Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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The cafeteria floor becomes a temporary picnic ground for these seniors as they take part in the First Annual Senior Safari Picnic Extravaganza. This familiar posting of the day ' s ala carte menu bears mute witness to inflation effects. «.. ALA CARTE CHIKEN SAND 60 CHEF SALAD NOODLES ! T UN A SALAD I JELLO FRUIT PUDDING 4! DILL PICKLE SHAKE ' ; APPLf OR ORANGE SS | Already enjoying her munchies —photos by Connie Anderson from home, Rene Castator and friend eat while others still wait. Brown Bagging Student SV29

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WE LONGED FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT NOON AND SO WE STARTED TO . . . BROWN BAG IT Whether you are in third or fourth period, waiting for the bell to ring can be excruciating. Your taste buds begin to tingle as visions of a Big Mac, pan pizza or a bologna sandwich fill your mind. The bell rings and the hall is filled with hungry peo- ple. You stop by your locker to pick up your lunch, that ' s right, you have brown bagged it. Brown bagging has become a very common way to eat lunch this year. Numerous reasons have caused students to take the extra time to pack their favorite food in a paper sack. Inflation accounts for many of the brown bags seen in the lunch room. Lunches sky-rocketed from fifty-five cents to eighty cents this year. Paying eighty cents per day can add up to one hundred and forty-four dollars in just one year, not including extra milk or the ala carte which students enjoy. Some other reasons are the long lunch lines and not enough places to sit. By the time you get your lunch, all the seats are filled, quipped Patty Roy. Brown bagging can be a big advantage because you can bring how much and what kind of food you want. It is just the thing for someone on a diet, or a picky eater. Some peo- ple enjoy things which other people may call sickening. For example, if the cooks served bananas and ketchup, or peanut butter and dill pickles, or milk mixed with pop, only a few students would eat. In some ways, however, brown bagging is not worth it. Getting up to fix your lunch before school can be hard when you are running late. What hap- pens if you forget your lunch? Then you have no lunch money. Also, put- ting a hot lunch together in a brown bag can be rather complex. So when the bell rings, the choice is yours. Eating in the cafeteria may fit your lifestyle perfectly, or brown bag- ging could be the solution to your lunch time blues. — Karen PfisterO Being removed from the depths of its safekeeping, a bag of goodies starts toward the cafeteria. Even the fast line can be long for those who didn ' t take the time to create their own lunches. 28A Brown Bagging

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B LI INI THE STAIRCASE Final preparations are being made backstage as the audience begins to arrive. Members of the cast are scurrying about putting finishing touches on their make- up and costumes, making sure props are in place, and issuing each other last minute instruc- tions before the house lights des- cend. Then . . . total darkness. The crowd ceases talking and silence falls across the gym. My mouth suddenly becomes dry as I wait for my cue to go out on stage. As I mentally run through my lines, I remember all of Mr. Stover ' s instructions — project, enunciate, play out, etc. As I stand there, my mind wanders back to the very first practice and tryouts. I remember the thrill of finding my name on the cast list the day after tryouts. I recall the fun times, the tough practices, and the long nights spent working alongside the rest of the cast, to finish the set and lighting. Suddenly, I hear my cue. I stroll out on stage just like I ' ve done so many times before during prac- tice. The words seem to flow free- ly, despite all the nightmares I had of forgetting lines. Before I know it, it ' s time for curtain call. I can tell, as I look out into the au- dience at smiling faces and hear the rousing applause, that they had enjoyed the play. Exiting the stage, I, along with the rest of the cast, run out to meet friends and relatives who came to watch the performance. We rehash favorite scenes and congratulate fellow cast members on their memorable performances. The gym is silent again, except for the sounds of a few cast members who are making sure costumes and make-up are pro- perly put away. Although it has been a great experience, I ' m look- ing forward to tomorrow night. Just one more performance, and then . . . Cast Party! — Eugene Liechty □ 30 - Spring Play Student Life