Hutchinson High School - Allagaroo Yearbook (Hutchinson, KS)

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scholarships students earn national, state recognition Eight Hutchinson High School seniors were honored this year as National Merit finalists or with Summerfield or Putnam scholarships. The five Merit finalists were among 13,000 students across the nation scoring in the upper one-half percentile of all who took the Na- tional Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors. To become eligible for the Summerfield scholarship to the University of Kansas or the Putnam scholarship to Kansas State Univer- sity, a student has to first be nominated by his teachers. He then takes a series of special examinations administered by the scholarship committees, and upon this basis the Summer- field and Putnam scholars are selected. Roger Finney Putnam Ray Amrine Don Hazen Tom Merit Finalist Merit Finalist Mem

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Susie Stuckey award 9 board of judges selects thirty-seventh young american Selected by the Board of judges for the old- est award in Hutchinson High School, Young American, was Susie Stuckey. Mr. Charley W. Oswald, Class of 1885, and his son, Mr. A. Lewis Oswald, Class of 1917, established the award in 1929. Susie was selected by the Board of judges who were composed of a representative group of administrators, alumni, faculty, class offi- cers, and the editor of the student newspaper, The Buzz. Young America is not judged on scholarship alone but, as Mr. A. Lewis Oswald said, Let the Board of judges select the Young America by selecting their own stan- dardsf' Sponsoring the award are Mr. Charles A. Oswald, Class of 19463 Mr. john Oswald, Class of 1947, and Mr. William A. Mitchell, Class of 1942. In the Awards Assembly Susie was presented a gold loving cup by Mr. Charles A. Oswald. She also receives 3300 if she attends Hutchin- son junior College, the University of Kansas, or Kansas State University or 35150 if she at- tends another college. The Top Ten seniors who were nominated for Young America by ger, Susie Stuckey, jim Davis, Linda Sollenberger, julie Crawford, Linda Pearce, Susan Littooy, Bob Van Sickle, john Markle, and jim Gilli- land. the Board of judges are jaye Edi-

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Doug Mackey Charles Baird Summerfield Summerfield Lovelock Doug Taylor JCYYY Scott Finalist Merit Finalist Merit FiI1aliSI