Albany High School - Comet / Winnetkan Yearbook (Albany, WI)

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D. Heinsohn and D. Stoehr NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The students belonging to National Honor Society are chosen by the High School faculty. To be eligible, they must rank in the top one-fourth of their class scholastic-ally. be good citizens, and possess leadership traits. SPADE AND SPOON WINNERS The spoon and spade winners are named at the end of their junior year by the graduating senior class. They are selected on the basis of good citizenship, scholastic standing. personality, and leadership.

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Peanuts. Muscles????????? Senior Officers Having a ball. He’d eat anything! Seated D. Heitzman Secretary D. S toe hr Treasurer Standing J. Runaas President M. LaBelle- Vice-President Telling it like it is. Hungar!! 17

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Badger Girl State is a mythical land which is modeled after the State of Wisconsin. This model state is made up of 500 teen-age girls who run their own government. During the week at Badger Girls State the girls were given assignments and speakers lectured about state, county. and city government. After much campaigning, elections were held tn order to elect city officials, county elections. Badger Boys State is similar to Girls State. 1000 boys spend a week in Ripon, where they set up their own city, county, and state governments. This year some Boys Staters, including both of Albany's . abandoned the tradi- and state officials. The highest official elected, of course, was governor. After the elections the girls were busy organizing their government. The final day ended with a walk to the state capitol where the newly elected Badger state officials legislated on bills that would make the state of Badger a better place to live. tional Federalist and Nationalist parties and supported write-in candidates. All in all. both Jim and Dave had a good week and learned a lot about politics and government. 19 J. Runaas, K. Mauerman, D. Heinsohn.