Watertown High School - Orbit Yearbook (Watertown, WI)

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1950 volume:

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MMM X 2 HE THE ORBIT HERE COME the Freshmen-up the wide steps, into a gay corridor, into a new experience-there's the first football game, when at last you can cheer for the team as YOUR team--there's your first dance with all your newly found friends decked out in their best bib-an'- tucker- there's your first homecoming, when you find yourself caught up in the wonderful excitement of decorating the Freshman float and competing for the prize, in suspense of the biggest game of the season -comes the new year and your first basketball game, and again the thrill of cheering for YOUR team, perhaps for YOUR classmates-and by the time spring rolls around, turning young mens' land young ladies'!l fancies, you're sure to have had your first high school crush, perhaps on a classmate, perhaps on that tall, wavy-haired science teacher--it's a wonderful beginning for a wonderful four years in good old WHS. 4 THE ORBIT YOU'RE SOPHOMOBES this year, and you find you can breathe a bit more easily now that they've stopped teasing you about being so awfully green -you're coming into your own in all the school ac- tivities-the fellows are proudly receiving their first letters-you're finding a place in forensics and debate-and a few select girls are gaining recognition from their classmates land some dark looks from the senior girlsl by going to the Prom with the older fellows-the year is one in which you take your first real steps of achievement, yet one that holds you in anticipation of what greater things the future may hold. 5 TI-IEORBIT THE FELLOWS are on the A squad now, the school wheels - you've passed that halfway mark, you're upperclassrnen-and this spring it's your turn to shine, for you're Iuniorseabout April, well, what causes that sudden money making urge on the boys' part and the stars in the girls' eyes?-of course, PROM!-months ahead of time the Work begins, and week by week the gay frenzy grows 'til at last the big night arrives-and it's wonderful, isn't it?-soon after are exams and then suddenly you're no longer Iuniors, but on your way to fill the now empty senior classrooms. 6 THEORBIT OUR LAST YEAR-we cheer a little harder for OUR team, and find our hearts ache a little more when a game is lost-together we plunge into the Work and fun that comprises our Senior year-the Class Play. Senior Tea, Class Day, Class Picnic-cramming for the Constitution test, rehearsing for our last concert, and assembling the Orbit as some- thing to remember us by-suddenly We find ourselves sitting in the Gym, waiting to receive our diplomas-and now, we, the class of '50, stepping up into a new world, look back with a sigh, and regret our parting with those who have been our friends for these four short years --knowing that we will always be proud to speak of ourselves as alumni of WHS. 7 4 'M 14dminiA tration 9 THE ORBIT AS TRUE now as it was in Tom Paine's Crisis, These are the times that try men's souls. These times are certainly the type that challenge everything that is good and fundamental within us. In a world where idealoqies are clashing, economic theories somewhat distraught, and political philosophies in Wide divergence, some force must lend a stabilizing influence. No better or quicker medium can be utilized than that of understanding one another. This understanding can come only through an enlightened people, made pos- sible by fundamentally sound education extended to all people. The Class of 1950 has had this rich opportunity of a basic foundation. The year book which you have published reflects this fine preparatory back- ground. May each of you, as a graduate, become an exponent of good, sound, fundamental education wherever you might be. If you become instrumental in spreading this philosophy, you will be contributing toward the eventual solution of those problems that try men's souls . ROGER B. HOLTZ, Superintendent of Schools B. A. Carroll College M. A. University of Wisconsin 10 THE ORBIT EDWARD HINTERBERG Principal of High School Ph. B. University of Wisconsin Ph. M. University of Wisconsin BOARD OF EDUCATION Harold M. Dakin President A. P. Hinkes Vice-President Joyce Hardiman Secretary, Board of Education COMMISSIONERS First Ward George Block Second Ward Evvald H. Buske Third Ward Sidney C. Northrop Fourth Ward A. P. Hinkes Fifth Ward Harold Peterson Sixth Ward Ann Kleineschay Seventh Ward Eighth Ward Ninth Ward Tenth Ward Eleventh Ward Twelfth Ward Thirteenth Ward Fourteenth Ward Herbert Schauer H. F. Schatz Fred A. Mallach Harold M. Dakin C. F. Derleth Robert I. Archie Aimee Zillmer E. E. Burzynski 11 THE ORBIT facultq HELVIG RICHARDSON HACKBARTH HARDIMAN KRESINSKE BORDSEN ROBERTS KaAineAA and Routine HELVIG, VIOLA A well-bred silence always at command. B. S. Eau Claire State Teachers College: English 8: Ir. High Librarian: Humorous Declamatory: Sth grade Dramatic Club, RICHARDSON, FLORENCE Books are your, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age. B. S. River Falls State Teachers College: Senior High Li- brarian: Library Science: Advisor oi Library Assistants: Social Committee. HACKBARTH, MARILYN She was----but room iorbids to tell thee what-sum all perfection up, and she was-that. Principal's Secretary HARDIMAN, IOYCE Obliging and cheeriul, industrious and kind. Superintendent's Secretary. KRESINSKE, RACHAEL Beauty is its own excuse for living. Secretary. BORDSEN, FLOYD A friend to whom to reveal is a medicine to relieve. B. E. Whitewater State Teachers College: M. A. Colorado College: Vocational Guidance: Senior High Student Coun- cil: Tennis coach. ROBERTS, MYRTLE It is good to be zealously afiected always in a good thing. Ph. B. University oi Wisconsin: History 8: Geography 7: Ir. High Student Council: Ir. Historical Club 9: Social Com- mittee. THE ORBIT Kelaind time Scenu GRUNER, IESSIE My firm nerves shall never tremble. B. A. University of Wisconsin: English 10: College Pre- paratory English: Reading English: Extemporaneous Read- ing: Sophomore Mask and Wig. IOSEPH, P. D. I never knew a man of letters ashamed of his profession. Ph. B. Ripon College: M. S. University of Wisconsin: Bi- ology: Mask and Wig Staging: Social Committee. CRAWFORD, BETTY There is no knowledge that is not power. B. S. Central State Teachers College: Spanish: General Math.: Serious Declamatory: Sharps and Flats. BERGER, FRANCES Eyes so transparent that through them one sees the soul. B. S. River Falls State Teachers College: English 9: Iunior Mask and Wig Club: Co-Director of Dear Ruth: Serious Declamatory: Social Committee. SKINNER, KATHRYN Now the plays are begun, I shall have no peace. B. A. Milwaukee Downer College: M. A. Columbia Uni- versity: Algebra: Senior Mask and Wig: Co-Director of Dear Ruth: Director of Class Play. MELBYE, LOUISE She will scold the Devil out oi a haunted house. B. S. River Falls State Teachers College: English 10: Speech: Debate: Extemporaneous Speaking: Serious De- clamatory: Social Committee. OTT, MARGARET Negatos artitex sequi voces. B. A. Northwestern College: M. A. University of Wiscon- sin: English 9: German: Latin: Ir. Red Cross: Serious De- clamatory. GRUNER IOSEPH CRAWFORD BERGER SKINNER MELBYE OTT W llim, Uigor, and vitality COLLETTI, PETER I beseech you all be better known to this gentleman. B. E. Whitewater State Teachers College: Math. 7 and 8: B Squad Football coach, C Squad Basketball coach: Social Committee: Track coach. SCHUMACHER, MILDRED Never say more than is necessary. B. S. La Crosse State Teachers College: Girls Physical Ed- ucation: G. A. A.: Cheerleading Advisor. IAMES, FRANK Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. B. E. La Crosse State Teachers College: Chemistry: Health: Tumbling Club: B Squad Baseball coach. VINGER, GEORGE Where will I get a little page. Where will I get a little Caddie? B. S. Platteville State Teachers College: Woodworking: In- dustrial Arts: Printing: B Squad Football line coach: Golf coach: Model Airplane Club. COLLETTI SCHUMACHER JAMES VINGER BENNINGTON GRABOW KESSLER LANDSVERK BENNINGTON, IAMES Give us the tools, and we will finish the job. Welding: Shop I. GRABOW, HARRIS I awoke one morning and found myself famous. B. S. La Crosse State Teachers College: General Science: A Squad Basketball coach: Baseball coach: Assistant Football coach. KESSLER, FRED I see him coming: let's fall into admiration of his good parts that he may overheat his own praise. Ph. B. and M. S. University of Wisconsin: Geography: Modern European History: World History: B Squad Basketball coach. LANDSVERK, ARNOLD And bears his blushing honors thick upon him. Ph. B. Carroll College: Boys Physical Education: A Squad Football coach: Intramurals. THE ORBIT fffort Platt Ymagination BUETTNER, WILLIS Music is the eye ot the ear. B. S. Milwaukee State Teachers College: M. M. Northwest! ern University: Band: Orchestra: Campus Band: Iunior Band. BORDSEN, RUTH She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant too. to think on. B. M. Wisconsin Conservatory ot Music: String Instructor: String Orchestra. GUYEB, WILLIAM The key-note of all harmonies: he planned, and he made us so that we could hear and understand. B. M. Lawrence College: M. A. Northwestern University: Vocal Instructor: Mixed Chorus: Girls Chorus: Boys Chorus. EHERNBERGER, CLAIRE Beware of her fair hair, tor she excels all women in the magic of her locks. B. A. Carroll College: Art: Art Advisor ot Mask and Wig: Assisted with Iunior Prom Decorations. MACINNIS, MYRA My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands 'aechasing the deer. B. A. Lawrence College: M. A. University ot Wisconsin: U. S. History: Orbit. REINHARD, CLARA In framing an artist, art hath this decreed, To make some good, but others to exceed. B. S. Milwaukee State Teachers College: Art: Iunior His- torical Club 7 and 8: Social Committee. ERICKSON, ARLEEN The shortest pleasures are the sweetest. B. S. Eau Claire State Teachers College: English ll: Hi Scribbler: Social Committee. iv 7,35 BUETTNER BORDSEN GUYER EHERNBERGER MACINNIS REINHARD ERICKSON I 4 . THE ORBIT ?un and ?rolic LEWANDOWSKI, LEONA KOENINGS, BERNADETTE It ought of prophecy be mine, thou wilt not live in vain. In wintertime I have such fun. Milwaukee State Teachers College: Reading' Geograph ' . y. Social Committee. graphy: Social Committee. GRIFFITH, ELEANOR KAERCHER, HILDA Less noise, less noise. t ' l ' t h' 'L B. A. Ripon College: Geometry: Advanced Math.: Refresher Cer am ar m eac mg 1 Math.: Senior High Girls' Club: Social Committee. LEWANDOWSKI GRIFFITH KRUEGER HERREID KOENINGS KAERCHER KREIZIGER B. E. Whitewater State Teachers College: Typing: Steno Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a Milwaukee State Teachers College: English 7 and 9: 8th grade Dramatic Club: Social Committee. KRUEGER, MILDRED . . KREIZIGER, MARGARET A still, small voice. B. S. University of Wisconsin: Home Economics 9: Sewing Club: Social Committee. B. A. Mount Mary College: M. E. Marquette University Civic Guidance: Social Committee. HERREID, IEROME Of science and logic he chatters, As fine and as fast as he can: Though I'm no judge of such matters, I'm sure he's a talented man. B. A. University of Wisconsin: M. S. University ot Wiscon- sin: Physics: General Science: General Math.: Chairman of Social Committee. 16 Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. THE ORBIT 7,812 WILLS, HOWARD He was smiling all over his face. B. E. Whitewater State Teachers College: M. A. University ot Minnesota: Typing: Commerce: Service Club: Social Committee. BOHN, VIRGINIA The cook was a good cook. B. S. University of Wisconsin: Home Economics: F. H. A. SHULTIS, E. DARRELL Men learn while they teach. B. S. College oi Agriculture, University of Wisconsin: Aqri- culture: F. F. A. 335 WILLS BOHN SHULTIS HIRD CONRAD SANDERS and That HIRD, HARRY His speech was a fine sample. B. S. and M. E. Boston University: Speech Correction Coached Mask and Wiq Speech. CONRAD, MAX Your vision is machines lor makinq more machines. Machine Shop: Vocational School Instructor. SANDERS, NORRIS A conspicuous example oi plain living and high think ing. B. S. University oi Wisconsin: Psychology: Social Problems: Photoqraphy Club: Social Committee. 3. I K. 2? 5 1 ,V ff Z, H, v G .? - J lifx Q! J U 1 IW I wr: I 1 THE ORBIT Cla Ae 19 THE OR BIT Senior CIMA CAHOON, RUSSELL I'll lind a way or make it. Hannibal Class President 3, 4: Orbit Staff: Boys' Tumbling l: Conservation Club 2: Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4: Badger Boys' State: Basketball B l, 2, A 3, 4, Co-captain 4: Football B l, 2: Baseball 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4. CASANOVA, ROBERT Cas ' He is complete in ieature and in mind, with all good grace a gentleman. Anon. Class Vice-President 4: Science Club 1: Dramatic Club l, 2, 4: Student Council Z, 3, 4, Secretary oi Tri-City Student Council 4: De- bate l, 2: Serious Declamatory 4: Badger Boys' State: Basketball B 1, A 2, 3, 4: Football B l, 2, A 3, 4: One-Act Plays l, 3: Mixed Chorus 3, 4: Class Play. Ufficem MAASS, ELAINE DONOHUE, IOHN Edgar One pertect rose. Parker Class President 1: Class Secre- tary 3, 4: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Student Council 1, 2. 3, 4: G. A. A. 1, 2, 3: Library Service Club 2: One-Act Plays 3: Girls' Chorus l, 2: Mixed Chorus 3, 4. 20 A man becomes learned by asking questions. Cingalese Class Treasurer 4: Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club 1, 2, President 2: Student Council 4: Hi Scribbler 3, 4: Football A 3: Elks' Dis- trict Constitution Contest: Class Play. THE ORBIT Seniof-A I9 0 AGATHEN, IOANNE Ioanie A merry maid and unalraid. Anon. Dramatic Club 1, 2, 4: Iunior Red Cross 4: Girls' Club 1, 2: G. A. A. 1.2, 4, ARNDT, WAYNE He who knows useful things, not many things, is wise. Aeschylus BEAUDOIN, DOUGLAS Doug Ouietness is best. Holland Science Club l. BEINE, MARION A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Old Testament Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Iunior Red Cross 3, Secre- tary: Girls' Club 3: F. H. A. 2: Gift-Making Club 1: One-Act Plays l, 2, 3: Iunior Chorus 1: Girls' Chor- us 3: Mixed Chorus 4. BENTZIN, CHARLES Chuck Now, small boys, get out of the way. Holmes Science Club 1, Vice-President: Boys' Tumbling 1, 4: Dramatic Club l, 2, 4: Hi Scribbler 4: Social Club 1: Photography Club 4: Badger Boys' State: Extempor- aueous Speaking 4: Basketball B 1, 2, A 3: Football B l, 2, A 3, 4: Baseball 3: Golf 4: Christmas Play 1, 2, 3: One-Act Plays l, 2: Band l, 2, 3: Orchestra 2, 3, 4. BENZEL, WILLIAM Bill What I've dared I've willed: And what I've willed. I'll dol Melville Science Club 1: Boys' Club l: Conservation Club 2: Photography Club 2. Agathen, Arndt. Beaudoin BEYER, RICHARD Butch Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you. Boys' Tumbling 1, Z, 3: Dramatic Club 4: Social Club 1: Dear Ruth: Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4. BIEFELD, BEVERLY Bev Pleasure lies rather in tranquility than in activities. Aristotle Dramatic Club 2: Social Club l: Girls' Club 2. BIRKHOLZ, MARILYN Mary Sweet and cheerful as a girl should be. Anon. Dramatic Club 2: Social Club 1: Girls' Club 1. BOELTER, GERALD Little Belch I live in the crowd of jollity. Iohnson Science Club 1: Boys' Club 1: Dramatic Club Z. BRIER, NANCY Nance With thee conversing, I forget all time. Milton Class Treasurer 3: Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club 3, 4: F. H. A. 2, 3, President Z, Vice-President 3: One-Act Plays 3: Dear Ruth. BUELTER, LORAINE Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence. Pythogoras Girls' Club 2: F. H. A. 2, 4. Beine, Bentzin, Benzel Beyer. Bieield, Birkholz Boelter, Brier, Buelter THE ORBIT Burghaus, Burkhalter, B. Buske I. Buske, Buss, Busse Butzine, Casanova, H. Cowen BURGHAUS, MARGERY Margie The busy bee has no time for sorrow. Blake Dramatic Club 2: Social Club 1: Ir. Red Cross Club 1: Girls' Club 1. BURKHALTER, RAYMOND Ray All that he does he does well. Anon. Boys' Tumbling 1: Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4: Hi Scrib- bler 4: Model Airplane Club 1: Photography Club 3, 4, President 4: Badger Boys' State: One-Act Plays 2: Dear Ruth: Band 3, 4: Class Play. BUSKE, BONNIE Buzz 1 am wealthy in my friends. Shakespeare Girls' Club l, 3: Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 4: Orbit Staff: Gift-Making Club 1: Christmas Play 4: Iunior Chorus 1: Class Play. BUSKE, IOAN And all that's best of dark and bright, meets in her aspect and her eyes. Byron Girls' Club 3: Gift-Making Club 1: Orbit Staff, Co- Editor: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Serious Declamatory 3: One-Act Plays 1, 2, 3: Dear Ruth: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4: Class Play Co-Director. BUSS, IACQUELINE Iackie Art is not a thing, it is a way. Anon. Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary-Treasurer 4: Orbit Staff: Girls' Club 1, 2, 3: Sharps and Flats 1: Girls' Chorus 1, BUSSE, BETTE Betsy A beautiful and happy girl. Anon. Science Club 1. President: Dramatic Club l, 2, 3, 4, President 1, Vice-President Z, President of Executive Board 4: Student Council 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4: Class Secretary-Treasurer 1: Class Vice-President 2: Home- coming Queen: Christmas Play 3, 4: One-Act Plays 1, 3: Girls' Chorus 1, 2: Mixed Chorus 3, 4: Serious Declamatory Z: Class Play. S. Cowen, Crouch, Crupi BUTZINE, HARLEY Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you. O'Reilly F. F. A. 1. CASANOVA, BETTY She is charming to talk toefull of wisdomvripe in judgment-rich in information. Bronte Science Club 1: Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club 2: Stu- dent Council 1, 4, Vice-President 4: Hi Scribbler 1, 2, 3, 4, Associate Editor 3, Editor 4: Iunior Red Cross Club 3, 4, President 3. 4: Oratory 2, 3, 4: Debate 1, 2, 3, 4: Extemporaneous Speaking 1: One-Act Plays Z: Christmas Play 4: Class Play. COWEN, HELEN Sensitive, swift to resent, but as swift in atoning for error. Longfellow Girls' Club Z, Secretary: G. A, A. 1, 2, 3: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Humorous Declamatory 2: One-Act Plays 1. 3: Dear Ruth: Serious Declamatory 4. COWEN, SARA ANN The Irish have the best hearts in the three king- doms. Walpole Social Club 1: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3: G. A. A. l, 2, 3: Girls' Club 2, 3: Iunior Chorus 1. CROUCI-1, WANDA Wan And youth, love, and beauty reflected its ray. Unknown Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Orbit Staff: Blue and White 1: Social Club 1: Girls' Club 3, 4, President 4: Gift- Making Club 1: Humorous Declamatory 1, 2: Serious Declamatory 3: One-Act Plays 1, 2: Band l, 2, 3, 4: Iunior Chorus 1: Orchestra 3, 4. CRUPI, ANN Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low, an ex- cellent thing in a woman. Shakespeare Waukesha High 1: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Orbit Staff: Science Club 1: Hi Scribbler 4: Iunior Red Cross Club 3: Girls' Club 2, 3: Debate 1, Z: Dear Ruth: Orchestra 1, 2: Mixed Chorus 1. 2, 3, 4. Senivm I9 0 THE ORBIT Dahms, Draeger, D. Draginis L. Draginis, B. Ebert, L. Ebert A. Engelbrecht, E. Fendt. R. Fendt DAHMS, SYLVIA Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman. De Stael Art Club 1: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Blue and White 1: Girls' Club Z: G. A. A. 2. DRAEGER, MARILYN What sweet delight a quiet life affords. Drummond Art Club 1, President: Dramatic Club 1. 2, 3, 4: Blue and White 1: Hi Scribbler 4: Girls' Club 2: G. A. A. 2: One-Act Plays 1, 2: Girls' Chorus 1: Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4. DRAGINIS, DENIS D. D. He overtakes at last who tires not. Bailey Science Club 1: Boys' Club Z: Dramatic Club 1, 2. 3: Christmas Play 1, Z, 3, 4: One-Act Plays 2, 3. DRAGINIS, LILA Thy voice: it is a celestial melody. Longfellow Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 1: Girls' Chor- us l: Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4. EBERT, BEVERLY Bev A merry heart that laughs at care. Milman Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3: Social Club 1: Girls' Club 2, 3: Iunior Chorus 1, 2. EBERT. LAVERN Lefty He stretches out each conquering limb. Benet Class President 2: Badger Boys' State: Football B 1, 2, A 3, 4, Captain 4: Basketball B 1, 2, A 3, 4 Co-Captain 4: Prom King: Homecoming King: Class Day King: One-Act Plays 3: Baseball 2, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4. Fischer. Frey, Friede ENGELBRECHT, ALLEN Engie Rest is for the dead. Carlyle Science Club 1: Boys' Tumbling 2: Boys' Club 1: Conservation Club 2: Sharps and Flats Club 3: Iunior Chorus 1: Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4. ENGELBRECHT, HENRY Hank Cno picture: All things come round to him who will but wait. Longfellow FENDT, EUGENE Gene I was born to speak all mirth and little matter. Shakespeare Science Club 1: Boys' Club 1: Basketball B 1, 2: Golf Z. 3, 4. FENDT, ROSEMARY Rosie Full of fun at all times. Anon. Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls Club 2: G. A. A. 3, Sharps and Flats Club 1: Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4. FISCHER, DAVID Dubby Not too serious, not too gay, but a rare good fellow. Anon. Badger Boys' State: Class Secretary 2: Basketball B 1, 2, A 3, 4: Football B 1, 2, A 3, 4: Golf 2, 3, 4. FREY, BRUCE Men ot few words are the best men. Shakespeare F. F. A. 1: Boys' Club 2. FRIEDE, DARLENE lean I have always said that true enjoyment cannot be described. Anon. Gift-Making Club 1. Seniom I9 0 THE ORBIT Senior.: I9 0 FUCHS, MILFORD Mal Seize the day, enjoy life. Horace F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Sentinel 4: Boys' Tumbling l, 2. GERTI-I, GRETCHEN Gert With merry-making eyes and jocund smiles. Longfellow Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Student Council 1: Social Club 1: Girls' Club 1, 2, 3: Iunior Chorus 1. GEST, CURTIS Cno picturel Make big things bigger in the telling. Iuvenal GEST, GLORIA Kno picturel A good laugh is sunshine in a house. Thackeray Iunior Red Cross Club l: Girls' Club 1, Z: F. H. A. Z7 Gift-Making Club l. IHDE, DORIS Iudge thou me by what I am, So shalt thou find me fairest. Tennyson German Club 3, Vice-President. GRIEP, PHYLLIS Phil Next to loveliness, quietness. Anon. Girls' Club 2. GRONERT, IONE Iony A constant friend is a thing rare and hard to find. Plutarch Dramatic Club 2. 