Lawrence High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1955 volume:

X awrence School X a iv re nee , JCc ansas 12J CM J (BLcL, 1955 I Jable of? (Contents Fall....................................................4-37 Administration......................................6-11 All School Play...................................... 34 Assemblies........................................... 22 Band Orchestra...................................35-37 Cheerleaders......................................... 32 Football...........................................24-27 Homecoming....................................... 28-29 Off Hours............................................ 33 Parties............................................30-31 Pep Club............................................. 23 Sophomores.........................................14-21 Student Council....................................12-13 Winter. ...............................................38-67 Assemblies......................................... 48 Basketball.........................................40-43 Dance Band .......................................... 51 Debate ... 62-63 Gym Club............................................. 47 Hi-Y................................................. 52 Intramurals........................................44-45 Juniors..............,.............................54-61 Leaders Club.......................................64-65 Manual Arts .......................................66-67 Parties.............................................. 50 Pep Club. ......................................... 45 Thespians............................................ 49 Y -Teens............................................. 53 Spring.............................................. 68-105 Awards. .........................................100-101 Future Farmers of America....................! ! 76-77 Future Secretaries of Lawrence....................... 75 Graduation.......................................102-105 Junior-Senior Play .................................. 72 Music...........................................] 80-85 Occupational Training................................ 74 Parties............................................98-99 Publications.......................................78-79 Red Black Revue ............. 73 Seniors.................................... , . 86-97 Track..............................................70-71 Adverti sments Staff . . . . 106-115 3 , . Stephen Hill , . Mary Bailey , .Sally Schofer Barbara Hodgson Jane Stanbrough . BUI Snead EDITOR .... ASSISTANT EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER ADVISOR. . . . PHOTOGRAPHER . MR. NEAL M. WHERRY MR. WILLIAM D. WOLFE Principal Superintendent of Schools JU ministra tion MR. H. C. STUART Vice-Principal BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. W. D. Wolfe. Mr. Ralph Pine, Mr. Henry Shenk, Dr. R. L. Dunlap, Mr. Norman Edmonds, Mr. Joe Wilson, Mr. A. E. Woestemeyer, and Mrs. Ray T. Wright. MISS JUSTINE CURRY MISS CORA DAVENPORT MISS JANE DICKER MR. LOWELL BAILEY MRS. SHIRLEY BLAIR MR. CLIFFORD BREITHAUPT MR. VICTOR CAPPER MISS PEARL CARPENTER MRS. HELEN CHEWNING MRS. SUE COCHRANE MRS. HELEN CORNWELL MRS. GERTRUDE COY MR. ROY CROPP MISS ELECTA KINDLESPERGER MRS. DOROTHY MARTIN MRS. ERMA LARDNER MR. HOWARD MEHUNGER MR. WILUAM LASSMAN MR. R. R. NELSON MR. E. J. LOGSDON MR. R. W. NELSON MISS FAYE ORELUP MR. MERLE PAULSON MR. JERRY ROGERS MISS GERTRUDE RUTTAN MR. L. R. PERRY MISS MARTHA RAYHILL MISS IRENE SMITH MR. MAX STALCUP MISS DOROTHY WILSON MR. R. E. WOOD MR. ALLAN WOO LARD LEFT TO RIGHT: Mrs. Faye Pinder. Mrs. Anna Houk, Mrs. Bessie Ice (head cook), Mrs. Rachel Kitlen. Mrs. Alma Channel and Mrs. Lucy Lambert. VL. U a anuoria i Staff LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. E. T. Gardner, Mr. C. M. Hoover, Mr. H. U. Tuckle, Mr. Floyd Heffner, Mr. Floyd McAferty. and Mrs. Betty Spencer. hour Chemistry class C ounci RIGHT: Chuck Malone, Student Council president BELOW: Miss Cora Davenport, Student Council sponsor Yvonne Richardson, secretary, takes notes while the other members of the Student Council Executive Board-Judy Gray, sophomore representa- tive; Ray Nichols, junior representative; Tom Parker, senior represen- tative; and Alan Coombs, vice-president;-voice their opinions on one of the items to be discussed during a coming Student Council meeting. STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS-BACK ROW: VanNeste. Shoemaker, Guntert, Davis. MIDDLE ROW: Logan, Warren, Gorton, Wiley, McGrew, Roberman. FRONT ROW; Zimmerman, Grant, Evans. Rowlands, Perry, Bennet. STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS-BACK ROW: Nuffer, Borgen, Hill, Sleight, DeWalt, Christenson. FRONT ROW: Malone, Smith, Jones, Workman, Allen, Miller. 957 CLASS OFFICERS: Vice President, John Westergren; Treasurer, Don Wrench; President, John Brown; Secretary, Martha Shultz. ROW 1: Norma Aldrich, Robert Altenbemd, Jacky Aide, Joetta Alumbaugh, Rod Anderson, Erna Anthony. ROW 2: Fred Atchison, Elden Bailey, John Baldwin, Ronnie Barnes, Bobby Barnhill, Steele Becker. ROW 3: Philip Bell, Bob Bender, Connie Beresford, Rachel Bermudez, Melvin Biggers, Joyce Black. ROW 1: Joycelyn Black, Steve Bly, Julia Bolton, Lou Anna Bolton. ROW 2: Charles Borgen, Billy Bor- land, Connie Bosze, Wanda Bray. ROW 3: William Brewster, Kathryn Brickner, Imogene Brittain, Burton Brown. ROW 4: John Brown, Paula Brown- ing, Nancy Burchett, Janice Bur- nam. ROW 5: Alan Button, Lelani Caine, Dorothy Carey, Darla Carlson, Joel Carlson, Loretta Cates. ROW 6: Thelma Catlett, Mary Chavez, Juanita Cleveland, Deannie Coffman, Jo Ann Coff- man, Bobby Cole. ROW 7: Carol Collins. Edward Collister, Janice Cook, Charles Cornwell, Harry Craig, Gordon Culp. ■ ROW 1: Darlene Daniels, Roger Daum, James Davidson, John Demos. ROW 2: Donald Dennis, Jack De Walt, Jacqueline Dolifka, Bob Driscoll. ROW 3: Gene Dunigan, Beverly Ellenbarger, Alan Endacott, Mary Ericson. ROW 4: Roy Eshom, Doris Evans, Larry Evilsizor, Robert Farmer. ROW 5: Paul Finley, Jo Ann Flesh- man, Shirley Fletcher, Pat Fowl- er, Carol Freeman, Mary Fulcher. ROW 6: Jimmie Furman, Arthur Gfeller, Gerald Gordon, Gary Gillium, Judy Gorton, Darrell Grammer. ROW 7: Fred Grammer, Judith Gray, Nancy Gustafson. Marcia Haines, Jerry Hall, Carlton Hamm. ROW 1: Jolene Hardiman, Mil Harmon, Bruce Harris, Gary Hat- field, Larry Hatfield, Sharon Haze let. ROW 2: Rebecca Hellstrom, Judy Hemphill, Lesta Henry, Yvonne Herren, Judith Hess, David Higgins. ROW 3: Alan Hill, Wilson Hill. Gary Holladay, Dean Holmes, Judy Hoover, Edna Hornberger. ROW 4: Jerry House, Dave Howe, Bob Hunzicker, Gaye Hutchins. ROW 5: Ed Jackson, Barbara Jean Johnson, Barbara J. Johnson, Bar- bara L. Johnson. ROW 6: Fred Johnson, Jimmy John- son, Shirley Johnson, Lloyd