George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Three spend summer months in Europe A summer spent in the city of Krefeld, Germany on the lower Rhine was part of the IU Honors Program Abroad in which Karen Jefchak and Doug Forbes partici¬ pated. Thirty students from the state spent nine weeks in Germany attending classes designed to help increase their fluency in the lan¬ guage and going on field trips in the surrounding areas. Both Karen and Doug lived in homes of German families speaking only in German. Karen said, “My adopted brother is probably the only boy in Europe with a Clark ’71 football jersey.” Also a participant of a foreign lan¬ guage exchange program Nancy Us- selman toured Italy, Switzerland, France, and Spain. Die Pfalz, a medieval toll booth in the Rhine River, was viewed by Karen and Doug during their summer studies. Karen Jefchak and her German family, Ulrike and Ulrich Ziemer, stand on the tower of the Burg Linn castle as they overlook the city of Krefeld.

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with the release of the dress code With the release of the dress code, Clark saw a wide variety of fashions. Many girls chose the added warmth and comfort of slacks and pant suits, while others continued to wear the traditional school dress of skirts, sweaters, dresses, and jumpers. Clarkites con¬ tinued to follow the current trends in fashions as midis followed maxis into Clark halls. Longer hair and sideburns were prevalent among the males. As desert boots, Levis, and vests becams increas¬ ingly popular, members from both sexes donned bell bottoms, and a few garnished their jeans with peace symbol patches. Some brave Clarkites tried beards, mustaches, and even the Afro look in hair styles. Classes and organizations spon¬ sored dances as a source of enter¬ tainment for Clarkites. Students were brought into full swing by the , popular music of selected bands. Clarkites “tighten up” to the music of the Clearlight. 17

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A view of the Capital, as seen by Clarkites, proved to be a moving experience. A first for many Clarkites, the jet ride proved to be an exciting experience for all. Air excursion made to Washington An authentic bullfight in Spain was one of the many events experienced by Nancy Ussleman as a foreign exchange student. The Washington-New York Trip was a unique experience this year, for it was the first time the traveling students arrived at their objective airborne. After arriving at the na¬ tion’s capital, the students from Clark and Tech High Schools spent over ten hours sightseeing and touring. Next on the itinerary was an all day tour of New York, which included sights as the United Na¬ tions Building and Chinatown. Al¬ together, the journey was pleasur¬ able and enlightening. Clark ' s tourists posed for a parting shot as they prepared to take off for Washington, D.C. 19