Wausau High School - Wahiscan Yearbook (Wausau, WI)

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Mr. G. W. Bannerman, Superintendent of Schools G. W. Bannerman Retired After 43 Years For twenty years the Wausau Area Schools have grown under the leadership of Mr. G. W. Bannerman, Superin- tendent of Schools who will retire August 1, 1966. He is a man who is not only an outstanding educator, but one who has great foresight, who is an expert at public relations and who has leadership ability , commented the Wausau Daily Record-Herald, in a recent editorial, voicing the feelings of the entire community. Besides being an unusually capable superintendent, he is a very warm, enthusiastic personality, noted for his spontaneous sense of humor. He has been very close especially to Senior High where he was both teacher and principal. The faculty, adminis- tration, and student body of Wausau High extend their sincerest thanks for his years of dedicated service.

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l i i A passerby could tell the spirit of spring had struck if he had seen Betsy Harper deep in reverie. The track team spent many after-school hours running hurdles at Thom Field in preparation for inter-school competition. I4 As spring vacation terminated the third quarter, it also brought to a close the last winter months. Time after time, teachers were forced to call sleeping students back from their daydreams of the leisure summer soon to come. Studying, an unwelcome task at any time of the year, was especially trying on those warm, sunny days of April, May, and June. Juniors working diligently on the prom was a sure sign of spring. This year's theme was imaginatively portrayed with a Taste of Honey. The cast of Harvey , Mary Chase's popular comedy, rehearsed nightly in anticipation of its spring premiere. Music students were busy practicing for district and state solo-ensemble contests, concert and marching competition, and their annual spring concert. During March, the track team pounded through the halls after school to get in shape, while the baseball and tennis teams waited anxiously for the puddles from the last snow to disappear. When these finally did vanish in April, the track team raced out to Thom Field to start hurdling, pole- vaulting, sprinting, and working out in other field events. Tennis, baseball, and golf teams also made the most of the warm weather. ln the halls was heard the excited talk of graduation and plans for the summer and following year. At times those last days seemed to drag, but when June did come, the fourth quarter had slipped by so quickly that seniors only half realized that twelve years of school were ending, graduation was here n 3 whole i ,ep ndent f ure lay ahead of themwgj 3 X Udaggiltcli XXQMMW X fl? . V 0 it 'fl spggfgggfii e 1 Where now stands a high school unit, the girls of 1917 once cele- brated May Day instead of a spring prom. it ,- ws, A sei? 5 as - l

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