Hutchinson High School - Allagaroo Yearbook (Hutchinson, KS)

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s T v , , 1 Q :fe mlrvm 'mme ' ' TQ 'W is fi ,fm 'ia ie! ' 44 Qi? Casa fffiyjdc 772 -lug. mewicdn Wimgewi me s A BUILDER TN THE MAKING-Chosen as The one mosT represenTaTive oT The ideal Young American of T948 was MargareT Gowans, senior MargareT's gracious manner and read ' 'T' y .ini ia- Tive have made her a leader in boTh curricfular and l' ex ra curricular acTiviTies. 'She has noT once Tailed To make The honor roll. and The maioriTy of The Time her name has appeared on The sTraighT A lisT. . BeHer known as Marg, The Tall, genial award winner has also excelled in musical ensembles and clra,maTic producTions. A parTicipanT in The Hol ' Y CiTy, The CreaTion. SalT Hawk Revue. noneTTes, madri alia cl ' ' ' g ns an mixed chorus, she climaxed her musical underTakings wiTh The lead in The o ereTTa. Chimes oT Normandy. Possibly a TuTure Tliespian, Marg was acTive in Three school plays including The I senior play, Our Town. ' In addiTion The Young American parTicipaTed in tlub and aThleTic evenTs. SelecTed by a commiTTee oT sTudenTs, TaculTy, and alumni, MargareT was The recipienT of a cash award and a loving cup given by Mr. A. Lewis Os- w ld 'I7 ' ' a . . and his son Charles, 46. The Young American award was esTablished by Mr. C. W. Oswald in I927 in recogniifion oT The senior who besT TypiTies The ideal Young American Thi ' . s is The TwenTy-TirsT such award To 'be presenTed T . he selechon was made Trom Ten candidaTes of The gracluaTing class. Mem-bers oT This high Ten group were also designaTed by The comm'TT . , 1 ee The high Ten were: RoberT Bell. Barbara Blair, Mar- uer'TT B ' g I e ryan, ,Hal Davis, MargareT Gowans, Pa- Tricia Glover, ArThur Harper, James MarTin. Rich- ard Mercer. and Ronald Mercer.

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I I I THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE KANSAS-AT leasT The experiences of Dr. John H. Nicholson would indi- caTe ThaT This is so. Son of a MeThodisT minisTer, DocTor Nicholson has spenT mosT of his life in Kan- sas. As a boy he did church ianiTor work and spenT his vacaTions working in salT mines. His col- lege days aT SouThwesTern and Emporia STaTe Teachers College found him pursuing a diploma, a girl and a posiTion. ATTer Two years of Teaching he weaThered dusT sTorms and a depression aT Colby. By This Time he had a -daughfer and wanTed a masTer's degree. Greeley, Colorado, offered This and a chance for some TrouT fishing. The lure of success caused DocTor Nicholson To load his Tamily, now Two daughfers, inTo a Model T Ford and iourney To New York. There he earned a docTor's degree aT Col- . umbia and a posiTion in upper New York sTaTe. The mosT recenT upheavallandecl The Nicholsons- lrish seTTer and all-in Huichinson. ln his posiTion here DocTor Nicholson has Taken a vivid inTeresT in everyThing and everybody. While he has sTressed educaTional developmenT, he has also shown a knack Tor meeTing peo le and re- membering names. One mighT say ThaT The ad- minisTraTor is progress personified. His own ad- vancemenT has developed his inTeresT in progress Tor oThers. ThroughouT This school year he has been insTrumenTal in suggesTing and supporTing' sTeps ThaT make Tor a beHer school. ln apprecia- Tion of his work we, The sTaTT, on behalf oT The sTu- deni' body, dedicaTe This I948 Allagaroo To DocTor Nicholson.

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.. H chime! Wfefzcefz .1 FOR' A DAY- The I948 Alla- aroo king is Richard Mercer. This as l'he announcemenl lh-ai' meriied a rough? i'l'e 'iall clark king 'ro The siage o receive his crown, complimeniary heer from l IOO Allagalroo subiecis and opy of fhe yearbook. and ediiorial kisslf, Mercer iook 'rhe Throne wiih ofher onors behind hiFn.i Rich. leiiered in ennis and basketball and was aciive on he Self Hawk grid field and baseball iamond besides playing for +he Amer- a'n Legion nine. He served as vice residenf of ihe senior class, vice presi- em' of H-Club. and 'ireasurer of Hi-Y. , Miss D-ale Newell's all girl repori- g room received a five pound box f chocolaies for being-ihe firsi 'ro ach Hs IOOZ, sales campaign goal. King Hs- . warg, 5585? . 88:5 KM HW H N1 Q .. E .mssggsgsx as A Q ,. ...Y H Ei:?.-e:::'-f:- NW H E gg .Q l Q ii, . . s .s -3 . . H . . .Hausa as-z is me he a ... .. .,. , E W a a ... -- . ... gms sm va is mm ss ' ' v . , w.,f f V a . - a is . , . . Um am- AV-' na 555535 ',',..a a E H.-fgmaxgmqsxeam sr g'1.m-.sesswfgi W H E . s ...S s X . .News B N--.saw -nfs as was -s F ms .ws H E E ,nga . ' 9, awief H ' B sew T5 H H H sm Us ,E is E 'E H is .E- m Hugs THE KING AND HIS MOST LOYAL SUBJECTS, ROOM 111- Front Rowz. B. Van Hook, L. Bar- ber, B. -Frazey, L. Osburg, N. Schroeder, W. Wenkheimerf D. Rumble, M. Waddell. -Second Row: E. Valine, P. Ramsey, H. Utter- back, D. Stiggins, Miss D. Newell, M. .Sta.nfi11, J. Wilcoxen, M. White, R. Whithorn. Back Row: M. Tharp, S. Ellis, M. Phillips, E. Sherman, H. Vanatta, M. Schmitt, King Richard Mercer, S. Van Slyke, D. Savage, M. fWestrick, J. Borders, W.-Tullis, R. Dussault.