North High School - Compass Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Mr. Ed Wessel, assistant football coach, and Mr. Morris Riley, head coach, show their amusement after Roger Barnett, senior, bestowed his victory pants to them during the Reitz pep assembly. Mr. Ed Wessel, assistant basketball coach-portraying a big Husky-readies himself to overthrow a little Monarch from his throne. This is one of the many skits that took place during pep assemblies this year. This year's pep assemblies centered around spirit competition among the four classes. A committee composed of Jane Gourley, senior, and Ellen Carnahan, Scott Hagg, and Becky Wright, juniors, tried to spark enthusiasm Teachers on the committee included Mr. Wayne Deig, Spanish, Mrs. Jane Bernhardt, mathematics, Mrs. Maria Nelson, science, Mrs. Phyllis Sprinkle, mathematics, and Mr, Robert Wessel, vocational machine drafting. This group originated the Pep Jug and the Slop Jug, which were awarded sporadically New Ideas Help ln Spurring Spirit Go, Fight, Win, Huskies! represents only one of the signs used to boost spirit for the gridiron clash between North and Rex Mundi. The team got it together to overcome the Mon- archs 3-0. A colorful visitor to the school, Miss Marcia Yockey, local weathergirl, forecasts that the Husky gridders will pulverize Mater Dei, which was undefeated until this encounter. North overpowered the Wildcats 13-6. Competition in the form of a peanut race occurred among the four classes during a pep assembly. Here Howard Whitsell, junior, tries to overtake Ken Stan- field, senior, but Kenny pushed his nut over the finish line first. 'l5

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Q if y x 'Q f il Q xx xi ' WWW! 1 'iEfe'?f, Q tu N gs , in ese'eefe?r4ff r' 3' is x- BASKETBALL HOMECOMING COURT--First row: Cyndi Thomas. Third row: Connie Betz, Sandy Beard lmaid at Dell, Peggy McMillen, Barb Hart, Rhonda Jones. Second honorl, Jane Gourley lqueenl, Jean Hill. row: Katie Eberhart, Dixie Hale, Suezi Lingo, Jenny Gourley, Beard Reign over Homecoming ' ., We m., Q I M Q, Q M fs emi.. Sandy Beard and Jane Gourley, seniors, are all smiles after being crowned maid of honor and bus- ketball queen respectively, during halftime of the North-Jasper game. All students were eligible to vote in the election. The results were kept secret until the big moment. Don Walz, senior, crowned Jane and bestowed the traditional kiss.

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is Senator Birch Bayh presented a speech urging young people to become in- volved in politics. Senior Ken Stan- tield, who introduced Senator Bayh, listens intently. Political Activities Involve Students Politics played a key role in the lives ot some Huskies this year. At the inaugural ball ot Mayor RussellLloyd, tive North girls served as escorts. As a result ot their pre-election assistance, several other students received invitations to the dance, Mayor Lloyd also named Ann Schmidt, sen- ior, to the Public Recreation Commission. Ann was one of two teens to be appointed to a city governing board, Senator Birch Bayh spoke to the student body in an assembly. I-lis topic concerned the relationship of students and politics. l g l Two Republicans-Ann Schmidt, senior, and Dove Eissler, junior-have fun dancing at Mayor Russell Lloyd's inaugural ball. Students campaigned vigorously for candidates in the '71 mayoral election. 16 Distributive education students journeyed to Indian- apolis to act as pages in the State Legislature. Standing: Denny Racster, Don Howard, and Gary Kuebler. Seated: Cheryl Jerls, Patti Girvin, Ryan Chapman, and Barb Hart. All are seniors. Mr. Mike McGuyer, science teacher, played at the in- augural ball for Mr. Russell Lloyd, mayor at Evansville. After the grand march at the Youth for Lloyd dance, Mayor Russell Lloyd jokes with his escort, Pam Fleming, senior. Mrs. Lloyd looks on.