Sycamore High School - Leaves Yearbook (Sycamore, IL)

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I SOPHOMORE OFFICERS Vincent Ahnquist...Vice President Ted Anderson ................... President Miss Paterson ...... Faculty Adviser Georqianne Bauer .............. .-Treas.. ROW 1: Leonard Wolfe, Arline Swanson, Betty Nowlen, Norma Swanson, Mary Underwood, Bar bara Sjostrom, Rose Thompson, Lester Wolfe, Robert Tyrrell: ROW 2: Clark Rich, Robert Pearson, Marvin Roush, Keith Sellers, Nancy Slezak, Dorothy Wampole Genevieve Russell, Esther Williamson, Margaret Parker. ' ROW 3: David McNamara, Donald Rich, Richard Pearson. Richard Wallace, William Westerbeck Leon Singleton, Kenneth Westberq, Kenneth Riidy, Jerry Taylor, Iohn Rich. P r t I 1 I , 29 I 1

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P P 21 ROW l: Doris Hillquist, Betty Eklund, Marilyn Miller, Shirley McGetrick, Audrey Knudsen, Helen Montgomery, Miss Paterson, Doris Griffith, Georgianne Bauer, Mary Lou Mathey, Jean Fellinger, Eleanore Loptien. ROW 2: Alice Iohnson, Sylvia Gronberg, Duane Ells, William Bridgewater, Robert Lindstrom, Arthur Merchant, Lois Conley, Lorraine Lindaas, Shirley Howe, Bernard McMillan, Donald Burrow. ROW 3: Melvin Iohnson. Alvin Mlrotznik, Fred Larson, Ted Anderson, Vincent Ahnquist, Richard Hale, Donald Hale, George Clarke, Robert Hennis, Wilired Deutsch. ,SCPHOMCRES A The survivors of last year's Freshman class are now Sophomores. All of us came back from our first year at Sycohi with the exception of one new- comer. This addition to our ranks is Ieanette Taylor. The Sophomore class is well represented in sports and other activities. Dick Wallace, Bill Westerbeck, Ted Anderson, Duane Ells, Bob Lindstrom, Kenny Rudy, Iames Thornton, Ierry Taylor, Fred Larson, Bob Hennis, and Donald Hale made up a large part of the lightweight football and basketball squads. Ted Anderson and Donald Hale also did their share in helping out the Spartans in the basketball tournaments. The girls help support G.A.A. and Pep Club. We also boast two baton twirlers, Audrey Knudsen and Doris Griffith: and two cheerleaders, Norma Swanson and Georgianne Bauer. The band members from the Sophomore class are Iean F ellinger, Georgianne Bauer, Betty Eklund, Doris Hillquist, Norma Swanson. Leon Singleton, Keith Sellers, Richard Pearson, Donald Burrow, Fred Larson, Bettie Turkleson, Nancy Slezak, Arline Swanson, Helen Montgomery, and Genevieve Russell. There are also several in our ranks who belong to chorus and a few with special parts in the-operetta. B The traditional Sophomore Dance, although postponed because of flu, was finally held on February twenty-sixth. Although the attendance was not as good as was expected, everyone who came thoroughly enjoyed it. Some of the girls put on a very clever program about George Washington. It was considered by many to be one of the best programs of the year. This year, instead of four class officers, there are only three. We chose as president, Ted Anderson: vice president, Vincent Ahnquist: and Georgianne Bauer as our secretary-treasurer under the sponsorship of Miss Paterson.

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ROW 1: John Astling, Marjorie Bolander, Lois Johnson, Peggy Kallembach. Donald Gustafson, Janet Cone, Miss Jordan, Elmer Hughes, Donna Carlson, Melody Holt, Marylou Horne, Edward Butzow, William Keller. ROW 2: Roy Bergeson, Elliott Doane, Florence Hale, Barbara Denby, Alice Clarner, Ida Arison, Elvin Carlson, Jane Hayes, Gerald Applegate, Edwin Harding, Clifford Ells, Philip Floit, John Bennett, Richard Amundsen. ROW 3: Joseph Anding. Donald Kallembach, Viola Alexander, Darlene Hoffert, June Freiwald, Janet Anderson, Gordon Drayton, Joyce Aita, Irene Cleary, Bruce Hudson, Ted Jackson, Wesley Elliott, Merrill Dunning, Amos Buettell, Allan Doane. FRESHMEN On September 7, the 1943-44 high school term started. A red-letter day to most, it was a black-letter day to the Freshmen. Finding their homerooms was quite a task, but after pestering older students with myriad questions, most of the Freshmen found their homerooms. After more hunting tWhat are we, any- way, Freshmen or bloodhounds?l, the various classrooms were found. After writing our name, address, age, etc., innumerable times for the satisfaction of the teachers, we were allowed to go home. Back next day, our books in our newly-found lockers, we proceeded to classes with a measure of confidence. But this feeling lasted only a short time. Initiation was coming, and soon. . October 22 was the date set for the meeting of the kangaroo court. The Freshman boys seemed very silent that day. At last all went to the gym and the murder began. Everyone was having a swell time twell, almost everyonel. But the girls were not to get off easily. On one sunny October day the halls of Sycohi had a bumper crop of gunnysacks, pigtails, cardboard boxes tior carrying booksl, tennis shoes without laces, and lipstick that looked like it had been applied with a paint brush. Also, it is rumored that thirty-odd noses were dirty all day from bowing to G.A.A. members. The holiday vacation was very welcome, with little or no schoolwork to do. A flu epidemic kept many out of school between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so many in fact, that Mr. Shrout got writer's cramp from making out admit slips. Back to school, semester tests were only a short way off. On January 20 and 21, this milestone was passed tby rnostl. The second semester, with its varied vacations, was soon over. Pleasant memories, for finals were coming. These really tell the story. The Freshmen have taken a great interest in school activities. They are a great help to both the boys' and girls' choruses. Fourteen members are active in the band. Several Freshmen work on both the Editorial and Business staffs of the LEAVES. Almost every organization has Freshmen in its membership. The lightweight football squad had more F reshies than Sophomores. The basket- ball team, too, has its quota of Freshmen. l The Freshman class seems to be doing more than its share in almost all school activities, and is looking ahead with pleasure to the rest of its years at Sycohi.