Plainfield High School - Silhouettes Yearbook (Plainfield, IN)

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minvolvement... PHS perspectlves gradually changed 1n 1972 The apathy and dlscontent of the past few years faded away as Plamfield students expanded 1n a freer more crea t1ve atmosphere Ass1m1lat1on games and study packets merged w1th and replaced tedlous lec tures In some areas boredom became v1r tually extlnct as revolutlonary teachmg 1dB8S replaced the more conventlonal methods prevlously used Independent study areas ellmlnated formal study halls PHS ers exerclsed thelr prerogatlve to research m the 11 brary concentrate 1n qulet rooms confer ln deslgnated areas or relax ln the stu dent lounge Cooperatlon from the student body met the many mnovatlons by the admm 1strat1on Although there exlsted a trou bled few who could not relate for the majorlty Plamiield Hlgh School ceased to be a prlson . . , - , . . . . . . . - . . . . , . . . . . . . 9 9 . . . , - . . . . . . . s 0 c S u Q Q as - so .

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...institutes n unequalled excellence Success at PHS was more than lust wlnnmg on the hardwood or the football iield or the cmder track Quakers cllmbed out of that rut as Plalniields awareness of local sports turned 1nto prlde Gone were the days when athlet1c events were only someplace to go some thlng to do In the halls one heard chatter of tonlghts game or of last week s vlctory when an lmmlnent game occupled the1r mmds Strlvlng for and reachlng a com mon goal began to draw the student body together Wlthout reallzlng lt PHS became one a unliied body of students teachers and admlnlstrators w1th Red Pr1de 1n 8thlCtlCS Students found it hard to concentrate