West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1944 volume:

“ a rs, Ye, Se otras So ES OS, We Sat ad aces Oh Wag of ou! Wiest olafayette High eSeeh HOW WE LEARN HOW WE LIVE HOW WE PLAY as depicted in this 1944 Scarlet and Gray Oin Way of Lif HOW WE LIVE... EMEMBER the day when a wide-eyed girl and a stout-hearted boy, typical young Americans, stepped into the lower hall of West Lafayette Senior High School? They looked around timidly, and meeting no rebuff stepped forward ready to face their first day in the school to which they had been looking forward for years. They were eager to start their journey of book learning by means of the highways of lessons, laboratories, activities, and fun. They 99 66 began the struggle through history and “econ,” “trig” and Latin, English and physics—a maze of facts. Time flew by. The girl became interested in the art of home making, and the boy tried his skill at shop and mechanical drawing. By their senior year the boy and girl were matching their wits in the “chem lab,” or competing in speech or “math.” The girl had the lead in the senior play; the boy won honors in athletics. Before the seniors quite realized it, the time came to put away football helmets, W.L. sweaters, basketballs, and megaphones, senior pictures, and Hi-Y pins and don caps and gowns in which to grad- uate from studying books, yelling at games, or bowing heads on Good Friday morning. The day came when the boy and girl, who had traveled up that familiar winding walk such a short time ago, went out of the school door as adults, carrying with them their new bundles of facts and ways of thinking and their cherished memories of their high school days at W.L.H.S. Chee Kol This book is dedicated to our Boys and Girls in Service. 1944 Page four Barnes, Edward Donham, James Hughes, Jack Ainslie, Ernest Bushnell, Dick Collins, Roy Comingore, Robert Crose, John Davisson, Richard Graham, William Guthrie, John Hockema, Tom Jones, Jerry Mangus, Robert Miller, Robert Miller, James Abbett, Henry Ainsworth, William Alexander, Donald Anderson, Glenn Barnes, Robert Boes, Jack Brown, Tyan Bryan, Lynn Caldwell, Gene Cooley, Donald Craig, Donald Demaree, Philip Gaylord, James Gray, Robert Greer, William Hass, Tom Hatke, Fred Jackson, Harris Jackson, Paul Baker, Stephen Barnette, Dean Clapp, David Dahl, William Darling, Harry Davison, Morgan Fouts, Russell Freeland, Charles Frethofer, Dick Geiger, Robert Harper, Jim Heath, William Kashner, Charles Kashner, George Mann, Bill Smith, Tom Vogler, Bill 1943 Monroe, David Mulvey, Robert Penrod, Jack Phillips, Howard Potts, Donald Rees, Douglas Robbins, Bill Stienmetz, Rodney Terman, Richard Thomas, James Topping, Robert Wilson, Ray Yeager, Jerry 1942 Lange, Charles Lange, Harold LeBart, Frank Lee, Noel Leonard, Raymond Lewis, Leslie McConnell, Sam Pervine, Howard Schubert, Robert Shaw, Robert Steckel, Keith Swank, Harold Sylvester, William Thomas, Mack Tirmenstein, Richard Todd, David Ward, Richard Wiley, Philip 1941 King, Robert Marshall, Robert Marshall, Clifford Mahin, Dorsey McCloud, Dwite Merley, Gene Mills, Edward Montgomery, Bob Shaw, John Shriner, Thomas Spitler, Thomas Wheeler, Arthur White, Douglas Acheson, George Ainsworth, Charles Baumgardt, Paul Baynes, Frank Broadie, Robert Brownell, Betty Brunson, George Cole, Byron Cole, William Coling, Arlene Comingore, Joe Darling, Jean Davis, Robert M. Elward, Allen Friend, Paul Frier, Donald Guild, Donald Heckard, David Hicks, Wayne Anderson, Dale Capps, Eloise Collins, Eugene Compton, LeRoy Douglas, Richard Gabler, Warren Ham, Richard Hamilton, Finley Hartman, Fred Heine, Donald Himes, Richard Hockema, Max Hoffer, George Lewis, Charles Lidester, Robert Lloyd, Howard Baker, Eileen Britt, Louis Brumit, James Bushnell, Thomas Carson, Neil Chinery, Randall Click, Morrison Comingore, Dan Friend, Ray Gilbert, Russell Gobble, Carl Henderson, Kenneth Jenkins, Gordon Janes, Robert Kashner, Mary Keim, Robert Bailey, Robert Barnette, Jack Britt, Robert Chaffee, Chester Davis, Edward Knapp, Willard McKee, James Oswalt, John 1940 Hill, Jerry Hofiman, Gordon Jacklin, Arthur Lloyd, Jean Frances Ludwig, Robert Luginbill, Charles Mann, Lee Mangus, Marianna Marsh, Carlton McKenzie, Jack Phillips, Gene Price, William Short, James Smith, Gordon Sutcliffe, Grant Thomas, Walter Tirmenstein, Robert Van Meter, Edgar Whiteaker, Clay 1939 Marsh, LaVerne Oswalt, James Parks, Robert Peterson, Everett Puckett, Max Riley, Robert Sexson, John Shively, Harold Smiley, Karl Smith, James Staley, John Turley, Joseph Underhill, Robert VanCamp, William Wiley, Dick 1938 Kluth, Robert Linville, Robert McDonald, Marshall McDonald, Ted Martin, Harold Mather, Gordon Miller, William Morehouse, Ernest Peterson, Harold Pittenger, Richard Robertson, Howard Sidwell, Richard Shively, Dick Steckel, Dwight Woodruff, Lawrence 1937 Overton, Millard Robertson, John Smith, Kendall Smith, Richard Smith, Robert VanCamp, John Wayne, Jay Page five Page six Alexander, George Archibald, Lawrence Britt, Eugene Campbell, Maurice Fitting, Donald Gullion, Bob Hoffman, James Jenkins, Rolfe Mueller, Gregg Allen, Jack Craig, Gordon Dienhart, Robert Doan, Joe Edgerton, John Gobble, Lawrence Barnette, Kenneth Billings, William Brown, Carl Coe, Charles Creek, Ronald Curts, Melvin Emrick, Stanley Harper, Claude Abbott, Raymond Reiley, Charles Britt, William Burnham, Donald Hoffer, Wibert Hurley, Edward Justin, Frank Kashner, Hillis Bryant, Ernest Davis, Albert Adams, Arthur Park, Kenzler 1936 Munro, Fowlis Ostrander, Max Porter, Palmer Reiley, Ralph Rifenburgh, Woodrow Shriner, John Smalley, Jack Walkey, John 1935 Guthrie, Nelson Harlan, Dane Harper, Robert Luginbill, Phillip Ostrander, Reed Skinner, Robert 1934 Hart, Ronald Heine, Robert Hutson, Edna Kraybill, Henry Sanders, Burton Wiley, Bob Wolf, John 1933 Pfeffer, David 1932 Lehman, Samuel Pierce, William Riley, Robert Robbins, Richard Scott, Woodrow Sprankle, Kenneth 1931 Hail, Edward Porter, John 1929 Romberger, Floyd Students Who Attended This School But Did Not Graduate Beeker, Robert Clark, William Clevenger, Marion Fairman, Merle Fairman, Robert Linville, James Lynch, James Neibert, John Terry, William Weidner, Ralph Gold Suey oys BILLINGS, W ILLIAM B. . BROADIE, ROBERT A. ' ELWARD, ALLEN H. MARSHALL, CLIFFORD R. SPRANKLE, KENNETH W. Page seven ADMINISTRATION Mr. FRED COMINGORE, sec- retary of the board, fulfills his assignments to the satisfaction of everyone, Page eight 5 ) Mr. AMMON SWOPE, presi- dent of the school board, is an efficient leader and deserves credit for his splendid service. Mr. F. A. BURTSFIELD Our superintendent has been the mainstay of our public schools for thirty years. He has helped this system grow from a very small one into one of the best in the state. We are very grateful to him for his untiring effort, his under- standing and his constant keeping us alf’ on the road toward better things in edu- cation. Mr. R. G. YEAGER, treasurer, has proved his aptitude this first year of his service. ——— FACULTY Mr. William Floyd, the principal keeps the school running smoothly. He has earned the respect of his students, the faculty and the community. We seniors thank him for the wise and friendly counsel he has given us. Pearl Adams Mary Bushong Belle Coulter Chester Eddy Howard Evans Carmen Fabian Wilma Mooney Field Bernice Fites Davida Greenwood Ruth A. Hamlin Gwendolyn Hammer Helen Howenstein Marshall Howenstein Woodson Immel Ruth Sinks Malcolm Mackey Harriett Mueller Joseph W. McCarty Frank. G. Replogle Gladys Isaac Page nine CLASS HISTORY Since everything has a history, our class has one. Maybe it is not long as histories vo, but a great many things have happened in these few short years. It was in 1932 that a group of kids started off to school for the first time. Some looked forward to it, some dreaded it, but all learned to enjoy it. Our kindergarten teacher was Miss Congelton, who got us off to a good start. We all remember the little naps we took each day, the weird pictures we drew, and the fun we had at recess. About this time there was a presidential election in this country and as we had strong political feelings, we had big parades on the playground each day. The man who happened to be our favorite was Roosevelt and we were all very proud when our man won (and stayed there!) In the second grade it was said that our teacher, Miss Hubbard, went hunting with a sawed-off Tommy Gun. We were afraid to go into the third grade because rumor had it that the teacher had a long black whip and that anyone caught misbehaving was given twenty lashes. However this, as most rumors, turned out to be false. As time passed, we advanced