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We have chosen this yearbook as the most vivid and most concise means ol: clearly picturing this aim. ln work and in play, in the classroom and on the athletic field, we are striving to develop those personal qualities that will contribute to America's first line ot defense. WU ,ffwg KPN!!! AFXX x ' 5 Axim Q xnxx. BX' ,.1-'itil N1 'Bun 4-uv 5. l tg 1 . We stand on the threshold ot life at a time when old beliefs and faiths seem to be tottering, when bewilderment is written on the faces ol: our neighborsg but we stand with the Firm conviction that our democracy here in America is impregnable. We pledge our lives to the protection ot our home, country, and our American idealsmlove, tol- erance, and Freedom. Changes are both inevitable and necessary, and all growth brings with it a con- stantly increasing amount ot complexity. Knowledge and tolerance are the parents ot understanding, and it is only through these that confidence may be born. We shall, with merciless persistency, stamp out the false doctrines that have been brought to our country. Fanatics and radicals shall have no place among us. Our security must not rest in the hands ot those who have only education, tor education without Divine guidance degenerates into a base passion for greed and personal gratification. Despotisms only occur when people have lost their enthusiasm tor democracy. We cannot in any measure conceive ot this happening to America. ln a nation where we, as students, are taught to think for ourselves, to act tor ourselves, and to arm our- selves with liacts, there is little doubt but that we shall carry on the heritage ot our forefathers and tight tor democracy. . 1, ll VERA BURFORD presents to you the part that administrative organization plays in the reali- zation of these ideals. With much thought and intensive planning our faculty has tried to point out the advantages of each course of study. BARBARA HIGHLEY portrays the vital import- ance of the student body itself in reflecting independent thought on modern education and the issues of the day Poux Huxixi unrolls the importance of stu dent actixities BX participating in cluhs and orgimmtions of their oun the student ire truned in use ot imtmtixe ind dexelopment of Illillllilll 1l1tN xclc Goss specific illx shoxxs hon athletic acti Xltlts dere op 'md aid the clear thinking and sound re isomng of the mind 1 strong, hodx mi for 1 sound min f 1 i igne- 3 ix N, .N ,NX as SV.. nfs: , fi fi g Ng? ,Y lm. lv .N-Y, Frank l':iull, Wendell Gesler, l. D. l'e-nnoek. Superintenden Larson, li. E. Lundgren, Sam Lilley, H. li. Johnson, SCI-IOGL CZARS 'llhe best possible way to produce intel- lects and train for efficient thinking is by having an administrative body' which com- 2 bines its business acumen and experience and insight. lVest High has this in its present admin! istrative Board, composed of nine members and Superintendent Carl lf. Larson. 'llhe Board is divided into three committees- linance, building and grounds, and educa- tion and teachers. 'llhose serving on the Board are lfranlt C. Paull, L. XV. Gesler, Lvle H. lVilson, Harold L. lleamish, lid- bl'PERlN'I'liXl7EN'I' L.-XRSUN s 1 . gar lt. Lungren, Samuel A. Lilley, ll. ll. -lohnson, Klrs. lfmma C. Rice, and l. U. Pennock, with Ur. lf. V. Young as the president. The one person who might be likened to a central broadcasting station, the com- pelling force which has guided, censored, and advised our channels is our Superin' tendent Carl lf. Larson. Lvpon the shoulders of Klr. Ross ll. Bergman fell the great responsibility of being principal of lVest High, a position comparatively new to him, but one that he has filled very capably. It is under lllr. l3ergman's principalship that several new projects have been launched. Perhaps the most outstanding was the inauguration Front Row: Miss Helen Leigh, Lyle Wilson. Dr. li. V. Young ll. L. lieamish, Mrs. Emma Rice. Back Row: Principal Bergman of College Day, an idea that from its success this year will probably be- come an annual event. Forty-five representatives from dillerent colleges, as well as businesses and industries gathered together at VVest High enabling students to obtain first-hand information about the colleges of their choice. This opportunity was also available to the parents in the evening. A surprisingly interesting event was the Hobby Show, an ailair which disclosed many unusual collections and which acted as an inspiration to all luke-warm followers. Perhaps the greatest divergence from the set routine at VVest High was the commencement program. ln place of an outside speaker, as has been the tradition of VVest High, a pageant entertainment, in which the seniors participated, was produced. A very special mention must be made of lVIrs. Gertrude Scott Smith, dean of girls, who has been not only a guiding force, but also an under- standing and sympathetic dean. llflrs. lvlary Ritzman, West Au- rora's school nurse, always smiling and ready to cooperate in every way. has helped us through our senior year, as she has the past many years. Helen Leigh, secretary to the Board, Alice VVittry, secretary to Superintendent Larson. Catherine Kelly, high school registrar, Shirley Gable. and Evelyn Hawltsley com- plete the office force. MRS. RITZMAN, SHIRLEY GABLE AND CATHERINE RELLX AIXD ALM E XYIITRX '0 .1 V '4 't 4.5 lanky,- Q ri 4 ws emu., LAWRENCE J. ALLEN, B.S., M.A. Mathematics University of Illinois, Northwestern University. MARGER APSIT, A.B., B.S. , Director of Athletics University of Southern California ESTHER BALLARD, B.S. Home Economics Lombard College. GLADYS C. BROWN, A.B. Mathematics Indiana State Teachers College. DOROTHY M. FRUIN, B.S. Commerce University of Illinois. LESLIE E. GEE, B. Ed. Printing Northern Illinois State Teachers College. RAY K. GRANT, B. Ed., M.A. ,. Science Northern Illinois State Teachers College, Northwestern University. CARL HAFENRICHTER, A.B. North Central College. STEN G. HALFVARSON, B.M.E. Northwestern University. LEONA HARRIS, B. Ed. University of California at Los Angles. HERBERT H. JEBENS, B.S., M.A. University of Iowa. C. L. KOYL , Bradley Polytechnic Institute. Science Vocal Music . . Librarian Boys Physical Education Building Trades ALLAN LAFLIN, B. Ed., M.A. Commerce Whitewater State Teachers Collexze, University of Iowa. LOUISE LANE, B.S. .. English University of Illinois. HAROLD F. MEYER, B. Ed., M.A. Drafting Northern Illinois State Teachers College, Northwestern University. BIRDINE MORRIS, B. Ed. , English Northern Illinois State Teachers College. C. J. NEBERGAL, A.B. Social Studies, Debate North Central College, Graduate work7Chicago University. EDGAR R. NEWMAN, A.B., M.A. , English, Journalism University of Nebraska, University of Wisconsin. HARRY H. NIGRO, B.M.E. Northwestern University. ESTHER PHARES, B.C. University of Illinois. HUGO W. PETERSON, B. Ed., M.A. Whitewater State Teachers Collexze, Northweste JEANITA PETERSON, A.B. Knox College. UNA J. PEASE, B.S. . Kansas State Teachers College. CATHERINE RATCLIFFE, A.B., M.A. Western College, Indiana University. Instrumental Music English, Speech Commerce rn University. Latin Biological Sciences . Latin, English LYDIA B. RAYMOND, A.B. ,. French, Social Science University of Chicago. A. C. RIDINGER, B.S., M.A. . Social Scientfe Illinois Wesleyan University, University of Illinois. HELENA M. SAUER, Ph. B., M.A. University of Chicago, Columbia University. ALICE A SHEPARD A B M A Wellesley College Univer itv of California GORDON H SMITH A B M A , . Art English Social Science North Central College Northwe tern Um er itv KATHRYN R SUINO BS MA Michigan State College Univer ity of Chicago BERNICE THOMPSON BS B Ed Cafeteria Service Commerce Iowa State College Illinoi State Normal University LEO F TILLY B Ed M A Industrial Arts State Teachers College O.hko.h W1.cons1n, Northwe..tern Umver.ity. MARJORIE WILSON B. Ed. Girls Physical Education Northern Illinois State Teacher: Collerse. HELEN L. WOOD A.B. M.A. University of Illinois. , English XVITII THE LIBRARY AS A CENTER, CUI.I.EGE PREP INCLVDES HISTURX GGINC-5 TO COLLEGE ? To the students seeking higher education and intellectual culture, Wlest High offers its college preparatory course. lVe find students of all types eager for more adyanced learning and determined to have a background of education that will enahle them to pursue any vocation they may find themselves adapted to. Today it is not enough to he a foothall star or a campus cutie to take your place at college. ln this age of keen competition, an open and alert mind, straight forward thinking, and an insatiable appetite for more knowledge are imperatiye. And so it is that forty per cent of the students at lVest High eagerly turn to the college preparatory course. 'lihe choice of suhjects is varied, permitting an elastic schedule oyer the four years. 'lihe specific requirements include four years of English and two years each of mathematics, foreign language, science, and social studies. 'lihe four years lfnglish are taught hy Klrs. Shepard, Klr. Newman, Kliss lllorris. Kliss XYood, Kliss Phares, lliss Ratcliffe. 'lihe two years of required math inyolye a choice of algehra, plain geometry, adyanced algehra. trigonometry, solid geometry, or adyanced math. with instructors Xlr. Allen. Kliss Brown. and hlrs. Smith. 'liwo years of either Latin. with instructors Kliss Peterson and hliss Ratclifife, or lfrench, ILWQLISH MXFHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND FOREIGN LANGITAUES. with instructor llliss Raymond, may complete the foreign language requirement. It is not hard to comply with the requirements for two units of science when such inter- esting courses as biology or advanced physiology, taught hy hliss Peaseg physics taught hy lVIr. Grantg and chemistry instructed hy Mr. Hafenrichter are offered. The junior and senior years receive the hrunt of the social studies requirements, made up of American history, taught hy llflr. Ridinger and lyliss Raymond, and social studies, taught by lllr. Ridinger and hlr. Nehergal. Not only are the college preparatory students offered this wide selection of interesting suhjects, but they, as individuals, are also analyzed and guided through the proper channels of study. Faculty advisors study the student, determine his mental aptitude, his ahility and personal traits, and then, cooperating with the student, counsel him in the proper preparation for college. lt is in this course that the cultural side, as well as the educational side of the student, is developed. A modern industrial power plant takes years of experience, skillful designing. engineering, and lay-out to create power that will economically, efficiently, and continuously give the highest type of service. The studies mentioned are the skillful engineering and designing of our faculty and superintendent. The elhcient service given by the highly perfected products that we turn out depends entirely on the power generated hy our minds, the will to do, and the adaptability to any and all circumstances. MANUAL TRAINING, SEXVING, AND VVUUDVVORKING PROVIDE PR.-XC'I'Il'AI, EXPERIIQNFI4 FOR A GENERAL EDUCATION For the benefit of those students who are not able to decide on either a college preparatory or a vocational course, but prefer a happy medium between the two, VVest High has instituted a general division. In this day and age when we are bent on correcting and eliminating human waste and inconvenience, this division affords an opportunity for study suited to both college and a vocation. As part of the individualized plan of education at IVest High, three main subf divisions of the general course have been organized to afford a better acquaintanceship with the different fields. These divisions are technical arts, industrial arts, and household arts. The technical arts course provides training for boys interested in the field of engineering. A profession inevitably requiring further study in a school of advanced education and training, it is closely allied with the college preparatory course, differing only in the foreign language requirement. In the industrial arts course, studies in either manual training. taught hy IXIr. Tilly and lNIr. Koyl, or printing, taught by lXIr. Gee, may he pursued. X COOKING, DRAWING, AND ART ADD VARIETY TO REGULAR CLASSES FOR GENERAL STUDEINTS Household arts is without a doubt a practical course for high school girls. It offers instructions in the line art of homemaking, including the study of clothing and foods. Miss Ballard, clothing and home management instructor, prepares the girls for economic and intelligent purchasing of clothes, as well as for actual dressmaking. The study of foods in connection with home management is also included in her course. The general course is based upon the principle of requiring only a few specific units for graduation from the course, thereby giving the student leeway to make his own decisions as to whether he shall confine his training to preparation for college, a vocation, or both. The requirements are composed of four years of English, taught by llfliss Lane, lldiss Wood, lldr. Newman, and lldrs. Shepard: one year of general mathematics, taught by Miss Brown and hir. Apsit: two years of social science with instructors Mr. Ridinger, Miss Raymond, and lVIr. Nebergalg and one-half year each of physiology and general science, instructed by hfliss YVilson, lVIr. Hafenrichter, Mr. Grant, Miss Pease, and Mr. Jebens. In this course the student is able to choose for himself the subjects which he wants to take and which he thinks will give him the best preparation for his later life. The general division accomplishes a dual purpose by preparing students simul- taneously for both college and a vocation. By this training, acquired at an early stage of their education, they are ready to meet whatever the future holds for them. INIINIICRVIAI. S'I'I'lJICN'I'S LEARN 'IU MIMEUURAPII, 'I'U MAKE Ul I' jUB-APPLICATIUNS, ANI? TU TAKE lJlC'I'A'I FOR COMME RCIAL TRAINING Annually, june after june, lVest High graduates parade across the platform- all looking more or less alike. Hut there the similarity ends. lfither through necessity or through an impatient desire to prove their own worth, twenty-three per cent of these students chose the commercial course. Now, at graduation, they stand fully equipped to make their place in the husiness world. ln no other branch of learning does the opportunity for immediate advancement so present itself. l reshmen, launching into this new realm of training, find the initial courses reduced to mere stepping stones under the illuminating teaching of hliss 'l'hompson. ln her husiness fundamentals classes she acquaints the students with a general preview of the requirements for the forthcoming years. lVith the advent of their sophomore year, students in this course hranch out into commercial arithmetic, with instructor hlr. Apsitg commercial geography, with hlr. Smith as teacher: hooltlceeping, with instructor hlr. Peterson: and typing, taught hy hliss Fruin and Bliss Thompson. A general understanding of the field and its scope is hrought hefore the student hody. Its potentialities, as well as its difliculties, are discussed to make for a hetter understanding of the curriculum outlined for them. VVORRING IN THE SUPPLY STORE, TYPING, AND ACCOUNTING ARE A PART UF THIS CURRICULUM Upon entering the third year of the commercial course, work begins in earnest. Now that the rudiments of the course have been mastered, the refining and polishing of each accomplishment is begun. It is with a feeling of real confidence that the student begins this stage of his development. At the junior level, one-half year of business English, taught by Nliss Lane: shorthand, taught by lylr. Peterson: and typing, taught by lVIiss Fruin, constitute the necessary requirements. The electives- accounting, salesmanship, and law, instructed by hdr. Peterson and lVIr. Laflin- are ofTered as optional credits. A peek into the typing or shorthand room reveals classes of intensely interested students, each conscientiously filling every moment to the fullest. During their senior year, the advanced students receive firsthand experience in putting into practice their acquired business knowledge and skill. The office practice class, under the expert supervision of lVIr. Laflin, is the final step in the progress of the commercial students, familiarizing them with office routine and etiquette. Also included in this year's work is advanced shorthand instructed by lVliss Thompson. High school is one of the most reliable sources of commercial training. Perhaps most necessary of all attributes is a wide variety of business experience. Accordingly, many commercial students, aside from their required work, assume various miscellaneous duties around school. Most important of these is management of the book store under the supervision of lVIr. Peterson. This is the short cut to success-the rocky road perhaps-but always leading up to a definite goal. CAFETERIA SERVICE, MECIIANICAI, DRAVVING, AND COMMERCIAL ART CONTRIBUTE TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING SO YOU WANT A JOB In the past we have thought of getting an education and earning a living as two separate activities, hut they should not he very different from each other. lVhile a hoy or girl is acquiring an education, he should he doing things that are closely related to the things he will have to do when he is earning a living. The sooner a student hegins to do something, the sooner he hecomes master of the environment in which he lives. livery hoy and girl should learn to do something well enough to earn a sufficient living. Very often students with good academic records and a keen interest in activities outside of school find themselves nonplussed as to just what line of work to pursue after graduation. As a result of vocational studies, however, confidence in one's ability, self respect, pride in accomplishment, and an opportunity to find the one line of xvorlc we wish to develop is opened to us. Here at VVest High four vocational courses are offered-huilding trades, cafeteria service, commercial art, and vocational printing. Prohahly the most popular of all of these courses is huilding trades. lXIr. Koyl is the instructor of machine, mechan- ical, and architectural drafting. hlr. Tilly instructs welding, electrical work, wood VI UDENTS AT VVEST HIGH LEARN PRINTING, NVELDINU, AND BUILDING TRADES AS VOC XTIONS work, and forging. All of these subjects are taught with the aid of the latest type of equipment for the work. Constructive toy printing presses create an early desire for further knowledge along that line. The printing course at VVest High offers an opportunity to further this desire and is most successfully taught by lWr. Gee. The proof of the pudding is the Red and Blue, printed by this class in a professional manner. The cafeteria course, instructed by llfliss Suino, has increased in popularity each succeeding year. Cafeteria and lunch room service and management are taught. That their theories and principles are tested and successfully put into practice is proved by the efficient management and delicious food served in the cafeteria. Here the class prepares and serves food to approximately 275 students daily. YVest Aurora was the first high school in Illinois to offer such an extensive course in this subject. Commercial art offers a field of almost unlimited scope. It is not necessary for one to be a Rembrandt to qualify for this course. A natural desire plus a fairly good talent is sufficient for Miss Sauer to produce a graduate ready to command his place in the commercial art field. To the boys and girls not academically inclined the vocational course above becomes a land of promise and attainment. VVork accomplished by the heart and hand is the solution to the problems of failures in life. To do with a will is to do well. rs. E. C. Holmblad. Mrs. C. R. Diendorfer, Mrs. Axel Mellquist, Mrs. Edward Frank, Mrs. A. D. Sinden, Mrs. George Jones Mrs. C. B. Augustine, Mrs. S. J. Steiner. Mrs. Carl Gemmer, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. W. F. Murphy, Mrs. G S. Bennethum, Principal Bergman. PARENTS AN D PE DAGOC-BU ES The Parent-'lieachers Association began the year 1940-1941 by giving their annual card party on Uctober 17. This party was followed by the Christmas Concert presented December I7 by the a capella choir. 