Perry Meridian High School - Passages Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Melinda Niece Randy Barnard and Nancy Fortuna contemplate which movie they are going to see. Sentors 167

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Dianna Mohr Jim Money Mark Moriarty Staci Moffison Mark Craven, Ducne Geiger, John Caukins, and Dave Coffey have a SAT study session in the IMC. eryone. Charlie must have forgotten to fill out a form. Mr. Dilly told poor Charlie to come back next spring. But by that time he would have already graduated and be getting ready to go to No- where University. And ev- eryone knows that you need to hove token the in- fluential SAT to get accept- ed to Nowhere U. All Mr. Dilly could say was, Better luck next time. Charlie took his girlfriend Martha Collegebound to Noble Romans to eat pizza and drowned his sorrows in a pitcher ... in a pitcher of Coke that is. SAT Blues Charlie dragged himself out of his bed. It was a bright cheerful day . . . until he re- membered that he had to take the Scholastic Apti- tude Test otherwise affec- tionately referred to as the SAT. Charlie did not feel like going all the way to South- port to take a three and a half hour test costing him $8.50. What good would it do him? What possible benefit could he receive besides a headache and stress. Charlie hated stress, it gave him stomach aches and Charlie hated stomach aches. It was close to 8 am and Charlie hod to shove off and get to Southport by 8:30. Charlie arrived at South- port at 8:27. He had three minutes to sharpen his num- ber two pencils. But the pencil sharpener was across the room and he would have to do the 50 yard dash to sharpen his pencils. But Mr. Dilly, his guidance coun- selor, told Charlie that he was late and could not take the SAT because he did not hove enough tests for ev- Mrs. McBride, senior counselor. Ui Seniors Terri Mohr f- 7 John Montgomery Bob Morrison Connie Mortenbeck

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Academic Fever Dear Mrs. Smokatoomuch I think I have the correct diagnosis of your child ' s ill- ness. As your family physician it is my sad duty to inform you that your son, Beauford, has contracted senioritis, this disease is highly contagious, and he probably caught it from one of his classmates. The symptoms you de- scribed to me fit this disease perfectly. In the early stages of the disease, a student may stay up late on a school night and just watch a movie on television. Quite often this lack of sleep is made up during class, when a child might slowly lose consciousness during a lec- ture, movie, or discussion. This is commonly known as copping a few z ' s during class, and in the early stages, can be cured by rushing a student to the of- fice. In the later stages, stu- dents often become disor- iented on their way to the dean ' s office and wind up at Burger Chef. As the disease sets in fur- ther, a student may materi- alize in class only after the late bell has sounded. No real solution has been found for this situation, as the late senior ' s mental state is often still at home in bed. A third symptom of seniori- tis is the weakness of the writing hand causing home- work to be unfinished for months. Accompanying this weakness is a loss of mem- ory, which often causes a senior to fail to bring home any books at all. This condi- tion shows itself more and more frequently as the year progresses. Unfortunately, this disease has only one cure, Mrs. Smo- keatoomuch. I have pre- scribed a large dose of graduation Commence- ment to be taken on May 17, 1980. This cure has been proven effective, but the disease will reach its peak as the final days of senior year draw to a close, Don ' t be surprised if he wishes to take something in for show and tell, such as 600 crickets, a greased pig, or some other pet. Yours Medically, Dr. Melvin (Mel) Groover PS. Mrs, Smokatoomuch, I must add that in years past, this year has taken toll on the poor unfortunate sen- ior ' s mother. As an innocent bystander, she is forced to watch her once normal son dress up in green stockings and a chicken outfit to par- ticipate in the infamous Mini Olympics. Don ' t worry. No case of breakdown on the mother ' s part has been re- ported from witnessing sen- ioritis. Mark Clapper contracts senioritis. Karina O ' Connor Beth Oldtiom 168 Seniors