Benilde St Margarets School - Sangraal / Benilden Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Christmas Dance ls Admitted To The Union A group of girls were milling around by Their lockers when 0 guy passed by and one of The girls was pushed ouT of The group. TTGo on! come The whis- pered coersions, uCisk him. The girl meekly obeyed her peers and coughT up wiTh The boy. TTHi, she said. Hi. Umm, I was wondering? she blushed Then, Hif you were going To ChrisTmos donce yeT? HNOIH TTWelI, Then would you like To go? TTI, well, yeoh. There. IT was over. She and her doTe were going To ChrisT- mos dance as did 423 oTher couples. The girls noT oniy osked Their fo- voriTe guy, They also boughT The TickeTs, payed for dinner and some even drove. This year, much To The surprise of The sTudenTs, The dance was The firsT To be held in The union and commons. AfTer dancing on The Tile floor of The union, The couples Then re- oned omong The Tables and chairs of The darkened com- mons. Senior Megan Worren commenT- ed, HThere was enough room in The union and everyone was righT There. 1980 Grand KnighT Poul We- For ber biows his reign away and passes The annual ChrisTmos Dance honor To Senior Tim Merrigon. 26 STudenT Life The dance wos Temporarily inTerrupTed when The six Grand KnighT condidoTes lined up wiTh IighTed candles. Former Grand KnighT Poul Weber walked book and forTh by Jeff Ander- son, Tom Dunsmore, Doug Heider, Dove Jonssen, Tim Mer- rigon and Joe Sherry. Weber Then hosTiiy biew Merrigon's condle ouT and Tim was Grand KnighTed. The bond, Moro GeTz, per- formed a mixTure of fosT and slow music unTiI obouT 42:30. From There, The crowd dis- persed To porTies, smoil geT-To- geThers or ouT for o biTe To eoT ofTer o Tiring nighT on The dance floor. The firsT Time 0 BSM dance is held in The union while The More GeTz bond performs for 423 couples.

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Technological Madness The world of elecTronics hdd greoT ideas for Those who had big plans for Their enTeerinmenT dolldr This year. The mosT popular eieCTronic god- geT seemed To be The Sony Walkman. However, The invenTor didn'T seem To develop any kind of disguise for Them. These small rodio headphones ofTen ended up in The cIuTches of SisTer Kerry of Mr. Hamburge. AnoTher popular iTem was The Ghetto BlasTer, The IdrgesT TrdnsisTor rodio ever seen and com- monly referrerd To 03 0 box. These however, were even more difficuIT To disguise so They ei- Ther were seen bldring dfTerschooI in The halls of The commons, or else spending The day dT home, quieTIy owoiTing The owner To come home and Hcronk Them. For big spenders Tor sTudenTs wiTh porenTs who were big spenders; home video seTs or home compuTers were on The Top Ten IisT for Chrisdes presenTs. Boxes, Wolkmons, home compuTers and video games bring The sTudenT body inTo The world of high Technology. IT seemed Tth ploying wiTh The elecTronic godgeTs was 0 popular posT Time. Those com- puTers' ore greoT, They can do dnyThing, com- menTed one sTudenT. They could do onyThing from big jobs like balancing The family budgeT To IiTTle jobs such as playing Tic-Toc-Toe. As for as video games go, They become 0 noTiondl posT Time. People were known To spend Ten To TwenTy dollors worTh of quorTers on one game, The mosT popular of These being, Space Invaders, Asteroids and The ever-populor Pac- Man, which even had a song wriTTen obouT iT. PsychologisTs dnd educoTors worId-wide were concerned obouT The effecT of The video crdze would have on sTudenTs - wos iT dddicTing? Por- enTs dnd sTudenTs soon realized ThoT The world of advanced Technology rhome compuTers, video games and cable TVT could be 0 very expensive croze as well. NoT exocTIy 0 cheap iTem, a Box senT music blaring down The halls. This one, shouldered by Freshman Brion Wonderly, was 0 common sighT in The building of- Terschool. EIecTronics 25

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'Twas The 18m Of December 'Twcs The 48Th of December, and all Through The halls NoT a sTudenT was silenT everyone was having a ball. The day sTorTed ouT, wiTh a school ChrisTmos mass A special Time To spend praying, Thanking, and reflecTing upon The posT. The sTudenTs were seoTed, ThoughTs rooming Their heads While visions of vocoTion come; like sleeping all morning in bed. Candy canes were senT, Through sTudenT counsel They come A ChrisTmos TrodiTion GT BSM ThoT has won everlosTing fame. Down in The Senior end, They awoiT Their prey STGnding casually under The misTleToe Till ThaT special someone posses Their way. The halls are hecTic, and The noise is hard on The ears A final bell is heard - a voice shouTs ouT - TTSee yo nexT year! Homeroom Teacher Miss Wohlig hands ouT candy canes while Sophomore Monica Kocourek assisTs. gx,, $1le 1 gm , T I The doors of BSM Turned T ' - T ' T inTo a ChrisTmos display conTesT for sTudenTs and Teachers. PicTured here is The winning door, Mr. SeTzler's homeroom. L $1; ChrisTmos 27