West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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HISTORY of the Class By Carrie Mickelberg ★ In the fall of 1931 two hundred and twenty-two freshmen Hung wide the ancient portals of that great institution of higher learning, West Aurora High School. All the leading curricular events and activities found representatives from the freshmen. Presently the need for organization became apparent, and a subsequent election followed. With Tod Ochsen- schlager, President; Virgil Gilman, Vice-President; Jack Holslag, Sec¬ retary, and Robert Jones, Treasurer, the freshmen were established as an independent unit. March 18 found the freshmen entering into the social whirl with the traditional costume ball in the gymnasium. Thus was culminated the initial year at High School. Chandler Rowley was elect¬ ed to guide the class during its soph¬ omore year. Assisting him were Joe Reising, Vice-President; Venita Robbie, Secretary, and Myrtle Lind¬ ahl, Treasurer. Tod Ochsenschlager, Chandler Rowley, and John Marsh were rewarded in heavyweight foot¬ ball by receiving letters. Not to be outdone by their bulkier classmates, Chester Davis, Virgil Gilman, John ★ of 1935 Nelson, Bernard Murtaugh, and Wil¬ bur Van Deventer received light¬ weight letters. As their contribution to the social activities of the year, the sophomores held a Valentine party on February twenty-seventh. As Juniors, the Class of ’35 under the excellent leadership of John Marsh, with Jack Holslag, John Nelson, and Bob Fraser as assistants, made a noteworthy and successful attempt to gain prestige. The Booster Club, Girl Resrves, the Band, Glee Clubs, El Circulo Espanol, and the G. A. A. had junors at their helms. As a part¬ ing tribute to the erstwhile Class of ’34 we sent them on their way with the glamorous Junior Prom. The exe¬ cutive powers of the Senior Class were placed in the hands of Elbridge Flanders, Thomas Held, Sue Egan, and Alberta Seavey. The school was entertained by the Senior Class at a Hallowe’en party. As a climax to their dramatic career, the seniors presented their class play, “Peg O’ My Heart”. The Junior Prom, followed by Commencement, brought to a close our four years of success and happiness at West High. ★ 26 ★

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Activities ★ MC WETHY, TICKA “Mistress of herself though China fall.” Dramatic Club 3, 4; Junior Play 3; G.A.A. 1, 2, 3; French Club 2; EOS Staff 4. MACATEE, LYMAN “Live this day as if the last.” Lightweight Football 3, 4; Home Room Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Prom Committee 3; EOS Staff 4. MARSH, JOHN “Who can resist his appeal of good fellow¬ ship.” Heavyweight Football 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Tennis 3, 4; Chass Officer 3; Mgr. Lightweight Basketball 3; Mgr. Heavyweight Basketball 4; EOS Staff MASDEN, DOROTHY “For she is the quiet kind whose nature never varies.” French Club 4. MAY, HARRIETT “The mildest manners with the kindest mind.” Spanish Club 4; EOS Staff 4. MERCHIORRI, BEATRICE “A cheery smiling girl.” French Club 3; Glee Club 4; Dramatic Club 4; Cathedral High School, New York 1, 2. MICKELBERG, CARRIE “She is ever fair and never proud, Has ton¬ gue at will, yet never loud.” G.A.A. 1, 2, 3; Dramatic Club 3. MICHAEL, RICHARD “What’s the use of worrying?” Home Room Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Mgr. Light¬ weight Football 1, 2. MILLARD, NELSON “If this is the age of speed, let me lead it.” Lightweight Football 3, 4; Lightweight Basket¬ ball 3, 4; Red and Blue Staff 3, 4; EOS Staff Bus. Mgr. 4 ; Dramatic Club 3, 4. MITCHELL, BOB “Some day I will cast off my boyish pranks and be a man.” Band 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Heavyweight Football 1, 2, 4; Junior Stunt 3 ; Spanish Club 2. MORRIS, IVOR “All great men are dead or dying and 1 don’t feel so well myself.” Heavyweight Football 1, 3, 4 ; Red and Blue Staff 4; Spanish Club 1, 2; Junior Stunt 3. MUNDY, ADRA “It’s wiser being good than bad ; It’s safer being meek than fierce.” Glee Club 3; Spanish Club 4; Basketball 4; Red and Blue Staff 4. MURTAUGH, BERNARD F. “He’s a man—need we say more.” Lightweight Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Lightweight Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3. NELSON, JOHN E. “Thought is deeper than