Andale High School - Tekakwitha Yearbook (Andale, KS)

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Class History In the early fall of 1955, twenty-one shy little girls and boys made their way to take up a new and strange task, the begin- ning of their high school career. As freshmen, we knew very little of the curriculum of a high school besides feeling somewhat bashfuly h t we soon overcame these minor obstacles. After the painful Initiation of cur class, which took place the second week of school, we felt advanced in our school life and eagerly we proceeded to work with the best of our abilities. Our first venture in the social life was the Ha1lQwe'en Party. It proved to be just as much fun for ourselves as for the upper classmen. Naturally after having been suc- cessful, we were looking forward to more social events. As freshmen we were ably sponsored by Sister Victorine. We also note that our class members were drawn from the greatest number of different parishes: for example: St. Leo, St. Marks, Colwich, and St. Mary's. At the beginning of the school term of '55 and '36, we proudly acknowledged the fact that the twenty-one class members from the previous year had resumed studies. This was a record not ever duplicated. Mr. Knoop was our sponsor and it was ,under his supervision that our most enjoyed edu- cational tour to Hutchinson was taken. This proved one of the outstanding events of the year, as it was spent in visiting and view- ing many places which most of us had never seen. As we entered into our new role as Juni- ors, we eagerly looked forward to many in- teresting events. Our Junior play, nRose of El Monten was successfully staged on Ap- ril ll. The Junior-senior banquet, which carried the nautical Qtheme, was very suc- cessful as well as enjoyable to the guests and classmates. It was during this year X X. xv W xy v xy y A',v'4v.z'4f.4'4v'4f ,r,,f,f