4: Girls Club 1: G. A. A. 2: lunior Chorus 1. HABERMANN, CAROL Blondie Open my ears to music. Benet Dramatic Club 1: F. H. A. 2: Library Service Club 3: Gift-Making Club 1: Iunior Chorus 1: Girls' Chorus 3: Mixed Chorus 4. Fuchs, Gerth, Ihde HARDTKE, WILLIAM Bill I find nonsense singularly refreshing. Anon. F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4: Boys' Tumbling 1: Social Club 1: Band 1, 2. HARTMAN, SAM Hart But soon or late the man who wins is the man who thinks he can. Anon. Conservation Club 2: Football B 1, 2, A 3, 4. HECK, STANLEY It takes a great man to make a good listener. Helps Boys' Club l. HENNING, MARLYS Animals are such agreeable friends: they ask no questions, pass no criticisms. Eliot HILKER, DENNIS Homer Our thoughts and our conduct are our own. Froude Science Club l: Boys' Club 1: Model Airplane Club 2. HIERSTEDT, BERYL A face that cannot smile is never good. Martial Wisconsin Rapids High School 1, 2: Dramatic Club 3: Photography Club 3, 4: G. A. A. 3. Griep. Gronert, Habermann Hardtke: Hartman, Heck Henning, Hilker, Hjerstedt THE ORBIT Seniom I9 0 HOLSTEIN, IOAN A good heart's worth gold. Shakespeare Dramatic Club l, 2, 3: Girls' Club 2: G. A. A. 3: Sharps and Flats l. I-IROBSKY, CATHERINE Katie She is never quiet but when she is sleeping. Brothwait Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 2: Cheerleading 2, 3, 4: Sharps and Flats 1: One-Act Plays 1. HUEBNER, IOAN Io Mae A quiet, pleasant manner wins many friends. - Anon. Dramatic Club l: Social Club 1: Photography Club 2: Iunior Chorus l. IANNKE, ALAN Al His heart is iar irom iraud as heaven from earth. Shakespeare Conservation Club 1: Sharps and Flats 1: Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4: Elks' District Constitution Contest. IENSCH. WILLIAM Bil1 Oh, give us the man who sings at his work. Carlyle Boys' Club 1: Dramatic Club 4: Football B l, 2. IUDERIAHN, IOHN lack On the stage he was natural. Goldsmith Boys' Tumbling l: Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4, President 4: Football B Z: One-Act Plays 1, 3: Dear Ruth: Mixed Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4. Holstein, Hrobsky, Huebner KAERCHER, DIANE And the quality of her work was excellent . . . Anon. Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club l, 2. 3, 4. Vice-President of Executive Board 4: Girls' Club 2, 3: Gift-Making Club 1: Debate 1, 2: Humorous Declamatory 3: Ser- ious Declamatory 4: Badger Girls' State: One-Act Plays 1, 2, 3: Dear Ruth, Production Manager: Or- chestra l, 2, 3, 4: Class Play. KING, DAVID Dave As good natured a soul as e'er trod on shoe of leather. Cervantes Science Club 1: Boys' Club l: Conservation Club 2: Badger Boys' State: Basketball B 1, 2, A 3, 4: Football B I, 2, A 3, 4: Baseball Manager 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 1. KITTEL, MARY Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous. Kant F. H. A. l, Z. 3, 4. KLECKER, TERESA She that was iair and never proud, had tongue at will, and yet was never loud. Shakespeare Dramatic Club l, 2, 3: Girls' Chorus 1, 3: Mixed Chorus 4. KOHLS, ADELINE Freckles Only silence suiteth best. Shakespeare KRAEMER, IAMES lim Everywhere he was kindly received. Hardy Conservation Club l: Basketball B l, 2, A 3, 4: Football B l, 2, A 3, 4: Baseball Z, 3, 4. Iannke, Iensch, Iuderjahn Kaercher, King, Kittel Rv-.4 Klecker, Kohls, Kraemer THE ORBIT Krause, Krebs. Kressin P. Krueger, W. Krueger, Kuehl Kuerschner, Kuester, Kusel KRAUSE, BEVERLY Bev There are whole veins of diamonds in thine eyes. Bailey Dramatic Club 2: Iunior Red Cross Club l: Girls' Club 2: Girls' Chorus l. KREBS, IEANNINE There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip. Shakespeare Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club l, Z, 3, 4, Secretary 1: Girls' Club 2. 3, Treasurer 2: Sharps and Flats l: One-Act Plays l, 2: Dear Ruth: Orchestra l, 2, 3, 4: Class Play. KRESSIN, ROBERT Bob A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him. Cicero Conservation Club l, 2. KRUEGER, PATRICIA Pat A light heart lives long. Shakespeare Dramatic Club l, 2, 3, 4: Gift-Making Club l: One- Act Plays l. KRUEGER, WILLIAM Kreg I would not the good bishop be. Emerson Conservation Club l, Z: Model Airplane Club l. KUEHL, ARVON I like work: it iascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Ierome F. F. A. l, 2, 3, 4. l Lenius, Lenze, Luedtke KUERSCHNER, IANE So sweet a face, such angel grace. Tennyson Girls' Club 3: F. H. A. 2: G. A. A. 1, 2, 3: Giit- Making Club l: Band 2, 3, 4: Orchestra 4. KUESTER. HELEN Gizzy A true friend is forever a friend. Macdonald Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club 1, 3, 4: Hi Scribbler 3, 4: Girls' Club 2, 3: Gift-Making Club 1: One-Act Plays l: Iunior Chorus l. KUSEL. ROBBIN Heinie The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Trowbridge Science Club 1: Boys' Club 1, 2, Secretary 1: Class Play. LENIUS, RACHEL For she is given to sports, to studies, and much company. Anon. Service Club 2, 3, 4, Vice-President and Chief Usher- ette 4: Band 3. LENZE, DONALD Pete He weren't no saint. Hay Science Club 1: Dramatic Club 1. LUEDTKE, ALLEN Lit It takes a man to perceive a man. Alcott Boys' Club l, 2: Photography Club 2. Seniol-A I9 0 THE ORBIT L. Maas, E. Maass, MacGregor Mallow, Mannigel, Marek Markl, Matasek, Menke MAAS, LUANNA Annie Quiet persons are Welcome everywhere. Fuller F. H. A. 3: Gift-Making Club l. MAASS, ELLEN Love, sweetness, goodness in her person shined. Milton Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club l, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 3, Treasurer: G. A. A. 2, 3, President 3: Girls' Chorus l, 2: Mixed Chorus 3, 4. MacGREGOR, DAVID Mac But God has a few of us whom he whispers in the ear: The rest may reason and welcome: 'tis we music- ians know. Browning Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club l, 2, 3, 4: Student Council 1, Z, 3, 4, President 4: Badger Boys' State: One-Act Plays l, 2: Band 1, 2, 3: Campus Band l, 2, 3, 4: Orchestra l, 2, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 4: Class Play: Elks' District Constitution Contest: Extemporaneous Speaking 4. MALLOW, EVERETT Evie He that can have patience can have what he will. Franklin F. F. A. l, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3, President 4: Football A 2, 3, B assistant coach 4: Basketball B 1. MANNIGEL, DOLORES Topsy Her haire, cumly curld, glistered lyke golde. Pettie Dramatic Club Z: Social Club 1: Iunior Red Cross Club l: Girls' Club 2: Gift-Making Club l. MAREK, RICHARD Dick I am not ot many words. Shakespeare F. F. A. I. Merville, Milbrath, Mogenson MARKL, CHARLES Character is a diamond that scratches every other stone. Bartol Science Club 1: Boys' Club 1: Dramatic Club 2. MATASEK, VIRGINIA Ginny Gentle of speech, beneiicient ot mind. Homer Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3. 4: Girls' Club 2, 4: One-Act Plays l, 3: Christmas Pageant 4: Class Play. Co- Director. MENKE, WALLACE Wal1ie 'Tis no sin for a man to labor in his vocation. Shakespeare Science Club l: Boys' Club 1, 2: Photography Club 2: Football A 3, 4: Elks' District Constitution Con- test. MERVILLE, MARILYNN Merv Wit that can call forth smiles even from moumers. Seneca Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 3, 4: Giit-Making Club l: Extemporaneous Reading l: Hu- morous Declamatory 2, 3, 4: One-Act Plays l: Dear Ruth: One-Act Plays, Production Manager 3: Class Play. MILBRATH, PHYLLIS Mi1lie With her eyes in flood with laughter. Shakespeare Dramatic Club l, 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 2: Cheer- leading 3, 4: Gift-Making Club 1: Prom Queen: One- Act Plays l: Girls' Chorus Z. MOGENSON, BETTY Babe A woman without a laugh in her . . . is the great- est bore in existence. Thackeray Dramatic Club 2: Iunior Red Cross 1: Girls' Club Z: Gilt-Making Club 1: Iunior Chorus 1. Seniw-A I9 0 THE ORBIT Seniom I9 0 MOHR. PAUL Moe His thoughts have a high aim. Anon. Science Club 1: Boys' Tumbling 1, 3, 4, Co-President 1: Dramatic Club 4: Conservation Club 2: Photo- graphy Club 2, 3, 4: Cheerleading 3: Football B Z: Dear Ruth, MURPHY, KAYE Murph A friend is a rare book ol which but one copy is made. Sidney Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club l, 2: G. A. A. 3: Cheerleading 3, 4: Gilt-Making Club 1: One-Act Plays 1: Christmas Pageant 4: Girls' Chorus 1. NASS, RONALD Ronnie A little nonsense now and then ls relished by the wisest men. Unknown F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4. NEITZEL, DONALD Don tno picture? My way is to begin with the beginning. Byron Art Club 1, 2: Boys' Club 1, 2: Photography Club 1, 2, 3, 4, President 3. O'DONNELL, SHIRLEY Shyrl tno picturel Rare as is true love, true iriendship is rarer. La Fontaine Dramatic Club 1, 2: Social Club 1: G. A. A. 2: Class Treasurer 2: Prom Queen 1947. OHRMUNDT. EDWARD Rome was not built in a day. Heywood Boys' Tumbling 1, 2. ORTON, SALLY Red Blondes are made but red heads are born. Anon. Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 1: G. A. A. 1, 2: Christmas Pageant 4: Band l, 2. OTTO, RICHARD You know, I always loved a little llirtation. Cibber Dramatic Club 1. 2, 3, 4: Football B 2, A 3, 4: Band 1, 2, 3: Orchestra 4. Mohr, Murphy, Nass PECK, SHARON She is young, wise, fair. Shakespeare Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Li- brary Service Club 3: Debate 2: Badger Girls' State. PEIRICK, MARY ELLEN Neat, not gaudy, simple and sweet. Lamb Dramatic Club 2: Girls' Club 2. PFEIFFER, CHERI With dancing feet and merry heart, but just a little serious thought. Anon. Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4: Student Council 1, President: Girls' Club 3: Sharps and Flats l: One- Act Plays 2: Campus Band 1, 2, 3: Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4: Class Play. PONATH, MARLENE We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly. Voltaire Dramatic Club 1, 2: F. H. A. 2: Sharps and Flats 1: One-Act Plays. RADUENZ, EDWARD Speed Ask me no questions and l'll tell you no libs. Goldsmith Model Airplane Club 1. 2. RICHART, IAMES Pudgy Some think the world is made lor lun. So do I. Anon. F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4, Public Speaker 3, 4: Boys' Club 1: Football B 2: Class Play. Ohrmundt, Orton, Otto Peck, Peirick, Pfeiffer Ponath, Raduenz, Richart THE ORBIT Seniol-A I9 0 RICHART, JOSEPH Ioe ROWLANDS, BARBARA Barb Have a good time while you're living: you'll be a Silence is the pertectest herald of joy. long time dead. Anon. Shakespeare F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Reporter 4: Photography Club Z. Girls' Club l, 2: Gilt-Making Club 1. RICHTER, DONNA MAE SANITER, HAZEL Iwait with joy the coming years. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the Burroughs body. Steele Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4, Secretary 2, 3, Executive Board Gif1S' Club li F. H. A. 2, 3, 4: Library Service Club Secretary 3: Girls' Club 1, President: Gift-Making 3, 4: Gift-Making Club 1. Club 1: Class Vice-President 1. SANITER, WAYNE Guido RICHTER, DORIS Dottie Fortune favors the bold. She, like all good women, had a temper oi her Dramatic Club 1' 2. own. Anon. Girls' Club 2, 3, F. F. A. 3, 4, Treasurer 3: G. A, A. SCHARPY GERTRUDE Game 2, 3, 4, Thine eyes are stars of morning. H - H Longfellow RICHTER' FRANCIS WMP Dramatic Club 1, F. H. A. 21 Gm-Making Club 1. For he who gives joy to the world is raised higher among men than he who conquers the world, SCHLESNER. IOHN Wagner Politeness is the art ot choosing among one's real RIEBE' DORIS S ' thouglninl l 2' F tb ll B l 2 Stevens Does well, acts nobly, angels could do no more. mance u ' ' OO a ' ' Young SCHLUTER, BEVERLY Bev Girls' Club l: F. H. A. 4: Iunior Chorus l. Ambition has ng rest' H H Bulwer-Lyton ROSE' LESTER Lecca serrrh Milwaukee High School 1, 2, 3, Variety is the soul ot pleasure. Behn Football B l, 2, A 3, 4: Baseball 3. Richart, Donna Richter, Doris Richter F, Richter, Riebe, Rose Rowlands, H. Saniter, W. Saniter Scharp, Schlesner, Schluter 29 THE ORBIT Schmeling, D. Schmidt, L. Schmidt Schuett, Schultz, Stark Sterwalt, Strege, Toebe SCHMELING, LOIS Patty I hate scarce smiles: I love laughing. Blake Dramatic Club l, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 2, Vice-Presi- dent: Extemporaneous Reading 2, 3, 4: One-Act Plays l, 2: Christmas Pageant 4: Mixed Chorus l, 2, 3, 4. SCHMIDT, DONNA Wisdom, and charm and many another power. Anon. Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club l, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 3: Gilt-Making Club l: Debate 1: One-Act Plays 2, 3: Dear Ruth: Band l, 2, 3, 4: Orchestra l, 2, 3, 4: Class Play. SCHMIDT, LLOYD Smitty A fresh, a free, a friendly man. Gower Science Club l: Dramatic Club l, 2: One-Act Plays l, SCHUETT, NORMAN Butch Once a gentleman, always a gentleman. Dickens Awarded Honorable Mention, White Ribbon in Mil- waukee Ioumal Student Art Calendar Contest 3. SCHULTZ, GERALD Dusty Books never bother me-I like pleasures. Anon. Science Club l: Boys' Club l: Model Airplane Club 2. STARK, LUCILLE Energy and persistence conquer all things. Franklin Girls' Club l, Z: F. H, A. 3. Voegeli, Voigt, Walsh STERWALT, PAULINE The useful and the beautiful are never separated. Percander Orbit Staff: Hi Schribbler 4: Girls' Club l: F. H. A. 2: G. A. A. l, 2: Library Service Club 2: lunior Chorus l: Girls' Chorus l. STRAHOTA, RALPH Herman Cno picturel He may justly say, I came, I saw, I overcame. Shakespeare Boys' Club l, 2: Football B l, Z. STREGE, ARNOLD Bud Full of mischief, wit, and glee As ever human form could be. Anon. Pulaski High, Milwaukee l, 2, 3: Boys' Tumbling 3: Dramatic Club 4: Cheerleading 3: Dear Ruth: Mixed Chorus 4. TOEBE, KENNETH Flawless his heart, and tempered to the core. Anon. F. F. A, 1: Golf 4. VOEGELI, MARY ANN Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax. Longfellow VOIGT, MARION Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish. Stanley Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club l, 2, 3, 4: Hi Scribbler 2, 3: Girls' Club 3: Debate 1, 2, 3: Extemporaneous Reading l: Humorous Declamatory 2: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Campus Band 3, 4: Orchestra l, 2. 3, 4: Elks' Dis- trict Constitution Contest. WALSH, DENNIS Red Come sing now, sing, for I know ye sing well. Beaumont F. F. A. l, 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 3: Dramatic Club 2. Secretary: Football A 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 4. Seniol-A I9 0 THE ORBIT E. Wanke, L. Wanke, Wegener Wessel, Wilson, Winkler Witte, Zastrow WANKE, EDWARD Eddie When I can't talk sense I talk foolish. Anon. F. F. A. 1, 3, 4. WANKE, LORRAINE Tootsie Humor is the harmony of the heart. Ierrold Dramatic Club 2: F. H. A. 2: Gilt-Making Club 1: Sewing Club l. WEGENER, MARY Mary kept the belt o' love, and O but she was gay! She danced a jig, she sang a song that stole my heart away. Unknown Orbit Staff. Co-Editor: Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice- President 1, 3, Treasurer of Executive Board 3: Stu- dent Council 2, 3: Girls' Club 2, President: Gilt- Making Club 1, President: Extemporaneous Reading l, 2: Serious Declamatory 4: One-Act Plays 1, 2, 3, Director 3: Dear Ruth: Band 1, 2, 3, 4: Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4: Class Play. WESSEL, MARILYN Mamie She speaks, behaves and acts just as she should. Anon. Dramatic Club 3, 4: Student Council 1: G. A. A. 2: Gift-Making Club 1, Vice-President. WILSON, WENDELL Wendy Good humor makes all things tolerable. Beecher Boys' Tumbling l, 2, 3, President 1, 2: Dramatic Club 1, 4: Basketball B l, 2, Assistant Manager 3, Man- ager 4: Football B 1, 2. WINKLER. RITA She moves a goddess and looks a queen. Pope Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: G. A. A. 2, 3, Vice-President 3: Cheerleading 2, 3, 4: Sharps and Flats Club 1: Class Vice-President 3: Class Treasurer 2: Class Day Queen: One-Act Plays 1: Christmas Play 4. E. Zastrow, Zobel, Zoellick WITTE, CHARLES Chuck What should a man do but be merry. Shakespeare Baseball 4. ZABEL, DUANE Zab Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a dis- grace. Unknown Conservation Club 1, 2: Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4: One- Act Plays 3: Christmas Play 2, 3, 4: Dear Ruth. ZASTROW, ARDIS And purpose clean as light from every selfish taint. Lowell Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3, 4: G. A. A. 3: Gilt-Making Club 1: Christmas Play 4. ZASTROW, ETTA MAE Eddie We know little of her, but that she is good. Anon. Service Club 4. ZOBEL. IEANNE Her ways are ways oi pleasantness. Anon. Orbit Staff: Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club 3: F. H. A. 1: Photography Club 2: G. A. A. 2: One- Act Plays 3: Dear Ruth, Director: Class Play. ZOELLICK, ELIZABETH Betty At the last, best. Shakespeare Dramatic Club 1, 2, 4: Girls' Club 2: Gift-Making Club 1. Senivl-A I9 0 THE ORBIT llhfvfd ' ri V , ,E TOP ROW-Bruce Adams, Geneiveve Adams, Gerald Arndt, 'L Marlene Baer, David Balmer, Iune Barnes, Carol Bast. I A , FIFTH ROW-Karl Bast, Emery Baumann, Gordon Baumann, V I, SIM? X ' M Elden Beerbohm, Iames Bentheimer, Robert Bergmann, ' yy ,, ' ' 'ti if Beverly Blank. ' T fl- n H? 3 n Q 'V , ,, fm, .lofi ,far , ..,, , I a t W' , A, Z I FOURTH Rowwloon Bliese, Monon Block, Thomas Block. ,,,V. ' , 4' Wayne Block, Willard Boeder, Harvey Bohlman, Ralph H I j V Bohn. , T, if-A r , ' iij rii Q ' ' , ' Y , Mt- Wig: I ,V I L THIRD ROW-Mark Bongard, Philip Bongard, Doris Borck. 1 I S-L, g F Glenn Braunschweig, Carol Bredlow, Thomas Bredow, ' 'lift Ioyce Brooks. ' ar ff r iv t ':,.' If if I A 'r ' luv fi? fn M - g - SECOND ROW-Catherine Carlson, Eileen Christian, Hilma , N I , if ' if T . 4 Christian, Patricia Coogan, Iames Copsey, Audrey Cow- ' l ' N en, Donna Craine. A FIRST ROW-Ioseph Cuccia, Donald Cutslorth, Barbara ' - W Draeger, Marilyn A. Draeger, Mary Draeger, Dorothy '55 H , l K A Ebert, Margaret Eickstedt. . A fx, Lf ry e! A .Jig TOP Rowwofol Else, Iohn Else, Donald Erannonn, Iohn 1' . W ' H ff :ggi Emi, Helen Eske, Georgiann Fasbender, Donald Finnel. K - . T ,... - o .of in' A 'uv' . N g ifs I YK FIFTH ROW-Richard Flath, Diana Frasser, Edna Mae Good- ' lette, Richard Goodlette, Ralph Grady, Donna Gram- H Q dorf, LaVerne Griep. T xl? o 4' FOURTH ROW-Stuart Grulke, Waldemar Grulke, Dorothy I y Hady, Francis Heiden, Barbara Henriott, Ierome Hilfiker, Walter Hinterberg. ,Ze f ' .Q THIRD how-Edward Honor, Pat Honor, Thomas lonos, Q' - Carol Kaddatz, Wilma Kehl, Lorraine Kersten, Donald T King. . . . . 'ew w T 'ar g . SECOND ROW-Dolores Kllngbeil, Adnan Knxck, Ronald if if Knispel, Bernice Koepke, Wayne Kohlhofi, Ronald ' 'V My ,T -, Kohls, Helen Kolberg. A , j 2 Legg ' fl? FIRST ROW-LeRoy Korban, Genevieve Krebs, Marlene ' 1 , Vik 5 ii gf' Kreitzman, Constance Krueger, Charles Kuckkahn, Er- 1 in O vin Kuckkan, Audrey Kugler. I I , T U - YL' J j CLASS OFFICERS Herman Rohr President Margaret Nevermann Vice President Wilma Kehl ....., , . , , . , .Secretary , .- will l ,.n: , 3 f ' ' ff' 1. Way, iw, x An Carolyn Seeleldt ,,.,,,.,. ,,..,,, T reasurer , . w I ,gi ' I 32 THE ORBIT aniom TOP ROW-Shirley Kunitz, Dorr Leiknes, Carol Lewis, Ken- neth Lincks, Richard Lindemann, Dolores Lipski, Mar- lin Lueck. FIFTH ROW-Richard Madzar, Robert Mallach, Dorothy Mallow, Catherine Manthey, Eugene Martin, Marie Mel- cher, Arlene Meske. FOURTH ROW-Margaret Miller, Elwyn Minning, Barbara Moeller, Melvin Nass, Margaret Nevermann, Robert Niere, Raymond Noe. THIRD ROW-Robert Nowack, Donald Oestreicher, Eunice Oestreich, Paul Otto, Marion Parker, Virginia Pfeiffer, Russell Polensky. SECOND ROW--Dorothy Rabenhorst, Carol Radtke, Mary Radke, Caroline Rechlin, Edwin Richter, Barbara Rie- mer, Richard Rinkenberger. FIRST ROW-Doris Robbins, Ioyce Rohlofl, Herman Rohr, Shari Rohr, Iune Rollert, Iohn Rowoldt, William Saniter. fggf giif, I l jf ' I I W -1 ' 'lr Q. . 3, , 5 .b.-: W? V TOP ROW-Henry Schaller, Hildegarde Scharp, Gene Schil- 1,3 ..,V i if Y f. i M' ling, Vanna Schmutzler, Donald Schoechert, Francis A ' Schroeder, Marcille Schuett. . ,, ,f t,.. t, E 'f.: i K X ' , E Y my . IV, , A FIFTH ROW-Robert Schultz, Reuben Schulz, Otto Schwefel, f ig ,,. l ' -'Q V .,,. A Wilmar Schwefel, Carolyn Seefeldt, Phyllis Sell, Larry 5 f , I SPIGHQGY- . I Luna l I ti f .,..- 1 , 'a1al.a :a-, i ig, f , K ..- .'- - - .Q 1 X .V Y I Vqvu, I uvlb N I FOURTH ROW-Jacob Sproesser, Yvonne Stabenfeldt, Rob- , K .. V ylv 5 ,Q , is Stallrgian, Mary Iean Stangler, Gene Storm, Marian , u '-..V.. I .'..-: zzu Q UIQ' ' g oma, lewellyn Thomas. 1 :AV L Q, ,gy E , , K . ':':l:' I i - i Q3 in g THIRD ROW-Ruth Ullrich, Floyd Uttech, Ioan Verqenz, fag' 5 ' g P 1 Russell Vergenz, Ralph Vick, Thomas Voigt, Robert N,.: , , g , Wackett. anvil.. V2 I 1 V, 'flaw F , fair, V f X A . ,wk ,, I Z - I . A ulv y '.,, I SECODND ROW--Thomas Wade, Ervin Wagner, Lois Weber, H y zi' --ef , v - -A,, , 5 Qi' 'f ,y,. V- - .f , orothy Wendt, Gene West, lean W t l, K th Q. lv-. M 3-ff trf , A L , 53,5 A I , Q K, A K V .1 ,QI 'rig lll. rt... , - 7. 5 . , axl . ,, E V Q: i... - FIRST- ROW-Norbert Willing, George Zickert, William ,,:, , gg. '-- Q 31- Zimdars, Isola Zoeller, Mary Ann Zoellick, Mary Ann , t , Qvgy f .,.. Zurheide' ., S it :- S F I V' ,. sri- Y i ' gf ' ll ,. , 33 THE ORBIT S'vplwmoreA TOP ROW-Melody Baker, Caroline Beerbohm, Bernice Bey- er, Ierry Blank, Barbara Block, Caroline Borcharut. Franklin Borth. FIFTH ROW Rita Braunschweig, Bevery Bublitz, Harriet Burbach, Shirley Burnett, Fred Busler, Ioan Buss, San- dra Buss. FOURTH ROW-Simon Caine, William Casanova, Francis Coughlin, Margaret Christian, Robert Crupi, Iohn Cur- tis, Wayne Danner. THIRD ROW-Delores Degner, Harold Dittmann, Iohn Ditt- mann, Mary Donahue, Nancy Doubleday, Donald Drost, I Raymond Dubis. SECOND ROW--Marvin Duss, Wayne Ebert, Erline Eggert, Ieanette Eggert, Russell Engel, Allyn Engelke, Bernard Fendt. ,M FIRST ROWf-Ruth Flath, Iames Foley, Francis Folz, Don- ald Fritz, Phyllis Galster, Iean Gerth, Howard Goetsch. i 53' arf 1 A Z gf ,. , ff . 7 , 592 QQ A' HF ti Y 4 1- I :W V ., fi! , H far T of A :HA 'L' . r,Q fy it l 'ne l me ff er., ,gi W if '1,,, . , 'aff W J M, ,A 2 t i X fag ,, ,f-It ,l , 5 I , Q 5 -. K S - N ..-' X f , 'X ' . ' -- fi, an I 'fm w f F F Q F, -Q .- Q , 2 , y X if gif y y I gf' Z7 ' A 1 I lll' Q' In 'A TCP FOVV-Nancy Gronert, Patricia Cruel, Harvey Haase, , wt ' ,,..L,f 1 'S s 1 3, E lohn Hacly, Peter Hahn, Charles Haseleu, Hal Hawes. , . +1--i A .,' , ai. I ' it F -dl V ,ey 'ir' 'N . ' ' P 'ii 'ii 1 F T' ' ' FIFTH RCW'--Roger Heck, Fred Heim, Barbara Heinz, Har- H A V , , lcy Harold, Mariiss Herschi, Allan Hilgendort, Ella 1 Q ' Q ,,. J .. I, .,.r Mae Hink. if ae! ef af K it 5 g Q fx . -,' W . ' 4 r'- Z N, , 1,5 22 4. 'f A L PM FOURTH ROW--Garnette Hintzmanri, Ianice Holt, Inez Iae- ' - H A my . ger, William Iannke, lane Iohannsen, l,ucille Iohnson, 3. 