Oak Park High School - Cambia Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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151 WL 1 . I V' 1 Z 3 ill U i 9 J fr tn 1 t V ff Eli ff' v .Vhlfxl 3- or I e tt- w of er nt m an re 1d he .al -f 1 234 S x tiki if .7 V QQ, Y V A my-' + i F' blue-on-blue - was then attached to the locker. These displays encouraged school spirit, as well as good feelings. It made me feel good when Pep Club decorated my locker because it meant that they thought of me, said Debbie Devolder, wrestling manager. Pep Club decorated athletes' lockers to promote spirit and encourage the athletes before a game, meet, or any other sporting event. The girls used balloons, candy bars, and gum to add the finishing touches to the locker decorations. Pep Club probably spends approximate- ly S400 a year for paint and paper to decorate lockers. The girls buy the candy and things 034 ,, 4 i ,fl like that themselves, Mrs. Nancy Clemens, the Pep Club sponsor, said about the money Pep Club spent on decorating lockers throughout the year. Individual students, too, played the locker game by helping friends to celebrate. 'Alt made me feel that my friends were behind me and that they wished me good luck, said Debbie Clinkingbeard, senior. Decorated lockers not only helped promote spirit but the lockers also added variety to the halls of Oak Park. Overnight the gray doldrums of a hall blossomed into a kaleidoscope of colors. DECORATED LOCKERS 12-13

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is hula E , I . 'Q n af iff , 6! ' ff V f 2 , i 7 i, , 'Y fffawf I 1 Us MUS B0 , W? C new 5 , J n Above, Brightening the halls for all occasions, students decorate lockers. Below, Showing school spirit, Renae Cleberg drapes a locker with decorations. Spirit Decorates Drab Lockers Hiwfh 45 ood luck, Happy Birthday, Oa- kies are number one, Shoot for two, Oakies are going to win tonight, We love you, Go team, Pin 'em, Congrat- ulations Oakies found an outlet to show their artistic ability and to test the effect of their creativeness, This outlet was no further away than their lockers. They used this talent to highlight the 1980-81 school year - from major events to the small' memories between friends. Rhymes, poems, and catchy sayings were painted on paper cut into different shapes and sizes. This paper bearing any colors of the rainbow - flourescent to the traditional IQVMQ X bl lo SP dt tl w H1 e1 on b fi ly lc

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6 4 ovember 28, 1980. Today I observed people in the library and how they reacted to different ads in the magazines. The guys seemed mainly interested in the lingerie ads . . . Day after day, entry after entry, many Northmen were faced with the same dilemma: what to write in yet another journal entry. Classes such as journalism Basics, Advanced Composition, Contemporary Issues, Interpersonal Communications, and other English classes required as many as four entries a week. Many nights one could find frantic students trying desperately to think of a subject for yet another entry. Some students found the journal to be self-defeating. It's really more trouble than it's worth, Robert O'Roark said. If you get behind, you have to make up several entries the day before it is due. The opposite point of view, however, was also taken. Keeping a journal taught me a lot about myself. It made me have a little more insight into myself and the way I view my surroundings, commented Karen Mische. Despite the negative feedback from reluctant students, teachers will probf ably continue to require that their , students keep journals. journal writing provides the exercise for the writer that calisthenics provide for the athlete, Ms. Rita Vonn, English teacher, explained. She went on to say that journals make the students more aware of their own feelings and the events that ta-ke place in the world and in the classroom. In any case, the journal seems to have become a tradition that Oakies will have accept-like it or not. I X n J. .1 1 1 if CD ,now I S 2-ii' Y? il -ft! my XX over a student's journal.