Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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A familiar figure in the school, Mr. Lee McKee is found every morning in the general office signing admit slips. Tradition, Routine Create Personality of School Life The all-important noon hour decision for an LC student: what to buy from the junior class coke bar.

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There is a side to school life a person is not always aware of once he has established his own day-to-day patterns and settled “in the groove”. Familiarity does not, in this case, breed contempt, but merely blindness so that one fails to consciously notice the routines and customs that are so much a part of LC life. Early each morning the little red wagon makes its rounds, as two juniors deliver Chicago Tribunes. During the day, Mr. Jones or Mr. McKee prowl the halls, detention pad and paddle in hand, ready to disci¬ pline unwary students. Warm weather arrives and the library lawn fills with students eager to enjoy the freedom of open air for a study hall. Then there are the scenes of a mile-long cafeteria line on “hamburger” days, an equally long queue at the foyer phone, the mob around the coke bar at noon, and so on. These are the routines that establish the personality of Lake Central school life. An LC student carries on a conversation at the foyer phone. 8

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Individuality Is Key Word In Youth’s Fashion Tempo Lake Central students threw con¬ formity to the winds and dressed as their moods dictated. The traditional mixed easily with new innovations to present conservative dressers and individualists alike a distinct look. Swinging plaid kilts topped by matching vests over tailored jersey shirts gave girls casual affairs a boyish, sporty look. Wide-legged trousers, laughingly nicknamed “elephant” pants were revived from the 1930’s, and provided the right look for an evening at Cas¬ sandra’s or the Melting Pot. Even a few daring guys sported the bell bot¬ toms—perhaps exclusives bought at “The Man at Ease” in Old Town, or the real things from the Armv-Navy Surplus. With hearty male approval, girls’ formal fashion grew softer and even more feminine. Lace jabots spilled down the bodices of velvet and velve¬ teen dresses in the Renaissance style of Romeo and Juliet. Nor was music dictated by a single sound. Donovan, the controversial Joan Baez, and Judy Collins contri¬ buted music with a meaning, while wailin’ soul and blues—the Motown sound—were presented by James Brown, and the teaming of the fantas¬ tic Supremes and Temptations. The Jefferson Airplane, the Doors, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and count¬ less other rock groups rounded out the extremes of today’s tempo. Matching “steady sweaters”, such as Gail Walz’ and Paul Larson’s, identified several steady couples. The ’68-’69 fashions ran the gamut from the traditional to the unusual as Rick Par¬ ris, Joyce Haralovich, Bill Mista, and Carole Reichelt demonstrate. 10