During the past year there have been many outstanding accomplish ments by Wilson students. This article is in recognition of some of those achievements. As a way of determining which students to acknowledge, THE STUDENT has chosen those whose names were posted by the Guidance Depart ment on the main hall bulletin board.
• In the month of NOVEMBER, Jean Barry, B207, received the title of Portsmouth Junior Miss. Jean was the first person ever to receive this honor in a pagent sponsored by the Portsmouth Jaycettes. Also in November Carol Crute, B209, was chosen Tidewater's outstanding Teenager, an honor award by the Optimist Club.
• During JANUARY both Joe Mays, E102, and Butch Bisese, El 10, brought to themselves honor. Joe won first place when he spoke on "What Democracy Means to Me" in the Veterans of Foreign Wars District Contest. This entitled Joe to participate in the State contest where he won second place. Butch was named to the First Team or the All State Football Team.
• In FEBRUARY many honors befell Wilson students. Luther Blair, B217, finished second in State Wrestling in his weight class. Gail Bowen and Beverly Kelly, both of E217, entered a three dimensional bulletin board entitled "Royal Teeth" to win tho Industrial Cooperative Training District Bulletin Board Context, Carol Sue Borjes, B216, placed first in the State Distributive Education Spclling Contest.
• MARCH comes next, and so do Roger Blackmail, Tim Jordan, and Betty Lou Peele. Roger, B315, was named to the All State basketball third team. Tim, B218, participated in the Optimist Speaker
Stella Students Win Honors for School
content, winning flrnl plnce In the Portsmouth area, first place in the district, and second place in the state. Betty Lou, B207, won the title of District Spelling Champion in a contest in Charlottesville with nine other contenders.
• Along with APRIL come Joe Mays, Eddie Crone, Billy Ames, and Gail Keirn. Joe won first place in District Public Speaking Contest
at a foresics meet at Virginia Beach High School. Eddie, E209, was third in the State Sales Dem onstration Contest held in Arling ton at the D.E. Convention. Billy, B312, at the same convention received the office of state vice president for D.E.C.A. Gail, B213, received the title of State Student of the Year at the D.E. Convention, which entitled her to go
on to the National Contest in Chi- cago where she was names to the National D.E. Top Eight.
• MAY brings with it Lon N. Solomon. Lonnie, E209, attended the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at Prince-
ton University. Lonnie received this honor because he was the first on the state level. His speech was entitled "The Isolation of Ribonnucleic Acid Functions, E. Coli, Bacteria and Their Effects on Protin Synthesis.
Linda Whaley, '62, Receives Business Education Award
Linda Whaley, a 1962 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and presently attending Old Dominion College, has been selected to receive the Business Education Award of Merit as the most outstanding 1966 business education graduate in her class.
Linda is an active member of a number of clubs at O.D.C. Among these are Alpha Xi Delta Sorority of which she is president and the Honors and Leadership Fraternity.
She was selected mainly on the basis of scholastic achievements.
The award is given by the National Business Education Association, who are the publishers of Business Education Forum, National Business Education Quarterly, and National Business Education Yearbook.
Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Whaley of Ports mouth.
Thousands of NBEA members, friends of business educators, and representatives of FBLA and Phi
Beta Lambda (College of FBLA) chapters meet each year in regional and national conferences and con ventions.
Mercer Darden, '62, Earns ROTC Order
Mercer G. Darden, a 1962 graduate of WWHS, has received the Military Order of World Wars at the University of Richmond in Richmond.
The Award is presented to the student in the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University who best exemplifies the ideals of duty, honor, and country. Darden is a fourth year student in the Uni versity's R.O.T.C. department.
The award consists of an en graved plaque and a .45 calibre service pistol It was presented by Brigidier General Hugh R. Thomp son, Jr., assistant commander of the 80th U.S.A.R. training division.
Darden is a member of Scabbard and Blade, national military honor society, and is drum major of the R.O.T.C. band. He was a member of the WWHS band while at school here.
The award winner is the son
of Mrs. Dorothy Darden of the WWHS Math Department.
