Wabash High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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FHE TACKY TOURIST WAY. (see bof. p. 8) Ben Viccum displays a wacky penchant for monopo- ly money, gaudy designs, and cameras. WILD CHILD. Preferring hippie threads, Christopher Walter protests Black Friday. MAKING THEIR BIG DEBUT, Mark Wallace and Andrea Tracy smile for the camera. ALUMNI HALL OF FAME. Shelly Davenport presents Susie Lee with the Alumni Award. ADMIT ONE HOMECOMING 0 O O

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COMEDY SHOP: Industrial arts student Mike SPACEY FACES. The Martian antics of Mrs. Coldren doesn ' t clown around when it comes to Gorman fail to amuse Fred DiGenova, but Fred taking notes. makes Mrs. Herbert chuckle. GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK early beloved, we are gathered here today to pay our final respects . . . The mournful sobs of Mrs. Gorman, Mrs. Denney, and Mrs. Oswalt filled the stuffy afternoon air. However, as they looked out into the endless sea of black, they didn ' t see doleful expressions. Instead, they watched 800 faces break into smiles and heard chuckles erupt from the stands. The homecoming pep session was in full swing. The eulogy delivered by Mrs. Bible on September 27 was to pay lasting tribute to the Madison-Grant Argyls who had been trampled by the Apaches. This particular skit has pro- bably seen its day in many a high school pep rally. However, there was nothing ordinary about Black Friday. After all, it isn ' t every day that Fifth Gongressional District Representative Bud Hillis strolls into the Coolman Gym. Mr. Hillis presented us with a plaque for raising $2362.50 for the African Relief Fund last year. Before handing the award to Miss Geible, Congressman Hillis praised our efort by saying, Part of education is learn- ing to look outside your own lives and community to help those around you, and you have certainly done that. Later on, Mrs. Gorman and Mrs. Herbert tried their best to make Benji Jasen and Fred DiGenova snicker in the Make me Laugh Contest. However, these two seniors wouldn ' t succomb, despite the martian anten- nas atop Mrs. Gorman ' s head and the Groucho Marx nose clinging to Mrs. Herbert ' s face. S-P-I-R-I-T, SPIRIT, LET ' S HEAR IT! . . . echoed through the throng as the cheerleaders conducted the tradi- tional class competition yell. The seniors had the final say with Go 86 , although the sophomores gave them a run for their money. Finally, as the hands of the clock ap- proached 2:45, students joined together in singing the school song. Those who didn ' t know the words (everyone except a couple of cheerleaders) looked at the song sheets passed out by Mr. Mitchell. Clearly, this was one homecoming pep session that would go down in history. 00 o o ADMIT ONE HOMECOMING

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Pretty In Pink OR Psychedelic In Paisley hey seek him here; they seek him there. His clothes are loud but never square . . . One week he ' s in polka dots; the next week he ' s in stripes. ' Cause he ' s a dedicated follower of fashion ' . The Kinks satirized fashion-conscious social butterflies in their 1960s hit song Dedicated Followers of Fashion. While not everyone may be so status-seeking as the subject of the Kinks ' song, noone can deny that fashion is a fact of life. The way a person dresses gives others clues to his personality, his economic status, and possibly even his views on hfe. Even at Wabash high School, which lies right in the middle of Conservative, U.S.A., students were highly influenced by fashion. The style of dress at WHS was a diverse as the individuals who made up the stu- dent body. For instance, the throwback to ' sixties ' fashions com- plemented the personalities of modern-day flower children. Blouses and shirts in psychedelic colors and way-out patterns, especially paisley, speckled the halls. Girls sported miniskirts, and not just in the warmer months. Even in the crisp fall weather, they displayed tights underneath their microminis. Occasionally one spotted a bloke wearing Keith Moon boots. knee-high moccasins named after the late drummer of the Who, or a fringe jacket like the hippies wore. The regeneration of ' sixties ' fashions was especially appreciated by those students who idolized ' sixties ' rock ar- tists and who admired the values of peace and love set forth in that decade. For those students whose tastes ran to more modern times, there was also a style of dress for them. If you were cruising down the hall, you might have spied guys wearing arm bands, leg bands, head bands, or all three. They sported longish hair, sometimes spiked on top. Earrings and spiked wrist bands, inspired by heavy metal groups like Motley Crue and Bon Jovi, O o ADMIT ONE FASHION