Sherrard High School - Ivy Tower Yearbook (Sherrard, IL)

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19: We all had an unexpected vacation for two days because of a snow storm. Despite the snow, our Varsity went on to another victory—Joy 40, Sherrard 48. We all hated to see the Jr. Varsity lose. 22: We again kept the ear of com by defeating AlWood. The Jr. Varsity team also gained their little ear of com. 25: Good ole Paul came out today to take some more pictures for the annual. 27: Off to another tournament. This time to the Aledo Invitational. We won over Little York, 54-31. 29: We met AlWood again, but they fell to their third defeat before us, 60-50. 30: We played Aledo for the championship tonight, but even though we lost, the fellas played a great game. FEBRUARY 2: The Varsity kept their ear of corn by winning over Cambridge 48- 43. The Junior Varsity lost their ear of com. 5: The Junior Varsity lost another game, this time to Atkinson. The Varsity won theirs. 9: The Varsity won another game--guess there is no stopping our players once they get started. The Junior Varsity lost again— Rockridge 38, Sherrard 34. 11: Lovely, deep snow and no school! The Sweetheart Dance was also cancelled until the 18th of February. 12: Lincoln’s birthday and a welcome vacation. The holiday must have been too much for the Varsity because they lost their game with Winola 76-59. The Junior Varsity brought home a victory! 13: The Varsity won an exciting game with Riverdale 53-51. 15: Sherrard High had a good representation at the F.T. A. district meeting at Silvis. We sang the F.T. A. song twice for Miss Slusher. 16: The Varsity did it again--they won over Orion. Keep up the good playing. 17: The Chemistry Club had a lot of fun at their party! Who was that character with all the hats? 18: An assembly program was held today. Some of our students have real ability in jumping! Elaine and Larry were crowned king and queen of the Sweetheart Dance tonight, and then we all danced to the music of Frank Black and his Ambassadors. 19: The Varsity beat AlWood 55-35. This game won back our ear of com and clinched the Combelt for us. 23: The day all the Juniors have been waiting for—the class rings arrived! I suppose some of the owners won’t keep theirs very longl!!! The Varsity won their game with R.M. A. 58-27. 25: Snow again, and we got to go home at the end of fifth period. No one complained! 26: Another day off—the teachers went to Institute! 27: Some of our band members represented our school at the district music contest at East Moline. MARCH 1: Tonight is the first night in the Regional Tourney for Sherrard and we won over Rockridge 61-44. 3: We played Winola tonight in our second round of the tournament and won 69-62. Keep up the winning streak for tomorrow night when we play AlWood for the championship. 4: WE WON! WE WON! WE WON THE REGIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT!!! We won over AlWood in a thrilling three minute overtime 46-42. Congratulations to our wonderful play- ers! 7: We came back to school after a very hectic week of six weeks tests and after winning that very exciting game with AlWood. 9: We missed another day of school because of snow. 10: The big night for Sherrard! We played Galesburg in the tourna- ment. The Juniors took the Constitution test this morning. 11: The girls brought their favorite dates tonight—their dads--to Daddy-Date Night, sponsored by F.H.A. The final annual ship- ment was completed today. Were we busy! 15: Another Faculty meeting, and school was dismissed at 1:32. •2: All the many weeks of practicing and learning the lines paid off, because the H.S. Chorus Concert was a huge success. 13: The Future Farmers Banquet was held tonight—Fun and Food for All. 15: We all had fun at the Sophomore party tonight. APRIL 1: Lot of students fell for the April Fool's Day pranks!! 2: Seniors had their party tonight. Due to bad roads and weather, we did not have a large crowd for Mark Stevens. -8: Everyone is studying for the fifth six weeks tests and looking for- ward to the final six weeks. 15: Another vacation—this time it’s Good Friday. All are gening their Easter clothes and bonnets ready for Sunday. 18: No vacation today, because we had to make up one of the many days of vacation we had during the snowstorms this winter. 19: School was dismissed at 1:32 because of another Faculty meeting. 21: The Juniors are putting the finishing touches on their play — only one more day!! 22: The Juniors all knew their lines well, and their play, Big Hearted Herbert, directed by Mrs. Johnson, was a huge success. 25: It was hard to get up an hour earlier than usual because of Day- light Savings Time. 27: The Frosh-Soph went to Cambridge for their Cornbelt Track Meet. MAY St JUNE 3: The Cornbelt Track Meet for the Varsity was held today. The Home Economics girls showed some of the styles for the com- ing summer at the F.H. A. Style Show held at 2:30 in the school gym. 4: The band held their spring concert tonight, and the music was very pretty. 5: ' The Juniors are busily planning for the Junior-Senior Prom. 10: The chorus members practiced all day long at Cambridge for the annual Combelt Chorus Festival. It was very Inspiring to hear all the voices at once. 17: The Band Festival held tonight was enjoyed by all. 31-1: The students are happy to study for the last six weeks tests. Hope everyone passes!! The High School Baccalaureate Service was a very sacred and impressive one for the Seniors. Today is the last day of school; and for the seniors, it means going out into the world on their own with the knowledge they have gained at SHERRARD HIGH SCHOOL! Recorded by Elaine Johnson, Rose Mary Klingebiel, Carol Welsh, Nina Rhodenbaugh.

