Roundup High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Roundup, MT)

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Snatches of Pomp and Circumstance float up to the ears of a waiting senior class. In a few moments the band will stop warming up, and we'll all be lined up and ready to go. As we look around us at our classmates, we realize that for us the high school days are over. It hardly seems possible that we won't be in fourth period study hall or sociology any more. Most of us are thinking the same things because our eyes are a little misty, and we are strangely quiet. We gather in small groups or just stand around talking. It's funny that every sentence starts with a Remember when” and ends with a wasn't that fun? We stand listening to these remarks, and all the memories of our four years at Roundup High School come back------ ------Our freshman initiation, the bowing to our”senior masters, the big stage initiation, and the painting of the R, We were very thrilled to be in high school, and we made quite a showing of ourselves. The boys in our class were intramural basketball champs, and were we proud! Our first attempt at entertaining was a successful Valentine Dance. We were a little sorry to see school end that year---- ------We were adjusted to high school by this time and not at all awed by seniors. Our seats were a little closer to the windows. We had become accustomed to looking on the bulletin board for notices, and once in a while we were even brave enough to put a joke on this bulletin board. Our biology picnic was a big event, and we really enjoyed it. We'd moved up a little in band and had even learned to sight read in chorus. We were proud of our accomplishments and looked forward to next year when----- ----------Now we were upperclassmen at last. We had a lot to do that year, and we did every- thing in a big way. Some of our classmates were on the A squad In basketball; our team went to State that year, and we were really thrilled. The salesman came to help us choose our class rings. Our junior prom theme was Oriental Gardens, and it was a huge success. We even had three class picnics that year because we'd ordered too much food for the first one. Naturally it rained all three times, but we still had fun. We decorated the stage for vespers and commence- ment and dreamed of the time when------- ------The time had come at last; we're seniors, and we had class rings to prove it. We did a bang up job on initiation, one the freshmen and seniors will long remember. We were first chairs in band, experienced singers in chorus, leaders in our clubs, and so many activities it was hard to count them all. We had our pictures taken and ordered our announcements and cards. The prom was lovely, and we knew it had to be for this was our last high school prom. High School Week was wonderful, and we left college with a desire to return next fall as students. We still didn't realize our high school days were over until last Sunday at vespers. As we sat there, we realized that we wouldn't be seeing our classmates much longer. We looked around at the faces that had become so familiar to us, and just then the music started- - Pomp and Circumstance. Another senior class marched slowly down the aisle and prepared to become just another picture in the hallway and a fleeting memory that lasts only a moment.

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Graduation The Roundup High School Commencement Exercise was held Thursday, May 28, at 8:00 P. M. in the high school auditorium. The sixteen seniors marched in to the processional, Pomp and Circumstance, played by the high school band. Thee God we Praise was sung by the high school mixed chorus. Mr. Larry H. Dugan, Vice President of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, gave an address entitled A Challenge. The high school chorus presented another number The Halls of Ivy. Mr. Koehnke was the director of the band and chorus. Mr. C. W. Baum, Superintendent of Schools, presented the class and Mr. S. A. Seitz, Chairman of the Board of Education, made the presentation of diplomas. The seniors marched out to the recessional played by the high school band. Seniors seated left to right: Jerry Pratt, Carl Firm, Nan Rom, Lois Jorgensen, Jim Key, Jerry Robson, Pat Moss, Don Nelson, Leroy Newton, Larry Bickle, Norma Nesheim, Charles McKeen, Delmar Cross, John Fisco, Pat Lind, and Joan Werner.

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found studying but probably They might have been sitting around discussing world affairs (?) or .... .....they might have just been standing around.