St James High School - Saintonian Yearbook (St James, MN)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1949 volume:

. . . and as we look up- ward — to the heavens— we see in the movements of the clouds, a way of life ... built upon freedom ... a freedom of the will of man . . . 1949 Sain.ton.ian. PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF ST. JAMES HIGH SCHOOL St. James Minnesota editors: JOAN ERICKSON ELEANOR HAWK NSON Prodv d by: FREE PRESS COMPANY - PRINTERS LITHOGRAPHERS. MANKATO. MINNESOTA KAYENAY ENGRAVING CO. - ENGRAVERS LITHO PLATEMAKERS, MASON CITY. IOWA DEDICATED To the memory of MARJORIE LARSOH who was with our class until the summer of fW6, at which time she was stricken with polio,,« never to recover I am Jimmy . . . If you've ever worn red corduroy slacks or violet knee socks . . . had your hair clipped to a crisp nothing for an entire basketball season . . . danced till midnight in white woolen socks . . . eaten Mudballs and California hamburgers and cinnamon hearts and drank Coca Cola . . . listened to the roar of roller skates and tasted the woody dust that is pounded out of the floor . . . laughed and sang and wept and felt so vitally alive! . . . If you’ve dreamed mag- nificent dreams of a better future, and fought for freedom and equality and tolerance . . . If you have known any of these things—then you, too, are a Jimmy. ADMINISTRATION AND TACUITV Here are two men with a bi'q job . . . and it is a biq job to keep an orqanization of 850 students runninq smoothly . . . especially when they have 850 different ideas . . . Mr. Cole, who can hold audiences spellbound with his inspirinq remarks— and his jokes ... to whom our thanks qo for his assistance on such projects as choir robes, band instruments, and athletics ... to whose beautiful suits and ties many admirinq qlances are cast . . . and to whose emphasis on scholas- tics and citizenship we owe our effec- tiveness in our community. And Mr. Johnson, who can hush an assembly without a word . . . who qets the walls washed with a twinkle in his eye . . . who can solve almost any prob- lem . . . who is probably our number one basketball and football fan. and one who can hand out pink slips without a qualm and yet thinks were the best kids in the world. Fimshinq up those last minute dictations, says Ardis Enq is a qraduate of last year’s hiqh school Lorraine Matson Mr. Cole s secretary. Lorraine is a class and became Mr. Johnson’s first secretary at St. qraduate of the class of '47 and has been in the office James Hiqh. since. Ab Strommen Richard Weech American World History Jr. High Math. Physics Colleen Brown Physical Education Robert Woehrle Henry Thompson Bos. Trq. Phy Ed. 10 Jr. High Phy. Ed.. Shop Harold Crosgrove Social Problems, Guidance Kenneth Lower Math, Drawing, Biology Josephine Sevada Muriel Nuffer Junior High English. Art English 10 Anna Rothnem Vocal Music Frank Kolar Band Kathryn Tweeten English 12 Dorothy Larsen World History, English 9 Terrance Haws Chemistry, Physics, Bioloay Norbert Renner Science 8. 9 Morgan Williams Jr. Hiqh Social Studies, Science 8, 9 Helen Kiner Bookkeeping, Typing Lorene Meyman Jr. High Mathematics Geometry Carol Larson Weech Shorthand, Business Law, Typing H. R. Davidson Shop Lucille Belanger Library Helen Romness German, Spanish, English J. Joel Ball English II, Speech Elizabeth Cooper Home Economics § t € SAGA Of THE 'Wers Gee. just think, only e few more days and we’ll be out of school for qood. Boy, I'm so qlad. Maybe so, but just for the fun of it let's qo back throuqh the years and see what we did, and what we will miss when we leave school. Remember that freshman year? . . . that was some year . . . the first day of school was a day of aqony for all the frosh boys, thinkinq of the job they would have that niqht tryinq to find their pants and shirts . . . Bev Olseth had her Halloween party . . . what a party—all we did was play post-office, but you didn't hear anyone complain . . . seems all we did that year was have parties, and the qirls always had to ask the boys . . . they always had to take three buses to the qames, because so many kids went each time . . . Patsy Curry took care of kids over at Wedqe's every Saturday niqht . . . Chas. could be seen cruisinq around in his 32 Plymouth . . . The polio epidemic came between our freshmen and sophomore years and caused the death of one of our classmates. Marjorie Larson . . . Kilroy was here became a popular sayinq. and we acquired stockinq caps, a fad which was to stay with us the rest of our hiqh school days . . . Elaine Burckhardt's party will always be re- membered as the party where the qirls had to pick a boy's shoe from the pile to find a lunch partner . . . Fairmont burned our homecominq bonfire and we sophs qot out of qeometry to rebuild it . . . Sadie Hawkins Day rolled around and all the boys could be seen waitinq in the halls hopinq for a date . . . Mauritz and Mae started qoinq toqether after that dance . . . Mam'selle was the sonq which was currently popular, and i+ also was the theme sonq of that year's prom . . . speakinq of the prom, remember the dance the waiters and v aitresses had to do? . . . the waiters all had tuxedos and the waitresses, black dresses with white blouses . . . the dishwash- ers were washinq dishes until 12:30 . . . after that there were the picnics out at Memorial Park . . . summer came and we could see Brad and Chuck with their mode! T's. We floated into our junior year on the notes of a 1927 revival, Peq O' My Heart by the Harmonicats . . . Property, property. was a familiar sayinq at class play practice: Jo Erickson never seemed to be around when needed . . . don't think anyone ever did find out what a trapezius or a latisimus dorsi was: everone always forqot to look them up . . . popular records were coming out in 1920 styles — loads of banjos and bass fiddles . . . the K-K was still the favorite hanqout. w:th the juke box always qoinq steady . . . Pat Killen and Bill O'Brien were the raqes of the Sadie Hawkins Day dance . . . winter Sundays were spent at Fort Ridqely. skiinq and toboqqaninq ... it seems the parties were few and far between this year, mainly because so many kids were qoinq steady . . . state tournament time rolled around and the Sheridan was packed with the anqelic Saints . . . Gmitro's Ham and Eqq shop was the breakfast hanqout. while Miller's Cafeteria was all right tor dinner . . . prom committees were orqanized w’th a Spanish Patio beinq chosen as the theme . . . the sophomore waiters and waitresses did a South American dance and some qirls could be seen wearing tiny orchids from Hawaii ... it was really a qood prom due to he fact that we accomplished almost the impossible, keeping most of the kids there until the end . . . but then we had Al Menke's orchestra . . . afterwards the kids spread far and wide, some qoinq to Lonq Lake, others to Fort Ridqely and the Cities . . . Clarence Rip Van Winkle Niemeier started his hobby (sleepinq durinq classes) . . . nobody will forqet how much fun the April music festival was and all the swell kids who were there sinqinq and playing in the bands . . . remember all of those wonderful Diizzards when the buses