THEY WON THE WEST Q --If Z9 if lb AS THE NEAT rows of seniors filed in and quietly took their places to receive g,,f'7 Eef? ,Z Q ff' their diplomas they knew at last that they had won the West. A twelve- ' Qj' year-old iourney was over and now they would put aside the cords, the .01 ,M V, C Q, f Friday night dances, the noon movies, for something bigger. Like their fore- nj 4' 9 fathers, the Class of '49 had sought gold-the gold of knowledge and gg? ' E is companionship-a more important, richer gold, mined from a never-ending 4 1' f 7 'S Af vein. ii! Twelve years . . . grade school days with their fractions, recesses, black ' ' f' lists, stuffed desks . . . the scared feeling on the first day in the eighth , grade . . . Bob Haffey as iunior high president chosen again to lead the student body . . . Memorial Field packed to the brim to see Jim Meucci f carry the ball over for a winning touchdown . . . the big rush when the it ' 041. Class of '49 took over the senior section . . . the operetta in which Al A lt if 4 fy Stanley sang as he had never sung before . . . Jack Miller and Bev 1 l l Y M Bartleson's bewildering speeches that brought home the state debate hi My ,MO I j , championship . . . Skip Oakes leading a heated class meeting . . . the f Vlfd r 1' ff new gym . . . the disappointed but proud feeling at the basketball defeat ffl ' My W that meant so much to Highline . . . last minute rehearsals for the variety 3 V ,IX Xl' ,, hour. . .the Prom . . . Sailing On. f ap I The first class of eighth graders in Highline Junior High School, the ' if twenty-fifth class of seniors to graduate from Highline Senior High School- n X if ,1 D V that is the history of these modern Forty-Niners. Ahead of them lie college, JA 0.11 ' I I jobs, families. The trial they have walked together has ended. Now each jg . lu ' I, X must drive his stakes and set his claims according to his dreams and! 'bb f W opportunities. In L' l f I . l f , l VO ' 4 l .V V ' Y lflllrlf all SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS I Back: Earl Oakes, president, Jack Miller, vice-president, Bob Wolff, treasurer. Front: Mr. Earl Trowbridge, adviser, Betty Morgan, secretary.
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