Wabash High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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1. A REAL CLASS ACT. Rusty Hall takes his act to the street as the band marches 4th period dur- ing Spirit Week. 2. SHOWING HIS COLORS. David Pegg is back in orange and black from head to toe. 3. LUNCH PASSES BEST WIH FRIENDS. Jenny Wasylenko kills some time in the cafeteria after finishing lunch. 4. HOLD THE PHONE. Renee Darnell waits as Lori Church makes a routine pit stop at her locker. 5. TAK- ING THE LONG WAY HOME. Mike Griffith walks slowly through the dry leaves on Fisher Street. ADMIT ONE THEME OPENER CO O O

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QUEEN FOR JUST ONE DAY. Homecoming Queen An- drea Tracy embraces Bev Rice as Stacey Sumpter waits her turn to con- gratulate the newly -crowned queen. The light turns green, and big, tough John Milner lets off the clutch, piercing the warm August night with a deafen- ing screech. As the Beach Boy ' s Sur in ' Safari blares, John leaves the jet-black Plymouth behind him in a cloud of smoke. Grinning wryly, John turns to his thirteen-year-old, pony-tailed passenger, who, in her astonishment can only utter, Wow, this scene is keen. Who has not watched American Graffiti and felt like he had left the present and entered the early ' 60s? Just as a movie captures the essence of an era, a yearbook reflects the moods and trends of an entire year. Like schools, movies expose people to the issues and concerns of the time. Films like Easy Rider and The Breakfast Club make statements about social controversies and human morality; while at school, students ponder these age-old social moral questions by discussing Hack Finn in English class. On a lighter side, movies provide an escape for the viewer. In school, one can momentarily escape the pressures of chemistry and algebra by playing football, joining German Club, or becoming Swashbuck Valpariso in The CJumsy Custard Horror Show . Indeed, school may open one ' s eyes to the world around him and the issues in it, but twenty years from now, what will people remember most about high school? When American Graffiti comes on the screen, the viewer enters 1962 and becomes a part of a bygone era when Ji e was simpJer, and cruising, rock ' n roll, and going steady were the biggest concerns. In (he same way, the yearbook captures the fads and actions of an entire year, so that each time one fhps through the pages it is like watching a favorite movie one more time. THAT ' S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR. Dana Crandall waits for her friendf in the junior high lobby before walking to the high school. CM ADMIT ONE O THEME OPENER

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n y I STUDENT LIFE DIVIDER STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART. Kim Hett- mansperger autographs a friend ' s ' 85 yearbook. WITH A TOUCH OF CLASS. Matt Baucco dresses the part on nerd day during spirit week. ZIPPING THROUGH A UNIT TEST ON GRAM- MAR. Nikki Harris sports the latest in nerd fashion. THAT ' S ENTERTAINMENT Two tickets, please. you say to the girl in the box office as you enter the theater. Red carpet on the floor and dim lighting set the hypnotic mood for the show. The aroma of hot-butterd popcorn wakens your nostrils, and you cannot resist saying, Two buckets of pop- corn, please. You can barely see the floor, but you manage to choose the two best seats in the house — mid-front. Everyone speaks softly un- til the background music stops and utter silence drops over the theater. Within a few seconds a bright image appears on the twenty-foot screen nearly blinding you, and the dolby sound system plants you firmly into your seat. That is just the beginning. Within the next two hours you will cry a river and laugh harder than you ever have before. You will be challenged. You will escape life momentarily and find the meaning of it. Sure, you could rent the box-office smashes and watch them at home anytime, but there is still an awesome lure to the theater where all of the senses are entertained, and the action leaps off the screen at you. At school, teachers use the same techniques to interest students. In the classroom the atmosphere is set for lear- ning with few distractions. Teachers stimulate students with books, xeroxed pages, and filmstrips for the eyes; cassette tapes and lec- tures for the ears; and, occasionally, real-live movies for both. Teachers do not intend to im- press the eyes and ears, but they do intend to stimulate the mind. In that sense school is much like the theater. It is a place where you go to be challenged — a place where you can escape from life or find the meaning of it. After all, that is entertainment. - £i. .. . . « o o ADMIT ONE STUDENT LIFE