Clayton High School - Clamo Yearbook (Clayton, MO)

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Hzghlzght Calendar SEPTEMBER After watchang the last drop draan out of Shaw Park pool thoughts turn reluctantly to No 1 Mark Twam Carcle In the openang assembly Mr Ober welcomes back yunaors and senaors ftrymg hard to conduct themselves as upperclassmen and greets two new classes and fourteen new teachers w1th the forecast Thas wall be a good year but hy no means an easy one Everyone 15 so busy organlzang or joamng somethlng It s a rude shock when we reallze the teachers mean busmess' Soon students become aware of a shy smlle among them whach turns out to be an anterestmg young man from Holland Depo starts off the year wath a Slave Party and Texas stock was expensave that naght' Student Councal traes out the new petataon electaon method wath the fastest runners an the lead The farst pep assembly and Graf faths Greyhounds beat Wellston the next day GAA holds the biggest mataataon ever but those push ups stall look pretty sad' OCTOBER Freshmen sophomores and junaors have yet to be convlnced that Senlors should leave as semblaes farst and w1n all cheerang contests Wall Alge bra III replace Maverlck an telcvxsaon populanty7 Student Councal Work Day makes money at the cost of dash pan hands Jumpang rope becomes a challenge 1n garls PE Norbert Sewing IS named Prep Player of the Week through the efforts of Pep Club First Progress Reports arrave home just an tame to ruan a whole week end The annual GAA hay r1de as char acterazed by cold hands warm hearts hot dogs and hay flghts Tasa and Susan make thear flrst appearance before the Human Relat1ons Club Sophomore status goes up a notch when the1r football team beats Ladue Ram doesn t dampen the SplI'ltS of the Greyhounds as they spook St Charles on All Hallows Eve but v1ctory celebrataon gets carr1ed away with eggs and shavlng cream all over Depo NOVEMBER JUHIOIS mak1ng money becomes a filmlllif saght Orange and Blue Day starts mount mg excltement whach reaches peak on Clayton Faeld at 2 00 November 8 was that sweat or tears an the locker room boys? Sewmg IS for knattang and so 15 the whole school as Nussbaum reagns at the Football Dance Peppers Get Acquaanted Tea g1ves httle slsters the chance to get a few words an edgewlse Student abalaty comes out at the Depo Talent Show Pepper Ball Doneson Straflang and Langsam keep audlence on the edge of the1r seats an Angel Street The student body loudly applauds Jazz Centrals Hastory of Jazz assembly whale Lowenstean grans We gave thanks as Thanksglvmg temporarlly rescues all from the old rat race and the appearance of old alumna brangs back memoraes The Hoe Down t Depo proves to be a low poant an student behavaor but fun IS had as the pae eatmg contestants get more on each other 'and spectators than they eat and square dancang as enjoyed by all once the boys are dragged from the1r hldlllg places' DECEMBER C Club has thear own cool cheerang sectlon The cafetena resembles Hades for a few days after the Latm Banquet jumors be l8l come the proud and noasyj possessors of the new sp1r1t banner A moment of s1lence as observed for all senaors vaho suffered an BJ s Shakespeare fanal CHS mat men practlce thear sportsmanshap and Coach Nagy worr1es Workmen swangang around on cables are much more mterestlng than concentratmg on books 1n Study Hall junaors and Senaors show the1r usual fraendlaness toward each other at the Sock Hop by a shoutmg contest whach drowns out the musac The Student Councal peta taon electron procedure as defeated an a school vote The fragrance of pxnc an the front hall tL4tlfl6S that the long awalted Chrastmas vacatlon as near and the last Friday fanally arraves wath the Semors an the1r charmlng best Senaors get the money makmg urge and surprase Helen Wolff customers w1th the1r culmary accomplashments Depo closes out 1958 Wlth a Chrast mas party where Ball Davis reveals hadden talents and everybody takes advantage of the mastletoe Many Claytonates celebrate snowy New Years Eve at the Congress Hotel but wh atever happened to thos couples who didnt make at to the Chase breakfast? JANUARY The last week end of Chrastm as vaca taon and w finally get that ace and snovt' It was a blue Monday vthen chool reopened on january 5 w1th those fraghtenmg f1nals a scant three weeks away Every school has 1tS TGIF Socaety but only Clayton can celebrate TGFTAFM Day' fThank God For Tuesdays And Faculty Meetings just a warnang to grades garls on the curve Depo must have gotten the1r pazza from the Latan Katchen whlch accordmg to Senor Long has the best Lat1n Ameracan food QOn the corner of Bag Bend and Clayton that as Parkmoor here we come' Hope Pep Club daeln t lose any rooters crossmg the walderness to the basketball games wath Mehlvalle Hazlewood Herculaneum or Podunk' If as many people came to the fre hmen games 'as condemned them for lackang school sp1r1t the gym would be packcd' Fmals brang school actavataes down to a slow walk but oh that fave day weekend' Why cant teachers have conventaons more often? To close out january wacky Wlnnafer and her varaed admarers have people stand1ng an the a1sles we had to fand out what that darn Cuc oo s Nest was about' FEBRUARY It asnt exactly sprang fever on Feb ruary 'S but the fellows decade they need a day off and end up w1th an abundance of clghth hours' The talent show cast IS chosen accompan1ed by threats from Mr O about grade only part of months of work by the darectors Depo helps Rolf celebrate has bartb day and he gets has coveted ten gallon cowboy hat Mrs Lally fascanates the school for two hours w1th The Musac Man and the Massoura School for the Bllnds band and Jazz group w1n the admarataon of all for the1r talent and sparat The torn ado doesn t damage CHS but the front hall wall never be the same sance Bob Osborn s v1s1t Practace begms to pay off as two basketball trophies are added to the case an the gym and Lenny breaks scormg records at home and abroad fContmued on page 138j I I V Q ' . , 9 s ' ' . . . 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This year the superior staff at Clayton Hiqh School tools qreat strides to elevate academic qoals, ehallenqinq and eneouraqinq stu- dents to put forth nmre effort than ever hefore. With the advent of the strenqthened eurrieulunl came murmurs of disapprovalg however, while complaints were voiced, it was inwardly realized that the hiqh standards set would prove invaluahle in the future.