University High School - Clarion Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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LEFT: Solemn seniors listen during Baccalaureate. BELOW: Seniors file into Capen before . graduation. Finally the Big Day Came . . s. . But ow What? an f.1i,a ---A ABOVE: Dr. Laidig lines up soon-to-be graduates. BELOW: Seniors dance in lounge before graduating 20 rf dw .,, t A 1 At the i959 Baccalaureate services, Rever- end Janssen, minister of the Normal Presbyterian Church and father of Senior Jon Janssen, advised the seniors to Claim Your Inheritance. Guy Cornwell, Illinois' first assistant super- intendent of public instruction, was the speaker for Commencement. Through his topic, The Decision ls Yours, he impressed upon the seniors their importance in determining the future. Musical numbers included o vocal solo by Amy Boker and a flute solo by John Johnston. Amy's solo was unexpected--Jim Evans, who was scheduled to sing with Amy, suddenly came down with o throat infection and could not sing. Finally the impatient seniors were awarded their diplomas. Said many seniors at the follow- ing reception, l just lcnew l'd trip when l went to get my diploma. But nobody did.

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Seniors Bravely Present Last Program An i890 melodrama, complete with entre-acts, was the Seniors' contribution to Class Night. After a medley of Gay '9O songs, a can- can line kicked out onstage and down into the audience, with two dapper fseniorl gentlemen in pursuit. At this time, concessionaires, selling every- thing trom notecards to red hots, descended upon the surprised spectators. Scene one of The Wicked Wolf and the Wirtuous Woodcutter followed. Here, accompanied by hisses, sighs, and cheers, the dramatists started the plot going. Assisted by singers, two drunks, and their mother, a temperance speaker next expounded the evils ot liquor. The second and third scenes of TWWAWW followed, in which the villain, garbed in long cape and top hat, appeared. A male quartet sang between the two final scenes. ln the finale, the Class marched to the roll of drums and the band's Stouthearted Men. T LEFT: Ray Mecherle, Jim Evans, Dan Greer, and Chip McKnight attempt to vocalize. ABOVE: A genuine imported Ui French can-can line dances for audience. ABOVE: Karen Efford as Red Riding Hood looks dubious about Joe Gauss, the Villain. BELOW: Judy Kellogg, Karen Efford, Debbie Hill, and Joe Gauss clean up. I9

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