Prairie Du Sac High School - Prairie Pride Yearbook (Prairie Du Sac, WI)

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VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP '48 In September of 1936, a large and strongly built ship put out to sea Only four members of that first crew remain with us now They are Mary Ann Albertus, Sarah Henning, Allan Cramer and Joann Felix We were new to the sea, and Miss Jenewein took command of us Miss Sather, a very competent captain, took over in the third and fourth years The sea was rough when we landed in Mrs Conger's room we weathered quite a few storms that year, but we learned a great deal As sailors in our seventh year, we considered ourselves quite grownup, hav ing a routine similar to that of the high school In the eighth year we were forced to remain in one room because of the enlargement of our crew Our ninth year at sea was one which we had long awaited Altogether our crew numbered sixty strong, because we were Joined by sailors from the surrounding areas We were considered 'green' Freshman until we were initiated It was a grueling experience for us, a number of our crew were seasick and some threatened mutiny in all mander After that we felt we really belonged, and our crew began to participate activities In the spring of that year death boarded our ship and claimed for only a year we had grown to like and admire him We sailed gaily into our Sophomore year thinking of the horrors we could put the Freshmen through That year we were welcomed back by a new face, Mr A H Koten, who is our present commander In the eleventh year of our Journey we were prompted to a high rank and wore the insignia of Juniors The seas were calm and bright, but the brightest memory of that cruise was the Junior Prom We elected Ed Koch as our President and King, and he chose Ireta Klotz as his Queen Under the direction of our advisor, Miss Fisher, we transformed the gym into a sprlngtime scene with a covered ceiling and a Maypole in the center The next autumn we set sail on our last cruise There were only thirty six sailors left to carry on the voyage This was an important year for us because we, as Seniors, had our class play directed Marge Esser as Editor Our crew will never now at last we are sailing into the Port of where we shall take our separate canoes and weather and calm seas as we learn to paddle by Miss Fisher and our own annual with forget its high school experiences and Commencement on the Sea of Learning, put out to sea May we have fair our own canoes as its victim our commander, Mr. 0. L. Clauson. Even though he had been our com-