Wamego High School - Wa Kaw Yearbook (Wamego, KS)

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This years Debate squad was the largest ever so far at WHS. The squad consisted of 28 students. Charlene and Janette were the most outstanding team with a very impressive 25-3 record. This years resolution was: 1 2 3 4 5 6 'We stand firmly re- solved that the federal government should establish a comprehensive energy program to significantly increase the energy independence of the United States.11 Those teams that placed were: Kent and Chris 4th at Junction City; Mike and Jim, 6th at Salina South; Theresa and Beth, 5th at Salina South; Charlene and Janette 1st at Osage, 1st at McPher- son , 4th at Junction City, and 5th at NFL. 1. Although you yell at us quite frequently, we still LOVE you Mr. Kapfer. 2. Charlene and Theresa talk over some evidence. 3. The Regional Debate squad. 4. Charlene and Janette and one of their trophies. 5. The 1978 Debate squad. 6. Chris and Kent try to explain their case to Jim. 17

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m-KALLCC This mystery teacher teaches in-our school. He is a male. He teaches journalism and English (his favorite class is 6th hour), and is the yearbook and newspaper sponsor. He came here two years ago from Junction City where his parents live. His white dog Happy lives there, too. He hates the person who inven- ted pink passes and sunflower seeds. It's God's way of get- ting back at me for something I did, he said. If you still gpre confused, his initials are M. K. If you still don't know—you belong in an assylum. There seems to- be an ever in- creasing rise in vandalism in tne high school! Lately, the littl practical jokes have been getting out of hand. At the beginning of the school year, the school grounds were neatly tee-peed! A few weeks later, a wagon just seemed to ap- pear, neatly situated on the front lawn of the school. Later, there were fire crackers in the halls and smoke bombs in the 1 o c k.0i s • Mr. Roda feels that the morals and the attitudes of some of the students is really lacking this year, and that the morals and standards are very low. Do your best on every test. I am angry. But I am not sure who I am an- gry at. , Could it be that I am mad at the small number of 'concerned' parents who openly criticized lo- cal teachers Sunday? Or could it be, that I am an- noyed with the 'indignant' teach- ers whose bruised egos may soon hinder their teaching. Or yet, could it be, that I am irate at the young people of this area, most of v nom are tragically satisfied with merely 'getting by' • Or better yet, maybe I'm just downright furious at the self- concerned 'citizens' of this com- munity who constantly vote a— gainst school bond elections. WAIT! Why, suddenly it's all very clear. I am angry at all of these petty concerns; my own in- cluded. I'm mad as heck because all this negative energy is not being turned toward a positive target. I'm enraged because, instead of feeling sorry for ourselves, we could get solidly behind a real issue. Why, we could look to the future and really join forces behind the April bond is- sue. Join forces and PUSH! Tell friends, neighbors, and relatives to vote YES. Make them aware of the dire need for im- provement of the Wamego educa- tional facility. And perhaps then, no one would need to be angry.