Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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ding exTra pounds To conquer Their seT desTinaTion - a beach or parlc. A shorT sfop under a breezy Tree enabled Them To Take off Traclc shoes and resT awhile. On May 20, The prom sparklecl amidsf TounTain lighTs and beaufiful gardens aT The Playboy Plaza on Miami Beach. BoTh seniors and iuniors aTTended The scenic memory. ln order To obTain a free prom TiclceT, seniors were required To have sold over 525.00 worTh of magazines during lasT year's Junior Magazine Drive. Bal- loons. sfreamers, fancy Table arrange- menTs, prom programs and favors, and The band were The resulTs of The maga- zine drive which ToTaled over S5,000. The evening was magnificenf for all couples who walfzed endlessly in The grand ballroom. For sTruggling Through Twelve hard years of endless sfudying, The diploma was proof of all accomplishmenTs. BuT. There were some ThaT excelled. These were The Silver KnighTs, awards pre- senfed by The Miami Herald To fourTeen ouTsTanding seniors in each high school. Silver KnighTs were besTowed on Those who serviced The school and communiTy in a relaTed field, KiIlian's Twelve nom- inees were: English LiTeraTure - Sue Muller: MaThemaTics - Doris Parker: Science - Gary Greenberg: Social Science - Richard Bass: ArT - Debbie London: lndusTrial!VocaTional - Holly OsTluncl: Journalism - Carrol Gullen: Speech - John Olsen: AThleTics - David Solliday: Cifizenship - ScoTT CarTer: General Scholarship - Richard Kram: and Music - Jessie McMillan. STudenTs in each caTegory compefed in counTy compeTiTions wiTh winners from area high schools. AnoTher special recogniTion for The Class of '72 was Senior Accolades. Dur- ing winTer seniors voTed on fourTeen people who had been ouTsTanding in some way. WheTher sporTs, personaliTy, inTellecTual, or all around person, seniors chose favoriTes To represenT Their class. Accolades for The l972 year were: Pris- cilla CanTwell, Bob Davis, Malachi Green. Xavier HunTer, Jessie McMillan, BeTh Miles, Joyce Mumford, l-lolly OsTlund, CurTis Parnell, Yvonne Parfin. Sandy Perpich, Debbie STafford, Alfred Woodson. and PaT Zamudio. Then, graduaTion. 'l'ogeTher for The lasT Time, seniors marched down The aisles. ResTless. They seT on wooden chairs awaiTing Their Turn To wall: alone across The sTage beTween applause. Doors opened To a new world, and sen- iors branched ouT To form a broad-mind- ed generaTion learning Through misfalces. how differenf day-Things are aT nighT - i see whiTish dry dusT and hear high Thunder. i am hidden, concealed. parT of The raindrop in The air i cannoT find myself losT in whaT was once my world and now is only pieces wiTh no line To separaTe shadow from obiecT.

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Seniors Escaped MaelsTrom, LeT'l' Agonies, Worries To Underclassmen Ending all Too soon, iT was home To sTudy Tor a psychology exam The Tollowing day. As The holiday season drew nearer, TesTiviTies oT I97I Homecoming Week Took place wiTh The crowning oT Dolores Burch as Queen aT The semi Tormal dance. Residing graciously in her courT were senior princesses Cheryl Bogh, Sue McDonald. Yvonne ParTin, and Debbie STaTTord. Seniors parTicipaTed in Three days oT gooTy cosTumes, green and gold .? 