'lihe next P.-ill. A.-sponsored event was the Hobby Show held on january 28. Parents, teachers, students, and friends of VVest High exhibited their hobbies, and prizes were presented. A Hobby Lobby formed part of the entertainment. Then, since the purpose of the P.-'l'. A. is to help parents understand the problems their children encounter in school, two special meetings were planned. On February 18. a College Night enabled parents to meet representatives from various colleges: Dr. Theodore P. Stephens, president of Aurora College, discussed the problem of choosing a college. 'lihe second meeting, a Vocational Night took place on April l5, giving parents a chance to investigate the opportunities in various voca- tional lields. Klr. Bergman, our principal, was the speaker. lllrs. S. yl. Steiner was the president for this year: Rlrs. Charles Augustine and Klrs. Carl Gemmer were the first and second vice-presidents, respectivelyg and lllrs. A. D. Sinden was the secretary. ilxllf oflice of treasurer was held by lllr. G. A. Lafiin. 'iiw fx 5 X X 9 45 f ' Z' M13 X x 3 5 2 K 1 ,X S X 4, 'N W .wi-Z-' . ,1,: .. , ,,... , , 1-wharf -Qi: Q, , QQ ,. 511355: ' , ,Nay , E 5 0 2' X N P x x R 2.1 ......, My 193425 J LAST ROUND-UP President. Paul Nelson: we? Vice-President, Don Johnsen Secretary, Ruth Copelini Treasurer, Ed Martino. v N ln early September, 1937. 282 freshmen were greeted cordially by the class spon- sors, llliss Pease, chief advisor, lllr. Nebergal, bIr.Smith, lXlrs.Shephard, llliss Ballard, and blr. Bergman. That first fall we elected the following students as officers: Gordon Cole, president, Dorothy Ruddy, vice-president, Joyce Johnson, secretary: and Avis Goodell, treasurer. - TVith Jack Goss, Charles Luke, Elinor Youngen, and Dean Lewis leading us, we journeyed through our second year. The class dance, Fresh-more Swingeroo. was given on the fifth of lkflay. The class was well represented in all activities, sports, and academic fields. As we entered in the upperclassmen's ranks, we chose for our leaders: Don Vonck, president: Bob Erickson, vice-presidentg Juanita Barnes, secretary: and Bill Fifer, treasurer. The class play, Big Hearted Herbert, was presented to a large audience. The Junior Prom, held June 3, provided a gala climax for the school year with an unusual setting built around the theme Penguin Promenade. ' Starting our last year at XVest High, we seniors elected for officers, Paul Nelson, Don Johnson, Ruth Copa-lin and Ed lllartino. Bob lllurphy was elected president of the Student Council. now in its third consecutive year. Elinor Youngen and Bonnie Buttrey were chosen co-editors of the EOS, while lllarjorie lllatson won the business managership. Throughout the four years many members of our class participated in the various extra-curricular activities. Some of these are: football, basketball, track. swimming, G.A.A.. EOS, Red and Blue, Science club, dramatic clubs. the Camera club, a cappella choir, the Gym club, glee clubs, and debate. AMONI, ANITA Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: G.A.A. 1, 2. 3, vice president 4: EOS: Girs Club Council 1, 2: Co-chairman Junior Prom: Student Council Treas urer 4. ANDERSON, EVERETT CLARENCE Band 4: Football 2. 3. 4: Track 1, 2, 4. ASHTON, JACK Boys' Glee Club 1: Vocational Industrial Club 3, 4. AUCUTT, BETTYLOU A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Glee Club 1, 2: Student Council Secretary 4. BANCROFT, LILA MAE Band 1: EOS: Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 1, 2: Girls' Glee Club 2, 3: Red and Blue 4: Senior Class Play. BARNES, JUANITA Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: G.A.A. 1, 2, point secretary 3, president 4: Girls' Club Council 1, 4: Girls' Glee Club 1: Science Club 3, 4: Class Secretary 3: Student Council 3, 4. BARR, WILLIAM Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4: EOS: Football 1, 2, 3, 4: Gym Club 3: Dramatics 1, 2, 4: Lettermen's Club: Red and Blue 3, 4: Science Club 3, 4: Track 1, 2, 4: Junior Prom committee chairman. BARRETT, PAUL Vocational Industrial Club 3, 4. BAXTER, JAMES Publication Board 3: Intramural. BERG, ALLEN Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4. 13, if fp-el l 'S . 'br 221 BERTOLOTTI, ADELINE Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4. BOUDREAU, FERN MARIE Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Glee Club 1: Junior Prom committee chairman. BOYLE, MAXINE ' Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Glee Club 1, 2: Red and Blue 3: Science Club 3, 4. BRIGGS, JOHN Boys' Glee Club 1: EOS: Dramatics 2. 3. 4: Red and Blue 3, 4: Science Club 3, 4: Publication Board president 3: Track 2. 36 ,br BROWN, ROBERT A Cappella Choir 2. 3. 4: Basketball 1. 2: Boys' Glee Club 1, 2: Red and Blue 4: Science Club 3. 4: Dramatics 2: Intramural: Track 1, 2: Swimmim: 3, 4. BURKEL, JANE East Aurora Hixzb Schrml 13 Girls' Glee Club 21: Red and Blue 4: Dramatics 2, 4. 4 M in 436 1' BURFORD, VERA ICOS: Ilramatics 1, 2. R, 4: G.A.A. 1: Girls' Glee Club 1. 2: Red and Blue 2, 3, 4: Science Club 24, 4: Junior Prom committee chairman. BUTLER, FRANCES CI Girls' Glec Club 1. ZZ, II. ,,-f4 ' BUTTREY, BONNIE C0-editor EOS: Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: G.A.A. l. 2. 3: Red and Illue 3: Science Club 3, 4: Student Council 4: Publicatiun Board 2. 4. CEARLOCK, HELEN EOS: Orchestra 1. 2. 3. f :jg .X 'F'-f CHAMBERS, JIM Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4: I.ettermen's Club. CHAPMAN, DORIS A Cappella Choir 3. 4: G.A.A. 1: Girls' Club Council 4: Girls' Glee Club 2, 3: Dramatics 2. 3. 4: Red and Blue 4: Science Club 4. CLOW, GRACE .39 1 CY CHERNOFF, ELEANOR A Cappella Choir 4: EOS: D1-amatics 1. 2, 3, 4: Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, 4: Orchestra 1, 2: Red and Blue 4. CHRISTOPHER, BETTY JANE Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Glee Club 1: G.A.A. 1: Red and Blue 4: Science Club 3. -I. Downers Grove Community Ilizrb Scbaml 1: Girls' Glce Club 2. COLE, GORDON Hand 1. 2. Cl, ircsident 43 Football l. 2. fl: I,ettermen's Club: Basket- : , Z., I, i 3 s ru l. 2, Il, vice president 41 Track I, 2. 3. 41 lluli I 1 Qli I I0 1 l I litll l 7 'I 1 Urcbet Studq-ni Council 1: Gym . rxs ,!'ChIf nt I Vllcatiunzi Industrial Klub .L I. COLLIER, GEORGIA G.rls' Glee Club 1, 2, 3. COLLINS, JEANETTE Kzalanizizfm, Michigan I. 2: G.A .A. 3 Elf? km, COLUMBUS, LORRAINE Girl! Club Council 4. N ' V ' A Es I 5 - 1 COOK FRANCES -l ' A-at-, , .I A i COPELIN, RUTH LYDIA I l A Cappella Choir 3, -1: EOS: Dramatics 1. 2, 3. 4: Girls' Glee Club 1. 2: .S Science Club 4: Red and Hlue 3, 4: Claw Secretary 4: Student Council 4. 1 53 Q CORKUM, ETHYL RUBY Girl! Glee Club 2: Dramatich 2: Science Club 3, 4. 3 fi fl' K 'V I CORNELL, S. LEON Q , Q Sufrar Grove High School 1, 2. 3: Science Club 4: Tennis 4. 1 ' CRAIG, DONALD .We East Aurora Hixzh School 1. 'uhm A Q! ' . ,CMAQ Ax. g f. , . CRANDELL, DONALD - 5 iiA A gf rv' - Boys' Glee Club 1: EOS: Dramatics 1: Golf 4: Science Club 3. 4. 1 V , , -',l' ' 0 -X ' fx-?Hff CRANDELL, SHIRLEY A W., Dramatics 1. 2, 3, 4: G.A.A. 1, 2. 3: Girls' Glee Club I: Red and , 'W' 'dvi E Blue 3: Science Club 3, 4. ' 1- gl ' z DADA, LENA G.A.A. ZZ, 3, treasurer 4: Dramatics 1, 3, 4. DALSEG, GERALDINE EOS: Orchestra 1, 2, librarian 3, prehirlent 4: Student. Council 4. A vanwe- L X , ll DAVIDSON. GLENN Band 2, 3. 4: Debate 1: EOS: Camera Club 3, president 4. DAVIS, ELTHA DEAN, MARILYN A-Cappella Choir 3, 4: Dramatics 1. 2, 3, 4: French Club 4: G.A.A. 1, 2 Girls' Glee Club 1. 2: Red and Blue 4. DEIHL, GILBERT Football 4: Track 2, 3: Intramural. 11 DIXON, SHIRLEY G.A.A. 1: Girls' Club Council 3: Girls' Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. ,-L .gs vs DOBBINS, DELORIS Girls' Glee Club 1. DREES, WILLIAM nr. , DUMONT, VIVIAN Girls' Glee Club 1, 2: dropped second semester. DURLAND, KENNETH A Cappella Choir 1, 2, 3, 4: Boys' Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4. QE. EISENHOUR, BERT E. A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Boys' Glee Club 1: Football 1, 2. 33 Science Club 3, president 4: Track 2. EBER, MARIAN LOUISE Red and Blue 3, editor 4: Dramatics 1, 2, 3. 4: EOS: G.A.A. 2: X Publication Board 4: Junior Prom committee chairman. 'X .S ELLIS, LOIS EOS: Red and Blue 4: G.A.A. 1, 2, 3: Girls' Glee Club 1. ENTILE, MICHAEL J, , Band 1, 2, 3, treasurer 4: Basketball 2, 3: Track 4: Intramural. fi 9 A vw an 'I 'S X' I. 4 ERICKSON, ROBERT H. X, T' 3 i ' EOS: Football 2. 3. 4: Lettermen's Club president 4: Science Club 4: A ' R 1' Track 3: Class Vice-President 3: Student Council 3, 4: Intramural. lik . I. EVEN, PHYLLIS JOYCE FERGUSON, PATRICIA East Aurora High School 1, 2: A Cappella Choir 4: Band 4: French Club chairman 4: Orchestra 4. FIFER, WILLIAM A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Boys' Glee Club 1. 2, 3. 4: EOS: French Club 4: Dramatics 3, 4: Class Treasurer 3: Red and Blue 3, editor 4: Science Club 4: Student Council 3, 4: Junior Class Play: Senior Class Play. FITZGERALD, WARREN EOS: Football 2: Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: Red and Blue 4: Science Club 3, 4: Camera Club 3, 4. FLANDERS DALE Basketbull L' Science Club 4. FREDRICKSON KENNETH FREESE EDITH Drfimxitics 4. FRIEDERS DORIS 1 SI C'rls' Clee ui : R r 'inf Iilue GEMMER FRED Boy. Clee Club 1. GILMAN ALYCE .irr Club Council 1: Draniatics 4. GOLDMAN, MARSHALL Hyde Park, CI'liCZlI-IO. 1, 2, 3: A Cappella Choir 4: Boys' Glee Club 4: Football 4: Tennis 4: Senior Class Play. GOODELL, AVIS . F' Debate 1: EOS: Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 1. 2, 3, ,fig treasurer 4: G.A.A. 1: Class Treasurer 1: Rerl and Iilue 4: Science ' Club 4: Student Council 1. li V 1 I . ', 4 V S af 1 fx! ,R , SEQ X N' t , lil X -ali' S ,,., Boys' Glee Club 1: EOS: Paint Pot Club 2: Red and Blue 3. Ka, lx V? A 'X fif sv 2 7 l v EOL li 1 Cl I 1 el 1 I 4 3 ' 'S x 1 5 I C IC ,,,- Goss, JACK GREGORY 2- : Baslcetball 1, 2: EOS: Football 1, 2, 3: liettermenk Club: Red and ii Blue 3: Science Club 4: Track 1, 2. 4: Class President 2: Student Council 2. A I - fl f, R-:QW S GRAHAM, HARRY me f Basketball 1. ., A 2 G GREENE, ALEX A Cappella Choir 3. 4: Boys' Glee Club 2. EOS: D1-amatics 3, 4 Science Club 3, 4: Camera Club 3: Swimming. GREGORY, JEAN EOS: French Club 3, 4: Girls' Glee Club 1, 2, 3: Red and Blue 3 Dramatics 4: Junior Prom committee chairman. GUEST, ALICE EOS: Dramatics 1: Girls' Glee Club 1, 2, 3: Red and Blue 4. HAFER, TOM Camera Club 3, 4: Tennis 2, Science Club 4. -Q gig fx V 'l' . Jw' 5 .. . .. .jn- K FG ' ' '- 1,..'j2if Q. ffl A se 1 V. ,. x . X ' ,, 5 'n N' 3 , . ':'f,- fill f iv . ,A x x I 1 3 3 N1 1 HUFFMASTER, JEAN H. A Cappella Choir 2. fl. 1: EOS: Ilramatirw I, 2. 3. Al: Girl! Club Crwuncil 1. 2. 3. 4: Girls' Glee Club 1, 2, Il: Rell and Blue -lg Science Club 3, 4: .luninr Claes Play: Seninr Clase Play, HUGHES, KENNETH LEROY A Cappella Choir fl. president -1: llanfl l. 12. Huy! Glee Club 1, 2, 3, l: llramatica l, 2. -1. vice-preairlent fl: Science Club 3, 4: Track ll Sturlent Council 4: Junim- Claw Play. HUMM, POLLY ANN A Cappella Choir 2: EOS: Dranmticf l, 2, 3, .lg G.A.A. 1 'L 1' Girl! Club Council I, 2: Science Club 3. Aecretary-treasurer 4: Refl and lllue 3, 4: Senior Class Play. HURLBUT, EARL Science Club -1: Track 1:Gym Club 2, 3, 1: Swimming. HAMSMITH, MAXINE Uwwegu llillh Schtml l. 2. HATCH, MARJORIE J. EOS: Girls' Glee Club l. 2: Science Club fl, -1. HAWKINS, ROI JANE EOS: Girl! Glen Club 1, 1'. l: Paint llm C'ub fl xicr--prexirlent Science Club 43 llramatics -13 Camera Club 4. HIGHLEY, BARBARA Debate 1, iwresiflent -1: EUS: Dv-amatics 1. 2, Il. -1: Girl! Club Cuun 4: G.A.A. l. T. 3. 41 Camera Club Il: Circus 2, -1: Student Council Sf'lllUI' Clzws Play. HOBART, SUZANNE A Cappella Chnir 3. 4: lJl'fIl1WJ!lll N l. 2. Al. Necre'a v fl: Rr-rl and Blue eclitnr 4: Sturlent Council 12VFl'Q!1c'l1 Club -1: Girls' Club Council 'fl f-irlf fylee Club l. 2, 32 Senmr Claxs Play. HOLMBERG. RALPH EaSt Aurura llifh Schunl 1: .luu'ui' Class Play. HOLMES, DOUGLAS Boys' Glee Club li Football l. 2 HOPE, BARBARA A Cappella Choir 1: Debate 1. 2, Il: I-IOS: G.A.A. I. 2: llramatics 1. 7 3, 4: Refi anrl Blue 3, 4: Circus 2. Il. 4: Seniur C'a:s Play. HOWELL, DARLINE A Cappella Choir -1: EOS: Dramatics 1, 2, 3: Orchestra 22. S Dizrnitiu 1 iw Slecretziry 1. 1 X 0.31 nil une ii Nine imi 1 num Claw Play: khtNtll S m 1 ue me Vucitiunal lndum- l 11. . 2 an .gx f? . xii Ni .J is h .J-fa N wQQMQZR lictbill uv ee ua ou Jill 1. 2. 32 imitics elm ns un 1 i e 4: Science 3' 3 2 f if F x i u uuncil 1 e C Qlub 1: Debate 2. ,,:..- x 2'-'r li .wi l . 1 3? 1 . mi KONZAK,RONALD D. Basketball 3: liuys' Glee Student Council 4. KREBS,BARBARA A Cappella Chnir 3. 4: Di mi lil Club Council 2, 32 Girls' Glee Club 1. 7 3 Rec ann B u LAGE,DONALD Gym Circus. LAGER,MARY Visitation Academy. Dubuque Iowa ' 3 Waxhington Junior High Dubuque, Iowa 13 EOS: GAA 4 Di miatiu 4 .X GJ? Six ,A , ,24., A 8 f 1 I '3-'53 1 'sf' x,..-4 .infill Q-Q'-WSG -i-jim Iiii 'S' T LYNDERS, THOMAS Boys' Glee Club 1. McCULLOUGH, JACK LAMPSON, MAYNE Boys' Glee Club. LANCASTER, JUNE G.A.A. 13 Girls' Glee Club 1: Dramzitice 1. LARRABEE, EDITH MAE A Cappella Choir Al: IlI'2ll'!12lIlChi Girls' t-lee Club 1, 13, .5 LARRABEE, MARJORIE A Cappella Choir 3. 4: Draniatics 1: Girl! Glee Club 1 7 LAVER, MILDRED LOUISE LEAVEY, ROBERT E. Basketball 33 Track 1, 2, 3. 41 Student Council '13 Lettermene L u LEWIS, DEAN THOMAS Debate 1: Red and Blue -1: Science Club 4: Tennis 2, 5 4 Foot Manasrer 1: Student Council 2: Class Treasurer 2. LONGLEY, DON Club: Track 2. 3: Junior Irom committee chairman. LUKE, CHUCK 1 Basketball 1, 2, 3: Football 1, 2, 33 Track 2: Lettermen Club LUMAN, BETTY J. G.A.A. 1. 2: Girls' Glee Club 1. . 'if 1' 1 15.3, '1' Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4: Football 1. 2: Lettermen's Club: Red and Blue 32 Track 1. McGUIRE, DOROTHY alw- 1 Dramatics 1, 2, Ii, -li Girls' Glee Club 2, 3: Girls' Club Council 1: Paint Put Club 4. MAHAFFEY, CHARLES Football 4: Red and Blue -I: Science Club 3, -1: Track 3: Camera Club 3, 4. f ,mn llasketball 1, 2: Debate 1: Football 1. 2, 3, 4: Golf 7 Lettermene J ,l 'GL E Q qw.. M 4 film? x is W , 'fm , .1 ,L-2163 2 f 'wX rl . A 2 WWE: M1 . X Q Boys Glee Club 1 Red and Blue 3 Publication Board 3. Watxeku Community High School 1 3: Girls' Glee Club 4 6' ., iw . .lJ??f5,-,Sa 41'l','f4. 1 - 1- -15:f5'f',-x,1' ,,g '. -4 biuiiil- .1-L . I yilafeizgdiffize: ma. ag flfv. i 2 .-H. ' i vi. 1 I fn I ' ' Y A R l ,Vw .J I MURPHY, ROBERT Debate 1, 2, 3, 4: Footba rimi ice 4 Ifiench Clu I.ettermen's Club: Red and Sue ciencc u Tennis Track 3. 4: Intramural: Student Lounul pre ident 4 Iunior Clam P ay MUSARACA, AL Iloys' Glee Club 1: Gym iicu MUSARACA, WILLIAM Boys' Glee Club 1: Gym ii 1 5 bwimmi pb NEIL, WILLIAM EOS: Football 3: Paint Pot Club ' Ii acl-4 ' 3 Voc itional Indu tra Club 3, 4: Intramural. NEILL, WILMER Band 1, 2, secretary 3. 4 Foo i ' NELSON, PAUL Football 1, 2, 3, captain 4 Lettermenb Club secretary trea uier 4 Track 1. 2. 3 4: Class Piexid nt 4 Student Counc NEUENDORF, LOUIS A Cappella Choir 2: Boys NEWQUIST, SHIRLEY Lyons Township High Sc 3, 4: Girls' Glee Club 2. 3 4 Di ima ic 3 plexident 4 Red an Blue -I: Science Club 3. Stu en ouncil Gym Circus 7 Junior Class Play: Senior Clue Pln NICRO, MARY LOUISE Band 1, 2, librarian 3, 4: Di imiti A 4 Red 'ind B G.A.A. 1: Orchestra 2, 4 vt ie ident 5 Science Clu Drum Major 4: Senior Class Play OELKER, MURIEL Girls' Glee Club 1. 2, 3. n1'! 4, 'ippelli Chou I 4 Girls' Glee Club 1, 2, 3: Student Council 4. A J' OLESON AUDRIE ELAINE ippclli on S librarian 4: Band 1. 2, Ii. 4: Science Club 3. 4: 7- amitic 1 ' 3 4 f urls' Glee Club 1. 2, 3: Student Council 4: French OSTROFF ANTHONY rimitiu 1 7 4 1 Tennis 1, 2, 34. 4: Debate 1. 2, 4: Basketball u ii e rmen's Club: Red and Iilue 3, 4: Science Club i 1 J S 1: Junior Class Play: Senior Class Play. is ,Q PARENT, ALICE MAXINE Ilrainintius 1, 2, 3, 4: G.A,A. 1. 3, 4, Girl! Glee Club 1, 2. 6 431. PARKER. BERNARD C. ' ,. ' mm -, hw-.v-v Iilzist 'Aurora High School 1: Iiund 2, 3, librurizin 4: Orchestra 3, llln':1r1:in -I. PARKHURST, VIRGINIA Girls' Glue Club 1. 12, 3. PARMELE, BERNICE I,l'ZlY'l12lIIl'9 1. 2. 3, 42 G.A.A, 1. 2, 3, secretary 43 Girls' Club Council 4. I Q sjgf' , Y 3 ' ,J X Q i ff' 1 'T Q 5 5 ' 4 f ig, 1 l V: XM 1 Xwihr J Q I t. ' 'Axim L 1 PETERSON, HELEN l AN A Cappella Choir 3. 4: G.A.A. 2, 3, 4: Girls' Glee Club 1, 2, 31 Cheer- ' louder. K ' . -, fir' I , , PETROS, PETE ,- M' liaisketbzill 1. 2: Boy! Glee Club 1: Football 1, 2. -'rw 1 POZZI, JOSEPH I 15 1. Student Council 4: Football 1: Track 1. 5 T f f f' 'M 5 . 'Sw' RAY, RU'l'H my Drunlutu-4 1. 2, 3, 4. , A .fi R ,QSNA I Auf' ,M READ, JANE ANN 1, ICOS: Paint Pot Club 1, 2, 3, trezmurer 4: Drumatics 2, 3, 43 Girls' Club Council 12: Girls' Glee Club REININGER, W. CLARENCE Band 1. KW Lyn- 1, Z. I ' M , , 2. J wifi an in ,,. 1. ' ,, , ,fmm?1rf3Q: L RICHARDS, .IEANNE EOS: French Club 4: Girls' Club secretary 4: Paint Pot Club -1: Rem and Blue 4: Science Club 3, 4: Dramzitics ZS. 4. RICHMOND, ALWIN Football 22, 3, 4: Track 2, 3, 4: Le-tterinen's Club. RICHMOND ART ootblll I I Q eimen L ui RICHMOND EUGENE LEO B1nd1,...', : ' S'-L,Z,. l -.9 12. R' 455, 'Q' l gi-yn Ii- . I i f ik bf., -4 '35 far 1 -fi K- ,I-,. iw? fa pu Q 'EF' A-. 'WL 3- Z9 . gl ff? I I9 N ' Q I-lb . 1 9 4 SLAKER, SUE bv .K ,. ' 'ai- L- 1 g--f ROBERTS, DELOS llannl 1, 2. 3, 4. ROSCOE, GARTH Ifuys' Glee Club I.: Fuutball 2: Dramatics I, ZZ, 3. 4 Track 1 7 Scien Llub 3, vice-president -1. ROSS, VERNA Alvernia Hixlh School, Chicago, Ilramatics 4. RUBART, EMORY ROBERT Ilnys' Glee Club 2. 