McPherson High School - Bullpup Yearbook (Mcpherson, KS)

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Students adjust haI'lgeS take effefft, as decisions are handed down and ause unrest at HS traditions broken Stop for a moment and picture a dog, not just any dog, of course, but a Bull- pup. To this Bullpup's collar is being attached a leash. Because it's a new leash and one to which he is not accustomed, he twists, turns, snarls, snips and growls and grumbles. Now, imagine for another moment that the Bullpup represents the students, uling classes a year with limited parking due to new construction and the struggle to fit into a space a year knowing that next year there'd be not one but two gyms to reduce scheduling and late practice problems. But the greatest change of all during the transition and the reasons for teach- ing classes to the roar of the bulldozers and yes, teachers too at MHS. Since a leash represents a limita- tion, it doesn't fit easily at first. For those who would re- main another year, there was the realiza- tion that next year not one but two groups would be . .. a year with limited parking due to new construction and the - - u struggle to fit into a space and equipment trucks roaring in and out was adjusting to the idea of another class to be added - the freshmen! A l t h o u g h t h e freshmen haven't roamed the halls of the high school since 1963, they will once coming over from the junior high. This really caused the leash to feel tight and uncomfortable. It was a year with the seniors having no long-awaited free hour . . . a year of not knowing whether there would be six or seven periods for sched- Strolling through one of McPherson's beautiful parks can be educational as members of Carl Ediger's Biology ll class discover. juniors Lorraine Alvarado and Lisa Kelso discuss leaves with senior John Scott. On a beautiful fall day try a visit to the Chinese Gardens in Lakeside Park. The changing colors of the leaves reflected in the lagoon represent the end of a hot summer and the beginning of a sunny autumn. 2! Opening again after a 24 year absence. Once again it will become natural to say - Freshmen. Sophomore. Junior. Senior. The old leashes break and being attached is a NEW LEASH ON LIFE

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12 ' 9' in ..- i X ' jp , WW. 'MM ' 'H ...,, ffl 3 e kiht is Rf, qqhf'3f9: FW ' p ' Seniors Monica Muuelwhite and Kathy Wemer help fellow senior Patti Neel try a chocolate meringue pie on for size at Kayette's membership diive party. It was one of the unplanned activities. Opening! 3