George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Seniors Close One Door in Their Lives; Laura Kessler envisions the day when she will receive her well- deserved diploma. To many seniors high school graduation had been a distant thing. When the measuring for caps and gowns came in February, however, many seniors were hit with reality. They were seniors and their days in Clark’s halls were growing short. Plans conceived years before were finally materializing. The senior class dinner was held on May 14, at the Sherwood Country Club in Schererville, Indiana. Instead of the customary signing of yearbooks, a program was planned for the enjoyment of both teachers and students. Beginning in June, activity reached a frenzied pitch as studies and graduation competed for stu¬ dents’ time. The first Friday of June brought Com¬ mencement. On the afternoon of June 7, Baccalau¬ reate was held. The following Monday was designated as Senior Activity Day. Volleyball and ping-pong were played during the day, and the highlight of the evening was the distribution of the 1964 POWDER HORN. Dr. Dean Berkley, Director of Field Service for Indiana University, spoke at the Commencement exercises. On that night 215 seniors received their diplomas, completing and leaving behind a segment of their lives that will always be remembered. 20 n Kauchak, Senior Class President, addresses the grad- ting class of 1964 during Commencement exercises.

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“Magic Is the Moonlight” Highlights Year Prom couples assemble themselves for the beginning of More Hall to a medley of school songs performed by the the Grand March. Prom-goers process around the St. Thomas Reynold Young quintette. This event climaxed the formal. The Class of 1964 presented its junior prom “Magic Is the Moonlight” on May 31, 1963. St. Thomas More Hall was the site of this long-awaited event. Upon crossing the wooden bridge covered with white carpeting which stood at the entrance of the hall, the guests were confronted by the beautifully decorated dance floor. Picturesque murals, a skyline of Chicago and the moon shining on Lake Michigan, covered two of the walls. A life-sized garden with white wrought- iron furniture accented a third wall. Hundreds of silver stars hung from the ceiling, and in their midst was suspended a revolving, glittering globe. Couples danced to the delightful music of Reynold Young and his orchestra, and enjoyed the refresh¬ ments which were served in an adjoining room. The Grand March was led by James Stasny, president of the Class of 1963, and by the co¬ presidents of the junior class, Ken Kantowski and Walter Wood. Among the chaperones were Miss Doris Myers and Mr. Arthur Erickson, sponsors of the class of ’63, and Mrs. Robert Dunham and Mr. Joseph Franklin, sponsors of the class of ’64. One of the guests of honor was Mr. D. D. Lockey, principal of Clark High School. By midnight everyone departed for the post-prom party which was held at the Del Prado Hotel in downtown Chicago. The famished couples enjoyed the hotel’s good food and entertainment. With regret everyone knew the evening was rapidly coming to a close and that all would be too soon a memory. 19

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Anticipate the Next | t . %, Mary Ann Kantor, Jerry Smolek, Jan Eggers, Jim O’Drob- time to much-repeated strains of “Pomp and Circumstance, inak, Peggy Davis, Rich Murzyn, Carol Balog, Bob Merjesky, These anxious seniors spent their last hectic days at Clark Diane Antkowiak, and Bob LaBrant, practice keeping a practicing Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises as straight face while marching through the auditorium in they wished, simultaneously, that the day would not come. Principal D. D. Lockey congratulates Don Smith, Kathy Bartoszek, and Dave Bangert on their graduation. 21