Logansport High School - Tattler Yearbook (Logansport, IN)

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The word study had many different mean- ings to many different people, For some it was a nightly ritual, others interpreted it as a last-minute peek at notes or feverish cram- ming the night before an all-important test. The term also served as a noble-sounding ex- cuse for spending the evening with a friend. A gentle nudge from parents or teachers was often necessary before some students put their noses to the grindstone, for I have to study was a phrase students hated to use when a party or a movie date was in the of- fing. fOf course it could be very handy when mother wanted the dishes or some chore donej Peculiar habits accompanied this phenome- non. To some, hot Dixie-land blaring on the radio and a substantial plate of cookies within reach were conducive to study. Others found that by rising with the birds at five a.m. their alert minds, when successfully awakened, could accomplish much, Telephone party lines were kept busy while students talked over the answers to seemingly insur- mountable problems, academic and otherwise. Guidance periods often proved to be life- savers for those who needed only fifteen minutes more to complete put-off work or to review quickly before beginning a busy day, and seniors, especially those with one or two tests scheduled in the afternoon, found Room 53 a convenient retreat during lunch hours, Some pupils, undismayed by the pros- pect of being caught, even dared to study one subject in another teacher's class. Study was as inevitable as death and taxes, and most students, regardless of the momen- tary grumbling and groaning, knew that all the time spent would never be regretted, So whether sprawled out on the floor, lying in bed, or sitting at a school desk, they studied. Blood, sweat, and tears often mar the faces of S. Smith, P. White, P. Fox, J. Troy, A. Barnes, K. Hall, S. Ulbrich, A. Price, B. Richter, J. Sumpter, N. Brummet, P. Conn, and D, Showalter before a big exam. However, the Kiwanis Club luncheon is an incentive to maintain those first semester A averages. Absent: G. Sherill, L. Spencer, P. Wagner. A J