Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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l I l l 1 , if l I l ,l l .,i 1 A .Aw , li Growing up, trying to cope with the problems of society, the student at Homestead Junior-Senior QYOUPS, fOr instance - High School has continuous questions to ask of himself and of others. Overnight it seems we change from children to young adults striving for answers to our many questions. ln whom and what do we believe, what do we expect from life and what do we want from oursleves in that life? All too often our solutions are the wrong ones, only complicating ourselves to Enjoyed by many students at the famous surrounonrg lakes, hockey is a popular winter pastime for sophomores Jim Lawrence and Kevin Ol-tara. 'vw- iq, wlllr. 'I' . ' i ,f. P 1 B f 'Q if Lyfi' t ' '- ull W' B v straights and freaks.' dilemmas and identities or are we always to be that never will be. Too often people were classified into Religion, premarital relations and a combination of separate views only proved to be confusing in our never ending search for the solution to our Can we be the generation that can get our heads together a greater extent. Throughout the year controversial subjects afflicted us in some way each day. The use of alcohol and illegal narcotics by students tended to be the cause of broken friendships and friendships lln the spot

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on the national' scene Watching for a steady line, sophomore Wendy Giffin tunes her flute on the strobe before class begins. Peering through the hole left in the wall, Mr. Ben Detterling examines the damages left by robbers to the school safe. During the year, our nation and it's leaders were forced to depend on another party, to be on the spot. An embargo on oil exports to the United States from Arabic nations slowed down activities from previous years and a new law was enacted on March 1, 1974, lowering the maximum speed limit to 55 miles per hour to con- serve what products we received. Gasoline to cruise the hot spots and to travel to Indiana University for concerts was not used as freely when prices rose to over fifty cents a gallon. Many teachers and stu- dents formed car pools, others rode bikes when weather permitted, while some gave up their driving privileges entirely to ride the bus. Homestead, along with businesses and individuals across the U.S., acknowledged the plea by President Nixon to lower the temperature in public buildings and homes to 68 degrees. In effort to overcome the coolness of the building, many students wore sweaters or coats, while some prayed for spring weather. Energy crisis became the term of 1974 as Watergate was in 1973. Under the direction of Judge John Sirica and Senator Sam Ervin from North Carolina, Watergate broke wide open. A frequent class discussion topic as well as a national one was impeachment and the question of executive privilege and just how much was the President entitled to.