Goshen High School - Crimson Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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CC 9 ' And Then We re Trying to Take the Hassle Out of the World. By September of 1973 the word Watergate was enough to bore any- body but we were to find it contin- uing on into 1974. For 'the first time in United States history, a vice presi- dent turned in his resignation. Spiro T. Agnew admitted guilt on various tax evasion and swindling charges. P.O.W. bracelets were taken off by many as President Nixon ended U.S. involvement and brought the prison- ers home from Vietnam. The Mideast situation flared up again and in South America, Chileans revolted. Skylab missions continued to probe outer space. As we entered school in August the energy crisis was still under debate and had not yet become a tiresome cliche. Billy Jean King and Bobby Riggs took our minds off the government mess long enough to choose sides for the tennis match billed as the battle of the sexes . Radios played Paul Simon's Ko- dachrome, Maureen McGovern's Morning After , and Jim Croce's Big Bad Jim . A plane crash tragi- cally killed rock singer Jim Croce and his entire band. Two of his songs, Time in a Bottle and I've Got a Name were yet to come out. All in the Family with Archie Bunker and company was listed as the top TV show. Last Tango was rated X by the movie industry and area residents attempted to get the movie banned from the Goshen-Elk- hart area but to no avail. Other repu- table movies included Billy Jack , Poseidon Adventure, and Jona- than Livingston Seagull . American Graffitti became popular with the wave of nostalgia which swept the nation. Jeans continued as standard school uniform. Pizza remained the tradi- tional after the game food. In all, the world situation was bleaker than it had looked ina long time. With the economy headed downward, a new attitude was just beginning to develop.

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explaining the theme - 'It's Going to Be Different organizations sports classes ads The first warm August day which took GHS students out of swimming pools and summer jobs sent them to the auditor- ium. A new face, that of Princi- pal Dr. Phil Cartwright, pro- ceeded to tell us that this year was going to be different. We're going to take the 'has- sle' out of Goshen High School, were his words. And he pro- ceeded to do just that. This presented the yearbook class with a unique Crimson theme. We have tried to portray it throughout this book with the tear which begins on page one. Asproblems smooth out and things begin to come together the tear becomes smaller show- ing the gradual elimination of hassle . The Crimson staff hopes that the programs and changes begun this year continue to grow and improve, but we will remember 1973-74 as the year we began to take the Hassle out of Goshen High School. 54 94 124 172