Wahoo High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Wahoo, NE)

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 Senior Class Officers • President Jack Stewart Vice-President ... Patricia Hanson Secretary Julie Schneider Treasurer Helen Pokorny Sponsor Co-Sponsor Joseph J. Littrell CLASS MOTTO Tonight we launch. Where do we anchor? CLASS FLOWER American Beauty Rose

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Editorial The time has come for another graduation, another annual, and another editorial. In most instances graduation for the average high school senior is a time of greater or lesser sentimental and emotional stress; a time when by word of mouth or flourish of the pen, one hears such fancy phrases as “We are embarking on the ship of destiny”, or “We stand on the threshold of the future”. Flowery speech and elaborate oratorical metaphors of this kind have their place, but graduation from high school also has its more serious aspect, and perhaps never before have high school graduates had more difficult problems to solve or greater tasks to perform. We have certainly enjoyed the comradeship of high school; the memories of the dances, basket-ball and football games, class plays, and all the other social and athletic functions will always be pleasant and lasting. We can be thankful that the United States has such a fine educational system, and we should do our best to make it more efficient and raise its standards to even greater heights for the benefit of generations to come. But even more important and serious is the fact that with us lies the preservation of our nation, our democratic way of life, and our social and economic system as it is today. That is why I consider it a pleasure and an honor to write this article. I feel that I will be able at the present time to deliver to you a message with a purpose through this channel. Democracy and freedom are not gifts or heritages that automatically become and remain ours merely because we are descendents of our courageous forefathers who gave their lives and made numerous sacrifices to attain and secure this way of life. Whether in peace or in war we must wage a daily battle to preserve the ideals of this nation and secure them for ourselves and our children. We can accomplish this task by intelligent reading and thinking, and by continuing to educate ourselves to our dying day. We must not feel that our period of learning is now over. Great scholars have told us that after we have been awarded our high school diploma or our college degree, our education has only begun. Hatred, prejudice, and bigotry thrive among the uneducated. They are excellent spawning grounds for the seeds of Communism and other forms of government alien to our democratic ideals. You will find that a truly educated man or woman is not chained in his daily-life decisions or mode of living by racial or religious bigotry. The truly educated person is usually sympathetic and can appreciate the views and beliefs of all groups. Therefore, it is very essential that we continue to educate ourselves in order to become leaders in our community, state, and nation, and thus preserve our heritage of freedom. To educate ourselves is most necessary, but it may be quite possible that we will be confronted with the opportunity of making even greater sacrifices to preserve our American beliefs. If this be the case, I am sure that in you, my classmates, courage will not be found wanting. It w-ill be up to us and all high school graduates of this great nation to keep the torch of learning brightly burning, and to preserve and defend, and perhaps rebuild our way of life. Robert Margrave

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CARL C. CIHAL Football 3-4L, Track 3, W Club 4, General Diploma, St. Wenceslaus 1-2. JEANETTE J. NOBLE Girls Glee Club 2-3-4, Annual Staff 4, Pep Club 2-3-4, Academic Diploma, Abraham Lincoln, Council Bluffs, la., I. JULIE SCHNEIDER, Secretary Chorus 2-4, Girls' Glee Club 2-3-4, Class Play 4, Annual Staff 4, Pep Club 2-3-4, Forum 3, Academic Diploma, Class Officer 4, Fremont I. PATRICIA HANSON, Vice-President Orchestra I-2-3-4, Chorus I-2-3-4, Girls' Glee Club I-2-3-4, Band I-2-3-4, Class Play 3-4, Annual Staff 4, Pep Club I-2-3-4, Pep Band I-2-3-4, Academic Diploma, Class Officer 2-4. HELEN POKORNY, Treasurer Orchestra 3-4, Chorus 2-3-4, Girls' Glee Club 2-3-4, Band I-2-3-4, Chieftain Staff 4, Pep Club 2-3-4, Pep Band 3-4, Class Officer 4. KENNETH R. LILLEY Chorus 4, Boys' Glee Club 3-4, Class Play 2-3, Chieftain Staff 3-4, General Diploma, Class Officer I. MARILYN JO LINDAU Orchestra 3-4, Chorus I, Girls' Glee Club I, Chieftain Staff 4, An nual Staff 4, Academic Diploma. PATRICIA ANN LILLEY Chorus I -2-3 4, Girls' Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Annual Staff 4, Pep Club I-2-3-4, Academic Diploma. GODFREY LANIK Football 3L-4L, Track 2-3-4, Annual Staff 4, W Club 3-4, General Diploma, St. Wenceslaus I. JACK R. STEWART, President Chorus 2-3-4, Boys' Glee Club 2-3-4, Band I-2-3-4, Basketball I-2L-3L-4L, Football I-3L-4L, Boys' Luncheon Club 4, Class Play 3-4, Annual Staff 4, W Club 2-3-4, Academic Diploma, Class Officer 2-3 4.