Orono High School - Spartan / Orion Yearbook (Long Lake, MN)

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Classic Images an in-depth look at orono The Rorschach test, better known as the inkblot test, is widely used by psychiatrists and psychologists to determine an individual s state of mind. Shown the inkblot, the individual immediately interprets it in to his or her own way of thinking. These responses show the doctor abnormal desires, personality traits, intelligence level, special interests, and even psychotic tendencies. It's a frog for The remains of dissecting. It's a Burger King head has been hamburger after chopped off and The school’s Savory Rice and Chicken. A snowball in hell. it was run over it is on a long by a convoy of stjc| A pepperoni beast in a pizza factory. A frog that blew up in the microwave. semis. It's a dead cat that came out of the ditch and got hit by a car on the highway. This is the back view of the lower spine with mass cancer spreading throughout the body. A single cell for yet another kind of social disease. A frustrated trigonometry student who ran into the wall. A German test created by Mr. Neumann. A screwed-up ninth grade experiment. The victim of a homicidal maniac. One of Santa's reindeer flying over a river of snow. Cinderella after she found out Prince One of Picasso's pictures, painted after an all Charming was married. nighter in Paris. The graph of a physics experiment. A windshield, splatted by a passing bird. A spaceship. The remains of a freshman s sludge. A mop doing the splits. The yearbook staff after the first deadline. A smashed bug on the windshield. It looks like an Orono cheerleader who just got trampled by the football team. It's a giant mosquito that was squashed by a Texas fly swatter. A martian from Mars. It is a small baby bird bleeding to death on the ground. Pond scum. A half-decomposed prehistoric frog-like animal, with rocks on each side and a pair of pigeon feet at the end. A microwave exploding. A picture of me waking up on a Monday morning. I believe it to be the doomsday bug. This Rorschach test was given to Orono students for essentially the same reason. What goes on in the mind of the typical Orono student when constantly battered by accumulative deadlines, agonizing tests, and merciless teachers on top of sleepless nights, horrendous eating habits, and ear-shattering rock-n-roll? What is the frame of mind of an Orono student? Well, after consulting a well-known Minneapolis psychiatrist, we found out that Orono students arc over-worked, underpriviledged. and frustrated. 16 Classic Images

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The Combat Master lined up an impressive number of games, matches, and meets for Homecoming Week. The battles began Monday night after coronation when the boys' soccer team's plan to blast Bcnildc backfired and they lost 1-2. On Tuesday the girls' soccer team nearly burned Minnehaha Academy and tied the game 2-2. That evening volleyball team lost to Hutch. Thursday afternoon the cross country teams Competed at Chaska. The gitls' tennis team won a sweet victory over Hdcn Prairie 4-3. The volleyballcrs played that evening and lost to Buffalo. That night both of Orono's soccer teams played again, the boys' tied St. Cloud Apollo 0-0. and the girls lost to Armstrong. Then came fateful Friday! After the Orono Soccer eleven lost to the powerful Jefferson Jaguars, the stage was set for the main event! An Orono football team hadn't beaten Buffalo in ten years, but on that cool, cloudy Friday night of October third, the Spartans were intent on bombing” Buffalo. At 7:M the Spartan gridders burst onto the field -loaded for Bison-and they blew 'em away! After recovering a fumble on Buffalo's first play from scrimmage, the Spartans went on to score four touchdowns and. in the process. battled, blasted, battered, bombasted. beat, burned, blew away, and eventually broke the beleagured Bison to the delight of all the Spartans Jammin in the stands. C.l.tX KVC ISt FROM HF.l.OW Spikeo battle at the net. Hoy wxect pee-game planning. Michele Nixie getting vunc quick energy fix the game, I avc Mocn and Dave bowden rush for the first down, Matcui Scott and Atn Pntelkow alter a hard fought victory.

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 Spring 18- 33 Faces 34- 79 Sports 80-113 Academics 114-125 Activities 126-141 What docs it mean to have a touch of class? What is the compliment in describing someone as a classy person, or an event as a class act ? What standards distinguish those who have a touch of class from those who do not? More than elusive, these questions and their answers just might hold the key to happiness and success. The world often communicates that happiness and success result from the accumulation of possessions and power. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is not what we have but what we are that brings success, happiness, and a touch of class. It is our zest for life and laughter, our dignity in the face of adversity. our humility in success, our appreciation for good friends and honest critics, our generosity and sense of service to others, and our own self respect that brings happiness, helps us achieve success, and wins the description a touch of class. This has been a year of many accomplishments, prizes, trophies, and recognitions for Orono High School students, and particularly for the Class of 1987. But decades from now when nostalgia grips the memory, former students will recall their friendships, their search to know themselves, the laughter of good friends, the excitement of events and activities, their care and concern for issues and people. They will ask what made us special? And the answer will still be with them. It's that touch of class! - Dr. Thomas B. Mich Superintendent of Schools