Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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ummertime When The Livin’ Is Easy 1. Aloof senior women. Robin Baird, Bitty McCambrldge and Liaa Haugen, direct ihoir attention to the Lake Harriet shore. 2. At their favorite swimming hole. Patty Callan and Suzanne Supplee take time out to chat with Country Club ‘'landlubbers. 3. Wandering into a dream world. Beth Hun-stiger reads a lazy summer day away. 4. Sophomore Mary Cavanaugh rediscovers the harsh realities of the real world after a memorable Disneyworld vacation. 5. Familiar to many students in classrooms with a western exposure, this tree marks the end of summer with fiery orange leaves. 6. While vacationing at his northern lake cabin. Pete Szendrey tries his hand at barefoot water skiing. SUMMER 11

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 What did you do this summer?” This question echoed in the halls of a fresh school year, finding as many interesting as dull responses. Few of us were fortunate enough to entertain ourselves on exotic vacations: pearl diving in Montana, crossing the Andes Mountains by llama, or touring the world renowned Duneducanard down jacket factory in Monaco. Most of us. however, managed to escape to at least one corner of the earth, even if it happened to be the Edina Municipal Pool. We all endured tedious anecdotes of beach-bummed friends: Did I show you my shark bite? adding eloquent feedback like Wow and Jeepers. For some students, extra-curricular ac- tivities such as sports. Hornettes and cheerleading devoured nearly the entire summer break, allowing little time for travel or pursuing individual interests. Rookie highstepper Sue Nevers summed up her summer in recalling that Hornettes occupied my entire summer filling it with hard practices, pulled muscles and good times.” Practice did not necessarily make a perfect summer as a large portion of the Edina-East High School population discovered. Summer, according to Webster Jr's dictionary, is a six letter word for party. The money earned from servicing with a smile or bussing tables six hours a day was swallowed not only by taxes and gasoline but the teenager's insatiable desire to cele- brate. Whether it was a cabin-holiday (in the North), a visit to grandmother (over the river and through the woods) or a fun-filled day at Valleyfair, all of us managed to temporarily escape Edina. Happy hours of suntanning, sailing, tennis, golf, baseball, soccer, swimming and daytime television shortened an already too short summer. Soon the trees began to flame and once again students, with pen in hand, forgot the beaches, drive-ins and parties of the summer past. The average student unfortunately did not realize what a wonderful asset school was because it was in school that one learned how to appreciate summer vacation. 10 SUMMER

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Dating has always been the ultimate contact sport, the final frustration. Many a boy. after hearing still another girl say she wanted to be just friends” swore Never again! And many a girl, after spending yet another evening glaring at the silent telephone swore Never again! But like a bum check or the plague, the desire to date returned again and again. Step 1. The prospective daters noticed each other. This generally happened at a party or in a class, or at a combination of the two. Occasionally nosy friends forced themselves into the act ( Well. I’ll tell her to tell him that her best friend likes him even though she really thinks he's a jerk, and then ... ). usually creating a massive traffic jam of lonely hearts. This resulted in two people suddenly becoming interested in their fingernails or the clock when they passed each other in the hall. Step 2. The boy called the girl. After fifty-four times of hanging up just before dialing the last digit of the girl's number, the boy finally gathered his courage, completed the call, endured her father’s. Who should I say is calling? and waited. A rather awkward conversation ensued, concerning college and parties (for seniors), the latest car accidents (for juniors), and the latest licensed drivers (for sophomores). The conversation culminated when the boy arranged to go on a Friday night movie date or the girl derived an in- conspicuous excuse. ( I have to go to the roller derby. My mother's in it. ) Step 3. The big date occurred. This, as mentioned, was generally for a movie. the unspoken agreement being that a movie delayed the necessity of conversation. Neither the boy or the girl watched much of the movie because they were too conscious of each other. The boy wondered if she would be offended if he put his arm around her; after he did. he wondered if she would be offended if he removed it since blood circulation had stopped. The movie over, they usually hit one of the local eating spots such as The Brothers or Poppin’ Fresh. The evening ended in a clumsy good-night-kiss or a strained Well ... see you. After a few dates like this, many couples returned to their original opinion that they never wanted to date again. 12 DATING