Centralia High School - Skookum Wa Wa Yearbook (Centralia, WA)

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Grete Ek Dr. Pcxvamcmi Three people gave a cosmopolitan air to Cen- tralia High School, this year, making students aware that people in other countries have the same problems, same desires, and same goals as we have. Dr. Victor Pavamani, who supervises a large school system in India, taught world problems. In addition he was an instructor at the junior college, made more than a hundred speeches to organiza- tions, and conducted adult classes. Centralians mar- veled at his easy adjustment to the American idiom and to the peculiarities of life in the United States. Grete Ek, an exchange student from Norway and a top student here, participated in much of the hubbub of extra curricular life. It was not uncom- mon to see the vivacious Grete selling refreshments at athletic contests, kneeling to paint signs, or strinving crepe paper in the gymnasium. Rodrigo Castro, a Costa Rican, was known throughout the school for his winning smile, polite- ness, and friendliness. The whole school has profited by their brief stay here, and we say goodbye with regret. Be- cause they were good ambassadors of their coun- tries, because they promoted understanding among us, and because they added three new friends to our list, we respectfully dedicate the 1959 SKOOK- UM WA WA to them. Page 3 will honor t . 2- ol DEDICATION X ,- . .sexism N .N t x Rodrigo Castro

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Have reverie . . FOREWORD As the pages of this book are opened, eager eyes search the page for a familiar face. Page after page brings back memories which are stored away in the inner chambers of your heart. In the years to come these memories will be brought out and you will reminisce, thinking of all the things you used to do-the people you once knew, but who now are gone, and you will remember the halls, ringing with quiet laughter, you will remember the steps you passed over day after day carrying you on to new and different thingsg you will have all this to remember. These things are yours forever and can never be taken from you. So, as you go to far and dillerent places, remember Centralia High School and all it held for you . . . the people, the places, the games, and the dances. We hope this Skookum Wa Wa will help you in your reveries. Page 2

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Mr. Harold Gehrke PRINCIPAL AND VICE-PRINCIPAL After the roll room bell sounds, there is a short pause, and then the familiar voice of Vice Principal Roberts is heard throughout the building beckoning students to his office. Mr. Waldo Roberts began teaching here in 1937, ten years after his grad- uation from Washington State Col- lege. He has been at Centralia High School for twenty-two years, the last ten as vice principal. He has coached and taught mathematics and mechan- ical drawing. Previously he taught at Tekoa, Wilbur, Leavenworth, and Raymond, all in Washington. Miss Marie Hopkins Secretary Mr. Waldo Roberts Page 4 1911109 IGCIJBTS . . . Behind an office door open to students, teachers, and parents, Mr. Harold Gehrke conducts the affairs of the top administrative position in the school. He has been principal here since 1939. After graduation from Washington State College, Mr. Gehrke taught and coached at Mossyrock for eight years. Then he spent three years at Rainier, Washington, combining teaching and coaching with operating his father's farm. In 1945 he came to Centralia as a social science teacher and assistant coach and later vice-principal. While here Mr. Gehrke has taught a wide variety of subjects: social science, biology, general science, and even some typing.