had to leave early, and we spent the rest of the day foolinq around . . . Mr. Ball's Enqiish classes sounded like the floor of the U. S. Senate durinq the discussion of race prejudice . . . The Jessens had a banq-up toboqqan party . . . the hills were so steep we could hardly stand up on the toboqqans. September 7 marked the beqinninq of the end of our hiqh school career . . . speckled horn-rimmed qlasses were poppinq up all over the place . . . cries of. I want the biq ripe one, could be heard flowing from the moonlit melon patches . . . The Gerdes bov$ nearly blew a fuse with their briqht red pants and purole shirts . . . Don Forseth and Tarrie Larson reiqned over the homecominq festivities . . . Mark Raabe was knocked into amnesia . . . Les closed the K-K. whereupon Swan's became the popular hanqout . . . Sward-Kemp still manaqed to grab the after-school trade . . . and Clarence slept on . . . after the election smoke had cleared it was found the Wilson Trumanites had qained the victory . . . Gene Syverson took over class presidency . . . Weezie took to knittinq her best beaus' stockinq caps . . . Macbeth roared throuqh Miss Tweeten's Enqiish classes and Klammer and Bolin Inc. qave a screaminq version of the witches . . . Schul+z is dead came into beinq and left aqain as quickly as it bed entered . . . social life on a whole increased with leaps and bounds . . . colored knee socks became a fad amonq the lower classmen, qirls, that is . . . everyone had reservations at the Sheridan aqain for the state tour- ney . . . social speeches could be heard pouring from Mr. Crosqrove's room . . . the Saints Reporter s+aff had a rip-roarinq time every other Friday niqht, puttina ihe paper toqether ... Jo and Marilyn were always qettmq up at 6:30 a. m. Saturday mornjnqs to wr:te their heads . . . Brad and Dick took excursions to the Chief's office . . . Mr. Haws had rather a rouqh time in his senior chem classes makinq everyone bear down and work . . it qradually qrew warmer . . . there were definite siqns of sprinq . . . students lolled on the lawns at noon . . . there were marble qames and roller-skaters . . . lonqer eveninqs . . . and almost too soon it was May ... we donned the blue caps and gowns . . . now there were only memories of what had been. SENIORS LLOYD ANDERSON, band, pep band, track . . . ROBERT ANDER- SON, class officer, mixed chorus, glee club, football, basketball, baseball, track, Saints Reporter, Saintonian, Honor Society, class play. . . GENE BARGE, track, cheerleading, declam, prom waiter. JOYCE BECKMAN, glee club, pep club . . . DONNA BEHRENS, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Re- porter, Saintonian, G.A.A., library club, declam . . . GLADYS BEL- CHER, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, Saintonian, band, G.A.A., G.A.A. Ex. Bd., library club, pep band. KAY BENSON, band, pep band pep club, prom waitress . . . MARIAN BERLIN, glee club, Sain- tonian, Saints Reporter, G.A.A., attendant, prom waitress, pep club . . . DELWIN BLOOM, band, pep club. ALICE BOLIN, glee club, mixed chorus, class play, declam, band, pep club, G.A.A., G.A.A. Ex. Bd., Saints Reporter, Saintonian, prom waitress . . . BERNIE BOLTE . . . ERMA BRAND, pep club. L ANDERSON A bass, a viol, a swell guy—that's Ike. R. ANDERSON Ready, steady, sturdy, and sure. G. BARGE Tall, dark, and handsome. J. BECKMAN Always nice to everyone. D. BEHRENS A friendly smile. G. BELCHER A heart that’s free. r i i. a K. BENSON A girl worth a smile is a girl worth while. M. BERLIN A dauntless soul, sweet and strong. D. BLOOM Ho, hum! A. BOLIN It's not my nature to conceal my thoughts. B. BOLTE I'm iust a poor, little innocent farmer boy. E. BRAND Our friend Erma. MURIEL BRATLAND, glee club, mixed chorus, Saintonian, library club, pep club, declam ... CHARLES BREGEL, glee club, mixed chorus, football, basketball, baseball, class play, prom waiter, movie projector . . . DUANE BREKKE, football, track ... . ELAINE BURCHHARDT, glee club, mixed chorus, library club, Saintonian, pep band, band, pep club, G.A.A., vocal groups. MARIAN CARLSON, glee club, mixed chorus, pep club, declam, Saintonian . . . RICHARD CURRY, movie projector, Saintonian . . . PATRICIA CURRY, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, Saintonian, pep club, band, pep band, cheerleading, G.A.A., li- brary club, prom waitress . PATRICK CURRY, mixed chorus, glee club, football, basketball, baseball, track, prom waiter . . . MARION DAHL, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, G.A.A., library club, class play, pep club, declam, Saintonian . . . ROBERT DEVENS, glee club, mixed chorus, track, baseball, Saintonian, class play, vocal groups. ELDON EKSTROM, football, base- ball, track . . . JOAN ERICKSON, class officer, glee club, pep club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, Saintonian, Honor Society, pep band, band, G.A.A., G.A.A. Ex. Bd., library club, prom waitress. M. BRATLAND Smilin' through. C. BREGEL They're all my type. D. BREKKE A man of deeds but not of words. E. BURCKHARDT With a song in my heart. M. CARLSON My heart’s in the high lands. P. CURRY Lucky in love! P. CURRY Stepping out with my baby. R. CURRY Anything goes. ,M. DAHL Small fry. R. DEVENS Give me a simple life. E. EKSTROM I love to dilly-dally. J. ERICKSON Personality plus! M. EVJEN Give me m y boots and saddle. J. EWERT Sparklinq dark-eyed maiden ST MARJORIE EVJEN, glee club, pep club, G.A.A. . . . JEAN EWERT, class officer, Sainfonian, pep club, glee club, G.A.A. Ex. Bd., G.A.A., library club, prom waitress . . . ROSEMARIE FAHEY, G.A.A., pep club. BERNEIL FLOHRS, glee club, pep club . . . DONALD FORSETH, class officer, football, basketball, baseball, king, prom waiter, movie projector . . . WILLIAM FRIESEN, band. MARILYN GREV, glee club, pep club, prom waitress . . . CARO- LYN GUNN, class officer, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Re- porter, Honor Society, Sainton- ian, band, class play, G.A.A., G.A.A. Ex. Bd., library club, vocal groups, prom waitress . . . WIL- LARD HAGE, football, basketball, baseball, track. DOROTHY HAKE, glee club, mixed chorus, band, pep club, vocal groups . . . MARY LOU HAMMER, glee club, G.A.A., li- brary club, pep club, declam . . . MERVIN HENNING, Saintonian, track. R. FAHEY Contentedly quiet! B. FLOHP.S A quiet tonque shows a wise head. D. FORSETH Man of the year. W. FRIESEN Silent as a babblinq brook M. GREV Ain't we qot fun! C. GUNN Slender, tender, and swell. W. HAGE A farmer’s life is a very merry life! D. HAKE Witty and clever . . . talks forever! M. HAMMER After hour stuff! M. HENN'NG A person to meet on any day. W. HOFFMAN Piccolo Pete. WALDO HOFFMAN, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, band, Saintonian, photographer, prom, waiter, pep band . . . VER- NA HOLM, glee club, Saints Re- porter, Saintonian, G.A.A., pep club, declam . . . VIVIAN HOVDE, G.A.A., pep club . . . MARIE HURLEY, glee club, Saints Re- porter, pep club, Saintonian, G. A.A., prom waitress. WILLIAM JAMES, glee club, mixed chorus, track, Saintonian, class play, declam . . . MARILYN JASTER, pep club, library club. RICHARD JESSEN, glee club, mixed chorus, football, track, Saints