Jones. ROW 7: Steven Jones, Wanda Kampachroeder, Leon Kasky, Kar- men Kasson. ROW 1: Otto Kasson, Marvin Kim- ball, Nancy King, Ann Kirk- patrick, Carolyn Kreye, Mary Lackey. ROW 2: Ray LaDuke, Tommy Leasure, Sally L'Ecuyer, Jimmy Lee, Donald Leibengood, Joan Leonard. ROW 3: Judy Lesch, Patricia Lilly, Nan Lockard, Betty Logan, John Long, Francis Ludvicek. ROW 4: Connie Marsell, Mike McCaffrey, Carl McClung, Myrna McClure. ROW 5: Stanley McNish, Curtis Melton, Paul Merkel, Gary Mid- yett. ROW 6: Harlan Miller, J. W. Miller, Shelby Miller, Gweneth Mills. ROW 7: Gwen Mohler, Dorothy Moore, Jimmy Moore, Patricia Moore. ROW 1: Barbara Morgan, Judy Mott, Claudette Mumford, Connie Neil, Billy Nelson, Ray Nieder. ROW 2: Janice Norris, Ann North, Albert Palmerlee, Landis Penfold, Barbara Penny, Mike Perich. ROW 3: Jane Perry, Shirley Petrie, Alan Phelps, Roger Pine, Buddy Plath, Mary Pohl. ROW 4: Bob Radcliffe, Jimmy Ragan, Leota Rake, Sharon Red- ford. ROW 5: Mike Reed, Kay Richards, Wanda Richardson, Judy Rigdon. ROW 6: James Robbins, Ann Roberts, Sandra Robson, Billy Rogers. ROW 7: Phyllis Romero, Judy Rood, Susan Rowlands, Gloria Savage. ROW 1: Doyle Schick, Gary Schmedemann, Marilyn Schubert, Nancy Scritchfield, Marilyn Scott, Floyd Sellars. ROW 2: Bob Shanan, Jimmy Shan- non, Chuck Shelley, John Shenk, Ronnie Shirk, Martha Shultz. ROW 3: Joyce Slagle, Richard Smart, Arley Smith, Carol Smith, Larry Smith, Larry Sneegas. ROW 4: Arthur Sommer, Jimmy Spotser, Michael Stewart, Sue Stinson. ROW 5: David Stoltenberg, Dar- lene Stone, Dennis Stone, Clair Streit. ROW 6: Kathleen Sullivan, Rich- ard Sylvester, David Thomas, Rosemary Thomas. ROW 7: Janice Thornton, Doris Tingle, Jo Ann Todd, Cecil Trans mire. ROW 1: Billy Turner, Karen Tuttle, Herbert Uthoff, Donna Vann, Bob Van Neste, Larry Walker. ROW 2: Glenda Wallace, Jack Warner, Sherryl Warren, Jerry Webster, Ethel Wells, John West- ergren. ROW 3: Dorothy Wheeler, Joyce Widner, Jerry Wilcox, Anna Wiley, Richard Williams, Gary Winter. ROW 4: John Wolfe, Mark Wolfson, John Wooden, Don Wrench, Stephen Parmely, Larry Purvis. Latin labors liven life of studious sophomores under the guidance of Miss Gertrude Ruttan. With a hearty handshake Coach Alan Woolard hands co- captain Joel Malott his football award as Jaydee Stinson and Bill Snead look on. 3J( Jibuti ted Fall assemblies varied from the rollick- ing Red and Black assembly, a take off on high school life to the serious religious Thanksgiving assembly under the sponsor- ship of the Hi-Y. Other assemblies includ- ed one presented by General Electric, foot- ball awards, and several outside speakers. BELOW; In the process of preparing lunch, Judie Ander- son and Barbara Sample depict a scene from the school cafeteria. LLL ester- ws UPPER LEFT: Singing for the Hi-Y Thanksgiving assembly is the Boys' Quartet composed of Larry Caine, C. L. Davis, Bill Reinken, and Phil Stuart. LOWER LEFT: An overworked Journalism student portrayed by Meeke Stone backed up by Sally Schofer clean the stage in Red and Black assembly. Pep CLl Centered around the football season, Fall activities for the Pep Club’s 250 members included rallying for games, posting signs, and taking part in the Homecoming Ceremony. Climaxing Twixp Week the traditional WPA (Woman Pay All) dance proved to be a success with the theme, World of Imagination. KNOCK THE SCOTTIES OF! 11 ITVI TUTG nwc Min JI?$ IS IT A TOUCHDOWN! r]£J J!Ck THE SEASON'S RECORD ampionA anc Opponents LHS Manhattan 12 19 Topeka 0 6 Atchison 0 37 Shawnee-Mission 13 13 Leavenworth 0 35 Argentine 6 32 Ottawa 0 20 Wyandotte 6 36 Highland Park 6 32 Hurrah! The Lions carry Coach Alan Woolard off the field after the season- ending win against Highland Park. ——mwbb The Mentors of the 1954 Lawrence Lions NEKL Champs are: Mr. Howard Meblinger, Mr. Alan 1954 LION LETTERMEN-TOP. LEFT TO RIGHT: Jim Rose, Jaydee Stinson, David Paul, Gary Creamer, Charlie Coleman, Tom Parker, Ray Ikenberry, Bob Walters, Bill Snead, Dean Elliott, A1 Overton, Richie Skinner, Pete Whitenight. BOTTOM, tate unnerd Woolard, Mr. Jerry Rogers, and Mr. Jerry Waugh. LEFT TO RIGHT: Bill Junior Smith. Phil Stuart, Joe Malott, Jerry Cunningham. Max Williams, Don Acher, Doyle Schick, Tom Ragland, Larry Kelley, harry Miller, Ron Hunt, Milton Harris. LHS tackle Bruce Tate, two- year letterman and 1954 All- State choice. Team captains of the Lawrence Lions, Joe Malott and Max Williams, place the 1954 NEKL trophy in the LHS dis- play case. 8 oCitth oCionS quad A-SQUAD MEMBERS LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP ROW; Principal Neal M. Wherry, Melton, Tate, Elliott, Kelly, Parker, Whitenight, Abernathy, Overton, Ragan, Dennis. Dolan, Harris, Pontius, and backfield coach Jerry Waugh. THIRD ROW: Athletic Director L.R. Dad” Perry, Walters, Stuart, Snead, Stinson, Smith, Cunningham. Flory, Craig, Robb, Webster, Radcliff, Craig, and line coach Jerry Rogers. MIDDLE ROW: Manager Endacott, Skinner, Anderson, Dunigan. Conner, Schick. Rose, Creamer. Williams, Elliott, Paul, Iken- berry, Malott. and Van Dyke. FRONT ROW: Managers Stewart and Bennett. Stavros, Wrench, Hall, Wheeler, Ragland, Bly, Coleman, Acher, Miller, Ketcher and Brown. LITTLE LIONS SQUAD MEMBERS LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP ROW: Edmonds, Kasson, Berry, Wolf, Button, Marion, Gardner, Baker, Rosenbaum, Helm, Church, McCaffrey, Jones, Bookwalter, Cawley, Mehlinger. MIDDLE ROW; Owens, Kasky, Walker, McGrew, Altenbum, Brewster, Shenk, Rogers, Reed, Midyett, Brown, Plath, Atchison, L. Smith. FRONT ROW: Manager Van Nortwick, Nelson, Hurst, Holmes, Austin, Hatfield, Hunzicker, Chavez, Driscoll, Sneegas, Perison. 1954-55 LITTLE LIONS’ SCORES OPPONENTS’ RECORDS LHS Winchester 13 6 Olathe ”B” 7 25 Topeka Sophs. 26 0 De Soto B” 0 26 Baldwin ”B 0 37 Washington B” 6 19 27 Jl omecomincj. Frances Ward, attended by Sandra Smith and Yvonne Richardson, reign- ed over the 1954 homecoming between halves at the Lawrence vs. Shawnee - Mission game and the varsity after- wards. Dressed in traditional white, the queen was escorted by Charles Ma- lone, Student Council president, to her throne in the center of a valentine formed by the Pep Club and band. She was proceeded by Sandy Smith escorted by Ray Nichols, Junior Class Representative, and Yvonne Richardson escorted by Alan Coombs, Student Council Vice-President. PORTRAIT OPPOSITE PAGE: Frances Ward. INSERT: Chuck Malone rewards Frances in the tra- ditional fashion. BELOW: Yvonne Richardson. BELOW RIGHT: Sandra Smith. UPPER RIGHT: The queen and her attendants are escorted from the throne. LEFT: Fresh from the back hills, Frances Ward and Judie Anderson provided entertainment during intermission of the Soc Hop. Also as entertainment was Marryin' Sam” the Rev. Dale Turner, who hitched 'most everyone present'. 