Valley Central High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Montgomery, NY)

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6 222 CLOSING ESSAY fRighU The ERA movement has liberated women socially. Laura Anthonison sports a bow tie. fBelowj Home-ec, crafts, English were formerly considered the domain of women. Doree Fischer and Debbie Wollenhurg work on a physics lab - new territory for women. ffgefgfr E E? ,Za- 5. 1 'K fr ' :gszw f -,rv , :azz -er - r ,1 wg. cl? My MI- 51 ff- A -154' 2 4254?

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Externalchange marks last 'twenty years Continued from p. 220 purse now. I'm taking a statistics course at New Paltz, and I constantly use my calculator. To do a square root used to take forever, now you just press a button. However, calculators aren't the only things that have changed students' lives. Ms. Marion Underhill said, Alco- holism, and smoking has increased, and that, of course affects the kind of student you have to teach. He is much more outspoken. Twenty years ago drugs and alcohol played a small role tif anyj in people's lives. But today drinking and even smoking pot have become socially ac- ceptable in many circles. High Gear, a shop at the Orange Plaza, displays and sells bangs and cigarettes. But when speaking of changes, Ms. Underhill said that really Uthe things that are different are superficial things. Mr. McFadden agreed, People are the same. I don't think they ever change. Only the external things change. One external change these past score of years has been the improve- ment of women's status. As Mr. McFadden said, 6'Women have refused to be stereotyped as they were in the 50,S'U Continued on p. 224 QAbovej Fashions are a mixed-bag. Cathy Wagner and Tanya Lawn combine boots, Clogs, vests, jumpers, jeans, cowls, and big shirts for two different looks. fLeftj The wide world of sports has broadened to include women. Maryanne Balogh, Yvette Beck, Diane Decker, and joanne Wild compete in cross country at Bear Mountain. CLOSING ESSAY 223