Fairmont West High School - Dragon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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CENTER OF ATTENTION at lunch was the activity cards were sold. Mary Ann Goetcheus, Norma Becker, table where football tickets, pom-porns, and victory lim Schardt, and Tom Riffle salestalk Gary C-astineau. These are the p ople whose spirit A part of Fairmont's personality is its people: seventy-seven administrative and faculty employees, seven custodial, three cafeteria employees, and l,5OO students- a total of l,587 individuals. Each displayed a spirit of co-operativeness and cheerful- ness as Fairmont carried on through the first semester without a gymnasium, music and Shop facilities, an auditorium, and a cafeteria. Class plays, dances, music and shop classes were held at the old Fairmont. Shuttle busses provided transportation be- tween Classes, and pep assemblies were held on the front lawn and over the public address system. Personality was expressed in enthusiasm over sports, willingness to work together, and the desire to pursue the three R's. RAIN, RAIN, RAIN! A few brave souls ventured between buildings as rain came down in torrents. Less adventurous students waited and watched for a let up in the downpour.

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the student . A familiar sight this year was the con- struction work going on around the cam- pus. As school began in the fall, only the three academic buildings were completed. Through the year, construction of the other four buildings began and progressed as 6,000,000 pounds of masonry, 48,000,000 pounds of concrete, 3l0,000 lightweight blocks, l00,000 glazed tile, 6,500 window panes, 400,000 face bricks, and 350,000 man hours went into the seven buildings. Sod was laid, shrubs planted in the lawns and the patios, and the student parking lot finished as the seasons rolled by. FAlRMONT'S CAFETERIA has a different appear- ance now from the construction stage as photo- graphed. TYPICAL VIEW around Fairmont during the day was a scene of busy students as seen through the window walls on the hall side of each room. Q s 1 's-'sw mM.,,Maaaam,. f v 1 ,Ii V lyl v1:g ,i iawll-:Si-E firm? V J' f' ,.,, . 5-. ' . P-,TTY 4 ij -55-1 stisi a a t A g g 'Q - .3 I A fl A A ,L ,M at wa. 6 NME, ,X A af Q vm 5 A . a- ' ww- ' its ' , at-.-4. M,-. . - ., , , Mag .,,, ,, , ,M-,Q , f , - . Ma-, y. , X, ,gl gm, J'igm1:g.f Mag asf-it--,seg or , rs - is r el, MQ? ,jog 515.4-f,5.g:g ,ms ffftlgiif gi ,, , . -1 :.aam.m: Q H

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RUNNING FROM BUILD- ING to building between classes developed in students a keener appreciation of rain, wind, snow, sleet, and- sunshine. Rain hats and jackets became standard equipment for many Fair- mont students. ALTHOUGH NO ONE really comes to school on a bicycle- built-tor-two, Karen Reit and Dan Costello represent the spirit of teamwork and pulling together which binds the three academic buildings into one school-Fairmont. is 1 4,.- i TIME OUT FOR A BREAK, as Miss Harcourt, Mrs. Smith, Miss Wilson, and Miss Tullis gather in the teachers lounge to relax for a few minutes between the regular day and the after- school activities. APPETITES UNDAUNTED by the lack of a cafeteria, people in the lunch lines wait to have cans of food opened. Vending machines and lunches from home served as a substitute until the cafeteria opened in early spring.