merrily through the grades. If anyone was backward he was sent to Miss Neff, who tried to raise the LQ. above sub-normal. We learned history from the stern but likeable Miss Stoudt. Soon we jumped to junior high. Two teachers, Miss Frazier and Miss Ullrich, gave us a big push and we landed fine. That first year we were in everyone’s hair. We were only freshmen, the lowest known living form of high school student. With Miss Inskeep we tramped hither, thither and into Happy Hollow, looking for beetles, moss, and butterflies, but finding poison ivy. Various gym teachers converted us from ninety-seven pound stripplings to ninety-six pound weaklings. Miss Merritt gave us our first taste of algebra, and some of us thought it tasted sour, Our crowning achievements of that year were our plays Big Time and Pampered Darling also Mystery at Eden. Our next step was a weary one up that Jong hill to the school in the clouds, West Lafayette Senior High School. Most of the happenings here you will remember, such as the scrap drive in our junior year where we were nosed out by seventy-four pounds by the seniors. That was because one of their beauty queens got lost in the scrap pile while getting her picture taken, and she didn’t find her way out until three days later and by that time the scrap had been weighed. In our junior year we gave a play that labored under the title of Too Many Smiths. As the name suggests it had an abundance of people by the name of “Smith”. During this year we cheered our football team to an undefeated season. The last year in school is not very different from that first one—the year in kindergarten, except that the naps we take are ended by a teacher instead of started by one, the pictures we draw now hear some resemblance to what they are intended to be. We have just as strong political feelings as we had in kinder- garten. Some of us hate to leave the scene of so many happy experiences, others have had their coats half way on for the past two months, but all of us admit it was a ! 8) fer] good time while it lasted—this being youn Page ten SENIORS IN WEST LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS BeVeSVA Ci bene) os ot aes Jack Kenzler Vice-President.................. Helen Wileman Secretary cc nero, Madonna Caldwell ixeasirer ose) soe Ladonna Bozworth Page eleven { + wd ¥ x : x x f . ] y 7 7 | Barbara Adams SM cy 6 rsh q Robert Baker Bh ee : Marjorie Baumgardt mn oa Marvin Baumeardt Frederick Beeson Patty Lou Binney LaDonna Bozworth Robert Brumit Helen Burkenpas Eugene Busche Rogene Busche Bruce Bushnell Ray Buskirk Morgan Byers SENIORS Madonna Caldwell William Capps John Carey William Canfield Sarah Chaffee Catherine Comingore Eugene Conkright Margaret Cooley Charles Cooper Maxine Crites Betty Jane Dawkins Marvella Deckard Julian Diamond James Donham Robert Elrod Sherman Ford Harold Frager et a “, Alta Mae Fulks oss ee Rose Gannon yA Ray Guard é- et © A a P Z i WE ho acts 4 Helen Guild ° Page twelve — Do ce = 2 , act : 4 MP Ln : ce ad ei _- gu jee _ ; . fl = 3 a “a | | | | Page thirteen Russell Halwick Wallace Hedworth Margaret Heim Herbert Heimlich Elinor Hilton Elizabeth Holden Jack Hughes Mildred Jacklin James Johnson Merry Rose Kellar Jack Kenzler Marilyn Lambert Frances Lovell Virginia Mann SENIORS Bill Mann Virginia Martin Avis Mayer Malcolm McClure James McComb Robert McCormick Marilyn Miller Maxine Moore Mary Lou Morlan Jacqueline Norris Pauline Oakes Janice Pershing Betty Phillips Dorotha Jean Poe Burr Prentice, Jr. Philip Procell Donnabelle Raub Barbara Rhea Robert Ritenour Eloise Ryder Robert Scanlon laze fourteen Page fifteen Donald Schweidler Betty Sexton Nancy Shaffer Patricia Sheets Tom Smith Joanne Sylvester Robert Thise Patricia Thompson Joan Todd John VanderPloeg Wilfred Vogler Stanley Walker Vernon Walter Helen Wileman SENIORS Robert Wilkins Elizabeth Young Margaret Zwald Dorothy Walker Kenneth VanCamp Page sixteen Page seventeen Juniors Barbara Abbett, Virginia Addison, Joyce Amstutz, Bob Amstutz, Helen Byers, Carroll Cassill, Phyllis Compton, Virginia Davisson, Dean DenUyl, James Devaney, George Dietrich, Helen Duell, George Freeland, Vivien Gard, Mary Geiger. Gilbert Geurin, John Girton, Marilyn Gray, Russell Halwick, Mary Ann Harriman, Russell Heath. Dorothy Hornor, Jack Irvin, Barbara Jacklin, David Johnston, Charles Klinger, Paul Knauer, Larry LaBree, Eva Mae Lake, Jack Lawler, Margaret Leonard, Jeanette Lynch, Joyce Margason, Dorothy Mather. Tom McClintock, Lois Miils, Roselyn Montgomery, Martha Morehouse, Doris Newmark, Bob Owen, Dick Pershing, Jeanette Randall, Martha Ryan, Henry Ryder, Martha Schroyer, Jean Shepkerd, Joan Smith, Carlton Sprague, Jean Statton, James Thise, Joan Todd, Marcia Udine, Helen Wallace. Scott Wallace. Elmer Williams, Mark Yost, Donnalee Zartman, Lyndall Jordan, Christine Young. Sophomores John Allen, Charles Ash, Juliette Ayers, Bill Bloss, Joanne Boxelly Glenn Brown, Shirley Bugher, Joan Bushnell, Alice Curtis, Carolyn Cutshall, Ted Cutshall, Bob DeYoung. Dorothy Hamilton. Fern Honeywell, Harold Hudlow, Betsy Jenkins, Marjorie Keilholz, Betty Jean Leevy, Ray Linville, Mary Jo McComb, Carol McCown, Myron Moore, John Morrison, Dorothy Oyler, Sally Papenguth, Sally Price, Geraldine Sebanc, Joanne Straszheim, Martha Strubel, Nancy Tetrault, Glenn Thompson, Dick Turner, Anne Warren, Mary Lowell Warren, Betty Jo White. 1OB’s Sue Ade, Norman Alberts, Dorothy Barnes, Barbara Baugh, Barbara Biddle. Mary Bradley, James Broadie, Marjorie Cain, Dow Caldwell, Marie Louise Clark, Bill Conkright, Yvonne Craw, Harry Crites, Donald Davis, Bonnie DeKock, Mary Louise Eckhart, Pat Ehresman, Gwen Elkin, Valeria Gamble, Eleanor George, Tom Gildersleeve, Bob Guild, Don Halwick, Bob Hedworth, Helen Hilton, Geraldine Hobson, Jimmy Hughes, Carl Isenbarger, Nancy Kemler, Doris Kern, Frank Kessen, James Mayer, Carolyn McCabe, Charles Michael, Carolyn Misner, Bill Parkinson, John Payne, Kathleen Richardson, Wilma Shaffer, James Sheets, Joan Shepherd, Royal Shideler, Joan Sparks. Lucy Stevenson, Jerry Sylvester, John Thomas. Keith Udine, Robert Wilkins, Joanne Wiselogel, Jack Wierenga. Page eighteen JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY Mr. Leslie Tucker, prin- cipal of Junior High School, has earned the trust and confidence of the members of his school. He formerly | was the Dean of Boys in the Senior High School where he proved his ability as a friend and advisor to all. Mrs. Betty Anderson Buford Byers Mrs. Clarice Clanin Mrs. Hazel Cooper John C. Cornell Claudine Chelmaniak Mrs. Lydia Gowdy Gladys Hartman Anna Inskeep Dorothy Kummick Mrs. Elizabeth Leer Mrs. Luella Rifner Mary Margaret Webb Page twenty Junior High School started off in September with sixty new seventh graders promoted from Morton. These were honored at a Girls’ Club tea in October. Tea Dances and a Dad-and-Daughter banquet in November, a new but highly successful enterprise for Junior High, helped to make these new students feel more at home in their new surroundings. In November, too, the ninth grade class put on the comedy. “When We Were Young.” Two casts worked hard to surpass all previous ninth grade productions. A consistently interesting and varied program of convocations brightened the winter days. The Junior High School Choir contributed the cantata, “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. A shadow tableau of the life of Christ was an impressive celebration of our Lord’s birth. One morning we were surprised with a delightful program of colored films on Mexico—a trip taken and explained by Mrs. Stahl. Then one February after- noon we rushed back to school to hear a patriotic talk by Mr. Sherwood. Good Friday was observed with an early service at which the Reverend Gunneman gave a very inspiring talk. Miss Inskeep’s Nature Club has found enjoyment, as usual, in hikes and trips. Girl Reserves met once each week. Have we almost forgotten athletics? You bet not! Not when seventy-five boys in the two intra- mural leagues fight for places on the winning teams and also for places at the banquet table arranged for the winners by the Girls’ Club. Mr. Byers and Mr. Cornell could be seen rushing to the gym every Monday and Wednesday evening to referee those games, and on other days Miss Coulter was discovered grading papers while the boys practiced. The Junior High School students have backed the varsity team one hundred per cent. You should hear the yells led by our yell leaders! Rod Wallace is a member of the Boy’s Cooking class. He also gets A’s from Mr. Byers. We wonder if there could be any connection? One day there was an appetizing odor of ginger bread emanating from