Wayland Academy - Pillars Yearbook (Beaver Dam, WI)

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gl 26-Sat.'XVayland is host Cessl to lX'l.U.S., Downer, and Kemper Hall for the girls' basketball tournament, Uur girls finish second. The Gallery of Stars Cor was it Gallery of Rogues?D is the freshman activity. 27-Sun.-Founders' Day. Guest speaker, Dr. Benjamin Nyaradi, gives a most interesting talk. At night, awards are presented and we see old Wax'land movies. RTARCII 4-Fri.-hlidwest Prep Conference basketball tournament begins here, with games all afternoon and evening. 5fSat.-Excitement rises to a fever pitch as VVayland wins the championship game from North Shore Gountrv Day in a double-overtime sudden death play-off. The hnal score is 48-46 with Paul Deniger sinking the deciding bucket. ll-Fri.-The juniors present The Greatest Show on Earth as their activity-lots of entertainment, including an original sliit and kangaroo court. l2fSat.-College board exams for those luckv CFD seniors. Alice in Waterland is given in the evening. The second show is followed by a grand throwing-in of everyone from Miss De Groot on down. The junior boys open Club Henri for the evening. l4-Mon.-As if there weren't enough going on, six-weeks exams come along to add to the confusion. 15-Tue.-The Vllaukesha Svmphony Orchestra plays a concert in the auditorium. 16-XVed.-Exams terminate, and we leave for home or VVashingt0n, D.C., for a much-needed vacation. 26-Sat.-The group who took the VVashington trip arrives home, tired but with .1 wonderful ten davs behind them. 28-Nlon.-Back again-we're headin down the home stretch now. . fl APRIL 1-Fri.-April Fool's Day. The movie party is at the Odeon to see The Long Gray Line. lip' 'fli- es YE! ' Fi. la .X I P? . jg if. if A Q i f i'1 J ' 1 A it lt - 1 :- 'YH' RL- Q.,- 8

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28-Fri.-The Youth Group puts on a turnabout, the Winter Roundup, in the small gym. 29-Sat.-We win our basketball game at Racine Lutheran, 53-48, and at home there is a downtown movie party to see A Star is Born. 31-Mon.-American Emphasis Week starts with movies in the auditorium. FEBRUARY 2-Wed.-It is a beautiful, sunny Groundhog Day as American Emphasis Week closes with a speech by Wisconsin's attorney general, Vernon Thomson. 4-Fri.-Basketball at M.U.S.-we win, 73-41. Mr. Williams shows colored movies of his boys' camp in Canada, and the rec room is open. '5-Sat.-We make a clean sweep athletically, defeating West Bend in basketball, Stevens Point in swimming, and Madison's West High in wrestling. The Y.W.'s March of Dimes Masquerade is a big success. The little gym is decorated with hundreds of balloons. CTalk to the girls who blew themlD 8-Tue.-We lose a basketball game at Northwestern, 52-50. 9-VVed.-The juniors have a great day-class rings arrive. 11-Fri.-Good bye for a while. 14-Mon.-Hello, again. How was your long week end? l7-Thur.-Community Concert in the auditorium with a male quartet called the Songmasters. 18-Fri.-Wrestling meet at Stoughton. The forensics competition is held in the auditorium and is followed by a movie featuring the music of Gilbert and Sullivan. I9-Sat.-Basketball at M.C.D.-we lose, 58-43. Our swimmers take first place from Elgin, M.U.S., and Lake Forest in a quadrangular meet held here. The juniors' activity is called Jungle Fantasy. 25-Fri.-The sophomores hold a downtown movie party, King Richard and the Crusaders and Phffft.

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2-Sat.-The first really warm day of the spring brings lots of people to front campus and the tennis courts. The junior activitv is a twin turnabout, the Crue- some Twosome, in the small gym. 3-Sun.-Religion in Life VVeek begins with a movie in the auditorium and the first of a series of talks bv Rev. Odyss Kneece. 6-Wed.-The Y.W.-Youth Group Easter candlelight service is held in the chapel. 8-Fri.-Another downtown movie party, this time to see The Caine Mutiny and On the Waterfront. 9-Sat.-The sophomores sponsor an evening of swimming and dancing to the theme of April Showers. 10-Sun.-Happy Easter! 15-Fri.-The Midwest Headmasters' Conference. The Town Hall of the Air is broadcast over a nation-wide network from our auditorium. l6rSat.-Tennis meet here against Lake Forest. Our one chance to see how the other half lives . . . open house in VVayland and VVarren Halls. 22-Fri.-Get out the track shoes, gals. ltls the annual Sadie Hawkins Day racel 23-Sat.-Ourutennis team goes to Lake Forest for a meet and their track team comes here. Marryin' Sam does a land-office business at the freshmen's Sadie Hawkins dance. 24eSun.-Music festival at M.U.S. 28-Thur.-Surprise!! Six-weeks exams are here again. 30-Sat.-There is a track meet at Delafield against St. johns Military Academy. The sophomores put on the carnival, which affords games and a good time for evervone. MAY frFri.-Movie party. 7-Sat.-The track and tennis teams travel to Milwaukee, the track meet at M.U.S. and the tennis meet at M.C.D. At night is the fabulous junior prom. Jimmy ' N--.gh new-ew' ,t Q 1 - f -- 1 Q v L! l . wr- , if.