Reporter, Saintonian, de- clam, Cross- Country . . . ROBERT JESSEN, class officer, glee club, mixed chorus, football, track, Sain- tonian, attendant. VERNITA JUKULEN, attendant, pep club . . . CAROL KINTZI, band, pep club . . . HELEN KLAM- MER, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, Saintonian, class play, G.A.A., G.A.A. Ex. Bd., li- brary club, pep club, declam . . . RICHARD KLARAS, track, base- ball, prom waiter. jJF1 . • T) n V. HOLM Fun and fancy free. V. HOVDE When everyone is happy, so am I. M. hurlCY Busy as a bee—alusays buzzing. W. JAMES What mischief smiles have played. M. JASTER She makes no enemies. R. JESSEN For he's a jolly good fellow! R. JESSEN A good laugh—a cute smile! V. JUKULEN Just like a doll. C. KINTZI Laughter is good medicine H. KLAMMER Don't be a worrybird! R. KLARAS Happy-go-luchy. VIOLA LANGE, glee club, band, pep club . . . BEVERLY LANGE- LAND, glee club, mixed chorus, pep club, declam . . TARRIE LARSON, Saints Reporter, Queen, class, play, pep club, declam, of- fice assistant . . . PATRICIA LAR- SON, Saintonian, attendant, pep club. WILMER LIND, band, pep band, movie projector . . . JAMES LUNDQUIST, glee club, mixed chorus, band, movie projector . . . HOWARD MALMGREN, track . . . ROBERT McCUE, student bowling. EUGENE MENNE . . . HELEN MICKELSON, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, band, G.A.A. vocal groups . . . JOY MILLER, pep club, prom waitress . . . MARILYN MILLER, Saints Reporter, Saintonian, pep club, li brary club. V. LANGF. Just a regular girl. B. LANGELAND What is this thing called love? T. LARSON Queenly features. P. LARSON As mild as summer and as winsome too. W. LIND At peace with the world! J. LUNDQUIST Boogie woogie bugle bog. K MALMGREN That old gang of mine. R. McCUE What does it matter? E. MENNE The world's no better if you worry. H. MICKELSON Calm as the breeze. J. MILLER On with the dance; let Joy be unconfined. M. MILLER Quiet and likeable. RAY MORGAN, glee club, mixed chorus, track, movie projector . .. ARLENE MUNSTERMAN. pep club . . . JAYNE NELSON, glee club, mixed chorus, band, G.A.A., G.A.A. Ex. Bd., library club, pep club, declam . . . VIOLET NEL- SON, glee club, pep club. CHARLES NIBBE, mixed chorus, glee club, football, basketball, track . . . CLARENCE NIEMEIER, glee club, mixed chorus, football, baseball, track, vocal group . . . BEVERLY OLSETH, class officer, glee club, mixed chorus, band, at- tendant, G.A.A., G.A.A. Ex. Bd., pep club, prom waitress . . . MAE OLSON, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, G.A.A., pep club, ’Saintonian, prom waitress. OLAl OLSON, class officer, track, football . . . DOROTHY PAUL, G.A.A., pep club . . . DONAVAN PETERSON, basketball, baseball, track . . . JAMES PETERSON, track, baseball, student bowling, declam. R. MORGAN A thump, a clatter, a shout, that's Ray. A. MUNSTERMAN You can manufacture blondes, but red just comes natural. J. NELSON I am just wild about Jerry. V. NELSON She’s nice, gentle, and quiet. C. NIBBE Ready of speech and sure of shot. C. NIEMFIEP. Sleepy time boy. B. OLSETH Full of pep and fun. M. OLSON Sweet and little O. OLSON That certain party. D. PAUL You’ll neuer walk alone. D. PETERSON I much prefer to sit and rest. J. PETERSON Highways are happy ways! PAUL PETTERSON. baseball, stu- dent bowling, track . . . DE LORIS PFEIL, Saintonian, pep club, G.A. A., ROGER PIERSON, track . . . ROGER QUICK. MARK RAABE, transfer student, glee club, mixed chorus, football, basketball, Saintonian, Saints Re- porter, track, baseball, Honor So- ciety, attendant . . . ROBERT RENTZ, track . . . ANITA P.OLF, glee club, Saintonian, mixed chorus, G.A.A., G-A.A. Ex. Bd., vocal groups . . . JAMES RUDIE, movie projector. JAMES SANDMEYER, track . . . BRADLEY SCHMIDT, class officer, attendant. . DONALD SCHULTZ, track . . . BARBARA SIMPSON, pep club, Saintonian, G.A.A , de- clam. P. PETTERSON Friendly and shy—a very swell guy. D. PFEIL “Dream. R. PIERSON Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man. R. OUICK There's nothing like a model A. M. RAABE Women and other ex- plosives are my hobby. R. RENT? A guy that takes time! A. ROLF A Wonderful girl! J. RUDIE Flying high. J. SANDMEYER Time on my hands! B. SCHMIDT “Ain't misbehaving.' D. SCHL'LTZ We live only one life. Why not take it easy. B. SIMPSON Far away places. JOHN SJOQUIST . . . ELOISE SNYDER, glee club, mixed chorus, G.A.As, pep club . . . AUDRAE STEINBERG, band, pep band . . . ARLENE STOLZE, pep club. JAMES STRADTMAN, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Reporter, football, track, band, baseball, Saintonian . . . HELMUT STRUHS . . . GENE SYVERSON, class of- ficer, football, track, basketball . . LEILA THOMPSON, glee club, band, G.A.A., pep club. RUFUS UNRUH, transfer student . . . ANNA LEE VOGT. Saints Reporter, band, Saintonian, pep club, G.A.A., G.A.A. Ex. Bd. . . . JOAN WALTHER, transfer stu- dent, glee club, mixed chorus, pep club . . . ARDIS WILSON, glee club, mixed chorus, Saints Re- porter, Honor Society, Sainton- ian, class play, G.A.A., library club, pep club, declam. J. SJOQlJiST My time is my own! E. SNYDER Full of fun and mischief too! A. STEINBERG Gee! It must be love. A. STOL7E Hair of gold—eyes of blue. J. STRADTMAN His is the spirit that achieves. H. STRUHS Life gets tedious don’t it? G. SYVERSON A pleasant Way. a quiet grin. L. THOMPSON Sweet sixteen. R. UNRUH Hurry! Hurry! I'm getting away! A. VOGT Neat, sweet, and quite petite. J. WALTHER Everybody's friend. A. WILSON Absence makes the heart grow fonder. DONALD WOLNER, football track, baseball. D. WOLNER Contented! HONOR TEN Donna Behrens. Kay Gunn. Helen Klammer. Robert Anderson, Mark Raabe, Charles Nibbe. Clarence N emeier. Joan Erickson. Mary Lou Hammer. Anna Leo Voqt. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Seniors: Robert Anderson. Donna Behrens. Alice Bolin. Robert Devens. Joan Erickson. Donald Forseth, Kay Gunn. Waldo Hoffman. Richard Jessen, Helen Klammer, Charles Nibbe. Clarence Niemeier, Mark Raabe. James Stradtman. Ardis Wilson. Juniors: Neil Anderson. Eleanor Hawkinson, Lois Mae Olson, Joyco Revne. CLASS MOTTO: The past forever qone: the future st ill our own. OUTSTANDING SENIOR GIRL: Kay Gunn CLASS COLORS: Blue and Gold OUTSTANDING SENIOR BOY: Robert Anderson VALEDICTORIAN: Donna Behrens JUNIOR GIRL'S STATE: Eleanor Hawkinson CO-SALUTATORIANS: Robert Anderson. Kay Gunn JUNIOR BOY’S STATE: Neil Anderson Any other outstandinq seniors, you ask? Why. man. we're loaded! Take our three presidents. Gene (just call me Sy) Syverson of our senior year. Bob Q. Jessen (Q. for. quick) of our junior year, and Bob (I'm faithful) Anderson, who reiqned for two years, the sophomore and freshman. Now aren't they outstandinq? Why. man. yes! Then we have Jo Erickson. Miss Editor of the annual, and Waldo Von Hoffman, head man of the Saints Reporter . . . Brad. Bernie. Dick., and the rast of the boys are outstandinq—in the Boss’ office every now and then . . . Jim Schmoo Lundqjist, the man behind men who brinq home athletic victories . . . Merv Henninq. the biq noise in pep assembly, ably assisted by Willie Chrysler James . . . Kay Gunn. Donna Behrens. Helen Hosey Klammer, toqether with Bob Mauritz Anderson - the usual straiqht A students . . . Mark Alluwishus Rabe wss our little quarterback . . . Marian Oh, you boys Dahl, the midqet of the class . . . Marian Berlin and Dorothy Hake, the qirls with the superhuman powers . . . the three Tarzans of the class. Duane Brekke. Clarence Sleepy Niemeier, and Bob Rentz . . . Jayne Nelson, posture queen and struttinq drum majorette . . . Patsy Curry and Gene Barqe as rooter kinq and queen . . . Ardis Nimble finqers Wilson, who could make a typewriter sound like a machine qun . . . Why. I could qo on for aqes. Yes. man. we're loaded with outstandinq people. Senior class officers check finances with Jayne Nel- son, treasurer. Helen Klammer, secretary Gene Syverson, president Marie Hurley, v.president Jayne Nelson, treasurer JUNIORS Phyllis Undestad, Shirley Witte, Violet Ubbens, Joan Wolner, Marilyn Westman, Roselyn Westerqaard, Beverly Van Over, James Wermerskirchen, Donovan Van Over, Ellery Voqe. Is the junior year the best year? It has been said that it is ... Do the juniors of 49’ agree? . . . mmm. well maybe: it has been an eventful year anyway. First came homecominq . . . remember, that was the time the members of the junior class could be seen between classes standinq on step ladders tryinq to make the scotch tape stick to the letters, streamers, and pictures . . . the object was to make third floor qiitter and capture the prize . . . and in the bitter end there was no prize offered . . . Avis Peterson and Dale Ekstrom were our qlamorous attendants to the kinq and queen . . . Row 4: L. Ringheim, R. Schweppe. W. Runqe, B. Syverson, L Standberq, M. Sternberq, D. Steinberq. Row 3: J. Revne, R. Stahn, E. Soderberg, L. Runge, K. Stradtman. Row 2: M. Rector, E. Christenson, E. Rudie, P. Strand. Row I: L. Sternberg. H. Scofield. M. Sargent, R. Rolf. Row 3: £. Gooselaw, E. Freeman, S. Curtis, N. Curry, G. Gerdes, D. Eckstrom, H. Fredrickson, D. Claire. Row 2: B. Carter, Y. Flogstad, L. Enqelbrecht, J. Floqstad, L. Curtis. Row I: G. Fredrickson, H. Engel, H. Clark, B. Curry. Standing: R. Buis, N. Anderson, D. Bowers, M. Bratrude, R. Beckman, R. Berq, E. Askeland, L. Bratrude. Seated: B. Beck, J. Bonin, D. Baird, P. Biersma. C. Alkire, J. Bottom, F. Abel, L. Bohm. Row 3: J. Jensen P. Kinq. P. Kueker. J. Johnson, R. Hudson. W. Jurqens. Row 2: B. Hovden. D. Hanson, L, Hoffman. R. Harder, J. Heppner, C. Jessen. E. Hawlcinson. Row I: D. Hendricks, A. Holm, D. Klaras. R. Johnson, M. Jacobson. Remember the class play . . . Rehearsals were a riot! The niqht of the play more so with everyone bent on beinq excited or makinq somone else excited . . . Eleanor H. and Neil A. were nicknamed Ma and Pa ', and then there was Willy , our star, alias John Lester . . . Then there was the party after the play . . . The boys won from the qirls in an excitinq qame of vol- leyball ... at least it was excitinq until the boys qot an added heiqht advantaqe with Don K. on John O.’s shoulders . . . John L. was forced to play a piano solo and somehow we all lived throuqh it. Then came sprinq and the juniors worked on the plans for the Prom. The battle cry of the class was ' Let's outdo the soniors . . . Did we? Well, you decide that, but hats off to the class for a job well done. It was also in the sprinq that the juniors flashed their class rinqs . . . their own? . . . some of them perhaps, but others flashed . . . well, you know, just class rinqs . . . These were the topic of conversation amonq the class for weeks after they were chosen and amonq the whole school for weeks after they received them ... All that qlittered was qold durinq that time— rose qold, white qold. and just qold. for the rinqs boasted all three. Row 3: A. Peterson. L. Olson. C. Lainqen, I. Pederson. M. Lainqen. D. Nelson. Row 2: Z. Learn. D. Osland. M. Otte, J. Leverson. V. Lee. D. Osland, W. Nelson. Row I: J. Lester. M. Montqomery. J. Olson, J. Pauley. SOPHOMORES Standing: B. Mumme, L. Lamb. J. Menne, G. Landsteiner. R. Lesch. M. Larson. R. Miller, M. Krause. C. Marlce- son. R. Larson. Sitting: J. Madson, W. Monroe, L. Malmqren, F. Koenig. J. Mueller. Standing: B. Biersma P. Anderson A. Brekke Sitting: J. Bergman J. Aden W. Blaha J. Deegan D. Bugge J. Clare A. Dannhoff E. Bierman J. Behrens V. Coleman G. Davis A. Bowers And then there are the sophomores . . . not a care in the world ... no worries about grad- uation credits, who's qoinq to qet in the class piay, prom decorations, choosinq class rinqs, whether to qo to colleqe or stay home on the farm, and not even a thouqht about a date for the prom. What a cloudless life is that of a sophomore. No worries—and fun, too! Leo Lamb found plenty of time to cut up in chorus . . . Tom Ransom played host to BeBe Shoppe (Miss America) durinq the winter carnival ... he was the envy of all the quys . . . and Waldo Schweppe could be found dismemberinq some poor little desk nearly every bioloqy period . . . Jim Deeqan was the traitor to his class— he had interests in other thinqs—his car, of course . . . and when Miss Larson qathered in Tommy Ransom's rinq everyone thouqht they were qoinq steady . . . nor could one forqet the junior cheer-leaders from the class—Pat Neuman and Jerry Behrens . . . they were miqht-y-fine in their red sweaters and black slacks . . . Enqlish class at Christmas time meant sophomores-turned-Hallmark . . . poetry, paintinq, writinq . . . and it was sophomores aqain who toted food at the prom. A lot of qirls in the hallway . . . T-shirts and neckties . . . qiqqles . . . note-passinq . . . leqs too lonq and feet too biq . . . smuqqled comic books ... all siqnified the presence of a sopho- more ... it was indeed a famous man who once said you can tell a sophomore every time, but you can't tell him much! Standing: N. Roberts, H. Swanson. W. Strandberq, A. Rempel, T. Ransom, R. Smith. Sitting: A. Roberts, M. Schmidt, E. Schuknecht, E. Sifford, M. Swenstad, A. Semoc. V. Sorbell, W. Schweppe, T. Rubedor, F. Ritz, R. Sandmeyer, G. Schultz. Standing: L. Klopp. G. Wolner. E. Wriqht, J. Waqner, R. Wedereth, E. Wheeler, N. Timm. Sitting: J. Thomp- son A. Winkleman, N. Wiikeninq, B. Woehrle. Row 3: N. Newberq. T. Newman, C. Nelson, C. Peterson. O. Olson, W. Chapman, H. Olson. Row 2: H. Gerdes. B. Nordstrom, V. Anderson, L. Anderson, G. Hanson, G. Olson. Row I: H. Niemeier, P. Newman, D. Penne, B. Nelson, G. Olseth. Row 2: J. Hudson, J. Erdman, R. Froehlinq. A. Jensen. A. Flatau, J. Johnson, P. Henderson, N. Erickson, O. Howe. B. Granheim. Row I: L. Hoffman, S. Hovdet, P. Johnson. B. Hanson. M. Eckstedt, D. Hoffman. F. G. Fredrickson, J. Gooselaw. FRESHMEN Row 4: F. Hammer, D. Fossum. D. Anderson, J. Jessen, D. Junker, H. Hanson, R. Erdman. R. Ackroyd. J. Jacoby. V. Klinq, D Hurley. R. Klaras. R. Johnson, J. Berdell, J. Dexheimer, B. Koenecke, J. Hovdet. Row 3: J. Kueker, C. Grev, J. Espeland, M. Alter. K. Bratland. E. Benson, M. Bohem. B. Kintzi, R. Hovden, W. Kadinq. A. Eckstrom, A. Hoffman. J. Evers, M. Berqman, B. Anderson. R. Kelly. Row 2: G. Klausen, B. Forseth. M. Flohrs. G. Klammer. M. Johnson, H. Gross B. Carstenson, J. Kinq, D. Berq. Row I: M. Janovsky. D. Heckman. L. Jensen, M. Bakke. Row 4: