Crawfordsville High School - Athenian Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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i l Let's get a clearer focus of the senior class and its activities. Do you recall Nlay of 1953 when that year's graduating class left C.H.S. to us? 'Nlemher when it seemed as though we'd never get to he seniors. when we thought Let us take over. and we'll really show you how to make things go? Sounds kind of silly now, but those were land probably always will bel the thoughts of impatiently aspiring under- Page classmen. XVe can recall the time when we would have traded 'most anything for the opportunity to don those coveted SENIOR CURDSH XVhat a difference a little time makes. Let's not deny itg many of us experienced a new feeling of dignity and possession when we returned in early fall to take up tho responsibilities of our final year in the home of the Atheniansf' Fiite

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e Usual Harsher critics might hasten to point out the lack of a true ring upon viewing the above caption and then the accompanying photographs. True, we never romped about on the well-manicured greens of C. H. S. However, on the pages which fol- low will be found scenes which were the usual and commonplace. The greater part of our time was spent in classrooms absorbing, to varying degrees, the benefits of English, math, social studies, the sciences, vocational arts, languages, and so forth. Achievements in the classroom were the basic reason for our being in high school, and most of us applied ourselves to our academic tasks. But we would not pretend that all was work with no play. We enjoyed the lighter and brighter side of school life. Athletic events, parties, dances, plays, con- vocations, special programs, club meetings, finals, homework, report cards, confer- ences, study halls-all these were elements of our golden days. Page Four

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A familiar scene in a nearby drugstore: Some of our classmates relaxed over cokes and conversation following a hard day at the office. Clockwise were Pete Dunbar, Jack Wyatt, R. B. Swanson, Verna Fulp, Phyllis Schreiner, Janis Ewoldt, and Eunice McMurry. clcction of class ofiiccrs. Bnnncrs. slo- gans, and political spccchcs hccannc thc orclcr of thc clay. Finally. whcn thu smokc of huttlc Cl02ll'CLl, wc had clcctcd onrsclvcs ll finc slutc of class officers. hcuclccl by Larry Dclks, who was suc- ccssfnl in his quest for thc prcsiclcncy. Pcrsonuhlc Rox Hyhurgci' was sclcctccl as vicc-presiclcntg Tina Mills Bluckcr hc- caunc class sccrctaryg and thc officc of treasure-1' wcnt to luck lVats0n. Undcr the lcuclcrsliip of thcsc fellow classinutcs. wc hcgan our lust yczn' alt Crziwforclsvillc High School. 'okes and lVc imagined thc action-paickccl yuan' which lay alicucl of ns: the proni. Aflzcrz- ian sulcs, St'lll0l' trip. scnior Picnic. the llilllllllQ'l, Img claw. scnior clay. and proh- zihly most important. il final chancc to nail clown thc Scctionul crown in our tiincf' Thc luttcr wus not clcstincd to bc, hut tllllt'S unothcr story. rcscrvccl for ai laitcr scction of our hook. Shortly fol- lowing thc rcconvcning of clnsscs in thc fall of 1953. wc fonncl onrsclvcs cin- hroilccl in il spiritccl cznnpnign for thc ls it serious? seemed to be the questioning ex- pression of classmate Sharon Bell during a visit tu Mrs. Mina Evans, competent school nurse. A warm and friendly person, Mrs. Evans handled all minor physical complaints. nga' Six av-