Minnetonka High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Excelsior, MN)

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 Jocks CIGARETTES — Marlboro, commonly called. “Cowboy Killers. AIR FRESHENER — What the coach doesn't know, won’t hurt LETTER JACKETS — Five more jackets and I’ll have one for each letter! SEATS — Bummer, bucket seats and I have a date with Susie this Friday night. On the other hand was the “Burnouts idea of a Jock . First of all they got up on a school day at about 5:00 A.M. to be ready for school at 7:30. They drove their cars to school, (usually pop gave to them for Christmas or some other occasion.) They would hurry to class to get participation points for being early. During the day they would proceed to classes breaking for lunch at McDonald’s and occasionally to have a cigarette in the bathroom. Then they would be off to class again. Those who had free hours would gather in Jock Hall or beneath the ABUF chalkboard where they would discuss the latest Chemistry update. After school everyone went to their sports practice, then home to do homework. On weekends they went to invite parties to listen to the Stones for four hours and then off again when the clock struck midnight. Most people when asked would not want to be called either a “Jock or a “Burnout because they didn’t want to be classified. PAGE 28,29; Top: Marty Norman and Scott Ulmen. in Marty's '55 Ford. Bottom: Mark Wildman in a 79 yellow firebird. Top Right; Rob Nash, Phil Hazzard. and Dan Shannon. Don Philman pose as our so called Jocks”. Bottom Left; Laura Archibald and Wendy Gregorson pose as “Burnouts. Burnout and Jocks 29

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Our school was filled with many clicks, divisions, etc.... Jocks” and Burnouts seemed to be the titles given to the two main groups of people. It’s not that they were really so different from each other because most people had friends in each group, or similar interests. The Jocks” idea of a Burnout was: They all drove to school in their jacked up cars and parked in the pit. They were in school for only three hours whether they were in Mini-School or one of the other programs. Mainstream wasn’t a common choice either. During passing time they ran to the pit to beat down a cigarette, this is why they never too took off their jackets. Then they went back to class, which consisted of twenty couches to sleep on and a T.V. to entertain them. After school they went home and then to work. After work they all would go to the Commens or Gro-Tonka. This is where the parties were being discussed. It never mattered if it was a week day or not! (Homework was unheard of.) Their parties usually broke up at about 3:00 A.M. but it didn’t matter because no one had a curfew to worry about. Cont. p. 29 Burnouts TRUNK — With all the empties in here we could get a free case. DISCO SUCKS — Ted Nugent, Led Zeppelin, and Skynyrd are here to stay! BALD TIRES — Cruising Excelsior commens too many times. MAG RIMS — The final touch! 28 Burnouts and Jocks

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PicTURESQUE I.D.'s IT PUSH GENU) There were almost no fashion boundries set in '79-’80. The very general theme of “anything goes was a dominant one and it was noticed by just walking down the school halls at d busy time of the day. One student stated, “I wear what I feel like wearing, and by the personalities revealed in clothing it seemed to be a common idea. At one end of the scale there were the people who dressed up every day for the special occasion known as going to school. What each person's idea was of dressing up constituted anything from being sporty to Voguey to prepped out. Sporty meant ski sweaters to blazers. Voguey meant furs to Kalvin jeans. Prepped out , of course, has been a Minnetonka tradition. Oxford shirts from Foursome, slit skirts and blazers seemed the most popular 30 Picturesque I.D.’s along with gold chains. Minnetonka, like any other school had students who dressed purely for comfort (sweaters and jeans). Even so, Minnetonka High School retained the look of a well dressed school j with lots of personality. PAGES 30-31: 1; Liz Rudder model popular western look of the '79-'80 school year. 2; Julie Schoenecker li e many students looked ready for anytlyng. 3; Hamid Haider Liked the night lye baby! 4; Jim Goad vogued out’f vith a typical sweater vest and baggy parJs. 5; Julie Nelson dressed in preppy attiije that never will go out of style. 6 j5ki sweaters and named turtlenecks were popular throughout the halls at MH modeled by Kye Ploen. 7; The style or deckin' out: spiked shoes, designer ho e, slit skirt, poodle hair blazer, ribbo1 tie and a felt hat to top it off! Modeledjoy Sheila Kirchoff! fil