Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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All is quiet in the library during the first weeks ol school: no seniors working on research papers, no freshmen learning how to use the card catalog. But wait until the year gets started! Then the PHS library becomes the bus- iest room in the school. Students at PHS take their lives in their own hands when the bell for passing period is rung. As freshmen and new students enter PHS, they are awe-struck by the congestion in the halls. If a book is drop- ped during the mad rush, it might as well be considered a loss. Turning around is all but impossible.

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Our Year Starts Like This . . . Although quiet prevailed through PHS on September 6, 1960, the school burst with activ- ity the next day, as students and teachers bus- tled through the halls, preparing for another big opening day. Having spent a summer of leisure, most stu- dents entered the school reluctantly, thinking of the work ahead of them. Freshmen doubt- fully looked for the rooms to which they had been assigned, while other students easily found their way to last year ' s homerooms. Each was certain of one thing — he would meet at least a few new acquaintances during the year. Because of the increased enrollment, two teachers were added to the faculty, and four were hired as replacements. Additional chang- es will be made next fall when several teach- ers transfer to the new Jr. High School. And this must be my office. says Mrs. Mary Keith, the yearbook adviser, as she and other new teachers, Mr. Clifford Snyder, Mr. Ronald Bodine, Mr. Jerry For- rest, Mr. Donald Queener, and Mr. Florin Williams, tour the buildings.

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Pizza parties are loved by PHS students, freshmen as well as seniors. Kay Burgher, Andrea Schmidt, Jeannie Simon, Susan Volpert, Linda Crawford, and Sondra Crawford celebrate a football victory with pizza, cokes, and dancing. First editions form opinions, seems to be the thought of John Wolf as he critically scans this year ' s first Peruvian and realizes that, as chief editor, he has a lot of work in store for him. ■ Beatnik style nursery rhymes sound strange to children, but girls attending the Girls ' League Kid Party enjoyed the variations presented by representatives and cabinet members. Freezing at football games, buying tickets for the Kid Party, getting up enough nerve to ask that someone special to go to one of the dances, and urging the basketball team on to victory are just a few of the many extra-cur- ricular activities occupying students ' spare time. Often after football or basketball games, a group of girls gather at one home for a slum- ber party. No one gets much rest, but every- one eats to her heart ' s content and learns all the latest school gossip. Although not in many activities, freshmen never have the chance to become bored. Most of their time is spent learning the do ' s and don ' t ' s of high school life. Sophomores show that they are really a part of PHS as they per- haps join another club, participate in the Ro- deo, or take a hand in publishing the school paper which is provided for the entire student body. Membership in the National Honor Society, Quill and Scroll, Science Club, or other select- ed activities is often desired by juniors and seniors. Many also look forward to the day when they can display their acting abilities in class plays. 10