Monterey High School - Chaparral Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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for Self-Expression There is that in us that seeks expression. Intangible, compelling, it must be realized. Some find release in art . . . paint and canvas combine to portray great happiness, gnawing anxiety, indescribable joy. Others lose them- selves in make-believe ... a bit of costuming, footlights, and a poignant imagination bring to life the foolishness of the Emperor, the solitude of Hamlet, or the pathos of Cyrano. A simple melody suffices for some as it bears them out of a mundane existence into the hall of dreams and beyond. Through art, dramatics, music—each is striving in his own way for expression of that spark of emotion that sets him apart from those around him.

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for Happiness No one can define real happiness, but the teenager has found bits of it working for Cowtown until party time . . . putting the finishing touches on a never-to-be-forgotten Senior Carnival . . . crossing the goal line for the score that wins the game. Yet, even he realizes that happiness is but an illusive shad- ow and so he says with the poet . . . There is that in me—I do not know what it is—but I know it is in me—I do not know it—it is without name—it is a word unsaid; It is not in any dictionary, utterance, symbol—It is not chaos or death—it is form, union, plan—It is eternal life—It is Happiness. —Walt Whitman