Adlai Stevenson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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Graduates Reach for Understanding 'Y

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chool Publications Working on the school's publications was a labor of love and dedication. Deadline panics, administrative criticism, and lost layouts add- ed to the confusion, tears and laughter. Making a valiant effort to be awake and busy first hour, Mr. Doug Johnson's Journal- ism IV class diligently worked on the school paper. For second semester editors Al Hirvela and Glenn Murdock, the hours were often longer as they pored over articles ranging from sports activities to life in the Peace Corps. The soliciting of literary and artistic con- tributions from the students fell to Mr. Swift and the Spectrum staff. Hetty Waskin and her editors frequented the activity buses as they spent hours working after school. Anyone entering room 445 during sixth hour found himself in another world. Strange words like pica and layout were continually cropping up. Editor Donna Orrin and Mr. Geiger were seen constantly reassuring each other that this deadline would be met. ull' V tx W . W i j 1 .. A l Excedrin Headache 73445 struck advisor Mr. Keith Geiger as with the approaching deadline he saw his approaching doom , H ...W 4e-e , I 0 Q Q' '. ' 1.3 Nobody told Mary Culik that being Business over six layouts and .seven zillion captions in Manager of the Yearbook also meant slaving the ad section. Activities 103

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of School Seniors 2 hours, 25 minutes and 35 seconds to go and then we're free! No more seat- ing charts and dress rules to follow, no more lectures to fall asleep in, and no more tests to suffer through. Yeah, but then it'll be the end of those wild bus rides home after win- ning another gameg the end of crawling around in garages to work on the floatsg the end of heated arguments with class- mates on everything from morals to race to war to religion. But just think - no more panic the week of exams! I 'm through staying up all night to finish research papers, and then coming to Stevenson only to fall asleep in my classes. No more home- work and grades. Yeah, you're right. You can forget about all those trivial worries now, and face the big ones. But what about me? l'm going to collegefl' Seniors 105