York Community High School - Ys Tales Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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h VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD: FirsT Row: Coach Koch, Coach Birks, Ron HarTmann, Wally STrauch, WaITer Kirk, Dave Nygren, Bill ShineTlug, and Jack FaITerg Second Row: Jim STOkes, Dick Holm, Dick McConnell, Tom Connelly, BerT Wisbrock, John GOlTermann, Bob Riggs, George Olsen, Bob STanTon, and Paul La France. Cjoacli M0114 guides york fjbulfea fo Succeaafuf .gzaaon fe if B- This year's varsiTy baskeTbalI Team won undispuTed second place Tor The WesT Suburban Conference. The Dukes were second only To The mighTIy powerhouse OT La Grange, which was The Only undeTeaTed Team in The sTaTe OT Illinois, wiTh 28 wins, and walked OTT wiTh The sTaTe TOurnamenT aT Champaign. Coach FOrresT Birks, adding anoTher successful season To his already enviable record, had Tour reliable IeTTermen reTurning To To build his Team around. They were seniors WaITer Kirk, Bill ShineTIug, and Ron HarTmann, and WaITer STrauch, iunior. Jack FaITer up Trom The Trosh soph squad helped ouT considerably. AIThough Dave Nygren was ineligible unTiI aTTer The beginning OT The second semesTer, he did a Tine job in The second round OT conTerence play and in The regional TOurnamenT. John GOITermann, Dick McConnell, George Olsen and Bob STanTOn, reserves, also saw acTion. The Dukes Tinished cOnTerence play wiTh a II-3 record Talling To La Grange Twice and upseT by Hinsdale, Their Tinal game. The York hOOpsTers downed Elgin. EasT Aurora, and WesT Chicago, losing To ThornTon OT Harvey by Three poinTs in non-cOnTerence play. WalTer Kirk, York's agile cager, who capTained This year's Team scored 287 poinTs in conTerence play giving him a respecTable 20.5 average per game. His TOTaI Tor The season was 358 poinTs. STrauch was nexT in line wiTh a IO.2 average. York had her dreams smashed in The Tinal round in regional play aT Proviso by Oak Park. The York men succumbed 7I To 62. , The Dukes gained The regional Tinal by swamping Bensenville 74-50 and by way OT a reIaTiveIy easy 73-58 vicTory over Orland Park IT can be said ThaT The Dukes had a very successTuI season I I6

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yo 3 .X4JlfYlll'll5tl 6l,tL0l'l Cl,y6, gill? Show M6t go On U Dr. Paul A. Young, our SuperinTendenT-Principal. of course, needs no inTroducTion To YorkiTes. l-le believes ThaT The dernocraTic way oT liTe should be The rnaior Theme underlying our sTudies and acTiviTies. l-lis inTeresT in The welfare oT sTu- denTs, STuclenT Council, and The esTablishrnenT oT honor sTudy halls are buT a Tew reTlecTions oT This philosophy. The many diTFiculT problems and decisions con- necTed wifh The operaTion oT This school are greaTly rnulTiplied by The expansion oT our physical planT To accornmodaTe The sTeadily growing enrollmenT. Mr. Young is cheerfully holding TorTh on This double- barreled proie-cT, and we cerTainly wish him con- Tinued success. Everyone aT York knows lvlr. Roy De Shane, our AssisTanT Principal. l-le has earned The respecT and admiraTion oT The sTudenT and TaculTy alike because oT his genial aTTiTude and Triendly manner. Mr. De Shane has The Task of planning and organiz- ing The schedules and acTiviTies which keep York in excellenT working order. 8

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