Wabash High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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ALL WORK AND UORL PLAY The senior Apaches were an odd tribe. They certainly quali¬ fied as one of the noisiest, happiest, and most industrious classes ever to make the walls and halls of WHS bulge. They struggled through ordinary, everyday tests, College Boards, semester exams, senior picnic, Baccalaureate, Commence¬ ment, and all-night party. Absolute frenzy—from playing cards at senior play practice to being measured for caps and gowns—did not fell many seniors. Concessionaires alone worked hard enough to sell 16,363 cokes at football and bas¬ ketball games. After Commencement, Apache Seniors were visible only as quick moving blurs when they turned in their caps and gowns. Dr. Wimberly addressed the graduates at Baccalaureate on the subject of ‘The Things That Are God’s.” The senior speakers—Dorothy Oliver, Nelson Bahler, Treva Norris, John Vice, and Anne Treckman—discussed the various aspects of the Commencement theme, “The Points On Our Compass.” 6

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A MOTHER GOOSE Homecoming Queen Sharon Wilkerson is surrounded by her court—junior Sylvia Pressler, sophomore Karen Fisher, and freshman Vicki Kafoure. “Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.” Then they had a nasty fall—or so the story goes. But, on the prize winning homecoming float, Jack and Jill were not the ones who tumbled. They remained on their lofty perch to watch the Mighty Apaches dampen the spirits of the Warsaw Tigers by handing them a 26-0 defeat. The Wabash High School Band advanced the homecoming theme, “Fairy Tales,” with an Arabian Nights half-time performance in which they formed a crown for the coronation of the senior candidate, Sharon Wilker¬ son, as Homecoming Queen. She was escorted by Lars Hvitved, WHS’s exchange student from Den¬ mark. Sharon received her crown and a bouquet of red roses from student body president Nelson Bahler. The sophomore class won first place in the float competition with their illustration of the slogan, “Spill those Tigers.” The seniors placed second with a new interpretation of “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.” Her children gave her no trouble; they spent all their time stomping Tigers. After scalping Warsaw, the Jacks and Jills of Wabash moved to Honeywell’s for a dance sponsored by the Sycamore to celebrate their victory. Jack and Jill push the sophomore float down the hill and into first place with their request to “Spill those Tigers.” 8