3. RUDDY, DOROTHY ELAINE Illinois 1: Rec L ie Girls' Glee Club 2, 3, president 1: Class Vice-President 1 A Cappe a Chuir 3, treasurer 4: EOS: Girls' Club Counci I pre lden G.A,A. 1. 2: French Club 4: Dramatics 1, 12, 3 4 Suenc C Student Council 1. 4: Junior Class Play: Senior 1 iw RUSSELL, WARREN Band 1, 2, 3, 4. SASS, HERMINA Ilramatics 4. SEAVEY, HARVEY EOS: Football 3: Junior Prom committee chairman Track Paint Pot Club 2: I,ettermen's Club. SERBY, LOLA SHOGER, EDITH A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 1 7 LITIS Clee Club I 7 1, L, 24: Orchestra 3, treasurer -I: Ilramatics L. ,f Ilramatics 1. 2. Zi, 4: French Club -1: G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4: Rell anml Iilue 3, -I: Orchvstra 1. secretary 2, treasurer -I: Science Club -1. SMITH, DOROTHY Debate I: ICOS: G.A.A. 3, All Ilramatics 11, 3, I SMITH, SHIRLEY r -'Vi' fx A Czippellzi Vhuir 4: Girls' fllce Club I, il. 3. is IQ5' SOLLAMI, ROSE Dramatics l, 2, fi. 4: Science Club 43 G.A.A. l. 2. Il. 4: Girls' Glee Club l, 13, CS. -I: Camcra Club -I. ,-'fr' K f5XQ5'f' wk Ns., .nf , ,fr DN: f fd' mt 5 I TOWRY ROBERT VERNE mponx Hugh bchool Pmporm kan 1 A Lippelld Lholr 3 Bows Glee Club 2 French Club 4 TRAVERSINO HELEN M. 'lmxtxcs 1 2: G.A.A. : i ee Club 1 VAN DEVENTER BILL Red and Blue 3. VAN FLEET MARIE S French Club 4: G.A.A. Clrb Llub LUUHCI 3 Gym Clrcub 2 Sclence Club 4. 5 af f l I ,RQ ra. M 'a x' ?..f' - 'C' Q -.1 I , , 1 -Ni 4.5. .. L . l E 2 W fo? I r, .153 H..-o sf' A .,..r FJ X 1 I Aww K 1 f J. R A 5 03 ,Q , Q, A! g vw -l . if ' A . f C 3, .f- . tj, 'Q-an , 5 'Q . Q . L N ?..y.k 21: I Y A 1 .. F 'l A' H 139.5 , M' 1 , A M Q- 1 F, f-'sun as 7 WELLER, JOE A Capps-llu Ch WELLS. JANE 3 A if , auf- 'hur- L uir Il: Buys' Glee Club l. 123 Svicnct- Club VAN FLEET, MARION VAN LOON, EDWARD liuxltetlmll 4: lluyx' Glue Club 11 Real und Blue Il. 4, VENEROS, CONSTANTINE Uilslxt'tlb1lll 1, 2, Ili Fuutbull 1, Il: 'l'rzu'la 1: I.:-ttoz'rnen'Q Club. VERBIC, ARNOLD llzlskvtlmll 1. 12. Il, fl: Truck 1, 23 I,cttox':nen'- Club. VONCK, DONALD JOHN Huy! Glue Club 1: Fuuflnull 1. 2. il, -1: Truck 1, 2, 4: Red und Blue 3. etlltur -1: I.ettenmen's Club: Claw President Il: Intramural: Cu-chzlirxnun Junior 1'l'U1'llI Student Council 3. WALKER, DOROTHY Girl! lilee Club 1. 2. WATSON, KENNETH lk-lwute 113 Fuutbull 1, 2. 2: Lvttermenk Club. il: Hz1Qkotlmll Munuuer fl: Track Ii: Ilranlutics WEISHEIT, RICHARD Iiuys' Glee Club 1: Vucatiunul IIlllLl4tI'l2ll Club 3, 4. LOS: From-h lflulw A13 G.A.A. 1: Girl-' fllee Club l, 2: Science Club 4: I,lI'2AHl2ltlCQ 4. WHEELER, E. LYLE Letternienk Club. WHITCOMB, GLADYS S. Girlx' Glee Club 1. WHITE, MARIBELLE RUTH A Cappella Choir Il, secretary 4: Dramatics l, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 2, 3: Girls' Glee Club 1. 2, 33 Student Council 4: Senior Claws Play. WHITT, VELMA GRACE WILLEY, FRANK Vocational Industrial Club 3. WINN, RICHARD In'ramur:1lg Drarnatics 3. WILMSEN, JUNE ALYCE Debate 1. 2, 3, vice-president 4: Dramatics 1. 2. 3, secretary-treafurer 53 we Q 4: G.A.A. 4: French Club 4: Red and Blue 3. 43 Science Club 45 f A Girls' Club Council 3, vice-president 4: Junior Class Play. WOLSFELT, ROBERT East Aurora High School 1: Football 3. 4: Red and Blue 4: Track 3, 4: Intramural. f-lm, 44? 5 mi 2 if fi X 'N 4' Q.-wwf f' ggi'- ' Q WUNDER, BILL X, Cappella Choir 1. 2, 3. 4: Hey! Glee Club 1. 2. 3: Dramatics 1 ietfermen's Club: Science Club 4: Tennis R, 4. YOUNGEN, ELINOR A Cappella Choir 2. 3: EOS editor: Dramatics 1. 2, president 3, 4 Cl, 4: Class Secretary 23 Student Council 2, 3, 4: Pub'ication Board 4 ZADNICHEK, ALBERT Club: Science Club 3, 4: Dramatics 4: Track 1, 2, 3, 4: Gym Club 2 3. 4: Circus 2, 3. 4. G.A.A. 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 1, 2: Red and Illue 23: Science Club Basketball 2: Boys' Glee Club 1: EOS: Football 1, 2, 3, 4: Lettermenk Q Q 'Q v fs -I - Q r Q Q Q - 1 Q s 5X5 129 SQL '20 Qc :Q QS QQ Q1 NATIONAL an I-ICDNO R SOCIETY Individuals possessing the required combination of good scholarship, character. and citizenship are rewarded each year at VVest High School by election to membership in the National Honor Society. The following students were selected from the Class of 19-H by the school and its faculty for membership this year: :IQ Q1 '29 QA' ANITA AAIoNI JEAN HUFFAIASTER 3 BETTYLoU AUCUTT KENNETH HUGHES WILLIAM BARR POLLY HUMNI VERA BURFORII lYlARTIN JONES BONNIE BUTTREY lW1ARNIORIE NlATSON :YQ Q ' DoNALII CRANIIELL ROBERT lNlURPHY 755 N N Qi? eg? SHIRLEY QRANDELL PAUL NELSON 229 951 GLENN DAVIDSON SHIRLEY NEWQUIST gg, jg WILLIAM FIFER ANTHONY OSTROFF XVARREN FITZGERALD DOROTHY RUIIIIY KENNETH FREDRICKSON DOROTHY SMITH Q ALEX GREENE HOLLIS LEIGH THoRPE BARBARA HIGHLEY lNlARIBELLE W HITE SUE HoEART JUNE ALYQE WILNISEN jg BARBARA HOPE ELINoR YOUNGEN CM 593 N9 ,...... , R ...... , . , 23294-293529362Q1?9?7E2?3F2Q12Q12Qf2Q12Qf9S?v9Q122Qf?Qf?2 9?fC2Q+99?i9Qf2Qf?Qi?Qf?S?f2S?i?QfE2Q+??Q119S?lf22R Q Q Q li Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q DUE IN LI2 Pre ldent Don Sprifzue Vlce Presrdent Tom Wood 1rd Se-cretarv M'1ry Glbson Trea urer Llovd Tvlex ...S- Wrth two years of CYDCYICHCC behlnd them the tlwss of 19-I7 stepped mto the shoes of upper elqssmen The reupxents of hlgher lC'1I'IllIIg xxere grven 1 stfrrtmg, push bv Mlss Glfldvs Brown he'1d 1dv1sor of the junlor tlwss Wlth the wdded fxsslstflnee of junlor section tefuhers R41 s Esther Brlldrd lllrss Dorothx Pllllll lVI1ss Bernxee Thompson Mr Harold Mexfer Mr Tdgir Newmftn 'md Mr Leo flrlly the el'1ss election xx 'ls held 'md the responslhllltx of steering the Lliss xx is glven to Don Sprflgue, presldent 'Tom Woodwrd VILC presrdent Mux Glhson setretarv 'md Lloxd Txler tre1surer At the first Pflrent TC1Lh6f sponsored Hohhx Shoxx Muse Broxx ns group xvon the prlze for the hest junlor NCCUOII exhlhlt The poems hx Phxlll NlLhOlsOI1 mr pl'me d1spI'1x of Edxx ftrd Prxte fxutogrqphed photogrrphs of lldwrguerrte Morseh nature studv hx Iewn R'1v 1nd butterllx exhlhlt of Bettx llilller tle'1rlx shoxx ed the V'11lCd hobbles of '1 few of the students Durmg the ve1r txxo one 'met pI'1xs xx ere presented hx the Iunlor DTlm1tlC eluh under the dlrectron of Mrss Frum On Frrdlx evenmg llltreh I5 '1 rolhckmg comedxf Nothmg But the Truth xx 'ls glven 'rs the junror 1l'1ss pI1x Wlth Ann Holmhlid 'md Ted Stoxx ell ln the leddmg roles 1nd '1 xx ell IYll'lI1kCd supporting C'1st 1 full house enjox ed the show Durmg the ve1r the Junxor hoxs plflxed 1 Inge pfrrt ID '1Il Qthletu contests A lfrrge number of glrls xx ere 'lLtlVC ID the GAA 'md the fmnuwl Gvm Clrcus The gr'1nd hnwle of the xefir xx 'ls the Tumor Prom sponsored hx the el'1ss 'ts '1 fln'1l hugh school socml event for the gI 1dLl'1flI1g seniors At I'1st the tlmrd httle freshmen of 1939 herxe re uhed thftt ferr drstmt gml senior xe'1r xxlth all the fun trddltlon frlendshlp 'md responslhllltv thdt go xxlth It '91 M11 I ,. ,. . ,, . .. , , , , , 1 ,A -, A V! 5 I ,. 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Yolanda Delmonte. Mark Donkle, Rhoda Dreyer, Ruthanne Eininges, Estelle Ewinz. Elaine Faircloth, Doris Aldis. Jack Anderson. Lois Balcomh, Robert Barnes, Mercer ' Bell, Bernice Bennethum, Marjorie Bianchetta, Peter Boynton. Robert Calendo, Sylvester Campbell, Marion Carter, Patty Charbauski, Albun Cordogan, James Council, Marshall Dabney, Dellora Daly, Dorothy Deindorfer, Jack Delaney, Viola Ederati, Albert Eton, Mary Carol Feltes, Howard Feltes. LaVerne 'T I5 'TP 3 wmv- buf vs.. 53? S' Foley, Margaret Foster, Robert Froom, Tom Fuller, Donald Glissman, Florence Goldtrap. Edward Griff, Shirley Grizzle, Jack Gurry, Frank Hackett. Donald Hammond, Carl Hamsmith, Arlene Hattersley. Darlene Hawse, Everett Hird, Tom Hoepner. Warner Idoux, Elaine Ingraham, Gilbert Jeter, Betty Johnson, Kenneth Keasler, Stanley Keine, Marilyn Frank Gertrude Frank, Helen Frieders. Joseph Gates, Richard Gibson. Mary Glaser, Gerald Goodwin, Charles Gray, Marilyn Greer, Louise Grommes, Ralph Gross, Nancy Gruszesky, Genevieve Hackett, Dorothy Hallisey, Bob Hallman, Kenneth Hankes, Richard Harding, Elaine Hastings, Meredith Hayward, Jule Hayward, Merle Healy, Arthur Holmblad, Ann Howell, Ben Huston, Howard Jaffke, Wilbur James, Charles James, Helen Johnson, Marilyn Jones. Eugene Kahoun, Dorothy Kelne, Robert Kelley, William Killian, Lucille ,M 410'- fun. q-2' 'W-or 'Y -on ,f- an 'vt is-M -...,,' mv vnu..-.., fwf- W' 49' Ni Klaren. Betty Klein, Mary Lou Kozloski, John Krzeminski. Cecelia Kunkel, Doris L:1Magzdeline, Richard Latham, Effie Mae Larson, Shirl Lee Lecouris. Thomas Lingle, Kenneth Lloyd, Alice Lovekin, Goldie MacDonald, Dorothy Mantzke, Virgil Marshall, Harold Meyers, Donald Mickelberg, Richard Mies-uk, Anne Miller, Roy Moi-sch, Marguerite Murphy, Ida Mae Nelson, Edwin Newland, Richard Newman, Mary Owens, Milton Paris, Alvin Paul, Gilbert Phillips, Lucille Pixzney, James Porto, Helen Potter, Ida Potter, Ray Pozzi, Virgil Kratochvil, Russell Krause, Charles Landry, Yvonne Lane. Marjorie Leech, Mary Ellen Lesiotis, Jim Lowry, Robert McCune, Dorothy May, Barbara Mellquist, Barbara Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Ivan Murray, Agnes Neill, Donal Nicholson, Phyllis Osman, Marilyn Pennington, Alice Peterson, Gordon Porto, Frank Partner, Cliff Price, Edward Rall, M yrtle .ff f .MQ 2 l ' v n . H. ' I ,- '-1- N 1 i V ii X i A . . t' 'tux I I . .' i i 4 l t N i ' x 4' 'I' , k ,.. ' ,Y 5' -1 K -s s ' '. 1. i fo,-Vt.. XZ' k N , ' , Q k A 5' 1 I Lvl. President, Neal Sprague: Vice-president, James Marzukig R xy Secretary, Helen Howell: ' Treasurer. Kenneth Caughev. 7 , 5 f f l 5 1, I' No more the shy, awkward boys i and girls of IQSQ, the class of '43 .ww ' started the year by electing four able class oflicers to lead them. Neal Sprague, having received a majority of the votes in the primary election, was elected president: James blar- zuki, vice-president: Helen Howell. l secretary: and Kenneth Caughey, treasurer. The defeated candidates, Bob Stolp, Nlunella Vonck, and Donald Clark, complete the members of the class council. llliss Raymond, head advisor, bliss lllorris, llfliss Lane, bliss Harris, llllr. Allen, and lllr. 4 xlebens helped the council guide and direct the activities of the sophomore class. The annual sophomore dance, called the Boogie VVoogie VVaggle, was held on April -l, the last day of school before spring vacation. The Rhythm Hawks provided the music, while many talented members of the sophomore class furnished the enter- tainment. l ln addition to their dance, the sophomores presented two one-act plays for assem- blies, built a float for the annual Student Council Homecoming parade, provided i their share of the entries in the P.-T. A.-sponsored Hobby Show, and entered enthusi- i astically into other school events. 3 XVith the raising of fresh-soph football and basketball to the rank of a major ' sport this year, added importance was attached to the representatives of this class . in VVest High school's athletic program. The girls participated in G.A.A. sports and other athletic activities. , lllany members of the sophomore class have entered publication work hy trying , out for reporting positions on the Red and Blue. Several have completed try-out l work and find their names listed in the newspaper mast-head as regular staff members. t Other members started preparation for membership in the a cappella choir by joining the newly organized junior choir. i l NP Q- -1- V- an www' ...-.. -No. f' vw vm-. fw- ,fa Albrecht, .lohn Albright, Rudolph Ammons, Jean Armstrong, David liarr, Robert liarrett, Donald llianchetta, Jim liillings, Jane lirown, Richard llushronl. Irma Cauehey, Kenneth Chick, Hugh Cones, Betty Cooper, Richard Darby, Doris Davies. Phil DeSort, Betty Deuchler, Elizabeth DeMont, Ruth Edmunds, Dorris Flanders, Ruth Ferguson, Robert Alcorn, Eltlrod Anderson, Barbara Anderson, Joyce Anlinsen, Ralph Atherton, l.aVerne lianliury, Richard linker, Gerald liam-roft. Ruwell lleatuw, Ralph Bennett. Lois lienneth Shirley liernard, Luis Boehm, Bernard Bowers, Lois lirzulford, William B ro w n, Betty Jane liuttrey, Robert Camm, Wallace Campbell, Evelyn Carrier, Alta Clark, Donald Clark, Robert Clark. Wayne Collier, Roberta Cosby, Norma Currier, Ruth Dada, Mary Dahlin, George Day, George Dellartolo, Florence Denney, Dorothy Desmond. Ersilia Devine, Kathleen Dixon, LeRoy Duckett, Bernard Dumont, Audrey Engeman, Marion Fancsali, Alex Farley. Carol Fetzer, LaVerne Foulke, Edwa rd Fraser, Sally Freeman, Lola Jean Freeee, Edward fv- 'sf ,nm,.,,A sf 'rv-.-J wr. a... -sv.. -wo., ww wwsx A vm i .aw 1-we iw few- W. 'Us Url N- VU: .N 9' 3, Q X f vi S 5- CORPS OF 'I-L14 President, Bill liaysinger: Vice-president, Bob Deuchler: Secretary, Ralph Devine, Treasurer. Beverly Johnson. I l -I I ft On the fourth day of September, 1940, 2-I-U freshmen enrolled at VVest High. The first step taken was the election of class officers to lead them through their first year in high school. The results of the election were as follows: president, Bill Baysinger: vice-president, Bob Ueutchlerg secre- tary, Ralph llivineg treasurer, Beverley johnson. The freshman class was divided into seven sections for guidance and administra- tional purposes. bliss XVood acted as head advisor for these groups, and Klr. Grant, chairman. The remaining section advisors were: bliss Ratcliffe, bliss Peterson, Klr. Peterson, blr. Ridinger, and hir. Smith. Along with the rest of the student body, our group of green schoolmates took part in the Homecoming parade. Their float, entitled, High School lXIemories , won second place. The class of '-H also took an active part in the schools new endeavor - 'the hobby show . Klr. Grant's section was judged to be the group having the most outstanding display, however, the other groups cooperated enthusiastically. The entire class participated in a great number of extra curricular activities. The debate squad gained nine able members. They are: Bill Shelp, Ralph Divine, Bob lleuchler, Pat Bacon, Reed Syverne, Roger Burkland, Carla Heiss, and Phyliss Lindahl. Thirty-three members of this active class participated in the noon-hour and mixed choruses, while a considerable group were members of the band and orchestra. A great number of the boys in the class of '-l-l- participated in the track, football, tennis, and basketball events, while the girls were as active in G. A. A. features. Klay Qth the freshmen entertained the student body and their guests at a dance entitled the '-l-l Hobble. XVith this '40-'-ll year drawing to a close the active class of '-I--l looks forward to its high-school years with enthusiasm and interest. ldiningxca, Dorothy Eifcnhour, Robert Ellis, Stanley Evans. David Evans, Walter lflwinll. Walter Flanniiran. llflary Lou Flentye, Phoebe Ann Flood. Daniel l ost0r, Teresc lfranxcn, Dorothy Friedcrs. Robert. Gavenman, Gloria Gen-luis, lietty Lou Geslcr, Robert Glower, Herman Gluck, Jim Good. John Green. O veda Grilnlilc, Merton Grimvold. Warren Harris. Tom Hastings, Lillian lleiss. lletty Herkes, Daniel Hershey, Jesse Hitchens. Euuene Johnmm, Beverly Johnwun, Duane Johnson, Wesley Juline, l'ZuL5c-nc Kaiser. Karla Kaufman, Carl Entile, Patrick Ertz, lictty Fetzer, Donald Fitzgerald. Donald Foley, Donald Foster, Grace Galli, Arthur Gardner, Martha Gibson, Jack Glantz, Maye Goodwin. Shirley Grass. Lewis Hall, Ada Mae Hammond. Irene Heiss, Carla Hengresbach, Doris Hopkins, Elinor Hrubant, Harlan Jones, George Jones. James Kaufman, Jean Keating. Lenard sv Q- 9' 'W' lap-.AA King, Willizim Knuth, Beverly Langus, Nell Lee Lecouris, Constas Lewis, Charles Leypold, Francis Lovekin, Daniel Lucius, Elaine Lynch, Vernena M cCall, Brooks Martin, David Martin, Patricia Mickelson, Paul Miller, Helen Mosher, Robert Morris, Joyce Neill, Ellen Neill, Richard Newquist, Richard Nicholson, Walter Olson, Joan Origer, Betty Lancaster Edwin Lancaster, Eleanorc Landry. Jacqueline Lee, Carl Leinhauser, Jacq uetta Lenert, Lorraine Lilley, Sam Lindahl, Phyllis Lloyd, Marie Luke, Leslie Lundquist. Ronald Lungren, Edgar McCrimmon, LaVe1-ne McKnight, William Mangas, Phyllis Marzuki, Jean Maury. William Mercer, Donald Miller, Robert Mitchell, Gordon Mitcheltree, Marion Morsch, James Mueller, Rosemary Manniga, Ralph Nelson, Carole Nesselrodt, Martha Newman, Robert Oelker, Maurice Okapal, John Oley, Norma Ostroff, Jean Palmquist, Marjorie Paris, Helen Yv- ,MN 19+ wr ws 4- v s- sr 2' sf or I- -.x an Q- 1' vw- ki 4' Pi- Pasilis, Andy Peaks, Charlene Phillips, Geraldine Pommier, Virginia Randall. John Ransom, Thorald Rice, John Riva. Shirley Roberts, Jane Ross, James Roms. Marion Ross, Russell Saum, Kathryn Schulz, Lois Scheets, John Schmidt. Kathryn Shelp. Robert Sherman, Eugene Shriber, Paul S mith. Donald Smith, Marilyn Smith, Willard Snell, Robert Snyder, Vivienne Steiner, Bill Stephenson, Jean Stubbs, Jim Swanson. Robert Uloswceh, Fred Viola, Leo Von Hoff. William Wagner, liernice Weaver, Guy Weber, Paul Weisheit, June Wiley, Blaine Whi+ler, Joyce Wcitntl, Tom Wright, Arnold Yates, Ruth Piazza, Lawrence Ploger. Lynnie Rector. Jeannette Relninger, ClitTord Rogers, H val y n Rogers, Donald Salfifberg, Maxine Sampson, Edward Senneke. Dennis Severin, Reed Smith, LeRoy Smith. Lois Sprinlaef. Roscoe Sp inkel. Wright Thomasson, Mary Tyler. Marvin Waisvilla, Alex Watson. Robert Wiley. Robert Wilks, Marjorie Young, Betty Younfl, Paul Lou ,vu Q., L 3 nun 10,- Q- 'Y 1. L PASSING PARADE SEPTEMBER Fall inl Once more the command to begin school was given. The army of high school students bought their equipment consisting of books, activity tickets, paper, and other supplies. Handbooks given to each one, told us the regulations for our VVest High life. The first assembly of the year featured Chester Young, who spoke on Europe and showed colored movies. The various clubs got under way by electing their officers and scheduling meetings. The Camera club was especially lucky, for it began the year with a new darkroom complete with the necessary equipment. Another new feature was the remodeled. redecorated cafeteria. To start the social activities the Student Council sponsored an after school dance. The music was supplied by the Rhythm Hawks. There were surprisingly few boys present, because a record number, 120, were out for football. OCTOBER By this time things were really under way. The under- classmen elected their oflicers, and two out of three of the presidents were from the Sprague family, Neal and Don heading the sophomore and junior classes respectively. Bill Baysinger was chosen president of the freshman class. The seniors had elected their ofiicers in the previous spring: consequently, they were ready to start their activities in September, and by October many had already ordered their class rings or pins. Anyone working on publications was eligible to attend the Big lfight Press Conference that was held at lVest Rockford High School on October 12. The faculty had a meeting at Joliet so we had a day's