River Forest High School - Ingot Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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INGOT STAFF After many hours of hard work, our staff has completed the third Annual Ingot. The Ingot staff hopes you will enjoy it. We are: (seated) Diane Guy, Activities Editor; Jean O’Connell, Editor-in-Chief; Sandra Godsey, Busi- ness Manager; Edd Lemons, Co-editor; and Tony Valovich, Advertising Manager. (Standing) Lewis Sink, Sports Editor; Jerry Ballog, Photographer; Harvey Dickson, Art Editor; Cindy Holder, Senior Editor; Mary Ann Gorin- cen, Clubs Editor; Jane Guy, Ike Singleton, Assistant Sports Editor; and Pat Gill, Circulation Manager.

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Foreword Steel — the backbone of the nation. Without it, buildings eventually crumble and bridges collapse. Steel is strength, austere and unyielding. True, it can be shaped to a desired position, but once hardened, its characteristics are forever embedded in its sphinx-like structure. Nevertheless, the permanence of a nation is not determined by the structure of its buildings or the stability of its bridges; rather, it is determined by the strong and true, steel-like characteristics of its young people. These young people must be as solid as steel — human steel — never succumbing to wrong, but constantly doing what is right. Thus River Forest High School can be consid- ered a “melting pot of knowledge” of “human steel” production. In a four-year process, this “melt- ing pot of knowledge” transforms comparatively “raw material” into refined River Forest Ingots. Those in charge of production are the faculty and administration. The teachers light the “fires” of learning in the classrooms and “ladle” in the “loads” of information needed for the Ingots to absorb. Through constant testing, ' the Ingots are yielded to proper “consistency.” The administration is always searching for ways of i mproving produc- tion. Many elements go into the making of an Ingot. Learning is the primary element, which serves to purge out impurities and strengthen an Ingot’s mind. Athletics “charge” him with spirit and unite him with fellow Ingots in solid support of his team. Clubs rehearse the Ingot in the part that he must later play in life, that of a steel beam supporting only a fraction of the responsibilities and problems of society. Citizenship is embedded in an Ingot’s character by good example and guidance. These things all go into the make-up of an Ingot, and they all take careful planning. Culminating the four-year “processing” period, is graduation. The “raw material” will emerge as full-fledged Ingots, “tempered” to yield the best in service, strength, and wear. They have a great heritage to maintain, for they are “human steel,” River Forest Ingots. 3

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Administration Our principals and faculty work hand in hand to improve methods of Ingot production