Fullerton High School - Warrior Yearbook (Fullerton, NE)

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Joan Tarnick, president of the National Honor Society, reviews the principles of the organization and prepares to administer the oath to the six new members from the class of 1968. Honor Society Taps Six New Members. Lucy Hadfield w ho was tapped by her mother, Mrs. Douglas Hadfield, leaves the stage after the ceremony. Each year, the high school faculty is called upon to select a certain per- centage of the graduating class as members of the National Honor So- ciety. These seniors are chosen on the basis of four qualifications: character, scholarship, leadership, and service. The 1968 members of the society are Gail Faaborg, Robert Dubas, Mike Gloor, Lucy Hadfield, Dixie Rumsey, and Peggy Shemek. After the tapping ceremony, the new members were honored at a luncheon provided by the society. The faculty and parents of the honorees were special guests.

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Scholastic Excellence Is Recognized. Miss Bengtson presents Robert DeLancey with an award for outstanding work done in Junior English, Mr. Chronopulos prepares to award several science students for superior work done in his classes. At the end of each school year, an Honors Convocation is held to recognize students who have maintained outstanding records in scholarship and athletics. Citizenship awards were also given toa boy and a girl in each class. Recipients of these awards were Judy Maly, Roger Nesbitt, Jane Morgan, Robert Zaruba, Nancy Swan- son, Greg Zabka, Dixie Rumsey, and Michael Gloor. The latter two also received the Danforth Foundation awards. Robert McKeeman received the Bausch- Lomb science award for the highest four- year average in science. Lucy Hadfield received a similar award in mathematics. Robert DeLancey was recognized as the highest-scoring local student in the national mathematics test. Charles Zaruba was named Athlete of the Year, Other awards were given for outstanding achievement in individual classes and in school-sponsored organizations. Gail Faaborg is given an annual staff award by the yearbook sponsor, Miss Bengtson.

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Forty-Seven FHS Seniors Graduate. Four years filled with memories .. . of teachers, classes, games, newfriends . now all this will be brought to an end by one short walk into the auditorium. The gym, usually crowded and excited for bas- ketball games, pep rallies, or P,E, classes --now, so strangely is filled with a new crowd of relatives and friends who have come to tell me goodbye from this world of high school. These were the thoughts of forty-seven seniors at 8:00 p.m. on one Monday evening not too long ago. And then came the sounds of Pomp and Circumstance, and it had begun. Forty-seven members of the graduation class of 1968 stand proudly in their red and white robes, a change from the maroon robes of many previous graduating nae ia This was graduation--1968. Rev. N,J,O, Boomgaarden gave the invocation and bene- diction. Special musical selections were by Michael Gloor who sang You'll Never Walk Alone and the Senior Sextette who pre- sented Graduation Day. Mrs. Calvin Gloor and Dr. B. W. Kramer of the Board of Education presented the diplomas, Special awards were given by Mr. Irvin and Mr. Hunzeker, The seniors' motto With today's knowledge, we challenge tomorrow, was displayed on the stage. Their colors were aqua and silver, and the flowers selected by the seniors were red and white roses. classes, On graduation night, contrasting red and white roses accented these robes. K WOOF Were,