Rod’s hands as he and John Dye ascended the stairway to the second floor. The alert Student Council, under the guidance of Mrs. Gowdy, has been responsible for the splendid showing in the sale of stamps and bonds and the Red Cross Drive. Good old Junior High! We shall hate to leave you! Page twenty-one Ninth Grade Adams, Amstutz, Arnold, Bottum, Bray, Britt. Burkenpass, Bushnell, Canan, Carr, Clevenger, Collings, Conkright. M. Curts, N. Curts, Davis, Doyle, Durham, J. Dye, C. Dye, Fairman, Hall, Harding, Harmon, Jean Heim, Joan Heim, Heimlich, Hughes, Jones, B. Johnson, I. Johnson. Kettelhut, Kizer, Kluth, Knight, Lake, Lark, Lovell, MacDonald, McComb, McDowell, McMillan, Mann, Miller. Moore, Mounts, Oderkirk, Osborne, Owen, Oyler, Pasternak, Penrod, Pontius, Porter, Printy, Richie, Robertson, Robinson, Samson, Scarseth, Serviss, Shaw, Sherwood, Southworth, Spencer, Sprague, Steckell, Swindler, Taylor, Thomet, Thompson, Wagner, Wilbur, Willis, Wilson, Yund. Eighth Grade Ash, Binney. Brown, Brundage, Bullard, Burnham, Burns, Butcher, Butz, Cook, Cope, Dearth, Deay, Devaney, Dueli, Durham, Ehresman, Friend, Freel, Graves. Guild, Harriman, Horror. Horrall, Hughes, Hunt, Hunsberger, Isenbarger, James, Johanningsmeier, Kaniz, Kashner, Keilholz, Kensinger, LaPlante, Lake, Lemmon, Lindahl, Lomme!, McCabe, McConnell, McMullen, Marks, Marshall, Jean Martin, Joe Martin, P. Martin, J. Miller, S. Miller. Moore, Morrison, Mozley, Newmark, Owen, B. Phillips, L. Phillips, Price. Ramey, Rasmussen, Rees, Ritenour, Ross, Rowley, Schilling, Shaw, Shook, Shrewsbury, Sicer, G. Smith, T. Smith, Solberg, Spencer, Sylvester, Telfer, Thomas, VanAllen, VanBuskirk, VanCamp, Wallace, Walter, Wiselogel, Woodruff, Wilson. Seventh Grade Alexander, Allen, Arvidson, Ball, Barricks, Bauman, Biddle, Biggs, Blome, Bloss, Bolds, Boone, Brown, Bryan, Burns, Butler, Byers, Carr, Cason, Comingore, Compton, Conkright, C. Corley. S. Corley, Cox, Cromer. Crose, Dodds, Donalson, Dye, Felknor, Fotos, Frager, A. Gilliland, P. Gilliland, Girton, Graff, B. Graham J. Graham, Greenly, Guard, Halliday, Harlan, Henderson, Hicks, Horn, Hunt, Hunsberger, Jackson, Kantz, Kettlehut, Koenig, Kohlmeyer, LaBree, LaPlante, Lambert, Lefforge, Lefler, Lindahl, Liengme, Longster, McBee, Martin, May, Messenger, Miles, Montgomery, Moore, Neibert, Oderkirk, Owen, Oyler, Parker, Parkinson, Patch, Pence, Quinn, Ramey, Risk. Sammons. Scarseth, Schnetzler, Schroyr, Short, Skiver, Smith, Straszheim, Statton, Taylor, C. Terry, E. Terry, Tetrault, Titman, Townsend, Timmons, Trenkle, VanMale, VerWiebe. Vavas. Woods, Yearian. Page twenty-two Page twenty-four ete hos ES is gi E- i Student Council The Student Council took a very active part in school affairs this year. The council consists of ten students elected at large and three additional students from each class. This makes a total of nineteen members. The Student Council assisted with the opening of school. It was organized into committees each with a specific purpose. Through these committees the cheer leaders were chosen, football tickets sold, and convocations planned. One of the important duties of the council was to help organize and stimulate interest in the recreational center better known as the Red Devils’ Den. Henry Ryder President Hig O GM ELULCGYi eet 2 eer oe Re en Secretary Page twenty-five Jack Kenzler Bruce Bushnell Maxine Moore Patty Lou Binney Madonna Caldwell Elizabeth Young Marjorie Baumgardt Eloise Ryder Page twenty-six The National Honor Society has been chartered in this school for nine years. Its members are elected by the faculty on a basis of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. It is symbolized by a little gold pin or charm. The members of the society are Marjorie Baumgardt, Patty Lou Binney, Bruce Bushn ell, Madonna Caldwell, Ray Guard, Elizabeth Holden, Merry Rose Kellar, Jack Kenzler, Frances Lovell, Maxine Moore, Eloise Ryder, and Elizabeth Young. Mar- jorie Baumgardt and Eloise Ryder were elected during the second semester of their junior year, and Ray Guard, Elizabeth Holden, Merry Rose Kellar, and Frances Lovell were elected during the second semester of their senior year. Maxine Moore, President. Merry Rose Kellar Marilyn Miller Catherine Comingore Helen Wileman Mary Lou Morlan ANNUAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Pat Binney CAGhs aud RACV Nes. meter tte MOU el pass Eloise Ryder Literary Work eee EC RAM Elizabeth Holden Calendar Frances Lovell Pat Sheets CEU igs hook Poy e cern. cae, 1S Se Rose Gannon, Helen Wileman Athleties. Herbert Heimlich, Don Schweidler, Bill Leslie, Charles Klinger Photoeraphere.n = et ee ee Bruce Bushnell, Bill Capps, Jan Norris, Marilyn Miller, Stanley Walker, Eugene Conkright Business Manager LaDonna Bozworth Advertising Fred Beeson, Avis Mayer MATE A nt on, 2 SAS Re See Reg ee ea Madonna Caldwell, Margaret Cooley Dy Disks ete ween eee cee ......Maxine Moore, Eloise Ryder, Pat Sheets Cirénlations Managers 4.202) osha By peat a hen Bee Marjorie Baumgardt Faculty Sponsors of the Annual Mr. William Floyd, Mrs. Harriett Mueller Page twenty-seven SPEECH ARTS CLUB The Speech Arts Club is an all school club for girls and boys in sophomore, junior, and senior years. It was founded in 1934. The club is sponsored by Mrs. Mueller. Some of the interesting programs this year consisted in original speeches and dramatic declamations by club members. This year several members gave programs for clubs in the city. The Shirt-Tail Boy, a play about young Abe Lincoln in Indiana, was given by members of Speech Arts for the Parent-Teachers and as a convocation for the Junior High School. The annual play was The Great Big Doorstep, a very humorous comedy of the deep South. The play had a splendid cast which gave a memorable performance. The night after the play the club had its spring dance. In May the club produced an out-of-doors play. OFFICERS Bobs blroda First Semester President Avism ayer First Semester Treasurer Eloise Ryder.......... Second Semester President Harold Frager____ Second Semester Treasurer Elizabeth Holden................... Vice President Henry Ryder... Junior Executive Member Barbaram hea sees eee Secretary Dorothy Oyler Sophomore Executive Member AHEA CLUB This club has been organized under Mrs. Hamlin’s directien. It is often a mystery to students who are not Ahea members where the name came from and what it means. It is derived from the title letters of the American Home Economics Association. The purpose of the club is to develop a friendly spirit among the girls and to stimulate an interest in Home Economics. The social highlight of the year was the formal dance called the Shamrock Ball. This dance was held on St. Patrick’s Day and used “the wearin’ of the green” as a theme. The tea for the girls’ mothers and the formal initiation of new officers climaxed the year. Dorothy Roel eee President WalertasGamb lem neers Secretary Marjorie Baumgardt............... Vice President Bloise:Ryderz 22 ee Treasurer e : % Page twenty-eight P) tay Joanne 44 es Lace A ¥ ae ie Mf G Lg ome | COA GIRLS’ CLUB This marks the third successive year of the Girls’ Club under the capable sponsorship of Miss Sinks and Miss Coulter. The girls have been busy with many varied activities and to do these successfully the club was divided into four divisions. The Social committee, with Mary Lou Morlan as chairman, did just what its name implies. It was the group that planned the picnic where we all had so much fun. Next came the bean feed with plenty of beans, and then the banquet to which we brought our fathers. ‘The annual dance which was held in the spring made the cafeteria fairly swing and sway with delight. The social calendar finally drew to an end with the beautiful Mothers’ and Daughters’ tea. The Ways and Means committee, which has «a never-ending job, was handled very well by its chairman Elizabeth Young. This group sold the apples, popcorn, candy, and ice cream that gave us renewed life when we were cheering our team on to victory. The Service committee, with Marjorie Baumgardt as chairman, was peepousible for the Vocational Conference which was held in March. This committee was also in charge of the Good Friday service. The fourth committee sold Stamps and Bonds. That committee under the chairmanship of Frances Lovell brought our school over the top in two war loan drives. Elinor Hilton President Marilyn Gray Secretary Pauline: Oakes =e Vice President Katie Comingore Treasurer The Hi-Y club, which is one of the oldest organizations in this school, has completed another successful year under the leadership of Mr. Evans. This society was organized with the purpose of