00t i' '' • • — ••5 Iiuui Ult v V vili � IC� UV1UCS U1C UU£ patch clan gathered before the camera during the Soc Hop. Tops among the costumed couples were Terry Marriot and Martha Hammig. Simply out of this world! Will Owens and Ruth Pippert pose at the WPA. }� [[ Parti Highlighting the fall season for most LHS students were the parties. The kickoff for this phase of school life was the Clean Jeans Get-Acquainted party held Septem- ber 10. Ina World of Imagination couples whirled during the Pep Club sponsored WPA dance. Decorations for this affair included a huge blue and white crepe paper globe and murals of rocket ships and strange people from another planet. The annual Soc Hop with some new twists completed the fall festivities. Couples arrived dressed as their favorite Dog Patch characters, the theme being that of Little Abner’s home town. BELOW: Around the world couples swirled at the informal Women Pay All dance. A TEAM CHEERLEADERS-Sharon Zimmerman, Sandy Smith, Johnson Shockley, Judie Anderson, and Frances Ward, illustrate their sparkling style that became so familiar to Lawrence sports fans. a eerieacli eri O. K. . . . lets go. . started many a cheer at football and basKetball games during 1954- lets go. WmBagm ' ig 195 55 season. The cheerleaders, led by Sandy Smith, cheered our teams on to greater hei- ghts. Besides games they ignited school spirit at the homecoming bonfire, rallies and pep assemblies. Leading the pepsters for the second team were four spirited sophomores with Doris Evans at the helm. ABOVE: Preparing for the evening's clash are the B team cheerleaders, Sue Stinson, Jane Perry, Doris Evans, and Dorothy Wheeler. t LEFT: Assisting the other cheerleaders at various times during the year are Norma Aldrich, B team alternate, Judy Allen, and Darlene Trovillion, helping out the ”A” team. — off Jfourd LEFT: This visible study effort by sophomores doesn’t happen every day; in 15 minutes first semester finals begin. BELOW: Rosemary Thomas and Bob Walters eye their classmates cutting a rug at Lone Star Lake. BELOW LEFT: During Hi-Y initiation, the boys watch Will Owens's reaction to sitting on a balloon... filled with water. LEFT: The Charleston's the rage with Don Garrett and Martha Crosier. RIGHT: Judie Anderson urges Jerry Holt to give Larry Glass a chance to explain himself. “Die Da Hi, e Whole down’s saimnq The all-school play, a farce in three acts, was presented November 19 and 20. The cast was as follows: Annie, the maid.............Sally Montgomery Taxi-driver....................Stuart Smith Mr. Simmons....................Bob Guntert Mrs. Simmons......................Julie Jost Ethel, their daughter .... Martha Crosier Roger Shields, young Chicago blood Don Garrett Letty Lythe, motion picture star. Judie Anderson Donald Swift, motion picture director . Jerry Holt Sally.....................Nancy Scritchfield Lila.............................Judy Gray Sadie Bloom...............Chloe Ann Odaffer Chester Binney, Simmon’s partner . Larry Glass Carolyn Carter, student director Barbara Sample, assistant student director Merle Paulson, director i WJarcfiintf FLAGSWINGERS: Rosemary Thomas, Jane Armstrong, Barbara Ragan, Susie Anderson. Mary Fulcher Bill Reinken Nancy Smith Everyone loves a parade! The band joins fifty others in the centennial parade. ORCHESTRA MEMBERS: Violins-Gorton, Evans, Yeh, Ragan, Logan, Stone, Darleene, Stone, Donnis, Viola-Sample, Lusk, Gough, Cellos-Dixon, Leonhard, Anderson, Baker, Basses-Davis, Disque, Roberman, Pierce, Sullivan, Flutes-Harding, Ericson, Jackson, Hardiman, Reed, Smith, Oboe-Lockwood, Clarinets-Eichhorn, Harris, Fulcher, Armstrong, Saunders, Bass Clarinet- Thomas, Bassoons-Hi 11, Garrett, Ousdahl, Lockhard, French Homs-Lohman, Miller, Woodhead, Trumpets-Reinken, Wooldridge, Brown, Trombones-Malone. Stuart, Wiley, Tuba-Ford, Per- cussion-Tusher, Shockley, Elliott, Director-Kassinger. Throughout the 1954-55 year the LHS Concert Band, under Mr. Charles Kassinger, presented a series of concerts both serious and humorous in nature. LHS Orchestra: Under the direction of Mr. Charles Kassinger, the LHS Orchestra pre- sented many concerts throughout the year. This year the Orchestra went to Atchison in the annual Lawrence, Atchison, Ottawa music exchange. BAND MEMBERS: Drum Major-Bill Reinken, Twirlers-Smith. Fulcher, Flutes-Ericson, Hardiman, Harding, Mc- Cluggage, Reid, Sample, Smith, Oboe-Logan, Clarinets-Armstrong, Fulcher. Gough, Harris, Johnson, Lockwood, McNish, Roberman. Sullivan, Saunders, Wright, Stone, Darlene; Stone, Donnis; Bassoons-Garrett, Husted, Lockard, Ousdahl, Bass Clarinets-Thomas, Plath, Ragan, Saxophones-Anderson. Chairello, Collister, Disque, Webster, French Horn-Anderson, Leisure, Miller, Williams, Comet-Brown, Burton; Brown, John; Demos, Driscoll, Dennis. Howe, Penfold, Reinken, Smith, White, Winter, Lohman, Trombones-Long, Malone, Miller, Pierce, Stuart, Wiley, Bari tone-Bra umer, Woodhead, Woolridge, Tuba-Baker, Ford, Holmes, Williams, Bender, Percussi on- Elliott, Tusher, Schmedemann, Shockley, Wolfe, Director-Charles Kassinger, Flag Swingers-Ragan, Anderson, Thomas, Armstrong. Lion Doyle Schick fights for the ball in the midst of a group of opposing Redmen from Atchison, while Leos Kelley and McIntyre look on. JERRY WAUGH Coach GARY CREAMER Letterman DOYLE SCHICK Letterman LARRY KELLEY Letterman TEAM Ottawa Leavenworth Argentine . Lawrence Atchison Highland Park BELOW; In the white suits. Junior Smith and Jaydee Stinson (center). Gary Creamer (far lef , and Joe Eichhorn (right) battle the Wyandotte Bulldogs for the roundball during on of the hard- fought contests between the two arch-rivals in the 1955 season. Punkin Head” Jaydee Stinson, Lion center, seems to lose his head in an attempt to steal the roundball, teammate Joe Malott and an op- posing Wyandotte Bulldog tenderly hold hands with him. JERRY CUNNINGHAM Letterman GORDON ABERNATHY Letterman A-TEAM RECORD OPPONENTS Pittsburgh Topeka Leavenworth Atchison Highland Park Ottawa Argentine Wyandotte Leavenworth Atchison Highland Park Shawnee-Mission Ottawa Argentine Topeka CHUCK McINTYRR Letterman 4 B-TEAM RECORD OPPONENTS Shawnee-Mission 61 Ottawa 59 Argentine 34 Wyandotte 47 Topeka 69 Leavenworth 53 Atchison 52 Highland Park 53 Ottawa 53 Argentine 57 Topeka 70 Leavenworth 42 Highland Park 54 LHS 46 63 39 44 33 49 77 55 55 53 58 46 59 CARLTON HAMM Letterman JUNIOR SMITH Letterman THE LION B TEAM, BACK ROW; Don Dennis, Jerry Hall, Jerry Webster, Bob Walters, Galen Cawley. Jim Ragan. FRONT ROW: Gary Hatfield. Don Wrench. Ron Hurst, Steve Bly, Wilson Hill, coach-Mr. Howard Mehlinger. These are the boys who will make the Leo court quintets of the future, and who have established for themselves a fine record in 1955 through hard work and drive. 7 . . jreminine STANDINGS 1. X-Cons . . . 