JUNE 3, 1968
Seniors Evaluate Class Memories
Within the week Maine West will become a memory to the more than 600 members of the Senior Class. Before the image of our warrior, PAR, guidance assemblies, and school activities are forgotten, one should reflect on the year's accomplishments.
The academic departments honor their top students; the most proficient athletes receive recognition; and awards banquets are held for honorary organizations and clubs. But students who have attempted to become involved with Maine West at all can count many advantages beyond the honors and activities listed beside their names in the yearbook.
High school graduation has been called the end of a period of investigation or study. For the hundreds of students enrolling in colleges or trade schools, for the students who will become a part of the working society, and for those who will enlist in the armed services, high school was a background-a chance to barely explore the many facets of academics.
What one does with his summer, what profession he enters, what achievements he will someday be recognized for may not reflect the hours spent on a term paper or speech or the weeks of practice before the opening of a play or sport season; but the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, and perseverance developed through these and other activities implant an indelible influence that becomes a part of the student. The prejudices and preferences acquired in the four years most seniors spend at Maine West also become a part of the student. It is ever more important for the underclassmen, then, to seek an open mind, an unbiased conscience, nourished through more activities, more exposure.
Evaluate the 1967-68 term-for yourself-by yourself.