Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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TRE JOB J UNGLE The main idea of high school is to prepare students for college or a career after a well-earned graduation day. However, until that time, who couldn’t use some extra cash, either for the little necessities of student life, like munching out at McDonald’s, or maybe for adding up towards that college education? Thus, many students find themselves searching high, low, far and near, filling out applications, being interviewed and checking the want adds for a job. Those fortunate enough to have the rigors and demands of job- seeking pay off and actually get a job, often find that it’s rough to hold one down. With homework, class, work and social life, one just might wonder if his new source of income is really worth the trouble involved. 1. Filling out applications. 2. Dave Siano checks out a “help wanted” sign. 3. Brent Davis finds work right in school at Senior Bake Sale. 4. Kathy Quirk tries to get a little extra out of her job. 12 |{@) STUDENT LIFE

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=e: WA ABR. SI. U.8.A. Classical students are, in many ways, lucky to be an urban school ‘community. Being part of a city enables students to use municipal facilities as well as surround themselves with historical cities, both providing maze-like alternatives from which to choose. Probably the most useful building to Classical’s students is the City Library. Classical students with library passes often crack books there before an exam. Entire classes sometimes roam the floors and leave the librarians hiding under their desks. The four museums making up the Springfield Quadrangle have collections for everyone’s taste. The Culture Vultures, a Classical art lovers club, use the George Walter Vincent Smith Museum as convenient sources of study. The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum is the place to get a first hand look at Early American life in the local area, and the Science Museum is great for tracing one’s roots the Darwinian way. The Springfield Civic Center is also a social haven. Each spring it hosts the College Fair, representing over two hundred colleges nationwide. Classical basketball and wrestling matches held here draw spirited. crowds. The biggest crowds however, go to see superstars in concert. Could one ever forget ‘78 favorites like the Doobie Brothers, Earth, Wind and Fire or Jethro Tull? Downtown is waiting, full of things to do. Alternatives are every- where for the Classical student. 1. It’s easy to sit and relax at the Quadrangle. 2. Lori Stetson, Kathy Quirk and Sue Beaumier in three part harmony while Melinda Herminet looks on. 3. Would Puritan Pynchon approve? 4. Anne Mechelik loves Main Street! 5. Only eleven more to go, Lisa Sherand. STUDENT LIFE [{e] 11

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dn t ‘ verage, most Classical HU dent ee at least one test a day, Sh a lot of work to get ne scholarships, or an entrance question to ask is: be done to help get is maze of tests, and to ll the ways ever devised games, movies, out on dates or appointments, and some even go to work. Trying to squeeze in an hour or two of studying time can sometimes be from difficult to nearly impossible. Anyone who leads a life of all play and no work still has a chance, however slim, to make it through a test. One can try “cramming” in the final tense moments before an exam. Once the test is started however, there is no way out. Sweat breaks out on the brow, hair stands on end, and the brain goes into a sudden, but hopefully temporary, paralysis. Time goes by and the test is over-relief. SLOW TORTURE 1. Would Sheryl Greene, Terri Griffin, Scott Griffith, Mike Groveline, Gary Guravini, or Jeff Gramse know what the answer to number one is? 2. Raggedy Anne studies with the help of Michele Miranda, Crystal Nicol, Pam Black- wood. 3. Leslie Payson curing a near-lethal case of insomnia by studying. 4. Studying would be easier, Mr. Kowal, if the book weren’t upside down. STUDENT LIFE {{@) 13