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

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HI-Y, ROW ONE: C. Ridgley, G. Lang, T. Brown, K. Ewing, B. Bayley, T. Bauman, T. Neuman, J. Taylor, G. Geib, J. Conkrighr, T. Speaker. ROW TWO: D. Hedberg, M. Lamberson, B. DeLaCroix, M. Straszheim, I. Mounts, J. Hatcher, D. Sabbagh, M. Lockard, J. Binney, G. Munson. ROW THREE: G. Christy, M. Shanks, B. Baugh, R. Willis, R. Cosper, J. Bachman, B. Davis, M. Liste, B. Beeson. HI-Y This year Mr. Russell Curtice became the sponsor of Hi-Y with Mr. Howard Evans Sewing as adviser. Monthly programs and other activities spelled a highly successful year. Hi-Y planned and distributed the athletic programs, sold cokes, and served as ushers at football and basketball games. With the Girls' Club, Hi-Y arranged the annual vocational conference and also shared in the planning of the Easter convoca- tion. Social highlights of the season were a semi-formal dance given in the gym in December, a dinner for mothers, a sightseeing trip in the spring, and a picnic at Turkey Run. At the football banquet the president presented awards to the most valuable players, Jack Hatcher and Tom Bauman. At Commencement Hi-Y honored the senior boy who has contributed the most to athletics. Chip Holcomb was cited in l956. J. Taylor, President: Mr. Russell Curtice, Sponsor, B. DeLa Croix, Vice-President, K. Ewing, Chaplain, T. Bauman Hi-Y'd and Handsome! Sergeant-at-Arms, G. Geib, Secretary, G. Lang, Treasurer il

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's LETTERMEN, ROW ONE: T. Neuman, T. Bauman, C, Ridgley, I. Bachman, M. Lockard, I. Taylor, M. Liste, D. Sab- bagh, J, Hatcher, B. DeLaCroix. ROW TWO: T. Brown,.l. Conkright, T. Speaker, D. Hedberg, D. Davis, M. Noble, D. Maxwell, S, Moriarty, J, Sinninger, G. Geib. ROW THREE: M, Shanks, M, Straszheim, M. Lamberson, J. Engeler, B. Farris, D, Liste, I. Floyd, I, Mounts, G. Lang, B. Ditamore. ROW FOUR: I. Floyd, D. Holst, OFFICERS:,M. Snaszheim, Treasur- er: B. Davis, President: M. Lockard, Vice-President: I. Mounts, Secretary. OFFICERS: Anne Webster, Presidentg Mrs. Lucy Urick, Spons or: Martha S c h u h m a n n , Vice-President: Betsy Lefler, Treasurer: Barbara McManus, Secretary. LETTERMEN Every boy awarded a W. L. sweater for partic- ipation in athletics becomes a member of the Lettermen 's Club. Forming a special cheering section at basketball games, the group not only lends voice in powerful volume, butfurthers good sportsmanship at all athletic contests . One service is to present an award to the most improved player on the A and B basketball teams. GAA The Girls' Athletic Association, which was supervised by its new sponsor, Mrs. Lucy Urick, has been active in promoting many sports, such as archery, basketball, soccer, and fencing. An honor won in the fall was first place award at an archery toumament at Huntington. Accumulating points for participation, members successively win pins, numerals, W.L., and an inscribed plaque. G.A.A., ROW ONE: R. Marshall, J. Anderson, L. Hicks, D. Bales, P. Johnson, S. Daddio, I. Cable, P. Kemmer, J. Voinoff, C. Hungerford. ROW TWO: I. Happell, B. McManus, D. Dunn, B. McManus, A. Webster, M. Schumann, N. Kirpatrick, B. Skelton, K. Duncan, B. Lefler. .V Q' 3 I 2 ins EZ.: 1ii S' i lbw:- lttlu Ili!-I 1 su i 1 I 1 A S Z I it i J. 4 1

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DANCE BAND, ROW ONE: B. Hill, B. Miller, G. Munson, D. Hill, T. Davis. ROW TWO: I. Dibble, G. Christy, T. Luke, I. Ramstad, B. Cable, M. Shanks, C. Andrews. VOCALIST: B. Kemmer. PIA NIST : K . Barth. DANCE BAND The Dance Band began a successful year at the Back-to-School dance early in September, With Ken Barth as director, Bill Miller, manager, and Betsy Kemmer, soloist, the group was under the over-all supervision of Marshall Howenstein. Play- ing at Smitty'sGrand Opening, several mixers, and an importantrole in the Develtries, the band proved its worth as one of the outstanding musical organi- zations of the school. SCIENCE CLUB Members of the Science Club sponsored by Mr. Russell Curtice, work for the most part on individual projects evolving from interests in biology, physics, and chemistry. Several participated in the Science- Math Assembly at Purdue in the fall, George Geib and Mike Van Buskirk serving as chairman of dis- cussion groups. President of this ever-growing organization is Tom Neuman, Vice-President, Tom Brown: Secretary, Jed EngelergTreasurer, Bill Baughg Sergeant-at-Arms, Joe Binneyg and StudentCounci1 Representative, George Geib. SCIENCE CLUB, ROW ONE: H. Allen, B. Bayley, T. Speaker, T. Brown, B. Kenzler, T. Bauman, I. Binney, T. Neuman, B. Baugh, G. Geib, J. Engeler, R. Cosper, B. DeLaCroix. ROW TWO: H. Hagen, D. Thoma, D. Brookshire, D. Reitz, J. Hesselberth, J. Jacoby, F. Shu, J. Rheins, S. Sawicki, K. Rush, C. Perish, J. Dibble. ROW THREE: D. Johnson, P. Davis, M. Van Buskirk, D. Peyton, A. Aspelt, G. Phillips, G. Christy, J. Crain, J. Wettschurack, J. Gillman, J. Stover, R. Scott, R. Curtice, sponsor. ,,......J1. .ga ..- rs lt. .:...'