Lynwood High School - Accolade Yearbook (Lynwood, CA)

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mr 611155 . . Commencemenf Exercises are iusf beginning. Even as fhe sfrains of Pomp and Circumsfancen sound in our ears our fhoughfs are wandering . . .dreaming of fhe fufure . . .recalling fhe fransienf pasf. We lose ourselves in fhe mem- ories of our happy fimes fogefher, fhe fhrills, fhe excifernenf. How imporfanf we felf as sevenfh graders when we fried fo imifale fhe older sfudenfs! How we fhrilled af our friumphs in essay compefifions, spelling and mafh confesfs, fhe big May exhibif? And yef almosl' before fhe year had begun, if was gone. The novelfy of being a parf of a big school had worn off. ln our freshman year we were eligible fo join such imporfanf organizafions as fhe Squires. Yeoman, and Pages. We received feen-age cards and affendocl Friday nighf dances in fh gym. We looked forward fo selecfing our own pro- gram of sfudies. Even as we changed, fhe school changed. lnsfead of a cow pasfure fo fhe soufh of fhe school, we wound newly consfrucfed bungalows. Asphalf replaced fhe dirf, and sidewalks were puf in fhe quadrangle. Suddenly we were sophomores, looking forward fo graduafion and fhe prom. Buf--we never experienced fhese anficipafed acfivifies! Almosf over nighf we changed from a junior high fo a senior high school. Aufomafically we found ourselves senior for fwo more years. The fall of our junior year was one of confusion--no books, desks, or science laboraforiesg and yef wifhin a shorf fime we were esfablished in a daily roufine of school. Consfifiufions were drawn up and new fradifions were given careful fhoughf. When in fhe Fall of l950 we enfered fhe Crowell-Collier Maagazine Drive wifh an afhlefic score board as our goal, we placed firsf in all of Soufhern California. Almosf before we knew whaf had happened we were really seniors. Class colors, rings and sweafers, decals, commencemenf and graduafion commiffees. Wandering fhoughfs refurn fo fhe presenf as we file up fo receive our diplomas. We look foward 'rho fufure eagerly anficipafing ifs possibilifies ...feeling prepared fo fake our places as cifizens of a greaf nafion and fo fhe responsibilifies of living in a clernocraf-v 91 Q- ' 11 '11 1 V 'fl 11 M J' il '75 ...i ROW. A. Pryor, B. Voyles, J. Shook, J. Webb, J. Cabori, D. Zensonn, B. Worthing, H. Davis,

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O SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Janice Tracy Treasurer Kay Bo:9rom Secreia ry Christine Gordon Vice Presideni Dalia: Casey Prcsidcni

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graduate' Lloyd Adams Edwin Aiken Marygrace Alber+i Harry Allen Darrell Allison Wayne Ames Janei' Anderson Janice Anderson Pafricia Angell Helen An+l1ony Jack Arden Joan Armand Joanne Asiler Roberl' Babb PaH'i Baier