Washington High School - Neshotah Yearbook (Two Rivers, WI)

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Zeciwjfm The lnllnlle varmety evldent 1n twenty f1ve years of teach1ng school ver1f1es MISS Eva Wxrth s ab1l1ty Those famous coal convent1ons the Pan Amemcan conferences the St Lawrence Waterway debates and the Un1ted Nat1ons meet1ngs are synonymous Wllh sophomore geography Slnce 1921 when she came to Two RIVSTS Mxss W1rth has taught geography h1story and penmanshlp and served as prmcxpal of the 1un1or h1gh school Her teachlng days d1d not beg1n 11'l thxs system for prewxous exper1ence was ga1ned 1n the Mad1son and Shawano publ1c schools Travel1ng to the four corners of the Un1ted States IS one of her hobbxes Before com1ng to the coolest spot lI'1 W1scons1n MISS W1rth took one ent1re year off for a thorough pleasure tour through the West To prove her versat1l1ty we found that durlng her Oshkosh State Teachers College days a pamt 1ng she completed of an outdoor W1scons1n scene was exh1b1ted 1n England Her garden1ng IS another avocatxon Of course MISS W1rth taught geography but above all she taught boys and g1rls Sdld Mr L B Clarke pr1nc1pal ln other words she taught geography IH such a way as to make 1t v1tal and broaden1ng to her students Freshmen look forward eagerly to geography sophomores say that 1t lS fun 1un1ors want to challenge the tenth graders to a St Lawrence debate and SGHIOTS rel1sh V1S1lS to the conventlons and conferences The ent1re school IS consc1ous of yust what IS gomg on 1n room 110 We ded1cate the 1946 Neshotah to M153 Eva W1rth who IS leavmg Wash1ngton H1gh Qchool after a quarter century of 1nsp1r1ng guxdance 3 Eva M Wlrth Page 4 l I . . .... . . .. . . , .. I U I I I . , ' T . .- - . . 11 , . .. ' . . 'S-A., ' fl . I , . . . , . 1. - If I . . 2 . ' l y, is nl' . ,A, 4g'.w ,4' V T W - , y . , ' ' K Q5 , . . My . . V - A 4 1 I X- X . X '. i. ,uf-n' .'f ff? - ' jiff' '., - . if 3: .xl , , . ' 1 1'f ' T , O ' .

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I-hgh above Neshotah s waters stands an anc1ent tree and on any day of the year a d1scern1ng student of Washmgton H1gh may fmd l1ttle loe Neshotah there revelmg 1n a fxerce w1nter s snowstorm or prepar1ng h1s b1rch bark canoe for a day s tourney up the sun splashed East Twm Rwer I-le IS labeled a phantom or a hgment of the 1mag1nat1on but could more correctly be called the Splfll the sp1r1t of every student 1n the h1gh school He may have been the son of old Ch1ef Mex1co who ruled h1s peaceful tr1be 1n what IS now the south s1de of town or perhaps he was one of the braves who revered the w1se Quatoose lnd1an chlef rumored to have seen one hundred twenty summers 1n the meet1ng place of the r1vers Regardless of h1s ancestry l1ttle loe IS st1ll here Each year h1s mfluence grows stronger as he guldes a new group of students along the well worn trad1t1onal tra1l from reg1strat1on to graduat1on So come w1th tlms cheerful fr1endly fun lovmg l1ttle lndlan m whom you w1ll fmd a part of yourself Come wxth h1m along the Neshotah Tra1l to see the record and achlevements of all the Wash 1ngton l-hgh School students Page 3 li - I ll 1 X f . . . . - v I I . . . 1 . 1 1 1 . . xx . . 11 , . . I I I 1 ' ji X I

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'gp-' 8 . W ,- Prlnctpal L B Clarke Superlntendent George lvl O Brlen So lnd1ans 1S the theme of our l946 year book' Now that brlngs to mmd my earllest ac guamtance wlth real lndrans that was when I was a flve year old boy ln Spokane Washmgton a plcturesgue frontrer town way back 1n the early n1net1es Needless to say we had lndrans here ln Two Rwers as my grandmother once told me And you probably know that Neshotah the name of our yearbook IS an lndlan word meamng twms Then there are other trrbes the Keshena lndlans the Cleveland Indlans the Oshkosh Indrans the Kewaunee lndtans fOf course some of these arent honest to goodness lndransl Then too I recall the 1936 yearbook wrth those superb draw mgs of lnd1ans by Ioseph Kamlela And I mustnt forget the 800 lrttle and brg lndrans rlght here ln Wash1ngton l-hgh School' Qur ancestors drspossessed and conquered the Ind1ans but even ID our day we recognlze and adm1re the1r fme guahtles ser1ousness of purpose sxncerxty perseverance physlcal stamma keen senses speed resourcefulness and courage Let us put these tralts to work IH our dally adventures r1ght here ln Washlngton Hrgh School L B Clarke The Amer1can people smce the tlme of the Indlans have bel1eved ln gettmg on 1n the world and on the whole they have succeeded pretty well rn that asplratron The young people of Amer 1ca have been qu1ck to see and grasp opportum tres to r1se rn the soclal and econom1c scale and they have found educat1on to be the broadest and smoothest road to therr goal Educatxon whether obtamed ln school or at tamed through self study IS perhaps one of the most xmportant s1ngle act1v1t1es of c1v1l1zed man We have as a natlon fought our way to vlctory ln a world wlde war lt IS my hope that Amer1ca and the rest of the natlons of the world have the pOl1l1Cdl wlsdom and the natlonal selflessness to harness 1ts educatronal resources for the beneflt of all peoples and through these resources to pro v1de future generat1ons wlth leaders who w1ll forge a democrat1c and unend1ng peace lt IS my hope that the students of the Two Rwers Hlgh School w1ll play an rmportant part m the events of the world IH the days ahead You w1ll be able to contrlbute IU proport1on to the way you use your opportumtres Make the most of your school days George M Q Brlen Page 5 1 , . . 1 . tt , 11 . . . . ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 L.. I ' ' 1 1 ' - A I H . . . 1 11 - 1 , . u 11 ' I . , . . U . 11 ' ' ' - 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 I - . , . . . . l I I . 1 . I ' ' . 'f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ,