Yorktown High School - Episode Yearbook (Yorktown, IN)

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ew phone system creates chaos for all Welcome to Mass Confusion, greeted Principal Jerome Secttor one September morning, as a school which was undergoing numerous changes, received yet another arrival: an (Jltracom phone system. The new system, which replaced Yorktown ' s dilapi- dated, one-line, crank starting, outdated antiques, cost an estimated 10 thousand dollars to install. This cost, however, was offset by the variety of functions gained through purchasing the equipment. Some of the capabilities of the system include: 3 simultaneously operating call-out lines; a hold and double hold call waiting option; an intercom speaker which allows conversation without a phone receiver; and most importantly, Doorbell music waiting on hold. When you ' re put on hold, it sounds like the Frog- ger game from Atari ... I love it! squealed Millie Barnhart, secretary. As fun and useful as (Jltr acom may be, though, it ' s a difficult piece of machinery to understand. When it was installed, several school administrators were baf- fled by the number of keyboard possibilities. After devoting a futile attempt to conquering the new phones, Keith Spurgeon, dean of students, joked, If anyone can guess the right buttons, they win the grand prize. Following several more attempts to figure out the superior piece of machinery, Spurgeon turned up his nose, sniffed, and said I wasn ' t really trying, you know. Opening 7

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Pkottei and PkoHieA 3-D Secretary Susie Ober discovers that using the new phone sys- tem brought out the split personality in her. Mrs. Ober was only one of the many teachers who found out the hard way that York- town ' s phone system was not what you might expect. To me, a phony is someone who comes up to me at a party and pretends to know me just so their friends will be impressed. — Liz Snider, senior I think I at most phonies are people that are so inse- cure that they Feel they have to put up a front so that everyone will like them. They don ' t realize that by do- ing this, peoplf. like them even less. — John Cargile, senior Hey, look, I ' m not a phony. I mean, gosh, I ' m no better than anyone else. To be totally honest with you, there isn ' t one hood, leech or low-life creature that I won ' t smile at when I pass them on opposite sides of the hall. I mean, gosh . . . Phonies have been around forever, and it ' s doubt- ful that any force will ever be strong enough to remove them from the Earth. Webster ' s Dictionary defines a phony as a slang term meaning sham or counterfeit, but when you ask people around York- town what they consider to be a phony, the answers will be a little different. A phony is someone who is so insecure that they feel they have to put up a front to impress people, stated Senior John Cargile. Junior Amy Goodpaster added, I feel sorry for phonies because they only talk to people who they feel are in the same class as they are . . . they act friendly to you when you ' re alone with them, but then they turn right around and ignore you in a crowd. If you want a simple definition, just ask Sopho- more Todd Walker. Chances are, he will reply, a backstabber. Even if you know how to define a phony, it won ' t do you any good unless you can pick one out. Here are several of the most popular methods around our high school. Senior Sherri Stevens advises, See if they act natural around you. If they do, then you ' ve probably made a friend, but if they don ' t, then chances are you ' ve confronted a fake. Another method, according to Senior Kathy Swin- sick is to See if they try to impress some people and then ignore others . . . also, some of them will start spreading rumors about people they don ' t like, whether they ' re true or not. If all else fails, just walk up to a person that you don ' t know, introduce youself, and kindly say, Par- don me, but you look like a phony to me. You are, aren ' t you? Your immediate lack of teeth will show you that this is a stupid method. Damon Brown Did you see that foxy guy in chemistry class, questions Senior Doranda Hoy as she engages in a pastime which has reached epidemic proportions at Yorktown; a love affair with her telephone. Opening

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ll km tveg t She thought it was going to be easy. After all, how tough could it be to diet for one day; one measly day. But second period rolled around and with it came that familiar urge, that relentless compulsion to eat. No, she told herself, I ' m not hungry. Maybe if chew on my fingernails the grumbling will go away. The grumbling didn ' t go away, but her fingernails did. Study, she thought, If I study for my calculus quiz, then I won ' t have to think about food. Just as she began to study, though, a wonderful scent entered her inflamed nostrils — Cinnamon Rolls! She turned around in time to see Mrs. Saxman plop the last one thoughtlessly into her mouth. As she slumped down in her chair to cry, the bell sounded. It was time or recharging the system. It was time for her to get rid v jt j- bearable hunger which raged inside the heai t of r ■ ■■ i .- it was time to forget her diet unti her next class, it v •■: me for lunch at the automat . . . Damon Brown