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

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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

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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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A cheerful smile. A burst of laughter. A friendly grin. A disappointed frown. It ' s difficult to imagine what life would be like without every- day emotions. Most people never think about it, but life wouldn ' t be the same without emotions. What would it be like if no one could smile when they were happy or cry when they were sad? said junior Annette Johnson. Facial expressions are just a few of the various ways in which feelings are shown. People also express them- selves through the type of clothes they wear, the ges- tures they often make, or even by the way in which they walk. A good friend is someone who you can pick out of a crowd just by the special way they laugh, or talk. When you really know someone closely, you notice the smallest things about them, but that ' s what makes them so special, said sophomore Jenny Guzzl. These expressions and mannerisms are just a small, yet essential part of what makes each person so unique. It wouldn ' t be the same if each friend you had had the same laugh, or wore the same style of clothes. It would take so much fun out of just being different, ' junior Mary Mahoney. said AROUND DEADLINE TIME, things can get extremely frustrating, es- pecially to the editor of the Colo- nial, senior Nancy Guikema. HE ' S JUST A WILD and crazy guy! Senior David Kubiak demonstrates that there is always time to have some fun during his accounting class. DRIVEN BY DETERMINATION to win the fifteen dollar first prize of- fered at the dance contest, junior Kris Gruner gives his all as he struts on the dance floor. 22 Student Life TAKING ADVANTAGE OF the half time period for a short pep talk are members of the freshman senior powderpuff team. Senior Connie Walsh stands out in the crowd, while concentrating on the game plan. UPON RETURNING to his seat in the cafeteria, junior Terry Boehm notices that his lunch has strangely disappeared. He looks around in suspicion, searching for the guilty culprit. ' iT