Wabash High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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Threads we wore. At the turn of the century, some clothing tastes existed that have reappeared. Preps now wear Windsor collars and thin ties; although, those hats are gone forever. In the early fifties, grease hair tonic filled men ' s hair. Later in the decade, young men had very lit- tle hair to fill with tonic. Button down collars disappeared and show- ed up in the eighties. Lately, fashions have gotten somewhat liberal, on dress day that is. Prepped up. Those plaid skirts, straight legs, and button downs from the fifties are back and big as ever.

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Set Free ... At 11:30 Watch out! All around you hey stampede. If you were to )ut your ear to the floor, ou ' d hear the rumble a mile way (not to mention being lattened by the crowd.) No, tiis isn ' t the scene of a sold ut concert — even though it light be, or the mass hysteria f a Dec. 24th shopping pree — although it could be, lis is the frenzy that occurs 1 the halls only seconds fter the glare of the lun- hbell each school day. To an utsider, masses of students )iTiing the mad race to the afeteria might appear range, but around here it ' s le norm. For those who don ' t eat, ist leaning around and olding up the walls in the allway, talking to friends. and watching the people go by fills most of the lunch hour. Others catch spring fever when the weather warms up and nobody can get enough of it. Throwing snowballs goes out of style and tossing frisbees around outside becomes the thing to do. If you find frisbees dull, you can always go into the gym and work out shooting baskets, slamming ping pong balls, or spiking the poor fellows in the front row of the opposite volleyball team. Others catch their exercise from time to time while bum- ming around in the halls. Paper baseball games have been known to spring up in the middle of the senior hall. Also, on the day of the first snow, Mrs. Gorman was un- fortunate enough to walk right into the line of fire of a snowball fight— in the mid- dle of the hallway! After wip- ing off the excess snow, she was able to narrow the suspects down to about fif- teen innocent, smiley-faced seniors! That just about covers it. From the time the 11:30 lun- chbell sets us free until it ' s noon, counterpart corrals us again, we could do anything we liked— well, just about anything! On the tips of his fingers. On his va ' down from the rebound lames Bratch. IS Clean it up! With fork in hand. Den- nis Brubaker eats his nutritious lunch . . . Lunchtime — 13

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Whatever Floats Your Boat! Bans of stripes. Somehow, striped uses of all colors, sizes, and pes found their way into many ' s wardrobes. s of legwarmers. The winter of 3 brought legwarmers into the Is and classrooms. tly Calvlns. Although they are e, these popular jeans are no e light special ' . 1 Halen fan. Part of the fun of go- , to a concert was coming back on nday wearing the tour shirt. Hey John, have you seen that wild looking outfit that Robin ' s wearing? She says that it ' .s the latest fashion! Yeh, it ' s totally unreal! How anyone can wear pur- ple peg pants and a green and yellow striped top. I ' ll never know . . . This is what you inevitably hear each time some brave person models an odd. new- style. Even if you happen to be a total space case, there ' s just no overlooking some of the latest rages in clothing taste (or the lack thereof] that appear in the halls every now and then. In 1983, the in girl might have been seen wearing prairie skirts, leg warmers, and ruffled blouses with STRIPES. Not just a few stripes, but oceans of stripes. Everywhere you looked, so- meone was wearing a maze of stripes. Men ' s fashions at W.H.S. made no radical changes from the year before. In fact, it ' s doubtful if they changed at all. The majority remained content with wearing jeans most of the time while dress- ing up on occasion. Others still remained loyal to preppv dress codes and never aban- doned their button do s n shirts, topsiders. and polo shirts with reptiles attached to them. Whether your st -le is prep- p - or sloppy, just follow this simple guideline when choosing clo thing — Whatever floats vour boat. Fashions — lo