Winfield High School - Lagondan Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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Page 6 VIKINI5 HUNIIH STUDENTS W. H. S. honor students for 1944 are Dorothy Merriam, Lucien Barbour, Elizabeth Evans, Betty Easterday, Lorita Hig- ginbottom, and Mary Ellen Paton. These students were selected by the seniors and faculty on the basis of qualities of leadership, participation in various activities, dependability, scholarship, and personality. Honor students presented the Commencement exercises May 22. LUCIEN BARBOUR-Alpha, president of Alpha society, captain of the basketball team, member of Hi-Y cabinet, cast in plays, 1943 state tennis singles champion and favorite for '44, Iunior Rotarian for two years, scholarship representative, Boys State, sports editor of the Orac1e. MARY ELLEN PATON-Alpha, Girl Reserve reporter, six years honored by Business and Professional Women's Club for outstanding scholarship, member post-war discussion group of Social Science department, bookkeeper in charge of student activity tickets, awards in shorthand, accounting, typing. DOROTHY MERRIAM-Die Beste, concertmaster and soloist with orchestra, string quartet, quintet, service chair- man of Girl Reserves, associate editor of the Orac1e, secre- tary of the senior class, B. P. W. representative, scholarship representative, accomplished violinist. ELIZABETH EVANS-Philo, president of Girl Reserves, member of band, orchestra, theater orchestra, won honors in art, voice and piano, scholarship, forensics cast in eight plays, editor of the Oracle, B. P. W. representative. BETTY EASTERDAY-Philo, keeper of memory book in Girl Reserves, orchestra, a cappella choir, theater orchestra, vice-president of the student council, president of Scribblers' Club, scholarship and B. P. W., represented the school in violin and viola. LORITA HIGGINBOTTOM-Alpha, treasurer of Girl Re- serves, orchestra, head twirler with the band, won honors in scholarship, art and block print contests, first in local Rosetti Club contest in design.

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Page 8 Y VIKING BIINU The Viking victory band under the direction of Paul Painter devoted the first part of the year to marching and was organized along military lines. Don Wind was drum major, and Rex Dulaney, top sergeant. The band carried a heavy football schedule giving shows at all the games. Outstanding in the memory of the students were the HalloWe'en show when the band paraded as ghosts on a dark field, and the Coronation show when the band helped crown the personality queen, Patricia McGuire, who was also band queen. s This organization continued to serve W.H.S. by performing at the basketball games. The formal opening, including the presentation of the American and the school flags, was used. Flag swingers were Ruby Duncan, Iane Crawford, Marilyn Thornton, and lean Thomas: twirlers- Lorita Higginbottom, Darlene Reece, Juanita Wilt, and Doris Atkins: the color guard -Don Wind, Iim Dobbs, Iim McPeek, Walter Shipp, and Bob Light completed the band roster. Kenneth Bean was head of the quarter- master corps, and Ioann Miller and Don Wind were co-concertmasters. The band also presented a formal concert and played at the pep assemblies.