extending throughout the school and the community the highest standards of Christian living, and throughout this year the boys have carried out their theme with the help of Reverend Honnette, the club chaplain. This year the Hi-Y has had a varied recreational and social program. Every Wednesday afternoon the boys had the privilege of using the Y.M.C.A. for either swimming or basketball. To keep the former students of West Lafayette High School that are now in service informed on what goes on here and news of their friends, the club published a bi-monthly paper called the Hi-Y News Letter. This news letter had quite a large circulation and was read in all parts of the world. On February 8, we played hosts to the district Hi-Y conference. The social activities included a bean feed with the members and their mothers and a picnic late in the spring. The outstanding social events, which were great successes, were the Christmas and the spring semi-formal dances. Bruce Bushnell President Bob Elrod... Secretary First Semester Henry Ryder i resi Bob Baker Secretary Second Semester Treasurer Page twenty-nine TWIXTEEN The junior class had a delightful comedy titled Twixteen for its class play. The scene was Rodney Wells’ bedroom. Rodney was just at that age where he began to discover the advantages of muscular physique in attracting the fair sex. The cast included Henry Ryder, Dick Pershing, Jack Irwin, Martha Morehouse, Martha Ryan, Virginia Davisson, Barbara Abbett, George Freeland, and Martha Schroyer. The play was directed by Mrs. Mueller and Miss Bushong. Miss Sinks was in charge of the Production Staff. FOUR DAUGHTERS The front gate squeaks cheerfully as it swings back and forth announcing to the charming four daughters of Mr. Lemp, lovable musician and dad, that a friendly rivalry has begun for the attentions of Felix, debonaire young composer, who has come to live in their home. The months bring mistaken ideas and sacrifices, but in the end the squeak of the old front gate is once more heard in happy rhythm. To present their play in Fowler Hall on the Purdue campus was the unique experience of the class of 44. The production was coached by Miss Sinks with Mrs. Mueller acting as technical director. Page thirty THE GREAT BIG DOORSTEP The Speech Arts Club presented a very different type of play from that usually produced by high school groups. The story was about an extremely poor and large family of Southerners who lived near the Mississippi River in Louisiana. The family salvaged some beautiful doorsteps as they floated down the river, then all they needed was a house to go with them. The cast included Elizabeth Holden, Jack Kenzler, Jacqueline Norris, Marilyn Miller, Burr Prentice, Dick Pershing, Marilyn Gray, Carolyn Cutshall, Henry Ryder, Barbara Rhea, Dorothy Poe, and Bob Elrod. The play was directed by Mrs. Mueller, assisted by Eloise Ryder. Page thirty-one a THE GLEE CLUB Page thirty-two The Glee Club hase met twice a week during the year. It has been ably directed by Mrs. Howenstein. The girls have sung on many oceasions delighting their audiences with their classical numbers and their lighter ones. They sang for Parent-Teachers, the Christmas Convoca- tion, the Good Friday Service, the Music Festival, and Commencement. The Mixed Chorus filled the halls with the harmonious tones of boys’ and girls’ voices every Thursday sixth hour. Sometimes the tempo was somber befitting a patriotic theme, other times it was light and gay. Due to transportation this year the group has been unable to attend any out of town festivals or contests. Nevertheless the musical groups have had many opportunities to sing and play. The Mixed Chorus presented a beautiful program in eur Spring Musie Concert. This group took part in the festival at Jefferson High School, and sang with the Purdue Chorus for the Good Friday Service at the Music Hall. Mrs. Howenstein is the fine director of this group. THE MIXED CHORUS BAND The Band adds to the color and enjoyment of every game in school athletics. The colorful uniforms, the fine marching and the rhythmic playing of our band do much to aid our teams and their backers. Mr. Howenstein, the director of the band, has spent a great deal of time and effort this year in training new musicians to fill the vacancies left by graduating seniors. The climax of the season for the band was the participation in the concert given by all the musical organizations. This was held in Fowler Hall on the Purdue campus March 16. Another musical organization which has won recognition under the direction of Mr. Howenstein is the orchestra. The membership of this group is usually about forty-five. The string, woodwind, brass and percussion sections are well balanced. Although the orchestra does not perform in public as often as the band, the school is familiar with the floating strains of Schubert’s Serenade, or the lilting rhythms of Victor Herbert’s Fortune Teller. The orchestra played four selections in the March concert. Qne was a novelty number which added variety to the more classi cal remainder of the program. The throbbing strains of the graduation march played by the orchestra will remain with us seniors a long time. ORCHESTRA Page thirty-three HOW WE LEARN HOW WE LEARN OOKS, people, experiences! We learn from them all. It is a constant process. We learn by attacking our work, having our say, meeting new friends, greeting old ones (many of whom are in uniform), listening to real war heroes such as Lieutenant Command- er Campbell and Colonel Holmes, putting on Christmas or Good Friday convocations, working on class projects, reading books, books, books. Seniors recall their English courses, in which they learned by making notebooks, by reading books or giving reports, by drilling in grammar. They think of those long propositions in geometry or the difficult cases in Latin. Even now they have forgotten many facts, but they have the pattern of how to think. Seniors are begin- ning to know how to study seriously, how to organize material, re- vise it, and recall it. We learn from the happy school contacts in our little school. tveryone knows everyone. The friendliness of the school draws W. L, students back for years. Old “grads” enjoy their homesick- ness by coming back from the army, navy, and marine training camps and schools, or coming back from Purdue and Indiana, Wellesley and Louisiana State to sit for an hour or more in the old familiar scene remembering the art of learning as it used to be when life was gentle and learning sweet. Page thirty-six HOW WE PLAY HOW WE PLAY HERE are no dullards in W.L. H. S. Here, at times, we put aside learning in order that we may add a certain zest to life. Play fits admirably into our daily round. | We have fun during those cold nights in the fall, as we watch our star half-backs make endless runs across the goal line adding victory to victory for W.L. H. S. And what a football team! Will we ever forget them—those boys who learned the rudiments of the game when they were kids? Playing together for years, they achieved a splendid teamwork, so that in their crowning year their success was never-to-be-forgotten. What fun we had on the train trip to Peru or the long jaunt to South Bend in the drizzling rain when the fans used their precious gas coupons freely. We are not just football minded in our love of athletics, for we cheer the scrapping five in basketball quite lustily. At an out-of- town game six loyal rooters, surrounded by the foe, were seen and heard yelling themselves hoarse. W.L.H.S. is not satisfied with two sports. On the first spring day the track team goes forth at the sound of the gun to bring home rib- bons of victory won by steady pace and fighting hearts. Each season our teams prove that they know how to play competitively. All of our play is not done on the track, or the gridiron or even the hardwood floor. We have fun in the school halls, or in the cafe- teria at noon. We shall never forget the fine dances that the clubs and classes give. On certain nights the school is transformed by the magic of lights, and drawings on the walls, and reams of colored paper. On certain nights we are transformed by the magic of for- mals or new sports clothes, and the spell of music. Each day we have a good time with one another, both in the class- room and outside. The spirit of the school is that of work and play, of loving life and building it in the best way we know. Page forty-three Page forty-four SO WE WONT FORGET THE SCARLET AND GRAY By S. C. Thompson Now again while we’re together, Let us all our praises raise, For the school we love so dearly As the Searlet and the Gray. May