Cardinal Newman High School - Accolade Yearbook (West Palm Beach, FL)

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RIGHT: Senior quarterback Tony Walker, confuses senior Lisa Fleurant for a football. FAR RIGHT: Despite the fact that the senior float came in last, they had a good time anyway. Joe Raich, Frank Fundora, Tom Schmidt, Joe Coates, Cindy Olack, Bryan Megrath, and Cathy Hughes are an example of this. BOTTOM RIGHT: Semor Spirit reaches its peak at the Homecoming pep rally. Linda Turton sing, three little devils tried to get to heaven, but didn ' t or couldn ' t? 200 SENIORS

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ITDDOir Behind the scenes SENIORS REFLECT 200 SUPERLATIVES 204 SENIORITIS 260 CLASS OF ' 81 266 I he common consensus of the graduating class was Watch out world, we ' re seniors! The Class of ' 81 had successfully completed four years jam-packed with classes and extracurricular activities, dances, dates and parties, love, and just good times. And what did they all lead up to? That long awaited moment: graduation. But it didn ' t mean the end to them; it was only the beginning . . . Seniors give their We ' re Number One signai as they gather for a group picture. SENIORS 199

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Looking back w hether at school or play, seniors strove for excellence, and with four years of experience behind them, they were obviously polished players. The Class of ' 81 distinguished itself in many areas over its four years at Newman. Although senior year is a time to look ahead, the graduating class could not help but to reflect back over some of the more memorable times at Newman: who could forget the freshman class trip to Disney World? The broken bus seats and windows did not bring a favorable response from the administration nor from their moderator, who resigned from that post once the year was over. Surely no one could forget the man who made the Bible come alive with his Tarot card readings, Bubba and Astro imitations, and those ever- present good looks, Mr. Tom Parise, religion teacher. As fresh- men they learned to adjust to the rotating schedule, rarely went to The realization finally hit them, ' we ' re Seniors ' . the wrong lunch, and even survived the first Get Aquainted Dance, but after the first nine months they were anxious to get started climb- ing the underclassmen ladder. As sophomores they were ready to tell anyone with an open ear all their vast accumulated knowledge. Making dates became more common as some of the eligibles came of driving age, and it was this year that the immortal Niggerhead parties were first staged. Soon this became the thing to do on those early dismissal days or weekends which were usually spent having fun in the sun anyway. Always memorable will be that dance in 79 which became coined as the Twirp that never was, and somehow during this year they earned the label apathetic. Nevertheless, the year went on and before they knew it, they became . . . juniors. Junior year suited them well; they were confident and at ease. Handling forty note cards and term papers with no problems, they took comfort in the fact that basically