North High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it in turn will look sourly at you; laugh at it, and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion. William Makepeace Thackeray

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Students boogie to Atlantis at open house Our first open house, and most likely our last, was held December 1 and featured Atlan- tis, a six piece band that seemed to please everyone. The evening started out rather slow with most of the people sit- ting around as usual. The seniors then started dancing and in a very short time practically everybody was up dancing around, too. During a short intermission that was needed to repair the band ' s amplifiers, wheelbarrow races were held, pyramids were built, and telephone booths were stuffed. 1. Kathy Womack exclaims, Smile Brad they ' re taking our picture. 2. Dave Spurgin and Cheri Parsons take time out between dances for a quiet talk. 3. Dave Miller can ' t believe this Student Council project was actually a success. 4. Atlantis supplies the music for a successful Open House. 3 A 24

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it? ivf «2 Knowledge brings to mind various things to different people. 1. Some students remember Mr. Phillips ' speeches about people ' s noses growing if they tell lies. But acquiring knowledge isn ' t as easy as hav- ing someone tell you something. 2. Tom McDermott, like others, realized the number of serious problems that each of us had to solve on our own. Student rights r;osed one of these problems. 3. The fourth hour economics class exercised their democ ratic privileges by voting to throw the teacher out the window. At one time or another, all of us need a means of escape from the pressure of life ' s everyday encounters. 4. To some, escape could be found by using pink passes to skip classes. 5. Even teachers feel the frequent need to get away from it all; Mr. Lazear spends a quiet moment in the teacher ' s lounge. Some students felt a sense of revolt when card playing, a major source of relax- ation, was outlawed. 6. However, Scott Brockett managed to smuggle in a deck. It was hard, but we gave up important time and pleasant activities to acquire our knowledge. 7. Mark Morrow even manag- ed to forfeit his tennis racket for awhile. But, all in all, the things we learned sur- passed any sacrifices we made. 26