SPECIAL SENIOR ISSUE

Vol. VIII, No. 31 JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

SPECIAL SENIOR ISSUE

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May 24, 1948

208 SENIORS DON CAPIS AND GOWNS . SENIOR DAY IS HIGHLIGHTED

POPULARITY CONTEST WINNERS

At last here are the long awaited results of the senior popularity poll taken by the Tower.

In the top picture are John Ruff­ner and Mary Lou Swank, chosen by th eir classmates as · the best 1 o o k in g. Hollywood, here they come!

Since th e two girls, Phyllis Nel­son and Pat Kissinger tied for be­ing voted the most likely to suc­ceed, Lynn Wright who is the boy most likely to succeed, has his hands full - of girls, they are all in the second picture.

In. the third pict ure Janie and John forgot their forma l clothes (tails and dinner dress) the day this picture was taken; but here they are anyway, J ane Buchanan and John Weissert , chosen best dressed.

With personality fairly bubbling from the fourth pict ur e, we find Martha Craig and Harold Ziker, the two seniors with the best personal­ity. The photographer just couldn't get the two seniors with the best sense of humor to laugh ,, so he told them to look at each other. It work ed, but he took the picture too soon.

Katie DeLong and Luke Johnson.

BY FINAL A WARDS ASSEMBLY

The announcements this afternoon at the traditional senior awards a!;sembly which is one of the highlights of the senior activities broke the mounting suspense.

The Student Council jeweled pin for scholarship was given to Pa­tricia Kissinger, valedictorian. Phyllis Nelson, salutatorian, , received a gold pin. Others receiving gold pins for scholarship with distinction were: Martha Craig, Charlotte Dinges , Nancy Flickenger , Joan Johnson , John Ruffner , Joann Wine and and Lucille Zeiger.

Recipients of silver scholarship pins were: Jan e Buchanan, Vir­ginia Erhardt , Alan Gilman ; Ruth Keb, Joyce Liebig, Veverly Millet , Rober t Moore, George Swintz, Jack Wagner, John Weissert, Lynn Wright, and June Zesinger.

Scholars hip recognition was giv­en to: Sydelle Baskind , Jame s Cox, Nancy Ellsworth, Caro lyn E step, Robert Feltes, Lois Haslang er, Jeanette Ja ckson, Eveline Kendall, Nancy King, Robert Long, Ronald Minzey, Lois Nestlerode, William Reinke, Edward Thorpe , Earle Tr oe g er, Mary Troub , Robert Waechter, John Wagner, Jerry Weinberg, Robert Welber , Irvin Whit ehead,, Richard Worth, and Harold Ziker.

Martha Craig and Lynn Wright were selected by the seniors as out ­standing citizens of the class and so received the John Adam s Good Cit-

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES TO BE

JUNE I AT 8 P.M.

Commencement will be June 1 at 8 :00 p.m. Dr. D. Elton True­blood from Earlham College, Rich­mond, Indiana, will address the graduates '. His top ic will be "Re­birth of America."

The Valedictorian, Patricia Kis­singer will speak at this time, also. The Glee Club will sing the follow­ing numbers: "' The Lord's Pray­er," Maloite; "150th Psalm," Frank; "Out of the Silence," Gal­braith (by popular request of the seniors) ; and "'Play Gypsies , Dance Gypsies," Kolman, sung by the Triple Trio. The band will play also.

Each senior is allowed twelve tickets. Rehearsal for the seniors

izenship Award which was the gift will be held the same morning at of the class of 1942. 8 :30 a. m.

Previously announced was the D . . A. R. Good Citizen Award which went to Phyllis Nelson. The D. A. R. also made an award for excel­lence in United States History which was determined by a com­petitive test. This award went to Jame s Cox.

John Ruffn er received the Bau sch and Lomb Science Award. This year is only the second year for the awar d, whose winner is selected by Mr. Reber, science t eacher.

Every year, Mr. Harry E. Berg makes severa l music awards whose winners are selected by the mem­bers of their respective organiza ­tions. William Gooley received the glee club award; Martha Craig, the glee club accompanists award ;

' Mary Traub, the band award; and Ted High, th e orchest ra award.

The P.T.A. Awards in Industrial Arts and Home Economics went to Edward Thorpe and Jo an Johnson, respectively.

The C.I.O. Industrial Arts Award was presented to John Ruffner.

This year the at hletic coaches selected Lynn Wright as recipient of their award. Lynn also won th e Kiwanis award in football.

SEVEN SENIORS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS

FOR COLLEGE

As of May 11, the scholarship recipients at Adams consist of Pa­tricia Kissinger , winner of a state scholarship to Indiana University; David 'Coker, recipient of a state scholarship to Indiana State Teach­ers College; and Lynn Wright, who has received a second alter ­nate state scholarship to Ball State Teachers College.

Robert Moore, Gerald C. Wein­berg, and John Weiss ert have re­ceived Special Merit Scholarships to Indiana University.

Robert E. Bartz has received a N. R. 0. T. C. Scholarship.

Attention! Extra copi~s of the Senior

Issue of The Tower can be

secured in 205 for 5c.

The various clubs presented pins to their senior members. A resum e of these awards may be found else­where in the Tower.

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Editor-In-Chief • • • • Patricia Klaelnger

EDITORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF F ea t ure Ed ito rs ...................... Joann Wine Advertising Manage r ...... Barbara Smith

Betty Stark Business Manager ................ J oyce Liebig Sports Editors ................ Jack Highb erge r Exchange Manager ........ H elen Getzing er

John H on:ath Circulation Manag er .... Laura · Beth Mill er

Mus ic ............................. ..... William Reinke FACULTY Advisor ...... .......................... Florence Roell Ex chang e ................. ....... Maryvonne Rose Prin cipal ........................ Gal en B. Sargent Clubs .......... .......................... :.B etty Granat Asst. Principal ............ Russell Rotherm el

Lola Waratle r Ruth Keh Ev eline Kendall Nancr Kin g .Dorla Ha.rdy Pat McBU,h Merrtll,yn Ta.oher

Bett y Lou Rupert

Jeanette J acuon Virginia Bolland Sue Slabaugh Beverl y MIiier Pat Sella

EIieen Finnegan Charlene Everes t Suzanne Green Shi rl ey WIUlama Joan Di bb le Doraann Bowman

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STAFF WRITERS Betty Granat Roland Folh,n dorf Sydelle Baskind Doris Moxl ey Norma Ruah Gordon Barclay

J im Seara Norman Burke

BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Loi• Haslanger J une Zealn ger Mary Kasdorf Janet Mauch Charles 1'-Umlsh Charmane Franklin

Donna MIiler Dale Llt her l&nd Bob Wegner Ann Ulrich Katie Reuor Joan Fel dm an Bob Weiher Carolyn A nderaon

Adeline Nlhlean Flo Ann Bennett Hanna.h Pillow Mar y Ann Pordon Joan Stombaugh

HOJ\IE ROOJ\I REPRESENTATIVES Betty Cowe n Artie Grant Marli n Miller Delores Grenert Betty Granat Bernad ette La toakl

Mary Ann Pordon Betty Lou Rupert Norm a Van Hove Suzanna Smith Ramona Sch ecker Ruth Martin Gene Bal ok

OUR PRINCIPAL SAYS

We do not wish to say farewe ll to the senior s who are leaving John Adams High Schoo l, but mere ly bon voyage. We hope that durin g your thre e years at John Adams you have lea rn ed some of the fundamentals of living together, through your class1oom an d extra -cur ricular ex­periences. Th e tim e ba s been well-spent if yo u have. learned to ap­preciate the fine arts, hav e developed an interest in reading, and wiJI

further explore th e realm s of the unknown as you read present day books and per iodicals and participat e in forums. Th e mistakes you J1ave made while at John Adams are forg iven but thos e you make from now on will be mor e ex pensive; th erefore, we hope you keep them to a

minimum.

We are expecting you to carry on th e tradition of John Adams which has been esta blish ed by our former grad uat es, an d improv e it as a chall enge to thos e followin g you. We hav e enjoyed having you as members of our high school and are happy to see you ass ume the respons ibilities that are now yours .

GALEN B. SARGENT

Goodbye Seniors

CHATTER BOX

Perhaps September , 1947 seems like a long t ime ago, so her e is the year 's gossip in brief:

September 24-Dave Gibson is really in "Seventh Heav en" now that Patsy Haley is going to Ad­ams.

October 1-Shadow still seen when the light s are low :

Sue Slabaugh and Bernie Brekus (Wash.)

Marilyn Bend.it and Jim Wilson. Anne Ulrich and Jerry Ohlman. Berniece Pfeif er and Ned Mas-

tak. .

Octo ber 8-Ronnie Minzey ap­pears int erested in Jo Green, one of those twins.

October 15 - "Bobbie" Wagner is now proud ly sporting Dick Tru­ex's ring as of thr ee weeks ago.

October 22-Adamites cast ing glances toward ot her schools:

Jo Inglefield is interested in Jim Brademus of Central.

Marilyn Zimmer seems to go for Glen Woods of Central.

Joan Coquillard is disp laying a Washington -Clay class ring.

Shirley Rogers is on friendly re­lat ions with Andy Toth of Central.

October 29-Seen among others at the Adams Play.

Joyce tiebig and Rolland Follen-dorf.

Miriam Jones and Bob McDole. Pat Bonnell and Nick Nichols. November 5-0n more friendly

terms again are Betty Cowen and Cecil Colbert. Who is Bill Grounds latest interest? Hint - she's a cheer leader.

November 12-Dick Foster is al­ways complaini ng about never get­ting enough sleep because he has been keeping late hours . Know anything about that, Janet Shul­mier?

November 19-See n at Rainbow: Ginny Erhardt and Bill Peterson. Jo Inglefield and Dan Walters Gloria Ziker and Dick Bolesky. Myra Roberts and Bill Thoner. Lois Nestlerode and Irvin Whit.e­head.

Novembe r 26-The first basket­ball game of the year brought out all the gunn ers and their molls , such as-John Bowman and Liz Toth, Jack Stauffer and Bonnie, Russ Ohlheis er and June Zesinger, Bill Eb erso le and Barbara Brecht,

December 3-Going steady for quit e some time now are Mary Ann Fisher and Mary Lou Barnes whose fellows are both Central alumni. Also gQing steady are Marg Bol­don and George Swintz, and Artie Grant and Mac Bressert.

December 10-Don Howell and Dorothy Smith are back together again after a month's separation. Also back together again are Tom Barth and Delores Allison.

December 17-Surprising coup­les at the event of events - the Pr om: Lynn Wright and Katie Reasor, Bud Witt and Jane Tarr , Jeanette Jackson and Jack Kelly, Ronnie Minzey and Karin Hen­nings. P.S.-Everyone had a grand time.

January 14-It seems like there are so many triangles (and even squares if such a term can be used.) Rosie Kelly and Bill Thoner are still going strong but she went to one dance with Chuck Eldredge and was also seen with Bob Shultz. Nancy King was dancing with, Ed McCarthy one night and Hank Hu­kill another. Done Miller was pret­ty constant with Jim McKenzie, though she was seen with Bob Parker. Speaking of Bob he was around quite a bit with Carol Cor­mican.

January 21-Dear Dottie: How can I decided between Joe, Jlrn, Pet.e, John and Dick?-Puzzled.

Dear Puzzled : You have no prob­lem. Tell me where I can find such a probl~m.

February 25-Several girls were spo rting corsages from Valentine's Day. Among them were Norma Van Hove and Miss Shearer.

March 3 - Wanted : One little girl who must be cute for one cute little fellow. All applicants please apply to Art Jones.

March 17 - If you see a dark streak heading for Sunnymede A venue ,, think nothing of it. It is just Shirley Williams hurrying home to read her "fan'' maif.

March 24-Jack Kelly is out for track , but the only thing that runs is his temperature when he talks to Mary Nold.

April 13-To encl up vacation Myra makes up her mind To go steady with Orrison What a surprise to find.

April 21 - It seems that Pat Quimby took a job at Notre Dame to be near her horse, but it looks as if she has found somet hing bet­ter. A student -t o be exact-Pat Hanifi.n. -April 28-Betty Lou Rupert is still caught between two John's and a Fred.

May 4 - Latest addition to "She's lovely, she's engaged"­Dorothy Bothast, who is engaged to John Thurman.

That ends the gossip resume. Some of the couples are still going stea dy. Some have broken up, but none will be forgotten.

Registration Officer: "Your name , please?"

Spinster: "Mat ilda Brown." Officer: "Age?" Spinster: "Have the Misses Hill,

who live next door, given you their ages?"

Officer: "No." Spinster: "Well, then, , I'm the

same age as they." · Officer: "That will do!' (Pro­

ceeding to fill in particulars, he murmurs : "Miss Brown, as old as the hills.")

-West Wind , We st End High School. Nash­ville, Tenn.

