Alexander High School - Moccasin Yearbook (Nekoosa, WI)

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T HE MDC-C A S J N semen: cuss AUTIVITIES l After Christmas the Senior Class, as a unit, took a little time out, as so many of the individual members were busy in debate, oratory, declamation,'centest plays, orches- tra, band, and chorus, and, of course, there were such trifling matters as semester examinations. By the end of February, however, the group was 'raring to go again, and so they invited themselves to give the pep meeting for the last home game of their high school careers, February 26th, when Antigo came down to play a return game. As this was the Senior 0Swan song,H they out-did themselves. A marion- ette show with living puppets enacted the history of the famous basketball team of 1957. From the first act, which showed Jess, Jake, Allen, Sonny, and Butch in their cradle days, dressed in the traditional white with pink and blue ribbons, with sweet little bonnets of lace Ccurtainsl to the last scene which showed the prom of yesteryear, the Seniors carried their audience with them in a whirlwind of pep and good fellowship. The clown band, our blues singers and the ever-faithful Donald Kirst with his guitar enter- tained between acts to make the affair one of the crowning events of the year. , ' ' The Senior Class Play WThe Poor Fish,W which is re- viewed in.the Dramatic section, was the next activity to occupy the time and interest of the class, and this was a true artistic as cell as financial success. The cast ap- preciated very much the sincere effort expended by Miss Bjerkeng in bringing this production its high level of accomplishment. The past month, the class has spent every free period and a good many evenings in Room B and in the Typing Room, getting ready for the publication of this annual. Cem- menconent'events have occupied the earnest efforts of the speakers, soloists, and the various com ittoes who are making arrangements. It's been a busy time, but it's also been a very happy time, and there is sincere regret in the voices of the Seniors when they cem ent that after ' another week they'll no longer be Seniors, but instead, they'll be numbered among the ranks of the Alexander High School Alumni. Q ' JUNIOR CLASS ACTIVITIES The high point of the yea:-'s social calendar began at 9:45 on Friday, May 14th, when Burnell Goodness and Viv- ian Allen, king and queen of the Junior Prom, stepped for- ward at the head of the Grand Promenade. For this occasion the Alexander High School gymnasium was transformed into a California vineyard, and the romance and glamour of an ' ancient southwest enhanced the beauties of modern costume. Excellent music was the order of the evening with Tommy Tate's Madison orchestra playing. '

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E H if, M U LL fl 5 I N simian. -CLASS 1LcTIvIT1Es'L The Class of 1957 started the year off right by electing the following officersg I President-- ------ --------------- Jess Long Vice Presidents-------------Thada Morse Secretary-Treasurer ------ -4Mildred Benner Student Council Members--Maude Ida Sultze The first big t coming. After weeks dawned to find ideal game and dance. All --Leonard Wrysinske ask confronting the Seniors was the Home- of preparation, the day of November weather for the pep meeting, parade, the classes and organizations of the high school, and even the third and fourth grades, had planned and constructed beautiful, or comic las the case might bel floats, and shortly after four that afternoon, the towns- people were delighted to view the stately procession led by the poppy band in clown costume. Prizes were donated by the local merchants to the best looking, the funniest, and the most original floats. Before the parade left the high school, the student body was entertained at a riotous pep meeting staged by the Seniors. A. H. S. Barn Dance was the setting, but it is suspected that much was borrowed from the good old W. L. S. Barn Dance, as one could recognize the Hoosier Hot Shots, Uncle Ezra, and even Lulubelle, though she was minus her flaming ringlets. The square dancers brought down the house with their stomps A as well as with their identity, and ther were a few anxious fans who wondered if Corky, Jess, and Sonny would have any energy left to make touchdowns, but their fears were needless as the score that night gave Marshfield the small end of 55-7. The next project sponsored by the Class of 1957 was the entry 'E1merW in the Masquer play contest, which was presented before the main room audience, December 15th. It wasn't just the fact that the Senior class was well provided with talent, but in addition every member of the cast put forth his last ounce of effort. Underclassmen still comment on the forceful- ness of F1oyd's Sh-sh-sh's, and Charlotte's ability to win your sympathy, and Lorraino's utter disregard of the law of gravity, and the gallantry with which Jess adjusted his fair lady's galoshes. Edna did the nrheumaticksn so well that one admirer sent in her name for a Sloan's ad, themselves wide open and the twins laid to August's HI always said so,W for weeks afterward because they did the selfish sisters act so capably. Florence with her worried mother's role made the visiting parents feel right at home. Much wasn't seen of Ernest, but he could be heard tooting his horn, as :usual, only this time it was attached to a pooch, did her part admirably, but it is said that she battery, backstage. Minnie, the Billings ,turned up her nose at the hamburger so faithfully prepared by Mildred Benner. Kwarnings, Buteh.J The stage hands, property managers, curtain pullors, etc-, worked like Trojans to make the project a success, and then the curtain finally dropped on the happy ending, everyone went outgte do his Christmas shopping in the best of spirits.