leave. VVilliam Blodgett Holmes' film, Along the Span- ish llrlainf' was shown at our next assembly. From a tag day, the musical organizations collected S518 with which they bought a Recordio. VVe also had fire drills this month. One of the successful new activities which was organized this year was the bowling league. Although they did not have any outside competition, they had an intramural tournament. The underclassmen had their pictures taken for the EOS. Prologue to Glory, a story of Abe Lin- coln and Ann Rutledge, was presented to the students by a stock company on October 30. It's an ill wind that blows no good-ten of our faculty members were caught in the draft. NOVEMBER VVest Higlfs annual Homecoming was started off on November 9 with a rally followed by a parade through the downtown district. That evening we trimmed East Rockford in a football game and topped the whole thing First day of school, The 1941 football captain. Faculty vs. Seniors. Donkey basketball. off with a dance in the gym. The freshmen staged their yearly Book lVeek celebration by presenting two scenes from well-known books. At the Armistice Day assembly we had two student speakers, June Alyce lVilmsen and Bob hlurphy. The .lunior Dramatic club presented The Night Beforeu in an assembly with Jack Deindorfer, Bob Keine. and Tom Froom leading the cast. Xlarjorie Blat- son won the race for Business lllanager of the ICDS by getting five-sevenths of the total number of patron con- tributions. The Senior Dramatic club presented an orig- inal melodrama for the Thanksgiving Day rally. From now on this organization will have charge of this rally. The Turkey Day game between the Hawks and the Tom- cats was a big disappointment to all the VVest High root- ers. TVe were defeated 25-6. A number of the members of our Student Council attended a convention in Chicago. At this meeting lllercer Barnes was elected first vice-presi- dent of our district. Un November 2b. Foxwell, a magician from VVheaton, entertained us in an assembly. He used some of the students in his act. DECEMBER The sophomores made their dramatic debut by pre- senting a comedy, VVieners on lVednesday. An assembly, by muscle men from the lllinois Gymkana, was brought here by VVest's Gym club. The exhibition of NIuscle and the lVIan was very enthusisrically received by the students. At the football banquet Gordy was chosen to take Zekels job as captain for next year. A successful dime dance , sponsored by the Student Council, was held after one of the basketball games. The seniors presented the last dance of their high-school career. It was a wonderful dance right up to its clever name- Candy Cane Capers. Five of the musical groups com- bined to present the annual Christmas program. The specialty of the program was the choral chant composed by lllr. Halfvarson as a background for the Christmas story. The Girls' club and the Student Council combined again this year to sponsor the Christmas baskets for needy families. The fact that all of the students entered into this whole-heartedly made it possible for these groups to give bigger and better baskets than ever before. The junoir and senior girls joined with the Aurora Recrea- tional Center in giving a party for the lVest side under- privileged children less than ten vears of age. This day was a novel experience for children and hostesses alike. All the students took a much-needed rest from December 20 to .lanuary 2. VVe faced a new year after this vacation. JANUARY On returning from vacation, everyone had to pitch in and study for semester exams. But in spite of this we managed to get in a few other things. Jesse P. Robertson showed us what a hobby can lead to when he presented the Song Hits of 1941 B. C. To lend atmosphere to Homecoming parade. Hobby show. Senior play. Old shepherds' costumes. his lecture he had a collection of odd musical instruments and an ancient shepherd's costume. An after school social hour for freshmen and sophomores was held as an experi- ment. The music was furnished by many great name bands-on records. About this time the semester ended, and report cards came out. Salom Rizk, sponsored by the Rmders Digest, told us of his life in Syria, and his experi- ences following the Wo1'ld VVar. West High girls found a new pastime in knitting for the Red Cross. Something new and different was tried out when the P.-T. A. spon- sored a hobby show, preceded by a Hobby Lobby patterned after the radio program. Over 185 students and out- siders exhibited their hobbies. The students followed the rest of the country in contributing their money to the lNflarch of Dimes. For the first time in West High's history, a broadcast was made from the school over VVNIRO. This program gave a birds-eye view of W. A. and its activities. FEBRUARY To start the month out seniors were given I. Q. tests, which sort of deflated some of us. This seems to be the time for tests, for seniors were also given T. B. tests. VVe proved to be a pretty healthy lot! The highlight of February was the riotous donkey basketball game between our dignified pedagogues and the not-so-dignified seniors. ln spite of the efforts of the riders the donkeys made their own rules. A comedy, 'llflmer Cleans Up, was given by the freshmen as their first dramatic endeavor in high school. Judging by this play, the freshies ought to have a long string of successful presentations ahead of them. Another popular Minstrel Show was presented this year by the choir. Each year this event seems to get better and better. The naturalist, Karl H. Maslowski, was pre- sented to us in an assembly. He showed color films of outdoor life. On February Sth. the band and orchestra joined forces in a concert. West's newly organized baton- twirlers were featured in the program. On the 18th all of the juniors and seniors had an opportunity to inter- view representatives from colleges of their choice. Forty- five different schools were represented at W. A.'s first annual College Day. MARCH Spring, and another keep off the grassi' campaign. The Regional Basketball tournament was held in W. A.'s gym for three successive nights. Qur team showed its ability by taking the championship. The Red and Blue also walked off with honors as it issued a paper for each day of the tournament. The woman explorer, Aloha Baker, showed us motion pictures and told us of her travels in Australia, India, and China. To the hearty enjoyment of the student body the Senior Dramatic club produced f'Complications, a one-act comedy. After a An assembly speaker. The melodrama. Band concert. College day. month of rehearsals, the junior class play. Nothing But the Truth, was presented to an enthusiastic audience which packed the house. ln the faculty-senior haskethall game fthis time without donkeysl the faculty again proved themselves superior. The Beloit College Yesper Choir entertained us in an assemhly the latter part of the month. Xlr. Rohert Kazmayer. famed radio news commentator. spoke on A Rendezvous with Destiny. He told of the effects of Nazi influences in lfurope and the changes hrought ahout hy the present war. APWL VVas Alhy Zadnichek guilty or not guilty of assault and hattery in the case hrought against him hy Bill Barr? Guilty was the verdict arrived at hy the jury at the Nlock Trial April 3rd. The Coe College hand was here during the first of the month. To top off the week the sophomores gave their dance, The Boogie VVoogie XVaggle. This seemed to he the sophomores husy month, for they also presented a one-act play, Thomas Cook, Limited. The choir gave their annual formal spring concert. ln every respect the choir was at its hest. The seniors had a half- day vacation from their studies when they attended the Senior Day sponsored hy the Kiwanis Cluh. The Circus came to town on the 2-ith for a two day stand. The com- hined efforts of the Gym cluh and the G.A.A. produced an exceptionally fine show. The class of '42 hroke a tradi- tion hy ordering their class rings and pins in the spring. TV. A. was on the air again in the second of a series of hroadcasts illustrating school life. At the Kane County track meet held at XVest High's athletic field, five track queens presented the awards. MAY The big event of the month was the senior class play, Little VVomen. The costumes and stage setting recre- ated the atmosphere of the l860's. ln a novel assemhly, Captain Stern demonstrated the use of lie detectors in the solving of crimes. The candidates for the Student Council offices and president of next year's senior class gave their campaign speeches hefore the student hody. The high school edition of the Beacon-News was edited hy the staff of the Red and Blue on hlay 13. This involved a great amount of work for those students concerned. JUNE XVith this month came the end of high school life for the seniors. The last week was crammed. Baccalaureate, the Prom with its unique theme, Class Day with Honor awards. the picnic and finally graduation all added up to a wonderful send-off for them. The Magician. Song Hits of 1941 ILC. The Minstrel. The Mock Trial. V Q L N v 1 F x w 3 w w 1 w L i l 1 a 1 I W i w 5 4 I W V i of K' KVA STUDENTS PRACTICE DEMOCRACY IN S'I'I'DENT COCNCIL MEETINGS. STUDENT MAGISTRATES XVith the first pealing of the hell and the first slamming of a classroom door. the Student Council at lVest High started functioning. The results of the election held during the previous spring presented our school government with the following individuals as leaders: president, Bob hlurplwg vice-president, Louis lXIahoney: secretary, Bettylou Aucuttg and treasurer, Anita Amoni. XVitli the new plan of dividing the students into sections for guidance, a fifteen minute period was included in our daily schedule. In accordance with the inaugura- tion of the section period into our system, a more definite need for student repre- sentation was felt within the Council. In order to make this daily schedule run more smoothly, and to supply the need for representation, an amendment was passed to the Council's constitution, which would provide for a representative from each section and from each organization at all Council meetings. Bi' the middle of October, all elections supervised and conducted by the Council, including those in the sections, and the orientation of freshmen were completed. For the aid of newcomers to our school, handhooks were printed. The purpose of these hooks is to acquaint students with the customs and procedures of Vvest High. In order to accomplish this end, an extensive study of the manuals was carried on in the freshmen sections. To remedy the appearance of the hall, the Council endeavored to keep the student body conscious of the fact that each one must help by putting papers in the waste baskets and retraining from tearing unwanted papers into small pieces. Pep and enthusiasm were included in the plans made by the Student Council, as well as the supervision of the more serious things. The football season was spurred on by pep rallies, two of which were the gala Homecoming parade, dance, and rally, and the Thanksgiving rally. Plans were also made for the supervision of next year's pep rallies. Since there has to be a certain amount of capital behind every endeavor, the Student Council sponsored a few dances. The first was the Homecoming dance, which attracted many alumni as well as present students. Later on in the year a dance was held after one of the Ernst-West basketball games. Both of these dances were well-attended and provided the Council with an adequate source of income. The Council was also given a share of the activity ticket returns, and with this and money that they earned, they paid for several of our enjoy- able assemblies. ln an effort to bring together ideas regarding student government from several schools, a District Convention was held at North Park Academy in Chicago. VVest High was well represented and also honored for lVlercer Barnes was elected first vice- president of our district. VVe're proud of our Student Council and think it has been a grand success. but due tribute cannot be paid to its able advisor. lWr. Ridinger. Through his tireless efforts and constant good-naturedness, our Council has advanced and is making bigger and better plans for the students ot VVest High. HOMECOMING PARADE. PREPARING CHRISTMAS BASKETS. 1 , . - xg 1 . ,Q e E li i A Q A , 5 X is , l , i i E w , 1, i 1' 1 M i ' -. - . 1 . 2 , ' iQ . i g V T , , i l , l Front Row: Ilavirl I-Ivans, l'hilip Ruby, Ilowarfl Nichols, Aurlrie Elaine Uleson, Mary Louise Nigro. Second Row: Russell llaneroft, Delos Roherts, Allen llerg. Opal Forkum, Warren Russell, Pollyanna liarnes. Third Row: I,aVerne Woodard, Mike Iintile, Jim Miller. William COY. fiilhert lnxzraham, Russell linker, William Kelley, Rosemary Mueher, Howard Soflerberxr, Glenn Davidson, Lillian Ward. Fourth Row: Maurice Uekler, Gordon Cole. Paul Niekelson, Carl Hammond. Verlaml Waltler, Wilmer Neill, Eldred Alcorn, Anthony Re-hor. Iiilly Steiner, Kenneth l'auL!h1'5'. Roscoe Sprinkle. Ted Randall, Alyce Goodwin, Don Johnson. CRESCENDO AND MINUENDO The YW-st High school hand came into puhlic view for the first time this year on the athletic field during the opening game of the foothall season. lt appeared at every home game and performed special maneuvers hetween halves. At each pep rally, the hand was on hand to add that important militant touch of inspiration to the proceedings. Since this organization has always been willing iomfi -vflieers: iw.-mu-.1 writer, Miko lintile, to help in various civic projects, this year saw them lion Johnsen, Gordon Vole. - - - 3 marching and playing in the Burlington parade and program, the Armistice Day parade, the Christ- mas parade, and the Decoration Day parade. Then, too, it was a very important part of the VVest High Homecoming parade. 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Tl X X, , x- 'rw-4 gg. V X. Q H 'N' X, if 5 'K .xx Lx , , viii f , QW. x N XS.-.tg,,X. 44 Q -K Q 1 A, 3351. 1 ,. A ' ' 'XR,i5is v H my . fi'-fig 0 X v , 1 f .Q.y1.:f , I . -: .?W:w 3- O fx f . . :xii X , sf A ' A . QR 'I . ap.. 'N N 1 A e X ' fi: gi 5.:. A 'S 4 -Curl' ' fs za sf in MMM ,- 132 , fr . GS' 154 f . MZ! ti :I , eng? - :J 5 .I -qw N Xi' ff fx if F A , 'ww' at 'Sn 7-2 'Z ' i ffm' ing -Aux! TONE TEASERS For many years m11sic h11d hee11 considered 11s Il minor part of our civilization. During the last decade the importance of tl1e study of m11sic has increased to Il very high point. This IIZIS heen 11ccomplished hy tl1e various musical organizations wl1icl1 IIZIVK' formed ll prominent position i11 the curricula of m11ny schools. These groups are very active lllltl have many advantageous factors. As the members of these m11sical groups he- come interested, e11ch one of them strives to develop his own talents hy beginning either solo or ensemhle work. Opportunities are given to these soloists 11nd ensembles by me11ns of district, state, and national contests. Usually, if Il student wins the IlZlfIOI1Zll contest one ye11r, he is permitted to go straight to the INIYIOIHII contest the fol- lowing year. However, this year ll new r11ling was made hy the Association of the State of Illinois Activities, which CIIIHIIIZITCS the nation- al contest. This change ellected only Klary Louise Nigro, senior, who in three ye11rs had already won three IIZIIIIOIIZII championsliips on the Hute and one 11s ll st11dent cond11ctor. This year the district contest was held at York High school in Iilmhurst, Illinois, the state at Glen Ifllyn, Illinois, and the IIZIIIUHZII 11t Flint, hlichigan. The soloists who competed incI11ded Irloward Nichols, Huteg lVilmer Neill, haritoneg Gordon Cole, hass: Pat Fer- QLIISUH, violin: and .Iennie Saunders, violin Zllld piano. The ensemhles consisted of il flute quar- tet IIlCllldIl1Q Audrie Iflaine Uleson, Klary Louise Nigro, Howard Nichols, Illlll Philip Ruhyg and Il hr11ss sextet IIICIIILIIIIQI Bill Coy, -lim Kliller, Allen Berg, YVilmer Neill, Gor- don Cole, IIIHI Don Johnsen. Flute quartet. Mary Louise Nigro, Jennie Saunders. Pat Ferrluson, Howard Nichols. Iirass quartet. Iirass sextet. WARBLERS ln the last few years the musical organiza- tions of WVest High school have given opportuni- ties to many aspiring students, and many members of these various groups have become interested in solo and ensemble work. It is necessary for a student with these ambitions to practice dili- gently and to have a natural talent for vocal music. The soloists and ensembles are given an op! portunity to display their abilities in the many entertainment programs carried on by the a cap- pella choir and glee clubs during the year. Also. contests are annually offered for the benefit of musically inclined students throughout the nation. hlr. Sten Halfvarson, one of the musical directors of XVest High, chooses the members from the a cappella choir whom he thinks to be the most promising for solo and ensemble work in these contests, and the selected students begin to pre- pare immediately. This year only soloists were prepared to test their talents. Among the contestants who appeared in the district contest at York High school in lilmhurst, Illinois were Bob Stumm, bass: Ken- neth hlangas, haritoneg Kenneth Hughes, bass, Bill XVunder, tenor: Kathryn VVhite, alto: Helen York, soprano: Dorothy Ruddy, soprano, and Barbara Hope, alto. The winners of the district contest were permitted to compete at the state contest, which was held at Glen lfllyn, Illinois: the winners of the state contest were given the opportunity to appear at the national contest, which was at Flint, hlichigan. 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' -, I ' 1 Sv X 5: h - N , ' K I 16 1 'm ' iv ff ' 'K - v Q . , , , X , Ei. , . - 53.3 ' '-2 . K Q- fi- - Q 8 , v X x . . 2 ' gf A A if ' M Q ,, . WW ,-r Iwi WM' , x . 