8-1 5. Hot Shots . 3-6 2. Argyles ... 6-3 6. Hot Canaries . 2-6-1 3. Court Jesters. . 4-4-1 7. Pole Cats. . . 1-8 4. Little Leos . . 4-5 ABOVE LEFT HOT CANARIES-BACK ROW: Haines, Stinson, Richards, Gray, Lockhard. FRONT ROW: Rowlands, Wheeler, Evans, Perry, Kirkpatrick. LEFT POLE-CATS-BACK ROW: Hazelet, Wiley, Browning, Mott. FRONT ROW; L’Ecuyer, Aldrich, Freeman. NOT IN PICTURE: Herren BOTTOM RIGHT 1955 LHS CHAMPIONS X-CONS-BACK ROW: Jones, Kampschroeder, Harnar, Ham- mig, Hodgson, Zimmerman. FRONT ROW; Koch, Allen, Eichhorn, Scott, Miller. BOTTOM LEFT HOT-SHOTS-BACK ROW: Warren, Pohl, Scritchfield, Burchett, Marsell. FRONT ROW: Hardiman, Thomas, Shultz, Hess. NOT IN PICTURE: Fulcher and Bosze. in cJCeacjue TOP RIGHT COURT JESTERS-BACK ROW: Ragan, Dumas, Leasure. FRONT ROW: Langrell, Stauffer, Anderson, Dixon. NOT IN PICTURE: Bailey. RIGHT LITTLE LEOS-BACK ROW: Corel, Patterson, Mader, Hoff- man. J. Petrie. FRONT ROW: Armstrong, Bayne, S. Petrie, Bamber, Scribner. BELOW LEFT ARGYLES-BACK ROW: Bell, Campbell, Youngberg, Tro- villion. FRONT ROW: Jost, Morgans, Sample, and Skeet BELOW Dig that crazy spheroid! yells Dolores Skeet, blocking out an unidentified Bravette, as Cathy Morgans grabs the ball. Working out after school on their own time these boys have done much to maintain and build up Lawrence's reputation for graduating many of the finest gymnasts that come out of the Kansas high schools. LEFT: Bud Bookwalter displays unusually fine style in executing a flyaway from the flying rings. ABOVE: Demonstrating a front over is Ray LaDuke, the first boy, incidently, ever to perform this feat at Lawrence High. RIGHT: Bob Rice shows exceptional farm in doing a front arm lever. 47 The gymnasts who thrilled LHS basketball fans with halftime entertainment are: TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Mr. L. R. Perry (coach), Don Acher, Ray LaDuke, Bob Rice Bob Lockwood, Richard Sel- lars and Neal Hart. BOTTOM ROW: Johnson Shockley, Mike Reed, Bud Bookwalter and Stephen Hill. ABOVE: Mr. Neal Wherry literally got plastered during the assembly February 25. Mr. Elden Tefft, assisted by Tudy Youngberg, made a life mask from Mr. Wherry. RIGHT: David Potter, playing die lead in the Christmas thespian assembly, The Littlest Angel, explains his late arrival to one of the Heavenly choir rehearsals to Chuck Malone, the Understanding Angel. BELOW: The victors! Members of Miss Rayhill's homeroom may have had to go without their lunch but they didn't seem to mind after coming out on top in the annual March of Dimes assembly. lAJinter IssembdieA eipianS ABOVE: Mrs. Sue Cochran and Mr. Merle Paulson supervise the year's Thespian program which includes two school assemblies, the All-School Play, and the annual Junior- Senior Play. RIGHT: Examining the script for the Junior-Senior Play, Thespian officers Tudy” Youngberg, secretary; Marilyn A Miller, scribe; Stephen Hill, vice-president; and Stuart Smith, treasurer; note a quotation pointed out by Carolyn Carter, president. BELOW: Members enjoy a dramatic sketch supplied by Sharon Starr, John Cotton, and Alan Coombs. Wi 2), inter 'anceA Not even Santa knows what Sally Mad- er's date has in store for her when she opens her gift during the exchange at the Christmas formal. There is always room for one more” on the dance floor at a typical LHS varsity. FIRST ROW: Wright, McNish, Roberman, Disque. SECOND ROW: Garrett, Kassinger, Malone, Wiley, Miller. THIRD ROW: Schmedemann, Reinken, Brown. NOT IN PICTURE: Lohman, Collister. CHARLES KASSINGER Director Jhe erenaderA LANNA SPURGEON Vocalist Under the direction of senior Charles Malone and Instrumental Music Director Charles Kassinger, the Serenaders provid ed music for the varsities as well as two dances held by the school during the year. Probably the most sought-after group in the music department, the band gave out with music, mirth, and melodies that helped fill in those extra hours. CHARLES MALONE Student Director BEVERLY ROBERTS Vocalist m t i k eeni BELOW; Doris Bamber, secretary; Darlene Trovillion, vice-president; Patty Pettingill, president; and Penny Jones, treasurer, make plans for Y-Teen meetings. 7 f,U i , W 3 ABOVE: Miss Dorothy Wilson, Miss Faye Orelup, Miss Irene Smith, Miss Martha Rayhill and Miss Gertrude Ruttan serve as Y-Teen sponsors under head sponsor. Miss Pearl Carpenter, richt. BELOW; Patty Pettingill tells alert Y-Teeners that they are to have one of several movies shown during the year. Eri and the boys live it up at the annual Hi-Y Chili Feed. LEFT: Serving the Hi-Y in an official capacity this year were.the following boys: Bob Walters, treasurer; Phil Stuart, president; Carol Dolan, vice-president; and Alan Overton, secretary. BELOW; Hi-Y sponsors for the 1954-55 school year were Mr. Lowell Bailey, senior sponsor; Mr. H. C. Stuart, junior sponsor; Mr, Eri Wood, head sponsor; and Mr. Victor Capper, sophomore sponsor. CLASS OFFICERS: Secretary, Judy Allen; President, John Pritchard; Vice President, Joanne Goetsch; Treasurer, Martha Hammig. ROW 1: Gordon Abernathy, Donnie Acher, Gracie Allen, Judy Allen, Jane Armstrong, Erma Axe. ROW 2: Herb Baker, Doris Bamber, Charlotte Bayne, Bob Bee, Daryl Beene, Richard Bennett. ROW 3: Nancy Bennett, Donald Berry, Barbara Bignall, Buddy Bookwalter, Duane Braden, Richard Brauner. ROW 1: Glenn Breithaupt, Clifford Burgert, Russel Button, Galen Cawley. ROW 2: Rafael Chavez. Edward Christenson, Donald Church, Nan- cy Clifton. ROW 3: Kenneth Clough, Shirley Colbert. Tom Conner, Alan Coombs. ROW 4: Mary Corel, John Cotton. Judith Cox, Kenneth Craig. ROW 5: Donald Cronk, Ruth Ann Cummings, Jerry Cunningham, Linda Daniel, Fred Deay, Muriel Dodson. ROW 6: Carol Dolan, Patsy Don- nelly, Terry Douglass, Virginia Drake, Delores Dunn, Cloyce Easum. ROW 7: Jerry Ann Eichhorn, Neal Eller, Libby Elvig, Jim Filkins, C. V. Fishel, Dale Flory. ROW 1: Eunice Foster, John Foster, Blossom Frakes, Larry Freeman. ROW 2: Donald Funk, Don Gard- ner, Don Garrett, Karl Garrett. ROW 3: Gene Gentry, Larry Glass, Jenny Godfrey, Joanne Goetsch. ROW 4: Raymond Goff, Marilyn Graham, Phyllis Grammer, Danny Grover. ROW 5: Bob Guntert, Jill Guy, Jack Guy, Martha Hammig, John Harding, Judith Harding. ROW 6: Sandra Harding, Gleniece Harmon, Julie Hamer, John Hat- field, Danny Helm, Martha Hen- derson. ROW 7: Marsha Henry, Marie Herren, Mary Kay Hill, Barbara Hodgson, Donna Hoffman, Jerry Holt. A ROW 1: Ronald Hurst, Janet Jack- son, Larry James, Fred Johnson, Ralph Johnson, Jean Elaine John- son. ROW 2: Jo Ann Johnson, Penny Jones, Jeanene Kampschroeder, Karlene Kasky, Audrey Kaull, Elaine Kerby. ROW 3: Norma Kermoade, Charles Ketchum, Gene Kiosow, Anne Kirk, Carol Koch, Ronald Kunkie. ROW 4: Karen Lady, Rose Lane, Ralph Leary, Thelma Lehmann. ROW 5: Barbara Lesch, Bob Lock- wood, Cynthia Logan, Roberta Loney. ROW 