Sheridan High School - Bronc Yearbook (Sheridan, WY)

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Wyoming ! t 1 Wyoming was organized as a territory in 1868. It was admitted to the Union as a state in 1890. The State Flower, the Indian Paint Brush, was adopted on January 31, 1917. The State Flag was adopted on January 31, 1917. It was designed by Miss Verna Keays. The great seal of the state of Wyoming is in the heart of the flag, upon a figure of a bison, which is bordered in red, white and blue. The first Governor of the State of Wyoming was Francis E. Warren. The first H. Farwell. Superintendent of Public Instruction was Stephen The present Governor of Wyoming is Leslie Miller. The present Superintendent of Public Instruction is Jack R. Gage. V THE FORTY-FOURTH STAR What is it I see in the night’s early gloaming, Shining afar from the glorious West? ’Tis the star forty-four, the star of Wyoming, That shines on her people, so happy and blest. Yes, happy and blest are the people tonight, With a future before them both dazzling and bright, And the people all shout, with no doubt of her fate, Hurrah for Wyoming! The forty-fourth State. —Harriet Slack. %• ‘The foundation of every state is the education of the youth.’ —Diogenes. Three 1

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 I I Bronkette Staff CO-EDITORS—Betty Borden, Georgia Grace. FEATURES—Betty Wehr, Edith Ruth Bull, Jane Ralston, Neva Cantwell, Bea Kimble, Evelyne Houtchens, Louise Bailey, Beverly Rhodes, Mary Jane Yates, Margaret Williams. ACTIVITIES—June Vestal, Jean Stout, Joan Churchill, Amelia Cheslar, Anna Boyko, Marguerite Story, Gladys Dawson. PROPHECY—Ruth Stutsman, Martha Tanney, Edna Sampson, Kathleen Killworth, Florence Jacobson, Angie Kuhl, Margaret Bragg. WILL—Mary Welter, Audrey Pullin, Ruth Mary Docekal, Jean Bech-told, Eleanor Moore, Maxine Olson, Emma Jean Melnick, Nell Cheslar. ATHLETICS—Opal Dickson, Mary Jane Nedeff, Louise Bourne, Ethel Young. ORGANIZATIONS—Nelda Markert, Susie Smith. DRAMATICS—Susanna Novicki. SPICE OF LIFE AND CALENDAR—Margaret Simpson, Rena Walthall, Florence Calkins, Barbara Bohnsack. HONORS—Jean Hoover, Frances Kessinger, Esther Albrecht, Geraldine Johnson. ADVERTISING—Eileen Sopris, Marguerite Butterfield, Margaret Champion, Jeanne Robinson, Helen Cox, Gwinavere Newell, Marian Small, Ruth Robey. TYPISTS—Nellie Mae Stuka, Wilmette Ramge, Margaret Simpson, Betty Borden. ART—Margie Thomas, Dorothy Watenpaugh, Bernard Thomas. SPONSOR—Rebecca Megown. It is a privilege to live in Wyoming. Few states have had a more interesting history and in no state have the events of interest been more recent. The pioneers who founded it had the courage to dare, a willingness to endure hardship and severe toil, and a desire to build and progress, that have left us a real heritage. ROBT W. SKINNER. V All cuts, including the cover of this booklet, were designed and made by the members of the art committee. The cuts were made on linoleum blocks. Two

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