2 . l MUSICAL INTERLUDE If you have ever heen around the high school from eleven-thirty to twelve o'clock, you have most certainly hecome acquainted with the noon hour chorus. The noon hour chorus is made up of fifty-seven hoys and girls who, hecause of full schedules or for various other reasons, were unahle to gain entrance into any of the other vocal organizations in the school. The music sung hy this group is somewhat easier than that sung hy either of the choirs, hut according to hir. Halfvarson, their director, in some respects their singing is superior to the singing of the other groups. llluch time is spent hy the members of the chorus learning the fundamentals of music in order that they will he hetter prepared for promotion to one of the higher organizations. Although not many programs are given hy the chorus, they sing a lot of good music and have a good time doing it. This group, however, has made a few puhlic appearances at Parent-Teacher meetings, hut as a rule they aid the other vocal organizations hy join- ing with them in presenting such programs as the Christmas cantata. EN YORK IN THE MINNI lie A REHEARSAL UF THE GIRLS' GLEE CLVB. SWEET AN D LOW At the heginning of school last year, twenty-five students enrolled in the girls' glee cluh. This group consists of freshmen girls who meet in the auditorium every morning at 3:30. l'nder the line guidance of lllr. Halfvarson, these girls have accomplished very much hy placing an emphasis on learning the fundamentals of musicianship, choral work, and music notation. They have spent many hours in studying rhythms, harmony, melody, and sight reading. llurinf' the first half of the school year, this frou 1 was known as the second irls' ,. , Q I E . ' glee cluh, hut since the musical groups were rearranged, this one is the only girls choral class which remains. All of the memhers of the first girls' glee cluh that existed at that time, plus the memhers of this glee cluh, assisted in presenting a Christmas program with the Z1 cappella choir for the henefit of the student hody on the day that school closed for the holidays. Because of the loyalty and enthusiasm of the girls, and the ahle supervision of Klr. Hallyarson, the group has placed itself in a promising position for further musical activities. BIG SISTERS Upon entering XVest High school, every girl automatically Iwecomes a memher of the Girls' cluh. 'lihe ohject of this organization is to further the democratic spirit of YVest High, to give all girls an opportunity for service to the school, and to promote a wholesome social life. A magazine campaign was sponsored for the purpose of raising funds to defray the expenses of the cluh. However, the soliciting was done only at the homes of students. The fudge-popcorn sale held during the month of Ifehruary proved to he the most prosperous event sponsored. On hlarch IS, the Girls' cluh presented a program in cooperation with the P.-'l . A. as a follow-up on College Day. 'lihe speaker, lVIrs. Blanche Davidson, dean of girls at the Northern Illinois State Teachers College of Delialh, chose as her topic Social Ad- justment of Youth. The theme of the Girls' cluh conference at Ifvanston in lllay was Liberty Belles. This year's oHicers and the newly elected officers were sent as VVest I-Iigh's representatives to the conference. Officers Dorothy Ruddy, Avis Goodell, June Alyce Wilmsen. and Jeanne Richards with Mrs. Smith, A COVNCIL MEETING. REELFUN The Camera club began the year with a newly acquired darkroom located in the annex. 'lihus the members were able, for the first time, to bring in their own film and develop it in the darkroom. About S125 of new equipment was installed and available for use by the members. Besides using this room for their own purposes, all of the EUS pictures were taken by the Camera ' club members and developed by them. After the ICOS pictures were completed, additional prints of them were made by the club members and sold to the student body. PREblDEN'I' GLENN l7AYlIJ,ON. 'lihe club also sent pictures of the coaches to a Joliet paper and pictures of the commercial teachers to the State Vocational Department. Several of their prints were entered in the Hobby Show in january. The club purchased new equipment consisting of a 5 X 7 enlarger, a ll x l-V' enlarging easel, a Speedgraphic camera which has a range finder and speed flash attach- ments, and a set of Hoodlights, besides a complete set of darkroom equipment. 'lihe officers, Glenn Davidson, president: Bob Jones, vice-president: Betty UeSort, secretary: and Betty Lou llseman, treasurer. were capably guided throughout the year by Blr. Newman, club sponsor. 'I'RI'l.'Xbl'RIiR Bli'I'TY LUI' II.SEINIAN, VIC'E-PRESIDENT BOB JONES, AND SECRE'l'ARY BE'I I'Y DIE SQ THE CLUB PERFORMING AN OUTDOOR EXPERIMENT. WONDERS OF THE FUTURE The scientific-minded students of West High's Science club had a full and varied program during the past year. The officers who co-operated with lWr. Grant, the clubls advisor, were Bert Eisenhour, president: Garth Roscoe, vice-president: and Polly Humm, secretary-treasurer. Many would-be aviators and stewardesses were enthusiastic over the talk given by Captain John G. Murrayf, a commercial pilot. Other speakers were lWr. Sperry, who talked about the sewerage disposal plant and lldr. Babcock from Barber-Greene, who spoke about the heat treatment of steel. Two movies which were shown were films taken in an underwriter's laboratory, where equipment is tested for fireproofing, and in a carbonated beverage fac- tory. There were several tours, one to North Cen- STARTING ON A CLUB TRIP tral College for a demonstration on physics, another to Hanson's Greenhouse, and finally a trip to Chi- cago, which was the highlight of the year. The West High Science club and the East High Science club negotiated plans to sponsor a series of science lectures to be given for the benefit of the general public. The Chicago trip included a visit to the Ford assembly plant, the Rosenwald Mtlseum, which was also in last year's trip but was so interesting that it was visited again this year, and the NBC studios in the lVIerchandise lVIart. CCLOR PAGEANT The Paint Pot club provided many of West High's artistic students with an opportunity to culti- vate their blooming talents outside of school. The hrst semester was passed in doing extra work, and the second semester in seeing and hearing about art in its cultural and educational aspect. Among the many projects that were carried out were: a soap- carving exhibit, a lithographer's visit, a foreign craft exhibit, a talk on restoring old paintings, a talk by an art school representative, and a trip to the Haegar Pottery. iThe club illuminated the Homecoming parade with its colorful float, consisting of a giant palette and brush surrounded by some of the students. Officers Joyce Johnson. Roi Jane Hawkin Roy Miller. and Jane Ann Read. The officers of the Paint Pot club were: presi- dent, Roy Millerg vice-president, Roi Jane Hawk- insg secretary, Joyce Johnson: and treasurer, Jane Ann Read. Their work was done with the assistance of their advisor, Miss Sauer. Students having high attendance records received special Paint Pot club pins. During the year the club made the scenery for the Miiistrel Show, the commence- ment, and posters for the junior and senior class plays. The setting for the Minstrel Show portrayed the South with its low-hanging trees and bright Howers. The posters for the junior play carried out the theme of Nothing But the Truth with pictures of George Washingtoii, while the posters for Little Womenn showed the costumes and characters of the play. ROY MILLER PRESENTS A REPORT TO THE CLUB. F TOWN HALL lVest Aurora High school believes that the art of public speaking is a definite asset in everyday life, so for years a course in debate has been offered to students of any class or curriculum. This year thirty-five students enrolled in the debate class for instruction under lllr. C. AI. Nebergal, VVest's debate coach. Barbara Highley, senior, was chosen to be president of the Debate club this year, and Lloyd Tyler, junior, was chosen to be secre- tary-treasurer. The topic for this year was- Resolved: That the Powers of the Federal Government Should Be Increased. Bob lllurphy and Ken- neth Hallman represented the affirmative side, with Lloyd Tyler and Joe Skom representing the negative side. VVest High placed tenth at Augustana on January 31 and February l, in the first impor- tant tournament in which thirty-five schools from Illinois and Iowa took part. llflr. Nebergal, who is district chairman of the N. F. L. as well as coach at VVest High, made it possible for VVest High to be host for the Big Seven District Debate contest on Feb- ruary 8, in which we placed third in debate. June Alyce VVilmsen won first in original ora- tory and first in humorous readings, thus quali- fying for the national contest. Our individual stars had a chance to shine when the individual events contest was held at Fast Rockford on February 21. VVest Au- rora finished second in this meet through the fine work of Bob Nlurphy in extemporaneous speaking and June Alyce lvilmsen in original oI'ZIt0I'y. Ruth Currier. .Iune Alyce lVilmsen. and Lloyd Tyler placed first in each of their re- spective divisions at the sub-district meeting held at Elgin on April 4. Due to recent state legislation restricting Illinois high schools from participating in in- Pat Bacon, Ralph Divine. Ed Foulke, David Armstrong. Bob Shelp. Bill Smith. Phyllis Syndahl, Donna Fae Hipp. m 4 2 xi' .. - YI mm, Q ... V is e i AA,. Q -' 'Mb 1 4? 'f gem? ,Wi --'- 42 5 Q.A-f1.'-!5c- ' BOB MURPHY, KENNETH HALLMAN, jUE SKUM, AND LLOYD TYLER. terstate tournaments, the lVest Aurora debate team will not compete in any national tournaments after this year. The outlook for next year's debate team, however, seems very bright due to the remarkable record compiled by the freshmen-sophomore teams. Competing against twenty-live other teams, they tied for tirst place at a tournament at East High school on lVIarch 24, and a week later, they made a clean sweep at Elgin by winning six debates and losing none. Carla Heiss and LeRoy jones acted as representatives of the affirmative side, while Ed Foulke and David Armstrong represented the negative side. lX'Ir. Nebergal, who has long been widely known in the field of debate for his line ability as a debater and a coach, was honored this spring by being appointed Speaker of the Assembly at the National Forensic League's debate tournament, which was held in the early part of llflay at Lexington, Kentucky. LE ROY JONES, CARLA HEISS, BARBARA HIUHLEY, AND JUNE ALYCE XVILMSEN. 3 5 0 0 V V .Q 'f:',f.', nm. 1' ax , yi 'lf-W 'm an O 1 Q I 5 r ,ge F 1 4 1 Er 'I l A . A , , 5. 4 4 ? r 4 'is-v CHUCK KRAUSE VVURRIES VVHILE THE CHORUS GIRLS SPILL ALL. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH VAN DVSEN 'I'AKIiS THE BISI Nothing But the Truth, a farce in three acts, was presented by the Junior Dramatic cluh as their class play. llelany interesting complications arose when Boh Bennett, played hy Ted Stowell, made a het of 510,000 that he could tell the truth for twenty-four hours. Being very frank about IQthel's singing, her hat, and some stock lllr. Ralston was trying to sell made everyone angry with him, hut, in spite of this, the play ended happily. The cast included the following: Ted Stowell as Bob Bennett: Kenneth Hallman, Dick Donnelly: Ben Howell, Van Duseng Chuck Krause, E. ill. Ralston: hlarilyn Johnson, lllrs. Ralstonp Boh Keine, Bishop Doran 3 Ann Holmhlad, Gwen Ralston: Barbara lllell- quist, lfthel Clark: Dorothy Crowley and lllarguerite llorsch, jean and Joan Jackson. The production man- ager was illarilyn Augustine, and the student director was Tom Froom. Three one-act plays were given for the student THE CAST GETS ITS REVENUE UN TEAl'HER'8 PET. body. The first of these was a comedy, The Night Before, which featured a play within a play and an all-boy cast. Revenge on the director and his pet on the night of dress rehearsal formed the plot. The Ghostly Passenger, a mystery and comedy given late in january, supplied many laughs and much excitement. Even though the detectives were mistaken for the criminals, the amateur sleuths finally solved the mystery of the ghost. The third one-act play, Not a Rose, was present- ed in the spring. The Mzlke-Lip club, which was a part of the Junior Dramatic club, made up the participants in the Gym Circus. the lwinstrel Show, and plays presented by juniors and seniors, including the senior class play. The club, composed of about fifty members, met every Yvednesday with Barbara hlellquist as president: Jane Rice, vice-president, and Bob Schaeffer, secretary- treasurer. Every play and make-up job undertaken by the group was under the capable direction of bliss Dorothy Fruin. E MAKE-VP L'I.l'B .-XT XVURK. STANDING ROOM ONLY YVith the guidance of illiss llorris and their officers, president, lflizaheth Dench- lerg vice-president, Lola .lean Freeman, and secretary, Joanne Hurd, the Sophomore Dramatic cluh pushed to a most successful year. Regular meetings were held every two weeks with the main purpose to cover dramatics from a director's view point. Also, extra time was given to theatrical make-up. The cluh gave only one-act plays throughout the year. One, which was given after school, was written hy Joanne Torrance. But the highlights of this year were two one-act plays presented before the student hody in an assembly. The first, a comedy lVeiners on Xvednesdayf' hy lidna Higgins Strachan, starred in its cast Ruth Currier as hladam Castinelleg Joyce Anderson as Klarian Foster: Bob Ferguson as jack: Larry Yellin as Xlr. Foster: and Blanche Smith as Klrs. Foster. Thomas Cook, I,rd., hy hlay lfmery Hall, was the second one-act play pre- sented hy the dramatic cluh. Those in the cast included Tony Greene as Roddy Klarsh: Barhara Anderson, Nina Conover: LeRoy Jones, Guy Bradley: jean Goedert, llorisg -Ioe Skom, Cook: and Ruth Currier, hrlrs. Bilks. The plot revolved around Nina, who helieved Cook to he an lfnglish gentleman hut found out differently. Credit should he given hliss hlorris for the grand instruction she has given the sophomores this year. MADAM CASTINELLE PROVES SHE IS A SPORT. fail, STAGE DCCDR As activities for the new school year began to get underway, forty-five students of the freshmen class, under the direction of bliss Ratcliffe, formed the Freshmen Dramatic club. A new chairman was chosen for each of the meetings which were held twice a month. Among the activities were the plays presented during Book YVeek. Every year the freshmen give a scene or two from a well-known hook. This year the first was the haunted house scene from Tom Sawyer. Tom was enacted by Billy Steiner, while David Evans portrayed Huckleberry Finn. The second skit was from A Lantern in Her Hand. The scene presented was of the pioneer family on its way out West. The characters were: Abbie, Jacqueline Landry: Isabelle, Evelyn Rogersg and lVIrs. lVIcKenzie, Elinor Hopkins. The most important project of the year was the play Elmer Cleans Up, which was presented to the student body on February 20. VVith the direction of Miss Ratcliife, the cast included John, Sam Lilleyg Clara, Carla Heissg Elmer, David Evansg llflary, lylarilyn Carpenterg and Nancy, Velma Neill. The plot concerned Elmer, a young boy who spent all of his time writing, and finally succeeded in selling a story about his family. Although Elmer cleaned up and was cleaned up, it was not in the manner originally intended. When the eighth graders visited school, the freshmen presented this play for them. ELMER PUTS ONE OVER ON THE FAMILY. mf U slhwn l A R'--sv THE L'I,l'B IIULDS AN lN'I'IiRliS'I'lNG NIIQETINCQ. 'l'he Voczltionzil lndustrizil club, which was organized during the 1939--lil school 1 yezu' to bring to YVest High speakers who would he of interest to the hoys in i l the yoczltionzil curriculum, hegain its vzirious activities zigziin this yezir. It sponsored Il flozit in the Homecoming pzlrzlde in Noyemher, depicting the divisions of drzllting, printing, huilding trzides, :ind general shop worlc. Selling Cilllkly wus the only method the hoys undertook of earning money for the cluh, hut this pziid tor their IQUS page Lind tor il yoczitionzil meeting sponsored tor triends, pzirents, :md students ot lVest High. 'lihis meeting, held during the spring, gziye Aurorzins the opportunity to yisit the school :uid see the yzirious types of voczitionzil work carried on :it lvest lligh. ln connection with this exhihit, the cluh engaged :ls ll spezilcer zi mzln of wide yocaltionzil knowledge :ind experience. 'l'he cluh sponsored :in interesting trzide film, Look to Lockheed for Leader- ship for one of the school zlssemhlies on lliursdziy, Xlziy 22. Xlr. llzirold lf. Kleyer is the zilile sponsor of the Voezitionzil lndustrizil cluh. Xlemhers of the cluh council :ire Arnold Verhic, lfrzinlc Carmen, Bob Brown, lion lvntiedt, l,yle lvheeler, Hill Neil, und 'llom Xxlijllklilfll. PRESIDENT XVHITE CONDUCT5 A MEETING. BEHIND THE PRINT ln the spring of 1939, the Publication Board was organized as the head of all VVest High publications. This hoard takes care of the Red and Blue promotions. the applications for EOS editors, and sponsors a hanquet at the end of the year for anyone participating in school publications during the year. The memhers of the Publication Board this year are as follows: Bonnie Buttrey and lllarihelle YVhite, senior representatives: lllarilyn Augustine and Phyllis Nichol- son, junior representatives: Ed Foulke, sophomore representative: Boh hliller, fresh- man representative: Sue Hobart, Bill Fifer, lllarian Elder, and Don Vonck, editors of the Red and . , . , . oFF1cr3Rs ED rocuiu, Bois MILLER Blue- Elmof XOUHSCH- B05 Cdl' MARIHELLE wiirria, AND ixiixaityx xi c L siixig tor: Mr. Peterson, of the husiness department: llliss Sauer, of the art department: Mr. Gee, of the printing department: and hir. Newman, of the editorial depart- ment. An important function is the selection from applications of the candidates for editor and co editor of the Eos for the next year. In this way it directs puhlications. ' .1 'e R W - ' :Q g f ' It ,,.4.it..,..,...-Q , The Red and Blue is printed in W A's own print shop. Another stride was the organization of the point system. This method awards points for the work done hy each staff memher, thus giving the students with the most points the opportunity to advance to higher positions. This plan, started last year hy lldr. Edgar Newman, puhlications advisor, has proved successful in giving more students experience in the many different lines of journalism. So that important news would not he missed, heat reporters were assigned to various clubs and activities of the school. These reporters earned points under the point system and soon advanced to posi- tions on the regular staff. Students who worked their way up to staff positions hy heing heat report- ers learn the rudiments of newspaper composition. Something new was tried out this year with the publication of three consecutive daily issues of a haskethall tournament paper. lts purpose was to give the highlights of the games which took place on lX'Iarch 5, 6, and 7. Belonging to the National Scholastic Press Asso- ciation, the first semester Red and Blue's were entered in the 24th All-American Newspaper Crit- ical Service. They won first class-excellent missing the All-American rating hy only 15 points. v Editor Sue Hobart. Editors Bill Fifer, Don Vonek. and Marion Eber. so fm- Q4 -40 W S an yr' 'I'IIli SPURTS STAFF. IIII XR'I' Q'I'AlfF 4 , lb. 2 2 U X fx 1-5 40 'I'IIE BOARD UF EDITORS BEGINS PLANS. 7 ,fs ,I+gx,,,. ' . J I k I 5 t 1 Sf 'A R I i 1 ,I N Af i lf g.. U 'ur x X .fi ' -win 4 : jg COMES THE DAWN As the goal of each senior class is to make the best year-book possible, the Eos staff has worked extremely hard on this, the thirty-first annual. with lflinor Youngen as editor-in-chief and Bonnie But- trey as co-editor. The position of business manager was awarded to Klarjorie llatson, who succeeded in getting hve- sevenths of the total amount of money from the lfos patrons and leading the twenty other contest- ants in the race for the head of the business staff. Acting as class editor, Barbara Highley was in charge of reviewing the major events and progress of the lf?