Brown County High School - Shadows Yearbook (Nashville, IN)

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 What's with all the changes? Everytime we turned around, something was different. This was out of the ordinary because for years nothing has changed. To the students that have passed through over the years, everything has been the same. Then, all of the sudden, things were different! Not only have the changes occured in the physical appearance of our school and it's close surroundings but in the outlook of the students and faculty. For years, traditions have been a big deal to Brown County. Certain things are just done in a certain way because, It's always been done that way! But now, those traditions are being broken with hopes for the future. Take the first day of school. Everyone was having to learn what you could and couldn't do. Both students and faculty were confronted with the problem of parking. Where was everyone going to park? Because of the construction, only the two outer sections of the lot were usable. The middle section was blocked off because it was right in front of the construction area. These complications caused some of the students to have to find parking spaces downtown. Everyone learned to cope with it fairly well, even though there were a few problems with the local wrecker service. There was a lot going on inside the school, too. The only doors we were allowed to use were the smoke stack doors and the doors leading to the football field. At first, everyone wondered how that was going to work with as many students there are here. Eventually, a pattern was established and we didn't all get crushed trying to get in and out of the building. One thing we all missed was the mall. It was our shortcut to and from study hall and lunch. When it was nice last year, we used to go outside and sit on the picnic tables with our lunches. The steps were the perfect place for gab sessions or even to rest a little while and daydream. During the summer, the cheer- leaders and Goldsteppers sometimes practiced there enjoying the sunshine. Even without the mall students have been able to find ways to entertain themselves at lunch time. There were only two football games played on the new field this year, Home- coming and the first sectional game against Greensburg. The Homecoming ceremonial traditions were also broken this vear. The track and field had almost nothina to do I 2 OPENING