Muncie Central High School - Magician Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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rut-up: Sharon Turner 'BumI FmJk Sometimes we choked back the tears and sometimes the unsuppressed laughter embarrassed us. Our emotions ran wild, and we expressed (asserted?) ourselves with experiences: making friends and enemies, cramming for tests, trudging with little sleep through the day, laughing at ourselves and cruelly at others — and occasionally defending ourselves against an adult. The painful necessary sadness of Cheryl Keep al a Bearcat loss is softened by consoling fellow cheerleader Sally King. Traditional initiations caused mixed emotions. .Jud Strader and Sally Maitland join Central’s Thespians.

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Emotio+iaX E xtnmAA( Religious development was a large and essential part of growing up. The Easter Convo. presented by the Music De- partment through the combined efforts of the Choir and the Girls’ Glee Club, was held in High Street Methodist Church.

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 w E rebelled against loneliness, insecurity and ignorance, but we could not escape them. As a result, we sought new fields of knowledge, hoping to find some answers and perhaps maturing a little on the way. Our school provided the needed textbook and teachers in order to satisfy our mounting intellectual curiosity.” All of us wondered; all of us had our own dreams. Some came true; some of them toppled. We formed a few close relationships, but the loneliness was still there, and we touched upon it. Solitude: sometimes painful, but often comforting. Nancy Douce waits quietly for her ride after a club meeting. The study hour came at anytime. For Brian Parvis it came in his room at home, sometimes lasting clear to midnight. 10