Logan High School - Amphion Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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Personal Efforts Build Character It's o greor opportunity for Logon High students to leorn more about themselves by becoming acquainted with the handicaps of the children of the Exceptional Child Center explained Stuart Howell, psychology teacher During the time when the psychology classes studied personality ond personality development, the students hod the opportunity to go to the E.C.C. ond work with the children there. By working with these children the students hod the chance to see how physical, emotional. ond intellectual handicaps influence the development of personalities. At first, working ot the E.C.C. con be o very terrifying experience ond many students were apprehensive when they began. However, it didn’t take long until they become enthusiastic about the the program ond almost fearless in their willingness to help. The involvement ot the E.C.C. included dividing up into groups each assigned to o different classroom. Most of the work was on o one to one basis with eoch child ond it gove both the psychology students and the children o chonce to leorn. The staff or the E.C.C. felt the students from Logon High could relate better to the E.C.C. students than the university students because they were much less inhibited. The students hove proven to the staff that they do help ond they con moke o difference. Julene Smlrh patiently watches as the children work to ochieve various tasks. Working together. Sheri Reid ond Jomie read o story As the two fry to put o puzzle together. Kellie HoJmsreod gives words of encourogement 20 School Happenings

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-4 Mr. Emmett is brutolly hoodcuffed to o pole Terrorists, in surgery gowns, fry ro get rough. Mrs Sroddort colmly woits for whor is to come On Thursdoy, Februory 18. or 9:30 in rhe morning, o group of students commonly known os the dirty thirty, terrorized 60 plus students ond faculty who were tied, blindfolded, ond forced ro submit to o wide range of psychological torture from verbal abuse ond violent threats to rhetorical political readings. The terrorist demanded revolutionary administrative change in the old educational institution ond threatened ro dispose of the hostages if their demands were not quantitatively answered. But after on hour hod passed, the coptors removed their masks, lowered their guns, ond released the wretched hostages; rhe terrorists submissively rerreored. The uncommon ending ro this terrible nightmare would be unheard of in any normal situation, bur this was only on innocent activity ploy-ocred by Mr. Howell's AP History doss. The official nome for the terrorist group was rhe Student Association for the Elimination of regulations. (SAFER) Jeneonne Do vis commented, “It was on exciting ond scary experience. It wos exciting because I realized rhor I could get caught up in destroying buildings ond rhe feeling of power thor you get pushing people around, but It wos definorely much more scary because two-thirds of me wos os terrified os rhe captives were. Corrie Hillyord ond Mr. Emmett joined their forces ond on orrest warrant for Mr. Howell wos issued rhe next doy. Luckily it wos os unreol os rhe terrorism. Terrorism 19

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School Hoppenings 21 When Lorry Comodeno srorred reoching or Logon High School in 1976, rhe ofhleric department weight room consisted of only one bench ond one universal. There wos o definite need for more equipment, bur because money wos tight, rhe coaches didn't know how they would get rhe weights. The school district recognized the need for more equipment. They donated some free weights to rhe deportment, bur even with those, there still weren't enough. Lorry Comodeno explained ‘Three seasons ogo o player named Jim Minkler wos injured in o football proctice ond wos porolyzed from rhe neck down. As I thought about how we could get money for rhe weight room. I got the idea of hoving o lift-o-rhon in Jim's name. So, I approached Jim about using his name for rhe lift o rhon ond he very willingly gave his permission. We then went oheod and set up the procedure for rhe Hft-o-rhon.” All 6th hour athletic students got pledges for the lifr-o-rhon. the minimum pledge being two cents a pound. Because the businesses and people in the community were so generous, the pledges were nor only two ond three cents a pound bur 20 ond 30 cents. Some people even pledged up to one dollar a pound. The liff o thon snowballed and after only three weeks rhe athletes hod raised $5,000 in cosh. The construction of the Jim Minkler Weight Room began. The local merchants donated the mirrors and rhe stereo. They also donated free labor for rhe building of rhe room. The school district helped out by buying rhe rubber floor in the room. In Moy of 1980, on open house was held ond rhe Jim Minkler Weight Room wos dedicated. Jim was present or rhe dedication ond wos reolly touched by the room” Comedeno continued. Now, because of the Jim Minkler Lift-A-Thon, rhe weight room values or over $20,000 ond with rhe exception of BYU, hos more free bor than ony school in the store. Logon High has o well recognized power-lifting program rhor helps to moke every athlete better. Both the boys’ ond girls athletic programs were able to benefit from the Jim Minkler Weight Room Athletic Students lift weights after school in preporotion for their vorious competitions. In the center of the weight room hongs this trophy in appreciation to Willing Sponsors