Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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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

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Shon priorities 9 visit Enough dep, g Punishment lo | ser Inderstanding Gc main Rules challenged; relations improved In every game there are rules which must be followed. Rules are challenged, changed and on lained in the course of a year. Headlines n the WEB throughout the year suggested that iis was the case at Ames High. E + Student Review Board was formed to review | M school policy and school actions and to come am to a decision about them. The purpose of the ( group. according to Everett Ritland, was to serve as an avenue for better understanding h nm Unicg between students and administration. Communication was the main objective of the, three schoolboard observers. They were to attend all meetings and serve as links between À ْ ظ‎ 0 0 J nd | ng h the board and the AHS student body. Informing the community as to what goes on in the high school involved many students. KASI AM Radio presented programs every Saturday entitled Its the Principal of the CC Thing . The program, originally featuring Dr. Farrar, discussed such topics as school dis- cipline and drugs with students, teachers, Ae, parents and schoolboard members. Later the program was expanded to cover areas other 4 than schools. Wy J 7 M. 35 anes a Youth shows an interest in school management as NT Lagomarcino observes a school board meeting. Students 7 | jom وص يه‎ oc, Speak out sm grows «on ۳00. oce. a- O