Wilson High School - Nova Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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lllass of 1961 332520325 a Uliime. . . . For Learning 0 administration 0 facultg 0 curriculum 0 government . . . For Activities 0 sports 0 organizations I publications 0 music page Page page Page page page page page ...For Friends 0 classes page 0 rogaltg page 0 student lite page 0 index page

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with the tribal uf lifts ear, tbl UR yesterdays hang sus- pended, like gentle particles of dust, in the dark and musty air of the long-forgotten. Some- times, caught briefly in the flick- ering light of memory. they il- luminate the dead years. recall- ing the mood, the tempo and the flavor of a time. Here. on the pages of your 1961 NOVA are the splinters of a time . . . pieces out of context. dedicated to those of you who re-read these pages in the years to come - to remind you of a time that was. The time recorded here is your three years spent as a student at Woodrow Wilson High School. Here you found a time for learn- ing: for friends: and for activities. These. your yesterdays, will live forever on the pages of your 1961 NOVA.

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Fragments ot the IN 1959, hula hoops and swivel hips sweep the nation. OCK CONVENTION HELD AT VVIL- SON . . . QUEEN ELIZABETH GIVES BIRTH TO A SON . . . NATION SWINGS TO STRINGS OF SUMMER PLACE . . . BAS- KETBALL TEAM GOES TO STATE . . . EISEN- HOWER MAKES 22,370-MILE GOODWILL TOUR OF THREE CONTINENTS . . . KNEE- TICKLERS AND TENS INVADE WILSON HALLS . . . SOVIET LUNIK II STRIKES MOON AFTER 36 HOURS OF FLIGHT . . . PLANCICH SETS TEAM RECORD F O R TECHNICAL FOULS . . . COME ON, BABY. LET'S DO THE TWIST . . . KENNEDY. NIXON. NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENTIAL ROLE . . . ALFRED NEU- MAN RUNS ON MAD TICKET . . . BEN- HUR SWEEPS THE NATION'S THEATERS . . . FIRST POLARIS SUB LAUNCHED . . . SAM KAMERICAN BY NATURALIZATION: RHESUS BY BIRTHJ TRAVELS 55 MILES INTO SPACE AND IS RECOVERED SAFELY FROM THE ATLANTIC . . . DAN BATY ELECTED ASW PRESIDENT WITH HELP OF EYE-CATCH- ING PIN-UP . . . SHERIFF STOIACK CAP- TURES SELF . . . RUMMAGE SALE IS HUGE SUCCESS . . . SUMMIT FAILS . . . BASEBALL GIANTS COME TO TACOMA . . . INGRID BERGMAN STARS IN TV PRESENTATION OF THE TURN OF THE SCREW . . . MR. K. VISITS AMERICA . . . COMPACTS ARE CARS, NOT BEAUTY AIDS . . . U. S. OVER- RUN BY BEATNIK CRAZE. Past, Uut ut Context OODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL OPENS DOORS TO FIRST CLASS . . . PRESI- DENT EISENHOWER SENDS FEDERAL TROOPS TO LITTLE ROCK . . . FRANCE DEVALUATES THE FRANC TO 493.7 TO THE DOLLAR . . . WILSON STUDENTS HAVE FIRST KAND LASTD CAMPUS DAY . . . ELVIS PRESLEY DRAFTED . . . STADIUM NOW HAS POSSESSION OF YOUR RAM . . . CASTRO OUSTS BATISTA. COMES INTO POWER IN CUBA . . . WILSON STUDENT BODY TERMED SOCIETY . . . MIL- WAUKEE BRAVES WIN WORLD SERIES . . . RUSSIA LAUNCHES SATELLITE CONTAINING DOG . . . VVILSON RAMS WIN TURKEY DAY CLASSIC . . . PREMIER DE GAULLE INAUGUR- ATED PRESIDENT OF FRANCE AFTER 78.578, MAIORITY IN ELECTORAL COLLEGE . . A. U. S. A. PUTS FIRST EXPLORER INTO ORBIT . . . SENIOR CLASS ASSEMBLY TERMED A BUST . . . IKE APPROVES A BILL TO MAKE ALASKA FORTY-NINTH STATE . . . HULA-HOOP CRAZE SWEEPS NATION . . . PETER X. STAUFFER GRADUATES FROM WILSON. 1960 - the year of the beats.