4 y . , Ronald Iuderjahn. ggg g, Y 2 ' fi Q ' s ' 2 wr' ' . - -N -.ff N -vfs Q, 5 t t f I 61,1 1 i ,EVM ffm' V ' 'I'HlRD ROW-Ioan Kaddatz. Audrey Kaercher, John Kaer- - i M- 5 f ,,,, .. .Wy 'F - f' 1 A Z - 1' A Cher, loann Kasten, Mary Kee, Donald Kehr, Donna Q in A ' Klinqbeil, 5 y H ' fa X SECOND ROW Lorraine Knaack, Marion Knaack, Ruth l , . v L xt., fix' .A Knight, Arlene Kollen, Audrey Kollen, Orville Kohl- I J ' f We ' 'L hofl, Kenneth Kohls. t . ' ' In R ' 'F fag - ' ,Q '- Y FIRST ROW--Phyllis Kraehnke, Wilma Krakow, Georgene 'l J - h ' . .,,. 4, 4 ,Vg 'pf' Kreuziger, Thomas Kreuziger, Robert Krueger, Iames ri ' A fr Landsverk, Carol Lehmann. ,, -M ., , a ,,,, , , N-w,,,,..,,eW,,,, , , M , S ,A if F I 1 Q , I , CLASS OFFICERS gg'-rf f , . ' William Casanova ,,,,,,,,,.,.,,,.. ,.,,,,,,,,,President 1 A A ' m I A V Q Carl Stallman ,,,,,,,,, ,,,.,,, V ice-President i f it , it ' A ,r-, , A :': y Betty Stol1,,.,,,,,,, ,,,W,,,,.Secretary ' -' 5 ' ' af' ' ' -F Constance Mann .Treasurer 34 THE ORBIT Soplwmvl-eA TOP ROW-Ioan Lemminger, Iames Loeftler, Iames Lou- kota, Lenore Maas, Maryann Magnan, Donald Mallow, Constance Mann. FIFTH ROW-LeRoy Melcher, Barbara Melius, Franklin Minning, Thomas Wayne Murray, Marion Nehls, Mar- vin Neumann, Rose Marie Nienow. FOURTH ROW-George Osterhout, Elmer Parker, Rodney Pike. Mary Ann Pugh, Gerald Rabbach, Alice Raben- horst. Ruth Rabenhorst. THIRD ROW-Ioyce Raether, Rae Ann Richart, Kathleen Richter, Donna Riemer, Marilyn Rinkenberger, Ferne Robbins, Alfred Rome. TOP ROW--Ferne Schwenkner, Richard Schwenkner, Dor- othy Seefeldt, LaVerne Seibel, Donna Schearier, Ioan Sprenger, Ieanne Stalker. FOURTH ROWwCarl Stallman, Ronald Steckling, Sydnie Stich, Betty Stoll, I-lrline Streblow, Patricia Sullivan, Russel Tesch. 'THIRD ROWM-Bettymae Tessmann, Donna Thiede, Doris Tietz, Reinhard Tietz, Elaine Toebe, Cornelia Trachte, Rose Ellen Voeqeli. SECOND ROW--Iane Weaver, Ulysses Weqner, Ardith Welles, Franklin Welles, Charles Westenberg, Carol Wiedenhoeft, Dennis Wilde. FIRST ROW-AEric Wimmer, Donald Worden, Herman Zas- trow, William Zeiner, Donald Zillmer, Donald Zimmer- man, Eugene Zurheide. 35 SECOND ROW-Donald Rubadeau, Viola Ruehlow, Ruth Ruesch, Roger Schleii, Allen Schneider, Palmer Schoe- nike, Robert Schramm. FIRST ROW-lean Schroeder, Carol Schultz, Shirley Schultz, Merlin Schulz, Mildred Schumacher, Marie Schwefel, Charles Schwenkner. TOP ROW-Carolyn Fuchs, Marlene Fuchs, Dor- othy Gallert, Shirley Gerbitz, Franklin Gerth, Ioanne Gloede, Shirley Gramdori, Ronald Grie- benow. FIFTH ROW--Bett Ann Griep, David Griep y . Franklin Griep, Gail Gruner, Margaret Hady, Elmer Hartmann, Loretta Heiden, Rose Hensler. FOURTH ROW-Mack Hicks, Iames Higgins, Al- ice Hilse, Ianice Hobus, Arlene Hoefs, Rita Holter, Donald Holt, Helen Hoof. THIRD ROW-Geraldine Howard, Ioyce Huebner, Marvin Iaeger, Rita Iaehrling, Nancy Iellyman, Shirley lohnson, Barbara lurick, Kathryn Kad- ing. SECOND ROW- Paul Karcher, lohn K at i s c h, Iames Keck, Robert Kehr, Dana Kellerman, Ann Keppler, Louella Kennedy, lack Kern. FIRST ROW-Roberta Killian, Dennis Kingsley. Io Ann Klemme, Dorothy Korth, Helen Kowalke, Stella Krause, Patricia Krueger, Valerie Krueger, Janet Lamb. CLASS OFFICERS Iames Keck ......,.,,,,......,.....,.,......... President Rosemary Berg ......... Vice-President Faith Bliese ,,., ., ....,..,. , ,Secretary IoAnne Powers ,,..,,, . ,, ,, .. Treasurer Win tl: grade TOP ROW-Barbara Adams, Martha Adams, Dan- iel Archie, Werner Balmer, Margaret Barnes. Paul Bast, Florence Becker, Iohn Beggan. FIFTH ROW-Bonita Beilman, Ioan Bentheimer, Rosemary Berg, Robert Bence Kno picturel, Ro- delle Bergdoll, Faith Blaese, Edward Bocca. Glen Bock, Lawrence Bohmsack. FOURTH ROW-Donald Braunschweig, Kenneth Breunig, Iames Broede, Diane Buchert, Edwin Buchert, Ruth Buelter, Dorothy Butler, Bradley Catman. THIRD ROW-Shirley Christian, Charles Christie, William Connor, Richard Coogan, Elizabeth Coughlin, Iudith Cramer, Richard Creydt, Ier- ome David. SECOND ROW-Sharon Draheim, Ruth Duzinski, Rita Ebert, Robert Ebert, Ronald Ebert, Nancy Edwards, Wayne Engel, Herbert Engelbrecht. FIRST ROW-Idella Erickson, Mary lo Euper, Fred Fendt, Frank Fenz, Robert Franz, Iames Freitag, Gladys French, Elaine Frey. flin tl: grade TOP ROW- David Leiknes, Philip Lenius, Wayne Lueck, Lucille Luhman, Robert Madzar, Francis Markl, Margaret McCaig, Caroline Meckes. FIFTH ROWA- Sandra Meitner, David Melcher, Agatha Meyer Cno picturel, Mary Ann Meyer, Lloyd Milbrath, Benny Miller, Beatrice Mohr, Marlene Moldenhauer, Paul Monzel. FOURTH ROW-Donna Murray, Charles Ninmann, Margaret Ninmann, Lois Nistler. Barbara Nofiz, Cynthia Northrop, Henrietta Novotny, Patrick O'Donnell. THIRD ROW-Ioanne Oestreich, Ann Oschmann, Joanne Peirick, Ann Perry, Karen Peters, Fran- cis Pitterle, Iohn Platos, Mary Polensky. SECOND ROWaMary Io Ponath, IoAnne Powers, Edwin Prahl, Burla Pratt, Donald Pugh, William Pugh, Iohn Quinn, Inez Radke. FIRST ROW-Amaryllis Heen, Marilyn Reese, Darlene Reichert, Eugene Reichert, Ianet Renz, Barbara Rezach, Donald Richter, Clyde Ricker- man. TOP ROW-Ian Rickerman, Lois Riemer, Terrence Rohr, Nancy Rome, Lloyd Rose, Ioanne Row- lands, Vernon Rowoldt, Mary Io Sazama. FIFTH ROW Betti Schaudig, Florence Schlesner, Bruce Schlueter, Ioyce S c h m e l i n g, Brent Schmidt, Robert Schmitt, Lois Schoenherr, Iames Schramm. FOURTH ROW-Gail Schubert, Orville Schultz, Meryle Schulze, Ora Schweiel, Gerhard Schwichtenberg, Lois Sell, Phyllis Sellnow. Marlene Sievert. THIRD ROW--Ierry Smith, Raymond Stangler, Susan Stark, Virginia Stark. Wayne Staude. Patricia Steffen, Thomas Sterwald, Barbara Sturm. SECOND ROW---Lois Taylor, LeRoy Tesch, Eileen Uttech, Shirley Wagner, Ioyce Weide, Frank Westphal, Herman Wickert, Elden Willing. FIRST ROW-Nancy Winkler, loan Witt, Neill Woelfter, Dorothy Wuestenberg, Kathryn Zahn, lane Zastrow, Ioan Zickert, Herbert Zoeller. Hgh tl: grade TOP ROW-Robert Adler, Edward Agathen, Don- ald Beaudoin, David Bentzin, Anita Bergmann, Kenneth Boeder, Shirley Boltz. FOURTH ROW-Iames Borazo, Thomas Breunig, Bruce Broede, Kay Buchert, Kenneth Butzine, Barbara Claussen, lol-inn Doubleday. THIRD ROW-Katherine Drost, Kenneth Drost, Paul Ebert, Franklin Else, Louise Erdman, Iohn Erdmann, Sandra Foley. SECOND ROW-Clyde Gerth, loyce Gest, Su- zanne Gorder, Lynn Gritzner, Grace Gutzdorl, Dillon Hale, Sally Hartmann. FIRST ROW'-Audrey Hilgendorf, Ida Hilker, Carla Hobus, Thomas Hull, Ted Iames, Helen Ielly- man, Iune Iohannsen. zifif TOP ROW- Louise Kaercher, Robert Kessler, Iames King, Thomas Klug, lean Kohlhofl, Barbara Krueger, Rose Marie Lincks. FOURTH ROW-Ieanette Loeder, Lila Lotzgesell. Richard Nowatzki. Thomas Paskey, Phillip Peck, Roland Peterson, Ronald Pfeiffer. THIRD ROW Iean Polensky, Ianet Quade, Claude Richards, Robert Rollert, Sandra Rueqg, Mary Schuett, Rita Schultz. SECOND ROW--Kenneth S c h u m a n n, Donald Smith, Donald Stannard, May Steckhahn, Duane Steflen, Barbara Swailes, Donald Templeton. FIRST ROW-f Peder Thomas, Clarence Timm, Bet- ty Lou Voegeli, Hildegarde Voegeli, Lee Earl Wade, Donald West, Gerald Zielsdorl. CLASS OFFICERS Iune Iohannsen ,,,,,,,,..............Y.,,..., President Barbara Swailes ,,,,,,, .......,. V ice-President Louise Kaercher ,,,,,,. .......V.V,,VV. S ecretary Lila Lotzgesell ,,,,,, ,,,.....,.. T reasurer HE TOP ROW-Richard Karcher, Fred Kittel, Dawn Klemme, Marlene Klemme, Nancy Koerner, Iames Krueger, Lawrence Leiknes, Carol Loe- der. FOURTH ROW-Ioanne Loefller, William Long, Robert Loomis, Kenneth Lueck, Mamie Lueck, Robert Lunde, Iohn MacGregor, Margaret Mears. TI-HRD ROW-Dorothy Minning, Rodney Neitzel, Sally Nielsen, Beverly Noftz, Nancy Osterhout, Yvonne Peck, Leo Peterson, William Polenski. SECOND ROW-Ronald Ponath, Sylvia Prahl, Richard Rabenhorst, Audrey Rieck, Fred Schultz, Donna Selves, Kenneth Smith, Barbara Stalker. FIRST ROW--Mary Stimac, Patricia Swailes, Bar- bara Town, Paul Voeqeli, David Wade, Law- rence Wierzbinski, Iosephine Willman, Marlene Winchel, Polly Zimmermann. CLASS OFFICERS Peter Hartwig ..,...,.....,,,,..........,,..,, President Lois Kaercher ,,,.....,,,. ....... V ice-President Harriet Hoppe ,.,.,,.., ......,.., S ecretary Donna Howard .,,..... ..,.,, T reasurer Seven tl: grade TOP ROW-Alice Agathen, Ioel Albrecht, Ioyce Anderson, Beverly Baker, Shirley Beerbohm, Phyllis Blank, Laura Brunelle, Bonnie Brusen- bach. FOURTH ROW-Robert Burbach, Richard Burdick Cno picturel, Carole Buss, Gail Christie, Donald Copsey, William Dollase, Mary Duzinski, Daisy Eckhardt, Ned Edwards. THIRD ROW-Ion Engelbrecht, Ronald Feder, Jeanne Flath, George Folz, Iean Frey, Blake Fritz, Mary Gallert, Carol Gest. SECOND ROW-Donald Gloede, George Godfroy, Elaine Gritzner, Barbara Gronert, Patricia Han- son, Peter Hartwig, Edward Hell, Georgianne Helmke. FIRST ROW-'Richard Henriott, Harriet Hoppe, Donna Howard, Warren Huebner, Myron Iahn- ke, Dorothy laye, Lois Kaercher, William Kaer- cher. THE ORBIT Adams, Mary . ...,AA, Barnes, Frances ...,... Barry, lacgueline av,,a Baumann, Harold .,,a..,a.,,, Nlumni C1444 of 1943 Baurichter, Florence ..,... ....,.,. W hitewater State Teachers Behling, Crystal aaa.,a..,., Bentzin, Scott ........,.. Bliese, Ronald ,,,.Y... Block, Hildegar Ac..,, Boeder, Lois ,ccV,cc.....c Bongard, William .,,., Borchardt, Paul ,cc.,w,.c....... .,...cA. Borth, Marvin ..,,...,,.,r.i,.,,i,,,c,,i,w.. Braunschweig, Charleen Brink, Donald ........,..,.....i ,,,c,,.. Brooks, Wallace .,i,,,. Brumm, Shirley ....... Chase, Harriet .,cc,,,, Chase, lean i,,.,.,..... Christian, Gilmer ,t,t, Christian, Ralph ..,..,. Conner, Howard .c,,. Cowen, Margaret cccct Craine, lames ,,v.,... Donahue, Iohn ........ Draeger, Robert ,,tc,,, Drost, Alvin ,,c,,c,,,... Drost, Phyllis ...,. Ebert, Alice .,..,.cll Ebert, Donald V...w Ebert, Elaine ...,.., Eggers, Paul ....,.c.A,lr,c, Eicksteadt, Ruth ,....., Eisfeldt, Cynthia .....,, Engel, Harold ,ccc,cct Euper, Gertrude ......, Faber, Ieanne ......., Feder, Lois .,...,c,. Fee, Donald ,,,......,.. Fendt, Shirley .,,c,,c. Ferry, Donald ,....... Finder, Kenneth .,ll.ll Fischer, Norma .l,,,l Flath, Grace c,,.cV....... Fredrick, Virginia ,l,,, Frey, Wayne ......l,,l Fuchs, Ruth ,.cclcc.. Gauerke, Carol ,.l,., Gehrke, Paul .i,clc,cw. Gnewuch, Lois ..,,.. Goecke, Mary .l.,.,lllll Goetsch, Herbert .,,.l National Tea Food Store .,,...,,,. U Watertown Mrs. Allen Goecke ,llc,,cl,l,V, ,, Watertown Dairy Distributers ,l,........l,,l,,,l,,l,..,...,,l,, ,,l,, W atertown Farming ,,is,i,,,,.....r.L,,i,,iiL,,,....,,,i,,......,,w,.....,.. t,c...,.l L ebanon College cc,ccc ...,ci W hitewater Mrs. Arthur Hofenstein ...,ll,,c,,,l ..,,,,c..c.... l,l,, L a ke Mills Carroll College .l,l.,c,,lc,lcv,,....,.,,l,,i,,...,... ,...., W aukesha Svncromatic Corp. ,.,,..lll,,ll, .. Watertown Mrs. Robert Schauer ,l,,to.,v..,....,,l .E Watertown Kusel Dairy Equipment Co .,,l,,,l .. Watertown Layton Art School .,,l,,l,l,,.,v......,, .. Milwaukee Northwestern College ,.,l,,ll,,l,,YY.,,. .. Watertown Brandt Automatic Cashier Co .,,ll... C. Watertown Mrs. Al Lemminger .,,l,.,lll,l,,,,... .. Milwaukee Goetsch Construction Co. .lll .. Watertown Syncromatic Corp. .....,,l,,ll,, .. Watertown Mrs. lames Gunning ,l,,c,..., .. Watertown University of Wisconsin ll,,l,,... University of Wisconsin l,,.,.....,.,. Madison Madison Brandt Automatic Cashier Co ...,l,.. .. Watertown Farming ,v,.....,.,,l,,l, ,,,Y.....l,,,,l,,,,,,,....o,,,o, .,,.o... C 1 yman U. S. Navy l,,,c,..,..,.....l,,l,,,l,,,.Y,... La Crosse State Teachers College ,,.o.,o ,,o.,..i L a Crosse Marquette University .,....,.,,,l,,lY.....,,o,, ..,.,, M ilwaukee Deceased ,.l,,,l,,,a...V.l..l,cl,,ll,,ll,aa.... Brandt Automatic Cashier Co .,ll..,a ,l,,. W atertown Schultz ci Pike V......,,aaa,t.....l,,ll,,a .. Watertown Mrs. Edwin Buss ,aa,aa....,,,ll,,l,V .. Watertown At Horne Vo.......,,,,,o,,,. .. Watertown Farming ..l,.ll,,ll.,,..,,,ll,,l,,,,, C, Watertown At Home ,llvll..v..l.lll,l,,,,,.,lll,,l C, Watertown Mallow Construction Co. ...,., .. Watertown Mrs. I. Chingway .l,lll.,........l .. Watertown Mrs. Donald Knick ,.,.,,,..,, .. Watertown Schultz :S Pike ..,.ll.ll,,l,,,,,.,,. .. Watertown Badger State Bottling Co. ,..,.. .. Watertown Mrs. Delwin Hintzmann ...ll.ll .. Watertown Motor Transport Co. .....,.l,,.. ,, Watertown Knitting Works ,,.,,,lll,l,,,l,Y ,,,,,,l,oo R ipon Dr. Carlson's Office ......... ,, Watertown l. C. Penney Co. .................. .. Watertown University of Wisconsin ,,,,.l,.., ,l,o,Y M adison Motor Transport Co. .,....... ,E Watertown Moravian College ...... Pennsylvania Busse's Pharmacy .,lll. .. Watertown U. S. Army .....,.,,,,,,. Doerr's Pharmacy ..,..l ,. Watertown Mrs. W. Faltersack ,,,,,,,, .. Milwaukee Syncromatic Corp. ..,.l,., .. Watertown Dr. Miller's Office ........ .. Watertown St. Mary's Hospital ,.,,v, . .. Milwaukee Tetzlaifs Pharmacy ,,..ll .. Watertown 40 THE ORBIT Gunning, Matthew A.n,A... nv,nn.. U . S. Army ........nnv.nnYAA.......nn,nM., Hady, Barbara ..,,.........,,.n,, .....,. M rs. Frederick Timm Vw,,rrr.....,...r.. ...r,.,. W atertown Hafemeister, Herbert r.A,... .r,,... B randt Automatic Cashier Co .....,Y,, ,vrV,rY, W atertown Hamm, Mary .............V,.v, ....... A lbion College ......,..,r,,r.....,..v,r,,. rrVr,,r M ichigan Hintzmann, Delwin .,,..... v.Y.r.. G ladness Bakery rrrr,.....r.Y,r,.r,.. .,,. W atertown Hoffman, Iames ..w..,.t.,rrrv ,...... U niversity of Wisconsin .,.,.... rrr,.rrr M adison Holstein, Shirley ......v......., ,,,,,,. M ercy Hospital ,,r.........,.,,rr V,,,,r I anesville Hornickle, Iacqueline ...... ....... O tto Biefeld Co. .,,Vrr,,rr,...w. ..,. W atertown Huggett, John V.Y.,,,r,,,,r,,, .rr..., U . S. Navy ,,Yr,...rr.....V..,rr,,....,.. Imming, Helen .....r..... ....... W isconsin Telephone Co. ..... ,vr,r M adison laeger, Mary ............... . ....... Times Publishing Co. ,......,rr,....., .... W atertown Iaehrling, Gervase crrr,lr. ,,rl... B randt Automatic Cashier Co .,rrl,,,, ,,.. W atertown Iones, Barbara ...,......... ..,l,.. D airy Distributers ,,r........V.,l......., ,,rllrr ..l.. W a tertown Klecker, Barbara rr,,. ..,.... G . B. Lewis Co. ,.,.,CVrrr,,.,.....,rV,rl..wr,,rrr,r,,, rr,,r W atertown Ioyce Klinger ........ .vr,,,. L a Crosse State Teachers College ,rl...., rrr.,.. L a Crosse Klug, Iohn .r..rrV. ....... U . S. Navy ..........................v......... Klug, Mary ........... ....... M id-States Shoe Co. ............,.....,.....,,......... ..... W atertown Knorr, Maxine ......... Whitewater State Teachers College ........ .........,.l.. W hitewater Koenig, William ,..,. Whitewater State Teachers College ........v..,..........,... Whitewater Kohls, Aaron ........... Brandt Automatic Cashier Co ........,..........,..........,.......... Watertown Kollath, Geraldine ..... ..,,,.,,,.,,,,,,...........,,.,,.....,..,................,....,,.,.,..... ....., M i nneapolis, Minn. Kollath, Marianne ..... Household Finance Corp. ..... ..,............... W atertown Kressin, Roger ............, Iansky Printing Co. ....,............... ..... W atertown Kreuziger, Roman ....... Farming .....v..,v.,.......................v....,... ..... W atertown Kuckkan, Louis ....,.,v,,.,.. ..,,,.. B randt Automatic Cashier Co ..... .... Watertown Kuehnemann, Ianice ....... .....,v U niversity of Wisconsin ............... ....l....... M adison Larson, Florence .......... ....... M oe Brothers Co. ...v..............r.. .a...r F t. Atkinson Lenius, Doris .....r...rr...r Habhegger Co. r.............. r.aa W ate-1't0WI1 Lohmeyer, Ruby ....... .,.,... S yncromatic Corp. ..........r.........,r ....a... W atertown Loukota, Robert ...,,.. ......, U . S. Army ............rr...r.........,rr...... Luedtke, Delores ,...... ...,... U nion Grove Normal School ....r..,v. ....... U nion Grove Lunde, Ianet ........... ......, G len Manufacturing Co. ..........r.. ,...r... W atertown Madzar, Peter ...... .,.,.., M aas Construction Co .....rr....... r.... W atertown Mallow, Philip ........,..., ....... U niversity of Wisconsin ........,.. ..... M adison Mannigel, Shirley .,.., ......, M ilwaukee Brush Co. ..... ....,.,....... ..,. M i lwaukee Marg, La Verne ....... ...v.,. B randt Automatic Cashier Co ......,,. ..,a. W atertown Marshall, lean ...,.. ..,,... M rs. Lloyd Schwefel ..........,.l...... ..... W atertown McAdams, lean ...,...r.,. ....... F irst National Bank ......r.. ....... ...av M a diS0n McKee, Gene ................ ....,.. N orthwestern College ....r. .... W atertown Metzger, Nan Louise ..,..... ....... B usse's Pharmacy .........v.................. ..... W aterl0Wn Murphy, Patricia ...,rr..rr.v ......, S t. Mary's Hospital .rr.........rr.........aa.... ..... M aC1iSO11 Nehring, Kenneth .......... ....,,, P lattville State Teachers College ....,rr .....,. P laiville Neubauer, lack .........,..,..... ....,,. U . S. Navy ..........v.............v....r,..... Nevermann, Theodore Zwieg's Grill ........,.........,......,r,r.. . ..... Watertown Nickels, Dolores ............ .,,.... E dward's Cleaners .....rv................ ..,.. W atertown Nickels, La Verne .,... .....,. B randt Automatic Cashier Co ......... .,... W atertown Nimm, Gerald .....,,.. ....... M id-States Shoe Co. .................. .. ..,.. Watertown Nistler, Paul ...,...... ,..,,,, U . S. Navy ,,,,.,,.............,.,v,........ Nolden, Iames .,.... ...,r., U . S, Army ..,...........,,.,..... Nolden, Norbert ..... U. S. Army ..................,....rrr Nowatzki, Donald .......... ....... U niversity of Wisconsin ...e..ev .l... M adison Noyes, Elizabeth .............. ....,.. M rs. Iames Shauer ............ ..,..... M adison Ohrmundt, Lawrence U. S. Navy .,,,.....,.........,.,. Paradies, Gerald ....e..... ....... F . W. Woolworth Co. ..e... ........ W atertown Peirick, Lillian ,...,........ Bank of Watertown ......... ........ W atertown 41 THE ORBIT Perschke, Donald ,. .... ,......., O tto Biefeld Co. .A,A..,., . ,,,, Watertown Pitterle, Margaret ,. .... ,.... . ..At Home ......Y.......,.,.,....,...,.... ,... W atertown Polensky, Arlis ..... ,7,,A.. . Brandt Automatic Cashier Co. Watertown Polensky, Lois ....... ,,,.,.... C o-Mo Photo Co. ....,,,.t...,,..., Watertown Radke, lone ,or..,, ,,.....t. M rs. Rueben Dehnert ,,,,,,,,o .,...A,, R ichwood Raether, Ianice .,.,, Mrs. Marvin Baumann ,,,,,a Watertown Been, Dan t......... ..,...... F arming ,aaa,a,,,,,.,,,.aat.,,,,.Yt,,t.aa,,.,, .a,w,,,,,, ,,,r,. . . Clyman Reuser, Shirley aaaa..ar..., .....,aa, ,,..,a...a.rr..,. . ,.a...a.,,Y,.,a.Aaaa..a,.. . . .,,a,,, ,,aaa . . Milwaukee Richter, Iean .,.................., ......,.. W hitewater State Teachers College aaa,,,,, ,,,,,, W hitewater Rodenkirch, Thomas ,,,,Yt... U. S, Navy aaaaa.,.r,Yaaaaaaaaa,,,,,,aa.aa Rose, Melvin .rr..,,,,.aa.. ,,raaa.,, S Vncromatic Corp. ,,...a,..,.,,,, .,,,, A,A, W atertown Salick, Susan .......... .,....... O shkosh State Teachers College ccacic,, .. Oshkosh Schlueter, Patricia ,...,, cc,,i,,.. M rs. Milo Schackley ,.i,.......,......,,,,A,,a, Watertown Schmidt, Arthur ,Y,.,,,wY. ...,...,. P iDer's Farm ,,,,c,,,,,cccc,,,,,, ,ccc . .. Watertown Schmidt, Pauline ,.rr.r...,, c,ccicr,. M rs. Tackson Petrie ........,Y,.,cct .cY.,,,,,, .cc,,,,,.. N o rwalk Schroeder, Charlotte vv..i ......... M rs. Donald Brink icci aciY,,, , ccic .,,,,ccc,cccc ..,,,. W a t ertown Schroeder, Kenneth ,rc..., ..,,..... M ilwaukee Institute of Technology ,,,,,,, ,c,,c,, M ilwaukee Schultz, Beatrice iiciiccic, .,...... . Milwaukee Deaconess Hospital .cc,c,,,,,,c, ,c,,,. M ilwaukee Smith, Dorothy lean ....... ,cr..,c,. M rs. Frederick Schultz ...,.....tt. .,,,,.,,,, W atertown Stalker, Dwayne cc,,c,,,,c ...w..... U . S. Navy ,cccc,,,,,,c,,,cccc,,,,, Steckhahn, Pearl ........ ,,..,.... I ra L. Henrv Co. .................. Watertown Storbeck, Rosemarie ..... ......... M rs. Donald Perschke ........ Watertown Tietz, Lucille ............r... ......... M rs. Oliver Christian ........ .............. I xonia Trebian, Arthur ........ ......... N orthwestern College ........ Watertown Trebian, Marie .......... ,........ U niversity of Wisconsin ......... U ....... Madison Voeqeli, Elmer ............ ........, R ailroad .................................... ............ W atertown Wallman, William ...... ......... U niversity of Wisconsin ...................,,,..,. .......... M adison Weaver, Robert ........ ......... W hitewater State Teachers College ........ .. Whitewater Weber, Arthur ..... ......... B randt Automatic Cashier Co ................. Watertown Wilke, Donald ....... .r....... U . S. Armv .................................... Zastrow, Doris .............. ......... F7 lse Oil Co. ........................... ...... .............. I x onia Zastrow, Earl ................... ......... B randt Automatic Cashier Co... Watertown Zastrow, Waldemar ................... Farming .....r.r.......................... Watertown Zimmermann, Russell ................ Bank of Watertown .................. .r.,..,... W atertown Zoelle, Gertrude ............. ......... S t. Mary's Hospital .............,........,..,........ ...... M ilwaukee Zoellick, Iean ....... r........ M ilwaukee State Teachers College ....... ....... M ilwaukee 14lumn1 CIMA o I949 Archie, Lois ....,...... ......... N orthwestern College ....... Watertown Backus, Ioyce .......... ......... T . C. Penney Co. .............. Watertown Baumann, Donald ..,..... ......... F arming ......................... Watertown Behl, Vemon ............ ......... F' arming ......................... Watertown Bentheimer, lack ...... ......... S yncromatic Corp. ...... Watertown Bergdoll, Phyllis ...... ......... L . M. Bickett CO. ................... WateItOWH Beyer, Otis ........... ......... G ateway Lumber Co. ................ Watertown Block, Barbara ....... ......... B randt Automatic Cashier Co ....... Watertown Block, Iohn ....... ......... W atertown Memorial Co ........... Watertown Boelter, Iohn .i... ......... B oe1ter's Meat Market .................. VVate1't0WI1 Boltz, Iames ........... .......i , Brandt Automatic Cashier Co ................. ..s.s. W af9ft0WI1 Borth, Wilford .,..... ......... N orthwestern College ............................ss.. ...... W ateTt0W1'1 Bowman, Agnes .......... ......... E mployed at University of Wisconsin ...... ...,.,..... M adiS01'1 Bowman, Edward ........................ Schmidt's Filling Station .......................... ...... W ateIt0WI1 Braunschweig, Robert ................ University of Wisconsin ...... .. .......... MHdiS0f1 Bredlow, Lois ....,............ ........i S tout Institute ..................... ....V,V, M 911011101199 42 THE ORBIT Brennan, Patricia ...... w,.,,.,v. M rs. Richard Mayo .A....,, v.w... W est Bend Brink, lames ,,.,.,,,,.Y ,.,....., S yncromatic Corp. ...... .,..aaV W atertown Buchert, Ioan .,e,eeeeeeeee.e, e,ee.A... K ellerman Agency ....c,,,.....,...... v..awa. W atertown Buchholz, Marilyn ..,.,. ....,.... D airy Distributers ..ic..........,.........ca .......... W atertown Buss, Donald V...,....... ......,... F ond du Lac Business College ....... .....a F OI'1d du Lac Christian, Palmer ,......i iiic,lc,i, B randt Automatic Cashier Co ,iii,..Y.. -...... W al91'lOWI1 Coogan, Dan ,...i,...... ,.iiiii,,, U . S. Navy ,,,,,,,,,,,,i.,,.,.,.,.,,ii.i,ii.i.. Cowen, Gene .iiiiiiiiiiiii .v,.,.,.,, U , S. Navy ,i,,,,,,,i,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,.,,,,. Darcey, Rosemary ...... .,...aaa.. E dgewood Academy aaaa.aa,...a.,...,,,,,,,,,, ,........., M adison Doering, Thomas iiiiiai. ...,...... S yncromatic Corp. ..,.........,.,i,,i,,.,,,,,,,,,,,, i..,iii W atertown Doschadis, Betty ...... ......... X Whitewater State Teachers College ....t. Whitewater Elcert, Ruth ........,.....,..iii i.....,... M ilwaukee County Hospital ......,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,, ....... M ilwaukee Engelbrecht, Shirley ,t... .......... G . B. Lewis Co, ,,tt,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,Y, ,,,,,,, .tt.t. W a tertown Engelke, Cynthia ........ itt,t.... W isconsin National Bank ,t,,.att ...,.. W atertown Fendt, lack ....,,..t.,..,t. ......t.. S vncromatic Corp. ttttttt.t..,..... ..,... W atertown Finnel, Robert tt,.t., ,,,,,,,,,, A 6, P Grocery Store ,,,,,,,,, ..,.... W atertown Fleuker, Grace tttttatt ......... M ilwaukee Hospital .....,., ,.ttt, M ilwaukee Fulsaas, Ruth t,t.tt,,,.,,,,,, ,,,,t,,,,, W est Side Lumber Co. ,,,,, ..,.,. W alG1'lOW1'1 Goodlette, Geraldine aat,a a..V,,,,. U niversity of Wisconsin ,,,,,,,,,,,,t,,, .,.......V M adison Goodlette, Walter ..,..... t.t...t,. T Jniversitv of Wisconsin ,t..,.,,titti...... .....i........ M adison Grinde, Vernon .ccctcct ..,...... F' ond du Lac Business College ,...... ...... F ond du LHC Gudenkaut. Betty ,..t,,tt .....,.... S t. Marv's Hospital ,tt,ttttt.ti.i.....,.. ....... W aterlOWI1 Hady, Rita ,.tt....tttttc,,..,, ,,it,,,,, C ity Hall ttttt,,,,tt,,,,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,tttt ....... W atertown Haseleu, Mary Lou ..ctcct ,cV.,,,,, M ilwaukee Hospital .la,.... e.e.... Milwaukee Heiden, Dorothy ......,.tt ...tV.... M id-States Shoe Co .,.t.tttttVtV.t.llt ..eeeeeeet W atertown Henniq, Ruth .,.o,,,,.... ..tv..... S t. Luke's Hospital ..,t....,...........,... .......e.,eeetree---- I l1iI10i9 Hensler, Elaine ...., ,ov,,,,,, M arachowsky's Grocery Store t.,.... .Voo............V W ateflOWI1 Hicks, Donald ,.ol.,o ....,..,. N otre Dame University ..........,.t... S011ll'1 Bend. Ind- Higgins, lerome ...... lo.to.... F' arming ............t,......tt,,tttt.l...ttt,. .....eeet.... W HTGITOWH Higgins, Rita lane .,...,.,ott ,,........ N orthwestem College ....ttt Hilgendori, Howard t.,,t,, ,,,,,.,,,, S yncromatic Corp. ,,,i,,,,,, Hoefitler, Robert .,,,o,,,,, ,,,,it,,, U , S, Navy ,,,,,,,,,,,,,-,-,i,Y,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Hoefs, Irene ...........l.l....ttt ,...,..... T . C. Pennev Co. ...,.....,..,,,.,,t,ltt...,,,, , Hollenbeck, Margaret ,..,......,.,,,. Milwaukee Deaconess Hospital .,,,,, Huber, Dan o.................... ..,..t,, Humphrey, Gordon ,..,lat ,av,,,,t. Keck, Barbara ,tt,aaaaaY,,,. ,,,,,,,,, Kehr, lo Ann ..,......... Klecker, Ioseph .tta..,, Klutterman, Gerald ...... .,.,.t.., Klutterman, Robert ..t.,t a,a.,,,.. Knispel, Allan t,a.,...l, Koch, Donald ,,,,.oV.. .Farming ,vvolt,.,..,..,........oo...,,...,......,,.....,.... Milwaukee School of Technology ...... Universitv of Wisconsin tv,,vV,,......,..,...,. Madison Business College ....,v,,l.,,... Farming ...,..,.............VvvYY.,,l.l..., U. S. Navy .,.t...l.,,..............Y, U. S. Navy .......,VtV.,l.,la,........ .,.......Rural Life Printing Co. Sherman Products .,....t..t Kohls, Dolores ...,. ,,.,.,,,, S cott Store ,,,,,,,v,v,-,,t,,,,, Kropf. Kenneth .oo.o .......,. D airv Distributers .t..,,,V,,,.,.a....... Kropp, Virginia ...,.... t,.t.,,... M id-States Shoe Co. .,..........,ttta..... . Krueger, Shirley oooo.oo,,. ........ . Mayville County Normal School .... Kuckkan, Beatrice ,,....., oo,....... M id-States Shoe Co. tttt.,..,,............ . Lenze, Fred ....,,........ Magnan, Harold ,tat.l Mallach, Gerald ...,.. Mann, William .,,t.l,, a,.......Marquette University l,,.,,...University of Wisconsin,,Wt,, ,v.......University of Wisconsin......... Marek, Mary Ann V...,... ....., . ,Northwestern College o.o.t.tl Marsh, leanne .,,,,,,,., Mathwig, lohn ....... t,.......University of Wisconsin......m Farming ..,.......o.,.vov,,v.,,,.,...,.,..t... lContinued on Page 1113 43 Watertown Watertown Watertown Milwaukee Watertown Milwaukee Madison Madison Watertown Lake Milla Watertown Watertown Watertown Watertown Mayville Watertown Watertown Milwaukee Madison Madison Watertown ,, Madison Watertown j 431 F 'N- E M. 44 9,5 H E fxtra- Curricular THE ORBIT Student C'ounciIA 'w- 1'D1 on 4:0 3 SENIOR HIGH STUDENT COUNCIL TOP ROW-Seeteldt. Niere, R. Casanova, Donohue, Stallman, W. Casanova, Stoll. SECOND ROW--Maass. Busse, Mr. Bordsen, MacGregor, B. Casanova, Draeqer, Mann. FIRST ROW--Kreitzman, Shearier, Bentheimer, Cahoon. Manthey, Iohannsen. JUNIOR HIGH STUDENT COUNCIL TOP ROW---Powers, Sell, Miss Roberts, Christie. Kading, Euper, Bentheimer. SECOND ROW--Northrop, Bentzin, Rohr, Hale, Gruner, Lois Kaercher, Louise Kaercher. FIRST ROW Smith. MacGregor, Hartwiq, Zoeller, Anderson, Swailes, Iohannsen. SENIOR HIGH STUDENT COUNCIL IUNIOR HIGH STUDENT COUNCIL President ....,.,...,.,.,,.., ,, ,,,David MacGregor President ,.....,,., ,,,,,,,, , ,,,Herbert Zoeller Vice-President .,,, , ,,,,,,,, Betty Casanova Vice-President ,,,,,, ,,,, B arbara Swailes Secretary ,,,,., ,, L. ,Bette Busse Secretary ,,,,,,,,, Terrence Rohr Advisor ,,,, ,L ,,Mr. Bordsen Advisor ,,,,, ,Miss Roberts f'S THE ORBIT Go Go Gosl In In Ings. G O S L I N G S G O S L I N G S Goslingsl Goslingsl Goslingsl T--Rah-Rah E--Roth-Roth A--Rah-Rah M--Roth-Bah T-E-A-M Rah-Rah! U-Rah-Roth Team! Hit Cheer Zeadel-A I A SQUAD Winkler, Phyllis Milbrath, Kaye Murphy. C th me H b ky B SQUAD Sandra B P t Beyer, Beverly Bublitz Lucille Iohnson 47 THE ORBIT ORBIT STAFF STANDINGf Iohn Donohue, Marilyn Merville, Betty Casanova, Miss Maclnnis, Ieannine Krebs, Iacqueline Buss, Donna Schmidt, Marion Voigt, David MacGregor. SITTING'- Nancy Brier, Helen Kuester, Ellen Maass, Pauline Sterwalt, Wanda Crouch, Cheri Pfeifler, Ioan Buske, Mary Wegener, Russell Cahoon, Diane Kaercher, Ieanne Zobel, Bonnie Buske, Ann Crupi. HI SCRIBBLER STAFF TOW ROW'-W Barbara Draeger, Pat Hofier, Ruth Knight, Kathryn Kading, Beverly Bublitz, Thomas Murray. Iohn Donohue, Ann Crupi, Pauline Sterwalt. SECOND ROW- Iake Sproesser, lane Iohannsen, Iune Iohannsen, Miss Erickson, Betty Casanova, Cornelia Trachte, Carol Schultz, Gail Gruner, Helen Kuester, Betty Stoll. FIRST ROW-W Helen Hoof, Mary Io Ponath, Marilyn I. Draeger, Nancy Edwards, Barbara Swailes, lane Weaver, Connie Mann, Donna Shearier, Louise Kaercher. 48 THE ORBIT Editors-in-Chief- Senior Editors- Sports Editors- Calendar- Humor- Classes- Iunior High- Business Manager- Alumni- Art Editor- Literature Editor- Typists- Faculty Advisor- Editor-in-Chief- Assistant Editor- News Editor- Feature Editor- Literary Editor- Sports Editor- Assistant Sports Editor Business Manager- Staff Photographers- Iunior High Editor- Senior High Reporters- 0r6it Staff Ioan Buske Mary Wegener Russell Cahoon Diane Kaercher Iohn Donohue Marion Voigt Wanda Crouch Cheri Pfeiffer Betty Casanova Marilynn Merville Bonnie Buske Ieanne Zobel Donna Schmidt David MacGregor Ieannine Krebs Iacqueline Buss Ann Crupi Nancy Brier Helen Kuester Ellen Maass Pauline Sterwalt Miss Maclnnis HI SCRIBBLER STAFF Betty Casanova Ruth Knight lane Iohannsen Constance Mann Betty Stoll Iohn Donohue lake Sproesser Beverly Bublitz Charles Bentzin Robert Wackett lune Iohannsen Ray Burkhalter, Iohn Curtis, Ann Crupi, Barbara Draeger, Pat Hotter Carol Schultz Donna Shearier, Cornelia Trachte, lane Weaver. Iunior High Reporters- Nancy Lee Edwards. Gail Gruner, Kathryn Kading, Louise Kaercher Barbara Swaxles Typists- Ann Crupi. Marilyn Draeger, Helen Kuester, Pauline Sterwalt. Faculty Advisor- Miss Erickson. 49 THE ORBIT 'T or TOP ROW- Casanova, Kading, Sazama, Niere. SECOND ROW-Knight, Schultz, Gruner. FIRST ROW ---Miss Melbye, Shearier, Braunschweig, Iohannsen, Nancy Rome tno picturel. 'flue behtte Squad First Affirmative Robert Niere Second Affirmative lane Iohannsen First Negative Betty Casanova Second Negative Donna Shearier The Debate Squad of W. H. S. has been very active this year. The de- bate season was an interesting one and a fairly successful one. The question debated was: Resolved: That the President of the United States be elected by the direct vote of the peop1e. The teams, under the direction of Miss Melbye, attended a practice tournament at Tomah in December. They met lefferson and Whitewater teams in local practice debates. ln addition to the regular preparation through debate meetings, they also debated for various high school classes. The debating squad went to the Whitewater District Debate Tournament at Madison on Ianuary 21. They won four of their six debates, the affirmative winning one, and the negative three. Of the fourteen teams that were entered, Watertown was one of the five entitled to go on to the Sectional Tournament. At the Southern Wisconsin Sectional Tournament on February 4, the affirmative won one debate, and here they lost their opportunity to go on to the State Contest. The competition included Sheboygan Central, West Bend, University High, Stoughton, Boscobel, and Campion. All in all, this was an active and interesting season. 50 THE ORBIT TOP ROW-MacGregor, Casanova, Sievert, Braunschweig, Frasser. SECOND ROW-Knight, Cowen, Schultz, Iohnson, Blaese, Bentzin tno picturel. FIRST ROW-Kaercher, Wegener, Merville, Goodlette, Schmeling, Northrop. ?orenAicA Four Minute Speech 1. Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men Betty Casanova A Local, A League, B District WWE Extemporaneous Reading Type of selection for this year's contest was a five-minute cutting of an informative article from the Reader's Digest or Coronet. 1. Diana Frasser 2. Cynthia Northrop 3. Carol Schultz A Local, C League 4. Lois Schmeling A Local, A League, B District Serious Declamatory 1. Miss Brill ,,,,,,c,Y,...,....,,, Katherine Mansfield Helen Cowen 2. The Necklace .,c,,,,,.,,,.....,....,,,, De Maupassant Mary Wegener 3. His Father ,,.,.,c,,c,,,c,,,,,,c,,,l, ...John Steinbeck Diane Kaercher- A Local, A League, B District 4. Romeo and Iuliet ,,..,,,.,....,,,.c,,,,,, Shakespeare Edna Goodlettem A Local, A League, C District Extemporaneous Speaking 1. Ruth Knight A Local, A League, A District, C State 2. Rita Braunschweig 3. David MacGregor A Local, A League, A District, B State 4. Charles Bentzin Humorous Declamatory l. Sixteen .........,,.........t.....,.,,.......... Maureen Daly Lucille lohnson- A Loca1, A League, A District, B State 2. How To Understand Music .... Robt. Benchley Marilynn Merville, A Local, B League 3. Curlylocks ......,.. ,.,,.......,......... F rances Turner Faith Blaese 4. Iunior Prom... .. ........l....,... Hildegard Dolson Marlene Sievert Coaches: Frances Berger, Iessie Gruner, Louise Melbye, Betty Crawford, Viola Hel- vig, Margaret Ott. Local Iudge: Mrs. Iulia Mailer, University of Wisconsin THE ORBIT C'lwruA Iudith Cramer-Accompanist lst SOPRANOS Dorothy Gallert Ruth Ruesch Margaret Ninmann Marliss Herschi Barbara Adams Shirley Gerbitz Mildred SchumacherMary Polensky Ella Mae Hink Martha Adams Ioanne Gloede Lois Taylor Burla Pratt Ann Keppler Margaret Barnes Patricia Gruel Nancy Winkler Ruth Rabenhorst Roberta Killian Caroline Beerbohm Garnette Hintzmann 2nd SOPRANOS loyce Raether Lorraine Knaack Barbara Block Inez Iaeger Faith Blaese Shirley Schultz Dorothy Korth Caroline Borchardt loan Kaddatz Beverly Bublitz Phyllis Sellnow Valerie Krueger Shirley Burnett Ioann Kasten Harriet Burbach Carol Wiedenhoeft Darlene Reichert Diane Buchert Helen Kowalke Delores Degner Ioan Zickert Ora Schwefel Dorothy Butler Ianet Lamb lean Gerth ALTOS Lois Sell Elizabeth Coughlin Ioan Lemminger Rita laehrling Nancy Doubleday Barbara Sturm Ruth Duzinski Ioanne Oestreich Iane Iohannsen Ruth Flath Shirley Wagner Rita Ebert Kathleen Richter Phyllis Kraehnke Carolyn Fuchs Kathryn Zahn Ieanette Eggert Lois Riemer Wilma Krakow Nancy Gronert Idella Erickson Ioanne Rowlands Margaret McCaig Barbara Heinz 1 Kaya C'lwruA lst TENORS 2nd TENORS lst BASSES Edwin Prahl Donald Holt Orville Kohlhoff Herbert Engelbrecht Donald Pugh Paul Karcher Wayne Lueck Robert Franz Vernon Rowoldt Robert Kehr Marvin Neumann Iohn Kaercher 2nd BASSES Raymond Stangler Terrence Rohr Iames Keck Francis Coughlin Thomas Sterwald Gerhard Schwichtenberg LeRoy Melcher 52 Robert Schramm Dennis Wilde Herman Zastrow THE ORBIT lllixed C'lwraA Wilma Kehl-Accompanist SOPRANOS Margaret Miller Walter Hinterberg Diana Frasser Wayne Ebert Geneiveve Adams Eunice Oestreich Ronald luderjahn Teresa Klecker Donald Erdmann Theresa Iune Barnes Betty Stoll Iames Landsverk Carol Lehmann Iohn Iuderjahn Marion Beine Ioan Vergenz Raymond Noe Carol Lewis Robert Krueger Bernice Beyer Ardith Welles Ian Rickerman Elaine Maass Russell Polensky loyce Brooks Isola Zoeller ALTOS Ellen Maass David MacGregor Bette Busse Mary Ann Zoellick Marian Block M. Neverrnann Eugene B9iC1'1Gfl Audrey Cowen Mary Ann Zurheide Rita Braunschweig Lois Schmeling lohn Rowoldt Lila Draginis TENORS Margaret Christian Donna Shearier lacob Sproesser Carol Habermann Emery Baumann Donna Craine Cornelia Trachte Arnold Strege Dorothy Hady Gordon Baumann Ann Crupi BASSES Dennis Walsh Patricia Hoffer Robert Casanova Sylvia Dahms Richard Beyer Mary Kittel Allen Engelbrecht Marilyn I. Draeger Russell Cahoon Catherine Manthey Allyn Engelke Mary Draeqer Denis Draginis Marie Melcher Peter Hahn Rosemary Fendt LaVern Ebert Campu Rand TROMBONE Helen Kolberg STRING BASS Don Fritz Carolyn Seefeldt Robert Stallman Frank Westphal Constance Mann BARITONE SAX Patricia Krueger Larry Sprenger Herbert Zoeller Carol Lehmann Peter Hahn ALTO SAX TRUMPET PIANO DRUMS TENOR SAX David MacGregor Robert Niere Marion Voigt Tom Voigt Ruth Knight Robert Wackett 53 Melody Baker THE ORBIT CLARINET CORNET Donna Schmidt Robert Niere Wanda Crouch Helen Kolberg Helen Eske F rank Westphal Hilma Christian Ronald Knispel Sharon Draheim Herbert Zoeller Geraldine Howard Iames Landsverk Inez Radke Robert Mallach Barbara Noffz Ralph Vick Caroline Meckes Charles Christie Iohn Else Tom Klug Allyn Engelke Mary lean Stangler Shirley Gramdorf TROMBONE Pat Steffen Robert Stallman Ardith Welles Larry Sprenger Arline Streblow Ray Burl-:halter Dan Archie Rodney Pike Kane! Ronald Pfeiffer David Bentzin Herman Zastrow Nancy Edwards BASS Reuben Schulz Helen Hoof TENOR SAX Ruth Knight Carolyn Seefeldt lane Weaver Patricia Krueger Wilmar Schwefel Marlene Sievert BARITONE BARITONE SAX Waldemar Grulke Peter Hahn Susan Stark ALTO SAX Robert Wackett Arlene Meske Ieanne Stalker Melody Baker Donna Riemer Wayne Staude W 54 FLUTE Ioan Buske Mary Kee lane Kuerschner Gail Schubert Ianice Holt U' Cynthia Northrop Karen Peters Phillip Peck DRUMS Tom Voigt Don Fritz Richard Goodlette George Osterhout Wayne Danner OBOE Marion Voigt Ianet Quade BASSOON Mary Wegener STRING BASS FRENCH HORN Connie Mann Ioan Sprenger Carol Lehmann THE ORBIT The seventy piece Watertown High School Band under the capable leadership of Mr. Willis Buettner, our new director, has completed a suc- cessful season of activities. The band meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the first period of the day, Since the band is composed mostly of underclassmen, the year was spent learning marching band techniques and gaining funda- mental mucianship. Football fans savv the band's colorful half-time presentations. Many novelty shows were fea- tured by the band. The first show on the gridiron was the Old MacDonald novelty. The formation Hi Dad was performed at the Watertown-Two- Rivers game in honor of the football players' dads. As a salute to the American Legion, sponsors of the game, the band formed a USN with their hats and a shield was made around the formation. The rain drowned all the half-time marching form- ations that were planned for the homecoming game. The band gave a concert in the high school auditorium on March 23. The program included some of the following numbers: Trombone King March , A Night at the Ballet , Badinage for Brasses , South Pacific Selections , lun gle lump , and Themes from Symphony No. B by Tschaikowsky. The band loses seven seniors this year. They are Ray Burkhalter, loan Buske, Wanda Crouch, lane Kuerschner, Donna Schmidt, Marion Voigt, and Mary Wegener. The Iunior Band, composed of forty-five mem- bers, meets every Wednesday after school. They learn rehearsal procedure and ensemble playing. The Parents Music Club is one of the most ac- tive outside clubs functioning in the interests of the school. The parents of children who partici- pate in band, orchestra, and chorus are the mem- bers. These parents sell refreshments at all the football games, the basketball games, and at the dances. All the money obtained from this work is used to repair and purchase equipment-for the music department and to buy new uniforms and robes. The club sponsors an annual banquet for all the music students. The Music Festival would not be anticipated with such enthusiasm if it were not for this group. The Parents Music Club was piloted this year by President, Mrs. Iohn Bentheimer: Vice-Presi- dent, Mr. Iohn Bentheimerp Secretary, Mrs. Hilda Zastrow: and Treasurer, Mr. Herbert Engelke. There are fifty-one active members. ' jgxjjig-'z, ',. ,':'?Y3!:.gfj 'SiX1. t' E... an F A q no Dang Q 8 1 - - :mtl-.. . .. -- ,, - p A gg ' Y'. 9 9 A Quang 9 .lR. 9 Q ,Q Q 'lion manga 9 B, . in THE ORBIT Urclcerf tra The Watertown High School Orchestra, consisting of forty-four members, meets every Tuesday and Thursday, the first period of the day. Mr. Willis Buettner, our new director, is the director of the orchestral group. Mrs. Floyd Bordsen is the string teacher and the director of the string orchestra, composed of twenty members. Cheri Pfeiffer is the first violinist and the concert mistress. This year the orchestra gave two concerts. One was on April 18 and the second on May 27 at our annual Music Festival . The orchestra also gave a half-hour concert preceding the graduation exercises. Favorite selections throughout the year were: Tschaikowsky Suite , Misirlou , Hungarian Dance No. 5 , 'Rosamunde Overture , La Gioconda , and Russian Sailors' Dance. The orchestra loses twelve seniors this year. They are Charles Bentzin, Ioan Buske, Wanda Crouch, Diane Kaercher, Ieannine Krebs, Iane Kuerschner, David MacGregor, Richard Otto, Cheri Pfeiffer, Donna Schmidt, Marion Voigt, and Mary Wegener. STRING ORCHESTRA VIOLINS The fiddles were playing and playing. First Violin Second Violin Cheri Pfeiffer lean Schroeder Diane Kaercher Donna Thiede Richard Goodlette Ianice Hobus Ieannine Krebs Sandra Foley Carol Schultz Maryann Magnan Cornelia Trachte Franklin Borth STRING BASS, VIOLA, CELLO The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at. String Bass Viola Connie Mann Edna Goodlette Carol Lehmann Ioan Sprenger Reuben Schulz Ioan Bentheimer Cello Donna Schmidt Ruth Ullrich l 56 E WOODWINDS A squeak's heard in the orchestra. Clarinet Flute David MacGregor Ioan Buske Helen Eske Mary Kee Wanda Crouch Iane Kuerschner Hilma Christian Bassoon Sax Mary Wegener Ruth Knight Oboe Robert Wackett Marion Voigt Peter Hahn BRASS We are the music-makers. French Horn Trumpet Cynthia Northrop Robert Niere Karen Peters Richard Otto Phillip Peck Helen Kolberg Trombone Bass Charles Bentzin Wilmar Schwefel Larry Sprenger PERCUSSION And hears thy stormy music in the drum! Percussion Director Don Fritz Mr. Buettner Tom Voigt George Osterhout I 57 THE ORBIT The Cla:-iA tmaw Fageant MASK and WIG IUNIOR CLUB OFFICERS EXECUTIVE BOARD OFFICERS . . President: Iarnes Bentheimer President: Bette Busse Vice-President: Barbara Riemer Vice-President: Diane Kaercher Secretary-Treasurer: Secretary: Ruth Knight Delores Klingbeil Treasurer: Barbara Riemer SOPHOMORE CLUB OFFICERS President: Ruth Knight President: Iohn Iuderjahn Vice-President: Iohn Curtis Vice-President: Bonnie Buske Secretary-Treasurer: Betty Stoll Secretary-Treasurer: Iacqueline Buss SENIOR CLUB OFFICERS 58 THE ORBIT bear Ruth By Norman Krasna CAST OF CHARACTERS Dora .,,,v.,,.,,,.,,,.,V,ACC,CVCA,,A,,...,................, Rita Braunschweig Mrs. Edith W1lk1HS ........ ,,,,,,,.,,, Miriam W11k1ns C,...AA,.,.A..A.., ...... Iudge Harry Wilkins VV...,,, .,i,A,, Ruth W11k1ns rii,..i,Aii,,..,...i...... ....... Lt. William Seawright ..i....., .,i,... Albert Kummer iVi,.iiA,.A..,..., ........ Martha Seawright ........... aA.r,,.. Sgt. Chuck Vincent ........ ,,,, Harold Klobbermeyer CVV.aa,,a,,,.....,,..,..,.... a,,He1en Cowen .Lucille Iohnson ,Ray Burkhalter Mary Wegener ,Iohn Iuderjahn .Richard Beyer Donna Schmidt V,rYDuane Zabel .........Pau1 Mohr Student Director, Ieanne Zobel Faculty Advisers- Miss Skinner, Miss Berger, Mr. Ioseph 59 HE ORBIT SERVICE CLUB Good service is a great achievement. President: Helen Eske Vice-President: Rachel Lenius Secretary-Treasurer: Barbara Riemer Advisor: Mr. Wills MASK and WIG STAGE CREW Senior Advisor: Miss Skinner Iunior Advisor: Miss Berger Sophomore Advisor: Miss Gruner Staging Chairman: Mr. Ioseph THE ORBIT lUNIOR HIGH BOYS TUMBLING 'Ihe real character of a man is found out by his amusements. President: Dillon Hale Vice-President: Kenneth Breunig Secretary: Bruce Broede Treasurer: David Bentzin Manager: Lee Wade Gym. Director: Donald Beaudoin Advisor: Mr. lames BOYS TUMBLING As long as the Romans were the most athletic nation of Europe, they were also the most virtuous. President: Charles Schwenkner Vice-President: Thomas Iones Secretary: Donald Kehr Treasurer: George Osterhout Assistant Treasurer: Tom Bredow Manager: Francis Folz Assistant Manager: Paul Mohr Gym. Director: Tom Block Custodian: Charles Bentzin Librarian: Larry Richter Advisor: Mr. Iames 61 THE ORBIT ish lUNIOR HISTORIANS SEVEN and EIGHT 'Ihe historian is a prophet looking backwards President: Donald Beaudoin Secretary: lean Kohlhofl Treasurer: Sandra Foley Reporter: Larry Leiknes Advisor: Mrs. Reinhard IUNIOR HISTORIANS NIN In a certain sense all men are histo First Semester President: Terry Rohr Secretary: Valerie Krueger Second Semester President: Sharon Draheim Vice-President: Roberta Killian Secretary: Caroline Meckes Advisor: Miss Roberts IUNIOR RED CROSS To CURE is the voice of the past, to P the divine whisper of today. President: Betty Casanova Vice-President: Elden Beerbohm Secretary: IoAnne Powers Treasurer: Shirley Wagner Advisor: Miss Ott E rians. REVENT THE SHABPS and FLATS I thank you for your voices: thank you: Your most sweet voices. President: Iune Iohannsen Vice-President: Rose Lincks Secretary: Mary Schuett Pages: Valerie Krueger, Caroline Meck- es, Barbara Claussen Advisor: Miss Crawford SEVENTH and EIGHTH GRADE DRAMATIC CLUB Every artist was first an amateur. President: Iune Iohannsen Vice-President: Patricia Swailes Secretary: Lila Lotzgesell Advisor: Mrs. Kaercher NINTH GRADE DRAMATIC CLUB The dramatist, like the poet, is born, not made. President: Iohn Katisch Vice-President: Herbert Enqelbrecht Secretary: Nancy Home Advisor: Miss Helvig HEO RBIT 64 LIBRARY ASSISTANTS When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness. No Officers Advisor: Mrs. Richardson GIRLS CLUB Manner, not gold, is a Woman's best adornment. President: Wanda Crouch Vice-President: lane Weaver Secretary: Mary Ann Zoellick Treasurer: Ioyce Brooks Advisor: Miss Griffith GIRLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Pleasure and action make the hours seem short President: Carol Radlke Vice-President: Pat Beyer Secretary: Beverly Bublitz Advisor: Miss Schumacher T HE FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA Cookery is become an art, a noble science. President: Carol Bredlow Vice-President: Marilyn Rinkenberger Secretary: Patricia I-Iofier Treasurer: Virginia Pfeiffer Reporter: Hilma Christian Advisor: Miss Bohn FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA 'Tis the farmer's care That makes the field bear. President: Everett Mallow Vice-President: Marvin Neumann Secretary: Iames Richart Treasurer: Harvey Haase Sentinel: Edward Hoffer Advisor: Mr. Shultis SEWING CLUB By the work, one knows the Workman. President: Ianet Lamb Vice-President: Ioanne Rowlands Reporter: Lois Kaercher Advisor: Mrs. Krueger HEO 66 MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB The pilot cannot mitigate the billows or calm the winds. President: Tom Klug Vice-President: Peder Thomas Secretary: Ted Iames Treasurer: Donald Stannard Advisor: Mr. Vinger SCIENCE CLUB Science is the systematic classification of experience. President: Peder Thomas Vice-President: Tom Klug Secretary: Don Smith Advisor: Mr. Kessler PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB A picture is a poem without words. President: Ray Burkhalter Secretary: Ronald Knispel Advisor: Mr. Sanders Senior Honom CLASS DAY KING-LaVern Ebert QUEEN-Rita Winkler COURT OF HONOR Russell Cahoon Mary Wegener David Fischer Bette Busse Bob Casanova Cheri Pfeiffer David MacGregor Elaine Maas BADGER BOYS STATE Chadles Bentzin, Cno picturel Ray Burkhalter, Russell Cahoon Bob Casanova, Denis Draginis LaVern Ebert, D a v i d Fischer David King, David MacGregor BADGER GIRLS STATE ' 1 Diane Kaercher Sharon Peck Cno picture D. A. R. AWARD Betty Casanova ELKS CONSTITUTION CONTEST LOCAL WINNERS- David MacGregor, Marion Voigt, Wal lace Menke, Alan Iannke, Iohn Dono hue WATERTOWN DISTRICT WINNERS- David MacGregor, first: Marion Vo gt second: Iohn Donohue, third: Alan Iann ke, fourth. REPRESENTATIVE TO STATE CONTEST- David MacGregor. Commencement Speakers- Diane Kaercher Mary Wegener American Legion Award- David MacGregor Veterans of Foreign Wars Award- Russell Cahoon American Legion Auxiliary Award Ioan Buske Veterans of Foreign Wars Award Marilynn Merville T HE. ORBIT Senior 6744.4 Play SEVEN SISTERS By Herzeg Translated By Edith Ellis CAST OF CHARACTERS Mrs. Gyurkovics.. Katmka V...,,77,,,,l,,,,.,,.... San .,..........,.VY,,,,,,,,,. Ella .l4l..A,. M1tZ1 .l,A.l, Terka .7C,.l.,.. LIZB ,7,,,,,,,77,............,.w .,o,,Betty Casanova ..m,o,,oIeanne Zobel ....,..... oBonnie Buske Marilynn Merville ,v,,,i,,,,,,,,o,ooBette Busse Klara ,7,,,,,,.lA.....,...,,,,,,, Colonel Radviany ,oo,o,, Gida Radviany ...... Ferenz Horkoy ....oo, Michael Sandorfiy ....v...,, Toni Teleki ,,,,i,,.,,.,.,..v.. ....V. Ianko ....,,,V,,,Y,, 88 Diane Kaercher Wegener .o,n.iCheri Pfeiffer ,WiBay Burkhalter ,,o,,m,Iohn Donohue ,,o,i,.Bob Casanova MacGregor ,,o,,,o,Robbin Kusel m,,no,Iim Richart Act II THE ORBIT BEHIND THE SCENES Di1'9CfOI ......YV. V.7w............EEEEEY..........,,,Y,,.. M iss Kathryn Skinner Student Directors .,EE.EEE.... loan Buske and Virginia Matasek PIOIT1pierS ..........iii.iii... leannine Krebs and Donna Schmidt STAGING and LIGHTING f5Everett Mallow Duane Zabel Marlys Henning Wendell Wilson Arvon Kuehl David Fischer Don Lenze Gene Fendt Denis Draginis Mr. Ioseph, advisor Mrs. Reinhard, art work COSTUMES XHelen Cowen ikElaine Maass Ellen Maass Sara Ann Cowen Marion Beine lone Gronert Beverly Krause PROGRAMS ikCover: Iacqueline Buss Richard Beyer Sylvia Dahms Beverly Ebert Gretchen Gerth Phyllis Griep Marlys Henning lack Iuderjahn Paul Mohr Edward Ohrmundt Gerald Schultz Russell Vergenz Mrs. Reinhard, advisor Interior: Lois Schmeling Marilyn Draeger Miss Koenings, advisor HAND PROPERTIES Act I JfHazel Saniter Ann Crupi Marilyn Wessel Ardis Zastrow Wane Kuerschner Rosemary Fendt Lila Draginis XChairm G9 Act III 9fMarion Voigt Teresa Klecker Miss Berger, advisor PUBLICITY 9fWanda Crouch Helen Kuester Miss Gruner, advisor TICKET SALES iilacqueline Buss Cheri Pfeiffer Gretchen Gerth Wanda Crouch Doris Ihde Lucille Stark Miss Koenings, POSTERS i'Gretchen Gerth Jacqueline Buss Sylvia Dahms Marilyn Draeger Mrs. Reinhard, advisor STAGE PROPERTIES i'4Nancy Brier Arnold Strege Phyllis Milbrath Pat Krueger Beryl Hjerstedt MAKE-UP ikKaye Murphy lack Iuderjahn Richard Beyer Betty Mogenson Sally Orton Catherine Hrobsky TRY-OUTS Miss Berger Miss Crawford Miss Skinner PRODUCTION MANAGER i'iDonna Schmidt advisor an THE ORBIT unior Prom ,i KING-David Balmer QUEEN-Carol Bast COURT OF HONOR Herman Rohr Mary Draeger Bob Casanova Margaret Nevermann Bill lensch Wilma Kehl Bob Stallman Carolyn Seefeldt Reuben Schulz Lucille Iohnson Iim Bentheimer lane Iohannsen A fairyland of color greeted the prom-trotters on the night of April 2lst. The theme, Cinderella , was well carried out in all the decorations. The flats covering three sides of the gymnasium portrayed the story in vivid color. The most spectacular part of the decorations was a gay chandelier in spring colors hanging from the center of the gymnasium. The highlight of the evening came when we all join- ed in the Grand March and witnessed the crowning of the king, David Balmer, and his queen, Carol Bast. Then everyone danced, until at last the clock struck midnight. Our merry evening with Cinderella was ended, and we all left with our own Prince Charmings and Cinderellas. 70 THE ORBIT literature DON'T BOTI-IEB NOW . . Lately it seems as if I can't stand the sight of anyone looking at me. I feel as a criminal must feel with everyone watching him and spying on him, only I know that these people are actually pitying me. Everyone wants a little sympathy, even pity now and then, but lately it seems that I can't stand even the thought of the word sympathy. I guess I have had too much of it cast upon me in the past two months. If only my friends would talk to me now as they did previously. If only my teachers would let me live my own life and not talk to me more than was necessary. They only make it worse by talking to me, smiling well-meaningly, and trying to make it easier for me. If only everyone I meet would get that expression of pity out of his eyes. I know they mean well but couldn't they get over it. I'm trying to . . , very hard. Yes, it was two months ago when the whole thing started. September 16, to be exact. The relationship between my mother and myself had always been free and easy. We didn't tell each other everything but we got along very well together. I believe we got along together so well because we had such different personalities. She was rather calm and easy-going, and she was very patient. To be honest, I guess I'll have to admit that I'm quite the opposite. Whenever I started raving about something that I didn't like, she'd just sit and wait until I was through and say, Now you've got it out of your system, so why not for- get it! Yes, that's the way Mother always was. She always managed to say a kind word here and there and make the situation appear meaningful instead of disastrous. She didn't know too much about politics, new international pol- icies, or the Brooklyn Dodgers, but whenever you brought up such a subject she always appeared interested and sometimes sounded quite learned. She was always a good listener. I remember that many times I'd come home from school and tell her the events of the day. She wouldn't know some of the people I'd be telling her about but she'd still listen. And when I came home depressed from the day's events she'd usually let me battle it out by myself. However, if my inclination was towards talking, she'd listen to me. She was always so understanding. She seemed to sense instantly what my mood was. At times it seemed she knew me better than I really do myself. She had never taken up psychology, in fact she never went to high school, but she still understood me and knew how to cope with my moods. It was a custom for most teen-agers to tell their pals how homely their mothers were or how dumb they were. I could never chime in with the kids. Oh, I know that I said some things I maybe shouldn't have, but I really didn't mean them. After all, my mother wasn't old. I couldn't term her as an old hag because she was only thirty-eight years old. And I couldn't say that she didn't understand me either because only twenty-one years ago my mother was having the same trials and tribulations I was having at the present time. She understood my problems because just a little while ago she also had been young. 71 THE ORBIT Mother wasn't a raving beauty or one of the ten best dressed women in the world, but she wasn't homely by any means and she had good taste. She had auburn colored hair that was naturally wavy but not naturally curly. I've often wondered why I never inherited any of it. She had blue eyes that were friendly and pleasing. I inherited the blue eyes, but as yet I haven't inherited that little twinkle, or as some call it, the sparkle of life. My mother was of short stature and slight build. It really is too bad I've inherited the former but not the latter. I remember how everyone marveled that she could still get into a size nine dress now that she was approaching middle-age. She did all her own sewing too. Besides all the sewing for me and for her twin sister. I'll never forget her one comment on my fitting on a new dress recently. Oh, when you were young, you used to sit in your slip and just wait for me to finish a piece for you to try on. You were so willing then but now I have to drag you here to try on a new dress. I'm beginning to think that you don't want any new clothes! I rapidly came back with the reply that I merely didn't have the time to fit on new clothes. After all, being a senior in high school really took a lot of one's time. And I did actually want her to make me new clothes because everyone who saw her sewing raved about it. In fact a few of my friends thought so much of her ability as a seamstress that they came to her for advice and even a desire for her to make them their clothes. Sewing wasn't my mother's only attribute. She was a good cook and her culinary arts were praised many times. My mother could also do beautiful handwork. Sometimes I think she tried to overdo things a bit by Crocheting a doily for every chair, every little knick-knack for the piano, the radio and the telephone table, but that was in my mother's personality. She loved to make things like that and liked to see them because she always wanted every- thing fancy and dolled-up a bit. I'm just the opposite, however, because I believe in simplicity and I don't believe in fussing or primping. I remember that I said to her once, lf you'd only go on a two weeks vacation and let me redecorate this house and change things a bit, you wouldn't even recognize it when you came back . I never had such a chance, but I know that Mother would have been shocked to come home to a place I'd done over. I've never had such a chance though . . . Two months ago . . . but it really doesn't seem that long. It seems only yesterday that I was asking my aunt what the trouble really was. It was a Friday morning and I knew something was wrong because my cocoa wasn't made and I saw only one used cup and one plate. Usually by the time I got up my mother had eaten with my dad and she had my cocoa made. I didn't care too much that morning that I had to make my own cocoa, as well as he rest of my breakfast. For once I had gotten up fairly early. Friday noon my dad and I ate dinner at my aunt's house because my mother didn't feel well enough to prepare dinner. I was informed that the doc- tor was coming in the afternoon to examine my mother. My mother didn't know the doctor was coming because she hated the thought of the word doctor. Whenever she had a little ailment of some sort, she would always let it go say- ing that it would eventually go away. If she had known he was coming, she might have gotten out of bed immediately. I don't know why, but she never put much confidence in a doctor. I asked my aunt if she knew what was wrong. She said she thought it was gall-bladder trouble again. Mother had been getting these attacks quite often recently. No one had really paid much attention to them because Mother 72 THE ORBIT had said that they weren't serious and there was no need to call a doctor or even worry about it at all. Apparently it was serious though, for when I got home after school my aunt was there and she was packing a little suitcase. She explained that Mother had to go to the hospital tonight and that she was to undergo an operation the next morning. Well, it was a bit more serious than I had expected, but the operation Wasn't the only thing that was on my mind. I didn't have any one else to help me with the cleaning or cooking the next day or the days following. I knew my mother wouldn't be home too soon and . . . oh well, things would all work out, and besides my aunt would always . . . Before I got much more of a chance to think this problem through, my dad was ready to take Mother to the hospital. At the last minute my aunt re- marked that she forgot to pack my mother's bedroom slippers. Wanting to avoid the confusion of looking for them, I merely said, Don't bother now: it'll take too much time. I'll bring them to the hospital tomorrow . And then they left. As my aunt was going out the door, I noticed that there were tears in her eyes. I, considering this event rather every-day , was taken aback, and said, Well, my golly, what's the matter with you? The only thing she could manage to say was, Well, after all, lean! I didn't know exactly what she meant. Then she burst out in tears. Don't bother now: it'll take too much time. I'll bring them to the hos- pital tomorrow. I don't think I'll ever forget those words. It'1l take too much time. It didn't take too much time though. My dad came home from the hos- pital about noon on Saturday just as I was putting the vacuum cleaner away. I'll never forget that moment . . . never. Dad, standing there, white as a ghost, his lips taut, his eyes immobile. When he spoke his voice was muffled with emotion. I can't even remember what his first words were, but I know I stood still for a moment, paralyzed. I was so shocked that I couldn't think: I couldn't talk. I don't know how but eventually I came back to earth. I could faintly hear phrases of Dad's explanation, About ten minutes ago . . . doctor said her condition very weak . . . blood pressure low . . . condition too weak . . . had no resistance at all . . . Yes, it was as quick as that. I'll never forget how quiet I was until the day before the funeral. That day I cried intermittently. I was too shocked at first to realize it. After it was on my mind so long I guess it had no other out- let except tears. ' It all seemed to go so fast . . . the funeral, the burial, the sympathy ex- tended us. Right now it appears like a movie I had seen about two months ago, one in which I cried at the climax but one which will live in my memory forever. The movie had its good parts and its bad parts . . . just as Mother had her good points and her bad points . . . but in years to come it will be only the good parts I'll remember from it. I remember every detail vividly now but later on only the special parts will be cherished and remembered. Two months ago . . . two months I'll never forget. My neighbors, my friends, my teachers, my relatives-I don't think they'll ever forget either. They've tried so hard to make me feel my former self again. However, they just don't seem to see my way. All they do is look at me with sympathy written in their eyes and a doleful expression on their faces. I wish they'd get over this soon because I know I never will if they don't. Oh well, every new situation requires a period of adjustment. People have had to adapt themselves to my new self, and now that I've decided to change to my former way of living again, it will take a little time. Time straight- 73 THE ORBIT ens everything out. Don't bother now: it'll take too much time. And to think that that was the last thought l'd given mv mother before she left. Don't bother now . . . I know I won't ever be the same high school senior I was previously, but I'll be a little older and more understanding. Maybe I'll get that little twinkle, or sparkle of life, in my eyes yet. MARY WEGENER First Prize THE BOX A sharp sliver of moonlight slanting across the frozen fields outlined the stooped, silent figure of a young boy. Clutched in his hand was a frayed rope, for he was pulling behind him a rough wooden box on steel runners, the one he'd often used to carry the squirrels and rabbits home from a hunt. But not tonight. For a terrible thing had happened in that cold, bare forest, now a distant shadow behind him. He hadn't meant it to happen. But it had! It was to have been a wonderful day. The freshly fallen snow had scrunched pleasantly beneath their feet as he and Greta had crossed the wide fields, hand in hand, that Christmas day. The stark, black trees of the forest had been covered with new snow and the clearest, bluest of skies smiled brightly between the newly adorned branches. For a long while he and Greta had watched for signs of game. Then, as the shadows had begun to lengthen. two lean sguirrels scrambled up the trunk of a large oak, brushing the loose snow upon him and Greta and down the necks of their heavy leather jackets. Holding his gun expertly to his shoulder, he aimed. He could still see the two shaggy gray sguirrels running, leaping from tree to tree, still hear the sharp retort of his own rifle as he felled the largest of the two, still see Greta as she rushed forward, eager as she always was, still see the cold, deep snow stained crimson as Greta fell, pierced by the bullet meant for the second squirrel. He had stood there, fixed, for a long moment. This couldn't have hap- pened! He was a good shot-the best in the county! Trembling, he moved forward and forced himself to touch her, feeling a sudden rush of hate for her limp bodv, then he roughly turned her on her side. All consciousness had left him then, and he had sunk limply onto the snowy ground. She was dead -he had killed her! Dusk had fallen when he regained consciousness, and hunger and cold gnawed unmercifully. Slowly, with great effort, he had lifted Greta to his shoulder and placed her beneath the dirty robe in the box. Trudging these miles across the stiff fields had not helped him collect his thoughts. Not until he came at last to the crest of the hill above Greta's own home did he begin to wonder what he would tell them. But then, what would be the use of any explanation when he was sure her folks would not believe anything, but that he had intentionally shot her. They hated him. he knew. They had always said he was shiftless and no good: a coward just like his old man, who had hung himself when he couldn't catch enough in his traps to feed his kids. Yes, all his life people had held that against him, reviling him, never giving him a chance. And he hated them for it! He hated them all-all except Greta. She had understood him, the only one who ever had. But now she was dead, and he hated her too because of the price she was forcing him to pay. 74 THE ORBIT He looked at the gun lying across the top of the crude box, still holding one bullet-enough. He tried to dismiss the thought, realizing there was only one right way. He'd show them he wasn't a coward! He'd drag that hated burden down the steep slope that led to Greta's door. He'd call her pa outside and tell him the truth. He wasn't scared, and he wasn't yellow! But yet, as he stood there on the crest of the hill, his sharp features outlined against the early winter moon, he let the frayed rope slip silently from his fingers. He watched the crude box as it began its descent, his small core of decency withdrawing its last weak stand. Then he muttered a bitter curse upon his dead father and turned back across the far fields toward the forest, the rifle heavy on his shoulder. The box slid gently down the slope toward the house, the runners sigh- ing in the night. CHEHI PFEIFFER Second Prize DON'T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometimes will. When the road you're trying seems all up hill, When funds are low and debts are high, And you want to smile but have to cry! When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns As everyone of us sometimes learns: And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out. Don't give up when the pace seems slow: You may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. You never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far. So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit. It's when things seem worse that you must not quit. BETTY STOLL 75 THE ORBIT THE WEDDING Corby shoved an enormous piece of wedding cake into his mouth, while he nonchalantly scanned the varied pairs of legs moving past his vantage point-the spot he maintained beneath the baby grand piano. He sat erect, with the tips of his new shoes just touching each other, so that his legs fonned a sort of level to balance his cake and ice-cream. Having decided on another sandwich, he was waiting for the opportune time to emerge from his hiding place, when suddenly he felt something cold and, horrified, glanced down to see a dribble of melted ice-cream running down his leg. He put the dish to rights and wiped the streak with the sleeve of his new white jacket. The coast was clear. Corby walked determinedly toward the dining room, to the large stacks of plates and trays of dazzling glasses. He couldn't reach the sandwich tray so he proceeded to the kitchen where he