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

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SENIOR LETTERMEN, first row, left to right: D. Rogers, J. Berk, M. Jacobs, and B. Hanna. Second row: R. Larson, T. Berndt, T. Mc-Cutcheon, L. Dallis, T. Hill, D. Nash, and D. Mills. 'Jett tt Bob Manolakis, shy and benign Edison cheerleader(?), addresses the Wirt student body. After four years of rugged practice and hard-fought play, W Club President Mike Jacobs is named Mr. Foot- JUNIOR LETTERMEN, first row, left to right: T. Lewis, T. Polen, G. Stunyo, N. Weisman, M. Iglesia, J. Walton, J. Henke, D. Bouque, and J. Nash. Second row: G. Grimm, D. Cook, P. Petkovich, E. Peterson, R. Burger, R. Babb, and J. Hartman. Third row: D. Hass, R. Allen, J. Brink, R. Callas, J. Chulak, M. Parmelee, and L. Coulehan. ball of 1962. SOPHOMORE LETTERMEN, standing, left to right: T. Dingman, M. Doyne, G. Ayers, B. Shotts, J. Rubush, T. Carlson, G. Strawbridge, and D. Pink. When a team member of a sport becomes eligible for a varsity letter, the entire school knows that he has devoted a great deal of time, effort, and spirit to obtain it. This is when an athlete may become a member of W Club. Whenever there is a sporting activity, it is apparent that the W Club is present by the large red W's on the white sweaters. This, along with the red jackets and the small gold pins, is the symhol of the club; it is their, mark of prestige. They back all sports either as direct participants or by maintaining score boards, operating the chains at football games, or holding ropes to keep eager spectators off the new gym floor. In the social vein, Don Rogers and Dennis Mills, vice-president and secretary-treasurer respectively, organized the club's annual stag dance, at which Club President Mike Jacobs was chosen Mr. Football of 1962. Thfs y«ar, the boys tried something new—W Club members baked their own cookies! Being a member of W Club, an athletic honors organization dedicated to service, is indeed a privilege because it is one of the oldest and most select associations in our school. 27

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Senvice ta Student, School, z td STUDENT GUIDANCE, first row, left to right: L. Rogers, B. Dolata, J. Fox, C. Williams, P. Owen, M. Golner, P. Forney, and F. Schwartzberg. Second row: B. Fine, J. Forney, B. Thompson, T. Hill, R. Nehrig, G. Jenkins, R. Fox, and Mrs. F. Huddleston. Student Guidance President Russ Nehrig takes a moment to relax from his demanding executive duties during College Since the future is where we will all spend most of our lives, and since decisions about the future are extremely vital ones. Student Guidance Committee stresses the importance of a well-planned tomorrow. Russell Nehrig, president; Marilyn Golner, secretary; and Mrs. Frances Huddleston, sponsor of the organization, planned the many events with the twenty members to counsel and inform the student body through applied study and careful college planning. One of the more extensive programs presented by this service group was its Twelfth Annual College Night. Parents of upperclassmen, juniors, and seniors participated in the program which featured fifty-six colleges and brought the aspects of college into a closer perspective for students. In addition to elaborate College Night preparations, the Student Guidance Committee engaged Mr. Joseph Jefferson, Executive Secretary of the Association of College Admissions Counselors, to address interested freshmen, sophomores, and parents of juniors and seniors on the subject of college admissions and educational financing. 26 Paper work pours in for Marilyn Golner from her coworkers, Richard Fox and Frances Schwartzberg. Expectations of Washington University are visualized by Mrs. Paul Fine, Dale Fine, and Jim Schneider through attentiveness to the admission counselor's lecture.

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SINGING SANDS, first row, left to right: W. Pettit, D. Cohen, H. Hughes, C. Williams, D. Dickinson, L. Koplow, B. Nicksic, and Mr. J. Bochnowski. Second row: M. Golner, L. Zeidman, J. La Sage, G. Fox, D. Fine, D. Hirschberg, E. Peterson, J. Nash, N. Cornea, C. Tsoutsouris, and C. Isaacson. Noreve Cornea views the first copy of a completed page while Charlene Isaacson keeps the presses rolling. 'TO'Utiity mcL In years to come these sands will sing Of memories we cherished then, Of worry, work, of triumphs, tears— Things brought to us now by pen. With these words, Mr. Wayne Connaway, a former sponsor of Singing Sands, illustrated. the purpose of the organization—to preserve the memories of Wirt's students in prose and poetry. Co-editors Carole Williams and Helen Hughes and their staff of twenty-two started the year with the selection of positions and then came the long meetings of readings and discussions with careful selection of themes and poems. The staff then consolidated and shortened, made layouts and cut stencils, mimeographed and assembled, until the finished product was presented to the school. Six of the Singing Sands members were invited to present readings of creative literature from 1962 Singing Sands to the Gary Women's Press Club where Mr. John Bochnowski, sponsor, introduced the group. Each purchaser of Wirt's literary anthology knew that in years to come these sands will sing. 28 Co-editors Carole Williams and Helen Hughes make a final careful check of all typed stencils to enable an error-free book. Becoming adept in the trade, new Singing Sands members learn the art of fitting 33 big letters in those 30 tiny spaces. Both literary and culinary arts are developed at Singing Sands meetings. The usual pensive mood prevails at another Singing Sands meeting as Marilyn Golner reads a promising selection.