Melrose High School - Log Yearbook (Melrose, MA)

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The quiet before the storm. The storm breaks. Andrea Taffe Richard Tice Physical Education Occupational Ed. 27 John Studley Science Edward Swiniarski Occupational Ed. Audrey Tricco Occupational Ed. Jeffrey Trubisz Language Arts I- I

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Storm Warnings It was the quiet before the storm. Suspense was building. Students fid- geted in their seats, unable to concen- trate on the teacher, who rambled on about the ways algebra and trig could be applied to daily life? (as we all knew, the average person could not pay for a Hershey bar without all the formulas such as A=bh 2, or. pi r squared, when actually pi r round). All eyes focused on the clock. Seconds seemed like hours. Suddenly the belli?) rang (?) and thick masses of students plowed through the corridors (and into each other), trying to be the first to get to the sacred spot - THE LUNCH LINE! They ran as though they were in a burning building and it was a life-or- death situation (which for some, it probably was. especially those recently freed from Gym). Students generally thought of as kind, considerate, and patient, had complete personality changes and became raving maniacs: screaming, pulling hair, attacking, elbowing and kicking friends and enemies alike. Little did they know what awaited them. These starving vultures walked in front of anyone they pleased, until, -aha!! UNTIL-one of the fearless cafeteria women put them back into their place, or threaten- ed not to give them lunch. After the food was paid for, the students proceeded into the heart of the Swallows Nest. The battle for chairs was on! Reiterations of “Is this seat saved?” echoed around the cafe. Thomas Schott Anthony Scibelli Science Physical Education In Effect Hungry Maniacs - there are some in every crowd. When one was lucky enough to get a seat and ingest his lunch, he could go outside to brave the crowds and the weather in the smoking areas. The students who went there were regu- lars. It didn’t matter if it was thirty below and they’d forgotten their jack- ets. Oh no, they went anyway, with bold determination and curses at their own stupidity. To these ardent smokers there was never enough time to finish a cigarette, or at least have a decent smoke, before the belli ?) rang (?), signifying the end of lunch and the beginning of, “OH NO! DOUBLE CHEMISTRY!” Peter Heidkamp jokes, “ Fifteen minutes in line for this! 26

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Inward Bound Many a day during our time at Melrose High, it rained. Not only did it rain, but it poured - torrents as a matter of fact. Two minutes out there and you were drenched to the skin. Needless to say. on those days, all outdoor activities had to be cancelled. Did our imaginative gym teachers leave us to get bored and sore with the usual hum-drum excercise periods? Luckily not! Instead we got to see how many kids could pile, cram, and squeeze onto a balance beam. We also got to hop (or be thrown) over an electric fence, trying to escape from our imaginary prison. Plus, we got to swing across a mountain gap while carrying explosive nitroglycerin! Heaven forbid that your feet touched the floor-you were finished! For the students who survived these adventures, there was more- an obstacle course! Naturally, there were a few of us who didn’t particularly enjoy being hurled over a ten foot “elephant or slithering around a chin-up bar. How- ever, being the genial, fun loving, enthusiastic students that we were, we took all of this in stride, psyching ourselves for what was next. Now you want us to stick a Rand-aid on the wall? One - two - three: Breathe! It just had to be what we least expected. Sure enough, it was! Now really, how many gym classes in other schools had to make a human ladder, kid on kid, foot on shoulder? And Why? To put a Band-Aid on the wall as high as possible! Thanks to our spirited gym instructors, we surely had the only Band-Aid deco- rated gym! All in all, gym had a funny twist to it. It made us laugh to see our classmates dazzled, baffled, and to- tally perplexed. We all got together, worked as a unit, and shared a good time. We’ll never forget those rainy day gym classes! William Tryder Mary Vahey Physical Education Science Pamela Ann Waterbury Language Arts Lisa Mutti Language Substitute Terry Ward Occupational Ed. NOT PICTURED: Evelyn Nelson Occupational Ed. Nancy Werneth Language Arts 28