Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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Changes — Are They Sometimes when we decided to choose some new personal directions — picking a college, breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, trying to take the Whigrean senior picture on the gym steps instead of in the courtyard as usual — they didn’t work out, or at least proved disappointing. A student may have tried a new, “fool-proof” method of studying for Econ (does one really exist?), but still failed with flying colors. A guy may have put on some extra-fine clothes and even had his hair cut to catch that gorgeous brunette in third hour, only to discover that jerk in her study hall was escorting her to prom. Students weren’t the only people who failed in their attempts to change. A coach may have altered the line-up in order to get some fresh faces in the game. But instead of magic being per- 1. Heather Godfrey takes advantage of the formed and the team making a new girts- soccer program to improve her spectacu|ar comeback, the 2. Jana Mazia, Mary Bath Anderson and subs may have performed no Melinda Ziegeweid jump to he.ghten the better than the starters, crowd S spirit. 3. Karen Jones hopes that facial expressions will help her return a volley. 4 Jonathan Vlaming and Carolyn Towler -r-. .r-t if

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 Taking New Directions The events of the past ten years led us to a point where the future was unpredictable and somewhat uncertain. Sequences of changes, like the chain reaction of falling dominoes, produced new results. revised values and brought about new directions. We lived through a period of transitions. The 70's were our schooling years, the years that shaped our true character. Things of the past were taken away. Elementary schools closed, teachers who were responsible for our knowledge were laid off and the closing of Edina-East was one year closer. Changes at various levels — social, governmental and personal — affected each individual differently. Each class at Edina-East had specific changes. The sophomores were in a new environment; the juniors, after being the youngest in the high school for two years, were in the middle; and the seniors made major decisions about their post high school years. The school changed in many ways during 1979-80. A new homeroom system combined homeroom and first hour with no break in between. Inflation raised the price of lunch tickets to 60$. a girl’s soccer team was established and many non-teacher coaches were hired for various sports. Characterized as the “me generation” students devised methods to accomplish individual goals for personal satisfaction. Although we were “looking out for number one. a sense of unity was constituted by new fads and coinciding values. Students made plans for the 80’s but the risk of unexpected change might deter one from accomplishing those plans. Where would the 80’s lead us? How would the new decade affect us? No one knew, except that it would take us in a new direction. THEME 3

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 Always For The Better? The fear of choosing a “wrong” direction, or one we might have regretted later, accounted for our resistance to change. Quite often we were satisfied to “not rock the boat.” Instead, we went along with the crowd, and that stifled our individuality. Sometimes it seemed as if we had no sense of our own values; we followed the standards set by everyone else. Times when we realized this were hard — they confused us. Overcoming this fear of failure was not in the least bit easy. Sometimes all it took, however, was one successful change before we began to gain confidence. After this confidence fortified us, we had the courage to attempt more. In turn, attempting more brought us more confidence and completed the circle. We found that each time we experimented with these changes, Whether or not they turned out i The Hornettes epitomize the saying Practice the way we’d hoped, we got a makes perfect -valuable chance to develop our 2 9 individuality. 3 Julie Schultz looks holpless as she struggles through Whan that Aprilte ... 4. Mrs. Heyer and three ol her friends exemplify the proverb written on the board.