we never once forget her, Nor the emblem of the gray, Nor the color of gay scarlet, That her spirit does portray. Chorus We'll all stand by the scarlet and gray, The colors we love best of all. We never know fright with a team that will fight As they hasten to victory’s call. (Rah, Rah, Rah.) And as they fight with a vim and a might We'll stand by them come what may, To prove that we are loyal to the colors Sarlet and Gray. In the years that are to follow, Back to you we'll turn our thoughts. To your teams and to your heroes And the scrappy games they fought. To the happy days spent with you, To the good old days of yore, To the days when we stood by you, In the years that have gone before. Chorus W. L. VICTORY SONG By Marshall Howenstein Searlet and Gray We love the Scarlet and Gray We'll sing a song to West Side High where’er we go And fight for vic-to-ry against our ev’ry foe. Scarlet and Gray, We pledge our loy-al-ty to you, And on the field of battle we will prove our mettle for our West Side High——_-———_ Yea! COACH MALCOLM MACKEY Coach Mackey started his career at W. L. in 42. Since then he has coached two football teams to undefeated sea- sons. He has coached basketball and track. In the summer he supervises rec- reation. He teaches health and physical education classes. He is liked by every- one in school with the exception of a few disillusioned souls who were completely wrecked on his obstacle course. Cheer Leaders Jacqueline Norris Martha Schroyer Elizabeth Holden John VanderPloeg Don Schweidler CHEER LEADERS Some of the success of our athletic achievements is due to our cheer leaders. In rain or shine, winning or losing, they lead the school in the yells which often stimulate our athletes to make their finest efforts. The colorful uniforms of the cheer leaders add to the games. All of the leaders have vigor and pep. They deserve credit for Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! West Side! West Side! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! West Side! West Side! Rah! Rah! West Side! page forty-five OUR FINE FOOTBALL TEAM Ist row: Swindler, Dietrich, Smith, Baumgardt, Halwick, Thise. 2nd row: Ritenour, Elrod, Mann, Donham, Canfield, Prentice, McCormick, Halwick. 3rd row: Coach Mackey, Guard, Capps, Ryder, Lang, Hedworth, Asst. Coach Cornell. {th row: Allen, Thise, Collings, Kizer, Isenbarger. The W. L. team started off the 1943 season in an encouraging manner by trimming Washington of Indianapolis, 38 to 0. The grid- ders kept their name in the “win” column the next week-end by slipping and sliding to a muddy 27 to 0 victory over Hoopeston. As you may have guessed, it was raining; but there was hard blocking and tackling. Bill Canfield scored all of the W. L. touchdowns. On October 1, W. L. knocked off their traditional rival from the other side of the beautiful Wabash. The game ended with a 14 to 0 Page forty-six score in our favor. It was W. L. all the way with Donham and Canfield leading. Another victim of the fighting Red Devils was Peru. This was the twentieth straight win for us, and oddly enough a 20 to 0 score was the outcome of the game. Big Burr Prentice’s line play was one of the highlights of the game. W. L. walked over, trampled, and pounded into the ground a hapless Frankfort team with a 41 to 0 score. The game was a track meet, with only one school participating. Monticello was the next on the list of W. L. victims. We won easily, but we were scored on for the first time of the season. The score that appeared in the newspaper the next day was 27 to 2. The paper also mentioned that Hudlow and Canfield led the backs, while Prentice and Swindler led the linemen. Page forty-seven Jefferson, deciding that one beating wasn’t enough, tried it again. We gave them just what we gave them hefore, a 14 to 0 score with W. L. on the long end and Jeff on the wrong end. Hudlow, Canfield and McCormick were the backfield stars. In the line they were all playing bang-up football. Crawfordsville ventured outside their city limits for a night and wound up in West Lafayette, where they fell prey to our gridders. It was our twenty-fourth win over a period of three years. The Crawfordsville team crossed our goal line, and the game ended with a score of 25 to 7. Some authorities say that all good things must come to an end. It’s even believed by a few. That is just a nice way of saying that W. L.’s wonderful winning streak ended. We went down to Washing- ton of South Bend in a great game. Our men were covered with mud, and the score sheet was streaked with rain, but the score, 27 to 0, in favor of Washington, could plainly be seen. And that is how W. L. fared this year . . . eight games won, and one game lost . . . a beautiful record for a great high school team. Page forty-eight THE CHAMPS Harry Hudlow Marvin Baumgardt Bob Ritenour Bob McCormick Bill Mann James Thise Jim Donham Burr Prentice George Dietrich Bill Canfield Bob Elrod LaVern Swindler Page forty-nine Jack Hughes Charles Cooper Bill Canfield Ray Guard George Dietrick LaVern Swindler Bob Wilkins Jim Thiese Jack Allen Harold Frazer Dale Collings Jack Kenzler Bob Baker Page fifty BASKETBALL W. L. opened its basketball season by traveling down to New Augusta. When they left this city it was a 54 to 38 loss and a seventy-five cent dinner under the players’ belts. The following week W. L. lost a tough one to Brook by a 37 to 35 score. W. L. held a lead until the last quarter. Hughes and Cooper scored with 13 and 11 points respectively. The tough Lapel team gave us a beating, then came our first win of the season at Attica. The score was 33 to 28 in our favor. The next eight games were sad events. Lebanon won 59 to 32. We took ourselves across the Wabash for our next trimming. W. L. almost had Jeff in the third quarter, but couldn’t quite make it. The game ended with Jeff on top, 34 to 24. Canfield, Cooper, and Kenzler were outstanding for W. L, Page fifty-one Rossville outscored us 36 to 33, Monticello took us 38 to 18, Frank- fort beat us 56 to 34, Otterbein 33-29, and Fowler 49-23. At this time things began to look better. The revived W. L. team downed Battle Ground 32-27. It was W. L. all the way. The high point men were Kenzler with 11 points and Dietrich with 11 points. No glory can be taken away from the rest of Mackey’s men because they all played heads-up ball. W.L. copped their third win of the season, and avenged a previous defeat, by beating Otterbein 20 to 17. W. L. won the game in the last five minutes. Canfield was high point man with 9 points. W. L.’s hopes for having the rest of their season in the win column were shattered when Oxford rode into town on their plow horses and gave us a 39 to 23 setback. W. L. held their own during the first half, but Oxford went wild in the second to the tune of 21 points. We got our heads up again, and smothered Monitor, 41-27, For the first few minutes Monitor was a threat. After that they couldn't cope with our attack. Canfield and Kenzler led the offensive, but five players got three or more baskets. The Rossville Hornets gave us our eleventh defeat. And we lost our last game of the season in a close, hard-fought battle to Winamac by a 33 to 27 score. The score was tied 27 all with but four minutes to play. W. L. was held scoreless in these last few minutes, while Winamac got six chances at the free throw line and made them all. Swindler and Kenzler led W. L. scoring with 8 points a-piece. In the local tournament we played Jeff, and were beaten by a slim 22 to 18 margin. W. L. was ahead during the first three periods, but midway in the last quarter Jeff passed us, and won the game. Page fifty-two =. at et TRACK 1943-1944 For several years W. L. H. S. has been without a track team, but Coach Mackey has revived the sport. With thirty candidates appear- ing at the first of the season, Mackey developed a fair squad, winning two of the seven meets. Going to Fowler to compete in a six-way meet, we rated second with 39 points. Holding a four-way meet on the Leslie Field, W. L. managed to grab a third place with 38 points. Competing in a tri- angular meet at Crawfordsville, W. L. won their second meet of the season, by defeating Crawfordsville and Greencastle. Hudlow and Klinger were high point men. The seniors on the squad were Jim Donham, Bob Baker, Bill Canfield, Wallace Hed- worth, Bob Elrod, Bruce Bushnell, Rus Halwick, Bob Thise and Dick Papenguth. Page fifty-three Page fifty-four CALENDAR 1943-1944. September 13-17: Ten minute periods for the first two days. Candidates for Athletic Queen nomi- nated. Beat Washington of Indianapolis 38-0. The girls made the trip in spite of certain hurdles. September 