East Brunswick High School - Emerald Yearbook (East Brunswick, NJ)

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from bleached jeans and a faded army surplus jacket to a neatly pressed suit or dress. Beads were a big thing. It certainly changed one's image of what a girl and boy looked like. Many students became increasingly vocal - often speaking out in strident voice, bold, self-righteous, confident in themselves and their ideas whether they were half-baked or not. It was no longer a secret that there were drugs on the campus. Most students who used them, did so experimentally. But many used them for real. And if drugs didn't provide the answers to their problems, there was always booze. Politics were in; school spirit, out. Civil rights, ecology and Vietnam were, for many, more relevant than football. As a result there was a subtle shift in power from the varsity-jacketed straight to the sandal-clad beat. But appearances were sometimes misleading. The beat, who considered himself a crusader of sorts, was often the most apathetic of student while the straight was often the most involved. Most students fell between these extremes and were frequently bewildered by what was going on around them. The times they were a-changin' and East Brunswick High School was a-changin' with them. Until things settled down again, the school would be one of striking, often colorful contrast.

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The East Brunswick student came from a middle class home, be it upper or lower. And he w'as, in many ways, the product of his modern education. He realized that his schooling was but a means to what he hoped would be a very successful end. All this translated into his taking an academic program, then going off to college somewhere. For college was the key to a higher-paying job. Thus the high school was college-prep oriented for the most part, with a strong emphasis on math and the sciences. An expanded program in humanities and in lively arts reflected some concern that he had been getting a lopsided preparation and needed more balance. There was even some movement to broaden course offerings in English to compensate.