Waterloo Public School - Panther Yearbook (Waterloo, NE)

Page 15 text:

 Elizabeth Seville Lenora Smith Virginia Betters lerlin Gere.: Ronald Denker Carol Henson Prances Bruce Evelyn liayless

Page 17 text:

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 | 4 4 f CLASS HISTORY On September third in 1934, ten small frightened children marched bravely up to the school house door, thinking about what would happen on that day and on the days to come. Miss Margaret Alpers, our teacher, found the following in her room: Betty Ann Allison, Virginia Betters, Frances Bruce, Ben Butler, Nonas Jean Hester, Herbert Hoover, Mary Jensen, Curtis Moore, Donald Rhoades, and Lenora Smith. Later on Billy Headley Joined us, but in April of 1935 he moved away reducing our class to ten again. Everyone of us enjoyed our kindergarten year and we were promoted to the first gradeVwhich Miss Susan Smith wa3 our teacher. The mysteries of writ-lng readlng were taught us and at the end of the year ten of us were ready for the second grade. Evelyn Bayless joined our class making eleven in number once again and that year Miss Coonley was our teacher. Herbert Hoover moved away at the end of the year leaving our class at ten. In the third grade Miss Marjorie Coy endeavored to teach us the multiplication tables, spelling, and reading. During the third grade Ben Butler dropped back but Carl Buhl, Earl Trullinger, and Donald Walker Joined our class making twelve in number. At the end of the year we were promoted to the fourth grade. In the fourth grade Carl Buhl left the class making eleven. Miss Coy taught us again. We are now ready for the fifth grade. During that year Donald Walker moved away but Delores Hug and Bobby Bruhn became members of our claa i. Miss Lorraine Compton became our teacher. ? e were promoted to the sixth grade. Delores Hug and Bobby Bruhn moved away leaving eleven in the class. When we finally reached the seventh grade. Miss Elizabeth Peterson was our teacher. Betty Allison moved away and Earl Trullinger dropped a grade leaving only nine in the class. Ronald Denker and Ramona Seba Joined our class making eleven once more. The eighth grade promised many good times for us and was looked forward to as being the last year before entering the adventures of high school. Miss Anne Walla, with never-ending patience prepared us for the venture and furnished us with a pleasant school year. Rosetta Rhoades moved to Omaha at the beginning of the year and Ramona Seba left at the end leaving nine in the class. We ended that school year with a party at the community building given by Miss Walla at which we had a very good time. Then came that day when we were green freshies. How vivid are the memories of that day when we walked into the assembly to be greeted by stares and scoffs at our bashfulnes and apparent terror at seeing pupils so much wiser and older than we, and at knowing at the tricks of being a typical high school student. When we entered high school our class was as follows: Evelyn Bayless, Virginia Betters, Frances Bruce, Norma Hester, Mary Jensen, Donald Rhoades, Curtis Moore, Lenora Smith, and Ronald Denker. Mr. Hauser, Miss Jaenike, and Miss Back were on hand to try their best to form good ideas and ideals of high school duys during our freshman year. We lived in fear of initiation which was held about four weeks after we first entered high school. The remaining part of the freshman year went smoothly with all the members learning by the end of the year, what every freshman should know. We looked forward to the beginning of our sophomore year with a little more enthusiasm and knowledge. Miss Neville, Miss Mallory and Mr. Porter were the new teachers that year. Curtis Moore had moved away and Donald Rhoades had dropped behind because he missed so much school on account of the illness of his mother. Carol Hensen had joined our class. Our Sophomore year was spent in untangling Geometry mysteries and understanding Just what Silas Mamer was all about. At the end of the 10th grade Merlin Gerch had Joined our class by Norma Hester had moved away. At the beginning of our Junior year Mary Jensen had left us but she was again present in the Second semater. Miss Mallory was replaced with Miss Wilson. In December under the direction of Miss Neville, our Junior class play, Here Cones The Prince, was presented ofter a little difficulty. The Black stone Hotel was chosen as the place for our banquet on April 25. Our theme was nautical and was carried out in blue and white. Finally came the day when we became dignified Seniors with our class and teachers the same except for Miss Wilson and Mr. Porter who had been replaced by Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Larsen. The class Officers werwe as follows: Merlin Gerch, President, Evelyn Bayless, Vice President, and Frances Bruce Secretary and Treasurer The Senior class Journeyed to Fremont on October 30 to have their pictures taken at Skoglund's Studio. This year the Juniors entertained us with a banquet at the Fontenelle Hotel on April 24. The theme was Cowboy and was carried out In blue and pink. (Continued) r 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ? 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 '■ E 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4