Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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JOB PREPARATION: General Office lab students learn organization and management as they process ID cards. . as tew,g,5g,, .P 3 t ATTENTION: Mrs. Goodrum's fall play cast listens to instructions at dress rehearsal. Look at us, at who we really are. We are individuals whose personalities are forged by the people, places and activities which surround us. We are flesh and bone, but more than that we are spirits. Our relationships serve to mold us, to form us, to help us express our uniqueness. High school is a time to explore our feelings and emotions, to search for who we are and who we may become. Look beyond the faces, the facades, look into our souls and find the individual spirits which blend together into that spirit which is TECH. US: Body language says it all, LOOK AT US NOW! EXCITEMENT: The first day of school is one of wonderment as you arrive at the newness ofa fresh beginning. Theme f 5

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LCDCDI4 AT CHANGES, CHANGES, CHANGES! If you thought that every school year is pretty much the same, the 1983-84 school year at Tech would certainly have changed your mind. Following the shortest summer break in recent memory, school opened a full week before Labor Day, the day that has signaled the start of a new school year for generations. The usually temperate days of August extended a heat wave that went on to make the sum- mer of '83 the hottest ever in Indianapolis. The normally rhythmic routine of school days was shattered as a seven-period day composed of five 55-minute periods and four 25-minute mini-periods replaced the nine, 40-minute period schedule which had ex- isted for over 50 years. Not only was the schedule altered, the emphasis shifted away from activities and more toward classes. Roll rooms were abolished in favor of a second period attendance-taking procedure. The Senior Office, and with it many senior traditions, was also dismantled. Educational changes focused on the use of new IBM Personal Computers. Tech acquired the largest number of PC's of any ci- ty school, and many classes add- ed to their goals the quest for computer literacy. Although we adjusted to most of these changes, we sometimes had to look hard to find familiar activities among all the changes. SPACE: Tech has enough space eve for those with claustrophobia. LEARNING: Mr. Brown's aviation class requires concentration and precise measurements on the part of Robert Sulver, Mark Briner, Mark LaFevers, and Robert Turner. RECREATION: Robert Hill, Richard Burns, Roger Cobbs, Gary Reedy, Ef- thimios Sotos, and Jeff Valentine relax after a day of classes. 4 I Theme tanning, If -me AFTER GAME ACTIVITY: Techites rus to their favorite pizza place. Some got eat and some go to work.

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PROM, GRADUATICDN SPECIA Why am l here? l'm not ready to leave, not just yet! I want to stay! These are familiar thoughts to graduates everywhere. Just when we were getting comfortable in our sur- roundings we had to leave-to graduate. One question loomed large in our minds, Were we ready to face whatever was waiting out there for US? Whether we were going on to college, jobs, or even marriage, we knew deep within ourselves that our four years at Arsenal Techhnical High School had prepared us for the things that our futures would hold. As we sat waiting our turn to accept our diplomas, we spoke quietly with friends around us, those who had made these last four years seem like only days. True, we would miss the fun we had at Tech-the football games, the pep sessions, even the classes. But we were ready to walk down the aisle, receive our diplomas, and turn our tassels as we FINALLY became graduates. The class of 1983 was ready to step outside and say to the world, Look at us NOW!!! Seniors discuss how much more confi- dent they would feel if they could only foresee the future. The graduation procession begins. Donald Summitt, Glenna Massey, An- drea Piety, and Todd Harris enjoy the magic of their junior-senior prom. The class of '83 comes into view. 6 ! Prom, Graduation 3.- Q- 4-AI i as ' Delmer Harger watches closely as Debra McManama attaches his boutonniere. was 2 Mrs. Hazel Stewart, school boar: member, presents a graduate hi: coveted diploma.