Sandy High School - Mee Ma Yearbook (Sandy, OR)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Personalities 3-10 SURVIVORS (seniors) 12-43 OPTIMISTS (juniors) 44-53 STRUGGLERS (sophomores) 54-63 NEOPHYTES (freshmen) 64-72 VOYAGERS (foreign students) 74-88 BIG BROTHERS (staff) 90-120 Muscle Madness (sports) 122-162 Twilight Zone (activities) 163-210 Sponsors, Clubs, Index 212-240

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1983 84 WEE MA Sandy Union High School Sandy,Oregon

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Dire predictions unfulfilled, 1984 time for New Beginnings WILL Orwell's nightmare ever come true? For many people who read 1984 by George Orwell, the prospect of reaching the year of 1984 was terrifying. That book, pub- lished in 1948, pictured the Western world in the iron grip of a vicious tyranny. IN that society, people were imprisoned, tortured, killed by the government without cause. Big Brother ruled and kept a vice-like hold on the people through gigantic all-seeing, all-hearing, all-knowing television sets installed everywhere. Children informed on their parents and other relatives for disloyalty to the government. Friends informed on friends. Freedom of any kind was unknown. MANY governments of this kind have existed in the past and even some do right now, but we Americans have not yet lived under such conditions. 1984 is here, but free- dom still does exist for us, even at Sandy High School where closed campus, longer school day and crowded lunch- room created a great furor at the beginning of the school year. NOW that 1984 has arrived and Orwell's gruesome nightmare has not developed for us, we can breath a sigh of relief. We can remember 1984 as the NEW BEGINNINGS of hope and happiness, being ever vigilant that Orwell's predictions do not come true. MEANWHILE let's find our NEW BEGINNINGS in the enjoyment of nature's beauty, the joy of everyday life and the fullness of life about us. There's a feeling of contentment to be found in simple things . . . a sense of harmony that calms our restless longings and brings us closer to the serenity we seek.