Pittsburg High School - Purple and White Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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JOURNALISTS and printers follow their leaders. Those in the front ranks are Mr. White, Mr. Morey, Janice Taylor, Margie Macheers, Fred McGehee, Pete Smith, and Vae Rose Fultz. Ned Smith seems especially gay, W a 4 a!nr o 4 The annual field trip for the journalism and print- ing classes took them this year to Topeka where they visited the state printing offices, Capper,s Weekly, and the state Capitol. At the State Printer the visitors were interested in observing the publication of school books for the state. They also saw bills and state records in the process of printing. The group next visited Capper's Weekly to watch the publication of one of the state's best known weekly newspapers. Highlight of the trip was the opportunity to meet Governor Hall and to tour his offices. The more energetic members of the group hiked to the top of the Capitol dome. S'1'.X'l 1i Pm GOVERNOR Fred Hall receives the visitors in his offices in the state Capitol. Chatting with the governor are Pete Smith, Cliff De Armand, Janice Rupard, Donna Martinache, Carolyn Loss, Janice Taylor, Dick McClana- han, Frank Bartley, and Margie Macheers. AT THE STATE printing department visi- tors saw textbooks in the making.

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I Youth groups in Pittsburg joined citizens in a fund- ' i Z 4 and as community ahaha la ' 11,771.0-ff, TOM BERTONE, Bill England, Janice Tanncr, and Kaye Johnson stamp sacks at a super-market. Y-TEENS give a benefit dance. raising drive to modernize the YMCA building. The cam- paign hegan officially on January 12, with a ukiek-offi' breakfast and ended on February 2, with a victory dinner. lVlany weeks of planning preceded the opening of the drivc. Among the many committees was one group known as the Youth Committee with Tom Bertone as chairman and l,illian lluffman as vice chairman. Other members were teen-agers from the Hi-Y and Y-Teen organizations of the high school. This group met each week to set up such activities as distributing posters, stamping sacks in grocery stores. and attaching stickers to automobiles. The Y-Teens had a la-ap Year Leap to raise money for the drive. Although the goal was set at 398.000, the drive was so successful that a total of 55182.11-35.00 was reported on the final day. Y0llTll fIOMlNll'l'TFil'i inc:-ls to organize aclivities to further the rlrivc for funds.

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!f . fl SENIOR CLASS 6002 PLAY A Farce in Three Acts by Glenn Hughes DAN J. TEWELL, Ilireelor THE CAST llowarrl Brant , E11 lfurns Vic Lewis Lou Herroll Mrs. Spangler Anne Purcell Vivian George Henry Purcell Pholne Purcell MHIIIIC Corey Professor Virgil Bean Mr. Dixon Herman Spangler , Jim Duff Paul Arabia , , Jim England Betty Edwards , Nikke lrvin Judy Burr ,, Judy Creighton , Jim Core , , Lillian Huffman , Kaye Johnson Tom Bertone Dean Bevan John Decker While lid is experimenting with his substitute for dyna- mite. and Vic sets up his art equipment, Howard Brant types frantically at his zoology term paper. If his paper is in by late afternoon, he will graduate. But to add to his difficulty. all the graduation turmoil and visitors do not help his power of concentration. The first upheaval occurs when Mr. Purcell arrives. For- getting a room had been promised to him, the boys mistake him for an eccentric artist's model whom Vic is expecting. llaving been warned that the man is somewhat erratic, he is gagged and tied to make him pose. After being re- leased. lVlr. l'ureell not only withdraws from the scene in fury hut he also withdraws his offer to build a science building. MQ! . This will lead to the entire destruc- tion of the universe-Heh! Heh! MM MMPPPPPFI-'I-'Fl-'I-'HH ! ll Another crisis occurs when Howard's aunt arrives. Posing as a famous zoologist his aunt meets Prof. Bean and begins her cam- paign to help Howard pass. With this sort of co-operation the young people decide to put on an act to get Purcell to renew his offer of the building. One emergency after another arises until, with one last explo- sion, the curtain falls. The six students try their tricks at the lnmnyhop.