Fairbury High School - Trail Yearbook (Fairbury, NE)

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Cn the Old Spanish Trail Language can either be a powerful means to bring about harmony among the peoples of the world, or it can be a cause of jangling discord, for without words it is impossible to convey one's thoughts to others-or even to think. To make language serve the former purpose is one rea- son why classes in many modern tongues are held in high schools and colleges all over the world. ln the Spanish classes in FHS, students are taught something of the language of most of the nations south of the Bio Grande. What is more important, they learn that appreciation and re- spect for melodies and countermelodies of peo- ples which is so necessary for good inter-Amer- ican relations. The history of Pan American Day really be- gins with the first congress of independent South and Central American countries in l826, which was held at the instigation of Simon Bolivar, Latin America's beloved liberator. The United States was invited, but did not attend. That and most of the other early conferences were chiefly political in character. ln l889 delegates from all the American re- publics met in Washington, D. C. By this time the scope of the conferences had become much broader. Economic and cultural subjects took their places beside politics and the interpretation of inter-national law. On April l4, during the l889 conference, the resolution creating the Pan American Union was framed. From this day dates the observance of Pan American Day-a day to remind the American peoples of their mu- tual dependence and their individual contribu- tions to the culture of this continent. Since l889, conferences have been held about every five years in various cities in the American republics, the latest being the l948 congress in Bogota, Colombia. Through them, cooperation among the American nations has steadily increased. This year, as usual, the Spanish classes plan- ned for a program. These plans, however, were upset when the instructor, Miss Dolores Spence, was suddenly called away. Although prepara- tions continued for some time after she left, the program was finally abandoned, and will have to go down in the school annals as the big one that got away. BACK ROW fleli to rightJ: Charlene Hoover, Marilyn Iones, Bruce Ackerman. Sam Thomas, Ruth Dalke, lack Olgevie, Bob Howell, Doyle Austin, Darwin Smith, Glen Hoge. FRONT ROW: Miriam Church, Mary Eleanor Moore. Barbara Banks, Marilyn Luce. Kathleen Kelly, Dorothy Huss, Carol Else, Betty McKay, Elaine Holtzen, Nancy Pickering, Mary Ann Pav- licek, Barbara Morris. Page 62 l

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Finishing those last-minute iobs for the next issue, are the members of the X-Ray staff. I BACK ROW Cleft to rightl: Bob Brown, Betty DeBoer, ldonna Burkhart, Dortha Garrison, Everett Stone, Ioe Lesher and Miss Heral Hed cock. 9 FIRST ROW: Hichard Chirnside, Iim Preston, Bill Lea and Kathryn Fitch. The opening movement of i'Melody in F was nearly completed before the X-Ray began to record the school sonata. The reason was that busy newspapers felt they could not take the extra printing job. Finally, however, the Fairbury News took pity on the harried staff, and record cutting was begun about the mid- dle of October. Meanwhile, the senior English classes under Miss l-leral Hedgcock were being initiated into the mysteries of journalism. First came the me- chanics, such as getting all essentials into the first sentence of a story and writing i'3U at the end. Later came the delicate nuances of the artftempering the truth with charity and still making it interesting. After the first hectic week of trying to beat a deadline, the staff felt rather weak and flabby. Later on they learned that it's the steady grind that makes putting out the paper a lot of work. They learned, of necessity, to be versatile W everyone did everyones work. And they ex- perienced the thrill that comes from busting into print. That a full set of records was completed was due to the patient work of the senior English classes and the staff, the courtesy of the Fairbury News, and the phenomenal good humor of Miss l-ledgcock. You can always find freshmen around the coke machine. Bob Hammond and Iesse Medina answer Mary Mitchell's questions while Kathryn Fitch interviews Marian Rossmiller, Lois Zabel and Marian Shultz. Tell Me the Tales Setting out to get some of those much-needed contracts. the X-Ray ad salesmen ston to toss us a friendly glance. Left to right are: Ioan Wilkinson, Marge Huss, Iean Vigen Shirley Loetterle, Georgeanne Bambauer. lean Harlan Shirley Iohnson. Page Gl

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lt bells brought out the 'lCheer! Cheer! for Fair- Up with the Colors tt? .ww 5 J K ljigi BACK HOW Cleft to rightlz Donna Snell, Iune Austin. Ianice Eisenhauer, Martha Vculek, Mary Ann Pavlicek, Bette Pleis, Dorothy Schwisow, Anna Weidenhatt, Geraldine Sisler. Patty Arkland, Ioan Elgert. SECOND ROW:' Pat Mahlman, Mildred Eret, Bonnie Fielder, Mariel Lenahan. Marilyn Pleis, Wilma Hirsch, Ioan Fraser, Mary lane Schwxsow, Mrss Margaret Morris. FIRST ROW: Iollnn Corbin. Beulah Lurz, Betty Witt, Marian Schultz, Loretta Brown, Lois Ward, Ella Mae Ianz. This year's FHS Pep Club was represented by thirty-six members of whom only two were se- niors. Miss Margaret Morris sponsored the group. The purpose of the organization has been to boost the morale of the football and basketball players at all games. Seated next to the band, the girls harmonized with the rest of the cheer- ing section. Red and gold streamers and cow- Up with the Colors can well be applied to the pepsters as this ye-ar's uniforms consisted of red skirts and yellow pullover v-neck sweaters. Next year they hope to get in tune with a stand- ard uniform. They took part in several skits at rallies and presented a skit, Reminiscin', on Stunt Night. Officers for the year were: Martha Vculek, president, Pat Mahlman, vice-president, and bury High. Several Pep Club girls ushered at the Messiah presented by the vocal groups December l8, and also at the band con- cert February l7. A bus was chartered to take the girls to the Crete football game, October lO. Miss Margaret Morris and Mrs. William Yoachim accompanied the group to the Beatrice bas- ketball game, February 3. The girls entertained both teams after the Cozad basketball game, February 14, Hot dogs, potato chips and cokes were served in Room llU. Popular music was heard on the radio. Anna Weidenhaft, secretary-treasurer. xfgv G All aboard! The Fairbury Pep Club yells Beat Crete as they start on their journey to attend the Fairhury vs. Crete 'football game. With these girls cheering for the Iefis. xt was a sure victory. Page 63