20-24: Schroyer, Norris, and Holden chosen for yell leaders. Oh, yes, almost forgot “Plug” and Schweidler. We won the Hoopeston game under rather wet circum- stances. Swell dance afterwards at which the Athletic Queen was announced as Avis Mayer. September 27-October 1: Girls’ Club Picnic and can that Wieslogel hula? No pep session for the Jeff game but we won anyway. Whoopee! Volunteeers are needed to scrub floors at the new recreation center. The Peru football field has been renamed the “Dust Bowl” by the grimy but valiant Red Devils who won there Friday. October 11-15: Senior class election of officers: President, Jack Kenzler; Vice-President, Helen Wileman; Secretary, Donna Caldwell; Treasurer, LaDonna Bozworth. Where does Mr. McCarty get the gas to drive girls to the football eames? We beat Frank- fort 41-0. Page fifty-five Page fifty-six October 18-20: Report cards. Monticello scored on us but we won. The new recreation center had a preliminary opening. The Christmas cards for the Seniors to sell are in. Something special this year—pictures from Brown County. October 25-29: The prophets such as Mr. Evans were wrong. We did beat Jeff twice in the same season. We also beat Crawfordsville, and all in the same week. November 1-5: All one hears over the P. A. system is “Back the Attack” and “Buy War Bonds” and “That is All”. November 8-12: Washington of South Bend may have beaten us but it took the state champs to doit. Mackey is now calling all boys for basketball. November 15-19: Swell football banquet. Mr. Floyd no longer says “That is all” over the P, A. system. Thanks to Judge Parkinson! Mackey is now saying, “Aw please, fellows, come out for basketball.” November 22-26: Mackey finally got enough boys out but no place to practice. We don’t talk about the games thus far. Grade cards again. Worse that last time. Page fifty-seven Page fifty-eight November 29-December 3: We finally won a game with Attica. Eloise must be collecting pennies. Anyway, she got a pretty good start in Chem class while attempting to give a report. ; I ye pting to g I December 6-10: Upper classmen, “Lives of great men all remind us, we should strive to do our best: and in parting, leave behind us—notebooks that will help the rest.” December 13-17: Basketball team still losing, including one dropped to Jeff. A little more stu- dent support might help. Hi-Y dance including mistletoe. Nuff said. December 20-23: Girls’ Club meeting. More mistletoe. Plug and Leslie are the principal of- fenders. January 3-7: We are back with an almost universal New Year’s hangover. The dance was a success in spite of slight disagreements. January 10-14: It’s a racket. We weren't going to have finals and now we have State Tests. (No exemptions). “Nip” left for the Air Corps. January 17-19: Rush to get notebooks in and work made up. Fourth War Loan Drive opened and once more we hear the familiar ery “Buy War Bonds.” The War Bond Dance was a success in spite of the orchestra or lack of it. = ea ar al Ant fa Page fifty-nine Page sixty January 24-28: Short periods and more green 10B’s having trouble with their lockers. Line forms on the left for schedule changes. Joint Hi-Y and Girls’ Club meeting with a discussion led by Judge Parkinson. Very illuminating. January 31-February 4: The latest fad among the boys, or rather among a certain few, is chewing tobacco, Sherm Ford was having a little trouble reciting in Civics. His plug kept slipping out from behind his tongue. Swell Valentine party at the Den, planned by the Reinettes. February 7-11: Jack Hughes left for the Marines and George is on the loose again. Speech Arts Play tryouts. Something new this year. It’s to be performed in barefeet with backwoods brawls. No comment. February 14-18: The Speech Arts cast was announced. We are once more in the grip of a cold wave, which came upon us suddenly in the form of a blizzard. The Bond Drive went over the top and the school is now the proud sponsor of a 214 ton Army truck. February 21-24: Tourney is the topic of conversation. We would draw Jeff for our first game. Swell pep session Thursday including impersonations of Uncle Bill and Uncle Joe of WASK fame. No school Friday. February 28-March 3: We lost our first game in the tourney. Good sportsmanship prevents comments on referees. The Girls’ Club Father and Daughter banquet and the joint Jeff and West Side Hi-Y meeting were held in the same building at the same time. Both were great successes. Dory ie Y ro sey Te, VY WEDNESDAY NIGHT 2 SINATRA SCeMe A IT CAT HAP PER itt HE son I BEST OF FAMILIE : i Page sixty-one March 6-10: Senior Class Meeting at which it was decided that more seniors should pay their dues. The basketball banquet was a success. Wadmore says, “Everyone come down to the Den Friday night, there’s going to be plenty of good food.” March 13-17: A concert given by the musical organizations was enjoyed by all the parents. The Shamrock Ball was enjoyed by all. March 27-29: Spring Vacation. Busy week for the Great Big Doorstep cast. Play was a suc- cess, even if T. J. was smothered by grass seed. Speech Arts dance the next night was a Spanish innovation. We liked those tables. April 7: Good Friday Service at 7:15 A. M. and we made it. April 10: ANNUAL GOES TO PRESS. April 14: Girls’ Club Leap Year dance. Sounds like fun. May 5: Senior Class play, “Four Daughters”. May 13: Hi-Y dance. May 27-June I: Gala Week. It has been a great vear! Page sixty-two SS a Name Barbara Adams Bob Baker Marjorie Baumgardt Marvin Baumgardt Fred-Beeson]. Pat Binney LaDonna Bozworth .......... ‘ Bob Brumit _....... Helen Burkenpas Eugene Busche Rogene Busche - Bruce Bushnell __. Ray Buskirk __ Morgan Byers . Madonna Caldwell . Bill Capps John Carey Bill Canfield Sarah Chaffee Katy Comingore Eugene Conkright Margaret Cooley Charles Cooper . Page sixty-four THE SENIOR DEBRIS Oh Take See Ne Schoolschiques =e _..Pass slips Pass slips Outstanding Pet Peeve Characteristic Natural curly hair and poetic disposition Fi pie ea ae Pe Tyrone Power eyebrows and blond hair Straight hair Blond pompadour ei ee Mirth Gas rationing (“A” ticket) Love of supervision Sweetness Physicals htnesss. eee Friendly smile SRI ILO sel 0 0] nee aera Small voice Turning off the lights in the... Patience ..People calling me hall while opening lockers ‘ ‘oogie’........Brown eyes and blond hair Women wearing slacks and Admiration for her brother anklets with high heels _Bluexpass slips 42 Taking pictures Getting up in the morning............ His car filled with kids Losing pencils _. Kid brothers Intelligence ine ae inane = eh Artistic ability Frank Sinatra Good humor Getting up at daybreak to get......Persistent with announcements to school al licirl seer ee i ee Athletic ability Conceited boyses. Calmness Not enough furloughs in the........ Sparkling personality Air Corps Woody Immel’s early morning....Flirting with the “gals” lecture Rumors {223.4 2225.2 a Interest in art People who continually have......Cocky me on their lists | Ss Name Ambition Will Barbarawad anispaes sae To own lots of clothes..................Stately stature(?) to “Chris” Bob Baker Marjorie Baumgardt ...... Marvin Baumgardt Fred Beeson BateBinne yee =e ee eee LaDonna Bozworth Bob Brumit Helen: Burkenpas' 2.) 2... To be a teacher Eugene Busche Rogene Busche ................-.......... Bruce Bushnell r Ray Buskirk Morgan Byers Madonna Caldwell ...........0..... Bill Cappers ee ee eh J ola Gare yas eee eee ele Bille Gantie ld pean eee ine Saraki Ghatree mete ae are ee Katy Comingoresss. = os. Eugene Conkright Margaret Cooley Charles: Cooper= 6 Seana sean conene To own a grocery store and -To get into the Air Corps.......... _To play a duet with Eddy Duchin restaurant ha Lee ot OR To be a member of school board “Rothevanvactress=0 a ee Young _My going steady with one girl for four years to anyone who can do it -_My peaches and cream com- plexion to anyone who has the money to buy one like it -“Gene Autry” shirts to Paul Knauer Whiskers to Scott Wallace -My long hair to Bill Leslie (those crew cuts! ) -Typing ability to anyone who wants to flunk it To own a Packard convertible. Ability to speak fluently to those who need public speaking eS AO ae Ed Inability to make wills to next shee ieee years Seniors To continue my sports career...... Barrymore profile to Jim at W. L. H. S. Devaney To be a bacteriologist or... Ability to play the glockenspiel therapist at Mayo to the next eligible player Own a helicopter.......2.....0.0.000....... My motor scooter to some poor Passrassubieck se International research chemist. Meet Jon Whitcomb... Grave digger ...... en Seen Jem To be an electrical engineer To see W. L. beat Jeff in basketball To be a nurse To get the other ring on my........ finger To leave school and join the........ service To talk like Mrs. Mueller... To coach Russ Halwick in his. “pro” snooker tour duck who wants greasy hands Ability to make good grades to Dick Maddux Slide rule to John Girton All the fun I’ve had at W. L. to all the underclassmen Hairy chest to Harry Hurlow High school life to ash can Talkative mouth to Jack A who really needs it Common brown hair and eyes to anyone who wants them My ability to be true to one man to Eleanor George Gift of gab to brother Bill My ability to draw in class to anyone else who can get away with it My P-38 to Royal Schiedler Page sixty-five THE SENIOR DEBRIS Outstanding Name Pet Peeve Characteristic Maxine sGritessesse ee ee. Detention slips................................5ize (little) Bettys Daw kinsse es ee eenee Stuck-upspeoples= ==. Harris Jackson Marvella Deckard ..........................5outhern Indiana .....................