West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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Umm' Its the best Ive ever eaten' Mxss Esther Ballard BS has lust hmshed gurdxng another class rn foods As clothmg and home management mstructor she advxses the gurls m the tme art of homemakmg P1ctured on th1s page are three representatlve freshman classrooms and the task of accustommg freshmen to the routlne of hlgh school hfe IS partlally borne by these mstructors A green task? Teachmg freshmen the dos and don ts ot Enghsh falls to Mxss Agnes Plam, Ph B In addmon she and Mlss Ratchtte coach freshman dramatxcs Correctmg and gradmg papers takrng attendance checkmg on the neatness of rooms conductlng d1scuss1ons these are the tasks of teachers of freshmen and senlors ahke Twelve The hrst four years of Latm are the hardest' says Mxss Ieamta Peterson BA whtle cndmg her strugglmg students to conquer the works of Caesar Vrrgxl Cxcero and other Roman wnters H . , 1. 1 H H . U . I , 1. . .

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FRENCH CLUB PARIS FRONT ROW CLett to Rrqhtb Gordon Forton lean DuSell THIRD ROW Gladys Van Fleet Shrrley Uza Dorothy Stone Dw1ghtSm1th Wrllram Murphy Iean Shearer Elrza beth Pottetger Betty Nrehurs SECOND Row Dorothy Mercer Betty Lxlley Eleanor FOURTH ROW lem' Carlson Charles Yfftes MQW lem Flanders Dorothy Ftfer Kathleen Perry Ianet Funken Davxd Kmdsvater Ray Edwards Paula DuSell Frank Hannon Marren Casler Huffmaster Lrlxanne Ruth Bouslough Elrzabeth Hobart Mary Hanchette Mary Lou Crrtton RECORD Students upon entenng Mademorselle Lydxa Raymonds French II class automatlcally become members of the popular French club Le Clrcle Francals and th1s year s organrzatlon has carned forward tts aged trad1t1ons and ntuals Therr manner has been one of supposed dlgnxty yet enjoyment seemed to lea ture all the meettngs of the organrzatron Fxrst 1n the lme of busmess procedure was the popular vote electron of the ofhcers Mlle Lrhanne Ruth Bouslough was elected chalrman for the club jeune f1lle Mary Hanchette secretary Through the1r efforts combmed wrth whole hearted 1nd1v1dual cooperat1on the meetlngs were planned and carrled out on the Fnday precedlng a hollday or vacatlon Prmted programs orxgrnal games srngmg and a umque system of callrng the roll were the mxnor attractlons dunng the meetmgs but far above these was the play The youthful dramausts of the club rnterpreted Shakes peare The Three Bears and several French satrres The1r comlng was always looked for on the program Frequent prrze wlnners were B111 Murphy Eleanor Huffmaster and Frank Hannon Eleven v Y 4 I ' v . W ,, V V r E f xv ' : ' . . 1 - I ' ' 4 U I I . - I u - ' - n ' Miss Raymond in back. . . . , . , . I . . I . , . .... . . I - I , - I - I ' . I . . I . . I . , 1, ., . . .. .. . . . , . - ' I , .

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FRONT Dorothy Ruddy Gordon Cole Ioyce Iohnson BACK Miss Una I Pease Chief Class Advisor Avis Goodell NARRATIVE OF EVENTS Early in September a class of 282 awe stricken freshmen entered the portals of West High Three months later these same freshmen were going about their work with a genuine enjoyment of high school life Miss Pease the chief class advlsor ably assisted by Mrs Shepard Miss Ballard Mr Nebergal Mr Bergman and Mr Smith soon organized the class into a unit and initiated the first official efforts of the class as a whole the class elections. Gordon Cole was cho en to officiate Dorothy Ruddy was elected vice-president Ioyce Iohnson was selected as secretary and Avis Goodell was made treasurer. The members of the class board were: Polly Humm Patricia Kraft Betty Lou Aucutt Donald Iohnsen Iuanita Barnes Norma Brown lean Huffmaster Marion Eber Lila Mae Bancroft Kenneth Hughes Bert Eisenhour Bill Barr Bob Erickson and lack Goss. The Freshies have proved them- selves very capable both academic- ally and in the field of athletics. The class was well represented in foot- ball and basketball and the future athletic hopes of the high school fly high. The dramatic ability of the class was displayed in an assembly program. Now that the school year of 1937- 38 has drawn to a close the class looks into the future and sees a suc- cessful three years in the offing. Thirteen FRESHMAN CLASS 3. if f .