Andrean High School - Decussata Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Without such variety, such difference of perspective, man would indeed be narrow in mind and spirit. Life seen through a narrow door is a focus on limitation; seen from a mountaintop life becomes a mind-filling, never-ending discovery. The motorist passing by, hurried and indifferent, sees Andrean as a blur, a landmark on the way to work. To the students and faculty Andrean is a reality point around which much of their day and thought and concerns revolve. To the maintenance man, Andrean is a 22-mile long hallway. To the cooks it is 600 hamburgers and 100 pounds of French fries. To some it is an icebox where knowledge is stored like TV dinners in a freezer. Some see it as a complexity of words and math problems, rules and games, social life and relationships. To some Andrean is the last in a long line of security blankets before they are on their own in the cold, cruel, competitive world. 6

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Like the prism which reveals the whole spectrum of color that makes up the light, Andrean is a gathering of a variety of perspectives, a revelation of the many facets of life and the world, Nature and Man and God. Here we learn to appreciate the variety of thought and talent. From being with each other we can know more about man and respect each person’s integrity, each one’s perspective. We are many colors in a kaleidoscope of changing patterns, each distinct in the prism of God’s mind yet blending in the one family of man, people of God, community of faith.