Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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,r Q. ,rig 'rv' A W ' ,Y 1 lv -l ,...-...s- .M 31 4. .. M Dec. 1. Opening of basket ball season. Here is the smiling Varsity basket ball captain, Dick Nichols, destined later in the season to be the leader of a state championship team and to win a place on the state all-star team. Congratulations, Nick! Jan. 13. First Matinee Dance. Famous couple number 112. i'Miggles Scheel and Harry Lane are shown here as representatives of the numerous others who attended this afternoon function. Dec. 5. Junior Prom. Aldean Sykes and Jack Ship- ley, who was the big shot in the production. The prom was quite successful both socially and finan- cially. J 22 Sh t y t t d an. . . ort-s or cones winner announce . Ronald Groshong, Stadium's 0. Henry, wins first place with his story, A Pal's Retributionf' Dec. 18. Charles Kemp wins first place in the National Quill and Scroll Newswriting Contest. Charles is one of several winners Mr. Hoffman has trained. Feb. 2. New Students. Elisabeth Rhodes, a fem- Sem, one of the 253 new pupils at Stadium. Sta- dium now has the next to the largest enrolment in the history of the school, lacking but 7 of sur- passing her record of 2,333 made in 1924. Dec. 19. Christmas assembly. Reading from left to right is Marion Ray, chairman of one of the most important assemblies of the year. Feb. 6. Senior Banquet. Committee workers on the annual senior spread are caught on a windy day. Left to right they are Bernice Coyle, Grace Weller and Ruby Hart. The little girl in front im- personating a library is none other than the re- nowned Bessic Myers. Jan. 13. Election of subjects. An extraordinary snapshot of Dave Rcuter trying to decide whether to take trigonometry 3 or Latin 8 as his sixth sub- ject. Feb. 13. Students' Night. Bill Thompson, the moving spirit of the aforesaid production, in other words, the general chairman. Even though the day was ill-omened by its superstitious significance, a fairly good crowd attended. Fifteen

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+--- -'-- sill if!Ei0 'H' M...-...-- M.. 31 .. .. M., M l Fourteen Sept. 30. Class elections. The three polished and successful politicians-Bob Searles, Lukas Hoska and Carl Moe, presidents of the Sophomore, Senior and Junior Classes respectively. Oct. 17. Football Night. Gus Carlson and .lack Shipley, as Mr. Lewis and Mr. Clark, go pioneer for the benefit of an appreciative audience. This year Football Night was one of the most successful programs of its type that ever has been presented at Stadium. Oct. 3. First football game. The Tigers started the season off with a spring and a snarl by defeating Aberdeen 25 to 6. Oct. 29. Girls' Mixer. A future hubby and pros- pective ball and chain tllernece Thorne and Elsie Voorhees? caught in a rare moment of conjugal harmony. fScene from the mixer play.J Oct. 7. First Grandmother Day. Here is Edie Sinclair, who has had charge of the movement for three years and who umatches up the granddaugh- ters and grandmothers. Nov. 13. Report cards. Walter Griffith repeats his old Spanish custom of being one of the leaders of the honor roll. Smile, Walter! Oct. 8. Stadium wins subscription contest. Don Davenport, Stadium World circulation manager, beaming genially with the knowledge of a task well done. Nov. 25. Delivery of Thanksgiving baskets. Two of the cheer-bringers, Garnet Paulsen and Gordon Meredith, caught before taking off. They do look cheery, don't they? Oct. 13. Hi-Y boys start selling rooters' caps. Jack Hamilton, former president, and his better half, Dessel Davis, are shown modeling said caps. Nov. 27. Thanksgiving Day Came, Lincoln 7, Sta- dium 6. The Arrow collar ad is Wayne Briles, who played in every football game of the season.

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! w ,Y Q. ,P T' 1 95 5 ,P Q' ,y Q. ,y -- A.-Q nv.. ' few... fs: hmm. I Sixteen 31 4, .. M., W March 10. Sophomore Mixer. The annual affair for underclassmen was particularly successful this year. April 23. Valedictorian and salutatorian an- nounced. Swede and Ede fDorothy Nelson and Edith Sinclairl, the saledictorian and valutatorian, respectfullyg pardon, we mean the salutitutituti- torian and valedictidictitorian. Mar. 19, 20, 21. 'iKatinka. .lane Kirkland and Coe Norton, the stars of the opera, consent to pose for the humble cameraman. The opera this year was one of the most elaborate stage performances ever given at Stadium. lt was highly successful. May 8. Senior Class play. Forsoothe lreholde Tanya and John Paul, alias Virginia Hedberg and Bill Hanson, ye heroine and hero of ye faymouse and mfghtily successful classe playe. April 4-12. Spring vacation. George Kunz and Marjorie Johnson demonstrating the most popular and appropriate accessory for that week-the um- hrella. June 5. Senior assembly. The long and short of this picture is that Lang Shelton, Rex Schmals and Ted Swan are spiritedly if not musically sing- ing the class song. Apr. 16. Report cards. Look closely and the one with the brown shoes is Lucy May Spencer breath- ing a sigh of relief on account of not flunking out of school this quarter. 1The court as seen by Lang Shelton.P June 10. Commencement. The commencing of what? The seniors know, however, that it is the ending of something that will become a precious memory-high school life. Marja Nelson and Beverley Jones wishing each other good luck. April 20. Triple S and Hi-Y elections. Here is Madeleine Kirk, newly elected Supreme Sister of Stadium,s Supporting Spirit-next year's president of Triple S-and Doug Bohn., the new High He of Hi-Y. June 12. School ends. This is an authentic view of the east corridor at 3 p. m.