Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

 - Class of 1961

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SENIOR CLASS OfFICERS; Dorothy McVeofy. « retory; Bill Noron, tnowrar; Bob Swondby, vic«-pr tid«nt; Horry Marlin, president. Memorable High School Days SEVENTH GRADE. First doy frustrations followed by new sights and sounds commenced the beginning of our nomadic high school years . . . new names and new faces added to confusion in the overcrowded senior high . . . stepped upon by upperclassmen . . . walking advertisements for all Student Council candidates during the campaigns . . , first corsages, first country club dances . . . enjoyed skipping school for State Hockey Tournament . . . our pictures appeared in the yearbooks . . . became efficient little homemakers through the aid of Mrs. Armstrong . . . sunlight sock hop . . . went to football games — but never managed to see the games . . . who could wear the most petticoats? EIGHTH GRADE. Skipped over to the new junior high — with Mr. Ring . . . Chapman's — Fat and Brat ... no licenses — but chugs . . . slam books . . . boys become men — cracking voices . . . parties, parties, and night parties . . . excitement over our band being invited to the Rose Bowl . . . Dominic Krez's duckwalking class held after school on football field . . . gorgeous clash days ruined by Mr. Thomas' orders to change . . . depantsing after a football game . . . phoney book . . . strict rules of dress code . . . Hall of Fame . . . Returning to State Hockey Tournament . . . girls and their scrapbooks and diaries . . . potlucks at lunch time . . . numerous birthday cakes . . . watched our star athletes on the Little League fields. 12

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NINTH GRADE. Then we did the stepping — not just a grade and a number, but a title . . . sought attention of older boys . . . took to the roads via Irv . . . B-squad cheerleading try-outs . . . memorable slumber-less parties . . . introduction of Beeline . . . Ego no dicam . . poker parties . . . Teenage Code went into effect ... Mr. Brough's verbal garbage . . . taken in at the Fair . . . potlucks . . . memorable trips for Mad Hatters . . . became young ladies at first class teas . . . parties Friday and Saturday nights ... old enough for car dates . . . became slaves in the Roman Auction . . . scouted to Whitewater . . . first class to graduate from the junior high. TENTH GRADE. Looked down upon again . . . our First class officers . . . Mardi Gras — our talent show . . . Homecoming — last place skit and float . . . point system . . . Senior Reception . . . noon movies were a fad . . . First beatnik dance ... so many clubs to join — help! . . . Saints Go Marching In . . . proud B-squad Lake Conference basketball champions . . . come-as-you-are parties . . . the new pizza cellar opened up . . . beginning of Legion Hall parties . . . proud of our contributions to the varsity teams . . . initial year in senior high completed. ELEVENTH GRADE. No more phy ed . . . joints . . . trench coats, shades, and tennies . . . open house . . . damp Saturday mornings under the bleachers . . . Five A-squad cheerleaders . . . Haka . . . trips to Telemark . . . first term papers . . . class rings . . . AFS'ers leave . . . language club soccer games . . . beautiful Bali Hai — prom . . . The Night of January 16fh . . . elections for honors in senior year . . . returned again for State Hockey Tournament . . . miniature golf and go-carts were the fad . . . private lake parties . . . Canadian canoe trips . . . new Russian Club . . . Kingston Trio came to Minneapolis . . . first run with college boards . . . girls' party at Bush Lake . . . Mr. Motion's daily worksheets . . . new building begins to shake the old one . . . only one year to go. TWELFTH GRADE. Our Homecoming — winner of skit, float, and game . . . All-State football champs . . . Bridge or knitting anyone? . . . we do all the stepping on now . . . foreign friends . . . short, short skirts . . . college clutch . . . carpool hike from junior high . . . pancake house . . . Senior Dress-up Day . . . Edina's All-American football player — John Hankinson . . . nine National Merit Scholarship Finalists . . . measuring for caps and gowns — the day we wear them draws near — our prom, rehearsals. Baccalaureate, Commencement, Reception, Parent's party . . . in one large breath it all becomes a beautiful memory — thirteen years of memories ... as a class we no longer exist; as individuals we face the future ... in twenty years we will rejoin to see what life hos granted us since our Memorable High School Days. 13

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