Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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obliged to marked her down for a tardy session. She stormed out of class, infuriated and determined not to get caught. She took her assignment seat and began taking notes on the lecture. Someone nudged her, pointing to the door. Her friends were there. Wanting to talk with them, she coughed until the teacher told her to get a drink. But when she didn ' t return for 20 minutes, the teacher had a difficult time believing she didn ' t know where a fountain was and she ' d gone to the junior high for a drink. On the way to sixth period, she pulled the fire alarm and alloted herself 30 minutes before returning to class. This teacher didn ' t put up with her and sent her to Mr. O ' Rourke ' s office, where he reprimanded her for her constant ditching of class. But she wasn ' t listening, she was already planning how she was going to get to Southlake Mall tomorrow. People ' s Exhibit A, an empty desk, was a piece of evidence needed to convict chronic ditchers on regular school days and most of the Senior Class on traditional Ditch Days. Boredom and the sandman have their effect on Steve Camp as they force him into a sleep, providing an escape from a less- than-exciting history lesson. 21

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Bronson s sidekick pulls school disappearing act She may not be a Charles Bronson who escaped by means of a helicopter in the movie Breakout, but she ' s just a crafty, sly and devious. She ' s the kind who prides herself in never attending all six periods in one day. She ' s a class dodger. And here is an account of one day in her life. As the alarm rang, she painfully realized that today was Monday. Resolving that she must extend the weekend, she clomped down the stairs, moaning and groaning, in a effort to sway Mom into calling in sick for her. Mom felt her head and took her temperature. Struggling, she tried in vain to push the mercury up past 98.6 . Result: 98.5 . On the way to school, she weighed the possibility of hitching a ride to Southlake Mall. At school she chatted with friends until she remembered she had a test first hour. Despite a high bid of $5 to smash her writing hand so she couldn ' t take the test, she trudged into the room. There she tried to memorize exponential notation in three minutes when it had taken the teacher three weeks to teach it. Faking an illness should have earned her an acting award, but instead it yielded a pass to the john and a reprieve from the test. Music from WLS aided her escape from a boring second hour lecture. She appeared attentive, but closer look would have revealed a small wire that piped music from a concealed radio to her ear. In third hour they dissected worms. She ' d always been squemish about looking at them, but cutting them open was out of the question. Careful insertion of a pin into her finger resulted in blood oozing out and a pass, this time to the nurse. Fourth period created no problem. Since she had first lunch, she could go out to eat and then drive around. However, when she slipped into class with only five minutes remaining, the teacher was Body casting requires talent, imagination and patience and provides Sharon Benath with a constructive means of escape from the demands of other classes. 20

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The object of stares and shrieks, Joe Wilnuskiatis has to eat his food alone. ... yell a little louder. Booming voices Friends deserted him at lunch after his and high hopes help juniors display the appearance on Costume Day. spirit which won the yell contest. Take one float bed, chicken wire and paper . . . add workers John Hilbrich and Dawn Jones . . . mix together in a garage for a week . . . presto ... a float.