found Dora engulfed in an enthusiastic telephone conversation, Yes, just beautiful, and you shoulda' seen little Corby,-just sweet. Sweet indeed! All he did was to walk down the stairs with a dumb old white pillow. Besides, he got awfully tired of standing so erect and hold- ing the pillow just the way his mother had said. Aunt Sally had looked so queer. There was a lot of white stuff hanging around her face, and her dress was one of the longest ones he had ever seen. Ieff was the funniest though. In his cutaway, he reminded Corby of a big bug-a beetle perhaps. Corby stood on tiptoe, so as to survey the sandwich prospects on the cupboard. He estimated the distance, and decided he would need the kitchen stool. He pulled the stool from beneath the sink, and with his tongue covering his upper lip, he maneuvered the stool into position, only to have Dora stop her gesticulating and demand with an authoritative tone, Corby Hunter, you put that stool right back and get out of this kitchen. No back-talk either. Corby sat on the stair step and contemplated his problem. Suddenly he spied a plate on the top step. He mounted the stairs, one at a time, and, low and behold, discovered that the plate held one sandwich-minus two bites. He glanced furtively below, and finding no onlookers, quickly grabbed the sandwich and was just about to take a bite when two women appeared at the bottom of the stairs and began ascending. He shoved the sandwich into his pocket, padded down the carpeted hall and turning the ivory knob, slipped backwards into Aunt Sally's room. Peeping through the crack, he surmised that the women had not even noticed him. He took the sandwich out of his pocket and turned around. In a room which he had expected to find empty, he now saw his mother and Aunt Sally talking and laughing at the dressing table on the other side of the room. Aunt Sally had changed from that long white dress to something more familiar. A piece of opened luggage laid on the bed, and two more pieces were standing side by side on the floor. Corby's mom turned around. Hi Butch! Are you still eating? She walked toward the bed, where Corby was trying valiantly to boost himself up-one good push from behind and he succeeded. Mom sat down and eyed him expectantly. He's had such a big day. He always gets excited so easily. Now he got excited easily! Corby thought people would never begin to understand him. For weeks all that anyone had talked of was the wedding -order invitations, send invitations, order flowers, buy dresses, buy suits, see the clergy-the list was endless. And all through this the constant worry of his mother, will Corby be afraid when the time comes, what if he refuses to participate? During all this time Corby remained aloof. As far as he was con- cerned, this day was not any more unusual than many others had been. Of course, there were a few too many people to suit him----but there certainly was plenty of food. 76 THE ORBIT Ready, Sally? All set. C'mon Corby. Downstairs again, Corby searched for his father, and found him talking to a lady in a big floppy hat. He pulled on his trousers. His dad looked down, Hello, old man, you still around? Getting pretty tired, l'1l bet! The old familiar strain-Corby felt like hollering at the top of his voice, I am not tired, I do not get excited easily, and l am not sweet! Dad hoisted Corby to his shoulder and smiled up at him. C'mon old man, the bride is about to throw her bouquet. He winked, and Corby giggled. Sally came running down the stairs, threw her bouquet toward the out- stretched arms, and one of the bridesmaids caught it amid shrieks of laughter. In a minute she was standing beside Corby's dad. Thanks so much, Ioe. His dad took Corby down from his shoulder and set him on the floor. He put his finger beneath Sally's chin and kissed her on the nose. Think no- thing of it, sis. Bye, Corby. I'm going to miss you so, I don't know how I'l1 ever- coming, Ieff! The crowd surged toward the door leaving Corby alone. He wandered aimlessly into the living room, not feeling the least bit tired. On the floor near the desk was a tall slender glass which contained a round red cherry. Corby had a passion for cherries. He picked up the glass and poked his finger inside in an effort to retrieve the cherry. He couldn't quite reach it. Lifting the glass to his lips, he tried in vain. Finally he de- cided he would have to drink part of the liquid in which the cherry was hiding. He took two big gulps and the cherry was his. Funny-that was the darndest tasting water. It tasted bitter and sweet at the same time, and had a very odd smell. Little beads of sweat broke out on Corby's forehead, and his knees felt wishy-washy . Sucking the cherry, he slowly walked over to his dad's arm- chair. It was all he could do to get himself up in it. He closed his eyes and swallowed the cherry whole. ' Gradually, fixed objects began switching places, and a Whole bottle of cherries was swimming about the room. The ceiling light fixture kept getting bigger and bigger until suddenly everything was blank. Corby's chin fell to rest on his chest, and his arms hung limply at his sides. Where in heaven's name is he, Ice? Look dear, in my armchair. Ioe gently eased Corby into his arms and smiled down at him. Dead to the world-poor kid. The wedding really wore him out. IOAN BUSKE 77 THE ORBIT SEAWEED She was a fisherman's daughter. Slowly the rhythmic blue-purple waves crept towards her feet as she stood at the edge of the menacing sea. Her face was turned towards the mist-laden bay, but her eyes saw it not. Blue they were, as blue as the sea itself. Steadily they stared at the rocky entrance to the bay while the young mind of the girl could only think of the overpower- ing disaster the blue-green monster had inflicted upon her. Her brown skirt beat against her sturdy legs: it was of no more concern to the wind than a withered brown leaf upon a tree. Her long black-brown hair, straight in the back with little wind-blown strands of curls making a natural frame for her sad face, hung almost to her waist. Usually it was wound in braids about her head, but now it was blown loose and wild. It resembled the lacy green seaweed at her feet. She loved the seaweed, for to her it symbolized the friendliness and peacefulness of the sea. Since the tragedy though, her heart had hardened against even the seaweed until now it took on the shape of many serpents with long green fingers reaching out to clutch one's very soul. Her drooping lips parted as her eyes turned toward the battered hull of a ship marooned on a sandbar just inside the bay. It had once belonged to the most experienced captain in the bay area. He had gone down with his ship, for even he, with all his wisdom, could not govern the strange ways of nature. The sky was deepening now almost to the dark color of the tumultuous sea. Stronger and louder the wind blew until the very sky seemed to drop as the fog rolled in. Still the shivering girl stood at the very edge of the water. No more could she see the ruins of the old ship for the stealthy fog was creep- ing across the bay. Her thoughts turned to their own ship, her's and her fam- ily's. 'They had named it The Wanderlust , and with it they made their living as countless bay people had done before them. It was a masterpiece of sym- metry and beauty. They would paint it blue like her eyes, they said, for her eyes held a glimpse of wandering as if the owner knew much more beyond the knowledge her actual years could afford. Many a happy day she had spent helping with the routine work on board ship. But they were never mo- notonous days for there were always new things to do, new things to see, and new thoughts to think. Each day the big, heavy nets were lowered over the side of the ship, and each day they were pulled up again so filled with squirm- ing fish that it was feared someday the nets would break. As soon as the load- ed nets were pulled into the boat, the slippery, fishy inhabitants of the sea were dumped into the hold. When the capable hold was as near full as it could be, The Wanderlust would be turned toward the city, the center of the fish- trading industry for the bay people. Their business finished, they would again sail out to sea. This was their summer work. In winter, they would anchor The Wanderlust in the bay and live in their little blue and white cottage directly across the bay from the entrance. This year, however, the catch had been so unusually good that they had made a few extra trips to the city. When they started the last trek, already the thin crest-like ice was forming along the shore. They were coming home and had almost reached the bay entrance when, as old-timers described it later, the worst sleet storm in fifty years overtook them. It hit the ship broadside, making it lean far over. They could feel the deck quiver beneath them. Slow- ly the ship made its way close to the entrance and was almost ready to slip through when another driving blast altered its course. Try as he might, her father could not turn the wheel away from the rocks at the side. The crash was inevitable. When the ship could finally pull away from the rocks, the treacherous sea waters rushed into a gaping hole in its side. More and more water poured in, and they, she and her family, had to give up hopes of saving their beloved Wanderlust . Then, seemingly, as a crowning act of injustice, 78 THE ORBIT the overworked motor exploded, starting a blazing inferno at the ship's middle. Sagaciously, she ran to the one small rowboat at the side of the ship, but looked back with dismay to find her father, mother, and brother hopelessly trapped on the opposite side of the hungry flames. It was only a moment before the pelting sleet and the smoke and steam from the fire blotted out her scant vision. Wildly, she thought to row the small boat around the ship to rescue her family, but no sooner did she manage to get it into the water, when the oars were torn from her grasp and she lost all control of the tiny boat. She could do nothing but hang on to the sides, for the giant waves had her at their mercy. Luckily though, she had been on the end of the ship towards the bay for it was not long before the waves weren't quite so high as the little boat was tossed further and further bayward. Finally it was thrown, like an insignificant piece of driftwood, up on the shore. Weakly, she managed to make her way to the nearest house. 'lhat was five days ago and still no word or sign of any of her family. Five days, and each day she seemed to grow more and more reticent. lt was pos- sible that her family could be alive. There was a chance that they could have somehow gotten to the shore along the sea side of the entrance, but it was a very small chance. As she stood at the edge of the bay, suddenly the dark clouds and wind seemed to scatter away as if with lVIercury's winged feet. She looked down at the lacy seaweed and as she looked it seemed as if the plumed green tendrils formed the word Wanderlust , Quickly her eyes moved up to see a great majestic ship coming into bay. It was a beautiful pic- ture. Perhaps it was not so much the ship itself, but rather the blinding sun shining through the dark clouds casting a halo of brilliance about it. A heaven- ly host could not make it a more wonderful sight. There were people in the foremost part of the ship. As it came steadily nearer, a light dawned on her face that made it almost heavenly. She recognized her family in the prow of the boat. Could it really be true or was it merely a ghost of a ship, a phantom come to mar the treasured memories of her loved ones? Silently she voiced a thankful prayer to God, repentent that she had forgotten that the sea could be good and peaceful and kind in its way as well as frothy and turbulent. It was her livelihood as it had been the livelihood of her ancestors before her. She could not be bitter with the sea, for she was a fisherman's daughter. MARILYN I. DRAEGER WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW The huge stadium is illuminated brilliantly by the powerful floodlights, but you fail to notice them as you walk slowly off the gridiron. You are a football coach. Your team is losing at the half. You are following your boys off the field: the boys you must now face in the dressing room. You wonder what you will say. Your assistant coach, George Smith, holds the door open for you and there they are. You glance around and walk over to Tom Anderson, your left tackle with the bad ankle. How's the ankle, Tommy? It's okay, I guess is the dejected reply. You turn around and look at the rest of your boys. The same boys you have coached for seven games. You taught them all you know in those nine short weeks, but you can't help thinking, Was it enough? And if it isn't, am I finished? You've been a coach at Central High for thirteen years. They say thirteen is an unlucky number and thirteen years is a long time. It may be too long. But they need you now. 79 THE ORBIT What will you say to these boys that you may be coaching for the last time? You look at your boys again, but not one of them is looking at you. 'l'hey're tired and beaten and so are you. You'd like to sit down there with them, but you can't. Now is the time they need you. You start to speak. So you're tired. Your voice sounds strangely sharp and bitter in the deathly stillness and gloom. Well, I'm tired too. So are the other boys that have pushed and beaten you all over the field. That was the first half. You know what it's like to be beaten and if you want to feel like that, keep right on playing the way you are. You pause to let your words sink in and to let the silence again set in. Most of you are playing as if you want to give them the game on a silver platter. You win games by hard blocking and hard tackling. You don't win them by looking at them and asking them to please get out of your way. Next, I suppose you'l1 pick them up every time they fall down. You know, as well as I do, that you can't win games that way. You never did and you never will. You stop now because you don't know what to say. Your throat is dry and sore. You notice the players are getting restless and nervous, but they still gaze at the floor. You know how they feel. Twenty some years ago you too sat on a bench, such as the one they were on. You were listening to your coach, ashamed and afraid to look up at him. The game of football has come a long way since then, but the feeling must still be the same. You realize they need you to show them their mistakes and show them how to win the game. You know that a team that won't be beaten, can't be beaten, provided they know how. That is your job to show them how. You start with loe Roberts, your fullback. Ioe, you've got to start faster. By the time you get to the line, the hole is closed. Everything must be done with speed and better timing. That goes for everyone and not only Ioe. You'll win as a team and not as a group of individual stars. And Dave, you're the quarterback. You've got to out-guess them. Mix up the plays more. Call more end runs. You're the brains of the team, so a lot depends on you. You can count on the rest of the boys, I hope. Remember, keep them guessing. Then you look at lim Turner, the big left end. He has played badly. He knows it, but he hasn't done anything about it. Should you give him an- other chance or should you put him on the bench? It's hard to put out a senior playing his last game. All you can do is hope and say, lim, you've got to get tough: you've just got to get tough. lim doesn't say a word. You wonder. The heads are coming up now. The boys look eager and determined. You glance at them all. There's Ed Smith, your assistant's brother, and your left halfback. They said he wasn't any good. He was only on the varsity be- cause he was Ierry Smith's brother, but Eddie had showed them. Then there is Red lones, the captain and left guard. Everyone liked the kid with the broacl, freckled face with the wide grin. His leadership had helped win many of the games. He was always strong and dependable. Finally your eyes come to rest on Iackie Piper, the speedy Negro right- half. His face is cut, but you don't notice the cut. You notice the grim look of determination and eagerness. Then you glance at the rest of your boys. On each face you see the same look, on each regular and each substitute. You turn and walk to the door and turn to face the players once more. You speak as quietly and calmly as you can. Coach Smith and I have taught you all we know. The same team that started the game will start the second half. This is your game, to win, lose, or draw. You turn and open the door. You feel a hand on your shoulder and hear a sincere and determined Thanks, coach. You turn and look into the strong, handsome face of lim Turner. Something in those wide brown eyes gives you a feeling of complete 80 THE ORBIT confidence and you realize you have one less problem to Worry about. As you walk out into the cold, windy October night behind your boys, you say a silent prayer. You thank God for giving you such fine boys as Red Iones, Iackie Piper, and lim Turner to coach. Suddenly you realize you are sweating. You smile and say softly, And I was trying to calm them. You get a new proud feeling as you follow your boys into the stadium. RICHARD OTTO MY FIRST KISS I feel like I'm walking on pink clouds. Oh, tonight is a beautiful night. I feel marvelous-amy head is still spinning. Tonight-tonight I had my first kiss: Rusty kissed me just about five minutes ago. Oh, he was so cute. I'1l tell you all about it. Around eight o'clock, he came to see me. We went for a walk up Maple Street over to the bridge on Ruth Street and stood looking at the moon for awhile. It was a beautiful fall night, and there was a huge harvest moon silhouetted against the black velvet sky. We went over to Richard's Hill to sit in our favorite spot. Here, right on top of the hill, we sat and talked of many things. It was fun sitting there with the autumn leaves falling all about us. Then about nine o'c1ock we started home again. This time we walked down Mary Street. When we reached my home, We sat on the porch just looking at the moon which was still a huge yellowish circle. Then--the moon started moving faster and faster, and everything whirled around. Rusty had kissed me and Was so embarrassed that he ran home without even saying good night. Rusty's so good looking. He has such beautiful big brown eyes and his hair is soft, silky and rust in color. I also have big brown eyes, long black silky hair, and my name is Sootie. We're the best looking pair of Cocker spaniels in the block. DIANA FRASSER 8 1 Nu V if '-'siblfjjo . in 'bn Sperm Y X T HE ORBIT ?oot6a1l A SQUAD TOP ROW Casanova Rose Sprenger, Boeder, Ebert CCaptainJ, Schleit, Bentzin, Schulz. THIRD ROW Menke Beggan Newman, Don King, David King, West, Braunschweig, Otto, Kuckkahn SECOND ROW Nass Benthexmer, Else, Coach Grabow, Coach Landsverk, Schaller, Hartman, Walsh FIRST ROW Nowack CManager7, Bredow, Rohr, Fischer, Stallman, Finnel, Voigt, Balmer, Cuccia Breurng Watertown-13 Watertown-14 Watertown- 6 Watertown- O Watertown Watertown-12 Watertown-20 Watertown Watertown A SQUAD RECORD Ripon ...,....v,..,v,,,,,,r 0 Portage ,,r,.ri,.,,,..,..... , 6 La Crosse Logan ,,,,,, ,,,,,,, 2 6 Two Rivers ,rr,,,r,,,,,i,. ..,..,. 2 7 Marinette .......,,,.,,, C38 Port Washington A O Beaver Dam ..,.,, Iefierson ,,,,,,, Won Lost 4 3 84 6 0 103 Tie 1 T HE ORBIT B SQUAD TOP ROW-Christie, Creydt, Zimmerman, Stallman, Tesch, Mallow Ulssistant Coachl. FOURTH ROW--Danner, Conner, Rickerman, Schramm, Kaercher, Pike, Casanova. THIRD ROW-Rowoldt, Madzar, Blank, Busler, Platos, Engel, Iuderjahn, Miller, Rabbach, Osterhout SECOND ROWfO'Donnell, Keck fAssistant Managerj, R. Ebert, Schoenike, Coach Colletti, Schlueter Archle Kem Iahnke Coogan. FIRST ROW'-Schmidt lAssistant Managerl, Lueck, Schramm, Woelffer, Bast CManagerl, Hilgendorf Pugh Rohr W Ebert Ster walt, Hicks Cno picturel, Kehr Cno picturel. B SQUAD RECORD Watertown- 6 Watertown- 6 Watertown-25 Watertown-14 Watertown Watertown -13 64 Won 1 St. Iohn's ,...,r Edgerton ...... Lake Mills ,,.. St. lohn's .... Milton ...,. Lost 2 85 6 12 6 21 13 58 Tie 2 THE ORBIT ?oot6all Zettermen CAPTAIN LQVERN EBERT-After a stint as end for the first three games, Lefty switched to fullback. He kicked off and did much of the ball- carrying. He was especially brilliant in the Marinette game. t f , r l' X 'll SAM I-IARTlVIANf-Sam started as fullback and changed to tackle. Ex- cellent in defense tactics, he proved to be instrumental in up- setting Beaver Dam. CHARLES BENTZIN-Charlie was an important first string man. Injured in the Portage game, he was a great loss as a tackle. LESTER ROSE-Lecca was a strong defensive player on the second string. RICHARD OTTO-Richie was a good guard and quarterback. Very fast, he played a fine game against lei-ferson. DENNIS WALSH-Red will be a big loss in the guard position next year. He was exceptional in the Iefferson game. ROBERT CASANOVA-Bob was an outstanding defensive player who Will be missed very much next year. DAVID FISCHER--Dubby did the punting for the team. He also carried the ball a lot. 86 THE ORBIT l If lmmam. 