Alverno High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Sierra Madre, CA)

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Mixed EmoTions ConfronT Freshmen On The eve of Freshmen Induc- Tion few frosh dreamed of The surprises The nexT day held for Them. One freshman com- menTed laTer, I looked for- ward To Freshmen lnducTion because of The exciTemenT and The rumors abouT Throwing us in The pond if we didn'T memorize The hisTory of Al- verno. On The morning of The big day, Ocfober 27Th, a cou- ple of girls awakened To find Themselves being kidnapped by Their senior big sisTers. The lucky IiTTle sisTers were Taken ouT To breakfasT and broughT To school in Their pajamas. LaTer, following a regular Mon- day schedule, The annual ceremony Took place. Seafed in fronT of The enTire sTudenT body, many freshmen had mixed emoTions abouT whaT was going To happen To Them. The frosh were welcomed by SisTer Madeline and upper class officers, Then The much- feared quesTioning abouT The school's hisTory began. Names of a few freshmen were ran- domly drawn. Melinda Neh- dan, Sarah Van Wickle and Yolanda Lennox were among several girls who were Terror- ized by The sfudenf body offi- cers who were asking The quesTions. Sfanding before The whole school, The vicTims nervously Tried To answer The quesTions. only To be jeered and shouTed aT by Their friends who waved signs reading: In The pond. I ThoughT I was go- ing To be picked To answer The quesTions. and I was afraid l'd geT Thrown in The pond, said a relieved STephanie Brkich who was noT chosen. All of The freshmen received scrolls made by Their big sisTers, wel- coming Them as official mem- bers of The sTudenT body. The ceremony concluded wiTh The freshmen leading The singing of The Alma MaTer. Lafer The IiTTle sisTers joined Their senior big sis- Ters for an informal luncheon. The Freshmen Class seemed di- vided in Their opinions abouT The TradiTional lnducTion. Kelly Enrighf said, I wasn'T scared, l had sophomore friends To help me ouT, while Vicky Gloria commenfed blunTly, I was scared! Some of The girls con- fided ThaT They were disap- poinTed in The lnducTion. As An- drea Falvy puT iT, IT wasn'T scary To me, I don'T Think iT Turned ouT To be all ThaT iT was builT up To be. Whafever Their feelings, mosT of The girls agreed ThaT Freshmen lnduc- Tion will be someThing They remember for a long Time. 1 T ,pw Q, Y f F I I ef' 4 Theresa Urda, Rosanna Russo and Carmen Mollica playfully menace The freshmen aT The induction. The ThreaT of Throwing freshmen in The pond is a Tradifion. Freshmen Induchon 21

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P 9 Theresa Barcelos receives her scroll which officially lnducts her into the student body. Sister Madeline and members of the is gt,- Student Council distributed scrolls to each freshman at me induction. ,N rw 4 A dozen thoughts and feelings run through the minds of the freshmen as they sit, ready for anything, during the excitement of the induction. Only five freshmen were actually chosen to answer the questions. 20-Freshmen Induction .ff

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Slrudeni Polifiiidns STudenT involvemenf in The 4980 Nofiondl Elecfion wos mode evidenf on compus Through The senior sponsored Cdmpoign '8O. The purpose of The compdign wos To give sTudenTs o chdnce To exper- ience The processes of vofing ond regisfrofion. The mock-eiecTion begon wifh o week of regisfrofion when eoch sTudenT wos encour- oged To regisfer ds eiTher o Re- publicdn, Democrdfe, Liberfdr- ion or lndependenf. On No- vember 3rd, d debdTe ond elecfion wos held. Edch poliTi- col porfy hdd d few represen- Tofives who spoke on behdlf of Their porficuldr porTy's condi- dofe for The office of presi- denT. AfTer The debdfe The sTudenT body wos insTrucTed To go To designofed clossrooms To voTe. When The decision wos dnnounced ThdT dffernoon Re- publicon Rondld Regdn won by o ndrrow morgin. Regon hdd A696 of The voTes, Corfer 3896, Anderson 970 ond Clork 796. This eiecTion wos on inoccu- rdTe predicTion of The ndfionol one, becduse Regdn ocfuolly won by d lond slide. As one sophomore soid, 'Tl felT This wos educdfionol ond gove us d feel for whdT iT will be like when we reolly voTe. gf c 'K a- , P I , ar F ' 4: 4 U' T T' 4: I 7 4 ' 4' 5 ,I ' V I Q: ' Q R. 1-,-, K - 1 ar fi' 5 r fx. 1 fi T T ' use 2? . 45. 5 th Q -ss 43 N up b s.,- lliss Q Seniors were frequenfly seen pldcing compoign posTers 4 Siobohn McCann ond Beih Loudpre were Two of The mon Ground cdmpus which come from locdl polificdl hedd- spenf whof liTTle free Time They hdd To work of regisfrdfuon quorfers. Different classrooms served ds pdrfy sTOTions, regisfering, sfudenfs were informed of eoch porfies sfonds on 22 Campaign '80 col issues.