Mentor High School - Cardinal Notes Yearbook (Mentor, OH)

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September . . . Mentor schools open on the 5th .. . “Freedom with Responsibility” is this year’s theme at the high school. Study halls are abolished for upperclassmen — instead they may choose where they want to go in the “Student Center”. Upperclassmen also have the option of early dismissal, if their classes are scheduled in the first 12 or 14 modules of the day. Last spring, students were able to write their own schedules, as the school used a college-type” registration system for the first time . . . Campaigning for the November election is getting under way. For the Presidency, Democratic Senator George McGovern is running against the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon . . . The 4.13 mill Bond Issue, which would have provided for an expanded high school of the “school within a school on a single site” concept, fails ... In the World Series, the Oakland Athletics beat the Cincinnati Reds in seven games . . . The MHS Fighting Cardinal Marching Band participates in the 5th Annual Stars and Stripes Marching Band Festival at Memorial Field . . . The first “open” Student Council at MHS is organized. All students are invited to participate. October . . . Sophomores elect their class officers . . . Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a parable about a seagull who learns the meaning and value of freedom, and I’m O.K. — You're O.K., an introduction to transactional analysis, top the book bestseller lists. A March of Dimes walker crosses the finish line. 16

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The following six pages comprise an “overview” of our school year. Through these pages, we can remember the events of the year, both inside and outside of the school. This year, like all years, was a period of changes and continuances, conflicts and harmonies. Hopefully, in looking over the year as a whole, we can gain a perspective on its events. 15

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Mr. Wolfgram serves at Principal's Tea. Homecoming Queen Marty at the dance. the books in September. Homecoming Court and Escorts: Donna Williams, Greg Anthony, Bobbie Pohto, John Colak, Jody Hummer, Keith Danko, Laurie Daniels, Bob Kern, Marty Bruggeman, Paul Lovejoy. Mentor holds its Homecoming. The football team loses the game . . . The Russian Gymnastics Team visits Mentor as part of an exhibition tour of the U.S. ... In the midst of the Nixon-McGovern campaign, the “Watergate Incident”, or the bugging of the Democratic National Headquarters by a group of Republicans, is revealed. Along with the Vietnam War and the economy, Watergate becomes a major campaign issue . . . Mentor High's “Academic Challenge” team comes in second on that scholarly television quiz show . . . On the 25th, Henry Kissinger, the U.S. negotiator at the Paris peace talks, announces that Peace is at hand” in Vietnam. November . . . Nixon beats McGovern soundly, in Mentor as in most of the country . . . Inter-Club Council, consisting of a representative from each MHS organization, is organized under the direction of Mr. Trusso. . . The Dow Jones Industrial Average passes 1000 . . . The Vietnam peace negotiations fall through . . . Thirteen students attend a School Board meeting, and question the validity of the dress code. Discussions are held, and the administration does not change the code. . . For all students with a first nine weeks average of 3.8+, the Principal’s Tea is held . . . The Choirs and Orchestra par-ticipate in the annual Thanksgiving Concert ... A twenty-mile March of Dimes Pledgewalk is held . . . The Women’s Lib magazine, MS., grows in popularity . . . The Fall Sports Banquet is given, and team members receive their scrapbooks ... A recycling center is opened at the Great Lakes Mall. 17