Marshall University High School - Collage Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Registration . . . The Inside Story ... Standing in line for twenty minutes only to be told you have to go get the principal's signature before you can get your card stamped. ... Being told at 9:00 that you never returned the Encyclopedia Britan- nica volume “M so you can't register until 2:30. ... Having to sign up for gym at 7:30 a.m. because all the other hours are closed and you can’t graduate without a gym credit. Sound familiar? Registration only took place three times a year, but this was more than enough for most people. A very simple task, six classes in six time slots, became very complicated, very quickly. The red tape and bureaucracy was enough to drive people crazy, especially if they wanted to do anything out of the ordinary like take a free hour. Three signatures were needed for almost everything, which meant standing in three different lines and explaining the same thing three times. My strategy was to slip in and out as fast as possible through tricky maneuvers and fast talking, commented an experienced Senior. I want my mommy! cried a Freshman after he didn’t press hard enough on the triplicate forms. Eventually, although it may have taken hours, the last student was free to go home and teachers, students and administrators could look forward to the next registration day. HA HA HA!!!!!!! Picture One: Louise and Karen chat while waiting in line to register for an English class. Picture Two: A popular option at M-U — Sixth hour release. Picture Three: Students check out on credit standings with Mr. Pogoler. Picture Four: Teachers waiting patiently for some enrollment. Picture Five: Unenthused students struggle with their class schedules. 28 Registration

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TORY 1982 Merry-Go-Round By Langstone Hughes Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry-go-round Mister, cause I want to ride? Down South where I come from White and colored can't Sit side by side Down South on the train There’s a Jim Crow car. On the bus we’re put in the back But there ain’t no back To a merry-go-round! Where’s the horse For a kid that's black Picture One: Rafonne and Charles strut their stuff. Picture Two: Cedric and Heather model North American attire. Picture Three: Shada's interpretive mod- ern dance. Picture Four: Guest Speaker Barbara Andrews appeals to the audi- ence. Picture Five: Michelle Demps in- spires the crowd with the uplifting black national anthem. Picture Six: Liz and Omre playing hard-to-get. Picture Seven: David and Ifeoma survey the merchan- dise. History 27

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