Earlham High School - Memories Yearbook (Earlham, IA)

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Ql'll0l' 33804 QE g Edltor s note The or1g1nal plans of the Annual Staff were to devote a page of photographs of Sk1p Day h1ghl1ghts The class began the eventful day w1th at least a half dozen cameras but unfortunately none were equlppedwlth flash attachments A recollectlon of that somewhat dark day w1ll explaln the lack of photos The customary qu1et of the early morn mg hours 1n and around Earlham was belng dxsturbed on th1s part1cular mormng March Z 1951 Asa matter of fact between 3 and 4 a m many alarm clocks were sound1ng off l1ghts could be seen 1n several homes and cars and an occas1onal l1ght truck were observed cru1s1ng around IH town At4 000 clock sharp 25sen1ors along w1th Mr Bowman and Mr Br1ghtman had assembled at the school and were under way for one of the b1g events of the year Sk1p Day At departure the group seemed full of v1gor and w1de awake At 5 30 the gang arr1ved 1n Atlant1c where some had breakfast Others were gett1ng target pract1ce at an lndoor shoot mg range wh1le a few were gett1ngShOt automatxc photo booth On from Atlantlc the adventurers con tmued and soon encountered typ1cal Sklp Day weathercond1t1ons- ra1n sleet, ha1l elements that would certalnly d1shearten anyone other than a group of sen1ors on Sk1p Day Am1d the slush and stuff the crew moved 1nto Counc1l Bluffs and on a cross B1g Muddy 1nto Omaha amxd the blarmg of bands and the cheers of crowds that l1ned the streets 1n a welcome Shortly after 8 a m the Earlham travelers ar rwed at Boys Town After a tour of thxs famous home for homeless boys e group journeyed back to Omaha and V1S1t6d the Unlon Pac1f1c Museum Next came a tr1p to the 18th floor of the Woodmen of the World Bu1ld1ng to get a b1rd s eye v1ew of Omaha The clouds were so low a few reached out the w1ndow to get some for a souvemr At noon the members of the class were the guests of Brande1s Departrnent Store for lunch and the cafeterla style revealed some huge appetltes After lunch several of the boys returned w1th somethmg outstandlng ln headwear fluorescent p1nk and orange hats The next stop on the 11st was at the Nebraska School for the Deaf Cons1derable tlme was spent there 1n observmg the methods of teachmg the hand1capped At 5 00 p m the group was assembled 1n the stud1o of WOW TV and shortly there after bemg telev1sed on a studlo program Henry Gupenburg and Esther Young were 1nterv1ewed dur1ng the 15m1nute program After persuadmg these two te1ev1s1on d1scover1es to turn down a contractand re ma1n members ofthe class the group con t1nued to the H1lltop for d1nner Before start1ng the tr1p home the class members attended a mov1e of the1r cho1ce After h1tt1ng the road about 9 30 p m a strange s1lence fell over the group untll a short stop atAtlant1c at 12 30 a m yes March 3 now There 1n the bus depot some of the marksmen trxed the1r luck agam the coffee supply was exhausted and Z5 sleepy and tmred semors suddenly rev1ved From Atlant1c to Earlham songs and laughter fllled the a1r aga1n as the gang put the f1n 1sh1ng touches on a never to be forgotten hmgh school event The arrwal t1me home Z. 30 a m March 3 O I1 Q . , : . . v . I ' . . B. . , A C . D. . . . . n - .n . - , , -. : . . q , . . . - , D. . . . u O , nth ' ' Z6

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Nil!! FRONT ROW LEF T IO RIGHT Kartn C rawlord Teddy McDonald Donald Henry Terry Bwrnt Ruby Leepcr A rct Sa Nlarx Ann Ramsey Dlkhlff Duff Roger Slllunan Norman Hougham SECOND ROW Nlr Mrller Elarne W lch Lrlah Benn-.tt Berman Beeson lNl3l'bJl'LlQOl11'dLl Zelda Hester Chrrxl lVlClx Jllllllllf. Ross Nancy XN1lrn.1D011glas DICRIC Bobenhoust Ld11hAdolpl1son Btuvwrlkrc Flsre btandrng Verle Chase FOURTH ROW DcnrusByr11e Dax1dStrong IllTll'l'lyBLd1S R1chardDeels lxlyrnalxlapes BelvaDcals JudyBranam W1n1fredNc,llls The Cardlnal Band 1S one of the hardest working muslcal organlzatlons rn school They performed at all of the home football games and put on a very colorful show 1n conjunctlon xutb the Redf1eld I-Iomecomrng VK 1th a successful football season to look back on the band went 1nto con cert rehearsal and the Pep Band took over as the performrng group for Basketball Though small the Pep Band proved rtself a generatrng factor rn the pep necessary to cheer a team on to vlctory Durmg the second semester the Band, alonv wrth the Mrxed Chorus,pre sented an Assembly Program for the Earlham School Later 1n the year the Band presented 1ts Annual Sprmg Concert performed at the Drake Relays and of course the band entered the Sprrng Contests S1nce last year the Band has grown from about 2.5 members to 42 and wrll be mc reased next year to 50 Compllments of FARMER S CO OPFRATIVE' ELFVATOR Z8 Boyle, Howard Bricker. THIRD ROW: james Clark, SharonClague, Ruby Golightly, RossLeepcr, Sharlcen Welch, 1- . , R ' , ,I r ' , , I. - -.I 4 ' - A f, w r A . : 1 ' - 1' -' V ' ' D ' ' ' , ' ' ' 1 , E 1 1 ' x ' . 1 , D . . I -