Athens High School - Arena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY e the e or eae to I o bacx of' a htstory aut tan rr mary ways ard ea a alwoy aote to re a our hah school aay wt prtde ara sattslacton Y we held our awr ard we helpea trtroauce severa new Idea a d IU trtutton a 0 oo Ing at our choa ttc cortr buttons we n that t e class al I95O place n eght ol the Irst ten places tr the courty n Senror Scholarsh o plus two honcra le menttors ln the DA R Ohto I-It tory and other uch conte ts our reprefentatnves placea htgh In county and state Qur chola ttc average a a clas was conststently good We dtdnt ao badly n oth etr etther When we oecame entors our oys won a oaslcetball champtonshtp ard a lootball co champror h p Several ol our oase baller contrtbuted largely to the 49 baseball rhamptonshtp too In the mustc department we dtd ourselves proud Remember all those ls tn the tate audtttons7 We helped the bard orche tra and glee Club get them ara we mental and vocal rattng htgh And whos aorng to lorget the operetta 7 The vocal talent ol the class ol I95O really hone there ln dramattcs we soared We cantrtbuted to the Sophomore Juntor plays ol 48 and 49 and by the ttrne we were enlors by vartaus type ol dramatuc worlc many had become gold star Thesprar lnctdental y ome ol us helpea to brtng the Natnonal Thespuan Soctety to A lol S IU 49 Our senror play Our l-learts Were Young and Gay was a bug ht Our F I-I A ers were qutte act ve and thetr hre worlc wa a credut to the school We certatnly cant loraet Deoate and Puol c Speaktng Our aebater honored us through therr excellent work by w rntnq thrrd place IU the state hnals Our artusts d d well also Some very Itne worlq was put forth IU thts department and wa lrequently put on dtsplay lor our beneht IU the hall We won our share ol honors tn the art contests e put on our Junuor Prom rn our Juntor y ar usrna the theme o a de o Cards The decoratton were vey orrotnal ana everyone aareed that the aance coulan t have been more lovely n our enter ear wrt rae we ro uced the error o es an e u ely aratrted when tt was a a ara success The succe o the Fo tes assure u o a extra spec al Sertor Prom We were pleased to oe the hrt cIOss to uve Fo I All rn all we shall leave old A I-I S stncerely enrrched by all the opportunntues we had ard oy those su ce es whtch we made ol these oppa tunttte W s rl , ol I95O, afe prfv': V Q .3 lc ' ' S dlrtg '. s, Erde I. sh I be I c II IM s s 'th ' ' . s I . es, , t . I I ' s n ' ' 5 ls . L Ib 2 I I' ' M, T' d h 'r d I I ,I s '. I T I b ' I I I lox ' . I 5 I Q IO didnt do badly on our own, There were a large number ol our solos, both 'nstru- H I i. . . . V ' .' ' I A . , 5 I . y I . . . W ' ' ' e U I ck I I S A y , ' h p I' p d S .' I: lli d I It h g V 'I . ' gr . 1 ' ss I ll' 'r d s I r E I' , . ' ' 's g' a ll'es .

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Our hearts were young ond gay