East High School - Angelus Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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+ . School is perhaps the most important in- fluence in the life of an adolescent, for it is to his school that most of his energies are directed, either in attending classes and pre- paring assignments, or in participating in extra-curricular activities. These activities were created for the bene- fit of the adolescent, to help him become a better person and to assist him in the difficult process of becoming an adult. From partici- pating in activities, the adolescent learns to work and get along with both his sponsors and his contemporaries. The adolescent who is new to school activities is at first forced by the activity to face certain responsibilities delegated to him, but as he becomes a real part of the group and gains a feeling of ac- complishment and self-respect from his own efforts, he grows more willing to assume re- sponsibility, thus taking an important step towards maturity. However, the activity program may have its disadvantages. The importance of activi- ties may grow too large in the eyes of youth, so that the adolescent joins and participates in them for the sake of prestige and glory rather than for the sake of interest and enjoyment. Too few people may dominate too many activ- ities, excluding other would-be members. These people have too many things to do and do justice to none of them. This over-partici- pation defeats the whole purpose of the activ- ity program in that activities become tools to satisfy adolescent vanity rather than to pro- mote adolescent growth. However, the advantages for the adoles- cent in the activity program greatly outweigh the disadvantages. The many adolescents who will not let themselves be swayed by false standards of glory and prestige participate in activities to a moderate degree, and benefit from them to a great degree. ctiuctceo 'ill'

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Tardiness to class is one of the teenagers' greatest problems, Jessica Hooker is one of the students who finds herself late to her eight o'clock class. After the third tardy, offenders, much to their embarrassment, were forced to sit on the office bench, 48 Activities Calendar Registration day . . . Athletic ticket sale . . Tenth grade P.T.A. . . Howdy day ......... Twelfth grade P.T.A. . . . . . Sophomore elections .. Drama club play. .......... . Student-Principal Conference. . Back-to-School night ........ Eleventh grade P.T.At .. . . . . . Athletic awards assembly College night ......... . . . Christmas Pageant . . Christmas Tree sing ..... . . . Shafroth speech contest ..... Woodbury speech contest White Jacket tryouts . . . . . . Tenth grade P.T.A, .. . All-School show ........ . . . Head boy and Head girl final elections . ........ . . . Wolcott speech contest .. . . . . Council Capers ......... . . . East Music Week concert Senior girls' awards .... . . . Seraph tapping ..... Red and White day . .. P.T,A, Spring tea ........... Academic awards assembly . . Angelus distribution , ........ Senior luncheon . .. School closes .. . September 5 September 11-14 September 26 October 1 . October 3 October 1 1 November 2 November 3 November 7 November 28 December 12 December 13 December 20 December 21 . January 11 January 16 February 12 and 14 February 27 February 28 April 10 April 5 April ll and 12 May 2 May 3 May 3 May 10 May 15 . May 21 May 29 May 31 June 7 0