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THE TOWER Page 3

OUR SENIOR SPONSORS - - ... -- HOW WE LOVE 'EM An interview with each of the

six Senior sponsors seems to be most fittin g at this time , so here are the words thu s spa ke:

MISS BENNE'.lT,-20 2-It seems that this char ming lady likes to ge t out in the fresh air of th e wide open spaces and step on the gas! She dislikes butch hair cut s. She says, concerni ng her home room! "My home roo m ? Honeys no less! Thr ee and one-half years of their fr iendship shows how lucky I've been. It is said we learn to know eac h other best in a social sit ua­tion and our home room has been just that, what with frolicking and playing hide ~nd seek among th e t ables and stoves in th e Food Lab. We would have played 'go in and out th e window' too, but Miss Min­niear (Meany) kept t hem locked." Miss Bennett has been here at Ad­ams for 7 years , and she teaches Civics, History I , History II , and' Global Geography. She received her education at the University of Wisconsin . Her futur e plans ex­tend only as fa r as the summer vacation, at which tim e she wants to atte nd one of the nati onal par ­ty convent ion in Ph iladelphia (guess what!) , and th en dr ive on to Californ ia to vis it.

Left to right : Mr. Goldsberry is so se rious, Miss Roell is skep tical, M r. Thomp son and Miss Minniear brushe d th eir teeth this mornin g, watch th e birdie Mr. Krider and sli ss Bennett is "pleased as pun ch."

MR. THOMPSON - 'Drafting -What a kind man! He stopp ed toss­ing the Commencement t ickets t o the eager beavers (his sponsor gro up, in case you'r e wondering ), perched" himself upQ!l his desk, and dared us to intervi ew him. It seems that he dislikes dirty' dishes (but t hen, who doesn't?) , but doesn't mind cleaning th em up if they ar e heavy laden with cherry pie. He has been a teach er at our fair schoo l for 61h years. Before ar ­riving here , he taught at Oliver Jun ior High School. He offers classes in Drafting and Industrial Ar ts. Mr. Thompson receiv'ed his degree (not third degre e) at Indi ­ana State Teachers' College. Con­cerning his chiluns': '" I 've enjoy ­ed working with them ." He hop~s to contin ue teaching here.

MR. KRIDER-105-This kind man climbed down off his dignity in ord er to give us of his history: He likes stra wberry shortcake, but dislikes fleas ( or was it the other way around ?) . He has been at Adams for eight years, and pre­viously taught at Laporte High School. His cour ses are Mathe­matics and En glish (as what Sen­ior doesn't know that !) and he be­came qualified to t each same, hav­ing att end ed Winona Lake Normal School, Waba sh College, Valpar­aiso University , and Notre Dame. He feels th at "his kids" have been good and th at th ey deserve recog­nit ion for having put up with him for the last thr ee years. As to his futur e plans: He hopes to stay alive to see what's next.

MISS MINNEAR - 203 - This lucky eng aged gal took th e str aight pins out of her mouth long enough to give us these choice t idbits: My home room ? Ornery , but -- · ! She likes quiet study hall s, and dislikes bubble gum, She has been an in­str uctor here for 2 years ,. and she t eaches Foods, Clot hing, and Nu-

triti on. She is sponsor of th e Y- I (LUB PINS WERE AWARDED I Teens, and also sponsored the Sen -ior Play (Var ieties, she prefers to .. -----------------------------J call them !). She received her "larnin' " at India na University, wher e she was affiliate d with Tri Kappa. Previ ous to her arr ival here, she ta ught in Gary and then at Riley. She thinks that Adams is th e finest, but suggests that our Alumni gro up might become a more active unit. Her plans, of course, are to become a Jun e brid e. She might continue to teach next fa ll, but if so, it will not be here in town.

TOWER PINS PRESENTED SENIOR

STAFF BY SPONSOR

Today Tower pins were presen t­ed by Miss Fl orence Roell, faculty adv isor of the Tower, to qualify­ing sen ior members of the Tower Staff. Patri cia Kiss inger , this year's editor -in-chief, tece ived the jeweled Tower pin.

Gold Tower Pi ns for six semes­t ers' of work were presen ted to: Charles Furnish , Keith Hall, J ack Highberger, Nancy King, Joyce Liebig, Laur a Beth MiHer, and Doris Moxley.

Recipient s of silver pins for five semesters' of work were : Joan Dibble , Sydelle Baskind ,1 Flo Ann Benn ett, Mary Kasdorf, Ruth Keh, Ev eline Kenda ll, Beverly Miller, Jerry Weinberg , Robert Weiher, and J oanne Wine.

DRAMA CLUB PINS WENT TO: Barbara Clayton Mary Kasdorf Herbert Singleton Jam es Cox Patri cia Kissinge r Rob er t Waec hter Martha Craig Th omas Lane Gerald Weinberg Virginia Erha rdt James Lang Rob ert Welber Nancy Flicking er Ph yllis Nelson Shirley Wirnams Doris Hardy William Reinke Joann Wine

GOLD GLEE CLUB PINS FOR SIX SEMESTER 'S WOR K WENT TO: Pa tricia Bonn ell Nancy Gradec ki Pa tricia Pence J oan Coquillard Nan cy King Robert Waec ht er .Kath erine DeLong Patri cia Kissinge r Jerr y Weinberg Joan Erhardt Bett y McKinney Shirl ey Williams William Gooley Phyllis Nelson Ra lph Witt

Joann Wine (5 semesters ) GOLD BAND PINS FOR SIX SEMESTER 'S WORK WENT TO :

Jack Fisher Rob ert Moore Keith Hall Doro thy Personet t Ted High William R einke

Mary Troub J oann Wine

SILVER BAND PINS FOR FIVE SEMESTER 'S WORK WENT TO: Margare t Ford Ruth Keb

Lowell Lidecke r Laura Bet h Miller

Ja ck Sta uffer

Mari an Ili ggins 'Wayne Woodworth

SILVER ORCHESTRA PINS FOR FIVE SEMESTER 'S WORK WENT TO: Ted High Mary Tro ub

ALBUM PINS WENT TO: Sydelle Bas kind Jeanet te Jackson William Reink e Jan e Buchanan Laur a Bet h Miller

LIBRARY CLUB 'PINS WENT TO : Robert Welber, gold pin Sydelle Baskind , silver pin • Flo Ann Benn ett , silver pin

DEBATE KEYS WENT TO:

Nicki Fent o, silver pin Marvin Tr eas h, silver pin

Raymond Jam es, jeweled key · Mary Troub, gold key GOLD USHERS CLUB PINS FOR SIX SEMESTER'S WOR K

WENT TO: Thomas Doyan William Lake

LaMar May Jaf'ies Wilson

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MISS ROELL-20 5-Don't faint - she thinks her group is swell! She is not in favor of gum chew­ers , but like people who can have fun, and yet get their st udies. Miss Roell has been a teacher at Adams for .8 years (charte r member, she says!) , and teaches Office Practice, Bookkeeping , Business Relat ions , Retail Selling ,, and Selling, and Shorthand. Extra curric ular du­ties include Tower sponsorsh ip and Office overflow (such as tests , mimeograp hing, etc .) She is the Fa culty sponsor . of the Senior Prom. The lady also finds t ime to teac h Business Correspondence at the Ind iana U. Extension ·center here. We might mention that she is a grad uate of Indiana Univer ­sity (Bloomington campus). Her plans for the futu re are uncertain, but at least they sounded promis ­ing to this writer.

MR. GOLDSBERRY -109 -Poor Mr. G.-his worries never end -it seems that his sponsor period is way too short , so we helped out by taki ng some of his time to get this interview: Mr. Goldsberry likes contr act brid ge very much, and, of course , he dislikes gum chewers (Sound s like the te~ hers have banded tog et her aga inst this dread affliction!) . He ha s been with the Adams fac ulty for the past six years , and be.jore t hat was a prof . at Wabash . His cour ses include Social St udies and English (he wants it known that he has a life license in both). He matricul ated on the Wabash campus as a stu ­dent, also, and received his Mas­ter 's degree at Butl er University. He has also taken some Indian a extension . He has enjoyed his sponsor group very much, and plans to continue teac hing here in t he fu ture .

The door of opportunity is not locked or la tched . The only open­er you need is "P ush ."

-H ilites , Platt R. Spencer High School, Geneva , Ohio.

The secret of success in conver ­sat ion is to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.-The Universe.

FUN ON THE FARM

RAIN OR SHINE Come to B. & B. RANCH

FOR A JOLLY GOOD TIME

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I. T. BOWERS W. KERN ROAD

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

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lHE PROPHECY -TEN YEARS FROM HOME ROOM 105

The Krider Arms Apar tment is located on the corne r of Maxwell Street and South Chap in. Th e buildin g is beautiful, in fact, they are rede corating it. Dave Coker and little Bill Cook are pa intin g the flag pole on top of the nin ety ­ninth floor.

Lookin g on the ins ide we see Doroth y Bothast an d Carol Cor­mican taking bets on the races. Want a hot tip? Look out, here comes Jim Barcome, riding his old nag, Slow Motion (it 's rea lly against the rules to ride a horse in the buildin g). Jim ta kes Slow Motion to Santa Anita for laughs but what he really wants to be is a disc jocky. In room 13, lives Ronnie Bytner and Robert Dillon, but they are now out in Californ ia as Hoover Sweeper sa lesmen : Th ey bought that grea t big Willy 's from "Slim J im" Roger Atkins.

Ev eryone duck, there go two mor e sa les men, Bobbie Ander son and Joan Coquillard hurrying to work at the market on Western A venue selling used cigars.

Mary Ann Ea rle, Joan Bord en, and Flo Ann Bennett are working at th e hospital today ; so is Bob Bies el. He clea ns the operating ro om( wh at a me ss they leave af ­ter an operation. ) Th e reason for the extra shif t is beca use Loren Beebe and Jim Bomberger bad an accident when th eir hot-rods cras hed into that s low driving Bill Michell. None were hu rt too bad ­ly, j ust six broken legs , six broke n arms and one broken finger. All skull s were crac ked before the ac­cident.

We see here at the back door of the Krider Arm s that Dick Bro­therso n has finall y lande d a j ob after graduating fro m college. He is driving a i;:ast and Slow Trans it Tr uck . ~

Bob (Buggy) Bartz is not in hi s room because he is teaching biol­ogy to Doris Eberhardt's Cooking School. He teac hers about th e kitchen bugs. Professor James

1 Cox instr ucts at this cooking sc hool ( ! ) also . His hardest Span ­ish pupils are Dick Da vis and his children-they caused his ha ir to t urn premat ure ly gray. .

Sy delle Baskind • is on the roof top sun ning herself. I believe Pat Bonn ell is also ; she is now the wife of the landlord's son, Nick.

Jim Lang is teaching Jim Meis­ter how to fly. Well what do you know? they're over the building now. Wonder who th ey' re loo~ing at?

Dora Bennett moved out when she got married. I hear she has taken up embr oidering instead of bask etball. Beverly Brown is mar­ried now too.

On the 89th floor we see Joan Dibble, a lone ly spinster. Betty Dunbar, who lives down a fe w flights, often leaves her hu sband and fami ly and comes up to chin with her, though. Th e 90th floor is reserved for Nancy Chappell and her family.

Going to the eleva tor , we see Bob Diete r at the controls. Jane Buchanan is redecorating it. She

has that ar ti st ic ability. Po or Katie DeLo.ng, she ju st passed away fr om a laughing fit. She couldn 't see how Buchanan could .wield the paint brush while Dieter was go­ing up and down.

My gosh , there is Tom Boyan paint ing 'the fence green. He al­ways said he'd be a great pa inter .

Jinny Erhardt spends her time chained to the fence post; jealous husband no doubt.

Th e owner, !\Ir . Krider, lives on first floor and wh o is he arguin g with but , well I'll be darned , it's the pro golfer, Paul Bumann. He says Krider owes him a nickel scats on th e eighth hole. Charlot~ Ding es is caddy ing for A. T . to t ry to pay for her "A" in home room.

by Joan Dibble and Paul Bumann, Jr .

HOMEROOM 109 "J oe" College is located in Si­

beria and has an exac t population of .000001, not includin g th e teach­ers. It is a beautiful campu s. In th e summ er there is plenty of green grass spotted with dande ­lions and in th e winter , plenty of snow spotted with soot. On a tour through th e college, one might see the following charact ers and char­acteristics of interes t .

Each night, Nancy Gradecki takes her little banjo and str ikes up a se rn ade of bea utiful songs, incl uding "Leave the Dishes in the Sink , Ma," and "Chloe. " Nancy is in tra ining at our college for the Spike Jones' Symphony Orchestra.

Per haps one of th e most famous women on the campus is Delores Greoert, who was the or iginat or of the "New Look." She is quite a charader, as she wears slack s and a boy's shirt eac h da:y whil e work­ing on new designs.

If you have an appointment with the pres ident of "J oe" College you first have to cope with his recep­tionist, Jean Hostetler, a woman with a most violent temper. She 'd as soo n eat you as greet you.

In the president's office are thre e oil portra its, th e best finish ed in the world. One of these pict ur es is by Darlene Jaqua, a reside nt of the college . Th e picture is quit e expe nsive and used to be on dis­play in Priddy's Gallery.

Th ere is a grocery store down the way from the campus. Joan Erhardt manages this sto re and goes to college part tim e.

On eve ry Saturd ay night , "J oe" College has specia l conte sts for everyo ne on the campus. Thes e vary each week. i,a st week , Hel­en Getzing er won the feat for chewing gum faster than any of the cont es tants.

Th e "J eff" runner up for Mutt and J eff at our colleg e is Marie Fitz gerald.

We ha ve a special driving class here at "Jo e" College. Assistant to t he instruct or is Doris Hard y, who hasn't yet passed the course in high school.

A nov elt y among th e g4' ls is Charlen Garber. She is quit e en­vied becaus e she's the only mar­ried wom an on campus.

