Mars Area Junior Senior High School - Planet Yearbook (Mars, PA)

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Um 'wma Oh, dear old Mars forever, Sturdy and staunch we'll stand For her we'll stand together Throughout the entire land, No matter what befalls us . . . We'll surely fight for fame We'lI go where Mars will call us! For Alma Mater's name! Oh, Mars, Oh Mars, our Alma Mater Oh Mars, Oh Mars, our Alma Mater For you, dear Mars, we give our all! For you, dear Mars, we give our all CLASS MOTTO The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. CLASS COLORS Charcoal and Coral CLASS FLOWER White Rose 5

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JDAQWDALL Our Theme this year is the Prison. You might say there's not much to look forward to with a Theme like that. We feel that we have at least our parole to look forward to. An then what- who knows? Some Yearbooks are Ships sailing out into the great un- known future with Skippers, and Mates, and Boatswains, and Pilots. But not us. Some Yearbooks are Comets blazing forth into space. But not us. No, we're a Planet, but yet different than a regular Planet. At first we shine with the light issued us by the Guards and War- dens and finally at our parole we shine with our own light that we have hidden away until the long awaited day. Some say ci Prison is the treadmill to oblivion. A place from which no bit of hope shines forth. Well, prisons are places of confinement, of discipline, of rehabilitation, or preparation for citizenship. School is like that. It has prepared us to meet our life after parole with confidence. One thing o prisoner learns to do is live one day at a time, hopeful of the day when he is free again, but just marking off each day. We are learning to live each day and to train ourselves for service. None of us expect to go forward with any blaze of glory because prisons aren't like that. We'll face each day as it comes an dplan and work for a parole. The Future will be there when we get to it. The Parolees of 1955 go Forward! 4 1

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O ln' The Senior Class of 1955 wishes to dedicate this edition of the Planet to you, Mr. Downie. Throughout these past several years you have been our Guide, leading us through paths unknown but always with some bright spot at the end. You have been one to whom we could turn, knowing that we will receive some solution to our problems, whatever they may be. Your cheerful disposition has been a valuable asset to the school and is certainly appreciated by the Senior Class. We congratulate you, Mr. Downie, on your sincere and con- stant strivings to succeed and to improve your interests in the school. We, the Senior Class of 1955, salute you, Mr. Downie, and wish you continued success throughout your years at Mars High and the future years beyond. 6