Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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NJ in BACK ROW: J. Mau. C. Beardsley. B. Masters. T. Johnson, K. Truckenbrod. P. Yenerich. J. Owens. G. Bader. S. Carlson: MIDDLE ROW: M. Campbell. M. Guilfoyle. D. lnness. J. Didier. K. Hampson. M. Hendrick. P. Biers, A. Kuehl: FRONT ROW: Miss Moore, S. Cole, A. Althaus, K. Schofield. P. Mackin. M. Hinkle. Mr. Murdock Student cnuucw Plans Activities for fhe Sl'ude:n'r Body: Places Emphasis on Sfuclenl' Elections The function of the Student Council is to pro- mote the best interests of the school and create the opportunity for student leadership and service in school activities. As a group it offers excellent opportunities for bettering student relationship with faculty and the community. The members of the Student Council are elected by a student election where all the mem- bers of the class vote for the persons they want to represent their class. Among the many activities of the Student Council this year was the Homecoming Dance held on October l7. The Northbrook gym was used because the MHS gymnasium was not yet ready for use. The gymnasium was decorated with goal posts and football players in conjunc- tion with the theme lt's All in the Game. Caro- line Musick and Larry Davis were chosen as Homecoming king and queen. The attendants were as follows: seniors, Helen Rollins and Jerry Elliott g juniors, Patti Biers and Chuck Frey, sophomores, Peg Leamy and Duane Stremlaug freshmen, Barbara Rider and Jack 'Phalen. Another activity of this year's Student Council was the sponsorship of the annual Freshman Orientation Day to provide new students with all the information and advice that they needed to become better acquainted with MHS. Money making projects were the Homecoming Dance, selling shakers and pins at Homecoming time, and a coat check at the games. This year's Student Council officers were Robert Masters, president: James Owens, vice- president, Margaret Hendrick, secretary-treasur- erg and Kent Truckenbrod, parliamentarian. They were an extremely capable group and under the direction of the advisors, Mr. Murdock and Miss Moore, did an exceptionally fine job of goveming the MHS student body.

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SCHEDULE We 7 St. Bede 0 Ottawa I3 Geneseo l-1 Rochelle I4 Princeton 7 Rock Falls 14 Hall 19 Sterling Russcll Dinges snags a pass by his finger- tips in the game with Geneseo. Tom Truck- enbrod runs inter- ference. They I9 12 , 0 27 0 26 39 0 TOP ROW: J. Elliott, T. Dickey. J. Owens, R. Saylor. R. Dinges: 4TH ROW Coach Joe Rollins, N. Miller, B. Taylor, K. Truckenbrod, B. Merritt: CENTER ROW: T. Munson, J. Bradshaw, V. Larson: ZND ROW: D. Rich. T. Potter J Hessenberger. L. Davis. T. Truckenbrodg BOTTOM ROW: R. Schmidt. J. Thorne B. Moss, E. Sheridan, D. Gallagher lull ' The T ' ln Our Spiril' On Saturday, August 23rd, the varsity football squad received their physicals and preliminary information at 8:30 a.m. On Monday, August 25th. 53 boys received their equipment at 9:00 a.m. and were ready to go that afternoon. Due to the slowness in preparing the new locker rooms. the boys had to dress on the stage at Northbrook for nearly the entire season. There are other incidents which only the boys themselves will remember-mixed up clothes and showers that were built for a few, under six foot, gradeschool students. Despite these difficulties, the team practiced hard among them- selves with the first team playing the second eleven and the third playing the fourth. The only difficulty for the coach this year was keeping the teams apart for they were all closely matched, and they all had the spirit to hght. Coach Lewis and Coach Joe Rollins hope that with the experience the juniors have gained and with the spirited sophomores coming up that they will have a more successful season next year. We hope they will. Though we haven't mentioned everyone on the team in this limited space, we know that it just isn't the starting eleven that make a team: but it is the substitutes and the depth on the bench that make a real strong team. This isn't the best year Mendota has ever had, but we are sure the boys played good clean football games and also that they learned sportsmanship which will follow them always. Mendota, usually resting easily in the upper berths of the southwest division of the NClC. found itself in the fourth place position this year. This was due largely to the opponents' fast running backs such as Mavity, Apple, Ramirez and Hetzel and also to some inopportune fumbles. Plc ax 12? Good Material