Lakota High School - Lakhian Yearbook (Kansas, OH)

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ll R .K kr, Ak J 11+- Q 1. Todd Brugge George Karen HQUTY Graber Snyder Strausb augh Wasserman GUY What Lies In The Next 200 Years? In the very near future, I see jimmy Carter becoming President of the United States. He will win by a slim margin over Gerald Ford. In the medical field, I predict a cure for cancer and bigger and better hospitals. I think the scien- tists of our country and others will solve the Bermuda triangle mystery along with the UFOs. I see more and more prosperity as we come out of our repression and during this bicenntenial year, more people will be drawn together with a surge of patrianism, freedom and loyalty to our country. As long as people respect and uphold the flag this country will go far and never bow to the lawness of communism. These 50 states will live forever, United and free. TODD GRABER Considering that America has gone from the Ohio valley to the moon and back in a matter of two hundred short years, it's almost frightening to think where we'll go from here with today's tech- nology. It appeared that in the past, America was growing upward and outward at a fantastic rate. From now, to the next two hundred years, I think America will start looking inward at itself and make more progress within it's own boundries, but at the same time, slowly expand those boundries. More important than reaching the moon, America reached its freedom two hundred years before. But everytime America reaches a new discovery or a new goal, it reaches it's freedom once again. I think the people of the United States reach their freedom every time they solve a problem of poverty, violence or crime. I see America striving to prevent these problems in the next two hundred years. I see America working to improve its good points and correcting it's bad ones. Improvements on medicine, trans- portation, construction of build- ings will be factor of the future, but the biggest factor will be safety. The trend of caring for each other will begin to show in the future, rather than get ahead of the other guy at all costs. BRUCE SNYDER I think that our society is now and still will be based on things that people value the most. Amer- ica, being a very productive and wealthy nation will continue along the path that it is now on. Om- society will, to a much larger extent, center around a very basic thing: money. The very rich have but one major problem, which is how to stay rich. The very poor under- stand their place in society and have the serenity to accept their many short-comings. However, the middle class, to which most of us are a part of, must take up the slack. We are the foundation on which our country's economy is based., Therefore I conclude that American society will be based on the amount of money one possesses and that you and I, people of the middle class, will more intensely bear the brunt of our country's changes and mistakes. GEORGE STRAUSBAUGH Within the next two hundred years, I foresee the continuation of America as a free enterprise, a democratic country, a growing world power, and as a leader of nations. We will discover new and ad- vanced sources of energy, manu- facture products quicker, and build more efficient machines, buildings, and space craft. I see America and Russia as the two most powerful countries, each still with its mighty supply of nuclear warfare, but not enter- ing into a third world war against each other. Instead, they are try- ing to work together to help fight disease and starvation in poor countries, control the population growth, and to keep in check the other problems facing the world. Although America will be rap- idly progressing, there will still be government scandals, corrup- tions, and mistakes made because moving foward is accomplished when we learn by each other's mistakes and then prevent our- selves and others from making the same ones over. KAREN WA SSERMAN By the year 2050 AD I predict: Q11 there will be great megapolises from New York to Chicago, At- lanta to Miami and Montreal to San Francisco. Q21 death rate- modern medicines will increase the average life span to 110 years, manditory sterilization for family units after 2 children. Q31 the ocean will be the last source of mineral extraction, and last refuge for rebels faction seeking a free society Qunder the surface1. Q41 economically, only twenty-four hour work week will be practical and manditory retirement at age 58. Q51 all schools will be non- manditory and operate on two, twelve month schedulesg 1-2-3 or 4 quartersfyear for interested students. Q61 organized crime will be the number one socio- economic problem throughout the world. Q71 transporation will be mainly mass transit electrical power. Today's cars will be antiques. Q81 solar power generators will radiate and transmit power to earth by lser beam. Q91 colonization of moons and orbital instalations will have begun. MR. HENRY GEARY 11

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Q O a. Senior girls give it all they've got in the tug-of-War. b. Band members gather round as senior attendant, Becky Rausher, tells of the crowning ceremony. c. The homecoming bonfire at- tracted many students Thursday night of homecoming week. d. Total concentration is needed for a perfect preformance and Theresa Kosta gives it just that.