Richest girl in school -is Carolyn Est.ep. She works part time ip the

Saint Josep h Siberia n City Bank. She's a suspicious character but they haven't been able to pin any­thing on her as yet.

Joan Johnson has pulled out with the highest average so far in college . We don't see how she does it , because no one else would if they went with Ho Dawnk, star of the foot ba ll team.

Our college made headlines this week and we owe it all to the great Marion Higgins . She pull ed a quicki e and took a snaps hot of our et iquette t eac her in a Siberian Sa­loon. Wh at publicity!

Star of th e Chem istry Lab us ed to be Margaret Ford. You see, she blew it up last week. Poor Betty Gay was an innocen t bys t ander and is now in the camp us hosp ital.

Our gir ls' volleyball team holds the nati onal record. Star players are Mary Ann Evanoff and Nicki Fanto. .

We happened to find this acco unt of a day in "J oe" College in one of our to ur ist's diary. It rea ds as follows :

" It is a beautif ul summ er day as I board the bus for "J oe" College. Th e driver of th e bu s, who is Alan Gilman, announ ces that t his is t he college . I left the bus and started for the camp us. Since I was in a hu rry, I engaged a rickshaw from "Jo lly Cholly" Goodrick Stand. I settled back to enjoy t he ride, when · suddenly I recog nized Melvin Hahn and Arnold Gilman playing "Red Dog" in Bob Feltes' poo l hall. Bill Evans was fixing a table that Bill Gooley br oke wh en he fell on it after getting a double run in pino­chle. Ted High and Garland Hos­tette r were sitting in the gutter rea ding th e bi-week ly loca l paper "S ky-Li ghts" by Highb erger. But I had t o hurry on so I left my old buddi es for the moment. As I passed th roug h t he par k , I recog n­ized th e fam iliar figure of Raymond James on a soap box deliveri ng a speec h. But my atte nti on was soon attracted by the commotion tw o cops made as t hey dragged Jim Hoose off to jail for hitting Jack Fisher in the face. It seems as tho ugh · the two boys were sit­t ing next to each other in the mo­vies when the comedy came on. As I rushed past the campus golf course I saw Larry Grundy in a diving suit prepar ing to retrieve a golf ball that Alex Full er sliced int o the water hole. After this, I decided maybe college wasn't such a good place to visit after all. So I hailed a cab from Sherwood John­son and headed back to the farm.

by Nancy King and Luther Johnson

HOMEROOM 202

As I st eppe d from th'e cab, I was as tonishe d by the vastness of the Palmer Louse Hote l. Glancing around I enco unt ered the smi ling faces and bowing forms of th e owner, Dennis McIntyr e, and Gen ­era l Manager, Loi s Nestlerode. Dennis and Lois gracious ly usher­ed me thr ough t he entr ance int o what was to be my reside nce for th e next few days. Once aga in I stopp ed to gaze in awe, this time at the expansive 16 x 20 lobby.

Ju st to think-Dennis had retired from th e poo l table racket, and had put some , of his money into thi s . establis hm ent. By th e way, Gene Balok and Jack Chapman had tak en over Dennis' elite busines s.

Th e bellboy came pant ing up to take my bags. I immediately rec ­ognized h im to be my old budd y, Dick Foster. Th erefore, I inquir­ed as to his out-of-breat hn ess. It seems th at Denn y had put a race track in the back room for Dick and Marian Densmore's horses to practice for the Kentucky Schler ­by, an d that Dick had also found it an ideal spot for keeping in form for the track meets. It might be mentio ned tha t Dick Hammond (tired, but not retired) was back there, t oo, prac ti cing for what he thought would be an easy first in th e broad jump in the comin g Olym piks.

I had no sooner stepped away from t he desk, , wh en th e heave nly tones of Keith Hall' s clar inet an ­nounced the arriva l of the great Char les F oyer (his maiden name was Furnish ) . Charlie was now a famo us extra a t t he Int erpational St udios. Dennis and Lois bur st fort h in a tap dance routine to ac­knowledge th eir gratefulness for his patro nage, but were swept off t heir feet when Barbara Clayton a n d Jean ette Jackson c am e thr oug h on their hourly broom ride (charwomen, you know)! Fol­lowing them up came mu Grounds, tbe singing bellflop.

We, decided to go into t he bar for f ruit cock t ails and spar kling water. I didn 't have much tim e for refres hm ent, th ough , because the barte nder, who turned out to be John Weissert, insisted on en­tertaini ng me with a sob st ory about his wife's finan cial tr oubles. It seems that John had lost t he budget that he had mad e for Gol­die and t he $200 per month that he was making didn 't go far en ­ough.

As we were passing out of the bar , I accidently bumped the arm of one of the customers. Aft er a few words, I reali~d that I was speaking to none ot her than the famous Dr. Smith . He was cele­brating because of his date for the evening. You see, his old buddy , Moe Ziker, had just called him at North side 777 to tell him that he had fixed him up with some choru s gir l nam ed Chloe.

Finally we found our wa y to the elevator wh ere Joel Goble was em ­ployed. Of course, J oef was only too ready to admit that his job had its up s and downs . He ins iste d on taking us down t o th e bas ement to tne indoor t>ool. Th ere we were introduced to Police Chie f Russe ll Hartz and hi s assistan ts, Peg-leg­ged F1ickinger and Zazu Zesinger. Th ey were tsk-tsking over t he limp body of Jay Osborn. Poor J ay had been r ef used a Sears & Roebuck char ge account , so was trying to "dr own his sorrows," but it seem­ed to harm him, rather than the sorrows! Dr. Simon admitted t hat he kn ew of no cure for dr own ing , so Lois called in "Woody" Forres­ter, the termite specialist-! Chief

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NOW THE SENIORS. WILL BE - - -Hartz started to drag J ay's body , now rev ived, down to the station for 'an examination , but half-wa y out of the building, Jay heard a familiar signa l, so he jumped up and rushed back into the base­ment to hav e his nightly checker (spell ed D-I-C-E) game with Bob Pressnall, the janitor. Afterwards, so I am told, Jay quietly submitted to Chief Har tz , Peg-legged, and Zazu once again, and thus , the four cont inued on their way toward the station. It is also said the Jay had company for the night because Lieutenant Al Chartier (we use the word Lieutenant loosely ) had just brought in Wild Bill Trethe­wey and Howie Nevins for disturb­ing the chief .

Joel directed us through the gathered crowd toward the eleva­tor once again, whence I bid adieu to my friends. He promised me an express trip up to my second­floor suite and sure enough-half an hour later-I entered upon the richly carpeted (first-grade burl ap, no less) floor. The head cleaning

. woman, Martha Craig, brushed past me wheeling the dead bodies of the previo us tenants. (So that was what they meant when they said they would clean out the su ite for me!) Martha's aides-de-camp were none other than Lois Has­langer and Georgie Jennings, rec ­ommended for the job by the judges who awarded them with th e Good Mousekeeping award for the year.

At last , I reached my room , and was about to unpack my suitcase, when I felt someone staring at me. I became suspicious only when the familiar strains of that old classic, The Beer Barrel Polka , reached my ears. Looking out the window, I saw that the window-washer who was whistling was good old Tom Lane, Boy Window Pain. We struck up a lively conversation which in­cluded the latest dirt about Frank Stout-it seemed that Frank had­n't been washing behind his ears as of late. Our talk would have lasted for hours if I hadn't acci­dently reverted to my old pet phrase "Drop Dead!" Alas! Old Tom, always ready to please, did just that . . . Oh well, in a few years Tom probab ly would hav e been all "was hed up" any how, so I didn't feel quite so badly!

I rang the buzzer for my dinner. When I saw that it was Joann Wine who was wheeling the dinner cart in to me, I offered her an ex­tra chair and commenced a "re ­member the time when-" conver­sat ion with her. Two hours later, when J oann had eaten everyt hing I had to offer her, she ended the chatter .

As she left the room , she slam­med the door too loudly, and I awoke from a long sleep just in time to see that the Guidance per­iod was over and that Joann was on her way down the hall to first­hour class.

by Martha Craig and Harold Ziker

HOMEROOM 203 In the summer of 1960, the Fos­

dick and Minniear Circus came to the little coal-mining town of South

Bend to give its first and final show of the year. In order for the cir ­cus to get a place to set up their tents, they had to go directly to the big cheese of South Bend who has a monopoly on all empty fields. He is none other than Sir Robert "Limburger" O'Reilly, president of the Empty Field Company. They soon found out that "Limbu rger" was a hard man to dea l with , but after a much heated argument , th e circus obtained a beautiful lot lo­cated along th e old "St. Joe." (And it's so pollut ed!) The circus man­ager, Robert "Curly" Long, paid Mr. O'R eilly 200 green backs and gave the OK for the tent s to put up. The performers are practicing for that night's show. One of the main features is the Lambert and Kissinger act. Don cuts Pat in half and sticks each part into a sep­arate cannon and th en lights th e two fu ses. When th e two halves fly from the guns, they join togeth ­er at a certain point in midair. Dur­ing the tim e this is going on, Pat is reading a book called "All This and Heaven Too." (Anything for a laugh).

Another famo us act is th e "Arm­ory Trio." It consists of Joe Mil­lea, Mary "Bubbles" Kasdorf and Jim "Dry Bones" MarJc. Their act is th e main attraction held in the middle ring. Mr. Millea comes out leading a pink elephant while Bub­bles and Dry Bones wrestle each other on the elephants back. Af-

. ter their littl e bit of entertainment is over, the Mast er of Ceremoni es, Lamarr "I got a million of them" May comes out and announces the next act which is that lovely, littl e bit of female, Evie "Turrible" Ken­dall and her lion-hearted partner that fierce woma n hater, (Ha! Ha !) king of th e halls , Bill "Bobo" Jor­is. Mr. May bra ces "Bobo's" mouth open with a king size tooth­pick and then poor little "Evie" gently places her head inside. In this next act the actors are refu­gees from the side-show. The first big attraction consist of three love­ly hula hula girls from the beauti ­ful palm -covered island of Aloa­Bolona. They are none other than Joyce Liebig, Ann Kohlbrenner and last but not least Bernad ette La­toski. Then blood curdling screams come from the audience. No won­der! The albino broth ers have just entered. They are John "Pink eyes" Keller and Clifford "Kinda Pale" Keb. They'r e enough to make a person give up washin g; they're so whit e,1 that when they get under the spot-light they dis­appear. Well, this ends the first part of the three ring circus . Th ere will be a br ief intermission. "Smok­ing in the out er lobby please."

Intermi ssion time is brou ght to a screech ing halt as a loud voice starts screaming- "Step right this way, folk!" (This voice was later identified as Be~ "Glee Club was never like this" McKinney.) Now if you'll look right over liere , folks, you'll see in this corn er of th e ring that gorgeous hunk of muscle­bound feminety , that picture of wim, wigor , and witality , none oth­er than the great Marianne Rich-

ards, heavywe ight wrestling cham­pion of the world 2 ton 1 % ounces. And in the other corn er (if you'll look closely is Low ell Lidecker.

Leavin g Biceps and Lowell, we pass the animal cages. Say! What in th e world are our old school chums , Joe Land y, Jim Lebo, and Marilyn Lovelace doing climbing up and down the bars in ,tho se cages? (Ob well, I always th ought they' d end up working for pea ­nuts.)

Hurry, hurry, hur ry!!! Buy your tickets t o the most thrilling per ­for mance of th e evening. This act will take place one time and one time only. F olks, you haven't seen th e circus 't ill you've seen the dar ­ing act of Bill Marrs and Don Kel­ly (Yes! Bill finally marri ed his old high school flame Ruth Keh, the fat lady of the cir cus.) Blind­folded,, handcuffed, and with a big bag ( none other tha n LaRne Locs­rnondy in person) tied aro und hjs neck, Bill leaps from a small plat ­form 3000 feet in the air and dives into a glass of orange juice , held by his pa r tner . As I said before , this act takes place one tim e and one time only.

Now the main r ing is cleared for the Grand Finale and th e aud ­ience is entertained by such dis­tracti ons as Fred Knopp, world famous human skeleton. Fred ha s also won great acclaim as a chef . (No doubt his brilli ancy in the "domestic field" origina t es from th e influence of his home room teacher at his old alma mater .)

Also feat ur ed in the Finale are th ose daring fire-eaters, Jack ;Kel­ly and Betty Lou Johnston. Those kids are ju st burning up with ta l­ent.

Next in th e finale is Jim "Oh-h-b Frankie" Millea who g;.,.,es out with his rendition of that beautiful love song, "Cigareets, and Wusky, and Wild, Wild1Women." He is accom­panied by Bill Lake who plays the bull fiddle while rowing a motor boat madly about in a bucket of sa wdust.

But, suddenly in the midst of this act, th e whole arena seems to burnst out in flames! (Well, I see where Ja ck Kelly and Betty Lou have been breathing again.) And as th e audience watches in horri­fied amazement, all th e performers t ake off and dash madly down the road! And ther e they go aro und the bend. It 's "Powder Puff " by a nose. "Bubble Gum " is st icking close by the rail , but th ere 's "Mo­ther -In-Law" moving in again , and bringing up the rea r, here comes "The End."

by Eveline Kendall and Bill Marrs

HOME ROOM 205 It seems that most people have

an ambiti on to go anyw here and I everywh ere but Hollywood is a mu.st. Gay llghts , pink cham - . pa ign, beautiful women (under all t he make- up) marriages, divorces , etc. ,

Now in this year 1958, we find two Adams Alumni hitch -hiking to this land of great renown . They are Dan Richeson and Wayne Rif­fe l. They will tell you of their ex­periences.

