Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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ill n glanct ; End probe of Watergate, move ahead, Nixon urges ixon'fax

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It could not be predicted. The impoct wos felt. ond it hit hord. News of Wotergote, the resignotion of Vice president Spiro Agnew, and on energy crisis, dominated the minds of mony students. In mony ways the year wos viewed with a negative response. The beoutifu! Amencon Dreom begon to fode , os people felt they could no longer trust those in office. The energy crisis threatened the automotive lifestyle of the United States when people found they would hove to cut down on joy riding ond donn their sweaters in order to conserve. Possible gos rationing wos faced, which included the teenage population, while students were literally left in the dark OS the switch to doylight savings or Nixon time come into effect. But there was also o positive reaction. No longer would people be in doubt concerning government activities. The United Stotes in the future would become self sufficient, no longer depending on Other countries for fuel. But what hod the students and the rest of the country learned from the past year? Did it teach them to reolize that they should expect the unexpected?

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When old stondords and conditions are no longer effective m Today's environment change becomes necessary In order to meet with the recommendations of the North Central Report of ‘67 to enlarge and expand the Industrial Arts area, and to handle the growing number of Students, the South building of the High School underwent construction .1 but not without complications. Hampered by late starts and delays m materials, the September deodlmc for construction was missed, causing the work to be carried on through the first semester, and into port of the second, while students and teachers had to COPC- with improvised lunchroom and classroom conditions Finally, the work wos ended and the Students were, left With b'ond new clossrooms. o new cafeteria, and a greatly enlarged and improved Industrial Arts orec Along with solving problems of cramped space, came discipline problems Students who had to leam to beat the system found that the System hod temporarily when they showed up to classes with blue odmits, only to find they had been switched to pink Ditching proved to be only o minor problem compared ?o ■. the vandalism prevalent around school Administration met with the students ot assemblies and chains on doors were installed m or.de prevent further breakage of windows damage to buses and other school propert'