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SIENI From pigtails to bobby sag from birthday parties to ban- quets, from Hring-around-the rosyn to basketball tourna- ments and sports conferences, the Class of 'M7 has advanced since that September day in 1935 when twenty-five first graders entered Miss Kase's room. In order to cope with the timid, the tearful, and the homesick, Miss Kase main- tained the Ucry baby's cor- ner.H Remember, kids? Get- ting adapted involves a mat- ter of time and willingness to make personal sacrifices. These nmen and women of to- morrown were well adjusted by their second year. Re- cess periods on the play- ground, those first struggl- ing notes on a new musical in- strument, the panicky feeling just before the presentation of the grade-school operetta- all belong to that memorable era--Hschool days.N In a remarkably short time eight years had passed. It was May, l9H3--eight grade commencement time. This was definitely a milestone i n their young lives. HElmer,H the play the graduates pre- sented, depicting the event- ful life of a fourteen-year old boy, was a high point in the evening's program. But even more important was the diploma each member of the class received--an impressive red, suede booklet that signr fied that each was eligible to enter high school. The fall of 1943 arrived. Thirty- one would- b e high school sophisticates entered the portals of WPHS as lowly nFrosh.H A week that all will remember was the week o f DRS Freshmen initiation. A set of rigorous rules were gi- ven each Freshman with strict orders that they must b e obeyed. Judicial legislation, the HKangaroo Courtn type,was administered to punish the culprits who dared disobey the law. But the week of ini- tiation passed and gradually the novelty of high school wore off, so that by the time the class reached their So- phomore year, they, in turn, dubbed the incoming Freshmen as HGreenhorns.H Throughout the year the nSophsH conti- nued their active participa- tion in athletics, band,vocal groups, and declam. May came and with it pro- motion to the Junior year. HThe play's the thing,H was the Junior's chant as they re- hearsed night after night for HThe Missing Heirs.H T h e class play exemplified a sup- posedly average American fam- ily and their life before and after a rich inheritance fell into their possession. The smell of grease paint, butter flies in the stomach, the mad bustle backstage--all of it has a definite part in that period of footlight fever and class-play time. That year's Juniors experienced all of that, too. Spring dawned on WPHS and the Juniors began thinking of that highlight of highlights- the Junior- Senior Banquet. Blue and silver the colors the Class of 'Hg had chosen afforded many interesting op- portunities. But to the Jun- iors, who could vision sil- very glaciers, blue shadows, and a cold atmosphere, it spelled HA-r-c-t-i-c.W A nd ly-
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so it was that an Eskimo theme was carried out in the Junior-Senior Banquet of that year. when school convened that fall, last year's Juniors started an eventful year.They had two class parties and two picnics with their sponsors, Mrs. Brubaker and Mr. Rarick. Besides participating i n sports, music, declam, radio work, the Seniors had the ad- ded responsibility of serving on the West Pointer and the Cadet Staffs. Having pic- tures taken, ordering announ- cements, getting measured for caps and gowns, taking part in the class play ...... these were the exciting, the event- ful, the memorable days all Seniors anticipate with such anxiety. The Honors Convoca- tion in the spring saw many Seniors receiving scholar - ship certificates for four years of hard work. T h e HSneak Dayu in Omaha w a s one that no Senior will ever forget. T h e Junior-Senior Banquet was all that both Juniors and Seniors hoped for. And so arrived the last week of school. The Bacca- laureate was held on May 18, in the high school gymnasium. Dr. Earl W. Wiltse of Grand Island was the guest speaker on the Commencement program on May 22, when twenty-one Seniors received their di- plomas and became the Ualum- nin of WPHS. ELLIS RALL, President, first semester Ambition--Journalism Characteristic--Stubborn Football Mg Basketball 3, kg Class President l, 3, Hg Vice-Pres. 35 Student Council 3, kg Junior Play Cast, Band 3, 4. f W LESTER PAGELS, President, second semester Ambition--See the world Characteristic--Ambitious Boys Glee l,2,3,HgMixed Chorus 2, 35 Lyres Club Hg Madrigal 2,Hg Basketball 2, 3, Football Mg Class Sec. 35 Class Vice-Pres. H5 Class Pres. Hg Student Council 45 Jr. Play Castg West Pointer StaffgCadet Staff, Declam 45 Radio Announcer H. .3..
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