Orion High School - Charger Yearbook (Orion, IL)

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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Shirley Lundberg Dick Parrish BUSINESS MANAGERS Judy Hamilton Bob Carlson SOCIETY EDITORS Sandra Hurdel Dennis Hamerlinck SPORTS EDITORS Rocky Atwell Gary Wiegel PHOTOGRAPHERS Gary Fullerton Pearl Schneider We of the Oracle Staff hope that you, the readers, will enioy this i955 yearbook publicae tion. We have tried to include the items that will be a pleasure for you to read now, and will be a source ofpleasant memories tor you in the future. We have attempted to construct an entirely different concept of this book. We have tried to keep this year's book as new and informal as possible. This year for the first time since l948, we have received permission from the Board of Education to include advertising. We wish to thank the board tor this new method of financing our Oracle. We wish to especially thank Mrs, Addis, for her assistance to make the publication of this Oracle possible. We also wish to thank the Senior Class sponsors, members, and anyone else who contributed to the construction of our yearbook. Jim owne sfagg ARTISTS Carol DeRocker Karen Holmes JOKES Pat Smith Jerry Hardin TYPISTS Shirley Barker JoAnne Brown Mickey Keleher Vernita Larson Avis Long Shirley Maeltzer JoAnne Meirhaeghe Janet Peterson Mary Van Houtte

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WILBAR A. CRAIG LLOYD V. MERCER principal Superintendent Our American system of free public schools is the founda- tion upon which our way of life has been built. Today we are enioying these blessings of our democratic system- freedom of worship, political freedom and the highest stan- dard of living in the history of the world. We should not for- get that for every privilege there is a responsibility. What are some of these responsibilities of citizenship? The greatest of these is to preserve and improve democ- racy. This duty calls for as complete a knowledge of the workings of democracy as we can possibly gain. lf we dis- cover faults it should be our goal to seek means through proper channels, to lessen or do away with them instead of leaving the solution to others. Democracy demands and ac- cepts the equality of the suggestions of all its members. Democracy is improved by the cooperative thinking and working of those who are a part of it. Democracy is not something that is made in the capitals of our states and nation. Democracy to be effective must be practiced by each person in the family, school, business, community, state and in national and international affairs. The aim is for each to make tolerence, equality, indepen- dence, self-control, co-operation, reason, and iustice live in every action. We sincerely hope that our schools have given you a back- ground for practicing the responsibilities expected and re- quired of citizens and that you will take active parts in the community affairs.