Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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This is a year of awakening perception Come with us as we take a strikingly novel look at Valparaiso High School as we re-acquaint ourselves with each facet of this educational institution. Share with us the new experience of seeing our school in a different perspective. Adventure with us away from the monotony of everyday life erased by appreciative eyes, discerning eyes. Discover with us a crisp clarity in old sounds a brighter color in repetitious actions a depth of understanding reached because Our minds have grasped the need to arouse our dormant capabilities of viewing school life. Now each sight, each sound, each experience will not pass unnoticed and this year will be remembered as The Year of Awakened Perception.

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We are looking. . . at pieces of wood and tile and steel thousands of bricks windows in rows countless stairs and merging hallways desks, blackboards, doors. . . this is a building. Our eyes have merely looked at inanimate objects in dead surroundings. But now let us divorce ourselves from the familiarity of common sights and view from unique angles the building which is much more than the multiplicity of geometric forms. For when the living enter in, its body of walls, casements, stair-wells is brought to life. Through its corridors they walk — the lifeblood of the future. Through its veins flows the symphony of knowledge played from the lips of the young. And within its body is nurtured the genius of youth. Enter. . . the dormant building lives