Washburn High School - Wahian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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2-WASHBURN WAHIAN I944 ir 537 Graduate Commencement exercises were held for the mid-year class of 1944 on the evening of january 27. .To strains from Aida,,' 127 seniors marched up the aisles to take their places on the stage. The girls were lovely, wearing black formals and carrying bouquets of red roses, the boys wore suits be-decked with white carnations. Following the invocation by Rev. L. C. Burns, Betty Ann Tritle sang, and Beverly johnson played a piano solo. Fred Mueller gave the Salu- tatory address, followed by the Vale- dictory speeches of Marion Sundberg and Patty Peeke. After solos by Gerry Palmer, Marilyn Sherf, and Dorothy Lundquist, awards were announced. This procedure led up to the main event of the evening-the presentation of diplomas by Mr. MacQuarrie. Be- sides being given to the january class, diplomas were also received by parents .of boys who graduated with credits earned in the armed service. Their commencement over, the grad- uates then left the stage and marched down the aisle to the recessional from K'Athalia. ,E ,E it Although not much can be written in advance of the june commencement, we do know that this class, composed of 410 members, will be the largest ever graduated from Washburn. P. T. A. Organized at Washburn The Hrst meeting of a Washburn Parent Teachers Association was held in january. At this meeting a committee was nominated to make up the by-laws for the or- ganization. At the next meeting the fol- lowing officers were elected: Mr. Petri, president, Mr. Emmett, vice presidentg Mrs. Wahlquist, corresponding secretary, Mrs. Burlingame, recording secretary, and Mr. Bergford, treasurer. There is a representative from 12B and one from 12A who meet with the executive board. These representatives were elect- ed by their respective classes. The aim of the P.T.A. is to develop greater coordination be- tween parents, teachers, and pu- pils. Washburn Students Invest 330,524.00 In war Effort Washburn's sincere desire to aid our service men and women has resulted in two waribond and stamp drives being held during the past year. With Mr. Frogen as chairman of the fall drive, Miss Dowling, Miss Blessin, Mr. jackson, and Miss Baker completed the advisory committee. Each home room's solicitors were boys from Sparks Hi-Y and girls from Sigma Phi Girl Reserves. The school was di- vided into two teams. The tenth grade and eleven Bls comprising the Navy and the eleven A's and twelfth grade forming the Army. Washburn's goal was the purchase of three jeeps. Students and faculty surpassed their goal with a total sales of 1515,287.50, which was sufficient for the purchase of five jeeps. Washburn Makes Plans For Gold Star Memorial In the hopes of creating a lasting me- morial to the boys and girls of Wash- burn who have given their lives in this war, the student body and faculty have been gathering together funds for a monument to honor these dead. We have set up a goal of 152,000 which will be realized by this june. Through various projects such as the Christmas Chorus collections, tickets sold for the Twin City football game, the paper sale, and the Senior class gifts, we have now gotten together 151,714.72 toward this total. We hope that this memorial will show a little of our real appreciation of the supreme effort of those who were expendable. Moreover, because many of these former Washburn students never had a chance to establish themselves outside of school, this tribute will stand as the only lasting record in their memory. Although this war is not yet over, the following nineteen boys and one girl are already on our Washburn Gold Star Memorial List: Harvey j. Anderson, june 1939. William Bark, june 1943. Lewis Craswell, january 1936. William Crawhall, june 1933. Vernon Delin, February 1934. Burton Duntley, janu- ary 1940. john Greathouse, February 1933. Madalon Louise Hol, january 1941. William Holm, january 1936. Willard johnson, janu- ary 1937. William johnson, june 1938. Reed King, june 1937. Charles Kunz, june 1938. Thomas Lasley, january 1942. Dick Lenvik, left before graduation. Robert McDonald, june 1936. james j. Owens, june 1934. Nor- man Pearson, june 1939. james Powers, june 1934. jack Shirk, january 1939. john Som- mers, january 1936. George Sutton, june 1939. Alvin Tinker, june 1936. Richard Wenham, june 1936. Earl Westafer, june 1937. The second drive, held from Febru- ary 7th through the 24th, was opened by an auditorium at which Captain Paul Rusch was the speaker. Mr. Rusch's experiences in a japanese con- centration camp made us all realize how important our bond campaigns really are. Washburn's Treasure Hunt for partly filled stamp books resulted in 141 books being turned in. Bond generals at work: Williams, Borrett, Snedeker, Wahlquist The school was again divided into two teams, the Orange and the Blue. A boy and girl general headed each army which was subdivided into four squads. Each squad was in turn head- ed by a boy and girl captain who di- rected the work of the sellers. The goal being a trainer plane, each team was named for some type of airplane. With a total of 1,501 orders, the sales mount- ed to 1514,232.65. We are proud of the fact that the trainer plane paid for with our money will have a plate placed in it, stating that it was purchased by Washburn High School. For distinguished services in behalf of the War Savings Program, Wash- burn was awarded a certificate by Hen- ry Morgenthau.

