Zion Benton Township High School - Nor Easter Yearbook (Zion, IL)

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oed g pointment to people who like a cold winter. We didn't even have snow for Christmas. It was nice in one way, thoughg it was easy to get to our games. We travelled to Libertyville the fourth and - Oh, the Pity of It All , we lost! Score 42 to 15. The memorable 7th of December was the date for two events. Waukesha's basketball team came to Zion and fought a good battle with our Red Raiders, but it wasn't good enough. The score was 44 to 12. It helps to keep A Four Leaf Clover in Your Pocket . I irushed home after the game to get ready for the concert in the evening. The Junior Band presented a very good program. They really have A Little Band of Gold . The game with Hebron was the third one for this month. We emerged from this battle, again the victors, by a mar' gin of thirtyfsix points. Score 44 to 8. After games like that 'Tm Thrilledn for days. When we started school in Septemf ber, I was dreaming of the day when our Christmas vacation would start. Well, It Isn't a Dream Anymore . The seventeenth was our last day, and we don't have to go back until the third of January. That day, Friday Afternoon to be exact, we had a pep meeting to get the kids In the Mood . The game that night was with Highland Park and we lost. Score 38 to 22. . Uur vacation was very pleasant. Most of the teachers who we thought had A Heart of Stone were Soft Hearted and didn't give homework. I have to start studying for my semester testg so I'll close now. Be seeing you, MARIE -QQ- DEAR JIM, The sad day came 'round again, when we had to trot ourselves back to school. The third was a very noisy day with everyone renewing their Friendship and exclaiming over each other's Christ' mas gifts. Cne of the funniest things happened the fourth. We went to Wilmot for a game and directions for getting there were a little hazy for one person in par' ticular. Zombie was Lost in a Fog and drove almost to Rockford before he realized his mistake. On his return trip he ran out of gas in Antioch and had to borrow five gallons. We lost the game too, with a score of 23 to 32. I heard the junior class party on the seventh was very good. Tut won the Page Sixty one

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requested to change into something old by a few of these upper classmen. He didn't even look like a hobo until he didg have you ever seen a tie on a tramp? Armistice Day fell on Thursday, the morning dawned bright and beautiful. No school or work and I had twenty' four hours of Time on My Hands . I like school, but vacations are Best of All . Cur juniors presented their annual play, Her First Flame , the twelfth. The play was the direct cause of an epidemic of Irresistible Clubs at school. Anything Tut does makes our heads go Round and Round . The teachers had to go to a teachers' institute the fifteenth and we didn't have school. Why Don't We Do This More Often? The basketball season started off with a bang. The first game was the six' teenth and the Red Raiders scalped Northbrook's team with a score of 39 to 31. Those boys were really scramf bling After the Ball . The schedule for basketball games certainly is long. We are going to have twentyfthree games this season unless Mr. Stanton can postpone a few. We had another game the twenty' third and Wilmot was He1pless when Zion came on the floor. This is the 'S' A flm.. only time you can shout To Your Heart's Content while in school. The twentyffourth we had a very good assembly on the wonders of India. Mr. Cibbleau showed us how an Indian dresses and told us some amazing stories. I wonder if people do walk through locked doors. Creepy, isn't it? November brought the Thrill of a Lifeftimev. Our great, little school was guest of radio station WGN over the Citizens of Tomorrow program. The master of ceremonies, Phil Max' well, introduced to us the radio char' acters, jimmy and Gerry, and the an' nouncer, Harry Crayton. Recordings were made of the performance and the following Sunday we heard the an' nouncer's voice say, Citizens of To' morrow presents ZionfBenton High School of Zion, Illinois! Oh, it was wonderful! Thanksgiving brought another Happy Holiday to the students of ZfB.T. with the twentyfsixth to ref cuperate. Our vacation ended the month of November properly. Sincerely, HIVIARIEII -Q- DEAR BETTY, December certainly was a disap' -v-Q., Page Sixty

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contest for the fastest talker and I guess we all know why. When that junior Miss begins a speech it makes my head do a Loop the Loop. january eighth we went to Racine and we lost to the Trojans with a score of 14 to 35 . Horlick High is really out and away from everythingg it feels like a twentyfmile hike Crosstown from the station. There was another basketball game the eleventh at Hebron and the Raiders went in fighting but they couldn't raise that 14. The boys kept piling up on the floor and yelling Let Me Up. Our Water Boy was run ragged. Score 14 to 19 in Hebron's favor. The University of Wisconsin had two of their very talented representa' tives give an assembly program the fourteenth. These members of the Theater Workshop gave three very interesting performancesg one on I Knew Lincolnvg another on the dagger scene from Macbethg and the third, a comedy, Her Husbands Ghost. The evening of the fourteenth we played Highland Park. We lost the gameg but Get Happy, don't feel so bad, we can't win all the time. Score 20 to 32. Golly, did we beat Grant the eight' Page Swtyftwo 5 jing eenth! You'll Never Know how we screamed when they had the ball. Final score 56 to 32. Mr. Schacht came back to Zion' Benton the twentieth of january to give us an assembly program that left us a little 'LBreathless. I think we'll all remember him most for his singing of the Lord's Prayer and all the kids hope he will come again next year. Sam Campbell showed some beautif ful colored slides of the scenic beauty of northern Wisconsin the twentyfiirst. It brought back Memories to many of our students of summer vacations spent in that part of our country. I had a Worried Mind the twenty' seventh and twentyfeighth, for they were the days scheduled for semester tests. The seniors were trying to give Consolation to the freshmen and warning them to Stop, Look, and Listen. Washington Park came here the eve' ning of the twentyfseventh and I guess our boys were thinking of the exams because they didn't do so well. The score was 26 to 36. The kids came, regardless of the consequencesg and the crowd was pretty good, considering the fate that awaited everyone. January ended with these dark clouds