Central High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Ghee iA, and t aHA, Sorting out the year’s accumulation — Ken’s energetic activity is stimulated by the closing of school. No more books or teachers’ looks! chant these gleeful students as school closes for another year. Wham! The crack of bat against ball resounds over the athletic field. The tennis courts overflow with white-clad figures wielding rackets and balls. Lunch hour finds couples relaxing under the shade of a cool oak tree enjoying the fragrance of the moist green grass. Books are returned to the closet to collect another summer's dust, locker accumulations sorted, grades given out. Bouncy juniors and exuberant sophomores throw their cares to the wind, slide gleefully down the bannisters out the front door, rushing out into the summer ahead. June rightfully belongs to the seniors. Capped and gowned,they drift slowly across the campus, wander wistfully through memory-crowded halls. Their talk is of the past — the carefree years behind — and of the future — the responsi- bility of the mature years ahead. School closes for another year. The earth continues to turn.

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“Help!” The pitful plea of a Pow Wow victim rises over the gym. Hmm .... I wonder what the directors of the Junior Senior Talent Show are scheming now. ftotuAe, CHAudzestAr The air holds a novel refreshing tang, the blue of the sky gains added brilliance, sunlight sheds accelerated warmth and glow, birds burst into song, buds sprout on winter’s barren branches, flowers thrust their way through the moist black earth. Nature awakens — it is spring! The earth turning in its orbit creates spring, the blossom- ing of nature’s beauty, and feverish joy in man. The books and studies of the student are neglected briefly as enthusiastically he snilfs the delightful aroma surrounding him. Spring stimulates boundless student energy-. Invigorating spring sports provide a physical outlet, while the slump in extra-curricular activity gives way to the preparation and presentation of the Pow Wow and Talent Show. Increased mental awareness causes the classroom to foster a new look as the student tackles his studies with renewed effort and interest, enjoying educational projects such as the Science Fair. Spring is the time for love! Spring pud- dles. however, prove minor obstacles.

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SununeA cAtwplet i the, (Ufcle, Leisurely days, long dreamed of, are upon the teenager. The student of the fall, winter, and spring seasons no longer exists. He is now the camp counselor, the local swim instructor, the store clerk, the traveler, the cottage inhabitant, the sports’ enthusiast, or perhaps the lazy do-nothinger. Days roll by one after the other, tossed away in hundreds of different ways jobs, travel, swimming, tennis, golf, base- ball, summer classes, and of course dating and parties. The summer passes........ Suddenly it’s Augusti Strange disturbing thoughts intrude on the hitherto gay carefree life. It’s time to consider school once again.......clothes to buy, plans to be made,'football practice to attend, friendships to be renewed. The same anticipation and joy that awaited the close of school in June again arc revealed with the promise of commencement of another school year. The eartli turning in its orbit through all four seasons completes another full cycle, and again brings autumn; with autumn another school year begins. Women are persuasive talkers! Margaret and Sandy congratulate them- selves on their success in enticing the experts” to concede to a foursome. Follow the leader, girls! Swim instructor Ann proves that summer occupations can be enjoyable. “Well, that's the way it happened” — a typical feminine summer scene and conversation.