Attica High School - Crimson Yearbook (Attica, IN)

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mf is ,, Above: The arrival of Spring brings warm, sunny weather along with baseball season Below: Robin Kirkman and Vickie Haynes serve as hostesses at Ideal Ladies Tea.

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Another school year . . . in many ways similar to every other year, and yet in its own way, different. The National Honor Society feted the teachers on the first day of school with a welcome to Atticanbreakfast in the school cafeteria . After formal introduction of the teach- ers by Principal Parker Eaton, it was time to hit the books and get down to the business of learning. The first few months of the new school year were highlighted by new things, such as new faces and newclasses . New to the high school were developmental reading classes and sociology, to name a couple . Getting acquainted with new teachers waispmetimes a pleasure, some- times a pain. As soon as students settled down and got acquainted with the curriculum, ex- tracurricular activities became a part of school life . There were football games to go to, dances to attend, clubs to be organized, and time for pleasure as well as business . Home- coming was the highlight of the football season, a masked Halloween dancewas something different at AHS, and school organizations elected officers and planned the year's activities . The close of the first semester brought time off for Christmas, but no time for sleds be- cause the weatherman refused to bring snow. Back from vacation, students went back to the books, and in the back of their minds began thinking about the sectional basketball tournament coming up in February, and hoping for a Rambler victory . Tourney time brought the usual excitement even though victory eluded the Ramblers. After a temporary lull in activity, things picked up in March. Queens were crowned, honors passed on to industrious students, and seniors began to look forward to graduation. The most anticipated event of Spring was the junior class presentation of the an- nual Junior-Senior Prom . About this time, to the school scene came the controversial subject of consolidation with' a Warren 'County school. The subject was discussed everywhere and a student vote narrowly favored consolidation, but a referendum vote in the May Primary election showed definitely that Attica voters were not in favor . Also, during this period, a new organization was formed linking students, teachers and parents together. The name of the new organization was STP. Attica High School students, as well as Grade School pupils, said good-bye to Grade School Principal Harvey Norman, who retired after more than 40 years as an educator . Graduation approached with a down-to-the-wire battle to see who would be Valedictorian and Salutatorian of the senior class . Seniors made plans . Sixty-four percent planned college ca- reers or some other type of further education, and others were marriage -minded or planned to enter the working world . A final farewell, before theactual commencement exercises, was the Senior Banquet before graduation. For the seniors it was the end of high school, but for the other classes it was another year's progress toward that goal.