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

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1931 The We-Go 1931 First row: F. Kline, M. Todd, M. Buluvi. I. Berndt, Mrs. liennett. C. Zeier, C. Kellogg, W. Williams, A. Kruse. Second row: B. Wiggerman, M. Ehredt, S. Naill, K. Curran, J. Carey, R. Werdell, H. Reuter, WE-GO This year, the seventh year of its publication, the XVL'-Go was eclitetl by a stall' eoinposecl entirely of seniors, with the exception of the elass reporters. The year began with the election of a stalf from the senior English classes. This stafl seryetl tlur- ing the entire year and was responsible for the publications. The stall' ehetetl was: Kenneth Curran Marion Hulow .... Robert VVaskow . .,.. Sterling Naill Iames Carey Iola licrntlt . .. Catherine Zeier .... Harry Seanor . VVilila Williams ,... .. . .. . .. litlitor-in-Chief Associate litlitor Business Manager ireulation lvlanager . ..... , Sports liclitor . . . Girls Athletles lixehange litlitor A ..... Sports Reporter .. . Senior Reporter -Betty VViggermari .. .,.,............. Iunior Reporter Ilelphine Chesnut, Ray VVerilell , ..... Sophomore Reporters Mary Tocltl. Douglas Culp ..... .. .... Freshmen Reporters Alberta Kruse, Florence Kline .. .. ..... ..We-Go Typists Harriet Reuter, Marion Fhreclt . , ,.We-Go Typists Mrs. I. C. llennett . ......... .. ........ . ..... .... . ...... .. . .. ...Sponsor The staff, working uncler the tlireetion of Mrs. llennett, ilevotetl ltsell lrom the start t o putting' out a gootl paper. They atloptecl 21 two-column wiile eilitorial column to make it more attractive In the eye. They also established a sport page. Up to this year the sports 'iews hail been seattereil through- out the paper at random, antl the sports fan hail to search diligently lor his news. Un-ler the new plan, the entire back page was tleyoteil to sports .intl was ilistinguislietl by the heailli News . ne Sporting The most significant achievement of the We-Go for this year was thi- recognition reeeivetl hy it from the Illinois State High School Press Association. As a member of the Xssociation, the VVL'-Go sent two representatives, the litlitor .intl the Sponsor, to the Annual Convention at Urbana. The paper was entered in the publications contest, and there reeeiyetl ilistinguisheil merit rating for all-arountl merit. The last issue of the newspaper was etlitetl by the sophomore class, as has been the custom for a nulnber of years, in ortler to give the untlerelassinen opportunity to aequire iournalistie experience. Miss Sewzirtl seryetl as sponsor to this issue anil the class put out a very eommenilable number. Paxze Twenty-three

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1931 The We-Go 1931 l First row: E. Henderson, E. Grumes, J. MeNeeny, Mrs. Jones, H. Foxen, R. RaH'ety, M. Madi- son, L. Weber. Second row: F. Bishop, E. Wiyzgerman, D. Chestnut, F. Wisrererman, J. Williams, M. Correll, H. Fink, P. Birkholtz, B. Mailander. Third row: G. Lyneh, A. Chestnut, F. Gridley, E. Bosseau, R. Veruie, R Kautz, F. Buchanan. SOCUETAS LATINAS Soeietas Latina. the Latin organization of our school, has had an especially interesting year umler the tlireetion ol Mrs. jones. This organization was startetl last year toi the purpose of making Latin more interesting. To he a inemher of the cluli it is necessary to have eompletecl nne year of Latin antl also to he taking a foreign language at the time ol' entering the club. The present membership is twenty-four. The liusiness of the eluh is eontluetetl in the same manner as the oltl Roman government-with two Consuls eorrespontling to the presitlent untl vice-presitlent: the Serilia eorrespontling to the secre- tary: the Aerari Praefeetur eorrespontling to the treasurer: antl the Censor like the sergeant-at-arnis. who sees that all clues are paul promptly anil that ortler is kept at the meetings. The meeting night lor Soeietas l.:itina was the tliirtl Tuestlai of every month. These meetings were usually followetl hy prngrains pertaining to the Ctlslfvlils ,intl halwits ul the Romans. The pro- gram eoininittee preparetl several interesting programs which were enioieil lu all. Those who servetl on that committee were: Pauline liirkholtv, Roliert Vergie, :intl Ifloitl Kliiillei, An initiation was heltl for the first time this year, antl a prngrani was given at which the Seienee Cluli memlvers were guests. lille program eonsistetl ol' a play sliowin.: how many of our lfnglisli wortls are tleriietl from Latin. Those who took part in the play were: Eleanor Grames, lilizalieth Hentlerson, 1-'loytl Gritlley, antl Roh- ert Vereie. Alter the program. tlaneing was emuyecl. The last event of the year was a pienie at which everypne hail .i eootl tune. The olilieers who servetl the elula for the past year were: l-'retlerie liuehanan . . First Consul lane MeNeeney .... Seeontl Consul lllanehe Mailaniler .... Aerarii Praefeetus l-ileanor Grames .. ... . Serilia Pauline liirkholrl .. . Censor Page Twenty-two

