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

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the field, we gave our players the drive to win. Those of us who played dedicated our time and energy to winning and developing our talents. Whether we were battling in intramural volleyball, watching a friend's Babe Ruth team or organizing the neighborhood football, sports took up our free time. After high school we'll jog. swim and cheer for the Gophers, probably all our lives. Sports are in our blood. Whether we were spectators or participants we were all dedicated fans of some sort of sports. We grew up sitting in scorching heat and nose-biting cold cheering our teams to victory. Our parents bought us hotdogs and ices as they taught us to cheer the Twins on. As we grew older we took our own barbeque or beer to tailgating parties at Kicks games and peanuts and pop to Vikings games. Even though many of us were never on Warm Up 9

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Keeping the Score

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New Rules to the Old Game People returning to Park found they couldn’t play the old games the same way. New rules for students to follow had been made. OLD: Students who drove to school didn’t worry about parking as there was plenty of space in the student parking lot. NEW: The student parking area was decreased: students got a smaller, more distant lot. OLD: After passing English 10 Core, many students were relieved not to have to take a required English class again. NEW: English Core Classes were required for juniors and seniors as well as sophomores. OLD: Students who smoked could do so comfortably in the heated smoking bathrooms. NEW: Smoking bathrooms were closed. Students caught smoking in the building were suspended. OLD: Students skipped classes usually without suffering penalties to their grades. NEW: In 1980 an inexcused absence resulted in a loss of 1% of the total points in a class. OLD: A student who was tardy to class had an excuse: “The clock in the other hall is slow”. NEW: Bells sounded at the beginning and end of classes to enforce prompt attendance. Although changes in rules were made, students quickly adapted and played a new game. 10 Warm Up