Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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WHAT HAS MADE 1976 DIFFERENT FROM OTHER YEARS? “It is a year of celebration - our country is almost 200 years old. It has given stores a reason for sales, it has given people, a reason for painting red, white and blue stars in the middle of their streets and a reason for planting red, white and blue flowers in their flower boxes. This year is making people think what it means to have survived for 200 years and to decide just what being Americans means to them. — senior Laura Kane It means that now it ' s only two years until Charles Manson has a chance for parole. — senior John Trinajstich 1 976 has been lots more fun because I ' ve gotten to do more things (and gotten away with them) than I did in 75. — sophmore Brian Thompson WHAT DO YOU DO THE MOST IN YOUR SPARE TIME? I don ' t have much spare time because I come to practice in the morning before school. Then again after school we have practice. By the time I get home all I have time to do is eat, watch television and go to bed. — senior Brian Toweson I like to take advantage of the weather. If it snows, I go tobogganing. If it ' s hot, I like to swim. If it ' s rainy, I like to read. But most of all I like to spend my spare time with my girlfriend. — senior Kevin Troxel It ' s a heck I usually don ' t have much spare time because I teach at my mom ' s dancing school. But when I do have spare time, I just like to relax. sophomore Elizabeth Bathurst. 6

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Activities night once again highlighted Homecoming. Wheel barrel and tricycle races as well as other events amused participants and viewers alike. Presenting Annie Get Your Gun as its fall musical production, the Drama Department adds another play to its wide list of performances. ✓ jf ' AA, V -S ' Free time is limited for students who decide to engage in part-time jobs. Since prices keep rising, parents are no longer a good money source. Even though gas prices have skyrocketed, students continue driving to school. When these situations arise, traffic problems occur. A permanent sight outside the school, the flagpole with its banners waving in the breeze, had special meaning as the bicentennial year took form.

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WHY HAVE EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS LACKED SUPPORT FROM MANY STUDENTS? “Students are too self-centered and the teams don ' t win any games. — junior Jeff Geisen “The students are too lazy to participate and have no school spirit. — junior Sue Duvall A lot of the problem could be that the activities aren ' t announced. Most people don ' t know when the games are. Some kids don ' t even, know, for example, that Griffith has a hockey team. senior Nan Kowalisyn Because most of the activities are fixed by the coaches before the season even starts, many people are just wasting their time. — senior Ken Holevinsky HOW HAVE STUDENT INTERESTS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS? A few years ago I knew of quite a few people, including myself, that planned on dropping out but now plan on finishing even if this place is just as boring as before. — junior Mike Antrim Before my senior year, I never got involved in many extra-curricular activities. Now, however, as this is my last year, I have tried to get involved in more. I ' ve also seen that a lot of this talk of apathy is just that — talk. senior Rich Laudeman High school students no longer have unity for a common cause. Today they ' re all out for themselves. — senior Mark Gregory Students are less interested in school and more interested in outside activities and goofing around. Most kids are afraid to be individuals but tend to go along with the crowd. — sophomore I isa Ross. of a LIFE 7