William A Wirt High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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tnte '.elicit c uittvli ijnijiUicnij .lUNIUIUi Page Fourteen We started our freshman year with the election of officers: Jim Stack as president; Dorothy Bruchner, vice-president; Adele Eichhorn, secretary; and June Poe, treasurer. The main social event was the Hallowe’en dance. Our sophomore year saw Jim Goforth as president, Arthur Larson as vice president, Evelyn Clark as secretary, and Bill Shaffer as treasurer. The social events of that year included the St. Patrick’s Day Dance, and the Valentine Dance, which was slightly profitable. Fin row: E. Matthews, H. Morrow, J. Krueger, R. Tucker. J. Kcrczman, L. Poling, C. Miller, J. Morrison, I. Baldauf, B. Magioudis. Second rou: F. Arvidson, M. Damcron, P. Robinson, B. Ban aski, A. Lewis, C. Crawford, W. Wysong, V. Sol I or s, A. Eichhorn, E. Clark, B. Tobcy. Third rou : D. Nabhan, J. Evans, M. McGrcw, M. Kozderka, F. Poc, M. Daugherty, K. Morgavan, M. Nash, P. Lock, B. Fields. Fourth ran : Miss Cochrane, S. Pavich, D. Bowers, P. Jones, R. Horfenberg, L. Poling, Miss Huber, D. Irwin, A. Haines, H. Hoeckelberg, B. Miller, Mrs. Strong. Fifth row: R. Harper. C. Renz, B. Dunivan, L. Dahl, A. Ralph, E. Humphrey, A. Larson, J. Goforth. Sixth row: T. Rebeck, R. Grcmbowicz, M. Thews. J. Hamilton, R. Cox, R. Skogseth, S. Calaway, R. Gardner, Seventh row: W. Monahan ,A. Iddings, J. Stack, M. Wolt, R. Gibson. In our present year Charles Crawford was elected president; Alice Lewis, vice president; Barbara Banaski, secretary; and Walton Wysong, treasurer. After a dull beginning, a renaissance-swept the class, fostered by the May Dance. The juniors went to work and accomplished their goal, They had good decorations and excellent refreshments. The junior class appears to have an intelligent group—there were seventeen who passed the test making them eligible for three-and-a-half-year graduation.

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Class This is it; twelve years of studying are behind you— Twelve years of laughing, joking, and of not taking anything too seriously. So now it has come to an ending and it is time to say adieu. A new life is beginning. To each and every one of you it means a new start, A new life challenging. Will you take this life as a sculptor might take a piece of clay And mold it into something that is filled with the music of beauty and love Poem Containing no harsh lines or unharmonious notes to betray— A piece holding such a wealth of simplicity and beauty That all may hear its story and be enriched by it— A life that shall ever be a joy to live—never a duty? This is something that each and every one of you must decide alone— For it is your life, and you are the sculptor grown. You have the sculptor's fine, strong hands— You have his much needed skill . . . And may you have his will. Barbara Smith Page Thirteen

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SOPHOMORES Our sponsors arc: Mrs. Huddleston, Miss Magrames, Coach Hatrak, and Miss DcVol. As greenhorns last year we broke into our high-school career as follows: Clyde White, president; Doris Hostetler, vice president; Don Eliot, secretary; Lois Regal, treasurer. Our main social event was the Hallowe’en dance. It was held on October 29, 1943. It was helped along by a ghost walk, which proved to be a little rough. Later in the year, June 16, to be exact, we held our annual beach party which turned out a little on the cold side. Ripening from our greenhorn year, we started off our sophomore year with Dick Erlandson, president; Gene Goforth, vice president; Eileen Sanderson, secretary; and Sidney Tucker, treasurer. We held a sophomore Christmas party on December 19, and everyone had a good time. Later in February we had the Valentine dance and cleared a profit of $20.50. We organized a Biology Club just recently and are planning on a field trip near the end of the term. We feel we have been successful during the first years of our high school and hope that we can do just as well during our last. Fmf row: H. Lundstrom, L. Quigley, J. Whited, B. Gunderson, R. Harper, G. Thornton, J. Schneider. Second row: N. King. S. Childs. B. Larson. D. Seibert, M. Moore, S. Heft, Coach Hatrak, Mrs. Huddleston, J. O’Neill, Miss DcVol, L. Sullivan. Third row: B. Conway. E. Sanderson, L. Elstad, B. Stinson, D. Hoffman. P. Westergreen, N. Mason, L. Regal, J. Arvidson, J. Friedman, C. Kennedy, R. Dunivan, B. Thiclbar, D. Hale, C. Hodgers. Fourth rou : B. Jabo, A. Hauser, S. Tucker, R. Erlandson, B. Harbaugh, B. Fields, S. Clarke, L. Krebes, I. Stimson, P. Ryan, Icenogle. fith row: G. Goforth, N. Wachtcr, J. Weaver, J. Lockhart, L. Evans, E. Vasusky, E. Hale, G. Spring-man, R. Totten. Page Fifteen