Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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ABOVE: Mayor George Johansen proclaims Band Day in Frankfort Square as Mr. Marik looks on. Tu a — .1- p ti x ■ • r ABOVE: Senior Traci Larson teaches a class of elementary students some Spanish. RIGHT: Senior John Bray carefully works on his drafting project. Opening 3

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It is late August of 1979 and the doors of Columbus Senior High open to receive it’s students and hand them their new schedules. Excited and a little bit wary kids filter through the doors, then talk to people they haven’t seen since last Spring. People start to swing into the everyday grind at CHS and go through the same old motions, but are things really the same? Think about it for a minute. Whether people have realized it or not things have changed and life will never be exactly the same as it was last year, last week or even an hour ago. The world has different opinions and problems than it used to. New inventions and ideas change your lifestyle right down to your own job or the car you drive. These new things have changed you, changed your philosophies and broadened your horizons. Life is full of changes as it is an ongoing process and so faceted that it would be almost impossible not to change in at least one way. This process should not be viewed as entirely negative as it is a constant chance for a new beginning. In broadening our horizons and knowledge, education is a very important avenue of change. We begin school after being on this earth for four or five years, and remain in an education system until at least age sixteen and most remain to graduate from high school at eighteen. Then some of us will continue our education, maybe not right after graduation but sometime down the road to better ourselves and or job knowledge. High school is probably the most important time for changes for it is here that we become really aware of TOP: Mr. Waas updates his calendar for the month of May in the English office. MIODLE: Tom Sackett concentrates on controlling his opponent. LEFT: Steve Buresh demonstrates his weightlifting mime during Thespian Initiation Week. 2 Opening

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the real world and decide on careers. Students here at CHS change a great deal. They gain new friends and mature. They develop new interests and talents too. Some play football, wrestle, or participate in other sports. While others join Booster Club, act in plays or get involved in Stu-Co. A lot of students have part-time jobs and still can handle their homework and participate in some extracurricular activities. The current trend is towards a majority of the students who are only in school for classes and their jobs take up most of their free time. This change is having a big impact on CHS and all of the activities are suffering. This year at Columbus Senior High more changes were evident than have taken place in quite awhile, aside from the constant changes of a new crop of faces and personalities. This year CHS got a new principal, new coaches in almost every sport and some new teachers. Mr. Robert Dierman replaced Mr. Jim Sterup who had been principal at CHS for twelve years. Coach Charles Sherertz replaced Coach Neese in boys’ wrestling and the team had an excellent year. The new basketball coach, Al Schnabel, brought some of the greatest changes to CHS sports. Not only did he improve the team but he also brought in the huge crowds reminiscent to the days of Coach Jack Johnson. Coach Paul Sanderson took over the boys’ swim team and assisted with girls’ swim team. Beside personnel changes, other major changes took place at Columbus Senior High. The theatre department once again had a fall musical, TOP LEFT: Seniors Debbie Speicher and Peggy Chesnut utilize their open campus privileges and go to lunch at McDonald s. ABOVE: Todd Thalken takes a nap during a boringf?) class. LEFT: One thing at CHS will always remain the same, the term paper for U.S. History. Here Mr. Steinbrook checks Junior Julie Phillips' note cards. 4 Opening