Plainfield High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Plainfield, IL)

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causes varied student reactions President Nixon discusses plans to meet the energy crisis. Water- gate hearings resume. Agnew resigns. Fighting in the Middle East continues. Most students felt that the high school student should concern himself with current events. One student says, Pretty soon I’ll be old enough to vote and I'd like to feel that I’m doing the right thing for this world.” When asked to comment on Watergate, several students were worried about the future of the nation. I’m very disappointed in my country’s government.” Other students felt that the situation was blown too far out of proportion. “Maybe now people will wake up a little more and see what really goes on in Washington and see what happens to our money!” Still another student says, “I wish they’d get off my T.V. set!!!” Do Plainfield students want to live in this country? Some said they would like to live in Canada, a few mentioned Europe, but most wanted to stay in the United States. One student replied, “I would live in this country, with all the faults we have. I have yet to hear or read of a country that is better than ours.”

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top left Students keep up on news of the day. bottom left Kathy Giter- sonke and Jim Krupowicz decide what news is pertinent to the school. center Deb Polcyn and Jean Leupold explore the campus of the Uni- versity of Illinois, upper right President Nixon is greeted by the peo- ple of Illinois, lower right High school days near an end for many stu- dents. 16

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