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

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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

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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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085 y developing into Stormy Weather , but the skies cleared a little as the second semester started. Azzever, LLMAlKIFll -Q- DEAR .bMARGIEll February first the band and chorus decided to Say It With Music as they presented their annual concert. It was a very good program but never long enough. Horlick came to Zion the fifth and left, taking the honors of the evening. This is the second time this year they have won, but Somewhere, Some' time we are going to have the pleasure. The score was 25 to 27. Un the seventh Roy Bendell gave an assembly program about Lincoln. Abraham was a very interesting per' son. Mr. Bendell's presentation of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was very stirring and realistic. Look Out Below , the wrestling team is coming. Mr. Hainline took the boys to the Washington Park High in Racine the eighth and they won a couple of matches. On the tenth there was a war bond program. Any Bonds Today for you? Step right up: the line forms to the left. 'rr Y Rosie left the twelf for the l'Army Air Corps . We su ely miss him in chemistry, and the annual staff meetings were awfully different until Bill took over. TB or not TB, that is the congesf tion . Excuse me, Mr. Shakespeare. We had an assembly the fourteenth to show the students how necessary TB tests are. Those little germs certainly are cute on the screen. Cn the fifteenth we went to Grant and, Hip, Hip, Hooray we won again. The score was 44 to 28. Freshies, sophomores, and juniors stepped up to Watch the Birdie as the camera clicked. The group pictures for the annual were taken the sixteenth. Miss Studer had things very well or' ganized, and even under such a strain, she came Smilin' Through . We had a game with Libertyville on the eighteenth and we lost, with the points totaling 22 to their 38. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? Maybe the boys were just Warmin' Up for the tournament game. The G.A.A. sponsored a dance on the nineteenth. Stardust drifted over the swaying crowds and the orchestra played to an audience that was Driftf ing and Dreaming . Page Sixtyftlnet