Viking_Yearbook_68

Most of Mary Lou 's clothes are self– made. " I drown my sorrows in sewing if I don' t go out. " Mary Lou skis, and works at the telephone company during the summer. She is engaged and plans to marry a biology major in September. Future plans include another year of schooling at PSC, then a teaching job in the Portland metropolitan area. " I want my education not only as a job opportunity but as something that applies to me in life, about being a citi– zen . We need concerned people. This is why you've got to get to the high school kids. If you don ' t impress upon them that as citizens it is their place to see what's going on, what's the world to come to then?" Mary Lou crosses those legs of hers and smiles. " Older teachers say I'm idealistic. Maybe they get run down and disillusioned. They think I' m a fresh young teacher with all these idealistic ideas. They figure I've got a lot to learn and I probably do. " 105