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Many Difficulfies ASHBIIRN WAHIAN VOLUME XVII MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, I944 96 PAGES 17th ANNUAL PUBLISHED The Wahian staff is dedicating its seventeenth annual to the students of Washburn who are now in the armed forces. A great number of our alumni have given their allg others, who would have graduated with our own class, left to participate in the conflict for a better world. We probably could not attempt to guess the horrors they have seen or what battles they have been in, but we do know that every VVashburn boy is doing his part to win the war. Girls from Washburn also are in uniform and are indirectly bringing recognition to our school by their achievements in the various branches of the service. We feel that our former Washburnites would like to know that we are thinking of them. Thus, by taking a newspaper as our theme, we hope to make not only a memory book for the seniors but also to give former classmates who are serving our country an inside view on the events of the past year at Washburn. tiki ON THE INSIDE Calvin Gerde, Bob Kintz, and Francis Kocourek are typical of the many G'mCfa1NfWS 't ' Pages 1' 4 VVashburn alums who return to visit lfmuafy Seniors -A -Pages 540 their school during leaves from the Activities uuluu QHVA P ages 11.16 armed service. Calvin, who left school F 1 gultt H I .P 1-,ZZ a year ago after completing twelve B, aw ty ages f is now in the Navy and is stationed at Homerooms ' ' Pages 2332 Farragut, Idaho. Bob, who would have SPOFIS ....... ..v- P 21gCS 33-48 graduated in Iune, ,43, received his di- Iune Seniors n , H A... pages 49,54 ploma this Ianuary. He is now in V-12 O . . at Gustavus Adolphus. Francis took his rganizations ..... Pages 65-86 . . . A I boot training at Farragut after his Semor Directory '4'- Pages 87-92 graduation in Iune, ,43. He is in radio Rotogravure ...... .... P ages 93-96 school at the University of Colorado. Are Overcome The Wahian has been edited again this year despite the many difiiculties which have confronted a wartime annual. The future seemed dark for the Wahian late last fall when a contract had not yet been made with a photog- rapher nor with a printer. Late in November, however, our advisors suc- ceeded in making an agreement with Miller Studio to take the graduation pictures and a limited number of in- formal shots. The Bureau of Engraving was then obtained to do the printing and engraving. By the time it was de- cided that we could have an annual, it was well into December, and the staff had not been chosen. As a result of this late start, it was extremely difficult to prepare material on Ianuary seniors before their graduation. However, the Ianuary Wahian Committee was able to submit some copy on the graduates although they did not have time to arrange for informal pictures. Despite the cutting down of about twenty pages and the fact that less than a thousand dollars could be used for picture engravings, the 1944 Wahi- an still contains the same amount of homeroom, faculty, club, and gradua- tion pictures. Our newspaper theme has proved to be very timely, as the smaller type and compact filling of columns help to conserve precious space. Considering the fact that many high schools are not having an annual at all this year and that others are merely having a thin pamphlet, we can be proud of the effort put forth by Wash- burn students. Regardless of the shortages of essen- tial material and labor, the Wahian staffs have endeavored to provide a yearbook in which one can still find the true spirit of Washburn students.

