James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Shadows of Personal Interests What a person does with spare time often pro- vides a more accurate reflection of the real per- son than does any other facet of life. How a certain person gets interested in a partic- ular hobby is a question with a different answer from each person. Ben Feferman became an amateur magician gradu- ally after watching magic shows on television and becoming more and more curious about how tricks were performed. On the other hand, Mark Vakkur first developed an interest in gliding because of his father ' s interest in it, and now pursues gliding both alone and as a snared interest. Another aerial hobby, assembling and launching camera-equipped rockets, is sharea by Van Vegh and several of his friends who track and recover his rockets. The hobby pursued by Carter Reznik and Tom Graham is model plane building, equipping, and radio-controlled flying. They, along with a group of like-minded people in South Bend and nearby Michigan communities, meet regularly to exchange information, materials, and the pleas- ures they get from a hobby which shadows their deep interest in the great world out there. PREPARING A rocket for its takeoff are seniors Van Vegh and Jon McChesney. COLLECTING AND making various Star Trek items take up much of Dan Swartz ' s time. Hobbies 1 1

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FLYING SOLO in a glider is an exciting experience for Mark Vakkur. BEN FEFERMAN watches in amazement as a silver ball floats on a hankerchief. TOM GRAHAM and Carter Reznik, both members of a model airplane club, work to get a plane ready for flight. 10 Hobbies

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A Small Reflection of a Great Wilderness South Bend has its own Ut- tle wilderness at Potawato- mie Zoo. Annual attendance of 150,000 is often helped out bv some of Riley ' s students. The yearly Dudget of $290,000, is ' made by charg- ing adults $1.00; children 3- 14 $.50; senior citizens $.05; and organized school groups $.25 each. City funds also supplement the budget. The zoo has been open since 1917. There are one hundred and sixty-one spec- ies including seventy-five mammals, forty-five birds, thirty-nine reptiles, one amphibian, and one inverteb- rate. Its total number of spec- imens is five hundred and fifty-two, which includes three hundred and thirty- eight mammals, one hundred and thirty-two birds, sixty- nine reptiles, two amphibi- ans, and one invertebrate. The zoo under went recon- struction and landscaping, which was to be completed by Thanksgiving. The cost of the reconstruction was $2,100,000, for which the major source of money was city taxes. The future plans of the zoo will include more exciting activities for the community to experience. With the opportunity to feed the ani- mals through the fence and the addition of the petting zoo, the zoo will provide its visitors the chance to become acquainted with the animals. POTAWATOMIE ZOO ' S Siberian tiger paces his cage. SENIOR TIM Gavin studies the behavioral patterns of the zebra. 12Pota