Clay High School - Minuteman Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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ii T Y: ' ' -)i- %- ' FOR 1986, girls mixed together old and new with punk and prep to make up their own creative style. t ' iSLir ' SS-A ' ' : . ■-■-;■-- ■ • THE 1986 LOOK FOR GUYS, had them dressing in new ways, match- ing up the Springsteen look with the cool 50 ' s styles for their own unique dress code. 19

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This year the students at Clay High School sported the new trends and fashions of 1986. Fashion reversed it- self from the old preppy look. Everywhere you looked a new style or new idea was being created to take over the old ones. The big hits of fashion this year were plaids and paisley; almost every ward- robe had them. Everything was big, bold and bright with colors such as royal blues and yellows and pur- ples and greens. High school students, browsing through such stores as The Limited, were walking out with oversized shirts, stir- rup pants and Forenza sweaters. Many stores sold the popular many-layer look and sweat shirts worn inside out. Add to these new clothes an assortment of old jewelry and you had the fashion look of 1986. Girls dug through dusty jewelry chests, and came up with old brooches, rings, and gold bangles. It ' s nice to just dig through my grand- ma ' s old jewelry box instead of forking out twenty bucks to buy some new jewelry, commented senior Nancy Spiher. All of these were ad- ded to the new rubber gummi bracelets and a unique style was created. The guys were also busy creating their own new look. NOT JUST ONE OF THE CROWD! Senior Doug Botka shows his origi- nality in his choice of hairstyle. HARD AT WORK during her first hour art class, junior Cindy Cos- tello displays the Limited look of 1986. 1 18 Many went shopping at Hud- son ' s or Ayres and walked out with a new name — Generra. The Bruce Spring- steen image arrived , along with Levi ' s 501 Blues — as the zipper pulled out and the button-fly flew in. Air Jordans took off on many a pair of feet while trench coats aided against the chilly weather. The ' in ' way to tell time was on a swatch; it came in watermelons, rac- ing cars, and every imagin- able abstract color or pat- tern. Clothes and jewelry wer- en ' t the ' only changes in styles. New wave rock found a stronghold as the music jammed from Compact Disc players. Lyrics from A-Ha and the Hooters were on ev- eryones lips. The intensity of Bono and U-2 made them favorites, while a small group of diehard punkersi stomped to the beat of thei Dead Kennedys. Classic: rock from Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, and the Doors was worshipped by many, in- cluding members of thei C.K.P.A. If you don ' t listeni to these groups, then don ' t listen at alll stated juniori Shelly Dhoore. The fads at Clay showedi our own style, as the ideasi hit like wildfire. The fashiom and fads of 1986 may go outi as soon as they came in, but! they will long be remem- bered. Obviously, Clay met! the challenge as they kepti up with the ' in ' times. Student Life

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G-R-0-W-L! It ' s almost lunchtime. Your stomach repeatedly reminds you of this as the noon hour slowly approaches. You try to ig- nore this embarrassing alarm that automatically sounds every day just be- fore lunch, as you await the bell that signals the begin- ning of a thirty-five minute lunch break. When it finally arrived, there were various choices to make upon where or how to spend the free time. As the days were made longer this year, the length of the lunch hour was short- ened by fifteen minutes which took students some time to adjust to. Last year, we had time to sit around in the parking lot if it was nice out and we talked, or played frisbee or hackey-sack. This year, there was never any time to just goof around before go- ing back to class, said ju- nior Dutch Frame. For those students who were lucky enough to have cars, it was a common pref- erence to spend the lunch hour at nearby fast-food res- ENJOYING THE RELAXATION away from the hustle and bustle of school, sophomore Amy Hender- son and junior Bill Purcell eat their lunch at McDonald ' s. TAKING A BREAK from the usual hectic restaurants, juniors Ethan Henderson and Ryan Nagy, and sophomore Lisa Wind, decide to stay in to avoid the noontime rush. taurants like McDonald ' s, Rax, or Wendy ' s. This could get expensive at times on a student ' s budget, but with the help of coupons, and sharing meals, students al- ways managed to satisfy that growling stomach. Some students chose to spend their lunchtime in the cafeteria. This gave them time to sit down and eat their lunch at a cheaper cost. Some students were often found finishing home- work that hadn ' t been com- pleted. Without my lunch hour, I don ' t know If I ' d ever get my homework done, said freshman Andy Woods. With the close of the lunch hour, students were seen rushing from all areas of the school, on their way to their next classes. Those same groaning and com- plaining stomaches were now silent and satisfied, at least until dinner time. 20 Student Life