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

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Maria Ahladas and Jenni- fer Dzija rejoice after find- ing just what they were looking for. Left Below: Bob O’Connor and Josh Rice sack out after a tough day of music competition. Below: Nothing beats the peace and quiet of an empty classroom. School's Rude Awakening A synonomous word for “‘leisure’’ is ““life’’. We work, go to school, and oth- erwise suffer so that we can find free time in which to indulge in earthly plea- sures. Life without leisure is mere sur- vival, similar to the mundane existence of the lower life forms we are accus- tomed to stepping on. Each year, a new craze dominates the leisure forum; however, there are always the old classics which have practically become American institu- tions. Different people generally have different tastes, but we have not let this fact discourage our coverage of the many lesisure time activities that soci- ety partakes in. In this sub-section of student life, we hope to show you yourself, your friends, and several unfamiliar faces engaging in various leisure practices, many of which rich businessmen would call barbaric and highly unreputable. A controversial topic for our leisure section has been debated as ‘“‘neces- Sary”’ as well as a “luxury.” This topic is sleeping. There are those of us healthy souls who depend upon 8 hours of deep sleep, as opposed to those night people who grab a three- hour nap in their spare time. Anywhere you look, you can find a person sleep- ing, or at least attempting to: at home, on the beach, in the car, in school. Of- ten-times, we tend to lack discretion as to where we catch a few winks, particu- larly during the summer months, when one finds himself sleeping well past noon.But hey, that’s what the lazy summertime is for. . . ; Glenn Cratty miss school at all. Above: Lori Nelson’s smile shows she doesn’t Left: Jackie Wil- hite spends her free time indulging herself. LEISURE 9

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‘Attention Shoppers!”’ S ome students do it on the basis of need, and some do it simply to find a place to hang out. Oth- ers do it to kill time on a rainy after- noon, but still others have made shopping trips a weekly ritual. No matter what the reason is, hundreds of high school students may be found week after week spending their time as well as their paychecks in a variety of local stores. To find out exactly what drives teens to spend their money on these expeditions into the malls, one has but to ask. For instance, one Central senior, Joe Ferraro, said he spent a lot of time in such record stores as Strawberries and Record Town. Joann Troiano was a bit more generous with her money; she visited the stores fre- quently to buy gifts for birthdays, graduations, and sometimes just to brighten a friend’s day. But most students admitted that the desire to acquire the latest fash- ions was what lead them to dig into their pockets and shell out the cash. When it came to buying clothes, the stores frequented most often by Cen- tral girls were Lemer’s and Ormond's. The stores that attracted the guys from Central were Chess King, The Top: Justin Gates shops for the latest Casual Male, and Steiger S. 5G = : hits. Left: Kelly Adams found the perfect After a strenuous day of shopping, ' i outfit. Above: Denise Graham wonders many students would plop down in a ate how anybody could pay that kind of mon- restaurant booth for something to ye ey for something so wild. drink to quench the thirst of shopping fever. Of course there are some symp- toms that indicate such a serious ill- ness; hunger, fatigue, and an alarm- ing absence of money once the delirium wears off... Lisa Wilson Right: Kathy Maroney and Mike Naglieri use some of their leisure time to attend the Big E. 8 LEISURE

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ABOVE: Marsha Stack and Maria Falvo relax in the Zone art room. RIGHT: The Zone often has free-for-all art exhibits. CENTER: Studio New York displays an appropriate skyline. TOP: James Conz and Mike Sawyer ex- plore a forest scene at the Zone. ABOVE: Bill Waters imitates “The Hustler.” 10 NIGHTLIFE Welcome to the Wonderful World of Nightlife! You know exactly what that is, don’t you? That is the exquisite pe- riod of time between dusk and dawn when parents, school, and other life-threatening pressures fade away into dark- ness and beautiful, vivid im- ages bask in neon light. In other words, you get to go out. But now that you're free, where do you go? Well, the way most industrious stu- dents look at it, there are three intelligent choices as to how to be entertained for an evening. For instance, the Zone Art Center on Dwight Street in downtown Springfield offered its audience the chance to take in live local bands, pro- gressive art exhibits, and lots of atmosphere each time it opened its doors. The new- wave and punk-influenced music that the club usually. featured attracted basically a group of people open to expe- riencing new aspects of culture. Of course clubs were not the only scenes developing during the hours around mid- night. There was almost al- ways a Party going on, particu- LEFT: Megan McDonald and Bill Goldschmidt en- joy the live music that the Zone frequently pre- sents. ABOVE: Julie Mas- trianni and Jim Robinson have their cake and eat it too!