Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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Friday usually means Peruvian distribution and time to go over the latest gossip at PHS. Hotmeroom presidents like Mike Redman distribute the papers. Getting his copy is Max May. Some Things Are Traditional Wait for Me! exclaims Patty Hand as she races to catch up with the vacation-bound car, as Susie Weirike, Betty McMinn, and Linda Green urge her on. Also ready to depart tor Senior Week vacation are Tom Bessignano, Gene Hoover, Henry Halley, Gordon Constable and Tom Schoolman, although they may have to leave someone behind it they are to take all that luggage. Senior Week is slightly changed this year, as it was after Commencement.

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Ioy seems evident on the laces ot Dr. Owen Iohnson, team physician, and Coach Bob Biddle as they retire to the dressing room tollowing the close game against conlerence lore Elwood, Go, Go, Go, chant the Peru stands as one ol the Tiger halfbacks breaks away lor a long downtield gain And Some Things Coll for Emotions Whether dances. classes, or sports, PHS pro- vided a full year emotionally. The last-second basket which won the CIC, the last-second bas- ket which lost the Logan game, the football runs and tacklesfthese were the sports thrills. Getting up the nerve to ask someone to the Christmas dance or the prom, the last goodbye atter the commencement dancefthese were the tender moments. The little mistakes that make everyday lite, all of these things are PHS. Stay in line. cautions Lauranne Garber as Sally Sampson leads out in a majorette performance during football. 11-

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Q Friends, Romans. Countryman: Lend me your ears. Gordon Constable dropped dead for one ot the stunts in world history that helped make history a little more And Some Things Are Different New and different things happened this year around PHS. Whether it was a stunt tor world history, the Latin banquet in April, or club pics nics in the spring, we had fun while studying. At the same time, many ot the new things were connected with the school proper. The new patrol raincoats made safety at the street cor- ners more comtorlable tor the boys, and the many other improvements all helped toward making PHS a more modern school. Certainly the greatest change was having Commence- ment on Senior Day, thus having graduation before Senior Week. A stage is only as good as its scenery, er:- plains Mr. Holmes, PHS woodworking teacher, as he shows Ierry Biggs, Larry Easterday, and Harold Hahn the new stage flats. As the black clouds gather, Robert Iohnsori looks expectantly at the sky as he adjusts his rain helmet.