'IIC ma ...E I rang. W 'Y 4-. in DONALD FINNEL--Don is fast and should see much action next year. He played well in the Beaver Dam game. TOM VOIGT-Tom, a speedy guard, will be remembered for blocking a punt in the La Crosse Logan game. IOE CUCCIA+Good on passing and blocking, Ioe will be a valuable player next year. HEPMAN HOHR-Hermie is a good pass-receiver and defensive back. He does a lot of ball- carrying and should prove valuable in the future. DON KING-First a guard, then an end, Don showed his ability as a pass-receiver and back- ing the line in defense. GLENN BBAUNSCHWEIG-Glenn did an excellent job as line backer and center. tCaptain'Elect, 1950 Season? HM BENTHEIMER-lim is an outstanding defense player and shows a lot of fight for his size. REUBEN SCI-IULZ4fBoo is a good pass-receiver. His touchdown in the Beaver Dam game showed that greater feats are in store for him next year. BILL BOEDERiBill is an outstanding first string tackle. He was a big loss when injured. Manager BOBBY NOWACK-He was always on the job and proved to be an asset to the team. RICHARD NEWMAN-Dick was an excellent fullback who will be long remembered for inter- cepting a pass in the Beaver Dam game. We will lose a good player but Mineral Point will gain one next year. 87 I w I I l l l I l l w l THE ORBIT WATERTOWN 13, RIPON 0 Watertown High started the season with a bang. Play- ing upon the new athletic field at Washington Park, the Goslings scored an outstanding victory over Ripon. The first touchdown of the season took place in the first play of the second period. Braunschweig intercepted a Ripon pass, after which Rohr. Newman. and Breunig started goalward. After a pass from Cuccia, Rohr hurried across the goal line. Ripon fumbled in the third quarter, Cuccia recovered on Ripon's 18, and the other touchdown was set up. After a series of tries. Fischer made a great catch and scored for the Goslings. WATERTOWN 14, PORTAGE 6 Watertown's second football contest of the season also resulted in victory for the gridders. Hopes were dimmed as Portage scored in the first few minutes of play. Charlie Bentzin and Glenn Braunschweig blocked the attempted conversion. From then on the game was give and take until the third quarter. Lady Luck was smiling upon us then. The ball gradually was carried down to the three. Newman finished the job by scoring. Ebert converted successfully. and we lead by one point. In a matter of minutes the Goslings scored again. Bob Casanova stole the ball out of the Portage safety's hands and sped to a touchdown. A third touchdown failed to materialize, even though the gridders line play was ex- ceptional. WATERTOWN 6, LA CROSSE LOGAN 26 Unfortunately, advance predictions came true. and La Crosse Logan defeated W. H. S. Logan owes its success to good ground maneuvers, and the Gosling air attack was ineffective. Logan scored their touchdowns by plowing steadily down the field. The Goslings were unable to defend the goal, and Logan smashed right through. The only Gosling score occurred during the second period. Tom Voigt blocked a Logan punt, and Lefty Ebert got hold of the ball. Lefty carried it over for a touchdown. Logan scored in each of the remaining periods. The Gosling offense was poor, the passing off form and fumbles abundant. The latter proved costly and stymied goal hopes. WATERTOWN 0, TWO RIVERS 27 A capacity crowd at Washington Park, especially gathered in honor of Dad's Day . watched a big and pow- erful Two Rivers team thoroughly trounce the High gridders. The Purple Raiders had things pretty much their own way throughout the game. The Goslings did manage to threaten the opposing team twice, however. At the beginning of the game Two Rivers fumbled and Fischer and Ebert put the ball on the two. Lefty plunged into the end zone, but it was recalled. The Goslings were assessed five yards for being offside. Irate fans booed this seeming injustice. The second threat occurred in the second period. Glenn Braunschweig intercepted a pass and the ball managed to arrive on the Two Rivers ten. When a pass tossed by Dave Fischer was knocked down, hope ended. The running of Lefty Ebert, new to the fullback posi- tion, and Dave Fischer was excellent. Boeder. Bentheimer, and Braunschweig showed fine front line tactics. WATERTOWN 14, MARINETTE 38 The third defeat in five starts resulted in a defeat for Watertown. The game was played on the Marines' home field, and it proved to be the sixth straight win of the sea- son for them. At the end of the first half of the game the score was 24 to 0, in favor of Marinette. During the second half the teams played on equal terms, and each team scored 14 points. The first score for the Goslings was set up after Hermie Rohr recovered a fumble. After several passes and end runs Dave Fischer scored. Lefty Ebert successfully con- verted. In the final quarter the Goslings scored again. They smashed down the field to the Marinette four, and Lefty bounded over. He again successfully converted. WATERTOWN 12, PORT WASHINGTON O After several losses, W. H. S. got on the ball again and came up with a smashing victory over Port Washing- ton. The only thing that dimmed the homecoming celebra- tion was the driving rain that prevented many from view- ing the victory. No scores were run up during the first three periods of play. In the fourth quarter the Goslings came to life and scored twice. The first score was made possible when the Port punt turned out to be a short one. Dick Newman and Ioe Cuccia ran the ball down to the 25, after which Port was penalized 15 yards. Dick Newman then scrambled over the goal line. Because the ball was fumbled Ebert did not get a chance to convert successfully. In a matter of minutes Newman carried the ball for I7 yards. From the four Lefty Ebert punched the ball over his left guard and scored. Newman ran for the point but fell short of the goal. WATERTOWN 20, BEAVER DAM 6 The odds were against the W. H. S. gridders. but they ran up a decisive victory over Beaver Dam in the game played at Beaver Dam. Watertown was in such excellent mettle that the Beavers gave up their air offense early in the game. In the first period Dave Fischer intercepted a pass. This started the ball rolling and Don Finnel, Hermie Rohr, Lefty Ebert, and Fischer carried it to the Beaver 15. Ebert then had to smash his way through the tacklers in order to score. Beaver Dam then scored, and the game was tied at 6-6. In the third quarter the Goslings had the ball, and finally Rube Schulz made a spectacular catch and dashed over the goal. Ebe's conversion was successful. The third Watertown T. D. was scored when Dick New- man intercepted a pass. The Goslings did an excellent job of blocking, and Newman carried the ball 40 yards for a touchdown. After another successful conversion, the final score was Z0-6. WATERTOWN O, IEFFERSON 0 In the game played at Iefferson the Iefferson High gridders refused to recognize any Watertown superiority. The Eagles played a good game. Watertown was due for a letdown after winning the Beaver Dam game, so the Watertown team was not quite up to its former level. The whole game was played between the 30 yard lines except for two scoring threats by' each team. At the start of the second period Watertown got down to the Ieff- erson 22. but it came to naught. The second Gosling threat occurred in the last few minutes of the game. Iefferson managed to prevent any scores until she was saved by the ending of the game. Richie Otto played a very good game. Braunschweig and Ebert were other Gosling stars of the night. THE ORBIT Rebound? Who is No. 34? . . . lump it up . . . lust beginning . . . Another score for W. H. S. . . In she goes . . . That's my brother . . . Dancing in the dark . . . It's mine . . . A miss- we hope? . . . Almost finished-that's the Senior Float . , . No rough stuff, please . . E9 THE ORBIT In Order: Glenn Braunschweig, Walter Hinterherg, David Balmer, Ioseph Cuccia, David Fischer, Man- ager Wendell Wilson, Reuben Schulz, Russell Cahoon, Herman Rohr, Robert Casanova, Dav- id Kinq, LaVern Ebert. SEASON RECORD W.H.S. VIS. Waupun , , ,,,, N37 33 Ripon , , I, ,,,a 46 45 Whitefish Bay I aaaaa ,21 31 VY? Log 1230 Horicon ,,,,, ,, ,,,,,,, 54 30 ' Madison Central , ,,,,,,, 49 50 Hartford ,H , ,D ,065 38 Beaver Darn , ,,,,,, 63 46 Iljiftfoffi E aaaannn 46 44 INDIVIDUAL POINT RECORD -.urnnI , ,, N47 53 Oconornowoc ,,,,I, 48 40 RG, F,T, T,P, Columbus - - I a-a'a 50 30 Schulz ,,,,, .I 181 179 541 Beaver Darn ,,,,,,, ,,,,,a. 6 0 Sl Cahogn H A, Y ,l,l V 71 41 183 Horicon ,,,, ,D a,., ,47 49 Ebgrt Y lVlVl,lVY,, is 73 26 172 Port VV3Shi1'1qtO1'1 H 5464 42 Braunschweig 65 26 156 Waupun I 000000 esssss, 52 55 Fischer IIIIIIIIIIIIIII 22 18 62 Whitefish Bay ,,,,.., 55 45 Cuccia H 7 15 21 51 Gfeendale -4 3 3 -4-51 46 Hinterberq 11 6 28 Port Washington ,,,, ,, .,,, 67 44 Balmer YKKVKVYY W 4 6 14 Oconomowoc ,, ,.,,,, 44 39 King Y Y Y H W 4 3 11 GI99Hd819 ,, ,, , ,,,,,,Y Caganova VVYVV Y 2 6 Madison East ,I ,,,, D49 48 Rohr H vV1, Y 2 1 5 Madison Central , , , , M49 44 ... .1 T Reedsburq , , , 1,,,, 47 45 450 333 1233 Madison West 1,,, .52 54 Lodi I ,, ,,,, ,,,,, 4 9 45 Total Points , 1233 1048 90 THE GRBIT BASKETBALL SEASON The Watertown cagers opened their season with a nip and tuck 37-33 win over Waupun. Boo Schulz was the hero as he dropped in 23 points, six in the closing minutes. The Goslings got off on the wrong foot in the return game at Waupun and never caught up as they suffered a 55-52 defeat. Rube Schulz slipped up on a lay-up with seconds left and dropped in a beauty from mid-court a hair after the final whistle. He finished with 27 points. Russ Cahoon was the big gun for Watertown, scoring 17 points as the Goslings racked up a 46-45 victory at Ripon. Despite Russ's great work, it took a terrific finish, sparked by Bob Casanova to get the victory. Watertown dropped a lifeless 31-21 game to Whitefish Bay that saw the Goslings notching only four field goals. A greatly improved Watertown ball club easily defeated the Bays in the return engagement, 55-45. Russ Cahoon bagged six points in the opening min- utes, Boo Schulz had 28 points, and Lefty Ebert looked good as the team took sweet revenge. Watertown's great quintet waltzed over Horicon 54-30. The Goslings led at one point 27-9. Russ Cahoon and Lefty Ebert played great floor games, and Rube Schulz led scorers with 18 points. An aggressive Horicon ball club nosed out the Watertown cagers 49-47 in the season's big surprise. They held Rube Schulz to 18 points and made a tight game of it. With Watertown in front 47-41, Horicon dropped in four lay- ups to get the victory. The Goslings absorbed a heart breaking 50-49 defeat from Madison Cen- tral. Watertown came from behind to lead late in the game 40-32, but Central came up and tied it on a push shot that bounced off the board and in as the buzzer sounded. Lefty Ebert potted a shot, but Central matched it in the first overtime. After trailing 47-44, the Goslings tied it up at the end of the second period on free throws by Dubby Fischer and Rube Schulz. The ten players matched free throw talent to settle it, and Central dropped in three to Water- town's two. Watertown set a new team scoring record of 65 points as Hartford was smothered 65-38. Everyone played a perfect game for the Goslings. Boo Schulz had 26 points, while Russ Cahoon, Lefty Ebert, and Glenn Braunschweig were hitting with deadly accuracy. With Russ Cahoon, Glenn Braunschweig, Lefty Ebert, and Boo Schulz going over the ten point mark, Hartford was dropped again, 46-44. Although they never led, the visitors managed to tie it with seconds remaining, when Lefty Ebert dropped in a beauty to sew it up. Beaver Dam was the next victim for our Watertown quintet. Rube Schulz set a new scoring record for WHS, as he tossed in 30 points. Lefty Ebert had 17 points, as he played his best game of the season. Score, 63-46. The hard luck Watertown cagers lost a 61-60 thriller to Beaver Dam in the hardest fought game of the season. Rube Schulz set a new individual 91 THE ORBIT scoring mark of 31 points before fouling out. The Beavers pulled even at 60 all, and made good on one of two last second free tosses to get the win. An outplayed alumni managed to pull itself together in the fading min- utes to grab a 53-47 victory. Rube Schulz had 24 points. A good Greendale ball club gave our quintet a good ball game, but couldn't match Rube Schulz, and so lost 51-46. The whole team looked terrific as they matched all that Greendale could give, and came back with more. The Goslings closed the regular season with a great 68-54 victory over Greendale. It was another team scoring record. Dave Balmer put in the rec- ord breaking goal. Boo Schulz led Watertown with 25 points. Russ Cahoon followed with l3, then Glenn Braunschweig and Lefty Ebert with ten apiece. The Watertown cagers played one of their best games of the season, as they Whipped a strong Port Washington ball club, 64-42. Port came up with a flurry of early points to grab the lead, but soon collapsed before Watertown's power. Rube Schulz picked up 25 points. The Goslings came up with their second great game against Port Wash- ington, winning 67-44. The points cracked the two-month-old team record of 65 points. Rube Schulz turned in another great game, picking up 24 points. Oconomowoc was soundly whipped 48-40 by the Watertown quintet. Big Rube Schulz poured in 28 points, and was well supported by Lefty Ebert and Russ Cahoon. The powerful Watertown cagers did a workmanlike job of licking our old rivals at Oconomowoc, 44-39. Coonev pulled to within two points in the closing minutes, but Rube Schulz dropped in a free throw, and Wally Hinter- berg dropped in a beauty to cinch it. Rube led the way with 20 points. The Watertown quintet won their easiest game of the year from an un- dersized and outclassed Columbus team, 50-30. Glenn Braunschweig hit seven swishers, and Rube Schulz dropped in 27 points. TOURNAMENT GAMES Powerful Madison East was drubbed 49-48 on their home floor, by the Goslings in a sizzling overtime victory. With the final score 44-44, Lefty Ebert potted one and Russ Cahoon raced in for a goal that set the stage for Rube Schulz's game winning free throw. Rube had 22 points. The Watertown cagers completely outplayed Madison Central to win 49-44. With the score 45-29, Central moved up to get a respectable score. Rube Schulz had 24 points, l7 in the second half. The Goslings won the regional championship by beating strong Reeds- burg, 47-45, in another overtime battle. Russ Cahoon and Dubby Fischer played good games, and Rube Schulz dropped in 22 points. Glenn Braunschweig won the game on two push shots in the overtime. The tournament trail ended for Watertown as they took a 54-52 loss from Madison West. Rube Schulz was in poor shape and didn't get going until the second half. Trailing at half time, the Goslings made a terrific fight of it in the second half, and pulled within a point, 52-53 on a lay-up by Lefty Ebert. Sev- eral free throws were missed on both sides in the last seconds. Coach Grabow's Watertown quintet finished the season with a 49-45 consolation win over Lodi. Russ Cahoon looked terrific scoring ten points in the opening minutes, and Rube Schulz closed a great season by bagging 29 points. 92 T HE ORBIT K Squad Km ketball TOP ROW-Roger Schleif, Carl Stallman, Robert Schramm, Robert Madzar, Iohn Beggan, Harvey Haase. SECOND ROWslVlanager Gerald Rabach, Ierry Blank, Ben Miller, Ronald Iuderjahn, William Casanova Mr. Kessler. FIRST ROW-Ronald Ebert, Donald Zimmerman, Pat O'Donnell, Mack Hicks, Bruce Schlueter, William Pugh Franklin Gerth. SEASON RECORD WHS Waupun as 3 ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,124 Ripon .aaaaaaa aaaoaaaa , 3 ,,,,,,,,, 20 Whitefish Bay ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, 3 6 Horicon aaaoa ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, 3 4 Madison Central Hartford aaaaaaaaaaaa Beaver Dam ,,,,,, Hartford ,,,,,,,,,, .3 ,,A,,,,,, 13 Oconomowoc aaaaaa ,,,,,,,,, 2 8 Columbus ,,,,, Beaver Dam Horicon aaaaaaaaaaa, Port Washington Waupun aaaaaaaaaaa, ,...., 3,28 ,,.r.,, 332 Whitefish Bay aaaaa ,,,,,,, , 31 Greendale ,,,,,,, Port Washington Oconomowoc ., Greendale ,,,,,,,,, Total Points ,,,,,, U16 , ,..,r,,t 20 36 ,478 VIS 20 18 49 16 39 21 25 38 25 22 23 22 28 23 38 19 18 22 38 500 INDIVIDUAL POINT RECORD Name Points Zimmerman , , ,,,,,,,, 109 Stallman aaaaaaaa ,,,,, 8 4 Blank ,,,.,,,, Arrrr 6 4 Schleif aaaaaao ,,,,, 5 8 Beggan ,,,, 3 43 Schrarnm as 39 Ebert ,, ,,,,, 18 Casanova ,,,,, ,,,,, 1 1 Haase 3 8 Pugh aaaaaaaa as ,,,, , 5 Schlueter ,,,, , ,,,,, 5 Gerth aaaaaaa ,,,, 4 Madzar ,,,, 3 l HE THE ORBIT LETTERMEN BASKETBALL Reuben Schulz-Rube was the big reason for Watertown's great basketball season this year. His great height and ability brought him 1950.51 season, 541 points, over twice as many as any previous Watertown cager. He also set a new individual scoring record of 31 points, and averaged over 22 points a game for the season. fCaptain-Elect, Russell Cahoon-One of the season's surprises, Russ played consistently good qCo.Capfainp ball, and rarely was on the bench. He was one of the best on defense, and drove in like lightning. He'll be missed next year. LaVern Ebert-Lefty had a beautiful push shot, and he gobbled up many re- tCo-Captainl bounds. He played both guard and forward, and excelled at both positions. He was at his best when the pressure was on. Glenn Braunschweig-Glenn was a constant pain in the neck to opponents. He had a lot of spirit, and always kept the pressure on. He did a good job of feeding the ball to Rube and was a dead shot from the free throw circle. David Fischer-Although he didn't score much, Dubby was a key man on de- fense and bringing the ball up. He played outstanding ball in the tournaments. Joe Cuccia-Ioe played at forward and guard, He worked into a first string berth near the season's end. He was deadly on the free throw line and a star on defense. Walter Hinterberg-Wally had a beautiful long shot that loosened up the op- positions defense on Rube Schulz. He did well whenever he played, and hit his peak in the tournament. His four goals at Oconomowoc sewed up the Win against our nearby rivals. Dave Balmer-At Greendale, Dave put in the goal that set a new team scoring record. He was Q good ball handler, and should do a good job next year. Dave King-A good spot player, Dave came through the season with flying colors. He saw more action than his point total indicates. Bob Casanova-Bob finished his third year on the Varsity. He had a lot of pep and made good use of his experience when he got in. He sparked the winning rally at Ripon. Wendy Wilson-Wendy did a fine job as manager. His spirit will be missed qmanage,-3 next year. Harris Grabow--Fans remember Mr. Grabow's student days when he led the tCoachl '39 team to a state championship. As coach this year, he al- most did it again. His team finished with an 18-6 record. It surely was one of the best in the State. 95 THE ORBIT INTERCLASS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Team Won Lost Pct. Seniors ..,T..,,....,. TTT,TTTw 3 O 1,000 Sophomores Tvw, ,,A,A,,, 2 l ,667 Iuniors .TTTATTTTTTTTTT, T.TT..T...,. l 2 .333 Freshmen ,,T....,,..T,T.TTTTTTTTTTTTTT N0 3 .000 Personnel of Seniors: lim Kraemer, Rich Otto, Charles Bentzin, Wendy Wilson, Amie Strege, Dave MacGregor, Duane Zabel, Allen Engel- hrecht. Dennis Walsh, Ev Mallow, Lester Rose, and Paul Mohr. IN TRAMURALS BASKETBALL INTERSECTIONAL LEAGUE Team Won Lost Pct. 7 2 Tulane eoeoeeeooe,,o ,,,,,,,, . 778 Dartmouth .,.,.,. ,eee,,,, 6 3 ,667 Army ..,,.,,,,,, ...,,.f. 6 3 .667 California ....... oooooooo 6 3 .667 Notre Dame oooere oeeee,,, 6 3 .667 Navy o,o.oo,,,,o.o,. .,,.rro. 4 5 .444 S. M. U. ...,. .....,,, 4 5 .444 Oregon ....... ........ 3 6 .333 Oklahoma .,... ........ 2 7 .222 Penn ........................................ 1 8 .111 MIDWEST LEAGUE Team Won Lost Pct. 9 O Iowa ............... ........ 1 .000 Minnesota ....... .....,,. 6 3 .667 Wisconsin ...,.... ,,...... 6 3 .667 Northwestern ........ ........ 4 5 .444 Michigan State ....... ...,.... 4 5 .444 Ohio State U. ,..... ..,..,,. 4 5 .444 Purdue ...,.......... ........ 4 5 .444 Illinois ............. .,,.,... 4 5 ,444 Indiana ..........,...........,.,..,........ 2 7 .222 Michigan ................................., 2 7 .222 COMIC STRIP LEAGUE Team Won Lost Pct. 6 3 Lil Abner ...,... ........ . 667 Supermen ,......... ........ 5 4 .556 Dick Tracy ...... ........ 5 4 .556 Popeye ........... ...,,,,. 4 5 .444 Tim Tyler .......... ........ 3 6 .333 Phantom Men ...... .... . L2 7 ,222 Atom Men .............................. 2 7 .222 Sluggo ........................,........... 1 8 .1 1 1 PERSONNEL OF CHAMPIONS INTERSECTIONAL LEAGUE TULANE- Rich Otto, Captain: Wayne Arndt, Ierry Rowalt, Ken Toebe, Gerald Boelter, Iohn Donohue. 96 TH E ORBIT MIDWEST LEAGUE IOWA- Brady Catman, Captain: lim Landsverk, Fred Heim, Werner Balmer, Bruce Schlueter, Elmer Hartmann. COMIC STRIP LEAGUE LIL ABNER-- Edward Agathen, Captain: Tom Breunig, Don- ald Smith, David Wade, Claude Richards, Ed- ward Hell. TENNIS Tennis was approved as a spring sport last year but inclement weather and poor courts knocked out the sport before it could be es- tablished. Dual matches with nearby schools were arranged for the sport this year. Floyd Bordsen was the coach. G. A. A. Many tournaments have been held during the school year. In fieldball and speedball a single elimination was held. The sophomores came out as the victors. The Nets, lugglers, Whizzers, and Fighters were the names chosen by the volleyball teams. In a round robin session, the Fighters proved to be made of fighting material, for they were the winners. The basketball teams were the Sizzling Sex- tet, Swishers, Deadeyes, Basketeers, Sharp- shooters, and Dribblers. The Dribblers won in the double elimination. The round robin class tournament was won by the Seniors and faculty. For badminton and tennis, miniature ladders were constructed. Each competitor aimed for the top by winning through challenges. Bev- erly Bublitz was at the top of the ladder in bad- minton. A round robin was held in softball, also. The competing teams were the Bats, Balls, and Mitts. ln addition to sports which encouraged team Work, other activities were offered. Mem- bers tumbled and worked on the apparatus. A Clown Party was held February 20. The main event there was the Apache Relay. Many Went on a swimming trip to Beaver Dam. Sportheads were elected early in the year. They are: Basketball: lane Weaver. Softball: lune Barnes. Badminton: Margaret Nevermann. Tennis: Donna Craine. Tumbling: Catherine Manthey. Volleyball: Marian Block. THE ORBIT BASEBALL SCHEDULE VARSITY SCHEDULE: WHS OPP Apr. 14-Oconomowoc, there ,E,EY,LS,LL,SA 2 O Apr. 20--Lake Mills, here w,.,,e,,e,,e,,., 48 6 Apr. 21-Hartford, there e,,e,,L,,, .e,,e, 2 6 Apr. 27-Iefierson, there 7,.,...w, e,,e,,, 4 0 May 3-Fort Atkinson, here ,e.,e,,,,e....eY l 1 May 8-Beaver Darn, here ,7AL.e,AA e,,,,,, 6 5 May il-Lake Mills, there ,,,,e,,e,,e,,e...,V, O l May 12-Oconornowoc, here or ...,,e,,e,, 3 9 May 15-Fort Atkinson, there r,,e,,e....v 2 7 May 22--Northwestern Preps, here ,e,, 7 6 TOURNAMENT GAMES: May 19-Lake Mills 6, Watertown O Fort Atkinson 10, Iefferson 5 May 20-Iefferson 7, Watertown 6 Fort Atkinson 4, Lake Mills l B SQUAD BASEBALL SCHEDULE WHS OPP May 1-Beaver Dam, here , ....,,,,,i,,r, l4 15 May ll-Hartford, there ,i,,i,,,,,,,,,,,..,, 2 l May 18-Beaver Dorn, there w,,..,,,i,,i,, 14 15 LAKELAND BASEBALL LEAGUE Northern Division Southern Division Watertown Evansville Lake Mills Milton Fort Atkinson Stoughton Iefierson Edgerton GOLF TEAM WHS OPP Apr. 22-Delavan, here s,,Y,s,,s,, ,,i...Y 3 5 May l-Delavan, there ,,s,,s ,,,,,s,, O 10 May 8-Lake Mills, here . s,,s,,,, ,,s,.,Y 4 6 May 12-Jefferson, there ,,s..,,,Y,s,,s,,s,,s l 9 May 18-Oconomowoc, here ,,,s.... BV2 3Vz TRACK TEAM WHS OPP May 5s-Madison East, there s,,s,,s,,,,s..., 24 87 May 10-Madison Central, there ,s,,,,s, 15 98 May 12-Lodi, there .r .,.,s,, ,,t,, ,,s...,., , 4 2 71 May 20-Ianesville, there ,,,s ,s,,s,,s,,s,, 8 98 HE ORB 99 A SQUAD BASEBALL TOP ROW-Dave King fManagerJ, Rohr, Witte, Hinterberq, Schramm, Ebert, Schulz, Braunschweig, West, Carl Stallman, Rabbach, Grabow CCoachD. BOTTOM ROW-Iim Schramm, Cuccia, Bentheimer, Drost, Bob Stallman, Don King, Balmer, Cahoon, Engel. B SQUAD BASEBALL TOP ROW--Milbrath, Lueck, Woelffer, Iames fCoachl, Tesch, Schoenike, Sproesser CManagerJ. THIRD ROW-Ebert, Miller, Madzar, Beggan, Schlueter, David, Iaeger. SECOND ROW-Kingsley, Hicks, West- enberq, Heim, Haase, O' D o nn ell, Bast. FIRST ROW-Melcher, Zoeller, Karcher, Kehr, Hilgendorf, Pugh, Iahnke. GOLF TEAM TOP ROW-Zickert, Korban, Kohls, Knispel, Grady. BOTTOM ROW-Vinger CCoachJ, Crupi, Tesch, Eugene Fendt, Fischer, Kaer- cher. ABSENT-Bernard Fendi, Toebe, West- phal. TRACK TEAM TOP ROWeWackett, Thomas, Sprenger Danner, Rose, Bentzin, Schleif. THIRD ROWfKern, Pike, Schwenkner Keck, Kuckkahn, Block. SECOND ROW---Colletti fCoachD. Else Voigt, Zimmerman, Fritz, Blank. FIRST ROW-Finnel, Schoechert, Bre dow, Kehr, Bast, Busler, Sterwald. I T Minnie THE OREIT W 'x f:+sf'4'f' W I z vxf ,V V V is ' I 'in lj Ha Ha ,f THE ORBIT A DROP IN THE BUCKET! Oh, it's rah, team, rah when W. H. S. meets Fennimore, Friday night on the old gymnasium floor. Not all of the plays are on the floor, it's kinda a double feature, Maybe you recognize this line up in the bleachers. ,Q Ml l ,iw df - PIX The referees come out onto the floor to look over the crowd, and take a good look, only to see a bit of pre-game refereeing taking place in the stands. ,lf l ffte ., s spp 11 b ghth kdbthtth ' , ara ou s oon as rou er 1 ro er o e nk mm M garlrie and is busily rgfereleing her own little game . ax o eep peace in e ami y. Aish il V , IQII 1 -- x W Ea-: 1l1l Q E . The teams have warmed-up and are ready to get rolling, , Xl u but before this each tectm gets into a huddle with its coach. ' ' ' C Over in the reserved seat section there is another huddle ff X 3' 7 going on, but this one is smaller, louder, and longer lived. f . It consists of three females With strong feline tendencies 7, 'Ay who are irritating poor Gus Gluepot, who has 3 come to the game with hopes of seeing and h ' lil enjoying the game. Better luck next time, Gust! A A It 9 v l 5 K ... M 525:31 . - , A WWII! tes. 9 At L J L Q Q s The game is under way when, one of those naughty I boys on the other team is caught running with the ball and therefore, Mac Morsecode takes the ball out of bounds and passes signals to his team mates. This reminds Kenn Kle tomaniac, who is sittin in Y P 9 the balcony, of a similar thing which occurred after school on this same day-different circumstances, however. He and Nancy Numbskull were walking X down town and who should come alon but Cherry A Chatterbox Before Kenny had a chagnce to say J X Hello , Nancy gave him his signals -right in the back of the leg. Xllh l- Ut -t, 102 THE ORBIT 'L 5 JV' o l J O c I? ll SGS?