Washington High School - Panorama Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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While Steve Newmark and Charlie Lowe hold the tree steady, Lanny Little tamps the dirt during a planting ceremony. This before picture shows the mall as it appeared before the concrete was laid in December. -,...,N-N Msg. Finishing up her homework, jeri Towner was one of the first new benches on the mall. to use the I' S.

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Lunchtime great but too short Rams complain WHILE THEIR stomachs produce numerous gur- gles and rumbles, the students shift restlessly in their seats. Soon all eyes are on the hands of the clock as the last seconds of the hour are ticked away. When the dismissal bell finally rings, the students hurry out of their seats to dash towards the cafeteria and hopefully get a place in the front of one of the long lunch lines. So begins another lunch break at WHS. SINCE THE LUNCH line seems increasingly longer every year, more students complained this year about the 35-minute lunch period. Some students claimed that by the time they endured the wait in the lines and watched others getting cuts ahead of them, there remained only a few minutes left before the bell ending the lunch break rang. Various kinds of signs are often posted in the cafeteria, this one welcomed the foreign exchange student from Sweden. A new SC project this year, the calendar in the cafeteria informed students such as George Wilson, joseph Hrostowski, and George McNulty of the upcoming school activities each month. Many of the students prefer to eat their lunches in the patio area especially those who dine from the snack bar. I

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-S .4n A dry place for students to congregate in case of rain, the newly constructed mall was an immediate success. ..k 'f,,L,. -1 .ts R It . 4: 35 K --9-5 -X 414. .W gritty cement is poured into a form and into place by a worker. Watching the of the mall is Charlotte Graeber. Slab of concrete becomes beautiful AS WHS SWUNG into the 70's, among the noticeable changes on campus was the addition of the new student facility, the mall. DEFINED AS a public area often set with shade trees and designed as a promenade or as a pedestrian walk, mall was a word that was on everyone's lips as the area became a reality. THE BRAINCHILD of Mr. Bill jones, the mall was financed through available funds and money from an immensely successful student drive. Pouring of the concrete took place in December, and al- though students were happy to see that the work had gone so quick- ly, some expressed dismay at the results. Later when the trees, shrubs, and flowers were planted and concrete benches were add- ed, their skepticism turned to pride. AT A SPECIAL Sunday workday, all interested students met to help plant the shrubs and place the benches. A special tree planting cere- mony preceded the workday. DESIGNED to take some of the traffic from the patio area, the mall gave students a place to chat or study, especially on days when irri- gation or rain made the lawns unusable. .-l iq 21 -.I