St Johns High School - Redskins Yearbook (St Johns, AZ)

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llih A mmol Physics Boost Race The 4th Annual Physics Boat Race took place on May 25, 1988 at the St. Johns swimming pool. The race is held by Mrs. Burdick 's physics class and is a part of their Waite 8 Pla tt set new WL record Boats are made of cardboard and Elmers glue, The participants must then sit in their boats and row them about the pool. lt was a heated contest, but the boat of Robert Waite, Justin Platt and associate fHyrum Lunt being the associatel was the clear winner. ln fact, the boat set a new record for cardboard boats by remaining afloat for 31 .374 minutes. Ashley Hall and Kevin Crosby made a valiant effort to remain afloat for 15 minutes. The other two contestants were Kelli James and Debbie Porter who should be commended for putting up with the chauvinistic males in the class. Congratulations Robert and Justin! And you expect to win this race Ashley? Do we start playing the Funeral This boat will beat yours Ash March now? ley! 54

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FOREVERNESS ETC. There is something called forever, that sends a GL U TTON Y Gosh you eat a lot Like it is going out of style Under the table you sit shiver up my spine and as I am analyzing this Taking in SO much fOOd topic called foreverness, l rind myself in an insa- TO the POU71' ,VOU haw? fo fhf OW UP tiable mood one full of unconditional questions Oh how you will regret it and on-going cliches that l can never seem to X NOW 5fOU,fO fat and Ugly and answer, or even begin to comprehend. When I . YOU lOOk like 5 Pig fhafys feady fo be see or hear the topic foreverness, l need proof butchered- that the information should be, and if it is, why am l still wondering, waiting, and experiencing rs RaChOl Nielsen many sleepless nights as well as lonely days trying to comprehend this thing called forever- BRUSH OFF ness? The frustration I feel inside as I eagerly await the coming of forever, is not even one I How can it be that you myself can feel - but l can feel in a way, as I I- Could brush against my heart cogitate this matter called foreverness. Many So gently and lightly think they have the understanding of this thing And Soft as a feather, called forever, until questions begin to arise that f Yet touch the very Core of me? make them too, stumble and question them- And brush you gilky Cheek selves on their knowledge of this thing called F Against my own foreverness. The anxiety in my soul is more than li In a Igvely, Satin embrace? l can handle, and someday the questioned, unan- Q And brush my lips with your so tenderly swerable, powerful scheme we call forever will ' Searching, drawing out my secrets, come to be, as we live it ourselves, then, and Drinking of my emotions? only then will we know of foreverness. 6 And brush my mind with your smooth D words, Suzanne Baca Captivating and sensual, Encouraging and promising? And then suddenly Pull me close, brushing body and mind Against mine, And cast me cruelly Away from you. ACROSTIC EQUA TION Hurting me, haunting me As l sit in class, VWth the tinal brush. The Brush-off Laughing in my mind, Getting more and more confused, Kim Pfffle Everything is a jumble of Boring, crazy numbers and letters Really driving me COYQTE A little crazy. I g Courageous, Confusing' Weird, and Oddly, 5 Oblique shadows flowing through the Little useless, Woods Michele Long Poet Tony Hoagland, from U of A's Arizona Commission on the Arts, in- structs young poetry hopefuls. 56 Algebra is not as Sweet as it seems, it's just a Strange, gross, mess. Yelling at the hysterical moon. Out, through, and between the trees. The shadows quiet across the ground. Easing his way back home. Clayton Decker