East Brunswick High School - Emerald Yearbook (East Brunswick, NJ)

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Charity begins at home. Douglas Rhodes serves, and the junior volleyball marathon is on its way The event was staged to raise funds for class activities. Weary juniors take a break and then resume play. Kim Dickinson had an easier time of it selling candy She probably earned as much for the class VOLLEYBALL MARATHON—27

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VAyUtt mmtbfi netM mM Wa |jMi (Jioiiity Believing in the dictum that charity begins at home, the Junior Class staged a winter Volleyball Marathon to raise money for their class treasury. The treasury will eventually subsidize the Class of '79's Senior Prom and defray in- dividual costs for that big night out. volleyball to pay to watch a solid weekend of it. Just like you have to be some kind of an addict to volunteer to play the game for a solid weekend. But there were those who came and watched, just as there were those dedicated enough to class to come and play. It was a novel idea and enjoyed moderate success. The class made a few hundred dollars in ad- missions and on spin-off revenues from the sale of refreshments. They spent very little to stage the marathon. But it didn't raise the scads of money that the Senior Variety Show does, for example. While we shudder at the thought of a 48-hour long volleyball contest, we must confess that the game was not long enough in duration to rate in the Guinness Book of World Records. But someone will want to try for it. Next thing you know, someone will want to stage a 200-inning baseball game. Of course, you really have to like 26—VOLLEYBALL MARATHON

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Costumed seniors greeted arrivals at Chinese Auction. You found the item you wanted and bid on it by dropping a numbered ticket in a can. Advisers Triozzi and Richvalsky wondered if the idea would work. Just look at the money and the smiles—they say it did. You pays your money and you takes a chance It was something like Bingo. An item was sold by drawing a ticket from its can. If you had the other half of the numbered stub, you won the merchandise. 28—CHINESE AUCTION