Brodhead High School - Red B Yearbook (Brodhead, WI)

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The superintendents Message The school year 1953-54 will go down as one of the inspirational years of the Brodhead High School. It has been a year of attainment in many fields. I should like to call your attention to these various line of endeavors and indicate what has prompted our students to reach suc- cesses in thosespheres. This has been a year of unusual scholastic success. Students as a whole have wanted to reach higher standards. They have insisted upon something better than just mediocrity. The present Senior Class can boast of nine students as members of the National Honor Society and the Junior Class has three of its boys as members of that group. Out of the present Senior Class at least thirty per cent will go to college. This is a very high percentage when compared to the national average. . In the realm of athletics the Brodhead High School has attained a reputation that was state wide. Never in the history of the school have we ever made such an enviable record in basketball as the past year. The spirit which prompted these athletes to fight on to achieve a record of 25 straight wins was an inspiration which permeated the entire stu- dent body. The desire to succeed was reflected in their attitudes toward other activities. The Forensic group has also demonstrated a strong urge to attain recognition as was indicated by a field of some thirty contestants com- peting locally, in the league, in the district, and finally three reaching that enviable goal-the state contest. This is a fine record for a school of our size. Our school also received recognition from another source this year. We have in our student body a girl who came to this country only about six years ago, but this year she has given to us a better understanding of what our country really means to us.,Gertrude Streuli gained state wide recognition for her essay on The Voice of Democracy. We owe her a debt of gratitude for awakening in us a recognition of all this great land of ours offers to us. We have been especially fortunate this year to have the inspiration of some fine artists and speakers. Though each one contributed much in his own sphere of attainment, perhaps none will be remembered so long as Dr. Glenn Cunningham. Dr. Cunningham could have come to us with a record of his past achievements in the field of athletics and we would have felt honored to have had him. Instead he brought a message which will be an inspiration for the rest of our lives. Probably no other speaker has been so dynamic and has left each with such a firm determination that no matter what our handicaps and shortcoming may be each of us can overcome them, attain our goals, and lead successful lives. His mes- sage is a fitting finale for the Senior Class and for this school year. He brought to us an example of a life well lived-,of a race well run. May the life of this great man be an inspiration to you, henceforth. ' -C. T. Pfisterer, Superintendent.

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Seated fleft to rightiz Mrs. James H. Larkin, Mrs. Marvin Sveom, Miss Helen Lund, Mrs. Seth Cain, Miss Donna Decker, Miss Mary Preston, standing: Mr. Donald Schumacher, Mr. Wal'l'GH Sel-bo, Mr. Francis Eckerman, Mr. Robert Keen, Mr. Frank lin Schumacher, Mr. James H. Larkin. Mr. Piisterer, Superintendent Mr. Larkin Biology, Sections 1 and 2 Chemistry, Sections 1 and 2 Physics Study Hall il-4 Mr. Eckerman Industrial Arts I, II, III, IV Industrial Arts 7, 8 Grades Physical Education 5-6, 7-8 Grades Physical Education High School boys Mr. D. Schumacher Band Glee Club Music Class -1, 5, 6, 7, 8 Grades Tonette Band -1-5 Grades Study Hall 9-10 Mr. Keen Ag'riculture I Agriculture II Agriculture III Agriculture IV Study Hall 2-3 Mrs. Cain Home Economics I Sections 1 and 2 Home Economics II - Advanced Home Economics Home Economics 7, 8 Grades Study Hall, Girls 3-4 Miss Beckwith I.iln'm'i:in FACULTY Misa Preston World History, Sections 1 and 2 American History, Sections 1 and 2 Mr. F. Schumacher English II Science II Geography I Study Hall 10-11 Mrs. Larkin English II, Section 1 English III, Sections 1 and English IV, Sections 1 and 2 Study Hall, Girls 3-4 2 Mrs. Sveom Shorthand Typing, Sections 1, 2, 3 Bookkeeping' Study Hall 11-12 Miss Lund Algebra, Sections 1, 2, 3 Physical Education 5, G, 7, 8 Grades Physical Education, High School Girls Mr. Selbo Economics, Sections 1 and 2 Geometry, Sections 1 and 2 Physical Education, High -School Boys Study Hall 1-2 Miss Decker Latin I Latin II English I, Sections 1, 2, 3 Study Hall, Boys 3-4

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-l Is it all right if we have real for Prom We like to have Richard Kent for the We have graduation?Do you care if we sale our turn to take charge of the dan Friday going to have a class meeting and vote on t t? These and many other questions havexbee of Mr. Pfisterer ever since We entered high school as Freshmen. could he ever think up enough answers for them? This is just a sma ple of what Mr. Pfisterer has to face eachqyear,--or has our class been most difficult? We are quiteisur that I r. Pfisterer will be iust as ppy to see us graduate asswe will be to 'T aduate We truth 'ate everything he has done for in the past four years, an , ' a vbt, be back in the years to come to ask him many more que fl X li fl if ti L in I -The Seniors. if