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

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S VManes tSmiles SEPTEMBER (5) It's fun to be back (13) Simplicity Style Show (15) Constitution Day with Past Pres. Eichhorn turning over gavel to Pick and Sean Murphy telling us about the U. S. Constitution (20) Lockridge Pictures snap our smiling faces (27) What do you mean eligibility . . . cooperative, courteous, what have you ? OCTOBER (3) Seniors stun us (4) Burtell’s Bird Circus (5) Mr. William Westergreen is honored by the Amer. Legion for outstanding community service—see p. 27 (9) We’re hosts to rep. of thirty Ind. FHA chapters as we’re only FHA in city (11) Homecoming (20) Our pep sessions as Sharpened . . . music is added (21) GAA Hayride . . . brrr (24) Hope our Crusade for Freedom names reach Germany (27) Band Cake Walk with no help from Weatherman. NOVEMBER (I ) We go to College Day at Wallace (3) What a day ... WSO Rep. Council goes to Edison to present travelling trophy . . . YVilly Whirl Dance with special honor paid to new students and frosh by presenting TROOPER TOPICS (7) Family-Living Class has Buzz Session at PTA with parents and faculty learning a new abbreviation (16) S.O.S. 1 Iumanity Drive begins with Aldrich leading (24 and 25) Christian, N ewton, Vasusky, and Shanahan attend NSPA Convention at Stevens (27) Population Wirt, 812; Miller, 217. DECEMBER (6) Report cards . . . Oh, Ah, Ugh (7) Band Tag Day-Footballers at Tiebel’s (19) PKP’s Snow Flurry (15) Nancy Christoff makes Horace Heidt Show with her oration (19) Such a beautiful Christmas Pageant (22) An unexpected half day holiday. JANUARY (12) Art Classes see Hapsburg Collection at Art Institute (21) Disc Jockeys; Marcia Sinkler and Chuck Burger really “take the air on WWCA Pepsi Pep Club program (25) Spangler and Clark get pic of traps in POST, but Trooper in the back with the muskrats is not named (26) Mr. Nuzum and Mrs. Huddleston take 30 upperclassmen to visit session of State Legislature (30) Mr. Bohn and Pres. Pavol make study hall regulations effective by their signatures (31) Mrs. Hannon leaves . . . we’re shocked and saddened. Mr. Nick Meneakis, Science; Miss Phyllis Gibbons, Speech; Mr. Joseph Martin, Home Visitor; Young Dramatics at work; Pavilion at noon; Child Care Lab.

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c Weu C ve'iyivhe’ie FEBRUARY (5) The White Elephants begin to pile (7) Delphine Vasusky gets a letter from Japan (11) We try Regel’s new yell routine (12) Rumpus Room is opened because some students finally become interested in opening it (16) McVout Soiree, a community night of gladness with fun, food, and frolic for all (19) Mr. Paloncy is always popular but at sectional time . . . We start the Miller-Wirt Festival with a bang-up pep session (22) Audubon Show (23) Brotherhood Week Assembly (27) Ciirls' INS beat OUTS 21-28 . . . Boys’ OUTS lose to INS 44-28. MARCH (1) Beres, Pavol, and Milos really keep mum about Royalty Elections (6) Parents are making bandages on Tuesdays . . . Football sweaters arrive, but def. (7) Frosh thoroughly into GAA . . . Sweet Garlic, one of our six best smellers (14) Mag. Drive starts with juniors, students and sponsors in a fine frenzy to get money for ’52 yearbook and Mrs. Conway’s classes all set to outsell everyone else, as usual (20) Pat Egan is named H20 Gal for Ciirls’ Basketball Team (24) Miller Bus. Men’s Assoc, holds egg hunt for small fry (29) Prom Bid Booth goes up on third floor. APRIL (2) Pavilion open to lunchers . . . Rain, rain, go away, please, or we’ll shrink . . . Bum’s Day with the usual exhibitionists (5) Ma Huber sends our art work to Frisco (6) Choral Concert, a lovely evening of song and sweet pictures, especially the Flower Parade (12) Cadet Teacher Dale Loeklv causes sensation with most gals, including Miss Dearborn, drooling obviously (13) Three bus loads take off for “Peter Pan” (18) Higger’s homework is Audie Murphy’s “To Hell and Back” (23) Prom Bid Deadline . . . we’re crossing our fingers as we go to press (30) Band Concert and new band uniforms. MAY (2, 3 and 4) Emerson-Wirt Workshop for faculty while we do various things (15) All-Sports Banquet (17) The Drama Classes mystify and delight us with “Tiger House” (23) Those college applications must be sent (25) Sighs, swish, formals, corsages, soft light, soft glances, admiring throngs; all of these and more, much more, at the ’51 Prom. JUNE (1) Annual Awards Day (7) Class Day (8) Senior days and daze start (10) Baccalaureate (12) Convocation (13) Commencement at Seaman Hall ... a tradition has to go . . . Somewhere we studied and took exams this month but we’re all so vague . . . Lake Michigan, here we come. Girl’s baseball; Chuck buys a prom bid; Mrs. Simmons; Snipe and Barry with the bell. 29