-Hi! -ll seniors and the assembling of the pic- tures of the underclassmen. 'lihe job of make-up editor fell upon Cigurd Olson, who mounted the photographs of the school's activities taken by the picture editor, Glen Davidson, and the Camera club. The theme editor. Vera Burford. wrote the intro- ductory paragraphs to the administration, the four curricula, and the dedication. Polly Humm was the editor in charge of the activities and the year in review, which included 1,5 I the assemhlies, cluhs, and other happenings of the year. A difficult task also hefell -Iack Goss, sports editor, whose joh it was to survey and write up the major athletic events of the past year. The designs appearing throughout the lios were drawn hy -Ioyce johnson, the art editor, and her staff, while lklarion Ifher, the copy editor, rechecked all the written material hefore it was placed in the hook. Each of the previously mentioned editors was assisted hy a group of students, some of whom have had some special training in the type of work that they did for this hook. This certainly proves that, through the cooperation of several groups working together as one unit, a difheult task can he made easier. Appreciation for general supervision of this Eos is due Iklr. Edgar Newman, who managed the edi- torial divisiong Iklr. Hugo Peterson, for his direce tion of the husiness division: and IVIiss Una KI. Pease, our class advisor. So with the completion of this IQ-H Eos, the staff would like to say in the words of the very first issue of the Eos- If any douht until now has existed ahout the ahility of the class of 19-Il, it must now vanish on the appearance of this puhlica- tion, to which the Goddess of the Dawn has given her name and inspiration. ACTIVITY STAFF COPY STAFF CLASS STAFF BUSINESS STAFF. I X fi 1,3 1.5 ' 'X IIIL BUXRID UI' EDITORS BEGINS PLANS. COMES THE DAWN As the goal of each senior class is to make the best year-book possible, the lfos staff has worked extremely hard on this, the thirty-first annual, with lflinor Youngen as editor-in-chief and Bonnie Hut- trey as co-editor. The position of business manager was awarded to hlarjorie Klatson, who succeeded in getting live- sevenths of the total amount of money from the lios patrons and leading the twenty other contest- ants in the race for the head of the business staff. Acting as class editor. Barbara Highley was in charge of reviewing the major events and progress of the 104041 seniors and the assembling of the pic- tures of the underclassmen. 'lihe job of make-up editor fell upon Cigurd Olson, who mounted the photographs of the school's activities taken by the picture editor, Glen Davidson, and the Camera club. The theme editor. Vera Burford, wrote the intro- ductory paragraphs to the administration, the four curricula. and the dedication. Polly Humm was the editor in charge of the activities and the year in review, which included the assemblies, clubs, and other happenings of the year. A diflicult task also befell -Iack Goss, sports editor, whose job it was to survey and write up the major athletic events of the past year. The designs appearing throughout the lios were drawn by .Ioyce johnson, the art editor, and her staff: while lllarion lfber, the copy editor, rechecked all the written material before it was placed in the book. Each of the previously mentioned editors was assisted by a group of students, some of whom have had some special training in the type of work that they did for this book. This certainly proves that, through the cooperation of several groups working together as one unit, a diflicult task can be made easier. Appreciation for general supervision of this Iios is due llflr. Edgar Newman, who managed the edi- torial division: lNIr. Hugo Peterson, for his direc- tion of the business division: and lYIiss Una J. Pease, our class advisor. So with the completion of this IQ-ll Eos, the staH would like to say in the words of the very first issue of the Eos- If any doubt until now has existed about the ability of the class of 19-ll, it must now vanish on the appearance of this publica- tion, to which the Goddess of the Dawn has given her name and inspiration. ACTIVITY STAFF. COPY STAFF. CLASS STAFF, BUSINESS STAFF. ,msd fm- .. -yi L+ if OFFICILRS ERICRSOY, VVOODARD, AND NELSON. Rudy Albright lllercer Barnes Russell Bancroft Bill Barr Dale Beane Bill Bradford Bob Burgess Bob Buttrey Jim Chambers Bob Clark Gordon Cole Phil Davies Albert Bderati Bob lfrickson l,aVerne Feltes 'liom lfroom -lack Goss Frank Gurry lion llackett Art Healy Ifugene Herren George Jones lltlartin Jones Carl Kaufman Bob Leavey Don Longley Bob Lowry Chuck Luke .lim lllarzuki .lack lUcCullough IC. J. blclvethy Bob lllurphy Paul Nelson Bob Newman Anthony Ostroff Andy Pasilis Gordon Peterson LeRoy Rantan Alwin Richmond Arthur Richmond zaA,Sna The officers elected to serve during the 1940--I-1 year for the Letterman's club are as follows president, Bob Erickson: vice- president, Tom VVoodard3 and secretary- treasurer, Paul Nel- son. The list below includes everyone who has earned a let- ter in any sport, excluding 19-ll track, golf, and tennis, and frosh-soph basketball. Roddy Robinson Jack Scott Harvey Seavey Clifford Smith Pierson Stephens Bill Stolp Bob Stolp Bob Spackman Don Sprague Neal Sprague Bernard Ugland Wallace Van Deventer Connie Veneros Arnold Verbic Don Vonck Kenneth VVatson Lyle VVheeler Tom l'Voodard Bill VVunder Al Zadniehek fi F 6' DXVELI. LUUKS FUR lXlliRMAlDSg XVIIIRLIX' DIRYISII-j.'XC'K SL'U'I I'. ME RMALES CF 'lil At lon Y last swimmin ' has hecome wowular enou fli a siort to amear i h ' ' '- ls ls I I ls I ll ll t C ICM hook. This year for the first time we are happy to present the story of our swimming team. Ahout the middle of the year a new swimming squad was organized with lllr. Apsit as coach. 'lihe memhers of the team are as follows: jack Scott. Boh Clark, Bill Klusaraca, Boh Brown, Pat Bacon, Dick Newquist, Jim Klorsch, Stanley lfllis. lid Lundgren, Bill Klclfnight. lfarl Hurlhut, Boh Ferguson, 'liony Greene, Bill Bradford, Gordon hlitchell, lvallace Vanlleventer, and 'lied Stowell. Although swimming has heen coached in several Big lfight schools for some years. this season can truly he called the initial year of intercompetition among the conference schools. 'llhis year a trial conference was held at Rockford and. according to reports, this swimming meet will hecome an annual affair. fs -- . lo start off the season, lzast and YVest met in a dual meet at the Y. RI. C. A.. with the Hawks taking a hig 45 to 22 victory. Then came the highly puhlicized Big Iiighr conference swimming meet. All the conference schools were invited, and only lflgin and Freeport failed to send squads. 'lihe main aquatic strength naturally lies with Joliet, lfast and IVest Rockford. and LaSalle-Peru, hecause swimming has heen popular in these schools long hefore the conference recognized the sport. Following is an outline of the events to he instituted as yearly competition: 50-yard free style. lflll-yard free style, 200-yard free style. lllll-yard hreast stroke, lllllsyard hack stroke, fancy diving, 150-yard medley relay, and 22Usyarcl relay. ln the trial meet, IVL-st placed fifth in a field of six, although this cannot he called a true test of lvestls swimming possihilities. Following the conference meet was another dual affair with lfast. IVe were victorious again, coming through with a .UIQ to Zolg victory. As the sport gains in popularity, we hope the underclassmen will see higger and hetter swimming teams. Since three-fourths of the memhers of the squad are under- classmen, IVest High is looking forward to a strong swimming team next year. This year's squad will prove to he an evcellent foundation for future competition. SATURDAY I-IERCDES The -lay Vees or Junior Varsity is a squad made up of juniors and seniors who cannot play with the regular varsity mainly because they are too small. These boys play just for the enjoyment they get out of the game. Since the regular schedule of the Varsity and Freshman-Sophomore teams are played on Friday night, the jay Vees play most of their games on Saturday morning. Some were played on Friday after- noon. Under the coaching of lXIr. Allen, the boys played a regular schedule of games with teams from the Fox valley schools usually meeting the reserve teams from the smaller high schools. The Jay Vees played their first game of the year against Plano. After Grizzle and Wolsfelt had carried the hall into scoring territory, Virgil Pozzi smashed over the goal for the lone tally of the game. The final score was o-U. Bad breaks coupled with a slow start robbed the jay Vees of a victory over Geneva. Seth Steiner and Al Richmond played fine ball as did the whole line, but the score ended in a tie of o-0. Strengthened by recruits from the varsity, the Jay Vees defeated a big but experi- enced Naperville eleven 13-U. Although the boys lost to a larger East High team Zo-0, they came back to defeat Batavia. The game was played at Batavia, and there was never any doubt as to the victor after the jay Vees scored twice. The final score was 13-O. The last battle of the year was staged at the City of Brotherhood-lVI0oseheart. The lVIooseheart boys were not feeling so brotherly though, and they defeated the slay Vees by the close score of 15-12. At one time it seemed as though boys who were not big enough for Varsity ball and were past their freshman and sophomore years would not be able to enjoy football as they had enjoyed it before. With the instituting of the Junior Varsity a great problem has been solved. Back Row: Mercer, Severin, Bennett, Ellis, Johnson, R. Sprinkel, Ruby, MeCu1'dy, Buikland, Nichol- Foley. Matteson, Rasey, Coach Allen. Middle Rorw: Lee lMgr.l, W. Sprinkle, Conklin, Wolsfelt Steiner, Grizzle, Stolp, Art Richmond, Ewing, Morseh. Front Row: Randall, Barrett, Al Richmond W. Evans, Lungren, Neill, Walder. Yi! I , Q I - S ' 'f '!E' Y -. - il 'M' fr 'pi'-gm 'Q I -' ,,., . ...E ,.,,. ,. wi 3 TI'-T 'il Fourth Row: Bob Clark, Joe Salerno, Ed Brown, Carl Kaufman, Bill McKnight, Bob Powell, Bill Miller, Marvin Katz, Paul Young. Third Row: Coach Hap Jebens, Georgie Jones, Ken Caughey, lioh Spaekman, Rudy Albright. Jim Marzuki, Bob Nelson. Bill Kathamefzos, Dick Cook, Coach Leo Tilly. Second Row: Jesse Hershey, .lack VanDuzor, Dick Rogers, Ed Mewethy, liill Bradford, Neil Sprague. Fausto Natalini, Bob Buttrey, Andy Pasilis. First Row: Manager Clifford Smith, Bob Stolp. Bob Newman, Tom Wood. Francis Leypold, Bill Smith, Jack Domier, Bud Butler, Manager Phil Davies. I -. 1. CURTAIN RAISERS The Hawklett opener was a hair raising affair, which had every rooter on the edge of his Seat. Replacing the former lightweights, the Frosh-Sophs wasted no time in proving their ability, when Rudy Albright plunged across the goal line early in the first quarter, and Fausto Natalini converted. LaGrange soon tied the score, and a deadlock seemed imminent until Bob Spackman raced to a touchdown, with brilliant blocking by Neal Sprague and slim hlarzuki, to win the game 1-l-7 in the last two minutes of play. A remarkably improved Frosh-Soph team swept over Spring Valley in exciting fourth quarter 12-0. Led by Spackman, who scored twice in the fourth quarter, the Frosh-Soph eleven chalked up their second consecutive win of the season. Absorbing experience, the Frosh-Sophs were becoming one of the tougher teams in the Big Eightville. 4 HERE HE COMES! F 1 i 5 ,- Q1-2 The Frosh-Sophs in their third straight win battered a game hlorgan Park eleven through four quarters of unceasing air and running attacks. Bob Spackman and George -Iones, who both accounted for a pair of touchdowns, led the attack behind a tough, hard charging line, which gave the team a well balanced victory 20-fl. Une of the see-saw battles of the year was fought at lilgin in the drizzling rain with lQlgin's undefeated Frosh-Sophs. After lClgin had pushed lVest around for two quarters, the Hawkletts came back to put on their most powerful drive of the season- a Qfl-yard push sparked by Bob Spackman and George jones, which ended 0-U on l'flgin's eight-yard line as the gun sounded. Led by -lim hlarzuki and Bob Spackman, lVest climbed over a tough liast Aurora team 20-O. Scoring three touchdowns in the first half, the Hawkletts rolled up a brilliant victory. Bob Buttrey, Neal Sprague, and lfausto Natalini smashed the liast attack before it got started, and the whole team played an excellent game. A hard charging Frosh-Soph eleven lost a heart-breaker 6-O to LaSalle-Peru due to an 80-yard return of an intercepted pass in the first quarter. After the score neither team could get a drive under way and the battle ended in a punting duel. Until he injured his hip in the third quarter Neal Sprague played a brilliant game. while Bob Buttrey and Jim Nlarzuki received one aerial after another to keep the Red and Green in fear until the final gun. A big, rugged West Rockford team, that took the field confidently, went down to defeat before lVest's hard charging backfield 0-fl. The play went back and forth, before and after Rudy Albright scored on a wide reverse. The Hawklett line stopped the Rockford attack successfully with Neal Sprague and lfausto Natalini playing outstanding games. On a terribly muddy field the Hawkletts beat and battered a strong -Ioliet team 7-0, although the Steelmen fought until the last. VVest's backfield kept Joliet guessing from the start to finish. Bob Spackman scored on a pretty 27-yard reverse in the third quarter, and Rudy Albright plunged over for the extra point. A big East Rockford team went down to defeat before a smooth well balanced VVest Aurora eleven that bottled up Rockford's reverses and went on to score them- selves 12-O. Bob Buttrey, Neal Sprague, and Fausto Natalini stopped a wide variety GEURGIE GETS GOING. DONVI' TRIP NOVV. of reverses that constituted the Rockford attack. Bob Spackman scored both touch- downs on short runs. Cn a hard wind-swept field the Hawkletts romped over a bewildered Freeport team, that provided Wfest with the Frosh-Soph Big Eight Championship, which they shared with Elgin and LaSalle-Peru. George Jones played his best game of the year and had the Freeport boys guessing from whistle to gun. The victory climaxed an extremely successful season for the Frosh-Sophs, who ended with a record of seven victories, one tie, and one defeat. During the season VVest scored 104 points to their opponents' Q. This championship provided a good beginning for the youngest of the Big Eight athletic groups. Freshman-Sophomore athletics came into existance with the abolition of lightweight teams last year. The new yearling group was added to provide com- petition for younger students and to train athletes for places on the Varsity squad. Several of this year's regulars may find places on the Blackhawk line-up next fall. XVILL HE MAKE IT? AM, V... Wm, Aa-W 1 ., sg, X , if Q. ws s a 'fr' B0 0 i' K ' 474 XJ L-5 4310, -.Nl by l W, or I X like so e AWA all W W' sw BURGESS, ERICSON, HACKETT, HEALY, VAN DEVENTER, SCOTT, FELTE3. GRIDIRCDN WARRICDRS Displaying a hard, swift running attack, West High defeated a smooth, well- coached Carl Schurz team 20-o in the first game of the season. Peterson, Barr, and Barnes did the scoring as VVest High smashed the Suburban League team. Immediately after Barr had scored on a hrilliant end run, he and Peterson drove to the one-yard line, where Pete scored. lVlercer Barnes converted, making the hnal score 20-6. Fourth Row: LeRoy Raritan, Ben Howell, Howard Huston. Bob Burgess. Wilmer Neill, Dale Beane, Gordon Cole, Joe Freiders, Gilbert Paul, Gerald Glaser. Third Row: Coach Gordon Smith. Don Sprague, Hob Lowry, Jack Scott, Don Longley, Chuck Krause, Gilbert Diehl, Al Zadnicheck, Lavern Feltes, Charles James, Head Coach Marget' Apsit, Second Row: Bob Ericson, Bill Barr, Gordon Peterson, Captain Paul Nelson, Mercer Barnes, Mike Healy, Torn Woodard, Ed Martino. First Row: Everett Anderson, Kenneth Watson, Virgil Pozzi, Don Hackett. Wallace VanDeventer, Don Vonck, Frank Gurry, Manager Joe Beatus. Also on squad but not in picture: Manager Jim Stubbs, Rod Robinson. Don Meyer. Lloyd Tyler. 