Galesburg High School - Reflector Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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home W5 ,on and Street in mmwl Cross and Jeff Roche have of GHS that the school expresed on the board in the Semors Tracy was an attempt by a football not tamper room. and Kevin admrnrstratron to sportrng actrvrtres in the courtyard Q., Sfxla- Q, J esslca Brenda Mitchell and David Rupert nde down Parade together up in the stands during thc game. caused by the Lrsa Toland and Drana Krlby at half trme of parents mg e l of the season. gg

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Wave of Shock...that explains it pretty well doesn't it? We came back to school in August to find that things had definitely changed and most agreed that the changes were not for the good, at least where the students were con- cemed. Over the summer the school board replaced the former superintendent with a man by the name of William Abel, referred to by some as Dr. Abel. Two weeks before the first day of school word hit the streets that there had been some rear- ranging of policies at the high school-to say that some of them were a shock would probably be an understatement. The first and most prominent of the board changes was the closing of the open lunch lines. This was done to keep all students on the grounds over the lunch hour rather than allowing them the freedom to go out. Protest to this restriction arose in November by way of a movement known as the Brown Bag It . This protest, which originated during a student council meeting, was simply a boycott of the school lunch lines that lasted about a month and at its peak brought the number of people going through the lines down by about 420. The other change of large consequence was the no shorts policy. This decision was almost unbearable during the first month or so of school. There were days when it was 98 degrees in the classrooms. Concentration on academics was reduced to almost nothing as the sweat rolled down students' and teachers' backs in rivers, jeans and slacks clung to sticky legs, and heads bowed onto their desks wishing not only that the day was over, but that it had never even begun. In those days just the mention of Dr. Abel brought shudders of anger to the minds of many. The pop machines were also taken out and the chasm between the board and students as well as the administration widened. The shock didn't stop with the school board. The football and basketball coaches Kane and Swanson, respectively, both left GHS over the summer for positions elsewhere. They were replaced by Mr. Bill Bolinder and Mr. Ed Sennett, who brought new styles of coaching and changed the outlook on football and basketball at GHS. Maybe at another school that change wouldn't have been significant but at Galesburg, where both sports are greatly emphasized, it was an important event. To top everything else off students were informed that their yearbooks, which up until that time had been in their hands before finals, would not be delivered until the first week of August. It got to the point that it seemed as if everything was changing, and just when you thought that nothing else could change, it did. For these reasons, among others, this book has been enthemed A Wave of Shock, it matches the way the year started Q 5' i Mix:

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I L 0 w T, ly .5 ,A Qs: xmas R, ,H ,rv ,.,. top left: Senior museuimen Greg Johnson, Mike Holloway Blldffcillig James, exhibit their strength by lifting aenior Cun above: Seniors Norma f Arredondogg Katie Harriman, Sue,, .Heather Hblleuglf and Laura Pratts for a picture. l L top left: Junior Jami Isaacson takes time out to think during a Varsity football game. Senior Sue Carlson organizes the cheese and sausage that the Spanish Club sold to raise money for trips to Chicago and Mexico. Freshman Roya Babanonry on the Foreign Language Club trip to Chicago. ps v