Ladue Horton Watkins High School - Rambler Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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The epidemic usually sTrikes around The beginning of March, someTimes earlier someTimes laTer. IT affecTs everyone freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and espe cially seniors. SympToms: resTlessness in class, Tendencies To gaze longingly ouT The window, nosTalgia for The slopes of Aspen, or The sands of Hawaii. Diagnosis SPRING FEVER!!! VicTims are affecfed in all aspecTs of Their lives. They suffer an inabiliTy To func Tion in school, They can'T possibly do homework, and They can'T bear The ThoughT of a weekend coming To a close ln exTreme cases, vicTims have been known To wax down Their surfboards break ouT Their bikinis, and polish Their skis early. On warm, sunny days, fiTs of Spring Fever are frequenTly induced when vic Tims caTch sighT of Vail sweaTshirTs, breezy converTibles, and Tanned bodies. STu denTs who suffer from The fever have been seen flocking To The courTyard To while away free hours in The sun. Teachers reporT ThaT sTudenTs become unTeacha ble when sTruck wiTh The afflicTion: exciTe menT overfakes concenTraTion and Teachers are lefT helpless. 'Spring Fever is highly conTagious and is never curable. SympToms may be averT ed, however, in a number of ways: vicTims can find Temporary relief in lisTening To Beach Boys Tunes, cross-counTry skiing Through neighborhoods, or lying in a cool baThTub wiTh a sunlamp and a Pina Co lada. Many sTudenTs daydream abouT a favoriTe vacaTion spoT when a bouT of The fever aTTacks. They reflecf upon Florida beaches, Michigan lakes, Colorado mounTains, or European sighfs. VicTims long for The mornings when They can sleep laTe and The days when They can keep up wiTh The soap operas. Do you suspecT you have acquired Spring Fever? Does your whole body Tin- gle aT The smell of coconuT oil? Does The Tune I-lead for The MounTains make your knees shake? Do you feel a pang in your hearT when you see Come home To Ja- maica commercials? lf so, DON'T WOR- RY! You are noT alone! Close your eyes, Take a deep breaTh, and picTure a plane bound for Paradise. Then bear wiTh your fellow sufferers unTil vacaTion Time rolls around! VGCOTTODS The Suffian clan smiles before aTTacking The slopes VacaTion s BesT Times Being a Trapper aT Camp Tim berlane and Taking ouT canoe Trips. Sleeping laTe and being a bum - Chris SuTer Junior y - Mike Jacobs Senior Going on The MoonlighT l Ramble and meeTing a whole Playing in The ocean and I J bunch of people. IT was laying ouT on The beach in Rio 1 de Janiero. excellenT! D -Lynne Esserman Senior - April Saks Sophomore y EaTing magnivicenT oysTers in SpiriTs women and lascivious T acTions were The mainsTay on . Michigan. , - Mike Scimo Junior our Trip To Florida. lT was 1 AWESOME!! -Ben Feldman Senior A life wiTh my broTher while , visiTing him aT Bradley 1 UniversiTy. Checking ouT The wild parTy - Bonnie YaTkeman, Sophomore 3 When VacaTion Time Rolls Ao

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Far left: Louis Hanses displays his secrei desires for John Friedman. Left: Jeff Bern- sfein, Laude's version of Magnum, P.l., says, Look ai me: I raided Don Johnson's wardrobe. Above: While Touring The Versailles Cha- Teau in France, Mary Margarei and Mau- reen Lewis demonsirale their sislerly love. Lefiz Deborah Schneider, Jennifer Kramer, and Kim Wolf coniemplale entering Hor- 'ron Watkins H.S. while enjoying The sum- mer aT Camp Birchirail. Vacarions '