Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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| | | | | a OTIA ROR ANEIRIN SANDA FENER E SSA ay DU M c BES RISA DERIER GN UA RN لبلا للم‎ SUE ا‎ ۱ 2 3 4 5 i i a” 7 U.S. ©) REP'TATIVE LIEUTENANT | SECRET Sth District | GOVERNOR | GOVERNOR | OF STA Vote for One Vote for One Vote for f 2A 3A 4A | BILL ROBERT D. ARTHUR A. MELVIN: SCHERLE RAY NEU | 7 30 4C 50 f TOM JIM CHARLES P. CLOYD 8 HARKIN SCHABEN MILLER ROBINSO 1 t حم ee‏ 1 ببس ہے MÀ — dm‏ سس و HARKIN S. CONGRESS - سے ۱ 7 چک ہے‎ nae ey t mts -— -——À - Dun—— ` ١ € لات o مہ‎ ہس سے ےو سے i ےم‎ ۹ - GR 2E AE OXLEY scort | عافد‎ TOP LEFT: John Culver, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, claps his hands for emphasis as he explains his platform to students. BOTTOM RIGHT: Republicans vs. Democrats—Chris Payer and Bill Nichols vie with Loren Boston and JoAnn Futrell for locker space to promote their candidates. TOP RIGHT: Chris Miller distributes Harkin literature during the campaign. BOTTOM RIGHT: Junior Eric Butler canvasses voters for the Story County Republican party. FAR LEFT: First-time voter Keith Hapes leaves the polls after registering his preferences. تن رت 12 Politics

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0 ` (wbest Bran ۲ He q Turkeys AOC N 2 A Aë 7 وا ی A——‏ - e‏ س D -—- E e ser Made, حا‎ 7 gen , چم‎ = مھ Quart ۱01 WG. A horror show. It begins ED with a. deflated balloon; a | seemingly peaceful scene. Enter ۳ 'right—a powerfully corrupt j SARI influence. Slowly he takes hold of ¢ 09 7 ےھ تست ای‎ balloon. It grows slowly at first, Se trealize the danger. He keeps GGER—then BURSTS! hides. students. They are forced into job ‘But this isn’t ‘solving, the, problem. year, jeans prices have increased NO! theg o! bo out for a fun-filled Friday | و‎ 2 as if;by magic, the then begins expanding more rapidly. | Wing. harder; the balloon grows : 4 L frightens the influence, and ‘Similiar to the.balloon, inflation hunting'to! try: to:combat the While wages have gone up on the | 25 per cent. TN lo rust they first need. to fill the —À —————T— ےہ‎ un. e Be EK a 5 SSE پش کیہ سب‎ -—— اما‎ e عم‎ wy `a 1 wm EECHER, ۷ = سه ==‘ be -— tmo 2‏ = v 3‏ - ET. $719 | a ` d 3 » t 1 M rell Pr de Macon —— - DÉI mi RK, ۲ Ki ۷ M A H o d 7 2 E 1 ۱ ki j ? P 3 à 1 t ay ty T EXAM. JU ` 1 is 1 SÉ d 3 ان d ce starts.to inflate the The influence, eager to overcome, igger and biggER and biGGER and now knowing what to do, he runs and 1 3 | ۱ is a growing problem for AHS enormous balloon. dverage of 14 per cent in the past or Super Jock and Miss Enthusiasm cost, $ê for 12 gallons. n they head to the movie theater which costs $7 (including food). Afterjthe movie they take in a $4 izza id another 70 cents worth of Meg Süm-total for the evening is 17.70. And inflation makes this outdated every week. Suggestions have been made by rigus people op how to stop ۱ DC | e و‎ inflation, but as yet nothing ۹ T | P | noticeable has happened. A balloon 4 can expand only so far before it bursts; A een: true of the this analogy will be invalid. before Pent? but only time Encho R LS economy. But after the first balloon burstsvand the shock has 1| been forgotten, there is usually Po tato s i 6 another balloon to inflate, and this ۱ 4 one eventually breaks too. Hopefully | ۱ TER 1 9 6359 ا وا‎ ۱ 1 3 C C rac k ers Inflation 11 Üran Jes : 9 , : : Ao —À

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ON THURSDAY, November 5, 1974, 31 AHS students were absent from school. This fact in itself is not really an interesting or earthshaking bit of news. It is heartening, however, to learn that these students were absent from school not because they were ailing or skipping, but because they were working for the candidates of their choice on election day. Many AHS students busied themselves telephoning, leafleting, addressing envelopes, and door knocking during the summer and fall for Scherle, Harkin, Culver, Stanley, Ray, or Schaben. The telephoning often involved travelling to small towns to call citizens and ask them their political party preference. Some of the interviewees were amicable and open, answering the students’ questions patiently and politely. Others were not and did not. Candidates spent time and money printing handbills and tabloids. These handouts, containing a few golden-worded quotes and hard sell tactics, stated the candidates’ views on pertinent issues. Students worked diligently at distributing the materials on foot. They also assisted in the distribution by addressing envelopes for mailing. On election day, students worked f in Ames or journeyed to distant f small lowa towns crucial in 1 determining the outcome of the election. The work included going door to door reminding fellow party members to vote. The young campaigners met with reactions ranging from outright rudeness to gross apathy. Why were the students willing to sacrifice their time and energy to work for the candidates? Their convictions were strong, but not widely diversified. Predictions of exceedingly low voter turn-out spurred the students into action. Despite their own ineligibility, they felt obligated to aid in restoring the peoples' faith and interest in the government. While these students were campaigning on election day, other students were at school taking chemistry tests, writing English papers, and participating in history discussions. Both groups of students worked hard and learned something which would later prove worthwhile. But one wonders . . . which was the more valuable lesson? سے سح — —— سے . ہے Politics 13