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Clock-watching can be called
Rumors of possible disasters
on, in, or near the stairways
embellish the first day of
sophomores' experience as
they enter WMHS. However,
sophs generally conquer the
jitters and experience few
disasters.
little did this year's 683
sophomores realize that
additional dangers lurked in
the halls. This danger,
however, wasn' t limited to
sophomores only; it prevailed
throughout the school building
and affected each person here.
Kathy Griggs and James Richardson
check out the time on the clock in the
middle of the main hall and note the
difference of an hou- and a half, although
neither side was correct; fortunately, the
bells ring without regard to the time
ind1cated on the clock face.
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of
TIME
TIME
and
TIME
again sophs
hurried to class;
TIME
after
TIME
sophs stood in line for
the cafeteria; and in the
meanTIME sophs learned the
techniques of survival.
Among the elements of
survival was getting to class
on
TIME.
The fear of tardies
to class and subsequent
detention or suspension
converted many sophs into
clockwatchers. This pasTIME
t:ould have proved confusing, if
one depended only on the hall
clocks, since the soph hurrying
to sixth period class could
have been late, even before he
arrived for school. At first
most sophs might have been
confused, but soon the sophs,
as well as upperclassmen ,
overcame the unTIMEly
problems and learned to abide
by the bells instead of the
clock face. Leaders of the
sophs during their first
encounters here were Stanley
Dupuy, president; Kent McKay,
vice president; Lori Gates,
secretary; and Penny
Middleton, treasurer.
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