Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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9 1-4. Overcoming his shyness, Dave Engler inches up to Linda Peril. 5. Whiling away a babysiltlng job. Julio Wunder flirts with a gentleman caller 6 On a fail afternoon, Ann Hendricks and Tom Wolf take a romantic walk. 7 Taking time out from class. Rob Zieper woos Anna Groen. 8. Post Road, a favorite spot for watching the airplanes take off DATING 13

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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

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Tacos Tacos Tacos Playing our cross-town arch-rivals, the Edina-West Cougars, brought about a different kind of Homecoming in 1979. Naturally, it brought out the winning instinct in the Hornets even more than usual, for we wanted to be 1 in Edina! The slogan for this year was Shut down West — keep the best. We adopted an informal slogan that might have been the biggest part of Homecoming this year. It was- Make the Cougars eat lots and lots of tacos. which originated in the Spanish homeroom. The first thing the students noticed as they approached school that cheery Homecoming Friday was the water tower. It boasted a four-letter word written in fluorescent paint accompanied by two dangling dummies. (But not to worry, the janitors had it taken care of by second hour.) The day seemed to drag on for an eternity. The freedom bell finally rang. Mobs of people stormed into the gym and finally, when all had begun to quiet down, the 7th, 8th and 9thg graders trampled onto the scene. Through the stands, green and white dominated and hornet antennae were worn by sophomore girls. The pepfest started with the skits, which were very original this year. The winning skit was performed by Images on the Wind-a humorous take-off on the teachers. The students returned home only to get ready for the big East-West game when East was going to shut down West. Pre-game activities included the introduction of the royal court and all the floats. This year, the judges picked the deserving sophomore float as the winner. At the game, the spirited crowd endured the cold to see the Cougars eat lots and lots of victory tacos. The final score was a crushing 34-7. But with pride still left in our team, we attended the East-West dance and experienced a super Homecoming weekend. 14 HOMECOMING