Andrew Jackson High School - Jacksonian Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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THE MARCHING BAND in their new blue and white uniforms added zest to home football games with their smartly-executed halftime for- mations. Performing at School Field during the Riley game, they were led by baton twirlers Mary Berlakovich and Cathie Collmer. . . And in Every Direction As we returned to Jackson for its second year, we found that many changes had taken place. Replacing the grassless grounds were green shrubs, trees, and lawns, eliminat- ing our flooded entrance-way on rainy days. Behind the school, where a hilly, weedy field and half- built bleachers were last seen, a completed football stadium grand- ly stood. Band and Glee Club members moved from regular classrooms into the new wing specifically designed for their needs. Our schedules showed a broadening in the range of Jackson ' s curriculum. It ex- panded to include such courses as drama, music appreciation, elec- tronics, and ceramics, allowing our special interests to be more deeply explored.

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This Was the Year of New Directions . . . SOMETIMES the plate lunch line did not move in any direction. Lorene Huston waits to pay. THE SCHOOL PRINTING program got un- derway as drafting classes printed the first football programs. In Academics 10 Student Life 30 Activities 38 Athletics 54 Album 70 Advertising 110 Index 124

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SINCE THE AUDITORIUM served several periods as a study hall, pupils made frequent use of the hallways in the new wing, lighted by banks of windows facing an enclosed courtyard. the Goal Was Excellence Not only have our buildings and curriculum spread out in new direc- tions, but the student body has in- creased with the addition of the new Freshman class. Our eni-ollment has soared to 1,055, bringing Jackson 357 new ideas and interests. Follow- ing the pathway smoothed by the all-city production Around the World in Eighty Days, our drama department produced its first school play. Hart and Kaufman ' s The Man Who Came to Dinner. We celebrated Jackson ' s first Home- coming, even though we had no graduates to return, and elected our first football and basketball queens. Scientists and musicians excelled. Through all tlie excitement, always there, were the Old Hickory and Jacksonian, recording the year for all to remember. FLOORS WERE SHINING everywhere we looked, thanks to Joe Freitag and his night custodial staff. THE OLD HICKORY won Quill and Scroll award for service. Roberta Ford and Jim Hewitt approve.