Alexandria High School - Alexian Yearbook (Alexandria, MN)

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1- 'tl ' '1 ' .44-f JL 5 :Muir , 'I Football K I 1 7 XX . A I vxxxlr FIRST ROW-Donald Chase, Rollance Verkennis, Eugene Johnson, Donald X- Schultz, Darwyn Olsen, Walter Christopherson, Raymond Schultz, Karl Stur- nick, Robert Jensen, Otis Prinkey, Lyman Peterson. ,, f -X SECOND ROW-Reuben Hogan, Virgil Larson, Harold Kiehne, Maxwell Dicks, X, h Warren Froemming, Warren Yunker, Marvin Landeen, George Caldis, Lloyd X. , Erickson, Robert Morris, Coach Hastings. 3' THIRD ROW-Russell Hubbell, Richard Williams, Harold Hardin, James Noonan, .lx John Peterson, Barnard Ekman, Frank Blanchard, James Boyd, Al Brinkman. The Alexandria football eleven composed of eight seniors and three underclassmen played a bangup schedule this season. The first opponent encountered was the formidable Alumni, who found to their amazement they couldn't score on the fighting Alex- ian eleven and consequently the best they could do was keep the varsity from scoring. The outcome of the battle was a scoreless tie with the team showing much promise. Another pre-season game was against the classy Johnson High School that also ended in a scoreless tie. Johnson High was favored to win by a large margin, but was held in check. Captain Sturnick got off a punt in the third quarter which traveled 90 yards and was hailed as the greatest kick ever made on the Alex field. Cn September 24, a mighty Staples eleven downed Alex in their initial season game, handing the Red and Black their first confer- ence defeat by the score 13-6. An outstanding play in the tilt that gave Alex their one and only touchdown consisted of a reverse from Sturnick to Prinkey, who ran 38 yards through the opposition only to be tackled within a few yards of the goal and thus leaving the task of scoring to his teammate Sturnick. The first of October found the Cardinals on their first road trip to St. Cloud. Matching brains With the brawn of the Graniters, Alex was again defeated by one touchdown, the score being 12-6. Thirteen .N ri .. NQXN xxx 5 N.

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Student Council -5 J' if s ala T FIRST ROW-John Unumb, Margaret Griffith, Geneveive Gustafson, Dorothy Seed, Kathleen Kiger, Doris Melin, Kathryn Westerfeld, Warren Christopherson. SECOND ROW-Richard Olson, Anton Pilversack, Gerald Johnson, Harry Halstead, Frank Blanchard, Lyman Peterson, Martin Munson, F. J. Herda. Under the able guidance of F. J. Herda, the Student Council has been an active organization and has carried on successfully the duties of a governing body for the Alexandria High School. Planning and controlling the point system, regulating hall traffic, and choosing lyceum and auditorium programs are included in the activities of the council. Representatives to the annual convention of the Northwest Federation of Student Councils at Stillwater were Kathryn Westerfeld and Gerald Johnson. Dorothy Seed, Harry Halstead, and Lyman Pe- terson also attended the convention as unofficial delegates. The council sponsored the Alex Hi-Larities on January 20, the program being built around AleXandria's Ragtime Band. The fourth annual Have a Heart campaign was conducted by the council the week of February 14. The purpose of this drive was to provide a fund for needy students. This yearis officers have been Gerald Johnson, president, Kathryn Westerfeld, vice presidentg Dorothy Seed, secretary, and Ly- man Peterson, treasurer. Other members have been Kathleen Kiger and Harry Halstead, seniors, Genevieve Gustafson, Margaret Griffith, Tony Pilversack, and Richard Olson, juniors, and Doris Melin, Warren Christopherson, Frank Blanchard, and Martin Munson, sophomores. Twelve

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Stage F01-ce Warren Christopherson, Rudolph Siira, Robert Westerberg, Robert Bondus, Mr. Melby, Eunice Anderson, Betty Nichols, Gladys Brown, Vivian Peterson, Viola Burgess, Dawn Ripley. Upon the completion of the high school in 1930 and the addi- tion of a larger auditorium, there was a need for an organization that would be responsible for all stage settings, designing, and decorating. The first stage force was organized under the supervision of Mr. G. B. Melby with Everett Drummond as manager. As years passed, better class plays were chosen, and classic operas were produced. Each year the stage force determined to improve its work until today the Alexan- dria High School has the reputation of having the most elaborate scenery and lighting effects of any High School in the state. Small models are made for all productions. In this Way the right perspectives are measured and all difficulties in lighting and color are overcome. The scenery is made in jogs and fitted together to com- plete the scene. In late years huge double jogs have been made and painted on both sides, having one scene painted on one side and a second scene painted on the reverse side. The many tricky lighting effects are part of the scenery. This year the stage force, under the management of Gordon B. Melby has been co-managed by Dawn Ripley and Bob Westerberg. Other members are, Seniors: Eunice Anderson, Viola Burgess, Betty Nichols, and Vivian Peterson. Juniors: Gladys Brown, Bob Bondus, and Rudolph Siira. Sophomores: Warren Christopherson. Sixteen