Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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Jlait ViCC and 'ZJe.itame.nt of ttie dCaii of 1Q51 I, CHARLES SCHNEKENBURGER, will my leads in plays to John Struve. I, BILL WILSON, will my ability to skip school and get an excused absence to Bill Tabler. I, ROBERT YOUNG, will my ability to stay in school to Dick Miller. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Mr. Betz a bookkeeping class that knows mathematics. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Mr. Broad a physics class that gets passing grades. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Miss Dittmer a Senior Class with quiet and orderly meetings. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Mr. French a Health and Safety class that is “as good” as the one in 1950-51. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Mr. Jensen a government class in which the girls listen. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Mr. McMurtry a psychology class that reads its lessons. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Mr. Overton a larger and quieter Ag. class. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Miss Punter a high school that doesn’t gripe about the hot lunches. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to Mrs. Strassemeyer a Senior Chorus that comes to class. Third and last, we bestow upon our underclassmen the following: We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will the underclassmen all the privileges left that we didn’t take. We, THE SENIOR CLASS, will to the school a Senior class which we hope will be as brilliant and studious as our own. WITNESS WITNESS

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 W WrfC and Jeitamsnt of tfie. dCaii of We, the Seniors of 1951, being of unsound mind and little hope of regaining it, do hereby ordain and publish this to be our last will and testament, in which we will push onto others all of our undesirable traits. First, we, the individual members, bestow upon the following: I, GERALDINE CROSS, will my ability to catch a Fox to Molly Rhynard. I, JOANNE CURTIS, find it difficult to part with anything. I, MARILYN DANFORD, will my glasses to anyone who can keep tract of them. I, EDNA DAWSON, will my interest in the Navy to Susie Young. I, GEORGE DEAVERS, will my little red wagon and job with the hot lunch to Bill DeWitt. I, KATHERINE FITZGERALD, will my figure to Judy Jacobson. I, SUE FRENCH, will my seat in Student Council—to take a seat in Congress. I, LORETTA FRITZ, will my job as G. A. A. President to anyone who can remember Parlimentary Procedure. I, MELVIN HAMAN, will my goose hunting ability to anyone who is a good shot. I, VELMA HIBBS, will nothing, there should be more of me as it is. I, WILMA HIBBS, will my art ability to Mr. Jensen. I, JOAN KELSO, will my flirty ways to Donna Sommers. I, HARRIETT MILLER, will my ability to tw'irl a baton to anyone who doesn’t r.'.hid being bruised and hit on the head. I, MARLENE MILLER, will my extra “irons in the fire” to Phyllis Birky. I, JAMES MOODY, will my way with the girls to Ronnie Snow. I, AGNES OLSON, will my talkativeness to Kenny Strong. I, PATRICIA RAILING, will my ability to lose things to anyone who can afford it. I, FRANCES REINHARDT, will my blushing to Donna Sutter. I, ROSE REINHERTZ, will my ability to find a comfortable sleeping place on the train to anyone who makes the Washington D. C. Tour next year. I, DORIS RODRICK, will my ability to get to school late to anyone who doesn’t mind facing the teachers. I, DALE ROSENBAUM, will nothing; everything I have goes to the Republicans. I, DEAN ROSENBAUM, will my gun to future basketball squads, so they can go rabbit hunting.

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CCaii Early one fall evening in the year 1961 the lights of K.H.S. are all ablaze. The students are rushing around preparing the gym for the annual carnival to be held that night. At 7:00 p.m. the first family to arrive for the affair is the Martin’s—Vic, Pat, and their two boys and a gir!. Pat is amazed at the changes in the school since ’51 when she graduated. The most surprising are the addition of several new rooms. There is now a vitamin room under the direction of Miss Punter (pupils are fed with vitamin pills of food nowdays), a soundproof room for Mr. Betz in which the band practices without driving the whole school crazy, the atom room under Mr. Board’s supervision where atomic energy is harnassed and used, special prop room for Mrs. Strassemeyer where scenery for plays is kept, an art exhibit room where Mr. Jensen’s student’s paintings are on display, and a printing office under the super- vision of Miss Dittmer for printing annuals. In the back of the school building is a new barn for Mr. Overton where the Ag. boys raise animals, and a stadium where Mr. French’s football team is the best in the state. The other new addition to the school is a television set in each room. Teaching is now done by television (what an easy life for teachers). Mr. McMurtry, in order to keep the sets in good working condition, has added the ability of TV repair men to his list of accomplishments. As the carnival progressed, Pat happens to pass by a fortune telling tent. Think- ing for a minute, she leaves the kids with Vic and enters. Seating herself across from the heavily veiled woman, Pat asks the woman if her powers would allow her to tell Pat what all of her classmates are doing. “Of course,’’ was the reply, “if you cross my palm with silver.” This done, the woman waved her hands over the crystal ball a few times and began in a monotone— “First, I see two sisters working together, they are Wilma and Velma. Wilma gives lectures on “The Art of Talking Southern” and Velma is her writer and publicity manager. Rose talks Southern, too, but in a different way. She plays Aunt Jemima on television. (Remember her portrayal of a Negro woman at the Senior play?) Next I see that Doris (Mrs. Wise) is always flying around the world with her husband, trying to break the records of speed. They are also raising two little jet pilots. I seem to see someone else who travels fast. It’s beginning to clear—oh, it’s Bill driving midget racers in France. He went to study art but found driving more profitable. Speaking of cars, I see Loretta driving around in a Cadillac. She is editor of the Chicago Herald American—quite a jump from Kostang editor. She rooms with Marilyn whose occupation is making false teeth for combs. To be in dentistry was always her ambition in life. Agnes, also in Chicago, is a famous taxidermist. She specializes in stuffing dates. (I wonder what kind) George is now in Washington D. C. as Secretary of State. Since he started hand- ling our foreign policies, the countries of the world all turned into democracies. I