Lincoln Sudbury High School - Dyad Yearbook (Sudbury, MA)

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Going places. Another classic L-S yearbook theme. What, pray tell, is the secret hidden meaning behind this simple | phrase? Backwards, it’s secalp going, which means absolutely | nothing, so the Led Zeppelin Satanic-Lyrics-If-You-Play-It- } Backwards theory is not valid in this case. That wall concept last year was bad enough, but now this . . . . Actually, it’s | quite simple. It’s not even abstract, as most DYAD themes are. It is, in fact, just a nifty little phrase that sums up L-S | nicely. People going places. Get it? It would make my job much easier. Oh, alright. Here goes... . “On The Road Again.” Remember that song? Big hit for | Willie Nelson. Willie expressed his love for the road and the various people he met on the road. Worked pretty well for him; he’s rich now. What does that have to do with any- thing? Well, what was Willie doing? He was . . . going places! Going places on the road. Well, L-S students are going places jin life. Astounding, isn’t it? OK, maybe not. L-S students go | to school. They go out to lunch. They go on field trips. They go on dates. They go nuts. Well, some do. And, usually, they j are going to college. L-S is an awful lot like a college, so it really isn’t a colossal change in lifestyle, but it is the general } point of the four years spent here. You don’t have to go to } college, of course. You could go to work and make big bucks. Or small bucks; everyone has to start somewhere. To } make what could be a long story short, no one stays around here very long. They go. An L-S education isn’t complete without going some- where. The freedom to go, rare among high schools, is an integral part of L-S. You can go out to lunch, as mentioned before. You can go out to catch a plane to Newark. You can go out and mow the lawn. You can go out in search of Wally and The Beav. Whoops. Looks like things are getting a little out of hand. Nevertheless, going is impo rtant. If you don’t go, you will never see anything other than that which you see everyday. That leads inevitably to a really boring life. Trust me on that one. To go or not to go; that is the question. Of course, it must be said that going isn’t everything. Going must be practiced in moderation. In other words, don’t skip sophomore year to go out to lunch. Attend at least some classes. Don’t go steal plutonium; the government frowns upon that. Try it and you'll wind up going to Sing Sing. Or maybe Alcatraz. Don’t go breaking my heart. (I couldn’t if | tried.) Don’t quote Elton John songs in yearbook introductions. Don’t go live out a “Moonlighting” episode. Trust me on that one, too. In brief, don’t go out and do something stupid that you'll regret later. Going is natural. Going is fun. Going is best when it’s one- on-one. Not everybody does it, but everybody should. Oh yeah. Wake me up before you go-go, also. Better end this before it gets really out of hand. Go up to a friend today and ask, ‘Have you gone?” When they stop looking at you fun- ny, show them this. Then go somewhere together. Who knows? You may wind up ina “Moonlighting” episode. The point is, you've gone. The seniors will be gone soon; gone to bigger and better things. The only things that stay are the walls, the carpets, and the Twinkies. Oh, yes. And those stupid whiteboards. Everything else is going. Going places. Hopefully, you get it now. A fun theme, isn’t it? Gets you thinking. Welcome to the DYAD. | think you’re going to enjoy it. -Dave Ryan Theme - 19

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Seniors are really going places. Like you needed me to tell you that. Of course they're going places; they’re going to college, you goof! Well, most of them, anyway. The rest are off to work, to play, or to do a little of both. Anyhow, they aren’t going to L-S anymore. Most are quite happy and look forward to the chal- lenges the future holds. Others just wonder who their roommate will be, and whether he or she will be able to get tickets to the next Pink Floyd tour. In retrospect, it seems like a pretty long ride. Senior year involves a lot of comings and goings. “Going-to- visit-the-colleges-of-your- choice” comes to mind. Going to take the dreaded Achievement tests, too. There are also the brief a spins to Sudbury Pizza for lunch, to anyplace that sells ice cream in the spring, and to nowhere in par- ticular, just for the heck of it. There is an overwhelming urge to not go to class, known in the pro- fession as Senioritis. (Not to be confused with halitosis, or bad breath, which comes after the spins to eat pizza.) Just going any- © where turns on most seniors. And why not? After all, they are se- To those about to graduate and go on to greener pastures, we sa- lute you. We also put all your pic- tures in here. Well, at least the ones we got. Hope you remem- bered to smile. Vaya con Dios, Class of 88. : is - Dave Ryan