6: Jim Long, Joyce Luallin, Janice Lusk, Sally Mader. ROW 7: Doris Malone, Terry Marriott, Elsie Martin, Colleen Mason. ROW 2: Marilyn E. Miller, Donald Mitchell, Sally Montgomery, Marjorie Moody, Wanda Moon, Howard Morris. ROW 3: Norman Musick, Bob Nichols, Raymond Nichols, Cathy Nieder, Jim Nieder, Carol Norris. ROW 4: Hilton Nuffer, Chloe Odaffer, Kenneth Osborn, Betty Overbaugh. ROW 5: Will Owens, Doretta Patterson. James Patterson, Mari- lyn Patterson. ROW 6: Raymond Patterson, David Paul, Joanne Peabody, Stanley Pearson. ROW 7: William Peters, Shirley Peterson, Janice Petrie, Raymond Pippert. ROW I; Ruth Ann Pippert, Rirton Pontius. Shirley Pontius, Lawrence Pringle, John Pritchard, Richard Proctor. ROW 2: Barbara Ragan, Billy Ray, Betty Redford, Robert Reed, Naomi Reid, Sue Richardson. ROW 3: Frances Ritchie, Alan Robb, Harold Roberman, George Robson, Buddy Rogers, Sharon Rogers. ROW 4: Bill Rosenbaum, Mary Jane Runnells, Alice Rurode, Bob Saathoff. ROW 5: Irene Sample, Martha Saunders, Richard Schroeder, Ed- ward Schwartz. ROW 6: Joan Scott, Laura Scrib- ner, Evelyn Sheard, William Shoemaker. ROW 7: John Sims, Sharon Skinner, Larry Smith, Locy Smith. ROW 1: Roy Smith, Stuart Smith, William Smith, Bob Snodgrass, John Sommerville, Phil Spencer. ROW 2: Tommy Spencer, Lanna Spurgeon, Donald Staden, Mar- garet Stahl, Thelma Stillman, Mary Tatham. ROW 3: Gary Thomas, Tom Thompson, Richard Turner, Judith Tyler, Lois Van Liew, Gary Van Nortwick. ROW 4: Roger Wagner, Charles Walker, Robert Walker, Bob Walters. ROW 5: Pat Wynne, Annette Wells, Kenneth Whaley, Don Whitcomb. ROW 6: Galen White, Rose lane Wiggins, Ronald Williams, Bar- bara Winters. ROW 7: Kendall Wolf, Mary Woodhead, Merlyn Worden, Dar- lene Workman. ROW 1: Deanna Workman, Bill Wright, Janice Wulfkuhle, Yin Yeh, Anna Zimmerman. Sharon Zimmerman. Miss Iva Belle Harper and Judith Tyler listen attentively as John McGrew tries his best to explain the subject at hand. Hilda Miller and Sally Mader try a hand at messing up Mr. Howard Mehlinger's bulletin board during A period. el cite C laSA an J eamA The above students participated in one or more debates throughout the debate season. FRONT ROW; Fulcher, Johnson, Allen, Miller, Goetsch, Zimmerman. Jones, Hammig, Harnar, Hodgson. BACK ROW: Scritchfield, Pippert, Robb, Westergren, Wolfe, Brown, Fishel, Shahan, Nichols, Collister. Coombs, Craic. Bee, Pritchard, Christenson. -—Marilyn Miller and Raymond Pippert, the second half of the top debate team. Under the supervision of Mr. Victor Capper, debate coach, the Lawrence High debate squad stacked up 100 wins - 46 losses, a record to be envied by any school, on the topic- Resolved: That the Federal Government should initiate a policy of free trade among nations friendly to die United States. The Lawrence debate teams took 1st place in the Atchison tournament. 2nd at In- dependence, 2nd at Olathe, 1st and 2nd at Manhattan, and had 2 undefeated teams at Topeka; however. Coach Capper drew a slip of paper putting another team into the semi-finals. VICTOR CAPPER Interested students watch John Pritchard as he presents his case to the class. oCeaderA LEFT: O.K., Julie, you can get up now--no more pictures! LEFT: This victorious group won the volley- ball championship for two years. SEATED: Martha Hammig, Julie Hamar, Joan Scott, Sharon Zimmerman. KNEELING: Judy Allen, Barbara Hodgson, Carol Koch, Penny Jones, Marilyn E. Miller. BELOW LEFT: Flashing their smiles for the Red and Black are Aerial darts champs Delores Skeet, Julie Jost, Tudy Youngberg and Barbara Sample. BELOW; Who's going to open the Door? laugh intramural managers Barbara Hodgson and Tudy” Youngberg. CfuL s$ctivitLeA Among the tasks of the Girls' Leaders Club, officiating at intra-mural games, refereeing in gym class, taking care of the roll-call, and general help during gym periods, constitute the bulk of the work. At the beginning of each ear, veteran members choose girls to join the club and each girl stays in the club during the remainder of her high school years. After 80 hours of working for a credit, a member is entitled to wear a script L on her Pep Club jacket and an additional 80 hours provides the worker with a sleeve chevron. RIGHT: Mrs. Helen Cornwell supervises the girls and their activities in the Leaders Club. FIRST ROW; Allen, Scon, Zimmerman, Harnar, Smith, Ward. SECOND ROW: Hammig, Miller, Hodgson, Jost, Jones, Goff, Pendleton, Youngberg. THIRD ROW; Perry, Haines, Stinson. Richards. Eichhom, Bamber, Warren, Lockhard. FOURTH ROW; Anderson, Skeet, Scribner, Hill, Elvig, Collins, Hardiman, Richardson. FIFTH ROW: Evans, Rowlands, Bosze, Trovillion. LEFT: These corridors are a fa- miliar sight to these and many other boys who participate in th« manual arts program at LHS. LEFT TO RIGHT: Paul Finley, Rod Anderson, Cecil Transmeier, Artie Sommers, Ronnie Barnes, Kenneth Whaley, Herb Uthoff, and Fred Deay. Ifi janual £)epartment LEFT: Johnson Shockley tinkers with one of the automobiles down in the auto mechanics section of the building. BELOW: Joel Malott assumes a typical pose for auto mechanics shop work while inspecting his car. 66 • .v T LEFT: Welding, a new class in Lawrence High School this year, gave an opportunity to a lot of students like Don Cronk, shown here, to learn this valuable trade. RIGHT: Setting type is just one pan of the work of the boys in the print- ing classes. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, these hard-working young men are: Doyle Schick, Jim Ragan, Henry Smith, Bobby Hunzicker, Steve Stavros, Mike Reed, and Charlie Cornwell. RIGHT: Jim Ketcher keeps busy in woodworking class planeing a board for one of his projects. If}fffK.oC fjrach (fhampionS ABOVE: Superintendent Hood of Ottawa presents the 1955 NEKL trophy to Gary Creamer, while coach Jerry Rogers looks on, RIGHT: Jaydee Stinson displays the winning form which enabled him to win first place in every meet entered except the state and Shawnee- Mission events, in which he placed second. His best heave of the year was 53 4 3 4 . 1955 LION A SQUAD, BACK ROW: Coaches Jerry Rogers, Jerry Waugh, and A1 Woolard. 5TH ROW: Nichols, Williams, Malott, •Abernathy, Craig, Dennis, Sneegas. 4TH ROW: Whitenight, Snead, Flory, Owens, Roberman, Hatfield, •Ragan, Bly. 3RD ROW: Tumer, •Bookwalter, •Kelley, Atchison, Brofcn, •Hamm, Craig, Sims. 2ND ROW: Cawley, •Miller, Cunningham, Eichhom, Stinson, •Smith, Hurst, Plath. FRONT ROW: ‘Manager Stuart, Mumford, Cole, Creamer, •Pontius, Acher, Manager Van Nortwick. (‘Indicates lettermen) -■i )(,U THE 1955 B SQUAD, BACK ROW: McCaffrey, Baker, Endacott, Warner. 3RD ROW: Smith, Thomas. Wolfson, Button, Williams, Radcliff, K. Wolf, J. Wolfe. 