all speech.” Lightweight Football 2; Heavyweight Foot¬ ball 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Officer 3; Hi-Y 3, 4. NILLES, RAY “Verily thou art a good man.” East Aurora High School 1, 2, 3 ; Heavyweight Football 4; Home Room Basketball 4. OCHSENSCHLAGER, TOD “One of us who needs no introduction.” Heavywieght Football 2, 3, 4 ; Class Officer 1 ; Heavyweight Basketball 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 4; Home Room Basketball 1. O’CONNOR, BLAIR “The world’s a stage, my part is small, I’ll play it well or not at all.” Heavyweight Football 1, 2; Heavyweight Bas¬ ketball 1; Track 1 ; EOS Staff 4. O’CONNOR, FRANK “Fie is only well made who has a good determination.” Heavyweight Football 2, 3, 4; Home Room Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Diamond Ball 1. ODMARK, BETTY “Not only with a pen is she clever.” Basketball 3 ; Red and Blue Staff 4 ; G.A.A. 3, 4; Dramatic 3, 4; French Club 4. OFFUTT, HAZEL “For every why she had a wherefore.” Spanish Club, Vice-Pres. 4; Girls’ Club Coun¬ cil 3; EOS Staff 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4; G.A.A. 3, 4. PAGEL, WALTER “I can explain it very clearly, but you can’t understand.” Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Solo Contest 1, 2, 3, 4. PARKHURST, ELIZABETH “Quiet and unassuming, but always on the job.” G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; EOS Staff 4; French Club 4. PECOY, ESTHER “Oh ! She will sing the savageness out of a bear.” Glee Club 4; Dramatic Club 4; Batavia High School 2, 3. PETERSON, JANEY “All tongues speak well of her.” G.A.A. 1, 3, 4; Girl Reserves 4; Glee Club 3, 4; French Club 4; Dramatic Club 4. PLESE, JOSEPHINE “A little girl am I, but yet I ' m not too small.” St. Joseph’s High School, Terre Haute, Ind. 1, 2 ; Prom Committee 3. PRITCHARD, BILL “Here is proper dignity.” Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3; Home Room Basketball 2; Hi-Y 3, 4; French Club. QUIRIN, MARY “She is like a violet—modest and shy.” G.A.A. 2, 3, 4 ; Basketball 2, 3, 4 ; Soccer 3, 4; EOS Staff 4; Madonna High 1. REISING, JOE ‘‘Even the greatest men are modest.” Lightweight Football 1, 2; Lightweight Bask¬ etball 1 ; Heavyweight Basketball 2, 3, 4 ; Ten¬ nis 3, 4; Track 1, 2. RENNELS, JACK “We know little of thee, but that little is good.” Champaign High School 1 ; Du Buque, Iowa 2 ; Reno, Nevada 3. RICE, MAXINE “Her pleasant way has won our admiration.” G.A.A. 1 ; Basketball 1 ; Prom Committee 3; Spanish Club 4; Commercial Club 4. RICHMOND, LEONA “It is tranquil people who accomplish much.” G.A.A. 1, 2, 4; Basketball 1; Soccer 1, 2; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Prom Committee 3. ROSENTHAL, MARIAN “Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.” G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, Vice Pres. 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, Captain 4 ; Dramatic Club, Pres. 3, 4 ; Red and Blue Staff 3, 4; EOS Staff 4. ROWLEY, CHANDLER “I awoke one morning and found myself famous.” Heavyweight Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Heavyweight Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Officer 2; Booster Oub, Vice Pres. 3; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. ROYSTON, BETH “She’s pretty to walk with and witty to talk with.” G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Debate 4; Class Play 4; Dramatic Club 3 ; EOS Staff 4. RUBY, GEORGE “Of all the things I like best, I much prefer to sit and rest.” Band 1, 2; Heavyweight Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Room Basketball 3, 4; Hi-Y 4. SAHLROOT, CARL “Be silent and safe—Silence never betrays you.” Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi-Y 4; French Club 4. SCHINK, MARGUERITE “Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.” Red and Blue, Assistant Editor 4; Girl Re¬ serves 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4; G.A.A. 1,3,4; Prom Committee 3. SCHLINDWEIN, HAROLD “He played the game nor asked for praise.” Home Room Basketball 1 ; Prom Committee 3 ; Glee Club 1 ; Golf 3. SCHULTZ, ROY “Here is a fine fellow.” Home Room Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2; Prom Committee 3. SEAVEY, ALBERTA “The way to have a friend is to be one.” Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; G.A.A. Treas. 