Claremont High School - Hickory Log Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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Elections, Vietnam, Apollo Flights - lndividuals View l968-69 Alternately retreating into the shadowed fantasies of childhood, then promptly challenging dimen- sions yet untried, individuals of Hickory High totter on the brink of adulthood. Living in an accele- rated era of unsurpassed techni- cal advancement, and unequalled international strife, it is increas- ingly difficult for todayls youth to distinguish his place in tomorrow. Individual awareness assists in combatting uncertainty, instilling Compulsory of all 18-year-old boys, B. Po- teat complies with draft board registration. confidence, and spanning the so- cial abyss of adolescence. As stu- dent revolts and racial conflicts convulse the world, and tradition- al beliefs fall prey to the 4'New Morality the need for personal convictions intensifies. Repercussions from interna- tional events echo in everyday American life as modern news media focuses the individual in perspective with the plight of people everywhere. Reports from Vietnam, progress in peace talks, and crises in the Middle East and Czechoslovakia all were under student scrutiny as many antici- pated the draft and personal in- volvement. Under equal inspec- tion was the national election and its victor, Richard Nixon. With the celebrated moon fiight of Apollo 8, individuals recog- nized the necessity for a personal awareness which radiates from inner self to outer space. ECONOMIC consequences of the Vietnam war are explored by Sharon Houston and Bill Gilbert. Jackie Ly, special student from Saigon, relates first hand observations of S. Vietnam. 7

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REFLECTIONS DEEPER than surface appearance captivate senior Lake Hickory. Individuals often find that seclusion is necessary to Ian Trivette as she seeks the winter solitude of a deserted dock on calm distortions of everyday life and to allow a personality to gel. ELECTION NIGHT vigil occupies Jan Preslar as she abandons thoughts of slumber and watches nation-wide returns and statistics slowly reveal the climax of Campaign '68. kid lit 6 Barbara Murphy insists Nixon's The One.' EXHORTING the merits of her candidate,

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Curriculum Expansion Broadens Scope of Student Explorations THUMP . . . WHISH! Donald Gore, Keith Andrews, and Robert Holland use air-driven staple guns to complete their upholstery class projects at Catawba Valley Technical Institute. 8 Assorted courses introduced an expanded medium through which Hickory High's populace pre- pared for future vocations. Initi- ated this year, upholstery classes at Catawba Valley Technical In- stitute versed students in a prac- tical skill and produced future employees for Hickory's furni- ture industry. The installation of IBM equipment prefaced quicker, more eilicient school records as well as broadened ca- reer possibilities in data process- ing. A humanities course, in ad- dition to General Math II, em- bodied other curriculum exten- sions. Acknowledging the need for an enlarged and more versa- tile campus, the Hickory School Board continued the planning of a new high school. Thus academ- ic awareness paced educational advancement at Hickory High.