Waveland High School - Hornets Nest Yearbook (Waveland, IN)

 - Class of 1961

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wish we had struggled a bit harder. Judy Graham had to stand in the hall because she refused to write a letter to the person to whom Mrs. Ratcliff told her. Judy and Jon had quite a romance that year. They learned the song Slow-poke and sang it for the class. Blackman was the favorite game of Mrs. Grimes' fifth-graders. Many a boy came home with the buttons ripped off of his shirt and a girl with her waist torn from the skirt of her dress. It was worth it in fun. We were old enough to be patrolmen in the fifth grade. We were thrilled with the authority but when the new wore off, no one wanted to do it. We learned the states and capitals; it took several weeks, but we finally made it to the west coast. Carolyn looks as if she is day-dreaming. She did that once in the sixth grade. It was an awfully pretty day and she couldn’t resist looking out of the window. The dreams weren't worth the scolding she received. School’s out, school's out, teacher's let the mules out! We chanted it all the way home. No longer were we little grade kids. We had passed! Next year we were going into junior high! It sounded like heaven. Little did we know. Being the youngest up- stairs was quite different from being the oldest downstairs. I still laugh when I think of our first day upstairs. Boy, what a mad rush--I can't even count the times we got lost dur- ing the first couple of weeks. Those study halls! They were much better than a recess. By the eighth grade, we had learned the art of making love. Larry and Betty were a much seen couple part of that year. Carolyn and Jon had quite a case on, too. This was the year we gained our editor-in-chief, Eva Bailey. As I sit here looking at the faces of my classmates, I can still see them in our freshman year, on initiation day. That mixture of lipstick, shaving cream, and eggs was quite a mess. But it sure was fun! Speaking of eggs, I recall the day Judy R. came dashing across the assembly from the biology room. It seems, Mel got handy with a hard boiled egg--that wasn't. The result was an egg shampoo It seems ages ago since those silly sophomore days when we anxiously awaited our class sweaters and rings. I imagine it will be a long time before Merri for- fets the thrill of being elected TAP Queen of Hearts that year. I wonder if for Judy. 15

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t t As we walked up the stairs and onto the stage, I noticed how somber and distinguished my classmates looked in their flowing robes and graduation caps. It seemed like only yesterday that those same distinguished adults were young wild Indians. The first day of school Miss Moore calmed all 33 of us down into sweet, little angels. When we became more accustomed to school, we weren't quite as angelic. I remember Miss Moore saying, If you will be good boys and girls. I'll treat you on Friday. Sure enough, when Friday came every mem- ber received an ice-cream bar. I wonder if Jay D. remembers the day he pulled the chair out from under someone. I bet that was the last time he ever did that. Melvin has a big smile on his face. Perhaps he's remembering the day in the second grade that his pants caught on fire. Mel’s story went something like this. Well, teacher, I had to burn the trash this morning, and I forgot to take the matches from my pocket. All of the class won- dered if he had been into his Dad's cigarettes. Remember the third grade? We had reading contests. Mrs. Machledt gave a star to the best reader in each row. Every third-grader wanted to have the most stars pasted in the back of his book. It was in the third- grade that Linda was given high praise by Mrs. Machledt for being the quietest. Gosh! That doesn't seem possible now Imagine! The class of 1961 was called the worst-behaved class of the lower six. Although Mrs. Ratcliff kept us pretty well in hand, I'm sure that it must have been quite an ordeal. We had a lot of fun in the fourth grade. We learned the words and the motions to the song Ballin’ the Jack. We struggled over multiplication and division tables. The recesses we missed because we did not make 100 on a multiplication test! Now we 14 i— O c ■



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Joan, Judy G., Eva B., and Judy R. remember their bet that year with Mr. Gooding. It seems they were better at talking teachers out of tests than Mr. Gooding thought. Lois is grinning shyly. I imagine she's thinking of the night a group of us went to Pur- due to see Hamlet. We still don't know how that leaf got in her shoe, but it was sure a sight seeing her trying to pull it out without being too conspici .3. I think even Mr. Williams w s a little embarrassed at that s episode. We seniors seem so close tonight. I wonder if anyone else is thinking of the nights we decorated for the Prom. With the girls fighting and the boys caught in-between, that was quite a feud. It is a relief to be able to look back on it and laugh. I still remember the fun we had putting on the play that year, too. It was entitled, The Haunted School- house and it went over pretty well. That was a thrill. Now we can even look back on our Senior year. It has surely gone fast. Joan left us early in the year to become a housewife. Our senior play, Great Caesar's Ghost was a big success, and we had a ball during practice. I'm sure Mr. Williams has forgiven us for the meanness we got into. And who could forget the thrill of selling over $1700 worth of magazines, the highest record set at Waveland. We cer- tainly enjoyed that turkey! When 1961 arrived, we all be- gan to get that common disease called senioritis. This consisted of having jam sessions at noon, smart ing off to underclassmen, and many other rude acts. As happy as we seemed, the room always grew a little quiet when we would order in- vitations, caps and gowns, or dis- cuss graduation plans. And now sit- ting here, I realize that the time has come. We've scrambled around these halls for the last time, sung in our last music festival, attended our last high school dance, and sweated over our last final exams. I see the teachers are smiling. I can't blame them, I guess we did give them a pretty rough time. The speaker has finished, and we’re receiving our diplomas. The big moment is here. And for the class of 1961, I would like to say Thanks to our teachers for putting up with us 16

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