Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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Hiking across a gravel path is part of the everyday routine of many students. Later on, the gravel path was paved for the students convenience in bad weather. Starting another day, freshman John Holzhall goes through the monotonous task of opening his locker and getting his books before class. During Study Hall, juniors Steve Martin and Lisa Mauer try to get unfinished homework done before they go to class. In order not to be late for class, junior Nina Swing rushes to get her hair combed during the hourly seven minute break. To break away from her volleyball game, freshman Karen DeCola practices her free throws in gym class.

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Awkwardly scattered across the Commons floor, cherhistry students attempt to listen to Mr. Donald Ullman ' s lecture. Because of the juniors ' PSAT ' s and the construction, the Chemistry ' classes were pushed out of their rooms. In the midst of all the rubble and debris, a con- struction worker takes time out to survey his work. Uprooted benches indicated the beginning of re- construction in what was once the horseshoe and was soon to be new classrooms. if mi

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k Routine (roo ten ' ) n. 1. regular, customary, unvarying, or mechanical procedure. Routine was probably the first word that popped into one ' s head at approximately 6:48 every morning while his alarm clock signaled him to begin another day. From this point on, the format that most students ' schedules took was somewhat similar. Whether one had to walk, drive, or take a bus to school, he always ended up having to leave before he was ready. This routine of wakening was so familiar to a lot of people that they found themselves waking up early on Saturday morning and getting half way dressed before realizing that it was not a school day. The rest of the school day was usually filled with tests, lectures, reading assignments, and problem solving until 2:42 p.m. when everyone got to go home. That is unless they had an extra curricular activity to participate in such as play practice, ensembles, athletics, or a club activity. On the other hand, just because one went home after school didn ' t necessarily mean that they were breaking the routine. He usually depended upon having a few hours of homework to contend with once he left school. There were some ways, though, that students found to break the daily routine. Such activities ranged anywhere from school field trips and pep sessions to wild parties over the weekend nights. No matter what one did to break the routine, he could almost always count on having to fall right back into the same routine on Monday morning. All and all, it made even the strongest willed non- conformist think it might be true— if you can ' t beat ' em, join ' em!