Calumet High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Why not communicate? The person alone—why? Perhaps it ' s because of prejudice (it still ex¬ ists, subtly, but it is alive and well and living in all too many places.) Is it because of race or religion or s ome other supposedly important, but in reality insignificant characteristic. Maybe it is the fault of the per¬ son himself. Perhaps he is antiso¬ cial, a loner or paranoid. Maybe. Or could it be because your friends are not with you and you feel it is beneath you to make the first move toward a new friendship. Or perhaps you are so unyield¬ ing because of loyalty to other, closer friends. Or might you have heard gossip and unkind rumors concerning someone. You choose to remain immobile, fearing the damage to your reputation that association with this person might bring. Or is the person sitting next to you someone you know vaguely; someone whose face does not al¬ ways match a name in your memory. Please, make an effort and a new friend. Communicate, reach out, be friendly, cooperative, and neighborly. Open up! Don ' t let your clique be the ruling voice of your conscience. Become totally involved in collaboration and asso¬ ciation. A need for dialogue truly does exist.

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A crowded room, hundreds of laugh¬ ing, smiling faces, faces belonging to laughing, smiling people together with their friends, their close friends. One person is alone, withdrawn, silent, ignored. The room could be a cafeteria, a class¬ room, anyplace. It is irrelevant. The scene is common. We have all witnessed it. Observed it if you ' re the lucky one, lived it if you are less fortunate. Or per¬ haps you saw it, but preferred to over¬ look it-not comprehending nor caring. Apathy can be very convenient. If you haven ' t noticed this all too common phenomenon, it ' s likely you are one of those considered popular. If not popular in its school type definition, then at least not unpopular. We all un¬ derstand the stigma of being classified as friend-less, being untouchable in the caste system of the modern American High School. OPENING 3

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i ” f |. ► I. ' I • ; , Vl i TOP LEFT: First and ten-do it again. CHS ' ers communicate their desire for a homecoming victory. TOP MIDDLE: Class¬ room ' ' dialogue includes a student presen¬ tation by judy Lasater, sophomore. ABOVE: That will be 75 cents, please. Senior Blanche Widelski assists a fellow student at the refreshment counter during a cinema outing. FAR LEFT: Calumet students return from a motion picture showing. The mass media is a part of the student ' s dialogue. ' BOTTOM MIDDLE LEFT: Deposit one dime, please. Bennie Long, sophomore, takes time out to communicate on Alexan¬ der ' s invention. LEFT: Beginning journalism students have no difficulty finding com¬ mercials on the tube. Game shows were just a fringe benefit to the assignment.