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

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JU Sj tue Carolina Christian Editor Bertha Conway ......Asst. Photography Editor Arthur Dye.................Assistant in Sports Patti Jo Grimes ...................... Classes Alice Jane Hunt .......... Photography Editor Jeanne Ann Lund .........Assistant Art Editor Caroline Matthews ....Asst. Business Manager Alan Miller..............Assistant Art Editor Marilyn Newton ............................Art Editor Ellen Riise ..............................Copy Editor Catherine Shanahan .........Business Manager Herbert Thomas .........................Sports Delphine Vasusky ...................Activities Thirteen valiant Troopers started with shining faces and spirits geared to making the 1951 SAN DSCRI PT the unqualified best in all Wirt history. The first few weeks were spent making and unmaking our minds about layout, cover color, theme, and other problems. Our first big project was the handling of school pictures. Although all of the staff sweat and groaned, Marilyn Newton and Ellen Riise bore the heaviest load with characteristic efficiency. After the opportunity to watch each other’s work, staff elections were held. From this point on all had special duties as well as the duty of promoting staff activities. Then harder work began. Newtie and her assistants, Alan and Jeanne, did layout with Marilyn preparing all engraving copy. Her skills were no superstition; they were glorious realities. A. J. and Bertha worked with Mr. Smith and Dick Wylie to have the best possible pictures. Herb and Art worried over the sports copy and threatened to buy ear muffs to protect themselves against the sponsor’s stentorian tones. Patti Jo, Delphine, Ellen, and Chris struggled with captions while Kitty and Caroline kept the financial records straight and sol dpersonalized names to the seniors. The sponsor's repeated assertion that the yearbook staff is the most hard-working group in school may have been doubted for a short time, but the truth was proved over and over again, for in addition to special assignment jobs there were the countless jobs that had to be done to make our luck bold in putting out the best SANDSCRIPT. These tasks included such things as keeping a scrapbook, putting out notices, checking names for identification, putting the yearbook library in order, starting a file of material to help the juniors make a decision about next year’s book and its financing, and getting all the picture money in. The senior class was extremely popular with the staff because of the decision to pay senior cut money in a lump sum. There were good times too. Marilyn, Delphine, Kitty, and Chris were delegates to the N.S.P.A. annual convention at the Stevens Hotel. They brought back glowing reports of the interesting contacts they had with teenagers from all over the United States, more knowhow, and an awareness of world problems. The Valentine party was a swell affair, too. To the 1952 SANDSCRIPT staff and to Miss Armington, the best of fortune and may the gremlins stay out of the year.

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Jhey cSImply Bewitched Our principal, Mr. Russell O. Bohn, now in his fourth year, continues to be the center of authority and the unfailing resource of every one' who needs help. This is true in spite of the many other administrative jobs that snow him under. He has worked with all groups and all individuals in our school communit yand has earned the deep gratitude of the seniors by his help with graduation plans. All this an dmore has he done, never failing to keep the students’ best interest in mind. Certainly our principal is one reason for our good fortune. Picture on opposite page: Mrs. Frances Huddleston from who we seek all kinds of guidance; Miss Joan Dearborn, erstwhile valedictorian, is a most efficient office staff addition; Mr. Waldo Crisman. “The Indispensable”, whose thirteen years of service have never checked his good humor, his ready smile, and his unfailing helpfulness; Mrs. Ethel Gross, our well-loved home visitor, who has since been replaced by Mr. Joseph Martin with whom we expect to have most pleasant associations; Miss Norma Tuft, another Wirt alum, who did a good job; When Norma left, we had the good luck to get affable Miss Geraldine Bowman as her successor. At the end of the semester, we lost Mrs. Teresa Hannon and Mrs. Sari Ross. Mr. Nick Meneakis and Miss Phyllis Gibbons, their respective replacements, did much to console and sustain us. For us students, there was magic, black and white, in having the faculty support us in everything. This interest went far beyond their desk and grading papers. Never shall we forget their help with our dances and other social affairs; their promoting field trips; their working hard and late at the McVout; their affection in spite of our naughtiness. We’re proud too of their professional affiliations and their work in the community. MRS. NAOMI ADKINS Butler. MRS. LEOLA ANDERSON National College of Education, Franklin. Wisconsin. MISS ANN ARMINGTON Manchester College, Northwestern. MR. BENARD BELL North-western. MRS. MARJORIE BOYDEN Purdue, Vincennes . MRS. RUTH CHRISTY Central Missouri State College, Pestalozzi-Froebel, Indiana. MRS. MARY JANE COBURN Indiana. MRS. HELEN CONWAY Indiana. MR. MONTE FOSTER Indiana, Indiana State Teachers, Northwestern, Purdue, De-Paul. MRS. CATHERINE GREENWALD Michigan. Northwestern, Indiana, Institute of General Semantics. MRS. GRACE GREENWALD Indiana, Drake. MISS PHYLLIS GIBBONS Indiana, New York U., Cornell, Sarah Lawrence, U. of Burmingham, Eng. MRS. MARIAM GOFORTH. Mme. Blaker’s, Indiana State Teachers. MR. ANDREW HATRACK Indiana. MRS. MARJORIE HADY Loyola. MRS. GLADYS HEIST Texas State College for Women, Lewis Hotel Training School, Purdue, Chicago U. MRS. DOROTHY HOKANSON Indiana, Manchester College. MISS HELEN RUTH HUBER Chicago U., Northwestern, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Ecole Fon-tainbleau. MRS. FRANCES HUDDLESTON Indiana, DePauw, New York U., Catholic U. of America, U. of Colorado. MRS. MADELEINE HUNT Indiana. Indiana State Teachers, Pestalozzi-Froebel. MISS MARGARET LABB Indiana, Northwestern. MRS. URSULA LADD Iowa State Teachers, Indiana, Pestalozzi-Froebel. MRS. ADELE BOHLING LEE Illinois State Normal School, Chicago Musical College, Chicago U., Indiana U.. Northwestern, American Conservatory of Music. MISS DEMETRIA MAGRAMES Indiana. MR. JOSEPH MARTIN Valparaiso U. MRS. LILLIAN McCATHERN Texas. MISS HELEN McEWAN Indiana. MR. NICK MENEAKIS Purdue, Roosevelt, Princeton, City College of New York, De-Paul, Indiana. MR. WALTER NABHAN Indiana, Bethany College, Valparaiso. MR. RICHARD NUZUM Indiana, Ball State, Chicago U.. Marion Normal Institute. Marion College. Harvard. Goddard College, Purdue. MRS. JOSEPHINE O'NEAL Pestalozzi-Froebel, Ball State, Indiana. MR. EDWARD PALONCY. Indiana State Teachers, Purdue. MRS. FRANCES PEROTTA Indiana, Ball State, Pestalozzi-Froebel, Indiana State Teachers. MISS MARY SHARP Whitworth College, Indiana. MRS. ELSIE WENDT Chicago U., U. of Guadalajara. MRS. DOROTHEA WIL-TROUT National College of Education, Indiana, Pestalozzi-Froebel, America Conservatory of Music, Valparaiso, Indianapolis Teachers College, Mme. Blakers School. MRS. LINNIE YURAITIS Illinois Normal, Greeley College.