Lennox High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Lennox, CA)

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES fn -KW i? 'ii '53 I , Exploring Science .5 iff I6 lx, I Making Merry Planning Ahead

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SENIOR HISTORY Ours was a history that was almost not written. When Lennox was first being organized, the Principal informed us that thirty-five members were needed for a Senior class. We began to work for members. Don Boynton and Roger Hansen were the moving spirits in our group. As much as we like Lennox now, and as proud as we are of being Lancers, each of us can remember how he felt as he was being asked to give up friends he had made over the past three years, teams he had built a feeling of loyalty toward, and trade them for an unknown quantity. Then the meetings began. With a dream, an architect's drawing of what was to be, and a lot of sweat and strain, we began to convince people to join with us. All over the community prospective students began to talk about this change. ln churches, homes, and grammar schools, students were looking at maps, schedules, classes, and learning about technical decisions such as boundaries. As the deadline drew near, we felt like the fellow who had 59.85 of a SlU.0O down payment. lt seemed as if all the meetings and all the work were for nothing. We were granted an extension of three days. After a never-to-be- forgotten weekend, on Monday morning, Ianuary 27, l957, with a list of thirty-seven, the first Senior class was born. X Immediately afterward, we elected Senior representatives for the Student Steering ' Committee which was to act as student government. The Senior class found it was o list 'K of people on paper faced with the necessity of becoming a group. The Seniors met in ,., 4 ' . homes and considered the problem of getting money with which to operate. We had come from schools with large treasuries and needed money badly. One of the first projects was x' a car wash held on the last Saturday in Iuly. :U Qi ' Most of us had bought rings from the high schools we were attending, but we had the ring crests changed for a nominal fee. After the ring question was settled we turned ' ,E NE -X l M I' 5 ltxx . , gi I X, ' - 'yy' to the problem of selecting a class emblem. During the summer we got interest through f of I sponsoring a contest for drawing it. Dick Freudenthal drew our famous Knight, bearing - the word first on his banner, with his feet planted firmly on an L - emblematic of the '. ' first of the Lennox Lancers-which we proudly wear on our mint green, charcoal and .Q 4. , white jackets and sweaters. ' f 1 As school neared, we had the responsibility of setting traditions, building spirit, and , ' 'T-p, organizing ourselves quickly, so as not to lose a large part of our fall semester. The Student : ,.' ' ,R Steering Committee, working with the temporary officers, conducted an election. Roger f , I' , Hansen was elected first Senior Class President of Lennox: Lois Klein, Vice President, and ' A Donna Miller, Secretary. Important committees such as Senior Privileges, Graduation, and 2 ii l l I Senior Area were formed. t i We are aware that life is made up of highlights. Our first was the Student Body Dance ' ' f fi ' ' -- Krismus Kapers - which set a pattern for other classes to work toward, and which X , V , should become a tradition of our school. The highlight which climaxed the effort of our , f first semester cabinet came on Feb. 21, when the Sunset Riviera Country Club became f for us a Magic Moment never-to-to-be-forgotten. I Officers chosen for the Spring semester included Don Boynton, President, Dianne Yost, I Vice President, and Carol Zumbiel, Secretary-Treasurer. New committees were appointed t and the business of graduation was begun. For us this represents the most important period E of our life. Although our Senior Holiday was our first trip into outer space, and our Senior Paladium Party was a traditional high spot-neither of these can compare to the last CIIGPIGI' of the book of the 1958 Lancers-Graduation. Now, waiting in line at graduation, receiving the first diplomas from our high school, we realize that ours has been an experience that no other group can ever have, Others will love Lennox, others will graduate, others will have many and varied honors-but no others will be FIRST. This has been for us a challenge and a responsibility-from the Knight on our emblem we pass on our banner to the Iuniors, and challenge them to join with us- the FIRST class --to keep Lennox FIRST. t .

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41' Ken Kennedy President Lynn Silvers Vice President Shirley Iohnson Secretary xg, fr. .YE i X. is - 3 i JUNIORS FILL Once more I come to thee my friends To tell what's come to pass And now to dwell on memories Of this first Iunior Class The officers that led them through This first and trying year And strove in every way to help This infant school to rear .... it ff!