Wausau High School - Wahiscan Yearbook (Wausau, WI)

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In a year when the attention of the world was focused on is- sues of the cold war, when the orbital flight of John Glenn was making history, and when mil- lions of Americans were touring fabulous Seattle world's fair, the activity of a local high school in a small central-Wisconsin city seemed obscure and insignificant. Yet to almost 1700 students who lived and laughed within the walls of that school, it was a year they would never forget. From registration in September to graduation in June, the '62 school year at Wausau Senior High was a time of academic growth and social contact. Wau- sau Week with all the homecom- ing festivities highlighted the fall of the year. Record turnouts and wild enthusiasm made this a week to remember. In sports, the ski team won the state title for the fifth consecutive time, while Wau- sau curlers wound up their fif- teenth year at WHS. Tropicana was the theme of the '62 Junior Prom, the highlight of spring activities. Finally graduation on June 7th, the big night for about 550 proud seniors, CLIMAXED...

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