North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Sp are If carefully planned, one can find one to possibly 60 minutes of spare time; the lucky ' ones can find more. When students discovered some extra moments, they selected different ways to enjoy it. Listening to music or watching tele- vision seemed to be the favorites. The reason was the wide variety of enter- tainment they gave. Others enjoyed making their own music. Many students used their empty hour(s) to improve their musical skills. Others also tried to better them- selves during this time, but not in mu- sic. Whether on the school ' s teams or not, athletes, both novices and veter- ans, spent time enjoying their respec- tive games. Because of the ample prac- tice places, basketball and tennis were the easiest to get involved in. Other activities included roll- erskating, reading, coin collecting, eat- ing, working, going to movies, and painting. Even something as necessary as sleeping could only be caught up during spare time, reinforcing the ad- vantages and the need of it. Assistant Principal Robert Passwater reads his newspaper during a spare moment. Reading provided an enjoyable way for Lisa Wood to use her time. Chris Ohneek and Denise Sukow take a moment to talk between classes. 18 Spare Time

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Boredom Sum day the mosl exciting Ihinjj in u person ' : Different habits show up when people become bored— nail biting, Ihumb twiddling, and as Steve Wyalt is doing, resting one ' s head on one ' s hand. Boredom-(boar ' dum)n. The condi- tion of being bored or disinterested. Boredom seemed to be a common aliment among average teenagers, but not a very serious one. There were several ways to cure it. aside from aspirin, and most North Siders had no trouble in finding them. Watching TV proved to be most pop- ular, since there was always something entertaining on the tube. With the sea- son ' s new shows like, Out of the Blue, Benson, California Fever and The Lazarus Syndrome, along with last year ' s favorites, Mork and Mindy, Soap, Eight is Enough, Little House on the Prairie, and Sat- urday Night Live, a person had a wide variety to choose from. A number of students had their own stereos and were into music. With groups like Styx, the Cars, Kansas, Van Halen. Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, Little Riverband and ELO, there was plenty to listen to. Homework and chores were done as a last resort, but as one student said, I rarely get that desperate. 20 Boredom