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4 Student life at Downers is a constantly changing mosaic of opinions, fads, and ideas over a solid, well-rounded educational pro- gram. Emphasis in curricular and extra-cur- ricular activities shift with the needs of stu- dents preparing for careers in a complex, highly competitive world. For forty years Cauldron has presented a graphic record of shifting school patterns. This, the forty-first volume of Cauldron, spotlights the trends in opinion and action which are influencing DGHS today. With Sputniks in the sky, atomic reactors on the ground, tranquilizers and vaccines, and thousands of new plastics each year, public attention is focused on science throughout the world. At Downers High, new physics and chemistry labs, completed two years ago, are now filled six periods a day. Science clubs boom, and the science fair is jammed with entries. But Downers students are not. and never have been, dull “grinds.” The “Knockers,” pictured at the left, won popularity but full houses also greeted fine dramatic and musical productions. While some fads spread, others die out.
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Motor scooters became very popular when a law was passed exempting their drivers from normal licensing requirements. Fourteen-and fifteen-year-olds, unable to drive cars, wel- comed the “scooter law,” while it remained in effect. However, shifting trends have not weak- ened the traditional interest in athletics at Downers. With or without an imminent championship, the cheerleaders are on hand to urge the Trojans on. The purple-clad girls are the heart of DGHS “school spirit.” A broad, well-taught curriculum is. of course, the core of Downers’ student life. Extra-curricular activities reinforce and ex- tend the academic program. The yearbook, in picturing school activity, will reflect trend in both. We of the Cauldron staff hope that the following pages capture the essence of Down- ers Grove High School. The trend of the first forty issues to less formal but more memor- able books has been our guide. We hope that the classes which will hold the Cauldron spoon in the future will be able to find in this edition an accurate portrait of Downers school life in 1959-60.
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