Wahoo High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Wahoo, NE)

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Mini-courses bring break for students Fifth period sophomores become excited about the upcoming mini-courses as they register for classes. Monotony of regular school days was broken as WHS students engaged in a seven day reprieve at the end of April. For the second year in a row mini-courses were incorporated into the curriculum at WHS. The advantage of being held in the spring enabled many more classes to take place outside. Courses such as softball, archery, and bicycling, which had not been previously offered, were held in 1974 because of the ideal weather conditions. With help from many community experts, more classes were offered with better qualified teachers in the various fields. According to Counselor Jim Carlson, the most important objective of mini-courses was to provide a unique learning experience. The Thunderbird photographer startles Mark Mrs. Lois Smith, instructor of wood refinishing, finds time to help a student with his project. Volkart at work refinishing his gun. 19

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A group of speech team members gather in Coach Beverly Hudson’s room to receive instructions and throat lozenges. Speech team Speech team traveled to two contests this year and sent one entry to the state contest at Kearney. At Conference, the team came home with a very close fifth place finish. Debbie Anderson and the members of the Oral Interpretation of Drama all received superiors for their presentations. Wahoo met Class A and B schools at the district contest. Bran-dol Marshall received the only superior of the day with his Original Public Address. This rating allowed him to go to State where he received an excellent on his speech entitled, “A Plea for Justice. ’ Mrs. Beverly Hudson, WHS speech teacher, directed the speech team. Members of the team were: D. Anderson. J. Cejka. O. Christensen, G. Hengen, L. Holtorf, C. Hoppe, S. Houfek, R. Knapp. B. Marshall, D. Monson, J. Norenberg, M. Rohman. Debbie Anderson and Brandol Marshall examine a visual aid used during Debbie's speech which was entitled “Understanding Sleep. 18 Jayne Norenberg. Gail Hengen. Odetta Christensen, and Melanie Rohman go over their parts in cuttings from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” places fifth at conference

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Mrs. LeAnne DeCoste demonstrate, proper Nancy Stewart. Anne Graff, and Sim Reynolds experience new cookin techniques in Gourmet Cook hair grooming. Crocheting granny squares requires Kerri Piper's total concentration. Community assistance, provided by Mr. Joe Vasa, proves helpful to Tim Bern as he learns the art of photo processing.