Wapella High School - Retro Yearbook (Wapella, IL)

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The cowardly lion began to tremble and shake as he said, body might laugh at me if I do something different. “You can count on it, the Wizard smiled at him. And that will be your signal that your test to be brave has begun.” Oh, my, sighed the Tinman, Somebody might not like me if I don't do what they want me to do. “You cannot expect anyone to really like you until you like yourself, the Wizard counseled him. People will take you to be just as valuable as you value yourself. The Scarecrow began to worry. I don't know if I will be able to figure out what is the best thing to do, with my not having a brain, and all, he said. Too much brainpower might just get in your way,” the Wizard the forces of fear. In spite of incredible odds, together they were able to conquer the Witch once and for all, causing her to melt and disap- r; you have a touchstone of truth inside you t answer; it is your intuition. When i fight for, you will feel it. Trust your- assured him. Don't which will always g something is right self. And then the Wizard, in his most magnificient voice, told them all: Until you destroy this witch, you will be prisoners of yourselves! Dorothy and her friends were very frightened by the heavy serious ness of all of this, and several of them looked for somewhere to hide. But the Wizard was very wise. By the way, he said, Being true to yourself no matter what anyone else thinks — why, that takes the very qualities which you four are looking for: courage, a heart, a brain, and a destination to reach. gave them all determination, and they set out on their quest, id not have to look long for the Wicked Witch; she found them And she was indeed most powerful. After many close calls ruined their futures, during which they were tempted what they knew would destroy their minds and bod-run, these close friends fought a furious battle with Why, she wasn’t much, after all, each of them thought, and was ashamed of his hesitation. ’ ' Taking her broom as proof of their victory, the group returned to the Emerald City. Their greatest lesson was yet to be learned. The Wizard revealed to them that there was actually no magic power in Oz; he was an ordinary person just as they were. He had only assumed to be all-powerful in order to encourage students to live up to the truth in themselves. There is, he said, no special magic anywhere to solve everyone's problems, except within one's self. It is called faith. Oz further revealed to them the great truth called Potential — the power of the talents within them to come true if each one could just believe strongly enough in himself to work for the results. The power of Potential — the seed of growth toward ach)e tement V- '$ exactly what, he said, school is all about In other word:,, the Wizard instructed them, the Lion had always had courage, the Tinman always had a heart, and the Scarecrow a brain. What they had not had was visible proof of it. They had not believed it because they could not see it. The proof that the Oz provided was in the forms of a medal, a letter W, an awards banquet, and a high school diploma. Finally, Dorothy discovered that she, too, had always had the potential to go anywhere she wished; all she had to do was point herself in that direction and want it strongly enough. As she closed her eyes, clicked her heels, and wished with all her might, she was transported from the Emerald City and from Wapella High School, never to return again.

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WAPELLA COMMUNITY UNIT 5 RETRO 1978 VOLUME 64 Lisa Merida Susie Underwood SEE THE WIZARD On the Road — CLASSES — Page 3 Advice and Help — FACULTY — Page 17 Working Together — ORGANIZATIONS — Page 25 Enjoying the Fight — SPORTS — Page 34 Over the Rainbow — EVENTS — Page 54 Oz Grants Request — GRADUATION — Page 62 PHOTOGRAPHERS: Doyle Karr Judy Stein Rick Imig George Spray Quotations from The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, Bobbs Merrill Co., 1903. Beth Quaid Nancy Burk Nancy Welch — Editor Pat Rodgers Cindy Morris Denise Schanafelt Susan Thorp Heather Long Lori Walters Cathy Toohill Bobbi Johnson Judy Stein — Advisor OFF