Columbus North High School - Log Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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Above: Construction of the Cummins International Headquarters began this year. The structure covers an entire blocl and borders the streets of Jaclcson, 8th, Brown, and 5 th. Right: Students began loading buses on the west side of the building this year. This special drive was installed primarily for safety and traffic purposes. Are you sure the bus let us off in the right place? Hey, you seen that new drive in front of the school? Where are the tennis courts? I know they were here last year. A mirage? No, you ' re not seeing things. They ' re there and they ' re new; they ' re just not where you expected them to be. The tennis courts have been moved to the oppo- site side of Home Avenue. A visitors ' drive and park- ing area has been placed in front of the school. Buses have been allotted a special place on the west side of the building, designed for loading and unloading purposes only. Hey, who ' s that guy directing the band? He ' s not the one we had last year, Don Robertson, band director became one of the new faces which joined the faculty at Columbus North High School this year. Ken George, science; Malcolm Stalcup, voca- tional education; and Bev McCoskey, home econom- ics, also began their teaching tenures at CNHS. A new fire alarm system was installed and sent students out the very first week of school with false alarms. Homecoming floats were not planned or built for the second year in a row. A powder puff Football game and a Littler 500 bicycle race re- placed the floats as Homecoming activities. Shocked by these changes? There are more to come. For many years, students and parents have urged the Bartholomew Consolidated School Cor- poration to make the changes they felt were neces- sary, so this year the board finally approved plans for the installation of a new natatorium, an audito- rium (which will seat over 834 people), and a new physical education facility complex. These planned renovations and scheduling problems haunted ad- ministrators and teachers as they prepared for the addition of freshmen to the high schools, a program to be instituted in the fall of 1983. I thought something was different, was the train of thought running through the minds of baffled students, causing them to stop, turn around and Take Another Look. Opening

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Take Another Look Talent on Trial Take Another Look at our accomplishments, talents, skills, and hobbies. 20% of the student body participate in organized sports programs. Participation in these pro- grams requires skill, practice and hard work. Not all students practice their skills through sports, many have their own special hobbies that require the same types of skill and determination. Activities such as bicycle and motorcycle racing, work- ing on and restoring old cars and mudding attract the attention of students after school and on weekends. Par- ticipation in service clubs. Junior Achievement, 4-H, Campus Life, and other various types of organizations allows students the chance to use their talents and skills to help others which also provides a rewarding and learning experience. Right: Senior Mike Gron experiments witli solar energy. Mike is a member of the Science Club. Below: 1983 was the last year that gymnastics was sanctioned by the IHSAA. Coach Hinds is optimistic that gymnastics will continue in some form at North. Student Hobbies «— - :