2ND ROW: Rogers. Dunnigan, Brown, Walters, Hunzicker, Driscoll, Westergren. FRONT ROW: Marriott, Gardner, Conner, Webster, Paul, Winters, Bender. ABOVE: Joe Eichhom hands the baton to Don Acher in the Medley Relay at Baker, while Topeka comes up fast. Eichhorn was high point for the Lions in the 55 V, season, winning the 100, 220, and 440 yard runs at the Dual Meet with Haskell. RIGHT: Galen Cawley, Leo distance ace, shows the stride (here in the Mile Re- lay) which he used to break the standing school mile record with a time of 4:40.7. ABOVE: We praise thee Lawrence High School... , the entire cast and producation staff join in the finale to sing the Alma Mater. Red and ELd l evue The class of '55 presented the first Red and Black Revue, April 29 and 30. Money from this series of acts, entirely written, produced, and cast by the senior class, was used to buy the class gift to the school, a bronze statue of Lawrence High's Chesty Lion. Following a theme of Calendar Capers , the acts included singing, dancing and instrumental numbers, skits, and gymnastics on the parallel bars. LEFT: Don Tusher and Tom Parker as a couple of French Apache dancers do Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. Iis VYjurcler (J3een sdrrancjed yy The Junior-Senior play, staged April 22 and 23, concerned a murder which was committed in the Saint James Theater, London. Miss Groze, Sir Charles secretary............. ..................................Dolores Skeet Cavendish, band leader ... Charles Malone Mrs. Wragg, Lady Jasper’s maid................. ..................................Carolyn Carter Jimmy North, an uninvited guest................ ..................................John Pritchard Beatrice Jasper, Sir Charles wife............. ............................Yvonne Richardson Mrs. Arthur, Beatrice’s mother................. ..................................Barbara Sample Sir Charles Jasper, professor. . . Alan Coombs Maurice Mullins, the perfect criminal . . . ..................................Raymond Nichols A Woman, the dumb woman . .Kathy Morgans ABOVE: ”What’s she trying to say?” Dolores Skeet (center) and Barbara Sample (right) can not understand what Kathy Morgans wants to tell them about the strange happenings in the theater. LEFT: Ray Nichols makes plans to do away with his host, Alan Coombs, as Yvonne Richardson and Alan try to read his mind. ■ LEFT: In spite of the forth- coming annual OT, FSL banquet, the sponsors and presidents of the two organi- zations along with the state director of vocational edu- cation pose for camera - women Jane Stanbrough. LEFT TO RIGHT ARE: Mr. Max Stalcup, Agnes Grind- staff, Mr. Walter Arnold, Donna Davis and Mr. E. J. Logsdon. Occupational Oraining BELOW LEFT: Shown learning the art of setting up attractive and pleasing store displays are LEFT TO RIGHT: Pat Nehrbass, Shirley Jones, Harold McCrary, George Luber and Shirley Ireland. BELOW: Occupational Training Club Officers are LEFT TO RIGHT: Donna Davis, president; Mr. E. J. Logsdon, sponsor; Pat Nehrbass, treasurer; Joe Patterson, vice-president; and secretary Phyllis Overbaugh. ABOVE: Practicing the latest secretarial techniques are, LEFT TO RIGHT: Ethel Cobb, Rita Transmeier, Shirley Stauffer, Helen Setter, Mary Mowder. Carol Weeks, Janet Brune, Betty Hiid, Lois Bouton, Agnes Grindstaff, Marilyn Sommer, Peggy Carutheis, and Margret Deckwa. future Secretaries aturence BELOW, LEFT TO RIGHT are the FSL officers, Janet Brune, treasurer; Agnes Grindstaff, presi- dent; Mr. Max Stalcup, advisor; and Rita Transmeier, secretary. future 5 armerd of_J merica BELOW-LEFT TO RIGHT ARE THE FFA OFFICERS: Cronk, reporter; Cropp, sponsor; Musick, secretary; Neider, vice president; Broadwell, president; Essick, sponsor; Cowley, treasurer; Shelly, sentinel. These boys and their sponsors form the nucleus of Lawrence's FFA chapter. Theirs is to lead and to direct its activities and policies. vi RIGHT-LEFT TO RIGHT ARE: Chuck LEFT-TOP ROW: Howard, Robbins, L. Musick, Funk, F. Shirk. FOURTH ROW: C. Holladay. Grammar, Nuffer, G. Breithaupt, D. Breithaupt, Clough, Baldwin, Seele, Guntert, G. Holladay. THIRD ROW: Douglas, Colson, Mitchell, Hoo- ver, J. Wilcox, Bradley, Stauffer, Coffman, Tuckel, Nelson, Shelley, Leary. SECOND ROW: Foster, Spencer, Goff, H. Wilcox, Pine, Altern- bernd, Thomas. Davenport, Bartz, Murphy, Ross. FIRST ROW: Cropp, Whaley, Colbert, Neider, N. Musick, Cronk, Broadwell, Cawley, Cham- ney, Heck, R. Shirk, Essick. These boys, under the guidance of Mr. Essick and Mr. Cropp, joined the organization primarily with the knowledge that in time farming will become their voca- tion. The club is dedicated to preparing these boys for farming and to the promotion of better farming methods, Broadwell, Alden Bradley, Kenny Clough, and Clif Chamney. These boys, comprising the FFA judging team, compete in the judging of poultry, livestock, and crops with other Kansas FFA chapters. LEFT: La Verne Musick and Harold Mitchell (far right) watch Em- mett Tuckel cutting steel with an acetyline torch. Co-Editors . . . Business Manager. . Sports Editor . Copy Editors . Advertising Manager. Exchange Editors . Solicitors . Photographer . Staff............... Advisor . • . Marilyn Miller, Barbara Wrench ...........................C. V. Fishel ............................Bill Sleight , . . Barbara Sample, Judie Anderson .........................Barbara Hodgson . . . . Meeke Stone, Deanna Holmes • . . Julie Harner, Sharon Zimmerman ............................Bill Snead . .Ray Nichols, Alan Coombs, Charlyne McCluggage, Stephen Hill, Bill Reinken, Don Tusher. Martha Crosier, Nancy Jo Smith, Sally Schofer, Judy Grant, Mary Bailey, Art Austin, Ronnie Pierce, Beverly Roberts, Peggy Risk, Ronald Miner, Sharon Dumas, Jerry Sears, Stuart Smith. ...................Miss Jane Stanbrough 5L Red and Bad Staff Editor-in-Chie£............................Stephen Hill Assistant Editor...........................Mary Bailey Assistant Editor...........................Sally Schofer Business Manager........................Barbara Hodgson Photographer.................................Bill Snead Music Editors . . . Nancy Jo Smith, Bill Reinken Class Editors............Peggy Risk, Beverly Roberts Sports Editor............Ray Nichols Activities Editor . . . Martha Crosier Assistants on Staff . . Alan Coombs, Julia Harnar, Sharon Zimmerman, . Charlyne McCluggage • | Advisor .... Miss Jane Stanbrough r i LEFT: Being iniatiated into Quill and Scroll, journalism honor society, affects different people in different ways as shown in this picture. LEFT: Tomorrow may be the deadline, but today we'll smile! Journalism students don't seem to contemplate the rush which is inevitable the next day, D-day. TOP: Steve Hill MIDDLE: Sally Schofer BOTTOM: Mary Bailey OL _J CapCL loir Under the direction of Mr. R. Wayne Nelson, the '54-'55 A Cappella Choir participated in assemblies, concerts, For You A Song , which is the annual spring concert, and the District Music Festival at the University of Kansas. Consisting of fifty-three members, the choir also formed a number of small ensembles, including the Boy's Quartet and the Madrigals, which entertained at dinners and meetings of local service clubs downtown. Their numbers included spirituals, classics, ballads, and popular bops. Teamed with their sister choruses the Red and Black Choirs, they presented the Christmas Prelude in the LHS Auditorium. 