, 3: Atodnem Finance DELPHINE OPSAL Class Play Usher 3, Ticket Committee 4, Publicity 8: Program 4, Make Up 4: GAA 1, 2: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 1, 2: FHA 1, 2, 3: Atod- nem Finance 84 Service 4 KENNETH PILLER Class Play 4. Property Committee 3, 4: Conference Play 4: FFA 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice President 4: Basketball 1, 2: Prom Committee 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Atodnem Finan:e 84 Copy 4 CAROL POI-IL Secretary Treasurer 1: Class Play 3, 4: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4, Treasuier 3: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Glee Club 2: Band Vice President 3: Debate 2, 3, 4, Varsity 4: Speech Contestant 4: Prom Committees 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Latin Club 3: Homecoming Committees 2, 3, 4? Student Council 2, 3, 4, President 4: NFL 2, 3, 4, President 4: Broadcasting Council Sales Committee 3: GAA Track Manager 2: Atodnem Finance 84 Copy 4 CHARLES PRESCOTT Class Play 4, Stage Committee 3: Basketball 1: Cross Country 3: Prom Committees 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Homecoming Committee 3, 4: Broad- casting Council Traffic Committee 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 4 BETTY RAVE D 1 Secretary Treasurer 2: Class Play 3, Student Director 4, Ticket Committees 3, 4, Costume Committee 4, Publicity 8: Program 4: Contest Play -4: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Social Chrm. 3: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Debate 4, Varsity 4: Speech Contestant 4: Prom Committees 3: Hi-Light Staff 4: Latin Club 3: Homecoming Com-mittees 2, 3, 4: NFL 4, Active Member 4: Broadcasting Council Announcing Staff 4, Sales 3, 4: Instrumental En- semble 4: Atodnem Co-Editor, Finance, Production 81 Copy 4 BETTY ROACH Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Atodnem Finance 84 Typing 4 BOB ROACH Track 3, 4, Varsity 3: Cross Country 3: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Instrumental Soloist 3: Atodnem Finance 4: D. D. Club 4 JAMES ROD FFA 1, 2, Vice President 2: Atodnem Finance 4 ARLENE ROHS Class Play 4, Make Up 3: Conference Play 4: Speech Contestant 2, 4: Prom Committees 3: Hi-Light Staff 4, Editor 4: Homecoming Committee 4, Queen 3: FHA 1, 2, 3: Atodnem Finance Se Copy 4 BETTY SHOEMAKER Secretary Treasurer 4: Class Play Usher 4, Costume Committee 3: GAA 1, 2, 3, 4, Individual Sports Manager 3: Glee Club 3: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 2: Homecoming Committee 3: Broadcasting Council Copy Committee 3, 4: Atodnem Finance, Typing 84 Production 4 PATRICK E. SMITH, JR. Homecoming Committee 4: Atodnem Finance 4: D. 0. Club 4 ELAINE V. STEIN Cadets 2: Atodnem Finance 8: Typing 4 LILLIAN SVENDSEN Class Play Usher 4, Ticket Committee 4: Glee Club 3, '4: Sextet 4: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 1: Latin Club 3: Homecoming Queen 2: FHA 2, 3, Secretary 3: Broadcasting Council Copy Committee 3, 45 Atodnem Finance, Maintenance 81 Typing 4 JACK TRUCKENBROD FFA 1, 2, President 2, Vice President 1: Basetball 1: Football 2, 3, Varsity 3: Prom Committee 3: Atodnem Finance 4: D. U. Club 4 CURTISS VAN ETTEN President 1, Class Play 3, 4, Property Committee 4, Stage Committee 3: Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3. 