Falmouth High School - Clipper Compact Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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September For over seven years our society has been faced with a major epi- demic. The Aquired Immune Defi- ciency Syndrome, or AIDS,- named for the progressive loss of immune function in its victims- has sickened or killed thousands of people in the United State. In a world where the great medi- cal advances in medical science and technology, over the past few decades, have made physicians confident that the infectious dis- eases of mankind were both cur- able and largely under control, AIDS is causing the panic and confusion that we associate with days gone by. The AIDS disease slowly takes over the bodies ' immune system, eventually leaving its victim with no defense against even the common cold. The cause of this disfunction is still unknown. From the recent collected data, the virus appears to directly attack the immune cells, and is transmitted by blood, secretions, and sexual contact. The group most severely affected by the disease is male homosexuals. For these men, along with the fear of the disease itself, is the knowl- edge that their lifestyle is or could become the cause of their death. Although the impact of this fact has caused some homosexual men to re-evaluate and change their social and sexual behavior, others find such modification difficult if not impossible. The tragedy of AIDS extends be- yond its original victims. The epi- demic has aroused legitimate con- 5

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21st Boston August And so went the fairytale wed- ding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. - Time After being informed he had not been selected for the All-Star team, Dennis, Oil Can, Boyd of the Boston Red-Sox, threw a tantrum. For not showing up for a game the next night, Boyd recieved a $6,450 fine and a three day suspension. -Sports Illustrated. 4th London A great fanfare of trumpets arises from Westminster Abbey, and the stirring chords of Elgar resound through the vaulted nave. Then a hush. Through the breath-held still- ness, two voices ring out. I will. ' ' I will. 22nd Falmouth Getting ready to switch on new sewer -Falmouth Enterprise 4

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6 cern for their own safety among health-care personnel who work daily with the blood and secretions of AIDS patients; and to the boy- friends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, and children of people who come in contact with the disease. AIDS is a rapidly growing disease. It ' s spreading like branches on a tree. There is no known way to stop the disease, only ways to slow its occurance. Public information is one way. The people must be aware of the many ways to help prevent this terrible disease and the precautions they can take. Hopefully there will be a cure for this crippling epidemic within the next ten years. All we can do now is hope, and help those af- fected by it. - Time, Newsweek 8th Cambridge Happy Birthday - Harvard, Ameri- ca ' s first college, no longer just a preppy spa, turns 350. - Newsweek 15th F.H.S. Parents get word on drug abuse in meeting with school officials. - Falmouth Enterprise