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

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Our High School Chorus has fcecn very active this year, singing in the Christmas pageant, at the Parent Teachers’ Association, at the Chapel of the Dunes, at the tea during Education Week, in the Music Festival, and for Commencement. Then Miss Cochrane has all-girl and all-boy junior-high choruses, which almost showed up the High School Chorus at this year’s Music Festival. Our two soloists arc Valerie Sollors and John Kerezman. They both sang at each of our appearances. Also Johnny sang Home on the Range” at the memorial service for President Roosevelt. And Valeric sang ’’Waltz Song” by Charles Gounod from Romeo and Juliet” in the Whiting solo contest; it won first place for her. SOLOISTS AND QUARTET First row: B. Gray, accompanist. Sciond row: V. Sollors, J. Kerezman, M. Wole, C. Miller, R. Barberclicck, CHI HUM First row: M. Kampf, D. Seibert, S. Heft, B. Gray, C. Kccvcr, G. Klcckner, J. Krueger, D. Bowers, J. O'Neill. Second row: Miss Cochrane, A. Lewis, E. Clark, M. Kozdcrka, M. Sammy, I. Bauldauf, J. Morrison, B. Conway. Third rou : J. Kerezman, H. Harper, N. Terkct, H. Shaffer, R. Myers. Page Twenty-one

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Ik) ml atchincj aLmcj toacUict t tli The band director, Mrs. Griffith, is leaving us this year. It will be a great disappointment to sec her leave, as she has done much for both students and teachers. She has worked along with the students and band officers to make this a splendid year. The ones who helped especially to do this were: president, Jim Goforth; vice president, Jim Stimson; secretary, Ben Hoffman; and drum majors, John Schcck, Lois Regal, and Peggy Westergreen. The Band participated in the Music Festival, which was the main musical event of the year. Directly in the center of the back of the stage hung a lage service flag dedicated to the hundred twenty-one fellows and girls from this school who have entered the armed serv- firsl row: R. Hoffcnberg, 1). Irwin, E. Riisc. J. Hunt, D. Smith, A. Hunt, B. Guenther, E. Lewis. P. Robinson, N. Allen, H. Morrow. Second ■ou : A. Braschos, A. Haines, B. McGrcw, S. Bcres, J. Newton B. Larson, J. Morrison, J. Graham, E. Clark, M. Owen, J. Albright, P. Barass, J. Arvidson, Mrs. Griffith, Director. Third row: G. Kcrezman, M. Thews, B. Hoffman, J. Kelly, G. Goforth, L. Regal, J. Schcck, P. Westergreen, E. Sanderson, F. Arvidson, R. Smith, D. Nabhan, T. Dykstra. Fourth rou : R. Hartle, B. Moyd, R. Dunivan, G. Springman, R. Peterson, J. Stimson, A. Adams, B. Dunivan, J. Goforth, J. Weaver. ices. Near the end of the season, we participated in the Memorial Day Parade, the Flag Day Parade, and the Commencement exercises. Thus closes a successful year with our teacher, Mrs. Griffith, to whom we want to extend our gratefulness, and best wishes for happiness. Good Luck to a swell person! Page Twenty

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First row: Miss Huber, B. Banaski, I). Bruchcr, Miss Studebaker, B. Shaffer, D. Daugherty, B. Gray, E. Nason, M. Kampf, M. Heidt, R. Bohman, B. Hoffman. SfconJ row: B. Gardner, F. Poe, P. MeGough, M. L. Dameron, E. Herrick, P. Robinson, B. l.ustgartcn, A. Adams, R. Smith, G. Nason, B. Smith, R. Gibson, R. Skogseth, G. Weiger. Madam Chairman, we the journalism class of ’45, elected Dorothy Bruchncr and Bill Shaffer as cditors-in-chicf for this, our ninth year of SHIFTING SANDS. We published sixteen editions, which we were proud to send to our alumni in service — along with SANDBUR, newly founded community paper for all Miller people in service . . . Our first numbers were mostly on the general side, climaxed by a beautiful Christmas issue ... It was about time for Sectionals then; and, since it was Wirt’s turn to run the concessions, that rated a nice write up . . .Just about the most important event of the year was being talked about now — the Prom — and what excitement! . . . Just a minute, though, because right now SAND-SCRIPT was needing a lot thought; and, in order to give journalistic seniors a chance to concentrate on it, it was voted for the underclassmen to publish a few issues; so, Madame Chairman, they elected Mary Lou Dameron editor — and what a fine job she has done! . . . Along about now came the city-wide girls’ conference at Roosevelt with about sixty attending from here . . . And that reminds us, Madame Chairman, of our own press conference held last fall at Horace Mann which we found interesting and educational. . . . And that reminds us, of course, of headlines — there’ve been so many Page Twenty-two Hhiftin Hands good ones — the Biology Club sponsoring Dr. Enders with his Indian Bllow Gun, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE coming out to take pictures of special projects in art, the magnificent demonstration of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co., the movie on charm and personality. Dr. Ethel Alpcnfels—anthropologist, the Roosevelt Memorial service, the honor-roll plaque for Wirt boys provided by P.T.A., lovely new paint in our halls, spring rains . . . And you ask about outstanding staff members, Madame Chairman? We could mention Don Carlson with his scintillating sports columns; Barbara Banaski and Robert Gardner with their striking covers; Robert Skogscth with his ''millions” of envelopes to send papers overseas. But, Madame Chairman, they’ve all done well. Madame Chairman, I move we adjourn.