Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Members of Senior Class Erijeg Activitie A LONG shot by Mr. Sinkovich, Lettermen-Faculty Game OR the third consecutive year, experience proved a stronger force than youth as the strong Faculty team trounced Wilson's Letter- men 37 to 32 in the rather wild but highly en- joyable game of basketball held on March 10th in the Wilson gym. The game, sponsored by our Lettermen's Club, helped to replenish the club's sagging treasury. The Faculty team, Which used some definitely unorthodox tech- niques, was led in scoring by Mr. Hannula and Mr. lnveen, Dan Mullen, with a total of fourteen points, led the Lettermen team. Faculty mem- bers Who participated included Mr. Bird, Mr. Hannula, Mr. Stortini, Mr. lnveen, Mr. Wright, Mr. Strenge, Mr. Maenhout, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Burgess, and Mr. Tiegen. Senior Letterwinners who had not earned their letters in basketball composed the Lettermen's team, they were Terry Parker, Ron Engelland, Ion Arthur, Dwight Mears, Rick Ward, Dan Mullen, Iohn Wynne, Dave DiLoreto, Gary Dyer, and Mike Stauffer. One Hundred Fifty-Two I THE last days of the last year . . seniors sign Novas Dedication of Picture VER a period of approximately three years Mr. Phillips, Wilson's art teacher, painted a portrait of Woodrow Wilson, the school's namesake. Upon the completion of his painting, Mr. Phillips gave it to the Class of '61, who in turn presented it to the school at the Senior Dedication Assembly on November lO, and presented the artist himself with a small gift in appreci- ation of his many hours before the easel. CLASS of '61 presents Wilson with a portrait of its namesake.

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lasses ter Pre-Game Pep I-lssemlilies in Gum USHAPELYH songleaders pep up assembly - watch those girls t?J gol Pep Assemblies lS year the Wilson pep staff had the task of seeing that an entertaining program was scheduled for each pep assembly, and they handled very capably ASW's several pre-game pep sessions. Pep Club and Student Council presented a few skits, and Mr. Nelson and Mr. Iones often led school yells. The spirit sparked by these assemblies provided both teams and fans with an extra needed boost during the sports seasons. hird Cotton Carnival. Choir Rube Sale ITH visions of new choir robes and band uniforms dancing in their heads, the members of Wilsons music department started a cam- paign to raise the Sl0,000 necessary to finance their needs. To start the drive, A Cappella Choir and Marching Band sold basketball tickets to all home games. They then launched their biggest project of the year - the Almond Roca sale. The music department offered prizes to in- crease incentive and boost candy sales, first prize was fifty silver dollars, and the two second prizes were pocket transistor radios. The drive was climaxed by a Christmas Tree sale in December. Hardy musicians stayed with the trees at all times, even camping near them at night. They spent their lunch hours and free periods selling the trees. Happily, this expendi- ture of effort and salesmanship was rewarded, and even though the 510,000 goal was not at- tained, enough was made to purchase new red, white, and blue robes for the choir. CHOIR robes? Who needs them? One Hundred Fifty-One

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' king the End of High School liduoations f a , 1 lfor the last time . . . attend class banquet . . . graduate with pomp and Circumstance . . . and attend the senior party. Senior Week LL seniors enjoy the few days or hours - in the case of the Class of '61, definitely the latter - devoted to their Weary class under the title of Senior Week. Due to ad- verse legislation this year's Week differed in several im- portant features from l96U's rather abandoned festivitiesg still, glad for what they could get, the Class of '61 enjoyed a moderately frivolous Senior Week. Senior Ball N ISLAND in the center of the dance floor, complete with palm trees, bamboo, and grass, created effectively a soft South Seas atmosphere on the l5th of April for Ta- hiti-ete, Wilsons third annual Senior Ball. Behind the band a volcano smouldered and sparked, and on the Walls fish nets, starfish, and more bamboo gave the dance and the dancers the air of a dreamy Tahiti. FOR one night, Tahiti and Tacoma became tpracticallyl synonomous, as the Class of '6lpresented its senior ball, Tahit-Ete, One Hundred Fifty-Three