Executive Title
To 1964 Graduate
Jeanne Wiggins, a Wilson grad uate from the Class of 1964, was selected as "Miss Future Business Executive" at the state convention of Phi Beta Lambda Business Fra ternity, held recently in Richmond.
Jeanne, secretary of Old Domin ion College chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, was selected by a panef of business executives, secretaries, and professors on the basis of personal appearance, executive ability, poise and evidence of careerplanning.
She was elected secretary of the state organization. Fifteen colleges throughout the state were repre sented. When the national conven tion is held, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in June, Miss Wiggins will represent Virginia in national competition.
At O.D.C. Jeanne has maintained a 3.36 average, is treasurer of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, and serves on the Judicial Traffic Committee of the Student Government.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Wiggins of Portsmouth.
Convention by Charles Knebel and Fletcher Bailey. Harper and Row, New York 1964. $4.95. Fiction. Available in the WWHS Library.
Home Ec Course Offered in Fall
A new home economics occu-pational course will be offered to students in the fall of 1966.
The course is designed to held students to become acquainted with opportunities of employment in occupations using Home Economics knowledge and skills and to develop some skills which have occupational ptentials.
It is desirable for a student wish-ing to take the course to have been enrolled in homejnaking classes for at least two years.
Summer College Boards
While surf boards may be the main item of warm weather interest for many students at this time of the year, college boards will merit the attention of some next month.
College boards, officially known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test, will be administered at Wilson on July 9 beginning at 8 a.m.
All interested students must register before June 11 in the Guidance Office.
"To all our good friends, the pro fessional politicans, all of whom— and none of whom— appear in this book."
With those words, Fletcher Knebel and Charles Bailey dedicate their fictional account of a Republican convention with authority, for besides being highly respected political jouralists, they are co-authors in the best seller, Seven Days in May. And like Seven Days in May , Convention is packed with excitement and an i inside view of politics.
The book's action centers around a Republican convention where delegates from all over the country have come together for the purpose of nominating a potential U. S. president. Amidst rallies, all night parties, and secret conferences, it is generally assumed that Charles Man-chester, favorite son to the present Republican admin-istration, will run-away with the votes. Yet Manchester makes an honest, but untimely remark to the press and within a few hours his chances seem lost. Man-chester's opponent, California's Governor, Bryan Roberts, steadily makes up for lost time. When the actually balloting comes up, there is a suspenseful, dramatic, fight to the finish.
Convention is a story of intri-que and power. It delves deep into the pulsating throbs of political life. Knebel and Bailey have spun a masterful tale which provides enjoyable
.reading.—Lee Hornstein
WWHS Graduates Excel
BOOK REVIEW
Convention Intriguing Story
BUZZIN' AROUND
by buzzy b
Editor Turns Poet
A Sports Epitaph
If you're interested in a sports review,
Here's one we rhymed up just for you.
Football began and we were no sissy,
Churchland was whomped by the work of Bisese.
The line was bolstered by Matusiak and Blair,
And Hampton was caught in our Homecoming snare.
Great Bridge's team was highly touted
And after Wilson's defeat, no one pouted.
For everyone knew that we had the steam
And Cradock succumbed to our powerful team.
The crosscountry squad being inexperienced and new,
Turned in a record of six and two.
Led by Taylor, Holland and Mullen
The opposing team often left sullen.
On the hardwood floors where our roundballers stamp
We were the defending State Basketball Champ.
With speed and agility, we moved toward the top,
And many fine teams in our path we did stop.
With Blackman and Bisese at the Prexie control
We found ourselves in the semifinal role.
Norview and P. A. were our toughest opponents,
But Wilson was made of sturdy components.
The wrestling team at WWHS
Was not only good but one of the best.
In Division B, we mounted the top,
As one of the best, in the district's large crop.
Blair, Hicks, and Vicks were the grapling mainstays,
And gained at the State meet some mighty high praise.
The golfers this year had many a duff,
But still showed that Wilson was made of good .stuff.
Though the linksmen were not one of the best
They were no worse than some of the rest.
Tennis was a sport of high esteem,
For the Prexies were really on the beam.
With Farr and Talbot setting the pace,
Our net team finished a respectable fourth place.
On the baseball field, our squad was strong,
There were few tilings that they did wrong.
