Neenah High School - Rocket Yearbook (Neenah, WI)

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PEDAGOGUES OLE JORGENSEN B.E. LaCrosse State Teachers College Physical Education Athletic Director, Intramural Director, Coach of Basketball, Track, and Freshman Football Mus. OLE JORGENSEN B.E. La Crosse State Teachers College Physical Education Girls, Athletic Association, Cheerlead- ing Adviser, Girls' Tennis Team ARTHUR PAFF B.S. University of Wisconsin Ph sical Education Y Head Football Coach, Freshman Bas- ketball Coach, Assistant in Track ARMIN GERHARDT B.S. Stout Institute Industrial Arts Conservation Club Adviser, Stage Pro- duction AL POELLINGER B.S. Stout Institute Printing, Drafting Cub, Rocket Echoes, School Printing Production EDWIN W. ZENISEK B.E. Oshkosh State Teachers College Industrial Arts LESTER MAIS B.A. Lawrence College Band RUTH E. ROPER B.M. Lawrence College M .M . North western University Vocal Music JORIQEEJSEN JORGENSEN GERHARDT POEIGHEGER ZENISEK Page Thirteen ROPER

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BROETZMAN HARRIS MEYER PETERSON PATIENT EDITH BROETZMAN B.S. Eau Claire State Teachers College English I Core Curriculum Director of Spring Play, Adviser to Forensics HELEN FLADLIEN B.S. La Crosse State Teachers College Library Adviser to Library Club, Senior Coun- seling EDNA MAE HARRIS B.A. University of Wisconsin English I and III Adviser to Forensics, junior and Senior Counseling FANNYBELLE KISER B.A. DePauw University M.A. University of Wisconsin Latin Spanish Adviser to the Stamp Club, Latin Club, Spanish Club, Junior Counseling LA NORA MEYER B.E. Oshkosh State Teachers College M.A. Northwestern University English III Remedial Reading Rocket Editorial Adviser, Junior and Senior Counseling HELEN PAULSON B.A. DePauw University M.A. University of Wisconsin Speech English II Chairman of Forensics, Director of Fall Play, Senior Counseling HELENE PETERSON B.E. University of Minnesota English II and IV Adviser to Rocket Echoes EMILY OLESON B.S. Milwaukee State Teachers College Art Page Twelve .,-I1 FLADLIEN KISER PAULSON OLESON YYY'

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SOPHISTICATED SENIORS We thought the class of '48 was largeg however, we surpassed it and came to be the largest freshman class to traverse the halls of dear old Neenah High School. Appreciating this fact, we elected very capable class ofhcers. For president we elected John Neubauer. David Martin, Peggy Blank, and Verlyn Thomack were elected vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. It was also at this time that we elected Mr. Leaman to be our class adviser. We were extremely immature, inexperienced and naive, but it wasn't long before the school began to depend upon us for our ideas and opinions. At last we had become orientated in the intricate life of Neenah High School. After a well-rounded freshman year, we returned in the fall, eagerly anticipating the majesty of our sopho- more year. During our second year at Neenah High School, we elected Frank Meyer, presidentg Thad Epps, vice-president, Joan Hagen, secretary, and Verlyn Thomack, treasurer. We not only proved ourselves to be able athletes but able geniuses as well. We likewise proved our ingenuity when we sponsored the sophomore dance on February 15, for it turned out to be one of the highlights of the year. It was also in our sophomore year that we became well-known for the laurels heaped upon us on Awards Day. When we came back in the fall for our junior year, we exhibited our new-found poise and became more stabilized academically as well as athletically. Almost immediately we began making plans for the prom. To carry out these plans we elected Richard Olson as our president, with Howard Palmer, Gloria Philippi, and Jean Zaumeyer completing the slate as vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. We then settled down to really working on the prom. To direct these activities we chose Kurt Gross to head the planning CLASS OFFICERS Earl Page, vice-president, Nancy Thorson, treasurerg Kirk Lawson, president, Lorraine Rohde, secretary. committee, with Patricia Ryan, jane Aldinger, and joan Hagen directing the orchestra and decorations com- mittees. Gloria Phillipi, Kirk Lawson, Eva Mae Mueller. Karlene Sawyer and Patricia Zenisek were chairmen of the chaperones, invitations, publicity, refreshment, and ticket committees, respectively. We always felt that the committees worked to capacity, for we had a wonderful prom. We danced in a paradise known as a Night in Dreamland. We know that those who attended the prom will never forget the grand march and especially On Wisconsin. By the end of our junior year, we had developed a large group of capable leaders so that when we came back in the fall, we were prepared to meet the many problems of our senior year. After the election returns came in, we found that Kirk Lawson had been elected presidentg Earl Page, vice-president, Lorraine Rohde secretaryg and Nancy Thorson, treasurer. School had barely begun when we realized it was time to start preparing for graduation. The numerous commencement committees started to function. We were measured for caps and gowns, and in almost no time we found our- selves preparing for graduation pictures, as well as or- dering our cards and announcements. By the time prom night arrived, which was May seventh, we began to fully realize that our school days were soon to be over. On the whole, we were quite proud of the many things our class had done for our school, such as the two representatives we had on the state debate team, Charles Diestler and Kirk Lawson. We were also very proud of the fellows who played on our Northeastern Wisconsin championship basketball team, not to men- tion the many seniors who helped make Neenah High School's numerous clubs successful. On May twelfth, the much-awaited career day arrived, a day on which we all received inspiration and information regarding the fu- ture. Our guest speaker, Mr. john Wrage, gave us some priceless information and valuable advice about the future, which was reiterated in the groups that followed later. Then came the senior banquet, that occasion when all the seniors gathered together for an evening of more dignified but genuine pleasure. On june fifth we donned our caps and gowns for baccalaureate, that solemn occasion with the entire class participating in a program of solemn reverence. It gave us a grand feeling of oneness, and then more than ever we realized that school meant more than just books, classes, and education. It meant foot- ball games, dances, clubs, speeches, tourna- ments, the usefulness of semester exams, the wild excitement previous to the Neenah-Men- asha games, and last, but certainly not least, the prom. It meant that we had finally com- pleted those preparations for an adult life upon which we were entering. We had ar- rived at the cross roads. For some it meant the completion of one more step of education before continuing in college. For others it i meant the end of school days and the entrance into the work-a-day world. But for all of us it meant the building of friendships which will always be held dear in the years to come. i Page Fourteen