St Johns High School - Crest Yearbook (Delphos, OH)

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Privileges balance responsibilities. so much before. That was the year we took on our first big responsibilities. The freshman year quickly faded and we found ourselves sophomores. No longer were we the youngest; we had experience now. We also had biology lectures which somehow could branch off to civil rights. This was the class where we learned to dissect frogs and to dissect opinions to get to the facts. And, as had occurred the year before, we were given increased responsibilities and a greater part in the activities of our school. We added many impressions in our junior year. Our re- treat, with Father Karl as retreat master, inspired many of us to think more clearly about our duties to ourselves and others. Our classes that year became more difficult, and some of us branched off into courses of study which would help us to prepare for our future work or help us to decide just where our abilities really lie. Even our ac- tivities, such as making bushes, bushes, and more bushes for the spring formal, taught us to work as a class. Our senior year was our year of decisions. We faced the fact that our high school days were drawing to a close. Many of us would be on our own— to stand or to fall. This was the year we came under the direct teaching of Father Kuhn. He did all that he could to prepare us for adult life. All the impressions we gained in our four years have led us to the day of graduation. We look back with fond memories but we look forward with enthusiasm and con- fidence.

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Our final year: When the words, high school, are mentioned to a senior, his mind conjures up an image which is the composite of four years spent in learning, experiencing new activities, and having fun. The impressions we gained as freshmen often inspired us with awe and apprehension. That first day found many freshmen quivering in their shoes or wandering about in a daze trying to find their way amidst much confusion. We soon learned w here to go and what was expected of us once we reached our destination. The realization that high school was not just grade school extended and with more bells became apparent rather quickly. This was readily noticed in English class. No, English was never quite like this. We never had worked so hard nor learned

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We advance Stepping up to a future of leadership, our senior officers Kathy Hollar, class vice-pres.dent; David Weber, class president; Susanne Kesler, mission vice-president; Robert Williams, mission president; Janet Scherger, student council vice-president; and William Voigt, student council president are ready to face any challenge. Daniel L. Beckman Robert I. Beckman Richard L. Bendele Janet K. Bensman Berna S. Best Dorothy M. Bockey