St Stephens High School - Corona Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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Shows We’ve “Come a Long Way, Baby!” “Disgracefully short” skirts were in vogue for cheerlead- ers in 1964. Today, cheerleaders still play an important part in athletics by encouraging school spirit. Although styles certainly have changed. Dressed in stylishly long skirts and lanky sweaters, these girls dance such and the latest dances range from “the latest rages as “the monkey ” and “the swim.” robot” to the “jitterbug, students still enjoy dancing. 9

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Remember bobby socks and run-down penny loaf- ers? Remember when hair was either teased or greased? Those were the “happy days” of ’64. Doing “the monkey” or “the jerk”, students danced to new rock and roll tunes such as: “1 want to Hold Your Hand,” by the Beatles; and “Do Wah Did- dy Diddy,” by Manfred Mann. Caught in a period of rapid changes from the leather jackets and motor- cycles of the ’50’s to the protest era of the late ’60 s, the students of St. Stephens have undergone many changes. Perhaps one of the most important was the move into the new high school in 1964. Now, ten years later, we celebrate by planning our future. I Oth Anniversary of St. Stephens In 1964. the prom was an anticipated event; allowing men to display crew cuts and tuxedos. Even today, the junior-senior prom is an important school event which many students enjoy preparing for and going to.

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Memoriam We think not a friend lost because he is gone into another room, nor because he is gone into another land. And into Another world no man is gone, for that Heaven which God created, and this world are all ONE WORLD. —John Donne 10