Southwest High School - Wagistanian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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JIM BAKER “Bake “He gets his mental exercise by jumping to conclusions. Activities: Hi-Y, All-School Cabinet. Senior Council. Senior Banquet. Train Ride Chairman. JS Committee, All-City Youth Conference. Red Cross, Homecoming. Choir. Secret Ambition: Co on a ski trip with Swenson, if he doesn’t get sick. Future Plans: College. LUCILE BEATTY Lucy ” “Lu “Brief words, when actions wait, are well. Activities: Silver Tri, Blue Tri, Social Committee, Memorial. Secret Ambition: To be extroverted. Future Plans: Augsburg College. MARY BELCHER “There is nothing worth the doing that it does not pay to try. Activities: French Club, Silver Tri, Blue Tri, Drama Club, Senior Banquet, Class Play, PA Operator. Secret Ambition: To go to Hawaii and live in a grass shack. Future Plans: College. STEPHEN L. BELLIN Sieve “Take it from us . .. he’s got the goods! Activities: Arrow. Class Day. Football. Basketball, Latin Club. Secret Ambition: Get my car finished. Future Plans: Air Force Academy or College. GERALD BENDER Jerry “So much to do and so many worlds to conquer. Activities: Football. Track. “S Club, Student Council President. Choir, Hi-Y, Sno-Day Chairman. All-State Student Council Representative. Senior Banquet, Youth Conferences. Secret Ambition: To sell Jack Rice a non-cancellable auto insurance policy. Future Plans: Law School, University of Minnesota. LE DONNA BERGE Cookie “Light of feet and small of stature. Activities: Spanish Club. Senior Club, Library Assistant, Senior Banquet. Secret Ambition: To be a paratrooper. Future Plans: To be a dancing teacher. ALAN BERGER AFJ “Silence is the key of contentment. Activities: Radio Club. Senior Banquet. Secret Ambition: First exchange student to Mars. Future Plans: University of Minnesota.

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LESLIE ABRAMSON “Us” “True to her work, her word and her friends. Activities: Silver Tri, Blue Tri, French Club, Spanish Club— President. German Club. Senior Club. Student Council, Drama Club, Sno-Day Committee Chairman, Class Play, Homecoming. Secret Ambition: To win back my Kalooki fortune from Gail. Future Plans: University of Minnesota or Michigan. DON AKENSON “Akey,” “D. A.” “I’m on the brink of a great career . . . somebody push me off quick! Activities: Homecoming Co-Chairman. Senior Class President, Tennis Captain, Student Council, “S” Club, Senior Council, Athletic Council. Annual, Senior Banquet, Honor Roll—Top Ten, National Merit Semifinalist. Future Plans: College. MART ALDRE “Marly,” “Hey, you!” “Never love a stranger; I consider everyone a friend. Activities: Hi-Y, Student Council, Gass Play Cast. Senior Class Vice President, German Club, Football, “S Club, Tennis, Arrow, Senior Council. Train Ride Committee, Senior Banquet. Secret Ambition: To sit through a double feature of “The Ten Commandments” and “Gone With the Wind” plus ten Disney full length color cartoons. Future Plans: University of Minnesota. DAVE ANDERSON “Andy” “He makes it hot on the gridiron. Activities: Football. Track. Senior Banquet, Youth Conference, Stage Crew. Secret Ambition: See Mr. Halley run high hurdles under his pointer. Future Plans: St. Olaf College. MARJORIE ANDERSON “Margie,” “Andy” “Heaven sent me down; heaven knows why. Activities: Silver Tri. Blue Tri. Senior Banquet, Dance Committee, Senior Club, Spanish Club. Youth Conference. Badminton. Tennis. Secret Ambition: To row with Judy across the English Channel. Future Plans: University of Minnesota. DAVID ANNETT “Dave” “If school is liberty, give me death.” Activities: Football, Sophomore Hockey, Class Play Cast, Red Cross. Senior Banquet. Secret Ambition: Be Elvis Presley’s handmaiden. Future Plans: University of Minnesota. SHARRIE ANN ARLANDSON “Shar” “Arlie” “Sometimes given to serious thoughts, but usually filled with mischievous plots.” Activities: Senior Banquet, Class Play Cast. French Club, Choral Club, Homecoming. Dance Committee, Silver Tri, Blue Tri. Senior Club. Secret Ambition: To be a 95-pound weakling. Future Plans: School or work.

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RICHARD BERNDT “Dick “My only labor is to kill time. Activities: Hi-Y, Hall Guard, Tennis, Commencement. Secret Ambition: To pass one of Willie’s tests. Future Plans: University of Minnesota. ELIZABETH ROSE BERNER “Betty “At last! A blond with brains. Activities: Senior Club, Choral Club, Debate, Silver Tri, Blue Tri, Badminton. Red Cross, Junior Achievement, National Treasurer of the Year, French Club, Spanish Club, Homecoming, Hall Guard. PA Operator, Sno-Day, Class Play Committee Chairman, Arrow Editor, Senior Banquet, Quill and Scroll, Honor Roll. Secret Ambition: To be able to say what I mean without jumbling my words and getting embarrassed. Future Plans: University of Minnesota. DONALD J. BEST “Don “Periods should be ten minutes long—five to come and five to go. Activities: Football. Sophomore Hockey, Track, Golf, Homecoming Committee Chairman, Hi-Y, Class Play Cast, Hall Guard. VAC, Band, Social Committee, Memorial. Secret Ambition: Create some matter, just to show Mr. Pearson it can be done. Future Plans: College. GEORGE BESTROM “Rugged on the court and grid, but modest of the things he did. Activities: Football. Basketball. Track, Student Council Vice President, “S Club, Senior Banquet, Junior Council, Hi-Y. Secret Ambition: Gamble off the Pont” in a poker game. Future Plans: College. RICHARD G. BETHKE “Dick “Beat “Man, like Grover’s Corners is swing way out.” Activities: Annual. Gass Play Cast, Stage Crew. Band. French Club. Senior Banquet, National Merit Semifinalist. Secret Ambition: Go to ’Frisco and become a Beatnik. Future Plans: Massachusett’s Institute of Technology, ALFRED BIGOT “Ar “A mind equal to any undertaking that he puts it along side of. Activities: Band, Hall Guard. Senior Banquet. Future Plans: University of Minnesota. DANIEL L BISHOP “Dan “Gasses are incidental pastimes.” Activities: Swimming, Cross Country, Band, Senior Banquet. Future Plans: Commercial Pilot.