West Chicago Community High School - Challenge Yearbook (West Chicago, IL)

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1931 The We-Go 1931 tl First row: W. Weber, W. Court., E. Kuutiz, H. Reuter, V. Vetter, R Waskow. Second row: H. Sleep, J. Carey, K. Curran, D. Culp, Mr. Bishop, STUDENT COUNCIL Although their meetings were heltl at very' irregular intervals, the Stutlent Council .iccomplishetl many important things cluring the year. A texv wtelts after the beginning of school, the council met and electetl officers. They were: Robert Waskow ., , , llresult nt William Weber ,,,, X'icf.--Presitleiit Kenneth Curran ,,,, ,, W , ,, , , ,, ,...Secretary-Treasurer One of the maior proiects tlealt with was whether our school would he listetl with the nan tes ol those planting a tree in memory of the hicentennial hirtlitlay ol' Washington in WSI. After some tlis- cussion the proiecl was passetl in the afhrmatirt. 'I-he matter of stuclent Xthletic tickets was hrought to the attention ol the Louncil. It was llL'CltlL'll that the sale ol these tickets he taken up agxun, lor the heneht ol tltose loyal supporters who tollow the team through all their games. Some lesser matters, such as stutlents marking up me hulletin lvoanls and freshmtn lwoys running .trountl in the stutly halls were given carelul consideration, arul immetliatt action was taken to quell them. ln an elliott to create a greater interest in college among the seniors, the girls of the Council kept ll college bulletin hoartl. Pictures, pamphlets, anil notices of cholarships ul' some of our leatling col- leges anal universities were tlisplaxetl. One morning in October a meeting of all the treshmen .vas calletl. Some of the council mem- hers gate talks on School Spirit. 'School Atliletitsn anil S:hool ,Xctivil1es. The talks were -'iveii h to encourage the freshmen to participate in the .sttivities alwout sch-vol. .intl to support the pro,ects which are untlertalcen hy the classes. cluhs or the school .is a whole. The memhers of the Student Council for the ear WSU .intl lfil were: lames liartv, '5l: Roll- trt Waskow, 'SIL llarriet Reuter, 'ilz Kenneth Vurran. 91: William Wtlwer. 721 Viola Vetter, 52: llarvey Sleep, 52: Iiielyn liautz. 'Sin Florence Arla liishop, HS: anti Douglas Culp. '9-l, Mr. liishop was sponsor to the organization tluring the year. Pasze Nineteen

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1931 The We-Go 1931 A sit First row: R. Buss, C. Rupp, E. Benson, K. Curran, J. Carey, W. Maekert, W. Weber, H. Seanor. Second row: Mr. Johnson, R. Day, S. Naill, L. Schleuter, R. Enders, H. Sehleuter, L. Wolff, Mr. Gamble. Tll-lllE VARSITY CLUB f'We. as representatives of boys' athletics in this school, in ortler to promote antl achieve a bet- ter stantlartl of school spirit, to create a better spirit on the teams, to secure the itleals of goocl sports- manship at all times. antl in ortler to give support to all functions in our school which make for the betterment of the schoolll have brought into existence the Varsity' Club. The Varsity' Club was organized tluring the football season of l'J3!l. There were fourteen char- ter members. To become a member the person has to have a large letter which he has earnetl in any of the sports in the school. There are a feyv exceptions to this rule. lf a boy. who has been out for ath- letics before. has been unable to earn a letter: but has earnetl two numerals, or has been iniureel while out for athletics antl cannot participate again, he is entitled to apply for a membership. All those who wish to ioin this club must fill out an entrance blank antl then be approvetl by the club members antl the executive committee. This committee is matle up of five members. They' are: Kenneth Curran, La Verne Schleuter, Harry Seanor, Mr, Gamble. aml Mr. Iohnson. The last two are atlvisors to this club. The officers nf the club are as follows: President .. ..... Kenneth Curran Vice-Presitlent . lames Carey' Secretary' . , . Royal Day' Treasurer . ,. , , , ..., llerhert Schleuter The boys atlmittetl to membership during the year are: L. Singletary, M. Fish. O. Curran, W. Mathews, V. Timm, li. llairbank, V. Simon, T. Lynch, and l.. Smith. The itlea of the club in re' quiring a large letter for membership is to encourage the freshmen to come out for athletics such as football, basketball, antl track. During the school year this organization gave tyvo school tlances with the aitl of our school or- chestra. lt also talketl up the itlea for the freshmen to come out for track so that in future years our school woultl have a goocl track team. Page Eighteen

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1931 TThe We-Go 1931 1 First row: I. Berndt, V. Hermit. Second row: M. Lynch, Miss Gielow, D. Tinnes. G. A. A. The lirst thing clone by the newly electetl officers-Presislent, lola llerniltz Secretary-Treasurer, Mae l.ynch: Social Chairman, Viola lierntltz antl the Sergeant-at-arms, Dorothy Tinnes-was the spon- soring of a membership clrive by making posters. One hunclretl girls were eligible to take part in the unique party given tor the initiates, October Sl. The First sport Miss Gielow triesl to teach us was Fieltl hockey We learnetl very easily how to wreck each others shins. Some of the girls swung the sticks as if they heltl their favorite tlrivers, until Miss Gielow's slightly hoarse voice calletl sticks . Soccer. basketball, volley ball, anal baseball tournaments took up the girls' time :luring the various seasons. The annual rainbow basketball tournament was heltl March l2, 13. ll. There were nine ICLIITIS, each with a color antl name of a state. The Iowa team, Scarlet, won after quite a harcl struggle. Marie Cull captainecl her team to victory. Another new feature marlqecl this vear. Two swimming parties went over to the St. Charles Com- munity House. Some girls watlecl, were tlucketl, splashecl, tliverl, antl oh yes, some swam. A gootl. wel time was liatl by all. liver since we ioinerl the Illinois G. A. A. we have enterecl in play :lays at other schools, but thiy year we heltl one of our own, May 25. The visiting schools--Geneva, West Aurora. anal Napervilleg hatl ten girls each as representatives. The girls who representetl NVest Chicago were Dot Bollweg, Catherine Zeier, Viola Kroning. Lillian Richartlt, Phyllis Defiaris, Mary Mulcahy, Iennie Pesetski, Mable McGee, Frances McAleese, antl Kitty Stevens. About ten tfclock, the girls gatheretl to be put on either the orange or green teams. They chose their team captains anal then were toltl what to clo. Folk tlances, games. relays, volley-ball. baseball. a treasure hunt antl wrestling were the active sports in which the girls participatetl. At noon, the girls gatheretl untler the grove of trees on the campus for a picnic lunch. Songs were sung, the convocation was given, antl the awartls were presenteil to the winning team. Two o'clock marketl the entling ol XVest Chicago's first play tlay. Insteatl of the annual picnic at Potawatomie Parlt, the G. A. A, went to the Chicago Cub Park by Miss tiit-low's suggestion. This game ancl the giving out of well earnetl awartls entletl a year of good times. The many gootl times antl the new activities enteretl into were largely clue to Miss Clie- low, our sponsor. Page Twenty