-9 Q Q1 G - 'B Freddie Fouler is living up to his name and now is being called on blocking a player on the oppos- ing team, for shame Freddie!! However, Freddie's blocking is minor to that of Alma Aggerwayter and Bertha Bankruptcy, who have both come to the game decked out in their Sunday best, I'm sure for the express purpose of blocking other people's views. Q uv c a fx Q L ' . A4 ,vb 'el if ' X-y Shortly afterwards Freddie Fouler again does L Q a little dirty Work, so coach decides to bench 5' ul . him and send in a substitute. Butch Birdbrain's ' date hasn't showed up so Sam Sympathetic and Q, ' his steady , Frances Fix-it-up find Sally Slop- 1 py-mess to substitute for his previous date. ,I . H xL+ 12 t A a o 'l ' .F - s Q - C 0 I D A 2 ,L W ' LS I! O O O lust before the final gun one of our men intercepts a pass and dribbles down to the basket to sink one. On the way out, Ioanie Ialousie is also busy inter- cepting a pass that Frankie Flirty-eyes is sending to Patsy Peroxide. 4 a v g L' Q R j l U3 THE ORBIT THEME SONGS Accentuate the Positive ....,,,,,,,,,..... Charley BeI1tZiI1 Afraid to Trust Them ......, Mr. Hinterberq As If I Didn't Have Enough on My Mind Miss Gruner Casanova's Lament ,,,,,,,, iiiiiiiii H uth Knight Counting the Days ....v,,,, .oooooooo ooooooooooooo. U S Kids The Insect Song ,,,,,,7, ,...... . Biology Students Ieannine ,,,,,,7,,,,,,,,Y,,Y, w,,,oooooooooooo I erry Mallach Chow ata he get in here?l Little Butch ,,,,,,,,,,,, ovvooooo D onna and Richie My Pet Brunette ,,,,A,,,,,,,.,,,,,7,,,7,,7,,,,,,,,,i,, Hermie Rohr Stompin' at the Savoy..Don Finnel and The Boys A Tiny Little Voice oooooooooooo.i.......,..eee.e e.e,e, P aul Mohr While We're Young ,T.. Frankie Gerth 61 Lecca Rose 'When the Lights Go on Again, .. e,,,,, ..Mr. I-Ierreid I Never See Maggie Alone eee,eeeeeeeeeeee Bob Casanova Toreador oooo ooooooo.o.. K ate Hrobsky and Helen Cowen Sitting By the Window ee,.eeeeeeeeeeee ...Diane Kaercher It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House Mrs. Ehrenberger What Is This Thing Called Love e.,. Iunior Bachelors 'S Wonderful occoccoccocor,.,,..l....,..e,ceccccccccccc Prom Trotters l've Got the World On a String ccccccccc.cccc Tom Block Five O'Clock Drag ,.,.,..,....,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,, Orbit Staff Tm ! ! I-'sh K 42'-To ,,.. ,- in + do 'tt' 'Ld To glow: luu4::TJLArrlfk:ll't THE QUIET STUDY HALL When I sit in study hall and linger: It's at me the teacher points her finger. All of a sudden a girl begins to bawli And I think I shouldn't have thrown that last spit-ball! Down the study hall comes the teacher: Oh! I wish I could hide behind some bleacher! When she sees me she begins to scold And tells me, for that stuff l'm getting too old But when the teacher turns her back: l'll get that girl another whack!! What What What What What What color color color color color color By Tom Voigt CMI. Buettner's little angel 7 I-IUGH'S HUES is a newly married couple? WED!! is shampoo? DRENE!! is a telephone? YELLOW!! is a ghost? BOO!! is a belch? BUBPLE!! is a moving van? DBAY!! THE ORBIT Room 104-Second Home to the Seniors . . . Morning after . . . After the morning after . . . Iudge Sanders pronouncing judgment . . . The scene of many a bruised shin before a basketball game . . . How're ya comin', Erv? , . . WHS's Alfonso . . . One good Whack deserves another . . . A swell way to bid the old place good-by for a brief two weeks . . . Backstage preparation . . . Aren't those underclassmen neat? . . . Beauty ?? Day . . . Same day-Iunior version . . . 105 THE ORBIT DREAMER'S HOLIDAY Fellas, can't you just imagine yourself sitting on a couch in a nice lonely house running your hands through Margaret Nevermann's gorgeous hair, and looking into Ieanne Stalker's big brown eyes? You'd tweak Shari Rohr's adorable little nose, and through Sandy Buss' sweet smile you'd see Cheri PfeiHer's pearly choppers. tHmmmmmmmm-this is getting better all the time-huh?l Wouldn't it be swell to have a girl like Phyllis Milbrath and her sense of humor to get a charge out of all your little puns? That contagious laugh of Donna Craine's plus the wit of Carol Radtke would keep you in stitches three- fourths of the time. We're sure you couldn't resist her with a personality like Betty Casa- nova's-mix that with a disposition that's modelled after Shirley Kunitz's and you've got yourself some combination. You could take her to the swimming pool and, Brother! would you be proud of Ioan Bliese's figure. It doesn't seem possible that with all these things she'd have athletic ability like Cathie Manthey, but you're at the pool and see- ing is believing. Put this together with Ruth Knight's posture and Helen Kol- berg's legs and mmmmmmmm! What a beauty! Hold on a minute-that's not all!! There's that girl you're taking to the show. She's got Mitzi Miller's clothes, and you can imagine holding one of Donna Richter's hands for maybe both-take two, they're smalll. and maybe later you'd get a chance to touch a smooth creamy complexion like Carol Bast's. At a dance you'd swell with pride when she danced like Kaye Murphy and for a quiet evening at home she'd play the piano like Wilma Kehl and to go with that she'd sing to you with Ienny Adams' soothing voice. But really fellas, let's face reality-do you ever hope to find a girl that meets these measurements?? We don't think there is one, but if you want to look for one you can go ahead and look. Somehow we think you'll be looking for a long, long time, 'cause we've come to the conclusion that there ain't no sech creature. OUR HERO Girls, what would you do if the following figment of someone's imagina- tion asked you for a date?? A hero with Lefty Ebert's athletic ability would make you drool right away, add Richie Otto's powerful physique and we're still making like a bunch of babies-drooling that is! I'm sure you'll come along with us when we throw in Don Zimmerman's legs for good measure. Don Zillmer's complexion would surely set a lot of hearts aflutter, es- pecially if it were combined with loe Cuccia's mouth and Don Kehr's cute nose with its sprinkling of freckles. Dave King's gorgeous blue eyes would surely convince us that he's the guy . With a head of hair like Don Fritz's, we couldn't resist running our hands through it--his hair, not his head! Put Sam Hartman's clothes on this dream with Charley Markl's posture and Bob Casanova's walk and you've got yourself A Dream Walking . tP.U. Very Bad loke-huh'?l If he had the sense of humor that Wendy Wilson has, he'd even smile at that one, with a smile like Moody Braunschweig's letting Dave Ba1mer's teeth peek through, and he might even give you a laugh like Ronnie Nass'. You'd hardly have to worry about conversation with wit like Tom Voigt's. Even more convincing would be Otto Schwetel's swell disposition and Dubby Fischer's lovable personality. He'd have Bob Stal1man's musical talents, and for those evenings at home he'd be right tlgepg with Dennis Walsh's voice, and there'd be dancing in the dark with Bill Boeder's dancing a ii y. That question we started out with seems rather silly now, because we're sure that you would jump at the chance to date this gorgeous hunk of man. Well, we would! Guess we'l1 be waiting a long time for him to ask us, 'cause they aren't made like that!! 106 THE ORBIT Calendar SEPTEMBER 8-This noon when Donna Craine told her father that she would have Art and Gym in the afternoon, he brightly remarked, And Glenn and Ioe in the morning, I suppose. 9-And now every night about supper time we see the boys wearily trudging back from football practice. 15--After a detailed explanation to Miss Gruner, which left her very confused, David M. exclaimed in exasperation, Get me?? 16-The football season opened with a bang, and we defeated Ripon 13-0. As Mr. Buettner put it, It was a 'Ripon' good game! 23-We won again, beating Portage 14-6. My, aren't we good!! 27-Well, Dubby, let's get to bed nights, huh? You seem to be disturb- ing your classes with your snoozing. 28-Congratulations to Mr. Hinterberg, the proud poppa of seven new puppies! 30-The entire school got together tonight to open the social life of WHS with an evening dance. OCTOBER 4-4th period English class with Miss Erickson was discussing movie reviews. Glenn Braunschweig said about one: Golly, that was a dumb movie. In the end everybody either got killed or Married! !Diane K. loses Chem. bookl. 5-Miss Skinner had a huge, very shiny apple on her desk today. Who is trying to find favor with her? !Diane K. loses Geometry bookl. 14-It seems Lorraine W. and lone G. have been coming to History with only one shoe on. What have they been doing in 3rd period Home Ec? Making shoelaush? CDiane K. loses History bookl. 15-Although our boys didn't manage to get a win in the game at Marin- ette, they seem to have won in other fields-Iust ask the girls they left behind! 17-lohn Donohue, confused about the symbols Miss Gruner used in correcting his theme: What does S with tinks mean? His humor was ap- preciated by the class, but definitely not by Miss Gruner. CWha' Hoppin', Diane - haven't you any more books to 1ose?l 20- Port's a pushover said the senior float-it won, 21-and so did our boys in our muddy homecoming game. Dennis Walsh said it was just like old times playing mudpies. 22-We topped off the Homecoming weekend with a dance tonight. All the fellows danced!! Let's have some more of those wins-we girls like the results!! 28-In Denis D's speech on radio advertising - She's lovely, She's engaged, She uses Airwickf' 31-KA very nippy day.l In Chemistry when Mr. Iames asked if anyone knew why Bob Mallach was absent, Tom V. said soberly, Overcome by the heat, no doubt. NOVEMBER 1-In Psychology Mr. Sanders said, Let's all take out our curves now. tNormal Curves of Distribution, that is.l 107 THE ORBIT 2-lst snowfall and our last football game. We beat Iefferson 0-O. A bit chilly too, wasn't it, sports fans? 7-When Glenn B. asked a question which Mr. Iames had just answered in detail, Tom V. said, He's a late freight with a loose Caboose! 8-Mr. Sanders to his Social Problems class: How many of you have ever been in love? l've read about it! CSnicker!!l 9-Lloyd Griep made the profound remark in Social Problems today that there was an election, and someone won, I guess. 10-Mr. Iames told his Chemistry class today that we all learn in Sunday School to love our brethern and cistern! ll-Thirty years ago Watertown defeated Portage in a football game. We're sure it was all due to the fact that a certain Fred Kessler was put in as a reserve. 14-In discussing Mr. Albert Otto, the speaker at a previous assembly program, Miss Melbye said she was very interested and wondered what col- lege he had gone to. lYou should have seen her blush at thatll Later in the period she also said, I did found that in the dictionary. Really, Miss Melbye, did he affect you that much?!! 15-Mr. Hinterberg is again making his rounds of the balcony with his stick. Any girl with a heart-throb on the basketball team knows why?? 18-What Watertown girl named Wanda cheered like mad for Waupun tonight? And on our first basketball game, too! Ha, ha, we beat 'em anyway!! 22--There was a controversy in U. S. History today about school records. We couldn't reach an agreement because no one was sure of the facts. And then Sam Hartman seriously suggested, Why don't you ask Clarence Wetter? 30-Rickie Goodlette gave such a convincing speech on How to Sleep today that Karl Bast started to snore!! DECEMBER l-,Ralph Strahota, starting a speech today, said Now that we're near- ing graduation- and, of course, at that point everyone snickered, and he final- ly admitted, Yep, l've been doing it several times! CWe hope you make it this time, Ralph!!! 7-After Robbin Kusel dropped a book in U. S. History today, Miss Mac- lnnis turned and said wistfully to our visiting debaters, Sometimes this class is real nice! 9-Bob Niere introduced a new Ctextbook?l to the third period Chemistry class today. Will you please repeat that title? 12-Gordie B. Cstarting a speechlr Some people say that we have three parties in our country--Republican, Democratic, and Cocktail! Hmm, how would he know? l3MMiss Gruner Cto her College English classl: Does anyone know what the knee of a horse is? Duhhhh! I dunno! 14-Mr. Sanders says he was a very lonely little boy in third grade. Reason? He was the only pupil! 16-'lhe long awaited Christmas dance didn't come up to the expecta- tions of some of the Senior girls! IANUARY 9-CThis is only for those brilliant Seniors who manage to plow through Miss Maclnnis' U. S. History.l Mac: Who was the president during the War of 1812? Sam: Cafter a pausel Madison. Mac: How do you remember that? Sam: Don told me! 10--Mac: What were Iohn Brown's famous last words? 108 THE ORBIT 1 Lloyd G: Ugh!! tMy, such witty Seniors we have this year!D ll-eAt 10:45 P. M. last night, Glenn Braunschweig was honored over Music 'Till Past Midnight by a mysterious Senior girl. She requested, I Can Dream, Can't I? Mood Indigo would have been more appropriate, don't you think?-hmmm? 13-The fuse blew, the film unrolled, the loudspeaker wouldn't speak, she fell over the cord, she lost her glasses, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.!!! Mac said she wasn't superstitious, but after such a Friday the 13th, we're 'fraid she will be! 16--Chemistry was the only warm class today, due to the efficient heat- ing system-namely, a Fischer burner. 19-Miss Melbye's Speech class did pantomimes today. Katie H. was a bull!! Helen C. waved a red handkerchief in front of her. Tor-e-a-dor-a!! 25-Lost: One pair of pants Cpinkl. Please return to the Senior Editor of the Orbit. CWhichever one you likell FEBRUARY 6-What was the reason for the unusual attention given to Mr. Sanders as he read an item from a magazine? Could it be that the large colored picture on the cover was an advertisement for The Outlaw? Or could it! 10-There was a Valentine party for Iunior High tonight. Did any new romances develop? 14-WHS is now an institution of female cripples. Thank you, Miss Schumacher!!! 17-Owing to the fact that there were no unattached Senior boys at the Sadie Hawkins Dance, some Senior girls had to resort to the underclassmen. Ain't so, Cheri? 21-Do you want to know how to prepare hydrogen chloride? Don't ask Mr. Iames or he is apt to show you the way his budding young chemists showed him! Cough, cough, choke!! 27-Diane K. used the weekend to good advantage! It seems she came home from her trip to Milwaukee with the lovliest diamond you ever saw! I wish I had a diamond--only one that doesn't turn your finger green!!! Meow, meow!!! MARCH 4-After sweating blood for three nights, we saw our team win the re- gional tournament at Madison East. Later, at the Main, only girls with clean hands were allowed to touch that precious trophy!! 7-In the taking of grades as the result of a test the following episode occurred: Iohn D.: My grade's 86. Miss Gruner: Mr. Donohue! Why? Iohn D.: I got 14 wrong! 10-In speech today Lila Draginis was a lawyer pleading for a sweet, innocent little boy of 45 years of age. Although he had killed his mother with a butcher knife, and there were twenty witnesses, she still pleaded for that poor, persecuted man. The speech class was the jury and naturally turned out a laughing verdict. 13-Lecca gave an invitation to the speech class today to a barn dance at Art Nass' farm--free beer, music by Will Eske, admission, 5.75. Count us in! 15-A Freshman hearthrob visited Milly in study hall today-Frankie G. Gee, I wisht I was a Freshie again!! I7- The boys celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a party, we hear. Don- 109 THE ORBIT na Finnel was present, who is apparently the schoo1's thrill. 20-Tom Block has a renewed interest in art. Could it be that they're using live models now? 21-First Day of Spring! Spring is come, The snow is fell! This summer's gonna be hotter'n- Last summer! 23-Miss Koenings referred to the commerce class today as the com- merce curse. Boy, we sure know what she means! 24-We hear that Glenn's chemistry class doesn't provide enough ex- perimenting for him. He had to try some at home-by putting a hunk of sodium in a washtub of water. Before he was through, the I-'ire Department found it necessary to make an appearance! Glenn, is your face red? 27-in chemistry again: Walter H.: ls alcohol a good conductor of electricity? Mr. Iames: Well, lots of people get lit up with it!! 30-In College English, Miss Gruner said today that on a Thursday when it snows we must be unusually quiet. Seeing that this didn't settle us down, she gave us two minutes in which to giggle!! 31-How much money did you lose today, Donna Shearier, after the Seniors beat the Sophomores in the interclass tournament? tThe bet naturally was with Richie! Who else would she trust her money with?ll APRIL l-Although it's Saturday and no school, we must offer congratulations to any of you who weren't fooled today!! 3-Iohn Donohue to Marilyn M.: How can you tell whether an electron is positive or negative? Oh, Iohn!!! 4-All the boys who planned on going to the Prom were called to the Auditorium during homeroom today. And then'- Mac: Now should we have a meeting for the girls who hope to go? 5-The girls are still crowding the balcony, but this time it's the baseball boys who are causing the flutter. Incidentally, where was the Lake Mills flash? 8-WHS went on the air today over WTTN. The Tomcats and Betty Casanova did the honors of initiation. ll-CTime: Two weeks before the Prom.l Mr. Buettner: Why can't you practice on Saturday? Bob N.: I'm going to Milwaukee. Tom V. fwho elsel: 'Gonna get your formal?!! 14-Our baseball team came through with the first victory of the season today, defeating Cooney 2-0. Don King pitched a one-hit game. Nice going, Don! 21-Although the space between the balcony doors was small, we rnan- aged to get a glance at the beautiful fairyland the Iuniors created for the Prom tonight. The theme is Cinderella, and we know we'll have a wonderful time. 24-When Mr. Wills, sitting in the back of the auditorium, finally be- came annoyed at the unusual amount of noise, he got up, went to the front of the room and said, For the information of those boys who keep turning around, I'm still here. 26-We had an assembly today. A student talent show was presented by the student council. We got the biggest treat, though, when the music in- structors proved they really do know their stuff!! 28-And so ends a year of work and fun for the Orbit staff. 110 THE ORBIT McCaig, Neal vY.v ,Y, .Farming .., ....,....... ,............... V.,.. ,ww,.. ,Yww, W atertown Melcher, Franklin ....... .Watertown Grain Elevator V.V.w.V,..,,,, w ,,, ,V,,... W atertown Mohr, Doris ,,AA A A,,A,, AA ,,,,,,, .. E mployed at Lake View Sanitoriurn eVe,,, Aee,,w,, M adigon Neumann, Gloria w,,,,,, ,American Bank Gr Trust Co. .....,,,,,,A,,,,V, -,.,,.,,-,VVV,, R aging Nimm, Donald 77....,., .Farming .errrKVV...AVVVV.e-V.A-.A--V.AAVYeeVfYVY,,....., .a,,... W atertown Ninmann, Marion aaa, Mid-States Shoe Co. aaa,a,a.....a, ,,,,,4a W atertown Norton, Kenneth .a.,. .Milton College ............ aV,,,,,,,,A, M ilton Oestreich, Palmer aaaa.., .......,aa M id-States Shoe Co. aa,,aaa ,,,AAaa W atertown Oestreich, Rose ,a.,,, .Mullen'S Dairy ...................... ,,,,V,, W atertown Olson, Donald ,,,,.,.,,,,,aav, .University of Wisconsin ,o..,,av ,,,,,,,,,,, M adjson Oschmann, Irmgard .Mid-States Shoe Co. .,......... ,o,o,,, W atertown Otto, Carl ,,,,,,,..,.,o,v,oooo, .......,., U niversity of Wisconsin oo,.,oav ,,,,,,V, M adison Otto, Edward ,..l....... .U. S. Navy ........a...,...a.......... Parker, Iohn ra.r,,,a,..r..... a,a,,,.ll H ornburg Motors, Inc. ...l....., 4,,,,,, W atertown Pauli, Donald ...,raraa,,,....,, ....,V,aoo I aeger Manufacturing Co. ....... ,,,,o,o W atertown Peterson, Raymond .U. S. Army ,.......,.t....,.,cllcl,,.,, Pratt, Ianice trt,,,,...,...... ,,,tt,.... N urses Exchange ct.,,,,,t...,..... 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