Murray High School - Pilot Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Writers Are Proud of Symbol Now Santa Having satisfied requirements to qualify for Quill and Scroll, the long awaited day of initiation finally rolls around for prospective mem- bers. Tom Beecly and Paul Burson search for well-earned club pins which they find attached to the Christmas tree among the other dec- orations. Truth . . . Loyalty . . . Enlightenment . . . Op- portunity . . . Initiative . . . Friendship . . . Leader- ship . . . watchwords upheld by every Quill and Scroll member throughout the world . . . society membership composed of students excelling in some phase of journalistic endeavor . . . Stephen Benet . . . branch chapter at Murray . . . club adviser, Miss Margaret Glenn . . . officers . . . president, Judy Podd . . . vice president, Roberta Tyson . . . secretary, Janet Peterson . . . treasurer, Beverly An-- derson . . . Christmas initiation party at St. Paul Teachers' Federation . . . Reverend Edwin Johnson of St. Anthony Park Congregational Church gave a Christmas Message . , . January . . . combined Li- brary Club and Quill and Scroll meeting . . . audi- ence charmed by Miss Theresa Dutting of Holland . . . much thought provoked by her descriptions ot school life in her country . . . March . . . Mr. Dan- iel Campion, director of School Publications of St. Paul . . . addresses group . . . meets old friends from Baker School . . . spring initiation at Murray . . . picnic coming up. Row 'I-Jeanette Mielke, Marilyn Martin, Ada Moore, Mary Ann Kuettner 9 Catherine Smith, Janet Peterson, Joan Allen, Annette Vik, Barbara King, Bonnie Lofberg, Roberta Tyson ' Janice Larson, Judy Podd, Beverly Anderson, Louise Williams, Leona Mikesh, Phyllis Nielsen, Alice Schwartz, Peggy Martin 5 Barbara Hentges, Pauline Anderson, Tom Beedy, Paul Berge, Larry Granger, Paul Burson, Todd Hunt, Margaret Spiegel, James Mullen. Page sixteen

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'A' Choir l'An accident, what happened? Who knows? ask Ronald Taylor, Nancy Parker, Glenn Richards, Janice Hodnefield, Paul Berge, Merle McKillips, Emly McDiarmid, Rita Palarine, Donald Kelsey, Joanne Murk and Patricia Walters, performers in last year's operetta THE RED MILL. building . . . added to spirit of good will . . . va- . . . all stagger home worn out . . . staging looks cation and rest . . . entire choir featured on a KSTP professional . . . dress rehearsal . . . matinee . . . radio production . . . time to start thinking of oper- pre-performance iitters . . . stage fright in a big etta . . . score sent for . . . plot and music dis- way . . . Thursday and Friday nights . . . complete cussed by selection committee . . . reports made sellout . . . audience captivated by brilliant per- . . . which one suits our talent best . . . FIREFLY formance . . . huge success . . . operetta com- finally chosen . . . work and fun begins . . . try- bined with melody merriment and mischief-making outs . . . nervous hopefuls . . . confident old-timers . . . June arrives . . . choir adds to solemnity of . . . difficult decisions made . . . cast announced Baccalaureate . . . last appearance . . . gradua- . . . committees are busy . . . soloists sing diligent- tion . . . always eager to please their audiences ly . . . chorus rehearse routines . . . orchestra meets . . . give enthusiastic performance and have fun at daybreak . . . time comes when all put together doing it. Row 1-Mrs, Helen McGeever, director, Gail Kellor, William Snodgrass, Carol Blomstrand, Kay Balcome, Nancy Rice, Louise Brookins, Sandra Maas, Beverly Discher, Mary Ann Kuettner, Nancy Parker, Elaine Carlson 9 Donald Swaclburg, Donald Kelsey, Merle McKillips, David Geske, Lily-Beth Wahlberg, Joyce Prickett, Susan Peter, Marilyn Kafka, Patricia Johannsen, Alice Wayne, Louise Williams, Karen Sontag 5 Ralph Peterson, Ronald Weltzin, John Zupfer, Mary Lou Hanafin, Judy Maehl, Jalond Robinson, Jean- ette Mielke, Rosalie Hert, Lorraine Tesch, Harriet Roe 9 James Ubel, Raymond Neetzel, Cecil Wells, Kathleen Sturm, Laurice John. son, Mary Manson, Mary Peterson, Sharon Meloy, Joyce Hellickson, Onalee Hadrits, Phyllis Johnson, 0 , , , , xl , l V , -5 K ' 4 l l Page fifteen

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Sno' Foolin'-Snow Day's Here Robert Johnson, Paul Berge, James Niessen, John Sandquist, Whitey Aus, Julie Wason, Beverly Anderson, Paula Rudahl Judy Podd Phyllis Nielsen. Sno' Foolin . . . day from school . . . Wednesday, January 26, 'I955 . . . Murray's second Sno' Day . . . co-chairmen, Ray- mond Swinton and Sandra Holzing- er . . . seniors vote for king and queen candidates . . . eighth grad- ers nominate three girls and boys . . . princess and prince . . . post- ers . . . treasure hunt . . . clues in daily bulletin . . . 1,000 pen- nies . . . buried on Murray grounds . . . found by Marlene Bailey . . . buttons . . . 60 cents . . . regis- trations sold in homerooms . . . as- sembly to introduce candidates . . . register . . . vote . . . big day . . . nervous candidates . . . morn- ing assembly . . . entertainment . . . tense moments . . . St. Paul Winter Carnival royalty crowned our king and queen . . . Murray's royalty Whitey Aus and Julie Wa- son . . . prince David Krause and princess Sharilyn Lange . . . stu- dents board buses to Como Park . . . below zero weather . . . ski- ing . . . races . . . relays . . . to- bogganing . . . sportswear dance . . . John Schweitzer's Pie-Eyed Pipers band . . . climax to a fine day. Hunters I know it's buried around here someplace, says Harvey Roloff trying to convince John Otto and Gary Spooner he can find the Sno' Foolin' Day treas- ure, buried on Murray's grounds. Royalty Brrr, it's cold out here! Take the picture before we freeze, say Murray's Sno' Day royalty, princess, Shar- ilyn Lange, queen, Julie Wason, king, Whitey Aus, and prince, David Krause. i-Af'