4, Co-Captain 4: Football 1, 2, 3,-4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Hi-Light Staff 4: Broadcasting Council Sales Committee 3: Atodnem Finance 8: Copy 4 MARILEE WAGNER I Class Play 3, Usher 4: GAA 2: Prom Committee 3: Atodnem Finance, Copy, Service 84 Maintenance 4: D. 0. Club 4, Secretary Treasurer 4 MARJORIE JEAN WHITMORE Class Play Usher 4: Atodnem Finance 8: Typing 4 JIM WITTMAN K Chicago Vocational High School 1, 2: Class Play Stage Committee 3: Atodnem Finan:e 4 LOIS WIXOM Class Play Usher 3: GAA 1, 2, 3: Prom Committee 3: Cadets 1, 2: FHA 1, 2: Atodnem Finance 4: D. 0. Club 4 ALAN WOOD LaSalle Peru High School 1: Basketball 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Football 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4: Track 2, 3, 4, Varsity 2, 3, 4: Prom Committee 3: Atodnem Finance 4 DON WORSLEY Vice President 4: Football 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4, Co-Captain 4: Track 1: Prom Committee 3: Atodnem Finance 4: D. 0. Club 4 DOROTHY ZIMMERMAN Class Play Ticket Committee 3, Publicity 8: Program 4: Atodnem Finance 8: Typing 4 O THE BOYS who have chosen farming as their life work voca- tional .agriculture is a mosl' practical and rewarding course - as an examination of lasl year's achievements will show. Keith S+erchi's name was en- graved on a plaque presented by 'l'he DeKalb Agricultural Associa- tion as the oulslanding senior agri- culture student of I948-49. A new name is added to this plaque at the end of each year. The boys spend many hours worlc- ing on their proiecls and many show outstanding results. Gregory Hoch- slatter with I33.6 and Jon Dinges with l33.3 had the highesl' corn yields per acre. Gregory, Jon, and Don Mahalifey led in pork produc- tion. Don and Elman Schwieger had 'lhe besl' dairy proiecls of the year. James Cogdal's sheep proiecl' was the chap+er's best. ln the beef de- partment, Lyle Truclcenbrod cap- lured fhe Grand Champion heifer and steer awards al' Mendota and Ottawa. By the end of the year he had won a watch and nearly SIOO in prize money. V0-A6 n.Qw.4 and .ll.l:Q.U.!A 1. Picnic at lake for FFA and 8th graders. 2. Bruce Dewey's 2 sows and litters. 56 day weight-294 56 day weight-207 3. Donald Mahalfey showing ag boys his herd of 4 Guernseys. 4. Frank Etheridge shown checking his corn project which yielded 108 bu. per acre. 5. Melvin Jackson showing his Holstein heifer at Mazon fair. 6. D. Ehlers and his Shorthorn herd. 7. Picture of Marlin Hoelzer's grass waterway being seeded down. 8. Ag. III class marking ol? contour lines of L. .Ioerger farm. 9. Proiect tour of Jon Dinges' hog proiect. 10. Delbert Didier standing in a field of rape pasture for his spotted Polands. 11. Donald Baird with his 11 pigs that weighed 396 lbs. at 56 days of age. 12. Kenneth Piller and part of his herd of Angus. gg- 5 ww zsssmss mmfmw chvnzm SPEECH ' dim LEVEN ambilious and enlhusi- aslic sludenls were inleresled in speech work. On Feb. ll, lhese conleslanls iourneyed lo DeKalb High School lo compele in lhe Norlh Cenlral Con- lerence Speech Tournamenl. A week belore lhese same sluclenls allendecl a preliminary conlesl al Calumel Cily where Mendola did ilsell proud by laking lop honors in several divisions. Mary Lou Bruckner, Marna Brewbaker, Charlelle Jackson and Arlene Rohs were inleresled in humor- ous readings. Charlelle and Mary Lou were chosen lo go lo DeKalb where lhe girls placed 8lh and 9lh respeclively. Carol Hellman in Blind Failh placed 3rd and Arlene Rohs wilh Sky Fodder won lourlh al De- Kalb in dramalic readings. Joyce Waller also pre- senled compelilion. ln verse reading Beverly Preslon placed eighlh and Beverly Small placed ninlh giving lhe required seleclions. Beverly Preslon in addilion lo preparing her