St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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divERsifiEd hiqhs Pep tests, Homecoming. Prom and graduat ion seemed the highlights of high school to junior high kids caught in the throes of puberty. Then we craved to submit ourselves to pie-eating contests, basketball games and Friday night dances. We were right and wrong. We rarely stayed home and sometimes went to . school functions, but they were not our sole means of enjoying ourselves. An ECHOWAN random-sample survey of TOO students, a sample large enough to give a statistically accurate impression of the entire school body, revealed that some of our highs came from illegal sources usually considered immoral and improper bv our parents. The Evil Weed was smoked by 77 per cent of the sample. Changing the state minimum drinking age to 19 did not keep alcohol away from Park students as % per cent of our sample conceded that they had used alcohol and 72 per cent had visited bars. ECHOWAN'S survey also found that 91 per cent of the sample journeyed into the world o f da t ing. Wh il(» dating was probably defined by many as having met a member of the opposite sex at a party, 28 per cent had — nostalgically phrased — gone steady. Theme • 5

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Outgrown We began our metamorphosis as energetic, imaginative children molded by our teachers' and parents' demands. We followed our parents' religious and moral beliefs. We obeyed orders to bring out the garbage and be in bed by nine. Grade school teachers commanded us to stay in line and to be quiet. Our innocence shielded us 6 • Theme