Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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Seniors

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THE CLASS of 1954 began its senior year with a bang and ended it with a flourish. In between lay many hours of hard work and fun. Being seniors meant taking over the leadership in the clubs and being looked up to as the mighty oaks” by the underclassmen. Officers Bruce Thorne, president; Debby Paul, vice-president; Barb Mader, secretary; and Wes Van Fossen, treasurer, led the class in the weighty task of selecting the Norwester photographer and through the ordeal of financing it. The Norwester occupied the class its senior year as work on the Junior-Senior had the year before. Editor-in-chief, Debby Paul, and Miss Vera K. Randall directed the traffic to and from Parker Photographs, meanwhile keeping the class busy posing for pictures and filling in activity lists. To finance the annual, the class dreamed up some original money-making schemes. Staging a coat hanger drive proved lucrative when thousands were collected—and counted. Van Fossen's basement, a sea of hangers, became the scene of counting parties . Rag picking came next when the seniors canvassed the community for rags which were in turn sold. The class handled the basketball concessions and operated a coat check at many events. Ted Crout and Morgan Edwards held the responsible posts of Oasis managers. Theirs was the task of operating the stand in North Hall and buying all their supplies. Term papers required great effort. Everyone stayed up all night pounding his typewriter and slept through school the next morning until December 16, that fateful day when the masterpieces were proudly laid on Miss Randall's desk. Homecoming added 1953's queen, Barbara Harder, to the list of lovelies in Arlington's past. Her court, Cecilia Junkermann, Barbara Mader, Kay Rosenow, anc Carolyn Secrest, reigned with her at the game where she received not only the traditional kiss from Captain Butch Campbell, but an extra one for the benefit of the photographer. The queen and her court were presented at the dance following, sponsored by the class. The senior class play was late in the spring and served to heighten the climax of the June graduation parties. Senior Day, the class picnic, baccalaureate, and finally the commencement exercises themselves were once-in-a-lifetimes to be remembered by the graduating class of 1954. Left to right: BARB MADER Secretory WES VAN FOSSEN Treosurer BRUCE THORNE President DEBBY PAUL Vice President