Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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■ . Opening her diploma, Sheri Cooper finds o lomi- nored miniarure diploma. This was a gifr preserved ro oil seniors from Allen Counry Srare Dank. Reflective ond sentimental, Robin Durler com- remplares a roken of her graduorion, her peach rose Defore passing down rhe Senior Torch, Andre 5rovall addressed rhe inequiries of crime and rhe punishmenrs mered ro some members of rhe Sen- ior class. Tomorrows Now as rhe peaceful rwilighr hour Denores rhe close of roil and srrife, We pouse ro resr and garher courage To greer a new and richer life Wharever change rhe furure brings, Honesry and pluck will be required; These ro rhe end of earrhly rhings Will be respecred and desired. Oh eager yourh! De nor misled, Long is rhe road ro decenr fame; Wherever changes lie ahead, The cosr of manhood srays rhe same. No law can lessen wisdom ' s price, Or easier make rhe heighrs ro climb; Success will coll for sacrifice In roil and srudy, fairh and rime There will be need and praise for skill, And skill by ponence comes alone, Dy all we judge as good or ill Will our accomplishment be known. Whar arr has wroughr and science found Are nor enough ro save our day, Those evil men who rrusr in power Now speed rhe world ro swift decay. Ler ' s forrify rhis land of ours, Ler ' s hope and pray from day ro day, Ler ' s fighr for principles fair and nghr, To show we love rhe American Way. Yes, we musr fighr for principles, The laws, rhe ideals of our lond For freedom, peace and liberty. And all rhose rhings for which we srand. Jusr whar we planr we garher in, The earrh will pay ro use whar ' s due, Smile up mro rhe morning ' s face, And ir will smile nghr back ro you. Then ro ourselves we musr be rrue If we would win life ' s grearesr prize, We musr remember day by day, Wirhin ourselves our furure lies. Prorecrors of our mfanr days, Deloved, kind parenrs, ever rrue, Forgivers of our foolish ways, To you we pay rhe homage due. Companions in our larer days Dear reachers, we shall rry ro heed Through all rhe changing scenes of life The lessons you did srrive ro reach. We rrusr rhar He who led rhis class Thus far so safely on our way Will be wirh us on our long journey Unril we reach Erernal Day. graduorion m

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All Our Yesterdays And Graduation has been a long awaired goal. For many, rhe desire ro be our of school began soon after school starred. In 1967, rwo morning and rwo afrernoon kindergarren classes ar Leo Elemenrary were rhe basis for rhis graduaring class. Now, on May 23, 137 seniors gra- duare as rhe Class of 1980. Many are Preparing the candle was one of rhe losr respon sibiliries for Senior class president, Andre Srovall Mark Johnston receives o congratulatory hand- shake from Mr Deerbower and his diploma from Mr Novak, wearing o suit and tie especially for graduation from rhe original four classes, bur orhers came ro Leo from all over rhe country. All hold only memories ro fill rhe rime lapse from when school began ro now, when school ends. The emorions and ambitions for graduarion nighr remain rhe same even rhough rhe groduares change. People ' s prayers and wishes for rhe graduares sray rhe same also. The poem, Tomor- rows, was wrirren by a reacher ro her Class of 1941. These rhoughrs of Tomor- rows srill perrain ro roday and ro our Class of 1980.

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The 1980 ORACLE Graceful os o butterfly, Leigh Delogrange makes rhe basker ro add rwo more poinrs for rhe girls ' baskerball ream. The Lions won rhe game 54-50 over Norwell. The football players exhibir rheir rough defense. The Lions ' offense proved ro be equally srrong. It ' s just the beginning of a long, hard season of wresrling Alrhough Mr. Dill Kerbel losr a few wres- rlers ro rhese hard pracrices, rhe work was worth rhe efforr ro rhe survivors like secrionol chomp, Morr Grieger. porrs pages