Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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Gladness, Sadness Touch Hearts of 160 Graduating Seniors Checking on the million and one things necessary to get a class ready for graduation is Senior Class President Danny VanTreese. Pictured with him are One often hears that one never really appre- ciates what he has until he loses it, and if you don ' t believe it just ask any one of the 160 seniors who, on May 18, will don navy blue and march down one of the longest aisles in the world. As freshmen we stood breathless on the threshold of a brand-new life. We were afraid of so many things, but we were anxious to be- gin. Big brothers and sisters introduced us to PHS and from that moment on we were a part of this school. Adjusting ourselves to new ac- tivities, teachers, and friends wasn ' t exactly easy. It took almost a whole semester for us to find our way around and lose some of the awkward shyness that settled on us that first day in high school. All too soon that bittersweet year was gone and we found ourselves sophomores. We spent nine months being in between — not yet up- perclassmen but no longer little frosh. As juniors we presented A Date With Judy other members of his cabinet: Jim Grund, vice presi- dent; Delia Eckelbarger, secretary, and Bill Goodwin, treasurer. to raise funds for the annual Junior-Senior Prom. That was a year filled with all of the importance of being upperclassmen at last. There was so much to do and be in that we hardly found enough time for everything. Then last spring several of us were given the oppor- tunity to attend summer institutes at various colleges. We returned to school this fall with the knowl- edge that finally we were seniors and every- thing we did during these last nine months would be the last and somehow the best. We participated in our last Rodeo, went to our last ball game, and acted in our last class play. We suffered all of the agonies of college en- trance examinations and worked twice as hard to make better grades. Now we stand on the threshold of another new life, and as we march down the aisle to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance, we will lose not just four years of high school but a part of our youth that can never be replaced. • 20

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Well, maybe a size or two smaller would fit better, muses Rich Newhouse as Nancy Redmon tries on his P jacket. Tony the Tiger looks on askance as to what these seniors will do next. Senior lockers provide a common meeting place for students both before and after school. Here Tom Ru- benalt and Birja Brauneller, two of PHS ' s steadier students, stop for a chat between classes. Fun, Friends, and Fortitude Are All a Part of Senior Life Occupying the west stair- way, a favorite haunt of extemporaneous speakers, are Mary Jo Willingham, Barbara Parsons, and Ron Doucette. These seniors use this quiet spot to search for magazine ar- ticles in preparing their speeches. 21