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'alking on the phone was a habit that was brought
1to the school, as shown here by some upperclass·
nen.

It was ~phoney' business

ait a minute, mom 's yelling at me to do when one was restricted to an area
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again and I can 't hear. Ok, go controlled by a certain amount of telephone
ahead ." Does this sound familiar cord.
When some tried to go beyond this limit,
to you? Many times when people were on
the phone, they were distracted by things they most often found themselves discon-
such as siblings, parents, pets, and nected with their party.
doorbells. Added to this was the problem The cord was also a problem when
of boredom. Just what were some of the students tried to get comfortable. Soph -
ways students solved that so called extra omore Jennifer Helman found this out when
confined time? she wrapped herself up and couldn't get out
Many people doodled when they for awhile.
decided to quit paying attention to their Students also got wrapped-up in the Bell
conversations. Senior Jennifer Hower said, Gab-Teen Line Cfree at first, costly later). " It
" I can go through a whole pile of paper was fun and a great way to meet people. I
just doodling during a phone conversa- could talk to seven people at a time and
tion." never get bored," said Sophomore Ann
Other common things students tended Benson .
to do were eat, do homework, watch TV, Whatever the situation was, students had
clean house, get comfortable, and cook. no problems filling that confined time on the
But there were also problems that phone.
followed. Cooking, for instance, was hard
!paring to order a pizza are Senior Steve Moor Freshmen / Phones 11 5
j Junior Bobby Reiff.