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1931 The We-Go 1931 LITERARY CLUB A long felt need was filled during this school year when the Literary Club was organized. ,Miss Seward, along with many of the students, stirred up feeling on the subject until the demand for the club was great enough to warrant its organization. After a few preliminary meetings to discuss needs and plans, Mrs. Bennett was appointed sponsor of the club. Soon after, officers were elected, the following people being chosen: Marion Bulow ................. ........,......... . ........ P resident Marion Corell ....,.... L ..................,..,. . .,,.,..,,., N ........ Secretary Later two members were appointed to act on a program committee with the officers. These peo- ple were Viola Vetter and Lulu Brown. The purpose of the club is fourfold: first, to promote an interest in good literature through the West Chicago Community High Schoolg second, to give to the individual a means of gaining the power of expression in drama, debating, and discussion, third, to develop the art of creation in writing among the members of the organizationg and fourth, to help furnish original assemblies for the school. At first, the club hoped to divide into sections to specialize in specific fields. However, due to the difficulty of getting meeting times, it was decided at least for this year, to work all together. The first meetings, aside from business, consisted of miscellaneous programs, but the final meet- ings were devoted to the study of modern drama and dramatists. Galsworthy, Milne, and Ollivent were among the playwrights selected for study. Besides the regular meeting, the Literary Club sponsored an assembly program at Christmas time at which the moving picture Scrooge's Christmas was shown. On April 17, the organization spon- sored another program-this time commemorating Arbor Day. The membership of the club is open to any student interested in literary work with the exception of freshmen. Freshmen were excluded so that more advanced work might be carried on and also so that the group would not be too large to work well. Due to the fact that no.dues are charged, the club had no parties, but depended on its programs for enjoyment. It is the aim of the Literary Club, next year and in the years to follow, to divide into small groups to do more concentrated work so that it may contribute more worthwhile things for the members and also for the entire school. The Club will be sorry to see its sponsor, Mrs. Bennett, leave. THE EDISONIAN SCIENCE CLUB The Science Club has completed a successful year under the able supervision of Mr. Cochrum, our new science instructor, and the officers and chairman of sections. Although the Science Club has not given many programs and entertainments, the members who joined the various sections of the club enjoyed themselves and also furthered their knowledge of biology, airplanes, stamp collecting, photography and chemistry. The biology section was very active and produced a Biology News which contained many use- ful and interesting facts about biology. The large aquarium was filled and balanced by the members of this section. The Science Club financed the sending of six delegates to thc Iuuior Academy of Science at the Peoria High School, Peoria. Our club had the honor of electing the President to the Iunior Academy of Science for the past year. Edward Fairbank was the student who received this distinction. The Biol- ogy section won second prize at the Iunior Academy with the two small, balanced aquaria which were transported to Peoria with a great deal of difficulty. The officers who served the club this year are- Robert Waskow, presidentg Truman Naill, vice- presidentg Frances Wiggerman, secretaryg Anna Foxen, treasurerg Catherine Zeier, historian. Page Twenty-four ...lhtg '. . I-.