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Kenneth Korus
Lisa Kruizenga
JetT Krzemien

Kerri Lamb
Tammy Larson
Jon Lary
Kristine Lauritsen
Clinton Lawrence

Cindy Lawson
Michael Lee
Susan Lee
Scott Leu
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Pomp, circumstance & the will

Spring brings many things to Ralston . . . Ralston High. She said that it’s not very or­
flowers, rain, graduation, and the infamous ganized here, but at some schools it’s a
senior will. tradition; that is, they are passed through the
The will, in which the graduating class administration and sold to the student body
A “wills” the underclassmen certain things, for one dollar. They’re not vicious or mean.
leaves behind a legacy that lingers on after Mrs. Novak said she felt it could be a good
the last copy has been confiscated and every thing, if it was done right.
sp rin g tim e underclassman has inherited what the senior But since it hasn’t been done right, efforts
class saw fit to leave him. must be made to stop it by the administra­
It sounds like a nice idea, doesn’t it? It tion. There isn’t a whole lot to be done, un­
Legacy . . . might be, but often the will is not light­ fortunately. It would make it just more chal­
hearted and harmless. Often feelings are lenging to get it out if the administration
hurt, tears are shed and reputations are cracked down, Mrs. Novak said.
damaged. Often the will leaves only So every spring, the will appears again.
venomous observations. One has to wonder what the attraction is.
Where did it all begin? Nobody really “It’s a chance to be mean anonymously,”
knows. “Every few years it appears,” said said Mrs. Novak.
Assistant Principal Martha Novak. Mrs. “People think it’s funny to see in print
Novak said she was not particularly fond of what they’ve been thinking all year long,”
the efforts being put out the past years at said Senior Shelley Carter.

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