Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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White, practically windowless, and chains on the doors. Valparaiso High School can be a pretty cold-looking place when no one is around to pump a little life into it. Fortunately though, this rather inhuman condition is quite a rarity for the multi-million dollar building on North Campbell Street. Except for an occasional Sunday afternoon and special holidays, there is almost always something happening at VHS — and quite Often those happenings are non-academic, inexpensive, and even fun. Ingenuity goes a long way toward making VHS a source of entertainment for students. For instance, if it looks like it might go over well, why not turn the stage into a battleship? Or the north balcony into a jam-packed, non-stop discotheque? Or the cafeteria into a cabaret — complete with “cocktails and dinner music? Why not? It just might work. and. in fact. all three were smashing successes at VHS this year. When snow made long-distance travel difficult, the school became quite a night spot for students. Struggling to cast-off images of tests, grades, and homework, they crowded into VHS after regular school hours for formal dances, sockhops. concerts. and drama productions almost as if they were just out for a night on the town. Even after the spring thaw, students continued to patronize the chic new establishment for its traditional warm-weather events.

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A boom with no bangs or bruises If the late 1960 ' s was an era is usually followed by the cus- $6.98, and w of sloppiness and rebellion for tomary financial argument with dejectedly. American youth — and parents and Mother and a quick trip to the mall heading for tl teachers are constantly saying it to re-stock the already over- always use zi was — then a major overhaul in at- flowing wardrobe. Ah yes . . . titudes has apparently occurred in So, little Joe Anystudent heads acne, or wha recent years. Arm bands, greasy down the highway and runs into Now there is hair, and torn-up blue jeans are the nearest jeans shop. His eye spending. Wh anything but the fashion, as to- first catches the display of do to ward ol day’s teenagers seem to prefer original Levis with rivets and puberty on tt design er styles and comfort to straight legs — still priced at a ufacturers wc the once popular protests a- reasonable $15. Since he already they keep it i gainst materialism. has a least a dozen pairs of those alone carried VHS students are no exception at home, he decides instead to teed to cover to this trend and have willingly look at the new European-style jeans, raculously he joined in on the student marches He changes his mind when he sights problems, of the 1970 ' s — marches to the the high price tag attached to But that isr check-out counter, to the ticket the rhinestone-studded pockets. it, in fact. Gir counter, to the album counter, to He leaves the store, thinking and makeup 1 the everything-you-always-wanted- perhaps he ' ll buy a shirt instead. monetary sup but-never-really-needed counter, He goes into one store, sees a is splitting en etc., etc., etc. casual shirt “on sale” for $15, new gunks an The clothes closet is the source sees sweaters in another for $25, hair more be; of much of the youthful worship and teeshirts in another for a the cost of si of the Almighty Dollar. In spite mere $7. “Maybe I ' ll just get an stereos, entei of that fact that his closet may album, he thinks with rapidly cravings for p already look like a clothing ware- waning confidence. So he walks a perfect torn house, the teenager will inevi- into his favorite record store, sees teenage budg tably complain, But I don’t have his favorite artist’s new album to sighing par anything to wear.” This complaint billed as Today ' s Special” at than blowing 10 — Feature