Washburn High School - Wahian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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we graduate I I This is the senior section ot the I957 WAHIAN. To us this is the most important part ot the book because it is our section, and it represents us. Many ot our good times and happy thoughts are tound in the memories section, but this means most to us because it is all ours. There are no underclassmen sneaking into pictures, and each tace which we see, whether laughing or serious, handsome or plain, is tamiliar. These are the people whom we saw at class parties at Ramsey, seated across trom us in IOth grade English, Ilth grade history, or 12th grade modern problems. These are our classmates and our triends. This is our year. We are the seniors. It seems quite natural now to say that simple sentence, We are the seniorsl , but just nine months ago it seemed very strange. We entered Washburn last tall as seniors, what a wondertul teeling! It had been two years since we had telt so big, and even then it had not been like this. Since that day last September we have learned to accept the name, the responsibilities, the duties, the privileges, and the tun that go along with our title. As the years pass, and l957 and our class with them, we may lose sight ot what was once ours, but though the details become blurred, the names mixed, and the taces torgotten, and though the pages ot this book turn yellow and our memories 57 tade, time cannot erase the smile ot rem' iniscence which will creep across each tace at the thought ot three happy, hurrying, roguish years which were ours alone but gone too quickly. i957 is our year, and this is our senior section.

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Row I: Jewett, Elzas, Elston, Nyvall. Row 2: Speidel, Vine, Johnston, Murray, l-lalladay, Row 3: Firth, Greene, Richard Hager, Ralph Hager. Row 4: hlerzberg, Grathwol Kinyon, Youngren. seventeen vols and The Class ot '57 had not one, not two, not tour, but eight valedictoriansl And what is a val? It is one ot those rare torms ot human beings who has managed to get nothing but l'A's through- out his entire high school career. Studies are not the only interests ot these seniors. Marilyn Jewett went to Germany as an American exchange stu- dent: Terry Elzas was Washburn's l-lomemalcer ot Tomorrow: Ann Speidel co-captained the cheer- leaders: Kay Vine was an enthusiastic member ot Student Council: Tom Firth had a lead in the class play: Elsa Greene was an energetic GAA. member: Gary l-lerzberg excelled in track: and Bob Grathwol edited the Grist, 20 sals set new record We. the Class ot '57, are equally proud to claim nine salutatorians as tellow classmates. These nine managed to maintain straight 'As' with the exception ot only one which most ot them received in their sophomore year. The sals didn't spend all their time studying either. Cindy Elston was a member ot the Grist Statl: Sally Nyvall co-captained the cheerleaders: Nancy Johnston and Connie Murray put their original ideas into the WAHIAN: l-lenry l-lalladay participated in Junior Achievement: Richard and Ralph Hager were prominent members ot the Swing Band: Dick Kinyon co-edited the WAHIAN: and Don Youngren was a sports-writer tor the Grist.