'TW ouTTiTs, and cameras on dress-up day. A maior evenT was a hayride sponsored only Tor seniors. Dressed in grub cloThes wiTh guiTars in hand, seniors cuddled To- gefher on a renTed Truck amid The sTraw To sing Tolksongs and Toss sTraw aT one anoTher. AT The close oT The week, The ioinT eTTorT oT The Senior Board and ln- Terclub Council assembled The second annual bonTire pep rally. STudenTs wan- dered in To eiTher siT on blankeTs, gaze aT The Tlames, and lisTen To The crackles oT The Tire or ioin in The cheers Tor The up- coming game againsT Miami Beach. ThaT evening, a Train oT cars and vans decoraTed wiTh pasTel sTreamers, posT- ers, and beaT Tags paraded To The sTadi- um To celebraTe. A TradiTional parT oT homecoming was The reTurn oT alumni To TeasT in memories ThaT were once an ev- eryday rouTine. l-lalT-Time Tears oT ioy rolled down Taces. The Queen and her courT were presenTed as Tingles oT happiness ran Through everyones body. IT was Their way oT saying Tarewell To The TooTball season which had become a parT oT Their lives. A special honor awarded To The varsi- Ty TooTball Team was The Greg STead Bowl. The Top Two TooTball Teams. Killian and Edison, played in The Orange Bowl in a Tinal eTTorT To collecT Tunds Tor Greg STead. a Miami Edison TooTball player paralyzed during a game. Area high school sTudenTs donaTed conTribuTions Trom car washes and gave pockeT money To help pay hospiTal bills. Numerous peo- ple TelT as iT They had really accom- plished a meaningTul Task by parTicipa- Tion i'n The Tund raising acTiviTies. The smell oT pine Trees, candy canes, and holly placed seniors in a holiday mood. To liven up spiriT. sTudenTs hung bells. misTleToe. and ornamenTs on Trees and Chanukah bushes in TavoriTe class- rooms. The Teeling oT warmTh and Trien- dliness radiaTed on everyone's Tace. Even Teachers assisTed in Taping up TwisT- ed red and green sTre-amers, paper snow Tlakes, and elves. Bob SisTik, Key Club vice-presidenT, oTTered his sTurdy, TrusTy knee as SanTa Claus, and Tried To re- member speciTic orders. Over The vacaTion, Campus LiTe's YouTh Tor ChrisT, enioyed a Tive-day Trip, via bus, To GaTlinburg, Tennessee. The mounTainous TourisT village was wall To wall sTudenTs Trom The EasTern UniTed STaTes. ExpecTed snow-capped moun- Tains were merely a dream. Rain and cool weaTher prevailed mosT oT The Time, ' buT The weaTher never sTopped exciTe- menT. Many Took up mounTain climbing as a rugged, weT, and dirTy sporT. BuT, knowing ThaT scenic picTures oT purple mounTain Tops, museums. and new Triends were Taken, The Trip became un- TorgeTTable. Senior Board, consisTing oT homeroom presidenTs and concerned seniors, was direcTed by Bob Davis, presidenT: Mike Foreman, vice-presidenT: Lynn RoberTs, secreTary: and Priscilla CanTwell, Treasur- er. Miss Cinda HunTzinger sponsored The senior class and advised on ideas and TradiTions. Selling green and gold Killian pennanTs during The breaks and shiTTs in- creased revenue Tor The spring prom. For ValenTine's Day, The season oT spring love and peace, The Senior Board Took numerous orders Tor pink, red. whiTe, and yellow carnaTions. lT was The symbol oT liTeTime admiraTion given To special Triends on a unique occasion. WheTher one soTT, pink Tlower or Two dozen long sTemmed carnaTions, The verses on The cards remained meaning- Tul. Finally spring vacaTion popped up. Senior skip day was a TradiTion and, Tak- ing advanTage. seniors prepared Tor a picnic lunch in The sun and surT, only To end The day wiTh a parTy oT sunburnT bodies and brighT smiles. BuT, There was always The crowd ThaT preferred a peaceTul day in a park, lounging under swaying palm Trees and lisTening To The soTT sounds oT TluTes whis- Tling careTree Tunes. Then, There was The bike riding group ThaT pedaled miles in a single day, shed-

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During a meefing, senior board discussed 'the prom, hayricle, and ofher proiecfs planned for The year. J 1 K 1 X l1?i?f.5fQ2'iL if' fri? I-is ' T-i ' f Q 19:1 g v.,,1ri1f ifvfwfff i Ami' .li fvmzf V M ,..- - .. . - .gyaay-xg 1 lie Senior officers Bob Davis and Mike Foreman conducfed ll'16 board meefinqs. Marilyn Jones lisfened 'fo suggesfions and argumenfs from senior board officers Al a rypical board meering relaxed seniors enioyed a laugh befween mafrers on may fi' f '