4; Red and Blue Bus. Mgr. 4; Class Officer 4. SKOM, EDNA “The way she studies and recites, Gives all the others forty frights.” Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Red and Blue Staff 3, 4; Girl Reserves 3,4 ;Junior Play 3 ;Senior Stunt 4. STAHL, MARIE “Never idle a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.” Soccer 4 ; G.A.A.; Prom Committee 3 ; Basket¬ ball 1. STAPLETON, CAROL “She is a winsome, wee thing.” EOS Staff 4; Girl Reserves 4; Dramatic Club 4; French Club 4. STATHIS, CATHERINE “Clever and friendly and quick to smile, She makes this bubble of life worth while.” EOS Staff 4; Girls’ Club Board 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Red and Blue Staff 4; Basketball 1, 3, 4. STEPHENS, DAVE “I am monarch of all I survey.” Heavyweight Football 2, 3, 4; Heavyweight Basketball 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 2; French Club 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4. STUBBS, RUTH “She is good as she is fair.” Art 1 ; Prom Committee 3. STUMPF, LUCILLE “A maid of sweet personality, And loved by all who know her.” Art 1, 2, 3, 4 ; EOS Staff 4; Prom Committee 3. SUNLEAF, LOIS “I know what’s right, I stick to what I say, And never shall be forced to answer yea for nay.” Basketball 2; Soccer 1, 2; Dramatic Club 3; Prom Committee 3 ; G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. THOMAS, MAXINE “Depend on me and I will see that things are done as they ought to be.” Prom Committee 3 ; G.A.A. 3 ; Dramatic Club 3, 4; EOS Staff 4; East Aurora High School 1 , 2 . THOMAS, RAYMOND “Simple his manners like all great men.” Spanish Club 4; Prom Committee 3. THOMASSON, HESTER “Ye Editor!” EOS Staff Editor 4; Red and Blue Staff 4; Glee Club 1, 3, 4 ; Dramatic Club 3, 4 ; Spanish Club 4. TOOMEY, JOAN “Patience is the key of contentment.” TOWNSEND, JACK TRUAX, DON “Worries never trouble me, What’ll the dif¬ ference in a century be?” Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3; Home Room Basketball 1, 4; Spanish Club 2. WEINAUG, CHARLES “A diligent student, not without results.” Band 1,2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Home Room Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. WELLNITZ, EDWARD “Late to bed, late to rise, makes a student or otherwise.” Debate 4. WETZEL, JOHN “A person who is always aiming at wit.” Glee Club 4; Debate 4; Dramatic Club 4; Band 4; Orchestra 4. WILSON, GENE “He smiled and said, “Don’t rush me, girls.” Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys’ Club Council 3; Booster Club Council 3 ; Home Room Basketball 2, 3, 4. WIRT, FREDERIC B. “It is a great plague to be a handsome man.’ ' EOS Staff 4; Dramatic Club 3, 4; Home Room Basketball 1.2,3 ' 4; Lightweight Football 1, 3. WITTRUP, BOB “The shallow murmer, the deep are silent.” Lightweight Football 2, 3, 4; Home Room Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Booster Council 4; De¬ bate 1 ; Hi-Y 4. WONDERLY, WILBUR “Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.” Band 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Tennis 2, 3, 4 ; EOS Staff 4; Home Room Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1. YAKES, MARION It’s nice to be natural if you’re naturally nice.” Dramatic Club 3; Glee Club 4; Prom Com¬ mittee 3. YOHE, LESTER “I am a little man, but what of it?” Lightweight Basketball 1 ; Lightweight Foot¬ ball 4; Band 1, 2, 4; Glee Club 1; EOS Staff 4. YOUNGMAN, THEODORE “A man of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows.” Home Room Basketball 1; Red and Blue Staff 4 ; Dramatic Club 3 ; Prom Committee 3 ; Science Club 4. ZAJAC, BERNICE “A smile in her eye.” Dramatic Club 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Sophomore Play 2; Prom Committee 3.

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NATIONAL HONOR ★ SOCIETY for 1934-1935 NORMAN BRUBAKER JACK HOLSLAG BETTY JANE COCHRAN MYRTLE LINDAHL GRACE LEAH DANIELS JOHN NELSON SUE EGAN BETTY ODMARK VIRGINIA ERICKSON JOE REISING MILDRED FETZER MARIAN ROSENTHAL ELBRIDGE F LANDERS ALBERTA SEAVEY MARGARET FLYNN EDNA SKOM LORRAINE GOLDMAN CATHERINE STATHIS ISABELLE GREITER HESTER THOMASSON The members of this Association are selected from the members of the Senior Class. From the highest one-third in scholarship, a committee representing the different school activities selects fifteen per cent on the basis of leadership, character and service. ★ 27 ★