3 M W - gr- S ,r- eeefe H f 'G if - QSC' A Q M W is 1 , M . jg., xg . v W. , K 1 t Ng' i Xill -Ma 2 ,,,.,, A f Ulf ri! l 55 X wif Y G MY i Q 55 ' ui BA Q55 gAA'.LL-,. A c . RR L'l I'S FUR TIIIQ UPICN. OH NU YUI' lJUN I'! Though the varsity lost to Hall Township High at Spring Valley, a great deal of credit should he given to Lowry, Zadnichek, Feltes, lVatson, and Frieders, who filled regular positions left vacant hy injuries. Not enough credit can he given to a teani that fought so valiantly against had hreaks and held a good team scoreless until the third quarter. The l-l-fl defeat was no disgrace to a hard fighting hall cluh that XVest marked itself to he. ln the last of their first three non-conference games, VVest lost to Proviso 6-0. The game was decided hy a wide end sweep, which covered O5 yards. lVest tried desperately to score after this, hut the game ended O-U. The tackling of Tom lVoodard, alike Healy, and Captain Paul Nelson stood out, while Boh Burgess and Bob Ericson played hang-up hall at the ends. After a see-saw first half, VVest High came out of their locker room to play their hest game of the season as they defeated lflgin 13-6. Trailing U-6 at the half, Nvest tied the score when Bill Barr tallied on a -HJ-yard end run. Playing a heautiful game, Klercer Barnes kicked the extra point, putting VVQ-st in the lead 7-O, and later intercepted a flat pass and ran 45 yards for a touchdown, making the score I3-6. ln front of a huge crowd of 3,500 fans, lVest High lost a tough hattle to LaSalle- Peru 12-O. ln the fourth quarter Gordy Peterson executed one of the prettiest plays of the season. lfaking a pass, Gordy dashed up the sidelines to midfield where he picked up a horde of hlockers. Reversing his field, he cut down the opposite sideline to score, making it O-12. At XVest Rockford the Hawks took a tough one on the chin as a couple of fellows named Yastrah and Gedko led a lVest Rockford team to victory 15-0. It was a hard game to lose, although the statistics showed Rockford's superiority. BARR, ZADNICIIEK, BARNES, VUNCK, COLE, SPRAGVE. ,af X may , ,J . we-lf N xxwkwl N 'll l ' ' ' 5 sim- M F' is if r M xX- , All 'W 1 -L M lbx B Will? 4-1 Ly Q I Q Q xi 73 XX Xlllf E' limi, ' Xitnlfff Sl ' 1- A J., ,... B3 hit llvlff I N' Mi- W' -X 1 M W fr I-aflflfk I LW L 1 MARTINO, PETERSON, LUNGLEY, CAPTAIN NELSON, VVOUDARD, JAMES. Un a muddy Joliet field, W7est's real power broke loose when Gordy Peterson and the whole Blackhawk team ran wild over Joliet 13-fl. Peterson, who averaged nine yards a try, and Barr sparked the attack as Wfest rolled up fourteen first downs to Joliet's three. After a brilliant around end play hy Ericson, West had the hall on Joliet's -P-yard line as the game ended. Behind a hard charging line led hy Tom VVoodard, VVest High crushed a tough East Rockford team 20-o. Alonzo, of Rockford, led the Rah attack and his frequent outbursts of power gave every fan a thrillg but all was in vain as Barnes, Barr, and Peterson battered Rockford's line. hlercer Barnes brilliantly intercepted a pass to stop a Rah threat, after which Peterson passed to Barnes for the first score. Later Barr scored from the four-yard line after he had intercepted a shovel pass. Barnes again converted. After Barr scored the third touchdown, the Rabs folded up. lX'Iike Healy and Captain Nelson played exceptionally well in the forward wall. West High decisively defeated a Pretzel team on Gordy Peterson's touchdown dash and lxlercer Barnes' punting. ln the fourth quarter Gordy scored on a -H-yard gallop which was made possible hy some beautiful blocking hy lXIike Healy. The whole team then proceeded to push Freeport up and down the field with the game ending 12-6. Four thousand fans watched East High's 'l'omcats defeat YVest High 26-o. East was at its best as the line blocked and tackled hard and viciously to defeat Wfvest. Barr scored early in the game to register the Hawks' lone score. Although it was a slippery field, the game was fast, and many long runs were featured. Nlercer Barnes caught a beautiful pass in the third quarter to start a rally, but a fumble was disasterous. East went on to score two more touchdowns and to win 26-6. BILL FOOLS 'EM. REACHING FUR IT. W' if M X' U 3' 3 f ' 4 r if B Eff Our only mid-week game of the year was played here iv,-53-if on a Tuesday against Som- onziuk. The Hawks made the most of their shots to win the game 25-211. After an Elgin team with exceptional reserve strength dealt us a staggering defeat on their Hoor -12-18, we lost a heartbreaker to Freeport on our own court 21-20. VVest caught .loliet's occa- sionally brilliant, fast quintet at a time when they proved to be poor hosts as they de- feated us at Joliet -12-13. A LaSalle-Peru team, that took most of the re- bounds and used an exceed- ingly fggt hrg-gk, XYZIS equally Art. Shoxzer. Sitting: Manager Lee. Bob Gregory, Roh Stolp, Dick Verbic ' ' Manager Smith. Kneeling: Don Foley, Bob Nelson, Coach Gordon Smith. Standing: Ken Caufrhey, Jack VanDu2or, Bob Butti-ey, Morgan Meyer, Hob Powell rude when they whipped us to the tune of 3-1-26 at La- Salle-Peru. VVest came into their own in a game with our rivals from across the Fox. The Hawks took East into camp by a score of 33-28. The Frosh-Sophs' last game of the season was played against a strong Glenbard junior varsity squad that dealt the Hawks a 26-22 defeat, although West led 11-3 at the half. Throughout the season, the Frosh-Soph team showed promise of more powerful and more experienced material from which to build future West High quintets. Although the record of the Frosh-Soph team is not very pretty, it does not show the many close games that they lost and the vast improvement they displayed -over their playing at the beginning of the year. THAT OUGHT TO DO IT. BUTTREY SINKS ONE. SWISHERS Coach Hap .1ehen's squad opened the season with a 23-15 victory over their first opponent, 1Vest Chicago of the Little Seven. lnspired hy their first win, the Hawks traveled to Somonauk only to he defeated hy a 17-1-1 score. 'lihis was the first of four straight losses. ln our next game lVaterman defeated us hy a score of 33-16. 'lihe following week lvest journeyed to Coal City. rlogan, Rantan, Robinson, MeCu1lough, Verhie, Hackett. Only ff, 119 on the ghqrt Qnd of a 32-25 count. Standing! Milfmlrer Zadnichek, Glaser. On Bench: Schaefer, Peterson, Barnes, Froom. Chambers, Healy, Burgess, Stolp, Curry, Lowry. On Floor: Ugland, Cor- Although the highly touted hlaroons invaded the Hawks gym and nosed us out hy a score of -13--10, the Red and Blue finally came to life and ran over a fast YVest Rockford team 22-21 in an overtime. After Streator played a fast strong game on their own Hoor to defeat us, 32-26. a rangv squad from Joliet took a close 38-26 victory on our oak. lfast Rockford, led hv a couple of sharpshooters, followed suit and shellacked the hoys in red. 51-37. Although 1Vest lost a 38-23 thriller in an exciting game with our rivals from across the river, the hovs avenged a previous defeat at Somonauk's hands hy pulling a 26-2-l game out of the fire. Our attack just couldn't click at lilgin, the hlaroons taking the game hy the lop-sided score of -10-2-1. Again at lfreeport, the Hawks, unahle to withstand a last- quarter rally hy the Freeport Pretzels, lost 32-20. VP AND IN. After Joliet practically duplicated their early- season feat by heating NV:-st again, 40-20, VVest trekked to LaSalle-Peru and lost another tough one, the score being 36-33. ln another thriller with lfast, VVest High, unable to shake off its losing spell, was nosed out 33-30. Glenbard did very well for themselves at lVest hy staging a final minute drive to heat us 31-23. The annual Regional Basketball Tournament was again held in the lVest High school gymnasium. An extremely re-iuvenated Hawk squad swept the tournament by winning three consecutive games. Geneva was our first victim. YVe swamped them with ease, the score being 39-29. lfast was next in line, losing 31-22. Naperville fell -lo 43 in the finals before a highly polished Hawk attack. Hy that vic- tory the Red and Blue team went to the YVaukegan District Tournament only to be defeated hy Syca- more 32-27. Coach .lebens was not greeted by a successful sea- son in his first year as Varsity basketball coach at VVest High school: but did have the satisfaction of seeing his team improve constantly as the season progressed. Toward the end of the season his care- ful coaching began to show results as the squad be- came more and more a threat to other teams in the league. Their play in the tournament definitely branded them as a high scoring team. Prospects for next year seemed quite bright as the season closed. The major part of this year's team were all juniors. These juniors were given a large part of the playing time throughout the last half of the season increasing the chances of a smooth working combination when the call is issued for basketball practice next fall. HIGH JUMP. G I'I' IN lvn as the Return IHI-, MANX Blhb XXIIU XX IuRIz Ul I PUR IR.'XClx Illlb XILXR. CINDER CRUSI-IERS der the direction of I,arry Allen, the track squad got UH tn an early start indoor season closed and the regular outdoor season hegan late in l'ielwru:n'y. ing from last year were the following: Bill Barr. 4-lll yard clash: Bnh Leary, the mile rung Gordon Cole, pole vault: 'lqom YVnndarml, shut put and discus: Klereer Barnes, tliseusg lfml Klartinn, shut put: Bob tlnnes, high hurdles: Dun Hackett, hrnacl jumpg Frank Curry and Bah lXIL1l'l3llX, SSH yard run: and the RlCl1IUUl1ll twins, Al and Art. the mile. The Hawks defeated hnth Genera and .lnliet in a triangular meet held at XVest. as the Hawks captured ten nut of a pnssihle thirteen llrst places. 'lihe llnal score was XVest, Slllgg Geneva, 283 and -Inliet, 23'3. The team also won seennll place in the XVheatnn Relays and showed great strength throughout the year. NUIN' l'I'. FRUSSIXCQ 'ltlllf BAR. Z ff N-if COLE GOES OVER. BILL STEPS OUT. IIACKETT MAKES DISTANCE The Frosh-Soph boys displayed their talent by crushing Naperville in a dual meet, the score being 65-47: thereby the Frosh-Soph team showed Coaches Allen and Jebens what to anticipate next year. The Varsity yyon its second triangular meet at Batavia, as it buried Arlington Heights and Batavia under 7lIQ points to Arlin,gton's 30 and Batavia's 26'Q. The schedule for the remainder of the year is as follows: lXIay 3 . I, . y .,,i ,, . ,..,,... .. I Kane County lX'Ieet May 9 yyy. E. . E , E . Frosh-Soph-Geneva May 10 .. , District-East High Field lVIay 13 , Varsity and Frosh-Soph-Downers Grove 1VIay 16-17 . 1 . , ,, State lVIeet lVIay 24 . Big Eight Conference 1VIcet lX'Iay 28-29 Varsity and Frosh-Soph-East High lXIeet Up to the date of this writing, the track squad has shown great promise and should have a successful season. TO THE VICTOR- MERCER TRIES HARD. I vf I ,v- ' in Back Row Froom Wunder. Scott, Ostroff, Meyer, Walbaum. Middle Row: Goldman, REACHING VOR II Stephens Jones Lewi Wilner. Front Row: Gesler, Wylie, NET JUMPERS The 19-ll tennis team got off to an excellent start hecause of good weather. Returning lettermen from last year's squad were: Klike Jones, senior: Tony Ostrorf, senior: Pierson Stephens, seniorg Tom Froom, junior: and Bill lvunder, senior. Already seven matches have heen scheduled with meinhers of the Big lfight-two with lflgin, two with Joliet, and three with liast High. The other matches are yet to he scheduled. The hig tournament, the District on Klay 2 and 3, will he followed by the conference matches. Two matches have heen played, up to the date of this writing, with lfast High and Elgin. The lVest netmen captured the lfast High match four to one, hut lost to a good lflgin team four to one. H The tirst round of the District meet will he held on Rlay 2, and the winners will play at -loliet on Saturday, lllay 3. One douhles team, Froom and Ostrorl, and two singles men, lllilce Jones and Pierson Stephens, were entered in the District. There are two return matches with liast, one with lilgin, and two with Joliet yet to he played. The Big lfight tournament will he played here, hut the county meet has not heen arranged. JUNLN Q ll ES APPROVAL. SLVG l'l', TONY! l'P IN 'I'llE R 'l 0 pf , , al awww: , ' ,- 'A ' EDDIE 51NKS QNE- Back Row: K. Untiedt, Robinson, Armstrong, Boynton, Coach Apsit, Crandell, D Untledt N6WC1UlSt Front Row: McCall, Hird, Duckett, Baysinger, Goldtrap, Davey. DIVOT DIGGERS Each year the popularity of golf has increased. Due to the fact that most of last year's team were seniors, this year's squad was made up of golf enthusiasts without competitive experience though they were eager to learn. Coach Apsit's team was made up of: Don Untiedt, Miller McCall, David Arm- strong, Rod Robinson, Tom Hird, Bernard Duckett, Dick Davey, and Bill Baysinger. VVhether belonging to a competitive team or not, the boys all constantly worked toward getting their score down to a good average. ' West's first meet was a triangular match with Joliet and East Aurora. West's inexperienced golfers came out quite well as they defeated East l-HS to 922, but lost to Joliet 30 to 1-HG. West's next scheduled meet was with Elgin. This time the Hawks were victorious 12 to 6. The team had improved a great deal over their previous appearance against Joliet and East High. Up to the date of this writing, only these two matches had been played, but many others have been scheduled with the rest of the Big Eight conference schools and outside teams. From what we have seen of these sophomores and juniors, West will have successful seasons for the next two years, just as this year's team was successful. SOME OF THE SQUAD ON THE COURSE. . P I . . . ' ' gay.. ' 'ls LV . . - g , Y i . 4 . F.. - .41 'T . my. I . , F U, P A fm. .-.fm , 4 Ah-. , g - .'i2.'js+,fi7fn! ...1,- gig!-1 ,. Q 5, ',.Ff-rf-dwarf , my ,. . ,sw'C..,.T..' ', ' f -- - - . 6 - r ' -1 - - , f . ' vs ' ,4 -. ,, 4. q , r 1 . '-:' fb' -i 'J-'jf all V . .var - f., ,4 1 e-,V-IA, h 4'-a 1 , Lf. , me-agp. 'fl . '.- 1 ,aff .ff i s ruff:-ELA- , se Ip, f .' gtg' A , ply ' . PITCIIINU THEM AFTER LVNCH. NOON HOUR FUNSTERS Unce again, in 19-ffl-19-ll, Xvest High intramurals flourished under the capable supervision of 'fl-lap tlebens and Peg lVilson. hlr. ,lebens and Bliss lVilson set up a program for complete student participation in varied forms of athletics, the main purpose of their plan being to have as many of the students who didn't engage in school athletics participating in some form of sport. Intramural sports, such as volleyball, basket- ball, ping pong, badminton, and horseshoe. were all included in this well-rounded program, and all these tournaments were run off during the noon hour. SHINU 'I'lIIi BIRDIE AROVNI7. Klr. slebens and Bliss XVilson were both ex- tremely pleased by the eagerness on the part of the students to take part in these noon-hour acti- vities. The whole student body was also fully entertained by the intramural contests. ln the volleyball tournament, two teams tied for first place-the All Stars and the Nutmegs. However, in the playoff, in which six teams par- ticipated, the All Stars won over the Nutmegs. The All Stars' lineup included Arnold Verbic, Alike lfntile, Chuck Carson, Gordy Peterson. Hob Leavey, and Howard Huston. The winner of the regular intramural basket- ball tournament was Purdue. Following the champs were the Pick Ups, the Hep Cats, and the Printers. After the regular tournament, a playoff was held for the first four teams. ln this playoff Purdue was eliminated in the first round by the Hep Cats, who went on to the finals only to be defeated by the Pick Ups. Therefore, there were two championship intramural basketball teams this year-Purdue, who had in its lineup Bob lvatson, Bob Schaeffer, Ronald Konzak, Ralph Anfinsen, Don Foley, and Cliff Smithg and the Pick Ups, whose players were Pete Bianchetta, Everett Hawse, Glenn 'l'ooley, jim lllorsch, Rod Robinson, and Frank Porto. From the doubles ping pong tournament, Kralo and Skom emerged victorious. ln the singles ping pong matches, the perennial cham- pion Ed Van Loon successfully defended his crown for the third straight year. To win each match they had to win two out of three games. Since the badminton and horseshoe tourna- ments are still being played off at the time of the writing of this article, the results can not be included. lt has now been proved that the intramurals under the direction of Hap and Peg are a complete success, and that they are probably here to stay. It is our sincere belief that they will be even larger and on a much wider scale next year. The intramural program is scheduled to pro- vide recreational participation in sports during THE EXPERTS PRACTIQE Up the noon hour. A good many students who eat at the building find both a chance for partici- pation in the sports provided and an opportunity to watch others take part in the various activities. Play usually begins soon after the first lunch period has ended and extends up to a few minutes before l o'clock. Students are encouraged to enter the various activities. Provision is made for individuals to associate themselves with already formed teams or, if they wish, to organize teams of their own which may enter as complete units. The amount of noise drifting out of the gym during the noon hour provides definite evidence of the popularity of the program. WE MADE IT! EVM R A 1-V -. 15 .49 44 ' is-0 is Standing: Lena Dada, Juanita Barnes. Dorothy Denney, Peggy Parmele. Sitting: Virginia NI'I'A.X A. R H lg yy Wright, Miss Wilson, Anita Amoni. X C Ps L' E GIRL ATI-ILETES The object of the Girls Athletic Association is to stimulate interest in girls' athletics and gymnastics, and to standardize and promote ideals of health and sports- manship. Since the program is varied so as to give each girl an opportunity to participate in sports of her own choosing, each fall a large number of girls report for hockey, speedball, and basketball. The basketball tournament, which climaxes the basketball season, was hotly contested, with the senior team victorious. After the Christmas holidays, the G.A.A. members participated in ping pong, badminton, volleyball, and tumbling, until spring brought archery, baseball, and tennis. The G.A.A. groups of several schools or- ganized a few play days, which were planned over the entire year. These play days were at- tended by girls from six to eight schools and were designed to acquaint them with each other by playing together in some competitive sport. During the second week of February, the old members gave a party for the freshmen and other new members, at which time they were given the oath and formally made members of the associ- ation. At the close of the 1939-1940 school year the members of the G.A.A. held an election for this year's oflicers. They were as follows: Juanita l - PING-PUNG COMPE'I'l'I'IUN. TWA K1 f 'W READY, AIM, FIRE! MISSED IT, AGAIN Barnes, president: Anita Amoni, vice-president: Peggy Parmele, secretaryg Lena Dada, treasurer, Virginia VVright, point secretary, and Dorothy Denney, sophomore repre- sentative. The Gym Circus. which was presented in cooperation with the Boys Gym club, was the major event of the year. Because of the huge success of the Circus when it was presented in 1039 and I9-HI, it has become an annual affair. All of the members of the G.A.A. worked hard to make it a big success. Un llrlay 22, the G.A.A. climaxed its year of fun and work with a banquet. During the evening, awards were presented to those girls who had earned enough points by organized and unorganized activities, by skill tests, and by keeping health records. Twenty-nine freshman awards, twenty-three sophomore awards, and twenty- five junior awards were handed out at that time. Every spring an outstanding junior member is elected by the organization to be sent to a sum- A URINGERH- mer camp for ten days. This year Dorothy Crow- ley was selected for this honor. A cup is awarded to the senior girl who is an all around G.A.A. member, outstanding in leadership, sportsman- ship, and participation in organized and unor- ganized activities. The cup is engraved with the name of the winner. Juanita Barnes received the cup this year. The newly elected ofIicers were: lVIarilyn Johnson, president: Nancy Gross, secretary: lx 'IfI1'Q,'ZI1'Cf Foley, treasurer 3 Dorothy Uenney, point secretary: and Carla I-Ieiss, sophomore representative. BIG TOP The third annual Gym Circus was presented in the Wvest High gym on April 24 and 25. A capacity' crowd witnessed both performances of the Circus which was sponsored hy the Boy's Gym club and the Girls Athletic Association, under the superyision of Kliss Xvilson and Mr. .It-hens, with Chuck Krause as general student man- ager. Acting as an able master of ceremonies at the microphone was Iioh Klurphy. A great deal of yalue is deriyed from such a venture, not only through the physical training received, hy which one acquires poise and grace, hut also through the yarious Circus committees, such as the costume and decoration committees, in which the students have an opportunity' to develop their initiative, individuality, and creative ability. Students who served on the management and pub- licity' committees also helped Rlr. Alehens and bliss XVilson to put on this bigger and better show than last y'ear's Circus. QLD LSI, Y.