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

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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

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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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' ' ' 9 ' ' ' lli 11 I 10 FUELING-UP for the lunchtime haul, sophomore Laura Dav kins patiently fills up her car. IN PROTEST OF the shortened lunch hour, senior Nancy Spiher brings her desert to her fifth hour class. [iiScHTI 21