Waterloo High School - Wahischo Yearbook (Waterloo, IL)

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WE DCDN CUR On Friday, May 26, fifty seniors reached the erid of their voyage-graduation. Commencement exercises were held in the Waterloo High School gym. At these exercises the valedictorian and salutatorian were announced. Pearl Voelker and Ruth Mueller, respectively, received these honors in '49. After a short address, the diplomas were presented. In the past, men such as Dr. Edgar Taylor, Headmaster of the Taylor School for Boysg Rabbi Ferdinand E. Issermann, Temple Israel, St, Louisg Willard Goslin, Superintendent of Schools, Web- ster Groves, Missouri, Dr. Frank Hall, D. D.. Central Presbyterian Church, Clayton, addressed the graduating classes and assembled relatives and friends. Last year Reverend Stephen M. Pronko, Brentwood Congregational Church, Brentwood, Missouri, told the forty-niners to set an example and take a lead as the historically famous forty- niners did in their time. The Baccalaureate services which preceded graduation were held on Sunday evening, May 22, at 8:00 p.m. Each year clergymen from the Waterloo parishes assist in these exercises. Among them in the past were the Reverends Charles Eschmann, Otto Bassler, John Schultz, and Gustav Unterkoefler. 3551 A N i. QI These graduates look solemn as they proceed to the stage, where they will be given what every student strives for--a certificate of graduation,

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Left to right: Prom Committee members Do- lores Naumann, Marlene Eitmann, Keith Nienhaus, Herbert Stemler, Paul Mueller. SQCXALLY Left to right: Lucy Davis, Law- rence Berg, Dolores Naumann, Maretta Davis, Ronald Rehmer, Robert Schneider. 1 I 4, An important event of the year was the annual prom, a formal dance given by the Junior Class in honor of the Seniors. As the graduates of '49 entered the gym on the night of May 7, they were welcomed by an atmospherevof merriment and gaiety, for the spacious gymnasium had been trans- formed into a grand reproduction of the famous Mardi Gras celebrated in New Orleans. Overhead, gaily colored crepe paper streamers radiated from a cleverly decorated and not-too-bright light centered over the dance floor. Navy blue paper was skilfull used to l y concea the bleachers, and colorful balloons and serpentine added to the original decorative scheme. The music was furnished by Marvin Whittlich's five piece orchestra and the e ' b - , op ning num er was none other than Come to the Mardi Gras. Besides the honored seniors, special guests included the members of the faculty and the Board of Education. During the early part of the evening the families and friends of the mem r , be s of both classes were invited to view the dancers in their festive finery.

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CAPS AND GOWNS Delores Schuchardt, '49 Senior Hi-Tri president, re- ceives her diploma from Mr. Dalkert, president of the Board of Education. The first graduation from Waterloo High took place in 1895. That class consisted of one student, Aimee LuLu Moore. At the commencement exercises a year later, Joseph B. Hardy received his diploma, making the grand total of two graduates in two years. In 1897 Hartie Livingston, Mary Mueller, and Louis H, Zimmer successfully completed the courses prescribed. Since the founding of Waterloo High fifty-five years ago, 1,108 students have received their diplomas. The largest class in this school's history-fifty-one members--graduated in 1947.