Bottineau High School - Washegum Yearbook (Bottineau, ND)

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The Junior Scrapbook of Misc. Happenings-Year of 1953 or Where Has The Time Gone? Busy, Busy, Still Art Thou------- James Thomson lr. Thomson must have had we Juniors :Ln mind when he wrote those lines, for this has been the busiest year we have ever had. Anyone can tell a Junior a mile away. Have you ever noticed the wild, hrried look in their eyes, a sort of furtive, slinking walk and the way they duck behind trees or ash cans whenever they see a fellow senior, sophomore or freshnan colin? Of course! No Junior wants to let out the secret of the prom themel As everyone knows, the prom is The Event' in the life of a Junior, and no chipnunk ever worked harder gathering acorns, than we juniors have bem, scheming, planning, and lmggling. This year we had quite a group of individualists on our prom committee Cnamely, Bill, Jack, Thelma, JoAnn, llargaret, Lois, Kenny, Dorothy, Bob, and Cynthiaj, but after many suggestions, fclimaxed by a round of fisticuffsl, we decided on our theme, and settled down to the comparative peace and quiet of getting decorations, banquet, and orchestra lined up. Another big event was the Homecoming program, which was sponsored by the Juniors, with Larry as llaster of Ceremonies, Lois singing a solo, and a short slclt put on by Cynthia, Olive, Kenny, Ordean, Dorotky, and Maynard. Of course, we mustn't forget the play. As the heroines in the comedy, 'Our Hearts Were Young and Gay , Lois and IlaryA.nn just fitted the parts, and Jilw, as the French dramatic teacher, was so carried away, that we still can't understand a word he says. We mustn't forget Bob, who really stole the show with his window washing routine. In the sports department the Juniors are second to none, in fact, we wouldn't have much of a team without Jack, Bill, Kenny, Larry, Sherman, Donovan, and last, but not least, Don lqrle, our student manager. Of course cheer leaders are always connected with sports, and right here and now we'd like to put :Ln a plug for our two Junior cheerleaders, Thelma, and Yvonne, who really give their all for every game. We couldn't begin to mention all the juniors in concert choir, sextet, and band, but believe me, they're all right in there, pouring their hearts out. And now, the best for the last. Of course I mean education, ftnat which we supposedly go to school ford We may not have any budding Einsteins in our Chemistry class, but of all the juniors taking said class, Dorothy seems to be the honored one, for rumor has it that the school, fat llr. Anderson's suggestion,J is planning on building a separate chemistry lab for her, so that she won't endanger the lives of fellow scientists. As farm literature goes, we just don't think Jack, Larry, Kegny, and Bob will live to be great Shakespearean actors, in spite of all llrs. Weeks ef orts. With all this talk of good times we fear the teachers will think we are neglect- ing our school work, so we would like to quote a famous Scotch poet, Bobby Burns, who said, 'To sum up all, be merry, I advise, And as we're merry, may we still be wise. 24

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CLASS HISTORY A half a score and two years ago our fathers land mothers, set forth in this city a new class, being ignorant but dedicated to the proposition that all children should be educated. Now we are engaged in a great period of our lives, testing whether this class of 1953 can graduate. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. We consider our past record very good, and although the world will little note, nor long remember, what we have done here we will never forget. Therefore we feel obligated to tell you our history, Now let ua look into the crystal ball and see what past events can be told. It is growing clearer and clearer--AH-HA--look who can it be? Why it's the first graders. I can see Donald Corbin and Howard Lillegard but they sure are hard to find because they are so small--guess they're loud enough to make up for it though. Alvern, Roger, and Marvin are slyly following the girls namely: Sheila, Delma, Christine, and Karen, The second grade shines through now and I see Miss Knudson trying to teach the new student Claremont, but someone is missing, it's Marvin who seems to have left us. This class is quite a group with their beaming faces and sparkling clean clothes that is, until after recess when they look like they have never seen soap and water before. The third grade and Marvin is back again Clonesome we guessl and he brought us a new redhead, Shirley Olson, The boys think they are teaching the girls to play marbles but most of the girls seem to be champs to begin with. The whole class is fairly driving Miss Campbell crazy, anyway, David Tareske is the only new student in the fourth grade, They're getting up in the world now--already upstairs in Central School. Seems they have a tough time proving to Miss Saxowsky that they are very grown up, The fifth grade brings one of our main athletes, Virginia Dahl. What a gal-- she could handle Corby and Lillegard at the same time. June, Joyce, Delano, and Wendell joined the clan in the sixth grade. The last year of the carefree days at Central School. Worried little seventh graders in that big, big High School, but they succeeded with the additional help of Beverly and Howard L mieux altho Karen left us, The seventh grade passed and the eighth was upon us, Reggie and Coryne were the new classmates and Karen was back again. It seems like the main subject is Our State, learning all about North Dakota, the students, however, seem more successful in driving Mr. Opland crazy. The great Rush of the Class of '53 came in the freshman year with 16 new students. Gene Beckman, Don. B, Ronnie, George, Carol, Patricia, Lorna, Arne,Floyd, Don Olson, Marlene, Virgil, GeneS., Eunice, Audrey, and Lloyd. What a variety. This was the year of the two algebra classes with Reggie as p esident of the dumb class, The soph more year seems to bring memories of bisecting frogs in Miss Kittelson's biology class and visiting the slaughter house in home ec. class. The new addition to the gang was Betty Grim . Nearing the home stretch we remember the busy happy days of our Junior year. We'll never forget the riotous Ehglish classes with instructor Ti my supervising Cdid I say supervisingy. Jack, Helen, and Vilma gave us s big boost when they joined up with us, Of course, there were many heartaches but we struggled and finally entered our Senior year. Seniors--with big Forrest Hannesson completing our class. Busy all the time doing nothing, but always striving for those final credits. The cream of the crop in athletics, F.F.A., F.H.A,, band, chorus, we have come a long way together, and now we shall graduate together. 23

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l 1 I curse or 19Eh President ------------ Mary Ann Schmidt, Vice President ----- -Thelma Pederson Secretary ------------ Billy Holz Treasurer ------------ Cynthia Ertresvaag FIRST RCM: Marian Helgeson, Dorothy McLachlin, Phyllis Jensen, Marcella Christ- ensen, Mary Ann Schmidt, Jannette Hahn,Jane Ellen Olson, Geraldine Persson, Muriel Hall, Yvonne Willard, JoAnne Knopfle, Mary Ann Martel, Margaret Jensen. SECOND ROW: Yvonne Rosberg, Thelma Pederson, Olive Hanson, Gertrude Mahler, Maureen Nichol, Lois Braun, Cynthia Ertresvaag, Harriet Johnson, Bernice Moe, Louise Pill oud, Nora Ormberg, Delores Smulan. THIRD ROW: Darlene Sckunidkunz, Margaret Peterson, Bonnie Boettcher, Dorothy Marchand Betty Slyter, Darlene Grixmn, Joyce Jacques, JoAnn Wood, Janet Indvik, JoAnn Peltier, Delores Kroeplin, Miss Herigstad. FOURTH RW: Ordean Dravland, Clayton Gulstad, Donavan Vestre, Dennis Moen, James Turner, Kenneth Wall, Sherman Langhaug, Laverne Bernstein, Marvin Steinke, Mr. Anderson, FIFTH ROW: Maynard Thompson, Kenneth Gehring, Kenneth Erickson, Jack Woods, Larry Nelson, Billy Holz, Robert Norwood, Donald Kyle, Allen Beckman. 25 i