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Rush!




                                                                                                   he  hustle  and  bustle  of  getting
                                                                                               T dressed,  undressed,  and  dressed
                                                                                              again,  was  a  daily  routine  for  P.E.
                                                                                              students.  The  place  where  the  students
                                                                                              took  quickie  showers,  combed  their
                                                                                              hair,  and  took  a  final  glance  in  the
                                                                                              mirror  to  make  sure  they  looked  o.k.
                                                                                              was  commonly  known  as  the  locker
                                                                                              room.
                                                                                                The  locker  room  was  not  used  just
                                                                                              for  P.E.  classes;  it  was  also  used  for
                                                                                              the  suiting  up  of  athletic  teams  before
                                                                                              a  practice  or  a  game.
                                                                                                Forgetting  one’s  combination,  missing
                                                                                              clothes,  or  lost  gym  shoes  were
                                                                                              common  topics  of  conversation  heard
                                                                                              within  the  walls  of  this  room.  No  one
                                                                                              really  knew  if  it  was  gremlins  who
                                                                                              needed  clothes,  or  demons  who  liked
                                                                                              to  put  them  in  the  lost  and  found,  but
                                                                                              students  knew  that  they  put  them  in
                                                                                              their  2 x 3   lockers  the  day  before.
                                                                                                For  some  people  all  this  mystery
                                                                                              was  very  confusing,  but  each  day  the
                                                                                              students  seemed  to  have  survived  this
                                                                                              daily  episode  within  the  locker  room.


                                                                                              Change  of  pace.  Freshman  Wendy  Van  Fosson  prepares  for  an
                                                                                              afternoon  track  practice.
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