South Central High School - Orbit Yearbook (Union Mills, IN)

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OUR LIVES ARE COMPOSED OF PHASES. WE HEAR THE TERM FROM OUR PARENTS— IT'S JUST A PHASE, YOU'LL GET OVER IT. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT STAGES A STUDENT GOES THROUGH, FROM LEARNING THE ALPHABET IN FIRST GRADE TO HIS LAST YEAR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. IN THE YEAR OF 1974, THE LIVES OF SOUTH CEN- TRAL STUDENTS WERE IN SOME WAY AFFECTED BY THE PHASES THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS EN- DURING. THE ENERGY CRISIS TOUCHED US ALL, FROM ADD- ING SWEATERS TO COMPENSATE FOR LOWER SETTINGS ON THE THERMOSTAT TO GIVING UP SOME RIDING AROUND BECAUSE OF LACK OF GASOLINE. WATER- GATE BROUGHT CONFUSION AND DISENCHATMENT TO US ALL. WE BEGAN TO RESENT HAVING OUR FAVORITE TV SHOW INTERRUPTED RATHER THAN TO RELISH THE NEWEST WATERGATE HAPPENING. KID- NAPPING SHOCKED THE WORLD AS A NEW TACTIC FOR MINORI- TIES AND REVOLUTIONARIES TO GAIN POWER AND MONEY . . .