Logan High School - Aerial Yearbook (Logan, OH)

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Sweet Sixteen and Driving One of the most exciting things to happen to many 16-year-old students was getting a driver's license. As soon as a student turned 16. he was able to obtain his permit kit from the American Automobile Associa- tion. After the student had his permit package, he could take his permit test. A written test, containing traffic laws ans signs, had to be passed to be valid. Once the student had his permit, he could drive with a licens- ed driver in the front seat beside him. Next, the student driver was re- quired by the state of Ohio to have 36 hours of classwork and 6 hours of driving time. However, the student had the option of taking driver's education through school or through AAA. At school, the driver's ed fee was only $25, while through AAA, it cost the student about $120. Although the school fee was much lower, many students preferred the AAA course. The main reason for this was that school driver's ed lasted one semester, but AAA took only a matter of weeks. At the end of the training period the student took his driving test. The test consisted of two major parts: driving in the city along a designated route and maneuvering through a series of cones, both- forward and reverse. Points were taken off, depending on how large a mistake the driver made. They had to have a 75 or above to pass. After obtaining their licenses, dif- ferent students had different opinions about them. Some felt a sense of responsibility, and they felt that adults finally took them serious- ly. Others didn't like to be burdened with all the costs of driving, the ac- cidents that almost always seem to come with a license, and all the er- rands their parents asked them to do. A few students felt that owning a license was no big deal. The majority of students, nevertheless, enjoyed driving and believed a license to be a real asset, a convenience, and a great thing to own. As junior Teresa Wat- son put it, A driver's license is the next best thing to a Christmas present! Cathy Campbell studies hard on the traffic signs and laws which she will be tested on in driver's education, (do) Paul Fought gets behind the wheel as he begins his journey toward receiving hit driver's license, (do) Debbie O'Donnell Magazine 21

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Everyone always looks forward to Friday Not because It is the last school day of the week, but because it is pizza day. 9do). Munch Mania Lunch here at L.H.S. has changed a lot over the years. During the past few years a salad bar, an ice cream machine and a larger selection of food has been added to our cafeteria. Of course not everyone particularly enjoys the cafeteria food, but a ma jority of the students agree that it has improved. Of ail the student body, the seniors enjoy lunch the most. This may be because they enjoy eating in the senior lounge and having other privileges such as “Senior Steak Day.” Other special days in the cafeteria such as baked potato day, hoagy by the inch day and 50's day were enjoyed by all. Other new ideas were the game card lunch, ice cream sundaes, and the all you can eat spaghetti and pasta bar. Lunch in the cafeteria isn't all that bad, but many students feel that we should have more time and a little more space. Just walk in the cafeteria during any lunch period, and you will find students talking, walking around, standing in lines, or just sitting at a table. Lunch can be a lot of confusion and chaos, but it's a good time to talk to friends and take the break from classes, which everyone needs sometimes. “Going Steady’’ Senior, Gretchen Levandofsky. takes time out from her scooter crunch to chuckle with friends. Lunch isn't just for eating it is also a time for talking to friends, (do) “Going steady is a phrase that many teenagers use to describe their relationship with someone of the op- posite sex. Yet its true definition is hard to explain since it is one of those topics not frequently talked about in public. To most people it means to be seriously dating so- meone,” while others believe it means to be in love. But... what is love? Do teenagers in high school really understand the meaning of “love? Some seem to think they do. Various reactions were expressed when a group of high school students were asked to write about going steady. Most agreed that the experience definitely had its pro and cons. Then, of course, there were those who held strong opinions ... either favoring it or being totally against it. One advantage of going steady is the fact that one will always have somebody to rely on. It's wonderful to be able to share special moments with somebody special. Nights are never lonely because one can telephone his steady and talk for hours on end, and on weekends one will always have a date. However, this should never be the reason to go steady with someone. Teenagers often find themselves get- ting involved with someone for all the wrong reasons. For instance, their attraction to each other may just be physical, resulting in a lot of problems in the future. A relation- ship should start out as friends and gradually build up. At our age it should be a growing experience in which we learn values and set morals. Although there are many advan- tages to going steady, there are just as many disadvantages. As one girl put it ... “you sort of close yourself off from others to get to know this one special person better. One becomes so attached to the other, thus, he loses friends and becomes an outcast. Also, even though one will always have a date for the weekend, some find it a disadvantage to have the same date all the time. In many cases, one will tend to become over possesive, limiting the other from flirting or even looking at someone else. This often leads to a break-up il jealousy is the major problem. 20 Magazine Debbie O'Donnell

