Mankato High School - Otaknam Yearbook (Mankato, MN)

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I-lere's lhe way we looked lasl yea-r when we ushered for com- mencement now we're wearing caps ancl gowns. Selling ready for gradualion ceremonies are Jim Slorm. Bob Kooser. Marjorie Anfinson, Maiia Sildars and Garrell' Mulrooney. The wrong size cap will always add To lasl' minule cioinfusion. -r Commencement Marks Close of Senior Year N THIS day of gradualion, we, as seniors, loolc back on our numerous high school memories. We shall luck away programs, liclcel slubs, pressed flowers and olher lhings which will signify lhe games, dances, carnivals and many olher aclivilies 'rhal conlribuled To lhe excifemenl ol our Three years al lvlanlcalo high. These we shall cherish as memenloes of memorable years in our slill young lives. We shall also loolc forward wilh anxiely 'ro lhe fulure responsibililies and challenges lhal we shall all have lo lace nexl year. Never shall we forger lhe friends we have made, even 'rhough lhe names and faces are lorgollen. Whal we have learned cannol be measured in classes and slalisfically-we have friends and as- sociales and experiences we shall 'rreasure always. Serious conlemplalion envelops graduales as lhey awail presenlalion of diplomas.

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Church work was an imporTanT parT oT liTe To mosT of us. Tom MarTick ushers Marilyn Mornes and Bonnie Melges To a Sunday service, URING every school year, sTudenTs sTarT new Tads and acquire new ideas. These are The liTTle Things ThaT make one year diTTerenT Trom anoTher year. These are The Things +ha+ make a c:erTain year sTand ouT in our memory, always To be remembered. We will recall many Things Trom This passing year oT I958-I959. l-low could any- one TorgeT The crazy colored TighTs ThaT The girls wore To classes and To The games. Then There were The evenings aTTer The show when we all wenT To geT a pizza aT Sammy's or The Pizza KaTo. OT course when we look back we'll Think oT The new rages like whiTe lipsTick, bouTTanT hair-do's, along wiTh yellow, blue, and green nail-polish! During The winTer lwhen There was enough snowl, There was skiing and sliding ouT aT Ski-Haven. Community, Church Help Direct Student Life WinTer sporTs meanT Trouble To some oT us as Roz EngsTrom can TesTiTy aTTer her skiing accidenT. Work in The cornmuniTy broughT us closer To The business world as well as providing us wiTh Tinancial help. JaneT l-lunT worked wiTh Don Heinzman on The Free Press YouTh page.

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i Junior girls served as wailresses for lhe iirsf fime, IMENSIONAL DREAMS, l'he wish ol every senior af ihe senior banquei, came fo a climax as siudenis eniered The cafeieria io be 'laced wilh a rare colleclion ol slring and pasied mobiles and slabiles placed carefully on walls and Tables. Speaking al ihe dinner was Kalhy Johnson, presi- deni ol lhe iunior class, and Karen Niizlcowslci and Garreii lvlulrooney, also members of ihe class, provided singing enieriainmeni. Juniors served as waiiresses ai ihe affair. Theres a lol of siring involved in oenler pieces, or so ii seems 'ro Sue Frills. Judy Theissen and Tom Nelson, senior class presi- denf, spolce for 'rhe graduaiing class. 'Dimensional Dreamers' Dine, Dance f., A , . 'Pi jgiuigfp ,g g i A, .sm . 4 i . n W I QQ' i I 1 :,E.E.f. 'rf1V5fH'-H- 'ig F A i -f Q, r- FW .E 3 f y vt. 1 5 , ess ' s I J i M215 ,X , , 5 ' Checking for size, Ardylhe Rolsiad and Bill Ploeger were members of The decoralion commiliee. V ,. i Whal do you say, Kalhy? Kaihy ' Johnson presenied ihe banquef address, I2