East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Junior Jennifer Hultman draws attention to her skill as an artist. Superimposed at left is a print she completed in January. Talented students show how their dedication pays off in drama, art Did you have a hidden talent, one that not many people knew about? Several students did, and they decided to come out of the closet and show what they could do. It took a lot of courage to stand in front of an audience, but they made it look easy. Junior Beth Betts has been acting at the playhouse for quite some time now. She has been singing since she was a child, and she plans to continue at the playhouse through college. After college she wants to further her career in New York. Junior Brent Scharf is also very tal- ented. In his short career of six months as a bicycle motorcross racer, he has won over 26 trophies. Another talented student was junior Jennifer Hultman. Jennifer ' s talent is in the field of art. She has been drawing seriously since she was 12 years old, and believe it or not, Jennifer says she prefers to draw Indians. When she was in seventh grade, she won a scholar- ship to the Des Moines Art Center. Jennifer would like to study art as a minor in college, then write books and do all the illustrations herself. These people had a good reason to be proud of themselves. With a lot of hard work and dedication they con- quered the fear of being laughed at. We were fortunate to have such tal- ented students to represent our school and give it a good reputation. LEFT: Junior Beth Betts acts in a playhouse drama. RIGHT: Junior Craig Rogers continues his tenth year as a forward on a hockey team at the Des Moines Ice Arena. The team is called Des Moines Public. 12 HIDDEN TALENTS

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Signs of fashions and fads, movies and music hit East Oh my God, like gag me with a spoon and Bag those toe nails, sang Moon Unit Zappa in the song, Valley Girls, which hit the top 10 charts this past year. The Valley Girls ' talk is just one of the many fads we had at East High in 1982-3. Another was along the lines of fashion. Preppy and Punk: does that ring a bell? Well, it should. At the beginning of the school year, the school went prep. Button-down ox- ford-cloth shirts, khaki pants, deck shoes, penny loafers (with no socks, of course) and bright colored wool sweaters. These were all a part of the preppy epidemic. But prep has always been around, so it ' s really not that new. Said Tom Mentzer, senior: I think of prep as a way of presenting your- self, not as a fad, because prep has always been around. It ' s nothing new. It ' s just more popular now. Junior Julie Keller commented that prep is the ultimate in casual. Another fashion craze at East was the New Wave or Punk look. This included mini skirts, tights, leg UPPER LEFT: Senior Rod Grafton gets ready to sit down and relax to the good rock beat of AC DC. CENTER: Becky Zallek models the style of clothing known as Punk. RIGHT: E.T. phone home, calls this lovable creature from a distant planet. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial was the number one hit of the year, by Steven Spielberg. 14 FADS, FASHIONS