Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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M aking the Yearbook “Yourbook” To help make this yearbook one that is customized to you personally, complete the questions below and include the items (stick them in the covers of the book) listed. This will work something like a baby book (except maybe it will get filled in). In- Name (and Nickname): elude: report cards, schedules, I.D. card, baggie from chemistry, ticket stubs (from sports and plays), dried flowers from prom and winter for- mal, hand-written English and foreign language composition, school- related newspaper clippings, notes from your friends, a piece of streamer from homecoming, a pig tail (biology), computer matches, play programs (especially from the DUNES Extravaganza), Wildcat rib- bons and buttons, a pass. Address: Phone: Height: Weight: The teacher who had the most impact on me was: The class I dreaded or enjoyed the most: The most meaningful or meaningless homework assignment, test, paper: The most exciting athletic event was: The most exciting extra-curricular project, event, or activity was: Our favorite hangouts (lunch time and after school) were: The best school assembly was: The funniest thing that ever happened at school was: Our favorite expressions were: What I wore to school and my hairstyle: My favorite songs, movies, and t.v. shows were: My part-time job was (include wages per hour): Clubs I participated in: Student Living Making the Yearbook Yourbook” 25

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WINTER FORMAL J ancing “All Night Long” January 28, 1984 started out like a typical Winter Formal Day. Associa- tion members were busy running around making last minute prepara- tions for the dance. Others were busy washing their hair, cleaning out the family car, or making phone calls trying to find out what everybody was going to do afterwards. Before the dance, taking pictures appeared to be most parents ' excite- ment for the night. It seemed like they had to have at least a dozen pic- tures of the couple by the fireplace, and another dozen of their son pin- ning the corsage on his date, and of the girl pinning on the boutinerre. Then it was necessary to go to the date ' s house and go through the whole thing again. And if a person doubled with another couple, well At the Firemen ' s Local, the same was happening. While James Photographers were taking pictures of some couples, more were arriv- ing. By 7:30, the place was packed, and dinner was ready. Dinner was the only sour note of the evening. The food was not even typical catered food. No one knew how the caterer was able to do it, but he even managed to ruin the corn. Also, eating with plastic silver- ware was not all it was cut out to be (no pun intended). That really didn ' t matter too much because most couples had planned on going out to eat afterwards. The DJ, from the Hot Mix Five, was the highlight of the evening. Though he didn ' t play the theme song, All Night Long, he kept the place filled with music all night long. It was good music, too. But almost everyone was so drunk with happiness, he could have played polkas and still everyone Laura Reynolds watches intently while Henry Puentes loads his plate with mashed potatoes. would have danced. It appeared that not too many people were dancing with their own date, mainly just mingling and dancing at the same time. Around midnight everyone disap- peared from the hall and went on to their post-formal activities. Some drove to Chicago, only to find that no place was still serving dinner, and then, ended up eating at McDonald ' s. Some drove around the Region, looking for a place that was open, only to end up sitting in a park- ing lot eating a pepperoni pizza. However, there had been a few that had played it smart and had made reservations and were able to sit down to a nice meal (with real silver- ware). Regardless of what happened after Formal, the evening was still a success and everyone had a good time, all night long.

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STUDENTS WITH JOBS rr hey Work Hard for the Money Teachers and parents are always telling us that school is our job until we graduate. Therefore, anyone working part-time in addition to go- ing to school all day is indeed moonlighting. Why do we moonlight? Let ' s think about that for a minute. Is it the prestige of carting groceries to peo- ple ' s car trunks? Or is it the powerful feeling we get when we say, May I take your order, sir? Maybe it ' s how good we feel about ourselves when our bosses give us little self- improvement lectures on punctuali- ty. No, let ' s face it, it ' s the paycheck! Aren ' t we all money-grubbers at heart? Sometimes, though, all the fun, friends, and school activities missed make money seem relatively unimportant. However, without the experience we gain from jobs (which will be one of the things a future employer will look for), our first step into the real world could be quite a rude awakening. What a bummer it is to make plans to go somewhere and then have to cancel because we forgot that we had to work. It ' s even more of a royal drag to have a few days off of school and then find out we have to sub for the person we least like at our job. Truth be known, paying taxes is probably not high on our lists of things we ' ve always looked for- ward to do. On the flip side, when we do find time to go out with our friends, we have a lot more cash to wave in front of them. Unless, that is, our parents make us stow it all away in the bank. Let ' s cut them some slack though. We do have futures to think about. No, not hog futures — our futures — and money in the bank could give us a big head start when we ' re out on our own. So remember this when a juicy job offer comes up: Money can ' t buy true friends or happiness, but hap- piness and the truest of true friends aren ' t putting us through college, either. 26 Student Life Part-time Jobs