Center High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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NWI' to compare the old Center High School with the new is to see a big difference. there is something present now, that was not there before. there is change. there has been change before but not much change. it's just that mass change is more exciting. students at Center came out with different attitudes about this. about being more liberalized, about being free, free to choose. free to follow more of their own desires. the freedoms came in varied doses, and went out the same way. some lasted: some did not. challenges were made to each individual concerning his freedom. some met the challenges and could handle them. others didn't manage so well. there were open views and closed views on the new school policy. lots of views were stuck and couldn't be opened or closed. most people's ideas were prejudiced by some degree of exposure to the new system. some people seemed only to see the negative aspects at first. but a consensus of student opinion backed the revised-schedule proposal. -FF' E' wig 'K A . di' 'CQ E x , 3' .nn jp . in 1 1 - sf Q 'Y o WL ' s s, W if V I E i ,i 1 5 Ax . ' I 4 45 .l pt-

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so the administration carried out the plan. W many people claimed they had never seen the Center Board of Education actso quickly or drastically on anything before. the Board is to be commended. then it was the students' turni to hold up their end of the bargain. and it wasn't all that easy. sutdents responded differently to efforts to keep them busy. teachers responded differently to efforts to keep them busy keeping students busy. their very response determined the fate of the system. mini-courses, club meetings and practices of a seemingly endless variety weren't as stimulating as intended, andidid not draw attendance. the temptation of legally playing hooky ran rampant. as expected. but all this became boring, and participation started on the upswing. the students came through. the plan was a success. partially. for the plan has not yet been fully developed there are other possible revisions. but will they also come true? this is a year of transition, but into what? that remains to be seen. . .