G. Witte. M. Minor, J. Morqan. R. Thulien, O. Taylor, M. Peterson. W. Smith, A. Sowers, W. Sonneband, J. Ruhl, D. Sodeman. R. Struhs, J. Wolner, E. Ziebarth. L. Sandmeyer. W. Voqt, C. Wolle. E. Nelson. Row 3: L. Landsteiner, D. Siem, J. Syverson, M. Norby. J. Wolner. J. Wilth, G. Ottum, H. Sharp, J. McChesney. P. Trullinqer, K. Martin, F. NeUort, P. Sharp, R. Petterson. J. Wolner. R. Mossenqren, L. Peterson, J. Lepp. W. Lunz. Row 2: J. Radenbauqh. V. Sternberg, A. Nelson. M. Ottum. M. Stolze. P. Larson. G. Wolner. J. Sizer. P. Zender, R. Rentz, R. Smith, R. Roff, M. Sandbo. C. Lower, J. Runqe. B. Mann, C. McCue, M. Scofield, G. Munson. Row I: A. Perrier. L. Lanq, I. Siqvoldson, M. Winklemen, V. Sternberq, I. Olson, E. Thompson, M. Sodeman, M. Lind. A. William N. Schmillen, N. Leqvold, E. Peterson, N. Riqenhaqen. M. Montgomery. SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRAVE Row 4: D. Amundson. W. Marsden. A. Jensen. I. Paul. E. Curry. E. Nelson. H. Krueqer. H. Klaviter. O. Olson. B. Brehmer. R. Gaqne. R. Schultze. W. Marfh. C. Ekstedt. Row 3: J. Fredrickson. D. Rubedor. C. Belcher. J. Eppeland. J. Sandbo. E. Bierman. D. Miller. A. Eineke. J. Oldenburg. M. Evans. J. Dohrn. P. Smith. Row 2: E. Wriqht, J. Madson. J. Semoc. C. Schoberq. J. Warnemunde. J. Nordby. F. Nelson. E. Wriqht. B. Trullinqer M. Lammel. C. Schumacker, J. Wick. M. Fansin, J. Enqelkinq. Row I: M. Hendricks, J. Wolner. L. Schwanz. S. Beck, S. Jurqens, D. Carstensen. M. Seeqren, L. Ritz, J. Behrens. J. Olson, J. Rubedor. Row 4: H. Firchau, D. Curry. L. Curtis. J. Anderson. F. Johnson. D. Behlmer. H. Riihl, J. Jackson, J. Moltsau. N. Anderson. B. Yock, P. Nordstrom. D. Kadinq, M. Semoc. Row 3: A. Graminski. D. Firchou, J. Marth. M. Nelson. S. Tonneson. E. Peterson, L. Henderson. D. Anderson. M. Burchhardt. G. Kin+zi, J. Monroe. W. Miller. R. Radenbauqh. Row 2: C. Buqqe. L. Abel. M. Baldwin. E. Wolner. C. Lundholm, Betty Zuhlke. L. Mau. G. Bakke, J. Evans. M. Williams. B. Monsen. Row I: G. Peterson, C. Teter, J. Jensen, J. Hanson, M. Enqelkinq. L. Soderberq, J. Bowers. J. Wolner. J. Mossenqren. V. Hansen. S. Redmond. ONE-ACT PLAy Doesn't look like Barqe will ever recover . . . don't worry, it's only the one-act play . . . with three such attractive nurses how could Gene fail to recover from pneumonia . . . the play took place on board ship, so maybe he was seasick too . . . the Dark Wind, a sad saqa concerning the reuniting of a mother and son, was presented in Madelia as our contribution to the declamation contest. SENIOR CLASS PLAY Row 2: B. James, B. Jessen, D. Forseth, C. Breqel, R. Anderson. R. Devens, D. Jessen, and J. Lundquist. Row I: Miss Nuffer, K. Gunn, B. Simpson, H. Klammer, T. Larson, M. Hammer, and M. Carlson, A. Bolin, A. Wilson and J. Stradtman are not pictured. FOOTBALL Row 3: Ass t Coach A. Strommen. R. Sandmeyer. L Lamb, C. Peterson, C. Nibbe. D. Brekke. C lM-eme.er, D Wolner, R. Jessen R. Devens. A. Brekke. T. Rubedor. W. Wueker. T. Ransom. T. Newman, W. Blaha. P. Henderson G. Rednckson. A. Bowers. Coach H. Thompson. Row 2: E. Voge, J. BerdelL E. Ekstrom. K. Stradtman. H. Fredrickson. J. Bon.n W. Haqe. D Hendricks. D. Steinberg. C. Nelson. L Rinqheim. J. Bergman. D. Baird, D. Eckstrom M. Newberq. D VanOver. N. Anderson, J. Biackstad. Row I: Mgr. W. Monroe. Mgr. J. Lundquist. L Bohm, D. Beckman. W. Jurgens, D Klaras, P.Curry. D. Forseth. C. Breqel. M. Rabbe. R. Anderson. J. Olson. P. Strand, C. Jessen, R. Buis. Mqr. J. Wermersk.rchen. Mqr .M. Montgomery. Ass t Coach R. Weech. At the Madelia game on Septem- ber 17 the new football field was dedicated.. The dedication cere- mony took place during the half. Ozzie Cowles, coach of the Uni- versity of Minnesota basketball team, made the dedication speech, Dr. Bergman spoke on behalf of the Board of Education, and Rich- ard Serkland spoke on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. For- mer Superintendent Vitalis told of some of the work that had been done during his superintendency and Superintendent Cole finished this story. Our football season came to a qlorious conclusion as we rode over Waseca to ruin her beautiful record of un- defeat In South Central Conference play . . . our final standing included five wins and three losses, which placed us in a three-way tie, for second place in the conference . . . the saintly swimmers played three qames in down- pours . . . and one thriller found St. James plouqhinq throuqh 80 yards with one minute to play to win over St. Peter . . . there were no slackers in qrass drill when Weech was on hand and practice sessions were far from dull . . . Fredrickson was continually spraininq his thumb durinq practice—Brekke's solution was to shoot it off as he had done . . . Duane Brekke and Clarence Niemeier rated positions on the South Central first team and Chuck Breqel and Captain Mark Raabe placed on the second team . . . because of the marvelous spirit of teamwork amonq the players and the excellent coachinq of Hank Thompson. 1948 was considered to be an outstanding season . . . the second team came throuqh their season undefeated, with Richard Weech. a new member of the faculty, acting as their coach. SEASON’S SUMMARY St. James 18 Madelia 6 St. James 14 Worthinqton 0 St. James 6 Blue Earth 13 St. James 0 Windom 6 St. James 7 New Ulm 0 St. James 14 Fairmont 33 St. James 13 St. Peter 6 St. James 6 Waseca 0 Up and at ’em—three to qo! You can't catch me. Always smiling Hank Thompson . . . mentor of the qridiron . . . seen here at chalk talk with Duane Brekke and Bob Jessen . . . two members of his ‘48- 49 squad . . . besides his duties as football coach he also is coach of diamond nine! Seniors in a huddle. Four captains of three successful teams . . . Mark Raabe, football ... Chuck Bregel, basketball . . . and our co-captains, Bob Jes- sen and Duane Brekke, track. BASKETBALL Standing: Coach A. Strommen, G. Syverson, N. Anderson, P. Curry. D. Peterson, D. Klaras, and Manaqer J. Lundquist. Sitting: M. Raabe. D. For- seth. C. Breqel. C. Nibbe, R. Buis, R. Anderson. SEASON’S SUMMARY St. James 50 Lake Crystal St. James 48 Truman St. James 38 Windom St. James 42 New Ulm St. James 67 Madelia St. James 44 Garden City St. James 51 Henderson St. James 38 Litchfield St. James 45 Fairmont St. James 54 Blue Earth St. James 28 Waseca St. James 39 Mountain Lake St. James 52 Windom St. James 49 New Ulm St. James 37 St. Peter St. James 47 Fairmont St. James 73 Truman St. James 30 Mountain Lake St. James 38 Blue Earth DISTRICT St. James 54 St. Clair St. James 38 Mankato Spellbound . . . Chuck does a balancinq act which he hopes will help swish the ball throuqh the hoop . . . Bob has that Better qo in or else look on his face . . . Donnie and C.E. B. stand by to capture the re- bound if there is one . . . naturally there isn't . . . how- ever, the shot didn't do much qocd as we dropped the qame to Mountain Lake by a score of 62-39. Mascot Stevie Strommen Happy Ab Strommen . . . history teacher and basketball coach . . . talkinq to his squad about the pos- sibilities of the forthcominq qame . . . adored by all the qirls, student body, and team, he has qiven us our most successful team in years. Standing: Coach T. Hawes. J. Berqman. J. Olson. N. Anderson. D. Eckstrom. G. Gerdes. and Manager W. Monroe. Sitting: