Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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... Graduate! Graduation 1972 broke with tradition in several ımportant respects. The Class of 1972 was the irst to hold Commencement at Hilton Coliseum. Class size was down to 381, partly because 22 seniors chose to participate in the midyear graduation ceremony. Lastly, the class voted to adopt cardinal red robes instead of navy. However, the tradition of having student speak- ers was retained. Joan Waters and Dick David- son were elected by the class. The ceremony itself was sedate, with only a handful of the peace armbands that have marked recent Commencements. fit the con- clusion, after the traditional switching of the tassels from left to right, about 20 seniors tossed frisbees they had concealed in their sleeves into the air to mark the triumphant end of high school. Both the Ames High band and choir provided music at the graduation ceremoney. Here the A Cappella choir performs.

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stion priorities 9 Vis; it s p 0 0 0 ol ges? Firesquad sponsor Dale Tramp speaks to the 150 members of the group during organizational meeting. 9غ‎ 9-1 1 asi observe i 0 Enough lden, g Punishment lo DSen SN i Il nder star Concerned parents; main: unsettle calm year; B redirected | interests á At the کی‎ me -72 892 a quiet year, un- marred by the protest, dissidence and vandal- Vardens ism of recent years. Students were ecology minded and the fall waste paper drive netted Pis than $100. Student government fell into its accustomed pattern of appointing commit- tees ond mumbling about lack of power. | ?grq m h, Then in early winter a group of “concerned parents” charged that drug use was rampant, n (that there were card sharks in the lounge, MUn Nic and that discipline was lax. There followed a CO- =: of meetings — of parents, with the 9 School Board, of students and teachers. | The high school received widespread publicity: J ndi 1 n b: in the Ames Tribune, in the Des Moines papers 0 (especially lurid after a drug assembly inci- dent), and on Radio Station KASI, which EEE a Saturday morning program featur- ing Dr. Ralph Farrar entitled “It’s the Principal of the Thing. e SJ By spring vacation, the crisis was past. The S radio program continued but expanded into De other areas of public interest. By the end of the school year, the furor was‏ رں۔ over; apathy appeared to be the mood of the‏ times. Firesquad members drifted away; at-‏ tendance at Student Council meetings was so‏ sparse that the co-presidents held no meetings‏ until a quorum of members signed a pledge to‏ attend: the election assembly moved to night-‏ time, drew only a handful of nonparticipants.‏ Interest in other school-related activities also‏ dwindled. Several small clubs ceased to meet.‏ Students continued outside volunteer activities,‏ tutoring, in hospitals, church groups. And as‏ S m FOV: vear came to an end getting a job became 0 all-important and a Career Day 0 drew many students. - 0 ۷۹ھ ہے Thinking of future career possibilities Gail Weigel‏ | listens to an Ames businessman during Career Day...‏ ' G; E JIUUCLIIIS: U O O} UD|d S ۾‎ hai speak out. Amn