As all traveler s we were hungry thr ee times a day and between meals but the best service we re­ceived was at Hill 's Happy Service Rest aurant No. 1 located in Tus­ca loosa, Oklahoma. Hill 's chain of restaurants you know is owned and operate d by Vernita Owens. She learned all the tricks of th e trade when she worked for her father while attending Adams. We gassed with her for quite a long time and left with a stomac h full of hamburgers. Back on the high­way who do you suppose was driv­ing the first car that passed us . Ju st Old Saint Nick. The ol<:} faith­ful Es sex was taking Nick and Pat on a belated honeymoon. They were so proud that they could fin­ally afford the trip. They offered us a r ide so we took off the door and fell in being careful not to knock off the fender on the way . Nick and Pat really gave with the news. Eileen Shoemaker had mar­ried Roy Van Snoot , Sr. R er so­cial life doesn't interfere with her home life though.

When we got to Sunset Boule­vard in Hollywood we asked Nick if he would mind if we journeyed on alone. Of course he was just as glad to get rid of us we were sure, , but we wanted to pump the arm of another old classmate whom we saw leaning against the telephone pole. Who was it ? Ron­nie Q. Minzey . He asked us to join him in his favorite past -time -watching the girls-a windy cor ­ner. After a co~ple hours of that we walked on until we came to an inviting looking rondevous called "Shulmier 's Hole In the Wall ." We wondered if this was the same Sbulmier that had gone to school with us so we dropped in. The termites had tak en the steps right out fr om un derneath our feet, so we really dropped in. We found Gerald Shoemaker the bouncer in the place, and guess what , it was Rog er Pickett he was throwing out just then. Glad he miss ed us . He certainl y has changed since school days. What a build; like L'il Abner , unless his muscles come with his suits. We sat down at a littl e table in the corner, and after Don Misch came out from beneath a table we had a lemonad e. The floor show was magnificent. Girls, girls, and more girls. All sizes, big, little, medium, fat, thin, etc. The queen of the act was Dorothy Personette. She was the hul a-hula dancer. All we could do was just sit t here and drool.

On our way a few hour s later we saw a beautiful swimm ing pool in the back yard of a home in Bev­erly Hills . Bathing beauties all over the place, but the one man out there with them looked famil ­iar. You guessed it, none other than John Ruffner. It seems be came into a fortune when be mar­ried a movie queen. Just like he used to be. Along the pool we saw Bernice Morrison and Barbara Smith. The life saver was none other than Lois "muscles" Sefran­ka, champion swimmer of the world . Running along the side of the pool mopping up the spots of

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THE PROPHECY - CONTINUED water that might stain th e pool were Bev erly Miller and Pat Nev ­ins. Th ey were being paid $2 an })our. Money is j ust like water in Cal ifornia you know.

One of the girls as ked us if we had seen the red- haired gardner. She suggested that we wait aro und until the girls went into the house and th en he pro bably would be around. H e is so ba shful. We did ju st th at thing, and who was th e gardner but "Tomat.o Face" Rob­erts . Wh at a blow, but we were glad to see that Bill had a job. A job was more than we could man­age.

M. G. M. st udi~ w;s our next goal. We snea ked past th e ga te,. and got into th e filming studi o. Th e picture "Drool in the Sun" was in production . The leadi ng man , th e man of th e hour, was none oth er than our Bill Reink e, from South Bend, Indiana. He had run Greg Peck and Alan L add out of busi­ness. His leading lady was Lois Rush , playing the part of Pear l. Their careers are se t , when do ours begin. On the next set we witn ess­ed th e casting 'of Tarzan an d the Ape Man. Bill Roberts plays th e part of the Ape Man during his spare time fr om garden ing . Bob Moore is Tarzan, "King of th e Jun­gle." They have such a r igid rou­tine, swinging back and forth fr om tree to tr ee about four feet from the ground, with the tre es abo ut six feet apart . Oh well, the publi c will never know .

In th e next st udio we find Joyce Schrad er doing the hazardou s work in the pict ure, "Per ils of Pauline. " She almost fell off a building (but th ere was a mat be­low her). She almost was crushed by a trai n (but it was really a toy train magnified). We could take no more of that but decid ed the actors and actresse s mu st lead a borin g life . Nothing new or ex­citin g ever happe ned th ey said, but we were attracted by the scre ams of a women as she ran across th e se t. It wa s Lois Ley . We went to see if we could help her, and did we laugh - she was pa intin g a mou se for still -life wh en it jumped up and ran toward her . That was the first genuin e thing we had seen all day.

We found out that Phyllis Nel ­so n is a stand in for "Dale Ev ans" in the Roy Rogers pict ur es . She fa lls off the horse instead of Dal e. She gets shot instead of Dale. She ge ts kidn apped, yet we can't figure it out. Dale makes all th e money. Ju st ice is not fair, but we hope Phyllis reme mbered to buy double indemnity insu rance, as Mr. Golds­berry t aught her. She' ll need it .

Laura Beth is shot and that ends her promising career. Boo's crazy husband the n yells a fare well speec h as his dying wife shout s "Drop Dea d." We didn't have time to sta y for the finish.

As we were about to leave and find ourse lves a different fate, our eye was caught by a chorus line pract icing on an old deserted stage . Maryvonn e Rose, Pat Pence, and Carol Rice were the only ones left of the 1940 Follies from Broadway . They ar e a littl e stiff but are dream ing of the good old days. Doris Moxley is practici ng on the next set. She is Al J olson's right hand woman. You ought t o hear her sing "Dad dy."

After two weeks of that kind of life, on the corner of Hollywood and Vine, we decide to go back to South Bend , ba ck to re ality and civj]ization. We must complete our vacation by accepting the in­vit atio n to stop in Logansport to visit Clarence Myers. Clarence graduated from a college in Illi­nois as a mini ster and want ed us to be sur e to stop in some Sunday . Maybe we will, the idea sounds good.

By Betty Rupert and Bill Roberts

HOME ROOM DRA FTING

Yesterday I sa w all th e old fac es I used to kn ow, when I went to the reunion picnic of th e class of '48.

When I arr ived, I saw a crowd aro und Ed Thorp e who was te lling the thrilling experiences he lived when he rode around t he world on his put -put . Marvin Treash, who is a master ma chinist, went along to keep the put -put in conditio n.

After listening for a whil e, I walk ed over to the food tabl e an d ga ve my basket to Pat Taylor. Pat told me she was in charg e of th e food becau se she has had lots of exper ience in th is line of wor k. She acquir ed thi s e x p e r i e n c e thro ugh being mar r ied for 8 years . As I was talking to Pat , Earl Troege r came up with th e wat er fo r th e coffee. It looked heav y to me, but Earl sai d he was the "wa­ter boy" for th e Purdu e foo tb all team and was used to carrying lots of water .

MEET OUR SENIOR SPEAKERS As class president , Don Simon gave a speech during the sen ior as­

semb ly. Phylli s NelsQ,11, sa luta tori an , was t he oth er senior speaker today.

Since he ha s been at Adams, Don has participated

in th e Stud ent Counc il, bas ebal l, bask etba ll, footbal l,

and the Monogram Club. He has been captai n of the

footba ll team for the last two years. Don also took

an act ive part in th e "Se nior Vari eties."

Th e Sa lu tator ian , Phy11is Nelso n, has parti cipat ed

in th e Glee Club, Drama Club, Student Council, and

th e T. B. Leag ue Junior Board. She has bee n in such

dram at ic prod uctions as "Under the Gas light ," " Ka ­

tink a," an d "Se 1.;or Vari eties." Phyllis is a lso winner

of the D. A. R. good citiz en awa rd of this year .

On Comme ncement night , Jun e 1, Pat Kiss inger will deliver th e valed icto ry address. She has been act ive in the Glee Club, Drama Club, an d the Tower. Th e plays in which she has parti cipate d are "Happy Journ ey," "Stra w Hat ," "Crime at Blossoms ," "Ka­

tinka ," "Under the Gaslig ht ," a nd "Se nior Vari etle s.11

Pat has been editor-in- chief of Th e Towe r this year

Ford. Bob Waechter is a veterin­arian. I hear that he is kept quit e busy at the Wagn ers ' Farms , In c. It seems as though the Wagn ers, J ac k and John, hav e been having quit e a lot of tr ouble with th eir choice Holsteins . Th e cows seem to be giving only skimmed milk .

In fr ont of t he monkey cage s, Bud Witt was t eac hing Wayne Woodworth how to hold a tenni s ra cket. "Woody," who just finish­ed a book ca lled "The Cubs and I ," insisted on holding the racket like he does his base ball bat . Bud is now th e world 's greatest tennis player since Don Budge .

I start ed walking to ward th e fish pond and saw a gir l with an ex traordinary polka dotted dress on. I recog nized the wea rer as Norma TuJJy. She told me that sbe was a desig ner of women's clot hes and Phyllis ·Taylor was her dres s make r. Bob Weiher, Lynn Wright, and Jerry Weinberg wer e sitting by t he edge of the pond with their sec retaries, Shir ley Wil­liams, Marilyn Zimmer, and Lucille Zeiger respectiv ely. The boys now have their own chain of store s call­ed the WWW sto res . Th e stores exte nd from South Bend to Mish­awaka and are t he most excl usive of their k ind in ex ist ence. By the way, t hey spec ialize in rubb er dia­per s~

wasn' t time to go back to th e pic­nic tab le. Wes ley t old me, as we were wa lking back, that he had a job in Robert son's help ing the cus­tomers find bargains .

Back at the picnic table, I saw Mary Troub, who st udied hum an bones for many years , demonstrat­ing how to set a broken arm in one minut e.

At this moment Jack Stauffer beat his drum s for th e sign to line up for dinn er. Jack later t old me t hat he had a job with Gene Krupa cleaning drums . Ph yllis Spradlin, who sings comm ercials on th e ra­dio, sang us a commercia l about soap just before we ate our de­licious mea l. Doroth y Smith sat next to me at the table . She to ld me that after many years of study­ing th e English language she started to write a book entitled "How to Use Slang and Get Awa y With It ." Doroth y Van de Walle and Rosemary Talbot sat across the tab le from me. Th ey are now living in Florida and are making their living by pick ing oranges.

Afte r th e meal was over, Her­bert Singlet.on challenged me to a ga me of hors e sh oes. Her b t old me th at he makes his living guess­ing how fast horse shoes can go.

Last but not leas t we saw th e filming of a thrilling detec tiv e story. Direct.or Roell, who had been a school teacher , was prod ucing' and directing thi s blood curdlin g, sp ine-chiller. The killer was Joan Meyers, t he maid, but no one ever suspects her, th ey always t hink it's the butler, but thi s one is t oo dum b. ''Boo" Rupert is about to be shot by her crazy husband. As dir ector Roell ye lls cut , Laura Beth Miller run s in to take "Boo' s" place and th en the difector proceeds.

I decided to walk up to th e ani ­mal ' cages and as I approached I saw George Swintz in th e lion' s den training th e lions to sit on books. Sue Slabaugh, his helper, was by th e gate to open it j ust in case - . In front of th e cages I saw Dave Turner and Keith Zied­ers all inte nt on a good ga me of euchr e. Th ey told me that th ey bot h have land ed good j obs at Bowling Green as footba ll coaches . Carol Smi.kel came up t o me and offered me a sampl e of pap er that she made in her paper mill . She t old me Lyle Steve nson was in charg e of cutting th e tr ees fo r th e mill.

Way down yonder by the sta­bles, I saw Dick Worth, Bob Waechter, John Wagn er, and Jack Wagner. Dick now owns a Gen­era l Stor e at Ju dy Creek Cross ing and he seems to be doing quit e well as he ha s advanc ed fro m a ho rse and cart to a 1929 Model A

Dick Wyso ng and Jim Wilson were practicing tyin g kn ots in rope. They t old me th ey are the headmen of the Boy Scouts and are making arr angements fo r a Scout J ambo ree. Irvin Whitehead is now t ~aching Phy s Ed at No­tre Dame. He to ld me that Wayne Morga n and Bob Walsh are run­ning a profitabl e bu siness in Niles.

I missed Thomas Thompson and asked Mary Lou Swank, wh o is a per fum e sa les lady, where Tom was. She sa id he was vaca tioning in Canada and wouldn't be back in t he U. S. until wint er .

I ga th ered up my bas ket and sa id good-bye to every one. I th ought as I walked to my car, ten1 yea rs ago I, Hermit Thompso 8' lead this class throu gh thr ee years of peacefu l sponsor room period s and now where th e world has plac­ed all of t hem.

