Richwoods High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Black, white, tall, short, old, young — no matter what type, RHS means PEOPLE. Man of all shapes and colors makes our school what it is. Naturally, there are certain people who stand out from the rest — students who make themselves known through diligent work toward school-centered projects. Members of the administration are people well recognized in our halls; the security guards are faces at RHS that are often avoided at all costs, but are still an intricate part of our existence here. Through the first weeks of classes, foreign exchange students were easily singled out from the mass at RHS as being different, however they soon learned to become part of the massive machine which operates RHS — people make things hap- pen here! Every face in a crowded hall constitutes an individual, a person totally different from anyone else, not only in appearance, but he is unique in thought, in feeling — he is himself and no one else. The great multitude of people at RHS comprise the working parts of our Green Machine. We're people varied and free; we're on the loose to make each minute of our lives count. c (A) Mr. aru: Mr-. B.i: s watch the mighty if! knights. (B) Different backgrounds cause no problems here! (C) A familiar face at the games. IP

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Some say there's no prejudice at RHS; we are all one big happy family. But in other eyes, if you are not lily white or coal black, you are an alien — you're not “one of us. Although the opinions on this matter are as diversified as our student body itself, one thing can definitely be concluded about our racial situation: We are an integrated student body. Whether or not it has brought us together is another question in itself Hey, but isn't that what the word means? Integration Togetherness, right? A number of spiritually and racially different students have achieved a peaceful existence in this “melting pot” of a high school; yet this situation for oth- ers has only nurtured an already planted seed of hatred. Despite the mixed feelings sur- rounding an answer to the question, for an integrated school, are we really together? , one thing can be stated without opposition. We're a student body that's on the loose. We're free to choose our own friends, with no bonds to race or religion. It's this freedom which allows us to mold Richwoods into the school that it i . . .. We're on the loose ...

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(A) Beth Carrott gleams as our 1974 Homecoming Queen. (B) Second stringers look on in anticipation. (C) Stunt shows lead to crazy things! PEOPLE 13 PEOPLE