Shaker Heights High School - Gristmill Yearbook (Shaker Heights, OH)

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From socks with personalities to staid shoes, from square dancing at the FFFF to jitterbugging at the Exam Bang, from crowning a queen at the Foot Ball to the singing of the Chanticleers at the Christmas Cotil- lion, the Shaker Dances were full of vividness, variety, and vitality. Shakerites found in dances a double op- portunity for fun. Many people came to believe that the pre-dance decorating and planning was as enjoy- able as the dances themselves. But for most people the opportunity to talk, dance, and generally move in an atmosphere of unrestrained congenial fun was an un- excelled high point of the year. Five of Shakers ' favorite dolls take a mink draped bow. Dances, F.F.F.F. Highlight Social Year A mutual admiration society is at work at the Sock Hop couples admire each other ' s handiwork. as Dick Powell comes forth with a cry of surprise at his unusual predicament while square dancing at the 4 F. 22

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Long hours of individual toil in seemingly unrelated fields such as tax stamp counting enabled the publication of the Shak- erite to continue. But Individual Faces Still Shone Through Bob Barnhill intently checks his measures in Chemistry lab. A group of people in a cheering section, a solitary stu- dent doing research work! Both scenes are representa- tive of our school, for we understand the fulfillment and enjoyment that can come from both parts of our stu- dent life. We understand that there is a unexplainable, but wonderful group pride obtainable when we move in the welter of activities that are such an integral part of Shaker life. But lest we become lost in the crowd there are always, through the carrying out of specific jobs, the opportunities for personal achievement. Spe- cial classroom projects, newspaper work, labor in clubs, exertion in dramatic productions all enable us to develop that vital individual self-discipline that is so needed. At Shaker, faces can emerge from and sink back into the crowd smoothly and effortlessly, taking from both elements of Shaker life the lessons and en- joyments they can give us. ■HMMi Mimi Bookatz brings music to Shaker. 21

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The telling of a story is bound to bring forth a variety of emotions in the listeners. High up on a stepladder some sophomores finish knitting up their sock. A jam session calls forth Shaker ' s Kool Kat element. 23