Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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llpperclassinen in I-lnnual Howdy I-lssenihln an two of '6l's Class attend pep assembly . . . parade to the game , . . dance 'til midnight . . remember 'lit was lots of fun. Homecoming Week HE first annual Colors Day and the gay pep parade to the Turkey Day Game highlighted the festivities of Homecoming Week, Cancellation of the bonfire due to a deluge of liquid sunsnine and the disappointing results of the football game could not dampen Wilsons homecoming spirits. The Friday night dance, Cornstalk Capers, featur- ing yellow and brown decorations and music by the Kings Men, climaxed this celebration. Cheerleader Conference Cl-IOOL spirit radiated through the halls of Wilson on September l9 as seven schools participated in the Eighth Annual Capital League Song and Yell Conference, the main purposes of which were to set up a standard of prac- tice among cheer leaders and to promote good will among the schools before the football season rivalry began. Fifty- eight delegates climaxed the all-day session with a pep assembly for Wilson's student body, CAPITAL League yell staffs study pep at their autumn Conference One Hundred Forty-N

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Sophoinoree Provide Entertainment tor thei i DEFENSE torms for the soph half. Political Convention CC HE honorable State of New York casts tive votes for Senator Iohn F. Kennedy. This phrase sounded and resounded through the Wilson gym last spring when the U. S. History classes held two mock nominating conventions -one Republican and one Democratic. Every junior history class represented a state and sent a delegation ot tive to each of the conventions. Nineteen states in all were represented. Larry Levy served as the Republican Nation- al Chairman and Phil Carlson wielded the Democratic gavel. The Democratic Convention, held on the morning of lune 7, had Attorney General Iohn I. C'Connell as its keynoter. The convention decided upon a ticket of Kennedy and Symington. Superintendent of Schools Lloyd Andrews delivered the keynote address tor the Republicans. Under the breezy gavel ot Chairman Levy the G-.O.P. nominated Nixon for presidential candidate and Rockefeller as his running-mate. One Hundred Forty-Eight STUDENTS as well as Alums enjoy Homecomin Howrlg Week ITH greetings ot Bonjour and Guten Tag the Howdy Dance called an official halt to the rigors of grub initiation and climaxed Howdy VV eek's seven-day welcome to the new Wilsonites. Other highlights of Howdy Week besides the Week's-end dance were the annual Tug-ot-War, won this year by the lunior Class, and a Howdy Assembly in which a senior Kangaroo Kourt tried and sentenced sophs who had violated the Howdy Week rules. nga ELECTION year unearths plenty of political spirit in the AS

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Wilson Students lining Time-llnt tram the' WILSONITES board the Seattle-bound pep bus to root for WW mermen at the State Swim Meet. State Swim Meet OR the second year Wilson's Swim Team won the State trophy, taking six ot eleven events and breaking three State records. Mike Stautter paced the team, winning the 50- and lUO-yard treestyles and breaking two records. Wilson's 200-yard relay freestylers, Bill Stipek, Larry Wells, Gary Dyer, and lohn lewell, broke a third record, bringing Wilson's score to an impressive 95 points. Catton Carnival PONSORED by Girls' Club, the annually held cotton carnival was Wilson's recognition of spring and ot cotton dresses. Every club and Girls' Club department took part in the carnival, running concessions or booths. Following the day's tradition, the girls treated the stronger sex as kingsg tor the Sock Hop atter the carnival, the royalty was male, and music was by the King's Men. THE ASW turns out in cottons, cords, and a summery mood to attend Girls' One Hundred Fifty