The hitting and fielding was led by Long
And the pitching of Lewis was definitely strong.
With spirit and zest they moved to the fore
Only to lose to the Comets of Nor ....
We should be proud of our Wilson athletes,
Who turned in such outstanding sportsman feats.
Thus an attempt at a sports epitaph
From your 1966 Student Sports Staff.
TWENTY RETURNING FOOTBALLERS
Grid Coach Looks Ahead
backfield as they will be the only experienced backs returning.
While facing the toughest of the district competition, the squad will be bolstered 20 members by the JV and Hunt teams.
Gahagan feels the district will be tougher next year and Wilson will need a strong team to hold contention. He states that we will face "no breathers."
"If we lose no players other than from graduation, we should have a very fine team," remarked Gahagan when questioned on next year's outlook.
Line prospects are on the heavy side with the largest front protec tion the past five years. There will be several players in the 190-200 pound class.
Among twenty returning gridders from last year, Roy Fish, Kenny Ford, Gerry Goney, Butch Hodges, Ricky Hoggard, Herb Whitloy and Art Taylor will be on tho lines. Jim Stephenson and John Viers will be in the backfield and Danny Ferryman on the line.
By EARL WRIGHT
With the task of "building a weak backfield," Coach Ralph Gahagan looks ahead to the Wilson High football season for '66-67.
Walt Tobler and David Mullens will be the work horses in the
RALPH GAHAGAN
Head Football Coach
WALT TOBLER
Running Workhorse
Eleven Monogram Club members received monogram letters and stars from Mrs. Shirley Buchanan, club advisor, at the Awards Day Assembly last Friday.
Girls receiving letters included Margaret Redmon, Althea Barnes, Sandy Pace, Georgianna Edwards, Joyce McDaniel, Susan Ferrel, Ola Phelps, Donna Dawson, and Joan Stanley.
A star was awarded for every 100 points over 500 that members earned. Sharon Nyman received
three stars, and Carolyn Grimes, Susan Ferrell, Donna Dawson; and Ola Phelps earned two each. Joyce McDaniel received one star.
Senior Sharon Nyman received the Girls' Physical Education De partment plaque for reaching a goal of 1,000 points. Sharon has taken gym for all four of her years at WWHS. She is now secretary of the Monogram Club.
Sharon had a total of 1,160 points to apply toward the winning of the plaque.
Monogram Club Girls
Receive Letters, Stars
8-3 Record lies!
In Five Seasons
Finishing fourth in the Eastern District Tennis Tournament last month, the WWHS netmen capped one of the most successful seasons the squad has ever experienced.
The tourney, held at the Lake-wood and Larchmont Courts in Norfolk on May 13 and Ifi, saw the Presidents earn a total of five points.
In a tournament, a player who makes the semi-finals earns a point for his team. Reaching the finals means four points, and if a player wins the finals, he gains five points for his squad.
The Prexies garnered their five points by reaching the semi-final round.
The racketeers finished the reg ular season with an 8-3 record as compared to last year's 4-5 show ing.
"It's the best record Wilson's had in the past five years," Coach David Joyner said.
The netmen's losses came at the hands of State Champs Maury and Granby and Norview.
"The Norview loss was the most disappointing of the season," Joyner admitted. "We were anticipating a victory over them."
In single seasonal results, Fred Talbot had an 8-2 record; Jon Farr, 9-2; and Bill Steiner, 7-4.
In the tournament, Farr, Talbott, and Steiner gained one point each in single matches. In doubles, Farr and Talbott earned one point along with a point gained by Steiner and Chuck Hrushka.
George Ginsburg, Steve Horn-stein, and David Brewer were eliminated from the tournament in early play.
"We could have been stronger this season," Joyner said, "but we only had three experienced boys returning."
The mentor stated that he was pleased with the efforts of the net-men in the tourney, and said that he felt the entire team had shown Improvement.
Netmen Finish In Fourth
"NO, NO! IT'S NOT A BANJO!" Senior netter Fred Talbot gets timely advice from tennis Coach Dave Joyner on the ins and outs of the tennis racket. Talbot finished the season with an 8-2 record.
