E J Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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▲ The Hawk and the Robin unite to Jolt the Jag.” 4 The Hawks and the Robins join together to support their team. 4 The addition of the R to the “CHS. Feature — Transition 19

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Reaching Out and Working Together Just by looking at the crowd in the gym during a pep fest is evidence that the school has encountered an addition of quite a few students. Four hundred fifty to four hundred seventy-five to be exact. Along with this, though, came extra cheers and extra friends. Robbinsdale and Cooper students underwent a major change. With the closing of Robbinsdale, came the merging of the two schools Robbinsdale and Cooper. With the lunchroom being so crowded, at first, that people had to eat in shifts within the period and the RCHSIMC having to turn away people from lack of empty tables, some students felt that adjusting to so many extra bodies was an impossible feat. Out-weighing the woes, came the multitude of additional talents and ideas. New traditions merged with the old, giving activities a new twist. When asked her feelings on the merging, junior Lisa Blumb said, “I feel that the merging has had a big influence on students from both Robbinsdale and Cooper. With the combination of two schools, many felt there would be harsh feelings for one another, but I don’t believe this to be true.” People from both schools have blended to form one enduring school that has more talent, ideas, and unity than a school could ever have. “Reaching out and working together.” Slogan taken from the Transition Committee.® 18 Feature — Transition

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A Long, Sleepless Night for the ROMPing Hawks What is romp? By definition it means to play or frolic in a boisterous, lively way.” and that is what happened here at RCHS on Friday, September 24. and Saturday, September 25. The Romp was an overnight lock-in that lasted from 11 p.m. until 7 a.m. This event was sponsored by the Student Transitional Committee and chaperoned by parents and teachers. As people first entered, they received a card (orange for the girls and yellow for the boys) which had a number on it that was the same number as a member of the opposite sex. The object of this was to find the person with the matching number and get to know him or her. During the eight hours, volleyball tournaments and ping pong games were available in the gym for those competitive types; and for all those people with dancing feet or just a love of music, there were records played by a live disc jobkey in the cafeteria. About 1 a m many people hurried to the auditorium to watch The Dating Game, starring Steve Bloom as Ricardo Lovesend. the host of the show. Students were chosen randomly to be the bachelors and bachelorettes. By the time The Dating Game ended, which was around 3 a.m., people had begun to lose some of their spunk, and bags had begun to form under their eyes. From exhaustion many people grabbed up their pillows and traipsed to the auditorium to take a nap or to watch the feature movies. Fun With Dick and Jane and Mothra. The Romp was a new and exciting event that went over well. It was a good way for the Robbinsdale and Cooper people to meet and get to know one another. It was said by many that Romp should become a traditional event here at RCHS. ■ ► A A student receives a meet your match card as he enters. ► Get the ball over any way you can! ▲ The Transition Committee creatively advertised the ROMP on the blockhouse. 20— ROMP