West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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more girls were actne rn Girls Athletic Assocratron To guide the class through the yunror year Don Owen was elected President with ack Crewrston Laurence Foster and Elwyn lox as hrs capable assistants The annual party was held on February twenty eighth successfully put over by the wrllmg help of many on the xarrous committees A number of yuruors were shown to hawe oratorlcal abrlrty but oanne Stephens and Prank Hannon stood out exceptionally rn that field taking honors rn both debate and private oratorlcal contests The field of sports had its yunror representation ln sex eral capable warriors while girls sports were equally endowed There were also many from the class who were actne rn the music field such as the A Cappella chorr which took first nn state and went down to St Louis to the national contest girls and boys glee clubs band and orchestra As a climax to a thoroughly successful year the unror Prom was held m honor of the graduating seniors The gymnasium beautifully decorated gaye the impression of a Viennese ballroom with the throne for the Prom Queen Betty Robinson set at one end to enable her to new hcr subyects with ease The one hundred eighty sn. remammg students beginning the senior year realized they must haxe harnessed a swift star for almost before any one could rmagrne here was the last year The electron held at the hrst of the term promoted Galbraith Casler President allowing him the prnxlege and the headaches of giving the class a final send off with Kenneth Wollenweber Vice President and Dolores Tilton and hlwyn Fox handling the jobs of Secretary and Treasurer Don Owen was selected as editor of the EOS with Norman Stem ably assisting hum while Morton Bowman won the place of Business Manager This was the first year the Student Council actively organrzed to further student participation Headed by seniors lt made many beneficial changes The senior dance was held rn November marking the beginning of social life for this school year The football and basketball teams made a good showing as did the music branches of the school Then the year drew rapidly to a close An excellent class play rn May the unror Prom Baccalaureate Class Day with issuance of the EOS the class prcnrc which we shall remember as one grand time and Commencement all followed ln such rapid suc cesslon that the star had reached its goal and graduation was over before the Senior Class quite realrzed rt had all happened awe .L'df2f!e8 III . . v , V, 7 7 ,' . I ' ' , 1 . . 1 ' ' 1 I 1 . , J , 1 ' A V ' Y Y , . W . V . . 9 , . - . 1 7 1 1 - , 1 7 ' r 1 7 Y I - 1 1 1 1 1 V. A . . Y ' V C I Y K S Y . . . 4 7 7 . , r , L , 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 7 . 1 . . . . . . 7 7 1 . . . V . . . . , . 3 . 4 4 7, . , j 1 1 1 1 7 4 1 - 1 1 I I O ..-.- .- ...,... . -.-- -..., ...,, W ,, , an , 4 , , nn ,

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Zlgbl 4 I A ' , ' I A, ' ' , V X Senior Class Officers Left to Rrght Kenneth Wollenweber Dolores Trlton Elwyn Fox Galbrarth Casler 7 f39 We hxtched our wagon to a star so mlght run the thoughts of the graduatlng semors as they look back to thelr freshman year The tranl was long but vtas made easier by the yaluable asslstance of Mnss Raymond head faculty adusor Mass Peterson Mlss Ratcllffe Mr Tully and Mr Laflm They aided ln the many tasks that confront any class through its four years of hugh school among whnch were thc publlcatxon of the EOS annual parties selection of class rings and announcements and the graduatlon exercises of the class The fall of 1935 found a freshman class composed of 240 awe stricken students at the bottom of the trall as green as freshmen usually are But under the leadership of Wethy Presndent jack Creuston V1ce Presldent Don Owen Secretary and 1 Treasurer they started their lourney through the four years The class 1 the student body at the lreshman dance UC 'IU 1 A err y rney the sophomore year loomed before them and wth xt the 'V' 4' e rev ear seemed to haxe faded away In nts place was the prestnge len h ack Creuston Vlce Presxdent and Laurence Ioster and mg retary and Treasurer To be dxfferent from preuous sophs they d mple of the yunlor class and held the annual Valentnne party at mght f February The Class of 39 was begmnmg to galn recognltlon ln t of actmtles un school oanne Stephens was on the champlonshnp e I m I rl. .r' :run All !lL w athletxc letters were won by sophomore boys and twenty enght sopho l I .Y T 3 . V Y 1 fze . I . .7 y . A . , 3 l h I Y . . , I . S ' . ,' ' ' . . K Q ' K 1 Y 7' D 3 7 7 N35 M A , , ' . l .Q at L ' 3 , .l:L . , . . ' Y , f .y ' '1 J . 7 Y' U . 5 g 1 . . I - I ev el ere, to whlch all sophomores are entitled. They' elected jean f I , ' 'd ' ' ,l ' '. 7 I U Z K I 4 If l . I 7 ' , ' , in Y. , Q . . . Y . ll . , , , . . he CI' A ' ' ' , J ' U . .,.:: .e.- .' '- V f , - :4'5'f' II. vt hi-- I ----v

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X Amlcrwonr Mlry DIAIIC AYKIISUUIIQ. :x1.lI'iUKl J' ,v' Atherton. Mgrion Bglrombr Snlndlcy Bale. Muriel N lZg1ati.1n, Raymond ligxurlouin. ITIIUILCS Barber. Mugic Bums. Vllldllild Bcncwigh. StcIl.1 Berg. XY!-ruicll Iiowmm. Morton Boyle. George Banbury. Thomas Barnes, Robert Barr. Bette