Arlington High School - Heights Yearbook (Arlington Heights, IL)

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I ndividualit Although she could not be found walking in the halls at Arlington High School this year, Marie Martin was a member of the senior class. Unlike the average Arlington senior, Marie found her classrooms in Ha- waii, japan, and all over Europe. After three years of hard studying, which were used to scurry up her rope of knowledge, Marie was chosen for the scholarship to study with the Interna- tional School Abroad. She was chosen as the outstand- ing participant in a conference on world affairs held on the campus of Illinois State Normal University and sponsored by the Foreign Relations Project. At the close of the conference she learned that her work had earned her a 5,000 dollar scholarship which would finance a work and study tour abroad. Her senior year featured many changes for Marie. For instance, while most A.H.S. seniors took their col- lege board exams in the high school cafeterias, Marie took hers in faraoff Hong Kong. Spending Christmas in New Delhi and Easter in Paris were other changes to which Marty had to adjust. During the year Arling- ton students were able to know what Marty and the ISA had been doing and where they were going through articles in Time and Life magazines. Her impressions and individual ideas were expressed by letters which 8 she had written and which had been printed in the Arlington Cardinal. Marie's fellow students at Arlington were truly proud of the fact that one of Arlington's students was representing their school on all the corners of the world. Indeed, it is a great honor to act as a seventeen year old diplomat. In attaining the heights of individuality, Marie has discovered that her individual characteristics are possessions which must be carefully guarded from the mediocrity of conformity. Through the use of her :own individuality, Marie Martin has found her way around the world.

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thletics He looked at the quarterback pass that scored the winning touchdown, at the varsity cager ready to spring into action with a jump shot, at the pitcher throwing a beautiful curve. He sighed and closed the sports mag- azine. Someday, he thought, someday, I'll be like one of those fellows. That was a long time ago. He had just been a kid then. Sports had been all glory to him, nothing but ad-- miration and cheers. Well, that played a part in it too, but there was more behind athletics than that. Sports meant many things to different people. It meant hot dogs and hoarse throats to the fans, and aching muscles and trying to whip up enthusiasm for the cheer- leaders. To him it meant other things. It meant bumps, bruises, satisfaction. It was kind of a nebulous, fuzzy satisfaction. He really couldn't explain it. Nothing else gave him the feeling of achievement that winning a game did. And nothing could beat that closeness of the team working together. That made him feel proud to be a part of the cheers and boos and the victories and the losses. It was great. He'd gained a lot from athletics. He'd improved his co-ordination and build and learned how to get along with others. That was something athletics taught you the hard way. If you couldnit get along with your teammates, the team work necessary to winning ,just wouldn't be there. ' He'd found that personal gain lost its importance, and the glow of satisfaction for team accomplishment became the goal whenever an athlete became a great. Well, he really wasn't a great athlete, he knew that only too well, but he still got that glow. Well, he had fulfilled that dream. He was now a quarterback, a basketball guard, and a pitcher for the Arlington Cardinals. It had taken a lot of work, a lot of time and a lot of patience. It was worth it. He had a personal satisfaction of doing something really worth- while. He had learned the meaning of the words, re- sponsibility, teamwork, and leadership. He was proud of his achievements and grateful for the things taught him. as-Mwrm -as W-vm ' '

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Ijaye of Confenis . . KNOWLEDGE SOCIABILITY ATHLETICS ACTIVITIES INDIVIDUALITY