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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Master Pilot Debarks To Claude French, ihe slaunch and wealhered symbol of sfrenglh and all lhings good al Kenf-Men idian, 'rhe Diadem siafi wiih hu- milify and sinceriiy dedicale lhis l96l yearbook. ln more 'Phan 40 years here he has been insfrucior and coach lo generalions of slu- denis, piloling 'rheir crafr 'rhrough +he iurbulenl and lhe happy years lo alhlelic achievement good cilizenship and an abiding sense of responsibilily fo home, school and comrnunily. One of Keni-lvleridian's mosf respecled sons, Claude French was graduaied in l9l3 'From 'rhe old Kenl' High School where he won his lellers in foorball and bas- kelball. Aller a four of duly wilh +he U.S. Navy in World War l he relurned 'ro Kenl wilh a de- gree lrom,Slou+ lnslilule and look over rhe woodworking shop and arhlelics. One ol fhe founders of ihe Pugel Sound League, he is dean of ihe league coaches, lhe man who coniribuled lhe mosl in serv- ice and reaped fhe mosl in vic- lory, his reams of lhirly years ago winning championship afler championship. When he reiired as head 'loolball coach, French was honored ai a. leslirnonial dinner where former alhleies reminisced on lhe gridiron achievemenls of lheir ieammales and lhe slralegy and genius of iheir coach. Bul lhe line Thai' will ever be remembered is: He was a builder of men. i Grim in demeanor. rhrifly of speech, unbending in principle and morals, Claude French evoked respeci and discipline among 'rhose under him because he could firsi discipline himself. Gelding lo know him has been an enriching experience for feacher and sludeni alike. He has been Ken?-Meridian-ihe sudden rwinkle of merrimenr in his piercing brown eyes, 'fhe friendly pressure ol compelenl square liin- gers on The shoulder ol one in need ol undersianding and encouragemenl, ihe crooked beloved smile of apprecialion for achievemenl, kindliness, lundamenial de- cency--ihese are lhe qualifies of naiure rhal make The slurdy ihickser figure of Claude French giganiic in slalure. We salule our honored alum, friend and 'reacher -and wish him in reliremenl' 'rhe happiness and conlenlmenl he has so richly earned. dl iis i r , i Wg 'life ' 5 MM Q ,cw f W ' 'NN as em 4