Eastern High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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x Sf V QEHEQQ 3635993 A group of twenty-one timid,frightened people entered the halls of Eastern high school in the fall of 1954.At first they stood in corners fearing to move and waiting to be told what to do next. But alas,this phase of calm was soon over as the group became accustomed to the sur- roundings and began to indulge in the numerous school activities. They elected John Baker, president, Alice Martinson, vice presidentgDonald McAllister, secre- tary and treasurerg Stanley Hansen, stu- dent council representative and Miss Myrtle Klovestad was class adviser In the fall of '55 we found this same group of people in the halls of the high school with a much different look on their faces,as they were now sophomores. The class officers were elected as fol- 1ows:David Olson, president3Donald Hann- eman, vice president, Alice Martinson, secretary and treasurer and Gyles Mart- inson,student council representative.Ed- ward Shields was class adviser. Gene- veive Drew, Vivian Strand and Lawrence Ritz were new students during the year. Officers during a successful junior year were Alice Martinson,presidentgBes- sic Tolley, vice president, Genevieve Drew, secretaryg and Kenneth Rowland was treasurer. The class was represented in the student council by John Baker and Arloweno Backus while the class adviser was Miss Jennie Bailey. During the year the class ably ' pr sented nlhe Birds' Christmas Caroln and was in charbe of the sea seas seas X

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X Junior senior banquet New students were Lois Johnson and Bessie Tollef, During the senior year the people in charge were s follows stanley Hansen, president3Arden Kern,vice president3Ken- neth Rowland, secretaryg Donald McAllis- ter, treasurer and David Olson and Bert- rum Hegdahl, student council representa- tives. Miss Hattie Krug was class advi- ser. For their class colors the group chose crimson and ivory and the rose was chosen as the class flower. Looking back over the four years of school we see Stanley Hansen as a member of the basketball team for four years and John Baker and Gyles Martinson on the squad during their senior year. We also see Stanley as a member of the football team three years, John Baker, Lawrence Ritz and Donald Hanneman, two years, while Gyles Martinson and Bertrum Hegdahl played one year. David Olson, Lawrence Ritz and Donald McAllister re- ceived free trips given by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad company to the national F. F. A. convention at Kansas City. David Olson entered the district and regional contests in ora- tory during his freshman,junior and sen- ior years and went to the state contest in his sophomore year.Lawrence Ritz,Dav- id Olson and Fern Riedel were members of the debate team in their senior year, Members of the class published Eastern Breezes, The Blue Jay, and gave WGrumpyU as their senior class play. By means of these achieve- ments the class has very ably carried out the motto, Forward ever, backward nevcrln E545 E993 SSW? Bk