I as ked Wesley Trua~ wh o was sitting in the shade shining the watch he bought for a dollar, if it by Ro1emuy Telbot end Bob WH chter

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Roger Adkins .......... ................ Work James Barcome ...................... Work Robert Bartz ........................ College

(Notre Dame) Sydelle Baskind .................... College

(Michigan or Illinois) Dora Bennett ........... ~ .............. Work Robert Beisel .......................... Work Flo Ann Bennett .. Nurse's Training James Bomberger ................ College

(Northwestern)

Pat Bonnell ...................... .... College Joan Borden ............... ............. Work Dorothy Botha.st ................ Indiana

University Richard Brotherson ............ College Beverlee Brown .................... College Jane Anne Buchanan ..... ..... College

(Ward-Belmont) Ronnie Bytner ........................ Work Paul Bumann ........................ College

(Notre Dame ) Nancy Chappell ............. ......... Work Dave Coker .......................... College

(Indiana State) Billy Cook ................ Work - Printer Joan Coquillard .............. .... Nurse's

Training Carrol Cormican .... Work in altera­

tions in department store James Cox ............................ College

(Wabash) Katie DeLong ......................... . Work Robert Dillon .......................... Work Charlotte Dinges ............. ..... College

(Indiana University) Tom Doyon .............................. Work Betty Dunbar ............ Art School in

Chicago Mary Ann Earle .......... ...... Going to

Hollywood Doris Jean Eberhardt .......... College

(Purdue) Virginia Erhardt .................. College

(William Woods) James Lang .......................... College

(Purdue) James Meister .......... Join the Navy

109 Nancy Ellsworth ........ Loaf at th e

lake this summer and attend Western Michigan Co II e g e in September.

Joan Erhardt ........ Work in a store Mary Ann Evanoff .................. Work Bill Evans ........ Going into busin ess

with my Dad Nicki Fanto .......................... .. Work Jack Fisher ........ After high school ,

more school Marie"Fitzgerald ...... Continue with

my Office Practice job at Associates

Charlene Garber ............ I'm getting married

Betty Gay ............ Work in an office Bill Gooley ......................... ..... Work Nancy Gradecki.. .Work for a year

and then college Larry Grundy ...................... College Mary Ann Gudates ............ Work at

St . Joe Bank Melvin Hahn .... Attend Acme Tool

and Die School Hope Hayes ...... Continue my secre-

tarial position at South Bend Lathe

Marion Higgins .... .. 1. U. Extension next Fall

Jack Highberger ............ 1. U. for me

' THE TOWER

Jean Hostetler ...... Be a receptionist in a doctor 's office

Garland Hostetter ................ Travel and Work

Raymond James .... Notre Dam e for me next Septemb er

Darlene Jaqua .... Continue with my secretarial work

Joan Johnson ...................... College Luther Johnson .... I plan to attend

a veterinary college Sherwood Johnson .. Return to New

Mexico and raise horses Nancy King .......................... College

202 Robert Pressnall ........ Try and sell

some inven tions Jeanette Jackson .... Go to Han over Marian Densmore .. Go to Steph ens Jim Forrester .................... Work at

St. J oseph Bank Frank Stout .............. Photographer

or Nav y Jay Osborn ............ See the coun try

or work Don Simon .................. Go to college Dennis McIntyre .... Lounge around John Weissert ................ Go to I . U. Harold Ziker .......... .... Go to colleg ~ Dick Foster ............ Go to work for

the rest of my life Lois Nestlerode .......... Off to college Tom Lane .................... Off to college Barbara Clayton ........ Off to college Keith Hall ........ Go to work or loaf Nancy Flickinger ...... Go to college Joann Wine .............. Go to DePauw Martha Craig ............ College bound Joel Goble ................................ Work Russell M. Hartz ...... Go to wor k or

join the Navy 203

Joe Millea ..................... Notre Dam e Betty McKinney .... Spend my three

years at St. Jo e Hospital, Mishawaka

Jim Mark ........ Going to Californi a to visit my brother

Don Lambert ....... ..... ! plan to work t h i s summer painting hous es. Next fall I. U.

Pat Kissinger .... College in Missouri (William Woods)

Bernadette Latoski .... I plan to stay at the Aetna Ins. Co.

Joe Landy ............ California for me Bill Joris ................. ....... Go to work Clifford Keh ............................ Work John Keller .............................. 1. U . Bob Long .................... University of

Cincinnati Ann KohJbrenner .... Go to Business

College Mary Kasdorf ............................ 1. U. Marilyn Lovelace ........ Work for a

while and then go to Fl orida LaRue Lacsmondy .... Work a year

and then go to a musi c college at St. Louis, Mo.

Jim Lebo .... Spend a year at Acme Tool and Die School

Marianne Richards ...... Work in an office

Bill Lake .... Go to college at Purdu e Jim Millea .......................... Get a job Fred Knopp ...... Work this summer

and then attend Purdue extension next winter.

Don Kelly ............ Work for a while and then go traveling

Eveline Kendall ...................... Work Ruth Keh ...... Work or go to college Betty Lou Johnston ............ Beth el

College next fall

Lowell Lidecker ................ Wor k at St udebaker

LaMarr May .......................... .,. Work 205

Lois Ley ................ Go to Art Scho ol Joan l\leyers ................ Get Marri ed Beverly Miller .... Attend St. Mary's Laura Beth Miller .................. Work Ronald Minzey ........ Att end Indi ana

University Donald Misch ...... Work in ma ch ine

shop Robert Moore ............ Go to Indiana

t Univ ersit y Bernice Morrison ........ Work for a,

whil e and then go to the lake

Doris Moxley .......... Attend Indian a Universit y

Phyllis Nelson .......... Go to DePauw Millard Nichols .... Murray College,

Kentu cky Patsy Nivens .......................... Wor k Vernita Owens .......... Vacation and

then work Patricia Pence ........................ Work Doroth y Personett ...... Work after

vacation Bill Reinke ............ Wabash College Carol Rice .... Work until Novemb er

and then get married Wayne Riffel ........................ Work ? Bill Robert s ......... . Murray College ,

Kentuck y Maryvonne Rose .......... Go to either

college, art schoo l, or Nurse's Training

John Ruffner .......... ................ Work Betty Lou Rupert .... Go to Canada Joyce Schrader ..... . Going to Texas

to visit my sister for the sum me r then go back to work at Para­mount Furniture Co .

Gerald Shoemaker ................ Work Tom ShuJmier ............... ..... Work for

"Uncle Sam" (Army) Barbara Smith ................. . Going to

College of Commerce Drafting

Jack Stauffer .... Indiana University Dick Worth ..... .Learn how to be a

mi1lionaire and then play golf Carol Smikel .... Indiana University Doroth y Smith .... Go to college to

be an elementary teacher Lucille Zeiger ...... Business College

to major in accounting Doroth y VandeWalle .... Attend the

College of Commerce Rosemary Talbot ........ Work at the

Associate s Investment Co. Phyllis Spradlin ........ Attend comp -

tometer school Wesley Truax .......... Th e Army will

get me Edward Thorpe ........ Work for my

fat her at the Th orpe Motor and Boat Sales

Dave Turner .............. Attend Tulsa University

Sue Slabaugh ........ Work t hi s sum-mer and take I. U. Extension next fall

Dick Wysong ........ Apprentice work at Studebakers

George Swintz .............. Attend the ............ University of Michigan Phyllis Taylor ............ ~.Attend Ball

State Teachers Colleg e Wayne Woodworth ........ Enjoy the

summ.er and enter I . U. next Sept.

Marilyn Zimmer .... Take Iif e easier

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THANKS FROM PAT

This is it , this is the end and I just want to say "thanks" to every ­one.

Thanks , Miss Roell and all the res t of the fac ulty , for being so pa ­tient with me. I know ther e were times when I needed that restr a in­ing hand ( or little boost).

Thanks to the gang on the Staff for being so co-operative . I kn ow how hard it is to make those dead­lines , but our Staff came through .'

Thanks to a ll you fella's and gals wh o read The Tower. I know that the paper wasn't a lways up to snuff, but it was the read ers suggestions and ideas who kept the Tower on its feet (readab le, that is).

Thanks, Mr. Reber , for the um­s teen million pictures you've done for us this year. We really appre ­ciate your work.

Th anks to Mr. Secrist and Mr. Rup el, our printer · and lino typi st, who suffered with me. I'v e finally learned that you can't put 21 let ­t ers on a line only made for 20. This is a fine time to be learning that .

I want to wish Betty Granat , the new editor, and the rest of next year's Staff lots of success. I know we 're leaving Th e Tower in good hands.

And now-30.

for a whil e Marvin Treash .... Apprentice tr ain­

ing as a machini st Mary Troub ...... Going to Michigan

State Normal College to st ud y Occupational

Th erapy Irvin Whitehead .... Look for a job Lynn Wright ...... 1 plan to work in

order to have some money for c o I I e g e

Bob Waechter ........ Go to school for the next seven years to come out a doct o r

Earl Troeger ...... Tak e engineering at Purdu e Uni versity

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Senior Last Wills cind Testaments • • • 105

I , DOROTHY BOTHAST, being of sound mind and body do her e­by will my 4t h hour office job to anyone that is lucky enou gh to work with Miss Burns, and to my younger brother , I will my ability to fight back at Mr. Crowe.

I~ JANE ANNE BUCHANAN, do hereby will my 2nd hour trips across the street to anyone who promises to br ing Mr. Reber coffee and doughnuts.

I, BEVERLEE BROWN , will my ability to get a long with the mice in my locker to Mariann Kisor.

I , PAUL BUMANN, will my golf ability to K. Th ompson so that he will not lose money to Krid er when playing golf .

I, RONNIE BYTNER, will my superb typing skill to Jim Radi­can .

I, NANCY CHAPPE LL , will my friend ship with my school father (A. T.) to any sophom ore, junior, or senior (who is stayi ng on), that they may receive expe rt guid­ance.

I, BILL COOK, will my ability to manage a winning tra ck team to Norman Burke.

I, DA VE COKER, will my du­bious politi ca l aspirations to my communist -inspired friend, Vi c Craw ley .

I, JOAN COQUIL LARD , will my height to anyone who thinks he can take th e kiddin g that goes with it.

I,1 CARROL CORMICAN, will my int erest in G. A. A. to anyone who's interested for I've never had so much fun in any other organi­za tion.

I, JIM COX, in sound body and mind do her eby bequeath to Mr . Krider my entire estate consisting of a snowball in a blast furn ace.

I, KATIE DE LONG , will my abilit y to think of one man at a time to Myra Roberts.

I, CHARLOTTE DINGES, will my locker with all my books, and my pictur e of Roy Calhoun to Gin­ny Romine.

I , TOM DOYON , will my fad of chewing gum to any ambiti ous st u­dent.

I, BETTY DUNBAR, will my ability to blow bubble gum to any­one with jaw s str ong enough to chew it .

I, MARY ANN EARLE, will my rid e t o school in Bud Sunder lin' s Buick to Pat Haley who will need it for another year.

I, DORIS JEAN EBERHARDT, will my locker to some poor incom­ing student and pray he doesn't cut his hand s on it!

I, VIRGINIA ERHARDT, will my abili ty to go with only one boy at a time to Jo Ing lefield.

I, Jam es Lang, , will my old desk in 105 which does not set level t o any new sophomore who is unfor ­tunate to receive it.

I , JIM BARCOME , will my lock ­er next to the audi torium door to any h,1cky sop homore.

I, SYDELLE BASKIND, of my own fr ee will and being of rather sound mind, will my locker t o any one wh o is brave enough to clean it out.

I, ROBERT BEISEL, will my ability to remember to put my plug in the board in Chemistry , also my ability to lose my lab key to any deserving junior who can ap­preciate the se attributes.

I , DORA BENNETT , being of sound mind and body, do her eby will my great ability to make an F in physical ed. to a sophomore, Mary Nye.

I, FLO BENNETT , of my own acco rd and without any force will my Chemistry Book to anybody who can und erstand it.

I , PAT BONNELL , will my abil­ity to get along with Coach Crowe enough during football season to sneak a few dates with a certain player.

I , JOAN BORDEN ,, will Mr. Kri­der as a home room teacher to any­one who is fortunate enough to have him.

I , JIM BOMBERGER, will to any lOB th e war m place Mr. Powell ha s in his hea rt for me.

I, NANCY ELLSWORTH, will my annual tan to Anne Vander- · Beek.

I , JOAN ERHARDT , will a couple addresses of fellow s in th e army air corps to someone who wants something to do during study hall.

I, CAROLYN ESTEP , will my seat close to the door in Office Practice to anyone lucky enough to get it. It comes in handy in the 1 :30 rush.

I, MARY ANN EVANOFF , will my athletic ability to the shower room gang.

I , BILL EV ANS, will all of the easy work of school life to BOB MITCHELL.

I, NICKI F ANTO , will my rides to Crownpoint to some poor "suck­er ."

I, JACK FISHER , will my chem­istry achievements to any one who doesn't want to be a chemist.

I, MARIE FITZGERALD , will my height to any tall girl who want s it.

I, MARGA~ET FORD, will my chemistry knowl edge to someone wh o knows less about it tha n I do.

I , ALEX FULLER , in weak mind and manly physique upon my grad­uation leave to my good buddy BOB MAMBY my ability to case all the girls and to next year' s golf team my "s lice."

I, CHARLENE GARBER, will my luck to ge tting marri ed this Jun e to PATTY QUIMBY who is enviou s of me. PATRICK H. is the man of her choice.

I , BETTY GAY, will my shyn ess t o CAROL BLAINGER.

I: HELEN GETZINGER, will my power of getting .caught chew­ing gum in Mr. Goldsberry's cla ss to any un suspec ting junior.

I, ARNOLD GILMAN, say to all readers that this is my las t will and t esta ment . I am that brave soul who went through thr ee years of high school work and survived with few scars; th erefore , I will th e ha ppy thou ght that some day you too will be out.

I , CHARLES GOODRICH, will th e handl e of my brok en ping pong paddle to Phil Kohlbrenner and Kent Bolton.

