Woodlan Senior High School - Arrow Yearbook (Woodburn, IN)

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The rule — try to have fun — seems to have gotten a little out of hand for senior Steve O ' Keefe. who takes a break from Mrs. Homrig ' s English class. Juniors Doug Bontrager and Chad Hissong try to decide whether eating is worth the risk. Like some teachers who tend to freak under pressure, senior Rhonda Hermann finds that school pressures can add up. J -J lival of the fittest

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Wearing a red sweater Senior Scot Skekloff displays he ' s an I.U. fan after a victory. Physics students Curt Hermann, and Greg Justice seniors, attempt to master a lab while Jeanette Lomont watches in despair. Swing choir members Greg Stieglitz. Janet McKmley. Mi- chelle Wagler. Brian Gerig. and Michelle Fisher give it their all while performing in downtown Ft. Wayne. Seniors Chris Plott. Todd Gerbers. Steve O ' Keefe. Curt Her- mann, and Junior Todd Clesenger show their pride upon winning the ACAC Tourney. student life, 5

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Survival of Fittest Although surviving four years of high school takes a lot of skill and talent, most students had the task down to an artform. Other students had made sur- vival a fun and often challenging game. Like all games, school had a set of its own rules. Students Nan Bedwell, Paula Hoeppner. Rhonda Hormann. Todd Bauer, and David Stieglitz applied their set of rules to the game and found they had an interesting year. Rules for surviving the year . . . don ' t take things seriously ... try to forget where you ' re at . . . pretend that it ' s summer . . . have patience with teach- ers, they tend to freak under pressure . . . just remember, parole comes at the end of May. Rules for living through lunch . . . bring a box of Pac-Man cereal . . . plug your nose, close your eyes, and pray . . . bring a portable stomach pump . . . bag it . . . don ' t eat, pack or starve ... try not to think about what you ' re eating . . . eat anything except the school food. Rules for doing homework . . . get to- gether with friends to ' compare ' your answers ... do it before the A-Team . . . only do as a last resort . . . radio must be on full volume . . . procrastinate. Rules for studying . . . force yourself . . . never during General Hospital . . . studying, what ' s studying? . . . cram . . . do it with someone smarter than your- self ... on the day of the test, carry your book all day and you ' ll do great on the test. Rules for surviving the weekend . . . keep a shotgun handy . . . keep a bottle of aspirin nearby . . . savor every min- ute . . . anything goes . . . keep revenge in mind with T.P.ing . . . make every minute last, Monday comes around too fast . . . make every night a night to remember. With rules such as these, you may have found that school was not half as bad as it seemed. While helping out In the library, sophomores Jeff Delagrange and Daniel Krlnn prove thai not tak- ing things seriously can be a lot of fun. One sure way to have fun studying Is to do it with your eyes closed as does senior Mark Koch. survival of the fittest