80 CHOIR MEMBERS FRONT ROW; SECOND ROW: THIRD ROW: FOURTH ROW: Nelson Mason Patterson Richardson Grant Redford Miller Woodruff Hodgson Stuart Allen Durr Pettengill Schwegler Leonhard Davis Langrell Garrett Pontius Hulteen Pontius Williams Kiosow Whitenight Harding Adamson Beene Skinner Norris Tusher Bookwalter Smith Miller Robison Owens McGrew Wrench Risk Baker Reinken Trovillion Mader Dixon Caine Anderson Dodson Jackson Jost Skeet (Not pictured: Coleman, Bignall Spurgeon, Lea sure) Carter BACK ROW: Van Dyke, Baker, Davis, Smith, Flory, Parker, Elliott, Spencer. THIRD ROW: Nelson. Haller, Dolan, Anderson, Berry, Conner, Pontius. Walker, Nixon. SECOND ROW: Hill, Hill. Scott. Zimmerman, Mason, Graham. Wilson, Odaffer, Godfrey, Youngberg, Roberts, Henderson. Sample. FIRST ROW: Husted, Crosier, F. Ritchie, Montgomery, Roberts, D. Ritchie, Abegg, Workman, Lesh, Drake. RJ and Ck oru.5 We're on our way I Atchison or bustl BACK ROW: Ray, Gentry, Hurst, Simms, Greer, Briethaupt, Grammer, Stavros. THIRD ROW: Colbert, Estelle, Staden, Jaimes, Douglas, Wheeler, Garrett, Cotton. SECOND ROW: Ray, Hoffman, Woodhead, Neider, Corel, Winters, Harding, Ragan, Tyler, Bayne. Bennett, Murray, Logan, Brown, Moon, Cox. FIRST ROW; Lee, Stahl, Wells. Wulfkhule, Still- man, Mowder, Grammer, Skinner, Kaull, Sheard, Pine, Usher, Borland, Jones, Daniel, Richardson. F t (malUiikltMuini BACK ROW; Nelson, Hill, Phelps, VanNeste, Kasson, Radcliffe, Ludvicek, Melton, Westergreen. THIRD ROW; Brickner, Burram, Long, Mitchell, Hatfield, Brown, Hill, Gillum, Endacott, Cole, Hall, Midyett, Hunzicker, Haines, Hazelet. SECOND ROW: Cates, Gustafson, Brittain, Richardson, Redford, Bresford, Mohler, Johnson, Bolton, Hemphill, Hoover, Wallace, Logan, Evans, Aldrich. FIRST ROW: Carlson, Carey, King, Fletcher, Bray, Unfred, Anthony, Schubert, Hardiman Penney, Caine, Tuttle. BACK ROW: Wooden, Reed, Sneegas, Bly, Spotser, Hamm, Walker, Jones, Craig, Shahan, Shenk Kimball, Bell. MIDDLE ROW; Marsell, Hess, Perry, Kampschroeder, Wiley, Kreye, Scritchfield, Blevins, Thomas, Altic, Gray, Ellenbarger, Herren, Rowlands, Freeman, Leonard. FRONT ROW; Vann, Dolifka, Chavez, Bermudez, Mumford, Cook, Neis, Rake, Browning, Hellstrom, Stinson, Henry, Bosze, Wheeler. GIRLS SOPHOMORE ENSEMBLE: Wiley. Perry, Carlson. Kirkpatrick. Beresford, Stinson, Cleveland, Haines, Hardiman, Scritchfield, Evans, Hazlett, Freeman, Savage. onto re oraiei Meeting during the second, third and fifth hours the sophomore choruses practiced for the part they were to play in the November concert, the ex- change concerts with Atchison and Ottawa, assembly programs, and the District Music Festival. The choruses also presented thirty-minute pro- grams to all Lawrence Grade Schools. The purpose of the sophomore choruses is to prepare their members and give them a background for more advanced work in the Senior choirs the following years. Members of the girls ensemble, were selected by Mr. R. Wayne Nel- son, vocal director, as the result of a form of tryouts. The girls practiced evenings and took part in an assembly program, and the District Music Festival. As an added honor to the girls for receiving a one rating at the Festival, they sang during the A Cappella concert this spring. BACK ROW: Wrench, Shannon, Jones, McCaffrey, Schick, Thomas, Daum, Warner, Cornwell. MIDDLE ROW; Burchett, Rood, Catlett, Shultz, Norris, Pohl, Collins, Moore, Jones, Weidner, Tingle, Black, Black. FRONT ROW: Cleveland, Savage, Morgan, Lilly, Streit, Warren, Moore, L'Ecuyer, Lesh, Richards, Kirkpatrick, Wells. 85 a at Senior class officers survey the plot for the senior gift after raising $710 by presenting the first Red and Black Revue. The Revue was a variety show in which only seniors appeared and was produced and directed by the officers with the assistance of the sponsors. The officers are Frances Ward, president; Judie Anderson, treasurer; Tudy Youngberg, vice president; and Darlene Trovillion, secretary. ROW 1: BARBARA ABEGG, JIM ADAMSON, BETTY ALLEN, JUDIE ANDERSON, MONA SUE ANDERSON. ROW 2: PETE ANDERSON, ARTHUR AUSTIN, MARY ANN BAILEY, MIKE BAKER, RETA BANKS. ROW 1: ELLEN BARNES, PAULA BELL, GERALD BEHNKE, GWENICE BORLAND. ROW 2: LOIS BOUTON, ALDEN BRADLEY, CHARLES BROADWELL, CHARLOTTE BROWN. ROW 3: JANET BRUNE, BARBARA BUERMAN, LARRY CAINE, SUE CAMPBELL, CAROLYN CARTER. ROW 4: PEGGY C A RUT HERS, CLIFFORD CHAMNEY, ETHEL COBB, BARBARA COHEN, BUD COLE, 1: CHARLES COLEMAN, PAT CONN, BILL COWDEN, DONALD CRAIG. CRAIG, GARY CREAMER. MARTHA CROSIER, LEROY CRUMET. ROW 3: SUE CRUMET, CARROL DAUM, C. L. DAVIS, DONNA DAVIS, MARLENE DAVIS. ROW 4: ROBERT N. DAVIS, ROBERT W. DAVIS, MARGARET DECKWA, JIM DISQUE, NANCY DIXON. ROW 3: VIRGINIA EVANS, BOBBY FORD, ANN GOFF, WILFORD GRAMMER, GARY GRANT ROW 4: JUDY GRANT, GEORGE GREER, AGNES GRINDSTAFF, JOHN HALLER, MERLENE HARRIS. ROW 1: MILTON HARRIS, NEAL HART. CAROLYN HEFFNER, DONA HICKS, EVA HICKS. ROW 2: CHARLOTTE HILL, STEPHEN HILL, BETTY HIRD, DEANNA HOLMES, JACK HOWARD. ROW 3: BOB HULTEEN, MARY HUSTED, RAYMOND IKENBERRY, KENNETH INGERSON. ROW 4: SHIRLEY IRELAND, JOHN JAIMES, CAROL JAMES, ROBERT JOHNSON. ROW 1: FRED JONES, MARIAN JONES, MIKE JONES, SHIRLEY JONES. ROW 2: JULIE JOST, DEANNA KAMPSCHROEDER, ERROL KAMPSCHROEDER, LARRY KELLEY. ROW 3: JIM KETCHER, MARGARET KIMBALL, MARION KING, JEANNIE LANGRELL, EUGENIA LEASURE. ROW 4: ELDORA LEE. JOYCE LEONHARD, SHIRLEY LIS HER, LOUISE LOGAN, BOB LOHMAN. ROW 1: GEORGE LUBER, CHARLES MALONE, JOEL MALOTT, MARY MASON, CHARLYNE McCLUGGAGE ROW 2: HAROLD McCRARY, CHARLES McINTYRE, RICHARD McMILUN, MARILYN A. MILLER, MARY MILLER. ROW 3: JOSEPH PATTERSON, MARY LOU PEARSON, SANDRA PENDLETON, ALENE PERDUE, PATTY PETTENGILL ROW 4: JOHN PICHELMANN, JACK PICKEL, RONNIE PIERCE. DONNA PINE. NANCY PINE. ROW 1: MARY PONTIUS, HUBERT PRITCHETT, THOMAS RAGLAND, BEVERLY RATCH. ROW 2: BETTY RAY, BILL REINKEN, PEGGY REITER, BOB RICE. ROW 3; BARBARA RICHARDSON, YVONNE RICHARDSON, PEGGY RISK, DOLORES RITCHIE, BEVERLY ROBERTS. ROW 4: LORENE ROBERTS, CARLA ROBINSON, JIM ROSE, BARBARA SAMPLE, SALLY SCHOFER. ROW 1: RAYMOND SCHWEGLER, GERALD SEARS, BUD SEELE, RICHARD SELLERS, HELEN SETTER. ROW 2: BOB SHAUGHNESSY, JERRY SHIPMAN, JOHNSON SHOCKLEY, DOLORES SKEET, RICHARD SKINNER. ROW 3: BILL SLEIGHT, HENRY SMITH, MICHAEL SMITH, NANCY JO SMITH. ROW 4: SANDRA SMITH, VERNON SMITH, BILL SNEAD, MARILYN