Washington High School - Massillonian Yearbook (Massillon, OH)

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The biggest and most exciting rallies of the year were held in the afternoon and evening of the eighteenth of November in preparation for the big game with Canton Mcliinley. Most of the clubs in the high school entered floats in the big rally parade hold downtown Friday night. Although we lost to McKinley in a very close contest, the student body showed excellent sportsmanship by attending the fabulous Victory Dance following the game. Dick Richards orchestra furnished the music in the Boys' gym. A Thanksgiving service preceded the annual Thanksgiving vacation. During this vacation the Junior-Senior Y-Teens sponsored their annual formal on the twenty-fifth of November, The gym was gayly decorated with colored streamers and paper cut outs. The J-C Sportsman's Award dinner was held at the Swiss Club on the last day of November. December activities were started off with the Dramatic Club's presentation of the play The Heiress on the first and second. Our vocal music department sang the annual Messiah on the ninth of December in the school auditorium. On December the fourteenth Bill thc p Park is L' senior girls wluiup it up xxilli .1 1 ll L tltc lwoys gym during one ot ilu- lxillus l'1'c-xltiu.-, .Toy Surg, Anil liiwlv Stuilur .till x i 1 ulwliciry tor rlic lmntl tcsriml .it lllc' Am ic Shopping Cantor. AND l KJ Tom Harp presented letters to varsity football players. This was Harp's last appearance before many of the student body, as it was later announced that he had accepted a coaching position at West Point Academy. Two other coaches were to leave later in the year. Ken Wable went to Wake Forrest and Lee Haslinger traveled to Cincinnati. The Christmas chapel was presented on Friday the sixteenth and vacation be- gan at 4:00 that afternoon. Members of the band left school with dreamy eyes thinking about the long trip to California to march in the Rose Bowl Tourna- ment of Roses Parade in Pasadena. Two of the big affairs over the vacation were the Hi-Y formal and the Junior Women's Club formal. ffrlllfilllllixl null rlmr rhcv rc.1lly ,au ui l.tn:gr Cimlu-r .mtl llclcu Papa like Bonl Brca w in the air uit 'T 115 New ..,'-'J READ

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S1111 Illt 1 1 11111 111 Nlllll 1111 111111 11111111 111111111 1111' 11 1 ll 111 111111 111 11 1 1111111111111 1 1 1 1 ll 1 1 1 ll 111111 111111111 --N 1--11 11111111 .111 Nlllll 1 N11111l1 1111 Xlll ll R s 1ss1s1 151-11 Ml11111tk. Morris X141 11 1111 ll 11 111 11111111 Ntllll 11111111 1'1'1'1s1r1111111 l'111111k, Dave Rlllll, XI111 1 111 Ll 1111 11111 1111111111 11111 ll 1111- 11111111111 11111111118 SCHOOL LIFE On September 7, 1955, the school bells rang for over T500 students of Washington High School. With the increased enrollment, the activities and new prob- lems of the school year began. ln this School Life section of the 1956 MASSILLONIAN you will find the school year in pictures, along with a brief description of the maior activities of the year. The 45 rpm phono- graph record, which is a special added feature of the yearbook, will add the new dimension of SOUND to your review of the school year. September was a very busy month for most Wash- ington High stude11ts. There was a dance i11 the boys' gym on the first weekend after the return to school. This dance, which was sponsored by the Annual Board, was one week before the sophomores attend- ed their first big rally in the gym. This rally preceded the first of three September victories for our Tiger football team. Other events of the month included chapels, dances after each football game, and the band festival. The band festival, which was held to raise funds for the band's trip to California, was l1eld on the seventeenth of September at the Amherst Park Shopping Center. A good time was had by the entire city of Massillon. By the end of September, clubs were organized and there were many initiations. Among the more colorful initiations were those of the Choir, Speech, and Dramatic Clubs. Many weeks of practice came to a climax with the annual Prince of Peace contest. Parents had the opportunity to meet the teachers at the high school during the Patron's Reception on the evening of the twenty-sixth of October. The Football Queen was crowned at the homecoming game with Akron Garfield at the stadium. Everyone will remem- ber watching many Tiger victories in the rain as the team continued their undefeated streak until the last game of the season. C, 111111 1.1111 .f

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