Waukesha High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Waukesha, WI)

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,v V rv agers, and coaches, enjoy the W banquet. Mr Saubert presents letters to his team members. ZERO HOUR approaches, and A Cappella hears Zel's familiar admonition: The dignity of the pro- gram is in your hands. Go out and do your best. par' b- -I GRADUATION COMES at last! The band plays Pomp and Circumstanceu as seniors march with newly acquired dignity to receive diplomas. -16.. ATHLETIC STARS, along with parents, man-

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THE CORONATION BALL has a glittering crown that looks down upon our grand march. This is the moment we have been anticipating through all our weeks of work and planning. .e A WHITE BLUR streaks over the net, and a Hale opponent f.Yo. 321 looks slightly petrified as the ball nears him. Wonzler if the poor chap snapped Oli! of it fast enough to hit the hall hack over the net? Naturally u'e won the game! Q A NOBLE EXPERIMENT--the organization of our first honor study halls. joan Carpenter checks her pass with Bob Daymond. Signe Damkoehler takes roll as students assume the teacher's work in running the study hall.

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Arrives ith Its Rush of Last Events DREAMY-EYED STUDENTS lounge around on the campus counting the days until summer vacation and signing Megs with the recollection of some amusing event in the school year. Ah!-what a lovely day this would he to skip school! DEAR ARLENE, IT SURE WAS FUN -hld, bla, Ken Herman and Nancy Stewart look slightly amused as Nancy Allgood writes a witty ditty in Arlene Hoffmann? Meg, thus making her contribu- tion to the annual custom of consuming several gallons of ink in signing Megs. L- 'Na , l 4. 0, Q ., MAY lcontinuedl Spring fever is in the air, and a round of picnics and banquets begins for our clubs. May lO, the G. A. A. has their traditional dessert-dinner, and Mask and Wig holds its awards banquet on the llth. Others follow in quick succession, W banquet, Meg and Star picnics, until every day seems to have its picnic or banquet. Red letter day for the Seniors is May 28- Honors Day. Scholarships, American Legion awards, and other honors are received with much pride by top ranking seniors. And for special meaning this year there is the Hope Gardner Memorial Scholarship. JUNE June 4-Megaphones finally arrive and are dis- tributed to an eager student body. From then on it's sign my Meg everywhere we turn. We find it hard to concentrate, but exams are upon us in this last week of classes and by June ll even this ordeal is over. Erasers become handy items as we clear our books of marks to qualify for our dollar refuncls. Seniors receive caps and gowns in prepara- tion for graduation week. June l3,the auditorium is filled to S. R.O. for Baccalaureate services. June l4, seniors Cwith an eye on the weatherl march into l-loreb Spring Park for graduation- the last official act of their school careers. And some who had waited eagerly for this event find a strange lump in their throats. With report cards on June 16, school is out. The year with its unforgettable experiences shared with many friends is over. Summer vacation begins.