DeKalb High School - Saber Yearbook (Waterloo, IN)

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le. ; WELCOME? KALB In 1967 the bookstore, located in the present TV studio control room, offered many of the same hen. AP supplies as it does today. BELOW: September, 1976, saw DHS being awarded the and first conference All Sports Champion banner ever to be won by any school. OW FAR BELOW: Fire drills remain the same ... 1967 or 1977. Here students and staff file back into the east doors after another monthly drill. eS: eee Se EEO 4 1967-1977

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free to be. With unlimited enthusiasm and FREEDOM. We are “Free to Be” L deep conviction that we are right and — whatever we want, to dream anything © free in our choice, the Saber Staff and to plan our own future. De dedicates this 1977 edition of our So with words, pictures and memo- school yearbook to FREEDOM.- | ries, this tenth yearbook edition sa- FREE TO BE. lutes all the students who are Cree wee jie “ : “ ” ree to be ... Experimental. Electricity I i All the students at DeKalb High Free to Be. Joel Kistler a chance to find out all about alecirical School share in this magic world — circuits. Free to be ... Out of School! The drifting roads and record low temperatures of the winter of ’77 meant ten days out of school. Free to be ... Caring. Ned Donaldson was one of 110 Barons who donated when the bloodmobile visited DeKalb High School in March. TABLE GF CONTENTS Student Life Academics Sports Organizations 102 People 130 Ads 186 Opening 3

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Located near the east entrance, this plaque names those persons who were responsible for the plan- | Cl) Years ning and construction of DHS. Have Come nd Gone Our school has reached its tenth year. In ten years the parking lot has expanded and a new junior high has made DHS less crowded. Fashions and hair styles have changed. Though jeans have always been in style, gauchos and boots are the new style compared to the mini- skirts of the late 60’s. Hair styles have gone from the crew cut to the wedge and the feathered look. Each year DeKalb High School changes. New students and faculty bring fresh ideas. Ten years ago the graduation theme was “May we be part of the answer, not part of the problem.” Memories of the past ten years show DHS students were part of the answer because they were Free to Be oe ESE hs rr aa: eres. SO SSNS a a N as w aes Ss x oes The events of DeKalb High School’s first year of operation, ’67-’68, are recorded in this, Volume One of the SABER. As construction neared completion, scaffolding was put in place to add the now-familiar letter- ing: “DeKalb High School.” September 24, 1965, saw students and officials from Ashley, Auburn, and Waterloo taking part in official ground breaking ceremonies. Ten Years 5