Laramie High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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ti The scene of the students' daily coffee- breek. April I—The Junior High Pep Club wanted a Spring dance and they got it but not the way they expected. As an April-fool, members of the decorating committee decided to decorate the Girls' Gym with real springs. Sr. Class spon- sored a bermuda hop at the Moose for ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. April 2—Latin banquet had John Hanks as Nero, fiddling on his guitar. Enter- tainment consisted of skits and individual performances by Osea Nelson, Jake Vigil, and Evora Williams. April 22 and 23—State Speech Festival in Laramie. All of the speech squad who went to Wheatland qualified for State and we did very well. April 26—The Orchestra and vocal groups gave their concert in the Audi- torium. The senio? ensembles sang se- lections from South Pacific , all of the ensembles sang festival numbers. The chorus sang songs divided into three groups: serious, old favorites, and pa- triotic. April 29 and 30— District Music Festival was held in Torrington. The band and chorus entered solos, and small ensem- bles. May 6 and 7—Those who qualified from district music festival in Torrington went to Casper. May 13 and 14—District track meet in Torrington. Everyone hurried back so they could make it to the last high school prom for the Class of '60. May 17—Mr. Wheeler directed his last Sr. High Band Concert and it was his best. May 22—Baccalaureate for the Seniors. Reverend McConnell gave the sermon. May 26—The Class of '60 graduated and left only five classes in the school build- ing. June 3—Another school year has passed. It has been a year of lasts for the Sen- iors, but one they will never forget, and a memorable one for the rest of the classes. Many students brought honor and recognition to the school, and the Seniors will never be able to think of it as a Junior High in the coming years as we were the last class to go to Laramie High for six years. The court of the LHS building shows part of the old building and the autographing techniques of several generations of seniors. 23 In order to get waited on first in the Washington School lunchroom, Jim Cra- ven and Ken Foreman decide to leave the shop room a little early and by a differ- ent exit.

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Chets Club was organized at «he firs» of school and meets every two weeks on Tuesday evening in the activity room. Mr. Burton is the instructor to the ten members. Chess is a challenging game in that it stimulates good thinking. March 1—Sherry Brasher, Jim Atkinson, and Frank Henderson, have won first, sec- ond, and third respectively, in the Dis- trict Soil Conservation Essay Contest. March 3—We had a pep assembly to cheer the basketball team on to victory for their first game at District Tourna- ment against Wheatland. March 5—Because Wheatland defeated us, we drew a bye for Friday. On Sat- urday we lost to Douglas so our basket- ball team doesn't get to go to State. March 12—Our wrestling took first place at District Tournament in Wheatland and eight of our grapplers qualified for State. Science Club chartered a bus to Casper for the State Science Fair, and Susie Knudscn and Jens Dahl took first place honors so they qualify for regional Science Fair to be held in Colorado. March 16-19 — State Basketball and Wrestling Tournaments were held here. Everyone had a good time because we got out of school for spring vacation. Laramie took second place in the State Wrestling Tournament; Ron Mogenscn and AI Frude won the title of State Champion in their respective weights, Frank Scott won second place, and Terry Rininger and Rick Lucas won third place. Rick Lucas received a trophy for having the fastest pin in the Tournament (1:15). March 23—It was announced that Babs Kruse and Akscl Peterson had won sec- ond and third in the local Water Conser- vation Essay Contest. We also discovered that Ruth Ann long is a whiz at short- hand. On the little chart, kept in the commerce rooms, Ruth Ann, not only passed everyone else, but she has also passed the end of the chart! March 24 and 25—State F.F.A. Conven- tion in Thermopolis. Larry Lawton won a scholarship for $200 from the Union Pacific. March 27—Laramie High and Prep had a radio program. The first of its kind. March 31—The Junior Class had a color day and wore their class colors all day. Ken Boilsen sported blue shoes to match his car. They had a Color Day Carnival and Shelby Ames and AI Frude were elect- ed queen and king. The student projectionists, under the direction of Mr. Ike Prine, keep the audio-visual room running smoothly with a fine supply of films. Above: Student librarians assisting Miss Vida Cummins are Sandy Deti, Sharleen Hayden, Nancy Twitehell, Susan Comin, Pat Devaney and Sharon Ross. Below: Student Librarians Zora Juraco, Jeanne longpre. Sue West, Peggy Attebery, Sarah Payne.

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Row 1: Linda Harmjtoo. Billie Jean Hickey. Andy Smith, Billie Jean Lockhart. Jerry Hinds. Cathy Hosier, Judy Brucckner, Shelby Ames Row 2: Jean Ryan, Anne Siren, Mr. Sostrom, Iris Paul-Wilcox Not pictured: Jim Hall, Frank Scott, Wanda Brasher, Lurleen Bush THE PLAINSMAN HERALD Official Student Paper of Laramie High School Edited by the Journalism Class of Laramie High School Member of the Wyoming High School Press Association ALL-STATE WINNER IN OFFSET NEWSPAPERS - 1957-5B Co-Editors Feature Editor Sports Editors Photographer Advertising Sponsor Reporters STAFF Jerry Hinds, Billie Jean Lockhart Ronna Rutledge Frank Scott, Jim Hall Bill Wagner Andy Smith John Sostrom Shelby Ames, Judy Brueckner, Cathie Hosier, Charlene Hume, Diane Long, Susan West, Linda Harmston, Anne Siren Five Editions of School Paper Produced by Plainsman Herald Staff The Plainsman Herald Staff has pub- lished five editions of the school news- paper. Our last paper was distributed April 22. We sent several stories into the Journalism Weekend contest with high hopes of winning several prizes. Each staff member is supposed to have Journalism I before he is allowed to write for the paper. Our staff was small, but we managed to put a paper out about once a month until our funds were exhausted. 24