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iecond State High Marathon Earns Sl0,100 For Class Gift The senior class made a lasting pression upon future classes at ate High by earning over $10,000 the second annual State High 1nce Marathon. Close to 40 couples tered the grueling 28 hour maraon but only 19 finished the dance. 1e winners of this endurance dance !re Lisa Kauffman and John Spal,s, since they had the most amount money pledged to them over the l hour period. Spending the most ne on the dance floor, aside from
the two minute mandatory break, was Cathy Bernier and Rick Hammond. The Most Active Couple award went to Meg Mebane and Dave Love. To keep the dancers hopping, music was provided by WQWK and East Halls Radio, while nourishment was provided by the local McDonald's. Finally, the staff is to be congratulated for the Marathon running smoothly and for keeping the dancers alive while on the dance floor during the 1977 Dance Marathon.
School Life Obituaries English Mini-Courses Die The mini-course method of teaching died at the end of the 1975-1976 school year. The death was confirmed by the English Department when it was discovered that the programs were not meeting the needs of the students.
Though a few mourned the passing of "Puppetry" and "Magazines for Fun and Fact," they went largely unnoticed. Funeral services were not planned.
Students Moved By Death Of Independent Study
,Vay Back When-Feb. 29, 1977
100,000 years ago-Fred Flinone of Bellefonte and Barney Rubble Boalsburg cornered the County's ansportation market by capturing I of the dinosaurs in the Nittany 1Uey. The price of renting an all 1y dinosaur skyrockete~ to four ams and one pebble. 10,000 years ago-Genghis han's great-great grandmother 1ared through the County with her Id horde of savage females, Womn's Lib's answer to the previous tale domination of such terrorizing ctions. They plundered and pillaged 1e peaceful County, leaving a wide wath of destruction. l,000 years ago-Fierce winds lew ominous snow clouds into the :Otllty skies and 30 inches of snow lescended upon State College. How·ver by midafternoon, the fickle weather changed, and Countians ,xperienced 70 degree temperatures. :lem Caddiddlehopper, Lemont, ihocked State College residents 1y shouting loud, explicative phrases 11hen he got stuck in the ensuing nud at the corner of College and leaver Avenues. The Alfa Mud Com>any failed in their efforts to rescue im and he succumbed tQ the muck.
Everyone agreed that a dirty man like that was not worth saving. 100 years ago-Arch-rivals Steve Sixshooter, State College, and Skip Shotgun, Bellefonte, had a gunfight at the •SC corral after returning to town from the ewe round-up prior to the great sheep drive to Harrisburg. Both had entertained the bottle at the Ratcellar saloon, where threats were issued. However, both were so influenced by the spirits that local residents regarded the showdown as a farce. The two sheepboys failed even to scratch each other with a bullet. 10 years ago-Harry Graffiti, Penns Valley High School, received the Nobel Prize for the witty, gritty remarks he scrawled upon the bathroom walls. He was suspended for three days by school officials: 1 year ago-The State College Area High School sponsored a goldfish eating contest to raise funds to build a marine tank in one of the science rooms for the study of aquatic life. The Centre Daily Times ran a feature every day under this heading: · "Unfortunately They Never Went Back Far Enough . . ."
Independent study died this year amid mysterious reports of foul play. Several student government investigations into the cause of death had failed to turn up anything. The program, which allowed those students with study halls first and eighth periods to leave school during
those periods, was survived by many students who simply skip. Though the exact cause of death may never be known, it was suspected that one cause may be the fact that many students actually didn't "study" while using the system.
School Literary Magazine Succumbs ACCLIVITY, the annual school literary magazine, succumbed to a lingering illness this year. Doctors cite the main causes of death as lack of funds and student apathy. For the past few years, the magazine has had to go to the Student Council for funds, because the cost
of printing rose above expected income from sales. Few students cared to purchase the annual, and fewer still wanted to contribute, so it was taken off Student Council support and allowed to die a graceful, dignified death.
Hundreds Shocked As Fall Party Dies literally hundreds of students were staggered-or rather, not staggered-by the death of the annual fall party. Death occurred on the first Monday after the last football game when a party failed to take place. The police cited the main cause of death to the police, although the P.T.A. and the school administration are said to have some
hand in the manner. Funeral services were not held, but as a gesture of respect, local beer distributors flew their flags at half-mast. The remains of the deceased were cremated and the ashes were scattered in front of the State College State Store. The fall party is survived by many other parties throughout the year.