Elgin High School - Maroon Yearbook (Elgin, IL)

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ffi ifczli LOCAL 'X 1978 graduate Mel Cole went on to Star in football at the Univ. of Iowa leading the Hawkeyes in tackles for two years. On New Years Day, Mel, wearing an Elgin jersey under his Iowa shirt, played in the Rose Bowl game. Although Iowa was overpowered by Washington, Mel was chosen most valuable Iowa player, thus carrying on a tradition begun here at Elgin High. f f ' The biggest cornsumer item of '81-82' was video games. An estimated 56 billion was spent lmainly by teen- agersj representing 75,000 man years playing the games. The hottest games were Pac Man, Astroids and Space In- vaders. The leading Christmas pur- chase was a home unit with Odyssey, Atari and Intellivision dominating the field. The 11 day teacher's strike became the longest in U46 history. Another first was the court injunction ordering teachers back to school. When a majority refused, union officers, including Elgin's Rupert Searcy, were jailed. This was a first in U46 and the state of Illinois. On jan. 10, 1982, temperatures plummeted to 26 degrees below zero with wind chills of 80 below, thus be- coming the coldest recorded day. Schools were closed and students cele- brated a free day. A week later the Siberian Express rolled through the area again, and temperatures plunged to 25 below but school was held as usual.

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