Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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I i » i • • ' • • ' •V Wha( c o Cod and pepperoni pizza have in common? They both symbolize two of the universal needs of youth, food for the mind and the body. Youth ' s needs take many forms — people, solace, a touchdown, clean air, a pet, school, a buddy. Sometimes the results of his demands are contradictory. While 35 per cent of Lake County families rely on the steel mills for their income, the Calumet Region has been ranked as high as 14th among national air pollutants. What helps youth fulfill his needs can also harm him, and those needs are as diverse as his methods of satisfying them. Robin Green

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Greg Underwood Sometimes you want to chuck it all, crawl aboard a magic carpet and sail away to a fantasy land. Everyone harbors in his heart a wish for a Camelot existence where term papers, sulfur dioxide clouds and fights with friends are banned. What a creature man is! His soap perfumes the air; his auto fumes contaminate it. Modern-day Huck Finns still seek ways to slip away from the confines of shoes and civilization. Some escape by conventional means — books, movies, daydreams. Others become pseudo-sophisticated — never to be shocked, surprised or deeply moved — or at least never show it. Growing groups on the fringes of society profess to be living more fully by making contact with all that is good through the chemistry of drugs and alcohol. In life the real is better than the artificial. 5