Northeast High School - Rocket Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Winner of the 1955 Regents scholarship was Bruce Newell. He was the highest ranking senior out of the 42 students from Northeast taking the exam, He was also awarded a scholarship to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. s is dist!! 'iffibggntbiwb ' Bob Courtney received an FFA speaking award, Joy Haupt won the Church School scholarship, and Beverly Gillette won the Normal School scholarship. 1-'Rl Q55 Y' - A new scholarship this yearin memory of Jake Keim was awarded to Dick Peterson, Germaine Wright won the Lincoln Teachers association scholarship, and Mar A d ' y n erson won a scholarship to Colorado col- lege, Those selected on the basis of scholarship and leader ship to receive Elks ch l , s o arships were Marilyn Sch- nieber ' ' ' ' ,second in girls leadershipg Donna Miller, Uni- versity of Nebraska tuition scholarshipg Irv Deshayes, second in boys' 1eadershipgDoris Eby, a Most Valuable Student scholarship, and Jo Anne Jensen, first in local leadership and second in state leadershi J A D. o nne and Irv also received Rotary scholarships, Seniors receive scholarship awards. To be eligible to take the Regents examination a sen- ior must be in the upper 25 per cent of his class. On the basis of their score the alternates were Dick Peter- son, Janice Wroth d ' an Dave Young, John Douthit is not pictured, X V11 -..-f- Wa X!

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Members of the 1955 graduating class listen to the address be- An important .event for every senior is fore receiving their diplomas during commencement exercises, the Junior-Senior banquet, These cou ples are dancing at the affair Commencement marks end of senior year Another year is over, and thus the seniors' high school days are at an end. As they think back through the years, they remember how they looked forward to graduation with an- ticipation and then with regret. They leave the traditions of Northeast to the underclassrnen but carry with them the mem- ories of the wonderful times they have had at Northeast to be cherished forever. Members ofthe senior class pause on the steps of the First Methodist Church before attending their baccalaureate service. fr 9 as ., M O 'Q ' , A , 5 xi! Y V3 ' ., Q 551 i ' fini .rms X M ' ' A 95 Y, , .1 ,V I ll K . .' if rw ,, , ', ,A V -i xgy, A . A 39 F 1 1 5 S A if TM. A Q ' f Y X ti Z Q' 5x 63 tif 5 f X l . Q I Checking out caps and gowns in preparation for their big night proves to be fun for all seniors, 'V . .J 9 xi x I' 1 'Q Y r' . 4 .s F 1' 4 21