Van Wert High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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-. FEBRUARY 6 - Basketball at ammo... w. won, eb-56. 13 - Basketball--Kenton, here. We won 70-63. 14 - Basketball--Xenis Central, here. We won, 59-54. 20 - Basketball--Napoleon. We lost. 23 - Basketball tournament, vs. Bryan. We lost 87'57. MARCH 6 - End ot4t11 Six weeks. 10 - Junior Math Test. 16 - Assembly--Hedley Hepwortlw--'Immortal Characters of Dickens' 20 ' G.A.A. Mixer 24,25 - Senior Class Play 27 - National Honor Society Induction 31 - Every Pupil Tests. APRIL 1,2 - Every Pupil Tests. Didn't 'cram' did'ia? 2 - Y-Teen Easter Assembly. 3-6 - No School 'hip hipl' Easter Vacation. 11 - State Solo and Ensemble Contest. 17 - End of 5th Six weeks lthoughts of flunking grow nearerj 18 - State Choral Contest. 20 - Assembly--Kurt Singer--'The World is Your Problem' 21,22- Band Concert. 24 - Ha-Y Ladies' Night. MAY 8 - Band Festival at Wapakoneta. 15 - Junior-Senior Prom. 22- LAST DAY FOR SENIORSI Elks Dance. 24 - Baccalaureate. 28 - Commencement. 29 - Last day of school! JUNE 2- END OF SECOND SEMESTER! Good luck, grads of '53l Mpeg. - A ui' r l

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SEPTEMBER 8 - Back to the salt mines! V. W.H.S. welcomes 4 new faculty members and 18 new students. 12 - Football--We trim Bryan 33- 19. 19 - Football--at Defiance. We beat' em 34-20. 23 - S.R.A. test--what's your l.Q? 26 - Election of class officers. We slaughter Kenton for our first league win 52-6. OCTOBER 3 - We make Homecoming complete by beating Bluffton 44-0. 9 - School pictures for Excalbur taken. 10 - Football--We slide by Bellefontaine 7-P. 17 - End of first six weeks. V. W. crushes Wapokoneta 34-0. 21 - Assembly--lecture on India. 24 - Wheel! No school. A cappella choir sang at N.W.O.T.A. meeting. 27 - Musical assembly. 31 - :ligotballu Dad's Night. We trample St. Marys -7. NOVEMBER 7 - Football--We capture WBL Championship as we triumph over Celina 12-0. I0 - Assembly--Lady M. D'Arcy from England. 11 - No school--Armistice Day. 14 - We finish the season UNDEFEATED AND UNTIED as we crumple Lima Central 26-0 18,-19- Junior Class Play--'Beauty and the Beef'. Nice going, kids. 21- Basketball at Paulding. We win our first game 70-49. 27,28 - Thanksgiving Vacation. 29 - Basketball at Lima Central. DECEMBER 4,5,6- Every Pupil Tests, heh, heh. S- 6 Football Banquet. - Basketball--Defiance, Here. We lost, 79-61. 3,12 - National Photographic Awards Exhibit. 12 - 16 17 19 - 24 - 26 - Basketball--Ada, here. WE WON, 75-64. - Y-Teens sing for convelescents. - G.A.A. Christmas party. Basketball at Lima Shawnee. We lost, 71-67. Christmas vacation begins. Yippie! Celina Tournament. We beat Wapakoneta, 67-47. 27 - We win Celina Tournament, beating Shawnee, 73-59. 30 - Srowball. JANUARY 2 - Basketball--Bellefontaine, here. We lost, 86-6 5 - Christmas Vacation ends. . . 9 - Basketball at St. Marys. We lost, 74-65. l3,14- Vocal Varieties. 15 - Varieties iven for Polio Benefit. 16 - Basketbala-Celina. here. We lost, 70-68. 23 - End of FIRST SEMESTER -- Whoopeeeeel Basketball at Wapakoneta. We lost, 65-61. 28 - G.A.A. Penny Lunch. 30 - Basketball--Lima South, here. We lost, 67-65. 31- Senior Scholarship Test. flj Mr. Mather speaks at football banquet. 123 The Snowball. 131 Vocal Varieties Benefit. l4J The G.A.A. Penny Lunch. 9

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N-I Our alma mater in wintertime is a maiestic edifice rising from the snow. The reserve cheerleaders in action. Betty Lou, Donna, and Janet are admiring Alyce's new look . Nothing like a cold bottle of pop on a hot summer's day. Jim Young 1381, Don Doner 13U, and Jim Jordan 1301 start a Cougar scoring play. 6. The QuiII's co-editors, Cyn and Janet. 7. Brigham and Willie 1361 gain on an end around play. 8. Steve Moyer seems to be quite comfortable -- a typical VWHS student. 9. We seniors like to smile. 10. Lloyd Lee md Janice Brown are domesticat- ing some wild animals. il. Like the scoreboard and automatic clock, th4 study hall clock is symbolic of the many phases of high school life.