Reedsburg High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Reedsburg, WI)

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file Class o$ ‘76 graduates STEVE SCHWARTZ (AT LEFT), JEAN KOSAK, WILSON VELOZ, and KATHY MCPHERSON begin the tearsome trek to the foot- ball field to begin commencement exercises; (COUNTER- CLOCKWISE) and the FIRST ROW of graduates, also first to receive their diplomas that evening, I isten to the invocation. DALE BUSS (OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP) delivers his co-valedic- tory, in which he castigated Reedsburg's adult community for remaining indifferent about many educational issues. DAN ASTLE, as salutatorian, was the first senior to speak in repre- senting his class, as he criticized adults for tolerance of dubi- ous military involvements and governmental corruption in the past. SUE STEINWEG, co-valedictorian, next urged her class- mates not to be so apprehensive of failure; Buss then spoke.

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Taking it in stride It only happens—happened--once. There are graduating classes and there are gradu- ating classes, many members of the CLASS OF 1976 mused much of last year, but—indeed--there would be only ONE class to make the great transition during the United States' Bicentennial year. And that class was them. So, they paid what they thought was appropriate tribute to that milestone by mentioning it in the text of their official announcement, and wearing red-white- and-blue tassels during commencement exercises. Other than that, however, the C I a s s of '76 took their distinction modestly, and the official rite which marked their liberation from high school on June 2 went very much like past graduations. The weather, of course, was idyllic, and so the turnout numbered well above three thousand. Pomp and Circumstance, naturally, ushered in this group of Webb High School graduates onto the football field that evening, as it had dozens before. After the invocation by REVEREND DALE HARRISON of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Loganvi lie, DAN ASTLE delivered his salutatory, SUE STEINWEG her Co-valedictory, and DALE BUSS his co-valedictory. The Webb band performed MacArthur Park, then PRINCIPAL ARLAN VANDEWATER introduced com- mencement speaker and Webb science teacher S. SI- VAM, who spoke, principally, (eventually to provoke a spontaneous standing ovation) on the new need for in- terdependence among individuals and na t i o n s of the world. The 187 graduates then received diplomas. Webb's Class of 1976 was the most highly-compet- itive group, academically, that the school had turned out in several years: not only was there an exact tie for the valedictorian's spot between DALE BUSS and SUE STEIN WEG, and the grade-points tight for the salutatorian honor which went to DAN ASTLE, but there were so many excellent academic performances throughout that Principal A r I a n VandeWater found it necessary to name a TOP TWELVE honor students for the seniors, instead of the traditional top ten. None of the top twelve scholars (ABOVE) h a d a grade-point below 3.6. They were (SITTING) Jill Seer- ing. Barb Tesch, Carolyn Behn, Marie Harms, Elaine Claridge, Jill Boone, (ST AN DING) S t e i n w e g, Astle, Kevin Holman, Tom Arbogast, Buss, and Sue Gade. Each was honored by being awarded the customary gold rope for commencement exercises. 22

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Students cash on their efforts SUE STEIN WEG and DALE BUSS (ABOVE LEFT), besides being honored as co-valedictorians of the Class of 1976 this year, were also the school's only National Merit program Semifinalists and Finalists, and Buss also received a $1000 Merit Scholarship. KEVIN HOLMAN (ABOVE RIGHT), receiving it from Webb ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JOE HOUSTON, was the recipient of the National W -Club Award, an annual honor for an out- standing Beaver senior athlete. Also the Class of '76's salutatorian, DAN ASTLE became Reeds- burg's first male s e I e c t i on of the Daughters of the American Revolution a nnua I $100 scholar- ship award. Astle (RIG HT) was v o t e d the honor by his classmates. And in many other categoreis of many other activities, Webb students were honored, most of them at the now-annual Awards Night May 27. Following are most of the recipients and their respective awards: Gene Peper, senior attendance award; Mark Schultz, $100 Kenyon Giese Music Benefitaward; Tim Pellowski, John Bradley, Paul Hanusa, Mi- chelle Hinrichs, and Becky Diece, Badger Boys' and Girls' State delegates; Sue Nachtigal, FBLA scholarship; Dale Buss, $100 Webb Thespian scholarship, $100 Baraboo Theater Guild schol- arship, Best Actor, and Best Thespian awards; Bonnie Breight, Best Actress; Jennie Arndt, Dra- ma Award; Jill Boone, Forensics Award; Tom Ar- bogast. Tech Award; Scott Bentley, Best Bit Part; Scott Skinner and Erik Hammer, Best Supporting Actor; Jill Boone, Best Supporting Actress; Jim Gavin, Raymond W. Miller Sportsmanship Award; Scooter Ellett, Outstanding Senior Athletic Award; Tim MacFarlane, FFA Agriculture Award. rewartfs 24