Evanston Township High School - Key Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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1600 Dodge Strip by Grace Hartzell At midmorning the Senior Choir is in full voice. The music falls to pieces, however, when the sound of a madly blaring horn fills the room. Class is further delayed after the train horn for a five-minute interval as the air-raid siren wails its song. The seniors aren't the First Class subject to the onslaught of Dodge Avenue noises. The Dodge Strip Medley has been playing for many years. The melody is everpresent: from the moan of high-keyed drag racing cars to the piercing screech of the 203 and 204 buses. For a 20 mile-per-hour zone, Dodge Avenue certainly has its share of the action. Starting at about 7:30 in the morning, the street is heavy with traffic. Police patrol the Strip looking not only for speeders, but other traffic violators as well. The cops are really on the spot, senior Brian Nicholson said. l've been stopped twice: once because l didn't have a vehicle sticker, and once because l didn't have my license plates. They had been stolen. Overall, Brian had a high opinion of the police. The situation on Dodge is all right. I don't mind the speed limit, and the bus routes don't create much of a problem. On the other hand, senior Mary McCulloch avoids using Dodge because it's always so busy. Mary, who drives iust about every day, would rather not take Dodge if she doesn't need to. However, she agreed with Brian about the police patrolling the area. The police protection is good. l'm glad they're there, she said. From police to buses and train whistles, Dodge Strip encorporates the spirit of the object that brings the sights and sounds together: our school. Spring Epidemic by Laura Newman lt's Aprif and the library seems to need a vacancy sign. Not even H-hall at rush hour can match the crowds of sun-seeking students that flock to the courtyards and front lawn to exalt in their illness - the incurable spring fever. Something in the combination of green grass, blue skies, and hot sun works like a magnet on students from freshman to senior, first class to last: it attracts them out and holds them there. Senior Wendy Sigele commented, Once l get outside, l never want to go back in. One part of me says, 'O.K., time to go in,' and another part says, 'Just one more period out,' and the second part usually wins. Wendy isn't the only student won over by the sun: the attendance office records will attest to the fact that the number of absences during classes in the middle of the day skyrockets in spring, and has even more so this year because the hot weather hit early. Although the general student happy-go-lucky spirit seems to rise in the spring, one class in particular feels it most. For seniors the fever diagnosis is simple: il's slump in the first degree. By April, most have made decisions about schools or work plans, and are looking eagerly down the road to graduation. With the end of their high school years in sight, they find it very difficult to tackle schoolwork seriously, and the beautiful weather doesn't help to make the classroom any more attractive. The other classes don't suffer such a strong co mmon distraction as do the seniors, but the fever is assuredly there. By spring they are exhausted, sick of winter and work, and very much ready for summer. l feel like l've climbed the mountain and the rest of the year is downhill, so l slack off, said sophomore Jeff Wesley. However, spring fever doesn't necessarily work in a bad way lit you stop considering its effect on schoolworkl. It feels great! said senior Rebecca Breuer. It brings back bounce into the feet of spring athletes, and bikers, joggers, skateboarders and frisbee bums pursue their activities with a special energy that has been cooped up all winter long. ' 14 Easy Come, Easy Go asy Come