West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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on a rack, each making a different sound when hit by a stick. Second Grade split everyone into different classes and a few lucky ones were able to skip! The sand box provides fond memories to every¬ one, although it seemed there was always more sand on the floor than in the box. The grocery store in Miss Pittman ' s third grade class with all those fascinating little cereal boxes was really exciting and everyone probably remembers the play ' ' Hansel and Gretel put on by Miss Moss ' class. The stars were Betty Schroyer as Gretel and Bill Peck as Hansel. The fourth grade star of baseball was Bob Friend, who had been kept in running shape by our endless games of Blackman. Miss Boyd ' s class remembers how they used to get up and walk around the room any time they pleased. None of us can forget the fifth grade and De¬ cember 8, 1941. We were having art in Mrs. Frazer ' s room when President Roosevelt ' s dec¬ laration of war came over the public address system. From that moment on, anything labeled made in Japan was definitely shunned. A rollicking time was constantly had by all in Miss Kent ' s fifth grade class. All those outside trips and projects like growing peanuts! Kenny Montgomery, still a loyal West Sider, bet Miss Kent that no girl could ever kiss him. Miss Kent won the bet by performing the act herself! Those were the good old days. Miss Ullrich used to slap our little hands with a ruler when we were bad, and Ted LaBree seemed to always be the one to receive the pun¬ ishment. Jo Ann Kingsolver ' s blond hair still caused a disturbance, huh, boys? Sixth grade and we were all becoming more boy and girl conscious then ever. Everyone kept the name of their boy or girl friend a deep dark secret, and we were mortified if anyone found it out. The playground always bore chalk initials and hearts which were immediately rubbed out if discovered by the guilty persons. Junior High and everyone started to feel grownup and sophisticated, or at least we tried to look that way. Some of us were terribly shocked the day Mickey Statton and some of the others daringly wore their first lipstick to school. The clubs sprang up and each separate group gave many parties trying to see who could get the most boys. Hay rides and picnics were the most popular type of entertainment in the sev¬ enth and eighth grades. Mr. Tucker did not ap¬ prove of the time the boys all wore aprons to school to spite the wearing of jeans among the girls. He was sternly lecturing them in Science Class when in walked Barbara Byers in jeans with her hair completely done up in pigtails, picaninny style. Remember how all the girls had butches? It was really shocking to see their hair growing straight up in the air in front when their cropped bangs began growing out. Mary Carnahan always had the best looking butch according to the rest of the fans. Senior High and our Sophomore Class can¬ not be forgotten. Most of us looked up to the Seniors and secretly worshipped them. The halls were slightly less rowdy than they had been in Junior High, but the assignments were even worse. The girls joined all the clubs, and the boys participated in the school sports. The first formal dance was guite a step from those Freshman tea dances where boys stood on one side and the girls on the other. It was infuriating to see the boys dance with the teach¬ ers rather than risk asking a Freshman girl to dance. We never missed a basketball, football, or track meet, and cur fondest memory of all is the triumphant Jeff-West Side game with that score 13-0, our favor! Our senior year held the brightest memories of all. Things around school meant much more to us as we approached graduation. We appre¬ ciated the time our teachers spent with us each day, and every event of those last weeks in the classroom and out made us aware of how much dear old West Side meant to us. Pago 19

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Officers of the Class of ' 49 Bill Bauman.President Lowell Jackson.Vice President Barbara Bryan. Secretary Stephen Freeman..Treasurer H. A. Evans. Adviser CLASS HISTORY Remember those carefree days in Kindergar¬ ten with no assignments and only a half a day of school? Dick Ver Wiebe, who apparently got girl trouble at an early age, used to walk Peggy Sammons and Barbara Girton to school every day and whenever Barb and Peggy were late, Dick was too. First Grade was guite an advancement to everyone, and we all re member Miss Parnell and Miss Hubbard. Miss Hubbard ' s long pol¬ ished fingernails always caused guite a stir among her pupils. Everyone was a proud mem¬ ber of the rhythm band and every morning found us all assembled with our red sticks, tri¬ angles, and various other noise makers. Our addition to the band was a line of bottles hung Pagti 18

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MARIAN ARVIDSON Girls ' Club . . . Ahea . . . Speech Arts . . . Scarlet and Gray, Technical staff . . . WHAT A LIFE JIM ASH Hi-Y . . . Speech Arts . . . Baseball 2, 3, 4 . . . Bowling League RAE ASHER Speech Arts . . . Girls ' Club . . . Ahea . . . Scarlet and Gray . . . Scarlette . . . Football Queen ' s Court . . . ALMOST SUMMER . . . WHAT A LIFE BOB BAKER Hi-Y . . . Speech Arts, Vice-president 4 . . . Chorus . . . Boys ' Glee Club . . . Intramural basketball . . . WHAT A LIFE BILL BAUMAN Hi-Y . . . Speech Arts . . . Football 3, 4 . . . Class Treasurer 3 . . . President 4 . . . Lettermen ' s Club . . . Student Council 3 . . . JUNIOR MISS . . . National Honor Society . . . WHAT A LIFE JACK BEECHER MARY ELLEN BINNEY Girls ' Club, Booster Committee Chairman 2 . . . Treas¬ urer 3 . . . President 4 . . . Speech Arts . . . ALMOST SUMMER . . . National Honor Society . . . WHAT A LIFE BOB BLOME Hi-Y . . . T.E.C. . . . Speech Arts . . . Scarlet and Gray National Honor Society SALLY BOLDS Ahea . . . Girls ' Club . . . Scarlet and Gray, Adver¬ tising Manager BRUCE BROWN Hi-Y, Treasurer 4 . . . Scarlette, Sports co-editor . . . Scarlet and Gray, Sports co-editor . . . Speech Arts . . . Senior Convocation Committee . . . Track . . . National Honor Society . . . WHAT A LIFE Page ' JO