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Olympie Times S.A.D.D. An organization for students at L.H.S. has been launched for those who like to drink but are afraid of driving afterwards. This organization was launched two years ago by a Marlboro, Mass., resident. This organization is called S.A.D.D. (students against driving drunk) Robert Anastas, a school teacher from Wayland High School in Wayland, Mass., formed this organization after two of his own students died in a car crash that involved drunk driving. This contract for life is an agreement signed by both the teenager and his or her parents in order to reduce the percentage of deaths that involve liquor. The part signed by the teenager reads “I agree to call you for advice and or transportation at any hour, any place, if I am ever in a situation where I have had too much to drink or a friend or date that I'm driving with has had too much to drink. The part signed by the parent states. I agree to come get you at any hour, any place, no questions asked and no argu- ment at that time or I will pay for a taxi to bring you home safely. I expect we will discuss this issue at a later time. I also agree to seek safe and sober transportation if I am ever in the situation where I have had too much to drink or a friend who is driving me has had too much to drink.” These contracts for life” were available in the L.H.S. office to any interested L.H.S. teenager courtesy of S.A.D.D. and LHS-TV2. 1984, it was the year peo- ple all over the world waited for in anticipation. They all waited on one important thing: for their own Olympic team to come home with Olympic medals. It is the time of life when competition is tough and sportsmanship is aroused. The 1984 Winter Olympic games were held in Sarejevo, Yugoslavia. The opening ceremonies were brilliant with about 1000 dancers dancing before the Olympic torch would be brought in to start the winter games. One disappointment for the Americans was the finish of the G.S. hockey team. They finish- ed seventh after being defeated by Canada, and Czechoslavia. This was the worst G.S. hockey finish in Olympic history. The Alpine competition was finished with American style.” In the women's giant slalom. Debbie Armstrong won the gold medal, and right behind her Christin Cooper won silver for the Gnited States. Bill Johnson was a sur- prise to all Americans after winning the gold medal in the men's downhill. Finishing off the Alpine competition, the Mahre twins joined their skiing talents and pulled the G.S.A. out of a slump. Without Phil Mahre's gold medal and Steve Mahre's silver medal in the men's slalom, the Gnited States would have suffered the worst winter Olympic games in Olympic history. Bill Johnson, gold medalist for the men's downhill, was tossed off the Olympic squad in 1982 and in 1980; Johnson could do no better than to be a slope test runner in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Everybody in the G.S. was surprised to hear that Wild Bill had triumphed with gold. Phil Mahre, Olympic gold medalist for men's slalom and also Steve Mahre's twin brother, is a winner of three consecutive world cup titles. Right after making his medal winning run down the slalom slope, Phil got news that his wife had just given birth to his son. Figure skating was another strong spot in the G.S.A. Scott Hamilton, overall favored to win gold, won the gold for the G.S. in the men's singles. Scott was the first American to so since David Jenkins in 1960. Rosalyn Sumners captured silver for the G.S. in the women's singles, and Kitty and Peter Carruthers were also win- ners of silver in the pairs. The Gnited States finished fifth overall in medal competi- tion. The victors of the medal competition were the Soviet Gnion and West Germany. The closing ceremony was held in the Zetra arena in Sara jevo. The Americans marched in with Phil Mahre carrying the G.S. flag. The 1984 winter games were ended on Feb. 19, 1984 and the next winter games will be played in Calgary, Canada in 1988.