Newbury Park Academy - Yucca Yearbook (Newbury Park, CA)

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Ill Dorm days are happy days. Evening study periods sometimes wear patiences thin. but there also comes a time for noise and chatter just before Lights out! After-study-period- SNACK-parties tbottom. page 325 are one of the delightful things that give dorm life its sparkle. Seniors. though snowed under with studies. seemingly can always find time for one more activity. This year four-year students have organized for the first time. The SURYIYORS. they call themselves. Principal Roth sponsors activities which add to their memories of a pleasure-packed year. But. busy as they are. seniors always have before them the one cherished dream of the great day ahead when they will capture that coveted diploma. Achieving that goal seems much closer at the CLASS MEETING where Westpoint caps and gowns are selected as the dress for the day.

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CIIIOIS crzlu the golden C'0l'I'I.llOl'S 0 IIICHIOIY, chcllshllzg thoughts 0ffl'1'c11fl9l11p and frolic. Being ai senior is not just wearing za lavender sweater with a Charcoal emblem. Being a senior is something one czm't describe in words. lt is having a strange. wonderful new feeling. ai feeling of having zilmost arrived. lt seems so long since you were just a little person in ai great big crowd. ll freshman. and frequently frightened at thot. But COMING BACK this year is different: it is just like coming home. Now it is your turn to help the new freshmen feel at ease in the eeziselessly busy routine of their first school year away from home. You will never guess how much your FRIENDSIIIPS meun to them. friendships that will be cherished throughout eternity. lXf '

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34 Yes, being a senior is a thrilling experience, for a senior stands at the very threshhold of life. Plans for the future become much more important. Life takes on new meanings. Every year the campus is fairly alive with senior ac- tivities-business meetings, preparations for College Day, good times, Ditch Day, studies, and WORK. As activities multiply near the end of the year, studies subtract from the hours of leisure available. How well students realize the pres- sure of end-of-the-year class requirements as the weeks of planning and the growing ex- At a reception following the Class Night program, the sen- iors and faculty families have an opportunity to tell each - other goodbye. In the reception line Mrs. R. L. Hilde, Elder Hilde, Mrs. M. M. Pettibone, Mr. Pettibone, and Mrs. Walter Freeman are saying farewell to Marybeth Howell and Bill Allen citement near a climax. Well, one can't blame a fellow for becoming distracted over a TERM PAPER for government class! As the year draws to a close there comes Eighth-grade Day, the junior-senior picnic, marching rehearsals, the last exam, Consecra- tion, Baccalaureate, Class Night, the FACULTY- SENIOR RECEPTION, and Commencement. As the seniors march down the aisle to the strains of UPomp and Circumstancef' behind them lie twelve years of schooling. With diplomas tightly clasped in their hands, they walk out into their futures. T.