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SCHOOL DAYS 26: 27: 28: 29: 4: 7: 10: 15: 17: 18: 22: 24: 25: 28: 2: 3: 5: 5-8: 9: 10: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 19: 20: 19-23: 21: 22: 23: 24: AUGUST 26: Today Sherrard High School was opened for the 1959-60 term. Some Freshmen and Juniors greeted it with smiles; but for the most part, the school was greeted with: Why does there have to be school? Golly, summer just started! Can you imagine studying again? and so on. The seniors arrived today to take their post as Almighty Seniors, 27: and the Sophomores came with them. School has really begun in earnest now. We met all the new teachers. After receiving assignments, we realized it was time to buckle down. 28: To beat the heat, classes were shortened and school was dismissed 29: at 1:00. SEPTEMBER 30: This was an all important day in the life of the freshmen. They were initiated into Sherrard High. We had a lot of fun, but oh, that smell! 31: Our first holiday. Labor Day, came today. Cheerleading try-outs were held this afternoon--it sure was hard to choose only eight with all those legs!! 2: All the High School students were instructed on how to drive pro- perly at the Safety Driving Show. Nancy, Troy, Miss Lebermann, and Mr. Upton were the guinea pigs. 6: What did you forget in P.E., Ruth H.? The State Inspectors spent the day with us looking over the school. 8-14: Hope they like it as much as we all do! !! That night, we won our first football game with R. M.A. 14-6. We celebrated at the 11: Soc-Hop sponsored by the sophomores. 16-20: Who let the mouse loose in 8th hour study hall? Today, a test fire drill turned out to be real. A fire broke out in the Home Economics room. Most of us were shot by Paul today--smile pretty! The smiles 23: soon wore off, though, because we lost our game with Alwood, 14-6. After the game, the coaches took Dean D. to the hospital and then Larry C. at 1:00 am with an appendicitis attack. 26: Chemistry students had long, sad faces as their chemistry text- books finally arrived. 27: OCTOBER The month didn’t start off too well as we lost our football game to Joy. . Members of the Ivy Tower staff accompanied Miss Lebermann 30: to Normal University for a Yearbook Staff meeting. The Frosh-Soph team seem to be doing better than the Varsity. They won a very exciting football game with Aledo, 12-6. The F.T.A. held their first meeting in the High School cafeteria. 1: This week the student body really got down to business studying for the first six weeks exams. The kids were well rewarded, however, because we won our football game with Cambridge, 4: 12-6, on Thursday. Today the teachers went to school. Guess they don’t know all the 7: answers to our questions. Our High School Band represented our school at Macomb’s annual 8: homecoming. The Frosh-Soph team won another game, 13-6. Winola was the underdog this time. Whose ring does Jackie N. have? 11: What Sophomore girl, who rides Tom LaDue's bus, wore her pa- 13• jamas to school? Today some of the F.H.A. members went to East Moline for a sectional meeting. Hope they had fun. The F.F.A. held their initiation in the gym. I hear they always have fun at their initiation!! 16: The Varsity football team allowed Atkinson a happy homecoming, losing 26-6. 18: The Frosh-Soph team did it again. This time we won over Orion, 20-13. Harvey F., do you like to model 7th grade cheer leading outfits? 20: What a relief--the Almighty Seniors were gone today to have their pictures taken - good luck Paul!! The remaining classes 22: were excused early for Faculty meeting. What a hectic week!! We were out every night getting the floats ready for the Homecoming parade. The newly formed Chemistry Club elected their officers tonight. We know you’ll do a good job as President, Duane. 28-30: All received the first edition of Tiger Talk printed by the Starlet F.H.A. Chapter. Tonight is the last chance to finish the floats. The King and 4: Queen were announced at the bonfire and pep meeting. Congratu- lations Judy and Dave! Elaine, what did Mrs. Rhodenbaugh 6: catch you doing at the junior float? Your secret is out! What a day!! It began to rain just as the parade was getting 7: lined up. The sun came out later, but the floats had already been spoiled. 9: The rain didn’t seem to drown our school spirit because we won over Rockridge 20-18. To celebrate our happy Homecoming” everyone danced to the music of John Payne and the Ambassadors. 