Rapid City Central High School - Pine Cone Yearbook (Rapid City, SD)

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lt was typical sorngtirne in our town! a wondrous world of vnsliw' breezes, dazzling moonlight, twinkling stars, and sweet-scented flowers It was the night at the lun ors first prom and the seniors' last Each moment and detail we hold in our memory - the corsages, at first tresh and dainty, the frothy tormals with glass sloaers, and white dinner rockets with bow ties, our excitement at first entering the transformed gym through the fiery red coil, and seeing the immensity of the silver rocket But how the time flew' We couldnlt beliexe it when the hands of the clock pointed to twelve and we hurried through the warm evening air to our cars, to drive to the base for the oost prom party We gorged ourselves an hamburgers, we danced until our feet ached, Then breathless and exhilarated, we watched the dawn deepen into daylight, and at last the first rays at the sun stole over the horizon, closing another chapter at our book of glorious memories 11 'Eb - With a lack of se'f.satistaction theze faar iuniors stepped through the red coil with simu'atecl heat produced by bright lamps as the fantasy of their work was realized. -3-'x Soaceman Mike Aldrich closes hatch number tive to the compression chamber where the thirsty dancers drank their till of either galaxy ga juice or jupiter lay yuice and listened to the eerie sounds of outer space. Under the rnuti-colored spotlights which gave an omnipresent feeling of spare the students danced while the soectators could Cnly envy. Beneath the argef-heir 'ei' og :nd beside the silvery rcrre' 'nese D'L.,,iC beire Q g :rigs e.en,ng at dancing ta read ther f:il-'ets which entitled then' ta C ride an the sxie soil, the lnter-pane-tary Lines X-. h l ,pf i

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Examining the materials for the prom are the various com- mittee chairmen Chairmen are Marietta Bittrich, soph- omoresg Connie Steele, decorationsg John Kuypers, dance bandg Linda O'Connor, programsg George Hankins, gymj and Joan Berry, finance and clean-up. Through the coil could be seen the maiestic rocket which rose beyond the angel-hair clouds to the top of the gym Junior high antics and insufficient angel hair may have caused snags in the decorating but finally it was finished. Here the coil, which acted as a doorway, is constructed. 'Qs-...QA ,L ' f Months of Preparation and l-lard Work for Juniors Suspense and Excitement for Seniors Prom 1958 Lining up for the grand march which preceded the dance are these juniors and seniors who extended to the outside doors at either end.

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Q-1 l The first Miss R-Club smiled and then brushed a happiness tear aside after receiving the engraved medallion from R-Club president Dick Schamber. Members of R-Club were the exclusive voters and any senior high girl was eligible, but to them Connie Steele, senior, alone rated the honor. CE .. With heads open and that quality pouring forth that won them the pep iug for the second year running, the Seniors prove that quantity is not the only factor to be considered. After a three-way tie among the classes, a last contest was held to determine the year's winner, Dick Murray, class president, was carried out of the gym on the shoulders of the seniors with yahoo's and yippee's stinging the air. Jug Cheer, Tearful Triumph, Daring Donators All a Part of Senior Class BuIging at the seams, well describes the auditorium during assemblies, where the seniors, happy in the coveted first floor middle section, here give voice to the various home room and club pledges for the foreign student fund. ,PSY -sd 'G