Kent Meridian High School - Diadem Yearbook (Kent, WA)

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,se- 4 4 ri ,TCL his , .,, .fe 4 'ii Q X es, iz i , , Foreword Anchors Aweigh --The Theme of American naval forces. carries wiTh iT The advenTure and ex- ciTemenT of The sea and seafaring men. The color suggesTed by This TiTle in iTselT would be suTTicienT reason To selecT iT as The Theme oT The l96l Qiaclem. We believe, however, ThaT a greaTer signifi- cance can be found by drawing an analogy be- Tween a ship's voyage and a person's liTe-espe- cially ThaT period of liTe when childhood gives way To adulThood. Lying aT anchor in iTs home porT, The ship is idle, moTionless buT Tor The usual Tlow of The Tide. YeT because iT is a vessel ThaT is capable of sailing across The ocean To disTanT lands, iT represenTs poTenTial acTion and inTrigue. Similarly, while we are young, we remain secure among familiar sur- roundings oi home. school and communiTy. BuT This will noT always be so--we are only waiTing To seT ouT inTo a world of new accomplishmenTs. As The ship malces ready Tor The iourney There is a Tlurry of acTiviTy-loading cargo and checlc- ing rigging. We Too prepare, Through our high school educaTion and experience, Tor The Trip inTo grown up life. AT lasT comes The day of deparTure when The craTT slips from The doclc and ouT inTo The bay. Shore is leTT behind and noThing-buT The open sea lies ahead. As individuals we have gradually as- sumed more responsibiliiy unTil wiTh ThaT long- awaiTed evenT-graduaTion-we achieve independ- ence and seT ouT on our own. STorms may arise To Toss The vessel over Turbu- lenT waves, ThreaTening To blow iT oTT course. As we sTrive Tor maTuriTy our progress may be hindered by sTorms in The Torrn of problems. indecision and misTalces. BuT clouds soon liTT, waiers calm, and land ap- pears on The horizon. The voyage is finished and The ship again is Tied up, buT now aT a diTTerenT anchorage. The uncerTainTy of This TransiTion period passes and The Time comes when we can confidenlf- ly Take our place in adulT socieTy. WiTh This in mind we say To you, Anchors Aweigh! Launch inTo This boolc and view The course which led us Through This year aT KenT-Meridian. Q. .r,. -' is 41-fx 'rs - s shriek M- ,W gf . LC, mf' ,WM . 3 .-,., 1 ' ii . D iii! .1 he Be , is 2 cfm-TT , N, s - ,piggy

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DIADEM in jfiigggigi A Lg .4 W, A, it xv I96I KENT-MERIDIAN SENIOR HIGH KENT, WASHINGTON Co-EDITORS

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hx Table of Contents Section CLASSES ,H,.S.,S........A....,.. S ......,..u.... ADMINISTRATION ,A.,A,MI.,......I GOVERNMENT .,,..,TVI ,.,,I ,TT, ACTIVITIES ,,IS .III,,,,T , ORGANIZATIONS. ..,,..,.,...4., SPORTS I..IA.SI,, .,...I., . . S.,.. ADVERTISING TSI. .,.,. .I.. , , Af 3 Page 5 I9 M59 M95 IO7 MI, 85 'kxv 1