Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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1969 was a year of people — each girl, each boy, a separate and distinct part of the whole — Tech High. Together, we made a crowd — cheering, yelling, moving together. Apart, each of us was an individual, seeking ways of self expression — reaching out, feeling each moment, taking a closer look at ourselves. 1969 happened by. One day faded into the next as it became past. Two silver lines — each a year. The first — a beginning. The second, twenty- five years later, the end of the beginning — only a beginning.. . Tech High. 7

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academics and ad ministration We at Tech are all the same- the same in what we seek, at least: to build a future... to find a place. Together we work, we share, we grow, we broaden our knowledge and visions. Our sameness is reflected in the pattern of our daily activity, our studies, our perplexities and worries. As in every group of people, there are those who stand out among us- leaders, whose job it is to teach and lead us, to build our characters, strengthen our ideals... To help us find our way -to know what we must know to be a part of a society that is both bold and intricate, simple and complex - always moving. We at Tech are the same...