Wayne High School - Sentry Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Assemblies proffer respite from ennui Usually scheduled many months in advance, and always screened to Insure student interest, assemblies were commonplace at Wayne. Depending on the type of assembly, these programs took place in either the gym or the auditorium. Among the entertainment type programs held at Wayne, perhaps the most remem- bered were a play by a traveling company and the production of A Day at Wayne. The play, by the Sycamore Players of Indi- ana State University, was called The Grouch. It took the better part of two per- iods and was well accepted. The production, presented at semester break by the SENTRY staff, was a promotional effort combining slides, movies and a sound- track of students at Wayne. Educational type assemblies included a week-long black history seminar, a talk by the Fort Wayne Student Police Force, and a job-hunting tips program, to mention a few. Pep sessions, a recognition assembly, and others broke the doldrums of a typical day and provided welcome relief. 1 3 2 page 22 1. Finally free from the troublesome Miami Junior High students,- members of all three classes in the senior high saunter into the gym for an assembly program. 2. Rising to meet the occasion. Booster Club mem- bers react to the stand up and holler cheer led by the yelleaders at the pep session. 3. Displaying expert knowledge of dance move- ment and speaking technique, the character of Pan introduces The Grouch to an avid audience.

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We ' ve Only Just successful future Leaving behind the traditional Lawrence Weik-type approach to music, Madison Zane was selected to best reflect Wayne ' s theme of sudden realization and change, We ' ve Only Just Begun. Students and teachers became equals in the miraculously altered commons where dancing covered a wide spectrum of action from floating to gyrating. The hee-hawing and foot-stomping usually associated with a barn dance were featured in one especially country-style number. Headed by juniors Barb Ballinger, Judy Kenworthy, Mary Lou Shelton and Mike Smith, who outlined main decorating suggestions, 25 enthusiastic students spent Begun prophesies for Wayne proms three days installing the necessary equip- ment for a fountain, false ceiling, bandstand, serving area and coronation stand. Chosen by and from both the junior and senior classes were the king, the queen and their attendants. At The Hoagland Hayloft, after-prom goers pried weary eyes open only to find them- selves continually rotating between listening or dancing to the music of Ironhorse and escaping downstairs for a bite to eat. Dancing became stranger as the dancers tired. Breakfasts and all-day lake outings finished off the weekend as well as its participants.