Thurston High School - Yearling Yearbook (Springfield, OR)

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ff i a position of authority, no matter how small or unimportantg an interesting class--these are the things that will be remembered in the many, many years to come. Sophomores became a part of the school as few other schools have allowed them to. Seniors, upon the top rung did imagined ladder, needed help from sophomores and juniors alike to realize the potential of Thurston. W, 5 This experience, of establishing a new school, will undoubtedly be a part of the memories--fond, bitter or I l indifferent--of all who experienced it. ' X 3

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' TW? j-if , , .., - R ,ia Uncertain and hesitant at first, Thurston High's first students set about forming a school, complete with traditional activities, organizations, and policies. Important decisions were an every day occurance at first, as the student body decided to have a white shirt section instead of a formal pep clubg composed and adopted a constitutiong started traditional dancesg developed school spiritg formed and supported fifteen organizationsg and most important, learned 'many things not discovered before through the classrooms. l Sportsg dances, club activitiesg conferences and conventionsg friendsg unusual incidentsg the experience of being in ' Q. 2

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SUPERINTEN DEN TS MR. HAROLD BEALL Superintendent MR. WALTER COMMONS 4 MR. GUY LEE Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent