Gulf Park College - Sea Gull Yearbook (Gulfport, MS)

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nic' .fl 5 .. f. 1. 'JA is U P Xk'! 4AlN H in I Y 4 P' Many years gem Q you and this inmthei ek' of some hookshelkresifvfith ot 3 K Q. 1 forgotten volumesf the EK' GULL staff hopes youbwi be reminded of the many gate- ways that opened for all here at Gulf Park this year. As we see it now, the SEA GULL represents not only ,those F L4 gateways which swing open to the future, but, f those which in the future we can open to what . 5151 ! H be the past. Later it will recall to us the intanf ' 1 bonds which will connect us always with Gulf. l wwf! 3 This year we have learned to understand, apprlz-ci and love Gulf Park and her traditions. We learned .ic ' know and greatly admire the faculty through th ' generous giving of time to sponsor our activities an to guide us in our academic work. We welcomed the friendships of each student. We recognized with pride scholars who achieved academic excellence, athletes who pulled the individual classes through sports com- petitions, leaders who took the classes through thick and thin, the queens who were elected for their poise, personality, and beauty. We enjoyed the unique op- portunities offered to each student-trips to Huck and Ship, athletic competition for class possession of ' Majesty the Goat, the Evangeline Tour, the Cruise, the Natchez Tour and Mardi Gras It was through all these that we gained the edge not only of events and ideas, but also of life, and committed to our memories the sounds of all the gates we had opened. 'T Here, now, is your 1963 SEA GULL, a record of the school year for you, the students. who opened the gates and lived the life, and made Gulf Park College what it was in 1963. These gates have now closed for the gradu- ates of '63, but this SEA GULL remains a key which will always reopen them.

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