Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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xrienxtpoint A high school student between 14 and 18 is inevi- tably classed as a teenager, examined, analyzed, and grouped with his peers. To an outsider an Anderson student is looked up to or ignored on the basis of what the observer thinks of the school. AHS students cannot be classed this easily. They are typical, but above average in abilityg conform- ists, but more often individuals. Unity is most apparent when the team, school, and town are one against the basketball invader. But there are still some who move around and through the school ob- livious of the battle unfolding in the Wigwam. This does not denote a weakness in loyalty to the school. It points out that a good school must provide groups and channels in which all students may experiment and develop a viewpoint. 3

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1, ,es -, ,,'r,,. .' -'I is an extension of one AHS'ers are membe1's of a highly-vocal and self- conscious group. They are enamored of Beatles, fast cars, and popularity, but they also respond to greater challenges than any previous generation of Americans has faced. They cannot be dismissed as being self-centered, lazy, or delinquent. The large majority is not any of these. They are individuals who combine action and ideas to form a group. The 1,725 students group themselves in many Ways. They may begin their high school careers as good students, inexplicably falter for a semester, and then make a comeback. They may shift from clubworker to socialite and back again. To afford the climate for challenge, change and satisfaction is a fundamental goal of the high school. Anderson High educates, develops indi- viduality, and finally sends its graduates outside and on their own, but not until they have sampled many experiences, become part of many groups, and have grown up. X.