V. Coleman. T. Newman. D. Klaras. D. Hendricks. H. Gerdes. C. Petterson. T. Ransom. Over the shoulder . . . foul the basket . . but into Mark and Pat spend those easy moments before practice dusting the blis- ters off their feet. The basketball season certainly started off with a banq . . . there were four wins out of the first five qamesl The whole season was, to be sure, a good one ... of course there were times when, like in every other school, everyone felt mighty disgusted with the decision or the referees . . . can we forqet the Blue Earth game when we made the basket once and it wasn't counted so we made it aqain and still they wouldn't count it? . . . and then there were those thrillers! . . .that action- packed qame with Fairmont, for instance . . . was that a qame! We won, too, by 7 points ... or that niqht Mark came throuqh the Waseca qame without a sinqle foul . . . the hiqh scorinq qame of the season was the one with Truman in which we made seventy-three points. Of course when we think of +he qames, we must think of the players . . . so now let's take a look at Gloomy Al Strommen's gloomy cagers (unquote Fred Fowler). Center Chuck Nibbe. our own daddy lonq leqs and hiqh scorinq man on the team, was 6 4 tall and so handy under that basket . . . Chuck Broqel was the boy who wont out to the middle of the floor before every game and shook the hands of the refs ... he was captain and a qood player too . . . Mark Raabe, our fair fouler, helped brinq the ball up and was very qood at settinq up plays . . . Don Forseth showed his ability as an excellent rebounder and a qood shot . . . somebody has said that Bob Buis has perfect size hands for playinq basketball; maybe that was the answer to the question so many people had been askinq. How can he handle that ball so well? . . . Bob Anderson was a hot shot at lonq shots and Don Klaras was well known as a qood play maker and a qood shot . . . Don Peterson made himself knows� as a qood ball handler and Pat Curry was known as the fastest man on the team . . . Gene Syverson was the second tallest player and a very able reserve center. Put them all toqether and add Ab Strommen's excellent coachinq and we have the St. James 1948-49 basketball team. CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Standing: R. Berq, R. Schweppo, D. Osland, D. Jessen, D. Hansen, S. Stradtman, and Coach N. Renner. Sitting: R. Rentz, P. Petterson, M. Henning. D. Peterson. W. James. I'll ride a bicycle” Renner . . . coach of the local thinclads . . . shown here with some of the more prominent members of his track squad, including the two co-captains, Bob Jessen and Duane Brekke . . . swing those hips, Bob. Tra-ta-tata . . . Charge! a We must be winninq from the smilinq countenances of our five cheerleaders, Donna, Dick, Marqe. Pat and Gene. Trampoline performers — M. Rector, u. Osland, J. Erdman. B. Curry, P. New- man, L. Jensen, N. Leqvold . . . the qirls who made us wish the halves would last lonqer. Behind scenes with the Water Boys' Bill Monroe. Jim Wermerskirchen. Marly Montqomery, and Jim Lundquist Always full of pep! Fleet as the wind . . . Dennis Hanson takes first. Muscles tussle as Jessen and Niemeier wrestle. Clarence, cleaning up for leporters and typists busily slave over their assiqnments . . . Editor Waldo qives til the latest info to his top notch reporters . . . busy finqers qlide over the keys to neet the deadline. s The Saints Reporter First Joint Concert Is Given Tonight All-American Rating 1943-46, 1948 Editor____________________________ Waldo Hoffman Assistant Editor ................. Ardis Wilson Make-up .......................... Marilyn Miller Assistants _____________ Joan Erickson, Lois Runge News Editor __________________________ Alice Bolin Assistant .................. Carolyn Gunn Feature Editor ................ Jim Stradtman Sports Editors ... Donna Behrens, Bob Anderson Excjianqe........................ Marlene Krause Proofreaders .................... Helen Klammer, Faith Abel, Violet Ubbens, Sylvia Curtis Business Editoi .....„........... Neil Anderson Assistants—Les Curtis, James Blackstad, Dwiqht Hendricks. Marland Montgomery Reporters ----------------------- Joyce Leverson, Tarrie Larson, Yvonne Floqstad, Anna Lee Voqt, Marion Dahl, Mae Olson, Gladys Belcher, Dick Jessen. Marion Berlin, Verna Holm. Mary Lou Hammer. Arlene Roberts. Verdele Lee, Elizabeth Soderberg. Mark Raabe, Don Klaras Typists ------------------------ Patsy Curry, Marie Hurley, Janice Johnson. Marj Sternberg, Harriet Enqle. Joyce Revne, Phyllis Undestad, Marilyn Lainqen, Imoqene Pederson, Arlene Holm Advisors.......... Kathryn Tweeten, C. E. Johnson Saturdays find ye old staff down at the Piaindealer bustlinq to qet the paqes done . . . heads are writ- ten . . . type lice are inspected . . . despite all the confusion the paper usually comes out the followinq Mon- day . . . The business staff and proofreaders check the results of the staff’s labor Master Waldo, the drivinq Ole Man behind the Saints Reporter . . . let’s qet some punch in those heads . . . brinq out the thouqht of the story . . . quit that horsinq around and qet busy . . . hmm, maybe not so touqh. but he qot re- sults. Oh, where did those pictures qo . . .who took the rubber cement . . . honestly, why aren't those paqes finished . . . that’s Joan Feener Erick- son. the feminine touch behind the makinq of this miqhty book. SA NTON AN EDITORS: BUSINESS: COPY: SENIORS: SPORTS: ARTISTS: MUSIC: Joan Erickson, Eleanor Hawkinson. Marie Hurley, Pat Biersma. Bob Devons, ’John Olson. Jim Stradtman, Gladys Belcher, Elizabeth Soderberq. Leila Thompson, Pat Larson, Marian Berlin, Jayne Nelson. Dick Curry. Dick Jessen, Neil Anderson, Carl Jessen, Don Klaras. Violet Ubbens. Muriel Bratland, Marion Carlson, Donna Behrens. Mae Olson, Faith Abel, Joyce Revne, Verna Holm. Elaine Burchardt. Mark Raabe, Anita Rolf. PHOTOGRAPHER: Waldo Hoffman. ASSISTANTS: Jim Lundquist, Mervin Henninq, Lois Runqe, Kay Gunn, Bob Anderson. CIRCULATION: Bill James. Bob Jessen, James Blackstead, Joan Floqstad, Barbara Simpson. TYPISTS: Anna Lee Vogt, Ardis Wilson, Verdele Lee. Marilyn Lainqen, Jean Ewert, Janice Johnson, DeLoris Pfeil, Marion Danl, Bev Olseth. ACTIVITIES: Alice Bolin, Mary Lou Hammer, Pat Curry, Helen Klammer, Marilyn Miller. ! DECIAM Row 4- A Rem pel M. Eckstedt. P. Undestad. J. Johnson. E. Hawklnson. R. Jessen. T. Ransom W. James B. Woehrle. M. Westman. S. Curtis. J. Ploostad. Y. Floqstad. Row 3: G. Olseth. A. Semoc. J. Revne. E. Wheeler J. Jens«n'T I. Pederson. A. Peterson I. Olson. Z. Learn. Row 2: D. Penne B. Curry, J. Anderson. B. Nordstrom. V. Ubbens, P Johnson, c. ScHerberq. B. Simpson. L. Enqlebrecht. Row I: H. Clark. E. Sifforfi. A. Holm. M. Dahl. their bassoons in time with the fiddles ... all this was made bearable by the coming of the new, royal blue chorus robes . . . boys who never before had been seen in white shirts and bow ties turned up at the Christmas concert to dazzle the female population Blonde, blue-eyed Anna Tonette Rothnem took over the reins of the Saintly Satonic chorus this year, and found it to be more of a job than she had ex- pected . . . weeks were spent in grueling preparation for the first concert which