Tolleston High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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if 1 V7 1 ,ef If W w We swf is It can be said that every school year starts off at a busy pace when autumn arrives and the smell of burning leaves is strong in the air, This pace will not allow itself to be interrupted until the weather becomes very warm, the trees green, and the last day of school in June arrives, This year was certainly no exception. New classes, faces and friends, club initiations, and the start of the football season all demanded attention at the same time. The freshmen, lost in th irxnew environment, made friends with other members of their class who had the same feeling of bewilderment, Thes X wly-formed frixendships would last through all their high school days, The seniors, also in a state of bewilderrnent at mr t would followxCommencement, became closer to and fond of the friends with whom they had associated fort C l 1 four rs. ,W X LX L-Q CW, xx No sooner had everyone settlecljri X the rplufine of school life, after a hex tic Xsyrrglreff 'man that busyypace began, taking with it the firkgandfsec ad' eriods and the end of the Blue Raiders' football season. , Two of the Tollesttxids nxrain s 'al s could also be seen flying by, the Honbraryi Cciionels Dance 3.Qd,Ih,6 L is 0-- Starlight Fantas '-ndw plegsant nxjemori for those who attended them. Class parties, the o cqsionsfwhen thgiclass QL QM members were ab efto mgiet in a body nd better acquaint themselves with one another, were held duringtlle -firstfsemeste too, Thefhi h s ool gyfrn, where UE parties were held, became unrecognizable asfft teokl nlgthesfestivei-air that y I accompa . decorjof the parties, Again that busy pace took hold lwlien tlreiecorataon comb -itteesogcigried t'oi,fih'11sh Q, decorating ore tliivefstudents arrived. c' , jk t, Q19 i m ln whatjiow .seems like a matter of a few short days, the fir ser esterkhad-nded and the baslgJetballf.seaQdn'W1s'fvell under way, 'l5heLfreshmen had earned their first high school cre imlalnd had begurf to un?rs1and the meaning of high school life a little more clearly, The sophomores, having been nnhighschoole-forfonegfyear, were seasoned veterans-- feeling they knew all there was to know, and they took their firstfsltotfah becominig upper classnieniby orderihg their class rings, The juniors found themselves planning for their first prom, to be held almost four,r4nlo,rnh,s,,.4l:ateivg' 'they began to take on the responsibilities and prestige of real upper classmen. They now held many important club offices and had a large representation on the different sports teams. if V' With the end of the basketball season, the fever of tournament time affected Tolleston even though the Blue Raiders' hopes were quelled quickly, That busy pace again began to move more quickly and the months seemed to pass like hours. The seniors nervously awaited the announcement of their senior rankings and hoped they would be proud to display their rankings, They silently reminisced and marveled at how terribly fast that busy pace had gone. They wondered where these last four years had gone and why they had gone so quickly, especially this last year, 1957 .... The prom was here, and then swiftly swept up in the arms of that busy pace and carried away, with only the wilted flower and limp ribbon of a week old corsage to bring glimmering memories to the mind of its owner. As that busy pace sped on its way toward the warm summer days, it brought in its wake Commencement Day--the day all high school students await, To some, it is the end of their formal education, to others, it is merely a stepping stone to more learning, In a few small hours, these seniors would become alumni. While being carried forward by that ever busy pace, the alumni looked back with mixed emotions through eyes already eager to seek out the future, and visualized the fall of 1957, when again autumn would arrive and the burning leaves would again send their aroma through the air. Next year will again start off at the busy pace that has flown this year's senior class through the last four years, To take the place of the Class of '57 will be another freshman class who cannot yet comprehend what lies ahead of them--four of the happiest, most eventful years of their lives--their high school years. Each year they will be able to look back and say as we say now, We've had a busy year.