Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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why does the world have to seem so tall when untall jack Elliott has a hassle getting throuf h the hall of tali people? A familiar sight to all students is this one of Karen Clamme, who tries to locale a missing object in confusion of her locker. Time crawls at a snail ' s pace for enrollees in the Everyday aches and pains are tielped along the way new seventh hour detention study hall, as Mr. Al by school nurse Mrs. Phyllis Erdman, taping ailing Knapp supervises. wrist of Angle Lysinger. Hard Luck 25

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Whoops! says Kaye Boxell, when she sees that she might get trampled while retrieving her books as she goes to class. How rough can lifegetatBHS? Some make it and some don ' t. Some can cope with the frustration of a usual day, and some come unglued. But for all of us, there are the inevitable prob- lems. In a typical day there are jammed lockers, dropped books, and struggles through crowded halls. As a result, stu- dents often find it difficult to make it through the obstacle course which oc- casionally leads to tardiness. And once the student has accumulated three tar- dies from any one teacher, he has to visit the new seventh hour detention study hall to pay for his mistake. Lurking in the shadows of a day can be such minor disasters as having car trouble, catching the current bug, losing today ' s homework, or forgetting lunch money. Usually there is a day when a student doesn ' t feel like getting out of bed — but has to or else. Then sometimes when he finally makes it through a tough day, he misses the bus. It can be a tough world — but there may be a better one tomorrow. 24 Hard Luck Cold weather strikes Kristie Carpenter ' s car so that she needs the assistance of Mark Cogan and jumper cables to get it started.

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A welcoming party greeted Mr. Al Hartman, profes- sional yearbook photographer Editors )oni Pearson and Lynn Lewis help him enjoy it. Bye- Bye, says Kim Conner, who wishes a safe trip home for Ann Skillen. Skateboards were common for both transportation and enjoyment. But there were some Good Times too Between those tough episodes which students label Hard-Times came a few more fun-type experiences to balance the emotional school year. Good Times were sometimes planned and sometimes surprises. But always they were interspersed with hard times. Many club members spent enjoyable days touring other places, such as the Ford Museum, the Chicago ' s Field Mu- seum of Natural History, and Canada. The Pizza King and other local hang -outs were filled with happy so- cializing BHS students after ballgames, and at the end of a cruising session. Such spots include the A W, John ' s Awful Awful Drive-in, and the Home- stead as gathering places. A variety of hobbies appeared on the ' 76- ' 77 scenes. These included bicy- cling, cruising, and skateboarding, among others. 26 Good Times