Highland High School - Highlander Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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The coming of spring each year marks a beginning and an ending. Nature unfolds after the long dormant winter; love and life begin anew. For us students at High- land, classes are ending and studying for final exams begin. Track meets and baseball games can be seen on the first warm days of the season. It is at the annual commencement exercises that the Seniors end a part of their life that took twelve years to build. For these students, spring marks the end of one journey and the beginning of another journey on unknown paths that will mark our future. Yes, the silhouette of spring shows both the Alpha and the Omega. Spring Actiwities 1961

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ALMA MATER Oh, Highland High School now to thee, We sing our song of loyalty! We sing thy glory and thy fame, All praises to thy honored name. Come and join us while we sing, We'll make the nearby hillsides ring. Our faith in thee will never die, — ee We'll always love thee, Highland High. LAM ONLY ONE I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I ought to do, And what I ought to do, by the Grace of God, I will do. —Author Unknown

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6 Row one: K. Schiele, B. Schiele, D. Gehrman. Row two: Coach Whitsel, H. Hildebrand, R. Pellett, D. Smith, A. Smith. Dick Sponseller again earned blue ribbons in the pole vaulting competitions and Dan Connors copped honors in the high jumping events. Both placed in the county and district meets. For the second consecutive year the Highland track team has had to settle for third in the county. During the 1961 season the Highland Cindermen placed in many of the events, but they were not Row one: S. Kopfstein; B. McClelland. Row able to accumulate enough points for a top team two: Coach Whitsel; T. Gallatin, Captain; score. P. Chodera; E. St. Clair. yr j j } f Dan Connors hurls over the high jump to Dick Sponseller, a consistent winner. score for Highland.