Cool Freshmen and Mr. Legs

Only the luckiest students got a copy of the June 2 issue in 1975 of The Forest Scout where the cover page was adorned by some of the handsomest legs in the school. Yes, the most handsome pair of legs in the school. You read that right: handsomest pair of legs.

One of the students by the name of Chuck Zent was a junior who wanted to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system, in the school and the community. Zent started a competition among the school clubs, where one boy was chosen to represent their club for the handsomest legs.

The pictures of the boys’ legs were posted in that edition of The Forest Scout. Students were asked to place their vote on the ballot that was provided, ranging from legs from the Ski Club, Lettermans’ Club, and Student Council, to the East or West Campus Main Office.

Pro Tips to Being A Cool Freshmen

Whether 1971 or 2019, freshmen seem to worry a lot about fitting in at high school. Luckily, an article in the Forest Scout in 1971, has some stellar tips on how freshmen could survive high school. For example, freshmen should make a fake senior I.D. card to get into the senior lounge.

The fake I.D. would also help to get out of embarrassing situations in the parking lot with upperclassmen. Some other tips included adding stick-on straps to your shoes to look like Adidas, using Amy Vanderbilt’s pocket guide to etiquette to appropriately converse with teachers, adding stick-on sideburns and elevator heels, using pre-lit cigarettes, and bringing Lysol spray for the bathroom. To eliminate all of your insecurities as a freshman though, you would need to wear your older brother’s letterman jacket to raise your status among your peers.

The usefulness of these tips today vary greatly, in fact, wearing a letterman’s jacket was actually known to be considerably dorky and weird for students in the late 1970s at Lake Forest High School. faking a senior I.D. most likely will not run well with Joel in the testing center when you need to make up your math test. Lastly, pre-lit cigarettes may attract not only some deans to question you, but it may add you to the statistics for those TruthOrange ads.