Venango Christian High School - Saga Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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OUT OF LINE M. Yaeger, G. Hawk, B. Kaweski, M. J. Siebert. Having fashioned a place among mankind for the sophomore, only one puzzle is left unsolved: Why is the sophomore what he is? Sugar and spice and everything nice. Is that what sophomores are made of? Parents, teachers, and mankind in general would rather say, Snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, THAT'S what sophomores are made of. The sophomore may have his own ideas about the chemistry of his makeup, but neither he nor his critics will deny that he is activity, disturbing perseverance, and justice on a stick. He is the knee-bumping, nose-chafing, peanut-pushing gal- lant who will submit to trial by ordeal for the sake of a senior's approval. Add a dash of mercurial good humor and that is a VCHS sophomore a la carte. Unfortunately, the sophomore of today is hardly content to settle down to the humdrum, workaday con- cepts of activity, perseverance, and justice of established storybook characters or adults. And he'd be good at his own kind if it weren't for the female shriek, or muffled giggles of less dexterous cohorts that give his plots away and force him into isolation to devise new, more devastating schemes. ILLEGAL PICKFT Mazzetti, B. Karg, P. Keating, J. Stover, S. Swacha, T. Rogers, T. Heath, R. Carter, Eaton, B. English, T. Proper, J. Strus, Riddle. SHERWOOD SORORITY A. Hibbard, L. Best, M. Coyne, P. Wydro, K. Fitzgerald, P. Guyton, S. Owens, M. Ward, P. Blackhurst, S. Morgan, P. Karnes, T. Brown, K. Gressley, C. Gur- esny, C. Moran, M. Fischer, D. Henderson, R. Faunce, S. Leta, J. Logue, B. Mizwa, G. Nalepa, S. Masson, M. Schneider. 11

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Webster Said It CLOUDY CONTRADICTIONS When a person asks, What time is it,” or What day is it, the answer is pretty obvious. But when somebody says What is a sopho- more, that is a problem Einstein never solved. To most people, a sophomore is a person in his second year of high school or college, but Webster clearly defines the term: sophos means wise and moros means fool. In short, a sophomore is the con- tradictory who never untangles. He can go through a whole school year using pens in anything but an aca- demic manner, while constantly re- minding the freshmen of their 12- month impediment. Each of these confused individ- uals is a walking cloud nine, who lives in a dream world, and shakes the world at his something more than sudden approach. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND RAIL Milner, K. Schreckengost, N. Petulla, D. Weaver, S. Kay, J. Pil- ewski, M. Goresney, K. Gayetty, S. Hood, B. W'eidle, M. Camp, M. B. Marchibroda, S. McMahon, T. Strus, J. Martin, J. Zuilkowski, A. Stempin. IN LIEU OF BURMA SHAVE SIGNS S. Barrett, W. Hill, L. Huff, M. A. Moffatt, C. Mayersky, T. Faller. 10

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This is a sophomore. He is the contradiction who is snubbed by seniors, haunted by juniors, and admired by freshmen. He is pres- sured by teachers, reserved only when under surveillance, and a mystery to adults. What will this amazing character be in the future? He may be presi- dent; he may be the greatest scien- tist that ever lived. But no matter what he is, he’ll be a sophomore that survived. He’ll be fantastic. JOSE, CAN YOU SEE? Jane Singer, Dan Goodman, J. McGinty, C. Lamberton, R. Frawley, J. Hibbard, R. Hartle, J. SchefchunasLinda Campagna, Carol Hall, Wilma Kokai, ]. L. Zacherl, J. M. Zacherl, Rose Marie Andres, Doris Buczek, Donna Koziara, Jane Krawiec, Kay Gatesman, . . . AND IN THE PEANUT GALLERY Gierlach, M. Skiba, N. Andrews, L. Karg, L. Vol- oshin, V. Loll, S. McCarthy, C. Keating, K. Set- tlemire, V. Hazclton, J. Lauer, J. Wishnok, L. Karg, S. Lukasiak, T. Schill, B. Edwards, Jm Krawiec, J. Gilliland, S. Alter, J. Zaccaria, J. Kresinske, J. Kresinski, J. Garmong. 12 SOCIAL CLIMBING SOPHS M. McGuckin, E. Zimoski, R. Mizwa, T. McGreevy, C. Clifford, J. Mott.