I , BILL GOOLEY , being of sound body and weak mind will my patented ability to be lazy to any poor fool who would so desire it.

I,, NANCY GRADECKI, will my place in Glee Club to a new sopho­more .

I, DOLORES GRENERT, will my art ability to some poor unfor­tunat e person that really wants it.

I , LARRY GRUNDY, leave the school's two motion picture pro­jectors that seem to break film so easily to Bob Hertel.

I, MARY ANN GUDATES , will my smallness to anyone who will take it.

I, MELVIN HAHN, will my heighth to Paul Lyons .

I , DORIS HARDY , will my driv­ing ability to some poor sophomore in Mr. Powe ll's driving class.

I, HOPE HAYES , will my long fingernail s to anyone who bites th eirs and would like long ones.

I, MARION HIGGINS, being of weak body and sound heart will all my sardines to Doris Holde­man. May she always be able to defe nd herse lf.

I, TED HIGH , furnished with a body and hamp ered with a mind, do hereby will to Har old Heeter my entire rare collection of price­less was te paper to be found in safety deposit locker No. 333 in th e John Adam s Bank and Trust Company.

I , JACK HIGHBERGER , will my lazin ess and haphazardne ss to an up and coming Senior B by tpe name of Merrill Donoho .

I, JIM HOOSE, will my seat and cub scout hat and marble s in Mr. Goldsberry's clas s to whomever it fits.

I, J EAN HOSTETLER , will my ability to change th e subject to anyone who ca n't find a good ans­

' wer right away. I, GARLAND HOSTETTER , will

my ability to und erstand te ac hers to J ohn Hor va th , who really needs it.

I, RAYMOND JAMES, will my standard rubber handball to A. T. Krider to use as he pleases.

I , DARLENE JAQUA, will my temper to any one (just so I can dispose of it.)

I , JOAN JOHNSON , bequeath my ability t o play second fiddle to a pig-skin , to any gir l who think s she would like to go with a foot­ball player.

I, LUTHER JOHNSON, her eby will my ability to talk in class to whom ever is crazy enough to want it .

I, SHERWOOD JOHNSON , will th e dummy blade from my Schick Inj ector razor to Pat Ferr aro be­cause I've had too many, close shaves with it and consider it dan­gerou s.

I, NANCY KING , will all the money I hav e spent on bus fare for school to anyone who wants to get rich quick.

I, MARIAN DEN SMORE, will my tes..t grades to Laurette Can ­ter, the lucky girl.

I, FRANK STOUT, being of strong body and weak mind will my record to any sophomore who is fool enough to ta ke it .

I, MARTHA CRAIG , do hereby will the mess iest locker in the building to Jody Screes who need s variation.

I, JOEL GOBLE , will my ability to sleep in study ha ll to anyone who needs t he rest.

I, JAMES FORRESTER, being of weak mind do hereby will my marvelous gym record to the next person who gets Mr. Powell.

I, JOANN WINE, will my last name to a girl wh ose first name is Sherry.

I , ROBERT PRESNALL, leave my locker which won't lock to some lucky person who should be a mechani c.

J,1 JEANETTE JACKSON, will my supply of chewing gum to Mr. Goldsberry, my candy supply to Mr. Powell, my potato chips to Mr. Nelson and my locker to th e mice.

I, JAY OSBORN, being of sound mind and body will my Civics not ebook to anyone who can read it.

I , LOIS NESTLERODE , will my ability to have others do my wor k in Arts and Crafts, to whomever wants a good grade.

I , NANCY FLICKINGER, will my love for 13B to Myra Roberts.

I, KEITH HALL , will my flat tenor voice to J er ry Fre els.

I , DON SIMON, of sound mind and body , do hereby will my long hair to Charlie Krug .

I, JOHN WEISSERT , will my ability to stay away from my girl during the athletic season to Le­roy "Moose" Barritt.

I , DICK FOSTER, will my "var­iety limp" to Bill Randt provided he uses it to best advantage and as an excuse for not doing so well during the 1949 track seaso n.

I,, TOM LANE , being of sound mind ? and body! will one foot of my height and 100 pound s to Pat Hammond.

203 I, RUTH KEB, being of sound

mind { ?) and body, do hereby will my candy in gym class to Char­maine Franklin.

I , MARIANNE RICHARDS , will Miss Minniear' s missing erasers to .any sophomor e who can lhrow well and who can get th e seat at th e back table in 203.

I, BOB LONG , will my sea t in Mr. Weir's room to Dan Wright.

I , JIM MARK , will Mr . Powell' s "Bl oody Black Lin e" to any un ­lucky sophomore.

I , ANN KOHLBRENNER , will my back seat in Social Living to any fortunate boy who won't have his hair blown by the wind in back of him.

I, JOE LANDY, will this fine school and faculty to the students who will benefit from them more than I did.

I, MARY KASDORF, will my locker to anyone who can get something else in it .

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LAST WILLS-continued I I I, JOHN KELLER , will my HIGHLIGHTS Of SENIOR YEAR

lpcker to a certain junior . She !.----------------------------~ owns it anyway.

I, CLIFFORD KEB ; will my abil­ity to do good drawings , (when I want to) to any riew sophomore.

I , BILL JORIS , will my abilit y to stea l a Tower every Wednesday morning to Sonny Tepe.

I, DON LAMBERT , being of sound mind and body, do here by will my ambition to Leroy Barr it t. He need s it .

I , PAT KISSINGER , will my ability to blush to any girl who has Mr. Reb er next year.

I, BERNADETI'E LATOSKI , being of sound mind , will th e quiet­ness in spo nsor room 203 t o all the new sop homores who can make more noise th an we ever did .

I , BOB O'REILLY , bein g of sound hea d (and dishpan hands) will my ability to was h walls in the seco nd floor hall t o any boy who think s he needs a vaca tion on a sunny Frid ay afternoon.

I, BETTY MC KINNEY , will my ability to get along with Mrs. Pat e to Mary Nye.

I , LOWELL LIDECKER , will my laziness in Glee Club to Dick DeMas.

I, FRED KNOPP , will my job at th e Cor ner Cupboard to any sopho­more who wants to come to school in the aft ernoo n smelling like a hamburg er.

I, DON KELLY , will my hot­rod? to anybody who looks like they cann ot make it to school. Namely , "Vic" Crawley.

I, JA CK KELLY , will my lock­er and all its ma sculin e sur round­ings to Terr y F erraro.

I, MARILYN LOVELACE , will my locker next door to Alice Le y, to Gene Ullery.

I LA RUE LOCSMONDY , will my ' sea t in clothin g to Bonnie Zeid­er and hope she gets as much good out of it .

I , "WILLIE" MARRS , will my right thumb to any roaming gypsy who can get as far on its as I did.

I, JIM LEBO , will my ability to get along with our lovely teac hers to a certain gro up of stud ents who will ente r Adams next fall.

I , "EVIE" KENDALL , being of sound mind (I keep telling my self) and body, do hereby wilI all th e bubbl e gum which ha s been ac ­cumulating on my desk in 205 dur­ing th e last th re e years t o Miss Roell.

I , BILL LAKE ,, will my gym pants to Jerry Coker, with no st ring s a ttached.

I , JIM MILLEA, will my abilit y to get along with Miss Minni ear to any new sophomore who might be lucky enough to get her for Sl)On­sor . I also will my seat next to her .

I , BETI'Y LOU JOHNSTON, will my ability to get along in shop to Wanda Smith .

I , LAMARR MAY, willmy chem­istry draw er and its conten t s to Mac Bussert .

I, JOYCE LIEBIG , will my lock ­er to an unfo r tun at e sopho more.

205 I , DOROTHY PERSONETI' , will

my pleasure of my last semester at John Adams to Betty Gran at .

I , TOM SHULMIER ,· will my blond hair to any person who wants to be successful with the girls .

Sen iors, thi s is it - th e clos ing chapt er of you r las t year at Adams. It 's been a gr eat yea r, ha sn't it ? Before long you will cease to be se niors and your sen ior year will b.e a glowin g pa ragra ph in your volum e of exper iences. To strengt hen yo ur remem br ance of t ha t year let 's turn back to last Sept ember and review some of th e events- Gee, Septem­ber J 2 brought unmfogled joy to a ll Adamites as our "u nderd og" foot­ball team s ldnn ecl th e Centr:;1.l Bears 20-19- J ohn Weissert an d J oann Win e rep1·ese nted your class by being chosen ann ounce rs on Wyman's Teen Tim&-.John Ruffner and Irvin Whit ehead won honors in a National l\Iechan ical Drawing Cont es t- About thi s time many se nior boys were protesting aga inst th e l'ong sk irts- Prai ses were g iven to th ose who labored on th e au- scho ol play , "Crim e at Blossoms ," inc luding the too-se ldom hera lded s tudent dir ecto rs Shirl ey Williams and J erry Weinb erg- Tom Lan e and John Ruffn er were doing a swe ll job as Stu­dent Council Leaders- Pau l Bumann, John Weissert , Dick Worth, and George Swintz helped to mak e t he '47 team the best golf team we have eve r had-Tim e marched on an d drivin g classes were starte d (we th ink some sen iors need them) - Jan e Bu chanan won a tr ip to St. Lou is by wTiting an essay on "What South Bend J uniors Shou ld \\ Tea r" and from all r eports she had a swe ll tim e- th e Thur stone Psyc hologi ca l T est (1 Q.) was given to se niors (say , how were tho se scores? ) - lVIarth a Cra ig, Dav e Coke r, Pat I<issinger, Don Lamber t, Tom Lane , Phyllis Nelso n, Jo hn Ru ffner, John Weisse rt , Sh irley Williams, a nd Lynn Wright were elected by yo ur cla ss to parti cipate in th e P epsi-Cola sc holar ship tests- Bob W.aecht er repre sent ed Adams in "Week- end at Nortbw estern "-D on Simon, John Ruffn er, P a ul Bum ann and Phylli s Nelson wer e elected to se rve as sen ior class officers- W1·igh t, Rob erts and Coker re ceived footba ll awards a t th e fab ulou s foot ball banqu et whi ch was so enjoy ed by all who atte nd ed- th en came th e vari ed reactio ns to tho se work s of art - th e senior picture pro ofs !- Phy1Us Nelson was selec ted John Adams' goo d cit izen in th e D. A. R. Contest -Th e first se nior prom (Dece mber 6 ) was heartily enjoyed- Shirl ey Williams was made pin- up gir l by th e Tru st Tr oopers Club- Jo e Howell an d Nick Nichols rece ived Conferen ce a nd Twin City Footba ll Hon ors- Moe Ziker made a great showin g for Adams as high point ma n in t he sec tional s with fifty-one point s; our bas ketba ll team was th e object of the respect and adm iration on th e part of a ll Adamit es thi s year -P at Kissinge r an d Phy llis Nelson head ed t he se nior lists­great fun was had by all on th e Soci Chicago Trip s (despite various cahlmi ties )-Th e "Sen ior Var ieties of ' 48" was a wonderfu l treat for th e sc hool body and one wh ich was imag ination an d hard work perso ni­fied-W ell, J guess that j ust about brings us ':IP to date. With exa ms, Bacca la urete , Senior Day , and th e rest 9f th e exciting activit ies con­cern ed with gradu at ion se t for th e nea r futur e, we, th e under classmen want to wish yo u all th e luck in th e world and to inform you of our hope that your se nior year at Adams will remai n one of your most pleasa nt memori es.

I WILLIAM ROBERTS , will ' Miss Roell to th e nex t sophomore

class she is unf ort un ate enough to get.

I , GERALD SHOEMAKER, no longer of sound mind ,, will my un­fortunat e abilit y to get Miss Roell for th ree classes in a row.

I EILEEN SHOEMAKER , will m/ ability to get along with Miss Roe ll to some oth er obs t inat e per ­son in her next sponsor group.

I , DORIS MOXLEY, bequeath my int erest in Lati n t o Chri styne Scott who wouldn 't look at the

' -stuff . I, VERNITA OWENS , here by

will to Bern ice P eifer my ability t o get int o t ro ubl e. Maybe she'll be able to get out of th e situations easier than I.

I , DAN RICHESON , here by be­qu eath my est ate and poss ess ions, such as boxto ps and retr eaded bub­ble gum wads to any one who is sucker enough to tak e them .

I, JOY CE SCHRADER, will my experiences in travel to anyon e who can afford them.

I , CAROL ANN RICE , will thr ee of the best years of my life t o wh omever hasn 't as yet begun t o realize what Adam s can really mean to a student .

I, BILL REINKE, will to John Adams High School and some cute sop homor e, my brother Bob-class of '51.

I, JOAN MEYERS ,, being of

sound mind and body, will my drag with Mr. Dickey in shop class to Bob Bru gh, if he th ink s he can get it .

I, LOIS LEY, being perfec tl y sane, hereby, bequeath to Patr icia Quimby , who ha s never been caught , my long int eres ting talks with Mr. Rother mel for being A : W. 0 . L.

I, LOIS RUSH , will my abilit y to danc e to anyone who wants to be­come a professio nal.

I , LAURA BETH MILLER , will my posi ti on on the Tower Staff to Virginia H olland.

I, RONNIE MINZEY , will my bru ises and cut s from Coac h Crowe to some un suspecting sophomore.

I , BERNICE MORRISON , will my abilit y to lose my wallet on th e ·socia l Living trip to Joan Warn er .

I , ROGER PICKETT ,, will my grades in Social Living to any body.

