Eagle High School - Lux Aquilae Yearbook (Eagle, CO)

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Senior Class History How vividly wo all remember our first day at sea] The water was calm and the eight sailors were: Margie Macdonell, Barbara 'Doran, Jim Rule, Rita Randall, Maxine Chambers, Joyce Deschane, Willard Wilson, and Dolores Gamble. As we walked up the gang plank for the first time, we were confident but still a little afraid of what the sea of Adventure held for us. During our fourth year Josephine Horn and Loy Merit signed up with us, and smooth sailing was ours for the next few years. At the start of our sixth year we were minu.8 a few sailors, Loy Merit and Joyce Deschane, but we gained Betty Jo Booco and Naomi Morris to help us sail our ship. We lost Maxine Chambers in February of our sixth year, and Betty Jo Booco at the end of the year. Alfred Boore joined us for our seventh year. After eight years of sailing we received our eighth grade diplomas and approached the last four years without having been shipwrecked too badly or without falling overboard. Starting our new voyage as freshmen were the following sailors: Margie Macdonell, Rita Randall, Alfred Boore, Dolores Gamble, Jim Rule, Maxine Chambers, Stewart Poet, Barbara Doran, Josephine Horn, Willard Wilson, Naomi Morris and Mary Ann Reiff. After the party given in our honor, we more or less settled down to hard work, thinking of the day when we would be captains of our own ships. With the loss of Stewart Poet at the close of our sophmore year, we sailed quietly into our junior year. It was a year of enjoyment and activity. Our Junior Play, LET ME GROW UP turned out extremely well. Then came our task of decorating for the Junior-Senior Prom. This took a lot of nights of hard work, but we got it accomplished and it was well worth all the effort. We used a Night Club theme for the decorations and banquet. The Juniors took part in giving the annual Carnival, and put out a school paper. The Green and Gold. We started our fourth trip to sea in September, 19 9« The ship was battered and worn, but it weathered the storms. The whole senior class worked hard to complete the annual Lux Aquilae Jim Rule and Willard Wilson both received their last letters in football and basketball, in which they have taken part every year they have been in high school. Alfred Boore took part in football this year. In November we gave our Senior play, ADVENTURES OF HUCKLE- BERRY FINN, and we all took part in the Christmas Musical. Sneak Day was another exciting event. The Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet given for us by the Juniors was a delightful affair, and the gym was decorated beautifully. At last the month of May arrived. Can you imagine our feelings as we received our diplomas? Our dream of 12 years had come true. We had mastered the storms and hidden rocks of the sea; we had conquered the deep sea fish called Ignorance and are now the captains of our own ships. We are ready to sail OUT OF THE HARBOR INTO THE DEEP--------- FLOWER-----Yellow Rose MOTTO------Out of the Harbor Into the Deep COLOR------Green and White