Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Each of us play so many different roles. We are parttime student, fund raiser, worker, partier and friend. We play our roles well, realizing our responsibility to ourselves, first.

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Chick or the egg? Learning came first, books followed “You can’t team about living from books, because books are written in general. Living is done in particular. ” — Anonymous What came first, the chicken or the egg? Remember that question? You thought and thought only to have your mind run in circles. Well, there’s another version. What came first, learning, or the book? Something had to be known before a book was written, but where was it learned in the first place? That question is a little bit easier than the chicken and the egg. The learnin’ came first, yep, even before the book. When man first learned everyday do ' s and don’ts he wrote them down to pass on to his children and grandchildren. Down through the ages each generation has learned something new to add to his list. It’s the new revelations which have kept society going and growing. As a matter of fact it’s still happening. Students spend only 27 Vi hours, out of a total of 168 hours per week, in the classroom. After all possible book knowledc is crammed in their heads, they must apply it to common sense situations. If everything could be learned from books, life would be so much easier. The only trouble is, life doesn’t happen according to a specific set of rules. Students are constantly faced with changes that veer from the expected. It’s the new things that make student life exciting.

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A well seasoned summer Grab a friend, take a break and unwind the mind Recall the time — lying on the sun-drenched beach, the white-hot sand and bikini clad bodies roasting in the sun. The Frisbees flying in the breeze and the old men fishing off the pier. Summer, that unwind-the-mind time. Nothing important to do but pile the car full of friends and head for the nearest beach. The softball park is always buzzing with local gossip and the boys in gym shorts, still sweaty from a fast game of basketball, are a focal point of interest for girls. With all the back-to-nature talk, weekend trips to the country are popular. Take a sleeping bag and a backpack and you’re set. Athletics burn up a lot of those unwanted calories accumulated over too many Big Macs and Dairy Queens. The social atmosphere of the downtown courts provides many with an escape from the blahs. There’s almost always a game going on. Touch football, Frisbee play-offs . . . there’s something for everyone. Catching at least one concert over the summer is a must. With the arrival of the Superbowl of Rock, many pack up their cars with plenty of munchies and make a day of it in Chicago. People react differently to the close of summer. Some are anxious for fall weather and football games. Others enter into deep depression, realizing that the tans they worked so hard for are going to fade along with the sun. But almost all agree that it was nice while it lasted. Concentration, leverage and sometimes just plain luck all aid in hits and a good batting average. To combat summer boredom sophomore Diane Strayer participates in the Traveling League softball. 8