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

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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

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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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Casual Living, Vogue The Izod oliigoTor did a slow disappearing c:cT among sTudenTs This year. AiThough noT compieTeiy dead, The prep look iT represenTed mode room for CT more Tivo- guish , new wave look. Sophomore Kris Blevens ex- claimed, Til Think punk is The predominonT fashion for 1982. Three of The big iTems To wear This year were knickers, leg warmers and mounToin climbing rwafflei booTs. Knickers were only worn by on odvenTurous few, and They provided The sTudenTs wiTh on aiTernoTive To The usual blue panTs. Leg warmers come in every imaginable color. Many girls boughT Them To chch Their sweoTers and socks. MounToin climbing booTs have been around for a few years, buT They gained much populoriTy This year and many sTudenTs wore Them. rEspeciolly ofTer Mr. Homburge puT Them on a Trial basis because of The scuff marks being found on The floors from ThemQ Some Senior girls were inTo The vogue look. Their apparel consisTed porle of piroTe shirTs, cardigan sweoTers worn backwards, high-heeied booTs, and big, gold leaf earrings. Maureen Kobbe, junior, commenTed, TiThere's so much vorieTy. I like ThGT because iT IeTs everyone be Them- selves. Freshman Jiii Lindbery models The uiTimoTe in prep oTTire e designed T-neck, mono- grammed sweoTer, knickers 0nd Docksiders. We love you, Izod! Oh, yes we do! song some Senior preppeTTes. 28 STudenT Life