Posted September 30, 2024
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the graduation of the Plymouth High School Class of 1949. Here is a look back at its senior year!
Homecoming
Homecoming 1948 featured:
- Homecoming was postponed 2 weeks because of a polio outbreak.
- All events were held Friday Oct. 22 and included parade, bonfire, pep meeting, football game victory over Sheboygan Falls, and a dance with a live orchestra.
Sports
Interscholastic sports for boys included:
- Basketball
- Football, which was undefeated
- Track, which sent a shot putter and a relay team to State
Girls could be part of the Girls Athletic Association, which offered basketball, volleyball, baseball, and other sports after school. There also was a Rural Girls Athletic Association, which provided similar activities during the noon hour once a week.
The arts
Performing opportunities included:
- One-act plays “The Case of the Glass Slipper,” “The Wedding,” and “The Valiant”
- Senior class play “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay”
- Musical festivals in April and May
- Senior Band, Junior Band, Marching Band, and Twirlers
- Chorus
Extracurriculars
Other student activities and extracurriculars included:
- Cheerleaders
- Class officers
- Debate
- Future Farmers of America
- Future Homemakers of America
- German Club (new that year)
- Hi-Lights student newspaper
- Hi-Y, a branch of YMCA
- Letter Club
- Library Club
- National Honor Society
- Quit-Qui-Oc yearbook
- Student Council
- Tri-Hi-Y service club
Other highlights from the year:
- Mixer Dance in September
- Sadie Hawkins Dance (where girls invite boys) in November
- Valentines Dance in February
- Junior Prom in May
PHS staff
The PHS faculty and staff included:
- Principal (who also taught a class called “American Problems”)
- 3½ English teachers
- 3 typing, shorthand, & bookkeeping teachers
- 2½ history, geography, citizenship teachers
- 2 math teachers
- 2 music teachers
- 2 physical education/health teachers (including Werner Finke, for whom Finke Field is named)
- 2 science teachers
- 1 agriculture teacher
- 1 art teacher
- 1 home economics teacher
- 1 librarian
- 1 manual arts (i.e. tech ed) teacher
- ½ German teacher
- ½ Latin teacher
- 4 custodians
Thanks to Quit Qui Oc yearbook for sharing its archives!
Learn more:
• Learn about PHS in 1973-74.
• Learn about PHS in 1998-99.
• Learn about PHS in 2013-14.
• Visit the PHS Alumni Information webpage.
• Explore the District History webpage.