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'A' I944 WASHBURN WAHIAN-3 Wahian I944 Editors-in-Chief ..,... LOUISE ALTMAN CLAIRE HOILAND Associate Editors ....... IRENE RAIHLE DKJROTHN' SCHOEN Art Editor ........ AIURIEL TOWNSEND Business Manager .....,. DONN Blcos i VOLUME XVII Photographer . ...,, ,...,. , .Miller Studios Engraver and Printer , . , . . , . .Bureau of Engraving, Incorporated QXQKBLSCIIQUI :P My f f-53'ASS0f.IP59 PrinI'er's Devils Wahian Chiefs-of-Staff this year are as follows: Louise Altman, co-editor of the Editorial Staff fleftj: Muriel Townsend, editor of the Art Staff, Ccenterjg Claire Holland, co-editor of the Editorial Staff, Crightjg and Donn Bros, manager of the Business Staff, fstandingj. Louise and Claire have worked with the Editorial Staff editing copy. Muriel has been in charge of layouts and artwork. Donn directed the business end. They Also Serve If lj Wf ,gy fr , If fb 2 X awe, J fy X3 2 ee. Z ee, 'F L 'I fe WWW Iwi' V ?f Ixxhklf 'g, !,f il I Q WWW rr IWIJWQM XX 3, - H ,, , ffiisfggz, f. 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Although some Wahianites may have com- plained that slavery has again come into its own because of hard-driving editors, almost all of the staff will agree that it has been much more fun than drudgery . It is true that most of our copy narrowly made deadlines, and pictures had a habit of disappearing. Perhaps the latter was caused by the mad dash of staff members to see newly-arrived prints .... One day our spirits were lifted when two sailors found their way to 218 and serenaded us with a 12 inch record of HSing, Sing, Sing .... Then there were the staff members who worked down- town on Mondays. How they had to dash away after fifth period to escape be- ing put to work by uSimon Legreen Claeson! . . . Another memory will be the over-joyed expression on Miss Trowbridge's face whenever she saw those noisy editorial staffers coming in the door .... Nice, too, were the days when we had ice-cream if we stayed especially late into the afternoon to work .... The marble hall between the art room and 218 was worn thin by art members trying to flnd parts of the dummy which had been taken off by some unknowing edi- torial quirk .... On the glum side is the memory of trying to count characters , when a few of the less-working staff MY ARRIVAL The busy students helpfully trampled me in the halls as I clung to. my shiny, new, blue notebook with the metal rings. I was proud of the initials W.H.S. which I had joyfully printed on with orange crayon the night before. I elbowed my way up to my home room, 317, where everyone was engaged in speaking combination pidgin English and pig Latin. Hearing this, I began to feel really intellectual. fDaaaj Miss Olson, my advisor, then distributed our program members were going through the lines By Beverly Schoen of Little Nelll' .... Then there was the rumor that kept going around that Mr. Claeson was leaving for the army in ten days. CWhat will we editors do?j .... But on the whole, good ex- periences outnumbered the unpleasant, and we have all survived! schedules, and everybody received hers except one person .... When l asked for mine in the oflice, everyone flew into a fit of pique as I was a 1013. I think that was the reason, for don't people usually pound on the counter for attention? A short while later I journeyed to my third hour class-study. I walked in and out of 312 four times before I discovered the room wasn't under construction with a few walls missing. After this I found my way to the lunchroom, being escorted by the usual riot squad. More difiiculties, and the first day was over. I had sur- vived-obviously? Now I really enjoy my daily obstacle course at Washburn and have as big a collection of signed passes as any A seniorl Washburn made paper sale news on March 30, when a total of 75 tons of paper was collected. In a house-to-house campaign, the paper was gathered to- gether in volunteer trailers. The S5626 raised went to the fund for our gold star memorial. CSee page 95.5