Munster High School - Paragon Yearbook (Munster, IN)

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Taking Hassles in stride Noisy nuisances, tedious tests co nfront students Girls’ Basketball team members were determined to do it. Project Biology stu- dents were determined to do it. Speech and Debate team members were deter- mined to do it. In fact, from the time school opened Sept. 2, all 1507 students were determined to do it. It” was to take all the abnormal” construction problems and regular school hassles in stride. Whether confronting un- finished or displaced classrooms, or find- ing a new pathway from the North to South building, students were determined to overcome obstacles and prove they could come out winners. Squeezing sideways past construction workers hanging ceiling tile, avoiding signs reading “Use Other Entrance,” and evading wooden horses forced students to reroute their routine pathways. Dented trash cans catching the drips of rain fall- ing from leaky roofs and boards which sank into the mud puddles beneath them were obstacles students ha d to over- come. Once inside the organized mess known as a classroom, students were swamped with other problems. Looking for books amidst stacks of supplies or transporting materials from the North to South building delayed the start of class for some. The construction show continued as students encountered their first tests and prac- tices of the year. Academics was not the only area af- fected. Victory, the dream of every ath- lete, seemed harder to attain as con- struction problems had to be hurdled. The Volleyball team had no place to play be- cause of the torn-up fieldhouse. She- horses began practices without a pool to swim in. Equipment was put away and once uncovered, space became a prob- lem. Whether it was squeezing into a color- coordinated new desk to get some work done at school, or squeezing inside a float to get some work done outside school, problems had to be tackled. Yet the Volleyball team beat this disease known as hassles, as did Pride commit- tee members. In fact, students were just beginning to climb over their walls of has- sles when yet another surprise crept out from behind the next corner . . .

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Paragon 8i Munster High School 8808 Columbia Ave. Munster, IN 46321 Volume 16 IN A RACE to the finish students had to overcome the hurdles of construction, fire, Homecoming and academic difficulties. While senior Kelly Svenning- son whips the burdens of the Homecoming hassles, junior Kathy Fitt continues her confrontation in the academic area.

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FENCES AND SIGNS were installed warning stu- dents of yet another area off limits to students. With an updating of the building, construction slowly spread from building to building. IN AN OTHERWISE chaotic intersection between class periods, a lone construction worker hurries to finish his chore as the hour draws to a close and student traffic beseiges him. CHANGING TIMES ARE clearly depicted with the administrator ' s concept of out with the old and in with the new. Students can only reminisce about the former glass hallway which has succumbed to dark and dreary slabs of mortar and paneled trophy cases. , ' - REROUTING BETWEEN CLASS traffic kept stu- dents on their toes when the paved pathway across the horseshoe became the only accessable route between the North and South buildings. Senior Bruce Corbin and junior Michelle Witmer, walk across the horseshoe area for the last time. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND a single ray of sunshine are the only inhabitants of the soon-to- be gymnastics room. NEW FACES, NEW rules and new messes awaited students on their first day back from summer vaca- tion. However, all facilities were not cleared for stu- dent use when Sept. 5 arrived and art students found their classroom cluttered. Taking it in stride 3