Walla Walla High School - Royal Blue Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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STUDENT GOV. The Wa-Hi Student Body showed a success¬ ful year in 1946 by the events they put on and participated in. The Student Body elected for the year, as their officers: Jim Aylward, president; Dick Ellis, vice-president; Royce Lockart, secretary; and Dan Murphy, treasurer. A.S.B. President, Jim Aylward, had on his cabinet: Fire chief. Gene Frank; Wa-Hive, Mary Shuman; Stage, Carl Hebenstreit; Inter-School Relations, Eloise Dorsey; Organization, Marilyn McEvoy; Finance, Loretta Rimpler; Chief Jus¬ tice, Chuck Stokes; Hallways, Don Fuller; As¬ semblies, Bill Dement; Buildings and Grounds, Jack Logan. Jerry Decker, Yell King, resigned during the year so the Yell Squad worked as a group. They had also two Junior Yell Staff members. A bill was passed during the year that pro¬ vided for the election of two juniors on the Yell Staff who would be the King and Queen their senior year Pres.—Jim Aylward; Vice-Pres.—Dick Ellis Secy.—Royce Lockarl; Treas.—Dan Murphy The Student Body started the year out with a Friendship Day during which the entire Student Body wore diamond shaped identification tags with their names printed on them. They also wore these to the football game that night. One of the bigger projects was the canvassing of the city for the United War Fund Drive. The Student Body of¬ ficers planned the drive and laid down the districts for the groups to cover. The homeroom president then took over and his group covered their sections. The Student Cabinet planned a Stu¬ dent Independent Day where the stu dents elect their own teacher and faculty members to carry on for one day. Also, the students backed the War Memorial Park by having torch light pa¬ rades and selling tickets to the fund. Wa-Hi is a member of the War Memor¬ ial Organization and sends two repre¬ sentatives to their meetings.

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Foreign languages were handled by Lucille McIntyre, head of the lang¬ uage department, Lillian Lindner—Latin, and Myrtle Falk—Spanish Glen Ledbetter, new department head, Basil Austin, Juliana Draper, Ivy Peterson, and Bert Wheeler aided history fans in their search lor facts —both ancient and modern The end of the year found Albert Haase and Helen McCormick the only veteran members of the commercial department The other teachers in this field, who joined the staff during the course of the year, were Ruth McDonald, Donald Anderson, and Guy Griswold, instructor in diversified occupations. The cause of science was advanced by Bernard Tack, department head, Alice Kenyon, and Paul Reed, instructors in physics, biology, and chemistry, respectively The girls were taught to cook and sew, and introduced to the other mysteries of home economics by Shirley Holland and Bessy Joyce Fiset of that department. Physical education and health were the responsibility of Grace Houghton, department head, and Jerry Dellinger who served as head coach for both bas¬ ketball and football Holding forth in the industrial arts building were Chester Lybecker, vo¬ cational agriculture; Wilbur Boschker, shop and mechanical drawing; Eugene Meiners, art; Lt Col. Lindtey and Sgt. Reynolds, military science and tactics. Wa-Hi students received the musical education from Dorothy Griewe, vocal supervisor for the city schools, and Edward Krenz, instructor in instru¬ mental music. Among the special duties that do not exactly fall in the category of teach¬ ing were those of Opal Griewe—school librarian, Lorraine Ashmore—school nurse, Glen Ledbetter—dean of boys, Helen McCormick—dean of girls, Edna Haase—principals secretary, and Allen Reynolds—attendance officer. Back tow: Meiners, Dellinger, V. Reynolds A. Reynolds, Wheeler, Reed. Middle row: Houghton, McGovern, Pfeiffer, Little. Front row: Peterson, Yates, McDonald, Haase, McCormick, Holland

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The biggest job of the year to be taken on by the A.S,B. was the erection of twin tennis courts on Washington street. The money for these courts was raised by the students, the clubs giving a large share of it. The All School play, a project of the Student Body, donated its proceeds along with the money from the Senior Play, 1945-6 has been the most successful all-around year Wa-Hi has seen for some time and we hope later years will be even more prosperous.