Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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ecoming 69 Tension erupts between blacks, whites on voting Homecoming this year was a time of change for everyone in the school. Festivities went as usual until the immediate week of Homecoming. Then the black students de- manded equal opportunity to have a black candidate on each class float. A black girl was nom- inated at a convocation held by the black students preceding the parade. On Thursday night the parade went as usual and Penny Free was crowned queen at the pep session. The spirit was high and all seemed well until the pep ses- sion was dismissed. Then, in the parking lot, there were scattered outbreaks between a few blacks and whites. With the next night, Friday, there was no official crowning of the queen. Because of these out- breaks and the tension they caused, most of the activities for many months were cancelled. There was no Homecoming dance, there was no Basketball Homecoming and the list con- tinues. Top Left—After the pep session the queen, at- tendants, band and audience head for home. A few trouble makers remained, however, and managed to get into a few fights. Left—Junior class float pulled by Chuck Krum- wiede and Jerry Doty (class president) displays junior attendant candidates Pam Cantrell and Bev Buckley (in the front) and behind them Pam English, Beth Bowers and Cindy Petersen. Hidden from the camera view behind Cindy is another junior, Chris Minelli.

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Above—Queen Penny Free along with her at- tendants Betsy Conn and Cindy Peterson anx- iously await the crowning done by Mike Emer- son, Dave Peat and Duane Miller. Right—Helping to pull the winning float are NHS members Matt Putnam, Bob Cleaveland, Judy Miller, Vija Jansons and Mike Bender.

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20 Seniors present mind provoking Sophocles play Little action and absence of scenery helped emphasize the speech and ideas of the Greek play, Antigone, presented on No- vember 15 and 16. Though written by Sophocles in 441 B.C., the play depicts the conflict between parents and their children today. Original music composed by Chris Medrea and played by Dave Lee, Bil Lytle and Mike Bol- lero added an extra touch of newness to this play. Kathy Allen worked so stren- vously that the night before the first showing, she fainted and fell off the platform. Fortunately, she recovered to be at the pre- mier showing. Cast included Kathy Allen, as Antigone; Deb Cohen, as Ismene; Mike Ritchie, as Creon; Jim Brotherson, as Haemon; Michael Freeman, as A Guard; Dan Bair, as Teiresias; Les Sackett, as Eurydice; Tim Calvert, as Young Boy; Jane Stephens, as Mes- senger. Others in the cast were Stephen Gillies, Pat Murphy, Riley Grieb, Lou Taylor, Sue Hill, Teresa Kintner, Pot Mart, Beth Morland, Cheryl Uselman, Libby Holtz, Steve Macumber, Jerry Smith and Clayton Young. Director was Mrs. Michael McDou- gall. Choreographer was Kate Hunt. Upper Right—Haemon tries to tell his viewpoint of Antigone’s actions to his father, Creon, but has little progress. Right—During a more peaceful moment, a chor- us member invites the audience to understand her emotions through her dance. Antig