verse reading worked also on an oralion. Bill Ebbinghaus and Marvin Ehlers enlered lhe field ol exlemp speaking lor lheir conlesl work. Bill and Marvin bolh did lhemselves proud by lak- ing lhird and lourlh place posilions respeclively al lhe DeKalb meel. Marilee Emerick proudly relurned lrom DeKalb wilh a lourlh place raling in lhe oralorical declama- lion lield. Marilee was lhe only one lrom Mendola in her division compeling al DeKalb since lhe olher conleslanl, Carol Pohl, was ill. There were lwo original oralors who compeled al DeKalb, Roger Dubois who look sixlh posilion giv- ing Lile, Liberly, Equalily and Jane Vogelsang, a lreshman, who presenled Equalily or Superiorily and placed sevenlh. The sludenls placing highesl in lheir division al DeKalb lhen wenl lo lhe dislricl conlesl which was held al Mendola on Feb. 25. Al lhal lime Char- lelle Jackson, Marilee Emerick, Bill Ebbinghaus, and Beverly Preslon placed lirsl in lheir divisions: Carol Hollman and Roger Dubois won lhird place posi- lions in lheirs. ln lhe seclional conlesl which was held al Ponliac lwo weeks laler Charlelle received lhird place ral- ing, Carol lillh, and Roger ran inlo slill compelilioln and placed lwelllh. Marilee placed second, and Bill oulclassed all lhe resl ol lhe conleslanls in his group, laking lirsl place honors. This gave bolh ol lhese sludenls lhe privilege ol going lo lhe slale final conlesl al Champaign. The play, which had been aulomalically advanced lrom dislricl, placed sixlh among lhe len plays given. THIRD ROW: C. Hoffman, M. Emerick, M. Ehlers, R. DuBois, J. Vogelsang, Eill Ehhinghaus, not pictured SECOND ROW: J. Waller, B. Preston, B. Small, M. Bruckner, C. Pohl, C. Jackson, A. Rohs, not pictured SEATED, Cust of conlesl play, Echo: B. Rave, S. Scherger, D. McConvilIe, J. Coonen, Mr. Pourchof Miss Swanson, C. Hoffman, Miss Breese, M. Ehlers, B. Elabinghnus, N. Cummings, J. Finley, N. Blolch, B. Rave. Not pictured: B. Shoe- maker, M. Bruck. jim A ODNEM T IS oflen said +hal' cooperaiion is ihe keynoie of success, and ihe compleiion of +his annual proves ii, for il' is ieam- work ihal has produced i'I' from lhe siarl. Wiihoui' ihe wholehearied coopera- lion of 'rhe various commiiiees, ihe ad- visors, and +he eniire senior class our Aiod- nem would noi' have been possible. The nerve cen+er of lhe yearbook was ihe produclion siaiif, which was made up of 'ihe class officers, +he produciion manager, lhe ediiors, lhe fyping chairman, and 'rheir respeciive assisianis. This group mei' daily under ihe direciion of Miss Breese, and, as ihe various deadlines drew near, oiien worked uniil lale al nighi. Working io- geiher, lhe siaiif planned lhe general iheme and layoul of +he Aioclnem. They mei wiih phoiographers, binders, en- duchfo Il gravers, and prinlers. They made assign- menfs 'fo lhe oiher commiH'ees and cor- relaled all malerial as ii came in. They individually accepied responsibilily 'for specific iasks and cooperalively helped each oiher meef fhe deadlines on ihese. The innumerable business delails con- necied wilh ihe Aiodnem were 'raken care of by 'rhe produciion manager, Marvin Ehlers, and 'rhe assisianis, Bill Ebbinghaus and Jim Finley. Their specialized work in- cluded such iasks as managing deiails con- necied wiih 'lhe group phoiography, acl- ing as phoiographer's assisianis, budgeling expenses, signing conlracis, and making dummies and layoui' sheels. They handled all Aiodnem sales and look charge of 'l'he clisiribuiion of all copies. The edilors, Nancy Blolch and Belly Keller, lealure wriler