Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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r- 5 . i i lj-ii l Life's harsh realities offer future fantasies The days, hours and moments whirled by leaving a confusion of appointments, schedules and responsibilities. Real life loomed and lurked around every corner as the realization of the dangers of life was faced through the loss of a loved one in a wreck, the hurt in the face of a pregnant teenager, the acknowledgment of murder, robbery, drugs and alcohol. Students were already facing the beginning,,gfx,1he final Each to experience. -i as 1. Students depart from the sheltered world of Abilene High to face the outside and its challenges. 2. The aftermath ,of ,the liquor election stands evident as a cofistantireminder of the adult world. 3. In the triumph of success, the AHS volley- ball team rallies tothe cry of victor-y, 4. One of the facets of life 's circles are good- byes ,as conhonted by Kim Kampert and Qffgngel Munoz. ' . Focusingf1'on the aspects of driving, stu- dents rationalize life, death and shattered images of owning a car. - 6. Pondering over the past, Ken Richer reflects on yesterday while facing tomorrow. 947'-,. .tk ,dl , fa 'ii 5 1 .f iv 6 . Q . .. .. , y J-'wh .A ag, xv , vs Q Qty? V s- '5, ,, , .,',:5 '...p . A 2 . .Qpenmg-9 ulh' I 1- ,,,.,..----O'

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Rituals change lives of students existence Student life was a title often too broad but nevertheless used to categorize people into a biased category. As expected, yet not realized, every student that formed the student body of Abilene High was unique- with individual needs, achievements and goals, ever present yet ever changing. For with the rise of each day, new values, rules, priorities and systems were put into operation to confuse the often already confused student, facing the world and peers in a state of desired acception. The hours and days that went into making up a day and night of a student's life are those of ever occurring eventful rituals that change as the years progress, eventually leading the students of Abilene into the adults of tomorrow. Shaped by the events that came into being as an adolescent, life seemed im- possible with all the problems of dates, grades, money, etc., and merely a stepping stone of tomorrow's existing problems of inflation, marriage and social positions. 1. United in the school song during a pep rally, students and the Bold Gold share the excitement in anticipated victory, 2. One of the trials and tribulations of being a student is the follies of reaching classes on time. 3. Symbolic of ever present existence, Kitty serves as a reminder of life remaining con- stant in a changing world. 4. Experiences of the joy of young love are encountered quite often as a student. 5. Worn and weather beaten, the population sign of Abilene serves as a reminder of growth and progress of the Key City. 6. Expressing the feeling of AHS students, balloons fly high, as does Eagle spirit. OccurrenceslMasses-1 1