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

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FQ' . A A 4 - q STUDENT COUNCIL, FIRST SEMESTER ROW 1: Esther Rostker, Pat Alex, Robert Tornquist, Ann Link, Bill Holmquist, Elizabeth Gilbert. Dean Dalton, Betty Meekins, Berge Hoogasian, Bernice Trcpanier. ROXV Z: Calvin Magness, Suzanne Johnson, Barbara James, Sydelle Feder, June Duncan, Rosalie Levin, Caroline Perry, Pearl Stewart, Hannah Leise, Louise Perrine, Stanley Durka. ROW 3: Eugene Pillifant, Lorraine Deibler, Odny Hjelmeland, jean Cannon, Jean Fendick, Beatrice Farrell, Carmen Carpenter, Karen Nelson, Lawana Connell, Elsie Fulham. Robert Durst. ROW 4: Frank Belmont, Jean Allen, Shirley McMahon, Betty Joe Sievers, lwiary Ellen Helgren, Arline Bandli, Amy Hill, Betty Spoor, Nancy Doolittle, Frances Goldsmith, Elise Doolittle, Dorothy XVinters. ROW' 5: Darrell Byerly, Leslie Millholin. jack Pettce, Lucine Mutaw, Roland McMinn, Louis McCreight, Dail Nies, joe Wentworth, Norborn Emerick, Leon Meyer, Nick Goldschmidt, Ralph Swank, Norman Schwartz. Council Provides Student Government I Seated at a lone desk in the hall is a student who quietly but firmly makes sure that those going through the halls between Below: This meeting will please come to order . Elizabeth Gilbert wields president's gavel with cr smile. YOUR classes have proper passes. Then there are those occasional dreaded crimson tags on the lockers, it is mute evidence that a Student Council hall monitor has been on the job. The Student Council, under the direction of Miss Marjorie Witham and Mr. Robert Nickel, faculty sponsors, is the governing body of the high school. Elizabeth Gilbert, president, Ann Link, secretary, Betty Meekins, vice-presidentg and Dean Dalton, treasurer, were this years officers. ln charge of one of the most important activities of the organiza- tion, the hall monitorial system, was Patty Alex. To provide the students with more and better assembly programs, the Student Coune cil sponsored its annual fall paper campaign early in the year. The proceeds from the sale of thousands of pounds of paper was thus utilized for the benefit of the entire school. A spring paper campaign, something different at W.T.l-IS., was underway in May. This campaign was held in connection with the city Clean-up Drive. Dean Dalton, successful chairman of the fall campaign, again Was in charge.

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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

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LAUNCH CLEANUP DRIVE - An added emphasis on cleanliness of corridors, rooms, and school surroundings early in May could be traced directly to the Student Council clean-up campaign. The whole city held a Clean-up Drive at the same time, and Bill l-lolmquist represented the Stu- dent Council in taking charge of the schools part. A Man-on-the-Street assembly pro- gram, sponsored by Courtesy, spelled C-O-U-R-T-E-S-Y, opened the Student Coun- cils Courtesy Campaign. Bob Tornquist Was the genial master of ceremonies. At the Victory Hop, after the Morton bas- ketball game, there was an unusually large crowd . . . probably a result of another pro- ject, the Student Council dancing class. This was one of the outstanding achievements of the year in the field of new projects. lt was organized by a group of music-minded coun- cil members under the leadership of chair- man Lawana Connell. lt was for the benefit of those freshmen who Wanted to learn to dance. With the help of a group of fifteen upper classmen and accordion-music furn- ished by Martha Nierni and Dora Mears, the dancing class made great progress. Esther Rostker, assembly chairman, an- nounced what proved to be one of the most popular assembly programs of the school year, Mr. lackson and his Seeing-Eye dog, Crissy. Mr. lackson explained how a Seeing- Eye dog is trained and the steps in training a blind person to use a dog. Crissy then demonstrated some of her training: her mas- ter attempted to Walk off the stage, but Crissy stalvvartly stood in front of him. At left, Eleanor Fredheck gets in a lick of home work while on hall duty on third floor in Junior building. At right, Dick Jenkinson presents written proof of his legitimate mission through the corridor to Arlene Bandli, who holds a hall monitor's post on Junior building. second floor. Bob Deihler, chairman of Junior school hall monitors. scans daily report of monitor Florence Remsgar, while Jay Paul Minn awaits his turn. At right, Sydelle Feder is in the act of tagging the locker of a careless stu' dent who has neglected to click the trusty padlock which tents of his locker. guards the con-