Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Kathy Cock: and Doug Spielvogel sway with the music, Sherry Fabina, Jim Johnson, Penny Hill and Theresa Havlin bump to the sound of ' Dev- il's Workshop. Watching the dancing intently, Kim Hayden, Barb Oliver, Van Williams, Diana Pomranke and Shawn Hurt take a breather.

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Rogers' students catch Friday Night Fever When the lunch line isn't serving, tables are pushed against the walls with chairs stacked on top, and groupies form a circle around a band. The familiar cafeteria gives off a new feel. A clique of frosh girls huddle near the restroom when the music becomes mellow. Guys stand with hands in pockets, looking inquisitively for a partner as anxious female waltzers catch their glance. The immobile partyers sit on the sidelines, observing the crowd, and anticipate the end of the gig. Talented dancers edge their way through student statues and boogie to the beat of Earthplane. Suddenly, the overhead lights are flicked on, and the mood disappears along with the people. All that remains is the lingering note from the guitarist's sixth string. Joy Jacques feels with the heat of the music. William Cap Rose and Eleanore Bush enjoy a slow dance

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Dating takes on a new face Going steady conjures up 5 A images of the 1950's complete ,oversicle class rin ains nd co ples si :, geldltilled necklaces V - A z ' E! going: Alth'ough Fleetwood Pat Boone, both si 0 love woes. .11.; intense with age? Ate Q; with peer and pa . I the same? What is w ' 3, I i more frequent . controversial abo- I sometimes when a'lf my friens are W1? boyfriends. They'll try to push me into dating. I don't like to be tied down. I'm too young right now, and I don't want to think about getting married. I have a long time to find the right person, commented Diane Manthey. e1r ure. ted. If I i: cceptable ' I pof girls, A personal 11: o I 1 papal: one than 4:! 11, said a . Jar a. Parental pressure? Yes, there is some to a point, but parents will always be parents. Curfews and rules have to be set. How could teenagers otherwise develo 3 3g. ' ' of responsibility? com 7 ; ' Holbrook. There will always be peer? ' v , ' 'm'g Esually :the girl ha e bee seei th sa 1. :1 .V mat of the time high '. for girls who 3' v 1141; 5 Carole Tortorici and Ed Lonieski watch the sail- boats whisk by. they' ve got th . them, saiJ 0 There' s not a - pregnancy in highbd what we ha It happens get pregnant it? ' responsibilt i consequenc : Q It: 2 occur, 5 If dating didn't become seriou in high school, meaning going out with different people instead of seeing the same person, things like pregnancy and abortion wouldn't said Mayetta Lunsford. nybgn a girl gets pregnant, 1 to think of the I ifherparents and friends find out.The1-efore, she will do Jnlthing to prevent it. Abortions come to the rescue. Both alternatives are socially unacceptable. It's up to the individual to decide which is worse - being a seventeen-year-old mother or having an abortion, commented one senior boy. Is there a difference between going out and going steady? In high school students need the. companionship and security - 5. But how far should tionships go? Do 1 ore protection than F In, - .f' '1 computer I man being share Y , da , ;-d to a looser, more casual style. But with this change, have the high moral standards of our parents' day been lost?