Sheldon High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Harry Dillin addresses the class at Com- ITIGHCEIYIGHI. Chris Eskola receives her di- ploma from Mrs. Wesley Nicholson. Shelley Lindgren and Dennis Gory speak at Commencement.

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RIOC OA during a study center for a little By definition the senior assembly is a time when students can vent their frustrations with humorous take- offs on events from their high school career. In other words, it is a psy- choanalyst's dream come true. This year the main sources of frus- tration apparently were the eight- period day, independent study badges, student council, poor spirit -well, school in general. And so sixty singing, acting, and dancing seniors presented a forty-minute satire featuring a school-board tour through Sheldon. Lyrics for the musical numbers were set to Broadway showtunesg thus Everything Beautiful Happens at Night became Nothing Cool Ever Happens at School and Seventy- six Trombones Led the Big Parade became Seventy-six Big Cheers for the Study Badge? High spots of the tour were skits performed in various student Hhangoutsi'-the library, cafeteria, science lab, P.E. department, and study center. Gail Harris attempts to escape flaming library Mr. Peterson CSteve Eriksenj, interviewed by Bill Williams, prepares to give a crowder his passive look. Vic Nobert is brought before the student court for indiscriminate use of the lavatory during his study center time.

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ACIUOI1 RGIUSIAIGO Dawn Stumpf and Rhio Blair march in to the strains of Pomp and Circum- stance. The class of 1967. Father Iames MacConnell speaks on A Generation Between the Times. The traditional ceremonies of Baccalaureate and Commencement finished off the not-so-traditional year for this yearis Sheldon seniors. Father Iames MacConnell was the main speaker at Baccalaureate, enlarging on the topic, A Generation Be- tween the Times. Most seniors enjoyed the service because it was short. Student speakers were Valerie Anderson, Cheryl Devine, and Ellen Brownhill. George Al- bertus was the organist. Iune 9, at 8:00, the seniors marched into the plaza for the last time. Laraine Eloranta gave the invocation. Dennis Gory and Shelley Lindgren gave the student addresses, and Harry Dillin, President of Linfield College, spoke on the Four R's : Reason, Responsibility, Religion, and Resourcefulness. Following the presentation of diplomas, the seniors reinstated an old tradition by changing the tassels on their mortarboards from the left side to the right, thereby signifying their new status: High school graduates.