was given for the student body just before Thanksgiving ... the girls had to learn to sing through their noses for the Deaf Old Woman, while the second basses learned to pump with French cuffs and cuff links . . .. Dick Jessen was greeted with a short Beat it back upstairs where you belong, from harassed Miss Rothman, when he came down to give her a corsage before the beginning of the concert (trying to keep organization among 500 people is a terrific undertaking, we realize) . . . the brass ensemble kept time to O Come All Ye Faith- ful while the chorus marched in (slightly out of step) . . . the audience was hushed as the boys glee club sang Beautiful Savior . . . the girls glee club rang out with In Dulci Jubilo . . . but the crowning event of the evening was the mixed chorus presentation of Hallelujah Amen . . . and we could hardly for- get the setting for this concert — Barbara Syver- son's beautiful s t a i n e o glass window flanked by untrimmed Christmas trees . . . the next day we went up to the hospital and sang, and afterwards received bars from Donnie Keim . . . the Cossack influence spread to St. James High when the chorus sang the Russian Picnic at the mid-winter concert . . . my, my, how could BeBe Shopp and the Winter Carnival be forgotten . . . the boys were so over- whelmed that they could barely slide through the words to Now Let Every Tonque Adore Thee ... the mixed choruses from St. James, St. Peter, and Blue Earth were massed together and sang Thee God We Praise at the South Central Music Concert on April 8 . . . the big number of the Easter Concert was the Hallelujah Chorus . . . can't forget the special groups . . . the octette and the junior octette . . . remember how the octette opened the Christ- mas concert with the singing of the Lord's Prayer . . . the two octettes combined to form the girls' ensemble which made its first appearance at the New Ulm exchange concert singing Coming Through the Rye . . . fourth hour marked the practice time for the boys quartet, and strains of Dry Bones could be heard echoing through the halls . . . not to forget our able accompanist, nimble-fingers Revne . . . it's Row 4: Miss Rothnem, A. Holms. Z. Learn. P. Johnson. A. Peterson. Y. Flogstad. J. Flogstad, A. Roberts. J. Nelson. E. Biersma. P. Kading. D. Hake. H. Klammer. A. Rolf, M. Berlin. J. Ewert. E. Snyder, J. Erickson. J. Walther. Row 3: E. Sifford, E. Christensen. H. Swanson, D. Penne. V. Holm, J. Revne. E. Burkhardt, G. Olson, M. Evjen, E. Haw- kinson, F. Ritz, J. Johnson. K. Gunn, M. Sternberg. M. Grev, M. Ekstedt. M. Leingen. H. Mickelson. J. Jensen. M. Hammer. M. Hurley. Row 2: H. Clarke, D. Bowers. L. Olson. B. Curry, E. Soderberg, J. Erdman. M. Bratrude. J. Heppner, L. Bratrude, E. Wheeler. G. Hanson. H. Engel. B. Syverson, N. Erickson. A. Jensen. B. Mumme. B. Woehrle. M. West- man, A. Semoc B. Granheim, M. Otte. J. Beckman. B. Lange. Row I: M. Dahl, J. Madson, M. Carlson, B. Olseth, E. Askland, M. Olson, B. Hansen, D. Bugge, B. Hovden, N. Wilkening. B. Biersma. P. Biersma. A. Winkelman, F. Abel. G. Dewall, L. Sternberg, H. Neimier. L. Runge. M. Bratland, A. Bolin. G. Belcher. D. Behrens. amazing that no chairs were broken during third hour practice sessions ... so many sen- ior boys had to display their muscular strength by lifting chairs with people on them . . . the windows were always wide open (so much hot air, you know) . . . and plenty of boys lit- erally spent time on their knees, begging Miss Rothnem to let them back into chorus . . . a roll of drums and a blare of trumpets . . . Watch that line . . . hey, you're out of step . . . come on you're lagging . . . such are the commands which issue forth from Franklin Kolar’s band in the early fall during the marching practice for football games . . . Windom invited the band to play at their Flax Day celebration . . . they received an ovation, though their uniforms were slightly muddy and tattered . . . Turkey Day rolled around a couple of weeks later at Worthing- ton, and the band bumped down on ye old buses to entertain the turkeys ... it was coming home from this appearance that little Bolin pulled a shrewdy, while John and Jim admired the new socks they had just acquired . . . Baby Face turned up in the form of a band formation at the Blue Earth homecom- ing game, and Bubbles in the form of balloons flew up at the Fairmont game . . . after the end of the football season the band fled back to the shelter of the music room to start tuning up for basketball games and the Winter Carnival . . . however as it turned out, tuning up was more for the mid-winter concert, because it was so cold for the Car- nival that only the drums could play . . . during the indoor practice session Will someone pleeze get my drum down? was a common saying among the female drum- mers ... a break in the dull practice of South Central Concert pieces came about when the band went to New Ulm to play their exchange concert . . . The New Ulmites near- ly went crazy when the band blew out with the Children's March . . .speaking of blow- ing out, Les nearly blew his thumb off with the starting gun which was used near the end of the piece . . . the South Central Music Festival rolled around on April 8, and we found the combined bands of St. Peter, St. James, and Blue Earth playing Eroica by Beethoven . . . later came the spring concert which wound up a full year of activities for the band. Row 3: R. Jesse . J. Stradtman, W. Runqe. C. Breqel. J. Olson C. Nlbbe N. Andersen. K. Stradtman. R. B, s, T. Ransom, Miss Rothnem. director. Row 2: D. Hendrids. W. Hoffman, M. Raabe. P. Curry, R. Devans. R. Anderson R Hudson C Niemeier. W. James. R. Rolf.' Row I: J. Lundqulst, D. Klaras, P. Strand, D. Osland. R. Morqan. R. Jessen, J. Lester. N. Anderson, L. Curtis, L. Lamb. Row 4: D. Hendricks. R. Jessen. P. Curry. C. Bregel. J. Stradtman. J Olson W Runqe K. Stradtman, C. N.bbe N. Anderson R. Burt. T. Ransom. B. James. P. Anderson. R. Rolf. L. Lamb. Row 3: Miss Rothnem J. Lundquist. D. Klaw. P. Strand D. Osland R. Morgan. R. Jessen. R. Devens R. Anderson. M. Raabe. R. Hudson. C. Nieme.er, J Lester. M Hurley. Row 2: DaM. D. Beh °, _H p ' CuVrv G J. Walther, Y. Flogstad. J. Flogstad. S. Curtis. E. Hawkmson. C. Gunn. D. Hake. A. Rolf E. Snyder. A. W'lson L. RunQ . p• • Belcher. Row I: H Clarke. M. Carlson. M. Olson. E. Soberberg. E. Burckhardt. V. Lee. J. Revne. F. Abel. J. Nelson. H. Klammar. J. Erickson. M. Westman. H. Mickleson, M. Laingen. J. Jensen, M. Bratland. A. Bolin. Frank J. Kolar . . . our versatile band director . . . Wednesdays. Thursdays, and Fridays, found him here conductinq band practices . . . Friday niqhts he directed our 70-piece band for basket- ball and football qames . . . many of the band pieces which are played have been written by him. BANV DRUMS: Florence Ritz, Joan Erickson. Elaine Burkhardt, Alice Bolin, Gladys Belcher. Patsy Curry. lesl:e Curtis. Glenys Peterson Nancy Schmillen. Lu Ann Abel. Rachel Smith. BASSES: Lloyd Anderson, Delores Steinberg, Warner Kading. BARITONES: BUI Fr'esen. James Stradtman. Peqqy Kadinq. Arlyne Jensen, James Moltsau. Dean Hoffman. TROMBONES: Wilmer Lind. John Lester. Dorothy Buqqe, Kathrine Buqqe. Joyce