Whetstone High School - Legend Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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O wonderful wonderful, und most wonderful wonderful! and yet again wonderful. . . In many ways the most important factor in a high school student's life is his sex: his recently clarified sense of masculinity or femininity, his approaching manhood or wo- manhood and the boyishness or girlishness which he fortunately retains, a proud and excited recog- nition of his own status which leads to that wonderful awkwardness that makes him a teenager. One evidence of this self-aware- ness is the long and frequent ses- sions that both girls and boys spend before mirrors. More vigorous man- ifestations, for the most part pe- culiar to boys, are body-building programs, sports, and fights. A boy undertakes both body development and sports, responding to a sense of his obligation to attain a level of strength and skill requisite to manhood. He enters both athletic compe- tition and fights in an effort to prove his physical attainment. Vic- tory in either kind of competition offers a satisfaction as justifiable as that derived from a good test score. Ultimately, a boyis se1f-aware- ness and the actions it motivates lead directly to a keen awareness of girls. Although all girls are shaped and formed within a pattern, each is an individual creation. A laugh, a shrug, the lilt in the gentle sway of hips and shoulders: each is as special and unique as the girl herself. A rnetamorphosis is taking place, a girl is in the midst of becoming a woman. The change of body and mind is an exciting one to behold. Child-dreams are the today and now of her life. The dreams of yesterday are replaced by her curi- osity about tomorrow. William Shakespeare She questions the restrictions set by people before her, and she wonders if she wants to be respect- able and ladylike. Does anyone care any longer? Can anyone de- fine a lady? Only me, she de- cides, My opinion is the one with which I must live. The struggle of defining morals in a rapidly shift- ing society is a challenge that fas- cinates her. Her thoughts drift and linger on other interests: faith, daily re- sponsibilities, and the boys who will become the men in her world of wornanhood. Their contrasting nature intrigues her and she is drawn. A boat-sized shoe, a jacket with gorilla-length sleeves, a voice so much deeper. She explores his mind and in amazement discovers a new realm of thoughts and reac- tions which she will never exper- ience. She loves the protection which she really does not believe she needs. She is intoxicated with the power she wields, a power which she must learn not to violate. She loves the world of today and anticipates the world of tomorrow. 4' :wg -fkifl ,- fi ' 1 fikiixf-ggi S. 5

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