Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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Not to be outdone in spirit and optimism, the Blazer band held dinner ticket sales and paper drives in order to raise the ex- pected seventy thousand dollars needed for their eighteen day concert tour of Europe. Noontime happenings such as a ‘Dating Game’ and ‘Mr. Legs Contest’ were sponsored by the NHS. Enjoyed by students and teachers alike, these were sure to bring.some laughs and usually made the day a little more pleasant. Even though the basket- ball team had one of its worst seasons in winning only two games all year, the Blazer team never gave up. Throughout the year, the sc hool paper, The PEN- | NANT, made ‘improvements as it tripled its circulation, and doubled its size and ads income. With special supplements, the paper covered every- thing from discrimination against girl athletes to cre- ative poetry, prose, and art. At the NSPA convention in San Francisco during spring vacation, Elkhart Central’s yearbook was awarded the Herff Jones ‘Citation for Excellence’. This award was given to the top yearbooks in the. na- tion. Whether it was because of special honors or achieve- ments or for other reasons, Central students took in- creased pride in themselves and in their school, ‘re-af- firming their earlier claim. Blazers are back! TOP LEFT-—Sophomore cheerleader Julie App takes a glance at the crowd during a gymnastics meet at Central. MIDDLE LEFT—A San Francisco cable car advertises the annual as one of the top yearbooks in the nation. BOTTOM LEFT—The cross-country runners who went to state (Pau! Karasch, Mark Harris, Roger Kline, Rick Bontrager, Dave Slaughter, and Tony Guy) proudly display their championship trophy. LEFT—Blazer band prepares to en- tertain at the fall bonfire honoring the Blue Blazer football! team. Introduction 3

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BE LOW-—Diane Dovey pauses to check her work before going on to other problems waiting her. LEFT—Ann Spaulding, Mary Jo Eakle, Kim Terrel merrily link arms as they tramp the halls of ECHS. A see = LEFT BELOW—Rollie Hoover wears skirt in payment of an ill wager on the Riggs-King tennis match. MIDDLE BELOW-—Beakers and bot- tles surround Cherie Heeg as she com- pletes an experiment in science. BOTTOM—Max Bell’s typing class wishes a ‘Merry Blazer Country’ as : they hurry to finish assignments, BELOW-Tracy Rouen doesn’t be- lieve it. With the help of Mr. Vollmar, she’s come up with a right answer, eet Wak Sapna ese ones 1 yee ges as ve | ti “1 If this isn’t Blazer Country, then it isn’t Elkhart, Indiana At Elkhart Central spirit | their courses to careers and has meant a renewed esprit therefore making their class- de corps, a pride in our- es more relevant. (see p. 49) selves, in our school. And amidst this learning In classes, teachers and students worked together to find a relevancy in their courses. Instead of taking just ju- nior or senior English, Cen- tral students were able to select from a smorgasboard of courses designed to fit particular interests and needs. (see pp. 32-33) Twenty teachers were in- volved in trying to relate there was always a time to laugh, as when wrestling coach Rollie Hoover bet his drug abuse students that Bobby Riggs would defeat Billie Jean King in the well publicized tennis match. Bobby and Rollie both lost. And Rollie wore a skirt to class the next day! It was mainly in daily happenings that true Blazer spirit showed through. Blazer Country 5