Curl Van Ellen, and ATODNEM COPY STAFF THIRD ROW: B. Ebhinghaus, D. Gordon, M. Ehlers, J. Coonen, C. Van Etten, J. Finley SECOND ROW: M. Wagner, C. Pohl A. Rohs, K. Piller, E. Eunnell, G. Larson, M. Johns SEATED: B. Brown, Miss Breese N Blotch, B. Rave, J. Keller, M. Bruck ATODNEM TYPING STAFF THIRD ROW: B. Johnson, J. Mershon, D. Zimmerman, L. Botts, M. Johns SECOND ROW: M. Whitmore, L. Svendsen, J. Dunn, E. Eichorn, B. Roo h S. G mu SEATED: G. Larson, M. Bruck, Miss Swanson, C. Hoffman, E. Stein M0114 Rave, underlook lhe lask ol making assign- menls lo members ol lhe copy commillee and lhen checking and revising all malerial lo lil space and layoul. Assisled by lhe olher slall members, lhey planned layouls and prepared piclures lor lhe engraversg lhey read prool and pasled lhe dummy. Nancy Cummings, cul chairman, worked wilh lhem and had charge ol preparing en- graver's dummies and keeping records ol all culs. She was assisled by Belly Shoe- maker, who also did arl work lor lhe annual. The copy commillee galhered inlorma- lion and slalislics and wrole lhe arlicles lor lhe yearbook. Wilhoul lhe help ol lhese seniors lhe iob ol lhe edilors would have been insurmounlable. The slall pays special recognilion lo sporls edilor John lo Mary Jane Bruck, Belly Brown, and Carol Pohl who idenlilied all sludenls in lhe piclures. Mary Jane had charge ol senior slalislics-a major lask in ilsell. The lyping commillee was under lhe chairmanship ol Carol Hollman. Few people realize lhe hours ol work required in lyping, re-lyping, checking, and re- checking lhe vasl quanlilies ol malerial in- volved. Accuracy is imporlanl and per- leclion was lhe goal ol lhis hard-working commillee. In order lo underlake somelhing ol so greal a scope as lhis book, we had lo have ample linancial backing. This was pro- vided by lhe loyal ellorls ol lhe linance commillee composed ol lhe enlire senior class and ils advisors. This commillee was supervised by Jim Finley, senior presidenl, Udhlhd IMP 9 SERVICE COMMITTEE STANDING. D. Cpsal, C. Amfahr, M. Bruck, Chrm. SEATED: E. Bunnell, M. Wagner, B. Brown, M. Johnson, B. Johnson MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE J. Mershon, B J hnson, S. Gorman, E. Bunnell, l S d B. Brown, M Wagner, Ch not pictured assisfed by Don Worsley, vice-presidenf. The iob of paying fhe bills and 'raking care of all senior funds fell fo Beffy Shoemaker, secrefary-freasurer, who performed her dufies under fhe wafchful eye of Miss Swanson. Working as an infegral parf of fhe finance commiffee were fhe service and mainfenance commiffees. The service com- miffee had fhe imporfanf iob of seeing fhaf 'rhere were workers af fhe sfand on all oc- casions and had fo see fhaf fhe work was divided evenly. No one worked harder af fhe games fhan some of fhe members of fhe commiffee fhemselves. The mainfe- nance commiffee had fhe unenviable buf very necessary dufy of faking care of fhe equipmenf and seeing fhaf if was always clean and ready for use. WE ALL GET INTO THE ACT 1Q KE? Q 5-Sify Y I 2 I-ll-UGHT laid Achnnl nzwn gon 25 J Keller, Sports Editor: Mrs. Doenier, Advisor: A. Rolls, Editor: N Blotch, Assistant Editor ES, I950 marks fhe 25+h year of fhe Men- dofa Hi-Lighf. Since ifs beginning in l925, high school sfudenfs have wriffen aboul' fhemselves and fheir school acfivifies fo gain beffer under- sfanding and co-operafion among school, parenfs, and fhe communify. The journalism class supplies maferial fo fhe Reporfer, which publishes if as a parf of fhe weekly paper. Our experiences as fledgling