-XX. . ,. As is always the case, the Gym Lircus was opened by a colorful parade. The first big act was a beautiful exhi- bition of mass rope jumping, featuring a huge group of girls. This magnificent spectacle was followed hy' a group of boys who went through some yery' intricate drills. y Kenneth Hallman thrilled the audience by performing the exceedingly difficult feat of jumping rope on a saw horse, with a jumping surface of only three inches. jack Ileindorfer balanced Ralph Grommes on the top of a seventeen foot pole again this year, and they' thrilled the audience with their act. .Tack also appeared seyeral times during the show, juggling eyerything from bananas and marbles to . newspapers and halls. There were also three acts of pyramid building. lfirst. the girls put on a beauti- fully timed sequence of pyramids. The boys followed this with an entirely different IiQI'II,Il'3RII'M PICRSUNIFIIQI5. LITTLE ATLAS. type of pyramid building: finally the boys and girls got together in one huge performance. Following the pyramid building was an exhibition of fast tumbling which stood out because of the boys' excel- lent timing. .luanita Baines and YValt Connors, a former NVest High student, worked together again this year in a specialty act of fast tumbling and balancing. A special tapping act was presented by a group of girls, accompanied by Kenneth Hallman at the piano, and -lack lleindorfer on the drum. This year's Circus was no exception to all circuses, and clowns drifted in at all places in the program. The show was filled with the hilarious antics of Jim Verna, Bill Bedford, Al Zadnichek, Don Fitzgerald, and Chuck Krause. As an act of outside entertainment, a special roller skating exhibition was performed by boys from local roller rinks. Some of their feats were breathtaking, and must have taken a great deal of practice to prepare. A special marching and drill team directed by Seth JACK' fl-uh Il 'U Steiner performed, proving to be one of the best acts of the Circus. Their costumes were excellent and their tim- ing was incredible. To create a realistic circus atmosphere the committees decorated the gym corridor to resemble the entrance to the Big Top. The floor was covered with sawdust, and colorful booths at which popcorn, candy, and ice cream were sold, lined the way. The gym contained at one end a huge circus tent made bright with paper streamers. Each act entered the gym through the door of the tent. The great majority of costumes were made by the members of the costume com- mittee. This group deserves a lor of credit for their work. As a grand finale the entire cast paraded around the gym, and, with the disappear- ance of the last performer into the big tent, another Circus at XVest High had come to a successful close. PX RAMIDS A LA VVEST HIGH. TIIE DRILL TERM GYM GLU HNRQMURYY c ,,,,...--Y . . .5 B-2. X l ILKLISII? TRUCKIN' UN DUVVN. BOY GYMNASTS Now in its third year of existence, the Boys' Gym club again was organized at the beginning of the school year. with a membership of about forty boys who were interested in gymnastics. The club started to function almost immediately by holding an election, at which time lVallace llinyj Vanlleventer was chosen to be president and Kenneth Hallman was chosen to be secretary. At seven o'clock on XVednesday evenings throughout the year, the club met at the school. However, from the time the practice sessions for the Circus first started until the Circus vvas over, the meetings were dropped, in order to give all effort toward presenting a beautifully polished performance on April 24- and 25. XVith all the members of the organization grouped in committees, the boys put on a thrilling :ict in high-diving, tumbling, and pyramid building. ofmer, Mutm., v,,,,1peve,,t0,-,1,,,,1 as vvell as doing the many thankless and obscure 1 mln Q' fir wiih Mr. Jelfew- tasks connected with the club's main event of the year, the Circus. Last year the Gym club sent representatives to the State 'l'ournament to compete against other high school boys, and they vvon first place in pyramid building. 'llhis year, representatives were again entered into this state competition in pyramid build- ... ing and tumbling. vs-4' Besides the Circus, the club entered enthusiastic- ally into the other school activities. 'llhey sponsored an assembly featuring members of the lllinois Gymkana. and it was during this program that they received their trophy. ARCHITECTS Frank B. 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Locust St. Ingraham's Service Station 257 Walnut Street Island Texaco Station 1 Holbrook Street Jack's Super Service Station 210 Prairie Street Joe's Standard Service 309 South LaSalle Street I Johnson's Pure Oil Service 68 Benton Street Johnson-Ulrich Garage 08 South River Street Lavis Service Station 947 Galena Boulevard Midway Garage 113 Holbrook Street :::::::0:::::::::::::::: North Aurora Pure Oil Service Johns and North Lake Street George C. Peterson Company 324 Garfield Avenue Richards Standard Service No. Lake St. and Illinois Ave. Scientific Brake Service 125 Downer Place United Auto Service 47 South Lake Street Whitt's Service Station E. River Drive, North Aurora GLASS AND PAINTS J. D. Rice and Son 38 South River Street Schor Glass Company 210 Galena Boulevard GROCERS AND MEATS Aurora Cash Market, Incorporated 1121 Main Street Aurora Cash Food Market 544 Fifth Avenue I We ' 52: Boyd's Cash Market, Incorporated 110 Main Street Mrs. M. Carpenter 001 West Lake Street Cibulskis Brothers 502 South Lake Street Mike DeBartolo and Son 510 South Lake Street George W. Esser 597 South Lake Street Fred Hipp and Son 278 Beach Street Illinois Avenue Clover Farm Store 305 Illinois Avenue Konies Store 365 Illinois Avenue Lirot and Pauly 226 Illinois Avenue C. W. Marshall and Company 40 Downer Place Michaels Brothers 109 Main, Montgomery N. J. Modatf 501 New York Street K. Ochsenschlager 120 South Fordham Avenue Scribner Ochsenschlager 224 Blackhawk Street Paramount Food Market 60 North Broadway Peaks Royal Blue Market 372 Walnut Street E. W. Pierson 704 Prairie Street Reliable Food Store 515 Galena Boulevard Sanitary Cash Market 22 North Broadway Anton Stankus Ridgeway Avenue ll. S. Markets 28 North Broadway HARDWARE Myron J. Davis Hardware Co. 35 South River Street Tanner Hardware 15 South River Street Wolf-Parker Company 62 South LaSalle Street HOTELS Aurora and Leland Hotels Island Avenue Elks Club 77 Stolp Avenue Grand Hotel 115 Galena Boulevard ICE CREAM SHOPS Borden's Velvet Ice Cream Co. 210 North Lake Street Brock's Galena Boulevard Shop Galena Boulevard Brock's Ice Cream Shop Wilder and Walnut Streets Hyatt's Ice Cream Bar 18 Iackson Place Lee's Ice Cream Store 505 New York Street Ohlhaver Cheerio Shop 18 Jackson Place INSURANCE G. A. Anderson 33 Island Avenue Asso. Insurance Agency of Aurora 33 Island Avenue Arthur R. Buttrey 2 North Broadway Chicago Motor Club 48 Galena Boulevard Charles Day Agencies 34 South River Street Frazier and Evans 44Vz Downer Place John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. 30 South Island Avenue Emily A. Hurd 111 Downer Place Martner's Insurance 2 South Broadway McWethy Brothers 63A South Broadway Moschel and Tomblin Agencies 9 Fox Promenade Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co. 75 Stolp Avenue Reid and Smith Insurance 104 Fox Street Guy A. Schick 47 Fox Street Arthur J. Shoger 104 Fox Street Louis E. Shafer 57 Fox Street INVESTMENTS AND SECURITIES D. L. Armstrong 33 Island Avenue Ss l l Aurora Investment Company 63 South Broadway William H. Flentye 8L Company Graham Building PAT Rows Home Finance Service, Inc. 30 South Island Avenue John K. Hucko 8: Company 115 Downer Place JEWELRY Fodor Jewelry Store 28 South Broadway E. P. Garvin 3 North Broadway Grcenwald's Jewelry Store 9 South Broadway 2 Huesing's Jewelry Store 32 South Island Avenue Patterson's Incorporated 6 South Broadway Winchester Jewelry Store 82 South Broadway LAWYERS Alschuler, Putnam, Johnson and Ruddy 32 Water Street Beamish, Edwards Ka Brunnemeyer 63 South Broadway Attorney Joseph J. Feldott 65 Fox Street T. J. Merrill 57 Fox Street Mighell, Allen, Matthews SL Jordan Merchants Nat'l Bank Bldg. Lambert M. Ochsenschlager 101 South LaSalle Street Charles O'Connor 101 South LaSalle Street Samuel J. Stephens 104 Fox Street LOANS Citizen's Loan Trust 100 Main Street Home Building and Loan Real Estate Loans 220 Main Street Improvement Building 81 Loan Co. 12 Main Street LUMBER Alexander-Carr Lumber Company 84 South River Street Globe Supply Company New York Street Road Hartsburg SL Hawksley North Aurora Mall Lumber Company S2 North Broadway North Aurora Elevator Company North Aurora White SL Todd Lumber Company 58 South Lake Street Winn Supply Company 31 Cedar Street MANUFACTURERS The American Well Works 100 North Broadway All-Steel-Equip Company, Inc. Griffith Avenue Aurora Corset Company 603 South LaSalle Street Aurora Equipment Company 422 Cleveland Avenue Aurora Metal Company Aurora, Illinois Barber-Greene Company 631 West Park Avenue Carlson Tool da Machine Company 206 North Highland Avenue Consolidated Paper Company 705 No. Farnsworth Avenue Fox Valley Ice Cream Company 60 Pierce Street Wm. Jobbins Chemical Works, Inc. North Lake Street R. Sa M. Kaufmann, Inc. 41 Holbrook Street Lyon Metal Products,Incorporated 321 N. Madison, Montgomery Midwest Associates 204 North Highland Avenue Mid-West Equipment 701 Illinois Avenue Miller-Bryant-Pierce 227 River Street Richards-Wilcox Mfg. Company 174 Third Street Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Company Ridgeway Avenue Stillman Company 446 Loucks Street Stoner Corporation 328 Gale Street Western-Austin Company 601 No. Farnsworth Avenue W. B. York Incorporated 032 Benton Street MISCELLANEOUS H. M. Achim Aurora, Illinois Charles Arend, Interior Decorator 6 Fox Promenade Automatic Heating Sales Company Air Conditioning 36 New York Street Aurora City Lines, Incorporated 51 South Broadway Aurora Chamber of Commerce 17 Island Avenue Aurora Country Club Aurora, Illinois Aurora Daily Beacon-News 4 Main Street . Aurora Music House 8 Downer Place I t I if Bible Foundation Lincoln and Fox Streets Crane Co., Plumbing Supplies 544 South Lake Street Credit Bureau Incorporated 111 Downer Place George E. Kuker, Furrier 52 Downer Place A. F. Lohmann Sz Co., Monuments 742 South Lincoln Avenue Malcor Roofing Company 219 Woodlawn Avenue McFarland Tree Surgeons 302 North May Street A A A A A A A A A A A A.,-::::::::::::::: Katherine M. Mitchell, Naprapath 33 South Island Avenue Arthur L. Podolak Sr Company Accountants - 11 Downer Place Lulu M. Populorum, Electrolysis 504 Graham Building Merle Reichenbacher, Automatic Heating Sr Refrigeration Service 448 South Avenue Royal Crown-Nehi Co., Beverages 216 North Highland Avenue II. L. Sanders, Chiropodist 2 North Broadway J. Seidelman and Sons Boiler Co. 355 East Rural Street Stegman's Car Wrecking Co. 610 Ogden Avenue Stein's Fish Market 10 South River Street Swanson Cast Stone Company North Aurora, Illinois Western United Gas Sz Electric Co. 50 Fox Street Williams Health Service, Baths 100 Main Street Y. M. C. A. 205 Fox Street OFFICE SUPPLIES Columbia Ofiice Supply Company 227 Main Street A. J. Erlenborn Sr Company 20 South River Street Paramount Stationers 24 Fox Street OPTOMETRISTS Dr. A. O. Hooker 117 Main Street The House of Vision 9 Island Avenue Dr. Stanley Leverich 304 Keystone Building PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. John E. Albrecht North Aurora PAT nous M r. and Mrs. Walter Deuchler 3 Calumet Avenue H. G. Dutton 412 Blackhawk Street Mr. and Mrs. H. Esser 134 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. H. Evans 203 LeGrande Boulevard Mrs. John Fasmer Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Newman 206 South Fordham Avenue and Mrs. W. C. O'Brien 115 South Russell Avenue and Mrs. A. M. Pike 103 Calumet Avenue and Mrs. E. Power 1346 Garfield Avenue . was 3' fl Hotel Aurora Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Flentye 1120 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. D. Frazier 1440 Garfield Avenue Dr. C. B. Freeman 2 North Broadway Mr. and Mrs. L. Gray 555 Galena Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Genoways 135 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gormsen 422 Grand Avenue Mr. and Mrs. William Greene 1300 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Gurry 136 Gladstone Avenue Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Gustafson 1214 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Heiss 1205 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hobart 707 Downer Place Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Holmblad 654 Downer Place Joan Horstick 817 Hardin Avenue Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Humm 1218 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Jerome 301 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. Glen Johnson 1045 Garfield Avenue Dr. and Mrs. K. J. Kaiser 121 Gladstone Avenue K Mrs. Robert Kendall 610 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Kinnally 365 Sunset Avenue Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Armstrong 140 Buell Avenue Mrs. E. J. Billings 1 23 Calumet Avenue Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Boughton 160 South Russell Avenue Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Boynton 18 Highland Avenue Mrs. W. D. Burford 54 5 Charles Street Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Burgess 218 View Street Dr. and Mrs. Elroy Cigrand 113 Ingleside Avenue Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Critton 615 Downer Place Dr. C. L. Daniels 210 Blackhawk Street Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Day 376 Illinois Avenue Dr. and Mrs. E. Denney 1319 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Lager 723 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. J. Laz 159 Evanslawn Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Hal Longley 161 Gladstone Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Markel 1033 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Matson 1304 Galena Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. V. L. McElvain 123 Russell Avenue Mr. and Mrs. T. F. McGowan 337 Sunset Avenue Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McKnight 114 Calumet Avenue Mr. and Mrs. A. S. McWethy 710 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Morrison 326 Spruce Street Mr. and Mrs. J. Mossgrove 942 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Richards 826 Iowa Avenue Mrs. Johannah Rouse Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Ruddy 311 Sunset Avenue Mrs. Mary Russell Hotel Aurora Mr. and Mrs. R. Sandberg 358 Sunset Avenue Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Sanderson 1428 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. P. Schmitz 230 Sunset Avenue Mrs. E. F. Schoeberlein 1306 Downer Place Mathew G. Schwickert R. R. 1, Box 215 Mr. and Mrs. Don Slaker 906 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Smith 159 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Spackman 1445 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. L. Stephens 1311 Downer Place Mrs. C. B. Strohn 450 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Tomblin 430 Benton Street Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Unteidt 145 Evanslawn Avenue Mr. Harry B. Warner 141 N. Root Street Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Wells 1334 Downer Place Mr. I. N. VVilson 1041 Downer Place Rev. Walter Scott Wood 730 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wright 602 Galena Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wright 50 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Youngren 706 Garfield Avenue PHOTOGRAPHERS Advertising Service Company 6 Downer Place M. Evans 35 North Ohio Street Godfrey Studio 308 Fox Street Ostrofi' 210 North Lake Street Reed Studio 6 Downer Place PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Leland H. Anderson 2 South Broadway :: : ::: ::: :vr::e::: :::::: : E. R. Balthazar 50 Fox Street A. S. Benson 130 South Island Avenue Brennecke Clinic 33223 Main Street R. K. Collins 3323 South Island Avenue F. J. Cougrhlin I5 South Broadway lIreyer-Denney Clinic :iii South Island Avenue D. J. Evans III! South Island Avenue Vernon Evans 2 North Broadway Karl Kaiser Keystone Building Kitenplon and Young' 230 South Island Avenue Emmett L. Lee Aurora National Bank Bldg. A. G. Martin Aurora National Bank Bldg. E. M. Thomas 117 Main Street C. G. Weller 2 South Broadway PLUMBERS Clark Plumbing' Company 20 South River Street Ruddy Brothers 05 South LaSalle Street POTATO CHIPS Edna Mae Potato Chips 088 Mountain Street Fox Valley Potato Chip Company 1332 Downer Place PRINTERS Finch 8: McCullouch 84 South LaSalle Street F. O. Peterson's Sons 123 Spruce Street The Strathmore Company 24 South Lake Street REAL ESTATE Berry 81 Offutt 42 Galena Boulevard Mrs. Laura Farr 57 Fox Street Mitchler and Barron 28 Fox Street .5--T Ill I'- E:::E:::a, ll 1 lllslgl .gi .:::::::::p P I l ll I I lp 'llllll ullllf 5 0 x. Q p RECREATION CENTERS Electric Park Plainfield, Illinois I PATRONS Skateland Roller Rink Summit Avenue Sylvandell, Billiards and Bowling S5 Galena Boulevard SANDWICH SHOPS Hamburger-Steak Sandwich Shop 104 Main Street Red School House North Aurora Welch Diner Galena Boulevard SHOES AND SHOE REPAIR Aurora Shoe Repair Shop 2 Riverside Chris Lell Shoe Shop 41 Downer Place Masters Shoe Company 27 South Broadway Nobil Shoe Store 7 South Broadway Sherman's Shoe Repair 48 Main Street Tanquary's Shoe Store 5 Fox Promenade Waeg'ner's Shoe Store South Broadway West Side Shoe Repair 106 Downer Place SPORTING GOODS Crosby's Sport Shop 40 Fox Street Fag'erholm's Bike and Key Shop 68 South Broadway Galloway-Betts Sport Shop 66 South Broadway TAILORS Chris and Joe 6 North Lake Street Michael Pasnick 37 Island Avenue TEACHERS OF MUSIC AND DRAMA Ruthanne Farrell, Vocal 14 Main Street Herb Weichsel, Popular Piano 14 Main Street Mrs. Hazel Weston, Popular Piano 747 Watson Street Estelle Wilmsen School of Stage Arts 524 Plum Street 4 J 444-4-4-.'e.f4-re 0-4-0-:sro vs' 4.444-44-44-4-.4-.1-4-0 TRANSFER SERVICE Aurora Transfer Company 005 Spruce Street Martin's Transfer and Storage Co. 1553 South River Street Valentine Transfer dz Storage Co. 110 Cross Street TYPEWRITERS Adding' Machine and Typewrit.er Sales 44115 Downer Place General Othce Machines Company 218 Fox Street I. C Smith and Corona Typewriters 1131 Downer Place UNDERTAKERS George M. Boyle Funeral Home 238 Downer Place Corcoran Funeral Home 220 North Lake Street Healy Chapel 332 Downer Place WOMEN'S APPAREL Arthur's 62 Fox Street Charles J. Boorkman 36 South River Street Colby, Incorporated 2 North Broadway Sally Lou tDress Shopi 34 Island Avenue Three Sisters, Incorporated 10 South Broadway Weil's, Incorporated 255 South Broadway Young Modern Shop 24 Island Avenue WHOLESALERS Aurora Fruit Company 200 Main Street Ehy-Youngen Company 122-1214 Downer Place Illinois Wholesale Company 74 North LaSalle Street I WHOUESAl'I-I 0 : I Q Candy Company 10 North River Street F. E. 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