13: Port Byron High School was host to a district F.T.A. meeting. The student body and faculty came to school today wide awake because of the extra hour of sleep gained ingoing back to Standard time. Rockridge thought they’d get back at us for our win on Home- coming. but our Frosh-Soph players surprised them by winning 19-0. Everyone spent most of the day gazing at their tuberculosis tests wondering if there would be a reaction. Janeen and Marty seem to like going around the halls hugging each other! At last the big day, for the Juniors--choosing class rings. The F.F.A. boys did a lovely job serving the F.H.A. Mother- Daughter Banquet--Fun and Happiness for All. The Varsity players have really had a tough month, and they just couldn’t keep up with Orion tonight. Afraid we lost 36-0. The rain didn’t help either. Over the week-end, many attended Halloween parties-, and a few pranks were played. NOVEMBER Paul came back to take some more annual pictures today. The Fresh-Soph, football team showed the good things to come by winning the Cornbelt Conference trophy. CONGRATULATIONS! Our Varsity won their last football game with Winola. After the i game, many stayed for the Sock Hop sponsored by the seniors. American Educational Week: The open house was postponed from Friday night to Monday night because of the snow. Everyone enjoyed the vacation on Veteran's Day. What a busy week! Everyone is studying for the second six weekj tests, and also the seniors are practicing and frantically learning their lines for the play. The Able Miss Cain was a great success. At our first basketball game of the season, we played Yates City here. I guess we were too enthused and excited because we lost 41-47. More practice, fellas! Thanksgiving Day! We started a four day vacation--a very wel- come relief. What happened to scare all the girls at your slumber party, Gleys Ann? Randle D. decided to join the football team at the close of the season during a pep meeting. Everyone came back to school wide-awake and rarln' to go after the long vacation. Wonder how long that spirit will last? DECEMBER At our basketball game, we lost to Alexis 44-43. Oh what one more basket could have done! Three cheers for Toni Hutchins— she was elected president of the Pep Club today. Both the Varsity and Jr. Varsity won their games with Joy. That made the coaches happy, didn't it Mr. Jackson and Mr. Upton? The F.H.A. Stailets held an Oyster-Chili supper at the high school. What lovely waitresses! We're very proud of our basketball teams. Both won their game, this time with Cambridge. There was an assembly today for the benefit of Explorer Scouts, but the whole student body was allows to attend. We kept up our winning streak--this time Atkinson lost, 38-23. The band held their annual Christmas concert tonight. Mr. Sullivan's doing a fine job directing our band. Another one of those handy faculty meetings--school was dis- missed at 1:32. We did it again—Sherrard 55, Rockridge 35. The F.T.A. held their Christmas party in the High School cafe- teria. I wonder what was in that punch!!! Guess it had to happen sooner or later! Our Varsity lost to Aledc 57-46. Our Jr. Varsity battled a tough game, winning by one point. The annual Christmas Chorus Concert attracted a crowd despite the cold. Sherrard High has such sweet voices!!! The long awaited day has finally come. Christmas vacation. Classes were dismissed at 1:30 for a party in the gym. All en- joyed Santa's (Mr. Upton's) visit and jokes. The year ended well for the Varsity--we beat Riverdale 48-35. Our Jr. Varsity also won their game. The Junior Varsity received fourth place in the Holiday Tourna- ment at Alexis. Our boys played gallant games up to the end. JANUARY Ready or not, we had to come back to five more months of hard studying before summer vacation. We cheered our team to victory over Orion in the first round ofr Cornbelt Tournament. What a night! We broke the record of seventeen defeats by de- feating AlWood, 38-30, and we also gained the ear of corn. For the first time in nine years, we won first place in the Cornbc 4 Tournament by defeating Winola, 54-48. CONGRATULATIONS FELLAS! Everyone is doing last minute cramming for the coming semeste tests.

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These Students Guide the I960 Ivy Tower Staff Mary Sommers, Co-Editor; Carol Cameron, Co-Editor; Elaine Johnson, Assistant Editor; Rose Mary Klingebiel, Assistant Editor. Janet Borst, Subscriptions Manager; Jean Holtz, Advertising Manager; Elaine Anderson, Assistant Advertising Manager.