Benicia High School - Panther Yearbook (Benicia, CA)

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INTERLOCKING PERSONALITIES ... Friendship served as an encouraging force to those who were yet not quite ready to confront school, and the pressures it would exert. Students often gathered together to relieve the tensions that existed. Laughter and ever-constant chatter was a usual and welcome occurrance throughout the school. The hallways, Cafeteria , quad, and even classrooms served as rendezvous sites for longtime and newly established friendships, where interlocking personalities produced conversations on all topics. Personalities linked for many purposes, Along with established friendships, scholarship brought those with similar abilities together to create new relationships. Students collaborated in class projects, discussion, and activities with impressive results. Rallies, with their class competitions, served as other sites for students to unite and display the tremenous force they could produce as one. Ideas and enthusiasm were exchanged, as new yells rang throughout the school and posters proclaimed spirit. Everyone began to realize that in joining their feelings, talents, and personalities, they could accomplish anything. The student body was stronger-than ever, for it was continually gathering force as everyone made a permanent spot for his or herself in the social sphere of Benicia High. ' Theme - 9

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1. Yearbook Class-hard at work!!2. The quad was always a comfortable place to relax. 3. Steve Holl confronts Mr. Riley with questions about the first and most hated essay of the year. 4. The Letter girls proudly carry the Benicia banner during half-time activities. 5. Students gather in the smoking area during class breaks. 6. Soccer added a new aspect to BHS sports. 7. As school opened, students shared summer experiences. 12S 4 7 8 ' Theme

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ODD A DE D... Pieces, not yet placed were to be found waiting patiently all about. Unfinished buildings, temporary classroom facilities, students once again trying to get back into the old routine, each on the verge of filling his or her own space, but as yet not properly shaped. Fear, anxiety, and apprehension squeezed themselves into every vacant spot, troubling everyone from unsure Freshmen to experienced Seniors, but diminished slowly into a non-existant force. Well established in the confusing puzzle of school life, called to peers yet unplaced to form an eternal bond. This union to last long after graduation ceremonies. 10 - Theme School life was puzzling. Freedom was yearned, yet we all sought to be a part of the fun, confusion, and adventure. We were individuals even as our minds interlocked with others. Few wanted to be left out. Piece by piece each fell into its place, some immediately, some after long periods of inner search and outer exploration. Buildings neared completion, and books became a part of everday life. Odds and ends built upon one another toward a goal of unity. U! 1 rniz-.. .ff