Chicopee High School - Memini Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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A Reason to Celebrate MEMORIES of Freshman Year 1983-1984 Do you remember Fresh- man year? For Seniors, that was September 1983. That year had several events that will live in our minds forever. In school, we were forced to develop ourselves socially and emotionally. We began to get involved in sports and activities. What was a rally? What was the sword ? The Class of 1987 was the second and last class to have officers Fresh- men year. This year was also the first year of The Mural Committee”. This commit- tee was created to cover up the dismal walls with color- ful scenes. Several questions were heard by the Freshmen. Who should 1 send a car- nation to? , Should I put a message in the Chroni- cle? , Where is the fifth floor? , What is a HER Dance?

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A Reason to Celebrate In order to build a strong future, we must look at the past: past events, past accom- plishments, past de- feats. We must remem- ber the past so the fu- ture will have many reasons to celebrate. Return to Yesterday . . .

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A Reason to Celebrate Outside the walls of Chi- copee Comp, many exciting things were happening. Vanessa Williams became the first black woman to be- come Miss America in Sep- tember. By July, 1984, she was asked to give up her ti- tle. Suzette Charles then became the new Miss Amer- ica. In October, the E.P.A. warned us that the earth will heat up by the 1990 ' s. They called it The Green- house Effect . In riovem- ber, the dangers of nuclear war were brought to the at- tention of millions of Ameri- cans during The Day After. On January 1, 1984, The Great Bell System Divesti- ture took place and the space shuttle Challenger covered new frontiers on its fourth voyage. Scientists believed that they had found a virus that causes AIDS. On May 8, the Olym- pic Pageantry began. The torch began its 9000 mile journey across the country to Los Angeles. On July 29, the Games of the XXIII Olympiad began in Los An- geles, California. Specula- tion soon began as to possi- ble results of the Games if the fourteen Soviet bloc na- tions had competed instead of boycotting. Over in Holly- wood, a new rating was be- ing negotiated: the begin- ning of PG-13. On July 11, Hew York became the first state to have a mandatory seat belt law. This act was quickly considered by many other states.