La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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. . .rei wddentalents The 1972-1973 school year was unique, different from any other in many ways. New students, under chonging school policy, odded their own flare and flavor to the his- tory of La Porte High School. Policy changes were numerous. After- noon study holls seemed empty, as Seniors received the privilege to legally cut dass. Warm weather and fresh air lured restless students from the cafeterias to the front entrance during lunch. The first February break refreshed everyone, while Sectional break did not materialize. What did moteriolize was o flurry of activities that developed the interests and talents of the student body. We won and lost the Bell, and then asked that Bell competition be extended to baseball. The school service clubs. Boys' Service Club and Girl Reserves, aided the community in varied ways — raking leaves, collecting for the March of Dimes, preparing for the dedication of the hospital. Trock practice, play rehearsals, and term papers exhausted many busy students. The person who entered LPHS in August left as a different individual in June, as the experience and maturity gained by par- ticipation in and out of school helped pre- pare them for the responsibilities of the ever-approaching odult world. 4

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OAGSES WZCMDB. STUDENTS During school hours many comments floated into the hallways from mathematics classes: Hence, the ordinate of the point on L with abcissa 3.1416 is 0.49707 + 0.00008 - 0.49715. From French classes this was a familiar phrase: S'il vous plait, dessine-moi un moutonl English classes, too, had their own jargon: Use oppositives as one means of subordinating explanatory materials, as did classes in U.S. History: La Folette woged a long and bitter fight against corrupt businessmen and their political allies. In Art was heard: After you get that sprued, de-bubbleize and then we'll invest and bum out. Electronics provided this type of language: With unity coupling between the primory ond secondary, the voltoge induced in the secondary will be in direct proportion to the turns rotio. Many a closs hod a jargon which was incomprehensible to those who hodn't studied the subject. Some of the quotes given were hazy in meaning, were latent images until learning mode them familiar to us — they were developed. This was a part of our edu- cation in 1972-1973 — new learning de- veloped our latent images. 6