West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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TTTW' ' M l ure We Like School. We Like the Companionship of Our Fellow Students-- We Like the Helpfulness of the Teachers-- We Like the Things We Do-- And this year we liked school especially because something new 'was added. When school opened on September Z, l94l, we moved along rapidly noting many changes. Students went to Spanish class for the Hrst time. Miss Forrester returned after teaching two years at Columbia University. The student handbooks appeared and the new Student Senate came into being. Bud Bennett with the campaign slogan For Pete's Sake, Vote for Bennett! won over his opponent, George Pete, and became the first Student Body president. Our gridders played on a new Held, under new lights, with new equipment and a new coach, Bob Caldwell. The homecoming, run on a new plan, eliminated class competition. Instead, the entire school acted as a unit to put over a bang- up parade and bonfire. Disappointingly, the homecoming game with Mayville was postponed because of rain, but we forgot our sorrows at the dance in the gym later in the evening. We liked school because we made so many friends at our parties. Our Senior Sweater Dance, pictured here, was a sample of that fun. Margaret Gumm led the Conga line round and round, and remarkably enough, we all found our way out. ff ff'f A Sensation in Any Setting Queen Margaret Gumm and King Jerome Kies led the Grand March at the Junior Pan-American Prom. Page Eight Olson's Wonder Children brought home the banner to hang next to '4l's. Mr. Olson, C. Huber, C. Claus, M. Hansen, R. Bennett Tournament Records Won Lost Place Little Ten . . 6 0 l District . . . 4 2 2 Sectional . . 5 l l State . . . 4 2 l

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if zz fe if K f f .-. ., s Ii - f . ,, li f ' I Miss Gertrude Forrester -- B. S., M. A., Teachers College, Columbia Univer- sity. Mr. Myron E. Hildebrand -- B. E., Osh- kosh State Teachers. Graduate work at University of Colorado, and North- western University, Mr. Marshall G. Batho -- B. S., Univer- sity of Iowa, Ph. M. University of Wisconsin. Graduate work at Uni- versity of Chicago and University of Minnesota. Mr. Rowland Runkel -- B. E., Milwau- kee State Teache1's. Graduate work at Marquette University. Miss Edith B. Heidner- B. A., Univer- sity of Wisconsin. Graduate work at Columbia University, University of Wisconsin, and Chicago University. Miss Rose Kucirek - B. E., Commercial Whitewater State Teachers. Mr. Ralph O. Eggert--B. E., White- water State Teachers. Miss Dorothy Gielle -- B. E., LaCrosse State Teachers. Miss Helen Huff -- B. A., Carroll Col- lege. Graduate work at Columbia University. Mr. Frederic B. Baxter -- B. E., Platte- ville State Teachers, Ph. M., Univer- sity of Wisconsin. Graduate work at Columbia University, Mr. Norman Colby -- B. A., M. A., Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Mr. John Reis -- B. S., Milwaukee State Teachers. Mr. W'alter Schuelke -- B. S., Stout Institute. Graduate work at Mar- quette University. Mr. Donald Olson -- B. E., River Falls State Teachers. Graduate work at University of Iowa. Mrs. Ethel Gill -- A. B., Lawrence Col- lege. Miss Fay Hickey -- B. S., M. A., Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Miss Laura Rounds -- B. S., University of Wisconsin. Miss Ella Kuehlthau -- B. S., M. A., Columbia Teachers College. Mr. Irvin E. Holzhueter -- B. S., Agri- culture, University of Wisconsin, Mr. Roy T. Grignon -- B. A., Lawrence College, M. A., University of Wiscon- sin. Mr. Robert B. Caldwell -- B. E., La- Crosse State Teachers. Mr. Roy Christensen -- B. E., Milwau- kee State Teachers. Graduate work at Northwestern University. Miss Ceil Podruch -- B. A., University of Wisconsin. Graduate work at Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Miss Florence Meyer -- B. A., Univer- sity of Wisconsin. Graduate work at Marquette University. Miss Ilah Ostrum -- B. S., University of Wisconsin. Miss Lucia Stanficld --B. A., Carroll College. Miss Constance Shipman -- B. E., Osh- kosh State Teachers. Got Along Well Together various questionnaires. She worked in collaboration with the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs of West Bend to present speakers on various occupations and encouraged an essay contest on vocational careers. Hobby groups, too, were organized, thus providing a means of leisure time preferences for students. A likeable group of persons composed the teaching staff. lnterested in the individual student and always willing to be of assistance to him, the teachers spent many hours in planning classroom work and supervising extra-curricular activities. Our faculty has high professional standards. All of them have completed four years of college work while seven of the twenty-seven have master's degrees. A large number continue their studies at summer schools, working toward higher de- grees and advanced professional standing. at . ' 'fi .A fi? tffwww f J- we Page Seven

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All Out For Victory Winners of Freshman Victory Poster Contest Top: K. Casper, L. Gundrum, B. Geib. Bottom: G. Heppc, J. Lemke, R. Kuhn N i . , , A 1 f -. But we didn't like the news of Superintendent lVlcl..ane's illness in early winter, and not seeing him again for the rest of the year. It seemed strange not to hear his voice over the loud-speaker, or to see him walking down the corridor now and then. All this time the war was a hazy thing in our mindsg but suddenly, on December 7, it was brought home to us in a forceful way. Pearl Harbor became more than a place on the map. We found out what a War Stamp looked like. We began to understand what draft and rationing meant. Then we became doubly-proud of our school as changes took hold, and made us an integral part of the war effort of our glorious country. Students came to school in the dark of early winter mornings when Central War Time went into effect. Since Buy War Bonds and Stampsi' became an important slogan, West Bend High School has gone over the top in sales. The art and citizenship classes cooperated in the preparedness movement by making illustrated posters. The Student Senate sponsored a huge inter-class salvage campaign, net- ting 4,5 70 pounds of scrap metal, in addition to the janitors collecting 400 pounds of waste paper a Keep ,Em Rolling Homecoming Parade: W. Gorman, M. Knoeck, V. Gonnering, C. Westenberger, G. Kohl NISE vienna .warm im K g To 05' The South American Way week, to add to the war effort. Air raid drills and first aid groups were introduced. Talk of a six-day week developed into graduation being pushed ahead a week to give our boys a chance to work on the farms and in the factories. The draft and enlist- ments took several of our students and three of our teachers. Even the junior Pan-American prom, led by King Jerome and Queen Margaret, became an observance of our Good Neighbor Policy. As winter closed, West Bend's debaters, Mira- bel, the two Calvins, Bud, and Coach Olson came through for a second time and brought home a big gold trophy and a banner proclaiming, Hxvest Bend High School, Wisconsin State Debate Champions. Continuing their splendid record, Mirabel Hansen, Calvin Claus, and Austin Hancock rated A rank- ings at the State Forensic Contest in their respective speech fields of extempore speaking and oratory. This year of eventful changes passed rapidly. Before we knew it, spring with its baseball games, golf tournaments, and track and tennis meets had come and gone and commencement time was upon usg the year ended. Did we like it? You bet we did! Page Nine I J