Orange Union High School - Orange and White Yearbook (Orange, CA)

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Customs create proud history Eighty years of tradition seemed an in- surmountable obstacle to the shy, incoming sophomores as they fearfully started out the new year. Tales of harassment and torture raced through their heads. They wondered if they would be able to find a place in the time-honored history of Panther pride. I didn ' t know what was going to happen, said sophomore Susan Locke. Humiliating sophomores had been a tra- dition since the beginning of the school. I remember standing in a line dressed as an old lady and letting the seniors swat us, said Irene Matthews an alumna. Michelle Beasely, a sophomore said, It ' s really humiliating, but I like the idea of being a sophomore. Traditions were not only evident in the first-day treatment of the sophomores, but in the acceptance of them also. Soon after the start of the year, sophomores began get- ting involved in the numerous activites on campus. English in Action, Ski Club and athletics attracted a gre at many sopho- ores. I think it ' s great the way everyone gets involved, said Beasely. School spirit had always been one of the longest traditions at Orange. The sopho- ores soon found it possible to display their :irit in all the ways the upperclassmen did. Everyone is really proud even though we loose, said Beasely. — CS Iirough assemblies, drama practice and lunchtime I icnics the outdoor theater offers a place for tradition- al activities (left). During the opening day assembly, sophomores Tracy Tinsely, Paul Masucci, Mark Selt- zer and Stephen Tinsley (bdow) violate the segregation tradition and sit with juniors Jeff Lohman, Tad Meyers and Brian Claremont. At the opening day as- sembly Shelley Pearce and Susan Phanuef (left inset) ' ail Orange High with the Alma Mater. Opening

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Upperclassmen » establish tTGn o)mMi As sophomores, students left junior high hfOr f(YXA iA ) n j K M and came to high school somewhat in awe, i j j K77 uncertain of what was to come. But return- 1 1 Qj A Q(A ![)Y, XAri ing as a junior or senior was something en- tirely different. I know I ' m the top; there is no one to look up to; I ' m the one they look up to, said senior Karen Schertle. Seniors and juniors — they were the ones who set the standards for everything. When seniors got rowdy at games, danced at dances and joined clubs, everyone else followed, said Peggy Baker. After a long summer without the typical high school activities students were really fired up, seniors especially. We wanted to make the most of our last year. We took advantage of all the activities, said Scher- tle. Guided by tradition, seniors hoped to ave their mark; they wanted future classes to remember the class of ' 84 as hav- ing a personality of its own. We want to be remembered as the class of fun loving, con- troversial sophisticates, said senior class president Mike Jordan. — CS A newer addition to campiu (right) the Student Centre became a traditional hangout for sophomores juniors and seniors. Sherry Copas (rigkt) has lunch at the tra- ditionally upperclassmen-dominated area in the quad. For those students who could not And a place in the air-conditioned Student Centre, the shade of the planters provided a place for them (bdow). Opening