Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Challenge Of Tomorrow Mr. Adams, Doug Wiseman and Mr. Jones turn their tassels. l..- fr Lvu r, bHTHSw'mwt Senior Class President Doug Wiseman leads the graduates into the gym. Graduation l7

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Graduates Accept any Seniors look at graduation as the end to dull books, sadistic teachers, merciless homework assignments. mal- odorous lockers, stuffy classrooms and the urgent warning of the minute bell. Yet Rev. O'Gorek helped remind the graduates that graduation should not be an end in itself. Keep on target. Don't take your eyes off your goal. It is as you will. You have to learn to make your decisions intelligently. Whatever be- comes of your life is up to you. Remember. it's your decision to make. this was the advice of Rev. O'Gorek as he spoke of the future to the graduating class. This was graduation Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Seven. Three Hundred and Sixty Two Seniors and honorary graduates, Mr. Adams and Mr. Jones, looked away from their yesterdays to the challenge of tomorrow. Doug Wiseman steals a moment of reflection before the final march. The graduates seem oblivious of the crowd. Larry Allen. Terry Aldridge and Helena Albertson wait for the signal to be seated. 16 Graduation

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Prom Prohibits crowded. darkened Speakeasy. full of bet- , ting tables surrounded by dice throwing gamblers, tables ladden with champagne . ' flappers entertaining the audience. and c0uples in splendid formal attire. appeared to revolve around the mirrored, spherical chandelier. Was this a scene from a Edward G. Robinson movie? No. it was Elston's Junior-Senior Prom. They stayed till the band quit playing. Mr. Jones commented. It was the first time the kids stayed till the end. In short the Prom was a big success. What made the Prom so successful? Was it the theme. The Roaring Twenties; the decorations; the band. The Danceables; the good turn out; or the hard work of the Prom's workers, under leadership of John Trojan and class sponsors Mr. Mark and Mrs. Edling, who made Elston's Prom more than just another school dance? Their many innovations such as moving the band off the stage for better acoustics. helped bring about many needed improvements. Just as the Roaring Twenties is now a memory. so is our Prom. It was a time to look anxiously forward to and a time to remember for years to come. Prom Queen, Beth Ryan dances with her date, Doug Wiseman. Dan McNeal, Brad Stormer. and Drew Bolka guard a Model A Ford on Prom night. Charlene Chalko looks on as Jeff Moore pours wine into her glass.