Waukesha High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Waukesha, WI)

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The year is at an end. Each and all of us view it with a mixture of emo- tions. There is the feeling of joy and satisfaction that another milestone has been reached. There is a feeling of regret because of the severing of associations. And there is the feeling of doubt, perhaps of fear, at leaving the known and plunging into the unknown of tomorrow. First of all, this is a time of reflection. 'Has the year just closing counted? Has it been a loss? Did we live this year or did we merely exist, putting off living until a more convenient season? For the school as a whole, the year has been nor- mally good. Taking into consideration the critical times, I believe the school has functioned in a big way. Although athletic championships have been confined to the minor sports, yet our athletes have had more than average success in basket- ball and track, and the intramural program for all has had its best year. In music we have had the best balanced program that the school has ever had. A first Class A Girls' Glee Club and a Hrst Class B Crchestra received highest hon- ors, but, in my opinion, the Band and Boys' Principal J. E. XVorthington, at his home on Glee wvork for the year were equally XVisconsin Avenue. successful. The State Psychological Tests given to the Seniors and Sophomores reveal that our student body is well above the average in learning ability. The quality of class Work has been, at least. up to standard, with not many failures, especially in the Senior High School. Yes. I think the school has done well. How about you as an individual? Can you point to your record and feel that it has been good? Then, this is a time for rejoicing for most of the Waukesha High School students. One hundred and eighty are graduating and the joys of commencement are theirs. Four more credits have been earned, another grade is passed for most of the seventeen hundred. Many new friends have been added to life's - g. permanent possessions. Summer and summer activities are ahead. Why be sad? And, finally, it is a time for looking ahead, for vision. Now, what am I going to do? is a question the Senior faces, and, perhaps in a slightly less degree, all are concerned with this same query. Today we do not know for what plane of living society is headed. Is it to be the simple life of the '9O's or of the '8O's, or is society to move ahead so that life of the 1920's will appear as primitive as the horse and buggy days of our grandparents? This and other uncertainties of Page One Hundred Twenty-three

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onciling the claims of the man and the citizen will become increasingly acute. The solution of that problem will be one of the principal tasks of future education. NVhether it will succeed, whether success is even possible, only the event can decide. From cssuu on Ediicution in the book. Proper Studies, bu Aldous Huxleu. English Critic. 4 A Q Q lt is a very great pleasure for me to greet the l933 Megaphone and to ex- press my appreciation of the efforts of all who have had any part in its making. lt is especially pleasing to note the continued endeavor from year to year to make our l-ligh School Annual distinctive in form and content by the introduction of a central and unifying theme, worthy of study and development. No one connected with the Waukesha High School can have failed to note, during the past year, the time and effort expended by the managers and editors to make the current number a unique and outstanding contribution. The Work upon it was not. as is the custom so frequently in undertakings of this kind, behind closed doors but was made the center of a year-long activity in which a great number of students took part and in which there was awakened a real interest in Indian life and tradition. Dr, G. O. Banting. Superintendent of XVaukcsha Schools. nfl-he Megaphone of is then valuable not only for itself as the product of earnest study, originality of thought, and careful planning but be- cause it is the symbol of an en- terprise that contributed so much that gave color, vigor, and direction to the work of the year. I very sincerely and earn- estly congratulate the Mega- phone staff on their initiative to inaugurate and their Zeal and determination to complete such a big, line piece of work. G. O. BANTING. in 4? N Page One Hundred Twenty-two

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up I' today make mapping a program for the future a difficult one. Yet it must be done. The theme of The Mohawk is Indian life and character. From the Indian, I think. people of today may get some suggestions that will aid them in looking to- ward the future. In the face of danger, the Indian maintained his calm, his cour- age. and his conlidence. It is with these qualities that our graduates and all our students should paint the visions of their tomorrows. A good year has ended and we are glad for it. We hope many good years are ahead and I know the XVaukesha High School student accepts the challenge, un- afraid. to assist in building a more stable and a better social order. J. E. WORTHINGTON vvv Grey Earth lThis speech was delivered in XVaukesha High School by Grey Earth, Indian Y. KI. C. A. worker. The reader who has heard Mr. Grey Earth talk will have no trouble in catching the tone of his speech--the very words seem to recall the sneaker. Loraine Schober, Marian Geller, and Catherine Sobrofski were the student reporters at the assemblyj Ladies and Gentlemen: I am very glad that I have this chance to be with you. I have been going around from place to place for the last two years. I have been in the New England states for a month talking to the boys and girls. I get a kick out of speaking to boys and girls. One person asked me how I could stand giving seven and eight talks a day. Thats easy. I can tell them anything and they will believe it. I can tell them Indian stories. and they will listen for days with enthusiasm. A year or so ago I was with some boys in the Y. M. G A. camps. They wanted me to tell them some Indian stories--thrilling, interesting-scalp- ing stories. I didnt want to. AW, come on, they said. I told them a story, and the next morning the leader Xlr. John If Jones at Devils I-al-ce. Vfisconsin. on .1 4 four-davs camping trip wth twelve senior agriculture students. Devils lake is so named because of the old Indian legend in which a beautiful Indian maiden. heartbroken at the death of her Indian brave. plunged to her death from the verv rock upon whch Mr. Jones is standing. m.....a..c.... 1.-A+ Page One Hundred Twenty-four