Runqe. Walter Runqe. Myron Miller. CORNETS: Dorothy Hake, Leila Thompson. Gary Jensen, Carl Schoberq. Larry Klopp. Maurice Burckhardt. Jim Lundquist. Lloyd Cjrtis, Els e Bierman, Warren Miller. Betty Mumme. SAXOPHONES: Marqaret Schmidt. Viola Lanqe. Delwin Bloom. Arlene Holm. Kay Benson, Audrae Steinberq. Norma Erickson, Gerry Kintzi, Betty Biersma. CLARINETS: Joyce Revne, Kay Gunn, Helen Mickelson, Elaine Bierman, Patty Johnson. Arlene Roberts. Anna Lee Voqt. Carol Kintzi. Mary Berqman. Marilyn Lainqen. Verdele Lee. Bill Curtis. Jean Madson. Doris Froehlinq, Norma Leqvold. FLUTES: Waldo Hoffman, Carolyn Lower. Marlene Ziebarth. BELLS: Carolyn Lower, Norma Leqvold. MAJORETTES: Jayne Nelson, Barbara Nordstrom. Jane Anderson, Eileen Rudie. Frank Kolar listens with approval as Mr. Lower and Miss Tuninn un with Tr ni Rothnem qo over his new sonq hit Dear Old St. James Hiqh. Dear Old St. James High Dear old St. James High, The school we love so well; Her colors proudly fly, Of her deeds we gladly tell. We will stand for her united, Strong and fearless to the end, The school that we love dearly— Dear Old St. James High. PEP BAND D. Bloom. J. Lester. W. Lind. J. Lundquist, C. Scholberq, W. Hoffman. A. Holm. A. Steinberq. A. Bolin. G. Belcher. J. Erickson. K. Benson. M. Schmidt. E. Burckhardt. ne noi .n the n LIBRARY CLUB Bright new covers, dustless shelves, reading to all those little grade kids . . . all duties of our very ambitious Library Club. Under the direction of Miss Lucille Belanger, this group of picked students is learning the basic fundamen- tals of library work. Besides eating candy in the grade library, the club sponsored the hom'ecoming dance and had their own Christmas party. Every Wednesday, two girls go over to the north side and take care of the grade library. Have you a fairy tale you would like to know more about? Ask these girls. It seems they've been brief- ed in every one known. P. Curry, D. Behrens, J. Erickson, H. Clarke, J. Nelson Z. Learn, I. Pederson, L. Enqelbrecht, G. Belcher. E. Burckhardt. ? Kkrrv, M. Bratland, H. Klammer, J. Ewert, M. Dahl, M. Hammer, M. Otte. E. Hawkinson, M. Miller. Miss Belanger, K. Gunn, Y. Flogstad, M. Jaster. THOSE WE8STERS Bill Webster ----------------------------- Mother Webster --------------------------- Father Webster --------------------------- Liz Webster..—------------------------- — Mr. Watt---------------------------------- Coach ------------------------------------ .......—... John Lester — Eleanor Hawkinson -------- Neil Anderson ---------Arlene Holm .....-.. Avis Peterson ..... Phyllis Undestad ........ Leslie Curtis ---- Marilyn Westman -------- Ken Stradtman ------Lois Mae Olson ..—... James Blackstad ----- DeLos Steinberq Learninq their lines durinq time out from class play rehearsal are six of the members of the iunior play cast. The play was a rendition of the radio play. Those Web- sters and was qiven Friday afternoon and eveninq. November 19. Bill and Liz Webster qlare at each other durinq Bill decides that Belinda is the qirl for him rather a family feud while friend Jeep looks or,. than the red headed southern belle. Shirley Mae. Father Webster makes a speedy recovery with thouqhts of the home-, cominq football qame in the near: future. SLAVING FOR THE MASTERS Class, these projects will be handed in at the end of this week . . . these words make the blood of any normal human being run cold . . . Senior halls became mighty heated during November . . Mr. Crosgrove's social classes conducted a mock election . . . Gallup should have taken his poll in St. James High . he would have gotten a more accurate result . . . roo bad Dewey couldn't have had a little support from some of the elo- quent Republicans in the class . . .Shakes- peare visited St. James in the form of Enqlish projects . . . Wilmer and Dick prac- tically had to saw the door wider to qet their huge theater in . . . medieval carts rumbled in and around the elaborately dressed dolls . . . the Prince of Morocco, in the form of a pickaninny doll, captured the hearts of all the senior qirls, while the fair lifeless Juliet made all the boys swoon . . . qory stories with involved plots flowed from the pens of the more literary . . . Encyclopedias were much in demand when Mr. Haws qave his class a pleasant sur- prise . . . after readinq about the hard lives of scientists no one beqrudqed them their successes . . . scientific people nearly blew up the chemistry lab with their nitro- qen experiments . . . Many potential surveyors were discov- ered durinq the triqonometry projects . . . ambitious persons fiqured out the anqles of church steeples and the water tower . . . histories of triq were also written . . . some people were born a few thousand years too late . . . with their knowledqe of pyramid buildinq they could have helped the Eqyptians . . . ... freedom of' actidi guess that homecoming feel.nq first come upon us after seeing the juniors totterinq on rickety old ladders while decoratinq the th.rd floor . . the frosh were down on second and the seventh qraders paintinq murals for the first ... the sophs took care of the ou s-do whue the seniors were busy hanginq a ceiling of clouds—complete with stars—settinq the staqe for the coronation pro- qram . the Pep Club sold souvenir proqrams and everyone dashed about hectically tryinq to see who could qet the most autographs . . . the P. C. q.rls also sold the Ashes to Ashes. Blue Earth to Dust homecominq buttons. The bonfire on Thursday r.iqh was a royal masterp.ece . . the b.qqest and best ever, claimed the frosh boys . . . huqe and hot . . . there was spirit at that peo test, too . . . such a lonq snake dance that it even held up the Jackson bus while it wound around the local Bobbie.” [he weather on Friday was typ.cally qlor.ous autumn . . . crisp, qolden, and sunshiny . . . Jayne Nelson led the parade throuqh he streets . the band, floats, bicycles. |un.or drum majorettes ... it was colorful and festive and the eiqhth qraders captured the pr. e tor their mounted skyrocket float ... the royal couple. Don Forseth and Tarrie Larson, and their party of attendants, looked reqal and happy as they waved to the crowd from their black Dodge convertible chariot ... we hated to lose the game that evening . . but afterwards it was fun dancinq out at the roller rink . . . seeinq familiar faces of alums . . . what a week end1 . . . cen we forqet it? Skating at the roller rink night after night . . . whirrr . . . those wheels rolled round . . . special parties in the fall . . . some old duds . . . crepe paper . . . jack-o'-lanterns . . . masks . . . Hallowe’en fun . . . and Sadie Hawkins Day rolled round in November . . . hot dogs and pop and Dogpatch dress . . . the gals cut loose and snared their men . . . onion corsages for Lil' Abner ... a polka and a polka step . . . women paid all . . . there were soc hops and hay-rides . . . and rugs rolled up for jam sessions at home . . . ping pong . . . picnicking . . . and the prom ... a whirl of parties! 1. Brainy Brawn. 2. Anybody like to trade places? 3. Ally and Hozey, Inc. 4. Hit that ball! 5. Boom, boom, boom. 6. You tell 'em Crosgrove. 7. Any Hollywood talent scouts around? 8. Big sale. —1