Wellington High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Wellington, KS)

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, rs - l , f Q-,- vr.4 ,ziwrk I' f.. 9 A - , ' -' 2,1 mf' A. , 3 ., ' 1 '..,4, 3' ' if :'-, - ' ,.g,l9' ' ' i . 3 Jr. High Kings Once upon a time, three years ago, the present freshman class entered the halls of Wellington High School for the first time. Through the years, we have gathered other members and now we are the largest class in school-165 members. Now as experienced students we can tell what X equals, thanks to Mr. Devore, and are acquainted with Ivanhoe and the Lady of the Lake. This was the first year we were given the privilege of attending ia senior high party. Because we have so much excess energy, We were employed to clean up after the party. J. A. Seaton was elected to head Junior Hi Federation, while Clarence Cain was pre- sident of Junior Hi-Y and Glenda Jean Pilant was president of Blue Triangle. The junior high scientists in Mrs. Oyer's class proved that they could create as baffl- ing odors as the chemistry class. In the spring, the Lions Club presented awards to the twelve most outstanding ninth graders. Our freshman party was a howling suc- cess with even a few freshman wolves on the loose. The Junior Hi basketball team, which was composed mainly of freshmen, though not the Ark Valley champions, won a large percentage of their games and gained exper- ience that will help them when they are the Valley Champions two years from now! We were the first class to be required to take health under the new state law, and, now after two semesters, we can tell the dif- ference between the cranium and the fibula. In case these words sound distant we have also mastered Latin and Spanish. Now as we finish our third year with red flags flying Con our report cardl, we are looking forward to our first year in senior high as sophomores but we will never forget our joyous freshman year. ...151

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ed Sophomores It might as well be spring, is, or should be the theme song of every one of the so- phisticated sophomores of good ole' W. H. S. As you wandered down the halls of our high school you could hear the industrious biology students of Mr. Milliken thinking out loud to themselves as to whether bacteria was a thousand legged worm or a type of tu- berculosis. Or maybe that was a scientist. Oh well! As you passed 108 you could hear the pa- tient voice of Miss Bays explaining to her brilliant geometry students why two and two equals four. However we are not completely ignorant! We have finally learned that we have plenty of time between classes, so, unlike previous years of rushing to our classes and ,lgnogzlging jf H' limit .ii H 1 Officers President .....,.................. Edwin Howell Vice-president ..i..... Alvin Herrington Secretary-Treasurer ..........................Clifford McEachern everyone down, we are seen lingering in the halls, whispering sweet nothings to our one and onlys. Queer as it may seem to you, we have ac- tually done some downright work. Almost all of our girls belong to G. R. and the great majority of boys attend Sr. Hi-Y. Besides these, we also take part in many music groups. Of course we wouldn't boast or anything but as far back as we can see, it seems as though we are the best bunch of sophs yet. So to the freshmen of Junior high- You have much to look forward to next year in being what they call - A SOPHOMORE I!

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Up A Step Well, here we are again, running rampant through the halls. Everyone else knows that we aren't any older or wiser than we were last year, but they can't convince us! We had a gay time at the first of the year, feeling and acting so superior towards the seventh'g1'adersg but when it came time for semesteifglexams, some of us were begin- ning to woisider if we would always be a grade ahead-of the folksgwe now consider our inferiors. - , We were busy this year with activities. The boys went to Hi-Y and basketball home- room and the girls liked the Sports Club and Blue Triangle. Dramatics Club showed that we had some talent for acting. s U Some of us were taking a foreign langu- age course and youi should have heard us R it-'. g . -, It -1 murdering the languages of the French, Spanish, and German people. Then, of course we learned that the first president was George Washington instead of Franklin D. Roosevelt, but our teacher had a dreadful time to convince us that a noun isn't a word of action. In physical education we learned how to stay healthy by practically killing ourselves doing exercises. Having the more scholastic side of our education well in hand, we concentrated our efforts on the domestic side of things, as at the beginning of our eighth year of educa- tion, we knew very little of the so-called do- mestic activitiesf' The boys were taught such' things as repair work and drafting in shop while the girls were struggling in foods, elbow deep in dough or stuck up in candy making. Whether or not we have learned much this year is yet to be seen, but in spite of the trials, we have had a lot of fun. We are all looking forward to next year when we hope to be the freshmen. .11 7.1