----- Getting to school occasionally Jim Donham ........ Se teed dP Blowsouts pee eee eee, All around fellow BobiHlrod (42. ee AT SUING) 3 ae eee eee eee Curly hair Shernrany Lois es eee ee ee Being, oni time eee Sense of humor Harold jtragertsn- 2 One hour detention .................... Talking about Oxford PAT tae Via eval ks seers eee ere Bleachedthaires = Natural blond hair RoseiGannon ese eee Loud speopley. ee Will recite when called on Raya Guard este eee eee Acting in Speech Plays.............. -Chemistry Helen Guild =-27...., ese Scho we Se08 co eae le eae cae No talking Riussilal wickseeee eee eee Thinking up excuses to tell........ Ability to blush Woody for being late Wallace Hedworth ............... ......... Hornerimye lasses. eee Just plain Margaret Heim .......... oe ees Noisiness 2. 22.2270) en eee Quietness Herbert Heimlich .......................... Anything and everything.............. Style Elinor tone Study periods where you have....Poise to study Elizabeth Holden —.............0....... Bangs on a rainy day......2..... Pleasantness JacksHuchese see eee ee Prank Sina tia seen eee Casual height Mildred Macklin e2-ee Cafeteria chain gang.................... Ambitions Jims) OhnsOn ete Words wonte ss een Thick and unruly hair Merry Rose Kellar........................ Rainysdaysa2 = 2. ee ee Asking questions Jacki Kenzler ps2 5) hp The notorious ways of those........ Curled up height shipwrecked souls who frequent pool halls Page sixty-six : | | Name Ambition Will Maxine Critecs a= eames eee x os besa, Nurse eee te Pull with Mrs. Greenwood to anyone else who needs it Betty: Dawkine soe ee To have a happy married life.....Size to Dorothy Oyler Marvella Deckard Dime onh anise ee ee To always be three on a match... Rose Gannon ......-.---.---.2cccecce00e200cs PiawaG Ward te cee te: ot Helem-Guildt2 oo e. PW e Margareta hernias eee a Herbert Heimlich ............. Pkt Eehinorseiltonpeses eee Jacks Hig hes eee ee ae Eee eens .......My little talks with teachers to Marilyn Gray -My gas black market to Harry Crites and Bill Conkright for their “dream car” sy ete Seen Probably be a gunner Senior cords to Larry LaBree Be Ability to answer questions in McCarty’s class to whoever needs it Blond hair to any underclass- man who would like to have it EO, Sortoy Dukes. ice sre Curly hair to members of the orbesnois yee eee To convince at least one person.. that my hair is naturally blond To be a straw boss at B.R.C......... faculty! I don’t wan’t to but I will The ability to get the car when- ever | want it to my brother Bob Ability to be punctual to my brother Ability to play on the suicide squad to some sucker My interest in music to Mary Ellen Clark My beautiful long hair to some deserving dog All the grand times I have had in H. S. to the underclassmen My bangs to anyone who ean find time to take care of them (I couldn’t) Wavy hair and Clark Gable appearance to Charles Klinger Mildred Jacklin —.........000000..... To be a famous singer like.......... I will wait and see Sinatra or Crosby Jim Johnsons. ee Diet Happysn se oot oe ele Ability to study to George Dietrich Merry Rose Kellar... Wein eee eee Seth iene 5 etd Majorette uniform to whoever takes my place Jacks Kenzler 22 4.2 ea To grow a beard before I’m........ My small dainty feet to John twenty-one Allen lage sixty-seven THE SENIOR DEBRIS Outstanding Name Pet Peeve Characteristic Marilyn Wambert see Moochers in the lunch line.......... Quietness Francesovell mee == Songs with nonsense syllables... Temper Virginia Mann 222: Pees Getting up in the dark to get........ Ability to be quiet in class to school at 8:00 Bill-Mannee 2S See a Rules ite 2 eae ee aed Rushing around Waren tan atten People who try to make me........ Brown eyes hurry Avis! May er cect tee fete ee Boyssthatestare:| fe eee Red hair Malcolm McClure ......................... Working nights —......................- Joe boy yammess Vie @om ee Listening to the morning.............. Quiet fellow announcements BobevicCGormicke = ee Pogo on a bad night..................... Dancing IMaraliyrie Vic) reece eee People who call me “infantile”. Juvenile ability to entertain Maxine Moore ..................-..-.--- = Bemg calledsMax= Patience Marvellous lorena People who start to say... Flirtatious eyes something, then decide not to finish JacquelinesN orrise 2 [Oud em On thigee seen Pep Pauline; Qakes).. ee eee Someone asking “Don’t you........ Social manager know there’s a war on?” Dick, Papenguth eee Teachers who don’t appreciate....“Dry humor” art Janice Pershing? Getting up with the chickens....Marvelous personality Bettys Rhillipseess =e Detentiongs psi ee Giggle Dorothy, Poekes..-- se ee ee Anklets and pumps........................ Humorous crying Burg Prentice se. ees eee Listening to McCarty and Eddy..Sleeping in school keeping the 6th hour study hall quiet Phillip Broce! Be eee Mentioning “you all”... A Southern draw] Donnabelle Raub —_.........-..... Chemistry... eee Loves dramatics Barbaraynhe jess sere Gushy people —.......0002.00 0k. Enjoying everything Bob ile our ees eee Detention slips — 0.02. Likeableness Eloise. Rydere-) eee Turbans during school.................. Friendliness Page sixty-eight | ; Name Ambition Marilyn Lambert .......-2-..-.......... Interior decorator for................... Sachs 5th Avenue Nrances Lovell 2 ae. = els To be on time everywhere........... BillsManne.) ee ee ee To be a farmer Virginia Martin .....................:....... To get to California -To graduate and go to Purdue... Will _Ability to hope to Joan Shepherd -_My temper to the R.A.F. I hear they need spitfires -Grades to Scott Wallace Eee Sa S End My physique to “Peanuts” Ability to graduate with only one detention slip to Joyce Margason and Joan Smith Aga ay Glee eee Ue eee ated ihosbevarvaim pire ee ees Density in Chem to Paul Knauer Malcolm McClure ....................... ...Manage Southworth Book............ My books to a fire sale Store Jamesevic Gombe eee fo be a farmer.) 3. Ws Sey My curly hair to any junior who needs it Bob McCormick 2).0..02..00... HOw eTO. Wa Ul piece eee eee eee eee oe My dancing ability to Marilyn Miller Maxanes Vi ore meena ke ee Jacqueline Norris ...................... Pauline Oakes5 DickwRapenp utes sare Janice Pershing ...............0....04........ Bettys ehilipss= ee Dorothy Poew..e ase BurrPrenticel. Ballipperoce) ees. ae Donnabelle Raub _........ Feud sete Barbatraeihhea ee ee Bobhitenout Liloises Ryder’. .4 eee ee Carl Isenbarger To keep Avis company while.....My baton to Chick Allen to keep she is a vampire To be able to memorize a_____..... Chem formula To make up my mind about........ my ambition Go with a man six feet tall... To see Priest River, Idaho.......... CORD rOWnieesseee eee ee ee To live in the city! .....00.0000..... : To learn to speak the English... language To pass a Chem test..................... To join the Armed Forces and... come back and tell Mr. Floyd how to run school To become a professional... smoker the women away Front seat in McCarty’s to whoever wants it I will my baton to anyone who can take all the bumps and bruises that go with it My blue “jeans” to Marilyn Gray My little feet to Joan Smith My airplane pictures to Mr. Floyd’s collection I will not marry a farmer _My ability to collect detention slips to Margaret Leonard Ability to cry while laughing to Ann Warren _My right to walk the hall during class to Jim Thise and Dick McDonald My D’s to my math teacher I don’t think I will I will my ability to get a bang out of life to Joyce Margason I will the left end to Chick Allen My buzzing around school to Mary Lowell Warren Page sixty-nine THE SENIOR DEBRIS | : Outstanding Name Pet Peeve Characteristic BobyScanlongee..