Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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Heading For ... ? In what direction will the 1980's take us? Can we expect continued inflation, increases in crime, and war? Or will we continue the search for capable leaders, a stable economy, and peace? On an individual level, we may find ourselves in new careers and lifestyles. In college, we will make new friends and aquire new interests. Does that mean, however, that we will completely lose touch with our friends and what our high school years meant to us? The changes we experienced in high school will prepare us for major decisions in later life. Will we get married? How soon? To whom? Will we decide to raise a family? Where will we live? Have we learned from our own and our friends' parents the pain of divorce, and will we attempt to prevent it in our own lives? Society's attitudes are changing. Will we have the strength to decide for ourselves what our values and morals will be? As we choose our own directions, we will remember how Edina-East and the '70's influenced us. and we will also remember how they enabled us to choose our own new directions. 1 Mr. Griffin explains ihe Periodic Table of the Elements to Greg OlMon. 2 Ann Davis, Doug Meeker and Mary Williams take advantage of a cusp autumn day before the icy fingers of winter set in. 3 Kirt Mostrom tries his hand at lecturing. 4. Senior women slide back into their childhood at Concord playground. 5. The lunch ladies are proud to present a meal to Mary Shelton and Celeste Naae, who look appropriately enthralled. 6 THEME

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A student’s life, often too complicated to organize and plan, was subject to many responsibilities other than school. Parents expected their kids to help with household chores — raking, doing dishes and occasionally cleaning out the dump commonly known as the bedroom. They also expected us to do well in school — how ridiculous of them! Athletes, actors and musicians took the responsibility to work hard so they could excel at their particular activity. After hours of practice, their performances gave a chance for their family and friends to see what they had been working so hard to achieve. The responsibility of friendship was a valuable one. After all. most of the events in a student's life were accompanied by friends or at least with acquaintances. Feeling run-down from the pressures of the day. the comfort of a bed was a welcomed sight. Before students retired they gathered their thoughts and tried to figure out the next day's schedule. Twenty-four hours just didn't seem enough to accomplish the things we wanted to do and the things we had to do. If only students could devise a thirty-hour day they might have a chance.