GAA Awards Tea Honors Girls and Mothers at Event
The annual Girl's Athletic Association awards night on April 24 featured speeches by Ann Shuman and Peggy Hall, awarding team and local/state honors to members. Peggy Hall received the Outstanding Service Award, with Ann Shuman and Annette Rutt among honorees. New officers for 1962 63 were announced: Jeri Marsh president, Annette Rutt VP, Judy Book VP, Cheri Lewis treasurer, Diana Yount secretary, Karen Friel reporter. Seniors received insignia charms and yellow roses for their mothers. refreshments followed as the event concluded a successful evening.
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Girl’s Athletic Association
Ann Shuman
Peggy Hall
Karen Snowberg
Jeri Marsh
Marty Ahling
Miss Baxter
Caren
Carol Barrus
Annette Rutt
Peggy
GAA
Judy Book
Cheri Lewis
Diana Yount
Karen Friel
SHS teachers plans spark gossip and galosh dreams
June plans for resigning SHS staff range from California moves to summer jobs and world tours. Robbine to run a girls camp, Moore via California to Mt Olympus, Baxter to college teaching, Johnson to PhD study, Nelson to finish her masters, Griffin to a masters at Stanford, Zaremba moving west, Donaldson joining the Smothers Brothers, Wren rumored movie secretary, and others. SHS Latinists excel in district and state contests with several students earning superior or excellent ratings.
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California
SHS
Miss Griffin
University of Tennessee
Stanford University
Robbine
Donaldson
Sterling
Baxter
Johnson
University of Iowa
Nelson
Moore
Mt. Olympus
Pluto
Miss Baxter
Cubs
Miss Wren
Dr. Kildare
Tip Top
Smothers Brothers
Miss Nelson
Miss Dixon
G. Jack
Zaremba
Freddie
Strenge
Ilinois
Morrison
Mike Margolin
Dwight Branch
Marcia Wagner
Toni Smith
Norma Cohenour
James Deets
Virgil
Judy Maxwell
Kenje Ogata
Sandy Fritz
Jane Weatherwax
Pep-Pushers Appointed For Next Year Cheerleaders
On Tuesday May 22 tryouts for next year's varsity cheerleaders selected five junior and senior girls by a committee of ten faculty members and fifteen student reps. After two individual cheers and group routines, the panel scored skill enthusiasm voice appearance leadership and general performance. Chat Findatiliippi Cheri Shumaker Margo Musgrove Judy Book and Marty Bogott were named next year's varsity cheerleaders.
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Finda Tilippi
Cheri Shumaker
Margo Musgrove
Judy Book
Marty Bogott
Music program features four parts with varied vocal numbers
The concert opened with All You Need is a Song by Walter Schumann and included Blow the Wind Southerly with tenor Chris Farnham, The Stare are with the Voyager, Reflections, and Hit Ho Nobody Home by Ray Charles. It moved through contemporary pieces from Kern and Hammerstein to Cole Porter, and music from Music Man. Negro spirituals followed, then selections from Sound of Music with soloists Kenje Ogata and My Favorite Things featuring five soloists. The pit band, under G Jack Schuler, and the intermission band included 10 performers.
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Walter Schumann
Chris Farnham
Thomas Hood
Houston Bright
Christina Rossetti
Ray Charles
Jerome Kern
Oscar Hammerstein
Cole Porter
Someone
Meredith Wilson
Darlene Dadisman
Hall Johnson
Gilead
William L. Dawson
Elijah Rock
Jester Hairston
Kenje Ogata
Linda Filippi
Karen Redfield
Martha Abling
Annette Rutt
Dwight Landis
Gary Folkers
John Zbinden
G. Jack Schuler
Marty Allen
Scott Asnin
Lynette Davis
Darry Buntley
Carol Foltz
Gordy Nunemaker
Randy Sleeth
Loretta Smith
Karen Snowberg
German Club Picnic at Sinnissippi Park
Deutscher Verein held its annual picnic at Sinnissippi Park Woodlawn. Members arrived by four and, at 4:30, president Bob Wilson opened the meeting. Doug Zeigler was elected president, Sue Mellang vice-president, Charles Lapp secretary, and Ann Wheeler treasurer. After a pot luck supper they cleared tables, played cards, and chose German-named softball teams before packing up at seven.
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Woodlawn
Sinnissippi Park
Bob Wilson
Doug Zeigler
Sue Mellang
Charles Lapp
Ann Wheeler
MacMurray Plan Sets Liberal Arts Core At MacMurray College
MacMurray College, founded 1846 for women and 1955 for men, adopts the MacMurray Plan a core humanities curriculum while preserving undergraduate majors in art English French German music philosophy religion economics education government history and sciences. Admission requires high school achievement tests and upper-half class rank with a February entering class and a nine week summer session. The comprehensive fee covers room board and tuition with extra for music lessons and books. Scholarships and need-based aid available on early application.
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MacMurray Colleges
Methodist Church
Methodist Educational Association
Woman's College
American Association of University Women
MacMurray College
MacMurray
Jacksonville
Illinois
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