- = ae To write term reports.................... Plaid shirts and cowboy boots Donischwerdlere. ==. aeee Cars;with spot lightss =. Good natured person Bettysexton ee eee To get up in the middle of the... Dreamy eyes night to catch a bus to school and then miss it Nancyponatterg ee eee Eavesdroppers on a party line....Quietness Pat ‘Sheets see, ere tee ee Hoelishsostnenlese see Lovely hair Tom ‘Smith sees eee W omnes ee eee Saturday nights Joannes sylvester sees ete eee People who say “huh?” Eyelashes Bobs hicee ee tee eae Junkersy-2 es eo ee Those beautiful eyebrows Patt Chompsonies eae Ghaneimerschoo lise ae Height Joan eh 600te eee eee Parents who answer your............ Two toned hair and beautiful phone calls but forget who eyes called John VanderPloer ja The bars on the windows at........Poker face school and combination locks of the doors BillgVoglerme = CREE See 8:0 clock’ Eeon velasic tees oe: Height accompanied by short girls Kenneth VanCamp ...... cate ae ees Blonds: 2,Peeeets ee eee, Beautiful eyes Dorothy Walker .................. Se: Cigars} tee ee ee ee Chattering StanleyeWalkeriees see eee INGOT easton Rr ee A That hat! Vernon Walter... ‘Teachers a see eet Complexion Helen Wileman]=.. People who are never on time....Calmness BobiWilkins? See Detentionsslipsy= Speed Elizabethsyoung, == Selling pop and candy at games..Minding her own business Margaret Zwald === = =e Chemistry: 22. eee ee Southern accent Page seventy Name BelbyzSexlo nee ee ee ee ee Ambition -To raise Purebred Angus........... Cattle -Own all of the night clubs........ in New York Will -Seven bow ties to Mr. McCarty One of my night clubs to Bill Leslie Interest in the cigar dept. at Walgreen’s to Mr. McCarty alleys oiafer 2. f.270. 2. ee SOUS LTS Unga t e tee Peae e Composure to Miss Sinks Rat.checlsnn.2 = =e ee To be able to walk in three.......... My “tube” of lipstick to anyone PEGIe OTN It eee eee meee a. FE Om beg uninioLtal eens eee ee Jg@annessylvester = To shoot a .50 calibre machine.... inch heels gun and join the Navy Nurse Corps who can keep it as long as I have _My good times I’ve had at W. L. to anyone who knows what I mean My ability as an 11th hour work- er to my brother, Jerry Booby Uhisersre ae en eee To kill every guy who beats........ My hair to Mr. Eddy who needs my weeds it Pate lhompsonie ee See Mosbersixiteet tallz = sees ee My height to a Powers model joanwlod dren t eee we eee Have the right clothes for... My eyelash curler to those who Johns VanderPloeg 222) =. BilleVioglersee wera eee ete ee: Kenneth VanCamp 2.0... NorothyaWalkeres =e .-. Stanley Walker... ----. -= Vernonw i alter re ee le Leni Wil eninge ee ee BobeW illcinsypeen eee ee ee Elizabeth Young —..........-........ Margaret) Zwa ld eee eee every occasion are brave enough to risk their life using it Getimarried’ =) ee ee Good habits to Jim Broadie Beat Ford at his own game.......... (snooker) (Lose radtaterge sey) eee Graduate from Purdue.................. othbesBines the, leases oe ‘orget out of heres oa travel eaees ee eee To play a piccolo like.................... John Carey Dress Desinger _...........................- To be able to work Chem in........ college Short hair to Herb “Trigger” Heimlich My place in W. L. to Chick Allen I will not go back to Memphis All the females who sit in the baleony of the Mars to future students who will be ushers My white rats to Mrs. Isaac Twirling ability to Berldene Wilson Basketball ability to the Mighty Midgets My ability to get into a show for 10c to anyone else who is always broke My ability to speak German with a southern accent to Mr. Eddy and his future German class Page seventy one DO YOU REMEMBER? The students and faculty of Sr. High collected $310.00 for the Red Cross? Auctioning and classroom rivalry helped raise this sum which was above last years contribution. When members of our own class started going into the armed forces? Jim Donham and Bill Vogler went into V-12 at Purdue, while Jim Johnson joined a V-5 unit. Nip Mann enlisted in the Air Corps, and Jack Hughes, in the Marines. Frank Mozley and Bob Brumit left for the Navy, and a few more boys were displaying brand new draft cards. All the rumors that went around after our football games:with Jeff? School was to be dismissed to celebrate our victory. Of course it turned out as we expected . . . only a rumor!! The terrible sensation of finding the plug out of your locker thirty seconds before eight o’clock—especially when you couldn’t remember the combination? The phony tardy excuses that worked, and the greater percentage that didn’t ... or the time you told someone your favorite excuse and he used it just ahead of you? All the crazy announcements that persistently reminded you of a party at the Den? “That is all!” and listening to “Teen Topics with Joyce” every Friday afternoon. The cleaning and scrubbing to get the Red Devils’ Den fixed up, and our proud satisfaction when it opened? How we tried to get around Woody and Floyd by going to “Greenie” for that white slip to get into class? The fun of signing cords and cord skirts, and exchanging senior name cards? Those orations in speech and themes in English 8? The glorious feeling that goes with skipping and getting by with it .. . also the not too pleasant sensation when you got caught and had to take the conse- quences? That week most of the senior boys fell asleep in the barber chair and woke up just in time to keep their heads from being shaved? . . . not that they missed it very far! Polka dots on the walls of the den and Hep-tee-hootie on the juke box? The “Joe boys” who had their pants pegged, and Bumpy’s “14’s” that took the eat prize! Our luck(?) when we drew Jeff for our first game of the tourney, and our disappointment when they barely beat us? The week everyone sang “Mairzy Doats,” and so many couples started “going steady?” At the Speech Arts play, The Great Big Doorstep, when Kenzler put the bag of grass seed in the baby’s face? The warning glances in library from Mr. Evans... and finally detention slips? How we spent half of first hour in Woody’s office and then visited Mr. Replogle after school? Joe’s generosity? The race every day to see who would ride down to the “Vil” in Buskirk’s “taxi?” The swell time we had at the football banquet . . . even though Judge Parkin- son’s introductions were rather revealing? Page seventy-two Yee Vv ond - « ) 4 k i iy 8 pe “Ay = Vv « Lig iy we | a ol in ancy f i i Nee + Vay Mn we OO — —— on PATRON’S PAGE The A.B.C. Shoe Co Agricultural Alumni Seed Improvement Ass’n. Alan’s Peter Anderson Co. The Baltimore Clothes shop Bartlett Drug Co. The Baugh Real Estate and Insurance Agency The B and B Grille Bossung Shoe Rebuilders Britt Brothers Fruit Market Bundy Insurance Agency Burnham’s Service Station Carl’s Shoe Store City Meat Market Clark Floral Co. Page seventy-four o The College Inn The College Shop Colonial Gardens Crown Laundry Dad’s Place Davis Standard Service Decker’s C. T. Dye and Son Lumber Co. Edgerton Hardware Ine. R. C. Eisenbach Jeweler Fireproof Garage Co. Firestone Stores Foster Furniture Co. The Foster Shop The Fowler and Lahr Hotels Gabler’s Geisler’s Clothes chan Everett L. German Garage Glatz Graves Bakery Gray’s Hatcheries Walter L. Gray Inc. Gullion’s Inc. Harry’s Style Shop Hays Jewelry Co. Haywood Publishing Co. Forest E. Henderson Food Market The Hild Barber Shop Horner Motor Co. Ideal Grocery Indiana Hybrid Growers Co-Op Indianapolis Engraving Co. Dr. A. M. Irion Kampus Kitchen King The Clothier Kraft Musie Co. Lafayette Food Lockers Lafayette Life Insurance Co. Lafayette Loan and Trust Co. Lafayette, Mars, Luna Theatres Lafayette Printing Co. Levee Automotive Service Loeb’s Lux and Humphreys Al Mann Standard Service Bud Marks Truck Service May Electric Co. Mid-West Roofing and Insulating Co. Page seventy-five Miller Music Co. Gerry Mohlman and Son Moore and Kemple Palais Royal The Pearlman Grocer Co. J. C. Penney’s Perry Printers Phillips and Co. Henry Poor Lumber Co. Pur-Dude Ranch The Purdue State Bank Radio Station WASK Red’s Barber Shop Reifer’s H. G. Reisner Book Store Dr. Risk ‘ Roger’s Men’s Wear The Ross Barber Shop John B. Ruger Sons Co. A. C. Sandberg Page seventy-six The Schnaible Drug Co. Shipley Standard Service The S. K. Smith Co. Soft Water Service Southworth’s Sparrendahl Tailors Steiger’s Inc. The Step-Inn Lunch S and T Sandwiches Swank Shoe Rebuilder Thieme and Wangerin Co. The Triple XXX University Book Store University Drug Store The Val-U Dress Shop Watt’s Food Store Wauthier’s GiesHop West Side Cleaners C. E. 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