Marshall High School - Dial Yearbook (Marshall, MI)

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- ffT n W hats 1 radition? Many changes took place, but this didn’t mean that everything changed. Many traditions were maintained that really kept the school unity evident and the pride continued to shine. The first day of school began at 7:45. Ev- ery student could find his name on a list on the front doors of the school. This directed students to their home- room. In homeroom, lockers were as- signed and every student was given the coveted student handbook, which was hastily tossed into the new lock- ers. The bookstore opened and offered many choices of school supplies and snacks. The bookstore is located at four corners, which has always been the “hot spot” of the school. “Every- body gathers at four-corners in the morning, during lunch, and after school. I always meet my friends at four-corners and we make plans from there,” said senior Susie Mathieu. Mr. Davis, the new principal, in- formed the school that he would be in charge of the senior discipline. So even though he was no longer the assistant principal, he still handled some disci- pline and still invited any student who needed assistance to come to him. The class sponsors kept up tradition. Mr. Hamilton and Mrs. Schmidt both still sponsored the freshmen, Ms. Papes and Mrs. Edwards were in charge of the sophomores again, and Mr. Arm- strong and Mr. Davis enjoyed being the junior class sponsors. The senior class sponsors were Mr. Burns and Mr. Currie. Throughout the year, many days came when the roads were ice or snow covered. Students and teachers agreed that a snow day would have been a nice treat. It has somewhat be- come a tradition in Marshall to be in school on bad weather days. The many small changes did not change the traditions. The great times had by students occurred because of a combi- nation of both changes and traditions. WHAT'S IN THE FORECAST? Snowstorms! Although the snow fell heavily during Spirit Festival, it didn’t dampen school spirit. Juniors. Sabrina Hunter, Pat Russell, and Jeremy Hockett, prepare to make their way home on the slippery roads. Photo by Laura Day WHAT’S IN COMPETITION? Spirit Festival provides a perfect chance for students to get excited. Enthusiasm, cheers, signs, and screams are all ways to encourage classmates to victory. In the end, in spite of the sopho- mores'signs, all arc Redskins. Photo by Bryndis Lctzring OPENING 5

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 ome 1 ihi ngs t emain WHAT’S IN A NICKNAME? Character! When stu- dents are given nicknames they can represent their humor, history, or character. “Dora”. “Zosh”. and “Linds,” otherwise known as Karen Taylor. Richcllc Veale, and Lindsey Redpath, put their signatures on the traditional senior sign. Photo by Mrs. G. Wheeler WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? MeMuffins! The senior class began a new tradition during Spirit Festival by showing up at McDonald's at seven o'clock for break- fast. Steve Gottshall, Marylou Knaack, Kathic Brobst. Cathy Haybach. Tina Mann. Jeff Douglas, and Kasia Grzeskowiak all woke up early and put on their senior T-shirts to kick off the day. Photo by An- nette Tribby 4 OPENING

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PURIFICATION RITES — “Before we could see the Japanese shrine, we had to purify ourselves by rinsing our left and right hands,” commented Sandi Over- hiscr. “Then we had to rinse our mouths and spit the water back out.” Sandi and Cathy Haybach represented Marshall in our sister city, Koka-Cho, last sum- mer. Photo by Mrs. S. Green THUMBS UP — In Mijas, Spain, hail- ing a cab means calling a boy over to help a tourist onto a donkey. During the Spanish club’s trip, Ed Rowand got used to the bumpy, uncomfortable rides. “Visiting Spain was an unforget- table experience,” Ed remarked. “It was great ” Photo by Bryndis Letzring ---Travel Abroad— Students explore vast regions of the world While most of the students spent the summer in Marshall, a few had the opportunity to vis- it a foreign country. Mr. Bill Haroff, Spanish teacher, traveled for eight days in Spain with Dcanne Rocco, Bryndis Letzring, Ed Rowand, and Diane Rollins. One of the most exciting parts of their trip was seeing a bull fight. “I disliked the cruel aspects of bullfighting, but ap- preciated the artistic and enter- taining aspects as well,” com- mented Mr. Haroff. Traveling to Koko-Cho, Ja- pan, Marshall’s sister city, were Sandi Overhiser and Cathy Haybach. When thinking about their trip, Sandi and Cathy es- pecially remember the flam- boyant traditional costumes, the many gifts that they re- ceived, and the closeness of the 6 TRAVEL ABROAD Japanese people. “My favorite part of the trip was a night at a home-stay when Sandi and I sat around and lis- tened to music with two teen- agers. That’s when 1 realized that people are the same every- where,” remarked Cathy. Neisha Dickman had the op- portunity to be a summer ex- change student in Japan. She found living with a Japanese family an interesting but diffi- cult situation. “There wasn’t anyone whom I could really talk to. No one in my Japanese fam- ily could speak English well enough to understand me,” she stated. Visiting Germany was the highlight of Michelle Beebe’s summer. While there, she no- ticed that most of the people wore dark clothing. “I felt like I stood out in a crowd with my pastel-colored clothes,” said Michelle. Michelle especially remem- bers all of the festivals that arc celebrated in Germany. While she was there, she attended two of them, a chicken festival and one for fishermen. Being away from home for a year is especially tough when you’re in a foreign country and Betsy Hayes, a foreign ex- change student, now knows that is true. She spent the year in Melbourne, Australia. “The Australian people were all interesting and very friendly. They speak English, yet their slang, in itself, is a different lan- guage,” remarked Betsy. The experiences gained will never be forgotten by these stu- dents who had an exciting trav- el abroad. TRY IT ON FOR SIZE — Neisha Dick- man spent the summer touring Japan. Here she models her kimono in a Japa- nese shop. Photo by Kumi Mitomi