Stadium High School - Tahoma Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Don McElroy Senior Class UMBERING abouT 540, The IN Class oT '33 is The largesT ever To graduaTe Trom STadium. As sophomores, in l93O, The members were headed by Bob Searles, presidenTg l-ler- berT Monson, vice presidenT, and Rex Adams, secreTary-Treasurer. lT was dur- ing This TirsT year ThaT purple and silver were chosen as The class colors. To lead The class Through iTs junior year, Ed l-lamilTon was chosen. OTher oTTicers were: Maxine Swanson, vice president Maurine l-lenderson, secre- Tary, while Richard Gould Toolq The place oT Fred Taylor, Treasurer, who moved Trom Tacoma. MargareT PeTer- son and Vic Vine represenTed The class in STudenT Council. Junior prom, The one social evenT especially Tor ThaT class, was successTully presenTed in cab- areT sTyle. Early in iTs senior year, The class wise- ly chose Don McElroy To bring The career oT The rnighTy group To The in- eviTable end aTTer Tinishing iTs Three years. Bob Green was elecTed vice presidenT, while Lorna Uglum was secre- Tary and EsTher STromme, Treasurer. Senior represenTaTives To The STudenT I I 2 Council were Mary Crossland and Tom SmiTh. ValedicTorian and saluTaTorian were Maurine l-lenderson and RuTh Clark, respecTively. BoTh speala aT commence- menT, as do MarTin Nelson and Dave ShowalTer, TaculTy choice and sTudenTs' choice, respecTively. CommencemenT is To be held aT The Armory Tor The TirsT Time, The Temple TheaTre noT being available. On February 24 was held The senior banqueT, well aTTended by The class. ToasTmasTer Bill BannisTer proved To be an able enTerTainer wiTh Tommy, The dummy oT his venTriloguism acTs. Fol- lowing a shorT program and speeches by The Rev. E. M. l-legge and Principal Perkins, a dance was held in The gym. AI GrueTTer's orchesTra Turnished music on The gala occasion, Tor which decora- Tions in The class colors had been arTis- Ticolly planned. CommiTTee chairmen Tor This mosT imporTanT social evenT oT The seniors were: orchesTra, Bob Green: dinner, EsTher STromme3 program, Lorna Uglum: adverTising, Tom SmiTh: decora- Tions, Mary Crossland. STudenT Council oTTicers Tor l932-

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I933 were all seniors. Those elecTed by The sTudenT body because oT Their ouTsTanding abiliTy To carry on iTs work were: Dave ShowalTer, presidenT: Bob Searles, vice presidenT: Jean Beers, secreTary, and Helen Flolow, Treasurer. Smilin' Through, The Senior Class play, was presenTed on May I2 and I3 by The seniors inTeresTed in dramaTics. For The leads Hugh Thompson and Mar- gareT Boen were selecTed. OTher im- porTanT roles were Taken by Bill Ban- nisTer, WinniTred Hall, John Moseley and Jeanne Lovelace. Many seniors had imporTanT parTs in The annual opera, The DeserT Song, presenTed by The music deparTmenT. The leads were very capably Tilled by Bob Searles and Hermie Herron. OTher leading parTs were Taken by Hugh Thompson, Alyce Wilson, Herman Judd and Vivian Pedersen. The maioriTy oT The Girls' Club oT- Ticers were seniors. Frances Anderson, presidenT: MargareT Boen, vice presi- denT: Frances Mae Andrews, secreTary: Janice Miller, social deparTmenT chair- man, and Eunice Perkins, service chair- man, were all seniors and performed Their duTies eTTicienTly. JournalisTic abiliTy was Tar Trom lack- ing among Those who graduaTed in I933. Maurine Henderson, besides be- ing on The Tahoma sTaTT, was on The Woi'ld sTaTT in The Tall semesTer as edi- Tor and in The spring as managing edi- Tor. Mary Lou Anderson, ediTor oT The Tahoma, was on The World sTaTT Tour Times. OThers ouTsTanding in iournal- ism work were Helen VVanzer, Phyllis Swanson, Bob Green, Eunice Perkins, BeTTy Jane Thomas, Frances Anderson, Elwood Anderson and Murray Morgan. Many oTher sTudenTs prominenT in school acTiviTies come Tram The Senior Class. Some oT These were: Tom Bell, Hi-Y presidenT: Ed HamilTon. presidenT oT Big Sq Dixy Lee Ray, DebaTe Club presidenT: Jane Ramsby, presidenT oT STadiana: Maurine Henderson, Triple S presidenT: John Hickey, Boys' Coun- cil presidenT, and Hugh Thompson, presidenT oT The Thespian SocieTy. For The Tourfh consecuTive Time STadium won The ciTy championship in baskeT ball. Seniors on The winning Team were Bruce HeTrick, Loring Wii'e. Harold Wang and Ed HamilTon. Maurine Henderson Rufh Clark Dave ShowalTer Mar+in Nelson RoberT Green Lorna Uglum EsTher Sfromme Mary Crossland Tom Smifh