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

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 : ■ H People are normally classified by their clothes. Preppies wear docksiders and anything with an alligator logo on it. Jocks wear muscle shirts and punks, well, punks wear whatever nobody else is wearing. But, for the average high school student, there is a crucial decision made in ninth grade that is just as important as any daily fashion statement. This major decision usually goes unnoticed. Most people aren't even aware they’ve made it. Deep down in their subconscious their brains were work- ing away, plotting strategies and planning special effects. When all these machina- tions were finally complete the unassum- ing fourteen-year-old now knew how he would carry his books. Yes, that was the Big Decision. Don’t laugh. It’s important. Think about it. When’s the last time you saw a male carrying his books in front of him, his bent arm pressing them protec- tively against his body. You haven't — or if you have, maybe you looked twice at him but couldn't figure out just what was wrong. Well, it was the way he carried his books. So, you see this is a major decision and. like any major decision, there are many choices. You can carry your books in one of several basic positions. Position one. the traditional choice, is to carry your books on your side cupped in your hand. This is a standard position. It goes with any clothing style from Bill Blass to Madonna and with slight variations in body posture and walk, different emotions can be produced. You can never go wrong with it. Position two is a definite feminine choice. Carry the books in front of your body with the bottom of the largest book placed slightly below the waist. The advantages of this style are the the books don’t interfere with your purse and by holding your hand up, there is extra opportunity to display nails, rings, and bracelets. Position four is the backpack stage. In this position, all books are deposited in a red, green, or blue backpack (all other colors constitute a grave faux pas) which is nonchalantly slung over one shoulder. People sporting backpacks have short hair (so it doesn’t get caught in a shoulder strap) and are planning to major in Yuppieism at any major college between Connecticut and Maine. The last position, position five, is the masculine alternative to posi- tion two. In position five, males cram their books, sweatpants, and all assorted junk at hand into a gym bag. This they carry around all day and use to inflict leg woulds as they pass through crowded intersec- tions. Another svmpton is that the male is constantly borrowing writing utensils. He swears he has a few pencils, including the two he borrowed from you last week, in the murky depths of his gym bag, hidden under crumpled calculus tests and overdue English assign- ments. but can you lend him one anyway so he doesn’t have to go looking through his bag° And. of course, you do. When the bell rings at the end of the period and he absentmindedly slips the pencil — your pencil — into his bag. it disappears slowly, sending out weak messages of distress. You know you have lost yet another pencil. Oh. we almost forgot. There is a sixth position. Position six is the ultimate in student chic. You simply do not carry any books. Ever. Need we say more? A The next position, position three, is a risky one for anybody. Very few people can pull it off successfully. In this position, the books are propped against the hip (preferably the right hip) and extended up (and up and up and up). They are precariously held in place hv the feeble grasp of a few straining fingers. The body is slanted to the left but the head remains upright. True masters of Statement Of Fact . . . that it appears completely effort- less. only the constant muscle cramps in their neck and right hand give them away.

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Balloon Fever « ■ Balloon-a-grams are new this year at East. Introduced by Student Congress and under the direction of senior Tracy Steele, students can send helium-filled balloons to friends who are celebrating birthdays. The costs range from $1.50 for three balloons to $5.00 for twelve and included is a message from the sender and a singing telegram from student volunteers. The balloons are delivered to homerooms to the delight or embarrassment of the recipient and can always be seen in the halls in the hands of a birthday guy or girl. The balloon-a-grams have been eagerly ac- cepted into daily life at East and have pro- vided many smiles and laughs for well-wish- ing senders and thankful recipients.

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The Library Visiting the library is an essential part of life at East. We use the copy machine, read newspapers, or study for a test. Sometimes we go as a class to begin research for a particular project or assignment. Because of its many resources, we visit the library during study hall or lunch. We can be entertained by magazines or use the quiet confines to study. It is also a place where we meet our friends to quietly discuss classwork and tackle math problems together. We depend on the li- brary because it touches all our lives and helps us make it through our stay at East.