Overlea High School - Omega Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Judy ii Murray, Diane Hamilton, and Barbara Lefler try on their caps ana' gowns to insure ll perfect fit. or seniors. Q, :if fr tw., wt A .5 .71 ,s , z QQ i 'K -me '- gm ite? ' I A il ft IN l 1, 9 Q' arf ' V fy Mr. .Uayer and Mr. Micozzi reflect the frustration of coordinat 1 1 ' ing a graduation practice. Seniors, teachers, and parents socialize for the last time before commencement at the Senior Reception. Ill

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Organized confusion prevails at graduation rehearsals. l MPre-Grad Weekw set a feverish pace Lloyd Thompson relaxes in his special seat in Casualty Row. With the first days of June, the Senior Class became the axles of activity. The wheels began turning for four hundred and eighty-nine grad- uates who were soon to accept the responsi- bilities of adulthood with the beginning of commencement practice. The gym became a place of alternating attcntiveness and cheer- ing laughter. Time began to pass more rapidly, and sen- iors enjoyed such privileges as extended lunch periods and afternoon breaks. Seniors con- tinually practiced processionals and recession- als, listened closely to directions, and met last minute obligations. The Senior Tea offered them a chance to gather with their parents to talk to fellow graduates for the last time before commence- ment. With the receiving of caps and gowns, Sen- iors waited . . . waited patiently for their own special moment on June 8. The halls, though seemingly more spacious, were somehow hollow.

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-91 ,.x. 2,E My we A i 'i 5 3 .. p Xp 4. 4. i , -.W The Senior Choir performed their last but most important function-tlze sing- ing of their Alma Mater at Commemenzerzt. june 8, l965 . . . the turning point . . . the stepping stone . . . the end . . . the he- ginning. Seniors were no longer adoles- cents. They rotated their position to face adulthood and higher goals. To many, graduation elcxated them to an important level on the ladder to higher education. For others it was the end of twelxe years of school, exams, and homework ---twelx e years of waiting, yearn- ing, and dreaming. A diploma was the proof. For all, it was the end of an era, the end of their lift- at Overlea. The realization of the increased role that seniors must now play was made evi- dent hy CUlNIllSIll'f'Il1CI1t speakers. The graduates were proudly presented to their many friends and families by Mr. John F. Cassiday. Sharon Veach challenged seniors to Hstrive to make this a world of peace, of beauty, and of freedoinfi Memories of years past and thoughts of the future came into View as ,lohn Costello spoke. H6 stressed the fact that the purpose of this night was two-fold. It was graduation-the end, and cornrnencenient-the beginning, Wfoday marks another be inningg the enc The Class of 1965 Jioins the rmzlrs of Ozrerlen alumni. II2