Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Exhausted and disappointed with second place float, junior Bonnie Belush regains energy dancing the funky chicken to the beat of the U.N.” Chicken wire cuts forgotten, senior Suzanne Roininen ignores chapped hands to ecstatically cheer the news that the senior float placed first. Missed meals, lost sleep 10

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Activities Text books and lab reports don ' t complete a person; school offers more than classroom lectures in helping a student learn to deal with himself and others. Activities provide a vehicle for rounding out the personality Satisfaction may be gained in less than ideal situations — stringing lights on an 8-foot chickenwire Panther for a second place float, losing your voice and a victory as the arch-rivals score the final point, taking your second choice to a dance an d having fun anyway, attending six weeks of rehearsals and tediously applying make-up opening night for a five-minute appearance. Events such as these provide vital learning experience unavailable in the classroom. Molly Covert, Al Harris 9

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reward float-builders with scrapbook memories Rushing through early suppers, car and float rivals for the Homecoming parade hastily performed last minute surgery to meet the 4:30 p.m. deadline. Builders held their breaths as entries were put to the final tests — surviving bumpy railroad tracks and passing judges approval. Unfriendly autumn breezes pierced crowds clustering along curbs to catch a glimpse of participants. A seven-foot jack-in-the-box with an animated devil rewarded the townspeople for their vigil. Pop Goes the Devil, captured first place in the float division for the Class of 1971, giving it the honor for the second consecutive year. Escaping the brisk October air, spectators sought warmth as they huddled near the blazing bonfire. As the flames began to wane, students flocked to the post-bonfire dance and grooved to the music of the U.N. Unlike the soft cumulus clouds, curling black smoke pours from the raging bonfire. As flames rise, so do expectations of a victory. A jack-in-the box manned by Diane Welch, Sonja Bradley and Alan Magiera captured first place for the Class of 1971. 11