Waterloo High School - Rosebud Yearbook (Waterloo, IN)

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: P L Og L CSS is the keynote of Education in the community of Waterloo during the last half-century. Many changes have been made through the years. The school building itself no longer stands. Only the bell, which many years ago called the children of Waterloo to classes, now remains enshrined in the City Park. Their grandchildren look at it now and ponder thought- fully what it would have been like to attend school in Waterloo in those days. In 1912, the graduating class numbered seven - all boys. Today's senior class is composed of forty-four members. There were ten faculty members then; to- day's faculty numbers twenty-seven. One of the great- est advancements in education, though, is seen in the curriculum. Classes offered to seniors in 1912 were: English Literature, Virgil, Physics, History and Govern- ment, Physical Geography or Geology, Music and Draw- ing (once a week). Today's seniors are offered Art, Band, Chorus, Mu- sic Theory and Appreciation, Home Economics or Agri- culture, Typing, Bookkeeping, Advanced Shorthand, Government and Economics, Industrial Arts, Physics or Chemistry, Senior Mathematics, English, and Spanish. Fifty years ago the method of transportation to school was very simple. A student either walked to school or rode his horse. Today the students who do not live in town come on one of the five school buses. This year Waterloo School acquired a beautiful new 73 pas- senger school bus, of which the students, teachers, and administrators are very proud. This is the only school-owned bus Waterloo has. In 1912 the students who did not live in town carried their lunch to school. Today the Waterloo School Cafeteria, operated by Mrs. Reuah Bixler and Mrs. Lorna Dove, serves about 350 delicious hot meals daily. Athletics has always been a major interest of boys and girls in Waterloo. When the old school was still being used, the students had their basketball games in the .Town Hall. The present school building was erected in 1926. Several years later the gymnasium was built. It has been the scene of many exciting and thrilling games. | We have many clubs at Waterloo High School which are chapters of national organizations, dedicated to service in aH | } | various fields. Some of these are Future Farmers Ee of America, 4-H, Y-Teens, National Honor So- ciety, and Student Council. This year, two new clubs were organized. These were Future Teach- ers of America, and Girls’ Athletic Association. Fifty years ago there were only two organiza- tions, called the Zedalethean Literary Society and the Ciceronian Literary Society. Each club tried to train its members to be better leaders and speakers, and to be more at ease before an audience. The clubs competed in sports, class elections, and other school activities. The Waterloo School system has grown and changed with the times gracefully. The orig- inator of the yearbook name, ROSEBUD, must have had prophetic vision. He recognized that Waterloo High School was a bud, destined to become a beautiful blossom. Yes, Waterloo High School is blooming now, and it will not begin to wilt as long as the community, alumni, students, and faculty continue to support it.

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Foreword... . We, the Annual Staff, are proud to present to you our 1962 Rosebud, This book has caught glimpses here and there, of the past and of the present, so that in the years to come the activities of this school year at Waterloo High will not be dimmed and will not fade from memory. In later years, while turning these pages, if you should recall the many smiles, sorrows, and dreams of '62, we shall be content, knowing that we have done the thing we were called upon to do, Rosebud Staff Larry Hart, Editor ‘srs heer Judy Mansur, Assistant Editor . x q a) ee ts 7) Oh 7 ee RE » y we yah ©: ‘ % -, ae . : ny as } } YY: Pi he te i , ® WIN Be p A Ve hy af 5 “ ce : i‘ 1 A Ye yy 3 ve S F. . Dedication To the ALUMNI OF WATERLOO HIGH SCHOOL we gratefully dedicate this 1962 ROSEBUD. Because we appreciate the foundations of our education, which you helped to lay in your student days at Waterloo School. . . Because of your constant encouragement, your support--both morally and finan- Clallyz.. Because of your continued interest in our school and in our community . Because many of our alumni are now our dear parents, our relatives, and our very good friends. . . We are proud and happy to dedicate to you this Golden Anniversary Edition of the Rosebud.

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Lines Dedicated Co WH.S. Your ancient pile of brick and stone Means more to us than the learned tone Of lessons learned within thy zone. We cannot part without a pang Of pain that jars like a jarring clang. The feeling is deep and its rooted to stay Till our bodies are changed to useless clay. Association has made you dear to us all, Memories that are dear, we often recall; May your fullness live on and never fall. Charles Thomas Waterloo High School, 1912 This page reproduced from the first edition of the ROSEBUD, 1912.