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

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©cant CiDnara In its second season of existence the Social Committee this year has achieved an important service for the school - - - it has acted as a clearing house for the scheduling of all school activities and has each month posted a calendar of them. It also sponsored the Frost Frolic which turned out to be a very successful event. There arc representatives from each high school class: Mary Lou Damcron, Dave Lock, Jackie Arvidson, Gene Goforth, Paul Collier, Joyce Henchman, and bob Palmer. Miss Louise Galst is the sponsor. Page Twenty-four FOOTIN’ THE FLOODS’ The first production by the Drama Department was a Mel-lcrdrammcr” titled, Pure As The Driven Snow’’. The basic plot as per usual concerned the heroine, the hero, and the villain who gets thrown out on his car in the middle of the first act. Purity Dean, the heroine, was protrayed by Evelyn Damcron; the hero, Lcander Longfellow, when last seen was Fred Eich-horn; and the villain, Mortimer Frothingham, was ably emoted by Clinton Miller. The rest of the cast consisted of Bob Gardner, Lorraine Nabhan, Patti Ryan, John Scheck, Ronald Ballard, Greta Kleckncr, Mary Ann Ditty,, Nancy Wachter, Peggy Kampf, Bob Roupc and Evelyn Wysong. The next epic was a collection of three one-act plays: Escape by Moonlight”, The Noble Lord”, and The Wedding”. The cast for Escape by Moonlight” was Lorraine Nabhan as a neurotic girl who has hallucinations; Wilbert Monahan as her future husband, a hallucination; Dave Lock, a doctor who fears she’s mentally unbalanced; and Maxine Holtzman, an elevator girl. The cast for Noble Lord” was Peggy Kampf a girl on the make for a rich hubby; Clinton Miller, a rich man who manages to get rid of her; and Dave Donley, his valet, who gets the girl. For the characters in The Wedding” we have Evelyn Wysong, a bride; Fred Eichhorn, a poor groom; John Scheck, a best man that would drive you crazy; Patti Ryan, the groom’s sobbing mother; Clinton Miller the bride’s confused father, Margaret Beres, the bride’s aggressive aunt; and Ted Rogers, a helpful friend. To the teachers Miss Mollie Goodman, and Miss Gloria Pitluk— and to the students . . . .we say Congratulations for a good season.”

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poco oco CAMERA Sitting: E. Sanderson, B. Tobey, D. Nabhan. Standing: G. Springman, R. McKenzie, Miss T. Finn, instructor; L. Sullivan M. Nash, J. Hart. F. Arvidson. CAMERA CLUB The Camera Club started off with a click this year. Miss Finn was the sponsor; Glenn Springman, president; Eileen Sanderson, secretary-treasurer. Meetings were held in the science room, and members learned how to devlop their own pictures and print them and how to adjust the camera range, lighting, and poses. Just for a little amatucr work group and individual pictures of people around the school were taken. SCIENCE hirst Row: C. Kennedy, B. Gunderson, L. Rcgcl. Second Row: Miss T. Finn, instructor; G. Thorton, L. Quigley, G. Goforth, E. Hale, Mrs F. Huddleston, instructor. The Science Club, sponsored by Mrs. Huddleston and Miss Finn has been very active the past year. During the first semester Glenn Thornton was chosen president; Lois Rcgcl, vice-president; Charmainc Kennedy, secretary; and Ed Hale, treasurer. Second semester Ed Hale became president; Paul Collier, vice-president; Lois Rcgcl, secretary; and Patti Ryan, treasurer. Early last fall Mrs. Huddleston, Dick Erlandson, Ed Hale, Eileen Sanderson and Lois Regcl went to Butler University at Indianapolis where Dr. Enders of Purdue University was in charge of an all-day convention of the Indiana Academy of Science of which the Wirt Club is a member. Reports, experiments, and displays were presented by students of different schools. The group also belongs to the National Science Clubs of America, which sponsors the Wcstinghouse Science Test; three seniors from our school who took the test were Pauline Robinson, Bill Dunivan and Dave Lock. SPANISH Sitting. L. Nabhan, E. Damcron, J. Newton. Standing: S. Childs, M. L. Hokanson, T. Ballard, Miss L. Galst, instructor;. Los Circulos Espanolcs (the Spanish Cubs to you!) bring to the students an interest in the countries in which that language is spoken. In the paper to which the clubs subscribe are found colorful descriptions of the holidays, fiestas, and customs of these naturally happy people; and, in a more serious vein, there arc detailed descriptions about the countries and their governments; for instance, the students followed avidly the recent election of Peron. A Mexican Christmas play for the elementary grades depicted the wanderings of the Holy Family, compelte with the Posada and Pinata. There was also an all-Mexican program illustrated with pictures, scrape, pottery, money, and other souvenirs that were brought by Betty Irons. The second year Spanish Club went to Chicago to see Vcloz and Yolanda, who illustrate current Latin-American dancing. Another enjoyable occasion was the day Miss Galst brought Cuban records and the members listened to a concert of delightful music. Officers of the Spanish Clubs for ’45-’46 were First Year: John Newton, president; Marthalu Hoganson, secretary; Teddy Ballard, program chairman. Second Year: Shirley Childs, president; Evelyn Damcron, secretary; Lorraine Nabhan, program chairman. CHESS Sitting: J. Marposon, J. Hunt, Miss L. Galst, sponsor; D. Krcbcs, B. Whited. Standing: S. Baruch, A. Miller, B. Gunderson, A. Sheer, B. Stern, J. Mischanko, E. Marposon. With a double purpose—of having fun and learning to think more clearly—a group of freshman students formed an entirely new club here this year, a chess club. Sponsored by Miss Louise Galst, the club had Joe Hunt as president; Bill Stern, vice president; Eli Marposon, secretary; and Stuart Baruch, publicity agent. P g Twent-three

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