Morris Community High School - Chief Yearbook (Morris, IL)

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1945 ' qddfd and ' ' Gone is our freshman inferiority complex, gone is our sophomore sophistication. We have cast aside our junior over-confidence to enter into our senior year, an older and far wiser group fwe hopej. And as the time draws near for us to don our quaint, monklike outfits and gOOSCStCp up the aisle to the strains of the processional graduation march, we feel as a canary must feel when the door of his cage is opened. He is eager to get out, yet a little frightened at what he may find in that realm of so-called freedom. Sometimes we have felt that MHS was a cage, hampering our fun, hut now We look upon it as a protecting structure, and often in the time to come, We will realize the happiest days of our life were spent there-the theatre of many happy events and incidents. Time marches on. Ushers were teachers of 1939, as Kasik, Benoit, Whiteside, Bickenhack, Town- send, Iim Myers, Turner, Lamal and of course Mr. Newsom. Page TI4f'l'Il'C

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Um? I I I Student Council forms the nucleus of all other student organizations. The group consists of representatives from the home room, class presi- dents, the student body president, and a sponsor. This year Selma Berge was president, Iim Mc- Elvain vice-president, and Gloria Allan secretary- treasurer, Miss Francis served as sponsor. Among other things the Council was responsi- ble for appointing cloak room guards and hall monitors to direct traffic. They supervised numer- ous activities varying from passing the waste basket at the end of each study hall to selling and deliver- ing over 315,000 worth of War Bonds and Stamps at the bond show. The Council also has charge of the assembly programs and bulletin boards. Under the leadership of Mr. Starke, the Council spon- sored a Go-to-Church campaign among the stu- dents to encourage church attendance. JOHN LARSEN, PageEleuen KA,.. M-.- I

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Harold Nelson Ioyce Olsen Tom Carey General F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Watchdog 2 Annual Staff 4 Boy's Chorus 3 Mixed Chorus 3 September 27 Fran Bednarik General Commer- cial Pep Club 2, 3, 4 G. A. A. 2, 3, 4 Alpha Alpha Gam- ma 2, 3, 4 Em-Hi Staff 4 Girl's Chorus 3 August 12 General Pep Club 1, 2, 3 Em-Hi Staff 4 General Em-Hi Staff 4 Annual Staff 4 Girl's Chorus 1, 2, Cheerleader l 3 Class Officer 2 Hobby Club 2 March 19 Iuly 30 Iack Brady Maxine Williams General General M Club 1, 2, 3, Alpha Alpha Gam- 4 Annual Star? 4 Football 1, 2 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball 1 February 27 ma 3, 4 February 10 Barb and Barb certainly deserve a lot of credit for the splendid work they have done. We know that the underclassmen will miss them. General Em-Hi Staff 4 Girl's Chorus 3 April 4 Bill Frey General M Club 2, 3, Dramatic 3 Class Officer 1 Student Council l Football 3, 4 Baseball l, 2, 3, March I2 Marilyn Miller Secertaiial Com- mercial Pep Club 1, 2, 3, G. A. A. l Iune 1 Marcella Terry Commercial G. A. A. 1 Gloria Allan William Butterfield Gladys Iohnson College Preparatory General Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4 F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 G. A. A. 1, 4 Vice-President 4 Alpha Alpha Gam- August 4 ma 3 Science Club 4 Sec.-Treas. 4 Library Club 3, 4 Debordrex 1, 2, 3, 4 Sec.-Treas. 2, 3 Debate Team 3 Class Officer 3, 4 Student Council 4 Em-Hi Staff 4 Girl's Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Band l, 2, 3, 4 Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4 Music Contest 2, 3 February 13 Gordon Vaksdal Audrey Enger General Secretarial Com- F. F. A. 3 mercial Iuly ll Pep Clulv 1, 2, 3, 4 Em-Hi Staff 4 September 8 Marjorie De Iohn Milton Jacobson General General Pep Club 1, 2, 3, 4 F. F. A. 1, 2 G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 April 14 Alpha Alpha Gam- ma 3 Girl's Chorus 3 French Club 3 Pan American Club 4 August l Betty Harrington Robert Lyon General General G. A. A. 1, 2 May 28 May 19 Iuly 2 Little did we dream when we entered, that four years later we would be enveloped in a global war and that many of our teachers and classmates would have joined armed forces, as Mr. Hunt, Mr. Piehn, Lester Dance, Iim Davidson, Lovel Liles, Dick Shields, and Moose Schiable. The war has taken not only these people from us, but it has taken also our dearly beloved gum. Yes, gum is so scarce that certain seniors scrape it off the underside of desks. It tastes almost as good as new, they say. And just look at what gas rationing has done! Fewer cars parked at the MHS curb and much less joy-riding up and down Liberty Street. The young fry are even finding enjoy- ment in home-town amusements instead of seeking them some sixty miles away, while their mothers lic awake and hope they don't get into a highway collision. 4 4 4 Page Thirteen