Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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In the Beginning S RCH FUR IDE TITY Old enough to be responsible for younger brothers and sis- ters. yet not old enough to be on their own and make all of their own decisions . . . Struggling to be accepted yet trying to main- tain their own identity '... This is the world of high school teen- agers! Facing the issues, decid- ing their own morals and be- liefs. finding out who they are and where they are going and just plain growing up. Through all these pressures. how do they find themselves? What do they do to pass the time and relieve those awful pressures? ll - 5. 1.-. Ish -ni.. iiv-' Q. - - XF - Some try to find themselves by using drastic methods to block out the Trying Times of life. Attempting to avoid re- sponsibilities and facing life head on. Unfortunately for many, alcohol and drugs seem to be the only answers. While some try to avoid try- ing tiines. others confront them and stand up to them. They at- tempt to grow up too fast by avoiding social events and high school life. Others just take it as it comes. Living as people. still looking and searching for them- selves. but doing it in their own .l-- 9--P.-v A -A - - '1 sr .,,-f i' si C' f- -Q' Iii. -5 w ay. Taking each ltrying timel new opportunity to look, learn. search. and find. As we continue to search. will succeed. Some will and endeavor to make something out of themselves. Some will succeed at life: how- ever. some sadly will not. Some will continue in the patterns that they have grown accus- tomed to and some will change their patterns. Each of us is searching and no matter how we go about it and whether we succeed or not life will continue: as we will. in going Through Trying Times. LXS il SOINC push l 1 a: .. ...... .... ff' li-I7'T.i ' - . 1-'ffm , Q P' 'lillli Nl.-XRQl'lili Olf liiscnlinwer stands tothe west side ofthe building. stating llte name of the school many love and many dread. AS Tllli Blil.l. rang. Angie Nleller- niith leads the students into tltc building to start yet another school year. 'l'llROlItill TRYING 'l'lN1l5S

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G.-XTHFRING AT THE water foun- tuin were students who ztnticipted at lung. hut dug atheztd. STUDENTS N1Il.l,.ED AT the mttin entrance. xometimes even in 90 tem- perzttures Contents Opening p. 2 Student Life P. 6 Sports f P. 24 OI'gLlI1ilLlltOII5 p. 44 I ucuItyfAcz1detnies -7 P. 76 Album p. 96 Indcxflhis - p. l56 Closing p, 17-1 hrough t r in Times! Y 8

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The Year Under Way . . Surviving the Times Besides the local pressures, citizens of all places had to learn to adjust to the fast-paced living of the new era. Computers had already be- gun their immense expansion throughout every corner of the world. New gadgets that were to be magical helps here and abroad popped up on shelves at all stores. New styles of talk, clothing, and music were becoming popular tor notorious in the eyes of somc.J Students were faced with sev- eral different situations during the school year. Whether it was the fear of asking what's-her- name to Homecoming or the anxiety before Mr. Nelson's pre-calculus exam, pressure was there. Sometimes rivalries existed. At other times friend- ships were so strong that noth- ing could tear them apart. Ne- verthless, that social pressure existed and students had to learn to deal with it. How did they survive the 1 times? Some went into organi- zations at school. Others par- ticipated in church-related ac- tivities or school presentations. On a sadder note, some chose to keep their pressure in a bottle and did nothing to relieve it. This is our story. ln the next 176 pages we will show how we survived and what things we did in the meantime. We are the survivors and the leaders Through Trying Times. ll!!! AFTER CLASSES WERE through for the day students gathered in the main hall to end the day in fun. AFTER SCHOOL students were anx- ious to seek refuge in the air condi- tioned homes during the immense heat. hrough rying Times -1 Opening WV-I-Edfszn' . x'w.sam.-. ,. 'A an was ' E' .-ltr. 'N -- auf Nlnv vunrou .H ,,.,, F' uU' auf