Cherry Hill High School East - Eidolon Yearbook (Cherry Hill, NJ)

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Junior year began with great opti- mism. We had enjoyed our first two years at East and the final half of our stay promised to be even better. After a relaxing summer, we headed back to school and were faced with the fun, but difficult task of prepar- ing for Spirit Week. Our theme was “New York, New York” and we won first place in hall decoration afte’ transforming Cafeteria I into a city street. We did not win the final com- petition, however, but looked for- ward to senior year when we would surely take the prize. In the follow- ing weeks, the student body took part in a contest sponsored by WMMR. In order to receive a special concert from the Hooters and funds for our library, we showed our spirit by writing “Hooters-93.3 WMMR CHHSE” on thousands of slips of pa- per. Although East was in the run- ning, we lost by a close margin of “Hoosters Cards and suffered writ- ers’ cramp for months afterwards. Fashion underwent a change from the conservative looks of years past. The girls attire consisted of big shirts and sweaters, fluorescent clothes, and cropped jeans, while the boys sported shaker knits and Hawaiian shorts. In our spare time, we tested our knowledge by playing Trivial Pursuit and watched MTV constant- ly. We went to the movies to see Pur- ple Rain and laughed all the way through Ghostbusters. The females became “Material Girls” and imitat- ed Madonna by wearing fake, tacky jewelry, large prints, and moussed hair. Back at East, things were a lit- tle more serious as we were swamped with work. We suffered through the fruit fly experiment in Molecular Bi- ology and ended up faking our data anyway. In English we read The Canterbury Tales and Macbeth and struggled through the many papers that were assigned. Though we had lots of homework, we still managed to remain one of the most active classes at East. Under the leadership of President Warren Moliken, Vice President Jenny Mitchell, Secretary Tracy Steele, and Treasurer Steve Hodges, we organized a computer dance and a clothing drive for the victims of the MOVE disaster in Philadelphia. Our hard work paid off during homecoming when, once again, we captured first place with our float “Humpty Dumpty.” Our

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took Hawaii by storm. Marching Band descended on Florida. We went on exchange programs to France, Spain, and Germany. Academically, we took driver’s ed. in Health and had our first taste of honors classes. (All that work!) We laughed and learned in Mr. Carr’s sophomore English class. We moaned over Moby Dick. Spent Saturdays in the library working on our first term papers. (Some of us learned how not to do a research paper the hard way.) Missed out on sleep and lunch on science lab days. Nearly burned our fingers figuring out how to turn on a bunsen burner in Chemistry. (Ouch!) Ordered our class rings. Big Brother was watching us. It was 1984, year of Risky Business glasses, Cabbage Patch Dolls, and breakdancing. We shuddered to watch The Day After on TV. Could the future be bleak for us? We witnessed the arrival of armed security guards at East. Made Barnum a great success. Attended the Sophomore Cotil- lion and set our sights higher for the Junior Prom. (Continued on page 8)

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newsletter Soph Stuff was transformed into Junior Jive and in December, when it was finally our turn to sell candy canes, we reached an all time East high with 9,000 sales. We witnessed the re-election of Presi- dent Reagan and looked forward to the day when we could have a say in the voting. The fall play was Barefoot in the Park and we were part of the large turnout that the per- formances received. Soon, before we knew it, 1984 and the age of “Big Brother” was over as we proceeded into 1985. We were wel- comed into the new year with freezing weather in January and on one fateful day, new records were set as the temperature reached eight degrees below zero. We contin- ued to be busy as we took (and usually passed) our drivers tests. We also began to think about college and had to struggle through the SAT’s and Achievements. The future after high school was coming closer and we realized that we had to start planning for it. During the spring, we saw Pippin and said a final goodbye to the performing sen- iors. The year’s activities came to an end when one of our most important events final- ly arrived; the Junior Prom. Months of shop- ping for gowns, coordinating tuxes, and se- curing arrangements culminated at the Hy- att in May. The theme was Phil Collins’ “One More Night” and it was the largest prom in East’s history with an attendance of 800 people. With memories of the elegant evening still intact, our year was drawing to a close and we were very excited about the prospect of becoming seniors. 9