Walton High School - Pony Express Yearbook (Walton, NE)

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Burdette and Gilbert try hard to keep in step on their way in to Graduation. commencement xercioeo Betty Snyder and Wayne Manske receive their diplomas from Mr. Francke. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Rev. Cress gave the Invocation and the Benediction. The Girls Chorus, the Mixed Chorus, and the Mixed Octet sang several numbers. Dr. Edwin Goldenstein was our The Seniors march out after receiving their diplomas. speaker. Nancie Booth delivered the Salutatorian Address, and Dennis Overhalser delivered theValedictorian Address. WALTON CO-OP ELEVATOR PHONE 4-B372 WALTON -32,

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The jlmiors lead the Seniors in to the Baccalaurate Services. The Seniors as they march in to the services. WALTON MARKET WALTON, NEBRASKA PHONE 4-8178 accalaureate Rev. Crass gave the Invocation and the Benediction for the Class of 58. The Girls Chorus sang two numbers and the Boys Quartet sang. The Seniors wish to thank everyone who attended these services and every- one who attended Commencement. The crowds were larger than they have been for many years. We would also like to thank the Juniors for the work they went to to decorate the stage. Everyone stands to honor the seniors as they leave the school after the services. BILL BRANSCOM- BLACKSMITH WALTON, NEBRASKA PHONE 4-awe -31-

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Cljalealictorian Speech Parents, Classmates, Members of the Board of Education and Friends. It is a pleasure to represent the Senior Class of 1958 on this last activity in which we shall participate in this high school. It is also a responsibility to speak for them on this occasion. The complex age in which we live has placed a variety of demands on us, as individual citizens, which werelacking in the less complicated society of the past. We are faced with educational, social, and inter- national problems that are particularly of this age and which demand attention now with no indication that these problems will be less in the future. We are on the very threshold of the future. Never before has there been such tremendous promise of of things to come, both good and bad. We are living in the atomic age and we are approaching the space- age. This space age is hurling at us a challenge, the like of which men have never dreamed of before. What is this challenge and how can we meet it? The scientific developments of the past few years have thrown the free world and the communist con- trolled countries into a race for the control of the moon and then outer space. To some people this race that has developed means nothing more than competition between countries and whoever wins the race will help the other country by sharing their knowledge. The latter part is probably partly true. But not all knowledge will be shared, because a great amount of distrust will still be present. Afrlllally the big truth in the whole matter is: this race to the moon does not represent friendly competition between us and the communist controlled countries. It represents self-preservation to us and world domination to the communist controlled countries. Indeed, this is a big challenge making a successful trip to the moon. It is a big enough problem, but when you add to it, beat Russia or die, it becomes far greater than it ever could alone. Why do we say to the moon before Russia or die? The answer is plain and simple. If Russia can develop a rocket powerful enough to send man to the moon, they can establish a military base and arm the rocket that sent them to the moon with an atomic warhead and with amazing accuracy hit any point on the earth that they wish. This may seem a bit melodramatic and fantastic to some people, but if they will only think back a few short months to the time that the Russians launched their first earth satelite, they will remember the awe and terror that it instilled in them. Yes, I say terror! Many thought this new wonder would be converted into a weapon that would destroy the United States and everybody in it. Others ran our own government down for not beingthe first to launch an earth satelite. But for the most part, it showed us the Russians were not as backward as many believed. The Sputniks caused us to speed up our own satelite programs until we were successful in launching our own satelites. All this brings us back to the question, how can we meet the challenge that the space age has given us? There is no one answer but a combination that involves many aspects. First of all, this is easier said than done, as everyone knows we are facing a serious shortage of engineers and other trained technicians to man ourlaboratories. Good science programs must be startedin the lower grades as well as high school. Ry using these more intense science programs, many students will be guided more towards science. All schools should intensify their science programs no matter how big or small the school is. Sooner or later they will realize there is no greater investment in the future. But what about the seniors for whom it is too late to reap the benefits of better programs in high school? We must take inventory of what we are lacking and then decide whether it would be worth it to take the needed courses and enter the field of science. The thing we must realize is never look back and say it is too late. But this is not the only aspect of living successfully in the space age. Strangely enough the space age has given us another challenge, one which is completely different. And strangely enough, it is that of getting along with our neighboring countries. With airplanes shrinking the globe, every country in the worldis a neighboring country. This, as you can imagine, is extremely difficult to do, what with the space race going on at the same time. But we must try. Because l believe that our survival, in the long run, will depend on whether or not we can achieve friendly relations with all countries. GREEN FURNACE 8: PLUMBING CO. 2747 N 48 LINCOLN ..3 3..