Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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Tom Whaary and Nancy Reid thought Come Sail Away' meant Noon's ark was sailing, so they brought a pair of zebras The driving beat of the band enter tained prom-goers throughout the evening. Couples Sail Away to Prom 81 One night out of the school year holds more memories for students than any other the night of the Junior-Senior Prom. This year, the prom was held on May 9. Most couples started the evening with an extravagant dinner at one of Columbus' finer restaurants. After dinner, couples arrived at the school to find it beautifully decorated and prepared to accommodate an exceptionally successful prom. As is a proud tradition at Upper Arlington, the |unior class organized and financed this year's prom for the senior class. Come Sail Away” was the chosen theme for the prom to be designed around. All decorations were related to the theme and were conceived by the junior class. As couples entered the decorated lobby, it was like entering a luxury liner. Refreshments were served at the ship's bar. and in the {gymnasium, couples danced the evening away. Although the dance ended at midnight, the night was far from over — there were many parties still to attend. All the events of the evening allowed students to sail away to a purely enjoyable experience. Prom 29

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Couples converse while rcloxing their feet between dances. Amy O'Keefe carefully inspects the cookies while waiting to be served by the sophomore servers. Mr Dan Donovan, like most chaperones at a dance, stands out in a crowded dance floor. 28 Prom

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Banner Headlines And Senseless Bloodshed Prevail In an exciting, emotion-lacked year, numerous events made their way into the public’s eye Of ell of them, the news circumstance which dominated the world's attention beyond all others occurred on January 20, 1981. when fiftv-two Americans previously held captive for 44-1 days in war-torn Iran finally and triumphantly came home to an exuberant nation. Coincidentally, an equallv emotional occurence also took Place on |anuary 20 Former resident fimmy Carter relinquished his office to election victor Ronald Reagan. Reagan's significant margin of victory defeated nut only Carter hut also independent candidate John Anderson. The United States' return to world supremacy and an era of conservative government spending comprised what was to have been an idyllic honeymoon for the new president; however, a publicity-seeking John W. Hinkley. |r dashed those plans when he fired six shots at Reagan's entourage outside the Washington Milton. President Reagan, though hit. escaped serious injury and was back in the White House after twelve days in the hospital. Violence at the hands of a gun-toting, Ifeilhttkxied Mark David Chapman also shocked th - nation with the shooting death of former Beatle John Lennon. Two students here at the high school hung a sign in Lennon's memory. Racial violence touched America in the form of KKK rallies. Neo-Nazi uprisings, and. most far reaching, the as yet unsolved murders of twenty-eight black youngsters in Altunta Many Americans wore green ribbons to symbolize their concern for Atlanta's black community Lashing out against Communist oppression in Poland, Lech Walesa led the Solidarity Labor Union in hringinv the Polish government to its knees with a successful labor strike. The work Stoppage halted industry and commanded world attention Tragedy hit southern Italy in November; a devastating earthquake toppled buildings, damag- ed historic ruins, and buried thousands of helpless people. In addition. Pope John Paul II narrowly escaped fatal injury when Mehmet Ali Agca. a right-wing terrorist, fired five shots at the pontiff enroute t » St. Peter's Square fora public audience. Great Britain s bonnie Prince Charles, the world's most eligible hachelor. lost his eligibility when Buckingham Palace announced his betrothal to Lady Diana Spencer, a charming nineteen-year-old kindergarten teacher with conservative values like those of the Prince. Historically, she will be the first English-born wife of a king in over six hundred years. Best-selling publication, the National Enquirer, lost an important libel case to actress Carol Burnett over a 1976 story which defamed her character Despite a feeble retraction made by the tabloid. Burnett pursued her suit vigorously to obtain substantial monetary recompen-sation and personal justice. Spectacular visions of a thousand celestial rings captured the attention of astronomers, physicists, and laymen alike when Voyager II passed by the planet Saturn and shot hack to earth thousands of photographs for stud v. Equally spectacular and a bit closer to earth. America's first manned space flight in six years launched new interest in the space program and a now type of space travel: that by re-useable space shuttle Orbiting the earth three dozen times. Columbia flew without a hitch, landing in a California desert as smoothly as an ordinary airplane. CBS icon Walter Cronkite bid farewell to nightly news appearances after nineteen years us anchorman of the network's Evening News His much-hailed successor. Dan Rather is expected to keep the telecast's rating up and broaden CBS' audience in one fell swoop A busy and prosperous news media carried the majority of these events and many more, sometimes showing us things we did not care to see. but always catching the essence of its purpose: to disclose knowledge and truth in a fashion which supercedes pretentious fanfare With First Lady Nancy by his side, new President Ronald Reagan acknowl-edges the applause of those observing his historic inauguration. Schoolmates carry the casket of Jeffrey Lamar Vlathis to burial. Mathis was one of twenty-seven black children murdered in Atlanta over a period of twenty-eight months. A look of determination on his countenance. Solidarity Labor Leader Lech Walesa pauses during talks with the Polish government 30 Current Events