Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

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Ts- january, 1u4u SEATED: left to right: Gloria Douthitt, Pat Alex, Virginia Reed, Britm Hellgren, Sirkka Hannula, Margie Iusten. ROW Z: Betty Meekins, Betty Newenham, Io Anne Kirkham, Florence Martin, Lorraine Diebler, Hennie Anderson, Evelyn Syverud, Dorothy Harris. ROW 3: Sam Rosen, Ralph Burnett, Robert John, Thomas Tinsley, Louis McCreight, Norman Schwartz. They Are Tops --- The Pick of the Lot I The most impressive ceremony of the school year, and certainly the most thrilling for those who are privileged to participate, is the induction of members into the National l-lonor Society. Early in january, twenty seniors, fifteen girls and five boys, were admitted to the So- ciety. Conducting the ceremony were four Senior A's initiated last spring, they were Tom Tinsley, chairman, Lorraine Deibler, Florence Martin, and Sirkka l-lannula. january initiates were Patty Alex, l-lennie Anderson, Ralph Burnett, Anne Chaderjian, Gloria Douthitt, Esther Duncan, Elsie Fulham, Dorothy l-larris, Britta l-lellgren, Robert john, Ir., Margie Iusten, Io Anne Kirkham, Louis McCreight, Betty Meelcins, Betty Newenham, Renee Nuttall, Virginia Reed, Sam Rosen, Evelyn Syverud, and Thaddeus Wiechecki. Another group from the Senior class was initiated in May, but their names were not available for publication here. Election to the Honor Society is the greatest honor a high school student can have conferred upon him. l-le must be out- standing in scholarship, service, leadership, and character. First of all, a student must be in the upper third of his classg then he is judged on service to the school, and on points included under leadership, and character. Formerly, the students' qualifications were judged by the faculty, but this year a new system was introduced, whereby class- mates also have the privilege of passing judgment on those who are scholastically qualified for membership. The combined result of faculty and student ballot now deter- mines the members of the National Honor Society. Scene from impressive induction ceremonies