Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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No longer imprisoned by prescribed ideas That was the way school used to be. The walls we have since overcome weren’t of brick and mortar, but of outworn tradition and archaic myths--that the only books to read were hard-cover textbooks, that all learning took place in the school. Our classes are not prescribed like medicine, to be taken daily in spite of the bitter taste. We choose the subjects we want to follow without help from a com- puter. Working among classmates, we are allowed more frequently to pursue our own ideas instead of adopting the opinions of others. With open noon hour for some, complete open campus for others, we are not locked behind iron doors for several hours a day. A majority of students ` are able to attend part-time jobs and extra-curricular activities during and after school hours. By law we are adults at age 18, no longer bound to underage re- strictions. Using our freedom, we can watch reality at a closer angle. We do our learning “on-location” in business offices, department stores, in grade school classrooms, and in the hospital, as well as in AHS. When we are through, we can look around, better prepared to cope with the world and its complexities. Student life reflects expanding freedoms. Senior Gregg E 2 v Gourley uses open campus to work at his یت میا‎ ie job. ድ CE, abr ሃር deum Aë hu IP የ 7 ah Da E ከ: ا یا‎ Ce f 1 4 fc 21 ም 28777 m gf curri Y: ds ር. ልሪ a ON, ا‎ 00 7

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۱ oday the hoo doors are open so most stu- تک‎ eo ۰ 0 AN لہ ھا‎ may pass freely between home, work ር... and classes. Sa pa ec S . ዳ ۱ ' | እ. ; | ላ l ? . 1 | ኣ ኒ | ረ ۹ ኣ No longer a self-contained world, “school” is eh eet AC Wet Py ce Ge, me Kach ری‎ Va O Se እሥ C NON 1ይ. Am | | | ۲ ۱ ۰ ۱ ۱ 5 ( i 4 x ound tie’ reach out, seeking possibilities — b CO ALI NT ede ADAC یی‎ ANON ON NA beyond the horizon. ማሽ ا‎ walter NN ea NATAL A AN ኣኣ ۱ ۱ Y ‘ | 1 . | ۱ ۱ 1 ` ኒ r | ۱ ۱ X ' | 1 1 . 6 Opening

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Broadening civil rights, as well as tales of war and political corruption surrounded us as consequences of the nation grappling with its walls. Early in the year, the Arab countries impos ed an oil embargo against the U.S. in protest of our stand with Israel in the Middle-East War. With the resulting energy crisis, Americans were faced with hiked-up gas prices and countless fuel-conserving suggestions. December and January brought record-breaking low temperatures for most of the country, and AHS stu- dents tried hard to stay warm in “‘dialed down room temperatures. Thermostats that earlier were continual- ly checked for the 68-degree limit soon had to be en- cased in glass to keep frozen fingers from interfering. Zealots turned the lights off in the library, halls, and classes. Style took second place to comfort, with long-johns and sweaters topping the Christmas sales. For a time, short skirts virtually disappeared from even the bravest Walls of deception fall; walls of alliance rise of legs. With the nation-wide change to Daylight Sav- ings Time in early January, insult was added to injury when students arrived at school under a full moon. There were shortages of oil, meat, and long under- wear, but there was never a shortage of politics. Con- cerned Americans penetrated a massive wall of polit- ical deception, bringing Watergate into the national spotlight. In a school-wide poll, Watergate held second place in a list of this year’s ““most important national issues,” closely following the energy crisis. Beside alerting the public to the re-election scandal, the tele- vised Watergate testimonies bombarded us with phrases like at this point in time,” “ፒከፀ White House bug- gings, and “in the interest of national security.” A new horizon beckoned to high schoolers with the advent of 18-year-old rights in Iowa. We can hard- ly pass judgment so soon about this latest freedom, but our actions will unfold and stand as evidence of our capabilities. Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice-President, and nothing was ever heard of either of them again. “Recollections” Thomas R. Marshall ۰ pe meng ee کہ‎ ef emm . - ጠመ፦ ` — —— በጅ ——À 5 whew - = --፦= سے aw wp eet መ‏ ے — ፍ-. A — مھ‎ ۳۹ ብወ. M 7 ee س‎ m “W-w-wouldn’t it b-b-be n-n-nice to t-t-thaw out? s-shiver B-B-Ben Svec and T-T-Toby Miller at the l-l-lobby’s enclosed t-t-thermostat. Pondering recent political events, Mark DeKovic seeks the outcome of a tumultuous era. 8 Opening | |