St Thomas Aquinas High School - Insight Yearbook (Edison, NJ)

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. . . A desire, a need, a drive, a will to be, to do! Ann Marie Duffy Leaving a memory with all those who touched your life in some way. Terry Rodgers The Spirit of '76 is a feeling of remem- bering your best times and a respect for the events that made us what we are today. Mary McGrath ln 1776, we signed our Constitution, ln 1976, all we see is pollution. 200 years ago, we were quite a new nationg Now whatever we buy is a victim of inflation. ln 1776, we thought we had plenty of timeg ln 1976, we are in constant fear ofcrime. 200 years ago, people had plenty to dog rNow Witfhrirrveniions awdafdvarrcesgceverytehingsnlewrq c ln 1776, we fought England in the warg ln 1976, we have experienced many more. When l think back, l would have rather lived then, Because we have their problems now, multiplied by ten. John McCormac 0 The Freedom Train The American Playing Card Deck United's Yankee Traveller Flight Continental Trai1way's Eagle Pass Declaration of Discounts Coupon Red,White, and Blue Candlestick 9 ee eestsfieereiepimees Bicentennialcoins Bicentennial license plates BUY-CENTENNIAL Ann Okerson

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Nineteen hundred and seventy-six is a significant year in our lives. We, as a nation, are celebrating our bicentennial, the two hundredth anniversary of our attainment of freedom. We, the class of '76, also celebrate as we realize our personal independence with graduation from Saint Thomas Aquinas High School. This unique coincidence affords us an opportunity to reflect on not only our high school years, but also on the past two hundred years of our nationls own existence. A parallel may be 'drawnibetween our class and our country which will enable us to better understand what each has meant in the past and will mean in the future. The Spirit of'76 is the feeling evoked in all of us during this our final year. lt is our attitude towards things past, pre sent, and future. lt is truly our most intimate feelings. Liz Barletta

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A long awaited desire to relive the Peter McEvoy PHSL e Mary Spangler lt is a feeling of freedom and togetherness shared, not only by our class but the whole country. Donna Boyle of thirteen separate states which came together in order to reach a common goal, independence. As the colonies struggled for their cause, they found that there was strength in unityg a strength which would not have existed if each had fought alone. The union itself derived its power from every stateg 'h'2FVETCFCliTtiTCfCCWt filil tif 'lifiiih Q13 1 , - ion. Thewconitrihutiois of tiheseiiindividiuial entities led to progress which has made the United States what it is today. pe ip not no or it Y 7