North Miami Senior High School - Conestoga Yearbook (North Miami, FL)

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Twelve Years - Graduation ,wig J gil go Y .a7 'T1.' I g , c . , 2 'T . X in 2 S l 1 1 . li The moment has arrived when the white garbed seniors receive diplomas. A maze of activity Picnic Banquet Prom Baccalaureate All these events comprise the life of a student and they lead to that all important graduation day. As the students don caps and gowns an aura of sadness dominates the scene. The transition from student to adult is complete. 263 As the seniors rise to receive their diplomas they also receive many new and strange responsibilities. Among them are the trials, joys and tribulations of adulthood. The Senior Class of 1958 faces the world full of hope and conhdenee in the belief that they must work today in order to have a better tomorrow.

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VVe are now adults. The class of 1958 has graduated. We have not only graduated from high school but we have made the transition from childhood to adulthood. Some of us have found the growing up process rather difficult and others have discarded childhood like a cast off garment. But all this is indeed in the past. We must accept all the joys, trials, and tribulations of being an adult. We must meet life on its own terms. So, now we wonder, where do we go from here? In the last fifty years, the world has suffered two major world wars besides minor skir- mishes. Out of these wars has emerged the atomic bomb. Now, man is reaching far out into the realm of space searching for something. lNe have been called the atomic youth. Now we may be called something else - The lost generation. Yes, we may be lost. For as we now reach adulthood another war could wipe man off the face of the earth. But wait. These same forces that can be used for destruction can also be used for the benefit of man. Since the war, the United Nations has been founded. The atom can be harnessed for greater expansion of industry. A cure for Polio has been found and more countries have become free- dom minded. The atomic youth can also be the symbol or a promise of hope. We are masters of our own destiny. The knowledge we pos- sess may be used for evil or for the good of man. The decision rests with man. What? Y W , 6 Jw 7 i f W. J, vm. 5 ,J Ml x l ...Ma y f The symbol of peace, the United Nations. Here issues can be solved with clear thinking. The atomic youth. Are we a symbol of hope for a better tomorrow? What will we write on the pages of history? And now, what 265 ?