Plainfield High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Plainfield, IL)

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High school is more than homework, papers, reports, and fifty-five minutes of class. The meaning of high school takes on different depth and viewpoints for each person. The questionnaire showed that students felt there was enough emphasis on athletics in this school. One student felt that extracurricular activities, such as organizations and athletics, Give the student a chance to take responsibilities and to express himself.” There are several activities, however, that are extensions of the things a student learns in school. Music is a part of almost everyone’s extracurricular activities. This can be appreciated better with a back- ground in band or chorus. Music appeals to each indi- vidual in a different way. It is an art.” one student says. All of these activities are a part of an education. Activities provide extension of

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Traditions. . . Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, summer vacations, twelve years of school — all of these things give continuity to our lives. They are expected patterns which give us a sense of security. The shiver up the spine of winning the football game, being crowned homecoming queen, sitting among your classmates for the last time at graduation, seems to be lost in a shrug. But Plainsman finds that most stu- dents would like to keep these tradi- tions alive because they feel school just wouldn’t be the same.” If all traditions were accepted blindly, however, no new great tradi- tions would ever be formed. Some students believe that traditional activities should be flexible enough to allow for individualism and imagi- nation. Each generation tests tradi- tions in its own way. This is the job of the youth of every age — to reshape the format of our lives. That is the greatest tradi- tion of all. 11

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sch ool left Coach Barnewalt and team wait for the promised touchdown, top center Sneaky Fitch rises from the dead, center Student Council President. Deb Warmbier. pre- sides over meeting, bottom cenferBob Daughters and Tom Durkin prepare for Math Contest, above Any student would like to own this stereo.