Columbia Heights High School - Cohian Yearbook (Columbia Heights, MN)

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We Are A Product Of The 70's

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the trend. Traditionally male and female' classes were no longer limited to one sex. Girls gained the benefit of a better extra-curricular athletic program. Many little changes occurred between 1970 and 1979. The school lunches haven't necessarily improved, just a bigger selection is available. The malt machine, ala carte fruit and vegies, and hamburgers are all new additions. Cookie break or snack break is also a recent innova- tion. Traditions have begun in the past few years. Seniors can now proudly open their first floor lockers. What is Homecoming without a toilet-pa- . pered football field? Egg-throwing has gained a new perspective. Stu- dents actually listen to morning an- nouncements: side tracking has no limits. Honor Study Hall was intro- duced to us. Early Graduation no longer meant pregnancy. Attitudes have slowly changed. The dress code was abolished in the early seventies. Homecoming candidates are no longer limited to a select group. These are a few of the endless little. but important changes. Amidst a continuously changing world are standards that will never vary. lt's comforting to know Blue and Gold will always be Blue and Gold. A spirit stick will always mean the end of a pepfest. Smoke fogging the bathroom mirrors will always signify that lunch is over. Students sleeping is a sure bet it is chemistry time. What a tragedy if the football players gathered in the library instead of the front lobby. No one but Mr. Rassmussen could ever be R . Still, isn't it nice to know that year after year, Mr. Wisniewski will always look the same for at least his i i clothes willy. EXPECTATIONS OF THE 80's We are a product of the seventies, but 1979 is the end of a decade. Our future lies in the eighties. What do The eighties have in store for us? Joy, sorrow, hope, or de- spair. ln the eighties our future will be revealed. Ready or not we're on our way into the future. Here we come along with out contributions and changes After a long, hard fight students will be allowed an open lunch. Vending machines will be put in school and no one will care. The trend toward computerization will continue and there will be less demand for skilled labor. The Equal Rights Amendment will be passed. Girls sports will seriously compete with boys for popularity. Columbia Jr. will close and be- come a home for retired teachers. Hites will have another snow day, but not until the late eighties. Biology students will be cloning Mr. Brady. Twins will win the pennant their first year in a domed stadium. Single family dwellings will become almost obsolete. Use of solar and atomic energy will increase. Television will become three-dimensional. Education has drasticly changed and will continue to change in the years to follow. Declining enrollment has reduced so much that Heights will have grades nine through twelve in the senior high. The baby boom of nineteen sixty will be repeated. The Vikings will win the Super Bowl next time around. Parking permits will be made again - this time the right size. Television will take the place of teachers in the classroom. School lunches will be prepacked. Jeans will become obsolete and dresses will take their place. Our predictions are just a hope or dream for the future, but H. R. Hays, in his poem Repeat Performance bring meaning to the words change and future. Repeat Performance Preparations are carefully made The earth begins to breathe more rapidly. A year full of explosions, Burning shrieks and boredom, Terror and old beercans Pulls into the station. Blades of grass are rehearsing A green procession. A leaf waves a small flag. There will be new faces. A star will come weeping Out of space. New lies will be told. ln a blare of sunlight, ln a radiance of spring, The heart Launches its teeming satellite Into the clouds.

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Y-Teens Dance Held In The Winter C x rr! XX:1f, F Christmas Magic was the theme of the Y-Teens For- mal this year. The dance was held at the St. Paul Hotel on December 16, 1978. The floor was crowded with many couples dancing to the music that the band, Woodbridge, provided for them. Everyone that attended seemed to be enjoying themselves.