McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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@ e ®@ SS azine atl Imes I | A nostalgic look back ar MN's eleventn water, there's got to be something good , “America is more confident today than she NS year of existence would show proof of abour her.” was a day ago. America now has an eco- SX much ado. Even the quickest glance back The Senate unanimously confirmed the | nomic plan for her furure.”’ The battle be- R S to the school days in late ‘81 and early ‘82 nomination by a vote of 99-0. Of Reagan’s | tween the American people and their stag- would fill a person's mind with memories of the popular songs, movies, and world events. Memories may have been so widely scattered ro include the early October assas- sination attempr of Egyptian President An- war Sadar. The tragic occurance created a threat to peace in the troubled Middle Easr. accomplishments in his first eight months as President, nothing had been given more support and backing from so many on Capi- tol Hill. In his sermon at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, the Most Rev. Rob- ert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, said, “Here is the stuff of which fairy tales are nant economy was on. Like the country and world around it, Busch Stadium wasn't quiet either in ‘61. Unable to come out ahead in the split sea- son fiasco created by the players’ strike, the baseball Cardinals battled the Montreal Ex- pos, the commissioner's office and, yes, even battled their own shortstop, Garry President Sadar, along with several others made.” Templeton. During an afternoon game in oe nearby, was strucls down while warching a The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and | late August, a mentally troubled Templeton ae parade from a reviewing stand in Cairo. Lady Diana Spencer on July 29 pur the | found if rough to deal with harrassing fans Later that afternoon, S adar died of gun- world in a standstill as if drew the largest | seated behind the Redbird dugour. Being E shor wounds af the age of 62. Said former | viewing crowd for a single event in histroy. | booed for not hustling our a ground ball, % President Jimmy Carter in a CBS interview | The wedding in St. Paul's Cathedral had | Templeron used hand gestures in retaliation shortly after the attack, 'I think he [ Sadar } 2,500 witnesses on hand, with an estimated | at fhe enraged crowd. The Redbird short- would willingly lay his life down for his coun- | 750 billion watching on television. s top repeated the stint frwo times more be- try to carry ouf principles in which he be- Throughout his campaign in 1980, Presi- | fore Manager Whitey Herzog jerked him’ i lieves. ’ dent Ronald Reagan had vowed to the | into the dugout, slagpped him with a $5,000 i On the 7th day of July, President Reagan | American people fo curb the constant thrust | fine and suspended him indefinitely. Tem- + created a first for the Supreme Court when | Of inflation and the high cosr of living. pleton returned to the team almost a i: he announced the nomination of Sandra With thar, President Reagan pushed fora | month later when he apologized to the | Day O'Connor as the nation’s first woman | three year fax cur to help ouf in the uphill | fans and his reammares after receiving psy- { Supreme Court justice. battle. After just 190 days in the White | chiatric help. i Formerly an appeals court judge in Ari | House, Reagan and his administration were Throughout MN's eleventh year, there zona, the 51-year-old O'Connor was given | close fo making considerable changes in the | was never a dull moment. Our world was ad high praise as replacement for retiring Jus- | United States economic policy. The Reagan | doing much, with much ado. | tice Potter Stewart. Said Arizona Senator Barry Goldwarer, ‘When a candidare is en- dorsed by Ted Kennedy and Barry Gold- fax cuf won an overwhelming “ols” from Congress, being passed with a vote of 238- 195. Said a relievd but happy Reagan, As creator of an almost entirely new economic pro- gram, President Ronald Reagan was the 1981 version of Franklin Roosevelt, creator of the New Deal in the 1930's. After offering indecent hand gestures to a Busch Stadium crowd on August 22, Cardinal Garry Temple- ton was jerked into the dugour by a furious Whitey Herzog. 28 National Events

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Acting can be rough work! Shari Nelson and Mike Agnew use a little play time for ‘playtime.’ S| Ae epe: i The Art Review RO-O-OAARI” Whar's this!? Lions in the concourse? Well, nor exactly! The sound came from the Little Theatre, setting the stage into action with The Mouse That Roared, October 22-24, 26, 27. Grand Fenwick, a minute country somewhere in Europe, was having fi- nandal difficulties. ‘The solution,’’ says Duchess Gloriana the Twelfth, ''declare war on the United Srates! The United States always gives money fo the de- feated country, right?’’ And who could win an aftacls with bows and arrows? You guessed if! A minufe country some- where in Europe named Grand Fenwicls. Written by Leonard Wibberley, The Mouse That Roared was a play full of wit and charm. ! think it’s really good, ”’ commented student director Linda Gray- “Who could win an attack with bows and arrows? You guessed it! A minute country somewhere in Europe named Grand Fenwick.” bael, sophomore. For five weelss, director Mrs. Billie Ten- eau and 32 talented students pur forth their best efforts to make this production the classiest act they could. ‘I think if should be a very good play,”” replied Mrs. Teneau, “‘but it’s a large cast and will talke an abundant amount of hard worls and concentration on everyone's part.”’ Finally opening night — October 22, rolled around. Those same 32. still ralenr- ed buf now nervous, students were ready fo put their weelss of hard worls to the tesr. Only ten more minues until show time! The dressing room (Room 111) was buzzing with excitement and calls of “break a leg!” Ger ready, everyone! It’s 7:30!’ “Roooaar!”’ “Then it's settled. We attack New Yorls City — ronighr. ”’ Fall Play 27

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Having served as President of Egypt for eleven years, Anwar Sadat was assassinared October 6 while wartch- ing @ parade in Cairo. Bringing the world to a short halt July 29, the Royal Wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles pulled the largest viewing crowd for a single event in history.