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

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SIDELINED GRIDMEN k coming action as defer scowls at a penalty during skunk. UNDEFEATED SPIKERS traveled to Indianapoli: for the second consecutive year to b volleyball competition with a 21-0 r forfeit. after night uue tr y to reach the orning unligfit rowth, like the metamorphosis ' in the third year, played an important role as sports, activities, and academics increased their programs. Sports captivated Gens as teams netted outstanding seasons. Gridmen posted their first winning season with a 5-4 slate as a fifth anniversary present while the spikers, with a 2 1 game winning streak, marched on to state for the second consecutive year. The racquetmen also added a flash to fall when they shattered their 2 1 game losing streak. The winter sports kept up the fall pace. The gymnastics team clinched their first sectional title as the tumblers swept the optional level. The boys ' basketball team dazzled the city with their fast breaks as they topped the Holiday Tourney to follow the example of the original Wayne quintet. Ranked seventh in the state at one time, the roundballers also chalked up their first sectional title and boosted hopes for state, but North Side burst the bubble by handing Wayne a three point loss in the final regional game. Although sports seemed to dominate General country, activities and academics also posted lists of accomplishments. The Bicentennial Committee represented Wayne ' s official participation in America ' s two hundredth birthday while War Games and the Amateur Radio Club also added to the club choices. Gens got into the act of forming courses as Astronomy hit the Science Department and starry-eyed Gens fille planetarium during the second semester, t Economics ' Chef class prepared guys for the inevita break from mom ' s home cooking while the Business Department introduced Notehand and Data Processina. The metamorphic process continued in General country a computer dictated underclass schedulings. Gens clung to their course choices but surrendered the order to the computer. I

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Lel ure time help to eo e cfiool and job ten ion ens put it all together for a full student life. Dating played a vital part of that life but slipped into a rut as movies and pizzas seemed to provide the only entertainment in town. RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, and THE HIDING PLACE lit up cinema billboards. JAWS attacked the country in a wave of popularity as T-shirts and shark teeth jewelry hit the markets along with mood rings, pet rocks, and belly button barometers. Even T.V. programs had take-offs from JAWS. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE featured Land Shark, as a twist to the hit movie star. Detective stories BARRETT A, STARSKY AND HUTCH, and S.W.A.T. drew Gens to the T.V. as did MONTY PYTHON and RICH MAN POOR MAN. Welcome Back Kotter found its way into class rooms as potential Horshacks hassled teachers with squirming ooo, ooo, ooo ' s. Fashion as well as programming warranted change. Students with the wrinkled-look muslin clothes, painter pants, scarves, and push botton electronic watches roamed the halls of Wayne. Below the knee skirts, striped knee socks, and clogs toped the scene. Inflated prices forced Gems to work after school jobs. The price of a movie shot to $2.50-$3.75, and a large pizza nabbed $3.50 as a date on Saturday night blew a ten dollar bill. The minimum wage was boosted to $2.30 but the economy still pinched the wallets while even postage stamps zoomed to 1 34 . ATZ ' S ICE CREAM SHOPPE suppli, past time. ICE SKATING monopolizes sophoi le as she glides over the ice at :e Arena in preparation for an proaching performance. 1 — Putting It All Togethe