We, PATSY NIVENS an d BE V­ER LY MILLER, do here by . will " G o l di e " and his Social Livin g class to J oie Warne r , Willie Lat ­ham , and Pat Sells.

I, BETI'Y LOU RUPERT , will my ability to get thro wn off a horse to any9ne who ca n fall more easily than I .

I , MARYVONNE ROSE, will my • ability to get along with Mr. Crowe to anyone wh o want s to sit with friends in 106.

I) BOB MOORE, being of sound mind and body do bequ eat h my

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ability to keep a mess y locker to anyone who wants it.

Draftin g I, LYLE STEVENSON , will my

parking place t o some ot her un­lucky per son who may be drivin g an old hot-rod. ·

, MARILYN ZIMMER, will my OK to P at Roess ler to t alk to J im Nevins in th eir sponso r room.

I, JIM WILSON , will my euchre seat to Big Chief Mohawk Krug .

I, PHYLLIS SPRADLIN , will my tem per mental locker to some un fortnate sopb,omore w h o h as plenty of patienc e.

I , ROSEMARY TALBOT, will my ab ility to get int o sponsor room after the bell has run g t o my brother who will need it next year .

I, LUCILLE ZEIGER , will my inabilit y to type to some swift sop homore . It should even thing s up a bit.

I , SUE SLABAUGH , do her eby will my beloved locker and all th e trash in it to any ambit ious sopho ­mor e who has the ener gy to clean it up for me.

I , DOROTHY SMITH, will to Joe Howell my sea t in English VII. Poor boy !

I , NORMA TULLY, being an emotiona lly, un stable perso n , will the mice in my locker to some new sophomore who likes meat in h is lun ch.

I, DICK WORTH, will every ­t hin g I own, except my golf clubs, to Suzie; that is until we br eak up.

, I, JACK STAUFFER ,, being of sound mind and body do hereby an d what for, will all the thumb tacks in sc hool to the trac k team.

I, CAROL JEAN SMIKEL , will my old gym shorts t o anyone with the energy to mend th em.

I, WAYNE WOODWORTH , will my "extr eme" height to any boy wanting to play bas ke t ball.

I , DA VE TURNER , will my in­tellectual knowledg e to anyone who is dumb enough to tak e it .

I, GEOR GE SWINTZ , will every­thing I own, with va lue less than tw enty -five cents to a certain swe ll junior named Marg.

I, WAYNE MORGAN , will my congen ial way with Miss Kacz­marek to any one wh o might want it.

I, BOB WALSH, will my cooking techni que to up and coming Dale Lither land . , I, E ARL TROEGER , will my

ability to get pass ing grades for knowing less about every thing to everyb ody wh o has that t ro uble .

I, LYNN WRI GHT , being of sound mind and body, do here by bequ eat h t o Gene Wright all in­te llect ual resour ces p o s s i b 1 e so that he ma y be able to mas ter physics.

I , DICK WYSONG, will my abil­ity to come within a $200 bud get to some certain junio r tal king Social Liv ing.

I,, BOB WELBER , will my study habits to Pliylli s Schrager wh o needs them as she is much too am­bit ious.

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LAST WILLS-continued I, JERRY C. WEINBERG , will

my shorthand speed to the slow gir ls who need it to attain the goal of 120 word s a minute.

I, BOB WAECHTER, will my locker which is always open to any ­one who doesn't value , anyt hing he has.

I, BUD WITT , will my abi lity to break test tubes and beakers in Chemistr y to any sophomore who ha s butt er fingers and who won't

cry over spilt sulphuri c acid. I, MARY TROUB, will my posi­

tion in band to any young, healthy gir l that likes to sit around doing nothing.

I1 PHYLLIS TAYLOR , will my blond hair to Betty Turnock.

I , MARVIN TREASH , will my ability to keep awake in Mr. Weir 's room to Red Hutchings.

I , EDWARD THORPE, will my scra wny little back-br eaking seat in Mr. Thompson's drafting room to some poor ignorant fr eshman .

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we envis ioned as sophomores, like a mirage in the desert, is here almost before we have had time to catch our breatl! . We have experienced three years of fun and fellowship, hard ~ork and pleasant experiences. High school has been a world of our own wher e we could work togethet · and solve some of our problems before taking our place in the world.

One of the most pleasa nt experie nces for me bas been my position as co-feat ur e editor of the Tower for the past year . It is with a great deal of humility that I write this article today, because I realize that nothing could have been _accomplished without the co-operatio n of every me~ber of the feat ur e staff, and espec ially the co-feat ure editor, Betty Star k. The assignments given the staff have not always been to their liking and were often difficult to write , but they stood by us like Tr ojans and came thro ugh in fine style. Thanks so much , feature staff, and good luck to you, Betty , and your staff for next year.

For the seniors it's all over now. The termination of our high school days has come. Let me ur ge you underclassmen to make the most of your high school days, because you will never have anything quit e like them again. Participate in a few chosen extr a curri cular act ivit ies and enter whole hearted ly into them. Don't get bored, but participate in th e school's activities each day with enthu sias m. Above all, carry on the school's spir it and make John Adams bett er because you were one of its st udents .

·Now as we graduating seniors walk down th e ais le to the strains of "Pomp and Circumsta nce" ready to face new experie nces, may we always hold our heads high and carry on the tradit ion of John Adams. Our high school days will never be forgotten, but now the time ha s come to say ,, "so long, Adams."

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DELAYED -----THE SENIOR PROM ON MAY ·14 Just think , the night of the prom too. Look over .there, I see Alice

has finally arrived , and here I am Mabu rn wit h Jim Bishop and Don in the l obby of the Palais Royal. Misch with Rosem ary Talbot. Oh my goodness, there is Beverly Frank Sto ut is over ther e too , wit h Harden, one of our al umna with Delores Lohmann. Here comes Jack Titus. I see Joyce Schrader Keith Hall and Joann Wine - they with Bernard Smitt and Don K elly doubled with Bill Marrs and Jean and Cherie Cox. Joan Robinson is Hostetler. This one's too fast, l et's with John Scheibe lhut , he is an sit 'it out. alumnu s too. Oh, hi Jim! That was Aren't you surpr ised that Har­Jim Lebo , yo u know , with Sandra old Ziker is with Joan H enderson ? Spear. Oh there's Mary Nold with I didn't know that Ted High was Tom Brademas, and did you see comi ng with Pat Shaw eith er. Of that Janet Kurtz is with Lynn Wil- cou rse it 's no surprise that Ber­Iiams ! Are n't you excited? niece Pfeifer is wit h Ned Mastak,

Come on women , you can't stay or that Car li sle Parker is w ith Sue here all night. Let's go up so I can Green. I see three other steadies check the coats. Say, the~e is Jack too-John Kell er and Eileen Fin­Bartlett with Marilyn Near , and negan , Di ck Fohr er and Kati e De­Mar ilyn Becker is with Dean Fit- Long and Russ Ohlh eiser and terling. Who Is Joan Coqu ill ard June Zesinger. Ob, Bill Coggan with? Oh, Bill Haney from Wash- and Agnes McCreary too. ington Clay. I see that Clifford They're playi ng one of my fa­Keb , Irving Whitehead and Wayne vorite songs now. Th e dance floor Woodworth all went with women is rea1ly getti ng crow ded now. I from Riley. Bob Welber is with see Marianne Richards and Marty Betty Minkow of Centr al and Jerry Rouch dancing. Th ere's Ev Kendall Weinberg is with Pat Sweeny of and Ed Gruenwa l d and Bob O'Reil ­Centra l too- wh o said this was ley with Phylli s Grenagen. Th e an Adams prom! Millea twins just walked in -I think

There's Pat Kissinger with Don that is Jim with Carol Greggary Lambert . Come on Pat, let's go and Joe wit h Shir ley Ha t'low-th ey comb our hair. are both from Riley. i,:tuth Ortt is

Did you know that Lois Ley is with Chuck Bradly, Chuck Hoff­with Pat Dougherty? Yes, and Jay man is with Mary Ann Sutherlin Osburn is with Delores La Fortune. and Sam Jennings is with Jerry Hi Dibble! Are you and Paul having Miller-notice all the Central k ids! a good time? Say, Maria n Driver · Look, Bill Evans is with Dolor es ls with Johnny Thompson and Ro- Waeorzynczak and Del ores Gren­ger Haverstock is with Dottie Du- ert is with Don ' Groves. All ri ght, bala . Oh, and that's no t all Anne so I can't dance and look too. I Kohlbrenner is with Tom Doyan want to look! See, th ere is Caro l and Nicki Fanto is with Kenny Ri ce with Ken Burden, and Dick Ringen. I saw Jerrell Cassady and Wysong with Connie Hudson. Did Shirley Gors uch too, but that's you know that Norma Shultz came no surp ris e. Gee, we had better go with 'W.ayne Morga n and Herb back now, the boys will probably Singleton came with Doraann be Irritated . Bowma n. Exc use me, I didn't

They aren't even here yet, isn't mean to bump int o yo u, Tommy. that disgusting. Hi , Marg and (Isn 't Tommy Thompson with a George! Th ere're Jo Inglefield and girl from Shortridge?) I see Pbyl ­Bob Mamby with them. Th ere are Us Taylor wit h Jerry Zehnphen­the two Nest1erodes, Lois with Har- ney and Norma TuJ)y with Ri chard low Coney and Dare with Char- Bea ty sitting this one out. mane Franklin. There's Jenny J Look who's in back of us-Sue Jackson, Yes, she is with Lynn Slabaugh and Bernie Brek us. I see Wright. Did you know that Lois som e more steadies in Bob Bartz Rus.h came with Gene Plonski, and and Mary Ann Pordan, Wayne Ir­Bever ly M ill er came with Mercuri vin and Lois Sefranka, Jim Orrison of Butler! Say there's a surprise, and Myra Roberts, Dew ey Moo::-e, Narma Rush is with Jack Pill ow. Nancy Gradeck i , and Gene Balok All right fellows , we are done and Joan Honer. Over there are gossiping now. Let's go in. Dorot hy Vande Wa ll e and Dan Car-

Have you noticed all the stead ies nelis , Wesley Truax and Mary Bei­that are here. Tom Barth and Del- sel and Ly le Stevenson and De-ores Alli son , Tom Lane and Pat lores Danial. · · Hammond, Dick Foster and Janet I'm thi rsty, let's go upstair s for Shulmler, Jim Wilson and Marilyn a coke. Hi Phyl Nelson, is Jim Love Bendit , Jack Chediste r and Ruth getting you a coke? Seen any in­Keb and Cal Imm el and Helen teresting coup les? Oh, Keith Zei ­Getzl ng er are all here. Oh yes , ders is w ith Mary Driv er, Phyllis John Weissert and Jinny Erhardt Whit ebead is with John McCrea and Dick Worth and Susie Schwier and Darlene Guber is with Jack are here too. Clem ens. Tell me more! Jack Wag-

Look who just came in-J ane ner is with Mary Schlarb and Joan Buchanan , the Prom I chairman, Borden is with Bill Warde n ! Well with Jack Pfaff'. Dono Simon, th ·e I never! Do you see Mary Lou class president, is here too with Swank and L eroy Barritt , Jim Cox Josie Johnson. and Nancy Watson, and Sydell e

Come on let's dance. Isn't the Baskind and Bernie Nevel sipp in g music heavenly! OOPS! Excuse a coke. There are Bob Beise l and me, Nancy Ferregan It must have Libbey Hennlnghousen , Bob Diet er been that Bob Wa,echter's fault. and Marilyn Diedr ich , and Chuck (Big joke, I bumped right into Weatherly and Joan Megan there them.) There is Ho~e Hayes over too. there with Chuck Arch, natura1ly. Have you noticed all the grads Denny Kunce ls wl~b Dot De Pree here? Jack Jaqua and Pat Tbomp-

son, Bill Snoke and Pat Regan , Lois Call sen and Al Vasci l, Bonnie

• I Maham and Howard Nive ns, and Mary Anderso n and H. Snyder are all here. Ob yes, Esther Bole and Rodney Robinson , Wilmaclian Mor­lan and Harvey Host etle r, and John Markward and Terry Latowski too.

Let's go down to dance again , sha ll we. I didn't notice that Bill Tr etheway was here w ith Mary Jo Bingham. Roger Pickett and Betty Bennett and Wayne RUfil and Joan ·wood are here too .

Look at the late arrivers. Here comes Do rothy Person ett and Jim Peoples, La Rue Locsmondy and Bob Burk e, Bernadette Latoski and Frank Laskowski , Bob MiUer and Rita Patterson , ,B ill Reinke and Nancy Farmer and Bill Rob erts and Nancy King .

There are Ni ck and Pat dancing -l ook, they ju st bumped int o Bill Gooley and Mary Ann Ear l e. I see Boo Pup ert and Fred Ho lycross and Maryvonne '.Mose and Jack Bland , and Pat Pence with Johnny Ni chol­son too .

Th ere are a host more gr ads­I see Art Sell enberg and Jackie St. John , Don Cata nzar it e and Char ­lene Parml ey, Carl Goffeney and Jane Beehl er, James Bordan and Thelma Mitchell , Even Farmer and Nancy Helvie, Fred Barre ll and E laine Rolfe, and Pat Weaver with Alan Seifert. Yes, I see Mary Jo Hurste l and Ri cha rd Kunze , Jean Mc Caffery aml An dy McCormick , and Marg Clements and Bill Rog ­geman.

