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

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)uring the 1987-88 school year this was a typical scene to ill students and to those who passed through Brown County. Bottom: Junior Nugget Smith shows off one of his unique talents while walking to class. OPENING 3

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OQ m MM Why are traditions broken? Is it because we get tired of the same routine day after day? Or are we just trying to make life better for ourselves? Many students asked themselves these very same questions when they started school again last fall. So many changesl Some of them were a little hard to get used to. Take the new tardy rule for instance. Needless to say most students didn't give it much of their support. For each class, you were allowed two tardies. After the third, you were given In-school Suspension. Often it wasn't always easy to make it to class on time, even though we did try. There were always certain problems that arose that were out of our control. For example, we couldn;t cut across the mall because of the construction and walking around the building took longer than we expected. Finally, the administration allowed us six minutes instead of four to get from lunch to our next class. Mr. Ison, the study hall teacher, allowed his students an extra minute to get there. Another thing was the new attendance policy. It was designed in the first place to encourage students to stay in school unless they were seriously ill, had field trips, legal obligations, or a death in the family. You were allowed to miss 12 days per year. After the thirteenth, you and your parents were called in to talk to the counselor. An attendance meeting was also held to decide if you received credit for that particular class. To get off the topic of negative changes, let's talk about the positive changes that took place. Along with the football field came the new all-weather track. One will have to admit that it is something to brag about. The cinder track that was used last year caused the track team to have not one single home meet. Which means the majority of ourtrack meets were held on the new track this past year. Another change was our school building itself. The music department has a new facility that includes practice rooms, a choir pit, and a new band room. The Industrial Arts Complex was also expanded, and the curriculum was as well. As we were always told, looks aren't everything, but it helps to have them. When kids from other schools come to see our school, they'll have to take a second look because our high school is moving up in the world. It may not have been all finished by the time the seniors graduated, but eventually it will be done. Change. What does the word mean to you? Maybe you should ask yourself that question because throughout your life you will be faced with changes whether you like it or not. Some will be good, and some will be bad. OPENING 5