New Athens High School - Vespa Yearbook (New Athens, IL)

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Our B xird of Education is constantly bring ing better policies into the minds of the stu dents of NACHS and encouraging high stan dards for us to follow. As the administrative council, the Board sets the course while Mr. Bain I lunsaker, superin ten dent, administers these policies. The administration and the Board have overcome the ever-rising obstacles during the tide of our school years to give each and every student the opportunity for a complete and valuable educational experience. Emphasizing the importance of a well-informed student body, Mr. Bain Hunsaker addresses the students on current changes ond events of a day's schedule over the intercom. Pilot and navigators of our school chart our course. Flooded with the work of determining policies for NACHS ore Board members Bain Hunsaker, Allen Schlesinger, secretary; Levi Seibert, August Schulz, Clyde Erb, Henry Spalt, and George H. Wirth, president. Not pictured, Clinton Beadle. 7

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Mr. Don Sexton To show our appreciation for vour capable guidance and outstanding leadership, we the students of NACHS, dedicate our 1957 Vespa to you, Mr. Don Sexton. Many of us arc grateful for your musical instruction. In addition, with your untiring patience and your pleasing personality you have given us, the student body, a great deal of inspiration throughout the years of our friendship. For this we say, “Thank you!” b

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The students of NACHS were honored by the ' presence'' of the noted Sir Robin when the 8th hour freshmen English class presented Sir Robin of Locksley . . . Due to a shortage of girls, long blond curls covered Mike Goodall's crew cut as he portrayed Herbie's sister in Herbie's First Dote . . . Sophomore English is really fun with spelling bees to climax our weekly spelling assignments . . . Members of the senior English class anticipate how gay the room will look after their posters on Canterbury Tales are hung . . . Hunting ads for one of their assignments on forceful and persuasive advertising are members of the 3rd hour English class . . . Is this right, Eugene? asks Mrs. Gladys Stookey during a grammar review in the 7th hour junior English class. Is English really important? Just as water is necessary for life, English is essential to understand each other. To attain this understanding we must acquaint ourselves with the many words in our language, their meanings, and most effective use. Linder the efficient and skillful direction of Mrs. Gladys Stookey, we begin to master English and express our ideas and thoughts in a lucid, proper, and meaningful form. Some of the latent talents of our students were revealed in the projects of the English classes. Dave Kammler was chosen to represent NACI IS in the “1 Speak for Democracy contest, I larold VViegand won everyone's approval with his tall tale, and there were some excellent sketches of characters from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales strung across the blackboards. At an assembly during National Education Week the freshmen presented two plays, Sir Robin of Locksley and Herbie's first Date. 8