Neoga High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Neoga, IL)

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Senior hornemaking students learn about Thanksgiving the practical way — by cooking and hostessing. Junior Year, Decision Time 1965 already! What before had been jubilation now became pressure. The question was, “How can I get my work done without spreading it too thin?” Classwork or fun? The answer for most was the first. Class play time — and this became the first test of will power. Then, one could see some droopy-eyed juniors whose eight-hour day had burgeoned into a sixteen-hour monster. Through it all, they saved enough energy for the prom. More than enough! Prom couples will not soon forget the Polynesian Paradise the Class of 1967 had created for their guests. With the most trying ordeals lived through, they hoped, the juniors awaited their year. Better understanding of Shakespeare comes to these basic English students through their partial production of “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” 15

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TOP ROW: Evert Levitt, James Mayhall, Michael Mette, Bill Meyers. SECOND ROW: Linda D. Miller, Vernon Miller, Darlene L. Mofjitt, Wayne A. Monroe. THIRD ROW: Bill Morris, William W. Newberry, James B. Nie- brugge, John Ohmen. BOTTOM ROW: Steve Pals, Luella Phillips, Dan Price, Bill Ralston. 14

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Living Up to the Motto: The Future Belongs To Those Who Prepare For It Their problems didn’t cease, they just wore new names, like the quantum theory or the map test. Moreover, now came a new element: Seniors must be examples, leaders, and even heroes. At times behind these pictures of confidence was a person wishing momentarily to be a freshman again. But the Class of 1967 pushed ahead, providing the mainstay of the basketball team, taking the ACT Test, and planning a Career Day. Mem- bers polished off work days, magazine sales, and the class play. Then, the quick anticlimax: baccalaureate, graduation, class trip. The future was now for Neoga’s Seniors, '67. Math seniors find that a windy day at the transit is a practical and challenging project. Senior sponsors: Ruth Darnell and Brad Lacey. Fourth-year agriculture students show a seasoned eye in picking Christmas trees from the ag farm. 16