Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Keeping a sharp watch on the LW corridors, Carlos Rivera, security officer, observes some student wall hangers. Mrs. Donna Bukur, custodian, does her part to keep LW looking clean and tidy as she goes about her busy daily routine. Opening 3

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Sept. 10, 1982, LW students walked through the doors that led them to challenging and exciting new experiences that could be found only in The Place On 45 th . The challenge was even more daring for the freshmen that walked into The Place On 4 5th for the first time, searching high and low for their lockers and trying to find their math classes in the wrong section of the third floor. They had not yet realized that the next four years would be the most demanding, the most questioning, yet the most fun years of their lives. Coming from a school that was smaller than LW was hard because I was faced with more people, harder classes, and confusing hallways. I also felt there were more responsibilities put on me in high school as compared to jr. high, stated freshman Greg Mokol. Patient shoppers Debbie Patton, senior, and Phyllis Brown, freshman, wait their turns in the LW Hornet ' s Nest as Wanda Fairow and Eleanor Smith, juniors, make change rolls. William Toney, junior, looks on intently as his counselor, Mr. Lyle Hudson, jockeys his class schedule for a prospective program change. Leisurely browsing among the stacks of books, Anthony Jackson, senior, searches for a certain work in the LW library. Opening Sophomores returned to school happy that they were no longer punk freshmen, and juniors came back feeling proud that they were upperclassmen. Seniors came back to school vowing to make their senior year the best year they ' ve ever had, not letting fulfilling obligations, meeting requirements, or choosing a college to get them down. To me it feels great to be a senior because it ' s good to know that I ' ve made it through three full years with only a little more to go. It ' s good to come back as a senior because you ' re not the underdog you once were, and finally everyone ' s looking up to you for a change, asserted senior Frank Gonzales. Tom Gonzales irrm i w

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Many opportunities were found at LW. There were sports in which to participate, clubs to join, and aca¬ demics to achieve. There were also new people to meet, friends to see, simple smiles and friendly hellos. They all went hand-in-hand with The Place On 45th. Football games, basketball games, rollerskating, movies or arcade amusements were just some of the things LW students did during their spare time. Marie Brakley, junior, related, On my spare time I enjoy going to ar¬ cades because I can spend as much money as I want. I can spend a dollar or I can spend over ten dollars: it all depends on how much I can afford. Or, I can just go and watch the games for free which is something you can ' t do at the movies. I like ar¬ cade games so much I named my goldfish after two of the games: Tempest and Defender. But not everyone had extra time for sports, clubs, or activities. Some of the upperclassmen had jobs to go to. Having a job can be an exper¬ ience that can be rewarding as well as disappointing. I find that working prevents me from participating in a lot of school activities, said Marcina Williams, senior. Shalia Watkins, junior, and Chense Drake, junior. feast their eyes upon refreshments served in their cooking class? No, in the biology room of Mrs. Sarah Boyajian, science teacher. Opening