Wyandotte High School - Quiverian Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Bert 'Smiley' Ross studies Blondie in the library. Third page makeup is no picnic, says Marjorie. Pat applies lipstick and shows off Indian bracelets. P ? ? ? ? ? P ? What are you doing, Don Cowick, at your locker? Getting beauty sleep is a thing of the past since wartime came into effect. Liz and Don sip a soda at the corner drug store. Buck 'Gertrude' Neel with his favorite girl. Familiar scene at Wyan- dotte - Weinrich at keys. Lines by BONNIE MAJOR Bob Riley's favorite pas- time is announcing over Sration WHS. Fine thingg they tie you up and leave you to untie yourself-if you can.

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J t .SZAOOK F058 ...imhg Pfaomr by EARL Ross Not Mutt and jeff-Mutt and Jessie, alias Les Shri- ver and Peggy Dart. Ain't love wonderful? One of the many couplets you see around the halls. lt's fun working as Bob and Dick make cuts. 'Feets' Starry forms V for Victory while he slumbers. Two boys from China study about America. 'Skinny' Stephens stops at the candy man for his daily sweet. We find 'Ye Old Ed' do- ing something besides work to pass the time. Drop one, purl two- story of Ed and Willie. They say they're watch- ing tires-what a life! Pretty Janice Barker carts books around.

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Standing-Ed Scoles, Iohn Gorlock, Leland Bohl. Paoli Massaglicx, Bob Hammer, and Luther Welsh. Seated-lock Labowiiz. Eleanor Broughton, and Melvin Cohn. These studenls are scholarship seekers and winners. lflldel' .SQMJQJ Superiority in training, char- acter, ideals, and promise of future usefulness! All this and more too tells of the rigid require- ments those winning candidacy for the Summerheld Scholarship must meet. But as usual, Wyan- dotte comes up with the best and sends nine Super Studes to Law- rence to take the finals. Twenty per cent of the senior boys ranking highest in scholastic achievements are named by Vice- Principal Clyde Hume for the preliminaries, consisting of three tests plus personality ratings given by teachers. Those ranking in the upper one-third are eligible 0 A , x S. v xx 1. HN X ii ix it . X X . X. by HOMER MITCHELL t , X 4 ,FQ , W X r A ' W if 1 ws i i 26 for the finals. Winners are chosen from those boys making the highest scores on psychological examinations, achievement tests, and personal interviews. Every high school in Kansas is allowed at least one candidate and not more than five per cent of the graduating class each year. To receive a scholarship is an honor of the highest significance and is intended to confer rare scholastic achievements. Eleanor Broughton has re- ceived a scholarship to the Vir- ginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia.