Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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RIGHT: Although the school day ended twenty minutes eadier, Art Moswin, Jill Stew- art, Shari Smith, Kevin O ' Connell, Joan Smigiel, and Nancy Kasle have their rea- sons to stick around for awhile. BELOW: Full beyond capacity, senior sociology classes sharply contrast with the empty expanse of the south resource where eco- nomics classes are held. ;SiU!:nU:n£

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LEFT: Trying to lure her husband, Gifford Hampton (M. Winner), upstairs with her seductive suggestions, Addie (M. Vance), gets a negative response. BELOW: Despite their political differences, the inner feelings of Mathew Cromwell (S. Sherer) has for his wife (R. Rheinhold) remain the same. LEFT: All the ladies (B. Satterblom, C. Griffin, K. Moynagh) are shocked to find out that Miss Trixie Sparker (K. McKenna) is the madame. TOP: Limbering up ex- ercises were done by cast members before each rehearsal and performance, so as to portray realism. Fall Drama 25

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Whoever coined the phrase, Do as I say, not as I do, must have realized his own actions were sometimes contrary to what he said he was going to do. He realized his self-con- tradiction. However, has the student body come to realize that it is paradoxical in nature? Opposition to the previous state- ment was heard, Hogwash! that statement about students being self-contradictory is a bunch of bunk! I ' practice what I preach ' . These words were all too familiar. See if you can ' t place yourself into any one of the following situations. In late August, students were informed that school hours were lengthened to 8:30 a.m. to 3:08 p.m., eight minutes longer than in previous years. Immediately, opposition against staying in school those few extra minutes was heard. Cries of protest resounded through the halls. Did anyone ever stop to think that those few minutes were added to appease demands for more time between classes, to get from one building to the other? Ah yes, now you remember. Instead of waiting for 3:00, one had to control his faculties until 3:08. I can ' t wait ' till school ends to get out of this building, was periodically heard throughout the day. Yet, how many students who murmured those words could be found at the candy machine in the North Commons, talking with friends until 3:20? Just take a head count next time you are eating that Three Muskateers bar. Another common phrase that came forth from a student was, the food here isn ' t fit to slop pigs. Then, why was it that out of the 1778 students, 28% opted to buy lunch from the school menu instead of brown-bagging it every week? Even more so, 75% bought something, whether it was just fries, an apple, or milk, Maybe pigs did not care for our food, but ap- parently some students do. Face it Munster, you were leading a living paradox. Just take a look down the hall or in the cafeteria. Many girls had turned in faded denims for the more conservative knee-length skirts and coordinated blouses. Yet, came Friday, those same girls sported those comfortable old friends, called jeans, in prepa- ration for the start of the weekend. If you were a senior, the classroom situation was more prev- alent. Perhaps you were one of the first hour sociology stu- dents who could not wait for second hour economics to get a breath of fresh air. The reason for this was that sociology classes as well as other senior courses, such as composition, were held in small classrooms packed beyond capacity. In sharp contrast was the vast expanse of emptiness found in the South Resource, where the economics classes were held. Classes of 25 people were held in an area large enough to ac- commodate 100 students. You still don ' t believe school was paradoxical, do you? Re- member when Student Senate promised to set up a bulletin board so that the student body would have an insight on what went on at the meetings? The board was to act as a channel of communication between all students and the Senate, ac- cording to President Jim Krajewski. However, because of a seemingly lack of communication between Senate members themselves, the board did not appear for weeks. Finally, one was arranged only after some non-Senate members tried to organize one themselves. Could you place yourself in any one of the above situations? No, but you did think of a time in which you were self-con- tradictory. Face it Munster. You were tangible proof of an ac- tive paradox. BELOW: With the absence of a dress code, senior Linda Williamson dons the classic skirt and blouse, while freshman Sue Emhoff sports the not unfamiliar attire of a Munster High student. BOTTOM: After weeks of deliberation within Senate about who has the responsibility for arranging information on a board, the student body finally had an open channel of communication to the Student Senate through the in- novation of a special bulletin board.