Everett High School - Archives Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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The new SSVZ million brick and glass expanse gleams in The sun as iT opens iTs doors To welcome sTudenTs in The brisk SepTember morning, lT sTands in quieT digniTy as The l.OOO new sTudenTs file inTo iTs long, shiny corridors and brighT, new classrooms: EvereTT High has grown up! The brick Viking. now in iTs sec- ond quarTer-cenTury, has finally come of age as a Class A school. BuT as wiTh mosT aspiring youngsfers reaching ma- TuriTy, EvereTT was noT wiThouT growing pains. OuT- side The brand-new labs and modern classrooms There was mud . . . and plenTy oT iT. And aT Times during The firsT few weeks, you could have used Those cor- ridors for anoTher OperaTion Deepfreezef' IT wasn'T long before we were TreaTed wiTh our TirsT bomb scare . . . and Than fire-ThaT new parking loT was cold, Too. The loT served well for pep assemblies, Though. be- fore The complefion of The gymnasium in December. The cheerleaders, led by Sue Burlingame, along wiTh Coach Ted Bauer, who displayed his usual cheerlead- ing form, sTirred up ThaT old school spiriT which has always been a parT of EvereTT High School. FirsT AcTiviTy-FooTball The Viking foofball squad goT off To a fine sTarT during The I959 season, winning iTs firsT Two games over CharloTTe and MT. PleasanT, buT found rough going The remainder of The schedule. AfTer being defeaTed in The Homecoming game by Mason. The Team suffered from The loss of key veTeran players and sank To The cellar of The CapiTal CircuiT. Sandy Powell and Ron Grimwood reigned over The foofball homecoming, one of The lasT To be held aT The old EvereTT field. The STarlighTers provided music for The annual homecoming dance in The gym afTer The game. PaT STevens placed TirsT in seven meeTs To pace The EvereTT cross counTry Team during l959. PaT also placed Third aT The sTaTe meeT aT YpsilanTi. The senior play, The LiTTle Dog Laughed , was presenTed in November, wiTh Jo Carrol Space play- ing The lead acfress. Under The direcfion of Mr. Harlow Claggeff, The seniors provided Their audience wiTh a Truly enioyable performance. Junior prom couples danced in early December To The music of Eldon GaTes in The old EvereTT gym. DespiTe The foul weaTher ouTside, The FounTain of Dreams g was enjoyed by all I5O couples ThaT aTTended. They said iT couldn'T be done, buT They were wrong, for l800 specTaTors acTually braved The sea of mud and ruined shoes To view The firsT home bas- keTball game in The new. vasT EvereTT gymnasium. Cagers Win Co-Championship The Viking cagers, facing a sTrong Mason Team, made a splendid debuT in The new gym. Playing one of The greaTesT games ever played by an EvereTT five. The Vikings upseT The Bulldogs while forward Bill Powers sank baskefs from The righT corner like iT was habiT forming. The Team wenT on To win eighT sTraighT home games and capTure a Tie for The CapiTal CircuiT championship wiTh.HolT. lT was The firsT year of com- peTiTion wiTh major Class A schools. and The close of The regular season Tound EvereTT posTing a won 2, losT 2 record againsT Class A Teams, scoring wins over Lansing EasTern and Owosso. ln The firsT game of The Class A disTricT Tourna- menT, which was held in The Viking gym, EvereTT chalked up anoTher win againsT The EasTern Quakers buT losT in The finals as SexTon puT on a show of power To subdue The Vikings. Joan Sprague and Bill Powers were honored by being elecTed queen and king of The firsT baske+baII homecoming in The new gym. OTher members of The courT were iuniors, Gloria TwiTchell and Ralph Koreng sophomores, HarrieT Anderson and Jack Har- rison. And They did iT again! The TaculTy all-sTars downed a sTrong senior squad To sTreTch The faculfy winning sTreak To TwenTy sTraighT games wiThouT a defeaf. Fired up by a specTacular pep assembly baskeT by Crazylegs Hennessee, The winners pulled away in The lasT quarfer and won wiTh high scoring by Spider Webb and Hooks DeRose.

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The new EvereTT pool Tinally goT inTo operaTion Tor boTh The swimming Team and physical educaTion classes during The second semesTer. The TirsT home swimming meeT was January 28 when The Trojans oT EasT Lansing sank The Vikings, 72 To 34. BoTh The wresTling and swimming Teams were corn- posed mosTly of sophomores and ThereTore builT up sTrengTh and experience Tor The coming years. ln wresTling, junior Jim Holden compleTed his second season oT compeTiTion wiThouT a deTeaT in a dual maTch. Jim was capTain of a Team ThaT compiled a 5-7 record and pulled a major upseT The lasT meeT of The season. dumping Owosso, 28 To I3. Many new clubs and organizaTions appeared as The year progressed. The TirsT Biology Club was organized under The direcTion oT Mr. Banks, Mr. Baker headed The Model Airplane Club. and The PhoTography Club, wiTh iTs new darkroom. was ad- vised by Mr. STrickler. OTher newly-organized clubs aT EvereTT included Hi-Y, French, and LaTin. STudenTs reTurning Trom ChrisTmas vacaTion found someThing new added: a Tour-parT Tiled mural sTar- ing aT Them from The cenTral Toyer. The new mural provided a conversaTion piece Tor sTudenTs and TaculTy alike: Mr. Barr will never be able To convince Mr. Bauer ThaT The Tigure in The second secTion is noT going up Tor a rebound. AnoTher kind oT mural, The inTramural, had iTs sTarT during The winTer. Boys parTicipaTed by home- rooms, and The girls, noT To be leTT ouT. Tound com- peTiTion in volleyball. The TirsT indoor Track Team aT EvereTT parTicipaTed in The Michigan STaTe Relays on February I3Th. The Tour-member relay Team of Larry Earls. Rod Fenn. Bob Householder, and PaT STevens placed second. being nipped ouT of TirsT in The lasT TwenTy yards. In early spring, school drama enThusiasTs per- Tormed The all-school play, a Three-acT mysTery. And Then There Were None. And The music deparTmenT 'followed wiTh The TirsT opereTTa To be presenTed aT The new school, Words and Music. This TirsT year aT The new EvereTT High School was a year of rise and beginning: iT was a period oT lay ing The ToundaTions Tor The TuTure as a Class A school. Time will be The wiTness as Trom These 'Found- aTions EvereTT will grow and succeed in becoming a leader in scholarship, aThleTics. and service To The communiTy. , .