I'm getting tired. Let's go over her e and sit by John Ruffner - He is with Jeanette Graf you know. Some other people seem to be tired too- Patsy Nivens and Danny Jur­gonski, Lola Bishop and Phil Lay­man, Jim Mark and Jan ~ Clark , and Marilyn Lov elace and Jean Wadzinsk i are all sitting it out. Low ell Lidecker and H elen Ba che­lor , Loren Beebe and Mary Jo Chamb erl ain , and Jim Meister and Gwen Krauss are st ill dancing. Look, Barbara Anderson is with Don Lambert. (Now don't get ex­cit ed, this one is from Riley!) Ba rb ara Sennett is coming toward us with Don Davis. What's the good word, Barb? No , I didn't kn ow that Jim Radican is with Jackie Kemper . Jack Stauffer is with Mary Kasdorf ! Th at is grand! AU right , I'm ready to dance now.

This music is wonderful. Did you hear that this last numb er was reg uested by Char lene Garber and Boyd Prater. Is that Lucile Zeiger with Pat Han fin? Say, Bob Walsh is with Kay Gr inig er , and Harold La Place is with Phylli s Gors uch. Dick Everts is dancing w ith Betty Vicsek , and I see Joe Hagee with Jean France. Charlott e Dinges is with Don Green, and Carro l Cor­mi can is with George Lapinne . Do you see Dick Davis with Maridian Yok , and the re is Luther Johnson with Dorothy Walters.

Don't te ll me ther e mor e grads here-th at's wonderful the way they have supported their old alma mater. Shi rley Brundig e is w ith Bob Maddox, Joan Dresse l is with Stanley Woltman, Bill Grounds is

with Rita Wright, Sue La Follette is with Dick Poyser and Jaclc Swindeman is with Marilyn Mill er. Ther e are Mr. and Mrs. Edw ar d Milewski, Mr. and Mrs. Kenn eth Met calf , and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Bennet. Mary Ann Doran is wi th Joe Ro emer and Pat Catanzarite is with Betty Simmons too.

Over ther e is Vernita Owens with Jim Ha nn , Laura Bet h Miller is with Herb Soderlund. Did you kuow that Joan Erhardt came with Vir ­gil Da nner, and Pat Taylor came with Bill Dyer? Roger Adk ins is wi t h Joan Mortenson , Raymond Jam es is with Ma ry Lou Haug er, Mar y Ann Swindeman is with Jack Thompson. There are L ee Mull and Carol Crowe, Tom Patterson and Rosemary Han ey, R onni e 1\Jc'>­Farlane and Jane Grim es, Don Phillips and Lillian Doldi e and Alan Gilman and Phy Uis Schrager.

The old mag ician Jim Hoo se is with Joy ce Zimm erman . I see Ma ri an Higgins and Dick Bu lma n­ski, Joyce Liebig and Jim Tellson , Joel Goble and Beverly Jack son and Earl Troeger and Mary Troub over there gossipin g away. Carol Smikel and Jesse Prather, Flo Ben ­nett and Jerry Campbe ll , and Dar ­lene Jaqua and Di ck McGl othlen are jabber in g away too.

It's alm ost t ime to go now. Gee! this bas been a wonderful Prom . Ob l ook, I didn't see Pat Ferr aro and Sharon Tu cker and M errill Donoho and Cather in e De Mun ck , and her e they are going home. Why don't you get my coat whil e I wait here in the lobby.

Hi Caro lyn! I'll have to tell Mary that Caro lyn Estep was with Dick Tomolak. I see Mary Ann Gudates and Charles Gage and Alex Fuller and Jo Green leaving. L eonard Brooks just went to get Doris Mox ­ley's coat, and ther e goes Barbara Smith and Ralph Fowler .

Th ere goes Betty Dunbar and Leslie Green out the door, and her e comes my man. And now to say goodby to th e most wond erf ul dance of the year --- our own Senior Prom.

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SENIOR MONOGRAM WINNERS FOOTBALL

Millard Nichols WiJliam Roberts Don Kelly Robert Deiter Don Simon William Gooley Ja ck Wagner Earl Troege r Keith Zeider Lynn Wright

BASKETBALL Harold Ziker Don Simon John Weissert John Keller Don Lamb ert

TRACK Millard Nichols William Mitchell Luth er Johnson LaMar May Richard Foster 'William Gooley Ronald Minzey

BASEBALL Dave Coker Keith Zeider William Robert s John Keller

TENNIS James Cox Ra lph Witt

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FOOTBALL REVIEW HARDWOOD REVIEW The season of 1948 was a big one

for the Eagles of John Adams who, led by their fire-eating coach J im Crowe, shocked the Sout h Bend area when they won five, lost three, an1 tied one. This was a record for an Adams foot ball team. The great­est v i c tor y of the season came against Centra l. Adams won 20-19 and thi s encounter marked the first time the easts iders had ever beaten a South Bend school. Other victor­ies came against Goshen, Ply­mouth, South Bend Cat holic, South Side. The Eagles took it on the chin from Riley, Mishawaka La­Porte and wound up the season with a 6-6 tie with Michigan City.

Don Simon was elected Captai n, Lynn Wright got the Kiawanis a­ward , Dave Co k er rece ived the most valuable lineman's award, and Bill Roberts the backfield trophy. Joe Howell was named all-confer ­ence halfback and he and Millard "Nick" Nichols wer e honered on t he All-Twin City team.

BASEBALL REVIEW Since this is the last iss ue of the

Tower, further coverage of base­ball games will be imposs ible. At this stage of the season the Eagl~s are tied for first place in the con­ferenc e along with LaPorte, Michi­gan City , and Mishawaka . Bad luck held th e upper band in the pract ice section of the season as th ey lost four out of four starts. The four losses are as follows: Central 7-6, Mishawaka 6-5, Washington 13-1, and Riley 4-3. The Eagles came back strong in the confere nce as they took their first two games in two starts. The two victi ms were Central and Elkhart , 3-2 and 6-4, resp ective ly.

The first game against Centra l went for ten innings before the E agles came out on top. Weather was another factor in the sched ule as the LaPor te and Michigan City games were called off and agreed to be played at a different date. The pitching duti es thi s year were di­vided b et ween Don Truex and Keith Zieder. Dick Bennett, Bill Cox, Jim Nevins, and Hank Hukill also worked in occasionally. Th e leading hitter this seaso n was Dave Coker who hit a st rong .500. The imaginary award for the most sur-

The basketball team closed its sevent h season at th e end of Feb­ruary by dropping th e sectional

• finals to Centra l, the tourney fa ­vorite. The season's reco rd con­sisted of nine victor ies in eight een reg ular cont est s; four of six tourn ­ament games were won for a sea ­son's mark of 13-11. The Eagles gained a fourth place tie in the conference by winning five of nine confere nce encounters; victories over Goshen, Michigan City, Wash­ington, Forth Wayne North Side, and Riley came in conference play .

Six of the gam es were won by four points or less. Highlight s in­cluded victories over South Bend schools, Riley 37-34 and 45-44, and Washington 38-37. The Eagle s averaged 4.2.5 points per conte st. Individu al notes of pra ise should go to seniors Harold Ziker, J ohn Keller, John Weissert , Don Lam­bert, and Don , Simon. "Zike", al­though he missed almost half the season because of illness, wound up with 173 points. The J ohns , Keller and Weissert, were constant scor­ing threats, and although guards , gra bbed numerous re bounds. Lam­bert, also plagued by illness, was invaluable as a rebound art ist, agg Simon compiled the best free throw average of th e first eight men.

pr ising player of the year goes to Loren Mac Bussert who came up with a slugging .444 average .

Mac has been a promising second basema n and will be back next year for anothe r big season. Recogni­tion also goes to Keith Zieder and Phil Smeltzer who hit .400 and .367. Jim Nevins also showed hitting power as he pounded out a .385 average. In a total of six games , Ad a ms accumulated a total of twenty-five runs on forty-nine bit s, while the oppone t s had forty-two runs on thirty-five hits. In the str ike out catagory Don Tru ex led with 23, Keith Zieder 12, Hukill and Cox 5, and Bennett 1. The win­ners were Truex , Zieder; lossers, Truex, Hukill , Cox, and Zieder.

There are five remaining games on the card: LaPorte (T), Michi­ga n City (H ), Riley (H ), Mishawa­ka (T), and Washington (T). Hats off to th e seniors who have come toward th eir last games in a Red and Blue uniform of John Adams.

TRACK REVIEW The track squad started off a

better than average season by win­ning the "All City" meet held at Notre Dame on April 10. Washing­ton, Central and Riley were second, third , and fourt h respec tively. Lut­her J ohnson copped both the high and low hurdle events. Minzey won th e broad jump, Jurcik won the first . 440 heat and Gibson placed second in the second 440 beat . Bob Manby placed second in th e 60 yard dash. LaMar May won th e 880, while Dick Foster placed fourth in

' th e mile r un . Bill Daughtery placed second in the high jum p and third in broad jump. Bill Gooley placed fourth in the shot put. Both the Adams relay teams placed second in very close races. The 880 relay consis ted of Bob Manby, Bill Mit­chell, Leroy Barritt , and Dick Carl­son, while on the mile relay team was Ben Jurcik, Dave Gibson, Keith Hall, and Nick Nichols.

Th e first dual meet was with Mishawaka which the Cavemen won 78-31. Jurcik, , Minzey, and Daughtery were the only Ada ms boys to win any first place ribbons.

The next meet was at Michigan City on April 20. The team lost a heart brea ker there with the final score reading 54 2/ 3 to 54 1/ 3. Bob Manby won both the 100 and 220 yard dashes. "Lu" J ohnso n won the high and low hur dles. Jurcik copped a first in the 440 and Min­zey won the broad jump with a 20' 6" jum p. May cut his 880 time down to 2:08 as be placed second in this event .

Two days later the squad went to Elkhart and lost 70-39. Jurcik and Minzey lost for the first t ime of the season, but each placed sec­ond . J ohnson won the high hurdle s and placed third in the lows. Gooley and Million placed first and second in the shot p ut. Bob Zenzinger placed second in th e 100 yard dash and third in the 220 yard das h. Th e half-mil e r e l ay team won, with Minzey, Mitchell, Carlso n, and Jur­cik running. Although we lost these dual meets, the boys wer e betteri ng their times considera bly. It was at the Elkhart meet wher e Dick Foster ran the mile in 4 :57.5 for a new school record. The old record of 4:58 was held by Dave Irwin , who st ill holds the 880 school record of 2 :03.3. Doug Beebe also broke a school record in the pole vault. At Mishawaka he vault ed 11 feet to break the 10 foot 6 inch record.

Thanks for the Memories The day of reckoning has come.

Yes, you won't hav e to hurry down to your homeroom every W ednes ­day mornin g to grap th e Tower in order to read "Highlight s by High­berger." Aren't you glad.

For two years now I have been just bare ly makin g it under the dead line, and each week of those two years Miss Roell has grown more annoyed with me, and been hoping I would make it on time . During the laps e of time I hav e pr jntQd my opinion on all occasions. Sometimes ~y op inions were frowned upon by th e faculty and stu dents and sometimes they were not .

During this time I have made numerous friends and also num­erous enemies, but when you are writing a column it is difficult t o express one's self, a 1 w ays say truthful things, and yet not hu rt the feelings of anyone.

Thr ough the past said years a~ sports editor of Ye Tower I have met some athl etes who were swell f" r

fellows. My hat goes off to "Moose" Barritt who has been put low by yours truly more times than any-one else. Thr ough it all "Moose" has been a good boy and has never high hat ted one for sland er.

Lu J ohnson and "Moe" Ziker have been swell examples of good sports men. Both have been a credit to th eir separate sports of tra ck and basketball.

Now I find it's time to say fare­well, not just for th e summer but , for good and I find it seems quite difficult when you get right down to it. There is a lot more I had planned to say, but I might as well call it "30" now before you get too bored and turn to the "gossip" column.

"Thanks for the Memories" Jack Highberger

Class of '48

The following Saturday was the conferen ce tri als held at Elkh art. Jurcik was unable to run because of a bad knee, and Bob Manby took a spill on the cinders while running on the 880 relay. These two mis­fortunes cost Adams ten points . Minzey, Johnson, and Bill Daught­ery were the only boys who quali­fied to par ticipate in the confer­ence finals. Barritt and Gooley each got a fifth in t h e i r respective events. At the confere nce finals Johnson placed four th in the high hurdles, and Minzey fifth in the broad jump .. Johnson ran the high s in 15.9, just one-t enth of a second off the school record.

The next meet was the "Goshen Relays" in which Adams placed sixth in a field of twelve class A schools. Our half -mile relay tea m, consistin g of Minzey, Mitchell , Carl­son, and Jur cik, placed first in th e easier of two different heats. Our spring delay copped a thi rd place. Minzey, Mitchell, Zenzinger, and Ju rcik ran in th is relay. The Adams double medley relay team and mile re lay team each placed fourth. Nichols ,.C. Wright ,. Jurcik and Mav ran on the double medley , and Hali, Ohlheiser, Pinchert, and Layman ran on th e mile relay team. Adams outscore d all of the South Bend schools in th is meet, which proved the "All City" champions did not

Ju rcik had out scored everyo~e up to the Wilson meet, which this writing doesn't include. Jurcik has ear ned 43 points , Minzey 42, and Johnson 36.

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