Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Get a haircut, put on a tie, polish shoes, suck a Certs - N it must be an interview ervously crunching a breath mint, while adjusting his tie for the fifth time, he fidgets restlessly in the chair. The room seems to close in upon him, while perspiration trickles down his forehead. Minutes drag mercilessly into hours. Is this the true story of Richard Nixon awaiting his pardon? Not really, but is typical of a high school student before his first job interview. Teenage necessities of dating, lunch at McDonalds, candy bars for English and gas for the ' 65 Chevy seemed to rank over school activities as local employers hired students seeking part-time jobs. Even though fries and a Coke bring change back from a dollar, students found dad’s allowance not stretching quite as far as they had hoped. Although getting a job meant less freedom, it was usually easier and yielded more income than asking for a raise in allowance. While holding down a job, students enjoyed the extra cash, even if they couldn’t always change their schedules to attend Friday night games. After the interview, the student loosened his tie, gave a sigh of relief and then pulled out a Cert, now as a candy mint instead of a breath mint. In expectation of the passing of ERA, many businesses are hiring more girls like Nancy Kussmaul, to take the place of previously dominated male jobs. Consideration and efficiency are factors needed in a job that deals with people. Juniors Annette Labarge and Ruth Cernia practice these attributes on the job. 9

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Incentive is added when Kim Reno works as she gets not only money, but a school credit boost because she is a member of the DECA program. Grease, grime and oil stains are all a part of the job that senior Terry Mulvihill tolerates when on the job as a mechanic. All those dirty tables!” Table clearing is one of the many daily tasks routinely performed by junior Olga Rocha at restaurants such as Ponderosa. « I 8

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ethodically walking down the corridor, m-106-24-3694, peers at the empty rooms. Glancing over his instructions, he follows the arrows to a guidance computer which, after receiving an identity card, expels a sheet of paper. He circles desired course numbers and feeds the data back into the computer. Out flows his schedule and a mechanical grunt comes from the machine, “Thank you.” Although an exaggeration and resembling an excerpt from a future world movie, many students could identify with this situation on registration day as combinations of numbers and letters greeted them. As summer vacation neared its end and that fateful day of August 30 approached, teenagers turned their thoughts to the upcoming school year. At given times students drifted in the building to pick up their schedules and pay book rental. Some sophomores felt a twinge of panic as they realized their pictures would be they realized their pictures would be taken, peeling tans, t-shirts and all. The first day proved to be a disaster for the student who, after walking his girlfriend to class, raced to his locker and unconsciencely turned “right-36, left twice-24. right 36.” Unable to open the lock he stood stranded in the middle of the hall with fifteen seconds before the bell and no paper. Within a week, the initial shock had passed and the students rhythmically followed the daily 8-3 routine. Completing his assignment, m-106-24-3694, glanced at the gray machine before him, hesitantly inserted his paper and waited. Within seconds, the assignment came back scored and corrected, along with a mechanical grunt, “Good job. Thank you.” Assimuilating the assembly line process, senior Jeff Kwolek moves down the table to pick up his bus pass from Mr. Charles O ' Rourke while registering during the summer. Smile big and I ' ll see you in the movies,” was a phrase that brought smiles and chuckles to the face of senior Cathy Potosky as she poses for her picture on registration day. 10