journal- isfs will never be forgoffen. Flashback: Our firsf issue - we fhoughf we'd never make if ..... fhe pafienf guidance of Mrs. Doenier ..... Dale's inimifable verse ..... fhe day Tom sfarfled us wifh a flash picfure ..... foo much news, somefhing will have fo be cuf ..... nof enough news, didn'f anyfhing else hap- pen? ..... Arlene's swell iob as edifor ..... our bubbling enfhusiasm, precipifafing fhe words we heard mosf offen, Can'f you be quief for one minufe? ..... Nancy Keffleborough's laugh ..... fhe sfandard quesfion, Whaf's in fhe dirf column? ..... our field frips ..... Bones' familiar cry, How can l do if? l haven'f gof any sfudy halls .... . deadlines ..... 30. TOP1OW: D. Fitzsimmons, D. McConviIle, C H Hman, D G d C Prescott, N. Cummings, J. Sh yf I THIRD ROW: B. Brown, K. Piller, W. Engelb h J Keller, T F b C Van Etten, B. 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'bas be '56 ffhl 37 'S Duke gem 9 Menhgt 9 N16 mm, YQHY nm 5313113 ei Crf 5 1,eW1B,-VS Who ans this YB-fit' M3559 E, kits' ' cuniffl in is :fOr f th vcaii on Wefed to Q hvfi fr 225 Caifgiggan ?-292 DURING the semester of iournalism the Hi-Light was 5 m:n,b0I-Zfeywho ilff,lf.if3d2ir Ningag? A ..,,., .-lffffgggilngne iigoufsxgnfd written in class. Every three weeks a temporary V gb Sgremfaufiffigagglllvws: i,12fgi ent -'-' Aflsgmesius D editor and assistant were chosen by the class. These 311125 Entegfallvllg? Ml Wgglggflf P35153 .,..,, ijjlil 3 editors handed out different assignments each week. 91,23 Fxgilggz 195 7,6 'HSL Laul Van. eVhKQQ5prig5gQ ii Jan, wh, In December permanent editors were elected who 'ap- nm, 1gllft,gaaf?,i11e,ge,,6-ga gbylenzywfsrcg Maxi- im y5?K 3 pointed the permanent staff. From then on, the HI-Light ,weifd Sflqaygqpg 5506032 82 0 arsllggeerg 509m lard! Odeo ellef li became an extra-curricular activity. Wd The Q'c9z,i7Q 70'i ?Q'Q 10' 6,5 Q4 'W WS? 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Sports Editor . . Gremlin Gab . . B.O. Blues . . . . . Boys Locker . . Forecast . . . Hi Notes ....... Varsity Games . . Frosh-Soph Games Humor Column . . rdrkim' Path .... Kanteen Kolumn . Alumni News . . FOUNDED 1925 . . . Arlene Rohs NancyBlotch John Keller . . . . . . . . . . Betty Rave, Betty Brown Nancy Mathesius, Nancy Cummings LaVere Gray, Bob McConville Tom Faber . Carol Pohl, Carol Holiman John Keller Jess King, . . Jack Shanyfelt . . ..... Curt Van Etten, . . . . . . . . . . Dale McConville . . . Ken Piller, Marlin Hoelzer ... . . . . . . . Marvin Ehlers, . . . . . . . Elsie Bunnell . . . . . . .Delbert Didier, . . . Nancy Kettleborough W.b ,,,,g-21,9 10,3 ent WU fgmm fo 455 'fb dfwf? is ?Y?'?5'f-,QW il fc., Hive 81, 'f' wg .sql 'Q fi'ff'f'Qf Q59 'fx1efel'lo0Q Q5 '96 -G I mfg 191 fwfw. Qffsf- be 0s?l1,g'Pf,'9 'left on is mf Llqge 'ft 'ZQJVDQ 645 5-7'1b0I12? Q Shu A eve gf' Qi! ,fee age 23,123 Of alfa selgpa, Iyfbtyl yaffgst ip. O 64,5 WF 911539 IE :Geek co 02Ng? 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Magi' aslsmuzylfqk 5215? nllqileia sep-53 iff' f xxffff Phgfggsmllon i1?o5z3fgG1Eniitff1ZfaQ'fge5?'W?eQl' lag? 5335 90355 ?l11,,f,,w N f '?1-C 24 fi? im Q ' f A f lfwffw Sw mefrimilpfesfdwt mm Piiiefivaaf ?i0Hf'W win 4. se-is 13 fe Wi JY' 69 ' ' fe Wmffifflll- ' afdefiiiied 01899 B: , 'hffmp ae Wwe? Wascie ' conffuegedz ,Q 'H H 01' S521 B beef Aff: 5 Yee, get S , Dee. X3-funn, 5 -2 f' ' , 1- , Ya ask A Gwen - 2' -6 Q r V , iii Wrla. at misfit. Silicate fglxfvlininwftgssflffmlgxiif21?sm,4fful?eldlF0QzZig59L3,8aIesn1lf1f1 iieeiethzlf .mmf '51, MES 11131 5? gilj' mari ,ffm CAST OI' CHARACTERS TICKET, PROGRAM 84 PUBLICITY SECOND ROW: Miss Breese, Miss Swanson, Miss Brown D. Opsal, E. Bunnell, L. Svendsen, C. Amfahr FIRST ROW: B. Johnson, B. Rave, B. Brown, D. Mc- Conville, J. Mershon, M. Johnson, P. Martin MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS JS Y- ,X -9. -avg .. X wnggm Mr. Smith .. Mrs. Smith .. Rose ..... Esther . . . Agnes . . Tootie . . . . . Lon ............ Grandpa Prophater Katie ............ Mrs. Waughop . . Ida Boothby . . . Fred Gregory . . John Shephard . . Lucille Pentard . . Mr. Dodge .. Mr. Duffy . . . Conductor . . . . . Marvin Ehlers . . Nancy Cummings . . . . .. Carol Pohl . Carol Hoffman . Jeannine Dunn . . . Arlene Rohs . . . . . John Keller . . . Charles Prescott . . . Nancy Mathesius Nancy Kettleborough . . . Mary Jane Bruck . . Curtiss Van Etten .. . . . Tom Faber . . Nancy Blotch . . Jerry Coonen .. Kenneth Piller . . Roger DuBois MAKE STANDING: Mrs. Doenier, Gorman, J. Dunn SEATED: C. Hoffman, K. Piller, N. Keltleborough UP B. Brown, D. Opsal, S. STAGE CREW Mr. Gehler, L. Gray, J. King, J. Keller, B. Buck, C. Hoffman, M. Bruck, J. Shanyfelt, Mr. Wedemeyer COSTUMES N. Cummings, B. Rave, N, Blotch SEXTET L. Svendsen, S. Yost, C. Jackson, C. Truckenhrod, M. Jones, J. Sonntag USHERS C. Amfahr, S. Gorman, P. Martin, B. Shoemaker, B. Johnson, L. Svendsen, M. Wagner, J. Mershon, M. Whitmore, L. Botts, M. Goubeaux DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANTS J K' g Stage Manager, B B Il P mpterf Mr. P h D B R S d D ot, irectori i ctor T WILL BE A long time before fhe casf and sfage crew of Meet Me In Sf. Louis forget fheir play and the fun they had presenting if. The practices somefimes extended far info the nighf - af least the nights when the cast didn'f know fheir lines. Though long, the rehearsals were never dull ..... Mr. Pourchof's iuggling of fhree apples while eafing one of fhem ..... Liz and Curf's BaH'le of fhe Sprayer ..... Roger DuBois' flashy rhymes and iokes ..... the rides fhe long way home ..... the visif fo Mrs. Doenier on halloween ..... all fhese and more helped fo make the fime fly. Play committees really had fo funcfion. The cosfume commiffee had Mendota go- ing fhru affics and closefs fo find clofhes worn af the furn of the cenfury ..... sighs of delighf greefed the firsf acf curtain MMEET ST. MIDUJHSW is both title and byword as the seniors issue invitations to their production of this popular and colorful costume play. when a+ opened on the hemaen looking ee-+ ever seen - eeme people even eeaei fhey'd like fo live in if. What will be remembered abouf Meef Me In Sf. Louis ? ..... the anfique clock fhaf sfarfed chiming seven when if said five-fhirfy? ..... Ken Piller's fwifching mustache? ..... Nancy Ke'H'leborough's violenf acfions? ..... Arlene Rohs' affack on Jerry's leg? ..... Who knows? Buf somefhing will be remembered abouf fhe play, the seniors hope, by everyone of the capacity crowd who saw if. SENIOR PLAY CAST STANDING: N. Mathesius, M. Bruck, J. Keller, C. Hoffman, C. Van Erten, C. Prescott, J. Dunn, C. Pohl, T. Faber, M. Ehlers, A. Rohs, N. Cummings, K. Filler, R. DuBois. SEATED: J. Coonen, N. Blolch '23 and dgailayla Jw: The Band's moH'o ihis year mighi well have been +he show musi go on since rehearsals coniinued in spiie of ihe 'irequeni change of direciors. Mr. W. C. Pierce led ihe band ihrough ihe fooiball season and all of ihe 'Fall aciiviiies. Mr. Ross Harringion received a double load afier Mr. Pierce's resignaiion, since he served as direcior of boih BARITONES