John Adams High School - Album Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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CONTENTS The Adcims Story As You Lived It As Faculty Members . . As Seniors . As Underclossmen . In Clubs . In Sports . Advertising .

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The ohh Adams High School Album Margaret Reed Editor S hB dld .Iune1955

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THE ADAMS STORY AS YOU LIVED IT T954-1955 Most stories have one author. The Adams Story has hundreds. You, the students of John Adams, began writ- ing it the moment you apprehensively entered the doors in September. Every experience, every hour and day add- ed one more word, one more line, one more page to the story. A story is a complex thing. lt con- tains much joy, but also some sorrow, because it is Life put on paper. So the Adams Story, your story, is a mixture of many different feelings: the antici- pation the freshmen felt in September on confronting the bewildering ex- perience of high school, the remem- brances that haunted the seniors as they guided the freshmen around Adams on Sho-Ya-Roun' Day. Then came the excitement of the senior class political campaign and elections, and the stage fright of the actors in the all-school play, Romancers. There was the ioy of cheering your football team through their best sea- son. There was the tragedy of losing your friends Sue Hawk, Don Kristl, and Max Orth. There was the silent reverence you experienced at the Christmas and Easter assemblies, and the fun you had making and putting up Christmas decorations for the halls. With your fun, you worked too. What senior doesn't know that sleepy- eyed trance which comes from read- ing a week's soci papers on Sunday night? You grew socially as well as in- tellectually, writing the pages of the Coronation Ball, Booster Club Dad's Night, Adams Eve, Sophomore Shag, and Froshindig. After Sectionals the seniors got busy with the Student Di- rectory. The new Thespian troupe and the glee club helped in Pilgrim's Progress. There was another round of social events after the hilarious but educational Detroit and soci trips. You wrote the star studded pages of Pent- house Serenade, Spring Spree and the Senior Prom. Finally there were Student Council elections and the dizzy round of graduation activities. Yes, your story grew as you lived and wrote it, line by line. Some of the things you wish you could erase, like cribbing on that exam or skipping classes, but you know that those qconfanuedi W RW4