Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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Hair According lo Mr. John Lay. director of athletics, the Westfield coaches have unanimously voted to establish an athletic code pertaining lo hair length, dress, smoking, drinking and narcotics. The code reads. “Athletes arc to be clean shaven and well grooircd. Hair shall not be worn over the car or back of the neck, and sideburns shall be no lower than the middle of the car. Athletes arc not to smoke, drink alcoholic beverages, or use narcotics at any lime. Tins is the first time a written rule pertaining to athletic behavior off the field has been established at Westfield. The rule, however, is pending administrative approval. The code is simply suggested behavior lor athletes because a hair length Code could iio| he upheld m Ouni Mr I as staled that the code, it adopted, would go win all spoils hi all seasons, iiuludiii;' finnol high s| toils speak out, you’ve got to speak out against the madness; you’ve got to speak your mind if you dare. david crosby 7

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“i feel we are doing the right thing ... we can’t sit back and let communism take over. “my brother died six months ago in Vietnam and i feel as he did about the protests in this country: men can’t fight wars without support from home.” “i’m perfectly happy just to sit back and watch what happens because i have no personal involvement in the war; therefore, it doesn't bother me. ” “the war in Vietnam is morally wrong, amcr-ica has made some blunders over the years, but our involvement in the Vietnamese civil war has to be one of the greatest miscalculations of all time.” “why not use our men and money for improving poverty, diseases, drug addiction, and other pressing problems? many fine men are being slaughtered who could have become some of america’s greatest leaders, this is a crime to both the men and the country.”