Sayreville War Memorial High School - Quo Vadis Yearbook (Parlin, NJ)

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Food is only a secondary concern to Michelle Pepsin and Leona Ott as they catch up with the latest gossip during their lunch period. Homecoming — the hours spent stuffing tissue paper into chicken wire. Blue and Grey Week — the laugh you let out when you passed someone in the hall dressed in a more bizarre fashion than yourself. Cafeteria lunches — forty min- utes to cram in food or cram in last minute homework. These moments are sand- wiched in between schoolwork, jobs, and just plain “goofing off!” They are precious and fleeting, but they linger for a life- time. Piggyback service: Frank Sollecito jumps at the Last minute schedule changes keep Dr. Parnell busy during gym classes on the second day of offer for a ride down the hall by Glen Lazo. school. Student Life 15 7 U it

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DOWNS STUDENT LIFE 14 Student Life

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Lunch § Its An Adventure! Diversified is just about the only word which describes the activities which take place in the cafeteria. At one table, someone may be sampling the day's lunch specialty. At the next table, another student is eating an ice cream sandwich while his friend beside him is munching on potato chips. But the differing actions go much further than this. The lunchroom offers an escape where students can breathe a sigh of relief from the otherwise grind of the day. It is a place where all the “loose ends’’ are tied together. Homework is finished which wasn’t completed the night before because of a date, night out with friends, or jut plain procrasti- nation. Latest gossip is exchanged as well as the ups and downs of the day. Lunch is sometimes the only period friends have togeter, so that’s when they catch up on the latest news. And of course, there are some students cramming for the ever dreaded “test on the chapter you didn’t pay attention to while it was being taught.’’ The cafeteria seems to hold a life all its own. Even the most “down” stu- dent is swept up by its chaotic atmos- phere and hum of activity. Without lunch, so much would be left unaccom- plished — it is indispensable! 16 Cafeteria Chatter