Western High School - Beacon Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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fn fbeciicaiian To the past school year wrth 1ts ups and downs 1lS trrumphs and desperatrons and rts many many memones we dedrcate thrs book 'lhose of u who were ireshres saw rt brmg us a new era We were transferred from grammar school to hugh school the world of adults As we trudged our way through that hrst year we met many obstacles We had a trme accustommg ourselves to the new system but soon we were caught up ln the trde of that old Western spmt We tender greenhorns were taken into the fold and We too were relerred to as the cowqals and cowboys Those of us who were sophomores had one year behxnd us We encountered prtlalls rn our second year and sometrmes such thmqs as Emersons collectron oi essays found us scratchrng our heads The second year saw us really get into the swrng ol thmgs and we found new thrrlls rn berng regular attendants to all the games Yes we had really earned our place ty ourselves as such We drd not by any means devote our ttme to all work and we lound ourselves slrppmg 1n fun rn large quan trtres Sometrmes rt was kmd oi hard explammg to Mom why we came home at 5 oclock when our last class was over at 2 30 We thrrlled to the new mysterres of physrcs and chemlstry and try as we would we could never quxte manage to blow up the school 1ust before mld semester To those of us who were semors rt meant workrng long and trre lessly so that our lollres would be acclaxmed the best ever It also meant the end ol a four year 1ourney We were now makmg ready to try our chances rn the world We never shed tears but we drd lmd a pecullar collectxon of morsture around our eyes dunng the qraduatlon ceremonies and oh how we wtshed we could be lowly ireshres again' All these memorres combrned to make up the past school year a year that w1ll never be erased from our memorxes ,rr E Iuniors. That really sounded superb to those of us who could classi-

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PUBLISHED BY Tl-IE BEACON STAFF IRENE SKIFFINGTON EDITDR. WESTERN I-IIGI-I SCI-l00l. DETROIT MICHIGAN JANUARY4un JUNE N48

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