Jonathan Alder High School - Power Horn Yearbook (Plain City, OH)

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ii IS HAPPY Songwriters have called it two kinds of ice cream, Sunshine on my shoulders, and the top of the world, but JA managed to add some new equations to the old formula for happiness. From the first football victory in September to the last exam in June, students found something to whistle about. A Chemistry experiment with a full-color explosion, a Pioneer Press deadline being met on time, a genuine DeMooy joke, or a full measure without Mr. Spencer interrupting brought smiles. Being part of the winning play, sharing life as a team, or meeting someone else’s eyes in a shared joke brought warm laughter., It might have been Brad Yoder's Gong Show burp, or the weight of that trophy or crown, or the sound of that applause; it might have been spring fever or the Friday, 3:15 bell, but it added up to a whole lot of happiness at JA. Happiness is Being named First Team All Ohio Happiness is scoring winning the Hush Contest, 18 Happiness

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Friends try to humor Doug after he received his grades 20 Sorrow Lunch is boring for Doug IS SAD Pain is not new to Alder’s halls; they have witnessed countless defeats and absorbed buckets of tears. Nevertheless when pain hit students; it hurt as badly as always. Sorrow did not come from the complete failures or wholesale defeats as much as the near- misses — the ones so close only luck made the difference. A’s were missed by a point, games were lost by a second, elections lost by a VOTE, and the pain remained. Athletes, scholars, competitors of every sort found that real disappointment is when you've given the best you can and it isn’t good enough. Even with the disappointments, students bounced back. The hurt stayed for a while, but with friends to listen and people to care, the sadness became a memory. Grades are a puzzle to Jeff mr