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

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yu that the idea of taking classes out into the country groves for a picnic was orig- inated under the supervision of Miss Brady. with our class motto, 'To-night We Launch, Where Shall We Anchor,W in mind we took up our studies as seniors of '58. As we hoped to make this our most cherished year of high school tra1n1ng,work was taken up more seriously and whole-heartedly. We presented one of the most beautiful Christ- mas Pageantsg and with the proceeds, we started another tradition by presenting the school with a class gift. Ours was a radio. Our class was always well represented ln all school activities such as music, sports, and dramatics. Four seniors were chosen as the participants for the Eagle Dramatics Contest held at Wichita. The play 'Orv1lle's Big Date' was rated fourth out of the twenty-one plays given. On April 28, we were the guests of the Juniors at the annual junior-senior ban- quet. Scattered among these activities were numerous Biology tours,of which the two-day trip to Manhattan and Hays was outstanding. Combining our Biology trip and Sneak day, our tour was more than successful. More- over we are quite proud of the fact that our class has been the first to instigate an educational tour of this nature. Much to our sorrow, two of our original freshmen, Norbert Focke and Francis Meyer, died during our final school term. Thus far, ln the history of our schoo1,our class is the only one which has some of its meme bers deceased. We shall never forget their friendly influence and lovable disposition. And now we finally reached what we might say the goal, but it might also be termed the beginning--graduation. We seventeen students received our diplomas on the night of May 22,l938. This is only the beginning. Yes! The beginning of where we hope to an- chor and be the greatest pride to our Alma Mater--the Andale Rural High School.