D. Preston J. Finley J. Rave J. Wilhelm CORNETS M. Jackson C' Amfuh' B. Roach B. Wilhelm D. L. Rider G. Polifsch BASSES J. McCormick B. Dewey V. Drees ALTO CLARINET C. Cofton L. Schlesinger BASSOON N. Cotton CLARINETS D. Kofoed J. Sonnfag S. Yost BATON TWIRLERS D. Momeny J. Gray N. Kaufman A. Truckenbrod C. Loclch CLARINETS D. R. Schlesinger E. Jewell A. Truckenbrod D. McLaughlin D. Olson D. Gordon CLARINETS B. Roach M. Harvey T. Auchsteiter M. Larubee B. Patrick B. Durham CORNETS 31 ' BA ND nw: rw Jute, in . . . band and chorus. Reiurning from Chrisimas vacaiion, 'I'he band mem- bers were greeieci by Mr. Earnesf Schlick, who was +o lead 'rhem 'rhrough ihe second semes+er's work. The iobs of performing a+ baskerball games, confesi work, and concerfs were capably handled by Mr. Schlick. ALTO SAX N. Lucas C. Roehm R. Younglove FRENCH HORNS D. Jordan C. Hoffman N. Blofch M. Ebbinghuus B. Schwingle TENOR SAX FLUTES O. Spenader C' Pohl N. Cummings o. ohm-ser 5' R d 'e. B. Rave B. McConvlIIe J. Vogelsang M. Bruckner G. Larson BA55 CLARINET momsouss J. Son'-'fag E. Sollnf B. presmn .L Sibigtroth J. Truckenbrod J. Coonen R. Childers P. Heininger Hagerman DRUMS Qpnxicggler Smith Mosher Wolfe Killion Cummings Oberholz McLaughlin Ehlers Mofhesius Truckenbrod Childers Zimmerlein l.uShonse J. Waller da nfmf tim .amz lmalw BOYS QUARTET J. Finley, J. Klein, R. Elsesser, B. McConviIIe WOODWIND CONTESTANTS SECOND ROW: M. Bruckner, L. Schlesinger, N. Cummings, G. Larson, B. Rave, J. Vogelsung, J. Sonnlug FIRST ROW: E. Sollitf, J. Sonntug, S. Yosf, R. Younglove, D. Jordan, J. Truckenbrod, J. Waller BRASS CON'lESTANTS SECOND ROW: C. Smith, C. Amfahr, J. McCormick, D. Rider, B. Roach, B. Wilhelm, E. Polilsch, V. Drees FIRST ROW: B. Preston, J. Coonen, D. Preston, J. Finley, J. Rave, R. Childers, P. Heininger I I I WMM, 'WZu,4ic, 'll INSTRUMENTAL On March 25 the solos and ensem- bles met at La Salle Peru High School tor the district music contest. TROMBONE TRIO FIRST DIVISION IST FLUTE TRIO Nancy Cummings Betty Rave Greta Larson 2ND FLUTE TRIO Jane Vogelsang Mary Lou Bruckner Joan Sonntag IST TRUMPET TRIO Carol Amfahr Dora Lee Rider Kenny Killion Beverly Preston Patti Heininger Jerry Coonen BARITONE TRIO Delores Preston James Finley James Rave SAXOPHONE QUARTET Nancy Lucas Carol Roehm Carol Pohl Shirley Radtke BASS CLARINET Evelyn Sollitt BARITONE SOLO Delores Preston James Finley OBOE SOLO Joyce Waller SECOND DIVISION 2ND TRUMPET TRIO Eugene Politsch Bruce Wilhelm James McCormick TRUMPET SOLO Carol Amfahr TROMBONE SOLO Beverly Preston BATON TWIRLERS A. Truckenbrod, J. Gray VOCAL The vocal solos and ensembles went to contest with the instrumentalists and, also did a tine job. The tirst division winners trom both groups then went to the state music contest at Taylorville on April 28. FIRST DIVISION IST SOPRANO Beverly Preston SECOND GIRLS' SEXTET Joyce Waller Sue Yost Charlette Jackson Carole Truckenbrocl Martha Jones Janis Sonntag 2ND SOPRANO Joyce Waller Carol Roehm DIVISION BOYS' QUARTET Robert McConville Richard Elsesser John Klein James Finley BOYS' HIGH VOICE James Finley IST SOPRANO Joan Klein THIRD DIVISION THIRD DIVISION PIANO SOLO BOYS' MEDIUM VOICE Virginia Drees Robert McConville WINNERS AT STATE FIRST DIVISION: saxophone quartet: oboe solo Iwallerlp SECOND DIVISION: Ist flute, Ist trumpet, trombone, and baritone solo lPreston, Finleyj baritone triosp bass clarinet THIRD DIVISION: 2nd flute trio: Ist soprano lPrestonI Salma! mda wdh 3' CLASS DA Y P I-'INAI GRA DES' P GRA DUA T ION P SIGNING A TODNEMS' N 1