Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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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 | |

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10 Opening Students take time to seek self-expression The decisions we make in our high school years will influence us for the rest of our lives. Before we leave, most of us will decide which walls we want to face, what challenges we want to take on, those ideas that will be important to us, and those we will leave be- hind, There are some of us who left school early and will carry our education no further. Others have just rounded the first lap of a long scholastic journey, and Striving to portray a mood of challenge, Catherine Grant practices solo on the Fine Arts auditorium stage. the majority are somewhere in between. The category we are in doesn’t matter as much as discovering what each of us has to offer the world and communicating it effectively. Those who use school to develop worthwhile val- ues and to set realistic goals for themselves are better equipped to enter the world eagerly, to examine the walls of society and the horizons of the future.