Durant High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Durant, IA)

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Students Participate In Athletics -i-www-4-my After many weeks of practice, the junior class play, Arsenic and Old Lace, was presented in the gymnasium, Horn-tooting Teddy Roosevelt was por- trayed by Dick Reimers, Again this year the Durant PTO sponsored a Hallo- ween Mardi Gras on October 30, for the grade school children, The marching band led the parade through town to the gymnasium, The first Friday of November, the Wildcat and Wildkitten basketball squads were presented at the annual Meet the Wildcats night. Members of the Wildcat wrestling squad were presented to fans on Tuesday, November 9. Classes were again disrupted November 8 when activity pictures were taken for the annual, November lO, Open llouse was held, Parents fol- lowed their child's class schedule, attending each class for several minutes, Mrs. Judy MacDonald was named Teacher of the Year at the annual Durant Chamber of Commerce Award Night, The girls' and boys' basketball teams opened their season November l2, when they played West Liberty, here, The Wildkitten's winning season began that night as they defeated the Liberty Belles, The following Monday Doctor Melville presented the first assembly of the year for the DHS student body, His program concerned glass blowing, The second year of wrestling at Durant began November l9 when the squad met the Pleasant Valley Spartans, Speech and music departments combined to present a Thanksgiving program on the day before Thanksgiving, The Forensic league at- tended their second contest of the year December l at North Scott, Three Durant stu- dents-Sue Schlapkohl, Patsy Best, and Barb Paulsen- qualified for the final cham- pionship round, The freshmen class spon- sored a dance, Casino l i On December 18, the student Council sponsored the annual Sno-Ball Dance, which was held in the gymnasium, Diane lihrecke and .loyee Riessen were crowned co-queen, and Phillip Young and Keith Dusenberry were eo-king, Music for the evening was provided by Music, Inc, 6 Royale , December 2 after the Mount Vernon basketball game,

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There s No End - - - Remembered joys are never past, They were, they are, they yet shall be, Therefore, there is no end, The events of 1966 may be departed in reality, but are only beginning in in the halls of memory,,, DHS-from the high school to the cafeteria-was prepared for the incoming student body, Then,,, R-l-N-GI!!! The first five minute bell of the school year rang at 8:25 on Monday morning, August 30, and students were hurried on their way to begin class for the 1965-1966 year, Many new faces were seen in the halls of DHS as an unusually large freshmen class experienced their first day of high school. The juniors and seniors happily began their roles as upperclassmen and the sophomores were just glad not to be freshmen, Then it came: the bell signaling the first lunch period of the new year, and the quiet cafeteria rapidly filled with a mass of hungry students, mn -as October 1 was an important day for five DHS senior girls. Of the five, Adryth Koeppe was crowned as the Homecoming Queen for 1965. Queen Ardyth and her court, Sara Lilienthal, Joyce Riessen, Diane lihrecke, and Carhy Nelson, reigned over the festivities including the annual Homecoming Dance, On the Tuesday after Homecoming, the seniors boarded a bus to go to Davenport, After having their pictures taken at l3irch's Studio, the seniors were given the day off to entertain themselves in Davenport, After the roar of the student body cheering at a pep meeting, October 21, the halls of DHS seemed uncommonly quiet because school had been dismissed early in order that faculty members could attend the iowa State l.ducation Association Convention, 3 nn 'it wap any Friday, September 10, classes were constantly disrupted as students were called from classes, with the exception of seniors, to pose for their individ- ual pictures, That night was the first football game ofthe season against Preston, there, The two weeks following September 13, members of the junior class were busy collecting magazine subscriptions in the annual magazine sales, Band members and their families held a style show on Thursday, September 23, to help pay for the new band uniforms, which band members were measured for during the summer and received in October, The Durant Student Council met for the second time of the year to discuss ideas to promote the Homecoming spirit in place of working on floats for a parade, W ref

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While Parents Attend Classes After days of anticipation, December 22, the official begin- ning of winter, arrived, That was also the last day of school before the Christmas holidays, Students spent eleven glorious days doing what they, or their parents, pleased, On January 15, l966, most of the DHS students were hack in school, Only two weeks were left before the second semester began, During those two weeks there was a basketball game every Tuesday and Friday night, and adult education classes started, These classes were held every Mon- day night for several weeks, Wildcat wres- tlers were active, too, for they had three meets in those two weeks, Students were gener- ally happy when January l-1 arrived, 'lhat date meant the school year was half over, sk, it