University High School - Clarion Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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LEFT: Mr. Eckert gives a chalk talk to one of his stimulated classes. BELOW: Mr. Laidig, who assisted Mr. Eckert in guiding the senior class, ponders with his fellow sponsor. Class Sponsor Indispensable to Seniors We dedicate the 1959 Clarion to Mr. Eckert. As teacher of math, Mr. Eckert gives of his vitality and intellectual curiosity. His booming voice, his probing questions are aimed at all of his students, his challenges are for every stu- dent's level, leading the quicker into infinity. As co-sponsor of the Class of i959 and of the Student Council, Mr. Eckert exemplified patriotism and faimess. His interest in the 2 school's having a U. S. and a state flag was prevalent throughout the year in Council and finally led the class he sponsored to leave the school money to purchase the flags. Mr. Eckert's desire to reward those who were deserving re- sulted in an impromptu cast and crew party at his house after the Senior Class Play. With respect, gratitude, and affection, we dedicate the l959 Clarion to Mr. Albert Eckert.

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The students of University High School in Normal, Illinois, take you on 0 tour of their one I, H, hundred and eighty days of n- school in this, the thirty-first fr . volume of the Clarion. S -. ,..... . -if-2 g n as we N , ' xg 5 3 K X 1 L-fx . -4 X I x 1 - K X . 'AUX If ' C F K- s t Ktig S. x X5 I If X ,ffff sq rf, v Wi t XX 'J : Q 1, fi x? Judy Turpin . . . Editor-in-chief was Ts Bob Brown . Karen Efford Fred Lewis . Diona Ritchie, , , , , Judy Vetter Judy Walker Chief Photographer . . Layout Editor Business Manager Photography Editor . . . . Copy Editor . Production Editor

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It Takes ISO Days You sit in class, counting the minutes and the seconds until the bell rings. You say to your friends, Only eleven hours of school left until Christmas vacation! And then, suddenly, the days, the hours, and the minutes are gone. School is over, the state-required l80 days you so impatiently counted are gone. ln those l8O days, you saw the end of the redecoroting that had marked the l958 school year. To celebrate the exodus of packing cases, workmen, and litter, Dr. Lovelass and the office staff helped you and everyone else move into those new lockers fthe ones without the dents you and previous occupants kicked in when that combination iust refused to work at alll. How many of those l80 days didn't you go into the new lounge? Almost everyone stopped in every day--first of all to investigate the painters' and carpenters' work, then to dance, to listen to the iuke box, to see who was there, or to get some ice cream or pop. Remember those field trips? Somehow the poker games, the naps, the songs, the talk, and the steady diet of WPEO didn't seem too much like school. But they still did count toward l80. There were all the other events that made up your year from Homecoming to Commencement, from registration and the schedules you filled l l i WELL KNOWN Fell Gate greets almost all of us every day. out to the last day of school and the locker you had to empty. 180 days--it sounded like a long, long time, but it wasn't really. Now they have passed, you are a year older, taking memories and giving Illinois new teachers, whom, as student teachers, you helped to train. TRAMPLING GRASS as they go, U. High students beat the path to gym at Cook Hal l. 3