Oak Park and River Forest High School - Tabula Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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In warm weather many students, including senior Angela Kier, find biking a convenient way to get to and from school. After being stopped for speeding, senior Karen Faust explains ttie extenuating circumstances to the officer. 31

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Avoiding a long walk, seniors Helen Giuntini. Robin Menna and Julia Andersen welcome a ride to school. Driving to school in the morning allows juniors John Eck and Rob Howell lime to stop for coffee Ross BfOwn Spinning Your Wheels Finding Different Ways To Get Around ey Mom, can I use the car? Where are you going? Out. With whom? A bunch of friends. When are you going to be back? I don ' t know. This conversation probably sounds familiar if you ' ve ever tried to get the family ' s car on a Friday or Saturday night. Students at OPRF utilized many means of trans- portation to get around. The types of transportation used depended on your year in school, the area in which you lived and what the transportation was being used for. One of the most widely used forms of wheels was public transportation. Students used the El to get to sporting events. Oak Street beach, downtown for shopping and also to get to school. Up until last year buses were also widely used but with the service cuts and the large fare increases it became cheaper and more convenient to share a cab with some friends. Others parted from the conventional modes of trans- portation. These people utilized skate boards, unicy- cles, roller skates and anything else that would help them get around faster than walking. The most popular form of transportation was the car. Before getting a license one had the choice of bumming a ride, bicycling, or, as a last resort, walk- ing to school. Bumming a ride from Mom or Dad worked fine if your parents didn ' t sleep late. For those who couldn ' t get a ride, biking was a popular alternative, even among upperclassmen. This was evident simply from a look at the bike racks on a warm day. Getting your license meant that your parents could make you do twice as many errands, including chauf- ferring little brothers and sisters around. But the slight inconveniences were far outweighed by the privileges of a license. Movies became accessible. Kids would take trips without parents. And no longer did one have to ask his parents to drive him and his date to dinner or a movie. Also, one acquired the privilege of driving his friends around on a Friday or Saturday night. This pitfall was more commonly known as cruisin ' . The word cruisin ' conjured up different ideas for different people. Senior Dan Hegarty said, Cruisin ' means getting wasted and driving around looking for parties and girls. On the other hand, one freshman said, Cruisin ' means riding around on bikes. .Typically an evening of cruisin ' started with a group of friends trying to think of something to do. Someone usually knew where a party was, or, more likely, thought he knew. You and your friends drove over there only to find you had the wrong address or else that the party was cancelled. After a few weekends of cruisin ' you began to sympathize with adults who complained about the crazy teenage drivers. However, seeing the crazy drivers among the teenagers made many adults for- get that most high school students were cautious drivers. Throughout their four years at OPRF students used many different modes of transportation, but almost all the students found that a car was the most | convenient and also the most fun. Z -Eric PoulsonS 30 Wheels

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Huskie Power! Pride On And Off Field = 1 pirit can be defined as meaning to en- S courage, urge on or stir up. This kind of spirit was evident at almost any football, basketball or soccer game. New to the school this year was the Spirit Club. Its goal was to promote school spirit. The Club met on Tuesdays after school to learn cheers and to excite members for the upcoming games. Varsity cheerleader Karen Tittle enjoyed cheering in front of a spirited crowd because, If you look up into the stands and see a bunch of dead faces, it is not as much fun; but if you see the kids looking at you and wanting to cheer with you, it is so much better. But at many of the athletic events spirit was sadly lacking. Senior Amy Henshen echoed the feel- ings of those on most of the lesser recognized sports (those besides football, basketball and soc- cer) by saying, There is so much team spirit, but not much school spirit for girls ' track meets. School spirit didn ' t necessarily stop with athletic support. Having school spirit also meant having pride in your school. On any given Friday, you could hear teachers telling their students to shut your Traps! Traps was short for the school newspaper, Tra- peze. The Trapeze staff worked hard to put out a quality paper, and that was shown by the students preferring to read their Trapezes to paying attention in class. The same held true for the Tabula. Every year in early June there was a constant battle be- tween teachers who wanted to teach and students who preferred to read and write in their yearbooks. The kind of dedication that went into putting together these two publications showed a real pride in our school and spirit. Every other year the orchestra went to Europe to perform. They worked long hours to prepare them- selves for the trip, but they felt it was well worth the effort. Senior Ruth Lehman felt the trip was a fantas- tic experience: It was great to see the wonderful response of the Germans to your playing. These are just a few of the many extracurricular activities that show pride in the school. The sports teams, academics and activities clubs, and musical and drama groups all contributed to the spirit at OPRF. -Barb Hawkins Schmilt Studios With the Huskies ahead by eight points, fans stiow ttieir support of the team by doing the Husl ie Power cheer. Before the Homecoming game, the team gets psyched up by K.J. Phelan. who gives a speech and starts the team cheer. 32 Fans Spirit