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

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Upper left, COUNCIL MEMBERS prepare for Know Your Councill' week. Left to right: Myrna Turner, John McShane, and Joan Moran. Upper right, CLASS COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. Seated: Sally Jones, Kay Dietmeyer, and Jackie Turner. Standing: Bill Campbell, Myrna Turner, joan Moran, Helen Kurringer, Harvey Ricks, and Nick Keller. Lower left, POSTER COMIVIITTEE. Preparing for council week are, standing: Joan Moran. Seated: Myrna Turner, Kay Dietmeyer, and Beverly Calvin. Bottom picture, WORK PERIOD. The entire council is shown during a fourth period class in room 12. Nc tialitie Stre A bemocratic Procedure TUDENT Council represents the student point of view to the faculty and administration. The Council initiates some activities such as general assembly programs, two all-school dances, a faculty tea, the care of two European Foster children, supervision of the halls and cafeteria, granting of honor WEN for service to the school, selling accident insur- ance, and the taking of underclass pictures for the Annual. This year, Council arranged the use of student ID cards, planned our first student-talent assembly, and aided in final plans for a student handbook. An effort Was made to encourage grade school councils by inviting representatives to visit WTHS. Our Council is a member of the Northeast Dis- trict, State, and National associations of Student Councils. Members attended conferences at Hinsdale and Peoria. Kay Dietmeyer served as a district officer. Kay Russell served on the student advisory board national magazine, Student Life. 29

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WN l Z sfnf 'ff 3 Upper left, COUNCIL OFFICERS. Seated: John McShane, president. Standing: Kay Russell, secretaryg Rudy Cvlogovsky, treasurerg Miss Eleanor Moore, faculty advisorg and Bill Campbell, vice-president. Upper right, SPRING INDUCTION CEREMONIES. Left to right: John McShane, Bill Camp- liell, Kay Russell, Rudy Glogovsky, Dolores Bramm, Beverly Calvin, and ,ludy Jones. In circle, GENERAL CHAIRMEN. Left to right: Beverly Calvin, activities: Dolores Bramm. social chairmang Judy Jones, hall monitor chairman. Bottom picture, COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP. Seated: John lVlcShane, Kay Russell, Rudy Glogov- sky, Bill Campbell. Standing: Harvey Ricks, Sally jones, Myrna Turner, Helen Kurringer, Kay Dim-tmeyer, Judy Jones, Joan Moran, Beverly Calvin, Nick Keller, jackie Turner. Council Pl-vnwteA Stu ent government HE Student Council idea is a rapidly growing one. It is a part of the philosophy tlla young people will learn through activity, and that schools teach attitudes and hehavio patterns as Well as specihc skills and knowledges. Student Council is a laboratory in Whicl democratic procedures and experienced leadership are developed, and characteristics of df pendability, initiative and compromise are learned. Waukegan! Council is composed 0 fifteen hoys and girls elected by their fellow students. They meet daily, fourth period with their advisor, Miss Eleanor Moore. ln addition to this administrative group, eac- class elects a class council which represents each homeroom. :za I

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. ,st -5 I Lf .323 . - Ls T Staff P am, Pa6liAlaeA our Manual 'W' Top picture, ANNUAL STAFF MEMBERS. Along the wall: Audrey Boltz, Steve Vapnar, Alice W o o d m a n , .lohn Bauer, Ken Epker, and Mercedes Tompkins. Seated, left to right, ROW 1: Gail Torfin, Nancy Flagg. Melvin Luke. ROW 2: Marcia Wood and Judy Wilson. ROW 3: Lorraine Woods, ,lean Powell, and Laurni Wilson. ROW 4: .lane Larson, Phyllis Haimi, and Virginia Mulvaney. Center left picture: Virginia types material for her school life section. Center right picture: Audrey and Alice discuss possible changes for the faculty sec- tion. Lower left picture: 'lOpps. herels a mistake, exclaims Jean to Phyllis who is seated at the typewriter. Lower right picture: Stand- ing, Lorraine and ,lane help Virginia sort pictures for use in School Life Section of Annual. NFORMATION on all school activities, including clubs, organizations, social life, and classes was gathered early in the fall as a beginning step in producing the 1952 Annual GW7. Seventeen students of various school interests were organized into a staff un- der the sponsorship of Mr. Edwin C. Meslow, editorial advisor. Instead of the usual plan of having an Editor-in-chief, special editors were chosen to plan various sections. Photography was done by members of the Camera Club with ,lohn Bauer and Steve Vap- nar working directly with the staff. Activities from the first day of school in September until the daipy school closes in ,lune are included in the Annual as a permanent record of the school year. 30 li