New Athens High School - Vespa Yearbook (New Athens, IL)

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Greg Jungc lakes a close look al his lunch before eating while Dan Clark stares off into space. Vlardy Kecs smiles after receiving an A on her last test. With the destruction of the old New Athens bridge and the completion of the new Route 13 bridge, the Vespa staff has decided to symbolize our high school years as a bridge to the future. As we face the void separating our inexperienced youth from the knowledge and experience that will be necessary for us to become successful adults, we re- alize that that void will be impossible to cross without the bridge of education. Yet we also recognize that that bridge will be extremely hard to construct. Moreover. we understand that our bridge building will not end with high school. We will need to build other bridges that will link us to such other notable destinations as love, friendship, matu- rity, and employment. Nevertheless, it is the bridge that we have built in high school which is most important in getting us started on the main artery that leads to all of these other destinations. Over this first bridge will flow the basic skills, attitudes, and knowledge that will allow us to successfully engineer those future bridges. 3

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Classes Man's earliest bridges were only steppingstones placed at intervals across a stream. If a person wanted to cross he simply hopped from stone to stone gradually nearing his destination. This idea of stepping-stones may seem primitive, but it was the basic foundation leading to the construction of today’s most complex bridges. High school is like these steppingstones for it will help you reach your goals. But. it is only a foundation on which to build stronger bridges of success and happiness.