Washburn High School - Wahian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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M- zWm-fW,m ' The Importance of Being Earnestn by Oscar Wilde, was chosen as the june '42 class play because it was so well suited to the talents of the 12A class and because of the zip in the plot, so necessary for a successful perform- ance. Perky Hemenway, Ruth Ot- terstein, George Dauphine, and Bob Wriglit won the four main leads. The supporting cast consisted of BillieU Lewis, Walter Carpenter, Grayce Nor- ton, Bob Brin, and Virginia McClure. Although the play was originally written as a period play, it has been rewritten and modernized. A good ex- ample of this modernizing was Ruth's and Priscilla's Ucatty' scene. Sugar was the subject of the spat, and the discussion of this priority was defi- nitely up-to-date. The story, which concerns a case of mistaken identity, was very un- usual in that the four main leads were equally important. Over one hundred members of the senior class enthus- iastically turned out for the prelimi- nary try-outs. Of these, about twenty- Hve remained in the finals. It was only after much deliberation that the nine characters were Hnally chosen. 0 Tin Pan Alley was the theme of the very successful IZA Mixer. All of the members of the class who wished, dressed as songs. Patricia Luft as the Irish XVashwoman, Bette Kiebert as Flat Foot Floogie, and Richard Still- son as Big Bad Knutei' were chosen as the I'fl0St originally dressed. Covers of popular songs, balloons, and posters were used for decorations. Everyone agreed that it was oodles of fun. O Credit Bureau-Heywood, Rowland Banks, and Blegen. x 0 XVhat are we here for? Thorn, Her- hold, Fischer, Landbcrg. 0 Aclmiring the showcase, Eddie? 0 Waiting their fate-Sutton, Dau- phine, Bach, etc. 0 Importance of Being Earnest O 12A's mixf?j m-w,1a-fW,m Page TlL'l'IIfJ'-UTIL'

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un- fvxxlffd-.fan 0 In January, 1939, two hundred stu- dents entered Washburia High School for the first time. Bewildered, expect- ant, hopeful, yet a little afraid, these two hundred pupils were entering a new and entirely different phase of life. First came grade school in which they learned the fundamentals of schooling. Next, junior high where they acquired new interests, and then high school where they spent their home-room periods in filling out pro- gram cards. Here they tried to fit themselves for a vocation. Of the two hundred January stu- dents, fwo graduated from night school, six from summer school, and fllirzfy-0110 students have been elected to the National Honor Society on the basis of leadership, service, and char- acter. This high school organization corresponds to Phi Beta Kappa in college. Three members were elected to life membership in the Student Councilg life membership is usually restricted to those who have been elected to the Council in the eleventh and twelfth grades successively, however, this year the twelfth-grade members Emmy Lou Hellie, Charles Lindemann, and louise Wfoodhouse were all considered so out- standing that they were given life membership in the Council. This is the first war class Wgishliurn has seen. Many students have already joined the armed forces, and many have gone into defense work. What the future will hold as far as education is concerned is uncertain. The Wahian usually does not have a chance to take many informal shots of the January Seniors, but this year a special effort was made to include them in more features so they can look on the Wahian as their book more than ever before. 0 l.et's face the music 0 Fads-Williams, Sargent, Page, McCaw- ley, Stillwell 0 COI11I11CDCE111CI1I'NT1lfS0ll, Farnquist O Class Play Directorse-Ganley, Miss No- vak, Stromstad 0 Art Wfork--Ladd, Steele 0 Class Play Dress Rehearsal un- 7f1Julff4-.fauqfzd

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PAUL SUTTON, Presidentg DOROTHY TAUER, Vice-Presidentg RUTH OTTERSTEIN, Secretaryg CURTIS HEYWOOD, Treasurer. June Graduating Class 0 The Service Award is given to either a boy or girl in the senior class who has been nominated and elected by the class for outstanding, unselfish leadership in class and school activities. The boy winning the Dean Miller award must have achieved a Bn average and have won a letter in athletics. The Board approved award is given for good scholarship and athletic standing. Life membership in the Student Council is given to a Student Council representative after being voted on by the. Council. The winner of this award and the Service Award is given free admission to all Washburn activities for life. The Minneapolis Star-Journal award accompanied by a S10 check is given in recognition of service, character, scholarship, and leadership shown in a boy or girl toward his school activities. The student must maintain a UB average. The Bausch and Lomb medal is given to the senior who has made the greatest progress in the field of science and mathematics. The receiver of this award as all others is approved by the Student Council. The girl winning the Margaret Grangaard award must have held a SBU average in her schoolwork and won a 'WVU in athletics. The International Understanding Award is given to the senior who has done the most in the field of peace. The student is picked after taking a test. HONOR ROLL Patricia Jean Andersan Ruth Kauffman Natalee Carlander, Gail Kucera, and Marian Weigel were chosen as the June Valedictorians. They each had an average of 3, which means they had straight A's all through Washbu1'n. The Salutatorians, Jeanne Hellberg and Dave Brown, had two B's or a 2.98 average. Betty Jane Arnquist Parley Banks Betty Bell Patricia Bigelow Ruth Brin David Brown Caroline Buseman Natalee Cai-lander Walter Carpenter Robert Clark Mary Lynne Connor jeanne Dahl Betty Davidson Beth Doeringsfcld John Duntley Willis Duryea Charlotte Fischer Jacqueline Flack Dorothy Flynn Richard Gehring Edith Graves Ioan Gregg John Halverson Helen Harrington Jeanne Hellberg jean Jessup Evon Jones Hugh Kremer Gail Kucera Harry Lee Patricia Luft Donald Lundquist Virginia McClure John McQuillan Martha Melstrand Jeanette Michel Ruth Ann Otterstein Jean Parker Nancy Ravitch Virginia Ravitch William Reiser Noah Roscnbloom Marv Rowland Norma Smith Alice Stefferud Ariine Steiner Paul Sutton Anne Taylor lean Thorn Marian Weigel Pauline Whitaker Ellen Williams lohn R. Wilson Page Tzvwlfy-Iwo