Corona High School - Yearbook (Corona, SD)

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FIRST ANNUAL HOMECOMING Instead of the usual carnival, this year the Corona School featured a homecoming ?iogfa? on Friday night, November 5. A roll call of all graduates since the high school has offered a foursyear course was the main feature of the program, Other numbers were given by the grade rooms and the high school. Coronation of Queen Helen Reil and King Paul Jordrq and of Princess Elaine Harms and Prince James Kampen was the final number on the program. Their attendants were: Barbara Buttke and Gerald Bowers: Karen Pew and Paul Bunkowskeg and Gloria Peters and Kenneth Schulte. Concessions were in operation after the program. Net profit was 826l.l2, which went into the activity fund. CHRISTMAS PARTY The high school Christmas party was held on Decem- ber 25, with a dinner party and an exchange of gifts be- tween students. After exchanging gifts, the students were dismissed until January 2, when school holidays were over. INITIATION The annual freshmen initiation was held October 1, with all freshmen required to wear clothing prescribed by the seniors of Corona High School. Girls had to wear pajamas inside outg also five buckle overshces. They were required to carry their own shoes, and their hair was washed the night before and left uncurled. Boys wore a girl's scarf around their head, and a pajama top on backwards. They carried an empty baby bot- tle and wore carpet slippers on their feet. All freshmen had to wear an onion on a twenty-four inch string around their neck. When any freshman met a senior, he was required to bow, paying honor to the supreme heads for at least one day. The initiation party was held that night at the gym Each freshman was required to act out one stunt, after which the student body played various games. After a scavenger hunt, all the students returned to the school for hot dogs and pop.