West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Princess reigns in raing arriors triumph as spirits soar to revive 959 Homecoming Katherine Shaw junior Attendant 10 Half-time highlights at the annual Homecoming game included the crowning of Princess Wakwe, chosen by the senior class. Linda Damby proudly wore the crown this year, and not less honored were senior attend- ants Stella Maggio and Elizabeth Boston. Melt Those Steelmen ! was the theme of the Hi-Y float, one of ten entries which paraded during half- time of West's Homecoming game. Bob Skupnik stirs up a batch of vigor- ous spirit for extra support in the Warriors' raging battle with Joliet. Sandy Terranova Sophomore Attendant

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Capturing Top Eleven honors in the 1959-1960 school year are these eleven senior boys with the highest ranking grade averages in their class, STAND- ING: Edward Walker, Richard Shelain, Gary Grams, Josef Rokus, Steven Wolf, Robert Paul. SEATED: james Lathers, john Sype, David Pierce, Albin Kulvin- skas, Lyle Wagner. As juniors these four Westites tackled the National Merit Scholarship Test given in the early spring. This year they learned of their out- standing work on the exam. Finalists in the competition are John Sype, Edward Walker, james Kirkpatrick, and Barbara Fleming. Domestic art includes cookingg and Sarah Elson, winner of the Betty Crocker Homemaking Award, hovers over the stove, proving her abil- ity to apply the knowledge that aided her in gaining the outstanding score on the test, which is open to senior girls in the fall. Swamped with books, Ed Walker manages a smile as Diane Swenson, David Pierce, and Marilee Robertson add to the stack of knowledge which is part of an honor student's work Selected on scholastic basis these Westites swam the sea of education to gain Top Fleven honor

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Despite drizzling rain, cheers of students were boistrous and undampened as the 1959 Homecoming celebration climax drew near: the crowning of Princess Wakwe. This top honor was bestowed upon Senior Linda Damby, while Stella Maggio and Becky Boston took positions of senior attendants. The jun- ior and sophomore classes elected Katie Shaw and Sandy Terra- nova, respectively. By this time, club-sponsored floats had been paraded and the one chosen by judges as the winner was submitted by the French Club, Entre Nous, Its main attraction featured a small scale papier-mache Eiffel Tower with the slogan, Tower over Joliet. Disguised warriors represented West, and Steelmen repre- sented the opponents, Joliet, on some entries. In harmony with Halloween, floats were bedecked with corn shocks and witches. This was the first year that West has attempted to raise the Homecoming spirit to greater heights. A large amount of stu- dent participation and enthusiasm was the result. School spirit reigned high that night as it always should, whether it be at a football game, an assembly, or a club meeting. This loyalty binds all Westites together in a common aspiration for strong school support! Basketball games draw an audience of varied ages, thus adding to the fun of the event. Little Bobby Kardell's face reflects a promise of loyalty to West as Mr. Wallace Kardell and Dick Key discuss the game. Giving a stimulating speech in the West High gymnasium is a former student and sportsman of West, Mr. Ray Paul, whose appearance is one of many which contribute to the spark of spirit, zest, and interest in school assemblies. Emotions vary in the pep assemblies, but here the spirit is that of good old-fashioned enthusiasm in supporting the team as Westite voices yell out loudly and clearly with a rousing Warrior cheer. ll