SOMMER. ROW l: GENE SPRINGER. MORRIS SPRINGER. ANNEfTE ST ADEN. SHARON STARR. W 2: SHIRLEY STAUPPER. STEVE STAVROS. JAYDEE STINSON. MEEKE STONE. ROW 3: PHIL STUART, LILLIAN STUMBO, BRUCE TATE, BOB THIRY, RITA TRANSMEIER ROW 4: JON TRAYLER, DARLENE TROVILLION, DON TUSHER, DALE UNFRED, KEITH VAN DYKE. ROW 1: FRANCES WARD. BILLY WARRINGTON, CAROL WEEKS. LARRY WHEATON, ROBERT WHEELER ROW 2: JO WHITE, PETE WHITENIGHT, FRED WILEY, MAX WILLIAMS, RICHARD WILSON. ABOVE: Did any one hear that too many painters might spoil the decorations for the Junior-Senior Prom? BELOW: Jay Berrington presents Sharon Starr and Ronnie Kunkle the best dancers award at the Katz TV Teen Town on WDAF-TV. Spring, f artiei RIGHT: Once upon a time two couples went to the junior- senior prom. Julie Hamar and Galen Cawley had a wonderful time; they laughed and danced all evening. Martha Hammig and Terry Marriott were more skeptical of their enjoyment. LOWER LEFT: My ears and whiskersl I’m late. Carol Dolan, Sharon Zimmerman, Marilyn Miller and Chuck McIntyre gaze at the white rabbit of Alice in Wonderland who is point- ing the way to Fantasia, the junior senior prom. LOWER RIGHT: Queen for an evening. Susan Cambell reigns over the Pep Club Spring Formal. r f w ( Phil Stuart, voted most courteous boy by the sophomore class, displays an act of chivalry as he opens the door for Frances Ward, voted most court- eous girl. JU ieu ement 'Iward A I d JdonorA am Fred Wiley wins the annual Journal-World scholarship award. Gary Gillum, who competed in the National Science Fair in Cleveland, discusses some scientific problem with his father, Mr. Garvin Gillum, science teacher. RIGHT: For us? This is what Janet Jackson and Allan Robb think as Miss Gertrude Ruttan presents the awards for the out standing girl and boy in scho- lastic achievement. LOWER RIGHT: For a job well done Marilyn A. Miller receives a gold medal in the field of journalism by Miss Jane Stan- brough. i Here begins the final preparation for the grand march as last minute instructions are passed along the lines. The next mo- ments are to bring a graduation address by Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor of Kansas University, several numbers by the acappella choir, and finally the presentation of diplomas. For these 209 Seniors this is the last hour of a twelve year quest for the key to achievement. Tonight is their night, for the reward of their years of effort is now at hand. Yet tomorrow brings to them a new and different way of life; therefore we of the staff, in closing, extend our best wishes and hope to these graduating Seniors. May God grant that they have a full and a good life. 103 LEFT: You look pretty sharp yourself, seems to be the thoughts of Morris Springer as Sandy Smith straightens his cap. RIGHT: Does it say what's on the program after graduation? asks Charles Malone of Chuck McIntyre. LEFT: These seniors stand as the last few march to their place. RIGHT: This is the last lap for Charlotte Brown and Billy Warrington as they turn to their MSBftWff For the best in Photographic Supplies 24 Hour Film Service Movie-Still Cameras Phone 50 1107 Mass. The Bank of Friendly Service DOUGLAS COUNTY STATE BANK Call - 3200 - Call 900 Mass. THE BARTELDES SEED CO. Since 1867 804 Mass. Lawrence, Kansas CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIORS ERNST AND SON HARDWARE 826 Mass. Before the Game After the Game meet your friends at the bo y Junction Highways 59 and 10 24 H O U R Wrecker Service WINTER Phone 77 738 N. H. COMPLIMENTS OF WESTVACO MINERAL PRODUCTS DIVISION Food, Machinery and Chemical Corporation CHrtBK Tires HATFIELD - JACKSON OIL CO. 311 N. Second Lawrence PH. 100 If its Plumbing or Wiring, We do it Call 1163--for prompt and adequate service REXALL DRUG STORE 2 • Drugs • Fountain Service • Prescriptions Insured safety for your savings Current Rate per annum CAPITOL FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION llth Vt. Lawrence 1851 Mass. Phone-4213 FRANK 'S For the Best in Furniture Located at- Call- 843 Mass. 834 LAWRENCE TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE Typewriter Service Office Supplies School Materials Official Royal Representative 735 Mass. Phone 548 A complete line of Sporting Goods MALOTTS HARDWARE Congratulations to the Class of 1954-55 DRAKE’S FOR BAKES cookies breads cakes pastries FOR • Formals • Sportswear • Party Dresses • Warner Bras DE LUXE CAFE Featuring • Chicken Dinners • Steaks • Chops • Chow Mein 711 Mass. Phone 4759 RUSTY'S SUPERETTE I G A 1117 Mass. Phone 397 McCOY’S SHOES 813 Mass. St. V CALL 646 CALL 646 ACME Bachelor Laundry and Dry Cleaners For the BEST in — Laundry and Dry Cleaning 1111 Mass. St. GENERAL APPLIANCE COMPANY General Electric Dealer 103 Massachusetts St. Lawrence, Kansas Commerce iff Company Phone 4845 801 1 2 Mass. Diamonds • Watches Silverware For Dependable Laundry and Dry Cleaning-- INDEPENDENT LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS PARSONS JEWELRY SALSBURY'S Ceranric Tile, Linoleum, Floor Tile 902 Mass. Phone 3824 MARION A. BARLOW REALTY Free analysis of your needs 0 Mass. Phone 231 MORGAN MACK Your FORD Dealer in Lawrence Phone 3500 LOGAN-MORGAN Lumber and Insulation D. 3 Phone 113 Congratulations to die Graduating Class of 1954-55 SMITH-HODGSON FURNITURE Compliments Dial 1320 The station to dial for listening worth while” This picture of Hilda Miller is proof of the excellent work done by ESTESSTUDIO Our new dining room is a perfect place for that party you’ve been wanting to have for the whole gang. DINE-A-MITE INN Phone 151 927 1 2 Mass. 23 La. Call 845 For the best in good foods at all times its the BLUE HILLS DRIVE-IN 1061 East 23 KEELERS courteous assistants are always willing to help you with all your school needs. EDMONDS GROCERY 1903 Mass. Phone-605 STOWITS REXALL DRUGS exalt Russell Stover Candies • 24- Hour Film Finishing Service Your Down Town Drug Store 9th Mass. s s For Quality Goods at lower Prices it's-- GIBBS CLOTHING 811 Mass. For the Finest in Men's Wear!! SHOP AT CARL'S Phone 905 905 Mass. SANDERS MOTOR COMPANY Automobile Sales Service Phone 616 Let’s Go to Bell’s for Records Sheet Music—Radios Television Let’s continue that relationship BELL’S A Place to Shop that’s Really Tops • Arrow Shirts • Knox Hats • J. Capps Clothing KANSAN MEN'S WEAR 843 Mass. Phone 915 The One-Two Punch -5-D Premium Gas -5-D Koolmotor 10W-30 Oil FRITZ CO. CITIES CITIES SERVICE 8th N. H. SERVICE All you LIONS better saunter on out to the-- CHUCK WAGON --for a fine dish of grub RFD 5 Phone 3368 Everything for School Wear HARZFELDS 12th and Oread Phone 190 O L DM AI N E TROTTERS Royal - College The shop of Friendly and Courteous service 837 Mass. Phone 648 BETTER BUY BUICK” Congratulations to another fine graduating class PARKER BUICK Phone 402 700 N. H. YEARBOOKS